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BY S. B. CRAYTON. THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN IS PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING, TERMS : If paid strictly in advance, per year, $1 50 If not paid at the time of subscribing, $2 00 These terms will be strictly adhered TO, WITHOUT RESPECT TO PERSONS, AND AuL SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE SET TLED UP EVERY YEAR. . y v Advertisements not exceeding twel re lines, will be inserted at one dollar for the first in sertion, and fifty cents for each continuance. Advertisements not having the number ot in sertions specified, will be published until for- ^ Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Administrators and Guardians, are required by law to. be advertised in a public gazette torty days previous to the day ol sale. The sale of Personal Property must be ad vertised in like manner at least ten days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors ot an es tate must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of ordinary for leave to sell Land and Negroes, must be published weekly for two m Citations for letters of administration, must be published thirty days—for dismission from administration, monthly for six months for dis mission from Guardianship, forty days.. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly for four months—tor estab lishing lost papers, for the full space of three months—for compelling titles from Executors or Administrators, where a bond has been giv en by the deceased, the f ull space of 3 months, Publications will always be continued ac- cording to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered. All letters on business must be vost-paia SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, POETRY. [from Arthur’s home gazette.] EARTH AMD HEAVEN. BY NORA H. S- BUSINESS DIRECTORY. R. L. WARTHEN, Attorney at Law, SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, feb. 17, 1852. 4_,y MULFORD MARSH Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Office, 175, Bay street, Savannah, Ga. feb. 10, 1852. l J. B< HAYNE, ATTORNEYAT LAW. ATALCYONDALE Ga. Will attend promptly to all business en trusted to his care in any ot the Courts of the Middle or Eastern circuits. Halcyondale feb. 2 1852 2—iy JNO. W, RUDISILL. attorney at eaw, SANDERSVILLE, Ga. JWarch 10, 1851 8—lv "JAMES S. HOOK, Attorney at Eaw, SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA WILL PRACTICE IN THE COUNTIES OF . ) Washington, Burke, Seriven Middle-circuit. ^ j e ff ers0 n and Emanuel Southern Circuit. I 1 ” Ocmulgee Circuit \ , _ Office next door to the Central Georgian office. jail. 1, 1852. 51 ~~ ly Laurens. Wilkinson S. B. CRAFTON, Attorney at Eaw. SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, Will also attend the Courts of Emanu Laurens, and Jefferson, should business beem rtustedto his care,in either oftho ^^ ntief rr ~ feb. U. lovb & co. Factors and Commission Merchants, No. 11 $9 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. J. W. C. Loud.] [ p - H. Loud nov. 4, 1851. Seek’st thou a home which changeth not ? In vain thou’lt search the wide world round, On earth is no such favored spot, And no “continuing city” found. Say’st thou to gold, “Thou art my hope To fine gold, “Thou my confidence Yet do thy coffers never ope, And comfort to the poor dispense. Vain is thy hope; thy heart is fixed On treasures thieves may soon assail; Rejecting those which are unmixed, * And even over death prevail.’ Does thy soul lean on natural things, And make a staff of earthly love I Beware! for that to which it clings Its true support can never prove. Nature’s most dear, delightful ties, Strongly uniting mind to mind, If thou dost dare to idolize, May perish, leaving thorns behind. Yet say not “Happiness must be A phantom haunting feverish thought,” „ There still remains a hope for thee, A hope with heavenly brightness fraught. There is a home which knows no change,^ A treasure nought can take away, A love which nothing can estrange, A staff which never can betray. Then seek “a house not. made with hands,” Established on the unshaken rock; Unmoved, unharmed, it firmly stands Above the angry tempest’s shock. Lay thou “a treasure up in heaven”— Safe, incorruptible, and pure; And seek the love by which ’tis given— Twill be to thee a stuff secure. Twill be a guide, a brilliant sun, To light thee o’er this vale of tears; Follow, and know on earth begun, A heaven to last through endless years. MISCELLANEO US. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE' BY MRS. BELL SMITH. years of age, was the only child of respect- ble parents living within a mile of S , and in her sprightly loveliness had won the affection of all the villagers. The cir cumstances attending her death were as follows: . The parents as was frequently their cus tom, left the house under the charge of M!T)ie, and had been the greater part of the aay making purchases and visiting in the village. Hurrying home before the coming storm, the agonized parents found thgir house robbed and their only child brutally murdered. The news spread rap idly, and soon the curious and cooler neigh bors were looking carefully on all marks the violenee had left in the premises. The front door was found open, all the inner doors unlocked or broken, every drawer, chest, press or cupboard forced, and their contents scattered over the floor. In the garret to which place the poor little crea ture had probably fled Millie was found covered with blood that flowed from a stab in her side, her little hand grasping an old bedpost, while around her neck, a white liankerchief was slightly knotted. Upon the floor of the hall, one of the neighbors picked up a squirrel with one fore paw gone and its head scalped by a rifle ball. A young man who had been chopping wood in a neighboring grove im mediately recognized it as one W——— had shot that afternoon; he was by, and picking it up, remarked to W the excellent shot he had made. W left him in the direction of Wood’s house, with the squirrel in his hand. The handker chief unwound liom Millie’s neck had the letters m. vv. in one corner. True, these were the initials of Millie’s own name, but her mother positively avowed she owned no such article. Satified with these circum stances the officer at once arrested W From the time the murder was discovered to that of W ’s arrest was just two hours. The prisoner was hurried to the nearest magistrate, and the evidence I have detail ed, given before him. In addition to this, spots of fresh blood were found on his coat sleeve, and as Woods had been robbed of some gold and silver com, of a peculiar character, two or three of the pieces were found upon the unfortunate man’s person. This rivited the final link, and the crowd gre*v furious. Little Millie, so loved and loving, all remembered as a child of their own, and she to be butchf red for gold the law seemed too slow and mild for ven geance; and the great crowd, now swelled to hundreds, swayed to and fro shouting angrily for blood. A convict but lately from prison, hasten ed forward with a rope, threw it over a post while some of the citizens in answer to this mute suggestion, hurried the impromptu gallows. The Rev. gentleman paid little attention to the talkative official, as they paced a- long. He was meditating upon the thorns that had lined the way of the transgi essor; but he calmly meditated. Troubles of such magnitude touched him as lightly as did the cold of the December night his well protected person, and he looked upon their trials as quietly as he did the patches of gleaming snow they passed, or the star beams that struggled through the wintry mist. ‘Oh ! gentlemen !’ screamed the young man frightened at what appeared his inev itable fate. ‘Have mercy upon me—I am innocent—indeed I am—have mercy.’ His voice was droWned in a roar from the crowd, ‘Who had mercy on little Millie ? “See! see!” shouted the convict, half r> sina- with the delirium that ushered in death Lord have mercy on him. What say you A shout- of approbation p was the only response, andjthey hurried W to the _*there h e rides, howling—don’t hurt me, shore. In the meanwhile the storm grew • Q? please don’t—there I choke her—hear him louder, and when in the dark night, their noW) { iear him—a widowed mother! We torches beaten out by the wind and rain, str ;j- e j ’ we ’ re going down—down!” he cried, the crowd heard the angry waves dashing an( j throwing his muscular arm round the over the rude pier, their courage failed ; p rea cher and pulling him to the pillow— seven only were found ready for the en- “down, down, we go, down”—but his hold t&rprise. Clambering upon the deck, with ; re ] axe( i. the voice ceased; a shudder ran their victim in their midst, the cables were through his frame, and the wretched crim- cut, and the little bark, like a frightened j inal ^ no more . bird, flew out to sea. _ ****** Perhaps no scene ever painted itself on the canvass of real lifejso startling, wild _ ^ and strange as this. While the stout-heart- j or were dead, and among the remaining, -£rrew to a In time thervillage of S' city. Many of its old citizens had emigra- ed skipper steered the bark, the con vie, as sisted by four of his companions, tied W to the open boat, and the preacher kneel ing upon the deck, was heard between the pauses of the thunder, far above the waves and wind, calling upon heaven to bless their unholy act. The open lake was • gained and the wretched man, regardless of his entreaties and screams, was given to the foaming waters. In a glare of lightning, that was followed by deafening peal of thunder, they saw their victim rise upon a huge wave, then plung into thejdarkness and death be yond. the events I have narrated had faded into an almost uncertain legend, when, one sunni afternoon, an elderly gentleman of staid, respectable appearance, accompanied by bis wife and children, made his wav from the evening steamer to one of the principal ho tels. After securing rooms, he walked into the streets. He earnestly scanned the signs as he passed. He stopped before one that read “Attorney at Law.” He pushed, and then, with a start as if the determination had a spice of the desperate in it, he ascen ded the stairs and entered the office. An elderly man was seated at the table sur rounded by books and papers. Inviting the Short time had the executioners to dwell j new comer to seated, he peered at him, upon their ruthless deed. Their lives were tbrouo j 1 ^j s spectacles, and enquired his bus in jeopardy. A storm so °“ , “ 42—ly One Sunday afternoon, some years since about the bar room of the only public house in the little village of S , on Lake Erie, were gathered a number of gossipping idlers, sea-faring men, and farmers A1 though early in the afternoon, the heavy clouds of an approaching storm so darkened the shore, that candles were lit, and in their dim light the gathered crowd listened to the beating of the waves upon the beach and the distant roll of thunder that an nounced the coming strife. It was one of those scenes that occur when a mighty tem pest comes down on Erie’s inland sea, and the dullest seemed struck with its impress ive grandeur. Sailors drank from their poisoned cups with less noise, and the vil lage politicians were less absorbed in the presidential election. One of the number seemed more uneasy than the rest. A young man, of mild prepossessing appear ance with a rifle in his hand and a powder horn slung over his shoulder, for he had but a few minutes before come in from gunning paced to and from the door, looked at the troubled bay and cloudy sky, and frequent ly asked an old captain of a schooner when he would be able to sail—to night ? ‘To-night ? No, sir!’ he responded to , one of the inquiries; ‘nor to-morrow—nor'kill him ! kill him,” and again they pushed next day, I expect. This ’ere storm looks j him toward the fatal post. _ as if it was going to lead off a dance for a! ‘Oh, God,’cried the unhappy man in bit- good many flirtin’ ones, and I didn’jt be- j ter anguish and trembling like a child, ‘will lieve in puttin’ out in such company—it no one pity me? I have a widowed mother; mercy, mercy—wait a little while. SBBN& POSTER* Factors and Commission Merchants. Savannah, Ga. P.H. BEHN,] [JOHN FOSTER. feb. 10,1852. J " ly — ' * J. T. JONES. Manufacturer and importer of Guns, Pistols, Rifles, Sporting Apparatus, &c. No. 8, Monument Square, Savannah, Ga. feb. 10, 1852. 3 ~ ty * _ s. S. BOTEWELL & CO. Wholesale and Retail Store, No. 173, Bay street, Savannah, Ga. dealers in LIQUORS, WINES, GROCERIES. <SfC s. E. bothwell.] [r.l. gamble. feb.10, 1852. 3 ~~ ly SCRANTON. JOHNSON & CO, corrupts good manners, as the sayin’ is. You seem to be in a great hurry comrade ?’ I am. The Sea Gull brought me ill news One alone answered this last appeal, a young lawyer of eminent ability, and per- from home this morning, and I will double ; sonally popular, sprung forward, severed your passage money if fyou will run me the rope, and then in a clear, silvery voice to night.’ down to O ‘Not I. I would’nt undertake it for four that rung out high above the tumult, said : ‘My friends, be careful of your acts. You are about to do what in this man you con demn—an awful murder. Chain him times the money.’ Silenced by this reply, the young man returned sadly into the house; and sitting! down, do what you will to secure the crim inal, but respect the law—’ ‘And give ’Squire B- a chance to clear him,’ in terrupted the convict I have mentioned. ‘To that man fresh from the cells, I have nothing to say. But to you, my compan- mhabitants favorably—so \ ions, neighbors, and friends I appeal—earn- " estly appeal. Why will you do this cruel What right have you to commit down, thrust his hands into his pockets, with the dogged air of one who makes up his mind to be content with a positive evil. M W had been in S. but a violent has sel dom been equalled, and the little craft was worked, save the skipper, by unskillful hands. Desperate efforts were made to re gain the Bay, but thejentrance was narrow and intricate, while commands grossly mis understood, were promptly executed, so that the bark ran upon a ledge of rocks and quickly went to pieces. Two only of this strange crew were saved—the clergyman and the convict together reached the shore. Some three years after these strange events, the Rev. M. H • was awaken ed one night by request to come immedi ately and administer religious consolation to a prisoner who in attempting to escape from jail, had been mortally hurt, lhe Rev. gentleman, folding his cloak about him, and accompanied by the jailor, thread ed their way through wintry streets toward the prison. The demand for a clergyman and Mr. H in particular, by the con vict, the jailor informed his companion, while on their route,^astonished him great ly. The prisoner was one of the'most har dened offenders that it had ever been his fate to meet with. Twice in the State pris on, and sentenced for a third time, he had attempted to escape by filing off his iron forcing a lock, and climbing to the roof of the jail, intending to lower himself by means of bed clothes into the street. But the roof being all ice, he lost his footing, and was thrown thirty feet upon the frozen ground. They found the prisoner writhing in pain upon his bed, in the gloomy cell lit by a single candle, and alone, for the surgeon had pronounced his case hopeless. ‘You’ve come at last,’ he growled, as the clergyman was approaching the bed, took from beneath his cloak a Bible, and began the duties pertaing to his sacred mission. ‘You’ve come at last. I thought I’d go out before you came.’ ‘The Lord spares you for repentance, let us lose no time.’ ‘No, he don’t; I’m bound to go down— down—down. Don’t be fooling—I didn’t send to you for that.’ ‘The sands of life are running fast. In a few moments you will be ia the presence of your Judge, and repentance will be too late!’ ‘It’s a space too late now-—’ ‘Think of your past life—think of the e- ternal punishment awarded by an offea ded Maker—■ The answer to this was an impatient roar of oaths, that made even the jailor’s blood chill. ‘1 will not remain, said M. H , stern ly, ‘and hear this awful blasphemy. I warn you you now beware.’ “Well, listen then—stop your cursed palaver—don’t you know me ?’ The cler gyman held the candle to the convict’s face and started with astonishment. ‘O! you know, do you ? You will listen w. You remember that night we tossed you do not remember mess. “Mr. B me?” . “I cannot say that I do,” answered the Attorney, slowly, as if in doubt. . “Do you not remember pleading in be half of a poor fellow about being lynched for a murder some thirty years ago? “Mr M W !” exclaimed the lawyer, joyfully. “Can it be possible? I never forget a face and yours I saw in frame work that night that ought to impress it up on my memory forever. But I thought you dead years ago. Sit down—sit down and tell me all.” , “After I was thrown from the vessel that night,” said W -^seating himself, “I was so frightened that for some time I had no consciousness of what occurred. On be coming more collected, I found my little grocers. Savannah, Ga. D. T. SCRANTON, •«. JOSEPH JOHNSTON. feb. 10,1852. | Savannah. W. B. SCRANTON, No. 19, Old Slip, N. Yor 3—ly JOHN EXAELBRY. Draper and Tailor. Dealer in Ready-Made Clothing and Gentle- ir en’sfurnishing Goods. 155, Bay street, . Savannah, Ga. feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly few weeks, and although a stranger, had impressed its quiet, retiring, and, as all thought, kind was he in manner and disposition. The business that brought him to the place was by no means settled, and the intelligence he had received must have been of a very pressing nature to make one naturally so timid anxious to brave a storm that caused the hardiest sailor to shrink from duty. He had been sitting with a look of discon tent but a short time, when the clatter of horses feet were heard in the street, and a man, pale and trembling, stood within the door way. His first discordant utterance was the word ‘murder.!’ No expression of pain or terror can send the same deathly chill to the heart as that one word of terri- — DASHER’S Cheap Dry Goods Store, No. 146, Congress street, Savannah, Ga. (Late H. Lathrop’s) A well selected stock of seasonable staple and Fancy Dry Goods, are kept constantly on hand,; and wfll he sold cheap tor cash. J9§p* Please call and examine, feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly thing ? _ _ a murder ? How will you answer to the great Giver of good for this ? Where is your authority ? ‘He who shedeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed;’ responded a harsh solemn voice, and the crowd turning, saw where a torch waved over astern unfeelin’ face, the countenance of their preacher. It was a time when the gathered feeling check ed by some great obstacle, pauses in its rash career and for a moment there seems a doubt which way the tide will flow. The awful passage so solemnly quoted, fell on the crowd at that moment, when the slight est word would have turned them from ble import, and paralyzed with stupid sur-|—. ,* ... a fore he could relate what seemed to choke once more seized their rem g P when the old captain, whom W- had importuned for a passage, claimed to be heard: his utterance, the sheriff of the county hastily entered and arrested M W ‘For what ?’ faltered the young man. ‘For the murder of Millie Woods,’ was the stern reply. It wanted only this to swell the horrible sensation that had fallen on the crowd. Millie Woods a little girl ten or twelve ‘Comrades,’ said he, ‘Squire B——thinks we had’nt ought to hang this fellow, Well I’ll tell you what we’ll do. He wanted to sail with me this day. He shall do so. We’ll take him out side the Bay—tie him inan open boat and set him adrift. Then the W — overboard—how he howle d and Oh, oh ! look to yourself!’ prayed. *1 did my duty as a minister.’ “Ah, ha! you did, did you? You did your duty in drowning a poor devil for a murder he never committed? Do you hear that? for a murder—a murder he never didf A tremor like an ague ran through the preacher’s frame, and then he stood as one dismayed to dumbness. “He never did the thing. I murdered Milly Woods! I chased her to the garret, and killed her. I was there robbing the house, when W -came. I heard him speak kindly to the child, give her the squir rel, and then leave. A minute after she was a dead baby, and W had the blame. “Lord have mercy on me!” groaned the divine. “How I laughed to see you run that poor W. down, when I slipped the gold in his pocket. How he prayed and begged poor devil, for mercy!” The preacher wrung his hands in agony, and still groaned, Lord have mercy on me. “Yes, yes! it’s our time' now! I won t beg—-I won’t! I’ll die game, but you howl —he said he had a mother, a widowed mother—-we all went under—but you and I, parson, came up together, now we go down!” The divine twisted his gaunt fingers, and moaned*aa one afflicted in his sleep. boat half filled with water, ridmg the short heavy waves, and every second I expected to go under, or be capsized and so drown This not occurring, 1 began to look about me. I found the cord by which I was tied, passed over my shoulder. I managed to get it in my mouth and soon gnawed it a part. This loosened my hand, so that in a few minutes I freed myself and sat up. With an old cup that I found in the boat I bailed out the water, and then breaking up one of the seats, I managed so as not to ship any more of the waves and in this way rode out of the storm and the night. “J3y morning the wind had somewhat subsided, but so exhausted was I bv fear and fatigue, -that I was forced to lie down, and was soon fast asleep. When I awaken ed, the sun was setting, and far as I could see on every side was a dreary waste of wa ter. Strange as it may sound, I was great ly relieved, I feared nothing so much as fall ing again into the hands of that terrible mob. “The full moon came out, making the scene as light almost as day, and a gentle breeze springing up, I took ray coat, fasten ed it on to the broken seat, and this for a sail, drifted, as near as I could make out by the stars in a north easterly direction. I knew sooner or later, I must strike the Can ada shore, but how far I had been carried in the storm, could not, of course, deter mine. Through that long night I floated on. I saw the moon go down aud the stars fade into the cold gray light of morning, and then the sun came up with the clear, calm day, but no land was to be seen—nothing but glittering water. I imagined at one time seeing in the dim distance a sail, but if one, it immediately disappeared. About noon I noticed something floating near me, and on paddling my boat alongside, found it a bale of goods, carefully corded together. I fastened it, almost without motive, to my boat, and again lying down was sound asleep. I was awakened by a shout and starting up, found I was running in close to a wooded shore and a number of men staffing in won der at my appearance. In answer to my request, one of them waded in and pulled my boat to the land. I learned, to my great relief, that I had reached the Canada side, within a few miles of . It was supposed that I had been shipwrecked, to which ray bale of goods at once give coloriug, and se cured for me a kind reception. On opening my bale, the next day, I found it filled with costly silks and velvet, and so admirably, the water had' not damaged them. This had probably been lost from some wreck in the late storm, and noting the address with the intention of repayment some day, I sold the contents, and with the proceeds made my wav to New York, where I, after my mother’s death, joined an expedition fitting ou t for * South America. In this new home I married, and engaged in merchan dize. There I lived until I learned, a few months since, my innocence, of that cruel deed, had been made known by the confes sion of the real criminal.” “I knew you were guiltless at the time of the murder,” said the lawyer, when W—— had finished recounting his strange escape. “The circumstances were too evident against you. I have succeeded in my profession, by some little knowledge of human nature, and it has taught me to be very suspicious of what is known as circumstantial evidence. It is a maxim much relied on in law, that circumstantial evidence is the very strong- YOL. VI—10. 8 est evidence. So it is if read correctly; hut what convinces a common mind of one thing, lends a more acute one to an oppo site conclusion. The criminal would leave no trace, would not deepen his own tracks or write his own name in blood for justice to hunt along; but he will, if it can be done, write characters that all who run may read to the abuse of others. Therefore the s tron ger the circumstances appear to an ordinary oiind, the more evident the innocence of the accused to a reasoning one. Above all, when a man has lived through half a centu ry a good husband—affectionate father, and blameless citizen—no discovery of a muti lated body steeped in blood, or death-pain ted knife, should set aside the circumstances in his favor, that make the committal ot a great crime seem miraculous.” The lawyer ceased abruptly, and catching W by the arm, pointed to the open window. He looked and saw a tall gaunt figure, with sunken eye, pale cheeks, and long gray hair, in the gloom of the evening, muttering as he passed along, as if the mind was not in the present, and ill at ease. “That,” he said ‘is Mr. H. Since the night of the criminal’s confession his intellect nev er very strong, is a perfect wreck. Every evening he hastens to the lake, and looks anxiously over its waters. If stormy, no en treaties can induce him to seek a shelter, but hour after hour he paces along the shore, as if every moment he expected some rev elation from its troubled water.” “Ah!” added the lawyer with a sigh, “he is not the only one in our broad land, who has suffered from misunderstanding of that awful text.” * Anti-Rent Disturbances.—Albany. Eeb. 23.—Last night a party of twenty-one po licemen started for Bjrne. among the Hel- derburg, Mountains, for the purpose of ar resting the ring-leaders of the Anti Rent party, who tarred and feathered E. t M. Fish, last April. The police were armed to the teeth. They reached the place of their destination about 4 o’clock this morn ing, and breaking into the house of the two Turners,, the principals in the outrage ar rested and carried them off. The Anti- Rent war cry was then sounded and a large party soon assembled, who pursued the captors. The police after proceeding some distance, were stopped by a barricade in.the road and the Anti-renters demanded the elease of the prisoners. . This was refused, and she police drawing their pistols and threatening to use them, the Anti-renters retired, breathing threats of revenge. The officers reached here in safety this evening. A Modern Nimrod !—Beat this who Can! !—A correspondent of the Jackson ville (Fla.) News says: “The following list exhibits the aggregate amount of game (in round numbers,) killed with one gun during a pioneer residence on the frontier of this State, from its earliest settlement to this time, viz: Deer Turkeysj Tigers, Bears, Wolves, Wildcats, 5,000 4,500 40 70 20 50 Alligators 100 Rattlesnakes 25 Racoons, 500 Squirrels, No telling. Opossums 4.7 5 Foxes, 100 Besides at least four hundred beeves. Du ring this time, the rifle with which the a- bove enormous number of animal lives have been taken, has received four neio stocks, and is now in good order, and capable of killing as many more. The ‘Nimrod’ is well known to the writer, and has been for a number of years—is a resident of Alachua county in this State, and has represented that county iu the lower branch of the State Legislature—has been an active partici pant in all the Indian fights that have oc curred about his range, aud has had four-or five fair shots at ‘red skins,’ with the same old shooting iron. It is fair to presume, from the result in other cases, that three of these shots at least were effectual. Withal he is an unflinching friend, a clever fellow, and an honest man.” Cure for Toothache.—Mr. James Beat- son, of Airdrie, says: Gum Copal, when dissolved in chloroform, forms an excellent compound for stuffing the holes of decayed teeth. I have used it very frequently," and the benefit my patients have derived from it has been truly astonishing. The appli cation is simple and easy. I clean out the hole, and moisten a little cotton with the solution ; I introduce this into the decayed part, and in every instance the relief has been most instantaneous. The chloroform removes the pain, and the gum copal re sists the action of the saliva: and, as the application is so agreeable, those who may labor under this dreadful malady would do. well to make a trial of it.—Medical Times in Jour. Dent. Science. A Dangerous Color.—One the proposed measures of national defence in England, in the present apprehension of an invasion from France, is to change the ur iform .of the troops from red to some neutral color, in order to avoid offering so distinguished a mark to the French sharp-shooters as. they now present. It is a singular the Danes were compelled to change tueii uniform from red to blue, in consequence of the execution done upon them from this cause by the Prussian bullets in the late Schleawig Holstein MarJ There is noth ing like a red coat for a marksman’s eye. jjgf “Pappy, the corn’s up.” “Ike corn up ? Why I only planted it yesterday.” “I know that—but the hogs got in last nightand guvit a lift yon had’nt countedon.’*