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HOUGHTON, NISBE'Tfc BARNES,j
Publishers and Proprietors.
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JO**. NIMBKT
T K H H 8.
tbs federal union,
If p,<! til shell Weekly, ir. the Darien Dank Building,
■ t $2 00 per Annum, payable in advance,
5 3 if not paid within three months, and
<3 00 if not paid before the end of the year.
K ITES OF ADVERTIMCVO,'
Ver square of t ire I re lines.
(i insertion ¥ 1 ml, and Fifty Cents for each sub-
eluent continuance.
1. scut without a specification of the number
. (insertions, will be published till forbid, and
charged accordingly.
j: idness or Professional Cards, per year, where
li v do not exceed one square - -* - $10 00
_| Id'crat contract mill l>c wade with those who xrir.U to
.Idrertise by the. ye.ar, occupying a specified space.
LEGAL A DVERTISEMENTS.
Pales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators,
Executors or Guardians, are required by law to be
n the First 'I uesday in the month, between
t ,■ hours of 10 in the forenoon and 3 in the aftor-
niM.ii. at theCourt House in the County in which
tie property is situated.
Notice of these sales must be given in a public
p
otte days previous to the day of sale
iotit s for the sale of personal property must be
gn u in like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate
must also be published 40 days.
N nice that application will be made to the Court
of 1 )r !inary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must
1 • published for two months.
i Rations for letters of Administration, Guardian-
ip, Ac., must be published 30 days—for disrais-
:• 11 from Administration, monthly six months—for
ii.-mission from Guardianship, 40 days.
Rules tor foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub-
!i-bed monthly for four months—for establishing lost
jiapers, for the full space of three, months—for com-
p 1 ling titles from Executors or Administrators,
\v -re bond lias been given by the deceased, the
till! space of three months.
Publications will always be continued according
to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise
ordered, at the following
RATES;
C lations on letters of Administration, &c. $2 75
“ dismissory from Admr’or.. 4 50
“ “ Guardianship
Leave to sell Land or Negroes
Notice to debtors and creditors
S lies of persponal property, ten days, 1 sqr.
Sale of land or non-roes by Executors, A c.
l'strnys, two weeks
Fora nan advertising his wife fin ndvnnee)
LkkkfiafdKtr.
Dr. Jones of New York, told the sub
joined exceedingly laughable story at a
recent celebration of a We
VOLUME XXVIL.]
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 12,1857.
[NUMBER 50.
CHEAP CASH STORE!
GOODS
AT NEW YORK CITY PRICES! !
Bargains! Bargains! Bargains!
3 on
4 on
3 00
1 50
00
dlls II It A C K
WILL open a Branch .Store from his New York j
and Savannah Stores, on 17th March, in th.-1
building now known as Washington Hall, on j
Hancock Street.
2 >0 f-ets Embroidered Collars and Sleeves, from
50 cents to $7 a set.
A large assortment of Ladies’ Collars, from 13 ]
cents each to $5, worth nearly double the money !
500 Oriental Collars, at 6 cents each. They have
the style and appeacauce of much finer Goods j
Warranted not to wash.
500 pair Sleeves and Cliimiscttos, very cheap.
Swiss and Jaconet, Bands and Flouncings, !
Edgings,Swiss, Jaconet, Stripe and other Muslins. |
Gimpure Laces at ouly about 50 cents on the i
dollar.
Black Brussels, Silk Lace, and Mohair Laces ;
Linen Handkerchiefs, a large stock, and very i
cheap. * j
1000 Linen Handkerchiefs, only 6j cents each, |
usually sold at 12 cents.
Fine Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs, 10 to 50
cents each, a great bargain.
French Embroidered Handkerchiefs,from 37 cts. j
to $1 each, very cheap.
1000 pair Ladies' Cotton Hose.at ouly flj cents a
pair, and dear enough at that price.
A better article from 12 cents upwards.
Mantillas and Parasols, a large assortment.
Silk Mantillas, nicely trimmed, only $1 50.
Cashmere Shawls, Black Siiks, Lawns, Robes, 1
Chaliies, Tie Laines, Ac.
Jewelry, a small stock: Bracelets. Mens’ Half 1
Tailoring Establishment.
(Opposite the MUledgeville Hotfl.)^F\
THE Subscribers would most res
pectfully tender their thanks for
the very liberal patronage which
they have heretofore received; they
will endeavor to merit a continua
tion of former patrons, and offer lib
eral inducements to all who desire
a handsome garment, to give them
a trial: they will endeavor to please.
Mr. Brown, one of the Firm has just returned
from New York, with a choice selection of Cloths,
Cassimers, and Fancy Goods for Hants, also a good
variety of Plain and Fancy Vestings; their Goods
have been selected with great care, and purchased
for Cash, and they propose to make up garments
from their Goods, at greatly reduced rates, for
Cash.
We have all kinds of trimming required for t lie
making up of garments, which will be sold low.
Our Goods are warranted to be superior toany of
the kind ever offered in this city.
rr All material brought to us, will be made up
to order, and warranted to fit, as usual.
Repairing neatly done, with dispatch.
J. C. SPERLING,
THOS. BROWN.
Milledgeville, March 30, 1-57. 44 tf
|)octrp.
The Bachelor's Burial.
Two old maids at shut of day,
A bachelors’s carcass bore away.
With wrinkled brow and matted hair,
And heart that never loved the fair.
Bring briars, they groan’d, bring weeds unblown,
Bring rankest weeds of name unknown,
Bring withered boughs from dreary wild,
To strew the bier oferror’s child.
DRUG STORE.
I 50 Hose, Gents. Linen Handkerchiefs, Shirt Bosoms, {
5 00 Gold and Silver Lace, A if.
flllSINESS CA K I» S.
Messrs. A. n. A; L. If. KENAN,
Are Associated in the Practice of Law
Office 1st Door upon 2d ffioor of
MASOSIC HALL.
Jan. 23J, 1S57.
35 tf.
Si.
W. I'AHkl K,
./Horne ij at I.rur,
32 1 yJ COLQUITT, GA.
A.
32 1y*l
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II. .11 ’ LA W S,
attorney at Law,
BLAKELY, GA.
Ladies and Misses Bonnets, very cheap.
Bonnet Ribbons, a large assortment.
Dress Trimmings, quite a variety.
Table Cloths and Napkins, Morocco Belts, Vel-)
vet Ribbons, Irish Linens, Lisle Thread, Gloves, |
Mitts, Alapacoes, Ginghams, Black Silk Lace for ;
Mantillas. English Crape, Lace Veils. A-c. Ac.
_ The subscriber buys Lis goods for cash exclu-
sively, at Auction, therefore he can and will sell at
New Tori; City prices. His stock will be repieu-!
ished weekly. Please give ns a call. Goods free
ly showed, with the marked prices in plain fig- j
mes. THOS. B. MUSHBACK. j
Milledgeville, March 16th, 1857. 42 tf •
T HE subscriber, grateful for past
favors, respectfully announces to
the citizens of Milledgeville and vicinity, that he
has in store a large and general assortment of
f U R! DRUGS,
Chemicals, Dje-Stuffs, Paints,
OILS, GLASS, PATENT MEDICINES of all
kinds, FINE WINES and BRANDIES for Me
dicinal purposes, Perfumery, Hair Oils and
Pomades,
Tube Faints. Assorted Colors.
Books and Stationery,
A 19 CLMMI.YG,
.THilton, ft'Uhinson (emu f!/ Ga.,
Ti ndeRs his Professional services to tiie citizens
of Wilkinson county. £Jan. 6 57, ly
FRESH ARRIVALS!
JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE VARIETY
or €
CAM PH IN E and BURNING FLUID, Hath,
Tooth aud Paint Brushes of all descriptions,
FINE SUGARS ANI) TOBACCO,
with all other articles usually kept.
Also, a fine assortment of MUSIC and MUSIC
BOOKS.
I have secured the services of DR. LOOMIS,
who will pay strict attention to the Drug Depart
ment.
All articles warranted as represented. Prescrip
tions carefully compounded. Orders solicited and
promptly attended to. JAMES IlEKTY.
April 15, 1857. 46 tf.
And make his grave where the lizards hide.
Where night shade strews the swamp creek side,
Far out of sight—where genial spring
Shall send no gentle birds to sing.
His old jack-knife lay with him low,
To cut the string of cupid’s bow;
The sad house-cat shall whine around
His lonely grave in grief profound.
Low lay him who was often* high,”
Here where shall fall no pitying eye
For him—for him no loving heart
Shall ache, fur him no tear shall start.
His bloodless lips shall fall to dust;
His old jack-knife shall waste and nisi;
He whom we hide from light of men
Shall never fright the babes again.
For we have laid him from the light,
Beneath the ground and out of sight;
But his rude epitaph shall stand—
“He who to no one gave his hand!”
The Crushed Heart.
BV B. A. GUTHRIE, OF KENTUCKY,
Adieu ye days of happiness,
Adieu the joys of youth:
Life's river onward sweeps its way,
While time reveals the truth;
lie rends the flowery wreath that bound
Soft pleasure’s lovely brow;
And joys that charmed my bosom once,
Have lost their beauties now.
TEIOJIAS J. COX,
A 7 T 0 U .YE Y AT L A TV,
NEWTON. Baker county, Ga.
March IS, 1856. 42 tf
DE.. 6HAS. H. HALL,
.Jlilledgevillc, Ga.
Office near thf. Court House. Country
CALLS PROMPTLY ANSWERED.
S? B Z E S,
Embracing all of tho variety of Wine, Brandy j
Cordial and Gum Drops! Sugar Plums, Sugar Al-1
monds, and all the different kinds of Choice and
Common CANDIES. Also Apples, Oranges, Fias,
Dates, Raisins, See., NUTS OF ALL KINDS. j
Smoked Beef, Buffalo Tongues, Bologna Sau- j
sage, Sardines, Ac., together with hundreds of the i
different kinds of Fancy Articles, to which the at- i
teution of the public is respectfully invited.
JOHN CONN. !
Milledgeville, April 7th, 1857. 45 tf
BRUNSWICK CITY,
ssr
C3-3ESOZFLGV-X^..
Third Semi-Annual Sale of Building Lots.
June 24tli, l"v>0.
4 tf
CIIAS. U \IS1JCT,
A T T O 11 N E Y AT LA
Cathbert, Get.
April Od, 1854.
w,
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GRIEVE & GRIEVE,
A T T O 11 N E Y S AT LA TV,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
MII.t.F.R GRIEVE, SEN. MILLER GRIEVE, JR.
Oct. 7th, 1-56. 19 tf
WALKER I> SEWELL,
A 7 T O li N E Y A T L A TV,
6 ly IRWINTON, GA.
JOHN G. THOMAS,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
AMERICUS, GA.
U r ILL attend all tiie Courts of the SOUTH-
Weste
;rn Circui
SIay.20,1856.
51 ly
TU
THOS. T. LOSG,
A T TO li NE Y A T L A
IIKI SMVK K, GA
^ \ y ILL practice in the Courts of Glynn, Wayne.
t » Camden, McIntosh, Liberty and Chatham,
of the Eastern Circuit; Chariton, Lowndes, Clinch,
Ware and Appling, of the Southern; also, Duval
intv, Florida.
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J A W. J. liELLEV,
COMMISSION AND FORWARDING
mUiiXHlJliKi’Sts)
CHATTANOOGA, TEXN.
14 lv.
Sep. 2, 1856.
HINES HOBBS,
ATTOREIES AT LAW,
ALBANY, GA.
Practice in Dougherty and the surrounding Conn
tics, in the U. S. Circuit Court, for the South
ern District Georgia, and in any county
in the State by special agreement.
Ni.w York—Caxbart, Brother A Co., Wolfe &
Bishop; Alexis, Bragg A Warren; E. A II. R.
Braves: ll.avilland, Harral A Risley ; A. P. Hal-
scy, Cash’r B'k N. Y. ,
8 \v\nnah, Ga.—Belden & Co.: Bacon <& Levy;
Cliccver & Co : Patten, Hutton & Co.; Rogers A-
Xorris; C. II. Camptield, Esqr.
Charleston, S. C.—Dewing, Thayer A- Co.;
Cl ambcrlain, Mils & Cog J. A E. Bancroft; E.B.
Stoddard A Co.; T. N. Horset' A - Co.; P. A.
Mi'isc. Esqr.
Macon, Ga.—E A. A J. A. Nisbet; Toe &
C : J. L. Jones, Esqr.; 1. C. Plant, Esqr., Edwin
'•r.-.:,s, Esqr,; Asher Ayres, Esqr.
NEW FURNITURE
Just Received, at the
WARE-ROOMS
Of L. KENFIELD & CO.,
IN MASONIC HALL.
T HE Subscribers would most respectfully call
the attention of their patrons, and the public
generally, to their large Stock of -Yew and beautiful
ruauiTuas, Just Rrceirrd, and which
they propose to sell cheaper than r.rer for Cash.
Our Stock, embraces a more full assortment than
was ever before offered in this Market, and is offer
ed at greatly reduced prices. The following named
articles, may bo found at our Ware-Rooms, A-iz:
Bureaus, with Marble tops and Glass; also a
large variety of patterns of Mahogany and Black-
\\ riinut Bureaus, with or without the Glass.
Secretaries and Wardrobes, these ar
ticles arc fine finish, and will be sold very low.
Bedsteads, The French Scroll, French low-
post, and high-post bedsteads.
Bed-bottoms, this new style of Spring IJed-
Bottoms. is recommended,(by those who have used
them,) as being the best improvement ever made
upon ease and comfort of bedsteads.
Sofas. The Spiral Spring-Seat.
also the stuffed or Squab-Scat, all of'S'-tSmSmSmSSi
the best material and finish, and we
will warrant them to give general satisfaction.
Tables, Marble-top, Pierand Centre tables, al
so a full assortment of Card, Dining, Extension,
Fall-Leaf, and Laides Work tables, and Work-Box
es, Tea-Poys, Corner Stands or Whatnots.
Marble Tap, and Mahogany Wash-Stands.
GS Chairs, Spring seat, Mahogany, Cane Seat,
Y^, Arm-Oftiee or dining chairs, a nice article of
/ Sjl Rocking Chairs, also the Cottage chairs.
A variety of Gentlemen’s Portable Desks, also
Hat-Trees, Umbrella Stands, Ac., very convenient.
booking'-Glasses, in this line, may begfound
a variety, from which all can be suited.
GLASS PLATES fitted to old Frames!
PICTURE FRAMES made to order.
The Premium Furniture Polish.
r^“ All kiuds of Furniture Repaired, done up, re-
varnished, Sqr., in a neat manner, at short notice.
MATTRESSES manufactured to order.
r^'Give us a call, and examine for yourselves.
L. KENFIELD & CO.
Milledgeville, March 21. 1857. 43 tf
The Proprietors of the City of Brunswick here by
give notice, that the third semi-annual sale of Buil
ding Lots will take place, by public auction, on
Thursday, May 14tli, at 19 o’clock, A. M. Terms
—Ten percent, cash on the day of sale; balance in
annual payments of 10 per cent., secured, with in
terest, on the property. Warrantee deeds given;
title perfect
The port and city of Brunswick hold out com
mercial and maritime advantages superior to those
possessed by any other south of the Chesapeake
Bay. The climate is healthy at all seasons. By an act
of the late Congress, a naval station was establish
ed in this harbor: thereby securing large accessions
to the business and population of Brunswick.
The Brunswick and Forida Railroad is in steady
progress of construction westward, the whole line
being under contract to Thomasviile.
Further particulars may be had at the office of
the Company, No. 4 Wall-street, New-York, or of
Col. Charles L. Schlatter, Chief Engineer B. & F.
R. R., Brunswick, ti corgi a.
II. G. WHEELER, Seeretury P. C B.
New-York, March 2.1857. 47, 4t
MEW GOODS
Bright visions of romance no more
Can weave their potent spell:
And love, with its bewitching p ower,
I bid a sad farewell;
Sternly the shadows darkly bow
Before my mournful eye;
Poor heart ! there is little left thee now
Except the hope—to die.
The sea of life is wild and dim,
For sorrow’s storm is here;
My bark is lonely drifting on
Where fatal rocks are near:
Once shone a guiding star for me—
Bright, beautiful and true:
That star has set in clouds of death,
And darkness meets my view.
Mv path on earth once was strewed
With many a lovely flower;
But oh! they all have died away
Beneath Time’s wasting power,
While sickness, with a whirlwind
Keeps watch around my bed—
I weep for thee, my sister dear—
Where is thy spirit fled?
grasp,
By selfish hands is coldly done
Each kindly office now.
Since the dreary grave lias closed
O'er my mother’s lovely brow,
Alone, alone, my spirit mourns
O’er memories of the past;
A pilgrim on life's rugged wild
l tremble in the blast.
Just Heaven! why was such a lot
Accorded unto me?
Yet could my darkened vision see
There’s wisdom in its way;
Be calm, my spirit—wait his will
Who holds creation up;
Be strong in faith, and still receive
From Him life's bitter cup.
Jtt i s t t II an t o u s.
JUST RECEIVED AT THE
Milledgeville Clothing Store,
In Hotel, No. 1.
A general assortment of Men’s, Youth’s and Boys’
Spring and Summer Clothing.
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of superior quality, all made to order, and the
work warranted. For sale on liberal terms.
A. C. VAIL, Agent.
March, 1857. 44 if.
MATS,
JUST RECEIVED AT THE
Milledgeville Clothing Store,
c 0-7
A general assortment of HATS.
Beebe’s Fashionable Moleskin.
SOFT CASSIMERE, of various colors and quality,
Leghorn and Straw, “ *• *• “
A. C. VAIL, Agent.
April 7, 1857. 45 tf.
33 tf
Thomas Hardeman, Jr. J. W Griffin.
H £.3.1) 22 MAST <St GRirPIW,
WHOLESALE
SAVANNAH LOTTERY!
On the Havana Plan of Single Numbers
A N D E R S 0 N & S 0 N, Managers,
[Successors to J. F. WINTER, Manager,]
Prizes Payable icifhout reduction,
CAPITAL PRIZE $60,000!!!
Jasper County Academy Lottery!
[ By Authority of the State of Georgia.']
« LASS X,
MRS. RENFROE (Formerly Miss Foxton.)
Will open her ne w and Fashion
able Stock Of Spring Gfoods, consist
ing of a large variety of LADIES HATS,
CAPS, HE AD-DRESSES, Ac., also I truss Trim
mings. Belts, Buttons, Berthers, Ribbons, Flowers,
Laces, Blonds. Rushes, Ac , and all articles for
Millinery purposes. All Orders will be attended
to with punctuality, by Mrs. Renfroe.
rr* SHOW ROOMS OPENED, and GOODS
ready for examination, on Monday, 3uth instant,
( Opposite the Mitledgcrille Hotel.)
Milledgeville, March 28, 1857. 44 tf
Land Office Agency, l
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. \
rpiIE undersigned will attend to all business
S connected with the purchase or sale of Land
D
HOLES.]LE (iHOVERS, j Draw, May 15th. 18r>7, at St. Andrews’ Hall, Sa-
I vannali, Ga., under the sworn superintendence
1VLERS IN' WINES. LIQLORts, TOBAC- 0 f \ V . K. Symons. Esq. aud J. M. Prentiss, Esq.
CO, SEGARS aud Groceries of every do-. J»IAGXIF1CEXT SCHEME
i-uption.
Corner of Cherry and Third Sts.,
MACON, GA.
Sept. 2d, 1856. 14 tf
J. Al. MUSS,
G E X E Pt A L LA X I) A G E N T
FOR THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
3 4 T ILL give the real owner of any let, for $1 Ort;
i} will examine and report the value of auy lot
for S', t)i). Will sell and convey for 5 percent.
He is now agent for the sale of 2590 vacant lots
1 Prize of
1
1
3 Prizes of $1,000 are
5 “ 500 are
100 “ 100 are
J00 “ 50 are
72 Approximation Prizes,
30t)0 Prizes of $30 are
32~6 Prizes amounting to...
60,000
20.000
10,000
5.000
2,01-0
3.000
2,500
10.000
5.000
3,760
90,000
..$215,260
in the State, and some of the best farms in South-! fej^TICKETS $10; Halves $5; Quarters $2.J
eru and Cherokee, Ga. He will also buy lands in
any part of the State, at a fair price.
All letters addressed to him at Butler, Ga., will
meet with prompt attention.
Nov. 17. 1856 26 ly
ETHERIDGE 8c SON,
Factor.*;, Commission and Fonvardiiig
tyBank Notes of sound Banks taken at par.
Checks on New York remitted for Prizes.
lyAddress Orders for Tickets or Certificates
for Packages of Tickets to
ANDERSON ,Y SON, Managers,
Macon or Savannah, Ga.
Persons holding Prize Tickets of J. F. Win
ter. Manager, will send them to us for payment.
in any part of the State. Being located at the
Seat of Government, where they have convenient
reference to the Public Records, they can trace up
titles and find out the true owner of any Lot in
the State. Copy Grants taken out and forwarded
for $2 each Lot. Land Books will be made out,
and all information in regard to lands promptly
furnished for reasonable compensation.
We have printed Pocket Maps of old Appling
county, (including Clinch, Coffee and Ware) with
the number of every Lot in each District thereon.
A similar Map of old Irwin county, (including the
counties made therefrom) showing every number
in every District. Either of these Maps will be
sent by mail—postage paid—on the reception of
Three dollars.
We have also a few copies of the Cherokee I.and
Bonk, with a map and numbers of each District,
with the name and residence of the drawer of each
Lot drawn in the Chcroke Land Lottery; very
useful to trace up titles and find out owners: sent
bv mail on the reception of Tiro dollars.
A W. CALLAWAY & Co.,
Laud Agents.
Milledgeville, Ga., May 5,1857. 49 tf
DENTIL NOTICE.
KAYANMAH, ga.
I>. r.THERIDGE. W. D. ETHERIDGE, J:
duly 15th, 1856. 8 tf
Land for Sale,
A WILL be sold at the Court House in Forsytn.
M Munruc county, on the first Tuesday in JULY
next, oil'* lot of Land in Monroe county, seven
m . - from Forsyth, on the Bamesville road, lying
' ween Joseph Hill’s and John Poe’s lands. Tlu-
Macon and Western Railroad runs through one
c'H er of it. This Lot of Land is well timbered,
b t t' no improvement except about 44 acres ot
NOW IS Yu UR TIME, FOR BARGAINS!
At the Yellow Store!
would inform
1 VJTE subscriber respectfully
bis friends and the public generally, that
he now offers his entire STOCK of Furnish
ING GDODS. at greatly reduced prices, embracing
all articles in TIN WARE needed for family
use. Also Brilan'ui Ware, Japan Hare, Spire Bores.
Fluid Lamps, tec. All necessary Stove furniture.
A good assortment of STOVES, such as
Cooking, Parlor and OfficftStoves, Stove-pipes
made to order. &c. All kinds of TIN and I
SHEET IRONWORK manufactured to order on
1 ■ 1 laud, which is ready for cultivation, and a i short- notice. A few good Tin Covered Safes, for
goi-i well of water. Persons desiring to purchase , sale low for Cash. I will dispose ot any or every
i small place would do well to examine it. Terms | article now on band, for from 15 to 2U per cent.
Male known the day of sale.
CHARLES II. CARTER.
ISAAC W. COUSINS.
WM. HARTAWAY.
April 14th, 1857. 46 *tds.
Attachment. Affidavit* Ac, Short Form,
Lank Deeds, Clerk’s Executions, Administrator’s
Deeds, Jury and witness Summons, Sheriff’s Deeds,
Attachments, Writs,.Forthcoming Bonds, Ac. forsale-
A NL PEKIOK ARTICLE OF TEA!
Fancy, Butter and Boston Crackers,
Always on hand, and jot Sale at COXX’S-
hirer than ever before offered in this market, for (’a«I!
All persons wishing any kind of Goods in my
line, will please give me a call, and they shall have
a better bargain than ever before.
Stag's, Copper, Brass, Lead, dec,
which the highest price will be paid.
JOSEPH STALEY.
Milledgeville, May 4,1857. 49 tf
for
S3 ® rrxt 0 2a £1 am 2? A cq 3
GRAHAM, WATER, BUTTER, SODA, LEMON
4 ffASJCW CRACKERS, FRENCH MUSTARD,
PICKLES, CHOW CHOW, I?AH<DT ©AHlL'ESg,
USTEf FOR at CONN'S 25&ETOT
Store, where numerous other articles can be found.
TOOTH ACHE CURED, TEETH FILLED,
cleaned and put in without giving any pain, war
ranted. I've been extensively engaged in busi
ness at 371 and 491 Broadway, New York City dur
ing the past twenty years, and owiug to feeble
health am obliged to remain in a Southern clime
for several years, &c. I therefore, from solicita
tions of some gentlemen, have consented to settle
in Milledgeville. Ladies or Gentlemen desiring
superior operations performed on their own or their
children’s Teeth, are invited to cal!—have their
teeth thoroughly examined, and judge for them
selves, Ac. Al! operations warranted to remain
firm and do first rate service.
I)R. HOLT, Dentist.
Residence and Office at McComb s Hotel.
Milledgeville, Ga. [apr. 2 s , '57, 48 tf
The Great Preachers of Londaji—Spurgeon
Kinney and Punshon.
I have reached London, and heard Mr. Spur
geon. These two facts are mentioned together
not even as an indispensable attendant, one upon
the other, but as at least a very desirable one.
Arriving late last (Saturday) evening, the neces
sary instructions wereeagerly sought to enable mo
to pilot my way to Surrey Gardens, wherein stands
asph-ndid musical hall, capable of holding ten
thousand persons. Being too late to secure a
ticket, the day previous, and you must go very
early so as to be near the entrance when it is open
to the unticketed crowd. As far back from the
Gardens as London Bridge, a steady current of
people, generally grave aud serious in demeanor,
gives the assurance that you are on the right,
road.
As you near the Gardens, it becomes a stream of
people, and as they approach the place, the attrac
tion seems to get stronger, and they start in a trot,
and then in a run—young men and young women,
boys and girls, arc seen now in a very fast walk or
run, all bending in one direction. Here is a gate: a
policeman cries “tickets here;” you press up—
“Where'syou ticket?” “Have none; but I am all
the way from America—let me pass!” “Pass, sir!”
You fall into the current that flows on in increasing
volume towards the reception room of the Hall.
Though an hour is yet to pass before service be
gins, the lower floor is filled, the dress circle is
densely crowded; so betake yourself to tho second
gallery, and feel grateful that you get a front seat.
All lias the bustling air of a concert room No one
takes his hat off, and the buzz of hundred of voices
makes it difficult for you to feel that you have
come for the purpose of worship. But the Hall
is filled to its utmost capacity—in all the vacant
spaces, hundreds stand patiently.
Now you see toward the stage a movement, and a
general taking offof hats. The preacher is making
his way toward the pulpit. A young man only
twenty-two—with a pale but full face, benignant
yet serious, enters and bows down over the Bible
in prayer.—Everything is filent as the grave. He
rises from bis knees and thousand of hymn books
over the vast assembly are opened. “Let us sing
the 3t)th hymn of the Watt’s Collection,” “Come
ye that love the Lord,” is spoken in a clear, full,
silvery voice—and you have heard the voice of
the “modern Whitfield,” as he, is now tuermed.
His prayer is fervent, simple. He prays most
powerfully for the ungodly and most touchingly
for grace "to aid the speaker in his position of fear
ful responsibility. But how can he fail of fervour
after the singing of the beautiful hymn by ten
thousand persons, for all sing aud the music is
purely vocal.
Another hymn is sung ‘-Grace, ’tis a charming
sound,” after the reading of the lesson, which is
tho 81th psalm. In reading the lesson, the spea
ker makes a few simple, and, on the whole, ap
propriate comments; hut listen to the voice and
observe the well chosen gesture. His voice fills the
house, and though you are seated near the furthest
end of the hall, every'word is distinctly heard.
His prayers and comm nts indicate his general
style of speech. His sentences are simple. His
prayer opened thus: “O Lord, wo want a bles-
siugthis morning.” His opening comment was, “In
David’s time there was but one tabernacle. But
rrnvo r
X made
mouths after date, application will be
to the Court of Ordinary of Putnam
county, for leave to sell the real estate of John
Gossett, deceased.
SAM’L GOSSETT, Adm’r.
April 23th, 1857. L" r . B.C.] 48 6t.
S IXTYdajs afterdate, application will be made
to tiie Court of Ordinary of Pulaski County
for leave to sell two lots of land belonging
to Thomas W. Rawlins, late of said county de
ceased. SAM’L RAWLINS, Adm’r.
April 25th, 1857. [R.r. c.] 49 8t.
S IXTY days after date application will he made
to the Court of Ordinary of Pulaski couatv
for leave to sell the Land and Negroes belonging
to the estate of Sarah P. Lester, deceased.
H. H WHITFIELD, („
R. C. LESTER. ^ Executors.
April 30tb, 1857. 49—9t.
•Every where may grace be found.
And every spot of earth is consecrated ground.’
For where two or three are met together,” etc.
You are now not only satisfied that you will hear
the sermon, but also the text. It is the 8th verse
of the 193th Psalm. “Nevertheless he saved them
for his name’s sake.,’ He proceeds announcing
his division, first who saves them? secondly, who
is it that is saved! thirdly, why are they
saved! fourthly, what difficulty is understood as
removed in the word “nevertheless?” His dis
course is ns simple as may he; but throughout it
the same silvery voice, and the same striking ac
tion. Ho gestures chiefly with the left hand, the
hand closed, all but bis forefinger. Generally he
passes his right band under his left arm; keeping
it there while using the left.
While he speaks not a breath is heard, and at
the close of every division the audience
cougii or re-adjust themselves in their seats, or
as they may otherwise place themselves at ease
before be re-commences. He is bold in his enumer
ation and denunciation of sin, and holds up the
ross throughout. As he closes he cries; “Let us
send up one glad, hearty note of praise to oar God.
,Praise God from whom alt blessings flow,” all sing
—and you leave the house with a thankful and
improved heart. Mr. Spurgeon is a remarkable
instance of the power of voice and action. His
sermon, in composition, are surpassed by several
hundred ministers every Sunday in the very city
in which he now preaches but while many of them
fail to g t a tolerable congregation, no house can
be found large enough to accommodate bis audi
ence.
At night I attended tin Independent Chapel,
served by the Rev-. Mr. Bintiev, who is justly re
garded as one of the ablest preachers of the world's
metropolis. He had a large audience, his spaci
ous chapel being filled, and one cannot help won-
deriug it any one of bis audience could ever forget
such a discourse. His text is John iii., 14, 15,
and 16 verses. Ilis manner was all his owu; he
never could be imitated. Without auy of what
are sometimes called the charms of oratory, he en
chained his audience for au hour and a half. It
was a profound, logical and heart-searching dis
course. In the course of his sermon he gave a
most luci l, explanation on the entire freedom of
the will and the universality of the atonement.
But this page is almost fall—and not a word
has been written about Mr. Panshon (Wesleyan)
whose lecture last night in Exeter Hall, to about
four thousand hearers, called forth the unbounded
enthusiasm of his audience Do not be alarmed
at the rapid consumption of superlatives evident in
thesv pages. What is one to do when in London,
and favored to hear the great men of the world/ To
dispense with superlatives will be to put the pul
pit of London on a level with the rest of the world,
which it is not, that is, in the cases referred to.
The subject of Mr. Puushon's lecture was John
Bunyan, apparently the very subject to call out
bis genius: For two hours one stream of eloqu
ence flowed from his lips.
Chaste, classical, powerful, he hurried along,
pouring forth a perfect torrent of beautiful similes,
bold figures and splendid climaxes. He reminds
you ofBishop Bascom in the rapidity which he
speaks, but bis action is very different. A most
delightful feature in his lecture was an earnest
and powerful appeal to the young on tho subject
of religion. At i:s close one prolonged shout of
admiration broke from the listening thousands,
and several minutes after the speaker sat down,
the cheer for and waving of hats and handkerchiefs
testified the admiration uf all.—Charleston Ad
vocate.
From the Journal of Commerce.
The Habits of Shad.
BY ROBERT L. PEEL.
Shad spawn on gravelly bottoms. They
will never deposit their ova on a muddy or
movable surface, as they know well that
they Avould not adhere. Young shad on
their way to the ocean are rarely seen on
soft ground, but only in tiie vicinity of
gravel bottoms and a rocky shore. I have
seen hundreds of thousands passing down
the Hudson in the months of July and
August. Old shad commence ascending
southern rivers in February and March,
and the Hudson and Connecticut river in
April, May and June; coming drectly from
the deep sea in large shoals, searching for
spawning ground, and immediately after
the operation, swim with great rapidity
near the bottom towards the ocean, and if
taken, are found thin and unlit for the
table. Full shad, when they leave the
sea, migrate to spawn beyond the brackish
water, and usually continue up the stream
if the bottom is suitable, until they are
prevented by a dam or similar obstruction,
which they never attempt to overcome, as
salmon do. The young shad from spawn
desposited by the April run of spawners,
when returning down the Hudson on their
way to the ocean in August, are about the
size of large herrings. If our fishermen
were experienced, tiiey might meet the
shoals at Sandy Hook immediately on
their arrival from deep water, and shorten
the distance daily towards the spawning
ground, by winch means a number
that now fortunately escape to spawn,
would be destroyed.
There is no satisfaction, howev-er, in en
lightening this class of citizens, who are so
selfish as to look only to present gain, and
are unwilling to spend half an hour at the
end of each fishing season, to plant the
spawn of a dozen shad; each of which
would produce fifty thousand fish towards
the next year’s supply. I have endeavor
ed to induce our State Legislature to pass
a law making it incumbent upon all fish
ermen so to do; but have not been success
ful. If this plan were pursued for five
years, our rivers would again team with
this delicious fish, as they always return,
directed by instinct, to spawn where they
were born: Some years since, in my vi
cinity on the Hudson, two thousand shad
were taken at a single haul of the seine,
where now it is a rare occurrence to entrap
three hundred: This fact plainly shows
that if the present destructive system is
pursued, the supply will soon fail to meet
tiie demand. Two years since, I artificial
ly impregnated the a>va of shad—thus.-
having partially filled a pail with water, I
took a female immediately from the river
in my left hand, and stripped her gent
ly with my right; when the ova, some fifty
thousand in number, were forced into the
pail. The spermatic fluid of the male was
then in the same way caused to drop in the
same pail, and when thoroughly mixed to
gether, the color of the ova changed from a
glowing red to a beautiful straw color.—
They werre then placed under fine
gravel at the inlet of one of my breeding
ponds, and running water was permitted to
pass over them.
At this time my microscope only indicated
a single cell in the egg, containing a straw
colored fluid. Forty days afterwards the
microscope exposed to view thousands of
different sized cells partially filled with
blood. T wo days afterwards 1 plainly saw
eyes. Within a week thereafter, thousands
of young of shad made their appearance,
with small apendages attached to their
bodies, but I could not discern with my
glass either mouth or gills, but the blood
vessels and heart were plainly seen. The
eyes were large and pectoral tins well de
veloped. At the age of thirteen days, the
anal, dorsal and cordal fins, devoid of rays,
could be seen without the microscope,as well
as the gills and mouth. At this period the
sack disappeared, and they attempt
ed to eat; were very lively, and con
cealed themselves when any person ap
proached.
I have also caused old shad to spawn in
a breeding pond, and kept them heal
thy by an occasional application of fine
salt. Their progeny became fresh water
fish.
Fecundated ova of the famous English
sole, white bait, teuch, carp, roach, dace,
perch aud jack, wrapped in flannel cloths,
and packed in boxes of damp moss for ine,
were all lost inthe ill fated Arctic. I in
tended to plant the ova of the salt water
fish in the little bays formed by the Hud
son River Railroad, and have made ar
rangements with Monseur Coste, of Paris,
and Monsieur Millet of the French Soiete
Zoololique d’Acclimation, for another ship
ment during the present season.
1 offered the Legislature of the State of
New York, at its present sitting, through
the medium of Senators Kelley and Fer-
don, to stock all the waters of the State
with salmon at my own expense, if they
should become well established in the dif
ferent waters; but want of time will proba
bly prevent its passage.
The growth of Salmon had been thor
oughly prove 1 m the Scotch fisheries, by
marking their fish. The young fry in
four mouths’ time, between the period of
leaving their birth-place for the sea, and
their return to spawn, have increased seven
and a half pounds in weight.
Culture of the Delon.
There is no fruit that enters so largely
into the daily consumption of our people
as the melon, and none that seems to be
so little understood or appreciated in
its culture. A fine flavored water or musk
melon should not be planted within one
hundred yards of any other melon, or any
of the melon family. Gourds, squashes
or cucumbers should never be planted in
the same garden or field with melons, for
the volatile nature of the pollen of each
will mix, making hybrids of th'c next gen
eration, giving the melon a gourdy,
squashy flavor, and softening the shell
of the gourd. The melon delights in a
sandy soil, and to have them in their great
est perfection, the ground should be. deeply
spaded cr sub-soil plowed. The hill
should be about ten feet apart. The
wartermelon vine is very subject to injury
from water; heavy and long continued
rains given the vines the appearance of
having been scalded, hence the necessity of
planting on hills instead of on a level. Holes
should be excavated and tilled in with well
rotted manure, with a mound made over the
manure at least twelve inches higher in
the centre than on the outside; on the
centre of this mound, plant the seed, plant
some six or eight, aud when they have
four leaves, thin out to three plants in a
hill. As the vines begin to run, branch
and bloom, pinch out the terminal bud,
which will throw the whole vigor of the
vine into the young fruit just set; as the
fruit increases in size, take off all but one
to a branch, and allow but one melon to
ripen on one branch vine:
An overloaded melon vine will produce
but inferior fruit. The cultivator should
bear in mind that the roots of melons run
just as fast and far as the vine extends,
and that the practice of laying back the
vines over the hills, and plowing deeply
between the hills, is very injurious to the
crop. The melon ground cannot be
broken Joo deep before the vines begin to
run, but it is a positive injury to the vine
for the plow to go three inches below the
surface, over which the vine has already
run. Great care should be taken in hand
ling the vines when working among them
with the hoe. For every tendril broken
or bruised on the vine, the fruit is retarded
in its maturity. Keep the ground clean
around the vines, aud as fast as the vine
elongates a branch, peg it down, so that
the winds may not blow them about and
break them. If the striped bug is trouble
some, mix one portion of guano and two of
gypsum, and dust over the vine when the
dew is on—the bugs will quickly depart.
The first melons that set on the vine
will mature in four weeks from the time of
the setting. The second settings in about
three weeks. As the season advances,
they will mature in less than three weeks.
Fine crops of melons are made by using
brush for the vines to run on, and cling to.
The seed of the first melon that ripens
should be saved for the next season’s
planting, provided it grew where no other
member of the melon family could impreg
nate it.—Cotton Planter and soil
A little Swedish girl, who had shared the
heavenward impulse of a late revival of reli
gion in her native land, was walking with
her father on a starry night, absorbed in
contemplation of the skies. On being
questioned as to the occupation of her
thoughts, she repled by expressing the
following conception, which is certainly
very domestic, but still more poetical, and,
most of all, truthful:
“I was thinking.” she said, “if the wrong
side of heaven is so glorious what must the
other side be.”
A woman is either worth a great deal
or nothing. If good for nothing, she is not
worth getting jealous for; if she be a true
woman, she will give no cause for jealousy.
A man is a brute to be jealous of a good
woman—a fool to be jealous of a worthless
one—but a double fool to cut his throat for
either of them.
The Love of Smut.— The love of smut
seems to be among tho primal instincts of
the human heart. It takes a good deal of
the refinements of cultivation to eradicate
the original proclivity for filth which be
longs to the animal basis of man. What
the philanthropists call “passions” are
intuitively prone to obscene indulgence;
and there is an universal fondness for
dirty stories, falacious tales, and filthy
reports of crimes and indecencies, which
is ever a fortune to those who cater for it.
The -most sternly virtuous will devour,
“on the sly,” the most disgusting details
of a Kalloch trial that ever disgraced the
dirtiest sheet. And this is the stuff that
“sells;” this is what makes a newspaper
“popular,” and gives it a tremendous
“circulation!” There have been matters
published in some of our dailies” during
the past week which render the vender,
clearly indictable under the statute against
obscene publications. And yet these
foul and beastly papers are permitted to
go into the parlors of our most fashionable
families, and to soil the hands and hearts
of their fairest daughters. The youthful
mind becomes corrupted, the imagination
diseased, and purity of thought and life
departs at once and forever from the
sanctuary of the heart and home. A
newspaper that will not minister to this
tainted taste becomes insipid and “unpop
ular.” It is like a glass of plain spring
water to the rum puckered mouth: and.
however healthful such beverage may be
to the unsophisticated system, it is de
cidedly distasteful to the prurient palate.
To those flourishing publishers who pander
to this morbid appetite for smut a Kalloch
trial is a “perfect godsend.” It runs up
the “circulation” of their journals, puts
money in their purse, and the titilated
public grin, gulp, and swallow the dirty
“developments” with all the greedy yout
of a Satyr.—Mirror.
Sweeter Far in Heaven.—It was even
ing—bright, star kissed evening. We
were seated alone at the piano, breathing
a song of beauty and joy; and as our fingers
glided lightly up the silver-keyed octaves,
and music, “the soul of beauty,” gushed
forth responsive to our touch, it seemed
that nowhere in this glad earth could there
he hearts beating heavily, so light and
joyous were our own. The last echo had
died away in the distance, and turning
from the instrument, our eye rested upon
the silvered locks and bending form of one,
whose countenance bespoke a pure and
noble heart. We had never met before,
but he whispered softly, while a smile of
beauty wreathed his colorless lips:—
“Young maiden, 'twill be sweeter far in
heaven!” O! how those few simple words
changed the current of our thoughts; and
when, in words of winning eloquence, ho
spoke of the comforts of our holy religion,
and urged us to consecrate our life, our
talents, our all, to the service of our Maker,
we thought no sacrifice too great, if, like
him, we, too, might know the source of joy;
if, like him, we, too, might see unfolding,
before our spirit’s vision, the glories of the
Celestial city.
Weeks fled, and that old man, wearied
of earth, folded his thin arms, and went
to sleep. They laid him to rest, away
in the church yard; but we know that there
was but the casket—that the spirit, no
longer fettered, was basking in the sun
light of the Saviour’s smile; and that his
voice, no longer tremulous, mingled in the
anthems of the “just made perfect.” Yes
gifted one, the autumn winds are sighing
mournfully around the tomb, and faded
leaves, typical life, are scattered o’er thy
pulseless heart; yet thy influence cannot
die. The hearts won by thee from paths
of sin, are weaving garlands of affectionate
gratitude to twine around thy memory;
and wheu at twilight hour we breathe a
song of the “olden time,” beautiful, indeed,
through the vista of the past, comes the
remembrance of those joy-inspiring words;
“Twill be sweeter far in heaven!”
Be not hasty in censuring, or praising, the ac-
ous of a man, when you do not understand the
m olives that impelled him to it.
r elsh society, the
authenticity of which has been vouched
for.
Editors, he said, like other shrewd men,
have to live with their eyes and mouths
open.. I have heard related the story of
an editor who started a paper in a village
at the NY est. The town was infested with
gamblers, whose presenco was annoying to
the citzens, who told the editor if he did
not come out against them they would not
take his paper. He replied that he would
“give'em a smasher” the next day. And
sure enough, his next issue did contain the
promised “smasher,’ which did not belie its
name.
On the following morning the redoubta
ble editor was seated, scissors in hand, in his
sanctum, cutting out news, when in walked
a large man, cudgel in his hand, and asked.
“Is the editor in?”
“No sir,” was the reply, “he has gone
out. Take a seat and read the papers, ho
will be in in a few moments.”
Down sat the indiugant man of cards,
crossed his legs with his club between them,
and commenced reading a newspaper. In
the meantime the editor quietly vamosed
down stairs, and at the landing below met
another excited man with a cudgel in his
hand, who also asked:
“Is the editor in?”
“Yes, sir,” was the prompt response;
“you will find him up sta'rs, reading news
papers.”
The latter, on entering the room, find
ing the “editor” prepared to meet him
with his club, with a furious oath commen
ced a violent assault upon the former,
which was resisted with equal ferocity.—
The fight was continued until both had
rolled down to the foot of the stairs, and
pounded each other to their heart’s con
tent.
This was “equal and exact justice” all
round, aud it is to be lamented that all
attacks upon honest and free speaking
editors against great evils, should not re
sult in a similar manner.
Yl by don’t men get rich.
Of one hundred men, it would be safe,
we think, to assert, that at least seventy-
five have a strong desire to be possessed of
worldly goods and property—in a word,
to bench. Of these seventy-five of our
active and ready-witted American popu
lation, in faculty or diligence—andyetfew,
up to the middle age acquire a competency,
or in any respect to fortune, accomplish their
wishes. Can any man give us thephiloso-
phv of this frequent result? It appears to
us to lie in a small compass. There is in
every community a number of persons
determined not to labor, who lend their
whole inert energies in the reversal of the
order of the sciptnre: “By the sweat of
thy brow shalt thou live.” They resolve,
and maintain their resolutions with calm
and stubborn uniformity to the end of their
days not to sweat; but to ‘keep cool' —and
let the others do the hard work in the heat
of the day. C haracters of this stamp are to
be found in every town, village, and city and
district in the country.
Aud how do they live? Simply by
using others. Either by getting posses
sion of their property without paying for it,
on a false credit, or by bringing others in,
by way of loans and endorsements to pay
their debts; in a word, diligent Americans
fail to grow rich, at least to secure a com
petency, by not collecting the debts they
have earned in their calling, or by having
to pay the debts of other people. These
are two fruitful sources of poverty. Do
we argue therefore against loans and cred
its? I none form and another they are the
basis of all modern society. The point wo
seek to get at is this,that men who have small
means should live on small means; that no
man has a right to launch into splendor on the
expected profits of business, and to make
his creditor contribute to his extravagance
and that of his household—in other words no
one has a right to spend a dollar before he
has earned a dollar.
Go it While You're Young.—This ap
pears to be the motto of the youth of the
present age. Yes, go it while you’re
young, no matter if you violate every law
of nature, no matter if you palsy the nerves
of youth, no matter if you weaken the mind
which God has given you, no matter if you
peril your immortal soul. Go it while
you’re young. Life is short at the best,
and a few years more or less makes no
difference. Go it, and show your reckless
ness of life. by laughing to scorn all the
laws which should regulate your existence.
Go it, peril your soul and scoff at the
goodness of God, by showing that you
entertain no fear of caloric, or, in the
language of a drunken boy whom we met
in the streets a few nights ago, “Hurrah for
h—11, who’s afraid of fire?”
Yes, go it while you’re young—smoke
your cigar, chew your tobacco, drink your
whiskey, spend your nights in revelry and
licentiousness, and be a man. Yes, by all
means, go it—laugh at the old fogies who
tender you advice—tell your father he is
not fast enough for this progressive age,
and when your mother remonstrates with
you upon late hours, inform the “old lady,,
that in your opinion women are weak
minded, and know very little of what is
proper for a man.
Y’es, by all means, “Go it while you’re
young,” for rest assured that “when you
get old you can't.” Plant the seeds of
dissipation in the garden of your heart,
and if the devil don’t reap the fruits of your
husbandry, we are not a true prophet,
that’s all. Go it while you’re young.
Mobile Register.
An Ohio Editor on Fashionable Dan
cing.—An Ohio Editor give his views of
several dances which he witnessed at the
Inauguration Ball at Washington, thus:
“The want of variety in this Metropoli
tan dancing, was, however, fully made up
by the fancy things, such as the waltz and
polka. These were absolutely barbarous.
The old fashion waltz, the morality of
which even Byron called in question, is
here ignored as altogether too cool and dis
tant. The lady here lays her head oa the
gentleman’s bosom, puts one hand in his
coat-tail pocket, then resigns herself to his
embraces, and goes to sleep, all but her
feet, which when not carried by him clear
off the floor, goes patting around on her
toes. The gentleman thus entwined
throws his head hack, and his eyes up,
like a dying calf; his body bent in the
shape of a figure 4, he whirls, backs up,
swings around, swoons to all appearances,
pushes forward, and leaves the ring, to the
dfelight of all decent people.”
Colored Candy is Poisonous.—At a re
cent meeting of the Select Gommitte of
the British House of Commons to inquire
into the adulterations of all articles sold for
food, &c.,Dr. Taylor, the celebrated Pro
fessor of Chemistry at Guy’s Hespital,
made the following statement in regard to
the colored confections.
“In red candy vermillion and lead were
used; and in the yellow, oxide of lead and
chromate of red, which was very dangerous
and had been known to be the cause of the
death of a child in 1853. The extract of
bitter almonds, which was very much used
in confections, was a most powerful poison,
as it contains from six to twelve per cent,
of prussic acid.. Twenty drops of oil kil
led a woman forty nine years of age in half
an hour. A compound of it called ‘almond
flavor’ was much used, but was very
dangerous. There was an instance in
which half an ounce had killed a woman
tbirty-six years of age ball bour*