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A LEAF FROM MY JOURNAL.
It cam up from the ground a tender sho< t—the warm sun
l ne and the gentle rain and stilled upon it. Under their be-
V influence it gathered strength, and shot its fibers round,
TJdrew in nourishment from its mother earth. These fibers
became roots it waxed in strength, growing from the vigor
-OU9 sapling, guarded by friendly hands, to ti e nee, and
al length it become a mighty oak, casting n broad shadow,
under which the weak and weary came for shelter. Firm
in its might, it braved the storms which overthrew many like
the birds built nests in its branches, a slender vine
clasped itself round it, and a ? l were gladened by its sight.
But this lasted not always —time came when the sap dried
within it—the branches which had adorned fell away—its
root* no longer able to obtain their wonted nourishment, de
c(lved and at length, shorn of all its beauty, the tree which lmd
’l ong graced its native spot, fell prone to the earth, a prey to
the sjtoiler. Thus is it with man ; he came into life a very
helpless thing—requiring to mature his infant powers, the
kind teachings and gentle hand of love. As he grows towards
manhood these powers ripen, and in youth, less dependent, he
begins to lean on himself, till arriving at the prime of his
strength, he stands boldly up, a protection to the weak, a de
fence and support to innocence. Tone moves apace—after a
Bhort eu joyment of his best days, he begins to feel his power,
his graces depart—his senses wax dim—his fountain of life!
is dried up, and at length, of that which was 90 much admired
naught remains, save a form in which we can trace no sem
blance of h‘s former glory. Tune stops not here, but like a
kind frienJ after marring the work which he had brought to
perfection, he carries the poor relic of humanity to the grave.
Carl.
AS S 1 C TJ ft T U It A ft.
VVe h ive taken from the New York Weekly
Tribune, the following extract on Practical Farm
ing, bv Professor J. J. Mapes, who is writing a
series of letters for that Journal:
“The surface soil of the farm I now occupy is
aclavey loam, underlaid with a sub-soil of red
kellis (decomposed sandstone,) and occasionally
a stratum of clay, four to eight inches thick, in
tervening between the sub and surface soils.
Much of the kind is springy, and consequently
unlit for cultivation, unless thoroughly under
drained and sub-soiled. This has been done on
part of the farm, and with the most signal suc
cess.
[commenced operations in the month of Octo
ber, 1847,and had only time, before severe frost
prevented, to uuder-drain and sub-soil a part of
the hind , leaving the surface ridged, to be rendered
pulverulent by the freezings and thawings before
Spring. In the Spring of IS4S the whole farm
was deep plowed and sub-soiled, and during the
Summer a large portion was under-drained, the
whole farm being left ridged again in the Fall of
1818, and thus, at this time (March, 1849,) the
soil is in a finely pulverulent state, and capable
of producing crops entirely superior to those of
last year.
From Oct. 1847, to this time, 1,500 loads of
muvk have been brought from the meadows, con
verted into available in an are and plowed into the
land ; m addition to which large amounts of offals
from factories have been used. During a shower,
Hollowed the course of the gutters of Newark,
for the purpose of ascertaining if the wash did
not find in its course across the meadows to the
river some low point of deposit for its sediment,
and found, what had been originally an extensile
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ditch, but then filled up to the surface with the
deposit from the street-wash. This ditch has
been cleared o.it and carried upon the farm. I
have repeated all the published processes for con
verting muck into manure, and found many of
them to prove efficient. Mv stables, hog-pens,
&c., have been rendered auxiliary for the rapid
cmv tsiou of inert organic m itters to fertilizing
materials, and most of the special manures re
commended by Johnson and others, have been
tried under the different circumstances calculated
to test their relative merits. During the series of
letters,of which this forms the first, i propose to
give the particulars of mv operations —including
tne rationales of ihe supposed advantages arising
from sub-soil an 1 deep surface plovvings, also the
(1 life rent methods 1 have adopted for the manu
facture of manures, the comparative value of the
different manures used, so far as ascertained, the
supposed and ascertained advantages arising from
under-draining, &c.”
sutvioxo v 5 sfast s §.
TllE Yankee and the sculptor.
CJ? r k,°f the Knickerbocker, has a happy in
ouv\°?’ k ,sl ie | 8 r * ves ttie following collo
fuf Yanke CU Povvers i the sculptor, arid a success-
Euronp M >ecu k ltor who had “come over to see
and Power ’ s studio at Florence,
Enter nr sdl Wo * upon the “Greek iSlave.”
bis h:i ud • <ln ® Cr ’ SpitlUl o> and wiping his lips with
’ Peowers the sculpture?”
it y and >cul[>for, and mv name is Powers.”
yeoii
still business*ehs** Look here—lirivin’ a pretty
“Sir?” ’ ‘
fetch ?” V ’ ent Y to Ju, eh ? What d’s one o’ them
‘‘Sir!”
“la lr’
yeon’rn 1 what’s the pnee o’ them such as
Pokin’ at neow.” 1
when i^*' 0 :ive three thousand dollars for this
n 1115 completed.”
“ What! —heow much V 9
“Three thousand dollars.”
“ Three thousand dollars! H ain’t statewary riz:
lately '( 1 was cal’lalin’ to purchase some, but it
is tew high. How’s paintinV? Guess 1 must ffit
some paint in’s. Three thousand dollars! Wellfit
is a trade, skulpin’ is, that’s sartain. What do
they make yeou pay for yeour tools and stuff?
S’pect my oldest boy, Cephas, could skulp; ’fact
I know he could. He is always whittlin’ round,
and cuttin away at dungs. 1 wish you’d ’gree to
take him as a ’prentice, and let him go at it full
chisel. D’ye know where I’d be liable to put him
eout! He’d cut stun a’ter a while with the best
of ye, he would—and he’d make money, tew, at
them prices. Three thousand dollars /”
The “sculpture” having informed his visitor
that he was not desirous of laking an apprentice,
the “anxious inquirer” departed.
Something from Horn. —Horn, of whose removal
to upper-towndom in New York, we whilom ad
vised our readers, has gone back to his old quar
ters, at No. 8 Ann street, next door to the American
Museum, having an entrance likewise at 149 Ful
ton street, and we wish him, heartily, a renewal
of that success which formerly attended him at
that station. The old joker intends to keep the
“Yankee Blade” for sale on his counter, and
wishes us to announce the fact, which we shall
do at some convenient season. We have had a
letter from the desperate “sinner;” just hear him
“run on:”
“We presume the proprietor of the American
Museum is equally mortar- fied with ourself in hav
ing so large a pile of lime and sand so near our
entrance, but we think the cause of our mutual
anxiety will soon disappear, as he lias set a “ma
son” and a AW-fellow both to work on it at the
same time. Barnum not content with repairing
his giant and giantess, is about repairing his popu
lar Museum, and making ready for the summer
campaign. For the benefit of strangers visiting
the city, we would state that the American Mu
seum is located next door to our Saloon, and imme
diately over the extensive periodical depot of our
friends, Messrs Stringer and Townsend. The
mammoth female, well known as the belle of the
American Museum, weighs 600 pounds, while the
new belle of the Bark weighs 10,000 pound, Troy
weight. We are quite positive as to the exact
weight of the Park bell, as we saw a gentleman
wait during the whole period of its suspension.”
A YANKEE TRICK.
During the exhibition of a menagerie in a coun
try village in Maine, a real live Yankee was on
the ground, with a terrible itching to “see the 1
elephant,” but lie had’ut the desired ‘quarter.’
Having made up his mind to go in ‘any how,’ he
stationed himself near the entrance, and waited
till the rush was over. Then assuming a patient,
almost exhausted tone, and with the forefinger of
his right hand placed on the right corner of his
mouth, he exclaimed, “ For Love’s sake, Mister,
aint vou goiu’ to give’ me my change?” “Your
change!” said the door keeper. “Yaees! mv
‘change !’ I gin ve a dollar as much as half an
hour ago, and h unt got my change yet.” The
door keeper handed over three quarters in change,
and in walked the Yankee “in fundz.” Now this
true atiecdo.e is sent to us as a ’cute “Yankee
trick,” and so it is; but we should like to know
wherein it ditiers from the meanest theft. W hip
us such scoundrelly wits! —Knit kerb taker.
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Whither it Hurts. —A Dominican Friar was
asked bv a lady whether there was any harm in
reading novels arid going to the play. “It is a
question for me to a*k, and you to answer,” said
the shrewd and holy fnar.
A difficulty has arisen between the belfry of one
of our churches and the clock —the one insisting
on standing still, and the other on running. The
affair has occasioned much scandal, and the hell
of the church itself occasionally wags a tongue on
the subject. Look out for a steeple-chase.
The Sunday Dispatch tells a good ’un of the
sexton of a church in New \ork, who handed ihe
Rector of ihe Church a note, which, as it com
menced in the usual form ot application lor
prayers, he proceeded to read as follows : “ Ihe
prayers of the congregation are solicited for a
young min who has gone to sea the elephant.
It is said that the foreman of a grand jury at
St. Louis, who was dazzled by the beauty ot a la
dv who appeared as a witness, became a little
confused, and .Ter administering the oath as usu
al, instead of presenting the book, drew up his
face in the most fascinating manner, and said -
“ Now kiss me. ma’am.” He never discovered
hi* error until the whole jury burst out into a roar
of laughter.
It is a curious fact that almost the entire of the
finest violins now to be found are the work of Cre
monese makers. Their violins, it is said, have
often been taken to pieces by the most expert ar
tists, in order to construct others on them exact
model, and yet the experiment has utterly failed.
New experiments have been tried, am Maen 11
models on the principles of sound haw xen in
vented, but without shaking the superionty o tie
Cremonese.
“ Last night, yesterday morning, about two
o’clock in tlie afternoon before breakfast, a hun
gry boy about forty years old, bought a tip cus
tard for a levy, and threw it through a brick wall
nine feet thick, and jumping over it broke his an
kle right off* above the knee, fell into a dry mill
pond and was drowned. About forty years after
that on the same day, an old cat had nine turkey
gobblers, a high wind blew Yankee Doodle on a
frying pan, and knocked the old Dutch churn
down and killed an old sow and two dead pigs
at Bosting, where a deaf and dumb man was talk
ing French to his aunt Peter.” The old lady
taking a long breath, exclaimed, “Du tell!”
Puzzle. —There is a barrel which has eight gal
lons of beer in it, and it is required to draw off
exactly four gallons; but there are only two ves
sels at hand—one of which will hold three gallons
and the other will hold Jive gallons—how can four
gallons be measured bvthe aid of these two ves
sels*? Solution — This may be accomplished in
two ways, but the following is the readiest: 1.
Fill the live gallon measure from the cask, and
from it pour three gallons into the other measure;
this will leave two gallons in the larger measure.
2. Empty the three gallons from the smaller
measure into the cask again, and pour out the
two gallons which remained inthtlirger mea
sure into the smaller, as this holds three gal
lons, it will, of course, require otic gallon to fill
it up. 3. Again fill the five gallon measure from
the cask, and out of it pour one gallon to make up
the deficiency in the smaller measure, and we
have four gallons remaining; or, fill the three
gallon measure, empty it into the five gallon mea
sure, fill it again, and from it fill up the two
deficient gallons of the five gallon measure. We
have now one gallon remaining in the smaller
measure ; empty the five gallon measure into the
cask, and transferthe one gallon from the smaller
measure, which again fill from the cask, and we
have four gallons as in the former case.
STOCK WELI/iiT
MAMMOTH MOVING PANORAMA
OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
This stupendous Work of Art is three times the
extent of any other Painting in the World—exhibits a
view of country over 3 500 Miles in Length, ; passing through
TEN STATES OF THE UNlON—embraces over Fif
teen Degrees of Latitude, and i9 the only Painting in the
World that represents the beautiful country below New
Orleans to the Balize, or the magnificent scenery of the
“Upper Mississippi,” (on both sides of the river) above St.
Lou s, the whole of wh ch is painted from original Sketches
and Drawings made by Mr. S. B. STOCK WELL, the
Artist.
I3P” This great Work of Art will be exh bited in Savan
nah one week only, at the Theatre, commencing this, Thurs
day evening, April 19. Adm’ss on 50 Cents. Children half
price. Afternoon exhibition on Saturday, commencing at 3
o’clock. Doors open at 74 o’clock, Panorama commences
moving at { to 8 o'clock.
ap 19 J. M. WESTON, DTector.
Portrait* ami Miniature**
MR. VOIGT, who is for the present located at
the West er.d of the Academy, entrance opposite the
Presbyter an Church, respectfully requests those who propose
toava.l themselves of his seivces, to encage their pictures
soon as conveniently practicable, as his stay in Savannah is
lim ted. apr 19
TI jTI pi:sm SO.
\N A DDL* ESS will be delivered, upon the sub
ject of Temperance, at the Mariners’ Church on next
Friday evening, commencing at half past 7 o’clock, by Rev.
L. L. Alien, of St. Lou s, Mo. Mr. Allen has travelled ex
tens Vi*ly, and has been engaged for a long time in the cause
of Temperance, and he has gathered up a large number of
interesting facts upon the subject, and he also comes among
us with recommendations from the most distinguished men,
as an honorable and eloquent lecturer in the cause of Tem
perance. The friends of temperance and benevolence are
respectfully invited to attend.
up 19 1
Painting.
HAVING Removed to BARNARD STREET,
one door South of MARKET SQUARE, the Subset ber
would respectfully inform the public that he is now prepared
to receive orders in HOUSE. SIGN AND ORNA
MENTAL PAINTING, GRAINING, GLAZING, &c.
N. B. Mixed Paints, Varnish, 0.1, and Turpentine, always
kept for sale. JOHN J. SULLIVAN,
ap 19
Reform i oin* Washing Bill*.
THE only way in which this can be done effectu
ally, s to procure one of Sabin’s patent WASHING
MACHINES, manufactured by Mr. Quantock, corner of
Montgomery and Liberty Streets. This truly useful Machine
is warranted to wash perfectly clean, without injuring in the
slightest degree the finest article of clothing, in three minutes
time. The most econom cal soap which can he used wth
these machines is the Soft Soap manufactured b} r Geo. H.
Brock, 111 Bay Street. The soap is warranted to start the
dirt , and to be the cheapest Soap which can be used. Ample
reference can be given.
mar 29 4
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To leave IVEDSEtSDA Y, Ajjril 25th.
The new and splendid Steamship
TE.WfcSSEE. Collin*. Jinx ter.
WILL leave Savannah as above. Passage to
New York $25. No buth secured until paid tor. The
ship and owners w 11 not bi account b'e for any art'cle sent on
board, unless b 11s of hid ug are < brained for the same. Bills
of lading signed by the Clerk on band.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
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green on starbmrd side and red hub ard.
i No Freight rece ved after 9 o’clock on the day of sating,
r HT No colored persons will be allowed to go on beard for
any purpose. up 19
Lamp Oil.
JUST Received per hip Hanford, a lot of su
perior Sperm 01, wh ch is warranted pure. For sale
very cheap at store, 111 Bay street.
api 12 GEO. TL BROCK.
l onign I rnit*.
RDE MARTIN, Corner Whitaker and Bay
• Streets, has made nrran ,r emets to he co n tpntlv suppl ed
with choice WEST INDIA FRUITS and VEGETABLES,
selected expressly for h ; s trade, to which he inv tes the atten
tion of the pub’ic. Orders from the country respectfully so
-1 cited and supplied upon the lowest terms. Also, constantly
on hand a complete assortment of select Groceries, Teas,
Wines, Segars, Syrups, Engl’sh Sauces and Pickels. Pre
serves, &c., which would b3 to the interest of purchasers to
inspect previous to supplying their demands. ap li?
FOR a term of years.that commodious LUMBER
YARD, known as “ Pooler’s Dock,” and which has been
occupied by Mr. A. A. Smets. for the Ja<t twenty five years.
This property has a front on Savannah R ver of two hundred
and twenty feet, and extends bark on the eastern 1 ne five
hundred feet; on the western l'ne s'x hundred so t, and
fronts on Indian street, two hundred feet.
Possession given on tVw* Pith of .Tune For terms
apply to ROBERT W. POOLER. Sen.,
Attorney for Caroline M. Fraser and Rebecca M. Pooler.
April 3 1 t
HOUSE ANO SIGN PAINTING. GU7UG. &C.
THE subscriber having taken the store No 191, Brough
ton street, has re-commenced in the ab< ve business, and
will be happy to receive orders for work. He will also keep
for sale all kinds of mixed paints, window glass, putty, oil,
tumentl ne. &c.
March 22, ’49. 3m. JOHN OLIVER.
Fashion for Spring, 1849.
IVOBLE LYON, (Gibbon’s Buildings,) Hatter,
Successor to Ives, Horsey &Cos —The following varieties
may be found at the above named Hut Store : Fine Black and
Drab Beavers, White, Oder, and Pearl Brush, No. 1 and 2,
Moleskin, Drab and Black Brush. Also, Plantation Ilatfl,
Leghorns, Rutland and Palm Leaf, Men’s and Bo\s’ and
Children's Coburg, and Infants’ China Pearl Hats, &c., die.
For sale wholesale and reta.l at New York Places,
mar 29
(Too;**.
THE Subscriber has just received, by late arri
vals from New York and Philadelphia, a handsome assort
ment of every kind of BOOTS AND SHOES, for gentlemen,
i ladies, youths, misses and children, all of wh ch he otfeis for
sale on reasonable terms. SAM. A. WOOD,
March 21. 105 & 10b Bryan st.
iioim; i tiK\i*ifli\<* stoic*:/
pOLLINS & BULK LEY, No. 108 Bryan-st.,
\J would respectfully invite the attention of purchasers to
their large and varied assortment of Crockery, Glass Waie,
and House Furnishing Goods, cons sting in part ot Flowing
Blue, Mulberry, and W. G. D.nuer setts; China and W. G.
’lea setts; Mugs Vases, Ornaments, Glass Lamps, Straw
berry Wines, Ashburton Goblets, Solar Chmneys and Shades,
Julep Tubes, and a general assortment of Gluts Ware. Stone
Butter Pots, Pickle Jars, Churns, Jugs, &c.
LAMPS AND TIN WARE.
Burning Fluid Lamps. Miniature Solar Lamps, Hall Lan
terns, Bronze Candlesticks, Nursery Lamps for Inval ds. Tea
Waiters, a fine assortment, Slop Pa Is, Foot Tubs, Coffee Big
gins, Oyster Stew and V enison D.slies, D.sii and Plate covers,
Cake Boxes, &c.
FAMILY HARDWARE AND CUTLERY.
Ivory Table Cutlery w th Knives only, Buck Horn and com
mon Cutlery, Razors and Pocket Knives, Coffee Mills, Sauce
and Stew Pans, Soup D Overs Pots. Skillets, Spiders,
Gridirons, Wafer and Waffle Irons. Furnaces. Brn-s Shovel
and Tongs, Andirons. S:air Rods, Whips, Qu ling Scissors,
Paste J aggers, Ice Breakers, Cork Screws, Mouse Traps, &c.
WILLOW AND WOOD WARE.
Buckets, Tubs, Wash Boards, S eves, P ggins, Churns Beef
Steak Pounders, Lemon Squeezers, Wood Spoons, Butter
Prints. Cake Beaters. Butter Pats, Rolling P ns, Tcwel Roll
ers Faucets, Bird Cages, also Market Baskets, Waggons,
Hobly Horses, Travelling and Work Baskets, Dusting and
Scrub Brushes, Sweeping Brooms, and other brushes.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Straw Satchels, Knife Baskets, Paper Lamp Shades and
Frames, Thermometers, Spool stands, Svv ft s for windings.lk, Ice
Cream Churns, Kirfe Cleaneis. Nut P cks and Crackers,
Gravy Strainers, Toy Hites, and rakes, Apple Corel's and
Peelers, Buckwheat Cake Griddles, of Soap Stone, Table
Mats, also Door Mats of different qualities, together with a
great variety of goods not enumerated. Also Cumphine and
Burning Fluid of the best quality.
Housekeepers, Planters, and others, are invited to call ta
their prices are as low ase lee where.