Rome courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1849-18??, October 09, 1851, Image 1

Previous Issue Next Issue

Clip Visible Area View Page Text View PDF

Newspaper Page Textme;, combi p.t nu 3 »1 -THE ROME COUB.S”- PUBLISHED EVERY THUUtfl'AV KUi- m J, KKOWLESi*-*;©. “'tmT ■ Two iiou.Aiu per annum l! paid in aAimti I Two Barit* ami Fifty Cantu tr pout within su mouths • ot Throo Dollars at thrend of llio year Unto* of Ad v«r t> ■ in tf • Lkoao ADVBaTiBBMENTs will 1>" hflurtoil with strict attention to the requirement:, of tli« l"w. at the following rates i Four Months Notice, Notloo to Debtors hud Creditor , Sale ol Porsonal Property, by I'.xvv 11- tors, Administrators, &e.. Sales of Land or Negroes, 00 days, per sqttaro, Lottersof Citation, - * Notice for Letters of Dismission, Candidates announcing their nnincr, will be C,urged ft 5 00, which will hoftattlredinndvn.Ee Iliisbiinds advertising their wives, w31lberhni f -e-. #3 00, which must always be paid In advnr. -. All other advertisements will he Inserted at One Dollar per square, of twelve Ines or l"ss, for the llrst, and Fifty Cents, for each subsequent Inner *'°T,'lbotid’dudnotions.w 1 It tin mode in favor ofthese who «dvcttit»i* ^YTtU&vcar. ■BS&JA3B3. 2 75 A 50 ill be From Pickens’s Household Words, SMILES S nil s rm*lt thr Unto of freemen into love, Smil j banish anguish from the sorrow smitten; 'Amongst the millions of the blest above* Ptivumial smiles on every hro-w nr© wrUt**n. In tli : our wo’ldi where cmc mid grief aro rife, iio v sweetly loams the smile o[ tender kindnofs; \V tlioui its. I ght how darksome oft were life, 4„,o’ which m grope our weui-y \V.ay in blindness. Yet some there me who soldoni wear a smile'— Whose heurts me charged wltlibittr.iie:- nftil m.i* lice; ’ ^ Who, in tho^lirst of solfislHioss nnd pulie, .Dram tho foul dreg5 of crivyV jJoison'd ohuliot the I ; ,v sn.Hoon tlwwo they wruht cnjolK T' • * i ;he simple with a show of lecliur; As.*: ’> Vr. attract u flney shoal, Hy \ovehl.fUt oVrtAve teeming ocean nestling. B. VV. ROTS, 0I3StT« v ST. Rome, Georgia Office over'N.J. Omlerg's Clothing Store. January 10,1851. FRANCIS M. ALLEN, VfltOt.ESALE AND ltETAIt. Dealer in Staple and Fane DRY GOODS AND GROG Dittos 0^. Racoivos tjdw goods every week ■’* sn tlomo, Gn„ January 2, 1851. LIN & BRANTLY. WARE-HOUSE, COMMISSION & PRODUCE MERCHANTS, Atlanta, Ga. {^Liberal advances made on any article In Store. Nov. 28.1850. ly A. D. KINO & « « COTTO ST-GIN MANVFA C TV RE'IS " Rome, Georgia. ,1550. Al.lixASURU A I-It Iltlir r ATTORN E Y »W T I. A W, ROME . Nov.28, 1850. ^-lv.."-4dl.V., Brighter by far than brightest gems ofenrth, Smile* shed soft radiance on tho brow of Bouujf; D akin;: ou» loved ones with a wreath ot mlr|l»i TinvUthecrs the heart nthid the toils of duty ! TRIFLES- A. cloud may intereepuho sun; A web by Insect workcp spun Fresorvo tlie life- within tho frame, Or vapors take nwny the sumo. A grain of sand upon tho sight May rob a giant ot bin might! Or needle point let ont his breath, And makes a banquet meal for Death. How often ut n single word, The heart with agony is stirred, f And ties that years could not have riven, Are scattered to the winds oftheaven. A glance, that what lips would speak Will speed the p\u*b and blanch the check; And thoughts, nor looked, nor yet exprest, Create n chaos in the breast. A smttp ol hope from thoso wo lovo May be an angel from above; A whisper welcome to our cars lie as the music of the spheres; Tho pressure of a gentle hand Worth nil Hint glitters in tho land; O, trifles nrc tmt wh'U they are, But fortune’s ruling voice nnd star. »U Hi UK A HY. CHARLES r. HAMILTON. H Tll'ie 1. lUnDEXAN^ aiM'li.Yln Warehouse & Commission Merchants, MACON, qsottaiA (vt-a, isso. 1 1* AT TON At I* A ‘ ' 1 attorneys IT Rome, Oeoigia. . WILL Practice in all tue Countie. c > Kee Circuit 48 A. k. rArroN. ' 1. A H EL S. FRINTUP Agnt for the Southern Mutual v Company at Rom , Ga. ft 1N8URF.S against loss hy FIRE; ahe, LIVES eraons anil Servants. CHECKS on Charleston and New Yort, fur DANIEL S. PRINT’,’!’. Afintlor the Bank ofthoStot. f ' Oil, 10, Hiff, said a . , XV . H B A 1. DRAPER AND TAILOR Broad Street Rom Ga Oirtobcr 10, 1850. J. ]>. DltfVE i ' . DRUGGIST--ROME GEORGIA. WHOLES Afix Ann but ii. nr.iim in DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OIT.S, bVE' STUFFS, PERFUMERY, fee October 10, 1850 Ttrrurt Street, COULTER & COLLIER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Rome, Georgia Feb. *3.1851. rpi HOLLAND HOUSE, ATLANTA, Gl. 3t S .♦ MIIS.Large and New Brick Hot**], ne t dr* R-: ,Uoad Depot, is now opened. It will he keif in ' -such style that visitors will not forget to step iqr .1 Pnssengers on the cars will l.nve more than ample • time to pattake of the good meals nhvay in r< adl* ness at the arrival of each train. Persons visiting tlie • . City, and stopping at the Holland House, cun g.*t n- formation and assistance in busines?; nnd pasr >IT • their leisure hours in amusements cnmu»f.»#*d wbh he House Ti*e Post Office, dank Agency. Br kers end ■ other important oflices will be in he Hol'inpd House. Reference—Any one who lias or may step one time. A. R. KELLAM, Proprietor. cotcii Srttj.ers—A number of tho most Indus- jiis nnd entorj/rDing agriculturalists in Scotland aye pa-paring to emigrate to emigrate to .Ireland, nnd ngen* lc'’- engaged inxxnmjning tlie farm inp rapshilttics of the country, nnd negooiating ft>t x^fV- r »- - • h±* Ou) . ::.j’nv,r.g' • ‘hroughout Kentucky nro com- pln'mmt 'it the ur.p.' 'c dented drought. Tlioexccs- stveiv hot wen*her i 5 burning all tho crops in the tr round P'Rjf Br**!tRst—The Cincinnati Gazette stntcs that, the V >ri- in^'chants anticipate an unusually \ . v. ; n tv «.s, and tire increasing their fuclli* • •r e i.'ive operations. Three mnmmoth ). -u.-'.s *0 f»'cr hy 1'0, and lour stories high nro licit g completed Pu -it ur • of Dan Hiok’s Cjrcus—A letter from b'diniu m Pie York Herald states that the or 1. , ‘ y. Lniiud to that City, with a ■ml tit. m ■ r»nn Rice’s circus pan i -u ' Imard, was compelled to a no n ji *torm, and it is sujipos- ■ " . •• 1 ; ’.vlfli all hands on board, '■ m». e-s if St. Louis—On-the > 0r . Instant, a I tf' 1 » • ' nd n the immediate vicinity of St. Louis, j il!v- "rd Addition, was sold l>y auction in t in* VI■' gross amount of sales of the day was ftro i 1 unrirtd and ffty^ont thousand dollars* nnd only one j t.T’d > fill ’**•!'» ;vn. old. Tho sale was to be con* • , f, n Hu f lit v. lug day Tbit ’hot Is a remark* j d ■ * ' d* • d gt ’ ■ op a «i»y which but a. \i v, v ■ r owes i ‘ - Mh i d-TTln u->*o ‘on? W. I . 1 In, !in, tho slave nb- ! diuttn 1> • t d his bed wvl pa‘ i into theTfen- : pii -v o^Marylitmi thr mono, amounting to $19,000. '-.' V.. -hoc!:, of earthquake havo been felt l ecroflv nt-Ne.pIos, and various other pliutrs of the j kingdom. One village, Bari, lins boen completely Jes'r ’<•'—every house being in ruins, and some ! 7du bo »■ •<? hev * been found. The crortcr of V-^u- j vmn» in piopody the safety valve of the city of the I bnv | A Umck Gknerat.—Genornl Avolos, tlm Com I mn)iti.'p.in-Ch'cfoftho Mexican forces in Tanmuli- •• .ib ut nr blar.k n.\ the present TJiiipcror r.f . ” Dr Vd er. our Comtiiissionor to settle the In ! < ‘ho H;o Grand**, jocosely told Av»>.:os ■ H caught east of tho Colorado, lie prune negro, .and be put to a\Qr Soule scams to bo without active supporter?, neoording to tho New Orleans Delta* CunA-i-The following is an extract of a let ter.front a gentleman in New York, whoso correspondenyo in England is irorit tho mdst rcspcotablo and Well in formed sources. He says i “ Ilinvq ti letter by the lust Britl?h steamer,which states tlm*. $paiti, France, nnd England are negoti ating a treaty respecting tlie guaranty or Cuba. The conditions arc that Cuba shall have a Local Legis lature— n representation in the Cortes at Mndiid— and'that provision sh’nll ho made ft>r tho gradual abolition of slavery in the Isiaiul. I consider the. information very reliable [Nnt. 1st. The Onto.—-This Chngrcs steamer which sniksd from Now York, on Saturday, Sept. 13th, carried out six hundred nnd sixteen passengers—the largest num ber. we believe, that bat sailed from that uert4n*4V-r one of tho ChogressteSmerr. Tlfe wharf of the Ohio was densely crowded with spectators, and the most en thusiastic cheering followed the departure of the ves sel* AoRictri/ruiun Faiu tN Virginia.—The first annual exhibition of tho Valley Agricultural Society of Vir ginia; will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, the lfith and Jfith of October next, half n milo enst of Charleston, in Jeflerson county. The President of the society isL* W. Wnsliington, Esq. The accounts given of the Texas crops have been often contradictory. The truth appeals to be that tlie long drought this year 1ms operated very cnpriciou? and unequally upon our planters. In the same neigh borhood, and within n distance of a few miles, wc of ten bent of some very fair crops, and of otliors that have been nearly ruined. As a general rule, the com crop of the country is exceedingly short, though wc trust very few of our farmers will have to buy; but ft is’quite certain that very few will have to sell. There can now be no doubt that tho co'ttou crop is also gen erally quite short; some say it will average very lit tle over half a lair crop. However, there 1ms been a much larger amount planted in cotton this year than ever before, nnd a well informed merchant, who has just returned from the country, thinks n larger amount will be shipped'this year than any previous yeor.— Gal vision News. Tfie Terms.—An Englishman,’ when about tQ-cm- hark in the Lopez Expedition, wrote thus to tho Lon don Times, i “As to tho pay, the terms ate good enough if we win ; and if we lose, it won’t matter what they are. Ninety dollars per month, and a bounty of $10,000 to lie paid at tho end of tho war, is what I shall re ceive, if we arc ever paid—a fact which I deem some what problematical j but so long as tho island is made free, and the soldiers arc decently fed anil clothed, I shall be saddled, and will readily resign my commis sion, and return to civil life MWUlL'JVhen the war is concluded.” an oxiwwvftfrti: that there arc at the present timo morn of an Irish population in tho United States of America than there is in Ireland itself. (ky-Two hundred Irish Emigrants who recently arrived at New York from Ireland, started to return homo by the ship Constitution for Liverpool, from N«w York on Monday, “ Ity thunder, heres’s tho ruling passion strong in ago.” Go it. Bob-Tall. A specimen of,llio genius “Hoosier” wns found by Cnptnlij of the steamer in tho oiigiue room of his boat, wltilb “ Mr. Hitchcock, my old roan is ru'mfcd.” “ Du toll,” says I. “Sbo’s nil cut to'pieces,” says lie ; “do you know whether slio was in your stublo la lying at Louisville, one tino morning in Juno. The Captain itiqulred to know what he was doing there. “Have you seen Captain Perry?” wns (ho interrogative response. “Don’t know him, nnd can’t tell what that has lo do Willi your being In my engiho room, replied the enptnin; angrily. “Kohl on, that’s just tvhat I wns getting at. You see, Cnplnin Perry asked me lo lake a drink, nnd so I did; I knew that 1 wanted n drink, or 1 wouldn’t have been so Very drv. So Captain Perry nud'l wont to the ball—Captain Perry was potting in some oxtras on one lo. I.sung out ‘go it. Captain Perry, if you bust your biler f” With tlint a man slops up to me, says lie, ‘Seo hero, stranger, you must leave ’ Says I, what must I leave fur -’ Says lie, ‘you’re making too much noise..' Rays I,‘I’ve be.cn in big ger crowds than this, nnd made tnoro noise nnd didn’t leave nuthor.’ With that ho took me hy tho nap of the nock and tho scat of the breeches- .nd 1 left. As I wns shovin down street, I met a lady—I know sho wns a lady by a remark she made. Sho made. Sho said,‘young man, I reckon you,11 go homo with me ?’—Politeness wouldn’t lot mo rofuso, and so I went. I’d been in the house hut a minute, when T hoard cpnside- rable of a knocking at the door. I Icnow’d tiro clinp wanted to got in whoever he wns, or he wouldn’t havo keep such n tremendous racket: By-nnd-by, says n voico, ‘Ef you don’t open, I’ll bust in the door.’ And so he did. 1 put on n bold face, nnd says I, Ijf Stranger, does this woman belong to you ?’ Says he, ‘Sho does.’ ‘Then,’ says I, ,she’s a lady, 1 think, from all that I've seen ol her.’ With that, he camo nt me with n pistol in one hand nnd n bowio knife in tho othor, ahd being n little pressed for room, I jumped through tho window, leaving the bigger por tion of my coat-tail. As I wns streaking ii down town with tho fragment fluttering to tlie breeze, 1 mot a friend—I knew he wns n friend try h remark ho made—snys lie, ‘Go it Bob-tail, he’s n gaining;’ on you.’ And Hint’s the way I happnned in your engino room.— I’m a good Rwimmer, captain, but do excuse me, if you pleuso, from taking tho water.— Louisville Tdurnal. nst night ?” “ .Vyalli-tnlster, with this I let out. Do you know It ? ('the Ynnlteo liore, in illustrat ing, made n sudden advance on the dandy, who made way for him, uncouciously ns it were,; do I Unowit. you no-souled, squnsh- hcaded old night-owl, you r—you liny-hook in’, corn-crihbin\ fodder-fugin, ecnt-shnvin’ whittlin’of nothin’, you ? Knto kicks like a mere dumb boast, hut I’ve ieduced the thing to a science 1” The Yankee had not ceased to nd>nnre, or the dandy, in his astonishment, to retreat ; nnd now tho motion of tho latlor being ac celerated hy an e iparent demote rntion to suit tho notion to tho word, ho found him self in the “social hall,” tumbling backwards ovor it pile of bnggiige, nnd lenring the knto of his pants ns lie scrambled up, a perfect scream of laughter stunning him from all sidos. Tho defeat wns total; a few moments after ho was seen dragging his own trunk on ahut-c, white Mr. Hitchcock finished his sto ry on tho boiler dock.— St. Louis /leveltie. cupatiors. 'I here still remain five coin| antes, same meeting itiih god and others finding suflicieht to war extensive preparations. It i.s an ... fact that;no ono has returned without L ing avt-ny specimens of tho pyScioiis metals, thus showing conclusively Dial every stream throughout a largo cx'ent of country cun- tains u deposito of gold, which though not yel dis -overed in abundance, may, after thor ough explanation, enrich the adventurer nnd become nn important source of wenUli to llio country.—Quebec Times. jHfflcrUnucouu. old.-" •’itoitive Avi f.iTEp.—On \)'o cvnninjrofScptenv 1 5 th. A).-.thorn Hr.1I.wAs urosted by some ofthe mo : rr, lh.. uolict* ns nn niUdgrii fugitive slave • ' ! >‘ *'•■»* Hartford count* vld. He was n’uitnins, near Ciiristiann, nnd wns . • ?!»•• 'net* Two persons JYonihMnry. id iti utiiM'd Hull, who iind run oil uhout three DgD. \ni II. UNDER WOOD k J. W* H. UXDBRWOflb. WILL rRAC’i ICE LAW X N till the Counties of the Cherokee Circuit, (ox cent Dade). They will both personally i.ttend uII u tho Courts. J. W, II. UNDERWOOD wil' .'tend , the Courts of Jnckson and Hnb ';s1’..'i‘i r • ' Western Circuit. Both will attend tli ;• ’ : SUPREME COURT at Cassville MidGr.ii.esvi;- -I All business "rttrusted to them will lw promptly •• 1 ! , fuiihfiiliy attended to. y OFFICE next door to Iloopei V Mitchell, “B ■< • • i | Vista House,” Rome, On , nt which ;>ln<*o onco. > «uli | ^'will always bo found, except ubs nt on profess-in* n| j \ business. Jan .23, JPul ” j Change jn the Tkmi cnATunt:—Tlie change in the toinpcinturo in.New York between nopn on Satur day nnd Monday, Sept 13th and 14th, was fifty de- j The- Mf.s i sharj) frost at New llnven on 'b ‘hernuunotar marked 30 degress— • , n' diove the freezing point. aii,way BroKiTS—Tho Cincinnati Guv.otto says *»H the rirlwayx that lmvo been opened in Ohio i' • m tno stocklioldermore than ten percent profit < ' a mu.i invested. NEW COTTON GiNS i.l AT KOHE, GA. N otwithstanding our simp hn- b troyed twice within the ln-t tw- yt-ms, S *water and once by fire, we nre mtruir in-mu F_oursuperior Cotton Lins, nnd h . <•;»/ • j«nrcH 'to fil' any amount of orders . if!> *v6ich v • ^favored. We me not making. I’r umim t;ir,. Box Gins, nor do we claim nil the e* peril ;tce ttmt ^ been acquired in the an nf Gin inn) 4. but we without b Dating, sny that we a * wi.'. c to nr Gins side by side with any mn4<* i’> th - Uni* L Ysam^ price, imd'conipnre qunl tyand ) ncr'dtfy day with them., A. D. KING A*.CO, Wn- j •The hark Millnndon, Captain y from Ilavniiun, which port n-t. From Captain B. we learn u.,i ton of th.* wounded prison 'i’d in thq lio-pitnl nt Bahia ».,to Havonnu. Everything whs quiet nt Ilnvtinna when the M.. left. The ,U. F. Rove un* cutter Dunne, Captain Nones, haying on hn.v.'d h“ lion. R. I*. Letcher, U. States Minister to OLD BACHELORS- Whenever we bear «n old hnclielor talk about being lonely, or sick, or discontenlcd, we say to qursclveu—serves you right, old fellow—you brought the rl-.cumutism by loo tree indulgence in tho pleasures of this life, high living, free drinking late iiours—and 11 ml.. litpim-i THE RULING FA68I0N STRONG IN AGE. A snilor, during n whaling rmynga, while lamenting lo his messmates the society of his female acquaintance, whom ho had left hoi- hind, wound up with— “I tell you what it is, boys, I’ve deter mined to kiss tiie first woman I meet, nfter I land, that is, provided she’s got a single tooth in her head, that is, furthermore, if she’ll let me.” “ Good,” shouted his companions ; “wo’ll remember that, Jack, and hold you to yaur promise.” * Tho party soperated. Days rolled on, and the “ Falcon” lay at her moorings. Tho crow were paid ofl, and were now starting tor home. They left the ship with heavy hearts, and it seemed to them like entoring a now world, to stand upon (he laud and again tread tho “ fivni set earth.” As the crew wore loisurly leaving the ship and walking up tho quny, ono of them spied 11 female coming towards them. “ A (rood chance,” thought he, “for Jack to carry his promise into execution.” He stepped up to Jack, nndmlnpping him on tlie shoulder, said, “Jack, there’s a woman hoar- ing down upon us. You haven’t forgot your promise, hu. Jack ?” The others heard the remark, and all foil 1 foul of Jack, and insisted that ho should fulfill his promise, ‘ Well, look hern, now,” said Jack, as Ihe woman approached, “ (hero’s reason in nil things ; she’s us old ns jlfethusaleh’s wile, and. ns homely ns a minx.” ’ yK° ex< '- use >” replied the crew ; “ you pro- lijSftlphat you would kiss tho first woman yminjjjel, that is, if slic’d iqt you, provided sho uB.: a single tooth in hejjhcad.” “ Lucky thought,” said Jack to himself; ‘ n.siii(;le lootii in her head. She hain’t got, none. I’ll swenr ; so I’ll board her mid run the risk. Well; hoys, here goes,” and ofl*ho starlcd, / As|& met tho old woman, IU! 'found her extremely aged, and very respectfully ad- (ircssetkhcr, “ I stty-iiiother—oxeuso mo—but I wnnt to ask you a question.” “ La, child,” replied tlie old lady in a low voice, “ what is it ?” “ Have you got any teeth r” “ Why, wl.nt a queer question,” roulicd the old Indy ; “ bless yours >ul, I ain’t hud a tooth in my head for more'- than twenty years !—Why, .what njadn you ask ?” “ Well you seo,” said Jack, “ t’vo been ofl three years, nnd on the way homo 1 pro mised my shipmates that I would kiss the first woman I inet,; if sho had n single tooth in her head,’’ KICKING A YANKEE. A very handsome friend of ours, whb. Tow weeks since, wns poked out of a very sr/mfortablc otftcfftip'tht'Wlsr^ltnrf h'etnkon hiinsplf to Bangor awhile, to recover from the wound inflicted upon his feelings hy our immolating administration. Change of air must have had instant effect upon his spirits, from Galena, ho writes us n very amusing loiter, which, among other things, tells us of a dd'sperato quarrel that took place on hoard the boat between a rent live dandy tourist mid a rent live Yankee sot- tier. Tho latter trod on the toos ot the for mer. whereupon tho former throntened to “ kick out of tho Cabin” tho latter. “ You’ll kick mo out of the Cabin !’’ “ Yes, sir, I’ll kickyoujout ot this Cabin!” “ You’ll kick mo, Mr. Hitchcock out of this Cabin !” “ Yes, sir, I’ll kick you, Mr. Hitchcock!” “ Wall, I guess,” said tlie Yankee very coolly, after being satisfied that it wns him self tlint stood in such imminent peril of as sault, “ 1 guess, since you talk of kicking, you never heard mo tell about old Bradley mid my mate, there to hum.” “ No, sir, nor do I wish ” “ Wall, guess it won’t set you back much, anyhow, as kicking is generally best to be considered on. You see, old Bradley is one of those sanctimonious, long-faced hypocrites who put a religious suit on every Sabbath morning, and with a good deal of screwing, matingcs to keep it on until alter Church in the afternoon. Wall, he had an old roan maro. that would jump over any sixteen rail tenet, in Illinois, nnd open any ham that had not n padlock on it. Two or three times 1 found her in my stable, and I told Bradley about it. He was very sorry—an unruly nn- imul—would water her, und in a serious manner, with a face twice ns long ns old Deacon Farm’s on Satbalh day. ] knew nil the timo he wns lying, so I- watched him nnd his old roan tu, and lor three nights reg’lar oid ro,m come to my stable about bed-time, and just about daylight old Bradley would come, bi idle her, and ride liar ofl. 1 then took my old marc to tho blacksmith’s, got corks made about four inches long, and had ’em nailed to her bind feet. Your heels, mis ter, nint nothin' to ’em. 1 look tier hum, give her about ten feet lialter, nnd tied hoi- right in tlie scnlci of tlie stable, fed her well with oats about nine o’clock, and taking n good smoko went to bod, knowing Hint my old marc was a truth telling nnimal, and (lint slic’d give n good report of herself,in the mor ning- l wasti.’t fairly asleep hefmethc old ’oumti hunched me, und wanted to know what on earth was the matter out nt the sta ble. Rays I, ‘ go to sleep Peggy ; it’s noth ing hut ivatc—she's kicking oil’llics, 1 guess. Purty toon site hunched me again, and sayt she, 11 Mr. lliichcock, du git up andt sec what in tiic world is tho matter with Kale/ We won’t go home liJI morning” sounds haloful in your oars now, you havo no one to blame hut yourself, lor having yielded so completely to those pleasures of sense which soonci or later bring n man to the sober second thoughts of life. When you wero good looking and oven tempered you might have found favor with the sex, and it sweet wife and two or tlireo lovely chil&ton would hnvo gladdened the nooudny nndrovening of -life, Now, however, you. mugfytrUdge on alone, with nothing hut your oyster stew and hotlle.to bring even n mo montary gleam of satisfaction to your face. Ia and address recently delivered hy Gov. Brigg, of Massachuctts, he gave old Uche lors a good humored scorning, particularly that class of them who grumble nt being tax ed for. educating other people's children. We quoto his language. ,‘Am I. to he taxed to support children nolNjiy own ?” grumbles the old bachelor. ,,Certainly.” “But I have no children of my nu n;' 1 “So much tho worse; you ought th havo them.” >/• “But I have no wife,” “Bad again ; you ought to have a wifo and children into the bargain. And nut hnv- ing a wife, which no good man ought, to be without, and no children, which are also ne cessary, you deserve to he doubly taxed.— Go and present your case to some good lady, ns odo fit for her sympathy, and if you are deserving of it, you will eertninly fin’d it.” Tho editor of the Evansville Journal, too having lately taken to himself n wife, thus discoures to old bachelors— “ You did r” replied tho uidjady ; “ stop a hit , and tho old Indy thrust her finger in- Mtwii t Hi'-.n.um on tlui 20tli inet: Mi;; ii on die 3'2d for Vora Crup, it i. -U, '■ -reamer Saranac —rJVi O. Butlhln. ./•Tlie r.ti\ii?!ohn JJiriitiionieldnrosofowIn'uuiii- Ijer ihutftit-j-ai-j nfriil.t to (lecture their sentiments openly, and dulmfng to he -nod Union men. 8on- lo hor moulhjjand'felt it ail over—“yss--yes —it is soj” “ What is it, mother,” asked Jack Why,5 said the old lady, “ i believe- I have got i>n6 old snag left yet /” Jack did the business Letter from Mr- Owens. Havana, Sept. 16th, 1851. Dear Sir :--I thank you for your kind let ter of tho 27lh ult., relative, in tho reports iti circulation respecting mysolf nnd the part I neted at the time of tho execution of tho prisoners on the 16th August. Tho necessity of preparing communica tions for tho Departments ofthe Government, leaves mo but a short liino to reply, hut in this time, I will ondcavqr briefly to givo you the material facts. * ' Bosiding about four miles from this place, and being unwclj, 1 did not roach tny office till after the hour of ten on tho morning of tho 16th—whore, for tho first timo, 1 heard of tho cnpluroot about fily of tho men who had corno in tho steamer Pampero with Lo pez. At tho sumo limb; l. heard that the prisoners had been tried, found guilty, con demned, ordered to ho executed, and that they were about being removed Irom tho plnco where thoy were, on board a steamer in the bar bur, to llio plnco of execution. Had thero boon tirrCjT «<u!d havo requested to see tho prisoners, to become their messen ger, nnd to receiYe such things es they de sired to send to their fr.endshut I had riot time. And l heard that they had sent for a gent'emad fron New Orleans, known person ally lj soino of them, mid had dolivetcd to him whatever messages and articles they wished. I have conversed with that gentle man, nnd ho has informed mo that ho receiv ed these things, nnd that ho administered to their cumfort nil that could ho done. I wns entirely satisfied, at tho lime, tint the exe cution having already been ordered, would not he postponed , nnd 1 have been confirm ed hy tho highest authority hero, thet 1 could not lmvo asked to do anything more than had already boon done hy one for home tlie prison ers sent, nnd who had nover expressed n wish lo seo mo. Tito charge of iudiflcrcuca to tlie dreadful condition of those ill fated men, is a base falsehood, nnd a foui culuinny ; and there cannot he utty one, who knows me, w ho wllf believe such a charge to l>o true. Jf it wero tho Inst word I should ever speak, I must solemnly declare that, in my judgement, nt the time, nnd under the cir cumstances, it wns not in my power either to havo had nn interviow With tiro prisoners, or to havo dono anything in their behalf. A. F. OWEN. Ai.ex. C. Morton, Esq., Columbus, Ga. “Whut are you fit for in this world ?-- Whnl good are you doing your country ?— What are you doing for posterity ? W' hat interest lmvo you in tho ‘generation yet un id of ? Whore will you b horn, you road of ? Whore will you be when old men, if your wild habits over permit you to arrive at a good old ago ? Won’t you he like lonely, seared and scathed trees, stand ing in a big clearing without n companion, nnd your life unprotected from tho frosts by young saplings nnd shrubs at his feet? Or won’t you be liko pumpkins in a cornefiold, more prominent because of your prodigious ugliness and loneliness, than the stalks nt your side Inden with golden grainl Hold your heads up and talk like men, whether you can act so or not. Now, don’t you feel ashamed of yourselves ? Look nt the girls about you, all smiles and sugar—hearts o- verflowing with love, ready to he spilled on the first good fellow that can touch their sympathies—feolingrich as cream, which hy a kindred spirit can soon be worked into but ter, nnd spread ovor your life until you aro Imppy as tho birds of spring. Look nt ’em, nnd feel tho disgusting position which you occupy in the cabbage gaiden of humanity. What aro you holding back Or ? Now just reform— put on your host looks nnd your other coat—visit the girls, ice crantn them, ploas them—then propose, get accep ted, marry, and the country will reply on you as a faithful and well-dispnsod citizen. Philadelphia Cii;/ Item. He had the Tin- Wo think we havo seen the following sto ry, hut it is good enough to repeat: Uncle Eh, ns we used to call him, among lost of good qualities, had a faiting'. He did loved good liquor, hut such was the state of his credit that no one could trust him.- He therefore ono day resorted to a trick, lo an swer tho great desire of oi his appetite. He took two ense bottles, put a quart of water into one them, thon pul a bottle in each pocket, nnd slnrled for the storo. "-- “I’ll toko a quart of your rum,’’ said' Un cle Eb, (is he placed tho empty bottle on the counter. Tho rum w-s put up, and (he bottle re placed in his pocket, when Uncle Eh phlled from his purse whnl nt n distance might seem a quarter of n dollar. “This is nothing but tin, Uncle Eb,” said the trader. “Eh, now it’s n quarter,” said Uncle Eb. “It’s tin,” said the trader, “ 1 shan’t take it.” “If,s all I’ve got.” “Very well, you can’t have the rum.’’ Uncle Eh, without much denturing, pulled from his pocket the quart of water. The trader took it, poured it into his rum barrel, nnd oil walked Undo Kb chuckling. Wool. Gnowixa in Indiana.—Mr. John son, of Lawrence county, is, wo believe, the first to make tho experiment with extraordi nary breeds of sheep, nnd has been entirely successful. That goutlemnn has n number of Leicester and Cot wool sheep, native ol South America, which yielded this yenr double the quantity of wool produced by the ordinary flocks, nnd a much finer nnd softer quality. Tho woul of the South Amorican sheep is from ten lo eleven inches in length, nnd thu usual weight of a fleece is from ton to twelve pounds, while that of Ihe common breeds ranges from three to six pounds per head. Air. Johnson gave no more attention to his imported sheep titan to his flock Of the ordinary breeds; and it is his opinion that they will roquire no more _ “ Lay Mill, I’cRgy ; JCnto will tnke care of | care than should be given to common stock. herself, I guess. “ Wall, the next morning about daylight) Bradley with his bridle in hi.- hnnd, come to the stable, and ns true as the hook of Gene sis, when ho saw the old roan’s sides, hoad and starn, he cussed and swore worse than you did, mister, when I come down on your toes.” “ After htcakhist that inornin’, Joe Davis come to my house, and snys he, “Bradley’s old roan is nearly <]cad—she’s cut oil to pieces, and can scarcely move.” . “ I want to know,” says I,-“how on nrtb did it happen ?” “ Now whilst 1 [Vincennes Gazelle Goi.n Mines in Canada 1 —‘Hit discovery of gold in the valley of the river Chaudierc has caused no little excitement during the present summer among the inhabitants of tho surrounding country, ana numbers have boon induced to try their fortunes in searching along tho numerous tributaries which flow into either sideof that river. No fewer than five Hundred Americans-, and many from New'Brunswick and Lower Canada, havo been “ prospecting” the place, but as few have any knowledge of gold washing, disap pointment has generally MATERNALINFLUENCE- During a lecture on Popular Education, re cently delivered, Gov. Briggs related the fol lowing impressive incident : “Twelve or fifteen yens ago, I left Wash ington three or four v celrs during the spring. While nt hone, I possessed myself ofthe let ters of Mr. Adams’ mother, and read them with exceeding interest. 1 remember nn ex pression in one of tho letters addroesed to Iter son, w hilo yet a hoy twelve yearn of ago, in Europe; says she, ‘I would rather see you laid in your grave than you should grow up a profane nr.d graceless hoy.’ After returning to Washington, 1 went over to Mr. Adams’seat one day, and said to him. Mr. Adnms,l have found out who niudo you !’ “ ‘What do you menn ?’ said lie, “1 replied,‘1 have been reading the letters of your tm ther !’ If I had spoken that dear name to somo little buy who find been Tor weeks away from Itis dear mother, his eye could not hnve flashed nunc brightly, or bis face glowed more quickly, than did the eye and thee of that venerable oilman when I prouunccd ‘die name ef his mother. He started up, in his peculiar manner, and em phatically said. ; / ““Yes! Mr. Briggs, ali that is good ine I owe to my mot hor. “Oh, what a testimony was that from th venerable mnn to his inotl'tr, who mid ' 11 remembrance all thcscenes in bis man ‘All that is good in me I owe to i Mothers! think nearly all

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Rome courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1849-18??, October 09, 1851, Image 1