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S> ©&!?&¥* ■. . r p ‘ V* F ‘•'* * ■-•- :^ '”* ’ fi i BONES IN THE DESERT. & V BV ANKK C. LYNCH. .Whore pilgrims seek the Pro] hot's tomb Across the Arabian waste, Upon the ever-shifting sands, A fearful path is traced. Far up to the horizon's verge, The traveler secs it rise, \ line of ghastly hones that bleach Beneath those burning skie-. Acro.-s it tempest and simoon The desert sands have strewed, But still that line of spectral white Forever is renewed. For while along that burning track The caravans move on, .‘•'till do the way-worn pilgrims fall, lire yet the shrine he won. Then the tired camel lays him down And shuts his gentle eyes, And then the fiery rider droops, Towards Mecca locks, and dies. They fall unheeded from the ranks : On sweeps the endless train, I>ul there, to mark the desert path, Their whitening hones remain. As thus 1 read the mournful tale Upon the traveler's page, • thought how like the march of life, Is tills sad pilgrimage. For every heart hath some fair dream. Some object unattained. An 1 far oil’ in the distance lies Some Mecca to be gained. But beauty, manhood, love and power too in their rooming down, And longing eyes and outstretched arms. Tell of the goal unwon. The mighty caravan of life Above their dust may sweep. I Car shout, nor trampling feet shall break The r-st of those who sleep. Oh fountains that 1 have not reached, That gu-h far off e'en now, When shall I quench my spirit's third Where your sweet waters flow ! Oh Mecca of my life-long dreams, C’oud palace’ that rise In that far distance pierced by hope, When will ye greet my eyes'! The shadow? lengthen toward the Fast From tUo declining sun, And the pilgrim, as ye s* ill recede, Sighs for the journey done. ygns iLri> &&& ‘/♦ ■ AN AMERK Ats IN PARIS. So, von desire an account of my Robin son Cruso life in Paris, an 1 I shall proceed to give it to you in plain prose, premising only by the way that you seem to mo as familiar with Parisian phraseology, as if yon had been horn and bred au scptilmc of a French Hotel Menbft. I, then, Henry Colman, of lawful age. a citizen of the TTnited Slates (hurrah for the thirteen stars and stripes!), and for many years a subject of her royal majesty, Queen Victoria (Hod save the Queen-*), do depose and say, that 1 I reside in a street of Paris called La rue Ckaussted 1 Antin, running from the Boule vard* to St. Lazare, straight as an arrow, clean, well built, full of fine shops, and i magnificent hotels in court yards, and crowded from early dawn to late at night, 1 had almost said until the return of dawn, with carriages, chariots, omnibuses, chaises, wheelbarrows, ladies and women (general ly very handsome indeed), milkmaids, laundresses, grisettes, Lorettes, chiffon- i nieiv, fashionables, and Nortnandise, with their muter fly caps: in short, one of the most public, and one of ibe busiest, ami one of the pleasantest streets in town. I am in the fifth story—the lower floor is not counted, and the entresol, or second floor is not counted; L am mi quo trie me, and mount six flight of stairs to reach my resting place. Heing fat and “ pursy,” and having very short legs, you may de pend upon it f hnye often wished for some elevating machine, by which the summit could he reached without having to double up my joints one hundred and thirteen times —for that is the number ot stairs. Now young and ethereal persons like yourself, so gay, so transparent, so light of step, would go up like a sparrow a whede flight at a time. From my eyrie-nest 1 look down upon the moving world with philosophic composure, and breathe an atmosphere \ far superior to the grovelling sons of earth below me —(ask the chemists if it is not so). My nest, however, is very small. 1 have but one small romn; three good closets: a brick floor, which I like, because it saves all noise, covered with a thick carpet; a bed, long enough if 1 don’t grow any, which I have concluded not to do tor the present; a chest of drawers, surmounted by a stuffed parrot in a glass case, who looks very civilly at me, and says nothing, though I feel occasionally quite embar rassed at the closeness of his inspection ; j bed, linen, covering, most clean and excel lent: an open fireplace, with a moveable grate, which 1 purchased, and in which 1 I bnrn dry wood and good coal; three easy J chairs, and two with uptight backs, which i I prefer, for fear of allecling the grace of |my movements; and, lo crown the whole, | three good sized mirrors—so tbnt, you see, I I am never without company, though it is only the reduplication of that of which one sample is quite sufficient—certainly one at a time. I breakfast in my own chamber at nine; rise at half-past six ; get very hungry before breakfast comes. The servant brings my allowance of bread, but ter, and cream. I boil my own tea-kettle; make my own tea; buy my own sugar, candles, etc; have the Daily News to read in the morning—which sometimes, on ac count of the ill-temper which it shows to wards America and France, obliges me to put more sugar than usual in my tea. fn dishabille 1 wear a grey frock coat, plaid waistcoat, grey trousers, silk neckcloth, black slippers, occasionally varnished ; and look very grave and wise, when raising my head from the table, I let my spectacles drop on the end of tny nose and comb my few straggling grey hairs with my lingers, presenting in such cases a very fine study for an artist. 1 have a man servant for my femrnc-dc-chambrc ; attentive to a fault, full of good nature, and so willing to serve me, that 1 take care never to call on him for what I can do myself, and sometimes almost frighten the cap off his head by my frantic gesticulations, when 1 cannot make him understand my French, though 1 un derstand it perfectly myself. I stay in my room, c.xtraordinaries excepted, always until three o'clock : go sight-seeing; dine at an English restaurant at five—can’t live at a French caft —dislike the French cooking— don’t know whether you are eating frog, cat or baby: evening with friends or at the theatre, rarely at home; get sleepy at eleven; crawl to bed at twelve o'clock; think of my dear friends in America and England : sigh so hard as almost to untuck the bed clothes; wish them ail kinds of blessings; fancy I seelhem : never kneu T 1 loved them half so much; pray for them, and dream about them; sleep quiet ly six hours ; try not to let the sun get up before me; though I confess, to my shame, l sometimes find him peeping into my chamber to see if I am awake; feel dread fully about my sins always when I first wake, and try to quiet the pangs of con science by a strong dose of good resolu tions: think again of my dear frinds; thank (Sod from the bottom of tny soul for his mercies; and wonder why lam not a poor, miserable,, outcast, shivering,starving, na ked Irishman, or beggar, as hundreds of others, whose claims seem as good asmine; and am amazed that 1 have education, cha racter, plenty to cat and drink, so much to make me happy, and, above all, friends, friends who love me, hut who cannot love me half so well as 1 love them.— But this wont do. 1 open niy eyes; spring out of bed; take my cold bath : raise the window to breathe the cordials, the fresh and fragrant air of the morning; and go again loa succession of labors and enjoyments. I con hi not afford two rooms. I pay thirty-five francs a month, and ten francs for service. My breakfast and tea cost me—l don’t know what—though an egg, for example, is five sous, and a small roll of bread, of which one can eat two, costs three sons. Tea is dearer than in England: sugar and candles cheaper; wood is sold by the pound, so is coal, and are both dear, though my fuel has not cost me more than in England, because of more economy in the use of it; dinner of roast beef, potatoes, apple-pie, cheese, bread, | and half a bottle of wine, are half a crown. Col man's Tour in Europe. jNJX TORTURING AN AUTHOR. One of Dr. Beattie's correspondents tells of a scene of torture where Campbell was the victim; and lloheniinden thesubjcctof conversation. “ Campbell,” said one of the party, “you poets deal in hyperbole, but surely you ex ceed all license when you say— ‘ An;l louder than the butts of heaven Far Bashed the led artillery.’ If their flash was so loud, what must have been their report T’ Campbell was fool enough not to answer a fool according to liis folly ; when another j of the company interfered— ’ Then shook the hills, with thunder riven ! Then rushed the steed, to battle driven!’ Oh, what a falling oil is there!” “ How could 1 help it !” said the poet, somewhat moved. “The battle began with a general discharge of artillery along the whole line : and then, amidst the ob scurity of the smoke, the cavalry made their attack on the broken ranks of the en emy.” “Well parried, but— ‘ Wave, Munich, all thy banners wave,’ is Milton’S.” ‘'Oh, I know to what you allude.” said Campbell, sharply— ‘ Wave Your tops, ye pines, in sign of worship, wavs.’ Is that a fault ?” “Well, let that pass; hut were your soldiers buried feet downwards ; and what was the size of the turfs that covered them 7 for you say— ‘ And every turf beneath his foot ishall be a soldier’s sepulchre.’ This cruel banter, in which it could not be determined how much was jest, how much was earnest, at last irritated and pro voked the poet. He made an effort to leave the room, hut seems to have controlled his temper. A lady present said— “ Come, dear Mr. Campbell, kindly un- I dersland and forgive these thoughtless jo- I kern; hail they not prized the poem, it aoiEiaii© 9 ©aiiiiio would not have stuck so fast in their mem ory.” The hilarity of the evening was not how ever restored. —Dublin University Mag. ——i mm > A BEAUTY IN DISGUISE, A correspondent of the New \ork Mir ror, writing from Saratoga, details the fol lowing rash and culpable adventure, on the part of a young beauty of a neighboring State: A most singular and exciting instance of female eccentricity and daring recklessness lias just transpired here, to the equal amusement and amasement of all. Some ten days since there arrived in the South ern tiain, and took lodgings at the Union Hall, a youth apparently about 18 to 20 years old, of singular beauty, with raven locks, a sparkling black eye, a complexion in which the lily and the rose seemed viv idly striving for the supremacy, a voice of silvery tone and mellow richness, and an ease, maturity and brilliancy of mannetal together unusual in a male so young, and which attracted attention and excited uni versal admiration. In short, he appeared to be one of those specimens of boyhood, upon which nature is sometimes so lavish in the hestovvmcnt of her gifts, and which arc as rate as they are pleasing and attract ive; combining all the delicacy and rich ness of female beauty, precociousness of mind and manner, equally marked and un usual. With a bold, yet by no means rude fa miliarity, he soon made the acquaintance of mothers and misses, who seemed alike captivated with the young charmer, and courted his attention with jealous rivalry; the former confiding in his youth as a pro tector to their daughters, and the latter sub dued and enraptured by the beauty of his person and the elegance of his dress. In the ball room, with his fashionable dress coat buttoned to the chin, his sym metrical limbs, his contracted waist, his round, full chest, his delicate hands and ti ny feet, as he moved with exquisite elas ticity and grace through the dance, all eyes and many hearts were fastened with lavish intensity. After thus rioting a week amid the most extravagant affections of their captivated daughters, the young ‘ Uriah Baden,’ as he hooked himself, suddenly dis appeared. From a fear of detection, or some other cause, he retired to the neighboring village of Ballston, and entered the National Law School there as a pupil, under the pretence that his parents would he on in a day or two with the hulk of his baggage. Struck with his appearance, and the ease and the eloquence of his conversational powers, the President, J. W. Fowler, Esq., assign ed him at once a performance in off hand speaking, which with the trial and argu ment of causes, form a prominent part in the exercises of the Institution, fn this his speaking capacities were put to a test too severe for a matter of mere amusement; and dreading an exposure which the pres ence of the hundred young gentlemen con nected with the school might effect, and certainly would render most embarrassing and fearful, lie again took French leave, returned to this place, and stopped at one of the minor hotels, where he spent the night before last in silent seclusion, as if reflecting on the error of his ways. During his former visit he had coquetted with the fair ones, and made three or four solemn protestations of love, which had awakened a delicious hope in as many tin suspicious hearts. Hence the news of his return led to many eager hut unsuccessful inquiries for his whereabouts.—Yesterday morning there arrived here a fine looking, middle aged gentleman with his lady, in a state of anxious excitement, having traced their errant daughter at length to the thea tre of her comic-tragic adventures; and be ing directed lo herhiding place, they sought her rooms, tore off her male disguise, and last evening left for their home in New Jersey, with as sweet and beautiful a look ing daughter as ever graced the proper ha biliments of her sex, with nothing to dis tinguish Iter from them but her exquisite persona! charms and shortened locks, which, to comple the illusion, she had cropped and subjected to the hand of the barber. As to the cause of this strange adventure of the young girl, the sad, un approachable silence of the parents forbids inquiry, and the affair ended as it began— a mystery. AN APOLOGY. When John Clarke (Lord Eldon) was at the bar, lie was remarkable for the sang fro id with which he treated the Judges. On one occasion, a junior counsel, on hear ing theit lordships give judgement against his client, exclaimed that ‘he was surprised at such a decision !’ This was construcd into contempt of court, and he was or dered to attend at the bar next morning. Fearful of the consequences, he consulted his friend John Clarke, who told him to be perfectly at ease, for he would apologize for him in a way that would avert any un pleasant result. Accordingly, when the name of the delinquent was called, John rose, and coolly addressed the assembled tribunal: ‘ l am very sorry, my lords, that my young friend has so far forgot himself, as to treat your honorable bench with dis respect: he is extremely penitent, and you will kindly ascribe his unintentional insult ,to his ignorance. You must sec at once that it did originate in that, lie said he was surprised at the decision given by your lordships! Now if he had not been j very ignorant of what takes place iu this court every day—had he known you but half so long as I have done, he would not be surprised at amj thing yon did !’ i1 m i Wm. Gij.more Simms. A correspondent jof the Boston Chronotype records several pensonal traits of the distinguished South- I era poet and novelist, Wm Gilmore Simms, | who, we learn from the same source, has a new volume of poems in press, entitled “The Cacique of Accabee.” Mr. Simms is now at the head of the Southern Quarter ly Review. His convet-atiunal resources are thus celebrated: “ V? a story-teller, I have never met his equal. He has travel ed through all the South rn find Southwes tern States, has been wrong the ‘up coun try’ farmers, the turpentine manufacturers, the backwoods hunters, and the Indians, and has laid up an apparently inexhausti ble supply of stories and anecdote* for the amusement of his friends. These ariecdotes and stories lie tells with the greatest zest, and with the skill ofan accomplishedactor, imitating to perfection the dialect, tones, and action of the various characters Intro duced."—Literary World. A FLO WEI! IN THE DESERT. Here isa beautiful incident, related by an officer at Matamorns in a letter to a friend in Providence, which reminds us that “ In tho desert there still is a fountain, In the wide waste there still isat e, And a bird in the solitude singing.” Our army were marching into Malamo ras, and the officer writes : “Under a tree, just on the river.bank,-mid at the point where the bustle and throng of the passage were the greatest, a kttnily of Mexicans had taken shelter, who had recrossed to our side the day before, and had not had time to move their hones. There, were some six or eight children of various ages; one of these, a beautiful black-eyed, grace ful little creature, of five or six years. I saw her, while tumult and toil of all des cription rang around, while arms were flashing, cannon rolling, men hurrying to and fro, horses dashing at wild speed, the air filled with shouts and oaths, and all was as if quiet and peace were banished from the earth, half sitting, half lying upon a grassy knoll, her head testing upon a white pet dove, and one little arm thrown around the bird as if to protect it from all harm. What a lesson is taught here! What a pic ture for the painter and the poet!—See in nocence personified ki that sweet child! See l’cace represented in that beautiful dove ! How they stand out, the bright, the glorious figures in that scene where War. with its array of banners and marshalled men, and gaudily dressed officers on capar isoned horses fresh from the battle-field, their hearts filled with the swelling thoughts of the victory they have won, and all glowing with the ambitious desires that became the heroes they have shown them selves to be—how that sweet child and beautiful dove shine with the light, that is from heaven in that scene, where war fills up and darkens all the back ground. FELICITOUS CRITICISM. Old Kit North is the botn king of all crit ics. In the Dies IJorea/es, No. Iff, one of Alison’s stupidities on % irgil being under consideration,, Seward asks the meaning of “ rerum “ in Virgil’s ••—rerum facta cst pukherriraa Iloma.” North. “ Rerum,,’ what docs he mean by “Reram'?” Let me perpend. Why, Seward, the legitimate meaning of Res here is a State—a Commonwealth. “The fairest of Powers, then, of Politics, of States.” Seward. Is that all the word means here ! North. Why, methinks we must ex plain. Observe, then, Seward, that Home is the Town as England is the Island.— Thus “ England has become the fairest a mong the Kingdoms of the Earth.” This is equivalent, good English ; and the only satisfactory and literal translation of the Latin verse. But here, the physical find l’olitcal are identified,—that is, England. England is the name at once of the Island, of so much earth limited out on the surface of the terraqueous globe, and of what be sides ? Os the inhabitants ? Yes'? but of the inhabitants (as the King never dies) perpetuated from generation to generation. Moreover, of this immortal inhabitation, further made one by blood and speech, laws, manners, and everything that makes a people. In short, England, properly the name of the land, i- intended to he, the name of the Nation. “ England, with all thy faults. I love Thoe still.” There Cowper speaks to botli at once, the faults are of the men only, moral, for he does not mean fogs, and March East winds, anti fever and agues I love thee, is to the green fields and the white cliffs, as well as to all that still survives of the English ‘heart and thought md character. And ; this absorption, sir, and compenctration of ! the two ideas, land into people, people in j to land, the exposition of which might, in ! good hands, he made beautiful, isa fruitful j germ of Patriotism, an infinite blending of j the spiritual and the corporeal. To Virgil, Rome the city was also Rome the Romans : and, therefore, sir, those Houses and Pala ces, and the Wall, were to him, as those green fields, and hills and streams, and j towns, and those cliffs are to us. The girdled-in compendium of the Heaven’s Favor and the Earth’s Glory and Power. “ Scillicctet Rerun: facta et pnlcherririußmna, Septomque una sibi mure cin umdedit aces.’’ Do you all comprehend and adop. my ex planation, gentlemen 1 TaJboys. I do. Roller. I do. Seward. 1 ask myself whether Virgil’s “Rerum Pulcherrima” may not mean •• Fairest of things, of Creatures, of earth :ly existences? To a young English read ier, probably that i< the first impression. It was, I think, mine. But fairest of earthly States and Seats of Slates is so much more idiomatic and to the purpose, j that I conceive it, indubitable, j North. You all remember what Hora tio sayelh to the soldiers in Hamlet, on the j coming and going of the Ghost. “ Id the most high and palmy .-fate of Rome, I A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, j The graves stood tennntlese, ami the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Homan streets ; Stars shone with trains of fire, dews of blood fell; Disasters veiled tho sun, mid the moist star Upon whoso influence Neptune’s empire stands, Was sick almost to Doomsday with eclipse.** What .loes Horatio mean by high And palmy state? That Home was in a flour ishing condition ! Fuller. That, I believe, sir, is the com mon impression. Hitherto it has been mine. North. Let it be erased henceforth and for ever. Fuller. It is erased, I erase it. North. Read henceforth and for ever High and palmy Slate with a towering Capital. Res! “Most high and palmy State” is precisely and literally “Rtrum Pulcherrima .” There, that is what we call the criticism of a genius. If modest old Virgillius Ma to, or even genial Will himself ever glow ed all over more luminously and sparklingly with lambent, phosphoric, snapping and crackling electricity, we hope to he struck with lightning. Such a’critic is the verymulti plication table of genius, but 0 what a millstone to grind common place, mediocity and stupidity to powder! —Botson Citron otype. THE SHADOW OF AN ASS. The Greeks had a proverb which ran tints: “To dispute on the shadow of an ass.” This took rise from an anecdote which Demosthenes is said to have related to the Athenians, to excite their attention during his defence of a criminal, which was being but innattentively listened to. “ A traveler,” he said, once went from Athens to Mcgara on a hired ass. It hap pened to he the time of the dog-days, and at noon, lie was much exposed to the unmitigated heat of the sun, and not find ing so much as a bush under which to take shelter, lie bethought himself to de scend from the ass, and seat himself under its shadow. The owner of the donkey who accompanied him, objected to this, de claring to him that when lie let the animal the use of its shadow was not included in tiie bargain. The dispute at last grew so hot that it got to blows, and finally gave rise to an action at law. “After having said so much, Demosthenes continued tiie delence of his client.; but the auditors whose curiosity he had piqued, were ex tremely anxious to know how the judges decided on so singular a cause. Upon this, the orator commented severely on their childish injustice, in devouring with attention a paltry story about an ass's shadow, while they turned a deaf ear to a can e in which the life of a human being was involved. From that day, when a man showed a preference for discussing small and contemptible subjects, to great and important ones, he was said “to dis pute on the shadow of an ass.” Ice at Lima. Ice is a necessaty of life at Lima, and is brought from the Cordil leras, a distance of 28 leagues. So essential in that climate is this refreshment, that a lack of it for a few days is sufficient to cause a notable ferment among the people, and in all revolutions, therefore, the leaders cautiously abstain from applying the mules used for its carriage to any other purpose. Thejndians saw the ice out of the glaciers in lumps of 150 pounds each, and lower it from the mountains by ropes. Ollier Indians receive it and carry it to a depot, where it is packed upon mules.— Two lumps form a mule load, and are sent daily to Lima, where they arrive in eigh teen or twenty hours. During the journey the ice loses a third of its weight : and what remains is sufficient to supply the city for a day. It is chiefly used in mak ing ices, composed mostly of milk, orpine apple juice. Ffar” Beautiful is the love, and sweet the kiss of a sister; but if you haven’t a sis ter handy try your cousin—it isn’t much worse.— Exchange. Aiujcrtisemcnis. Cooks, Stationery and Music. TAMES McPHLUSON & CO., be# leave to 9} inform their friends ami the public that they have greatly increased their supplies of SCHOOL AND MISCELLANEOUS and are daily receiving, direct from New York and Philadelphia, choice works in every depart ment of Literature and the Arts, together with PLAIN AND FANCY STATIONARY, of every description, both American and Foreign. They have nl*y> a fine supply of CENTRE, SIDE AND srsiUiYSlON SOLAR LAMPS, made by Cornelius & Cos., the best in the world. Atlanta, Ga., Feb 10, 1848. o.s. Western k Atfsniie liaii-Road. IN or.ler to stimulate a Summer ami Fall travel. and to accommodate the public generally, the fare on the W. fc A. Rail-Road will he reduced from and after the 15th instant, to extend to the 15th October next, as follows: From Atlanta to Dalton, $3 00 “ “ “ Marietta, CO “ Marietta “ A (-worth, 45 “ Aowortli “ Ktowa and Cartcr3villc, 40 “ Cartersville “ Cues, 15 “ Cass “ Kingston. 20 “ Kingston “ A.daii-viile, 30 “ Adalrsville “ Oothcaloga, 30 “ Oothcaloga “ Ifesaea, 15 “ Kesaca “ Dalton, 45 Returning, same rates. Children over 5 and under 12 ye ns of age, aud servants, will bo char ged tiro and a half rents per mile. Dy order of Chief Engineer. K. ft. MILLS, Atlanta, Ist June, *46. Supt . Transp'n. 3D)]rags small MaxMomss, wHOLES ALE A N D RETAIL, AUGUSTA GEORGIA. HE subscriber has on hand and is constant ly receiving large and well selected supplies -of Drugs, Paints , Oils and Dye-Stuffs, to which the attention of Physicians nnl 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 quality/, and the prices, we ph dgo ourselves shall be .as low, as those of Charleston, or any other Southern market. Special care is bestowed outlie style of putting up medicines. The handsomest and most showy labels are invariably used, and every pains taken to render our articles at tractive and salable. Merchants, visiting the city* or passing t hrough are earnestly requested to come and examine our stock, and prices, Win H. TtJTT. ________ BY E. W. KILGROW AND SIRS. C. PRICE. V AT. TON, OE OK (it A. 3tl)cns Business Dimtorji. WM . N . WHITE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOK-SELLEK, —AND DEALER P< — Stationery, Music ami Musical Instruments, /.am/.;.. Culler i/. Fancy Good*, <s - c,4'C. Orders filled at tho Augusta rates College Avenue, Athens, Oa. K. .1. iHAVMAKI), BOOK BINDER, (Over the Southern Banner Office,) A THE NS, GE ORG JA. 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Co^aer—Augusta, Ga., Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, &e. for Lsndrelli’s Garden Seeds! ALBERT HATCH, —Manufacturer of and Dealer in— Saddles, Bridles, Harness, Trunks, Military , Equipments, Re. fyc. tyc. Blond-?-'re-1, In Metcalf** New Range, Auu-uta. UNITED STATES HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA BY G. FARGO. £Qjp*Thirt is in the centre of busine-v. CHARLES CATLIN, —Dealer in— Fine Watches, Jewelry, Silver Spoons and Forks. Plated Castors, LAMPS, GIRANDOLES, FANCY GOODS, Lc. Also—Agenis for Chick and Nun ns & Clarke’s l‘i.\ NO-FORTES, which they sell at the low **; fac tory juice,. AUGUSTA, GEO. ifljarlcaton Business Director]). IIARMONIC IS ST l TUTE. FERDINAND ZOGBAUM, IMPORTER OF MUSIC AXD MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, Kiu.v-Street, sign of the L e, C url'l'-tom, S. ir-: ■ Also—< ‘darles Zogmat'w. si for,if. Ga. WELCH & IDO*OUR, BOOK BINDERS, Conner of Meeting ic HoGOeck’s A!'ey, Charleston. rS 1 * Blank Books ruled to any pattern, and bound in the best manner - B, WELCH, \Y. i: l nv.rt!. McCarter & alien, HOOKSE LL ERS &ST ATK)KERS, C'it(i, tes/on. Souih (-arotira. Havo an extensive ment of Law, Medical. The ological, School awl M aceUuneous Books, which will lie sold ut the lowest rales! ~~ I’AYILION HOTEL. BYH. L. BUTTERFIELD, [Formerly of thr Charleston Hotel,] CHARLESTON, S. C. GILLILANDS & DOWELL, liHiio. i'*-o and Boale-H in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, No. 7 Hayne-Streei, Charli:;.. s\ S. C. OR OCERIES, FR uTfs, CIGARS, fyc. X. M. PORTEIi, (late W. L. Porter & Son,) No. 222King-Si-eei, ibi-'d phoveMarket, Have an extensive ::n.-1 varied Stock of Groceries, Fruits, Ctcios.&c.,suited to liie waats of Families and Dealers, whicU he sells for the lowest prints for cash or city paper. 1,60 hlaßefined Suaarat Factory prices. GEOKGJ2 GATES. 23-1 St 233 IlinT-Stre- . [near tin; Bend,] Charleston, GEORGE A. OATES & CO., Broad-Street, August a, Ga. Dealers in Piano-Fortes, Music and Musi cal Instruments, Books Sf( tionerp &c. H. STODDARD? Wholesale Dealer in BOOTS, SHOES, &c., No. J J Hayne-Si-eel, Charleston, S. C. - CHARLESTON HOTEL, BY D. MIXER, CHARLESTON , S. C. *+* This establishment Ims been enfre'y remodelled and refitted in tiie most elegant manner. JOHN S. HI ISO A CO., Military, Looking-Glass and Fancy Store, Sign of'tho Gold Spectacle-*. 223 & 22.3 Kin “[-Street, Charleston, S. C. Mathematical and Surveyors’ Inst ruments; Spectacles and Opiical Instrmnenis. of all kinds; Plated Cast ors, Cake Baskets, J.c., &.c. Oil Paintings and En“ravings; Pieu*re Frames made to order, and old Frames, re-gilt and made equal to new ; Glasses and Pebbles lilted to Spectacles to suit all ages and sights. JOHN S. BIRD, J. M. TAYLOR- C. 11. BIRD. .1 0 S E 1* H W A L K E R~ —DEALER IN — Paper, Stationery & Account Cooks. Book Binding and Job Printing. Also. A”ent for the sale of Tyne, presses, and Printing M ne-ialsof all kinds, at New-York prices, uciuul expenses ouly Added. Coii iy on h tud a large stock of Type, Borders. Brass Hulk, Leads, be.’, also, Priming Paper and Printing Jtik. H. B. CLARKE & CO., —IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN — CLOTHS. CASS!MERCS. VESTINGS, TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS, &<•., No. 203 Kins-slreel, CHARLESTON, S. C. WM. L. TIMMONS, General Importer of Hardware & Cutlery. JCnsi Bn.Charleston, S. C. CAMPHENE & SPIRIT GAS, —WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.— With a large variety of Lamps so - burning the same, ul Uie original Importers’ prices. G Ct)fGE ABBOTT, Paint , OH. end Colour S ore , No. D7 Eisi Bay, Cba.lesion, S. C. “RANTIN~& NISSEN, Chemists, Apothecaries k !)rii?sists, Charleston Ned:,. S. C. and Atlanta , Ga. The best Chemical*, Perfumery und Patent Medici(M*, kepi constantly on hand and ul the very lowest prices. us-1 ’ MATTIIASSES. MR. J. 11. PRICE, MATTE ASS-MAKER, BEGS to inform the public that ho is now lo cated in Athens, and is prepared to receive orders, His rooms arc at Mr. Hinson’s, betweon the Franklin House and tbo Athens House, lie hopes, by strict attention to business and reason able charges, to merit the patronage of the pub lie. Athens, August Ist. R Nash’s Hole I, Clarksville, Ga Reuben JS’as/i, Prop. OQ- Conveyances to the Falls and Nttcoochce furnished at the shortest notice. August 13,1840. to ioo 3i>urrti3fmcnts. GAZETTE JOB PRINTING r Pamphlets, N, Circular.-,’ ( ,, JenF - Show-bills, nnj Vu' CS ' r*ri>gvanimes^ NEATLY AND EXI’KUiTIOUSLY EXFXUTEtV AD; ftMa OiMe®* GOULI), KENDALL & BOOKSELLERS and STATIONERS, No. 5!) Washington St., Boston. Athens, ga. :::::::::by l. p. tiiomas. T 1 1 IE Subscriber, a s proprietor of this new and well-furnished Hotel, expects, (from long exper ience, a disposition to please, and attention to busi ness,) to make it just such an Establishment as tho public wants. LOVIC P. THOMAS. Junoat y <i. Ift ID. frvl |.]y SrEW book On Colton Avenue, Macon, Geo. ’ J HIE undersigned have opened, as abovo, a>v i cßtablishment for the sale of Books, Stationery and Fancy Goods, and will keep on hand a full assortment of School and Miscellaneous Books,- together with plain and fancy Stationery, Music • for the Piano Forte, &c. Ail of which they wit 5 - sell Wholesale or Retail, at the lowest market prices. Orders for l.nw, Medical and Thcolog ical Hooka, respectfully solicited J. J. & S. i>. RICHARDS. Ma-on, Nov. 4. IS IS. J AMES Ai’l*Bia tiS>o\ A < >., DEAI.EHS IN HOOKS, STATIONERY, MUSIC, Musical Instruments. Fancy Goods, Paper-Hangings, Maps, fyc fyc., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. PROSPECTUS OF — RieHARDS’ WEEKLY GAZETTE. BEING anew and much enlarged senes of tho “Southern Literary Gazette, ** —the only weekly Journal, .South of tho Potomac, devoted to Literature and the Arts in general—and de signed for the Family Circle. The Proprietor begs leave to announce that, on Saturday, the sth of May, ho issued the first number, for the second year, ot thus popular and well established paper,—the name and form of which he lias changed, to enlarge t he 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 inako it, in every respect, A CHOICE FAMILY NEWSPAPER, “as cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the best!” Utterly discarding the notion that a Southern journal cannot compete with the North ern weeklies, in cheapness and interest, RICHARDS’ WEEKLY GAZETTE shall be equal, in mechanical execution, to any of them, and, in the variety, freshness and value of its contents, second to none, its field will 1)0 the World, and it will contain, in its ample lohls Every Species of Popular Information, Especial attention will be paid to the subject of SCHOLASTIC AND DOMESTIC EDUCATION - . Numerous articles, original nod selected, from t ie best sources, will be published weekly, on AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, and these departments, as, indeed, all others, will be frequently Illustrated with Wood Cuts! Every number will contain oateuil :tud copious summanc* of the latest FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS.’ in Commercial, Civil, Political, and Ecclesiasti cal Allans. At the same time, tlieie shall be nothing in its culnmns that can be considered ui. tlier Partisan or tsocturian. I tie fallowing distinguished writers will con tribute to tho Journal: Will. Gilmvre Simms, 1.1.. /)., Hon. Robert .)/. Charlton, J. Jll. /.egare, T Addison Richards, Esq., Charles I.anman, Esq., Hon. R. E. Porter, - Henry R. Jackson, Esq., Jacques Journal, Airs. Caroline Lee Ilentz, .Mrs. Joseph C. Neal, .Mrs. IFi/tiam C. Richards, Mrs. E. E El/ett, .Miss Mary E. I.ee, Miss .Mary Bates, Caroline Howard, • Mrs. C. tV. Bußuse, .Miss C. TV. Barber, besides many otliom, whose names are highly isTe. med in the “ World of Letters.” T K ii XI S : Ninglecopies. ft-ycnr, $2 00, strictly in advance. C LUBSi Os three supplied for ------ (,3 00 Ot five for fj LK> • >f ton for 13 00 Os fifteen for --- 20 Wl Os twenty for ---------- 25 00 t If fifty far GO uo A H orders must bo accompanied with the cash, and should bo addressed. \ 0.-t-paid, to WM. C. UK LAUDS, Athens, Ga. A T . ft. —Editors who will copy, or notice fully, this Prospectus. sba'l receive the Gazette regu larly. and also a beautiful Juvenile Magazine, entitled “The Schoolfellow.” July Ist, IS-tib ltf PROSPECTUS —OS' — THE SCHOOLFELLOW: A MAGAZINE FOR GlltLS AND BOVS. ISSUED IN MONTHLY NUMBERS OF 32 PAGES, It.bI'STARTED WITH ENGRAVINGS, AT THE LOW TitICE OF $1 per annum—ln advance! rjMlFi Publisher of Richard*’ Weekly Gazette -L announces that he issued the first’ number of the above work liv*t January, with a View of affor ding to the Boys and Girls of the Houlh a journal of their own, in which instruction and a muse ment shall he happily blended. The Schoolfellow contains at tides, both origi nal and selected, from many pons that have writ ten charurngiy for the young. V/o will mention the names of Mary Howitt, JVfiss Sedgwick, Pe h*r Parky. Miss Mclntosh. Mrs. Gilman, Mrs. Joseph t . Neal, Mary E. Lee, Miss Barber, and many others might be added. Many of the art icles in The Schoolfellow are beautifully illustrate ed. and the twelve numbers of one year mnk&tw-c volumes of nearly 400 pages undone hundred en gravings, of which, every boy and girl who iuu> own it may be proud. Terms.—l. Each number contains 32 pages, and at least 8 engravings, and is issued on the liistof every month. 2. The subscription price is One Dollar a-veur, in advance. To Clubs: 5 copies to one addicts. $4: It) do., $* ;20 Re sls OCr* 1 here are many schools in which at least twenty copies may bo taken, as the price to each one will bo only seventy-five cents. Communication must be post-paid and addres sed to The Schoolfellow, Athens, Ga. OO* Editors, exchanging with “ Richards’Ga zette,” who will copy or notice fully this Pros pectues, shall receive The School fellow without urlher exchange. SOUTII Ell N MUT UA L INSURANCE COMPANY. WM. M. MORTON, AG’T AT ATHENS. r ■ I HIS Company is now firmly established, and X doing an exleasivo business. Risks will be token not only in towns, but in tho country, on.. Dwellings, Gin-Ilon-es, Mills aud Factories. The following parties nro among the Stock holders of iho Company nt this Agency; Aslmry Hull. T. Bradford, Wm W. Clayton, .1. S. Linton, Albon Chase, Dr. 11. Hull, lienrv Hull, ,lr . E. L. Newton, Dr. E. R. Ware, F. Lucas, 5..1. -Mays, Y. L. <l. Harris, C. H. Lyle, A. J. Brady, George l’ringle, M. E. MeWlior ter. D. Holmes, liev. Dr. lfoyt, L. .1 Lampkin. Rev. S. Landrum, J. J. lluggins, W. Ilaynon, I . R. il. ( obb, Rr.C.M. Reese, Green B. Ilnv ■ronil, Wm. C. Riehards & Cos., and Win. M. Morton. Parties, desiring to effect insurance on their property in this vicinity, will in ike application to the suliseribor. WM. M. MORTON. Athens. Nov. 25th, 1848. 290s AGENTS wanted to canvas for this paper Adlress the Editor.