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JOE DOWNS’ STORY.
“ Shall we have any company?” I enquired.
“ No, not a white face within forty miles of us.
There’ll be plenty of red skins ; half a dozen ca
noes went up the river yesterday, but they ain’t
of no account. They are a poor, lying, cheating,
stealing, set of vagabonds. There isn’t one of
them that I’d trust within a mile of my camp.”
“ But don’t you have anv difficulty with them ?”
“ Why no, not what you may call real down
right difficulty. We used to, a good many years
ago, but now, although - they’ll murder you, if
they get a choice, for a pack of skins, they don’t
vally a scalp. No ; since I finished off one of the
biggest scoundrels in the whole St. Regis nation,
I haintbeen troubled.”
“ How was that ? ”
“ Why, I’ll tell you; you see it was way to
wards Tupper’s Lake. There had been alight,
fall of snow, and I was scouting round, when Ij
happened to make a circumbendibus, and came i
across my own tract, and there I saw tlie marks of
an Indian’s foot right on my wall. Thinks I. that
is kind of queer ; the fellow must have been fol
lowing me; howsomever, I’ll try him and make
sure; so I made another large circle, and again
struck my own track, and there was the tarnal In
dian’s foot again. Says I, this won’t do ; I must
find out what this customer wants, and how he’ll
have it. So I stopped short, and soon got sight
of him ; he knew that I saw him, so he came along
up in the most friendly manner you can think.—
But I didn’t like his looks, he was altogether too
darned glad to see me. He had no gun, but h # e
had an almighty long-handled tomahawk, and a
lot of skins and rat traps. Thinks I, may be,
old fellow, your gun has hurst, or you’ve pawned
it for rum, and you can’t raise skins enough to re
deem it, and you want mine, and perhaps you’ll
get it. At last I grew kind of nervous; I knew
the fellow would hatchet me if I gave him a chance,
and yet I didn’t want to shoot him just on suspi
cion. But I thought if I let him cut my throat first,
it would be too late to shoot him afterwards. So
I concluded that the best way would be to give
him a chance to play his hand ; and if it be so,
he’d lead the wrong card, why I should have a
right to take the trick. Just at the right time, a
partridge flew into a clump that stood five or six
rods off. So I kind of ’noeuvred round a little.—
I drew out my ramrod as if to feel whether the
ball in my rifle was well down, but instead of re
turning it again, I kept it in my hand, ‘and, with
out letting the vagabond see me, I got out a hand
ful of powder. I then sauntered off to the bush
shot the partridge, and in an instant passed mv
hand over the muzzle of my rifle and dropped the
powder in. I picked up the bird, and then just
took and run my ramrod right down upon the pow
der. Now he thought was his chance before I
loaded my gun again. He came towards me with
his hatchet in his hand. I saw that he was deter
mined to act wicked, and began to back off; he
still came on. I lowered my rifle and told him to
keep away. He raised his tomahawk, gave one
yell, and hounded right at me. When he- was
just about three or four feet from the muzzle, I
fired. You never see a fellow jump so. He
kicked his heels up in the air and came down plump
on his head.”
“ Dead ? ”
“ Dead as Julius Cmsar. He never winked ;
the ramrod —a good, hard, tough piece of hickery
—had gone clean through him, and stuck out about
two feet from his back. Served him right;
didd’t it ? ”
“ Certainly ! I don’t see what else you could
have done.”
*• Nor I, nother. Birt lam sorry I took his traps.
Howsomever, I didn’t keep them long. I gave
them away to a half drowned red-skin, who had\
lost his in trying to cross the river, right at the
head of the big wolfe chute. There’s a story’
about that too ; but we’ll put it off till we get up
to our camp. So, what do you sav, shall we go ? ”
“ Agreed,” said I. And in a few words our
plans were all laid, and we returned to town to
make arrangements for carrying them out.
We find in the London Weekly News of the
30t.h ult., a statement of the Commerce of Hun
gary for 1842, in which the imports are stated at
$14,155,400, of which $10,704,650 were for cot
ton and woolen manufautures. Among the ex
ports that year were hemp and linseed oils, grain,
etc., valued at 83,250,000, cattle $3,000,000, to
bacco $600,000, fowls $625,000, wool 400,000
cwts.,etc. Atfstria has confined the trade of Hun
gary, asfaras possible, to bartering with the Aus
trian provinces. The Hungarians are now desi
rous to trade freely with all the world.
A gentleman who had a large collection of let
ters and autographs of distinguished men, far
back, several hundred years, showed us, a short
time since, a letter o! Kosciusco, the gallant Pole
who served in our revolutionary struggle, to a la
dy of an officer in Charleston, which°closed with
an affectionate inquiry as to the state of her hus
band’s health ; “for,” continued he, “ if he is dead
I wish to marry you, as I have always been one of
your particular admirers; but, if he is alive and
well, pray give my compliments to him.”
A rich silver mine, in which some gold is also
found, has been discovered in the department of
Herault, France.
WHITTLING SHINGLES.
Give me a piece of your shingle, John Plow
handle, and let me whittle sticks with you a short
time. Now good John, sit down on this log be
side me. You say you have a good farm—boys
and girls —a good wife and a pleasant home ; then
what you are working so hard for ?
To get a good living.
Well, your oxen, and your horses, and hogs get
that. But have you no aim or object beymnd. You
certainly cannot be so stupid as to live for the mere
pleasure of animal existence.
You want to provide something for your chil
dren.
That is a little better. But, John, do you give
them a good education, now are you giving them
all the advantages which your means will allow t
Send them to school winters.
Ah. John! just as 1 expected. You care more
to cultivate your land than the minds of your
children. You cultivate your lands well because
you desire good crops, and yon know that will
bring them. You feed your cattle well, so that
they may mature early. These are only temporary.
But the mind —the immortal mind—John, which,
if properly cultivated, brings forth fruit through all
eternity—which survives worlds, and is a part of
immortality—that you neglect for your land —for
your hogs, your cattle, and horses.
Why, my dear fellow, that fine horse you rode
to town yesterday would send one of your boys
to the Academy fora whole year ; and how much
good that would do him. How much better he
would be prepared to discharge the duties of a
citizen, when they deyolve upon him.
You don’t see the necessity of so much educa
tion for a farmer. Never went to any better than
a common school in your life.
John you are an ass, a downright dolt. Why,
man, the world is a great deal wiser than when
vou and I were boys. Then the minister and
the lawyer were the fountains of wisdom. They,
with the doctor, knew it all. We.consulted them
on all occasions. They married us. But times
have changed. The mass begin to think for
themselves. There is, therefore, a greater ne
cessity fora more general and thorough education
everywhere. No farmer or mechanic should hesi
tate fora moment, but should strain every nerve
to give all his children the very best education in
his power. Sow the good seed bountifully', and in
due time it will bring forth an abundant harvest of
honor to your offspring in your old age.
But you have such a large family.
No matter. If you really try, there will be no
trouble ; for the boys, if you give them
will get along with moderate assistance; and the
girls can get a good, sound, practical education,
with but small expense. But educate them ; and
educate them to be farmers, and farmers’ wives.
Let them learn a trade if they like, but don’t
think of allowing them to go into the counting
room, or a profession. The farmers’ is the only
truly independent profession or trade. Don’t for
get, John, but think and do.— Wool Grower .
RECOVERY OF LOST TREASURE.
Nearly forty years since, the British brig of war
Plumper, during a severe storm, run on a lodge
off’ Point Lapreaux, coast of New Brunswick,
and the vessel and nearly all the crew were lost.
The brig sunk immediately after, in deep water.
In additiou to her armament, stores, and the ef
fects of the passengers and crew, she had £70,-
000, or about $350,000, in specie on board. Some
time afterwards, the English government sent a
vessel and engineers in search of the treasure.—
They succeeded in finding the brig, and at the
vast expense of $200,000 succeeded in raising
about $40,000, when the matter was abandoned.
A person from St. John, with the aid of a diving
bell, raised about $20,000, and then gave it up. —
Lately our enterprising citizens, J. E. Gowen and
T. F. Wells, Esqs., with others, having secured
the assistance of the submarine .armor, now so
noted, commenced operating about four months
since, and at the depth of eighty feet at high wa
ter, have succeeded in finding the location of the
brig and in raising some of the specie. With
this submarine armor, one or two persons may
descend with safety, and remain six or eight hours
at work. The wreck is deeply imbeded in the
sand, and it is with much difficulty that tffe ope
rators are able to remove it, but having found the
right spot, they fill their baskets with the sgnd and
its contents, which is at once raised to the deck of
the vessel above them by their assistants.. The
enterprising y T oung men interested in this specu
lation have been successful, or they would not
continue the operation, but what amount they
have recovered we are not informed. In addi
tion to several Carolus 111 dollars, of date 180S,
and other silver pieces, we have seen a silver
snuffbox, a silver enp, and other silver ornaments;
also, what they designate as a pick pocket’s ring.
This is apparently only a gold finger ring, but by
touching a concealed spring a knife blade ap
pears. Also a cannon shot partly encrusted in
mud, sand and dollars, all of which have been
raised from the sunken wreck.
The known amount of money’ on board the ves
sel, and the fact that the treasure is yet remaining
induce these enterprising young men to continue,
and we hope they will succeed in findin nr and
putting into circulation the whole amount of the
lost treasure which has not heretofore been re
moved.—Sunday Despatch .
ECONOMY IN YOUNG LADIES.
1 do not seo why the natural desire and the
natural faculty for housewifery which I think 1
see in every girl I meet, should be baffled be
cause the parents are rich enough to have ser
vants to do and to superintend everything about
the house. If there was a king who could not
help being a blacksmith, I know of acountess who
could not help being a seamstress. She made
piles of plain linen, just for the pleasure ot the
work, and gave them away to her friends. Now,
it is a very serious thing to baffle natural desires
and abilities so strong as these, on account of mere
external fortunes. If a girl of any rank has the
economic faculties strong, itishard upon her that
they may not find their natural exercise in a direc
tion—that of household care—which is appropri
ate to every woman, be she who she may ; and
if these faculties are less strong than they are
usually found to be in girls, there is the more rea
son that they should be exercised as far as they
will go.
I am sure that some—perhaps most —girls have
a keener relish of household drudgery than of
almost any pleasure that could be offered them.
They positively like making beds, making fires,
laying the cloth and washing up crockery, baking
bread, preserving fruit, clear starching and iron
ing. And why in the world should they not do
it 1 / Wh} r should not the little lady have her lit
tle ironing box, and undertake the ironing of the
pocket handkerchiefs? I used to do this ; and I
am sure it gave me a great deal of pleasure, and
did me nothing but good. On washing and iron
ing days, in houses of-the middle class, where all
the servants are wanted in the wash house or
laundry, why should not the children do the ser
vice of the day ? It will be a treat to them to
lay the breakfast cloth, and bring up the butter
from the cellar, and toast the bread ; and when
the breakfast is over, to put everything in its place
again, and wash the china, and rub and polish the
trays. They may do the same again at dinner;
and while the servants are at meals, they may
carry on the ironing in the laundry. And after
wards, there comes that capital exercise of sense,
and patience, and skill—the stocking darning,
which, done properly, is a much higher exercise
than many people suppose. And when visitors
come, why should not the girls have the chief
pleasure which “ company ” gives to them—the
making of the custards and the tarts, dishing up
the fruit, and bring out the best table linens ?
And what little girl is there in a market town who
does not like going to market with her father or
mother, till she can be trusted to go by herself?—
Does she not like seeing the butcher’s cleverness
in cutting off* what is wanted ; and trying to guess
the weight of joints by the looks ; and admiring
the fresh butter, and the array of fowls, and the
heaps of eggs, and the piles of vegetables and
fruit? I believe it is no small treat to a girl to
jump up early on the market day morning, and
reckon the sight she is going to see. The anxiety
maybe great when she begins to be the family
purchaser ; but it is a proud office too ; and when
the first shyness is over, there is much variety and
pleasantness in it. — Miss Mar tin eau's Household
Education .
A TRANSATLANTIC “ B’HOY.”
During the riot at the landing on last Sunday,
whilst a party of firemen were discharging a heavy
hail of stones and brickbats against a little low
shanty in Battle-row, one of the inmates, an un
mislakeable “ fureigner,” who sported shocking
corduroys, foreseeing that his position would soon
become untenable, rushed out into the street, ex
cited apparently to the last pitch, “ Mould on,
houldon,” he cried, as rubbing his shoulder with
his hand he precipitated himself among the be
seigers, “ faixyou’ve sthruck me unst a’ready.
“ Who the devil are you ? ” exclaimed some
one in the crowd.
“ Begorra, an’ av I wur to tell you I’m a fire
man meself t may be it’s ashamed ye’d be af
askin’ afther what ye’ve done me.”
The retort, delivered in a very earnest, readv
manner,produced some laughter among the crowd,
a suspension of hostilities ensued, and Pat, who
continued to rub his shoulder and to twist his face
into a hundred painful grimaces, as if suffering
intensely, found himself for a moment a lion
among his enemies.
“ What were you doing in that house?” en
quired a near bystander.
“ Sarching for Creaks, bad cess to ’em,” he
auswered stoutly ; “ 1 was beautifully concaled
in their sthrong hold—och, but it’s*fun be spoiled,
the dirty bia’guard that threw the brick.”
“ Come now, tell us what company you be
long to ? ”
“ Houly Moses,” exclaimed Pat, beginning to
edge away rapidly towards the street corner, “ an’
ye call it company afther sich thratement—yer a
divil of a quare company to be sure. But no
matther—l’ve been imposed upon—l considher
that ye’ve disgraced the whole and and carpse,
an’ I mane to lave it this minute—intirely.” An
so saying, our original “ Fireman ” turned up
the street and stalked indignantly away, leaving
the crowd perfectly satisfied of his escape for the
somewhat Irishness of his ruse.— St. Louis Rev.
Men are very like tea—-the real strength and
goodness is not properly drawn out of them un
til they have been a short time in hot water.
Situation Wanted.
BY A YOUNG MAN, as Clerk or Book keeper,
good references can be given to any person needing his
services. Apply at this office. may 31
- tI01I|I^(] r
PIERSON & HE IDT offer for sale Clothing,
Wholesale and Retail, at New York prices. No. iq
Whitaker-street. apr 26
To the Public.
THE Subscriber, having entered extensively
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. LLOYD.
June 21
ill. A. Cohen.
(Late of the firm of S. Solomons Cos.)
COMMISSION AND FOHARDING MERCHANT,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Agent for steam packets H. L. Cook and Ivanhoe.
may 10
maEsTT& websTer7~
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
175 Bay-Street* I—Up-Stairs. 1 —Up-Stairs.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Mulford Marsh. Andrew M. Webster.
ROBERTMV. ADAMS,
CABINET-MAKER AND UNDERTAKER,
No. 9B Broughton St., Savannah, Ga.,
TS prepared to execute all orders in his line at
the lowest prices, with dispatch. Orders from the country
promptly attended to. Ready-made coffins always ou hand,
and made to order at short notice.
june 28 3mo
To the planters and farmers of South
Carolina, Georgia, illabama, Tenn
essee and Florida,
T AM THE AUTHORIZED AGENT for the
JL sale and purchase of the CAM ELIN A SATIVA or
GOLD OF PL FA SURE SEED, a native of Siberia.
lam now ready to fill all orders for tlie seed, and being au
thorized by the Company to purchase the same, I will pay the
highest market price for all that may be shipped to uie iu
Savannah. WM. HUMPIIR EYS, Jr.,
may 31 Agent for the Company of New York.
A CARD.
THE undersigned having re-opened, with an
entire New Stock of DRUGS, CHEMICALS and
FANCY ARTICLES, at No, 139 (South side) Broughton
street, (formerly Walkers Marble Yard,) is now ready to
. 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 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.
Mi miner Retreat oei the Sails.
AT MONTGOMERY,
TWELVE MILES FROM SAVANNAH.
A RQNAUD respectfully informs his friends
• and the public generally, that from the 21st inst., hewil
be prepared to accommodate guests, to whom he 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 l 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 nil kinds
of fish that the river will afford. apr 2G
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OF THE
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the dissemination of useful information, and the promotion and
encouragement of correct opinions, to constitute the chief
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their support, its first and faithful efforts. Agriculture, the
noblest occupation of man, will receive at the hands of our
journal, the almost exclusive importance to which it is entitled.
Though, as our name indicates, devotedly and exclusively at
tached to the principles of the Democratic Party of the South,
the columns ot the Republican will*he always open to fair and
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LEONOREAN D. DeLYON,
JAMES W. DeLYON.
Sylvania, July 12th, 1849.
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execute all kinds of PLAIN AND FANCY PRINTING,
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