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Buzzing bee was happy, Busy at its work; Gathering stores of honey; Never thought to shirk. Never thought of Jennie, Fretting in tlie*tree; It was such a bap^y, Busy little bee. Jennie grew more fretful * When it answered not, Said’t was really hateful— That was what she thought. Still the bee kept buzzing, Glad its sphere to fill; Discontented Jennie May be fretting still. Are there not some Jennies, Boys and girls, you know, Who to fret at others Are not slack or slow ? Forth to duty, children I Like the busy bee, Minding net cross Jennie, On her fretting tree. Child’s morning Prayer. The morning bright, with joyous light, Has waked me from my sleep I Father, I own thy love alone Thy little one doth keep. All through the day, I humbly pray, Be Thou my guard and guide; Mv sins forgive, and let me live, Blest Jesus, near Thy side. 0 make my rest within thy breast, , Great Spirit of all grace; Make me like Thee, then shall I be Prepared to see thy face. Ned’s “Didn’t Think.” Opening the door of a friend’s house one day, I made my way through the entry to the small back court, where Ned, the only son, was crying bitterly. “Ah, Ned, what is the matter?” “ Mother won’t let me go fishing. Harry and Tom are going to the harbor, and I want to go.” Here Ned kicked his toes angrily against the post, to the great danger of his new boots. “ Whose little dog is this?” I asked, as a brown spaniel came boundiug up the garden walk. “ It is mine,” cried Ned, in an altered tone. “ Didn’t you know I had one ?” “ No, indeed. What a fine little fellow. Where did you get him, Ned ?” “ Father bought him for me. He is so knowing, and I teach him many things. See him find my knife;” and Ned, wiping away his tears, threw his knife into the clover. “There, Wag,” said he, “now go and find my Knife.” Wag plufiged into the grass, and, after a great deal of smelling and wagging, he came triumphantly forth, and brought the knife to his young master. “Give it to him,” said Ned, pointing to me ; and Wag laid it at my. feet. “This is a knife worth having,” said I; “ four blades.” “ ’Tis a real good one,” said Ned ; “ father gave it to me on my birthday ; and he gave me a splendid box of tools, too.” Ned looked up bri 'htly, and quite forgot his crying. “ Let me think,” said I. “ Was it this knife that you hurt you foot so with ?” “ Oh, no,” cried Ned, “that was done with an axe; but I’ve got well now.” “ I was afraid you would be laid up all the spring.” “ Well, it was mother’s nursing, the doctor says. “ Mother and father took very great care of me. It was lonely staying in the house so; but mother used to leave her work and read to me, and father often stayed with me.” “ I should think you had very kind parents, Ned.” The boy looked down on the floor, and a slight pout puckered his lip. “ I sup pose there are none who have your interest and happiness so much at heart.” “ But I want to go fishing,” muttered Ned. “And can’t you trust them, Ned, and will ingly agree to their wishes ? You may hot, indeed, know the reason why they object to your going; but, from all your experience of their kindness and wisdom, are you not sure that they would not cross your wishes with out good reason for doing so? And surround ed as you are by so many proofs of their love, will you sit there and murmur and cry, and fill your heart with angry and stubborn thoughts against them, because of this one little denial of your wants? Is not this a poor and ungrateful return for all their kindness? It is little enough that a child can do for a parent, but that little he ought to do most cheerfully. I suppose the best return a child can make to parents is a cheerful obedience. How small that seems! And will you grudge giving that, Ned ?” Ned looked sober. Tears started in his eyes. “Oh, sir,” said he, humbly, “I didn’t think of all this—l did’t think of it.” “ Didn’t think” is at the bottom of a great deal of our ingratitude and murmuring against both our earthly parents and our Father who is in heaveu.— Children's Friend. Alice and tbe Old Needle Woman. Alice found an old needle woman one day resting under the cooling shade of a tree out side the garden gate. “Do you want something?” asked Alice. “ Yes, dear child,” she answered ; “ I want a new dress.” “ A’pretty calico?” asked Alice. “That will too soon fade,” answered the poor needle-woman. “A black woolen ?”*asked Alice. “ That will too soon wear out,” answered she. “A silk ?” asked Alice. “ I have nothing fit to wear with it,” an swered the needle-woman, and Alice thought as much. “A plaid, a beautiful plaid ?” asked the child. “ 1 hat will too soon go out of fashion,” an swered the needle-woman. “Do you care much about the fashion ?” asked Alice. “ I want the dress to last me a thousand years or more,” said the old woman. “ Oh !” exclaimed Alice, drawing back, for she half thought the poor woman was crazy ; “do you expect to live so long ? A thousand years is a great, great while, and you are pretty old now.” “I shall live longer than that,” said she. “1 will ask my mother,” said the girl, much puzzled, “if she knows what dress would suit you, and perhaps she’ll buy it for you.” “ Your mother is not rich enough to buy it, dear child,” said the old woman. “ My father is rich,” said she. “ Not rich enough to buy me the dress I want,” answered the old woman. THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: ATLANTA, GA„ TH URSDAY, MARCH 5, 1868. “ Do you want to dress like a queen V’ ask ed Alice. “ No; but I want to dress like a king’s daughter!” “ The old needle-woman is crazy,” thought Alice to herself: “she talks so queer! I don’t know where you will get such a dress,” said she aloud—“something that will never fade, never wear out, never go out of fashion.” “And never get soiled or spoiled,” added the old woman ; “wear it when or where you may. it will always keep white and shining.” “Oh !” was all Alice could say. Tin n she added, “I should like such an one, I am sure. Could a little giil have one ? But a little girl would outgrow hers.” 4 / “ No,” said the needle-woman ; “ the dreSs would let itself out to suit you always.” The. child was lost in wonder. “ WilKyou please tell me what it is, and where. 1 can get one ?” she asked. “ It is the garment of salvation, the robe of righteousness, which Jesus Christ has wrought out for you and for me, dear child,” said the old woman, tenderly. “ Christ came to take away the poor rags of our sins, and to put on us his pure white robe, and make us fit to be the children of God, lhe great King, and live in his palace for ever. Should you not like to, dear child ?” “ Yes,” answered the child, “ I do want to be one of God’s children 1 always wanted to. Will He give me a heavenly dress, do you think ?” • Trust in the Lord. Down came the snow in great fleecy flak<s, faster and faster, filling the air, covering the trees and house-tops, and growing deeper an<J deeper upon the ground. The clouds, which before had chased one another across the sky, had grown thicker and darker, until now they seemed to be but one dense mass, through which no sunbeam cr uld penetrate. Across a wide field came a little girl with a basket on her arm, and only a thin shawl over her shoulders, to protect her from the cold and the wind. Her face was pale, and showed signs of want and suffering, and as she walked along she vainly tried to keep the snow from her eyes with her poor, benumbed hands. Annie Foster was the eldest daughter of a widow, who toiled hard day and night to leed and clothe her five children. Annie was a great comfort to her mother, and when she could not help in her work, she would do er rands for her, carrying her sewing back and forth to her customers, and assisting her in many little ways. Mr. Foster had died but’ a few months before, and after his death An nie’s mother had moved to a little town, where she»earned a scanty livelihood by tak ing in sewing from ladies living there. Annie, though she had been on errands in almost every direction, was still not perfectly acquainted with all the roads. On this par ticular afternoon, she had been a long distance, to the house of a lady where she had never been before. Soon after she started to return home it began to snow, and, in order to short en her walk, she had turned from the road into the fields; but, half blinded and confused by the snow, she turned in the wrong direc tion, and wandered about until she was so tired she could hardly walk. She thought at first she was going the right way, but by and by surrounding objects began to look very strange to h-'r. She surely did not remem ber that old crooked tree, or that broken-down fence, and soon she came to the side of a little stream she had never seen bes re. Then the idea suddenly crossed her mind that she was lost. She thought of the anxious mother, and the little brothers and sisters who would be waiting for the supper she was to bring them. The tears capon into her eyes, and she felt ready to sink to the. ground in despair, when she remembered a text she had heard her mother read that morning :—“What time lam afraid, I will trust in thee.” Silently lifting up her heart in prayer to God, she started oft'in anew direction. Before she had gone very far, she saw a bright light ahead of her, and, on following it, came to a black smith’s shop. The smith was standing at the door, and she went timidly up and told him her trouble. He was a kind-hearted man ; so he bade her come in and get warm, and then directed her how to find her way home. Oh, how glad Annie was to be there once more, and how she enjoyed the nice supper which she had stopped at the store to buy ! But in the midst of all her joy, she did not forget to thank the kind Friend in whom she had trust ed, and who had brought her home in safety. May our young readers ever remember that best of Friends in all their times of trouble. The Child and the Berries. “ Look, papa,” cried a child, “ at the berries I have found.” As his little girl said it, she showed her father her basket half full of them. Why did he start, and ask, “have you eaten any of th*m, my child?” , “ No, papa.” “ Not one ?” “ No, papa, not one.” He was very pale, as though some great sorrow had touched him ; but he murmured, “ Thank God !” “Give them to me,” he said; “every one.” “ Every one, papa ?” “Yes, every one; I must fling them all away ” “Fling away my pretty black berries that I took so long to find ?” “ Yes, dear child, they are poison.” There were tears in her eyes; but she gave them up; and he dug a deep hole in the gar den, flung them in, stamped them to pieces, and buried them. “ Why, what are they ?” she asked. When he answered he said, “They are the deadly night-shade.” Hast Thou, O Father, ever taken away the berries that it took us so long to find ? We know Tnou didst it in mercy ; but it was hard to thi k so then. Gi.ve us faith to trust Th©o in this, or any thing else Thou mayest do. Resisting Temptation. A little boy five years old, was one day taken by his aunt to a druggist’s shop, and there he observed an almond which had fallen from the counter on a seat just below it. He wished very much to take it, but knowing that it was not right to take that which be longed to another, he walked to the shop door. Still however, he could not help thinking of the almond; he returned and looked at it, touched it with his finger, and then went away again. But Satan, who is always ready to tempt children as well as grow n up people to commit sin, put it again into his head how nice the almond would be; it was only one, it could never be missed. So he walked again toward the seat; but calling to mind the commands of God, was heard to say to himself: “ Thou shalt not steal,” and imme diately going away from the place of tempta tion, he remained at the door of the shop un til his aunt was ready to go home with him. Dear children, pray that you may be en abled to follow the example of this little boy. “.Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” “ Enter not into temptation.” Got to Jesus. —Dear children, I want to tell yofl of a little boy who went to the Sun day-school with whuh lam connected. As 1 was going out one day last winter, when there were many awakened ones asking, “ What must I do to be saved?” a little boy, nine or ten years old, put into my hand a slip of pa per a couple of inches long, which 1 have care fully 'preserved. As children were in the habit of handing me papers in I his way, I did not read it till I got home. 1 then found upon it, written in a very crooked manner, these words : “ Mr. Wells, I’ve got to Jesus ! Tve got to Jesus!" I don’t know who the boy was ; I never could find out; but he had found the sum and substance of the whole gospel. That little boy had got to Jesus. She Jawilg.ainl Jam. OCR Lady Readers, very many «f whom are largely expe rienced in Domestic Economy, will confer a special favor upon those of less prac ieal experience, by making frequent contri butions to the Family Department of our paper. ’.'liny of them have, doubtless, recorded valuable recipes wh'ch, if ;mb lt bed, would be of service to others. Sisters, let us hear from you. i A ■ ■ f-- • 4 " Vv Death and Buriat of a Japanese in New York. It has already been stated that Ha-yalvta-, kee, the leader of the Japanese troupe re cently arrived in New Yoik, died in that city a few days ago of heart disease. The New' York Sun thus describes the honors paid to the deceased by his companions: At the head, two lights and three cups— one containing rice, one water, and the third crackers—were placed together, w ith a paper containing the name of the departed chief. On Sunday the body was covered with white linen, on which was laid the passport and other papers of the deceased. Late in the afternoon the body was placed in a black rosewood coffin, fined with white satin and having silver clasps. The name, age, etc., of the deceased, were engraved on the coffin plate. All his best silk clothing was laid on the coffin, and all will be deposited in the grave together. He is the first Japanese that ever died in New York. ■The Japanese believe in the transmigra ■ tion of souls, and that the souls of those who die the death of the righteous will take pos session of a human body, while the souls of those who die after a life of wickedness will be condemned to reside in the bodies of infe rior animals, and the worse the life the worse the animal. The companions of the deceased, numbering twenty four, feel his loss severely, and refuse to be comforted, and to eat. They sit on the floor, praying and mourning, and swaying their bodies to and fro, not speaking above a whisper, f>r fear of disturbing the repose of the deceased. The most to be pit ied among the number is the blind and aged mother of the deceased, who was compelled by the laws of Japan to accompany her son, he being her only support. His wife and tw'o children have been left a widow and or phans in a strange land. They believe that his soul will remain among them for seven days before it is consigned to its future abode, and they will not cease to mourn his loss for forty-two days. Ha-yah-ta-kee was well to do in Japan, and was the proprietor of some houses and land. The body was taken to Greenwood Cemetery on Monday morning for temporary interment in the Strangers’ Receiving tomb. No funeral ceremonies, ex cept the prayers and monotonous canting of the relatives, took place, owing to the fact that no minister of their faith is iri this coun try. The company will not perform at pres ent, their religion requiring them to spend a month in prayers and funeral ceremonies out of respect to the memory of the dead. On the return of the troupe to their own coun try, the body will be taken with them. All the Japanese, adults and children, attended the body to the grave, together with a small number of Americans. Consumption of Meat in European Cities. Dr. Vacher, editor of the Pal is Gazette Medicate, has>ecently published an interest ing pamphlet on the food supplies of Paris, London, Vienna, Berlin, and Turin. It forms the appendix to an essay on the prevalent diseases of 1866 in those cities. In 1866 the abattoirs of Paris yielded 120,- 904,877 kilogrammes of beef, veal and mut ton, while 24,824,109 kilogrammes were brought into the city by railway in the form of viandes depecees, or viande a /a main, as it is termed. Pork was consumed to the extent of 18.176,164 kilogrammes, of which half came as viande ala main. This distinction i% important, because in the one instance the meat is subject to a close inspection; in the other it passes to the consumer without any sort of guaranty that it is fit for food. Dr. Vacher has ascertained that a great deal of the dead meat sent to Paris comes from de partments where malignant pustule, rot, and spleen disease, reign endemically; and that the cattle owners do not hesitate to admit that, when a disease attacks their herds <>r flocks, they make haste to kill the sick or sus pected animals and send the carcasses off to Paris. The progress of hippnphagy is shown in the statement that the first shop for the sale of horse flesh was opened in Paris on July 9, 1866, and already there are upwards of sev enteen such shops in different parts of the city. In twelve months 2312 horses were slaughtered, yielding some 600,000 kilos. There were also killed in the same time 78 asses and some mules. Is it possible the car casses were for consumption? At Vienna, 1954 hordes were slaughtered in 1863, yield ing 341.950 kilos of meat; at Berlin, 1507; and at Turin, 73 were killed in 1865. It is said that every horse destined for food is examined by an inspector, and to the en lightened zeal in this respect of M. Pierre, veterinary surgeon, Dr. Vaeher attributes the success of hippophagy in Paris—a success which would be. augmented if the butchers who sell the horse flesh were relieved from some of the heavy charges which now press upon them, and if the authorities would cease to appear embarrassed, as though ashamed of the legal patronage accorded to this new branch of industry. The mean annual consumption of meat of all kinds (exclusive of game and poultry) amounts in Paris to about 78 kilos, per hnad of population; in Vienna, to‘B7kilos.; in Ber lin, t<> 60 kilos.; in Turin, to 24 kilos.; and in London, “ou le biftek est un mets destitu tion nationale,” to 109 kilos. In addition the Londoner consumes about five times as much fish as the Parisian or the citizen of Berlin or Vienna. About 345,000 kilos, of fish, and 1,886,000 kilos, of poultry and game go to complete an aggregate*quantity of 167,000,000 kilos., in round numbers, as the consumption of meat in Paris during the year 1866, which would give 92 kilos, (about2oo pounds avoirdupois) for every inhabitant. Not Seeing it —The excellent father borne, an Episcopal missionary on the line of the Illinois Central Railroad, went to Effing ham, in “Egypt,” which is in a prairie open ing, surrounded with timber. A band of hunters with their guns in hand, came in to the Sabbath worship, ami stacking arms, sat down. A cripple also came and stood his crutches against the table, which served as the school house pulpit. Asthegood man was turn ing over the pages of his sermon, the dogs were heard chasing a deer out of the woods. Every huntsman seized his piece and started in pur suit. In despair the preacher closed his man uscript, saying, “cripple, it’s all in vain.” “I don’t see it so, parson ; I think the dogs will catch the deer'' was the response. Letting One Cheat Himself. — I remem ber what a witty acquaintance of mine said, some twenty years since, of certain persons engaged in trade, who were of the denomina tion of Quakers —and none the worse tor that, I hope. He said : “ They are the most dan gerous of dishonest men. They will never cheat you, not they ; but by the helpof plain, friendly, and apparently sincere mknners, they will manage so that you will cheat yourself.” The person who said this was the poet Hal leck.— W. C. Bryant. Lessons in Business. Mr. Jonathan Sturges, an old and successful merchant of New York, at a recent banquet given to himself, made a speech which con tained these three lessons for young men : One of the first lessons 1 received was in 1813, when 1 was eleven years of age. My grandfather had collected a fine flock of merino sheep, which were carefully cherished during the war of 1812-15. I was a shep herd boy, and my business was to watch the sheep iu the fields. A boy, who was more fond of his books than of sheep, was sent with me, but left the work to me, while he lay in the shade and read his books. I finally complained of this t(f the old gentleman. I shall never forget his benignant smile as he replied : “ Never you mind ; if you watch the sheep, you will have the sheep.” I thought to myself, what does the old gentleman mean? I don’t expect to have any sheep. My aspi rations were quite moderate in those days, #id a first-rate merino buck was worth SIOOO. I could not make out exactly what he meant, but 1 had great confidence in him, as he was a judge, and had been to Congress in Wash ington’s time; so I concluded that it was all right, whatever he meant, and went out con tentedly with the s|f£ep. After I got to the field I could not get'the idea out of my head. Finally 1 thought of tny Sunday lesson: “Thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will make thee ruler over many things.” Then I understood it : Never you mind who else neglects his duty ; be you faithful, and you will have your reward ! I do not think it will take many lads as long as it did me to understand this pjrdfjerb. I received my second lesson soon after I came to this city, clerk to the late Ruman Reed. A merchant from Ohio, who knew me, came to purchfeSV goods of Mr. Reed. He expressed his grvfjiication at finding me there, and said to in|-: “ You have got a good place. Make yoursHf so useful that they can not do without you” I took his meaning quicker than I did the proverb about the sheep. Well, I wofked upon these two ideas until Mr. Reed offered me an interest in his business. The first mtfhiing after the co-partner ship was announced. Mr. JamesGreery, the old tea merchant, called f j see me, and said to me: “ You are all right n , ! W : I have one word of advice to give you; *e careful who you walk the streets with.” That was lesson number three. In this connection I must repeat an anecdote told of the late Robert Lennox. A country merheant came into store of Mr. Morton, a highly respectabk'RjJUtcb merchant, to pur chase goods. He about credit, refer ences, etc.; Mr. Morton said: “I will give you what credit you vTsh.” “ But,” said the merchant, “ I am ad Jin tire stranger to you.” Mr. Morton replied f “Did I not see you at church with Robert Lennox ?” “ Yes, I was at church with him.’*' “ Well, I will trust any man whom Robert Lennox will take to church with him.” , Mr. Geo. A. Kefly, of Marion, demon strates very satisfactorily, that iron factories can be built up and rjiade lucrative in Texas. Numberless acres unoccupied lands are waiting the appearance of farmers to work them, and nothing b# honest labor, energy and enterprise is needed to make Texas al most a paradise. ’ The Tyler Reports says the grasshoppers have been present in vicinity for several days in countless nutters, a, *d gardens, tur nip patches, etc., hav L su [T«red seriously from their depredations, The small farm sjt# rn 4&#' !nin * favor in Texas, and many proprietors aru talking of reducing their Tl.p Signal commends till* i. urse, saying that “a few acres in cotton, al<>if<r with other crops, pays best.” ‘ ; The Reporter joint* the crusade against ex- cottqu plantiYrg, and ‘declares that the price of cotton in Tyler will barely pay the cost of picking. Font Thousand j Acres of Tennessee Land Bought for /-Vineyards. —Mr. Wil liam Rogers, lately ja successful wine maker in Ohio, has recently purchased about four thousand acres of land on Cumberland inoun tain, adj'lining Beeisheba Springs, in this State, upon which, in connection with several other families, he wijj next spring open large vineyards for the culture of grapes and wine making. The soil of the Cumberland moun tains is peculiarly well adapted to the culture of grapes, and experiments have shown that for producing abundance and richness of the best varieties, is fully equal to that of' Kelly’s Island, or the renowned Los Angelos region in California; while the climate, for the rna king of wine, is scarcely inferior to the most favored latitude. Mr. Rogers, we believe, is an Englishman, a v«ry intelligent and good citizen, The report of tfce Commissioner of the Land Office shows that seven million acres of the public lands hate been disposed of during the past year. There is still remaining, 1.400,000,000 acres, including the recent!) acquired Russian Territory. The Commis sioner argues that the United States are now 3,000 miles in advance of England on its route to China and Japan and the Indies, demonstrating, in this connection, the neces sary diversion of that foreign trade to this country, and its effect on our public lands in the Pacific slope and the Mississippi Valley. There are 37,000 miles of completed railroad in this country, which, since their commence ment, is at the rate of a thousand miles a year, while the number of miles in course of construction, is 17,810. The Bank of England, whenever a coun terfeit of one of its notes is presented at the counter, it is stated, instantly pays over the gold to redeem it. If it conies from some known person, he is only asked where he got it. If from a stranger, the cashier signals to his detective, alwajsin waiting, and the officer follows secretly. Before many hours, the bank is in possession of the stranger’s biog raphy. The offender, once arrested, is likely to be tried, convicted and sentenced in a very summary way. The Scuppernong Grape. —“ The grape of the Southern States, is destined,” says a writer in the Scientific American . “to revolutionize grape growing, and wine making in America. |jt has no equal, much less a superior in pro ductiveness or quality. It never rots, never mildews, never fails to bear immense crops. A "vine vfill 1 ive for a hundred years, bearing yeai%, after two years of age, from twenty to fiftjPbushels of grapes, yielding from fifty to one and twenty gallons of wine. It needs no training, no pruning, no trellising. There are three varieties, the white, black, and golden-hued, each making an excellent wine but of a different color.” Beef—Cutting up and Ppeserving, —ln cutting up beef for salting, regard should be had to the size of the pieces, and their relation to each other wljen put down. In other words, a family resemblance should be pursued in the different strata, as placed in the barrel. When designed for family use, it will be found convenient to cut itito pieces suited to a day’s consumption. Fof preserving meat the N. E. Farmer says: Pack the pieces in casks, giving a slight sprinkling of salt between each piece ; cover with a pickle by boiling together, in four gallons of water, eight pounds of salt, three pounds of brown sugar, three ounces of saltpetre, one ounce of pearlash, for one hun dred pounds of meat. Keep a flat stone on the meat, that it may be immersed in the pickle. Put down in this way, beef will keep a year, and rather improve by .age. Publications. yALUABLE TEXT BOOKS. We would call the attention of all who are interested in the subject of education to the following VALUABLE LIST OF TEXT BOOKS. A Complete Manual of English Literature. By Thus. B. 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THE GEORGIA ACADEMY FOR THE BLIND H is on hand a large lot of Brooms, and is still man ufacturing them, wtiich it offers to the trade at the fol lowing prices, per dozen : Size No. 6, $3. Size No. 7, $8 50. Size No. 8, $4. Size No. 9, $4 50. These brooms are of two kinds—the Shaker and Hurl—and although the work “of the blind,” they will be found in all respects equal to, if not superior in quality, to those manufactured elsewhere or brought from the North, while the price is something less. EVERY BROOM IS WARRANTED. Trade is solic ited. Orders, enclosing the money and naming the size, will be promptly attended to, and may be sent either to the undersigned or to Messrs Jewett A Snider. W. D. WILLI AMS, Principal. Hearth Brooms and Whisks are also manufactured here, and always on hand for sale by the dozen or in smaller quantities. Macon, Feb. Ist, 1868. febl3-4t TSAAC S. JONES & CO., (Successors to MeNeal A Jones,) 84 S. Calvert Street, Baltimore, dealers in MACHINERY OILS, COAL OIL, KEROSENE, Axle Grease, Alcohol, Benzine, Spirits Turpentine, etc, deolß-8m Railroad Guide. Atlanta and West Point Railroad. L. P. GRANT, Superintendent. DAT—OCT. Leave Atlanta, 7 qq A „ Arrive at West Point !!!.!.! IJLOO u. day- in. West Point 12.40 p m. Arrive at Atlanta 5.30 p m". nioiit—oct. Leave Atlanta 4.35 p.m. Arrive at West Point 12.10 a.m." night—in. Leave West Point 4,pp AM Arrive at Atlanta 11.30 am! Western and Atlantic Railroad. CAMPBELL WALLACE. Superintendent. NIGHT BXPRISS PASSSSGKR THAI*—DAILT. Leave Atlanta 7-00 P M Arrive at Chattanooga 4 011 A M Leave Chattanooga . 6:85 PM Arrive ht f )iil ton .. . , B*l SP M. Arrive at Atlanta .*.!..*!!.*.*!. 2*85 A M DAY PABBENGKK TRaIM—DAILY EXCEPT BUWDAYB. Leave Atlanta 8:20 A M Leave Dalton 2*lß P M Arrive at Chattanooga, . .!..'!!!! IW>O P M Leave Chattanooga 6:85 A M Arrive at Atlanta g.jg A ACWORTII ACCOMMODATION TRAIN—DATI T FXCRPT BCRD«TS. Leave Atlanta. p m Arrive at Acworth 6 49 p M Leave Acwmth 6:00 AM Arrive at Atlanta 9:JSA M Macon and Western Railroad. E. B. WALKER, Superintendent. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Atlanta 6:66 A M Arrive at Macon. 1:30 I’ M Leave Atlanta 7 ; io P M Arrive at Macon 3:25 AM Georgia Railroad. E. W. COLE, Superintendent. DAT PABSKNGKR TRAIN. Leave Atlanta 5:00 A M Airlve at Augusta 5:45 P M Leave Augusta 5:00 A M Arrive at Atlanta 6:80 P M (No Trains run on Sunday.) NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Atlanta 6:45 p M Arrive at Augusta 8:15 A M Leave Augusta..., 8:00 P M Arrive at Atlanta.. 6:45 AM Rome Railroad. Leave Rome 6.50 p.m. Arrive at Kingston g.oo P , M . Leave Kingston 1100 p.m. Arrive at Rome 12.30 p.m. Connects at Rome with Stages to Selma Road, and Steamboats to Gadsden and Greensport, Ala., every Tuesday and Saturday mornings. Connect at. Kings ton with night trains on Western and Atlantic Rail road, up ana down. Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Leaves Nashville at fi.so a.m. Leaves Nashville at 7.35 p. M . Arrives at Louisville 8.30 p.m. Arrives at Louisville 4.00 a.m. Leaves Louisville at 3.30 a.m. Leaves Louisville at 4.30 p.m. Arrives at Nashville 6.20 p.m. Arrives at Nashville 1. 00 a.m. FRANKLIN ACCOMMODATION. Leaves Franklin... 6.50 a.m. Arrives at Nashville 11.55 a.m. Leaves Nashville 6.80 p.m. Arrives at Franklin 10.30 p.m. Louisville and Nashville Railroad FOR THE NORTH AND WEST. No. 1. No. 2. Leave Atlanta, 8.45 a.m. 7.00 p.m. Arrive at Chattanooga 5.24 p.m. 410 a.m. Leave Chattanooga, 7.50 p.m. 0.10 a.m. Arrive at Nashville, 4.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m. Leave Nashville 5.00 a.m. 8.00 pm. Arrive at Louisville 1.00 p.m. 11.00 p.m. Leave Louisville 1.16 p.m. 11.15 p.m. Arrive at Indianapolis 6.40 p.m. 4.45 a.m. Arrive at St. Louis, 8.00 a.m. 8.00 a.m. Arrive at Chicago, 8.40 a.m. 10.4<' P.m. Arrive at Cincinnati, 12.10 a.m. 6.20 a.m. FOR TUB SOUTH. Leave Louisville 1.00 a.m. 8.00 p.m. Arrive at Nashville i) 00 a.m. 11.55 p.m. Leave Nashville 5.00 p.m. 5.50 a.m. Arrive at Chattanooga, 2.00 a.m. 2.40 p.m. Leave Chattanooga,.... 3.20 a.m. 4.30 p.m. Arrive at Atlanta, 12.05 p.m. 1.41 a.m. Commission Merchants. L. D. C. WOOD. JAB. H. LOW. J. H. LUDWIOSEN. LOW & LUDWIGSEN, (Formerly Wood A Low—Established in iSTfI,) Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants, No. 190 Common Street, NEW ORLEANS , LA. Personal attention given to the sale of Cotton and the purchase of all kinds of Produce. | jan 24 —2374 QOPARTNERSH IP. The undersigned beg leave to notify their friends, and the public generally, that they have formed a copart nership under the firm name and style of GRAY, BEDELL & HUGHES, FOR THB TRANSACTION OF A GENERAL WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS. They will occupy the two houses heretofore used by them for the storage of cotton, and with this ample sup ply of room, will be able to accommodate any umount of business plaoed under their control. With long experience in this busiuess, they flatter themselves they can give satisfaction to thuse who may place business in their hands. Every facility at their command will be extended to their patrons, The usual advances made on Cotton in store or for shipment to their correspondents in New York, Phila delphia or Liverpool. BAGGING and ROPE, or IRON TIES, will bo sup plied by them. W. C. GRAY. W. A. BEDELL, 2353-2367 W. H. HUGHES. M. P. STOVALL, D. K. BUTLSR, Os Augusta, Ga. Os Madison, Morgan county, Ga. QTOVALL BUTLER, COTTON WAREHOUSE AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Augusta, Georgia. feb27~4t* Hotels. Q.AYOSO HOUSE, MEMPHIS, TENN. D. COCKRELL, Proprietor. May 16-ts Q VERTON HOTEL, M EMPHIS, TENN. S'. B. ROBBINS & CO., Proprietors. May3o-tf MAGNIFICENT ENGRAVING! 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Ministers and other gentlemen, desiring to act as agents, will be allowed a very liberal discount, which will enable them to sell it at a very handsome profit. Agents wnuted in every City and County. Canvass ers can make easily from 10 to 20 Dollars a day. Cir culars stating the terms for agents, etc., sent on appli cation to the Publisher. Those wishing at the same time to receive a sample-copy, will please enclose "wo Dollars. FREDK. GERHARD, 15 Dey Street, New York, feb2o-4t Post Office Box 4001. T3EMOVAL! REMOVAL!! S. S. .KENDRICK Has removed his CARPET STORE from Whitehall street to Bell’s Marble Building, Marietta street. Bo invites the readers of tlie Index to send him their or ders for Carpets, Oil Cloths, Rugs, Mats, Shades, etc., etc., promising his best efforts to please. Parties send ing size of rooms can have Carnets made up here and sent to any part of the State. Price list sent on appli cation. S. S. KENDRICK, feblS-4t Atlanta, Ga. 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