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L? © kfmi’ 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 MAIL STEAM-SHIP LINE!! Through in sixty Hoursl i Steamship Northerner, Steamship Southerner, 1100 tons—( apt. T. 900 tons, —Capt. M. S. Btjdd. Berry. rpHESE SPLENDID OCEAN STEAM -1- MI IPS, having handsome State-Kooin nc oommod.ition (with only two berths in each room) leave Charleston and ISTew-York every SATITII DAY AFTERNOON, after the arrival of the i train from the South. Travelers by thi-* line of Steamships may ox -1 poet every possible comfort and accommodation. For passage apply to the agent at Charleston, So. Ca. HENRY MISSROON. Cor. E. Bay & Adger's So. Wharf. Passage in State-Rooms, - $25 00 “ in Open Berths, lower cabin, -20 00 ” in the Steerage, -------- 800 Messrs. Spofford, Tileston & Cos., Agents, New-York. AMERICAN AR T- UNION!! rpiIIS INSTlTUTlON,—established to pro- X mote the Fine Arts in America,— has and *on in successful operation forsever.il years. The payment of Five Dollars constitutes the subscrib er a m inber for the year. Each member of the year 18-49 will receive a sp’endid steel plate engraving of Cole’s picture of youth—in the Voyage of Life : also a set of ( Hit 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 \ he distributed, by lot, to the members—every 1 subscription of $5 affording the subscriber one \ 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. Atlanta, —James McPherson. August i, — II \V. Fargo Cassville.—John W. Burke, Columbus.—A. 11. Cooper. Darien, —S. Z. Collins. Lexington,— Tn-ej h H. Lumpkin, Jr. Lumpkin,—Sidney Boot. Ma-on,— J. M Board man. Montieello, —John R. Dyer. Rome, —Wm T. Trammell. Savannah.—G. S. Harding. Sparta,—James 11. Burnett. South Carolina. Charleston.—Samuel Hart, Sent. Cher.iw, — J. J. WVstervelt. Columbia, —R. L. Bryan. Georgetown,—B. A. Coachman Winnsboro’,—J. S Mims. 3C.X3pae-xisrßua.A2ceß. 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 j SCHOOL AM) MISCELLANEOUS 3e£ ,i i 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, 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 1 > 3BSTA33X.IBJeCMaU3Sr f X>, ‘ Pamphlets, Circuit (jiLilogue.X FIT dr\ Shuw-biiu ’ lirTAIWTf 3 Programme hk 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. \ GENTS wanted to canyns for tliis I A Address the Editor. :