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Blackwood for August in a continuation of its
interesting paper upon the blood, treats of the cir
culation of the vital current, analysing the claims
of allseed discoveries in regard to the forces which
impel it, and the mode of its operation upon the
human ay at cm. Harvey’s merits were that he
discovered the fact of the circulation, but he did
not ascertain the course the blood takes, nor the
causes of this motion. He knew that the blood
was carried from the heart through the arteries to
the tissues, and from the tissues through the veins
and lnngs back again to the place whence it started.
But he kuew not how the blood passed from arte
ries to vein*, nor why the blood thus moved.
These facts were left to be disclosed oy other sci
entific savans.
By wav of digression, it may be amiss to state
that Michael Servetus, whom Calvin burned, with
godly fervor, for speculations of another kind,
was the first to announce the existence of the pul
monary circulation, in a work which was burned
by the theologians. Nothing can be less equivo
cal than the description given by Servetus of the
passage of the blood from the heart to the lungs
“where it is agitated, prepared, changes it- color
and is poured from the pulmonary artery into the
pulmonary vein.”
To resume the purpose of this Blackwoods arti
cle, what is it which causes the blood to circulate?
The heart, answers an unhesitating reader. That
the heart pumps blood incessantly into the arte
ries, and that this pumping must drive the stream
onwards with great force, there is no doubt; but
althongh one puissant agent in the circulation,
the heart is not the sole agent; and the more we
study this difficult question, the more our doubts
gather round the explanation. Let some of the
difficulties be stated. There have been cases of
men and animals born without a heart; these “acar-
diac monsters” did not live—indeed, could not
live; but they bad grown and developed in the
womb, and consequently their blood must have
circulated.
The motions of the heart consists in the alter
nate contractions and relaxations of its muscular
walls. During each beat two sounds may be
heard, oue dull, which may be imitated by pro
nouncing the word lubi- the other, quickly suc
ceeding it, has a sharper sound, like dup. The
former sound is supposed to be due to the contrac
tion of the muscular fibres of the ventricles, and
♦he thump of the heart against the chest; aided no
donbt, by the .rush of the blood, and the closing of
the valves. The latter sound is caused by the
shutting of the aorta and pulmonary artery. The
nnmber of pulsations varies greatly, not only be
tween different individuals, but at differ
ent ages and conditions of the same person.—
During the first year the beats are from 115 to 130
per minute; from the 7th to the 14th year from 80
to 90; from 14th to21st year, 75 to 85; from 21st to
60th year, 70 te 75; old age, 75 to 80. The female
haa greatly the snperiiorty over the male in respect
of frequency, her pulse beating from ten to four
teen times a minute beyond that of a man.
What is it causes the beating of the heart?—
Haller and his school attributed it to the irrita
bility of the muscular walls which is stimulated by
the presence of the blood, there is this fact in
favor of such an hypothesis, namely, that after the
heart has ceased to beat, and irritability is extinct
a little arterial blood ejected into it will cause it
instantly to resume its pulsaiious. This however
is met by another fact, that the heart continues to
beat long after it is emp* v of all blood. In the
substance of the heart there is is a complete little
nervous system, consisting of ganglia and nerves.
'The ganglia are to be found at the base of the au
ricles and ventricles. One ganglion lies just
where the greatest veins enter the auricles; from
these two nerves join two other ganhlia close to
the jnnetion of the auricles and ventricles. Nerves
are thence du tributed -through the muscular sub-
tod to this gentleman last summer was that of in
terfere! ng on the stamp to induce the convention
of Kansas to submit their forthcoming constitu
tion to popular vote. The crime of Judge Doug
las is the graver one of agitating in Congress to
require a foreign interference in the domestic af
fairs of the Territory, by compelling the local au
thorities to do that contrary to their will, which
Walker sought to peranade them to do voluntari
ly- They denounced Walker before the develope
raent of his crime, and apologize for Douglas alter
its commissi >n, accompanied by insult and foul
imnutaiions upon themselves.
If Governor Walker were a candidate for the
Senate from Pennsylvania in opposition to Simon
Cameron would these southern politicians and
journals manifest the same solicitude for his suc
cess which they do for that of Douglas? and would
those of them who rebuke us for resenting the im
putations which the Illinois senator has put upon
the entire democratic delegation and press of the
South, rebuke us if we reseated them in Governor
Walker?
A word here concerning ourselves. With every
disposition to overlook the mere faults of judge
ment and errors of opinion which Judge Douglas
has exhibited on this subject of Lecomptoii, and
without a particleof personal ill-will towards him,
we hare never been able to excuse the insulting
imputations which he has ca9t with so reckless a
profusion upon the democratic party, whose organ
we are. Our readers will bear witness to the for
bearance with which, for the sake of the past we
treated his apostaey during the session of Con
gress; and to thg fact that ail we have since written
in refutation of his sophistries and in rebuke of bis
course, we have dealt with the conduct and not
with the man. He has denounced through the
laud, with the strongest epithets of opprobrium,
the action of the almost unanimous South in the
last session of Congress. We have faithfully de
fended that action, indignantly repelled his foul
accusations, and sternly rebuked his conduct.—
We can afford to disregard the assaults which a
few giddy journals of the south have made upon
us for our pains, while they have extolled the ma
ligner of themselves. We feel a serener pride in
the contemplation of our conduct than they can j
possibly do in reviewing their own. If they are
of the nature to lick the hand that scourges, that
same nature will move them of course, to bark at
those who scorn the cringing service.
Upon the issue of Douglas or Lincoln, Lincoln
or Douglas, we confess to a serene difference.—
We cannot believe Illinois so destitute of political
worth as to be reduced to the alternative of ciioos
ing one or the other of this precious par fratrum as
her ambassador to the Senate of Ststes; and we
are hopeful that the will rebuke the arrogance of
both of them in their assumption that the choice
of so august a functionary must perforce be made
in the person of oue or the other of themselves.—
There is better material in that young and noble
State than these men present. Their individual
vanity may induce them to think that they are
the only frightful competitors for senatorial hon
ors; but the people of Illinois do not all subscribe
to their own self-estimation; and we confess to a
sense of humiliation that any statesmen or wri
ters of the South should have consented to pan
der to the insufferable arrogance involved in a
Stump canvass for the Senate by ignoring all other
men iu Illinois, and countenancing the exclusive
pretensions of Douglas and Lincoln.— Washington
Union.
shiny October day, if she would only have done
nature the justice to assume in her autumn time,
an autumnal livery: If she would only have the
sense to believe that gray hair was meant to soften
wrinkles and brighten faded cheeks, giving the
effect for which our youthful grandmothers wore
powder; that flimsy light-colored gowns, fripperied
over with trimmings only suit airy figures and ac
tive motions; that a sober-tinted, substantial gown
and a pretty cap, will any day take away ten years
from a lady’s appearance. Above all, it she would
observe this grand rule of the toilet, always advi
sable, but alter youth indispensable—that though
good personal ‘ points” are by no means a warrant
tor undue exhibition thereof, no point that is
positively unbeautifu! ought ever, by any pretenee
cf fashion or custom, to be shown.
The other sort of dress, which, it must be own
ed is less frequent, is the dowdy style. People
say—though not very soon—“Oh, I am not a
young woman now; it does not signify what I
wear.” Whether they quite believe it, is another
question; but they say it—and act upon it when
laziness or indifference prompts. Foolish women!
they forget that if we have reason at any tiino
more than another to mind our “looks,” it is when
our looks are departing front us. Youth can do
almost anything in the toilet—middle age cannot,
yet is none the less bound to present to iter friends
and society the most pleasing exterior she ran.—
Easy is it to do this when we have those about us
who love ns. and takeuotice of what we wear, and
in whose eyes we would like to appear gracious
and lovely to the last, so far as nature allows; uot
easy when otherwise. This perhaps is the reason
why we see so many unmarried women grow
careless and “old Fashioned'’ in their dress—
from all connection with the .ganglia, the pulsa
tions cease at once in that part; but if any part be
severed which still retains a ganglion, the pul
sations will centinoo. The movements during
life or death are thus seen to be due to the ganglia.
But why these ganglia retain their power after the
circulation has been destroyed, and why a similar
power is not observable to other ganglia, still re
mains a problem. It seems certain that the power
is only retained during the continuance of those
molecular changes which we vaguely name vital;
for if the heart be subjected to the influence of
foreign gases, or be dipped in oil, its pulsations
suddenly cease; on the contrary if arterial blood - ,
be injected long after the cessation of all mo-a- , said friends, no alarmed indifference on her own
ment. fnrovided decomnosition has not com- can neutralize the tact that lie is, if still far off, in
On Females Craving Ok).
[To be read in private.] The following ventu
rous essay on the most delicate subjects of is from
Chamber's Edinburgh Journal;
Growing old. A time we talk of, and jest or
moralize over, but find almost impossible to re
alize—at least to ourselves. In others, we can see
its approach clearer; but even then we are slow to
“What, Miss So-and-so looking old
a young
and that
just Bless me! I am forgetting
| how times go on. Yes“—with a faint depreca
tion which truth forbids you to contradict, and po
liteness to notice—“I suppose.'.ve are neither of us
, so > ouug as we used to be.”
Without-doubt.it is a trying crisis in a woman’s
life—a siugle woman’s particularly—when she
begins to suspect she is “not so young as she
used to be:’’ that after crying “Wolf ’ ever since
the respectable maturity of seventeen—as some
! young ladies are fond of doing, to the extreme
i amusement of their friends—the grim wolf, old
age, is actually showing his teeth in the distance,
and no courteous blindness on the part of these
ment, (provided decomposition has not com
menced) the contractions are resumed. It has
been observed to beat in vacuo: which excludes the J
idea of the atmosphere being the stimulus that ,
sets it going.
While, on the one hand, the pulsations are not
in themselves evidences of life on the other hand, ;
sight. And however charmingly poetical he may
appear to sweet fourteen-and-a-half, wjio.writes-
melancboly verses about “I wish I were again a
' child,” or merry three-and-twenty. who preserves
1 in silver paper “xnv first gray hair,'’ old age.
j viewed as a near approaching reality, is quite an-
To feel that you have-liad your fair half at least
of the ordinary term of years allotted to mortals;
1U lUCUIDCiVCO u. uiv J , ., .
their cessation is no evidence of death, but only j ot ^r
one among the many signs of death. When
death follows on a long or painful illness the ini- - -
lability of the heart vanishes with the vanishing 1 that you have no right to expect to-be any hand-
breath; but if the decease be sudden, the heart | somer, or stronger or happier than you are now:
will continue beating for some time afterwards.- 1 that have climbed to the summit of life
Hariess observed it beating in the body of a de- whence the next step must necessarily be deca-
eap,ta»ed murderer an hour after the execution— deuce; ay, though you do not feel it-thoughthe
Margo found the right auricle beating two hours airway be as fresh, and the view ls as grand-
and a naif after execution, although not a trace of 8tlll > 7™ k J nmv that itis so Slower or faster, you
irritability could be detected in the other parts of j f re E° ; > n S down hill. To those who go “haud-in-
the heart. Dietrich, Geriach and Herz found that hnn ' 1 ”
both ventricles contracted, if one were irritated,
forty minutes after death. Remak observed the
rythmic contractions in the hearts ol birds and
mammals two days after.death; and Em. Rousseau
mentions that a woman’s heart had these rythmic
movements seven and twenty hours after being
guillotined.
hand,
And sleep thegitber at the foot,
it may be a safer and sweeter desreLt: but I am
writing for those who have to make the descent
alone.
It is not a pleasant descent at the begining.—
when you find at parties that you are not asked
to dance as much as formerly, and your partners
The writer in Blackwood favors Professor Dra- ’ are chiefly stout, middle-aged gentlemen aud slim
rs hypothesis that the arterialization of the ' '
lood in the lungs is the canse of the circulation.
Kaa an for t.hf*
The arterial bicod has an affinity for the tissues;
which causes it to press forward in the capillaries:
and no sooner is that affinity satisfied than the
blood becomes venous, and is pressed forward by
the advancing column. The various tissuesrequire
repair they have an affinity for one or other of
the constituents of the blood; they take the mate
ria! they need, and their affinity is satisfied; or
secreting cells originate a drain upon the blood,
and the moment they have removed from it the
substance to be seereted, they have no longer any
relation with it To processes of oxidation, of nu
trition, and-secretion, all-conspire to draw the cur
rent onwardJVom the arteries, and push it toward
the veins.
!■« CMn Mini the tv* Evils CMspnlsory?
A large portion of the press, and a good many
of the politicians of the Union, are discusing with
an earnestness which seems somewhat droll, the
question whether the election of Judge Douglas or
Mr. Lincoln to the Senate fron Illinois would
be the mostinjarious to the Democratic party.
Humiliating as such an inquiry must be to ev
ery democrat who retains a sincere admiration for
Judge Douglas, it is yet surprising with what
seal many of them enlist in the discussion. What
a sad decline in popular consideration for their fa
vorite. when it has become a question whether his
democracy is any better than that of such a man
•a Lincoln! He who twelve months ago was an
admired leader of the democracy, whose fidelity to
the cause was estimated equal to any act of devo
tion, even political martyrdom itself, whose tal
ents, oratory, fidelity, and services had ranked
him as the great Commoner in American politics,
the tribune of the people—now fallen to the same
level with an obsenre abolitionist lawyer in Illi
nois; insomuch that it has become a auestion of
doubt whether his election or that of his compe
titor would be the least distasteful to the democ
racy of the country! Here indeed is a fall that ar
gues no ordinary dereliction.
6 The fact that the extenuators of the senator’s
conduct find it necessary to discuss such a prob
lem at all, is an acknowledgement of the low
place in public estimation into which he has sunk.
Zealously as snob a question seems to be argued
bv his apologists, we cannot help thinking that
t£e question is not worth arguing at all; for when
a man’s democracy gets into such base repute that
it is a question whether it is any better thAD that
of the most rabid black-republican of the North
west, it is not even worth any defence at ali.—
We sen that Mr. Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland,
•who never was himself a democrat, has underta
ken to endorse the nncurrent democracy of Mr.
Douglas, but such endorsement of such democracy
will hardly prevent a protest. The plea now so
current and urged with so much earnestness, that
Jcdge Douglas’s democracy is at least better than
Mr. Lincoln’s, is more damaging, we should think
than healing to his reputation, but it must be per
mitted to politicians of -desperate fortunes, such
as Mr. Reverdy Johnson, to bolster those of Mr.
Douglas in their own way.
But Mr. Johnson is not the only southern man
who hMB become the apologist of the Illinois sen
ator. Sundry democratic politicians and editors
sf that section are gravely publishing it as their
opinion that the election of Douglas would bo de
cidedly less distaste*! to the party than that
of Lincoln. .
Thii southern presentation of the question
strikes Qfl a curious one. We believe the entire
democratic representation al!J press of the south
ern States defended the Lecompton constitution
and advocated the admission of Kansas under it.
Senator Douglas took the lead in denouncing this
instrument as a "fraud,” a ‘monstrosity, a • swin
dle.” and other abominable things He denounced
its supporters as the agents of a fraud ana of a
swindle, and lashed them with rhetoric thonged
with insult aad opprobrious invective. His de-
nunotfAions do not seem te have left V sting be
hind; for some of the most vehement southern ad
vocates of the “.fraud” are now the most zealous
apologists ef the man who ladies them for the
part they had in attempting its consummation—
They wear the baand of "swindlers”'with exem
plary patience, and lkk the hand that scourged
them with a meekness and affection remarkable in
hot bloods of a southern clime.
Besides it is well known that the position and
opinions of Judge Douglas and Governor Walker
have entirely harmonized on this subject from
the opening of the Lecompton controversy until
the present moment; and many of the very jour
nals a"!? politicians of the South who were un
measured in their denunciations of Gov. Walker
last summer, and who StiU repudiate him as a
political traitor and swindler are nevertheless
the vehement apologists and extenuators of -'"rdge
Domglas’s conduct. The mime which they ..ipu-
lads who blush terribly, and require a great deal
of drawing out: when you are ‘ dear”-ed and pat
ronized by stylish young chits; who were in their
cradles when you were a grown woman; or when
some boy, who was playing in petticoats, has the.
impertinence to look over your head: bearded and
grand, or even to consult you on his love affairs.
When you End your acquaintance delicately ab
staining from the term “old maid,” in your pres
ence, or immediately qualifying it by an eager
panegyric on the solitary sisterhood. When ser
vants address you as “Ma’am instead of “Miss;”
and if you are at all stout and comfortable-look
ing. strange shop-keepers persit iu making out
your bills to “Mrs. Blank,’ and pressing upon your
notice toys and perambulators.
Rather trying, too, when in speaking of your
self as a “girl”—which from long habit, you un
wittingly do—you detect a covert smile on the
face of your interlocutor, or, led by chance excite
ment to deport yourself in an ultra youthful man
ner, some instinct warns you that you are makiug
yourself ridiculous. On catching in some strange
looking glass the face that you are too familiar
with to notice much.ordinarily, you suddenly be-
aware that it is not a young face; that it will never
be a young face again; that it will gradually alter
until the known faces of your girlhood, plain or
pretty loved or disliked, admired or despised, will
have altogether vanished; look asyou will you
cannot see it any more.
There is no denying the fact, and it ought to
silence many an ill-natured remark upon ‘mutum
dressed lamb fashion,” “young ladies of a certrin
age,” and the like—that -with most people the
passing from maturity to-middle age is so gradual,
as to be almost imperceptible to the individual con
cerned. it is very difficult for a woman to recognise
that she is growing old; and to many—nay, to all
more or less—this recognition cannot but be
fraught with considerable pain. Even the most
frivolous are somewhat to be pitted, when, not
conducting themselves as passers, because they
really do not .think it, they expose themselves to
all manner of misconstructions by still determin
edly grasping -that fair sceptre of youth, which
they never suspect is now the merest “rag * of
sovereignty;”;sovereignty deposed.
Nor can the most sensible woman fairly.put
aside her youth, all it has enjoyed or lost, or
missed—its hopes and interests, omissions, and
commissions, doings and an Seringa—satisfied that
it is henceforth to be.entirely as a thing gone by
—without a momentary spasm of the heart.—
Young people forget this completely as they forget
that they themselves may one day experience the
same, or they would .not be so ready to laugh at
even the foolishest of those foolish old vir
gins, who deems herself juvenile long after every
body else has ceased to share in the pleasing
delusion, and thereby makes both useless and
ridiculous that season of early autumn which
ought to be the most ^peaceful, abundant, safe,
and sacred time in a woman’s -whole existence
They would not, with the proverbial harsh judg
ment of youth, scorn so cruelly those poor little
absurdities, of which the unlucky person who in
dulges therein is probably quite unaware—mere
ly dresses as she has always dene, and carries oc
the harmless coquetries and minandcries of her
teens: unconscious how exceedingly ludicrous they
appear in a lady of—say forty! Yet in this sort
ot exhibition, which society too often secs aud
enjoys, an honest.heart cannot but often feel that
oi all the actors engaged in it, the one who plays
the least objectiouable and disgraceful part is she
who only makes a fool of herself
Yet why should she.do it? Why cling so des
perately to the youth that will not stay; and which
after all, is not such a.very precious or even a hap
py thing? Why give herself such a world of
trouble to deny or conceal her exact age, when
half her acquaintance must-know it or guess it?
or be supremely indifferent about it? Why ap
pear dressed—undressed, cynics would say—after
the pattern of her neice, thebellcefthe ball; annoy
ing the eye with beauty either half withered, or
long overblown, and which in its prime would
have been all the lovelier for more concealment?
In this matter of dress, a word or two. There
are two styles of costume which ladies .pass their
premiere jeuncsse are most prone to fall into; one
hardly knows which is the worst. Perhaps,
though, it is the ultra-juvenile—such as the in
sane juxtaposition of a yellow skin and white
tarlatane, or the anomalous adorning of grey hair
with Artificial flowers. Itmay be questioned whether
at any age beyond twenty a ball eostume is really
becoming; bnt after thirty, it is the very last sort
of attire that a lady can assume with impunity.—
Itis said that yon can only makeyonrselflook
younger by dresaing a little older than you really
are; and truely I have seen many a woman look
withered and old in the customary evening-dress,
which, being unmarried, she thinks necessary to
shiver in, who weald have appeared fair as a sun-
"What does it signify? nobody cares.”
1 think a woman ought to care a little for her
self—a very little. Without preaching up vanity
or undue waste of time over that most thankless
duty of adorning one’s self for nobody’s pleasure
in particular—is it not still a right, aud becoming
feeling to have some respect for that personality
which, as well as onr soul, Heaven gave us to
make the best of? And is it not our duty—con
sidering the great number of uncomely people
that are in the world—to lessen it by each of us
making herself ns little uncomely as she can.
Because a lady ceases to dress youthfully she
has no excuse for dressing untidily; and though
having found out that one general style suits both
her person, her taste and convenience, she keeps
to it. and generally prefers moulding the fashion
to herself rather than herself to the fashion, still
that is no reason why she should shock the
risible nerves of the generation by showing up to
them the out-of-date costume of another. Neat
ness invariably; hues carefully harmonized, and
as time advances, subsiding into a genera! unity
of tone, softening and darkening in color, until
black, white and gray alone remain, as the suita
ble garb for old age; these tilings are every wo
man’s boundenduty to observe as long as she lives
No poverty, grief, sickness loneliness—those
ineutal causes which act so strongly upon the
external life can justify any one (to use a phrase
probably soon to be obsolete when charity and
common sense have left the rising generation no
fifth of November) involuntarily, “making a Guy
of herself.”
That slow fine, and yet perceptible change of
mien and behaviour, natural and proper to advan
cing years, is scarcely reducible toruleatall. It
is bnt the outward reflection of an inward process
of the mind. We only discobvr its full effect by
the absence of it, noticeble in a person, who has
very young manners, who falls into raptures ofen-
tbusiasm, and expresses loudly every emotion of
her nature. Such a character, when real, is un
objectionable, nay charming, in extreme youth;
but the great improbability of its being real, makes
it rather ludicrous, if not disagreeable, in mature
age; then the passions die out, or are quieted
down, the sense of happiness, itself is calm, and
the fullest, tenderest tide of which the loving
heart is capable, may be described by those “still
waters’’ which “run deep.”
To‘-grow old gracefully”—i s one, who truly
has exemplified her theory, bas written and ex
pressed it—is a good and beautiful thing; to grow
old worthily, a better. The first effort to that end
is not only to recognize but to become personally
reconciled
see
that
progression
ourselves and our own life, the same law which
makes spring pass into summer, summer into au
tumn, autumn into winter, preserving an es
pecial beauty and fitness in ea"h of the four.
Yes. if women could only believe it, tln-re is a
wonderful beauty even iu growing old. The charm
of expression arising from softened temper or ri
pened intellect, often amply atones for the loss of
form and coloring; and consequently, to those who
never could boast either of these latter, years givo
much moie than they take away. A sensitive
person often requires half a lifetime to get
thoroughly used to this corporeal machine, toattaiu
a wholesome indifference both to its defects and
perfections, and to learn at lsat what nobody
would acquire from any teacher but experience,
that it is the mind alone which is of any conse
quence: that, with a good temper, sincerily, and a
moderate stock of brains—any sort of body can
in time he made nseful, respectable and agreeable
as a traveling dress for the soul* Many a one,
who was absolutely plain in youth, thus grows
pleasant and well looking in declining years.—
You will hardly ever find anybody, uot ugly in
mind, who is repulsively ugly in person alter mid
dle life.
A most astonishing Exhibition!
“In the year 1832,” said to us yesterday a dis
tinguished legal gentleman of New Orleans. “I
visited Paris, in the course of a European tour,
that my Americanism might he polished down by
a little attrition among the genteel particles of Par
isian society. I found the world of Paris in a very
considerable state of excitement in consequence of
an extraordinary performance which was nightly
exhibited by an Eastern Juggler, and which was
nothing more nor less than the apparent decapita
tion of a man in the presence of an audience, and
under the very noses of a committee of medical
gentlemen who stood only so far distant while the
operation was bring performed as to escape the
swing of the long, two-edged sword with which
the Juggler smote off tiie head. I went to see the
exhibition, which took place in a theatre, iu com
pany with several Americans. The theatre was
crowded with between two and three thousand
spectators, and the curtain was up displaying a
common table six feet long, upon the stage at the
very edge of which I obtained a seat, having gone
very early. At a given time, the Juggler, a sin
gular looking man, came upon the stage, with his
shirtsleeves rolled up to the shoulders, aud hear
ing along, heavy two-edged sword. He upset the
table on the boards and showed that there was no
concealed drawer or other recess, and placed it in
the blaze of the footlights near the edge of the
stage. In a few woids, he stated what he was go
ing to do, and requested some of the audinencc to
come forward and stand upon the stage, that they
might see there “ir«s no deception.” A number of
medical gentlemen who had been chosen as a com
mittee to investigate the matter, if possible, took
their position upon the stage and soon after the
victim, who had been sitting in the parquette,
mounted the stage, removed bis coat aud cravat,
turned back his shirt collar, and laying down on
his back on the table, elevated his chin to more
fairly exposed his neck to the headman’s weapon.
The Juggler then raised his keen and fearful look
ing sword, and giving it a wide sweep, brought it
down—1 say brought it down upon the neck, for
no oue could see that he did not, even those within
three feet of him—upon the neck of the subject
with great force.
Blood spurted high into the air, some of it fall
ing on our party, and deluged the stage, while the
most fearlitl sound, a something between a groan
and a shriek of horror from the whole assemblage,
shook the building, and numerious women and
some males fell fainting in their seats, and were
home out by the ushers of the house. The Jug
gler raised his sword again, repeated the blow,
and the dissevered head fell upon the floor! Taking
it by the hair ho held it up to the audience for full
live minutes, until the blood had ceased to flow
from the several arteries, the lower jaw had fallen
and the face had assumed the appearance of a
corpse; then throwing it heavily upon the stage, he
requested .the committee to enmtiue it, which they
did, passing it from hand to hand. They then ex
amined the body upon the table, from the headless
neck of which tlie blood had not yet ceased to
drop upon the floor of the stage; they fitted the
limbs and iet them fall with the limp inertia of life
less matter, and ot course, pronounced the man
dead to all intents and purposes
After they had concluded their investigation, the
Juggler intormed the audience that he was going
to put the man’s head on again, and restoie him to
life. Taking up the head he laid it on the table,
fitted the two parts of the neck to each other, and
begun to mutter and make signs over the corpse.
In about five minutes the lately decapited man
slowly.turned his ghastly and altogether horrible
face, white as snow, toward the audience aud an
excitement followed exceeding, if anything, that
w.likb occurred when the first blow of the sword
fell. In a few moments the eyelids gradually
opened and displayed the eyes wearing a glassy,
corpse-like stare; by degrees, a life-like specula
tion came into them, some color returned to the
face, and, atter sketching Itis limbs, the man arose
trom the table, resumed his coat, walked down
from the stage, and mingled with the crowd.
The exhibition was over. The neck of the ap
parently decapitated man bore a red mark and
scar around it, like a cicatrice of a newly healed
wound. All this 1 saw with my own eyes, which
were as effectually deceived as those of tens o.
thousands of other persons. I could in no way,
consistently with reason, account for any feature
of this horribly thrilling feat of trickery. I have
never beard of the trick being performed by any
other man, and very possibly it originated and
died with him. However it is scarcely more unac
countable than many often displayed feats of the
adroit fraternity of Eastern jugglers.—N. O. True
Delta.
ThragMi ap*n the Attend* Telegraph.
The successful laying of the Ocean Telegraph
has sent an electric thrill of gladness through the
hearts of the people of England and America. In
due season, however, the popular enthusiasm will
give place to silent admiration. We shall then
begin to fully realize the magnificence of the
achievement. But now that the mysterious wire is
safely stretched across the sea, and -telegraphic
communications have been had from either shore,
it is proper to give expression to some thoughts
which are presented in connection with the sub
ject.
The more the mind calmly contemplates the
theme, its magnitude continues to rise up before
it in solemn grandeur. The conception, in the
first place, was the product of a brilliant and
comprehensive mind; the good results it will ac
complish shall not bo confined to any laud or to
any time. Divine Providence laid the Atlantic
Telegraph cable through the agency of man, and
in doing so He had in view the progress ot the
world towards the coming millenium. We are
impelled to this conclusion from the facts which
stand out with prominence before us, namely:
that tlie principal spirits of the enterprise are men
who sincerely love Him : that He permitted a first
and a second failure with a fearful storm, lest man
should arrogate to himself the chiefest glory, and
to show that man was entirely depending upon
Him; that He then conducted the enterprise to a
triumphant issue, sending the most favorable aud
delightful weather, so that for davs there was
scarcely a ripple on the sea; that He caused the
mists that always vail the coast with gloom to be
dispelled as the Niagara approached Newfoundland
on the 4th of August, iu the light and unusual
clearness of that memorable morning; that He
finally cleared a passage-way for her between the
icebergs that environed the entrance to Trinity
Bay, and gently brought her in the evening to the
anchorage through the placid calmness of the wa
ter, amid the peaceful serenity and crimson splcn
dor of that declining day.
Could we follow the magic line through those
two thousand miles., what would we see ? An area
of territory presenting perhaps as mysterious cav
erns, as level plains, as jagged rocks, as lofty
mountains and delicious vales as any we can find
upon the land. And over those mountain ranges,
and in those valleys the cable lies. According to
the soundings the bottom on which it rests is cov
ered with shells so minute that the aid of a micro
scope is required to distinguish them. So it is that
mighty matters are often closely related to the
smallest things. Does that cable repose in solemn
silence on the plateau of the ocean, where the tem
pests rage not and the peaceful quietude is undis
turbed by the undulation of the billows? It may
he so. The Neptune of mythology received it
from the Agamemnon and Niagara and has con
signed it to a sale and favored spot in his submarine
dominions. The miniature inhabitants of the
waters may sport around it, aud the monsters of
the ocean sleep about its resting-place. And that
electric current as it speeds along upon the bottom
of the Atlantic may pass over the bones of gallant
seamen and of loving ones who fondly, but alas,
vainly hoped to greet their friends again o.n
foreign shores: may be jeweled here and there with
pearls and precious stones of inestimable value;
may leap over rich argosies, and specimens of
of human skill and genius in naval architecture
which once proudly rode the waves that finally
overcome and conquered them; may read, m some
of tlie thousand letters that went down in them, j
besides business matters, the counsels of a mother
to her son or the soft expressions of affection from
kindred hearts, separated for a while by tlie inter
vening ocean. But let us not disturb these letters
which contain those tender heart-breathings; it
matters not that they have sunk two miles beneath
the surface of the sea, for love, like the electric tel
egraph, annihilates both time and distance.
It is indeed rematkable what a lively personal
interest every man engaged in laying down the
cable lelt in its ultimate success, from the humblest
boy on hoard to the master spirits of tlie enter
prise
lacMcats la the Stockton lacaae Asylum
The following narration exhibits something of
the craftiness and cunuiDg of the insane, but es
pecially the great fact and presence ot mind ne
cessary on the part of the conductors, particular
ly in emergencies, when dealing with their pa
tients.
The former excellent matron, Mrs. Reid, with
her attendant, generally called Efizie, had gone
as usual in the morning, into the apartment of the
most raving females. They were all yet in their
separate apartments w here a very strong, insane
woman slept. This woman was sometimes very
furious, aud would not fear to commit any deed,
even to take fife if provoked. She had formerly
drank excessively and was ardently fond ot sher
ry wine, but there was no difficulty in dealing
with her when she knew that her managers were
strouger than herself. On this occasion, as Efizie
entered, the bundle of keys were imprudently
h-ft in the door, and arrangements were being
made to hatlie the insane woman.
Watching carefully her opportunity, the wo
man slipped by Efizie, shut the door and turned
the key; then, with the bound of a wild beast,
her eyes Hashing with excitement, she sprang for
ward to Mrs. Reid and exclaimed, ‘Oh! Mother
Reid! I've shut Lizzie into my room, have got
the keys, and now you are in iny power.’ Mrs.
Reid, being a person of only ordinary strength,
kuew she could do nothing with her, hut pleas
antly replied, “Well, ami so what do you propose
to do?” The fierce maniac replied. ‘I'm going to
shut you up, too ; opeu the other rooms, aud let
all the women out.’ ‘Well,’ said Mrs. K> id, ‘and
what then?” ‘Then I'm going to San Francisco,’
was the reply. ‘Why! in those clothes you have
got on?’ said Mrs. Reid ; ‘surely everybody will
laugh at you.’ ‘Oh, well,’ was the reply, after a
moment's survey of her clothes, ‘I w ill go and
buy some new ones in San Francisco.’ ‘But,’
said Mrs. Reid, you can’t because every one will
know at once by those clothes that you come from
the Insane Asylum, and they will take you and
bring you right back again.’ Stopping for a mo
ment for effect, as the raving woman was looking
at her dress she added, ‘Now, I know where ail
the new dresses are;and I can fix you out so that
no oue shall detect you. You don’t know- the
room, but come with me and I can show you.’
So together they started along the hail. As
they were going, the insane weman holding tight
the keys, Mrs. *Reid observed to her:—‘now do
you suppose that for s bottle of sherry wine you
could pick out the key to Lizzie's door?’ ‘Yes,
was the reply, ‘for a bottle of sherry wine I could.’
•I hardly think you can,’ said Mrs. Reid. ‘Yes I
can,’ was the reply. ‘Well, now,’said Mrs. Reid,
‘let us see.’ The insane woman turned at once
to the door where Eliza was locked in, and tried
one key, and it would not answer: next another
was tried and failed, and the eagerness of the
woman increased as each key tailed, till in a little
the right key was reached, turned with a wrench
mid the door thrown back wide open. In a mo
ment Eliza sprung out, and Mrs. Reid grasped the
insane w-omau around the waist, pinning her arms
to her body, and Eliza in like manner seized her
around the lower limbs, and she was quickly
borne by the two into her room, and the two, step
ping out, turned the key, then first to breathe
easy, since the danger was perceived It was an
.occasion of rejoicing at their t scape, of severe
and deserved reproach to Efizie for her impru-
.dence in entering alone, and leaving the keys in
the door, and of earnest protestations by Efizie,
she would he more careful again —San Francisco
Pacific.
From the Southern Homestead.
Fanners’ Daughters.
BY I.. VIliGIN FRENCH.
A young girl who happens to be the daughter of
a real, genuine farmer, should consider herself
particularly fortunate. Her position is one which
contains all tlie elements which go to make up a
lofty character; it is calculated to bring out all
the energies, to develop all the natural gifts, and
,,, , , in time, with proper guides, to make her one of
We, as a people, must not seek for more honor t [ |e <r lea test women in the world. If there be in
connection with this achievement than is law-! i;i,>one situati
fully due to us
, . , life one situation above all others where the daugh-
I hough we are reminded that it ( er niav grow up healthful, beautiful, useful,
- fe — a I ... . . -be-
the
, , r . . . „ , „ . pleasant places,
c-o/, ana at I unity Bay, on the oth oi August, Jervalue j T our peculiar advantages. You are the
185o, we must reniember that without the co-opera-1 favored among women.” The circum-
hon ot the English I\avv, so munificently tendered, 1 S ( aIlces j n which you are placed are such as are
and we titist so gratefully acknowledged, the enter-1 fa. st calculated to develop your powers iu a three-
prise would not now have been accomplished. Un-■ fold furm . physically, mentally and morally. I
v?. ".'f . lon ® rs have been won by Mr Cyrus W. j would have you value your advantages, improve
rielu for the exhibit.on of an indomitable perse- every one of them to the utmost, and place a
factory return for their labor in fruit raizing, and
who have no old land elevated enough or other
wise suitable. November and December are the
best mouths for planting trees.—Southern Cultiva
tor.
White Slavery, North.
The following article is descriptive of a case of
suffering, in New York city, and of the tyranny
exercised by taskmasters and employers, over the
poor white slaves, men and women, of the North
ern States, that has no parallel in the whole
Southern country! Only think of it—nine shil
lings per dozen ($1,124) for making shirts with
plaited bosoms, linen wristbands. Sec.
Work fur the Charitable —‘ What! make shirts
for nine shillings a dozen?”
‘Yes, sir: indeed, I can get nothing else to do!’
“nine shillings a dozen! nine cents a piece!
But how many can you make in a day?”
“One, sir, if I have my time; but I have my
little boy, two years old, and he's quite fretful
this warm weather, so that I do not always finish
it. unless I can work at night.”
And do you work at night, sewing on these?”
I would sir, and do. so long as I can afford to :
but, indeed, sir, what with feeding my four little
ones. I cannot afford to buy candles! ’
Four children! Poor woman! I fear you
have a hard task to pay the landlord! What rent
do you pay?”
Four dollars a month, sir!”
And you earn fifty-jour cents a week. How
long have you lived here?”
“.Mv husband died in March last. He was a
manufacturer of daguerreotype colors. We lived
up town then. But Iris long sickness consumed
what little money lie had ; and when he died, I
was obliged to sell most we had in the house, and
come down here with my poor little ones.”
“Your oldest hoy is nine years old ; you can
scarcely earn more than will pay your rent. How
do you furnish food for yourselves?”
“This young woman pays three shillings a
week for a part of the room. We had a silver-
plated teapot, sugar bowl, and such like, and some
spoons. For these I got nearly their value. I
have sold everything I had beside. I have no
more to sell.” The tears came into her eyes.—
Poor thing, she could not help it.
“Indeed, sir. I would not have sent for you if
the sight of my children in rags and hunger did
not compel me to do so.”
“Your n-nt is paid for this month?”—I knew it
was, or she would not be a tenant of that land
lord—“Your children began to come to the school
at the House of Industry last Monday, I believe,
did they?”
“Yes, sir; and I’m very thankful for your kind
ness to them.”
“Send them every day. They shall be fed and
clothed, and when rent-day comes near, let us
know.”
“God bless you sir.” A heavy load of cares
withdrew from tho mind, and a cloud from her
face.
Nine shillings per dozen for making shirts, with
plaited bosoms, linen wristbands, and to be well
made! for if a flaw can be picked in the work
manship all the seamstress's work goes for noth
ing.
Do you believe it ? It is a fact! We saw the
shirts to-day. We saw the care-worn and work-
worn mother, and her children. We have heard
that such facts were plenty. We know they are!
Would some charitable ladies like to see the same?
Let them go to the House of Industry any day
for one hour, and if they do not return to their
homes with the heart-ache, we are no true pro
phet.
Fever and Ague.
A rase of Eight Month’s Standing eared by BIER-
HAVE'S HOLLAND BITTERS.
Michael Kelly, No. 117 Seventh, near Grant Street,
says:
‘Last July, while running on the river, on a cotton-
■ boat plying between Natchez and New Orleans, I was
! taken with fever and Ague. For eight long months 1
, suffered with this dreadful disease. The greater part
of this time I was unable to work, and spent at least
; fifty dollars for different medicines, but found no per
manent relief. Three weeks ngo, one of my friends in-
! sisted upon my trying BCERHAYE’S HOLLAND
BITTERS, saying that a cure was guaranteed. After
taking it for one week, I must state, I was a sound man.
I have been at work now for two weeks, and have hud
no return of the Chills and Fever, whatever.”
I certify that the above statement is true.
THOMAS ADAMS,
Diamond House, or at R. Chesters Gothic Hall.
CARRIAGES AND BUGGIES.
W OODRUrr & CO. Having with.
drawn their agency from Milledgeville, now
keep their entire Stock in Griffin Ga , and would
respectfully invite the patronage of those who may
want 3
Carriages, Buggies or Plantation Waggons,
either in the vicinity of Milledgeville or in any
other part of the State. 3
Orders can be filled bv shipping direct from th«
NORTHERN FACTORY to any point designa
ted, which will save some freight and enable those
wishing to pay cash, to get a choice Concord Bug.
gy, (which is the best now used,) or any other ve
hicle at a low price. Address.
WOODRUFF& CO., Griffin, Ga
August 7th, 1858. jj
P. K.
verance and unwavering faith throughout the pro
gress of the undertaking; to Captain William L
Hudson of the Narngara, for his valuable ex
perience on the ocean and his Christian zeai; to
Mr. William E. Everett, the American engineer, ul)l
who invented the playing-out machinery, which ! seif a nurpose in fife. They place before vour
was ot such signal service upon both the ships; 1 * - .......
to Mr. Woedhonse, the English engineer, who,with
the other had charge of this machinery; to Messrs
cry one ot them to tne utmost, ana place
proper estimate upon yourselves. You have every
opportunity to make yourselves noble, beautiful,
intellectual, and useful women; do this then, aud
each in her own person “asserts the dignity of la
bor.” Consult your parents, and form for your-
brother some aim, some goal which his exertions
are to reach, why not then give you‘ something
to live for” also; Why should you be the only
Wade & De Santy, the electricians, xvho Jtept c ji>he r in the fainily? When you have “finished”
sleepless vigils over the continuity and perfect in-1 sc)l0ol dor ’ t for one morn
solutions of the electric current, without which ] "educated.”
Thousands of females tie annually for the wont of r
remedy for tlie ailments to which they are incident.—
The only such remedy w^know of is Sir James ClarkeV
Female Pills. They are put up' in bottles, containing
explicit directions, and sent post-free for f 1 and 6 post
stamps. They are well known to be the only sure and - - . . , r ,
safe remedy for female diseases and obstructions -from | it is now too late to have others printed,
anycanse. ftee Advertisement 15 ft ~
the cable would be entirely useless: to fell the
officers of the Niagara, who worked with untiring
industry, and to the subordinates who manned
the ship and watched with tho deepest interest
the uncoiling of the cable, ready to seize and cor
rect the first appearance of a kink in the wire,
which if allowed to pass, would lead to lament
able disaster; to the captain of the Gorgon, which
ran ahead and niatked out the course for the Ni
agara, when the electricity on hoard had disar
ranged her compass—to these the most unqualified
uraise is due, when it is remembered that neglect
on the part of any one to perform aright a single
duty, however unimportant it might appear to be,
would have resulted in the defeat of its success.
Capt. I’rcedy of the Agamemnon, the captain
of the Valorous, with the officers and men of both
the vessels, deserve equal honor for the successful
manner in which they discharged their portion of
the work, aud the capitalists upon whose peeuniaiy
moment believe that you are
Dou’t dress up in your six flounces,
etc., and sit dow n on the parlor sofa, waiting for
that young clerk at Ketchum & Cheatuin’s to
“call round.” No; let him show off his laces,
embroideries’ etc., and wear them too, for all that
you care about it. UemeuiLer, that “let others
do as they will, as for yon,” you have something
else tc do than to sit down fold your white hands;
and wait to be married. Y'ou have an influence in
society to wield;—duty as a daughter, and per
haps ns a sister, to perform ; and then yon must
not forget yourself, for you have a mind to be cul
tivated, health to be guarded, a heart to be edu
cated, and an immortal soul to be saved. Is not
this a great deal of work’ Yes, trust me if you
only set about it, with a will “you will find every
moment employed, and every day too short for the
fulfillment of all your duties. Yon know how
much you cau assist mama in all her varied depart
ments of domestic economy,—the dairy, the poul
try-yard, the store-room, the sewing-basket the
aid the expedition depended deserves the highest i shrubbery and twenty other things over w hich her
praise. There arc many more who should not be
forgotten, and we arc convinced that of each indi
vidual who assisted in lheenterpri.se its future his
torian will speak in terms of merited euloginin.
The benefits which will accrue from the estab
lishment of the Atlantic Telegraph can scarcely he
conceived. The faith and perseverance of Mr.
Cyrus \V. Field, which over doubts and fears were
finally triumphant, will inspire young men for
ages yet to come with the same spirit, enabling
them to surmount almost insuperable obstacles
that may stand in the way of the progress of the
world. Two mighty continents are uuited by the
magic wire in tho bouds of peace and friendship,
never again, we hope, to be engaged in war
When men reflect upon the greatness of what has
been accomplished, new thoughts will be devel
oped and important improvements and discoveries
made in art and science that would never have
been thought of before, which wiil prove of inesti
mable value to mankind, and materially assist in
the onward march of civilization and the establish
ment of a common Christian brotherhood through
out the globe. And thus it is that each vaitiabli
contribution of literature, each production of art
and each achievement of science tends to forward
the progress of the world and to hasten on the pe
riod of the promised millenium.—IV. Y. News.
Printing Office for Sale.
We notice (says the Columbus Snn) by the last
number of the Montgomery Advertiser, that Dr
Cloi d, one of its proprietors, desiring to remove
to the country near the city, in order that he may
pursue liis favorite occupation, practical Agricul
ture and Horticulture, and devote his undivided
attention to the interest of the Cotton Planter and
Soil of the South, offers Itis half interest la the Ad
vertiser and Gazette for sale It is a paying con
cern, and to the right kind of a man, it would be a
profitable investment.
A Great State.—Western editors make much
ado over their prolific soils, but after all there is no
soil like Kentucky soil, and no produce like Ken
tucky products. While the press of neighboring
States groan over their miserable prospects for
corn, the crop of this invaluable cereal has never
been so larae in Kentucky as the present crop
promises to be. We hear of fields in the Blue
Grass region estimated at 25 barrels, or 175 bush
els to the acre, while fields promising 75 to Ho
bushels are quite common. Gonse^ucnt upon this,
droves of swiuc from the less prolific regions, cross
the Ohio river daily at this and other points to be
fattened in Kentucky, and the indications now-
arc that we shall show finer and fatter hogs this
season than ever before.—Lauisri/le Journal.
G'cen Pepper in a PirfiU.—Mr Green Pepper
was indicted at Walton Court last week for wrong
fully and fraudulently, with force and arms, ta
king away his graudmotlier’s bee gum, contrary
to the laws of Georgia and the good order, pence
and dignity thereof. Also for throwing sundry
fence rails brickbats and chunksat the house of his
grandmother. He was aided in this chivalrous
nndertauing by Anderson Pepper, John Pepper
aud James Pepper. Green Pepper was the only
pod in this patch who made his appearance when
the case was sounded. He was certainly an in
teresting youtji- Mr. Pepper was oblivious; so
much so that he could tell nothing about his case.
His Honor accordingly ordered the sheriff to put
Green Pepper in the “jug” to pickle.
Some of our Walton friends informed us that
the Peppers were residents of Gwinnett county;
but on the other hand our Gwinnett friends insisted
that they lived in Walton. So we fear the soil up
on which these Peppers vegetate will foiever re
main a mystery.—Exchange.
Hare your Printing Done at Home.— We have
1) ing on our desk the circular of the Huntsville
Female College, Alabama, with a Report of the
Examining Committee of College, June, 1858, at
tached. At the bottom of that report appeared the
following significant item (italics our own):
Note —It is to be regretted that the proof of the
accompanyi g Annual Circular could not be cor
rected by the President. It was printed in New
York, and seven thousand copies have been sent us,
full of errors, grammatical and orthographical.
Tlie quantity is too great to throw aside; and, be-
I Comment is unnecessary.
watchful eye presides; but while doing all you
can for her, plcasu don't neglect Papa. Now I
see you smile incredulously, saying to your nice
little self, “Why; what in the world could I do
for Papa?” Oh! a great deal if you will only as
sume the responsibility. Besides preparing him
some refreshing delicacy when he comes in as lie
expresses it “hungry as a hawk,” or singing him
a sweet song when his mind is overtasked, you
can talk with him and learn of him about his
fields, his stock or his buildings,—you cau read to
him bis agricultural books and papers, (for there
is a great deal of “head work” in farming) and
thus improving your own mind, while adding also
to his knowledge. Suppose then, that some day
be is called off on important business; tho’ itis in
the very hnrry of harvesting, he quietly takes his
seat iu the cars and goes on his way rejoicing.
All! “Squire, glad to see you, hilt how in the
world did you get up to town, this is your busiest
season, is it not?” The old man smiles, a deep
light flashes in his blue-gray eye—is it pride or
love?—as lie quietly replies, “Y'es, sir, it is—my
Mary will attend to all that. “Oh! would’nt
y ou glory iu that. I would. 1 can see no neces
sity in the world for your troubling yourself about
marriage, hut—if Harry Thornton, that intelli
gent, handsome, and successful young planter,
will keep on coming to consult your Papa about
this or timt,—always contriving by the way, to
terminate Ilia consultation with a walk, a ride, or
a tete a tele with Papa’s Mary,—why then you
needn't be surprised, on some fine morning, to
hear yourself ‘respectfully solicited” to become
Mrs. Mary Thornton. Then I wish you to re
member that marriage is only a question of will
with you—not a necessity—your good parents
are not at all anxious to get rid of such a sweet,
sensible, brave and beautiful child ; and you if
you don’t think you have a call to become a wife,
have been too well educated to fear the name of
old maid.” But if you love Harry, and your
will is won, (which for his sake, poor fellow, I
trust is the case), then like an honest, dear little
girl, as you are—having too much love for your
lover, and too much respect for yourself to “flirt,”
say “yes,” immediately—and heaven bless you
both.
Forest Home, 1858.
The Fruit Orchard.
New land, elevated and not too rich, is most
suitable for orchards, and to those who have neith
er the time or the means to grub up and entirely
clear the ground before plauting, we suggest the
following plan for speedily re-placing a forest with
a productive peach or apple orchard: Cut off all
wood aud brush very clean, early in the fall, burn
ing to ashes all the logs that you cannot remove,
and leaviug all stumps very low. Then stake off
your land the proper distances, and dig holes six
feet across and two feet deep, throwing the sur
face mould on the side and the subsoil on tho oth
er. Rake into the bottom of the hole a bushel or
more of the surrounding loose top soil, leaves
&c.—till up to the proper height with the surface
soil first thrown out. and plant your tree carefully,
heaping up the subsoil slightly about the trunk
aud over the roots, to allow for the natural settling
of the earth. Your tree being now planted &Dd
furnished with a supply of food in the hole, im
mediately within its roach, the after-culture may
heas follows: The first spring, early, plow and
cross plow the young orchard with long rooters,
keeping beyond the holes in which the trees are
plant' d, and carefully avoiding all injury to the
trunk or branches Sow cow peas broadcast in
the open space between the trees, and keep the
earth loose aud mellow about the routs with a
pronged hoe. If mulching material can be ob
tained, apply it thickly atter the first hoeing, as
far as the roots of the trees extend. This will
obviate the necessity of any Jnrtlier working for
the season. When the peas ripen, pick aud save
them, turning the vines under and sowing another
crop to be gathered in tlie same manner. These
repeated plowings and cross plowiDgs, with the
abundant supply of nutritive matter turnished by
the decomposing pea-viues, and an occasional
dressing of ashes, will insure the most vigorous
and healthy growth of the trees, and force them
into early and prolific beariug. Other low crops,
such' as sweet potatoes and pinders, may after
wards be grown profitably in the orchard, and the
vines returned to the soil as above recommended.
We confidently recommended a trial of this plan
to those who desire the quickest and most satis!
Sold by Grieve. & Clark, Milledgeville.
That Slaver and Her Precious Cargo.
The Charleston, and other South Carolina pa
pers, are full of this topic, and all the world with
in their borders arc anxious to got a sight at the
“real Africans,” perhaps to see how direct trade
in such would agree with their feelings.
The “Mercury,’ gives the following further inter
esting particulars of the concern;
“The real name of the captured brig is the
General Putnam. These letters are partially era
sed and covered over by those of the assumed
name, Echo, and would doubtless have been
restored, had success crowned the enterprise in
which she was engaged when taken. She is of
Baltimore build, say 289 tons burden and itis
believed, was formerly a packet in the coffee trade
between that port and Rio. Ou the 6th March last
she cleared from New Orleans with a captain, two
mates eight seamen, a eook, steward, and one
passenger. On the 5th July she shipped a cargo
of455 slaves on the West coast of Africa, at
Kebenda, situated iu lattitude 5 30 Sonth, longi
tude 12 20 East. It is iu Lower Guinea, in the
.Southern part of the District or Loango, and not
far from the river Congo or Zaire. These slaves
were purchased in a circuit of 500 miles, and
assembled at a barra coon near the point of ship
ment. The Brig set sail with them, and in forty
seven days made the trip, reaching the point of
destination on the morning of the 21st inst. In
this space of time one hundred and forty one ne
groes had died, leaving but three hundred and
fourteen alive.
The crew are a desperate looking set of fellows.
Under the laws of of 1819 and 1620 they will be
tried for their lives as pirates sailing on an Ameri
can bottom under the American flag. They were
committed to jail on Saturday afternoon. Their
trials will take place at Columbia, South Carolina,
before His Honor Judge Wayne, Circuit Judge,
James Conner, U. S. District Attorney, prosecu
ting officer. The Court begins to sit the 4th Mon
day in November.
Being curious to see the cargo and arrangement
of the Echo; we obtained a permit from Dr. W. C.
Ravenel.the Port Physician, and with one or two
others aacompanied Lieut. Bradford iu a small
boat from the wharf. Upon clambering up the
side of the brig a strange startling sight presented
itself, a deck covered with native Afri
cans in a stat eof complete nudity, with rare
instances of a narrow strip of rag an inch wide
round the waist. These people were seated for
the most part with their legs stretched out flat or
drawn up in front or doubled np; some squatted
on their feet and hands. A few were standing
about and a few lying down. None were tied or
fastened in any way. The majority were very
young, apparently from eight or sixteen years of
age. some younger and some older; scarcely one,
however over twenty-five. Some were able-bod
ied, good sized and in good case; but the greater
part were half grown children only, weak and
worn. Many were much emaciated, and showed
plainly the effects of their long and crowded pas
sage in a confined ship. A lew were evidently ill
and soon to die. All were pure black in color ex
cept the dropsical, whose skims were tawny from
disease. Their hair is very short and crisp.—
those who were well appeared curious and pleased
some of them ogling and giggling and chatering
and others smooking tobacco out of short clay
pipes with cane sterns, just as our own negroes do.
Those that were thin and sick looked dull and
brutish, but there was nothing wild or ferocious iu
their aspect. They looked amiable and docile, and
raadily obeyed the commands of the person who had
charge of them. They are great thieves, however,
and appropriate whatever they can on every oc
casion. There were 246 males and 60 females,
who were kept seperateon deck and in the holds.
The men and boys were kept on the forward deck
and in the forward hold, which the latter is 55
feet long, 19 feet wide in tlie broadest part, and
narrow at the head, 44 inches high, the floor be
ing formed of loose boards, moveable at pleasure.
The hold for the women and girls is behind this.—
It is of the same height, 12 feet long and 19 wide.
Under this temporary flooring is stored the provi
sions, consisting of rice, peas, water to drink —
Their food is boiled like “boppinjohn,” pat in
buckets twice a day, at 10 ten and 4 o'clock, and
placed in the midst of circles of eight or ten each,
and well guarded to prevent the strong negroes
from taking more thau their share, although all
are liberally allowed. A pint of water is given to
each, morning and evening. Most of them sleep
on deck, being placed in close aider, spoon fash
ion, on their sides, and not permitted to turn or
move during the night. At day light they are
dashed with buckets of water to wash them off —
They sing songs clapping their hands and rocking
their bodies in time, and these songs have a great
resemblance to some of our negro spirituals.—
Several of the negro fellows exercise authority
very much after the manner of our drivers with
airs of authority and ridiculous grimaces.
Others were cooking the “big pot” like good fel
lows with old breeches on too, obtained from
the sailors. The captain of the hold under
stands their lingo, andsays they are very
averse to going back to Africa, as the
United States requires. Our coast rcsem
bles that they come from, and the groupe of pines
opposite the city on the south, looks to them tike
cocoanut trees of their native Africa.
Yesterday, under the directions of the United
States civil officers, the negroes, 396 in number,
were taken by the steamer Gen. Clinch and con
veyed to Castle Pickney, iu our harbor where
they wiil be guarded by a detachment from the
garrison at Fort Moultrie. As they passed the
plank to gain the steamer’s deck they presented a
strange and affecting sigh, many of them being
reduced to mere skeletons by the suffering and
deprivations of the voyage. Several were in a dy
ing condition—a few dropsical, and a goodly num
ber apparently in health.
Rouse’s Point, Clinton oo., N. Y.
Pzriit Davis Sib:—Although personully a stran
ger to you, yet tlie benefits I have received from the
use of your invaluable remedy, the Pain Killer, induces
me to pen a word of praise for it, and gratitude to you
its inventor. I have tried a score of patent medicines
of various kinds, and consider the Pain Killer the very
best of its kind in use. It is not a panacea for all the
ills flesh is heir to, but it is certainly a grand specific for
many diseases. Two years experience has convinced
me that for Headache, Indigestion, Pain in the Stom
ach, or in any other part of tlie system, Severe Chills
Weariness, Common Colds, Hoarseness, Cholera
Cholera Morbus, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Tooth-Ache;
fitc., &e., there is nothing better than the Pain Killer.
I have this hour recovered from a severe attack of the
Sick Headache, by using two teaspoonsful, taken at
thirty minutes interval, in a wine glass full of warm
water. I am confident that, through the blessing of
God, it suved me from the Cholera during the summer
of 1849. Travelling in Connecticut and Massachusetts,
amid heat, dust, toil, change of diet and constant ex
posure to an infected atmosphere, my system was daily
predisposed to dysentery attacks, accompanied with
pain, lor which the Pain Killer was a sovereign
remedy: oue teaspoonfui curing the worst case in an
hour, or at most, half a day! My brothers in the minis
try have used it with much success in various diseases.
I have heard many cases the country over, of Dysen
tery being cured by its use. Put in the teeth, it would
sotp the tooth-ache in several minutes.
Gratitude, and a desire for its general use, has drawn
from me this unsolicited testimonial id its favor. The
Pain Killer is a blessing to mankind, and needs but to
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Yours respectfully,
14 8t. with constant gratitude,
D. T. TAYLOR, Jr., Minister of the Gospel.
For sale by Druggists, and Grocer dealers gener
ally—John B. Moore & Co., Savannah; and Havi-
laud, Chichester & Co., Augusta, Wholesale Agts.
Rheuiuatiaui—Is only cured permanently by
‘lunch's Anti-Rheumatic Powders,” as it is the only
etnt-dy extant that attack the root of the disease; all
others being ointments, embrocations, &c., are merely
palliatives.
It is sold, wholesale and retail by J. G. Gibson,
Eatouton, Ga.,aud retailed by James Herty, Mi'ledge-
ville. Ga. 21 tf.
A pleasant traveling companion, and one that no tra
veller should be without is Perry Davis’ Pain Killer. A
sudden attack of diarrhoea, dysentery or cholera mor
bus can be effectually and instnneously releived by
it. 14 8t.
Fat Sisters.—It is stated that there are four sis
ters iu Canton, Vt., weighing in a lump 935
pounds. The shortest is six feet in her stocking,
and w eighs 256 pounds.
“Great are greens.” especially Green Mountains
and their gals. He should be a* brave and bounc
ing boy who goes wooing in that wigwam. Yet
what marvels of loveliness and divinity in the
lump does Canton possess if these sisters are good
as they are great.
Baldness Ci red.—For real worth. Wood’s Hair
Rosturative is undoubtedly the best preparation now
in use, for restoring hair on bald heads, changing gray
hair to its original color, and as a cosmetic, or cure for
pimples, it is last taking the place of other preparations.
No toilet now-a-days is complete without it.
Caution.—Beware of worthless imitations asseveral
art already in the market, called by different names —
Use none unless the words (Professor Wood’s Hair
Restorative, Depot St. Louis, Mo., and New fork), are
blown on the bottle. Sold by all Druggists and Patent
Medicine Dealers. Also by all Fancy andToilet Goods
deulers iu the United Sates and Canadas. 16 2L
Sold here by all Druggists.
A Rich Estate —The estate of John Lawrence of
Watertown, England, is of immense value, con
sisting of millions of dollars, in keeping of the
English government. Notice has been given to
the heirs to come forward and prove their identity,
and we leard that the claimants, as heirs at law
are John B. Highton, Thomas Brane Highton,
Mehitable EJwaids, and Mary Cone, all of this
State We are also informed that our energetic
citizen, Levi S. Russel, Esq., has already gone on,
with evidencies proving the heirship of'the above
parties to this vast, estate. The evidence was
taken before the Ordinary of Bulloch county, iu
conformity to the Amendatory statute of England,
and an original record connected with the case,
was made iu the year 1804. We learn that the
profits in possession of Mr. Russel, together with
the record evidence, are positive in favor of these
parties. We uwst hartily wish Mr. Russell suc
cess in his undertaking.—Saraatuih Morning News.
The Bapti ts.—The Baptist Almanac for 1359
has just been issued by the American Baptist Pub
lication Society. W T e gather from it the following
summary of the Baptists in the United States:
Associations, 5k5; churches 11,000; erdained
ministers 7,144; licentiates 1,025; baptized in 1857
63,566; total members 628,193. Besides these
there are the Anti-Mission Baptists 58,600; and the
Freewill Baptists 50,310; and of Disciples aud
other denominations that practice immersion, about
400,000. The increase in the last ten years has
been 144 associations 3,395 churches, 2,191 or
dained ministers, and225,468 members.
Horses in the United Status.—It is estimated that
there are 50,000 horses in the State of Massachu
setts, 221,000 in tlieNew England States 4,500,000
ip the United States. Ohio stands foremost in the
number of horses, New York next, Pennsylvania
next, Keutuehy next, and Minnesota last of all.
Estimating tlie horses of Massachusetts, at §75
per head, their value will be $3,760,000, andsli
the horses in the United States at that rate, would
make a value of $337,500,000 or more than three
times the whole cotton and woolen manufacturing
capital in the Union. The horses interest isa
most important one to the wealth aud prosperity of
the States.
If a man is odious in society he might as well
be in prison. The worst prisons are not of stone;
they are of throbbing hearts, outraged by an infa
mous life.
Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Blotches, pimples,
dry eruptioiis, aud all irritations of the skin, fade and
disappear after a few applications of Holloway’s
Ointment. In these cases brisk friction is indispeosi-
ble. Many of tlie eruptions are caused by suppressed
perspiration, and as this penetrating uugueut at once
opens the pores aud invigorates the absorbents, it dis
sipates the iuftamation by a double process. Ladies
whose faces or arms are disfigured by cutaneous diseas
es, may readily remove the blemish and restore to the
skiu its uatnral tint, flexibility, and softness, by tlie use
of this safe but powerful counter-irritant. The Pills
never fail in disorders of tlie stomach.
Relief of Neuralgia.—As this dreadful disease is
becoming more prevalent than formerly, and as
the doctors have not discovered any method or
medicine that will permanently cure it. we simpiy
state that for some time pasta member of our fam
ily has suffered most intensely from it, and could
find no sure relief from any remedy replied, until
we saw an article, wliich wc republished, recom
mending the application of bruised horse radish to
the wrist, tor the cure of toothache. As neuralgia
and toothache are both nervous diseases, w*
thought tlie remedy for (he one would be likely to
give relief to the other, jo we made the application,
and were truly gratified that the simple applica
tion of horse radish, bruised and applied to the
wrist aud on the side of the body where the disease
w as seated, gave almost instant relief to a severe
attack ot neuralgia. Since then we iiave applied
it several times, with the same gratifying results-
The remedy is simple, cheap, and may be within
the reach of every oue.—Laurei.cecille Herald.
Death Among Immigrants at New Orleans.—7 b*
yellow fever is particularly fatal to newly arrived
immigrants at New- Orl.-ar.s, and several vessels
from Germany; with living cargoes, are now on tbs
way there. Iu view of tins tlie Delta says:
“A Mr. Ingram, who is largely interested at Fort
Lavucca, Texas, has made Mayor 8r,(h a lifer®;
proposition to relieve the city of the emigrants
about arriving from Europe. Mr. Ingram pr 0-
poses to send them to Lavacca, Texas, by the
steamship, and to give each emigrant a lot t" i u1,
upon, free of charge, cr two hundred acres of is®”
each, at three dollars per acre on three years
time.”
Found Insensible from being Drugged.—
chant from Georgia, who came to this city '
purchase goods, was found on Tuesday u.g'
insensible from drugged liquor which had bet
administered to him, lying on the pavement ne^
Fulton ferry, with a number ot' suspicious ebara
ters about him. He was taken in charge by r
liceman Watson, of the Second Precinct, ■ v80 f%
veyed him to the station house, when be recover
and was conducted to his hotel. He had on
person about $1,fit it) in cash and sight drafts, no
ot which had been disturbed. He declined gt' 1 »
further particulars —N. Y. News.
The annual State Fair of Georgia will be held if
Atlanta, from the 19tli to the 23d of October 0 e •
The Intelligencer says it bids fair to ho f°4 0I \v
largely attended, bnt to have a tine display of
productions of nature, science and art.
Walker and Hemsingsenthefiliibuster genera*^
are both in New York. They are said not i? m,
ou good terns. This is probably • sham- “ ,
er, it is rumored, will go to Centnal Americ»-_
leave Henningsen in New York, for whai P nr P 0M
is Bot exactly known.