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* / X II E $ n i o n H % 11 o i b t r, IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. # BOUGHTON, BARNES & MOORE, At $2 in Advance, or $3 at end of tlio year, S. W. BOOSHTON, Editor. THE “FEDERAL UNION ’’ aid the “SOUTH EltN RECORDER” were consolidated Au«u»t lit, 1872 the Union being iu its Forty-Third Volume and the Recorder in it's Fifty-Third Volume. ADVERTISING. Transient.—One Dollar per square of ten Hues for first insertion, and seventy-five Cei.Ufjr each subse quant continuance. Tributes of respect, Resolutions by Societies,Obit uaries exceeding six lines, Nominations for ufliue,Com munications or Editorial notices for individual benefit, charged as transient advertising :ga LEG AC ADVERTISING. Sheriff’s Sal per levy of ten lines, or less f 2 50 Mortgage li la sales, per square 5 00 Citutions lor Letters of Administration,........ 3 00 u “ Guardianship, 3 00 Application f‘ >r dismission from Administration, 3 00 “ “ “ •" (iuardiauship, 3 00 “ “ leave to sell Land, 5 00 “ for Homesteads,.. 175 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 3 00 Sales ol Laud, &c.. per square 5 00 *• perisi.able property, 10 days, per square,.. 150 EstrnvNotrees,do days,-....................... 3 00 Foreclosureof Mortgage, per sq-, each time, 1 00 Applications for Homesteads, (two weeks,) 1 75 LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Laud, Ac., by Administrators, Executors or Guardians, are required bylaw to be held ou the first Tuesday iutiio mouth, between tho hour* of 10 in the forenoon aud 3 in tiie afternoon, at tho Court House in the County in which the property ie situated. Notice of these sales crust he given in a public ga xettc 40 days previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of personal property muat be given in like mauncr 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate must also be published 10 days. Notice that application will be made to tho Court ot Ordinary for leave to sell Laud, &c., must be publish ed tor two months. Citations for letters of Administration,Guardianship, he., must bo published 30 days—for dismission from Administration, monthly three mouths—for dismission from Guardianship, 40 days. Rules for lorueiosureof Mortgage must be publish ed monthly for four months—for establishing lost pa- pors tor tire full spaeo of three mouths—for compell ing titles from Executors or Administrators, where bond ha.< been given by thadeceused.the full spaceot three mouths. Publications will always be continued according to those, tire legal requirements, unlessot herwiso ordered^ Book and Job Work, of all kinds, PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED AT THIN OFFICU. Agents for Federal Union ia New Fork City GEO. P. ROWELL & CO., No. 40 Park Row. 8. M. PETTINGILL h CO., 37 Park Row. S3 1 * Messrs. Griffin & Huffman. Newspaper Advertising Agents. No. 4 South St., Baltimore, Md., are duly authorized to contract for advertisements at our lotn'nf rates. Advertisers in that City aro request ed to leave their favors with this house.” GOOD BOOTS AW SHOES AT FRED HAIG’S. This unrivalled Medicine io warranto 1 no! to con tain n ring!* particle of Mercury, or any injurious mineral &u balance, but ia PVRS17 For FOlifV YEARS it nos proved ^r»*at value in all disease; ot th* Liver, Ho web anl Kiduoy**. Thousands of the -^ood nud iu ail parta of lli*» country vouch for it* wonderful and peculiar power in f>urif*:iig the Blood, afi’duhiiin^ the lotyiu Liver and Bowel?, arid imparting new Li to and Vi#«»r to tiie whole system. SIMMONS’ LIV’Eli UEGULATOll is acknowledged to have no equal n.< a LIVES*. XtEQDIG’i&a. It contaia" four medical elements, m-ver united in tho same happy proportion in any other preparation, vix: a gentle Cathartic, a wonderful T unc, an unax ceptionnblo Alterative and a certain Cerreclive of all impurities of tho body. Such a signal success has at tended its use, that it is no .r regarded nu the c. H WRIGHT & SONj ‘Sing Saby.” ‘ .-•* . * »■. OFFER FOR SALE Ui*\ >• aiMMJL AW* JxOW RATES 5,000 yards Bsavy Bagging. 5 Tons of Arrow Vies. 15,000 lbs. of Flour, ail grades.! 10,000 lbs. ton Sides. 1,000 lbs. Leaf Lard* SU4AK AM COFFEE. One Car Load Liverpool Salt to arrive A LARGE LOT OF HOLLOW WARE. Hunt it Robinson Axes. SEED ItYE AND BAltLEY. Great Unfailing- Specific for Livnr Complaint and the painful oifcpringr thereof, rit: DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, Jaundice, Bilious attacks, SICK HEADACHE Colic, Depres sion of Spin's, S'JUlt STOMACH, Heart Burn, &c. i&exulV.e t,ii^ Liver a:il prevent C&XLhS AND Simmons’ Liver Eleg-alator Is manufactured ouly by J. 5*. ZEir.!\ & CO., MACON, GA., an 1 PHILADELPHIA. Price $1 00 par package ; sent by mail, posiage paid $1 25. Prepared ready fer use iu b tiles, *1 50. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. R^Bnwase of all Counterfeits aud Imitations. Sept 17, 1872. 3 Sm To Arrive at Miller’s, Tho largest Stock Engihdi double Guns ever offered in the city. Millodgeville, Ga., Nov. 26th. 1K72. li>2t. Choice O-oshen Batter in 3 1-3 lbs. packages. 1,000 lbs. Canvassed Hams. Sfaup AND SS9LASSBS. Soaps and Candies. All as good as the beet and as ohcap as tho cheap est. C. n. WRIGHT A SON. Milledgovillo, Sept 17, 1872. 8 tf NOTICE. S TRAYED from my placo nonr No. 13, Central Railroad ou Suuiaj la?t, ONK DAKK HAY HOUSE M LTjE, between tho a** of five and six y«*»ra with a white ring around orre of hU front feet. Any one giving roc any in formation of him, or taking him up will ha liberal! v rewarded. Addre-a me at Touuille No. 13,Central Railroad, Georgia. Novemher‘23d, 1873. 18 *t. A. 8. BARNES. JAMES G. IIA!LIE &. BROTHER, 205 02road Street, Augusta, Ga., Respectfully ask your attention to a full lino of tho following goods, which will be sold as low as iu any othor House ■ CAKPET DEPARTMENT. CURTAIN DEPAKTMENT. Curtain Materials, Cornices and liuuds, English Velvet Carpets, English Brussels Carpels, Three Ply and Ingrain Carpets, Venetian Caipets, Cheap Carpets, Floor Oil Cloths, Table Oil Cloths, Stair Carpets and Rods, Mattings, Druggets and Door Mat*. Lace Curtains, .Muslin Curtains, Window Shades, all sizos, Hair Cloths, all widths, Wall Papers and Borders, Beautiful Chromos. MROCBI YDEPARTMENT Choice Family Grooeries, received .weekly, Dufficld Hams, * English Crackers, Dyspeptics’ Food, Baskets of all kinds. Wood Ware, Broom* and Brusboa, Plantation Supplies- Caipets, Oil Cloths and Curtains made and laid at short notice. Sept. 24.1872. 9 6m. His scepter is a rattle, His throne is mother's arms i Fie reigns • tiny tyrant. In all hit dimpled charms ! Yet round bis royal preseuca Oar loving hearts entwine; Dictator of the cradle. Aad king by right divine ! Whatever be bis mandates, No courtier* Jsre reb-1 ; Ilis mother is chief of the household, Prime minister as well! In yon perambulator. His downy car of state, Exacting, rosy monarch. What triumphs on him wait I In purple or.se and spionder, Long, long ho seeks to reign ; All hints of nose disjointed He smites at with disdaiu Alas that royal greatners Should ever be disowned ; Here comes a tiny stranger— King baby is dethroned. ROOK NOTICE. O.unSiSi'a. BY IJDK MKRttVKTUBU. “And ev»ry woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister’s Shame.”—Byron. GEOUCaiA MILLS ! T HE UDdernitfned eonfin- UAS to carry on the BOOT AND SHOE busi ness, in all it? branches, at the same old eland, embra cing a larger variety than heretofore. Gentlemen will find every class of finish in Boots aad Shoes, warranted. Also a good supply of Ladies, I&isscs aud Children’s Shoes of all qualities and prices. Understand, that none but fir-t class goods aro offer ed, aud having paid cash, great inducements aro of fered. Gentlemen’s work made to order and Repairing of all kinds neatly dune as all old customers will testify. FRED HAUG. Milledgeville, Oct 8, 1872 11 3m W. H. nALL. MEDIOAIj I. L. IURRI3. CARD. D OCTORS HALL a- HARRIS have associated themselves for the Practice of Medicine. Office the one formerly occupied by Judge I. L. Harris as a Law Office. mr Calls may be left at their office day or night. Milledgeville, Aug 20, 1872. 4 3m FLOUR TO TRADE. IdP’We are now prepared to supply the trade with our celebrated brands of Wileys XXXX, Pearl Dust, Hyacintke and Amber, In any quantity. Wc innko tho BEST FLOUR In tho market, And our PRICE LIST will compare favorably with those of nny first-class Western Mills. 0” We keep al ways on baud liltAN and 8IIOHTS of a Superior t^ualUy. Your orders will receive prompt attention. ISIIASIS & FLANDERS, DKI COW HIDES WASTED! TTIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR DRY COW HIDES al, the Family Grocery of T. A. CAR AKER. Milledgeville, Oct. 28,1872. 14 3m PARKER tfc COLLINS, BSILIglDZ) GEVULSi GA., W ILL make yon a good Side-Spring Buggy for 3135| En«l Spring for $1451— with the talc improvement* at from $150 to $175. N>> “slop” work done at any price- Repairing exe cuted promptly and substantially. Good wagons always ou hand and for salo low. TERMS CASH. June 5th. 1872. 46 7ra SToirsss, Txisr Hardware, fyc. JOSEPH STALEY Has just received a iei •* COOKING STOVES, of the best manufactures, which ho will sell Cheap fer Cash. Now is your time to get one us these stoves are ad- vaueing iu price. November 5th, 1872. MAOOliar, GA. The Oldest Furniture House in the State. PLATT BROTHERS, 2/2 and 2/h 2*220A/D S2HUB2, AUGUSTA, GEO XL GI A, Keep constantly on hand the latest styles of Of every variety manufactured, from the the lowest to the highest grades. AND Library Suits Complete, or in Single Pieces, At Price* which cannot fail to suit tho purchaser. Nov. 12,1873. 16 6m. ox?, He also has an assortment of FAAXaiZffG ZXUPLBfflffHXffTS Consisting of Hoe*, Spading Forks, Garden Rakes, Gtti ao Strower?, &c* Also, Axob, Churns, Well-Buckets, 6cc. r r Next to Lanier House, Macon, Ga. DEALER in A general assortment of TZVWA&S, Cheap for Cash. GUNS AND PISTOLS. A full assortment of fPPPFF-AAPF Also, Hardware, Cutlery, and a variety of good* M> tedious to mention. Call aud examine. MilladgeTille, Nov 19,1872. 17 3m R. E. McREYNOLDS, his office over Cnraker’* Store . CttW tSS .yhere ^win^kegrteat pleura la waiting upon all who may favm- himi with their tod patronage, ami will guarantee sat.sfaction in all opera- tien*. o Sept 17,1872. B jm ' FOR SALE rpHE RESIDENCE of the late Isaac A — Newell, Sr., in thorough repair, two acres of ground attached, with Stables, Out-Houses Ac., 4ro. The most desirable Residence in the cl FINE FURNITURE, CHAIRS, MATRESSES, BEDHEADS, and SPRING BEDS. PARLOR SUITES, lu Plush Hair, Cloth and Reps. BED-ROOM SUITES 11 * rest »anoty, Marble and rood To,,(, • CARPETS. A FINE assortment of Brussels, Tapeslries, 3 ply, 2 ply, Wool WiuJow Shades’*Wall Pv Druggets. Nottingham Lace Curtains. Lambraqums, made to oriv &t oxeoe< ji B g|y low priees. per, Oil Clcthe, (table aad floor) Matting, etc., etc. All tho a bo x invention known for preserving the dead. Also, FISK'S Patent Metallic Burial Cases and Caekets, [ hc Lelegaatly finished and band.omest ia the market. SELF-SEALING Metaho Case.- and Caskets (two patqy # i Bnt> c*ar and common woods. AU at greatly Ceflinsand Caskets in Rosewood,Mahogany,Hlag( a , M ,£ a f allgoods in my line, reduced prices. CALL AND SBE. I keep afu.la 15 3m. November 5th, 1872. • IUO mum ucatiutm- t . 1 the most convenient, both as to loca.ton and, tic comfni-r Will be sold cheap. Those wr ■eatic comfort. Will be sold cheap, i noee w, to boy will please call on the subscriber, wr taka pleasure in showing them the^ r ^[ u ’jJTgyfijn’ MlUa tlio, G . Oct.28th, 1872, ’ m zj. JP. TAYjLOn, c#r /®ttoi Avenue aisi €b«try Stnet, MACGX, GA. *47 pydNITUKE, CAKPETIMS, Rags, Oil Cloths^ Window Shades, ete* ^ }>J* .4 .!1V ^etalic Burial Cases and Caskets, Fine PLAIN WOOD COFFlkfc AN^C^^E*^ and jy*Ordere by Telegraph promptly attended to. Macon, Ga, Dap 10,1873. IP tai Iu reading this earnest little hook it is impossi ble to suppress a torr of sympathy with the author iu her commiseration for tho suffering and the un fortunate of her own sex. We have locked in vaiu to the “Woman’s Rights movement'' for seme alleviation of this ivii. Intellectual progress, without a correspon ding moral improvement will lead us to a condi tion differing but little from prislina heathenism. There will be a refinement ot vice, but the moral status will be even lower ; for undoubtedly de veloped reason aggravates moral guilt. Unless ihoreforp, the “march of mind’’ be united with ap proximating moral progress we shall find our selves in a second “roign of re-son’’ like that which disgraced the history of the first French Em pire, and which is now shadowed forth in many of the Woman's Rights doctrines. Those reflections persuade us that this most perplexing obliquity of sociology aud tho moral universe, can be rectified only by degrees, by the fireside edneation of children, and in the eleva tion of man. Somefbne has written, “when we say we educate a man, all is said, but when we educate a woman we oducate ageneration.’* This is the root of tho matter. Let mothers teach their young sons and daughters, among other harsh and wholesome truths a knowledge of self- Let them teach them to respect themselves, and each other, and make them feel the beauty of charity in daily practise ; thus, ranch will be done to pro tect innocence, aud thereby, to prevent guilt. The author appeals to all for aid in her good work. Assistance can be rendered her in many ways, in silent unostentatious charity ; and we are persuaded it will not be withhold from any promptings of a false aud haughty spirit after reading her little book, so full of sweet humility. It is published by Boyle and Chapman, Memphis, Tenn. M. F.T. Thk Cukdit Mokilif.r InvestioatiojU—The special committee, of which Judge Roland is chairman, appointed on Monday by the House to investigate the Credit Mobilier charges, organised Friday morning and adjourned until next Thurs day, when tho investigation will be commenced. Mr. McComb having been summoned to appear before tho cominitteu then. The sessions of the committee will not be public The Credit Moeimeh Scandal to be Hush ed Up.—The Newport Tribune says: “It is too early to make any predictions about the probable result of tho investigation into the Credit Mob ilier business. But the prospects now are that the first difficulty will be found in tho production of the principal witness, Colonel H. S. McComb. That this gentleman would prefer to have the money which he claims from Oakes Ames than the name of purging Congress of its corrupt mem bers, is a plain proposition. So it is.now reported that Mr. Oakes Ames will compromiss with Mc- Coinb, and tbns the whole affair will be qnashed. This would be a very convenient way of bridging over the difficulty, which is most severe in Ames’ caso ; but it remains to be seen if McComb would be willing to peijnre himself. If be were, it if possible that ex Seuator Bayard aud others eonld throw some light on this transaction.’’ Lobby Influence in Congress'— A Washington letter in the New York Tribune says : A good deal of the hue and cry raised against the Liberal Chairman of Committees in the House originates with the lobby. The ob ject is to get rid of tho Chairman of the Claims Committee, who has stead fastly opposed the allowance of hun dreds of dead and doubtful claims* He is known to be perfectly incorruptible and he is so determined in his resis tance to the multitude of ingenious and swindling schemes to get money from the Treasury with which his Committee is beeieged, that the per sons concerned in these jobs have a special grudge against him, and hope to gratify their desire for revenge as well as advance their interests by bringing about bis displacement. The Claims Committee never had a more vigilant and upright Chairman than Governor Blair, and thero are many strange Administration men in the it, and who have urged him to retain his position. The Druggist’s Advantage.—The business of a druggist is a very pecul iar one. He is absolute master of the situation. In the matter of dry goods, the customer can feel the goods, aud, if he has half sense, can tell some thing of their value. In the matter of groceries, the customer can smell, taste, and handle, and has his defense. When we come to the drug business, however, the customer enters the store with a bit of paper Ogured over with hieroglyphics which ho knows nothing whatever about; the awfully majestic prescription clerk receives it with a mysterious air- retires as mys teriously behind a mysterious screen, and, from hidden mysterious bottles, concocts a fluid or a powder, puts it in a bottle, hermetically seals it, and, emerging, demands seventy-five cents, orajdoll^r from the mystified custo mer who knows not whether the stuff is pdisonocs or harmless. It is none oi his business. The money is paid— what else can the man do—and he re tires, impresssed with the majesty of the drug trade.—Cincinnati lO Trade List. In Pesth, a few days since, a youth of sixteen recited at an exhibition the Lord’s guages, prayer in twenty-two lan- About $50,000 worth of property •old in Cuthbert on the 3d met. For the Usloa A. lUocrJer. Commodore SMEanry, and his Crc- oyrapUes. BY W. G. MACADOO. That wundreus old author and ad venturer “ Captaiuo Ioiin Smith ” of Powhatan and Pocahontas memory, in his‘Generali Historic of the Bermudas, now called the Summer lies’, well re marks, ‘As Geography without His tory scemeth a oarfcasse without mo tion, so History without Geography wandcrefch as a vagraat without a ccr- taiue habitation.” One of the ablest minds in the South is now giving to tho South this need ful requisite of Geography. We al lude to the illustrious Com. M. F. Maury whose series of Gcogrnjthics comprise a portion of the University SERIES of School Books. This “University Series” is publish ed by the “University Company” of which Georgia’s distinguished son, Gen. John B. Gordon, is one of the Vice Presidents and Gen. Buckner, late of the Confederate Army, is the other. Tho leadiug object of this Univer sity Series of school books is to supply to tho young the required mental food in their school existence without the poisonous infection of sectiounlism that taint* ail the school books now man ufactured from tho braius of Northern authors. The University series does not essay to'perpetrate tho correlative monstrous wrong,I However nearly that might be justifiable under the circum stances, viz : That of fostering Southern sectionalism. It simply lifts itself into a purer and higher atmosphere where school books rightfully belong. It shuns the whole mad vortex of section alism : the Scylla ou the one hand and the Charybdison the other. Our fore fathers a few generations ago had the privilege of studying such school books, such having theu been prepared by the English and Yankee thinkiag appara tus before that cranky power was set all awry in the mad crusade against tho “peculiar institution” of our un fortunate South-land. We fear some future generation must be reached be fore that crankiness can subside to common sense, or common justice.— But let us not distress ourselves; for we have, thank God! accomplished and competent authors who can pre pare all the school books we need, and at least one. good Publishing Company who will publish them. We have before us the three Ge- graphical works of Prof. Maury, adapted to the successive wants of the young aud expanding mind. We do not hesitate, after careful examination of these books, to say that they are superior in merit to any other books of geography now in use. They were prepared by a mind which has no equal among living men in that depart ment of physical science, and with the cherished design of making them superior to all other school books of Geography; a mind, we may add, abundantly competent to effect its purposes in this, or any other realm of Physical science it may chooso to explore. We hope the Boards of common school education and higher Institu tions also, will carefully examine this remarkable series of books before adopting any other; because if they will so examine them, they will never adopt any other. The foundation of the late great sectional War, ending with the deso lation of our beloved South, was laid in the poisoning of the Northern school-books. If our educators in Georgia Bhali adopt the copious and defamatory flood of these books pour ed out continually on the South, but one or two generations of our own off spring here in Georgia, will have be come the embodiment of “ public opinion” until the martyred kin dred will be held odious for their wickedness as participators in the ‘Great Rebellion”! We would not perpetuate or prolong one atom of that natural bitterness now felt against the North. No: let it all die, and fraternal feelings be restored. Such is the philosophy of the “University Series.” Let us develope our own system of Education by our own talent ; and by noble and notable results, let m set an example to our erring “countrymen” of Yankeo-land. Whether that exam- ole shall he copied or no*, we at least OWP in nurtrltv* thu Huty of vinflinirin^ our position, past and present, against the calumnies of our enemies, and of stimulating tho development of our own resources both material and im material to their utmost capacity.— We need to hold up to our offspring in their plastic school days great aud no ble models of thought and action ;— and we are surely, not wishing our Northern neighbors any harm when we desire to show them, in this way, that we do not neod to depend on them for methods or matter to be used in the instruction of the young We shall in this maimer guard against misrepresentation on the part of these Northern authors, or the lack of a just representation ; against false stand ards of right and iusidious invasions of wrong ; against improper models for our childreu ; against an active fester ing civilization which is working the ruin of the authors at home, and is now forced on some localities of the South at the point of the bayonet.— The time will come, if we do this, when the good and the wise, even in the North, will thank us for thus pre serving the sacred ark of that conser vatism which shall, in the corruptions and calamities of the future, save them as well as ourselves. Whatever of good shall be permitted to survive the threatened wreck of religion, of morals, of order and of good govern ment in America, must owe its exis tence mainly to the sou gd hearts and wise heads of the Southern people. Mr. W. A. Slaymaker, corner of Ma rietta and Peachtree itpeeta ia Atlanta, is tho General Agent in this State for the University Scries of School Books. i’ookmc a RiNruirn. H.w a Tcxsnwe (Hfl Crrmo.S n Srasaltas. I heard of a young lady up iu Middle TenueRsee who, as the river men say, has taken another chute. Tho story told about her did my soul good, and for the comfort of other hall-starved dyspeptics like myself, whose tardy sustentation is effected by menus of fried chicken, soggy biscuits, greasy hash ami sole-leather fritters, I’ll re late it. For years past, as a mere matter of form—something handed down from remote antiquity — the offi cers of the county fair held in the neighborhood where this lady lived had been in tho habit of offering a premium to the lady (unmarried) cook ing the best dinner. It was n dead letter. Nobody had contested for tiie premium within the memory of tho oldest inhabitant. This year, however, the young lady of whom I am speaking determined to compete for tho prize. Her name— I wish I could immortalize it—was Kate Jnnaway The fair men set up a stove for her, stretched a canvass to shield her from tho sun, and about i l o’clock of the last day she went to work. The matter had been talked about throughout the neighborhood, and curiosity was on tip toe- A crowd gathered around where the stove set up early in the morning, and kept, increasing, but when Miss Kate her self a buxom, handsome young girl of nineteen, daughter of fhe ox-Mayor of the town, appeared on the ground and putting on a wiiito apron and rolling up her sleeves, commenced operations, all other attractions were nothing — Every one was eager to sec so novel a sight. There was a tree near by which soon became black with spec tators who had climbed up to get a better view. Tho branches were fi nally so burdened, that one after an other broke, precipitating those on them to the ground, until only one man was left in the tree. He sat on a lofty fork and rivited his eyes on tho scene below. No amount of persua sion by those beneath, envious of his better view, could induce him to come down ; even a bribe of S10 failed.— He said he was bound to see or die. Meanwhile the dinner preparations went oc apace. The savory smell of the cooking food seemed to intoxicate the crowd which pressed nearer. It took all the police force on the grounds to keep order. The time arrived for the trotting match, announced as the sport of tho day, but tho ampitheatre was empty. The judges (with the ex ception of one crabbed old widower), the timers, all were missing and so nothing could be done. At half past two the dinner was announced ready, and thejudges, happy men,seated them selves at the table—the crowd regard ing them with ill-disguised envy. A roast beef, delicately done, was put steaming hot upon the table ; then followed corn pudding whose delicate aroma fell upon the olfactories of the excited crowd like “breezes from Ara- by the blest.” A profusion of vegeta bles, cooked to perfection, followed next. Thejudges ate and ate, prais ing the flavor of the the food and the skill of tho cook at every mouthful.— But when, at last, a dessert of piping hot apple dumplings made its appear ance, the forbearance of the crowd was at an end. They broke through the ropes into the ring with one ac cord, and the dumplings disappeared in a trice. One old fellow, proprietor of a store and owner of a big saw-mill, proposed to the young lady on the spot, but he was quickly collared and led off the grounds by two younger aspirants, who made common cause against the aged suitor, saw-mill and all. The young lady was the centre of attrac tion in the town after the cooking teat She received twenty-five offers of marriage the first week, aud her fame spread through all the country round. An old bachelor fellow down in Grundy county, with a farm so big that it took him all day to ride around it, and cattle on a hundred hills, heard of her and made a pilgrimage all the way to that town to learn the truth. He got the girl, too, although some of the young men of the place sued out a writ of habeas corpus to pre vent her being carried oat of the coun ty. They were too late. This is, I am aware, a rather sad ending for so good a story* but devo tion to the truth compels me to give nothing but the simple, unvarnished reality. She ought to have married that fel low who sat op there in the crotch of the tree, so long and at such fearful discomfort. He wanted her, and he was a poor, bilious, dyspeptic, whom her splendid cooking would soon have restored to usefulness aud society, but he was poor. Ah ! Treasure-Trove.—A valuable relic has just been discovered at English. Plymouth. The Sappers of the Roy al Engineers weie engaged in con structing a new battery near Prince Edward’s Fort, when one of them dis covered three feet below the surface, a mass of gold three pounds iu weight. It is shaped, we are told, and traced as if it had formed part of a sceptre.— 'i’he Colonel has taken possession of the treasure, which proved to be re;, markabiy tine gold, and will send it to the Queen. In Great Britain treas ure-trove of right belongs, to the crown though, of course, the finders take a fair share of the spoil* i— An Irish coroner, ia remarking on the great mortality of ■ certain win ter, went on to observe that: “There are a great many people dying this year who never died before.” SMt*7*p«r Failure.—Why ibcn art; so Mu- My «f Them, * Wo do not enjoy tho pleasure of (Mfeonal acquaintance with Gen Geo. P Jem's, of the Nashville Union ami Aiiriuicau, but tiie following extract from his recent address before tiie Tenn essee Press Association so emphatical ly stamps him ns a ‘love! headed” man that we wish wo did. He says: “We do toe much work without compensation’. We pny too much mon ey without any return whatever. We establish an eleemosynary institution at our own expanse. We keep a char ity school on our owu hook. , W e con duct business as if wo owe everything to the public, and the public are not indebted to us a farthing. We are preyed upon by the sharpers and inno cents alike. We advertise gratuitous ly every week, when wc should have the money for it. The gcner.il public are entirely ignorant—probably wo ourselves arc not fully aware of the extent to which newspapers aro bur dened by this insidious drain upon their resources. It insinuates itself ia every conceivable form. It does it through reporters, through agents, thro’.i S h correspondents, through edi tors, through business managers, through proprietors, and generally too, with as much disadvantage to the pub lic as to the press. There is no*t a bus iness, from the dispenser of ginger cakes and cider to the largest manufac tory, which will not advertise with you gratis—which will if you listen to it, endeavor to convince you that it is your duty to tho pahiie to do so. There is not an aspirant for public station; and when 1 contemplate the numbers of these, I experience an overwhelming sense of commingled amazement and disgust —from constable to the Senate of tho Union, who does not consoientionsly believe it to be the imperative duty of tho press, daily and weekly to speak, with a pen of telescopic power, of his microscopic doservings. Even that army of strollers, which infest tho country asd the people as a sort of visitation of Providence for our iniqui ties, from tho street corner seller of prize candy or magic oil to tho opera tic impressario, will expect you to write an indefinite number of editori als on a three-square advertisement inserted for five days, changeable daily, without change! We are required to write up, urge up, and put through every enterprise, great or small, that ■earns te have a possible connection with tha pablic. But we never hear of stock or of dividend. The church, tho state, commerce, industry, art, inven tion and humbug alike seem to regard the press as their servitors, and to bo run and sustained for their advantage. There is a lino of demarkation, in all these things, between publio demand, public utility, newspaper duty and in dividual gain. That line should be de fined aud held, as it in reality is, the Dead Line. Not a letter, nor a space, nor a figure, not a comma nor a period —nothing of all the innumerable par ticles that enter into the form and structure of a daily or weekly news paper—is there that *its picking up and putting down does not cost cash money. Not a revolution of the press, not a square inch of paper, that does not cost something in cash. This should bo understood by the public. If it is not its oorrelative should bo praactised by the press. I do not mean that the press should abandon its position of being the foremost char itable institution in the world. It should bold to that, for its munificent iiberalty, after purging itself of uinc- tenths of the daily swindles practiced upon it, will exceed that of any other business. To get rid of this stupendous fraud of gratuitous advertising, this cancer, canker—call it anything, provided you select an epithet that will characterize it strongly enough—I can prescribe no other rule than this: Put volunta rily aud without charge any and every thing into your paper which you deem advantageous to it in being beneficial to the public. All else, exclude, be ing of advantage t© those who wish to make money upon your capital and euterprise. Hold your ppaco at its value. Fix your rates at a fair price for your circulation, aDd adhere to them. Fair dealing will accomplish more than foul, at all times and every where. Immigration—“The Cry is Still They Comb.”—The statistics of Im migration, as published in the New York papers show that the stream has swollen with a flood, which pours with ever increasing volume into New York from Liverpool. From these state ments we learn that during the quar ter ending September 30, the emigra tion from Liverpool was enormously increased over that of the preceding quarter. Ninety-nine ships left that port for tho United States during the three months, carrying 36,491 steerage passengers, and nearly 6,000 in the cabins; seventeen ships left for Canada, carrying 5,607 emigrants; one left for Victoria and two for South America, all carrying an aggregate of 50,SS5. Of these 18,279 were Eng lish, and only 5,104 Irish. The re mainder were Swedes, Danes and Ger mans, who had come from Scandina vian aud German countries by way of Hull, in preference to shipping from Laltic ports by the German lines of steamers. Add to these the immigrants by oth er lines to other portB, and it will be seen that this ever increasing tide might easily divert a small quantity of its fertilizing waters southward, were the proper steps taken to secure it. We hope, and believe, that Gover nor Smith in his message will give some practical suggestions on this all- important subject. If you want to know whether 5 . tree ia hollow or not, ex it,