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Sat 1’ ff seen him Made r%ht glnJ At “ Crmfeif’ mis, XOiiTe a carresj stiffing frwn> tToulilsrrewl fc>*Kors nond Where vi rt ore Vprafse did sou If’twer-“eAi.'’ long pars lit'* Tabsrei# ow. The ramming lines awe gwuff From fri*sfcy ; For ether* a re hie Fi*nrs r For ether* are his power*. And hi- (ftivs. Hre pa-j.'cg shear ess. Fiting by. Tow eimjce him, nrgfit Ry night. By the lamp’s rfnlt. dstwry fight, r-tun'f rag there, Wrtbcobweh rortainsspread In fet otm* o’er hi* bead, That sooty wfinwertagshni In his hair. Arrl when the waning moon Free’ alms of night the noon, If yon room, You’may see him, weafc and frail. As bis weary ftWstops fall. In motion tike the son 9, Wending heiue llis form F,y year* is bent, To his hair a tinge is Varl F*Hy grey; And his teeth are stsedeenyed, Awl bis eyes their trust betrayed— ftreat ha roe Time lias made With his clay. But soon will come the day, When his form will pass away From your view, Are I the spot shall know no more Tbc sorrows that ho bare. Nor the disappointment sore He bado adieu. sapa® Bib ib & anr. DOMESTIC FISH I'ONDS. We are surprised that our country friends do not pay more attention to the subject of fishponds. Many of them have, on some part of their estates, either natural ponds, or small streams running through narrow valleys, which may be dammed at a tri fiing expense, and occupy but a compara small surface of land, and which, in many cases, is entirely worthless. These ponds should be fed wilbliving streams or springs, The former are preferable, as they bring to the pond supplies of seeds, vegetables, mud, &c., on which many of the finny tribes subsist. Aqnatic plants, insects of various kinds, and inft/noricr. are also gen erated in the pond, and supply them with an adequate amount of food. Whenever this is deficient for the inmates, artificial fool may be added, as bread, decayed grains, vegetables, meat, and the like. They may be soon taught to come at a call, as by the tinkling of a bell, the blast of a horn, the beat of a drum, or some musical instruments, and they will thus gather round,! heir food as soon thrown in. Many species of fish subsist entirely by suction, as tire shad, the sucker. See.: am! it is poli cy to have separate ponds for such of these as may be wanted for use. Others, amt by tar the larger part, are predatory, am! subsist almost entirely cm other fish, as the pike, pickerel, &c.: and these require a stock of smaller fry to supply them ade quately with food. Some experiments have been made with the shail and other salt-water fish in acclt autiaffig them in fresh water, and with en tire saccess. A friend, who had several ssh poewfs o his estate cm the Lfadson, says-they have bred with, him the second reaf they weee placed there, lie occasion ally supplied’ them with salt, when they would came about the- deposit, ami seem to mjtry the brackish. water while the salt re awimeif Wheii. deprived ot tin’s, some of | the original shad died; but whether ow t ing to this or some other cause, it is not ■ certain. The younger ones seem to thrice in water entirely fresh. He has also do mestirated several kinds of iVesh-water j fish, some of which trace been imported from the European waters, as the carp and 1 tench ; but most of them are the best cari •eties from onr Inland fates Foment them hace become sfrch pets, and so familiarly answer his calf, that he has great repug nance rri preparing them for bis table 1 though his friends, to wham he freqnent j ly sends them, hace no such sernpfes, and pronounce them delicious. He tells a good story of harnessing n nine-foot sturgeon transferred from the rirer to his domains. He has properly adjusted straps, so fritted a not to interfere with his fins, to which a ringand trace is attached, with a lightcorfc j buoy, so as always to be within reach. When disposed for a sail, he gets into his canoe, and quietly affixes a tow fine to the j buoy; and as soon as the sturgeon feels a ! jerk, off he darts with railway speed, and . whirls him ronnd and round the pond till | exhausted, when he rolls over or. his hack ) and halts. Ife is then disengaged from ; the canoe, and, after recovering from his sweat, bounds intj the air six or eight feet, i and off he darts for the quiet depths of the j pond. Some honest Dutchmen, in his neighborhood, thinking this too good fun ; to be monopolized, tried the experiment with an untamed sturgeon in the Hudson ; when, after a short time, he plunged down wards, drawing under the boat, men and all, who came near being drowned. They denounced their neighbor and his craft, and have never been known to attempt the experiment since.— Ain. Agricult. MERMAIDS IN CALIFORNIA. We have reason to believe that, if our seamen were educated, they would afford very essential ai l in enlarging the bounds of human knowledge. It is not uncommon now a-days, to meet with individuals in humble life who have traveled in every quarter of the globe, and encountered per ils and adventures which would have se cured to them the honor of knighthood a few centuries ago. Too often, however, these individuals (who are generally sea men,) are so ignorant and unobserving, that they are unable to impart, at the close of their iourneyings, any valuable inform ation, in addition to what has been accu mulated by others who went before them, or to state any facts concerning the differ ent lands which they have visited, other titan those interesting to the sensualist. Occasionally however, an individual of this class is found, who having received a good New England education, lias, wher ever he has journeyed, been inquisitive and observing, and has stored up in his mind a vast fund or curious and useful knowledge which might, in the hands of an accom plished scholar, be made the source of a handsome revenue. In conversation, a few days since, with a seaman of this character, who has spent several years on the California coast, and traveled extensively in other quarters, he stated a circumstance which he lias many times witnessed on that coast, and which he thinks very satisfactorily accounts for the old idea of the existence of “mer maids,” who, it will be recollected, were represented as amphibious beings, having the lower half of their ho lies like a fish ; that they visited the locks and shores, and could be seen in bright sunny days, with looking-glasses in their hands, washing their faces, and combing and dressing their heads. &c. As no similar explana tion of the origin of the belief in the exist ence of this fabulous animal has ever been published, to our knowledge, we here re late it for the gratification of the curious in such matters. Me says that attached to the rocks and pebbles of that coast, theie abounds a mus cle, which he thinks is a variety of the ed ible muscle found in these parts, it having a shell similar in form and external ap pearance, excepting it being larger, and the inner surface is thinly coated with very handsome pearl, which, when wet, will glisten in the sun s rays like a mirror. There also abounds there a beautiful, .playful and intelligent animal called the sea-otter, so beautiful and intelligent, in deed, that the hunters and Indians say that it is almost as painful to their feelings to kill one of them as to kill a human be ing, and were it not for the high price which their fnr commands, it is probable that they would be permitted to gambol in their native element, forever undisturbed by mankind. These pearly muscles the sea-otters, bring up from the bottom for food, and have a way of opening them with their fingers, by pressing them against their breasts. They then hold the shells to their mouths, and eat out the fish in that manner, but as the fish generally adheres only to one shell, the other is dropped, and one hand is em ployed in washing the face and smoothing the fur on the breast, head and neck : and the bright shell glittering in the sun, he thinks the same might given distant and fanciful observer the idea of a girl dressing her head, with a looking-glass in her band, and being witnessed by some voting sailors who had long been absent from the charms of their native fair—the bright eyes and pretty forms of the sea-otter, suggested to their yearning fancy the existence of mer maids or sea-nymphs. That they are in teresting and pretty, atl accounts concur. Captain Sturges, (firm of Bryant Sr Stur ges, of Boston.) in a lecture before the Massaehusetts Legislature, a few yearsago. said that he considered the sea-otter as the prettiest being in the world, with thestngle exception of a pretty woman, and that he hail rather look upon a handsome sea-ot ter skin,’ than upon the most famoos painting of the old masters. —Boston Tinm. tcß” Get up early. lUQemiEJSi 9 wise atr ©&2s??Df§ a CIRCASSIAN SLAVES. in a moral point of view, all slave traff ic is of course odious and reprehensible, but that of Circassia differed from all oth er commerce of tire kind, hr so far that all parties wctc benefited by, and consenting to, the contract. The Turks obtained in Caucasus handsomer and healthier wives tlian those bom in tbe harcin ; and the Cir cassian beauties were delighted to exchange the poverty and toil of their father*’ moun tain huts for the luxurious far-n rente of tbc seraglio, of whose wonders and delights their cars were regaled from, childhood np -1 wants, with the most glowing description. The trade, although greatly impeded and very hazardous, still goes on. Small Tur kish craft creep up to the coast, cautiously evading the Russian ernisers, enter creeks ami inlets, and are dragged by the Circas sians high and dry upon the beach, there to remain till the negociation for their live cargo is completed, an operation that gen erally takes a few weeks. These women sold are the daughters of serfs and freemen ; rarely docs a vorl consent to dispose of his sister or daughter, although the case does sometimes occur. But whilst the sale goes on, the slave ships are anything but secure. It is a small matter to have es caped the Russian frigates and steamers.— Each of the Kreposts possesses a little squadron of row-boats, manned with Cos sacks, who pnll along the coast in search of Turkish vessels. If they detect one, they land in the night, and endeavor to set fire to it, before the mountaineers can come to the assistance of the crew. The Turks, who live inprofoundterrorofthe.se Cossack coast-guards, resort to every pos sible expedient to escape their observation ; often covering their vessels with dry leaves and boughs, ar.d tying fir branches to the masts, that the scouts may take them for trees. If they are captured at sea by the cruisers, the crew are sent to hard labor in Siberia, and the Circassian girls are mar ried to Cossacks, or divided as hand-maid ens amongst the Russian staff officers. From thirty to forty slaves compose the usual cargo of each of these vessels which are so small that the poor creatures are packed almost like herring in a barrel.— But they patiently endure the misery of the voyage, in anticipation of the honeyed existence of the harem. It is calculated that one vessel out of six is taken or lost. In the winter of 1833-4, eight-and-twenty ships left the coast of Asia Minor, for that of Caucasia. Twenty-three safely return ed, three were burned by the Russians, and two swallowed by the waves.— Lamartine. HEBREW LEGEND. “ You teach,” said the Emperor Trajan to a famous Rabbi, “ that your God is ev erywhere, and boast that he resides among yotir nation. I should like to see him.” “God's presence is indeed everywhere,” the Rabbi replied, “but he cannot be 6een, for no mortal eye can look upon his splen dor.” The Emperor had the obstinacy of pow er, and persisted in his demand. “ Well,” answered the Rabbi, “ suppose we begin by endeavoring to gaze at one of his ambassadors.” Trajan assented ;. and the Rabbi leading him into the open air, for it was the noon of the day, bade him raise his eyes to the sun, then shining down upon the world in its meridian glory. The Emperor made the attempt, but relinquished it. “1 cannot,” said he, “the light dazzles me.” “ If then,” rejoined the triumphant Rab bi, “thou art unable to endure the light of one of his creatures, how canst thou ex pect to behold the unclouded glory of the Creator V Till B A :rf BSA S7 For Richards’ Weekly Gazette. HONOR TO THE APPRENTICE. BY CHART.ES U PTON. Honor (o the poor boy, Who, while his years are few, Goes out to learn u calling, In manhood to pursue ; It shows that he is honest, And that he ne’er intends To be a lazy beggar, Nor a burden to his friends. Though his arm is weak and slender, He knows ’t will not be long Tilt its mu-cles will grow larger, A nd its sinews fi. m ami strong ; And be cannot think of wasting The power of that arm, By spending his existence In idleness and harm. lie looks to honest labor For liis happiness and health. And hopes, with Heaven's blessing. His work will bring him wealth: Not a coin does he covet, Or wish that he may get, K.xeept it have upon it A drop of honest sweat. Though he’s surely not a coward. Vet he feels himself a friid To enter on his manhood, l nlesH he has a trade; For he dreads the dark temptations. That linger in the way Os men without employment, To lead their feet astray. In his heart he has determined That he will begin, in time, To save himself, forever, From idleness arxf crime. A few short years of service, If he labor as he should, Will endear to him his duties, And make them und r*tood. Atyl, when his term expires, How happy will he be ! Tor he'll have an occupyi<>rr, Anti know that he h Fr£k! Then, honor to the [•** hoy. Who, while his yrar* are few, floe- out to learn a calling, In cna: Ik>l to pur.-ae- SOUTHERN MANUFACTORIES. The Raleigh Register thus discourses on this snbject: “The establishment of Manufactories and Mills of every description, would have the tendency to aronse the energies of the } people, lo quicken their inventive genius, to concentrate their capital, and toenhance I it, to cause an influx of capitalists and op j eratives, to create a market for the produc tions of the farm, and by a reflux influence ! the refuse of all such consumption being j returned to the soil, to increase its value. In 1813. v/hen the first factory was es tablished at Lowell, Mass., no one saw in the unsettled pasture and meadow, the fu | tnre great city and the extensive opera j ions which have raised it to its present preeminence. An unprofititahlc canal | around Pawtucket falls, was purchased ! and the result has been, what the country I all know, Lowell made far-famed, and its i numerous companies wealthy. By pursu ing a like policy, it is obvious what North Carolina might become. Her waste lands would be brought into market, her unpro ddetive farms return four-fold into the laps of their possessors, her mineral wealth be appreciated, her hills and her valleys teeming with a busy and thriving popula tion, her mountain streams and rivers made every drop, to contribute to the wealth of her citizens, the native intellect and ener gies of her sons would he stimulated, and as developement of mind elevates the man in the scale of being, her citizens would be rendered better and happier and more intel ligent, and her name be enrolled high up, among her sister Stats. tfcj”'lt is a fact worth repeating, that the Emperor of Russia rame to this country for his model war steamer, and for railroad road engineers. Nicholas has always manifested a predilection for American ge nius, in spite of his hatred of American politics and constitutions. Morality without religion is only a kind of dead-reckoning,—an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measu ring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.— Longfellow's “ Knvanagh. ’ I¥a©, TO BBMOVS STOm Procure a dry red-elm lever, about twenty feet long, and about six to eight inches in diameter, also, a good stout log chain, with two yokes of oxen ; this is all the machinary necessary, except a good ox-driver. The mode of operation is this: wrap the chain around the stump a little above the ground, and make what is call ed a log hitch ; and lay the lever horizon tally on the ground, the large end next to the chain and against she stump make the loose end of the chain fast lo the end of the lever, drawing it tight against the stump; the cattle are hitched to the small end of the lever and driven around in a circle of which the lever is the radius. One revolution of the oxen around the stump will generally twist it out of the ground, or loosen it so that it may be haul ed out by the oxen when hitched to the log-chain around the stump. But should not the power of this machine be sufficient to move the stump, the side roots may be uncovered and cut partly off, and the stump will then be more easily removed. By pursuing this plan in the spring of the year, when the ground is loose and mellow, the stumps are more easily remov ed ; and by persevering in this method two or three years your fields will be cleared of these obstructions to neat and economi cal farming. This extract is taken from the Ohio Cul tivator, and is a very simple stump ma chine. The ingenuity of our farmers in different places, lead them to adopt various plans for the easy removal of stumps, and there are some excellent hints to our farmers, at this season of the year. HOW TO DISLODGE A FISH RONE FROM THE THROAT. It sometimes happens that a fish bone ac cidentally swallowed will remain in the (rsophagns, and occasion serious inconve nience ; in fact, instances have been known where so much irritation has arisen that death has followed. In such cases it is advisable, as soon as possible, to take four grains of tartar emetic, dissolved in one half pint of warm water and immediately afterwards the white of six eggs. The co agulated mass will not remain in the stom ach more than two or three minutes, and the probability is that the bone will be e jected with the contents of the stomach. If tartar emetic is not to be found conveni ently a teaspoonful of mustard dissolved in milk warm water and swallowed will answer the same purpose. The Great Bridge at Wheeling Va. —The people of Wheeling are going on rapidly with the construction of their vast bridge across the Ohio river, the span of which will be lOlfi feet and its height above low water 97 feet, to avoid obstruct ing the steamboats. Its cost will be about a quarter of a million of dollars, or more than that of gradingand bridging forty miles of railroad of an average degree of difficul ty in Ohio. It is not likely that many such bridges will be erected considering the cost and risk attending them, but this project will stand out as a work honotable to the spirit of the people in Western Vir ginia. Major No ah, in his Sunday Time*, has a reminiscence of early travel f We remember dropping’ in once to see Mr. Crawford, of Georgia, who was our Minister at Paris } and being told that he was expected from court, in a few minutes, we took a hook and awaited his return. The door opened shortly, and in walked the ambassador, “a cracker planter,” be dizzeneil with gold lace, with a sword and cocked hat—a stoat man also—who felt and looked as if he were in armor. We gazed a moment, and both broke out into a simultaneous burst of laughter. After having made two or three turns around the room, he called his faithful black, and said —“Here CutT, take off my harness.” IBif Why is a dandy like amushrx m ? Give it up 1 Because he’s a regular snp-hend— His wai-t is remarkably slender; ilis growth is remarkably rapid. And bis top is uncommonly tender ! [Teems. It is said the oldest inhabitant of this country, and some say of the world, is the celebrated Miss Ann-Ttquity. Who knows an older ?— Spring. Rep. We haue an idea that Miss E. Ternity is a trifle older. In the novel of “A Man Made of Money,” Douglass Jerrold calls a woman’s arms “the serpents that wind about a man’s neck, killing his best resolutions.” — Balt. Sun. ISsy* The French Government has call ed on the Belgians for twenty-seven mil lion of francs, the small balance advanced in 1831, for “aid and comfort afforded at a critical moment.” At the Polytechnic Institution in London is exhibited one pound of glass, spun by steam into four thousand miles, and woven with silk into beautiful dresses and tapestry. fifgy” Os the new Legislative Assembly of France, three hundred members are or have been editors. Byron wrote his celebrated poem of the “ Bride of Abydos” in one night, and without mending his pen. The pen is yet preserved in the British Museum. A darkey set to work to cut down a very tough tree, but his axe flew hack, for some time, with but little effect. A storm occur red meantime, and a crashing shaft of lightning shattered a huge oak to splinters near him. “ Bress de Lord!” exclaimed Sambo, “dat well done. ’Pose you try dis one next—guess you get your match, mas sa!” A Little Bear’s Grease. — lt is ru moured that the Emperor of Russia has conferred on Mr Anstey the title of Count Out. vliimTtiscmcnts. ROSS & RIVERS, (DmoaoM WILL i ractice their profession in this and the adjoining counties. %* < Office at Ath ens under the Newton House, and at Oxford,Ga. Athens, Mayt 1849. 3ly BUENA VISTA HOUSE, Rome, Georgia. - - - By Mrs. M. A. Choice. ftCf* Carriages will be at the R. R 1 )ep6t to car ry passengers to the Hotel —free of change. M air a © tta IS ®t® 1 9 JOHN B. WICS., - - - - PROPRIETOR. rpillS spacious house is situated upon the pub- A lie square, contiguous to the Rail-Hood De pot. It is in excellent order, and the Proprietor pledges himself to give satisfaction to those who may i'avor him with a call. [ 10 to 35.] PROSPECTUS THE SCHOOLFELLOW: A MAGAZINE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS. ISSUED IN MONTHLY NUMBERS OF 32 PAGES, ILLUSTARTED WITH ENGRAVINGS, AT THE LOW PRICE OF $ 1 per annum—ln advance ! rnilE Publisher of Richards’ Weekly Gazette A announces that he issued the first number of the above work last January, with a view of affor ding to the Boys and Girls of the South a journal of their own, in which instruction and amusement shall be happily blended. The Schoolfellow contains articles, both origi nal and selected, from many pons that have writ ten charmingly for the young. We will mention the names of Mary llowitt, Miss Sedgwick, Pe ter Parley, Miss Mclntosh, Mrs. Gilman, Mrs. Joseph C. Neal, Mary E. Lee, Miss Barber, and many others might he added. Many of the art icles in The Schoolfellow are beautifully illustrat ed. and the twelve numbers of one year make two volumes of nearly 400 pages and one hundred en gravings, of which, every boy and girl who may own it may he proud. Terms.—l. Each number contains 32 pages, and at least 8 engravings, and is issued on the first of every mont h. 2. The subsenntion price is One Dollar a-year, in advance. To Clubs: 5 copies to one address,sl: 10 do., fS ; 20 do sls. yC£=* There are many schools in which at least twenty copies may be taken, as the price to each one will be only seventy-five cents. Communication must be post-paid and addres sed to The Schoolfellow, Athens, Ga. Q&* Editors, exchanging with Richards’Ga zette,” who will copy or notice fully this Pros pectucs, shall receive The Sehoolfelloiv without urt her exchange. SOUTII ERN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. WM. M. MORTON, AG’T AT ATHENS. rpIIIS Company is now firmly established, and A doing an extensive business. Risks wil! be taken not only in towns, but in the country, on Dwellings, Gin-Houses, Mills and Factories. The following parties arc among the Stock holders of tho Company at this Agency: Asbury Hull, T. Bradford, Wm W. Clayton, J. S. l.inton, Albon Chase, Hr. 11. 1 lull. Ilcnry Hull, .Ir., E. L. Newton, Dr. E. R. Ware, F. Lucas, IS. .1. Mays, Y. L. G. Harris, C. B. Lyle, A. J. Brady, George Pringle, M. E. McWhor ter, D. Holmes, Rev. Dr. Hoyt, L. .1 Lampkin, Rev. S. Landrum, J. J. Huggins, W. Baynon, j T. It. R. Cobb, Dr. C.M. Reese, Groen B. Hay good, Wm. C. Richards & Cos., and Win. AI. Morton. Parties, desiring to effect insurance on their property in this vicinity, will mnko application to the subscriber. WM. M. MORTON. Athens, Nov. 25th, 1848. 290s Rooks, Stationery ami Music. TAMES McPHERSON & CO., beg leave to .1 iDfonn their friends and the public that they have greatly increased their supplies of SCHOOL ANI) MISCELLANEOUS and are daily rec iving, direct from New York anil Philadelphia, choice works iu every depart ment of Literature and the Arts, together with PLAIN AND FANCY STATIONARY, of every description, both American and Foreign They have also a fine supply of CENTRE, SIDE A.r> StSI'ENStON SOLAR LAWS, made by Cornelius & Cos., the best in the world Atlanta, Ga. , Feb. lit, ISMS o.r. 3tl)cno Business Dimtorn. WM. n. u II ive, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOK-SELLER, AND DEALER IN — Stationery. Music and Musical Instruments, Ijirnps. Cutlery, Fancy Goods, tfc,Src. Orders filled at the Augusta rates College Avenue, Athene, Oft. K. J. MAYNARD, BOOK BINDER, (Over tike Southern Banner Office.) ATHENS, GEORGIA. ALKOV VmMMEs WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Perfumery, Paper Hangings, Ifc., Opposite College Campus, and under llie Banner Office, Orders filled at the Augusta Prices ! ATHENS, GEORGIA. FE9BT V COf —WHOLESAT/R it RETAIL. DEALERS IT? — Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, &c. &c. Broad-Street, Athens, Georgia. Augusta Business Divectorii. WM. If. TI'TT, —Wholesale and Retail Deuler in— Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuffs, CHEMICALS, Sec., Sec., AUOTTSTA, GEORGIA. JAMES A. OKAY, Dealer in cheap Fancy If Staple Dry Goods , No. 2f>Btsrond Street, Auguata, Ga. CHESS & HICKMAN, DEALERS IN STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS, 268 South aide BROAD STREET, Augusta, Ga. SCRANTON & STARK, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WHOLESALE GROCERS, Also, dealers* in Bagging, Rope and Twine; Nuiis, Iron, Salt, &<\, for Planters’ trade. PHILEMON A. SCRANTON, WILLIAM If. STARK. D. B. PEIJMH A CO., Between U. S. Hotel and P. O. Corner—Augusta, Ga., Wholesale ami Retail Dealers in — Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, &e. Agent for Landrelh’s Garden Seeds! ALBERT HATCH, —Manufacturer of and Dealer in— Saddles, Bridles, Harness, Trunks, Military , Equipments, ifc. ifc. ifc. Broad-Street, in Metcalf's New Range, Augusta. UNITED STATES HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA BY G. FARGO. Thi- house is in the centre of busiuess. CHARLES CATLIN, —Dealer in— Fine Watches, Jewelry, Silver Spoons and Forks, Plated Castors, LAMPS, GIRANDOLES, FANCY GOODS, Lc. Also —A cent s for Chickering’s and Nunns fit Clarke’s PIANO-FORTES, which tney sell at the lowest fac tory prices. AUGUSTA, GEO. (HljarUston Business Dimtorn. HARMONIC INSTITUTE. FERDINAND ZOGBAUM, IMPORTER OF MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, King-Street, sign of the Lyre, Charleston, S. C. 0(3“ Algo—Charles Zoghatm, Athens. Ga. WELCH A IIOYOI K, BOOK BINDERS, Corner of Meeting & Horlbeck’s Alley’, Charleston. n? 1 * Blank Hooks ruled to any pattern, and bound iu the be*t manner. s H- WELCH, W. E HONOUR.. McCARTER & ALLEN, BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS, Charleston. South Carolina. Have an extensive assortment of Law, Medical, The ological, School and Miscellaneous Books, which will lie sold at the lowest rates! PAVILION HOTEL, \ BYH. L. BUTTERFIELD, [Formerly of thr Charleston Hotel,) CHARLESTON, S. C. GILLILANDS & ItOWKLL, Importers and Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, No. 7 H.iyne-Street, Charleston, 5. C. GROCERIES, nu ns. CIGARS, ,w N. M. PORTER, (late IV. L. Porter & Son,) No. 222 King-Street, third above Market, Have an extensive and varied Stock of Groceries, Fruits, Cigars, Ac., suited to the wants of Families and | Dealers, which lie sells for the lowest prices for cash or city paper. 150 bis Refined Sugar at Factory prices. GEORGE OATES, 234 !>l 23G King-Street, [near the Bend,] Charleston, GEORGE A. OATES & CO., Broad-Street, Avgusta, Ga. Dealers in Piano-Fortes, Musie and Musi- cal Msti ununtt, Rot ks. Stationery, d-c, JI. STODDARD, Wholesale Dealer in HOOTS, SHOES, See., No. 13 Hnyne-Slreet, Charleston, S. C. CHARLESTON HOTEL, BY D. MIXER, CHARLESTON, S. C. *♦* This establishment has been entirely remodelled and refitted in the most elegant maimer. JOHN S. It I Kl> A CO., Military, Looking-Glass and Fancy Store, Sign of the Gold Spectacles, 223 & 225 King-Street, Charleston , S. C. Mathematical and Surveyors’lnstruments; Spectacles and Optical Instruments, of all kinds; Plated Cast ors, Candlesticks. Cake Baskets, &.C., Arc. Oil Paintings anti Engravings; Picture Frames made to order, and old Frames, re-gilt and made equal to new ; Glasses and Pebbles fitted to Spectacles to suit all ages and sight.*. JOHN 8. BIRD, J. M. TAYLOR, C. H. BIRD. JOSEPH WALKER, —DEADER IS — Paper, Stationery & Account Books. Boole Binding and Job Printing. Also, Agent for the sale of Type, Presses, and Printing Materials of all kinds, at New-York prices, actual expenses only added. Constantly on hand a large stock of Type, Borders, Brass Rule, Leads, Ac.; also, Printing Paper and* Printing Ink. 11. 15. CLARKE & CO.,’ —IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN— CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTINGS TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS, &c No. 203 King-street, CHARLESTON, S. C. WM. L. TIMMONS, General Importer of Hardware & Cutlery, East Hay,....Charleston, S. C. CAMP HENE & SPIRIT GAS, —WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.— With a large variety of Lamps for burning the game, at the original Importers’ prices. GEORGE ABBOTT, Pmnt, Oil, ami Colour Store, No. 97 East Cay, Charleston, S. C. ~RANTIN &TnISSEN, Chrmists, Apothecaries & Druggists, Charleston Neck,, S. C. anil Atlanta, On. The beat Drugs, Chemicals, I’erfumery and Parent Medicines, kept constantly on hand auA ut the very lowest prices. , ls .t House and Laud Tor sale. Tllll SI BSCRIBEK, having removed from the place, offers for sale his House and I .and in the town of Athens. The land comprises 21 ki acres, of which a large portion is well-wooded, and the rest in good arable condition. The prop erty is situated in the upper portion of the town. The dwelling is handsome and convenient, —the out houses all new, and the whole in perfect re pair. O” There is an excellent spring near the dwelling, and also a fine well of water. If desirable, he will sell tbs dwelling with only eight or ten acres of loud. For terms of sale, appiv to ANDREW BAXTER, or, in his absence, to Wm. M. Morton, Luo , or to Prof. C. F. Me Cue. Athens, May 12, 1849. 2tf GAZETTE JOB PRINTING 3KBT All X, X HXXMDEJXT'P. PsmphTefff, Circulars, Show-bills, All i gn% in es, mt] 1 Programme*. TiJl-he;ul?, Lee. Blanks, ( bel' 6 *’ Bk. Cheeks, NEATLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY EXECUTED* Aft ftMs GOULD, KENDALL A LINCOLN, BOOKSELLERS AXD PUBLISHERS, Ho. M Washington St., Bin ton. Hi WTOM EC®ID'S}?! ~ ~ ATHENS,GA.:::::::::BY l. r. thojias. TMIE Subscriber,n proprietor of this new ami * well-furnished Hotel, expects, (from lone einer if nee, a disposition to pteaae, and att-ntiun to uusi ”***> to make it jusc auck on Establishment a* tin* public wants. LOVIC P. THOMAS. January 6, 1843. fr v I i.i v JSTK'xir BOOK BTOR : Si On Cotton Avenue, Macon, Geo. r JIIIE undersigned have opened, us above, an X establishment for the sale of Books, Stationery and Fancy Goods) and will keep on baud a full assort merit of <55” School and Miscellaneous Books,* togctherwilh plain and fancy. Stationery, Musicj for the Piano forte, &c. All’ of which they will sell Wholesale or Retail, at the lowest tnarkef prices. OCs- Orders for Law, Medical and Theolog ical Books, respectfully solicited J. J. & tj. P. RICHARDS. Macon, Nov. 4. 1,848. JAMES H’PIIDBSOY A CO., DEALERS IN BOOKS, STATIONERY, MUSIC, Musical Instruments. Fancy Goods, Paper-Hangings, Maps, See 4' r .. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. PROSPECTUS OF — yLxeiacAH.s’ WEEKLY GAZETTE. BEING anew and much enlarged series of the “Southern Literary Gazette,’” —the only weekly Journal, South of the Potomac, devoted to Literature and the Arts in general—and de signed for the Family Circle. The Proprietor begs leave to announce that, on Saturday, the sth of May,ho issued the first number, for the second year, of this popular and well established paper,—the name and form of which he has changed, to enlarge the scope of its observation, and to otherwise increase its attrac tions. Less exclusively devoted, than heretofore, to Literature, the Arts, and Sciences, it will be the aim of its Proprietor to make it, in every respect, A CHOICE FAMILY NEWSPAPER, “aschcan as the cheapest, and as good as the best!” Utterly discarding the notion that a Southern journal cannot compete with the North ern weeklies, in cheapness and interest, RICHARDS’ WEEKLY GAZETTE shall be equal, in mechanical execution, to any of them, and, in the variety, freshness and value of its contents, second to none. Jts field will bo the world, and it will contain, in its ample folds Every Species of Popular Information, Especial attention will be paid to the subjec t of SCHOLASTIC AND DOMESTIC EDUCATION. .Numerous articles, original and selected, from the best sources, will be published weekly, cm AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, and these departments, as, indeed, all others, will be frequently Illustrated with Wood Cuts ! Every numbe r will contain caieful and copious summaries ol the latest FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS.’ in Commercial, Civil, Political, and Ecclesiasti cal Affairs. At the same time, there shall he nothing in its columns that can he cousidered ei ther Partisan or Sectarian. The following distinguished writers will con tribute to the Journal: H'/n. Gilmore Simms, 1.1.. J)., Hon. Robert At. Charlton, J. M. Legare, T. Addison Richards, Esq., Charles Lanman, Esq., Hun. R. F. Porter, Henry R. Jackson, Esq., Jacques Journot, Airs. Caroline Lee Hentz, Airs. Joseph C. .Neat, .Mrs. William C. Richards, Mrs. E. F Elicit, Miss Alary E. Lee, Atiss Alary Rates, Caroline Howard, Mrs. C. W. Dußose, Atiss C. W. Barber, besides many others, whose names arc highly esteemed iu the “World of Letters.” T E It M S: •Singlecopies, a-vear, $21)0, strict’y in advance. C L CCS: Os three supplied for ------ $5 00 Os five for 8 00 Os ten for - 15 00 Os fifteen for .......... 20 00 Os twenty for 25 00 Os fifty for (it) 00 do-All orders must be accompanied with the cash, and should be addressed, post-paid, to WM. C. lUOIIAKDS, Athens, Ga. N. B.—Editors who will copy, or notice fully, this Prospectus, shall receive the Gazette regu larly, and also a beautiful Juvenile Magazine, entitled “The Schoolfellow.” J uly Ist, 1849. ltf The literary and moral tone of Richards’ Gazette are both of a high order, and we arc not acquainted with a weekly journal in any part of the country which habitually imparts more val uable information on all those subjects which hallow the hearth stone of home.— National In telligencer. We congratulate Mr. Richards on the taste and ability displayed in his columns.— N. V. Literary American. The “Gazette” is edited by Win. C. Rich ards, Esq., a scholar and a writer of the Inghcst order, and one who knows how to get up a good paper. Success, we say, to it and him.— Boston- Sat. Rambler. This fine literary journal, printed at Athens, Ga ,1s now issued in folio form, and makes an elegant appearance. The last number came brimful of good things ; and, indeed, every issue bears evidence that the editor spares no pains to> make a first class paper. If our Southern friends” do not sustain him, it must be because their vis ion is telescopic, and can detect no excellence un less it shines from aiar.— Yankee Blade. Mr. Richards deserves success, for his enter prise and perseverance and this, as a Family Newspaper, will, without doubt, in its moral tone, be immeasurably above the enteli-nenny af fairs from Northern cities.— Cherokee Advocate. It is a beautifully printed sheet, ably maraged, ami contains part first of tlie prise story, for which the prnpietor paid fifty dollars. This sto ry is a beautiful production, and is written by that “reputable’ and polished authoress, Mrs Caroline Lee Ilontx.—-zii. Union, ( Boston ) We take great pleasure in reeommomling this weekly to t lie favorable consideration and | at run age of thereading community. It makes an im posing appearance. The Gazette is an imperial sheet, good paper, handsomely exoeuted and fill ed with well-written And interesting matter. It, numbers among its contributors seveiai distin guished writers.— Mirror oj the Timet. (iV. I'.) This transformation of the “ Southern Litrrary Gazi tte comes to us nowise deteriorated from the original. In all “ save form alone,'’ it bears tlio same marks of literary'and artistic exoclienoe, and we trust will long receive tho bright smile ol pecuniary success.— Excelsior. (Boston ) The Literary (tarot to, of Athens, Georgia, has commenced a second volume ; folio form, pretty head, &e. The new dre"s is beautiful'and the Gazette overflows—its old boundaries at ifeast — witli a literary chowder of the first cut.—Auro ra Boreal U. It has now entered on its new yenr enlarged and very much improved Aa thisds the only pa per devoted exclusively to Southern interests, it ought to bo most liberally patronized by the. for whom it is intended —NctWl ISnzetU