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\ r 0LTJME XX.
ATHENS, ax-WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11,1814.
NUMBER 49.
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GEORGIA. STATE GRANGE.
REPORT of the committee on direct trade.
To the Patrons of Husbandry of the State of
Georgia :
By a resolution passed at the oieetingnf the
State Grange, held in Atlanta on the 26th of
November, 1873, it was—
Resolved, that a committee of five be ap
pointed to open books of subscription for stock
in a company to carry on a direct trade with
Europo.
Wo, the committo, take this mode of bring
ing this momentous move before our brother
Patrons of the State of Georgia and all the
cotton States. It would take volumes to re
late the innumerable advantages that the
Southern States would derive from such a
company, with its agents throughout the
manufacturing countries of Europe, T hoy are
almost incredible to those who have not made
it a study.
Wo will state a few of the leading advanta
ges : Intheflrstpiaco.it will enable the cot
ton planter to place his cotton within the
reach of the manufacturers of Europe, who
consume three-fourths of the cotton crop of
the South, at the smallest amount of expense
in the transit between the planter and consn
mer, thereby saving in expenses alone, mil
lions yearly on the cotton crop. It will keep
the cotton out of the hands of speculators who
manage to put down tho prico of cotton as
long as it is in the hands of the planter to his
serious loss, and then to put up the price when
they get control of a major part of the cotton
to the injury of the manufacturers. Tho past
four months have shown the immense power
that the Northern capitalists have over the cot
ton planter of the South. Was there any rea
son why tho failure of a few railroad specula
tors should cause tho enormous decline from
from 17c on the 1st of September to 11c in Oc
tober in Atlanta, with'middling cotton at nine
pence in Liverpool, equal to eighteen cents in
gold, and gold over ten per cent, premium,
with a good demand from tho manufacturers
i in Europe, who consume three-fourths of our
cotton, and only a medium fair crop of cot
ton coming forward, with tho prospect of eve
ry pound of it being required by tho demands
of the world for it during tho next year ? And
yet we have beon compelled, through tho
manipulations of the moncyod kings of tho
North, who hold the purse strings, to submit
to a loss of twenty millions of dollars already
on the small portion of our crop that has come
forward to market. Wo aro bound hand and
foot by the Now York speculators, ard by your
want of energy it is getting worse every, year.
Cotton has now got to he tho greatest article
of speculation and gambling known in the
world. Look at the “ futures” that are dai
ly sold in New York alone ; they amount in
six months to more than tho entire crop of the
South, not one bale in one hundred of which
does tiie seller ever expect to deliver or tho
buyer ever expect to receive. It is simply
gambling as to the future prico, and tho fall or
advance in price simply depends upon whotb-
er the hulls or the bears can get tho advant
age. Demand and supply do not regulate the
prico as it should. Sicb speculation is of
serious disadvantage to both the planter and
the manufacturer. Look at tho prico that the
bears forced cotton up to last July—21 cents
in New York. The high price caused the man
ufacturers to curtail their consumption and
work up inferior East India cotton, and it
caused the planter to run iu debt, believing
that lie would get 18 to 19 cents for his cotton,
and when his crop was ready for market it foil
to 11 and 12 cents, which was less than the
cost of production.
It is the interest of the planter if he has to
take a low prico for bis cotton, to let the man
ufacturers have it, for it will increasoconsump-
tion, and tho lower tho prico of goods, the moro
will he consumed. On the other hand, it is
tho interest of the manufacturer if he is com
pelled to pay a high price for cotton, to pay it
to tho planters, for he knows that tho higher
the price tho planter gets, the more of tho
staple ho will endeavor to make the next year
Therefore it is to the interest of both the plan
ter and manufacturer to keep the cotton out
of the hands of tho speculators,
win. the manufacturers co-oferate ?
The manufacturers will co operate with you
and buy their cotton from you at the highest
market price, in preference to buying from the
speculator. They will ateo purchase a portion j trn( j 0
North. The timber of which they aro made
is raised at tho South, carried to New Eng
land where they can work but three fourths of
the year.owiiig to their cold winters. There
it is made into ships to carry your cotton to
Europe. The steamers that ply between
your Southern ports aro mostly owned by
Northern capitalists, and they are now buyiug
up most of your railroads. They furnish you
money at eighteen to twenty-four per cent, to
make the cotton, and they borrow it from Eu
rope at five per cent. Your cotton goes to
furnish the medium of exchange §120,000,000
of which the Uuited States government re
quires yearly to pay the interest on thoir bonds
held in Europe. You are tho “ hewers of wood
and drawers of water," and the North bolds
the pursestrings. As long as this continues
you will get poorer, and tho money kings of
flic North aru getting richer. Those among
you who have visited the North within the
past five years have seen their immense wealth,
with their palatial residences springing up in
every direction, made front the sweat of your
brows. This, fellow planters, will continue to
he tho case as long as you will allow them
to control your cotton crop, and do your
carrying trade.
tour only remedy
is to onen direct trade with those who consume
your cotton, and from whom yon purchase
your foreign goods. This enormous decline in
your cotton within the past four months, we
trust, will bo a “ blessing in disguise.” for it
will open your eyes to the groat importance of
direct trade with Europe. Had there been
one organized company with sufficient capital
for carrying on a direct trade with Europo,
your cotton would never havo fallen below 16c.
per pound at your shipping ports, and the
failnrc of a few railroad gamblers at the North
would not havo caused tho loss of millions of
dollars to the cotton planters, already on the
small portion of their crop which has gone to
market. You could well have afforded to have
made (hose railroad gamblers a present of the
few millions necessary to have paid their debts,
for you would have made money by tho gift.
But, fellow-planters, that was only an ex
cuse for the moneyed kings to draw their purse
strings tight upon you. It vtas a “ God send
to them just at the tirao your cotton crop was
ready for market. It has enabled them to buy
your cotton at a low price, upon which they
will realize millions of dollars.
What became of a largo portion of the crop
of the year 1872? 1,500,000 bales of it was
shipped to Northern ports, most of it to New
York ; 600.000 bales of which was reshipped
to Europe, adding an extra Gxponse of over
$10 per bale, or $6,000,000. which would have
been saved to the South if it had beon shipped
direct to Europe, besides the enormous loss in
weight which generally occurs in New York.
One of tho committoo who was in England
during the fall of 1865 and 1866 in the interest
of direct trade, took occasion to visit Man
chester, Bolton, and many other large manu
facturing towns, and there he met tho manu
facturers at their Boards of Trade, visited their
manufactories, staid at their houses, and con
versed freely with them on the subject, and
never in a single instant^ did ho find one who
was not more anxious fordirect trade than you
are, and they pledged themselves to co-operate
with you. and always to give the preference in
buying their cotton from the agent nf tho
planter instead of the cotton speculator —
There are many among you who say, let the
manufacturer come to us to buy our cotton !
That is an impossibility, except to a small ex
tent, for most of their capital is locked up in
their business, and it would take, on nn aver
age, four months to get the cotton delivered to
them, and in case of loss in transit, they would
be obliged to buy at home or stop their mills.
You must bear in mind that yours is not tho
only country which produces cotton. Wo do
not even make one-half that is consumed, and
if you attempt to force them to come to you
for cotton, they will purchase East India and
other inferior cottons that are brought to their
doors. It is easy to drive all other cottons out
of the market by placing ours within the reach
of the manufacturers. Owing to the enormous
lluctuations in cotton, caused by speculators,
the manufacturers are compelled to buy as
they consume it. They say that they would
prefer paying a half cent per pound more for
cotton if they were certain that it would keep
at one regular price; but tho fluctuations
caused, not by the demand and supply, but by
the speculators, is of serious injury to their
nntil you open direct trade with the countries
that consomo your cotton, and purchase tho
foreign goods you consume direct from the
manufacturers, you must expect to remain
poor.
The saving to the South on your cotton crop
in five years by direct trade, will place a large
amount of capital in tho South, which will re
duce tho high rates of interest you now pay
for money. By such saving you will be able
to build factories to work up a portion of your
cotton, and enable you to ship yams to the
continent of Europe, instead of the cotton, the
profits of which, together with the wages you
pay the operatives, will remain In the country,
adding to its wealth and prosperity, and give
employment to thousands of women end chil
dren. Then, and not till then, will you be
able to emancipate yourselves from the money
ed kings of the North, for whom you are now
but slaves. Yes, far worse off than those you
formerly owned. You must boar in mind that
in " diversified industry is a nation’s pros
perity and after you have made your cotton
you must find the best mode of disposing of it
to the best advantage.
Direct trade will enable the merchants to
order such goods as aro raado in foreign coun
tries, and which you consume, direct front the
manufacturers instead of their corning to you
through New York. It will also enable some
of the large number of immigrants who now go
to New York, and from thence to the West, to
find homos in the South. As soon as sufficient
diroct trade is opened to warrant the same,
you will find that European capitalists will put
on steamships to the Southern cities weekly,
or oftener, if necessary, and European capital
will flow into our country. But so long as you
allow all of your foreign trade to pass through
New York, they will yoarly be getting richer
and you poorer.
It is proposed to form a company witli a
capital of $—-, with shares at $10 each, so as
to enable every small farmer in the State to
take one or moro shares. We solicit tho ladios
to come forward and help us in this great un
dertaking; for ovon if they have no cotton to
ship, they havo wants to be supplied, aud can
aid in increasing onr profits by swelling the
volume of our return freights from European
markets.
One Thing the Grangers havo Done.
Thoy have broken tho power and combina
tions of pork packers. They started out tho
past fall as they did tho fall before to buy pork
at about three dollars-expecting again to get
double tho prico when they sold as they did
last year. But the Grangers were too sharp
for them this time. They said, “ rather than
sell at these low figures we will pack our own
pork." So all over the West the Grangers
combined, determined to pack unless they
could get what thoir pork was honestly worth
Pork came in slow, not fust enough to meet
the demands of the packers. The packers be
came alarmed, and thought they had better
make smaller profits, and so commenced offer
ing higher prices. The Grangers were firm
resolute, and insisted on higher prices, and tho
packers were compelled to pay-them. The
result is, pork to-day is worth $4 25 per hun
dred instead of $3. The farmers have triumph
cd over the combinations to wrong men.
Millions moro of dollars havo been saved to
them than othorwiso would havo been. They
needed tho money, and have got it. They are
entitled to it, and have only got what was their
duo. Tho farmers can combine on a larger
and grainier scale than any other class, when
it becomes necessary.—St. I mu is Rural.
strode rapidly back and forth across the room
ever anon making a move as if to spring like a
fury upon her husband, who, with a paper
over his face, was apparently sound asleep,
dreaming, perhaps of the wicked temptress
that had come between him and his fond wife.
Presently a reaction took place, and the wretch
ed woman sank into a chair and found relief
in that blessed panacea for female ills—a flood
of tears.
Grown calmer after a while, she picked up
the rumpled letter, smoothed out the creases,
and with an air of mingled dospair and resig
nation, looked for the signature.
• Your over loving and devotod, but poor,
apprehensive—•
What’s this! Flut—flat—tering birdie.
A-d-a—Ada. Why, bless mo! this is one of
iny own old letters to George. What a fool I—’
A sound from the sofa, first like escaping
steam, and then like a car rattling over tho
stony street, assured her that her ridiculous
actions had beon witnessed by her husband.
Burning with sliame, the foolish woman flew
to her room and locked herself in, and she is
almost as miserable now as when she felt that
she was a wronged and deceived wife.
The Serpent of Appetite.
It is an old Eastern fable that a certain King
nnco suffered the Evil One to kiss him on cither
shoulder. Immediately there sprang there
from two serpents, who, furious with hunger,
attacked the man, and strove to eat into his
brain. The now terrified King strove to tear
them away and ca3t them from him, when he
found, to his horror, that they had become a
part of himself.
Just so it is with every one who becomes
slave to his appetite. He may yield in what
seems a very little thing at first; even when
he finds himself attacked by the serpent that
lurks in the glass, ho may fancy ho can cast
him off. But, alas! ho finds the thirst for
strong drink bus become a part of himself. It
would be almost as easy to cut oft' his right
hand. The poor poet Burns said that if a bar
rel of rum was placed iu one corner of tho
room, and a loaded cannon in anotbor, point
ing toward him, ready to be fired if ho ap
proached the barrel, ho had no choice but to
go for tho rum.
The person who first tempts yon to take a
glass may appear very friendly. It ins uot a
dart that Satan aimed at tho fated King. He
only gave him a kiss. But the serpent that
sprang from it was just as deadly, for all that.
O, be careful of letting this serpent of appe
tite get possession of you, for it will be a mi
racle of grace, _ indeed, if you aro ever able
again to shake bin? off.
Guard against every sin, doar children, how
ever small; let it not gain a hold upon you.—
Pray to bo kept from temptation in every form,
and think not that in your own strength you
can battle against it.— Youth's Temperance Ban
ner.
The Confederate Forces.
The Mobile Register of the 20th ultimo has
an article on tho Southorn Historical sociotv,
from which wo extract the following interest
ing facts: In the November number of eqj
Eclectic and tho Land'We Love, 1869, an inte
resting and important correspondence was
published between Dr. Joseph Jones, Secreta
ry of tho Historical Society, and General S.
Cooper, ex-Adjutant General of the Confede
rate States. From that source we glean the
following facts for the benefit of those who are
not so fortunate ns to havo preserved a filo of
those valuable magazines. Such facts are
startling even to thoso who participated in th?
Southern struggle:
FirRt. The available force of the Confede
rate army did not, during the war, exceed
600,000 men!
Second- The Confederate States nevei ha'd
in their defence moro than 200,000 men in the
field at one time!
Third. From 1861 to 1865 tho Confederate
forces actively engaged wore only 600,800 !
Fourth. The total number of deaths during
that time wCro 200,000.
Fifth. Losses of prisoners counted as total
losses on account of tho United States policy
of exchange, 200,000!
Sixth. The loss of the Confederate States
array by discharge, disability and desortion
amounted to 100,000.
Seventh. At the close of the war, the force
of the Confederate army was less than 100,000.
Eighth. Out of 600.000 men, 500,000 were
lost to the service !
KThese facts are taken from calculations made
with great care by Dr. Joseph Jones, submit
ted to and approved l»y General S. Cooper,
Adjutant-General of the Confederate army.
From them wo deduce these two facts: At the
close of the war tho Federal forces numbered
one million ; the Confederate forces numbered
one hundred thousand! How sad and elo
quent a difference ! Eloquent of disadvan
tages. determination, devotion and death!
The files of the office held by General Cooper
were carefully preserved, and this tragic socret
was carefully preserved and only known to its
heroes. Thoy guarded it well. It was boxed
up, and retreated under guard from Richmond
to Charlotte, North Carolina. There it was
unfortunately captured, and the United States
found that her million of men bad been held
at bay by one hundred thousand only!
Select fSHisrellauti.
Livery, Feed St Sale Stable,
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ATHENS, GEOHGIA.
GANN & REA.VES, PROPRIETORS,
HjL be found at their old stand, roar Franklin
0 , . Thomas street. K«ap always
8tuk * Lir«-«»ut* and riireful drivers.
l *ar«d for when entrusted to nur care.
!‘*nd forsale at «U times. <W2d—ti
Boot
A. A. EDGES,
Shoe and Harness
maker,
.Mom2-1} IFATKINSVILLE, GA.
WALTON HOTEL,
rtv.p monhok, ga.
4 ? u ‘briber wuuld ioi»!>ei-tfully inform travelers
and • K i . ituvni-ri
«!th„ iw Rouot.lly Hint hob** taken charge
wiil "o pnifts t„ make
*t«. Hi. i * mn y l*v«r him with thoir pMron-
^tnrge* will h«* rea»orni»le. jm.28 liu
Afuu sn L ® GA ’L BLA.NK;
A LL,u Pl ll y no hard at th.
WATCJIMANOFFICE.
R. B. ADAIR, D. D. S.
BoenT GAl SEVILLE, GA.
* ««■« Public bquaic. 27t»ar
of their cotton through this company, and
shin their goods to you for sale, thereby in
creasing the profits.
As this company will do a legitimate com
mission business, advancing a fair proportion
on the value of cotton shipped, it will be a safe
and must be a profitable business. It is pro
posed to make a co-operative company, there
by returning to the planter a portion of the
commissions which now goes to enriching the
speculator. Even the small planter who pre
fers selling at home, should take stock in it,
as it will enable the country store keeper to
ship his cotton through it, realizing a better
price, thereby enabling him to pay the planter
a better price. For if the country merchant
can get bis cotton to the best market at a cost
of three, instead of six conts per pound,
ho will he able to pay the planter a better
price fm it. It will enable the merchant to
order his foreign goods direct from Europo,
which will give the ships return freights from
Europe that now come over in ballast to take
our cotton to Europe. If thoso ships wore
loaded with the foreign merchandise which we
consume, they would bo able to carry our cot
ton at u lower freight.' At present ninety-
nine hundredths nf tho foreign goods which we
consume come to ns through New York., Look
at tho immense quantity of Rio coffee that is
consumed at tho South, most of it is paid for
by Southern flour, which is the best for ship
ment through the tropics. It is carried from
tho South to New York seven hnndrod miles;
there it is re-shipped and possess yonr ports
to Brazil; the coffee is there sbipt>ed, tho
ships again passing your ports to New York,
there paying storage, dravage, etc., it is then
re-shipped, having traveled altogether over
twenty-eight hundred miles farther than nec
essary to bo distributed to the South, for which
privilege you pay tho Northern moneyed kings
millions. All the American shipping that car-
Thc shipping of your cotton does not neces
sitate your selling at once. On tho contrary
it enables you to hold it in a safe place at less
cost than you can on your own plantation ; for
the expense of storing and insurance is less
than you can insure it for on your plantation.
Tiie storage in fire proof buildings in Liver
pool is six conts per month, and insurance is
three-fourihs of oue per cent, per annum.—
And should you wish to borrow money on your
cotton you can always get three-fourths of its
value at the low rate of interest of five per
cant, per annum, and when you see fit to sell
you can do so any day. Whereas, on your
plantation yon cannot borrow money on it, and
it is difficult to sell when you wish to.
With our own agents established in Europe,
who will charge yon only the actual expenses
on your cotton, it will not cost more to ship to
Liverpool than it now does to New York, and
then your cotton will averago two cents per
pound more during the year. A company with
sufficient capital established by you, will be
able to advance on your cotton as soon as it
arrives at a shipping port, and with such ar
rangements as can bo made with European
capitalists, who will furnish you with all the
capital you need to forward your crop at five
per cent, per annum interest, instead of 18 to
24 per cent., which you now pay. And such
arrangements can be made whereby there will
be a snvin»of about three per cent, in ex
clinnge. which Is the difference between what
are callud commercial or cottrin bills of ex
change and bankers' hills, which alone on the
cotton crop amounts to from five to six rail
lions of dollars yearly—all of which comes out
of the planter. Every reduction you can make
in thh expenses in transit between the planta
tion and manufactory adds so much to the
price you will get for your cotton. The small
individual amounts out of which you are yearly
ries yonr cotton to Europo Is owned at tbo 1 swindled are immense in the aggregate, and
A Wronged and Deceived Wife.
A tired husband went home from his work
last night, and taking off his coat, requested
his wifo to mend a rent in the sleeve, then
sank upon the sofa behind the evening paper.
Wife-like, she took up the coat; woman-liko
she dived into the pockets. From tho inside
pocket she drew forth a letter, directed, in del
icate eliirography, to her husband. With
darkening brow, she quickly took th# suspi
cious-looking missive from tho envelope, and,
without noticing the date, began to read •
‘ Dear George—I am lonely, oh, so lonely,
since you left me last Thursday night,’
‘ Ah, ha! that was Lodge night, he told me,’
said the now thoroughly interested woman, as
she glanced viciously ovor at her husband,
who appeared to be just fallen asleep. *Oh.
how can you sloop with the weight of this deep
sin upon you! But I’ll see what more the
brazen huzzy has to say if it kills me !’
With one hand pressed to her throbbing
heart, she read on:
I know I am foolish, darling, but when you
are away there seems to be a barrier between
me and all that is bright and lovely. The sun
docs not shine half so bright's the moon is but
a white spot in the sky, and the stars stare
coldly down, when you are not with tne, lord
of uiy life and heart.’
Was it for this? was it for this?’ moaned
tho unhappy wife.
• Fortune speed the day when wa may be
united in those indissoluble bonds that are
sacred in the eyes of Heaven and earth—’
• What mockery! Does bo or she consider
that his vows mado to mo are not sacred ?
What are they going to do with me, anyway.
I wondor? Poison perhaps. Oil, false, false
perfidious man! Oh. wicked, hellish, design
ing wanton!’ Still the suffering woman read
the letter, though each word burned to ash as
a thousand hopes and joys:
When we need no more meet clandestinely
and tremble in each other’s embrace—•
• I’d make yon tremble. If I had you In my
embrace a minute!’
• when my bead may be pillowed in safety on
your breast—’
• The fiendess !*
• and your arms twine in loving pressure about
me—’
• Furies 1’
*and our lips smother the tender words that
would escajte between them.’
‘ Ob, the sirenie she devil I’ biased the wo
man, as she tried to keep down the boiling rage
within her. She crushed tho letter in her
hands, then threw it upon the floor and sprang
upon it with her heels, as though it were a
snake, and ground it into the carpet, then
with clenched band and compressed lipe, she
Chubb’s Mouse.
On Saturday night Chubb camo homo very
late, and when ho went up stairs his wife and
children were in bed asleep. Ho undressod as
softly as ho could and then, as he felt thirsty,
thought ho would get a drink of water. For
tunately ho saw a goblctful standing on tho
washstand, placed there, evidently, for him
self by Mrs. Chubb. He seized it and drank
the liquid in two or three huge gulps, hut just
ns ho was draining the goblet he gaged, drop
ped tho glass to the floor where it was shivered
to atoms, while ho ejected something from his
mouth. He was certain a live animal of some
kind had been in tbo water and that he had
nearly swallowed it. This theory was oonfirra-
ed when lie saw tbo object which he spit out
go bounding ovor the floor. He pursued it,
kicking a couple of chairs over while doing so,
and at last he put his foot on it and held it.
Of course Mrs. Chubb was wide awake by this
time and scared nearly to death, and the baby
was screaming at the top of its lungs. Mrs.
Chubb got out of bed and turned up the gas,
and said:
“ Mr. Chubb, what in the name of common
sense is the matter?”
“ It’su mouse, Louisa.” shouted Chubb in an
excited manner. “ It’s a mouse in the goblet.
I nearly swallorad it, but I spit it out, and now
I’ve got my foot on it. Get a stick and kill it
quick 1”
Mrs. Chubb was at first disposed to jump up
on a chair and scream, for like all women, she
feared a mouse much more than sho did a
tiger. But at Chubb's solicitation sho got the
broom and prepared to demolish the mouse
when Chubb drew hack his foot. He drew
back and sho aimed a fearful blow at the ob
ject and missed it. Then as it did not move
she took a good look at it. Then site threw
down the broom, and after casting a look of
scorn at Chubb, she said :
“ Como to bed, you old fool; that’s not a
mouse.”
” What do you mean ?”
“ Why, you old simpleton, that's the baby’s
India-rubber bottlo-top that I pnt in the gob
let to keep sweet. You ought to bo ashamed
of yoarself, carrying on in this manner at one
o’clock in the morning.”
Then Chubb turned in. After this he will
drink at the pump.—Max Adeler.
Little by Little.
If you are gaining little by little every day,
he content.
Are your exponses less than your incomo. so
that, though it bo little by littie, you are yet
constantly accumulating and growing richer
and richer every day? Be content; so far as
concerns money, you are doing well.
Are you gaining knowledge every day?
Though it bo little by little, tho aggregate of
i the accumulation, where no day is permitted
to pass without adding something to the stock,
will be surprising to yourself.
Solomon did not become tho wisest man in
the world in a minute. Little by little—nev
er omitting to learn something, even for a sin
gle day—always reading, always studying a
little between the time of rising up in the
morning and lying down at night; this is the
way to accumulate a full store house of know!
edge.
Finally, aro you daily improving in charac
ter ? Be not discouraged because it is iittle
by little. Tho host of men fall far short of
what they themselves would wish to be. It is
something, it is much, if you keep your good
resolutions better to day than you did yester
day, better this week than you did last, hotter
this year than you did last year. Strive to be
perfect, but do not liecoino disheartened so
long as you are approaching nearer to tho high
standard at which £>u aim.
Little by little knowledge is gained ; little
by little c.haructer and reputation are achiev
ed. With little by littlo, therefore do not ho
discontent, but press on. Do not despise tiie
day of small of things. Little things make tiie
grand aggregate of true worth.
Josh Billings.
Most every one luves to listen to a slander,
hut there aint but phew but what despise the
author of it.
What a heartless world this would bo if
thare was no tears in it.
Thare are but phew people here belo that
hav branes enuff to amuse themselves.
After trying for more than forty years to
have mi own way, I hav finally cum to the kon-
klusion to split the difference.
Without mnnny, without friends, and with-
outimpudenco, iz about az low down in this
world as enny man kan git, and keep virtewous
Tho dog that will phollow everybody aint
worth akuss.
Wise men are never surprised while phools
are always wondering at every thing that hap
pens.
I know ov mennv people who aint happy
until they hav red the last book out; these
folks qnite often git pliull, but seldom git
phatt:
Ono of the most perfect viktorvs you can
achieve ovor enny man iz to beat him in po
liteness.
The rarest artikle quoted in market just now
iz good common sense. •
Young man, you had hatter be honest than
cunning, and it is hard work to lie both.
Tho world at large judge ov us hi our suk-
cess.
It might to kuro tho pride ovenny man when
he retlexts that thare aint no one living bat
what owes more to the world than the world
owes to him.
To be familiar with every one and preserve
yonr respect, and thoir esteem, is an evidence
of the most remarkable talents.
Too much branes in a man's bed iz like ton
much milk in a pitcher, dreadful stiddy hand
or it will slop over.
Tho best abused woman of tho 19th century
is tho average mother-in-law.
Wise men sometimes build air kastles but
tare them to pieces when they git thru; it is
miy tlio phools who bild them and then un-
(ieriake to live in them.
A klear knnshience, plenty to^ eat, and a
good digestion, are the three best kards in the
pack.
Tho best bil^ov fare I know of is a good ap-
petight.
I konsider forms and cerenmnys the mere
tricks of civilization, but to observe them iz
the only way t know ov to protect ourselves
igninst the common herd.
Until every good man is brave, we must ex
pect to find many good women timid—too tim
id even to believe in tho correctness of their
own best promptings, wheu these would place
them in a minority.
Whenever yu cum akrost a man who iz tell
ing everybody he meets how long he haz wore
thp pair of boots ho has got on, you kan safely
konklude that man iz tilling hiz destiny, and
aint good for ennything else mutch.
A Prison Story.
A prisoner in the Missouri Penitentiary, too
weak to work and who had the run of tho yard,
■me day naked the warden if bo could lie allow
ed to cultivate a small corner in the inclosure.
” What do you want to raise?” “ Cucumbers,
sir." Why, you can’t raise them here; the
prisoners would steal them.” “No, sir,” said
tlieman firmly, "they will not steal one of
them.” “ Well, go ahead,” said the warden ;
” if any of tho cucumbers are stolen, don’t
come to me with your complaints.” “You
will novor hear from me on that score sir
The cucumbers were planted, watered, trained
and cultivated, and an immense crop was the
lesult. At last, however, as tho fruit grew, it
disappeared, and the warden become convinc
mI that the owner sold it for liquor, produce,
or other contraband article. He directed tho
man to be watched, and finally detected in the
act ot carrying bis cucnmbars to the hospital
aud giving them to the poor fellows who in
their sickness craved them. Not one had beon
stolen.
Thare is nothing that a man iz so certain or
as he is ov what he sees, and yet thare is noth
ing after all that deceives him oftener.
13" Pluck is the prime essential to success
in farming, and we take a pleasure in noting
every instauco where this manifests itself in
the South. At Franklin, La., ten or twelve
young men about town, principally mechanics,
despairing of obtaining employment at their
legitimato trades, conceived the idea of form
ing a community and farming on shares.—
Thoy therefore placed thems^ves under the
direction of ono of thoir number, and that one
rented a cane farm from a gentleman who
agreed to furnish teams, feed them, give them
the use of implements and a sugar mill, and
take one-balf the crop as rental. On these
terms the young raou bravely threw off idle
ness and went to work with a will. Toll us
white men can’t work at the Soutli! They
only want the pluck. These young men will
succeed.
Forgive with all yoar Heart.
Willie and Hellon had a little bit of a quarrel
the other night. Willie had a pretty picture
paper, and Uelien crumpled it. But Willie is
very particular to keep his papers smooth and
nice, so I am sorry to say he was very angry,
and slapped bis sister. Then Helen slapped
back again.
Mother had to separate the children. She
pnt one nn the sofa and the other on a stool
to cool down and think. Then sho told them
they must make up.
Helen marched straight up to Willie, and
said in her sweetest tone, • Willie, I am sorry I
massed your paper; will you forgive me ?’
Willie was not so loving as his sister. It
was a good deal harder for him to make up.
He had to <1o something about it, so he replied
4 Sister, I will forgive you. but I think I can’t
excuse you.’ He meant just what I have
hoard many persons say, 4 1 can forgive,*but
I can’t forget. 4
4 That won’t do,’ said mamma; • you must
forgive, my son, with all your heart.'
• Well, then, I will,’ said master Willie, af
ter thinking some time about it: 4 sister, I’ll
forgive you, and I’m sorry I struck von ; let
ns kiss.*
Dear children, w* can never 1m happy un
less we forgive a* G*«l doo3; forgive and never
remember any more.
Beware ov thejman who iz alwuss redily to
swop old friends for now ones.
Running Footmen.
In former days, when couches did not go
above five miles an hour, and roads were not
macadamized, footmen used to run before
thoir masters. They were considered indis-
pensablo attenedants upon tho carriage of a
great man, and doubtless their services were
often in requisition. They cleared tho way,
paid the turnpike, helped to pull the carriage
out of the ruts, or to support it on #ne side, to
prevent it being over-turned ; and they bore
torches, which, in London, they put out on
their return home by means of the iron extin
guishers attached to the lamp-railings, such
as may yet be seen in front of the old house in
May Fair. Tho dress of tho running footman
was often gaudy, and lie carried in his baud a
long pole, six or seven feet long, with a silver
ball at the end. made hollow, which was to
hold an egg or some wine. The pole was also
used for leaping or hard parts of the road ; and
great feats in this way are recorded of some
footmen.
Tho powers of endurance of these men were
wonderful. Itisasserled that in a bad read
they could easily keep ahead of a coach-and-
six, but on level ground the pace of the horse*
would be somewhat slackened on their ac
count. It was not unusual fur them to go
sixty miles in the day. A duke of Marlbor
ough tlrovo a pbDHcm-and-four from London
to Winchester agaiust one of them, and only
just beat him ; but the man did not long sur
vive this unnatural strain upon his strength.
The Duke of Queensbury, who died in 1810,
was the last to keep up this custom. A trace
of it lingers among us in tho attendance of
grooms who walk by state carriages, and that
of mutes at funerals who precede the hearse.
The long pole was the origin of the eilver-
hcadod canes now borne by footmen etaodiug
behind a carriage.
Confederate Officers In the Present Congress.
Tho following list of members of the present
Congress, with their rank in the army of tbs
Confederate States, is furnished by the Con
gressional Directory:
Lieutenant General—John B. Gordon, Dem
ocrat. Georgia.
Major Generals—Matt. \Y. Ransom, Demo
crat, North Carolina ; P. M. B. Young, Demo
crat, Georgia.
Brigadier Gonerals—J. S. Alcorn, Republi
can. Mississippi; Philip Cook. Democrat, Geor
gia ; J. B. Clarke. Democrat. Missouri; Eppa
Hun ton. Democrat, Virginia ; R. if. Vance,
Democrat, North Carolina.
Colonels—Hiram P. Bell, Democrat, Geor .
gia ; Jaiuei M. Leach, Democrat, North Car
olina ; D. C. Giddings. Democrat, Texas ; R.
<4 Mills, Democrat. Texas; Edward Cross-
land, Democrat, Kentucky, L. Q. C. Lamar,
Democrat, Mississippi; W. \{. Robbins, Dem
ocrat, North Carolina.
Lieutenant Colonels—M. Rawls, Democrat.
Georgia ; J. H. Blount, Democrat, Georgia ;
J. H. Caldwell, Democrat, AlabaRia; W. C.
Whitthorne. Democrat, Tennessee, J. C. D.
Atkins, Democrat, Tennessee.
Majors—'T. Whitehead, Democrat, Virginia;
R. H. Whiteley, Republican, Georgia; 4. H.
Slos8, Democrat, Alabama ; C. Hays, Repub
lican, Alabama; R. A. Hatcher. Democrat,
Missouri; A. A. Willie, Democrat, Texas,
Captains—Charles Pelham. Rojiublit in, Al
abama ; C. L. Cobb, KeiWtlic.in, North Caro
lina.
Privates—W. G Herndon,
as ; W. P. McLean,!