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UNIVERSITY OF GECRGIA LIBRARY
VOLUME I.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 8, 1855.
NUMBER 40
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
BY JOHN H. CHRISTY,
BDiroa &KO rnmiTOh
Terms of Subscription.
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ance: otherwise, THREE DOLLARS will be charged
KT In order that the price oftiiepapei may notbein
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for each subsequent insertion.
Legal and yearly advertisements at the usual rates
Candidates will be charged $5 for announcements,
■and obituary noticeseteeeuing six tinea in length will
'be charged as advertisements.
When the number of insertions isnotmarkedon and
advertisement, it will be published till forbid, and
-rhargrd accordingly.
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PLAIN AND FANCY
Bt>ok and Job Printer,
“ Franklin Job Office,” Athens, Ga.
All work entrusted to his care faithfully, correctly
and punctually executed, at prices correspond-
j*n!8 ing with the hardness of the times. tf
C. B. LOMBARD,
DENTIST,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
Rootusover the Store of Wilson Sc Veal. Jan3
PITNER & ENGLAND.
Wholesale Sc Retail Dealersin
Groceries, DryGoods,
OARDirARE, SHOES AND BOOTS,
April C Athens, Ga.
MOORE & CARLTON,
DEALERS IX
SILK, FANCY AND STAPLE GOODS,
UAliD WARE AND CROCKERY.
April No. 3, Granite ltow, Athens, Ga.
LUCAS & BILLUPS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
DR Y GOODS,
GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac. Ac.
No. 2, Broad Street. Athens.
WILLIAM G. DELONY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office over the store ot Win M. Morton A Son
Will attend promptly to all hu»iuessentrust
ed to his care. Athens, April 6
P.
C. LANGSTON,
Attorney at Law,
CARNESVILLE, tiA.
Bwkrcnci'.s.—C. Peeples,Esq. ) ...
W. L. Mitchell, Esq. \ Athens
Col. B.F.Hardeman, Lexington,
Samuel Freeman, Esq. New nan,
Gabriel Nash, Esq. Danielsville
J. S. PETERSON,
BOOKSELLER & STATIONER,
HEALS ALSO IN
FANCY GOODS, PERFUMERY, AND PAPER
HANGINGS.
SIGN OF TI1E MAMMOTH BOOK,
Corner of Bro.nl Street and College Avenue, opposite
the .Vewlon lloime, Athens, Ga.
TENTH GRAND
GIFT DISTRIBUTION
or THE
ART UNION SOCIETY
500,000 Gifts '
VALUED AT 8300,000!!!
Certificate* for this Year, ONE DOLLAR.
T HE members ot the Art Union Society, on the oc
casion of this the tan tb distribution of the
WORKS OF ART
Accumulated by the Society during the past year,would
respect Aitly -call the attention of its patrons to the fact
that, heinggbnut to remove to the buudinga in course ot
erection for iM Society in tho city ot Washington .they
will add the real estate and other landed property be
longing to the Society, to the
DISTRIBUTOR FOR THIS YEAR.
At the last meenng of the Society, it was determined
to asm-cx the certificate of abate lor this Grand Enter
prise to one dollar each, thinking thereby that it will
be the means of a more general diffusion of the works
ol artists throughout the country, and will enable the
Society to extend their tabors for the advancement of the
ARTS AND SCIENCES
In this country. The certificates of shares will be issued
at Onc Dollib, accompanying which each purchaser
will receive free of charge, by return mail, a beautiful
Line and Stipple Engraving, entitled
Washington on Dorchester Heights.
Representing an eventful period in the history ol our
country.
KT It will be seen, by referring to the list,that there
are many valuable pieces of property ,maay costly paint
ings, superb statuary, beautiful engravings, costly jew
elry, magnificent s. awls, and other beautiful gifts,such
as clocks, watches, illuminated works. Ac., to the num
ber of five hundred thousand—worth $300,000.
As the Society expects to remove to the New Hall ar
Washington by the middle of .une, the distribution
will take place on the
FIRST OF JULY, 1855.
The same rales and regulations that have heretofore
guided the Society’s distributions will be adhered to in
tills, and on no account will tbeie be any postponement
front the day named. All letters and communications,
'post paid] for certificates, or on business, are to be ad-
Iressed to the
Southern Office In Washington.
Directed to the Secretary, who will answer by return
mail. Single subscribers, remitting ten dollars, will re
ceive one year’s subscription to any of the Magazines
they may name in their letter, to be forwarded free of
charge for the time of subscription, one year.
The following list constitutes a part of the
GIFTS FOR 1855:
The splendid House and Lot of the Art Union So
ciety, situated in Broadway, $60,000
superb dwelling, the residence ot the late An
son Suitzer, Esq. 15,000
The beautiful summer residence, Gotuic cottage,
and grounds, at Hawk’s Nest, on the Hudson, 30,000
small dwellings, situated on the lot belOngingta
the Society, in kM street, 10,000
10 magnificent camel’s hair shawls. They are the
most beautiful work of art ever beheld, 10,000
sets of diamond jewelry—consi-tingof 7 pieces
each—all antique patterns, in a beautiful pearl
jewel box, 10,000
10 sets ol pearl jewelry, consisting of 7 pieces
each, all different stylet, and of Persian man’f g,000
13 gold watches for ladies, very beautiful and cu
rious works of ait; one the size of a hall dime, 700
10 watches for gentlemen, all very heavy of dif
ferent styles and patterns, 1,300
50 Boudere, Toilet and Dressii g Cases for ladles,
some finished in pearl jiaUerns—Louis X1Y. 3,500
large clock, a very beautiful work of an, made
by Lipotdi at Cologne, finished in a style of
beauty and an unsurpassed, 1,000
,000 gold thimbles, all different patterns, very
heavy, 3,000
50,000 illuminated albums, different styles and
patterns, 59,000
Ot) copies of the lives of great petnlers, sugrrhly
bound, with an engraving ot each artist, 3,000
300 copies of Griswold’s Republican Coun, splen
didly boi nd, with tinted engravings. 4,000
10 copies of Boy dell’s illustrationsol Shakspeare.
To the admirers of the great poet, this m-oik
will be an acquisition. 10,000
PAINTINGS.
Venus sending forth Cupid and Hymen—Titian, 3,000
Beggar Boy—Murillo, 1,000
Sfiisrellamj..
FERRY & CO.
It'holrjalc and Retail Dealers in
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, TRUNKS
Between Dr. Unjs’ and Petoison’s corner,
Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
Tobit and the Angel—Salvator Rosa,
Night View—Claudio,
Madonna—Comgio.
Head—Titian.
A Head—.Vandyke.
Landscape—Pouissin,
A Piece—Guiutto,
Battle Piece—Wouvernian
Landscape—by Claude,
P. A. SUMMEY & BROTHER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Staple Goods, Hardware, Crockery,
AND ALL KINDS OF GROCERIES,
Corner of Wall and Broad streets, Athens.
WILLIAM N. WHITE,
WHOLESALE AND BETAII.
BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER,
.in./ .Vrtr.ipnper and Magazine Agent.
DEALER IX
MV SIC an A MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
I.AMI’S, FINE CUTLEttV, FANCY GOODS. AC.
No. 3, College Avenue, Newton House, Athens, Ga
sign of •• White’s University Book Store.”
Orders promptly filled at Augusta rates.
E. VONDERLIETII,
Draper and Tailor,
College Avcnne, Athens, Ga.—four doors
from the Post Office. April 6.
T. BISHOP & SON,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers,
April G No. 1, Broad street, Athens.
SAVANNAH
MUTUAL INSURANCE CO
Henry D. Weed, Pres.—Jno. R. Wilder, Sec.
rjillB above Company is row prepaied to take Fire
*■ Lwks in thin place, and the adjoining enuntie?, on
avorable terms. Apply to 3. J. MAYS, Agent.
JAMES M. ROYAL,
HARNESS-MAKER)
H AS removed his shop to Mitchell's old
Tavern, oue door east of Grady «fc Nich
*dson's—where he keeps always on hand t
ijeneral assortment of articles in hisiine, and
M always ready to fill orders in the best style,
Jan ‘26 tf
LOOK HERE!
fnHE undersigned have on hand n general
X assortment of
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES AND HARDWARE.
which they will sell low for cash or barter
Cull and examine.
April 13 r. A. SUMMBY & BHO.
#150 to #200 per Month!
T WILL send instructions l>y which auy
X person ca'u make from $150 to §200 per
laontU, without traveling or peddling, and
with the smallest amount of capital. This if
no receipt of any kind whatever. I will for
ward the Above instructions and all the art*
•ta<l receipts of value, ns advertised in the
different papers of the United States, free of
4*at*C*> 10 "°y person sending me the small
sum of tine dollar, post paid.
t!.S. SHIPLEY, Kingston,
,k. X'ff ,i. . Ross County, Ohio.
A GOOD STORY.
Two chaps came m contact at one
of our restaurants, some time since, and
were regaling on a long “ nine,’ when
the mud and bad roads became the topic
of their conversation. One observed
that several coal teams were stuck in
the mud axle-tree deep, and that he saw
twenty yoke of oxen straining every
nerve, but without effect. The other,
no doubt, thinking that a pretty tough
yarn, replied:
_ ‘ That when he was coming to the
city, he saw a man sitting on a fence
cracking his whip and yelping and bel
lowing at a furious rate. He approach
ed him and inquired what was wrong ?’
‘ Oh, nothing much,’ replied the team
ster, ‘only (pointing to the road) I have
a wagon and four yoke of oxen in (he
mud, and the plaguey brutes won’t pull
a bit.’
At this moment an old Hoosier enter
ed, who heard only the winding up part
of the story, drew up a chair and com
menced a yarn about what be had seen.
Says he—‘ Friend, were you ever on
the American bottoms ? I crossed there
once, and on wading through the mud,
which as a matter of course was not the
best walking, 1 kicked out a hat, when
a voice, which said ‘ Quit that, old fel
low !’ saluted my ears.
Looking around and seeing nothing,
concluded to give it anotiier kick
which 1 did, when the same voice was
beard to exclaim—
‘ Stop your kicking my hat!’
I here discovered that a man was
sticking in the mud, and observed—
* Old fellow, you had better be getting
out of that before night, or you will be
sure to freeze to death!’ He hollowed
out:
” ‘ I don’t care a drat—Tve a good
mule under me /’
1,000
1,000
1,000
500
500
500
500
500
500
application by letter, post paid, to the Secretary,
rill answer by return mail.
There are others by the same artists, all original, be
sides some splendid pictures by Allslon, Bully. Rey
nolds, Xeagle, Doughty .Cole, Chapman, David, Vernet,
Stuart, Herbert, Tack, Bennington, Read, Bartlett,
SctiKw, Huntington Johanoh, Schmidt, Rembrandt,
Schaub, Perkins. Lewis, Ellis, Hamilton, and others
fully described in the catalogue, which will be forward
ed on a|
who wi!
TERMS FOR CLUBS.
Clubs of 10, 1 extra certificate,
Clubs of 30, 3 *•' _ ‘
Clubs of 50, 8 “ “
The money in all cases to accompany the application
tor certificates,
LADIES FORMING CLUBS
Will be entitled to the same terms as above, with the
extra inducement of the present of a magnificent set of
Boudoir Furniture, with rich colored India hangings,
fine India Lace Curtains and eveiy thing of the most
ilendid description, to the Ladies’ club who will send
ie largest remittance for certificates.
{(^-Postmasters are authorized to act as agents, and
tile postmaster remitting the largest amount for shares
will receive a handsome Gold Watch and Chain,valued
mtHH-Ms, t.i. w,"raving,
of charge by return mail.
Correspondents are requested to write their address,
with the County, Town. Post Office and State, plainly,
in order to avoid mistakes. AU letters answered by re
turn mail.
Catalogues of all the Gilts, with value and explana
tion, can he obtained on application to the Secretary,to
whom all letters for certificates, Ac. must be addressed.
ALFRED JOURDAIN, Secretary,
Washington, D. C.
Miriraao Lewis, \
Fbancis Inge, > Directors.
Fernando Livingston. )
Jan 33 T. W. BAUER, Treasurer.
CASH AND SHORT CREDITS.
M. Is. HALLOWELL &, CO.
SILK WAREHOUSE
PHILADELPHIA.
TERMS.
C ASH buyers will receive a discount of SIX per rent,
if the money be paid in par funds, within ten days
from date of bill.
Cn urrent money only taken at its par value on the
day it is received.
To merchants of undoubted standing, acredi't of SIX
months will bs given, it desired.
Where money is remitted in advance of maturity, a
discount at the rate of TWELVE per cent per annum
will be allowed.
PRICES FOR GOODS UNIFORM.
In again calling the attention of the trading commu
nity to the above terms, we announce that notwithstan
ding the general depression in commercial affair* thro’-
out the country, the system of business adopted by us
more than a year since, and to which we shall rigidly
adhere, enables us to offer for tile coming Spring season
our usual assortment of
New Silk and Fancy Goods,
Comprising one of the largest and most splendid stocks
to be found in America; to which we will receive con
stant additions throughout the season, of new and deal
table goods from our
ROUSE IN PARIS.
Jan 33 S
AN IRISH SALUTE.
Two Irishmen were left in charge of
a ship while its officers went ashore,
and strictly enjoined them not to make
or permit any noise on board ; but a jug
of’ould Irish’one of them had, and the
opportunity for a ’bit of a spree’ was too
great a temptation lor them to resist.
They indulged freely, and as ma<ry of
our public men have been known to do,
soon drank themselves into a patriotic
spirit, when one says to the other—
‘Be jahers, and let’s fire a salute.’
‘Agreed,’says t’other, ‘but that ’ud
make the devil’s own nose.’
‘Tut, man,’ replied the first, *we’U
stop that.'
‘Jest you hold a bag over the mouth
of the gun, me darlint, and we’ll have a
roarin’ salute without any noise at all.’
Pat acquiesced in the arrangement,
and held the bag as directed, while the
other touched off the cannon. The of
ficers, hearing the report, hastened on
board, where they found only one of the
Irishmen, and everything in a great
slate of bewilderment. He was asked
what had become of his comrade.
‘Sure,’ said he, ‘Patrick washoulding
a bag over the mouth of the cannon to
stop the noise, while I touched it off,
and the last I seed of him or the bag
they were goin’ in a great hurry towards
the shore, and that’s the last account I
can give ye.’
- An Affecting Appeal.—A learned
counsellor, in the middle of an affecting
appeal in court on a slander suit, let
fly the following flight ofgeuius:—‘Slan
der, gentlemen, like a boa constrictor
of gigantic size and immeasurable
proportions, wraps the coil of iis un
wieldy body about its unfortunate victim
and heedless of the shrieks of agony
that come from the inmost depths of its
victim’s soul, loud and reverberating
as the mighty thunder that rolls in the
heavens, it finally* breaks its unlucky
neck upon the iron wheel of public
opinion, forcing him to desperation
then to madness, and finally crushing
him in the hideous jaws of moral death
Judge,given* a chaw of tobacco !
Blank Declarations,
Af b»»th forms, (long and short) together
V* with the process attached—just printed
and foresale at this Ofliec. Also, various
p!F”Any Blanks not on hand—as, indeed,
a'.iu •-« any kind of job printing—cap be far-
aislu-d»n a few boors’ notice.
DISSOUTI ON:
T HE copartnership in the Franklin Job Office, here
tofore exixtiny, under thefinr of Christy A Kelsea,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent The business
will be continued by J. II. Christy—by whom the debts
of the lata concern will be ]>aiil, and who alone is au
thorised to collect the demands due to it.
JOHN IL CHRISTY.
Athens. Jan 11 1855. YVILLLVM KELSEA.
WHO WILL MAKE A GOOD WIFE?
When you see a young woman who
rises early, sets the table and prepares
her father’s breakfast cheerfully, depend
upon it she will make a good wife. You
may rely upon it that she possesses
good disposition and a kind heart.
When you see a young woman just
out of bed at 9 oclock, leaning with her
elbow upon the table gasping and sigh
ing ‘*Oh, how dreadfully I feel,” rely
upon it she will not make a good wife
She must lit lazy and mopish.
When you see a girl with a broom in
her hands sweeping the floor, with a
rubbing board or a clothes line in her
hands, you may put it down that she is
industrious and will make a very good
wife for somebody.
When you sec a girl with a novel in
her left hand and a fan in her right hand
shedding tears, you may be sure she '
unfit for a wife. Happiness and misery
are before you, which will you choose?
MAXIMS FOR A YOUNG MAN.
Be not idle. If your hands cannot be
usefully employed, attend to the cultiva-
. tion of your mind.
Always speak the truth.
Keep good company or none.
Make few promises.
Live op to your engagements.
Have no very intimate friends.
Keep your own secrets, if you have
any.
When you speak to a person, look
him in the face.
Good company and good conversa
tion are the very sinews of virtue.
Good character is above all ’things
else.
Never listen to loose or idle conver
sation.
You had*better be poisoned in your
blood than your principles.
Your character cannot be essentially
iujured except by your own acts, and
thoughts. <
If any one speaks evil of you let your
life be so virtuous that none will believe
him.
Drink no intoxicating liquors.
Ever live within your income.
Never speak lightly of religion.
Make no haste to be rich, if you would
prosper.
Small aud steady gains give compe
tency with tranquility of mind.
Never play at any game of chance.
Avoid tempnation through fear that
you may not withstand it.
Earn your money before you spend
it.
Never run in debt unless you see a
way to get out again.
Never borrow if yon can possibly
avoid it.
Keep yourself innocent if you would
be happy.
Save when you are young, to spend
when you are old.
Never think that which you do for re
ligion is time or money misspent.
Read some portion of the Bible every
day.
A Live Nobleman.—There is an
amusing story concerning the last ar
rival of the Mexico at Galveston. It ap
pears that among the list of passengers
on the manifest the name of the “Earl
ol Durham” was legibly recorded. The
news quickly spread, and was quickly
communicated to the English Consul,
who, in the generosity. of kb nature,
took rooms for his noble-countryman at
the Tiemont, and then proceeded to the
steamer to convey him to his quarters,
when “one grand” mistake was discov
ered. The Earl of Durham on the Mexi
co proved to be a large Durham Bull
from Kentucky. The Consul was doing
well at last accounts.
CHARMING CONSISTENCY.
Scene 1st. Slightly Raining Sunday.
Father—(with umbrella and overcoat)
■“Come, my dear, put on your things
for church.”
Dutiful Daughter—Why, dear father,
it is raining so hard I am afraid I shall
wet my feet, and you know I take cold
so easily.”, .
Scene 2d. Very Rainy Night.
Dutiful Daughter—“Come, dear pa,
it’s time, to go—the opera commences
in a quarter of an hour.”
Father—(in surprise)—“I thought
you could not go out in the rain for fear
of wetting your feet.”
Daughter—“Oho, no, I have such
nice rubbers, and they keep my feet as
dry as toast.”
A gentleman gave a party to a few
friends, who, happening to converse
about Sambo’s power of head endurance,
the gentleman said he owned a negro
whom no one in the party could knock
down or injure by striking on the head.
A strong, burly fellow laughed at the
idea, and as Sam, the colored person,
was about entering with the candles, the
gentleman stood behind the door, and
as he entered, Sam’s head received a
powerful sockdologer.
The candles flickered a little, but
Sam passed on, merely exclaiming
Gentlemen, be careful of de elbows,
or de lights will be distinguished.”
Well, Sambo, is your master a good
farmer?” “Ees, sah.he berry good Far
mer ; he make two crops in one year!”
“How is that, Sambo ?” “Why, he sells
his hay in the fall, and makes money
once; den in the spring he sells all the
hides of the cattle that die for want of
hay and dus make money twice ?”
Two loafers met yesterday, and pass
ed the “compliments of the season."
“Jim,” said one, “have you seen Hall,
he’s looking for you ?” “Hall!—what
Hall?” was Jim’s answer. “Why, Al-
cohall, you fool!” “Pshaw,” respond
ed Jim; “that’s a poor‘sell,’ and you
woulden't have caught me if I hadn’t
been hurt last night when John tripped
me up.” “John—what John ?” said Jim.
“Demijohn, you numskull ”
TfcSr*Pay up! Pay up!
rpiIE undersigned most earnest!
JL indebted to the Into firms of
Burke, and ChristvJc Kelsea—.... ...
him individually—to Pay xip.at once: .Many
these claim* have been outstanding a long time, and ale
must absolutely be sealed without delay.
- lie trust* that a senso of right and nfrtee will M
everyone indebted to seals up immediately. If, hem--
ever, itaballtum out that be is misiaken iuthis, lie'will
I be forced, however reluctantly, to “try wbat virtue
therei*in”—L»< janIS J B. CHRISTY.
Spirit-ual.—On a person asking an
other if he believed in the appearance
of spirits, he replied :
« No, but 1 believe in their disappear
ance, for I have missed a bottle of gin
since last night, for which I 'am wholly
unable to account.”
Ambiguous;—An .old lady possessed
of a large fortune,. and noted for her
penchant for the use of figurative ex
pressions, one day assembled her grand
children, when the following conversa
tion took place:
‘ My children,’ said the old lady,‘ I’m
the root and you’re the branches.’
‘ Grandma,’ said one.
‘ Wbat, my child?’
‘ I was thinking how much better the
branches would flourish if the foot was
under ground.’ I
PROPOSED RAILROADS TO THE PA
CIFIC.
The Senate yesterday passed a bill
(which is yet to be considered in the
House of Representatives) authorizing
the construction of three Railroads to
the Pacific through the Territories of
the United States. Being unable to re
concile conflicting interests as to the lo
cation of t he road, this proposes to con
struct a Northern, a Southern, and a
Central Railroad, and to erect upon
each line a line of Magnetic Telegraph.
We give a summary of the bill :—Nat
Intelligencer.
The first section provides that, with
the view of aiding in the construction
of suitable railroads and telegraphic
communications between the Mississip
pi valley and Pacific ocean, there shall
be and is hereby appropriated and 6et
apart a quantity of public land equal to
the alternate sections for the space of
twelve miles on each side of said roads
from their eastern to their western termi
ni, as follows :
“ One road and telegraph to com
mence on the western border of the
Slate of Texas, and to pursue the most
eligible route to the navigable waters
of the State of California; which line
shall be known as the Southern Pacific
Railroad.
One road and telegraph to commence
on the western border of the States of
Missouri or Iowa, and to pursue the
most eligible route to the bay of San
Francisco ; which line shall be known
as the Central Pacific Railroad.
And one road and telegraph to com
mence on the western border of the
State of Wisconsin, in the ^Territory
of Minnesota, and pursue the most eli
gible route to the navigable waters of the
Pacific in Oregon or Washington Ter
ritories ; which line shall be known as
the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Such lands to be selected from the
section which shall be designated in the
public surveys.ofsaid land (when made)
by odd numbers, and to be held and
conveyed as herein provided; and in
all cases'when the United . States may
have disposed of siad lands, or any part
thereof, or shall from any cause be una
ble to convey a title thereto, the defi
ciency may be made up by the party or
parties who may become entitled there
to from any unoccupied and unappro
priated lands belonging to the United
States within the distanoe of thirty miles
of said road : Provided, however, That
for such deficiency within the State of
California, and also in lieu of all mine
ral lands in said State (which are hereby
excepted from the appropriation herein
made,) such selections may be made
from any unoccupied and unappropriated
lands of the United States within fifty
miles of said road in the said State.
The second section requires the Se
cretaries of the Interior, War, and Na
vy; and the Postmaster General to adver
tise and invite proposals for the con
struction of each or either of said lines,
stating the time in which the roads, &c.,
are to be completed. The sum of $300
per mile is to be paid for carrying the
mails daily both ways on these routes;
and the contractors to state the rate per
mile, whilst the road is in course of
construction, at which troops, naval sup
plies, and munitions of war are to be
transported for fifteen years. After that
period rates are to be fixed not exceed
ing those on other roads.
The third, section provides that the
several Secretaries before named, in
conjunction with the Postmaster Gener
al, shall make contracts for each road,
and also for a telegraph line thereon ;
and that the party or parties whose pro
posal may be accepted shall-deposite
with the Secretary of the Treasury the
sum of five hundred thousand dollars,
or the value thereof in bonds or certifi-
catesof the United States, or State
bonds, whose market value shall be at
or above par at the time of making the
said deposite, which may be subsequent
ly drawn out by them in sums of five
thousand dollars, as the work proceeds
on the production of vouchers showing
satisfactorily that an amount equal
there-o has been applied in good faith
to the construction of said road.
The fourth section provides that the
roads shall be divided into sections of
one hundred miles each; and three-
fourths of the land pertaining to the
contract to be conveyed to the contrac
tors, reserving the other fourth as secu
rity for the completion ofthe next hun
dred miles; and so on until the whole
shall have been completed. The service
in carrying the mails, &c. to be under
the proper department. No money to
be paid except in the proportion of the
service rendered.
The fifth section relates to the mode
in which forfeitures are to accrue if the
contractors fail to perform. The Se
cretaries and Postmaster General to re-
let the work in such contingency, but
no higher terms to be offered.
The ninth section requires the routes
to lie located and the eastern and western
termini to be fixed as soon as practica
ble, but the time not to exceed two years
from the date cf the contracts. The
President to cause the public lands to be
surveyed on each side of the routes to
the extent of forty miles, and the Indian
title to be extinguished. Pre-emption
rights provided for, and the reserved
sections not to be sold for less than
double the minimum price of the public
lands when sold. No lands to be sold
until ail have been surveyed and the al
have offered the purchaser twelve or fif
teen pet cent, per annum, for several
years, but they were refused ; men hav
ing money prefer investing it in their
own neighborhoods, at a lower rate of
ternate sections selected by the contrac
tors.
The seventh seetion requires the part)’
or parties receiving grants under the
act to sell one-half of the same within
five years after being patented. All interest than they could procure abroad
.'ands held at the expiration of ten year* J —all things put together, i: is worthy ot
to be forfeited to the United States. at least some consideration, whether it
The eighth section requires the lands | would not be the best policy to prohibit
of the U. States for two hundred feet loaning money, directly or indirectly, at
wide along the line of said roads to be set | a higher rate of interest than six per
apart as a highway for railroad and tele- ■ cent. There is no branch of business,
graph purposes, materials there from to { under the present state of things, that
be used by the contractors. All con- will justify men in paying over that rate
tracts to provide and require the roads
&c. to be constructed in a substantial
and workmanlike manner. A telegraph
for the use of money. The drone, who
has money, and will not invest it in
business himself, should not be pennrt-
line along.each road, and the Govern- ted, if he loans to others who will,to take
•nan, J L!_l I .L- •. -T.I. •_ 1-1 I
ment not to be charged higher rates than
individuals.
The ninth section allows one or more
additional tracks along said routes. Con
nexions with the roads to be made under
the directions of the States or Territories
through which the roads pass.
The tenth section provided that when
the road or roads have been surrendered
to the United States, so much as passes
through any of the States to be conveyed
to them as their property, subject to the
use of the United States for postal, mili
tary, and other Government service,
subject to such regulations as Congress
may prescribe, &c.
Section eleventh provides for new ad
vertisements, if the first should fail to
secure proposals, once in each year until
each of said roads, &c., shall be put
under contract unless Congress shall
otherwise order.
VOICE OF THE MILLION.
The Usury Laws.—Messrs. Editors:
Quite strenuous efforts are being made
by capitalists, brokers and other mouey-.
lenders, to induce the Legislature to re
peal the usury laws, in order that they
may be able to contract for. Their ar
gument is in substance, that if no pen
alty was imposed by law for taking more
than six per cent interest for the use of
money, it could be procured on more
favorable terras than it can now ; for,
as the law stands at present, the lender
is under the necessity of taking a larger
premium than he otherwise would, to
compensate him for the risk he has to
run in evading the usury laws. This
is the argument of the capitalist only,
however.
The policy of repealing these laws is
at least a debatable question. It&tbought
by many that the laws should be more
stringent than they are. If additional
penalties were added, prohibiting the
purchase of bonds, mortgages, notes
and other evidences of debt, by which
the purchaser would relize more than
six per cent, we verily believe, all things
considered, it would be beneficial to the
people generally. Money would then
necessarily seek other investments; more
public improvements, requiring joint
stock capital, would be made ; more
money would be invested in agricultur
al and manufacturing pursuits; real
estate would be bought and improved ;
all of which would tend to furnish more
steady employment for the laborer and
mechanic. There would not be so much
fluctuation in the money market, but its
circulation would be more even, steady
and healthful.
from them the fruit of their labor and
enterprise for the use of it.
Money being the basis of all business
transactions, it has been ascertained by
long experience that six per cent is suf
ficient for the capitalist, for the use of
i»; and the man who performs the labor
should have the profits above that. X.
* Don’t Worry.’—This U the first
thing an editor should get by heart. If
Mr. Slocum threatens to withdraw his
patronage, because you Criticised Profes
sor Drawl’s lecture on the onion question
don’t "worry—but Uni him to go ahead
and do it. If Mr. Bullion writes you an
insulting letter, saying if you do not
stop writing about the Diddletoh Rail
Road, he will ruin you with a law suit t
don’t worry, but dare him to try it on.
If Mr. Smith threatens to * cave yow
head in’ because you mentioned that ‘his
son, Bob,’ was sent to the tombs for
pelting a street lamp with brick bats~
don’t worry, but tell him you so love law
that you dine on a sallad made of red
tape and sealing wax. If Mr. Silk ap
proaches, with a horse pistol 1 that kicks,’
and offers to blow your brains out if you
ever allude again to his visits to Mrs.
Demurei, don’t worry about it, bat tell
him to- pull its ‘what you call it,’ and
blaze away. Again we say, never wor
ry. If you do,.you are no more calcul
ated for an editor than a Quaker is for
marine l\prnpipes.—Athens Post..
Scene in a Country Store.— Shop
boy, Bob, turning all sort9 of somersets,
aud thereby neglecting to sweep out the
store. Enter Smiffins, proprietor, as
tonished.
“ Wh-wh-whffi’r ye about ?”
Bob.—(Almost exhausted.)—Obleeg-
ing my gal. She’s rit me a letter, and
at the bottom of the page she said ‘turn
over and obleoge,’ and I’ve been goin^
it for more’n a ’alf ’our!"
As the usury laws now stand, the
penalties are so easily evaded by the
money lender, by purchasing paper
from persons not parties to it, that its
operation is merely nominal. Person
who have one or two hundred dollars
more than they need for immediate use,
go to street-brokers and purchase paper
having two or three months to run. A
shaves it one, two, three per cent a
month ; the broker gets one of two per
cent more for his commission; and, by
the time the money reaches the hands of
the real borrower, he pays as much for
the use of it for two or three months, as
he should pay for eighteen or twenty.
Persons who have but a few hundred
dollars can make quite a good living
by shaving paper at 25 per cent. In
fact, within the last few years, it has be
come a.kind of mania. Lawyers (some
of them at least.) keep their clients’
! money for months, to shave paper with
Physicians, and even ministers of the
gospel,have been known to deprive their
families of many of the common neces
saries of life, in order that they may
have money to shave paper with. A min
ister in good standing in his church, re
siding not far from this city, shaves as
close as any man in the country. His
rule is to take off one-fourth of the
amount the paper calls for, without re
gard of time it has to run.
Shaving paper at excessive rates, in
hard times like the present, is a species
of gambling, and ought to be prohibited
Men should not be permitted to take ad
vantage of the necessities of others, by
loanmg them money, directly or indi
rectly, at enormous rates, more than in
any other transaction. Being allowed
to loan money at high rates of interest,
is too easy a way of making a livings it
suppresses industry. Such Shylocks
live upon the energy and enterprize of
others. They are ulcers on the body
politic. . .
The threat made by some of the capi-
A passing traveler in the back woods
met with a settler, near a house, and in
quired—
“ Whose house ?’
*‘ Mogs.’
“ Of what built?’
“ Logs.’
“ Any neighbors ?’
“ F rogs.’
“ What is the soil ? r
“ Bogs.’
“ The climate ?’
“Fogs.”
“Your diet?’
“HngS.’
“ How do you catch them V
“ Dogs.*
Dey docs say, dat way down in*
Georgia dey make poor nigga work
twenty-five hours ebra day.”
‘ Now, look heah, Squash, 1’se been*
told that a day hasn’t got no mure nor
twenty-four hours.”
* Mighty, wh*»t ignoramuses nigger
you is, Scipo, why, way down r'ar, dey
make poor niggar git up an hour afore
day—doesn’t dat make em twenty five..
One Scotchman complained that he
had a ringing in his .head.
“ Do ye ken the reason o’ that
asked his worthy crony.
“ No.”
“ I’ll tell you—it’s because its empty.*”
“ A nd have ye never a ringing in your
head r” quoth the other.
“ No, never. - ”
“ And you ken the rea on ?*”
“ No.”
“ It’s because it’s cracked L”
A Probable Pt:KSCMi*TtON.—A
friend of ours, passing a house where-
there was a funeral, stepped up to an-
Irishman and asked him if he could in
form him who was dead. The .Irishman;
replied: ‘ I cannot exactly say, sir, hut
I presume it is the nwv in. the coffin.”
‘ Ah !’ said a mischievous wag to »
lady acquaintance of an aristocratic
caste. ‘ I perceive you have been learn
ing a trade.’
‘ Learning a trade,’ replied the lady,
indignantly, ‘you are very much mis
taken ’
‘ Oh, I thought by the look* oC
your cheeks you had’ turned painter.”
Wouldn’t Shave Colored Folks..
—Frederick Douglass delivered one of
his lectures last week, in Bedford,Maine,
and the morning afterwards stepped into,
the barber’s shop of a Mr. Bunker, nil-
Ethiopian with a slight European alloy
in his blood, who absolutely refused to.
talists, that, “if the usury laws arc not | shave him, as it was against the rules
repealed, they will invest their money of the establishment to shave colored
in other States,” is all gammon. Per- gentlemen. Frederick left in a very
sons living and owning property in Pit- wrathful mood.
tsburgh have offered bonds and mortga- j ———^———-—=— 1 —
ges, well secured on real estate, to capi-j Benjamin Franklin was the greatest
talists in New York, at rates that would, philosopher of his age.