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HANCOCK . W i EXL JOURNAL m YOL. II. The Hancock Journal IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY, V$, WWW* (Offico, Old Masonic Hall—Court House.) William H. Koval, Editor & Proprietor. Rates of Subscription: One copy 12 months $3 00—8 months $2 00 One copy 6 months, 1 60—4 months, 1 00 jffi-Twn copies lo one address, I year, 5 00 No name will be taken unless the cash ac¬ company the order. Rates for Advertising: Transient Advertisements will bo charged •l the rate of one dollar per square for the first and seventy five cents for each subsequent Insertion, for ono month or less. A liberal discount will be made to persons advertising extensively, both os to time and spaco. Business Cards, for three months or longer, Will be charged six dollars per quarter for •ach square. Twelve lines of this type fill ouesquare. Professionals: F. LLITTLE, Sparta, Ga. Office in Law Building, west of tbeC. IT. GEORGE F. PIERCE, Jr. ASS©msnE‘2’ AS MW, Sparta, Ga. flgL, Office in Law Building, west of the C H PROFESSIONAL CARD T\tt, J[J A. F. DURHAM, thankful for pits! patronage, takes pleasure in announcing that he still continues tho practice of Medicine and Surgery in the town of Sparta. Having associated with himself his brother Dr 0. W* Durham in practice,’ ono or the other of them may be found at their oflioe nt all times •fthe day. tho ffcjr- Special attention is given to treat¬ ment of Chrome Diseases and diseases peculiar to Females. Feb 12—ly “GEORGE II, JONES,” IVI Til M HY AMS & CO 234 Broad Street. Under Central Hotel, Augusta, Georgia Deal EC s In FINE GROCERIES, W ines, Liquors and Cigars ; ALSO, GKN'llL COMMIX X MARCH ANT S April 80 1800. ly. ( harks A, Sledge, Trimmer & Upholsterer, Harness Maker and Repairer, Sparta, Ga. TtTAY bo found in tho upper story of J A, JY1 prepared Bouddnjr* Carriage the public Shop, in whore his fine he of is to servo work, ou terms to suit tho times. mny7-ly JEWEL’S MILES. (FORMERLY ROCK FACTORY.) Cost Office at Culveuton, Ga. CUSTOMERS w E WILL this MANUFACTURE the WOOL following FOR Bouaou, ou terms : Wool Manufactured in JEANS (col’«l warp) at 80 cents pm- yard ; 20cts yard; Manufactured into Kerseys nt per •or Curded into ROLLS at 121 cents per lb. Sheetings, Shirtings, Osnahurgs nnd Yarns constantly un hand. Wool Wanted, In Exchango for Goods, at market value, or for GASH. Consignments by llaifroad should bo dircct ,cd to Culvcrton, Ga. D. A. JEWEL, may 14 Gin Proprietor. Carriage,Buggy & wagon REPOSITOBY .J TAMES A. SCUDDAY has re.-opened his Carriage Shop, at his old stand, where he is prepared to serve his ohl friends and patrons and tho puhlio generally, in every branch of his business, either with New Work, Repairing or Renovating of Carriages, Buggies. Wagons, &o., at the most reasonable prices. Ho has in his employ the well known freednmn Tom Coles, alias Tom Thompson, and wifi warrant all work to stand tlie test, Tom is a thorough jDcmocrnt • Mr. 8. will also do all manner of Black smith work pertaining to his business, and solicits a share of the public patronage. Sparta, April 23—8m New Cabinet Shop. JOHN FRIESE, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE, T) E3PECTFULLY informs the citizens of JL\) rparta «ml vicinity that he has re eently opened in this place uu establishment for (he Manufacture and Repairing •OF FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION* and will keep ou baud a full assortment of ■IcdNtcadn, Tables, Chairs, Ac. ,©4 make to order any article In tho line at tk« lowest prices and at short notice. Call and see him. Will also Supply Coffin* short notice. Jan. 10. INDEPENDENT IN' ALL THING8-NEUTRAL IN NOTHING-. SPARTA, HANCOCK COUNTY, GA., AUGUST 13, 1860. Poetry, Over and Over Again. Over and over again, No matter which way I turn, I always find in the Book or Life Some lesson I have to learn, I must take my turn at the mill' I must grind out the golden grain. I must work at my task, with a resolute will Over and over again. We cannot measure the need Of eveu the tiniest flower, Nor check the flow of the golden sands That rnn through a single hour, But the morning dews must fall, Aud the sun aud the summer rain Must c'o their part, aud perform it all Over aud over again. Over and over again The brook through the meadow flows, And over and over again The ponderous mill* wheel goes. Once doing will not suffice, 1 hough doing be not in vain , Aud a blessing, fail ng us once or twice, May come if we try again. The path that has once been trod Ii never so rough to the feet: And the lesson we once have learned Is never so hard to repeat. Though sorrowful tears may fall, Aud the heart to its depths be driven With stonn arid tempest, need them all To render us meet for Heaven.’’ Miscellany, How smith attked the Old Nan Smith had just asked Mr. Thompson’s daughter if she would give him a lift out of bachclordom, and she had said “ Yes.” It therefore became absolutely necessary to get the old man’s permission, so, as Smith said, the arrangements might be made to hop the conjugal twig. Smith said he’d rather pop the inter# rogatory to all old Thompson’s daughters, and his sisters, and his lady cousins, and his aunt Hannah, in the country, and the whole of his femalo relations, than ask old Thompson. But it had to be done, and *o he sat down and studied out a speech which he was to disgorge at old Thomp¬ son the j'cey first time he got a shy at him. So Smith dropped in on him one Sunday evening, when all the family had mean¬ dered around to meeting, and found him doing a sum in beer measure. “ How are you, Smith?” said old Tl.ontp* son, ns tho former walked in, white as a piece of chalk, and trembling as if he had swallowed a condensed earthquake. Smith was afraid t.o answer because lie warn’t .sure about the speech. He knew he had to keep his grip on it while he had it there, or it would slip from him quicker than an oiled cel through an augur hole, So he blurted out— “Mr. Thompson, sir: Perhaps it may not be .uohuown to you, that during an extended period of sotuo five years, 1 have bccu busily engaged in the pro-ecution of a commercial enterprise—” “ Is that so, and keepin’ it a secret all this time, while l thought you were tend¬ ing store ? Well, by George, you’re one of them now, ain’t you?” Smith had begun to think it all over again to get the run of it. “ Mr. Thom [son, sir : Perhaps k may not be unknown to you, that during tho .extended period of five years, 1 have been busily engaged in the prosecution of a commercial enterprise, with the dctermU nation to secure a suHeiunt main ten ancc— ’ “ Sit down, Smith, and help yourself to .beer. Don’t stand there boldin’ your hat, liho a blind beggar, w |*lr paralysis. never have seen you behave yourself queer in all uiy boru days.” Smith had been knocked out ag^in, and so ho had to wander back again und tak^e ft fmsh f, "‘ „ Mr. ihotnpson, sir: . It T may not be , unknown to you, that during an extended period of five years, I have been engaged I in the prosecution of a commercial enter pvUc, with tlie ^ctcrminariou to procurea sufficient maintenance—” “ A which ance?” asked old Thompson; but Smith held on to the last word as if it was his only chance, and went on : In the hope that some day 1 might enter wedlock, and bestow «iy earthly possessions upon one .whom I could call my own. I have becu a lonely man, sir, and haye felt that it is not good ior jpiBjan to be alone; therefore I would—” “Neither is it, Smith; l’nt glad you dropped in. How’s the old man ?’’ <■ Mr. tan, .i V; ,.id Srcrirtt, i. despairing confusion, raising his voice to a yell, “it may not be unknown to you that, during an exteuded period of a lone ly lLir man, Ld I have been engaged to enter wed lock, and estowed all » my enterprise on one whom I could determine to be good for certain possessions—no, I mean—that is—that—Mr. Thompson, sir: It may not be unknown—” “ And then, again, it may. Look here, Smith, you’d better lay down and take something warm—you ain’t well.” Smith, swearing like a four-year old colt, went in again. “ Mr. Thompson, sir . It may not be lonely to you to prosecute me whom you a friend, for a commercial maintenance, but —but—he—dang it—Mr. Thompson, sir: It—” “Oh, Smith, you talk like a fool. I never seen a more first class idiot in the course of my whole life. What’s the mat¬ ter with you anyhow ?” “Mr. Thompson, sir,” said Smith, in an agony of bewilderment, “it may not be known that you prosecuted a loniy man who is not good tor a commercial period of wedlock for some five years, but— “See hero, Mr, Smith, you’re drunk, and if you can’t behave better than that, you’d better leave ; if you don’t, I’ll chuck you out, or I'm a Dutchman.” “Mr. Thompson, sir,” said Smith, fran¬ tic with despair, “it may not be unknown to you that my earthly possessions are en¬ gaged to enter wedlock five years with a sufficiently lonely man, who is not good for a commercial maintenance—” “The very deuce he isn’t. Now you jist git up and git, or I’ll knock what lit¬ tle sense out of you you’ve got left.” With that, old Thompson took Smith’ and shot him into the street as if he’d run him against a locomotive, going out at the rate of forty miles an hour. Before old Thompson had time to shut tbe front door, Smith collected his legs and one thing and another that were lying around ou the pavement, arranged himself in a vertical position, and yelled out: “Mr. Thompson, sir: It may not be known to you”—which made the old man so wretched mad that he went out and set a bull terror on Smith before lie had a chance to lift a brogan, anil there was a scientific dog-fight, with odds in favor of the dog, for he had an awful hold for such a small animal. Smith afterwards married the girl, and they lived happily. Bachelors and Flirts-. BY JOSH BILLINGS. Some old bachelors git after a flirt, nnd don’t travel as fast as she doz, and they conclude awl the female group are hard to ketch, and good for nothing when they are kctchcd. A flirt is a rough thing to overhaw 1 un less (ho right dog gets after her, and then they are the easiest «f all to ketch, and of¬ ten makc the best of wives. When a flirt is really in love she is as powerless as a mown daisy. Her inducement then changes into modesty, her cunning into fear, her spurs into a halter, and her pruning hook into a .candle. The best way to ketch a flirt is tew travel the other way from which they are going, or to sit down on the ground and whistle some lively tunc until tho flirt comes around. Old bachelors makes the flirts, and then the flirts get more than even by making ° old bachelors. A majority of flirts get m.rricl Anally, for they hev a great quantity of the most dainty tit-bits of woman’s nature, alwus hev shrewdness to hack up their sweet ,nes« Flirt* don't deal ia poetry and water gravel; they hav got to hav brains, or else somebody would trade them out of tbeir capital at the sweep. Disappointed luv must ov course be all ™ Nde -J : tl,,s At- *>" - 1 ” n r moro ««“* fur being an old bachelor than it iz fur a , uian to quit, and jinc the poor house be* kase ...................^ he kan’t lift a turn at a pop. his independence. This is a dead beat j past resurrection, for everybody knows : there ain’t a more anxious dupe than he | iz. All his dreams are charcoal misses • he dresses, greses his hair, paints his griz zly moustache, cultivates bunyops, n pj corns, tew please hjs captains, the wim min, ,aqd only gets luffed at fur his pains. I tried being an old bachelar till I wuz about twenty years old, and came very near dying a dozen times. I had more sharp pains in one year than I hev had put it all u. a Leap. I was cut a lively fever all the time. 7 —^ m ---— *' ierc > 8 n o work of art that does the ta ?® ° f i* ™“ aD .f ,< N° ? nd whl< * shc shou1d dai, y P ol,sh and improve, than her daughters.-jEAX Paul. An Extraordinary Story. The following extraordinary tale of a ship wrecked crew, and the terrible fate of all except a single survivor, whose ad ventures cqml those of Robinson Cruso, appears in a Paris letter to the New Or¬ leans Picayune: “In the month of August, 1863, the French ship Adelina Eliza quited Borde aux for Hong Kong, a month afterwards she was spoken off the Cape of Good Hope. She was never heard of again un¬ til a few days since, her history of all her crew became public. A typhoon iu the Indian Ocean threw her out of her course, dismasted her, broke her rudder, and toss¬ ed her toward Oceanica. Bad weather lasted thirty days, and when fair weather returned 8 * ie struch upon a coral reef, and ^ ie ex ^ aus ’ c d crew were scarcely able to takc reluge in Uats ' Lt was a ™onless, starless night when thisaccideut occurred. They rowed widely and thanked God when the breaking day showed them a harbor surrounded by a charming landscape.— They :eached land and laid down to sleep. When they awoke they found themselves bound hand and loot, and surrounded by a groop of savages. Their captors proved to be cannibals.—Eleven of them, their captain arnoDg them were slain and eaten. ■Three others contrived (how, does not yet appear ' to makc their escape ’ but the * were mutilated. The one who succeeded in reaching Europe has one arm cutoff and one eye torn out. The three reached a reniote poir,t of the Is,and > " J,ere foun<1 a CaD0C > ar,d crubarkeJ in ifc > P rcfer ‘ ^ ie 1 ’ sk be * n © devoured by sharks to the certainty of being killed and eaten by eanuioals. Fortunately, they found themselves in an archipelago, and were enabled to go easily from one island to another. After wandering for some time, moving as rapidly as possible away from the cannibal’s borne. Geo. Samazon’s two companions died from exhaustion.— He remained alone,- mutilated, hopeles, upon a frail canoe. He, nevertheless, continued to push on, touching land only when absolutely necessary to sleep and to get water and food. Iio ato shellfish and roots. One day he reached the last islan 4 of the group, and nothiug lay before him but the wide ocean. He set to work to build a raft.— It took him a year. lie launched it, the waves threw it back on the Islaud. IJe tried several times to put it to sea, but constantly failed. lie resolved to turn his footsteps landward, and in a different direction from the cannibal’s home. He crossed a desert, climbed a mountain, fell agaiu into savages’ hands, once more es¬ caped from them, fled through forests, his face scabbed with Litea of musquitoes, at last, nearer dead than alive he came upon white men. lie had been walking for three years aud hud crossed South Ameri¬ ca on foot. The white men received him kindly and did what they could for him. He embarked on board a small Poriugues .ship and at last reached Europe. His family had long given him up for dead. Tlie Barrister and the Witness. 1 here is a point beyond which human forbearance cannot go, and the most even of tempers will become ruffled at times. At the assizes hdd during the past year at Lincoln, England, loth judges and C 0 U P s °l j ia ‘^ ,nu cb trouble to make the and it is possible that the temper of the counsel may thereby have been turned Pr °U‘ l b c cv en tenor of j.ts way,— After this gentleman had gone through nesses, there was called into the box a young ostler, who appeared to be simpli c **y personified. *'’ ^ uW » *} T > counsel, in a tone , iat Would at other have been ” any time denounced os vulgarly loud, •< I hope »c shall have no difficulty in making you speak out.” ^ h°P e n '->L zur,” was shouted, or ra would certainly haye alarmed any timid or neryoas lady. u How dare you speak in that way, sir?” sa *^ ^ ie ast0n * 8 ^®^ counsel, 1 Mease ' Zur ’ 1 Uan t s P cal < an Y louder,” n . louder than before, evidently thinkjng the fault to be in his speaking too softly, “ Pray, have you been drinking this f , 10Ul ed / h ® C 0 un J el » who [* a(1 . . . p his tern Yes, per.^ ^ ° S 1 ' c a ieuiljan 0 “ zur,” was the reply. “And what have you been drinking ?” “ Gorfee, zur.’ ^ “A spune, zur!’ innocently screamed the witness in his highest key, amidst the roars of the whole court—excepting only I the Aung now thoroughly wild eounseC who , down bis brief, and rushed out of ' court. Tlie Tea mg tor. The soldiers in Kentucky were famous for practical jokes, and constantly on the lookout for subjeots. One is told of a teamster who had charge of six shabby mules. Jehu was also the proprietor of two bottles of old Bourbon—a contraband in camp—which a wag discovered and re¬ solved to possess, Aware that the driver’s presence .was an impediment to the theft, he hit upon the following plan to get rid of him : Approached the driver, who was busily engaged in currying down his mules, he accosted him with— “I say, old fell ;w, what are you doing there ?” “Can’t you see ?” replied Jehu gruffly. “Certainly,” responded the wag, “but that is not your business. It is after tat¬ too, and there is a fellow hired by the General who curries all the mules and horses brought in after tattoo.” The mule driver bit at once, and wan * edto know where the hair dresser kept himself. Whereupon he was directed *° Gen. Nelson’s tent with the assurance that there was where the fellow “hung out.” “You can’t mistake the man,” said the wag, “be is a large fellow, and puts on a thundering sight of airs for a man of his business, lie will probably refuse to do it, and tell you to go to the devil, but don’t mind that, he has been drinking to day. Makc him come out, sure.” Jehu posted off and entering the tent where Gen. Nelson sat in deep reverie, probably considering the most expedi¬ tious method of expelling Gen. Buckner from his native State, slapped him on the back with sufficient force to annihilate a man of ordinary size. Springing to his foot, the General ac¬ costed his uninvited guest with : “Well, sir, who are you, nnd what are you, and what the devil dd you want?” “Old boss, I’vo ffota job for you now— sis mules to be curried and right off too,” said the captain of the mules nothing daunted at the flashing eye of the Genep aI. “Do you know whom you ao address¬ ing, sir?” a>ked the indignant comman¬ der. “Yes,” said Jehu, elevating his voice to a pitch which rendered the words audi¬ ble a square off, “you are the fellow hired by Uncle Sam to clean them mules and I won’t have any foolishness. Glean them mules and I’ll give you a drink ol’bust head.” “You infernal villain !” exclaimed the General, now perfectly furious, “I am General Nelsoja, commander of this divis¬ ion.” Jehu placed the thumb of his right banff again&t his nose, and nxteqdjng bis fingers, waved them in a manner indica-« tive of great wisdom. The General’s sword leaped from bia scabbard^ and Jebu rushed from the tenjt just in time to save his head. The boys drank tho big mule driver’s health in Bourbon. ’lbe story soon got out, and was tbe joke of the season. A Puzzle in Punctuation. —The following paragraph is a capital illustration of the iinpgttance of punctuation in writ¬ ing. There are two ways of pointing it— one of which makes the individual in question a monster of wickedness, while the other converts him into a model Christian. Let our readers exercise their ingenuity they on the problem, and see whe¬ ther can discover its two-fold solu¬ tion : He is an old experienced man in vice and wickedness he is never found oppos¬ ing the works of iniquity he takes delight in the downfall of the neighborhood he never rejoices in the prosperity of any of bis fellow citizens he is always ready to assist in destroying the peace of soci ety he takes no pleasure in serving *{ t0 Dord he is uncommonly diligent i» mowing dis¬ cord among his friend** ““d acquaintances he takes no pride Vh in laboring to promote the cause of T i 8ti anity he has not been negligent jn endeavoring to stigmatize all public teachers he makes uo exertions to subdue his evil passions he strives hard to build up satan’s kingdom he lends no aid to the support of the Gospel among the heathen he contributes largely to tho evil adversary he pays no attention to good advice he will never go to Heaven he must go where he will receive the just recompense of reward.” On a late ascension' of an seronaut, t)! gentleman requested to be allowed to ao company him into tbe upper regions.— ‘‘ Are you good tempered V asked the j aeronaut. “ I believe so,” said the other, j “ but why do you ask ?” “ For fear we j may fall out on the way.” Beach borers will not do much damage when stiff clay is heaped up around the tree a foot high. NO. 16 Mccly Caught. At the masked fireman’s ball in New Orleans week before last, a gay and hand* some man, who had refused to take his wife to the ball on the ploa of JiusimS: ss, was much struck by a stranger, a lady in a mask. On her exhorted all his fascina¬ tion. r .«95j* “Ob, sir, you quite put me out with your flattery. I suspect you are a mar¬ ried man,” said the lady. ‘‘No, indeed; but I confess a willing¬ ness to get married since I have had the pleasure of seeing you,” was the gallant reply. * m “Indeed 1 but you have’nt seen my face yet!” «ci ■' anoai “No, but I know it is beautiful. Tbe exquisite grace that accompanies every¬ thing you do and say te'ls me as much.” “Indeed 1” “I think so; but you will no longer deny me the satisfaction, for I assure you lady, I am in love.” . :■) “Indeed!” \ ? t * “It is true. Until I met you to night women have looked to me homely and commonplace.’ “Oh you are josting.” “Indeed, I am npt.” “And you never loved any one before ?’* “Never! Your sex always appeared to me deceitful, and my heart always refused them all sympathy; but for you I feci a passionate attraction I hove no power or inclination to resist.” “Can this be true ?” “It is, indeed.” “I am mad with impatience, since it, will be tko only face my heart will ever mirro.r. It has upon it np piv*J impres* siop.” ■S*M »■: siTiljitfte “Yfl u arp 80 pervasive I can no longer deny the privilege-—look !” and the mask was removed. s >•» i$dm si It Was his wifij. ■i “The Devil 1” 8^4 thja disoomfuited Benedict, indulging in a prolonged whis tie. a “Oh no, my dear, only the fuco that; has U.o rival impression ou your heart 1 ” “Say, Mary, let’s call square, and go home.” — Vt “I think we’d better.” And they went. — ■ - - ------- +--■+> - —— A man was found in an up town gutter the other day, and on being roused to consciousness and asked to explain how he came there, got off the following by way of explanation : “Leaves have their tidl to fall, And so likewise do I; The reason, too, is tho same, It comes of getting dry! But there’s the difference ’twixt leaves and mo. I fall More harder and more frequently." Fire and Matrimony.—T ho office of the Shippenburg (Pa.) News was destroy¬ by fire on tho 11th of April. The ed who had his bachelor quarters in tho office, was so much discouraged by tho oc¬ currence, that ho sought refuge in the matrimnny on the morning of the 12 th* We had the pleasure of a visit from him a few days later, when he had not only re¬ covered his accustomed serenity, but seem¬ ed unusually happy, as though his misfor¬ tunes bad proved one of those “blessings in disguise” that we read about. Incor, rigible bachelors, who lodge in out of the ' way places, may learn from this example that they may yet be cured—by the ordal of fire. But we np npt advise expectant maidens to become incendiaries, $Xc7***Sp!isr' An Equivocal A» avr£B " ^ ^ tcra * ry gentleman, w/-fii*»g *o bo undisturbed one day, instructed his Irish servant ta admit no one, and if any one inquired for him to give an ‘equivocal answer/ Night auff the gentleman proceeded to in-, terogate Pat as to his callers. ‘Did any one call ?’ ‘Yes, stir, wan gintleman.’ ‘What did he say ?' ‘He axed was yer honor in/ ‘Well what <jid you tell him?’ ‘Sure I guv him a quivikle answer jist/ ‘How was that!' ‘I axed him was his grandmother a mon¬ key/ Secrecy. —Secrecy has been well term*. cd ihe so ^ of our S rPat <* e 8 i g n8 > perhapa more has , been effected by concealing our own intentions, than (discovering those e£ 0 ur enemy. But great men succeed iq both, A reverend son of Itev. Dr..Beecher, on being ordained, was splefunly charge^ thus: “I charge yoij never t,o forget thaj you are the son of your father, the grantjU father, and the nephew of your uncle/’:** IIow about his aunt Harriet f