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Hoes,nr iM. Advenisemenu banded in without having
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aj^Tfcalioffwin 1,- m ute to the rrmrt nfOrdinary for leave j
to sett land aad negroes, uiim be published two month* ‘
Sheriff"ft under executions must he advertised thirty
days; under more igc executions, sixty days.
Imitations fr Letters of Administrator’s sole must be pub
lished thirty days; for Dismission from Administration
monthly six months; for Dismission from G uardianship forty
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Paid.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Law INTotice,
THE undersigned will give prompt attention
to nil business entrusted to his rare in the
counties of Sumter, Clay, Rmdo'ph, Early. He
catnr, Baker, Callmnn, Dougherty anil Lee, in
this Circuit. JOHN LYON.
fvtli’ itni Genaral, S. W. C.
Newton, March IS, 15.54—1 y
R. XV . PF,ARMAS & O- KIUBROCGH.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
STARKVILLE GEORGIA.
February 4,1854. —1 y
HENRY C. ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia.
Willis five prompt attention to ail business
nt'Tu**tp4l tn bis care.
Office upstair*, river J f\ Oivi.s’ Store.
Albany* January *2B, 1854 —ly
STROSIER & SLAUGHTER
Attorneys at Law,
r ALBANY, UEORUIA.
YY/'ILL practice in the South-Western Cir
’ r cuit Having n|tened offices both at Alba
ny and Newton, they may he consulted at the
latter place during the first and third weeks ot
etch month -of the present year.
Albany, Jan. 7, 1854. s—ly.
DOUGLASS A DOUGLASS,
Attorneys at. Law.
CytfiT>?fr^ssT’
YATILL practice in the South -Western Cir-
Y cuit, and in Stewart county.
EUGENIU* L. D’UGLASS. ] MARCELLUS DOUGLASS.
Dee.. 17. 1853—1 y
, WARREN A WARREN.
Attorneys at law,
At.RANT, GEORGIA.
WILD practice in the following Counties:—
Sumter. Baker, Earlv, Thomas, Lee, Ran
dolph, Decatur and Lnwnds.
IA3TT WARREN, L. T. D. WARREN.
jane 17, 1853—1 V
K. J. WARREN,
ATTOIVNE Y AT L A VV,
, , Starkviu.e, Georgia.
- July 1,1853—1 y _
* C WALKER,
ATTORNEY at law
; Lumpkin, Georgia.
NovemAer 12. 1852. ly
HENRY MORGAN,
attorney at I.aw,
. . . , ALBANY, GEORGIA.
WILL practice in the Courts of the South-
Western and Southern Circuits.
Office up stairs in the old Franklin Hall, next
deer to the ‘Georgia Courier.
June 17, 1853—ts
THOMAS C. SPICER,
Attorney At Law,
ALBANY, GEORGIA.
July 23, 1853—1 y
~ K. B. HINES
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY, GA.
July 16,1853.—if
~ WILLIAM E. SMITH,
Attorney at Law,
ALBANY, GEORGIA.
WILL attend to professional hnsiness in the
Superior Courts of Sumpter, Lee, Randolph,
Baker, Earlv, Decatur and Lowndes; and in the
Inferior Courts of Baker and Lee counties.
• ALSO, in-the several Courts ot Ordinary of
Baker county.
Office, upstairs, on door West of .I. C. Davis
Btore, Oct 8,1853—ts
MEDICAL.
VARS. JENNINGS &.LUNDAY having formed
33 n co-rartnership, tpnder their prolessional
service* to the citizens of Afoany and vicinity.
February 10, 1854. 10 —ly.
DBS. GILBERT & NELSON,
HAYING formed a copartnership in the
practice of Medicine, respectfully ten
der their services to the citizens of Albany and
vicinity.
jfi/OHH B. GILBERT. JOHN T. NELSON.
January 14, 1854. ts
L. E. WELCH.
d&aler in BOOKS, STATIONERY,
Finnic a 1 Instruments, Jewelry, Ac.
ALBANY, GEORGIA.
. po20 —ts.
1 But a few-liaysnefore, (Jur.-'F. said) he had
j t;fl his own home, where the crystal ice covered
j the harbors of [sake Erie, a foot in thickness,
i and lie had found himself here, suddenly traus
i laied to a laud of buds apd flowers, ot green
! foliage and beautiful vegetation. The change
apoeared like a wonderful dream. It was diffi
i cult to realize that he was still in the United
! Siates; and-when he looked on the beauiiful de-
I conations of nature which advancing slimmer
was hourly presenting to his gaze, and remem
bered that, the cold blasts of winter were even
now whistling over his own beloved citv, he
could only say, “Cursed be the fanaticism that
would separate or dismember so vast and so glo
riuus a country.”
Spiritualism.—ln the United States Sen
ate, on Monday of last week,Gen Shields pre
sented a petition signed with fifteen thousand
names,asking of Congress to appoint a scientific
committee to investigate and report on the phe
nomena ot sp'riiualism
The General made quite a speech on the sub
ject of spiritual manifest* lions. After giving a
synopsis of ‘ln phenomena of which investiga
tion is asked he says :
“The petitioners propped to slate that two opin
ions prevail with respect to the origin of these
phenomena—one ascribes lliem to the power and
flip intelligence of departed spirits operating up
on the elements which pervade all material forms;
the other rejects this conclusion, and contends
hat ail these results may be accounted lor in a
rational tod satisfactory manner. The memori
alists, white thus disagreeing as to the cause,
concur in opinion as to the occurrence of the al
leged phenomena, and in view of their origin,
nature,and bearing upon the interests of mankind,
demand for them a patient, rigid, scientific inves
tigation, and request the appointment of a scien
tific. commission for that purpose. 1 have given
a faithful synopsis of this petition, which howi-v
er unprecedented in itself, has been prepared with
singular ability, presenting the subject with great
delicacy and moderation. I make it a rule to
present any petition to the Senate which is re
-peellul in its terms, but having discharged this
duly, I may be'permitted to say the prevalence
of tins delusion at this age of the world, amongst
any considerable portion of onr citizens, must ori
fHcit'die* produced By a aise.iseu cortJmAfPNMIH 11
physical organization. *
Considerable difficulty was experienced in re
ferring the petition. Cue Senator mined to
refer it to the Committee on Foreign Relations,
but it was finally laid on the table.
We rtiwk that (except perhaps in the matter
of distilled spirits) Congress is about the poorest
place that could be found to seek for information
on matters of a spiritual character.
Nculr;il V etsselt*.— I The -declarations of
England and Fiance in regard to Ihe course to
be pursued towards the vessels of neutral pow
ers are identical. Both powers pledge. (Item
selves to “ wave their rights” ahd to seize
only such articles found on board vessels tra
ding to and from Russian ports as are contra
band in war. So, of course, American vessels
can carry on a trade with Russia without inter
ference from the fleets pf'the. allies, unless they
lake on board contraband articles.
Below we publish t ie declaration of His Ma
jesty,the King of the French :
Paris, March 29, 1854.
The Emperor of the French being forced to
take up arms to succor an ally, desires to render
the war as little amorous as possible to the Pow
ers with whom he remains at peace. In order
to protect the commerce of neutral Powers from
all useless impediment, his Majesty consents
fur the present to renounce a part ot the rights
which belong to him as a belligerent Power, in
virtue of the law of nations. It is impossible
for his Majesty to renounce the exercise of his
right to seize on articles of war in contraband,
and to prevent neutrals from conveying the en
emy’s dispatches. He is bound also to maintain
intact bis right as a belligerent Puwer to pre
vent neutrals !rom violating any blockade which
may be established by means of sufficient forces
belore the forts, harbors, or coast? of the ene
my. But I lie vessels of war t>f his Majesty
will not seize on the properjy of the ene
my placed on board a neutral vessel, unless
such property be war supplies in contraband —■
His Majesty does not intend m*><lfrvf>se of tlie
right of confiscating ‘he neutrals
found on board the enemy s vessels. His Ma
jesty declares hpsides .f/i.at actuated by a desire
to diminish as much as -possible the evils of
war, and to restrict its operation to the regular-’
ly organized forces ot (he Slate, lie had not, for
the present, any intention so deliver letters of
marque to authorise-the operations of priva
teers.
Tlie Chances of NVar. —The Life In
surance Companies in England have calculated
thechanc.es ol being killed or wounded in battle
and fixed the rate* f.insurance. A party may
be insured pgainrf"ffffcth by accident or violence
from any cause, including death in action, for
£3 3s. on the £IOO per amiam ; and if to in
clude a payment in case of loss ol of limb ol half
the sum insured, and payable on death, £3 3s.
per cent extra.” It would see# ‘ from these
terms, that a man is twice as likely to lose his
his leg as he is to lose his head, probably because
he has two legs and only only one head.
There is a proposition before the California
Legislature to require of its members to make
oath, on taking their seats, that tlify have not
fought a duel with deadly weapons within the
Slate, nor out of it with a citizen of the State, nor
sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with
jdeadly weapons with a citizen of the State, nor
acted as second in carrying a challenge, or aid
ed, advised, or assisted any person thus offend
ing,
APRIL £3, 2H.TL
Tp prose but idle dreams.
H*- Ib'w'tMfcTW"jpawidflon ‘by face, -
F®=rv- |Hy )(Mft with Issr
p, |£l. *>■*. ft wpjm the pre-,-. th. nr
It m-r driain’d that prkfes.hSpritic power,
L -. I rtiwart h n.VH * ‘ 1 t ‘
They bid us part, because I’m poor,
Ah! little do they know.
That love, like mine has’ valne mure
Than gold can e’er bestow.
Farewell my love ! this laithful heart,
To THEE ALONE IS GIVEN;
Anil e;ticc we now on earth must part,
We’ll meet, to love in Heaven.
“RUSTIC.”
Oak Lawn, Dougherty Cos., April 12. 1854-
NEWS ITEMS.
Mobile receives about 200,000 bales of Cotton
per annum.
Washington's birth’uday was celebrated this
year in Gonstakinople fo> the first time.
The cost of the latelegislature ot Georgia to
the State was $137,714.
The population of Russia is 60,417,000.
London has a population of 2.363,141; Paris,
1,053 252; Constalmopfo, 786,990. fit, Peters
burg, 468,437. .
A man ought to have n great deal of virtue to
live among those who have none.
The yearly bool and shoe manufacture of
Massachusett: amounts to $37,000,000.
A cubic foot of water vveiuhs 62£ lbs avoir,) u -
pois,and a gallon 10 Ills. Hence 64 gallons of
water make one cubic foot.
The “Knownothiugs” have stared a
per in Washington City as their organ, called
the American Eagle. Its editors are B. C.
Wright and J. C. Dennison, Esqs.
The heat of the Sun meets with no nbstrne
tion in penetrating glass—the iieat ol a lire will
not pass tli oiigli it at ail.
M rs. FrelinghnyeOn, wife of Ihe lion. Theo
dore Frelinghiiyson, died at New Brunswick,
N. J., on Tuesday last.
There were cxo‘ rted from England last year,
1,600.000,010 yards ol cotton manufactures.
There are serious apprehensions that lhe
peach clop 011 !, no I land will he a dead failure’
tills seaeui. -The buds arc said to .las winter
Kin
\ Suaec]’- 1 iiai: cmVs*; 5 *; t oothuch# of thf*
.11 It HI. *, *
‘Know thyself,’ is the Grpfa maxiuiti
Satin* pet ole would have a very small subject to
work upon, i! this doctrine ’ lolly carried out.
Tile Railroad 3 ron i.ill.jj-VVe ha ve
reason to believe, >ay- die Wa-hii-A;lhti Star of
Saturday, that a majority of the Ilnuj-e Post Of
fice CommiUee are in favor ol die bdl'cmicernii* gr
duties on railroad Iron just introduced uv Goners* !
Rush into the Senate. In few words, it admit .*
datv free, all iron to he i. 1 .ported by railrimd coin
papies for their ou n use in c uistructiiui or re
pairs, and grants for every mile id single track,
three sections, and of double track, six section.-*
of public lands; the strip to be located'on any
vacant lands subject to pitvaleentry. Fur these
favors, the railroads availed of them, are to carry
the maiis.L&c.-, for’lhe Government free of .•►=><
thereafter 1 . The strict roustfoctimiists for, ji.e
most part will Wpnose the proposition, and tire
protectionists from regions where the iron pr<>-
rlucting interest is stronger Ilian.the.rallroad bn.it
diug interest, will also be pretty shre lo go a. ,
gainst.this bill. So i)a<> may we set ilmvu gen
tlemeh from (lie Wes', wdai have it in 1 heir heads*
that Congress must riglitfully confine its dona
lions of the public domain-Wholly for the benefit of
the States or Territrarierf in which they lie. The*
strenuous manner in which many insist on ihis
j doctrine, and at tlie tame time press schemes lor
donating lands for the bpnrfit of public land re
-1 gions, are inducing more or less of Uie heretofore
I stiictest constructionists to cast about,them lor
i some plan bv which'they can secure lor their
I constituents in the old Stales, Some benefit from
what they may judge to be a constitutional divis
ion of ali'remaining public domain of the boqtecl
uracy.
Interesting Memorial. —People are’
in the habit ot expressing surprise at any eccen
tricity in the weather ; such, for instance, as tlie
heavy stipw storm of day belore yesterday. The
annexed note, handed to us by a friend, while it
will remind onr readers of a similar meteorologi
cal incident five years ago, presents an interest
ing memorial of a lamented statesman, who hard
ly ever penned an ordinary note
ing some tact or idea impressive andTnstrnclive 1
Thursday Mousing, April 19,1849.
My Dear Sir : l received your note last eve
nipg. The snow “torm will delay onr departure
for Norfolk, and I shall be happy to see General
Mason any time In and iy.
| The 19thol April 1775, was so hot aday that
I inanv British soldiers, on theit return from‘‘Con
j cord figld,” fell down on the march, quite over
come, and other*, lolled the tongue like over heat
ed cattle and dogs. Here we are on the same
day, four degrees further south, in the midst of >l
snowstorm. Yours,truly.
Major Graham. DAN’L WEBSTER.
National I.itelligepder, 19th.
We learn from the Richmond Penny Post that
within the last six years, $1,500,000 have been
subscribed towards ihe endowment of Baptist col
-1 Ipges and seminaries in this country. The whole
: number of instructors connected with lliein i*
154, students over 2,500. They have graduated
over 4.0C0 students in all, and their libraries cou
tain more Ilian 120,000 volumes.
More than half a million of dollars, says the
Journal of Commerce, was paid last year by the
Life Insurance Companies doing busmen in toe
city of New York to the families or repiesenta
tives of deceased members. The average of
dpaths will call for an equal amount every year,
so great is the number of insurances of this class. 1
Ol the above sum a very large proportion was !
paid to families who would have had little or n*
property without it.
| Cnriosilies of Wall Stpect-Tlie
HiSoarfl of Broker*.—'Tin* Board of Bro
jjicrs is a curiosity, and is as well worth a visit as
[any other meat*.eerie in the citv. The principal
Banana la on exhibition are bulls and bears, but
F there is a great variety of each genus ; and there
his nt>-“ cry” of any wild beast now in existence
(That.cannot be imitated in a manner superior to
j the original 4iy someone of themembers. While
[ ill tlie board room.all restraint and dignity 9 laid
aH sorts of “ tricks upon travellers”
jfre
think of smiling. There are about one hundred
ind filly Members, but only one hiindr.-d and
twenty are regular attendants. The eldest mem
>*r is about seventy years of age, and the young
est twenty-five. The initiation fee : „s four lino
il dollars, and the yearly dues, in the shape of
1,.V - IlTl* fV ."r, V*>:l..)’ lj. eto imK’£ .7 1. d'.-i
----)ars more. II riot on band a’ half-past ten o’clock,
when the roll is called, the fine is sixpence ; lor
going to Ihe door, one shilling ; for bidding 00 a
stock out of order, two shillings; for standing up
Inmgke a hid, two shilling-—and so on through
the catalogue. Some of ilie members gel fined
two or three dullursa day.
Tlie stuck list is cull**d ofTbv the president, be
ginning with government and State stocks, then
banks, insurance companies,, fancy stocks, rail
naid stocks, and closing with railroad bonds.—
Time is given on each stock lor bidding. Every
thing goesalong prelly quietly until the “ lancies”
are reached, such as Nicaragua, Cumberland,
Erie, Hudson River, and Harlem, whet there are
(occasionally) scenes of noise and conliis on
perfectly indescribable. Fdlv men are yelling
al the top of th**ir vmces--aome warning to sell,
some wantito buy —some jumping up and
some sitting down—allexoited—all trying to sell
tlie highest antPbuy the lowest—making noise
enough to take the hair all off’a nervous man’s
head, and rendering it almost impossible to get
the sales properly recorded. After a great many
raps, and “ Cm:** to order, gentlemen !” and “I
will fine every gentleman two shillings bidding
on that sloe.k by the president, ord'r is once
mure restored.* ll nlten Happens that one-a lc is
claimed by 1 wo'persoos.and ‘ll that case the ques
tion is laid bet* re the board 10 lie deemed The
di-cisions are ofteniiines unjust, but there is no
help lor it. It a broker is not popular, lie stands
a poor chance of gelling a decision in his favor.
Sometimes, in the midst of ihe greatest excite
ment, when thousands ol dollars are being made
and lost, some little incidents will happen that
will divert the attention ol the whole board, and
prevent, lor a tirrfbf any busine s being done.—
One day, when the board was on Cue, and the
ex oil cine nl high, Mr. D. a French gentleman,
and one of tin- most quiet, gentlemanly men in
the world, got a little excited, and made some
petulant remark. In an ins’anl, and with a una
nimity I lint would hardly se*-in possible, tlie vv hole
board.struck up the Marseilles Hymn, and sang
il through, in .-pite ol ail ihe efibrls of the pre-i
----dent to prevent it. Sometimes when on a seri
ousstock, like Crystal Palace, a nr.x will be heard
lo cackle, llioii a Shanghai will crow, ducks will
quaeU, Hint a general bain yard concert will take
place. A ppui u ill get up to go lo the oilier end
of Hie romii, am! 1 very body will heg-ti to laiigb.
lie will liHt arouiii) and so*’ all eves directed 10
1 £ tg 1 -its Wperiijv-T : >-u~j !r ’ -
[.gft* ‘lywrtli ile doesn't g ‘ mad—because Inal
tWw- and ; and i; lie c in di-au v jr. the I’uck
u.bo ilu! the deed, he vvuiclics the chance lo pay
him < IT in like coin
Toere are some oldie fiup-t in- 11 in New Yok
in tlie alock board, and, as a general tiling, die
members are men of worth urd intelligence, li
is difficult lo get in ; it only r< qmr s three black
balls hi ltri a candidate 0111 ; and unless a man
can show a p’t>y hill of health, there is hut lit
he chance lor him. Young men who have been
broualit up in Wall street are pome'imea admit
ted without opjjosition; lint old men, merchants,
and broken down politicians, me black-balled
right and left. We may go on with (he subject
next *vveek, anil stir up the animals individually.
T!e lisioait.—Uf all punishments tin*
knout is the most severe and sanguinary, but it
is seldom inflicted, except for crimes of 1 lie deep
est dye. Although it may appear to the casual
observer litife worse limn our punishment nl
‘whipping petty isff-nders, yet its effects are great
ly increased and death frequently ensues in con
sequence ol ihe pains'taken by die judicial au -
lliormes in Russia to peril cl the executioners 10
■ their horrid occupation
.. The’knout is a very heavy thong, as thick as
.a.kan'.s wrisl, and weighing from two to three
... pounds jtlie lash of leather., about the breadth ot
a broad tape and narrowing at the end ; und the
hfivlfe.i's about two leet long.
The place usually c)mscn at St. Petersburg
for the public inflation oil-lie knout, is ail open
muddy plain, near the river Neva, andtheexe
cation is always attended with a military guard
of U'W-sacks and oilier troop*. A? soon as the
, qulprk qrrives nt the p atlorrn, a paper is read
-aloud/ which contain* a description ot his crime,
and tlie aeii'ence ot the court belore which he
ha* been tried.
In ordinary cases, the criminals, each in their
turn, are pollened to hii inclined post, having a
fiiio k at tlieiop, to which die head is so tigl.tly
fixed, by. means of a rope, as lo prevent the pa
■ tieiif iroiri'try mg out. The hands are then closp
ly lii’d on either side; at the bottom tin* leet are
secured by means of two rings; Hie back is then
bared to the waist, and tlie executioner com
mences bis duty.
Tlie afibe Chapped’ Auteroche relates an ex
eciilfop nl a female 111 Hie ro.gn of Elizatielh.—
He stales that Madame Lapookm, win* was one
ol the most beautiful women belonging to Ihe
Court of that empress, had be**n indiscreet enough
to mention some of the endless amours ol le-r
imperial tnislresa, and was, therefore, condemn
sid lo undergo she knout.
The beauiiiul culprit mounted the scaflMd iu
anpj l -Sant undress, file* was surrounded by
the executioners, 011 whom she gaze with a
touishinenl, ami seemed to doubt that she was
Ihe obj-ct ol siicii preparations. One <d tin* ex
eciiliouets polled off'a cloak wliicll covered her
bo-0111, al which her innde.-ly look alarm ; slie
slarted hack, turned pale and hur.*l into lears.
Her clothes were s*ripped otliiand she was na
ked lo the waist belore Ihe earner eyes of an im
mense Concourse of people, prohnitidk silent.
Two of the executioners then took li**r by the
hands, and,turning her hall round, raised Iter on
their backs, inclining forwards, and lilting her
a little from the ground; upon which another ex
ecutioner adjusted her on tlie backs ol hiscoadju
turs,aud placed iter in tile most proper posiure
for receiving the punishment, lie then retreat
ed 1 few steps, measuring tlie pioper distance
with a steady eye, and leaning backwards, lie
gavea stroke with the knout so as to carry a
piece ol skin from 1 lie neck to the bottom ot the
back ; striking bis teet against Hie ground, he
made a second blow, piralled lo ill - former, and
ilia few minutes all flieskiu o : tin* fiat i< was
1 cut avvay in email -lip-, ..mO-, of which r-t.ia'ii
-1 ed hanging di.vv 11 ; bet tongue was cut cm! im
! mediately alter, and she ivas bc:ii*ocd to Sibtf-
I XU.
in the tim*’ of the early Cztrs, the performers
of this lioniii were regarded with so much
respect that they w ere admitted into the best so
ciety. Nay.il is even said, that in those days
merchants, thinking it, honorable llms to pass
into rank above them, paid large sums of m >n
ey to be al'owed to fulfil the murderous duly.—
When their ambition was satisfied, they resold
the vocation at an enormous profit.
•So expert the executioners of the present day,
ilia’ they can handle the knout with much more
readiness than our coachmen their whips. A*
a proul of their dexterity, a wager was laid by
two Russian noblemen, relative to the pri.’ -.-inn- |
al talents of two of them, and an eye-witness |
relates the follow ing tube the result.
„ The person who wn tbe bet, gained it. by ihe
SHuwing feat : he placed hi* companion al arm’s ]
eitglii from him, and undertook to strike ‘.two
hundred rimes vvilli his knout, though he anbuld
not touch or injure his person, at each blow he
promised to tiling away a narrow strip of hi*
triep.d’s shirt, which lie actually performed w-i'h
-011! infl cl ng even the merest scratch on his
body.
By way ol expressing his gratitude for the |
patience his companion lead elicited, when lie
had finished the specified number ol blows, he
lifted up his weapon, and in a playful manner
appeared Jo give a slight fl p towards the man
on whom his skill had hepn exhibited; lie hard
ly seemed to touch his body, but, on inspection,
a wound of at least a fool and a half iti length
was perceived, bearing an exact re-eniblance to
oiip which might have been given by a razor or
other sharp instrument. ‘The one who had te
ceived the nlow seemed lo lake it in good part as
a joke; coolly remarking that he should not be
long in embracing an opportunity of returning
an equivalent to the favor received. The two
men positivelv asserted that they could, without
any remarkable efforts on their part, kill tlie
strongest man, with only three hlowsof this sim
hie though dreadful instrument—the knout.
Cnsn3t your WWs.—A distinguished
mao once sml, tout he never prospered in any
enterprise where lie had acted against the advice
of Ins wife. Misi’ortun s, or the result of bad
speculations, always bear most heavily on tlie
wile. Her interests are inseparably identified
with his own. The ready perception and timid
caution of woman, make her, especally lo the im
pulsive and adventitious, peculiarly qualified to
check the rash and impetuous act. Many a man
whose fortunes are broken, vvi nld have been in
a happy and prosperous condition had he listened i
to the tietn-r counsels of the now afflicted part- |
tier ot his troubles. A true hearted wife is also I
our best Irieud in adversity; even when imprud
ence, incapacity, or even folly, or perhaps our
vices have brought it upon us, instead of re
proaching him, she clings to and encourages him.
Her words of comfort a.‘2, good cheer, revive his
hopes and his courage, and lie is often able to re
1 rieve hi- fortunes. A> worst, with such a friend,
lie holds up his head, grapples manfully the diffi
culties of his lot. His position in society may i
he more or le.-s reversed, and those whofl .tiered
and looked up to him, may now p".r • him by cold- (
ly. A heartless world leaves him to hi_tale, or 1
j|j bliili > *' l “^ J ‘ l “ n '‘
*r,.r!iiy to be admitted to his socief*’
However cold and heartless H* \-e, lo’ is sure
lie has one dear friend; one bosom, one heait is
true to iiim; that friend is 1 lie wu ; “tier the
lolls ol Ihe day,alter perhaps being bluff and li ny
! lie 1.1,- who were bis sunshine friends, how reviv
| iog lo bis sinking spit its, to mingle bis sou! with
! the dear one who lias clung lo him in weal aod
Wo. What a cordial are her wolds nl comfort,
when all without is dark. In this iiourof dark
ness ,-ureiy she is to him God's messenger of
mercy.
While the true hearted wife is all Ihis and
mone to her husband, do we do well in all impor
tant matters nut to consult so interested &, faith
ful a Irieud? We repeat wliat we before said,
tiie wife is out own safest and best adviser. The
family is a little State; let those at the head of
their iinle State mature all their plans by mutu
al, kindly and wise consels, and there will be
fewer wrecks, of tlie hopes of individuals and of
families. Hustiands.yon will lose nothing,but gain
much, bv trusting more to that dearest and best
ol all e.i’rlly friends, Hie person you have select
ed Irnm all the world lor file long Companion.—
Olive Branch.
| Sir. C;itsr3us Nar-iuf.—Sir Charles Xl
- pier has as little ol Hie heroic look as any man
1 you ever saw. He is stout, burly, and square
! m figure. His features are ordinary. His as-
I pert is that of a m*’re farmer, and his usual attire
j is by 110 means so good as many fanners would
i wear. He has a very good-natured expression
of countenance. His fiair is u bite—that is, such
jofit as remains. He has a slight limp, from a
severe wound in the thigh received in the en
gagement, in August, 1808, between his brig Re
e.ruii and ti e French corvette Di igente. He is
tend of rural life, and (as Lord Palmerston ob
served) is an excellent farmer deep in sub-soil
ploughing, the breeding of stock, the alternation
ol green and cereal crops, the use and abuse of
manures, and ail that relates to a country life.
A- a speaker lie is energetic and decisive, com
ing at once to the purpose, and throwingout his
-entenc.es rapidly and loudly, as if lie were firing
red hoi balls into tlie enemy. At tlie age of six
1 ty eight, this fine old lellovv goes out again to
1 L-uie.—London Correspondence N. Y. Sunday
| Times.
Matte Your Mark !
In Hie quarries should you toil,
Make your mark;
Do you delve upon the soil ?
Make your mark ;
In whatever path you go,
In whatever place y*-u stand,
Moving swift or moving slow,
Willi a firm and honest hand
Make your mark.
Should opponents hedge your way,
Make your mark;
Work by night or work by day,
Make your mark;
Struggle manfully and well,
le t no ob-taele- oppose.
None right shielded ever fell
Bv the weapons of his foes—
Make your m irK.
Life is fleeting as -a shade,
M ike your mark,
Marks ot some kind must be made,
Make your mark—
Make it while the arm is strong.
In the golden hours ol youth;
Never, make it wrong ;
Make it with the stamp o! truth—
Make your mark
A Capital Toast.--T'ne following toast
was drank at a social gathering in Baltimore a
few days -ittee. It is hard to beat: “I.i as
i (-ending ill** hnl o; prosperity, miy wo never
’ neet a friend-”
‘B’iie Lake Citieii.—The Lake cities are-,
increasing in an enormous ratio. Cleveland has
reached sixty thousand inhabitants, and so has
Chicago. Such a growth is not equalled even
by that of San Francisco. What the next cen
sus of these citips will develop it is impossible
to tell, for we daily receive evidences that the
throng ot population gathering at those points
is too great to find accommodation. It appears
to be an indisputable fact that house rents are
higher in Chicago than in either Philadelphia or
New York. Toe hotels and boarding houses are
all crowded beyond precedent,and JmildUigs there
cannot he inuiiiplied fast enough to supply the
demand. From these remarkable tacts we may
gather that our lake frontier is destined lobe tlie
location of several of t e largest cfiies in Amen**
ca. A few year* since such an idea was deem
ed likely to have its realization only in the distant
future; but the growth of Buffalo, Cleveland',
Chicago and Milwaukee is enough to convince
any one that the copsuroaf iou is nearer t hunt fiat,
Much of this vvonderlnl growth is auribu-uuftle *<>
the rapid extension of our railroad systeto, b|rt
that is nut its sole cause. The commerce of the
lakes is beginning its development, and the pros
perity of its pjrt depots is. but a natural conse
quence. To be sure, Cleveland and Ciiicagoare
the most prosperous, because ol their very exten
sive railroad connexions; but this is because land
commerce and water commerce are so insepara
bly blended in their interests, and the railroad is
the iudispen*able concomitant ot the seaport.—*
Nortii American. ?-"> ..
IRockadc of Russian Boris on
tlx? S*a.*ii6*.—The British government, it is
said, Imv- iintitiod the United Stale.- that they
shall, immediately mi Hie e inineiieement of lion*
lililio* in Ell ope, blockade all the Russian ports
on Hie Pacific, and that order.* to that effect have
already been transmitted. This, it is feared, will
considerably effect onr California m rcli nts, and
one case in particular is mentioned, being that
ol an American company of ample means which
have lately completed arrangements tor wonting
lie Russian coal mines. Coal is an article of
great importance to California,the price it hrings
there being from s3t> in $35 per ion. It is in
cons'aut demand 10 supply. 1 lie enormous con
sumption of onr steamers in those waters, and
the company in question largely investing in it,
hud calculated upon reaping large profits, at the
same time promising to reduce Hie price one half
to consumers. Ice is another article, in which
there is a large trade between California and Hie
Russian possessions. Considerable capital is in
vested ii. this, as in the iron trade, but the block
ade will at once put an end lo these operations.
V- 1
A portion of the monstpr tree which was fell
ed awhile since on tlie Sierra Nevada, Calitorpia,
arrived in New York lately The Sunday Atlas
says it measured, when standing, 320 feet in
length, with a diameter ot 82 feet a! five feet
fr*>m the ground. ‘The trunk r/ihrs huge mon
arch of the forest was periectlySssotid from tlie
sapwm and to Ihe centre, and, judging from the
number u! concentric rings, its ageJias been es
limutedal l!i|t*,lbousatid year.,.. Os tliis^ vege
table pnviig*.* 53 feet of tlie^y-ftunuka lower
formed a
-necious carpeted room, eoutainir** a piano, with
seats lor forty persons. On one occasion one
Hundred and forty children were admitted with
out inconvenience; and at oilier time thirty two
couples waltzed within its colossal circumference
1 with the greatest harmony. Tubiic exhibition
will be mad of this majestic tree in New York
as soon as a suitable place can be procured foj
that puip ise.
Yatio:sal 37uud-Writing.—At a re
cent sitting of tiie I’aris Academy of Science,
some papers were read relative t*. hand writing.
Among tlie facts stated, the most remarkable was,
that no man can ever gel rid of the style of hand
writing peculiar to his nation. If in* be English,
lie always writes in English style; if French, in
tiie French style ; il German, Italian or Spanish,
in the style peculiar to his nation. lam ac
quainted with a Frenchman who has passed all
: ids life in England and who is English in dress,
habits, tastes, everything, who speaks English
like ode of our count ymen, and writes English
with ten times rnoie correctness than ninety-nine
in the hundred of us hut wlio cannot, lor tlie life
|of him, imitate our in >deof writing. 1 leave also
hoard speak of an English youlii who w s care*
! fully educated in this country, and for eighteen
| years of his file mixed exclusively with Freud)
writing-masters, and perhaps never saw anything
but French writing in his file, hut who always
w role in the same sly leas we,all do; it was re
’ fiy national instinct. In I’-iris all the writing
inasters profess to teach the English manner of
writing, hut with all their exertions they can
never get their pupils to adopt any but the cramp
ed hand of the French. Some person pretended
that he could tell the character of individuals
from their hand-writing. I know not whether he
spoke tlie truth or not but assuredly he might
have asserted, with the most ported confidence,
that lie could distinguish a man’s country by liis
hand writing. The difference between our wri
ting and that of the French is immense—a school
boy would distinguish it at a glance. Mix togeth
er a hundred sheets of manuscript wrilien by a
; hundred ot our own . countrymen; and no one
j would fail to say w hich was the British and which
I was the French, even though they should be
: written 111 th'd-f-ame language, and w ith the same
liens, ink and paper. The djjcrmmg between
Italian and Spanish and German sty!<*s.-i7>riling
is equ illy as great. —E Imbnrgfi Review,
Lntlicroui (73tschief.—Tlie fo'lowing
“ droll incident ’ i related hi the Knickerbocker,
as having occurred to a lady of respectability in
Brooklyn :—“ The lady lias a charming linle boy,
very o i-erving, imitative and active The child
li nl noticed tin* p ‘S’iiiiii constantly leaving letter■
and moving off quick ; and he thought II would
be a very fine thing lo become a pi*:man. So
lie one day went to his mamma’s escruloire, and
took out some twenty-five or thirty letters, tied
them up and sallied hirll), leaving one at every
hou-e and moving offquiek. Tiie lady was rather
surprised when her next neighbor brought her an
open letter, which lie said somebody ad left al
the door; but what m* her i*t nii*luii *nt when
visiting Imur arrived, for another, and another,
and another lady coming in, and bringing open
letters, until Hie ample pa-lor was eoiupiotelv
crammed! You need not doubt the mirth and
fun grew fast and furious as each lady entered
with Hie same tale, and Hie little postman was
elated beyond measure to find wlia a capital post
man he was; but the best of the fun was, that
every lady, one and ail, asserted she had not un
folded 0/ read one word.”
Gcmomenf Clarks,—There are em
ployed in the different executive depirtmonts in
Washington 73 7 clerk *, who are ilfvi (•••I into l.nir
Cthese*: Hie tir*t class receiving .'B9 0 ; the sec
ond class ®1,2U0 ; Hie third class SI,SJJ, and ths
I fourth class SI,BOO per annum.
NO. 31.