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“All is Vanity.”
HoW Vain the thought of mortal a bliss on earth
r When man, poor worm, ptm&es his hubbies bright!
His world, his pence; aye, too, his heaven, his Goil,
All seem enwrapped within the nothings sphere;
And grasping at the prize, he thinks to gain
That thing intangible which mortals ken
I In vain imagination only-—Bliss.
. But ah ! the bubble bursts, and forth rush fast ,
The hosts of Wo, led on by black Despair,
They battle, in his breast with hugest tight
Until the mighty clash and thundering dip
Re-echo through the vaults of that vast dome
In sounding triumph o'er his conquered hope.
Deep as the ocean infinite, or tho
Ethereal vault that reaches far beyond
Eternal chaos, uneoneeived by man, ,
Is the exhaustless well ft'om which Remorse
Must then forever gurgle up its streams.
Shall man, God's image made at first, still ri;n
In vain pursuit to grasp a glittering void?
Do Deity and Heaven in vain exist
' That man must still prefer far worse than naught ?
Great Got!! too weak is man, too small the worm
, To fuel, much less to seek, thy excellence.
Oh I pour thy Spirit in my heart, illume
My darkness and expand my thought, that I
May see thy glories first, and then embrace.
Purge deep my heart, so big with sin,
Until tho mountain load of dross, consumed.
Shall leave one atom pure of solid gold;
Then turn, oh 1 turn that atom unto thee!
' January, 1848. l. L
Iflsccllancoiis.
FOR THE INDEPENDENT PRESS.
M 9 ortrrtiturc.
QUIZ.
“Look a lieer neow—Jo you want
to raise a muss ? If ycr do—j ust kyome
cr— long-. and Mose plants a blow un
ceremoniously against the student’s
cranium) and that instant a crowd of
b'hoys surround the student and pro
ceed to demonstrate pugilistic science.
But a strong arm opens a way in the
dense mass and a policeman bears off
the conqured student to the guard
house—-for safety. The scene occurs in
the third tier of the Arcb Street theatre,
Philadelphia.
Mose is a character—a character
sui generis.
“Them djamnod sthoodents!”
Mdse is ever at war with the stu- :
dents, and thinks nothing of levelling
one to his mother earth. lle never hits
an opponent when down , but no soon- i
er does the opponent endeavour to rise j
than he finds himself again in a rover-!
ential posture.
■ “Pull eout ycr sticker!”
Mose is too gallant to trust to any
thing but a couple of sledge-hammers
which hang—one at each end of his
wrists. He is the peculiar production
of the city of fraternal affection.
Every city possesses some biped pro
duction peculiar to itself; and every
village has a class of individuals which
exhibits a hue belonging to no other.
But with us at the South there arc
certain classes of persons—alike in
genus to the same classes in higher
latitudes, but different in species.—
Their idiosyncracics take a different
range.
Like Mose they are a type; but un
like Mose they have no fellow feeling.
Mose is always ready and willing ire
acl extremis for his confreres, but these
all look upon their fellows as—only so
so. Our warm climate is favorable to
their production—but different locali
ties, e ven here, enjoy a disparity of the
SECT.
In one locality your admiration is
excited by the pureness of the breed
—in another, different influences create
a milder phase in the animal’s exis
tence.
I in my mind’s eye a certain
village, There—not many hundred
miles off—any day a variety of the
.species may he discorned, for they de
light in public places; and make all
the inquiry you can, you will never he
able to discover tvhat they do. Think
not that i refer to the loaficr —though in
all conscience wc
Hut the loafer is an inferior being.—
? orne^ kits .something to do—
hut he never docs it: he iinds too
attractions in pine boxes, split j
bottomed chairs "and hotel porches.—
And when dinner or : twilight inter
rupfs lu| .solemn pine-box meditations
or w in upon the weighty, and
itrjportal matters cf his conversation,
he renews the supply of the weed be*
twecnjii.imolars and ejaculates,
“! didn’t have time to speak to
Smith about that’’—or “I must hunt
11 P dpnpji ; somc other time when X have
leisiipand Settle that matter.”
n °kovcr-genteel loafers may
jdpjmoen early :n the morning lounging
giaidbre the ’doors of bar-rooms, with
i&aPtis. in pockets’and hats inclining
fufghtly from the vertical, They have
a what jaded appearance and if
you ask why it is, they will sav they
do not feel well and had lotafice a cock-tad.
They, always deny having 1 been up Jate
the night before—“the night was so
iiouml'-u warm they could not
And,so as a
ise. “ Richard ” is always
glad to^e 'them; for fiichard delights
intxMKtaarfrW' ggttj.
ta.:.
As they,stand before they door you
wonder what it is entertaining that
keeps them there. Now and then one
ope its his mouth and tho remark is
greeted with a slight each illation
perchance. If a coach drives by, you
would think that they had neyer seen
a conch before. Upon observation
you think they are very polite to bow
to each other so frequently—but the
motion is only the inclinations accom
panying expectoration. The loafer’s
stomach is made ol gutta pcrcha
brandy, whiskey, tobacco and all other
such harmless things agree with it ad
mirably. Upon passing by them and
undergoing their fixed stare —a loafer
is. a privileged starer —you find your
admiration not strongly elicited by
dirty linen, muddy boots and yellow
teeth" Listening with all your ears
you hear—nothing; and you ask your
self, what pleasu re can they possibly find
here . Oh unsophisticated one! They
are loafing. They glory of loafing is
to do nothing, say nothing, think no
thing; and in shell things your not
over-genteel loafer is an adept. As
old hither Sol swings his mighty bulk
along making the hour of noon sixty
or a hundred minutes distant you will
find a different sort of loafer on the
street. He sometimes stands at a cor
ner ready to shake bands with any ac
quaintance and pass the compliments
of the morning. If you could hear,
you would find that he had told a doz
ev friends the very same things—dealt
out the same items of inform AiOn to
! each in succession—it, formation entirc
!ly concerning himself. And there lie
stands until his dinner hour fortunate
ly gives him something to do.
In the village I have in my eye
there arc* some loafers —such as really
j deserve the name. You will notice
one coming up the street with his cane
j across the back of his neck, support
ing an arm on. each extremity, lie
throws his head back, and has a care
less way of projecting his pedal ex
tremities. lie is never in a hurry —•
your true loafer always takes things
leisurely.
lie saunters onward until a small
group presents itself and he joins it,
throwing himself lazily in a chair, if
one is convenient. If not lie will sat
isfy himself with a pine box, instantly
pulling out his pocket-knife, with
which he first cuts off a quid, and then
proceeds to test the mettle of his blade
on the aforesaid box. If it is sum
mer he says, “Devil of a hot day.”
He is so fond of gaining .information
that he will hardly interrupt anyone
who takes the trouble to discourse.—
If anything moderately funny is said
he laughs,' because to discover a joke
is evidence of acuteness —and your
true loafer is ford of being thought
acute.;
If a distinguished Statesman is men
tioned he will say “he's some," and if a
noted belle is alluded to, he ejaculates
“By golly, don’t she take your ej r e!”
And he looks around to behold the
sensation created by his profound re
mark.
Presently another approaches.
Ilfs upper ftp has a smutty hue ow
ing to an attempt to cultivate a mus
tache, and he has ;i careless eye—as if
he never did anything, and never
meant to do anything. lie, too, lias
an indifferent way of walking—all
loafers have if you notice. He is on
a different order from the other. Now
and then, he will say pert things; and,
therefore, he prides himself on his wit.
lie thinks no one his superior in play
ing cards, billiards or rolling ten-pins;
and when he is act doing either-of
those three things he is—loafing. But
at some suggestion of his the crowd
moves; in a body.it bestirs itself and
adjourns to a neighboring bar-room —
imbibes, and then seats itself oil bench
es, if any are near—your true loafer is
a lazy man. If lu* has no split bot
tomed chair, or pine box, or bench to
sit upon, lie will occupy a window or
lean against a tree; and if you draw
him one side lor a little private con
versation, his eye will brighten up for
lie likes the appearance of Thompson
having “something important to say;’
but he is certain to brace himself be
hind with a walking cane. Il ls in tol
led is generally shallow, and if you
have anything of moment to commu
nicate to him, you are very fearful
that you will not get liim to compre
hend ; and yet lie “takes your idea ex
actly.’.' You never trust him with a
commission—he would bo certain to
forget it, or else, perform it just a half
hour too late; but the probability
would be that he u could not find time to
doit.”
Your loafer is generally a clever fel
low—w hen lie is in a good humour,—
He never hesitates to drink when ask
ed; and if you would win his entire
heart, take him out of air afternoon
with your 2.4 o—and let; hint drive.
The loafer may, sometimes, bo seen
with a,huge paper in both hands, his
feet on a line with his, hat and a big ci
gar between his lips: lie holds the pa
per high up before his face, seems
deeply absorbed and hardly takes• his
eye off the sheet when an six pulsion
••!’ saliva,. becomes necessary- he de
idcnlly relieved paper is laid
down and he can get under the shade
of a tree and talk about that “ fine
spree we had the other night,” or
“what nice trout he had for dinner
yesterday,” hr what an adept, “he has
become in dying bis wiiiskors.”
Indeed to hear the general tone of
his conversation you will be amazed
at the importance of his pursuits in gen
eral, and the profundity of his remarks
concerning them.
He speaks of “the women” and nar
rates how successful he was last Sun
day “in getting a good seat for seeing."
“A. 0. is a devil of a fine girl—and
may just take his hat.”
With him, divine service is a sort of
menagerie, where he p"ys for the pleas
ure of seeing “the women” by “being
bored for an hour by old B .’’
lie takes particular pains with his
dress on Sabbath, and shows his cool
ness by sucking the head of his cane
or tapping it against" his upper teeth as
his eyes wander slowly around—seek
ing whom they may devour. If he
ever looks at the preacher it is purely
a mistake, and he is inclined to beg
his own, and the girls pardon for the
same.
It seems to be a point of great am
bition witli him how big a pool of to
bacco juice he can deposit on the floor
during service, for he thinks it adds to
the beauty and cleanliness Or tiie floor
thus to be ornamented. If it is in a
pOW, where “vomen’ arc likely to sit in
the afternoon, so much the better—it
may get on their slippers or stain their
dress.
If he catches the eye of a brother
loafer he winks and inclines his head
• slightly towards the female quarters
this is a sort of fece-masonry signal
which speaks volumes to —the initia
ted. After the last hymn and the
benediction are completed he moves for
the door in order to get a good stand,
as he would consider it a crime to let
the bonnets pass without being gazed
under. This is one of his duties which
lie will in no wise neglect. It is his
firm and deliberate opinion that the
, ladies will feel slighted and particular
ly uncomfortable should he fail to stare
at them as they emerge from the church
door; and he generally performs the
office to the best of his abilities. If
a particularly handsome one passes out
he will follow her, with a companion;
and may be heard to mutter ‘Devilish
good figure!”
If he is invited to an evening party
lie talks in a free careless style to the
ladies, himself forming the principal
staple of his conversation. He will
saunter carelessly about, the room,
seeking to be entertained instead of en
tertaining; or he will seek the hat
room and take a chew, declaring how
tiresome it is —to some body confiden
tially.
At the supper table he is perfectly
at home, arid is anxious to know if
there is any champaignc. Should there
be a turkey he secures a choice mor
sel for himself and with a cup of cof
fee injhis hand declares that ho is get
ting on finch/. If the ice-cream does
not suit him he affirms that it is salty,
and enquires in low tones, why in the
mischief they did not have strawberries.
He eats plentifully of everything —
visits the sideboard with his host and
familiarly tosses off a class of sherry
or claret, smacking his lips to show
that he is Something of a connoisseur
in wines, and twists his head down
wards and sideways to evince his ap
probation.
The supper over, for him the party
is over; so he seeks his hat where he
has put it, and if lie does not obtain it,
selects the best one he can find, puts
it on his head and retires firmly con
vinced that without him the affair
would have been nothing.
[continued next week.]
Fanny Fern and John Bull.—
“ Fanny Fern ” is roughly criticised by
the London Athemoum. We give a
specimen :
“‘Fanny’ (whether Mrs. or -Miss ap
peared! not in her books) does not
seem to have a country bone in her
body or a country hair on her head.
The up-stairs, down-stairs, and back
stairs life of towns, with all its pre
tences and ambitious struggles, seems
as well known to boras it can be to any
respectable •woman of average fortune.
She delights in slang. A mother,
with her, is ‘a maternal' —a man, l a
\masculine' —and womeii are' fiemin.in <-
tics' She is boisterous on the subject
of female shopping—-nor less animated
when hectoring the lords of creation
in regard to what they should put on :
•‘I understand,’ says she, ‘the architec
ture of a coat to a charm; know as
quick as a flash whether it is all right,
the minute I clap my eye on it. As to
vests. I call myself a connoisseur.-
‘Mocks’ are only fit for wall street!
Get yourself some nice silk neckties,
and ask your wile, or somebody who
knows something, to logitudinizo them
to your jugular. Throw your colored,
embroidered, and ruffled’ shirt-bosoms
overboard; leave your cane and cigar
at home; wear: a’ pair of neat, dark
gloves; sport an.immaculate pocket
handkerchief and; dickey.” A ‘fern
leaf ’, the above? ’ Nay ratifyr let us
call it a grain of ‘didff' (to review
slangby slung,-) presejated Try, Boh to
Bill, and scrawled by the former
the bacg of; ay unpaid tailors bill ... .
Fanny’s Revi.Y.— Johnny, hadyou
any little private reason nf your own
for omitting the closing sentence in the
obnoxiotis “fern leaf” above quoted,
viz : '‘and speak of every ivoman as you
Would vrish your mother or sister to he
spoken of ?" Qh, Johnny, Johnny, will
you never get out of your mouth the
taste of that cup of tea that my fore
fathers mixed for yours in Boston har
bor? Will your never" cease fibbing,
Johny?” “Not a country bone in my
body ! " Ask the 175,000 buyers of
Fern,Leaves, ( t go by my publishers’
advertisements as to numbers, keep
ing a sharp eye, with a view to a set
tlement; by and by!) Ask them if
Fern Leaves show that Ido not love
the country!* Johnny, dear, I was
“raised ”, in the country, not Air from a
spot called Bunker Hill, where, if I
remember right, you once received a
shot. How it came to hit you in the
back is best known to yourself.
As to the “architecture of a coat,”
I do know it, and I also know, when
ever I see a man with one on that is
badly cut, and whose bump of self
esteem draws so powerfully on the.top
of his head as to lift his heels from the
ground, that —he is an Englishman.
But, Johnny, I forgive you; partly
because I penned sundry little squibs
in Fern Leaves about you Britishers in
full expectation of a box on the ear,
and part ly because I know how many
little things you have had lately to try
your placid temper. It is aggravating.
Johnny, to have Cobdeu and ] lumo
constantly hammering 'Parliament a
bout The Yew-YorK Tribune, and
tnriuftuig it into ypur Tory faces as a
model of what an English newspaper
should be as to price, size and matter.
This must be very provoking, Johnny,
to a person of your inflation and pom
posity. And then there is Kossuth’s
Sheffield expose of your miserable,
shuffling-, pussy-cat war polipy- —des-
patching your armies just in time to
be too late for action, alt'cl* allowing' your
fleets to hover about points from which
Russia cannot be vitally menaced, in
stead of shaking- them all out of their
boots, as you ought, and as we did you,
Jolmny, after that little tea-party I be
fore alluded to.
Well, we forgive you, Johnny v for
being such a blustering coward. Your
younger brother America is getting
along nicely, and throws back in your
teeth your old taunt,. “ Who reads an
American Hook ? Literary “'femininity
is wide awake and very successful over
here; literary “masculinity" is vexed,
and while patting* us patronizingly
with one hand, scratches us slyly with
the other: yet, ! by the leave of Prov
idence and the Editor of The New-
York Daily limes, we shall continue
to nib our pens and c.ooly pocket our
receipts. Fanny Fern.
Fast Woman. —A woman named
Mrs. Ilamcrsly, in St. Lawrence coun
ty, New York, was a few days ago di
vorced from her husband, at half past
seven o’clock, and her original name
restored, her husband being in court
and resisting* the application. At 10
o’clock the same day, she was married
to a Mr. Wikle —thus being twice a
wife and once single, and legally enti
tled to bear the names'Mrs. Hamerslv,
Miss Colton and Mrs. Wikle, all in the
space of half an hour. This woman
will pass.
What Becomes of all the Ves
sels? —The Boston Atlas gives some
interesting facts in relation to tho des
truction of the vessels belonging to the
United States, deduped from the ma
rine reports and other sources. It ap
pears that for a period of 18 months,
ending in September of the present
year, 103 ships and barks, 114 brigs,
and 327 schooners were totally lost at
sea. During the'same period, 50 ves
sels, which had previously sailed, nev
er heard from, 838 put into port in dis
tress, and 102 wrecks were passed.—
This is, says the writer, a total loss for
the given period, every twenty-two
hours; one stranded every forty-four
hours,; one abandoned every seventy -
live hours, and one never heard from
every ten days.
VIRGINIA. —A letter from a Massachu
setts farmer to the Editor of the Pitts
field sun says:
“Old Virginia bids fair to be one of
the first States with Northern enter
prise. Three years ago, in the place
where I now reside, there was but one
Northern man; now there are fiorty
eirj/d Nothern families within 8 miles
of my farm; Land has since risen
fronts 2to $25 per acre., lam seven
miles from the Potomac river, twenty -
Jive miles from the Blue Ridge, twenty
south of Alexandria, twenty-five from
Washington, and thirty from Freder
icksburg.”
Paul Quoting- a I-leatiien Poet.
—ln Paul’s address to the Athenians
(xvii.) he quotes a heathen poet, con
firming a sentiment lie, had uttered. —
•‘For in him we live, and move, and
have,our being; as certain also of your
own poets have said, ‘For we are also
his offspring.’ ’’ He .is supposed to have
referred to Aratus, the Cicilian, and
Cleanthos, the stoic of Assos. Mr. —
Lc£\vin lms furnished the following
translation
:„ijf|[|jir - From Amt us •
From .Jove .begin wo, Who can touch tho string,
And not harp praise to heaven's eternal king ?
He animates the mart and crowdod way,
The restlessoeeun and the sheltered bay.
Doth euro perplex ? Is lowering danger nigh i
We art’, his hffspi'in'J, and to Jove we. fly.
; - From Clwnf.hes.
Grout Jove! most glorious of the immortal band:
Worshipped by many names; alone in might!
Author of all! Whoset.word is nature’s law !
Iliuli unto theo iuay mortals lilt their voice,
/•:»' m thine qifsprint/ are. All tilings that troop
Are but-the echo of the voice divine.
Reason asks, can prayer influence
God, who alone knows what is right,
and never deviates from it ? But is at
certain that . God sees only; one right
Way ofacting?
In order to judge of another’s feel
ing!?, remember your own. certain.
•: The world has not room miough for
all the great men in it, t so that they
stand very much in eKeh other's way.
V "-'Y ' AV - A:;.' *
Tin: Sim mi’ or a Dog.-—The be-'
lie vers iu spiritual manifestations con
tinue toliirvc -weekly meetings in this
city, oh which occasions some bonder-'
fufdemonstrations take place; -At it
sitting a lew evenings since, a gentle
man.'present, v, r ho had just lost by
death a favorite dog, remarked that
he had always had an opinion that dogs
had souls, and requested the mediums
present to "test the question by calling
for the spirit of his dog, His propo
sition was acceded to, and the question
asked, when the requisite number of
raps to express “yes, -were distinctly
sounded. Curiosity was now at its
height, and a convincing demonstra
tion confidently anticipated. All things
being made ready, the gentleman call
ed upon the spirit of his dog to give
some demonstration which would sat
isfy him beyond a doubt that what
purported* to be the spirit of liis dog
was a genuine article. The request
was hardly made, when, to the perfect
astonishment of all present, the table
trotted across the room , and turnednp one
leg beside the ivall!
Reflections of a Church going
Belle. —So Mr. Brown is going to
preach to-day —I hoped he would ex
change. I suppose lie is a good man,
but,his sermons are dreadfully dull,
and so long! If I were a KniiistOr, I
would not writ'isjmy sermon over lib
tceg minutes, and would not average
over ten.
I wonder who that stranger is in
Squire Bigelow’s pew ? How inter
esting lie looks with liis long curls—
I should like to get acquainted with
him.
Good gracious 1 Georgian na Fuller
has got anew bonnet ! Well, won
ders wil l never cease. It is not becom
ing in the least —however, it will do
well enough for her. Kate Melvin
has a newshawk How beautiful it is.
I’ve no doubt she got it at Warren’s
—I saw one there the other day just
like it. I’ll go to-morrow, and sec if I
can’t get one similar.
Well, I never! If there is not a
gentleman in Miss Periwinkle’s pew.
Wonder whether he is courting the
old maid. Do not believe he’d make
quite such a fool of himself, for she’s
thirty-live or more, and sour and crus
ty enough to turn the sweetest milk.
I’ve no doubt she would like to get
him, if she could, or any one else, for
that matter.
Heigh ho! what a long sermon?
Oh? there’s Mrs. Eustace, the bride.
How sweetly she is dressed. I’ll tell
on her to-morrow. I hear she’s got a
brother in the army. I’ll manage to
get introduced, if, as I hear, hois com
ing here to passji vacation of a few
weeks.
Wonder whether anybody sees my
hew silk; I hope so, what’s the use
having new things, unless they arc
seen ?
The sermon though—what a relief!
“How do you, Mrs. Jones? Fine
serrnon.”
.“YeA very. I listened to it with
much pleasure.”
Origin* of Salamander Safes. —
Mr. Fitzgerald, a very intelligent New
York mechanic, 4vas engaged in makc
ing plaster images, and lrequently
washed his hands in a tin pan. The
bottom of tlie pan soon became encrus
ted over with plaster; and one day,
when it set on lire to heat water, it was
found that the 4vater could not be heat
ed in it. The discovery led to the know
ledge that plaster of Paris 4\ r as a suita
ble non-conductor lor iron safes, thou
sands of 4vhich arc made every year.
Lucky Mistake. —A I'eav years ago.
two prominent gentlemen of this State
had a newspaper quarrel which became
so personal that one ol them, Mr. A.
wrote to the other, Mr. B. that he
would be in Columbus on a certain day,
and 4vould expect to meet B. there. —•
Mr. B. replied that lie fvould be on
hand. AY lien the day arrAcd the
challenger 4vas in Columbus, M ississip
pi and'the ehallengee in Columbus,
Georgia! This wide mistake 4vus so
redieulous that tlieir friends afterwards
interposed, and the matter was settled
and hushed up. — Alabama Gazette.
Lot’s Wife. —A French savant, M.
do Saulyy gives the following interpre
tation of the sacred narrative of Lot’s
Wife:
“The Djebbel-l-Melehh, or Djebel
Sdoum ,presents a compact mass of
rock salt, the height of which varies,
but never exccds 100 yards. At the
summit, the salt is covered over by a
stratum of a dirty white hue. The
whole of the hill side presents numer
ous fissures hollowed by the winter
torrents, and the constant crumbling of
the soil. At many points appear vast
pyramidal col urns of salt, one which
has no doubt been taken by Captain
Lynch for the famous pillar into which
Lot’s wife was transformed. All the
disconnected masses, and those which
still adhere to the mountain, have their
surfaces deeply furrowd and indented
by the rains. And lastly, wherever
the rock leans over, its lower part is
hung with stalactites of salt. Is it pos
sible to explain the death of Lot’s wife?
I am inclined to believe so, and this
would be my solution: At the moment
when the huge, mountain was heaved
up volcanically, there must have been
throughout its whole extent tremendv
ous falls of detached masses, similar to
those we have observed every .step.—
Lot’s wile having loitered behind, eith
er through fright or curiosity, was most
likely crushed by oue of these descend
ing fragments, anil when Lot and his
children turned round to look toward
the place where sho had stopped, they
saw nothing but the salt rock which
eoveifed her body. • The 'catastrophe
may be explained many ways j but hav
ing visted the spot, X hold to the opin
ion I have no\y advanced, without seek
ing, however, to impose it on others.”
: The world may be makiii^progress;
but the prpg&ss which principally con*
corns eaehonej is thnl/which tits him to
exchange this world for a bettewone.
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T. I / /, O It t
1) ESPECTFULLY informs his customers, and
L the public generally, that lio still continues the
Tailoringßusincss. From his past, experience in
the business, he warrants to give entire satisfaction
to all wlio may favor him with a call, both iu price
and manufacture. Olliee over Carter <fc Harvey’s
store. ,
May 16, 1851. sm,
:mmn nmnmmm
iii'i U i uii oALij auw ,
w (DIB (B'A 3 m«
A SMALL lot of Superior St. Croix Sugar, Rio Cof
fee, Stultz’s and Morgan’s best Chewing Tobac
co, Common Tobacco, and 8,000 liavanna Segars,
choice brands.
—ALSO—
-15,000 pounds Bacon, bog round, choice articles, and
8,000 bushels Corn, prime ; which will be sold on a
credit, until Christmas, for approved notes. Also,
Com oh consignment, which will he sold low, for
cash. 4V. A. DAVIS.
May 9, 1854 3 2t
(: IKjK'E BACON
;ia.«L skss jLa mjz »
4IPDS. of Choice Bacon, Shoulders, received and
for sale low down for Cash.
4V A. DAVIS.
Bast comer Jefferson st.. Eatonton, Ga. ts
TIIEfPEOPLII’S JOURNAL.
Splendid Engravings, only 50 cents per 4’el
mne. 'i’lie illustrated record of Agriculture, Me
chanics, Science, and Useful Knowledge,. publish
ed monthly by Alfred E. Beach. Every Number
contains 32 large pages of Letter-Press, beautifully
printed on fine paper, and profusely illustrated witii !
engravings, forming at the end of each half year, a ;
Splendid Volume of two hundred pages; illustrated |
with over 200 elegant Engravings, the entire cost be- I
- ing only a Half Dollar,
I FarmSHi, MC'cuamcs, Inventors, Manu.L,/, urC rs :
, T>d people oLevery profession, will find in the
People’s Jour rill a 'repository of valuable knowl
edge, peculiarly suited to their respective wants.
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To subscribers, 50 cents a volume. Two volumes
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risk of the publisher. The name of the Post office,
County and State where the paper is desired to be
sent, should be plainly written. Address
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IS issued invariably on the first day of tlie month
in which it is dated. Each number will contain
44 octavo pages, in double columns; each year thus
comprising nearly two thousand pages of tho
choicest Miscellaneous Literature of the ayd. Eve
ry number will contain numerous Pictorial Illustra
tions, accurate plates of the Fashions, a copious
chronicle of current events, uud impartial notices
of the important books of the month. The vol
umes commence with the. numbers for June and
December.
Terms.- —The Magazine may be obtained of book
sellers, periodical agents, or from the publishers.
Three Dollars a year, or Twenty-five cents each,
as, furnished by the Agents or Publishers.
The Publishers will supply specimen number
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make liberal arrangements with them for circula
ting the Magazine; they will also supply Clubs on
liberal terms and mail and city subscribers, when
payment is made tothcin in advance. Numbers
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The London Quarterly Review (Conservative.) —
The Edinburgh Review (Whig,) The North Brit
ish Review (Free Church,) The Westminitjer’s Re
view (Liberal,) Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine
(Tory.)
TJie present critical state of European affairs will
render these publication unusually interesting du
ring the yr.’s4. They will occupy a middle ground
between the hastily written vuctc spec
ulations, and flying rumors of the daily J .arnal, and
the ponderous Tome of the future historian, writ
ten after the living interest and excitement of the
great political events of the time shall have passed
awa>\ It is to these Periodicals that people must
look for the only reallyintelligibleand reliable his
tory of current events,* and as such, in addition to
their well-established literary, scientific, and theolo
gical character, we urge them upon the consideration
of the reading public.
Arrangements are in progress for the receipt of
early sheets from the British Publishers, by which
we shall be able to place all our Reprints "in the
hands of subscribers, about, as soon as they can be
furnished with the foreign copies. Although this
will involve avcrviuri-o outlay on our part, we shall
I continue to furnish the Periodicals at the same low
: rates as heretofore, viz:
Per annum,
For any one of-the four Reviews, no
For any two of the four Reviews, 5 of
For any three of the four Reviews, 7 OC
For all four of the Reviews, g 00
For Blackwood’s Magazine 3 00
For Blackwood and three Reviews, 9 00
For Blackwood and the four Reviews, lo 00
Payments to be made in all cases in advance.
Money current iu the State where issued will be
received at par.
CLUBBING,
A discount of tventy-five per cent fret" the above
prices will be allowed to Clubs ordering four or more
copies of anyone or more of the above works. Thus:
lour copies ot Blackwood, or of one Review, will
be sent to one address for §9 ; four copies of the
tour Reviews and Blackwood for §3O; ami so on.
Remittances and communications should always
be addressed, post-paid, to the publishers,
LEONARD SCOTT & CO.
;* 53 Gold Street New York.
A • B.—L. S. & Cos. have recently published, and
have novi for sale, the FARMER'S GUIDE,”
Homy Stephens, ot Edinburgh, and Prof. Norton,
ot Yale College, New Haven, complete in 2 vol oc‘a
vo, containing 1600 pages, 14 steel and 600 wood
engravings' Price in muslin binding, $6.
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR^
for 1854.
The Southern Cultivator, a monthly Jour
nal, uevoted exclusively to the improvement of
Southern Agriculture, Horticulture, Stock Breed
ing, Poultry, Bees, General Farm Economy, &e.—
Illustrated with numerous elegant engravings.
The Twelfth Volume Greatly Improved, Commences
in January, 1854.
The Culthatoi is a large.octavo of 32 pages, form
iug a volume of 384 page's in the year. Jt"eontains a
much greater amount of reading matter than anv
similar publication in the-South—cm bracin'* 1 , in ad
dition to the current agricultural topics’- of the day,
\ aluablo Original Contributions from many of the
most intelligent and practical Planters, Farmers and
Horticulturist* m every section of the South and
South-west
TERMS.
One copy, one year in advance ; c.-i no
mx copies, r.-,
I wenty-flve copies, Y.
One hundred copies,.... 75 00
The Cash system will be rigidly adhered to, and
m no instance will the paper lie sent unless the mo
neyjccompames the order; The Bills of all specie
paying Banks received at par. All money remitted
lisher 1 -’ - P ° Sta p,. l>ak! ’ Wlli be at tlxe risk oft he l’ub
'Address' 4VM. S. JONES, A
Augusta, Goo. . r t
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.
UNRIVALED array OF talent.
Id’e Pioprietors ot the ‘Post- in again coming be
toretlic piiDlie, would'return, t hunks for the gener
ous patronage which has placed them far in advance
ol every other Literary 4\ eekly in America. And,
as the only suitable return for such free and heart v
support, their arrangements for 15,' 14 have been
made vvitli a degree ot liberality probably miuouuL
ed 111 the history ol American newspaper literature?”
ihidy have engaged as contributors for the ensuing
year, the following brilliant array of talent and
mous: Mrs. bout/nvorth, Emerson E.nnelt, Jffl.
Ventmon, 6 rare Grcenieopd and Fanny ! \rn.
■ l’ : T 01 ' el. January, we design coinmeiic
nm an Original Novelet, written expressly for our
columns, eutdkdl llw llrlde 0/ the \VUdirmss, by.
Emcison Lonue t author of- Clara Morland,” Ae.
Ins wo design to lowing by another culled The Step-
S':, ,h A. Dennison, author of **( «fJ
tiude Russell, Ac. 44 e have also the promise of a■
numboi ot fckotcho.'i bv C*moo l GroGiiwt^ciil \fr<
Southworth will also maintain her old and pleasant
eonneetmu with the Post The next stow fi«m ‘ her
girted pen will be euUHed Miriam the* Avwtuw*
OR TKI! IATAL \ r OW, bv Ellinei D V V
author of the “ Lost I'lciivss.'” etc.’ him) kst!°hut
art’i Rdr al ° llu . tbo l r,s ed to announce a scries of
iu tides from one who lias rnpidlv risen vrpy high in
popular tavor Tiiey wiU hi entitled a.
fetches, by taupydrrn, author of ‘’Fern Leaves,”.
to-eomnieneo the .Sketches of Faunv
rent as well as the series bv (lßust’fn. «... 1 "
the early jiumbers-e!’ tho coining your, A ■ 1
Correspondeneo,—Agrieul
iii lm M l '’ 1 I|lG 1 | 1G V'nY Congressional reports, the
markets, etc., also shall bo vcgularly given.
P°? ta S w 011 tho iWrtonnv
pait ot the United States, —when AftidtSotinitorlv
m advance, is only 26 eontsa Z !,1>
The terms ot the I ost are $2.00' in advance.
g, winy 3 ( ' alulto tho Setter up oftho club). .$5 00
is: Vi tV : ‘‘ “ io do
20* “ and j ” •• •••!"> 00
The money for clubs aIMVs mnstb,. smVrn
vanee, subscriptions may besmitat our ri4 U
Address, always post-paid
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f the Post, as at satnple, m , Y j•’
iOOtvSw' £jiFio FOR Tiiij FE&PLii.
MONSTER* ( INTEBPIBSK
In connection with the Ex]hibit|ens ol'diis Mapnili
•MIRROR WM fIIIMERICA
At ACADEMY HALL, 663 BrolMiv, New Y or k.
i3F100,000 Tickets Only, at SlEacii,^
4Vill be sold. Eaeli Purchaser of a Ticket for th,-
ADMISSION OF FOUR PERSONS
To the Exhibition, will be presented with a Num
bered Certificate, entitling the Holder to One Share
in the following 100,000 Gifts.
A FARM, located In Harrison Township, Gloucestcf
Cos., New Jersey, and within 15 miles of Philadel
phia: It embraces over 100 Acres of Land, in'a high
style of cultivation, with Dwellings, Barns, and
other necessary Out-houses, in good repair: Then
is a large Orchard of choioe Fruits: Title indis
putanle: Valued at $10,000:
(Any information in regard to the Farm can be
obtained of BELAN REDEJELD, tenant on the
premises:) - • ' aMta
A'Perpetual Loan without security or interest, 5000
“ “ 2,000
“ ■ “ “ “ “ 1,000
2 “ “ “ “ SSOO oa ROOo
i.lO “ - “ “ “ “ 100 “ 1,000
The Clleihuted Tuorrixo Make, “Lilly Dale,”
who can trot, in harness, a mile ill 2. 40--
valued at 1,500
5 Rosewood Pianos) valued at SSOO each, 2,500
5 “ ' “ “ 8400” “ 2,500 ,
(A portion of the pianos are T. Gilbert & Co’s.cel
ebrated /Kolians. Others of Ilallett, Davis, & Co's.
Splendid Instruments.)
Tlio Splendid. Series of Paintings known as
the” Mirror ok New-Enclandand Cana
dian Scenery,” and now realizing a hand
some income by its Exhibitions in the East
■ valued at $0 hd, M -,n
3 Light and beautifuj ijtuTiaCes, $225 each;" 675
10 Gold ntclu- r ; } ]r j ;j - • 1)00(1
40 “ “ 50 “ 2,000
160 *' Tens and Cases, 5 “ 500
0,000 “ Pencils, 3 “ _ 15,000
94,819 Pieces of Choice, Popular and Fashtpn
ttblo ilusie, 25 ets. each, "y , 23*705
1000,000 Girts, Valued at $96,380
One (lift for Every Ticket.
In order to insure to all concerned a perfectly
fair arid satisfactory disposition of the above named
Gifts, Mr. Peritam proposes that the Shareholders
shall meet together on Thursday Evening,
.1 line 22d, 1854, (or sooner, if all the tickets an
| sold—due notice of which will be given.V at. some
suitable place, hereafter to be Designated, and ap
point a committee of five persons, to receive the
property, which they may dispose of in such man
ner—bv lot or otherwise—as the Shareholders, in
general meeting, shall direct, the Committee giving
good and sufficient bonds, if required by tlio share
holders, for the faithful performance of the duties
required of them.
Shareholders residing out of the city of New
York, will stand upon the same footing ns resi
dents, and whatever may fall to their shares will
be forwarded to them in such manner as they may
direct, after the partition lias taken place.
JjgT’All orders for Tickets, by mail, should bo
addressed to Joseph Perliam, Academv llall, 663
Broadway, New York. If it should happen that
all the Tickets arc sold when the order is received,
the money will be returned, at our expense for post
age. Correspondents will please write distinetlv
their name, residence, County and State, to prevent
errors. Or, if convenient, enclose an envelope with
tlieir directions on it in full—in which, such Tickets
as they may order will he returned.
GEORGIA HOME GAZ ETTE."
A Southern Literary and Family Journal) publihl:-
edat Augusta, Geo. James M. Smvtiie, and Roi;-
eut A. 4Vyte, Editors.
The Home Gazette is devoted to Literature,
Art, Science. Agriculture, General Intelligence, and
Southern interests. The aim of the Editors is to
make a useful and interesting paper, to blend the
ustruetivc and the entertaining together, in such a
way as to secure a high degree of interest, and yet at
the same time elevate both the Intellect and the
Affections.
The columns of tho paper contain Historical and
Domestic Romances, Pictures of Social Life) Sketch
es of Biography, Choice Poetry, Entertaining Anec
dotes, Scientific Memoranda, Agricultural and In
dustrial articles, the General news of the day, and
all Political Intelligence of any importance. Be
sides a great variety of articles oil all these subjects,
the Gazette will particularly adapted for Family
Reading. It is published for the Home Circle, and
the Editors feel that they have fully redeemed their
pledge to make it ail a Home Newspaper should be.
—entirely free from Political bias, and high-toned
in character.
Grateful for the liberal encouragement which
has been extended to our efforts to build up at tho
South Literary and Family Journal .of* high char
acter, we shall increase our exertions to justify this
public confidence, and make tlie Gazette still' more
worthy of general patronage.
TERMS.
Single copy, one year, in advance-,.... $2 06
Two •• “ **.... 8 Dt>
Five “ “ “ Ew ..8 oi*
Ten “ “ 15 00
Address Smyth & Whyte,-Editors Home Gazette,
Augusta, Georgia. •
j Jtier’w r :aL' , ca'.»is.
' MECHANICS & MANUFACTURERS
WILL find the Seientific * Americana jour
nal exactly suited to their wants. It is issued
! regularly every week in form suitable for binding.
Each number contains an oflieial list of patent.claims,
notices of new inventions, chemical and mechanical
articles upon Engineering, Mining, Architecture,
Internal Improvements, Patents and Patent Laws;
Practical Essays oh all subjects connected with the
Arts and Sciences. Each volume covers 41 1» pages
of clearly printed matter, interspersed with trom
four to six hundred engravings, and specifications
of patents. It is the REPERTORY OF AMERI
CAN INVENTION and is widely complimented at
home and abroad for the soundness of its v'vws' —
If success is any eriericn of its chr.raet: th T pub
lishers have the satisfaction of believing it the first
among the many SdentHic Journals in the world.
Postmasters, being authorized'agents ol' the Sci
entific American, will very generally attend to for
warding letters containing remittances.
The Patent Claims are published weekly, and
arc invaluable to Inventors and Patentees.
Wo particularly warn the public against pay
ing money to Traveling Agents, as we are not in tile
habit, of furnishing certificates of agency to any one.
One copy for one year, $2 00
Five copies for one year, 8 00
Ten copies for one y ear, 15 00
Fifteen copies l'or one year, 22 00
Twenty copies for one Near, 8 00
. MI NX & CO.,
128 Fulton street, N. Y.
The Southern Eclectie.
rpilE ECLECTIC will bo composed of carefully
JL selected articles, from the leading Periodicals
of Europe, with one or more original papers in
each number from the pens of Southern writers.
Wo will be in regular receipt, by mail, among
others of the following standard Foreign Journals:
. The Edinburgh Review, The Northßritish Review
The Westminster Review, The London Quarterly
Review, The Eclectie Review, The Retrospective Re
view, Chamber's Edinburgh Journal, Earn Cook's
Journal, Household Words. United Service Journal,
Colburn's New Monthly, Lublin" University Mag
azine, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine/ Ains
worth’s Magazine, Fraser’s -Magazine, Hood’s Mag-
I azine, Sharp's Magnz-ine, Tail's" Magazine, Gentle -
mnu’s Magazine, Blackwood’s Lady's Magazine,
The Repertory of Arts and Inventions, Bentley’s
Miscellany,' Revn Jes deux Monds, llogg's In
structor, A muds of Natural History, W eiser Zeitung,
London Literary Gazette, The Spectator, The Critic,
The Athemeuim The Examiner, The Times, Punch,
&e. These rare and costly publications which sel
dom, in their original form, find their way into
the hands’ of American readers, and yet are know
lodged to embody the latest and choicest pro-
the best writers ofEurope. will be care
fully examined, and their most, attractive and valu
able articles will be reproduced in the pages of
the EeLKOTie. Thus, for a mere lYaotion of the
cost ofnnvoneof these works, the readers of the
Eei.Kcric will obtain the select portions cl' all of
them;
With the ample resources thus at our command,
in tho British and Continental Journals, together
with such assistance as wo expect from our native
writers we Hope to publish a Periodical which shall
prove, in every respect, acceptable to the cultivated
reader:
Tho Eoj-kctic is the only Magazine, of the class
ever uttcpiptcd in the South, ami is designed to
supply an obvious void in our literary publica
tions:' We need scarcely add, that it will be con
dueled with a special regard to the sentiments, tho
institutions and interest of the Southern people:
While no topic will bo excluded from its, pages
that comes properlv within the scope ol literary'
journalism, particular attention will bo given to
such subjects as are of practical and permanent im
portance: ' ‘A "
Tho Eci.ectio will bo published at Augusta, Ga.,
the first of every month—each number containing
80 large octavo pages, in double columns, on good
paper aitd now typo, making two volumes ol 4sd
pages, each, in the year: • ...
TERMS for one year: One copy, f3oo—Six
copies, i^iaOO; always in advance:
The firsT volume can be had at tho reduced • price
yf One Hollar, by early appliyatiou to the Ldift.or
1). K. WHITAKER,
Augusta Gu.