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ROME, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER, 80, 1855.
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WONDERFUL AMD EXTRAORDINARY
CURE OF RBfiUXAXZSM OF TWENTY
YEARS' STANDING.
Never in toy life bevel bed so much pleas
ure. in doing any thing AS in giving this cer
tificate to the world, sod I hope it may be the
cease of thousands of my felW-emtnrw be
ing relieved from that dreadful disease, rheu
matism. My wife bat been afflicted with It for
Sweat t years, moat of the time goffering exern-
ciadng pains in every part ef bsr body. Sav
ing no appetite whatever, she was redoesd to
ai:»o»t a'jkeieuta. 6o vislsat were the pants
that she seldom eosdd sleep wlthoat taking
plum. Every Jmat was swelled
nb, wad bsr kaees, hands, and aeck,
with large lamps. She eooW do no
kind of work, th« sinews sad muscles being so
JVsm (Ac datrmm Standard.
When tbs clouds of war wore gathering fast,
And blaek and mnrity was oar sky;
When *roand ns bowled the forfeits blast,
And death or freedom was the cry;
When oar nobis sires by patriots lad.
Wars straggling for oar country's right,
Oar veteran Chief to his warriors said,
“Pat none hat Ameriosnr on gasrd to-night!
When deeper grew the desperate strife*
And darter every cloud arose;
When patriots pledged their all in life,
To save oar land from foreign foes;
When oar fethsrs sought a gory bed,
Upon the field In deadly fight,
Our Verteran Chief to his warriors said,
♦Put none bat Americans on guard to-night!"
Whan the slash of arms had died away,
And freedom's banner eras unfurl'd;
When our tethers hailed the natal day,
Of freedom in this Western World;
When treacherous foreign foes had fled,
And all our futuro sky was bright,
That veteran Chief to his comrades said,
“Put none bat Americans on guard to-night!"
Now when "die motto? drags of every dime,"
And every land are doming o'er;
When Europe belche* forth her vioe and erime,
To rot and festor on our shore,
Let every freeman who a birth right holds,
Bo ready for the soeoud fight,
Aad when he's rallying 'round the polls,
-“Put none hut Americans on guard at night!"
Columbia.
Fall Psospectc von Bacon.—From all wo
can learn from the stoek sections we believe
there will be a fair average in comparison to
that her Hssbs wore drawn ' former years. Several of oor western exchan
ges bare prophesied the reverse, and anticipate
a high figure in the fall operations. But why
shoutd.it bo thus ? Never before
, so that she was vhfiged to be in bed
la this caaditioa she had been for
twenty Years,without veer getting any relief
from every thing sheared, until she commen
ce! the use ef H. G. FARRELL’S ARABIAN
LINIMENT, the first battle of which produced
a great change. She has now used five bottles,
and the swellings have nearly all gone dour*;
pn r n baa entirely left her: rite sleep* well and
ueuadty; is more fleshy than ever rim was in
her Hit; has an exeelleat appetite, aad spins
aad news all day. By the use of a few bottles
more aha must bo as well as ever rim was. If
any voa iswhts this wooderfal care, he has only
to eaB at my rorideoee near Peoria, and learn
thoriranrnstsneea from my wife’s own lips, or
W enn farther inquire of aay of my neighbors.
SAMUEL ELSON.
H. G. FARRELL’S ARABIAN LINIMENT
is also an exeelleat remedy for palsy, sprains,
bruises, cramps, chilblains, bans, pains, tooth
ache, son eyes, etc., and in bones or cattle is
tke host rsssefly la the world where an exter
nal application is required.
Lookout for Counterfeit* l
are eaatioaed against anothe
, which has lately made its appearr
once, called W. B. Farrell's Arabian Liniment,
■fia mssl flsiisiiinas rif sW fbn rnantuTfrltr be
cause his having the name of Farrell, many
mat hoy * in good frith, without the know!
ofige that a counterfeit exists, and they will per
on mixture has wrought Its cVR effects.
The genuine article is manufactured only by
fl. fi. FsxreU, sole Inventor and proprietor, aad
vli sit safe druggist, No. 17 Main street, Peoria,
HEoom, to whom all app&eatioos for Ageaeies
amt be addle reed. Be sore you get H with
the letters B. fi. before Pamirs, thou—H. G.
FARRELL'S—-and Us signature on the wrap
per, all ethers are counterfeits.
Sold by Kendrick & Pledger, Melville
G. B. F. Mattox, Mt. Hickory
C. Brown, Coosa P. O.
Summerville
_ has the en
tiro country been thus favored with such enor
mous quantities of corn, as the yield of the
present crop, and away f om the thoroughfares
there is no means of consumption except in fat
ting stock. The increase of hogs is so rapid
and the favorable condition of corn crap has
been so encouraging all through the summer,
that there can be no good reason given why an
abundance of hogs will not be fatted and a bet
ter quality of bacon offered than of late years.
Our information from the upper counties con-
fiimi us in this opinion.
. Very little is said as yet of prices or contracts
In this section. It is too eariy for Tennessee
or Kentucky, but when the cold mouths will
testily the operations, we are assured that mod
erate rates will characterise the market.
The present prices for bacon are beyond its
intrinsic worth when compared with the pres
ent prices of fresh beef and pork in market.—
We buy the choice parte of beef and pbik at 7
and 8 cents per pound. In bnying fresh meat
we have very little waste and the immediate
consumption prevents loss. {Suppose we pay
12 or IS cento fotthacon, we must throw away
aad lose portions of tho purchase which will
leave the. balance used on the table costing 18
to 20 cento per pound. Those who will exam
ine into this subject will find this to be the true
calculation. This price of bacon then when re
garded with the rates for fresh meats will not
justify, it is not worth it sad the poor can do
better than to bay it. These remarks, however,
are gratuitous and were not what wo desired
chiefly to say, but to reflect the real condition
of our State, to supply bacon the present fall.
We base oor views upon what we bear and do
not think they are far from the truth.— Chat
tanooga Adcertiter.
3ST Price 25 and eO cents, and flperbottie.
AGENTS WANTED in every town, viSage
sutd hamlet in the United States, in which one
is not already established. Address H. G. Far
rell as above, accompanied with good reference
as to rimraeter,responsibility^ Ac.
ue to
ClBEfETSEOr
And Kind and Sash Factory '!
STANDISH & BL A REMAN
lecereora of Jus. M. Sumter, contin-
mannfactare all kinds of FUR
WITFBE and SASH and BLINDS on the
meet reasonable terms, -act the old stand on
Broad Street. Mareh27.—ly
ATLANTA
MACHINE WORKS.
(cate ATLANTA ISOM FOUNDRY.)'
fTIHIS ne» CompanyiSDow,|M«p
I ed to do work on short ootice.of,
X heavy and light Castings from
the latest improved patterns of Iron, Brass
-orCuinprMition, all of which will -be warren
ted. Turning, Borings and Drilling done*©
■order. Also, screw catting of 10 feet or un
der of any size and thread required. Heavy
and light forging ef wrought Iron or Steel
'lone in superior at vie.
PARTICULAR ATTENTION iscattedto
fhesr patterns for Mill Gearing.Sor Merchant
and Custom Flouring, -aod Saw Mills. Hio
■Gearing-if af! fee -usual sizes, and Bark
Mills always kept on hand. We are also
prepared to baild stationary Engines upon
the latest improvements. All of which will
be sold low for cash. Copper find Brass
/a ken fn exchange for work at cash prices
JAMES L DUNNING,
john McDonough,
william Hushton.
*P. 8. All of the above company are prae
flfcal Mechanics, and give their indfvidna
attrriiiooto fee business. fan 8. ’66
T. JL RIPLEY,
ATLANTA, GA.
YhEALER i» China, Crockery, and Glass
jLr m3tr ^ . Lamp* of all kinds; 0*1% Cam-
mhine..Fluid, and Alcohol by the bbL Terms
<£&sb'in advance. Jan 9.1845 ’ ly
J. M. TOMLINSON,
Y)LAIK, House Sign, Coach, Passenger Cara
X Fresco, fermuawita l and Decorative Painter
Abo mstjufactorer of Gilt Glass Door Plates
tWindcnrjHAs*, Numbers for Pnblie Houses
•Charebe* uud Street JSTumhers.
Opposite Jacob Haas A Co. White Hall Street
Atlanta, Qa, Ranfl. 1854 V Iff.
WlfiBfiM’fi
BAIL USE '
From Rome to La Fay
ette via. Mount Hickory,Summerville and Try-
on Factory.
Leave* Route Tutting* and Friday* at A
n’elock, A. M.; return* Weduttdayt mod Satur
day*.
The undersigned having taken the contract
for carrying the mail between Rome and La*
Fayette informs the traveling pub ic that he is
prepared with good horses and vebleles for the
accommodation of travelers. Those visiting
Chattooga aad Walker counties, will find this a
pleasant and agreeable route. The undersigned
A You56 Max's Character.—No young
man who baa just sense of his own value, will
sport with his own character. A watchful re
gard to his character in early youth, will be of
ineoneeivable value to him in all the remaining
yean of bis fife. When tempted to deviate from
strict propriety of deportment, he should ask
himselC can 1 afford this ? Can I endure here
after to look back upon this ?
It is amazing worth to a young man to have
a pure mind; for this is the foundation ofa pure
character. The mind, in order to be kept pure
must be employed in topics of thought which
are themselves lovely, chastened, and eleva-
iting. Thus the mind hath in its own power
the selection of its themes of meditation. If
yotife only knew bow durable and how dismal
is tits injury produced by the indulgence of de
grading thoughts; if they ooly realised bow
frightful, were the moral depravities which a
cherished habit of loose imagination produces
on the soul—they would shun them as the bite
of a serpent. The power of books to exeite the
imagination is a fearful element of moral death
when employed in the service of vice.
The cultivation of an amiable, elevated, and
glowing heart, alive to all the beauties of na
ture and all the sublimities of truth, invigorates
4be intellect, gives to the will independence of
-baser passions, find to the affections that pow
er of adhesion to whatever is pore, and good
and grand, which is adapted to lead out the
whole haters of oan into those scenes of action
and impression by which its energies may be
most appropriately employed, aod by which its
high destination may be most effectually reach
ed.—Albany Patriot.
Washington ox Religious Proscription.—
-“If I could have entertained the slightest ap
prehension that the Constitution framed at the
Convention where I had the honor to preside
•nrigfatyoMibly endanger the religions rights of
apyeoeietiastieal society, certainly I would nev-
erhsvefvlaeed my rignttnre to it; and if I
could not oooeeivo that .the General Govern
ment-might even be so administered as to ren
der tbs liberty of conscience Insecure,'I beg you
will be pensoaded that no one would be more
aealoos than myself to establish effectual barri
ere against (he horrors of spiritual tyranny, and
every speeies of religions persecution; for yon
doubtless remember, I have to (ten expressed my
sentiments that any man conducting himself as
a good citizen, And'being accountable to God
alone for his religions opinioh, ought to be pro
tected worshipping the Deity according to the
dictates of his own conscience."-- Wathington.
Deal Gently with the Berixg.—That man
possesses an extremely lew and grovelling mind
who rqjoieec at the downfall of another. A no*
hie heart, instead ef denouncing as a consum
mate scoundrel, one who has erred, will throw
around him the mantle of charity and the firms
of love, and labor to bring him back to duty
and to God. We are not our own keepers.—
Who knows when we shall so fur forget ourselves
fie to put forth aright band and sin. Heaven
keeps ns in the narrow path. Bat, if ws should
fail, where would bo the end of onr course; if
in ovary face ws saw a frown, and on every
brow we read vengeance; deeper and deeper
won id we descend in tbs path of infamy; when
if * different spirit vara manifested towards ns,
w« might base stayed our career of sin end
died an nprigbtand honest man. Deal gently
with those who go astray. Draw them book by
love and persuasion, a kind word is more valua
ble to the lost then a mins of gold. Think
of this and be on year guard, ye who would
-chase to the confines of tits grave an erring and
nnfoittmate brother.
We all have some frailty—
Wo all are nnwise—
And the grace which redeems us,
Must come from the skies.
Texas.—"There is a way that seemsth right
nnto man, hut the way thereof is," An.—Fro*-
irk
Ws hops it may not bo deemed saorlligions to
qnoto here, this sublime preoautlon from the
oracles of divine truth, as a text to discourse
from tits manner that follows, although in
aid of subjects of a somewhat secular nature,
appertaining, however, to morality.
It mav seem right to man to neglect paying
Ms debts, for the sake of lending or speculating
upon his money; bat the end thereof, is a bad
paymaster.
It may teem right to a man to attempt to
live upon the fashion of tho times; but tho end
thereof, Is—disgusting to all sensible folks, and
ruinous to health, repulsion and propriety.
It may seem right to a man to keep borrow
ing of his neighbors; bat the end thereof, is—
the total negleet of his own.
It may seem right to a man to be always
trumpeting his own fame, bat the end thereof
Is—that bis fame don’t extend very far.
It may seem right to a man to indulge his
children in every thing, but the end thereof, is
—his children will indulge iu dishonoring
him.
It may seem right for a man to attempt to
please everybody; but the end thereof, is—that
he pleases nobody,
It may seem right to a man to exoel his
nigh bo rs in extravagance and luxury; but the
end thereof, is—be only excels them in folly.
It may seem right to a man to be ineesssant-
ly oeeupied In hoarding up the treasures of
this world; but the end thereof, is—he has none
in the world to eome.
It may seem right to a man to worship a
creature more than than the Creator, but the
end thereof is an idolitor.
It may seem right to a man not to take a
newspaper; hut the end thereof, is—that a man
has a vain idea of what is right, and bis fami
ly are totally ignorant of the ordinary occur
renees of the day.
A retired cheesemonger, who hated
any allusion to the business that enriched him,
once remarked to Charles Lamb, in the course
of a disussion on the poor law, "You must bear
in mind sir, that I have got rid of all that stuff
which you poets call the milk of. human kind
ness.” Lamb looked at him steadily, and gave
him acquiescence in those words: "Yes, sir,
lam aware of that; you turned it into cheese
several years ago.
So you are going to qualify the Governor?"
said Mrs. Partington, as she reached over the
railing in the Senate chamber, and addressed
the member who sat nearest to her. He assen
ted.
"Well.” said she, with a proud look at the
Bennington drum and gun./‘I think it would
have been a good deal better if you had seen
that he was qualified aforehand.” There was
a wisdom equal to four of Webster’s compre
hensive Dietiouaries that said this.
The WtKTER or the Heakt.— Let it never
eome upon you. Live so that good angels may
prococt yon from this terrible evil—the winter
of the heart.
Let no chilling influence freeze up the moun
tains of sympathy and happiness io its depths:
no cold oh the faded flowers, no rude blasts of
discontent moan and shriek through iu all dis
contented chambers.
Your life path may lead you through trials
which for a time seem utterly to impede your
progress and shutout every light of heaven
from your anxious gase.
Penury may take the piece of ease and plenty;
your luxurious room—the soft couch for a straw
pallot—the rich viands for the oourae food of
the poor. Summer friends may forsake you,
with scarcely a look or word of compassion.
You may be forced to toil wearily, steadily
on to earn a livelihood; you may encounter
fraud and the base avarice this would extort
the last farthering, till you well nigb turn in
disgust from your fellow beings.
Death may sever the dear ties that bind you
to earth, and leave you in feeble d -rkness.—
That noble, manly boy, that sole hope of your
declining years, may be taken from you while
your spirit clings to him with a wild tenacity
which even the shadow of the toomb cannot
anbdae-
A Husky Ward Bkechrrmh.—This elevgy-
v . - a man reeenfiy preached a sermon agninst «ldr
hopes by diligent aUettiou to his business to school Calvinism, in which be said he' wished
secure a liberal share of patronage,
juliriy JH WISDOM
tTsTwood&co. bomb
Dealer* in watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
Silver Ware, Cutlery, Plated
and Brittannia Ware, China,
Musical Instruments, Walking-
Canes, Fancy Articles, Ac., Ac., Ac.
REPAIRING NEATLY EXECUTED,
aay 1 ’Sly
- it fully understood by his people, that he served
them not as tbs minister ofa sect, but of truth;
—— I <*I am not," be declared, "a Calvinist, an Ar-
Q A rninlan, a Univeixalist, a Pelagian, nor a Swe-
denborgian, hut I sm simply Henry Waid Bee
cher, a preacher of tbs Gospel, a believer in tbo
Lord Jesus Christ, and trying to make other
people believe in bim—that is all!”
A wag observes that be looks under the mar
riage bead for the sews of tbs vocak.
Bat amid all these sorrows, do not come to
the conclusion that nobody ever was so deeply
afflieted as you are, and adandon every antici
pation of "better days” in the nwknown fu-
tnre.
Do not loose your faith in human excellen
cy, because your confidence has been sometimes
betrayed, nor believe that friendship is only a
delusion, and love a bright phantom when glu.es
away from your grasp.
Do not think yon are fated to be miserable
because you are disappointed in your expeeta
Foot agaix ih tab Senate.—It is said Mr.
Foote will be returned to the U. S. Senate, from
California,, by tho legislature elect, provided
the friends of other gentlemen should succeed
in staving off the election.
A Beautiful Sketch.
It was night. Jerusalem slept as quietly
amid her Iritis as a child upon the breast of its
mother. The noiseless sentinel stood like a
statute at bis post, and the philosopher’s lamp
burned dimly in the recess of bis chamber.
Buta darker night was abroad upon the earth.
A moral darkness involved the nations in its
unligbted shadows. Reason shed a faint glim
mering over the minds of men, like the cold in
efficient shining of a distant star. The immor
tality of man’s spiritual nature was unknown
bis relations to heaven undiscovered, and his
future deathly obscured In a cloud-of mystery.
It was at tbU period that two forms of either-
ial mould hovered over the land of God’s chos
en people. They seemed like sister angels
sent to earth on some embassy of love.
The one was of majestic stature, and in tbe
well-formed limbs, which her snowy drapery
hardly concealed, in her erect bearing and
steady eye, exhibited tbe highest degreo of
strength apd confidence. Her right arm was
extended m an impressive gesture upwards
where night appeared to have placed her dark
est pavillion, while on he left reclined her del
icate companion in form and countenance the
contrast of the other, for she was droping
like a flower, wbeb moistened by refreshing
dews, and ner bright bnt troubled eye scan
ned the air with ardent but varying glances. Sud
denly a light like tbe sun flashed out from the
heavens, and Faith and Hope bailed with exult
ing songs the ascending 8tnr of Bethlehem.
Years rolled away, and tbe stranger was seen
in Jerusalem. He was a meek unassuming
man, whose happiness seemed to consist in acts
of benevolence to tbe human race. There were
deep traces of sorrow on his countenance, though'
no one knew why.be grieved, for he lived in the
practice of every virtue, and was loved by ail
the good and wise. By and by it was rumored
that the stranger worked miracles; that the
blind saw, tbe dumb spoke, and tbe dead leaped
the ocean moderated its ebafting tide, and the
very thunders articulated, he is tbe son of God.
Bnry assailed biro with the tbe charge of eoreev
ry end the voice of tbe impious judges condemn -
ed bim to death. Slowly and thickly guarded,
he ascended tbe hitl of Calvary. A heavy cross
bent him to tbe essth. Bat Faith learned up-
oh Ms arm, and Hope dipping pinions in bis
Mood, mounted to the skies.
Darkev Asthobomt.—‘Censer/ said a negro
to a colored friond 'which do you tink Is do
roost useful ob de comets—ds sun or de m*>on ?
•Well, Clrm. I dont tink I should be able to
answer dat question, seein' as bow I neber bad
much larnin.
•Well, Ceaser, I speck de moon ortor take ds
furst rank in dot pnrtlklar.
•Why. so, nigger?*
•Because de mon - shine* In de night when
we-need d light, and de son shines In de day
time when de light am ob no-consequence.
•Wei, Clam, you Is de most laroed darkey I
dipped the following beautiful and truthful ex-
trnct from an exobahgo, the name of wbieh has
escaped our memoiy. Let it be considered well:
The past it secure. It is uualterable. The
seal of eternity is upon it- The wisdom which
it has displayed eaonot be obscured; neither
oan they be debased by haman folly - or human
infirmity. The future is that which may well
awaken the most earnost solieitude, both for the
virtue and the permanence of our Republio.
The fate of other Republios, their rise, tbeir
progress, ther decline and their fall, are written
but too legibly on the pages of history, if indeed
they were not oontinually before us in the star
tling fragments of their ruins.
They have perished, and perished by their
own bands. Prosperity enervated them,-cor
ruption debased them, and a venal populace
consummated their destruction. They have
sometimes been cheated out of their liberties
by servile demagogues; sometimes betrayed
into a surrender of them by. false patriots.—
They hare disregarded the warning voice of
tbeir best statesmen, and have persecuted and
drivoo from office their best friends. - They
have reverenced power more in Us high abuses
ands uminary movements, than in its calm and
constitutional energy. They have surrendered
to facion what belonged to tho country.—Pat
ronage and party, the triumph of a leader, and
the’disoon tents of a day, have outweighed all
solid principles and institutions of government
Such are the melancholy lessons of the past
bistoty of republics, down to our own. Let
tbe history of tho Grecian and Italian States
warn ns of onr danger. Let the American
yonth never forget that they possess a noble
inberiteuce, bought by the toils, and sufferings,
and blood of tbeir ancestors, and capable, if
wisely Improved and faithfully guarded, of
transmitting to their latest posterity all the
substantial blessings of life, the peaceful enjoy
meot of liberty, property, religion, and inde
pendence. The structure has .been erected by
architects of consummate skill- and fidelity; its
arrangements are full of wisdom and order; its
foundations solid, and its defences are impreg
nable from without. It has been reared for im
mortality, if the work of man may justly aspire
to such a title. It may, nevertheless, perish in
an hour by the felly, or corruption, or negli
gence of its only keepers—the People. Repub
lics are created by the virtue, publie spirit,
and intelligence of the citizens. They fall
when tbe wise ate banished from the pnblie
councils, because they dare to be honest, and
tbe profligate are rewarded because they flatter
tbe people in order to betray them.
The Farmers 8»ng.
Success to tbe jolly old farmer
Who sings at tbe tail of the plow,
The monarch of prairie and forest,
’Tis only to God be may bow.
He is surely a fortunate fellow;
He raises his bread and his cheese;
And though hard is his labor in summer,
In winter he lives at his ease.
When tbe ruin of winter is broken,
And spring comes to gladden and bless,
When the flocks in the meadow are sporting.
And tbe robbin is building her nest,
The farmer walks forth to bis labor,
And manly and firm in his tread.
As he scatters the seed for the harvest.
That yields to tbe nations their bread.
His banks are all chartered by nature,
Tbeir credits are-all ample and sure;
His clerks never slope with deposits,
Pursued by tbe curse of the poor,
His stocks are toe best in the market;
His shares are the shares of bis plow;
They bring bright gold to t is coffers,
And pleasure and health to bis brow.
When his crops are gathered and sheltered,
When hiseattle are snug in the fold;
He sits himself down by the fireside
And Wnghs at tbe tempest and cold, .
A stranger to pride and ambition,
His duty he tries to fulfill.
Determined whatever betide him.
To let tbe world jogfis it will.
His trust is in Him who has given
The seasons the sunshine and rain,
Who has promised "seed time and harvest,"
So long as the earth shall remain;
And if from his duties he wander,
Led on by venturesome will,
Through life and its changing relations,
God’s providence follows him stilL
Beautiful Tribute to a Wife.—Sir James
McIntosh, tbe historian was married in early
life, before he attained fortune or fame, to Miss
Catharine Stuart,« young Scotch lady, distin
guished more for the excellence of her charac
ter than her charms. After eight years of hap
py wedded life, during which time she became
the mother offeree children, she died. A few
days after her - death, fee bereaved hnsband
wrote to a friend, depicting fee character of his
wife in fee following terms:
"I was gnided (he observed) in my choice on
ly by the blind affections of my-yonth. 1 found
an intelligent companion and a tender friend, a
prudent raonitress, the most faithful of wives,
and a mother as tender as children ever had the
misfortune to lose. I met a woman, who by
the tender management of my weaknesses, grad
ually corrected tbe most pernicious of them.—
She became prudeiftfroro affection ; and though
of tbe most generous nature, she was taught
frugality and economy by her love for me. Du
ring the most critical period in my life, she pre
served order in my affairs from fee care of
which she relieved me. She gently reclaimed
me from dissipation; she propped my weak and
irresolute nature; she urged my indolence to
all the exertions that have been useful and cred
itable to me, and she was perpetually at hand
to admonish my heedlessness or improvidence.
To her 1 owe whatever I am ; to her whatever I
*hall he. In solioitudo for my interest she nev
er for a moment forget my feelings or my char
acter. Even in her occasional resentment for
which I bnt too often gave her cause, (wonld
to God I could recall those moments!) she had
no sullenness nor acritdbny. Her feelings
were warm and impetuous; but she was placa
ble, tender and constant. Sncb was she when
Host her, when her excellent natural sense was
rapidly improving, after eight years struggle
and distress had bound us fast together, and
moulded our tempers to each other; when a
knowledge of her worth bad refined my youth
ful love into friendship, and before age had de
prived it of much of its original ardor. I lost
her, alas ! tbe choice of my youth, fee partner
of my misfortunes at a moment when I bad fee
prospect of her sharing my bettor days."—Home
Journal.
Vultures.—A letter from the Crimea tells
the following tale: "Vultures are very nume
rous in the Crimea. They smell the powder
and await tho coming of the fight to throw
themselves on tbeir victims. After one of the
reeent combats an English officer was found on
the battle-field who bad just expired, pressing
in both his arms one of these birds of prey dead,
like himself, and which be nad crushed in a lost
effort of agony!”
Payment of Intehest by the United
States.— The Washington Union has fee fol
lowing from the Attornoy General’s office:
1. As a general rule, fee United States do
not pay interest on any debts of the Gororn-
rnent,
2. The only exceptions are where fee Govern
ment stipulates to pay interest, as in public
loons, and where interest is given by act of
Congress expressly, either by tbe name of in
terest or by that of damages,
8. Acts of Congress authorizing tbe settle
ment of claims according to “equity" or “equi
ty and justice," do not give interest; for, ns
between private individuals, there la do mate
rial difference in this respeot between equity
The kune Expedition-TUUIlug Adven
ture.
Some of the episodes encountered during Dr.
Kane’s search, bare wild interest At one time
it berame necessary to send a fatigue party
wife precisions, to assist tbe main-part? under
Dr. Kane, in an attempted passa^h across
Smith's Sound. This party was under the
command of Mr. Brooks, first officer of tbe ex
pedition. He was accompanied by Mr. Wilson
and other volunteers. During their travel they
found fee lee completely impenetrable, and a
snow drift at last swept widely over fee floes,
and in the n idst of a heavy gale from tbe
North, the thermometer, to their dieraay, sunk
to fifty seven degrees below «ero. Human na
ture could not sopport the terrible cold. Four
of the party, ineluding Mr. Brooks and Mr.
Wilsoc, were prostrated with frozen feet, and
wife great difficulty, three of their companions,
after encountering great suffering reached the
ship and announced the condition of tbeir com
rades. Tbeir chances of being- rescued seemed
extremely small. They were in the midst of a
wilderness of snow, incapable of motion, pro
tected only by a canvas tent, and with no land
marks by which their position conld bo known.
Even to drag these maimed men wonld have
been under ordinary circumstances, a work of
difficulty; but to the slender party left at the
ebip, it seemed to be impossible. Dr. Kane,
with fee boldness and courage which justified
fee warm attachment felt towards him by all
nnderbis command, in less than one bonr or
ganized a rescuing party, leaving on board only
those who were necessary to receive the sick,
and started off in the teeth of a terrific gale,
steering by compass to rescue fee sufferers.
After nineteen hours’ constant travel, during
which two of fee party fainted, and others re
quired to be kept from sleep by foree, they
struck the trail of fee lost party, and finally,
staggering nnder ther hardens, one by one
reached fee tent, which was almost hidden by
fee snow.
Tbe scene, as Dr. Kane entered fee tent,
wae affecting beyond description. The party
burst out into tears. A blabber fire was 1m
mediately built; pemmican cooked, and •be par
ty ate for tho first time after leaving the vesseL
Ice was also melted, they having been to this
time without drink.—Worn out as they were,
bnt foor hours were ollowed for fee halt The
maimed of the frozen party were sewed op in
Buffalo robes, placed on sledges and dragged
along by their companions, Dr. Kane walking
in advance pioking the traek.—Cold of the nt
most severity again overtook them. Bonsall and
Morton, and oven tbe Esquimaux boy, Hance,
sunk upon fee snow with sleep. It was only
by force that they were aroused and made to
proceod, as the cold seemed to have destroyed
all conception of danger. A large bear, met
on their way, was fortunately seared off by Dr.
Kane, by tho simple wavingof bis band, T ey
reached the ship after a walk of sixty-two
boars, still dragging tbeir companions behind
them, but insensible.—Dr. Hays, the intelli
gent snrgeon of fee ship, from whom we ob-
taned the particulars of this fearful adventure,
received the returning party. Two of fee Bom
ber died of tbeir injaries, and two others un
derwent amputation, who are now restored to
perfect health. The condition of those who
dragged the sick was most lamentable. Their
memory for a time was entirely gone, and tbe
ship, in the midst of muttering <telirinm:resem
bled an hospital. Tbe surgeon and one re
maining attendant was in sole charge of the
ship. In this state of semi madness tbe sick
remained for two or three days, but afterwards
they entirely tecovered, and tbe party under
Mr. Kane started ferae weeks afterwards and
resumed their labors in fee field.
Intrepidity like this, has never been surpass
ed. It is spoken of wife emotion, even now,
by fee utmost hearts in fee expeditin.
Unpremeditated Eloquence.—As an exam
ple of powerful unpremeditated, eloquence may
be given a short answer of Curran, fee Irish
orator, to a certain Judge Robinson-—“fee an-
thorof many scurrilous pamphlets”—who npofi
one occasion, when the barrister was argning
a case before bim, had fee impudence to re
proach Curran for bis poverty, by telling him
that his law library was rather contracted."
"It is true, my lord,” said Curran, wife dig
nified respect, ‘that 1 am poor: and tbe eir-.
cumstanee has certainly somewhat curtailed my
library; my.books are not numerous, but they
are Jttlect, and I hope they bare been perused
with proper disposition. I have prepared my
self for this high profession, rather by fee study
of a few good books, than by fee composition
of a great many bad ones. I am not ashamed
of my poverty, but I should be ashamed of my
wealth, could I have stooped to acquire it by
servility and corruption- If I rise not to rank,
I shall at least be honest, and should I ever
cease to be so, many an example show me that
an ill-gained reputation, by making me con
spicuous, would only make me fee more univer
sally and the more deservedly contemptible:
Lynchburg and Tennessee AtLRoAn
We are gratified to learn feat this road- had
been opened to Mount Airy, and that the cars
commenced running to that place yesterday.
It is distant from Lynchburg 146 miles. The
track is laid seven miles further, and will be
completed to Marion, Smyth county, early in
December. This is drawing on towards the
western terminus, which is about forty miles
from Marion. The embankment is, however,
constructed for the whole distance, and very'
little remains to be done save fee. laying of the
rails. When tbe road is completed to the Ten
nessee line, a great aocession to its business
will promptly follow.—Richmond Ditpatch.
Scarcity of Hogs.—While fee grain crop
has been unprecedentedly large—tbe yield of
wheat alone being 76,000,000 bushels over feat
of last yoar— there appears to be an alarming
falling off from the usual supply of hogs. On
the Erie Canal, the great recipient of trade
from the North West, while tbe receipts of all
other kinds of produce are greatly in advance
of last year, there has been a failing off of near
one half in articles of pork, bacon, and lard.
By a recent census of Ohio there has beep
shown a decrease of 400,000 hogs from the
numper of last year, and pork was selling freely
at $6 00 net- The defeoti?n of the usual sup
ply of hogs it woold appear, may bo, principal
ly attributable to the shortness of the crops for
lost season, when nntnbrs of hogs were slaugh
tered, which would not otherwise have been,
to save the expense of feeding them.—Atlanta
Intelligencer.
ists t<> purchase hogs for early delivery, and
. sales have been made within the week at $6 29
per ewt. for November delivered, and now hol
ders ask $9 35. For December delivery, we
bejzr of no transactions—holders ask $6, and
purchases could not be made below this rate.
The stock of old Pork and Bacon in this mar
ket is very small-, and before fee new comes hr,
will be entirely exhausted, j This will be fee
.case, it is supposed, in ail fee leading markats;
and this consideration; together wife tbe advi-
ces from England by the Iasi steamer, leads to
fee conclusion that high rates will be-obtained
for all fee meat brought into fee market eariy.
Contracts are being made in Indiana at $9 59
S >r ewt net, for deliveiy to the latter part of
eeember and fee first of Jannaiy, and in Illi
nois at $5. .
The packers are paying $4 60 per ewt. net
for good beeves, but they are mostly held at
$9 76, bat at this rate are freely offered for
eariy delivery.—Cincinnati'Price Current 26th
vlL
Who abb our Teachers.—From Nature map
derives everything. The spider taught him
weaving; the fish famished,tho idea of a boat;
fee swan the pleasing model of a sail; fee
palm led to fee erection of a pillar; the skin
of brutes gave us tbe idea of dress; and fee
cocoa-nut led to fee beer-jug. The tax on wood
alone appears to be purely a human invention.
Cotton Crop in Alabama.—A correspon
dent of the Pratmlle Statesman (who seems to
have peculiar facilities of obtaining informa
tion ou the subject) says:
I have recently made a tour through Lown
des, Dallas, Wilcox, Monroe, Conecuh, and
Butler counties. The erap is generally good—
bettor than an average, except m Conecuh;
that county hardly an average. In other por-f,
tions of this State, our agents report favorably.'
In North Missisippi fee crop is very good; in
Middle Mississippi, an average, one. On Red
River it is much injured by warm and rot.
expensive shawl, or golden ringed fingers feat
attest fee attention of men of sense. They look
beyond these : It Is your character they study.
If you are trifling and loose in conversation—
no matter If yon are as beautiful as an angel-
yon have.no attraction for them. It is tbe true
loveliness of your nature that wins and continue
to retain fee affections of fee heart. Yonng la
dies sadly miss it who do not labor to improve
their mind*. Fools may be won by gew-gaws
and fashionable showy dresses, but tbe wise
and substantial are never caogbt by such traps.
Use pleasant and agreeable language, and, tbo*
you may not be courted by the fop, the good
and truly great will love to linger in yonr step*
Where Did thet Comb From?—The astoun
ding increase of about 12,000 in the voting
population of Alabama in fee short space of
two years, and in view of fee fact feat it was
said, prior to the election there, that some
8000 naturalization papers—of fee assets of
defunct foreigners, no doubt—were sent over
from New Orleans, for a purpote, we hate been
.induced to estimate fee necessary addition to
her population to justify so large an increase in
tho late vote cast. One voter to every seven
inhabitants is fee admitted ratio, which gives
to Alabama the on paralleled and incredible in
crease of 150,000 since fee last election, and
that too, notwithstanding fee immense emigra
tion to Texas and elsewhere. Does any man
honestly believe sncb an Increaso legitimate,
or that it exists in fact? For one, we anwer,
emphatically, we do not. Nor do we believe
feat fee .30,009 increase in fee voting popula
tion of Virginia except from a like suspicion.
—Flag of the Union, Sept. 14.
. Elections nr NovnxBen.—Elections will
take place in fee ensuing mouth of November
as foUowx: ! In Louisiana on Monday, the 6th,
for State officers and four Representatives .to
Congress. In Mississippi on Monday and Tnes-
day, fee 5fe and fife, for. State officers and five
Representatives to Congress In New York on
Tuesday, tbo Ifb, far State officers, except Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor. In Wisconsin
on Tuesday, the fife for State officers.—lit Ma
ryland on Wednesday, fee 7th, for six Repre
sentatives to Congress. In Massachusetts on
Monday, fee I3fe, for Sate officers.—In eaoh
of fee States of Alabama, Missouri, Indiana,
California, and Pennsylvania will have to elect
one United States Senator.
An Extended Statement.—An old gentle
man who bad a neighborhood rather addieted
to telling large stories after listenning ond day
to several wbieh taxed his credulity, boasted
feat be himself conld tell a bigger one still, aad
proceeded to relate fee following: Said be,
“One day I was quite at fee other end of my
farm, niore than half a mile from my honse,
when all at once I saw a dark cloud rising in
fee west. Soon I saw torrents of rain descend,
ing the where I stood wife my wagon. I started
ray team towards home. By constant applica
tion of fee whip to my horses I barely escaped
being overtaken by fee rapidly approaching
torrent. But so tremendous did it pour down,
feat my little dog, who was close behind ras,
actually had to swim all tbe way."
Popular Definitions.—What is fashion?—
Dinners at midnight, and headaches in the
morning.
What is wit?—That peculiar kind of talk
feat leads to palled noses and broken heads.
What is idleness ?—Work yellow mountains on
a pink subsoil—or a bine tailed dog ih skycoi-
ored bon valrions.
What is joy?—To count yoor money and fla£
it over-runj^ hundred dollars.
What is coneisnce?-—Something that guilty
men feel every time it thunders.
What Is contentment?—To sit in tbe house
and sea fee other people stock in the mud. la
other words—to be better off than go or neigh
bors.
T. P. Baranm, at fee recent Agricultural Fair
at Norwieb, N. Y., made his appearance to fee
grounds in an omnibus, brawn by twenty-one
yoke of cattle.
That’s it Tobias, go it-a strong bid after the
Presidency sure. Wonder that some of our
exchange feat exhibit such remarkable powers
for rnnning np names for fee Presidency harn’t
thought of F
The oool morning winds and chilly
breezes of “dewy ere, tell ns that Antumn is
close upon us.
This is to us fee most pleasant soason of the
year. Now in fee calm star-lit night, our
Southern skies may challenge comparison wife
those of Italy, for the peculiarly blear atmos
phere gives them a "deeper, darker blue” than
dusty summer, gloomy winter. Or misty spring.
But fee peculiar charm of American scenery in
Aulutnn is our forests. Nature ss if to doek
her victims for the saorifice, and to add to their
beauty ere sbo strips them of it, paints their
leafy robes with fantastically brilliant tints.—
Golden yellow mingles with bright Oitmson,
sober russet and dark green, and ns tbe many
many colored leaves eome danoihg onpriolously
to tho ground, we enhld almostfancy them tiny
birds of brilliant plumage, who (showing more
tasce than others of the feaibered race) have
choosen balmy Autnmn for their Sports' rafeer
than Hole spring. Bnt this fairy seasen is ex
ceedingly shot-lived, stern old Winter usurps
its place,and then—farewell to sentiment, and
instead, we greet huge great abate, blue noses,
and roaring fires.—Lagrange Reporter..
^a^Thews ter-tanks along the Central Rood
in Georgia, havo been failing lately. Possibly
this fiiroumstanee may have some connection
lu, w , -mu y _ - t . . wife rocent mail; failures:;-or perchance tho
eber seed I guess voa used to sweep out a » and ,ttW > and th>t expression docs not obauge heavy freights, of Alabama, cotton may hnve
scbocl bouse for livin, I™ 8 olt ** regards fee Government. j jostled fee papers and letters “off fee track."
The Rothschilds.—Tbe Rothschilds, are
.however, unquestionably, tbe grestbst enree to
European ii' erty. They propped ip bli the
tie despots in Germany, helped bn Austria in
her infamons career, and the T downfull df the
Honse would he hailed wife delight by all fee
European People. The present Sir Robert Pepl
bnt expressed the popular feeling In bis savage
assult upon fee family, though it was said In
fee House of Commons at the time to have been
instigated by some usurious reminiscences.—
Like most Jews they have no feeling for any
thing but money* for any person hot their own
kindred: and to nave suggested to old Meyer
Rothschild feat in becoming fee pet Jew of fee
Hessian . Price who had made his ffionner out
of American blood he would stain his hands,
would set the whole tribe in iasghter, and
make gay the very stones npon fee Chetto.-£r-
ehange.
A Pennsylvania Dutchman Puzzled.—A
journeyman printer lately set out on foot to
travel for the interior of Ohio, a distance of five
hundred miles, with an “old brass rule,” and
three dollars in his pocket. He -soon found him
self in Pennsylvania, and being very weary,
called at the Inn ofa Dutchman, whom be found
quietly smoking his pipe, when fee following
dialogue ensued:
"Veil, Mish ter ValkingSthick, vat you vantt”
“Refreshment andrepose.”
"Supper and lodgings, I reckon ?”
“Yes Sir? ‘supper and lodgings."
“Be -yon a Yankee pedler, mit chewelry in
your pack, to cheatte galls?"
“No, si", no Yankee pedler.”
“A zinging teacher too lazy to vork'7"
“No; air/’ • -
"A chenteel shoemaker, vat stohays till Sat-
nrday night, and lays in de porbh ober
day »' .
"No, sir, or I should have mended my
before this. But lam dot disposed longer to
submit to this outlandish inqnisition. Can you
give me snpper and lodgings?”
“Tofeky. Bat vat be you? A pook acheht
takin’ honest heebie’s money for a little lardin'
dat only makes tern lazy ?”
“Try again, yonr worship.”
“A dentist, pruakin’ heebie’s jaws at a dollar
a eohrng. and running off diit old Shamboed’s
daughter ?”
“No, sir, no tooth puller."
“Kcrnolojus, den, footin’ de yonng folks'
head, tike so many cabbitoh and charging 25
cents vor dollin’ der fortune like a blamed
Yankee?” •
A Fine Steam.—A good story is told of a
Philadelphia judge, well known for his love of
jokes. He had advertised a farm for sale, wife
a fine steam of water mining through it. A
few days afterwards a gentleman called on him
to speak about it.
“Well, Judge,” said he, “I have been over
that (arm you advertised for sale the other day,
and find all right, except fee fine steam of wa
ter you mentioned."
“It runs, through fee piece of woods in tho
lower part of the meadow," said thejudga.
“What, feat little brook! Why it does not
hold mnch more than a spoonfed. I am sure if
yon empty a bow! of water into it, it would
overflow. You dont call that a fine stream, do
your* '* - - —•*-****.■'■ .* - ■
“Why if ft were much finer you couldn’t see
it at all*” said fee judge, blandly.
We never heard whether fee gentleman
bought tho farm, bnt wa rather suspect ho
didn’t’
When is a man thiner than a shingle? When
he is a sharing^
Pbivieged Members.—The State of Maine
Is responsible for the following:
A gentleman on a visit to Washington, one
day, very cooiy opened the door of pus in,
whenjfee doorskeeper asked:
“Arejyon a privileged member!”
“What do yea mean hy that!” asked fee
stranger.
The reply was:
“A Governor, an ex-Memher of Congress, or
a Foreign Minister.’
The stranger replied that he was a Minister.
“From what court or country, if you please?"
asked fee officiaL
Very gravely poin ted up:
“From Heaven sir!”
To this fee doorkeeper waggishly remarked:
“This Government, at present, holds no in
tercourse wife tho Foreign Power.” ,
Sambo, what'kind oh keys would it take te
open de gates of Sebastopol?
•Well, I guess its Tur-keys.*
‘No dat aia’t it. Sambo?’
‘Weil, what is it, GaiaboT*
‘Why, Yon-keee: yah! yah!
- -' * a « » » ■ i-1 i
A wedding recently came off in Memphis,
Tenn., which was the ninth occasion on which
fee bride had been made happy by matrimony.
An exchange advertises for a good, strung;
adhesive plaater, te aake busy-bodies atiefc to
their own business.
“No phrenologist, your excellency.”
“Veil, deii, vat de tuytul are yon ? Shoost
tell and you shall have some of to pest sassages
vor your supper, and qtchay ail night vree gra-
dis midout charging you, mit a chill of visky to
stbart on pefore prenkfast.”
“Very well, your honor: to terminate fee
colloquy, without ftirfeer circumlocution, I am
an humble discipline of Faust—a professor of
"the art preservative of all arts’’—a typogra
pher, at your servioe sir.”
"Votsch dat?”
“A printer, sir; a man that prints books and
newspapers.”
"A man vot brints to nooshbabers! - Oh !
yaw, yaw! By Cnoopiter! aye! aye! Dat i'b
it! a man vot brints te nooshbabers!—yawyaw!
Volk up, valk up, Mr. Brinter! Cheoras, take
tbo ohentleman’s peek off. Sohon, pring some
junks to de fire. Petsey, pring some beer.—
A man vot prints de nooshbabers! I wish I may
pe shot, if I didn’t tink dot you vash a Know
Nothin.”
Aneobotb ofcJackbon.—While he was con
nected wife fee army, an officer complained to
him feat some of the soldiers were making a
great noise in fee tent
"What are they doing!” asked the Gene
rali r
"They are preying now, but they have been
singing was the reply.
“And is that a crime?” asked Jackson, with
emphasis. > f
"The articles of w.ir,” the officer said, “order
punishment for any unusual noise.”
“God forbid!" replied Jaokson, wife much
feeling, “that preying should be an unusual
hoi^e in iny oarap,"andadvised fee offiocr to
join them.
Mre. Partington expresseagreat apprehension
feat the people in California willbleed to death,
as every paper she picks np announces “anofe.
“ vein opened.”
A lawyer,-being rick, made his last will and
testament, and gave all his estates to fools and
madmen! Being asked fee reason for so doing;
he s. id, “from such I got it, and to such Ire-
turn it again.”
When is corn not corn?
“ground”
Ans. When it is
Tbe individual who planted himself on hiq.
good intentions, has not yet sprouted. He’a
waiting for a rein.
Happy Home.—Hamilton says that six things
are requisite to make home happy. Integrity
must be .fee architect, and Tidiness fee uphol
sterer. It must be warmed by Affection, and
Industry fee ventilator, renewing the atmos
phere aud bringing fresh salubrity day by day;
and while over all, as a protecting eanopy and
glory, nothing will suffice except fee blessings
of God.
Newspapers.—Judge -Longstreet, whose
▼laws on any snlyeot are sensible, practical,
and worth treasnring, fens sets forth the value
of a newspaper:
“Small is fee sum feat is required to patronize-
a newspaper, and most amply remunerated ia
fee patron. . I care not how humble and unpre
tending fee gazette he takes, it is next to im
possible to fill a sheet fifty-two times a year
without patting in it something that is worth
the subscription price. Every parent whoso
son Is off from home should scpply him wife a
paper. I well remember, what a difference
there was between those of my schoolmaster
who had not/accessess to newspapers. Other
thing* being equal, fee first were always deci
dedly superior to the last in debate and compo
sition at least* The reason is plain, they had
oommand of more facts Youths will peruse w
newspaper wife delight when they will read
nothing else.”
The Miseissppi was rising smartly, at St.
Louis, by last accounts. The Missouri was ve
ry low.
Copper Mines in ViRGiicTA.—The JKohmond
Whig of the 11th inet, says:
The richest copper ere yet (band in South-
Western Virginia is said to have been recently
discovered in tbo valley, a few miles south of
Jeffersonville, Tasewell county, Va. The beds
are inexhaustible, and it is said to be fee grea
test cepper discovery yet made in the State, '