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Rome, Georgia.
Mite over K. K. Omberg’s Clothing Store,
1 Jan. 16.1861.
FRANCIS H« ALLEN»
' WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Staple end Fancy Dry Goods It Groceries.
Receives now goods every week,
Romo. Qa. Jan. 2.1851.
PATTON It PATTON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Rome, Georgia.
Will pmctico in all tho counties of the Cher
okee Circuit. 8opt. B, 1860.
“ DANIEL H. PRINTIIP,
Agent for the Southern Mutual Insurance
Company at Rome, Ga,
Insures against loss by Fire. Also Lives of
Persons and Servants.
Checks on Charleston and Now York for solo
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Oct. 10,1860.
I COULTER A COLLIER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Rome, Georgia.
Fob. 8,1851.
LANIER HOUSE,
BY LANIEIl A SON.
BATHING ROOMS ATTACHED.
Macon. Oct. 2.1851.
N. B. A H. WEED,
Importenand Doalerain Hardware, Nails Ao,
Rroughton Street Savannah, Ga,
Nov. 14.1861: ly
JPHi
VOLUME 7.
ROME. GA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1851.
NUMBER 12.
fbr the Courier.
ODR LIFE IS AS A VAFODR.
Life like tho vapor of tho mom
Soon vanishes away,
Tho buoyant step across the lawn,
Lasts but atranslont day.
Health, strength and vigor spring tho nerves,
But for a little while,
And then we’ro mocked by sgo’e curves,
And youth’s sarcastic smiles.
Ere wo’re awaits with trembling tread
We march life’s dizzy road,
Ere wo begin to think, wo’re dead,
And laid beneath tho clod.
Oh, frail ao Utility, is man,
Child only of a day, t,
And lifts tho only llttlo span
To (lx for Judgment day.
0.
H, ARCHER A CO.
. Hegia Iron WiM’Si Richmond, Va.
MANUEACTURERS Of
Ami and Edge Tools, of the belt Charcoal
Iron nnd Cast Steel,
Alto, Manufacturers of Rail Rea l and Mer
chant Iron.
Bold nt Merchant's Prices and Warranted.
Nov. 14 1861. 3in
BETTER AND CHEESE EMPORIUM,
BY SEABORN GOODALL SAVANNAH.
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
Batter and Cheese, Direct from Goshen.
New York.
Nov. 14,1851. ly*
e. ii. heiis, Savannah. I ;. toster, lluncockco.
BEIIN A FOSTER,
Factors and Commission Merohants,
Savannah, Ua. •
Rxrr.RRKcn—J. Kuowlos.
Nov. 14:1851. ly*
LYON A (IKED,
Wholesale Praters in
Ready-Made Clothing, lints, Cnps, nnd Gen
tlemens’ Furnishing Goods.
Xas. W Cana.aiul~f> St Julian Sts. Savannah.
Nov. 14 1861. ly
E. F. YVOOO A CO.
WIim.HKAt.K AND URTAtls DEAf.KRS IN
BOOTS AND SHOES.
01 and 152, 1 Gibbons Building, near the
Market,Sign of the Large Boot, Savannah, Ga,
Nov. 14 1861.
ly
JOHN I. MIYEIt,
■•OMtrHii-Ha-wsiTrp
151 Rroa / Street Savannah Ua.
Nnv. 14. 1861. ly
N. D. KNAPP,
WHOLESALE ANO n’lTAII. nEAl.EIl IN
8ADDI.ES, BRIDLES, HARNESS, Ao.
Market Square Savannah On.
• Nov. 14. 1861. Om
Factors nod General Commission Morchants.
Drnulon and Ray Slrcds Savannah, Ua.
Nov. 14, 1861. l.v
PETER G. THOMAS,
Healer In Winilon -Snihf s,Blinds and Panel
Doors.
No. 150 Ran S’, Sarannah Go.
|»* Orders (Vpm the country promptly nt-
tendedto. tiff" Terms: Cash.
■Nov. 14 1861.lv.
CHAD. II. CAMPF1ELD,
171 Ron Street, Sarannah.
Healer 111 Agilnilliir.il Implemenlsof every
i kind, Burr Mill stones, Cottln Gins, Ac.
Nov. 14. 1851. fim«
WHERE ARE THEY 7
“ I stood amidst the scones of my childhood,
but tho Mends of my youth wore gono fiir
away. Tho trees wore stript of tholr bloom.
Tho guy carol of tho feathered songstors was
hushed; and devolution waved hor wings ovor
the deserted halls of Ivon. In tho bitterness
of despair, I called,—Where are they 1—and
tho distant hills gave hack the shout, and echo
answered ’ where 7’ ’’
Whore are they now, whore are they,
Tho loving nnd tho loved,
Who once In days departed
About this homestead moved 1
1 call, hut no one answers,
I speak, hut none will hoar.
Tho distant hills give hack my voice
And Echo answers—’where."
AVhoro Is tho loving Mother,
Who watched my early years,
AVlto knelt bestdo my couch,
And prayed for mo with tears;
Who guarded mo in childhood,
With tenderness and care 1
Tho soundinghtlls send hack my cull,
And Eoho whispers—" where 1"
Whoso Is tho kindly father,
Whoso lovo was doop and pure 1
1 see him here no longer
As in tho days of yore ;
Ills voice no nioro steals near mo
And vacant is his choir;
I call Ills name—but Echo,
In mockery answers—” where l"
AVliere are my kind young Sisters,
And Brotliora, where are they 1
Have they too gono nnd left mo,
Could nono among them slayl
Could none remain to bless mo, »
Will none my anguish share \
AVhoro arc they, Oh! where are they 1
Sad Echo answers—" where 1"
■AVIiore are they all, whore are they.
Will they return no more.
And social meetings o’er 1
My native bills arc round mo
But none 1 loved are lioru,
And when l cull where are they,
Cold Echo answers—'' whore."
Ah! who Is there to lovo mo,
Along life's lonely way,
Since those 1 fondly cherished,
llnve passed, all passed away;
I call but no one answers,
I speak, hut nono will hear,
The distant hills glvo hack iny voice,
And Echo answers—" AVhoro 1”
YONGE A ODEN,
‘ Faotoro and Commission Merchants.
No 01, I1"V Street, Savannah:
Will attend promptly to whatever hiisluess
may be eontldod to them.
Nov. 7,1851. l.v
W, P. YONOE. | w. ODEN.
77 ‘ D. MORRIS,
No. 7 Barnard, Street Sarantioh Go.
Bril IlnngcrandMnuiifiittiircrof nil kinds
of Fire-Proof Ha fes, Iron ltiilllngs, Locks
of crery description, Ae„ Ar.
O BREUS Ills services to die citizens of Sn
vnnnnli, nnrl Smicof Georgia. He is pre
pared :o till orders lor anything in tiro above
line, nt die shortest nollce, nnd on die inosl rea
sonable terms.
Nov. 14, 1851.
Personal Memorials of Daniel Wobstor.
Bach is tho tltlo of a printed pamphlet of
some sixty-odd pagos which lias just boon
printed fbr Its author by Messrs Gideon & Co.,
of this city. Tho preparation of It has ovl-
dontly been a labor of lovo, on tho part of
some purely literary (blond, since it Is chiefly
composed of those facts In Mr. Webster’s his
tory calculated to Illustrate his personal char
acter, tho worth of which nono but'his more
Intimate acquaintance have badopportultiosto
understand, and wo verily hollovo thattho word
politics doos not appear on-a singlo page of tho
wliolo work. Tho very great interest which
tho Public have long taken in Mr. Wobstor ns
an orator and statesman Will undoubtedly
cause tills pamphlet to ho extensively circu
lated. As a taste of Its quality, wo subjoin a
faw extracts from It.
Tho first tlmo that Mr. Webster’s eyes thll
upon tho Constitution of tho United States, of
which ho Is now universally acknowledged to
ho the Chief Expounder and Defender, It was
printed iqion a cotton pocket handkerchief,
according to a fashion of tho time, which ho
chanced to stumble upon In a country store,
and for which ho paid out of his own pockot,
all tho money lie lmd—twenty-dvo cents; and
the evening of tho day oil which ho thus ab-
talncd a copy was wholly devoted to its closo
and attentive porimt, while seated boforo a
blazing tiro, and by tho side of Ills father and
mother. What dreamer on that night, In the
wildest flights of his imagination, could have
scon tho result of that Incident or markod out
tho lAituro career of that Now Hampshire
boy 1
When Mr. Wobstor ivns about seven years
old Ills ftitlicr kept a house of public enter
tainment, whore tho teamsters, who travelled
on tho road, wore In tho habit of obtaining a
dinner nnd feeding their horses; and it is said
that tho Incipient orator and statesman fre-
quentiy ontortainod Ills fathor’s guests by
reading aloud ont of tho Psalms of David, to
the infinite delight of Ills rustic listeners. In
deed, It was customary for tho teumsters to
remark, as they pulled up their horses boforo
the Webster house, "Come, let's go in and
hear a psalm from Dan \Y,Inter " Even at
thatthno Ids voice was deep, rich and must
cal.
A few days after Mr. Wobstor hod entered
Exeter neademy, ho returned to his boarding
house ono evening in a very desponding mood,
and told Ids friends there that tho city boys
In tho acadomy wore constantly laughing nt
him because ho was at tho foot of his class,
nnd had come (Vom the backwoods, llis
friends endeavored to cheer him, and tolling
him that tho hoys would 'soon get tired of
their unhandsome conduct and that ho ought
to show himself nbova their foolishness. Mr.
Nicholas Emory, who was then an assistant
Matilda.
ing faculty of tho collego, however, bestowed
upon him a diploma, but, Instead of pleasing,
this commou-placo compliment only disgusted
him, and at tlio conclusion of tho commence
ment exorcises tho disappointed youth askod
a number of his classmates to accompany
him to tho green behind the college, whore, In
their prcscnco, he deliberately tore up his hon-.
orary document, and threw It to the winds,
exclaiming: “My Industry may make mo a
groat man, hut this miserable parchment can
not;'' and Immediately mounting his horse,
departed for homo.
Tho placo whore Mjr. Wobstor spent the
most of Ills time os a schoolmaster, was Fryo-
burg, In the State of Maine. Ho had been
Invited thither by a friend of llis fatlior, who
was acquainted with tho circumstances of the
fltraily. His school wn$ quite largo, and his
salary three hundred and fifty dollars, to
which ho added a considerable sum by dovot-
Ing his evenings to copying deeds in tlio nfllce
of tho county recordor, at twenty-five cents
per deed. IIo also found time during this
period to go through with Ills first reading of
Dlackstono's Commentaries, and other sub
stantial works, which have boon so good a
foundation to Ills after fUrne.
The writer onco questioned Mr. Wobstor as
to his personal appearance when officiating as
a pedagogue, and his reply was: “Long, slen
der, pale, and all eyes; Indeed, I went by the
name of all eyes the country round.”
During tho last summer, when returning
from a visit to tho White mountains, accompa
nied by his son Fletcher, ho wont ont of his
way to spond a day In tho town of Fryoburg.
Ho revisited, alter the lapse of half a-ccntury,
tlio oflfico of the recorder of doeds, and there
found and exhibited to Ms son two large hound
volumes of Ills own handwriting, the sight of
which was of course suggestive of manlfeld
emotions. Tho son testlflos that tho penman
ship Is neat and elegant; nnd Hie flithor, that
the ache Is not vet out of tlioso fingers which
so much writing caused them.
It is said by those who know Mf, AVcbster
at Fryoburg that his only recreation wlillo a
school teacher, was derived from trout fishing,
nnd that his Wodnesday and Saturday after
noons wore almost Invariably spent wandering
alono, wltn rod in hand and a copy of Slmks-
pearo in his pockot. along tlio wild and pictu
resque brooks of that section of country.
Tho birthplace and mountain fhrm of Mr.
AVcbstor having already been descrlbod In this
volnmo tho writer would now glvo on ac
count of Marsliflold. tho home, pre-eminently,
of the distinguished juntos'"an. Tho placo
thus designated Is In tlio town of Marshfield
county Plymouth, nnd State of Massachu
setts. It Is more of a magnificent Ihrm. with
elegant appendages, than the more olognntre-
IIO It E It T FIDNLAY,
MANUTAOVeilEn op
gleam Engines, Boilers, Machinery, Ac,
AND DEALER IN
MILL STONES of every description. Steam
Saw Mills, Circular nnd Straight, put up in
superior style.
Mnciin. August 21 1751.
. GEORGE JONES,
iNpnnvEit np and dealer in
CROCKERY AND GLASS WARE,
Macon, Georgia.
X AM confident liliii I can make it to tho
interest of Merolmntt to buy their sup.
plies of Croekry In Macon, if they will give
a eunnee Call nod sco lor yourselves.
Assorted crates* of nil sizes always on hand.
~ Muoon, July 21, 1851. dm
Ware-Houso and Commission Business.
IV. OlISLEY & SO.Y,
Mur on, Go.
GODFREY, OISLEY & CO.,
Savannah, Ga.
E. GODFREY. N. OUSI.F.Y, R. F. OUSEF.Y.
11-
.W«H. UNDERWOOD & J.W.H. UNDERWOOD*
’•UTTUI Practice Law in all the Counties of
'▼V the Cherokee Circuit, (except Dade.)
They will both personally nttend nil the
/lourts. .T. W. II. UNDERWOOD will at
tend the Courts of Jnckson und Hnbershnm
' counties of the V^stern Circuit. Both will
attend tho sessions of tho Supremo Court at
iGnssville and Gainesville. All business **n-
frusted to them will he promptly and faith
fftvBy attended to,
‘ OFFICE uextdoor to Hooper & Mitchell,
‘VBuenn Vista House,” Rome, Cm., nt which
place one or both will nlways bo found, except
bsent oil professional Ijijsiness.
Jan .23 JP31
CIURLES P. LEVY,
Engine Builder, Machinist and
► Founder.—Is prepared to Ibrnish all kinds
Engines nnd Mill Castings, having
n extensive asao^tntent of patterns of the.
ewest and most approved kinds. Oust Iron
jPqter. IVhcclt, of several patterns, of a ehnr-
[ peter that \ytll suit nil eitunrton?.
[ 1 v Tile Oeuiulgee Foundry.
Cotton Avenue, near Ihe Mason fir Western
epot, Has peculiar advantages in fitting up
Jsam Saw J/i7/«,-the Proprietor having.had
peat experience Iti that business. Many of
“ Mills are now in use in this State.
here is a constant supply of Gin Gearing,
un Press Pulley*, &c , kept on hand.—
‘JJdnds of finished Machinery
August 21, IS 1
From the Gospel Messenger,
JAMAICA.*
Fair arc thy skies, Jamaica,
That bond above his gravo !
Low aro tho whisp’rings of tho flowers
That lightly o’er him wave!
Von mountain hath one sacred spot,
It wearcth as a crown,
And there, as weary, tolling up,
To steep they laid him down.
They knew ho would have loved' tho place,
And there Ids grave they rtrest,
AA’hcre shadows from the Mango trees
Might play across his breast.
They knew the carticst sunbeams there
ATouhl thll about Tils head,
And tills seemed meet for one who passed
So early to the dead.
Oh, Mother ! in that hour they wept,
And thought upon tho sea,
AYhoso White-winged ships would nevermore,
Como Joyously to theo 1
Oh, for tho trembling, yearning hnpos
Crushed with that peaceful day I
God of tho broken hearted ! might
This cup but pass away i
But no 1 tlio hand that fiuhtoncth
The stars about tho throne,
And is it shortened from the paths
Through which lie leads His own 1
And this thy child—how sure his feet
AYore planted toward the day I
As step by Btep he passed, our gaze
AVas upward—nnd away'.
Tho trea ures of his youthful toils,
Siveet relics have they brought,
And laid them, mother, at thy feet,
Themes of his growing thought 1
He seemed thro' all earth’s beauteous things
To catch the distant light I
And turning, asked tlio “ narrow way”
Tlio heavenly hills In sight.
Fair bo thy skies, Jamaica,
Tlmt bend above Ills grave,
Low, low tho whispering of thy flowers
That lightly o’er him wavo!
There is a clime where Ilopo no moro
Shall agonize with Death !
There is a clime where lovo shall livo
Upon immortal breath 1
There is a fold—a bright, bright fold,
AYhoso Shepherd's gentle breast
Pillows tho lovod, far, Inr among
The sinless and tho blest!
List, mother! “ Tho' tho night be long
At morn shaft thou rcjoico 1"
It is tho Lord from Heaven, who speaks 1
It Is tho Shepherd's voice! l. s. w.
of Store nnd Dwelling houses
amine samples of Miner-
' ‘ark,at ' '
♦Died of Consumption hi tho Island of Ja
maica, Dee, 7,, 1860, FaANX Goss, aged 16
•cars, son of Mra._F. M. Qobb, of New York.
led ivitli young Webster’s troubles, and, as ho
had the management of the second or lower
class lie treated his desponding pupil with
marked kindness nnd particularly urged him
to think of nothing hut his hooks, nnd tlmt
nil would yet come out bright. Tills advice
was heeded, and nt the end of tho first quar
ter Mr. Emery mustered his class in a line,
and formally took the arm of young AYebstor,
and inarched him from the foot to tho extreme
head of the class, exclaiming, in tho moan
while, that this was his proper.positlon. Such
an event had for many days buen anticipated,
but when actually accomplished tlio remain
der of the class were surprised and chngrincd.
The triumph greatly encouraged tho boy
Daniel, and lie renoived his cUorts with his
hooks. He did not doubt but tho t there wore
many hoys in tho class ns smart os himself,
if not smarter; and lie looked with some anx
iety to the summing up of tlio second quar
ter. The day arrlvcdrthoclnss was mustered,
nnd Mr. Emery stood bclbro it, when the
breathless silence was broken by tlicBC words:
'■Daniel AVcbster, gather up your books and
take down your cap."
The hoy obeyed, nnd, thinking that lie was
about to be expelled from school, was sorely
troubled about the causo of tho calamity.—
The teacher saw this, but soon dispelled tho
illusion, for he continued : “Now, sir, yon will
please report yourself to'the toucher ol tho
first class,- and you, young gentlemen, will
toko an affectionate leave of your classmate,
u for you irilt never sec him again." That
teacher Is still living, is a man of distinction,
and' has over boon a warm tVicnd of his for
tunate pupil.
In Ills fifteenth year he was privileged to
spend sonic months witli one of the more pro
minent clergymen of the day, tlio Rev. Sam
uel Woods, who lived at Doscawcn, and pro
pared boys for college at ono dollar a week-,
for tuition and board. During his stay with
Dr. Woods lio was apparently very negtectfril
of Ills academic duties, hut never failed to
form all his intellectual tasks with groat cred
it. On ono occas'ioirtlic-revoroml tutor thought
proper to give his scholar Daniol a scolding
for spend ng too much of Ids tlmo upon tho
hills and along tlio streams, hunting nnd fish
ing, lint still complimented 1dm for his smart
ness. The task assigned fo him for liis next
recitation was one hundred lines of A’irgil;
nnd, os he know that his master lmd an en
gagement on tlio following morning, an idon
occurred to him. and he spent the entire night
poring over his books. Tlio recitation hour
finally arrived, and tho scholar acquitted him
self of his hundred linos ami received tho tu
tor’s approbation. “But 1 have a lhw more
lines tlmt I can recito," raid tlio boy Daniel.
"Well, let us have them,” replied the doctor;
and forthwith tho boy reeled off another hun
dred lines. “Very remnrkablo," raid the doc
tor, "yon aro indeed a smart boy.” “But I
have another,” said tho scholar, "and flvo’
hundred of them, if you please.” The doc
tor was of course astonished, but, as lie be
thought him of his engagement, lie begged to
be excused, and added, “You may liavo
the whole day, Dan, for pigeon shooting.”
Mr. AYehstor went through college in a man
ner that was highly creditablo to himself anil
gratifying to his friends. IIo graduated in
1801, nnd though it was universally believed
that Ho ought to receivo, and would receive,
tiio Valedictory, that houor was not conferred
. upon him, bat, upon one-, whoso . oppaq has
•inco passed into ft
slilcnec of a gentleman; a place indeed which,
out freqnont use of tlio word baronial. It lies
some thirty miles from Boston comprehends
about two thousand acres of undulating and
marshy land, and slopes down to tlio margin
of the ocean. Tho original owners of tho
land now combined In one estate, wore Na
thaniel Ray Thomas, a noted loyalist, who
was tho hero of Trumbnll’s poem of McFln-
gal, and the fumons Winslow fkmily, which
has given to Massachusetts, as colony and
State, a number ol her earlier governogi. It
camo Into Mr. AVebsler's possession somo
where about twenty-five years ago, and Is the
domain where ho has chiofly gratified his
taste for and exhibited his knowledge of the
Interesting science of agriculture. Tho great
good that he has hero accomplished in that
particular can hardly he estimated; hut for
all tho pains nnd trouble which the placo has
cost him, tho proprietor is amply rewarded by
the Ihct that ho Is now tho owner of ono of
the very best farms in the wliolo country.
Like Elms Farm, Marshfield 1ms nlso its
tenent or superintendent, whose nnmo Is Por
ter Wright, nnd who in all particulars Is am
ply qualified for Ills responsible position —
From him was gathered tlio infonnation that
when Mr. Webster canto to Marshfield the
farm yielded only some fifteen tons of English
liay, wlillo tho product in this particular dur
ing tlio present year amounted to nearly four
hundred tons, in adltion to two hundred tons
of salt hay ; also ofcomolglit hundred bush
els, potatoes ono thousand bushels, oats five
hundred bushels, turnips five hundred bush
els, and beets four hundred bushels. In 1825
tho Inhabitants of Plymouth county know
nothing of kelp and sea-weed as articles that
would enrich their lands; but Mr. AVebster
discovered their value, set tho example of
using them, profited thereby and they are
now considered so indispensable tlmt some
of tlio farmers In the country will team it a
distance of thirty miles. Principally at his
own expense Mr. AVebsteh laid out a road to
tho beach on which tho kelp was thrown by
tho sea; and nota singlo ton of tho articlo Is
known to have drawn on tho land before ho
went to Marshfield. In October of this year
ono hundred and fifty teams wore employed
after a stormiin drawing this rich manure ore
to the estates adjoining Marshfield, exclusive
of those engaged by Mr. Porter AVright.—
And some of Mr Webster's neighbors allege
that thoy could well afford to glvo him flvo
tons of hay a yoar for having taught them the
use of ocean manure. In olden times, too, it
was hut precionB seldom that the traveller's
eye fell upon any hut a wood-colored Uouso In
the vicinity of Marshfield Farm, whilo now
neatly painted dwellings may be seen in every
direction, nnd many of their occupants ac
knowledge that Mr.'Webster lias not only
helped them to mako money by giving them
employment, but has also taught thorn how
to make themselves comfortable. Somo of
them, Indeed, go so far as to say that if tho
town of Marshfield should mako Mr. AYeb-
btes a present of thirty thousand dollars thoy
would only ho rendering an adequate return
for his agricultural services. He has not on
ly taught them how to enrich tlielr soils, but
in stocking his own fhrm with tho very boit
of blooded cattlo ho has also, with allbcmc
hand, scattered them, upon tlio firms of his
neighbors.
• .Indeed, the raising of lino cattle is Mr.
Webster's agricultural hobby,^and. It la^.a
rare treat to take a walk
adjoining his Lvcrllpwlng barns, and to hear
him descant upon the goodness and beauty of
Ills Aldomoy cows, with their gazetted eyes,
or tb$ brilliant color of his Devon oxen, and
contrasting their excellencies with those which
distinguish tho breeds of Hertlbidshlro and
Ayrshire. A betterjudge of cattle than he is
notto befbundany where; and though his
stables are abundantly supplied' with horses,
(brthesehoontertnlnsno uncommon attach
ment; but, then again, fbr sheep and swine
he has a partiality. Of tho latter animal ha
onco raised a singlo litter of twelvo, which
were nil entirely-white, and when killed aver
aged in weight no lesa than (bur hundred
pounds. And those who haven passion for
the oddities of the quadruped world may, by
taking d short walk Into a particular field, have
a sight of several South American lamas,
which help to give a romantic character to
tho fitrm. And when the render comes to
add to tho Ibregolng throo varieties of gecso,
ducks ofall kinds domesticated in this coun
try, Guinea hens, peacocks, and Chinese poul
try to an almost unlimited extent, lie may
well amagino that the living animals of
Marshfield compose a “ cattle show ” of lie
common order.
The mind that has tho good sonso to enrich
Marshfield Farm with so much of tlio usefril
and Interesting lias also covered It with the
results of the most refined taste. Tho flower
garden, for oxnmplo, covors noarly an acre of
ground, and contains tho richest and most
beautiful varieties of plants peculiar to tho
country.
Of finest treos, too, thoro is a multitudi
nous array, of evory slzo and overy variety;
and It has been estimated that at least one
hundred thousand of them have grown to
tholr present slzo from seeds planted by Mr.
WnnsTEn’s own hands ; for, as ho has often
said, when ho originally came to Marshfield
lie was too poor a man to think of patronizing
such establishments os nurseries, even If they
had existed to any extent. Of fruit treos
there la also an extensive collection; and
while ono orchard contains somo three hun
dred trees, that remind one of the Pilgrim
Fathom, so wcathcr-bcnton and worn in their
attire are they, another, of a thousand trees,
presents tho appearance of an army of youth-
nil warriora ; and then the Ihrm is so appro
priately intarsoctod with roads, and avenues,
gravelly walks and shady pathways, that evo
ry thing which tlio visiter notices seems to
he In exactly the right place, and Is so com
pletely come-at-able that tlio idea of being
ftitlgucd never enters the mind; nnd how
pre-eminently Is tills the esse when the visiter
is accompanied In Ills walks by the ruling
spirit of that placo, os well os of tho country
Itself! But the valuo and pictorial beauty
of Marshfield are greatly enhanced by the
mansion, of n trio of llttlo lakes, all of them
fed by springs of tho purest water. Tho two
smaller ones are tho (hvorito haunts of tho
common geeso nnd tlio duck tribes; but tho
larger one, which studs tho landscape very
charmingly, Is the exclusive domain of a largo
flock of wild gecso which Mr. AVEnsTER lias
domesticated. Ho informed the writer that
his first attempts to tamo these bcautifril
creatures were all unsuccessful, until tho Idea
oceuredtolilm that perhaps they might bo
made contented with tholr civilized abode pro
vided they could have awarded to them small
sedgy Islands, such ns were found at tholr
breeding places In tho fiir north, where they
might make tlielr nests and remain undis
turbed by the Ibx and other prowling animals.
Tlio experiment was tried; and, while tho
gecso wore rendered contented with their lot,
tho lake itself has been greatly Improved In
picturesque beauty by its wild yet artificial
Islands. Indeed, tlio rural scenery of Marsh
field is all that could be desired by the pain
ter or tho poet; bu( when they coma to add
thereto an immenso expanse of marsh land,
veined with silver streams, dotted with islands
of unbroken forest, skirted with n fiir-roacli-
ing beach, and hounded by tho hluo ocean,
they cannot but ho deeply Impressed with tho
magnificence of its scenery.
It now becomes necessary to mention tlio
buildings of Marshfield Farm. They num
ber somo two or three dozen, at the least cal
culation, embracing the mansion and adjoining
out-houses, the residence of the chief tenant,
tho dairyman’s cottogo, the fisherman’s house,
the landlord's agricultural ofllco, several largo
barns, the gardener’s house, and a vnrioty of
subordinate buildings. But tho clilof attrac
tion is tlio mansion itself; tho main part of
it was built in 1774, but It lias been moro
than doubted In size since then, and now ap
pears like a modern establishment. It stands
upon the summit ofa grassy lawn, is partly
overshadowed by a stupendous elm, and is
completely surrounded with a piazza. The
ground floor alone contains no less than nine
handsomely ftimishcd rooms, all opening iuto
each other, the largest and most westerly ono
being a Gothic library. Pictures, pieces of
statunry, choice engravings, and curiositios
of every inscription arc displayed in the great
est profusion, and tho feminine taste overy
where manifested gives a peculiar interest to
the wliolo establishment. Among tho more
prominent art attractions nre portraits of Mr.
AYebster, by Stuart nnd Ilealoy; ono of Lord
Ashburton, by Ilontey;: ono of Judgo Story,
by Harding; portraits .of Fletcher AVcbster
and wife; ono of the Into Edward AVebster;
a Roman Girl, fey Alexander; Cattle pieces,
by Fisher; marblo busts of Mr. Wohster
himself nnd ofMr. Prescott, ami a bust and
vory bcautifril crayon drawing of “ Julla,” tho
Into Mrs. Apploton. Tho Inst mentioned por
trait took a most powerflil hold upon tho
writer’s Imagination from the moment ho first
beheld It; and this Impression was greatly
strengthened by discovering that the spirit of
tills departed daughter, nnd most lovely, gift
ed, nnd accomplished woman, scorned to per
vade the entire dwolling, where she had been
tho Joy of many hearts. To her was Mr.
AYedster indohted for Iris library, as It now
appears, (or it was hulltaftor hor own design ;
end a moro delightftil place, especially when
Mi;.'AYEnsfEn Is present, sodtod in his arm
chair, and In a talkatlvo mbod, could not bo
"t. AVehsteb’s entire col-
thourand dollars; but his law lihnA y Is in
Boston ; Ills agricultural and natural history
library inn small ofllco building, situated in
one corner of tlio Marshfield gunlen ; while
the miscellaneous library Is alono collected In
tho Gothic library hall. But the works hero
collected aro all of a standard and substan
tial charactor.os tlio following specimens will
show ; (hr hero are to bo found Audubon’s
Birds of Amorica ; tho Encyclopaedia Britan-
ntea; the best editions of Bacon. AYasliIngton,
and Franklin ; all tho dictionaries that wore
overheard of; ovory thing good In the way
of history and poetry, tagetfior with an exten
sive sprinkling of tho old divines. And so
much for a general description of Marsh
field.
Outrage on the Fromethus.
Capt. Churchill, of tho steamer Promethus,
publishes tlio following letter:
To tho Editors—San Juan, Nov. 211851—
Gentlemen—In order to correct nny misstate
ment that may ho mndo of tho ctrcumstaiicu
of tlio English brig of war Express firing Into
tho Promethus, I beg of you to give tho fol
tewing statement an insertion in your paper;
' - At2P. M., Iwonttomy ship underweigh
to proceed to sea, having but just received
the last of onr passengers from the Pacific
steamer, including In all about 600. At this
momont tlio cltyauthorltlosofGroytoivu, con
stituted as they stated, by the authority of tlio
Mosquito King, came on board tho ship with
police force, and solved a process of attach
ment on the ship nnd myself, fbr tho amount
of $128, claimed by the authorities (hr present
nnd arrearage Port duos, charged the ship,
which was supposod to ho illegally demanded,
and I had consequently rcftiscd to pay them,
as I did in the prosont instance. Tho port
dues are made up from tho night of tho an
chorage In tho Harbor, by tho Captain of the
Ports, Fees and Pilotago.
1 hove up my anchor nnd dropped down tho
harbor with tlio current, having alongside ono
of tho river steamers, receiving from her the
baggage of the passengers. T ho' English brig
of war, lying a short dlstanco from us, Imme
diately got undor weigh, made sail for us,
and when within a quarter ofa mile from us,
fired a round shot over tho forecastle, not
clearing the wlicel-liouso over ten tl-ot,—In a
few minutes another shot was tlrad, wldcli
passed over the stem so near that tlio force
of the hall was distinctly felt by several pas
sengers I sent a boat on board tho brig to
enquire tlio cause of their firing Into us.
The Captain stated It was to protcet the au
thorities of Grey town in tlielr demands, and If
wo did not Immediately anchor ho would fire
a bomb shell Into us, and ordered his gnns
loaded with grape and canister shot; at tho
same tlmo our small steamer left us, and Pro
ceeded undor steam hack to an anchorage,
nnd anchored very near us—sent a boat on
board of us with orders Hint our fires should
bo put out, and that an officer would bo, sent
on hoard to sco that the fires were extinguish
ed. Tho authorities then came on board, and
uniter tlio circumstances of tlio caso the
amount demanded was paid, under protest,
end we were permitted to proceed to sea by
the Captain of tho brig.
Respectfully your obedient servant,
HENRY CHURCHILL,
Captain Steamship Promethus.
AYe learn from the Southern Sentinel, pub
lished at Colnmbus, Ga., that soverai months
sines the family of the editor of that journal
was alarmed by a sudden and tremendous
explosion, about ten o’clock at night, In an
ndjolning room. Upon inquiry, it was ascer
tained tlmt the hollow brass knob on the top
ofa common andiron had exploded, throwing
a fragment of It with great forco Into tho
celling. The report was louder than a pistol,
and tlio knob was thrown with sufficient pow
er to have killed a man. Tlio circumstanco
was attributed to tlio sudaon expansion of
the air confined within tho knob, hut os such
un occurence lmd never boon known before,
and the explanation was regarded unsatis
factory, no mention was made of It. The re
currence, however, in Columbus, oftivo semi-
lur accidents within the last ten days, has in
duced him to mention tho fact as a caution to
housekeepors and otliora against tlio uso
andirons of this dccription. The editor states
that lio has known now throo diflfcrcnt explo
sions under exactly similar circumstances—
all of them fortunately harmless, hut in each
cose tho fragment of tho knob was thrown off
with forco enough to have kilted or seriously
wounded nny one whom it might liavo struck,
and suggusls if they aro used, theknok should
have a hole drilled In it of sufficient size to
admit tho free escape of any air that it may
contnin.
Terrible and Fat^^nEwtT
A most melancholy and heart r
dent occurred near PlattaviUo, Monro
on Sunday last. The family of Robert Winn. I
who resides near Forsyth, consisting of Ml
Mrs. AVInuaisl four interesting children, hi
been on a visit to some relations, nnd we
turning in a barouche driven by a nog
approaching the rail road, it is suppe
tho boy drove the mules too near t
and stopped them for the purpose ol
tho train pass. The mules, however, 1
fr ightened, and dashed across the tritcV
diatoly In front of tho cars. They escaped un
hurt; but tho train, running at nearly full speed
came in full contact with Ilia barouche crush
ing It to atoms—killing (lip driver instantly,
and carrying tho fragments, together with the
unfortunate victims, somo two hundred yards
Upon tho cow-catcher 1 The siieetnclo, »i y
lo1d, was beyond conception. Mrs. Yf Inn won
horribly mangled, but will probably snrvire.
One child, a year old, cliod' soon after the »c-
cldont. Tho ctlior three children were still
alive on Monday, but no lioprs were entertain
ed of tlielr recovery. Medical aid was prompt
ly furnished by the- President of tlio Compoay
and wo understand that ovory kindness has
been extended to tho suflhrrors by Dr. Winn
nnd other gentlemen In tlio neighborhood. It
Is supposed by somo that tho negro was In
toxicated, ns tlio fragments of abroken bottle
were found In his pocket after death, and his
coat was saturated with spirit,. We under
stand that Mrs. Winn herself floes not attach
any particular tilniiio to the Engineer. The
caliimfty was haloed a sad ono, and Mr. Winn
deserves, ns ho will rccolVo, tho sympathies of
the public. Mrs. Winn, wp nndcrstasd, Is the
daughter of Mrs. Tliarpo of tills county.— ’
Macon Messenger.
A Big Lump.
A California correspondent of tho Journal
ofCommcrcc writes from. San Francisco ns
fellows, lmdcrdnte of October 14tli:
A few days since I had the pleasure of
meeting with a miner just down fr-omthe mines
who, with three others, had been fortunate in
talcing out the enormous sum $86,040 in three
days, fromn place, called " Yankee Slid'e," on
the American river. He, told me that nature
had changed tho courso of tho river nt that
point, and after working three weeks in re
moving tho dirt which lmd thus been washed
into the orginal bed of the river, they succeed
ed In ono lump of pure gold wolghlng two
hundred and eighty-two ounces, which, with-
other Small pieces, they collected, in all, with
in three days time, the sum as before named,
of thirty-five thousand six hundred and forty
dollars.”
DemXoe to the Cotton Crop.—The
Natchez Courfer of the 21st says;
"AVo understand that tho late frost and
rain did vory great harm to tho cotton crepe
In this vicinity, especially In several of the
opposite Louisiana parishes. A friend tells.ua
that on his plantation in Concordia, and ™ ;
two others in this vicinity, too loss will bo
quite 600 bales, or about 20 per cent on too
entire crop; these torpo plantations making
aliout'2,500 bales. Ho also informs us that
tho damago Is not an isolated one.
The Savannah Reception.
Of-courso ovory body knows that tlio assem
bled wisdom of Georgia, headed by Ills Ex
cellency and his Cabinet, made a grand de
scent upon Savannah, much to tlio annoyance
oystora & mullet In tlmt vicinity and croakers
in other parts of the State. To our mind tho.
whole affitlr was most happily conceived and
magnificently executed. Tlio following ad
dress or Mayor Arnold on tho reception of the
distinguished visitors nnd the response ofGov.
Cobh, will be read, wo doubt not, with much,
interest—Ed. Cou. n - zs
Slay it please your Excellency, nnd Gentle
men, Officers and Members of the General'
Assembly of tlio State efi Ghorgla, and Offi
cer* of Its State Government: ■ roa
Tlio citizens of Savannah, desirous of pro*,
motlng that good will which-should ever exist
amongst tlioso who inhabit tho same State,:
with great unanimity nnd cordiality, deter
mined to oxtend to you an invitation, fo vislfe
our city In your official capacity. Tlio Intel
ligence that you had nocopted' that Invitation
caused n feeling of universal satisfaction ■
throughout our community. . w -i
Upon mo, ns its Chief Magistrate, has de
volved tlic pleasing duty of welcoming you-
this day, us tho guests of tho City, of Savon--
nail. There U no citizen of Savannah whose
heart docs not this day beat with emotions
of prido and' pleasure to soo too Executive-
nnd Legislative branches of too Empire Slate
of too South, now standing within our limits,:
os our hon on reef guests. Coming as you do,-
feom overy point in tho State, Savannah has-
thus the pleasure of extending tho right-
ivlthln her wide-spread borders. Tho East
nnd tho West, too North and tho South, moot'
here together on common ground; toe Savan
nah nnd foe Olmttahoocheo tnlngte toelr' wa
ters ; too Mountain stoops to' emhraeo too
Seaboard. May this over ho homo In rc-
momhmnco by all here prosont, as typical of
that common Interest which hinds us all to
gether as citizens of the snrao State:
It cannot bo denied, that there has been »
want of that congeniality of feeling which
ought to exist between tho commercial metro*'
polls of too Stato and tlioso residing in tho
interior. I will not undertake to discuss the
causes of this llttlo fhmily coolnoss, nor to'
striko tho balance of right Ira too matter ; hut
I cravo your indulgence to say that we believe
that it arises from a mlsapprehcnslbn* of out
truo feelings towards our brethren ofllie in
terior. AVith them wo have a common Inter
est in tho wolfaro of onr flivored. Stato ; we
liavo united in,every effort to promote It, be-
lioving that tlio prosjierity of tho wliolo in
cluded the advantage of tho part. AVo have
over boon anxious to remove all mistrust ns
to our motives ; and to prove, that tlio ad
vantage of ono pnrt, may, without dctrilnent
to other parts; redound to tlio prosperity of
too whole. A few years since, Georgia, was
asleep ns to too dcvolopomont of iiut immcnso
resources by n liberal system of Intqmni...Im
provement. Tho oxtent of hcrdctlon pn that
subject went hut llttlo frirther than digging,
logs from tlio hods of our rivers above tide
water wlion thoy wore low, and waiting
ticntly for too rains of heaven to furnish the
water to fill tho cliannel. : , .,,,
Tlio enterprise and example of other Stater
aroused Georgia from hor lethargy. Thocner-
gy ofa contiguous State, which had built a
Rail-Road to her borders that threatened' to
render her a more tributary, alarmed her In
terest and awakened hor prido. A -richl and
compared to hor own seaport, a largo and po
pulous city, offered overy temptation for tlio
wealth of our own State to drop Into her own
lap. A -feeling of despondency began .to. pro-
vatl amongst rnauy. Georgia was ’ evidently
lagging in the race of INDUSTRY. But ft*
1835, “a change camo o’er that spirit of her
dream.” About that time, tlio city ofiSayan-
nali, at her own corporate expense, sent dele
gates to represent her at Knoxvillo :in too
great Rail Road Convention held thoro. -.A
new spirit was roused over tho State; arid-toe
session of toe Georgia Legislature of that year
laid the foundation of that scries of Internal
Improvements, which by the Union of Staten
and private capital, have placed Georgia in tho
van, as one of tho most enterprising and en
ergetic States of our great confederacy. The
climax was reached' wttn a few days since,
when for tlic first lime, a car loaded willi cot
ton on the banks of tho Tennessee, discharged
its freight on the bluffs of the Savannah'.
As citizens of Suvantmh, \vc .took back to
that period with proud satislhdion; Ibr to a#
set of men conliLmoro credit bo awarded the*
to too delegation then representing Chat
County—Mathew Hall McAllister, Will
YY. Gordon, John Milieu, nnd George
To their'untiring efforts uudenlighi
the city of Savannah stood <['
Throo qf too four have
—“ undiscovered co-in
n-cllcr rot: