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TUESDAY.II AY 9,1854.
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Printers.
I Typoes arc now very scarce, and their
’ services command good wages. It lias
been: with the greatest difficulty we
could procure printers to get out our
paper. The printing art isa good one to
learn. We are now wanting in our of
fice an active and sprightly young man
from 14 to IS years of age, to learn this
art. Let such a one apply immediate
ly.
Our Carriers.
We have made arrangements to have
the papers of our subscribers delivered
to them by carriers. The boys who
take round the papers are “young in
the cause,” and we expect for them
liberal indulgence, if they fail properly
to perform their trust, until they get the
hang of their business
In full Silas!. *
Oun readers are, no doubt, tired of
apologies; not half as much so as wc are,
however. We issued no paper last
week, because we could not get'printers'’
in time to do so, and because one of the
hands already in our office let the form
tall upon his linger and mashed it so
that he could not set type. Os course
people will say, “ Why did you not make
better provision for issuing your paper
before you began ?” Our answer is that
we gave up the publishing department
entirely into other hands. The editor
is not responsible for the failure in this
regard. Now, however, we are in full
blast, and through the favor of corres
pondents, our columns are brim-full of
good things. We didn’t set out with
the intention of making any thing else
but a good paper, and we are of the same
opinion still. We regret the interrup
tion in our issue, but don’t feel depressed
at all about it. We have this to say,
without indulging in any vain-glorious
spirit, that if, at the end of six weeks,
our journal does not compare favorably
with any paper North or South, any sub
scriber who will notify us of dissatisfac
tion shall have his money refunded him,
and we will say nothing more about it.
That is fair—isn’t it ?
documents.
Our thanks are due both our Senators
in Congress for documents sent us.
Thanks.
Wc most sincerely tender our subscri
bers our thanks for what they have done
for us. We feel under renewed obliga
tions to try and make lor them a good
paper. Nor is our gratitude less for the
kind, and in many instances too flatter
ing' notices from our brethren of the
press. We will try to merit the good
reeling expressed for us, and will take
an occasion at an early day to notice our
exchanges as their merits deserve.
JYotice to Correspondents.
All communications must be plainly :
written, and accompanied by a respon- j
sihle name. Correspondents in the town i
••r county must send us their favors i
by dropping them in the post office.—
They will then be carefully examined,
and appear in the Press , or the reasons
for their rejection be given under our
editorial head. This rule will not be
departed from.
Some Potatoes.
Our thanks are due Mrs. Brodfield
f >r the fine Irish potatoes of this Spring’s
growth which she sent us. They are
the largest, and finest we have seen.—
We can’t imagine by what charm they
were made to grow amid ice, frost, winds
and no rain.
John Etangford.
The above young man who stabbed
Sandy Snther has been brought before
the Inferior Court on motion to discharge
from custody, which motion prevailed,
on account of some some irregularity in
former proceedings. Langford immedi
ately left.
4 ‘ Andrew Xotr.”
We are glad that the R. 11. Bridge over
Little River, in this county, has been
put in repair again, for several reasons.
One is that it has allowed “Andrew
1 tow" to leave our Tillage, and we hope
he will stay away, now that lie is gone.
Courtesy required us while he was a guest
of the town, to keep our sentiments to
ourself. But we now feel at liberty to
.-peak out, and we arc compelled to say
unhesitatingly, that we have no respect
whatever for- -im engine that can't make
a respectable whistle !
Southern Methodist Book Con
cern.—We notice that the question
whether the Church, South, shall have
a publishing house, or whether it shall
have its printing done North, is exciting
considerable discussion in the present
General Conference, in session in Colum
bus. If the secular press may be allow
ed an expression of opinion, we would
say, have the publishing house, South,
by all means. Either the Church, South,
is able to maintain an independent posh
lion, or she is not. If she is, let her re
ly upon herself in everything. If she is
not, let her re-annex herself to the
Church, North. The, Southern people
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Advertising.
We have a friend-who tells aa anec
dote of a young man who was one day
riding with his sweet-heart home from
Church, It was in the country, and the
two were horse-back. Several other
persons were riding along the road at a
little distance behind thclpving couple.
The young man was desperately smit
ten, and, par consequence, had but little
to sa}*. The tender feeling choked his
utterance, and he could bring forth no
such things as words. At last he turn
ed round and halloed to another young
man riding a short way behind him,
“Ride up, Tom, ride up, ride up.”—
“What for,” said Tom. The reply was
“Oh! just for advertisement I''
We are like this young man. We are
in a close place, and arc. '“just for adver
tisementonly we want our advertisement
in our paper. Every man who lias
any business should advertise for two
good reasons.. In the first place they
extend their business, and thus benefit
themselves, and in the second place they
extend the business of newspaper pub
lishers, and thus benefit a very worthy
and highly honorable class of men.
Especially ought our merchants to ad
vertise. For it is a notorious fact that
those who advertise most, sell ihost goods
and make most money. We are much
obliged to those of our friends who have
extended to us their advertising patron
age. “Well done good and faithful ser
vants.” To our other friends we would
say, “Go and do likewise.”
We think we can find in the lids of
the Bible, in one of the books of Solo
mon, who was the wisest man that ever
lived, and who understood the mercan
tile business as well as other things, au
thority for advertising. Turn to the 11th
chapter, 24th and 25th verses of Prov
erbs* which reads as follows:
24. “There is that scattereth, and yet
increaseth; and there is that withhold
eth more than is meet, but it tendeth to
poverty.
25. The liberal soul shall be made
fat: and he that watereth shall be wa
tered also himself.”
Now does not he who advertises “scatter
abroad” a knowledge of the articles he
has to sell, and if people know what he
has to sell, will they not therefore go
and buy them? And will he not “in
crease” in wealth ? But if he fails to ad
vertise, does he not “withhold more than
is meet” and does he not “tend to pov
erty?” And if you “water” the edi
tor’s growth of pecuniary hopes, will
not your goods be “watered” also?—
And if you fail to advertise, and then
fail to sell as many goods as your neigh
bor who advertises, does it not “tend to
poverty ?” Decidedly and emphatical
ly, yes.
But there is another idea, gentlemen
merchants, in connection with the sub
ject. Let us whisper this into your ear,
and don’t let the ladies know we said it.
Don’t you know it is said that the fair
sex have a great deal of curiosity, and
that they always read the advertise
ments? Well then, you may say just
what you please in your advertisement,
| and the ladies—(but don’t tell them we
say now,) will put on their bonnets, and
j through curiosity, go right straight to
! see whether you have told the truth or
not. And when you get them in your
store,, why then you can sell them some
thing/ besides enjoying the pleasure of
looking at their pretty faces. Why we
almost wish we had some goods ourself
to advertise.
1 And this last argument wc have used
wc know will not be the least weighty
with some of our widower and bachel
or friends. If they are not yet convinc
ed of the propriety of advertising, let
them read the following which will car
ry conviction to their hearts:
“ Advertising for a Wife. —E. D. Clif
ford, a young man, in Indiana, who re
cently advertised for a wife, says that
he is thoroughly convinced of the ad
vantage of advertising. He says he has
received, in answer to his advertisement
794 letters, 18 daguerreotype-likenesses
of ladies, 2 gold finger rings, 17 locks of
hair, one copy of Ike Marvel’s “Reve
ries of a Bachelor,” one thimble, and 2
dozen shirt buttons. He ought to be
convinced.”
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Hags! Rags! Rags!
See the advertisement of Messrs. Wal
ker, Williman, & Cos., in another col
umu. We would suggest that some one
of our merchants should open a rag de
pot in Eatonton, where every family in
the county could bring its rags and sell
them, for several good reasons It
behooves us, in as hard times as these,
especially, to take care of, and sell, ev
erything that will bring us a penny. 2.
It encourages home manufacture, and
promotes Southern independence for
Southern people to supply their paper
factories with the raw material. 3. Ev
ery paper factory in the South takes so
much capital from the production of cot
ton, diminishing the supply, and thus
increasing the price—not only by the
diminution of its production, but by rea
son that cotton, either in its original
state, or in the form of rags is used for,
the manufacture of paper, o. And be
cause every rag saved has a tendency to
lessen the price of paper.
Not only can the farmers sell their
rags, but they can sell all the dirty cot
ton, too much soiled for any , other pur
pose, and can dispose of, for money,
what is generally called the backings or
sweepings c*’ .their gin-houses. Wc are
informed by a member of Eatonton Pac
i sells all of this material from the facto
ry to a paper company; whereas they
formerly put it to no use whatever, but
hauled it off and threw it away.
Wc hope every family in Putnam
county will begin to save their rags and
dirty cotton. And let some of our mer
chants announce immediately, where a
sale, .or barter, of these rags can be
effected. It matters not how old, and
worn out, or dirty they may be, jusl so
they are of linen, or cotton. Worsted
rags are not used in the manufacture of
paper. Even old pieces of bagging and
rope arc used lor making coarse paper.
u The Independent Press.”
We have received a number of a pap
er from Abbeville S. (J., bearing the
above title, edited by B. L. Posey, Esq.
Brother Posey copies the notice of the
Chronicle and Sentinel of our paper and
says, “There now! another fellow tak
en our name verbatim et literatim. He
ought at least to have asked our per
mission first, but if he will make a good
paper, as we expect he will, we will for
give him.”
Our S. Carolina cotemporary is good
natured, and that is all we can ask of
any one in his dealings with U3. Hence
we will explain. Wc regret having
adopted the name of our esteemed co
temporary, but unfortunately we did
not know that his paper was in esse at
the time ours was carried to the bapt
ismal font. If we had known it, we
should certainly have named our jour
nal something else, as it is a special ob
ject of ours to avoid any thing like trite
ness. We devoted no little attention
to our name, in spite of the Shakspeare
an philosophy that there is nothing in
a name.' We thought we had adopted
one which -was not used by any cotem
porary in America, and are sorry to
find ourself mistaken. But we can’t
“ take any step backward,” and brother
Posey and ourself must vie with each
other in a friendly manner to sec who
shall have The Independent Press, and
who An Independent Press.
«Way Party.
The young ladies of the female acade
my entertained our citizens with a par
ty on the night of the Ist of May. There
was not the usual eermony of coronation
and speechifying, which may be very
well dispensed with, expect under very
advantageous circumstances. But this
detracted nothing from the general hilari
ty and enjoyment of the occasion.—
The room was tastefully and artistically
draped vvitli evergreens and flowers, and
the waiters upon which the refreshments
were handed round, were decked with
nicely arranged boquets, and well fur
nished with those luxuries which ad
dress themselves to the inner man. Al
together the occasion was one which
afforded pleasure to the eye, comfort to
| the palate and joy to the heart—gencral
jly we mean, for we would not be sur
prised if some hearts were exceptions.
But if so, this was owing to the malevo
lence of Cupid, and we hope the capri
cious little fellow may speedily heal the
wounds lie inflicted upon the occasion.
Upon the whole, we like to see par
ties. They are frequently attended
with a good deal of frippery and folly,
it is true. But, as a general rule every
body seems to think it incumbent upon
himself to be as agreeable as possible.
Thus it is that good humor prevails,
social feeling is cultivated, and the heart
improved.
Wishing Party.
The young gentlemen, and ladies of
this place went on a fishing excursion,
on Saturday last, and en joyed themselves
finely, we learn. We understand,
however, that more and larger fish, as
is usually the case, on such occasions,
were caught on dry land, than were
hooked up out of the water.
MS ridges.
We don’t believe that the Inferior
Court of Putnam couuty will ever get
good, permanent bridges built, until they
quit sticking up their advertisements on
trees. But few people see them when
they are thus put up, and consequently
but few bids are put in. Wc noticed
in one of the last Milledgeville papers an
advertisement for bridge builders, and
we have since.heard of a mechanic’s going
on from Morgan to put in a bid for
building a bridge in Baldwin. This
comes of putting one’s advertisement in
a newspaper instead of on a tree. If
our Inferior Court don’t do better, we
shall begin to think the State House
had as well stay in Milledgeville as to
be moved to Eatonton. We refer a
majority ofour friends on the Inferior
Court Bench to the extract with which
we close our editorial headed “ Adver
tisement,” in order to prove to them
the advantages of advertising.
u Too Past.”
“WE were perhaps too fast in locat
ing our brother of the “ Independent
Press , politically. In an article in his
last issue, headed the “Southern Con
vention,” we could not get the hang of
his position. May be when he gets fair
ly under way, he will settle down, sb
that we can count him.”-— Federal Union.
fn reply to the above we have a word
of thanks and one of caution to our
brethern of the Union. *
We thank them for appreciating our
difficulty in “getting fairly under way,”
and we caution them t® beware, when
they go to count us, lest, they themselves
net counted
The Georgia Rtistcr 4* Critic.
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The above is the title of a something,
purporting to be a Medical Magazine,
edited by Dr. H. A. Ramsey, and pub
lished in Atlanta, the third number of
which has reached us. The Georgia
Blister and Critic—
~— —“ Phoebus wliat a name
r Io fill the speaking trump of future fame!”
In the first place, let us consider this
name a little. A blister, as we under
stand it, is generally a sore produced by
the application of cantharides, and is de
signed, by producing counter irritation,
to restore: health to some contiguous lo
cality in the system. If the magazine
before us simply means by Blister that
this pamphlet is a sore, we agree with it.
But if he means to convey the idea that
this sore is likely to produce health, then,
we are constrained to differ with it.—
There is very little of the appearance of
a healthy ulcer about it. There is no
discharge of the pus nobile , but on the
contrary, every symptom about it indi
cates gangrene and putrescence. But
we know what the Blister means. In
stead of meaning that this feuilton is it
self a blister, it intends to mean that it
is a Blistcrer , and produces blisters.—
How, it does not inform us; but we may
infer that it is by kissing —as we read of
one who was perhaps a relation of the
Blistcrer, that
“The Monkey married the Baboon’s sister,
Ho smacked his lips and then lie kissed her—
He kissed so hard he raised a blister."
Yes, this magazine intends to mean
that it is a Blistcrer, and not a blister —an
actor or doer, and not a mere passive
object or thing. Why then did it not
say so ? God only knows —we don’t.
Let the correction be made, and the
tiling stand Blistcrer and critic.
Critic ! —Did the Blister ever serve an
apprenticeship at criticism, or does it be
lieve,
“ A man must serve his time to every trade
Save censure—critics all are ready made?"
We hold that some knowledge of the
rules of grammar is essential in one who
sets himself up as a critic. What can
be said of the Blister's capacity in this
regard when such palpable violations of
the statutory provisions of English
grammar occur in his columns as the
following ?
On page 51 —“Dysenterry, as well as
Typhoid fever, have attracted so much
attention.”
“Opium and Mercury A, &c.,” p. 52.
“ This, after the showing w 6 had, we
cheerfully done," &c., p. 65.
“ This we willingly done," &c., p. 66.
“ The reasons which induce us to think
the society were accessary in the attack,
and under the influence of a clique,
were the unexplained course of 1851,
and subsequently at the meetingof 1852
one L. D. Ford led a clique against us,
which met with a “pin-hook favor.”— lb.
“These things were suspicious, and
from the pertinacity they were adhered
to.”— lb.
Querry. —What “pertinacity” was it
“these things” “adhered to ?”
“Before we conclude, we may remark,
as an act of justice that Drs. Dugas &
Arnold acted more nobly than wc had
any cause to suspect from our positions,
and their course has went." ke., p. 71.
“ And never said from whence," kc.-lb,
“Let us know from where," <ke. — lb.
“It is based upon a plan that it will
increase in age, and grow in power to
the lustre and renown of all around.” —
p. 80.
Was ever such willful 1, and malicious
i and brutal murder of the king’s Eng
lish ? —and that too by a critic ?
Let us give an instance of the Chris
tian forgiveness of the Blister's heart:
“ There are some few r men in the body
we cannot recognize ; our hatred will
follow them to the grave,”—p. 67.
On p. 68, the Blister says: “ This, (At
lanta) is the place, of all others upon the
globe, for a medical college.” And
here, by the way, we arc inclined to
agree with the Blister, if absence of
knowledge constitutes a necessity for a
college, and if the Blister is a fair sample
of Atlanta medical science.
We will now give a few examples,
showing the absence of every thing like
egotism on the part of the Blistcrer :
“At least the manufacturer advertises
w ith us, and that is good evidence of the
article being good”—p. 69.
“ In the meantime we will say that
every journal which has noticed the
Blister fa vorably will do to tie to.”—p. 74.
(Here we come To a conclusion exact
ly the reverse of' the Blister. But this
is merely an honest difference of opin
ion, we suppose.)
“ We did not examine his Blistering
Ointment, but from the fact that he
takes ours, we consider it must be good,
as the pot is leavened.”—p. 75.
“ All secular papers desirous of an ex
change, will please send in their num
bers,, and we will notice them upon our
exchange sheet.”—p. 76. Great favor
this!
“ I am certain you will like the Blis
ter, for it is more. Southern than the
South,”—p. 78.
“Pr. Long of Geo., —“If we are to
get a share of the cash—[not at all mer
cenary]—we are in for him. This Blis
ter is open for him, and if he wishes to
succeed, he must use it.”— lb.
“ To the Medical and Newspaper press
throughout the country who have so
kindly dressed our Blister, we return our
heart-felt thanks, and we shall certainly
reciprocate the favor. ’ p. 80. W onder
hoik many thanks we shall get for the
dress: ng we have given the Blister !
’ * 1
% “ Every man who knows will testify
toNnir entire competency to perform the
job.”-—p. Go.
But we presume our readers are by
this time satisfied of the modesty of the
Blister. So we will pass on, and give
some extracts remarkable for their deli
cacy of sentiment, and elegance of style:
“His medicines were so good, they
would almost make a patient swallow
his tongue, or cure him. by the smell of
the cork—p. 72.
“ If any man in this city has an ink
ling in the proper line, let him call, and
we will apply the clasp and reuort more
fully.”— lb.
Now ye tooth-aching, tartar-toothed,
and toothless men, women, boys and
girls,” &c.—p. 79.
“The Burke b’hoy.y’ &c.—p. 79.
“Well, my Old Coon, you are in a
bad fix , but wc think the Blister will
help you, and you shall have it for a
season free gratis— for nothing. Eve
ry body wishes it, and as you arc the
only man out of h—-11 who cannot pay
for it,” &c.— lb.
Under this head, sec what the Blister
says about an “unmentionable alley in
Macon,” on p. 80.
Right here we bad as well notice with
disfavor the habit of the Blister of some
times using in its editorial the pronoun
we, and sometimes I- — sometimes our
and sometimes my. It should confine
itself either to the singular or plural pro
noun, and not think itself entitled to use
both.
The habit has sprung up recently,
since Watson and Mrs. Hale have put
out their poetical dictionaries, of a wri
ter’s quoting poetry without rhyme or
reason. lie first takes his dictionary,
finds the passage which he wishes to
quote, and then makes a prose setting
for his poetical gem, forgetting that any
man of sense can discover from the awk
wardness of the fit, how the job was ex
ecuted. When a person who has his
mind stored with poetical quotations
merely from a recollection of what he
has read, introduces into his writings a
line or two of poetry, and it comes in
naturally because it is the only stone he
•can nicely fit in the edifice he is rearing;
it does very well, and we admire the
quotation. But when he first hews out
from the poetical dictionary, whose quar
ry is oftener, than otherwise, not of the 1
finest material, a rough and jagged stone,
and then sets in with his trowel, brick
bats and mortar to build a superstruc
ture around and above this, his work
looks bungling—his job gives indubita
ble evidence of how the work was per- j
formed. This is very common with
writers of the present day, and the
Blister is a good illustration of this un
workmanlike manner of proceeding. To ‘
prove it:—
The poetical quotation on page 61 of
of the Blister, may be found on p. 350 of
Mrs. Hale’s Poetical Dictionary.
The quotation on p. 640 of the form
er, may be found on p. 402 of the latter.
That on p. 68 of the former may be
found on p. 190 of the latter.
The two on p. 79 of the former, may
be found on p. 504 of the latter.
And in fact, the only line which the
Blister quotes from its memory, com-!
mencing “Should old acquaintance,” &c,,
is quoted wrongly. We would like to
hear the Blister try to sing it as it lias it.
Let us look for a moment at the va-
rious names which the Blister gives it
self: *
In its title, it calls itself Blister , but
means Blisterer , or one who blisters.
On p. 75, we are left to infer that it
considers itself “Blistering Ointment .”
On p. 7G, it is “ our bantling. ”
On p. 78, it seems to consider itself
11 the column , Doctor
On p. 79, it is our “ cruel bantling.''
On p. 80, it speaks of applying the
Blister , and is therefore cantharides,
spread on a piece of cloth.
On the same page it speaks of -‘dres
sing our blister,” and therefore consid
ers itself the sore produced by the above
spread cantharides.
Here is a host of names for you, and
a man must certainly be squemish who
can’t please himself. If any one still
finds it in his heart to be dissatisfied, we
recommend him to call the Blister Le
gion, as that indicates a multitude ,of
names, and there is a bible precedent for
calling one “possessed of the devil” by
that name. The Blister says, “Quacke
ry is ebbing in Atlanta.” This we must
be permitted to doubt, as the Blister in
form us that it gives general satisfac
tion in that city.
Now we protest against the Blisters
going out to the world as an exponent of
medical men, and medical science in
Georgia. We have some intimate friends
who belong to the former class, and we
take an interest in the promotion of
medical science in the State. And we
do not wish our medical friends degrad
ed, or the medical science of the State
disgraced in the eyes of those where the
Blister “ circulates from Boston to New
Orleans, up the Mississippi, across to San
Francisco, and thence to the Sandwich
j Islands.” And here we can give the
Blister some information it seems to de
sire! It doesn’t know where it will stop:
probably, we think, in that place which
it says, on p. 79, “Dr. of K” is
out of.
In conclusion, we* must say that we
have never in our life seen more to excite
into 32 pages, or rather in
department, o the “ Georgia MSjOyr fend
Critic.” And there would fiavyhbeen
enough, it seems to us, to
these emotion , even if there had Vot
been enclosed in its columns, itpom a
separate sheet, “the Blister and drittul-V
Extra,” with the elegant head-note, and\
a most rediculous attempt at rhyliej
called the “Quack Festival.”
In conclusion, we hope we have treat
ed the case before us as a skillfull plii
sician should have done. The path\
nomonic diagnostics of the disease ad mo if
ished us that active treatment was na
cessary. And we have administered it!
determined to “kill or cure,” thinking in
of not much importance which result
should follow. The public would proba
bly prefer the former.
Note. —We don’t charge any fee, hav
ing labored solely pro bono doctorum.
Railroad Extension from Eft
font on.
Our attention has been called to this
subject by a communication in the Ath
ens Banner, proposing a public meeting
in favor of the extension of the Athens
Branch Rail Road, to connect with the-
Rabnn Gap Road, at Clayton. The wri
ter speaks of the chain of roads, which
have been chartered from the neighbor
hood of Chattanooga, and the Duck
Town Copper Mines, and says that
Charleston will reap all the advantage of
the trade from the Copper Mines, unless
the Athens or Eatonton road is extend
ed towards that region.
It is clearly to the interest of Eaton
ton and Putnam count}', that the Eaton
ton Branch Road should bo extended
either to Madison, thence to Athens, to
connect with the road leading from that
place to Rabun Gap, or that our road
should be extended via Covington, or
Social Circle, in the direction of Rabun
Gap. We say it is to the interest of our
citizens that this should be done, be
cause we feel more anxiety to represent
their welfare than that of other people.
Clearly, it is to the interest of Savannah
also, that one or the other of these pro
jects should be carried out.
But we speak more particularly now
of the community in which we live, and
say that we ought to connect with some
point on the Georgia Boad—and, Madi
son, in our opinion is the proper point.
* W e would be much gratified also to
see the proposed road built from this
place to Monticello. Will not seme one
from our sister village favor us with a
communication on. this subject, and let
us know what they are doing in Jasper? j
Our columns are open to any one who |
feels like stirring up the Putnam and j
Jasper people in this regard.
•Ifiercer Universify.
We have received from Mr. John W.
Brinson, of the Junior Class in the
above University, a catalogue of the of
ficers and students of the institution of
which he is a member, and for which
we tender our young friend our thanks.
From the catalogue the university seems
to be in a flourishing condition, as ap
peal’s by the following summary :
Theological Seminary exclusively 1
College, .... 108
Academy, - • - - 68
Total - - - -177
Absent April Ist, 1851. 41
In attendance April Ist, 1854. 130
The Ctimeross Family.
This troupe gave a concert in Tem
perance Hall, on Friday night, to a large
audience, and proposed to give another
Saturday night, but had no hearers.
The “Family” came here with some
reputation, but made none by their visit
to this place. We are inclined to think
that the original troupe has disbanded,
and that the company that performed
here is a mere remnant. As they seem to
be well-behaved people, we cannot per
mit ourselves to say anything ill-natur
ed of them, but would kindly suggest
that no fifth rate “shows” should here
after visit Eatonton, as the performers
would feel better by not coming, than bv
coming.
The citizens of Eatonton, and Putnam
are fond of refined amusements, and
are always glad to welcome here any
one who is capable of adding to their
happinees in this line.
Cannot Mr. Crisp, who was so well
patronized here last summer, pay us
another visit and bring with him a good
Corps of actors ?
Journal <V Courier.
The Journal and the Courier of Savan
nah have united in one, with the above
title. Mr. Chapman is the editor, and
Mr. Cubbedge the business man of the
concern. The politics of the newspaper
is Democratic —supporting Pierce’s ad
ministration in everything, except his
appointments. The Journal & Courier
occupies very nearly the position we do.
And although the Courier was a little ill
natured toward us, we will return good
for evil, and recommend the Journal &
Courier to any one in this community
who wants a daily paper that will keep
him well posted in news, and miscella
neous reading.
S^agucrreotypes.
Mr. Braune remains one week long
er in town.
There have been refreshing showers
in various parts of opr State—-a blessing
we very, much need, in our vicinity.
FOR THE iAePENDEN'T PRESS.
n"iio is Albert Pike t
As the gentleman whose name - 11 ’
this article was the lion of the Lit*.
Charleston Convention, and as hisnam
has occupied considerable space m > *
newspapers of late, the following sketch
of his life taken from Griswold's Poets
k and Poetrvof America, will not prove
\mi nte resting to our readers. This sketch,
tVken in connexion with the daguerreo
t}® 30 of his*personal appearance given
hy* our correspondent Anselm, wilkpn
swm:r the question above. W e givPat
th A close of Griswold’s sketch One poem
froMi the pen of Mr. Pike on Spring, as
a stßccimen of his claims as a votary of
theMdivine art. Mr. Pikq is now in the
145tl year of his age, which makes him
fi’orß five to seven years older than lie
seeißcd to the eye of our corrcspondem.
■ ALBERT PIKE.
1 Pike was born in Boston,
L flj 29th day of December, 1809.
V A lie was about four years old, his
]jarß> s removed to Newburyport. His
fW he informs me, “was a journey
maMhoemaker, who worked hard, paid
his wees, and gave all his children the
beuiß- of an education.” The youth of
theaAit was passed principally in attend
mg fl district schools at Newburyport,
and ■* academy at Farmingham, until
lie M*is sixteen years of age, when, af
er a rigid and triumphant examination,
he waii admitted to Harvard College.—
Not'bling able to pay the expenses of a
j residence at Cambridge, however, he
soon alter became an assistant teacher in
the grammar-school at Newburyport,
and, at the end of a year, its principal.
He was Induced to resign this office af
ter a show time, and in the winter which
followed was the preceptor of an acadej
my at Fairiiaven. He returned to New
buryport in the spring, on foot, and for
one year taught there a private school.
During all |his time he had been*a dili
gent studeiA intending to enter the uni -
versity, in (Muance; but in the spring,
of 1831 he chunged his plans, and start
ed on his travels to the West and South.*.
lie went first to Niagara, and then,..
through Cleveland, Cincinnati, Nash
ville, and Paducah, much of the way
on foot, to St. Louis, lie left that city
in August, with a company of forty per
sons, among whom were two young
men besides himself from Newburyport.
for Mexico ; and after much fatigue and
privation, arrived at Santa Fe on the
28th of November. Here he remained
nearly a wear, passing a part of the time
as a clerk! in a store, and the residue in
selling merchandise through the coun
try. Near the close of September 1832,
he left Twos, with a trapping-party ;
travelled aVotind the sources of Red RL
cr to the nedid waters of the Brazos;
separated from the company with four
others, and came into Arkansas, —trav-
elling the last! 50U miles on foot, and
reaching Fort I Smith, in Novr., “with
out a rag of cl tithing, a dollar in money,
or knowing a jberson in the territory.”
Near this plaice he spent the winter in
teaching a fowlolnkMm, and in the fob
lowing July Iga went further down the
country, and (llened a school under more
favorable aus s; but after a few weeks
being attackevMpy a fever, was compel
led to abandoiiMt. lie had in the mean
time written stHeral poems for a news
paper prin Little Rock, which
pleased the so much that he sent
for him to go t®pe and become his part
ner. fl'lie projHkition was glad ly accept -
ed, and in Octßjer he crossed the Ar
kansas and lanMgd at Little Rock, pay
ing his last centllbr the ferriage of a poor
old soldier, wh<®had known his father
in New Engl a in®
Here commen®!d anew era in the
l ife of Pike. this time his efforts
appear to have bail crowned with suc
cess. The “Arlßasas Advocate” was
edited by him until the Autumn of 1834,
when it became hißforoperty. Soon al
ter his arrival at lrßtnew home lie began
to devote his the study of the.
law, and he was n®w admitted L b the
bar. He to ftrite for his
paper and to practical the courts, un
til the summer 9Ș, when lie sold
his printing establishment; and since
then he has successfully pursued his pro
fession. He was married at Little Rock
in November 1834.
About this time he published at Bos
ton a volume of prose sketches and po
ems, among which are an interesting ac
count of his journeys over the prairies,
and some fine poetry, written at Santa
Fe and among the mountains and for
ests of Mexico. In the preface to it, ho
says:—“What I have written has been
a transcript of my feelings— too much
so, perhaps, for the purposes of fame.
Writing has always been to me a com
munion with my own soul. These po
ems were composed in desertion and
loneliness, and sometimes in places of
fear and danger. Mv only sources of
thought and imagery have been my own
mind, and Nature, who lias appeared t,o
me generally in desolate guise and utter
dreariness, and not infrequently in sub- -
lirnity.”
His “Hymns to the Gods,” published
afterward, were composed at an early
age, in Fair haven, nud principally while •
he was surrounded by pupils,' in the
school-room. They, are bold, spirited
scholarly and imaginative, and their dic
tion is appropriate and poetrical, thouo-h
in some instances marred by imperfect
and double rhymes. Os his minor pieces
“Spring,” and “To the Mocking-bird,” -
are the best. I have heard preuse be
stowed on “Ariel,” a poem much lon
ger than these, publ|hed in 1835, but
as it appeared in a periodical which had
but a brief existence, T have not been
able to obtain a copy of it. In “Fantas
ia,” in which, I suppose, he intended
to shadow forth his owi “eventful his
tory,” he speaks of one jwho
“Was roving,
And had not known the be t of his own mintL
Until the mighty spell of 0 usridge woko
It!) hidden powers,”
"•* • ' 11 7 LAa- ’ Still