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BY MISS SUSAN A. STUART.
Oh! God, ray condemnation seems to press
More and more heavily on me ; as I gaze
On the deep anguish of thy lowly one.
How great, —unutterably great—must then
Have been his agony—thus to have wrung
His heart —and painted woe—dark, bitter woe,
On the pale beauty of that upturned face
Os royal grandeur. Dnrk’ning clouds and thick,
Surround him now in that last trying hour,
To him, the halo, that erst round him shone.
Thorns, too, os mocker}’ of a kingly crown,
On that poor brow they’ve hung—and for a sceptre
Given a jeering reed.
Watch now his lip—•
His quivering lip, ns if in life instinct,
Seems yet to thrill with the despairing words—
Wrung from his agony, as looking up m
With dying eyes, he cries : “ My God , my God ,
Why hast thou then forsaken me /”
Oh! teach, *
Father, —oh! teach me !—in thy wisdom great,
And mercy, all thy behests to obey:
Thou, who so loved us, ns thus to give
Thy meek, thy human, lowly one, to save
Us from the doom of sin—lead, lead me on
With thy Almighty love, to that fair realm,
Wliero I may gaze upon that beauteous face
With glory most divine, all-radient
With love light, Father, shedding forth from Thee.
Savannah, July 3d, 1849.
Passengers per Steamship Cherokee, which cleared
yesterday for New York:—Thos St John and lady, Solomon
Cohen lady, 2 children, and servant, H D Weed, lady, 2 child
ren and servant, Alex’r Stuart, lady and child, Jas II Low,
lady, 2 children and 2 servants, WO*Driscoll, lady, child and
servant, I \V Morrell, lady, 3 children and servant, Dr Hunt,
lady, child and servant, Mrs Hyde, 4 children, and maid, Mrs
J S Norris and two daughters, Mrs H S Meriam, Mrs O O
Wood, Mrs C P Hollis, Mrs Morris,Miss Baldwin, Miss Cady,
Miss Clay, Mis3 Ovid, M;ss Midlestine, M M Smalley & lady,
A L Richardson & lady, Miss Hunt, Mr. Stow & lady, T A
Ritchie, F Diax, J Hutchinson, Wm Shean, E Melan, J Zan
groniz, N M Moulson, A A RofF, S J Hewlett, B Paris, R L
Packard, G II Chaplain, H H Greene, IT P Andrews, W L
Truon\t,Mr Kibbee, J SchalFer, E Parsons, J Waldburg, Pot
fer Williamson, John E Ward, C McAllister, W R Hallett,
Mr Steel, Jns Banks, W Crowell, R Robin, W J Ronaldson,
B F Potter, E L Lee, Thos Godfrey, C W Cas3, H De Goer,
A Potiti. F Moissent, G II Cheerer, Mr Donner, Mr Berne
zot, E Gerard and Son, T C Payan, T Roth, C L Frost. N R
Harbiick, Mr Blackman, R Chow, Capt. Cerponey, R V
Ventana, T Quintallann, A Maithe, P Marks, S Bonner, L
Florence, W YV Goodrich.
S A I iH A 5 ts H S I s
Doctors Easy and Fussy. —There shall be two
men, doctors for example, of equal learning and
skill. They are on the look out for practice.—
Doctor Easy puls his name on a brass plate on
the door, and then sits down in his drawing-room
to wait for patients. Need I say he has generally
to wait a long time ! But doctor Fussv does not
approve of the passive system. He keeps a hoise
and chaise before he has a visit to make. He
hires people to alarm all the neighborhood with
peals of his surgery bell. He is continually being
called out of church, and has once ventured on
having his name shouted as being immediately 7
wanted, while attending a Lowell lecture, Not a
form ol advertisement does Doctor Fussy neg
lect; and the odds are, in the end, that he is ma
king a thousand dollars a year, before Doctor
Lasy has heard the rat-tat at the door of his first
patient. Now perhaps Dr. F. may, of the two,
be the humbug; but I very much question
whether he is the fool. Wh at applies to these
two doctors, applies generally 7 to every trade and
profession under the sun. Barring a lucky chance
now and then, an adventurer will find that in the
battle of life, every man must be his own trum
peter. Sound y r our own charge, ride over every
body. or somebody will sound his charge and
nde over you.
J
Frying Leeches —A physician in one of the trio
cities adjoining Boston recently prescribed leeches
1? a Pplied to one of his patients, a son of the
tt-me raid Isle. The Irishman’s wife mistaking
lle Word ‘'applied ” for for fried , in the hurried
manner in which the direction was given, fried a
lmessof the blood-suckers and gave to her
siev n c toeat * At the next visit the p.hy*
if A 1 ’ r (Hng P ad ent no better, he enquired
‘"‘O applied the leeches, as he had ordered.
f ■ • 1 I ‘ ’ SUre and 1 did,” replied the woman, “1
nn ]em ln . a little nice butther, but Pathrick,
o’ fr n J at1 ’ sa * d he’d rather be after eatin’ a dish
0 J ne and grubs.’*
The doctor looked amazed.
Ippr.i ° U r„ c ? n t to say that \ r ou fried the
i he ejaculated.
i .. ITi y hopes of all the saint’s blissins, I did,”
“and it would ha’done your soul good
thim e ’’ W eaut d' ul * cooked the little squirming
‘‘,y° u did n’t give them to your husband to
exclaimed the physician, with increased
a stooishment. F J
“TV^ e > d * d 5 iverv son of ’em/’
. j k y°° to P ut them on bis stomach?”
doctor, interrogatively.
“Fix, and I did,” she replied, “and if poor
Patrick didn’t swallow ’em down the wrong
they are on his stomach now.”
The physician said no more, but administering
a powerful emetic to the patient, he mizzled. In
a few days afterwards the woman met the doctor,
when she complimented him on the wonderful
effect of fried leeches! and declared that her dear
Pathrick “ was as well as iver.”
Turkish Gallantry .—A Mexican, when you
praise his horse, immediately replies that the
horse is at your service ; which means no more
than whn in Fngland you write to a man, that
you are his “obedient humble servant.” A late
Turkish ambassador in England actually did what
the Mexican phrase professes to do. When anv
lady happened to praise one of the handsome
shawls that decorated his person, he immediately
piesented it to her. This led to. a very general
expression of admiration for his excellency’s
shawls, and in consequence to a great diminution
of the ambassadorial wardrobe. At last, when his
excellency’s stock was reduced to the one he
wore, upon a lady’s loudly expressing her admi
ration of its beauty, instead of his former reply,
“Madame, it is at your service,” he said, with
Turkish composure, but with more than Turkish
gallantry, “Madame, I am glad you like it; I
shall wear it for your sake.”
Good Night! —“ Good Night! In that express
ion of kindness how sweet and soothing a senti
ment is conveyed. The toils of the day over—
the fervent heat of noon is past —the mandening
pursuit after gain is suspended—and mankind,
sunk in the arms of sleep, enjoy a temporary
asylum from the care of mind and enervation of
body. Even from guilt beneficent nature with
holds not the solace of repose, and passing through
the “ivory gate of dreams ” the days of youth,
of happiness, of innocence, in shadow flit before
the soul. Insupportable, indeed, would be the
heavy tribulation which, in our pilgrimage through
life we must endure, were it not for those intermit
tent seasons of rest which are alike the privelege
of the houseless wanderer and the the palaced lord
to enjoy.
And night, gentle night, is the tender nurse that
woes the toil-exhausted frame to sleep its cares in
calm forgetfullness. The wise provision of na
ture indicated the season for repose; and her be
nifleent laws are reverenced and obeyed by all
save the being for whose comfort and happiness
they were .chiefly promulgated. When the sun
withdraws from the heavens, and the earth is
shrouded in darkness, the labors of industry
cease—the flowers closing their petals, defended
from the chilling dews of evening, and that sweet
watchman of the grove, the Nightingale, thrills
forth in wild and varied cadences the parting
song —“ Good Night.” Cynthia and her glittering
train of stars robed in the grandeur of eternal
light, come forth and hover above the earth, and
its children like fair- and holy spirits keeping
vigils over mortal sleepers, and preserving them
from the influence of the powers of darkness.
The Gentleman. —No man is a gentleman, who
without provocation, would treat with incivility
the humblest of his species. It is a vulgarity for
which no accomplishments of dress can ever
atone.
Show me the man who desires to make every
one happy around him, and whose greatest so
licitude is never to give just cause of offence to
any one, and I will show you a gentleman by
nature, and by practice, though he may never
have worn a suit of broad cloth, nor ever heard
of a lexicon. lam proud to say, for the honor of
our species, that they are men, in every throb of
whose hearts, there is a solicitude for the welfare
of mankind, and whose every breath is perfumed
with kindness.
Crab fishing. —Brickell, in his “ History of
North Carolina,” gives the follewing instance of
the extraordinary canning manifested by the
racoon. It is fond of crabs, and when in search
of them will stand by the side of a swamp and
hang its tail over into the water; the crab mis
taking it for food, are sure to lay hold of it; and
as soon as the beast feels them pinch he pulls
them out with a sudden jerk. He then takes
them to a little distance from the water’s edge;
and in devouring them is careful to get them
cross wavs in his mouth, lest he should suffer from
his nippers.
The Chaplain’s boy of a man-of-war being sent
out of his own ship on an errand to another, the
two boys were comparing notes about their man
ner of living. “ How often,” said one, “do you
go to prayers now?” “Why,” answered the
other “in case of a storm or any other danger.’
“Ay,” said the first, “there’s some sense in thal,
but my master makes us pray when there’s no
more occasion for it than for my leaping over
board.”
Politeness —lt is remarked by someone that
“ excess of ceremony shows want of good breed
ing.” This is true. Nothing is more troblesome
than overdone politeness, it is worse than an over
done beefsteak. A truly well bred man makes
every person around him feel at ease ; he does
not throw civilities about him with a shovel, nor
toss compliments in a bundle, as he would hay
with a pitch fork. There is no evil under the
san more intolerable than ultra politeness.
It is quite wonderful what a fund of conver
sation one has with one’s self, when one is left
alone for a few minutes, after an hour or two of
that excitement during which the mind at one
moment has enough to do in calculating what the
body is to do next. This conversation is some
times severe, according to the circumstances of
the cases and character of the person, or rather of
the persons concerned.
Poetry Sobered Down. —l’m thinking of the
time, Kate, when setting by thy side, and picking
beans, I gazed on thee, and felt a peacock’s pride.
In silence leaned we o’er the pan, and neither
spoke a word ; but the rattling of the beans,
Kate, was all the sound we heard. Thy auburn
curls hung down, Kate, and kissed thy lilly cheek,
thy azure eyes half filled with tears, bespoke a
spirit meek. To be so charmed as I was then,
had ne’er before occurred, when the rattling of
the beans, Kate, was all the sound I heard. 1
thought it was not wrong, Kate, so leaning o’er
the dish, as you snatched up a lot of beans, I
snatched a nectared kiss; a sudden shower made
blind my eyes, I neither saw nor stirred, but the
rattling of the beans, Kate, was all the sound I
heard.
A 3’oung candidate lately presented himself
before a certain medical society for examination
and, if accepted was to receive a degree from
the society. The censors went on with the ex
amination, so far as to find him grossly ignorant.
His embarrassment and mortification had thrown
him into a violent sweat. In thick pickle, one of
the censors asked him what course he would take
with a patient afflicted with rheumatism : he
replied, I would sweat him, —‘Well,’ said the
censor; ‘ and what method would ymu take to
sweat him?’ The poor fellow, who began to be
a little angry upon the occasion, replied, ‘i
would send him here, I swear to be examined
Anecdote. —A countryman sowing his ground,
two smart fellows riding that way, one of them
called to him with an insolent air, “Well, honest
fellow, ’tis your business to sow, but we reap the
fruit of your labor.” To which the countryman
replied, “’Tis very likely you may, .for I am
sowing hemp.”
Error of the Press —lt is strongly suspected
that the account of a “diamond as large as a
hen’s egg,” said to have been found in California,
was an error of the compositor, and should have
been printed “ a hen’s egg as large as a dia
mond.”
m&mm z &and .
On the 27th ult. in Scriven county, by the Rev. Mr. Full
wood, Mr. CAMERON of Savannah, to Mrs. MARYANN
HENDERSON, af Scriven.
CHARLES E. TEFFT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OFFICE, EAST WING OF THE HISTORICAL BUILDING.
July 12.—4 t.
SOUTHERN MUTUAL INSURANCE COM'Y OF GEORGIA.
Asbury Hull, Pres. & Treas. J. U. Parsous, Sec’ry.
Prof. C. F McCay, Actuary.
The above Company takes Inland, Marine and Fire Risks,
and Risks on N egvo Property, on the most liberal terms. It is
now in most successful operation. Its condition and success
will be fully explained by application to the Agents, who are
prepared to take Risks.
june 7 6 mo WAY & KING. Agts.
This Company within 15 months past, has issued Poli
cies on $5,000,000. Amount of Premiums received $125,000.
Amount of Premiums returned, $5,000. Present means for
meeting losses exceeds SIOO,OO0 —having increased during
the four last months over an avevage of $12,000 per month.
Many of the most respectable merchants in the up country
are the patrons of this Company. june 7
u. s. mail.
New York & Savannah Line Steamships
To leave WEDNESDAY, July IS th.
The new and splendid Steamship
TENNESSEE, Collins master,
WILL leave Savannah as above. Passage to
New York $25. No berth secured until paid for. The
ship and owners will not be accountable for any article sent on
board, unless bills of lading are obtained for the same. Bills
of lading signed by the Clerk on board.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
PADELFORD & FAY.
The ships of this line carry a clear white light at masthead,
green on starboard side and red larboard.
N o Freight received after 9 o’clock on the day of sailing,
ry No colored persons will be allowed to go on board for
any purpose. * june!3
ROBERT N. ADAMS,
CABINET-MAKER AND UNDERTAKER,
No. 93 Broughton St., Savannah, Ga.,
IS prepared to execute all orders in his line at
the lowest prices, with dispatch. Orders from the countij
promptly attended to. Ready-made coffins always on baud,
and made to order t gborfc dotics.
june 38
REMOVAL.
rIE Subscribers have removed to the spnciou*
store NO. 100 BRYAN STREET, thee doers below their
former locathm , where can be found a complete assortment of*
Crockery, Glass Ware and House Furnishing Goods at low
P ri . ces * COLLINS & BULKLEY,
June 28 6t
To ihc Public.
MpHE Subscriber, having entered extensively
-L into the making of BRICK of a superior quality to any
manufactured in this city, is prepared to fill orders at the short
est notice, and as low as any establishment of the kind in or
near Savannah. WM. H. LLOVD.
June 21
ill. A . Cohen.
(Late of the firm of S. Solomons Cos.)
COMISSION AND FORWADDING MOUNT.
SAVANNAH, ga.
Agent for steam packets H. L. Cook and Ivanhoe.
may 10
MARSH & WEBSTER^
ATTORNEYS AT LAW*
175 Bay-Street—Up-Stairs.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Mplford Marsh. Andrew M. Webster.
SIO He ward.
WILL be paid by the subscriber for the appre
hension and delivery to him of his negro girl slav®
named BETSEY, aged about 14 years, light complexion, and
about 4 feet sor 6 inches in height An additional reward of
$lO will be paid for proof to conviction of her being harbored
by any person. J. H. STROUS.
June 21
A CARO.
THE undersigned having re-opened, with an
entire New Stock of DRUGS, CHEMICALS and
FANCY ARTICLES, ntNo. 139 (South side) Broughton
street, (formerly Walker’s Marble Yard,) is now ready t®
furnish any thing in his line, at the shortest notice. SODA
WATER, made in his own peculiar way, sent to any part of
the city, and always to be had at the store, in the highest stat®
of perfection.
Prescriptions put up with care and despatch.
The subscriber having served the public long and faithfully#
respectfully solicits a share of their patronage.
apr 26 * THOS. RYERSON.
CLOTH li\Ci.
PIERSON & HEIDT offer for sale, Clothing,
Jl Wholesale and Retail, at New York prices. No. 10#
Whitaker-street. apr 26
Summer Ketreat oil the Salts.
AT MONTGOMERY,
TWELVE MILES FROM SAVANNAH.
ABONAUD respectfully informs his friends
• and the public generally, that from the 21st inst., he will
be prepared to accommodate guests, to whom he promise®
good attendance on accommodating terms, having good and
intelligent servants. Persons may be accommodated for board
per week, month or day, at the following rates, viz:
Board and Lodging, per week, $5 00
Do. do. per day . 1 50
Horses well fed and attended to for 50 cents per day.
N. B. During the season there is an abundance of Fruit
on the place; and the table will also be provided with all kinds
of fish that the river will afford. apr 26
Situation Wanted.
BY A YOUNG MAN, as Clerk or Book keeper,
good references can be given to any person needing hit
services. Apply at this office. may 31
Lamp Oil.
JUST Received per ship Hartford, a lot of su
perior Sperm Oil, which is warranted pure. For sal®
very cheap at store, 111 Bay street.
apl 12 .GEO. H. BROCK.
HOUSE ANO SIGN PAINTING, GLAZING, AC.
THE subscriber having taken the store No. 121, Brough
ton street, has re-commenced in the above business, and
will be happy to receive orders for work. He will also keep
or sale all kinds of mixed paints, window glass, putty, oil,
turpentine, &c.
March 22,’49. 3m. JOHN OLIVER.
To thq planters and Farmers of South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tenn
essee and Florida.
T AM THE AUTHORIZED AGENT for the
-L sale and purchase of the CAM ELINA SATIVA or
GOLD OF PLEASURE SEED, a native of Siberia.
1 am now ready to fill all orders for the seed, and being au
thorized by the Company to purchase the same, I will pay tb®
highest market price for all that may be shipped to me i®
Savannah. WM. HUMPHREYS, Jr.,
may 31 Agent for the Company of New York.
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING,
or all kinds, executed at thi* Office, with neaineM mmd
dcspatcbi
HAVING lately put our Office in complete order
and made large additions to it, we have now the most ex
tensive Job Printing Office in the City and are prepared to
execute all kinds of PLAIN AN!) FANCY PRINTING,
with neatness and despatch, and on the most accomodating
terms. Office 102 Bryan-street, entrance on Bay Lane.
Savannah, March 22d, 1849. EDWARD J. PURSE.
A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY,
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