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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*,