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to: I 1’ 6 1 Si & A £ Y - PRIVATE PUDDING. . Oa How the Hoosier Come It. Manv years ago a Hoosier, -who had just struck New Orleans lor the first time, after his Ikt-boat was made snug and fast, went up to see the sights of the city. Passing St. Charles, he stopped im mediately in front of the St. Charles Hotel, and looking up, seemed to scrutinize the building with the eye of an architectural connoisseur. After satisfying his gaze, he asked ot a passer by what building it was. On being told it was a hotel, he inquired for the entrance, and being shown, he ascended the steep steps. Approach ing the office, he inquired for the landlord, of whom he asked if he could get a “bite” to eat. Mr. E. R. Mudge, who was the host at that time, and who is host at all times, humoring the fellow, told him he could do so by paying a dollar. — After considering for some time on this item, and gravely looking his host in the face, he said — “ Well, I’ll go it. Thar’s } T our dollar —whar’s your dinner ?” “ Well,” said the other with a smile, “ it is not ready yet; but take a seat at the table there, and you can amuse yourself with the papers for a half an hour, when you will hear the gong, which will inform you that dinner is ready.” “ The gong ! What’s that ?” asked the Hoosier. “ Oh, jou will find out when you hear it,” re plied Mudge. Satisfied with this answer, the Hoosier, after looking wildly around him, sat down and rum maged over the papers. Time sped on at its cus tomary rate, when suddenly the gong sounded, and as usual the crowd moved for the dining-room. Recovering from his astonishment at the noise of the gong, and scenting the delicious fumes of the dinner, the Hoosier made a rush through the crowd for a seat, but being met by the host he was conducted to his allotted chair. The gentleman seated on each side of him, as well as the gentle man opposite him had their wine before them. After finishing his soup, and having his plate well filled, the Hoosier observed the gentleman helping themselves freely to the wine ; and so, seizing the bottle of his right hand neighbor, he attempted to help himself, when he was modestly informed that the wine was “private.” The Hoosier did not seem to comprehend, and with a blank sort of a look resumed bis knife and fork On laying them down again, and having apparently come to the conclusion that it could not ail be “ private” wine, he seized hold of his left hand friend’s bottle. “ Stop if you please sir,” said the offended in dividual with a very fierce look, “ That is “pri vate wine, sir.” The Hoosier looked still more astonished, and finding it a hard case, thought he would make another trial anyhow. So reaching across the ta ble, he seized the bottle opposite to him, and was just in the act of filling his glass, when his vis-a vis re-echoed “Private wine, sir, if you please !” and withdrew the bottle from the fearful leakage it was about to undergo.” The “green ’un,” became enraged at being foiled on every side, and observing that there was a general simpering and tittering among the wai ters, turned on the servant who stood at the back ot his chair, and who had taken away his plate for the fifth or sixth time, and cried out to him with an oath to .bring it back, and that if lie took it away again, “he’d be dod rod if he didn’t dra w his picker on him,” and suiting the action to the word, put his hand into his bosom, showing the handle of a huge bowie-knife. Alter ibis things went on quietly till the desert was put on the table, when a large dish of “ Char lotte Russe” was set right before the Hoosier.— This he immediately drew near his plate, and looking right and left he helped himself to a large portion of it. Keeping his eyes fixed on the dish, while eating perceived his right hand neighbor attempting to withdraw the dish from him. “No 3’ou don’t, Mister,” said % the Hoosier to him ; “ that thar puddin’ is private puddin'. ” The left hand gentleman, not observing what had passed, then said— “ Allow me to take this, fir.” “ No, you cant take that thar puddin' ,” said the Hoosier with a scowl, that’s private puddin and he re-helped himself. fehortly after the gentleman opposite was in the act of drawing the dish over to him. “ Hold on’ Mister,” said the Hoosier, with a look of triumph, “ I’d have you to know that that puddin’ is private puddin' while at the same time he put his thumb to his nose and made sundry gyrations with his fingers. “ You can’t come it over me,” he continued, seeing that a joke had been practiced upon him. “Private wine, eh !” The attention of the table being attracted du ring the latter scene, the gentleman around burst into a roar oi laughter, and soon the whole stroy was wispered from one to another. The thing took so well that every gentleman was induced to send his bottle to the Hoosier with his compli ments, and our “ green ’un” soon became as mer ry as a lord. Hiccoughing as he left the table, he round to the gentlemen, and said : “ Well, old fellows, you couldn’ come it over me with your private wine.” The glasses fairly danced upon the table with the uproar and laughter which this last remark cre ated, and the Hoosier, staggering out of the room, made the best of his way to his boat.—-j\r. Q, Tic . THE SHOWMAN OUTWITTED. • ■* * ■ ’ “*• -V - A SKETCH OF THE PRIMITIVE MENAGERIE. The menagerie was in town. A rare occurrence was the exhibition of the lions, timers, polar bears, and ichneumons, in Bal timore, at the early day of which we were wri ting, yet they came occasionally ; and this time were visited by old Nat Wheatly, a jolly, weather beaten boatman, well known in Baltimore as an inveterate joker,* who never let any one get to the windward of him. He was. furthermore, a slut ever of the first class. Nat visited the menagerie. As he entered, the showman was stirring up the monkeys and tormenting the lion, giving elaborate descriptions ol the various propensities and nat ural peculiarities of each and all. “ This, ladies and'gentlemen, this, I say, is the African lion. A noble beast he is, ladies and gentlemen, and is called the king of the forest. 1 have heard lhat lie makes nothing of devouring young creatures of every description, when at home in the woods. Certain it is, that no other beast can whip him.” “ M-m-mister,” interrupted Wheatly, “ d-do y-you say he ca-ca-can’t be whipped ? ” “ I duz,” said the man of lions and tigers. “ Wha-at’ll you bet I ca-ant fetch a critter what’ll whip him ?■ ” “ I ain’t abettin’man at all. I don’t object to take a small bet to that effect.” “ITlb-b-bet I ca-an f-f-fetch somethin’ that’ll w-whip him. What say to a hundred d-d-dol lars ? ” Now there were several merchants in the crowd who knew Wheatly well, and who were fully con vinced that if the bet was made lie was sure of winning. So he had no difficulty in finding “backers,” one of whom told him lie would give him ten gallons of rum if lie won. The menagerie man glanced athislion. There he crouched in his cage, his shaggy mane brist ling, and his tail sweeping, the very picture of grandeur and majesty. The bribe was tempting, and he felt assured. “ Celling sir, I have no objection to old Her cules taking a bout with any creature you may fetch.” “ V-r-very w-well,” said Nat. “ It’s a bet.” The money was planked up, and the next night was designated for the terrible conflict. The news was spread over Baltimore, and at an early hour the boxes of the spacious theatre were filled —the pit being cleared for the affray. Expectation was on tip-toe, and it was with im patience the crowd awaited the arrival of Wheat ly* He at length entered, bearing a large bag or sack on his shoulders, which as he let it fall up on the floor, was observed to contain some re markable hard and substance. The keeper looked at it with indignation. “ Th-th-there,” said Nat, pointing with his fin ger at the bag. “ Well, what is it ? ” asked the man with in creased astonishment. “ Th-ih-that, 1-ladies and gentleman,” said Nat, jesticulating like a showman, “is a wb-wh whimbamper !” “ A whimbamper! ” echoed the keeper, “that’s certainly anew feature in zoology and anatomy. A whimbamper ! Well, let him out, and clear the ring, or old Hercules will make a mouthful of both of you.” The keeper was excited. Accordingly Nat cautiously raised the bag, holding the aperture downwards, and roll ed out a huge snapping tzlrtle, while the cheers and laughter of the audience made the arches ring. “ There lie is! ” said Wheatly, as lie tilted the whimbamper over with both his hands, and set him on his legs. The snapper seemed un conscious of his peril. The keeper was about leaving the room, when he swore that his lion should not disgrace himself by fighting sucli a contemptible foe. “ V-very well,” said Nat, “if y-you choose to g-give me the hu-u-bundred .” “ But it’s unfair,” cried the showman. The audience interposed and insisted upon the fight. There was no escape, and the showman reluctantly released the lion, making himself se cure on the top of his cage. The majestic beast moved slowly around the ring, snuffing and lashing, while every person held his breath in suspense. Lions are prying beasts and this one was not long, in discovering the turtle, which lay on the floor a huge inanimate mass. The lion soon brought his nose in close proximity to it, when the turtle, not thinking,pop ped out its head and rolled its eyes, while a sort of wheeze issued from its savagerous mouth.— The lion jumped back, turned, and made a spring at the critter, which was now fully prepared for his reception. As the lion landed on him, the turtle fastened his. terrific jaws upon the lion’s nostrils, rendering him powerless to do harm, yet with activity of limb he bounded around the cir cle, growled, roared, and lashed himself, but the snapper hung on,seemingto enjoy the ride vastly. “ Go it, whimbamper ! ” cried Wheatly, from the boxes. The scene was rich. The showman was no less enraged than the lion. Drawing his pistol, he threatened Nat with terrible threats, that if he didn’t take his turtle off he’d shoot him. “ Ta-ta-take him off yourself ! ” shouted Nat in reply. At this critical moment, by dint of losing a portion of his nose, the lion shook his dangerous foe from him, and clearing the space between him and the cage with a bound, he slunk quietly to chew the bitter cup of defeat and pain. It was a fair fight, all declared that the whim barn per was the victor. The money was paid over to Nat, who left the theatre delighted at the success of his whim. The next morning he car ried his turtle to market and sold him. So this valiant champion, after conquering the king of beasts, served to make a dinner lor Balti more epicures. All that is herein written is supposed to be true, though highly colored, and is doubtless “green in the memory ” of many old citizens of the mon umental city. — Odd Fellow . Description of Jerusalem . —The following beau tiful descriptive and graphic delineation of Jeru salem is from M. Poujoulat’s Egypt and Palestine. “Jerusalem offers no illusions: it is fair to be hold, neither from far or near : take away a few monuments and a few towers, and the prospect before you is the dullest that can be imagined.— It is a vast heap of stone houses, each ot whose terraced roots is surmounted with a small dome: the dark grey colour of these monotonous groups —their mournful character —the rock and desert soil surrounding these walls, which seem only to enclose tombs —the solitary sky above your head, whose wide expanse no bird traversed —combine to form a spectacle uniting in itself all that mel ancholy can produce of the most sad, all that solitude can produce of the most desolate. 11 we enter into Jerusalem, what gloom ! Narrow and dark street, huge bazars, in which you see a sprinkling of Jewish, Greek,and Armenian mer chants ; miserable shops for the sale of tobacco, kept by Mussulmans ; dilapidated inns, where the Arabian stranger reposes beside his steed ; whole districts deserted, houses in ruins, the ground covered with weeds, filth and rubbish, i\y twin ing round disjointed fragments, and stunted palm trees growing up through crevices. On travers ing the city you see the red or white cloak of the Mussulman, the dark vest of the Rayah, or the veils of the women, who move with the hurried steps of fugitives. Such is the interior of Jesu salem. There is no joy, no movements, no noise, you would take it for a vast prison, where the days are as silent as the nights ; or rather an immense monastery, whose inhabitants are con stantly engaged in prayer. A Novel Exportation, —There is a stoiy current that some short time since a whole arm v of “ Lord %/ Broughams,” executed in lead and of colossal proportions, disembarked in the United States, and were drawn up on the public quay in two lines, resembling an avenue of Egyptian statutes. The custom house officers were lost in wonder at the sight of so many giants turning up their noses at Brother Jonathan, and inquired what the mon ster importation meant. “Statutes of Lord Brougham,” replied the skipper ; “one for every city in the Union ; be ing the gift of his English admirers to the Amer ican republic.” Lead, as such, is subject to a heavy import duty, but “ works of art” are ad mitted free. What could the officers of customs do? They did not swallow the skippers story — but they could not detain his statues; and in a short time Lord Brougham was in the melting pot, and 44 cast into bullets for the Mexicans.— Eng. paper. The A ssemblee Nationale of Paris, alluding to the old revolution, says: 44 Seventy-six Presidents di rected the labors and exploits of the Convention. This is what became of them—lß perished on the scaffold, 3 committed suicide, 8 were transpor ted, G were cast into prison, 4 became raving mad, and 22 were proclaimed outlaws. All the Presidents who twice filled the chair died violent deaths. Let us add, that almost all the secreta ries met their deaths on the scaffold.” The capitol of Ohio, now in progress of build ing, will be one of the largest and noblest piles in the Union. It is of dressed stone, 304 feet by 184, .and covers a superfice of 55,936 square feet. The Capitol at Washington is not much larger, as it* covers a superfice of 61,700 square feet. The Capitol of Ohio is not built merely as a State House—that is, simply for holding the ses sions ol the General Assembly, but it will include all the public offices on the first floor, and a li brary and U. S. Court room on the second, in addition to the Chambers for the Senate and House of Representatives, and numerous Com mittee rooms.— Cleveland Herald . Dexter Ballou, the first cotton manufacturer of Woonsocket, died in that village a few days since at the age of 61 years. He commenced manu facturing in ISIS, in Smithfield, and in 1817 went to Woonsocket and hired a small building, where he began with two spinning frames, one mule and a few cards—the last of which were made by himself. In the year IS2O he first used pow er looms. In 1829 the mill he then occupied was destroyed by fire, and he lost nearly all his property. Nothing disheartened, he rebuilt his works, enlarged them from time to time, and the latter pait of his life was extensively engaged in the manufacturing business. To Travellers Goins I SPRING, SUMMER A$D FALL ARRANGEMENTS OF Tm . GREAT SOUTHERN MAIL LINE. riTHE onlv Line which carries the Great Southern Mail,^* I. hours in advance of any other Line. ’ “ The public are respectfully notified that arrangements have U. made by the respective Rail Road Companies between and Philadelphia, by which a through Ticket is issued at §24 oo Via Charleston, Wilmington, Petersburg, Richmond, Fredrio burg, Washington City, Baltimore, Wilmington, Del., and pj delphia to New York. Passenger's are advised when they reach Philadelphia to take r 6A. M. and the 1 P. M. Line, as the price is #3 ; while by i 9 A. M and the B P. M. Line, the charge is $4, or if the p a Y, gers wish to take the 9or P. M. Line, let them pay only toy ” Brunswick $2 50, and from there 50 cents—making §3. ’\vf he pays through the price charged is £4. From New Brunsw- I there is a Train about every hour —so that but little time w I lost. “ j For Through Tickets apply on board the Savannah and Charles r- Steam Packets. Through Tickets from Savannah to Philadelphia qrq For further information inquire of Aug 2 BROOKS & TUPPER, Agents i roVi) fiou si), MACON GEORGIA. THE Subscribers take pleasure to inform the Citizens of;’ City and the Traveling Public generally, that they have l cas tor a term of years, the above well known and commodious hou e and beg leave to say that it is being entirely renovated, and will I fitted up in the most tasteful and approved style by the Ist Amnisu The Ladies* Apartments will be elegantly arranged, and nothin I will be left undone to add to the comfort of the occupants. Unre- l mitted attention will be paid to all who may favor them with t! | patronage. Mr. B. the Senior Proprietor, having had many years experience I in this business, flatters himself that his former course of conriut is a sufficient recommendation to bis numeious friends andacquaL tances to claim the liberal support they have always given him S. BUFORD, THOMAS WILLIAMS. july 9 To the planters and Farmers of South Carolina, Ceorgia, Alabama, Temu essß3 and Florida, T AM THE AUTHORIZED AGENT for the X snle 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 nu thorized by the Company to purchase the same, t will pay tin* highest market price for all that may be shipped 1o me in Savannah. WM. HUMPHREYS, Jr., may 31 Agent for the Company of New York. ” A CAiu i. THE undersigned having re-opened, with.an entire New Stock of DRUGS, CHEMICALS and FANCY” ARTICLES, at No. 139 (South side) BrcughloD street, (formerly Walker’s Marble Yard,) is now ready to furnish any thing in his line, at the shortest notice. SODA WATER, made iu his own peculiar way, sent to any part of the city, and always to be had at the store, in the highest state 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. Summer Kilreat osa (he Sails. AT MONTGOMERY,\ TWELVE MILES FROM SAVANNAH. ABONAUD respectfully informs his friends • and the public generally, that from the 21st inst., hew 1 be prepared to accommodate guests, to whom lie promises 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 oti 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‘ r R OSPE CT us OF TIIE SYLVANIA REPUBLICAN. Thf, undersigned, native Georgians, propose to publish nt the village of Sylvania, in the county” of Scriven, a weekly Newspaper, to be called the Sylvania Republican. I3ilieving the dissemination of useful informat ion, and the promotion and encouragement of correct opinions, to constitute the chief duties of the puolic journalist, the Republican will employ in their support, its first and faithful efforts. Agriculture, tbfl noblest occupation of man, will receive at the hands of our journal, the almost exclusive importance to which it is entitled. Though, ns our name indicates, devotedly and exclusively at tached to the principles of the Democratic Party of the South, the columns of the Republican will be always open to fair and gentlemanly discussion. TERMS, Two Dollars per annum, if paid in advance, or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents at the end of the year. The paper will appear as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers have beeu secured. LEONORKAN D. DkLNON, JAMES W. DeLYON. Sylvania, July 12tli, 1849. BOOK AND Job printing^ Os all kinds, executed at iiii Cfilce, with nealnetia ani dcpalcfi. 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 A FANCY PRINTING, with neatness and despatch, and on the most accomodating terms. Office 102 Bryan-strcet, entrance on Bay Lane. Savannah, March 22d, 1849. EDWARD -L PURSE-_ A Flit KM) OF THE FAMILY A WEEKLY SOUTHERN NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED every Thursday, by EDWARD J. PURSE. TERMS:—T WO DOLLARS A YEAK- Three Copies for one year, or one copy three years, $5 Seven Copies, 10 0) Twelve Copies, - - - - - 15 ( - t1 *** Advertisements to a limited extent, will be inserts at the rate of 50 cents for a square of nine lines or less, k r the first insertion, and 30 cents for each subsequent insertion Busirfcsss cards inserted for a year at Five Dollars. UF 3 A liberal discount will be made to Post Masters will do us the favor to act as Agents. Postmasters are authorized to remit money to and all money mailed in presence of the Postmaster, ® duly forwarded by him, is at our risk. IjP All communications to be addressed (post-paid) t° E. J. PURSE,* Savannah, 6a-