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VOLUME 6.
SOME, GA, THURSDAY HOMING, FEBRUARY 20, 1851.
NUMBER 20.
THE ROME COURIER
18 PUBLISHED feVEHY THURSDAY MORNING
BY A. NI. EDDLEMAN.
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SFdttr Months Notice,
'Notice to Debtors nnd Creditors,
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ffiettersof Citation,
Notice for Letters or Dismission,
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“charged $5 00, whioh will be required lit advance.
Husbands advertising their wives, will ho chnrged
•«8 00, which mast always be paid in advaneo.
All bthor advertisements will bo inserted nt One
Dnllnr per square, of twelve lines or less, for the
flrst, and Filly Cents, for each subsequent insor-
,IO Libornl deductions will be made in favor of those
who advertise by the vear.
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B. W. KOSS,
DENTIST.
Rome, Georgia Office over N. J. Ombery’s
Clothing Store.
January 16,1851.
Savannah.
The enterprise of the citizens of Savannah
(says the Mobilo Advertiser,) has placed her
ahead of any other Southern city, of any
thing like the same number of inhabitants.—
She has now a splendid line of steamers run
ning to New York—the Florida and Alaba
ma, and a project is now on hnnd to estab
lish a line of propellers from Savannah to
Philadelphia j and, judging by what has been
done, wo are bound to ?onclude that it is
certain to succeed. She is also connected
J 50 with all the ports near her by steam, and
with Havonna by the steamer Isabol. Her
railroads will soon extend her bade to Nash
ville and Memphis, and through those points
to thu whole of the mighty west. Her
prospects nre fino for becoming the leading
port on the Atlantic, of the cotton States, in
spile of the spasmodic efforts of Charleston.
The last trip made by the Florida was run
from New York in 58 hours, equal to 62 to
Charleston bar. Is not this example of suc
cessful Southern enterprise in Savannnh
worthy of imitation in Mobile.
FRANCIS M. ALLEN,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Dealer in Staple and Fancy
DRY GOODS AND GROCDHIES.
(fe. Receives new goods every week.
Romo, Ga., January 2, 1851.
LIN & BllANTLY.
WARE HOUSE, COMMISSION'* PRODUCE
MERCHANTS,
Atlanta, Ga.
(^.Liberal advances made on any article
in Store.
Nov. 28,1850. ^ ,
A. ». KIND &. CO.
VOTTO V-GINMANUFACTURERS
Rome, Georgia.
May 0. 1S60
AMSXAXDRI1 Ac T HA 3131 ELL«
attorneys at law,
ROME, OA.
Nov. 98, 1850. ly-
ROMAS 1IASOKMAN. h < CHARLES ». HAMILTON
HAMILTON ti IIAHDKMAN.
Factors & Commission Merchants,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
Oct. 3, 1850, * * 12m
'"'“".VroSs aham.lt.ST"""' - '“>• thB 8 round lwo feot deep :
Warehouse & Commission Merchants,
MACON, GEORGIA
Oct 3, 1850.
1 1*2m.
K. 1» TTONi
attorney at law,
Rome, Gem sin.
. .WILL Practice in all ibe Counties of tl e Ch.-rn-
hoe.Circuit. 48 Sept. 5, 1850.
W,P. WII.KIXS.
attorney at law,
Rome, Georgia,
ftsrsn to
ROME COURIER.
(jt^-A Washington correspondent of the
New York Express says : “ A number of
applications have been mado by our foreign
ministers to be recalled; but the President is
inflexible in refusing them this privilege l
could nnme five missions or more that
would bo vacant this moment had the Pre
sident assented to their wishes; but he is re
solved, so fur as is consistent with duty, that
if men will accept of outfits, they shall pay
their own expenses home, or serve out the
period o( their appointment.”
(Jt^-An exchange paper enumerates the fol
lowing list of advantages attending the ad
vertising in a newspaper: 11 It has enlarged
many a small business, it has revived many n
dull business; Ims recovered many o lost bu
siness; has preserved many n largo business;
and hns created ninny n new business.”
Cold Weather at Santa Fe.—The 4th
and 5lh of December wore the coldest days
ever felt nt Santa Fe in tho recollection of
the oldest inhabitants. Five teamsters in
the employ of Wnldo, Hall & Co., perished
from the effect of cold within six miles of
town. All entile, hogs, and poultry exposed
to the weather were frozen to death Snow
A Lump of Gold.—A lump of gold, near
ly pure metal, was yesterday exhibited to us
by Mr. Jesso Klinefelter, of Baltimore street,
the lnrgcst wo have yet seen. It contains
over $500 worth of gold, and $000 has
been refused for it. It was found the first
day’s digging, by n young man from Balti
more, named Williams. A pretty good day’s
work.—Lou. Jour.
lion.
F. FOUTKR, CHARLESTON, S. C , Or
AT CAVE 8PIUN0, GO.
Hon w. h. underwood, home. oa.
ijotl. WILLIAM EZZ.vnn, DECATUR, OA.
-July 16, 1850. 41 ly
, TIIOS. C. lllNItMAN, JON.
P attorney at law.
It Ripley, Mississippi,
• VV.I1I attend the Coarts in the Seventh Judicial
'Circuit of the Stnleol Mississippi, All profession
al business confided to bis innnngemnnt shall ^re
ceive strict attention.
May 0, 1650.
N , J. O M no HO,
DRAPER AND TAILOR,
Broad Streect Rome, Get.
October 10, IS50.
Gov. Quitman.—We learn from persons
just in from Jackson, (says the Vicksburg
Whig, of the 30lh ult.) that it is under
stood that Governor Quitman will resign in n
few days and attend the Marshal of Missis
sippi on a visit tu New Orleans about the
first of' next week, to answer the charge
against him of assisting in the Cuba expedi-
ion.
Dreadful.—A young man at Niagara, It
is stated, having been crossed in love, walked
out to the precipice, took oil' his dollies,
gave one lingering look at the gulf beneath
him, and then went home. His body was
lound next morning in bed. It was quite
warm.
(fe, The total population of Massachusetts
is 996,665.
(fe- The receipts of flour, so far, ("says the
N. O. Delta J exceed those to the same date
last year, by overtwo hundred and fifty thou
sand barrels.
(fe, Benton, it is said, will be a candidate
for the House of Representatives.
The richest man in Virginia is said to be a
planter residing in Pittsylvania county. He
owns from 1500 to 2000 slaves and planta-
ons almost without number.
carriage was immediately called, when len-
jT - o. \V. ll RAI. I.,
DRAPER and tailor,
Broad Street Rome, Ga.
^ifoctober 10, 1850.
- J. I*. DICKERSON.
■DRUGGIST—ROME. GEORGIA.
■!'• WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
DRUGS, MKDICIN’KS, PAINTS. OILS, DYE-
■ , STUFFS, PKRFUMEHY.&c.
(October 10, 1S50 Broad Street.
WOT. PWltKS,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
Broad Street Rom/., Georgia,
I5KE subscriber takes this methoil of informing
|!,(, friends, und tho pnbllc generally, that bo is
■nittfto exooute all work entrusted to bis care.
>ols confident of Ills nbility to please all who
■favour him with n cnll. Ho pledges himself
t no garment slinll leave his shop until the cus-
r bo plcnsed with the fit. tho undersigned
nnnenlly located in Home,end hopes to mor-
,orn! share of the public pntrniingc, there bo-
, risk incurred on the pan of die pal
Srmentslia" leave my -h^untH,sadsfae.i°„
JIBE’S HOTEL,
ROME, GEORGIA.
S. MARY CHOICE
, of DAldonOga, has taken oliarge of tho
L, and made extensive preparations
t and convenience of those wlm may
,1'n call. From her long experience,
fiy hopes to give entire satisfaction to
' ,rs and Permanent Boarders.
, 1850. 48 12m
yilt be carried to and from
“ il, free of charge.
7".
sBercfelit
The fugitive sluves in Canada are in a suf
fering condtlh n. A letler in tho Boston
Liberator says : They are in noed of food,
clothing, and other absolute necessaries of
life. They also need money to pny the ex
penses of freight, &c., for articles now on the
way there.
Fatal Rencounter.—A Rencounter took
place in Eust Macon, on Saturday night, be
tween William Edwards and—West, which
resulted in the death of the latter Edwards
had just been pardoned from the Penitentia
ry, where he had been confined for an as^
sault with intent to murder. He hns made
his escape.—
Florida Products.—W e have been pre
sented w ith specimens of Sugar Cane, grown
on the plantation of Major Russill, on In
dian River, Florida. One of them has thir
ty-two matured joints, and measures about
twelve feot in length,—the other appears to
have tasselled. We huve also a spocimen
ot the Citron, grown on the same plantation.
Thesespe-imens show the productiveness of
Florida lands, and (lie success with which
the tropocal products can he matured — Sat).
Georgian.
Horrible.—About 1 o’clock on Ftiduy
night, a small frame dwelling in Vincville,
occupied as^^sidence by Mrs. Swindon,
was discovcSRc he on file. Upon discov
ering tho flames, the neighbors repaired to
the building, hut found the doors and win
dows bnrred so thnt it was impossible to en
ter or stop the progress of the flnmes. The
water bucket was also removed Irom the
well-rope so that no water could bo produc
ed on the premises. From these and other
circumsl nnces, it is supposed that the wretch
ed woman, in a fit of insanity, murdered her
four children, nnd then set fire to the house,
in which all were consumed. A Coroner’s
Ju'-y was held on the case next day, hut we
have not been favored with its verdict.—Jlfti-
con lei, j
A Remington Bridge.—The Amsterdam,
N. Y. Intelligencer states that the bridge
built the last season aofross the Mohawk, at
Tribes Hill, on the Remington plan, has fal-
boing .unable to sustain weight
;t|(. The cost to the
“Ingins About"
A Texan correspondent of the New Or
leans Picknyune, tells a good story in one of
his letters, of‘a surely-faced grizzly-haired,
chufly and nton-eyed chap,’ who persecuted
a cert sin roguish damsel with his attention,
but was finally thrown off the course of Due
love, by the following ruse.
Il being the water-melon season, and Bet
ty’s father havingafinesupply, all the young
sters for miles around assembled thereon the
holy day to feast on melons. C. was pro
minent in the circle till in the afternoon, Bet
ty held private interviews with the other
young men, nnd arranged thnt C. should lie
decoyed from the house and frightened bv
the cry of Indians from some of his comrndcs,
which it was thought would wound his pride
nnd drive him away. Five young men, with
C. walked out. A bathe in the river, tlircc
hundred yards distant wns proposed by one,
and seconded by several. Of course, poor
C. ‘was in.”
Thoy went down to the ford near the mel
on-patch and began undressing. In the
menn lime eight or ten others, with guns,
had gone down under cover of tho hank, and
secreted themselves along the path from tiic
bathing place to the house. The company
with C., were in fine glee, nnd ingoing down
spoke of the recent outrages ot the Indians,
their increased boldness, &c., thus exciting
the nnti-combative bumbs of C. to the high
est pitch.
“Now hoys,' said one, “who shall he the
first to drive in that ’er pool, eh ?”
“I will,’, said C.; “ain’t I fitst with the
gals? In course I’m first here 1 ”
Off went coats, shoes, pants, &c, Just
as C. had doffed everything, barring u short,
red flannel shirt—baug! bnng ! Who-wo-
yeh ! Bang went two, three, four guns—
loud nnd shrill rose the Indian yell in the
dense brush, and under the bank.
“Oh, Lord ! lama dead man hoys !’ snid
James Simpson.
“My leg is broken. Oh, save mo !” cried
George Williams.
“Hun for life men ! Run, for mercy’s sake
run ! cried Jack Parsons,“one of my eyes is
out, and both ar.ns broken !” all being snid
in an instant; when—do you see tlmt red
blaze along the path ? Look n moment—
what velocity ! That jagged hair all straight
out behind—that’s C. a streaking it for the
house, shirt nnd all—see him about the cor
ner of the field, by the thicket—hang ! bnng!
went half a dozen pieces—louder than ever
rose the hideous war cry.
“O Lord !” grunted C., redoubling his
speed—the red blaze gelling larger, bunches
of his bushy hnir dropsed out ns he “spread
himself”—see him leap the yard fence, high
in the air, rod shirt and all !
The porch was full ofladies—off went two
or three more pieces—(J. glanced at the
ladies, then at his short red shirt.
“Run for your life, C.," screamed Betty,
“the house is full of Indians I run, speed.”
In the twinkling of an eye C. was out of
the vard ; and supposing the premises sur
rounded off he shot, the red blaze more bril
liant, than ever, and striking directly into a
thick, thorny bottom, he reached and swam
the river ; and nllhoug^t was near “sunset,
C. got into a seltlementlWy miles distant to
breakfast next morning, still relnjning the
sleeves and co'tjr of his red shirt, reported
all the family,! fAtors, &c., among the slain.
As for mJSblf,;<«^aid he fought us long ns
fighting would do any. good.
It is unnecessary to inform you, dear Ptc_
whether or not Betty wns eveTtroubTetf with
C. after that snap.
ded by his friend, he said to the coachman.—
“Drive at once to Dr. M ’s, Walnut
street.”
“Hudn’tyou heller go immedintoly Home?”
asked his friend.
“No,” said he, “1 don’t want them to
know anything nhout me until it is nil over."
“Our hero,” for he wns n hero, wns deaf
to all tho counter-remonstrances of his friend,
and they drovo rapidly to the house of tho
eminent surgeon alluded to. They were
shown into the pnrlor, nnd the doctor was
summoned. After an examination, “Well,
mydonr fellow,” snid the surgeon, for lie
was well acquainted with his patient, “you
know, 1 suppose, what must be doner” “I
do,” ho rep iod : “and it is for tho purposo
of having it done that 1 am hero.” “My
surgical tnblo,” snid tho doctor, “is bolow.”
“Can it not he done without that ?” asked
the suffeier. “I cannot ho tied—I cannot he
held. Amputate my arm here, doctor,” lie
continued, holding out Itis dangling limb
over the back oft.to sofa. “Do it here, Doc
tor ; 1 slinll not flinch ; I shall not interfere
with your operations.”
Tho limb wns hared , two attendants,
medical students in the house, were sum
moned ; the arm was taken nil' above the
elbow, while the patient sat ns ho had re
quested, uttering no groan, nor speaking n
single word, while the opporntion was being
performed. Tho dressings were applied ;
and, attended by his fricud, the patient had
reached the door, on his way to his own
house, which was very near by, when he
turned round to the surgeon, nnd suid, “Doc
tor, 1 should like to look at my arm once
more ; pray let me see it.” The surgeon
raised the mangled limb ; the patient glan
ced nt the bloodless hand at.d said, “Doctor,
there is a ti tg upon the middle-finger of that
hand ; won’t you take it off for me ? My
mother gave me that ring when she was on
her death bed. I can part with my arm—
hut while I live, I can’t pnrl with thnt ring.”
The ring was slipped from the cold, whito
finger. “Put it on that finger,” said he,
holding out the same finger on his left
hand. As lie wns leaving the door, with
his attendant, to enter tho carriage, he said.
“How shall 1 break this tiling to my poor
sister!" Is this not n true “hero,” render?
Knickerbocker.
General Putnam andjthe Youthful Sentinel-
It so happened, that while the Captains
were stationing their sentinels on the eve ol
the battle of White Plains, Gen. Pulnntn,
the commander, in passing, observed Cnptnin
Welherby call (none of the posts in the dir
ection of the enemy,’ a lad named Arthur
Stewart, a beardless hoy, whereat Putnam
remonstrated with Cnpt. \V. in the hearing
of Stewart,'on tiro impropriety of placing*so
young nnd inexperienced a sentinel in so re
sponsible a situation ; hut Cnpt. VVt, who
knew Stew art’s mettle, guaranteed his Tini
ness nnd ft elity.
Stewart took Itis post, nnd during the
night, the General had occasion tu pass out
side of the lines, for what purpose it is not
stated, hut we suspect for the purpose of try
ing the young sentinel : fur, in returning, he
encountered him.
“Who gocsthero ?” enquired the sentinel.
“General Putnam," was the reply.
“We know no general Putnam here,” an
swered Stewart.
“But 1 am General Putnnin,” returned thnt
person.
“Give me the countersign, then.”
“I have forgotten it,” was the reply,
doubt hut that she might get as high as twen
ty or thirty thousand for herself. There was
a ship from Chili day before yesterday, nnd
lot go anchor within speaking distance of us,
and site had ninety-three women on hoard of
tier. To-day, nt twelve o’clock, there wns
hut one left, and she wns nbout seventy years
old.
A Political Anecdote.— Tho lines nnd
fences of political parlies have been so much
displaced since the ancient Federalist nnd
Democrats contested so hotly the oolitical
field, tlmt we venture to publish the follow
ing good one, believing that at this day no
purty will feel particularly hit hy il.
A worthy deacon in Connect irmt hired a
journeyman faro er, from a neighboring town,
for tho summer, and induced him—although
he was unaccustomed to chinch going—to
accompany the family to church, tin the
fitst sahbntli of his stay. Upon their return
to the Deacon’s house, he asked his 'hired
man’ how he liked tho preaching He said
that he didn’t like to hear any minister
‘preach politics.’
‘1 urn very suro you heard no politic.-) to
day,’ snid the Deacon.
'I mn ns sure tlmt I did,’snid the man.
'Mention tho passages,’said the Deacon.
‘1 will.’ He snid ‘\f the f dcralistsscarce-
ly arc saved, where will the elcmoc.ats appear?’
‘Alt,’said the deacon, ‘you mistuko.—
Thoso were the Aiords—'if the righteous
scarcely arc saved, how will the ungodly and
wicked appear'.'
'Oh yes I’ said the man, ‘lie might have
used those words, hut I knew darned well
what he metitl’—Il Blade.
mo.ml to get over Now Year'a instead of
a day. Like tho seasons, ils recollections
should fittlo nwny from our memories n
lent al a time; by this means wo would get
used to our loss gradually nnd come down
to the prosincAs of every day life with a
pnrclmchute attachment I lint would sumo
what brenk the fall.’
Romance and Reality-Sad Reverse of For
tune.
Many of our renders, says the Springfield
Rcpuhi.cnn, will remember a scries of arti
cles entitled “Three weeks on a cotton plan
tation,” which appeared in the Republican
a twelve month since, or more. In one of
those nrticles, the romantic history of the
planter, whose huspitnlities the writer so
gratefully ict-alled, wns briefly given. He
landed nt Natchez, n hoy. He had come
dow n the Ohio and Mississippi on a flat boat,
with Itis fnlher nnd his father’s partner.—
There his father died, nnd was buried, and
there tho boy wns left hy the henrtless part
ner, without n picayune. Nnturnlly shrewd,
lie soon picken up business—sold tickets for
the theatre, did errands, peddled knicknatcks,
&c., until he grow up to a proper size for
larger operations- He then become owner of
a dray, then of n small plantation, near
Natchol, then of an immense large plantation
nt Mtlliken’s Bend, above Vicksburg. Here
he went into speculation, and before the
cr.-wh— jf-’37- supnosed himself to. lie
wortli n quarter of n million.
Hitherto his fortunes hud waxed. He
was independent. He then, for the first
time, returned to Cincinnati, and sought out
his mother mid sisters whom he left behind
long years before. He found his family—
who supposed him dead—in poverty, and
provided lor them, nnd then came the re
verse. Tho wife of her youth had borne him
three henutiful childion. These, one after
another, died, and then the wife wns laid in
the grave. An interval elapsed of pecuniary
prosperity, but of intense grief, when he was
blessed with the hand of one of the most
boautiful mid lovely of womankind. Then
came the energy that parried in some degree
tho force of the blow, and he was enable to
retain mid add tn his beautiful plantation.
Years passed on, and another family of
I .uigui.vi. •>, »»I , | I curs |Jiu>auu till, uuu umnuw lulling ui
“That’s d protty story from tho lips of j henutiful children had grown up around him,
General Hutuam I l warrant you nre n Biit-
ish officer, sent over here as a spy ! returned
Slew-art, who was well aware that he was
addressing Putnam, fur the moon was shin
ing brightly ; hut he hold the stall in his
own linnd, and he meant to uso it.
“I warrant thnt I mn not,” snid tho Gen
eral ; and he attempted to pnss on.
“Pass that line, sir, and you arc n dead
man,” exclaimed Stewart, nt thesame lime
cocking his gun. “Slop where you nre, or I’ll
make you slop,” continued the sentinel, (ns
ihu General disregarded his first no*ice,)
hastily raising his gun mid taking a sume-
whnt deliberate aim.
“Hold! hold !’’ exclaimed Piilnnm.
“1 do hold,” was the sentinels’s reply,
“hut 1 warn you, once more, not to pnss
these lines.”
“But I mn your General,” continued Put
nam.
“I deny il--un!ess you give the counter
sign.
Merc thuGeneral was at fault.
“Boy smd lie, “do you nut know me ? 1
mn General Putnam.”
to whom nnd whose beautiful mother he was
attached hy almost fanatical idolatry. Two
years ago last August, his home wns the a-
liode of plenty and the largest hospitality.—
Immediately afterwards Ills favorite child
sickened nnd died. A month or two after
this, his house was burned. A few weeks
more, mid a long pending lawsuit,originating
in his efforts to retnin his property und pay
off Ilia debts, was decided against him, nnd
his plantation was put under the hammer of
the auctioneer, and the broken spirited man
moved to Vicksburg. Here another child
died.
With the remnant of his large possessions
lie purchased the boautiful steamer Mohawk,
nnd run her in the Vicksburg and New Or
leans trade, acting as the captain himself. A
few days ago the following dispatch wns re
ceivcd by the Northern papers
Louisville, Dec. 7.
('apt. Cobh, ol'liie steamer Mohawk,blew
out hisbrains yesterday at Vicksburg—cause,
pecuniary troubles, and death of his wife.
Another dispatch from Nashville, of the
same date,' staled, ihnl, that morning, the
Gentlemen, I expected vcatorrfny. ns I
announced, to have the pleasure of dissect-
mg n subject “ere this nltcrnoou. But I
am sorry to stale gentlemen, that much to
mv dissnppointment, ns it will be to yours,
the disease, unfortunately hns taken a fa
vorable turn nnd the patient is now in u
lair way ol rccoverv,”
1 he editor of the Alhnnv Knickerbocker,
thus wrlleth alter the Now Yenr's.
" I’ 0 bill from the turkeys nnd romance
of New Year's tn the eold potatoes und
realities of the duys which succeed it, is
one of the most unbearable bores that we
know ol. Falling overboard with your
Sunday clmlici on does not begin wtih it.
For a week after New Year’s wo feel like
“paradise lost” and, wander about in search
ol consolation, like a lost perii. How con
a man who swam in champagne yesterday,
be expected to look witlijn kindly eye' to-
morrow on ‘stone Icncc'and wood sawing.
II wo Imd our wnv people should hnvo
Now Yei
a young man
'liter night.
"What is love Kate I" said a j
to his bright particular, the other nigh
Love Joel, well 1 declare I don’t know
—unless it is getting married and kissing
little babies.*
Joel fainted.
Excuses are the pickpockets of Time.--
The sun does not wnit lor hi$ hot water
but gets up at once.
Tub Influence of Gold.—A man who
is furnished with mguments from the mine,
will convince Ids antagonist much sooner
than one who draws them from reason
and philosophy. Gold is n wonderful
clearer of the understanding; dissipates
every doubt nnd seruplu in an instant; ac
commodates itself to tho meanest capaci
ties ; silence the loud nnd clamorous; and
brings over the most obstinate nnd inflex
ible. Philip of Mncedon wns a man most
invincible rensoner this way. He refuted
hy it all the wisdom of Athens, confounded'
their statesmen, struck their oralon dumb,
and nt length, nrgued llicm onto! all their
liberties.—Addison
Death of AtinunoN.—This distinguish*
naturalist, whoso cclcliritv hns been
od naturalist,
world-wide, died nt his residence on the
banks ol tho Hudson, Jonnnry 27. He
tvns 70 yonrs of age. Mr. Audubon's
native Stale wns Louisiana, and he was
tho son of an Admitnl of France, in which
country he was educated.
The' name of Audubon is an honor to-
tho scientific literature of our country.—
Posssesscd of an originnl and strong mind-
and enthusiastically alincheJ tn the pursuit
of ornithology, he has made tho Birds of
Amoricn our Inmiliar associates, and has
spurred on the ambition ol many a young
naturnlist. His was an enthusiasm
which nothing could daunt, nnd in indom
itable energy which no toil nor misfortune
could overcome.
A N bw Political Catecbism.—In New
Hampshire ihefollowing-is the latest, ncis
sionofthc prevailing politici.l cred, which,
like tho AJmnnncs, may be adapted to any
mcridins
"The chief end of man is tn glorify tho
Regency and enjoy the Rpoils nt oflico for
ever." Another commandment islike unto,
this, " Thou shall have no other God before
thee, except* this, clique:—on these two.
commandments hang -all. tho law and. the-
profits.‘
“A British officer, more like If von nre I ,i..in»r Mnlwiwk sun)t witji
Neat.—John G. Saxe, a Vormont p-mty
being requested by a young lady hr send!
her his autograph, sent ns following:
F ir sinnger.n 1'idy’s command,
attention ensures:
‘TiJ^^Bindiflercnt ‘•hand,"
Bnt’fn^Wy Respect fully Yours,.
Jt. G. Saxej 1
art, the celebrated portrait)
‘•{"fetes-vapt;
Putnam why don’t you give me tho counter- , col.^y<^ r 4®UT^vhiie l>ing at that city !—
sign ? So sure ns I’m my il Vt [\ V o poor, weeping, terror-stricken children
you attempt to pass _tua-gnes > J»|| niake are all that remain ol ihe whole family.—
A Hero.
“There is an endearing tenderness,” says
Washington Irving, “in the love of a mother
fur her son, that transcends all other affec
tions of the heart.” We have just heard a
touching illustration of the fact that the love
of a son for his mother may also transcend
and swallow up all other affections, at a mo
ment, too, when he might well be pardoned
for remembering only his own groat trials.
Some two years ago. a young man, belong
ing to Philadelphia, was returning by rail
road to It e city, from the town of Reading,
Pennsylvania. By an accident whit^ hap
pened to the train os it was approaching town,
and while he was standing upon tho plat-
fo\n, he was thrown off, and fell partly un
der the wheel of the succeeding car, and his
right arm, “morrow, and all,” wns crushed
to »jally, and dropped uselessly at his side,
This howaver was fortunately his only Inju
ry, ' He Av»8.a,--mi“>g man of -dflfermined
nary
cold meet ofA'WT^I'm a sentinel. I know
mY dtityTtnongh there are some people in
the world who nre marvelously inclined to
question it.”
What dream ol fiction ever equally ntragedy
like this ?
The Ruling Passion.—Tho force of
At this, Putnam, finding thnt further parly : habit wns illustrated by an anecdote lold
would he useless, desisted, and the hoy, de- j ns of n former professor at the medical
liberotely shouldering his musket, began, school ill Cambridge. We have il Irom
with n gioat deal of assjmed haughtiness, I one of iho students who was present on
to pace tho ground ns before.
Tho General regained his tent By another
route, hut subsequently sent for Stewart,
commended his fidelity, rewarded him pe
cuniarily, and promoted him to thu rank of
ensign.
Brisk Sales.—Lauies in Camforia,—A
young man,!'. W. Donaldson, writing to the
Zanesville Aurora, from California, says:
“Women are in more demand hero, let me i you niuv rely upon u rare Ircnl
say than anything else, nnd there nre a gioat j The next day the smdi nls were in the
many arriving here every day from Sidney—j |,j,|| early to see the scalpel used,
the place where the English send nil their
;lio occasion.
Alter'.lie delivery of a lecture the pro-
lessor snid : “Gentlemen, to morrow I shall
have ihu pleasure ol dissecting a body be
fore you. 1 had hoped to have tlmt satis-
faction this afternoon, hut unfniInnately
the subject wns iiotexuellv ready, not be
ing quite dead. He is however without R
! doubt defunct by this time, nnd to-morrow
convicts—and from Chili nnd other coun
tries. You do not hnvp to gpt a priest to
marry you in this country, if you want n
_wife, ai| yqu have to do is In go on board a
vessel that has just, arrived from Sidney or
Chili and .buy you mail.cU here
J.n
There
was no corpse on llie dissecting table und
every time the door opened every eye wn*
turned to witness the advent of what Man-
11duui would stylo "a dom’d body.’’ By
and hy the professor solemnly strode down
ihc'ni'slc to his desk, with his hands behind
and wearing a melancholy look,—
liking his stand lie addressed^
Gilbert
painter, oi
Boston^
/in, .lir. Sluaft.'Timve just scon yniffi
miniature, nnd' kissed il,. because it. was so.
much like vou."
“ And did it kiss you in return!"
" Why no."
"Then" said Stuart" it was nut like
me."
f Northern Wisconsin-How it Grows.
phe editor of the Marquette Mercury,
vmg returned from a tour of country,
gives n glowing description of tho prosper-
ity unJ rapid progress of ihe village*
which he visited. Ho passed through
Hamilton, Prineetown. Marquette, Kings
ton, Granville. Mnekl.-rd mid Dartfordf—
1 liey nre nil towi s of bnt one or I wr. vonrs—
growth, yet present nn appearance o| livo J
limes that age. Capital, from the Knit is ■
crowding in, and stores, mills, workshop
and hotels ore multiplying with great t
pidity. Five years since, this region pj
ented to the eye nothing hut forest *
prairie,
Weak doses ol wnsh-.lionrd,|
commended by phy.sicitins. jj
complain ofdispepsin.
led in Ihe same way.r
slroqg preparatj