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Office np Stairs, over the Post-Office. | VOL. I. JKEig g mu fSE=WIS Is PuUishul every Friday Morning . in the new Town df Oglethorpe, lacon County.Ga/ C. S. YOUNGBLOOD, Editor mid Publisher. . ‘ TERTIS~S2 Per Pear in advance. RATES OF ADVERTISING* One Dollar per square (of 12 lines or less) for the first raertion, ami Kiftv Cents for each insertion thereafter. A liberal deduction will be made, to those who adver tise by the year. , ... . , Advertisements notspecified as to time, will be pub j ished till ordered out and charged accordingly. Hardeman & Hamilton, WARE-HOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. M aeon, Ga. Hamilton & Hardeman, FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCK ANS, SAVANN AH, GEOKfcilA, Wil (five prompt attention to nil business coin mined 10 litem, at either place. THOMS IIARIEMAN. CIUS. F. HAMILTON. R H . SIMS, & CO., RKNEUAL DEALERS IN d-occries and Domestic Goods. ALSO Soots, Shoes, Alois, Caps, Bagging, Rope, I ton, Steel, Nails, Ate. At the Brick Store, Cornier of Sumter and Chatham St*., OGLETHORPE GA. N. B. Ai l Orders Promptly At tended To. R. H. Sims. T. J. Threlkelp. October 3. 1851. 25—J>' n w. VV. CHAPMAN & CO. WARE-HOUSE AND COMMISS!ON|MERCHAN'TS, Conner of Baker and Chatham Streets, OGLETHORPE , GA. ARCHIBALD W. MARTIN, W. W. CHAPMAN & CO. ‘October 3, 1851. ?5.-6m. P . G. AItItIN el ON, attorney at la IV , and notary public, Osrlelliorpc, Macon cbnnty, On. April 17, 1850. ‘~n H. H. GRAY Attorney anil Counsellor at Law, Blakely, EarlyCo.,Ga. arcli yd, iasl- 1 ly DR. I. B. HAH, RESPECTFULLY tedders his profes sional services ft die citizens of Ogle thorpe and vicinity, His ofi.e is in Mrs, Rawson’s house, on the corner ot Chatham and Macon sli t els, where lie may he found hi all lintes, unless absent on professional business, Jan, ‘JO, 1852, 41-ts ” MEDICAL CARR DR. William Ellis having permanently located in die city of Oglethorpe, most respectfully lenders his services to its Citi- Tens and vicinity. With an experlec** of more Ilian twenty-live years, together with prompt and diligent attention to the duiitsof his profession, tie hopes to merit and receive a liberal share of patronage. He may he found l Snead Drug store or ut his residence on Baker street. Oglethorpe Feb, 4th 1852. 42, —ts. BRUSHES, all kind for sale by SNEAD & CHAPMAN. Oct. 17 1851. 27 ts URGICAL and Dental Instruments Gold Foil, &.C. For sale bv. SNEAD & CHAPMAN. Oct. 17 1851 27 if. RECEIVED to-day a large lot of Cherry Pectoral, Cod Liver Oil, Dr Clnislies Galvanic Remedis, Townsends and Sand's Sarsaparillas, “ Pepsin” the Great Dyspepsia Remedy; and various other Patent mediants. SNEAD & CHAPMAN. Nov. 17th, 1851 33—ts. MKIIISSIS. |y jaAjGUERREOTYPE Likenesses ta ken in the best style of art by B. J. LESTER. Feb. 12 1852. d-ts.. CIGARS. 50,000 9 R. H. SIMS & Cos. -%thorpe Feb. 4th, 1852, 42—if. _ COOK &MOFTFOHT Mfoiiiii n.Am, OGLETHORPE, GA., Tin 11, practice in the Counties of Taylor Houston, W Mcon, Dooly Sumter, Marion, I aUtot, and Craw ford . One of the firm always at the office. Feb 20,1858. 441 . - Over 10,000 Pairs .of P] BOOTS AND SHOES. Keep it bejore the People that BANKS &CO. ON SUMTER STREET, TTA VE now opened two doors from Jim R- H. SIMS & Cos., and intend keep ing constantly on hand the largest and best STOCK OF BOOTS AND SHOES ever offered in South*Western Georgia. A large portion of which is of their own man ulacture, and warranted not to rip, consisting ofall qualities and prices; 2,000 pairs home made Negro Shoes, double soled; 1,000 pairs of Kip Sewed and Pegged Boots ; 250 pairs Men’s Double-soled Water-Proof Boots; SQQ pairs single and Double soled Calf Brogans ; 1,500 pairs Ladies’ Lealiier Cloth, Morocco and Enameled Bootees and shoes; 1,500 pairs Misses’ and Youths’ Boots and shoes, all kinds; 1,500 pairs Boys’ Kip and Thick Boots and shoes ; 500 paiis Men’s Home-made Double soled Black Bro gans; 250 pairs Bovs'do.; 300 pairs gen tlemen’s and Ladies’ Rubber Over shoes ; 800 pairs Nothern Negro shoes at 90c. ; 10,000 lbs. Sole Leather, Calf, Lining and Binding Skins, Lasts, Shoe Thread, Pegs, Shoemakers’* Tools, &c. All we ask of Planters and others is lo ex amine our Stock before they purchase, as we expect to Sell exclusively for CASH, which will enable us lo sell lower than any house that does a credit business. Give us a Call! And if we can’t fell we will charge noth., ing for showing oar Stock. Any amount of BEEF HIDES taken in Exchange for shoes or Leather. Oglethorpe, Oct. 10th, 1851. 26 6m THE NEW DRUG STORE, SNEAD & CHAPMAN. IPfc o l e s ffl e and Re tail DRUGGISTS {S UMP TE R STR E E TANARUS.) , Oglethorpe , Ga. THE undersigned would respeclfuly ly inform their friends and the pub lic, that they have just opened a* DRUG STORE in Oglethorpe, where they will keep constantly on hand, p large and fresh assortment of Drugs and Medicines, Surgical and Dental Instruments, gold Foil, Perfumery, Snaps and choice Toi let articles. Also, Paints, Oils, Potash Window Glass Dye Stuff, Choice Spices Essences, Patent Medicines, &ic. &,c.,and a full assortment of whatever belongs lo he business. (17* Having had six years Practical Experience in the Drug Business, and being determined to devote to it their whole attention, they hope to merit and receive a liberal patronage. Every article put up in the neatest manner and Warranted Fresh and Pure, or liable to be returned. Physicians’ Proscriptions put up witfi gare qnd dispatch. The attention of Physicians, Country Merchants and Planters, is called to our stock, as we feel confident we cau sup ply them with 5(11 arifi'lgs in our line, on terms that will not fail to give satisfaction. SNEAD & CHAPMAN. October it 1851- 27—ly. Carriage fa and and Buggy Repairing. SHOP ON SUMTER ST'. Near the Spinkaskint Hotel, OGLETHORPE, GA. THE New Firm of Wright, Wil liams &. Cos., have associated themselves together for the purpose of making ana repairing Carriages, in a neat and fash ionable style, with good materials, at as low prices as in any other southern market. We therefore solicit the patronage of our friends and the public generally. Those wishing any thing in our line will do well to give us a call, as we intend not to be excelled in ur 'WRIGHT WILLIAMS It Cos. December, £6th, 1851, 37—if, W 11. TUUPiTV, ~ Manufacturer of and WHOLESALE AND RETAIL paAfiSK K-SSf Plain Tin and Japanned Ware, Hollow, Wood, Ilnrd-Wnre, Cook •n(f and Parlor Stoves Ac. Tin-Ware of every description, repaired. On Sumter Street, Oglethorpe Ga. February 20, 1852. 44-ly. OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 12. 1852. [ Front Eliza Cook’s Journal.] POSTED BOOKS. I meet the tnenof merchandise Upon the streets to-day ; I look into their eager eyes, Each on fits anxious way—, Each bent upon bis own pursuit Os bargain or of sale— Each in his brain, dotli quick compute His gain by box or bale. And tubs his hands in proud delight— Applauds each plan invented— Makes up Itis ledger for tho night, And posts his books, contented. Thou busy br,otl>er ofthe mart, A moment lend to me : Within the ledger of thy heart, What balance dost thou see ? Antid the columns, clear and tall, * Do ‘ gra.ciuus acts’ appear! Doth any * light of goodness ’ fall To make their mazes clear 1 Dost thou compute the ample gain, From words and actions true ? If, not, ah! cease thy labor vain, *4tid post thy books anew ! The laik rose in the arched skies, And showered upon ipine ear A flood of glorious melodies— It seemed a spirit near ! The waving grass flung from its blades O’ei flowing benison, And through the fairy-peopled glades The blessing floated on ! NY nit laden heart and beaming ej.es, And happy, hearty looks, 1 count up all tny merchandise, A ty). close my posted books. In ntood of holy harmony I walk the wor)d to-day ; Sweet influence benignanily Shines out upon my way ; Clear eyes in clearness answer mine, Soft vyopls in softness fall, True thoughts come liuly and benign, And God fiotli gladden all I My soul is bathed in ecstacy, And leaps up with delight; A hand Htiseery (loth follow me Aud post my books to night I Alt! brother, coqnt thy richest wealth— The wealth if-noble being, An honest heart’s health, A soul’s wide stretch of seeing ; What eyes do loving follow thee. What hearts (job at thy meeting, Witat lips in blessings mention iltee, What hands grasp at thy greeting 1 If licit in these, thou’n riclt indeed, Thy soul in peac e outlook If poor—go, feed thy shivering need, On more than Posted Books. “ BEGGING Old Parson Thopsom used to say that he was not ashamed to beg, it was an hon est calling, at and he had been a beggar for many years. But this was, of course, in reference to asking favors ofthe Great Source of ail Good, in accordance with the direction. ‘ Ask and ye shall re ceive.’ He would have been ashamed to live on the bounty of his fellow men, ob tained by asking alms from door to door. He lived in the town of Industry, away * down East,’ and he was too industrious himself lo omit earning his own bread.— in the popular sense of the word beg, he would sooner die than have it applied to him. No man who is not wholly lost to self-respecj, can make np his tpind to beg, wbefi lie is able to work. Even those who are 100 laiy to start the sweat from their brow by any honorable exer. lion, usually look, when they ask alms, like a man whp is ‘.caught with a sheep on his back.’ Very few can pul on a bold face when engaged in such business, it is not strange that the man who, said * 1 cannot dig,’ should also add, ‘ to beg, lam ashamed,’ for no business cap be more painful to a sepsitive mind, (t would not, however, he so, if none but those who are worthy, as well as unfor tunate were disposed to crave assistance. In nine cases out of ten, the applicants are able to work for a living, or they are intending to use the bounty they crave in feeding some unholy appetite. They ask, ‘ lo consume it on their lusts.’ it is always better to work than lobeg. And lljose to whom beggars apply for aid, would do the best that can be done, both for the individual, nod for society at large, if they were to provide some em ployment for the applicant. Those beg gars often say, and sometimes doubtless wit!) truth that they cannot find work.— In such a case it would be decidedly bet ter, if you mean to bestow anything on them, to set them to work, even if they do something that will return no profit to you. We once knew a ipan who said, to a OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD IS OURS. beggar qf this class, who complained that no one would hire him. * I will hire yon and give you a dol larfor your day’s work.’ ‘ Very well,’ replied the applicant, i’ll w ork for you.’ *,Tliere,’ continued the man, pointing to a heap of stones in one corner of his yard. 1 wheel those stones to the opposite partner ofthe yard, and pile them up.’ When litis was done, and the laborer sought further direction, the employer said, ‘ Now wheel them back and pile them up as they were at first.’ This was also accomplished. But when the third direction was given to w heel and pile the same stones, the man refused to do it, because he considered it unnecessary labor. His employer tlien dismissed him, paying him only for his two hours ’ work. This showed that the man had rather beg than work ; for it was no business of his whether the employer was benefitted by his labor or not, so long as he got employment and pav. Set beggars to work at something.— They had better earn llteir wages titan to live on undeserved charity. Try it, you who give to the beggars. How to getOD, iu a charming book, ‘ Companion of my Solitude,’ occur a touch or two of counsels to young men, well worth re cording. One of the great aids, or hindrances, to success in anything lies in the tem perament of a man. 1 do not know yours ; 1 venture to point out to you what is the best temperament; namely, a combination of the desponding and the resolute, or, as / Itatl belter express it of the apprehensive and the resolute.— Such is the temperament of great com, manders. Secretly, they rely upon no thing and nobody. There is such a powerful element df failure in all tinman affairs, that a shrewd man is always say ing to himself, what shall 1 do, if that which I count upon does not come out as 1 expect f This foresight dwarfs and crushes all but men pf grep| resolution. Then, be not over choice in looking out for what may exactly suit rather be ready to ndoptany opportuni ties (hat occur. Fortmje doas not sionp often to lake any fine up. Favorable opportunities w ill not happen precisely in ihe way that you have imagined. Noth ing does. Do not be discouraged, there fore, by a present detriment iq any course which may lead to something good.— Time is so precious here. Gel if you can, into one or the oilier of the main grooves of affairs- It is all the difference of going by railway, and walk ing over a plowed field, whether yon adopt common courses, or set up one for yourself. You will see, if your times are anything like ours, most inferior per sons, highly placed in the arnty, in the church, in office, at the bar. They have somehow got upon the line, and have moved on well with very little ori.. ginal motive power of their ow n. Do not let this make you talk as il'merit were utterly neglected in these or any proles, sions; only that getting well into the groove w ill frequently do instead of any great excellence. Whatever happens, do not be dissatis fied with your worldly fortunes, lest that speech be justly made to you, which was once made to a repining person much given to talk of how great she end Iters had been. ‘ Yes, madam,’ was the crushing reply, * we all find, our level at Last.’ Eternally that fable is true, of a choice being given tp men on their entrance in to life. Two majestic women stand be fore you : one in rich vesture, superb, with w hat seems like a mural, crown on her head, and plenty in her hand, mid something of triumph, I w ill not say of boldness, in her eye : and site, the queen of this world, can give you many things. The other is beautiful, but not alluring, nor rich, nor powerful ; and there are traces of Care and sorrow in her face ; and (marvellous to say) Iter look is down cast, and yet noble. She can give you nothings but she can make you somebody, if you cannot bear to part front her sweet, sublime countenance, which hard ly veils with sorrow its infinity, follow her, J say, if you are really minded so to do ; but do not, while you are on this track, look back with ill-concealed envy on the glittering things which fall in the path of those who prefer to follow the riclt dame, and to pick up the riches and honors which fall from Iter cornucopia. This is, in substance, what a true ar tist said lo ute only the other day, im patient, as he told me, of the complaints of those who would pursue art, and yet would have fortune, A Curious Wager. The London Morning Post thus de scribes the accomplishment ot an extraor dinary feat j “1 will bet any man one hundred pounds that lie cannot make a million strokes with pen aud ink within a month. “They were not to be mere dots or scratches, but fair down strokes, such as form the child’s first lesson in writing.— A gentleman accepted the challenge.— The month allowed was the lunar month; so that the completion of tbs undertaking an average of thirty six thousand strokes per dient was required. Tltjs, at sixty per inmule, or three thousand six hundred per hour—and neither the human intel. lecl nor the human hand can be expected to do more—would cal! for ten hours, in every four and twenty. With a prop er leeling ofthe respect due to the ob servance ofthe Sabbath, he determined to abstain from itis wot kon the Sundays; and by this determination he diminished by lotir days the period allowed him ; at the same time, by so doing, he increased the daily average of Itis strokes to up wards of forty-one thousand. On the first dav lie executed about forty thousand strokes; on the second nearly as many. But at length, alter many days, the band became stiff and wary, the wrist swollen, and it required the almost constant atten dance of sotn<; k nssidu()us relation or friend to besprinkle it, without interrupting its progress over the paper, w ith a lotion cal culated to relieve and invigorate it. On the twenty-third day, the million strokes, exceeded by some few thousands, assurare doubly sure were accomplished and ttie piles of the pqper that exhibit them testify to theygrageous heart, the willing hand; and the energetic mind, nothing is impossible. These interest. lug papers are not placed in the nrcliieves of the Royal Society, of which their au thor was a fellow, but were claimed aud received by the person who paid the wa ger. A Queer YVav ok Sett-lino a Dis pute—A San Francisco paper gites the following account of a cool proceed ing in that city, which illustrates very forcibly life in California. A party of four persons were spending the Sunday quietly in playing all-lours. G tie ofthe party, however, not content with the < hances of the game, and deter mined to chain the fikle gotless tp his side, established a kind of telegraph with his partner, by laying Itis hand carlessly on the table after each deal, and extend ing his fingers, designating very intelli gibly the number of trumps which he held. The device was ingenious and highly successful for a w hile, but was un* fortunately discovered by one ol his op ponents, who, on a repetition of the of fence, very dexterously w hipped out a bowie-knife aud cut off two fingers / The unfortunate hontbre screamed with pain, and having picked up his stumps, rushed from tite room. His partner in quired ot the amateur surgeon what Itis reasons were for such conduct, when he quietly replied, ‘it was fortunate f>r your friend that lie had no more trumps, or he certainly would have walked off with fewer fingers.’ Cool, that. 07“ A telegraphic dispatch says—. A dvices received here this evening from New York, state that Mr. Webster has received, per Atlantic, dispatches front Mr. Rivers, our Minister at Paris, of a nature which require him to leave Ntw York immediately for Washington. A Martyr in the Nineteenth Centuri/. —lntelligence has just reached Amster dam that M. Sclioelfler, it young Dutch Catholic Missionary in Cochin China, has been put to death;, for preaching Christi anity.’ He was denounced by the man darines, arrested, bound hand nod foot, conveyed to the capital, Hue Fit, ami condemned to death by a sort of judicial commission. He was hanged on a very lolly gibbet. More than 10,000 troops attended the execution, to prevent any hostile demonstration on the part of the numerous Christians at Hue Fo. | TEAMS: $2 in Advance. Hearing wilji ilu; TeelJi. That faculty which we call hearing can be as well conveyed to the mind by means of the teeth as the ear. Curious as this assertion may appear, it is easy to prove it by the following simple ex periment : Lay a watch upon a table, glass-side downwards ; then stand so far from it that you cannot hear die ticking. Now place one end of a small dead stick (say six feel long) upon the back ofthe watch, and grip the teeth to die other ; with the fingers close each ear, to exclude all external noise ; the beat of the watch will then be as audible as if placed gainst the ear. All other sounds can be conveyed in the same mannet, no matter how long the stick is ; for instance, if one is put upon a piano-forte, in a sitting room facing a garden, and the stick is thirty or forty feet long, extending to the farther end of the lawn.or walk ; now if the TristruiTTFrrr t 9 ever lightly played, ‘ the tune’ will be instantly distinguish ed by any person applyiW tf* teeth , 0 the opposite end of die slicltV^ Love at First Sight. x y Some three months ago, the sle to r Lafayette was on Iter way from ville to the Cresent City. The boat’H crowded with ladies and gentlemen .oil every part of the country ; sotm on pleasure excursions, others on bttmess. Every part of the boat was filled with passengers and especially the ladies’tjaby < in—every state-room and bertli belt/ occupied. A merrier party never n* the Father of Waters. Nothing on* of the usual routine oc* r * ed during tlje first two or three day- — Every evening, as is usual on boats bound lor the Sunny South, c ar ® playiiignhd tripping die fantastic toe, werfsof'course on the programme. jSpbout 6 o’clock in the evening of the i fourth day a signal light was waving lo rend fro on a distant shore. The boat soon rounded to, and an individual en veloped in a cloak stepped on board.— Our passenger proved to be a maiden lady of some thirty summers. Where shall we stow Iter? was now the inquiry. The ladies’ berths being all taken the clerk was obliged to give Iter a state-room in the gentlemen’s cab in, near die ladies’ saloon, which was oc cupied by a tall lank countryman, on his way south with a cargojof notions. He be* ing on the hurricane deck at the time was. not aware that he would have to give up his quarters to a female, the officer of the boat, by some oversight failing lo apprise him of this new feature. The daring having ceased, an4‘ the smaller hours ’ being at hand, all now reiired to their stale-rooms, with the rest our unsuspecting maiden friend. Site turned into the lower berth of the room w Idle our friend the countryman was a sleep in the upper, doubtless dreaming of (lie dimes he expected to pick .up on hu speculation. Next morning the bell announced break last ; our maiden friend prepared to rise—when, In ! and behold ! a pair of thick boot* and a great lot of unmention ables greeted her eyes. At that moment our country friend air so opened his peepers. A lot of women's apparel was the first thing that met his horrified vision, the truth flashed across his mind, lie had got into the wrong box, perhaps; but that could not be, as his duds were where lie had placed them sev eral days previous. Both were fairly caught ! Who shall make the first move ? After much hesitation, our friend in the upper berth ventured to look below. A pair of eyes stared him in the face ! After play mg a regular game of ‘bo peep,’ for some lime, our country friend, w ith all the gallantry of a gentleman, suggested the propriety of just covering her eyes for a moment, outil lie slipped, on his inexpressibles. Site did so s and. he vamosed like smoke. His first, bust,, ness was to find the clerk who had placed him in such a rediaulous fix. Apologies were made, and a hearty laugh enjoyed at his expense. He agreed to treat all hands if the passengers would keep cool. Every one npticed that Jonathan paid bis female Iriend great attention during the whole trip. On the arrival of the boat at New Or leans, the parties were seen wending their wav along one of the principal streets, in | quiring for a magistrate's office—and if there ever war a case of true love at first. | sight, this must have keen one.. TVO 47.