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TT_iaj& ® USA D , 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 !B tl 0 0 1£) Q 0 WSS2S? ©iA3Sf : l?l a 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 4 GENTS wanted to canvas for this paper - rV Address the Editor.