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ittfuitcUjmtouB.
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BUSINESS GABES.
B. W. ROSS,
OENTMT.
Rome, Georgia Ojfice ooer N.-J, Ombcrg's
January lC,'l8ftl'. \
FRANCIS M. ALLEN,
WHOLESALE *!>P, BETAIL
, healer in Staple and. Fancy
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES.
fjtj. Receives uow goods every week. *4#
Rpmc.Ga.. January. 2, 1831.
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MERCHANTS,
Atlanta, Ga.
(^Liberal advances made on any article
inStorc.
Novi 83.1850. •• ly
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COTTO V GIN MANUFACTURE IS
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ROHE, GA.
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hom*b ttAsncitAs. H oiiAatas v. Hamilton.
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rmtut da tton,
attorneis at la if,
-r- , . Rome, Georgia.
WILT.Prcctico In all.the Counties of the ;Clu*ro
are Circuit 48 , Sept, 5, I$55.
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October 10, 1850’ "* Email Sired.
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IliYS AT LAW,
HOLLAND HOUSE,
ptup ATLANTA, GUOllUIA'
rpilIS Large and New Erick Hotel, near die Rni
X. Road Depot, is now opened. It will be kept In
•noh'atylc'that vlsllors will not forget to step ng in.
Passengers on-tho car* will liqva moie than ninplc
tlntf to partake of the good meals always in readi
ness at the arrival of cnch train. Persons visiting the
Cjty, and stopping nt the Holland House, eon get in-
formation ami assistance in business; hod pass off
tbrir talsdre hoars In nutuscmonl* connected with Ilia
Haute T e Post Office, OankAgency, Br kern nnd
other Important oflicas will bein he Holland House.
Reference—Any one who lies or inny step one time.
A, R, KELL AM,-Proprietor.
WM H. UNDERWOOD & J. IV. II. KKDBRWOOtt.
.'V ‘ WILL PRAC1ICELAW
TN -nil the Counties of the Cherokee Circuit, (ex
IX fept Dade). They will both personally attend pi
krihVCourts. J. W. H.TUNDERWOOD will otterf.
|iM Court* of Jackson nnd Habeishimicomities of the
stem Circuit. Both will attend tho sessions oi tbc
PRKME COURT at Ciiuvillc nnd Gcjnesvitlc;—
siness entruoted to them wil) Ik promptly agd
illy attended io.
FIOE liextdoor to Hooper Js Mitchell,“Buena
ise,” Romo, Ga., at which place one or both
s bo found, except absent on prof- ■: ioim
.83, 180!
!W COTTON GINS
AT R«nii, «A
. HS.TANDING opr Shop has been des
ttoyed twice within tho Iasi two yen is, once by
r and once by fire,twe arc again manufoaturing
uporlor Cottou Gina, and linvc prepared oerselve
' any amount of ordera with which wo may be
.Wemre’not making Premium Gins.br )Vn-
From the Southern Recorder.
TEXAS-LANDS-CROPS, &o.
Caddo Parish, La., July 17,1851.
Messrs. Editors—l seldom writo for the
public and never do without feeling that
some one will say it might as well be let a-
lono, but I am willing sometimes that an
exposure of my ignorance may become known
that good to others may come out of it. I
merely write now for the information of some
of my special friends in Georgia. I am in pos
session of facts, the withholding of which
might provo disastrous to mnny, not only in
Georgiu, but other Stales, who are now on
the ove of mdving to the fnr West'during the
coming full and winter. I .have just return
ed from a tour in parts of Eastern Texas. I
did not travel through many of the counties,
but received information from other .portions
of the State including western Texas. It
may be, some friend desires to he informed
about the country. In the county of Harri
son I found some excellent lard, which how
ever would not lie much admired by a Geor
gian on account of the great scarcity of tim
ber nnd the particular quality. The timber
consists of red oak, black jack, post oak and
big bud hickory and at) of this quite scrubby,
except on the watercourse*; tiro land mostly
a sandy soil with nyellow. clay foundation,
nnd in some portions there is red land cover
ed with small black pebbles like iron ore
which is quito productive nnd preferred by
mnny persons to the snndy or grey land, hut
will not stand a drought as will the sandy
land. In many parts of this county, there
are fine running streams nnd good water-—
The lands in Cass' county bru snndy, and in
character with those of Harrison, a very bro
ken country, as much.so as any county short
of tho mminlonions region of Georgia, fine
running streams and some ns fine water.as
middle Georgia can boast nf. There is in
Cass a great deal of what they call pine land
interspersed with some red oak, and big bud
hickory, and covered with what is catted
black sumac; the pine timber very tall and os
fine- ns I ever saw, and tliero are in the neigh
borhood of Jefferson, the county sent, several
steam mills .on the circular order, one of
which, saws eight thousand feet uf lumber
per day with one saw. Jcfierson is n flour
ishing town now about two years old, nnd
situated near the head of Caddo Lake, and
accessible for steamboats ; and I understand
cotton can be shipped front this point to New
Orleans at $1 per bale. I was also in, the
county of Litus, adjoining Cass ; tho,lands in
this county aro pretty much of the same cha
racter of Cass, limber scrubby, find on thou
sands of ncres of good, free productive land
in this as well ns the other counties named,
there is not more than enough to fence it
once, nnd thus it is I presume with at least
half of Texas. In the county of Litus, I
stopped nt n little town called Dangetfield,
(not the capitol, however,J it is improving
rapidly, with several stores, two ta”erns and
two academies, male and female;, and the
town nulhorilics were then laying off nnd dis
posing of lots, the proceeds of which was to
he applied to the building of a fine College.
As you are well utvare Texas is a new coun
try. but 1 assure you there is as much inter
est manifested on the subject of education as
in any country I know ot, and I think the day
is not lnr distant when there will be public
schools in every town and hamlet through
out the whole of Texas. There are serious
objections to n great deal of eastern and wes
tern Texas; it is the, great inconvenience to
market; <horo are but few streams suitable
for navigation, nnd many cannot be nt all na
vigated except in high v.-alcr, which they
have late in the winter and spring seasons.—
Th.ere.is howover in comompiutiun u railroad
froin Galveston up the Trinity, several hund
red miles, thence intersecting Ked Kiver in
Lamar or Fanning counlips; the route has
been twice surveyed and n roport thereon is
soon to be made,with this advantage the re-
souicps ot eastern Texas will be developed,
and found to compete with almost nny coun
try. The.lnpds in tho above named empties
vary in prices rnnging from 3 to $.5 for im
proved lands, and for unimproved ns good as
any farm in Georgia, can be bought from 50
centMo $1 per acre, lands that, would bring
a halo ofc.oUon to the aero and from 5 to 7
barreis.of corn. There is a great deal ol
land scattered through tho whole. Country sal
led vacant or government land, and good en
ough, and can tie obtained nt Do cents per
acre. There is iqucii difficulty attending land
titles in all Texas, and seven times out often
a stranger would be badly bit and not unfre-
quently would have to pay ns mnny times ns
three or four claimants before a perfect title
eould be secured. Let me advise my friends
to be on their guard. I could tell you of the
thousand and one stories told of tho country,
about its finds lands, its fat beef, its venison
and fish and fo.wi of oveiy description and
especially its milk and honey, all of which,
are its productions nnd in innumerable quan
tities.* It would seem iuducemculs of the
'--va'—'? *• fc
of
>*, nor do,wp claim all t|ic experience that
qatred in the art of Gin making; bat we
rithout b.lasting, say thnt we are willing to
*r Ginsstdoby.slde with any made in the Uni-
-rice, und compare q U nl.iy and r j c hest kind, Ore held out' to every body to
S-V.A.NSSSSW'V,'^^^;.*.
the picture. Aro there nd difficulties to en-
countcr in moving tp ; .thjs , country v ,Yn,.
thousands, of which I will not, now speak. Is
there no poor lahd in Texas ? Yes, mi.llidnB
of acres as poor as the old ;hills of Baldwin
Is tho Water good every vvhoro? No, by no
means. Is it a healthy country ? Diseasp
stalks abroad at' noonday slaying its - fairest
flowers. Is society good ? os good,I pre
sume as in any now country. A thousand
other questions might be asked and an an
swer eithor.way would not be satisfactory to
many. Emigrants to the country this win
ter will meet with' the most severe trials, and
difficulties, the greatest of these is the scar
city of provisions, and lie tvho settles beyond
tho reach of some shipping pqint- will assur
edly hear the cry for bread from their little
ones. In my travels through the within na
med counties the prospect for bread is cer
tainly tho poorest I over saw: on mnny farms
they told me that they had not had rain en
ough to run in the furrows since early .in
April, and nine tenths of the farmers are non-
out of corn. Isaw fields which I did not
think would make a bushel of corn per acr.e,
and some not oven tliosood with which they
were planted; and the information reccivod
from other portions of theiStalo were of the
same character.. Thoto aro some porlious of
the Stato where they have had rain, and will
make plenty of corn; but taking the whple
State, I have no idea (hoy will make enough
for its present population and falleu thoir
pork. In Louisiana the prospect for corn is
but a shade bettor, and as to tile cotton crop
we cannot at present toll; the woed is vory
small nnd has not grown scarcely nny ior “
month, and the forms nhd small bowls nrc
falling off rapidly. If we shall have much
rain this crop will he cut off exceedingly
short, and will lie whether we have it or not.
Six weeks ago the prospoct was as good, as
we could,have desired, but is now blooming
to the entire top and bolls now opening.
Respectfully,.
CADDO.
Tlio Mechanic* Home.
I write this simple uarritireof the life of
a New York mechanic, as cn experiment.
It seems to lhe that it may be interesting
and useful ; but I may be mistaken in both.
An author has the same partiality for Ids'
works that a parent has for his children ;
his babes are all beauties, nnd his geese nil
swans. Still, when I rend-in print what 1
have written—when my child is dressed up
in clothes—I think I can look nt it with
more impartiality. Will tho reader take
this little sketch on-trust, and leave me to
docide whether I shall wtite another ?
As an editor, my whole life was one of
communion with the people. I read for
them, studied for them, wrote for them.
Still, I’ve liad but little porsonni acquain
tance. It was like two persons getting ac
quainted by writing letters. True, I mix
ed with them ns often as 1 had the opportu
nity. I mot them at places of amusement,
at balls, and public meetings, and dinners
arid celebrations, ond festivities of nil sorts'.
But the tvorld has other faces than those it
wears on holidays, rind these my present
profession,gives me a chance ol seeing: 1
am forming a personal acquaintance with so
ciety. I see mon in their hours of deepest
sonoW ns well ns liveliest joy. I study hu
manity ii) all its developments, from the
structure of a bone to the cause and effect of
a moral violation. It seems to me that with
out violating asinglo propriety, I may make
this observation of uso, in hours of leisure
when I resort to the pen, with something
of the same feeling ns actuated the worthy
tallow-chandler, who, selling .out : his busi
ness, in which ho had gr.own very rich stip
ulated that he should have the privilege of
coming into town nnd rissistlrig on molting
days. We'l, I shrill try. If I fail, (he effort
need'not be repeated.. If I., succeed ' to my
own satisfaction—for hqw can,!, judge pf
yours ?—I shall have opened a new placer in
this newspaper California; ni which I 'am
digging, that others inay have whatever pre
cious mefol comes to the light. But to my
story.
Ono evening ip the early part of tho win
ter. the door bell rang with energy, and the
servant announced a man who wished tosoo
mu. A ‘man’ is one thingwilh a servant, a
‘gentlemnn’ another, and a (person’ some
thing different Trom either. The man stood
in the.imll, but I \youdered why ho had not
been called a gentlemnn. I was puzzled
where to place him myself. His dress was
very neat; but plain, and rather coarse.
His linen,., that hodge of refinement, was
v hito. imperfect order, and almost clegnnt.
Everything about him seemed substantial ;
but nothing gave n clue to his position in
life. In all outward seeming, ho was sim
ple. clear', direct, and with a sertnin air of
self-reliance, the furthcrest possible from a
vulgar bluster.
’Doctor,’ lie said, ‘I wish you lo come and
soe my child. We fear ho is threatened
with the croup.’
. I put on my hat and prepared to accom
pany him ; for if the case was as ho suppos
ed, thore was no time to lose In this dis
ease n single hour may tnaJ<o a life’s differ
ence.
In n moment wo wore in the street and
walked briskly up one of our broad avenues
The child, snid he, had been playing out of
doors, had eaten heartily at supper, gone to
sleep, and waked a short time since very
lay at the door. You will see in time why
I gave Ihcse little particulate.
1 entered' the opened door; and was wel
comed by a pretty and remarkably tidy wo
man, who coqld have' been nobody m tho
world but the wife of the man who nadstim-'
moned me.
‘I am gjad you have, como, so soon,’ she
said, in a soft, pure accent’. • ‘Little Wil
liam seems so distressed,’that ho can hardly
brenthe; nnd the next moment, as we pass
ed where he lay, I hoard the uumistakiliie
Croup sound, which currios such terrors to
the parent’s heart.
‘I* if the c.oup, Doctor ?’ asked tho fath
er, with a voice of emotion, ns I bent over
tho child—a fine boy of three years of age.
‘It is certainly,the .croup,’L said, ‘and a
pretty violent attack. How long is it since
you thought him sick.?’,
‘Not abovo nn hour, was the calm reply.
hoarso, with n croakiug cough. The chi
was n pretty e’enr one, and I hurried n.
walk still move, nnd in n few moments we
were at llie door. We went up, to the fourth
story. The last flight of stairs was carpeted,
nod a small lamp nt, the top lighted us up,
"iss'ir —
It wns made calm by a firm self-control.
I looked at the ihother. She Was very pale,
but did not trust herself to speak.
‘There is probably-hut little danger,’ 1 said,
but we have somethiiig to do. Have you
iho'water hero ?’
The husband woiil (o what seemed n clos
et, opened two dnors, nnd disclosed a neat
pine bathing tub, supplied with tho croton,
This was beyomj my hopes ; but I had no
time to wonder. The little fellow was in to
high fever, and laboring for every breath.
Taking him from his little crib, where he lay
upon a nice hair mritress, fit for a prince to
sleep on, 1 took off his clean night clothes,
stood htin up ’ '
father pour '
( mils of cold MBimtaim
y with my hand. Ho was then wiped dry
and rubbed until his. body was glowing liko
a flame. Then I wrung'a lnrgd 'mvcl out of
cold water and put it around Ids thront, nnd
then wrapped him up in . blankets. The
brave little fellow had borne it all without a
complaint, ns if he understood that under
his father’s eye no harm could pome to him.
In fifteen minutes after he wns wrapped in
the bjnnkct, he Was in n profuse perspiration,
in e sound slumber, nnd breathing freely.
The danger was over—so rapid is this disease,
and so easily cured.
Happiness Imd shed a screno light upon
the countenance of tho father, nnd throw
over the inolher’s fucc a glow of beauty. I
looked upon them, nnd wns moro than ever-
puzzled » here to place them There were
no murks of higli birth or superior breeding
—•not a shadow of decayed gentility nbout
them. It wns rather the reverse ob if they
were working up from lutv rank of life ,to a
higher.
I looked around the room.' It was a bed
room. Everything in it was perfectly' neat
and orderly. The lied, like the crib was ex
cellent hut not costly. The white countor-
pinc did not cost tnoro than ten shillings,
yet how beautiful it looked. The clean
white window curtains Were shilling muslin,
but their folds hniig ris richly ns if they were
damask—and how very appropriate they
seemed! The hath, with its snug folding
doors, I know, had not cost, lumher’s bill
mid nil, iriore than ten dollars. Tim toilet-
tabic, of an elegant form, nnd completely
covered, 1 had no doubt was while pine and
cost half a dollar.- Tho pictures on the wall
wero beautifully-tinted lilliourpphs—belter,
far better, than oil. paintings 1 have scon in
the houses of miliionnries ; yet they can be
bought nt Gotipil’s or Williams & Stephens’
from three to live shillings, nnd a dollar a
piece had frrimrid' them". The Hunt" had a
carpet that seemed to match everything,
with ils small, neat figure, nnd n light cham
ber color.- Jtwtis a jewol .ofa room, in ns
.perfect keeping in nil its parts us if an artist
Imd designed it.
Leaving the little boy to his untroubled
sleep, and giving directions fov bath, oil his
wnking,we went into theother room, which
was differently, .but just as neatly arranged.
It might have answered for a parlor, only
it had a cooking-stove, br nn artist’s studio,
or a dining room. It was hung with pic
tures, heads, historical pieces and land
scapes; all.such.as n men nf taste. could
select, rind buy cheap ; but wIi'icJd like good
books, were ini'nlunblo. And, speaking of
books, there wns a hanging library on. one
side of the chimney, which u singje glance
assured me contained the very choicost trea
sures of the English toriguo.
The man wont lo a buercriu, opened a
drawer, and look out sbriie money.
‘What is your fee, Doctor ?’ he nsked,-
holdingthe bills'so as.toiselect one .to pic-
Now, 1 had made up my mind before I
had got half way up stairs, that I might
have to wait for my pay—perhaps never get
it ; but nil this, changed. I could not, as 1
often do, inquire into tho circumstunces of
the man, and grnduate accordingly. There
ho stood, rfeady to pay me; with money
enough ; yet it whs evident that he was a
working man, and far from, wealthy. I had
nothing lolt but to name the lowest fee.
■One dollar does not scorn enough,’ said
he,‘You saved my child’s life,'and have
been nt more trouble linn lo me/ely write a
prescription.’,. -
‘Do you. not work for your living V I
asked, hoping to solvo the mystery.
Me smiled and held out; his hand, which
showed the unquestionable marks of-honest
toil.
‘You aro a mechanic ij I snid, willing to
know more of him.
‘Take that,’ said he, placing a two dollar
note in my hand, with -ii not-to-be-refused
air,‘and I will gratify your, curiosity ; for
there is no use in pretending that you nro not
a little curious.
There was a hearty, respectable freedom
about this that was' irresistible; I put tho
note in my pocket, nnd the man, going to ‘be
door, opened into a.closet of modernio size,
and displayed the bonch and tools of a shoe
maker.
‘You must be an extraordinary workman,
said I, looking oiound the room, which seem
ed almost luxurious, but when I looked nt
each item, 1 found.that it cost.very.little.
‘No, nothing extra. 1 barely mana-jo fo
* - over D tinlltir r*Aiv. Alnrv. hel
r?,
.-..I" -
-wit A I jLip-iw
- -
our boy to look nfl'e'r, she earns onk ...
make our wages averageolglit dollars n week.
Webegnn with'nothing. Wri ’live as you
seo.’
Ail this comfort, lhi.4 respectability, .tVsiA
almost'luxury, for eight d altars a week. I
expressed my surprise. .
‘I should lie very sorry if wo spent so
much,’said he.' ‘Wo have’net only maul
aged to live on that, but we have something'
laid up in Iho suvings’ bnnk.’
‘Will ^ou have the goodness,’ said I, just
to explain to me how you do'it •’'lor 1 was
really anxious (o know how n shoemaker 1
and his wife, earning hut eight dollars n
week, could live in coiiifort rind elegance,
and lay up muney.
‘VV ith pleasure',’ ho refilled, ‘for you moy
pursuade others no bottor oil'than I am, to
make the best of their situntion.’
I took the chair which he linnded me.—
We were seated, and his wife, after going
to listen a moment to the soft, measured
breathings of little Willie, sat down to her
sewing.
‘My name,’ he said, ‘is'William Carter.—
My father died when I waq yming, 'end I
was'bound out an apprentice to n shoema
ker, w ith the usual provision nf schooling,
I did ns well as boys do generally nt school ;
and as I was very fond bl reading 1 inado
tho most of my spare' time and the advan
tages of tho Apprentices’. Library, lfiolm-
bly, the books that helped liio, tuqst were
tho sensible wrlings of Wiljhmf Cohheft.—‘
Following his example, I determined to
give myself a useful education, nnd I have to
some extent Succeeded. But a mail's edu
cation ism life-long process and tho more I
see before mo. -
1 wns hardly out of my time when I fell
in love with my'Mftry lliorc, whom some
people think very pretty, but .whom I know
to be very good
‘When 1 had been one year a journeyman,
and find'laid up n few dollars, /fur 1 had n
strong motive to he saving,J wo were mar
ried. 1 boarded at her father’s, and she
bound shoes fur the shop where I worked.—
Wo liveia fow week! at her home; but it
was not our home—the homo we wanted—■
so tve determined to set up house-keeping —
It was rathor a small set up, but we mn4e il
auswer. 1 spent a week in' house-hunting.
Some too denr, some too shabby. At'lrist I
found this ptaco. It was new and clean!
high nnd aiiy, and I thought it would do. J
got it for fifty dollars'a Jenr; and though the
rents all round have advanced, our landlord
is satisfied witli-that or tnkes it in preference
to risking a worse tenant. The place wo*
naked enough, and we'had'jiltle to put in it
snvcoursfclves.but we went cheefuilyto work,
earned nil we cotild, saved rill wo could—-and
you sec the result;’
‘I see, but I confess I do not understand
it,’willing (o'hear him explain the econo
mies of this modest arid beautiful home.
‘Well, it is simple enough. Wli'oit Mary
nnd I moved ourselves here nnd look pos
session, with o'table, two chairs! a cooking
stove, n saucopnn or two, nnd n cothcd, with
a straw matresk; tho first tiling n o did was to
hold a council of war. ‘Now Mary, my love',’,
said 1, hero we are We have next to nothing,
and wo have.everytljirig to get arid nobody
but ourselves to help ourselves.’
‘We found that wo could earn, ou. an av
erage, eight dollars a week. Wo determin
ed lo live as cheaply ps possible, save rill we
could, nnd.mnko ourselves, a lumte, Our rent
was a dollar a week-rour fuel, light, water
rent, and some little matters, n dollar more,
allowed the same, amount for our clothing,
and buying the best. things mid keeping
thorn carefully, wo dress well enough fur that.
Even my wife is satisfied with her wardrobe,
and finds that raw sjlk at six,shillings ri yard
is cheaper, in .the long run, ibuu calico at one
shilling- That makes three dollars a week,
and we had still our liviug.to pny for. That
costs us, with three in uur family, just one
dollar n week mure.’ .
‘Or.o dollar a piece.’
‘Nq~-one .dollar .for all. You seemed
surprised; but we hnye.reckoncd it over and
over., Jt.cost moro nt first, but novvwe have
learned lo live both bolter nod cheaper—so
that we havis a clear, surplus of four dollars
a week, after paying all expenses of rent, fire,
light, wnter, clothing nnd. food." Ido not
count our luxuries, such as arieveniiig at the
theatre, a eoncerti or a little treat to our
friend when wegivo a party;’*
I know n smile came over my-.face, for he
-continued :
‘Yes, give n parly; and w« havo some
piensant times, 1 assure you, Somctirqes we
have a dozen guests, which ,ix quite enoughl
for comfort and ourtrent of chocolate, cakes,
hloncmange, etc , costs us as much ns two
dollnrs; but this is not very often. Out of
our surplus which comes, you see, tu two
hundred dollnrs a year—we hove bought all
you see, nnd have-money in the bank.’
‘I see it all,’ said I—all but the living.—
.Many a mochanic spends more than that, for
cigars to say nothing of liquor. Pray tell
me precisely jioiv ypu five!’
‘With pieasure First of nil, then, 1
smoke ri 0 cigars, and chew no tobacco, and
Mary takes no spuff.’
Here tho pleasant smile came in, .but,
there was no interruption; for Mary' seoiried
to. lliink her-husband knew what lie was a-
heiut, rind could tallc very well without, her
aid.
‘1 havo not drank a glass of liquor since
the day. we married, except; a gluss of. wjne
about four limes a year— 7 on Ghi isliiies, New
Year’s,Fourth of July, and Willio’s birth
day. .The last is a secinl holiday. I had
read enough physiology to riiako up. my mind
that tea. and eollep conlaioed;no nulrimcht
and were poison* beside; and I tried veget
able diet lopg enough to like it better than n
mixed one, and to find that if argeed , with
me better; and as we have read and experi
mented to“other, of course Mary thinks- as
I do.’ ' ' ' 1
■ ‘But what do you oat and drink.’ - I asked,
curious to sechow far this self-taught phi!
osopher'progressed in tho law of health.
‘Come this wny,.nnd 1 will show you,- he
said, taking a light and loading the way in
“ riapnciotis stori ‘ ,I
.ifftilWIL.
grinds all grain, gives me the freshest and.r
ino.U. be iiutiful meal, and *avns tol/ii aod
profits. This is a barrel of wheat. I buy
tho best mid am sure !hat.it,is.c!ean and good.
It cost less than three cent* a pound, arid a
pound of wheat a dny, you know, is food en
ough! fur any man. We make it into broad,
mitsli, pies4ind cakei. Hero is a barrel of
polnlocs. Tills.ig.hominy. Here me some
heans„a box of,rice, tapioca, macaroni—
Hero is n barrel of apples, tho best ! can find
in Fulton Mnrket, Here is abox of. sugar,and
this is our but-ter-jar. IVe takou quart of
country ipiltc a dny : I buy the rest down
town, by the:box or barrel where I get it
hen and cheapest. Making wheat—eeting
it ns miish or broad,nnd made coarse, with- .
out boiling—nod potatoes, or hominy, or rice,
the stnple, you can easily see that’a dollar
a week for provision is ample; but allows a
lienllliy, and even luxurious variety. For .
the rest we opt groens, vegeiribles, fruit and
horrifs,in their season. In tho summer wo
have strawberries nnd peaches, as soon as
they ore ripe nnd good .Mary will get up a :
dinner from these materials nt a cost of a
shilling, better than the . whoio bill-of-fare
at tho Astor.’ . •
I wns satisfied. Here was comfort, intelli
gence, lasle, nnd modest luxury, all enjoyed
by and humble mechanic, who knew how to
live nt the cost I hnvo mentinned. How .
much useles complaining might be saved— ,
how muph genuine happiness etijoyed—how
iiiuch evi| nnd suffering might bo prevented,
il ell the workingmon in New York .were as
w ise ns William Cnrtof.
I never shoojc a man or womatiby the hand
with moro hearty respect than when. I said
‘good n.ghl,’to >ids happy cnpple, who, in
this expensive cjty, are living in luxury and
growing rich on eight dollars a week, mid ,
making the bench, of shoemaker, a chair of
‘practical philosophy. - i ' -
Reader, ifyou are /inclined lo profit -by .
this little narrativo, 1. need not write out nny
other moral, than the injunction of the scrip-
nnd do
ture—‘Go i
do likewiso.’
Tiif. Accompli shed Buqi.K-Bt.ownn, Ex-
Govorhor McDonald, who comlot mnke nn
extempbro speech, has ' mounted a dignity 1
platform and declared at the \VoridviUe meet
ing on tl;e 4th Jiily'last, that he made it a
rule not to canvass personally (we give the
substance, not the exact; words,) yet Mr-
Rhet't has appointed hitn to the office of
chief Soulh'Carolina musician, to “blow the
bugle” in Georgia, As the Ex-Governor
iflrt'fcs electioneering letters, we may sny.of
him, that however accomplished n' musician
ho mav be, he'cannot play without his now.— '
Sao Rep.
Rome. Augusta and Charleston Direoton-
Wo had the pleasure, last spring, of form
ing tho acquaintance of several Merchants
nnd other business men in the Cities of'
Rome, Augusta and Charleston, at which
timo, having obtained advertising in .each
plaeo, we established lor them respectively,
in our columns, n kind of Business Directory.
Wo have before called the attention of our
roaders to their cards, and us the businest
season is again about to commence, we repeat
tho call and ask Jhose of our readers who
trade in the cities to profit by the offers o I
our city patrous—remembering that those
who advertise, generally, do the best busi-' -
ness. . . . • .
To our friends who do n- portion or all of
thoir trading in Rome, we ask them to call
and give our friends there, an opportunity to
do well by them. Wo would call names,
hut the number forbids, nnd where there, ore
so many it would bo invidious to name only
a part ; our column's show nn array of good 11
names—good 'merchants, honorable, men,
who will deal fairly with customers rind do
them justice ill trade.—Juchsimeillr Rep,
Circular.
To. the Teachers in the State or Geor-
ntA. . ... iV .. i
GentlemenAt a public meeting hold in
the city of Mricon, to appoint Delegates to
the Common School. Convention, a resolu
tion was passed inviting touchers throughout ,
our Slate to hold.n Toucher’s Convention in
this .city on the 29th day of October next.—
The undersigned were nt the same time ap
pointed n Committee to extend this inyita- .
tion to the educators of the State, a duty,’..
which wo cheerfully perform.
There have been many attempts, within :
two or three years to obtain such n Conven
tion at different points, but nil have failed,’
doubtless more from want of n consent menus t
movement, tlmn Irom a sense of the motility
of thip step. We now propose a meeting at
a central point, ono easily accessible from all
parts of the Stale; and a time, whan the -
State Agricultural Fair will, doubtless bring
many teachers as visitors lo.the city. Un
der .these circumstances may we , not hope,
for a full meeting of those engaged in Inn
work of education ?
An interchange of views upon many to
pics; n more general agreement ns to what .
constitutes a good School Education, and ns
to tho course to bo pursued to make it
thorough; a conference nnd concurrence up- .
od the choice of text books; a consultation ns .
to. tho best methods of discipline, maynil find ,
place among the subjects of discussion nt, a
such a Convention. If no moro, nn.ncqunin-
fnnee begun.nnd a sympathy, established be
tween Presidents, Professors, Rectors anil
Teachers in our Colleges, Academies and
Schools will ben result obtained worthy the
pains and tinio it will cost. .
Wo therefore respectfully invite a general
attendance of ull those different grades of
Touchers to the Convention, iri October.
Macon, Aug. 10th, 1851.
E. M. MYERS, )
U. W. WISE, |.
. V. A. STROBEL, J- Committee.
IL MEAD, . , .
M. M. MASON.
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