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By John H. Christy.
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VOLUME XI.
THE SOUTHERN WATCHMAN,
teiTms.
THE EE DOLLARS FOR TH REE MOS.
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
•ATHEN"S, MAY 4, 1864.
ADVERTISING.
Tbasstent Advkrtisisg—100 words, or ton-lines, or
less, each insertion *'••■••• $2.00
Lkg.il Advertising—Citations for letters of ad
ministration bv Administrators, Executois,
Guardians, Ac..
5.50
Application for Dismission from Administration. 9.00
« U a “ Guardianship.... *6.50
Application for leave, to sell Land or Negroes.... 8.50
Notice to debtors and creditors 6.o0
Sales of personal or perishable property, (per
square of ton lines) *.00
Bales of Land and Negroes, per square of ten
lines 1®-®®
Each Sheriff's Levy, of ten lines or less,..., 2.50
Each Mortgage sale, of ten lines or less ; 6.00
Ail advertisements by Sheriffs exceeding ten lines
to be charged in proportion
Foreclosure of Mortgage and other Monthly ad
vertisements, per squara of ten lines 2.00
Establishing lost papers, per square of ten lines. 8.00
For i man advertising his wife (in advance) 10.00
Notice of Candidates, Editorial notice/For individual
benefit ami Obituary ami Marriage notices, Tributes of
Respect, Ac., charged thesame as transieutadvertising,
ami imi.it absolutely be paid in ndvnnee.
deleft IfftefcUaiig.
Confederate Sugar.
A correspondent of the Macon Tele
graph gives the following proceRS.for mak
ing* Confederate sugar.” As there is likely
to be a great quantity of sugar made from
the Chincso sugar cano this year; the
mode of converting it into sugar ig
worthy of being known :
Tho process is simple and easy, and
plain. In t.hc first place, tho cano must
not only bo ripe, but tully ripo—and the
berl test of.its ripeness is the hardness
and brittleness of its seed, never being go
verned by its general appearance. It is
my opinion that the prime cause of thin,
dark, f our syrup, isowingto the greenness
of the canc from which it is made.
The canc being lully,ripe, it is ground
and tho juice boiled in the usual way. Af
ter it is put on to boil some alkali should
he added, either lye, soda or timo water,
yet 1 know no special quantity to be add
ed It makes very well to add a half-pint
of lime water occasionally for three or
four times for a kettle sixty or eighty gal
lons, ur.til tho scum ceases to rise on the
top, which should be removed with a
strainer as last as it rises. All the alkali,
of whatever kind, can be added at oneo if
you choose to do so. The fire should nev
er be too hot for the first half hour to en
able you to skim well. After that it can
be boiled rapidly if you cltoose until it is
ready to take off, which should not bo too
soon, as thick syrup is much to be prefer
red, provided you wish to mako sugar of
it. When it has reached tho stage of
thick syrup very little more boiling will
convert it in to sugar, which will granulate
as soon asi t cools. By boiling a little once
or twice and experimenting for sugar; you
will always know at what stage to remove
it from the kettle better than I can tell
you, though I did not make a single fail
ure. After removing it from the kottle,
place it in some vessel a short while until
some of its heat has left it, and then pour
it into your barrels with tho hoops a little
loose in order that the molasses-may drip
from it, of which there will not be as
much as many might - suppose. Do not
stir it after removing it from the kettle as
is the custom, or tho grains will be small
aud fine.”
A Scene In Court.
“The following is taken from the Cin
cinnati IirquirefT
Contempt of Corner.—Hon. Thos. F
Marshal, (late member of.Congress from
Kentucky,) was defending a man charged
with murder, in Jessamine county, Judge
Musk presiding.
The toetimony against the prisoner was
strong,and Tom struggled hard on thecross*-
examination, but to little purpose, for the
old Judge was inflexible in his determina
tion to rule out all tho improper testimo
ny offered on tho part of the defense.
At last, Tom, working himself into a
high state of excitement, refnarked that
‘Jesus Christ was convicted upou just such
rulings of tho court that tried him.’
•‘Clerk, said the Judgo, ‘enter a fine of
810 against Mr. Marshal.’
‘Well, that is the first timo I ever heard
of any body being fined for abusing Pon.
tins Pilate,’ was the quick response of
Tom.
Here the Court became very indignant
and ordered tho clerk to enter another
fiuo of 820.
Tom arose with that peculiar, mirth-pro
voking expression of countenance that no
one can imitate, and addressed the Court
■with as much .gravity as circumatancos
would permit, as follows:
‘If your honor please, as a ^good citizen,
I feel bound to obey - tho order ox this
court., and intend to do sr» in this instance;
but iis I dorft happen to have 830 about
me, I shall bo compelled to borrow it of
some friend; and, a« I see no one present i
whose oonfidonce and friendship I have so
long enjoyed as your honor’s, I make no
hesitation in asking the small favor of a
loan lor a fow days t o square up tho
amount of the fines that you have caused
the dork to enter against me.’
This was a stunner. The Judge looked
at Tom, then at the cleric, and finally said :
‘Clerk, remit Mr. Marshal’s fines; the
State is bettor able to lose 830 than I
am.’ ” ' -
sent him hero to get Ge/». Lee to take him
down a little.”—Richmond Sentinel.
An Interesting Incident.—The Rich-
njond Enquirer states that Governor
Vance, of North Carolina, “ in a recent
speech, narrated an incident that came un
der hjs immediate observation, where a
poor widow with three children, the old
est incapable of taking care of the youn
gest, cultivated, last year, a patch of rent
ed ground, with the assistance of a little
.steer not much larger than a calf. Afraid
i to leave her little ones at home in her cab;
in, she would take them daily to the field,
) build for them a small pon, cover it with
'leaves to protect t hem from the sun, .aryl
p. ! ’en she had plowed a distance from her
iGAly brood, would move the pen to a
more convenient spot that she might
watch over them and nurse her babe* at
the end of- a weary row. She raised
three hundred sixty seven bushels of corn,
had plenty to support hersolf and children,
and sold to her neighbors.
“ The brow of that woman (continued
his Excelloncy) is worthy tho proudest
laurels that ever rewarded the virtue of
the patriot or testified to the endurance of
the hero.”
A Ragged Regiment.—“In 1690, the
French attacked and dofeated the Prince
of Waldeckat Fleurus. During this ac
tion, a Lieutenant colonel oi a French reg
iment, whose name well merited preserva
tion, was on the point of charging. Hot
knowing how to animate his men, who
were very discontented with having com
menced the campaign without beingcloth-
cd, he said to them, ‘ My friends, I con
gratulate you, that you bavo the fortune to
be in the presonco of a regiment newly
clothed. Charge them Vigorously, and we
will clothe ourselves. This pleasantry so
inspirited tho soldiers, that they rushed on
tho regiment, destroyed it, and completo'-
ly dressed themselves on the field of bat
tle.”
A New Value of Sorghum.—“ Tho ines
timable value of this production is only bo-
gininng to be appreciated by our people.—
It may not be generally known that the
grain or seed constitute an excellent and
prolifiic breadstuff. A correspondent
writing to us on the subject, from Paltons-
burg, says: ‘I had fifty bushels of tho
seed which I raised last year, and a short
time ago I took six bushels to the mill and
got it ground into flour, and have been us
ing it in my family for bread for several
days. It makes really good loaf bread
and light rolls, but still better batter bread;
in that way it can’t be beat, if baked in
tho ordinary way of baking buckwheat
cakes. Besides it makes fine chop for hor
ses. M»ne is the rod seed.—Lynchburg
Virginian.
The Doom of the World.—The North
British Review, discoursing on the doom
of tho world, has the following remarks:
“ What this change is we dare not oven
conjecture-; but wo see m the heavens
themselves some indication of their-anni-
hilativo powers. Tho fragments of bro
ken planets, the descent ol meteoric stones
upon our globe, the whirling comets wiel
ding their loose material at the solar sur
face, tho volcanic eruptions in our satellite,
the appearance of new stars, are all fore
shadows of that impending convulsion to
which tho world is doomed. Thus placed
on a planet which is to be burnt up, and
under the heavens which are to pass
away ; thus residing, as it were, oh the
cemeteries and dwelling upon mausole
ums of former worlds, let us learn the les
sons of humility and wisdon,'if \ae have
not already been taught m the school of
revelation.”
NUMBER 6
A uonfodenito picket, on the Bapi-
<lan, lately called out to the Yankee pick-
ct opposite, to know who was in command
ol the “finest army on the planet” now.—
Grant,” way tho answer. . “ Why
o'dyou bring him here ?’'’ asked the Con- i courteous gentleman can fee found in
federate. “Oh,” replied the liankce^yoa* : (Jani'ederuic .States army,
(ion. Grant was getting a little
popular to ploaso Mr. Lincoln, and
Anecdote or General Wm. Lorlng.
Tho soldiers in the Confederate States
Army have acquired a sad habit of giving
i sobriquet to such persons as they see fit,
with which they come in contact-. If the
individual takes any offence, so much the
better, the fun comes fast and furious, and
i,he nickname attaches itself to the party
long after its origin has been forgotten.
One fine summer morning, Gen. Loring
was seated in front of his quarters when a
quartermaster approached him, evidently
in a great state of excitement.
“ General,” commenced the officer, “ A
have stood it about longenough, the whole
regiment I belong to are insulting me day
after day, and I won’t bear it any longer.”
“ What is the matter?” blandly inquired
the General.
“No one has ever complained of me as
tin officer.” resumed the angry gentleman,
whose \vi;ath seemed at the boiling point;
“I’ve done my duty faithfully, but the
men are insulting,me, sir.”
“ Ah !” said the Genoral, “flow is that?”
“ They call mo Brick Top,” said the
enraged quartermaster, “ and Hell Fire, a
- very common expression, as soon as they
see me. I know that I’ve got red hair,
very red, perhaps, but that’s not my fault.”
“ Certainly not,” said the General, po
litely.
“ Well, the fact.is, General, I can’t stand
it, indeed I can’t. The’army regulations
demand that all officers shall be .treated
with respect, and it you’ll issue an order—”
“ My dear sir,” interrupted Gcn.Xoring,
“ I’m really sorry for you ; but an order
'would bo useless. 1 love men, and I
do all I can to promote -their happiness,
and I believe they all like me in. return,
tut in spite of the good will existing be
tween us, do you know- that.they call me
Old Blizzard, and what is far worse, I
cannot help myself? Grin and bear it,
lay. ifbar sir, as I have to do. It’s the only
way to tire these fellows out, depend up-
cn it.” -
The name may sound anything but
iielifluous, but tio braver man or. more
> — * - - * > t h e
than the one
Remarkable Fountain In Florida.
The following is a beautiful description
of a fountain of water in Florida:
Taking a narrow, path, I crossed through
some dense underwood, and ail at once I
stood on tho Wakulla spring. There was
a basin of water one.hundred yards in di
ameter, almost circular. The thick bushes
were almost growing to the water’s edge,
and bowing their heads under the unrippled
surface. I stepped into a skiff and pushod
off. Some immense fishes attracted ray
attention, and I seized a spear to strike
them. The boatman laughed and asked
me how far beneath the snrfaoe they were ?
Ho assured me that they wero at least
twenty feet from me, and it was so. The
water was of the most marvellous trans
parency. I dropped an ordinary pin in
the water, forty feet deep, and saw its head
with perfect distinctness as it lay on thq
bottom. As we approached the centre, I
noticed a jagged, grayish limestono rock
beneath us, pierced with holes; through
these holes one seemed to look into un
fathomable depths. The boat moved slow
ly on, and now we hung trembling over
the edge of a sunken cliff, and far below it,
lay a dark, yawning, unfathomable abyss.
From its gorge comes pouring forth, with
immense velocity, a living river.
Pushing on just beyond its month, I
dropped a ten cent piece into the water,
which is there 190 feet in depth, and I
clearly saw it shining on the bottom. This
seems incredible. I think the water pos
sessed amagnifying power. I am confident
that tho pieco could not be so distinctly
seen from a tower 190 feet high. We
rowed-on toward the North side, and sud
denly wo perceived in the water, which
were darting hither and thither, the long
flexible roots and tho wide luxuriant grass
es on the bottom, all arrayed in the most
beautiful prismatic huos. Tho gentle swell
occasioned by the boat gave to the wl^ole
an undulating motion. Death-like stillness
reigned around, and a more fairy scene I
never beheld.
So great is tho quantity of water here
{ mured forth, that it forms a river itself,
urge enough to float flat boats with cotton.
The planter who lives here, lias thus trans
ported ins cotton to St. Marks. Near tho
fountain we saw some of the remains of a
mastodon, which bad been taken from it.
The triangular bone below the kneo mea
sured six inches on each side. Almost the
entiro skeleton has been sent to Barnum’s
Museum.
The Indian name of the fountain is
beautifully significant. Wakulla means
“ The Mystery.” Itissaid thattheSpanish
discoverers sprang into it with almost
frantic joy, supposing they bad discovered
tbo long sought “ Fons Juvcntutis,” or the
fountain of yontb, which should rejurenato
them after their exhausting marches and
battles. _•
Miss Dr. Mary E. Walker.
The correspondent of the Macon Confed
erate writes from Tunnel Hill, on the 14th :
We’ve seen the Doctor! Yes, sir, we’ve
seen her. Have seen who ? Have seen
“ Miss Mary E. Walker, M. D., Extra Sur
geon, 53d Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Mc
Cook’s Brigade.” So she styles herself,
and so she is styled in orders assigning her
to duty.
Some weeks since the Yankee papers,
with much flourish, announced the “young,
beautiful and accomplished” M. D.’s arrival
in Chattanooga. We read the announce
ment, smiled, and—thought of it no more.
You may imagine our surprise, when to
day our pickets sent in the Doctor herself.
She is apparently of about, twenty eight
or thirty summery; a little worn, but still
passably good looking. Hair dark and
gathered .under a’silk net. Figure about
five feet six, and rather thin.
Her costume is as novel as her position.
“ Bloomer” costume of blue broadcloth,
trimmed with brass buttons ; Yankee uni
form bat, worn over the tassels: Surgeon’s
green silk sash, worn over the right shoul
der and across the breast, fastening on the
left side. Over her frock she wore a blue
military overcoat and cape. Lastly, she
woro boots, (and here let me say that, in
respect to feet, there was moreof her person
parallel to the earth than strict rules of
beauty would require) plain calf-skin boots
over her pan is, and reaching to the bottom
of her dress.
When taken.she was near 6ur picket
lines, with the purpose, as she states, of.
sending some letters through the lines. She
was mounted on a small and rather indif
ferent looking horse, (“ if you have tears
to shed prepare to shed them now.”) Y'es,
sir—I say it—I say sho was riding a man’s
saddle with—oa« foot m each stirrup.
The Doctor, along with her stirrups, got
her foot in it this time. She appears a
little embarrassed—to her credit,beit said—
but answered promptly and intelligently.
She ha>. in her face and mnnner the “ un
rectified Yankee,” but her maunersare bet
tor than those of the majority of her tribe.
Southern soldiers recognized as “ Old Bliz--
ceiving tho legacy of 500 in it for the cler
gyman, without any hesitation or scruple
of conscience, put it in the fife, and took
possession of the whole effects, in conse
quence of his ancle being supposed to die
intestate. The clergyman coming to town
soon after, and inquiring into tho circum
stances of his old friend’s death, asked- if
he had made a will before he died. On
being answered by Mr. Eyre in the nega
tive, the clergyman very coolly put hie
hand in his pocket and pulled out the
former will which had been committed to
his care, m which Mr. Eyre had bequoath-
ed him his whole fortune, amounting to
several thousand pounds, except a legacy
of 0200 to his nephew.
A Dangeronn Experiment.
Tho enemies of State Rights and person
al liberty are rejoicing over the conduct of -
a few officers in the army who have had f
meetings of tho troops, and passed resolu
tions condemning the Governor andLegis-.--
lature of Georgia. The soldiers in the
army and tho people at hom9, underst and*'
this movement exactly. Nothing could
be contrived hetter calculated to pave the
way for a military despotism, if they can*
only get the soldiers to join them. These -
officers hold their commissions from the-
President, and are dependent on him not 7-
only for promotion, but for their present - ’
position and their daily bread. Nearly;,
every man capable of bearing arms is in'
the army, and if the officers can contrive
to draw off tho affections of the troops
from their State government, the way is -
open and clear for a despotic central 'go
vernment. We do not charge the Presi
dent with having any hand in getting up
this dangerous movement. But there is
no doubt that those officers who have moved.
in this thing, believe that thoy are ingra
tiating themselves into tho good graces of
the President, by arraying themselves
against the State government. We hopo
and trust they will find themselves mis
taken in this. Unless the President wishes .
to crush out .the State governments, he.
will not countenance arfy such hostilo
movement in the army. But tins new
political move in the army is well ealeu- .
iated to destroy the confidence of the sol-.
diets in their officers. Every rnaii brings
complaints from the army, of the unfair
ness and chicanery with which this thing
has been managed by a few officers, and if
it is iQDg continued, it will materially in
jure the discipline of the troops. Already
therein much hard feeling and heart burn
ing in the army on this question, and some
of those officers may find that they have
raised a spirit which will net down at their
bidding. They have sown the wind, and
may yet reap tho whirlwind.—Confederate
Union.
nation to die in the last ditch. Enemy
advanced in a serpent ihe 'era \y 1 and took
firm hold on my hair. I iuimediatofy ad
vanced a thumb andftook possession of the
adversary's left eye. He skirmished vigor,
ously with his right fist, and mado a
. desperate charge on the back'of my neck
with his teeth. He held his position until
I drove his nose back in utter confusion
with my left mauler. I then ordered my
right arm to advance and take possession
of the base of his neck below his ears, with
instruction to gar.oto. This ordor was
promptly obeyed. Theehemy then brought
op his heels, (until that time held m re-
servo) and proceeded to kick a hole in my
bread basket in order to cut off my sup.
plies of wind. W.ith the same ‘design I
advanced my loft hand into ghis mouth—
) bat m ibis the enemy anticipated me, by
- taking five of my fingers prisoners in his
. teeth, evincing a determination, emphati
cally to ipako war to tho teeth. My mouth
" then went forward at a double-quick and
captured his nose. Ho then kicked me in
both flanks with his toes, with a toe-tal
£ disregard of the rules of civilized warfare.
^Discovering myself flanked in this manner,
I bit him severely in tho rear and raised
the black flag, when ho drew off his forces,
..and left the field.. I.then doomed it pru-
. dent to fall back, which I did as soon as an
' opening in tho crowd could bo effected,
i and thereby saved myself ami an unneces
sary effusion of blood. It was one of tho
most skillful retreats on- record. One of
”the best evidences of military genius iA to
P TAI t troll Tf io n X* _ _
Crime Overreaching Itself.
An anecdote is related of John Eyre, a
man whose name is recorded in the annals
of crime, as possessing £30,000, and yet
being senten'ced to transportation,for steal
ing 11 quires of writing paper, which
shows, in a striking manner, the depravity
of the human heart, and may help to ac
count for the meanness of the crime of
which he stood convicted. An uncle of
his, a gentleman of considerable property,
made his will in favor of a clergyman, who
was his particular friend, ami committed
it, unknown to the cast of hi3 family, to
the divine. However, not long before his
death, having altered his qaind with regard
to the disposal of bis wealth, he made:
another will, in which he. loft the, clorgy-
raiyi only 8500, bequeathing the^ bulk of
■his large property to his nephew and heir
,at law, Mr. Eyre. Soon after'the old gen-
tleman’s death, Mr. Eyre,-rummaging over
his drawers, found this last wilt and per
Facts for the Times.
Many persons are ucderxnisapprehension
or in uncertainty, as to several points con
nected with the currency, taxes, claims
upon the government, &c., and tho follow-
ing answers to questions which have been
addressed to us, may prove- generally ac
ceptable.
All taxes due the government, whether
they are the taxes of 1863, but not yet
paid, or the taxes assessed under the law
of’64, may be paid in four per-cent. bondB,
or in the certificates on which tfcro four per
cent, bonds are to issue. , Where a certifi
cate is groater in amount than the tax
proposed to be paid with it, the collector
will issue a new certificate for the excess
—the tax payer making up all fractional
partB of a hundred dollars in money. -
. Five dollar notes wiill be'roceived in pay
ment of taxes of all kinds, or may be fund
ed at par on four per cent, bonds, until tbe
first of July next; at which time they will
be taxed one third.
Nothing can be done with notes for a
hundred dollars, but to fund them in four
per cent, bonds at two thirds of their face,
and subject also to a tux of ten dollars per
month on each, from the 1st of April.
Notes under five dollars are subject to
no limitation, but remain current as here
tofore at their full amount.
Notes of ten dollars, twenty dollars and
fifty dollars, may be paid in taxeB, or fund
ed in four percents., or exchanged for new
notes—at two-thirds their value—until the
first of January next, at which time, all
then outstanding will be worthless.
The idea has gained considerable circu
lation that claims against tbo Treasury,
existing prior to the first of April; would
be paid In the reduced currency, unless
presented and collected before the first of
April, This is an error. It is only true
of sjuch claims as had been adjusted, and a
warrantor draft issued, for the payment.
The settlement had then become apauf p.t
the public records, and the holder of such
draft was of the nature of a depositor in
the Treasury, and if he failed to draw his
money, it became liable to tbe tax on tho
first of April.# But claims unsettled, or
for which payment had not been tendered,
will follow the usual rule of being paid in.
quence to know, how to fight. Anybody
* ©an fight and fighting is common. But to
-know how to retreat when you are whip-
* ped is the highest perfection in' the school
of high tactics'. • ■
* By the blessings of the Gods of- war I
liave achieved a complete nnd decisive
defeat over the left. J. HAPPI
\. Gon..Comd’g Dep’t Main St.
Kwort Kkg/A. A. G.
NCgfo; Troops.
The catastrophe of the Yankees at Fort
* Pillow, like limit-rout at OqoaC Pond, and
other mishaps that havo befallen them of
-late, is attributed by themselves to the
cowardice of their negro allies. We are
-.well satisfied, eay^s the Richmond Whig,
that the result iu each of these cases would
-havo been tbe same, if tho places of the
negroes had been 'filled by Yankees. But
at the same time we believe that the pre
sence of the negroes hastened our victories
and made them easier.. We need not say
to Southern readers that the- nenro
qu*ifnics out of which a soldier can-»be
manufactured. Any reliance upon him in
that way is sure to bring disappointment
and disaster. An army composed -in. any
degree of such troops is an army* with a'
weak point, that may always be broken
through t>y r an adversary' that knows how
to use his opportunities. Hence ft is that
we bold that the enrollment of negro tfoops
has brought into their armies an element
of positive weakness, and giyen. us a’Areat
advantage. The unnatural a iff! diabolical
attempt to turn slaves, against their, own
masters reacts upon those who conceived
tho villainy, and renders their overthrow
more certain and speedy. In this; as in
other ways, tbe institution of slavery ia
being miraculously vindicated by the
events of the war. • .
o _ ...AMethodi8tmini8terinKansa8,liv-
currency at par, at tbe time of ing on a small salary, was greatly troubled
• V J Cl I * ^i. - * - 1 • _ am! All m An f T-T a a 4-
Richmond Sentinel.
Official Report of the Battle of Kitnitreet.
To Jimmy Sedden, Esq., Secretary of War:
My Dear James :■—The battle of Main-
street fire-plug, occurred between the un
dersigned and the “ Magnolia Bar-room,”
about the settlementof a small “julep” bill.
The'Proprietor aforesaid rejoiceth in the
appreciation of “Suggs.” I came to tho
premises of Suggs'to make (in military
parlance) a requisition for a short horn of
“ Peach”—then I come to words—then I
come to blows—then both tbe enemy and
myself “ clinched” and we came out int.be
street! Crowd of spectators soon coUeoted
- and made a circle so that tbe Provost
Guard was unable to get a. sight, or pre
vent the manoeuvres. Observing that the
enemy (Suggs) largely outnumbered me
in the forco of bis muscles, 1 fell back in a
sort of rapid hog-wallow to tbe curb stono,
where I fortified with a -resolute determi-
...The Philadelphia Press, on the_re80-
lution to expel Long, of Ohio, says:
The Disgrace in Congress.—That two
men should rise in thef Congress of the
United States, boldly affirm the right of
secession, the justie’e of tbe rebdlliou, and
advocate the dissolution of the Union, is
a shamo almost too monstrous to believe.
But that these men should not be at once
expelled, that they should find.other mem-
bora base enough to defend, a party strong
enough to protect them, is something moro
than shame; it is infamy. Great Heaven!
to what have we come, when treason re
veals itself on the floor of Cpe^ress, and
successfully defies the pot?l*lK; of the law
and the indignation of the people. Either
we, the people, have bailed in our .duty in
this war, or we have been disgracefully
deceived in sending to Congress the fifty-
eigRt representatives who refused to expel
Messrs. Long and Harris fbr what they
dared to say last week.
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A Short Rule.—The easiest and short
est way to deduct the 33i per cent, on the
old isRue, is to divide the amount by two
and add the quotienfto tlio dividend, and
the product will be the amount in the new
issue. For example: suppose a person ow
ed you $30 and wanted to pay you in old
currency, if you wish to deduct the 33i,
divide the 30 by 2, and add the answer,
which is 15; to the 830, and you have the
amount, which -is $45, in the old currency,
to pay the debt of $30 in tbe new. The
samd rule will apply to any number.
td'gtofc.his quarterly installment. He at
last told the non-paying trustees that he
must have his money, as he was suffering
for the necessaries of life. “Money 1” re
plied Jhe trustee, “ do you preach for mo
ney? We thought you preached for tho
good of souls!” “Souls!” responded the
reverend; “ I can’t eat souls—and. if I
could, it would take a thousand such as
yours to make a meal!” »
... ‘Mejnheer Von Danck attended in
court, atjSTew York, to get # excused from
thejury box.
q can’t nnderstbond goofc Engleese/
quoth Meinboer. L
«What did he say ?’ asked the judge.
‘I can’ tundersthond goot Engleese,” ro*
posted the Dutchman.
‘Take your seat,’ cried the judge, ‘take
yoarseat. That’s no excuse; you need
hot te alarmed, you are not likely to hear
any,’” *
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