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MIDSUMMER QUIPS.
ACHAPTER ON NAMES.
We are strong believers not only in a
“ fitness of things,” but also in a “ fitness
of names.” It may be very true, and we
wish ourselves to be distinctly understood
as having not the most remote intention of
impugning the veracity of the old adage,
•• A rose with any other name would smell
as sweet;” but for the sake of experiment
just call that same “rose” a “ polywog,”
ora “tadpole,” or whatever may be the
correct appellation of that unfortunate am
phibious lusus. doomed by tradition to a
sedentary habit, until its caudal termina
tion be fairly’ and squarely worn olfj ere it
attain the somewhat dubious dignity of
“Frogship,” and hang our pictures if la
dies or poets would patronize the flower
any longer.
We, perhaps, would not go the same
length that honest John Bunyan did, and
blab the truth all at once, give a man's
whole character, with a slight taste of his
early history, and a squinting at his ulti
mate fate; yet still we think it just and
proper that the name should embody a sort
of hint, a kind of shooting around the cor
ner at the peculiarities of the person or
the uses of the thing.
It is our failing, perhaps our idiosyncra
sy, but we cannot, for the life of us, help
passing our judgment upon persons and
things by their appelations. And if the
world does not like the trick we have got,
let it learn to apply names properly, and
then we shall he as we should be, all right
and correct.
Asa blacksmith would say, to upset the
old saying, if Mahomet, forbidden by con
stitutional scruples and a mens conscia recti ,
can't go to the mountain, let the mountain
come to Mahomet.
Now, for instance, we never could divest
ottr mind of the idea that the Fleet-Prison
in London was intended to be a dernier res
sort —an ultima Thule —a home of refuge
for all “fast men”—that tVlein is just the
residence for captains of vessels, or that the
alms-house is peculiarly adapted to those
persons who have lost their upper limbs
What can one expect of a Potts, a Hubbs,
a Stubbs, but a stumpy, dump, unromantic
figure; or of a Tubs, but such an one as is
expressly fitted by nature to illustrate o<e
edd proverb often employed, if not to i-oint
a moral at least to adorn a tale 1
Helena was a very correct ne-ne for ‘be
heroine of Troy; and ire at east shall al
ways be very shy of yo* n g misses who
may boast the same I 'l e - Priam should
have been by nntu r - an inquisitive person:
i.ne that would ->ave made searching in
quiries as to t>e why or how “ the half his
Troy” came to be burned: and lie would
seem to bt'be very man of all the world
to have ben appointed chairman of the
f'ommitte upon the celebrated Saltpetre
Question
Meneius should liave been a legislator;
01 e prolfic in “be it enacted and further
and as for jioor Dido, no won
der thiuhe cut such strange capers with
/Tineas,er name is her apology.
Aprof de Dido—a friend once asked
us what our free opinion might be the
origin phrase, “ cutting didoes,”
and we |cly and poetically answered in
this wisd
-d-iwas the father we should say,
\\ ho 1 1 a Dido’ when he run away.”
We ha always fondly imagined that
shoemasi sponges should be l’eggies,
gamblers Y es and that Sue would
i.e just theV e or an attorney. Harry
strikes usa.^, lD priate for all young gents
with an extUpiy f) f moustache and
whisker. SojU should be of a sedative
disposition, anTV'ies misses of the bread
and butter sclultronglv attached to in
animate imitaticif minature infants, far
less troublesoi'ilan the much desired
migfnals, and iiiely cleaner.
I hose preflyL w ho arc fond of ex
hibiting their cht at certain celebrated
Ethiopian conceiVight perhaps lie desig
nated Christabelsind the maid-servant
“ho does the milting and small pur
chasing, should bl-higal.
‘b 1 Noah miistlve been a very wise
man to have earmiis name.
f onfei tioners’ \|es should always he
I.itties; those ladieif an uncertain age
“no are always ir search of husbands,
Marions; and tha jo-a-head class, the
■ lesidents and Sec aries of all sorts of
female humbugs, I,<jihs.
Sometimes, in of deeenerate age, a
mrme will excite retjuk. Now, lately, all
’be papers copied thi marriage of a certain
Heniy Apple and (trail Apple, but we
“uild see no improijiety in the making of
two apples into one pair
U r e think that tliejancient names are al
so well represented, (specially those of sa
cred history.
The prueds. wha keep all men at a dis
tance. assuredly belong to the tribe of Devi :
those who admire more ardent lovers are
descendants of Beniah , and those who
perpetually appeal to their maternal pro
genitors. O-mar.
The colored gentleman who superintends
the preparation of the miniature dormito
ries on ship-board, is probably A-bed nego.
-iam-in would be very appropriate for
! an omnibus driver; and Bil-dad for any
William burdened with the cares of pater
nity.
The good people of Lynn are Shu-hites,
Yankee Sullivan and Tom Hyer, Hit-ites;
all misers. Git-ites; and that numerous
class of visiting old ladies who carry one
column more of news than the Herald, be
long to the tribe of Gad.
Peregrinating Milesians, in search of the
remains of burnt wood for soap boilers,
are of Asher’s tribe ; keepers of intelligence
! offices are Hirams; and blacksmithis de
voted to the preparation of wheels, must he
; descendants of the old families of Tyre.
In our opinion, all witty ladies, smart at
repattee, should be Sallies; diminutive
Anen, Bobs; hare-brained youths, with
theirheads in a perpetual whirl,Eddies; and
a confirmed toper should be A-bi-rom.
j We know no more appropriate name
than Benton, who seems bent on having
his own way upon all occasions; and we
are rather inclined to believe that the de
termined Colonel and his tigership of South
Carolina are a pretty good pair of loco-fo
co matches.
And now there is one subject which has
I often troubled our inquiring mind ; in the
] hope of obtaining some new light, we
make it known
Is the upper Red River, or that Eastern
j lake of pitch and tar, the proper modern
j representative of the classic River Sty.x ?
: Literary world.
“FEATS” OF POETRY.
The Newark Mercury gives this descrip
tive stanzas in the hexameter style, which
it states was written by the celebrated Phy
sician of Tinnecum. It is in reply to a
question, “Where did you get that shad,
eh ?”
“ l eauglU this shad with a silver hook—
With a silver hoak I caught it—-
Or, in other words, I h id the ste/f
And went over to the market, and af
ter tiying in several places to find a good
one, at last succeeded. I put my hand in
to my pocket and took Out a quarter, (how
it got there is another question) and bought
it!”
TROOF POSITIVE.
A clergyman of the Universalist denom
j ination was accused, while in Lowell, of
violently dragging his wife from a revi
val meeting, and compelling her to go home
with with him.” He replied as follows:
1 . 1 have never attempted to influence
my wife in her views, nor her choice of a
meeting.
2. My wife has not attended any of
the revival meetings in Lowell.
3. I have not attended even one of
those meetings, for any purpose whatever.
4. Neither my wife nor myself have
any inclination to attend these meetings.
5. 1 never had a wife I
PT.AVFITT._AND SMART.
If homipopathic principles are light, says
| the New York Commercial , the Professors
lof Homeopathy cannot be hurt by broad
j jokes, but only by the repetition of exceed
! ingly small ones. Pungent wit will be in
| nocuous; wit diluted might operate vio-
I lenlly. We shall not annoy our readers,
| then, by quoting the following recipe for
making “Aqua fortissimia” from the
i Newark Advertiser , for it is a tnixture of wit
and humor of more than average strength :
Take a little rum
The less you take the better;
Mix it with the lakes
Os Werner and of Wetter.
Pip a spoonful out—
. Mind you don't get groggy—
Pour it in the lake
Winnipisiogee.
Stir the mixture well,
Lest it prove inferior;
Then put a half a drop
Into Lake Siijierior.
Every other day,
Take a drop in water:
You’ll be better soon ; j
Or, at least, you ought to. 1
1.000,000 X
KENTUCKY POLITICS.
What a glorious thing it is that, in this
“ free and enlightened ” land, the sovereign
i people have the right to commit their ser
vants ou all the great questions in ad
vance ! Especially is this privilege preg
nant with blessings, when they are of
j such stupendous consequence as the fol
lowing, which were recently addressed by
some voters to a candidate for the Legisla- ’
1 lure in Kentucky:
“ Arc you in favor of the next war?”
“ Dc you believe the Irish came over in
I the same boat with Noah ?”
“ Do you believe that Eve’s eating the
; forbidden fruit caused the knot in a man’s
| neck called Adam’s apple ?”
“A re you a 1 gradual imaginations! ist ?”
j “Do you liquor ?”
“If elected, do you pledge yourself not
| lo go to Frankfort ?”
“Not being caucused on, do you pledge
yourself not to be caucused off'—but run
until the , last day in the evening,—going
through the polls like a ‘dose of salts ?’ ”
ebenezeiTexcited.
Speaking of names, says the Lowell
Courier , a corporal in one of lire regiments
in Mexico—-when the roll was being rail
ed -refused to answer to the name of
“Ebenezer Mead.” The officer repeated
till? fall. Nu answer. lL Jo EI>ono:/pr
Mead on the ground said the indignant
; official. “Ebon Mead is here,” quoth the
corporal. “Why don’t you answer you
rascal Ebenezer Mead !” “My name is
| simply Ebon Mead.” The “Ebenezer”!
was repeated again in a tone like a small
northwester. “Captain,” quoth the ram
pant corporal, “you c3.1l me Ebenezer.
Your name is Peter Read ; would you re
spond if you were called Petersneezer
Read ?” He was taken to tire guard house
I tried for contempt, and deprived ofhiswar
‘ rant
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I SIS A Ssif H3AEL
DIGNITY OF LABOII.
BY MKS. FRANCES S. OSCIOOII.
Pause not to dream of the future before us ;
Pause not to weep the wild cares that come o’er
us;
Hark how Creation’s deep musical chorus.
IJnintermitting, goes up into Heaven !
Never the ocean wave falters in tlowing ;
Never the little seed stops for its growing :
.More and more richly the Koseheart keeps glow- ;
ing.
Till from its nourishing stem it is riven.
“ Labor is worship !” the robin is singing :
“ Labor is worship!” the wild bee is ringing :
Listen I ttiat eloquent whisper upspringing
Speaks to thy soul, from out natures great heart.
From the darkclould flows the life-giving shower;
From the rough sod blows the soft breathing flow
er ;
From the small insect, the rich coral bower ;
Only man, in his plan, shrinks from his part. !
Labor is life! ’tU the still water failoth ;
Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth ;
’ Keep the watch round, for the dark rust assaileth!
i Flowers droop and die in the stillness of noon.
Labor is glory ! the flying cloud lightens ;
Idle hearts only the dark future frightens ;
Play the sweet keys wonldst thou keep them in !
tune!
Labor is rest—from the sorrows that greet us ;
Rest from all petty vexations that meet us ;
Kest from sin-promptings that ever entreat us,
Rest from world-sirens that lure us to ill.
Work—and pure slumbers shall wait on thy pil
low ;
Work—tflou shalt ride over Care’s coming billow;
Lie not down wearied beneath W’os weeping wil
low !
Work with a stout heart and resolute will!
Labor is health—Lo ! the husbandman reaping,
How through his veins goes the life current leap
ing!
I low his strong arm in its stalwart pride sweeping,
True as a sunbeam the swift sickle guides.
Labor is wealth—in the sea the pearl groweth ;
Rich the queen's robe from the frail cocoon flow
eth;
From the fine acorn the strong forest bloweth ;
Temple and statue the marble block hides.
Droop not, tlio* shame, sin and anguish are round
thee!
Bravely fling off the cold chain that hath bound
j thco!
i Look to yon pure heaven smiling above thee ;
Rest not content in thy darkness—a clod !
Work—for some good, be it ever so slowly ;
i ('herish some flower, be it over so lowly;
1 Labor ! —all labor is noble and holy ;
Let thy great deeds be thy prayer to thy God.
MECHANICAL TRADES.
The practice of educating hoys for the
1 professions, which are already overstocked
j —or for the mercantile business, in which
ninety-nine in a hundred fail to succeed—
| is fearfully on the increase in this country.
I The Nantucket Mirror , alluding to the fact
j that there was a lime when fathers were
j not ashamed to put their children to a me
j chanical trade, whereas now everybody’s
I children are “too feeble,” as the phrase is
lnvinp; n pnin in the side, another a
| slight cough, another being thin in flesh.
! another nervous, and so on—makes the fol
(lowing sensible comments: —
“ And so poor little Billy, or Tommy, or
Sammy is taken from his school before he
| is instructed in the simplest elements of
i knowledge, and forced upon some shop
keeper, to do his errands, or flourish his
yardstick. Now moderate labor at some
branch of mechanics is just what these pu
ny lads need. Their pinched chests would
lie expanded, and mo re room given for their
irritated lungs to play. Their nerves would
become hardened with their muscles, and
when they became men, instead of being
thin, vapid-looking coxcombs, they would
have spread out to the size and configura
tion of men. The counting-house and the
store are among the very worst places for
a sickly lad. The mines of England hard
ly exceed them in physical destruction.
And what is the result of all this! There
are a few who have the “knack” of ma
king money, who live along awhile, with
their minds continually on the rack, and
accumulate some property; but ilie major
ity arrive at manhood, with a perfect hor
ror of bodily labor, go into business, get
married and “burst up,” and at an early
age are left without money or credit or trade,
and consequently without any means of
supporting a family.”
FACTS FOR MECHANICS.
St. Paul was a mechanic ; a tent-maker.
Our Saviour was a mechanic; a carpenter.
1 The great Architect of the Universe; in
the mechanism of the heavens and the
earth, —with its productions, animate and
, inanimate, displays a power and skill
which human hands and human wisdom
may attempt to imitate, but which they can
never equal or approach.
Next to farmers, mechanics are the most
numerous and the most important class of
the community. Whatever promotes their
interests, of course promotes the interests
of the public. They, like farmers, have
great facilities and great inducements to be
come men of science and sound knowledge.
Every mechanic in every operation, brings
j into use some principle of science, which
principle it is of course, his interests and
his convenience to understand.
Every apprentice hoy, no matter how as
siduous or how rigorous his employment,
if he spends a few minutes daily in useful;
reading and other modes of improvement,
is certain to be a man of future influence
and respectability That apprentice who
seeks most assiduously the interests of his 1
employer, promotes most effectually his
own interests; as character is the best cap-;
ital a young man can have for the com-1
mencement of business.
Mechanics, like farmers, make safe and I
enlightened statesmen. They are well ed
ucated for legislators, and for other offices,
because educated in schools of experience.’
Who can he better qualified to make laws
for aiding the operations of business than j
those engaged in these operations.— Scien- \
tific American.
HAPPINESS AND LABOR.
Industry not only developes the outward
and visible elements of civilization but al
so those vast capacities and divine ener
gies that lie folded in the human mind, and
the elements of strength that exist in man’s
Physical organization. Exercise is as ne
cessary to the dcvelopement of man's men
tal and physical powers, as air is to the j
preservation of his existence. Without the
genial and vital aliment of tire one, life
would become extinct; and without the in
vigorating influence of the other, weakness
would unnerve the muscle, and imbecility
degrade lire mind. The Blacksmith's arm
lifts the sledge, and as he, day by day, with
patient toil, plies it to the yielding metal, it
grows strong by the vigor of its labor.
The farmer as he goes forth to the di
versified and purer labors of his occupa
tions, feels the healthy strength of invigo
rated muscles. The clerk weakens with <
inaction at the desk, and the mechanic
grows strong with the active and vigorous
exercise of the plane at the bench. But
there is higher and diviner dcvelopement
dependant upon exercises of labor, than
mere bodily strength. The soul, immortal
mind, with all its exalted susceptibilities,
holy aspirations, wondrous powers and
glorious destiny, can only expand itself, un
fold its Godlike attributes under the crea
tive influence of constant activity. That
image of God can only develope and reflect
the glory of its infinite and eternal proto
type, by the use of the heaven appointed
agency—labor. Then, as mind is the no
blest creation of the Deity, so is labor the
most honorable destiny of man. But not
only are mental and physical capacities the
results of exercise, hut ali blessings of
their endowment are dependant upon their
use. Mental or bodily strength are pro
ductive of no enjoyment or are of no value
only as the by exertion, shall be rendered
such. Thus all, all that is noble or useful
in human life, is dependent upon exercise
for its existence to impart it to their no
bility and dignity. No labor can he too
humble, as none can be too exalted for
honor and reward. Though the credit is
lost in the mercenary consideration of tire
reward, yet even when the laborer reflects
upon the vaslness of the blessings confer
ed by the public works upon mankind,
how justly proud can he feel of his agency
in their construction—the most degraded
of honest labor. How is the toil of the
pioneer ennobled by the fact that he is
contributing his part is restoring the prim
itive beauties of Eden, and gracing the res
idence of man with its paradisaic culture
and happiness! That man yonder, labori
ously planting his posts, and stretching his
wires, will be honored more in the sure ef
fects of increased intelligence, unity and
peace in the world than the lazy monarch
upon the proudest throne in Christendom.
— Exchange.
sis ms sa‘if HEP a®*
SCIENTIFMMEETING
The American Association for the ad
vancement of Science, commenced its se
cond annual meeting, at Harvard Hall, Cam
bridge, (Mass.) on Tuesday of last week.
Professor Henry was elected President for
the current year.
Tire first paper read, was from Professor
Secchi, of Georgetown, relative to the caus
es.of the Aurora Borealis. He propound
ed a theory based upon the powers of moist
air as a conductor of Electricity, and gave
much interesting information on the sub
ject.
Dr. Hare, of Phila., differed entirely in
in opinion, and mentioned experiments, in
stituted by himself, which proved the po
siton he took. Professor Henry also made
some observations, in the course of which
he said :
The Smithsonian Institute, in connec
tion with an extended system of meteorolo
gy which it has undertaken to establish, has
issued directions for observations of the
Aurora. These directions are similar to a
set issued by the directors of the observa
tory at Toronto, for observers in Canada.
The observations made in tiie two countries
will thus form one extended system. The
proprietors of the several telegraph lines
have offered to grant us the use of their
wires of meterrological purposes, and it is
hoped when the lines are completed, and
we have established a set of observers ex
tending, for example, from Toronto to
Washington, or even farther South, we
shall be able to study the phenomenon of the
Aurora with more precision than it has ev
er been studied. On a long line extending ;
North and South, the observer for example, j
at Toronto, having noticed an Aurora may I
call the attention to it of all the observers
along the line and thus the extent of the
visibility, and the simultaneous appearance
of any peculiar phase of the meteor, may
he readily determined.
THE BALANCE WHEEL.
A week ago, a young friend employed
in a large mechanical establishment, invit
ed us to see the working of a very power
ful machine recently constructed for the
purpose of operating upon cold iron. It
exerted a lorce equivalent to 5000 tons,
with the case and quiet of a common print
ing-press, whilst at every revolution of the i
cam , large cubes were pressed out of the 1
solid iron bar as speedily as one would
break sugar candy or mould clay. It would :
push its finger of hardened steel through
iron two inches ia thickness, and not pro
duce any jarring or show any wavering in
the regularity of its motion.
The secret of this vast and constant pow
er was in the accumulated force of the
balance wheel, which revolved one hun
dred and thirty times a minute, and of 1
course bore with tremendous might upon
the steel instrument or punch, and must
either break the whole machine into frag-
meats, or else pierce through every obsta- I
cle.
Is there not a power like this balance
wheel in the moral world 1 Does not hab
it accumulate a force akin to that of this
ingenious piece of mechanism 7 Are there
not times of pressure in every man’s life
when he is in danger of yielding to obsta
cles, and must utterly fail, unless, by the
force of principles that have gathered ener
gy by long and persevering habit, he is
carried over what, in mechanical language,
is called the dead point, and then is able to
rally his strength in readiness for other
trials 7 What man is there who does not
sometimes waver, and does not need the
force of worthy habit to help him over the
difficulty ? Happy thought, encouraging
beyond measure in the path of a true life,
that the mind gathers power by its own
action, until use becomes a second nature,
and it is almost a moral impossibility to be
idle or faithless. Let all of accumulated
moral force we have thus far gathered,
serve but as an imperfect emblem of the
progressive energy of a life wholly earnest
and devoted. —Christian Inquirer.
SiiI&ILAEISB.
E-sY” An inveterate dram-drinker being
told that the cholera, with which he was a'-
tacked was incurable, and that he would
speedily be removed to a world of pure
I spirits, replied :
“ Well that’s a comfort at all events, for
j its very hard to get any in this world.”
Bodily infirmities, like breaks in a
! wall, have often become avenues through
I which the light of heaven has entered to
j the soul, and made- the imprisoned inmate
l long for release.
T wo old gentlemen of our acquaint
once were complimenting each other on
j their habits of temperance. “ Did you ev-
I er, neighbor,” said one. “see me with more
‘than I could carry?” “No, indeed,” tva3
! the reply, “not I: but,] have seen you
, when I thought you had better have gone
twice after it.”
ES.'S'’ The Albany Dutchman says : “ Who
j says this is not an age of progtess? A
| friend of ours on the Fourth was arrested
for assault and battery, last week fur petit
j larceny, and yesterday for highway rob-
J bery. With any kind of encouragement he
! will reach the gallows by autumn.”
E sas“ “Can you tell us when the car
leaves for Newark ?”
“As soon as the seats are all taken,”
said Jem, “that will make the car-go /”
| UseD r "A Yankee has invented a medicine
j to remove a boil from a tea-kettle.
ESA" “ I love tbee still,” as the quiet hus
j hand said to his scolding wife.
j6@‘"old Squire B was elected
Judge of the Inferior Court of some county
in Georgia. When he went home his de
lighted wife exclaimed, “Now, my dear,
you are Judge, what am IV’ “The same
darned old fool you allers was,” was the
tart reply.
A man one day came to Diogenes,
to consult him respecting the hour at which
he ought to eat. “Ifthou art rich,” repli
ed Diogenes, “eat when thou wilt; if poor
when thou canst.”
B&° A Colonel of the regular army,
speaking of a lady’s black eyes, said they
were in mourning for the murder they had
commite.l.
E@T The editor of an exchange says he
never saw but one ghost, and that was the
ghost of a sinner who died without paying
for his paper. “ Twas horrible to look
upon—the ghost of Hamlet was no circum
stance to it.”
J6@F“ In the Leeds Intelligencer, of the 9th
of October, 1764, the following notice ap
pears : “ Lately died at Liverpool, Mrs.
Mayee, wife of Mr. Mayee, who was her 1
nineteenth husband.
JteSP’Thc average duration of life a-i
mongst the working classes of England—
the most numerous class—is estimated at
about twenty-eight years—the duration of
the aristocracy is estimated at forty-six.
vDoertiscmcnts.
•
Hooks, Stationery and Music.
j TAM JOS McPHERSON & CO., beg leave to
• } inform their friends and the public’ that they
have greatly increased their supplies of
j SCHOOL AND MISCELLANEOUS
IBrdC□•ciJHLiSß&j
and are daily receiving, direct from New York
and Philadelphia, choice works in every depart
| merit of Literature and the Arts, together with
PLAIN AND FANCY STATIONARY,
1 of every description, both American and Foreign.
They have also a fine supply of
CENTRE, SI 1)M AND SUSPENSION SOLAR LAMPS,
made by Cornelius & Cos., the best in the world.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb 10, 1848. * o.s.
Western & Atlantic Rail-Road.
I’N order to stimulate a Summer and Fall travel,
. and to accommodate tin* public generally, the
fare on the W. & A. Rail-Road will ho reduced
from and after the 15th instant, to extend to the
15th October next, as follows:
’ From Atlanta to Dalton, $3 00
“ “ “ Marietta, 60
“ Marietta “ Acworth, 45
“ Acworth “ Etowa and Cartersvillc, 40
“ Cartersville “ Gan, 15
“ (
“ Kingston “ Adairsville, 30
Adtirsville “ Oothcaloga, 30
“ Oothcaloga “ Rcsaca, 15
“ Kesuoa “ Dalton. 45
Returning, same rates. Children over 5 and
under 12 years of ago, and servants, will be char
ged two ami a half rents per mile.
By order of Chief Engineer.
E. R. MILLS,
Atlanta, Ist Jane, *45. SmjH Transp'n.
Baraga ausuffl M©dln®Sm©Sa
W II O L KS A L E A XI) 11 E T AIL,
AUGUSTA GEORGIA.
HI HE subscriber has on hand aml is constant -
J lv receiving large and well selected supplies
Drugs, Paints , Oils and Dye-Stuffs.
to which the attention of Physicians and Mer
chants in the up-country and Tennessee, is partic
ularly invited.
The quantity of any article sold by us, is war
ranted to be of the purest qn'ility. and the prices, I
wo pledge ourselves shall be as low, as those of
Charleston, or any other Southern market.
Special eare is bestowed on the style of putting
up m dicines. The handsomest and most showy |
label’ are invariably used, and every pains taken .
to render our articl s attractive and salable.
Merchants, visiting the city, or passing through
are earnestly reque. led to come and examine our
stock, and prices, Wm 11 TUTT.
3tl)cns Business Dimtonj.
WMw. .whit£,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOK-SELLER,
—AND DEALER IN —
1 Stationery,Music and Musical Instruments,
/. imps. Cutlery, Fancy Goods, <s•', fyc.
{Orders filled at the Augusta rates
College Avenue, Alhellfi, On.
8.1 MAI N A ICO.
BOOK BINDER,
(Over tlje Southern Banner Office,)
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
FERRY A CO.)
WHOLESALE X RETAIL DEALERS IN —
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoos, Trunks, &c. &c.
Broad-Street, Athens, Georgia.
Augusta Business Directory.
G. W. FERRY & CO.,
WHOLESALE A RETAIL
HAT, CAP AND BONNET WARE-HOUSE,
Broad-street, Augusta, Ga.
WM. 11. TUTT,
—Wholesale anil Retail Dealer in—
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Pye-StulTs,
CHEMICALS, &.C., Ac.’,
I AUGUST A. OFOROIA.
JAMES A. <>lt.W,
Dealer in cheap Fancy It Staple Dry Goods.
No. 298 Broad Street, Ati* iiittt, Oa.
CHESS A HICKMAN,
DEALERS !N
STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS,
2KB Smith ride 11ROAD STREET, Angutta. I lu.
SCRANTON & STARK.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
1 Also, dealers in Bagging, Rope and Twine ; Nails,
Iron, Salt, itc., lor Flamers* trade.
PHILEMON A. SCRANTON, WILLIAM H. STARK.
I. It. PEITMIf A CO.,
Between U. S. Hotel and P. O. Corner—Augusta, On.,
Wholesale anil Retail Dealers in —
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, &e.
I Agent for Landreth’s Garden Seeds!
ALBERT HATCH,
—Manufacturer of and Dealer in—
Saddles, Bridies, Harness, Trunks,
Military, Equipments, ffc. fyc. iVc.
Broad-Street, in Metcalfs New Range, Augusta.
UNITED STATES HOTEL,
AUGUSTA, GA BY G. FARGO.
Eiaf” Tliis house is in the centre of business.
CHARLES CATLIN,
—Dealer in—
Fin® Hatches, Jewe 1r y,
Silver Spoons and forks, Plated Castors,
LAMPS, OIR AN DOLES, FANCY GOODS, Ac.
Also—Agents for Chickering’e and Nunns & Clarke's
PIANO-FORTES, which they soil at tin* lowest fac
tory prices. AUGUSTA, GEO.
Cljarh’stcm Business Directory.
HARMONIC INSTITUTE.
FERDINAND ZOGBAUM,
IMPORTER OF
MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
King-Street, sign of the Lyre, Charleston, S. C.
Also—Charles Zograttm, Athens. Cla.
WELCH & HOYOI7,
BOOK BINDERS,
Corner of Meeting & Horlbeck’s Alley, Charleston.
HP* Blank Books ruled to any pattern, and bound in
the best manner
S. B. WELCH, W. S RONOfTR
McCarter &. allen,
BOOKSE LEERS & STATE )NERS,
Charleston. South Carolina
Have an extensive assortment of Law, Medical, The-
I ological, School and Miscellaneous Books, which
| will la* soul ai Ue lowest rates!
PAVILION HOTEL,
BYH. L. BUTTERFIELD,
[Formerly of thr Charleston Hotel,]
CHARLESTON, S. C.
GILLILANDS & HOWELL,
Importers and Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods,
No. 7 Hayne-Street, Charleston, S. C.
GROCERIES 9 FRUITS ; CIGARS i -
X. M. PORTER, (late W. L. Porter & Son,)
No. 222 King-Street, third above Market,
| Have an extensive and varied Stock of Groceries,
Fruits, Cigars. &c., suited to the wants of Families and
, Dealers, which be sells for tin* lowest prices for cash
j or city paper. 150 bis Refined Sugar at Factory prices.
GEORGE OATES,
j 231 Ac 236 King-Street, [near the Bend,] Charleston,
GEORGE A. OATES & CO.,
Broad-Street, Augusta, Ga.
! Dealers in Piano-Fortes, Music and Musi
rat Instruments. Rooks. Stationery. <sv.
11. STODDARD,
Wholesale Dealer in BOOTS, SHOES, &c.,
No. 13 Hayne-Street, Charleston, S. C.
CHARLESTON HOTEL,
BY D. MIXER, CHARLESTON, S. C.
*-* This establishment has been entirely remodelled
and retilted in the most elegant manner.
JOHN S. RIHO A CO.,
Military, Looking-Glass ami Fancy Store,
Sign of tlie Gold Spectucles, 223 & 225 King-Street,
Charleston , S. C.
Mathematical and Surveyors’ Instruments: Spectacles
and Optical Instruments, of ull kinds; Plated Cast
ors, Candlesticks, (.'uku Baskets, Sic., ic.
Oil Paintings and Engravings; Picture Frames made
to order, and old Frames, re-gilt and made equal lo
new ; Classes and Pebbles fitted to Spectacles to suit
all ages and sights.
JOHN S. BIRD, J. M. TAYLOR, C. 11. BIRD.
JOS E 1* II \V A L K E It,
—DEALER IN —
Paper, Stationery & Account Books.
Book Binding and Job Printing.
Also, Agent for the sale of Type, Presses, and Printing
Materials ot all kinds, at New-York prices, uclual
expenses only added.
Constantly on hand u large stock of Type, Borders.
Brass Rule, Leads, itc.; also, Printing Puner arid
.Printing ink.
H. B. CLARKE & CO.,
—IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN—
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTINGS ,
TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS, &c.,
No. 205 King-street, CHARLESTON, S. C.
WM. L. TIMMONS,
General Importer of Hardware & Cutlery,
East Bay,....Charleston, S. C.
CAMPHENE&SPIRIT CAS.
—WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.—
| With a large variety of Lamps for burning the same,
a’ tiio original Importers’ prices.
GEORGE ABBOTT,
Paint, Oil, and Colour Store,
No. 97 East Bay, Charleston, .S. C.
RANTIN’ & NISSEN,
Chemists, Apothecaries & ariiysists,
Charleston Neck,, S. C.and Atlanta , da.
The best Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumery and Patent
Medicines, kept constantly on hand and ul the very
lowest prices. u*4
House and Land for sale.
fTMIK SUBSCRIBER, having removed from
X the place, offers for sale his House and Hand
in the town of* Athens. The land com]irises 296
acres, of which a large portion is well-wooded,
and the rost in good arable condition. The prop
erty is situated in the upper portion of the town.
The dwelling is handsom * and convenient, —the
out-houses all new, and the whole in perfect re
pair. ICT There is an excellent spring near the
dwelling, and also a fine well of water.
If desirable, he will sell the dwelling with only
eight or ten acres of land. j
For terms of sale, apply to
ANDREW BAXTER, !
or, in bis absence, to Wm. M. Morton, Esq., or
to IYof. C. F. MeCay. 1 t
Athens, May 12, 1849. 2tf <
NEW MUSIC!
ij ffn •* u * t rc ''’ i VI >1 at the “ University •
* 1 1 * • Bookstore.” * I
~UnH’rtiscmcntt3.
GAZETTE
J 0 15 PRIN TL N G
nesT A3B x. x saecMaeucT.
Pamphlets, Circulars,
I Show-bills,
M igu/im .- , I Programmes,
NEATLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY EXECUTED
A4 tMo ©ls®,
GOULD, KENDALL & LINCOLN,
BOOKSELLERS AYD PUBLISHERS,
No. 59 Washington St., Jloston.
iiwwi mousST”
ATHENS, GA. HIUHDBU.I’. THOMAS.
r | UIE Subscriber, a* proprietor of this new amt
” \vell-furnishe<l Hotel, expects, (from long exper
ience, a disposition to please, and attention to busi
id*hs,) to make it just such an Establishment ns the
public wants. LOVIC J*. THOMAS.
January 6, 18 49. frvl j.| v
iv’ b *w* ai ©© x< h‘x©3a S:
On Cotton Avenue, Macon, Geo.
r JTIIK undersigned have opened, us above. s>
X establishment for the sale of
Rooks, Stationery and Fancy Goods,
and will Keep on hand a full assorlmept of
CIT School ami Miscellaneous Books,
together wih rhiin anil funcy.Stationery, Music ■
lor the Piano For'e, &<•. All of which theywj?
sell \\ lioWsalo or Retail, aft the lowest market
t prices.
OC/‘ (l nlgm for I.aw, Medical and Theolog
, ical Jlooks, respectfully solicited
J. -I - & S. 1\ RICHARDS.
Mu on. \ov t. 1848. .
iami;s imn:Rso\ ago.,
DEALERS IN
ROOKS, STATIONERY, MUSIC,’
Musical Instruments. Fancy Goods,
Pa per-flangings, Maps, fyc fyc.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
prospectus’
OF —
XL X t‘ XX XL XL X) H ’
WEEKLY GAZETTE.
BEING anew and much enlarged series of the
“Southern Literary Gazette,” —the only
weekly Journal, South o's the J’otoimic. devoted
to Literature and the Arts in general—and de
signed for the Family Circle.
The f’roprietor begs le ive to announce that,
on Saturday, the s'li of .May, lie i-suid the first
ninnlicr, for ti.e second year, of this popular and
well established paper,—the name and form of
which he has changed, to eolarge 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 he tile aim of its Proprietor to make it,
in every respect,
A CHOICE FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
“as cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the
host!” Utt rly discarding the notion that a
Southern journal cannot compete with the North
ern weeklies, i t cheapness and interest,
RICHARDS’ WEEKLY GAZETTE
shall he equal, in mechanical execution, to anv
of them, and, in the variety, freshness and value
of its contents, second to none. Its field will bu
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 he published weekly, on
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICUI.TURE,
and these departments, as, indeed, all others, will
I he frequently
Illustrated with Wood Cuts !
! Every number will contain careful and copious
summaries of the latest
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS’
in Commercial, Civil, Political, and Ecclesiasti
cal Affairs. At the same time, there shall be
nothing in its columns that can he considered ei
ther Partisan or Sectarian.
The following di-ting lushed writers will con
trfhute to the Journal:
I Cm. Gilmore Simms, LL. D.,
Hon. Robert AI. Charlton,
J. AI. Legare,
‘J’ Addison Richards, Esq.,
Charles Bauman, Esq.,
Hon. B. E. Porter,
Henry R. Jackson, Esq.,
Jacques Journot,
Airs. Caroline I.ee Hentz,
Airs. Joseph C. ATeal,
Airs. William C. Richards,
Airs. E. F Ellett ,
Aliss Alary E. Lee,
Aliss Alary Bates,
Caroline Howard,
Airs. C. TV. Du Bose,
Al’iss C. W. Barber,
besides many others, whose names are highly
esteemed in the “ World of Letters.”
TERMS:
Singlecopies, a-ycar, $2(10 strictly in advance.
C L (JBS:
Os three supplied for ------ $5 00
Ot live for 8 00
Os ten for 15 00
Os fifteen for 20 00
Os twenty for 25 00
Os fitly for 60 00
fig-All orders must he accompanied with the
cash, and should be addressed, i n-t i aid, to
WM. G. RICHARDS,
Athens, Qa.
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.”
Julylst, 1848. Jtf
prospectus”
THE SCHOOLFELLOW:
A MAGAZINE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
ISSI'KI) IN MONTHLY NUMBERS OF M PAGES,
ILLUSTARTF.D WITH ENGRAVINGS, AT THE
LOW PRICE OF
$1 per annum—ln advance!
I r I’M IE Publisher of Richards* Weekly Ga set te
X announces that he issued the first number of
the above work lad 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 he happily blended.
The Schoolfellow contains articles, both origi
nal and selected, from many pens that have writ
ten charmingly for the young. We will mention
the names of Mary 1 Cowitt, Miss Sedgwick. Pe
ter Parley, Miss Mclntosh, Mrs. Gilman, Mrs.
loscph (’. Neal, Mary E. Lee, Miss Barber, and
many others might be added. Many of the art
icles in The Schoolfellow’ arc beautifully illustrat
ed, and the twelve numbers of one year make two*
volumes of nearly 400 pages undone hundred en
gravings, of which, every boy and girl who may
own it may be proud.
Terms.—l. Each number contains 32 pages,,
and at least 8 engravings, and is issued on tho
first of every mouth. 2. The subscription price
is One Dollar a-your, in advance, lo Clubs: 5
copies to one address,s4; 10 do., $8 ; 20 do sls.
{Kh There arc many schools in which at least
twenty copies may bo taken, as the price to each
one will bo only seventy-five cents.
('ommuniention must be post-paid and addres
sed to The Schoolfellow, Athens, Ga.
ftj-Editors, exchanging with “ Richards’ Ga
zette,*’ Avho will copy or notice fully this Pros
| poetues, shall receive The Schoolfellow without
urther exchange.
SOUTHERN MUTUAL
INSURANCE COMPANY.
WM. M. MORTON, AG’T AT ATHENS.
npULS Company is now firmly established, and
X doing an extensive business. Risks will be
taken not only in towns, but in the country, on
Dwellings, Gin-llouses, Mills and Factories.
‘I ho following parties are among the Stock
holders of the (’ompauy at this Agency:
Asbtiry Hull, T. Bradford, Wm W. Clayton*
•L Linton, Albon Chase, Dr. It. Hull, Henry-
Hull, Jr., E. L. Newton, Dr. E R. Ware. F.
Lucas, S. J Mays, Y. L. G. Harris, C. B Lyle*
A J. Brady, George Pringle, M. E. .McW'h i>-
ter, I). Holmes, Rev. Dr. Hoyt, L. J Lumpkin,
Rev. S. Landrum, .1 J. Huggins, W. Paynnn,
I . R.R. Cobh, Dr. C.M. Reese, Green B. Ifuv
tro >d, Wm C. Li hards & Cos., andWui.M.
Morton.
Parties, desiring t > effeut insurance os their
property in this vicinity will mike application
to the subscriber. WM. M. MORTON
Athens, Nov. 25th, 1848 290s
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