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B. YV. BOSS,
DENTIST,
Rome, Georgia Office over N. J. Omberg's
Store.
January 16,1851.
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FRANCIS M. ALLEN,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Dealer in Staple and Fancy
DRY GOODS AND GROCDIUES.
(jt^. Receives new goods every week.
Rome, Ga., January 3, 1851.
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MERCHANTS,
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STUFFS, PERFUMERY, ifcc.
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WBI. 1‘VIIKS,
1&1LIQNABLE TAILOR
Broad Street Rome, Georgia,
surtgiini- mhos this method of Informing
nhlends, anil the public gonornlly. that ho is
MftS execute all work entrusted to hisoare.
1 h confident of his ability to please all who
Ytvoni him with a call. He pledges himself
agn'rmont shall leave his shop until the c
Bali,tiled wlili the fit. The undersig
nentiy moated in Rome, anil hopes to mer
1 share of flic public patronage, there be
..incurred on the part of tho patron, at
litsiinl! leave my shop until satisfaction
WILLIAM PURKS.
HE’S HOTEL,
ROME, GEORGIA.
,S. MARY CHOICE
Dahl^uegn, 1ms tuken ohnrge of the
; nnd mitun extensive propu rut ions
Clld'coiivehionce of those who intiy
lioi/iil. From her long experience,
to give entire satisfaction to
Pcr'ufiinent Hoarders.
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r, FEBBUABY 13, 1851.
NUMBER 1S».
ROME COURIER.
A Mad Bridegroom-
One morning, among my poor patients,
there came to my house a respectable-look
ing widow woman, who, with much shaking
of the head and some teais, begged to know
ifl could do any thing for her son.
“He should have come here instead ofyou,
madam,” said I.
Ah! sir,” she replied, “he won’t come.
He’d murder both you and me if he thought
were nt all cousulling about him.”
“Indeed,” said I ; “you are certainly
very kind to draw me into so dangerous a
piece of business. Your son must bemad.”
“No, no,” said the poor woman, with a
siglt; “lie’s only got n crotchet ”
“A what, muduin r”
“lit his head, sir.”
“Something in his head ? No wonder
e’s mud.”
“You misunderstand me, sir. I mean,
by crotchet, thnt lie is only a little cracked
about one tiling—that’s what is called a
crotchet.’’
“Really,” said 1, “you quite instruct me.
YY’e medical men, in our conceit, call thnt
disease monomania ; but crotchet, I dare
say, will do quite as well-”
“But you must know, doctor, that a lady
thnt 1 know was cured by you—oh ! cured
completely.”
“From monomania,” said 1, “or a crotch-
"No, not exactly, hut something very sim
ilar.'’
“Indeed 1 YY'ho was the lady ?”
“Mrs. Angerstein. Knowing what a deal
of good you had done to her, I thought of
coming to you, you see doctor.”
“But, my good lady,” said 1 ; “Mrs. An-
gerslein had no crochet, ns you call it.—
Her disease was complaint on her lungs.”
“Weil, ns 1 always say,” replied the wid-
v,“n cotnplinl is a complaint, and a doc
tor is a doctor.”
Site looked at me quite triumphantly after
this piece of logic, which certainly I had no
cady means of controverting ! so 1 merely
said —
“Well, madam, I am not prepared to as
sert that a doctor is not n doctor ; but as my
lime is rather precious, will you lie so good
us to tell me at once what your son,s ciotch-
et happens to he f”
“Why, sir, my son Tom is a Universal
Bridegroom."
“A what ?"
“A Universal Bridegroom, sir.
“Can you be u little more explanatory,
madam V,
“Certainly, sir ; for as I often says, who’s
to understand a thing all at once r Seeing’s
believing, says you, however."
“Be quick as you conveniently can, mad
am,” said I, fidgeting dreadfully.
Then you shall hear, sir Jemima Jen
kins ”
Why, what’s Jemima ? Has she s crotch
et, too ?"
No, sir, but she's a hussy—that’s what
she is ! Oh, if 1 had her here!”
Madam,” said I, “I cannot waste any
more time upon you. Good morning.”
“I’ll tell you in a moment, doctor,” she
cried. “Jemima Jenkins gave my Tom
every encourngement.’’
Did she ?" said I; “then Jemima Jen
kins ought to have known better.”
“She flirted with him here— flirted with
him tlieie—walked with him to so and so—
talked with him ”
1 was fairly beaten by the woman’s perse
verance, and sat down on my chair again
with the grace of a martyr.
“1 thought you’d be interested,” said the
widow, with a complacent smile ; “well,
as I was saying, Jemima Jenkins was quite
set down to be my son Tom’s wife, you see
doctor, and the day was fixed for the wed
ding. You may guess what a cumjlustratian
l was in ”
“A what ?”
“A cumflustrntion.”
“Oh 1 very well. Pray, go on.”
“Well, what do you think that hussy
did ?”
“Jemima Jenkins
“Yes. to ho sure.”
“How can I tell you, madam, what she
did ?”
“Can’t you guess r”
“Certainly not,’.’
“Just try, now. I’m sure you won’t
guess right.”
“So am I, quite sure.”
“But do try, now, doctor.’’
“Why, she married your son Tom.”
“No, she didn't.”
“She went mad—died—hung herself—
ran away ?”
“No, no, no.”
‘ Then I don’t know what sho did.”
“I’ll tell you, then, and you’ll be quite ta
ken by surprise*— she married the baker.’’
“Oh 1” said I-
“What do you think of her now doctor ?
“Why, really, I—I don’t know what to
think. The circumstance is of that aston
ishing and romantic character ”
“You area sensible man, doctor,” said
the widow,
“Thank you, ma’am,” said l; “but when
it’s quite convenient for you to go on with
your story, 1 shall he materially obliged.”
“Certainly, doctor. Well, my son, from
that very day as Jemima Jenkins married the
baker, took his crotchet. Ho went to the
church they w ere going to he married at.—
He dressed like a bridegroom.’’
‘‘Indeed !”
“Yes, he did ; white trowsers, ribbed silk
stockings and yellow waistcoat—it’s enouj
to break a hart o’ hard flint to think on it
Blue coat—excuse my lenrs—brass buttons
Think, doctor, of a mother’s feelings—no, ]
moan the best double gilt, Qh, dear! oh
dear!—a fancy cravat! Couldn't you giv-
is ot water ? Fawn color, with
;s on it—oh, oh, oh, oh—straw enl-
I shall faint, I am sure, I ahull
Hi
his hand, and—my bead swims round and
round I”
1 had the greatest difficulty to suppress a
roar of laughter at this descriptive speech ;
but gravity is part of the physician’s trade—
so I merely said,
“Dear me, that was all very shocking in
deed. What happened next i”
“He—he went to the church, doctor,”
continued the widow, blowing her nose with
excess of feeling, “and in the middle of the
ceromony he gives the baker a push, nnd
says : ‘1 am tne bridegroom !’”
“And what did the baker do ?"
“Why, made bread, nnd cheese, and so
on.”
“But 1 mean what did he do when your
son gave him the push ?"
“Oh ! my son was too much for the baker,
a low wretch ! But Jemima Jenkins, she
fainted uway, nnd the beadle was called.”
“YY'ell, then, wlmt then ?”
“YY’hy, doctor, my Tom ho laid hold o’
the rails of the communion table, and nw«y
they all came ; so that’s how they answered
him, you see, sir.”
“And the baker married Jemimn Jen
kins ?”
“Oh * the hussy, she did nmrry the lin
ker, and ever since then my—my poor Tom
goes to all the weddings in that very identi
cal beautiful dress, and he always fancies it’s
hfr own wedding, and when—when—when
The widow seemed quite overcome by her
feelings ; and 1 really pittied the poor, sim
ple-hearted woman, nlthough there wns
much of the ludicrous in her story.
“When what i” I said. “If I can do
any thing for your son you may depend it
will give ine great pleasure.”
“When the dear clergyman, white sleeves
aud all; says, 1 Will you lake this man’ ?—oh,
oh, oh I”
“Compose y mrself,” said I.
“My. Tom, he—he rj:hts fotvard, and he
says with a scream, ‘i am the bridegroom !’
and he reully thinks he is.”
“A decided case of monomania,” said I.
“Then, doctor, the clergyman sometimes
drops his book, nnd sometimes—oh, dear !
oh, dear!—he calls out murder ! and the
bride always faints nway.”
“I can imagine all that,”said I.
“And the bridegroom always swears, ex
cept one nervous genliemnn, nnd he rnn out
of the church, calling fire !”
“Upon my word,” said 1, “it’s quite dis
tressing to you, 1 dare say.”
“And it’s all owing to Jemima Jenkins ns
was—Mrs. Luckyadiddle as is. Oh, oh,
oh 1"
“What an odd name ! Thai’s the baker’s
singular cognomen, I suppose ?”
“Yes, yes. There she is to he seen any
morning with a blond cap—only imagine my
feelings—and pink ribbons !—serving the
first hatch of rolls, while my heart’s break
ing—with black silk mittens I”
“1 really feel for you.”
The poor woman wrung tier hands, nnd
became deeply affected. The tears coursed
each other down her cheeks, and in spite of
the ridiculousness of the whole afluir, 1 could
not but commiserate with the feelings of the
mother.
“Let me advise you,” said I, “to npply to
the parish authorities. They will take care
of your son until this monomania is gone.
I dare say it is curable ; hut it is quite out of
my power to apply any immediate remedy.
In thess cases medicine is of no nvuil what-
‘Balinnleo, county Longford, in ould Ire
land, and may the divil burn the spalpeen’s
thnt druv us from its grane sod.’
‘Never mind, inndam ; I would willingly
hear your grievances, hut my time is pre
cious. 1 have but six months to completo
my return. Now, your name next if you
“My—my poor Tom sobbed the wid
ow ; “oh, oh ! that Jemima Jenkins
Here liie poor creature showed such une
quivocal symptoms of hysterics, that 1 hasti
ly quitted the room and ran up stairs to my
hed-rooin, to get some camphorated ammo
nia that 1 knew was there, to restor her.
1 was not gone above three or four min
utes, but when 1 returned my widow was
gone !
1 rang the hell hastily, and when the foot
man answered the summons, I said—
“Has that widow womun left the house ?”
“Yes, sir.”
“When ?”
“Just as you went up stairs, sir.”
1 cast my eyes on the table, and in one
moment the whole truth flashed across my
mind—my gold watch was gone ! I glanced
to the sideboard—a silver cup, worth twen
ty guineas, was likewise gone !
My servant ran out into the street after
the widow, but she was fairly olf.
I never was so taken in my life.— Spirit of
the Times.
Taking the Census
BY OCEANUS.
‘Madam 1 have called to take the census.’
'The senses, is it; and what like do ye
call the same ?’
‘1 wish to send a return to Washington of
the number of your family.’
‘Shure, now, it’s joking ye are. Is it Con
gressmen you would mukc uv us ?’
‘Oh, no, it’s only to find out how many
souls there are in the Union ”
‘Well, thin, ax mee the questions, mid if
they are dacent, it’s meself as will answer.’
‘Begin with the eldest, and inform me
their names and occupations.’
‘First there is Teddy—nnd a fine broth uv
a boy is he—he’s forty five years old, and is
an elevator and discinder by trade.’
‘A whnt, madnme ? I d(l not understand-’
‘It’s Inglish I’m spaking, pure Malasian
Inglish.’
‘1 do not apprehend you.’
‘Apprehend me, is it, ye dirty loon ^ It’s
more nor likes uv you can do, that same.—
For two pays I’d skin ye as 1 would a pra-
tie,’
‘Don't get into n passion; you misconceive
me, I merely wished to say. I do not under
stand your husbapds trade,” j
‘Why don’t ye spake Inglish, thin ? Tied
dy carries tm bricks - for new houses,
brings them gown fronraALoriead,
D-r ' • ’
‘Me name’s Biddy. Be the same token
ns 1 was blest ho the praste he name of
Bridget.’
‘Now, your nge.’
‘The devil roast ye, nnd is it a lady’s nge
ye would be afthuruxin her to her own facer’
‘Madam, it is not my intention to insult
you; but these questions musCbo asked; and
there is a heavy penalty incurred by those
who refuse to answer, which enn he recov
ered by law.’
Ms it the law ye would be after threaten
ing me wid, and me son Pat one of the Po-
lace, too ? Do ye think its his hlissid mur-
thur he’d be saying in limbo, when it’s only
u word he’d have to spake to the Mare lo
git her out ?’
‘Am 1 lo understand, then, you rolusc to
give your age ?’
‘Jist the same, mid 1 defy ye to find it
out,’
‘Jt’3 not so very material, so 1 shall put
you down at fifty years.”
‘Murther! and a lie is it ye would he nf-
ther Binding to tho Prisidan* ? when he can
say I am only forly-two if he but tuk the
trouble to examine the parish register in
Roscommon, where—’
‘Thank you, madam, and now we will pro
ceed with the rest.’
‘But ye havn’t axed all the questions
about mysiif, yit.’
'I have your umne, age, and place of
birth.’
‘Thruo for so yo have, ye cunning
divil: and don’t ye want lo know my trader’
‘Not at all; I have your husband’s.’
Rut it’s myself thnt thinks ye ought to
put it down. I’m a char, and iv yerself or
any uv yer frieds have any job in me lino,
guing out to days work or the likes, ye can
just spake a good wurd for n dacent body ?’
‘1 shall certainly always remember you !
Now for tho next oldest.’
‘That’s Pat, and he’s twenty-three, haring
n few months.’
M think you said ho is n Policeman ?’
‘Yes, shure, hut cant ye put him down a
Public Funksliunary, ns he calls himself?—
ll sounds more illegant, and should me
friends in the ould country iver happen to
say the book ye are writing, its proud they
will be.’
‘YY’ho comes next r’
‘The next will be Dannie. He is twenty-
one.’
‘YVhnt is his occupation ?’
‘Divil the thrade he’s got ? Isn’t he wait
ing for a vakincy in some of tho departments
nnd he wilt get it, to ), fur he has a mighty
influence at the l’owls He runs wiih the
Fire Ingins, when they will let him pull the
rope; nnd when they won’t, why he jist
hayves stones at thiin. Independent is Des
ms—mighty Independent.’
‘Who next ?’ Please give them to me in
rotation.’
‘Nixt comes Mnggay; she’s nineteen
Thin Tim nnd Miles, they are siventeen next
lady’s day.’
‘Yis, sure, they were all tray uv them
horn twins; nnd thin there’s Kate,she’s four
teen; nnd Biddy, she’s twelve; nnd Don
O’Connell, lie’s ten; thin comes Suckey, she’s
eight; and Luke, lie’s four; thin Jim, lie’s
two; and —that’s all at present!’
‘YVhy, madam, you have a large family,
und you are fortunate lo havo them all liv
ing. for I presume you have had no denlh in
your family circle.’
‘And is it the grafPftv my heart ye would
be now rakin’ up about my childer that is
dead, waked nnd buried in ould licland ?—
Havn’t 1 lost four as swate bnbes ns iver
was born ?’
‘Excuso me, hut in enumerating your
family 1 forgot to ask you how many was
born in this country ?
‘Jist none at all ! Didn’t we come over
the deep say just a twelve month last Enys-
ter ?’
‘Indeed ! How came then thnt your son
is n public officer ?
‘YVhy, didn’t he fight nnd vole at the
powls the last election, and whnt Coor
shoudn’t he be awarded for his patriotism ?’
‘Are there any w ho cannot read and writer’
‘And why should we do thnt snme whin
the hlissid praste can do it for us ? No,
divil a one barring Pat, nnd he has lenrntd
to write his name jist to he able to sign the
documents.’
‘YVeli, madam, that is all. 1 believe you
have no more in your family, you say ?’
‘Not nt piesent; but there will be another
before your six months are up, nnd I would
like ye to put it into your hook, for it will lie
a genuine native, and there’s no knowing
what the country mny do for it hereafter.’
‘I can’t do thnt; besides 1 don’t know what
gender it will he.’
‘Arrah, now, can,t ye jest have a place lo
put it down in ? nnd ye can just call at the
time ye finish, and be that time the hlissid
crayture will say the light.’
‘Well, madam, 1 will bear you in mind.—
Good day.’
‘Good day, and if you don’t coino nnd pul
in the baby, then divil a question I’ll answer
ye for the next ten yenrs ”
wrong way, n brace of figures of 8, with I The Loir, or Home.—It is only shallow-
~indedI pretenders, who either make dis'/.n-
lifined origin a matter of personal merit, or
obsenre origin a mutter of personal reproach.
Taunt and scoffing nt the humble condition
of early life, affect nobody in this country
but those who are foolish enough to indulge
in them, and they are generally sufficiently
punished by the rebuke. A man who is not
ashamed of himself, need not be ashamed of
his early condition.
It did not happen to me to he horn in a log
cnbbin, hut my elder brothers and sisters were
born in a log cabhin, raised among the snow
drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so
early that when the smoke first rose from its
rude chimneys, end curled over the frozen
hill, there wus no similar evidence of a white
man’s habitation between it and the settle
ments on the rivers of Canada. Its re
mains still exist—I make it an annual visit.
1 carry my children to it to leach them the
hardships endured by the generations which
have gone belore them, f love to dwell on
tho lender recollections, the kindred ties, the
early afleclions, and the narrations end inci
dents, which mingle with all 1 know of this
primitive fumily abode. I weep to think
thnt none of those who inhabited it are now
among tho living; and if ever 1 fail in affec
tionate veneration for him who raised it, and
defended it against savage violence and de-
sliuction, cherished all domestic virtues be
neath its roof, nnd through the fire and bluod
of seven years’ revolutionary war, shrunk
from no toil, no sacrifice, to serve his coun
try, and to raise his children to a condition
better than his own, may my name, and the
name of my posterity, he blotted forever from
the memory of mankind l—Daniel Webster.
Medical use or Salt.—In ninny cnees
of disordered stomach, n loaspoonlul of salt
is it certain euro. In the violent internal
pnin, termed cholic, a tcdspoonf jj of salt,
dissslovcd in a pint of cold water, taken a*
soon ns possible, with n short nap imme*
dintely after, is one ot the moit efTecturl
nnd speedv remedies known, Tho sn ,e
will relieve n person who seems almost
dead from receiving a heavy blow. In an
epopUei'o fit.no lime should be lost in pour
ing down suit water, il sufficient sensibility
remains lo allow of swallowing; if not. the
head must pe sponged with cold water
until the sense returns, when the salt will
completely restore the patient from the
lethargy. In cate of severe bleeding at
the lungs, nnd when other remedies farted.
Dr. Rush found that two tcaspoonfuls of
salt completely stayed the blood.
“Henry,dost thou love mo,dearest ?■'
“Ask the stare il they I jvo io twinkle, or
the flowers tosmell. Love youl Aye. as
the birds to warble, or the orerzo to flv
why asks the flannel of my heart?"
•• Because my soul is grieved. Core
lias overcast the joy which once spread a
sunshine o'er thy face; anguish sits on thv
brow—nnd yet your Helena Ann know not
the cause. Tell me, my aching heart why
droops my soul—has mutton riz f*
The Vy Lancuaqe.—Mucli has been said
in tl.o papers of late about a nation, with a
written language, recently discovered in Cen
tral Africa, and, on Tuesday last, a morning
paper faaored its readers with a specie of Y’y
manuscript, in the shape of a fuc simile ol
the autograph of YVoondu, onoofthc wool
ly headed literati of that interesting tribe,—
The hand-writing of YY’oondu is of a peculiar
character, consisting chiefly of parts of hand
saws, corkscrews, broken pairs of spectacles,
Ijfe preservers, ohioken gizzards, and a vari
ety of other curiosities of —“— ' , ’ L “
fitj end 0^ n saw. 9 mil’Ail
some gizzards, part of the letter F, a boat
hook, and the key of a Yankee clock, spell
YY'oondu. Altogether, the chirogrophy of
the Vys is graphic and unique. The Rever
end Mr. Kuelle, nn English missionary at
Sierra Leone, who Ims soen the Vy books,
says that the alphabet consists of one hun
dred letters, lie also communicates tho
gratifying intelligence thnt there nre “dis
tinct diameters for hah, boh, hoo, nnd Imng.”
Mr. Koelle is now supposed to he on n tour
of discovery in tho Vy ci untry, nnd if the
people in thnt rogion do not permit their
taste for roast missionary to gel the better of
their natural politeness mid hospitality, we
may chance to hear the result of his philolog
ical researches ere long. YY’e trust that
when Mr. K. has thoroughly overhauled the
literature of the Vys, ho will look lifter the
Vherefores, who must he loculed some
where in the vicinity.—Noah's Times.
The Administration.—An editorial in
the New York Herald snys : “From our
private advices from VVashington, we are as
sured that the cabinet is a unite—thnt there
wus never a mere harmonious cabinet, nnd
the very best and most cordiul relations pre
vailed between the President and Mr. YY'cb-
ster, pnrticulurly.
No mntter who may turn up as the Union
candidate, or as the CLiiso. valivo national
whig candidate, for the presidency, they lire
both ready, not only to acquiesce, but to
coalesce in the movement.
This is good news. Standing fust upon
tho slavery compromises, upon the Union
Platform for the sake of the Union, and lib
eral nnd conciliatory upon the general do
mestic policy of the country, the administra
tion has a fair field before it. It is now the
admitted bulwark of the friends of the Un
ion, nnd the rights of the States, under the
constitution. It has the confidence of the
country in its patriotism, the respect of for
eign nations for its conceded ability, nnd the
full support of the Union people in its con
sistent, conservative, and honest footing up
on the slavery question. YVhether ruled in
or ruled out hv tho tricks of politicians if the
President and the cabinet continue to carry
out the “true principles of tho government,
they will he abundantly rewarded in the ex
panded happiness and gratitude of the coun
try.”
Import AN’S Case — YY'e understand that a
case is pending in the Supreme Court of the
United States, and will he reached in a few
days on a writ of error, from the supreme
court of the State of Texas, in which are in
volved some very important questions, under
the constitution of the United States, it
seems ilint llie Into republic ol Texas consti
tuted certain hoards of land commissioners
to decide upon the claims of certain persons,
generally emigrants during the Mexican do
minion, to rights called * head-right certifi
cates,” for about four thousand four hundred
and fifty acres of land each; thnt some of
these boards were alleged lo linve granted a
large number of these certificates wrongfully;
tliut the republic of Texus in 1840, and af
terwards by the State constitution in 1845,
declared these certificates to lie null and
void, and of no force whatever; nnd now the
holders ol thorn come forward nnd present
them, and ask to have them confirmed and
carried out as judicial decrees. In these
times of nullification, agitation, and disturb
ance, this caso presents some very essential
and important questions, which uemny hope
to see decided according to the great princi
ples of constitutional law which have for
several years past governed that high and en
lightened tribunal. The main question aris
ing is, whether laws, or Stale constitutional
provisions like these, which nre alledged to
violate that clause ol llio federal constitution
which prohibits the enactment of laws im
pairing the obligation of contracts, can be
sustained. The decision of the Supreme
Court will have a most salutary operation
wo hope,on the legislation of the lespective
Stale of the Union in which such acts have
been passed or are meditated.— Wash. Un
Encoubaqemsnt of Home Industry,-
Is the “pillar ofcloud by day, and pillar
ol fire by night,* 1 that must guiclo the snutli
cm Slates of this Union safely through the
bewildering nnd hazardous slrile for sec
tionnl supremacy which ever and anon
convulses urn! agitates the whole country.
The lime lias come when the Southern
people must act lor the developemunt of
their boundless industrial resoureef.or pay
the haled penalty of conscious inferiority
and degradation in the scale ol empire.—
The danger may lie icrnolc—it is ut the
worst only contmgcnt~by this means only
can it be certainly oveited. All history
proves dial llie best security for vested
right, sociul, political, or pecuniary, is llie
power, as well as tho will arid determina-
lion to protect them. How is this io be
best done ? Gasconading resolutions and
frothy dcclamutio.1 are as powerless lo re
pel tliu Ihrontening tide ol Northern on
croachment, ns tile idle command of ihe
inflated monarch that the sea should “stay
its proud waves." The sword niiglil de
stroy Hie North—il could not build up the
.South. Let us appeal Imm ils destructive
agency to the arts of pence, and creative
nidus.i v. Let us improve our navigable
strenms—build up our own railroads,
schools rnd Academies—lose and work
otir own mineruls—spin and weave, ns well
as grow, our own wool and coiton ; in a
woiil, render the South independent of ilia
Norili, nnd the Norih dependent in turn
upon llie South ; and the Norih dependent
and make ourselves numerically powerful
in the halls of Congress, by giving profi-
lilc employment to the largest population
a saw, a mi 1
our prolific soil nnd genial climate can he
made lo support.—-iVus/trif/e True Whig
roops n
“No, my Helena—thank the Gods, no ;
but my credit’s fell. Cleaver,from this day
lorth, sells meat for ensh 1“
Helena screeches, faints nnd falls into
her husband's arms, who, in ihe anguish of
the moment, se ze a knife, and stabs him-
soil.—over the left shoulder,
l’niNTEss in Luck—Tho half of the
812.000 prize, recently drawn in the Ha*
vnna Lottery, wns drown by a couple of
young men, who nre, nnd hnvc been for
yenrs compositors in the Mobile Adverli•
ser office. It mny be safelv predicted that
lor these 86,000, thus finding their way
into u printing office, there will be three
times that amount find its wny out of prin
ting offices generally, during the next
twelve months, in the purchase ol Lottery
tickets which will draw blanks. An instan
ce of luck of that kind is certain to he ex
tensively contagious, excepting in the re
sult.—Charleston Sun.
* Cali fornia and the YYestern States.-
The aggregate number of persons com
ing home from California cannot correctly
he estimated solely by the number arriv
ing at New York! in’the steamers from
Chngres. Almost every St. Louis paper
which comes to hand contains a list of pas-
sengers who come home from tho “Par
adise ol the Pacific,•• by the wnv of the
Isthmus, New Orleans and the Mississippi.
They nre chiefly young men, whose homes
arc in die Western country. Large par-
cels of California gold dusi’also very often
find their way into the country through
this channel. The steamer Iowa, which
arrived nt St. Louis from New Orleans on
llie 23d, brought 02 returning immigrants,
wlio luid in nil nbimt 8100,000 in gold
dust.
“Look a lica Sam,”said a western negro
to a field hand over ihe fence,“ look n-lrcn;
dy’e see dm tall tree down dnr ?”
"Yah, Jim, I does.”
•’Wall, got up dnt trpe (odder night.*,
“What you in dot tree artcr ?,'
“Was arlcr a noon./
“You ketch him, Jim ?“
“Wait till 1 (ell de fax. Sambo.'*
“YVell, succeed, Niggn.“
“l chase de coon out to todder end ob
dal longest lim, and den I hear suffin drop,
—YY’hnt you guess Ywns Sam H I
‘•l.)o coon ob course.* 1 ,
"No yon don t s'twns dis ere niggi
lo broke his neck— been limpin'" ^
since,’’
The Police regulatimtjj|
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