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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME 0. , • * .... V «r.j; i. . ; ; . 7 ROME, H-, THURSDAYMORIING, SEPTEMBER 4, THE ROME COURIER PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MOUNIG BY A. M. EDDI.JB3f.VW.' TERMS. Two Dor-uns per annum if paid in advancr ; Two Dollar* ami F,lfty Cents IT paid within «lx month! | or Tltroo Dollar! at tlio oml of the year Hates ot A d ve’r 11 • I .Jir. IjttoAL AnvKHTissMKSTi wRI bo Inserted with strict attention to tlio requirement* of tho law,, at Iho following rates: . Font Month! Notice, • • - S I GO ' - - 3 85 } Salos of Land or Negroes, 00 dny*, j 0 por square, J Iwltor* of Citation, - • • 9 75 , Notice for Letters of. Dismission, • 150 Candidate* announcing their nnines, wlli bo ehnrgod $5 00, wlileh will be required In tulvnncc. Hu*b«nd« advertising their wives, will bo clmrgod 95 00, which must always bo pnld in advance. All other SdVcrtliomcnts will be insortod'at' Ono Dollar' per: square, of; twelve Hues or loss, for the first, atid Fifty Cents, for enolt subsequent Insor Liboral deductions will bn made in favpr ofthoso who adviTtisn liv the vi-ur. ittfuitcUjmtouB. Us 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. LIN & BKAlNTLY. WARE-HOUSE, COMMISSION St PRODUCE MERCHANTS, Atlanta, Ga. (^Liberal advances made on any article inStorc. Novi 83.1850. •• ly A, I>. KINU A DO. COTTO V GIN MANUFACTURE IS Rome, Georgia. Muy G.’lSoO. ~ 7rr Ar,nxASnKi* a tusihiwri.i.. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ROHE, GA. Nor-as, 1850, , • .»/. hom*b ttAsncitAs. H oiiAatas v. Hamilton. IIA,MILTON ii IIAR0RMA.1l. Factors & Ojuiiuuim ilu’dluUs, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Oft. 3, 1850, 1 . 18in CUVtUtt *1 lUHILTON. H TIIOMAS tIAnDRM.N IIAllDB.tlAN Sc HAMILTON, use & Commission Merchants, .. .. MACON, GEORGIA. ■ Oct, 3. tS50, .1 I Cut. 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$55. A. K« TATTOK. J.r. rATTOR. ; I >V , If . W I LK I N H. • ‘ATTO R NE. Y A T L a IF - Rome, Georgia. Reran to Hon. B p. roRTKa,citAnr.K*To», s. e.,br ' . AT CAVK Sl'Uimj, QU. lion w. u.uananwoob.'noMK.’oA. .LiteI lion. mUAll KA/.ARII, nuoATtm, OA. July 15,1850 41 ly - O. W. HUA I, l„ DRAPER AND TAILOR, Broad Street Rome, Git, Ogtobgr 10, 1850.. • n J . D , I> I C K K n V,; f$yjGGIST~ROME. GEORGIA. witor.esat.K and rktaH. III!a:.i;a [ ( V DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS,' OILS,' DYE STUFFS, FEJIFU.VIEIf. Y. dsc. October 10, 1850’ "* Email Sired. "lLMRi,'",/' 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. I J Hollow, Mr. Engine man, car stop your steamboat a minute or U “ Stop the boat ? what for ?’* “ wiH