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The Pnlicr of Little Feet.
I',, with the sun at morning,
Away t» the garden he hies,
T„ ... e if the sleepy blossoms
Have begun to open their eyes.
Cmn iug a race with the wind,
With a step as light and fleet,
r my window I h- ar
The patter of little feet.
y. w to the brook he wanders.
In »wift snd noiseless flight,
Sj la-hing the sparkling ripples
'hike fairy water sprite.
X- Minds under fabled liver
Has gleams like hla golden hair,
X'n pearly sea shell is tairer
Than his .lender ankles bare;
Nor the rosiest stem of coral
1 list blushes in ocean's bed ,
I- sweet as the flush that follows
Onr darling's airy tread.
From a broad window my neigbor
books down on onr little cot.
Xml watches the •• poor man's blessing."
I cannot envy his lot.
He has pictures, books, and music,
bright fountains, and noble trees,
Flowers that blossom in roses,
birds from beyon Mho sons
Ibil never does childish laughter
His homeward footsteps greet,
His stately halls ne'er echo
i'o the tread of innocent feet.
Tins child is onr “speaking picture.”
A birdliug that chatters and sings,
Sometimes a sleeping cherub—
idiir other ono has wings.)
His heart is a charmed casket.
l ull of all that's cunning and sweet.
And no harp-strings hold such music
As follows his twinkling feet.
When the glory of sunset opens
The highway bv angels trod,
\nd seems to unbar tuo city
Whose Bnilder and Maker is God,
Close to the crystal portal,
1 see by the gates of pearl,
The eyes of onr other angel—
A twin horn little girl.
And 1 a>k tu be taught and directed
To guide his footsteps aright,
So that I be accounted worthy
To walk in sandals of light,
tad hear amid songs of welcome
From messengers trust and fleet;
On the starry floor of Heaven,
The patter oflittle feet.
The Lns* Stroke of Fortune.
rty years ago, no old house was standing
. •-■up. which showed to the streets a frot-
. cl live small windows. It was the house
»iiidi the first painter oft he Flemish school,
mortal Rubens, was bom, A. D. 1577.
v.ir years later than this date, the ground
t was occupied by two old people, a shoe-
;..cr nnd his wife. The upper story which
i usually let to lodgers, was empty at the
we write of. Two, however, occupied
caret. The evening was cold and wet,
tiic shoemaker and his wife were sitting
;ether in the room below.
“Yob had better go up i.tairs again,” said
man to his wife,” “and sec how the poor
v is. The old gentleman went out early,
has not been in since. Has she not taken
a thing J”
It is only half an hour since I was up stairs.
If had not come in. I took her some broth
at noon, but she hardly touched it, and
«np again nt three; shs was asleep then,
iat live she said she should not want any
thing more.”
•i’-x-r lady ! This time of year, nnd neith-
’ nor warm doilies, ami not even adceent
hu lie on; and yet I am sure she is jotne-
<r other. Have you noticed the respect
which the old gentleman treats her 7”
•■If she wants for anything, it is her own
.;. That ring she wears cn her finger would
; her the best of everything.”
I! oi came a knock at the door, and the wo-
'.admitted the old man they hnd just spok-
f, whose grizzled heard fell down upon his
i lu d velvet coat. The hostess sadly want-
have a iittle gossip with him, but he
-cl by, nnd bidding them a short “good
be groped his way up the steep crooked
i-e. (Jit entering the chnmbi r above, a
voice inquired the cause of his long ab-
•I could not help it," be said, “I had been
;fv ■ u iiiHiiud'iipt. and as I was on tny way
a servant met me, wh > was to fetch me to
vtiie horoscope jt two ladies who were pass-
; through; they were ladies whom I have
*n before. 1 thought I could get a little
asy to pay for some simples which will be
’ -rvicp to you.”'
"1 am to d.”
"It i- fever cold. I will make yon something
A you mn*t take directly.”
da in of a small tin lamp sufficed to heat
-fwate '. m.d the patient, having taken what
r old man had provided, was diligently cov
'd cp by him with all the clothes and ar-
• m i dress he could find. He stood by her
' uicss till he perceived that she was fast
: rp. and indeed long after; lie then retired
a small closet and sought repose on the
N door.
The nest morning the lady was so much
' - r that her attendant proposed she should
"or to leave the house tor a moment or
■sad lm stteceededin getting her forth as far
■ Place St. Cecelia- It was seldom thut she
*“ the house, for notwithstanding the mean-
■" of her dress, there was that about her
:; ‘Se which rendered it difficult to avoid
fusimt observation.
"th* you sec that persou yonder 7” she said
•idly. “If I am not much mistaken it is
: " “l.v the Duke of Guise.”
stranger's attention had also been at-
■*“<‘<3. and no now approached them.
t ' r Ueusaid be. “why thnt is Mascali.
are you married 7”
, "e does not know me,” sighed the lady.
: ' I;Us t indeed be altered.”
; cali had. however, whispered a single
' ■ in the Duke's ear, nnd be started as if
"by a thunderbolt; but instantly rccov-
- himself, he hastily uncovered, and bowed
’"f lv to the ground.
I Kpg your forgiveness,” be said; “but
‘ (yes are grown so weak, and 1 could so
; ' ripect to have the honor of meeting
Tor the love of God,” interrupted the lady
“name me not here. A title would
‘Uangely contrast with my present cir-
‘ ■uicts. Havo you been long at Co-
, i i-ree days. I am on my way from Italy.
■ refuge there when our'common enemy
; me forth, and confiscated all my earthly
! 1 am going to Brussels.”
. Al ‘d what are your advices from France ?
• hrim Still ill the hands of that wretched
' my lord dnkc, your fortunes and my
r»«>*much alike. You. the souofamau
|* < 1 he Dot too much despised danger might
:“* v « set the crowd on his own head, and
' ■'he Queen of the mightiest nation in the
i,. > ' l ; t ',aml now both of us alike. But adieu,”
“'J suddenly, and, drawing herself up,
L " "i-ht of you, my lord duke, has refreshed
. “kh, and I pray thut furtune may once
„p“"ile upon your steps.”
^ tiic to attend your majesty to ”
i. ( |" l 8' it color tinged the lady’* features,
„. e •'bswered with a geutly commanding
U8 ’ ®y 'ord duke, it is our pleas-
- or e ' )0 i W ?^ ' ow >*md takingthe lady’shand,
! bi ti^fi il rev erently to bis lips. At the
4 Loi n , streets he met some one, to whom
out the old lady, and then hastened
VOL. XXXII.
T'lvra • ,
MACON, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 27,
1858.
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—- ~v.. u miucK at. me uoor an
nounced a person inquiring for Monsieur Mas-
caH; she had a small packet for him, and also
a billet. Inside this was distinctly written :
“Two hundred louis d'ors constitute the
whole of my present fortune—one hundred
send for your use. Guise.”
And the packet contained a hundred louis
d’ors.
The sum thus obtained sufficed to supply
the wants of the pair two long years. But the
last louis had been changed, and the lady and
her companion were still without friendly suc
cor. The shoe-maker and his wife had under
taken a journey to Atx la Chapelle, to take up
some sni.'ill legacy. It was the 13th February,
16-12. A low sound of moaning might have been
heard issuing from the garret; a withered female
f *"" more like a skeleton, than a thing
form. _ mu _
of flesh and blood, was lying on a wretched
bed of straw in the agonies of death. The
moans grew more and more indistinct; a slight
rattling in the throat was at length .the only
audible sound, and this also ceased. An hour
later, and an old man, dressed in rags and tat
ters, entered the chamber. One only word had
escaped his lips as he tumbled np the falling
staircase : “Nothing! Nothing 7” He drew
near the bed listlessly, but in a moment he
siezed an arm of the corpse with an almost con
vulsive motion, andfletting it suddenly fall
he cried:
Dead, dead, of hunger cold and starva
tion !”
And this lady was Mary of Medi.cis, wife of
Henry. IV., Queen Regent of France, mother
of Louis XIII., of Isabella, Queen of Spain, of
Henrietta, Queen of Fngland, of Christiana,
Duchess of Savoy, of Gaston, Duke of Orleans
—dead of hunger, cold and misery; and yet
Louis XIII., the cowardly tool of Richelieu,
his mother’s mnrderer, is still called “the
Just.”
A Hank and Punic Incident.
In the midst oftho late excitement, and at the
moment when everybody thought the banks
were going to the dogs, Jones rushed into the
bank in which ho was a stockholder, and thrust
ing a certificate into the face of the transfer
clerk, said, in great haste :
“Here, please transfer half of that to James
P. Smith!”
The clerk looked at it, and asked, “which
half. Mr. Jones ?”
I don’t care which half,” replied Jones,
puzzled at the inquiry.
“You had better go to the courts; I can’t
make the transfer without a legal decision. If
you really wish to transfer your other half to
Mr. Smith, wc can’t do it here.”
Jones was confounded. He knew the banks
were all in a muddle, but his was too deep for
him. He took his certificate from the hands of
the smiling clerk, and on looking at it, lo! it
was his marriage certificate ! Being a printed
form, on fine paper, and put away among his
private papers, it was the first thing Mr. Jones
aid hands on when he went to his secretary
for the bRnk note scrip. He went home, kiss
ed his wife, glad to find she hadn’t been trans
ferred to Mr. Smith, and, takiug the right pa
pers this time, hastened down to get it all
straight.
Cross-Examination.
“XI- Witness ynn .Stated thnt mv nliont
manifested great astonishment when you told
him the facts you just stated. Now how did
he manifest astonishment.
‘He looked astonished.”
But what were the indications of astonish
ment. sir 7 Y“U seem to bo a very smart
witness and ought to he able to tell mo this”
O, I merely judged of his feelings by his
general appearance.”
“That won’t answer sir. If you can’t de
scribe the appearance of my client, when as
tonished, in order to give the jury an idea,
of it, suppose you look astonished, once your
self!”
That I will do, if you will show me some
thing astonishing.”
“Well, now. my sharp fellow, what would
astonish such an astonishing witness as your
self. hey 7”
“Well if you want to paralyze me with as
tonishment, just show me an honest lawyer.
“Th—the—wi—witness can take his scat.”
A Self-Made Man.
The Rochester Union tells the following sto-
ly of Hon. John Kelly, Member of Congress
from New York City :
A rich New Yorker, as the story runs, gave
s, large entertainment, and among his invited
f uests was Hon. John Kelly. Iu the course
efthe evening, the wealthy citizen remarked
to Mr. Kelly.
“I believe I have never bad tne pleasure of
seeing you in my house, before.”
“I believe that you are mistaken,” respon
ded Mr. Kelly.
“Mistaken! I think not. I guess I am
right.”
“But I have been here before.”
“Well,’’ said the wealthy citizen, collecting
his thoughts, “I don’t see how that can be; I
have no recollection of your being in my
bouse, before. When was if, that you were
here 7” . .
“Oh,” said Mr. Kelly, pointing to a grate
in the room, “I can bring the matter to your
recollection; I set that grate for you!”
A very Hard Case.
The New York Times tells the following,
“An enterprising young man in Albany, a few
years ago. who had, what he considered to be
a valuable medicine, which he wished to 6ell
for the benefit of mankind, prevailed upon an
old fellow of his acquaintance to join him in
business, and furnish him with the necessary
capital to go ahead with. He came to New
York, and at once entered upon amost profli
gate and ruinous course of advertising which,
at least, excited the alarm of the old gentleman
in Albany, who came down to inspect tho ac
counts of the concern, and to his utter conster
nation he discovered that his prodigal partner
had spent his entire capital the first year in
advertising. But, examining a little further
he discovered that there was placed to his credit
more than five times the amount of tho capital
he had furnished, a* bis share of the profits.
The astouishment of the poor old gentleman
proved too much for him, for he went home and
died in a fit. If merchants do not want to get
rich too fast they should be careful not to ad
vertise.” : ''
Cato’s Extra Prayer.
A pious old negro, saying grace at the table,
not only used to ask a blessing upon bis board,
but he would also petition to have some deli-
cient dish supplied. One day it was out of
potatoes, and suspecting he would pray for
some at dinner, a wag provided himself with a
small measure of the vegetables, and stole un
der the window which stood near the table of
our colored Christian.—Soon Cato drew up a
chair and commenced—
“Oh, Massa Lord, will dow in dy provident
kindness condescend to bress ebery thing before
us, and be pleased to bestow upon us a few ta-
<0 Here the potatoes were dashed upon the ta-
1,1breaking plates and upsetting the mustard
I>C “Dem’s urn. Lord,” said Cato, looking with
surprise, “only jes leff urn down a lcetle caster
next time.”
Whv should guns be called he 1 Because
they have ou breeches.
New S ates, with a planting population, re
quire years to arrive at a proper status. Here,
in East Florida, it is not like in the North
west, where a territory, by the aid of foreign
immigration, soon swells its population into an
importance frequently “ not its due.” Plan
ter are the last people to do anything but mind
their own legitimate business, They have no
speculation, and hence in planting States, in
stead of humming towns and villages—teem
ing with a striving, toiling, “living from hand
to mouth” population—we see broad fields la
den with rich staples; contented and happy
laborers, slaves though they be; an entire
absence of want amongst this class, and with
proper prudence, general prosperity amongst
proprietors. Show us a speculative planter,
and we will show you a man who is character
ized by wasteful and thriftless habits. The
planter’s gains and profits are predicated on
actual toil. Labor by aim is paid for in no
other mode than by legitimate and honest re
muneration for his energy and enterprise.—
The farmer of the North is a mere bagatelle
in energy, when compared with his ceaseless
toil, and his untiring devotion to his slaves, his
crops, and all those dependencies which rely
upon his careful and timely consideration.—
i he systems of agriculture pursued here, are
as different from Northern routine as they ex
ceed the ten rood farms of the “truck raisers”
in their extended area and magnificent propor
tions. . The proper cultivation of a field of cot
ton, rice, or cane, demands more mind, more
skill, more scientific application, by one thou
sand per cent., than the production of all the
farm crops in the North. The combatting of
all the “various ills which staple crops are heir
to,” requires more prudent foresight in the
intelligent planter, than the whole details
of sowing, tilling, and reaping, by the farmer.
The planter is a paternal guide for all hb peo
ple—the farmer is a daily or monthly task
master, who taxes vital powers to the tune of
so many dollars and cents for months and days
of toil, as the case may be. One is a position
of kindly care, based on mutual dependence
of interest and human sympathy; the other is
the rigid rule of labor-paying exaction, which,
terminates wheu the time of service has expir-
ed.
With such differences between Southern
planting and Northern fanning—such glorious
mwatives to cheer on the planter in his benev
olent work of proprietary guardianship for a
race of laborers whose improvement b daily
progressing towards higher and better grades
of social and religious advancement, we sec no
reason why, under the auspices and justice of
Providence, the planting States should not be
come, at au early day, the most prosperous,
refined, aud intelligent race of proprietors on
the face of the globe.
So much for labor and the direction of labor
ers. We now present to our readers a few
suggestions respecting the superiority of the
great and fertile counties of East Florida, over
other regions heretofore much lauded, and to
which vast amounts of property have been car
ried. The great valley of the Mississippi, the
Arkansas, and Texas have, since the occupa
tion of the older South-Western States attract
ed the almost exclusive attention of enterpris
ing planters removing from the older States.
The only staple crop grown in these States has
Texas where sugar is grown. Thousands up
on thousands of laborers have been concentrat
ed iu the>c regions during the tew past years—
and they have gone boldly to work in swamp
and forest, and cleared fields and built levees,
but in few instances have recent labors been
rewarded. What with scarcity of provisions
in Texas, and the receiit disastrous floods on
the Mississippi, nothing but ruin now stares
recent settlers in the face. We know many
rick planters settled on the Mississippi bottom,
who, the present season, will not make bread
for their slaves. In Texas several large plan
ters emigrating from South Carolina, wir.h large
stocks ot fine blooded horses and cattle, and
with a view to intermingle stock rearing with
their plantiug operations, have lost by starva
tion, tnauy valuable animals, and have no pros
pects of the future, save in the hoped-for ces
sation ot a three years’ drought, which has in
vested the land with famine and the people
with despair.
Here, in East Florida, we have abundant
irovision crops, fine lands, and want is never
mown. Our soil is adapted to the cultivation
of Indian corn; hammock lands producing
from twenty-five to fifty bushels to the acre;
long nnd short staple cotton, in quantity equal
to any other in the world, sugar, rice, potatoes,
peas, tobacco, cassava, and arrowroot; all re
munerating crops. We ore subject to no over
flows ; and being within tropical influence, we
can count with certainty upon the regular
“ rainy season ” of this latitude. There is no
contingency of drought—no fears of parched
up crops, from May till September. Think of
it. yc boasters of “ cotton blooms on the first
of June,” in the short-cotton States of the
West—think of our magnificent cotton fields,
with crops now standing six feet high, and
glowing with golden flowers; the limbs freight
ed down with pods almost ready to burst into
fleecy silkiness of fibre; corn fields, yellow in
ripened fullness, ready for the harvesters
wains; cane fields waving and elaborating their
mellow juices; herds of sleek cattle grazing
in onr natural pastures; and the prospects of
peace and plenty on all hands. Thinking of
these prospects, yo who arc looking for new
settlements, and follow the stout hearts who
are now opening the wilderness around us, and
flecking its bosom with homes of refinement
and retreats of elegance and hospitality.—
Railroads are piercing the country in every di
rection. Our broad rivers are spreading their
lake bosoms to floating palaces, beariug rich
freights to and from our ports, andEast Florida
is rapidly presenting attractions to those plant
ers who love a line climate, rich lands, and ex
uberant productions. Her destiny is all in
future. Her natural advantages are superior
to any land we have ever seen, and her pro
gress depends on the intelligence, integrity,
liouesty and prudence of those who will be
called to administer her public affairs. Judic
ious laws, wise governments, and honest pub
lic men always concentrate a good and virtuous
population where they obtain; and with these
elements blessing a country, its destiny is to
flourish and become an ornament to the age in
which it exists.—Florida Home Companion, of
June Utith.
A gentleman having occasion to call upon an
author, found him at home in his writing cham
ber. He remarked the great heat of the apart
ment, and said.
This room is as hot as an oven.”
So it ought to be,” was the reply of the
writer “for it is here that I make my bread.”
The Vainest Bird.—'The general opinion
is that the vainest of all birds is the peacock.
We think the goose is the vainest. A goose,
when entering a barn through the door way, in
variably bobs her head to avoid hitting the top.
Evidently every goose thinks herself at least
fifteen feet high.
Botanical Curiositt—Mr. Bepjamiu S.
Welton, of Watertown, has exhibited to the
Waterbury American, a full blown white rose,
growing upon the stem of a yellow sweeting
apple tree, in his garden. The rose has eight
or nine tiers of leaves, and is in every respect
as natural as if grown upon a rose bush.
Natural History of tiic Mocking-
BIRD.
The plumage of the mockiug-bird, though
none of the homeliest, has nothing gaudy or
brilliant in it, and. bad he nothing else to re
commend him would scarcely entitle him to no
ice; but his figure is well-proportioned, and even
handsome. The ease, elegance, and rapidity
of hismovements, the animation of bis eye, and
theintelligencehe displays in listening and lay
ing from almost every species of the feathered
creation within his hearing, are really surpris
ing, and mark the peculiarity of his genius.—
To these qualities we may add that of a voice
full, strong and musical, and capable of almost
every modulation, from the clear mellow tones
of the wood-thrush to the savage screams of
the bald eagle. In measure aud accent, he
faithfully follows bis originals. In force and
sweetness of expression, he greatly improves
upon them.
In his native groves, mounted upon the top
of a tall bush, or half-grown tree, in the dawn
of dewy morning, while the woods are already
vocal with a multitude of warblers, his admir
able songs rise pre-eminent over competitors.
The ear can listen to his music alone, to which
that of all the others seems a mere accompani
ment. Neither is this strain altogether imita
tive. Ilis own native notes, which are easily
distinguishable by such as are well acquainted
with those of various birds of song, are bold
and full, and varied seemingly beyond all
limits. They consist of short expressions of
two, three, or, at the most, five or six syllables,
generally interspersed with imitations, and all
of them uttered with great emphasis and ra
pidity, and continued, with undiminished ar
dor, for half an hour or an hour at a time.
His expanded wings and tail, glistening with
white, and the buoyant gayety of his action,
arrest the eye, as his song most irresistibly
does the ear. He sweeps round with enthusi
astic ecstasy—he mounts aud descends, as his
song swells or dies away, and, as Mr. Bartram
has beautifully expressed it, “he bounds aloft
with the celerity of an arrow, as if to recall his
very soul, which expired in the last elevated
strain.” While thus exerting himself, a by
stander, destitute of sight, would suppose that
the whole feathered tribes bad assembled to
gether, on a trial of skill, each striving to pro
duce liis utmost effect—so perfect are his imi
tations. He many times deceives the sports
men, and sends him in search of birds that,
perhaps, arc not within miles of him, but whose
notes he exactly imitates. Even birds them
selves arc frequently imposed on by this ad
mirable mimic, and arc decoyed by the fancied
calls of their mates, or dive, with precipitation,
into the depths of thickets, at the scream of
what they suppose to be the sparrow hawk.
Tho mocking-bird loses little of the power
and energy of his song by confinement. In
his domesticated state, when he commences his
career of song, it is impossible to stand by un
interested. He whistles for the dog; Caesar
starts up, wags bis tail, and runs to meet his
master. He squeaks out like a hurt chicken,
and the ben hurries about, with hanging wings
and bristled feathers clucking, to protect her
injured brood. He runs over the quavering
of the canary, and the clear whistlings of the
Virginia nightingale or red-bird, with such su
perior execution and effect, that the mortified
songsters feel their own inferiority, and be-
utnpli ,in their, defeat by redoubling his exer
tions.
This excessive fondness for variety, however,
in the opinion of some, injures his song. His
elevated imitations of the brown thrush are
frequently interrupted by thecrowingof cocks;
and the warblings of the blue-bird, which be
exquisitely manages, are mingled with the
screaming of swallows, or the cack ling of hens.
Amidst the simple melody of tho robin, wo are
suddenly surprised by the shrill reiterations of
the kildeer, blue jay. martin, baltimore, and
twenty others, succeed, with such imposing
reality, that we look round for the originals,
and discover, with astonishment, that the sole
performer, in this singular concert, is the ad
mirable bird now before us. Daring this ex
hibition of his powers, he spreads his wings,
expands bis tail, and throws himself around the
cage in all the ecstacy of enthusiasm, seeming
not only to sing, but to dance, keeping time
to the measure of his own music. Both in his
native and domesticated state, during the sol
emn stillness of the night, as soon as the moon
rises in silent majesty, he begins his delightful
solo, and sernades us with a full display of his
vocal powers, making the whole neighborhood
ring with hts inimitable melody.
Alexander Wilson.
The Liberty Faint Banks.
The new paint deposits lately discovered
near Liberty, in Bedford County, on the line
of the Virginia aud Tennessee Railroad, by
Hugh White, Esq., of that place—their pres
ent owner—Is, perhaps, the most extensive
body of decomposed ochrous iron ores in the
United States, if not the world. Though sit
uated in juxtaposition with the decomposed
granite iu the form of porcelain—which is beau
tiful and abundant—and formed from tho de
composition of the primitive order of micace
ous formation, this paint has all the features
of a real pigment—pulverizes easily, contains
no foreign impurities, is soft and yielding to
the touch, and though oily and compressible,
is entirely free from clay, and indeed has all
the properties of umber, which it resembles
both in character aud appearance. In color it
varies from a light ycliow to a dark brown, as
taken from the bank. The small or loose um
ber is the lightest both iu density and color.
The flake ranges from a chrome yellow to a
brown black, aud when burned and properly
prepared forms the fine burnt umber of the
arts, so valuable to painters and artizans gen
erally.
The hard, smooth face presented by the
common paint as taken from the mine, and
simply mixed with oil, give it a valuable char
acter as a durable fire-proof paint, well adapt
ed to railroad cars, bridges, buildings, &c.
Tbe great abundance of the small or loose
paint, will of necessity render it cheap or easi
ly obtained, and good policy will consequent
ly make it cheap. The bank containing it is
admirably situated, in regard to availabilitv,
both for transportation and mining, or prepar
ing for market. It is near the Virginia and
Tennessee Railroad, and situated on tbe side
of a bill from which tbe water drains natural
ly. It was owing to the wash of tbe raius at
this point that the paint was first discovered;
a gulley, like a great railroad cut, nearly 30
feet deep, has here been excavated by the
mere wash of the rains through the deposit of
paint, and there could be no limits placed to
its extent, were the fine or small amber not
confiued by the harder earths by which it is
surrounded.
Paint from those mines can be 6ent to any
part of Virginia or the Union in large or small
quantities, as it come3 from the mines; in
which form it is well adapted to all common
purposes, and much superior, both in appear
ance and utility, to Blake’s paint. Our cor
respondent, Prof. De Bow, recently visited
the locality, and furnishes the present infor
mation. We have no doubt but that this de
posit will prove valuable to the owner, and of
much utility to the community, since a good
domestic article of paint is a desideratum of
much importance. We hope our present in
vestigation of the mineral resources of the
State will make public and otherwise develops
many of the important features to our domes-1 the harder, he is when taken out.
tic economy—to demonstrate the value and
utility of our minerals, aud the use of the ge
ologist, the mineralogist, and the miner, aDd
to every other interest, developed, or undevel
oped, in tbe State.—Richmond Enquirer.
Col. Steploe’s Defeat.
Wc extract from an interesting private let
ter, received from one of Col. Steptoe’s com
mand, who participated in the exciting battle
Fort Walla-Walla, W. T.. June 2.
_ A command left this post on May 6th, con
sisting of portions of three dragoon companies
atid twenty-five of the infantry, making in all
eight, officers aud one hundred and fifty-two
men. We moved in a northerly direction to
wards Colville, passing through the Nez Perce,
Pclouse, and Spokane counties. For ten
days the march was without incident of note,
and scarce an Indian had we seen, except
few friendly ones; we had marched about one
hundred and fifty miles, and to within twenty
miles of the Spokane river, in the county of
the same name, when suddenly, on the 16th,
we found ourselves opposed by a body of In
dians, painted and dressedfor war, bows strung
and guns loaded. At first sight with my glass
I could count but seventy; in a few seconds,
as if by magic, the moment one or two rode up
to talk, they appeared all around us, some
800, and in half an hour, from 1000 to 1200
the Indians here say 1600, which may be true
A talk was had, and they were determined on
fighting. Evidently a large combination had
been formed and our movements watched, a-
waiting our arrival at this place where they
had the best position. They were painted and
dressed in the most fantastic and savage style,
and their horses were painted and dressed
likewise. We formed for defence and march
ed two miles or more to water, the Indians
charging around us, yelling, whooping and
shaking scalps and such things over their heads,
looking like so many fiends. Our little band
behaved nobly and kept cool; waiting for
them to take the initiative, though they dash
ed up, even to our lines, without doing any
thing, however, except yelling. This began
at about 12 m., and continued until about 8
p. m., when dusk coming on, they withdraw.
This was Sunday, ana on Monday morning
wc were up at two o’clock, and started to re
trace our steps, as it would have been mad
ness to go on. At first, not an Indian was to
bo seen, but shortly after we started they were
seen in mosses, following, and getting on our
flanks. They began the performances of the
previous day. keeping at a greater distance,
aud sometimes firing into tbe air, I was soon
convinced we had to fight. In a short time
they fired into our rear guard, and in a few
minutes more the fight became general. The
scene beggars description—one thousand of
these infuriated devils, painted and dressed as
I hare said, charging in all directions, yelling
ami whooping, and firing on us. They fought
well, but we moved ou and got a good posi
tion on a hill. For six hours the firiug was
hot and heavy ; it then abated, but continued
until dark: it began at 8 a. m., and lasted near
twelve hours. Our loss was great for our
numbers, though considering the force oppos
ed to us, aud the length of the affair, we were
fortunate. Of five company officers wc lost
two. Poor Capt. Taylor and Lieut. Gaston
fell doing their duty nobly; the former re-
f'Y iWTilftkFflilP r lfn8e™iiantfs - of 1 1 he
Indians, as his company was panic struck at
his falling. Lieuts. Gregg and Wheeler, and
Dr. Randolph, are gallaut spirits and behaved
nobly. Wc had 7 killed aud 13 wounded on
our side; the Indians acknowledged 9 killed
(2 chiefs) and 20 wounded, many mortally.
We feel sure there were more, for in our charge
12 were left on the field. ’Twas a hard day’s
work, with nothing to eat. At night, our am
munition was nearly expended and thu num
bers around us increasing, so it was decided
to abandon our property, and make a forced
night march for the safety of the command.
At ten we started, and by 8 p. m., the next
evening (Tuesday) we had made 85 miles with
out sleeping or eating; ’twas a hard march,
aud exhausted all of us. We arrived at this
post on the 22 ult., rather worse for wear and
tear, and deficient in many things we started
with, and having had a short, though rough
campaign. All is now quiet, and we arc wai
ting orders and an increase of our force. We
want 1000 men to operate successfully.
A Flying Machine.
Lord Callingford, who has for a number of
years been engaged iu constructing a flying
machine, bas announced the success of his
undertaking in a letter to the Kilkenny Mod
erator, in which he says :
“Although I have not yet taken flight in the
achredon, which name I have given to my a?rial
chariot, I may with confidence aud truth an
nounce to you and the world the success of its
principle from the results I obtained by an ex
periment three days ago. Having made some
little improvement in the plan of starting the
achredon, which consisted in applying a crook
to the top of it, and then hooking it to a cord
supported between two poles, in the manner
of a swing, and having raised it about two
yards and giving it a slight pull forward, it
started off, then elevated itself iu the air, and
after going a short, distance, alighted in the
‘most gentle manner. It acted in this way in
consequenceof the toil not having been fastened
down. By this experiment it must be consid
ered that the principle is fully established, as
well as the perfect manner of starting it.—
When I have made a few more experiments
and found out the weight the present extent
of wing will bo able to bear, and if found suffi
cient to carry a person without being put to
any great speed, which I consider most likely
to be the case, it shall be taken to Dublin
without delay, and there exhibited for chari
table purposes aud to the criticisms of all,”
Gumbo Sour.—Who has not heard of the
famous Gumbo soup of the Southwest, and
who has ever visited New Orleans without
luxuriating on it, and declaring it the very best
soup ever conceived of 7 We have often won
dered why it is not generally made throughout
the South, where all the ingredients are. easi
ly obtainable. Here is a recipe for making it,
furnished to the Mobile Mercury by Mrs. L.
H. Wright:
After your chicken is prepared, fry it to a
nice brown color; season it with black pep
per and salt; have a large soup plate full of
okra; chop fine, throwing away the beads
and tips cf the same, as they are hard. Al
ways use the long white, it being more ten
der and better flavored than the other kinds;
stir in this with the chicken and it will partake
of the taste and seasoning of the chicken. Fry
it a little and have ready some boiling water,
pouring over say three quarts and allow a suf
ficient quantity to boil away; let all boil
down until the chicken becomes perfectly ten
der, so that it may easily be torn to pieces with
a fork. If fried, it requires more pepper and
salt, which should be added before it is thor
oughly cooked. The Gumbo thus made will
be very thick. If you do not like it made in
this way, do not boil so much, as it spoils ail
kinds of soups to boil down aud fill up again; as
many do with cold water, and besides it is
never so rich. Have rice boiled tender, but
be careful that the grains are separate. Of
course, it is both wholesome aud rich.
Relieve misfortune quickly. A man is like
an egg—the longer he is kept in hot water.
DELIGHTFUL Drugs.Medicines,
TO THE EYE
Anti accessible to the Purses of the
DIM & WAT MAN’S
NEW STOCK OF
SPRING m SUMER GOODS,
JUST RECEIVED,
Silk, Bcrnge, Gingham, Cambric
anti Margravine
ROBEIS.
Printed Jaconet, Swiss aud Organdie
MUSLINS, of every grade ;
Bordered Prints, Expan
sion Skirts, French
Lace and Chan
tilly Lace
Domestic Goods ot every description
Head Dresses, Gloves, Hosiery, Cor
sets and Articles for the Toilet. All
of which being purchased late in the
season, can be offered at a great reduc
tion on former PRICES.
may 25
G-EORGIA
Mastic Roofing
Company ?
PROPRIETORS OF
RUSSELL’S. PATENT
lili es <s& Water Proof
MASTIC EQ0FING
OIST CANVAS
HAVING purchased the right to use aud sell the
above HOOFING for several SOUTHERN
STATES, we are now prepared to do
ROOFING or SELL RIGHTS
to use tbe same.
This roofiDg is adapted to new or old BUILDINGS,
steep or flat roofs and can be put over Plank or
old leaky shingles,Tin or Iron Roofs; it costs
about half the price and is much better
than Tin—is not affected by heat or
cold and is impervious to wa
ter ; it is fire proof, and it
is the best roofing ev
er invented for
STEAMBOAT DECKS,
Ha.il HoacA Oars,
Bridges, &c.
further information apply to
FREEMAN & ROBERTS, or
jant9 tf A. P. CHERRY
Macon, Go.
IRIIT’S
Patent Wire Braced Grain
CRADLES,
r- AND o FIOCRES ana Warranted Blades; PIL-
OVER STEEL SYTHE3. SNATHES, SICKLES,
GRASS HOOKS; STRAW RAKES.f rsale by
may 18 N. WEED, Macon, Gn.
TVYrAbE by EiWKKV .KKO., and warr u t;d to
xVX work well. Q40WN S Virginia.Wheat Thresh
ers, for sale by ' _
may 18 N. WEED, Macon. Gt.
HORSE POWERS.
TtMORY’S Celebrated Rail-Road Powers ;
\ SINCLAIR'S Lever Horse Powers;
WHITMAN’S Lever Horse Powers,
all of which are warranted to work well, in field or
house. For sale at Manufacturer's prices, by
may 18 _ N. WEED, Macon, Gft.
Wlicat Fans.
G RANT’S Patent Fan Mills, all sizes ;
CLINTON’S Celebrated Fan Mills, all sizes ;
BROWN’S Virginia-Fan Mills, all sizes,
all complete with Sieves and warranted, for sale by
may 18 N. WEED. Macon, Ga.
J. II. Kansom &. Co.
Masdfactcbers and Wholesale Dealers in
BOOTS, SHOES,
LEATHER AND FINDINGS,
32 Covrtland A* 39 Dcy Streets,
New York.
H. Ransom, ) f A. P. Ransom,
Dan’l Ransom. / < Darina W. Geer
W. A Ransom, } C R"bt. H. B.«yd.
Embroideries !! Embroideries!!!
UsT received from the latest importations
500 Swiss and Jac. Collars from 23c. to 84 each.
100 pr. “ “ 81eeves from 50c. to 84 “
50 setts of Swiss and Jaconet Collars and Sleeves
from 75c. to 86 apiece.
500 yds. 8wiss and Jaconet Edging, from 12c. to
81 25 per yard.
200 yds. Swiss “ Insertion “ “
81O0peryd.
too Embroidered Linen Hdkfs. from25c. to 8JO.
30 Embroidered Swiss Dresses of tho very la
test designs. . „
200 Swiss, Jaconet and Nainsook Bands, trom
25c. to 85 00. ..... .-.Y
20 Embroidered Skirts, and^ all other articles
usually found under the head of Embroideries.
The abovo Goods were bought at the recent large
Auction Sales in New York, and bought at such re
markable low price;', that I am enabled to sell them
at 50 per cent. less than actual va;ue.
Ladies please call and satisfy yourselves of
the foot, at thectore of ELIAS EINSTEIN,
iuly 13 Cor. 2d St. A Cot. Av. Triangular li!oe>c.
tf-f. Georgia Citizen mid .-tato Press copy.
DE. A. PIERCE,
HOMCEOPATH
OFFICE I.V WASHINGTON BLOCK.
Medicine Cases and Books on Domestic Practice for
sale.
ilacon, July 13—tl.
Faints,
Dyes,
Patent Medicines
Spices,
Oils,
Varnishes,
Perfumery,
Drandy and Wines,
Medical purposes, and all articles in tho line,
be found strictly pure at the Drug Store of
7f.-rf iv- iji'vt* r*A
ZEILIN. HUNT A Co.
Opposite the Telegraph Building, Macon, Ga
jane 22
XxXC3-^2: r JC■^
LIGHT!! LIGHT!!
SPIRIT GAS !
jS'UL2.’33.iX3.s: ZFM.’U.ica.
CAMPHlNE. FuTsale '.y
mny !■*
ZEILIN. HUNT A CO.
NEW ottuiii srtntfl.
ALEX. A. MENARD,
RALSTON’S BUILDING, CHERRY ST., MACON, GA
H AS just received and is now opeuiug r fresh
stock of
Drugs, Medicine*,
Ciiruu’cnla, nrdi Instrument*,
Faiint*, Oil*, W Elyo-SlutT*,
Perfumery, Pntt nt .’Medi
cine*, Pltnriunceutienl
Preparation*, <Vc.
MyDrugs have been selected with strict reftr-
ence to their purity and quality; they arc fresh and
may be fully relied on.
Order* Faithfully Kxrcutrd.
jy Physicians’ Prescriptions and Family Medl-
lines put up with neatness and accuracy, at all hours
of the day or night.
GF* A large lot of Artificial Teeth just received
feh 24-tf
JUST RECEIVED.
nr AAA Papers Garden Seed*.
«OjUUv 3 bush. Krnliicli) Itlae Gla**
feb24- tf
A. A. MENARD. Druitgist,
Cherry Sfropfc.
DECLINE IN DRY GOODS.
GREAT REDUCTiGii IN PRICES.
BOSTICK & KEIN
H AVING been exceedingly successful this Spring
in the sale oftheir Merchandize, having sold at
RETAIL, by far. more than any house ever sold be
fore in Macon of RICH,
FANCY DR!
in one season, would now offer to their FRIENDS
AND PATRONS
Extraordinary Bargains
FROM THIS DATE TILL FIRST SEPTEMBER
The following are our reasons, why we CAN AND
WILL SELL lower than any other house, viz:
Every body knows that we have no old dilapidated
Goods to work off on our customers. Onr stock is
FRESH AND BEAUTIFUL,
And our concern has been represented
THREE TIMES THIS SPRING IN NEW YORK,
by one of the BEST and most TASTEFUL buyers,
(and the best posted according to the New York
Merchants) that visits the Northern Market.
DUHBEESS GOODS
ARE DIRECT FROM THE
„A! IDTJON SALES—
turer’s,
Bought principally for Cash.
We have been so thronged with customers during
the entire season, that »e have not had t.me to
take an EXACT INVENTORY of OUR
STOCK but will say that OUR’S is
complete and
DECIDEDLY ATTRACTIVE.
OUR THIRD AND LA*T STOCK of this Season
just opened, THE LADIES INFORM US is the
RICHEST and CHEAPEST
in the city, and from the way they ‘‘pitch in o t lem,”
we cannot doubt but what tney speak correct y.
Again—We have already sold more Goods than
re expected to sell this Spring and Summer, nnd as
we intend preparing for an
jlnormous trade this Fall,
It is necessary that we should luatieatM some little
during the warm weather to he qunlified for that
work. Consequently our prices will he madoso
VERIT LOW,
that we hope to sell almost out by the 1st of\July, so
u to enable ua to visit our friends, and obtain a few
weeks’ respite from business.
We have elegant five striped, double Skirt and three
FLOUNCED ROBES
of every quality, just received, aud many
other styles ot Dress Goods, at
-3LO Per Cent.
below ordinary prices. OUR’S is the HOUSE for
BAB GAINS.
In fact, if yon want to get more than the worth of
your mouey, call soon on
june 8 BOSTICK & KEIN.
SELLING OFF AT COST.
Selling off at Cost!
PARKER’S.
N OW is the time for those who intend visiting the
Watering Places and attending the various Com
mencements, to buy Dress Goods cheaper than they
ever saw them- W. IV. PARKER & Co. will sen
at COST, their ENTIRE STOCK OF
SUMMER DRESS GOODS,
which contains every variety of the most Fashiona
ble Styles snd said to be, by far, the handsomest
stock in Macon. Our facildie - enable us to buy as low
as any home in the trade, mid the Stock having been
purchased at exceeding low rates, the public may
retv on getting bargains.
We are not in the habit of constantly advertising
goods *t Cost, and as we intend what we say, we feel
tssured that such an opportunity is now presented as
may not occur again.
jiine 22 tf ■ W, W, PARKER tc CO^
Marseilles, Talmas and Caps,
'OK Misses at
may RO^S, COLEMAN & ROSS’.
DISSOLUTION.
T HE Firm of BEARDEN A FRANCISCO is
this day dissolved by mutual consent. It R.
Bearden is fully authorized to use the name of the
firm in settlement. it it BE ARDEN,
W. B. FRANCISCO,
Macon, Ga., April 1,1658. H. L. McCLUNG.
May 4—tf
700
Flour nnd Coru.
SACKS first rate fresh ground Flour, differ*
__ _ ent brands, 75 Barrels Knoxville City Mills
Extra Family Flour, equal to Hiram Smith's or any
other brands. 500 bushels of Corn, just received
and for sale at low figures,
may 4 BEARDEN A GAINES.
Bacon.
OG A No. 1. Tennessee Bacon, well
OU.UUU cared and trimmi-d, in store »nd for
sale by BEARDEN & GAINES,
may 4—tf .
STRAW CUTTERS.
■ LATENT Self Sharpening Straw Cutters, warraot-
K ed superior to any in use ;
Hide Roller Cutters ;
Georgia Cutting Boxes, for sale by _
may 18 NATHAN WEED.
Mackerel and Shad,
O
NE UUi’DltEn !
10
Dailv expected by
apl 13
Pickled Shad,
J. II. A W. A. BOSS.
I’tallltTS
LI5S. Tenin-sM-e Live G
r\f\r\ LBS. I ennessce
000 sale by iIDi
se Featb' r«. ’or
AKDE.'i A GAINES.