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ELBEiiTON, GA.
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UNCLE JIM’S REVIVAL HYMN.
SOLO.
Sin’s roosters crowed, Ole Mahster’g riz,
De slcepfu’ time is pas’;
Wake up dem lazy Baptissi3.
CHORUS.
Dey’s mightily in de grass, grass,
Dey’s mightily in the grass.
Ole Mahster’s blowed de mornin’ horn.
He’s blowed a powerful bias’;
0 Baptis’, come, come and hoe de corn,
You's mightily in de grass. Etc.
De Meth’dis’ team’s done hitched; 0 fool,
De day’s a-breakin’ fas’;
Gear up dat lean ole Baptis’ mule,
Dey’s mightily in de grass. Etc.
De workmen’s few an’ mons’rous slow,
De cotton’s sheddin’ fas’;
Whoop, look, jes’ look at de Baptis’ row,
Hit’s mightily in de grass. Etc
De jaybird squeal to de mockin’ bird: “Stop,
Don’ gimme none o’ yo’ sass;
Better sing one song for de Baptis’ crop,
Dey’s mightily in de grass.’’ Etc.
An' de ole crow croak : “Do’n’ work, no, no,”
But de flel’-lark say: “ Yaas, yaas,”
An’ I ’spec’ you mighty glad,you debhlish crow,
Dat de Baptisais's in de gra'ss. Etc.
Lord, thunder us up to de plowin’-match,
Lord, peerten de hoein’ fas’,
Yea, Lord, hah massy on de Baptis’ patch,
Dey’s mightiy in de grass, grass,
Dey’s mightily in de grass.
[Sidney and Clifford Lanier, in Scribner’s for May.
HISTORY OF*ARTEMUS WARD.
BY HIMSELF.
I was born in the State of Maine,
of parents. As an infant I attracted
a great deal of attention. The nabers
would stand over my cradle for hours
and say, “How bright that little face
looks’? How much it nose!" The
young ladies would carrio mo round in
their arms, saying, “I was muzzer’s bez
zy darlin, and a sweety, ’eety ittle
ting." It was nice, though I wasn’t old
enuff to properly appreciate it. I’m
a healthy old darling row.
I have allerg sustained a good moral
character. I .never was a railroad di
rector in my life.
Altho’ in early life I did not invari
ably confine my self to the truth in
any small bill, I have been gradooally
growin’ respectable! - and respectabier
ev’ry year. I lnv my children, and
never “mistake another man’s wife for
my own. I am not a member of any
mootin' honse, but firmly b’teeve in
meeting houses, and shouldn’t feel
safe to take a dose of laudanum and
lay down in tln3 street of a village that
handn't any, with a thousand dollars in
my vest pockets.
My temperament is bilious altho’ I
don’t owe a dollar in the world.
lam an early riser; but my wife is
a Presbyterian. I may add that lam
bald-headed. I keep two cows.
I live in Baldinsvillc, Indiany. My
next door nabor is Old Stove Billins.
I’ll tell you a story about old Steve
that will Inake you larf. 110 jined the
church last Spring, and the minister
said, “You must go home now, and
erect a family alter in your own house ”
Whereupon the egrejis old ass went
and built a reg'lar pulpit in his sittin’
room. He had the jiners in his house
over four days.
I am 56 (56) years of age. Time,
with its relentless scythe, is ever busy.
The Old Sexton gathers them in—he
gathers them in ! I keep a pig this
year.
I kan’t think of any thing more, Mr.
Editor.
If you should give my portrait in
connection with my Bogfry, pleas have
me engraved in a languisbiu’ attitood
loanin’ on a marble pillar, leaving my
bach hair as it is now. Truly yours,
Aetemus Waed.
The title to tbs celebratod Hot
Springs, in Arkansas, which has been in
litigation for years, has at last been set
tled by a decison of the Supreme Court
of the United States. The story is an
interesting one. When the Indians
held possession of the territory in which
these springs are located they ascribed
to them wonderful curative properties
and made long journeys to lave in their
magical waters. The Spaniards aiso re
sorted to them. During the administra
tion of John Quincy Adams, in 1824, the
Indian title to this territory was oblit
erated, and at the same time the General
Government made a special reservation
of the Hot Springs tract and set it apart
for public use forever. When the e .rth
quake of 1829 sank a large area of land
below Cairo, Congress gave the suffer
ers scrip, by which they could locate an
equal number of acres to that which
they lost on any of the unoccupied pub
lic lands. Some of these men located
their grants on the Hot Springs tract
and received patents for the same. They
held peaceable occupation until about
1851, when the property having become
valuable the Government reservation
was unearthed, and the matter found its
way into Court After years of delay
the Supreme Court decided the other
day that the reservation held good
against even a Government patent, and
hence the tract again becomes the prop
erty of the United States. The springs
are now valued at millions of dollars,
and the revenues derived from them are
enormous. The former holders will have
to call philosophy to their assistance
and ponder on tho uncertainty of human
affairs.
ESTLAJBLiISIHZIEID 1859-
ELBERTOX, GEORGIA, MAY 31, 1876.
PARABLE OF THE PRETTY FOOT.
Epistle of St. Rube to the Republicans.
1. And it came to pass in the last year
of the reign of Ulysses the son of Jesse
that these things did occur.
2. There was a valiant captain of the
tribe of Belknap who dwelleth in the re
gions of lowa, who was a mighty man
of valor.
3. Yea, verily, he did smell the battle
afar off, and longed to plunge into the
thickest of the carnage, but was always
prevented from doing so whenever the
rebels appeared in the field, by some du
ty at home.
4. Now Belknap was a man after Ulys
ses’ own heart, for was it not written
that Ulysses sprang up like a mushroom
in the night, like a mushroom sprang he
up.
5. For Ulysses the son of Jesse sold
his cord wood, and filled himself full of
jugorum, and became a spectacle to the
people of St. Louis, who dwell beyond
the father of waters.
6. But when the blast of war blew in
his ears, then rose he up and sent forth
his valiant soldiers by millions who put
to fight the famished host of Jeff, the F.
F. Y’s, the Tar Heels, the Gouleers, the
Butternuts, the Sand Hillers, the Da
goes, and all they that dwell South of
Mason and Dixon’s line.
7 Then came forth Ulysses the son
of Jesse from his tent, and the smoke of
the weed went forth from his nostrils,
and his nose was red with the fumes of
fire water, and he said, let us have
peace.
8. Now the people of Yankeedoodle
dum rejoiced exceedingly, and proclaim
ed Ulysses the son of Jesse, the Great
Highcockalorum, to rule over the land
of Uncle Samuel for the period of four
years.
9. And Ulysses went into the White
Honse and surrounded himself with all
manner of plunderers who gave him a
portion of their spoils, which they had
taken away from the people of the land
of America.
10. And Ulysses the son of Jesse re
fused not the horses, and the houses,
and the lands, and the other good things
that were offered unto him by the brib
ers and plunderers, save the bull purp
which was sent by express, C. O. D.,
which Ulysses would not take until the
charges were paid.
11. Moreover Babrfoster, the scribe
of Ulysses the son of Jesse, divided the
spoil of the crooked whiskey with the
St. Louisites, but gave not to Ulysses <v
portion thereof, and Ulysses waxed wyof.'•,
and bounced Bab yea, in Ms aEgfr did
he bounce him from beneath the roof of
the White House.
12. And it came to pass that BeUmap,
the mighty man of valor, did take unto
himself a beautiful damsel in the land of
Kentuckee of the tribe of Tomlinson ;
but the Lord took her away, and he did
mourn exceedingly.
13. And it came to pass that the sis
ter of the damsel, who was a widow
with an exceedingly pretty foot, did
cleave unto the valiant captain, that she
might comfort him ; but the Lord wax
ed wroth that so great a sin should be
done before tho people of the nation,
and great was the punishment of Bel
knap.
14. Eor the Lord caused Ulysses the
son of Jesse to appoint Belknap his
chief Scribe of War, which honor turned
the head of the spouse, who had the
pretty foot, and who was as a church
mouso in the beginning.
15. But now she yearned for the green
bax, wherewith she might buy the shod
dy, the brown-stone the chariot, the glit
tering bracelets, and, all, the trash that
is so much sought after by the upstarts
who sojourn in the capital of the nation.
16. Moreover she wanted to give big
dinnors, and would not be outdone by
Fisli nor the flesh, nor the fowl of any
entertainments that abonndeth in the
city where he who maketh the greatest
show is worshipped by those that par
take thereof.
17. But the pretty spouse, with the
pretty foot had not the greenbax where
with to purchase these things, and she
urged her husband, that he might sell
the posttraderships to the frauds who
swindle the poor Indians of their lands
and their lives.
18. And William did.
19. Whereupon he sank into the
Marsh of despair and the rejoicing of
the widow with the pretty foot is
turned into lamentation. Ulysses, the
son of Jesse hath bounced him, and
all the lunchers have eaten up all the
greenbax that the posttraders yielded ;
yea like a swarm of grasshoppers have
they devoured all and flown away like
the wind.
20. But the people do clamor to have
the matter investigated, and punish
all the persons who are concerned in
this great iniquity; and it is written
that they shall not escape; not even
Ulysses the son of Jesse, who taketh
presents and bribes, and who drinketh
the rum that is in the jug behind the
White House door, and who smoketh
the weed of the devil, and who driveth
chariots furiously with the bull-pup
underneath the dust thereof.
21. So ondeth the Epistle of St. Rube.
“Come, Pete/’ said a merchant to a
gentleman of the colored persuasion,
“what’ll you put that load of wood into
the cellar for ?” “In de fuss place, my
name is Peter, sir ; secondly, Is* a per
feshnal carpet cleaner and whitewasher ;
furdermor’, I doesn’t compete for sicli
jobs, sail!”
STORY OF A PIRATE.
The following is from All the Year
Round:
The career of Teach, alias Blackbeard,
throws a curious light upon the manner
in which his Majesty’s colonies were
then governed. Teach went into busi
ness at once, and—having “cultivated a
very good understanding with Charles
Eden, Esq., the Governor of North Car
olina—with an excellent prorpect of suc
cess.” His friend, the Governor, made
no scruple of convening a Court of Vice-
Admiralty at Bath town, which con
demned his captures as lawful prizes,
although he never held a commission in
his life. “These proceedings,” adds his
biographer, “show that typical Govern
ors are but men." Blackbeard was a
typical pirate, possessed with a mania
for getting married. His friend, the
Governor, after the manner of the plan
tation, married him to feis fourteenth
wife—a young creature of sixteen—
whom he treated scandalously. It is
not on record that Blackbeard, like Blue
beard, slew bis wives. On the contrary,
he had, at the period referred to, about
a dozen living in various places. Obvi
ously he was a man of domestics modifi
ed by a roving life, and liked to have
somebody to welcome him to a home
wherever he was. His cognomen of
Blackbeard was derived from that large
quantity of hair which, like a frightful
meteor, covered his whole face, and
frightened America more than any com
et that has appeared for a long time.
This beard was black which he suffered
to grow to an extravagant length ; as to
breadth, it came up to his eyes ; he was
accustomed to twist it with ribbons in
small tails after the manner of our Ram
ifies wigs and turn them about his ears ;
in time of action he wore a sling over his
shoulders, with three brace of pistols.
This was the regular pirate fashion, and
its use is obvious. In boarding, the
pistol was the favorite weapon of the
rovers, who always wore two or three
brace in a silk sling, hung rather around
the neck than over the shoulders. Arm
ed thus, the freebooter was nearly as
well off as if he had possessed a revolver.,
He had only to cock and fire, drop one
pistol and seize another ready to his
hand, without the risk of losing Lis
weapons. This reliance on the pistol,
was doubtless one reason of the suc
cess of the rovers in close fighting. To
add terror to his appearance, Black
beard, stuck lighted matches under his
hat, which appearing on each side of his
face, his eyes naturally looking fierce
wild.. wia.de him altogether such a
figure that imagination' curinul #*•*
idea of a fury from hell to look more
frightful. He was a frolicsome fellow,
this Capt. Teach, in his grim way. One
day, being at sea, and being a little
flushed with drink, he determined to
make an inferno, “of his own," and to
that end went down in the hold, with
two or three others, and having filled
several pots full of brimstone, set them
on fire, and was proud of having held
out the longest against suffocation.
Another evening, being in a pleasant
mood, drinking and playing cards with
a few choice kindred spirits, he blew out
the light, and crossing his hands under
the table, fired his pistols, laming one
man for life ; and when asked the mean
ing of this said : “If he did not now and
then kill one of them, they would forget
who he was. One eyrie story of Black
beard and his crew runs thus: “Once
upon a cruise they found out that they
had a man on board more than their
crew ; such a one was seen several days
among them, sometimes below and
sometimes on deck, yet no man in the
ship could give an account of who he
was or from whence he came; but that
he disappeared a little before they were
cast away in their great ship, but it
seems they verily believed it was the
devil. Like many other great bad men,
Blackbeard did not improve upon his
acquaintance, and his friends, the plan
ters, at last got tired of his society. Re
dress from the Governor of North Caro
lina was hopeless, and the Governor of
Virginia was applied to. This gentle
man at once sent Lieutenant Maynard,
with a couple of sloops to capture the
pirate. A desperate fight ensued. Af
ter some very hard firing, Blackbeard,
after, hurling on the enemy some “new
fashioned sort of grenades”—case-bot
tles, filled with powder and slugs—
boarded him; but this time met his
match, and fell dead, after receiving
twenty-five wounds, fighting like a fury
to the last. His head was cut off and
hung to the bowsprit of the victorious
sloop.
The other day a Detroiter who has a
good record of army service took down
his revolver to shoot a cat which had
been hanging about the house. After
looking at him while he fired six shots,
the cat walked away. While he was
loading up for more destruction, the
shooter’s small boy inquired, “Father, did
you ever kill any one while you were in
the army?” “I suppose so, my son. ’
After a long pause the boy continued,
“Then you must have got near enough
to hit ’em with an axe, didn’t you ?” It
was then discovered to be about school
time.
. -
“Sappho was about the first woman
who struck a lyre. There may have
been other women as able as herself, but
the lyres were scarce ” Sappho could
have struck a heap of them in Congress
assembled,
♦ ' ■
Read the story on the fourth page.
Vol. V.-ISTo. 5.
For The Gazette].
GLASS MEETING!,
Mr. Editor: It is a matter of painful
consideration to me to hear that there
has not been a class meeting held in El
berton this year. • It is indeed a sad fact
that these meetings which are calculated
to do so much good, and awaken and
retain vital religiou in the chutcli, arc
so much neglected at the presen’t day.
“ I'hey who feared the Lord spake often
one to another; the Lord hearkened
and heard it." Most encouraging as
surance. Our God hearkens to his dear
children when they converse together
| about his kingdom and glory, and our
peace, edification and holiness. You,
more ; O, condescending love ! “a book
of remembrance was written before Him
for them that feared the Lord and
thought on His name.” Is such kind
notice taken of our conversu, then
what emulation ought to fire us, that
our tongues may edify and provoke each
other to love and good works. What
shame to christianß, that they too often
meet and talk, and their poor hearts are
neither edified, warmed or comforted.
Why is this.”? Truly the end of their
conversation, “Jesus the same yester
day, to-day, and forever," was not con
sidered.
He is always most worthy to be up
permost in cur hearts and tongues.
This like live coal from the altar is
the only fire to make cold hearts glow
with love, and warm hearts to burn with
affection. The best news of the day,
the fittest subject for conversation, is
the rich, free, sovereign grace of our
God ; the love of Christ; the glad tid
ings of the gospel; the joyful news of
salvation finished in Jesus.
What then should we talk of by the
way but this? Consider the conduct of
the two disciples on the road to Kinrna
iis. Jesus drew near to them and asked,
“What manner of conversations are
these that ye have one to another as ye
walk and are sad ?” Though they had
lost sight of Jesus, though their hearts
were sad about it, yet they refrained,
not talking about him, and lie soon
made their hearts burn within them.
The writer well remembers when he
used io attend class meeting once a
week, and how ho looked forward to the
time with joy, because it did his heart
good to hear others tell what great
things God had done for them, and how
happy they were in the love of Christ.
How often has his poor heart been made
to rejoice in God, his Saviour, in attend
ing these meetings, to hear Christians
relate their experience from the young
ccnvert, who has lusl set ou L i t th<>
warfare,* down to the oT<T sdrafer, who
has fought many a well fought battle,
and feels that every day brings him
nearer to Jesus, whom he has loved so
much, and delighted so much to honor.
It does Christians much good to meet
together and tell each other of their ma
ny cares, sorrows, temptations and
cross-bearings, as w r ell as their victories
over self and satan, and the many mam
festations they have of the Saviour’s
love and presence. To mingle their
prayers and praises, and be made to foal
that there is a power and reality in the
religion of Jesus, and that they are
growing more and more like him, and
following in His blessed footsteps.
I fear that one reason why there is no
more vital religion in the church at this
time is because we do not keep up onr
regular class meetings.
Let ns then discharge our duty more
faithfully in this respect, and let those
who are the loading members in the
churches see to it, that these meetings
are held regularly as often as they may
deem proper.
Let each member of the church at
tend, although he may feel a delicacy and
backwardness at first, yet these feelings
will be overcome and they will esteem it
a privilege as well as realize a blessing
in speaking for Jesus.
“Let us consider one another, to pro
voke unto love and good works: not
forsaking the assembling of ourseivee to
gether as the manner of some is; but
exhorting one another, and speaking to
ourselves in psalms and hymns, and
spiritual songs.” Robert.
WOULD TT BE ANY HARM ?
It is leap-year, and if a tidy girl, with
red cheeks, feels a palpitation of the
heart for some worthy young man,
would it be any harm for her to call up
on his father and speak about tho weath
er, the bad roads, the hard times and
the bad state of society, and then re
mark:
“Mr. Quincy, I have an affection for
your son George, and I think I could
learn to love him ”
Quincy would look at her from the
corner of his eye, and she would con
tinue :
“I can wash, bake, cut overclothes,
sew, play the piano, manage a servant,
do embroidery, iron, garden, sing, speak
excellent grammar and make home hap
py"
Quincy would look from the corner of
bis other eye, and she would go on :
“I hear that he is home nights, is sav
ing, well educated, sensible, has no bad
habits, and is just the kind of husband
I want. I don’t expect any money with
him, but will do my share of work, plan
ning and saving to help him secure a
home and a bank book. With your per
mission I should like to pay my ad
dress to him.”
Mr. Quincy would tell her to go
ahead if he was a sensible man, and
would there be anything wrong about
it?
LETTT'T FROM PI?. PIER T..
| At the General Conference of the
Methodist < "-oh, recently in ion at
j Baltimore, a !<‘ter by Rev. I) . Lovick
! Pierce was read. After espresM'w/ tho
j great pleasure he experienced in his ••.p
! pointment as fraternal messenger Dr.
| Fierce says : “Asa regular appointee in
i this fraternal do!eg:ff'Vn, i furnish an
j instance to the history of Ann Fean
| Methodism, such as I think is 'nr y was
i never before, known, in am ■' ring sent,
• abroad in any diplomatic mini -! -y in the
ninety second] year of his age and i t tho
seventy-second of his iferHve rn-in.itiy.
j He then alludes to his being'’serif as a
lone fraternal messenger iV< tn the first
1 general conference South, a t s t ic < i
v sion in 1848, to arrange for at 1 sG d.o
on a basis of intercommunication, so
that there should be two annual eoniVi
1 cnees instead of one He showed that*
all the difference between ns is the re
jection of that messenger by the g- ncml
| conference in 1818 He alludes ’.o .ho
! wintry night of twenty-ono years that,
followed his r< j .icfcion, succeeded y t r
star of hope th. t appeared in the volun
tary visit of Bishop Simpson and JL>r.
(now Bishop) Hat: is to the umeti >,•/ of
our Bishops in St. lain is in May, Idt!).
. The address then reviews the pu givas
of Methodism generally, and com bi,i...s;
“And finally, let ns, as two company a of
| brothers, entrusted with the lost p: .•< 1-
oub pnt anal os ate, to enjoy* as tr t s
1 and enlarge and ineie.me as gu.irh.ia ior
j an indefinite posterity, see which of mi
can use utr portion of this Method‘.-.t
! capital as to make its percentage of in
-1 coino the tost ol compa-alive fidelity,
j industry, devotion to iis polity and i:
■ principle of operation, rs its founder,
and falheis in n- dit over tons. L k
us do this as brethren of <.re heart am:
one mind and one great aim and end,
apd the future will show that our cli- ■
ion into two general conferences and
jurisdictions was a bone fa' tion instead
of a deprivation. Wo wi.l w.itch each
other only with a godly jealousy for a
faithful propagation on :no nndiv’dcd
Methodism. This is ne faM Jitdt l :
jso it is my last will ;>i,d t; .lament—-
turning over to sncccsoro my ts me in
Methodism Finally, brethren, fire .n ;
lie perfect, bo of good comf /t, Ik: < '■!
one mind, live in peace, and tho God of
love and pence shali bo with you.
“(Signed) L. Rmicr,"
Sketch of Salonku.—The scone of
the fatal riot between Christiana and
Turks, reported by [olograph, .a a city
and seaport of European Turkey, (lie
next place in commercial importance
after Consfantinoplo. It is situated at
the northeastern extremity of the’lull
of Salonica, and is the scat of an ( .'de
mon departmental government.. The
population numbers about 80.000 per
sons, the larger pioport.ion being Israel
ites: most of the remainder Tin as,
Greeks and Franks. The city has a very
imposing appearance. It stands by a
hid slope, surrounded by whitewashed
and j amt and walls, and it is ornamented
by numerous min a: eta and domes end
laid out with gar dona of c press. It is
commanded by a largo citadel, nrmou
tho Seven Towers. One of its gates
was built in honor of Angus' , n, after the
tmvtrfo xrt t U Vi-i— L- 41, „ AUox.il
is n triumphal arch, crocked under hiai
cus Anlrolius Several ol the mosques
have been originally pagan temples ; one,
which is wholly uninjured, was a Tern
pic of Venus. The Mosque of St.
Sophia is a handsome model of that at
Constantinople. Salonica has a large
trade in Britisn produce. Tho exports
consist chiefly of wheat, barley, rnaizt,
wool, sponges, raw silk, tobacco and
staves. Cicero, resided in tho city du
ring his exile. It was raised to the rank
of a Roman colony by Valerian.
Reassured.—The Into stage robbery
between Austin and San Antonio, Tex
as, has been heralded over the country.
Concerning it tho San Antonio Herald
propetrates "the following good one:
This morning while the prisoners in the
county jail were being fed in the jail
yard, * one of thorn, who had been con
victed of horse-stealing and will leave
shortly for Huntsville, where ho will
serve out a five years’ term, opened a
conversation with the jailer: “Is tho
Sheriff gwine to have much of a guard
along when wo go to Huntsville ? Tho
jailor gave the man to understand that
escape vas impossible. “Well. ’ was
tho reply, “I’m durned glad of it. I
can sleep now of nights. I was afeard
he mightn’t take a big enough crowd
along, and then the stage robbers might
arrest us and take all our money and
jewelery. I vvouldn t loci safe Irav
clin’, joss now, without an escort. There
is so much lawlessness between here
and Austin, joss now.” And here he
fell to eating with the appetite of a man
who has just boon relieved of a tremen
dous weight of anxiety, while tho jailer
examined the caps on his revolver.
+
Here is a reply of Baron Rothschild,
as told by Arcane Houssaye : —One of
his friends, of the third degree, a sort
of banker, came to borrow, but s2,Odd.
“Here it is," said tho Baron, “bat re
member that as a rule I only lend to
crowned heads." M. De Rothschild
never dreamed of seeing his money
again, but wonderful to relate, at the
end of a month the borrower came back
with his $2,000. Tho Baron could
scarcely believe his eyes ; but ho fore -
boded that this was not the end. Sure
enough, a month later the borrower re
appeared, asking for the loan of $4,000.
“No, no,” said the Baron ; “you dis
appointed me once by paying me that
money. Ido not want to be disappoint
ed again.”
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O, that we had a real, genuine Jacobs
ladder that we might climb up to the
beau'iful queen of night and tack to its
horn a sign board ten thousand miles in
longth, with letters painted thereon as
bigas the Southern Confederacy and Cape
Cod, that all tho swells, tuo galoots, the
would-be letter writers in these United
States could see and read it. On said
sign we would place: NO CENTENNI
AL CORRESPONDENCE WANTED!
I Springfield 1 Tenll.) Record.