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LAST WISHES OF A CHILD.
BY .TAMKS T. FIF.LDS.
“ All the hedge* nre in bloom,
And the warm wrst wind is blowing ;
Let me leave (his si’Med room.
Let me go where flowers are growing.
Look, my ehe<*k is thin and pale,
And my pulse is very low
Ere my sight begins to fail,
Mother dear, you'll let me go.
Was not that the robin’s song,
Piping through tho casement wide 1
I shall not be listening long,—
Take me to the meadow side!
Pear me to the will aw brook, —
Let me hear the merry mill, —
On the orchard, I must look,
Ere my beating heart is still.
Faint and fainter grows my breath,—
Bear me quickly down the lane, —
Mother dear, this chill is death, —
I shall never speak again !”
Still the hedges nre in bloom, —
And the warm west-wind is blowing,—
Still we sit in silent gloom,—
O’er her grave the gr; ss is growing.
[ Yankee Blade.
THE WHEAT AND THE SHEAVES.
BY It. If. STTDDABD.
I stand amid tho fields of wheat,
A host with j ennons brave and bold
And loaded granges lio around,
llcn[ ed up, with gathered sheaves of gold
The joyous town before me spreads
Its cottages embowered in bloom ;
The solemn burying-ground behind
Its tombs conceal ‘d in cypress gloom !
# The bells before me ring aloud
A j man fr the live and bold ;
The bells behind are tolling low,
A requiem for the dead and cul 1!
The crowd before mo march away,
And fdiout until tho hqpvens are stirred;
The crowd behind me never move,
And never breathe a single word !
The crow and before me sigh and weep,
The crowd behind mo never grieves ;
The blight that wastes the field of Life
Can never touch the garnered sheaves!
[ Boston Chronotype.
jUJa-BillAiT'/.
Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune.
SOUTHERN FLORIDA—ITS CAPA
BILITIES.
Baldwin Cos. June 28, 1849.
Thinking that a few lines on the subject
of the undeveloped resources and capabili
ties of Southern Florida might possibly be
of interest to yourselves or readers, I will
throw together some facts and thoughtsin
a hasty and unconnected manner, that
have come under my observation, or have
occurred to me during a short visit to the
terra incognita, which three hundred years
ago was the subject of so many wild fables,
and of which so little is yet known. By
the way, Ponce de Leon's Fountain of
Health does exist in Florida, in the shape
of trade winds, which prevail on its eas
tern coasts.
The “ Keys,"’ or almost innumerable j
islands oil the coa-t of Florida are of soft
lime rock of the tertiary formation, it he- !
ing of the same age and the same belt
which crosses the Tombigby at or above j
St. Stephens and the Alabama in Clark
and Monroe counties; from whence it
stretches through Butler and Conecuh
counties into Florida, where it prevades
nearly the whole State either as the sub
stratum near the surface of the earth, or,
which is too often the case, it forms the su
perior stratum, when it gives the country
the appearance of almost hopeless sterility;
a few stunted pine trees or a few other
trees or shrubs merely struggling for exist
ence among the limestone “heads” which
frequently rise to the height of ten teet,
though no larger than a man's body. The
Bahama Islandsare of the same rock form
ation ; likewise a part of the Island of
Cuba, and nearly the whole Peninsula of
Yucatan.
The “Keys” have but little soil on them
of any kind, but what there is contains,
much to my suprise, no sand—it being
composed of the detritus of “ rotten lime
ftone'’ alone. There are some exceptions
to this, such as Pine Island and Bay Bis
cayne where ihere is a little sand mixed
with the soil, and in such places the pine
in a dwarf state usually appears. Many of
the “Keys” are thickly covered with vege
tation. such as mangrove. &c.; a few, such
as Key Vacas and Key, Largo, have large
trees on them, and of a kind, too that, will
be useful in ship building, among w: ich
are the wild Tamarind (a species of locust)
and the “I)og Wood,” which closely re
sembles the East India Teak.
On most of the “Keys’” or Islands there
are no inhabitants: the only exceptions, I
believe, are the Tortugas, Key West—one
house on Saddle Keys, ten or twelve miles
from Key West: n few families of Hahn-
i mans on KeyVecas; some four families on
Indian Key, a beautiful circle island of less
than an hundred acres, and one family at
Cape Florida (Bay Biscayne) who keeps
the light house. On the main land are
some five families in the vicinity of the
Miami river, which empties into Biscayne
Bay, some ten miles North of Cape Florida.
There are likewise, I believe, one or two
families on Little River and Cershi Creek,
which likewise empty into the same bay
farther to the Eastward. From this, it
will be seen that the region of country un
der review is not overburdemed with pop
ulation. Key West has a population of
about three thousand, more than half of
which are from the Bahama Islands, they
, being the descendents of refugees from
North Carolina, who fled to those Islands,
during the revolution. This class are a
uict, orderly race—catchers of turtle, fish
-1 ermen, wreckers and drivers, but with too
much Rip Van Winkleism in them ever to
do a great deal towards developing the re
sources of the land.
The remainder of the population, the
greater share of which arc from Northern
States, are mostly engaged in the same oc
cupations, but principly at wrecking and
business therewith connected. The morals
of Key West are said to have improved
much within the last four or five years. —
‘I bis, 1 presume, is the case, for at presant
there are very few towns that have as little
drunkenness and vice,or that attend more to
the courtesies or civilities of life. But from
some cause, which it would be well to in
quire into, none of the people there seem to
endeavor seriously to reap any other har
vest from the country except such as Provi
dence at intervals scatters along the reefs.
There is a salt work on the Island which
is carried on in a limited manner. It makes
the best salt for packing pork in the world.
But while there is abundance of capital for
purposes connected with wrecking, there
has not yet been enough applied to the
purpose of improving the salt ponds, to
scarcely test their capabilities of making
that staple article. Ido not think, how
ever, that it is altogether from the lack of
capital that the salt ponds are so little
worked—they lack the right kind of labor.
The present proprietor told me that last fall
a large pond was crystalized ready for
“raking” immediately before the hurricane
season was at hand. The pond had to he
raked or the winds would drive the water
and disolve the salt His own negroes
were otherwise employed and to save the
salt, he offered enormous wages, but he got
but few negroes from their masters. The
whites perhaps thought that they could get
a living easier after the hurricane season
bad set in from the reefs, so they let the
salt melt and took their comfort.—There is
perhaps nothing wrong in this, but it shows
clearly that the resources of the southern
part of Florida will never be developed by
white labor.
The number of negroes are but few on
the Island, which probably accounts for
the little hitherto having been done in the
way of cultivation. The American part of
the town is built up in very creditable man
ner and many of the houses have yards
filled with beautiful shrubbrey, and there
are perhaps an hundred cocoanut trees
growing in a most thrifty manner. They
have, however, been planted for ornament,
not profit, and it is strange from the ease
with which they are cultivated, the large
amount of waste land, and the value of the
tree after it begins to bear, that there
should not now be more thousands of trees
on the Islands than there are single trees.
They bear in seven years from planting,
and it is estimated that each tree will pro
duce at least three dollars worth of fruit
yearly. Frosts are not known on Key
West or any of the Keys, and there are
lands on key Vacas and Key Sago with
soil sufficiently deep to cultivate not only
cocoanuts but every description of tropical
fruits, yet there has not been any progress
made to raise fruits, cither for market or
home consumption. The cause of this
must he that the right kind of labor is not
there.
On the main land, from Cape Sable to
the head of Biscayne Bay, between the
Everglades and sea, there is but little good
land. The principal part of it has little and
in some places no soil above the lime
rocks. Where there is a soil there are a
few pine trees scatered over the land, and
here the “coonty” xthe plant from which
the arrowroot is made) grows, I believe, in
its greatest profusion. There are, how
ever, many hammocks covered with live
oaks and other trees of like kind, which, if
the soil is not sufficiently deep to make
sugar, is at least sufficiently deep to gro w
any of the tropical fruits. These ham
mocks are scattered along the coast at in
tervales of a few miles and 1 was informed
by a gentleman that 1 met at the mouth of
the Miami, who had been exploring, that
he saw a few thousand acres of land near
Cape Sable, which he had no doubt would
make the very best of sugar lands. From
bis accounts they resembled some of the
prairie lands near the Gulf, in Texas.
The only business now pursued on the
Miami river is making the “coonty” into
arrowroot. Hitherto this root has been
used to a limited extent on the coast for
that purpose but it was ground by hand,
and impure well water used for washing,
but this establishment uses machinery for
reducing the root to a pulp, and the pure
water at the edge of the Everglades for se
perating the “starch” from the fibrous
part of the root, and it is now turning out
au article which will in every way bear a
i comparison with the Bermuda arrowroot.
. This buiness might be carried on to any
extent desirable, as the supply of the root
is inexaustihle and grows spontaneously
on the very poorest lands : but being rather
i thickly scattered over the patches of soil,
it is somewhat expensive gathering the
root. The proprietor of this establishment
give great preference to negro labor and
aoiEmiß© 0 ©aaiffutia
! said that he could not continue the busi
j ness with white help alone.
■— ■■ -
VICTOR VARDALLE’S PERILOUS
ASCENT IN A BALLOON,
On the 30th of Aug., Victor Vardalle. the
celebrated French Balloonist, who made a
number of ascents at New Orleans, head
downward and feet up, was to make an
ascension from Vauxhall Gardens, New
York, on the day stated above, and to per
form some pantomime tricks in his airy
flight. Shortly before six o'clock the in
flation was completed, when the car was
attached, and on the signal to let go the
ropes being given, the excitement became
very great. This part of the business be
ing managed very nnskillfully, the balloon
struck against a tree, and then went a
short distance in a slanting direction, tear
ing up a pole which had been several feet
in the ground, and to which was still fast
ened one of the ropes. By the efforts of
the aeronaut himself and the exertions of
one or two in the gardens, this difficulty
was surmounted, and the balloon ascended
amidst the cheers of those on terra firma,
but it had not proceeded far before it came
in violent contact with Dr. Gray’s house,
in Lafayette place, the car lodging on the
front and the main part of the balloon
hanging from the chimney top. Vardalle
displayed great courage and self possession
while in his perilous situation. He tried
to open the blinds of the window, which
he was unable to do, but he held on until
he was relieved by those inside. At first
it was thought that he could not, by any
possibility, escape with his life. Thous
ands surrounded Dr. Gray’s house to see
the man, who in a short time made his ap
pearance. and seemed quite unconcerned at
what had occured, and only regretted the
serious injury which his stock in trade had
sufferred.
PANAMA.
Bayard Taylor, in his last letter to the
Tribune, thus speaks of Panama :
“A few hasty rambles through its ruin
ed convents and colleges and grass-grown
plazas—a stroll on its massive battlements,
lumbered with idle cannon, of the splendid
bronze of Barcelona—were all that I could
accomplish in the short stay of a day and
a half. Its situation at the base of a
broad, green moutain, with the sea wash
ing three sides of the narrow promontory
on which it is built, is highly picturesque,
yet some other parts of the bay seem better
fitted for the purposes of commerce. Ves
sels of heavy draught cannot anchor within
a mile and a half of the city, and there is
but one point where embarkation, even ir.
the sha'low ‘dug-outs’ of the natives, is
practicable. The bottom of the bay is a
bed of rock, which at low tide lies hare
far out beyond the ramparts, which are
founded upon it. The South-Eastern
shore of the bay belongs to the South
American continent, and the r->nge of lofty
mountains behind it is constantly wreathed
with light clouds, or shrouded from view
by the storms which it attracts. To the
west the green islands of Taboga, and oth
ers, rise behind one another, interrupting
the blue curve of the watery horizon.—
The city is even now half American. The
native boys whistle Yankee Doodle through
the streets, and Senoritas of the pure Cas
tilian blood sing the Ethiopian melodies of
Virginia to their guitars. Nearly half the
faces seen are American, and the signs on
shops of all kinds are beginning to appear
in our language. On the morning after I
arrived, I heard a suden rumbling in the
streets, and observing a general rush to the
windows, followed the crowd in time to see
the first cart made in Panama —the work
of a Yankee mechanic, detained for want
of money to get further. The hotels are
all doing a good business, with poor fare
and worse attendance at $2 per day. For
a limited number of mechanics and men of
business, the place oilers inducements
equal to those of San Francisco.
ill £ LA S3 ® IS ♦
When a man’s self-love is so great
that he supposes his faults are better than
other people’s virtues, one may say that he
has a pretty good opinion of himself.
A Frenchman got exceedingly an
gry with a waiter at French's hotel. “You
rascal,” he exclaimed, “ I blow your nose
for you!”
Punch, in reply to the question :
“ What is communism I” says, Geese,
donkies, and wolves, feeding off the same
common.
“ Illustrated with cuts,” raid a
young urchin, as he drew his jaek-knife
across the leaves of his Grammar.
“One of the rarities of life,” says
Eliza Cook, “is a woman thoroughly sat
isfied with her daughter-in-law.”
California, says a London humor
ist, is a name derived from the Greek words
leal os and pharnia, meaning beautiful moon
shine.
ter - IIYd-p.csday is the proper time to
get married.
Why does a duck put his head un
der water I For divers reasons.
He that would rise to distinction
by false means, never can feci the sweets
of conscience—applause.
A man cannot possess anything
better than a good woman, and nothing
worse titan a bad one.
B* The bakers in Lynn, it is said,
keep up the price of their loaves, so that
they shall not he considered low-bread
people.
One line, and one fraught with in
struction, includes the secret of final suc
cess—be prudent, be patient and be perse
vering.
Men began to wear ear-rings in
France during the reign of Henry VII.
if as -pair sa is a.
THE ORANGE TREE,
The Gazeta of Havana, states that a
young man of that city has made a discov
ery of a specific, which in a very short time
destroys the insect which threatens to
make the orange plantations of Cuba as
valueless as those of Florida have become.
This person, who lives at No. 50 calle del
Costi/10, in the harrier of Horcon, offers to
all persons who may apply to him the use
of his remedy, under the following limita
tion : He promises to ensure a certain
number of trees, from four to five hundred,
without demanding any remuneration, for
one year, a time completely sufficient to
restore the health of the fruit. The re
mainder of his terms are made known on
application to him. This discovery will
be of immense importance to Cuba, as dur
ing the last few years the vast orange j
groves of that island have almost become I
barren, and would certainly triple in value I
the lands of Florida, which would, but for
the same pest, be now the great orange
producing country of the world. Unless
we are mistaken a large reward has been
offered in Florida for the discovery of a
practicable means exterminating the fly.—
Scientific American.
TRANSPLANTING TREES.
An experiment was made last winter, by
Messrs., T. Pomeroy, jr. and \V. H. Dut
ton, of this city, in transplanting large
shade trees, to decorate their residences,
which has proved so sucessful as to de
serve “making a note of it,” for the bene,
fit of persons of taste elsewhere. The
trees, comprising maples, elms, beech. &c.
were some thirty feet in hight, and were
transplanted without being shorn of any
of their branches. The process of re
moval was as following: In the fall, be
fore the frost a trench was dug around the
trees selected from ten to fifteen feet in di
ameter, and the roots severed. In the win
ter, when the ground had become solid
from freezeing, the trees were pulled out
by the aid of oxen and levers, with the
mass of the earth firmly attached to the
roots. They were then transported on a
strong sled built for the purpose, and set
out.
These trees grew in open land on the farm
of Mr. Rees, a mile and half from the city.
They have put outtheir foliage this spring
as if wholly unconscious that they were
not still in their native soil, and the enter
prising gentlemen who undertook this un
usual course, are lewarded with a place
which, by the old practice, it would have
required twenty years to produce.— Utica
Gazette.
EXPERIMENTS WITH THE COT
TON GIN.
The following experiments with ‘he cot
ton gin, communicated by a corespondent
of the Southern Cultivator, will be interest
ing to many of our Southern readers. The
writer says:—Being much troubled by my
gin not dropping the motes and trash, I
closed both ends at the bottom. This, by
lessening the curent of air under the gin,
was of some service; but not sufficient.—
The brush-wheel was made in the ordina
ry way, drawing the bristles double
through bars about 1 1-2 inches wide, un
der which bars was a lining of osnaburgs.
Being satisfied that the wheel created too
strong a current, I outstrips of osnaburgs,
just wide enough to reach from one row of
brushes to another, and tacked them on the
outside of the bars; thus destroying the
fan and leaving nothing but the progjec
tion of the current. This was still suffi
cient to throw out the lint, while the motes
and trash fell behind the mote board. In
stead of having, as formerly, to clean out
the trash and motes once a day, it now had
to be done every hour. Finding the ex
periment succeeded, I had the brush wheel
taken out and the spaces between the bars
closed with thin plank ; thus converting it
into a drum-wheel. The cotton which the
gin now makes is worth from 1-4 to 1-2
i cent, more than that made by the same gin
; before the alteration.
These is still an objection to the brush
: wheel. The bristles, as is the usual way,
j are drawn in double, and as all hair is
| bearded in one direction, half the beards
j are necessarily turned down and serve to
i catch lint; rendering it necessary frequent
| ly to open the gin and c'iean off the brush
|by hand. If the brush-wheel be made of
narrow strips of plank, just as wide as you
! wish the rows of brusher apart, and the
, bristles be glued to pieces of tape, or nar
j row strps of homespun, or to the edges of
the plank itself, with the small end of the
bristles turned outward, they may, on put
! ting the wheel together, be confined in the
joints, so as to hold them fast, and the
beards being all turned outwards the brush
will keep itself clean.
I will farther add that the breast of eve
ry gin should be closed below the seed
board; leaving, of course, sufficient room
I for the seed to fall. The breast can be as
easily hoisted, when necessary, by small
knobs as by the under edge of the breast
board.—Scientific American.
ftas“’ The most doleful of all ditties —
“I've been Rome-ing,” as sung by the
French retreating across the Alps.
Charleston atti) Nftu-JJorltM
UNITED STATES
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i Steamship Northerner, Steamship Southerner,
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i train from the South.
Travelers by thi-* line of Steamships may ox
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” in the Steerage, -------- 800
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Each member of the year 18-49 will receive a
sp’endid steel plate engraving of Cole’s picture of
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line Illustrations by Parley, of Irving's Legend
of Sleepy Hollow.
In December the pictures purchased by the
Union, and a number of exquisite Sculptures—
amounting in all to several hundred Prizes will \
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share.
The following arc the Honorary Secretaries of
the Union in Georgia and South Carolina, to
whom subscriptions should be paid—and through
whom the subscribers will receive their engrav
ings free of charge.
Athens, —Thomas A. Burke.
“ William C. Richards.
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Darien, —S. Z. Collins.
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Lumpkin,—Sidney Boot.
Ma-on,— J. M Board man.
Montieello, —John R. Dyer.
Rome, —Wm T. Trammell.
Savannah.—G. S. Harding.
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Columbia, —R. L. Bryan.
Georgetown,—B. A. Coachman
Winnsboro’,—J. S Mims.
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The Southern Mutual Insurance Cos.,
VKE now issuing policies for life as well as for
shorter periods.
Annual Payments for insuring SIOOO.
Age. For 1 year. Fursve irs. For life
20 $9,80 $ 10.10 $18,90
30 13.40 11,10 25,00
40 17.50 • 18.50 33 80
50 23,40 25 20 48,30
Only three-fourths of these amounts paya
able the first year.—All the profits are anually
<livMed among the assured. Applications tnay
be male persona'ly nr by letter to the agents or
to the acluery at Athens.
ASBURY HULL, President.
C. F. McCAY, Actuary.
I I'm M Mort on , ) . ,
A. J Brady, \ A B CDt3 ~
House and Land for sale.
THE SUBSCRIBER, having removed from
the place, offers for sale his House nnd Land 1
in the town of Athens. The land comprises 296
acres, of which a large portion is well-wooded,
and the rest in good arable condition. The prop
erty is situated in the upper portion of the town.
The dwelling is handsome and convenient, —the
out houses all new, and the whole in perfect re
pair. [tlf 3 There is an excellent spring near the
dwelling, nnd also a fine well of water.
If desirable, he will sell the dwelling with only
eight or ten acres of land.
For terms of sale, apply to
ANDREW BAXTER,
or, in his absence, to Win. M. Morion, Esq., or
to Prof C. F. M< Cav.
Athens, May 12, 1849. 2tf
Nash’s Hotel,
Clarksville, Ga Reuben Nash, Prop.
OJ- Conveyance! to the Falls and Nucoocliee
furnished ut the shortest notice.
August 13, 1849. to ioo
Hooks, Stationery and .Hiisir.
TAMES McPIIERSON & CO., beg leave to
e] inform their friends and the public that they
j have greatly increased their supplies of
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3e£ ,i
i and are daily receiving, direct from New York
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PLAIN AND FANCY STATIONARY,
I of every description, both American and Foreign
| They have also a fine supply of
I CENTRE, SIDE AND SUSPENSION SOLAR LAMPS,
; made by Cornelius & Cos., the best in the world.
| Atlanta, Ga., Feb 10, 1848. o.s.
Western and Atlantic Rail-Road.
IN order to stimulate a Summer and Fall travel, j
and to accommodate th<‘ public generally, the |
fare on the W. & A Bail-Road will be reduced
from and after the 15th instant, to extend to the !
loth ()ctober next, us follows :
From Atlanta to Dalton, $3 00 j
“ “ “ Marietta, 60 ■
“ Marietta “ Ac worth, 45 :
“ Acworth “ Etowa and Cartersville, 40 I
“ Cartersville “ Cass, 15
“ Cass “ Kingston, 20 l
“ Kingston “ Adairsville, 30 j
Adairsville “ Oothcaloga, 30
“ Oothcaloga “ Besac i, 15
“ Resaca “ Dalton, 45 •
Returning, same rates Children over 5 and
under 12 years of age, and servants, will be char
ged two and a half rents per mile.
By order of Chief Engineer.
E. R. MILLS,
Atlanta, Ist June, ‘46. Supt. Transp'n.
IDirags aimsl ModlaoamoSg
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
AUGUSTA GEORGIA.
HI HE subscriber has on hand and is constant-j
I ly receiving large and well selected supplies I
of
Drugs , Paints. Oils and Dye-Stuffs,
to which the attention of Physicians and Mer- I
chants in the up-couutry and Tennessee, is partic- i
ul.it ly invited.
The quantity of any article sold bv us, is war- j
ranted to be of the purest quality , and the prices,
we pledge ourselves shall be as low. a< those of i
Charleston, or any other Southern market.
Special care is bestowed on the style of putting !
up medicines The handsomest and most showy j
labels are invariably used, and every pains taken *
to render our articles attractive and salable.
Merchants, visiting the city, or passing through i
are earnestly requested to come and examine our •
stock, and prices, Wm 11. TUTT.
UNION HOTEL,
BY E. IY. KILGUOW AM) JIUS. C. PRICE.
DAL TON. GEORGIA. \
FOII SALE,
rllE most eligible and convenient Fami-1
ly residence in the Town of Penfield. The
House is just finished, and fitted up with hand
some blinds, good kitchen, and flower gardens, j
and a young orchard. One hundred and thirty
acres of L ind, attached to the lot. can be bought
with it—about forty in woods Persons wishing
to move to Penfield for the advantages of educa
tion, had better come and sec soon. A bargain
will he offered and accommodation given. Apply i
to the occupant-, WM. RICHARDS,
Aug. 25 1849. Penfield.
BUENA VISTA HOUSE,
Rome, Georgia. - - - By Mrs. M. A. Choice. ;
iCCf'* Carriages will be at the R. R Depot tocar
y passengers to the Hotel—free of change.
Atljcns business Directory.
wm. n . w si i r E,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IJOOK-SELLER,
—AND DEALER IN
Stationery, Music and Musical Instruments,
Lamps , Cutlery, Fancy Goods , 4* c > 4* c *
Orders fi 11 e and at th e Augusta rates
College Avenue, Alliens, Oa.
U. A. MAI \ IBD t
BOOK BINDER,
(Over the Southern Banner Office,)
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
FERRY A < <>.,
—WHOLESALE k RETAIL HEALERS IN —
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Sc. Sc.
Broad-Street, Alliens, Georgia.
Augusta business Director!].
COSKERY, JANES & CO.,
Warehouse S Commission Merchants,
[Old stand of Bryson, Coskery & Co.,]
CAMfHF.I.L-ST., AUGUSTA.
G. W. FERIIY & CO.,
WHOLESALE k RETAIL
HAT, CAP AND BONNET WARE-HOUSE,
Broad-street, Augusta, Ga.
wi. M. uti',
—Wholesale and Retail Dealer in—
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye-stuffs,
CHEMICALS, A.0., Sec.,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
JAMES A. A GRAY,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Foreign, Fancy, Staple and Domestic
DRY GOODS.
No. 298 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
(IT3” They keep cnn-t intly on h ind the choicest
an 1 most fashionable Goods of the season, at the
lowest prices
i iiessa im it iiAx,
DEALERS IN
STAPLE & FANCY DRY GOODS,
268 South side BROAD STREET, Augusta. Oa.
SCRANTON, STARK & DAVIS,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
WIIO LES AL E G ROC ER S,
Also, dealers in Bugging, Rope and Twine ; Nail*,
Iron, Salt, Ace., tor Planters* trade.
PHILEMON A. SCRANTON, WILLIAM 11. STARK.
I>. li. PLUM It A CO.,
Between U. S. Hotel and I*. O. Corner—Augusta, Ga.,
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, &e.
f VAgent for Laiidreth’s Garden Seeds!
ALBERT HATCH,
—Manufacturer of and Dealer in—
Saddles. Bridles. Harness, Trunks,
Military, Equipments , tyc. tfc. fee.
Broad-Street, in Metcalf's New Range, Augusta.
UNITED STATES HOTEL,
AUGUSTA, GA IJY G. FARGO.
This house i- in the centre of business.
CHARLES CATLIN,
—Dealer in—
Fine Watc he s, Jewelry,
Silver Spoons ami forks, Plated Castors,
LAMPS, GIRANDOLES, FANCY GOODS, Ac.
Also—Agents for Chickering’a and Nunns A Clarke’s
PIANO-FORTES, which they sell at the lowest fac
tory prices. AUGUSTA, GEO.
(Hl)arlcstou business Directory.
HARMONIC INSTITUTE.
FERDINAND ZOGBAUM,
IMPORTER OF
MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
King-Street, sign of the Lyre, Charlfston, S. C.
lift- Algo—ChaßLßS Ziiiunrii. Athens. Ga.
WELCH A HONOUR,
BOOK BINDERS,
Corner of Meeting A Horlbeck’s Alley, Charleston.
Vd* Blank Books ruled to any pattern, and bound in
the best manner
S WELCH, XV. e nov >TJR.
McCarter &, allen,
1500KSE LL ERS & STA'ITONERS,
Charleston. Smith Carolina
Have an extensive assortment of Law, Medical, The
ological, School ami Miscellaneous Books, which
will be sold at the lowest rates!
PAVILION HOTEL,
BY H . L. BUTTERFIELD,
[Formerly ofthr Charleston Hotel ]
CHARLESTON, S. C.
GILLILANDS & HOWELL,
Importers and Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goads,
No. 7 Hayne-Street, Charleston, S. C.
GROCERIES, run TS, CIG Hr- ,
X. M. POUTER, (late W. L. Porter & Son,)
No. 222 King-Street, third above Market,
Has an extensive and varied Stock of Groceries,
Fruits, Cigars, Ac., suited to the wants of Families and
Dealers, which he sells at the lowest prices for cash
or city paper. 100 his Refined Sugar at Factory prices.
GEORGE OATES,
234 A 23G King-Street, [near the Bend,] Charleston,
GEORGE A. OATES & CO.,
Broad-Street, Augusta, Ga.
Dealers in Piano-Fortes, Music ami Musi
rat Instruments, Boohs. Stationery. K r
11. STODDARD,
Wholesale Dealer in BOUTS, SHOES, Sc.,
No. 13 Hayne-Street, Charleston, S. C.
CHARLESTON IIOTEL,
BY D. MIXER, CHARLESTON, S.C.
*•* T ! ,is establishment has been entirely remodelled
and refitted in the most elegant manner.
JOHN s. IIM> ft CO. f
Military, Looking-Glass ami Fancy Store,
Sign of the Gold Spectacles, 223 St 225 King-Street,
Charleston , S. C.
Mathematical and Surveyors’ Inst nunenta; Spectacles
ami Optical Instrument*, of all kinds; Plated Cast
ors, Candlesticks. Cake Baskets, Ate., Ate.
Oil Paintings and Engravings; Picture Frames made
to order, and old Frames, re-gilt and made equal to
new ; Glasses and Pebbles fitted to Spectacles to suit
all ages and sights.
JOHN S. BIRD, J. M. TAYLOR, C.H. BIRD.
JOSEPH WALKER,
—DEALER IN—
Paper, Stationery & Account Books.
Book Binding and Job Printing.
Also, for the stile of Type, Presses, and Printin'’-
Materials of all kinds, tit New-York prices, actual
expenses only added.
Constantly on hand a large slock of Type, Borders,
Brass Rule, Leads, Ate.; also, Printing Paper and*
Printing Ink.
H. B. CLARKE & CO.,
—I M PORTERS AND DE A L ERR I N—
CLOTHS. CAS SIM ERE .ST, VESTINGS.
TAILORS’ TRIMMINGS. & e ,
No. 20.5 King-street, CHARLESTON, S. C.
WE L. TIMMONS,
General Importer of Hardware & Cutlery,
East Bay,.. ..Charleston, S. C.
CAPMHENE & SPIRIT (US.
—WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.—
With a large variety of Lamps for huruing the same,
at the original Importers’ prices.
GEORGE ABBOTT,
Paint , Oil, and Colour Store,
No. 97 East Bay, Charleston, S. C.
RINTIN & \issr.\\
Chemists, Apothecaries A, Druggists,
Charleston Neck,, S. C. and Atlanta, Ga.
The In-st Ilnurs, Chemicals, I’crfiimerv and Patent
Medicines, kept constantly on hand und at the very
lowest prices. UP 4
Msurnsto. H®teL
JOHN B. WICK, - - - - PROPRIETOR.
r 1 1 01S spacious house is situated upon the rub
X lie square, contiguous to the Rail-Road De
pot. It is iti excellent order, and the Proprietor
pledges himself to give satisfaction to those who
may favor him with a call. [lO to 36.]
Aiumtiscments.
GAZETTE
JO B PRI NTI K r
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Pamphlets, Circuit
(jiLilogue.X FIT dr\ Shuw-biiu ’
lirTAIWTf 3 Programme
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NEATLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY EXECUTE!
Ait tblhna ©Mo© o
GOULD, KENDALL A LINCOLN”
BOOKSELLERS and STATIONER,
No. 59 Washington St., Boston,
mm I wf®i
Athens, oa. ::::::::: by l. p. tiioma,
r I’ll 15 ‘ uhwriber, n s proprietor of this , U
1 well-furnished Hotel, expects, (from lonirs*n
ience, n disposition to please, and attention to ij
I ness,) to make it just such an Establishment A
public wants. LOVIC i'. THOMac l^
. Jmnnrvfi, 1849. frvl i.i ‘
Sr :*•; W :h 00 x< s 0
On Cotton Avenue, Macon, Geo.
■ r nHE undereigiicd have opened, us above
X establishment for the sale of
Books, Stationery ami Forney Goods
! and will keep on baud a full assorlment of
O’School and Miscellaneous Books
together with plain nndfnncv Stationery .Miro
for the Piano F.'rte &c. All of which ihevS
s, ‘ ‘ holtfsalo or lletail, at the lowest market
Os/- Orders for Law, Medienl and Theoloe.
teal Books, respectfully solicited
~ „ , J.J.'&S. P. lUCIIARDa
‘l'i ‘on nov l 1848
J a >i JUS m ’ I'll ■: ies\ & coT
DEALKKS IN
BOOKS, STATIONERY, MUSIC
Musical Instruments, Fancy Goods
Paper-Hangings, Maps, q-c se.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
PROSPECTUS
OK
XI X e XX A XL J) s ’
WEEKLY GAZETTE.
I >U.\( i u new and ranch enlarged series of the
II ‘•.-"tithe,;n Literary Gaiette ”-tl lt . 011 1,
weekly Journal, .-oulli of the Potomac, devoted
to Literature and the Arts in general—and j..
signed for the Family Circle.
1 lie Proprietor heg- leave to announce that
on Saturday, the s:h of May, lie issued the Brit
number, for t„e second year, of this popular and
well established paper,—the name and farm and
which he has changed, to eolarge the scope uliti
observation, and to otherwise increase its attrac
tlODS.
Less exclusively devoted, than heretofore, to
Literature r, the Arts, and Sciences,
it will he the aim of its Proprietor to make it
in every respect,
A CHOICE FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
“as cheap us the cheapest, and as good ns the
best!” Utterly discarding the notion that i
Southern journal cannot compete with the North
ern weeklies, in cheapness and interest,
RICHARDS’ Wh.FKI,Y GAZETTE
shall be equal, in mechanical execution, to sn,
of them, and, in the variety, freshness and nl
.if its contents, secor <1 to none. Its field will b,
the would, and it will contain, in its ample foidi
Every Species of Popular Information,
E>i ecial attention will be | aid to the subject of
SCHOLASTIC AND DOMESTIC EDUCATION.
! Numerous articles, original and selected, frou
the best sources, will be published weekly, on
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE,
and these departments, as, indeed, all others, will
! be frequently
Illustrated xcith Wood Cuts!
Every nuinb r will contain careful and copies
summaries of the latest
TO REIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS’
in niercial, Civil, Political, and Ecclesiuti
eal Affairs. At the same time, there shall bt
nothing in its columns that can be considered •
ther Partizan or Sectarian.
The following distinguished writers will con.
j tribute to the Journal:
IVm. Gilmore Simms, LL. D.,
Hon. Robert M. Char It on,
J. At. Leg are,
T Addison Richards , Esq.,
Charles Lanman, Esq. ,
Hon. R. F. Porter,
Henry R. Jackson, Esq.,
Jacques Jon mot,
Airs. Caroline Lee Ilentz,
Airs. Joseph C. JVeal ,
Airs. William C. Richards ,
Airs. E. E El/ett,
Miss Alary Rates,
Caroline Howard,
Airs. C. W. Dußo.se ,
Afiss C. li". Barber,
besides many other.*, whose names are bigblfH
esteemed in the “ World of Letters.” p
T E RMS: ■
>iuglecopies, a-year. $2 00, slrictly in advancf H
CLUBS: §
Os three supplied for - -- -- - 00
Ot five for 8 00
Cif ten for ----------- 15 Oft
Os fifteen for 20 ID
Os twenty for —--- -- -- - 25 00
Os fifty for 6*o (K)
(£s* All orders must be accompanied with th?
cash, and -In uld be addressed, i <>t-| aid, to
WM. C. BI( 41AKDS,
Athens, Ga.
N. B. —Editors who will copy, or notice fuOy
this Prospectus, shall receive the (iazette
larly. ami also a beautiful Juvenile Magaxine,
entitled “ I’he Schoolfellow.**
J uly Ist, 1849. ltf_
PROSPECTUS
—OF —
THE SCHOOLFELLOW!
j A MAGAZINE FOR GIRLS AND BOVS.
ISSUKII IN MONTHLY NUMBERS OK 32 PACE*.
ILLi:STARTED W ITH ENGHA VINGS, AT TH*
LOW PRICE OF
$1 per annum—ln advance!
r PUE Publisher of Ricliurds’ Weekly Guo' l ’
X announces that he issued the first tuiinbcro*
the above work last January, with a view of sffor
and ig to the Boys and < lii Is of the South journal
of their own. in which instruction and
shall be happily blondod.
The Schoolfellow contains articles, both origH
nal and selected, from many pens that have vrl1 ’
ten charmingly for the young. We will mentioo
the names of Alary ilowitt. Miss Sedgwick. i’**
tei Parley, Miss Mclntosh, Mrs <iilma •
Joseph C. Neal. Mary E. Lee, Miss Barber. aw
many others m ght he added. Many of the art
ieles in The Schoolfellow are beautifully illtw l '**’
e<l, and the twelve numbers of one year nuike
volumes of nearly 400 p iges and one hundreds*
gravings, of which, every boy and girl who
I own it may be proud.
Terms. —l. Each number contains 32 pf*
and at least 8 engravings, nnd is issued on d*
first of every month. 2. The subscription
is tine Dollar a-year, in advance. ToClub*-.
copies to one address, $4 : 10 do.. $8 ; 20 do f' 3,
0C?- There are many schools in which st
twenty copies may be taken, ns the price to eat l
oim will be only .slvknty-five cents.
Communication must be post-paid und nuurtf
sed to Tub Schoolfellow, Athens
(Kh Editors, exchanging with •* Richards V*
zette,” who will copy or notice fully
pec tiles, shall receive The School felloxc witn°
uri her exchange.
SOUTHERN MUTUAi
INSURANCE COMPANV
WM. M. MORTON, AG’T AT ATHE^
Company is now firmly established,
X doing an extensive business. Risks* 1 ••
taken not only in towns, but in the country)
1 Iwollings, (Jin-Iloupes, Mills and EuctoTie 8 *
I he following parties arc among the - s
holders of the ('ompanv'ftt thisAgenov:
Asbury 11 nil, T. Bradford. Win W. Cl J.
J. S. I.in ton, Albon Chase, Dr. H. Hull; w,
Hull, Jr., E L. Newton, Dr. E It* a
Lucas, S. J. Mays. Y. L. G. Harris, C-
A. J. Brady, Geotge Pringle, M. K. J' 1 ’
t'T, D. Iloimes, Rev. Dr. Hoyt, L.
Rev. iS. Landrum, J. J. Muggins, W*’
T. K. R . Cobb, I)r. C.M. Reese, Green fM J
good, Wm. C. Richards & Cos., and’
Morton. cJf
Parties, desiring to effect insurance
property in this vicinity, will make JJP&v
to the subscriber. WM. M'.
Athens, Nov. 26th, 18-18.
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