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e. - v % Jamils |ounial— olitics, Stature, mgricultme, [nkstrral interests THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE. ATHENS, GA. MAI 3, 1872. Jht joiifhcrn Jjanatr. |.| III.ISIII.II l> K1KI.1. HV iS. -\. ATKINSON, at three hollars im:r anm m, srr.irr/.y tx .mr.ixn:. 'J.-Jire, /Load st.,»rerJ. II. Huggins. 4. 4. .v 4. i . ai.kwmih:. ,E.\LERS IN HARDWARE, Ihki Nail-. I'iirriiiKi’ M-it.-rial, Mining M.VAN ESTES, TTORNEY AT I. A \V A JAY 0. GAiLEY. 0 | 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. i l, l'CAR. COFFEE, r. Mi yl. Uii kli s, <1..,, rs, / i 'r:ii-!;i-r*. a', .. ,N ( *-li country Butter. I g- V IOOK PVTT ’JGAK SMOKERS and Tobari General JUiscellatpy. o 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 PURE KEROSENE oil. VXD ORGANS! ON MONTHLY INSTALMENTS OF TEN TO SHARP & FLOYD Sneee->i>r< to George Sharp. Jewellers 3 .i i., Silversmiths, A 11:in 1;i« On. \ E i HT’EI! :i !:i,”c varietv J I \ K WATCH ES. 'Locks. .JEWELRY, >ILYEK WAKE. .-SPECTACLES, I ’A X< 'V < ;<>< >] >s, FINE BRONZES. AND STATUARY. WE HAVE A m.LCORPSop 'Jfakcljnia’ser^, jewellers i £ngraver$ • Vf/vimfitclurf ntttnt/ I'inc iiatuin . . •HiroA-n .it. j,, ,uv pr.-pm-l c. FII.I. INY . *»U!»!.Rs f., r ir.w ,.r u..rk prciiptlv. All fiurruvt <1 frcr.,1 , jj ifr-* Jj TWENTY E1YE DOLLARS. iliillcl. i»:ivis A Co.and Sirinway iV' Sons. TWO LEA DIM: PIANOS „f the Emmerson and Southern Cam t k; lit. iiKnU-V.r71!IwF-t ;£ZJ.Z iuarkeI ,:,,,WB i thought about you, and so I am here. Come One! lomc All! mill give them n Trinl i»n:il Cigar Store, College A under KALVA RINSKl. PITTMAN A HINTON, \ TTOKNEYS AT LAW . Y- k-llersiin, Jii. kr.iiii mu SOMETHING NEW I JOT-PLANT, (warden and Yeran- m UK US Ut «1 lor light. Ii to tram 111 be fo ■. Hurd, Hand 1. •Illfid a„d Flr.inat Onf «-imr.-li.-~. :,i|.| l-.il*l»:lt II S.'li ton OnjanCi II. (' BARROW, Ag’t, A l *. I ST A. t i A. Improved Stock tor Sale, Afclimatnl and Adapted to llie Sontln-rn Climate. I oltlr—llrahnco* nod tlo ir Grades. THEY ARE MURRAIN-PROOF. ■■I'iil Pr Utji—llliF: /A- v yt-nr. Ix-'Ti :i1.1 y aila’pi’iii AI hi • t.K-k .'i i lie i-.iiintiy. it and Work Jlerk.diir FFMS FOR FIRS Slorji—Spa nidi Merino*. ar.- fi-.-i- fr.im r..t ami Kiiutlli--. ari-i AR'iEST ASS( iRTEMNT. TI1K FINEST GOODS. THE LOWl-.ST PRICKS, AND THE BEST WORK. rail mills.- II.. SHARP A: FLOYD, Whitehall Strut, Atlanta. Spud your Old Fimiiluivlo WOOD’S R EP A. I Tt SHOP. I Y>.r( to the l.pisropnl ('hnech.antl have it .inay l-.i4i,i MM>i: Holih AS M:\V. E. S. ENGLAND A; CO.. | YRI’-NOW REt'EIYINOTIIEIR) NEW FALL 3T0CK1I STAPLE&FANCfORYGOGDS «• itofi: it PROVISION**, IIU1IMY.IKF. ( IBM lil.ltY, ii a i m. r u»«, BOOTS, Mil OK A, OtsJnn r ity loca'itit ' Angorti (Smf* piH havr ]»rovcd t.. b« with th»* nativf t. Tit. v ar. n.»t a ng annual, but re.jiiirf a range with briar- iii-ht-, weeds, t ie. I he wool ci the |»ure br.-ed i.> in demand at ft ‘ * i • * * •*nt- a p-und. Prift- and d< -< rip’ive ratab^m- furnished ' 1 lVi< "I IA RI) PETERS, Non Atlanta «ia._ SPOTTSIVOGD HOTEL, oim-i»rri: rm: I’assi:n(;i:i: ni:i*oT), M'lrnn, Georgia. T. II. HARRIS ....Proprietor. iSUMMEY W ]S T EWTON, ■nto.tn wr.. atukhw, (.a. IRON. PLOW STEEL, STEEL, HOES. NAIIC, PLOWS, MILL SAWS, COTTON GINS, And Gcm-rul Hardware and Cutlery, at Wholesale and Retail. sr.V.VEY A- XEWTOX • Ihi-IH, (!a., April I IIh. If -Vo. ii Jlroad SI. GUANO. 1 JURE PERUVIAN, of direct im- _L- fiortation, at <Government prices. ‘2,140 iKiunds to the ton U. <i. LAY’, Ag**nt for Consignees in U. t*. 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 Bl'KKD’S BOOKSTORE. Just Received, \ LARGE SUPPLY of Lech- -L.1. ford’s. Farina, Lubin’sand other '-z J isa ^ >"'• NEW DRUGSTORE. Tlii' In eh: >•1 the Hit:. I this h ! P«»hlif ullv Bo der.it nits per sh . I III! tin i-amil'iahdPlantation Supplies all Store \ t in*»iii> r prick i mu »« 2.4 Cent* a Bale THE .HOD! 1 '1\<;\ZINE OF AMERICA. Tin Largest in Form, the Largest in ('imitation, and the onhi original F VSMIOX M AGAZiXK. i:mor]:st’s illustrated Mi iN rm-V im-IioM i I)’ id the • Pat»- di l ( hi eliablf Fas hi thro if lit - i 1 nil plen- vorth , the Tho ant »’> WiH»ing. size. 1*> x 2'*, price Si:* "d, i. or l*"t h »h rot nos with the Magazine, trcf. Addr.ss V. JEN NINOS DUMORKST, Broad m Hl'R.VSf pfai.kb in York^ ).15, R A N 1)1»K'rii’. I a’juAji I I ST RECEIVED, a lull n.2 NEW DRUB STORE Finest Kerosene r<' BE !•'<M’ND I N ,\ I Lamps IENS. Hats, t jtps. Straw (woods, Silk, Gttnnneo, Zenrlla, Agneptlla, and Sent eh Gingham Umbrellas, DRIVING CLOVES, ETC., 1 .Vo. -222 IS road Street, Augusta, Ga. S. C. DOBBS, 1 AEALER IN DRY CLODS, * ' <■ t:<>' i;t:/i:s, rKOitrcK, //.i/.-/<ii .i nt, UFA I) Y-MA UF CLOTH JAG, HOOTS, SHOES, HATS, ■ II 1‘ihH. an n-.iirtcil stork nl family nml N In A i>i b • - .sT()i< !•;. ( ) i i Vi’ u ^N)S^ 1 *•’<->l.'TZ Horse AND CAT- 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. iSUMMEY & NEWTON. s Bellows, Anvils, YMses. uammlus, wtuck ami Carriage, Buggy & Wagon m»r,l,3T' ‘ CUlLlkS NlcKKUsoN A ro II PENDLETON’S fffUANO OOMPOUND. “POR SALE BY BEALL, SPEARS k CO., 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- All business entrusted to them will have strict 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 FREE! FREE!! FREE! H SINGLE COPIES OF HOLMAN’S RURAL WORLD, A WEEKLY Agricultural Journal X\_ that lias lam |.ul.l:»beiltw«i«ty-ttareeyear* in St. I-in is, having the I.an;e*t Circulation ami the best Corps of contributors of any agricultural paf»er published in the v illey wiil be sent free to all appliean ,. rmH —«*2 per annum. Add re . a ?' f the Mississippi, Send for a copy. Norman J. Col- dee ‘2911 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 tory alter fair trial, can be returned or ‘“hanged. aa~ Piano, and Organs sold on Monthly Pay AVE YOUR PRINTING them Banner Job (>fh> A LARGE and well selectetl assort- ment, for saJo by CHILDS, NICKERSON & CO. Pianos and Organs . nients and old instrumentstakenin partpay™*" 1 if in good condition. [oct 27-t£_ TOB PRINTING neatly and quickly ej executed at the Banner Office. 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.