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®!\t dSajrite. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, EY J. T. McCARTY, Editor. • SUBSCRIPTION: Onb Thar $2 oo Six Mouths 1 00 gusitwss Cants. ■W- 18. VAIL, WITH KEAN &. CASSEL.S, Wholesale and retail dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods 208 Broad it., lat stand of H. F. Russel & Cos. AUGUSTA, GA. J. MVRFH7 & CO. Wholesale and retail dealers in English White Granite & C. C. Ware ALSO, Semi-China, French China, Glassware, &c. No. 244 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. * T. MARKWALTER, MARBLE WORKS, BROAD STREET, Near Lower Market, AUGUSTA, GA. THE AUGUSTA Gilding, Looking-glass,Picture Frame FACTORY. Old Picture Frames Regilt to look Equal to New. Old Paintings Carefully Cleaned, Lined and Varnished. J. J. BROWNE, Agent, 346 Broad st., Augusta, Ga. E. H. ROGERS, Importer and dealer in RIM, GUMS PISTOLS And Pocket Cutlery, Amm inition of nil Kinds, 246 BROAD BTREET, AUGUSTA, GA. REPAIRING EXECUTED PROMPTLY §usiueso (fomte. Has received a STOCK OF FURNITURE and is constantly adding thereto, which he will sell at the LOWEST CASH PRICES UPHOLSTERING AND REPAIRING and all work in his line done in a neat and workmanlike manner. Satisfaction guarantied. Orders filled for Sash, Doors and Blinds. My22-ly LIGHT CARRIAGES & BUGGIES. J. F. _A_TJFX>, (Carriage toajnufact’r ELBGRTOiV, GEORGIA. BEST WORKMEN! BEST WORK! LOWEST PRICES! Geod Buggies, warranted, - $125 to $l6O Common Buggies - SIOO. REPAIRING AND BLACKS MITRING. Work done in this line in the very best style. The Best Harness My22-1v T. M. SWIFT. MACK ARNOLD SWIFT & ARNOLD, (Successors to T. M. Swift,) dealers in DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, CROCKERY, BOOTS AND SHOES, HARDWARE, &c., Pufelie Square, ELBERTONjGA. JOHN H. JONES & CO., From this day, will sell their stock of WINTER DRESS GOODS CLOTHING, CASSIMERES, HATS, RIBANDS, NOTIONS, &c., at cost for cash. h.k.cairdner, elberton, GA., dealer in MY CODE. HICIIK. HARDWARE, CROCKERY, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS Notions, &c* THE GAZETTE Jl §mwt of (Bmtte, independent in JUt dfkmgo™ gffvotcd (BxtH toivetp to the intern to of the Community, New Series. AROUND THE CORNER. How do the horses come round at The Corner? When eyes are all straining To see which is gaining, And far-distant humming Grows louder and clearer, —Wows stronger and nearer. “They’re off!” “They’re coming!” “Who leads ?” “Black and red!”—“No ! Green by a head 1" “The Earl!” “No, the Lady!’’—“Typhoeus looks shady I” “Orion ! Orion, —To lire or to die on 1” “Twenty pounds to a crown— On the little Blue Gown.” “I’ll venture my whole in—That colt by Tom Bowline 1” “Paul Jones 1” “Roiscrucian 1” “Green Sleeve !” “Restitution 1” “Le Sarrazin !” “Pace !” “It’s Mercury’s race!” The* on they come lashing, and slashing, and dashing, Their colors all flashing like lightning gleams gashing The darkness, where, clashing, the thunder is crashing! With whipping and thrashing, With crowding and smashing, With pressing and stirring, With lifting and spurring, With pulling and striving, With pushing and drivir g, With kicking and sporting, With neighing and sno.ting, W r ith frisking and whisking, With racing and chasing, With straining and gaining, With longing and thronging, With plunging and lunging. With fretting and sweating, With bustling, and hustling, andjustling, With surging, and urging, and scourging, With rushing, and brushing, and crushing, With scattering, and pattering, and clatter ing, With hurrying, and scurrying, and flurrying, and worrying, With sliding, and gliding, and riding, and strid ing, With crying, and flying, and shying and ply ing, With tying, and vying, and trying, and hie ingl Till lapidly spinning. The ranks quickly thinning, The crowd is beginning, To see which is winning :—• Some faces grow brighter—and some grow for lorner: And that's how the horses come round at Tue Corner! Fun. A. REYIEAV Of Dr. Dick’s Essay on the Natural Attributes of the Deity. By a Member of the Literary Club. [Published by request.] In assuming the difficult and responsible position as critic, even on the lightest works of fiction, I, at any time, teel serious appre hensions as to my ability to render anything like a clear and just view of the work under consideration; but, in the present instance, I feel wholly and utterly incompetent to the lofty task before me, and were I to give way to my impulses I would fold my hands and close my eyes and from the depths of my sou! exclaim “Impossible!” But this might be justly reckoued ingratitude to those who were kind enough to honor me with the appointment; hence I have de cided to offer some remarks upon the mat ter to which we have just listened, not properly styled a criticism, because not after the manner of critics. Such an attempt would be presumption unheard of and could but end in failure, signal as deserving. The first thiug that elicits our attention in reviewing as a whole the section with which we have just been favored is the terse aud familiar style with which the author introduces the most profound truths to the reader. Carefully avoiding the technicali ties with which philosophers usually per plex the student, he confines himself to the simplest language, enforcing his propo sitions clearly and logically, and in a way to be comprehended by the unpracticed leader as well as appreciated by the deepest thinkers, strenuously refusing to emvelope I.is sublime metaphysical truths in the misty clouds of the transeendalistand steering clear of the dogmatical assumptions of the materialist, this Christian philosopher, ad hering to the principals so firmly established in his profound and comprehensive mind, presents for our consideration God as re vealed in Jtlis w( rks, or the natural attrib utes of the Deity. The object of the au thor seems to have been to bring about a more intimate relation between the creature and Creator by acquainting man with his God through the medium of His works, and also to direct the mind to steer salely be tween a blind fanatical religion on the one hand and a gross infidelity on the other hand. This he has most happily effected in combining the religion of-Aiature and the re ligion of Christ, showing that they are not contradictions, but exist in the glorious ELBERTON, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9,1873 perfection of complete harmony. The- re ligion of nature he regards as the corner stone, the ground work, of the whole super structure of the Christian religion; and, taking this view of it, draws the conclusion that the Christian revelation should not supercede the religion of nature, but only carry it foward to perfection. He shows, in a series of impressive truths presented in the form of interrogatories, that the Christian revelation does not annul the nat ural relations which subsist between man and the Deity, proving thus the perpetuity of these relations which it should be our delight and grateful confidence to contem plate as eternal and unchangeable. Next in order do we notice the author’s conception of divine harmony and perfec tion that pervades the character of the Deity, warning us against the unreasonable dispo sition of mind to magnify one of the divine attributes at the expense of another. God is infinite; fierce all of his attributes are equal. Omnipotence does not exceed boundless benificence; infinite knowledge cannot surpass omnipresence; nor can His eternity outlive His infinite wisdom—ad mitting by these perfections of no parallel. Eternal ! Distinct! Entire ! One ! How forcibly, then, are we reminded by this that we are not to live in a state of disobedience aud transgression, trusting to divine mercy, for justice is commensurate with mercy. — God is perfect. The religion of nature that the author under consideration regards so high—what is it ? It is the recognition and acknowl edgment of Deity in all his works ; every attribute of the divine character is display in Ilis creation. llis Eternity, Omnipo tence, Omnipresence, Infiufce Wisdom, Knowledge, and Beuifieence— for every at tribute of the divine mind was called into requisition to accomplish the vast design of creation. His eternity: this embraces tie incon ’overtible conclusion that he who created all things must of necessity Himself been uncreated, self-existent, eternal. That there was a creator is proven by all things, as n is impossible for all we behold to exist with out a cause, and the cause of all things mu-t necessarily have been superior tt) the effect produced ; for had the cause been inade quite to the effect, it is palpably true the effect could never have been produced.— Thus vve Darn, first, that there is a Tfcea tor, and, secondly, that this Creator is eternal, by a survey of His works. Next we notice His omnipresence. This we recognize in the regularity and harmony that pervades all things, as we are forced to conclude that the presence of a superior bemg, cognizant at every moment of the transactions of our globe, is necesshry to the fulfillment of the perfect system of order that prevails; for were the superintending presence ot this superior being for a moment withdrawn, anarchy would reign where order abounds. His wisdom, knowledge and omnipotence is displayed in every atom ot creation, and, taking in re view the whole in its completeness and the relation of one part to another, are we con vinced that these divine atiributes are croon ed by one of equal merit —benevolence. Few authors of a philosophic 1 character have been more universally read and ad mired than the one now under review, be cause few indeed have beeD able to clothe the deep things of science in such plain and beautiful language. Simplicity and ele gance murks his entire writing, besides are we impressed by the earnestness of his ap peals, which do not so effect man’s sympa thies as convince his reason. Dealing with man as a rational, intelligent creature, he directs his attention to the wonders aud beauties that him, and encour ages him to a diligent study of these, as suring him that one of the sublime employ ments of the saints in glory will consist in contemplating the perfections of Deity, the full display of which will be exhibited in a future world, and reminding us, in one part of his essay, that the Saviour himself has said, l *This is life eternal, to know Thee, the true and living God,” as well as “Jesus Christ, whom he has sent.” Then we are to study and contemplate God as displayed aud manifested in His works. “Lilt up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these orbs; who bringeth forth their host by number and callcth them all by names ! The everlasting God ; the Lord by the greatness of His might, for that He is strong in power. He hath made the earth by His power; He hath established the world by His wisdom; He hath stretched out the heavens by His understanding.” These writers, say our author, lead us di rectly fo the source whence our most ample conception of Deity are derived, that, from a contemplation of the effects, we may learn the greatness of the cause. Dr. Dick has written a great deal upon the subject which lay so near his heart and which above all matters seem so deeply to interest and occupy his thoughts. His “Philosophy of the Future State” is a work of superior merit, and will be justly appre ciated by all who regard heaven as a place —not a visionary dream-land, a state of mythical joy, of which the soul is only half conscious, as many persons esteem their fu ture abode. But Dr. Dick shows in his philosophy that heaven, which will be the abode of the righteous, “will abound in everything that can please the eye or charm the.fancy, and will, of course, piesent a boundless field for the most sublime investi gations of the intellect.” In this way he leads us to an increased desire for the ac quisition of knowledge, showing that it will enhance our pleasures iu the world to come. Dr. Dick was not only a deep and zealous Christian, as his writings go to prove, but was a man of scientific and highly cultivated intellect. In his preface to the work from which the section read this evening was culled, he says : “It is presumed that no Christian reader will imagine that the views illustrated in this work are intended to be instituted for the revelation of the Bible. — The object of this volume is to illustrate the harmony that subsists between the sys tem of 1 evolution,- and to show that the manifestations of God iu the material uni verse ought to be blended with our views of the facts and doctrines recorded in the vol ume of inspiration.” This object the au thor has most happily accomplished ; and his many writings stand as an everlasting monument of his talent* and piety, turning mankind in the path of virtue and encour aging all to persevere in the acquisition of knowledge—whose lin it is nowhere and whose boundary is eternity. A Young Student’s Essay. —The fol lowing article, iu the “Wise Fool’s Solilo quy,” aud read in Louisville, Ivy., at the Male ,High School exhibits a f'uud of lo c ic ; nothing. As I had nothing to writo about, I thought I would write about nothing. At first glance it seems almost impossible to say something about nothing. Nothing means not anything. God made the world and all that is iu it out ot noth ing. What is dearer to any person than home? Nothing. What is dearer to a school-boy, after 2 o’clock, than a dinner? Nothing.— What is dearer to the girl of the period than a bustle? Nothing. What does any one love better than his life ? Noth ing. Thus we might ask a thousand questions, and co every one we would receive the same answer, nothing. Therefore we see that many persons like “nothing” better than anything else. I believe I have said all I know about nothing, and therefore I will say uothing more. Yours, respectfully, “Nemo.” Does Advertising Pay. —There is no instance on record of a well sustained sys tem ol judicious advertising failing of suc cess. “My SU3CGSS is owing to my liberality in advertising.”—Bonner. “Advertising has furnished me with a competence.”—Amos Lawrence. “ladveitised my productions and made money.” —Nicholas Longworth. “Constant and persistent advertising is a sure prelude to wealth.”—Stephen Gi rard. “He who invests one dollar in business should invest one dollar in advertising that business.”—A. T. Stewart. “Without the aid of advertising I could have done nothing in my speculations. I have the most complete fhith in printer’s ink. Advertising is the royal road to busi ness.”—Barnum. A Montgomery county farmer recklessly publishes the following challenge: “I will bet 842.25 that my hired man can take lon ger to go to the harvest field, get back to dinner quicker, eat more, do less, and bare down harder on a panel fence; than any other hired man within fifteeu miles of the flag-staff in Norristown.” A Sacramento lawyer remarked to the Court: “It is my candid opinion, Judge you are an old fool.” The Judge allowed his mildly-beaming eye to fall upon the lawyer a brief moment; then, in a voice husky with suppressed tobacco juice and emotion said ; “It is my candid opinion, sir, that you are fined one hundred dollars.” The boy who undertook to ride a horse radish is now practicing on a saddle of mut ton. Vol I—No. 50. COTTON PLANTING. In “Thoughts for the Month,” that ster ling agricultural paper, the Southern Culti vator, for April, gives the following on cot ton planting : The yield of a crop is very largely depen dent upon the “stand” secured. Again, success often depends upon getting a stand at a particular time. A difference of a few days or a week, in time of planting, often makes a wonderful difference of results; es pecially is this true in the case of cotton, and as this crop will be planted during the present month, we venture a few suggestions as to time aud mode of planting, lor the ben efit of young farmers more especially. First time for plantiug cotton. The earlier the better. Plant just as soon as the danger of frost is over. Our observation is, that tak ing the average of seasons, early planted cot ton, fruits better than late planted. A cer tain degree of maturity (which age Uone can give,) is a condition precedent to fruit ing. A stalk must be formed before the fruit can be. At first the forces of the plaut are all directed to making weed—af terwards these are diverted into fruit mak ing channels. But uature will have its course and time must be given for the first to complete its work, ere the ride turns. Certain peculiarities of our climate must also be considered in this connection, drought rarely fails to oceur in July or August,— The result is a suspension of vegetable ac tivity—growth aud fruiting are both arrest ed, Previous to this, the conditions for making fruit are generally favorable. With au early start therefore a good “bottom” crop is almost certain—much more so than either a “middle” or “top” crop. As young plants are not so much affected by drought as old ones, a very late planted crop, may sometimes pass unchecked through a drought and make a good late crop, but the chances are inferior to Close of an early plan ted one. * MODE OF PLANTING. Two dangers to be avoided, lack of suffi cient mo : sture to make the seed germinate —and formation of a crust which may pre vent the young plant from getting above the surface. April is often very dry — and un less the seed are planted immediately after a shower, they frequently fail to come up well. The old plan of opening a furrow with plough, sowing seed and listing on them with two furrows and afterwards knocking off the top of list with a board, just as the seed are ready to come up, is oue of the surest methods of securing a stand in dry weather. The objection to it is the large amount ot time and labor involved.— As formerly practised it required 4 hands and 3 mules to each row. One to open fur row, one to drop the seed and two to cover. Few can afford to adopt such an expensive process. The “Cotton Planter” who opens the furrow drops the seed, and covers them, makes one hand ana one mule do the work of four hands and three mules under the old plan described above. But whilst thus saving labor, it does not insure against drought. To remedy this defect we made the sug gestion iu a former number, and repeat it here, to cut off the top of the bed with a drag or smoother just in advance of the “Planter” so as to have a moist fresh surf ace iu which to plant. Seed will rarely fail to come up if thus planted—and the increase of labor required will be quite small. A smoother 5 feet wide will dress off two beds at a time, and not weighted, can be drawn by one horse. The whole labor therefore under this plan would be one hand and a half and one horse and a half to each row. A suggestion in this connection was made by a correspondent last year which struck us so favorably, we beg to repeat it here.— It is, where the top of the bed is not cut off, *to place a board behind the plough hoe, that is between the plough hoe and the helve, having the point of the former project just enough beyond the board to open a furrow of desired depth. This arrangement not only secures uniformity and guage of depth, (veiy important matters) but frees the top of the bed from clods and removes the crust if one has formed. It also throws on each side the dry top earth and leaves fresh moist earth with which to cover the seed. ROLLING THE SEED. For reasons discussed above, it is highly desirable that cotton should come up quick ly, after being planted—otherwise the ground might dry off too soon for it to ap pear above the surface until it rains again. Wetting the seed and keeping them in moderate bulk for a day and then rolling them facilitates greatly their germination.— Rolling is so easily done with the “barrel roller,” described in former volumes of the Cultivator, that no one need be deterred from doing it by the labor required. In ad dition to making the seed come up before Cash Rates of Advertising-. lyr. 6 mos. 3 mos. 1 mo.II time 1 column, $l5O S9O S6O $35 r $25 1 “ 80 60 40 23 16 5 Inches, 50 35 25 12 6 3 “ 35 25 15 7 4 2 “ 25) 15 10 5 3 1 inch 1 time, $1.50. the ground can dry oft, rolling economises the seed and insures regularity of distribu tion. The addition of some fertilizer, whilst the rolling is being done, is also of great val ue, in giving an impetus to the young plant. Peruvian guano is the best for this purpose. It may be mixed with some plaster—say two of guano to one of plaster, and just as much used as will adhere to the aeed. The addi tion of superphosphate would be desirable, were it not for the danger of killing the seed thereby. Quite small quantities of an acid phosphate in coutact with cotton seed, will entirely' destroy their germinating power.— Bear that in mind. Pure Peruvian guano used in rolling will not kill cotton seed, but superphosphate will. ■*<• HOW TO PIK OUT A DOG. Dogs are gitting dredful skase, aud if you don’t pik out putty soon, it will be forever too late. I hav written during my younger days, when I knu a good deal more i do now, or ever shall kno agin, an essa onto dogs, and in that essa klaimeu that the best kind ova dog for all purposes for a man tew hav was a wooden dog. The experience ov years don’t seem tew change mi opinyun, and i now, az theu, rek ommend the wooden dog. Dogs, as a general thing, are ornamental, and the wooden dog kan be made hily so, after any pattern or design that a kultiva ted taste may suggest. If the woodeadog iz made with the bark on, so much the better; for wo are told by those who study sich things that dogs which bai k never bight. Wooden dogs never stra away three or four times a year, like flesh and blood dogs do, and don’t kost 5 or 10 dollars reward each time tow make them cum bak hum agin. Wooden dogs don’t have the old hydro phobiskiousness ; neither are they running round and round, and round and round, af ter themseifs, trieing tew ketch up with a wicked flea, who iz bizzily engaged kuawiug away at the dog’s—continuashun. Thare ain’t uo better watch dog in the world than the wooden one. Yu set them to watching ennythiug, they will watch it for 3 years, and they ain’t krazy, and want tew jump thru a window in a rninnit, if they just happen tew hear a boy out in the street whissling “Yankee Doodle,” or “Sally Cum Up.” Wooden dogs wont stretch themselves out in front of the fire-place, taking up all the hot room, nor they wont fly at a harmless beggar man, who only wants a krust, and tare him all tew little bits in a minuit. If you want to pik out a good dog, pik out a wooden one ; they range in price all the way from ten cents tew a dollar, accord ing tew the lumber in them ; old age don’t make them kross and useless, aod if they do happen to lose a head, or a leg, in sum scrimmage, a dose of Spaldiag’s glu, taken at night, just before they retire, will fetch them all strait in the morning. Josh Billings. The Natural Bridge Hoax.—The Rockbridge Citizen says ; “The New York Herald telegraphs to know if the Natural Bridge is still burning. We refer him to Edmunds, (the editor of the Collegian, who started the grand hoax.) The Gazetto says: “It would afford much pleasant reading to report the expressions of the parties ‘sold’ by the Collegian. Some ladies wept for the bridge. Some citizens sighed in secret sor row and slept a night in woeful delusion.— Several farmers declared they knew ‘some thing was going wrong,’ for they had smelt a Btrange smell for a day or two. A debat ing society in Collierstown was speechless with astonishment i.t the news. At the churches in toe rural districts it required a couple of hymns aud a personal invitation from the deacons to get the people to break off discussing the bridge and come in. Ma ny regretted it was such a good ploughing season, as they were auxious to use a herse in seeing what was left of the bridge. The sheriff turned some parties back who had set out to see for themselves.” The most original spelling we have ever seen is the following. It beats phonetics: 80 you be—a tub. 80 oh ! pea—a top. Be 80—bat. See 80—cat. Pea 80—pat. Are 80—rat. See oh ! double you —cow. See you bee—cub. See a bee—cab. Be you double tea —butt. See a double ell—call. A parent in West Chester, who has fif teen daughters, has poisoned his dog, taken the locks off the doors and hung rope lad ders over his door-yard fence by the dozen, and still his provision bill is as large as ever. When is The Gazette the sharpest? When it’s filed.