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For
One hundred and ten acr • (110) of land, '
««• the McAfee bridge rmnl, two and a half
tulles from Norman, atwxtt twelve acres
cleared fnwh, amt in a good state of rultb a- :
tkm; g«iod log braise and rartbuildlnga. ami ’
a* gvsxl a a II of h at<r aa there is in North 1
<1 icgia. The wiaaln arc heavily timb<*red,
and well w t>-re.k Term* easy.
Other l.vvW for sale adjacent.
Apply •’* ! “S ’* <*• Wiglev, at Nor-
row. THOri. K RAINEY.
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THE NORCROSS ADVANCE,
BY VINCENT k MORRIS.
CHEAP HOMES,
AND 01 LOIS TIME
I’oll MALE IX
GWINN ETT COUNTY.
f,jsf» \j. I rt ej . - ; •<..•'£ jp •’ •
The land* which were *dv*rtt**d for
•ale In Lawrenceville, on the fret Tues
day In this month, by the subscriber. were
not sold at auction, a* was intended, in
consequence of the money crisis now pre
vailing. and the heavy rein which fell dur
ing sale hour*. 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
aanexed, to-wit;
The Northeast corner of lot number 141.
and a pprt of number 148, containing about
75 acres. This p’aoe lie* one mile south
ot the Com Chouse, in Lawrenceville, on
the Covington road. There is a dwelling
house, stable, r. ell of first-rate water, •
young orchard, and about torty acres of
pretty level gray land in a good conditio »
for a crop next year; the balance is all in
the woods. Price fito per a -re.
The Southeast corner of the *ame lot,
and part of number 148, making another
tract of about 75 acres. Thia is all in the
woods, and contains a good deal of branch
bottom, with a beautiful building spot, on
the same road. Price fi7 per acre.
The Southwest corner of number 141.
Thi* is all in the wood*, lie* well and I*
well timbered, except *om» ten to fifteen
acre*, which Is a pine old fine. Th* soil
I* good and contain* a large proportion of
bottom land. Price fit per acre.
The Northeast, Southeast and South
west quarter* of lot uuu*ber 140, coulain
ing, according to original *urvey, aixty
two and a half acres each. The Cov ngton
road runs nearly ou th* Northeast line of
this tot. and a right of way to th* lower
•id* of the lot from the road will be re
serve These three tract* «r* all in the
wood*, well watered, and on each could
l»* opened a nice little farm. Price of
each |7 per acre.
A* many of the above tract* will he *old
together a« tn*y be deaired, or any f*eraon
applying can have either alone. •
A tract of acres, adjoining Win. .4.
Born. Dr. Mitchell and Colonel X. L. Hut
chins’ land*, lying in«ide of the town cor
poration, and good red land, well watered,
all ready for the plough. PrbeflS per a. re
The Gord< n place,with 50 acre* of wood
land. In the Bouthei at corner of number
130. On thi* pine* there ie a good dwelliug
house, with seven rooms, and a peer crib
a ivd etable, one and a fourth mile* from
the Court-house, on th* Jefi*rson road.
There is a first-rate apring, well improved
and surrounded by the native forest trees,
near the hoti-*. nnd about 75 acres of first
rate red land, now all lying out. The
honsee and fencee ar* in bad condition,
but can he made good with but reasonable
cost. The two tract* contain 175 acre*.
Price Any competent judge would,
j on seeing this property, pronounce It very
| eh*ap.
The Holltnsworth pine*, on th* same
: road, two mi e« from the Court-houe*.
| Thi* place eoatain* 350 aeres. number M>7.
and has always been considered one of
r.he l»e«t farms in the neighlavrbood. Im
i prevemvnts fair, alxvut one-half e’eared.
: and the other in ths wood*. If d«air*d.
. thi* lot will he divided iat<« two *qusl
parts, by running a line across th* read,
so as to threw one-half on th* side next to '
K. T. Terrell, and th* other next to J. M. I
Ambros’ farm, and the purchaser can I
have choice nf sides at the price asked,
which U |lO per sere.
Also, alsvut 75 seres In the Northeast
comer of lot number IM on th* same ,
road, and adjoining ths lands of J. M. ■
Ambrose aud others. Os this tract about |
25 acre* ia old field, aud tbs bslance all
! veood lands. There I* an old bonne place
on tbs nuuk two and three-fourth mil*s j
from town, and several fruit nnd shads ‘
trees around it—a beautiful plac* for a
i i e«ide nee. Price six dollars per acre.
All these lands lie in the fifth district of
said county, and within eight or ain* miles !
! of the Air-Line Railroad, and to enable ,
| iwrenue of small means to secure home*
for thwmseheM and famißen. sre offered on
| th* following easy term*, to-wit: Oue
♦ fourth cash, was at two year*, one at three
sad the other at four year*, with interest !
t at lea per cent.
XV Uli *nt E. Simmons. Samuel J. Winn,
|or Dr. T. K. MitchelL would show the !
prt»i>erty to strenser* wi»hin< to see it.
F«»r further partic tlars, address
JAMK* P. 81MMON
NorcroM Gevrfia.
I : novtttf
l>r. Ray offers hh arrvire in the practice
ii ,4 Medh-inr ami Surf*-n. His reshience is
it n«»lf lw
DON’T SLAM THE GATE.
Now, Charlie, pray don’t laugh at me;
But when you go out late,
I wish you would be careful, dear,
To never elam the gate. f'
For Annie listens every night,
And so does teasing Kate,
To tell me, next day, what o’clock
I’hey heard you slam the gate.
’T* a* nearly twelve last night, you know’,
But now ’tis very late—
We’ve talked about so many things,
Oh, do not slam the gate.
For all the neighlxvra hearing it
Will say our future fate
We’ve been discussing—so I l>eg
You will not slim the gate.
For though it may be very ti ue,
I *irii that they would wait
To canvass our affairs until
Well—pray don’t slum the gate.
At teut, not now; bat by and by,
W hen in “our bouse ” I wait
Your coming, I shall always like
To hear you slam the g&te.
For whether you go out or in,
At early hour, or late,
'I he whole world will not tease me then,
About that horrid gate 1
THE WORKER TO THE DREAMER.
Fling away’ the idle fancies,
They but weaken heart and brain—
Break the pleasant dreamy fetters,
Os romance’s shinning chain.
Com- out from the misty kingdom—
'l'bou hast lingered there too long.
Come out, girded as for battle,
Armor true and spirit strong.
Sit no longer by the waters—
Hark; nag to their murmurs sweet—
Up I while yet the morning sbineth.—
Then go forth with earnest feet ’
Cast away the idle dreaming ;
W ork with ardor, willing brave,
For, oh, dreamer! life is action;
And to act a duty braye.
Steep and ragged « the mountain,
Y» t the faithful toilers say,
When they gain its hallow’d summit,
*• Bl 8 - -d was our weary way.’’
So to ther, shen thou hart battled
Bravely, nobly, for the right—
Will they labor, though a burden,
Seem, with sweet content, but light.
Truth and error wage a warfare,
Constant in thi* world of ours;
We have need of champions fearless—
Come front dreamland’s rosy bowers!
Cast away the idle fancies ;
They will cumber thee in life,
Be hen eforth a warrior n ighty—
Earnest in a glorious strife!
SUBMARINE LANDSCAPE.
When the sea is perfectly clear
and transparent, it allows the eye
to distinguish objects at a very
great depth. Near Mindora, in
the Indian Ocean, the spotted
corals are plainly visible under
twenty-five fathom of water.
The crystalline clearness of the
Caribbean Sea excited the admi
ration of Columbus, who, in the
pursuit sf his great discoveries,
ever retained an open eye for the
beauties of n t ire. “(n passing
over these splendidly adorned
grounds,” says Schopf, “where
marine life shows itself in an end
less variety of forms, the boat,
suspended the purest crystal,
seems to float in the air, so that
a person unaccustomed to the
scene easily becomes giddy. On
the clear sandy bottom appear
thousands of sea-stare, sea-urch
ins, mollusks, and fishes of a bril
liancy of color unknown in our
temperate seas. Fiery red.intense
blue, lively green, and golden
yellow perpetually vary; the spec
tator floats over groves of sea
plants. gorgonias, corals albyon
iuuis. and sponges, that allo rd no
less delight to the eye, and are
no less gently agitated by the
heaving waters, than the most
beautiful garden on earth when
a gentle breeze passes through
the waving boughs— The Stu and
iU Wondfi'k.
Max is creature of interest and
ambition. His nature leads him
forth into the struggle bustle of
the world. Love is but the em
bellishment of his early life, or a
song piped in the intervals of his
act. But a woman's whole life is
a history of the affections. The
heart is her world ; it is there hrr
anbition strives for empire; it is
there avarice seeks for hidden
treasures. She sends forth her
sympathies on adventure, she em
barks her whole soul in the traffic
of affection; and, if ship wrecked,
her case is hopeless, for it is a
bankruptcy of the heart.— lrving.
u When I put my foot down. I'll
have you to understand/’ says
Mrs. Nojoker, “that there's some
thing there.’’ On investigation,
it was found to be a No. 11 shoe.
NORCROSS, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1873.
SHATTERED BY THE FJLST
STORM.
At the ripe age of twenty-one.
handsome Harry Melville decided
to go into business on his own
accoun t.
“Wait until you are twenty
five,- ’ said Harry's prudent father
And lose tour yenrs? - ' return
ed Harry, almost with indignatio. •
“It is folly.”
“ And gain fen,” said old Mr.
Melville. “The earlier a younp
man goes into busiru ss,the oftener
he has got to fail, before he gr< w
wise enough and strong enough
for success. My advice is to wait
until you are thirty. There will
be ten chances in your favor then
to one in your favor now.”
But Harry considered his father
old fogyish and behind the times,
and so let his prudent couns 1 go
for naught. He had been three
years in a jobbing house on Mar
ket street and considered himself
fully posted up in business mat
ters and quite equal to the com
mon run of meichants. Indeed,
to hear Harry talk on matters of
trade was quite edifying; and an
uninitiated listener would hardly
fail to give him credit for consid
erably more than was his due.
Harry Melville had ten thous
and dollars left him by an ui e!e.
At twenty-one, the property came
into his hands. It was in the
shape of State stocks, and read.ly
convertible into money. Upon
this sum he commenced business,
in company with a young friend
about his own age and equally
experienced.
Ten thousand dollars in cash
was something <. f a basis for
‘credit; and, although our young
merchants expended twenty-five
hundred dollars in fitting up their
store, they found no,, difficulty
whatever in stocking wi h more
than all the goods they needed.
The times were propitious.
Credit was cheap. Every! oiy
bought and everybody sold,
scarcely the formality of enquiry
as to the basis upon which confi
dence rested. In less than two
years, Melville Morris were
doing business at the fast rat< o
one hundred ami fifty thousan 1
dollars per annum, and making
fabulous profits. To marry and
set up flashy domestic establish
ments came as a natural result.
Both the young partners commit
ted this additional folly. To mar
ry would have been well enough,
if modest Prudence had smiled
her quiet blessing on the rites.
But, as it was, silly Pride and
weak Ambition reigned trium
phant.
Old Mr. Melville shook his head
looked grave and remonstrated
in private with his son; but Ha’ry
grexv impatient at the'old gentle
man's narrow thoughted interfe -
ence, and finally requested him to
cease the repetition of language
that was only felt as an annoy
ance. Os course, the father was
hurt, and did not go near Iris sen
again for some weeks. As a j e.ic;
offering, Harry bought a new
house, for which he paid dt xxn
three thousand dollars cash, and
gave his notes tor the ba’aiice, I
four thousand. With th? title- 1
deed in his pocket, he called al
the modest patir.ial residence
Mr. Mclxille received his sen
kindly, yet not xvith the oi l c< r- ;
didity, for some one or two sen I
tences uttered during their last
interview stung him severely, aud
the pain had not yet subsided.
“What are these?’ asked the
elder Mr. Melville, as Harry laid
upon a table, before his father the
title [ ajers of tl e new Louse.
“Read them,” was the smiling
answer.
With a half curious manner, Mr.
Melville opened a broad parch
ment sl.eet. His eyes g ! anc<d
hurriedly over the contents; but
Iris face, instead of biigh en nz.
grew clouded. ‘ lixp'ain ibis
Harry,” he said, looking up at Iris
son.
“ Docs it not explain itself, fath
er ?”
“ No.”
Mr. Melville s’nxik his Load to
make his “no” sti’d moreemj hat
ic.
“I Lave always looked forward
j to this time with a p!ea.-u e that
words can hardly expns--,” said
Harry, leaning toward Iris father
aud speaking with a sudden
warmth of manner. “These pa
pers are simply the title-deeds of
a house, which is yours. Take
them a® «ome small return for all
that I owe you. A son's debt
canceled.”
Mr. Melville was touched by
this act, and softened by the man
ner of his son. For almost a min
ute he set with his gaze upon the
floor. Then looking up, he said
in a low voice that trembled with
suppressed feeling: “My dear
boy, i., pains me to refuse what, in
he generous impulse of your
heart, is now so freely offered
But this house is not yours to
g.ve, am], therefore, honor and
right compel me to decline its
acceptance.”
“Not mine to give? Fathe !
what do you mean ?”
“It belongs to your creditors,
Harry.”
“My creditors! Am I, then,
only a bankrupt in your eyes?
Father, this is too much !”
“You are scarcely two years in
business, my son; and now you
propose to take from that business
two-thirds of your original capital,
and put it into a house for me.”
“But we have made over fifty
thousand dollars, and we are ac
tually coining money in our busi
ness.”
“Profit on paper, at best,” an*
swered the incorrig b’.e (Id mvn.
“ B it my word for it, if the foot
ing up h so large, sh re is a m s
take in the figures somewhere.
Tiie thing I r- gird as simply im
possible, Yon are dashina ahead
at too des} e ate a sp< el, my son,
as 1 have before decland; and
just as sure as any disastrous
change in the business world
takes place, will you be hurled to
swift destruction.’’
In anger, Harry paired with his
father on that day. On the next,
his b; n’. offerings were al’ thrown
out. He called in surprise, upon
the cashier, to ask the reason
Tie e was a stringency in the
market, and an unusual demand
for money ; depositors were draw
ing out heavily, and the bank was
restricting its loans. This was the
comfort he received. He tried to
borrow from acc nmnndating
neig'ibors; but ev rjbedy hid
been cut down or off at bank, and
-o everybody was “short.” A
pulse of fear throbbed sudd< nly
in the heart of Hany Melville?
He look down sundry bank no
tices from a rfle , and ascertained
the amount which must be paid
before three o’clock The sum
reached the uncomfortable aggre
gate of fifteen thousand dollars;
while the bank balance was be
l>w three thousand. So there
were twelve thousand to raise.
Young Melville considered him
self great as a financier. His self
confidence overleap d all poss -
bilities and impossibilities, Bus
the time of trial and proof hr.d
come now. Credit ami confidence
are sensitive tilings. When bank
restrict, private lenders take the
alarm; and the [nice of money
goes up to ruinous figures. So
our xoung merchant found it.
Melville’s financiering operations
on that day were things for after
e nernber.mce. fie has not pro! -
ably forgotten them up to th h
t me. Ar three o'clock, his notes I
were all li t 'd, but ala sacr.tice '
featful to contemplate.
After a glance at his bill book |
for the next day, Melville starUd I
t» his luxurious home, to med!
nis dainty fashionable wile, in a j
state of mi d bordering on des-,
pair, for the next day's payments
were over twelve thousand do!* 1
Ins. He bad seen and hfftrd
ei.o igh during tiie day's financial ;
experiments, to satisfy him that;
not one 'a fol fa sum c •uhl be ;
raised ; ami so a x ague te. ror took i
the place of conceited seif c n i 1
dvnee; and the frighti ntd young |
merchun’, who had ccme in and
gone out with such an elast c
Dead a .<. proud bearing, entered
his home with all his feathers
drooping.
o juietly had he come in that
his waiting wife failed to hearti.e
opening door a id f imiiiar step in
the pass ge. Wondeiing at her
husband’s stay b yond the usual
h mr, she t ame down stairs, under
t it- influence of a restless feeling.
Ei tering the pail »r, -he started
'm sudden surprise a id alarm, for
t sere, reclining upon a lounge,
was htr handsome young hus
band, his pale face the image of
weak de*p iir. “ Oh, Harry, you
ate ill!” she exclaimed, flying
across the room and dropping
down upon the floor in front of
the lounge.
“ 1 am in trouble, aas his chok
! ing reply.
VOL. I.—NO. 26.
“Oh, what has happened, Har
ry ?”
“I don't know,” he answered.
“I am bewildered. Something
has gone xvrbng in business. Oh,
Florry, I have passed through a
fearful day! and there is no
strength left in me.”
What a change from the lo!d
business braggart of the day be
fore! But Harry Melville was a
mere dandy in trade. There was
no muscle in the man, no reserved
power, no elastic property. He
had grown as a balloon, and col
lapsed i t the first sharp puncture.
What could a mere summer
blossom of a wife do to help a
man in such an extremity ? Nothi
ng. She could weep, and could
wring her hands, and sob like a
distressed actress. But she had
m comforting suggestion-, no
brave words, no hopeful sen’i
ments to offer.
Did our young merchant, after
a period of cool reflection, take
heart again? Did he go out on
the next morning, and nerve him
self lor another struggle with the
difficulties which had so suddenly
closed around him? No! Busy
memory, through the remainder
of that day and evening, supplied
him with data enough io complete
his total overthrow as a man oi
nerve an 1 action. His boyi-h
partner came to see him, and tried
to reinspirit him with brave words.
But they were of no avail. He
was panic-stricken by the fearful
aspect of things, and gave up
without a struggle. On the next
day, the notes of the firm went to
protest. An assignment followed;
and, at the settlement of affairs,
tiie creditors received a dividend
of twenty cents on the dollar!
.Just txventy-three years of age
was Hany Melxile, when he
shrunk back from his advanced
position in the business and social
woiLl, a bankrupt, his name a
word of reproach or contempt on
hundreds of l.ps, and sought a
I i i.ig place with his helpless wife
in the hoi se of his father, whose
predict ions had been so speedily
fulfilled. His bark was shattered
at the first storm.
Take the lesson to heart, ye too
eager young men. The story is
scarcely an exaggeration. Old
Mr. Melville was entirely right in
his counsel to his son. A busi
ness commenced at twenty-one,
or even as early as twenty-five, is
almost certain to result in failure.
The first thing that a young man
who hopes to succeed in the w< rl i
needs to learn is economy in his
personal expendituies. If as a
clerk, he spends Iris entire earn
ings, and trusts to get into busi
ness by virtue of credit, the chan
ces of failuie are two to one
against him. His habits of mind
will tempt him Io almost certain
destruction.
WEDDED LIFE ONLY TIIE
BEGINNING.
“ According to the love idyl of
of the period,” writes r J’. B. Aid
rich, “ when Laura and Char'es
Henry, after unheard of obstacles,
are finally united, all cares and
tribulations and responsibilities
slip from their sleek backs like
Christian's burden. The idea is a i
pret y one, theoretically, but, like
s mie of those models in the Pal - i
ent Office at Washington, it
doesn't work. Chai les Henry do< s
not go on sitting at Laur.?j feet
and reading Timothy Titcomb to
!i< r forever; the rent of the cot
tage by the sea falls due with
prosaic regularity; their are ba
kers and butchers and babies and
tax collectors and doc ors and
undertakers, and sometimes gen
tlemen o’ tie jury, to ’ e < tti i.de
o. Wedded life is not one long
amatory poem, with recurn 11
rhym* r o love and dove, and kiss
and bliss. Yet when the average
sentimental novelist has supplied
his hero and heroine with ibe r
bridal outfit attended !o that little
matter of the marriage certificate,
he usually turns off the g s puts
up the shu tus, and saunters off
with hi- ham's in his pockets, as
if ti e day's business xv< re over.
But we, who are hon< st in real
life and disdain to give short
weight, know better. The busi
ness is by no means over—it is
just begun It is not Christian
throwing off his pack for good and
all, but Christian taking up a load
heavier and more difficult than
jmv he has carried-
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washixgtox, Dc«. 1301, 1873.
Editor* Advance :
The House of Representatives passed,
by a large majority, and with commendable
promptness an universal Amnesty Bill, h
was moved, the previous question called,
and sustained, aud the bill passed with
twenty Line Republicans vot ng against it—
without debate. The bll was reported by
Mr. Maynard, of em., from the Commit*
t .'c on Rtil-s, when no one was expecting
it. So that it originated with the Republi
cans. The spirit of sectional hostility does
not seem so fierce as It has hitherto been—
the reason is partly found in the fact that
that adventure * carpet-baggers are not
hanging around Congress, invoking recon
struction and misrepresenting the feeling®,
conduct and principles of the southern peo
ple. That lexicographer who conceives,
or invent* a word to property difine and ex
press the infinite meanms of the carpet
bagger, will seenre immortality. The con
duct of these mis rable xT.nin bred in the
debris of war, and warmed into an ephem
eral cx stence in the heated coj*cl. ves x,f
free negroes, whose araocaatfor, degraded
as it was, elevated them, are ri-s]K>nsible f< r
the larger part of the woes of the South.
They invoked reconstruction and re-recon
structmn; they induced the Federal Go- -
ermnent to gag the South, while they rob
bed it. Their days are numbered, and the'r
name is a hiss and by-word in the Lind.
Tue financial crisis—the necessary in
crease in appropriations for the Navy De
partment, in view of probable trouble wit.i
- p in the falling off in the a nount «f
Revenue, and the iwpular condemnation of
he Act of the last ( on the last
night of the session, with a retroactive
prevision m ’king the compensation of five
thousand dollars more than that fixed by
law when they were elected and took their
seats, aud after the Franking Privilege and
a 1 the p rqiiirit’-s had b e.i enjoy, d, have
given a national importance to the s. lary
qu< stion, nnd hence t. 1 week has bek
in. ily devoted to its dL-cus 1 >n. The dis
cus lon, whilst much hr* been said for
“ Buncomlx*.” has in the ma n balten an ab'o
on« Mr. Stephens made an able speech ia
favor of past compensation, In which be
defended those who received the back pay,
and in which he gave it as his opinion tlnd
the Pr-sident *h< ukl receive $ 100,000,
Chief Justice Supreme Court SSO 00b
Heads of Departmen s $25,000, etc.* lie
elevated the dtacussion to a level of stetes
manihip far a’ >ove the mere details cf the
bill. V\ hils* Ido not concur with him, In
the amount of salaries, still it must be cou
ceeded th it he presented strong argument*
in a manly way in support of his views,
lliis is a question that should lie tal nly
consid'-rcd and w;s ly settle 1. It a a fact
that the mow rof th s bill is v. ry rich and
married an h -ir> ss whose father is said ‘o
I e worth five mil ions. It is true that there
are a great many very rich men in the House
and Senate who care uoth ng alx ut tl.o
mere salary, aud who have but little knowl
edge of the struggh s of the j o >t aud Iws
sympathy Tor them. It is true tlr t all
c asses s muld have fair representation. It
is also true that living Is necessarily expen
sive in Washington, Ihe sil U y ought to
be settled at an amount that would supj ort
the membeis cr. di’ubly and pay them what
they could make at their respective avoca
tions. 'the House r’-committed the bill
with ins!ructions to rc]M>rt a bill repealing
the increa-ed salaries *3 to nil excel t
Judge’s of the Supreme Court of the Unite,
-.tates, and to report a bill fixing the
amount of comp nsatiou at what the old
salary, with perquisites and mil a ” equal
ized, Would amount ta lam inclined to
inclined to think that this will be finally
done; if so the compematiot) wifi be fixed
ut about SO,OOO |.cr annum and actual tra -
cling expense, with perquisite What the
fate of this measure may be In the S< na!o
no one can tell.
There is sa ! d to 1 e some trouble over the
confirmation of Mr. Willi: ms, as ( hl.f
Justice. lam sat s!led, however, tl at he
will be confirmed. < ongress will dou' tires
take a recess for the ( hi istmas holiday?, of
ten or twelve days; at which tima most of
the Georgia members, I understand, will
visit their homes and f imiliea
Republican members are pressed with
applications for positions, by their friends
and constituents. The positions in the
Government are much in the eond tfon < f
the Clown’s ineashs that attacked a family
so large that there wax not measles enough
to go round. I supjmbc that there are fu ly
a dozen applications to each office that is
vacant. The bane of t' e country In, and
will be, the thirst for office that character
ize a large class of the people. The thcoi v
U tl a' pub I offic s were created for ti e
public l-en iit—the popular idea is, that
they w-r* crated to supply hungry rsoi
rant# with the means of living and the facil
ities of stealing. And, however much tbs
' ivil Service R form may be ridiculed still
its conception was a grand one, and its
adoption and successful enforcem'nt will
do mtK’h to correct abuse and disipste th*
idea which many have of living at tlw ptf -
lie expense.
There is a great rush for pens'ons just
now. And, while it is true, that thosj n: n
who fought the battles of our country m
the Revolutionary war, the war of 1812,
the Mexican war, and the Indian w r<,
ought to lie provid<*d for, in their o’d ag •,
still their is just now a spasmodic excite
ment among the Republicans growing out
of the Credit Mobeiier affair and kindred
operations, ostensibly in favor of eta tomy,
that, in my judgment, will defeat, for the
promt, any extension of t'-e pension Itw .
The defalcation of unfaithful and eqrri pt
officials have lost so much money to the
government that it l>ecom<a important to
r< trench. Os courac faithful parCsu.s
must rtill be fed, and wh'*n n onry is to be.
saved it must be from the a;ed and decrep
ed solde rs, their w idows and orphans, fm
the**, if they complain are a helplew US
important Mt in elections. This is the
long session and promises to be, if not an
important oik-, at least a hn«y one.
MISCELLANEOIS.
i Gon made man tiro strongest,
but worn .tn's tongue the longest.