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ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD,
Thou ftrt, O. God, the life end light
Os all this wonderous world wt> see ;
Its glow by day, its smile by night,
Are but reflections caught from thee.
Where’er we turn, thy glories shine,
And all things fair and bright are thine.
When day, with farewell beam, delays
Among the opening clouds of even.
And we can almost think we gaze
Through opening v istas into heaven ;
Those hues that make the sun’s decline
So soft, so radiant, Lord, are thine.
When night, with wings of starry gloom,
O'ershadows all the earth and skies,
Like some dark beauteous bird, whose plume
Is sparkling with unnumber’d eyes;—
That sacred gloom, those fires divine.
So graud, so countless, Lord, are thine.
When youthful Spring around us breathes,
Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh ;
And every flower that summer wreathes
Is born beneath thy kindling eye:
Where’er we turn, thy glor.es shine,
And all things fair and bright are thine.
A. New Zealander's Desire to be Eaten. “Ive
been among the New Zealanders, quoth Jack,
“ and there they use each other for Iresh grub, as
regular as boiled dud in a man-of-war s mess.
They used to eat their fathers and mothers, when
they got too old to take care ol themselves 5 but
they’ve got to be more civilized, and so they only
eat ricketty children and slaves, and enemies ta
ken in battle.” “ A decided instance of the pro
gress of improvement,and march of mind,” said I.
“Well,” replied Jack, “ but it’s a bad thing for
the old folks. They don't take to the fashion —
they are in favour of the good old custom. 1 nev
er see’d the thing myself; but Bill Brown, a
messmate of mine once, told me that, when he was
at the Bay of Islands, he see’d a great many poor
old souls going about with tears in their eyes, try-
to get somebody to eat them. One of them
came off to the ship, and told them that he
could’nt find rest in the stomachs of any of his
kindred, and wanted to know it the crew wouldn t
take him in. The skipper told him he was on
monstrous short allowance, but he couldn’t ac
commodate him. The poor old fellow’, Bill said,
looked as if his heart would break. There were
plenty of sharks round the ship, and the skippei
advised him to jump overboard ; but he couldn i
bear the idea of being eaten raw.” —A iloolah, in
Blackwood's Mag,
Taxation for Free Schools. —The people ol
Indiana have declared in favor ol taxation for
the benefit of Common Schools. The amount ol
tax is to be .ten cents on each hundred dollars
worth of real and personal property. The prop
erty of the state being $ L 40,000,000, the tax, will
be, next year, $140,000. In addition to this are
the profits of the bank stock; the surplus rev
enues, and Saline funds ; and three dollars on
every policy of insurance on property within the
State, by companies not chartered by the State.
The sources will yield about $200,000, which
added to the sum derived from taxation, will
make $340,000. To this are to be added all fines
for violations of the penal laws, forfeited recog
nizances, and the interest ol monies derived horn
the sale of school lands, which will swell the en
tire yearly fund for 4 rec School pui poses, to
$500,000. This is a magnificent sum.
The Number 45.—An old magazine has the
following : “ Having read and heard a great deal
of the famous number 45, I send you the follow
ing details of the connexions I have with that
number : I w r as born in the year 45, and my
father died in the year 45. 45 days after my
father’s death my mother took me to a public
house 45 miles from London, which site had only
kept 45 days, when she had 45 soldiers billeted
upon her; and the 45th of those 45 soldiers had 1
the eloquence in 45 days to persuade my mother
to marry him. In 45 da3 T s after he marched to
the battle of Culloden, and in 45 days after the
battle he obtained his discharge for 45 shillings.
He came to London 45 days after he got his dis
charge, and he built 45 houses. I was 45 days
at sea, and when I came home there lived in the
45th of these 45 houses, a very pretty girl. In
45 days after I came back, / had the eloquence to
persuade her to marry me. I got a license num
bered 45 to get married, and I am now 45 times
happier than ever I was. — London Family Herald.
Sleep. —Sleep is the surest, and oftentimes the
only friend which misfortune is not certain to
drive from the side of the unhappy. It pours the
priceless treasure of its wealth upon the poor, un
bought; it sheds its opiate upon the couch of ag
ony, when the leech despairs ; at its touch the
straw of the maniac is turned to the softest down ;
the dungeon and the fetter dissolve before its
spell, and even remorse itself forbears to prey
upon the victim whom its shield protects, w hile,
of all luxuries of life, it is the one that pampered
opulence can never command.
The Winch ester Republican tells of a little
child in that town, which having strayed away
from its nurse, was found in the yard pleasantly
engaged in tickling with a swatch a very savage
looking snake.
The corporation of Cincinnati is now expend
ing $200,000 on anew work, which is intended to
improve the quality and increase the quantity of
the water for the use of the inhabitants.
The annual dinner of the operative printers of
Paris took place at the Chabet in the Ohamp
Elvsees, on Sunday, Sept. 10th. Abo\e
tended. After a toast had been given to ine
Liberty of the Press,” and a second to me
Emancipation of the Human Mind.” Pierre Le
roux made an eloquent speech, in which he gave
an interesting sketch of the discovery and pro
gress of the art of printing. He concluded by
proposing as a toast, 44 Ibe Unlimited lei y
of the Press.” The meeting then separated amid
loud cries of “ Vive la Republique /” “ lve cie
la Liberte de la Prcsse ! ”
. Luther on Dancing. — ln a life ot Martin Luther,
by M. Austin, an elegant French writer, the fol
lowing opinion of dancing is quoted trom the
Reformer: “Is dancing sinful?” his disciples
asked him. He replied : 44 Was not dancing al
lowed to the Jews ? lam not able to say ; but
one thing is certain—people dance now-a-days.
Dancing is a necessity of our state, like dress I
with women, and like dinner or supper. And in
deed, I do not see how dancing can be prohibited.
If people commit sin, it is not the fault of the
dance, which does not offend against faith or chai
ity. Dance then my children.”
Proving an Alabi.—A clergyman at Cambridge
preached a sermon, which one ol his auditors
commended. “Yes,” said a gentleman to whom
it was mentioned, 44 it was a good sermon, but he
stole it.” This was tolcl to the preacher. He
resented it, and called on the gentleman to re
tract what he had said. 44 I’m not,” replied the
ao-oressor, “ very apt to retract my words, but,
in this instance I will. I said you had stolen tle
sermon, but I find I was wrong, lor, on referring
to the book from whence I thought it was taken,
1 found it there.”
Women are like soldiers —the moment they
smell thunder, they “rush to arms ! Smitheis
went home the other day with a lull determina
tion to discipline his wife for sewing a suspender
button on Jones’ courderoys while Jones was in
them.—The moment she saw him approaching,
she flung herself upon his neck and wept there
till Smithers promised to buy her a newalapacca
and a pair of French gaiters. For taking the
anger out of a fellow, there is nothing like hug
ging after all. What a pity the women have dis
covered it, is’nt it. —Albany Dutchman.
A correspondent of the Southern Cultivator
savs : 44 1 have worked cows in harness, not un
der the yoke, without detriment in any respect;
on the contrary, their calves were superior to the
rest of the stock, due ol course to the extra feed
and attention the cows received.
The people ol Rome, numbering 150,000, are,
in their dress and appearance, decidedly Pari
sian ; and to see them in the streets or at church,
you might think you were in Paris, London, New
York or Boston.
It is estimated that 40,000,000 feet of lumber
have been shipped from this country to Califor
nia. At a pro lit of SSO a thousand, this amount
would yield an aggregate profit of $2,000,000. —
We notice in the Pacific News an advertisement
of Riga lumber from the Baltic.
Ah! Ma! —Asa lady was viewing herself in
a mirror, she said to her daughter—
“ What would you give to be as handsome as I
am ?”
“Just as much,” replied the daughter, 44 as } T ou
would give to be a.s young as 1 am.”
The only cure for jealousy is to become home
ly. Who ever knew a woman to have a jealous
husband, who was early blessed with the small
pox ?—Beauty is all very well in the abstract, but
to keep peace in the family, carroty hair and a
snub-nose are beyond price.
Valuable Information. —We direct the attention
of those Benedicts who have very loquascious
wives, to the following notice posted in a whole
sale ham store in Pine street : “ Tongues cured
here .”
Somebody must be tickling autumn, it smiles
so. Last Sunday was a perfect love of a day.
Had it been just getting married it could not have
looked more captivating.
A Lapsus Lingua. —The Lords of the Treasury
have just authorized the admission, duty free, of
pigs’ tongues from America. We have no objec
tion to the freedom of pigs’ tongues in any part of
the world, but we wish some ofthe asses’ tongues
at home could have some wholesome restrictions
put upon them.— Punch .
The Armenian (Catholic) Patriarch at Con
stantinople, has been commissioned by the Turk
ish Sultan to transmit on his, part to Pope Pius IX.
the sum of a hundred and thirty thousand francs,
for the Papal exchequer. We remember that the
Sultan contributed liberally toward the relief of
Irish distress. How the 19th century differs from
the 17th.
The war steamer Susquehrannah, now building
at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, will be 30 feet
longer than the great ship Pennsylvania, and will
cost, when completed, $600,000. She will carry
8 guns, one of which will throw a shot of 268 lbs.
i
The milky way has been defined in an ex
change as the road which leads to the pumji.
A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY. |
SAVANNAH. THURSDAY. NOV- 15- 1849.
agents.
Mr. J. M. Boardman is our Agent for Macon.
Mr. S. S. Box for Rome.
Mr. Robt. E. Seyle for the State of South Carolina.
James O’Conner, Travelling Agent.
Dr. M. Woodruff, Columbus, Ga.
BURKE COUNTY R. ROAD.
The Stockholders of this Road met at Waynesboro’ on the
13th inst., and organized by electing the following gentlemen
Directors for the ensuing year:
J. P. Screven, A. R. Lawton, J. Stoddard, C. F. Mills*
W. Duncan, from Savannah. J. C Poythress, J. Dowse,
Burke County.
At 3 o’clock, P. M., the Board of Directors was organized,
and proceeded to the election ot a I resident.
A. R. Lawton, Esq., was elected President.
The Board transacted business, and had conferences with
various Contractors upon the immediate execution ot the work.
The Board will next meet in Savannah, and we may be as
sured of their untiring energies in carrying forward the en
terprize.
The city of Savannah was welt represented by twelve influ
ential stockholders.
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD.
We append the gross earnings of this road for the past
eleven months, the comparison with the eleven months of the
previous year, shews an increase of one hundred and twenty
one thousand dollars, being over twenty-five per centum of in
crease in the earnings of the road for that period. Such re
sults as these are causing the stock to be sought for, and ac
counts for the steady advance in price. It is now held at S9O
although wo have not heard of any sales at that price, but we
can see no reason why it should be below par value. The
dividend in June last was three and a half percent for six
months and the next which will be declared on the loth De-
cember will not fall short of that amouut.
The opening of the Western & Atlantic Hail Road and the
South Western Rail Road will continue to swell the receipts
of th’l3 Road for years to come, and the laying of heavy iron
in place of the flat bar wil! facilitate its operations
1847-8 1848-9
December, - - 37,421,72 67.861,05
January, - - - 52,291,27 66.629,07
February, - - 57.786,38 71,691 52
March, - - - 51,434,38 75,969,72
April, 30.254,39 61,318,87
May, - - - 33,945,70 32,544,62
June, - - - 26,138,12 20,412,33
July, - - - 25,867,56 22,525,87
August, - - 31,964,54 28,940.48
September, - - 41,182,37 45,406,30
October, - - 63,516,37 79,755,10
451,802,81 573,034,93
ELECTION OF JUDGES.
The following gentlemen were elected Judges by the Leg
islature on Tuesday last.
Northern Circuit. —Eli H. Baxter, Deni. Eastern Cir
cuit.—H. R. Jackson, Dem. Southern Circuit . —A. H. Han
sel!, Whig Western Circuit —James Jackson, Dem. Mid
dle Circuit. —Eben H. Stums, Dem. For Judge of the Su
preme Court. —Hiram Warner.
John H. Lumpkin was elected Judge of the Cherokee
Circuit, Alfred Iverson of the Chattahoochee Circuit, James
H. Stark of the Flint Circuit, and Herschell V. Johnson ot
the Ocamulgee Circuit. Alexander Drysi ilo was elected
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Termi
ner for the city of Savannah.
MR. WILLS’ EXHIBITION.
The young folks will have an opportunity on Friday Evening
of enjoying a feast of fun at Armory Hall, they must be on the
alert that he does not play any of his pranks upon them.—
The Greenville Mountaineer relates the following practical
joke played on a Buncombe Waggoner. Mr. W. culled on the
waggoner to assist him in several of his tricks, at which he
was greatly astonished, and finally got him to load a horsman’s
pistol. After loading the pistol, he asked what he was to do
with it? - “You are to fire it at my breast,” exclaimed Mr.
W “ But I wont do it,” said the waggoner, “for I’m a sure
shot, and I*ll kill you.
“ Shoot! Shoot!” cried several voices from the audience
(who were up to the joke.) After much persuation he agreed
to lire at the word given, di 1 so, when t o his utter horror, Mn,
Wills fell to the floor, the blood streaming from his forehead,
and acting the part of a dying man so well, that all but the
Marshal and Sheriff*, and two or three who were up to the joke
actually thought that he was shot sure enough. The Wagon
er stood aghast, trembling in every limb, exclaimed, “ there,
there, I know’d t’d kill him!” The Sheriff* was called on to
arrest him. but he was too quick—he leaped through the win
dow, and left town immediately, fully under the impression
that he had killed his man.
We refer our readers to Mr. Guilmette’s advertise
ment in this day’s paper. The reputation of Mr. G., ns a vo.
enlist, is established beyond cavil, and we are pleased to say
that the public may expect many delightful recreations from
him during the coming winter.
HP The Savannah Athenaeum opens on Monday evening
with a Grand Concert by those celebrated artists Mesdames
Biscaccianti and Cassini, aided by M. Biscaccianti. The con
certs will be given undes the direction of M. Strakosch.
AUGUSTA AND WAYNKSBORO’ RAIL-ROAD.
Savannah, Nov. 10 1849.
At a meeting of the Stockholders of the above Road, held
at the Exchange this day, on motion of Judge Porter, his
Honor the Mayor was called to the chair.
On motion of J. S. Fay, Esq. Mr. J. R. Johnson was ap
pointed Secretary.
Judge Porter stated the object, and then moved the follow
ing resolution :
Resolved , That a Committee be appointed to select candi
dates for a Board of Directors to be voted for on Tuesday
next.
The resolution being adopted the following gentlemen were
named by the Chair as the Committee: Judge Porter, Dr.
Arnold and Dr. Screven.
The committee reported the following: A. R. ]
P. Screven, John Stoddard, C. F. Mills and Wm. ‘ ]
Esq’9., and .ecommended that the Delegates vote for i r ,
gentleman from Burke county, whom the subscriber#a
section should recommend.
The report of the committee was unanimously accept? j I
Ou motion of Dr. Arnold —
Resolved , That the Board of Directors about to be ej?
be authorised to petition the Legislatuie of Georgia f or /
amendments to the Charter of the Company as thev
deem advisable.
Resolved , That proxies be obtained from the Stockholm
authorizing those attending the meeting at Way nest**
vote for the above nuine gentlemen for directors.
R. WAYNE, Chair^
J. R. Johnson, Secretary.
Wai.terboro, S. C., Nov. Bth., ]gu I
1 wish Purse my dear! that we could enjoy a day tog?^, l
amidst all the beauty of this regal season—would that w r I
were colors aud periods music! to depict this carnival ofenr* I
so lovely that, we well might deem the curse of Eden is r ,
moved, and God’s owu smiles unveiled, bonmed on the*
The reverential hush brooding on the balmy air ; the >
emnised breeze wafting the orisons of earth, the 1
mother, for her multitudinous children, as her produce
pened, her fruitage done. Decked in the imperial
with which autumn robes her when her stores are gam n .
she now keeps her sabbath; whilst the mellowed skies,l T
aud softened as a love dimmed eye, show 7 er their gorgcocs„
dience to crown the ovation of the Jubilant year.
Passionately fond as I am of
“ The world of flowers, and leaves, and summer air,” I
I have recently experienced a gratification of high order
the temporary use of a book which wlioly met the re v I
ments my mind has made for years, ever since I read “p ICI I
la.” A book, which whilst adapted to the humbles t cajm. I
and commencing with the first elements of vegetation, vl
magical attraction enchains you by its lucid explanation and dt l
tail of the winders of creation, so that a blade of grass, tbß
merest twig, or leaflet, is invested with an interest whicjß
opens anew world of the purest enjoyment to the mind tbi;l
will contemplate that which it inhabits. I would
atheism impossible io its renders. For years such n book wj,
a desideratum I had longed for, but scarce hoped to find, whtj
at last in an English publication (Win. B. Carpenter’s vegetr
ble Physiology, issued by W. S. Orr & Cos., London,) tbe
want is supplied. 1 have given the full title for I believe s
cannot be obtained in this country, and for any onewhowii
es to gather thoughts free from the mere catalogues of boten
and dry scientific orders, it is well worth procuring. Colum
bus discovered a continent, in this book I have found a world,
At table this evening I learned a strange fact, communia
ted by an elderly gentleman (w’hose memory includes tb
spectacle of royalty in France prior to the revolution n
which Louis XVI was beheaded, you may fancy his con
versation gratifying) that a musical entertainment in West
minister Abbey was gotten up w ith such a number of instil
ments, tec., that absolutely the volume of sound cracked tk
walls of the hall. This occurred some fifty years ago, since
which time they never ventured upon such a numerous com
pany of performers. Yours, VADV,
For A Friend of the Family,
SUNDAY REFLECTIONS.
Sunday, Nov. 4th, 1849.
Little Things. —Nothing is more common than to liei
little things, whether good or ill, ns unworthy of our semi
regard, well enough for small minds, but certainly not desen
ing our careful attention. Little things for children, but grei
things for men, seems to be the common opinion of mankiM
Now 7 is this right ? is this wise ? let us reflect on the subject
a little ; language is composed of words, and men are held re
sponsible for all the little word3 they use, the least equally as
the greatest, hence the wisdom, not to say the necessity,oi
paying particular attention to all our little words; the lit!
word yes. if rightly used, may be the corner stone to our pros
perity, whereas, if used when our reason tells us that another
would do better, it may he the precipice from which we fall
to hopeless ruin. Many a man can date his ruin from the ut
terance of that little word, when his better judgement told
him that he ought to have said no\ Great fortunes are com
posed of cents, Mountains of particles, Oceans of drops, Na
tions of individuals, and the Human Mind of all sorts of little
thing. It is true men sometimes perform apparently great
acts, that at once dazzle the eye and attract the heart, but an
alyze these and how 7 many little things enter into their com
position, without which they could not exist in any tangible
form.
I can no more exist without being nffocted by little things
than society can exist without being affected by the conduct
of its individual memhers, It is of as much importance tht
[ should carefully notice every little thing within my sphere,
and know its true character, as it is for the community to have
an eye on its individual members. Suppose the incendiary •
from carelessness allowed to go free, the whole city mays
burned, just so if I allow any of my little evils to operate
restrained, all the good I have may be destroyed. If my care
lessness affected only myself I alone would have to bear it, W
the evil does not stop here. My children notice all my lit l
acts, ah, and little words too; if bad, they think they have*
right to do bad thingstoo. To have good children 1 must#!
them a good example, always tell them the truth if J snyM'f
thing, never promise them anything without feeling that I*®
bound by all that I hold sacred, rigidly to perform. If 1
ceive them I may forget it but they will not. Those whit f|!
the truth can tell it twice alike, while those who tell aft*
story can hardly put forth a second edition without some at roo ß
signs of falsity, and these, children are not slow to detect. 1°
all my relations in life I will closely watch little things for by* 1
doing I may* attain the fruits of goodness and avoid many
evils. NEIGHBOR,
THE OCEAN
The great Pacific Ocean has a larger area than all the -0
land on the globe. It covers 50,000,000, of square mile**
70,000,000 including the Indian Ocean. From Peru toAt nc4
it is 16,000 miles wide. It is generally unfathomable bet’ eeD
the tropics, where its depth is so great, that a line five u^ 0 *
long has in many places not reached the bottom. The Atl n ’
tic Ocean, apparently stretching from pole to pole, is
miles wide, and covers 25,000,000 square miles.