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Vol. LII. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY 14, 1871. T H E SOUTHERN RECORDER. BY OR ME & HARRISON. 33 H SASNETT Editor BiSCOJI flYKICR ASSOCIATE EDITOR ]' er ms—$ 2.00 per annum, in Advance. A.DVKUTISIXG—Persquare oftenlines, each lesertiou. $ 1 >»0. Merchants and others forall iKountgover $ J5, twenty-five per cent.off. legal advertising. Ordinary's. —Citations for letters ol ad ministration , guardianship .&c $3 00 Homestead notice - --- 2 00 onfor letters of dism’u from adm’n 5 00 3 50 ft 00 3 00 5 00 1 50 2 50 5 00 5 00 1 00 3 00 Application for lettersof distn’ti of guard’n Application for leave to sell Land — Notice to Debtors and Creditors Sales of Land, per square of ten lines Sale of personal per sq., ten days Sheriffs—Each levy of ten hues, or less.. Mort^a^e sales oj ten lints or less...... T h i Collector's sales, per sq. (2 months) Clerks—Foreclosure of mortgage and oth er monthly’s, per square Estray notices,thirty days Tributes of Respect, Resolutions by Societies, Obituaries, exceeding six lines, to be charged transient adt ertisiug. •■ySale* of Land, by Administrators, Execu tors or Guardians, are required by law, to be held «n the first Tuesday in the mouth, between the heurs often in the forenoon and three in the af- ernoon. attheCourt-house in the county in which the property is situated. Notice of these sales must b« given in a public gazette 40 days previous to the day of sale. Notice for the sale of personal property must be given inlike manner 10 days previous to sale day. Notice to debtors and creditors of an estate must also be published 40 days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be published for two months. Citations for letters of Administration, Guar dianship- Ac..must be published 30days—for dis mission from Administration, monthly six months , for dismission from guardianship, 40 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgages must be published monthly for four months—tor establish jnc lost papers, for the full space of three months— for compelling titles from Executors or Adminis trators, where bond has been given by the de ceased, the full space of three months. Charge, . 00 persquare of ten lines for each insertion. Publications will always be continued accord ing to these, the legal requirements, unless oth erwise ordered. (The following Story, written by a gifted Southern writer, is entered as a competitor for the $10000 prize offered by Messrs. R. A. Har rison Bro., for “7Ac best original contri bution ’ furnished their papers, during the pres ent year. Hearts Versus Dia monds, Or Which Shall Be Trumps. I>y Annie R. Blount. CHAPTER, YU. T. W. WHITE, Itta^ncL^-at-^au'., _ MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., Will practice in this and the adjoining counties. ETApplications for Homestead Exemptions tinder the new law. and other business before the Court of Ordinary, will receive proper attention. October 13. 1bf>8 41 tf For the Speedy Relief AND PERMANENT CURE OF C O 11 S 111XL p t i O 11, Broncliitis, ASTHMA, GOLDS, AND ALL DISEASES OF THE lings, chest or throat: THE EXPECTORANT is composed exelu- 8lv ely of Herbal and Mucilaginous products, which Pfinceate Klj cilaginous products nee of Ih Langs, causing them tn throw of the acrid matter which collects in the Bronchial Tubes, and at the same ..ute forms a soothing coating, relieving the irri- t * u . on W- hleh Produces the cough, object to h* f.’ I he object to be obtained is to cleanse the organ a,l impurities; to nourish and strengthen it e ° I iaS b e<:ome impaired and enfeebled by dis- th*M , rene ' v an d invigorate the circulation of e lood and strengthen the nervous organiza- ® EXPECTORANT does this to au as- nts nng degree. It is active but mild and con- . Wa .imparting functional energy and natural ar ^v . ^ affords Oxygen to vitalize the blood, " -Gogcn to assimilate the matter— Equalizes (lie "nervous influence,” quiet and composure. T<> CONSUMPTIVES r relieve cough w hich at for astiiitia P r oduc It u i a , , —u ur u , <leHt I‘ing and harassing wads the disease. ffetti' Recife one dose often relieving the dis. &at refuse a,l< ^ P r °ducing calm and pleas- I OK CKOIIP KcTopVylt'^ w *thout a bottle of the EX cus c ' n tLe house. We have numer- «u,i„ er ,r ate8 its having relieved, almost in- ®°*t in'evAtau' 5 8U ^ erur,w i lcn death appeared al- WOTIIEKS BE ADVISED! K **P it on Hand ! disease requires prompt action; as i 6 “ 0ai ’ 8, -‘> hollow cough is heard, apply Remedy, and it is easily subdued ; J T DELAY IS DANGEROUS ! KT S J ! ! e properties of the EXPECTORANT Win 1U T nt ’ nu t r ’tive, balsamic, soothing and dace« Irraves the nervous system and pro- P e asant &nd refreshing sleep. 11 -EXHILARATES AND RELIEVES HOOMINESS and depression. *ud° a) l these qualities in a convenient oueentrated form, it has proven to be the VALUABLE lung balsam offered to sufferers from Pulmonary diseases. Tb. *00li the spared by »• H. TUTT & LAND, AUGUSTA, GA 42 far Concluded. At home agaiu. How familiar all things seemed! Time seemed to stand still in this quiet city, and everything was unchanged but herself. Nay time in its revolutions had also brought chan ges to her whilom friend, Constance Kay. Bravely she had resisted temp tation; and lie, who is the orphan’ friend, had rewarded her. A wealthy cousin, three times removed, had found her out in her poverty, and just as the infamous Mortimer Glover, had woven his web so completely that he deemed her escape impossible, and felt that she would accept his love rather than star ration, sho foiled him utterly by the sublime assertion that she would “wel come death rather than dishonor!” “Die then haughty beauty!” cried the baffled hypocrite, in his rage rearing off the mask of a gentlemau. ‘‘Die like a dog in some ditch for aught I care ! Remem her you have a tireless enemy, and your every plan shall be thwarted! You will find all doors closed against you, for I shall teach the world to believe that you are a cast off Mistress, whom I have forsaken for her infidelity.” ‘‘Wretch! to speak thus to a defence less woman ! Begone! lest I soil my foot with your vile carcass!” And the new-comer, a tall handsome man, fas tened a strong hand in the collar of the discomfited Colonel, and with a suddeu swing jyrecipitatcd that fine gentleman to the sidewalk, face downward. It was thus, in the chivalrous character of her preserver that Connie’s straDge cousin made his entrance on the stage. The sequel is soon told; her beauty first, her virtues afterwards, won his love, and the days of her toil and sorrow were over. The fond old grandmother, and the faith ful Maumer Leah lived to see their dar ling married to a wealtoy aod good man who loved her, and whom she loved. Counjf, sitting in a pleasant apart ment, with her lover’s arm around her, was reading a note which she had just received from her old pupil, Bertie. “This sacrifice must not be,” she said with a heightened color, “I will save her from the arms of a heaitless libertine; she is too good and pure for such a fate.” “What is it, iny own?” asked Owen Hudson. “That miserable wretch whom you thrust from my door is about to ue married to one of the sweetest girls I ever knew.” “Prevent it then by all means, my Pet, if you can.” While they were conversing, a rag ged little boy came running in with the startling news that a man had been stab bed in the street in a drunken brawl, and was then lying on the sidewalk in the agonies of death. “Poor creature ! do have him brought in here; dear Owen, whatever his faults, he is a fellow being.” The wounded man was borne in; and by the united efforts of Owen Hudson, and a Policeman was laid on a bed in the guest chamber, and then medical aid at once summoned. “It’s too late, my friends, a Doctor can do me no good, but I would like to see a clergyman,” moaned the dying man. “1 have something on my mind, and I can not die iu peace until I have made a confession. “I have taken Holy orders, sir, and will gladly hear what you have to say and give you what comfort I can,” re* plied Owen Hudson, And then ihe room was vacated by all save the dying man, and the young minister. After the lapse of au hour, Hudson came out with a pale face, and a sad thoughtful expression on his fine features. “Yes Connie,” in reply to her look of inquiry,” the poor fellow is dead; and has told me a sad, sad story. I trust he repented, but oh! it is an awful thing to wrong a fellow creature as yonder poor wretch has done. When they have re moved the corpse I will go with you to see your friend, for if I mistake not the tale I can unfold will materially alter the aspect of affairs.” “What is it. Owen, do tell me?” Owen Hudson, and Constance, Ber tie, aud Mrs. Granville were seated in the parlor of the latter when Col. Glo- er was announced. He came up to Bertie wiflrgreat impressment and was about to kiss her hand, when with sub- lime hauteur she drew back suddenly, and presented her visitor. For once his impudence and self assurance left him, and he stood stating at Constance and her cousin as though be had seen an apparition. At length Bertie’s silvery tones, cold as ice, broke the embarrassing silence. “Col. Glover, there will be no wedding on Monday evening. After what we have learned, even my mother is satisfied that the match should be broken off. How can you marry me, when by your own acknowledgment yon have a wife living.” “I, a living wife ! It is false, false at hcii r “Keep your temper, Col.” said Mrs. Granville quietly “your game is at an end, sir.” “False is it?” asked Constance, as she placed a letter in the hands of Bertie’s mother. “Here, Mrs. Granville, you can read in his own words that he has a wife in an Asylum for the insane in England, and also, while he was feign ing love for your daughter he was seek ing to dishonor me.” “Aud that is not all,” interposed Owen Hudson, speaking for the first time. “Two evenings ago, I in the capacity of a minister attended the death bed of a dying sinner. On the verge of Eternity he confessed that Cecil Ches- ter—your husband, madame,” with a low bow to Bertie, “was the victim of a vile plot framed by this white-livered trembling wretch who stands here be fore us; and is as innocent as the angels of the crime for which he has suffered.” He then in a plain concise manner re lated the plot of the robbery, and its sequel. The miserable man who did the deed has goue to a higher Tribunal, but the vile dastardly wretch who conceiv ed it shall be mado to suffer if there is Justice in the land.” You have no proof sir, and my word is as good as yours.” “Aye but I have proof. Thieves and murderers always leave some weak spot unfortified; and I have your letter to the man Powers *u which you alluded to the service he had doue, and protn- sed him the money.” ‘Baffled at every point!” muttered the defeated Colonel, with a fierce oath, as he made a hasty exit without even the ceremony of a farewell bow. Let him go,” said Hudson, “I shall make no effort to punish him, further than by exposing his infamy to the world, and will then leave him to his conscience, and his God!” Foiled Mortimer Glover ! his lie had found him out. The falsehood he had framed—for his wife had long slumber ed in her Italian grave!—as an ex cuse for not offering honorable marriage to Constance, had lost him, Bertie, Our ‘ower true tale’ draws near its close. But little remaius to be told. It was au easy matter to release Cecil Chester from the clutches of the Law; and when he emerged from Prison he became the Hero of the day. The PreBS teemed with his romantic story, and many a floe daughter of aristoeracy cast admiring glances at the handsome dark-eyed young man, who had stolen one of their peerless sisters—been for cibly separated from her and theu un justly imprisoned. Sorrows had taught him many an useful lesson, and he was far more worthy of love now than in those days when life was all coleur de rose, and he deemed “the world well lost for love.” Mrs. Granville succumb ed to the pressure of events with a good grace.“Well Bertha, my love, as you have not yet recovered your penchant for that Spanish lookiug lover of yours; and as the affair has been made so pub lie, aud all the newspapers are teeming with the story of your “romantic mar riage,” and denouncing me as such a cruel, unnatural parent, even accusing me, the idiots, of being an accomplice of that poor dear horrid Colonel, iu his wicked and foolish plot, I suppose I must make a virtue of necessity and give my consent. But you must be married again; I can not regard that informal ceremony three years ago as legal. Aud my Pet, your weddiDg shall eclipse anything of the kind eve r seen in this city. Belle Spencer will die of envy, for her wedding last week was a two-penny affair, not even a sin gle card.” The newly-wedded pair on the even ing of their second bridal, stood on the Veranda alone. They had stolen away from the crowd for a moment, to indulge in a stolen kiss, and the interchange of sweet confidences. “This is quite a contrast to our first wedding, Petite. So you remember the fat old magistrate, the flaring tallow caudle, and the two grinning darkies?” And the young hus band, with a fond smile, clasped his arms about his blushing bride, as she stood before him in her costly bridal raiment the heavy white silk robe trail ing behind her, the long white veil fol lowing in shimmering folds, about her graceful person. “Yes. Cecil dear, I remember all God punished ns heavi ly for our youthful sin and disobedience but He has brought u* safely through the tempest; the clouds have rolled away, and the Sun of love shines bright ly upon us.” And here we leave them blessed in each other’s love; the holy moonlight cnvelopiug them like a silver veil. It is a mistaken notion that a fine store in an eligible location, surroun ded by attractive signs, is a superior advertisement; for, the experieme of our most enterprising merchants is, that it pays better to spend less on rent and more on advertising. Iii support of this: Our merchants know that many heavy dealers ol whom they buy in the larger cities, often occupy out-of the-way store rooms on the second and even third and fourth floors of buildings. Un ion Adams, one of the heaviest deal ers in the country in furnishing goods for years occupied a comparatively small store, in a comparatively small street, in New York—spend ing the while thousands ol dollars annually in advertising. Rarely he smiles bright. Then follow him <i to the v .in of the fight; Even now he marshals his host on the lilain. Leading them forward to chi>quest again. Every page that is brightest in history shall be Enriched by the name of the patriot Lee. The following is a succinct but spirited account of the history ofthe Kilkenny cats: There onst was two aq in Kilkenny, And aich thought there » an one cat too many; So they quarrelled ; i,d tit, And they gouged, aw] they hit, Till, excepting their itailg And the tips of their taps. Instead of two cats, there vvau’t any. -— — Ode at won-, t see his eyeluooi , iii the water, and in the ichurch ! May he be cursed in his birth and in bis df-nth ; in bis food and in bis drink ; iu his fasting and in his in- temperance : in his quiet moments and in his sleep ; in his waking and in his passage cn foot, or seated in his repose or in his labor; in the cir eolation of his blood ! Be he cursed in all the facilities of his body ! Be lie cursed internally and externally! May he be cursed in his hair* ! May he l>e cursed in his brain ! Be cursed in the covering of .his head and in his temples! May he be cursed in his forehead and in his ears! In his eyebrows and in his eyes! In his his cheeks and in his nostrils! Irt his anterior and posterior teeth! cursed motive steam engine to travel on a turnpike r.iad. The first steam vessel that cross ed the Atlantic was the Savannah, in the month of June, 1819, from Charleston to Liverpool.—Commer cial Advertiser. | Be he cursed in his lips and in Among all the poems which have j firs throat! Be he cursed in his been written in commemoration ol ( shoulders and in his pulses! In his the Confederate dead, the following arms, hands and fingers! May he MY FRIENDS. I’ve no great nor titled friends— Lords nor dames of bigli degree; Grandeur ne’er my steps attends, Rank nor glory compass me. Throwing w ide my garden’-g&te, Courtiers ne’er its paths explore; Aud no liveried footmen wait At my humble cottage door. Yet at pensive eventide, When the day’s long toil is past, And from wanderings far and wide Thought comes home to rest at last; When the firelight, leaping high, Brightens all the quiet room, And the startled shadows fly, Bearing off the dusky gloom; Then—a brave and nobie band— Over mount and over sea, And from out the “summer land,” Come, my friends to sit with me. Heads with bay-wreaths greenly crowned! Hands that clasp the victor’s palm; Presences that all around Shed a most unearthly calm; Chaucer, wearing on his face At! the freshness of the morn,- Dreamy Spenser, whose rare grace Far in faerie-land was born; Milton, grand, majestic, blind, Yet seeing God by inner sight; Shakspeare, in the realm of mind, Crowned king by kingly right; Dante, with uplifted brow, And a sadly,-royal mien; Camoens praising, soft, aud low, “Sweetest eyes were ever seen;” Keats, to whom the spring-time brought All the glory of the year, And whose dying strains ware caught By the angels listening near; Wordsworth, in serenest calm, Holding converse with tha skies; Cowper, singing some low psalm, Set to human harmonies; Byron, still forlornly proud, Iu his desolate disdain; Shelley, dreaming of^his shroud, By the blue Italian main— These—aud others. Ah! the place Seems a temple grand And fair: To whose lofty, vaulted space, Priest and priestess still repair! Sappho, with her golden lyre, Crowned Corinna’s kindling cheek; Pale Aspasia’s eye of fire, Saintly Ileloise, strong, yet meek; Hemans, breathing changefuljstrains, Half ol joy, and half of woe; L. E. L., whose song contains Just a fond heart’s overflew; Our own Margaret’s lifted face, Wearing still its queenly dower; Sorrowing Bronte’s quiet grace, Veiling such transcendent power. Ah, another!—priestess, seer, Bay-wreathed poet, three in one— Star-crowned angel,singing clear, Where there is no need of sun— Thou whose Florence mourns thoe still Less as woman than as saint— Whose Aurora’s voice can thrill With new life hearts long a-faint— Need I name thee? O beloved! Friends of mine, through good or ill; Others fail me—ye are proved— Time nor change your hearts can chill! Ye who being dead yet speak. Ye afar, and yet most near; Let your words tho silence break, And my soul runs quick to hear! Julia C. R. Dour. memorial ode by the lamented Tim- rod stands pre-eminent: Sleep sweetly in your humble graves— Sleep martyrs of a ‘alien cause, Though yet no marble column craves The pilgrim here to pause. In seeds of laurels in the earth The blossom of your fame is blown; And somewhere waiting for its birth, The shaft is in the stone! Meanwhile, heboid the tardy years Which keep in trust your storied tombs, Behold your sisters bring their tears, And these memorial blooms. Small tributes! but your shades will smile More proudly on those wreath* to-day, Thau when some cannon-moulded pile Shall overlook this bay. « Stoop, angels, hither from the skies! There is no holier spot of ground Than where defeated valour lies By mourning beauty crowned ! Henry Timkcd. If any of our readers arc curious to know bow tbe Pope excommuni cates a man, they can read the fol lowing, and judge lor themselves as to his infallibility. It. is a good sell, and has taken in tiie editors of sev eral prominent papers. The Pope’s Anathema- The Major Excommunication against I ictor Emanuel. A correspondent of a New N ork paper, writing from Rome, says that be condemned in his mouth ; In the breast, heart, and ail the bowels of his body, let him be condemned; In his veins, in his arteries, in his thighs, ankles, knees, legs, feet, and in his nails; May lie be cursed in all the ligatures and joints of his members, Irom the head to the feet; May he have no health; May the Son of ihe living God, in all the glo ry of IIis majesty, curse him, and may Heaven, with all its powers, unite and rise against him to curse and condemt him ! So be it.” A humorous writer in an exchange says that advertising goods “is jest hke snorin’or takin’ a crying baby to church. If you sleepin church and don’t snore, how’s folks on the back seals lo know you are there?—and in regard lo the baby, folks would never know you could raise one if, when nurse lakes him to church, he didn’t h t off steam. But when he veils out good and strong, every body, parson and all, feel mighty good. They look at him and say to themselves, ‘Fine baby that, by hokey! a regular young rhinosser- cow, by gum!” The more he hel lers the more the people know it, and the more they know it the more they think about it!” Condensed History ef Sieam. An unfortunate Indian missionary has had his sermon reported as fol lows: “The speaker was a deduction, and gave a learned description of Satan and his skill in sawing trees.” The unhappy preacher wrote a pit eous remonstrance to the editor of the paper which had published this resume, to say that he “wasa Dutch man, and not a deduction, and that he had deS£*rbt*d*(?atan nor as saw ing trees, but sowing lares.” Acrostic- Grand in ki* purity, guileless and true, Ever he le ads us to victories new. Never had nation a worthier son; Link we his name with our own Washington; Rich iu each attribute known to the brave, Onward he pressed Id* country to save; Boldly repelling the insolent foe, Everywhere meeting them, Uyiag them low. since the King Victor Emanuels triumphant entry into Rome, the chief topic ol interest is the bull of major excommunication issued a- gainst llie King of Italy by the Pope. The following is a literal translation of the extraordinary religious docu ment : “By the authority of the Omnipo tent God, Father, Son and Hol\ Spirit; and of the sac ted canons, and of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother and nurse of our Saviour; and of the celestial virtues, angels archangels, thrones, dominations, powers, cherubims an ! seraphims; and of the holy patriarchs and proph ets; and of all the apostles and evan gelists; and of ail .he holy inno cents, who, in the presence of the Holy Lamb, are Aoiiliy of singing new hymns; and «T tbe holy mar tyrs, holy confessors, holy virgins, and of all the saints, together with all the blest and elect of the Lord— we excommunicate and anathema tize and separate him from the Ho ly Church of Omnipotent God ; that he may be tormented by an eternal martyrdom together with Dathan and Abiram i nd all those who say to the Lord God, ‘Depart from u;— we do not wish lo walk in thy ways.’ And as fire is quenched by water, so let his light henceforth be extin guished ! May the Father who created man, curse him! May the Son who suf fered for us, eurse him ! May the Holy Ghost who visited us in bap tism, curse him ! May the XI<>lv Cross on which Christ (lor our salvation and triumphant over his enemies) ascended, curse him ! May tbe Iloly Virgin Mary, Mother of God, curse him! May St- Michael delender ot holy souls, eurse him ! May the an gels and archangels, principalities and powers, and all the celestial co horts, eurse him ! May St. John, the Precursor. St. John, the Baplis.’, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Andrew, and all the other apostles of Christ together, curse him ! May the rest of His dis ciples and the poor evangelists, (that with their word converted the whole world), and may the holy aud wonderful army of martyrs aud con fessors (they, by their sacrifice, de fended the All-powerful God), curse him ! May the choirs of holy virgins (who for the love of Christ despised the things of the world), condemn him ! May the heavens, the earth, and all holy things embraced there in, condemn him ! May he be condemned in the house and io the field, iu the open streets and in the by-ways, in the About two hundred and eighty years B. C.. Hiero of Alexandria formed a my which exhibited some of the powers of steam, and was moved by its power. A. D. 450, Aihemus, an architect arranged several caldrons of water each covered by the wide bottom of a leather tube, which rose to a nar*« row top, which pipes extended to the rafters of an adjoining building, fire was kindled beneath the cal (Irons, and the bouse was shaken by tfie efforts of the steam ascending the tubes. This is the first notice of the power of st earn recorded. In 1543, June 17, Clasco D. Ga toy tried a steam boat of 200 ton with tolerable success at Barcelona Spam. It consisted of a caldron of boiling water, and a movable wheel on each side of the ship. It was laid aside as impracticable, present, however, was made to Ga roy. 1650, the first railroad was con structed at New-castle-on- Tyne. 'I he first idea of a steam engine in England was in the Marquis of Wor cester’s “History of Inventions,” A D. 1663. 1G10, Newcomen made the firsf steam engine in England. In 1718, patents w T cre granted lo Savory for the first application of the steam engine. In 1764, James Walt made the first perfect steam engine in Eng land. In 173G, Jonathan Hulls set forth the idea of steam naviga tion. 1778, Thomas Paine first propoa* ed this application in America. In 1781, Marquis Jouffroy con structed one in Saone. In 17S5, two Americans published a work on it. In 17S9, William Symington made a voyage iu one on the Fuorlh and Clyde Canal. In 1802, this experiment was re.« pealed. In 17S2, Bamsey propelled a boat by steam to New York. In 1788, John Fitch, of Philadel pbia, navigated a boat by steam en gine on the Delaware. In 1795, Robert Fulton first be gan to apply his attention tosteam. In 1783, Oliver Evans, a native of Philadelphia, constructed a loco* Population of tub Globe.— There are on the Globe 1,283,000,- 000 of souls, of which 360,000,000 are of the Caucasian race; 562,- 000,000 of the Mongol race; 190,- 000,000 ot the Ethiopian race; 176,- 000,000 of the Malay race; 2,‘JoO.- 000 of the Indo-Amei ican race. There are 4,642 languages spoken, and 1,000 different religions. The yearly mortality of the globe is 33.-333,333 persons. This at the rate of 91,554 per day, 3,730 n r hour, 62 per minute. So each pul sation of the heart marks the decease of some human creature. The aver age of human life is 33 years. Mar ried men live longer than single ones. One^eighth of the whole pop ulation is'military. There are 330,- 000,000 Christians, 5,000,000 Israe lites, 60,000,000 A sialic religion ists, 190,000,000 Mohammedan's*,and 300,000,000 Pagans. In the ’hris- tian churches 170,080,000 process the Roman Catholic, 75,000,000 profess the Greek faith, 80,000,000 the Protestant. The advertising rates of the Lon don Times are but little more than one-half those of the New York Sun. To Detect the Age of Hand writing,* Attempts have been made to invent a method for approximate ly determining the age of any wri ting. Iron inks suffer a change in process of lime, and become yellow, the organic constitutions disappear, and the iron becomes more promi nent. By moistening the wri ting with weak hydrochloric acid (1 acid, 12 water,) if the ink is old only a laint copy can be obtained, and the newer the writing the plain er will be the copy. In experiments made by Carre, handwriting thirty years old gave scarcely any impres sion—an authentic document from the year 17S7 yielding mere ^traces. Soaking the paper in week hydro- ohloric acid gives opposite results, as handwriting a few months or a few years old is at once removed by his acid, while old ink has suffered such a chemical charge that lire acid no longer acts upon it. After the experiment it is well to neutralize the *cid by suspending the paper over a capsule containing sal ammo nia. The test appears to be only applicable to writing several years old, and is confined to iron inks. Rev. Henry Ward Btecher has taken ground against making the pulpit a free advertising medium tor secular objects. The oldest stove probably in the United States, is the one which warms the capitol at Richmond, in Virginia. It was made in England in 1770, and warmed the House of Burgesses lor sixty years, before it was removed to its present location, where it has been for thirty years, it has survived three British mon- arebs; has been contemporaneous with four kingly monarchies, two republics, and two imperial govern ments in France. The great Amer ican republic has been torn by in ternal strife, the breach partly heal ed, and still the old stove remains the same, unmoved in the midst of all. By the substitution of a T. for an L., by some incorrigible typo, a contemporary is made to advertise a religious book under the equivocal title of “Tight of Evening Time.” The small-pox has become epidem ic in London, and the rapid increase in mortality causes alarm. The deaths from the disease, which in the first week of January were 79, in the third week increased to 188.