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@£otjjilUL YOUNGBLOOD & HOLLAND. Proprlfcs. i VOL. I. wiss &®w^F2!l°w^as?s , ©a®m®ice.ssr Is Published every Friday Morning, in the new Town o Oglethorpe, Macon Count*,Ga., C.JB.]YOIJNGBIjOOD|& A. M. HOLLAND, Publishers. TEBMSt9IFer I 'ear in advance RATES OF ADVERTISING. Ono Dollar periquare (of 12 lines or less) for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for each insertion thereafter. A liberal deduction will be made to those who adver tise by the year. Advertisements not specified as to time, will be pub lished till ordered out and charged accordingly. T HUD SON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Lanier Ga. WILL practice and transact faithfully all businessen* •’ trusted to his charge in the counties of Macon, Marion, Stewart, Sumpter, Dooly and Houston. May 7th?1851 4-6 m H.N.GRAY Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Blakely,Early C.,G. March 25, 135-[ I—ly PHILIP OOK, OGLETHORPE, GA., Practices in the Counties !of Houston, Mcon, Dooly Sumter, Marion, laibot, and Crawford. April 8, lAM. 1-ly, R. H. SIMS, b CO., GENERAL DEALERS IN Groceries aud Domestic Goods. ALSO Roots, Shoes, Huts, Cups, Bugging, Rope, Iron, Steel, Nails, Ate. At tbs Brick Store, Conner of Sumter aud Chatham Sts., OGLETHORPE GA. N. B. All Orders Promptly At tended to. R. H. Sims, T. J. Threlkeld. October 341851.’ —25—6 m W. W. CHAPMAN b CO. WARE-HOUSE AND ERCH ANTS, Conner of Baker and Chatham Streets, OGLETHORPE , GA. ARCHIBALD W. MARTIN, W. W. CHAPMAN fc CO. October 3, 1851. 25.—6 m. New Spring and Summer Goods J. T. SUGGS WOULD rwipectfully call the attention of hiK friends and the public generally to his large and well selected awortment of SPJRIJVG A SUJfMJfIJEIt GOODS, courixtifig of every variety of Maple ami Fancv Dry Good*—wucli a* Kersey*, Satiuet*, C&Kimeres, Cloths, Blanket*, Flannel*, Shaw l*, Calicoes, Handkerchiefs, Hosiery, Linen*, Mu*lin,il.t *, a tins, and a variety of other Fancy Article*. Ready-Made Clothing Os the Latest Style and Best Quality. HATS and CAPS of every description. BOOTS and SHOES of all qualitie*. A variety of GROCERIES , HARDWARE , CUTLERY, SC. In short, purchaser* can be supplied with almost any article they de*ire, on the, most reasonable term*. Those who dc*ire to get the full worth of theit mon ey, would do well to give me a call, for I pledge myself that none who purchase shall go uway without obtain ing a bargain. Tort Gained, Ga., Nov. lat, 1851. I—ts 1200 Acres of Land FOR SALE. THE Subscriber offers for sale, iiis plan tation, consisting of 600 acres lying four miles from Amoiiciis and sixteen miles from Oglethorpe, on the road leading from Americus to Oglethorpe. 150 acres of land under cultivation, 75 acres fresh land. Said premises are well watered with Springs and a small creek running entirely through the 600 acre lot. Also three other lots with small improve ments, mostly oak and hickory, Any person wishing to purchase said premises, or any of said Lands would do well to call and exam ine the growing crop upon said premises. The Subscriber can at all times be found on the plantation, and will lake great pleas ure in showing the premises to any person calling. ALEXANDER RAMSEY. July IT, 1851, 14-Gm. EPPING'S Compound Fluid Extract of BUCHD, a sovereign remedy for dis eases of the bladder, spine and kidneys, ni nary organs, gravel, stone in the bladder, chronic catarih of the bladder, morbid irrita tion of the bladder, and urethra, disease of the prostate and retention, and incontinence of urine from a low of tone in the parts con cerned. Sold by PHILIP T. FEARS. Price $2 per bottle. Aug, l 1851. DR. WOODRUFF’S Family Medicines, among which will be found bis invalu ble, Dysentary Cordial, Pain Killer, and Liquid Cathartic. Also Dr. Comstock’s Pa tent Medicines, Mr. Brown’s Pain Killer, Connelt Pain extractor and Magical Extruc or, pain is not known in its use. t All raid at the Oglethorpe Drug Store by Aug, l 1851, P-T, FEARS; Piles! Piles!! Piles!!! I) EAD tliis all you who are suffering with this dread ■LS fut Disease anil call at the Oglethorpe Drugg Store and buy a box of Prior’s pile ointment. Atlanta, Sept. 25, 1850. This is to ceitify that l have used Pryor’s Pile Oint ment with.success in the treatment of ulcers of tile plia gedeinickintl,! further state that it is the best application to piles that i atn acquainted with. H. WESTMORELAND. Atlanta, Sept. 25, 1850. CoI.Wm. B. Pryor:—Dear Sir: 1 can and do most cheerfully and sincerely certily to the efficiency of your Pile Ointment. Few persons can have a better right to express an opinion concerning the many different reme dies that have been offered to the public tor the cure ol the malady titan 1 have, because tew have been more severely afflicted than I have been, and as few, perhaps, have tried a greater number of remedies for it. My opinion is that your pile ointment is the very best in use: that it will not only sooth aud ameliorate, but will posi tively cure if properly applied and persevered in a lair trial. 1 recommend to all persons in reach of such a remedy the use of your ointment. Yours respectfully, EDVV. YOUNG HILL. LaGrange, Ga., Atig. 1850. Col. \\ M. 11. Pryor:— Dear <S’ir.—■ You ask ine to ex press an opinion with regard to your ointment for Piles uiul Burns. lam familiar with the dillerent ingredients entering into its composition, as well of the mode of com pounding it, and consider it a remedy powerfully eflica- CIOUB in relieving the maludies it professes to cure, as well as many other contageous diseases. 1 have known it used with much success in the treat ment of Piles particularly, and take great pleasure in of fering you this testimonial of its virtue. K. A. T. RILLEY, JVI. D. A. M. Sold by Philip T Fears Dealer in Dings, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs and Books. Baker Street, Oglethorpe, Ga. Physicians supplied on liberal terms. August 1, 1851, 16 Gni. AYER’S Cherry Pectoral for the Cure of C uug/is, Cobls, Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Whooping-Cough, Croup, Ashthma and Consumption. Among the numerous discoveries Science lias made in this generation to facilitate the business of life—increase its enjoyment, and even prolong the term of human ex istence, none can be named of more real value to man kind, Ilian this contribution ofCliermstry to tbe Healing Art. Avast trial of its virtues throughout this broad country, lias proven doubt, that no medicine or combination of medicines known, can so surely con trol and cure the numerous varieties of pulmonary dis ease which have hitherto swept from our midst thou sands and thousands every year. Indeed, there is now abundant reason to believe a Remedy lias at length been found which tan be relied on to cure the most danger ous affections of the lungs. Our space here will not permit us to publish any proportion of the cures affected by its use, but we would present the following opinions of eminent men, and refer further enquiry lo the circular which the Agent below named, will always be plea sed to furnish free, wherein are full particulars, and in disputable proof of those facts. Prom the President of Amherst College,the celebrated Professor Hitchcock. 14 James C. Ayer—Air: I have used your Cherry Pec toral in my own case of deep-sealed Bronchitis, and am satisfied from its chemical constitution, that it is an ad mirable compound for the relief of Jaryngial and bron chial difficulties. If my opinion as lo ns superior char acter can he of any service, you are at liberty to use it as you think proper. EDWARD HITCHCOCK, L. L. D., From the widely celebrated Professor Sil liman, JU. D., L. L. D., Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, tiyc, Yale Col lege, Member of the Lit. Hist. Med. Phil, and Sciedtific Societies of America and Europe 44 1 deem the Cherry Pectoral an admirable composi tion from some of the best articles in the Materia Medi na, anil a very effective remedy for tile class of diseases it is intended to cure. New Haven,Ct., Nov. 1, 1849. Major Paltisou, President of the S. C. Senate, states l.e lias used the Cherry Pectoral with wonderful success, to cure an inffummaliuii of the lungs. From one of the first Physicians in Maine. Me., April 26, 1849. Dr. J. C. Ayer, /swell. Dear Hit: 1 am now con stantly using your C’lieriy Pectoral ill my praclice, and prefer it to any other medicine for pulmonary complaints. Prom observation of many severe eases, 1 am convin ced it will cure couglis, colds, and diseases of the lungs, that liave put to defiance all other remedies, I invariably recommend its use in cases of consump tion, aud consider it much the best remedy known tor that disease. Respectfully yours. L. S. CUSH MAN, M. D. PREPARED AND .VOID BY JA.WE.V C. AYER. Practical Chemist, Lowell, Mass. Sold by P. T. Fears, Oglethorpe, Joseph Sucker, Mobile, B, it. Jones St co., Montgomery, and Druggists generally. July, 31 1851. 16 3ra AYER’S Cherry Pectoral for the cure of Coughs, Colds and Consumption, for sale by [Aug. 1, 1851.] P. T.. FEAIIS. DR. CHRISTIES Galvanic Belts, Necklaces, Bracelets and Magic Fluid (or the permanent cure of Rheumatism and all Mervous Diseuses. For sale by Aug. 1, 1851. P. T. FEARS. GOOD Old Port and Madeira Wines, Fine Brandy and Alcohol (for medical purposes only,) sold by Aug. 1. 1851. PHILP T. FEARS. PILLS— Champion's,Cook’s, Simmons’ Dent’s, Peters’, Gordon’s, Moffat’s, Little’s, Jayne’s, and all other kinds of Pills (or sale by PHILIP T. FEARS, at the Oglethorpe Drug Store. At g. 1.1851. GEN. TWIGGS’ Hair Dye, for making Gray Hair grow out its original color and no mistake ; numbers in this city testify to the fact. Sold by I*. T.FEARS; Aug. 1, 1851. 16-ts PURIFY THE BLOOD. MOFFATT’S Vegetable Life Pill* and Phoenix Bitters, for sale by Aug. 1.1851. P. T.FEARS. OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1851. Original For the South-West Georgian. 1 TO KITTY KANE. ‘9L BY ROLLO. % Oli! I bav * seen llie day good lass, When you >vre not so shy— For want of gold ycuby me pass, With cold and altered pye. ~ , X I doubt not lass, but you may think, Yourself of high degree : v * Because you have a little chink, And l the lesser be. And you perhaps, also, may chance, With looks so proud and high, To think you’ll please me at a glance, Whene’er you’d like to try. Not so! my pretty lrovvning Miss, With angry brow so bold— Ton ne’er was form’d to give me bliss, You need not look so cold. For when I once convers’d with you, To’give my heart some ease, You turn’d so ill and look'd so blue, My love at once did freze. So now farewell—l bid adieu ! To you and all your charms— May pleasures gay thy'life pursue And keep thee from all harms. But troubles load and conscience wring His heart that is so black— May day nor night no pleasures bring, To light his gloomy track— May self reproach’ forever lash, The soul that is so mean— Who’d followjsuch a haughty dash, Or be so cursed green. For there are'lasses rich and fair— I would not give for you, Nav. Not with all your gifits so rare, You need not turn so blue 1 Oglethorpe Ga., Oct. 31, 1851 4lje feller. from Arthur's Hume Gazette. Laban Lee’s Butter Speculation* WHAT HE GAINED AND LOST. Mr. Laban Lee, after his ‘ Drop Game’ Experience, related some time since, was a sadder man than before. He could not gel over the loss of his thirty dollars. It troubled him night and day. “ 1 must get it back somcnow !” said die farmer to himself at length. “ I can not afford to lose so large a sum. To think that 1 should have been so swin dled ?” ‘ I must get it back somehow !’ /t was full three weeks, from the memorable pocket book day, when the mind of Laban Lee came to tins conclusion.—But how was he to gel it back ? The rogues who had swindled him were not all likely to cross his potli again. There was no hope of restitution from them. But L-e had no thought o( this. Then how was he lo get back the money lie had lost ? By cheating somebody out of it, gen tle reader ! That is speaking out the plain truth in plain language. He was very indigant at the ‘ drop game’ gentle men ; yet, even- while his indignation burned hotly, he meditated wrong to his neighbor. When men have the desire lo do wrong, a suggestion o( the means is very sure lo come. At the very moment when Laban Lee said— 4 ‘ I must get it hack some how,” he was standing in Ins spring house or dary, holding in his hand the pound weight used in weighing.butler for mar ket. The round piece of iron out ol which this was made, had, originally weighed less than a pound, hut been raised to the legal standard by the insertion of a piece of lead in a small indention on the under side. This piece of lead, which weighed some three ounces, wnsjoose, thus offer ing a temptation for its removal. And with the desire to get back his lost thirty dollars, by fair or loul means, came to the intml of Lee, the idea of picking out this piece of lead, and thus reducing the weight of his butter so many ounces. No sooner thought of titan done. The lead was steltliily removed, and not even his better half, who conducted the weigh ing process, knew aught of the matter. Just fitty-lour pounds, or rather, ‘ print*’ OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD IS OURS. of butter, had Lee in his tub when he started for the city on the next market day ; and yet, if the whole of this butter had been placed in a scale, it would not have weighed over forty-four or five pounds. “lfl come through safely,” said Lee, to himscll, as he road along towards the city, “ /’II get back about three dollars of what 1 lost; and the same thing,three times repeated, will pm m e even with the world again. But” The other view of the case was too unpleasant fur contemplation, and so the roguish farmer would not look at it. next morning Laban Lee look his plac&in market, with his tub of fresh butler— and good butter it was, as re gards quality. On tiie top were several prints of lull weight; these were for the scale of the market clerk when he should make his appearance, qud were very in geniously passed over by the farmer in making sales. The price of butler was pretty well up, ranging as high as thirty-liive cents. — And at this rate Lee had disposed of six or eight prints, when the sudden appear ance of the clerk of the market made his heart give a great bound, sending the tell tale blood instantly to his face. “ All right here, of course,” said the clerk, pleasantly, as he looked into the lace of Lee. “ The proof of the pudding is in the eating of it,” returned the farmer, with ef fected confidence, as he took a lump of butter from his tub. His eyes, however, dropped beneath the cierk’s gaze, as he handed it to him. The butter was placed iulhe scale, and proved to be good weight. “ Trv another !” said Lee. The clerk reached out his hand and took a second lump, while Lee replaced the first in the tub. This also proved to be up to the standard. A third came out right also, and, but for something in the manner of Lee, who could not entirely hide his uneasiness, the clerk would have passed on, satisfied that all was right. The fourth lump was likewise full weight. Up to this point Lee had taken the butter from the tub ; but the clerk of the market thrust in his own hand, aud lo ! the scale in which he placed the print flew upwards. “ A\\a, my friend ! What’s the mean ing of this,” he exclaimed, as he trans ferred the lump of butter to a basket, and took another from the farmer’s tub. The unhappy farmer’s whole manner underwent a sudden change, and, spite of an effort at composure, every attitude and expression betrayed his guilt. The next print of butter proved light also; the next and the next; each in its turn passing from the scale forfeited, lo the clerk’s basket. “ At your old tricks again, ha !” mut tered the clerk. ‘ Tricks !’ exclaimsd Lee, indignantly. But the clerk kept on transferring print after print from the tub to his basket, un til the contents of the former had changed places. By this lime a little crowd be gan to gather a round. Poor Laban Lee! He felt, as the saying is, as if he could sink into (he earth. “ What's the matter here would ask one and another, as they peered, curi ously, at the iiiiperturable clerk. “ Caught io the very act, ha!” said ooe. “ Why, friend Lee” exclaimed anoth er, in whose familiiar voice the farmer recognized that ol an old customer.— “ Who w ould have thought it!” “Yes; who would have thought!” chimed ill another customer, wiios table had for months smiled with the cheering presence of Laban Lee’s sweet new butter. “My good sir,” cried a waggish indi vidual, addressing Lee in a grave voice, and pointing, as lie spoke, to a pair of ducks, the property of the tanner, —“us this man lakes so large a lot of your but ler, you ought lo throw io them ducks into the bargaiu!’’ This was too mudi for poor Lee.— With and angry exclamation, he flung himself away front the little curious crowd, and, retreating down the market house for the distance ol three or four stalls, kept out of (lie way until the clerk had finished his work of confiscation, which covered forty prints of butter. On his return, four pound prints only re mained in his tub. Lee did not wait to sell these, hut hastily collected his things together, withdrew ill deep liumiiiuli'ju “’.id chagrin. • The loss and gain of this butter spec ulation was sadly on the wrong side. There was not only loss of integrity, the heaviest loss of all, but loss of money. He had hoped to gain, by a sarifice to; honesty, the paltry sum of three dollars] be had made the fearful sacrifice—fearful in the eternal consequences it involved and not only lost his honor, but four times the amount of money he had hoped to to gain. This was the loss for that day; but the cosequences of his sin and foilv did not stop with the goingdownjj of the sun. When next market day came round Lee could not muster sufficient jeonrage to lace his customers ; so he entrusted filly pounds of butter—this time full weight, and a little over—to ajneighbor, not more honest in heart than himself. This neighbor found the lemptati >u of some fifteen dollars in his pocket more than belonged to him, rather too strong, and on one pretence or another, omited to pay over. In fact, he had heard, while in market, the story ol Lee’s adventure with the clerk of the market, and as he turned it over in his mind came, in the end to the conclusion, that he would make it work to his own advantage. Finding, after repeated efforts to his money from this unscroupulous neigh bor, that lie was realU 4 hi danger of loos ing the proceeds, of fifty moje pouds ol butler, Lee said to him rather sharply— *• L >ok here ! I’m not going to stand this. Pay ine my money at once, or 7’|| expose you to the whole neighborhood.” “ You will will you i” Coolly re turned the other. “ Y'es; l will.” “ You’d belter not.” There was a threat, as well in.the words as in the manner of the neighbor, that communicated a sensation of uneasinss to the feelings of Lee. ‘•Why had I belter not? ha!” “Try it; uud you’ll fiud out,” was retorted. “ I will try it.” “ Very well and if, before three hours pass over your head, the neighborhood is no made acquainted with a certain butter speculution of yours, I’m very much mistaken. Ha! Whni do you say to that if you’re wise, you’ll just keep your longue between )our teeth so far as I’m concerned.” A deep crmson mantled ..the face of Laban Lee. He tried, for a moment or two, to collect his thoughts for a teply ; but finding no fit words in which to an* swer, hej'turned ’suddenly away, and walked suddenly on his path homeward. “Honesty is the best policy.” This was the narrow, selfi.Ji, self-protecting trueism that itself upon the thoughts of the unhappy farmer, as he moved along, with his eyes cast upon the ground ; and he resolved, from that day to dealjinjstrict honesty w ith all men, as the safest and best way—best for mere temporal good; the mind of Laban Lee was not then capable of appreciating any higher good. But, if lie continues to be holiest, even from policy, we may hope that, in lime, he will see the true wisdom of being honest without policy.— Until then, he cannot be truly honest. A Petrified Human Body.—Sev eral streets being about to be opened through the Methodist Episcopal grave yar.d and Liglit-si. extended, a large number of the remains of the dead have been removed by their relatives and friends. This week, taking out tiie cof fin of Mrs. Vatican!, a lady who has been dead 17 years, the lid being partially broken in, Mr. Vatican), the husband of the deceased, and the Rev. Joseph Shane who were present, noticed that the body appeared whole, and on examining ii, found that it was petrified as hard as ii stone, mid perfect in all its parts, the only change being that it was nearly black. The grave was in a a wet pluce, much of (he ground being in fact so moist that it is necessary to bore holes in the sound coffin in order that the water may run out. We have heard of the petrifaction of linmnin bodies elsewhere, hut this is the first case that Inis come under our knowledge iu this city or State.— Balt. Clipper.. “ -CUR/OUSCASEOF POISON'NG. A casft'yf poisoning, attached with ex- Jraordinnry circumstances, W as tried last week by the Court of'Assiie of the Aube. A farmer named Paris, only 31 years ol age, was charged with poison'mg'his wife I and attempting to commit another mur | TERMS \ $2 in Advance. der, in the hope that it would lead to the abandonment of the prosecution which had been commenced against him for the murder of his wife. In 1844 Paris mars ried Antoinette Blassen, the daughter of a respectable farmer at Sainte Syre.— The match was opposed by her parents; but Paris, who was a young man ot great personal attractions, so much so indeed that lie was generally called the cuq tlu vilage, he so fascinated this young woman that the refusal of hes parents to give their sanction to the marriage afe fecied her severely, and evidently they relented. The honey-moon was of short duration. Paris neglected his wife for other women, and, alter the birth of one child, when a slight physical deformity had come on from nursing, he conceived a perfect aversion for the wife, and open* ly payed his court to anotheryoung lady, the daughter of a veterinary surgeon immetl Lambert, h was generally be lieved that, notwithstanding’, the eflorts ol the father to put an end to this con nexion, it had become criminal, during the lifetime of the wife of Paris. In December, 1849, the wife became suddenly ill, and a physician was called in by her parents, but no suspicion was at first entertained that she had been poisoned. The remedies administered therefore were not of a nature to give much relief, and vomitings and other symptoms of poisoning by arsenic were manifested. The victim herself felt con vinced that site had been poisoned, and told her mother that her husband had some white powders, which she feared had been mixed with her drink, which vas at all times given to her by her hus band. The wife died, and, although her parents and many other persons suspected she had been murdered, no communica tion was made to the authorities. Soon after the interment of his wife Paris ap plied for the daughter of Lambert, but was peremptorily rejected by tbe lather, brother, and whole family. He then carried off the girl, and lived Willi her for some time at a distance, but returned with her to his own house, and three months only after the death of bis first wife, they were married. By this time the rumors poisoning of his first wile became general, and reach ed the ears of the Procureur of the Re public, who ordered that the body of tbe victim should be exhumed and examined. This was immediately done, and (races of arsenic were found in the stomach and in testines, with u portion still adhering to the mouth, not having been absorbed, owing to its having been administered just before death. Everything, in fact, indicated that the husband bad for sev eral days, repeated the administration of the poison. He was arrested, but on his way to prison effected bis escape, aad was not heard of for several .weeks, dur ing which time the authorities had been endeavoring to ascertain how have obtained the arsenic. At length, Paris who had been secret* mg himself in the woods, w ent to a shep herd named Jardin, with whom he had been on terms of close friendship, and told him that he alone could save him from destruction. “ There is,” said Paris, “ a man named Biasson, who has a quantity of arsenic in his possession.—- 1 will go and kill him, and leave an old pistol by his side, to make it appear that lie committed suicide. I will also leave a paper, iu which he shall say 1 am in nocent, and that lie gave the arsenic to my wife in revenge for some slight that he had received from her; but that, remorse ol conscience having.,overtaken him, he had resolved to destroy himself.” Paris then produced the draught of the letter, and requested that Jardin would copy it out, at his hand-writing was not known, and enable Paris to put the letter into the pocket of Biasson, adding, “ Sus picion will thus be diverted from me, and in a few days 1 wUI give myself up. The letter of Biasson having been found, 1 shall, of course, be immediately releas ed.” He requested Jardin, who is a mau ol weuk intellect, to meet him next day at a retired spot, and bring him the letter and a pistol. Jardin promised compli. mice, but subsequently thought it well to consult a member of his family, who jn.. stuiitly perceived the object of Paris. “ He dues not intend,” said the relative ol Jardin, to “ murder Biasson. It is I you whom lie intends to murder, and having done ibis, lie will leave the letter in your pocket.’ He knows you have arsenic by you, as tou use it ocrav'nwAtJ* NO. 29