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VOLUME II.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 1855.
NUMBER 32
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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
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