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NUMBER 26.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 38, 1859.
yL ORME & SON,
1 *FlllTORS and proprietors.
p C0 RDEH is published weekly, at the low
? The l* ) lklis p. r annum, when paid in. ad-
T advance. Two DOLLARS AND FIFTY
"'!■( nni within the year, Three Dollars
<T 5-3nni sllbecr ipuo„ received for less than six
5 ' " i ,i iiJalwavsin advance. Remittances by
'■I'"' .. £ letters at our risk.
; L !>,•,„<, the direction of their paper
''' rl! "'-'i„,.;fy usfro* wbatoffice it is to betrans-
1 . «v.sTS conspicuously inserted at Si 00
nCRTi-t ■ - ^ r3t insertion,and 50rents perscjnare
1 i * ire 7 . ! lf .nt insertion. Those sent without a
3 ' ' r .he nambei of insertions, will be pub-
„vi' l,,n i n < ’, ere( i 0 ,,t, and charged accordingly.
' 1 - f 1 and Negroes.bv Administrators. Kxec-
-|j',,is. are required l»y law to be held on
■ '* n V.’ J -Vtv in the mouth,between the hours often
,;i• ^ n j three in the afternoon, at the Court
: • ■' ' r<i:, ' 1<,D lin tv in which the property is situate. No-
. , nas t lie given in a public gazette
‘Previous to the day of sale. .
tt ^ () p personal P ropertv must be "iv-
N previous to '.he day of sale.
iea3tT p jb-ors anil Creditors ofan Estate muslbe
1 ' Vd r0 , r "I,mUcation will be madetotbe Court of
N --e t' 1 ot m L a nH or Negroes, must be
‘ I weekly for tnvo months. #
i ' ’ r„ r Lexers of Administration must be pub-
I'.r-triiti. ■ ■ j. (|r dismission from Administration,
Dismission from Guardianship.
- Foreclosure of Mortgage most be publish-
’ r r.vr for establishing lost papers.
?*"’ " r . f t i irP . f , months—for compelling titles
Administrators, where a bond has
Ilf ISS C. M. COTTING will open her school
l.TX for boys and girls, Monday the 4th day of
July next. Positively bnt sixteen pupils admitted.
June 21, 1859 25 3t
ten bv tii
..ns
deceased, the full space of three months.
II a iwavs be continued according to
renuirements. unless otherwise ordered,
-be line of Printing will meet with
- , attlie Recorder Office.
sj9. GROCERIES. 1859.
SflOTT&GAXIAKE
r, ; i\XKFlJL for the increased patronage of the
I i e'vvar. hog leave to inform their friends
, rs that they are still at their old stand,
v tin Post Office, where they would he
] tn wait upon them with a full assortment
M article* usually kept in their line of busi
's (which they will sell as low for cash, or on
^ a , the market will allow,) consisting in part
ifthe fallowing ai tides •
sTEIVART’S A. B. & C. SUGARS.
.I,’,], Powder’d and Loaf do.
;W.V, COSTA RICA and RIO COFFEE.
v;']i t MOLASSES and X. O. SYRUPS.
r ’|jX_TIams, Shoulders & Sides—LARD,
i ri;,’,, Young Hyson and Oolong Teas.
Tobacco, I Starch, Iron, Nails,
- -ri. Soap, I Cast & Plow Steel,
Weeding 1 and Garden Hoes. Axes.
Trace and Log Chains.
In* a nd Short Handle Shovels and Spades.
Manure Forks. Wooden and llollow Ware.
Hardware' and Cutlery.
Lime, Plaster and Cement.
Wines. Brandies, Whiskeys,Gin and Rum.
Paints,Oils A Varnish, and various other articles.
CALL AMO SEE!!
’Ll Igeville, May 10, 1359
1!) tf
YKUCE'S HTtiW-ITork Type-foundry
) hat now on hand an immense stock of
Roman Type, ' Fancy Type.
C-ippcrplate Script, German Type.
U-j... Type, Ornaments,
and Checker Type, Borders,
Brass and Metal Rules, Leads,
Brass and Electro. Circles and Ellipses.
Labor-Saving Rules, Corner Quads,
Metal Furniture, etc.
Tlr ;vpes are all cast by steam power from the
;. metal peculiar to this foundry. The uncqual-
J rapidity in the process of casting enables me to
•se more durable type at the lowest prices of
iharv types, either for cash or credit.
Presses,' Wood Type, Ink, Cases, Sticks, etc.,
irnislied at the manufacturer’s lowest pi ices. A
imen pamphlet of Fonts of Letter only, and
s mailed to printing offices, on the reception
von cents to pre-pay the postage.
rs of Newspapers who choose to publish
•;ertisement. including this note, three timek
ore the 1st day of August, 1759, and forward
"lie of the papers, will bo allowed their bills at
1 time of making a purchase from mo of five
its the amount of my manufactures.
Address,
GEORGE BRUCE,
13 Chambers St., New York.
JoneT, IS:.9 23 3t
AGRICULTURAL
iackinery and Implements.
GRAIN CRADLES.
and Wire braced. 5 and G fingers. Trice 3A
to 5 dollars.
SCYTHE BLADES,
-■ • Patent, American Silver Steel. Price 75c.
to $1 15.
SICKLES' REAP IIOOKS,
'* “lades, Scythe Stones and Rifles.
CHEAT FANS,
11 f Patent, Excelsior, &c. Price 18 to 40
dollars.
THRESHING ma chines,
s Virginia, Wheeler’s and Georgia made,
l’lice 33 to 50 dollars.
HORSE POWERS,
\"' !r s and Whitman's Lever Powers, one and
! 'o-ehai! Road J’owers. Price §190 to §140.
straw cutters,
■nid Fodder Cutters. Price 5 to 30 dollars.
CORN SHELLERS,
i and Patterns Price C*I to 15 dollars.
heeding hoes,
">'im' lns ’ deed’s Tirades’ Patent, Clement’s
' -"id Straw Rakes, Cultivators, Harrows,
D . I!i Cliurues, Wheelbarrows, &c.,
• 'tor sale at tlie lowest prices, by
r , , .YlTH.t.V WEED, Macon Ga.
20 2m
DR. J. W. HERTY,
TENDERS HIS PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES TO THE
CITIZENS OF MILLEDGEVILLE AND
VICINITY.
OFFICE AT THE DRUG STORE OE
H E R T ¥ & G E S N E R .
Mill edgevile, May 10,1859 19 tf
WAREHOLSEMD CHMSSIOS
MERCHANTS
A/T^VCOISr, Gra.
COATES &. W00LF0LK
HAN E associated together and will occupy the
new FIRE PROOF WAREHOUSE, now being
erected opposite Messrs. Hardeman & Spark’s.
Liberal advances made on Cotton when asked
for. Orders for Bagging, Rope, Groceries, Ac.,
shall have our personal attention.
We hope, by prompt attention to business, to
merit a liberal share of patronage.
N. Coates, Jas. G. Wooi folk.
June 7, 1859 03 4 m
itfoticc.
THE Subscriber’s HOUSE will
bo opened tor the reception of
.MEMBERS to the Convention
-iu June next, also for JMCombers
to the nest Eeeglslatnre.-
Cail and see me. E. S. CANDLER.
Milledgeville, May 24. 1859. 21 tf
LABORERS WANTED,
A BOL r twenty hands are wanted by the sub
sc fiber to work in a Brickvard. A liberal
price allowed. E.'T. ALL1NG.
Milledgeville, June 7, 1859 23 tf
FOB. SALE.
A CHOICE lot of 13 AC ON, cheap for
cash or approved credit.
COMPTON &. CALLOWAY.
May 17, 1859 20 tf
ETotice to Builder^.
W ILL BE LET to the lowest bidder in the
town of \\ rightsville, Johnson county, on
Friday the first Gay of July next, the building of the
Court-house and Jail for said county.
The Court-house to be a framed building, two
stories, 50 by 3G feet. The Jail of hevvd logs 12
by 12, two stories, 24 by 18 feet. Those desirous
of bidding for this work will please call on, or ad
dress by letter, the Clerk the Inferior Court, who
will show cr make known the plan and specifica
tion of each building. Terms of letting on the day.
M. C. WILLIAMSON, J. I. C.
SOLOMON PACE, J. I. C.
GEORGE SMITH, J. I. C.
LOTT WALKER. J. I. C.
JOSEPH C. SMITH, J I. C.
Wriglitsville, May 24, 1859 21 td
A Teacher Wanted !
T HE present teacher at Phoenix Academy hav
ing, on account of ill health, tendered his resig
nation, to take effect at the close of the present
term, it has been ordered bj- the trnstees that the
Secretary advertise for an instructor to take his
place. None need apply who cannot come well
recommended as to the highest scholastic attain-
. ments, and first rate ability to teach, as the trustees
are determined to keep the school up to its present
high standard.
Address the undersigned at Turnwold, Putnam
! Co., Ga. J. A. TURNER, Secretary.
May 31, 1859. 22 tf
CALL AND SEE-
T nE UNDERSIGNED would respectfully call
the attention of his friends and the citizens
generally, to his stock now on hand of
SADDLES AND BRIDLES,
(riding and wagon) Bridle leathers, do. Bits, com
mon and fine silver plated. 11A I. l'ERS, single and
double Bug-gy Harness, Buggy Whips,
and various other articles iu his line too tedious to
mention. Many of tlie above articles are as good
as can be put up. Cali and examine the stock, tro
! charge for looking. Also, will do repairing, Har
ness, Shoes and Boots. All work dooe in shop war
anted to stand.
Next door North of Post-office, formerly occupied
by Mrr Staley, Tinner. P. FAIR.
Milledgeville, Feb. 22,1359. . 8 tf
METALIC BURIAL CASES
FOR SALE BY
S. G.PRUDEN Eafonton,
J. T. MA'iTTX Sparta.
C A. VINCENT Greenesboro.
March 29,1859 13 ly
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS
STOVES.
A NEW COOKING STOVE, with furniture,
A. also a second hand PARLOR STOVE, cheap
for cash. Appiy to L. KLNF1LLD.
February I, 1859 5 U
,,/BfOLSTERY GOODS.
• »a'«arib er has constantly on hand a full
• ' e I*,' K 1:1 th ,; followings goods, to which
i. " 1 M °1 purchasers is invited.
Tiara Eng-lish Velvet Medai-
s-lUiy. Gpestry Velvet, English Tapestry
1' ,: lre Brussels, English and American
Wg’.tperfine two Plys—ail wool; and Cot-
Carpets—Hemp, Wool. Dutch, &c.
—Velvet, Brussels,
^ ‘ t ton—of all widths.
‘r-' Cj-STS—Wool and Linen,from T to
bizJs bordered Crumb Cloths
H 0 * CLOTHS —English and
itd«; ar ymg iu wi
^oi a,1(lu,l,iti
y iu Z 111 width, from l of a yard to
* ; dl qualities.
yyj'f'SJfBaY OOODS—Satin and
1 ■“Cotton and wool do.—Broca-
,in 'I Muslin Curtains.
.'^7 BS ’ CORUifZDES and fixtures
li!i Mattmg of all widths, always
/ )ii door Mats, <fe c .
^ Bofl.o ' ''I s entries and rooms being eiv-
11 clijij.,,’ car pcts will be cut to fit, without
wi u *.!; cJ l ' PRestorer will ent, and prepare
’ • Uar cask, Lace and Muslin Cnr-
D. LATHROP.
‘ a °nah f ., ,,‘' on " russ st. 57 St. Julian st.
May 10, 1859 19 12m
DAWSON A KIBBEE,
Attornics and Counsellors at Law,
IIA WK1NS VILLE &>■ VIENNA, GA.
M IL K. will have entire control of collections,
and Mr. D. will attend, fur the present, all
litigation. They will practice law, and give atten
tion to any business that may be entrusted totlicir
management in the counties of Lowndes, Dooly,
Pulaski Brooks, Houston, Wilcox, Eclmls. Macon.
Irwin, Clinch, Worth, Telfair. Ware, Berrien, Cof
fee, Laurens, Sumter, Appling, Twiggs, Lee
Pierce, Baker, Dougherty and Miller; and in ■. n-
preme Court at Macon, Milledgeville and Savan
nah ; and Federal Court at Savannah; and also
in adjoining counties on special engagements.
CHAS. C. KIBBEE THUS. H. DAWSON.
Hawkinsville, Feb. 20,-1859 1° H
New Clothing, Hats, Ac., Ac.
AT THE
MILLEDGEVILLE GIDTUlXfi STORE.
UOTKL SO. 1,
J UST received, a general assortment of men’s,
youths and boys, very superior spring and
summer clothing, of the latest fashion, all made to
order and the work warranted. Also, a fresh sup
ply of men’s and boys bats of various styles and
qualities, all of which will be sold on reasonable
termS - A. C. VAIL.Agt.
May 3, 1859 t f
POETRY.
[Written for the Augusta Dispatch.]
The Mother, Presenting her Son with a Bible.
Remember, son, who gave thee this,
When other days shall come ;
When she who had thy earliest kiss,
Sleeps in the silent tomb ;
Remember, ’twas a mother gave
The gift to one she’d die to save.
The mother sought a pledge of love,
The holiest for her son.
And from tlie gifts of God above
She took this holy one ;
She chose for her beloved boy
The source of light, and life, and joy ;
And bade him keep the gift—that when
Tlie parting hour should come,
They might have hope to meet again
In an eternal homo.
She said his faith in that would be
Sweet incense of her memory.
And slionld the scoffer in his pride
Laugh the fond faith to scorn.
And bid him cast the pledge aside
That he from youth had borne :
She bade him pause, and ask his breast
If he or she had loved him best.
A parents blessing on her son
Goes with this holy thing ;
The heart that would retain the one
Must, to tlie other cling.
Remember! ’tis no book of fun ;
A mother’s gift, remember, son.
HUMAX’S LOT. .
To feel that she is slighted
By one most dearly prized—
That all her self devotion
Is nothing in his eyes—
To hear the words of anger,
Though she deserves them not;
To hear with harsh unkindness,
Is often woman’s lot.
To see her slightest error
Converted into crime,
Whilst even then she dares not
Weep, murmur, or repine;
To know his vow is broken—
That lie is faithless now—
And yet to be upbraided,
It grief is on her brow.
To soothe tlie hour of anguish,
And be repaid with scorn ;
To hear severly chidden
The tears from sorrow drawn,
To feel her long enduring,
Her patience—all as naught,
Till hope itself is blighted,
Is often woman’s lot.
MEYER SAY FAIL.
Keep pushing—’tis wiser
Thau sitting aside,
And dreaming and sighing
And waiting the tide.
Iu life’s earnest battle
They only prevail
Who duiiy march omvard
And never say fail
With an eye ever open,
A tongue that’s not dumb,
And a heart that will never
To sorrow succumb.
V oil'll battle and conquer,
Though thousands assail:
IIow strong and how mighty
Who never say fail!
Fhe spirit of angels
Is active I know,
As higher and higher
Iu glory they go ;
Methinks on bright, pinions
From heaven they sail,
To cheer and encourage
W ho never say fail!
Ahead, then, keep pushing,
And elbow your way,
Unheeding the envious
And asses that bray ;
All obstacles vanish,
All enemies quil
In t lie might of their wisdom
Who never say fail !
Iu life’s rosy morning.
In mar hood’s fair pride,
Let this be the motto
Your footsteps to guide ;
In storm and in sunshine,
W liatever assail,
We’ll onward and conquer,
And never say fail !
Starliiis a Newspaper.
BY VYILLIAM S. HALl.OCK.
Tlie ubiquity of the printing press is one
of the characteristics of the age. Every
corporation and company must have its
special organ to advocate its peculiar ad
vantages; every village must be repre
sented by an “Advocate” a “Watehfhan”
or a “Torchlight” What a few years ago
was confined exclusively to the cities, is
now extended to almost every village and
town in the country. The press is now an
indispensable requisit to.advan.ee the char
acter and interest of any locality.
It is a very easy matter for a few indi
viduals, interested in some enterprise, to
convene and do the “wind work” towards
establishing an “organ but to come up
promptly with the “material aid” is wide
ly diSVrent. To promise live hundred
subscribers, to produce by a mysterious
method of addition a thousand dollars to
be made by job-work and advertising, is '
easier than to hand over two thousand dol
lars.
Now, the good citizens of Blowtown,
wanting to increase the value of “corner
lots” and “beautiful surbnrban residences,”
determined to establish a weekly paper.—
To mature this design, innumerable meet-,
jngs were held at the stores and such pla- ;
ces as were most convenient. At these
meetings Squire Pussyman, Elder Blow
hard, Squire Easv-and-slow. Uncle Ul
traman, and the Messrs. Skinflint took
the most prominent part. The matter was
presented in every possible light. Pussy-
man thought the enterprise of vital impor
tance’; one which would do great good
without much sacrifice on their part. El
derBlowhard urged that a press be imme
diately established : though they should be
compelled to make a Utile sacrifice, they
would realize double the amount in less
than six months in the way utrise inprop-
erty—the name of their beautiful institu
tion—the Cornhill College—would be
sounded abroad and Blowtown would he
known afai off. Easy-and slow said he
was in for the measure, l urle Ultraman
thought a paper would pay the business
men, as they could advertise at a small
cost and receive a great benefit, besides, it
they could once got the “thing” agoing,
they would shirk all responsibility on the
individual embarking in the enterprise, and
he couldn’t back out, and if there was any
loss it would be the publisher.” The Mes
srs.” Skinflint said their motto was “the
greatest good at the least cost,” and that
they believed d press would do the thing.
“For a press,” was the verdict of tho cit
izens of Blowtown. The next thing was
to find some one to engage in tho enter
prise that would control tl.e papei: and
puff the town. This was easily accoim
plished. A young printer who was attend
ing college at Blowton, by flattery, fail-
promises and misrepresentations was sedu
ced from his studies and pursuaded to as
sume the responsibility of editor, publishex
and printer of the respective paper, to ap
pear under the title of “The Blowtown
Scientific Investigator.” Subscription pa
pers were circulated and signed by men,
women, and children, so that in a short
time a tolerable list of names were pre
sented. But then “what’s in the name ?”
The five hundred names were made up in
about the style of “Kansas election re
turns.” A few individuals subscribed for
as many as ten copies. This was consider
ed by them a great sacrifice,
Our young editor now began to feel san
guine of success. Such glowing pictures
were presented to his mind, and assurance
of ultimate success, that lie began to look
with contempt on other papers, which
were areality and not a utopian dream.—
He was induced to believe that the “In
vestigator” would soon be the first paper of
the country—that its subscribtion list
would <ro up- to thousands—that every
body’s children would be attending Corn-
hill college; and that of couvseeverybody’s
parents would take the paper, to learn how
their sons and daughters progressed; that
Snizzle would adorn and enrich the col
umns of the new journal with sparkling
gems from his “’classical” and “gifted”
pen. This was a bright picture to he con
templated by an ambitious, enthusiastic
mind.
Tlie city was immediately visited, and
the necessary material purchased for issue-
iiig a country newspaper. In due time
the press and fixures arrived at Blowtown,
when there was a great hurrah, and excla
mations of “what a people we are !” Ev
ery one patted the editor on the shoulder
and said “good fellow !” The amatur
publisher now set to work in good earnest
with his assistants, to “set up matter” for
“Vol. 1.” No. 1.” Expectation was on
the qiti vine, and for two weeks the conver
sation of the printers was mostly it answer
ing the all prevailing question. “When
will the first number of the Investigator be
out V’
After ‘days of toil and nights of waking,’
the long-looked for paper appeared. It
was a very cqjditable sheet—with a flam
ing introductory, replete with adjectives,
full of promises for the future, and “done
up” at the close with an eloquent quota
tion from Shakespeare. It was a triumph
of art and intellect among the people of
Blowtown. The citizens with unanimous
voice, shouted “brave !'” and the editor
considered himself immortalized. He was
the subject of discussion in tlie “sewing so
ciety,” the social circle, and the bar-room.
Old women with daughters were all his true
friends, (the editor was single,) young wid
ows and old maids greeted him with the
most abounding flattery.
Many new names were added to the
subscription list, and advertisements came
rapidly in with a promise of prompt pay
ment. So the new enterprise was faitly
under full sail, with a- fair sky, clear offing
and spanking breeze. A larger number of
subscribers were on the book than had been
anticipated, and though but few had paid
in advance, yet there was every assurance
that the pay would be forthcoming when
n;eded. With full hope our hero pursued
liis prosperous Yoyage on the sea editorial,
little dreaming of a cloud or storm in the
future.
Months passed away. Novelty had with
drawn its charms, while plain reality be
gan to present to the publisher of the “In
vestigator” the asperities of the enterprise.
Bills were coming due, and money must he
had to meet them. An attempt was made
to collect, but only a dollar here and there
could be raised. Subscribers began with
one accord to make excuses, and lair prom
ises for tlie future. Still hoping for that,
millennium of publishers, when delinquent
subscribers will pay their bills, recourse
was bad to borrowing money at three per
cent. This was a rash expedient, but the
only alternative, as the many warm friends
of the press refused to do better. Repeat
ed duns appeared in the columns of the
“Investigator,” calling on delinquents to
pay up their arrearages ; but with little ef
fect.
Disaffection now began to creep in, and
whilom friends began to “weary of well
doing.” The}’ couldn’t see why it need
ed money to carry on a small paper. A
paper with six hundred names on the list
ought to live without complaint. The
Skinflints thought they were not puffed
enough, and heaped their maledictions on
the editor for presuming to charge for edi
torial notices.—Pussyman thought his puff
not quite as good as Slow-and-easy’s.—
The politics of the paper began to he de
nounced in as many different ways as there
were political parties Thus hundreds of
complaints were entered against the help
less editor, because he “dared call for jus
tice.”
By (his time our hero finds himself in no
enviable position-sans dollars, sans friends,
sans hope ! He has been charged exor
bitant prices for all that he received—high
rents, outrageous hills for boarding, &:c.—
Amid incessant labor at the case and press,
he had failed to make his paper as inter
esting as was demanded. But no allow
ance were made; inability was tlie excuse
of exacting readers. Snizzles had written
seine dry trash for the farmers, on “gather
ing seed corn,” a subject of which tlie au
thor was profoundly• ignorant. Also an
other article on the “topograph of a frog
p»nd,” with “critical antes” concerning the
inhabitants thereof.
The volume was now half closed. A
crisis in business affairs bad almost paraly
zed trade : money was scarce, and collec
tions almost impossible to be made. The
last “bundle” of paper was used ; while the
paper mills refused farther credif until for
mer supplies were paid. At this critical
juncture, our almost disheartened editor
made a last effort to collect outstanding
accounts. By this time creditors ceased
to he gentlemanly.
If one paid up he did so by withdrawing
further patronage. Some denied their ac
counts : said they never subscribed and
would not pay. It was no use. Sufficient
sums of money could not be raised to pur
chase a fresh supply of paper; so after a
brilliant ascending existancc of about six
months, “tho Blowtown Scientific Investi
gator” blowcd up!
So ended tho magnificent farce. The
editor found himself two hnndred dollars
nut of pocket beside six month’s work.—
His credit w«9 likewise gone, and hut few
friends remained. Slanderous tongueu cir
culated all manner of false reports in re
gard to the paper and the unfortunate pro
prietor. The office was soon sold to pay
off the debts, when hungry creditors liko a
peck of ravenous wolves, rushed together,
each one struggling for the greatest share
of the spoils. And tlie good citizens said
amen! It lias cost us but little and done
a deal of good !
“Who cares for the expense V’
Practical Good Sense.
It is related that an Athenian, who was
hesitating whether to give his daughter in
marriage to a man of worth with a small
fortune, g,r to a rich man, who had no other
recommendation, went to consult Theniis-
tocles on the subject. The philosopher in
the spirit of true wisdom, said, “I would
bestow my daughter upon a man without
money, rather than upon money without
a man.” Marriage for money seldom con
duces to social comfort and happiness, and
often results in the utter destruction of "do
mestic peace, in crimination, coldness, and
estrangement. And yet the love of money
is seldom manifest in greater strength than
in the formation oi those life long allian
ces, where the parties bind themselves to
“take each other for better or worse,” and
give their mutual pledge to stand by and
aid each ether amid all tlie storms and
privations and perils of life. Those pa
rents who are ehiefly anxious to have their
daughters to marry a fortune, who value
money more than character, integrity, en
terprise, and correct habits, will, in most
cases, lament their short-sightedness, infat
uation, and folly. There is happiness in
a cottage where virtue, intelligence, and
kindness dwell. A palace will not yield
it in tlie absence of these. It is not those
families where there is the greatest profu
sion of wealth, who are most envied. In
many a splendid mansion there are aching
hearts, disappointed hopes,corroding cares,
and scalding tears. Let us not be mis
understood. We are not depreciating or
decrying wealth. It confers and secures
many advantages. It gives to its posses
sor influence, position, and power. “Cmte-
ris paribus,” as we were taught in our
schoolboy days to say, ether things being
equal, it is desirable, highly beneficial,
and eminently comfortable. But it is not
worth sacrificing domestic peace to pos
sess it—it is not worth enduring the strife
of tongues—it is not worth tlie life long
reproach, “You married me for my money-”
The Rich ami Poor.
The following remarks, arc from an cm-1
iner.t Methodist clergyman, the Rev. Dr.!
Olin, on the strong tendency in our religi j
ous operations to gather the rich and tlie
poor into separate folds, and so to gener- ‘
ate, in the Church, distinctions utterly at >
variance with our political institutions; Dr.
Oiin says:
“Nowhere else, I believe, but in the
United States, certainly nowhere to the
same extent, does this anti-Christian sep
aration ot classes prevail in the Christian
Church. Tlie beggar in his tattered vest
ments, walks the splendid courts of St. Pe
ters, and kneels at its costly altars by the
side of dukes and cardinals. The peas
ant in his wooden shoes is welcomed in
the gorgeous churches of Notre Dame and ;
the Madeleine; and even in ^England,
where political and social distinctions are
more rigorou^’ enforced than in any other
country on earth, the lord and the peasant,
the richest and the poorest, are usually oc
cupants of the same church, and partakers
of the same Communion. That the re
verse of all this is true in many parts of
this country, every observing man knows
full well. There are religions congrega
tions, composed so exclusively of the weal
thy as scarcely to embrace an indigent
family or individual; and the number of,
such churches, where the Gospel is never)
preached to the poor, is constantly increas-)
ing. Rich men, instead of associating.
themselves with their more humble fellow-1
Christians, where their money, and their j
influence, anil counsels are so much need-)
ed, usually combine to erect magnificent i
churches, in which sittings arc to,» expen- !
sive for any but people of fortune, and
from which the poor are as effectually ex
cluded as it there were dishonor or conta
gion in their presence. A congregation
is thus constituted, able, without the slight
est inconvenience, to bear the pecuniary
burdens of twenty churches, monopolizing
and consigning to comparative inactivity,
intellectual, moral, and material resources,
for want of which so many other congrega
tions are doomed to struggle with the most (
embarrassing difficulties. Can it for a
moment be thought that such a state of
things is desirable, or in harmony with the
spirit and design of the Gospell”
Losing All—A Family Sck.ve.—There
is something tender, as well as instructive,
in the following, which we take from the
Child’s Paper:
A few days ago a merchant failed in
business. He went home one evening in
great agitation “What is the matter?”
asked his wife. “I am ruined; I am beg
gared. I have lost my all!” he exclaimed
pressing his hand upon his forehead as it
his brain were iu a whirl.
“All,” said his wife; “I am left.” “All.
papa!” said his oldest hoy; “here am I.”—
“And I too, papa.” said the little giil. run
ning up and putting her arms around Iiis
neck. “Us not lost, papa,”repeated little
Eddie. “And you have your health left,”
said his wife. “And your two hands to
work with, papa,” said his eldest; “and I
can help you.” “And your two feet, papa,
to carry you about.” “And your two eyes
to see with, pupa,” said little Eddie.
“And you have God's promises,” said ;
grandmother.
“And a good God,” said his wire. “And
heaven to go to,” said bis little girl. “And
Jesus who came to fetch us there,” said
his eldest.
“God forgive me,” said the poor mer
chant, bursting into tears. “I have not
lost my all. What are the few thousands
which I have called my all, to these more
precious things which God lias left me?”|
aud he elapsed his family to his bosom,
and he kissed his wife and dhihlrcr. with a)
thankful heart. I
Ah no, thfeie are many things more ;
precious than gold and bank stocks, valu
able as they may be in their place. When
the Central America was foundering at
sea, bags and purses of gold were strewn
about the deck, as worthless as the merest
rubbish. “Life, life !” was the prayer.—
To some of the wretched survivors, “Wa»'
ter, water!” was the cry. “Bread, bread!” i
it was worth its weight in gold, if gold;
could have bought it.
The loss of property must not cloud the i
mind with a wicked forgetfulness of the
greater blessings which are left behind.—
No man should despair, for no man hafc lost
his all until he lias lost his integrity, lost
his hope of heaven at last.
The Sidewalk Cleaner’s Faith.
During one of the snow storms of the
past winter, a kind hearted lady was im
portuned, by a very small boy, for the job
of clearing her sidewalk and steps. She
thought him quite unequal to the task, but
yielded to his entreaties, and became in
terested to inquire into his circumstances,
lie was, perhaps, six to eight years ot age
and literally alone in the world, without
father, mother, or friend ! He lodged with
some poor body and paid bis way, with a
right manful heart, by means of jobs like
this. She asked him if he did not some
times find it impossible to get anything to
do, which iie confessed was too often Abe
case. “Don’t yon sometimes get discOnr
aged, and feel afraid that yon can’t get
along ?”
The child looked up with a perplexed
and inquiring eye, as if uncertain of her
meaning, and troubled with a new doubt.
“Why,” said lie. “don’t yon think God will
take care of a fellow, if lie puts bis trust in
Him, and does the best he can?”
His qnestiouer felt rebuked by the sim
ple faith, and sorry that she had disturbed
it by interposing her own doubts. She
took pains to investigate the case, and be
came the little boy’s patron, and he is now
doing well under her care ; or rather under
that of the-God in whom lie trusted.
Examiner.
Sudden Whitening of tile Hair.—A
correspondent of the Medical Times have
asked for authentic instances of hair be
coming grey within tlie space of one night.
Dr. D. Parry, staff surgeon at Aidersbot.t,
writes the following very remarkable ac
count. of a case of which be made a memo
randum shortly after the occurrence:—On
February 19, 185S, the column under
General Franks, in the south of Oude, was
engaged with a rebel force at the village
of Chanda, and several prisoners were
taken; one of them, a Sepoy of the Bengal
army, was brought before the authorities
for examination, and I being present had
.an opportunity of watchiug from the com
mencement the fact I am about to record.
Divested of his uniform, and stripped com
pletely naked, lie was surrounded by the
soldiers, and then first apparently became
alive to the dangers of his position; he
trembled violently, intense horror and de
spair were depicted in hiscountenance, and,
although he answered the questions ad
dressed to him, he seemed almost stupified
with fear, while under observation- within
the space of half an hour, his liair became
grey on every portion of his head, it hav
ing been, when first seen by us, the glossy-
jet black of the Bengalee, aged about twen
ty-four. The attention of the by-standers
was fhst attracted by the sergeant, whose
prisoner he was, exclaiming, “He is turn
ing grey,” and I, with several other per
sons, watched its progress. Gradually-, but
decidedly-, the change went on, and a uni
form greyish color was completed within
the period above named.”
Fasiiionarle Women.—An energetic
and truthful writer thus sums up the un
happy life of fashionable women ;
Fashion kills more women than toil and
sorrow. Obedience to fashion is a greater
transgression to the law of woman's nature,
a greater injury to her physical and men
tal constitution, than the hardships of pov
erty- and neglect. The slave woman at her
tasks will live and grow old, and see two or
three generations of her mistresses pass
away. The washer-woman with scarce a
ray- of hope to cheer her in lier toils, will
live to see her tashtonable sisters all die
around her. The kitchen maid is hearty
and strong, when her lady has to be nursed
like a sick baby. It is a sad truth that
fashion-pampered women are almost worth
less for all the good ends of human life.—
They have hut little force of character;
they have still less power of moral will,
and quite as little physical energy. They-
live for no great purpose in life—they ac
complish no great ends. They are doll-
fonns in the hands of milliners and ser
vants, to be dressed and fed to order.—
They dress nobody-; they feed nobody ;
they instruct nobody- : they bless nobody ;
they save no body. They write no hooks,
and set no rich examples of virtue and wo
manly- life. * If they rear children, servants
and nurses do all, save to conceive and
give (hem birth. And when reared what
arc they ? What do they- amount to, but
weaker scions of the old stock ! who ever
heard of a fashionable woman’s exhibiting
any virtue and power of nrind for which it
became eminent ? Read the biographies
of our great and good men and women.—
Not one of them had a fashionable mother.
They nearly all sprung from strong-minded
women, who had about as much to do with
fashion as the changing clouds.
Soul Engravings.—Daniel Webster nev
er uttered a truer or grander thought than
the following—couched, too. in that stardy-
Saxou he handled so well :—
“If we work upon marble, it will perish,
if wc work upon brass, time will efface it. If
we rear temples, they will crumble into
dust. But we if work upon immortal minds
—if we imbue them with high principles—
with the just fear of God and their fellow
men—we engrave upon these tablets some
thing which no time can efface, but which
will brighten to all eternity.”
In this way we may all be artists ; and
even the most ordinary and unlearned, if
lie have hut an earnest and loving heart
may- produce a master piece. The profes
sor or lecturer may cut deep lines aud
fashion wondcrous forms on the unwrought
material before him. The teacher in the
common school or tlie Sabbath school may,
with the sunlight of truth,, photograph upon
the tender minds committed to his charge a
thousand forms of holy beauty. The hum
blest, most quiet mau may write upon his
neighbor's heart good thoughts aud kind
words which will last forever. And such a
monument will he a Teal immortality;
“more enduring than brass, and loftier than
the regal majesty of the pyramids.” Such
a record of growing dim with time, will
grow deeper with eternity, and will s gi
be bold and legible when the sculptures of
Nincvah, which liaveroutlasted-tKc centu
ries , shall have faded out and the steel
pictures of modem artshall all be forgotten.
And when the things which the dimness
of time obscures shall be revealed by the
light of eternity, the names of these un
known artists shall be ftynnd written, not
on tablets of bronze or stone, but on “the
fleshy tablets of the heart,” and the unfad
ing pages of tho soul.
As perfume is to the rose* oa is good na
ture to the lovely.
So loo wait a Boy, Sir?
“Do you want a boy sir f said George,
a little urchin, scarcely eight years old,
to a spruce look ing clerk m a large store.
“ Want a boy ! 'Why, who wants to be
hired ?” asked the cleric* looking with a
puzzled glance at the little applicant.
“I do sir,” replied George.
•‘Look here, gentlemen,” cried the
young man, speaking to bis fellow clerks,
“lieie is a regular Gnliah seeking work !
W ants to be a porter, I ’sposc. Look at
him. Ain’t lie a strapper I”
’I he clerks gathered in great glee about
poor George, wbo stood full of earnest pur
pose before them, aud was therefore un
conscious of any reason why lie should be
made an object of sport,
“What can yon do ?” asked one.
“You can post books of eonrse ?” said
another.
“Carry a bale of goods on yonr shoul
ders ?” cried the third.
“Hush, young gentlemen,” said tlie el
derly bookkeeper at the desk, after view
ing George through his spectacles. “Hush!
Don’t make sport of the child. Let me
talk to h-m.” Then speaking to George
in kinkly tones, he said, “you are too
young to be hiredj my, child. Wbo sent
you here ?”
“I came myself, sir. My father and
mother are gone to heaven. My aunt is
poor and I want to earn something to help
her. I am very strong, sir, aud will work
very hard. Won’t yon please to hire
me ?”
This simple story, told in a way that
showed bow earnes* the boy was, not only
checked the sport of the spmee clerks, but
brought tears to their eyes. They looked
on the delicate child before them with,
pity and respeet, and one of th'em placing
a quarter dollar on the desk, asked the
rest to follow his example. They did so.
He then took the money ami offered it to
George saying—
“You are too small to be of any use
here, my good boy. But take this money
and when yon haver grown a bit, perhaps
we may fiud something for you to do.”
George looked *at the money without
offering to touch it.
“Why don’t you take the money ?” ask
ed the clerk.
“If you please sir, I’m not a beggar boy,”
said George ; “I only want to earn some
thing to help pay my aunt for keeping
me.’,
“You are a’noble little fellow,” said tho
senior clerk. “We give you the money
not because we tbink you are a beggar,
but because we Kke your spirit. Such a
boy as you will never be a beggar.—
Take the change, ray boy, and may God
give you and yourannt better bays.”
George now took the money, put it care
fully into his his little pocket, and left the
store. His aunt, needy as sire was, could
not help laughing when he told her this
story, and the chiding she gave him for
going in search of work without, her coun
sel. was not very severe, you may feel as-
=med.
I like George’s spirit in this affair. It
was noble, brave, and self-reliant bevond
his years, ft was the spirit that makes
poor boys grow into useful and succesful
men. I-t made George do this, for iu after
years that little boy became a noted artist,
whose praise was spoken by many ton
gues. All children should cherish a desire
to do all they can for themselves, and to
support themselves by their own labor as
early as possible. Those who lean on father
and mother for everything-, will find it hard
work to gel along alone by-and-by, as
they- may have to do when their parents
die. While those who early learn to rely
upon themselves, will have little difficul
ty in earning their own living. Learn,
therefore my children, to help yourselves—
always minding to do so under the advice
and with the consent of yonr parents or
guardians.— Sunday School Advocate.
An old Joke Illustrated.—A day or
two ago, says-onr Douglas friend, Mark
Aiken, a matv came to this city with one
hundred dozen brooms, and called at the
store of Messrs. G- ^ to sell them.—
After some dickering, a sale was effected
at $2 per dozen, with the understanding
that they should be paiff for, half in money
and the other half in goods at cost price.
The brooms were delivered to Messrs.
G , and &100 in money paid to the
broom maker. The clerk of Messrs. G
now rubbed his Lauds, and smiled very pat
ronizingly.
“What goods shall I set out for you,
sir V’ said the clerk.
“The broom maker scratched Lis head,
and assumed an attitude of labored medi
tation, then recovering himself he said ;
“Well, P don’t know what I do want;
but I guess I’ll liavd fifty dozen brooms !”
.— Chicago Herald'.
A waggish efinp, wliose vixen wife by
drowning lost lier precious life, called out
his neighbor*, all around, and told ’em that
his spouse was drowned; in spite, of seacb,
could not be found. He knew, he said,
the very nook where she had tumbled in-
the brook, and h - had dragged aloug the
shore, above the place a mile or more.—
“Above the place!” the people cried, “Why
what d’ye mean?” The man replied: “Of
course you don’t suppose I’d go and waste
the time to look below ! I*ve known the
woman quite a spell, and lar’nt her fash
ions tol’ble well, alive or dead, she’d go I
swow, against the current anyhow!’’
A Character.—A Cuba writer to the
New Orleans Cresceut tell of a negress who
was brought from. Africa at thirty-five
years, and died at ninety years. She
bought her own freedom and that of her
family, and by vast energy and success
has left them $00,000 in cash, and a piece
of land worth nearly as much.
Paddy’s description dt a fiddle can’t be
beat:—“It was tbe shape of a turkey and
the size of a goose ; I turned it ov er on* its
back, and rubbed its hellv with a crooked
stick, and oh! Saint Patrick, how it squeal
ed.”
Wiiat is a Coquette?—A yonng lady
of more beauty than sense ; more accom
plishments than learning; more charms of
person than grace of mind ; more admirers
than triends, more fools than wise men for
attendants.
Fashion is the race of the rich to get
away from tbe poor, wbo follow as Fast as
they can.
A miser having threatened to give, a poor
man some blows with a stick, “I don’t be
lieve yon,” said the other, “for you never
gave anything” -..if*