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B 0 U GHTON,NISBET&BARNES,
Publishers and Proprietors.
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TBS FEDERAL TTNION,
Is pMidished Weekly, in Milledgerillc, Ga., Comer
of Hancock and Washington Sts., (opposite
Court House.)
at $2 a year in advance,
(Unless in Advance, $3 Per Annum.)
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Per sq"tre of ticelrc lines.
One insertion $1 00, and Fifty CeSts for each sub-
sequent continuance.
Those sent without a specification of the number
of insertions, will be published till forbid, and
charged accordingly.
Business or Professional Cards, per year, where
they do not exceed Six LINES. - - $10 00
I liberal contract mill he made irillt those who wish to
Adrertisr by the year, occupying a specified space.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators.
Executors or Guardians, are required by law to be
held on the First Tuesday in the month, between
the hours of 10 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 be given in a public
gazette 40 days previous to the day of sale.
Notices for riie sale of personal property must be
given in like manner 10 daj’s 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
be published for two months.
Citations for letters of Administration, Gnardian-
thip, &c., must be published 30 days—for dismis
sion from Administratiou, monthly six months—for
dismission from Guardianship, 40 days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be 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 b >nd has been given by the deceased, the
full space of three months.
Publications will always be continued according
to these, the legal requirements, unless otiierwise
ordered, at the following
RATES!
Citations on letters of Administration, &c. $2 75
“ dismissory from Admr’on. 4 50
“ “ “ Guardianship 3 00
I .cave 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, Ac. 5 <10
Estrays, two weeks 1 50
For a man advertising his wife fin advance) 5 O0
federal
VOLUME XX1X.1
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1858.
[NUMBER 5.
11E X ER AL AIDVERTISEMENTS.
A NEW STOCK OF GOODS
(at S. B. Brown’s Oli> Stand.)
SADDLES, HARNESS AND
LEATHER STORE.
[NextBoor to CONN’S FANCY Store.]
THE subscriber has just received from New
Fork, a choice selection of
l.nilir«’niiil Ueulli ■■■■ ■■a’
Saddlrry. Bridles, Carpet Bags, Saddle Bags, Whips
Spurs, Harness and Sole Leather, Kiel and CalJ
Skins, Lare Leather, Banel Leather, Arc. A*c.
Alsu Mi it's Doable Sole Russet Brogan Shoes.
I t'" Saddles and Harness manufactured and re
paired on short notice.
! C' Also Boots and Shoes, manufactured and
repaired to order, with neatness and dispatch.
‘ •j‘ > The Boot and Shoe department will l>c under
the direction of Mr. SHEA, an experienced workman.
CALVIN C. CARR.
Millrdgeville, April 13, 1858. 46 tf
NEW GOODS JUST RECEIVED!
ailorimr Establishment
SPERLING A BROWN are now Receiving a
NEW and well SELECTED STOCK of the very
latest PATTERNS of
Cloths, Cassimeres, Drillings, and
Fancy Goods for Pants.
We have a large and choice selection of the latest
Plain and Fancy Vestings, Ac.,
nil of which have been selected with great care by
one of the firm, and purchased for the rash, which
will enable us to put np Garments for our pat
rons upon the most satisfactory terms.
We invite our patrons and the public generally to
give us a call and examine our Stock of Goods.
EsT We have the Latest Fashions.
Milledgeville. April 5th 1858. 45 tf
J
patronage heretofore bestowed upon him, takes
this opportunity of informing the citizens of Mil
ledgeville and vicinity, that having associated with
him Mr. William Gesnkr, an experienced Chem
ist and Druggist, he will be enabled thereby to af
ford bis patrons many advantages that be could
not previously offer them.
T iff E
WILL
hi' continued at the OLD STAND, under the name
and style of HERTY & GESNER, where we will
continue to keep a full assortment of
Drugs, Medicines. Chemicals.
Faints and Oils, dtc ,
together with all articles usually sold in our line.
FOR THE TOILET,
French and American Perfumery, Hair Oils, Pow
ders, Sfc., Hair, Tooth and Nail Brushes,
Todrt Bottles, S[c., A"* - .,
Also a lot of TUBE PLANTS, and an assortment
of MUSIC and Music Books.
In the Stationery Line, will be kept a popular selec
tion of BOOKS. Note, Letter and other Papers,
with such other articles as are usually called for.
To the Preparation of Prescriptions and Phar
maceutical Preparations Mr. GESNER will give
his personal attention, and endeavor to please all
who may favor him with their confidence.
IIERTY & GESNER.
Milledgeville, April 5,1858. 45 ly
Atwell, William
Andrews, Joseph
Armstrong. William S.
Allen, John
Alh-n, William K.
Allison, Alfred
Barton, J. 15.
Black, .1 H,
Brown, J. S.
Baker, Augustus
Betts. Marion
Boyle, A 11.
Brown, W. S.
Byron, Matthew
liulkley. Daniel
Bradford, 1>. T.
Butler, Bennet
Bates, Anthony
Banks, Reason
Barton, John
Bright, John
Barks, Allen
Baker, Stephen
Barnwell. John II.
Brown, W, A. J.
Brown, Samuel T.
Bulloch, M miroe
Butler, W. (1.
Bell, \V li
llracv, Lester G. II.
Barkley, J. 11.
Barnhill, J. N.
Bentley, II II.
Blackstoek, Joseph M.
Blackwell, Joseph
Bowhay, William
Brooks, L. S.
Brooks, <1 W.
Burke, David M.
Burts, B. V.
Calks, James
Cunningham, John D,
C'liew, John
Coleman, Jacob
Courtmau; George F.
Colegram. John
Cain, James W.
Cox. Harry
Clark, Seth
Cooper. 1).
Cantwell, Thomas
Conner, Seth
Coe, John li.
Conrad or ('ovard, Cullen
Comstock, William
Carlisles, George W.
Callahan, J. H.
Cook, James
Crittenden, William
Cross, John
Coglmi, George W.
Conway, Mathew
Christer, John
Cowan, W. J.
Callahan, Joseph
Dickinson, Robert
Dwining, M. J.
Day, H. li.
Davis, George S.
Davison, R. T.
Denuet or Derrett, Silas
Dickson, A.
Dorsey, Allred
Douglass. W. C,
Douglass, II L.
Dlineali. J. W.
Danol, John V.
Dubose, \V. P.B.
1 lunoan. William
Davis. Perry
Donnell, James
| Dearieh. George.
Disney, Richard
Ellis, Miclienl
| Khereiibcrg, Herman
Eginoscr, Conrad
Earle, Richard B.
Edith, Henry
Early, Eraneis S.
Eubanks, George
Eddy, Andrew
English, Robert
Frazier. M. G.
Frazier, William II.
F razier, Charles
Ferguson, James
Fennanl. Simpson
Foley, A. G.
Famey. Samuel
Fenner. Robert
Fenner, James
Franklin, E. I!,
Francis, W. E.
Fitzsimmons,
Frost, Hezckiah
Fisher,J. II.
Fulton, Charles
Fadder, John
Green, W. J.
Gibbs. Lewis C.
Gainer. M C.
Gamble, 1).
Grimes. J. II.
Gunter, William
Graue, D.
Griswold. E ,T. I).
Grice, James R.
Garner, John T.
Grinolile, John
Glees.,II. John
Gordon, Thomas
Gates, Lew is W.
Garner. Edward
Gilkersou, F.
Gilbert, W.
Gamble. James
Hardaway, S, G.
Hammoeh, Pierce
Hopkins, John
Hunter, William
Hamilton, J. D.
lliser, John
Hasty, Henry
Harris, Jesse
Heeh, C. F.
Harcus, Smith L.
Helms. W'iison
Hamilton, Janies
Hudson, W. J.
June Pith, 1858.
'ton
Hatfield, William
llitehaid. John
Ilarvey. Thomas
Halsey. E. B.
Hitchcock, A. J.
Hrmphrics, Jesse
Hums, William
Irish. Milton
Ingram, Allen
Johnston, Charles
.laeksou. John
Jackson, John S.
Jones, H.W.
Jennings, Charles B.
Jenson, Charles
Kellv, James
Kelly, John
Kissam, 1‘. Y.
Kueelantl, Taylor
Keinp; Thomas
Kenny more, John P. C
Euddingtou, E.
Emits, Cliarlt s
Lavton. Allen
Lvnch, A. M.
Leverett, O F.
Lewis, Abraham
Lee, Green
Lainond, A.
Lind. John
Moal. John -
Mordecai, Benjamin H.
Million, Peter
Marrnny, J. 15.
MeMurry, William
Murdock, Daniel A.
McKinley, Charles
Mitchell, Wasliii
M. Gowan, John
Moran, Martin
M ungum, Aaron S.
Morgan, Joseph F,
MeLeiinti. Alexander
Mann, William
MeXeely, Bennett
McNight George
McGlorin, John
McGowin, Dennis
Moore, J.H.
Moore, J. O.
Moses, II. K.
Murphy, J. B.
McCoy, Janies
Nixon, C.
Nmilin, John
Nt-vin, Patrick
Neely, J. 11.
Oliver, John M.
Oldham, Benjamin
Pease, L.J.
Perkins, Austin
Patterson, Samuel C.
Patterson, Edward
Powers, J. M.
Parker, John It.
Parker, W. S.
Pierce, Stephen
Pcttich. George
Peterswich,
Quinn, W.
Rowe, Samuel
Reed, James
ltosiubcrg, William
Rutledge. Richard
Rush, Gabriel
ltaines, J. D,
Reynolds, E. J. A.
Kean, Edward
Rodgers, II
Rodgers, J. 1$.
Scully, John
Scully, John
Stewart, Thomas
Smith, Thomas
Smith, Buttian E.
Smith, William A.
Smith, James
Smith, (>livcr
Smith, Thomas
Smith, John
Seward, John
Stephens; William,
Sponn, James 11.
Seurloek,
Snead, Lebetter
Strunk, li.
Savage, William F.
Simpson, William
Swords,
Simpkins, John
S'.veemeu, Fred.
Svers, Daniel
Schutts, Lewis
Stewart, Charles
Slater, K,
Sherry, Joseph M.
Shelton, William
Tinlev, Charles
Toler, It. A.
Thomas, Evan 11.
Tyler, J.
Thayer, George
Thornton, F. W,
Weeks, Thomas G.
W 1, William 1>.
White, Alvin E.
White
A.
€ U EM
Wilson, Koliert
Wilder,.J aims
Waters, Nicholas B.
Weston, Thomas
Welsh, William
Williams,
Williams, John
Wuen, Alh-n
Watson, J. 1>.
Wnllington, William
Williams, J.R.
Wyatt, 1*. S.
W mu, John C.
Westorer, Ira
Wardsworth, W. A.V.
Watson, Joseph W.
Winnin^hnm, William
Webb, Juiid-s
Wingate, bhhvanl
Yceniaus, Klias
Yeomans, trust us
Yealy, W. VY.
4 3t.
rjlUE Subscribers have received from one of the
JL most celebrated Manufacturing Chemists, an
assortment of
which are warranted to be of tlie full strength.
directed by the W. S. Phariuaeopcea., among j
which ate
DlUO Pills.
Sweet Spirit of STitre
Hoffman’s Anodyne.
Sther.
Chloroform
COUP. EXTKlfT OF fOLOCYATlL
miRCIRIAL OISTBEST.
Also, many others in general nse.
These preparations, exclusively, will "fee .kaptj]
for sale, and for compounding Physicians pre-'
Bcriptions.
The attention of rbysicians is called to these
articles, as many of them are such as are not readi
ly procured of reliable strength and quality. For
sale by GRIEVE & CLARK,
Druggists
April 27, 1358. 48 tf.
J. BRANHAM, Jr.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EATIiMON, GA.
March 1. 1853. 40 ly
gexeiiTT agency'"
AT MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA.
"VT C. Barnett, General Agent y
1\ . for the transaction of any and
nil business at the Seat of Government.
Charges reasonable.
Jan 1, 1858. 32 ly
Dawson, Warren & Hydes Celebrated
“Tip Top” Gold Pens!!
H AY JNG received an assortment of the above
pens of various slytes and patterns, we
are prepared to furnish them at manufacturers
prices- They are acknowledged to be the best
GRIEVE & CLARK.
April 26 1858, 48 tf.
[Vjr* The attention of the Ladies is called to the Ad
vertisement of Dr. CLeesinau, to be found on the kii
Page of this paper
llo!! For The Now Store
AKTD TIIE
H.K W GOODS.
I HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE to receive for
the next WEEK, a HANDSOME and WELL
SELECTED stock of
DE&1T GOODS,
AND
MILLINERY GOODS,
Which were bought CHEAP, and which I pro
pose to sell at EXTREMELY LOW PRICES for
CASH. If any one doubts the asser
tion, they have only to call at the New Store,
Opposite the Milledgeville Hotel,
Where I can show them a very nice French
Organdy Robes at $3,50, Jaconcnt < hgandy Dou
ble'’Skirt at $3,50 and $3.7.', American Organdy
Robes at $1,40, Side Stripe Silk Robes at $25,
Flounced Silk Robes at $22, worth more money.
Lawns, an emik*ss variety from ten to 2T> cents
per yard. 2.000 yards Madder Prints, at 9 cents,
colors warranted, 2,000 yards at 0}, fine figures
and good color*.
Black Silk at 35 cents
per yard, better than can be bought elsewhere for
$1,00. A nice assortment of Summer silks at50
cents per void. More ot those Brilliants at 12^
cents.
Marsailles for ladies basques, from 25 cents to
80 cents per vard.
Four Bales’ Stark Mill Sheetings at 9 cents, very-
heavy. Three bales of Atlanta Mills at 6;} cents,
worth more money ia New York. More of the
wide sheetings fit 25 cents, the last I can sell at
that price, some wider at 30 cents. A grand as
sortment of
For Summer.some as low as 12.)cts.
50 doz ladies hose at 6j cents.
100 doz do do at 10 to 12.j cents.
Men’s half hose jit fij cts and up.
Lace Mitts, a large assortment, from 30 cents up
Embroideries, a nice fine. Also a fine assortment
kHft&iiasior
WHICH IS COMPLETE, and at prices that
will astonish those who have becu in the habit otj!
buying an a year*^ credit. My stock has ^ been se-
loctitd since the New York openings, which gave*
me an opportunity tog£t the present Sj»ring styles
aud^nsbions. Also a good assortment of
-i 2? A TII & M 3S is'Y',
WHICH 1 will sell at about HALF Tbe
Usual Prices.
W. G. LANTEBMAN.
Milledgeville, April 7th, 1858. • „
p. S. TLe opening for Millinery will take )
place Wednesday, April 14th inst. 46 tf.
Georgia Battalion,
TDZAS REVOLUTION-.
Fannin and Ward's Massacre.
T HE following named persons, who served under
Fannin and Ward, (or their heirs at law), will hear
something to their interest by applying to the under
signed in person or by letter, until the 12th of August,
1858, after which time their interest in t he State of Tex
as will be barred bv the statute of limitation.
MILLERS & JACKSON.
Attorneys at Law, Augusta, Georgia.
NOTICK.
riXlIE Subscriber will continue the business of Wool
X touting and MANUFACTURING in Mu-
ledgeville. My Machiseby is in Good Order,
and I am determined not tc be excelled by any, in the
Quality of my Work.
Tiie Patronage of the Public is respectfully solic-
ited- D. A. JEWELL.
Milledgeville, Ga., May 1,1858. 49 tf
Cotton A* Wool Manufacturing,
At tbe ROCS FACTOR V,
WARREX COCK TV, GA.
• Subscribers having thoroughly repaired the
JL above FACTORY, and added New Machinery,
are abb* to supply a SU PERIOR article of 0*nnhurs»
and VnruN, We have also put in a NEW and IM-
l*Iv( )\ KI) set of WOOL MACHINERY, and are pre
pared to Cnril Wool into KoIIn or .Hannfac-
lure it iuto C loth, to order, iu the best maimer,
and at the usual rates.
WOOL will be received, and Goods delivered at
the Railroad Depot in Milledgeville, and also at the
Depot in Wnrrenton.
We will pay the full market price for Wool.
JEWELL <fc BODFISH.
ROCK FACTORY May 1, 1858. 49 tf
I If" Ibffst Office, Wurrenton, Ga. ~
I*. S.—Our Goods may always be found at the Store
ot C. C CARR, (S. B. Brown’s old stand,j next door to
Conn’s Variety Store, Milledgeville, Ga,
•TIT lO ¥T TCT ICT G&
A aTbi JK\S9i
V GENERAL ASSORTMENT of gyyYT
very Superior Traveling - L,V
Trunks, VALISES, CARPET**'! Ill
BAGS, Ac., just received at tlie
’liilcdgcvilU (lolbiug Store. Hotel Vo. 1.
A. C. VAIL, Ag’t.
May 17th, 1858. 5| t f.
Window Glass.
A ( ” IN’DOW GLASS of all sizes from 7^9 to
T T 2-f^ 36 kept constantly on hand for, sale by
April 26 1853
GRIEVE &. CLARK, Druggists.
48 tf.
HATS!
JUST RECEIVED AT THE
Milledgeville Clothing Store,
^ HOTEL. 10. I,
A LARGE assortment of HATS,
A viz : BEEBE’S SUPER MOLE
SKIN. BLACK and FANCY CASSI-
MERE and FELT HATS ; also Wool,
Panama, Straw and Leghorn. Also
assortment of
YOUTHS AND BOY’S HATS.
A. 0. VAIL, Ag’t. •
May 11, 1858. 50 tf
a genera
C 1 T A T IONS.
GEORGIA, Putnam county.
\VT1KREAS, Junius Wingfield applies to me for
It Utters of Administration de boms lion, with the
Will annexed, on the estate of Job Bird, lute of said
county, deceased.
This is therefore to cite and admonish all and singular
the kindred and ereditnrs of said deceased, to be and
appear ut my office, w ithin the time prescribed bylaw,
to show cause, if any the have, whiy sad application
should not tie granted.
Given under my hand and official signature at En-
tonton, this June 5th 1853.
■J at. W B. CARTER, Ord’v.
GEORGIA, Jasper county,
\\f HEREAS, John F. Hanson, applies to me
T T for letters of Administration on the estate of
James B. lliiskill, late of said county deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular, the Kindred and creditors of said deceas
ed, to be at my office on tlie first Monday in
August next, and show cause, if any, why letters
should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my hand at office, this June 8th,
1858.
3 5t. P. r. LOVE JOY, Ord’v.
GEORGIA Jasper county.
ATO'i’lCE is hereby given to all persons interes-
1N ted thqt John Lazenby late of said county de
parted this life intestate and, none of the kin
dred have applied for Administration on the es
tate of deceased, in terms of the law administra
tion will be vested in tlie clerk of tbe Superior
court or some other fit and proper person on the
first monday in August next, unless valid ob-
jecti°ii is made,
Given under my hand at office.
P. P. LOYEJOY, Ord’y
June 9th 1853 3 5t.
GEORGIA Wilkinson county'.
V\THEREAS John J. Todd applies to nrefor
» Y letters of dismission from the Guardianship
of William Vincent and Erasmus Vincent, minor
children of William Vincent, of the State of Ala
bama.
’I hose are therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons interested to be and appear at my office on or
by tlie first Monday in August next, and show
cause if any they have, why said letters of dimis
sion should not be granted.
Given under my hand officially, at Irwinton.
this 11 th of June 1858.
3 fit. JAMES C. BOWER, Ord’ry.
GEORGIA Wilcox county.
XTOTICE is hereby given to all persons concerned
Lx that I liarles C. Stntham late of said county has de
parted this life, intestate, leaving property in said comi
ty and no person has applied for administration on the
estateofsaid deceased and that in terms of the law ad
ministration will tie vested in the clerk of the superior
com I, or some other fit and proper person thirty days
after publication of this citation, unless some valid ob
jection is made to his appointment.
Given mider my hand and official signature, this
June 7th 1858 ( 3 5t) JAS. W. MASIIBUKN, Ord’y
GEORGIA, Baldwin county.
"VSTHEREAS. John R. Moore and Benjamin F.
\} M oore applies for letters of Administration
on the estate of John H. Moore, late of said coun
ty, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish a!! per
sons concerned to file their objections, if any-, on
or before the first Monday in August next.
Given under my hand fit office this 2istJune,
1853.
4 5t. JOHN HAMMOND, Ord’ry.
GEORGIA Pulaski county.
T11EREAS, James L. Lumpkin applies to me
for the Guardianship of Nicholas I’. Sarah
and Francis E ntinins of Nicholas P. Dillard.
These are therefore to cite and admonisd all
persons interested to be and appear at my office
within the time prescribed by law and show cause,
if any they have why said trust should not be
granted.
Given under my baud and official signature
this May 19th 1858. 525t.
JOHN H. BRAXTLY. Jr., Ord’ry.
YV
. firemen’s Song.
“THE OLD MACHINE.”
’Tis night, and darkness spreads her wings
O’er landscape and the deep;
And many a fond young mother sings
Her darling babe to sleep;
And weary labor seeks repose,
When the wind blows tieice and keen;
But the fireman, as to bed he goes.
Thinks of his "Old Machine.”
Then see him lie between the sheets.
While dieams his thoughts confound,
His anxious heart, bow quick it beats;
For he bears a sudden sound.
He starts! he springs upon his feet,
Exclaims “what can this mean?”
While the cry of Fire! his senses meet,
He runs fur the “Old Machine.”
“Be quick, take suction, lead out hose,
Man breaks and play away,
Now break her down, ye eager foes
Of fire’s dreadful sway;
Be willing now, dou’t mind your toes,
We soon shall sweep it clean,
For wfiler iu a torrent flows
From our darling “Old Machine.”
And now the crowd is leaving fast,
Again to seek repose;
But I huve heard an order passed,
“Come wash that dirty hose!”
“It’s rinse them down,” and “Boys, be smart,”
Make haste and get them clean,
Then reel them on that little cart,
Behind the “Old Machine.”
And now good night, my song’s complete,
And ye may all retire;
We do not know but when we meet,
It may be at a fire;
Of this be sure—at danger’s call,
We hastily convene;
For friend or foe. alike for all,
We fetch our “Old Machine.”
Utillf) from thr Pods.
The moon was shining silver bright,
All bloodless lay the untrodden snow!
When freedom, from her mountain height,
Exclaimed, “Now dou’t bo foolish Joe!”
An hour passed ou, the Turk awoke,
A humble bee went thundering by,
To hover in the sulphur smoke,
And spread its pall upon the sky.
His echoing axe the setter s\\ ung,
H<- was it lad of high renown;
And deep the pearly caves among,
Giles Scroggins courted Molly Brown.
loud roars the wild inconstant blast.
And cloudless sets the sun at even,
When twilight dews are falling fast,
And rolls tho thunder-drum of heaven 1
Oh, ever thus from childhood’s hour.
By torch and trumpet fast arrayed;
Beneath yon ivy mantled tower,
The hull frog croaks his serenade.
My love is like the red, red rose,
He bought a ring with posy true;
Sir Barney Bodkin broke his nose.
And, Saxon, 1 am Rhoderic Deu!
I Have .I Husband.
1SY ANNIE A—
I have a husband—noble husband—
And I love him dearly too,
As the spring-birds love the sunshine;
As the flowerets love the dew.
As the infant loves its mother.
Clinging fondly to her breast;
Seeking there, in grief, its solace,
Seeking there its food and rest.
As the traveler in the desert
Loves a shelt ring rock to gain,
Loves the stream of sparkling water,
That slakes his thirst and cools his brain.
So I love my darling husband,
Kindest, truest, noblest, best,
He to me is dew and sunshine,
He to me is rock and rest.
And I love him as a woman.
With her all of trust and pride,
Loving, in my deep devotion.
To stand bravely by his side.
Ready to share his every trouble,
And coax the sadness from his brow.
To aid or comfort, grant. O, Heaven,
I may love him e’er as now.
is t e 11 an r on s.
^IXTY days after dateapplication will be made
to tlie Ordinary of Jasper county for leave to
sell the real estate of Eaton Banks late of said
county deceased.
P. E. BANKS, Adm’r.
June 1st, 1853. [;>. i>. l] 2 9t.
S IX'I Y days after date application will be
to
made
the Court of Ordinary of Irwin county,
for leave to sell all the lands belonging to the es
tate of Benjamin Tucker, late of said county,
d« cea.sed, for the benefit of the heirs and credi
tors of said deceased.
R. W. CLEMENTS, Aum r.
June 7th. 1858. 3 9t.
YV’
A elm nnstrator s Salr
the town of Holmesville, Appling county, on
tlie first Tuesday in SEPTEMBER next, the fol
lowing property, to-wit:
Lots of land No. [350,] three hundred and fifty,
also 390 acres of lot No. 349 out of which the
widows dower lias been laid off; comprising 130
acres, both ol said lots lying in the second district
of said county of Appling, to be sold as the pioper-
ty ot Richard Bullard, late of said county deceas
ed, for the benefit of tlie heirs and creditors of said
,CU ’ S ' JOSEPH G. WHARTON, Adm’r.
June 7th, 1858. 3 tds.
LOXTY days after dat.
It tin Honorable, the
tor leave ti
ed of lmbi
ell the lands
cilitv.
, application will be made to
Ordinary Court of Emanuel;
sekiali Parish, couvict-
June 7 th, 1S
IIENRY.T. PARRISH.
AUGU STUS M. COWART.
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Southern Mann fart tires!
We extract from that excellent newspaper and
conservative journal, the Boston “Post,” the fol
lowing interesting and liberal views ou Southern
Manufactures, contained in a long and able article
on that subject:
The introduction of manufacturing establish
ments into the Southern Stales is even more recent
than their rise in tlie North. And even now their
number is comparatively small. Every State
South of Mason and Dixon’s line is strictly neither
commercial nor manufacturing in its character, but
agricultural. And whatever attention has been
given to the intaoduction ot manufactures on any
considerable scale, has happened within a few
years, and more particularly since the anti-slavery
crusade of the North against their Southern neigh
bors. Before that the southern people willingly
paid their money, whether earned by free or slave
labor, to their Northern brethren, for the produce
of their manufactories and workshops, which they
as w illingly received, thus becoming partakers of
whatever wrongs the system of slavery involves
The South, instantly perceiving the inconsistency
and hypocrisy of the abolitionists, wiio did not re
fuse to make money out of the price of slave labor
whenever they were able, and to tlie extent of their
ability, became disgusted and offended, and lias
from that day been acting on the defensive. Un
willing to pay large profits to those who were
abusing them, and for tho very system that they
themselves have all their lives been aiding and
abetting, the Southern people have recently built
factories and manned them quite extensively, and
the work is going on with constantly increasing
vigor. The subject has been discussed in various
Southern Commercial Conventions, convened in all
portions of the South—at New Orleans, at Mem
phis, at Charleston, at Richmond, and at various
other places.
it is true that up to this day the South is more
dependent upon the factories of the North than it
wishes to be, unless Northern sentiment and con
duct shall become materially changed. But the
signs of the times now clearly indicate that her
well begun system of manufactures will be con
tinued, improved, and widely extended, so as to
become independent, or neatly so, of the North.
According to the latest returns, official and un
official, there were iu the United States, in 18511,
131,657 manufacturing establishments; of which
103,932 were in the free States, and 27‘725, or con
siderably more than one fifth of the whole, were
situated in the slave States The entire capital in-
all these establishments amounted in round num
bers to the great sum of $530,000,000 The val
ue of raw material used and consumed yearly
amounted to $550,000,000; amount paid for labor,
$240,000,000; value of articles manufactured,
$1,020,300,000, number of persons employed,
1,050,000.
The State with the largest number of manufac
tories is New York, with 23,553; next in rank is
Pennsylvania, with21,595; while Ohiocomes next,
with 10,550; and Massachusetts is fourth, number
ing In-r 8,250. Virginia stands fir.-t among the
Southern States, or fifth among all, numbering
4841. The other States in the South having the
greater number are Maryland, Kentucky, Missou
ri Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, that rank next to
Virginia in the order mentioned, and that have
from 3.708 to 1,016 establishments.
If we look at manufactories of cotton goods
we find there are 1,994 establishments in tlie whole
country, of which 892 are in the free States, and
202, or not quite one-fifth of the whole, are in the
slave States. The State having the greatest num
ber of cotton mills in operation is Massachusetts,
that counts up 213, w hile Pennsylvania lias 208;
and next Rhode Island, with 153, and Connecticut,
with 128. Of the Southern States, Georgia is at
the head, with 35 mills; next in order are Tennes
see, with 33; North Carolina with 28; Virginia,
with 27; Maryland 24; South Carolina, 18; Ala
bama and Delaware, 12 each; Kentucky, 8; Ar
kansas, 3; and Mississippi, 2; Louisiana, Texas,
and Florida, at the last accounts, had no mills of
the kind. The amount of capital invested in all
these cotton manufactories is $74,501, 031, and
the number of hales of cotton consum' d a year is
642,240. The valne of the entire product yearly
is $61,869,184; and the number of hands employ
ed is 92,286, more than two thirds of whom are
females. Of all the hands employed, 13945 find
work in the Southern States. The number of
yards of sheeting, &c., made annually, is 763,-
678,407.
The number of establishments for-the manu
facture of woolen goods in tho country is 559,
with a capita! of $28,118,650, and consuming
70,862,829 paunds of wool per year. The num
ber of Lauds employed is 39,252, the largest pro
portion of whom are males. The annual value of
the pruJucts is $43,287, 555, aud the number of
yards is 82,206,652.
Pennsylvania ranks first in the number of her
woolen mills, having 380. Next comes New York,
with 219. Then f< Row Connecticut, with 140;
and Ohio, w ith 130. The first Southern State iu
this department is Y’irginia, having 121 mills,
or two more than Massachusetts; a fact that we
think will be surprising to most readers. The
other slave States have woolen mills as follows:
Maryland, 38; Kentucky, 25: Delaware, 8; Ten
nessee, 4; Georgia 3; North Carolina, Missouri,
and Texas, 1, each; South Carolina, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas had
no mills of the kind in 1350. The entire number
of woolen factories in the slave States is 292, or
not quite as many, in proportion, as we found in
the same section of cotton mills.
Theie were, at tlie last accounts, 382 establish
ments for the manufacture of pig iron in the
United States. About half the whole num
ber are found in the State of Pennsylvania,
or nearly twice as many as are scattered through
the South. Next to Pennsylvania ranks Ohio;
and tbirk in rank is Virginia, with 29 manufacto
ries. Tennessee lias 23; Kentucky 21; Maryland,
1~; Missouri, 5; Georgia, and Alabama. 3 each;
aud North Carolina. 2. About one-fourth of all
the capital of the business is invested in the South
ern States, Maryland and Tennessee having more
than twice as many dollars invested each than
Virginia. The value of the annual products is
$12,748,777.
For tlie manufacture of iron castings there are
1.391 establishments in the United States, of
which but a small proportion, or 168, are in the
South. New York lias the largest number of es
tablishments, 323, and the largest amount of capi
tal invested in them. Pennsylvania lias nearly as
many manufactories, but upwards of a million
dollars less capital. Ohio is doing about half as
much business in this department as New York.
Of the Southern States, Virginia takes the load,
with 54 establishments. Kentucky lias 20, Teu-
liessee and Maryland 16 each; Delaware, 13; Ala
bama, 10; Mississippi and Louisiana, 8 each; Mis
souri and South Carolina, 6 each; North Carolina,
5; Georgia, 4; and Texas, 2. The entire capital
invested is $17, 416,361; and the annual products
are valued at $25,108,155.
There are hut 422 manufactories of wrought
iron in the land, 129 of which are in the South,
and 131 in Pennsylvania. Tennesse has forty-
establishments; Virginia 39; North Carolina, 19;
Maryland, 27: Georgia. 3; Deteware and Missouri,
2 each; and Alabama, 1. The entire capital invest
ed in the business is $14,494,220.
Most of the malt aud spirituous liquors are
manufactured in the Northern States, since of the
$2,324,254 invested in the manufacture, hut $924,-
490 is thus used in the South. Above a fourth
part of all ihe capital invested in New Y'ork, and
there is more in each of the States of Pennsyl
vania and Ohio than in tlio entire Southern States.
The annual product is as follows: Barrels of ale,
1,177,924: gallons of whiskey and high wines,
42,133,955; gallons of rum, 6,500.500.
There are 6,263 tanneries in the United Statess
of which the South has nearly one third part, or
2.0U5. Pennsylvania alone has one sixth part, of
the whole number, or 1,093. The Southern
States rank in the following order: Tennessee has
394; Virginia, 341: Kentucky, 275; North Carolina,
151; Alabama 14!); Missouri, 148, (Georgia, 140;
Maryland, 116: Mississippi, 92; South Carolina,
91; Arkansas, 51: and the other Southern States, a
less number each. The entire capital invested in
lithe tanneries in the land is $18,900,557; the
number of skins in them being 2,659 865, and the
number of sides of leather counting up 12,257,-
910.
Mining, as well as manufacturing, is carried on
considerably in Missouri. The mineral region
of the State is said to equal in extent the States of
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, and Delaware. A most all metals
are found there, with the exception of gold and
platina. There were $2,000,0000 invested in that
State in manufacturing and mining eight years
ago.
We must not forget that the South manufactures
large quantities of sugar and molasses, produced
from the culture of the sugar cane. Each sugar
plantation has its manufactory of sugar, the pro
cess of producing which is a very nice one, requir
ing much general knowledge, and a particular ac
quaintance with the science of chemistry. Louis
iana is the great sugar and molasses State, yield
ing nearly all raised in the South. It is some
times termed the “sugar bowl of the South.”—
Other States in which sugar is raised and manu
factured are Alabama, Texas, Georgia, South Car
olina and Florida.
And then there is another kind of manufactur
ing in the South that is almost unknown in this
section of the country. We refer to the manufac
ture of tobacco As Virginia is the leading State
in its production, so it is also in its manufacture.
In the city of Richmond alone there are now
fifty-six manufacturers of the staple, whose united
capital amounts to four or five millions of dollars.
More tobacco is opened, inspected, and sold in
that city, probably, than in any other single place
in the United States It is there that the choicest
specimens of the weed assume the shape which
commends it to the regard of devoted chewers
everywhere. Tobacco is put up in as many dift’er-
< ut ways, .almost, as there are chewers. There is
as much difference between the ideas of the Yan
kee and Southerner, on the question of taste, as
there is on any other matter. The former likes
the “pig tail,” plentifully sweetened, and liquor-
iced to a degree; tho hitter, the less sweetening
veil put in the better the tobacco. Buyers con
gregate in Richmond from all parts of the globe.
Foreign governments are supplied by agents who
i o side there for that purpose. With many citizens
the road to wealth has been laden with tobacco.
Our readers, who have followed us thus far, are
undoubtedly surprised that there is so much man
ufacturing in the South. It is considerable, and
is increasing to be very considerable, though the
common impression has been, that there was next
to none South of Mason and Dixon’s line. And if
we consider the annual value of home manufac
tures, which is $27,493,614, $18,634,129 of which
is the product of the South, and only $8,859,515 of
the North, the section of country that we are con
sidering is presented to us in a still more favorable
aspect.
In considering tho subject under contempla
tion, and the prospective wants of the people of
tiiis country, we are deeply impressed that this is
to become a great manufacturing nation. At
present it is more celebrated for its agricultural,
than for either of the other leading interests of
mankind, and then it ranks as the second com
mercial power on the globe. As a nation, on the
contrary, it has not been celebrated for its manufac
tures; though within a quarter of a century this
section of the land is beginning to take rank with
the most advanced nations in this department of
industry. And when we consider the almost
countless rivers, of all sizes aud descriptions,
coursing through our country from ocean to ocoan,
and from the lakes to that gulf that lias been called
“the great heart of the ocean,” and contemplate
the countless waterfalls afforded by them, all ready
to propal machinery enough to do this manu
facturing of the globe; and when we think of the
cheap labor, free and slave, that can be com
manded in all portions of the land, and the abun
dant commercial advantages for conveying Ameri
can manufactures. by sea and land, to every na
tion, and to every isle, throng our swift ships, and
swifter rail cars, it appears to he no stretch of
imagination to conceive of this nation as being the
greatest manufacturing land of the globe, a cen
tury or even a half a century hence.
As for the South, we see no reason why she may
not embark very largely in manufacturing within
the next quarter of a century. She has tho capital;
she lias the water power in great abundance: she
has 4,<iO<!.OIiO of slaves, the estimated number of
whom will be 5,000,000, in 1865, and J890, 10,000,-
000, unless some unexpected event shall prevent
their wonted increase; and she has, besides a great
multitude of poor white laborers, who are much in
want of the employment that manufactories would
afford. Besides, cotton and wool are the great
staples of the South, and she can use them to a
much greater advantage than to export them
abroad, since the cost of exportation is so great,
and since she needs a large portion of the manu
factured goods for her own consumption. Great
Britain is now tho great consumer of American cot
ton. Our foreign exports of the article, in 1840,
amounted to743,941,061 pounds; while the home
comsumption for the same year reached 11 "3,01
200. In 1850. we exported 635,381,604 pounds;
and consumed at home 195,107,600. Our cotton
factories, in 1850, consumed as much cotton as did
those of Great Britain, in 1831; thus affording
encouragement that they may, by proper manage
ment, be so multiplied as to consume the whole
crop of the country at no very distant day.
In the year 1845, the late and Hon. Abbott Law
rence of this city, addressed several letters to the
Hon. William C. Rives, of Virginia, ou the policy
of Y’iiginia and the .South in reference to the intro
duction of manufactures and internal improve
ments. In one of these letters, Mr. Lawrence
said:
“You cannot do aything in Virginia that will so
completely promote the introduction of rail roads
as the placing of manufacturing establishments on
vour beautiful waterfalls. The water power on
the James river, at Richmond, is unrivalled, and
it sterns a great waste of natural wealth to permit
it to run into the sea, having hardly touched a
water-wheel. If the prominent men of Y'irginia
of both political parties, will give up their party
warfare, and resolve themselves into a ‘committee
of the whole commonwealth, to improve the state
of agriculture’ by making two blades of grass grow
where there is now but one; if they will establish
manufactures, and carry on a well adjusted system
of internal improvements they will then have
done something that will be substantial, abiding—
which will stand as substantial memorials of their
patriotic devotion to the interests of the people
through all times.”
Undoubtedly, the worn-out condition of much of
the land in the older States of New England, was
one principal reason for the introduction of manu
factures with us. The same reason urges Virgin
ia. the Carolinas, Georgia and other Southern
States, to make up what they have lost by the
depreciation of their lands, by improving their
waterfalls, and by manufacturing their cotton at
home, instead of sending it abroad. The South
can produce cotton cloth, and abetter article,
cheaper than either Old or New England, because
she has the cotton on the ground,and in a better con
dition than it can possibly be after a removal of
hundreds or thousands of miles, thus being exposed
to drenching rains, to be rolled in the mud of
wharves, or to be bleached or rotted by exposure,
in its long travels by sea and land. If cotton has
done so much to make England great during the
last sixty or seventy years, or since she received
tin-first bale from our shores; if it has added so
much to the industry and prosperity ofNewEng-
land, what will it not do for the South when she
learns to manufacture it at home, thus producing
many valuable home markets for the agricultural
ist, and making cotton a king in a double sensei”
From Blackwood—Article “Curiosities of Natu-
ural History.”
The Toad At His Repast.
Few of our readers most probably have ever
observed the toad at his repast. It is performed
with electric rapidity, and with more than tele
graphic precision. The tongue is doubled back
upon itself, and is tipped with a glutinous secre
tion. The moment the beetle conies within range
tbe tongue is shot forth with unerring aim, and
quick as lightning, the captive is withdrawn.—
They are invaluable in a garden. Mr. Jessie, iu
his gleanings, complains of gardners destroying
them, of savagely cutting them in two with their
spades. YVe hope not. Horticulturists, of such
“gross ignorance” ought themselves to be extirpa
ted. Tbe beauty and vigor of our flower-borders
we have long ascribed, in a large measure, to a
select family of toads, which we tenderly protect,
and some of which have now reached a patriarchal
ago. Mr. Jessie mentions that Mr. Knight, the
eminent nurseryman, keeps a large number of
toads in his stoves far the purpose of destroying
the woodlice that infest liis plants, and that they
do not seem at all affected by the heat, even when
it reaches 130 degrees. Wo are surprised at this
latter statement, which does not agree with our
observation. We have observed that the toad in
very hot weather seeks shelter under foilage, or
buries himself amongst the soft mould. In the
evening ho emerges from his consealment, and
no doubt then employs his protruusilo tongue.—
Mr. Bucklaud mentions a curious use of toads.—
i hey are employed as insect-traps. A brigade of
maurading toads are conducted into the garden
in the evening. They make a famous supper, but
in the morning their entomological employer, by
a gentle squeeze, compels them to disgorge their
evening meal, “and in this way many curious and
rare specimens of minute nocturnal insects have
been obtained.” There is just now, says Mr.
Buckland, “a plague of ants in many of tlie Lon
don houses, which defy extermination. I strongly
recomended those who arc troubled with these
plagues to try whether a toad or two wont help
them.” Most certainly. They clean melon
frames of these insects, and why should they not
perform the same friendly office in the drawing
rooms of London citizens? Nothing but ignorant
prejudice can prevent the adoption of the excel
lent suggestion. And yet the prejudice exists, and
they are loathed species. Toads, time immemori
al, have been persecuted by school boys, and you
cannot wander through a village on a summer day
without seeing defunct and flattened specimens of
these unoffending creatures. Innocent of litera
ture, at would be tracing the crnelty of tbe urch
ins to too high a source to ascribe it to the ugly and
“venomous” toad of Shakespear, or the yet more
odious imagery of Milton. And yet from the
erroneous natural history of the two great national
poets, the idea may have originated, and thus
been handed down as a traditionary odium from
one race of schoolboys to another. While toads
are truly venomous, and lack the specific appa
ratus for procucing venom which realy venemous
reptiles are endowed with, there is an irritant se
cretion in the glands of their skin which is more
or less injurious. When a dog realy seizes a
toad, this glandular fluid is squirted out, and his
tongue and lips are burned, as if with a strong
acid.
The metamorphosis which frogs and toads un
dergo is complete and remarkable. In their tad
pole condition, the respiration is performed by
means of gills, and is aquatic. In their adult
state, their gills are converted into true lungs, and
can breath atmospheric air alone. The spawn of
frogs and toads is very distinguishable. The
spawn of the former is found distributed through
out tho whole mass of jelly, while that of the latter
is seen arranged in long strings, and generally in
double rows.
From the Baltimore American, June 14th.
A Destructive Flood.
Our city and surrounding country was visited
on Saturday afternoon by the most destructive
flood that has occurred since that of June 14, 1837
—within two days of twenty-one years ago. The
volume of water that came down Jones’s Falls pas
ses through the heart of tbe city, is believed to
have been much greater than during the flood of
1837. The old stone bridges at Gay and Baltimore
streets, which choked up with floating timber,
then acted as a dam, having since been removed
and the stream spanned with iron superstructures,
leaving a clear flow for the water, the flood did
not rise in the inundated portions of the city as
high by three feet as on the former occasion. The
damage in the city is consequently not so great;
but it will be seen by tbe details on our first page
that tlie area of country over which this calamity
has spread is much more extended, and that the
aggregiate loss of property is probably greater.—
In 1837 the flood was confined altogether to
Jones’s Falls, and was supposed to have been
caused by some peculiar phenomenon that has
never been explained. In Gwynn’s Falls, Schroe-
dcr’sRun, Herring Run, Rock Run. the I’atapsco,
and and all their tributary streams, the destruction
of property on Saturday was very great, swelling
the aggregate loss—tho full extent of which will
probably not be ascertained for some days to
come, as nearly all the turnpike bridges ou these
streams have been swept away.
This is tbe sixth great freshet that has oocnred
on Jones’s Falls since the settlement of Baltimore
carrying away the dams and bridges, and flood
ing the lower portion of the city, west of the
stream. The last foqj of these floods are said to
have been at intervals of twenty one years, though
we are not able to give their precise dates. If
any of our readers can furnish dates of these pe-
periodical visitations, we would be pleased to bear
from them.
YVe regret to be called on to add that this flood,
like those that have preceded it, was attended
by th$ loss of human life. Two colored women
were drowned in Stoney Run, and one man in
Jones’ Falls, at Mount Vernon factory, whichis
all we have been able to learn up to the present
time.
A Woman's Growing Old.—If women could
only believe it, there is a wonderful beauty even
in growing old. The charm of expression arising
from softened temper, or ripened intellect often
amply atones for the loss of form and coloring;
and, consequently, to those who never could boast
either of these latter, years give much more than
they take away. A sensitive person often requires
half a lifetime to get thoroughly used to this
corporeal machine, to attain a wholesome indif
ference both to its defects and perfection—aud to
learn at least what nobody would acquire from any
teaching lmt experience, that it is the mind alone
which is of any consequence; that with a good
temper, sincerity, and a moderate stock of brains
—or even the two former only—any sort of a body
can in time be made useful, respectable and agreea
ble as a traveling—dress for tbe soul. Many a one,
who was absolutely plain in youth, thus grows
pleasant and well-looking in declining years.
Y ou will hardly ever find anybody, not ugly in
mind, who is repulsively ugly in person after mid
dle life.
So with the character. If a woman is ever too
wise or sensible, the chances are that she will have
become so somewhere between thirty and forty.
Her natural good qualities will have developed;
her evil ones nave either been partly subdued or
have overgrown her like rampant weeds; for how
ever we may talk about people being “not a whit
altered,” “just the same as ever,” not one of us is,
or can be for long together, exactly the same; no
more than the body wo carry with us is the identical
body we were born with, or tbe one we supposed
ours seven years ago.
Therein, as in our spiritual self which inhabits
it, goes on a perpetual change and renewal; if this
ceased the result would be, not permanency hut cor
ruption. In moral and mental, as well as physical
growth, it is impossible to remain stationary; if we
do not advance, we retrograde. Talk of “too late
to improve,” “too old the learn,” &c. Idle words!
A human beipg should be improving with ever
day of a lifetime; and will probably have to go ou
learning through all tbe ages of immortality.
A Soft Answer.—If all pastors bad the Christian
temper and courtesy of John Brown, the well
known pastor of Haddington, Eng., they might
often disarm opposition, aud frequent removals,
which are so harmful to themselves and to their
people, might be avoided. The lollowing anecdote
is worthy of a wide circulation:
When .John Brown, D. D. first settled in Had
dington, the people of his parish gave him a warm
aud enthusiastic reception, only one of the mem
bers of that largo church and congregation stood
out in opposition to him. The Rev. Doctor tried
all the means in bis power to convert the solitary
dissenter, to the unity of feeling which pervaded
the whole body, but all his efforts to obtain an
interview proved abortive. As Providence direct
ed, however, they happened one day to meet in the
street, when the Doctor held out his hand saying.
“My brother, I understand you are opposed to
my settling at Haddington.”
“Yes sir,” replied the parishoner.
“Well, and if it be a fair question, on what
grounds do you object to me?”
“Because, sir,” quoth he, “I dont think you are
qualified to till so eminent a post.”
“That is just my opinion,” replied theDoctor,
“but what, sir, is the use of you and I setting up
our opinions in opposition to a whole parish?”
The brother smiled, and their friendship was
sealed forever. How very true and forcible God’s
word, “A soft answer turns away wrath"
Perfectly Cool.—A waggish friend of ours tells
the following, which \?e do not remember to have
seen in print:
A certain man, whom we will call M., was noted
for possessing great courage and presence of mind,
and the crossest wife in the neighborhood.
More than one attempt had been made to frighten
M., without success, but one dark stirmy evening
one of his brother chips, resolved to see if there
was any scare in him. fixed himself up in the most
ghostly style as possible and stationed himself in a
lonely piece of wood, through which M. had to pass
on liis way home.
The pretended ghost had scarcely settled himself
iu his position when M. hove in sight and came
whistling along unconcerned as usual. Sud
denly the ghostly figure confronted him, and in a
sepulchral voice, commanded him to stop, M. did
so, and after regarding liis companion for a moment,
said with the utmost coolness:
“I can’t stop, friend; if you are a man, I must
request you to get out of the way and let me pass;
if you are the Devil, come along and take supper
with me—I married your sister,”
[From the N. Journal of Commerce.]
Lightning.
Our records of lightning phenomena are contin
ued in all their fullness aud minuUe.
No case of death by lightning in a steamboat or
railroad car, or to a telegraph operator, or iu an
iron vessel or iron building, or vessel furnished
with metaliclightning conductors, has yet come
under our observation during the many years
covered by our record in our extensive field of re
search .
But two deaths by lightning have occurred in
buildings furnished with metalic lightning con
ductors; one of these was at North Prairie, Wis
consin, July 8. 1855—the other at Walden, Ver
mont, July 18, 1857. I have no doubt could I
ha» e seen these two buildings immediately after
they had been stmek by lightning, that I should
have found such traces of the lightning as would
have explained the apparent failure of the rods.
These facts will allay tbe fears of many persons
who are in steamboats, railroad cars, iron vessels
or iron buildings, or in vessels or building furnish
ed with lightning conductors, during thunder
storms.
A case of suffering came iimlt r my own obser
vation. A person in a house not furnished with
rods was during thunder storms, so agitated and
distressed that all the members of the family in
the house were in attendance to soothe and quiet
her mind; but on the house being thoroughly fur
nished with metalic lightning conductors, her suff
erings during thunder storms while in the house
wholly ceased. We recorded a few years since
tho death of a lady at or near Poughkeepsie,
from affirm during a thunder storni.
We lave made extensive inquiry of shipmasters
as to the effect of tho wind upon ships spars that
had lightning conductors upon them, and have
not heard of a single instance in which the wind
had carried away the spars of a vessel with a
lightning chain upon it.
The impression is very general that steamboats
are never struck by lightning. Thisris an error,
steamboats have sometimes been struck by light
ning, but tlie damages were very trifling. Tlie
masts of ocean steamers are liable to be struck by
lightning.
We have a record of the lightning striking a
piece of red hot iron, that a blacksmith held on an
anvil with liis tongs. The red hot iron gave out
abundant scintillations.
The melted iron in Mr. Cooper’s furnace, at
Trenton. New Jersey was so highly charged with
electricity, during a thunder storm, that it gave
shocks to the fireman who was probing the hot
iron with an iron bar.
i It is known to observing managers of dairies,
that milk is sometimes changed by distant thun
der; the brewer finds distant thunder occassionally
to stop fermentation; and the butcher when
there is much lightning, of a peculiar kind
sees tho fresh meet in his market stall become pu
trid, and exhibit a green coloring matter upon its
surface and if nurses and physicians will notice
they will see that the sick are affected by thunder
storms.
The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky is free from
lightning—thunder has never been heard or light
ning seen from within this Cave. In ancient
times, before lightning rods were in use, grottoes
under the water were made as a place of resort for
safety during thunder storms.
At the Great Salines of Kanawha, where the in
flammable gas rises in vast columns to the height
of eighty feet in the air, fears were expressed that
the gas might become ignited by lightning, and
tho whole surface destroyed by volcanic action.—
No fears of any 6uch result need be apprehended
for the gas is covered with water that the light
ning, with all its mighty powers, cannot pass
through unless furnished with a covered conduc-
tor.
I have a letter of recent date from California
in which my correspondents mention the occur
ence of a thunder storm, a rare visitor in thai part
of the world.
On the Coast of Peru, thnnderand lightning is
very rare, but earth quakes of frequent occurence
while on tho opposite side of the Andes lightning
is very frequent, and earthquakes almost un
known.
In tlie Artie zone we meet with no records of
earthquakes, or thunder or iightning.
During the thunder storms, we have occasion
ally recorded observations on the changes of tem
perature every sixty minutes. Only a small num
ber of thunder storms cool the air.
Lightning rods can be erected at a very small
cost; iron wire, of one-fourth to five sixteenths of
an inch in diameter, is sufficient for a lightning
conductor, it requires no other pointing than can
be made on a grindstone, or with a file. Such
rods cost less than one cent per foot. Each rod
should be in one entire piece.
Cold water should be freely thrown on persons
struck down by lightning. We have the record
of resuscitation ou Staten Island, many years
ago. after hours of drenching with cold water.
Metal roofs add to the protection of a house
against lightning, but such roofs, for greater safe
ty should be connected with the earth by metalic
rods.
Since gas has been used in buildings for illumin
ation, no serious results trom lightning have been
experienced in which the gas pipes have been
used.
We met with no cases of loss of life by light
ning, of persons reposing on beds with iron bed
steads. E. HIRAM.
Brooklyn Heights, N. Y., June 18, 1858.
Mrs. Homans.—In the following passage from
Jewsbury’s “Three Histories,” she avowedly de
scribes Mrs. Hemans:
Egera was totally different from any other wo
man I had ever seen, eitheriu Italy or England.—
She did not dazzle—she subdued me. Other wo
men might be more commanding, more versatile,
more acute; but I never saw one so exquisitely
feminine.
Her birth, her education, but above all the genius
with which she was gifted, combined to inspire
a passion tor the ethereal, the tender, the imagina
tive, the heroic—in one word, the beautiful. It
was in her a faculty divine, and yet of daily life
it touched all things, but like a sunbeam, touch
ed them with a golden finger.
Anything abstract or scientific was unintelligi
ble or distnstlul to her. Her knowledge was ex
tensive and various: but true to the first principle
oflier nature, it was poetry that she sougntin his
tory, scenery, character and religious belief—po
etry that guided all her studies, governed all her
imaginative conversation. Her nature was at
once simple and profound; there was no room in
her mind for philosophy, nor in her heart for am
bition. Tbe one was filled by imagination, the
other engrossed by tenderness.
She had a passive temper, but decided tastes;
anyone might influence, but very few impressed
her. Her strength aud her weakness lay alike
in her affections; these would sometimes make her
weep, at others imbue her with courage; so that
she was alternately a “falcon-hearted dove,” and
a “reed broken with the wind:” Her voice was
a sweet sad melody, and her spirits reminded me
of and old poet’s description of the orange tree,
with its
“Golden lamps, hid in a night of green;’ 1
or of those Spanish gardens where the pomegran
ate blossoms besides tbe cypress. Her gladness
was like aburst of sunlight: and if in her sadness
she resembled night it was night wearing her stars.
( might describe and describe forever, but I should
never succeed in portraying Egeria. She was a
Muse, a Grace, a variable child, a dependent wo
man, the I tally of human beings.
Love is like a cigar—the longer it, bums tha
less it grows
A verv large amount of corn is annually impor
ted into Boston, mostly from the Southern States.
No less than 108,000 bushels arrived at that port
during the three first days of the past week.
Marry the nicest girl you know.
You will then have her to preside at your
breakfast table, and unless you are a sad
dog indeed you will not require any hut
her (butter.)
■All a man has to do in these days
to pass for a genuis, is: to button hia
coat behind, and wear his bat wrong side
out.