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li(iUGHTOX, NIS BET & BARNEl
/' iblishers and Proprietors.
TE R «8.
SHE FEDERAL UNION,
a published Weekly, in MdledgniUe, Ga., Corner
of Hancock and Washington Sts., (opposite
Covrt House.)
at $2 a year in advance, V0LLME xxuu -i
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORG I A, TUESDA'1, MARCH 30. 1858.
[NUMBER 44.
BATES OV ADVERTISING,
Per square of twelve lines.
One insertion $1 OU, and Fifty Cents for each sub-
.(■.|uent continuance.
Tho. 1 stilt without a specification of the number
" of insertions, will be published till forbid, and
(•iuirged accordingly,
lbi'iness or Professional Cards, per year, where
.li. v do not exceed Six Links. - - §10 no
[ /, ,i.ral contract will be made, tcilh those whu wish to
J utilise l/y the year, occupying a specified spare.
I.E GAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
S i s of Land and Negroe*, by Administrators,
E.u-i iitors or (Guardians, are required by law to be
held on the First Tuesday in the month, between
the hours of M in the forenoon and 3 in the after
noon, at the Court House in the County in which
the property is situated.
Notice of these sales must he given in a public
gaz-tte 4u days previous to the day of saie.
Notices tor the sale of personal property must he
given in like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate
must also be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court
of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must
he published for tv. o months.
Citations for letters of Administration, Gnardian-
thip, &.C., must be published 311 days—for dismis
sion from Administration, monthly six months—for
dismission from Guardianship, 40 days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must he pub
lished monthly for four months—for establishing lost
papers, for the full space of three months—for com
pelling titles from Executors or Administrators,
where bond has been given by the deceased, the
full space of three months.
Publications will always be continued according
to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise
ordered, at the following
RATE R!
Citations on letters of Administration, &c. §‘2 7. r >
“ “ dismissory from Admr’on. 4 50
“ “ “ Guardianship 3 00
Leave to sell Land or Negroes 4 00
V dice to debtors and creditors 3 00
Sali s of persponal property, ten days, I sqr. 1 50
S ilo of land or negroes by Executors, Ac. 5 00
Estravs, two weeks 1 50
i mm advertising his wife fin advance) 5 00
V. A. GASHILL.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Fairburn, Ga.
*40 Gin.
March 1st, 1858.
BRISCOE 4c. de 6AAFFENEIED,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
RILLEIHiEYlI.I.E, LEO.
"H7"ILL practice in tLe courts of the Oemulgee
» T circuit.
Miiledgeville, Ga., March 1. 1858. 40 ly.
J. BRANHAM, Jr.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EATONTON, GA.
Marcli 1. 1858. 40 ly.
TAKE NOTICE.
I IIKKEHY enutiou all persona not to trade for the
following^described prouiissory Notes, signed by myself,
tn-wit: Three imtes for $1000 each, dated December let
1857, made payable the 25th December 1857, tn Robert
Perryman or bearer, and tested by Thom us L. Ross,
Notary Public of llibb county.
One other Note, dated Dceember 1st, 1857, made
payable th<* 25th December, 1858, t<» Robert Perryman
or bearer, for $500(1, and tested by Thomas L, Ross, No
tary Public as aforesaid.
And one other Note, dated 1st December, 1857, for
$4,500, made payable to Robert Perryman or bearer on
the*2.»th December, 1859, 'with interest from date, and
tested by Thomas L. Ross, Notary Public of Bibb county
Said Note's were obtained under fraudulent represen
tations, and I shall not pnv the same.
n. f. Walker, Exec’tr.
llootensville, Upson countv.
December 11, 1857. 29 tf
A NEW PEN
T HE COPPER and ERRODIUM PEN, a new
article, which will resist the corroding action of
ink and which possesses the appearance and prop
el tics of a gold pen. It is the most ccouimical
and easy writing pen now in usi—received and
forsaleby GRIEVE & CLARK, Druggists
Feh. 9th 1858. 4m
^octrn.
Millcdgeville
New Mc\a\Uc BuyvaV Cases,
B U SIXESS C A K D S.
Messrs. A. H. & L. H. KENAN,
Ark Associated in the Practice of Law
Office 1st Door upon 2d. floor of
MASOMC HALL.
.Ian. 23d. 1857. 35 tf.
Medical Notice.
D R. M T. LAWRENCE, (late of Eatonton) has
located himself permanently in Miiledgeville,
and tenders his professional service to the citizens,
and to the surrounding country.
Calls at all hours of the night or day will re-
e '\ prompt attention, when not professionally
engaged. Office in Dr. Forts building over the
drug store of Messrs. Grieve and Clark.
Residence, the house lately occupied by Mrs
Walker.
Miiledgeville Jan. 15.1858. 34 ly*
GENERAL AGENCY,
AT MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA.
N r C. IlAUNETT, General Agent
• for the transaction of any and *5*
nil business at the Seat of Govornment.
Charges reasonable.
Jan 1, 1858. 32 ly
I> It A II <101)1 l .\ G
Irwinton. Wilkinson County fin,
Tenders his Professional services to the citizens
of Wilkinson county. [Jan. C. 57, ly
TllO.lilS J. COX,
ATTORNEY AT LA IV,
NEWTON, Baker county, Ga.
March 18, 1856. 42 tf
A. THOMAS. S. S. PARDUE.
A. Til ONI A S iV Co.,
Auction and Commission SVIerchants.
s.i r.i.v.rji/. «.*.
Rf.fkr to lion. John K. Ward; .lonn S. Montmollin.
1‘;i -iilent .Mechanics Bank; G. W. Wylly, Broker; Gar-
many & Champion. 0 U 1>' **> ’57.—9 J y
CHAM. E NI8BET,
A T T O li N E Y A T L A W,
Cnthbirl. Oa.
April 3d, 1854. 14
GRIEVE <V GRIEVE,
A T T O R N1: Y S AT L A JF,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
MII.I.ER GRIEVE, SEN. MILLER GRIEVE, JR.
Oct. 7th, 1856. 19 tf
S. H. HAWKINS,
AMERICUS, C-A,
11 *11.1. give prompt attention to business en
V V trusted to his care in the counties of Numter,
Webster, Randolph, Terrell, Lee, Baker, Wortl
and Calhoun.
May 12,1857. 5° Lv
HINES 8c HOBBS,
ATT ORE IE S AT LAW,
AEBAXY, «A.
Practice in Dougherty and the surrounding Coun
t; ‘S, in the U. S. Circuit Court, for the .South
ern District Georgia, and in any county
in the State by special agreement.
New York—Carhart, Brother Sc Co., Wolfe &
Bishop: Alexis, Bragg & Warren; E. «V R- R-
Graves; Haviilaud, Karral & Risley; A. P- Hal
sey, Cash'rB k N. Y.
8avannah, Ga.—Balden & Co.; Bacon & Levy;
Ckeever A Co ; Patten, Hutton & Co.; Rogers A
iferris; C. H. Camptield, Esqr.
Charleston, S. C.—Dewing, Thayer & Co.;
Chamberlain, Miler A' Co.: J. & E. Bancroft: E. B.
Stoddard Sc Co.; T. N. Horsey dir Co.; P. A.
Moise, Esqr.
Macon, Ga.—E A. & J. A. Nisbet; Poe &
Co.; J. L. Jones, Esqr.: I. C. Plant, Esqr., Edwin
Grans, Esqr,; Asher Ayres, Esqr. 33 tf
Thomas Hardeman, Jk. J. W Griffis.
HARDJrAAIJ dt GSIIFFIlJ,
WHOL E S. ILE a li o c Eli A’,
| \ BALERS IX WINES, LIQUORS, TOBAC-
A J CO, SlaTj-VRS and Groceries of every de
scription.
Curner of Cherry and Third Sts.,
.71A LON, GA.
Sept. 2d, 1856. R
ETHERIDGE 8c SON,
FaH jrs Commission and Forwarding
NAVANNAII, GA.
!> ETHERIDGE. W. D. ETHERIDGE, Jr
July 15th, 1856. 8 tf
JAMES M. FOLSOM,
as &aw,
MAGNOLIA. GA.
Practice in all the Courts of the Bucns-
f J WICK ClHCClT.
Ucfon nci ICDCE A. E. CocmiAK.
Oct 20, is:>7. 20 6ui
SADDLES, HARNESS AND
t 3 *LEATHER STORE*
(Next Dour to CU.N.VS FANCY Store.]
THE subscriber has just received from New
Fork, a choice selection of
I.odir*' and Gi-aGeim-ini’ Huddle*,
'Mery, Bridles, Carpet Hags, Saddle Haas, Whips
Spars, Harness and Sole Leather, hid and Calj
Shins, Lace Leather, Hand Leather, S(c. S(r.
Also Mews Double Sole Russel Brogan Shoes.
Saddles and Harness manufactured and re-
p fin d on short notice.
1^* Also Boots and Shoes, manufactured and
repaired to order, with neatness and dispatch.
SAMUEL B. BROWN.
April 3, 1857. 45 tf
iAHB AGENCY.;
r IMIL undersigned will buy aud sell Lands on a
J- small commission business—will give such in
formation as the Records and Tax Digests of the
State House may furnish. Applications for such
information will be strictly complied with, when,
in every instance, the requisition is accompanied
with one dollar.
NATHAN HAWKINS, &. Co.
Sept. 8th, 1857. 15 tf.
U^Thomasvilla Watchman, Enterprise and
"... ' 1 ‘ ““*** please copy the above;
$100 REWARD.
R ANA WAY from Isaac Johnson’s in Tattnall
i county, Ga., on the 9th of July, in 1856, a
negro man named Edmund, about 22 years old,
copper color, weighing about 165 or 175 lbs. has a
down look when sunken to. I bought him from
Phillips & Dorse, in Macon, and perhaps lie has
made liis way back to them. I will give the above
reward for the said negro, caught and confined in
any safe Jail so I can get him. Address me at
Bengali. Bulloch county, Ga.
A. J. HEARN.
March 2d, 1858. 41 3t.*
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
rTVlE Jewelry business of
JL Joseph Miller, will hereof- -AS--
ter be carried on under the Firm
of Miller A Wicdrnman.The stock ot goods will be
replcnisiied.au J sold a* the usual reasonable terms.
MILLER A WIEDENMAN,
Miiledgeville, March 1, 1858. 4!)8t.
JA71F* L. KOLVKB,
ATTCKNilY AW LAW.
0 F V' ICE, Irwinion. Wilkinson County, <>a.
TIT ILL practice in the Superior Courts of the
it Counties of Wilkinson, Washington. Lau
rens, Twiggs, Bibb and Baldwin; in the Supreme
Courts, ami the United States' Courts for the Iiis
trietol Georgia. [feb. 9, ’58.—37 *ly
r £o Nervous Sufferers.
A RETIRED CLERGYMAN, lestored to health
in a few days, after many years of great nervous
suffering, is anxious to make known the means of
cure. Will send (free) the prescription used.
Direct the Rev JOHN M. DAGNALL, No. 186
Fulton Street, Brooklyn, X. Y\
Jan. 25 1858. 35 3m.
TO RENT
A LARGE Store Room in Irwinton, !°*B1
XL to a good business energetic man. It is a
good an opening to sell Dry Goods as there is i
Georgia. E. ClIMMING.
Irwinton, Ga., Jan. 13, 1858. 34 9t
Kotlccfo l>rblor* ntid Credit©**.
t LL persons indebted to the estate of Noah
is Daniel, late of Dooly county; deceased, are
requested to come forward and make payment,
and thow having claims against said estate, are
notified to hand them in duly authenticated.
HENRY’ BARTON,Er.c’r.
Feb. 22, 1856. 411 6t.
LOT NEW STOV ES!
COOKING, PARLOR & OFFICE STOVES,
71 tiiiufatlunA at Augu*tu, Georgia,
[Southern Throughout ]
TI N imd stlieet Iron Ware, in all its varieties,
kept on bund, and mannfurtun d to order.
i*eful Article*, such us Blushes, Brooms, Tubs,
Washboards, Seives, Oil ami Fluid Lamps, French
Washbowls, Spittooi s, Candlestick.- , Cake moulds and
cutters, Britama Coffee aud Tea l’ots, Ac.
BELL HANGINGM, 1 have received a lot of
Door Bells and Fixtures, winch «il! be put up at short
notice, and upon reasonable terms.
|{AG.»! Ka;’«!—1 will take mixed Rags, and pay
3 cents a pound in trade, or 2 cfs. per lb, cash, for them!
Pewter, Brn»«, Copper, nntl Lead, taken,
and the highestfuarket prices paid, (intrude or cash.)
BEEH WAX,—Wanted, 300 pounds of Bees wax.
KEPAIBIXG, I uni prepared make repairs
upon work in my line of business, at short notice—and
all my work I "warrant. ROOFING aud GUTTER
ING promptly attended to. Give me a e-all.
JOSEPH STALEY.
February 23, 1858. 39 tf
DEAR AND DIME.
Ff^KE BOARD of Commissioners of the “Gf.orgu
1 A^yixm for the Deaf and Dtmb,” recently ap-
pointed by his Excellency, desire to call the attention o-
those interested, to this Institution as being now in readi
ness for tin* reception -*f pupils. The enlargement and
repairs of the building, provided for by the Legislature
of 1855 and 1856, have been entirely completed, and
the whole edifice, being well arranged, and happily
adapted to the education of this unfortunate class, pre
sents a most tasteful appearance. Comfortable accom
modations can now be furnished for over one hundred
pupils. A\ ill n<»t the friends of this Institution in every
county iu tin* State, under whose eye this notice may
fall, l UGK the parents of all indigent Deaf Mutes to
send on their children aud avail themselves of this noble
charity which the State lias generously provided for
their wants/ We particularly solicit the aid aud co-oper-
ation of all ministers of the gospel of every denomina
tion, in behalf of the Asylum, ami request them to as
certain the residence and Post Office address of nil the
parents of deaf mutes in the State, and inform the
Board of the same.
Those who make application as beneficiaries should
bring n certificate signed by two or more Justices of the
Interior Court of the county in which such applicant
resides, certifying that be or she is over seven and un
der twenty-four years old. in indigent circumstances,
and unable to educate themselves, free from immoral
conduct, or any contagions disease.
Pay Pupilc charged $175 per annum, everything fur
nished.
By Order of the Board.
GEO. W. THOMAS, Prea’t.
W. II. Webstkr, Sec’y.
January 15, 1858. 3-1 3m
^Constitutionalist, Augusta; Southern Banner,
Athens: Savannah Georgian; Times & Sentinel, Col
umbus: Intelligencer & Examiner, Atlanta; publish
wceklv forJums. and send nect. to the Board.
All Cases, when sold, considered for C A S 12!
HP HE Subscriber has now on hand, all of the
A different Sizes of Fisk's New Style oj Metallic
Burial Cases, which will be sold atasmail profit.
L. KENFIELD.,
( Masonic Hull.
Miiledgeville, March 24, 1857. 43 tf
lEWGbdlDSI
Hew €*oo«l§!
MORE NEW GOODS!
The umli-rsigni i] is on hand again with LOTS
OFFRE.SH GOODS,
CHEAP AS EVER!!
They were bought
AT AUCTION
FOK
CASH.
I want my customers to distinctly understand
that I do not propose to sell my Goods at Cost,
as I believe I would be doing great injustice to
myself; but 1 propose to sell them ;it a small ad
vance over the cost for Cash, and will guarantee to
sell as cheap as the cheapest.
Among the New Goods that have arrived, and
those on the way, may he found ;
Sheetings, 2j yards wide, at 25 cents per y ard.
2 Bales Homespun, at 6| cents per yard.
2 do do do 8 cents per yard.
2 do do do 9 cents per yard.
1 do do do lit cents per yard.
More of those York Mill Shirtings, at 15 cents.
A nice assortment of Gentlemen’s Ware, bought
right.
Lots of Calicos, at 6 1-4 cents per yard.
2,000 yards Merrimac and other style prints, at
11 cts. per yard.
1,000 yards Manchester and Hamilton Delaines,
best styles, at 25 cents per yard.
Some not so nice from 12) to 20 cents.
More of that Black Silk, at 85 cents.
Good assortment Fancy Silks, from 55 to 60 cents.
Valencia Plaids at 35 cents, which cost the im
porter 45 cts. to land.
20 doz. Ladies Kid Gloves at 50 cts.
10 “ Gents “ “ at 60 cts.
10 “ “ *• at 75 cts.
Chenille Shawls from $5 to §10, worth double the
money.
Chenille Scarfs, very cheap.
A frcAh supply of Embroideries, cheaper than ever.
I bought'a lot of Fane v Goods, consisting in part
of Port Monnaics, Cabas, Gentlemen’s Dressing
Sets, lye., A c.
ALSO, an addition to my stock of
“millinery roods,
Which will be sold at reduced prices. It is folly-
tor me to attempt, to enumerate the many and
different articles I bought at great bargains. 1
will therefore extend to the Ladies and Gentlemen
of Miiledgeville and vicinity, an invitation to call
at the New Store in Muson’s Hotel, where I will
show my Goods cheerfully and without charge.
Do not fail to call soon, as the Bargains go first.
WM. G.LAXTERMAN
.Tan. 12. 1858. 33 tf.
MULE R AISI If Cr.
T HE time lias arrived in my r judgment when
the Planters of Hancock county, yea of the
State of Georgia, should protect themselves
against the ruinous necessity of buying mules ot
the exorbitant prices of the present day.
YY’e have looked too much to Kentucky and
Tennessee for supplies. Why? Because, mule
raising in Georgia lias heretofore been a farce from
the fact that the Jacks of this country were small
aud not competent to breed mules worthy the at
tention of Stock Raisers; small Jacks and poor
grazing will necessarily- produce small mules,
though so far as Hancock county and its vicinity
is conc-rned, 1 propose to remedy the evil. 1 have
purchased a Jack, at a heavy expense, that will in
my opinion breed large mules, notwithstanding
we have not the advantage of Blue grass and
clover.
My Jack, Prince Albert, is fifteen hands one
inch high and three years of age, and said to be
worth twenty-five hundred dollars by some of the
best Judges of such stock in the State of Tennes
see ; he lias taken the first premium at several
Fairs and at every Fair lie has been exhibited.
He is of fair breeding stock and no mistake, and
as I had an eye particularly to such in my selec
tion, Planters may be assured there is no mistake
in it.
Planters that incline to raise mules I invite, to
call and see my Jack, and I have no doubt of their
patronage.
Prince Albert will stand the Spring season at
my residence, at twenty dollars, and persons at a
distance who wish to breed to him. I will accom
modate their mares with good grass pastures with
out charge and any left with me whose owners
wish fed witli other tood than grass I will charge
only the market price of such tood without charg
ing any thing for attention.
The season will commence the first of March,
and those wishing to breed to Prince Albert will
do well to send in their names early, as I shall
limit the number of mart s on account of the age
of tny Jack, which will make the ehances of those
that breed to him surer and better for good coits.
I will kt-epa Stall inn as a teaser for Prince Al
bert which will remedy the great inconvenience
of nut knowing when mares are in season.
T. J. SMITH.
Glenn Cove, Hancock Co. 39 fit
'V avUmns V. sUvbYvsUmeul.
6»
SPERLING & BROWN,
71 E K ( II A XT T A EI.ORS,
Thavkkul for past favors, would
respectfully solicit a continuance of
n liberal share of public patronage.—
We have just received our f-'!iil sup
ply of CLOTHS, CASS1 MERES and
Fancy GOODS for PANTS, also a
large assortment of Plant and Fancy
j;}*, ,tc., all of which will be made up to Order
upon short notice, and upon terms to sui! the times.
Having purchased our Goons for Cash, ami beii
praetieal workmen, we feel confident iiiat we can pleai
all who may favor us with their patronage.
We shall receive new and fashionable Goods fro
time to time, as new sty-les are put into the markets.
Our Stock of Goods is warranted to be of the ties!
material, and all garments made up from our material,
or from material brought to us, are warranted to fit well.
Give us a trial, our terms are liberal.
,T. C. SPERLING, THOMAS BROWN.
Miiledgeville, Sept. 28, 1857. IS tf
M0NE1 FOB THE MILLION! ~
30,000 Dollars for Fire Dollars !
ONLY
30,003 NUMBERS. 3,230
PRIZES.
il/or- than one Prize to terry nine Tickets.
ONE TICKET CAN DRAW THREE PRIZES!
CAPITAL PRIZE $30,000
ANDERSON 8c SON’S
LOTTERY.
DN THE HAVANNA PLAN OF
Sl.VULE X V N\\\LVIS.
Jasper Comity Academy Lottery!!
[ By Authority of the State of Georgia.]
CIjiLSS LLj ,
' DRAWS APRIL 1st, 1858,
CLASS ’YMJUiYa,
D R A YV S 1 5t it A PHIL, 1858,
In Public, at Macon, Oa, under the sworn
Superintendence of
E. C. BI Ltti.EY A JOS. VTATEK7IAIV.
PRIZES PAYABLE WITHOUT DEDUCTION.
SCHEME.
1 Prize of
1
Hill
11)0
3000
.
566
-
256
.
106
50
APPROXIM
15
AT ION
-sol 125 to §3-1,660
‘ 56 to
16,666
‘ 40 to,
5,660
‘ 25 to
2,566
‘ 15 to
2,000
‘ 10 to
1,666
:es amounting to
§30,00(1
10,000
5.000
2,500
2.000
1,000
1 ,r>00
1,250
10,060
5,000
45,000
§115,13:
TICKETS—Wholes §5, Halves §2 50 Qrs. §1 25.
The 3,000 Prizes of §15 will be determined by
the last number that draws the §30,000 prize. For
example- If the number drawing the §30,000
prize ends with No. 1, then all the tickets where
the nniiib- r ends in 1, will be entitled to §15. It
the number ends with No. 2. then all the tickets
'where the number ends in 2, will be entitled to
§15, and so on to 6.
Certificates of Packages of Ten Tickets are sold
at the following rates, which is the risk:
Ten Whole Tickets, * §35 00
Ten Half Tickets, ... J7 ; -,o
Ten Quarter Tickets, - - - 8 75
gy-Bank Notes of sound Banks taken at par
Checks on New Y'ork remitted for Prizes. Draw
ings of large Classes will be published in New
York aud New Orleans Sunday papers, and Char
leston and Savannah dailies. Registered letters
at our risk.
PF”Address Orders for Tickets or Certificates
of Packages of Tickets to
ANDERSON A- SON, Managers,
Macon or Savannah, Ga.
U^SMALL SCHEME draws every Wednes
day and Saturday.
BACON ! BACON ! !
T HE Undersigned has on hand a large lot of
BACON, at the Old Store and Hotel where
Col Ba*nett now lives. Price, 11 cents Hog
round—124 f° r Hams and clear sides ; Tennessee
Spriug, Autumn and Eternity.
He hath made everthing beautiful in his time.—
Ecclesinsticus, 3, 11.
There are two things I dearly love,
In nature’s circling year,
Which lilt my spirit far above
The weight of earthly care;
They bring before my eager view
The brightness of a home,
Where all their loveliness is true,
Nor change can ever coxae.
The early time cf Spring’s first hours,
Bring freshness to the heart;
They rouse the wearied spirit’s powers,
And sweeter life impart;
Her dancing breezes gently woo
The blossoms of the rose.
All wet with sparkling morning dew,
Their petals to inclose.
The weary sufferer o! pain,
The bowed with care or grief,
Hail her returning once again.
Wiiii hopes of siveet relief,
Spring hours caunot fail to bring
Calm and consoling thought—
Her many voices ever sing
Of joy to mortals brought.
But how, O Autumn! shall I dare
To paint thy gorgeous hues—
The softness of thy morning air,
Thine evening’s pearly dews!
The solemn grandm-r of thy night
Whose starry crown is set
With gems more radieutly bright
Thau earthly coronet?
The glory of thy sunset hour, ^
When all is calm and still,
Brings full conviction of the power
That heavi n and earth doth fill;
Oh! who can gaze upon thy skies,
As twilight shades them o’er,
And not from earthly dreamings rise,
Their Maker to adore?
The wreath of fading summer flowers,
Is yet upon thy brow, •
But all the mirth of summer hours
Is changed to sadness now,
And yet, upon thy dying head.
A solemn beauty lies,
More glorious tlmn the richest spread
'Neath Summer’s glowing skies.
Ever, O Autumn! shall thou be
To us an emblem meet
Of spirits sinking peacefully
To slumber calm and sweet;
Though thy delights long may last,
Y’et. ours shall still increase;
Thy reign be soon forever past,
But ours shall never cease.
Ah! not like thee shall pass away
The Christians hope and joy;
We look for an eternal day.
And bliss without alloy—
For glories bid from mortal sight.
Revealed in realms above.
For fad'd, ss crowns of heavenly light.
And perfectness of love.
[ Knickerbo c-ker.
A Mother’s Gift.
The following lines, written by a mother in a
Bible—her gift to her son—are no doubt familiar
to many of our readers, but they are well worth
reprinting:
Remember, love, who gave thee this,
When other days shall come—
When she w ho had thy earliest kiss,
Sleeps in her narrow home.
Remember, ’twas a mother gave
The gilt to one she’d die to save.
That mother sought a pledge of love,
The holiest for her sou ;
And from the gift of God above
She chose a goodly one;
She chose for her beloved boy
The source of lite, and light, and joy ;
And bade him keep the gift—that when
The parting hour should come,
They might have hope to meet again,
In her eternal home.
*6he said his faith in that would be
Sweet incense to her memory.
And should the scoffer, in his pride,
Laugh that fond gift to scorn,
Ami hid him cast that pledge aside,
That he from youtli had home!
She bade him pause and ask bis breast,
If be, or she, bad loved him best?
A parent's blessing on her son
Goes with this holy tiling;
The love that would retain the one
Must lo the other cling.
Remember, ’tis no idle toy,
A mother's gift—KKMi-;.Mlii;K boy!
Married Man's Lament.
BY J. A. TURNER.
Oft in the stilly night,
Before 1 bad got married,
I till the morning light
In groceries often tarried,
I there did drink ot punch and gin,
And with iny friends grew merry ;
But long alas the time has been
8im-e I sipped port and sherry.
Thus in the stilly night,
Ere Sally’s chain had bound me,
I drank till morning light.
Companions ail around me.
When I remember all
The friends that drank together,
In grocery, or at ball,
In hot and wintry weather,
I feel like one who treads atone
Some grocery deserted.
Whose hopes are dead, whose brandy’s fled,
And he to home departed.
Thus in the stilly night.
Since Sally’s chain has bound me,
Sad memory brings the light
Of other nights around me.
[From the Albany Knickerbocker, March It).]
Travis Che Sporting \l illiaui-Teli shooting
Oranges from a Rot's Head.
We Lave already alluded to the thousand
dollar wager made by John Travis, that he
will shoot three oranges from the head and
hands of a boy—distance, thirty feet-
wcapon, a pistol. When we reflect that
the tremor or movement of a muscle may
be sufficient to cause a premature discharge
and that the deviation of the f.action of au
inch to the precise aim might terminate
fatally to the lad, the feat appears as won
derful as it is certainly novel. Travis for
merly resided in Saratoga. The feat
comes off in Louisville, in June. The or
anges are each to be 2^ inches in diameter
—one is placed on the top of his head, and
one on each hand, the arms being exten
ded. In this position, at the distance of
ten paces, of three feet, facing tlie shooter,
and with no intervening object Captain
John Travis proposes to bit the orange
and has only three shots to hit the three
oranges. The boy who is to support the
oranges is ten years of age and a bright
and sprightly Jad. ile has every confi
dence in the ability of Captain Travis to
bit each object, and lias equally as much
in hi# own nerve, which cannot he surpass
ed. lie is now under daily training. The
boy’s feet are placed twelve inches apart,
and bis hands upon his hips. The captain
shoots through the angle made by the
bending of the arms and between the feet.
This is done to accustom the boy to the
firing, and if possible give him more confi
dence and make him feel at ease. The
little fellow is a native of Louisiana, and
his mother is always present during the
practicing. JSlie is entirely satisfied that
it wilfrcsnlt in safety to her son. This
is probably the most dangerous feat ever
undertaken by any man in this country
IrLsb Potatoes From the Vine.
It is said that those who are short of
seed ma^ propagate this vegetable by
planting the cuttings like the sweet pota
toes, taking care to plant only in damp
weather and to leave but one axle of the
stem above the ground.
There has recently been a heavy fall of
snow in Egypt. Such an occurrence is
not within the recollection of the oldest
A Startling Confession.
Mordecai Paine, a saddler doing busi
ness in North Ninth Street was called home
from his work-shop on Saturday morning,
Ly a messenger who brought the melancho
ly intelligence that Lis wife, Barbara, had
taken arsenic for the purpose of commit
ting suicide, and was then at the point of
death. He hastened to her bedside, and
found Iter in more agony of mind than
body. She declared that there was some
thing on her mind which she wished to
confess to him before her departure, with
the hope of obtaining his forgiveness.—
Mr. Paine, with great emotion, desired
her to go on with the disclosure, adding
that she might be sure of his foregive-
ness before she had made known her of
fence,
•Ah, Mordecai,’ said she; ‘you remem
ber our large white pitcher was broken
some time ago; I pretended to you
that the eat broke it, but it was talse
for I myself did it.’
‘Ob my dear,’ said Mr. Paine, ‘don’t con
cern yours-elf about such a trilie. I had
forgotten the pitcher, and it matters not
how it was broker,.’
‘There is another matter,’ said Mrs. P.
after some hesitation, ‘’flic six silver
spoons which I made you believe was sto
len by tjie Yankee clock mender, I pawned
them to raise money to pay the milliner
for doing up my pink satin bonnet.’
“Never mind it my love,’ said Mr. Paine
encouragingly,” ‘1 hope Heaven will for
give you as ireely as 1 do.’
Alter a short pause, Mrs. P. began
again :
‘Your best razor which you missed last
summer, and made so much to do about,
I swapped it way to a pedlar for a tortoise
shell comb.’
‘The dace!—well, well,’ said Mr. P.,
recollecting himself, ‘that is all done now,
and can’t be mended. Think no more
of it.’
‘I could not leave the world with such a
thing on my conscience,’ replied the fair
penitent.
•Go on, go on,’ cried Mr. Paine; I told
you that 1 could forgive everything at such
a time as this.’ Mrs. P. resumed:
‘You remember our boarder, Simeon
Drake, who run up a hill for six weeks, and
then went off in a hurry without paying a
cent. He and 1 had agreed to elope
together; hut he changed his mind at the
last moment, and ran away without me.’
‘Eire and fury! do you dare tell me this?’
cried Mordecai, in great excitement. ‘But
as yon are dying, 1 won’t reproach you.
I’ll leave you now to settle the affair with
your own conscience.’
‘Stay and hear one thing more,” cried
the repentant Barbara. ‘The dose I took
this morning was intended for you. I put
it into your coffee, but in my hurry to get
the thing done, I gave you the wrong cup
and took the right one myself.’
‘The devil fly away with you, you jade!’
roared Mordecai, as he flung himself out of
the room. In the entry he met the apoth
ecary who had sold Mrs. P. the fatal pow
der. This medical man had heard of the
commotion at Paine’s house and suspect
ing the cause of it, lie came to administer
hope and comfort to the afflicted.
‘Don’t be alarmed, Mr. Paine,’ said lie,
‘the drug I sold your wife was nothing but
magnesia. I judged that she wished to de
stroy herself, and 1 tricked her in this
way to save her life.’
•Yon swindling rascal,’ shouted Paine,
‘how dare you cheat a customer in that
shameful manner, and rfbtain her money
under false pretences? Begone!
And with this exclamation he violently
ejected the astonished apothecary from his
front door. The man of physic, suspecting
of course, that poor Mordecai was derang
ed, sent two officers to provide for his safe
keeping. His relation of the preceding
dialogue, however; soon obtained his dis
charge —Philadelphia Press.
Origin of slavery in America.—In a de
bate in the Senate, on the lltli inst., Mr.
Benjamin, of Louisiana, entered into
lengthy argument, introducing authorities
to show that it was a vital error to suppose
that slavery xvas established in the South
by positive legislation. Slavery he con
tended, was the creature of the common
law of England in which country it existed
and was protected by both the common
and the statute law as far back as the
days of Queen Elizabeth, who herself dealt
in slaves. Our ancestors brought the laws
and institutions of England to this conti
nent as their birthright, and hence slavery
was the common law of the thirteen origi
nal colonies. He. here cited various his
torical data, tracing the history of slavery
in both continents down to the American
Revolution, at which time it was the com
mon law of the whole j Western Continent.
Thus slavery, lie further contended, was
forced as the common law upon the thir
teen original colonies against the urgent
remonstrances of the southern portion, and
had not the Northern States abolished it
by positive legislation, they would have
been slave states yet. How, then, heask-
ed, can it be asserted that slavery is not
recognized by the Constitution of the Uni
ted States?
Is Saleralus Injurionsto Teeth ?—-A den
tist writing for the iV. Y. Post disputes
the dogma, published in the papers, that
saleratus is injurious to teeth and says:
To satisfy myself upon the subject, I
also made several experiments, thinking
that possibly I was mistaken or misread
upon chemical combinations. 1 immersed
in a concentrated liquid of the common
(and crudest) grocer’s salaratus a sound
adult tooth, also an infant’s first tooth,
(which are always very soft,) amd a tooth
with all the elements of decay in its sub
stance, and covered with limy concretion
deposited in the mouth, popularly known
as “tartar.” These teeth, which 1 send
yon, have been immersed in saleratus
liquid over six weeks, beaten ten deg, F.
above the natural heat of the stomach and
mouth. You will perceive that neither
the natural polish nor the “tartar” are in
anv way disturbed, altered or decomposed!
So much for practical illustration.
Boys and Girls.—Speaking of the plan
of separating the sexes in school, Mr.
Stowe, the celebrated Glasgow teacher
says:
The separation lias been found injuri
ous. It is impossible to raise the girls as
high, intellectually, without the boys as
with them; and it is impossible to raise
boys morally as high without girls. The
girls morally elevate the boys and the boys
intellectually elevate the girls. But more
than this girls themselves are morally ele-
'vated by the presence of boys, and the
boys are intellectually elevated by the
presence of girls. Boys brought up with
girls are made more positively intellectu
al by the softening iutiuence of the female
character.
—i
A yonng gentleman who had just mar
ried a little beauty, says, “she would have
been taller, but she is made of such pre
cious material that nature couldn’t afford
I Cincinriatti Enquirer.
! Thrilling- Scene.
Mr Thomas Kingston, who for several
years has followed the business of putting
up lightning rods, which, of course, re
quires steady nerves and a firm brain, met
with an accident recently, by which, but
for the most singular presence of mind, or
rather, supernatural instinct, he would
have fallen from a dizzy height, and been
dashed to pieces. He is compelled to
climb roofs, over chimneys, and up spires,
and fix a rod, with perfect coolness and
precision, hundreds of feet above the level
of the earth.
On the occasion to which we refer, Mr.
K., had ascended Bt. Paul’s Cathedral,
whose spire is about two hundred and
thirty-five l’eet high, near the head ot
Broadway, and gone to the very top, where,
having left his ladder beloxv, he clung by
his arms and legs, fastened the last foot ot
the rod and attached its point—quite a
heavy piece ot metal—securely, as he
supposed, to the cross surmounting the
steeple. He had just completed this dif
ficult and dangerous task, watched by a
number of persons in the street below, and
while looking at the work and experienc
ing that satisfaction which results from
hazard passed and labor accomplished, ot
a sudden something heavy struck him and
made his brain reel until he could hardly
see. Instead oflosiug his hold at once, as
would seem to have been the natural and
inevitable result, he clung with a power
beyond himself and a will superior to his
own, closer and instinctively to the spire.
He knew not what had occurred, and to his
confused senses it appeared that the steeple
was tumbling; or that some strange cause
was about to bring the vast structure to
the ground.
Borne forty seconds—an age to him—
must have elapsed before he sufficiently
collected his scattered thoughts and
subverted consciousness to know that the
entire upper part ot the rod had fallen upon
his head, causing the blood to trickle over
his forehead, and nearly blind him. He
was in a dreadful perplexity and most
dangerous position. Ile feared, if he
moved, lie would go-cleaving the air to a
terrible death upon the stony street below
—and at the same time he knew he could
not, in the disordered state of his nerves,
and his increassing weakness, retain his
grasp, more the result of fate than of feel
ing, much longer. If he stirred he might
fall; if he remained he certainly would; and
so determined to make at least an effort
for his life, he put one foot very cautious
ly, then his arms and then moved the other
foot; and after half a minute of exertion,
aud the greatest danger, he touched the
topmost round of the ladder, and in a few
seconds more was inside of the steeple and
safe. Then it was Mr. K’s great courage
and strength forsook him; his nerves and
muscles relaxed; he grew sick unto death
his knees gave way; his vision swam, and
he sank upon the platform motionless and
insensible. He must have lain there half
an hour before he could rise aud walk, and
he did not recover from the shock for more
than a fortnight afterwards.
The people gazing up at him from the
street describe the scene as painful and
exciting “in the extreme. When they
observed the rod fall, a thrill of horror ran
through their hearts, and two women
swooned away, for they expected to behold
him the next moment dashed to pieces at
their feet. Destiny had ordered otherwise
and Mr. K., still pursues his dangerous
avocation; but he says if he were to live a
thousand years he never would forget the
intense, horror of those century-like mo
ments, when he seemed to hang upon the
air more than two hundred feet above the
earth, and to he momentarily descending
to a dreadful death.
Agricultural.
The Southern Cultiralor gives the fol
lowing agricultural directions for the month
of May,
The Plantation.—Make ample prepa
ration for a good supply of provisions for
your family and servants—also, an alum-
dance of provender for vout stock—by
planting as soon as tlie season will allow
full crops of Corn Irish and sweet Pota
toes Spring Outs, early Cow Peas, in the
drill, Ac. Plant also, the Chinese Prolif
ic Pea, for hay, and for turning under
when green, as a renovator of worn out
land. It is unsurpassed for these purpos
es, producing from 1 to 3 tons of good hay
to the acre; and when turned under great
ly enriching the soil. Plant the Chiuesc
Sugar Cane, also, for syrup and sugar—
the method of making which, as detailed
by Mr. Lovering, of Pennsylvania, will
appear in our April number; Mr. L. has
succeeded, perfectly, in making Sugar
from the Sorgho, and his statements will
he read with much interest.
In preparing for your regular Corn crop,
plough or subsoil your land 10 or 12 inch
es deep (15 inches would be far better)
Manure heavily and plant early. Do not
lose a moment after the danger of late frost
is over.
As soon as you have finished the plant
ing of Com and other provision crops, pre
pare for Colton, respecting which, see va
rious articles in former number of the Cul
tivator.
Sweet Potatoes should now be bedded
out, so as to secure an abundant supply ot
“draws.” No crop cultivated in the South
is more worthy of attention than the Sweet
Potatoe. It is one of the most valuable
esculents for man or Least, and every plan
ter should have full “banks,” at the set
ting in of winter, even if he docs not make
quite so enrich Cotton.
Recipe for Spavin ill Horses,
Two table spoonfuls of common salt
dissolved in one pint of water, to which
add two table spoonfuls of Cayenne pepper
powdered fine, and half pint of lard; to be
put in a pot and simmered slowly, until
all the water has been evaporated; then
add one ounce of hartshorn and one ounce
of laudanum, all well mixed and put into
a bottle and well corked. Rub the affect
ed knee three times a day with the mix
ture, and you will find one bottle will gen
erally effect a cure. This will also cure the
swinney.
The Republican papers relate that in
Ylr. Beecher’s church, Brooklyn last Sun
day, Mrs. Jessie Fremont, havingno mon-
ex* in her pocket when the mfallable con
tribution box qame round, took off’ her
heavy gold ring arid threw it into the box.
The ring contains on the outside an en
graved “bee,” In allusion to a beautiful
incident in Colonel Fremont’s passage of
the Rocky Mountains, and on the inside
tho inscription, “March 4th, 1S57.”—the
day when he did not occupy the White
House. If the New Yorkers have any
gallantry, they will redeem the ring, aud
return it to Mrs. Fremont.
The heart is a cup which is empty till it
overflows. We have nothing to enjoy till,
we have something to impart. He only |
lives who is not a reservoir, but a foun- j
Arizona.
Having recently published a letter of a
correspondent of the Oharlston Mercury,
giving an unfavorable account of the
Gadsden Purchase, we give place to the
following reply to that letter, which Lieut.
Mo wry, the representative of the people
of Arizona, at \V ashington, has addressed
to the National Intelligencer—
T" the Editors of the Nat Inteligencer :
In your issue of yesterday appeared a
letter, copied from the Charleston Mercu
ry, ‘dated at San Diego, California, in
which the, writer revives the explored story
that the Gadsden purchase (Arizona) is a
worthless and barren country. It will be
noticed that the writer’s experience of
the country is limited, by his own state
ment, to “shooting ducks in the Mesilla
valley.” Against this extraordinary
knowledge of a Territory containing more
than thirty thousand square miles, 1 beg
to put tho, opinion of the Hon. John R.
Bartlett, Col. Jack Hays, Gen. Joseph
Lane, and A. II. Campbell. Esq, all of
whom have traveled over the whole coun
try, and who express the opinion that it
contains thousands of square miles of the
best arable land, is immensely rich in the
precious metals and copper, and has all the
elements ofa thriving and populous State.
The impression that irrigation is necessary
for cultivation, is not correct- In the
central valleys of Arizona two crops a year
are raised, one by the ordinary method of
cultivation, the other by irigation.
I shall publish one or two letters from
several of the gentlemen above named,
expressing their views in regard to Arizona,
its great value both as a mineral and agri
cultural State, needing only the protection
of the laws to become at once populous aud
productive. The immense emigration
which this spring will seek in the feitile
valleys of Arizona anew home will, with
in a brief period, demonstrate that the
new Territory, like California, has been
misrepresented and condemned only be
cause it was unknown and unprotected.
The last mail from the Santa Cruz valley
bringstlie inteligence that the Silver Min
ing Company at Tubac are shipping silver
ore to San Francisco to he smelted, and
that the yield on the ore is paying all the
expenses of the mines, and will, within a
few months, pay large dividends. No
mines in Mexico have been made produc
tive at so small an outlay of capital.
Those who doubt the great welth in silver
of Arizona, only confess themselves igno
rant of the early history of the country
when it was a thriving Spanish colony, and
ofthe undoubted statements ofHumboldt
and Ward. Very respectfully,
Sylvester Mo wry.
Willard’s March 9, 1858.
Moral Courage.—Sidney Smith, in his
work on moral philosophy, speaks in this
wise of what men lose for want of a little
moral courage or independence of the
mind:
“A great deal of talent is lost in the
world for the want ofa little moral courage.
Every day sends to the grave a number
of obscure men who have only remained
in obscurity because their timidity has
prevented them from making a first effort
and who, if they could have been induced
to begin, would, in all probability, have
gone great lengths in the career of fame.
The fact is, that to do anything in this
world worth doing, we must not stand
back shivering, and thinking of the cold
and the danger, but jump in and scramble
through as well as we can. It will not
do to he perpetually calculating tasks and
adjusting nice chances; it did very well
before the flood, when a man could consult
his friends upon an intended publication
for one hundred and fifty years, and then
live to see its success afterward, but aQ_
present a man waits and doubts and hesi
tates, and consults his brother, and his un
cle, and particular friends, till, one fine
day, he finds that he is sixty years of age;
then helms lost so much time in consult
ing his first cousin and particular friends,
that he has no more time to follow their
advice.”
Peas With Pntators.
The planting of peas with potatoes,
dropping a few in each hill, is becoming
quite a profitable practice in some part of
the country. They require no extra cul
tivation, are hoed with the potatoes, with
out at alt inteifcriug with the operation, aud
are easily pulled when ripe. The seed is
free from all impurities, and generally
much heavier and better matured than
when grown in the ordinary way. The
large marrowfat is probably the best for
this method of culture. It grows vigor
ously, and has an abundance of pods. It
is thought that, cultivated in this way, tho
pea is much less liable to be injured by the
1> U £-
The furl On Peaches,
A carrespondent of the Rural Annual
gives the cause and remedy *tf this disease,
as follows.-—“I had in ray garden, in New
York, a large fine peach tree, when I
discovered all at once that the leaves be
gan to curl, and look as though the
fire had been so near as so kill them, and
and also a great quantity of ants constant
ly going up aud down the tree. I could
find no one who could give me a remedy,
so 1 determined to find one myself. The
tree was about six inches in diameter. I
dug the dirt from it until I reached the
spreading roots. I then took a large
twenty-penny nail, and carefully drove it
through the heart of the tree up to the
head, then replaced the dirt, and in five
or six days I made an examination, and
found around the tree, on the top of the
ground, something resembling sawdust.
I then began to remove it, and found at
the bottom, or nearly where I had driven
the nail, seven large grubs, about two
inches long, dead.” The gas generated
by the sap rusting the nail had probably
killed them, ’l'he nail should he regula
ted bv the size of the tree, being long
enough to reach the heart, yet not pene
trate the bark on the other side.
Winter Pasture.
A contemporary says, “Now is the, time
to begin to think about winter pasture.
We cannot speak advisedly of the rescue
grass, having seen but little of it; but from
all our observation we are inclined to
think rye is the best grass for a winter
green in this climate.' Bow it early, ray
by 15th September, cn good soil, and it
will make a good winter pasture and at
last yield a tolerable crop of grain. Borne
prefer barley for the reason that stock
seem to like it better. Hungry horses like
green rye very well.”
A man whom I)r. Johnson once re
proved for following a useless and demor
alizing business, said, in excuse: “You
know Doctor, that I must live.” The
brave old hater of everything that was
mean and hateful, cooly replied; “I do
not see the least necessity for that.”
Important Advice.—What wars and
bloodshed might be avoided ; bow many
dnels might be prevented; how much
strife, contention and bitter feeling amongst
men might he suppressed; how much
peace and harmony might exist on this
side the grave (even without reference to
the tremendous consequences which liq
beyond it)—if men, in tbeir intercourse
with each other, would constantly bear in
mind the advice of a distinguished writer,
who says: “Never speak or write when
you are angry or in a passion ; for it is
always dangerous to put lo sea duiing a
storm.
