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ATHENS, GEO, Tq]JBSDAY, JULY 5, 1855.
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DR. C. II. LOMBARD,
W OULD respectfully aimounec to the citizens
of Athens ar.d vicinity, that his office is still
over Wilson A Veal s Clothing Store, College Avc-
nue, opposite tlie Post Office.
Feb. 5—ly.
MOORE & CARLTON,
D EALERS in Silk, Fancy and Staple Goods,
Hardware and Crockery, No. 7, Grante ltow,
Athens, On. [Jan. 26.
T. II. WILSON & BROS.,
W HOLESALE and retail denim in Dry Goods,
Groceries, H inlwnre, Crockery, Ac., Nos. 3
and -1, College Avenue, Athens, Go.
March 16.
SAMUEL P. T11I RM0\D,
^TTORNEY AT LAW.Jeffenwn, Jncksrm eoun
, (la., will attend promptly to any business
1 to bis cure. (April 19,1855.
WILLIAM G. DELONEY,
Attorney ni I.ow,
YITILL give especial attention lo colleraing. and to
‘ ’ the claims of nil persons entitled to LAND WAR
HANTS under the late bounty land bill of the last
Congress.
Otfi.-e nn Broad Street, over the store of I. M. Ken
ney, Alliens, Ga. March 15—tf.
HILL & THOMAS,
D EALERS iuSilk, Fancy, and Staple Goods,
Hardware, Crockery. Groceries, Ac., No. I
Granite Row, Athens, Ga. [Jan. 12.
FERRY &. REESE,
W HOLESALE and retail dealers in Hals, Caps,
Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Ac., between Drs.
I sings’ and White's comer, Broad street, Athens,
Go. (Jim- IS-
F. W. LUCAS,
W HOLESALE and retail dealer in Dire Goods
(lrociork«, Hardware, Jcc., No. 2, Broad at.
Athens, Ga. (Jnn 19.
Look on this Picture, and then on that.
That a good painting, the production of
genius, is a “ poem without words,” we all
have felt; and no doubt, noticed the differ
ence between the “ hungry Cassius” look of
the phiz of a bachelor, and the happy con
tented picture of a Benedict.
Two Athenians sat for a portrait; neither,
personally speaking, you would select for an
Apollo Belvidere, for an Artist of celebrity
informed us, that, as a general rule, ugly men
gave him four-fifths of his custom in portraits;
and they are generally displeased if the
Artist goes on the Chinese rule, “ re pret.y
face have, no pretty pictuie can make.”
As we said, both were plain looking men,
but the portrait of G was a most hand
some picture, while that of H , the image
of himself, was certainly not “a love of a
i.” The reason of the difference, we
could not account for until the other day.
H , a bachelor, was painted as he really
was; but G was a married man, and his
wife would fix him when lie took a sitting.
She knew his best points, and in what light
most agreeable, placed him in that, and the
artist caught the pleasing expression which
the happy eye throws over the human face
divine. As the inimitable Inman will, again
come this way, to paint us new faces, II
is determined, for his face, not again to go it
"Alone, like a sparrow on a house-top,”
but is reading sentimental ballads, and such
histories as—
•' Txml Lovell, he stood at the eastle gate
A combing his milk-white steed,
Lndv Xancv she came a riding that way,
Wishing nor lover good speed.”
While the proverb may be true that
“ speech is titter, but silence is goldenyet
the wit who said the following should not be
silent, but his candle should be set upon a
hill,
“Wasted.—By an ancient maiden lady,
“A local habitation and a name."
The real estate she is not particular about
so that the title is good. The name she
wishes to hand down to posterity.”
The New York Dutchman luxuriates in
the following idea on
COURTSHIP:
Jenny sighed and’ and Robin squeezed her
Pretty little trembling hand,
T.icn with outstretched arms he seized her
Half reluctant form, and and
“ Loose me!” but be clasped her tighter—
“Jermv, mv, wilt thou bo minet”
Then her bright face grew much brighter,
And she whispered “ I am thine."
Then they clasped each other fondly,
Close together as two bricks;
And they kissed each other soundly,
Aud I loft them in that fix.
C. IV. & II. R. J. LONG,
W HOLESALE and retail Druggists, Athens,
Ga.,koep constantly on hand a large and well
selected stock of l’nints. Oils, Varnishes, Dyo Stuffs,
Brushes, Window Olnss and Putty.
Also,dealers in American, French and English
Chemical, Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery and Faney
Aartieles.
HT Physicians, Dealers and all others, can de
pend upon their orders meeting prompt attention,
upon the most accommodating terms. Tlieir goods
are selected with great cure, and will be warranted
as represented. Jan. 19.
CHANGES.
Whom first we love, yon know, we seldom wed,-
Time rules us all. 'And life, indeed is not
The thing wo planned it out ere hope was dead,
And then, we women cannot choose our lot.
Much must bo home which it is hard to bear;
Much given awav which it were sweet to keep.
God help us all! who need, indeed, his care.
And yet, I know the Shepherd loves his sheep,
My little boy begins to babble now
Upon mv knee his earliest: infant prayer. .
He has his'fathrr’s eager eyes, I know,
And, they say too, his mother's sunny hair.
But when he sleeps and smiles upon my knee.
And I can feel his light breath corne and go,
I think of ono (Heaven help and pittv me!)
Who lovod mo, and whom I loved iong ago.
Who might have been . . . ah, wlmt I dare not
think!
We arc all changed. God iudges for us best.
Gt.d help us to do our duty, and not shrink,
And trust in heaven humbly for the rest.
But blame us women not, if some appear
To*) cold at times; e.nd some too gay anil light,
Some griefs gnaw deep. Some woes are hard to
bear.
Who knows the Past? end who can iudge us
right? ‘ °
Ah, were we judged by what we might have been,
And not bv whut we are, loo apt to fall!
Mv little ebifd—he sleeps an 1 smiles between
These thoughts and me. In heaven we shall
know all!
T. STCNHOt'SK, C. N. AVXR1LL.
T. STENHOUSE & CO.,
F ORWARDING nnd Commission Merchants,
No. 2, Havne Street, Charleston, 8. C. Refer
to R. Diilin. Hand, Williams & Wilcox, Charleston;
Hand, Williams A Co. Augusta; J. Xoreross, Atlan
ta; 0. C. Chandler, Chattanooga; E. II. A D. L.
Coffin A Co., Knoxville. July 20—ly.
R. L. BLOOMFIELD,
HOLES ALE and retail Clothing Store, Brow
StiTect, Athens, Ga. [May 10.
D. N. JUDSON,
C OMMISSOX MERCHANT, nnd dealer in choice
Family Groceries, Confectionaries, Fruits, Ac.
nn the corner of Broad and Jackson streets, Athena,
Ga. Apri! 26,1855.
Iron and brass foundry and
MACHINE WORKS
I RON and Brass Castings of evciy variety and
description. Improved Iron Circular Saw Mills,
‘i' l P6|IW
]kmdsof Uccnng.
vhlnery made to order; Iron Fencing of select pat
tern*: Plough and Wagoo (Castings and Dog-irons.
Every variety of repair^ig iiud wrought iron work
promptly executed.' * '
Cur general assortment of patterns, are the anew
rr.alutlmi at years.' ‘ A' fist will be sent those ad
'dressing, I*"* £J*j bex xiCKERSON, M. E..
Agent Athens Steam Co., Athens, Ga.
Jan 18—ly.
Music a Promoter of nealUt.
A witness before the Roebuck Committee
in England, now enquiring upon the con
duct of the Crimean War, testified as fol
lows :
“ I went to the French camp at Sebastopol
the men there seemed quite a contrast to our
men. I heard a band playing in the French
camp. They were clwayt playing there. 1
had a good effect on the French soldiers
and the English were delighted with it too.'
The beneficial influence of music upon the
mind, and through it, upon matter, is perhaps
not sufficiently appreciated. The soldier
may be suffering every privation in the Cri
mea—his comrades falling by hundreds, daily
at his side, but the military bands envelope
his spirit in the same blessed strains which
he has in joy heard in “ merrie England,” or
on the gay vine-clad hills of France.—
Whether in the camp or hospital, he feels
with Kirk White—
" Oh I sure melody from Heaven was sent.
To cheer the soul when tired with human strife,
To soothe the wavward heart by sorrow rent,
And soften down the rugged road of life.”
engaged and captured the Penguin, a
British vessel of- about her own force and
with a picked crew. Subsequently she
was chased for two or three days by a
British seventy-four, and narrowly es
caped being captnred.
Tlie recent losses of tlie Albany and
tbe Porpoise have revived the interest
that used to be felt in the loss that we
have mentioned above. It will be seen
that it is no new thing in our navy for
vessels to disappear, leaving no trace of
their fate, and the same remark applies
to all navies.
cty variety I
w r :uiar Saw Ali
[ equal to "t he best; Steam Engines, For-
pe, Gold Mining, Mill, Gin, and all other
Mill Irons nnd all kinds ef Ma-
FURNITURE MANUFACTORY AND
WARR-BOOn.
T HE undersigned beg* to announce that ho has
now on hand at his WARE-ROOM, near the
Episcopal Church, an extensive assortment of Far-
Mfare, of fcvtry description. Connected with the
ware-room,Isa pABFSti‘M SHOP, where bets
prepared to make ahV article of fttrniture to order,
and at short notice, and to repair old furniture, do
p.Shdlsfering, Ac., Ae. He keeps on hand an as
sortment of GiU Mouldingt, of every variety.
' Pf»k’» Patent Metallic and other coffins,
oeartaaily qn hand.
November 30, IBM.
TERMS CASH.
WILLIAM WOOD.
>*. ROSSIGNOL’S COMPOUND EXTRACT
OF SARSAPARILLA,
10R the cure of Rheumatism, Scrofula, Syphil
itic and Mercurial diseases. Ulcers, Blotcues.
anjor any disease of the skin. It is a general
t ol the JbloM—being a combination of the
„ metont retoedicj known, and approved by the
J**.. #“o core of the above named
' afflicted with any of them,
Tbe* proptaetor is so confluent of the success of
this modicum, (after an experience hf tJrelVe yearn,)
that he will putehase negroes afflicted with rheuma
tism, who bare beoome useless to their owners, at a
fair valuation, or will trdat such eases, if sent to him,
and wkfraM a cure or no charge lor his services.
This ntodtrlae is prepared from a vegetable* sub-
giancc, and doea not contain bag grain of mineral.
Price, one tiolifcr per bottle. PrethWM and Mid,
^*' l *» l * retail, at the Chemical Laboratory of
P*Anghsth, Oa.
An Athenian gentleman speaking to an
other of the many pictnres and Fortrailt
which adorned hia room, his friend playfully
remarked, he certainly had more portraits
(poor traits) than any one of the company.
A friend mentioned the following on the
wit Fretice : P. was holding a Bank-bill
in his hand, a rather unusual circumstance
to him, when an acquaintance asked him if
that was a five dollar bill?
“ No,” said P. “ I am such a stranger to
money, that I am not intimate enough to say
Bill— it it i five-dollar William.”
*w;
Fonod Outs
Some Athenians have the habit, as per-
hapa people in other places—for there exists
a community of action and feeling—when a
person calls and they cannot well see them
of saying “they are out.” The wit D
on visiting the brilliant Mrs. ■ ■■—, thought
he was thus treated, and the next day, good
naturedly sent her word “ that he had long
nuperied her, and calling yesterday, had
found her out.
The Message was sent by CapL L—
not remarkable fin his ability to see the point
of a Joke, thought he laughed heartily at the
time. In delivering it, he made a slight
change in the phraseology, that “D-
had long suspected her, and calling, did not
find her at home” Much to his confusion,
the ]ady could no*, as a matter of course, see
any thing to langti at or any play on words.
Moral.—Don’t attempt to send a. bright
menage, unless yon harp an understanding
person to deliver it.
K A LARGE stock of Dry
• goods, Hats, Boots And Shoes,
aookaty. Groceries, At, for sale
• & ,QBA»Y A NICHOLSON.
for sale
SON.”*
From an exchange we clip the following,
•nd Temperance men may learn that there
are other things than* |lquors which hill peo
ple: ” ’ *7 ’ *■'
■ J? Pr. Kean died of a surfeit, fro
gootie he Jiad taken too liberally of, ?here-
unQli a witling wrote the following
X-aK : EPIGRAM:
"Bene Bee Dr- Bean, the good Bisho
Whq ate a fat goose, and could not dij
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National Ships Lost.
Our navy, as at present organized,
dates from the year 1794, and it is per
haps not a little curious that one of its
first prizes should have been the first ves
sel lost, without any one being able to
say how she was lost. In 1799 the frig
ate Constellation, then nnder command
of Capt. Truxton, captured the French
frigate l’Insurgente, after a very gallant
action. This was during what was called
the quasi war with France, caused by the
depredations that were made upon our
commerce by the cruisers, of that coun
try. which we very properly resented.—
The prize was taken into the navy, and
was first commanded by Capt. Murray,
who was succeeded by Capt. Fletcher.-—
The latter officer sailed on a cruise in
July, 1800, with a sort of roving com
mission. Some letters were received
from persons on hoard of her, sent in by
vessels that she spoke ; but, though she
was to have been absent only eight weeks,
nothing has ever been seen of her for al
most four and fifty years. Tlie Pickering,
Capt. Hillar, a 14 gun vessel, which sail
ed a month later than the Insnrgente for
the West Indies, was never heard from
again. The Saratoga, of 16 guns, was
lost in tlie same way in 1807.
One of the finest vessels that ever
sailed from this country was the sloop-of-
war Wasp, which left Portsmoush (N.
H.) in 1814 under the command of Capt
Blakely. On the24th of June she cap
tured and destroyed the British sloop-of-
wnr Reindeer, and on the first of Sep
tember the Avon, a vessel of tlie same
class. One of her prizes was taken on
21st September and sent to America un
der command of Mr. Geisinger, and no
direct intelligence was ever afterwards
received from lier. She was spoken by
a Swedish brig on the 9th of October,
out of which she took two American of
ficers who had belonged to the frigate
Essex and were passengers in the Swede
from Rio do Janeiro. This was tlie last
time that she was seen and known.—
Various stories ns to her fate were cur
rent for years. Mr. Cooper says :
There is only one rumor in reference
to this ship that has any appearance of
probability. It is said that two English
frigates chased an American sloop-of-
war off the Southern coast about the time
the Wasp ought to have arrived, and that
the three ships were struck with a lieav
squall, in which the sloop-of-war su
denly disappeared.”
Tlie Wasp was uncommonly well
manned and officered, and her loss was
a severe one to the navy. Capt Blakely
was an admirable commander, and the
gentlemen under him of liigh merit.—
Two of the Lieutenants, Air. Reilly and
Air. Baury, had taken part in the cap
ture of the Guerriere and the Java, and
another, Air. Tillinghast, was an officer
on hoard the Enterprise when she took
the Boxer.
The Epervier brig, eighteen guns,
sailed from tlie Mediterranean for the
United States in 1815, and was never
heard from after she passed the straits of
Gibraltar. She had been taken from the
English, in 1814, by the Peacock, Cap
tain Warrington. We believe that at
the time of her loss she was commanded
by one of the Shubricks, an historical
name in onr navy.
The most remarkable instance of the
loss of a national ship, since the close of
the last war with England, was that of
the Hornet, which is supposed to have
foundered in a “norther, in the Gulf of
Mexico, about a quarter of a century ago.
Nothing waft heard of her, if we remem
ber, after she left Tampico, some time in
the year 1830.
The Hornet was one of the “lucky
ships” of the navy, and a great favorite
both with the service nnd with the conn-
try, and was distinguished for the part
which phe took in the war of 1812, ca
taring every thing with whioh she fougl
and escaping from sujierior vessels. ]
1813, when commanded by Captain Law.
rence, she took the British brig Peacock
after a short hat very* warm 1 action of fif.
teen minutes, the Peacock being snnk
Attached to Commodore Decatur’s
squadrop, a few months later, 6he was
compelled to tpke refuge in New London,
when that squadron jn with greatly
superior British force, ‘ where she was
blockaded for a long time.:' fiscaping
from New -London, tihe went ‘to sea in
January, 1816* under command of Cap
tain Biddle. On the S3d of March she
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nd-
A French Story.
The winding up of a romance in real
life has recently taken place in the quasi
official world at Paris. Thus runs the
story;
At a court hall, some twenty years
since, a young officer of the French cav
alry met and was charmed by a beau
tiful English girl. He obtained an in
troduction, and danced with her as of
ten as he could, without challenging the
remark of his Grace, the young lady’s
papa.—Our hero was handsome, amia
ble, and witty and in every way, a per
son to win tire good will of the fair de
vice affixed to his name, although he
could boast no patrimonial estate.
The young lady was one of England’s
privileged class—both noble and weal
thy. This, however, our lover did not
know when first he bowed before the
charms of beauty. Love begets love,
and women are grateful; and the fair
irl returned the young soldier’s devo
tion.—They met often—how or where
e cannot say ; but Paris is large, and
English customs are convenient for
young people. This was all agreeable,
but unsatisfactory ; for theirs was a flir
tation with a serious intention affixed to
—marriage.
At lcugtli our heroine discloses her
wishes to her parents. They are hor
rified ; their daughter marry a French
man, merely a lieutenant, a man without
estate! It is not to be thought of. She
listens to this decision in tears, A first
weakness passed however, she feels na
ture’s dictate and tlie % strength which
love gives. She next boldly declares to
her parents that she- loves the young
officer with her whole heart, and him
alone will slic marry. That if they will
not permit her to judge of her own hap
piness she can wait until she is of age,
when the clergyman may marry them
without parental leave.
My Lord and my Lady are very con
scious that their fair and gentle daugh
ter has a will of lier own and also a pa
tient determination to gratify that will.
They come to parley, and enter into ne
gotiations with the young people.
The lovers are to be seperated for
two years—it shall not be considered an
engagement—and the young lady shall
receive the addresses of other suitors.
On the other hand, the lovers are to
be permitted to correspond, and if
they remain lovers at the end of two
cars, they shall marry with full consent
and approbation.
The young lady consoles her anxious
lover with assurance that her love is un
changed, and that the two years ab
sence will only serve to prove their af
fection for each other, and endear them
to one another still more. ,
They part. The English party re
turn home. During a month they ex
change letters daily—and such letters!
Of what length, and full of terms of en
dearment ! How poor language seemed
to them!
But one. day our fair heroine listened
in vain for the postman’s knock, so
well known to every Londoner. He
came not. The next day passed and
and the next—and no tidings; and thus
many days passed, and brought disap
pointment only. Weeks lengthened in
to months and no letter cheered the sick
heart of the poor girl. Tbe third month
came round and lier hopes become faint.
Then my lady condoled with her daugh
ter, upbraided the young soldier and
longer young; but his manners have
the same charm, and his elegance and
style his apparent- age. The lady car
ries her inadmissable 40 years as if she
numbered but 30. The latter twenty
years of their lives are likely to be hap
pier than either of the first.
And so ends a real life romance that
is very like one in a story book,
An Original ‘Docsticks.*
DOESTICKS IS PRESENTED WITH A
SHANGHAI BY THE ‘YOUNG ’UN.’
Brookline, April 15, 1855.
I have been the recipient of an unex
pected favor. I have been gratified by
a bipedal compliment, and have here
publicly to acknowledge the receipt of
a rare bird of unexampled dimensions—
a Shanghai Rooster, with double teeth,
which has been presented to me try opr
friend, the ‘Young ’Un.’ When I de
sire to speak of the various beauties of
this feathered pledge of friendship, lan
guage can’t come to time. His legs ri
val the Grand street liberty-pole, in
length, size, ar:d symmetry—in fact, he
exhibits rather a strong tendency to
run to legs ; his plumage is variegated
and generally shaggy and his disposi
tion courageous; he has an eye like a
hen hawk, a tail like the bntt-end of a
feather-duster, and a voice like a rhino-
cerous with the whooping cough ; he is
perfect in every point; he combines, in
a single expression, the elegance and
euphony of the ancient Latin tongue,
and the expressive intensity of the more
modem Bowery idiom; lie is literally
‘gallus.’ He is a present from Burnham,
Professor No. 1 of Hcnology, and such a
proficient in universal humbug that lie
ranks only second to the Bi idgport Feiee
Prince—Bumliam, -who made one for
tune by selling ‘pure bred’ Shanghai
stock; and another by showing np tricks
of the trade, and the mysteries of roos-
terdom, in a blue covered hook, with
gilt edges, and who has now left the
hen trade, only keeping on hand a few
chicks, of warrented pure blood, which
he prescribes at high prices to any anx
ious individuals who havn’t had the
‘lien fever’—(a popular epidemic, price
81, can he caught at any hook store.)
How they ever got my bird from Bos
ton to New York, I am uncertain; but
I have the authority of the engineer for
stating that they switched the locomo
tive off on a side track, and made him
draw the passenger train. Got him
home; for fear lie should stray in the
night, anchored him in the bam yard to
a brick smoke house, with a chain cable.
Was waked up in the morning by sounds
like an army of tom cats, in league with
a legion of ams.tenr bull frog»—listened
—heard it again—thought my time had
come—covered my head up with the
bed clothes—was soon startled by the
sudden disappearance of the same—
looked up and saw Mr. Shanghai had
poked his head in at the the third story
window,and was pulling the covers off
me with a vengeance; lie made a grab
at my leg, but I hit him with a hoot
jack, and succeeded in impressing him
with the idea that he was tresspassing;
kept out of his reach during the day,
and watched him from a distance; he
has to get down on his knees to cat, inas
much as his neck isn’t more than half as
long as his legs. But I admire liis beau
ties, though I can’t conceive what he’s
made for; and I can hear ample testi
mony to the excellence of his appetite.
On the whole, I am delighted, and you
may express to the donor my sincere ob
ligations.
ONE WEEK LATER.
Dear P.—What kind of a fellow is
Burnham? Isn’t lie a malicious, un
scrupulous conspirator? What do you
suppose I have done to provoke his ire ?
This voracious animal which he has giv
en me is eating me out of house and
home; my means are limited, my salary
is small, com is expensive, and $t tlie
i iresent rate one of us must starve; he
las eaten everything I have given
StoSST? n w-»»“ W* re**«*•
a true English heart should resent an
insult.’
Three months more pass. Meanwhile
the unhappy damsel writes letters and
sends them in every possible way. in
tlie hope of obtaining an explanation of
this long silence.* None comes; doubt
becomes conviction—she is deserted.—
she stifles her love in her heart, and pride
comes to strengthen her self-respect.—
Having no longer a desire of her own,
she yields to that-of her mother. *My
Lady, 7 will marry Lord——, but since
I have so decided, let ns be married
quickly.’
It was done. Fifteen years pass by.
Our heroine is a widow ? Five years
more, and ‘My Lady’ lies ill unto death,
She calls her daughter to her bedside
and confesses that she had detained the
letters of the young officer—that he had
been faithful. Tlie proofs of it were by
the hundred in such a desk.
My Lady’ dies. Our heroine seeks
those letters of the lover of her yonthful
days, and finds heaps of his, and also
those she had written in the vain hope
of obtaining explanation of his silence
Twenty years of disappointment were
forgotten in reading the ardent expres
sions of affection and devotion which
they breathed. She was yonng again
and her heart had lujown no care—it
was again spring with her, and she went
toParis.
She Bought ifaformation from the Min
ister of War, of him who was lieutenant
in the cavalry in 1835. The authorities
replied that the lieutenont of that time
was now commanding General, and that
he was stationed in one of the Southern
Departments. Tbs widow wrote to the
General that she was in Pans, and de
sired to see him. He obtained leave of
absence and hastened, to mept the lady.
All is explained, and our lovers are mar
ried. * To be sure, " the General is po
by*growing hunger) he at last actually
devoured hit own toes t two small pigs
and a litter of kittens have also myste
riously disappeared; one of the children
last night was attacked by the monster
and barely escaped with his life, but left
Sunday breeches in the unappeasable
maw of the pure bred biped, who has
twice been observed to cast longing eyes
upon the Irish kitchen girl—the eanni-
balic featherd Know Nothing.
Like the eastern prince, who, when he
wants to ruin a man, makes him a present
of an elephant, which court etiquette will
allow him neither to give away, sell, or
kill, and which he must keep and allow
to devour his patrimony; so the vengeful
Burnham, for some unmentioned injury
which I have done him, has sent me this
rapacious villian, who eats as if he was
the result of a cross between the Anac
onda and the Ostrich. If you have any
pity on me, O potent “Spirit,” get some
one to kill him, or coax mm into the ru
ral districts, where they.might use him
for abreaking-np team, or some two or
three counties club to keep him as a cu
riosity.
ONI! HOUR LATEh.
Onr stable hoy, half ah hoar ago, found
the bird suffering an indigestion (con
sequent upon eating a bushel and a half
of com with - (hp cobs ip, a pyramid’ of
oyster shells, and a barrel of guano),
and boldly attaching, with a revolver
apd bpojid axe, has succeeded, after a
prolonged strcgele, in making an end of.
him. ‘ Ask B. if his fiendish and diaboli-
cal malice is stated.
“Thankfully, '
Q.K. Philander, Doestick?, P.B
_' *. JH13 VERY LATEST.
I have for sole half a ton of feathers,
which would make capital bean poles, a
ode of tanned Rooster 'hide, and two
Signification of Female Names*
Emma—tender, affectionate; literally,
one who nurses, cares for, watches over
another—is of a German origin. Who
would desire his mother, his sister, or
his beloved, to bear a sweeter or a bet
ter name ? Under the form of Imma, it
was honored by Charlemagne’s fair
daughter, whose love history, in connec
tion with Eginhard, her fathers secreta
ry, forms one of the prettiest episodes in
the chronicles of the time. Emmeline
is simply a diminutive of Emma.
Gertrude is from the Germnn, and
according to the etymology usually giv
en, signifies all truth; bnt Jung Stilling,
in his Pncumatolosy, gives it a very dif
ferent meaning. Speaking of the Druids,
he says: “Into this mysterious spiritual
order old wojhen were also received;
who by this means, attained to consid
erable rank and became priestesses.—
Such individuals then received the title
of Haxa—Druidess. Both these names
were at that time honorable appella
tions ; they are now the most disgrace
ful terms of reproach. The name of
Gertrude is probably also deprived from
this source, and ought reasonably .to be
disused, for it has the same meaning as
the word haxa, or hexa, or witch.”—
Well, this may be true; for Gertrudes
are sjenerally very bewitching.
Helen—Latin, Helena; French Hele
ne—is of Greek origin. The true signi
fication of it seems to be one of these
vexed questions which abound in ety
mological discussions. According to one'
it has the meaning of alluring; another
makes it signify a taker, or ono whe seiz
es ; while a third defines it one who pit
ies. Many a poor unfortunate lover has
found Helen alluring; and has. finally
been taken, seized, conqured, by the
prestige of her bright eyes and sweet
voice. Happy is he who finds her one
who pities, for pity is akin to love.—
Ellen is only a different form of the same
name. It is often contracted to Nellie
and Nell, aud is a fine name in all its
forms.
Isabel—French, Isabelle; Spanish,
Isabella—signifies olive complexioned,
or brown. There is a silvery, bell-likp
music in the name, which is exceeding
ly attractive, and which has made it
favorite with poets.
Mabel is probably from Ma Belle,
my fair, thongh some think it a contrac
tion of Amabellis—dovcly or amiable.
The fair ones who bear it have no rea
son to complain of either derivation.
Margaret—A pearl—is from the
Latin Margarita. Another, and, if pos
sible, more beautiful signification, lias,
curiously enough, attached itself to this
name. The German word magd,a maid,an
ciently written Magete and Maghat,
which words were easily confused with
Madge and Magic, and thus with Mar
garet. Daisies were also called maghets,
maids, or margarets, whence we have
the French marguerites, daises. Mar
garet, then, may be a pearl or daisy, as
she cliooseth; or she may, if she will,
combine the beanty and purity of both
in her life and character, nnd thus prove
herself worthy of her doubly significant
name. But maidens are sometimes more
than pearls or daisies, and well may the
poet ask:
“Whor may tlie hrijrlitoat flower be met,
That can niateh with Margaret ?”
Mary.—This sweetest of all female
names is from the Hebrew, and has the
meaning of exalted—a truly appropriate
signification. It is a famous name, both
in sacred and profane history. In all
ages it has literally been exalted. From
Mary the mother of Jesus, to Mary of
Washington, the glory has noi departed
from the name. In the French, Mary
becomes hiLane.—Knickerbocker Maga
zine,
Tea-Chest Literature*
Those mysterious characters that are
inscribed, like the symbols of astrology,
upon .the packages of tea/ have bothered
many a good matron in our Western
lands. There is nothing- however, mys
tical about them. They are simply the
card of the native merchants. The fol
lowing is the translation of the imprint,
in red ink, upon a yellow wrapper of a
half pound package, such as our ladies
friends buy every day in the shops ;
Hang-po—hin Company.—Our firm
themselves go up into theBohea bills,
and select with much care the prime
spring crops of the precipices, and all
other kinds of tea, for both Cantonese and
Foreign nse. Onr weights are exact to
a hair. Our store in Canton is outside
the Five Genii Gate, upon Fruit Balus
trade street. Honorable visitors, who
are disposed to favor us will recognize
onr humble establishment by the ‘sign
board, ‘Hang-po-hin from Fulikien.’—
Remembering this, there will be no mis
take.
To this we may add, in explanation,
that the title of the company meaps, the
Enduring precious-elevated’ Company.
Chinese firms always choose two or three
lucky words, which are combined to
make a title-—;just as we say the good
intent company. The Bohea hills are
in the neighboring province of Fuhkien,
and distant some hundred miles or so
from the city of Canton. The best
black tea comes from that portion of
the empire. And the selection of the
tea from precipices is a great matter;
and the scanty gleanings from the high
est cliffs are supposed to contain supe
rior virtues,
A RETORT.
AT GEORGE f. MORRIS.
Old Birch, who tnujrht a village school,
Woddod a maid Of homespun habit;
Ho was as stubborn as a mule,
And she wnq as playful tu a rabbit;
Boor Kate had scarce become it wife.
Before her husband seii-ht to make hor
The pink of country potlished life, ’
And prim aud formal as a quoker.
One day tlie tutor went abroad,
And simpto Kitty sadly missed him;
When he returned, behind her lord
She slvlv stole, and foudly kissed him?
Tlie husband’s anirer rose! and red! ’
And white his face alternate grew [
‘Less freedom ma’am!’ Kate sighed and said,
• Oh dear ! I didn’t A now 'ticas yon ‘'
A Russian Heroine.
The following is related in a letter,
from Kamicsh in the Crimea :
‘For some days past nothing has beeq
talked of bnt the arrest of a young wo
man. She had been remarked.LWBcaJ—
times, before, as her favorite walk ap
peared to be in the trenches. Tho rumor
circulated for some time, and the Genera]
at last was informed of the fact. He or
dered a stricter watch to her kept, as ho
thought it could be only a spy disguised
in woman’s attire. At 6 o’clock on tnq
morning of the 28tli the same {woman
presented herself in front of our men
while they wore at work. She was of
tall and majestic stature, and seemed to
examine the works with much attention.
Some one perceived that she held a rolj
of paper half open, in which probably
she noted all the observations she could
collect. At the sight of our officers and
soldiers she quickened her pace, apd en
tered a. sort of-ravine which is at theex-
tremity of tlie French trenches.
As soon as she reached the spot shq
began to run, but the commander sent
two Zouaves in pursuit, and they soon
overtook her. Two hours after slio wai
conducted to Gen. Canrobert. Her ex
amination was not long; she constantly
replied that it was for the good of hoi;
country, and to avenge the death of l)^
husband, Bonihoff, killed at the Alma,
that she acted thus, and, moreover, that
she felt no regret. She was then search
ed. The searches found in one of hei;
S ockets a paper-book containing severe]
etails on the statc of our batteries, the
number of men employed, the number ot
guns in the batteries, tfcc.; aud in anoth
er pocket a double barrelled pistol and
a letter addressed to Prince Menscliikojfl
After the visit she was shut up’ in aij
apartment of the General’s head quar
ters, under the guard of two soldiers, un
til such time as she can be sent to Mal
ta.”
A Great Speech.—Hooper, of thq
Montgomery Mail, gives the following
report of the greatest speech ho ever
heard:
A fellow was indicted up in tho old
Ninth, when Tom G ’was Solicitor^
for gambling, to wit; Playing “short
cards,” at a certain locality known as
Frog Level. Colonel N———defended
him, and contended before thejury, thatf
though the State’s evidence “tended” to
show that his client, with a bottle of liq
uor in his pocket, acompanied the crowd,
who, it was shown, did actually play,
yet itnever did, with absolute certainty,
locate him as one of tlie players. Sait]
he, by way of peroration: * .<
“Gentlemen of thejury ; thq witness
have told you that Peter Wyatt was thar,
and a playing ; for he noticed his hand,
and it was a full on Queens !
“Harry Suow was thar, and he was a
playin’! for Ac hilt two little par t
“William Upson was thar, and hq
played, ’cause witness noticed, in par
ticular, that he had nothing’ but an
acc!
“Bill Connor was thar, and lie played,
gentlemen, for lie had the bully nand-*^
four high-heeled Jacks!
“But. gentlemen, when I came to ask
him about Abraham Pitken—my client's
hand, what did he say, gentlemen ?—-
Why, nothin’, gentlemen, except tjmf *£
Abe hilt any hand/ he dlsrethemliered
what was in it! And now, gentlemeq
of thejury, because my client was seen
going’ down to Frog Level, with abottl^
of liquor in his pocket, and the witness
can’t remember as he hilt any hand at
all, when bully hands was out, and him
the best player in t)re projfd—is 'fhak-^
is that—I saY, gentlemen of the jury, ti
that any reason that my client was guilty
of the crime of gambolling ! rfe-
It is almost needless to say that the
jury saw the non-sequitur and acquitted
the defendant.
Shall I Prayto Chance 1—An Eng
lish lady who had forsaken her Gpd and
her Bible for the gloom and darkness of
infidelity was crossing the Atlantic, and
asked a pious sailor one morpjpg how
long they should be out. --
“In fourteen days, if it is God’s will,
we shall be in Liverpool,” apswereq
the sailor. 1 ‘ , ,
“If it is Gods will,’? said the lady,
“wlmt a senseless expressson; don’t you
know that all comes oy chance?
In a few days a terrible storm arose,
and the lady stood clinging to the side
of the cabin door in atk'hgAiy of terror,
when the sailor passed her.
“What do you think,” said she f—r
“will the storm boor be over ?”
“It seems likely to last' fyr some
time, madam.”
“Qh 1’ she cried, “pray that we may
not be lost.-’!
His only and calm reply »
I pray to chance?”
The Latest Mode of Puffing one’s
Connections—A Paris paper says that
a visiting card yas phibifod-
evening, in a drawing-room, that fairly
throws all others into the shade. It had
been left with pne of the guests, and rgn
thus: we omit the names ?
* 1 Captain——
Husband, of the COUNTESS,
Widow of the fyjfeGENERAL——
This card heats the well known <
. M. Felix,
one;
Somebody says a wife should bo like^.
. .. . r u kptt- roasted lamb—tender and mteiYdxBssea.
K; aD? “ - amS •&. K. P. p., P. B. !• ^.'Father of MpEMOissu*Rachel. 1A K;am P addswithout
Gave Him Fits.—“Because we ven
tured last week,” sayq an exchange pa
per, “$ Introduce a few Latin words_ in
to a paragraph, jus); to make ft little;
show of onr knowledge, h cotemporary
quotes Latin at ns in a most ferocious
manner. He say? • Nihil Jit: Who is
Nihl? Who dia he fit, and what did be
fitfor?” ' ■