The Southern watchman. (Athens, Ga.) 1854-1882, November 08, 1855, Image 1

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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY VOLUME II. ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 1855. NUMBER 32 PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY JOHN H. CHRISTY, editor >nd raoraijcToa. Terms of Subscription. TWO DOLLARS perannmn, if paid utrictly in ad knee; olhenviBO,THREE DOLLARS will lie charg'd DT* ( i order that the price of the papei may not be in the way of a lar*e circulation, Clubs will be rtipplied at the following low ralea. tferss^aix copies for - - - HO I^at*TEN •• for - - - imrigSQj At thtttltm rain, the Cask mutt accompany the order. Rotes of Advertising. Transient advertioementa will be inamed at One Dollar peruqnare for the flrct.and Fifty Centaperaquafe for each anbaeqnent inaerti> n. Lecal and yearly adrertl.-cmcotaatthenanalratra Candidates will be charged R5 for aanotincereenta, •ad obituary notiresexeeeningaix lines in length will be charged as advertise>• enta. When the nTimber of inaertionalanotmarkedonand •dTertiwnent, It will be published till forbid, and churned accordintly. S&nsincM noil ^5rnfcssinnnl <0arbs. c TTbTTToIo X DENTIST, ATHENS, GEORGIA. Roemsnver theStoreof Wilson tc Veal. JanS PITNER & ENGLAND. Wholesale ft Retail Dealerain Groceries, l>ry (woods, HARDWARE, SHOES AND BOOTS, April 6 Athens, Ga. MOORE & CARLTON, rEALERS IN SILK, FANCY AND STAPLE GOODS, HARDWARE AND CROCKERY. April No. 3. Granite Row, Athens,Ga. HOUR. BY AARON SMITH. There is a simple little word— Oh! ne’er its chnrnts destroy! Throcg!:out the universe ’tis heard, And nowhere but with joy; There’s mi sic iu its nngic flow, Wherever we mav roam, The dearest, sweetest sound below— That little word is Home. The soldur in the battle’s hum May all things else forget; Mid tmy’nejs’ clash and beat of drum His TIomr remember yet The exile, doomed on foreign lands Through hopeless years ot toil, May do the despot’s stern commands, Yet sigh for HoaiEtbe while care ifot where may he its site, Or roofed with straw or tile. So that the hearth-fire bums more bright. ’Neath woman’s radiant smile, Affection on her fondest wipg Will to its portals fly, - And hope will'far more sweetly sing, When that bleat place is nigh. It njay be fancy—it may be Something far nobler—far; But Love i» my divinity. And Home my polar star. Oh 1 sever oottioMe’i sacred ties! They are not things of air. The great, the learned, and the wise, AU had their teachings there. LUCAS & BILLUPS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac. Ac. No. 2, Broad Stroet, Athens. WILLIAM G.„ DELONY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Offlco over the store of Win M. Morton <fc Son Will attend promptly .to all Lusihessentrust ed to his caro. Atheus, April 6 P. A. SUMMEY & BROTHER, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Staple Goods, Hardware, Crockery, AND AU. KINDS OF GROCERIES, Corner of Wall and Broad streets. Athens.- WILLIAM N. WHITE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, And Newspaper and Magazine Agent. DEALER IN MUSIC and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS LAMPS, FINK CUTLERY, FANCY GOODS, AC. No. 2, College Avenue, Newton House. Athens, Ga sign of " White’s Universily Hook Store,” Orders promptly filled at Augusta rates. T. BISHOP & SON, Wholesale and Retail Coces, April 6 No. 1, Broad street, Athens. JAMES M. ROYAL, HARNESS-MAKER, H AS removed his shop to Mitchell’s old Tavern, oue door east of Grady A Nich olson’s—where he keeps always on hand n general-assortment of articles in hisline, and isalwaysready to fillordersinthe best style, Jan 26 tf Coach-Making and Repairing. JAMES ITbURPEE A T the old stnnd recently occupied by R. S Schevenell, offers for sale a lot of super! or articles of his own manufacture, at redu ced prices—consisting o( Carriages, Buggies, &c. Orders for any thing in hisline thankfully received and promptly executed. jj9N“Repairing done-at short notice and on reasonable terms. NOTICE. T HE subscribers are prepared to fill orders for all kinds of Spokes for Carriages and Wagons, Also, at the same establishment we man-" ture all kinds of BOBBINS, commonly used in our cotton factories. All done as good and cheap as can be had from the North. Address, P. A. SUMMEY & BRO. Athens,Ga who will attend to all orders, and the ship ping of the same. March, 1854. EDITOR DREAMING ON WED DING CAKE. A bachelor editor out West, who hod received from the fair band of a bride a piece of elegant wedding cake to dream or, thus ^ives the result of Bis expe rience. -r We put it under the head of our pil low, f-hut our eyes s weetly as an infant, A BE AUTFUL AND TRUTHFUL EXTRACT. We clipped the following beautiful and truthful .extract from an exchange, the name of which has escaped our memory. Let it be considered well : The past is secure. It is unalterable. —The seal of eternity Is upon it. The wisdom which it has displayed cannot be blessed with . an easy conscience, soon J obscured; neither can they be debased snored prodigiously. The god of dreams j by human folly or human infirmity. The gently touched us, and Io ! Never was n ! future is that which may weft awaken little editor so happy. It was ‘my love,’ the most earnest solicitude, both for the dearest 'sweetest,* ringing in our ears virtue and the permanence of our Repub- every moment. Oh ! that the dream had lie. The fate of other Republics, iheir broken off* here But. no, some evil ge- ! ri«e, their progress,- their decline and nius put into this head of ours to have j their fall, are written but too legibly on pudding for dinner, just to please her j the pages of history, if indeedthey were ducky lord. not continually before us in the startling In a hungry dream we sat down to ; fragments of their ruins, dinner. Well the pudding arrived, and j They have perished, and perished by a huge slice almost obscured from sight their own hands. Prosperity enervated you Hisrellnnq. SLOAN & OATMAN, DEALERS IS Italian, Egyptian <k American AND EAST TENNESSEE MARBLE. ^fonuments. Tombs, Urns and Vases; Marble Mantels and Famishing Marble* t3ff-All orders promptly filled. ATLANTA, GA. f<rRefer to Mr. Ross Crane. june!4 Blank Declarations, rvFboth forms, (long and short) together U with the process attached—jact printea and for sale at this Office. Also, various ,»ther Blanks. ISP Any Blanks not on hand—as, indeed, -almost any kind of job printing—can be fur nished on a few hours’ notice THE COQUETTE REBUKED. Lord N , a nobleman, both by nature and birth, was noted for his vir tue, his unassuming manners, and grace and elegance of person. He had mar ried when quite young, to a lady of equal rank with himself, though she was by no means handsome; but he loved her with almost romantic fervor. The Countess of L was a most superbly beautiful woman, and once, in company with a number of friends,boast ed that she could conquer Lord N , if shp could only gain his attentions long enough. Tnis boast was received with doubt by her friends. He is eminently a Christian man,” said one. “ A figfor his Christianity,” said the Countess, contemptuously. •* 1 tell you I can make him • sue me for a smileI wish 1 could gain his arm for one quar ter of an hour.” * Her wish was gratified ; that evening at a brilliant party, Lord N- and his lady appeared. Biasing with costly jew els, radiant as a peri, the unprincipled Countess riveted every eye; she was in deed fairer than the poet’s dream. With the most delicate manceuvenng she gain ed the attention of Lord , and walk ed triumphantly through the blaze of beauty, casting significant glances on those she met who had heard her idle boast. But though as pt litc as the most ac complished man in the world, she could see that Lord N was totally un moved by her elegant style, or her co- quetish airs and glances. Finally, as he gave some little quotations, which he Considered delicately complimented by the approval of his wife, the Countess ventured to sneer; she was piqued be cause he had quoted his wife that plain Lady N , before her, the imperious, the acknowledged belle of the empire. Lord N. turned his dark eye fully upon her— “ My dear madam,” said he, in an emphatic manner, “ one approving word from my wife is worth a thousand from any other woman, however brilliant and beautiful she may be.” The blood mounted to the cheeks and brow of the Countess; she felt how sub lime was the dignity of virtue, but she did not yet despair. Seeing Lady N conversing with one of the blandest of sovereigns, she exclaimed: “ Look, my lord 1 do you not see how entirely engrossed your lady seems with the handsome prince ? You should be jealous.” '* 1 am not,” he replied, still more sternly; *' my wife and I have a motto, that true honor will never suffer itself to be tempted—and as for myself, with reference to Lady N., I can say, in the divine language of Scripture, ‘the heart of her husband doth safely trust in her.” The coquette was silenced ; her ani mation was gone; those who noticed it knew the reason why. As for the Coun tess, she was heard often afterwards to declare, that could she obtain a husband like .Lord N , she should consider herself the happiest woman ia the world. the plate before us. ‘My dear,’ said we, fondly, ‘did make this ¥ ‘Yes love ain’t it nice ?’ 'Glorious—the best bread pudding I ever tasted in all my life.* ‘Plum pudding ducky, suggested my wife.’ ‘O, no dearest, bread pudding. I al ways was fond of’em.’ ‘Call that bread padding ¥ exclaimed my wife while her lips slightly curled with contempt. •Certainly ,_my dear—reckon I’ve had enough at the Sherwood House, to know bread pudtling, my love, by all means., Husband—this is realy loo bad—plum pudding is twice as hard to make as bread pudding and more expensive, and a great deal better. I say this is plum pudding sir ! and my pretty wife’s brow Hushed with excitement. •My love, my sweet, my dear love, exclaimed we soothingly, ‘do not get angry, Im sure it’s very good, if it is bread pudding.’ ‘You mean, low wretch.’ fiercely re plied my wifjj in a higher tone, ‘you know its plum pudding.’ ‘Then ma’am, it so meamly*put to gether, and so badly burned, that the devil himself would’t know it. I tell you madam, most distinctly and emphatically, and I will not be contradieted, that it is bread pudding, and the meanest kind at that.’ ‘It is plum pudding, shrieked my wife, as she hurled a glass of claret in my face, the glass itself tapping the claret from my nose. ‘Bread pudding gasped we, pluck to the last, and grasping a roasted chicken by the left leg. •Plum pudding!’ rose above the din, as I had a distinct perception of feeling two plates smash across my head. ‘Bread pudding,’ we groaned in rage as the chicken left our Hand, and flying with swift wings across the table land', a in madam’s bosom. ‘Plum pudding,’ resounded the war- cry of the enemy*, as the gravy took us where we had been depositing the first part of our dinner and a plate of beets landed upon our white vest. ‘Bread pudding forever!’ shouted we dodging the soup tureen, and falling be neath its contents. 'Plum pudding!’ yelled the amiable spouse, as noticing our misfortune, she determined to keep us down by pilling upon our head, dishes with no gentle hand.—Then in rapid succession follow ed the war cries. ‘Plum pudding !’ she shrieked with every dish. ‘Bread pudding !’ in smothered tones came up from the pile in reply. Then k was‘plum pudding’in rapid succession, the last cry growing'feebler, till just as I Can distinctly recollect it had grow n to a whisper. Plum pudding?’ resounded like' thunder, followed by u tremendous crash, as my wife leaped upon the pile with her delicate feet, and commenced jumping up and down—then, thank Heaven, we awoke, and thus saved our life. We shall never dream on wedding coke—that’s the moral. them, corruption debased them, and a venal "populace consummated their des truction. They have sometimes been cheated out of their liberties by servile demagogues; sometimes betrayed into a surrender of them by false patriots. They have disregarded the warning voice-of their best statesmen, and have persecuted and driven from office their best, friends. They have reverenced power more in its high abuses and sum mary movements, than in its calm and constitutional energy. They have sur rendered to faction what belonged to the country. Patronage and party, the triumph of a leader, and the discontents of a day, have outweighed all solid prin ciples and institutions of government. Such are the melancholy lessons of the past history of the republics, down to our own. Let the history of the Grecian and Italian States warn us of our danger. Let the Americap youth never forget that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors, and capable; if wisely improved and faithfully guarded, of transmitting to their latest posterity all the substantial blessings of life, the peaceful enjoyment of liberty, property, religion, and independence. The struc ture has been erected by architects of consummate skill and fidelity; its arrange ments are full of wisdom and order; its foundations solid, and its defences are impregnable from without. It has been reared for immortality, if the work of man may justly aspire to such a title. It may, nevertheless, perish in an hour by the folly, or corruption, or negligence of its only keepers. The People Republics are creaf^l by the virtue, public spirit and intelligence of the citizens. They fall when the wise are banished from the public councils, because fhey dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded because they flatter the people in order to betray them. G' DRY GOODS, AT REDUCED PRICES, O to Kenney’s and get good bargain* for Cash, before they are all gone. [July 5. ^NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRE DITORS. A LL persons indebted .to the estate of Ed- JX win Pendergrass, deceased,late of Jack- son eonnty, Ga., are hereby requested to make immediate payment; and those hav ing demands against said estate are re quired to present them dtily authenticated . -within the time prescribed hy law. WM.J.PARKS, Executor. September 37. PRIVATE BOARDING! fcA-FEW young men can be accommodated il with day Board at the residence of T. M. Lampkin. in the tenement building cf Mr. Brown, a few doors beta* the residence of Wm. M dorton. T. JJ. LAMPKIN. Sept, ?7, IMS, Old Age.—It is not well that a man should always labor. Hi* temporal as well as spiritual interest demand a cessa tion in the decline of life. Some years of quiet and reflection are necessary after a life of industry and activity. There is more to concern him in life than incessant occupation, and its pro duct—wealth. He who has been a drudge all his days to one monotonous mechanical pursuit, can hardly be fit for another world. The release from toil in old age most men have the prospec tive pleasure of: and, in the reality, it is as pleasing as it is useful and salutary to the mind. Such advantages, how ever, can only be gained by prudence and eoonomy in youth; we must save, like the ant, before we can hope to have any rest in the winter of our days. Make Labor Fashionable.—Gov ernor Wright, of Indiana, in his address at the New York State fair, alluded In beautiful language to the connection be tween enlightened agriculture and the developement of the social and moral nature of man—between agriculture and the sacredness of domestic relations and endearments—between agricultare and the recognition of that Providence upon whose care the farmer, more than any other man, should from the nature of his pursuits rely. And of labor, he said: "At the base of the prosperity of any people lies this great principle—make la bor fashionable at home. Educate, in struct, encourage; and offer, to give in terest and dignity to labor at home. Enlist the heart and the intellect of the family in the support of a domestic sys tem that will make labor attractive at the homestead. By means of the power ful influences of early home education, endeavor to invest practical labor with an interest that will cheer the heart of each member of the family ; and thereby you will give to your household the grace, peace, refinement and attraction which God designed a home should possess.” The Buffalo Republic givesutterancc to the following truthful statement: “In this country no youngman need be unemploy ed. "Wealth and respectability are condi tions to which he may attain. He has on right to be idle; he has no right to be ignorant; he has no time to be vicious; and, generally speaking, no man has any right to he poor.” A Man forbidden to Burn the Dead Body of his Wife.—The Mil- waukie American says that city was thrown into the greatest excitement on the 16th instant by an attempt of a man there to burn the dead body of his wife The story was as follows. A Russian, by the name of Pfeil, mar ried a woman who was a Brahmin in belief. He was possessed of wealth, and both were persons of culture. She sickened and died, and requested, ac cording tq the faith of her fathers, that her body should be burned. Pfeil had collected sixteen cords of wood,arranged them properly, and 1 was about to perform the deed, when,^g^. rt of the fact was circulated, creating intense excitement. Sheriff Conover proceeded at once to Pfeil’s house and forbade the act. The Russian asserted his right and duty to burn the body, of his wife. 4 ‘ No law forbids,” said he, " my religion com mands ; I will do it.” The body was in its shroud, the torches prepared, and all was ready to place it on the funeral pyle. “ Let it be borne to its place,” con tinued the Russian, “ there is no law against it in Wisconsin.” But the sheriff - took possession ef the body, ordered a coffin, and made prepara tion for a Christian buriaL The crowd grew and thronged round the house. Alarmed or afraid to persist, Pfeil gave his consent to a Christian burial. ‘‘You njay order or have what ceremonies you please over the body,” said Sheriff Conover, “ Gentlemen,” replied Pfeil, “ it makes no difference with us if we cannot go on in our own way.” There upon. the body was buried—though the Americans intimate that the woman had been foully dealt with, and demands the fullest investigation into the matter. REMARKABLE WOUNDS AT SE VASTOPOL. The. American Journal of the Medi cal Scieftces, for October, has been issued by Messrs. Blanchard and Lea, Philadelphia.. It contains a number of valuble original communications, with reviews of medical works", and an excel lent summary of the improvements and discoveries made in the sciences during the last 3 months. We extract the fol lowing notices, by D. J. Duijan, Sur geon, R. N., of s<>me of the remarkable wounds inflicted in the recent bombard ments of Sevastopol: 1. Shell Wounds.—A seaman, knocked down by a fragment of mortal or shell, was picked, up dead. The head Was apparently swept from his shoulder, but there was no hemorrhage. On disentangling his clothes, which were tightly jammed around the injured part, the head was found driven down into the chest, carrying with it a great portion of the blue shirt and comforter. A small tuft of hair alone was visible at the bottom of a deep cavity. It was a regular intussusception “ An officer of engineers just entered the battery, when a 13 inch mortar shell fell close by him, exploding as it struck the ground. One thigh was blown into the air, the other with its bones shatter ed throughout, but retaining its conti guity by means of the integuments, was thrown about the back of his neck, and hung pfiantly over his left shoulder, just as the arm of a child might lie in contact'with its mother’s neck. He lived for a few minutes. A shell was fired at a group, princi pally composed of sappers and miners. One was killed, his face having been shot away. Another was carried up to the first parallel, badly wounded. On ex amination it was found that half of the interior maxilla of the dead man wai. driven into the roof of the second man's mouth. “ Two artillerymen stationed in the 8 gun baUery in the advauce, in the right attack, were sitting or lying down, engaged in conversation, when a shell exploded as it approached their position. The head of .one man was taken off, as if by an axe, above the neckcloth, the tie of which was undisturbed. The fore arm of the other man must have lain in juxtaposition with his thigh, for both limbs were lopped off by the same blow, in a line corresponding with Pou- parts ligament. This man jived for about half an hour, urgently requesting all around him to keep sprinkling his face with water. In both limbs the wounds were jogged. The muscles of the thigh were drawn" out in long bands. There was no hemorrhage. Wounds from round shot.—These wounds are easily recognized at the first glance, as there is but little variety in the appearence they present. Most of men killed by shot had their heads knocked away either completely or in part. However, some cases occurred where those large porjectiles went through the body, and even through the upper part of the thigh, making orifices of entrance and exit. A bombardier, at one of the mor tar batteries, while in the act of laying the martar, was struck over the ribs by a spent shot, which had barely sufficient force to ricochet over the parapet and drop into the covered way. As soon as the man was struck, he uttered a loud scream, and, as he fell, made a convul sive death grasp, and seized the cap of the officer who was standing bessde him. Death was instantaneous, although there was no mark nor breach of sur face to show the site of the injury. Noth ing could persuade his companions against the idea of his having- been killed by-a * wind contusion.’ During, the past winter, a shot ri cocheted with great force over one the parrapets, carrying away the cap from a seaman’s head. The man was a little stunned, but no further mischief ensued. When the cap was picked up it con tained a handful of hair, which had been shaved from the scalp by the shot. This would have been a poser for the old \ytnd contusionists! One op the Pigs.—The Lynn New is responsible for the following: A friend of ours was arguing in favor of buying large pigs in the spring, de claring it much better than to buy small ones as they would eat but little more. A neighbor differed from him in opinion, whereupon he told a story which “ took down” his opponent, and all the hearers decided that small pigs eat some. Said he: “ Last spring I boughta little pig from a drover, and he was good for eat ing, but wouldn’t grow much. He got so, after a week or two, that he would eat a bucketful at a time, and then, like Oliver Twist, call for “ more. *‘ Well, one morning I caried out a bucket full of dough, after he had swallowed it all, I picked up the pig, and put him in the same bucket I had fed him from, and the little cuts didn't half Jill it up /” ’ KEEP COOL Those calm and rational observations to “ take it cool,” and “ never cry for spilt milk,” are very good till they are needed. They are extremely salutary be fore the fever kindles or the milk is spil- led,but in the presence of pain, or on the advent of a disaster, to all but those who are gifted with fortitude by nature, or have been disciplined in the school of affliction, ihey are about as effectual as whistling in the teeth of a nor’- wester. Their utter impotence in the storm of passion reminds me vf the di rections given by a good New Eugland Deacon to his chloric son: Whenever you feel your dander risiqg,” said he, “ be sure to say the Lord’s prayer, my son, or else the al phabet, dean through ; and long before you get to the end on’t you’ll feel as cool as a cucumber or an iceberg.— Promise me faithfully, my son.” “ Yes, daddy, I promise.” Qff trudged Jonathan to school, car rying his bread and meat, with a small bottle of molasses in his jaoket pocket, and his late firm promise uppermost in his mind. A boy who bore him an old grudge met him, and after calling him the*yotmg deacon,’ and manyother scurrilous nick names, caught" him off his guard and threw him to the ground, tearing his jacket and breaking his molasses bottle. Now, it is said by censorious South erners, that a Yankee will take a great many hard names with the patience of a martyr; his spirit is word proof; but tear his clothes, or cheat his belly, and he will fight to the knife. Up jumped Jonathan, his eye wolfish and his lips white with rage. But ‘ there was an oath in heaven,’ and he did not forget it, so he proceeded to swallow his alphabetical pill—an antidote to wrath not mentioned in the *’ Regimen Sa- lernitanumnor recognized by the, British College. *• A, B, C, you’ve tored my jacket D, E» F, you’ve spilt my ’lasses—G, H. I, J,K, you’re a tarnal rascal—L. M, N, O, P, Q, I’ll learn you better man ners, you scamp you—R, S, T. U, V, I’ll spile your picter, you old wall eye 1 —W, X, Y, Z. ampersand—now I’ll pound yer insides out o’ you, you darn’d encroachin’ willain !” And with that Jonathan, whose pas sion had been mounting alphabetically throughout all his father’s prescription of vowels and consonants, caught the young scapegrace, and, throwing him down, was proceeding to work off each of the Deacon’si twenty-six irracible pills, in the shape of a dozen hearty fisticuffs, which might perhaps have brought the poor fellow to the omega of his days, had not the timely appear ance of « passenger interrupted the manipulations. So much for rule to control the passions.— Knickerbocker. A young buck, of the soap-lock order, who wore an unshaven flfte, because, as he said, it “ looked foreign,” lately ac costed a Yankee as follows : “ I say, fellow, some individuals think I am a Frenchman, and some take me for an Etalyean; now, what do you think I am l ’ I think you are a darifd fool" re plied Jonathan. The late Judge Pearce, of the Su preme Court of the State nf Ohio, was a noted wag. A young lawyer was once making his first effort before him and had thrown himself, on the wings of his imaguiation„far into the upper re gions, and was seemingly prepared for a higher ascent wh^n the judge struck his rule on the desk two or three times exclaiming to the astonished orator— IIoI-l on, hold o i! my 3eir sir.- Don’t go any higher, for you are a*ready oot of the jurisdiction of the court in which you are engaged.” Looking Ahead:—A very handsome young bride was observed to he. in a deeb reflection ton her wedding day. One of her bridesmaids asked her the subject of her meditation. ‘ I was thinking.” 6he replied, ‘‘which of my old beaux ) should marry r in casp I ghpold become a widow.” * Bob,’ said a tormenting friend to a bachelor companion, * why don’t you get married ? ‘ "Well, I don’t know-I did come very near it once, just did miss it.’ * You did—let’s hear it ? Why, I asked a girl if I could see her home from a party one evening and she said, no! If she’d said yes, I think I should have courted and married her. That’s the nearest I ever came to getting married.’ His friend was perfectly satisfied. If girls will kiss, let them perform the ceremony as if they loved it. Don’t let them sneak about the thing as if they were purloining cheese, nor drop their head* ‘ like lillies o’erpressed with the rain.’ On the contrary, they should do it with an appetite, and when they let go,’ should give rise to a report that will make the old folks think somebody is firing pistols around the house. So our Devil says—he knows. “Sally Mander safe!” said Mrs. Partington, as her eyes fell upon an ad vertisement. “Do tell me, Isaac, who this Sally Mander is, and what she’s been doing that they have got her safe.” ~ don’t know what she’s been doing,” said Ike, but I guess she’s sister to Jerry.” “Jerry who, Isaac V* “Why Jerry Man der” At'the request of. a friend and sub scriber,.we pubfch ttte followmg letters: Murfrysboro Tenn Oct W 1853» Dear Mis* I feel if Thoe i Should' wiite you A few lines wither They B- e exSepted with A Smile or A froun I Recieved A letter from Cousin James murry whitch infomed* mee-'Phntt you had paid ole rutherford' one mooro- vissett Butt Did not msik your- Stay But A short -time hee allsoe informa nt e thntt you had Returned) Back to* Georgee to stay and Never moore Re turn, whitch I wasverry S-ury to* Hear panefull As it-is with mee i Will tri and hair it with paltou is for it Matters not How MijAjnWiltloflktily feel ins hit has to be.lndured l Wish* Sum times I pursossed as mutch. Patiouns and Fortitude as JV>be did v sum time i Think his Ckiac Cum nee* er than any i have ever heerd of beeiia like mine suffise it to say mine is thee wurstof thee too Dear Mias i Have of en Thought over The pfosent ours, whitch i H ive ejnyed in your Gnmpsney and 1 wood To god To Day if i couldb* wnly sea }'ou & Bee inn your comps- ney onse moor Miss Eliza I Ain now livin in] Mqrfrysboro and Dtooin Busi ness for Mr William Johnson & Mr Johnson Williams I hav IVecam Ac quainted With Mr Johnsons Dtoughturs. Miss Vituree & RJijss-Sdlee hsqppo* yoq And them arsum What- Ijtoluitady well i can Say to you they »r verrey fin* young lades and' Allsoe verrey Hansom* they ar Allsoe votrey Well all presant^ they Allsoe hnv sum very fin Btoasa Dear Miss i Have Averr good chsnco* to Settle my Selfe in verrey Comfeta- ble for takin cear of sum Nice yound lady As whitch t Pronounse you andp( you Will Sept ofer lett Mee no^ b will now Close my writen yon must looke over All miss’ Stakes 4 and Writing and i feare Speltin is Not As good as it mout Bee Bee shore what ever you doo,Soptniy offer! cannot Slenp-Souta till i no my Fine! dume yours in Hnrtai affexion JOHN MULLINS Athens, Ga., Oct. 29th, 18&i„ 4 Dear Sir: Your esteemed and highly complementary favor of 13th insL, com* duly to hand, and contents, as far as comprehended, have been duly noted ; but as we are the weaker half, it iat<» be hoped that you wiH excuse- me foe declining the honor so favourably ten dered. 1 must confe-a, that fora Gent to attend to the business of one hoivo, constitutes a man of business in thq true sen e of the term ; though it seems that you are capable of transacting the business of two houses, which leaves tha inference with me, that theirs is quite a limited business; otherwise you must neglect one or the other. As you re fer to the Bible—from those sacred pages your own words must be cot* demned—fowk is there stated, one cat* r.ot serve two masters at one tiiqe, fojr he will either bate one, or depise the other; so the bu-iness of, either Johnson Williams or William Johnson must one or the other suffer for the want of atten tion, unless your facilities for business surpass any of your sex. Yoq tqny consider that I hare tossed a fortune by declining one so highly capable of tak? ing cear of a nice young laly. Ia conclusion, permit me to advise you to change your study, for s while st least, from that of matrimory to the American Primmer, and occasionally to take a peep into Walker’s Dictionary, for you have most assuredly murdered the Spelling Book. As l have declined your offer, I hope you will not trouble me with another letter ; and it you can not procure re. t from nature, 1 wou|4 recommend the cold bath. Respectfully, ELIZA F A Quaker, on hearing a man curse ■ particular piece of ipad, went up to him and said: “ Friend, I am under obliga tions to thee. What thou hast done 1 would have done, but my religion for bids it. Don’t let my oonseienee, hoy* ever, bridle it Give tby indignation wing*, and suffer not the prejudices of others to paraltre the tongue of justice and long suffering, yea verily. Cedar Pape*.—We hare.before us a specimen of paper manufactured from the bark of the cedar tree. It was made at Waterville, Maine, where mill has been established to manufac ture paper from the bark of all kinds of trees. The value of this paper, how ever, as an article to be laid on floors which are to be covered with carpets, to pretect them from moths, that thus far, the mill has been chiefly employed on ihis kind of bark paper.—Boston Transcript. Jurisdiction of the Court of Claims.—The Court of Claims in de livering its opinion in a recent ease said: — “ The Court decide that under the fifth clause of the first section of the act of Congress, they have jurisdiction of all cases whatever, which may be pre ferred to them by either Hou*e of Con gress, without regard to the subject matter of the claim.” A Frenchman, wishing to take a stage for Buffallo* was asked by the driver if he had any extra baggage. Extra baggage ? Yat you called dat ? I have no baggage but my three trunks, five dogs and one black girl.* Fire jn HayneviA destruelit* fire occurred last Monday, in llaynevillw, Lowndes county Alajby which the Facto ry of Mather, Robinson & Co. was entire,, ly consumed. The Dalton Expositor, of the 24th, says: On Wednesday evening, the 24th insL Mr. Wm. Jolly, of this city, wa* thrown from a horse and killed almost instantly. Mr. Jolly, in company with a gentleman residing in this vicinity, left the city on some business, and the evening being very cold, qnd snowing at the time, they concluded to give their horses a little exercise. When about * quarter from the city, Mr. Jolly’s horse, going at full speed, flew the track, throw ing him against a stump, dislocating his neck, from which he died in twenty or thirty minutes, Liberal Donation.—George Pe» body, Esq., of London,, has contributed! the sura of five hundred dollars for the relief of the orphans of Norfolk andl Portsmouth, Va. Procrastination.—It is with good intentions as with our dishes- morrow is but too often the ha«>h of day. ouc —tq to-