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NUMBER 26. voi^ IC XL. 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*