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Newspaper Page TextjLUME II.. ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1856. lb NUMBER 32 , PUBLISHED WREKLV, Lv JOHN H. CHRISTY, *«» «o»»«m*ot. Terms of Subscription. gSR±aseSaBfsa sss ::: IS^Str £&«Uor*M,tk« Csskusstseess^ssf Atardar. _ S«tu of Advertising* ■tussles! sSrsnisenenls w:llbelnsetiea »t One KJfMr*qesre?or»heflr»l.»sd.riflyCtntsp#f square Cxch subsequent Insertion. , _ Pi,,,I end yearly *A reyiseraentf at the us«al rates rtun* 4 ** «iwriif«iinnii. lrfl.nth* nnmb®r of In••rtlon» MiK>tin*rlre«!oi»*no I -%ment, it will bo publUlwd till forbid, and 4 accordingly. '~ |5is\nt53 nnH ^professional € orbs. cTbTmLMBaTuT^ DENTIST, ATHENS, GEORGIA. erth* Store of Wilson A Veal. JanS PITNER & ENGLAND. Wholesale A Lt’il Dealersin Lcerics, Dry Goods, 7 HKD If ARE, SHOES AND BOOTS, j, r jl6 Athens, Ga. CLARK & CARTER. DEALERS in Family Groceries and Provisions. [ ilD.N. Judsou’s old stand, Broad street, Athens, Ga. Moore & carlton, DEALERS IN SILK, FANCY AND STAPLE GOODS, HARDWARE AND CROCKERY. [April No. 3, Granite Row. Athens, Ga. LUCAS & BILLUPS, iraoi.Ks.iu: and retail dfalers in DRV GOODS, . GROCERIES, HARDWARE. Ac. Ac. No. 2, Broad Street, Athens. WILLIAM G. DELONY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ofltr* oeer the .tore ol Win M. Morton A Son tWiVl attend promptly to all businessentrust fed to bis care. Athens, April 6 JOHN II. CHRISTY, PLAIN AND FANCY Book and Job Printer, “Franklin Job Office,” Athens, Ga. I *, All work entrusted to his carefaithluUy. correctly and punctually executed, at prices correspond- vinltJ ing with the hardness of the times. WILLIAM N. WHITE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, AaiNtwtfaptr and Magazine Agent. DEALER IN | UUSIC and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS LAMPS, FINK CUTLERY, FANCY HOOPS, «C. Ns. 9, College Avenue, Newton House. Athens, Ce sign of •• White’s University Book Store.” Order* promptly Ailed At Augusta rates. From the London Athensum. ( GOING HOME. - 5 We said that the day* were evil, We fell that they might be few, For low was our fortune’s leve, And heury ihe winter grew; But one who had no possession Looked up to the axure dome, And said do his simple fashion <• Dear friends, we are going home. -This world is the same dull market That wearied its earliest age; The times, to the wise are dark yet And so hath been many an age. And rich grow the toilin nations, And red grow the battle spears, And dreary with desolations Roll onward th# laden years. « What need of the changeless story Whieb time bath so often told, That spectre that follows glory The canker that comes with gold— That wisdom and strength and honor, Mast fade like the far sea-foam. And death is the only winner t— But, friends we are going home 1 “ The homeR we had hoped to rest in. Were open to sin and strife, The dreams our yontb was blest in, Were not for the wear of life; For care can darken the cottage, As well as the palace hearth, And^rirtbrights are sold for pottage, But never redeemed on earth. The springs have gone by in sorrow, ' The summers were grieved away, And ever we feard to-morrow. And ever we blamed to day. In depths which the searcher sounded, On bills which the high heart clomb, Have toil end trouble abounded; But, friends, we ate going home. Our faith was the bravest builder. Rut found not n stone of trust; Our love was the fairest gilder. But lavished its wealth on dust And Time hath the fabric^shaken, And Fortune the clay Hath shown. For much they have changed and taken, But nothing that was our own. The light that made ns baser, The paths which so many cboo-e, The gifts ther- as found no place for. The riches we could not use; The heart that when life was wintry, Found summer in strain and tone; With these to our king and country, Dear friends, we are going home.” SUMMEY & JONES, DEALERS IN I GROCERIES, f HARDWARE, STAPLE- 1 DRYGOODS', STOVES, IRON, CAST INGS. CROCKERY-WARE, &c. . Corner of Broad and Wall streets, Athens, Ga. August 1G, 1855. B. JONES. r. A. SUMMEY. JAMES M. ROYAL, HARNESS MAKER) ' IT AS removed bis shop to Mitchell’s old H Tavern, one door east of Grady-A Nich- •Uou’s—where lie keeps always on hand a general assortment of articles in hisliue, and tialwavsready to fillordersinthe best style, Jan 26 ‘ tf COLT & COLBERT, DEALERS IN STAPLE DRY GOODS,GROCERIES AND HARDWARE. * No. 0 Granite Row Athens, Ga. JAMES i. COLT. | 1V.M. C. COLBERT. August 6,1855. T. BISHOP & SON, Wholesale and Retail Racers, April • No. 1, Broad street, Athens. NOTICE. f[lHE subscribers arc prepared to fill orders A for all kinds of Spokes for Carriages and Wagons, AIm, at the same establishment we manufac- ***aonly used in onr cotton factories. All u good and chesty as can be had from Address. . P. A.SUMMEY ft BRO. Athena.Ga. *>'1 attend to all orders, and the ship. P ‘*t *tthe same. March, 1864. SLOAN & OATMAN,. DEALERS IN Italian, Egyptian dk American y " SA8T TENNESSEE MARBLE. ®»«ment«.Tombs.Urns and Vases; Marble Rantels and Furnishing Marble; . w au orders promptly filled. *•**« u You might as well try to stop water from running down Niagara Falls, as to keep people from running to the stores and shops of those trades whoavaillhem selves of (he printing press to let the world know what lhey have got and where they are. A Western editor, in speaking of one of ihe newly elected Senators, says that his ignorance is so dense that the auger of common sense will be longerrin bor ing through it, than it would take a boil ed carrot to kore through Mount Blanc. nRrti’t talk to me about, your gun cotton,” said a gentleman the other day. “ I’ll put my wife against tfffy invention in the world lor blowing things up; if ttie Allies could get her to sit-down op posite Sebastopol, ‘he Russians would leave instanter, or. be blown sky high. 1 “ Come here, my dear. I want to ask you about your sisteT. Has she got a beau ? ’ “ No! The doctor says it’s the jaundice she’s got.” How young men can consent to loaf about the corners as they do. when a good dose of arsenic can be purchased for a dime, is really surprising. * You look as though you were beside yourself,’ ns the wag said to a fop who happened to be standing near a donkey. Fop sloped. " Tincture of Barley” » the title of one of the numerous newly named drinks which are liberally patronized in Boston, since the passage of the prohibitory law “ Can you tell me, my d«ar fellow,” said a hen-pecked gentleman to his bachelor friend, H what lock it is that even Ilobbs himself cannot pick and take to pieces ** Can't guess that,” said bach. “ Happy dog! to be without roy experience—it is toed-lock.” W. G. DELONY, AX LAW Wl*} *' T , 6 hi, 1 8pwiaI *««Hion to collect- - titljj to’£ n ^ ^wr 1 ® c * a ' ms °f *11 person* en- ft*?,to kxitp \Varrants, under the late Bi n ° f J o laat 0° n g r es*. ^UtK2nMy B,OaiStr?et0VCrthe Btor * **»rchl5—185S—-tT. ' • ’ f?W . F TO MILLERS. CAS.bn.-5 pTT^Ment o [urn. _ JU1L.UK irii: % * Dear me how fluidly he does talk!” said Mrs Partington, recently at a tem perance lecture; “ I am always rejoiced when he mounts the nostril, for his elo- quence warms me in every nerve and catridge of my body.” + ■— •* ' ■ ; Mythological.—A classic Southern editor says that if the Niads were con stantly baling, lie presumes, from their name, that the Dryads were the ones that brought them their towels. The final votejofthe Texas House-of Representatives on the resolutions cen suring Sam Houston for his votes on the Nebraska bill, stood ayes 77, noes 8. A German writer. Bourne, compares ihe different stages in th« lives of-woman to milk, butter and choese, “A girl,” he says, ’’is like milk, a wolnan like butter, and an old woman like ch jese—ail there may be excellent in their kind,” FATE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. Confirmation of Mis death—Arrival of a party direct from the scene of his sufferings—Mementoei of the lost navigators, &e.,'- - We announced in our last isaue, on the authority of a telegraphic dispatch, the arrival at St. Paul. Minnesota, tif Arctic explorers direct from the scene of Sir John Franklin's sufferings, with further particulars of his lamented fate. We have before us now, the St. Paul journals, a connected history of this ex pedition, with a full account of its im portant results. It appears that-on the return of Dr. Rae in the summer of 1854 bringing with him the report that the Esquimaux of-the extreme northern latitudes had in their possession relics of the Frank lin expedition, the British government determined to make one further effort to penetrate the mystery which had so long enveloped the fate of that expedi tion, and which had been partally solved by the information thus gained by Dr. Rae.-' The St. Paul Pioneer, Dec! 12th proceeds; ~ '* In furtherance of this desire of the British government to’ .follow up the clile thus unexpectedly obtained by the adventurous explorer—to rescue, if pos sible, the survivers of any of the party qf whites, who Were reported by ihe Esquimaux to have been seen near the outlet of Back’* river, in latitude about 688 north, or at least to procure any records they might have deposited,.the Hudson’s Bay Company wls directed to fit out a party of tried men, accustomed to the hardships of a polar life, to ex plore the region indicated by Dr. Rae. Acting under the command of the home government, the Governor ofthe Hudson’s Bay Company, on the ISthday of November, 1854, issued instructions to Messrs. Stewart agd Anderson to man and equip a party for the purpose stated. Mr. Stewart, with a party ol fourteen men, therefore, started from hi* post, the Carlton House, in 54° north latitude, on the 7lh day of Feb ruary, 1855, and proceeded to Fort Chipewyan,at the head of Lake Athaba sca, in latitude 58° -north," at which point they arrived on . the 5th day of March. It had Lecn determined to inalte the trip to the Arctic sea by water, so far as was practicable, and the party therefore remained at this post until the 26ih May, busily engaged in constructing beats, and making other preparations for their dreary journey. At that date the party left Fort Chipewyan, and journeyed by canoe on the Peace river, which connects Lake. Atharasca with Slave Lake, some three hundred and fifty miles in a northwesterly direction, till, on the 30th of May, they arrived at Fort Resolution, which is situated on an-island in Slave Lake, about lat. 61 deg. North. . At Fort Resolution the parly was join ed by Mr. Aridcrson, who. with Mr. Stewart, had been appointed to the com mandof the expedition. Here another delay was made, for the purpose of re organization, and making the last pre parations, before attempting to penetrate the interminable frozen North. These arrangements completed, the party-start ed out on the 22d day .if June, for-the head of Great Fish river, or, as it is known on the map, Bad? river, in lati tude about 64 degrees north. Thence they followed the course of the stream to the Arctic ocean. Mr. Stewart re presents the navigation of this river as exceedingly dangerous, being obstructed allover one hundred difficult rapids. Over by these, however, with nothing more substantial than birch-bark canoes, they passed in safety, and arrived at its mouth on the 30th of July.'- Here they with Esquimaux, who cor roborated the reports of Dr. Ras, and directed them to Montreal island a short distance froth -the mouth of Back river, as the spot where, according to their in structions they were-to commence minute exploration. From this lime until r the 9th of August, n the party were indos- triosly engaged in searches on the Island, and on the main land, between 67 deg. and 69 deg., north latitude. We cannot recapulafe the perils escaped, and pri vations endured by the brave band while seeking to find traces of their country men, who had perished on those desolate shores. . „ Three times they providentially escap ed being f nipped,” asSir. Stewart ex pressed it. between moving mountains of ice. At last on'Montreal Island, where their exploration commenced they found snow shoes known to be of English make, with the name of Dr. Stanley, who was the surgeon of Sir John Franklin’s ship, the Erebus, cut in them by a knife. After wards they found on the same Island a boat belonging to the Franklin expedi tion, with the name “Terror” still dis tinctly visible. A piece of this'boat con taining this name was brought along with him by Mr. Stewart. Among T the Esquimax were found iron kettles corresponding in shape and size with those furnished the Franklin expe dition, and hearing the marks of the British Government. - Other articles, known to have belonged to the expedi tion, were obtained fro ;. the Esquimaux, and brought by that;jgirty for deposite with the British government. No bod ies, however^ were found,, or traces of any. ’ L'he report of the Esquimaux was, that one died on Montreal Island, and that the balance of the party wandered on the b$ach of the main land opposite, until, worn out by-fatigue and starvation; they, one by one, laid themselves down and died too. The Esquimaux reported further that Indians far to the north of them, who had seen the ships of Franklin’s party, and visited them, stated that they had both been crushed between the icebergs. Mr. Stewart took especial pains to as certain whether the party, had coibe to. their death, by fair means or foul. But to every inquiry, the Esquimaux protest ed (hat they had died of starvation. Gathering together the relics found, the party set out on their return on the 9th day of. August last. The return route did not vary materially from that taken tin their way north. Mr. Stewart has occupied the whole time since in reaching our city—having come by the way of the Red river country, and hav ing been absent in nil about ten months. Mr, Stewart left St. Paul-yesterday en route to the Hudson’s Bay headquarters at Luchino, Canada, to submit, an ac count of his adventures. And s>. at lasj^ the.mystery is solved. Brave Sir John, whose fate bits awaken ed the sympathizing curiosity of ibe civ ilized world, it is now known * sleeps his last sleep” by the shores of the froz en seas through whose icy islands he had vainly sought to.pass. Four win ters hack, as the Esquimaux^ said, the noble party, after escaping from the ships which could no longer float on those dangerous seas, found release from suffering in death. Died manfully, too, as they had lived ; bravely, like true En glishmen.; this much we may believe, for consolation, that they met their fate as-became spirits adventurous and noble No traces were fotlnd by the Esquimaux tw indicate that, even in their last ex^ tremity, they had forgotten their man hood, and preyed on one another. The last party of generous hearts, who sought to carry succor to the lost ones, or bring consolation to the living, are re turned, and the Arctic wastes are soli ud: s indeed. And ’ in vieiy of the suf fering endured, and the noble lives sac rificed in fruitless efforts to widen the bounds of human knowledge, we believe it to be the prayer of all men that so they may remain forever. In addition to this connected narrative we are indebted to the 8t. Paul Free Press and the Times, for.additional par ticulars of the expedition and its result, as gathered from the guides. The for tner Cilia it a very expeditions trip, it being only thirteen months since the party left the Red River settlements. Sir John Franklin and his party per ished on the coast opposite montreal Island. , Their bones lie buried in the sand Within an extent of twelve miles. This is the fifth winter since they per ished, and Ihe drafting sands of that barren region, being in lat. 68° North have piled in successive layers on the bones of these noble and ill-fated men Mr. Stewart deserbes the region as dreaFy in the extreme—not a blade of grass nor a stick of timber met the eye No game of any kink could be found The Esquiroanx, from whom their information was obtained by signs, pres sed their fingers into their cheeks, and placing their hand* on their stomachs, endeavered to indicate Ihe manner of iheir horrible death. They were cliarg- ed with killing them, but merely an swered with their signs. The Times of same date says: Mr. Stewart, three Indians and fourteen Red River men of (be North, left Selkirk early in the spring, :with three canoes. Passed through a running stream into a lake, from llience’inte White Fish river. Was one month on this river, sleeping on the shore- Entered the sea, upon which they were compelled to remain nine days. /Reached what » called Montreal Island, where they fell in, with some Esquimaux who infor&ed them whete the crew of the Terror (one of Franklin’s -ships) met thehr untimely fate. Gathered op the remains of iioat bavin the name of Sir John Frank lin on it, a hammer, kettles, part of % a blue flag and other articles belonging to the unfortunate vessel. Was informed by the Esquimaux, that they (the Esqui maux) reached the spot just in time t see the last man die of hunger, who was leaning against some object when dis covered. He wa^, too far gone to be saved. The wolves . were .very. thick there, and no traces of the brines of the men could be seen—supposed to have been eaten by the wolves. The Esqui maux state that it is four years ago since the crew perished. The party left the sea on the 9ih of August, at which time From the American Democrat. DESCRIPTION OF “SAM.” The following eloquent and beautiful description of Sam was given by the Rev. Geo. W. Mitchell, of Washington city, in an argumentative and most able speech, which he recently delivered-at Rockville, Md.» At a point when the minds of his audience were stirred by the power of argument and force of truth, spoke as follows: EXTRACT. And now, in this our day of alarm and danger, where should we turn our eyes for" help, but to the patriotic sons of American soil! And if we have any re spect for things sacred, any regard for the dearest treasures on earth, any pride of nationality, any love of country, any of the burning faith of our American fathers, and would not be despised by the. world, let us have a reform—deep, tho rough national,8n& complete. And,thanks be tO:.Hjm who rules the destinies of na tions, already the howl of the tempest which threatened to .drive from its moor ings. the sacred ark of our commorvsafe- ty, and endanger the gallant ship amid the fury of contending elements, has greatly subsided, and over the platform of principles laid down.by. the Ameri cans we sec in ihedistance once more the star of l ope flashipg upon our view.' And this new-American light, now coursing its way across the'bright heavens attract ing the gaze of millions of freemen, is destiiled,'we' sincerely and religiously believe, uoder the kind; providence of God, to conduct otir'cdunjrj through hit her dangers’ to final ’ dei verance and >rosperous repose. That noble and mysterious personage, with sound head and a pure heart—com iqg up from the .fires of the Revolution, slinking his hoary locks of wisdom, and cleaving to the doctrine of oqjr fathers is seated upon his war horse, and, with sword in hand, is flying over the plains of this new world, bearing down all oppo sition with a purpose as firm . as the eternal granite that supports* the earth. “ that Americans shall rule .America.” But.who is Sam ? Sam sir, is the embodiment of liberty He has the soul of a lion, and carries the American Republic in that soul. When he speaks he is heard, possessing great logic, set ou fire by the elements and torch of freedom, llis words burn the American deftingogueand lash the black heart of politics! corruption like the sting of an adder. He has wounded both the old parties, and left an eating ulcer in the wound that breeds death.: but he has established another, a nation- a , an American party, that will live forever. Ordinarily bis mind glides along to-limpid and glowing abundance, throwing up from the clear, sparkling current of his unadulterated pa’riotism. an image far more lovely than a sleeping Venus; I mean Sam’s own bride, the smiling goddess of American liberty. Demosthenes^ when thundering his patriotism over the land of hts birth, under the encroachments of a foreign and merciless usurper, made PhiHip of Maccdnn quake to‘the very centre of his iron heart ; hut Sam, with an impetuosi ty yet unequalled, has swept over our land—taken captive the popular mind, and thriljed the beating heart of the greatest nation on earth. Now all masterminds, yon know, are disciplined in storms. Sam was born in a revolutionary earthquake, on the fourth dnyof July, 1776—born in a bal lot box—swaddled io magna charta— placed in the cradle of liberty, and opened his eyes first in Faneuil Hall But, unlike other beings, he soon burst the bauds of infancy, and stepped right out upon this ' new world, and, with hands upraised, openly, sacredly, and most solemnly swore that he would die if his countrymen could not live free men. And, in this consecration, pledg ed his life, his fortune, and his sacred honor.. And, as (he storm thickened- and the awful crisis arrived, this brave youth rising in the full majesty of his strength, and straightening his manly form, buckled on his armor, and bared- his own bosom to the fierciest blows and scars of thunder. . And rushing on with flushed cheeks, and a throbbing heart snuffed the hot breath of the Battle, and rushed into the dead-iest conflict; and amid-this .scene of blood and carnage, snatched our stripes and stars, and waving them aloft raised his clarion voice and led on his noble banffof patriots from victory to conquest and conquest to victory. He was the great moving spirit of the Revolution—the mental gladiator, who guided in the councils our hoary-headed sages on their blood-shod march to glorious victoryr And, with his own hands inscribed on the banners unfurled from every rock the office of the Chief-Magistrate of the nation dragged into market and there prostituted to fhe vilest puposes—placed under the influence and controling pow er of a Catholic Bishop, his indignation has been thoroughly aroused, and his soul all on fire for the rights of the American people, he has resolved Upon a reforms And the pure principles that now fall burning from his lips and his deep-toned oice make upon the whole, the most overwhelming appeal that has ever fallen upon the ear of this nation; spontaneous and prolific—clothed with power—strong in.reasoning—stern in deduction—grand in outline—rich and national in torie. it has gone out like the stirring strains of music and aroused the people of every town, every city, and every hamlet throughout this wide spread country—it has flashed like lightning to'the very outlines of this great Confederacy, im parting light to the pdbiic mind, and wanning llie heart of every patriot with .new feelings in reference to the great principles upon which are based our brightest hopes for the enduring hap piness and prosperity of our country. SEPARATING THE £EXES IN ' SCHOOLS. On this point Mr. Stowe, a celebra ted Glasgow teacher, uses the following tanguague The yoolh of both se.xes of ScCttish peasantry have been educated together, and as a whole, the Scots are the most moral people on the face of the globe. Education rri England is given sepefate- ly, and we have never heard from prac tical men that any benefit has arisen from this arrangement. Some influen tial iddividiials there mourn over the popular prejudice on this point lit Dublin, a larger number of girls turn out badly, who have been educated alone till they attain the age of maturity, than of those who have been ' otherwise brought up—the separation of the sexes have been found to be prsitively injuri ous. It is stated, on the best authority, that of those girls .educated in the schools of convents apart from the boys, the great majority go wrong within a month ‘after being let loose on society and meeting (he other sex. They can not, it is said, resist the slightes com pliment of flattery. The separation is intended to keep them strictly moral, but this unnatural seclusion actually gene rotes the very principles desired to be avoided. “We repeat that' it is impossible to raise girls as high intellectually without boys as with them ; and it is impossible to raise boys morally as high without girls. The girls morally elevate the boys, and tlie boys intellectually elevate the girls. But more than this, girls themselves are morally elevated by the presence of boys, and boys are intelfec tually elevated by the presence of girls Girls brought up with boys are more positively moral, and boys brought up in schools with girls are more positively intellectually by the softening iufliunce of the female character. the ice was accumulating very fast. ail( j ravine in letters of -fire, “ re A n ,ne o' Lnl r.Kroon » ► . - . t _ t* - _ rt it Among the' party was. a' half-breed, celebrated runneri, who ran.the race with Jackson, "the . American Deer, and other American^ runners. Lola Montez, when an Australian constable waited on her with an attach ment for debt, stripped herself and .got into bed. telling the astonished officer if he wanted to take her body, in that con dition be was welcome to do so. A Simile.—An angry woman- in a room is as a lighted cracker—for when tmee she goes off, there’s no stopping her, and when she.does go out it is sure to be with a bang?” , * sistance to .tyrants is obedience to God.” He was the constant and drily com panion of the venerated Washington, born of the sanvu mother—nursed at the breast—two beams, from tbe same sun two thunderbolts, twin-born, designed by order of heaven to break the iron arm of Britain and set the American continent free. It was here, then, that Sam had his early education—in open field and hard fight against tyranny, amid the clash ofisteel »nd roar of cannon, tbe ’groans of the dying, and mangled bodies of the slaip, he learned (he price and full .Value of liberty. And nolv finding this liberty openly- and daringly assailed—bis TIIE TWO HEIRS. **I remember,” says the late Postmas ter General of the United States, “the first time I visited Burlington, Vt.. as Judge of the Supreme Court. I had left it many years before, a poor boy. At the time 1 left, there'were two fami lies of special note for their standing and wealth. Each of them had a son about my own age. I was very poor, and these boys were very rich. During the long years of hard toil which passed before my return, I had almost forgotten them. They had long ago forgotten me. Approaching the court house, for the first time, in company with several gen tlemen ot the bench and bar, I noticed, in the court house yard, a large pile of old furniture about to be sold at auction. Tho scenes of early boy hood with which I was surrounded prompted mo to ask whose it W8S. I was told it belonged to Mr. J. ‘Mr. J. ? I remember a family of that name, very wealthy; there was a 6on, too; Can it be he 1 l was told it was. even so. He was the son of one of the families already alluded to. lie had inherited more then I had earned, and spent it all; and now his own familiy was reduced to real want, and his furni ture was that day to be sold for debt. I went into the courthouse suddenly, yet -almost glad that I was born poor. I was soon absorbed in the business be- for me. One of the first cases called originated in a low drunkeu quarrel be tween Mr. H. and Mr. A. Mr. H. thought I, that is a familiar name. Can it be ? In short, I found that this was the son of the other wealthy man referred, to. I was overwhelmed alike with astonishment and thanksgiving-astonish ment at the change in our relative stand ing, and thanksgiving that I was not born to inherit wealth without toil. Those fathers provide best for their children-who leave them with the highest education, the' purest morals, and—the least money. • Monster Bones.—The bones of an antediluvian monster were recently dis covered in excavting a deep cut in the Jackson and Canton (Miss..) Railroad The Canton Citizen says 35 feet of an animal, including the bead, had i<een taken up, but the “end is not yet.” A TALE ABOUT A HEAD. Jake was a little buck negro who be- '- longed to Dr. Tuliaferro; and was said • to have in his little frame a heart as big as General Jackson’s—to say nothing of Nepoleon Bonaparte and Zack Tay lor. He didn’t fear even Old Nick and as for coolness—he was as cool as the tip-top of the North Pole. One day. Dr. Taliaferro, upon occa sion of the commencement of the Med ical College, of which he held the chair pf Anatomy, gave, a dinner. Among '' his guests was a well known ventrilo- quisj. Late in tbe evening, after the bottle had done its work, the conversa tion turned upon courage, and the Doc- 'tor. boasted considerably ofthe lion-henri of liis favorite man,; Jake. He offered Jr* to bet that nothing could scare him; and ;this bet the ventriloquist took up, nam ing at the same time the test he want- d imposed. Jake was sent for and came. ‘‘Jake,” said the Doctor,‘M hive w large sqm of motiey-on your head, and you must win it. Da yon think you can?” ■ ‘ ; *• Berry hell, marster,” replied Jake; jrtss tell dis riigga what he’# to db, an’, he’ll do it, sare." I want you to go to the dissecting room. You will find , two dead bodies there. Cut off the head of one with a large knife which you will find there and bring it to us.. You must not take alight, however; and don’t get frights! ened.” - . wfto “ Dot’s nil,'is it ? ■ inquired Jake. ; “ Oh, berry bell. I’ll do dat sure for surtin ; and as for being frightened, the debil herself ain’t a gwine to frighten me.” .. . ’• i Jake accordingly set off, and reach ing the dissecting room, groped about, until he found the knife.'and the bodies. He had just applied the former to. the neck of one of the latter,- when from the body lie was about jo. decapitate a hol low and sepulchral voice exclaimed— “ Let my head alone!” “Yes suh,”'replied Jake, “I ain’t ‘tickular; and todder head'U do* jes as Well. He according! / put the knife to the neck of the next corpse, when another voice, equally unearthly in its tone, sbrieked out— ‘t “ Let my head alone /” Jake was puzzled at first; but answer ed’ presently. ‘ Look n yah 1 Marster Tilliver sed I must bring one of de heads, and you isnV a gwhte. to fool me, nb how! and. Jake hacked away until he had sepa rated the hend from the body* There upon half a dozen voices screamed out— “ Bring it back f bring it bark /” Jake Imd reached, the door, hut on hearing this, turned round and said— *• Now—now, see yah ! Jes you keep quiet, you duce oh a fool, an’ don’t wake up de women ' folks. Marster’s only gwine tofook at fhe bumps.” '•Bring bade my head at once f ’ cried the voice. “ Terd to you, right away, salt!” re plied Jake, as he marched off with the head ; and in the next minute deposited it before the Doctor. - So you’ve got it, I see,” said his mas ter. “ Yes, sah,” replied- the mimnved Jake, ‘-but please to be done lookin’ at him soon,- kase the'gempfin to'd me to fotch him back right away A Con.—Who, according to Shake speare, was the greatest chicken butcher? country put to up the highest bidder, %pd i Claudius, who did murder most foul.” Felo deSk.—Stephen Hail, a queer genius, hnd made frequent gracious promises to his frii-nds that he would pm himself out of his way One stinging cold night he vowed he wnuld go out and freeze to death. ’ . About eleven -o’clock, Ire returned, shivering and slapping his fingers. “Why don’t you freeze?’ asked.-ft loving relative. > • ' ' u Golly!” t*aid the ~p eudo-suicide, * when I freeze, I meen to take awar/«er night than this for it!’’ A young gent haring devoted himself to the special entertainment of a company of pretty girls for a whole evening deman ded payment in kisses, when one if them instantly replied ; “Certrtnity; sir, present your bill 1” That was a -keen reply of the buxom lassie to a litilo'' j igmy ofrt man who- solicited a matrimonial connexion ; .*0, Boy said the fair lady ; ‘I can’t rhink of it fora moment. Tbe fact fsj* John, you are. a little tqp big to put into a cradle and too small' to put into a bed.’ A young lady of twenty—three was lately throwing out affected sneers at matrimony.^- A quiet friend observing, remarked that.'marriages were made in Heaven,’ " * ... Vj?;,... ‘Perhaps scf,’ replied rhe damsel, ‘bqt can you tell me, sir, why thrjt are »o slow in coming dovi n V A peddler, calling on an old lady t«* dispose of some goods, inquired, of her jf she coaM tell him of any road that no peddler had ever traveled. ‘Yes,’ .said she, ‘I know of one, and only one, which no peddier has ever traveled.(the pedltr’s countenance brightened,) and jhaL’s the road to heaven.’ . To weep for fear ischildish ; to weep for anger is womanish; to weep for grief is human to weep for compassion is divine, but to weep for sin is Christian

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Southern watchman. (Athens, Ga.) 1854-1882, January 10, 1856, Image 1