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LIQUID EYES.
BY SYDNEY CAMERON.
[From the Augusta Constitutionalist.]
Liquid eyes of melting sweetness 1
Matchless eye’s of rare completeness!
Winsome eyes, thy soul looks through,
Living windows, clear and true I
Little worlds—but, ah! there dwelleth
In them that soft light which telleth
Os a soul as pure and true
As the realm above the blue I
Orbs, they are, of many phases!
Gems, they are, of many graces 1
Stars, that Can wound or heal!
Oracles of woe or weal I
Oft they seem like waters sleeping,
Scintillating with the peeping,
Soon, again, theip"dcpths are beamlhg,
And the laughing mirth is streaming
From them, as they Change so soon,
Like the waters ’neath the moon 1
And, while flfils my heart is speaking,
On them now a beam is breaking,
i Making me, half dreaming, think
Os a time, when on the brink
Os spine lakelet 1 have wandered,
And, enraptured, I have pondered,
In the twilight, by the deep,
Where I could forever keep,
Dwelling there in close communion
With the luke, the sky—in union
Unmolested with the flow’is,
Breathing out with them the hours !
Blessed eyes, with glories teeming!
Ye inspire me, when in dreaming
Fanny paints on some fair view
Lunar lights and lakelets blue I
Thine alone the inspiration!
Tiling, thou blest impersonation
Os my hopes— all that my sighs
E’er could long for, Liquid Eyes!
As Diana hunts the shadows
From the hiU-auUjs Um meadowy;
All my werfd they render bright
By their lender, heavenly light;
By their cilent, certain power,
By that spell which makes the hour,
When I drink their limpid light,
Flee like carriers in thrtr flight!
’Ti» not star-light—-’tin not son-light-
Theirs is like none, save the one-light
Beaming forth at Eve’s soft noon
From thy face, O mystic Moon!
And, if ever, lonely, weary,
Wandering far at midnight dreary,
When her mellow beams I see,
They will speak to me of thee!
If thia life, or death, should sever
Thee from me, naught earthly ever
In my heart’s best heart can rise
To efface those matchleW cvrs!
May thy soul, al lust, transplanted,
Grasp the jgiideui glories granted
To the angels who return
From tlu3 life to life clru!
May we, In that last awaking,
when the bauds of death are breaking,
Soaring far above the
Meet again, (»Mstehlew ftes! 1
TnVLVEXCE nF WnMtN IN SOCIAt. AfEAU’7
Women have in all times played a part,
and, hi modem days, a very notable part
in determining social arrangements. They
act both directly aud uidffvrtly. D jectly. i
they tone a InYgl, If nA a larger,share in "
that ceremonial government which supple
ments the political and ceclcsiaatieal gov
erumenta; and as upporters of tlwse other
governments, aspechily the eeclrsiastical,
their direct aid is by no means unlmjiur
taut. Indirectly, they act by modifying
the opinions and •entiments of nuu~ &*t,
in education, when the expression of ma
ternal thoughts and affect the
thoughts and feelings of boys, and after
ward hf domestic m.d social inU reousc, du
ring which, the feminine sway men’s public
acts, both consciously and iiucoumh*us|y.
Whether it is desirable that the share
already taken by women jp. d»t<mlniqg
social arrangements and m turns should be i
increas'd, sea question we will leave un
dbeusred. Here I ain eoueemtj merely
to point out that, in the course of a psv
chologhal prepanuiou for the study of
sociology, we must Include Uw <s-. W pnmtivY
psychology of the thm,
changr te made, we m\v moke H
wbal we are doing.—ilcstart
When a man Ukiah* nobody or*» f,. r
him, and be la akun in * add *u-l * Iti.-h
world be aou'd «k> wcU V > Mk htawif the
question; “What have 1 dorse to make
anybody care for and fore me. and to warm
We world wait a«d t It
is irencndiy the cis, Aft lake who com- ’
p’.aw tht tliysllUK 4m U* OM
S 1111? .NORCROSS ADVANCE.
BY SIMMONS, VINCENT & CO.
THE LATE MRS. LEE.
The Alexandria Gazette, in a
notice of the death of the lament
ed consort of tho late General. R.
E. Lee, says:
“Tor many years she has been
an invalid, suffering intensely at
times from a neuralegic affection,
under which, however, she bore
up with fortitude and without
complaint; but the death qf her
husband, the great and good Gen.
R. E. Lee, and'more recently the
loss of a beloved daughter, broke
down the spirit that has so nobly
battled against ill health and ad
versity, and she has been taken
to her reward.
For several yeays she Lad fondly
cherished the hope of ending her
days at Arliug(,on, the parental
mansion—her own home and the
home of her children. There she
was born, there she had been
married, and there her children
were born. Naturally all her af
fections clustered around this, to
her, hallowed spot, and as years
rolled on she became more and
more anxious to return to the old
homestead, Nvheye lie buried the
remains of a devdted father and
mother, and where she had hoped
to peacefully surrender her spirit
to the God who gave it, surround
ed by all the recollections of hap
pier days. But in this she was
doomed to disappointment—a dis
appointment that added to her
recent heavy bereavements final
ly broke down a shattered con
stitution, and death ensued. She
felt keenly the wrong imposed
upon her by the government, that
without the shadow of right or
justice, but merely by the strong
arm of power, withheld from her
her own and her childrens’, in
violation of the very laws under
which tho property was seized ;
and few there are in the land, we
should think, who will not regret
that this injustice was perpetra
ted, and who will not now be wil
ling that the restitution shall be
made to the descendents of her
whose soul has passed to a hap
pier home.
This beloved lady had become
enshrined in the hearts of her
countrymen, not only by her re
lationship as spouse of the most
venerable man in the land, but
perhaps yet more by her own
sweetness of disposition. Added
to her sorrows, the great depth of
which all the country knows, were
her bodily afflictions, which had
deprived her of the free use of her
limbs and driven her to a wheeled
chair as a means of locomotion.
But with all this she ever main
tained a resignation and a kind
and gentle cheerfulness of spirit
that shed a halo around her. Her
country she loved above all earth
ly things; her family sho clung to
with a grace and ardor of devotion
never excelled; and it is not
strange that she turned her heart
towards the dear Arlington,where
she hoped to lay down in that
sleep which is the pleasant repose
from which the pure awke in
Heaven.
* It was delightfully edifying to
be in the presence o’s Mrs. Lee,
she was such an example of sub
mission to the will of Providence—
she showed so beautifully the
pious serenity of auure and Chris
tihn mind illumine by a good in
tellocl and the admirable educa
tion of a phrase of society the like
of which we shall never again
look upon. The visitors to the Vir
kgiuwSprings wilf, sudly miss her
piext summer. They v\ ill not again
I see her before her cottage eugag
ed in her favorite parts of house
j hold industry, or in drawing, to
I which she devoted her leisure
hours, and they will recall with
sad < yet pleasant feelings
delightful interviews to
which they werv welcomed wish
so much grace and kindness; her
conversation was so matronly, so
elevated, so interwoven with the
golden threads of virtue. This
charmed her guest, hut still more
were they struck with the forti
tude of the dear lady—the queen
amongst the mothers of Virginia
whose sufferings were conquered
by resignation, and whose face
seemed to be illumed with the
sunlight of heaven.
ixmg may her memory live an
example to her sex. ami' the ob-1
ject ot veneration by her country I
men. r Ztie/wuuW
■ rr ' w * r ■—*•
.Jefferson Davis has been nomi
the .Chancellorship of
j Tur i ml’>e<'»r*’ , ia. which
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CANTON.
HER CROPS AND GUANO LIENS —LOVE,
COURTSHIP AND ELOPEMENT.
Editors Advance,:
Bear with me a few moments,
while I tell you something of and
around Canton:
People are, generally, through
gathering their corn and cotton
and sowing wheat. Our corn crop
was excellent, but cotton was not
so good, and guano bills ruinous.
The people are waking up to their
interest on this line. A great
many have resolved to use no
fertilizers except what they can
make at home.
On the 28th ult. our young friend
and fellow pupil, Jas. C. Turner,
and Miss Mattie Langston, both
of Canton, were married at the
Bartow’ Furnace. After striving
for two long days to get a license
from our Ordinary without suc
cess, Miss Mattie being under age,
both, with a firm resolution and a
fixed determination upon marry
ing, got into an ox wagon and
went to Turner’s home in Bartow.
We anticipate a pleasant future
for the couple, for Janies is not as
some of us use to know him.
At a recent meeting at Sharp
Mountain Baptist Church there
were sixty-two accessions to the
church; all of which are to be
baptised the first Sunday in De
cember. It lasted eleven days,
and, I have understood, with but
litte or no excitement during the
whole time, yet, with great feel
ing of interest, as the result shows.
The Good Templars are still
flourishing here, and may they
continue to prosper until they
have completely rooted out King
Bacchus’ foot hold here and the
world over.
We are happy to see that Prof.
V. is to remain in charge of the
N orcross High School. In him the
people find an able and worthy
instructor. More Anon.
WHAT BROUGHT THE PANIC
The New York Day Book, in
referring to the wide-spread de
struction of property and blight
ing of national prosperity effected
by the Republican party—falsely
so-called —in attempting to carry
out its destructive policy, says:
“In twelve years not one dollar
of surplus wealth has been cre
ated, and the seventeen thousand
millions in 1860, more than one
half, according to Mr. Wells, is
; used up’ to abolish the main
source of the national wealth and
prosperity ; and this tremendous
w’aste—the biggest hole tho world
ever saw in the prosperity of a
nation —is filled up and puffed out
by paper money, fancy stocks, fic
titious value and mortgages on
the bones and blood, and bodies
and souls of future generations,
until it at last bursts and breaks,
and the result is in part before us.
“They actually expended a thou
sand millions to prevent the South
ern people from utilizing negro
labor, and thus, bringing wide
spread impoverishment on the
Southern people, deepening and
widening that tremendous vacuum
of the the North(caused by the de
struction of Southern prosperity)
into which are now tumbling the
Jay Cookes, Spragues <Vc., who so
long fattened and flourished like
other vampries on the dead body
of American prosperity.”
This is precisely what brought
On the panic—this attempt to
bridge over the vacuum caused by
destruction oFSonthern property
with fancy stocks,fictitious values,
worthless rags, Ac. They con
tinued puffing and till,
like the fabled toad who imag
ined he could make himself as
big as an ox, they have finally
strained too hard, and—burst I
This is the whole of it, and all
the talk about "shrinkage of val
ues” only means that the bubble
has burst and stocks and all spe
cies of property will return to its
intrinsic value. If nobody suffered
but the scoundrels who brought
this ruin on the country, we could
"laugh at their calamity;” but,
unfortunately, we all have to suf
fer—the innocent as well as the
guilty. There is one consolation,
however,the people will discharge
the crew which has run the Ship
of State on the breakers, and the
good old vessel will yet be saved.
The Memphis Avalanche says
that the Memphis division of the
army designed to capture Cuba
will not leave for several days.
The Brigadiers ami the Colonels.
'U tiers and commissaries are ready
but the high privates are missing.
NORCROSS, GA., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 2G, 1873.
HON. ALEX. H. jSTEPHENS.
The Atlanta- Herald, of Nov.
17th, says: “When Mr. Stephens
left the Congress 0f the United
States, in 1859, it was his inten
tion then never to enter public life
again. He thought the Govern
ment was well established, and
that all irritating questions were
settled. He all the
prime of his- life-tb bring about
this result, and he determined to
spend the remaindey of his life in
serene- retirement at 1 Liberty
Hall.’
But when the conflict between
the States came on,Jie cast his lot
with his State, andTyas made the
Vice-President of the Confeder
ate States without any effort of
his own. Serving his country in
that honorable and' \ responsible
position throughout the war, per
forming his duties with fidelity,
be became, at its close, a prisoner
in the hands of the Federal Gov
ernment, and was cast into a cell
at Fort LaFayette, Avhere he re
mained for several uionths, after
which he was released on parole.
Returning again to his beloved
home at £ Liberty Hall,’ he had
no other expectation but to remain
in private life, engaging in litera
ry pursuits, producing his cele
brated work of the ‘War Between
the States’ and a ‘School History’
of the United States.
About a year ago, Mr. Stephens’
name was brought forward by his
friends, without his solicitation,
as a canididate for the United
States Senate, in which he was
defeated.
At an informal meeting of his
friends, he xvas invited to stand
for Congress in his old District,
where he had been so often elected
to fill that position without even
being formally nominated.
The return of Mri Stephens to
Congress after fourteen years ab
sence, and after being the second
officer in the so-called rebellion,
forms an important event in the
affairs of this couiftry. It is with
much regret that In again leaves
his home to take an active part in
political life. But he goes to
Washington with a heart full of
devotion to his beloved State, and
with no other motive but to de
vote his labors solely in the inter
ests of Georgia and his country.
The writer of this article parted
with Mr. Stephens at midnight
Sunday, having spent the day
with him, during which time his
old friend, General Toombs, was
present to see him before his de
parture for the Federal City yes
terday. During the day large
numbers of his neighbors and
friends called to pay their re
spects, among them quite a num
ber of ladies. Mr. Stephens was
not quite as well as usual. He
will remain in Augusta to-day and
perhaps to-morrow to attend to
private business, after which he
will proceed to Washington, ac
companied by Mr. Hidell, his pri
vate secretary.
We wish good luck to Air. Ste
phens during his journey, and
good health during his stay at the
Federal Capital.”
OUR IDLE CLASSES.
Like unto the great multitude
that no man could number, whom
St. John speaks of in the Apoca
lypse, is the latter day army of
incapables. They’ are immovable
sponges upon relatives, whom
they keep forever poor. They
cannot keep a situation, and are
barely competent to sit at a gate
and collect tickets from a thin ■
stream of passers in. They are
the skeleton in nearly every house
hold, and the abundant cause of
heart burnings and poverty ev
erywhere. They hang around like |
whipped curs, waiting for employ-1
ment of such a menial description
that none but those utterly em
bed of industry, manhood and ,
pluck would accept. When one I
contemplates this heart-burning
army of drones, how it fires the
zeal in praying that parents may ,
have their eyes opened to the ne
cessity of making children work
and obey early, and to the need .
of giving them a trade! The rule -
is almost invariblo, that the child
which is not taught to obey before i
five, and to work before fifteen. I
is lost. The parents who ne |
neglect these vital duties, have j
the promising outlook of seeing
their boy become either a sponge j
or a thief—-the one the half-way
house, and the oilier the termi
nus.- Over-and l s ■ 'y.
THE PRICE OF COTTON AND
WHAT IT TEACHES.
In spite of the experience of the
recent years with their gradual
average decline in the price of
cotton, following the equally grad
ual increase in the product of the
staple, the people of the South
seem determined to pursure the
impolitic course of expanding the
cotton era and contracting their
provision crops. Last year the
cotton crop fell but little short of
four million bales. The crop of
this year will be probably as good,
noth withstanding the serious dis
asters that have befallen it. The
seasons of the present year were
most propitious ; but the caterpil
lar and boll worm have shortened
the crop far below what it would
have been. And but for these
disasters' Hie. crop would have, in
all probability, reached five mil
lions. As it is, the cotton markets
of the world are glutted, the de
mand for the staple being only
moderate, and prices are growing
weaker every day. The decline
has not touched the bottom.
The press has not been remiss
in its duty to the planters in warn
ing them of the disastrous conse
quences of investing all their
capital in a single production.
Time and again, year after year,
the journals of the South have en
deavored to convince the planters
of the impolicy of such a course.
And now we begin to see the re
sults of a policy so often fore
shadowed, almost prophetically,
by the press, which has manfully
done its duty in this respect.
Cotton already at twelve to
thirteen cents, and nearly all sup
plies at high pricea, presents a
gloomy prospect to the planter
who has all cotton upon his hands
and no provisions. Can the far
mer hope for success and prosper
ity by pursuing such a course ?
Can he expect to realize the fruits
of his hard labor while he gluts
the markets of the world with a
single product of his fertile lands ?
The financial disasters of the
day should teach tho planter a
lesson that will redound to his
good for all time to come. Three
million bales of cotton, and our
provisions made at home, would
be worth as much to us as five
millions thrown upon a glutted
market —the whole price of which
must go back again to the North
for supplies.— Tel. and dfess.
HE WIIO~~I)OES~N()TH1NG.
DESERVES NOTHING.
The natural and healthy condi
tion of man is one in which he
works for what he receives. Those
who contribute nothing to the
general stock ought to take noth
ing from it. The accumulation of
capital is private hands in crea
ting, in continually enlarging
numbers, a class of persons who
have abundant means to spend on
themselves, while they have
nothing to do in return. A man
makes a fortune, as it is called,
he inherited the services of an
army of genii, potent as those of
Aladin’s lamp, to minister to their
pleasures. Fools spend their share
on indulgence. Indulgence is usu
ally synonimous with vice; and
as long as their purses hold out
they do mischief to every one
who comes near them. This kind
of thing, happily does not often
last long. The money is soon
gone, and there is an end of it.
But the majority have seise
enough to avoid ruining themslves
by extravagance. They live on
their incomes, ladies especially,
and having their time to them
selves, and being spared the ne
cessity of exertion, are considered
as exceptionally happy—yet hap
py they cannot be. Satisfaction
of mind is allotted by Providence
only to industry; and not being
obliged to be industrious they
lose the capacity for it. Having
allowed the period of life to pass
unused when occupations can be
successfuly learned, they are un
able to take their places afterward
on the beaten road of life. They
stray into fancy employments;
they become dabblers in politics,
dabblers in literature and science.
Nothing succeeds with them suffi
ciently to put them on good terms
with themselves, and then, men
and women alike, and particular- !
ly the better sort of them, being
without wholesome occupations,
and craving for something which <
will satisfy the demands which
their minds are making on them,
they fly to the- opiates and ano
dynes of the quack doctors of the
spirtual world.—Hnf/iency j
VOL. I.—NO- 22.
CHEAP HOMES,
AND ON LONS TIME
I ’OK SAL.B UN
GWINNETT COUNTY.
The lands which were advertised for
sale in Lawrenceville, on the first Tues
day in this month, by the subscriber, were
not sold at auction, as was intended, in
consequence of the money crisis now pre
vailing, and the heavy rain which fell dur
ing sale hours. A minimum price was
fixed on each tract, however, and a few
were sold at private sale.
Those described below were not sold,
and are now offered at the price to each
annexed, to-wit:
The Northeast corner of lot number 141,
and a part of number 148, containing about
75 acres. This place lies one mile south
ot tlie Couit-house, in Lawrenceville, on
the Covington road. There is a dwelling
house, stable, well of first-rate water, a
young orchard, and about lorty acres of
pretty level gray land in a good condition
for a crop next year; the balance is all in
the woods. Price $lO per a :re.
The Southeast corner of the same lot,
and part of number 118, making another
tract of about 75 acres. This is all in the
woods, and contains a good deal of branch
bottom, with a beautiful building spot, on
the same road. Price $7 per acre.
The Southwest corner of number 141.
This is all in the woods, lies well and is
well timbered, except some ten to fifteen
acres, which is a pine old fine. The soil
is good and contains a large proportion of
bottom land. Price $7 per acre.
The Northeast, Southeast and South
west quarters of lot number 140, contain
ing, according to original survey, sixty
two and a half acres each. The Covington
road runs nearly on the Northeast line of
this lot, and a right of way to the lower
side of the lot from the road will be re
served. These three tracts are all in the
woods, well watered, and on each could
be opened a nice little farm. Price of
each $7 per acre.
As many of the above tracts will be sold
together as may be desired, or any person
api>lying can have either alone.
A tract of 22J4 acres, adjoining Wm. J.
Born, Dr. Mitchell and Colonel N. L. Hut
chins' lands, lying inside of the town cor
poration, and good red land, well watered,
all ready for the plough. Price sls per acre
The Gordt n place,with 50 acres of wood
land, in the Southeast corner of number
130. On this place there is a good dwelling
house, with seven rooms, and a poor crib
and stable, one and a fourth miles from
the Court-house, on the Jetlefson road.
There is a first-rate spring, well improved
and surrounded by the native forest trees,
near the house, and about 75 acres of first
rate red land, now all lying out. The
houses and fences are in bad condition,
but can be made good with but reasonable
cost. The two tracts contain 175 a»res.
Price $1,200. Any competent judge would,
on seeing this property, pronounce It very
cheap.
The Hollinsworth place, on the same
road, two mi es from the Court-house.
This place contains 250 acres, number 207,
and has always been considered one of
the best farms in the neighborhood, im
provements fair, about one-half cleared,
and the other in the woods. If desired,
this lot will be divided into two equal
parts, by running a line across the road,
so as to throw one-half on the side next to
K. T. Terrell, and the other next to J. M.
Ambros’ farm, and the purchaser can
have choice of sides at the price asked,
which is $lO per acre.
Also, about 75 acres in the Northeast
corner of lot number 130, on the same
road, and adjoining the lands of J. M.
Ambrose and others. Os this tract about
25 acres is old field, and the balance all
wood lands. There is an old house place
on the road, two and three-fourth miles
from town, and several fruit and shade
trees around it—-a beautiful place for a
residence. Price six dollars per acre.
Ail these lands lie in the fifth district of
said county, and within eight or nine miles
®f the Air-Line Railroad, and to enable
persons of small means to secure homes
for themselves and families, are offered on
the following easy terms, to-wit • One
fourth cash, one at two years, one at three
and the other at four years, with interest I
at ten per cent.
William E. Simmons, Samuel J. Winn. '
or Dr. T. K, Mitchell, would show- the
property to strangers wishing to see it.
For further partic.dars, address
JAMES P. SIMMONS,
t r Norcross, Clorgifo .
PROSPECTUS.
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independent; but it will not be partisan,
nor do Injustice to any party, 01 Indi
vidual, knowingly. And, as we hon
cstly believe, that the first and chief care
of all Christians should be to defend our
holy religion against the wiles of Satan—
his hosts and tneir arms, wo will discharge
this sacred duty, as best we can, under
the guidance of Him who is able to direct
and keep us in the way of truth.
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We will also studiously’avoid giving
cause of offense to any professed Christian
on account of difference of opinion, and
will not, through this medium, attempt to
build up any one branch of the Church
more than others, nor to injure any ene ot
them.
OUR RELIGIOUS PLATFORM.
We believe that there is a per
sonal God—who created and over
rules all things—that Jesus Christ
is His Son and our Savior, and that
the Holy Ghost is His messenger
and our instructor.
That the Bible was written by
inspiration of God—is true—and
the only safe foundation for
Christian faith and practice.
That the soul is immortal—that
there will be a resurrection of the
dead and final judgment, and that
the punishment of the unre
deemed will be eternal.
And will insist, that all who
agree in these fundamental propo
sitions,and seek salvation through
Christ, constitute his Church, and
should all unite and co-operate
with Him, and each other, in the
sacred work of redemption, as an
affectionate family of brothers
and sisters. -
James P. Simmons,
J. L T . Vincent,
John Buis,