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HOW AN OLD MAID WAS MARRIED.
It is generally the case that the more beautiful
and the richer a young female is, the more diffi
cult are both her parents and herselt in the choice
of a husband, and the more offers they refuse.—
The one is too tall, the other too short, this not
wealthy, this not respectable enough. Mean
while, one spring passes after another, and year
after year carries away leaf after leaf of the
bloom of youth and opportunity.
Miss Harriet Sellwood was the richest heiress
in her native town ; but she had already comple
ted her twenty-seventh year, and beheld most all
her young friends united to men whom she had
at one time or other discarded. Herriet began to
be set down for an old maid. Her parents be
came really uneasy, and she herself lamented in
private a position which is not a natural one, and
to which those to whom Nature and Fortune had
been niggardly of their gifts, are obliged to sub
mit ; but Harriet, as we have said, was both hand
some and very rich.
Such was the state of things when her uncle,
a wealthy merchant in the North of England,
came on a visit to her father. He was a jovial,
straight-forward man, accustomed to attack all
difficulties boldly and coolly.
“\ou see,” said her father to him one day,
“Harriet continues single. The girl is handsome*
what she is to have for her fortune you know ;
even in this scandal-loving town, not a creature
can breathe the slightest imputation against her ;
and yet she is getting to be an old maid.”
“True,” replied the uncle ; “but look you,
brother, the grand point in every affair in this
world is to seize the right moment; this you have
not done ; it is a misfortune, but let the girl go
.along with me, and before the end of three months 1
will return her to you as the wife of a young man
wealthy as her self.”
Away went the niece with the uncle. On the
way he thus addressed her :
“You are no longer Miss Sellwood, but Mrs.
Lumley, my niece, young, wealthy, childless
widow ; you had the ntisfortune to lose your hus
band, Col. Lumley, after a happy union of a
quarter of a year, by a fall from his horse while
hunting.”
“ But uncle ”
_ “Let me manage if please, Mrs. Lumley.
our father has invested me with full powers. —
Here, look you, is the wedding ring given you by
your late hnsband. Jewels and whatever else
you need, your aunt will supply you with—and
accustom yourself to cast down your eyes.”
The keen-witted uncle introduced his niece
everywhere, and everywhere the young widow
excited a strong sensation. The young gentle
men thronged around her, and she soon had the
choice out of twenty suitors. Her uncle advised
her to accept the one who was deepest in love
with her, and a rare chance decreed that it should
be precisely the most amiable and opulent. The
match was soon concluded, and one day the un
cle desired to say a few words to his future neph
ew, in private.
“My dear sir,” he began, “we have told you
an untruth.”
“ How so ? Are Mrs. Lumley’s affections ”
“Nothing of the kind, my niece is sincerely
attached to you.”
“ Then her fortune, I suppose, is not equal to
what you told me ?”
“ On the contrary, it is larger.”
“ Well, what is the matter then ?”
“ A joke, an innocent joke, which came into
our heads one day when 1 was in a good humor—
w r e could not recall it afterwards. My niece is not
a widow.”
“ What! is Col. Lumley living ?”
“No, no, she is a spinster.”
The lover protested that he was a happier fel
low than he ever conceived himself, and the old
maid was forthwith metamorphosed into a young
wife.
What is there that an average number of us
have ever enjoyed, and still deem worth enjoying,
which we have been rendered incapable of rel
ishing through the maturity of our growth, and
the firmer set of our shoulders ? Are we less de
lighted than in childhood with the delicious crea
tions of a soaring imagination, or the brilliant col
orings oi a warm fancy? Has poetry or music
failed to charm us? Have we ceased to dwell
with profound enjoyment on the life-hallowing,
soul-elevating presentiments of the painter, the
sculptor and the dramatist ? Do we turn with
satiety from the singing of birds, or the budding
of flowers, or sparkling gems which, at morn and
eventide, bend the fresh green grass, and deck
the opening leaflets of the hawthorn ? Do sum
mer’s genial show r ers and sunshiue gladden less
than of old ? Is there no longer a grateful re
sponse in our hearts for the plentitude of autumn’s
stores ? Or has winter itself lost any of its house
holdjoys, its social charities, and fire-side endear
ments ? Nay, by the flight of years, and the fur
rowing oi our brows, we have acquired some
sources of pleasure which are wholly new.
How to Bearn a Dunce to Spell. —A printer had a
boy who was an incurable blunderer in spelling,
and who gave him great trouble by his mistakes.
He made many efforts to teach him; he scolded
and threatened in vain; and as a last resort, or
dered him to boil a dictionary in milk and cat it for
his supper.
The Balance of Mundane Conditions. —Whatever
be the variety of human states and fortunes, some
delicate turn of the balance makes them equal. —
The scale is in the hand of God. The thrush
sings in the cottager’s garden, and the skeleton
hangs behind the gold tapestry. Even the mute
creation clears up dark passages in the economy
of the intellectual. For one gift bestowed another
is taken away. The bird of paradise has coarse
legs. The eye of the bat is too week for the
gloom it inhabits; therefore the sense of touch
is quickened; it sees with its feet, and easily
and safely guides itself in the swiftest flight.—
The sloth has a similar provision. Look at it on
the ground, and you wonder at the grotesque
freaks of nature ; but follow it up a tree, watch
it suspending its body b} r the hooked toes, and
swing from bough to bough, and you perceive its
organization to be exactly suited to its wants. —
Paley notices the same principle of compensa
tion in the elephant and crane. The short un
bending neck of the first receives a remedy in
the flexible trunk ; the long legs of the second
enable it to wade where the structure of its feet
prevents it from swimming. The changes of light
and shade are tempered to insect sensibility. In
the deserts of the torrid zone, the setting sun calls
up myriads of little creatures that would perish
in its full brightness ; while, in the wintry soli
tudes of the north, sunset is the signal for repose.
The lesson of compensation is taught by the hum
ming of flies along the hedges. The flutterer of
a day has no reason to complain of the shortness
of its life. It was a thought of Malebranche, that
the ephemera may regard a minute as we look
upon a year. The delusion is its recompense.
The more we embody ourselves and our happi
ness with the interest of others, the more in reality
we consult our own happiness. Who would think
it worth his while to prepare a meal, where that
meal is to betaken by himself only ? Emulation,
mental inducement, love of art, ambition, enthu
siasm, are all sacrificed, and these are the pas
sions which, brought into being, constitute the
pleasure of most of the acts of life. Thus, when
the barriers which selfishness has 1 put between
man and man are broken down, and the current
of fellowship and benevolence is suffered to flow
generously abroad, and circulate around, then
shall we be in the capacity for the greatest and
best enjoyment.
NEW WAY TO FIGHT A DUEL.
A young man by the name of Tracy, near
Owensburg, Ky., felt that the attentions of a Mr.
Spright to his sister were rather unwelcome to
the family, and accordingly challenged Mr. Shright
to mortal combat. Mr. S. is a cool, calculating
young man, and had read medicine a few years
since in Cincinnati,’but did not practice. On re
ceiving the challenge, he selected his weppons,
and proposed an immediate settlement of the
difficulty, in theWmrt room. His antagonist, with
his second was on the ground at the time, looking
brave enough to take a small city, but on seeing
the weapons by the challenged party, their very
knees shook with terror. Here sat the unterrified
lover, with two huge plates of green cucumbers ,
cut in slices with vinegar, and a full dozen of
green apples to each plate as desert.
“Take seats, gentleman,” said the obliging
second of Mr. S., “ and take a choice of plates ;
in ten minutes we commence.”
Tracy looked at his second, and he looked at
Tracy back again, no doubt thinking that if
Tracy did not fight, the chance of his dying with
the cholera was a good one.
Finally, the two seconds went into the clerk’s
office, and adjusted the matter satisfactorily to all
parties.
Mr. S. continued his visits to his lady love,
without interruption.— Chi. Com.
Taste. —Whatever cheers us in our progress
through the world, and flings abeam of gladness
over our path,—whatever innocently employs and
safely re-creates, is worth cultivating; and Prov
idence seems plainly to have pointed out to us,
the usefnl purpose to which the pleasure of Taste
may be applied, by interposing them in a middle
station between the pleasure of sense and those
of pure intellect. We were not designed to grovel
always amongst objects so low as the former, nor
are we capable of dwelling constantly in so high
a region as the latter. The pleasures of Taste
refresh the mind after the toils of intellect and
the labors of abstract study; they gradually
raise it above the attachments of sense, and pre
pare it for the enjoyment, of virtue.
Respect for Old Age. —It is the duty of youth to
pay respect and attention to age.
They who neglect to do so, must expect to be
neglected when they grow old.
Youth will not last forever. Those who are
young and gay now, will in a few years be aged
and infirm.
Yes, little boys and girls, old age will come soon
er thon you imagine. Time flies very fast.
Then if you should be deaf, or lame, or blind,
you will want somebody to sooth and comfort
those who were old, when you were young.
A letter closed with the white of an egg, can
not be opened with the steam of boiling water, like
a common wafer, as the heat only adds to its
firmness.
HOWARD HOUSE,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA
WE are gratified to inform the public, and especially travelleis
from the low country, that the Howard House having
passed into our agency, we are determined to do away with the
complaints that Marietta does not afford the requisite conveniences
by which visiters would be induced to sojourn in this delightful lo
cality.
The Howard House is now renovated, and accommodations pre
pared which cannot fail to please. r I he chambers are pleasant, and
conveniently furnished. The table will be amply supplied with
every luxury the country affords. Attentive servants aie engaged
In short, if agreeable quarters, a well spread table, cleanliness and
attention, joined with moderate charges, can please, we assure our
patrons that thev will be found at the Howard House,
sep G * DIX FLETCHER-
FoITHAMBCUG AND AUGUSTA.
* fa THE superior Light Draught Steamer DeKalb,
Capt. J. M. Moody, will commence her regular
trips to Hamburgfand Augusta on Friday, the 7th September, and
continue runningj[during the season, leaving Savannah every I riday
afternoon at 5 o’clock, and Augusta every Tuesday morning at 9
o’clock. The DeKALB has-been fitted up in superior style for the
accommodation of passengers, and is comma ided by a gentleman
well known on the river, and no pains will be spared to make her as
comfortable as any can desire. She will touch all the Landings,
both going and returning, to land Freight and Passengers, and is in
tended to accommodate all persons on the River who may favor them
with their patronage. Passengers wishing to go to Charleston can
obtain Th ough Tickets oiFboard, either through from Augusta and
Hamburg- 1 , or from any Landing on the River, at a considerable re
duced rate.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
G. WALKER, Ag’t Augusta & Hamburg.
BROOKS & TUPPER, do. Savannah.
E. LAFITTE & CO., da Charleston.
Freight for this boat will be forwarded free of commission,
aug 23
DAILY U. S. MAIL STEAM-PACKET LINE.
BETWEEN . fcJSTnT-J*
SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON,
VIA lIILTON HEAD AND BEAUFORT.
(inland two-thirds of the way.)
METAMORA Capt. F. Barden.
W.M. SEA BROOK Capt. P. Blankenship.
GEN. CLINCH Capt. Fenn Peck.
JASPER Capt. Wm. S. Dixon.
This Line is composed of the above very superior Steam Packets,
with experienced commanders, and cannot be excelled for safety,
comfort and regularity. They leave Savannah every evening at halt
past 8 o’clock, and leave Charleston every morning at 9 o’clock
throughout the yen.
Fare Five Dollars, meals included. Through Tickets between
Macon and Charleston, Ten Dollars, including meals on the steamers
and omnibus fare in Savannah.
BROOKS & TUPPER, Agents, Savannah,
aug 23 E. LAFITTE & CO., Agents, Charleston.
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHINGr
TO the Merchants of Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ala
bama and Florida.—The subscribers having established a
house in this city for the sale of READY MADE CLOTHING in
connection with an extensive Manufacturing establishment in New
ark, N. J., where one of the firm gives his personal attention en
tirely to the manufarture, while the other devotes himself to the
receipt and sale of the same in Savannah. Possessing these advan
tages, we flatter ourselves that we can compete with any establish
ment in the United States in Price, style and workmanship. We
are now receiving our Fall and Winter supply, to which we invite
the attention of merchants, planters, and the public in general,
sept 6 PIERSON L HEIDT.
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING 7
JUST received per brig Clinton, a splendid assortment of Tweed
Coats, Frocks and Sacks, fancy Cass. Pants, fancy Silk and
Cass. Vests, together with a large assoitment of Twilled Cloth
Pants and Jackets, Satinet Pants and Jackets, Corderoy Pants,
Beaver Coats, Sacks, Blanket and Flushing Coats and Over-Sacks.
For sale, very low, wholesale and retail, at No. 10 Whitaker-street.
sept 6 PIERSON fc HEIDT.
Wot ice.
THE Firm of GEORGE & HOGARTH, Savannah, Ga., and of
Jacksonville, Fla., is this day dissolved.
The Concern in Savannah will henceforth be conducted by John
A. George only.
With many thanks for past Patronage, the Subscriber would be
most happy to see all his friends and the public generally at the Old
Stand, No. 80 St. Juiian-street, where their orders will meet with
prompt attention. JOHN A GEORGE,
aug 312 mo
ALFRED HAYWOOD,
CORNER BRYAN AND BARNARD STREETS, MARKET SQUARE,
SAVANNAH GEORGIA.
Dealer in choice fruits, candies, nuts,
FIRST QUALITY ORANGES, LEMONS, APPLES
AND POTATOES-—WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
First quality Thunderbolt Oysters, Fish, Si c. Newark refined
Champaigne Cider, and Albany Cream Ale, by the bbl.
IDT Orders from the Country, accompanied by the cash, or City
jeference, punctually attended to.
Aug 9
JAMES SULLlVAN,—Wholesale and Retail Manutacturers of
TIN WARE, —Worker of Sheet Iron, Copper and Zinc, and
dealer in Japanned, Britannia and planished Ware, also in all kinds
of STOVES. Some of the best and most approved patteins of
COOKING STOVES will be kept on hand dining the season, as
well as a variety of other Stoves Stove work of all kinds will be
promptly attended to. Bathing tubs and Pans, also Hand Shower
Baths for sale. All orders for Tin Ware are solicited. Cashpur
chasers will be supplied at prices as low as they can buy in New
York or anywhere
Aug 2 No. 12 Whitaker-street, near Bay.
Window Ciflass.
BOXES American and French Window Glass, from
tH/w 7x9 to 16x18; do. do. do. Coach and Picture do.
rom 162x18 to 36x44. For sale by
Aug * J. G. FALLIGANT
WHITE LEAD.—IO,OOO LBS. Atlantic White Lead
ianted pure ; 4000 English do. do. do. For sale by
J. G. FALLIGANT.
PAINT AND OIL STORE, west si Dt! OF MONUMENT
square. —JOHN G. FALLIGANT invites his friends and
the public generally, both from town and country, to call and ex
amine his stock before they purchase. Every article is selected by
himself and will be warranted of the best quality, and he will sell
at low prices and on accommodating terms.
Aug 2
WINDOW SASHES AND BLINDS.— f>ooo lights, rt by JO
Sash ; 2000 do 10 by 12 do ; 1000 do assorted sizes ; 100
pair Venetian Blinds, assorted sizes. For sale by
Aug 2 J. G. FALLIGANT.
~R. S. HARD WICK &COOKE,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Savannah, Ga.
THE Undersigned have associated themselves, under the above
style, in the business above specified. Mr. Hardwick is a
Planter of Hancock county, and, of course, identified in feeling and
interest with his brother Planters. Mr. Cooke is a citizen of Sa
vannah, and is thoroughly acquainted with all the branches of the
Commission Business.
We are prepared to make liberal advances on produce instore,
and will fill orders for Plantation and Family Supplies with scrupu
lous care.
We are mutually hound not to speculate in Cotton or any other
article of Merchandise . *
We respectfully solicit patronage and pledge ourselves to deserve
it by faithful attention to the business entrusted to us.
R- S. HARDWICK,
aug 23 J. G. COOKE.
EASTERN HAY. ~~
“| AA Bundles Eastern HAY. For sale by
• s. C, DUNNING,
se U ® Whitaker-st.
Dentistry.
DR. P ANCOST has removed to Bryan street, East sifc u
ument square, near the State bank, where he maybe f 05 *
at all hours, night or day, fully prepared to wait upon his I
the public generally.
N. B. Artificial teeth inserted from one to a whole set,
sured to give satisfaction to the wearer. l| * j
N. B. Chaiges greatly reduced. 6mo
Slaves.
PERSONS in the country desirous of engaging in getting
Staves, are informed that the pre]ration required for tor? *
export is as follows :
To be made either out of White Oak or Water Oak Trees.
Length, from 42 to 44 inches.
Breadth, not less than 4 or more than 7 inches.
Thickness, not iess'than lor more than inches on the thin
part of the thinest edge.
The back and edge of the Stave should be dressed down to;
same thickness—should have a clear cleft or split, and be free t
knots, crooks, and worm-holes.
Staves prepared in conformity with this specification will be
ceived at the full market price during the ensuing autumn J
winter. Present value, thirty-five dollars per one thousand niep
Aug 2 AND RKVV LOW fc ct)
Turpentine*
~Q BARRELS City Distilied, for sale by
JLAug 2 J. G. FALLIGANT
Situation Wanted.
BY A YOUNG MAN, as Clerk or Book keeper
good references can be given to any person needing l
services. Apply at this office. mny jjj
CJLOTHIi\ji.
DIERSON & HEIDT offer for sale Clothing
-L Wholesale and Retail, at New York prices. No. j,,
Whitaker-street. apr 26
To the Public.
THE Subscriber, having entered extensively
into the making of J3RICK of a superior quality to am
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. 11. LLOYD,
June 21
iTI. A. Cohen.
( Late of the firm ofi S. Solomons Cos.)
COMMISSION AM) FORWARDING MGRCIIAIiT,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Agent for steam packets H. L. Cook and Ivanhoe.
muy 10
MARSH & WEBSTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
175 Bay-Street—Up-Stairs.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Mulford Marsh. Andrew M. Webster
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 country
promptly attended to. Ready-made coffins always on hand,
and made to order at short notice.
june 28 3mo
Jl o the Fianters 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 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 7 to purchase the same, I will pay the
highest market price for all that may be shipped to me in
Savannah. WM. HUMPHREYS, Jr.,
may 31 Agent for the Company of New York.
A CARP.
THE undersigned having re-opened, with an
entire New Stock of DRUGS, CHEMICALS and
FANCY ARTICLES, at No. 135? (South side) Broughton
street, (formerly Walker’s 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.
Summei* Rt*treat on the Salts.
A T MONTG OMEII Y,
TWELVE MILES FROM SAVANNAH.
A BONA CD respectfully informs His friends
i and the public generally, that from the 21st inst., he will
be prepared to accommodate guests, to whom he promises
good attendance on accommodating terms, having good and
intelligent servants. Persons may be accommodated forboard
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 ied 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 alford. apr 20
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING,
Os nil kinds, executed nt this Office, with nearness and
despatch*
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 AND FANCY PRINTING,
with neatness and despatch, and on the most accomodating
terms. Office 102 Bry an-street, entrance on Bav Lane.
Savannah, March 22d, 1849. EDWARD .Ts PURSE.
TTRIEND OF THE FAMILY,
A WEEKLY SOUTHERN NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED
EVERY THURSDAY. BY
EDWARD J. PURSE.
TERMS;—T W O DOLLARS A YEAR-
Three Copies for one year, or one copy three years, $5
Seven Copies, - - - _ _ _ 10 0-3
Twelve Copies, - - - - 15
*** Advertisements to a limited extent, will be inserted
at the rate of 50 cents for a square of nine lines or less, f° r
the first insertion, and 30 cents for each subsequent insert# 0,
Business cards inserted for a year at Five Dollars.
tdsP 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 Publish*
and all money mailed in presence of the Postmaster, a®
duly forwarded by him, is at our risk.
All communications to be addressed (post-paid) to
E. J. PURSE; Savanna*,