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IEGEND OF THE WHITE OWL.
FROM THE WINKEBAGO.
BV CHARLES USMAN.
It was in the country of the Winneba
goes, anil there was a great scarcity of
game. An Indian hunter, while returning
from an unsuccessful expedition, at the
sunset hour, chanced to discover in the top
>f a tree a large white owl. lie knew that
the flesh of this bird was not palatable to
the taste, but, as lie thought of his wife
and children, who had been without food
for several days, he concluded to bend his
bow and kill the bird. Hardly had he
come to this determination, before he was
astonished to hear the owl speaking to him
in the following strain: ‘-You arc a very
foolish hunter. You know it is against
the laws of your nation to kill any of my
tribe; and why should you do wrong be
cause you happen to be a little hungry ?
1 know that your wife and children are
also hungry, hut that is not a good reason
for depriving me of life. I too have a wife
and several children, and their home is in
the hollow of an old tree. When I left
them a little while ago, they were quite as
hungry as you air, and I am now trying to
obtain for their enjoyment a red squirrel or
a young opossum. Unlike you, 1 have to
hunt for my game only at night; and if
you will go away and not injure me, I may
have it in my power to do you a kindness
at some future time.”
The Indian hunter was convinced, and
he unbent his bow. lie returned to his
wigwam, and after he had told his wife
what had happened to him, she told him
she was not sorry, for she had been par
ticularly fortunate in gathering berries.—
And then the Indian and his family ware
contented, and game soon afterwards be
came abundant in the land.
Many seasons had passed away, and
the powerful nation of the Iroquois were
making war upon the Winnebagocs. The
hunter already mentioned had become a
successful warrior and a chief. He was a
mark for his enemies, and the bravest
among them started upon the war-path
for the express purpose of effecting his de
struction. They hunted him as the)’ would
the panther, but he always avoided their
arrows. Many days of fatigue had he
now endured, and, believing that his ene
mies had given up the chase, he stopped,
on a certain evening, to rest himself, and
enjoy a repast of roots. After this com
fortless supper was ended, he wrapped him
self in hie skins, and thought that he would
lie down and enjoy a little sleep. He did
so, and the Qnly sounds which broke the
stillness of the air, were caused by the
falling of the daw from, the leaves, and
the whistling of the whip-poor-will. It
was now past midnight, and the Winneba
go was yet undisturbed. A whoop is
heard in the forest, but so remote from his
grassy couch as not to be heard by the
unconscious sleeper. But what can this
shouting mean! A party of Iroquois war
riors have fallen upon the trail ot their en
emy, and are in hot pursuit. But still the
Winnebago warrior is in the midst of a
pleasant dream. On come bis enemies,
and his death is inevitable. The shouting
of the Iroquois is now distinct and clear,
lniti n the twinkling of an eye it is swal
lowed up in a much louder and more dis
mal shriek, which startled the Winnebago
to bis feet. lie is astonished, and wonders
whence comes the noise, lie looks up
ward, and lo! perched upon one ol the
branches of the tree under which be had
been resting, the form of a large white owl.
It rolls its large yellow eyes upon him, and
tells him that an enemy is on his trail, and
that he must flee for his life. And that is
the way in which the while owl manifest
ed its gratitude to the Winnebago hunter
for his kindness in sparing its own life
many years before. And since that time,
the owl has ever been considered a very
good and wise bird, and when it perches
above the wigwam, of the red man, it is al
ways safe from harm.
JELLIES FOIt THE SICK.
To Make Panada or Bread Jelly. —Cut.
a wheaten roll, or loaf, into slices, toast j
them on both sides, anil boil in a quart of i
water, until tlie whole forms a jelly, ail.ling j
more water if required ; then strain, and
flavor with one pound of white sugar, four
ounces of red wine, and one ounce of cin
namon. Very nutritions. It may also he
made with broth from which the fat lias
been skimmed, instead of wat'r.
Biscuit Jelly. —Take of white biscuit,
crushed beneath the rolling pin, four oun
ces; cold water, two quarts; soak for some
hours, boil to one half, strain, evaporateto
one pint, and flavor as above. Given in
weakness ol the stomach, dysentery, and
diarrhoea.
Rice Jelly. —Take of rice, three spoon
fuls; boil in water, add ten sweet and five
bitter almonds, and sugar lo your liking:
make into an emulsion, and flavor with cin
namon, or orange-flower water to ‘your
taste.
Aerate-Root Jelly. —Take of arrow root.’
one ounce ; rub to a smooth paste with a
spoonful or two of cold water: tiien gmd
ually add of boiling water, half a pint,
stirring all the while. It may be thinned
with more water, if desired, and flavored
with milk, wine, sugar, and spices, accor
ding lo the palate of the patient.
Sago Jell n —Soak sago in cold water
from an hour to an hour and a half: strain ‘
i and boil in fresh water till ft becomes trans
parent; then add wine, sugar, clear broth,
milk, prunes, or spices to flavor. One
ounce of sago will make a pint of jelly.
Tapioca Jelly. —First, soak, strain, and
boil the tapioca, as directed above for sago;
then flavor with lemon juice and peel, wine,
prunes, raisins, or spices. One ounce of
tapioca w ill make a pint of jelly.
Note. —The flavoring of any of the above
named jellies may be omitted or varied,
with the advice of a physician,
i A solution of alcohol with a very little
camphor brushed over the backs of books,
will keep them from mildew.
AN UNKNOWN LAND.
The English have recently made a set
tlement at Aden, near the Red Sea. llav
, ing once obtained a foothold, they, Eng
lish like, began to push about them, and
one of their first discoveries was a river
| where none was marked upon any chart,
j and upon this they steamed 300 miles
i without finding the least obstruction.—•
Having now passed round their continent
| let us look up in the interior. For half a
j century the English government have been
1 expending lives and treasures in a partial
I exploration. They have found that this
• whole tract of country is one of amazing
fertility and beauty, abounding in gold, and
! all sorts of tropical vegetation. There aie
hundreds of woods, invaluable for dying
j and architectural purposes, not found in
j other portions of the world. Through it
; for thousands of miles sweeps a river,
; from three to six miles broad, with clear
! water and unsurpassed depth, flowing on
’ at the rate of two or three miles an hour,
j without rock, shoal or snag to interrupt its
! navigation. Other rivers pour into this,
j their tributary waters, of such volumes as
! must have required hundreds of miles to
i lie collected, yet they seem scarcely to cn
! large it. This river pours its waters into
the Atlantic through the most magnificent
delta in*the world, consisting perhaps of a
hundred mouths, extending probably five
hundred miles along the coast, and mostly
broad, deep and navigable for steamboats.
Upon this river are scattered cities, some
of which are estimated to contain a million
of inhabitants, and the whole country
teems with a dense population.
But in the interior, in the very heart of
the continent, is a nation in an advanced
state of civilization. Tle granduer anil
beauty of portions of the country through
which the Niger makes its sweeping cir
cuit are indescribable. In many places its
banks rise boldly a thousand feet, and are
thickly covered with the richest vegetation
of tropical climes. But all Ibis vast and
sublime country, this scope of rich fertility
anti romantic beauty, is apparently shut
out forever from the world. It is the negro’s
sole possession. He need not fear the in
cursions of the white man there, for over
this whole lovely country moves one dread
malaria, and to the white man it is the val
ley of the shadow of death. In expedi
tion after expedtion sent out from the Eng-j
lish ports on the island of Ascension, not
one in ten has returned alive—all have
fallen victims to this seemingly beautiful
country. It seems impossible for an Eng
lishman to breathe that air. So dreadful
is it—so small the chance of life, that
criminals in England have been ottered
pardon on condition of volunteering in this
service, more terrible than that of gather
ing poison from the fabled Upas. This
country, tempting as it is, can only he pen
etrated at the risk of life, and it is melan
choly to think that those who have given
us even the meagre information that we
have, do it at the sacrifice of their lives.
The only tolerable account which we
have of this country, is published by a
Swiss Officer in the service of the Egyptian
Government, who was a member of an ex
pedition fitted out by Mehemet Ali. He
could give hut little account of the country
however, only, they saw races of the most
degraded negroes, and some fine specimens
of humanity in other races. One tribe av
eraged both men and women, seven foot
in statue. — Scientific American.
AN INCIDENT
IN THE LIFE OF PRINCE ACIULLE MURAT.
When the royal family were'driven from
Naples, and after the life of l’rince Murat
j had been attempted by poison (the terrible
i effects of which affected his constitution till
| his death.) he made his escape with the
assistance of some devoted partisans, and
j embarked on board a merchantman bound
’ to Liverpool, in the disguise of a sailor-boy,
J and worked his way before the mast. It
j happened that a gentleman of the legal pro
-1 session was on board, who now and then
j during the passage particularly noticed
! him. Before the voyage was half over he
; entered frequently into conversation with
j him, and was struck with the intelligence
jhe evinced. Arrived at Liverpool, the
| gentleman offered him money, which he de
! dined, lie then invited Murat to break
j fast with him; after partaking of which
* and enjoying an agreeable intellectual con
j veisation, the sailor-boy, wishing to return
. the complement, invited the gentleman in
return.
This astonished his host not a little:
‘• however, “for the fun of the tliiug” the
i gentleman accepted. And on calling on
! his guest the following morning, what was
I his astonishment at finding the sailor turn
! ed into the gentleman, surrounded with el
egance. and a breakfast fit for a I.ncullus.
i Murat explained; he was the exiled Prince
rof the Two Sicilies, and made his escape
in the disguise of a sailor, to escape the
I horrors of a cruel death at the hands of
, despotism. —Henry J. Braelfleld.
I • -
S&- The Providence Journal, speaking
of Mr. Headley’s new work, entitled “Ad
| irondack, or Life in the Woods,” says : ;
j As we have not read this book, and have :
no intention f doing so, we refrain from
expressing any opinion of its merits.
‘Q UOH)/AO3 H) Q 9 WHIESt ©ESSlffla
THE OLDEST INHABITANT DEAD.
j A writer in the Savannah Republican
] mentions the death, on the 29th of March,
! of Mrs. Lonrania Throw er at her residence
! on the Ogechee, who was at least one hun
dred and thirty three years of age. At a
census taken in 1825, her age was put
down at 110 and some accounts made her
137 at the time of her death. She had sev
en children before the Revolution ; her
youngest living child is between 70 and
80 ; she has great-grand-children 30 years
old, and a number of great-great-great
grand-children living in Florida. Ilersight
failed her for a while, but returned 20 years
ago, so that she could thread a flue needle,
or read the finest print. Her faculties re
mained almost unimpaired till her death.—
She had been a member of the Baptist
Church for more than a hundred years.
A New Race. —A hitherto unknown
race of people has been discovered, it is
said, in the interior of Africa. The men
are tall and powerfully built, standing sev
en to seven-and-a-half English feet in height
and black in color, althoughdestitute of the
usual character of negroes in features. Me
hemel Ali sent an expedition up the White
Nile in search of gold, and there found this j
race of people—fifteen hundred of whom,
armed to the teeth, came down to the shore J
of the river where the vessel lay. The j
name of the kingdom occupied by this peo
ple is Bari, and its capital Patenja. They I
raise wheat, tobacco, etc., and manufacture 1
their own weapons.
! Honors to Dr. Jackson. — Dr. Charles
j Jackson, of Boston, has received from the
i French Government the Cross of the Na
! tional Order of the Legion of Honor in ac
knowledgement of his high scientific at
tainments, and fur having made the discov
ery of etherization, which is so beneficial to
mankind. |Dr. Jackson has also received
from the King of Sweden a splendid gold
medal, as a testimony of the respect in
which his character and scientific services
are held by that monarch.
Moustaches. —The editor of the Home
Journal asserts in that paper, that it has
lately become all the rage in Germany for
ladies to cultivate upon their upper lips,
each, a downy, delicate moustache! It is
thought a great ornament, notwithstanding
the unceasing ridicule which has been cast
upon moustaches when worn by men. The
fashion is said to be advancing.
President of Girard Collece. —The
Directors of the College have elected Fred
eric A. Packard, President of the Girard
College, in place of Joel Jones, resigned.
Mr. Packard has been for many years Su
perintendant of the American Sunday
School Union.
Presentiment. — On the day of Lieuten
ant Dale’s death in Syria, (he belonged to
the U. S. Expedition to the Dead Sea,) his
wife, being then in Pennsylvania, remarked
to a gentleman, who has since testified to
the fact—“ I wish you to note this day ;
my spirits are so oppressed, my feelings
are so unaccountably strange, that I am
sure some great calamity awaits me—note
it, that this is the 24th of July.” It was
the day her husband died.— N. Y. Jour, of
Com.
The editor of the Boston Transcript says
—“The fact of Airs. Dale’s remarkable
presentiment was communicated to us some
months since, on such authority as admit
ted no question of the truth of the state
ment.”
What Next. —Dr. J. F. Wright, of
Greenfield, Ohio, has invented a machine
to print the names of subscribers in news
papers, by which eighteen hundred papers
can he directed in an hour with the great
est accuracy. It is to be patented.—Mil
waukie Sentinel.
The Doctor should now turn his atten
tion to some process by which every sub
scriber will be made to pay for his paper.
Such a discovery would render him not on
ly rich for life, but what is of more conse
quence, the idol of the press. —Albany
Journal.
Hard Cases.— Proudhon, the French
Socialist, has recently admitted that in the
“democratic and social” ranks are from 30
to 40,000 wild, reckless, ungovernable men,
over who’ll it is impossible to exercise any
control whatever.
A Good Chance. —A boarding-house
keeper in Baltimore, advertises to furnish
“ gentlemen with pleasant and comfortable
rooms; also, one or two gentlemen with
wives.”
Insolvency. —A man in Baltimore took
the benefit of the Insolvent Act lately, to
escape (laying a poor woman $2 50 for
binding five pairs of gaiter boots.
A New Planet. —A new planet was
discovered by Signor dc Gaspari, at Naples,
on the 12th of May. It is located between
Mars and Jupiter.
Gen. Taylor’s Cotton Crop.— We have
been informed that Messrs. Maunsel White
tit Cos. yesterday sold “Old Zack's” cotton
at eight cents per pound, round. This we
consider a tip-top price, and we are glad
it is so, as he is one of the greatest suffer
ers by the late overflow.
Female Practitioners. — The Ameri
can Medical Education Society of Boston
established for the education of females for
professional duties, but more particularly
to instruct them in the obstetric art, prom
j ises to be one of the most useful education
ial establishments in the country. Twenty
\ intelligent women have recently been in
i structed in the institution, and are nowget
! ting into successful practice.
“Tuf. Prf,ss. —lt c.r- presses truth, rc
; presses error, u/i-presses knowledge, and
’ op-presses none.” We thought this too
good to be sup-pressed, and therefore pub
lish it.
THE STEPFATHER.
Among the many vigorous characters
1 drawn by Dickens in his new work, “The
| Copperfield Survey,” that of Mr. Murd
slone, the stepfather of the young hero, is
perhaps the most striking. Davy's first
impression of “new lords and new laws,”
are thus given in Part 11. He had just
returned from a visit, which he had been
indulged in to get him out of the way dur
ing his mother’s second marriage. Not
meeting the welcome he expected, the boy
had crept to his own room, and cried him
self to sleep.
“I was awoke by somebody saying
• Here he is!’ and uncovering my hot head
my mother and I’eggotty bad come to look
I for me, and it was one of them who had
j done it.
‘ Davy,’ said my mother. ‘ What’s the
’ matter V
I I thought it very strange that she should
ask me, and answered -Nothing.’ I turn
j ed over on my face, I recollect, to hide my
trembling lip, which answered her with
greater truth.
‘ Davy, 1 said my mother. 1 Davy, my
child!
I dare say no words she could have ut
tered, would have affected me so much,
then, as her calling me her child. I hid
my tears in the bedclothes, and pressed her
from me with my hand, when she would
have raised me up.
‘ This is your doing, Peggotty, you cru
el thing!’ said my mother. ‘I have no
doubt at all about it. I low can yoa recon
cile it to your conscience, I wonder, to pre
judice my own boy against me, or against
anybody who is dear to me 1 What do
you mean by it, Peggotty V
Poor Peggotty lifted up her hands and
eyes, and only answered, in a sort of para
phase of the grace 1 usually repeated after
dinner, ‘ Lord forgive you, Mrs. Copper
field, and for what you have said this min
uet, may you ever he truly sorry !’
It’s enough to distract me,’ cried my
mother. ‘ln my honey-moon, too, when
my most inveterate enemy might relent,
one would think, and not envy ine a little
peace oi mind and happiness, Davy, you
naughty boy! Peggotty, you savage crea
ture ! Oh, dear me!’ cried my mother,
turning from one of us to the other, in her
pettish, wilful manner, ‘what a troublesome
world this is when one has the most right
to expect it to be as agreeable as possible!’
I felt the touch of a itand that I knew
was neither her's nor Peggotty’s, and slip
ped to my feet at the bedside. It was Mr.
Murdstone’s, hand, and he kept it on my
arm as he said.
‘What's this I Clara, my love, have
you forgotten I —Firmness, my dear?’
‘I am very sorry, Edward, 1 said my
mother. 1 [ meant to be very good, but I
am so uncomfortable. 1
‘lndeed! 1 he answered. That’s a bad
hearing, so soon, Clara. 1
I I say it's very hard I should be so now, 1
returned my mother, 1 and it is—very hard
—isn’t it P
He drew her to him, whispered in her
ear, and kissed her. I knew as well, when
I saw my mother's head lean down upon
his shoulder, and herarm touch hisneck—
I knew as well that he could mould her
pliant nature into any form he chose, as 1
know, now, that he did it.
‘Go you below, my love, 1 said Mr. Mile
stone. ‘David and 1 will comedown to
gether. My friend, 1 turning a darkening
face on Peggotty, when he w’atched my
mother out, and dismissed her with a nod
and a smile: ‘ do you know your mistress’s
name V
‘ She has been my mistress a long time,
sir, 1 answered Peggotty. ‘I ought to. 1
‘That's true, 1 he answered. ‘But I
thought I heard you, as I came up stairs,
address her by a name that is not hers.—
She has taken mine, you know. Will you
remember that V
Peggotty, with some uneasy glances at
me, curtseyed herself out of the room with
out replying: seeing, I supose, that she
was expected to go, and had no excuse for
remaning. When we two were left alone,
he shut the door, and sitting on a chair,
and holding me standing before him, look
ed steadily into my eyes. I felt my own
attracted, no less steadily, to his. As I re
call our being opposed thus, face to face,
I seem again to hear my heart beat fast
and high.
‘ David, 1 lie said, making his lips thin,
by pressing them together, ‘if I have an
obstinate horse or a dog to deal with, what
do you think I do P
* 1 don't know. 1
‘I beat him. 1
I had answered in a kind of breathless
whisper, but I felt, in my silence, that my
breath was shorter now.
I I make hitn wince, and smart. I say
to myself, ‘ I'll conquer that fellow; 1 and
if it were to cost him all the blood he bad,
1 should do it. What is that upon your
face V
‘Dirt, 1 I said.
He knew it was the mark of tears as
well as I. But if he had asked the ques
tion twenty times, each time with twenty
blows, I believe my baby heart would have
burst before 1 would have told him so.
‘You have a good deal of intelligence
for a little fellow, 1 he said, with a grave
smile I bat belonged to him, ‘and you un-
derstand me very well, I see. Wash that
face, sir, and come down with inc.’
He pointed to the washing stand, which
1 had made out to be like Mrs. Gamrnidge,
and motioned me with his head to obey
’ him directly. I had little doubt then, and
: 1 have less doubt now, that he would have
1 knocked me down without the least com
punction, if I had hesitated.
‘Clara, my dear,’ he said, when I had
done his biding, and he walked me into
the parlor, with his hand still on my arm,
! “ you will not be made uncomfortable any
more, I hope. We shall soon improve
our youthful humors.”
God help me, I might have been im
proved for my whole life, I might have
been made another creature, perhaps, for
life, by a kind word at that season, A
word of encouragement and explanation,
of pity for my childish ignorance, of wel
come home, of reassurance to me that it was
home, might have made me dutiful to him
in my heart henceforth, instead of m my
hypocritical outside, and might have made
me respect iustead of hate him. 1 thought
my mother was soiry to see me standing
in the room so scared and strange, and that,
presently, when I stole to a chair, she fol
lowed me with her eyes more sorrowfully
still—missing, perhaps, some freedom in
my childish tread—but the word was not
spoken, and the time for it was gone.”
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“ Kingston “ Adairsville, 30
“ Adairsville “ Oothcaloga, 30
“ Oothcaloga “ Resaca, 15
“ Resaca “ Dalton, 45
Returning, same rates. Children orcr 5 and
under 12 years of age, and servants, will be char
ged two and a half rentt per mile.
By order of Chief Engineer.
E. R. MILLS,
Atlanta, Ist June, ’46. Supt. Trantp'n.
JUST received at the NEW BOOK STOR E.
No 2. College Avenue : China Candlesticks,
new stylo; Brittania do, do ; India Rubber Dol,
Heads, anew article; China Toy Tea Setts 1
Perfumery &c, &c.,
W N. WHITE
s U N DAY SCHOOL
4SW BOOKS!!
THE subscriber will hereafter keep on
hand the following publications of the Amer
ican Sunday School Union—to be sold for cash
only. As far at possible the supply will be con
stant.
Sunday S. Librarv, No. I—loo volt* , $lO 50
“ 44 * 44 2—loo 44 10 50
Cabinet do. for Little Folks. 50 2 76
Union Questions, Nos. 1 and 3 J
Child’s Scripture Questions ;
Union Bible Dictionary;
Nevin’s Bible Antiquities ;
Union Primer;
Union Spelling Book :
Union First Reading Book ;
New S. S. Hymn Book ;
Music Books for Sunday Schools ;
Any publications of the Union not
advertised will be procured at short notice. The
above, it is believed, will be found a selection
most useful in the Sunday School.
%* Gall at the New Bookstore, No. 2. College
Avenue. WM. N. WHITE.
wltljcns Business Directory.
W 11. . W 111 TE ,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOK-SELLER,
—AND DEALER IN
Stationery, Music and Musical Instruments ,
Damp*, Cutlery , Fancy Gauds. 4' r >
Orders filled at the Augusta rates
College Avenue, Athena, Oa.
K. J. MAYNARD,
HOOK BIN DER,
(Over the Southeni Banner Office,)
ATHENS , GEORGIA.
FEKICV A CO.,
WHOLESALE 4 RETAIL DEALERS IN
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, &c. &c.
Broad-Street, Athens, Georgia.
Augusta Business Director}].
G. W. FERRY & CO.,
WHOLESALE A RETAIL
HAT, CAP AND BONNET WARE-HOUSE,
Broad-street , Augusta, (ia.
WJI. If. TUTT,
—Wholesale and Retail Dealer in—
Drugs, Medicines, Painls, Oils, Dye-Stuffs,
CHEMICALS, &c,, &c.,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
JAMES A. OKAY,
Dealer in cheap Fancy if Staple Dry Goods.
No. 298 Broad Street, Auguatu, Oa.
CRESS A HICKMAN,
DEALERS IN
STABLE & FANCY DRY GOODS,
268 South side BROAD STREET, Augusta, Oa.
SCRANTON & STARK,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Also, dealers in Rope and Twine ; Nails,
Iron, Salt, Ate., lor Planters* trade.
PHILEMON A. SCRANTON, WILLIAM H. STARK.
n. 11. PLUMB A CO.,
Between U. S. Hotel and P. O. Corner—Augusta, Ga.,
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, &c.
IVAgent for Landreth’s Garden Seeds!
ALBERT HATCH,
—Manufacturer of and Dealer in—
Saddles, Bridles, Harness, Trunks,
Military, Equipments , ifc. ifc. Sfc.
Bioad-Street, in Metcalf's New Range, Augusta.
UNITED STATES HOTEIT”
AUGUSTA, GA BY G. FARGO.
j&ar- This house is in the ceutre of business.
CHARLES CATLIN,
—Dealer in—
Fine Watches, Jewelry,
Silver Spoons and forks, Plated Castors ,
LAMPS, GIRANDOLES, FANCY GOODS, Lc.
Also —Agents for Chickering’s ami Nunns & Clarke’s
PIANO-FORTES, which they sell at the lowest fac
tory prices. AUGUSTA, GEO.
Charleston Business Dircctorn.
HARMONIC INSTITUTE.
FERDINAND ZOGBAUM,
IMPORTER OF
MUSIC AM) MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
King-Street, sign of the Lyre, Charleston, S. C.
{Jt3- Alwt—<'habi.es Zmwnt. Athens, (la.
WELCH A IIOXOI K,
BOOK BINDERS,
Corner of Meeting it Horlbeck’s Alley, Charleston.
nr Blank Books ruled to any pattern, and bound in
the best luiumrr.
S. M. WELCH, W. E. HONOUR.
mccarter &. allen,
BOOKSELLERS & ST AT I ()NERS,
Charleston , Smith Carolina
Have an extensive assortment of Law, Medical, The
ological, School and Miscellaneous Books, which
will he sold at the lowest rates!
PAVILION HOTEL,
B Y H . L. BUTTERFIELD,
[Formerly ol’thr Charleston Hotel,]
CHARLESTON, S. C.
GILLILANDS & HOW ELL,
Importers and Dealers in
Foreign anil Domestic Dry Goods,
No. 7 Hayne-Street, Charleston, S. C.
GROCERIES, FRUITS, ClGAßsifc.
N. M. PORTER, (late W. L. Porter & Son,)
No. 222 King-Street, third above Market,
Have an extensive and varied Stock of Groceries.
Fruits, Cigiirs, Ate., suited to the wnnts of Families and
Dealers, which lie sells for the lowest prices for cash
or city paper. 150 his Refined Sugar at Factory prices.
GEORGE OATES,
231 &. 236 King-Street, [near the Bend,] Charleston,
GEORGE A. OATES & CO.,
Broad-Street, Augusta, Oa.
Dealers in Piano-Fortes, Musie and Musi
cal Instruments, Books. Stationery, far.
11. STOI)DA It I),
Wholesale Dealer in BOUTS, SHOES, &<*.,
Ni>. i3 Hayne-Street, Charleston, S. C.
“(iIIAKLESTON II()TKL,
BY D. MIXER, CHARLESTON, S. C.
*** This establishment has been entirely remodelled
and refitted in the most elegant manner.
JOHN S. & CO.,
Military, Looking-Glass and Fancy Store,
Sign of the Gold Spectacles, 223 At 225 King-Street,
Charleston , S. C.
Mathematical and Surveyors’ Instruments; Spectacles
und Optical Instruments, of all kinds; Plated Cast
ors, Candlesticks. Cuke Baskets, in:., iic.
Oil Paintings and Engravings; Picture Frames made
to order, and old Frames, re-gilt und made equal to
new; Glasses and Pebbles fitted to Spectacles to suit
ull ages und sights.
JOHN S. BIRD, J. M. TAYLOR, C. 11. BIRD.
JOSEPH WALKER,
—DEALER IN—
Paper, Stationery & Account Rooks.
Rook Rinding 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 u large stock of Type, Borders,
Brash Rule, Leads, See.-, ulso, Printing Paper and
Printing Ink.
11. B. CLAHKK k C 0.,
—IMPORTERS AND DEALERS 1 N—
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTINGS,
TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS, &c.,
No. 203 King-street, CHARLESTON, S. C.
WM. L. TIMMONS,
General Importer of Hardware & Cutlery,
East Buy Charleston, S. C.
CAMPHENE & SPIIUT GAS,
—WHOLES AUK AND RETAIL.—
With ft large variety of Lamps for burning the stixne,
at the original Importers’ prices.
GEORGE ABBOTT,
Paint , Oil, and Colour Store ,
No. 97 East Bay, Charleston, S. C.
~ UANTIN’ & NISSENr
; Chemists, Apothecaries & Druggists,
Charleston Neck., S. C. and Atlanta, Ga.
The best Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumery and Patent
Medicines, kept constantly on hand and at the very
lowest prices. ns4
House and Land for sale.
THE SUBSCRIBER, having removed from
the place, offers fur sale his House and Land
in the town of Athens. The land comprises 206
acres, of which a largo 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. KIT There is an excellent spring near the
dwelling, and also a fine well of water.
if desirable, he will sell tho dwelling with only
| eight or ten acres of land,
j For terms of sale, apply to
ANDREW BAXTER,
nr, in his absence, to Wm. M. Morton, Esq., or
to I‘rof. C. F. McCav.
Athens, May 12, 1849. 2tf
NEW MUSIC!
fi'Pfsf rece * v ed at tho “University
J 11 I X * Bookstore ”
uUwcrtiscmcnts.
GAZETTE
JOB PRINTING
XBT A3) X. X SDOCMT-IXT.
Dnmjdih-fs, Circulars ’
Catalogue, U Irid — A Show-bills,
rn gw,i Pgffi* J•
NEATLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY EXECUTED*
Ath ftMs
GOULD, KENDALL & LINCOLN,
BOOKSELLERS AM) PUBLISHERS,
No. 59 Washington St., Boston.
Hmwrm ’
ATHENS, GA. I 111 l III: BY L. I*. THOMAS
rTI HE Subscriber, n a proprietor of this new and
-L well-furnished Hotel, expects, (from long exper
ience, a disposition to please, and attention to busi
ness,) to make it just such an Establishment us thtr
public wants. LOVIC P. THOMAS.
January 6, 1849. fr v 1 \.\ v
3ST X-; NAT 3fi OO XC BTOKBi
On Cotton Avenue, Macon, Geo.
( ■ tHK undersigned have opened, ns above, am
-L establishment for the sale of
Books, Stationery and Fancy Goods,
and will keep on hand a full assorlmcnt of
6ST School and Miscellaneous Books,.
together with plain and fancy Stationery. Music ,
for the Piano Forte, &c. All’ of which they will
sell Wholesale or Retail, at the lowest market
prices.
CO- Orders for Law, Medical and Theolog -
ical Books, respectfully solicited
J. J.‘ & S. I*. RICHARDS.
Macon. Nov. 4. 1818.
J A rails M’ I’IIEHSON A < 0., ’
DEALERS IN
ROOKS, STATIONERY, MUSIC,
Musical Instruments , Fancy Goods,
Paper-Hangings, Maps, tjr< 4"’ -.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
PROSPECTUS
OK —
RienARRS’
WEEKLY GAZETTE.
BEING anew and much enlarged series of tho
“Southern Literary Gazette,” —the only
weekly Journal, South of the Potomac, devoted
to Literature and the Arts in general—and de
signed far the Family Circlo.
The Proprietor begs leave to announce that,,
on Saturday, the sth of May, he 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,
“as cheap as the cheapest, and as good ns the
best!” Utterly discarding tho 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. Its field will ho
THE World, and it will contain, in its ample folds
Every Species of Popular Information,
Especial attention will he paid to the subject of
SCHOLASTIC AND DOMESTIC EDUCATION.
Numerous articles, original and selected, from,
the best sources, will be published weekly, on
AGRICULTURE ANI) HORTICULTURE,
and these departments, us, indeed, all others, will
be frequently
Illustrated with Wood Cuts I
Every number will contain careful and copious
summaries of the latest
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWSr
in Commercial, Civil, Political, and Ecclesiasti
cal Affairs. At the same time, there shall ho
nothing in its columns that can be considered ei
ther Partisan or Sectarian.
The following distinguished writers will con
tribute to the Journal:
Win. Gilmore Simms, I.L. I).,
Hon. Robert M. Charlton,
J. ,\I. Legate,
T. Addison Richards, Esq.,
Charles Lantnan, Esq.,
Hon. B. F. Porter,
Henry ]{. Jackson, Esq.,
Jacques Journal,
.Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz,
•Mrs. Joseph C. Neal,
• Mrs. William C. Richards,
.Mrs. E. E Ellett,
.Miss Mary E. Lee,
Miss Mary Rates,
Caroline Howard,
Mrs. C. IU. J)ußose,
Miss C. W. Barber,
besides many others, whose names arc highly
esteemed in the “World of Letters.”
T E R M S:
Single copies, a-year, $2 00, strictly in advance.
CLUBS:
Os three supplied for ------ $5 00
Ol five for 8 00
Os ten for 15 iff)
Os fifteen for ---------- 20 00
Os twenty for 25 00
Os fifty for 60 00
Ocj-All orders must lie accompanied with tho
cash, and should be addressed, post-paid, to
WM. C. RICHARDS,
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.”
July 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 Jn-
ItUigenrcr.
We congratulate Mr. Richards en the taste
and ability displayed in his columns.—-V. Y.
Literary American.
The “Gazette” is edited by Win. C. Rich
ards, Esq., a scholar and a writer ol the highest
order, and one who knows how to get up a good
paper. Success, we say, to it and him. — Rustmy
Sat. Rambler.
This fine literary journal, printed at Athens,
Ga ,isnow issued in folio form, and makes an,
elegant appearanee. The last number oamo
brimful of good things; and, indeed, every issue
bears evidence tfiat the editor spares no pains to,
make a first class paper. Hour Southern friends,
do not sustain him, it must be because their vis-..
ion is telescopic, and can deteat no excellence um.
less it shines from afar.— 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, tie immeasurably above the catch-penny af
fairs from Northern cities.— Cherokee Advocate.
It is a beautifully printed sheet, ably managed*
and contains part first of the prize story, for*
which the propictor paid fifty dollars. This sto
ry is a beautiful production, and is written by
that “reputable” and polished authoress,-Mrs
Caroline Leo Hentz. — Am. Union, (Huston )
j We take great pleasure in recommending this*
weekly to the favorable consideration and patron
age of the reading community. It makes an iuir
posing appearance. The Gazette is an imperial
sheet, good paper, handsomely executed anil fill
ed with well-written and interesting matter. It
numbers among its contributors several distin
guished writers. — Mirror of the Times. (-Y 1.)
This transformation of the “ Southern Literary
Gazette comes to us nowise deteriorated from the
original. In all “ sa reform alone,” it bears the
same marks of literary and artistic excellence,
and we trust will long receive the bright smile of
pecuniary success.— Excelsior. (Boston j
The Literary Gazette, of Athens, Georgia, has
commenced a second volume ; folio form, pretty
head, &c. The new die s is Lca'iulul and thiy
Gazette overflows —it- old hminiiarics at least—
with a literary chowder of the first cut.—Auro
ra Borealis.
It has now entered on its new year enlarged
and very much improved. As this is the only pa
per devoted exclusively to Southern interests, it
ought to lie most lihciailv patronized by those
for whom it is intended.—AWi Gazette.