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. • mm NUMBER 20. Loland. “Sometimes I tbiok I do; and then again I don’t care if the devil gets the whole of them." Upon this the Persbvtery retired again, and reported as before, much to the surprise of Leland, who was now constrained to sub mit to ordination. After they bad ordaioed him in dqe form, he said: “Well, brethren, when Peter put his hands on people, and took them off, they bad more sense than they had before; but you have all had your bands on my head, and, before God, I am as big a fool now as f was before you put them on.” MEMORIES. Once wand’ring ’rnong the antumn woods, While brown leaves fell and fell, New hopes kept building in my breast, Sweeter than lips could tell. Beside me walked the one I loved, His strong hand grasping mine. His soft words falling on my ear, In accents half divine. Oh, antumn woods' Oh, antumn leaves! Blush red beneath the sun. For him who made a hundrod vows, And broke them ev’ry oue. What anguish for the bosom, when The heart cannot condemn! When the old affection lingers Like leaves about the stem! Would that the little budding hopes With which my life was crowned, LikB leaves and flowers, could spring again Whene’er the spring comes round. Oh. faded woods! Oh,.faded flowers! Your youth will come mice more; But I must pine amid the blasts, All withered to the core. Oh! love of mine, como back to roe, And underneath those boughs, Speak one kid# word, and I’ll forgive Tby hundred broken vows! WAYSIDE GATHERINGS. piTBr-IS 11315 WEEKLY, |j3v .1. II. CHRISTY, Kilitor and Proprietor. pEVOTED TO J^EWS, pOLITICS AND pENEI^AL jPROGF^ESS. JNDEPENDENT IN ^LL ^HINGS VOLUME XX. PiiisHsi every Wednesday Morning. of hrvad and Wall Street*, (up-trfalrs.) TERMS. TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, invariably in advance. VI' advertising. „oni» will lie inserted at ONE DOLLAR l.vri i'lFrY CENTS per square for the firatinser- V ,nl SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS periqnare Tor .-i'p in:inuanrt\ fur any tirao under one month. For i fellows: i)u»rtiana l.KGAh ADVERTISING. .nlee, per levy of IS tinea 1500 ■ mertgas* .ales, SO days 5.00 , 4M .fi by AlminUtratora, Exooutora, or 0.50 vlmiu-sirntion er Guardianship 4.00 ,„ Debtors and Crnditnra 5.00 j„ SMi. per eqaare, each inaortioo 1.50 ,ell Real Estate.. 4.00 ., i fir disailision of Administrator 5.00 1 ", .. “ Guardian 5.25 x , ..rartain the nnmher of tquarea in an advertise.' ,ibitmrv. eeunt the worda—one hundred being nil ton linen. AUfraclion* are eonnted as full PR0FESS10ML AMD BUSINESS CARDS. . r.rtwiw. | noweLP coil,Jit. h KltWI.V .t COBB, I ) ATTORNEY:? at law. r Arnn.vs, cEonniA. iMfire in the Dnupree Building. Den21 B " v X K BUPTC Y.—Samuel P. Thurmond, Attorocy«*t<L*w, Athens. Da. [, r „„ ft road ntreet.over the utore of Barry A Son, If ill giv* *p*cinl attention to rase* ; n Bankruptcy. Al- T tn (hr collection of all claim* entrusted to his eare. r. LUMi’KiSi a Attorney at Law, ATHENS, OA. •fr Office orcr Crane A Barry** store, formerly oc- hv ft. Itelony.Esq. Septlh FJ- If AMES It. LYLE, ■ I ATTORNEY AT LAW. n.,,22 WATKtNSVILLE. GA. |rnl!S )[. MATTHEWS. |) Attorney at Law. Dauielsviile, ft a. Prompt ittention will be given to any busines* en- to hi* rn e Marchl4. ITJ'XCiLAXD ti 0RR, IJ_j Wholesale nnd Hetnil Dealer*. au«! COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Dupree Hall. Broad St, Athen*, Ga. » are now prepared to store Cotton at 25 cent* per ■ale, ami will advance cash when desired. Oct2S. IT H. HOGGINS, I) , hole,ele and Retail Dealer in TjiKY HOODS, Gl^CEIUBS, HARDWARE. Ac. |y,M* Bread Street. Athena, Ga. frOHX H. CHRISTY, Ij i'lain and Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, Broad St., Athen*, Ga. Office corner Broad and Wall atreets, over the *tore »m»”> D. Pittnrd. tf DA VI LION HOTEL, Cff ARLEST9X, S. C. rhi« Mil. t-CLASS Hotel is situated in the very itre <«f the h:i*ino*s part «»f the city, and all who >p iherc will find every convenience nnd luxury that i he procured. Board, per day, $3.00. \\. H \ mtltox, Su/d. Mr*. L. H. BuTTr.nrir.LP,) Dc’tJ tf Proprietrem*. | |Jl MMEY & NEWTON, I>oaler* in Foreign and Domestic HARDWARE, |Jmci» No. 0,Broad street, Athens, Ga. U C. DOBBS, D. Wholesale n.id Retnil Dealer in and Fancy DRY GOODS. GROCERIES. Ac. | F*h9 No. 12 Broad Street, Athena, Ga. DOOT'I, & CH AFFIN. Dealera In WHISKIES, BRANDIES, hnc". Ale, Lngor Beer, 111 kind* of Fancy Drink*, pr#, Tobacco, Aq., Ac., Market street, near court .Athen#, Ga. Feh26—ly LT'MORY SPEER, Hi LAWYER, ATHENS, GA. A" Solicitor General of Western Circuit, will attend |« Court# of Clarke, Walton, Gwinnett, Hall, Bank*, irk#on, Hnh,-r*haro, Franklin, Bnbun and White, M give »:tfnt»on to collecting and other claim* in r»#« auntie#. March 19, 1873. ELIAS, Attorney at Law, IV. FRANKLIN, N. O. 1’r.i-ticc# in nil the Courts of Western North Caro- U, and in the Federal Courts. Claim* collected in | part# of lh* State. ap!6—ly i A■ A. ESDCrXSy Boot, Shoe and Harness MAKKR, firmi-iy WATKIXSVILLE, GA. [ '■ LVUrKtil. nESRV JACKSON. LUMPKIN & JACKSON, .4I'TORNEYS A T LA IF, nLL practice in the Superior Court Clarke ooua- tv. the Sniueme Court of the State, and the U. r the Northern Distrietof Georgia. feb7 To* undernigned i*now prepared to famish MGNOAiENTS, i’ADSTONES Or anything in the Marble or IRON-RAILING miYiv " fl I hav. quite a number of NEW » « or Pattern*, which can bo sees by apply- NovSO-tf J.R. CRANE. AU.V, J. C. 11AM.MAS. T. J. HtOBT.lWM. [UNNALLY, HALLMAN & CO., wholesale Grocers, And d.alen in PKOVISIOXS. GRAIN, Ac. Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Geo. P* ABENTS FOR THE ARROW TIE. f.b2. r.. r. nowr.LL. ?EEPLES & HOWELL, ATTOhNCTS AT LAW, -0 and 22, Kimball Hotutt, ATLANTA, GA. >» the Statennd Federal Courte, nnd I,.'"' 1 "sn'erly nil the Court* in AdantaMnelod- I ," -ni>r«me Court of the Slate, and will argue ^ “Pin brief, for nbient pnrtlee, on reaninnble |“.v also praetiee in the Court* of thetnuntleaeoo. “t aaee,,jh), Atlnntwby Rnilroitd. sepll P. ROBERTS, M. D., I at Monroa, offer* his profusion* Ull piuiwriUUH | , *ouutry , 10 town and sarroand- BSrv M.ltn «reet, North of Court Houm. jnnll k R. B. ADAIR, D.D.S. ► GAINESVILLE, GA. |“v«.Siiuthen,teorner Publia Square. mnr27 HCK-UYIRG, t^nd Ornamental Work I t«S n0,i ^ 0 ’, Satlaf.cUot. gn.run- ■ coTn..** ln , t*nce. Order* from Itsuiround. L. 'JJ *«Helt,dI »nd attended to with de*p«teb. eMoanblc, Order* left a t the Mora of J b Pit- ». )Y* <ch ®»n «Oee, will be Ailed at L, A*'8ettln e Gr»te, • .pw:|»|ty. ~ "t'V'.IWI It. WILLIAMS * GARRISON. M. W. HIDEN, ATTORNEY at law, S. Claim Agent and notary Public, 0SOHOfA. el. below King A Bro'*. WAGON YARD IN ATHENS. r J'llE lubeeriber he* fitted up nnd opened naafe, com fortable end coramodion* Wagon Yard, on River •treet.ln the neighborhood of the Upper Bridge, where CORN, FODDER, end ell other neeeeaary enpplle*< nn be purchneed on ree*onebleterm*. Cher(e*moderete. The higheat merkot price paid for Country Produce, end Bank bills received in exchange for Good*. JnlyT—tf WILEY F. HOOD. COTTON STATES Lit© Insurance Co. OF MACON, GEORGIA, OFFICERS: w 11 B JOHNSTON .„.Pre*ldent, WM S HOLT Vice President, GEO S O'BEAR. 4 Secretary. C F McCAY Actuary. JOHN W BUBKE.,..™ ...General Agent. J MERCER GREEN ..Medical Examiner. W J MAGILL......... Superintendent of Agencies. EVERY SOUTHERN MAN I* interested in keeping.the large accumulation* of Life Companies ut bom*. In Fire Imarance the pre mium* are moitly returned to maetloiee*; but in Life Insurance they ARE ACCUMULATED, to meet the death* at old age, and only Returned after Many Years- The money retained here will bring better interest, and thus swell the profits of. a tnutnal company, and BENEFIT THE INSURED in many other ways. Every Southern man will be sure to assent to this, and favor a Southern company, il it is »afo. Wo offer him precisely the same security a* the Northern mn tnal companies—the accumulated premiums of the in sured, paid by the young, tn meet the amnuntainsnrrd when they grow old nnd die, and in nddilion thereto, a capital commencing with $500,000! Surely, this make* it •«/«/ sod if so, lot ovory man insure at home. Terms of Insurance. Onr premium# are a* low as most of the Northern companies, and lower than many of them. \nd as oar policie\have no restriction* on Southern tiavel or residence, they are really cheaper than those of New York. Active aM Enerptic pits Wanted In every Connty and Town in the State. An active, energetic man can make From $25 to $50 a Day canrasaing for this Company, and never leave Ms own county. A GOOD AGENT wanted in each of the following named eonntiea: Clarke, Jackson, Oglethorpe, Walton, Elbert, Madison, Franklin, Hart, Banks, HaJl, Habersham, White, Lumpkin, Union, Towns and Rabun. EXCLUSIVE TERRITORY GIVEN, and a liberal per centage allowed. For particular*, address T. A. BURKE, mar27 District Agent, Athen*, Gn. HEW FIRM! NEW GOODS! AND NEW STAND! T HE subscribers having entered into copartnership in raeroantila business, will open on the first day of Jannary, in the building on tho corner of Tbomae and Clayton atreets, (a short distance North of Deu- pree’* Hall) a large and general aaaortmant of Family G-roceries, STAPLE DRY GOODS, PROVISIONS, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, SADDLERY, Boots, Shoes, Hats, &c. And, in fact, all articles usually kept in an aaiorted stock, to which they invitethe attention of their friends and the public generally. Their Good* will ha eold cheap for cash, or ex changed for Cotton and otherCountry Prodnceat high est market price*. dec!8 PITNER,O’FARRELL k JACKSON. ANTI-PYROTIC, OR, Great Fire-Killer. NO HUMBUG! CERTAIN,SURE, RELIABLE. B V a rocent discovery, we are enabled to offer the public u cafe, certain and aura enre for Burns, Scalds, Scald-Head, Stings bj Insects, Teller, King Worm, Plies, Sore Byes nnd Old Sores ot long standing. This preparation haa boon thoroughly texted—in burn* olway* insures almost instant relief—has naver faiiad in a single iaatanoe. We have in our possession numbers of eertifioato* showing the WONDERFUL CURFS effected by this preparation, which never fails Every Family should have a Bottle of it READY FOR ORB! No one knows how eooo a member of the family may need it. It ia a Georgia production and perfectly free from mineral poison. ^^.Forsalein Athens at the Drug Stores of Dr. R' V. Smith A C». and Dr. Wm. King, Jr. Orders should be addressed to JARRETT A MULKBY, AagS • Walton’s Ford. Ga. THE ECLIPSE I o meeliug with miBrecedented success, fully esfabltahingit* claim* ns tbe STANDARD WATER WHEEL. They are in u#e all over the Union, and every wheel heard from is giving unquali fied satisfaction. All sixes, from 8 to 72 inches in diameter, manufactured by the STILLWELL* BIERCE MANUFACTG CO. 'Jw^For descriptive circular# nnd price li*ts,apply tocraddruB* R. NICKERSON.. Feb 19 Athens, Ga. Boltingr Olotltsi. LL owner# can g*t the h*#t ANUIIOR BRAND A at tn a y29 F. W. LUCAS A CO.’S, Athen*. w. ATHENS, GA—WEDNESDAY,'AUG. 6,1873. jMert fpsttllang. THE STORY OF LIFE. Say, what is life f ’Tis to be born. A hopeless babe to greet tbe light With a sharp wail, as if tho morn Foretold a cloudy noon and night; • To weep, to sleep, and weep again. With sunny smiles between, and then t And then apace tbe infant grows Tn be a laughing, sprightly boy, , Happy, despite his little woes. Were be but conscious of bis joy! To be, in short, from two to ten. A merry, moody child ; and then ? And then the coat and trowsers clad To learn to say the Decalogue. And break it, at) unthinking bid. With mirth and mischief all agog. A truant oft by field and fen. And capture butterflies, siud then t Aud then increased in strength and size, To be. anon, a youth full grown ; A hero in bis mother’s eyes, A young Apollo in his own'; To imitato tbo ways of men In fashionable sin, and then T And then at least to be a man. To fall in love, to woo and wed ! With seething brain to scheme and plan, To gather gold or toil for bread T To sue for fame with tongue or pen. And gain or lose tbe prize; and then 7 And then in gray and wrinkled Eld To mourn the speed of lifo’s decline; To praise the scenes of life beheld. And dwell in memory of Lang Syne, To dream a while with darkened ken, Tbeu drop into his grave, and tlienT Extemporaneous Orators. Marshall, of Kentucky, one of the most bril- liaut orators of his time, and a man of large scholarly attainments, who had as much of that mystical quality called geniue as any one of bis cotemporarios iu Congress, was full of affectation in this regard. He spoke readily without preparation, bis ideas following each other consecutively and with uncommon force; but he never trusted to the inspiration of the moment when there was opportunity for stu dy ing up the subject and arrauging his thoughts in advance. He had a habit of absenting him self from the capitol for days at a time, every hour of which ho devoted to reading and study, his acquaintances generally supposing him to be engaged in a debauch. After getting tho roughly crammed and armed at every point, he would como into the Houso, looking ex hausted and haggard, giving color to.the no tion that be had been on a frolic, and, watch ing his opportunity, would pour forth the fruits of his study in a strain of off-hand, strikiug eloquence that hardly over failed to astonish his bearers. And the remark was often heard, * What a brilliant man! What could be not accomplish if be was industrious and regular in bis habits t’ ‘ Mr. Preston, for somotime Mr. Calhoun’s colleague in the Senate, was an accomplished The Pride of the Family. . The -Rome Commercial under this head, tells the following story: ‘ A young married friend tells a good joke on himself, perpetrated by a little three year old ’ pride of the family.’ She is tho only pledge of love that has twined itself around the hearts and affections of himself and wife. A few evenings since a minister visited the family and remained until after tea. At the table tbe reverend visitor asked the iJIbssing, and tbe little one opened her eyes to their full est capacity in startled wonderment. She could not understand what bad been done, and it was with great persuasion that her mother cculd keep her quiet during the time they were at the table. Wbeu they left ttys, tablo she walked op to the minister,ibr?. whom she had formed a great friendship, and caught hold of bis hand, and said: • What did you say at the table before we commenced eating t ‘ My little darling, I thanked God for his good ness iu giving us to eat, so that we might grow and be strong.’ ‘ Papa don’t say that.’— * Wbat does your papa say V * Papa says, ‘ goddlemigbty wbat a supper.” Papa just bad time to get bis hat and slip out to see about the cow, or do some other chore for his wife. He assures us, however, that the * pride of the family ’ was put to bed that night with an extra kiss, and that bo has promised him self never to be caught again. A Woman’s Curiosity. A lodge of tho Independent Order of Odd Follows, at Woodston, determined to have their lodge-room done up clean and nice. It was resolved unanimously that Mrs. K. should be employed to do the job. After the meeting adjourned the Guardian, who knew the iuquisitive character of Mrs. K., procured a billy-goat and placed him in tbe closet that was kept as a reservoir for the se cret tbiugs. He then informed the lady of the wishes of tbe lodge, aud requested her to come early next morning, as he would then shaw her what was and wbat was not to be done. Morning came, and with it Madame K. with her broom, brushes, pails, tubs, etc., and fouud the Guardian waiting for her. ‘ Now, Madame, said ho, * I tell you what wo want done, and how we came to employ you. Tho brothers said it was difficult to get any- body to do the job, and not be meddling with the secret in the closet; we have lost the key, and cannot find it to lock the door. I assured them that you could be depended ou.' * Depend oe! I guess I can. My poor and dead and gone husband, be belonged to the Free masons or anti-Masons, I don’t know which. Ho used to tell me ail tbe secrets of the concern and when he showed me all tbe marks of tbe-grid iron made when be was ini tiated, and told mo how they fixed poor Mor gan, I never told a living ^>ul to this day ; if nobody troubles your closet to find out yeur gentleman and a very popular orator. He secrets till I do, they will lay there till they rot never spoke without commanding the atten tion'of bis hearers, and few men in Congress had a higher reputation for brilliant extempo raneous eloquence. But he never spoke with out the most ample and careful preparation. Soon after- he retired from Congress, he was chosen President of a college iu South Caro lina. In his address to tho students he said he knew of no such thing as genius or natural inspiration. Whatever of reputation he had acquired was by dint of constant, untiring la bor. He bad trusted to study and hard work solely. He never spoke in Congress or to a popular assemblage without arranging what ho had to say, and oven premeditating his sen tences and tho precise collocation of his words. And he .assured his bearers that tho only road to public distinction lay through tbe field of stufly and research. Mr. Webster was so thoroughly instructed upon all subjects wbiclt came under disenssion in Congress that he was equal to almost any occasion, and rarely needed any special pre paration. And yet be was not above the weak ness of concealing his’studies, aud the sources whence be drew bis inspiration. No man bet ter understood the weight and value of lan guage than Mr. Webster, and what he said was always marked by decision and perspicu ity ; but when coping with a formidable anta gonist, he omitted no means that promised to aid him in tbe contest. He was accustomed to speak of the master production of bis life, his celebrated reply to Hayne. as a sort of cas ual effort, made on the spur of the moment, without much previous consideration. Probably the two men in public life who could most safely trust to their own resources and acquirements, under all circumstances, were Mr. Adams and Mr. Calboun. The en dowments of Mr. Calhoun were ot a higher order, and bis creative power was superior to that of Mr. Adams ; but the * old man elo quent,' as lie was called,' had a memory so te nacious, and liis knowledge was so extensive and exact, that he never seemed to need any special preparation. He was the most labo rious and methodical man in Congress, and probably in the country. He kept a volumin ous diary, iu which every event, incident, or circumstance of the day was carefully noted down; aud this, with his habits of iodustry, made him a very doctor in all matters of con troversy or argument. It was a knowledge of his complete equipment and his power as an antagonist that prompted tbo reply of Mr.' Clay, when asked when be proposed to renew the discussion with Mr. Adams on the vexed question of the fisheries of tbe Mississippi, ns connected witb the treaty of Ghent. Finding himself getting the worst of tbo argument, Mr. Clay closed tbe consideration of the matter, so far as be wns concerned, witb the remurk that ho should drop the subject, hoping to renew it at sume future period more favorable for calm discussion, when be expected to show that Mr. Adams was altogether in the wrong. Some time afterward a friend asked him when ho proposed to re-open the controversy. ’Nev er !’ was his emphatic reply. • A man must be a bom fool who voluntarily engages in a controversy with Mr. Adams on a question of fact. I doubt whether he was ever mistaken iu bis lifo. And then, if be happens to bo in doubt about anything,die - has his inevitable diary, in which lie basrecorded every tiling that baa occurred since the adoption of the Federal Constitution.’—Harper's Magazine. they will. ‘ I thought so,’ said tbe guardian, * and now I want you to commence iu that corner, and give the whole room a descent cleaning, aud 1 pledge my word and honor for the fidelity to your promise, now don’t go into that closet,’ and then left the lady to herself. No sooner had she heard the sound of iiis feet on tbo last step of tho stairs than sbo ex claimed, * Don’t get into that closet!’ ‘ I’ll warrant there’s a grid-irion, or some nonsense, just like the anti-Masons for all the world, I’ll be bound. I will take one peep, and nobody will be any tbe wiser, as I can keep it to myself.’ Suiting the action to the word she stepped lightly to tbo forbidden closet, turned the but ton, which wits no sooner done than * bah-1' went tbe billy-goat, with a spring to regain bis liberty, which came near upsetting her ladyship. Both started for tbe door, but it was filled witb implements for bouse cleaning, and all were swept clear from their position down to tbe bottom of tbe stairs. Tbe noise and confusion occasioned by sacb unceremonious coming down the stairs drew half tbe town to witness Mrs. K.’s effortto get from under the pile of pails, tubs, brooms aad brushes in the street. Whoshould be first to tbe spot but tbe rascally door-keeper after releasing the goat, which was a cripple for life, and uplifting the rubbish that bouud the good woman to tho earth, anxiously inquired if she bad been tak ing tbe degrees. ‘ Taking tbe degree!’ exclaimed the lady, * if you call tumbling from tbe top to tbe bot tom of tbe stairs witb the devil after ye, tak ing things by degrees, I have them, and if ye frightened folks as ye frightened me, and hurt to boot, I'ii warrent they will make as much noise as I did.’ 4 1 hope you did not open the closet, madam,’ said tbe door-keeper. 4 Open the closet 7 Eve ate tbe apple she was forbidden 1 If yon want a woman to do anything, tell her not to do it and she’ll do it certain. 1 could not stand the temptation.— The secret wns there. I wanted to know it. I opened the door and nut popped tbe tarnal critter right into my face. I thought the devil had me; and I broke for tbe stairs witb tbe devil butting ine at every jump. I fell over the tub, and got down stairs as you found us, all in a heap.’ ‘But,madam,’said the door-keeper, ’you are in possession of tbe great secret of our or der, and you must go up to be initiated and sworn, and then go in tbe regular way.’ • Regular way!’ exclaimed the lady, ‘and do you suppose I am going near tbe tarnal place, and ride that ar tarnal critter without a bridle or a Indy’s saddle 7 No, never! 1 don’t want nothing to do with the man that rides it. I’d look nice perched upon a billy- goat, wouldn’t 17 No, never 1 I’ll never go nigh it agaiu, nor your ball nuther—if I can prevent it, no lady shall ever join the Odd Fellows. Why, I’d sooner be a Free Mason, and bo broiled on a grid-iron as long as the iiro could be kept under it, and pulled from garret to cellar with a halter, in a pair of old breeches and slippers just .os my poor dead husband. Aud he lived over it, but I never could live over such another ride as I took to- dav.' lie over did.’ was tho reply the Belfast Journal got to a dunning letter. .. Hero is a matrimonial advertisement; “ A .‘He is dead; but he pays just ns well as yeung lady of exterior and pleasant appear- ance wishes to marry a gentleman of jn»t the same wpy of thinking.’ A Scene from Life. A young man entered the bar-rnom of a vil lage tavern, and called for a drink. ‘No,’ said tho landlord; * you have had too much already. You have had delirium tremens once, and I can not gell yon any more.’ He stepped aside to make room for a couple of young men who had just entered, and tho landlord waited npon them very politely. The other had stood by silent and sullen, and when they had finish ed he walked up to the.landlord, and tbits ad dressed him : * Six years ago, at their age, I stood where those young men now are. I was a man with fair prospects. Now, at the age of twenty-eight, I am a wreck, body and mind. You led me to drink. In this room I formed the habit that has been my ruin. Now sell me "a fow glasses’more, and yon’r work -will be done! I will soon be out of the way; there is no hope for me. But they can be saved; they may lie men again. Do not sell it to them.— Sell it me, and let me die, and tbe world will lie rid of me; but for heaven's sake sell no more to them !’ The landlord listened, pale and trembling. Setting down his decanter, he exclaimed, * God helping me, that is the lust drop I will ever sell to any one!’ And he kept his word.—National Temperance Advocate. Ordination Extraordinary. J obn Leland, one of the most popular preach ers of his day, in Virgiuia, and one of the most eccentrio and singularly pious of men, was at first ordained a minister by the choice of the church, without the imposition of tbe bands of the Presbytery. Ho continued for some years afterward to preach and baptise on the authority of his simple appointment,.much to tbe disturbance ot tbe peace of the association to which ho belonged. In fact, on account of his departure from the usages of the churches in Virginia, he was not for a while in good fellowship with aoy. Right or wrong he open ly professed to believe that tho imposition of hands by the Apostles, in ancient times, was only to confer miraculous gifts; and that con sequently, such a ceremony in the church now, was in itself, worthless because wholly unau thorized. His brethren urged him most ear nestly for the sako of peace, to submit to ordi nation by the hands' of the ministry; and fin ally, to gratify them, he consented that they might call a Presbytery for the purpose. Know ing all the questions which they would ask on his examination, and resolved in bis own mind on the answers which be would give, ho felt confident that they would not ordain him. The Presbytery, consisting of three staunch Calvinists, was called. The day appointed for tbe ordination arrived and with it came a multitude of people to witness the ceremony. The work was divided amongst the several Presbyters. Ono was to ask tbe usual ques tions concerning bis faith and call; another was to offer up an ordination prajer; and an other was tn deliver the charge to the pastor and the church. Leland took bis seat long before they appeared, and resting his arras bn his knees, and burying bis face in his bands, awaited the ir movements. The Presby tor ap pointed to conduct the examination at length began: J “Brother Leland, it becomes my fluty, ac cording tn previous arraugetnent, to ask you a few questions upon tlje subject of your faith and in reference to your call to tbe ministry.’’ “Well brother,” said Leland, slowly raising bis bead. “I will tell you all I know.” and down went his head into his hands again. Presbyter. “Brother Leland. do you not believe that God chose his people in Christ be fore tbe foundation of the world 7" Leland (looking up.) “I know not, brother, wbat God was doing before ho began to make this world.” Presbyter. “Brother Leland, but do you not believe tbat God bad a peoplejfrura before the foundation of the world 7" Leland. “If he had, brother, they were not our kind of folks. Our people were made out of dust, you know, and before the foundation of the world there was no dust to make them out of." Presbyter. “You believe, brother Leland, that all.men are totelly depraved 7” Leland. “No, WBther; if they were', they could not wax worse and worse, as some of them do. The devil was no worse than totally dopfaved." t resbyter. “Well, there are otherquestious that will embrace all these in substance, will ask whether you do not believe tbat sin- iiora are justified by tbe righteousness of Christ imputed to them?” Leland. “Yes, brother, provided they will do right themsel ves; but I know ot no righteous ness that will justify a man that won’t do right himself,.” Presbyter. “Brother Leland, I will ask you one more question : Do you not believe that all tbe saints will persevere through gftico to glory, and get home to heaven at last 7” Leland. , “I can tell you more about that, my brother, when 1 get there myoolf. Some men seem to make a very had start of it here Tbe Presbyter, seeing that the audionce was greatly amused, proposed to his collea gues tbat they should retire for a few moments and consult together. After returning, they remarked to the congregation, tbat brother Leland bad not answered tbe questions as satislactorily as they could wish, but they all knew that be bad many eccentricities, for which they should make every allowance; tbat they bad concluded accordingly to ask bim a few questio^tonching bis call to the ministry. Presbyter. “Brother Leland, yon believe that God has called you to preach tbe Gospelf Leland. “I never beard bim, brother.” Presbyter. “We do not suppose, brother Leland, that you ever heard an audible voice; but you know what we mean.” Leland. “But wouldn’t it bo a queer call brother, if there were no voice and nothing said? Prtkbytor..(Evidently confused.) ’Well. well, brother Leland, you believe, at least, that it is your duty to preach the Gospel to every crea ture 7” Leland. “Ah 7 no, my brother, I do not bo- lievo it to he my duty to preach to the Dutch, for instango, for I can’t do it. When the Lord sent the Apostles to preach to every nation, he taught them to talk to all sorts of people ; but ho ha? never loarnerl me to talk Dutch yet. Presbytor. “But, brother Leland, you feel a I great dcsiro for tho salvation of sinners, do yon not?" ' I A Jealous Husband (lured by Liquorice Water. There is a man in this city who is so affec- tionately-fond ofbis w t lfo tb^t 1)0 is jealous if a man looks within forty-five degrees of the direction in* which she may happen to be.— Tbe other day a geutleman spoke to her, and ho immediately threatened suicide. His wifo dispatched for a bottle of poison, which she had put up at the druggist’s, consisting of a little water, colored with liquorice, with a glar ing poison label outside tbe bottle. When be threatened to take some of it and actually poured it into a wine glass, she screamed for help aud ran into another room, where she could watch him-through the key-bole, and saw him. coolly open the window and throw it out. She then rushed back, apparently fran tic with grief, and implored bim not to do the rash deed. He merely pointed at the glass, and lying down on the floor, began to kick like a jumping-jack. She told bim she was determined to share bis fate, and swallowed tbe. rest of tbe liquorice water, whereupon be became really frightened, called tbe neighbors, confessed that he only shamtuod, and said that if she only survived be never would trouble her again. Then she explained tbe ruse, and be was so mortified he tried to buy up tbe si lence of tbe neighbors, but the story was too good to keep. He is thoroughly cured Ti tusville (Pa.) Herald. A City of the Dead. Near Nashville, some four miles to the west, on a gentle soutbern^siope in an old field of forty or fifty acres, that has been in cultivation for the last half century, there may be seen in numerable contiguous graves, completely box ed in slabs of stone, tbe capping of which be ing about a foot below the surface. Is often times exposed by the furrows of the plow in preparing the soil. On digging and removing the cap-stone, the remains of much decayed human skeletons are invariably found in a heap, with the skull on top, as though tbo dead had been thus entomb ed in a sitting postare; but tbe dimensions of only a foot and a half in depth, between the foundation stone and the cap, would s;em to infiicatj that the dead mast liaYe been kept aboveground until the softer parts mouldered away, and then the bones alone interred in this singular manner, or tbat the body bad undergone some kind of cremation. The box like structure of these endurable receptacles is neat, and put together with much skill. Our oldest citizeas say tbat the Indians who inhabited the country immediately preceding the white man had no knowledge or traditions of the people buried here ; and the very great number of graves to be found thus contiguous, probably exceeding a hundred thousand, evi dently indicates a very densely populated coun try at the time. Works of art, such as vessels for holding water curiously made of ortbis shell baked by fires, and ornamented with many. strikiug de signs that are bold and show acnltivated taste are frequently fouDd in these box-like tombs. Some of these may now be seen on exhibition, araoDg other curiosities, in our great State Exposition. In natural history, as taught by geological investigations, there appears to have been a comparatively enlightened period of man kind longanterior to any account obtained from written bistory, and many signs of this age are visible in this State. May not this great ne cropolis, or ancient city of tbe dead, be. one of them 7—Commercial Reporter. Poor People. There are various kinds of poverty. People perishing with famine, are poor. People that cannot procure fuel in winter, nor sufficient clotliingfor warmth orcomfort.are poor. Peo ple that are com pelted by their circumstances to live in squalid apartments in iii ventilated alleys, are poor.' People that are in feeble health, and need a warmer climate and have no means to go away with, are poor. These are poor in their own view, and in the view of all mankind. Peoplo may be said to be abso lutely poor, too. whose intellectual natures have begun their development, and yet who cannot procure books, or access to libraries, or entrance into schools and colleges. .But! after all, it is “ style” that makes many people poor; the show in which other people live: The house that was well enough furnished before, becomes mean when the next neighbor fur- nisues her rooms with more expense and ele gance. Bricks or wood were good enough be fore another’s browii stone front went up. And the side-walks and horse cars would an swer every purpose, till a neighbor’s horses pranced along the street, with glittering har ness and glancing wheels and a black cnach- inan witb silver buttons drove np to tho door. And the same is true tn circumstances of much humbler degree. Content is known to livo in tho cottage, but take3 its leave after it has onco visited ‘ mansion.' • Stylo’ is die world in many people’s thoughts. Is not this arrant folly, good people 7 Is our owu house less com fortable because that of our neighbor is larger 7 Are our own blessings the less desirable be cause his apparently outnumber them 7 Out upou such folly ! Tho strong minded and tho wise never find themselves poor, however Small their means and however cultivated their tastes may be. The world of God’s creation is so much larger, so much fuller, so niueb iuoro to them, than any work which man cun create, that they never have a want beyond tlioir means. Cannot you bo ns wise as they 7 The Yalue of a Newspaper. The followiog is the experience of a mechan ic concerning tbe benefit of a newspaper: Ten years ago I lived in a town in thdiana. On returning home one night, for I am a car penter by trade, I saw a little girl leave my door, and I asked my wife who she was. She said Mrs. Harris had sent her after their paper my wife had borrowed. As we sat down to tea my wife said to me, by name: • I wish you wonld subscribe for the news paper; it is so much comfort to me when you are away from home.’ , ‘ I would like to do so,’ said I, ‘ but you know I owe a payment on the house and lot. It will be all I can do to meet it.’ She replied : * If yon *ill take this paper I will sew for the tailor to pay for it.’ I subscribed for tbe paper; it came in due time to the shop. While resting one noon and looking over it. I saw an advertisement of tbo County Commissioners to let a bridge*that was to be built. I put in a bid and the job was awarded to me, on which I cleared #300, wbicb enabled mo to pay for my bouse and lot easily, and for tbe newspaper. If t had not subscribed for the newspaper I should not have known anything about tbe contract r and could not have met my payment on the house and lot. A mechanic never loses anything by tak ing a newspaper. A. T. Stewart made his will before sailing for Europe. It shows bim to be worth one hundred million dollars. —At tbe Paris deaf and dumb institutions seven trades are taught, including lithography ■ aud book-binding. .. From tlie 6th to the 13th century many bishops could not read, aDd kings were scarce ly able to sign their uames. . * ■ Why should we celebrate Washington’s birth-day more than mine ?’ naked a teacher. * Because be never told a lie!* shouted a little boy. ..A Minnesota land speculator in describ ing a lake in that State, says it is so clear and so deep tbat looking into it you can see them making tea in China. — ..Ono.of the into boys while reading a chap ter of Genesis, paused to ask his mother if boys in olden time used to do their sums on the ground. It was discovered that he had been reading the passage, ’and the sons of men multiplied on the face of the earth.’ ■ jlgricitUural leaflets. Talking to Horses and Hales. Mules seem to possess a superiority over horses in learning a language. Nothing is more common on tbe leven in Now Orleans than to see harnessed in drays, stalwart males that understand both French and English. If the driver speaks Spauisb and German, or French, and tbe animal has been iong enough with him, it is quite nvident tbat he under stands when told to do this or that in either language, by instant obedience. Even don- keys manifest a peculiar aptitude for accom plishing themselves in the same way, if reared with drivers speaking tbe same dialects. A splendid opportunity offers to determine how much a horse might he taught of a language —no severity would be necessary. Their in nate apurobativeness affords an uiterring key note.to. their cerebral powers. A gentleman of .New York, two years ago, was in the habit of talking to his boautifhl horse as be did with his friends, and promised him a lump of sugar if ho traveled good when he rodo out, which was invariably given on returning to the stable. When the sagacious quadruped had exerted himself in a particu larly satisfactory manner, ho had a way of ex pressing his consciousness of it to his owner, who acknowledged tho.hint by giving him two lumps.—Spirit of the Times. Methods of Makiug Coffee. The roasting of cofieo in the best manner requires great nicety, since much of tho qual ity of the beverage depends upon the opera tion. It is usually roasted in a.hollow cyliuder made of perforated sheot-iroD, which is kept turniugqver a brisk fire. When tho coffee has assumed a deep cinnamon color and an oily appearance, and the peculiar fragrance is per ceived to be sufficiently strong, it should be taken from tho fire, well shakeu, and permit ted to cool. Not moro than lmlf a pound at onoe should be roasted for domestic use, and the cylinder should never be above one-third filled. This operation, and the subsequent grinding of the beans, should he perforineU just before the coffee is needed for use. The French, who aro celebrated for their qoffee- makiug, use various kinds of combination, such as Java. Mocha, Rio, and .Maracaibo. Tlmse coffees are so delicately .gild in such duo pro portions mixed as to produco a bouquet of aromatic flavors. With respect to quantity, at least one ounce of cofliie should be used to’ make three ordinary sized cupfuls. The cof fee-pot. should lie first warmed, and tho water poured over the coffee. Wbatevor is use# for clearing, white of eggs, isinglass, &c., should bo dissolved before mixing. There are about one hundred and seventy-five patents in oxist- enco for coffee-pots. The best form known is ope which distills the coffee, never allowing it to boil. By this process tlie infusion docs not become black, bitter, or stale, and can'lm at. any time, with all tlie a ir.vvS