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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME XIV. the soimim MranuN. MfeM nm Wnfissby Miraiig. orric* CORNER or BROAU A»t» W\LLHTRE«T* f BARK OF A Till:NS BOTIaOUCO, t'r-BTAlM. i";. thhms. THREE DOLLARS PER YEAH, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCK. advertising. AJvrrtWpin *ni*» will l>o itucrtc 1 At ONE BOLLAK AND FIFTY CFNTS per S'inaro for the first inser tion, Ami SKVLNTY-FIVE CENTS per *<iuare for ••oh onminnnnoc, for any time uiulor one mootU. For longer perio«U. as follow*: 12 wo. 20.00 ,10.00 40.00 60.C 00.00 70.00 80.00 to.fio 08.00 106.00 11 MO 124.00 114.00 200 00 no. aeuanta. ! inn. 2 mo.j 3 mnj 6 mo. Oa«. 3.75 7.00 lo.ooj TsTmi" Two 7.50 lj.on 15.00, 23.ua, Tbroo 1 11.0U 17.00 2*.00, 30.001 Four 1 n.oi. 21.00 25.00 37.00 Fite 17.00 26.00 30.001 45.00 Six 20.00 S0.00 35.00- Saven 13.00 83.00, 40.00, *«.«»-• Kiglu 25.0(1 ss.do, 45-00: *7.00 i Nine | 2N.00 42.00, 4D.no 74.00; Ton 30.00 4-sOO, 53.00’ 80.00 Klevou U33.60 Ml.fill 5s.00 87.00 Twelve J5 Oil 53.00 O’!. 00 m.iml UlU •'••luutn.. i8.0ft 57.00 CO 00 1 00.00 | One column. 55.011 85.00'1 ind.mil ijo.uu! PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY i bol MEDICINE & T UG rbll»de!pbi» TrDiv.raitj «f gtiy »»• orgMtted U 1848. L«gi<l»tur., February 20. 18Sg I , legislative onactiw.nl to tbo Kolootio Philadelphia in 18*0. In 1808 it ™ nylvania Medical College, a«UV*- Iror Ik 1642, and tke Trustees of tbo aeparata seboala untie (VeatlUoncd, and obtained a special act of the Legialaton, contolidaliog these institution* jtnd changing Rrj the Philadelphia University of M ".■«^piENS, GA.--WEpNl^DAT : 5K>KNING^ JUNE U, 1867. ■ entirely of steam poffli r fll LEGAla ADVERTISING. Sheriff's sale*, per levy of 10 line* .$2.50 •• mortgage sales, 60 dnyr , 3.00 Sale*. 40 days, by Administrators, Executors, or (iuurdian* 0.50 Citations of Administration or Guardianship 4.00 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 5.00 Rule* Nisi, per square, each insertion 1.50 Two Months’ Notices H.25 Citation for dismission of Administrator 9.00 " •• 44 Guardian 5.25 To ascertain the nninhor of squares in an advertise ment or obituary, count the words—one hundred heiug equal to ten lint*. All fractions nro counted as full squares. D. G. CANDLER, ATTORNEY A.T X.A-THT. iinMKH, bjiyks cou/rrr, ojt. W ILL practice ir. the counties s»f Ranks, Jackson. Hall, ilabcrsbam and Franklin. AS©-Fromj*t atleution will bo given to the collection of claims. Jan24—If ALEX; S. ERWIN, A TTORNEY A T LA IP, CL4RKESVILLE, G4. W ILL linctioein the Court* of the Western Cir cuit. May 8, 1867. F. P. LUMPKIN, ATTORNEY A.T 3L.A.W. A THESS, a EO lid IA. JS9* Office over Crane .1 Barry’s store, formerly oc cupied by W. G. Delony,E*q. Sej*tl3 Jii. m. ttvaare*. *• r. nones. . HUGGINS & DOBBS, Commission Merchants, A/TH-feHSIS, GA. t W ILL give their personMl and prompt attention to the purchase and sale of all kind* of goods and produce. Auglfi. LAMAR COBB, ATTORNEY A7' LAW, ATHENS, (5EORGIA, W ILL practice in rlio counties of Clarke, Jackson, Madiioio, Ogletkf rpe and Walton. Deco—tf SAMUEL P. THURMOND, ATTORNEY A.T XlA.'W " H AVISO Vienud pcrmeoently ut Athens, On., will Alien,! promptly In any basin.*. entrusted to hi. to' llistyf March IS, 1685. All these various acts sro yssESi in the stalntes of Pennsylvania. Tliccoat of the build- inland museum was over one hundred thousand doliari. It will b. observed that the University, as nnw. organ ised. is the legal repramitativeafthaSaaf medical col- leges that it liu absorhod. It ip.^Vhpnl soboul or •nedicloo, confined to no, JtaiMfcallriwd tS W medical clique; b'uf ealtnimM wBobrnW OV«T- Ihiogof value to thopwhastk*.'A. ^ -j>’- ■Vras.oaa.—It hAI two full Mu£firCJM*r.jf»fc la menting on the 1st of Qclohcr. gfl^koutinning until ,tbe 1st of January as it# first session, and from thp let ol January to the 1ft of April a* itf second; the two con- •Ubjtiog ou« full cotrfeo of lectures. It has also irafi. mcr session, commencing the 1st of April and eontipuifg dhtil August, for tbo .preparatory tranches, sneh as Lotto, Greek, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry Anatomy, Physiology, etc. *- Ticket*.—Tickutf to tho full course of lectures 9120, or SCO for each session. For the cummer or prepara tory course, $25. Graduating fee, $30. To aid yonny men of moderate meant, the University has issued /Lee hundred echoltn ehipe, which are cold to firtt-coerae students, for $77, and to second-course students and clergymen .for $50, each constituting tho bolder a life number, with the perpetual privileges of the lectures, and all the teachings of the school. *f he only addi tional fo s are a yearly dissecting and matriculating tickot, each of which is $5. The Advantrujet of Sehohtrthipe.—The student hold ing a scholarship can enter the College at any time dur ing tho year, nttead as long as ho chooses, aud re-enter tho institution as frequently as desired. It requires no previous reading or study to enter the University on scholarships, henco, all private tuition fees are saved. Students, by holding scholarships,ean prosecute other business a part of the time. The candidate for graduation ean present himself at auy time, and receive hi* degree as soon as qualified. In case a student should hold a scholarship and not he able to attend lectures, it can ho transferred to an other, thus preventing any loss. Parents, guardians, or friends of students wishing to purchase scholarships for them a year or more before their attendance at the University, can secure them by advancing oue-balf the price, and paying the balance when the student enters. Physicians aud benevolent men can bestow great benefit upon poor young men, by presenting them a scholarship, and thus enabling them to obtain an bouorable profession. The Faculty embraces soveutcen eminent physicians and surgeons. Tho Uniucrsity has associated with it a large hospital clinic, where every form of medical and surgical disease is operated on aud treated in the pro seuce of the class. College Bulling.—The College building, local* d in Ninth Street, south of Walnut, is tho finest in the city. It* front is collegiate gothic, aud is adorned with cinhattlemcn;? ajjd embrasures, presenting a / nuvcl, bold and beautiful appear an ee. The facade is of brown stone, ornamented by two towers, rising to tho deration o! eighty feet, and crowned with an embattled parapet— The building contains between fifty and sixty rooms, all supplied with water,gas and ovory other convenience that nrodern improvement can contribute to facilitate medical instruction. Only five hundred scholarships will be issued, and as two hundred and fifty are now •old, tnose who wish to secure one should do so at once. Money can be remitted by express, or a draft or cheek sent on any National hank in the United Stales, when the scholarship will be returned by mall, signed by the President of the Board of Trustees. Jos. 8. Fisher, Ksq., and the Dean of the Faculty, W. Paine, M. D. All or ders for scholarships or other business of the University, shonld be addressed to Professor Paine, M.D., Phil adelphia, Pa. WM. L. MARLER, A T T O R NE Y AT LAW, J*»tft»rHon, tlaollHon Co., Ga., \\TILL give attention to all business entrusted to W his caro. May23. FINDLBV, HOPE & CO., . {LATE <>r ATIIEXS,) WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Grocers & Commission Merchants, ATLANTA. GEORGIA, W II.I. give prompt »ltcnlion to .11 conaig.im.nts of Country Produoe of every deaeriplioo, .a well .a ord.it for tbo purchase 01 ull kinds of Oooila. Com- lullaauua moderate. 8.pt6—tf" * NEW BOOKS. „ PAINE’S PRACTICE OP MEDICINE, A new work just issuedby W. Paine, M. D., Profes sor of the Principles and Praetiee or Medicine an I Pa- tuology in tho Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery; author of Paine’s Practice of Surgery; a work on Obstetrics and Materia Mcdica; author of Now School Remedies; an Epitome of Eberlie’s Practice of Medicine; a Review of lloimcopatby ; a work on the History of Medicine; Editor of University Medical and Surgical Journal, Ac., Ac. It is a royal octavo of 969 pages, and contains a full description of all diseases known in medicine and surgery, iucluding those of wo men auJ children, together with their pathology and treatment by all tho new and improved methods. Pricu $7 ; postage 50 cunts. Address the author, 933 Arch Street, Philadelphia, l'a. ALSO, A NEW WORK. . Entitled New School Medicines, which is the onlj work ever published upon Materia Mudica, embracing all the Eclectic. Homoeopathic and Botauic remedies, with a full regular Materia Mcdica. Price $5 ; postage free. Address as above. SANSOM & PITT AUD, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, At their old eland, corner of It road and lluW Streete ATHENS, W ILL huv and soli ALL KINDS OF GOODS AND COUNTRY PRODUCE, on commission. iS©Tbeir long experieuee in business iu this place will, they trust, enable them to give entire satisfaction to their friend- and the public. July 19 J. C. TURNER & CO. Grocers & Commission Merchants, NO. 12, BROAl) STREET, JuntO-ly ATHENS, GA. UNIVERSITY JOURNAL MEDICINE j& SURGERY. A Semi-Monthly Journal of Medicine, Suryery, Phytio- loijy. Hygiene, and (ieut'al Literature, deeoUd to the profeteion and the Peqptr, The cheapest medical paper io the world, published every two weeks, at the University Building, Ninth .Street, south of Walnut. Single copies ..$1.00 Five copied to ouo address 4.35 Ten 44 44 7 SO Fifteen 44 44 ».3U Twenty 44 44 ...........10.00 Tho getter-np of the club shall havo oAecnpy gratis. Address, W. PAINE, M. D., Editor, May29 * Philadelphia, l*a. Remarkable Dob. v/«Tbo folio wing very roroarkablo dog filoiy communicated to thb Sunday School yWitoiV afow years »£<>, -by learned and pious A. L. P. Gueene, Dd>., oi Tenncs- •ec: We may have published It before. It will do to'-bead again: .• *jw - > ) “ JHd you ever notico what a very small amount of education tho dogs receive? Wo learn them their name—-which they obtain a knowledge of v«;ry~soon—wo loarn: them “ got out,” “ begone,” “ bore 1 here! here l v aud “eick! sick J sick!” and then' their education slops j but I would judge that A the length, ofaimo it takes them to learn this fnuch iaeo very short, \ro could 1 vwebr them k. greav^ittj^tr I win hero give you tho account ofa dog that I was well acquainted with. He lived for several years in the town of Clarksville, Tend., anil almost every citizeu of the place was acquainted with him. f ' He inude his appearance on entering tho town at the hotel, the place where other Strangers wero generally first seen. Ho did not regiiierhia nnm'e and call for room, but he went into the hack yard and laid himself down to rest, but soon render ed himself useful by keeping all dogs out ol the back yard, by which service ho earn ed his supper. ’ The next place where he rait^p his ap pearance was at the Presbyterian Church tvbicb ho attended for a while with great regularity and promptness, not merely go ing when the bell rang for prenching, but went to the prayer meeting, which was not announced by the bell. From tho fact that ho attended the Presbyterian Church al together, tho boys called him Calvin, lie never went to Church with any person, or kept tho company of any other dog. He had two oilier places of visiting; ouo was the Democratic meetings whenever they camo off, and ho went to wnarket every morning. And wilhoat any election or appointment in any way, ho becamo town constable, in so far as keeping nrdor at the market bouse, not suffering a bog or any other dog to trouble any article that might be in the market house. In this service he was perfectly impartial. He took as much interest in minding tho property of one person as another, never touching any thing himself But ho was always reward cd by Hie persons attending the market, fur at the end of the marketing hour they handed over to him enough provisions to last him during the day, which ho in tho most orderly manner carried borne in bis mouth. So things went on for sometime, till at last Dr. Bascom had an appointment at the Methodist Church. Some one eaid that Calvin would be at the Me' liodist Church next Sunday; he would goto hear Bascom, certain. Sure enough, whoo Sunday camo, tie made his appearance' at ’the Motho'dist Church, and seemed to lialau to the Doc tor with great interest; and after this wai never agaiu known to attend the Presby terian Church, but attended tho Methodist Church ever after. Ho also changed his politics, and went ever after to the Whig meetings. I have preached to this dog frequently. He had his regular place in tho aisle dose to tho head of a certain pow. Here ho would lay himself down, with his head to the preacher, looking him in the eye and listening attentively. I never knew him to go to sleep in Church, or to get up and go out in lituo of service, or lcavo tho Church before the congregation was dis missed. He was tho wonder of all who knew him. Ilo camo to liisend by tuking up somo poisoned bait that had been set for some other dog. A lengthy notice was published ol' him at tho time in the papers. So lived and died this singular dog.” * aog trough an aper-j lure as large as the body of a man, with a roar like a great, steamship, the column rising up for hundreds-of Let i fSl bolea fro two apgogf^^Jbw (eel which will boil an .egg iaa. minute and a half, and. from which tho-. steam escapes with great} fori». A atqpq as large as tt ; man’s fist, throwa info one of them, .nr* bounds threo or foU( feet, like.an- India- rubber ball. ... j y«;.,ayn{ 1 1 “ These springs ftro, numerous for aix miles along the PI u ton river: aud travellers declare that- they far surpass the famed Geysers of Iceland. They are not volcanic, bat result from chemical'action. Tho smell of brimstppo; the biasing«tpam t throbbing waters, and underground rggringand trein- i«al. ludiitbB A terror, and ^ . 'natch them-; ancTaome wbite visimra nhvtjv-dare to enter the canon. They aro among'.tho most curions and wonderful of tbo many cari osities and wonderaof the Pacific coast. “No other regions of equal area can boast half Ibc natural beauties and marvels of California. Yosomite.Uie Sierras, Mount Sbaster, the Big Tree*, the C-'cysers, aud Lake Tahoe—brightest gem in her moun tain coronet—altmre worthy of note among the most impressive lout ores of the visible universe. Already they are sought annu ally by hundreds of foreigners; and tho completion ol the Pacific railroad will make them the pleasure grounds of tho world. lo nuiimob;»uoa a oJ m^iivio ban-^ioBImt -a;.iigm» vutBHat V> vliioi NUMBER 13. WttWfi’i UUU UMVIUlgtwuww < bling, aro peculiarly dim regard them with;, the vri enroot be . paratifded rto-' T. BISHOP & SON, WHOLESALE AN'il RETAIL Grpocers, AND DEALERS X2ST ASSORTED merchandize. .VO. 1, HK0AD8T.. ATIIl'XS, «.l. JDO- TERMS CASn. -S?Cv OetIO J. M. MATTHEWS. A TTORNEY A T LA IP, DANIELSVILLF., GA. P ROMPT lat.ulitm win ba given t» «ny bui.neas on- trasle.I l« hi-, .are. Marrhl-' \ JAMES J. TURNBULL, ATTORNEY A.T LAW, HOMER, RANKS CO.. GA., W ILL pr»rtic» in the counties of Bauks c Jack*on, Frsuklin, Jlall aud Usberabaw, of tbs Wsstosa Circuit. Jnlj Plain and F»ncj BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, BrosdSL, Atbsn*. (1 j. Office corner Broad and Wall streets, over the More of Kaujobo k Pittard. TORN H. CHRISTY, F«iv, KOOK AND JOB PRIN H A. LOWRANCE, Surgeon Den- • TI5T, Athens, Ga. Office on CoUe^eAvenae, over the Jewdrvi toro of Mo**rs. Talmadjce k Winn. Teeth extruded without pain, by tha aid of Nitros Oxide Ua». Athens, Deo 12 H. GILLELAND, DEN TIXtS X, ATHENS, GEORGIA f \FFICE on Jsoksou street, opposite Kipp» Hall. Pationt* are expected to pay the cash for •* c " operstien, before leaving tho offico. -* JanSO. SUMMEY & NEWTON, DEALERS IN Hardware, Cutlery, &c- PntST door above their old «und, on Wall 61 1 end oppoglte the Watebnan ofLco. Alhens, Jai 9 Street, January 2, 1867. , %1 . DENTAL NOTICE. IJdTIENTS having work done by tho undersigned, arc expected to pay tho cash for each operation be- ”7 ^seeing tho office. U. A. LOWRANCE, Jen l6—4t. Dentist. H. A. GARTRELL, attorney -A.T LAW, ATHENS, GEOBGIA. jOlCfi a over the Store of T. Blihop A llorehS. Fine Hair and Tooth Brushes, At LON (IS A RfLLUPS’. DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, &c. r pHE undersigned havo pnrebased and are receiving 1 the choicest assortment of Drugs, Medicines, Che micals, Perfumery, Soaps, Toilet and Fancy articles ever brought to this market. Tbo goods were pur chased l»y the aeiiior partner in person, and his l«ne experience in the business offers tbh best guarantee of the purity of the articles. AH of the goods were purchased for cash, and we be lieve we will be able to sell as low M the same article* can be bought in upper Georgia. R. M. SMITH k CO., Druggists, TebU No. 10 Broad Street. Aliens. Reid’s Phosphate, AN EXCELLENT FEBTIX.IZEK, Well adapted to Gamieat aiut J^Md Grope, M.ouUctuwd at ~ ~ Wonders of Oaliromla—Tbo Geyser*. “ Tbo Geysers of Calilornia are unequal led among the hot springs of thd world. Thoy aro readied by mourner across the bay from San Francisco lo Poluluma; thenco by stage for about fifty miles, over ono of tho finest fanning regions of the Slato.— From Foss’ Station—a favorite resort among tbo mountains—the Geysers aro twelve miles distant, and -are reached by a wild, romantic road. For two miles it winds ulong tho Hog.bank, a mountain summit liko tbo ridgo-pole of a steep root. Itbasbeen levelled until barely wide enough for carriage wheels, an I on each side ono looks down precipitous banks for onev or two thousand feet. If tho wheels diverged ten inches from the track, the load of pas sengers would reach tho bottom much in tho condition of a bushel of apples after passing through a cider mill. . “The ridges display tho douse shrubbery r of the nianeineta or mountain mahogany, J, upon whose red juicy berries griuly bears subsist and iravellets quench their thirst; the strongly spiced bay or pepper wood, which has tho virtue of driving away fleas, and the exquisite madrona-witb a round MJLKBY’8. ©A.tR. R..A>y • 'fruit, lasting Jikc the dried thimbleberry. RIOHTWELL A barrow. Here bears and antelopes offer great tomp- tutions to hunters. “ The muf of tho Geysers is heard, and their smoko seen two miles away, in fa vorable conditions ol tho atmosphere. Af ter being hurled along a road which pitches down sixteen hundred feet, with thirty fivo sharp turns in two miles, tho visitor finds himself in a narrow valley, viewing hun dreds of steam jets puffing op from the ground.; They are chiefly in a ravine half a mile long, known as the Devil’s Cauon. Steep walls riso from fifty to one hundred and fifty feet, bare, spongy, ashy, clayey soil, wiUiout the faintest sign of grass or shrub. There are fully one thousand places where eteam issues from tbo soil. Hot water often bubbles up above tbo surface; but much more startling and itnprossive.is tbo boiling within hundreds of cavities un der ground. One feels that the flimsiest olisll protects him Irorn somo vast subter ranean cauldron. At times She ground vibrates eoas to rattle crockery in the hotel one third of a mile away. Hot, cold and boiling springs are foandside by side, osch with us own individual huo—blue, brown, black, red, green, yellow, pin It or gray. Tbuir constituents vary greatly, though soda, magnesia, Epsom ealu and various salts of iron predominate. In passing up the canon tho visitor burns his fingers and receives stifling blast* from .< - natural botfurhaoes. He must beqantious whero ho stops', unless he would break through the crust into somo of the seething pools below. Steamboat Spring is grand est of nil. It has no water, but consists B eauty.—A.b.rn, «oi- den, Flaxen and Silken CURLS produced by tli« u«a of Prof. DaBnaux’a FBISKll LECHEVEUX. Ono appli cation warranted to curl tbn moat straight and atnbborn hair of cither »ex inlo wary ringlet*, or heavy maarira curl* IIa*ba*n n**d by the f*>bion*Kca of Pari* and London with the moat gratifying rcaoU*. Doci no in jury to tho hair. Price by mail, eeakd and postpaid, *| Descriptive Circular*mailed free. Addrc** BER- HKR 8HUTTS A CO., Chamiata, 285 Riveratrcci. Troy, N. Y., aula Agent* for tho United SUtca. aplO— ly ~ CK1SPER_ COMA. ' Oh! aba waa bcawliful and fair, With etarry rjoa, and radiant hair. Whoso curling tendrila toft, entwined, Enchained the vary haart and mhd. CBISPEB COMA, For Curling the Hair of either Sexinto Wavy and Glossy Ringlets, or Htavy Massive Curls. B Y oaing thi» article Ladle* aud Oaademtw can bean- tlf. Ihamadva* a thnuaand fold. I* la the only Ooraa will be aant to any addrea*, laaled and poatpaui, fur XI. Addrca. ^ A ^ choBUU .pi0—1 y No. J WaatYayatta8Cmat. Syracuse, B.Y. T. M: DANIEL, attorney at law ATHENS, GEOBGIA, 117 L.L glra prompt altcntlun to all boaumaa entlwat- W od t** hit CfifC. ,, | | al^-J ^XSTDimharg- in A Wonderful IqvuaUon. Tho following extract from a private loiter gives an- account of a wonderlul in vontion which is attracting attention nt the Paris Exposition, aud which seems to set at defianco all the known lavra of mc- cl|pnicn. A “ two forty” speed has hitherto been considered good, but if what this let ter say? is true, it seems that such a-figure is nowhere,-when u machine can do it in loss limn a minute. * * * I was fortunate enough to bo present, yesterday evening, at a private view of this wonderful invention.' The throng at the Exposition is so donso in tho day time, tbaC any attempt to work it daring tho exhibition hours is impassible. Through, the kindness of M. do M., whose aeqaa^n- lance I made in 185*, when bo was attache at Washington, J. formed ono ol fitly per sons provided with' special permits. On entering, groups of the Cent Gardes made me tbiuk tbc Emperor was present, but I did not see him until tbe middle of tho ex hibition. I saw among the curious, Nas myth, of hammer cclebriLy, and Whit worth, arm in arm with Ilo wo, of sewing machine notoriety. . ; The iron horse bears r>q resemblance'to its equine namesake. Imagine a trank- shaped box aboutaeven feet long; and wide enough for a man to soddle^atid about fivo feet .high; tho whole (joocurci mounted on five wheels; the wheels conceals*, howev er, under tho maoJtiiie.TJjJn covered with tOather^und has a «adJib, 4(rtt)''the .sadtllo is very high in front aqd bock, so that there is no chance of being unhorse*. In front is a steering apparatus tbe simplest kind—two silk conls—and just before the saddle a steel bar, which regulates the speed. If you pull it up, you start tho machine; pull it higher up, you increase the speed, if you depress it, you slqw, until a point is reached when tbe apparatus stops. The inventor, quite a young man, com menced winding up the tuaebiue with what seemed to me to bo a crank motion, und ns I distinctly heard tho click of the ratchet, I therefore supposed it u-us worked by a coiled spring, but I have reasons since to think that I was mistaken. I suppose it took two minutes to wind it, wheu bo mounted it, and started it by pulling up tbe steel bar. It moved gradually off, so that tor tho first minute I could walk along aide of ft, but presently it started at thu spued of a fust horse, and in a moment mote was lost, going round the curve of tho ciicle. I suppose you know tlio grand exposi tion is composed ofa scries of concentric rings, each ono devoted to a peculiar branch of industry. Tho ono tho machine was running on was the Numtro Quatre,section del Mecaniques, and is among tbo largest, measuring some yarda-moro than an En glish mile. It seoraod to mo to bo ineredi hie that bo should have performed the cir cuit in two. minutes twelve seconds. A hearty- clapping of bands gretlod tho ma chine as it came careering on, and gradual ly stopped without any apparent trouble. I noticed tbe Emperor, generally taci turn, loud in bis applause,-clapping his hands as lustily as L did, and was assured by M. do M. that ho had never seen his ' Majesty on any occasion before show the least sign of commendation. Tho inventor then said he would put it up to its speed, but to do this he most give the machine a start. He then wheeled roend, and just like a jockey starting a horse, got it up to its maximum; as be passed- us he seemed to be flying. The circuit woe msdo in 58 seconds. A new salvo of npplaaso met him as be brought- the machine to. where tbe Emperor waa standing, end I must say 1 felt some just emotion, when tho Kinperor look the Legion of Honor from his button bole and placed it on. the young inventor’s breast. M. told mo that its endurance, if I may use the term, was extraordinary ; that at its highest speed, it would keep on going for four hours. I was led lo believe that the mechanical power was secondary in it, and that a galvanic battery was the real motive power. It is rumored that a bat • tory of constantly increasing dements sus tains the motion. Anyhow the secret is well kept, the Emperor having, with the inventor, tbe ooiy knowledge of it. M. also told me that at Vincennes a battery of artillery was to be moved with it, in stead of horses. I may odd that leawfourpersons mount It, and.it moved mooli more rapidly than would a carriage. An interesting experi ment was made as to its capability of going over rough country. Several loads of dirt were shut on the floor, aud it posted over il(i»itb apparent cane. One; thing I re marked was that there was a perpendicular play in the wheels, end that a* a difficulty was surmounted, one wheel would be high er than tbo other, whilst the body was on tbei same plane. * :: I think that it has been placed purposely in a retired part in tbo Exposition before this exhibition, to a» not to attract toe much attention, and I learn this morning that tbe Secretary of War lias had it re moved from the Exhibition ^vTliWi ° - A BpIeniKS Description. On a cerltrin occasion one Paul Denton,' a Methodist prcnch'ec in Texas, advertised he vent ’a Barbecue, with better liquor than is feet apart, ^usually furnished." When the' people >*s seinbled, a-desperado in’tho crowd cried out; “ I£h Patti Denton, your rpverence has lied. Yon promised hot only, a good barbecue, but better -liquor. Where’s the liquor?” “ Thero l” answered the mission ary, in toceiTof thunder, ahd j ointing his long bony finger at tho matchless double spring, gushing up in two Strong columns with a sound of joy from Aho bosom of the eurthy ' u There S'* ho repeated, with a look terrible as lightning, whilo his onemy ac tually trembled at bis feet, “ there is the liquid which God, the Eternal, brews for all his children! Not in tho simmering still, over smoky fires choked Wtt|f poison ous gases, and -sttfroundeJ with the stoncli o£ sickening odors and corruption, doth dur Father in hcavin prepare tho precious essence of life, pure cold water. But in Vlie glade and glassy dell, where the red deer wanders and tno child loves to ’ there God brows it; and down, low down inr. the deepest valleys, where the fountain mormurs and the rills sing; and high up in the mountain tops, where tho nuked granite glitters like gold in tbe sun,.where storm clouds brood and the thunder storms crash; and faront on tho wide, wide sea, where the hurricane howls music, and the big waves roll the chorus, sweeping the march of God—there lie brews it, tho beverage of life—heallhgiving-water. And every whore it is a thing of beauty, gleaming in tho dowdrop, singing in the summer rain, shining in tho ice gem, till they seem turn ed to living jewels; spreading a golden veil over the setting sun, or a white gauze around tho midnight moon ; sporting in the cataract; sleeping in tho glacier; dancing in tho hail-shower; folding its bright snow curtains softly’ around the wintry world; und weuving tho many colored iris, that so- ropli’s zone of tho sky, whose warp is tho ruin drops of the earth, all checkered ovor witli celestial flowers by’ tho mystic hand of refraction—that bleuscd Hle-water, no poison bubbles on its brink ; its foam brings not madness and murder; no blood stuinB its liquid glass ; pale widows and starving children weep not burning tears in its depths! Speak out, my friends, would you exchange it for the demon’s drink, alcohol?" A shout, like the roaring of a tempest, answered “ No!” -Not Bad. , t*v»,., About forty years ago, there lived in Western i'eniisylvania two farmers, named Wood and Osborne, respectively. They wero near neighbors, but inveterate ene mies, and it is said they lived almost in sight of each other for fourteen years with out speaking to each other! Wood one day went out with a mattock, to dig tip half a dozen slumps that had never yet been removed from bis meadow ; buff find ing it pretty hard work, mid moreover, not betn« rery lowl of workoha awaw iAneatd verjalqnd of jwttrifhagw >kf»*M returned lo the house. On the way, it occurred lo.him (bat, by aeunnhtgdevice, he might induce his unfriendly neighbor to uproot the little annoyances. Acting or. a bright idea that occurred to him, he entered his house, got his writing materials, and, in a disguised ban* wrote; “ Mr. Wood: 1 am an old man, fast ap proaching my'end, and.I cannot go to my' grave without revealing to you u secret. When I was a young man, I helped to rob your grandfather oi a largo amount of mo ney. I and my partner in crime buried fivo thousand dollars of it under the roots of a tree that now belongs to you. No doubt tlieso trees havo been cut down by this time, but the stumps may still remain- Ho was soon after hanged for a murder lie committed, and I was sent to pri.-uu for highway robbery. I was but lately re leased, and I wish to do all I can to atone for past misdeeds. I send this letter by a person who says he knows where you livo, aud he will throw it into your house. “ A Repentant Criminal," Mr Wood sealed this bit ol fiuth-ii, ad dressed it to himself, mid when flight eamr, crept stealthily to Osliurno’s door, opened it a little way, tossed it in, and ran away as if Satan were after him. On reaching home ho retired lo rest, and reposed sweot ly till morning. When he roso ho cast a glance toward his meadow, and, to his satisfaction, disuaverod-tbat every stump in his meadow had beon dug up during tbe night and pulled, out by the roots. After breakfast he went coolly to work and roll* ed them together in a pile, in order to bom them. And imagine Osborne’s bit tttrnese of heart, as iio passed by on bis way to the village-that morning, saw Wood thus cbgugod, and knew ho bud boon duped by him. 'i • The credit system has been carried to a pretty lino poiut in somo of tbe rural dis tricts. it we may ju go from tbo following dialogue, said to havo recently occurred between d customer and thu proprietor:. “ Hadw’s trade, square ?” “ Wal, cash‘ trade’s! kinder dull naow, mujor.” I? jTJ “ Dun anything lo’day ?? ’,’• •* Wal, only a iectlo-^on credit. Aubt Betty l’usbard has borl an egg’s worth of •ton, and got trusted for it till her speckled pallet lays.’’ ■ - 1 4StA certain minister had promised a little boy of his that he should accompany him |» church tho following jSabbalb. Tho little fellow, although not quite four years old, was still old enough to remember the promise. But when church tiiuo- camo it happened that lie was fast asleep, and bis parents went away leaving him in bed. Somo time after he awcke, and calling to iiiemind tbe promise given him he bor- rifed down stairs only to find his father and mother gone. Determined not to be frits. trated in ibis manner,’ho made his way into the street, and crossing to where tbe church.stood, entered the open door. Thu minister at that moment was commencing his sermon. Fixing his eyes upon bis father, tbo little fellow waddled up the aislo. in Ins night clothes, until directly opposite tbo pulpit, wbon he baited, and looking t}p ut biro,called out: I dcas you fordot me!” ‘ the inventor’s naraeis Victor do Harden The laukee Peddler. There is a sheriff residing in tttinois who was taken in and done for, on one- occa sion. Ha made it s prominent par* of bis business to ferret out and punish peddlers for travelling tbe State wUhoat a license, but one morninjjhe'Tn^t his match iq the peraon ofa genuine Tah^ee peddler. ’ “ Wbat have you got to sell—anything! 9 asked the sheriff. , a : ! bv “ Yaas, suriain; what d’ye want! Got razors, fust, that’s an article you need, squire, I’should asy by the look of your baird. Got good blackin’; ’twill make them aid boots of yourn shine soft you can shave in ’em e’nsmost. Balm of Co- lumby, tpo. only a dollar • bottlo^good for lia’r andasaisten poor human nattir, as the pfiut says.” . * so bwaUfo* Jf sheriff bought a bottle of tbo balm of Co- lumbia, and in rbply tQ tjie.^tettioD wheth er he wanted any thing else, that fonction. ary said ho did—ho wanted to see tbe Yankee’s license for peddling in.lllinois, that being bis duty R* sheriff Tbe Yank showed him a document fixed up goodrand strong, in . black and white. The sheriff looked at it and pronounced it alt .right. Then handing back the bottle- lo the peddler, he said: “ 1 don’t think now that I’ve bought this stuff, 1 shall over wont it. I reckon I might as well sell it back to you. Wbat will you give for it ?” “O, the darn stuff is no use to nfte, but seein’ it’s you, sheriff, Ull give you twenty fivo cents for it, if you^really don’t want it.” The sheriff handod over tho bottle at tho largo discount from bis own purchase and recei ved his change. - “ Now,” said the peddler, “ I’ve got a question to ask you. Have you got any peddler's licenses about your trowsers any whore ?” “ No; I bav’nt any use for tbe article myself,” replied the sheriff. “ llaiu’t, oh? Wal, I guess we'll see about that pooty darn soun. Ef 1 understand tbe law, it’s a clear case that you’vo been tradin’ with me—kawkin' and peddling balm ofColumbyon the highway—I'll in form on you—darn’d if 1 don’t now I” The Yankee was as good as his word. When lie reached tbe next yiliage he made his complaint, and tho sheriff wiu* fined 88 for sel.ing without a license. lie was heard afterward to say, that “ you might ns well try lo bold a greased eel as a livo Yankee.” Young America at the Wheel. A well known clergyman was crossing Lake Erie, somo years ago, upon one of tbe lake steamers, and seeing a small lad at the wheel steering the vessel, he accent ed him as follows , “ My son, you appear to be a small boy to steer enlarge a bost." » “ Yen, Sir,” was the reply; but you see I can doji t, though." “Do you thffik you understand your UfitfOShB/Tly *Bb?" - j Tl - ‘ > “ Yes, Sir, I thlpk I do." “ Can you box the compass ?” “ Yes, Sir.” “ Lit m-3 hear you box it.” Tho boy did us requested, when tho min ister said: v “ Well, really, you can do it. Cao you box it backwards?" “ Yes, Sir.” “ Lot mo hear you.” Tho boy did again as requested, when tlie minister further remarked : “ I doclaro, my sou, you do seem to un derstand your business.” Tho buy then took bis turn at question asking, beginning: “ Pray, Sir, what might be your busi ; ness ?’’ “ 1 am a minister of the Gospel.” h Do you understand your business?” “ 1 think 1 do, my. son.” “ Cun you say the Lord's Prayer ?” ' (‘ Yes.” !! , - ~ “ Say it.” The clergyman did so, repeating the words in a fervent manner, as though trying to make an impression on the lad. • “ Well, really,” said tbe boy at its con clusion, “ you do know it,don’l you?”— “Now say it backwards.” “ Oh !.I can’t do such a thing os that. Ofcourse—” “ You can’t do it, eh ?” interrupted tho boy. “ Well, thon, you see I understand my business a great doal better than you do yours.” . Tho clergyman acknowledged himself heat and retired. ...Prentioe thinks that if a Young lady bos a thousand acres of valuable laud, the young moo are apt to coaelode that then am sufficient grounds tor attachment. aSVA Memphis paper says tbe reason so many marriages occur immediately after a great war, is that tho bachelors become so accustomed to Strife that they fearn to like it, and after the return of peace, they enlist in matrimony as the next ‘ L — war. A Center shot.—Henry Ward Beecher, in a sermon delivered in Plymouth Church recently, produced the following picture: Men seemed ashamed of labor, and often you will find men who have made them selves respected by labor, have built up a business and umassed a fortune, who- turn to their sons and say: “You shall never do as 1 did; you shall lead.a different life; you shall be spared all this.” Ob, these rich men’s sons. They aim to lead • life of emawolated iodleness and laziness. Liko tbo polyp that 4tosti» useless and nas ty upon the sea, all flabby, no-muscles, no bone—it shuts and opbttsy and opens and shuts, and sucks in and squirt-- out again, of no earthly account, influenco or use. Such are these poor fools. Tboir parents toiled and grew strong, and built up their forms of iron and bone p but denying all this to their sons, they torn them opqn the world boneless, inuseleleas, simple gristle, and soft at that. Didn’t Rise.—In the year 1863, a meet ing was held in Lebanon, Indiana, for the 'purpose .of getting up a supper and fair for. sick' and wounded soldiers. Judge B, being loyul all over, wasf very active in aneh matters, and Was appointed chairman of the meeting. Thore was quite a num ber of ladies present.' Tho business pro greased rapidly, aud as iqost of tbe articles tor supper wero to be doaated, the Judge called, in bis ludicrous manner, on those present to know how much they could coo- tribuio. Almost enough was given to complete tho arraogements, when some one suggested that it would bo necessary to have same milk. \, “ Oh, yes,” said the Judge, rising with great'dignjiy, ” all young-ladies who give milk will please rise.” Tbe young ladies did not rido,' A widow in Faria, age* forty-five mar ried * young man aged eighteen. By her first husband she had a son, whose ogo at tbo tiroo of her second marriage was twen- ty-ono. She recently die*, and by her will aco, moy | left her fortune tu ber son and husband, thing to -As her husband was not of age, her son was (appointed his guardian. : Extraordinary Kteape. A Scotch paper, the Haddington Cour ier, has an extraordinary atory of the es cape of a miner, who fefi down the ebaft Of a coal pit near Tarnent. An o|d abaft was madense of to open upa new pi.t.re6ent- Jyttutrtr. About' half way doern thosbatt, which was 276 feetdeep; awooden staging, composed of strong two-inch planks, way built, completely intersecting tho down shaft, to affbrd a firm footing to tbo miners eg tho side eiiaft. ' At the bottom of >wn abaft wa* a considerable aoonm- ulatibo of water, as is usual in pits which have not been worked for some time. On the occasion in qnesiion, a young men named MyIno, rather than wait for the comparatively tedious probess of - being lowered^ do w ty by the rope, disregarding tbe ndvice of Ms coinpynlotta, b« got Upon tbe rope, and jbey wore ip another mo ment horrified to to see that he had lost held of it. Tlio ci-ash of bis body ogaitint the wooden staging was beard,' and they were making preparations to descend f or the mangled romains, when a cry for us sistanco was beard coming up from the very bottom of the pit. The rapidity of his descent of 170 feet had propelled him through the two-inch boards as neatly as if bis body had been a rifle-butiet, and with about as little injury, for not a bone was broken, and except a small scratch on bis chin, bis porson did not bear the slightest mark of coming in contact with anything during tbo descent. Falling into tbo water at tbe bottom, ho had on coming to the service, providentially thrown bis. arms over some wooden frame work which happened to bo there, and bad thus bion aavod. The man was found herb, and was conveyed homo quite conscious, and under medical Care win* soon aMe «to go out of doers.-' 1 " Tho story has certainly tho nppoarance ofa table, yet if it is possible to shoot » candle through an inch board, why.cannot a man be shot through a two-inch plank i Tbe narrative is at least amusing, am anybody who chooses can have the tiborty of doubling that- it ia well authenticated, i Eccentric Females. Some of these eccentrics enumerated In Tirnbs, in his amusing book, set all nu conventional notions at defiance.;. Whn would our sanitary reformers say to, Mr-. f Lcwson, or Lady Lewsori as she was cull ed, who never washed herself, maintaining that the persons who followed that neces sary practice, as it is usually considered, “ were always taking cold, or engen dering somo dreadful disorder,” and yet lived through fivo reigns, at the' cu( two new teeth when 83, and died age of 110. Another extradorinary woman, whoso adventures ore recorded, was Han nah Snell, who, having boon deserted by her husband^ determined to set forth in search of tfim, and, with this view, enlist ed as a Soldier. Having beeni accused * a breaett-of duty, she actually endured five - hundred lashes rather than reveal her sex Sometime after this she deserted, and, pro cocdi ng to Portsmouth^ enlisted as a marine on board the Swallow, with which she was sent lo the East Indies. lit. the seige' tu Pondicherry she received six shots in bet right log and five in her left, busides a dan gcrous body wound. She never found lioi husband, but- on her passage homo sin learned that the wretched man' had been executed at Genoa for murder. On bet return lo Englaod, llannab ivont for a short time on the stage, and afterward- set up a public bcuse. Her cceentriciti turned at last to madness, and she died in sane at Bethlehem Hospital. , Weak Eyes and Tine Print. The following uriiule from the Boston Medical and Surgical-,Journal is worth, tbe careful attention of our readers. Thor, is not a doubt that near-sightedness among young people has rapidly increased of lui. years, and tbe subject is one of vital inter eat lo everybody, says the Journal,; don-professional correspondent calls ou attention to the incrcaso of near sighted ness and other difficulties of the eyes u the present day, owing, os ho believes, i tho reading loo fino typo in books, an wishes us to utter a word of warning against this growing ovil. ilo also com . plnins much of the print in newspapers a very trying to the eyoa. Whether the evn- of which he compluinsis mainly due to th cause to which be ascribes it or not, it i curtain that it may be greatly aggravate- by it. This opinion bus long been held b tno medical profession, but men in genexs seem to caro more for tbe pound of cur- than tbe ouneo of prevention, in this as i- everything eise. We cao ouly say tbat.-i grieves us to seo (we never read them,) an to. see them universally applauded in tl> dqily press, tho multiplying diamond edi lions of popular anthors. Thoir publisher surely cannot realizo wbat an injury the may inflict upon the eyes of their readmi It is poor economy to buy a book at hu price, printed in type so small as hot lo L- read'without such a risk. I -r—“— ''*■ [t '■—I— 1 1 The Blessed Ones.—Blessed are they that aro blind; for they shall see no gboei Blessed are they that are deaf; for the, shall never loud any money ¥ or listen t tedious stories. leased are they that are afraid of then der; for they shall hesitate about gottin, married. Blessed aro tboylhat are ignorant; f<- they are happy in the thought that they know everything. Blossod ir he that ia ngly in form am feature; for the gats shan’t molest him. Blessed are they that expeet nothing for. they shall not bo disappointed. Blessed are they that' don’t advertise for they shall be rarely troubled with cue- toioors. Euroneous Estimate or Boys.—Doug lass Jerrold was considered a. dull boy at the ago of nine years be couid scarce! read. Goldsmith was a very unpromising boy Dryden, Bwift and Gibbon in tbeir early piece* did not show any talent. i The moihcr of Sheridan, beraolf a liters ry woman, pronounced biin tu be the dull est and most hopeless of her sons. The t'other of BarroW is said to have ex claimed: “ It it please God to take away any of my children, I hope that it will h- Isaac.” The' injudicious parent regarded tbe lad an a miracle of stupidity, but ef-, terwaid ho proved the glory of bis family ' ...A Western wag remarks that bo lie* ■sen * couple of si.-tors who bad to be tnjd everything together, for they were ■••• much alike that they couldn’t be told apart. warns. T ... I -JZmA - i.bASlltitt LuUl Tffi ractivoj, ’ey

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Southern watchman. (Athens, Ga.) 1854-1882, June 26, 1867, Image 1