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J M. MATTHEWS,
ATTORNEY A.T llAW,
A DANlELSVILLE. «A.
MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Dr. a. Ii McCI-ESKEY,
TT ATINO romeeeff to Atheas.offhr* hi* professional
A1 nnrienurUio citizens of tbe town and eonntry.
With an eiperirnrc of twenty yean constant arac-
lieo, lia bopea to merit and aliare a liberal patronage.
*,*’,.* and oWre, that which waa famtity occs-
pied hy the late Jndjte Dongberty, on Coller* Awe.
nne, when he may be ff<and. Jan87
TAYLOR k LUMPKIN,
(COLLUDE A FENCE, ATHENS, GEORGIAJ
Dealers in
C1UGAR, Coffee,, Moiamea, t=yrupa, Palt,Bacon,Lard.
O. tarlnaa, hrandira, Cigars and Tobacco, and evtry
rarimyof nnicle uaatlly kept in the Grocery Uw.
fi«lejwntot4faim!
ATHENS, G A. THURSDAY, MARCH
||ociual Sdtdions.
M»J
PITXKII EXGLAND & freeman.
‘ 1 * \Vh ReUilDealer-i*
groceries, dby goods,
HILDAHE, SHOES AfTD BOOTS,
<!iri)6 Broad Street,Athkh«,
"'jo IIN H. CHRI STY ~
rril| ,n,i„r Son Watchman nnd Franttln Job Office.)
FIJI IN AA n FANCY
BOOK and JOB PRINVEB,
BROAD STREET,ATIIENS.
,11.1.tk entrusted to him will he nantly, eorrectly
,,apromptly cxeemed.at price...
ean bed.-ns any wh-re. March 1857.
~ JAMES aTcARLTON,
DICM.ER Ilf
Silk, Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
it ARP WARE A NI) CROCKER 7.
Ajiri , s No3, Granite Row, ATHENS
LUCAg
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac. 4c.
ApIllf , No 2, Broad Street, Atmchs.
GRADY, NICHOLSON & CO.
Whole.ale and K-t.vt Dealer* in
Staple and Fancy Goods, Groceries,
HARDWARE, CROCKERY, ko. ;
Urft SfW llrick Store, corner Bridge and Broad •?*.
January I ATOBtfBw, 0«,
c. W. & II. R. j. LONG,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
ATHENS, DA
T. BISIIOP & SON,
Wholesale end Retail Deelera in
Groceries, Hardware and Staple
Dry Goods,
May 1 NS l. Bread Street, ATHENS.
C B LOMBARD,
DENTIST,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
i» Irirli huildiat North of the Po»l Office,
WILLIAM N. WHITE,
WROLKSALtC A<rn KKTAll.
Bookseller and Stationer,
AadNtaatfafnand Magtiine Agent.
DEALS# IK
MUSIC and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
LANP8.KtKK0tm.RRr, FASOT <UIODf,*C.
ulleie A venne. corner opposite the Poet Office.
Order, promptly fllled nt An,data ratra. Mar 1
COACH-MAKING AND REPAIRING.
JUIES B. BCEPF.F
li the old stand of R. S. Scbeee
THE DT1NQ WIVE.
Sdinewli,
offer, for aa In a lot of enperlor artifice of hie own man
nfaetnre, at reduced prices—consisting of
Carriages, Buggies, Bodcaways.&c.
Orlera for any thin* in hie line will be thanktalty
received nnd promptly executed.
iCr REPAIRING done nt short notice and on reas
onable terms. if January 1
A. M. WYNG k CO.,
DKALCKa IK
Hardware, Crockery, China and Glass,
Jan 1857 Bread Street, ATHENS, On.
TALMADGE, STARK k HEINS,
DEALERS IW ’ f
UTATMiES, Clocks. Jewelry, Gone, Pistols, Fine
"• Cutlery, Musical Instruments, Sheet Mueit, Re.
Corner of College Avenue nnd Clayton CL,
Athena, Ga. Oct 27
J. P. MASON & CO.,
BOOK BINDERS,
P APER Rnler* nnd Blank Bunk Manufac
turer*. Whitehall Street, Atlanta. Ga.
J. II. Christy, Agent, Athena, Ga.
july50
NEW ARRANGEMENT.
REMOVAL OF THE
LANIER HOUSE.
S .M. LAMER would announce to the
• public that he ha» teinuved from the old
"Franklin Hou«c" to the “Newton House,"
formerly occupied by W. Crawford, which
■will hereafter lie. known a* the “ Lanier
House.” With facilities superior to any here
tofore, for the accommodation of the public,
the proprietor hope* that all who favor him
with their patronage will be pleased with
■he new arrangement.
par A comfortable omnibus in always
ready to convey passengers to arid from the
depot.
Jan- 27, mt*.—tf.
Lay the gem upon my 1
Let me feel the eweet warm breath;
For a strange chill o’er me pnaaes.
And I know that it ia death.
1 would gase upon the treasure—
Scarcely given ere I go;
Feel her rosy dimpled fingers
Wander o’er my cheek of suow.
I am panning through the waters,
Bnt a blessed shore appears;
Kneel beside me, husband dearest,
Let me kiaa away thy tears.
Wrestle with thy grief, my husband.
Strive from midnight uni il day,
- It rony leave an angels’* blessing
When it vaniaheth away.
Lay the gem upon my bosom,
’Ti* not long she can be there;
If in after years beside thee,
Ktn another in my chair.
Though her voice lie sweeter manic.
And her face than mine more fnir;
If a cherub called thee "Father F*
Far more beautiful than this,
Love thy first born 1 Oh, my husband!
Turn not from the motherless.
Tell her sometimes of her mother—
You can mil her by my name I
. Shield her from the wind*.of sorrow:
It the rrr, oh I gently blame.
' Lead her sometimes where I'm Sleeping;
I will answer if she call*.
And my breath will stir her ringlet*.
When my voice in blessing falls.
Her soft. Mack eyes will brighten
And wonder whence it came;
In her heart, when years par* o'er her.
She will find her mother’s name.
It is said that every mortal
Walks between two angels her#;
One record* the ill*, but blot* it.
If before the midnight drear
Man repentelh—if uncanceled, • ■
Then he seals it f»r the skies;
An-1 tli- right hand angel weepclh,
Bowing low with veiled eyes.
I wilT be her right hand angel.
Sealing up the good for Heaven;
Striving that the midnight watches
Find no misdeed tin forgives.
You will not fnrgefme. hmdinud.
When I’m sleeping ’neath (he sod t
Ob, love the jewel given ns,
i thee—n
WHAT i SUIT OF CLOTHES COHK TO.
A STOKY FOR BOFS.
“ Mother,” said George Maxwell,
“there’s a poor boy in oar school who
I wish had some of my clothes. The
boys call him Pinch, he looks so pinch
ed; but he is real clean, hjs knees
him to the sick man, who seemed to the tnij
have fallen asleep. He went towa rds ' if yon
and elbows are well patched; he was
dreadfully cold in school to-day; I
know he was, he kept shivering so.” _ .
“ The poor do not suffer go much' “wrecked on a foreign coast,
from cold as we think for,” said his “ George Maxwell,” exclaimed the
him. “A good deal older than any
Maxwell I ever knew,” said he.—
“Maxwell, Maxwell,” he repeated
half aloud, nnd the name seemed to
flood him with memories which took
him far, far back to his boyhood again.
“Maxwell," he said again, and again
was drawn to the poor miner. “Your
name is Maxwell,” he said, seeing
him awake. “That is my name sir,
George Maxwell - ,” answered the man;
As 1 love 1
-next to God.
College Avenue.
Jan3
W.\r. PHILLIPS,
ATTOKNEY AT X.-A/W,
MARIETTA, GA.
will prardrp in nil ih.ununriswfifths WsaRMgS Ur-
fill, in [lie counlv *1 Pillion of tbf Coweta Circuit,
i.ikt Snprnne Court.and in the U 8. Dirt. Court,
t; diricus
T. W. WALKER,
attorney at law,
Athens. Ga.
O FFICE ov*r the uew Jewelry Store of M**w*
Mindevllle, Broad Sweat.
MM
J. W. HANCOCK,
attorney at law.
danirlsvillr, ga.
iim, Its..
oci aur.
WILL ?T3»cl»ci»Ii»
If o.
^gltihorpe ind Blbstt.
WILLIAM L. MARLER,
ATTORNEY JR.T X.A-'W,
JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO OA.
Ktruxvct*.—Ms**r* Mebaatswatid W SThorop
inn, JaffervoUi 0 IV Spence and W J Paeple*.
F.(|. l.-vretireviUe. John B Newtnti, CPeeplesaud
11! Chriity, Esin. Athens; haw Clark.Gatneavilla
W7gT D eTo N Y ,
ATTORNEY JRT leA-W,
Athkns. G Rimma.
•VYr 11,1.a.tend nroinptly wall tnirtnani entrust
iO-OifieennBr^drtroet.ovuF I.M.Keuney»* store.
J. w7 REAVES If CO.
wholewalk ant> a k t til.
D EM.K.rs in Groceries, I»«y Goods, Crockery.
lUrdware, Re. _ ... —
No. 15, under Franklin !!««»*■
Brow Street, Athens. Ga.
Blacksmithing.
r fE subscrilter hn* commenced the above
business at the stand formerly ore pied
by Mr. Mnnteith. on Foundry street; where
he will be pleased to receive a share of pub
lic putrnusge. His work will b« done ia good
style, at moderate price*. J. C. OKU.
Alliens, Feb. 8, 1859.
BENARDO J. ARZE,
BARBER ASD HAIR-DRESSER,
R KTURNS hi« thanks fer p»*t patronage,
end respictfully solicit* a coutiuunnee
of tbe same, at his uew stand, corner of Broad
street Mid College Avenue.
Athens, Dec 2’, 1859
II. GILLELAND,
DKNTIST,
WATKINSVIIjLE GA.,
T) ESPECTFUU.Y solicits the patronage
lb <>f tlia surrounding country. .«
0T Full salistnci'inn will tie given in their
profession. April 22.—tf
WHITE k RITCH,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Clothi ers and Ue.*chaiit Tailors
Brosd direst, ATHENS,Ga. -
f SLOAN & OATMAN,
iiRALaastn
Italian Eff>tptiat>A Amertean
STATUABT,
K.iST TENNESSEE MARBLE
\f«kfMENTS,Tno.hs, Orn* and Vaees: MaFhl*
l’I Ha Is and nrn shin* Marble. njf-Allnrders
Sroaipu, ^ ATLANTA, GA.
•••fcrioMr KiwaCriM.
II. S. COLEMAN,
ATTORNBT A* DAW,
CLEVELAND, WUITRCOUNTY; OA..
PATRICK BARRY,
N liW takes iiccusion to return his thnnka
to his former liberal patron*. He re-
sptcifuliy solicits a cootinuanoo of their cus
tom. and invitee all to examine bis new
gtiick of .
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS and
SHOES!
H* has laid in an ample supply of Su
perior Silk Hats, French Hats, (»
new article of exquisite teature, ) nnd fin*
Woolen Hats ot 1,11 ebadus and qnalitiee
Velvet, Cloth and Glazed Caps.
ALSO—An unt-qualleds-lectioD of Gents’,
Indies', lliiyut Mid Mi.ww’ Shoes.
Gaiters, Slippers, Bootees.
Iu every verietyof style. t« which be would
cull special attention.
Bejires liis stock of rrady made boot* and
-lines, he is prepared on the shortest notice
to make »* near a hoot ns any manufacturer
in the town. Hnviogexperienced workmen
always in his shop and a plentiful supply
uf leather and fiudiug*. such a*
FINE CALF SKIN StSOLELEATHEB,
LINING AND BINDINGS,
He is innMcd to more tlinn sustain his
lung established reputation.
remember
There is no excuse for going ill-shod when
you can always get a neat-fitting and snb-
slantial-boot or shoe by cnlltog at .
Athena, April 28. r BARRY’S
1HB CAPTAIN AND HIS CHILD!
Of Litis ballad of the tempest, by James T
Fields, on* can never weary. There is a
something in the little daughter’s whisper
above -all human philosophy -.
We were crowded in the cabin •
N-t n soul would dare to sleep:
It was midnight on the wat-rs,
And a storm waa on tbe deep.
Tis a fearful thing in winter
To be shattered by theblnat.
And to '.tear the rattling trumpet
fit under, “Cut away the mast!”
So we shuddered, there in silence—
For tbe stoutest held hie breath—
While the hungry ava was tearing.
And the bfcakei* talked with death.
As thus we sat in darkness.
Each one busy with his prayers,
** We are bet!" thr captain shouted.
As he staggered do wn Lite stairs.
But his little daughter whispered,
As she took hi a clayey hand.
Isn’t God upon the wa* er,
Just the ssme st on the land I”
Then he kissed the littlemaiden,
And lie spoke in better cheer,
And we anchored safe in harbor.
When the morn was shining clear.
J. R. DAVIS,
LAND BROKER. COLLECTOR AND
&ENRRAL /.OKKT; .
B G81NE8i> »Meo<le<l t-tn «ny ronuty of tki* State
Office earner of Jstksos .
Or. 130 ty .. ACGOSTA. GA.
New Goods.
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
f AltGE SUPPLIES arriving daily. Price,
L low for cash T BlSllOr & SON.
yyii.lr prACKew in tbe «f Whttf, Hnll,
i-s’tmpkftfft. lidberxhHin nn* Bnnk».
prmiipf auendon linen iecoUwiitg.
, SU«a
ATHENS STEAM COMPANY,
8. NICKCIISON. Acssr fcScv»r.
\f ANlifAtrpfBBffSof Clrvulor8»w Mllle,
*’ 1 *»*»>» Kwjftoea.torein* sneHlrirtjFUMPS,
tey.g.“.g75?Jassaig3g
•UJwvriyiHMi. SVHTHING.RepaWsxsrSI'.olri.ia*
{l^djaxenrisff. Select patunwof hroe^^ 1 *.
I. M. KBNNEY,
(Xertdo'.raboedtlu Bank of Athene.) ■
OOXSTASTLT Kicgrs OK UANP
Staple Sc Fancy Dry Goods,
*1*0 CHOICE FAMILY CHOCEBIffS.
tpprompt perl"! euatemer*. I J*el
BOOT AND SHOE MAKING1
/ N. W. IIAUDRUP
W OULD respettfully inform his friends
soil the public generally, ;h*t he is
now manufacturing at his establishment, on
.the Northwest corner of College Arcane ami
* Chat ti n stri ct every description of fine
Bonis—such a* fine pummsoled Dress Boot*.
.1 itched Druse Boot*. Heavy double-eoled
Boots, Ac. Made of the very best and finest
material that can he had, and all work war-
ranted to be afc good as any msnuf .ctured in
"'yiiuVfurrro- pa.t ps.ronsge. be will, ew
ilesvor to merit, ant! hopes to recetre a liber
al share of custom,
Athens, Jstt- 12. 18C0.—ly.
DENTISTRY!.
**'»• J. S. A C. E. LATUIBK will visit
vS ,M - I’eufield. with«Pliio#;
Lexington, Mount Zion.
"”*’»dle. Danielsville, Fort Lamar,
j* Psrnianeiit office in Grven.horo'.,
Boat Qnd Parlor Stoves,-
1 SNORTED sites, for aale low by
•A - ■ T-
n , HARDY 1 B
Celebrated Axle
Grease.
UiiiHnerd <»f Oil, will
tune. of iiil!ow r and
'"'•«***«*»nr*v* coni hp! clean. Il i*
rtit a-f in ii-o. For
yjv IQ 0BA ? y i NICHOLSON i CO.
VCJ: ■■ i Magic Shield
I, Stoves, prMr'a Pstpnt, un»ur
1^1 ttMvfci. 'ir. ami tn.iii.iuy •.(
JlB# - T. BISHOP &. SON;
INDIA RUBBER BELTING.
6 RADT. Mjrbols*® & Co, keep con»taotly
on hand a geneml aseortment «f Indfc
Kubher Belting, whicu-wid bs aolil at New
York prices, , t-V >?I »■* WS** Jan. to
For the Southern Watchman.
MY TALEltmS TO THKI.
The following lately paid tribute to Flow-
er*, accompanied hy the appropriate coo-
eomitsnt*. waa edit by Mr. J. S. to Mis*
Mary V. \V..
O, Flowers! ye are most beautiful emblems.
Not rent tor sustenance but happiness
I’o us -, as also to expand our souls.
Yielding lessons pro'iftc of wide thought;
Simple tn fcnn yet perfect in structure,
Most wonderfully and most wisely made ;
The brightest page iu God's great manuscrlp
The mystic floral language occupies,
And in loot and wonder is read by us.
In car* of Cupid armed with golden arms,
I send this paiuted nosegay unto thee;
Each leaf aud bud and open flower of it,
Ceutaiusa sentence in the Life of love;
Ounveysa message from a. faithful heart;
Inspires us with a well baaed hope, that He
Who thus form# «uid majestically clothes
The tiuyilower, will also care for ui:
Teaches that He who rides the whirlwind and
Directs the storm, and guides the stellar
worlds •
By laws,more grand than we can compre
hand, y , y - ,, .. i . ..
Has condsceuded to engage hi* thought
In ornament that which lie haff made. .
And thus it’s* thitt eaeh organic jmrt,
WhirV more or iessj doth serve to coosli
tots
(lie lovely, living, fragrant, floial wreat
By. which his fwtsUH.I ic forever claspeil,
Exhibits such inimitable akiiL
Miss Mary V.. roy fondly cherished friend'
Into these portrayed flower* which I send; —
0. that l could insinuate that life,
That living principle whence beauty springs
And perfumes, rise a*incenae np to God,
Thon.ehouVJ tlieyjwfit-beatetaof my thought.
As modest in .their loveliness as tliuu.
Asunpbatusive, lltough admired of all;
Sweet ministers of .happine.r to man. ?
And rubies in the diadem of Garth,
Differing in glorj.yet hnnnoniona all,
Nq rivalries exist; hut aide by fide.
Mingling thsir odors, »izv«s. forms and lines,
’ Each its own mission well performs, and bid*
Tbntss* too*bimld_in like contrntment live
Aud nourish .what kind tlioughts it repre-
sents. ^ _ ■' j
Frenfrom all hnman fickleness and fate.
Arrayed in vestures more glorious than
- kings,
Thi ir robes of beauty every day they Wear,
And every gentle breeze they nodding gretl;
aunt; “they get used to it.” “Let’s
see you try it,’* cried George. “Hush,
my son,” snid Ins mother. “Well,
mother, just ns if flesh and blood
would not feel such weather as this,
with only a thin strip of old cloth be
tween them. Aunt is covered with
flannel from head to foot: no wonder
she doesn’t know what cold ia.”—
George and his aunt were not apt to
agree,and the worst of it was, they did
not agree to disagree.
“ What is the hoy’s nnme besides
.Pinch asked his mother. “Jed
Little. I guess he has no father, and
I do not know where he live?. I on
ly know he is a good fellow, and real
pitiful this weather.’’
“ Well,” snid Mre. Maxwell, “if
you can do anything for him, I shall
be glad to have you.’’ “Good,’’ cried
George, turning to his hook again;
before to-morrow night I’ll take the
shiver out of poor Jed, if I can. He
could now study better.
Jed was not at school the.next fore
noon. George asked where he lived;
none of the hoys knew, none at least
that he asked. After school the mas
ter told him, and away he scampered
to find him. It was in an old block
of buildings in another part of the
town, which he made a business to
search through nnd through when he
got there. Presently there was a tap
at.one of the basement windows, and
George spied Jed’s face atone of the
squares. “Hallo,” cried he. Jed
came to the door and peeped out,—
“Where are you hound, down here
he asked. “Looking up you, old fel
low,” said George. “Mother is lin
ing my trowsers, and I’re got nothing
to wear while she is doing it,” said
the boy; “I cannot go cut, so you
come in.”
George went into the little room
where the Little’s lived—a poor widow
with fonr children, whom the long
and severe wintor was pinching to
the very extent of their scan ty means.
Such n box of a stove, George thought,
and ahqut a porringer of potatoes ;
.and Jed with old summer pants on
and a blanket over liis shoulders;
while his mother was basting strips
of flannel in his school trowsers, and
they the best he had. It was the
reality of poverty, which he seldom
saw.
** I juBt thought that I would hunt
you up, Jed,’’ said he, making as if
to go, for he ft-lt half ashamed of his
thick coat beside his poor half-clad
“Thank
stranger, grasping the miner’s thin
hand in his right honest, healthy
grip, “God bless you; and who am I
hot Jed Little, able to carry a dozen
of you on my back. Come, come, my
home shall be your home. It is all
summer with me, George Maxwell.”
Who can describe the meeting of the
wonderful faithfulness of God’9 pro
vidence, whereby a bundle of old
clothes, planted twenty or twenty
five years before, yielded an abun
dant harvest-—friendship, food, hope,
shelter, medicine; and a prospect of
better business than mining could
ever be to one so delicately brought
upas George Maxwell had been.
Cheese—Cheese. —— ^
GJ.tSlI Dairy »•*TYBbIlOF>rS0N^ Ni « l,tl J dllf " ,<1 * 1,eir pc.ais, to
Closed for Repairs.
A good one is told of old Judge L
. His Honor kept a demijohn
of good old Jamaica :n his private
office, for his own comfort and the
entertainment of particular friends.
The Judge had noticed for some time
that on Monday morning his Jamni
ca was considerably lighter than he
left it on Saturday nights. Anoth
er fact had gradually established it
self on his mind. Iiis son Sam was
missing from the paternal pew in
church on Sundays. On Sunday af-
teraoon Sam came in and went up
stairs rather heavy, when tho Judge
hailed him:
“Sam, where have you been?’’
• “To Church, sir,” was the prompt
reply.
“What church, Sara ?’’
“Second Methodist, sir.”
“Had a good sermon, Sam ?”
“Very powerful, sir; quite stag
gered me, sir.”
“Ah! I see,” snid tbe Judge, quite
powerful, eh, Sam ?
The next Sunday the son came
home rather earlier than usual, and
apparently not so much “under the
weather.’’ His father hailed him
with:
“Well, Sam, been to the Second:
Methodist agaiu to-day ?*’
“Yes, sir.’’
‘•Good sermon, my boy ?”
“Fact was, father, that I could’nt
get in; chuich shut up, and a ticket
on the door."
’“Sorry, Sam, keep going—you
may get good by it yet.’’
Sain says on his going to the office
for his usual spiritual refreshment,
lie fouud the “John” empty, and
bearing the following label: “There
will be no service here to-day, this
schoolmate. “Titanic you, ever so cliarch being closed for repairs.”
much for coming,” said Jed ; “it’s
good in you. Why, you see I was
a’most froze in school yesterday, and
mother did not want me to go till she
had time to fix me. She sews for
the shop, and has to sew for us by
piecemeal. I wish ’twas always sum
mer, George, like the tropics, the ge
ography tells about.”
“ Poor Jed,” said George to him
self, ns he ran home; “Mother,” he
cried, as he bounded into the house
with his glowing cheeks,. “I want to
make up a bundle of my clothes for
Jed Little; quick, mother, quick.’’—
utate on earth;' and
w down before him with an
humble spirit and contrite heart, it is
all the same, whether you are clad iff
purple and fine linen or in rags.—
Selma Reporter.
The Enjoyment or Exercise.
It is commonly understood that ex
ercise is what is wanted to restore to
health him who is suffering from
what is termed “general debility.”
Now, it is not so much exercise that
is wanted as the exhilarating effect
which the enjoyment of exercise pro
duces. Take a familiar illustration:
An invalid is able to walk a half a mile
n day. He goes out on a beautiful
■fnn<» TfflMMTi iltft-yi “T 1 * nature is
smiling around him, and comes back
enlivened by his communion with
her. Supposy instead of this, he
has gone out into his back shed,
where he had a tread-mill put up for
him, under the delusive notion that
it is merely walking which he wanted.
He takes his half mile on this, and
to make the case stronger, with blind
folded eyes. He comes back to his
room without a tithe of advantage to
be derived from the out-door ramble.
Indeed, if he be a man of ordinary
sensibility, he is worse off than with
out his accustomed exercise, for his
mind is all disfigured with his tread
mill performance.
It is, then, the enjoyment of exer
cise in which consists the chiefest ex
cellence. It is the diversion of -the
mind from the ails of the body. The
man is by this drawn away from him
self. Now, what can better accom
plish this object than amusement?
Any one who has over witnessed the
effect of a good story on a convale
scent need hardly be told of its bene
fit. Who has not had the headache
relieved bv the genial talk of a
friend? We have known it cured
by twd hours’ lively chit-chat with a
good-humored and witty companion.
We have even known a moderate fit
of indigestion carried off by an im
moderate fit of laughter, and a case
of constipation to yield to a treatment
of side-splitting, button tearing cuchi-
nation.
We believe, then, most fully, in
using all proper mexns of amusement
as a means to health, and commend
all such of our renders, from the play
things of the nursery to “Punch”
and “Vanity Fair.”
With the poet we emphatically say—
"Car*, to onr coffin ailJa a nail, no doubt—
Aud.ever}-grin so msrry draws one out."
55*8
sive; but exceedingly uncertain. But
his commercial credit depends upon
this uncertainty, and he is.often com
pelled to fall back upon * nothing, a
ruined man.
“Ninety-five failures in a hundred,
among most business men in the city,
tell a sad tale of the perplexities and
sorrow, the corroding cares and
Anguish of mere mtile life. How can
a father, goaded with anxieties,
from the beginning to the end of the
year, do justice to liis children, even
if his business allowed him to be with
them a part of the time ? He is not in
a frame of.mind to superintend their
education and to perform a father’s
office.
Want Strides In the Nineteenth Century
It, iff a world of wonders nobody
can deny, we take up the periodical
of the day with the expectancy of
1 reading Some new theory o* discovery,
as well as seeing news in the abstract.
Tbe trans-atlantie electric cable, at
the time We write, is fast expanding
from its central point in mid-ocean
to its two “termici’’ oil land, to link
the hemispheres! but at the same
time that we justly look upon this as a
convincing -proof of the great “march
of intellect,” we must not lose si ght
of another and no less great palpable
evidence of what a giant intellect,
single-handed, can accomplish. _ T.
Attending Church.
It is said that in some places there
are many pious persons taught to visit
tho house of prayer from their earliest
childhood, who arc exceedingly desir
ous cf attending church, at least every
Sabbath, but are deterred from doing
so hy the*fact that the tabernacio.of
the Most High has been in latter days
converted into a place for the exhibi
tion offashion nndfinerv. They feel
that a faded calicogown hasno place
—at least, no welcome—beside the
ehamelion-like silk; and that the
“It is dinner time, said his aunt.— threadbare coat of the man of toil
17
Butterscotch Candy.
.....LTIIY null pleasant tasted article,
i.'mnsi cffiencioii.1 In coughs, colds, dry-
R l.ri'»t. Sc:, for sale by ffj .
jMKKXNKV
Thousand Dollars worth or lle.iiiy-
for wale T •
W HITE RITCH.
—
Kerosine Oil!
d a new, nnd perfectly P” r<>
.„rnt nrlirleof K- ro-me Oil;
l.-uht, tlie Lest article we have
r “ cV.HKJ LONG.
Receive what gifts itr jdeasea Heaven to send.
And as from his broad eastern galea Justs
fortli •*£ "JfftCJjfflEF...
With dazzling orb the rising king rf day,
He ten million glittering jewels sees
Trembling in his own effulgent rayUffsr-^O-
From leaf and fetem, and bud and flower and
.-i fruit,'" c 1 i.C/Vff _
iu conslusion, I a favor will ask, ^
And may ils bestowal be thy eweet task;
Please gather and send a boqnei to me.
Whose every portion tlisll speak of thee.
Up Town, Feb. 14, I860.
“Dinner?” cried the eager hoy;
“what do I care about dinner when
poor Jed is freezing !” But his mo
ther quieted his impetuosity until af
ter dinner, when she went up stairs
with him and gave him leave to se
lect a full and comfortable suit for
the poor hoy*. George shouldered
the bundle, and took in hisother hand
a tin pale full of dinner forth© desti
tute family.- “Yon are a good boy
said his aunt. “Good; I am not
good; I’ve not a spark of goodness in
me,” cried he. “My child, how you
tpeak to ynnr aunt,” said his mother
gently, laying her hand on his head.
“I know it, mother,” he answered, in
a gentle totne-t “Oh, I know it, and
it is so rough in me; aunt, will you
forgive me speaking so?” “Go,”
.said aunt and mother, both smiling.
' ‘H have bad a good visit,” said
George on his return, bringing home
a serious, thoughtful and softened
look with him. “Jed could not speak,
he only looked and looked; his mo
ther did the thanking. Jed grabbed
brings reproach on the wearer, whose
neighbor on the right and on the left
is clad in shining broadcloath and
fine linen. Are there any such per
sons in Selma ? Doubtless there are.
Oh, how we pity then.! It is true
“pride goeth before destruction, and
a haughty spirit before, a fall;” but
it ia equally true, ns some sensible
writer remarks, that where all self
esteem is lost, and sensibility entire
ly deadened, the man or woman is
bnt one remove from a mere animal.
While the simple fact of being poor
is no disgrace, yet even where the
utmost stoicism exists, there is a
bitter sting in the reflection that your
humble garb averts the glance of
recognition, hushes the voice of greet
ing,. and like the fabled head' of
Medusa, turns all who look upon it
into stone. However much you may
strive to emulate the meek and lowly
Jesus in humility, fet your heart
will rebel, and the red of indignation
will mantle your cheek; to See your
Farm Lire a School or True Manhood.
Tbe men who bare left their mark
upon the ages in which they have
lived, have done a great and noble
work for the race, have been, with a
few exceptions, men of noble physi
cal mould. The foundation of their
greatness and of their Tame was laid
in the patient training of their phy
sical powers. Such a man was Wash
ington, and most of the worthies
who were associated with him in the
struggle for our liberties. Such were
Clay and Webster, and many of their
cotemporaries in our national Sen
ate. Their early days were spent on
the farm, and the thoughts of their
declining years were given to the im
provement, and the cultivation, and
the embellishment of their respective
homesteads. Ashland and Marsh
field will long be scenes of pilgrimage
lo the husbandman as well as the pa-
triot.
“The whole tendency of farm life
is to develop the hotly healthfully and
symmetrically. The child is not pent
up in the narrow back yard of a city
dwelling, nor turned into the throng
ed and filthy streets- to. pursue his
spoits. His eyes open first upon tbe
green fields and fragrant, meadows,
and his first footfall out of; doors is
upon tlio matted grass beneath the
adowy trees of his rural-home. He
drinks in health from every breeze,
and. all the scenes around him call
forth that playfulness which performs
so important an office in our early
training. > . > ...
“So this leads us to speak of the
influence of farm life upon the home
virtues.. No occupation can be more
favorable to the cultivation of those
B i ties which are the charm of the
estic circle. The farmer is m»ch
more at home than is possible with
any other men. How many are
there in. our cities who only see their
families at evening, or on Sunday ?
They live for their business, and this,
from its location,v^tak**- them from
home early and late. How many,
from the same cause, forsake house
keeping and huddle into boarding
houses and hotels, where the charm
and beauty of the family, aa God in-
Stitated it, is entirely lost, and chil
dren fall under a thousand unfriendly
influences that would never touch-
them at home! With the best ar
rangements wealth could command in
the city, it is well nigh impossible to
keep children under the influence of
singl
Holloway, whose name (as the great
“The farm preserves the family in j medical "dictator of the present age)
its integrity. The home has in i* t it needs no sub-marine telegraph to
that charming word, and that more j herald from ono dime to anotjier,
charming thing, the fireside, ground has, hy means of his two remedies, a
which parents and children gather, Pill and an Ointment long cstablish-
and where the bright arid cheerful ed'a chain of communicating agencies
blaze upon the hearth id but a true around the globe, wHhout having
type of the flame of love that glows , recourse however to the. aid of qiec-
in every heart. The parents have elecity or a metaj wire. As the poet
v 1 *—*’ —* v - —’^has designated inah to he but “a wwA
in the great chain of causation,” so
may Holloway be said, through the
instrumentality of his all-powerful
remedies, to have organized a Uni
versal Dispensary for the sick of all
nations without regard to creed or
color, whether civilized or savage,
simple iu their all sufficiency, and
within the reach of all.
What lias led to these remarks at
the present was a visit wc paid some
time since to Dr. Holloway’s establish
ment in New York, and the inspection
with which wo were then favored of
some of the innumerable proofs of
his vast .enterprise, from which ’ we
deduce the almost inconceivable..ex
tent to which his labors have extend
ed, and the consequent universal ^ac
ceptation of his twin-remedies as
specifics for internal and external
disease—pages might bo written in
adducing proofs of this, but one will
serve to elucidate the fact in the
present instance sufficient to convince
the most sceptic.' In proportion as
countries are distinct and diversified,
so are the means of reaching all the
scattered members of the human fami
ly difficult to accomplish. 'I’o do this,
it would be necessary to employ an
almost “Pentecostal” array of dif
ferent tongues. Accordingly, in al
most every living language, has this
enterprising man made known his
mission to suffering humanity, and in
no less than thirty distinct 'dialects
have the wondrous properties of his
medicines been actually printed, thus
in their own tongue enabling millions
to apply to theirown peculiar cases
these all powerful curatives.
Such “Giant Strides’’ as these show
the possibility of one master mind
successfully competing with the capa
cities of hundreds backed by science
itself.—Philadelphia ^Press'' «
Fro i the Cincinnati! C mmercial.
Mr. Speaker Pennington.
Lexington, Feb. 1, 1860.
JEditors Commercial: Perhaps it
would Interest some of your reader#
to know why tbe election of Penning
ton of New Jersey, as Speaker, gave
such satisfaction in Lexington. I
think that it was in either 3545 or
1846 that Henry Clay became em
barrassed to such an extent that he
had to mortgage Ashland. In the
meantime a.movement had been start
ed in New Orleans by some of Mr.
Clay’s friends, that they would pay
his debts and relieve him from his
embarrassments, and Mr. A. II.
been drawn together, not by sordid
motives of wealth, or tbe ambitious
desire of social display, but by the
personal qualities seen in each other.
The .glory of the fireside to the hus
band is that the wife is there; and
to the wife that he is there who is
head of the woman, and the hand is
that home circle. Here they gather
at morning and evening and at noon.
Their board is always surrounded
with the same circle, and here they
spend the long winter evenings to
gether.
Romance of a Hotel—A Dneal Landlord.
In one of the hack quiet streets in
Hoboken is a small wooden hotel
called the “Hotel Napoleon.” It is
under the control of a foreigner, aud
is kept up in French stylo. Here
the now Emperor of the French lived
When his fortunes were at a lower ebb
than at present. And if feme does
not do his majesty injustice, when he
left, somewhat iu debt it is true, he
forgot to adjust a little that still re
mains unsettled. V
But now tho Hotel Napoleon is
one of the most celebrated in all this
region. Dinner is placed on the ta
ble at 5, p. in., and at the public ta
ble may be found the richest and
most noted men of mark on change,
and they take with them friends to
dine. Clergymen, doctors, and schol
are sit down often to its good cheer.
The fame of the bouse rests on ma
ny things. The dinner is unequall
ed—the soups especially are not to be
urpassed in all the city. The din
ner foil and elegant, with half a bot
tle of wine of tbe best vintage, so con
noisseurs say, accompanies each plate,
and the whole dinner ami wine costs
but seventy-five cents, all told.
But above all this, at the head of
the hotel is a Duke—a live Duke.—
His pedigree is unquestionable. For
political reasons, he was compelled
to flee from his home and his estate
near Naples. He was well known at,
home, and his wealth, Hia style, and
his noble hospitality—and men sit at
his tabic at Uoboken who sat at his
palace-board at Naples, and who
knew him in the palmy days u lien he
had a fortune to back up his title.—
But the revolution came". He was
found to be a friend to his native
bind. The iron hand of despotism
wrenched from him his estate, and he
fled to the - - -twi'r-
‘•Land Lf the free
Aud the U.mie «f the brave.’’
He set himself up at the Hotel Na
poleon. His success is g'cat. lie is
large and commanding in stature,d-
egaut and noble in manner and per
son,-and he bands one a plate of soup,
or changes the .plate, with all the
grace that he would hand a lady to
her chair from the-piano' stool, or
present a noble damsel' with a choice
bouquet of flowers. 4' ; * -.7 ;
The assistant of the Duke is a
Count, who shares the toil of the ta
ble de hole. And what with the
soup, the wine, the elegance of the
repast, and the sumptuousness of the
dinner arid the reasonableness of lh!*
charge, the real Duke to help y u to
soup, and tbe hona f.de Count to
charge your plate and to fill np yout
glasses with water, cake this gi eat
wooden house a famous hotel.
— „ j- , minister hafe you by, deaf, dumb and
my hand when I came off, and squeez- blind, tio far as you are concerned,
cd it so; “some time or other,” said! an( j eaf r e rly stretch forth his hand to
he—-and that was all that he could^g^gptjjjjjofMr. Augustus Fitzjamcs,
say.” - :••• •— >•' j who rides in a fine carriage, and
Twenty years or more had passed often invites the man of God to his
away, and a poor miner was taken sumptuous dinners. Stay at home,
from one of the Sacramento boats pcor man ; do not attend warship,
and landed at San Francisco. Poor, poor woman, young lady—for we
friendless and sick, he was scarcely may call you lady, though your bonnet
able to walk', and sank down on a box is two seasons old, and a horrid thing
of goods under a shed. In the hur- in the eyes of Flora McFlimsey—do
ry nobody noticed him, or thought not'go to church in that faded dress,
it worth while to inquire into his mis- if you dread being laughed at. But,
fortunes. At last, when the bustle if you have sufficient strength of char-(they are subjected from their earliest
began to lull, a couple-of men came acter to scorn their derision; if you days. Then what perplexities h ir-
along. ‘'There's that poor fellow, pity rather than blame the miserable j rass the man of business in the city
they said; “he’s never like to sec his apologies for men and women who —his capital often invested in profit-
home again.” “Who is it ?” asked bow at the shrine of fashion and | less enterprises, exposed to the dep-
a third. “Don’t you know his name,” estimate character by clothing, and j redations of dishonest men, betrayed,
answered one. “Maxwell, I think,” merit by money, not knowing that cheated, and ruined by knaves and
said the other: “Maxwell, a do*n “the mind is the stature of the man,” bankrupts. From the very char-
caster. ’ j and of ihc woman, too ; then go to art' r of hi-* btisincs >. !m lms to trust
The name arrested the attention of the house of God, when the notes of i far more of his available means to
a stranger, who stood near the wharf invitation are ringing from the heaven- the integrity of his fellows than the
looking over an invoice of goods.— pointing spires, go. The ear of the cultivator. Iiis debts are often scat-
“Maxwell," he looked up and said, Great I Am is as open to the supplica- tered over a wide extent of territory,
“Maxwell; where?” They pointed tion of the peasant as it is to that of 1 and collections are not only exptn-
Trotter, the agent of the Northern
Bank in Now Orleans, was sent East
to confer with Mr. Clay’s friends^*—
The consequence was, that- about
fifty thousand dollars were subscrib
ed, and the. lion* William Penning
ton came to Lexington without scarce
ly any person knowing him. He
walked into the Northern bank, ask
ed for Mr. Scott, tbo cashier of tha
bank, and, upm being show that gen
tleman, asked if tber#.wcre not sev
eral n ites of Mr. Clay’s that were
due in a fc-.v days, and was answered
that there were.
Mr.-Scott was requested to give
the whole amount of Mr. Clay’s in
debtedness, which was done, and a
draft on ono of the New York banks
was handed h:m, nnd Mr. Penning
ton left the bank with all Mr. Clay’s
notes paid. *-In a few days Mr. Clay
came to town to arrange for a re
news' of the notes if possible, and
was shown in the side room of the
The Unconverted World. i
Have our readers ever considered
how large a portion of ^bc inhabitants
of our globe are without God and
without hope in the world? The
population of the globe is estimated « a. ter sitting a lew n
in rmiTuI numbers at one ttu111.4n.ml * e a3 k C( l Mr. ». COtt if there could be
their parents, so that they .-liiill have mis. 150 millions are Moh immetlans-
a distinct family character, and bear 1 nr
the inoral, as they do the physical
imago of their progenitors. Pa
rental influence is dissipated amid
the varied social influences to which
in round numbers at one thousand
millions. Of these, 330 millions are
the followers of Buddh, adherents of
a system of utter Atheism, which
acknowledges no God, no Redeemer,
no resurrection from the dead; 100
millions are the worshippers of Brah
ma, Nislinu, and Siva, tho most subtle
and sophistical of all the religions of
the heathen, and at the same tine
the most utterly obscene and licenti-
any arrangement to run the notes for
a longer time. Mr. Scott locked at
Mr. Clay to see if he was not jesting,
and finding that lie was not, told him
that a gentleman from New Jersey
had called yesterday and paid all of
his indebtedness. Mr. Clay started
when Mr. Scott spoke, looked at him
a few seconds, burst into tears aud
left ilie bank overwhelmed. No man
ever had such friends. Such, sir, is
a brief narrative, an incident in the
life of the Speaker elect; and here,
sir, where Mr. Clay lived, his per
sonal friends are lejoiced that he has
been honored with the Speakership.
100 millions are African Idolaters,
worshipping sticks, stones, (r animals,
as ostriches, and given up to the most
debasing idolatry ; 10 millions are
idolatrous inhabitants of the Islands
of the Pacific and Indian Ocean:
00 millions are connected with the
Greek church, and though versed in
its corrupt creeds and image worship, ; One of the French periodicals states
know not the true God ; 1:>0millions ! that a Prefect of Corsica, Monsieur
are Roman Cathol ic«, and though J Guibeya, having lately examined the
individuals among them may even j registers of the town of Oalvi, has
Tie Birthplace of Christopher
Cohunhas not Genoa, hut Corsica.—
One
through its mummeries have found
Christ; yet the great masses are
ignorant of Him. Fi lally, 100 mil
lions are nominally Protestantsi but
how small a portion even of these
are really Christians i Truly then
needs to pray, “Thy kingdom come."
discovered in them the record of the
birth of Christopher Columbus, mak
ing him, consequently, a countryman
of Napoleon. Hitherto Genoa, Sa-
vonia, Nervi and Zuccnrello ha ve all
.till claim to the groat navij
this l rpect.