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Vol. L.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1869.
No. 24.
js/L. OBME & SOIST,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
-53,00 per unnuni, in Advance.
Tern*' _ _
vcitnsiNr.—Persquare oftenlines, each
\ il)llt $ I 00. Merchants and others forall
!<e! '„tsjver $ 25, twenty-five per cent.off.
DM 11 '*
LEGAL ADVERTISING.
Ordinary
s.—Citationsfor letters of ad-
„i-ijtrat
ion,guardianship , &c $300
notice ****** ...... ....
•atiouiorletters of dism’n fromadm’n
! itioufor lettersofdism’nofguard’n
2 00
00
3 50
-■ration for leave to sell Land 5 00
•Ir’P' ’. . I i.
3 00
5 00
1 50
2 50
5 00
5 00
JiOlUiS
APP
A
'■cauL
^ to Debtors and Creditors
7 0 f Laud, per square, of ten lines
personal, per sq., ten days
■ v ‘■ ( r < —Each levy of ten lines, or less..
\un^< re sales °f Un lincs ur Uss
r ^ Codeetor’s sales, persq. (2 months)
V ,,..p„reclosnre of mortgage and oth-
° er^monthly’s, per square 1 00
Estray notices, thirty days 3 00
Tributes of Respect, Resolutions by Societies,
tuiiies, &c.,exceeding six lincs,to becharged
j S transient advertising.
Sales of Land, by Administrators, Execu-
or Guardians, are required by law, to be held
J the first Tuesday in* the mouth, between the
' jurs of ten in the forenoon and three in the af-
J ou , atthe Court-house in the county in which
tj, e property is situated.
Notice of these sales must be given in a public
gazette 40 days previous to the day of sale.
Notice for the sale of personal property must be
.-iveii in like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
Notices to debtors and creditors of an estate
must also be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to tiie
Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be
published for two months.
Citations for letters of Administration, Guar
dianship, must be published 30 days—lor dis-
m'ssiou fro.n Administration, monthly six months ;
f jr dismiss,ou trom guardianship, 40 days.
Kilos for foreclosure of Mortgages must.be
published monthly for four months—for establish-
i,,, j ost papers, for the full space of three months—
for oo spelling titles from Exeeutors or Adminis
trators, where boud has been given by tlie de
cease!. the full space of three months. Charge,
jd op p-r square of ten lines for each insertion.
Publications will always be continued accord
iuj to these, the legal requirements, unless oth
cruise ordered.
Is/Lslgoil Western
H. AILROAD.
—DAY TRAIN.—
Leave Macon7.45A.M.,arriveatAtlanta,2 P.M
Atlanta?^ A.M.,arriveatMacou, 1.3GP. M
—NIGHT TRAIN —
LeaveMacon 8.40 P.M., arrive at Atlanta, 44 P.M
“ Atlanta7\ P. M.,arrive at Macon 3.10 A. M
Macon & Brunswick Railroad.
OFFICERS.
G. H . HAZLEHURST...... ........ President.
ROB T. SCHMIDT, MasterTransportation.
H. C. DAY Secretary & Treasurer.
LeaveMacon 3 P.M..arrive at Macon. 10.30 A.M
LeaveHawkinsville7 A. M.,arrive at Hawkins-
ville, 6.30 P. M.
March 1 I 1868 11
Schedule of Macon & Augusta R. R.
Leaves Camak, daily, at l~-30 P- M.
“ Milledgeville 6.30 A.M.
Arrives at Milledgeville 4.20 P.M.
“ Camak 9.00 A.M.
Passengers eaving Augusta or Atlanta on Day
Passenger Train of Georgia Railroad will make
close connection at Camakfor inteimediatepoints
on the above road, and also tor Macon, Ac. Pas
sealers leaving Milledgevilleat 5.30, A. M.,reach
Atlanta and Augusta same day,and w'll make
close connections at either place for principal
pointsin adjoining States.
E. W .COLE, Gen’
Augusta, January 7,1868
1 Supt,
4 tl
r .20 A. M.
4.50 P. M.
SOUTH-WESTERN R. R. CO.
OFFICE, MACON, GA.,Marcli24th, 1868-
Coltiinbus Train— Daily.
Leave Macon JJ’
Arrive at Columbus 1 * • 1 o A.
Leave Columbus J Vonixr
Arrive at Macon - b -20 "• M
Eufaula Train—Doily.
Leave Macon 'p*
Leave Eufaula
Arrive at Macon
Connecting with Albany Train at SmithviH c
Leave Sinithville l-'B* P
Arrive at Albany 3.11 T.
Leave Albany 9.3;* A. M.
Arrive at Smithville 11.00 A. M.
Cuunertina with Fort Gaines Train at Cuthbert.
Leave Cuthbert 3.57 P. M .
Arrive at Fort Gaines 3.40 ^ ,
Leave Fort Gaines 7.05 A. M.
Arrive at Cuthbert - 9.05 A.M.
Connecting with Central Railroad and Macon
,L Western Railroad Trains at Macon, and Mont
gomery A West Point Trains at Columbus.
VIRGIL POWERS,
Eno-ineer &. Superintendent.
Schedule of the Georgia Railroad.
AN AND AFTER SUNDAY, MARCH 29th
\J Hub, the Passenger Trains ou the Georgia
Railroad will run as follows:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
(Daily, Sundays excepted.)
Leave Augusta at * *10
“ Atlanta at j -f> A. “•
Arrive at Augusta 3.30 P. M.
“ at Atlanta 6.10 P. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at — 6 45 P. M.
Atlanta at 0.45 P.M.
Arrive at Augusta ;>.30 A.M.
“ Atlanta 4.00 A.M.
1!EliZELIA PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at >4. 11 1 • "I-
“ Berzelia at * .00 A.M.
Arrive at Augusta A M.
*• at Berzelia ^.15 T.M.
Passengers for Milledgeville,Washington and
Athens,Ga., must take Day Passeugei IT am fro
Augusta and Atlanta. _ .
Passengers for West Point, Montgomery, Sel
ma, Mobile aud New Orleans must leave Augusta
on Night Passenger Train at 3.45 P. M., to make
close connections. , „ T
Passengers for Nashville, Conuth, Gran d J unc
tion, Memphis, Louisville and St. Louis can take
sillier train and make close connections.
Throug ^Tickets and Baggage checkedthrongft
to th« above places.
Pullman’s Palace SleepingCars on all Night
Passenger Trains. . ,,
E . W. COLE, Geu'l8uperlni, at.
Augusta, March 26,1863 4 tf
UtLcuita cV. fllfest fPauit
RAIL ROAD.
Day Passenger Train—Outward.
Leave Atlanta 4.4a A. M.
Arrive at West Point 9.r>0 P. M-
1 D.au Passenger Train—Inward.
Leave West Point /.‘on x* -
Arrive at Atlanta—* - 6.20 P.
Xioat Freight and Passenger—Outward
Leave Atlanta ^ P. M.
Arrive at West Point 11.40 r. M.
Night Freight and Passenger Train—Inward.
Leave West Point ,4-20 A. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 11.30 A. M.
WANDO FERTILIZER.
T HE WANDO MINING AND MANUFAC
TURING COMPANY offers to the Planters
and Farmers of the South, their FERTILIZER,
know as the
“WANDO FERTILIZER,"
Which the experience of the past season has prov
ed to be one of the most valuable in our market.
It has for its base the materials from the Phosphate
Beds of the Company on Ashley River, and is
prepared at their works at the
EAST END OF HASEL-STREET,
in this city. Iu order to guarantee its uniformity
and maintain its high standard, the Company has
made arrangements with the distinguished Chem
ist, Dr. C. U. SHEPHERD, Jr., who carefully
analyzes all the amouiacal and other material pur
chased by the Company, and the prepared
FERTILIZER,
before beiug offered for sale. The Company is re
solved to make au article which will prove to be
a COMPLETE MANURE, and give entire satis
faction.
For terms, circulars and other information,
APPLY TO.
WM. C. DUKES & CO Agents,
NO. 1. SOUTH ATLANTIC WHARF,
Charleston, S. C.’.Feb. 16,1869 7 3m
IP. H. J3EHLSL,
COTTON and RICE FACTOR
JOHN HARIG,
SAVANNAH, GA.,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALER IN
Fine Candies 9
FRENCH CONFECTIONERY,
Chocoladcs, Fruits, Nuts, Syrups and
Cordials.—Foreign and Domestic
Toys and Fancy Goods.— Tin
and Mechanical Toys, Chi
na and, Wax Dolls
and Doll Heads.
China Vases and Ornaments,
RUBBER GOODS,
Accordeons and other Musical Instru
ments, Cutlery, Pocket-Books,
Work-Boxes, Dressing Cases,
Fancy Baskets, Willow-
Ware, Fire-Works,
&c., &c., &c.
A tine Tufft’s Arctic Soda Fountain,
with finest Fruit Syrups.
CC? 3 Orders from the Country promptly
attended to and solicited. Our motto is,
FAIR DEALING Qlld GOOD GOODS.
Corner of Broughton & Whitaker Streets,
SAVANNAH, GA.
April 20, 1869 - 16 tf
AND
General Commission Merchant,
West of the Exchange,
BAY STREET,
September 8,1868
SAVANNAH,GA
36 ly*
Dr. Gr. W. JONES,
ETteLS-LcLejit Sh enlist,
ALL DENTAL opera
tions performed with skill
and care. Artificial teeth
inserted inallstyles kuown
to the profession.
Old cases, not comforta
bly worn, can be made so.
Old Gold Plates taken in part payment for Den
tal operations.
r^*Office, East Rooms Darien Bank building.
Milledgeville Oct. 13,1868. 41 tf
TAX NOTICE.
rpHE TAX DIGEST OF BALDWIN CO-.,
I- for the year 1869, will be opened in Mil
ledgeville, at the Store of S. J. Kijjd, ou SAT
URDAY, Stli inst., where I will be iu attendauce
the following Hays, to-wit:
May 8th, i3th, 14th, 15th, 20th, 21st, 22d, 27tb,
28th and 29tli.
June 3d, 4tli, 5ch, 10th, 11th, 12tli, 17th, IStb,
19th, 24th, 25th and 26th.
July 1st, 2d, 3d, 8th, 9th and 10th.
Appointments for the County Districts will be
made hereafter.
iJr* The books will positiccly be closed on the
20ih day of J uiy.
W. E. QU1LLIAN, E. T. R:
May 11, 1869 19 tf
T.
W. WHITE,
jilt ornrif.-a/- A£aw.,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.,
Will practice in this and the adjoining counties.
Applications for Homestead Exemptions
under the new law, and o:her business before the
Court of Ordinary, will receive proper attention.
October 13. 1868 41 tf
NEWELL & WILLIAMSON,
Attorneys a/t Daw,
MILL EDGE VILLE, GA.
W ILL practice in the counties of the Ocmul-
gee Circuit, and in the counties of Wash
ington and Hancock.
Special attention given to applications for
Homestead, and other business before the Court
of Ordinary.
T. F. Newell. W. W. Williamson.
December 15, 1868 50 ly
CITY TAXES.
C ITY TAX PAYERS will please bear in mind
that the Books are ready for the reception of
TAXES, for the year 1866. The Clerk will be in
bis office from 9 to 12 A. M., and from 2 to 5 P. M.,
to wait on the Tax payers. Call in these hours
and settle. Don't all call at onee.
P. FAIR, Clerk & Treasurer.
December 22, 1868 51 tf
J
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AMERICAN
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Containing accurate lists of all the Newspapers
and Periodicals published in the United States
and Territories, aud the Dominion ol Canada,
and British Colonies of North America ; together
with a description of the towns and cities in
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A Handsome Octavo Volume of300 pages
Bound in Cloth. Price $5 00.
A work of great value to Advertisers, Publish
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The edition will be limited, aud persons desir
iug copies will do well to send their orders im
mediately to GEO- P. ROWELL <fc CO.,
Publishers & Advertising Agents,40 Park Row,
New York.
January 19, 1869 3 tf
To the heirs of Sylvanus Prince, deceased,
late of Baldwin county.
OFFER EXTRAORDINARY!
SVearly Six Hundred Pages of the
Choicest Reading for 50 cents-
I N ORDER to give the people au opportunity
to become better acquainted with their beau
tiful magazine, “ONCE A MONTH,” tlie pub
lishers will send the first six numbers ot this year
for 50 cents. Each number of “Once a Month”
contains 96 double-column pages of the best, sto
ries aud entertaining and instructive reading to
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subscription price is $2 a year. Its typographical
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Send 50 cents, and you will get this beautiful
magazine from January to June ot this year, con
taining 57G pages of choice reading.
Address T. S. ARTHUR & SONS,
81)9 &.811 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
May 4, 1869 18 3t
Wool Carding
—AND—
MANUFACTURING-.
T HE MILLEDGEVILLE MANUFACTUR
ING CO. having refitted their WOOL
MACHINERY, are prepared to receive Wool for
Carding into ROLLS, ot Manufacturing into
KERSEYS. All work entrusted to them will re
ceive prompt and careful attention.
The highest market price paid for Wool, in
GOODS or CASH.
M. WAITZFELDER, President.
Milledgeville, Ga.. May 11,1869 19 tit
j^-OTICE.-
ShcuicfE. of: Gpc.hecLu.Le.
OFFICE SOUTH CAROLINA R. R. CO-, ?
Augusta, Ga., March 25,1868. j
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 29tb March,
1363. the Mai and Passenger Trains of this
Road will leave and arrive at through Central
Bepot,Georgia Railroad, as follows:
Morning Mail and Passenger Train
p or Charleston, connecting Train for Columbia,
South Carolina, Charlotte Road, and Wilming
ton and Manchester Railroad. „
Leave Central Depot at m*
Arrive atOentral Depot ...... . 3.30 P. M.
Night Passenger if Accommodation Train
For Charleston, connecting with Train for Co
lumbia,and with Greenville andColumbiaRail*
road:
Lsave Central Depot at - 3.50 P. M.
Arrive at Central Depot at 7.00 A. M.
H. T. PEAKE,
General Superintendent
Three months after date, I will ap-
ply to the Ordinary of Baldwin county for an
order requiring the administrator of said Sylva
nus Prince to execute titles to me for three hun
dred and twenty-eight acres of land in Baldwin
county, according to the terms ot the boud for ti
tles, of said deceased, dated December 12, 1859—
said land being the same sold to me by said de
ceased, and now in my possession.
|JOHN J. BUCK.
March 2,1869 9 3m
D ISSOLUTION.—The Copartnership hereto
fore existing between BISCHOF & MON-
HEIMER, was dissolved by mutual consent on
the I5th February, 18<*9.
A. BISCHOF,
H. MONHEIMER.
Those indebted to above firm, will come
forward and make some settlement. Books must
be closed in some way-eithe^by notes
H MONHEIMER.
March 30,1869 13 tf
DRY GOODS!
CROCKERY,
Saddlery, and Harness, &e„ &e..
FOR SALE BY
T. T. WINDSOR, & CO.,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
T HE Citizens of Baldwin and adjoin*,
ing counties will find a large and
good assortment of
Brown and Bleached Goods of all quali
ties.
Calicoes, of all grades,
Dress Goods in great variety,
Hosiery, Gloves and Shelf Goods oj all
sorts.
The most complete assortment of
ever offered for sale iu this place, consisting of
Miles <& Co's Philadelphia work; Shelley &
Bros’ North Carolina work; Butchelder & Co’s
Brogans, and Children’s Misses’ and Ladies tine
work of all styles.
HATS, of Wool, Felt, Straw, Panama, &c
CROCKERY,
A full line of everything that can be called for,
with Glassware and China in Plain and Gilt Tea
Sets.
S^VIDZDULiIEIZFL^r,
From the old Army up to the fine Morgan Cavalry
Saddle
Harness—Single and Double,
Blipd Bridles, Riding Bridles, Whips, &c
METALIC BURIAL CASES,
Plain, Half Satin,->ind full Satin Trimmed, in
Plain Cases and Caskets.
IFox* Sale,
A FIRST RATE GIN BAND, six inches wide,
thirty-four feet long.
Also, Wooden running Gear for aliin.
Apply at the RECORDER OFFICE
MliledgevilU, Feb'y 2,1869
5 tf
In the 1 Grocery Store next door to the Drug
Store of John M. Clark, will be found
Provisions, Corn, Bacon, Lard, Flour, Sugars,
Coffee, Syrups, Molasses, and everything found
in a Grocery Stock, all of which will be sold at
lowest market rates for CASH.
T. T. Windsor & Co.
Milledgeville, Ga., May 18, 1869 20 tf
From Youth’s Temperance Banner.
WHO KILLED TOM ROPER ?
Who killed Tom Roper f
"Not 1,” said Cider,
“I couldn’t kill a spider ; .
I didn’t kill Tom Roper.”
“Not I,” said Strong Ale,
“X make men tough and hale ;
I didn’t kill Tom Roper.”
“Not I,”said Lager Beer,
“I don’t iutoxieate—d’ye hear ?
I didn’t kill Tom Roper.”
“Not I,” said Bourbon Whisky,
“I make sick folks spry and frisky ;
The doctors say so don’t they know
What quickens blood that runs to slow 7
I didn’t kill Tom Roper.”
“Not I, Said Sparkling Old Champagne,
“No poor man e'er by me was slain ;
I choose the rich in lordly halls,
And scorn the place where the drunkard falls ;
I didn't kill Tom Roper.”
“Not we,” said various other Wines,
“What! juice of grapes, product of vines—
Kill a man! the Bible tells
That wiue all other drinks excel ;
I didn’t kill Tom Roper.”
“Not I,” said Holland Gin,
“To charge snch a crime to me is siu ;
I didn’t kill Tom Roper.”
“Not I,” spoke up the Brandy Strong,
“He grew too poor to buy me long;
I didn’t kill Tom Roper.”
“Not I,” said Mumford Euni.
“He was almost gone before I come :
I didn't kill Tom Roper.”
“Ha! Ha!” laughed Old King Alcohol,
“Each struck the blow that made him fall,
And ail that helped to make him toper,
My agents where to kill Tom Roper.”
From the New York Herald, June 4.
MARKED PERSONALTIES.
The Influence of Personal Quarrels upon
our Presidinti?I Politics.
It is interesting and instructive at all
times to note how in all ages the vicis-
itudes and the fate ot dynasties, em
pires, and republics have been shaped
by the intrigues of disappointed aspi
rants for place and power. The Pres
idential policies of the United States,
for instance, since the retirement of
Washington, have been very largely
shaped and controlled by these influ
ences. Beginning, however, with the
stormy administration of General Jack-
son, we think it can be very readily
shown that the drift of American poli
tics and the ups and downs of our po
litical parties since that day, have been
shaped through the disappointments
and revenges of less than a dozen indi
viduals.
With Gen Jackson as President, in
his first election, Calhoun came in as
Vice President and as the rightful heir
to the mantle of “Old Hickory.” But
Martin Van Buren, as Secretary of
Stale, contrived to supplant him. How
Jackson’s lirst Cabinet came to resign
cn masse ; how Van Buren, sent out as
Minister to England, was compelled to
return, rejected by the Senate through
the casting vote of Calhoun ; how Van
Buren thus became, by the will of
Jackson, (1802,) Vice President on the
Jackson ticket, and in 1836 President
“in the footsteps of his illustrious pre
decessor,”'we need not here detail. It
is enough to know that in being sup
planted by Van Buren in the regular
Democratic line of secession, Calhoun
actively began to lay the foundations
of a purely Southern political organiza
tion, first as a balance of power, and
lastly as the machinery for a Southern
Confederacy. This ulterior design
sharply cropped out an angle-of forty-
five degrees in the South Carolina nul-
dication movement of 1S32-3, Cal
houn at that time being a member ol
the United States Senate, and at dag
gers’ points with Jackson’s administra
tion. In 1832, under Calhoun’s influ
ence against Jackson and Van Buren,
South Carolina cast her Presidential
vote for John Floyd, of Virginia, and
in 1S36 for Willie P. Mangum, of North
Carolina ; but in 1S40 she came round
to Van Buren, pn his promise that if
elected and Congress should send to
him a bill abolishing slavery in the
District of Columbia he would give it
his veto. Thus, apparently, the feud
between Calhoun on the one side, and
Jackson and Van Buren on the other,
was compromised on the slavery ques
tion ; but we shall presently see that
the truce was a short one.
In 1844, failing to come up to the
requisition ofthe Southern Calhoun pro
slavery oligarchy on the Texas annexa
tion, Van Buren was over-slaughed by
them in the Democratic Convention
with the introduction ofthe two-thirds
rule, and Polk was nominated, Van
Buren consenting with the understand
ing that he should have another trial in
1848. But in the Convention of that
year Cass was chosen,? and Van Bu
ren, not disposed to trifle any longer,
took the field as an independent can
didate on the free soil platform—no fur
ther extension of slavery—and thus
Cass was defeated. This, too was
the beginning of the break-up of the
old Northern Democracy ou the slavery
question. In 1852, the compromise
measures of Henry Clay being the plat
form of both parties, and General Scott
being the Whig candidate, the Whig
party was destroyed from the distrust
among the conservatives of the Aboli
tionist Seward, as the head of the Whig
party, and from the disgust of anti-sla
very men with Scott’s platform. In
1844 Clay would doubtless have been
elected but for his quarrel with Presi
dent Tyler,whose influence was turned
over to'the Democratic party, as Cass
would have been elected in 1848 but
lor the quarrel with and defection of
Van Buren.
In 1856 Fillmore’s independent tick
et (and Fillmore had his grievances to
rectify) took away sufficient strength
from Fremont to*give the election to
Buchanan, and in I860 an old quarrel
in the spoils firm of Seward, Weed and
Greeley, resulted in the shelving of
’Seward at-Chicago and in the nomina
tion of Abraham Lincoln. In 1S60, on
the other side, in retaliation for his
rough treatment in the Senate at the
hands of Jeff. Davis, Benjamin, Mason,
and Slidell, we find Douglas taking
such a position of antagonism on sla
very, as to break up the Democratic
Convention and the Democratic party,
the results being Lincoln’s election, se
cession, a Southern Confederacy, the
greatest rebellion in history, and the
greatest political revolution of modern
times. In 1S6S, in their violent repu
dialions and denunciations of Chief Jus
tice Chase, the Republicans have lost
their best and greatest statesman,while
in the nomination ofGrant and Colfax
on their two-faced platform, they have
so incensed “Old Ben Wade” that he
is ready to repeat the lesson of Van
Buren at the first invitation.
Thus it will be seen that since the
time of Jackson, our Presidential poli
tics and the destinies of this great coun
try have been shaped and. directed by
ihe personal rights and wrongs, and in
trigues and revenges of less than a
dozen men. We see,'too, that while
Jackson, a strong and resolute man,
was in power over it, the Democratic
party was held together intact against
all personal defections and desertions ;
that when he withdrew from its man
agement, the party began to break to
pieces. We see that it was the same
with the Whig party, under Henry
Clay, and the same may be said of
Lincoln and the Republican party. A
political party, to hold together, re
quires a recognized master, just as a
ship requires a captain. Without one
on either side, we find the great parties
ofthe present day all at sea.
A Wife’s Love.—Woman’s love,
like the rose blossoming in the arid
desert, spreads its rays over the barren
plain ofthe human heart, and while all
round it is black and desola te, it rises
strengthened from the absence ofevery
other charm. In no situation does the
love ol a woman appear more beautiful
than that of a wife. Parents, breth
ren and friends have claims upon the
affections—but the love of a wife is of
a distinct and different nature. A
daughter may yield her life to the pres
ervation of a parent—a sister may de
vote herself to a suffering brother ; but
the feelings which induce it are not
those which lead a wife to follow the
husband of her choice through every
pain and peril that can befall him—to
watch him in danger, to cheer him in
adversity, and ever remain unalterable
at his side in the depths of ignominy
and shame. It is a heroic devotion
which a woman displays in adherence
to the fortunes of a hapless husband.—
When we behold her in domestic scenes
a mere passing creature of enjoyment,
an intellectual toy, brightening the fam
ily with her endearments aud love for
extreme joy which that presence and
and those endearments are calculated
to impart, we can scarcely credit that
the fragile being who seems to hold her
existence by a thread is capable of sup
porting the extreme of human suffering
—nay, when the heart of man sinks be
neath the weight of agony, that she
would maintain pristine powers of de
light, and by her words of comfort and
patience, lead the murrnurer to peace
and resignation.
Weighls, Mtasores and Values of Jews.
The Apochrypha (not inspired, but
sometimes bound between the Old
Testament and the New,) contains 14
hooks, 183 chapters, 15,081 verses,
152,185 words.
The preceding facts were ascertain
ed by a gentleman in 1718. Also, by
an Englishman in Amsterdam, 1772,
and it is said to have taken each gen
tleman nearly three years in the inves
tigation.
There is a Bible in the library of the
University of Gottengen written on
5476 palm leaves.
A day’s journey was 33 and 1-5
miles.
A Sabbath day’s journey was about
an English mile.
Ezekiel’s reed was eleven feel near-
!y-
A cubit is twenty-two inches near-
Iy *
A hand’s breadth is equal to three
and five-eight inches.
A finger’s breath is equal to one inch.
A shekel of silver was a"bout fifty
cents.
A shekel of gold was $8 09.
A talent of silver was $516 32.
A talent of gold was $13,S00.
A piece of silver, or a penny, was
thirteen cents.
A farthing was three cents.
A gerah \0as one cent.
A mite was one and a halfcents.
A homer contains seventy-five gal
lons and five pints.
A nepha or bath, contains seven gal
lons and five pints.
H hin was one gallon and two pints.
A firkin was seven - pints.
An omer was six pints,
A cab was three pints.
A dog was one half pint.
The divisions ofthe Old Testament
are four :
1: The Pentateuch, or the five books
of Moses.
. 2. The historical booksj comprising
Joshua to Esther, inclusive.
3. Poetical or doctrinal books, from
Job to Songs of Solomon, inclusive.
4. Prophetical books, from Isaiah to
Malachi.
The New Testament is usually di
vided into three parts :*
the four
the
1. Historical, containing
Gospels and Acts.
2. Doctrinal, comprising all
epistles from Romans to Jude.
-3. Prophetical, being the books of
Revelations of St John.
The commemorative ordinances of
the Jews were :
Circumcision, the seal of the cove
nant with Abraham.
The Passover, to commemorate the
protection of the Israelites, when all
the first born of the Egyptians were de
stroyed.
The feast of Tabernacles, instituted
to perpetuate the sojourning of the Is
raelites for forty years in the Wilder
ness.
The feast of the Pentacost, which
was appointed fifty days after the Pass-
over, to commemorate the delivery ol
the law from Mount Sinai.
Feast of Purim, kept in memory of
the deliverance of the Jews from the
wicked machinations of Hainan.
In 1272, it would have cost a labor
ing man thirteen years of labor to pur
chase a Bible, as his pay would only be
4 pence per day, while the price of a
Bible was $20.
Refused to Get HIv Wife Insured.
A certain Dutchman, owner of a
small house, had effected an insur
ance on it of ^800, although it had
been built for much less. The bouse
got burned down, and the Dutchman
then claimed the lull amount for which
it had been insured ; but the officers
of the company refused to pay more
than its actual value—about .£600.
He expressed his dissatisfaction in
powerful broken English, interlarding
his remarks with some choice Teuton
ic oaths’ “If you wish it,” said the ac
tuary of the insurance company, we
will build you a house larger and bet
ter than the one burned down, as we
are positive it can be done tor even
less than £600. To this proposition
the Dutchman objected, and ut last
was compelled to take £600. Some
weeks after he had received the mon
ey he was called upon by the same
agent, who wanted him to take out a
policy of life insurance on himself or
on his wife. “If you insure your wife’s
life for £2,000,”’ the agent said, “and
she she should die, you would have
the sum to solace your heart.” “You
surance follows ish all liefs!” said
the Dutchman. “If I insure rny vive
and my vive dies, and 1 goes to the
office to get my £2,000, do I gits all
de monev No, not quite. You will
say to me, ‘She vasn’l vert £2,000;
she vasvert, bout £600. It you don’t
like the £600, we vill give you a big
ger and better vife !”
A Few Maxims for Young Girls.—
Never make yonr appearance in the
morning without having first bathed,
if only with a sponge and a quart of
water, brushed and arranged your
hair, and dressed yourself neatly and
and completely. Keek your clothing,
especially your under-clothing, in
perfect order. Never let pins do du
ty as buttons, or strings take the place
ol proper bands. Examine every gar
ment when it comes from the wash,
and, if necessary, mend it with neat
ness and precision. Do not sew up
the hole in yuor stockings, as we have
seen some careless, untidy girls do ;
but tkae in broad margin around the
hole, be it small or large, with a fine
darning-needle and darning-cotton
and cover the fratu*-e with an inter
laced stitch, so closa as to be as strong
as the body of the stocking and fine
enough to ornamentai. Stockings
mended in this way need darning but
a very lew times in the course of their
existence. Never carry coarse em
broidered or laced handkerchiefs.
Fine plain ones are much mora lady
like. Avoid open-worked stocking
and very fancy slippers. Fine, plain
white hose and black kid slippers,
with only a starp or rosette in front,
are much more becoming. Train
yourself to some useful occupation.
Remember it is wicked to waste time
and nothing gives such an impression
of vanity and absolute silliness as a
habit of idling and never having any
thing to do. If you are in your fa
ther’s house, take some department of
householddabor upon yourself, and a
part of the sewing, and make it your
business to attend to it. Do not let a
call from this idle girl, or a visit from
that or an invitation from the other,
interfere with the performance of
your duty. Let your pleasure come
iri as the'recreation, not as the business
of life. If you want to marry, do not
court or try to attract the attention of
gentlemen. Ailttle wholesome indif
ference, real or assumed, will be much
more likely to accomplish the object.
Consider, moreover, that it is better to
he a woman than a wife, and do not
degrade your sex by making your
whole existence turn on the pivot of
matrimony. If you can, cultivate to
perfection some art by which you
can gain an indepennent livelihood.
Do it whether there is necessity lor it
or not. Do it quietly if you will, but
doit. There is no telling when or un
der what circumstances you may need
it.
A young man, “illiterate but polite,”
on being invited to attend a^ wedding,
sent a note in response saying : “I re
gret that circumstances repugnant to the
acquiesce will prevent my acceptance
of the invite.”
Napoleon as “a Vi hip.”
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don morning'Star says :
Several carriages having a historical
interest are being brought from differ
ent places to |the new imperial coach
houses on the Quaid Orsay. One of
these belonged to Napoleon I, and was
on different occasions driven by* him.
The great Emperor was by no means
a good “whip,” but he was ambitious
of gaining a reputation as such. This
ambition, when he was staying at the
camp of Boulogne, was very near be
ing the means of shortening his days.
One day he insisted on faking the
reins trom Caesar, his pet coachman,
who not togencr his master, got in the
seat behind, along with Rapp, Monge
and Cambaceres. Oflhe safety ofthe
enterprise, some opinion may be form
ed, when it is told that the vehicle
was drawn by five yoang, spirited and
relatively unbroken hoises, presented
by the town of Antwerp to Napoleon.
It required all Ciesar’s experience and
strength of arm to drive them. The
instant they fell a less expert hand, off’
they set in a full gallop in the direction
of the sea. The uncrowned Caesar
thereupon roared to the crowned “hire,
to the left, and give the reign to the
second gray to the right.” “Hold your
tongue, Caesar, I know what 1 am
about,” returned the Empeior.
Seeing that the driver was no long
er master of the horses, Chambaceres
imploringly said, “Ah, mon Dieu, sire,
where is your majesty going to?”
“What a coward you are, Chamba-
ceies,” was the answer; “don’t you
see that I am driving you as 1 should ?”
“Certainly,” said Rapp, who enjoved
the fright of the Arch Chancellor, de
spite the danger he ran, “your majes
ty is driving you straight to England,
where we want to go.” But Chamba
ceres, on seeing that, out of spite, Na
poleon lashed the horses, besought
him to pull them up before they went
over the cliff! Monge, his eyes shut,
stuck to the door, yellow with conster
nation, till the wheel came in contact
with a big stone, when the carriage
turned over and the horses stood still.
The Emperor was thrown from the
box to a great distance, and fainted.
Chambaceres escaped with a bump on
the forehead. Monge’s hat was driv
en in, and Caesar and Rapp managed
to land on their feet. Notwithstand
ing the plight to which hi# majesty
was reduced,, the whole party laughed
heartily, and when Napoleon got up,
handing the whip to Caesar, said, “1
must render unto Caesar the things
which are Caesars’s. 1 have had en
ough of coachman’s work, accordingly
resign.
Dat’s Wot I Spect.—In the old
en time when the planters were less
thoughtful for the spiritual than for the
corporeal health oflhe slaves, Col Ram
sey saw his boy Dan (aged forty)going
one morning, Bible in hand, to church.
Knowing that Dan was not a person
with strong literary proclivities, the Col
onel said:
What are you doing with that Bible’
Dan—you can’t read it?”
“No, massa, can’t ’zactly read ’em,
but I can spell ’em out a little.”
“What’s the use of spelling it out ?
Y'ou can’t understand it any way.
The Bible, for instance, says that ‘the
very hairs on our head are numbered.’
Now you haven’t any hair on your
head—nothing but wool. What do you
say to that?”
“Yes, massa, I ’spect dat’s so ; but I
spell out one little verse, which say dat
on las’ day de sheep dev go one side
and de goats on todder. Now de sheep
has de wool, but de goats dey got har,
just like white folks; and I ’spect dey
ain’t gwine to be saved—dat’s wot I
’spect.”
Martin Luther at Home, as he
Was.—But I could not bring up my
con ception of Martin Luther, in Ger
many, to the idea I had of him, before
I saw of him, before I saw his manu
scripts, collections of his works, and
portraits; but his big drinking cups
were, after all, the most prominent
memorials he left behind him. 'He
was a jolly old soul—hearty, and hon
est, 1 dare say, and banged away at
the devil, and the pope, with good ef
fect. But there was nothing high and
grand about him. I went to see the
place where the devil is said to have
helped him over the walls of Augs
burg; but even there, not a gleam of
poetry associated itself with his name.
The huge drinking cup seemed to
swallow up everthing, and the cou
plet, said to be his r appeared to tell the
whole story :
‘Wbo love« not wine, woman, and song,
Remains a fool, all bis life long.’
In short, bis burly face, and figure,
and the goblets that testify to his pow
ers', made it absolutely impossible for
me to connect any heroic idea with
the man.—Prof. Felton..
An itinerant quack docter in Texas
was applied to by one of Col. Hays
rangesr to extract an iron point ot an
Indian arrow-head from his head,
where it had been lodged for some
time. “I cannot stracl this, stranger,”
said the doctor, “bekase to do so
would go nigh killin’ you ; but I tell
you what 1 can do; 1 can give you
a pill that will melt it in your head.”
Cotton wool, wet with sweet oil and par
egoric, relieves the ear ache very soon.