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THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
ATHENS, GA. MAI 3, 1872.
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'J.-Jire, /Load st.,»rerJ. II. Huggins.
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,E.\LERS IN HARDWARE,
Ihki Nail-. I'iirriiiKi’ M-it.-rial, Mining
M.VAN ESTES,
TTORNEY AT
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JAY 0. GAiLEY.
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| nvitks attention to his
rev/ fall stock
CROCKI3SRY
CLBSSW3SS,
Miscellaneous.
WOOD,
DEALER IX ALL KINDS OF
Ft T EIUTURE.
l^UIINITURE REPAIRED, UP-
h«*\s\prn\ ;m»l varnishes), also a large variety
•f woo<l r«»tlius and Irak's l\ilrnt Mclalic Burial
First Prize Medals Anarded !
TI1K F.REAT
Southern Piano
MANUFACTORY.
WM. KN6BE & CO.,
MANTFAantr.RS of
OKA.MMIII'AKF A%U FPIISUIIT
J !.\NO FoiiTES.
have
TOUCH,
WORKMAN SIIIP
AND DURABILITY^
so.s have ,»ur new inl
and the Agraffe I relile.
1 attention to our late
I.K\M> PI WON. and
D. Win. h
has yet
I \ l la PIVNOU I.I.V WARRANTER FOR.'* YKIISS
Ut). We art l.y -|.eeial arraiurenu nt .nahled to
fin ni>h l'ARI.OK o):<i.\N> and M I.I.OHLoNS of
Ihe m..»t eolol.iMted mak.-D, w hoh-ale and retail,
Miscellaneous.
Wagon Yards in Athens.
r p II E SU II S C RI B ER HA S
-i- a safe, comfortable and commodious Wagon
Yard on River street, near the Upper Bridge:
also
ONE AT FOOT OF BROAD ST.,
on Foundry st., nearly rear of Dorsey A. Smith,
where Corn, Fodder, and all other necessary ap
pliances, can be purchased on reasonable terms.—
Charges moderate. The highest market price paip
for county produce, and bank bills received in ex
change for goods. WILEY’ IIOOD.
Jan. 1. 1872.
Picture Frames,
M ADE TO ORDER, of any size,
and in various stvles of moulding, at
BrHKE'S BOOKSTORE.
OGLETHORPE
imMEiLnsm®.
FRKPAUED BY T1IE
OGLETHORPE FERTILIZER CO., I
MAXEY’R,«.t.
Guaranteed Fur from Adulteration.
I’ri. . rush } ,rr tun -’.non It.x.ut JIWJU, $.V2 *>.
Tim*’ Urn or tie rptuner t.U l«».
</r Cotton at l.'» • rut* prr pound.
I MIC COMPANY could furnish numerous cer-
. tiucatcs as to the value of their Fertilizer, but
refer to refer planters to those who have used it
i lliia county l\*r the last two years.
DR. M. 8. DURHAM,
II. S. ANDERSON,
Agents in Clark County.
il list I
ualo-ucs and I'ric* l.i>is fu
- W M. k.N USE .V ML, 15;
established »
i -hr-
J. </. 11 All DIE,
Dealer in (! roc erics A Provisions;,
< oiliijr Arrmir, Athens, (la.
r PHE BEST
1. l.iird, .-„il.i. I
It. T. BRUMBY & CO.,
Druggists and Pharmacists,
D EALERS in Dmp, Chemicals,
Patent Medicines, Druggists Sundries, Win-
.Shade
f hunt* >kins, >|H»ng.»>, etc., etc.
COLLEGE AVENUE, BETWEEN BOOK
STORE AND POST OFFICE, ATHENS.
U-i1~ Special attention given to Pre
scriptions at all hours.
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l'CAR. COFFEE,
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*-li country Butter. I g- V
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’JGAK SMOKERS and Tobari
General JUiscellatpy.
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The Baby.
George Macdonald, one of the greatest
of living story-writers, contributes to his
magazine, Good Word* for the Young, the
lollowing tender philosophy concerning
the great problem of all times—the
Baby :
Where did you come from, baby, dear?
Out of the everywhere into here.
Where did you get your eyes so blue?
Out ol the sky as I came through.
Where did you get that little tear ?
I found it waiting when I got here. J
j Wliat makes your forehead so smooth
and high !
A solt hand stroked it as I went by.
What makes your check like a warm
white rose !
I saw something better than any one
knows.
Whence that thiec-cornered smile of bliss?
Three angels gave me at once a kiss.
Where did you get this pretty car ?
God spoke, and it came out to hear.
Where did you get those arms and hands?
Love made itselt into hooks and bands.
Feet, whence did you come, you darling
things ?
From the same box as the cherubs’ wings.
How did they all come just to be you?
God thought of me, and so I grew.
; Hut how did you come to us, you dear ?
VOL XLI.-N0. 45--MW SERIES VOL. 5. NO. 28.
dom forgave what he conceived to be
tin injury, and although he had spoken
so bravely to his lady-love, the opposi
tion of her lather now seemed an al
most insurmountable obstacle to their
PIANOS
< 'll 1M.XF YS AS It
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oil.
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FINE BRONZES.
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jj ifr-* Jj TWENTY E1YE
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Sirinway iV' Sons.
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Emmerson and Southern Cam
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n Trinl
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under
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\ TTOKNEYS AT LAW
. Y- k-llersiin, Jii. kr.iiii mu
SOMETHING NEW
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rail mills.- II..
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I he wool ci the |»ure br.-ed i.> in demand at ft
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Prift- and d< -< rip’ive ratab^m- furnished
' 1 lVi< "I IA RI) PETERS,
Non Atlanta «ia._
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M'lrnn, Georgia.
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IRON. PLOW STEEL,
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GUANO.
1 JURE PERUVIAN, of direct im-
_L- fiortation, at <Government prices.
‘2,140 iKiunds to the ton U. <i. LAY’,
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Jan. l-:tin. Savannah, <»a.
PANOS AND ORGAHS.'
t nNE SPLENDID 1IALLETT,
V J DAVIS A CO’S Square Brand Piano—au ele
gant instrument— uarrantrd in every particular—
may be bought **n easy terms—payable monthly.
It was used at Mrs. Oates’ entertainment*.
I‘ian«»s and Organs at various prices, 8old, pay-
abl** moiitblv, and terms made easy. Kreiy »«-
xtrumrnt warranted. Call at
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Just Received,
\ LARGE SUPPLY of Lech-
-L.1. ford’s. Farina, Lubin’sand other
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i. or l*"t h »h rot nos with the Magazine,
trcf. Addr.ss
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Finest Kerosene
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Lamps
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Silk, Gttnnneo, Zenrlla, Agneptlla, and
Sent eh Gingham
Umbrellas,
DRIVING CLOVES, ETC.,
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a fUL Vow nuns
NEW DRUG STOKE.
I’o Housekeepers.
| l S|'RECEIVED, !l bir-^ctswssort-
■SMB*
whifh we are olli ring at verv low prices. All
•’ovesvoM ) iy In
warranted jn
EVERY PARTICULAR.
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s Bellows, Anvils,
YMses. uammlus, wtuck ami Carriage, Buggy & Wagon
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Augusta, Ga.
SAULSBURY, RESPESS & CO.,
Macon, Ga.
ANDERSON k WELLS,
Atlanta, Ga.
P. II. BEIIN k CO.,
Savannah, Ga.
Dk. E.M. PENDLETON,
Sparta, Ga.
I’amphlets containing many testimonials, with
practical hints on cotton culture, and the applica
tion of fertilizers, may he obtained from any of
the above agents. jan.l
WILBERFe
vm.I.noiJN HILL.
DANIEL & HILL,
/ TOTTON FACTORS, Agents Cot-
V. J ton Food tftiauo. No. 3 Warren Block, opj*o-
site Bl.ibc Hotel, Augusta. <ifl-
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personal attention. Orders for Bagging, Ties and
Family Supplies promptly tilled. Commission \\\
* Kekerences.—Judge John P. Kino, President
(B orgia Kail ltoad, President National Rank of Au
gusta and Augusta Factory. J. T. (Jardiner,
Ls.j., President Dickson Fertilizer Company, Pres
ident Merchants A Planters National Bank, Augus
ts c„l L. M. Hill. Din-ftor <Ja. K. IL, Wilkes
cour.lv. Savings Bank ol Augusta. National Bank
ot New nan, tia. W. W. Simpson, Esq., Sparta Ga.
ocl 7-faoiu
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X. W. SAHAMt
TEACHER OF MUSIC.
( \FFICE corner of Lumpkin and
\ ) Clavton streets, near the Episp-jeal Church.
Pupils living out ot town can take their lessous
and practice at the otfice.
Pianos, Organs & Sheet Music
f..r sale, on the most reasonable terms. All L>s«ru-
uicntsof the liont makers and fully warranted.—
Persona desiring to pui-chaw c A" ll h ?7®
meiit placed in their house, which, if notsatistae
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From Our Fireside Friend.
A Doctor’s ci Little Game.”
BY IIAP IIAZAKD.
Pkrdita.—O, but dear sir, your resolution can-
• »t h«»ld * * * <• One of these two must be necessi-
es. * o * that you must change this purpose, or
I my life. ’ Shakespeare.
“ Never, Mary, never! A man
who has insulted me as Giles Bain has,
his son shall never be aught to a
daughter of mine.”
“ But, papa ”
“ Not a word, child ! “ I’ll not
hear to it. And you, Harry Bain—it
was just the thing to steal a march on
me, and gain the car of my daughter;
but you should have used greater ex
pedition.”
“ Sir, of course, I could know noth
ing of the unhappy state ot affairs be
tween you and my father. And if I
had ”
“ Oh! certainly not!” returned Mr.
Dunston, ironically. . “ At any rate,
whether you know it or not, you know
it now; and, of course, all connection
between you and Miss Dunston, is at
an end. For the future you will hold
no communication with her, either di
rectly or indirectly, nor she with you.
Allow me, sir, to bid you good even
ing-”
“ But, sir, is it not unjust, both to
Mary and ”
“ Miss Dunston, if you please; good
evening.”
“ And me, to involve us in the mis
understanding which has unhappily
arisen between you and my father !”
“ I don’t wish to discuss the matter
with you, sir. You have my decision.
Allow me again—good evening.”
“ Mary, it shall not end thus. Our
faith has been plighted, and ”
“ Good evening!”
“ I shall always remain true to it,
and know that you will also. I can
not give up my betrothed wife, be
cause of a quarrel between our par
ents, and will receive my dismissal
only from your lips.”
“Father! Father!” pleaded the
weeping girl; hut he resolutely drew
her arm through his, and led her to
ward the house.
She tured her tear-wet face toward
her lover, with a look full of love and
pleading, and then disappeared amid
the shrubbery.
Harry Bain looked after her with
eyes ablaze with indignation. His
clenched hands and set teeth and heav
ing breast showed how painfully he
was agitated.
“ And does he think I will quietly
submit to having her snatched away
from me like this ? The—”
lie bit his lip to prevent himself
from attaching an opprobrious epithet
to her father. Even in his anger he
could not do that.
Then he turned, leaped the low pal
ing which separated the garden from
the road, and walked away from the
house that contained all that was most
dear to him, with a heart whose heavi
ness was in strange contrast with its
lightness ten minutes previous, when
he sat with a little hand clasped in hi;-,
and watched the color deepen in a fair
young cheek, as he breathed those
words si' old and yet so new.
Any one looking under the hat he
bail pulled down over his brows, might
have secu something very like tears in
his eyes; for the wound he had re
ceived was a bitter one, coming as it
did, just at his moment of greatest
elation. Then, too, he knew that
Barret Dunston was a man whosel-
Ho had not proceeded far, when he
came near colliding with a little man
who was buttoned up to the chin.
** Eh! you young giant, do you walk
over Christian folks without a word of
apology ? But, bless my soul and
body 1 what’s in the wind now ? You
don’t take such a face as that away
from friend Dunston’s, do you ? You
look his -pretty daughter had giv
en you the mitten; but I know she
hasn’t done that!”
“ No, no! Dr. Willis ; Mary is true
to me, but I have lost her, all the
same.”
“ A very contradictory statement,
sir, very. Don’t understand it at all.”
“ It seems that Mr. Dunston and
my father have had a quarrel of some
kind.”
“Humph?”
“ And you know what sort of a man
Mr. Dunston is when he gets angry.
He has forbidden all further inter
course between Mary and me, and told
us to cousider our engagement at an
end.”
“ And what says the lady?”
“ Of course she can be of but one
mind. She is my promised wife, and
cannot cast me off merely to gratify
the spite of her father. But then, you
know he is implacable in his animosi
ty. What can we do ?”
“ Never say die!” returned the doc
tor sententiously, compressing his lips.
“Oh, doctor! you have influence
with him as much as any one. Will
you interpose in our behalf? If you
could only reconcile them, or bring
him to see that we should uot sutler
for a matter in whieh we have no con
cern ?”
“ I’ll see what can he done. But
what’s this ?”
“ Ach ! blessed l>e the Virgin, hut
it’s the docther’s own self!” exclaimed
a man who dashed up at full speed on
horse hack. “ Aw! docther, sure
Miss Mary’s up an’ died entirely, an’
yez must get on the lmrse an’ go to the
house as soon as iver ye can !”
“ Pugh ! pugh ! Pat, not so had as
that, I guessreplied the doctor, and
turning to his friend continued, with a
look of intelligence:
“ Good evening, Hal. Don’t let
this distress you ; it’s a little matter
enough, I dare say. And keep up
your courage in another affair. All
will come around in time. Never say
die!’ ”
And declining the proffered horse,
as the house was but a few steps off,
the doctor started forward at a brisk
walk.
As for Harry, he was in agony, de
spite the good doctor’s assurances.—
His imagination conjured up all sorts
of evil to his beloved, brought upon
her by the cruelty of her father.
He haunted the street in front of the
Dunston residence, and in almost un
endurable suspense watched the lights
flit all over the great house.
At last the doctor appeared, and was
immediately button-holed by the anxi
ous lover.
“ Mary !” was his single exclama
tion.
“Bad! had !” muttered the doctor,
shaking his head. “ She has ruptured
a blood vessel.”
“Oh, doctor! she’s not going to
die!”
“Die? Who said so? No; not
even for you.” .
His manner, more than his words,
reassured the young man, and immedi
ately afterwards lie slapped him on the
shoulder briskly, saying:
“ Good may come of it. I have
an idea.”
; What is it ?” asked Harry, eagerly.
“ Never mind. When you are wan
ted to act you will be notified. Hold
yourself in readiness, and don’t be sur
prised if you sec ‘something new un
der the sun.”
The next day Dr, Willis was draw
ing on his gloves in the hall at Mr.
Dunston’s house.
“ I tell you frankly, Dunston,” said
he, “ that your daughter is in a very
critical condition. She must be car-
fully kept from all excitement, and
especially don’t let her worry. She
seems tohave something on her mind.”
With his confidence thus invited,
Mr. Dunston told the doctor in his
own way, what had brought his daugh
ter to suclt a pass.
“ Well,” replied the other, with his
hand on the door knob, “ I have told
you how the ease stands. If you could
in any way bring about the old state
of things, it would certainly conduce
greatly to her recovery,
Mr. Dunston frowned darkly at this
suggestion; but his wife hung upon
the doctor’s words with all a mother’s
love and anxiety. Dr. Willis felt sure
of her co-operation.
“ You must be calm, my dear,” he
said to Mary on the succeeding day.
“ But I think you are unhappy.—
There 1 don’t become agitated. But
wouldn’t you like to see Harry Bain ?”
“ Oh, Doctor!”
And her eyes told him what was in
her heart.
I know he longs to come to you.
If you would try to mollify your
father—”
He wouldn’t listen to such a pro
position for a moment,” sobbed Mary.
“ You 1mvn’t asked him?”
“ Oh. It would be of no use.”
“ It would add, I think, to your
prospects of a speedy recovery, to have
an understanding re-estahliohedat ^nce
between your father and Hal, and
have things go on in the old way.—
Suppose you try. You can ask through
your mother, you know; and I will do
iny best to further your wishes.”
Mary acted on the suggestion ; and
Mrs. Dunston took advantage of the
doctor’s presence, when he might sec
ond her, to lay the matter before her
husband. He stormed anil raved, but
was finally brought to terms by the
doctor, who worked on his fears and
love for his daughter with uo little
skill.
So Harry was to be admitted on the
morrow.
“Ifyou should take a notion to
marry him, Miss Mary, and anything
should happen subsequently, I think it
would be a consolation to him to know
that you lmd borne his name,’ said our
would be match-maker, when he went
to tell his patient the good news.
“ Am I going to die, doctor?” she
asked.
“ I didn’t say so, and I hope not.
No, no! you must live to make Hal a
nice little wife, one of these days.”
But Mary meditated on his words ;
and when Harry sat holding her thin,
white hand, she asked :
“ Do you wish it, Harry ?”
And the eager light that came into
his eyes, and the warm pressure as he
bent forward and kissed her hands,
decided her.
“ Never ! never ! Oh ! this is too
much !” thundered Mr. Dunston, when
informed of his daughter’s desire
“ The sneaking puppy! to crawl into
my house and put such notions into
my child’s head! I’ll have him thrown
out neck and heels, if ever he sets foot
inside the door again !”
But his wife threw herself upon her
knees before him.
“ Would you see the child dying
before your very eyes, and refuse her
this poor boon ?—perhaps the last she
will ever receive at our hands! What
do the petty vanities and jealousies of
this world signify at such a moment ?”
“ I’ll not, answer for your daughter’s
life, if you thwart her in this,” added
the doctor. “ I tell you her case is
not to be triffled with.”
“ But if she is to die in either event,
what is the use of joining her to this
young reptile ?” demanded Mr. Duns
ton.
The doctor looked him steadily in
the face for a reorient, and then re
plied with impressive gravity:
“ Even if it were as you say, would
you refuse your daughter’s living
wish, rather than forgo your pride ?
There is no objection to Harry as a
man, only that ill-feeling has grown up
lietween you and his father. But
then if you yield, your daughter will
have a new incentive to live, and that
a powerful one. There is certainly no
need of her dying if no further dis
tress is laid upon her.”
“ Better bury her than unite Iter
with a scoundrel, Bain!” still persisted
the angry man.
“ Very well, sir. She is your daugh
ter,” replied the doctor, buttoning up
his coat.
“ Oh, father ! father !” began Mrs.
Dunston, but her husband snatched
his hat, jammed it on his head, and
rushed from the house.
“Oh, he will surely yield?” ex
claimed Mrs. Dunston, piteously, turn
ing to Dr. Willis.
“ I think so,” he replied, lookiug
after the retreating form of Mr. Duns
ton, and muttered to himself: “ The
old mule! It’s hard ; but he’ll have
to come to it.”
And “ corno to it” ho did, though
with a bad enough grace, when in the
course of the afternoon the Rev. Bel-
lew happened to call—on a hint from
Dr. Willis.
Mary’s recovery was rapid beyond all
precedent; and when the happy day came
which saw her removed from her fath
er's roof to that of hor husband, was
there a lurking suspicion in the mind of
the former that his fears had been
played upon—that he had been out
witted ? If so, his dark looks fell harm
lessly upon the jumbilant little doc
tor, as he handed the bride into the
carriage, and whispered to Hal:
“ Never say die!”
And if there were any grounds ’for
such a supposition, Dr. Willis kept his
own counsel, and those who were ben
efited by his “ little game” were none
the wiser.
For the Keoiree Courier.
Why Do Ottr Mines Lie Idle I
It is generally conceded that the
mountains around us are rich in min
eral. They have been repeatedly ex
plored. How is it, then, that there
are so few mines in operation in this
neighborhood ? Simply because our
people have neither the requisite capi
tal nor skill to work them ; and the
mine owners, generally, through the
euormous valuations they place on
their property, have practically repell
ed every attempt of Northern or for
eign capitalists to invest here.
> * TJhe. finest, agricultural land on the
headwaters of the Orinoco is not worth
a cent per thousand acres. Poor hill
land in the corporate limits of New
York is worth five hundred dollars per
acre, for culture alone. The first is
worthless from its inaccessibility, the
econd valued lor its position. A sim
ilar parallel could be drawn between
an immensely rich mine in the centre
of Africa and a much poorer one in
England. In the former locality no
mine would he worth a cent.
Wliat is it, then, that makes miner
al lauds valuable?—
1st. The intrinsic value of the min
eral mined.
2nd. The abundance of said mineral,
ord. The ease with which it can be
worked, facilities for drainage and for
obtaining water power.
4th. Nature and quantity of coal or
other fuel handy.
5th. Cost of transportation of ore to
market.
Gth. Whether there are machine
shops, stores of mining materials &c.,
within reasonable distance.
7th. Whether there is a »argc popu
lation of skilled miners and smelters in
the vicinity, or whether good miners
have to be imported from a distance
like tl>e machinery.
Nth. To what extent, if at all, the
mine has been developed.
In few of these resftecls can the
mines in this region he counted first-
cltiss ; and yet, when a capitalist comes
down here to invest in mining proper
ty, and, what is si ill more to the point,
dcuelojtc it, the. price is immediately
run up to an exorbitant figure, and
the business like miner, naturally en
ough, retires in disgust.
There are but two minerals now
mined here—Mica (of which I have
frequently written to this paj»er) and
Corundum. But one or two mines of
the latter of these minerals are bcin_
worked, and why? Sitnplv because
so many mines are held for sale at
ridiculously high figures, by their own
ers, or by needy adventurers as desti
tute of influence as they are of capital
or mining knowledge, who have land
ed or leased the mines, in the hope of
eventually selling them to the only
company mining the article in this re
gion, or indeed, in America.
Corundum is found in the form of
single crystals, embedded in pockets
or veins of ripidolite and other rocks,
in the numerous serpentine reefs cross-
■ ng the country. Usually, but a small
quantity is found in each place, and
the veins are even more treacherous
than those of mica, being apt to give
out suddenly ; and, indeed, it is very
doubtful their being true veins at all.
Under these circumstances, 1 would
think it folly to give five hundred dol
lars for the mining and mineral rights
of any corundum mine yet discovered
in this country, with the exception of
Corundum Hill, Macon county, (on
which several thousand dollars have
been spent in developing it.) But it
may be said that, “The American
Corundum Company, who own that
mine, differ from you there, for they
gave some six thousand dollars for the
mine and the surrounding six hundred
acres of land.” There was a reason
for this, however. They required a
large amount of the mineral in their
immense glass works in Missouri, and
had to get it somewhere. They pre
ferred obtaining it in the United
.States, if possible. The question with
them was : Should they sink ten or
fifteen thousand dollars in “ mining'
it, in the manner followed in India
and elsewhere, (viz; sending men out
into perhaps forty different localities
and States to search for it on the sur
face or in the beds of streams, carry
ing it on their backs or in their pockets
to the railroads,) or invest the same
amount in mining for it, in a legiti
mate way, in the only likely spot they
knetc of in America. They chose the
latter plan, tried the experiment and
succeeded. Since then, many other
mines have been discovered, (I know
of twenty-nine in this region.) Many
of them have, to my knowledge, been
offered to the aforesaid Company at
rates based on the supposition that
what was paid for the only important
mine then known to exist ia America,
would be paid with equal pleasure for
every other mino that may be discov
ered. Tho American Company have,
however, so far as I am aware, (though
probably desirous of getting more
mines,) bought but one in this region
since their first investment, and that
from mvself. As many false state
ments have been made concerning this
mine, I will narrate the real facts of
the case: It is in Rabun County,
near the forks of Chatuga, about 18
miles from here. It is near a good,
road, has an excellent water-power,,
good drainage, and stream handy for
hydraulic sluicing. The corundum is
found over a dozen or so acres, and of
a quality superior to any previously
discovered. Some of the finest speci
mens of sapphire ever discovered in
America were found in the preliminary
digging. There are five hundred and!
twenty acres in the tract, it cost two-
hundred and thirty-five dollars. It
was then surveyed at considerable ex
pense to myself, and sold to the Amer
ican Corundum Company, for four
hundred dollars; making, alter deduct
ing all cash expenses, about 8150, u «
pay me tor my time, trouble and dis
covery. This is till 1 got, or ever ex
pect to receive for it, in money or any
thing else. 1 sold it believing it to he-
the best corundum mine in the coui>
try, except Corundum Hill, Macon,
and for these reasons: I was con
vinced that the hope of finding gents
in the corundum of this country was a
fallacious one; that the stuff was
worth only fifteen to twenty cents a:
pound in the best markets ; and that
the demand for it, always small, wan
being supplied so rapidly hv the com
pany now operating, that I preferred
selling out at a small profit, and would
advise others, if they can, to do like
wise. There are, however, two other
courses open—either to work the mines
themselves, or lease them to those thac
will, (binding the lessee to work, bon# 1
fide,) at a royalty of say thirty dollars
a ton, or a per centage of the profits.
\VM. P. THOMPSON.
Mineral dealer, Walhalla, S. C.
P. S.—Values of minerals deliver'd
in Walhalla. Good clean Corundum,
in good boxes, with lids, hoops, Ac.,
ready to put on after inspection, ahiftit
8200 jier ton. Good clean Mica, free
from cracks, shakes, dirt, Ac., 50 cents
to 82 a pound, according to size. It
is useless to bring in for sale dirty
stuff of either kind, as no one will
buv it.
Usefl’l as Well as Obnamen-
tal.—The Greensboro Fatriot says
that “ there is in that city a little
lady, about fifteen years old, the daugh
ter of an eminent member of the
legal fraternity, who is a fine classical
scholar, a good composer, writes rhyme
well, is a good critic, talks splendidly,
can quote the Lady of the Lake from
beginning to etui, can milk a cow,
make butter, go into the kitchen and
get up a capital dinner, and then
preside over the table with the ease
aiul grace of an accomplished hostess.
That is the way she was raised. In
addition to all this, she is as sprightly
a.-: a fairy, and as pretty as a picture.”
Kinderhook, Illinois, possesses the
champion preacher. A few Sundays
since he hail preached an eloquent
sermon, and at the conclusion lie ex
horted his hearers to embrace the op
portunity presented. None came
forward, and after waiting some time
the minister, raising his voice to the
highest pitch, exclaimed : “ Well, sit
there and bed mned!" On the same
Sunday he called out to the janitor :
Open that window; 1 don’t like to
preach in a barrel with the bung drove
in.”
The Count de Grasse was once
wounded in the knee with a musket
Gall. The doctors cut and hacked and
made many incisions, when, getting
out of all patience, the Count asked
why they cut him up so much. “We
arc seeking,” said the surgeon, “ for
the ball.” “ Why didn’t you mention
thatbefor? I have the hull in my pocket.”
A young lady says that a gentle
man ought never to feel discouraged
when the “ momeutuous question” is
negatived by the object of his choice,
“ for in life, as in grammer, we always
decline before we conjugate.”
A weazel’s skin, wore on the neck,
it iz sed, will kttre the quinsy sore
thrut, but the phellow who sed this
had a sure thing; he knu uohodv could
ketch the weazle.
The luckiest man in America is said
to be the Baltimorean who, in less
than three months, has inherited a
fortune, drew a big lottery prize, found
87,000 buried in his cellar, and lost
his mother-in-law.
A young student wants us to tell
him if W-o-r-c-e-s-t-e-r spells Wooster,
why R-o-o-h-e-s-t-e-r don’t spell roos
ter?
A Western farmer says that he
doesn’t want any railroad shares—its
as much as he can do to run thirty-
eight plow shares.