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of lean an,l of the -'empera.e
methods of
.“**s• depression
fronfthe outset was'sucb as to pre
-1 1 kirn to disease, artd to al
dispose bim w a ceumler He
low him no mother and
was Sink “L pale and tearful, to
raster air . ’ j u i;j n0 good that
“hev isolated lhe house, and belted
l a nd took things in by the
being fotmgated by a
sentinel outside. The doctor laugh
‘ and ,s he asked them whether they
would not he more glad to see him,
‘f he came down the chimney, in
stead of their having to unlock the
door for him, He wondered they
hid not a vinegar bath for him to
,r 0 over head in before entering their
presence. The-ladies thought this
shocking levity ; and they did not
concer! their opinion. The doctor
then spoke gravely enough ot the
effects of fear on the human frame.
With its effects on the conscience,
.and on the peace ot the he
said he had nothing to do. That
was she department of the physi
cian of souls. (llis hearers were
unconscious of the mournful satiie
conveyed in these words.) His
business was with the efleet ot
fear on the nerves and brain, ex
it an s* in £? through them the resources
oflife. °IIc declared (bat Mr. Finch
would probably have been well al
that moment, if he had gone about
as freelv as other persons among
the sick, more interested in getting
them well than afraid ot being ill
himself; and, for confirmation, he
pointed to the Good Lady and the
Warrenders. who half now for
two months run ail sorts of risks,
and showed no sign of fever. They
were fatigued, he said ; too much
so ;as he was himself; and some
thing must he done to relieve Miss
Ficlfard especially ; hut —
“Who is she ?” inquired lh e li
dies. “Why is she so prominent
here ? ’
“As for who she is,” replied he,
“I only know that she is an angel.”
“Come down out of the clouds, I
suppose.”
“Something very like it. She
dropped in’to our hollow one August
evening'—nobody knows whence
nor why. As for her taking the
lead here, I imagine it is because
there was nobody else to do it.”
“But has she saved many lives
do you think?”
“ Yes of some that are too young
to he aware what they owe her;
and of some yet unborn. She
could not do much for those who
were down in the fever before she
came ; except, indeed, that it is
much to give them a sense of relief
and comfort of body (though short
of saving life)'and peace of mind,
and cheerfulness ot heart. But the
great consequences of her presence
are to come. W hen 1 see lhe
change that is taking place in the
cottages here, and in the clothes of
the people, and their care of their
skins, and their notions about their
food, 1 feel disposed to believe that
this is the last plague flint will ever
be known in Bleaburn.”
“Plague! O horrid !” exclaimed
the shudering sister.
“Call it what you will,” the doc
tor replied. “The name matters
little when the thing makes itself
so clear. Yes, by the way, it may
matter much with such a patient as
we have within there. Pray, what
ever you do, don’t use the word
‘plague’ within his hearing. You
must cheer him up : only that you
sadly want cheering yourselves. I
think an hour a day of the Good
Lady’s smile would he the best
prescription for you all.”
“Do you think she would come ?
We should be so obliged to her if
she would !”
“And she should have a change
ofilress lying ready in the passage
room,” declared the young lady.
“I think she is about rny size. Do
ask her to come.”
“When I see that she is not more
wanted elsewhere,” replied the doc
tor. “I need not explain, however,
that that smile ot hers is not an ef
fect without a cause. If we could
find out whether we have anything
ot the same cause in ourselves, we
might have a cheerfulness of our
own, without troubling her to come
and give us some.”
The ladies thought this odd, and
did not quite understand it, and
agreed that they should not like to
be merry and unfeeling in a time of
affliction ; so they cried a great deal
when they were not in the sick
room. They derived some general
idea, however, from the doctor’s
words, that cheerfulness was good
for the patient; and they kept as
surincr him, in tones ot forced vi-
O
vacity, that there was no danger,
and that the doctor said he would
be well verv soon. The patient
groaned, remembering the daily
funerals of the last few weeks ; and
the oniy consequences was that he
distrusted the doctor. He sank
more rapidly than any other fever
patient in the place. In a newspa
per paragraph, and on a monu
mental tablet, he was described as a
martyr to his sacred office in a sea
son of pestilence ; and his family
called on future generations to hon
our him accordingly.
“1 am sorry for the poor young
man,” observed the host at the
Plough and Harrow ; “he did very
vvll while nothing went wrong;
but he had no spirit for trying
times.”
“Who has?” murmured farmer
Neale. “Any man’s heart may die
within him that looks into the
churchyard now.”
“There’s a woman’s that does
not,” observed the host; “I saw
the Good Lady crossing the church
yard this very morning, with a bas
ket of physic bottles on her arm—”
“Ah! she goes to help to make up
the medicines every day now,” the
hostess explained, “since the peo
ple began to suspect foul play in
their physic.”
“Well; she came across the bit
of grass that is left, and looked over
the rows of graves —not smiling ex
actlv, but as if there was not a sad
•/
thought from top to bottom of her
mind —much as she might look if
she was coming away from her own
wedding*”
“Wh at is that about ‘sweet
hopes,’ in the newspaper?” asked
Neale ; “about some‘sweet hopes’
that Mr. Finch had ? Was he going
to be married ?”
“By that, I should think he was
in love,” said the host : “and that
may excuse some backwardness in
coming forward, vou know.”
“The Goodlad}* is to be married,
when she gets home to America,”
the hostess declared. “Yes, ’tis
true. Widow Johnson told the doc
tor so.”
“What will her lover say to her
risking her life, and spending her
time in such a wav here said
Neale.
“She tells her auntdiat he will
only wish he was here to help her.
He is a clergyman. ‘O !’ says she
‘he will onl}’ wish he was here to
help us.’ ”
“I am sure I wish he was,” sigh
ed Neale. “I wonder what sort of
of a man will be sent us next. I
hope he will be something unlike
poor Mr. Finch.”
“I think you will have your wish,”
said the landlord. “No man of Mr.
Finch’s sort would be likely to come
among us at such a time.”*
Tube continued next week.
LYING.
Never tell a whole lie, or a half
a lie, or a quarter of a lie, or any
part of a lie. Many boys who
know well enough what a sneaking,
mean thing it is to lie, yet will twist
the truth, or deceive a little bit.—
This is about as bad as a plump
falsehood. If a bov does some
thing wrong, either through igno
rance, carelessness or accident, and
then tells one-half truth and one
half lie about it, he might almost
as well have told the whole un
truth. Now see how the spirited,
manly, true hearted, clear-tongued
boy will do, after an error. He
resolutely resolves to acknowledge
it, without being afraid of anybody’s
anger —tell it just as it was. I nev
er in mv life knew any one to be
it jured by telling the truth in this
way, but 1 have seen many a boy,
and man too, who were looked up
on with contempt, and thought,
poorly of because they would tell
sneaking lies, or half lies, or quar
ter lies. The worst of untruths—
those which are deliberately made
up, stories about people, or lit
tle stories magnified into big ones
—prove the teller to be a most
worthless, impure and mean per
son. The liar is indeed despicable
both to God and good men. On
the other hand, nothing is more
beautiful than a strictly truth-telling
person, who is open, candid and
above deceit. To become so, a
boy should strive hard, should de
termine to become so, and he will
become so. Bqsides it is so easy
always to speak the truth, and so
very hard to arrange a very plausi
ble untruth, which even then will
in all likelihood be found out, nine
times out of ten.
NEW YORK LAUNDRY.
What will country readers say to
washing, drying and ironing clothes
by steam? Yet this is done in the
heart of our city, and even in the
cock-loft of our own establishment,
(15 Spruce street,) which we rent
out for that purpose. The New
York Laundry can wash, dry aud
iron a large family washing in less
than two hours by the City Hall
clock! It is all done by the best
soap and water, and steam —no
drugs, and no cheap process. It
takes from 12 to 1-5 minutes only
to dry the clothes—and steam dry
ing is equal to the best sun dr3 7 ing.
It is a singular fact that clothes from
thirty miles down in the Jerseys,
where they have little soft water,
and few smart housewives, are sent
here to be washed ; and a family
wash which arrives by the morning
train, often goes home the same day
in the cars. The snowy neatness
ot the gentlemen’s shirts which
these laundry girls do up—and the
fact that they always sew on the
missing buttons—makes the hearts
of our rusty, crusty old bachelors
leap with joy, and they are more
than ever convinced that wives are
superfluous luxuries. Well, let the
old fools enjoy the delusion —the
laundry girls are certainly not to
blame.— N. Y. Paper.
Jtiisrdlnmi.
Bad Ma/nory. —A poor woman in
the country went to hear a sermon,
in which, among other evil practi
ces, the use of dishonest weights
and measures was exposed. tShe
was much affected by the discourse.
The next day when the minister
went among his hearers, and called
upon the woman, he took occasion
to ask her what she remembered of
the sermon. The poor woman
complained much of her bad mem
ory, and said she had forgotten al
most all he had said. “ But one
thing,” said she, “ I did remember
—I remembered to burn my bushel
measure.”
Philosophy Outdone —Those who
get the most of their education by
means of books, do not kno w every
thing. It sometimes happens, in
deed, that a child can instruct them
in some matters. Avery learned
man, noted as one of the wisest phi
losophers of his time, was one day
very busy in his study, when a lit
tle girl entered, and asked for some
fire. “ But,” said the doctor, “ you
have brought nothing to put it in.”
“Ohyes, 1 have,” replied the little
girl ; and while the man of learn
ing was hunting up some vessel for
her use, she stooped down at the
fire-place, and taking some cold
ashes in one hand, site put the live
members on them with the other.—
The doctor was astonished.—
“ Well,” said he, “ with all my
learning, I should never have
thought of that.” Common sense
is better than philosophy sometimes.
The Generous Blacksmith. —Mr.
W ilson passing late one evening by
a blacksmith shop, and hearing the
sound of the hammer much later
than usual, stepped in to inquire the
cause. The man told him that one
of his neighbors had just been burn
ed out, and bad lost everything;
and he had undertaken to work an
hour earlier in the morning, and an
hour later at night to help him.”
“ This is kind in you,” said Mr.
Wilson, “ for I suppose your neigh
bor will never be tltoie to pay you
again.”
“ I do not expect it ” replied the
blacksmith, “but if I were in his
situation, and he in mine, I am sure
he would do as much for me.”
The next morning Mr. Wil son
called and offered to lend the black
smith fifty dollars without interest,
so that he might bo able to buv his
iron cheaper. But the man refused
to take it ; yet told Mr. Wilson if
he would lend it to the man whose
house was burned down, it would
go far toward helping him rebuild
his cottage. To this Mr. Wilson
consented, and had the pleasure of
making two men happy.
All church 3 7 ards in London are
to be closed forever, on the first of
July, ISSI, when burials are to
take place in the suburban cemete
ries.
The new Constitution of Michi
gan disfranchises duelists and their
accessories, and disqualifies them
from holding office.
The artistic value of the works
of art contained in the churches of
Antwerp, eleven in number, is esti
mated at nearly 810,000,000.
Iron carpeting, instead of marble
floors or oil cloth, is manufactured
at Rochester, N. Y., and used in
some of the hotels.
The annual expenditure in Eng
land for spirits, beer, tobacco and
snuff, amounts to upwards of Jiftj
seven millions sterling.
There is one disease that a miser
is pretty certain not to die of—and
that is, “ enlargement of the heart.”
The number of journals and pe
riodicals at present published in
Russia is L 54, ol which 04 appear
al St. Petersburg!), 13 at Moscow,
22 in the Baltic provinces, and the
rest in different parts of the em
pire. Only 108 of them are in the
Russian language ; the rest are in
German, French, Polish, &c.,
Among the newest inventions are
swimming stockings, acting on the
same principle as the webbed feet
of aquatic birds. They were tested
by one of the members of the
British Association, who, with their
aid, swam with ease from Hewha
ven to Leith Harbor, against tide.
Alexander Hamilton. —The dis
cerning e3*e of Washington immedi
ately called him to that post which
was infinitely the most important in
the administration of the new sys
tem. Hamilton was made secre
tary of the treasur3 r ; and how he
fulfilled the duties of such a place,
at such a time, the whole country 7
saw with admiration. He smote
the rock ol the national resources,
and the abundant stream of revenue
gushed forth. He touched the dead
corpse ol the public credit, and it
sprang upon its feet. — Daniel Web
ster.
Stupid Stories. —“A stupid story,”
sa3 7 s Walpole, “or idea, will some
times make one laugh more than
wit.”
Mr. Thomas Hill. —Mr. Hill died
a year or two ago —aged, we be
lieve, not more than eighty three,
though Hook and and all his friends
affected to consider him as quite a
Methusalah. James Smith said
once, that it was impossible to dis
cover his age, for the parish regist
er had been burned in the fire oi
London—but Hook capped this :
“Pooh, pooh ! he’s one of the Little
Hills that are spoken of as skipping
in the Psalms.” Asa mere octo
genarian he was wonderful enough,
no human being would, from his
appearance, gait, or habits, have
guessed him to he sixty. Till with
in three months of his death he
rose at five usually, and brought
the materials of his breakfast home
with him to the Adelphi, from a
walk to Billingsgate ; and at dinner
he would eat and drink like an ad
jutant of five-and-twenty. One
secret was, that a banyan day uni
formly followed a festivity. He then
nursed himself most carefully on
tea and dry toast, tasted neither
meat nor wine, and went to bed by
eight o’clock. But perhaps the
grand secret was, the easy, imper
turbable serenity of his temper.
He had been kind and generous in
the day of his wealth, and although
his evening was comparatively poor
his cheerful heart kept its even beat.
Quarterly Review.
Moving. —What a dislocation of
comfort is implied in that word mov
ing ! Such a heap of little, nasty
things, after you think all is.got
into the cart; old dredging boxes,
worn-out brushes, gallipots, vials,
things that it is impossible the most
necessitous person can ever want,
but which the women, who preside
on these occasions, will not leave
behmd,if it was to save your soul :
they’d keep the cart ten minutes, to
stow iu dirty pipes -and broken
matches, to show their economy.
Then you can find nothing you
want for many days after you get
into your new lodgings. You must
comb your hair with your finjrers,
wash your harm without soap, go
about in dirty gaiters.— Charles
Lamb.
Smoke Houses. —Many persons
commit great errors in building
smoke houses. To he nice and have
a handsome and respectable look
ing appurtenance to the farm, it
must forsooth be built of brick or
stone, with close fitting doors, and a
single aperture for the egress of the
smoke. The consequence is, the
meat is black and bitter, and might
as well have been put in a pickle
of pyroligneous acid ; having lost all
its fine flavor—smelling of soot like
a chimney sweep. The walls are
so close and cold,that the smoke con
denses and settles on the hams or
bacon, and instead of drying, it be
comes flabby and ill colored.
A smoke house can hardly be too
open. It takes longer, to be sure,
to perfect the process, but when
completed the meat is dry, of a fine
chestnut color, anti a delicate flavor
of smoke penetrating the whole
mass.
The best houses we have seen,
are built with a stone wall, three
feet high, a flagged bottom, and a
wooden structure built on top of the
wall. Common siding is tight
enough, or boards endwise like
hoarding a barn is all sufficient,
with a tight board or shingle roof.
The bottom is used for an ash house
and the smoke fire built on the
ashes. It is safe for both purposes
and will produce a much finer arti
cle for those who have a sweet
tooth for that delicious treat —a nice
flavored bain. — Moore's Rural New
Yorker.
Genius and common understanding.
—There is a lower kind of discre
tion and regularity, which seldom
fails of raising men to the highest
stations, in the court, the church,
and the law. It must be so: for
Providence, which designed the
world should be governed bv many
heads, made it a business within the
reach of common understandings ;
while one great genius is hardly
found in ten millions. Did you
never observe one of your clerks
cutting his paper with a blunt ivory
knife ? did you ever know the knife
to fail going the true way? whereas
if he had used a razor or penknife,
he had odds against him of spoiling
a whole sheet. — Swift to Bolin •-
broke.
Delicate praise. —When Sir Mat
thew Hale was made chie f-j ustice,
his commission was brought to him
by Lord Clarendon, who told him,
that, “if the king could have found
out an honester and a fitter man for
that employment, he would not
have advanced him to it.”
Heraldry v . Agriculture. We
mri}- talk what we please of lilies,
and lions rampant, and spread
eagles, in fields of d'or or d 1 argent ,
hut if heraldry were guided by rea
son, a plough in a field arable would
be the most noble and ancient arms.
Cowley.
At the sale of the effects of the
minister. Mr. Pelham, Selvvyn, poin
ting to a silver dinner-service, ob
served “Lord how many toads
have been eaten off’ those plate !”
(Eiiitnrinl (gleanings.
Whatever is best is safest; lies
out of the reach of human power;
can neither be given or taken away.
Such is this great and beautiful
work of nature, the world. Such
is the mind of man, which* contem
plates and admires the world,
wherecf it makes the noblest part.
These are inseperably ours, and
as 'long as we remain in one, we
shall enjoy the other. Let us march
therefore intrepidly wherever we
are led by the course of human ac
cidents. Wherever they leave us,
on what coast soever we are thrown
by them, we shall not find ourselves
absolutely strangers. We shall
meet with men and women, crea
tures of the same figure, endowed
with the same faculties, and born
under the same laws of nature.
We shall see the same virtues’
and vices, flowing from the same
principles, and varied in a thousand
different and contrary modes, ac
cording to that infinite variety of
laws and customs which is estab
lished for the same universal end,
the preservation of society. We
shall feel the same revolution of
seasons, anti the same sun. and
moon will guide the course of our
year. The same azure vault, be
spangled with stars, will be every
where spread over our heads.—
There is no part of the world from
whence we may not admire those
planets that roll, like ours, in diff
erent orbits round the same cen
tral sun ; from whence we may
not discover an object still more
stupendous, that army of fixed
stars bung up in the immense space
of the universe; innumerable suns,
whose beams enlighten and cher
ish the unknown worlds which roll
around them ; and whilst I am rav
ished by such contemplations as
these, whilst my soul is thus raised
up to heaven, it imports me little
what ground I tread upon.—Bo
lingbrokc.
The sudden invasion of an en
emy overthrows such as are not
on their guard ; but they who fore
see the war, and prepare them
selves for it before it breaks out,
stand without difficulty the first
and the fiercest onset. 1 learned
this important lesson long ago, and
never trusted to fortune even while
she seemed to be at peace with me.
The riches, the honors, the repu
tation, and all the advantages which
her treacherous indulgence poured
upon me, I placed so that she
might snatch them away without
giving me any disturbance. I kept
a great interval between me and
them. She took them, but she
could not tear them from me. No
man suffers l)} 7- bad fortune, but he
who has been deceived by good.
If we grow fond of her gifts, fancy
that they belong to us, and arc per
petually to remain with us ; if we
lean upon them, and expect to be
considered for them ; we shall sink
into all the bitterness of grief, as
soon as these false and transitory
benefits pass away, as soon as our
vain and childish minds, unfraught
with solid pleasures, become desti
tute even of those which are imag
inary. But, if we do not suffer our
selves to be transported with pros
perity, neither shall we be reduced
by adversity. Our souls will be
proof against the dangers of both
these states ; and having explored
our strength, we shall be sure of it;
for in the midst of felicity, we shall
have tried how we can bear mis
fortune.—Anon.
All action has its origin in the
mind. The thought is the rudi
ment of the deed. Meditation pro
duces desire, and desire leads to
practice. If tlien we would have
our actions right, we must make
our thoughts pure, and learn to for
bear to think upon what we are for
bidden to do.
The manner in which evil thoughts
are connected with had actions is
obvious. There is no one, who is
yet innocent, who is not shocked by
ihe idea of crimes, when they ap
pear in all their magnitude and de
formity. No one ever leaped over
the limits of virtue, into the con
fines of confirmed vice, at a single
bound. On the contrary, the ex
clamation “Is thy servant a dog
that he should do this thing,” is the
natural impulse of every man’s
mind, whose conscience is yet un
seared, at the very suggestion of
attrocious guilt. But by revolving
with pleasure the safet} 7 , facility, or
advantages of a wicked deed, he
finds his constancy waver, his res
olution relax, his detestation soften.
The idea of some fraudulent strat
agem or scene of guilty pleasure,
which at first perhaps was admit
ted into the mind from curiosity
merely, is next regarded with com
placency ; comes at length to be
cherished with fondness; at last as
sumes the form of desire; and how
nearly allied is desire to transgres
sion, there are too many of us, alas,
who know ! What we allow our
selves to wish, we are soon induced
to attempt to gain. He who suffers
his thoughts and wishes to dwell
too long on the pleasures and ad
vantages which he should derive
from what another possesses, will
begin to reconcile his mind to some
unlawful measure for procuring it.
He who suffers his imagination to
be filled with images of guilty and
degrading pleasures, will at length
find his desire irresistibly stimula
ted to gratification. Every moment
spent in meditation on sin increases
its dangerous power over us, till at
length the idea of pleasure over
comes the sense of guilt ; the last
limit of innocence is, though per
haps timidly and reluctantly, past
—we enter into the confines of sin
—it may be never to return.
[ Thaclier.
Knowledge will not be won with
out pains and application ; some
parts of it are easier, some more
difficult of access ; we must pro
ceed at once by sap and battery ;
and when the breach is practicable,
you have nothing to do but to press
boldly on and enter ; it is trouble
some and deep digging for pure
waters, but when once you come
to the spring, they rise and meet
\ou; the entrance into knowledge
is oftentimes very narrow, dark,
and toilsome, but the rooms are
spacious, and gloriously furnished,
the country is admirable, and ev
ery prospect entertaining. You
need not wonder that fine countries
have straight avenues when the
regions of happiness, like those of
knowledge, are impervious and
shut to lazy travelers ; arid the way
to heaven itself is narrow.
Common things are easily at
tained, and nobody values what
lies in everybody’s way ; what is
excellent is placed out of ordinary
reach, and you will easily be per
suaded to put forth 3 T our hand to
the utmost stretch and reach what
ever you aspire at. — Felton.
THE FiIIEAD OF THE FAIIILV.
SAVANNAH, OCTOBER 19, 1850.
Ourself.
Wf. take great pleasure in returning our
thanks for the liberal patronage, and favora
ble regard extended to the Friend of the
Family, in this community and elsewhere,
and deem it proper to invite renewed atten
tion to it, in its present position. Thus feel
ing it incumbent upon us, we hasten to fur
nish some information with regard to the
enterprise, its prospects, &c. We have
travelled slowly, but steadily up, finding by
the way much less to discourage us than we
had anticipated, while new incentives to in
creased diligence and perseverance were
frequently presented to our mind. And suc
cess has crowned our efforts, thus far—the
necessity for solicitations of subscribers, or
advertisements, no longer existing, but -‘send
me 3’our paper,” or ‘T have an advertise
ment for you,” is now the word ; suffice it to
say, that our subscription list for this city has
considerably increased, even since the open
ing of the present season, and our adverti
sing patronage, as will he seen—so greatly—
as to oblige us to enlarge our sheet, in order
to make room for the usual amount of read
ing matter; from which our friends nee.d
anticipate no deviation, unless it bo in their
favor; and we would add, not in a spirit of
boast however, that those of our friends who
first ventured upon us, as an advertising me
dium, have invariably found it to their inter
est, and many of them ingeniously acknowl
edge the tact. We repeat, our success is
flattering, and we feel delermined that our
friends shall be p eased, regardless of the
labor it may cost us.
EjF 3 When we arrived in Savannah, in Feb
run ry, 1835, wo were told by a fair dame
that if we drank of the waters of a spring at
the foot of the old oak on Spring-hill, (where
the Central Rail Road Depot now stands,)
we could never permanently leave Savannah,
for the Spirit of the Spring would drive us
back again. We are half inclined to believe
the legend, when we see the old settlers re
turning and resuming their places among the
business firms of our city. Wo are glad to
welcome back our old friend Mr. A. P. Hous
ton, (formerly of the firm of Hamilton Sc
Houston, Clothiers. ) lie has taken the store
No. 96 Bryan Street, where he will keep a
general stock of Ready-made Clothing, under
the firm of Houston & Gronndoson.
We have had several fine showers
during the week, but the weather is warm
for the season. The general health of the
inhabitants of our City is much improved
since we have gotten rid of the Broke Bone
Fever.
New Drug Store.
Mr. Milton H umphreys has opened a store
at the corner of Congress and Jefferson-sts.,
with a fresh supply of Drugs, &c. He is a
very deserving young man. and we take
pleasure in calling attention to his advertise
ments.
Tin Ware Manufactory.
Mr. James Sullivan, No. 11 Whitaker
Street, informs us that lie can manufacture
in this city, and sell Tin Ware as cheap as
it can be purchased in New York. This is
just the way to build up the South, and it
should be the aim of all our mechanics to
cheapen prices so as to compete with all oth
er markets. He has a largo variety and
stock of Stoves, which aro offered at very
low prices.
Removal.
Mr. M. J. Solomons has removed his stock
of Family Groceries, &c., from Congress to
No. 157 Broughton Street, next door to
Messrs. N. B. & 11. Weed. There are
none too many stores of this kind in the city,
where the ladies can make their purchases
without fear of having their dresses soiled by
coming in contact with greasy barrels, or their
shoes sticking to the floor with Molasses.
The Steamship Florida.
This splendid ship made her return trip to
Now-York in good time ; she arrived early
on Tuesday morning.
Cadets of Temperance.
“ A * the twi * 53 bf ' n * ‘he tree’s inclined ”
It gives us pleasure to inform the boys
youths of our city that a favorable onnr.!,
mty is now afforded them of enlisting i n
great Temperance Army. Os the beo*fY
resulting from a life of temperance, scat
any boy can be ignorant; all have witne-! l
the evils and degradation that follow a
of intemperance, and never to experi
these, you will find in after life to have
infinitely important, and the peace, happing
and prosperity/which result from a consist?’
and well spent life, will ever be yours,
rally around this standard, boys- 160
the Cadets. * ’ c °me, JOln
The Section was instituted on the 251 of
August last, under the patronage of Mr. J
D. Radcliffe, of Yemasee Division; it s 0
cers aro
E. S. LAW, Archer.
B. M. PELOT, Vice do.
WM. A. VALLEAU, Treasurer.
WM. GODFREY, Secretary.
J. T. McFARLAND, Associate do
JAMES BRANCH, Guide.
BENJAMIN RALSTON. Ursher.
JOHN R. FISHER, Watchman.
The Pledge is the same as that of the Song
of Temperance, with the addition that tli v
will not chew tobacco or smoke segars. Ke
fees for initiation range from 25 cents to ono
dollar-and-fifty-cents, according to the ae of
the applicant. The dues are 25 cents a quar
ter. When a member arrives at the a'-e of
18 years, the Section pays his initiatory f e „
iuto the Sons of Temperance, if he wishes
to join them, otherwise he receives nothin*.
They meet on Tuesday Evenings at De Kalb
Lodge Room. Tne time of meeting we ob
ject to, and suggest that it be changed to the
afternoon.
We volunteer another suggestion, that
they establish a Juvenile Library.
T Jz3 Manufacture of Segars.
Would you believe it, that over 50,000 Se
gars of all qualities are weekly manufactured
in this city ? Such is the fact: twenty-five
men are employed in their manufacture, and
the demand far exceeds the supply. The
amount of money thus distributed weekly
among the workmen is over S3OO, for this
branch of mechanical business, where a year
or two since not over SSO a week was ex
pended. We publish these matters not in
a spirit of boast, although they naturally in
spire a feeling of self congratulation, but be
cause we believe that the success of the me
chanical branches of business is the lest in
dex of the prosperity and thriftiness of a place.
These remarks are called forth by a visit to
Mr. Antonio Ponce’s M anufactoiy, No. 13
Whitaker street, at whose establishment
two -thirds of the business is done.
Wholesale Dry Goods Establishments:
The complaint among Country Merchants
and Planters, heretofore has been that there
were so few Jobbing Dry Goods houses in
Savannah. Asa Grocery Market she has
always been considered equal to any in the
South. We are pleased to say that this ob
jection is fast passing away, for there aro now
ten, where there was but three or four a few
years ago, and for their information we will
take the liberty of appending their names
and places of business.
Messrs. Lathrop Sc Foote, G 5 St, Julian-St.
“ Snider, Lathrop Sc Nevitt, 57 do.
u Marshall Sc Aikin, 53 do.
“ La Roche, Bowne Sc Cos. 59 do.
Mr. Hiram Roberts. 73 do. j
Messrs. James Anderson & Cos., 70 do.
Mr. H. F. Waring, 159 Broughton street,
Messrs. M. Prendergast Sc Cos., coiner Con
gress and Whitaker streets.
M essrs. 11. &. M. Sheahan, Broughton street,
near the corner of Whitaker.
Mr. Joseph Lipman, IGS Congress street.
Messrs. Einstein Sc Eckman,corner Congress
and Whitaker, will remove in a few day 9
to 137 Congress street.
A Handsome Compliment.
It will be gratifying to our citizens gene
rally to learn that the Managers of the Sa
vannah Hospital have had prepared a mag
nificent piece of plate to be presented to Dr.
Richard D. Arnold, in acknowledgment,
as will be seen by the inscription, of his gra
tuitous professional services to the institution
during a long series of years. Our space
will not permit us to say more than that the
testimonial is alike honorable to the managers
of the institution and to the worthy gent I 0 *
man and distinguished physician, to whom it
is presented.
We find the following noticeofthe Epergne
in a Liverpool paper :
“ Testimonial. —A splendid piece of phi o
is nowon view at Mr. Dismore’s, silversmith,
Bold-street. It consists of a handsomely
chased oak-leaved Epergne of elegant, design,
a representation of the shepherd tending his
flock being appropriately introduced at the
base. Tiie enrichments are exceeding}
unique and striking. The object of tbo P ,e
sentation will be gathered from the followm o
inscription :
PRESENTED •
By the Managers of the Savannah Hoyni
t o
RICHARD D. ARNOLD, Esq., M. R
IN TESTIMONY
Os their grateful sense of the patient fiddi j
and skill icith which
HE GRATUITOUSLY SERV’D THE INSTITUTE
AS PHYSICIAN,
During an uninterrupted period f j
FIFTEEN YEARS.
18-50.
“I WAS SICK, AND YE VISITED ME-
This work of art was manufactured by r ’
Dismore, and will be sent to America to*^ 8 -
in the steamer Europa, preparator} 1 ” to
presentation.”
A letter received in this city from a S (l
tie man who has seen the Epergne, 1,11,9
speaks of it:
‘•The shepherd and sheep at tbe ,£X ’ ,
the trunk are not merely engraven orc!> s - e ’
as you might perhaps iufer from the a • • j
tion, but wrought into perfect
the effect to my mind is beautiful-
Epergne will stand on a dark rose^° Ll