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jjOUGHTOJf, NISBET®ARNES,
Publishers and Froprtors.
II. *I»»KT
VOLUME XXVIL]
Tt: k jii,
tbs rEDSKAL vmir.
■, published H'ctkly, in the Darien Bat Building,
/: 52 09 per Annum, payable i advance
50 it' not paid within three mths. ami
00 if uot P^d ^ e f° r e the end of t year.
* BATE* «F ADVEKriMIX,
Per square of twelve lines.
0i:c insertion SI 00, and Fifty Cents fot. c h sub-
,u,-»r continuance.
■pi,. .. >eRt without a specification of the U n)bcr
oi insertion", will be published till forj an j
charged accordingly. #
prsiDoS or Piofessiocal Cards, per year,.-here
t bcy do not exceed Six Lines. -* - lo 00
1 libetnl contract will he made with those who %£ to
Advertise by the year, occupying a specified .we.
LEG A L ADVERTISEMENTS,
gales of Land and Negroes, by Administrate,
vjeentors or Guardians, are required by law to.
l on the first Tuesday in the month, betwei
tr» of 10 “ tll(; forenoon and 3 in the afte TTTILL open a Branch Store from his New York
[«i at the Court House in the County in whid T ? and Savannah Stores, on 17th March, in the
tte property is situated. building now known as Washington Hall, on j
Satire of these sales must be given in a publichsncock Street.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 2G. 1857.
[NUMBER 52.
CHEAP CASH STORE.'
MHY GOODS
AT NEW YORK CITY PRICES!
Tailoring Establishment.
Id^ r '( Opposite the Milledgeville HoteJ.)_JFl
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; t hey will endeavor to please.
Mu. Brown, one of the Firm has just returned
from New York, with a choice selection of Cloths,
Cassimtrs, and Fancy (loads for Pants, also a good
. ^SHetv of Plain and Fancy Costings; their Goods
gsv to- in days previous to the day ot sale. 250 Sets Embroidered Collars and Sleevts. from | have been selected with great care, and purchased
Bargains! Bargains! Bargains!
IHISHBACK
for the sale of personal property must be JU -ents to $7 a set.
given in like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate
las-t also be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court
of Ur iinary tor leave to sell Land or Negroes, must
j,e published for two months.
Citations for letters of Administration, Guardinn-
T/iip. A c., must be published 00 days—for dismis-
. ii from Administration, monthly six months—for
c.-mission from Guardianship, 40 days.
Halos tor foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub
lished monthly for four months—for establishing lost
•vipers,.for the full space of three months—for corn-
ling titles from Executors or Administrators,-
where b ond has been given by the deceased, the
full space of three month
Publications will always be continued according
to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise
ordered, at the following
RATES:
C'tations on letters of Administration, Ac. $‘2 75
“ dismissory from Admr’on. 4 50
“ Guardianship 3 00
Leave to sell Land or Negroes 4 00
Notice to debtors and creditors 3 00
Sales of persponal property, ten days, 1 sqr. 1 50
Sale of land or negroes by Executors,&c. 5 00
F.strays, two weeks I 50
For a man advertising his wife fin advance) 5 00
BTSIIV ESS C 4 it DS
Messrs. A. II. & L. II. KENAN.
Are Associated in the Practice of Law
Office 1st Door upon 2d floor of
MASONIC HALL.
Jan. 23d. l a 57. 35 tf.
S.
32 Iv
W. PARKER,
.Ktorney at L.mr,
COLQUITT, GA.
_ A. II. IH’LA W S,
Attorney at Ziaw,
32 ly*J BLAKELY, GA.
I>l< A. II Cl.TI.niNG,
.llillon. Wilkinson County (da.,
Tenders his Professional services to the citizens
of Wilkinson county. [Jan. 6, 57, ly
THOMAS J. COX,
ATT 0 It.YE Y AT LAW,
NEWTON, Baker county, Ga.
March P, 1856. 42 tf
A large assortment of Ladies’ Collars, from 13 j
ruts each to $5, worth nearly double the money
•5(11 Oriental Collars, at 6 cents each. Tiny have |
e style and appearance of much finer Goods |
arranted not to wash.
500 pair Sleeves and Chimisettes, very cliiap.
Swiss and Jaconet, Bands and Flomtings, I
Igings, Swiss, Jaconet, Stripe and other Mnslms I
fimpure Laces at only about 50 cents on tbe !
dlar.
Hack Brussels, Silk Lace, and Mohair Laces :
•inen Handkerchiefs, a large stock, aid very
clap.
•00 Linen Handkerchiefs, only Gj cents each, |
usrily sold at 12 cents.
•no Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs, IQto 50 ;
cer< each, a great bargain.
Fncli Embroidered Handkerchiefs, from 17 ct«. j
to ^ each, very cheap.
DO pair Ladies’ Cotton Hose.at only 6j onts a ’
painnd dear enough at that price.
Aetter article from 12 cents upwards.
Mitillas and Parasols, a large assortneot.
Silk lantillas, nicely trimmed, only $1 50.
Cihmere Shawls, Black Silks, Lawns, kibes,
Chales, Lie Laines, Ac.
Jeelry. a small stock: Bracelets, Mens Half
HosaGents. Linen Handkerchiefs, Shirt Booms,
Gold >id Silver Lace, Ac.
Lates and Misses Bonnets, very cheap.
Bon.et Ribbons, a large assortment.
Drei Trimmings, quite a variety.
Tabl Cloths and Napkins, Morocco Belts Vel
vet Ribons, Irish Linens, Lisle Thread, Gives,
Mitts, lapacoes, Ginghams, Black Silk Lac for
Mantilk. English Crape, Lace Veils. Ac. &i.
The shscriber buys his goods for cash xclu-
sively, t Auction, therefore he can and will pll at
New Yrk City prices. His stock will he rplen-
ished wekly. Please give us a call. Good free
ly showd, with the marked prices in phti fig
ores. THOS. B. MUSHB.SK.
Millegeville, March lfith, 1857. 4 tf
for Cash, arid they propose to make up garments
from their Goods, at greatly reduced rates, for
Cteth.
We have all kinds of trimming required 'for the
making up of garments, which will be sold low.
Our Goods are warranted to be superior to any of
the kind ever offered in this city.
[Or'■ 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, 1857.
44 tf
MUG STORE.
tf
puns
S »llTSili
]NTEW ! !
DU. CBAS. H. HALL,
.Viltcdgtrilte, (da.
OrncE near tiie Court House. Country
CALLS I’ROMPTLY ANSWERED.
June 24th, 1856. 4 tf
IIIAVEjnst received a fresh sup-1
pv of Pickles. Sauces, Ac., such as
Wircestershire, John Bull, Millers
Epicureai, Grays Salad, and Pepper Sauce, thich
are piottuneed by Epicures the VERY 1EST
Sauces exant. .
Tomao and Walnut Catsup, fag-
lish, Frnch and American XKCusI); d.
Also, Clow Chow, plain ami Mixed Piiles,
Capers, Spiuish Olives, and SPICED OYSTIRS.
All Kinds of Jellies.
BRANEV APRICOTS, PEAC1ES !
INI) CHERRIES.
A few tiree gallon kegs of PICKLS on !
hand, which vith the above named artielesrill be ,
sold Cheap foi Cash.
CALL AXE SEE!!
T HE subscriber, grateful for past
favors, respectfully announces to
tbe citizens of Milledgeville and vicinity, that he
has in store a large and general assortment of
»»» SIVfiSi
Chemicals, Dye-Stuffs, Paints,
OILS, GLASS. PATENT MEDICINES of all
kinds, FINE WINES and BRANDIES for Me
dicinal purposes, Perfumery, Hair Oils and
Pomades,
Tube Paints, Assorted Colors.
Books and Stationery,
CAMPHINE and BURNING FLUID, Hair,
Tooth and Paint Brushes of all descriptions,
FIXE SEGARS AND 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 HERTY.
April 15, 1857. ( 46 tf.
IEW GOODS
JUST RECEIVED AT THE
iWilledgeville Clothing Store,
In Hotel, No. 1.
A general assortment of Men's, Youth's and Boys’ I
Spring and Summer Clothing,
of superior quality, all made to order, and the
work warranted. For sale on liberal terms. ,
A. C. VAIL, Agent.
March, 1857. 44 tf.
fottri.
CIIAS. E IIISBET,
ATT O II NE Y A T LA W,
Cuthbcrt, (da.
April 3d, 1854. 44
GRIEVE A GRIEVE,
A TTORNEYS A T L A W,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
MILLER GRIEVE, SEN. MILLER GRIEVE, JR.
Oct. 7th, 1856. 19 tf
WALKER D- NEWELL,
A T T O 11 N E Y AT LA TV,
6 ly IRWINTON, GA.
S. H. HAWKINS,
a® f
AHEEICUS, GA.
‘IV'ILL give prompt attention to business en-
1 t trusted to his care in the counties of Sumter,
Webster, Randolph, Terrell, Lee, Baker, Worth
and Calhoun.
May 12,1857. 50 ]y
Milledge-ille, May 12th, 1857.
JOHN COIN.
5 tf.
J. A H. J. KELLEY,
COMMISSION AND FORWARDING
Sep. 2,1856.
t il A TT’ A>OOU.l. TEJVN.
14 ly.
HINES &, HOBBS.
ATT ORE IE $ AT LAW,
ALBANY, GA.
Practice in Dougherty and the surroticJiHg Coun
ii:>. in the U. S. Circt.it Court, for the .South
ern District Georgia, and in any' county-
in the State by special agreement.
NTw York—Carhart, Brother & Co., Wolfe &
1 n>p; Alexis, Bragg & Warren; E. & R. R.
braves; Havilland, Harral A Risley; A. P. Hal-
*\v. Casli’r B’k N. Y.
Swann mi, Ga.—Belden & Co.; Bacon Sc Levy;
• in ever & Co ; Patten, Hutton & Co.; Rogers &
5 'rris; C. H. Campfield, Esqr.
CiMr.LESTox, S. C.—Dewing, Thayer Sc Co.;
Chamberlain, Miler& Co.; J. & E. Bancroft; E.P.
(■'".Hard & Co.; T. N. Horsey & Co.; P. A.
Mo:sc. Esqr.
Macon, <J.\—E A. & J. A. Nisbet; Poe &
,: J. L. Jones, Esqr.; I. C. Plant, Esqr., Edwin
brans, Esqr,; Asher Ayres, Esqr. 33 tf
Thomas Hardeman. Jr. J. W Griffin.
Hardeman «& griffin,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Healers in wines, liquors, tobac-
■*-' CD, SEGARS and Groceries of every- dc-
•enption.
Corner of Cherry and Third Sts.,
MACON, GA.
s 'Pt- 2d, 1856. 14 tf
3. XIOSS,
general land agent
FOR THE STATE OF GEORGIA. •
IVnLL give the real owner of any lot, for $1 00;
'' will examine and report the value of any lot
' r s', of,. Will sell and convey for 5 percent.
. ;s now agent for the sale of 2500 vacant lots
11 the State, and some of the best farms in South-
(rn and Cherokee, Ga. He will also buy lauds in
"'O' part of the State, at a fair price.
^ : letters addressed to him at Butler, Ga.. will
meet with prompt attention.
- V,v 17, 1856. 26 ly
ETHERIDGE &, SON,
1 actors, Com mission and Forwarding
Merchants,
NAVAXHAH, GA.
" I). ETHERIDGE. W. D. ETHERIDGE, Jr
“'•ly 15th, 1856. 8 tf
NEW FURNITURE
Just Received, at tie
WARE-ROOMS
Of L. KENFIELD & CO.
IN MASONIC HtlL.
T HE Subscribers would most respecftlly call
the attention of their patrons, and tbpublic
generally, to their large Stock of New andtautiful
FVENITVRE , Just Received, al which
they propose to se.l cheaper than ever fori ash.
Our Stock, embraces a more full assortnnt than
was ever before offered in this Mark-i, ants offer
ed at greatly reduced prices. The followin named
articles, may be found at our Ware-Rohs, viz:
Sureaus, with Marble tops and Glat; also a
large variety of patterns of Mahogany at Black-
Walnut Bureaus, with or without the G1;L
Secretaries and Wardrobes^iese ar
ticles are fine finish, and will be sold vemow.
Sedsteads, The French Scroll, Fitch low-
post, and high-post bedsteads.
Bed-bottoms, this new style of Sing Bed-
Bottoms. is recommended,(by those whqaveused
them,) as being the best improvement ter made
upon ease and comfort of bedsteads.
Sofas. The Spiral Spring-Seat,
also the stuffed or Squab-Seat, all of
the best material and finish, and we _
will warrant them to give genera! 4isfaclion.
I ables, Marble-top. Pierand Centttables, al
so a full assortment of Card, Diningjxtension,
1 all-Leaf, and Laides Work tables, an Aork-Box-
es, Tea-Poys, Corner Stands or Whatis.
Marble Top, anil Mahogany Il'asli-Stitls.
A Chairs, Spring seat, Mahoganyfane Seat,
tV. Arm-Office or dining chairs, a ne article of
Socking Chairs, also the Cottagiiiairs.
A variety of Gentlemen's Portablefesks, also
Hat-Trees, Umbrella Stands, &c., veryjonvenient.
XiOOkiCg'-Glasscs, ill this line, riy beffound
a variety, from which all can be suite/
GLASS PLATES fitted to old Fraes!
PICTURE FRAMES made to ordri
The Premium Furniture |>lish.
All kinds of Furniture Rtpairei done up, re-
tarnished, Syc., in a neat manner, at shrt notice.
MATTRESSES manufactured to trier.
I"jr' Give us a call, and examine forpurselves.
L. KENFldD & CO.
Milledgeville, March 24,1857. 43 tf
M ime
JtJK. A S3 |
JUST RECEIVED AT TIIE
Milledgeville Clothing Store
A general assortment of HATS.
Beebe’s Fashionable Moleskin.
SOFT CASSIMERE, of various colors and quality,
Leghorn and Straw, “ “ •• •«
April 7, 1857.
A. C. VAIL, Agent.
45 tf.
MRS. RENFROE (Formerly Miss Foxton,)
^ Will open her ne w and Fashion-
RjaMablc Stock of Spring Goods, consist-
ing of a large variety of LADIES HATS,
CAPS, HEAD-DRESSES, &c., also Dress Trim
mings. Belts, Buttons, Berthers, Ribbons, Flowers,
Laces, Bionds, Rushes, &c., and all articles for
Millinery purposes. All Orders will be attended
to with punctuality, by Mrs. Renfroe.
PF* SHOW ROOMS OPENED, and GOODS
ready for examination, on Monday, 30th instant,
(Oppusite the MUlcdgecille Hotel.)
Milledgeville, March 28, 1857. 44 tf
LOST NTO^E.
L OST or mislaid a pecuniary noteriven by Ben
jamin F. Moore, to the. subscribe nor the sum of
two hundred and eighty Dollars,audue about the
last of December T«53. All personrrre cautioned
against trading for said note, ajl the maker
against paying it to any person .jeept the sub
scriber. JOHNS. MOORE.
Baldwin County, April 29th 1857 49 5t.
J. M. FOLSlM,
M a&w,
IRWINTON, GA.
Reference—Judge Cochran, Brunswick, Ga
May 1st, 1857. 49 3m
Land Office Agency, l
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. )
T HE undersigned will attend to all business
connected with the purchase or sale of Land
in tmy 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 Land
Book, with a map and numbers of each District,
with the name and residence of the drawer of each
Lot drawn in the Cheroke Land Lottery; very
useful to trace up titles and find out or ners; sent
bv mail on the reception of Two dollars.
A. W. CALLAWAY & Co.,
Land Agents.
Milledgeville, Ga., May 5,1857. 49 tf
Medical Cffd.
Land for Sale,
g ILL he sold at the Court House in Forsytn.
^ Monroe county, ou the first Tuesday in JULY
i v’f 11 ^ Land in Monroe county, seven
!" '“ from Forsyth, on the Bamesville road, lying
T HE undersigned having permanently associat
ed themselves in the pracae of Medicine
and Surgery, tender their siA'ieeg to the people
of Wilkinson County. Office ki Irwiutou, where
one or both may be found at aljtimes.
Consultation with the senid partner may be
had when desired, free of chara.
R. J. (P<
May 12th, 1857.
DCHRAN, M. D.
D. M. ILAY, M. D.
50 6m.
NOW IS YOUR TIME, X)R BARGAINS!
At the Yellot Store!
T HE subscriber respeet/illy would inform
his friends and the piblic generally, that
he now offers his entire fl'OCK of Fl'RNISH-
j. r .. uiuiniiuuuiiu.ix o j.ii< ■ ING GOODS, at greatly redded prices, embracing
J 311 Western Railroad runs through one ! all articles in TIN WARE needed for family
it ™’i r ° f This Lot of Land is well timbered, ““ D-t *—'“ , — ° ' ”
• ' n,) improvement except about 40 acres ot
cl-ared
an l, which is ready for cultivation, and a
a., ''I w '*ter. Persons desiring to purchase
: 11 piace would do well to examine it. Terms
J “ kuow n the day of sale.
CHARLES H. CARTER.
ISAAC W. COUSINS.
An,- .. , WM. HARTAWAY.
Hth. 1857. 46 *tda.
di, .Affidavit, dec. Short Form,
Heeds, Clerk' “
Beeds j ~ » Executions, Administrator’s
Attaei m rya " d H i,DC!is Summons, Sheriff 's Deeds,
™snts, rits. Forthenmiiig Bonds, &c. forxale-
n* ARTICLE OF TEA!
l ancy, Butipr an( j Bosioa Crackers,
—tt'tyr oa hand, and for Sale at CONN’S.
nouneed , 'b v r , a i' a,, ( u U ^* , ’ I * ***** has been pro-
** tb«r U,g uffiicted, to be the rtry but remedy
* T er n»od. 8e* advertisement.
fls of TIN and
jifactured to order on
tin Cotercd Safes, for
use. Alsu Britania Ware, Ja/tn Ware, Spice Boxes.
Fluid Lamps, bye. All ncceaary Stove furniture.
A good assortment of STAVES, such as
Cook i n g, Parlor and Office Stttes, Sto ve-pipn
made to order, &c. All ki. - ~ r ' r,x ' —
SHEET IRON WORK ma
short notice. A few good
sale low for Cash. I will diiiose of any or every
article now on hand, for fitm 15 to 20 per cent,
lower than ever before offered in liis market, for Cash.
All persons wishing any tmd of Goods in my
line, will please give me a cal. and they shall have
a better bargain than ever belrre.
Rags, Copper, Bras, Lead, Ac, for
which tbe highest price willbe paid.
JOSEPH STALEY.
Milledgeville, May 4,1857. 49 tf
(S3 3E> aaa ® H Da a au s Ajy d cs ce» 3
GRAHAM, WATER, BUTTER, SODA, LEMON
A-r CRACKERS, F0ENCH MUSTARD,
PICKLES, CHOW CHOW, (BjLSJBSItSS,
IPO'Z’Si FOR BihlaB At CONN'SIFASTOT
Store, where numerous otherArticles can he fonnd.
FILBS! FILES! FILES ! .
This hitherto intractable dise"sr, of every form and
in erery stage,
CURED BY EXTERNAL APPLICATIONJONLY.
Dr. Cavanaugh's File Salve.
V\J ILL never fail in giving immediate relief, ami pos-
\ V itirely curing the worst anil most obstinate cases
of Hemorrhoids or Piles. It is the
Only Infallible Remedy Known
here or elsewhere for the Piles, and is tbe result of
years of paiient study and investigation.
Sufferers from Piles now have a remedy at band
which will STAND THE TEST OF TRIAL, willi-
out a fear of failure on its part, to do all the proprietor
claims for it.
Full directions nrcomnany each box ; and all that is
requisite is s'rictly to observe them, and a cure is cer
tain to follow
The proprietor refers to the following testimonials
from gentlemen of character and standing, who have
voluntarily given their certificates in Us favor, in regard
to Us efficacy in their own cases. Rend them.
The following is from one of the most reliable oili-
zess of Chicago, the late Treasurer of Cook county. 111.
Chicago, July 25.. 1855.
Dr. Cavanauzh—Denr .Sir : 1 wish hereby to make
known to the affiicied that 1 have been irouhled wuh
the Piles for iweniy years or upwards, and at limes most
severely. Ami during a recent and exceedingly painful
attack, n friend procured a box of your Salve and asked
me to give it a trial. I did so Not, however, with itm
eipectaiion of benefiuing my disease, for truly, I had
t lied so many applications I had lost confidence in all
But in ranking u»e , f your Salve, I soon lonnd iliar it
was doing me good ; and really il is incredile to nnself,
that with only about iwo weeks use of your Salve, 1
ain, so far as I ran judge, a well man
I most cheerfully make this statement, helieving il
due both to yourself ami such as may be afflicted with
this most trying and painful disease. I do not lieslate to
say llist I consider your preparation an invaluable rem
edy for the Piles. Most sincerely yours,
H. N. HEALD.
The Hon. Richard Yales, late member of Congress
from tbe Springfield, (Ills ) district, says :
Jacksonville, HI., Nov 15. 1855.
Dr. Thos H Cavanaush—Dear Sir: Tbe preparation,
Cavanaugh's Pile Salve, which you furnished, I found
of greul service, producing an easy and speedy cure.
I do not hesitate to recommend it as an invaluable rem
edy for the Pi es. Respectfully,
RICHARD YATES.
For sale by F. G. Grieve, E. J. White & Bro., and
lames Herly, Milledgeville, Ga., find by Druggists and
Dealers generally throughout the Slate. Price $1 per
lioi.
See Circulars in hands of Agents.
Jan 2f>. 1857. 35 ly
The Comet.
BY O. \V. HOLMES.
The Comet! he is on his way,
And singing as he flies;
The whizzing planets shrink before
The spectre of the skies!
Ah! well ntay regal orbs burn blue,
And satellites turn pale.
Ten million cubic miles ot head,
Teu billion leagues of tall!
On. by whistling spheres of light,
He flashes and he flames;
He turns not to the left or right.
He asks them not their names;
One spurn from nis demoniac heel,—
Away, away they fly,
Where darkness might be bottled up
And sold lor “Tyrian dye.”
And what would happen to the land,
And how would look the sea,
If in the bearded devil’s path
Our earth should chance to be?
Full hot and high the sea would boil,
Full red. the forests gleam;
Methought I saw and heard it all,
In a dyspeptic dream.
I saw a tutor take his tube
The Comet’s course to spy;
I heard a scream—the gathered rays
Had stewed the tutor's eye;
I saw a fort—the soldiers all
Were armed with gogles green;
Fop cracked the guns! whiz flew the balls!
Bang went the ntagizine.
I saw a poet dip a scroll
Each moment in a tub,
Bread upon the warping back,
“The dream of Beelzebub;
He could not see his verses burn,
Although his brain was fried,
And ever and anon he bent
To wet them as they dried.
I saw the scalding pitch roll down
The crackling sweating pines,
And streams of smoke, like water-spouts
Burst through the rumbling mines;
I asked the fireman why they made
Such noise about the town;
They answered not, but all the while
The brakes went up and down
I saw a roasting pullet sit
Upon a baking egg!
I saw a cripple scorch his hand
Extinguishing his leg:
I saw nine geese upon the wing
Towards the frozen pole,
And every mother's gosling fell
Crisped to a crackling coal.
I saw the ox that browsed the grass
Writhe in the blistering rays,
The herbage in his shrinking jaws
Was all a fiery blaze;
I saw huge fishes boiled to rags.
Bob through the bubbling brine;
And thoughts of supper crossed my soul;
I had been rash at mine.
Strange sight! strange sound! O fearful dream!
Its memory haunts me still;
The steaming sea, the crimson glare,
That wreathed each wooded hill;
Stranger! if through thy reeling brain
Such midnight visions sweep,
Spare, spare, O spare thine evening meal.
And sweet shall betliy sleep!
The Shadow on the Pillow,
BY JAMES BALLANTINE.
Borne helpless from the field of fight,
Hewn deep with wounds and scars,
I prayt-d—“Heaven conte and help the right,
And end the cruel wars.”
I swooned, I dreampt an angel band
Bore me o’er ocean billow;
I woke, and lo! an angel hand
Was smoothing down my pillow.
Twixt death and life, through day and night.
My wounds unconscious kept me.
Of all except those eyes so bright
That kindly watched and wept mo
And over me in yon far land,
Had waved the weeping willow,
Had it not been the angel hand
That smoothed the soldier’s pillow.
On earth but once heard such a tale,
So heavenly and so human,
As that of Florence Nightengale,
The angel type in woman,
What marvel that a soldier tell!
A poor, but grateful fellow,
He kissed her shadow as it fell
At midnight on his pillow.
|H i s c 111 ;tn i o n s.
From the New York Ledger.
LISES.
As distant lands beyond the sea,
When friends go thence, draw nigh,
So Heaven, when friends have thither gone,
Draws nearer from the sky.
And as those lands the dearer grow,
When friends are long away,
So Heaven itself, through loved ones dead,
Grows dearer day by day.
Heaven is not far from those who see
With the pure spirit’s sight,
But near, and in the very hearts
Of those who see aright.
January, 1857. C. D. STUART.
THE ISLAND’PRINCESS.
A ROiTUKE OF TIIE OLD 1SD TEW WORLD.
BY EMMA D. L. N. SOUTHWORTH,
Author of “The Lost Heiress,” “The Deserted
Wife,” “The Missing Bride,” “Retribution,” etc.
Executor.t Sale.
W ILL be sold before Court House in Marion,
Twiggs county, on the fisrt Tuesday in July
next, within the usual tours of sale, the following
property, belonging to the estate of Wright Howel,
late of said county deceased, to wit, 101 j Acres of
land (more or less) being part lot No 39 in 23rd
Dist. originally Wilkinson, now said county of
Twiggs.
Also at the same time and place.
One negro man named Tom, about 33 years old,
sold under instructions of the will of said dec’d,
Terms, notes with approved security due 1st Jan
uary next, May 5th 1857,
50 tds, [i. si HENRY LAMB, Exr.
CHAPTER I.
AN INTERRUPTED WEDDING.
It was the first of May, the marriage day of the
Viscount Montressor of Montressor Castle, Dorset
shire, and Estelle, only daughter and heiress of Sir
Parke Morelle, Hyde Hall, Devonshire.
A glorious morning! the cloudless, blue sky
smiled down upon the green hills and dewy dales
and deep woods of Devon; and the park around
the Hall was all alive and musical, with the joy
ous songs of birds, and the merry laughter of young
men anil maidens gathering to celebrate their May-
day festival, and to do honor to the marriage of
their landlord’s daughter.
The elm-shaded, winding avenue that led from
the high-way to the house, was arched at each
terminus by a mammoth wreath of flowers, and
many were carriages that passed under them, on
their way to assist at the wedding; and these con
tained only the bridesmaids, and the nearest friends
and relatives of the family, whose relationship or
position gave them the right to attend the bride to
church:—for a still more numerous party had been
invited to meet her at the altar. The villagers and
tenants grouped about under the shade of the great
old trees, or wandering over the green sward on
either side the avenue, watched these equipages
as they rolled on, commenting as usual oa such oc
casions.
“Oh—dear me! the weddingers won't pass
til! nearly twelve! and her® we are to wait two
mortal hours! said a young girl to the game-
keeper.
“Hush! my darling look, here comes his Lord
ship's carriage, itself, just as sure ns you're the
prettiest lass in the country.”
It was Lord Montressor's carriage.
Early that morning a note from his affianced
had been put in his hands summoning him to a
privale conference with her at the Hall, before they
should proceed to the church. Surprised and filled
with vague uneasiness, his lordship lost no time in
obeying the behest.
Within the secluded of her suite of richly furn
ished apartments at the old Hall, half-buried in the
depths of a cushioned chair, recliued the bride ex
pectant, in bridal array.
She was alone, her attendants having, by her
own desire, withdrawn.
Estelle Morelle—or “la belle Estelle,” “Beauti
ful Stella,” “thejMidnight Star”—as, for her re
splendent dark beauty, she was poetically named
—was at this time twenty-five years of age, and
more lovely than a poet’s or an artist's ideal. Her
form was of mediumjheight, and very slender,
though well-rounded, with a graceful head, over
which fell rich masses of jet-black silken ringlets,
shading a face of pnre, pale olive complexion with
large mournful dark eyes, habitually veiled by
the long, drooping lashes, aud delicate, though
full, curved lips, ever patiently closed ns in silent
resignation. The prevailing expression of her
dark, brilliant countenance was a profound mel
ancholy.
The announcement of Miss Morelle’s approach
ing marriage with the Viscount Montressor had
created a profound sensation in the fashionable
and aristocratic circles. A peerless beauty, the
only child and heiress of the oldest, wealthiest and
haughtiest baronet in the West of England, her
heart had been as much the object of aspiration to
the vouthful and ardent, as her hand and fortune
had been the end of desire to the mercenary and
ambitious.
At the early age of seven years, Estelle had been
placed at one of the first-class female institutions of
learning at Paris, then as now, considered among
the very best of their kind in the world, and then
had been left to remain until her sixteenth year,
when the sudden and calamitous breaking up
ot the institution, and her own severe illness, had
occasioned her removal. That illness had been at
tended with marked changes in the constitution and
U rnperament of the young girl.
Estelle, previously the most careless, lightheart
ed and capricious of children Jett her chamber of con-
valescenee a subdued, thoughtful, melancholy wo
man! The laughing lips of girlhood closed in pa
tient sadness; the sparkling eyes sheathed their
beams under long, shadowy lashes, now seldom
lifted; the silvery, elastic voice, sank into deep aud
thrilling tones: the free, glad motions were measur
ed and controlled.
She never entered another school, but completed
her education under the best masters, at home. To
dissipate what was eonsidered a transient melancho
ly .her parents traveled with her over Europe, paus-
and
T-iiiir 'Ti'iamamru
iugat each capital and chief town, to show her all
that was interesting and instructive. But though
their daughter repaid their attentions with the
sweetest gratitude, and obeyed them with the gent
lest docility, she showed no interest in the passing
seines. And though everywhere her extreme
beauty and s-veetness of disposition, not less than
her fortune and position, drew around her many
friends and admirers, Estelle remained alone in
her isolated thoughts and feelings. Every most
distinguished physician in Europe had been con
sulted upon her ca«e, and the result ot their wis
dom was a decision that this melancholy was not.
the effect of ill health, still less of secret sorrow,
but that it was a constitutional phase that would
probably pass away with maturing years.
They returned to England, presented their
daughter at court, and introduced her into all the
gaieties of fashionable life. But with no happy
effect upon the spirits of Estelle, who remain
ed profoundly unmoved amid the eclat that greeted
\wrdebut. Her picturesque beauty was the theme
of all tongues—her mournful glance was fascina
ting—her deep tones thrilling—her touch magnet
ic; all felt her power, yet she who could move all
others, remained unimpressed. She who sought
no conquests, for that very reason perhaps, made
many. A peer and two commoners, in succession,
laid their fortunes at her feet, and were iu turn
kindly and firmly rejected.
So passed her first season in London, at the close
of which her parents took her down to their seat in
Devonshire. Here, in her thoughtful, quiet, un
ostentatious manner, she engaged in works of
benevolence among the villagers and the tenant
ry. And her father, hoping much from this em-
ploymemt, gave her full liberty of action,
and smiled to see that seemed less pensive than be
fore.
At the beginning of the parliamentary term, the
family went up to London.
Aud it was in her second season in town that
Estelle formed the acquaintance of Lord Montres
sor, a young nobleman but lately acceded to his
titles and estates, but already known as a man of
the most high-toned moral and intellectual excel
lence, as a righteous, as well as a rising states
man, and as one. who iu the event of a change of
ministry would be likely to fill a high official po
sition in His majesty’s cabinet. Aside from the
glare of rank and wealth aud power, Charles Mon-
tressor was a glorious specimen of the Creator’s
workmanship. Above the average standard of
height among his countrymen, broad-shouldered
and deep-chested, with a noble head, and a face
full of wisdom and goodness, his appearance truly
indicated the warm benevolence, clear intelligence,
and pure spirit of the man. His presence soon
inspired Estelle with a faith that she had not been
able to feel in any other that approached her. He
drew nearer to her than any other had been per
mitted to come ; he crossed the magic circle of her
isolation, aud conversed with her as no other had
been allowed to do. The world looked and said
that the beautiful Stella had at last met her master
and was conquer.-d.
At this stage of "affairs, the parliamentary term
being over, Sir Parke Morelle and his family left
Loudon for Hyde Hall.
Lord Montressor asked and received permission
to follow them, and in less than a month availed
himself of the privilege to do so. Thus it was in
the home of her ancestors, after having obtained
the cordial sanction of her parents, and believing
himself sure of the affections of their danghter,
Lord Montressor offered his heart and hand to the
lovely Estelle, and was to his profound astonish
ment, instantly and firmly rejected! In thus re
jecting his suit, she wept lung and bitterly, pray
ing his forgiveness, that the happiness she had ex
perienced and exhibited in his society should have
betrayed him into making this declaration, and be
seeching him never to renew his suit, but to leave
and forget her. There was something in {the tone
of her refusal which confirmed aud deepened his
previous conviction that—even in rejecting him—
she loved him! But with his high-toned senti
ments he would uot iu the least degree presume
upon that knowledge Taking her hand with def
erential tenderness, he said—
“Stella! a man never but once in his whole ex
istence, loves a woman as I love you! I will not
inquire the cause of the rejection, which you have
certainly a right to make without assigning any
reason for the act. And after having received this
repulse, I may not in honor distress you by a re
newal of my suit. But this, in parting, I must
say to you—that, though 1 go hence, 1 shall not
go out of the reach of your friends; I shall never
address another woman ; so if ever in the course
of future weeks, or months, or years, however
you may think proper to review the decision
of this evening, Stella, I implore you to let me
know! Write hut one word. ‘Come,’ and I will
return to lay an unchanged heart at your feet!’’
Estelle was weeping too bitterly to reply.
“Stella! will you promise to do this ?”
“Lord Montressor, best aud dearest friend! do
not seek to bind yourself to oue who can give you
nothing in returu! Try to think of the melan
choly girl that you have pitied and loved—only
as a shadow that fell for a moment across the sun
shine of your path, aud then passed away forever!
—and so forget her!”
“Stella! 1 have pledged my honor never to re
new this suit, unless you reverse in my favor the
sentence von have pronounced upon it: bu , in
spired by the deep and deathless love I bear yon,
aud 'hoping against hope,’ I feel impelled to im
plore before leaving you, that, in the event of a
favorable change of sentiment or purpose towards
me, you will not hesitate to give me leave to re
turn. Stella, will you promise me so much as
that?”
“Noblest friend that I have in the world! how
gladly would I promise, but I must not, Montres
sor. Were I to do so, you would feel bound to
wait the changes of ray mood, and so, for a most
underserving love, might miss, in some nobler wo
man’s affections, the happiness in store for you!”
“Stella, will you raise your sweet, mournful
eyes to mine, one moment, that you may read my
soul while I speak ?”
Estelle lifted her dark orbs to meet the clear,
pure, blue eyes bent with so much love and can
dor upon hers, and read the deep, unchanging
truth of the constancy of his soul as he said—
“Stella, in the presence of the heart-searching
God who sees aud hears me, I assure you that!
shall never love another woman as I love you,
and, therefore, of course, can never wed another;
so that whether you will give me this slightest of
hopes or not, I am equally aud forever bound'
Note will you promise, Stella ? Remember, it is
only to let me know in case of a change in your
sentiments.”
For an instant the light of an unutterable love
and joy broke on her beautiful, dark face, and her
smiling lips parted to speak—when—as if a sud
den memory and warning had gripped her very
heart—she uttered a low. sharp cry, turned paler
than before, and then said—
*:No! no! my Lord! Stella cannot even give
you that! She is poorer than the poorest, iu gifts
to you! She can only pray that you may torget
her and be happy.”
He looked profoundly disappointed and troubled.
But soon mastering his despondency he said hope
fully—
“Well, dearest Stella, although you reject me
without apparent reason, and refuse to give me
the slightest promise or the most distant hope, yet
l repeat—should you in the long future, change
your purpose, and write to me one word—‘Come,’
I will hasten to lay at your feet an unchanged
h'-art! Good bye! God be with you!” and rais
ing her hand, he bowed over it, pressed it to his
lips, turned aud left the room.
Some moments after Lady Morelle, who came
to seek and congratulate her daughter upon what
she imagined to be the only possible result of the
interview—found Estelle lying iu a swoon upon
the floor! It was followed by a long and terrible
illness, terminating iu a tediously protracted con
valescence. The town season was at hand before
Estelle was able tore-enter society.
They went up to London, and once more the
“star of beauty” arose upou its world. And though
the cloud upon her life settled darker and heavier,
day by day. she was mure followed, flattered and
courted than before.
Thus three years had passed away, when one
morning, while the family, then occupying their
town house in Berkely Square, were seated at a
late breakfast, and Sir l'arke was engaged in
reading aloud from the London Times, an'account of
the saving of a French Ship—Le Due D'Anjou—
wrecked off the coast of Algiers—Estelle uttered a low
cry and sunk fainting from her seat.
This attack was not, as the other had been, fol
lowed by illness; on the contrary, from that day.
the cloud seemed lifted from her head ,»nd even those
who had most admired her face in its shadow, were
enchanted to see how brilliant was her besnty in
its sunshine! Her health and spirits daily improv
ed, yet in the midst of all this flowing tide of new
life, Estelle astonished her friends by suddenly, in
the heightof the London season, retiriug'to ' her
father’s country seat, where she remained in strict
seclusion from the w orld for eighteen months.
At the end of this period. Lord Montressor, who
had never left England, or lost trace of his bclevpd
Stella, and who was now staying at his castle in '
Dorsetshire, was one day seated at breakfast when
the morning mail was brought him. Among a '
score ot letters the first that attracted his atten
tion was a dainty white envelope superscribed in
a delicate handwriting. He took that up first and
opened it—it contained but one word—“COME.” i
The light of an ineffable joy broke over his i
face! Oh! he hail waited, patiently, hopefully.!
years, for that word, and at last he received it! I
Thanks to heaven in the first instance ! and then !
pushing all the other letters unopened aside he i
sprung up, rang for his valet, and ordered his val
ise packed and horses put to the carriage.
In twenty more minutes he had reached the rail
way station just as the cars were about to start,
and in three hours he was at Hyde Hall and stand
ing in the presence of Estelle!—she looking so
beautiful and happy!
With the old chivalric enthusiasm of devotion,
he dropped, at once, upon his knee, and raised
her hand to his, saying—
“For four years I have hoped and waited for
one word from you and at last, beloved, you have
written—“Come,” and I am at your feet, as I said,
with an unchanged heart!”
“But I,” she said, deeply blushing, while she
held both hands to raise him, “I, my Lord, have
not an unchanged heart! for longer than four years
I have loved you more than woman’s tongue may
tell—and never more, than at the hour in which
we hade farewell, as I thought, forever!”
“I know it, beloved! knew it then! knew it
always'. I never doubted- it! Could I be deceived
in the dear heart of the woman I loved! No! and
that was the secret of my patience!” he replied,
taking his seat on the sofa by her side.
“And yet you never inquired and do not even
now inquire, why, without explanation and with
out hope, I sent you from my presence, and why
now, without apparent reason,' I summon you
back!” she said, as a shade of the old saduess fell
upon her beautiful face.
‘•Your motives, dearest, were, and are yonr own.
Not until your spirit moves you to do so, shall you
give them to me! I have full confidence in you,
beautiful Stella!”
“Confidence'. oh my God'.” she exclaimed in a
low, deep, thrilling voice.
“Why, what is the matter, dearest?”
She looked up suddenly, a smile of worshipping
love, breaking like sunlight over her dark face, and
said— •
“nothing, nothing, my lord! but that all your
thoughts and feelings are so elevated beyond your
poor Estelle’s! And yet she would almost choose
it so! for could she be an angel, she would wish
you to be something far higher—a god!”
“Sweet enthusiast: moderate yonr aspirations,
or the world and its people will disappoint you!
Be not an idolater; worship only God, my Stella."
Such was their meeting!
Y’et, occasionally, throughout the interview, a
sudden shadow like the recurrence of a painful
thought, would fall upon her bright face and then
pass as it came.
They were engaged, and within a few days the
marriage was announced to take place on the first
of May.
But it was observed by the nearest friends of
the bride, that from the day of her betrothal, her
spirits had been marked by the strangest fluctua
tions. Sometimes with her beautiful dark face
illumined with a deep, still, almost religious joy,
she moved about, as it were, on “winged feet,”
or sat brooding in a happy trance. At other times,
she fell into deep gloom and anxiety, as inexplica
ble as it was alarming to her friends, who greatly
feared her relapse into the deep melancholy that
had so long overshadowed her, and that they had
grown to dread as a serious constitutional malady.
But they hoped everything from her approaching
marriage with the man she loved. Lord Montres
sor observed with the deepest interest the uncer
tain moods of his betrothed: but with the high-
toned sentiments that distinguished him, refrained
from inquiring, and awaited her voluntary revela
tions.
At Last the first of May, the marriage day, upon
which I have presented the parties to the reader,
arrived, and ail the haut ton, as I said, were gather
ed at the Hall or at the Church to do honor to the
solemnities.
And the expectant bride, in her bridal robe and
veil, waited within her boudoir the arrival of the
bridegroom, whom she had summoned to a private
interview before they should proceed to the church.
She had not long to wait. He who quickly re
sponded to her slightest inclination, immediately
obeyed her call.
Y'et when she-heard his firm elastic step ap
proaching.
“Now God have mercy on me!” she prayed, and
covered her face with her hands.
Unentered, unannounced, and saying,
“My beautiful Stella! I am here, you perceive,
by your commands!”
She dropped her hands, and revealing a face
pale with misery, spoke in a thrilling, deep, im
passioned tone—
“Y’ou ate here by my supplication, my lord! I
have no right to command.”
“We will waive that! What is yonr will, my
dearest Stella?”
My prayer, my lord—is first, for your forgive
ness.”
Forgiveness?—my Stella!”
“Ay! my dear lord! you see before you a peni
tent aud a supplicant, who may soon be something
far more wretched!”
’‘My Stella! what mean yon?’
“Come to the window, Lord Montressor!” she
said, rising and preceding him. “Look out,” she
continued, putting aside the rose-colored hangings,
and revealing a view of the park below, alive with
its restless multitude. “What are all these people
waiting for. my lord?”
“What are they waiting for, my Stella?—for that,
for which I also wait, with how much more im
patience!” he answered, while a deep flush of love
and joy, for an instant, supplanted the anxiety on
his face.
“They wait to see a bride pass, where a bride
may never go!” she said, in a solemn voice.
“Stella! great Heaven! what say you!" he ex
claimed, gaziug on her with profound astonish
ment.
“That the bride they expect is unworthy to
stand before God’s holy alter beside Lord Montres
sor!”
“Unworthy, Stella! You!”
“Most unworthy, my lord!” she said, dropping
her arms, and dropping her head in an attitude
of the deepest misery.
“I should have made this confession long ago,
Lord Montressor; but I have deceived you—I have
deceived you!”
“In what, respect. Stella? My God! It cannot
be! No, it cannot be! that while betrothed to me,
you do not love me!”
“Not love you'. Oh', my dear lord'." she murmur
ed, in a voice of thrilling tenderness that carried
conviction of her truth to his deepest heart.
“What mean you then, dearest one? if indeed
you return my deep love ”
“Oh! I do, I do, Montressor; whatever happens,
wherever you go, take that assurance with you!
I love you. my lord! shall ever love you, even
though even after what I shall have told you, you
repulse and hate me, and go to onr friends and
say,—‘That woman whom I was about to wed, is
but a whited sepulchre, whom I have proved, and
whom I now reject’—and so leave me to the
scorn of men, still I say—ever shall say—I love
yon, Lord Montressor! I love yon, and the con
sciousness of being unworthy of your love is the
bitterest element iu my punishment,” she said, iu
a voice of such profound misery, that Lord Mon
tressor could scarcely continue to believe her agi
tation unfounded or exaggerated.
He dropped upon a seat, and sitting still and
white as a carved image of stone, gazed upon her,
waiting her further communications.
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aud characterized by a high moral tone.
Triumph of Faith.—During an earthquake that
occured a few years since, the inhabitants of a
small Tillage were generally much alarmed and
at the time suiprised at the calmness and apparent
joy of an old lady whom they all knew. At length
one of them, addressing the old lady, said—
“Mother , are you not afraid T' ''
“No," said tbe mother in Israel; I rejoice to
know that l have a God that can shake the world?”
Saafi fcn a frrnsdK «ff _
Lieutenant Maurj.in an article commnni-
cated to the Rural New Yorker, maintains
that growing of sunflowers around a dwell
ing located near a fever and ague region,
neutralizes the miasma in which that dis
ease originates; and seems to support the
theory by successful experiment. He was
led to make the experiment by tbe fol
lowing circumtances: The dwelling of
the superintendant of the observatory at
Washington is situated on a hill on the left
bank of the Potomac, in lat. 38° 39' 53".
It is ninety four feet above low water
mark, and about four hundred yards from
the river. The ground pertaining to it,
about 17 acres, are enclosed by a wall on
the east, south and west, and with a pick
et fence on the north. 1 he south and
west walls run parallel with the river, the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal and a row of
sycamores, of some twenty years growth,
separating the wall from the river. In fact
the river, with it marshes, encircles about
half of the grounds. The house is, tbeie-
fore, in the bend of the river, and the place
is so unhealthy that the family of the
the superintendant are compelled to vacate
it five months out of the twelve, the mar
shes being covered with a rank growth
of grass and weeds which begin to decay
early in August. A knowledge of these
facts led Lieut Maury’s mind to the follow-
ieg process ot reasoning.
“If it be the decay of tbe vegetable mat
ter on the marshes that produces the sick
ness on the hill, then the sickness must be
owing to the deleterious affect of some gas,
miasma or effluvium, that is set free during
the decomposition, and if so, the poisonous
matter, or the basis of it, whatever it be.
must have been elaborated during tbe
growth of tbe weeds, and set free in their
decay. Now. if this reasoning be good,
why might we not, by planting other vege
table matter between us and the marshes and
by bringing it into vigorousgrowtbjust about
that that of the marshes begins to decay, the
time bring fresh forces of the vegetable king
dom again to play upon the poisonous matter
and elaborate it again into vegetable tissue,
and so purify the air.
“This reasoning appeared plausible
enough to justify the trouble and expenso
of experiment, and I was encouraged to
expect more or less success from it, iu the
circumstance that every body said, “plant
trees between you and the marshes—
they will keep off the chills.” But as to
the trees, it so happens that at the very
time when the decomposition on hie mar
shes is going on most rapidly, the trees,
for the most part, have stopped their growth
to prepare for the winter; and though tree3
might do some good, yet a rank growth
of something got up for the occasion might
do more. Hops climb high; they are good
absorbantsand of a rank growth but there
were objections to hops on account of stakes
poles, &c. I recollected that I had often
seen sunflowers growing about the cabins
in the West, and had heard, in explanation,
that it was “healthy” to have them. This
was so much more in favor of making the
experiment with sunflowers.”
Lieutenant Maury says that an acre of
sunflowers will absorb duri.ig their growth
many thousand gallons of water moie than
are supplied by the rains. They are of
easy cultivation, and the seeds’ which are
very valuable, find a ready market at the
drugstores. The theory or science of the
experiment in this—the ague and fever
poison is set free during the process of
vegetable decay, which poison is absorbed
by the rank growing sunflower, again
elaborated into vegetable matter, anrl so
retained until cold weather sets in. The
result of the experiment is thus narrated:
“Finally, I resolved to make the experi
ment at the risk of spoiling the looks of a
beautiful lawn. Accordingly, in the fall
of 1855. the gardener trenched up to the
depth of feet a belt about 45 feet broad
around the Observatory on the marshy side,
and from 150 to 200 yards from the build
ings. The conditions of tbe theory I was
about to try required rich grouud, tall sun
flowers and rank growth. Accordingly
after being well manured from the stable
yard, tbe ground was properly prepared
and planted in sunflowers last spring.—
They grew finely, the sickly season was
expected with more than usual anxiety.—
Finally it set in, and there was shaking at
the President’s House and other places as
usual; but for the first time since the Obser
vatory was built the watchmen about it
weathered the summer clear of chills and
fevers. These men, being most exposed
to the night air, suffer most, and heretofore
two or three relays of them would be at
tacks during the season-for as one falls sick
another is employed in his place, who, in
turn, being attacked, would in like man
ner give way to e fresh hand. And last year
attacks ofague and fever were morethaa
usually pievalent in the neighboring parts
of the city.”
During the present year Lieutenant Maury
intends to repeat the experiment, with
variation in two respects, h irst, the seed
are to be planted later; and second,
there are_to be two plantings; so that the
last crop may be caught by tbe frost while
yet in flower. If on a second trial the
result proves equally favorable, the prac
tical benefit of the discovery willbe great
indeed, and Lieutenant Maury will have
added another to the evidences he has given
that true science is the handmaid of practi
cal utility.
—
The Marriage Fee.—The late Dr
Boynton was once disputing with a farmer
about the ease with which a minister
earns his money.
“Now,” said the farmer, “when you are
called on to marry a couple you never ex
pect a less sum than three dollars, and you
sometimes get ten dollars—this for a few
minutes service - ”
“Pooh!” replied the doctor, “I would
agree to give you half of my next marriage
fee for a bushel of potatoes.”
“Very well,” said the farmer, “I’ll take
your offer, and send you the potatoes.”
A few days afterwards, the doctor was
called on to splice a loving couple at Dog-
town, a place about four miles from where
be lived. When the ceremony was over
the bridegroom said to the worthy minister:
“Well, parson, I s’posc I mast fork over
something for your trouble. What say
you to one of my terrier pups] The best
breed, 1 tell you, in the country. Shocking
nice to have in a barn. Worth full five
dollars—and I s’pose a figure 2 would do
for the splice eh?”
The doctor took the pup with joy. The*^|
joke was too good; he hastened to the farmer,,^
sayi ? g: .
“Now friend here is my fee—how shall ir#
divide it]” .
The farmer relished the joke iso well,
that he increased the potatoes to half • -■
dozen bushels.
Don’t Talk too Much —The following from Iks
Liverpool Post may serve as a useful warniug ■*
to physicians and others given to talking too ,
much:
Dr. Locock, the Queen’s physician, has been
peremptorily dismissed from farther attendance
on the royal family, where he 1ms been hitherto
admitted on terms of familiar intercourse. His
salary, £5,900 per annum, a large practice among
the nobility, is no small loss. The doctor haa
made every effort towards reconciliation, but the
Queen remains inexorable. It seems that it came
to the Queen’s ears that Dr. Locock was given to
too much talking, aud that though she told Prince
Albert that his habit of sleeping between the
blankets was “a vuigar, dirty Dutch practice,” she
did not care to have it told abroad.
Mr. John Wiae, of Lancaster, Pa., the
distinguished seronout, has been engaged
by the corporation of Boston, to make a
grand aeronautic display City
Park, on the fourth of July next, for
which he i» to-receive the sum of $1,000.