Southern recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1820-1872, January 30, 1872, Image 1
Volume LIII.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1872.
Number 3
THE
jJouUunt
BY
B.’A. HAERISON, OEMS & CO.
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Farmers, Please Notice.
W E are in receipt of
J00 bushel* Red Clover SEED.
JflO
■ TIMOTHY.
200
1 Kentucky Blue GRASS.
50 0
‘ Orchard GRASS
JUG
1 Red Top or Herds GRASS.
55 4
4 Alsike and Sapling CLOVER.
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chased by us in the West, directly from the
growers, and are fresh aud pure.
We keep a complete stock of every class of
IMPLEMENTS, MACHINERY aud SEED,
which \re would be pleased to have you call
aad examine.
ECHOLS Sf WILSON,
Jackso* Street, Augusta, Ga.. and Broad
Street., Atlanta, Ga.
September 5, 35 tf r
rriHE undersigned respectfully informs the
A citizens that they are prepared to furnish
Timber, any amount and size, at their Lum
ber Yard in Milledgeville, at low rates. Call
on our Agent, Mr. C. B. Mundy, for terms and
N. & A. CARMANNEY.
prices
decl'J-tf
WHAT is HEADACHE? 18 nine cases
out of ten the source of headache is not in the
brain, but in the stomach. Indigestion is the
most frequent cause. The digestive organs
being disordered, they derange the action of
the liver, the bowels, the kidneys, and the
nerves, and the whole secretive and excretive
machinery being as it were thrown out of gear
the brain suffers. Restore the natural tone of
the stomach and bowels with a few doses of
Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient, and headache aris
ing from this cause is at once arrested. This
deTightful preparation is the best remedy for
chronic and periodical headache at present;
known, and is absolutely invaluable as & atom
achic and gentle cathartic.
Sold by all DRUGGISTS.
jau9 1872-2 w.
NATURE’S
J. Walker Proorletor. a H. McOoxald & Co., Druggists az<5
Gen. Ag’Es, SanFraucisco.Cal., tcI3-aad34 Comicoret: St.X.Y.
MILLIONS Bear Testimony to their
WtaHerful Curative Effects.
They are not a vile Fancy Drink, made of Poor
Rum, Whiskey, Proof Spirits anil Refuse Li*
uuors doctored, spiced and sweetened to please the taste,
called “ Tonics,” “Appetizers,” “Restorers,” &c., that
lead the tippler onto drunkenness andruin, but are atrue
Medicine,made from the Native Roots and Horbs'of Cali
fornia, free from all Alcoholic Stimulants.
They are the GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER aud
A LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Reno
vator and Invigorator «of the System, carrying off all
poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy con
dition. No person .can take these Bitters according .to
directions and remain long unwell,provided their bones
are; not destroyed by mineral poison or other means,
and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair.
They are n Gentle Purgative as well ns a
Tonic, possessing, also, the peculiar merit of acting as
a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflammation
of the Liver, and all the Visceral Organs.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, in yonng or
old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood or at
the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters have no equal.
For Inflammatory nud Chronic KUeunia-
tism and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bil
ious, Remittent ami Intermittent IFcvers,
Diseases of the Blocil, Liver, Kidneys and
Bladder, these Bitters have been most successful,
finch Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood,
which i* generally produced by derangement of tho Di
gestive Orgnus.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Bcadaohe.
l’ain in the Shoulders.Conghs, Tightness of tho Chest,
Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste
in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks. Palpitation of tho Heart,
Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the
Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the
offsprings of Dyspepsia.
They invigorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid
Liver and Bowels, which render them of unequalled effi
cacy in cleansing the blood of all impurities, and impart
ing new life and vigor to the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions. Tetter, Sab
Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car
buncles, King-Worms, Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas,
Itch,Scurfs, Discolorations of tho Skin, Humors and Dis
eases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally
dug up aud carried out of the system in a short time b.y
the use of these Bitters. One bottle in such cases will
convince; the most incredulous of their curative effects.
Cleause the Vitiated Blood whenever you find its im
purities bursting through the “kin in Fimplos, Erup
tions or Sores; cleanse it when you find it obstructed and
sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it is foul, and
your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure,
and the health of the system will follow.
Piu, Tape, anil other Worms, lurking In the
system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed
and removed. Says a distinguished physiologist, there
is scarcely an individual upon the face of the earth
whose body is exempt from the presence of worms. It
is not upon the healthy elements of the body that
worms exist, but upon the diseased humors and slimy
deposits that breed these living monsters of disease. No
Bystem of Medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelmintics,
will free the system from worms like these Bitters.
J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. H. MCDONALD A CO„
D—ggists and Gen. Agents, Ban Eraucisoo, California,
’-and 32 and 34 Commerce Street. New York.
BarsOLD BY ALL DRLUGISTS AND DEALER!,
For Sale by JOHN M. CLARK, Drugist.
Milledgeville Ga
RAOWAY'S READY 1LIEF
CUitZS XXX£2 WORST FAINS
in from one to twentx minutes. Not
One hour.
after reading this advertisement need any one
SUFFER WITH PAIN.
Radway s Ready Rebel is a fare for every
pm.
It was the first and is
TISE O.ULV PAIN KE.11EDY
that instantly stops the most excruciating
pains, allays Inflamatioc, and cures Conges
tions, whether of the Lungs, Stomach, Bow
el 3 ! or other glands or organs, by ono sppli
cation.
In from one to twenty minutes, no matter
hotr violent or excruciating the pain the
Rheumatic, Bed-iidden, Infirm, Crippled,
Nervous, Neuralgic, or prostrated with dis
ease may suffer.
The application of the Ready Relief to the
part or parts where the pain or difficulty exists
will afford ease and comfort.
Twenty drops in half a tumbler of water
will in a few moments cure Cramps, Spasms
Sour Stomach Heartburn, Sick Headache
Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Colic, Wind in the
Bowels, and a Internal Pains.
travelers should always carry a bottle of
Radway’s Ready Relief with them. A few
drops in water will pr.eveut sickness or pains
from change of water It is betater than
French Brandy or Bitters as a stimulenf
FEVER AND AGUE,
Fever and Ague cured for fifty cents; There
is not a remedial agent in this world that was
cure Fever and Ague, and all other Malarice,
Bilious, Scarlet, Typhoid, Yellow, and other
le
PORTER FLEMING,
COTTON FACTOR
AND
COMMISSION HIE KCHANT,
Office, Jackson Street, opposite
C. H. PHINJZY & CO.
AUGUSTA GEORGIA.
H AYING made arrangements with the
Planters Loan and Savings Bank, to
advance on cotton in Store, at the lowest rate
of interest, many years experience, and the
low rate of co mmissions, I trust will insuie
me a full share of business.
Oct! 31, A3 3m
DARBY’S
mam
Free from the Poisonous and
Health-destroying Drugs us
ed in other. Hair Prepara
tions.
No SUGAR OF LEAD—No
LITHARGE—No NITRATE
OF SILVER, and is entirely
Transparent and clear as crystal, it will not
ill the finest fabric—perfectly SAFE, CLEAN
jd EFFICIEN T—desideratums LONG
JUGHT FOR AND FOUND AT LAST!
It restores and prevents the Hair from be-
>ming Gray, imparts a soft, glossy appear-
ice, removes Dandruff, is cool and refreshing
i the head, checks the Hair from falling ofl,
,d restores it to a great extent when prerna-
irely lost, prevents Headaches, cutes all hu-
ors, cutaneous eruptions, and unnatural Heal.
SA DRESSING FOR THE HAIR IT IS
HE BEST ARTICLE LV THE MARKET.
DR. G. SMITH, Patentee. Groton Junction,
lass., Prepared only by PIIOCTOR_ BROTH-
RS, Gloucester, Mass. The Genuine js put
p in a psnnel bottle, made expressiy for it
itk the name of the article blown in tbe glass,
sk your Druggist for Nature’s Hair restore
rs, tnd take no other. „„
For sale in Milledgeville by L. W . HUNi
, co
In iSpirta, by A. II. BIRDSONG & CO.
p July 2 ly. Feb23 ’71 iy*
T MARRWALTERS’
Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
MARBLE MONUMENTS, TOMB
STONES AC., &C.
Marble Maatels and Furniture-Marble of all
kinds Furnished to Order. AM work for tlio
Country carefully boxed for shipment.
M ali 12 p ’711 ly. Rebl,’71Jy
MBB—Qgg —SHMaaqgB
rpHlS invaluable Family Medicine, ioi
A purifying, cleansing, removing baa
odors in all kinds of sickness; lor burns
sores, wounds, stings; lor Erysipelas,
rheunatism, and all skin diseases; for
catarrh, sore mouth, sore throat, diptheria;
for colic, diarrhoea, cholera; as awash to
soften arid beautify the skin; to remove
nk spots, miluew, fruit stains, taken in
tcmally as well as applied externally; so
Sigh ly recommended by all who have used
it—is for sale by ail Druggists and Coun-
ry Merchants, aud may be ordered di
rectly of the
DARBY' PROPHYLACTIC CO.
1G1 William Street, N. Y
p Dec‘24’70 Ly. r.May2 nJuno3 ly
Wm. H. Tisox. Wm. W. Gokdan
TISON & GORDON,
(establish! n, 1854 )
COTTON FACTORS
AKI)
Commission Merchants,
112 BAY STEE2T
SAVANNAH, GA.
B AGGING AND IRON TIES ADVAN
CED on Crops.
Liberal Cash Advances made on Consign
ment of Cotton. Careful attention to all bnsi-
ness, and prompt returns Guaranteed,
oet. 9 r & n 4in.
"LAWTON,’" II ART Tc0*”
FACTORS AND
Commission lerclianls,
Grt.
U sual advances made Cotton in Store
oct. y r ter 4m
CHARLESTON HOTEL
E. IS. JACKSON,
Proprietor.
CHARLESTON, S C,
Fevers (aided by Rad way’s Pills) so quick
Rad way’s Ready Relief. Fifty cents a bott
HEALTH ! BEAUTY !!
Strong and pure rich blood—increase of flesh
ana weight—clear skin and beautiful
complexion secured to all.
DR. RAD WAY’S
SAilSAl’AIIILLlA.Y RESOLVENT
Has made tlie most astonishing cures so quick
so rapid are the changes the body un
dergoes, under the influence of
this truly wonderful Medicine,
that
Every day an Increase in Flesh
and Weight is Seen anil Felt.
VSSl£ d IS Si.II 1 CSSjOOO PVIZKFSBiR
Every drop of the Sarsaparilian Resolvent
communicates through the Bicod, Nweat,
Urine, and other fluids and juices of the sys-
[ tem the vigor of life, for it repairs the wastes
j of the body with new and sond material. Serof-
j ula, Syphilis, Consumption, Glandular dis
ease, Ulcers in thc^ throat, Mouth, Tumors,
j Nodes in the Glances and other parts of the
i system, Sore Eyes, Strnmorous discharges
j from the Ears, and the worst forms of Skin
| diseases, Eruptions, Fever Sores, Scald Head,
Ring Worm, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas. Acne
! Black Spots. Borms in the Flesh, Tumors,
| Cancers in the Womb, and all weakening and
i painful discharges, Night Sweats, Loss of
| Sperm and ail wastes of the life principle
: are within the curative range of this wonder
I of Modern Chemistry, and a few days use
will prove to any person using it for either of
l l,ese forms cf disease its potent power to
I cure them.
A r ot only does the- Sarsaparillian Resolvent
excels all known remedial agents in the cure
of Chronic, Scrofulous, Constitutional, and
Skin diseases; but it is the only positive cure
for Kidney and Bladder Complaints, Urinary
Bad Womb diseases, Gravel. Diabetes, Dropsy
Stoppage of Water, Incontinence of Urine
tright’s Disease, Albuminuria, and in all ca
ses where there are brick dust deposits, or the
water is thick, cloudy, mixed with substances
like the white of an egg, or threads like white
silk, or there is a morbid, dark billions ap
pearance. and white bone-dust deposits, and
when there is a pricking, burning sensation
when passing water, and pain in the Small of
the Back and along the Loins.
DR. RAD WAY’S
PERFECT PURGATIVE PILLS.
perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sweet
gum, purge, regulate, purify, cleanse, and
strengthen. Radway’s Pills, for the cure o,
all disorders of tlie Stomach, Liver, Bowels-
Kidneys, Bladder, IVervous Diseases, Head,
ache, Constipation, Costiveness, Indigestion!
Dyspepsia, Billiousness, Bilious Feyer, In?
flamruation of the Bowels, Piles, and all De
rangements of the Internal Viscera. War
ranted to effect a positive cure. Purely Veg
etable, containing no mercury, minerals, or
deleterious drugs.
Observes the following symptoms resulting
from Disorders of the Digestive Organs:
A few doses of Radway’s Pills will free the
system from all the above named disorders
Price, 25 cents per Box. Sold by Druggists.
Read “False and True.” Send one letter-
stamp to Rid way & Co., No 87 Maiden Lane
New York. Information worth thousands wil
be sent you,
r July 4 1871. 26 ly
neons.
Two Ways of Bearing Trouble.
It was a cold disrr.al evening in
November, that two laborers might
have been seen wending their way
along the streets of a large manulac-
THE GREAT* BLOOD PURIFIER
PROPERT.IES&A PLEASANT-DRINK...
ALLSKIN DISTASES & ERUPTIONS .
DYSPEPSIA &• GENERAL DEBILITY.
NERVOUS 01SEASES LIVER COMPLAINT
SESOFTHEKIDNEY& BLADDER
AREC0OD fORTHE MENTAL ORGANIZATION
EY WILL- RESTORE YOUTHFUL VICOR
IRREGULARITYOFTHE BOWELS,
Will save days of suffering to the sick, and
The grand Panacea for all the ills of life.
Tlie Hurt
bitters,
OF
&mn
PHYSICIAKS THERE,
r ^ PBESCB1BE IT HI
mu
Bitters are un-’
equalled and have often b>
means of 6aring life.
T R Y_ O NE BOTTLE-
PULASKI HOUSE
Savannah, Ga.
W. H WILTBRRGEB, Proprietor
tunng town.
Slowly they proceeded, with de
jected countenances, not exchanging
a word until the one whom we shall
call Smith, halted before a neat lit
tle house and unlatched the gale.—
Then there was such a look of utter
misery and despair gleaming from
his eyes, that his companion mur
mured, “We must trust in God,
Smith.”
Yes,” he articulated gloomily,
and going to the cradle took tip tlie
six weeks’ old baby, and sorrowful
ly pressed it to bis heart.
1 do wish you would put that
child dowy and gel ready for sup
per,” exclaimed his wife, after en
during his gloominess for some time.
He slowly obeyed, anil then seat
ed himself at the table with a sigh.
What in the world is the matter
with you to-night?” she asked, as
he sat down opposite him.
His voice trembled as lie replied,
I suppose you might as well know
first as last. I have been discharg
ed.”
“There!” exclaimed his wife
quickly, pushing back her chair ;
“just what I might have expected !
I’d like to know what we are going
to do now. Winter coming on and
all. I declare, Smith, you will tor
ture me to death.”
“Sorry ! No, you are not sorry at
all. You would just as lief see your?
wife anti children starve as not. It’s
nothing in the world but your poor
managing.”
“Lydia, you are cruel. Instead
ol helping me to endure my great
trouble, which is bearing me down
to the very earth, you make it ten
times harder for me to bear. 1 was
not tbe only one discharged. There
was Jim Hawley and ever so many
others. Business is dull.”
“Businessis dull 1” she mimicked
after him. “Always an excuse for
a worthless man. To think that you
should be discharged now, just as
our rent is due ; aud then we are
out of wood ; and iobk*wtrMny shoes,
won’t you f rity feet almost on the
ground. I wish I had never mar
ried J’ou,” and a dark look accom
panied the last words. The poor
husband now covered his face with
his hands and groaned aloud. This
seemed to encourage his wife to go
on ; for she uttered words more and
more Litter, until at last, driven al
most to a state of freenzy, the
wretched man rushed from the house
to the tavern, and there sought to
bury the thoughts of the past and fu
ture in the rum cup.
In the meantime James Hawley,
his companion in labor, entered his
home with a very sad countenance.
But before he had stepped over the
threshhold a loving pair of arms were
thrown around his neck and a pair
of sweet lips were pressed to his.—
He returned the salutation sadly,
and then enquired for the baby.
“She is sleeping sweetly in her
cradle. She has been a perfect lit
tle darling all day. Supper is wait
ing, so make haste. Here is warm
water and a towel. Are you not
later than usual to-night f”
“Yes, Mary ; I bring bad news to
you.”
“Bad news!” she exclaimed, turn
ing pale as, for the first time, she no
ticed that something was wrong.
“Yes, I was discharged to-night,
and I do not know as I can get any
thing to do before spring. Business
is so dull.
“Is that all ?” asked his wife, with
a sigh of relief. I thought it was
something terrible enough ? What
will become of us this winter, if I am
out of employment ?”
“The same God who feeds the
sparrow and clothes the lilies in the
field, will not let us suffer, dear
James.”
“God bless you, dear Mary.—
There is sweet comfort in your
words.”
“And now let us have supper,”
sxclaimed his, wife, cheerfully.—
“See, I have your favorite dish—
shortcake and toast. Do not let
your troubles impair your appetite,
and then, after tea, will talk it over.
God doeth everything for the best.
And as our day, soshall our strength
be.”
In the evening it was determined
that the quarter's rent should be
paid immediately, a new supply of
coal obtained, and the remaining
portion of tlie money placed in the
wife’s hands to be dealt out as spar
ingly as possible.
Then Mary suggested that all her
pretty parlor furniture should be
put away in the garret, and the
front room let out. Further than
this they could lay no plans, and as
the husband went out to pay the
rent, the future looked so datk to j selves the credit system formerly at-
the young wife that she could not tained pioportions which it never
altogether restrain her tears; hut could have done with people less
seeking strength Irom on high, her scrupulous concerning their pecuni
face wore the same ch*-eitul smile ; ary obligations,
when her husban d return* d, and lit- j They are an honest people. Such
tie did he know that during all that a thing as the stealing of public mon
night long, while he and his haby j rys through political party machina
were soundly sleeping, his wife lay lions was an unknown thing in any
awake planning out the future.
Three months have passed with
out a day’s work all that time, and
now another quarter's rent is due.
In vain ihe laborer thrusts his hands
into his empty pockets, and in vain
racks his brains for some solution of
l/ie problem bow the rent is to be
paid. The lodger bad paid his
money monthly, but then ihrt was
not enough to meet the sum, if he
of the Southern Slate Governments
until since the close ot the war, and
the standard of mercantile honors
was so high in most of the Southern
cities that a man’s word was as good
as his bond and one who failed to com
ply with it, was as rigidly excluded
from mercantile circles as he wool i j
be here (New York) from the privi
leges of the Slock Board under simi
lar circumstances. Ami u is onlv
had it, and of course his wife had ! since the changer! condition of affairs
spent that as fast as she had receiv
ed it, and it was an everyday won
der to James how Mary managed so
well.
With feelings of deep despair he
entered the house. The table was
spread with the same favorite dish
There was the shortcake and toast
flanked with a golden lump of but
ter, a plate ot honey, and a deep
dish of roasted apples to be served
with sugar and cream, while at his
wife’s plate sal the. steaming tea pot
As James look it in, all at one glance
he greatly wondered at the frugal
yet comfortable way of living. How
his wife had been able to make the
small amount ol money last so long
was a mystery to him and yet he
could not help wishing inwardly
that she hud been more economical
then, perhaps, the rent might have
been paid, and he fell that it would
be better to have subsisted on one
crust of bread rather than be turned
out doors homeless.
He refused to sit at the table plead
ingthat he had no appetite. And i
large tear arose in the strong man’s
eyes as he informed his wife that on
the morrow ihey would be turned
Irom their home, to go he knew not
where, as he had not a dollar in his
pocket to secure them a room else
where.
“Is that it ? ” exclaimed his wife
in a soft lone, and trijfped up stairs
and soon returned and placed two
len-dollar bills in his hand.
“Where did you get them ?” he
asked eagerly, turning them over on
his* v tiands as though to ascertain
whether they were really genuine
or not.
“I earned them,” replied his wife,
gaily. “I knit afghans, shawls, chil
dren’s hoods, sacques and socks; at
first only for those whom I provi
dentially heard wished articles of
the kind, and afterwards was em
ployed to furnish a trimming estab
lishment with my work.”
“And kept it a secret from me?”
“Y'es, because 1 thought you would
be worried for fear i was doing too
much. I love to knit dearly, and
consider it more of pleasant pastime
than labor.”
“God be praised for giving me
such a wife 1” exclaimed her hus
band earnestly; and pressing his
wife and child closely to his bosom,
said : “Her children rise up and call
her blessed ; her husband also ; for
many daughters have done virtuous
ly, but thou excellest them all.”
Twenty years have passed, and
James Hawley is a rich man. But
Joseph Smith is a confirmed drunk
ard, while his wife has long since
passed from earth, a victim of mise
ry and want.
Why will not wives aseist their
husbands to bear their trials with
helping hands and hearts? If they
wouid but do so, how many families
would be saved from ruin, and how
sweet would be their reward, not
only upon earth but in heaven.
From Tho South.
SOUTHERN CHARACTER.
We gave some reasons last week
why the Southern people possessed
a more unified and harmonious char
acter than those of other sections of
our country, but we did not particu
larize these characteristics, intend
ing to return again to the subject.
They are a generous people. Liv
ing in a country where nature yields
her gifts with a bounteous hand,
growing rich from the prolific pro
ducts of the land, havingan abun
dance, the Southerners’ home has
always been synonymous with hos
pitality’, and their large-hearted anti
generous disposition furnished an
ever ready means of their identifica
tion w herever they travelled. There
is nothing little or mean in theircom-
position.
They are an honorable people.—
Among business men the credit of
Southern merchants has always
ranked first, and even under the
terrible wreck of fortunes brought
about by the war, that credit has
been maintained with wonderful
steadfastness. It is a very rare
Hiing for a Southern merchant—
“one to the manner born,” to
seek to defraud his creditors. In
lh?ir transactions amongst them-
in ll.e South that it has been thought
necessary to provide more than the
most ordinaty precautions against
the visits ol burglars or thieves. We
have left our doors wide open or un
locked for months at a time in one of
the print ipal Southern cities, without
having the least apprehenson of a
visit from a line!. We could not
recommend the same course there
now.
Even during the war, W’hen the
temptations to dishonest practices
w r ere so great, very few instances
occurred ot peculations or defalca
tions amongst the public officials of
the Confederate Government. The
demoralization whieh-swept over our
entire country, as a result of the late
civil war, touched more lightly the
South than it did other sections.
They are a cultivated people.
We are aware that this declaration
may not meet with as ready an as
sent as the previous ones; but we
know whereof we affirm, and w'e
mean it to its fullest legitimate con
clusions. We have enjoyed oppor
tunities of comparing the intellectu
al, moral and social culture of the
Southern people with that of ether
sections, and, as a Southerner, are
entirely satisfied with the result.
There is a degree of true refinement
ol manners, based upon and grow
ing up from a proper educational,
social aud religious system of train
ing, for which all the" best charac
teristics ol her people are favorable,
to be found amongst the Southern
people alone ol all the people of this
country. In no other section will
be found better educated men and
women, in the true sense of the term,
better schools and colleges for this
purpose, better read people, more
earnest and thoughtful men, more
polished and refined women, more
eloquent and effective public speak
ers, more conscientious and devoted
Christians, than in the South.
Our readers may think it immod
est to speak thus in praise of our
selves, but really it has been com
mon so long to hear every one speak
ill of the South, to think and say that
no good was in her, that her people
were heathens, or uncivilized des
peradoes, and to talk of the superi
ority of other portions of the coun
try, that we are determined to re
main silent no longer; but shall, so
far as we have the means to do so,
spread abroad the truth about the
noblest people and the most magnifi
cent country that the world con
tains, and if our word reaches homes
where there may be aspirations for
’ife amongst such a people, and in j continue to burn without being re-
such a country, we can in all ear- plenished with oil.
girl, for a communion occasion, often
costs more than all (he money given
by the whole congregation into tbe
Lord’s treasury.
I believe that tbe salary paid to
many a faithful pastor is leaf than
what is given by the same people
for whiskey and patent medicines.
I believe that generally a minister
had better be in his study preparing
food for bis people on next Sabbat h|
than going about condoling with
every old woman who has cracked
her sugar-bowl; or some old fogy
who beleives that these are the very
worst times ihatever were.
1 believe that the poor widow,
who cast her wo mites into the
treasury of the Lord, had more real
happiness than all the millionaires
in New York city ever experienced.
I believe it is foolish to expect in
children the gravity that is proper
in great-grandfathers.
1 believe that to encourage young
people in amusements that are inno
cent, is the best preservative from
those that are vicious.
I believe that Christian people
have to do with secuiarities as well
as sanctities.
1 believe, at the proper time and
place, there is no sin in a good joke,
or a sparkle of wit, ora bubble of
humor.
I believe there is sometimes more
virtue in a hearty laugh, than in a
box of pills.
1 believe that debt is a sin and a
shame, and a source of a thousand
miseries in Christian people.
I believe that nothing it so sure
to end in disaster, as an attempt to
rob God.
I believe that he cannot be a
healthy Christian who gives less
than the Jews gave a thousand years
before Christ came.
1 believe there is wealth enough
among our Southern Presbyterian
peopla to increase the present ave<*
rage rate of giving among them ten
fold ; and, if they would thus give,
they would be far happier than they
are or than they are likely ever
to be.
I believe that God never has and
never will bless a psople that are
faithless to their obligations to sup
port their pastor.
I believe there is a great deal of
ignorance among those who preach
tbe gospel, as to what tbe gospai
realy is.
I believe that no man can make
his own heart better by all tbe patch*
ing and tinkering be can bestew
upon it; and that his only safety is
in getting a new heart.
1 believe that “sinners are saved,
not by using the means of grace, or
reforming their lives, but by be
lieving the gospel.
I believe that the man who trie*
to believe, or tries to do anylhieg
c/se to recommend himself to Goo*
is working on a treadmill, end will
never make any progress
I believe that ail doing and all try
ing to do something as a means to
secure God’s mercy is contrary to
faith, and will end in death.
I believe that the true Christian
is already pardoned and already
saved, and a knowledge of this fact
is his joy and his strength.
I believe that a minister can no
more preach instructively without
laborious study, than my lamp will
we can
nestness assure them, going with
such feelings, such a heart}’ wel
come and a cordial greeting as will
prove the truth and sincerity of our
declarations.
From tht ’Southern Presbyterian.
My Creed.
I believe that a religion that will
not make a man happy in this world,
will not make him happy in any
other world.
1 believe there is no piety at all
in a long face, any more than in a
long nose.
I believe that Christ and His peo
ple have a belter right to the good
things of this world, than the devil
and his people.
I believe that a minister of the
gospel has as good a right to drive
a fast horse, and wear a fashiona
ble coat, and eat a good dinner, as
any other sinner.
I believe there is more religious
ness in the Church, than there is
true religion.
I believe that the man who won’t
rust his business to God, won’t
trust him with His soul.
1 believe there is no overplus of
honesty and fair dealing among pro
fessors of religion.
I believe that a great deal of what
is called evangelical religion in this
day, is no better than the Pharisee-
ism of our Saviour’s time.
1 believe that the man who does
not know that he is a Christian is
in a very bad way.
I believe there is more devotion
showed, in many a country church,
to fashion and manners, than to the
Lord.
I believe that the outfit of one
I believe that the language in
which the gospel should be preach
ed, is the language which people
use every day around their firesides
and in their business, and not the—
to them—unknown tongue of the
schools and books.
I believe that one of the best rules
for making sermons is the utter dis
regard of all rules.
I believe that red tape and a want
of common sense have wrought a.
world of mischief in the Church.
I believe that this is a pretty good
sort of a world after all; and that it
is a blessed thing to live and work
and suffer here if these are done for
Christ.
I believe that the man who is not
hated and slandered by somebody
is not of much account.
I believe that he who is always
whining about the hard times and
his personal troubles is a disgrace
to Christianity.
I believe that the first step towards
repairing a brokeu fortune is to make
a generous offering to the Lord.
I believe that the “wisdom of
this world” is as much at fault in
managing money matters, as in
devising a scheme of salvation.
I believe that decided convictions
and their fearless expression will
command respect even from the
bitterest opponents.
Old Game.
A set of paper car wheels on ons of
the Pullman ear* running to Jersey
city, have run over 160.000 miles of
track, sod worn out entirely one set of
steel tir< §, which have been replaced.
The ordinary wheels, it is said, will «b]w
ran 60,00(1 wiles. *