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Newspaper Page Text■s&h'tisd?. Yteras of Advertising; will be inserted Mteedteneott* AdnitM- i at SPpersqoareof IS Haw or loss, for the 11ft punts flir Mch H O. FARRE&lfS H1M1IT Mfl- ME NT. TRIUMPHANT OVER DISEASES. This truly great medicine still goes on, eon- many a poor By it* pow- >Bf and anodyne idea, it res tores the ore ofluaba which have been pabM for years; and by its singular pow. «r by repnxlacinj?-tbe synovial fluid, or joint water, it cures all disease* of the joints with For rheumatism, and aif. ’ the spine had spleen, it has prorod and for affections of thelangy, it is a amt valuable and powerfnl aaxiliaryalso, for all diaeaees of the gland*, scrofula, goitre or swelled neck, etc., ote. And Indeed for almost any disease an ex. ‘ application is roqairat. this nedieina “ led. Sprains, bruises, cramps, Its, boras, tto, are speedily l by it From the Bou. Peter Menard.'one of th« oldest wfdt/i w fthWt. ■ RpmnaplMwra to add w>y testimony to tba rirtns ef yaw great medicine. One of my blooded bones bad aswalling over the cap of the knee, about tbe site of a hen’s egg. Some saiH it wars strain; nnd some.'that it was die and mold not be 1 oil cedar on it. and all the Uni [ ointments, and they did no raor- water. I then, by persuasion of me friends, tried H. 8. FarrrfTar Arabian Linimenty and I was happy to find it lake effect after a few dayn and it finally eared the noble animal en terely. Ik w decidedly the protest liniment for bone’s, ns wellashamaa fllesh. lever knew. Tremoat, Taswdl ca. IU. March 16*4, 1849, PALSY OR PARALYSIS. '^-Thadens Smith, of Mad Creek, Taawell eoun tr. Illinois. nays: “I had lost the we or my arm for more than a year, by palsy or paralyste; the flesh had entirely withered away, leaving nothin- bat skin, moraleand bone. I tried all the best doctors. and all tbs remedies I could bear of, bat they did no good. I then' com man out the p*e «f Farrelfa Arabian Liniment, and a few buries entirely eared me, and my arm L< now « strong and fleshy as the other it is also first rate for barns, sprains and braises: against, anotbe has lately made its appearr Farrell's Arabian Liniment, „ the counterfeits,. be- t bis haring the name of Farrell, manv it ia good faith, withont the kcowl ! a counterfeit exist?, and they will per baps only discover their error when tba. span obs mixture has wrought ite evil eflects. The gewaiae article is mansfaetnred only by R 8. Farrell, sole Inventor and proprietor, and wholesale druggist, No. 17 Main street, Peoria, HBtelcw to whom aU applies ttions for Agencie? wnkt be addressed. Be mare yon get It with the letters H. O. before FarreTFs, thus—H. G. FARRELL'S—and hit signature on the wrap per, all others are counterfeits. Sold by Kendrick A Pledger, Melville G. B. F. Mattox, Mt Hickory C. Brown, Coosa P. 0. Rranner A Movers, Summerville Robe rt-Battey, Wholesale Agent, Rome and by regularly authorized agents throughout the United States. Price 25 and 50 cents, and $1 per bottle. AGEN TS WANTED In every town, village and hamlet in the.United States, in which one is not already established. Address IL G. Far rell as above, accompanied with good reference as to character, responsibility, Ac. T. £ eddlemaN&bro. < Atlanta, Georgia, on hand and for sale, at a large assortment of LEATHER. LASTS. LIKING and BINDING SKINS TOOLS, Ac. Ac. - iy " M. TOMLINSON, 1 Sign, Coach, Passenger Cars - Fresco, Ornamental and Decorative Painter r of Gilt Glass Door Plates Numbers for Public Houses > Haas A Co. White Hall Street Jan 9 1855 ly. T. IL RIPLEY, ATHSTA,ai. > in China, Crockery, and Glass ■ all kinds ; Oils, Cam- by the bbl. Terms n 9, 1855 ly SWIFT': ^ GENERAL AUCTION :: / and : ■: • . -'*• COMMISSION MERCHANT, FOOT OF WHITE HALL STREET, ATLANTA GEO KG! A. m jj e f ercncrle WniTKKY * hunt. Atlanta, Georgia. *- s. a wai.i.ACK a Bros. “ I* C, WRIGHT KSO-, “ “ ' Wkcpeh iibndkix * co.. Charleston, S. C. Wicbol * peacock. Nashville T«-nn. KDWABU swift esq.. Savannah, Georgia, rnvis k *i.b a PASMtso Angnsta ** V. h pktkh* New Orleans. Jan. 2.1855. 3m ATLANTA MACHINE WORKS. ftTUftTi IKON FOB HUB V.) T HIS new C«ttiputi wwkjfrqpr vil to do woik on shortDOlirV,of heavy and light CaMing? IVoiu _ the laU'ki improved )>atlen»> of iron, ~tira*« or € imposition, aitof which win be warran ted. Turning. Boring* and Drilling done to ■order. Al*o setew ciiuiug of 1U feet or un der of any size and thread ;equjrcd. Heavy «nd light forging of wrought Iron or Steel ■done in sn|»erior style. PARTICULAR ATTENTION tecalled to their patterns for Mill Gearing for Merchant *nd Custom Flouring, and Saw Mills; Gtti Goring of all the UMiai sizes, and Bark Mills always kept on hand. We are also prepared to build stationary Engines ujxin the latest improvements. All of which win be sold low for cash. Cop|>er and Brass taken in exchange for w*.rk at cash prices JAMES L DUNNING, john McDonough, WILLIAM RUSHTON. P.8. AH of the alKfve company are prac- -tlcal Mechanics, and give their individual Attention to the business. Thera are away dreams of gladness That eling nreund the past— And from the tomb of fooling Old thoughts como thronging foot— The forms wo loved so dearly Intbe happy day* now gone, The bA»otifoI|m jUtMpljps. So foir to look upon. Those bright and gentle maidens Who seemed *0 formed for bliss, - Too glorious and too heavenly -» For such » world as this! Whose dork, soft eye* seemed swimming In » sen of liquid light, And. whoae looks of gold were streaming O’er brows so sunny bright Whose smiles were like the sunshine In the springtime of the year— Ljko the ehangvfol gleams of April They followed every tear! They have passed—like hopes—away, And their loveliness hss fled— Ob. many a heart is mourning That they are with the dead. Like the brightest bnds of summer, They hare fallen with tho stem— Yet ob. It is a lovely death To iade from earth like them ! And yet the thought is saddening To muse on sneh a* they. And feel that all the beautiful Are passing fast away! 'That the fair ones whom we love Grow to each loving breast Like, the tendril of the clinging vine, Then perish where they rest And we can but think of these In the soft and gentle spring. When the trees are waving o’er ns. And the flowers are blossoming! And we know that winter's coming With his cold and stormy sky— And the glorious beanty round us Is bnddtpg but tu die! active as the finger*«ork, and generous as the donation. “But I considerjjili wfttent as peculiarly appropriate on tncoecaeion of your marriage, ra will remark,'In tho first place, that there are two individuals united into one pair, who are to walk side by side, guarding against coldness, and giving ooidfort as long as they last. The thread of their texture is mixed, and so, alas, is the thread of life'. In these, howevor, the white is made to predominate, expressing my desire and confidence that thus it will he with the color of your existence. No black is used, for I believe your lives will be wholly free from the black passions of wrath and jealousy. The darkest color here is nine, which is excellent, where we do not make it too blue. * Other appropriate thoughts rise in my mind in regarding these stockings. The m st indif ferent subjects,, when viewed by the mind in a suitable frame.'may furnish instructive infer ences. As saith the poet, “The iron dogs: the fuel and tongs; Tho bellows that have leathern lungs; The firewood, ashes, and the smoke, Do all to righteousness provoke.” “But to the subject. Yon will perceive that the tops of these stockings (by which I suppose courtship to be’represented) are »<o«ied; and by means of seaming are drawn into a snarl: but afterwards comes a time when the whole is made plain, and continues so to the end and final toeing off. By this I wish to take occasion to eongratuloto yourself that "yon are through teaming, and have come to plain reality. Again, as the whole of the comely stockings was not an Irishman by birth, e< York called the Citisen, a n now lay aside for the more appro], Truitor. Upon the order of the Governor banding certain companies bein John Mitchel thus spoke, through tho columns of his insolent, impudent, and troacherous pa- per, to w,t: “For every musket given In the State armo ry. fol th ret be purchas'd forthwith. Let Inde pendent companies bf formed, thrice as numer ous as tho disbanded corps. There are no urate acts here yet; and let every *foreigner’ he drill, ed and trained, and have hit arms always ready. For you may be very sure (having some expe rience in that matter) that those who begin by disarming you, mean to do you mischief. “ Be carefoi not to truckle in tho smallest particular to Amerienn prejudices. Yield not a tingle jot of your own. for yon have at good aright to your prejudices at they. Do not. by any meant, suffer Gardner's Dibit (tho Protes tant Bible) to be thrust down your throats. Do not abandon your post, or renounce your func* thins as citizens or as soldiers, but. after resort to the last and highest tribunal qf law open to you; keep the pfaco. attempt no ‘demonstra tions,’ discourage drunkenness, and stand to your anus.” “ It is hardly to be conceived that the mad ness of faction and the insolence of race, will proceed to such a length as to disarm indepen dent companies, or private men. If they do, then the Constitution it at an tnd—the allegi ance you have twont to this Republic it aunut- ed. “Would to God that thoughtful and just Americans would bethink themselves in time. They are strong; they far outnumber the for eign bora; they are proud and flushed with national glory nnd prosperity; dobtlese they can, if they will, do great and grievous wrong to a race that has never wronged them;—bat seri ously, earnestly, we assure them. Me natural- The Love tf Ixtare. How many arc there to whom the lustre of the rising or setting, the sparkling concave of the midnight sky, or warbling with ad the mel odies of a summer evoning the sweet inter-; chonge of hill and dale; shade and sunshine, grove, lawn, nnd water, which an extensive landscape offers to the view; the scenery of the ocean, so lovely, Somajtstic. and so tremendous and the many pleasing varieties of the animal and vegetable kingdom—could never afford so much real satisfaction as the steams and noise of» batl-roota. the insipid Addling and squeak ing of an opera, or the vexations and wran glings a card-table ! But some minds there are of a different make, who. even in the early part of life, receive from the contemplation of na ture a specie* of delight which they would hardly exchange for any other; and who, as avarice and ambition are not the infirmities of that period, would, with equal sincerity and rapture, exclaim— “I care not. Fortune, what yon me deny ; Yon cannot rob me of free nature’s grace ; Too cannot shot the windows of the sky, Through which Aaron shows her brightened fr«ei . r • - Yon cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns by living streams at eve.” To a mind thus disposed, no part of creation is indifferent. In the crowded eity and howl ing wilderness, in the cultivated province and solitary isle, in the Howry lawn and craggy mountain, in the murmuring rivulet and in the uproar of the ocean, in the radiance of summer and in the gloom of winter, in the thunder of heaven and in the whisper of the breeze, be still finds something to rotue or to soothe his ima gination. to draw forth his affections, or to em ploy bis understanding. This happy sensibility to the beauties of nature should bo cherished in yoong persons. It engages them to contem plate the Creator in bis wonderfni work ; it pu rifies and harmonizes the soul, and prepares it for moral and intellectual discipline; it sup plies a never failing source of amusemedf; it contributes even to bodily health; and as a strict analogy subsists between material and moral beauty, it lends the bea*t by an easy transition from the one to the other, and thus recommends virtue for its transccndant loveli ness, and makes vies appear the object of con tempt and abomintion. An intimate acquain tance with the best descriptive poets—Spenser, Milton. aad.Thompson, but above all with the divine George is joined to some practice in tbs art of drawing, will promote this amiable sen ior then the face of natnre madeat onee.butby the addition of one littie ited citizens will not submit. This senseless sbteb after another, put in with skill and dis- - - ' eretion. until the whole presents the fair and eqnal.pieeeof work which yon see. so life does not consist of one great action, but millions of littie ones combined. And so may it be with your lives; no stitch dropped when duties are-to be performed: no widening made where bad principles are to be reproved or economy is to be preserved: neither seeming nor narrowing where truth and generosity are in question Thus every stitch of life made right, and set in the right plnce—none either too large or too small, too tight or too loose—thus you may keep on your smooth and even coarse, making exis tence one fair nnd even piece, until, together, having passed the heel, you come to the very toe of life. And.here, in the final narrowing off and dropping the coil of this emblematical pair of companions and comforting associates, nothing appears but white, the token of inno- cence and peace, of purity and light—May you like these stockings, the final stitch being drop ped and the work completed, go together from the plaee where you-were formed to a happier state of existence, a present from earth to hea ven ! Hoping these stockings and sdm>nitions may meet a cordial reception. I remain, in the trae- bluo friendship, seemly; yet witbont teeming. *i Yours, from top to toe, SONG AT THOMAS HOOD. sibility in early yeara.'for then the face of natnre ing. To spend your earnings in a grogshop has novelty super-added to its other charms. ' * There is dew for the flow’ret And honey for the bee ; And bowers for the wild bird, And love for you and me ! There are tears for tbe many And pleasures for the fow; But let the world pass on, dear. There’s love for me and you! There’s care that will not leave ns, And pain that will not flee ; Butin our hearts unaltered. Sits Love ’tween yon and me. Our lore, it ne’r was reckoned, Yet good itisnnd true; It’s half the world to me, love, It’s all tbe world to you ! It is A vert Great Absurdity.—To attempt to borrow money on tbe plea of extreme pov- erty. To lose money at play, and then fly into a passsiou about it To lend a man your razor and expect it to be returned with a keen edge. To ask tbe publisher of a new periodical bow many copies be sells per week. To ask a wine merchant bow old bis wine is. To make yourself generally and univer sally disagreeable and wonder that nobody will visit you except compelled by business. To get drunk and complain of a headache next morn- the passions are not pre-engaged, the heart is free from care, and the imagination warm and romantic. Phosphorus.—It is now just two hundred years rinee phosphorus was first obtained by Brand, of Hamburg- 80 wonderful was the discovery then considered, that Kraft, an emi nent philosopher of the day. gave Brand t roe hundred dollars for tbe secret of its preparation. Kraft then travelled, and visited nearly all the courts of Europe,exhibiting phosphorus to kings and nobles. In appearance, phosphorus resem bles bees-wax; bnt it is more transparent,'ap proaching to the color of amber. Its name, wbieb Is derived from the Greek, signifies “light- bearer,” and is indicative of its most distin- gnsbing quality, being self-luminous. Phos phorus. when exposed to the air. shines like a star, giving out a beautiful lambent greenish light. Phosphorus dissolves in warm sweet oil. If tills phosphorised oil be rubbed over the face in the dark, the features assume a ghastly appearance, and the experimentalist looks like a veritable living WiB-o’-the-Wiap. The origin of phosphorus is the most remark able concerning it Every other substance with wbieh we are acquainted can be traced either to the earth or air; bnt phosphorus seems to- bo of animal origin. Of all the animals, man contains the most; and of the various parte of tbe body, tbe brain yields by analysis more phspborus than any other. This fact is unea you cannot ••« of no little moment Every thought has per-, naAe ’ . , " ice baps a ph^phorie source. Itiscertainthattbe ren,lcr *' ervi <* To1 most intellectual beings contain the most phos phorus. It generally happens that when a sin- e isr discovery 4s nude, many years elapse fore any application of it is made to the wei- fore and happiness of man. This remark ap plies to phosphorus. It is only the other day that it was sold at five shillings tin ounce; now it is so cheap that tbe penniless portion of our population hawk it nbout in the form of matches: But what a noble, life, light, nnd fire giving office does it fill! For commercial pur poses— match-making—phosphorus is extracted from burnt bones. The demand for it is now so great that many tons are annually prepared. When Kraft travailed, he hod no more than half an ounce “to set before tbe king!” and wonder that you are ragged. - —To request the keeper of a barroom to p<iy the fine for yonr last night’s drunken frolic, after telling hiu'you have “nary red” left in the world; To ran recklessly into debt for luxuries and grumble or bnlly when you are dunned.—To live entirely for yonrself and wonder you have no teal friends.——To suppose .that ‘reviewers generally read more than the title pages of the work they praise or condemn. -To judge tbe merits or otherwise of an actor or actress by the local paragraphs of newspapers.—To threaten a journalist with the withdrawal of your patrunago because of something he has written and afterwards blame him for want of independence. To criticise others with se verity and show yourself vojy"sensitive to crit icism.-—To judge of people’s piety by their attendance at church or prayer-meeting. To condemn all pro.essors of religion at hypocrites because you con cite some instances of crimi nal conduct among clergymen or ehuroh mem bers.—-To keepyour dependents on starring salaries and wonder at their robbing you.- To make your servants tell lies for you and after wards be angry wheo tboy tell lies for them selves.——To tell your own secrets and bplievo other persons will keop them.—To spoil yonr children by over-indulgence and quarrel with them afterwards for being adf-wyied. To nogleet home and wonder that you cannot enjoy domestio happiness.—To onconrage vanity and extravagance In yonr family, and be aston ished you cannot “ get on" in the world. To render a service voluntarily nnd expect a man to be grateful for iL——To expect to-make men honest by hardening them in jail, nnd after wards turning them adrift without the means of getting work.——To think a thing is cheap because alow price is asked for it——To neg lect education and calculate upon a rospcctablo population from the " rising generation.” . To s»k a spinster’s age and oxpect to bear the truth. To fancy a woman modest becauso sho blushes at ah inuendo.——To say a man is ebariteble becauso he subscribes to an hospital. —-To sit down by the roadside of life and be astonished that tho cripplo bns outstripped you.—To keep a dog on short commons and complain of hist stealing.—To degrade human nature in the hope of improving it. To dog matically assort original and universal deprav ity and hot expect to be regarded ns “no better than you should bo”——To praise tho beauty of a woman’s hair before you know whether it did aot once belong to some one else.—To be generally churlish and look for politeness In •To expect.your creditors to give you feud must be reconciled; there must be peace; —peace, or else atoa’of extermination. We are here; on American ground, otther as citizens, or at enemies. Herb is a sample of a new-born American citizen!! What comment ought we to make upon the above article ? Is any commentary necessary? Read it, fellow-countrymen, and read it once, twice, and again—pondor over it. and answer as one questson: Ought we not to enact the most stringent laws to exclude foreign paupers and criminals from our shores ? Is there no danger to be apprehended from such men? . Hear him address his own countrymen, men who have (or ought to have) sworn allegiance to tho Constitution of tbe United States, as thus: “ The allegiance yon have sworn to thit Repub lic it annulled /” Again he says: “ The naturalized citizens will not submit!” Again he says: “ There must be peace, peace, or else a war of sxterm {nation.” Yes, unless Americans conduct their own government in a manner to please John Mitcb- el and his countrymon, there must be, he says: “A WAR OF FXTEUH1XATI0.V.” What say ye, now, minions of Executive pow er and advocates of foreign prelates? Willyon and your master back up John Mitchel with the army and the navy of the United States? Was it a part of your contract that an “ Irish rebell ion" ehould.be tolerated, sustained, made vic torious over tbe free-born sons of tbese States ? Let them proceed, then, in their work of blood and carnage! If John Mitchel cannot do it, send to tbe Pope, to release these cohorts from their allegiance to tho constitution, procure from the Pope “indulgences” to commit murder and treason, and let “ extermination" com mence ! Was ever such bold, reckless audacity wit nessed before in a public print ? - Citizen John Mitchel has commenced the enterprise in the most formal manner—wo are forewarned by him —he says: ✓ “ But seriously, earnestly, we assure them (the natives) the naturalized citizeps will not submit!” “Will nut submit!" Well, countrymen, we now see, and the conn try sees, the civilized world soes, that we have not commenced the “ American Reformation” one day too soon—not an hour,! Now, then, we,have an issue. “ John” says be will not sub mit. “ Sam” says John shall submit, and that “Americans shall rule America.”—American Organ, like tho angel. .Alt _ not heard, yet to tbe demagogue and party hack he is a* terrible as an “army with banners,” he . is no magician, and yet the touch of hts hand, like that of thiTipcar of Ithnriel, causes the mask to drop from the face of hypocrisy,. and exposes selfishness and partisan bigotry in all their deformity. He comes with bis “fan in his hand, and be purges bis flour” as he goes.— They call him “Sam." But it is not“Unoie Sam.” Uncle Sam is venerable in years, with a sound head and an honest heart. But he is growing old. bent in form, bowed down with the hpavy burdens which tbe lazy, the avaricious, thceun- ning and selfish, have bcaped'upon his shoul ders, and compelled him to bear. This person age to whom I allude, is his firstborn and duti ful son. He has come to bis father's relief.— With all the wisdom and honesty of his sire, he possesses tbe bouynney, tbe vigor, and tbe strength of youth. His muscles are elastic, and his sinews are tough. His mission is to visit every city, town, and hamlet in tbe land. He is equally at home in tbe mansion of tbe great, and the cottage of tbe lowly. He takes his seat at the council-board of tbe wise, and ministers at the conch of the afflicted. He whispers the word of hope, which nerves the arm of the me chanic in his workshop, and walks beside the .former as he tarns up the furrows of his field. His march is ever onward. He passes rivers at d bound, scales mountains at a leap, and through swaipp and forest he never loses his way. Ho nerer stops, -except to drop a tear up on the grave of some revolutionary hero, for his heart Is as tender, as bis nerves are strong. He watches aronnd onr dwellings when wo are asleep, and slumber never weighs heavy on his eyelids. He carries in his hand the flag of his country, which has so often withstood the bat tle and the breeze. The halo of freedom beams npon his countenance, and the enemies of the Union fly at bis coming, like kites and crows at the eagle’s swoop. He never strikes without wnrning, bnt when be does, the edge of.his claymore severs joints and marrow, and sheentomh falls at every blow. Tbe creed of his faith, is the constitution of bis country, and Luther and Washington are his two great ex emplars of religious liberty and civil freedom. Bars nnd holts cannot screen tbe chicanery of midnight concusses from his ken and convent walls cannot bo built too high for him to scale. Chattering demagogues grow dnmh at bisap- proach. and bishops’ miter nnd Jesuits’ robe foil from the head of pampered insolence and skul king knavery at its touch. He cheer: the hearts bf the honest, tbe patriotic, and the good, with the smile of hope at their country’s deliverance —and to the wicked, the hypocritical, the self fish, he speaks their day of d om. After haring gone his destined round, he will finish his la bors by lashing with the thongs of popnlnrindig- nation. from the temple of legislation at Wash ington, those who hare been desecrating free dom’s altars by offeringvietimS to political idols. After snch a Herculean labor, he will need at least four years’ repose, which he will spend in the “White House.” When be retires again to private life, he will leave his warning admonitition with his coun trymen, to preserve our institutions from tbe evil and corrupting tendencies of foreign and Roman Catholic influence ; and tu maintain and defend the Union, to “oherish a cordial, habit ant, nnd immovable attachment to it; accustom ing themselves to think and speak of it, as the palladium of their political safety and prosper! ty; nnd watching for its preservation with jeal ous anxiety I am, with much regard, yours sincerely, R. To , Esq., . Virginia. ith crystal flow doth mnrky grow, s, dark and fast, • nr nnd calm at last, my heart, learn from the stream. The mighty oak, at winter’s blast. Strips off <ts leaves and limb*and mast, And stands a typo of mute despair ; But blooms again with vernal air, And thou, my heart, be os the oak. Old ocean’s tide, in tempest driven, Lashes the shore and.cries to heaven In fearful woe, in fury wild ; But soon is still as nestling child. And thou, my heart learn from the sea. Tbe flower, the stream, the oak, tbe sea, All have their times of gloom' nnd glee, Tu them there comes attest relief. But souls ne’er find surcease of grief j Then thou, my heart, learn to submit. All natnre has some fitting halm To heal, renew, refresh, or calm, Rut there are hearts whose ceaseless woe Solace or calm can never know; Then thou, my heart, learn to endure. ’ % Cast np tby gaze from earthly thingp ! Deem sorrow good : to thee it brings Promises of Life when Natare dies, For Nature's voiee for ever cries, Oh, braised heart, trust God alone! Nov. 1854. A. J. C. From Cousin Ezekiel Slick. if bad tiling at burrowing trouble” is perhaps tbe ish investment of “forcing capital” that a man or woman .make, species of “operation east newspaper, wher experience, in n financial way; on the occr.sic of the failure of a foea bank. “As soon as I heard of it, my he—' ' right up into iny mouth. Now' thi: sin' I got any bills bn lhat bank ? 1 „ I have—that'# a fact!’ Sb I pnton my coat, and I ‘put* for home just as fast as would carry me; fact is. I run all th And when I got there, I looked kaorfi found that I hadn’t go no bills onto that nor any other! Then I felt easier.. There have hcen a thousand insta rowing troubles” when it was not a ‘•secured” than in the present exr~ LtBurr.NAsr General Scott.—I that the resolution passed by Cone ring the rank of Lieutenant General, Gen. 8eott about 330,000 hick pay, and about $16 0additional yearly. The veteran hero is said to hqvo been <k-ep!y aif'-fted on hearing that the resolution had passed, and in reply to hi* informant, is - aid tu have exclaimed : - Let no man say, hereafter, that bis country is nn- grateful to ono who has served her faithfully.” Gen. Shields and Judge Douclas took an active part in securing the resolution. Abolition at Harvard. * Boston, Feb. 15. .Judge Loring,who has heretofore filled the Law Professorship at Harvad and who insisted npon tbe execution of the Fugitive Slave Lar in Boston, has been rejected by a vote of 2d to 10. It is supposed that this decision was made on account of the part he took in the reu- dition’ofBurns. . jan. 8, ’65.1 q m A Ckxtenariax attending Cnnncn,—On Sunday last, Mrs. Mary Farrar, of Petcrshnra, celebrated her one hundredth birth-day, by at tending meeting at the Unitarian Church. She appeared in good health—rose and stood un-] supported during the ringing, and after the e»n- , 11 V r, <llt L - , - . grogatkn was dismissed, remained to join in ! clothes.—To arrive at the ago of fifty, and the communion service. Tbe thermometer be “WW nt an J vinc > fo,1 J\ or absurdity, stood in the morning only two degrees above J our follow-crenturcs may he guilty ot, .r, zero, and a strong wind blew from tbs north- i _ „ ... _... * * . , . ’. west through the day.—Barre {Man.) Patriot H. W. Udi anl has..declined being a j candidate for Governor of Alabama^: [From tbe Savannah Republican.] A HINT FROM HOOD. (See “Moral to Miss Kilmanzegg and her golden leg.” Grog ! grog ! grog! grog 1 Dark as charcoal, white ns tog, Watery weak, or stiff as a log, Easier fur to sw lluw than prog, Guzzled by many a human hcg. Washing down fish, flesh, and frog, English boef, or Indian dog, From Tartary’s steppes to Irish bog, By men of every rig and tog Where Turks impale, where Russians flog; Wife’s affliction. Reason’s clog, Found where gambling elbows jog, Rnm. Gin, Brandy, simple nog, Imp inearnate! Fiend incog! Grog! grog! grog! grog! How varied its style of undoing ! Whether simple, or compound, plain or spiced, Nutmeged, sweetened, with~water spliced. Whether named with blasphemy Tears of Christ, Or honestly colled Blue Ruin. 8. E. T-—* * * » . Don’t Get Excited. Some of our Democratic co temporaries - are terribly apprehensive that the Southern Whig >resa will be led into the toils of Abolitionism, f they do not turn to denouncing the Know Nothings, snub native Americans, and hlurny tbe foreigners. Don’t'be anensy, gentlemen.— Su for Democracy bos had a preponderance of thoso elected to office by the Know Nothings, and if it is an Abolition move, we should infer that’therC oxisted a very good understanding between the party whose members are tho prin cipal recipients ofits favors and the KnowNoth- organization. That Mr. Seward was eleo- by the Know Nothings, is simply preposte rous, for it is known nnd has been so stated by Soutbora Democratic papers that he opposed tho organization becauso it interferred with his I dans for control itig the foreign voto of New York, [tis admitted that his election was counter to the wish of the’mass of the Kno w Nothings of New York, and was doutless achieved mainly through the superior cunning of tbo arch in triguer himself. So don’t get oxelted gontle- men. Don’t attempt to erect the raw hood and bloody bones of Sownrd to frighten the “dear jevplo” into tho belief of a lio ! Don’t go from md to worse. You have said a great many hard things of native Americans, but don’t brand them all as Abolitionists 1 Let there be some method in your 'madness: Hug to your loving embraces every fresh importation from foreign shores; crowd out native industry and moral worth, and supplant it with pauper labor and convict vice, if you witl; substitute an ulognht mongrel foreign idiom for that of your nativo land; let “Rule Britnnte” ho your nationnl an them. Do all this if you wish, but don’t sink poor nativo Americans to the levoi of Aboli tionists. Don’t!—American Union. ? The old musket that went off “half-cocked,’ has returnod quite sober. A Catalogue of Marvels. From the Report of the Patent Office, the Washington Cotton Plant compiles a list of wonders. The report explains the principles of the celebrated Hobbs lock. Its “nnpickabil' ty” depends upon r second or false set of tumblers, which prevent instruments used in picking from reaching the real ones.. Moreo ver. the lock is powder proof, and may be load- ded through the ke.v-hoie and fired, off until tbe burglar is tired of bis fruitless work, of fears that the report of his-explosions will bring to view bis experiment more witnesses than he de sires. f Doors and shatters have also heen patented, and cannot be broken throngh with either pick or sledgo hammer. Theburglor.s “occupation’s gone.” A harpoon is described which*make£ the whale kill himself. The more he pulls the line deep er goes the harpoon. An ice making machine has been patented whieb goes by a steam engine. In an experi mental trial it frozed several hottles of sherry, and produced blocks of ice of the size of a cu- hio foot; when the thermometer was standing at 80 degrees. It is calculated that for every tonof coal into the furnace, it will make a ton of Ice. From Dr. Gayle.s oxaminer’s report, wa ga ther some idea of the value of patents. A man who had made a slight improvmont in straw cutters, took n model of his maehino through the Western States nnd after a tour of eight months returned with forty thousand dol lars. Another bad a machine to thrash and clean grain, which in fifteen months he sold for sixty thonsnad dollars. Tbese are ordinary ca ses—while such inventions ns the telegraph, the pinning roachlnfi, and India rubber patents, are worth millions.each. * Examiner Lane’s report describes new elec trical whaling apparatus, by which the whale is literally “shocked to death.” Another is an electro magnetic alarm, which ring* bells and displays signals in cases of fire, or burglars. Another isan electric clock which wakes yon at pny hour you please. There is an invention called “sound gnthe- er,” a sort of huge ear trumpet, to be placed in front of a locomotive, bringing to the engineer’s ear all the noise ahead, perfectly distinot, not withstanding tbo rattle of the train. There is an invention that picks up pic i from a con fussed heap,, turns thorn all around .with their heads up, and sticks them in paper in regular rows. Another goes through the whole process of cigar making, taking in leaves and turning out the pure article. One maehino cuts cheese, another scours knivos and forks; anothor rooks the cradle and seven or eight takes in washing and iron*, ing.” There is a parlor chair patented (hat cannot be tippod on two legs, nnd a railway chair, that can he tipped back in any position without logs at all. Another patent is for a mnehine that counts tho passengers in ah omnibus and takes their fores. When a very fat gentleman gets in, it counts two and charges double. There aro a variety of guns pntented, that load.themsolves; a fish line, that adjusts its own bait; and a rat trap, throws away the rat nud baits itself and stands in the cornor for ano ther. The truths of tho Patent Office is stranger that fiction. There is a maehino, also, by which a man prints instoad of writing his thoughts. It is S tayed like a piano. And speaking of pianos, it 1 estimated tbnt nine thousand are made eve ry year in the Udited Statos, giving constant employment to one thousand nino hundred bands and costing over two millions of dol lars. ■ '. J '' 1 . * ‘ L .... NUMBER four. Dear Cuzin .-—Coming, gradually stealing on onr attention, pretty soon after this, was a gen tle roaring, like a yonng earthquake. Was It? —conld it be ?—Ye9! it was—it was' the gong! the gentlemen darted off like so many pickerel after small frogs. Tbe ladies were in a flutter of excitemenf. Elbows were crooked—couples paired off; in a word, sapper was ready. The fact i“, Cuzin, I’ve been takinga course of short and easy lessons in the standard novelists ofthe Yaller Kivver school, and the above is a speci men of my improvement. Zeb, he come along and whisper in my car, ' “General Slick,” sezee, “be on your taps.” Taps, I spose, is short for tapis—it is Yankee for it ennyhow. “Well, wboray!” sez I, “what's broke T* “Be on hand.” sezee, ’tend take Miss Jones to the rapper table.” Well, I looked across tbe room, and there the gal was, sure enough, waitin’ for somebody—So I pulled up my kicky, turned out my toes, Mow ed my nose load enough to make the gong jeal ous, and streaked it across the room, where I squared off to Miss Jones. She stuck her little glove full of hand into tbe plaee I fixed for it. nnd I jest sprang trap, and shat it in like a rat’s tail. Then we started. The band was a play- in a march from Norway, one of Old Balt’s, I spose; bnt I couldn’t git the step at fust. So I took a littie bop and skip, to ketch iL But Miss Jones happened to eome the same figger, so we was just where we started. Well, I tried it agin, »nd so did she. Then I stopt. , “Look here, Miss Jones,” sez I, “let's begin fair. Now—left footfirst! mark time! march!” and off we went, as square and regnlarasa mas ter. That’s the way we do it down East,'* “La! General,” says she, all of a twitter, “how funny you militaiy.men are.” I held up my head, squared my shoulders, and kept time to the march of Norway. When I got to the table, I found that I had got to support my reputation—so I called on six bottles of shampain at wonst, nnd I thought, as long as I had to pay the bill, I might 'as well git my share of it I made myself popular, too by drinking everybody’s health. Zeb didn’t nndge me, nor tread on my toes. “Cash takes the balance,” sezee,’go it blind !’ Well, I did. There was a littie snickering, at a respectable distance, but I ment to show them that I could afford iL When the supper \fiis over, we-wen t back to the ball. Bliss Jones loaned rather bard on my arm, and hugged it op tighter than nsaal. she looked amazin pretty. Her shoulders was as white as curds, and when she leaned over to me in a sort of confidential way, and Hooked down —talk about your apple dumplings—Sweeney’s ain’t nowhere! The dancin began agin. Jolly! it looked so easy. I knew I could do iL Miss Jones look ed wishful too. “Do you like tbnt ere dance ?” says T. “Oh, its delightful,” sez she—“do you poke, General!” • • • Do I poke f” “Yes. do yon dance the polker ?” “Oh ! ah! yes, that is, I used to when I was a boy.” Then you have traveled in Europe?” set she. Now I don’t mind a little bit of fib, that is of no consequence—but this was getting serious. I had put my foot in' iL So I' congbed, sneez ed, took ont my pocket handkerchief, nnd see ing how the other fellers were navigating, I took hold of one of the gnl’s hands, and put the other round, her waist, hngged her up hand some, and begun to kick out liko a boss with with the spring balL I don’t know how I did the dancing part, but the hugging wns perfectly satisfactory. If I conld have dispensed with the other, it would have been better in the end. The whirling round didn’t ngree with me.— There was a confused crowd pf people—tbe gns lights were dancing round in circles—I thought I was poking up the wall, and then across the ceiling, like the feller does at the circus?. But I only bugged the harder, and kicked tbe more. I’m fraid it was a hard time for little toes curled up into little slippers- I wns going it blind—os Zeb told me to. I felt delisfaus, and sick too, as if I had eaten too much maple sugar. The lights all ran together, and then went ouL I hurd a scream, which sounded right in my ear, but seemed a good ways off; and then there was three or fn-:r hugging me. I held on as hard as I could—hut that is all lean remember. Tbe next morning I woke up with a dreadful headache ; but there I was, huggin the pillar, and giving now and thon a faint kick, while the music of the tarnation polker seemod still soun ding iu my ears. I guess I might as well bite off here, and give you tho upshot of the, matter in another lottor. Your affectionate Cuzin, Ezukiel Slick, No. 765 Metropollytun Hotel. ’Now.’—‘Now’ is the constant syllable tick ing from the clock-of time. ’Now' is thewntch - word of the wise. ‘Now’ Is the banner of ilto prudenL ' Le ns keep this little word always in our mind; and whenever anything present? itself to us In tbe’sbape of work.’wheth or mental orpbv: * ical we should do it with “alljoar might, remem bering that now is the only time for us. It is in deed a sorry way to get through the world by putting it off till to-morrow, saying; "Then I will do it.” No.i This will never answer. Now is ours ; then will never be. A Harm Case.—A passenger in one of the snow blocked trains in the Western prairies, re cords the following hard case : Our feelings r were considerably excited in regard to a new married couple, who had been on board the cars since Monday morning. Th-? new husband was a little behind last evening in procuring lodgings, and was obliged to take up his quarters for the 4th night in a car seat. At a late quarterly session, a man was brought up, by a farmer and accused of steal ing docks. ThO farmer said he would kuow them anywhere, and went on to describe their peculiarity, ‘Why,’ said [the counsel for the prisoner, ‘they can’t he such a rare breed—I have some like them in my own yard. “ That's very likely, sir,’said the farmer; ‘they’re not the only ducks I have had stolen lately.’ ✓ , • - L A wag observes that he looks under the mar riage head for news of the weak. Cheap way of fattening hogs: Tarn theta in your neighbor’s corn field every night: hide something wrong ing. out the uuderstaud- |Soft Sawder.—Soft soap in seme shap-> pleases all, and generally speaking, the mure you put into it tbe better. . . ' : ’ 1 - . The Rev. E. N. Kirk has rebuked the foun tain of Boston Common for playing on Sun days: “Have you much fish in your bng?” asked a person of a fisherman, who was returning home. “Yes; a good eel,” was the slippery reply. One of the finest specimens of a laconic speech isthatofRocbejacquelin to his soldiers: “If I advance, follow me; if I fall, avenge me; if! flinch, kill me.” — i In oneof the back towns of Massachusetts, a poll parrot was lately sent to ja 1, for us ug “wicked and profane language.” This beau the Main law ont of sighL ^ A merchant, not over conversant with ge ography, on hearing that one of his vessels wuM in jeopardy, exclaimed: ttsRsp-a “Jeopardy, Jeopardy, where’3 thaL” Owingto the scarcity of money and work, the number of deaths are rapidly decreasing, as people can’t afford to buy pills to patronize doc tors. iUmBrir Wedlock without love is£like a feast of dishes —a iuere show and deception. We would soon er wed an almshouse than a female minus a heart. Well, we would. Tamed Moose.—A couple of well-grown ta med Moose were sold in Bangor, Me., on the 1st insL Ono of them is a male, threo years old; the other, a female, two year* old. They were taken on the Arostook when very yonng. The male bns been trained to work in harness. The purchasers, it is said, intend sending these animals to England, where thoy will be a great curiosity, and probably cominnnd a high price. A fow evenings since a widow, who wns known hy tho entire congregation to bo greatly iu want of a husband, was praying with great fervency. * Oh! thou knowest tbe desire of my heart!’ sho exclaimed. * A tn-a-n!’ respon ded a brother, in a broad accent. It was trick ed, but wo are quite sure that several grave members smiled on tho occasion. jKSJ-They tnako sandwiches in Australia by putting a piece of leather botwen two shingles. The prioe depends on the supply of old boots. aiuy Sundnys aro rather popular with church goovs. Itenablosthom tooxnmine their ledgers without cowpiiaing.their reputations for piety und pews. The Milwaukee Democrat says when a Wis consin girl is kissed, she looks surprised and says : “Howeouhl you do it?” “It will giro me much pleasure to shot* you,” and pr»r - A Misnomer.—“Wht»t are you 7” asketcf^»' railway passenger of an obtrusive official. -T 4T Conductor.” “What’s your name?” “Wood.”— “Pooh!” exclaimed the querist, “that cannot be, wood is a non-coductor.” “My dear, I wish it was ns much the fash ion to trade wives as it is to trade hurses.” “Why?" q| “Cause I’d cheat somebody shocking bad be fore night.” Legal Poetry and Orthography.—^Tin following was picked up inside tho bar at the Coart House, in Springfield. Mass., oaSatur-' day, and challenge admiration, its philosophy anil its orthography; Now arter setting hcroT weeks This Koart is goin' for to adjourn And any won hoe josti* seeks May cam next Koart & take his turn. A lady ot confession, among other heinous crimes, accused herself of using rouge. “What is tho use of it ?’ asked her confessor. “T do it to Make myself handsomer.” “And does it pro duce that effect?” “At least I think so, fath er.” The confessor on this took his penitent out of the oonfesilohal into the light, put on his spectacles, and having looked at her attentive. Iy, said,.“\V>ll» Madam,you may use rouge, for you are ugly enough even with it!” A gentleman who had takcu rather too much wine at a party the othorevening, and who faa i to cross the Park “ before ho could reach his place of abode,” came suddenly in contact with a tree. “Sc(iuze me shir,” said ho, stammering out an apology, “I ’Shuro you shir,’’tirely ’ten- tional on my part. Sho dark, shir, Ididn’t shoo you. ’Sebuze me, jhir, fsqhuzo me, shir, if you please.” After this obsequious explanation, aud an abortive attempt to put on hi? hat, lie essayed to continue on bis way, blit again come in contact with the same tree, “ I roaly beg your pardon, shir,” said lie;./‘’fraid that you'll 'spect that I’m toc5icated ; but I ’shure you, shir, I never was more shob’er in all iny life. It's sho very dark; and really, shir, you’d gone home," At this instant a policeman, who had keen en joying the scene, volunteered to see the gentle man through the Park; ass iriug him that it was indeed very dark, and that the geutleinaa whom he had run against bolongcd to the sta tionary department, aud that it was not in bis power to order him to “ move ou.” ?

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Rome courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1849-18??, February 27, 1855, Image 1