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Zara
fcY DAVID L. ROATH.
; In our leador of last week, altar making Mr.
RoaUi's lyrics the excuse for various remaks upon
various persons, and things, we promised to review
this week our author’s longest poetical production,
Zara.
It is the beginning of part 11. of the poem be
fore Mr. Roath opens the merits of his story, thus:
“Wall, then, ’twas by Savannah's dirty stream,” —
we supposo in Richmond eouutj'—there was
A cottage small, a modest little dwelling.’ 1
The cottage is next very prettily described, and
•we are told something about the inmates,
“A lovely dark-eyed maiden, young and tight,”
who
—“ dwelt with no eue but her aged mother.”
As to the father, he
“had pegged out some time before."
In addition tc the live mother and dead father,
the maiden haa a live brother, who dealt in New
York, as a banker,
“ And adding to his pile a little more."
We introduce this brother because wo shall have
a use for him by and by. As to the old lady, we
had as well take our leave of her right here, lor
we shall not see her again. For the good she does
the story, she had as well have “ pegged out ” her
self—but for the fact, we supposo, that it was nec
essary for some one to be living with the daughter
in the cottage. As to the name of the maiden, we
shall reach that “by due course of mail.” How
ever, we will not postpouo it either.
“ Heroes and heroines must have a name—
*******
In order that I may not longer dally,
I'll say at once this maiden's name was Sally,”
alias Sarah, alias “ Zara,” —and hence the name of
the poem.
She does not appear to have been a lady of
very great accomplishments, in the upper-ten sense
of the word, if we make one exception, (her wealth)
but was a rural lassie, very rich and all that, but
from some cause the old man had not, before he
“ pegged out,” used in her behalf the advantages
of the wealth by which he was surrounded. By
tho way, we forgot to mention why it was that the
old man had pegged out. Our poet does not say,
but we guess it was that “Zara” might have all
her property on hand without let or hindrance
from her father—or “daddy,” as Mr. R., in another
place, calls the male parent.
Let Mr. R. tell something about this young lady,
who, he said was tight: —
“ 'Tis true she had but littto education—
Had never seen a boarding school,
Where misses go to loose their animation"—
*******
By the way, Mr. R. falls into tin* very common
•rror of spelling the word lose, 1-00-s-e—which is a
very different word from lose. But to continue the
account of Zara:—
“ I doubt that she knew ought of mathematics,
As taught by scholars in this latter day—
She was not conversant with hydrostatics,
Nor could she shortest rule of grammer say—
She had not learnt the science of pneumatics,
Or how her music by the note to play;
One instrument she knew, and only oue—
<She went it on the jews-harp like a ton of bricks —
Her playing “on the jews-harp liko a ton of
bricks," had, as might well bo supposed, a very
strange effect on those who heard it: —
Her Angers flying on the slender wiro,
lie quick consigned to purgatory law,
And bellowed like a bull: some hallooed fire!"
Oh! Orpheus! But wo can't blame them, if the
music was like the falling of a “ton of bricks.”
Zara had a great many other rural accomplish*
meats, such as sewing, knitting, getting a good
dinner, Ac. But we can’t forbear to mention more
particularly one of them: —
All figured off so nice, you'd hate to leave it,
But try to steal and carry it away”—
Quite likely, if— Zara was in it
But our heroine's crowning accomplishment is
hinted at in the two following stanzas:
“ She was a catch. No wonder men contended
Together for the honor of her hand ;
For miles on miles her acres never ended —
The choicest quality of cotton land.
The pride of magnates speedily unbended
As they beheld the wealth at her command,
And down upon their marrow-bones they sunk,
And whined like peuanco-undergoing monk.
“Two hundred niggers in the cotton field!
Two hundred thousand dollars in til© hank !
ITwould make a coward swear to never yield—
'Twould make a potentate resign his rank;
'TwoDld make a Quaker, who to man ne’er kneeled,
jDrop down adoringly his figure lank—
"'Twould throw the senses in confusion total
,Os e’en the patriarch of Constantinople!"
; z ara , of course, had a great many lovers, most of
•-whom were attracted by the land, niggers and dol
lars. There was many a poor chap who hoped to
.save himself from jail, and to pay bis tailor’s bill
and)/ speedily marrying —Zara s fortune!
.*> if they tail, they soon a bird’s eye view
Could take, fVout some jail window in the nation;
For tailors sometimes desperately do
Their kindest patrons resolutely sue.”
Zara understood their motives, and when her lovers
were gone, she bchavod very strangely:—
“ She rolled and tumbled as if she would die"
We suppose convulsed with laughter.
But we must take our leave of Zara for a while,
and look after that
.“older brQther
Who had long lived upon a distant shore.
That “ distant shore’Via New York city,
—-“Babel-of tho West,
The seat of Joy, and Luxury, and Vice-
Conglomeration of the *wst and best."
Tho brother’s name ls Richard Green. We won
• JJer® tß' JJahliattaa, in a narrow street,
* * * * + *
With lolly dwellings upon either aide,-
Dwelt Zara’s brother, Mr. Richard Green.’*
“ He was a hlliti of great consideration-**
**'**** *
He would not take, so shining was his purity,
But ton percent, a month and good security."
Ho was a money-dealer, and had boon at the
business thirty years, during which time ho had
amassed a large fortune, and become as heartless
and unprincipled .13 might be expected. Here it
is necessary to introduce another dramatis persona
upon the stage, in the person of Count Mustache:
"A model gentleman was Count Mustache,
Who now was visited with such attention:
’Twas certain that ho cut a greater doth
Thau any o( that day whom I Could mention;
Among the female hearts he caused a crash,
That caused society much apprehension
That Cupid had, in titter desperation,
To him resigned his pleasing occupation."
The Count had been a pirate, and after amasing,
by his occupation, a tremendous fortune, lie camo
to New York with it, and he und Green became
intimates in business. Green persuaded him to in
vest, along with himself, all he had in the ‘‘Hum
bug Bank,” agreeing when they should, in their
turn, have tho control of said bank, to have a blow
up, and i>ocket tho effects. But they were antici
pated in this thing by the president and directors
who preceded them. The Humbug Bank was de
clared insolvent, tho president and directors va
mosed, and the cashier started on a foreign tour: —
“ He left, however, in the safe-locked vaults
Ten cents in silver, and a dose of salts."
A queer commodity, this latter, for the vaults of
a bank. Perhaps it was intended to purge it of its
corruption.
The Count became very much enraged at Green
for inducing him to embark in an enterprise by
which ho lost his all. Geeen, partly through
fright, and partly for the purpose of recovering his
own fortune, agreed to marry the Count to his sis
ter Zara, lands, niggers, money and all, provided
he, (Green,) should be allowed half the fbrtuue.
This is agreed to, and straightway Green writes
*or lus sister to come to his house ou a visit. This
she does, and her brother gives her a ball worth a
thousand dollars, at which Mustache is to see her,
and by dint of his Vhiskers, and other female heart
breakers, win her affections. As Mr. Roath very
perceptibly improves as he proceeds with his tale,
we will let him tell about Zara and Mustache at
the ball: —
“ But there was Zara—first among the first—
A gentle creature, innocent and gay;
Sweeping along amid the highly nursed,
Far more enchanting unto all than they.
A sparkling vision seemed at once to burst
On those encountered in her meteor way;
They stood astounded at so glad a sight,
And when she left them, they were left in night.
“ Men reckless trod upon each other’s toes,
To get a glimpse of her voluptuous form;
The old forgot their customary doze,
As forced the blood in all its channels warm,
The younger hovered round the lovely rose,
That moved but to display some novel charm ;
The common centre of a gaping crowd,
The high in station, beautiful and proud.
“ The Count, obsequious as a Turkish slave,
Her slightest wish would haste to gratify;
No notice he unto another gave,
Though oft he heard the faintly uttered sigh
That seemed attention only light to crave,
As all unheedingly he sauntered by.
His eye was fixed as firmly as Gibraltar,
On one he hoped to soon lead to the altar.
This was Zara. But she would not fall in love
with him. On the contrary, she foil in love with a
young gentleman by the namo of Charlie Porcu
pine. Heavens! what a name !
“ A fair-haired, blue-orbed gentleman was he—
*******
The stamp of intellect was on his brow,"
and he was a very noble, clever fellow, notwith
standing his name.
Soon after the ball, Green saw bis sister and urg
ed her to marry Mustache. This she positively de
clined to do. Very much down in the mouth, the
broken banker sees the Countin his, (the banker’s,)
office, and tells him of the result. The Count,
nothing daunted, determines upqn an abduction,
with Green’s assistance. The latter takes the
Count and Zara In his carriage to Mrs. Fizzle’s ball,
and feigning sickness, they all three, pretendedly
on the part of Geeen and the Count, start back to
the former’s house, but really to run away with
Zara. But fortunately Charlie Porcupine, who is
made acquainted with the intended abduction by
his uncle, a clerk in Green’s office, who overheard
the conversation in reference to this matter, comes
te tho rescue, and saves Zara, who has agreed to
marry him, and who, in fact, has agreed to bo sto
len away from the abductors by Charlie. This ab
duction business is rather poorly managed in a pe
cuniary way, though told very well in rhyme.
Had Mustache’s object been beauty instead of
booty this would have done very well' But under
the law, had Zara told that she had been forced to
marry the Count, ho would hardly have been enti
tled to tho plantation and niggers. But we must
let our author tell of the rescue in his own words.
The horses were going on at a pretty brisk pace,
when
i‘ A Bhout—a shot—a groan—the carnage stopped,
Brought up all standing, in salt-water phraso:
The burly driver from his cushion dropped,
Either in agony or in amaze;
The traces by some speedy hand were lopped,
Which left the horses free to go their ways—
And there, like rats, within a trap wore seen
Delighted Zara, Count Mustache and Green!
The door was open burst—-the ancient clerk
Poked in his head with something like a grin ;
Two others o'er his shoulder, with a smirk
Os highest satisfaction squinted in.
A pistol in each hand for ready work,
If allythihg like warfare should begin,
110 tightly grasped: ’twas very evident
That ho was on some great manoeuvre bent.
“Few woras were spoken—one has litiletime
When on such business in a public street
For conversation, otiher prose or rhyme, >
However much he may desire the treat;
And as it was considered, no small crime
To blow a driver's brains out on his seat,
Old Porcupine was soon prepared to travel,
Aud leave tho future to the whole unravel,
“ Young Charlie caught fair Zara in lus arms,
While Uncle stuck a pistol to the ear
Os banker Green, preventing all alarms
That sleeping watchman possibly might hear—
The gallant Count resigned, instanter, charms
That might be bought, at price somewhat too
dear;
Contented well to keep untouched tho «kin
Tliat now. he silent sat and shivered in 1”
Tho driver is not killed, as would seem, but had
fallen from his scat from fright
“Gone) gone I the driver raised his aohing frame,
Sore braised by his late unexpected fall,” ‘
Greon was so much disappointed that
“ He would have ?hot himself! but did not know
Where it wa-“ probable that lie would go.
. * * * * * * ’*■ '*
And take his chances for a better fate.”
The Count went to his room,
" And flung himself exhausted on tilts {loot,"
where ho was soon arrested by a policeman, who
said,
“ Alin! Jim Brown! so you htc caught at Inst!"
Jim Brown was one of tho Count’s aliases since ho
had escaped from the State prison, where it seems
he had been.
As to Charlie and Zara, they cross over tho lino
to another State, and ate soon united in the holy
bonds of wed.ock -
“ ’Tin done! the service by tho parson read,
knd two are one l the lmrdest plotting brain,
Accustomed never to ono failure dread,
May strive to separate and strive in vain!
The last gay song is sung—the furowell said,
By friends who ne’er expect to sec again
So fine a lover and so fair p maid,
So pleasingly for all their love repaid I”
So let us leave the young couple to the onjoy
ment of their honoy moon, and the plantation and
niggers.
The greatest fault of Zara, and all Mr. R.’s wri
tings is—we say it in no spirit of uukindness—
the large quantity of unmitigated slang which he
employs, seeming to mistake it for wit and humor.
After using a slang expression, in one instance, he
says,
“Tho phrase is vulgar, but I havo no bettor.”
Better not use any at all then, than to use suoli as
are too frequently employed. Take the following
examples of slang from the extracts which we
have given, and which are not picked out as the
worst examples, but which necessarily come in, in
the extracts narrating the gist of tho story. In
the extracts given we have marked them in Italics,
and shall put them in Italics here: —
“A lovely, dark-eyed maiden, young and tight" —
“Her father had pegged out somo time before”—
“And adding to his pile a little more”—
"She went it on the jews-harp like a ton
Os bricks " —
“and ivhen a fellow's optics saw
Her fingers flying on the slender wire,
He quick consigned to purgatory law,
And bellowed like a bull: Some hallooed fire ’ ”
“And down upon their marrow-bones they sunk" —
“She rolled and tumbled as if she would die" —
“Teu cents in silver and a dose of salts" —
And now take a few more examples, at random,
from the poem:—
“A tale I have to tell— give me a shove ” —
“My follis are authorized to kick you out ”
“Oh! nastiest river on this little globe”—
“For whom my very boivels yearn" —
“That fixed his flint about as quick as winking" —
“I do while looking at their spindle shanks" —
“ Where in old Ccesar Brutus stuck his boivie" —
“Come, Muse, and take a drink—then rant and roar"-
“Beforo we bring unto an end our lark" —
“Enough for you that I ivill raise a clatter
If you don't fix things to suit him and me.
Knock up your sleeping wits and let's bespatter
Whatever in our sight seems wrong to be" —
But enough of this, though this is not near all.
Not aline of the foregoing but what is in very bad
taste. They arc all errors incident to Mr 1 . Itoath’s
extreme youth, and wo have no doubt that his
style will bo chastened by moro mature age. In
a very few years he will see, and acknowledge this.
Certaiu it is that his style both prose and poetic,
demands very great lopping and pruning, and ho
needs to have the error corrected in which he has
fallen—that such expressions as the above are al
lied either to wit or humor. He will find no such
expressions in Byron’s Don Juan—or if any at all,
very few comparatively speaking—he will find
none in Byron whom he imitates, and none in
Whistlecrait whom Byron copies in Beppo and Don
Juan. As Mr. R. progressed with Zara, we have
no doubt this lault occurred to him, for it less fre
quently appears towards the close, than in the be
ginning of the story. Indeed, as we have said be
fore, there is very great improvement every way*
as the poem progresses, and especially in chaste
ness of language, and melody of diction. The
story itself improves in interest, and is told without
so much digression as at first.
Another fault of the poem is that nearly one
half of it has nothing to da with the story. In
deed Mr. Roath seems to uso the story only as a
thread upon which to string a great variety of
tilings. We do not state this as something which he
does not know, lor he so intended it. This does
not prevent its being a fault, however. Episode is
admissible ; but “enough of a thing is enough and
too much pie”—we leave Mr. R. to finish the ad
dage, hoping lie will know how to pardon the fault
of the “vulgar phrase.” There are in the poem
405 stanzas. Os these at least 168 have no con
nection whatever with the story, and a considera
ble.number of the balance have only an indirect
connection. The episodes, however, cover some
very good ideas in very good poetry, some of which
we will presently give, though wo fear we may
already havo extended this article to too groat a
length.
When Whistlecraft —alias John Hookham Frere,
wrote his poem “King Arthur and his Round Ta
ble,” in the peculiar stanza now employed by Mr.
Roath, (tho otlava rima) in imitation of the Pule it
and Casti school of Italian poets, amongst other
things he intended to burlesque tho endless epi
sodes employed by them. .Byron used the episode
with good effect in his poems of the same stanza.
But too much digression iu the hands of any ono
will cloy.
Zara is a tale of great merit, aud contains a
great deal of poetry. It is written with spirit,
and does not fear to tell tho truth, or to level its
belts at the reigning errors of the day. Its satire
is keen, and there are lino passages of wit and hu
mor interspersed among its pages. With the pure
gold, however, there is mingled much dross. It
is liko the block of marble from the quarry, aud
needs the hand of the sculptor.
What wo have said of Mr. Itoath’s poetry is ap
plicable to his prose. “The Five Love Adveutures
of Solomon Slug” in generally well written, and
makes a very amusing and interesting book. Thero
is good deal of genuine humor in its pages—fre
quently not very delicate, and generally of the
‘broad-grin” order withal, but very laughable not
withstanding; Still we must say of it what wo
aay of almost e very thing from our author’s pen—
it. contains too much slang.
We cannot take our leave of Mr. Itoath and
his writings withtut assuring him, that all our re
marks are made in a spirit of kindhesi, and that
wo have throughout tried to evince tho impartial
ity of that eighth wonder of the world, an honest
critic.
As some Qf tho episodes which go to make up
so much of tho poem contain some of its finest pas
sages, justice cannot be done tho author without
presenting some extracts from some of these. They
shall bo few and bric|;
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“And what is man ? An animated speck,
An over-seeking never-finding thipg;
Ready to follow at the slightest beck,
A nd qn his fellow-creature, furious spring;
Anxious himself with; follies to bedeck,
willing, hke a dog, to ta.k« and bring; . * ;
Holding to view the niendigaptis'": petitipri,
A# on lie travels \6 attain petition."
WEALTH.
"It is built upon the widow’s groan
’Tis moistened dally by tho orphan’s teat;
A hideous mass of human flesh and bone,
And hearts that once to many ware most dear:
A pyrimidal pile—but not of stone—
A phantom grim, bloneliing the cheek with tear;
A far out-branching, baleful Upas tree—
A spacious reservoir of misery.”
COURTING.
“There must bo now some months of ardent
sighing,
Ere courage can be summoned to propose;
Long walks and talks, mixed with a little crying,
When savage parents do tho match oppose;
Some graceful fulling on the knees, and lying—
Much wear and tear of leather and of clothes.
These put together constitute the fashion
Os showing rightly one’s heart-iipprag passion.”
THE PRESS.
“It is a Watchman on a Jody peak
To scan with jealous eye tho wide-spread plain ;
To warn a People of the foes that seek
The stronghold of their liberties to gain:
To keep the Strong from crushing down the Weak
• Ere all attempt to save would be iu vain.
Its sounding voice is heard from South to North,
Wherever Man progressive ventures forth.”
LOSS OF WEALTH.
“A friend long known, and truly loved may die,
' A few sad tears his memory will claim :
Ilygeia gone, may never more come nigh,
Dispensing blessings like an honest dame;
Each source of happiness may from us fly,
Outstripping far the speed with which it came—
But nothing earthly will so crush tho mind,
As losing wealth it took so long to find."
LAW,
* * * *
“That sea of doubt, and misery, and dread
insatiate cormorant whose callous maw
By anything thing that comes along is fed;
A concentration ponderous of jaw,
Employed to anarchy and ruin spread;
A mighty Lie in specious garb arrayed,
To swallow all who- in its depths would wade."
AUTHORS.
“Poor devil authors must grin on and bear
With all tho patience that they can command;
For them no refuge rises high in air,
To cheer thgir latter days within the land:
All other trades for worn-out workmen care,
And lend iu old age a sustaining hand,
But this, the admiration of both vile and just,
Does not entitle even to a crust 1”
DANDIES.
“And there were dandies, men with one idea,
And that one how to make their pliant bodies
A sign for every tailor far and near
To hang dry goods on—empty-headed noddies 1
They smirked and simpered at each little dear,
Their courage fortified by sundry toddies,
And often snatched, as slowly by they pass
A view of their sweet person in the glass.”
VICE AND VIRTUE.
“Vice, with a crown of laurel on the head,
Builds up a palaco to the sky ;
The hard earth trembles ’neath its mighty tread,
And to its foul embraces millions fly—
While virtue crawls within its lowly shed,
Unheeded, friendless and alone, to die.
The Parian marble for the first can lie,
The last can scarcely claim an earnest sigh.”
Good 1 Very good! And the reader, we hope
will excuse us for exteudiug, as we have, these
extracts, farther than we first intended. But pos
itively this article must be brought to a close. It
cannot be more appropriately done than in the
language of Mr. Roath—begging leave to substi
tute “Readers” for “Muses, 1 ' and to mako two
other alterations embraced in brackets:
And now, O gentle [Readers,] fare ye well l
My heart [grows heavy] with its load of grief!
At being thus constrained to ring the knell
Os our companionship [for me] too brief!
Perhaps we ne’er shall meet again to tell
Our joys and sorrows: —ere the falling leaf,
One may be resting where ’tis all the same—
The approbation of the world or blame.”
Southern Literary Messenger-
We have received the above magazine for Jan
uary, filled with its usual variety of prose and poe
try. Tho editor has returned from his European
tour, and in his sanctum notes the following mor
tifying facts, with comments:
Harpers’ Magazine has probably fivo times as
many subscribers South of the Potomac, though
articles of very questionable character find ready
admission to its pages, and even Putnam’s Monthly,
which lias recently outraged the entire slavehold
iug portion of the Union, by lending itself to the
extremest views of the abolitionists, has a larger
circulation among slaveholders. Facts of this sort
would seem to indicate that the people of the South
are not merely indifferent to their own literary
journals which spring out of and uphold their so
cial system, but prefer to foster those of the North
whose aim it is to bring that social system to de
struction. We hope we will not be accused of ill
natured repinings when we say that this is cruelly
unjust. But if it be so, we only wish to know it
for certain. We cannot afford to keep up the Mes
senger merely as a matter of sentiment, and if it
be tho will of Southerners, of Virginians, that it
should cease to exist, discreditable as this would
be to our section of tire country, we acquiesce.
We would say to all of our readers go and en
close three dollars for tho Southern Literary Mes
senger for the year 1855.
Georgia Reports-
We have before us “Decisionsat Cassville, Mill
edgeville, and Augusta, April, May* and June
Terms, 1854: Athens, Reynolds A Bro., Typogra
phers.” While we admire the ability of the de
cisions of our Supreme Court, we are constrained
to regret the inferiority of their mechanical execu
tion, and tho numerous typographical errors which
too ofton mar their excellence in other respects.
Quoting Scripture.
It is a scripture—a fire-side one if not a biblical
one—that the devil can quote scripture to suit his
own purpose.
Wo don’t know that wo ever saw a better illus
tration of it than when the Washington Union
quotes scripture against the Know Nothings.
Journal & Courier-
Wo are glad to welcome back to our table tho
above Journal, suspended some time in September
last, on account of the epidemic in Savannah, and
since that time on account of tho death of its late
editor Mr. Chapman. It is now owned and edited
by Mr. Hilton late of the Georgian, who designs
making it an independent Democratic journal. .He
says lie will be governed by the following “words
of counsel received from a revered preceptor, soon
after commencing his editorial life: "
“Lot mo urge you to continue as you have com
menced—avoid tho tricks of party—don't de
fend your own party -or its adherent* when
they are wrong—-don’t magnify little men into
great statesmen because they are on your side—
don’t hunt down a noble fellow because ho is on
tho other side, or-descend to unfair methods of at
tack if men ure not noble fellows.”
,v - r ; '- v 7 *** ■ '..
Southern Cultivator.
The January number is upon our fable, burthen
ed, with articles interesting and useful to the ag
riculturist. ‘NoW is tho time to subscribe. Send
$1 to Win. S. Jones, Augusta, Go.
“Patience Essential to Success.”
Wo are obliged to friends for two copies of a
discourse with the foregoing title, preached in the
college chapel of the Forsyth Female Collegiate
Institute, July 9th, 1854, by S. K. Talniage, D. D.
4c., which is marked by the Rev, Divine’s us
ual unction and ability.
Concert—The Blakeleys.
The Blakeleys propose to give a concert in this
placo on Monday evening next, at Temperance
Hall. We anticipate quite a treat. Very careful
about endorsing any thing or company of which
wo know nothing, we make the following extract
from the Journal ifc Messenger , whose, opinion wo
would not hesitate in a matter of this sort to adopt
as our own.
THE BLAKELEYS.
The Concert of “Blakeley’s Orchestral Chorus
Company,” on Monday evening at Concert Hall,
was one of the most brilliant and successful, that
our citizens have ever had the pleasure of attend
ing. There was a large and discriminating audience
in attendance, who received with evident gratifica
tion and delight, every piece in the programme of
the evenings entertainment, from the opening
Overture, to the inspiring French National Hymn
of Liberty, with which it closed. And the favor
able impression which their opening Concert cre
ated, was only strengthened and confirmed by
their performances last evening. To-night they
give their last entertainment in this city, and we
urge all to attend, that our citizens may show their
appreciation of the character of their entertain
ments, and of the style of their vocal and instru
mental performances. We do not wish to inveigle
any one into attendance upon a show, but we say
to our readers, if they want to enjoy an Injur of
.innocent and unmixed pleasure, let them go and
hear the Blakeleys to night
[COMMUNICATED.]
To the Citizens of Eatonton.
To*day you are to choose your com
missioners for the present year, and in
view of certain subjects that will
come before the board, now to be
elected, you should be careful as to the
qualifications of the men whom you
elect. In addition to the ordinary sub
jects within the j urisdiction of a board
of commissioners—all of which are
important and require men of sound
judgment and discretion—it is under
stood that the present board have ar
ranged for the purchase, and prepara
tion of a burial ground, and that the
purchase money is deposited in the
hands of Mr. A. 0. Moseley, to con
summate th* arrangements as soon as
can be legally done—it is important
that we elect such a board as will car
ry out this laudable object, in a man
ner that will reflect credit upon our
village "and shall be agreeable to all
our citizens who feel an interest on this
subject.
Another, and by no means an unim
portant subject that will come before
the board, is the election of marshal—
to which office, a faithful, vigilant and
efficient man should be elected. Let
us select men whose judgment and dis
cretion will ensure a faithful discharge
of these delicate and important trusts.
Senex.
EATONTON PRICES CURRENT.
[COHBECTED WEEKLY BY W. A. DAVIS.]
Wholesale and'Retail grocer.
COTTON.—There is a good demand for this arti
cle. Extremes 4 1-2 to 7 cents.
BAGGING. .Gunny $ yard...... 17 @ 18
Kentucky none.
BACON.. Hams slb @ 1«
. Shoulders @
Sides $ lb @
Hog round lb @
BUTTER. .Goshen $ lb none.
Country slb 15 @ -20
BRICKS.. $ thousand «50 @7 00
CHEESE. .Northern $1 lb 15 @ 20
English Dairy $ lb none.
COFFEE. .liio slb 14. @ 16
Java ft lb la @ 20
DOMESTIC GOODS..Shirt’. syd 5 @ 12J-*
Sheeting $ yard 15 @ 30
Osnahurgs $ y’d 9 @ 12
FLOUR..Country, $ barrel ....10 00 @ 11 00
Country ffsack 500 @5 00
GRAIN. .Corn Bushel 100 <V$ 110
Wheat $ Bushel 150 @2 00
IRON..Sweeds $ lb 6% @ 7
English ig? lb 6 (a} 7
LARD. .$ lb 13 @ 15
LIME.. Northern $ Barrel 250 @3 00
LUMBER. .$ thousand feet 12 00 @l3 00
MOLASSES. .Cuba $ ga110n.... 35 @ 37
New Orleans gallon.. 40 @ 45
SYRUP “ “ $ gallon.. 50 @ 62
NAILS..S Keg 675 @7 50
OILS. .Lamp $ gallon 150 @2 50
Train $ gallon 100 @1 25
Linseed gallon 125 @1 30
Castor $ gallon... •. 225 @2 50
RICE..# lb 8 @ 8
ROPE..S lb 13 @ 14
LIQUORS. .Gin, Northern gal 100 @1 00
Rum, N. E. $ gallon 100 @1 00
Whiskey $ gallon 100 @1 00
Brandy, c0gnac......... 300 @7 00
Gin, Holland 200 @3 00
SUGARS..New Orleans $ 1b... 7 @ 9
Porto Rico slb 9 @ 10
Loaf slb 11 @ 13
Crushed lb 12 @ 14
Refined slb 10 @ 11
SALT..S Bushel 100 @125
Salt $ Sack 300 @3 00
SOAP..Colgate, pale $ 1b...... 12 @ 15
Y'ellow slb 8 @ 1*
Country sib 8. @ 10
F Bag :. 275 @3 00
sjtelu
NOTICE.
fFHIE notes and accounts of Nisbct and Dennis
X are in my hands for collection. Those indebt
ed will please come forward and settle before last
return day, or they will be sued.
Jan. 13, 1855. 2-ts J. D. DIOMATARI.
DR. BRANHAM.
AT the earnest request of many of my old
Friends and patrons 1 have determined to re
main in Eatouton and continue tho Practice of Med
icine. 1 oiler my services to the citizens of Eaton
ton and Putnam county, and will attend faithfully .
to my Profession. I will give special attention to
obstetrical cuscsj and the diseases of women and
children. Having had many years experience in
the practice, 1 hope to get my share of patron
age. My oltlce is in the house occupied by Wn).
A; Reid, Esq., as a law office. Calls left there, or
at my residence will -bo attended to. •
JOEL BRANHAM. -
Jttn. 18th, 1855. 2 —ts
P JIY IT PI
WE MUST have our motley. All those in
debted to us by note or account will oblige
us by coming forward, and Waking prompt pay
ment.
Jan. 13th, 1855. ADAMS <s; BROTHERS.
dr. law.rence!
IIIA.VE moved iny office to the building occu
pied as a drug store by Messrs. GRAYBILL &
HARWELL, where 1 shall always bo prepared to at
tend professional calls;
M. ,r. LAWRENCE, M/D.
Jan. 13th, 1855. 2-ts
XOXK E ~
I AM compelled to collect all ’the money due me,
and wish to do ,so without running any man
to cost, but unless l am paid, or arrangements made
to enable me to pay my debts, another return 5
day will not pass without mv notes andOiceouhts
being put in suit, P. E. PRICHARD.
Katouton, Jan. 18th, 1855. 2tf
Agency of the Bank of Savannah.
Apply at my office.
Jan. Ist. 1855. j# A. TURNER.
lillV (SIAUIiD*
I TAKE this method of informing my friends
that anv business of a professional nature left
in my hands will meet with proinpt attention.
Jan. 13th, 1855. 2-ts J. A. TURNER.
February Sheriff's Sale ,
WILL be sold on the FIRST TUESDAY IN
FEBRUARY next, before the court-house
door in the town of Eatonton, between the legal
hours of sale, the following property, to wit : One
Negro uiah, ibont4s or 50 years of age, levied on
us the property of I*. E. Prichard, to satisfy one
fi. la. issued from Putnam Superior Court- in favor
cf Green B. Hightower & Cos., vs. said Prichard;
6 JOHN B. FITTS, Sheriff.
Jan. 6th, 1855. l -,, t
TTTTbSttceT
THOSE who have hired negroes of me belonging
to the estate of Gen. Bledsoe-, will please, in
ease of necessity for medical attention, call on Dr.
Joel Branham. N. BASS.
Jan. 3rd, 1855. 1-ts
FOR SALE.
THE undersigned offer for sale their large and
Commodious stere-liouse, not more than six
ty or seventy yards from the depot in Eaton
ton. This stand combines,rare facilities for the tran
saction <>f a whole-sale grocery or other business.
The arrangements and buildings are unsurpassed
bv any in the country. The lot upon which the
building stands is 50*4 100 feet giving ample room
around the premises. If desired, the present lot of
groceries can be purchased along with the store.—
As the times are hard, we will sell upon] favora-r
ble terms. Those desiring to purchase lia<{ betto
call early AIoMAN.US & DURE.
Dec. 30th, 1854. 37-ts
EATONTON HOTEL.
HAVING taken charge of the above hotel with a
determination to make it one of the best hou
ses in the country, I announce to my friends and
the public generally that they may always find
with me such accommodations ns are desired by the
boarding and traveling community. All that con
venience or comfort can suggest at the table or by
way of lodging shall be furnished you at moderate
terms, and I warrant that no man shall go away
dissatisfied. Good lodging, attentive servants and
a good table shall always greet you with a cordial
welcome to the Eatonton Hotel.
Jan. Ist, 1855 [37-tf] WM. O’BRIEN.
Office, Eatonton Branch R. R.
Eatonton, Sept. 26th, 1854.
ORDERED, That the treasurer give no
(jEjjSSg tiee to all Stockholders in arrears, in the.
payment of their subscription tor stock in The
Eatonton Branch Rail Road, that if the balance due
on their subscriptions be not satisfactorily arranged
before tlm last return day for the next term of the
Superior Court ofthe Couuty of Putnam, suits will be
instituted for the collection thereof.
A true extract from the minutes of the Board of
Directors J. ADAMS, Treasurer.
Oct. 14, 1854. 26—tidm
Forsyth Female Collegiate Institute.
SPRING TERM BEGINS JAN.BTII, 1855.
riYHE subscriber takes much pleasure in informing
I the friends of education and the patrons of
our College, that he has associated with him seven
experienced, efficient Teachers. And he honestly
believes that a majority of the Board of Teachers
in talent,'scholarship and aptness to teach, have no
superiors in Georgia.
Board per month (including washing, lights,
&o;) ¥ 10
Board and Tuition in College for one year, ¥135
Music added, ¥lB5
French or Latin and Drawing and Painting in
cluded, ¥230
Wm. C. WILKES, President.
Forsyth, Ga., Dee. 14th, 1854. ii3s-7t
m&'ONDSRraa
exorcises of this school will be
I resumed on Monday, Jan. Bth,
1855. All will be done that heart and Yiyjjy-;
hand can accomplish for the advance
merit and improvement of the pupils
in intellectual, moral, and religious instruction.
The object of the teachers will not be to teach
them to make a vain expensive display, but to in
stil their minds,* with such principles as will make
them useful, truehcated women, fitted to adorn and
make home happy. Pains will be taken to make the
school pleasant and harmonious both to teachers
and pupils.
Rates of tuition are from $8 to ¥l6 pc-r term ac
cording to the age and advancement of the pupil
including every branch taught in the literary de-
Sartment, except French which is $8 per term.
Tawing & Painting, Water colors, ¥lO per term
“ “ " Oil “ 15 “ “
Embroidery, - - 10 “ “
Music, - - - 25 “ “
No deductions made except for an absence of
more than two weeks from providential causes.
It is to be hoped that Parents and Guardians
will bear in mi fid the importance of sending in
their children at the beginning.
MRS. A!. E. WE 1(] TANARUS, ]<T<V'
Eatonton. Doc. 22d, 1854. 36 —tl.
NOTICE TO OUll DEBTORS.
HAVING suspended our business, in conse
quence of your failure to pay, we shall re
quire those indebted to us to settie’soon. We feel
under no obligations to remain idle for the purpose
of indulging even our best friends. Many owe us
for a series of years, and now our patience is ex
hausted. We shall make it our business to collect,
and no one shall have cause to complain of being
neglected on account of our modesty. We would
suggest that those who do not wait to be asked, but
will come up and pay a portion, will likely be gran
ted the most indulgence.
N. S. PRUDDEN & CO.
Eatouton, Jan. Ctli, 1855. • l—ts
JLOOK OUT DEBTORS !
THOSE indebted tome will find their notes and
accounts in the hands of Adams & Davis for
collection, and if not settled before return day to
March Court, will be sued. N. BASS.
Jan. 3, 1855. l —trd
mm K
I OFFER for sale a tract of LAND adjoining the
lands of Caleb Spivey and John F. Adams,
containing 350 acres. Os this land there are 200
acres in the woods, from which scarcely any timber
has ever been cut. There are from 20 to ‘25 acres
of excellent swamp land, and half of the cleared
land is very productive, white there are but a few
acres worn out.
J. A. TURNER.
Jan. Gtli, 1855. 1-ts
l)Ji. J. kTgomoT
HAVING located himself, permanently, at Mrs.
Turner’s, Putnam County, again’offers his
services to the citizens in that vicinity.
He will begin the new year with a renewed de
termination to give entire satisfaction in his pro
fession.
Putnam Cos., Jan. Ist, 1855. I—ts
To KENT."
HOUSE and LOT and the land adjoining
ItX being unsold, 1 will rent the same for the
year 1855. Any person wishing to purchase, how
ever, can do so by making application before the
premises are rented. T. U. WILKES.
‘ Jan. 6th, 1855. I—ts
February Sherilf’s Sales.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Febuary
next, before the Court House* door in tne
town ofEatonton between tho legal hours ot
sale the following negroes to wit: Ester, a woman
about thirty-two years old, Harriett, a girl about niuo
years old, Martha, a girl about eight years old, and
Aaron a boy about Bix years old, levied on by at
tachment as the property of James P. Rose,’and
tube sold by order otV Putnam Superior Court,
September Term, 135d, to satisfy one attachment
in favor of Francis D. Rbss vs. James P. Rose.
_ , JOHN B. FITTS, Sheriff.
Dec. 23d, 1854. 36—ids
I’o ,TU* MIEHTOUS.
IJ SHALL return to this county about the first of
when I ahull expect all persons in
dented to me to pay up. My shop books are in the
hands of William 11. Souushrook, Esq. Persons
indebted to me for shop work, will please call oil
him and settle. AMOS E. W ARD.
Dec. 2,1854.—33-4 t
to .wr ~piii£.ros.
MY NOTES are in the hands of J. A. Tiiraer.
My friends will please call on him and settle.
AMOS K. WARD.
w Dec. 16th, 1854. n35-tf
Lumber Accounts.
THE customers of Terret], Turner & Cos. will
find their account, s in tho hands of j. A. Tur
ner, who will receive monby on them. Either of
the partners, \yhcn m town, “will attend to the ae
ceupts. TANARUS., T' Cos. haye a larjje amount td'pav
out by the first of January, and-Cannot do so ‘.micas
thty collect tlieir accounts.
If y'ou don’t pav the money, /five y'onf- not a.
Dee. 19th, 1854’. ‘ u36-tf
THE
INDEPENDENT PRESS,
A Weekly Miscellaneous Journal,
PCWI.ISUED IX
Eatonton , Ga., at $2 per annum , in
advance, by
J. A. 'Mil N Ell.
A square will consist of ten lines, but every ftd
vertisehMUt will be counted a square whether it
reaches ten lines or not. ...
All over ten lines and under twenty-one will be
counted two squares—all over twenty lines and un
der thirty-one, three spuares, &c., &e.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
PER SQUARE OF TEN LINES.
One insertion ¥1 00, and Fifty cents for each subse
quent continuance.
Advertisements sent without a specification of tb*
number of insertions, will be published till forbid,
and charged accordingly.
Business or Professional Cards, per year, where they
do not exceed one square, - - ¥lO 00
A liberal contract will be made with those tcho u'odi
to advertise by the year, occupying a specified space.
Legal •Advertisements,
Sales of Land and Negroes, by
Executors, or Guardians, are required by law t m
be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between
the hours of 10 in the lorenoon and 3 in the after
noon, at the Court llouso in the County in which
the property is situated.
Notice of’these sales must be given in a public
gazette 40 days previous to the day of sale.
Notices for the sale of personal property must b*
given in like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate
must be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court
of Ordinary, for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must
be published two months.
Citations for letters of Administration, Guardian
ship, &c., must be published 80 days—for dismis
sion from Administration, monthly , ‘six month » —for
dismission from Guardianship, 40 days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage‘must be pub
lished monthly, fer four months —for establishing
lost papers, Jor the full space of three month * —
for compelling titles from Executor* or Administra
tors, where bond has been given by the deceased,
the full space of three months.
Publications will always bo continued according
to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise
ordered, at the following
'll A T E S:
Citations on jetters of Administration, <fce. ¥2 75
do. do. Dismissory from Adimstrution, 450
do. do. do. * Guardianship, SOO
Leave to sell Land or Negroes, 4 00
Notice to Debtors and Creditors. I 00
Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 square, 1 50
Sale of Land or Negroes by Executors, &c., “ 500
Estrays, two weeks, 1 50
For a man advertising bis wife, (in advance,) 5 00
Announcing 1 candidates, 5 00
Large letters and cuts will be charged by the
space they occupy.
Letters on business must be Post paid to entitle
them to attention.
We have adopted the above rates from the
Mulcdgcville papers, by which wo will be governed
in all cases. Advertisers are requested to pay par
ticular attention to these rates, and they. can make
out what will be the cost of their advertisements u
well as we can ourself.
If *ork of all hinds dene
with neatness and despatch.
RICHARD T. DAVIS,
Am? ©iastsa'3 a®
EATONTON, GA.
OFFICE OVER I’RUDDEN’S STORE.
a.
RESMnEJYT nEJYTIST ,
EATONTON, GA.
May 16, 1854.
S. W. BRYAN,
BOTA SIC PHYSICIAN,
EATONTON, GA.
Office over Carter & Harvey’s store,
WHERE lie may almost always be found both
Day ami Wii/lct unles professional absent or
at the residence of Richard T. Davis. N. B.—All
kinds of Chronic Complaints of both Male and Fe
male.
Reference TRY HIM.
May 30th, 1854. 4ly
W. A. DAVIS,
mm i ms
Sells Country Produce on Commission.
Liberal Advances made on Cotton in Store.
East comer Jefferson St., Eatonton, On.
April 18, 1854.
c. L. CARTER,
FANCY CONFECTIONER,
No. 4,Carter & Harvey’s Range,
April 23, 1854. Eatonton, 6s.
S. S. DUSENRERRY,
r.isiiio.v.iniri: r.m.oiz
WE warrant to please all who wish the latest
Style ot dress. Shop up stairs, adjoining the
Printing Office.
April 18, 1854.
G. D. PEARSON, & CO.,
WOULD Call the attention of the public gen
erally to their large stock of Dry Goods,
Fancy and’Domestic, Groceries, Crockery, Hard
ware, &e. Their Goods arc all new, having
been recently selected with great care in the
New Y’ork and Philadelphia markets. They Hatter
themselves tlicy can give their customers as good
bargains as can ba bought in middle Georgia. Al
so, call arid examine our stock of ready-made Cloth
ing. We will endea- Your to lit all in garments and
in prices.
ADAMS l BROTHERS,
E.IT<KYTO.r, G./.,
INVITE the attention of the citizens of Putnam
and the adjoining counties, to their large stock es
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES,
confident that they can please them in style, quality
and prices.
Special attention will be given to all order*.—
Cash paying customers will find it decidedly to their
interest to give ns a call.
April 18,1854.
NEW GOODS
A T
AJD.EIIS 4* ISM O TIMER S.
WE would be pleased to exhibit, to tha ladies
and gentlemen of Putnam and the adjoin
ing counties, our large stock of
FALL and WINTER DRESS GOODc.
complete in variety and style.” •
ADAMS & BROTHERS
Eatouton, Sept. 80, 1854 ts
DAVIS & WILKER
EATONTON, GA.
DEALERS in Groceries. Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff.
Shoes, lints. Drugs, Patent Medicines, Hard,
Hollow and .Wood ware, Cutlery, Po'vrder and Shot,
Candles, Soaps, Crocker?, Fino Liquors and Wines,
and various other articles. Call and examine befer*
purchasing elsewhere* Bargaini> can bo had.
April 18, 1864.
HOUSE PAINTING,
In its I'artous Branches*
KXECUTED ritOMrTI.Y ANl> WITH ME»r*T«H.
M HAVING a number of bands in eonnsetiaa
with, me, 1 mil prepared to do jobs not nnljr
in Futnam but in the adjoining co mties. Any com
munieation fYom abroad will reach me through tho
Post Office her.c. lam also prepared to execute pa
nering with neatness, and on goodterms.
April, 18, 1654. JEFFERSON WRIGHT.
“LOSG & COBB,
iimmßSfja'sa ioatt.
BRUNSWICK, OA.
WI LL givotlioir attention To the practice of la*
in the counties of Chatham, Liberty, Mein
tosh, Gly..a, Wayne mid Camden, of r t)ie Eastoa
Circuit j Lowndes, Clinch, Ware, Charlton %nd Ay
plingot thc Southern circuit nmi hlso Nassau IX
vaL and St. John's counties Florida.
Thos. T. Long. | Tnoi>. W. Cobb.
May 1854 r ts
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