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Vol. LI.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1870.
No. 21
3*,. M-OBME Sc SO 1ST,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
f crJlt —13.00 per annum, in Advance. •
VoteuTISIHU—Persquare often lines, each
i (|r[l h1 ,11 IIO. Mereuauts and others f«n all
*“ oUB t» Jit? $ do, twenty-live per cent.off.
legal advertising.
/^»*, r ,',._aiUtioa*tor lettersot ad-
‘i* [ration ,j*n»rdi*n»hip ,&c * j »0
mi
50
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00
50
50
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It >m»«teal notice ,
Applicationtoriettera of d tsm n from adrn n
Application for letters of diarn not guard n
Application for leave to sell Land
Notice to Debtors and Creditors .
Salas of Land, Ptr square oj ten lines
Sal* of personal, per sq., ten days...
tktrifs—Each levy of ten lines, or less..
Mort^Xije sales oj ten lines or lest
p t x Collector’s sales, per sq. (2 months)
(’tsr'ci—Foreclosure of mortgage and oth
er montlily's, per square -— j u "
Bttray notices, thirty days 3 00
Tribute* of Respect, Resolutions by Societies,
Ibituaries, Ac., exceeding- six lines, to be charged
l( tra naient advertising.
Sales of Laud, by Administrators, Ex-cu*
»rs or Guardians, are required by law, to be held
ia tha nr»t Tuesday in the month, between the
1() ars often in the forenoon and three in the af-
ir> , on , atthe Court-house in the county in which
,* property is situated.
Notice of these sales must be given in a public
■ iiatto 40 days previous to the day of sale.
Notice for the sale of personal property must be
r i van inlike manner 10 days previous to sale day,
Noticesto debtors and creditors of an es.atc
«Hst also be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the
Heart of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be
• abliahad for two mouths.
Citations for letters of Administration, Guar-
lianshlp, <fcc.,mu«tbe published30days for Jis-
bUs'ou from Administration, monthly u.c months ;
„r dismission from guardianship, 40 days.
Rales for foreclosure of Mortgages must be
• .Wished monthly for four months—for establish-
r.v lost papers,for the fullspnceof turee montl.s-
‘ * Polling titles from Executors or Admims-
rator, where bond has been given by the de-
the full space of three months. Chaige,
*, jjypsr square of ten line* for each insertion. 1
PabV:r.ations will always be continued accord
nf o hei*. the legal requirements, unless oth
•raise ordered.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
WO CHAWGE OP CARS BH-
TWSSN SAVANNAH, AV
GUST A AWD MONTGOU
3P.Y, ALABAMA
TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, CET. R. E. ?
Savannah, August'14, 1S63. $
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 16th inst., Pas
senger Traiiis on the Georgia Central R. R
will run as follows :
UP DAY TRAIN.
LKAVE
Savannah 8:00 A M
Macon
Augusta
Milledgeville
Eatonton
Connecting with trains that leaves
Augusta....'
DOWN DAY TRAIN.
Macou 7:00
Savannah
Augusta -
Connecting with train that leaves
Augusta
. 5:38 P M
..5:38 P M
. 8:58 P M
.11.00 P M
. 8:45 A M
5:30 P M
5:33 P M
UP NIGHT TRAIN
8:45 A M
Savannah..- 7:20 P M
Macon 6:55 A M
Augusta - 8:13 A M
Connecting with trains that leaves
Augusta 9:33 P M
DOWN NIGHT TRAIN.
Macou 6:25 P M
Savannah ......
Augusta -
Milledgeville 4:30 P M
Eatonton - 2:40 P M
Connecting with train that leaves
Augusta
A M Trains from Savannah and Augusta, a
P M Train from Macon connect with Milledg e
vilie Train at Gordon daily, Sundays excepted.
P M. Train from Savannah connects with thro’
mail train on South Caroline Railroad, and P. M.
train from Savannah and Augusta with trains on
South-Western and Muscogee Railroads.
WM ROGERS,
AH’g Master of Transportation.
February 1; 1870 5 tf
5:10 A M
9:13 A M
9:53 P M
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE*,
Gf.NESAL SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, )
Atlantic: * Gn.p, R. R. company, >
Savannah, January 7, 1870. j
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, the 9th inst;.nt,
Paisrnger Trains ou this Road will run as
nigiit epxpress train.
Lear* Savannah «v«ry day at...— .4.30 I M
Arrive at Jesup junction. M & B
R R at 7->u 1 M
Arrive at Live Oak every day 2 20 A M
Arriva at Jacksonville every day A -u
Arrivo at Tallahassee every day 7.0/ A M
Arrive at Quincy every day ». io A it
Arrive at Cambridge Mondays ex-
ee p te d p.lo A M
Leave Baiubridge, Sundays excepted.9 30 P M
Leave Quincy every day 6 2o P M
Laara Tallahassee every day o.sto t M
Leave J.-cksonvilie everyday \
Leave Lire Oak every day Lf? *
Leave Jesup every day... -*-W A f
Arrive at Savannah every day lu -° u A
MACON A BRUNSWICK ACCOMMODATION
TRAIN.
Lmvs Savannah, Sundays except-
ed, at 2.10 P M
Arrive at Jeaup* Sundays except- _ *
Arrive at Brunswick daily at ^-20 i J M
Leave Macon daily at " "*
Leave Jesup daily at... 6 00 P A1
Arrive at Savannah daily at 9.30 P M
On Sunday this Train will leave Savannah at
7.15 A. M., connecting with Trains for Macon&
Brunswick, aud connecting with trains from Ma
son and Brunswick will arrive at Savannah at
MU P M.
DAY TRAIN.
Leave Savannah, Sundays except
ed at -
Arrive a! Jcsupa, Sunday* except
ed at
Arrive at Live Oak, Sundays ex
empted at
Arrive at Macon duly at
Leave Lire Oak, Sundays except
ed at -
Leave Jeeups, Sundays except
ed at
Arrive at Savannah .Sundays ex-
aapted at - 5.35 P M
Uf Paeeengers for Macou take 7.15 A M train
A*a. Savannah, leaving daily.
Passengers for Brunswick take 2.10 P M. train
Asm Savannah.
Paeaeugera leaving Macon at. 8 30 A M connect
at Jesup with express train for Florida and West
er* Division, «nd with train for Savannah, arriv-
ii[ at 9.30 P M.
Paaaengerelrom Brunswick connect at Jesup with
train for Savannah, arriving at 5 35 P M except
on Sunday*, when it arrives at 9 30 P. M at Jesup
with Express Train for Savannah, arriving at
IV 50 A M.
Connect at Macon with Train for Atlanta, leav.
iej al y.OU P M.
SOUTH GEORGIA & FLORIDA E. E. TRAIM.
Leave Thomasville Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Satmrdaye at 8.00 A M
Arrive at Pelham, Tuesday* Thursdays aud Sat
urday* at 9.55 A M
Leave Pelham, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur
days at 3 45 P M
Arrive at Thomasville, Tuesday?, Thursdays and
Atterday* at... .......6.0(i I’ M
H. S. HAINES,
General Superintendent.
Jainnary 1 1870 J H
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
.. 7.15 A M
.10.45 A M
.. 7.00 r M
.. 7.50 P M
6.00 A M
2.16 P M
NOTICE-
Atlantic & Gru- Railroad Co., <
Savannah, December 15,1869. j
O N AND AFTER THIS DATE, BY AGREE
MENT, the rate of Freight between Savan-
nan and Nlacou, by the Atlantic aud Gulf and Ma
eon and Brunswick Railroads, will be as follows :
E'irst class per pound.. $2 30
Second class per 100 pound* —. 1 40
Third class per 100 pounds. 1 00
Fourth class per 100 pounds 80
Fifth class per 100 pounds 70
Sixth class per 100 pounds 50
Seventh class-per 100 pounds 45
Eighth class per 100 pouuds 35
Ninth class per 100 pounds ' 30
CoHou per 100 pounds 50
Salt per sack 30
Guano per 100 pouuds 15
Freight received for all Stations on Maccn and
Western Railroad, Atlanta aud points beyond.
H. S. HAINES,
General Superintendent.
February !, 1879 5 tt
spasif?
■ .?■ ■ es ‘ «m - m»
Schedule of the Georgia Railroad.
SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, )
Ukokgia Railroad Compart, >
Augusta, Ga., December 23, ’69. )
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 26th inst., the
Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad
will run as follows:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at.... 7.00 AM.
Atlanta at 5.00 A M.
Arrive at August at 3,45 P M.
“ at Atlanta 5.30 P M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at 10.00 P M,
“ Atlanta at 5.45 PM.
Arrive at Augusta 3.45 A M.
“ Atlanta 8.00 A.M.
S. K. JOHNSON,
Superintendent.
January, 18 i 870 3 tf
A PRINCE IN RAGS.
Romantic Slonj of a Chinese Emperor's
Son.
Almost every day at the entrance ol
the Occidental Hotel, on Bush street,
may be seen an old, lame Chinaman,
who importunes us for alms. Counte
nance traced with the furrows of care
and starvation is in no way improved
by its total abstinence from water.
And yet, who of the many who bestow
a passing glance on that weather-beat
en, dirt-beg rimmed face think for a
moment that in those shriveled old
veins courses blood of royalty? Yet
this is even so.
Fifty-one years ago all the bright
dreams of Oriental luxury “were his.
He, the youngest of five brothers, had
for his father no less a personage than
the sovereign of the Celestial Empire.
Until his tenth year, reared in the
splendor of I hat court of which so much
is told, and yet so little known, he had
not a wish that was not at once grati
fied. Mandarins of high rank were
glad, indeed, to wait on this scion of a
royal house. He, with his brothers,
had each their little court. To one
was allotted the care of the royal fowls;
to another, the royal sheep ; toanoth
er the royal goats ; and to him belong
ed the care ot his mother’s pet pea
cock.
Sinecures that exist in all well reg
came up, and laying her hand on the
doctor’s arm, said :
Doctor I gave him the strap, as you
directed.”
“Did you thrash him well ?”
“Thrash him ?” exclaimed the as
tonished woman, “no but I put the
strap into hash and made him swallow
it.”
“Oh. Lord, doctor!” roared the
victim, “I sw allowed the leather, but
—hut—”
♦•But—what ?”
“I swallowed the whole strap, but
I’m darned if 1 could go the buckle.”
The doctor administered two bread
pills and evaporated.
Ingenious Invbntion.—The eyes of
one of the brethren at Calvary Church
were recently closed, The trick was
done by a Dutchman. The brother
had a house to rent. It was located
opposite to a down town graveyard.
The brother refused to rent it to a per
son having children. As the Dutch
man had no less than thirteen of these
expensive blessings, he was slightly
nonplussed. Being himself a member
of the church, it was impossible for
him to lie. As no church member ev
er yet lied, our Teuionic friend did
the next best thing—he came Quaker
over the brother. When making ap
plication for the house, he to- k with
him his entire tribe of olive branches.
He turned them all inlo the graveyard
t play. He then opened up a nego-
ulated governments are by no means ; tiation for the occupancy of the premi-
unknown in China. So he grew up scs
happy in the execution of his duties
anil the paternal commands. Already
had he been promised to command of
the Thibetan frontier.
Far from the capital, in Lhe country
where the rebels were most powerful,
we can well imagine the consternation
caused his mother at this intelligence
imparled to her by her favorite son.
Even at that early age he was eager
for this martial life. He dreamed on
ly ofgreat deeds and war’s alarms ;
and when his mother, gently braiding
his tiny little queue, would gaze into
her boy’s bright eyes and read there
the language which they spoke, her
heart alternated with hope and fear.
A gpntle little maiden had long been
his betrothed. She, loo, felt keenly
the pangs of parting, which his hope
ful, chafing heart had not time to feel.
Bright, bright, bright, indeed, was the
future for him ; anil yet, one short
night cast him from his airy height
even to the depth to which he is sunk.
One of those sudden revolutions to
which that kingdom is so subject hurled
his father from his throne, and
caused the murder of all who loved
and honored him. Through the fidelity
of an old servant this young prince was
saved from the general butchery. Still
his name alone would have been his
death warrant nt any lime. So he
lived in poverty and constant dread,
shunned by all and shunning all.
When the first cargoes of Chinese
were sent to our State he, welcoming
“You know the terms ?” said the
Calvary.
“Yah, I know derderms.”
“And you’re satisfied with them ?”
“Satisfied ? Yah.”
“'ou have no children?”
“Mine shildrens (with a sound that
came as near to a chuckle as to a sob)
i5h aii over dere in dal graveyard.”
The Dutchman sadly pointed across
the street.
“Poor fellow,” said the Calvary
brother ; “very sorry for you. Sign
the lease, and here’s the key.”
Last Tuesday the Calvary brother
called for his rent. He found one
youngster racing through the hall-way,
wilh the cal harnessed to a frying pan,
while another was drumming “Shoo-
flv” on the banisters with a pair of po
tato-mashers. Fancy his feelings!
Philadelphia Mercury.
down,” replied his friend'. “Don’t
trouble yourself,” said the other, “fori
did that myself al once.”
A physician who was attending
Colman during a severe illness, apolo
gized to him one morning for coming
so late, saying that he was suddenly
called to see a man who had fallen in
to a well. “Did he kick the bucket
doctor 1” was Colman’s trite re
sponse.
A noetasked a friend what he thought
of his last production, An Ode to
Sleep.” The latter replied, “You
have done such justice to the subject
that it is impossible to read it without
feeling its whole weight.”
The colored race are not to be out
done in shrewdness ol retort. A little
cabin boy on board a ship, the cap
tain of which was religious man, was
called up to be Hogged for some mis
demeanor. Little Jack appeared be
fore the captain weeping bitterly, and
falling upon his knees, he cried, “Pray
sir, will 3'ou wait till I have said my
prayers.” “Certainly 1 will,” trplieil
the captain. Well, then, said Jack,
looking up triumphantly, “I’ll say them
when 1 get ashore !”
During the late war, a colored cler
gyman, feeling constrained to preach
against the extortions of the sutlers,
from which his little flock had suffered,
announced for his text, “Now de ser-
pent was more sutler dan any beast of
de field dat de Lord God had made.”
A happy and graceful play upon
words was once made by our own po
et Longfellow. A Mr. Longworth, of
Cincinnati, being introduced to him
one evening, some one present remark
ed upon the similarity of the first syl
lable of the two names. “Yes,” said
the courteous poet, “but in this case I
fear Pope’s lines will apply :—
“ ITorlh makes the man, and want of it the fellou>. rr
[Oliver Optic's Magazine.
SeuTm- West*r* Railroad Company. f
Office, Mucou, Ga., Jau. 13th, l«70. S
Ettfuuia day Passenger aiul Mail Train.
Leare Macon 8 00A.M.
Arrive atEufaula 5.30 P. M.
Loave Eufaula 7.20 A- M.
Arrive at Macon 4.50 P. M .
Night F reighi 4 Accommodation 7 rain.
Leave Macon 8:25 P M i
Arrive at Eufaula. 11:00 A M j
LeaveEufaula...... ... 7:18 P M
Arrive at Macon 9:10 A M |
Culimhus Mail Train.
Lear* Macon. 7:25 A M
Arrive at Columbua 1.22 A M i
Leave Colambu*,...... 12:25 P M
Arrive at Macon 6:05 P M ;
Columbus Night F,reighi Ac'out'n 'Train
Leave Macon 7:40 PM \
Arrive at Columbus 5:05 A M .
Leave Columbus 7:00 P M
Arrive at Macon .'.... 4:43 A M
"Albaaj Train” connect* at Smithvil'e with]
"afanla Trains and Arrive at Albany at 3:11 P M
and Leaves Albany at 9:35 A M—Regular Mail
“raia.
Aaeemmodation Tram connects three times a
weak.
"Yert Gaines Train,” connects at Cuthbert.
Leave Fort Gaines at 7:05 A M and Arrive at
Gaines 3:40 P M.
Accommodation Train connect* twice a w eek,
Tuesday* and Thursdays.
„ . W. 8. BRANTLY, Aud.
February 1, 1870 5 tf.
Blanks for Sale al this Office-
j Schedule Macon & Brunswick R. R-
January, 7th, 1870
R egular thro’ passenger trains
will commence running on this Road on
| Sunday, the 9th inst., as follows :
Leave Macon at 9.15 A M.
Arrive at Brunswick at 10.20 P M.
Arrive at Savannah at -10.00 P M.
Leave Brunswick 4.30 A. M.
j Arrive at Macon 6.15 A. M.
TRAINS TO IIAWKIXSVILLK.
j Leave Macon — 3.00 P M.
| Arrive yt Il^wkinsville 6.30 A M.
Leave Hawkinsville.. .7 00 A M.
j Arrive at Macon 10.25 A M.
| This train runs daily Sundays excepted.
RETURNING :
Leave Brunswick at .8.00 A M.
Leave Savannah at 7.15 A M.
Arrive at Macou at 7.50 P M.
Trains make direct connections at Jesap,
both ways, with trains for Bainbridge, Thoiuas-
the crossing of the Atlantic aud Gnlf Road,
vilie, and all points on that Road, as well.as with
those for Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and all sta
tions on the Florida Roads.
Fare to Savannah and Brunswick $ 8 00
Fare to Jacksonville 12 00
• Fare to Tallahassee.., 17 00
Fare to Bainbridge ............. 15 00
Fare to New Yoik, Philadelphia or
Baltimore, by steamers 27 00
Under recent arrangements made with the At
lantic A. Gulf Road, freights to aud from Savaii
nah aud New York have increased dispatch.
The Southern Express Company will operate on
this line to Brunswick, points in Southern Geor
gia and in Florida, commencing on Monday, the
10th instant.
ROBERT SCHMIDT.
Master transportation.
January IS, 1870 3 tf
A Hard Random Hit,—“Many a
shaft at random sent” hits something
or other which lhe ‘archer little meant'
to touch. We have heard an anec
dote illustrative of this truth, which
has probably not appeared in print be
fore and which has been told us as a
piece of genuine history. 1' happen
ed in a large city—never mind what
city. There were two pretty sisters,
who had married, one an eminent
lawyer, the other a distinguished lite
rary man. Literary man dies, and
leaves young sister a widow. Some
years roll awa)*, and the widow lays
this as an opportunity for escape from | aside her weeds. Now, then, it hap-
ao atmosphere of death to him, smug- pened that a certain author and critic
gied himself on board one of the ships had occasion, on a broiling day in sum-
The close confinement which he had mer, to call on the eminent lawyer,
to undergo, and the tossing ot the cargo husband of the elder sister. He finds
in the hold, ruined his health and crip- the lawyer pleading and sweltering in
pled him lor life. Too weak to beg a crowded court, sees that the lawyer
and too honest to steal, nothing was j is suffering dreadfully from the heat,
pities him, rejoices that he himself is
not a lawyer, and goes for a cool saun
ter tinder the sheltering trees of a fash
ionable park and garden. Among the
ice-eating, fanning crowd there he
meets the younger of our two sisters,
and for the moment lie thinks he is
left him but to accept the bounty which
the stranger, in the strange land, saw I
fit to bestow upon him.' Who could
tell the pangs it cost the proud heart
before it could descend to this ? As
vou see him now, so has he lived lor
the past ten years.
Through the aid ofan interpreter we | speaking to the elder. “Oh. Mr. M—,
gleaned the sad history of this poor old ; answered the lady, “how dreadfully
prince. That hardship and want may ; hot it is here “Yes, Madame,” re-
have affected the brain of the unfortu- I plies our luckless critic, “it is hot
nale creature is more than likely ; but j here ; but 1 can assure you the heat of
his tale was told with so much appar- this place isn’t a circumstance, when
ent truthfulness, so much earnestness, 1 compared wilh the heat of the place
that we have thought it worthy the 1 where your poor dear husband is suf-
heariny of our readers. Bright, bright- j lering to-day!” A horror-stricken
expression comes over the face of the
lady ; she rises from her chair and
flounces indignantly away. Ah “Me
miserable,” soliloquizes our wretched
critic, “I have been rpistaking the one
sister for the other, and she thinks I
meant to say that her husband is not
in heaven.”—Galaxy.
W. WHITE.
er was his starting in life than one in
ten thousand ; dark, darker, perhaps,
is its closing than one in ten million.
[Son Francisco Chronicle.
A Hard Storw—A Philadelphia
paper says : There is a doctor in the
northwestern part of this consolidated
city who is especially remarkable for
being, as the women term it, “short j Repartee.—There are some per-
and crusty.” Isons who seem to be endowed with an
A week or two since lie was called j electric current of wit, which sparkles
to visit a patient who was laboring un- i and flashes whenever it meets an op
der a severe attack ot cheap whisky. | posing one ; and a ready wit or the
“Well, doctor, I’m down, you see—: faculty of making quick and spicy re-
compfelely floored. I have got the
tremendous delirium, you know 1”
Tremens, you fool! Where'd you
get your rum?”
“All over in spots ; broke out prom
iscuously, doctor!” I ny warm and devoted friends , but a
“Served you right,” sarcastic, cynical person is always au
“Father di*’d of the same disease t
parleys, is a valuable gift, .and the
source of much pleasure, provided it
is used with a due regard to the feel
ings of others. A man of genuine wit
humor may attach to himself ma
jZ///2 fnrif-al - ,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.,
Will practice in this and the adjoining counties.
L3P Applications for Homestead Exemptions
under the new law, and other business before the
Court of Ordinary, will receive proper attention.
• October 13.1868 41 tf
W ANTED.—A Northern man—friendly to the
South, aud a believer in the old Jefferso
nian idea of jroveniment—a College graduate, de
sires a situation as Teacher in some Southern
State. Satisfactory references furnished if desired-
Address, statin" terms, “CLASSICS,"
Publishers’ Box No. 7, D.tYTON, Ohio
:or Recorder Office.
Oetobur 19, InM* 42 tf
it look him under the short ribs and
carried him off bodily.”
unaomfortable companion.
It is related, that, as some friends of
Campbell, the author of Hohenlindeu
lh
“Well you have got to take some-i were leaving his room after a late sup
ine immediately.” per, one of the number had the misfor-
g
“You area trump, Doc! Here,
wife, I'll lake a nip of old rye.”
“Lie still, you blockhead ! Mrs. B
If your husband should get worse be
fore I return, which will be in an hour,
give him a dose of that trunk strap ;
may be that will letch him to a sense
of his fol'y.”
The doctor sailed out grandly, and
within an hour sailed in again, and
found his friend of the tremendous de
lirium” in a terrible condition, writhing
and struggling with pain. His \\i*e a
female of the kind, but ignorant school,
per
time to fall down a long flight of stairs.
The poet, alarmed by the noise, open
ed the door, aiul inquired, “What’s
thru ?” “Tis I sir, rolling rapidly,”
was the immediate reply of his fallen
friend.
Sheridan remarked, in a parlimenta-
ry language on entering a crowded
committee-room, “Will some member
myvo that I may take the chair ?”
Two friends meeting, one remarked,
“I have just seen a man who told me I
looked exactly like you.” “Tell ine
who it was, that I may knock him
SELFISHNESS.
Live for some purpose in the world.
Always act your part well. Fill up
the measure of duty to others. Con
duct yourselves so that you shall be
missed with sorrow when you are
gone. Multitudes ot our species are
living in such a selfish manner that
they are not likely to be remembered
after their disappearance. They leave
behind them scarcely any traces of
their existence, and are forgotten al
most as though they had never been.
They are while they live, like some
pebble lying unobserved among a mil
lion on the shore ; and when they die,
they are like that same pebble thrown
inlo the sea, which just ruffles the sur
face, sinks, ami is forgotten,- without
being missed from the beach. They
are neither regretted by'the rich, wan
ted by the poor, nor celebrated by the
learned. Who has been the better for
their life ? Who has been the worse
for their death ? Whose tears have they
dried up ? Whose wants supplied ?
Whose misery have they healed ? Who
would unbar the gate of life to readmit
them to existence ? or what face would
greet them back again to our world
with a smile ? YY T retched, unproduc
tive mode of existence ! iSelfisbness is
its own curse ; it is a star\ing vice.
'File man who does no good gets none.
He is like the heath in the desert, nei
ther yielding fruit nor seeing when
good cometh, a stunted, dwarfish, mis
erable shrub.
How Caligula Received a Jewish Del
egation.—The Jews, of course, did not
acknowledge his divinity, which anger
ed him exceedit gjy, in so mqch that
he issued and order to erect his own
statue in the temple at Jerusalem. At
the intersession of Agrippa this edict
was recalled, but his anger against the
nation still continued, and gave rise to
a very curious scene. A deputation of
Jews had gone to Rome in order to
conduct a dispute between themselves
and the Alexandrians. Caligula ap
pointed the parties to come before him
at a villa which he had ordered to be
thrown open for his inspection. On
the introduction of tfie Jews, “You,”
he said, “are those fellows who think
me no god, though I am acknowledged
to be such by all men, and who con
fess none except that unpronouncable
one of yours;” and raising his hands
towards heaven, lie uttered that word
which it was not lawful to hear, far
less to speak. The Jews were jn dis-:
pair, while their adversaries jumped
and clapped their hands, and accumu
lated the epithets of all the gods in Cal
igula. One of them, to improve this
advantage, sajd that the Emperor
would detest the Jews still more if he
knew they were the only people who
had never sacrificed in his behalf.—
The Jews all exclaimed that this was
false ; that tbev had thrice offered hec
atombs for his welfare. “ Be it so,”
he answered, “what then? You sac
rificed to another and not to me.” All
iltis time he was running over the
whole house, up and down stairs,
dragging the poor Jews after, who. be
sides being in mortal terror, were ex
posed to the ridicule of all the court.
Presently he gave some orders about
die building, and then turned to them
and said gravely : “ But why do you
not eat pork ?” This was another tri
umph for their adversaries, who burst
into such immoderate laughter lhat the
courtiers began to be shocked. The
Jews answered that the habits of na
tions varied. “Some persons,” they
added, “ do not eat Iamb.” “ They
are right,” said the Emperor, “it is a
las eless meat.” At last he said rath
er angrily, “ 1 should like to know on
what plea you can justify your city ?”
and, as they entered into a long speech,
he ran over the house to give orders
about the wipdows; then reiurning he
asked again what they had to say ; Hnd
then when they began their speech,
again ran off to look at sume pictures.
Finally, he sent them off, with the ob
servation, “ These are not such bad
fellows after all; but they are great
fools for not believing me to be a god.”
—Malkin's Historical Parable.
AN INDIAN -IKL’S LETTER.
The following letter to Commissio-
er Parker, by Miss Winnemucca,
daughter of old YVinnemucca, an Indi
an chief of Nevada, is going the rounds
of the papers. Sarah has got a head
set straight on her shoulders, with a
fair share of brains in it, if she is real
ly the author .of the composition. She
was educated in California it is stated,
and Vincent Collier says the letter is
precisely as it was written by the girl,
in a clear and beautiful hand.—Salt
Lake Telegraph-
Camp McDermit, Nev., April 4, 1870.
Sin:—I learn from the commanding
officer at this post that you desire full
information in regard to the Indians
around this place, with a view, if pos
sible, of bettering their condition by
sending them on the Trucked River
reservation. All the Indians from
here to Carson City belong to the Pa-
hutes tribe. My father, whose name
is Winnemucca, is the head chief of
the whole tribe, but he is now gelling
too old and has not energy enough to
command nor to impress on their minds
the necessity of their being sent to the
reseivation ; in fact, I think he is en
tirely opposed to it. He, myself and
most of the Humboldt and Queen’s
river Indians were on the Truckee res
et vation at one time, but if we had
stayed there, it would have been only
to starve. ] think that if they had re
ceived what they were entitled to from
the agents, that they would never have
left there. So far as their knowledge
of agriculture extends they are quite
ignorant, as they have never had an
opportunity of learning, but think if
proper pains were taken, that they
would willingly make the effort to
maintain themselves by their own la
bor, provided that they could be made
to believe lhat the pioduet were to be
their own and for their own use and
comfort. It is needless for me to enter j over the world, arc one in doctrine ;”
into detail as to how we were treated 1 so that however widely scattering and
on the reservation while there. It is | differing in other respects, they pre
enough to say that we were confined ! sent tlie peculiarity of agreeing cordi-
to the reserve, and had to live on what i ally in the great doctrines of Cinislian-
fish we might catch in the river. Ifiity. Aud as the members of our com-
this is the kind of civilization awaiting | munion are a unit in faith, so also there
1 ADDRESS OF THE BfstfoP’S.
To the General Conference of Jit M. E.
Church, South.:
Beloved Brethren We would
join you in devout thanksgiving to God
that another quadrennial session of
vour body has occurred. Represent
ing as you do, ail parts of our wide
field of labor, conversant witji their
conditions and wants, and iavp^trd
with authority over the whole Ciiufch,
we beg lespectfully to remind you of
the importance of prayerful), vigilant
aud impartial attention to the duties of
your delicate and responsible position.
We trust lhat the subjects which mav
be brought before you will be discuss
ed and decided as in thp, immediate
presence ofGod, and with difcyjtRefer
ence to the welfare of ,Wi)oh:
Church. „ u j'|
With profoutid emotion we. announce
to you, that since your last session our
venerable and beloved colleague, Josh
ua Soule, has ill-parted this life. His
death occurred in Nashville, Tonuessee,
March 6th, 1SG7, in the S/fli year of
his life, and 70lh year of his itinerant
ministry. la many respects .Bishop
Soule was a remarkable man. At the
time ot his d^itli he was, piobibly, the
oldest travelling preacher in Amc.ica,
it not in the world ; and was tiius the
connecting link between the Methodism
of Wesley anj Asbury and that ol the
present day. Throughout his wfiole
ministerial life he was eminently devo
ted to God, and employed exclusively
in the service of the Church ; often fill
ing positions of the highest responsi-
billiiy and always honorably and use
fully. His mind was clear and vigor
ous, his deportment dignified, and his
whole course was marked by consisten
cy, purity and unswerving fidelity to
principle. Whether viewed us a man,
a Christian or a minister, or as filling
the highest office in the Church for for
ty-three years, fiis character deserves
to be held in the highest e?leein aud
his memory to be perpetuated in the
history of the Church. We devoutIv
thank God for such a man, and lor die
gifts and grace which rendered his
eventful life so useful, his declining
years and closing day so beautifully se
rene, so sublimely triumphant.
Harmony and Church Policy.
We rejoice also to report that the
greatest unity -and harmony exists
throughout the whole connection. It
has been truly that “ Methodists, all
us on the reserve, Cod grant that we
may never be compelled to go on onp,
as it is more preferable to live in the
mountains and drag out an existence
in our native manner.
So far as living is concerned, the In
is scarcely any disagreement among
them as to our Church polity. Their
prevalent desire is that both be pre
served- -the former intact, the latter if
altered at all to be modified so far only
as to make it more effective in accom-
dians at all the military posts get i plishiug the original purjiose of Meihod-
enough to eat, and considerable cast- | * srn - This is seen in the fact that we
off clothing, hut how long is this to con- 1 h 3 '’ 6 quietly pa.-seii what is justly re
tinue ? What is the object of the gov- i garde.l in all forms of government a
ernment in regard to the Indians ? I 3 | great crisis, in the adoption of a rfew
it enough that we are at peace ? Re- j element into our system. We allude to
move ail the Indians from the military ! the introduction of Lay representation
posts and place them on reservations, j ‘ nl ° ‘h* Annual and General Confer
ences. This important change in our
economy was rot a peace offering ren
dered necessary for the preservation of
the unity and peace of the Church from
the attacks ol a dissatisfied and refrac
tory membership, but was proposed
and effected by the nearly unanimous
vole of the ministry, and the acquies
cence of the laity, both beleiving that
Such as the Turkee and Walker
ers (as they were conducted,) and it
will require a greater military £»rc«
stationed around to keep them within
the limits than it now does to keep
them in subjection. On the other hand
if the Indians have any guarantee that
they can secure a permanent home on
their own native soil, and lhat our
white neighbors can be kept from en-! ') je l ‘ me tul| } r come when it would
crouching on our rights, after having a
reasonable shear of ground allotted to
us as our own, and giving the required
advantage of learning, &c., I warrant
that the savage, as he is called to-day,
will be a law-abiding member of the
community fifteen or twenty years
hence.'
Yours, respectful),
Sarah Winnemucca-
How lo Ha?* a loving Wire.
A coriespondent sends the following
to the Phrenological Journal :
If you would have a loving wife, be
as gentle in your words alter as before
marriage ; t«eat her quite as tenderly
when a matron as when a miss ; don’t
make her the maid of all work and
ask her why she looks less tidy and
neat than when “you first knew her
don’t buy cheap, lough beef, and scold
her because it does not come on the
table “porter house ;” don’t grumble
about squalling babies ifyou can not
keep up a ‘‘nursery,” and remember
that “baby may lake after papa” in
his disposition ; don’t smoke and
chew tobacco, and thus shatter your
nerves, and spoil your temper, and
make yonr breath a nuisance, and then
complain that your wife declines to
kiss you ; go home jojous and cheer
ful to your wife and tell her the good
news you have heard, and not silently
put on your hat and go out tothe ‘club’
or ‘lodge,’ and let her afterwards learn
lhat you spent the evening at the opera
or at a fancy ball wilh Mrs. Dash.
Love your wife ; be patient ; remem
ber you aie not perfect, but try to be ;
lei whisky, tobuaco anti vulgar compa.-
ny alone ; spend your evenings with
your wife, and live a decent, Christian
life, and your wife will be loving and
true—ifyou did no- marry a heartless
beauty without sense or worth ; ifyou
did who is to blame ifvou suffer the
consequences ?
enhance the effectiveness of the Church
and the glory ot Christ.
In attestation of the approval of the
whole Church ot this measure, we are
gratified to see in ibis body so large a
number of lav delegates, representing
the-intelligence, piety and strength ot’
the connection. We are sure that we
express the feelings of their clerical as
sociates and of trie entire Church in
welcoming them to ttieir seats, and we
shall gladly share with them the labors
and responsibilities ol this chief coun
cil of the Church.
It may not be nmLs in this connec
tion to suggest that excessive leoi-da-
tion is too common in all deli be rat/:
bodies. Laws and usages, eenerallv
o 7
understood aiul approved, should not
be changed hastily ; or, rf changed at
all, only from a conviction of the great
er utility of the change. Nor is it pru
dent to alter even a recent enactment
until it is practically demonstrated to
be necessary to do so. This caution
we would respectfully apply to the
regulations under which lay representa
tion has been introduced. Would it
not be judicious to learn bv experience
what modifications, if’anv, mav be nec
essary, rather than risk the success of
the system by hasty attempts to. im
prove it.
Family Religion.
We invite your attention, specially,
to the subject of Family Religion and
the Christian training of children. Its
importance cannot be overestimated.
Regular family worship, morning and
nighty-accompanied with the consecu
tive reading .of the Scriptures, is so
morally fit, reasonable anil salutary,
that to us it seems strange that lhe
heads of Christian families can feel
guiltless in neglecting it. While we
rejoice in Lbe increased interest exhib
ited in behalf of Sunday Schools, we
are sure that ihere can be no substi
tute for religious training in the family.