Newspaper Page Text
V/ O TLm m
tt|p GEORGIA CITIZEN
••*** . . j.- ,j ; ,r monrnx at ti V) j*r annum In
■ • • ■vx'ilarc!.wife will tx 0* D'Jlar
’ , , r ,, r .L> nr It**, for the drat iniier
h 'ihewjtien iniwtion. All a<l
to time, will he published until
__.iv. A Ulenl <licnunt allowed
~ r ten lines, will he charged at the
iliiates for office to he paid for at
, —'TES ii- rt'-l- _ |[
, ‘ w.th enmity “(Beers, Dniejfists,
.. ther<, who may wish to make
V *’ ‘ ’ Kxee’itor*. Adminietra
,, ~ - ■,! tiy law to he advertised in a
am ts the day of sale,
he drst Tnewtsv In the month,
ItnMOa and three in the af
i.e oooty in which the prop
t ‘. ~,,| ivopertv must be xlvertiaed in like
, • ‘ | ( rxditors of an Estate must be
Vdw __ _ _
.t *:;! be matie to the Ordinary for
i i .■, must be published weekly for
. , , ... r . / a laJnistiaWon, thirty days; for
ivii ■■ .. m'Othly, m months; for
seekly. forty days.
. ‘ ''l .f,,- ui VlurtsMea monthly, four
•< ■ l "* rl .• pers. for the full space of three
n i xecutora or administrators
j, -t fivt ■ the deceaaed, the full space of
i island RihinouCaiih will be inserted un
p-, i.s-inn _ , iiV 1 .. . vii:
fl 00
. • ,1 10 00
, t ,. ti,i. : i-< will be admitted, unless paid
than twelve months. Ad
-V .-.ms will be charged pro rota. Ad
t'vid fi't in l''aao* will be charged at the
iEHiiSiS
LANIER & ANDERSON,
ITTOBNEYS at law,
Mcon, G-a.,
P T i'g i of the Macon Circuit, and in I
- M nr i- and Jones; also In the I
i.VEK J AX EKS< >N liave also recently become the
. I -.inpanle* :
• YA INST'KANCE AND BANKING COM
lil ?sch M IVAntUnac is President, and O. K.
/ AIAiIAVA FIRE AND MAAINE INSUR
A>"| M _ mery, of which T. 11. WattaU
.. nr! A. Williams is Secretary.
... a. ! risks on slaves taken at uual rates.
[i H. A. METTAUER,
jiVi,ii spent a poition ofthree succesaive years in
1 •.iijaty, during which time he has limited his
,r;< exclusively to Surgery, now respectfully
-• the citiaens of Macon and surround
i jsj* r, til the branches of his profession. Offlce
Essl Corner of 3d and Cherry streets, over
sin Arres’ new Grocery Store,
usd?—tf
O.BjRICE,
1 NO REPAIRER
SfPIA.IVO ROUTES,
i?hntnert\y located in Macon. may
uMrsara. Virgin’s and at E. J. Johnston A Cos.
ilOWrsffjjjHO TE L,
Opposite the Passenger Oept,
ii m m *
a•• KkOWil, Proprietor,
ir ‘inis ready on the arrira’ of every Train.
iftll—tf
L. N. WHITTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MACON, OA.
w;.,v • Concert Ball,over Payne’s Drug Store.
J. K. DAVIS,
act Broker. Coilvctar A. Qcaeral Ag’t.
!u am xiknjej to in any county In this State,
a-isret Jackup %eti 4mwU, Oh.
LOCHRAND & LAMAR~
Attorneys a.t, Law,
MACON, GA.
Dice by the Mechanic’! Ranh.
Ai v ’ ’Sr.t L..S txU. is A. it.. “i to SP. M. ami also
m. *’ “ T
1 -J 4 u a.! the of the Mao*u <?lrcuit and tn
C. A. LOCIIRA9K. JOR9 LAMAR.
SPEER St HUNTER,
mo UN K Y SAT LAW,
Macon, Gn.,
Trtanu’Blar Blork, Corner of Cherry
Street ami Cotton Uenne.
i-- sandaled a- [..irtnerv in the practice cf Law in
- :• tlr, the llaeon aid adjoiolnx CircuiU, and
t t the State by special contract—also, will attend
frtoiereC urtsatSavanriah atid Marietta.
ALEX. M. SI’EER.
SAMUEL HUNTER.
THE LIVER
INVIGOR ATOR!
PREPARED BV DK. SANFORD,
C-MPfIUNDEO ENTIRELY FROM BUMS,
}’ -wt l*..r*:.uve and Liver Madtoßesnow before
* . “ M x.tj v-i I'stf.srtlr. m*ler, niU*ler, kcd
-i. Uju. „.y L ’j, r r medicii.* kbown. it is uot on
bat !,:* ittmtdy, nMiig firctootbe IJver
b u.. Muru.tcit Mtti bowels to
* ‘ i- *<>■• ii.i.iufclny two purposes eCte-
‘.Hi .iftljs |>4tnrui ImUbcs experienced in tfec
* i'tltutn. It Mrinj-theiiii the system at
rv • tt • amt srhe** tlr-r, ,latty in nir.4-
’■■■ i u ‘i tiu.M u
’*•* - 1 ■ f*’'] • IrdnciuU regulators of the
t’J , ; t j ri*.rin* its function* ■.
i ‘* ■' s-rj X full) developed. The Mow
■ . , • healthy action
• £ n rs. i mailer ol it* foaeMeßet
w .a-eis are at fault, and
• Trs ; n|’ ~ a jeo ueiice ot oneorpan—
®Wall ,i 0 it*4uty. For the dlfr
’.-io, .re off . jtM proprietors hits ma<le it
1 vt.vot more than twenty years, to
wy • , v w -*"Te-i i with to counteract the many
*,ae Ua.w liable.
, ‘ l i^. r T. n ** ‘is at iast fnetul any person
!• * UiSK:* OOMI'LAINT, in any of ita
a *-1 cw tle.and convict ton is certain.
ej!{ r ‘morbid or had niatter from
, , ‘ lr,| t > w their place a healthy Sow of
<’ ad., caustna food to <lijce*t
iwu : THE mm BLOOD. elvUtf tone and
c* e- -i iery, rrmonae the cause of
, “.’ ‘its; iiaicure.
it *.‘.r*' , Kh are cured, AND. WHAT IS
n li\ ToiyKivi m £ [ b> U * e oceastonal uae of the
t i* s .fdcWutlc reuevetuestom
- ’ L.‘‘ f '°d ®* .from rUinf andßhurina.
At —wt*4*s. before prevent* NIGHT
fct ** taker, at * :.:#ht. loosens the bowel*
~ ?*T! Cos r.- rIVCNSSS.
‘ssciuner eacli a* .meal will cure DYSPEP
,tr
•, 4, & will always re
••‘.4 U e*“ Ki 5= ! ****W oUtmUions remove*
and make* a fir.-'hct cure.
• i....ediatt'-i i jly relieve* CHOLIC, while
t repeated *** ,i> a sure cure for CHOL
-0~ h.aodapre _ .'tentative of CHOLERA.
* ‘i* m. needed to throw out of th
kin* after a lonic i!okne.
* • IFACNDICE remove* all
-itunaltol- lor from the skin.
. 1 ‘b -rt ■■ [time tiefore eatinmeive* vl*-
V . ‘ r,: : Wr.- g, ‘f.sddipest well.
. - “fated SJ cure* CHRONIC DIAR
while SUMMER and
ix . tto the first doe.
* care* Mi |attack* Cadged by WORMS
’ . ‘t‘ , 'ur. r er. safer. *r speedier remedy
11 *rrr ifa \fmßt.
* it.es cures I>ROPSY, by escitinp the
b • ; in re- .mmendlnp this medicine
:: FE- _ VElt AND AGUE.CHIIX
r .'.:.it; FEV ERS of a BILUOCS TYPE.—
and thousand* are wtllin* to
V’ nh, ™’ ‘t. tue*.
l* iu i v, I,J.*r’” 1 ,J.* r ’” *'*inn iheir unanlmou* eti
mt* ,bP,,!,Uorm ’
LI VER INVIGORATOR
‘ ‘‘V*’ MEDICAL nISCOVEHY, and is dally
, ’ ;; !-’ *? i ‘‘° ft'"** to bt.teve. It cure* a* if by
,'tosf giuing benefit, and seldom more
.‘t ’ : -a . i cure any hind of LIVER Com
i u~ l ’ / -*“ ,> dor or Dyspepsia to a commor.
or tichrette result of a DISEASED LIV
IC * OK * DOLLAR PER POTTLE.
SANFORD It CO., 1 rqurietor*.
345 Broadway, New York.
u^°“ al ° Agoiat*:
. ‘‘i ? lA&r v •*■ T - W Dyott A S-ma ndladel
irr .-i * n: rs. H. Hay AOo„ Portland;
t •’. y i hhsn; Qa/lord k IlammoLd, Cleveland
iu’ H r ei?'-' 1 ‘u. *i ;O. 4. TVis-d k Cos, St. L'.ui;
i
- 1 toppirts icr'. lts iolm.it and Retail by
I'* lip.tat HVJ T A CO.
Maevß, Ua.
JOHN. T. BEARDEN. JAMES. TnOS. ELLIOTT
BEARDEN & ELLIOTT,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
-A, T L^W.
Camden, Arkansas.
B<S^^katL.*. tt4!U,l *° *“ BuriUe “ eDt,U l^ d s^.^ em ,n
Exchange on
NEW YORK FOR SALE AT THE
MANUFACTURER’S BANK.
mar 29—ts
Artclrow Wind,
American, Canadian A European
Advertising and Subscription
oftioe.
X. 13:1 V4SS4I STREET,
(Next door to the Nassau Bank,)
(UPSTAIRS,) NEUYORK
novl-tf
JOHN CLEGHORN,
DEALER IN *
jHSBHs.VUDLrs, HARMiSS, LFATHEK,
BTBBER BEIHSk.
Li Saddlery Hardware,
Etc. Ete.
Has Removed to the new Brick Store on cherry street, one
Door above the Manufkcurerb’ Bank and opposite to Meear-.
Roes. Macon. Ga.
PATTEN & MILLER,
(Ut PATTED, HriTOX k Cos.)
Commission Merchants,
SAT.tNIV.4II, firORMIA.
O. PATTEN. A. J. MILLER.
July 2.1353. )y
DR. A. PIERCE,
HOMCEOPATH
Office in Washington iliock.
Medicine Cases, and Books on liime-ftic I’raUioe for sale.
Maixui. July a. 18SS. _ly
National Police Gazette.
rjIIIIS Great Journal of Crime and Criminals is in Its IJth
X Year, and is widely circulated throughout the country
It contains all the Great Trials, Criminal Cases, and appr. t ri
ate Editorials on the same, together with information ou rl
minal My tiers, not to be found in any other newstsiiier.
tVSnliscriptions, ii per Annum,; tt for Six Months, to be
remitted by Subscribers, (who should wTite ti;eir names and
the town, county and State where thev reside o'ainl’O
To n. A. Ssi’MUUft, ■
Mditbr A Uroprietor of the
National Police Gazette,
aorjs d—ts New Ytvk City,
Card PrintiDg,
I N elegant style, on the FnHti‘*it I’re-aa in ihe 4'lt% , from
♦ %i ncr tbo'i-unil opwar>U at
AffDKKW?- .FOB Or HOE.
kp*— ts Near Ralstoi.'s Hall.
F< ‘I l SALK.
4 hWEiLMi’O HOUSE, containing five rooms and a
Xm. four avje la. iluateil in the Southern suburt sos this
city. There :.• aline well of never failing water, and an
orchard of excellent fruit on the place.
Any one desiring to purchase can apply to the present
own. r. fsep 3-tt] Mrs. L. A. OARLKTON.
CIRCULiARS.
SOME beautiful stock, selected by the proprietor, for this
branch of the business, which will be worked up In usual
neat style, and cheaper than the cheapest, at
ANDREWS’ JOB OFFICE,
sep 3—ts ‘ Near Ralston's Hall.
NEAT! OCICRI lEiP !
ANDREWS*
Job Printing Office,
Ralston’s Building, Cherry St,
rfYIIE l*roprietor world jet-an tis uuoss wr the very lib
i ersl polinoa.e .e.cowtd upon him during the last year,
and would resgk-ctfuily announce to all In need of work In his
line, that he Is still prepared, with every thing requisite, for
the execution of superior work, at prices as reasonable as any
establishment in the country.
fW~ I‘articular attention given to Fine Work—for Rail
Road. Insurance, Express and Telegraph Companies, Ranks,
Merchants and kusiness men generally. sep !—tf
IH'UM’S
PHOTOGRAPH
AND
FINE ART GALLERY,
TRIANGULAR BLOCK.
IHAY'Kjust returned from New Y'ork with ah late im
provements In the Art, among vbieh is V Vrvy Picture
on Paiier, called tjis ‘ ‘ “
NEILEOGRAPH,
very convenient for sending in letters, and beautiful, too
Also, a large and well selected Stock of Cases of every
description, of the best Euroiiean and Amencnn Manu
facture. among which are fine French Oval. Velvet,
Pearl, Tortniae Shell, and new and beautiful patterns
of the universally admired Union Cases, any of wU.h yili
ka acid cheap, with juperio; Relate* fn any of tti various
styles, and every Likeness warranted to give entire satisfac
tion. Call and examine for yourselves. __
sep 10—ts J- A. PUGH.
DAVID ROSS,
800 XX2NF 13 i‘3 XX
lyp ‘
ACCOUNT BOOK MANUFACTURER,
CONTINUES to make BLANK BOOKS rcr Courts,
1 Counting Houses and Rati Hoads, and to Und all varieties
of Printed \t ork, with superior neatness and dispatch.
MUSIC
Bound with Elasticity and Elegance.
Law Book’s
Bound in the most approved styles.
Harper’s Weekly and Magazine,
Graham'*, tlodo V **•<! 1,1 °° er Periodicals and U*ga
xlnee. Kouiul In neat and cheap Binding,.
Particular attenUon paid to tfcc re minding valuable old
l^ooki.
Orders from a distance will meet with prompt att >utioa.
Office comer of Third and Cherry Streets,
over G. T. Rogers Jt Son, Macon , Ga.
ang 13—1+ ‘
SITY HOTEL,
MACON. GEORGIA.
THE undersigned, prateful for past Aeons, would lufOTO
hi* fnendi- :.ad the out lie that l.e sail keeps tms Hotel,
(come, of the Court Hoos: square.) open for li./urter and
The followlnp are the rate* of fare established till further
noticee..
Board and Lixiginp. per month •**
“ without Lodping “ 1* JJ;
“ per Day 1
Sinple meal, each ——
Li-dginp p=r inpht. o>
sep lfli—4m T.S. KILPATRICK. Pioprietor.
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH
OABIjB
CAN BE SEEN AT
B. A. VISE'S Store
Who is now receiving his Fall Stock of
House Keeping Goods,
Cutlery , Silner and Silver Plated Ware,
Stoves, Grates, Ranges,
Vf r <oJ Ware, Rrootns, Brushes,
Matts, Tin, Enameled a<J
Hollow-Ware, Japan and
Planished Tin Ware ,
And it general assortment of
HOUSE KEEPING HARDWARE,
Which he is prepared to eal t very low yrtees for CASH
° r |{litiu'tittipniauy thank* for the lioera; patronage heretofore
I,eSdved? “tu!d !ec
exiuiuiAt! hi* pw<iit *tocs of Guccis. WISK,
MACOKr, GA. OCTOBER. 18, 1858.
the ektraxced.
by- t. h. CHI vers, m. n.
And. I heard a great voice from Heaven , saying ,
Come up hither.”
Sweeter than ten thousand Singers
Singing Sdnura of heavenly love,
By the beautiful Light-bringera,
Rape in unison above;
Came to me God's voice, while sighing,
With this sweet rapportal kiss—
T |> in Heaven to me down-crying—
Fillincr all ray soul with bliss—
Come up lather! Come vp hither !
Then I ceased my ceaseless sighing—
Ceased my weeping—ceased to pray—
When mv soul to Heaven went flying—
Lit?! ted out of night to Dav ;
Where I saw the God of Glorv
Circled by the Seraphim.
And the souls that once were sorr) r ,
Who had called me up to Him—
“ Come up hither ! Conne up hither!”
But I heard no wailing, weeping
Never saw, ag we do here ;■
But the heavenly Reapers reaping
Harvests through the livelong year;
Heard the silver crystal fountains,
As when God did call my soul,
Rolling down the immortal Mountains—
Making music while they roll—
“ Come up hither! Come up hither /”
Then I beard the Angels singing
Sweetest songs of heavenly love —
Saw the great Light-bringers bringing
Blessings down from Heaven above;
Heard the holy heavenly thunders
Os the silent voice of God,
Opening up the joyful wondera
Os that BeautifilL Abode—
“ Come up hither! Come up hither /”
Then I saw the broken-hearted
Healed, as they had never bled ;
Meetings of the long-departed,
Living now that once were dead j
Saw the faithful re-united,
To the faithful full of love;
Whose high hopes on earth were blighted,
Bloom anew in Heaven above—
“ Come up hither ! Come up hither !”
Then I saw the night of sorrow
Changed into eternal Day,
Which can never bring to-morrow—
For it cannot pass axyqy,
Heayd the rapture of Barth's sighing,
As the Morning melts to Even,
Die into eternal dying
In the voice that fell from Heaven—
“ Come up hither! Come uy hither!”
Then I heard the joyful Chorus
Os ten thousand Angels., roll
Down th© flowery Yiea b ©for© vtt|,
Spreading bliss from soul to soul—:
Saying to the Earth-born evep-^>
(Every human heart in pain—)
With the love that lasts forever—
In this Heaven-born, sweet Refrain —
“ Come up h ither ! Come up hither /”
Then I heard the peaceful silence
Ot the raptures of sweet peace,
Blossom through the Golden Islands
Os the cairn Pacific Seas
Os the blissful Paradises
0/ the Heaven of God’s dear love^,
In this odor of sweet spices.
Filling all the Courts above—
“OOME UP HITHEBI COME UP HITHER!”
Villa Allegba, Ga., June 24, 1857.
For the Citizen.
SCHOOL DAYS.
§allie B. Expcrluieiitiiin*
I believe 1 have mentipned my efirly
friend and class mate, the oracular Sallie
B., —famous for trying fortunes, and en
tering heart and soul into any mischief
we school-girls might concoct, for opr
own edification and Qimisement. 1 must
tell you something more about her. One
long, hot summer’s afternoon, when
Betty, Ellen, Sallie and I, had come out
decidedly minus in the knowledge of “re
ducing a fraction to its lowest
and our teacher, in return, had locked us
up In the K apparatus room,” which, by
the-by, was as often used for that pur
pose as for chemical experiments, Sallie
told us mysteriously she had “ found out
anew way to try fortunes,” and pro
posed that we should all stay with her
that night and take a peep into our fu
ture destinies. To this proposition there
was not a dissenting voice. Ghost stc.
ries were wile away the
tedious hour we were to be kept in
“ durance vile.” Qur small stock was
soon exhausted, however, and having no
other means of entertainment, we con
cluded to experiment a little with a small
galvanic battery which we espied qp a
lower shelf. No sooner thought of than
operations commenced, To lift it from
the shelf, place it on the floor and open
it, was easy work. Sallie, who had seen
the battery tried repeatedly for rheuma
tism in her mother’s family, and under
standing it better thAn the rest of us,
was unanimously elected chief operator.
After uncorking and peeping into half a
dozen black bottles, she stooped and
poured a quantity of blue liquid into the
informing us at the same time
that it wa9 a solution of bfaestane and
copperas. The battery was soon pretty
heavily charged, and the wires trembled
with electricity. Ellen had just com
plained of headache, and Sallie offered
her the first shock. EJllen advanced and
knelt. Sallie took up a cork to which
was attached a wire and metal, and plac
ing it in Ellen’s hand, she took up the
other cork and immediately clapped it to
Ellen’s temple. It had the happy effect
of making that young lady yell like an un
tamed Indian ! And such a yell!—itdeaf
ened us! —itrushed through the key-hole,
startlrd the school, and astonished the
teacher, who rose hurriedly, unlocked
the door, and stood before us! I never
will forget the puzzled expression on the
countenance of dear, good old Mr. M.,
as he glanced rapidly at the battery and
the four culprits around it, and the
change that took place in his look and
manner when he fully cornpi ehended the
scene. We were hadly frightened and
confused. He observed this, and quietly
remarked, “ Young ladies, are you in
the h abit of amusing yourselves in such
a very shocking manner ?” Sallic at
tempted an excuse : “ If you please, sir,
Ellen complained of a headache, and I
undertook to galvanize her for it.”—■
“Ilem ! Galvanize her, hey ? I’ll put
this machine out of your reach, young
ladies, and woe be unto her who touches
any other apparatus in this room. Do
you hear that, young ladies?” We ac
knowledged we did. “Galvanize her
indeed ! 1 sometimes wish you girls in
Ireland, you worry me so!” “A very
kind wish, sir, such weather as this,’
politely replied Ellen, fanning herself
with her apron. “1 guess we’d feel very
ICK dated (isolated) there, sir,” put in
Betty, who never oould resist the tempta
tion to pun, no matter how bad the pun
might be. “No doubt! no doubt!” said
the teacher, looking at Betty with a
merry twinkle in his eye ; then walking
to the door, he turned, and resumed :
“ You will oblige me, young ladies, by
remaining in this room the remainder of
the afternoon, and I would advise you to
keep still, 1 shall send your slates and
books, so that you can employ your
selves better than galvanizing /” lie
then left the room and fulfilled his prom
ise, much to our chagrin and mortifica
tion, for we knew very well that our
teacher intended for us to study, and in
tended to be obeyed, too, although his
words were mild and g**utle—more like
he w is asking a favor than giving a oom*
mand.
The afu-Mioou came to an end at last,
as all afternoons do. School was dis
missed, our prison door unbolted, and
we went home with Sallic, as previously
agreed.
It was just one hour before midnight
wfien Sal lie, who had left ihe room h
moment before, re appeared, and placed
on a table near two case knives and two
eggs. She left the room again, and nga'n
returned with a small boiler and a tea
oup full of salt. We all occupied one
room in the lower story that oontained
two beds, “ There is just an even num
ber of us,” said Sallie—“ two couples.
Each couple must act in concert without
speaking a word. Indeed, there must be
no speaking until morning. Whoever
speaks, they break th.U charm hanging
over (heir pwtt particular fortune; but
pot those of the others. So long as we
don’t speak just so long we will be un
der the influence of—of—er—l’ll be
dogged if I kv.ow exactly whatj but
something ! Y°M understand, though—~
we musn’t talk. Each couple will take
up an egg, put it in the boiler, and when
it boils take it out and cut it in half.
Each person takes a half, throws out
the yellow, peels the white, fiils the
cavity full of salt, eats it and goes to
bed. You will be sure to dream that
somebody hands you a drink of water—
if it is handed in a gourd you will marry
a poor man ; if in a tin, a man in easy
circumstances ; if in a glass, he will be
wealthy
We maintained a profound silence,
and followed Sallie’s directions implicit
ly. As soon as we had fopoed ourselves
to swallow the unpalatable mess, the
clock struck twelve, we blew out the
light and Tetired, 1 do not know how
long I had been asleep, when 1 awoke
with a shudder and an unpleasant faint
ness. 1 turned over, and fell into a doze,
and awoke as before, 1 turned over
again. It did me no good. 1 sat up in
the bed and felt no better—worse, if pos
sible. I was greatly nauseated. I groan
ed once—twice —thrice; then finally
gasped. “Oh Sallie, I’m jo sick A
faint titter under the bed clothes was
the only reply I received. “Sallie—
Ellen—Betty!” No reply. “Sallie,
please get up and give me a glass of
sweet milk.” Sallie drew up md gave
me kick that almost landed me on
the floor. “ Sallie, where are the match
es und the keys, Q—h! Til get the
milk. Oh dear!” No reply from Sal
lie, but another kick. I could stand it
no longer; but, springing from the bed,
I staggered, rather than walked, to the
back door, threw it open and took a seat
on the lower step. No emetic ever had
better effect. I lost my fortune and felt
relieved, but still too sick to go back to
bed. I laid down on the floor with my
head in the door, and the cool night
breeze fanned me to sleep, amid sup
pressed giggling from my indefatigable
room-mates.
When 1 awoke the day was far ad
vanced, and the girls were laughing and
chattering over what they were pleased
to term :ny “ last night’s spree.” I did
not enjoy it then, for my throat was
sore, and I could scarcely speak from
hoarseness. “That’s what you get for
lying all night in the door,” said Sallie,
alluding to my hoarseness. “ That’s
what you get L>r talking, and breaking
the charmsaid Ellen. “That’s what
you get for getting sick,” chimed in
Betty. “ No, that’s what 1 get for try
ing my fortune, I never will eat another
egg. What did you all dream?”—
“Nothing,” said Ellen. “I dreamed,”
said Betty, “that I was sucking up water
out of a mud-puddle with a parcel of
hogs!” “I had a night-mare,” said
Sallie, quietly. “ Indeed,” I replied, “1
suppose that’s what made you kick so !”
An hour after school was taken in wo
all became inmates of the apparatus
room again, with a modest request from
the teacher to have our last night’s les
sons perfect before he opened the door.
And we did.
MOLLIE MYRTLE.
The water which drowns us, a fluent
stream, can be walked upon as ice. The
bullet which, when fired from a musket,
carries death, will be harmless if ground
to dust before being fired. The crystal
ized part of the oil of roses so graceful
in its fragrance—a solid at ordinary tem
peratures, though readily volatile—is a
oompound substance, containing exactly
the same elements, and in exactly the
same proportions, as the gas with which
we light our streets. The tea which we
daily drink, with benefit and pleasure,
produces palpitations, nervous trem
blings, and even paralysis, if taken in
excess ; yet the peculiar organic agent
called theine, to which tea owes its qual
ities, may be taken by itself (as theine,
not as tea) without any appreciable effect.
The water which will allay our burning
thirst, augments it when congealed into
snow ; so that Capt. Ross declares that
the natives of the arotio regions “ prefer
enduring the utmost extremity of thirst
rather than attempt to remove it by eat
ing snow,” Yet if the snow be melted,
it beoomes drinkable water, when melted
in the mouth it has the opposite effect.
To render this paradox more striking,
‘V,- have only to remember that ice,
which melts more slowly in the mouth,
is very efficient in allaying thirst.—
Black wooa.
“ Mother, Sing Jerusalem. ’’
The last words of beautiful boy who died in
Boston a few years since.
A child lay in a twilight room,
“With pallid, waxen face ; ,
A little child whose tide of life
Had nearly run its race.
Moat holy robes the angels brought,
By holy spirit given,
Ready to wrap the child In them
And carry him to heaven.
And shining wings, with olaspa of light,
Two shining wings they bore,
To fasten on the seraph child,
Boon as the strife was o'er.
Ferobanoe their beauty made him think
Os some harmonious word,
That often from his mother’s lips
The dying one had heard,
It might be, tor she whispered low,
“ Sing, mother, sing,” and smiled ;
The humane knelt beside the couch—
“ What shall I sing my child ?”
“Jerusalem, my happy home,”
The gasping boy replied,
And sadly sweet the clear notes rang
Upon the even tide:
“ Jerusalem, my happy home,
Name ever dear to me,
When shall my labors have an end,
In joy and peace in thee?”
And on she sang, and breaking hearts
Beat slow, unequal time—
She felt the passing of the soul,
With that triumphant chime,
“ O, when, thou city of my God,
Shall I thy courts ascend ?”
Thev saw the shadow of the grave
With his sweet beauty blend.
“ Why should I shrink at pain and woe,
“ Or feel at death's dismay ?”
The ceased—the angels bore the ohlld
To realms of endless day.
Ths Useful and Beautiful. — The
tomb of Moses is unknown ; but the
traveller slakes his thirst at the well of
Jacob. The gorgeous palace of the
wealthiest and wisest of monarch*, with
the cedar, and gold, and ivory, and even
the great Temple of Jerusalem, hallowed
by the visible glory of the Deity him*
self, are gone, but Solomon’s reservoirs
are as perfect as ever. Os the ancient
architectuary of the Holy City, uot one
atone is left upon another ; but the pool
of Bethesda commands the pilgrim’* rev
erence at the present day. The columns
x>f Persepolis are mouldering into dust;
but its cisterns and aqueducts remain to
challenge our admiration. The golden
house of Nero is a mass of ruins ; but
the Aqua Claudia still pours into Rome
its limpid stream. The temple of the sun
atTadmor in the wilderness, has fallen;
but its fountains sparkle as freshly in
his rays, as when thousands of worship
pers thronged its lofty colonnades. It
may be that London will share the same
fate of Babylon, and nothing be left to
mark its site save mounds of crumbling
brick-work. The Thames will continue
to flow as it does now. And if any work
of art should rise over the deep ocean of
time, we may well believe that it will
be neither a palace nor a temple, but
some vast acqueduct or reservoir; and
if any name should flash through the
midst of antiquity, it will probably be
that of a man who in his day sought the
happiness of his fellow-men rather than
their glory, and linked his name to some
great work of national utility and benev-
olenee. This is the true glory which
outlives all other, and shines with undy
ing lustre from generation to generation :
imparting to works some of its immor
tality, and in some degree rescuing them
from the min which overtakes the ordi
nary monuments of historical tradition,
or mere magnificence.— Edinburgh Re
view.
From the Chickasaw & Choctaw Herald.
An old Story In anew Ureas.
DT r. E. PIKER.
“ I tell U u twaa told to me.”
Avery long time ago, in the western part
of England, there lived an aged couple,
whose time had passed away since early
youth, in the everyday round of farm life,
and who had never been known to have the
least ill-feeling towards each other since the
time when good old Parson Heriot had uni
ted them in the holy bonds of wedlock,
twenty-five years before. So well was the
fact of their conjugal happiness known, that
they were spoken of, far and near, as the
happiest pair known. Now, the Devil (ex
cuse the abrupt mention of his name,) had
been trying for twenty years to create what
is commonly called “ a fuss in the family,”
between these old companions. But, much
to his mortification, he had not been able to
induce the old gentleman to grumble about
breakfast being too late, once, or the old
lady to give a single curtain lecture. After
repeated efforts, the Devil became discour
aged, and had he not been a person of great
determination, he would doubtless have giv
en up the work in despair. One day as he
was walking along, in a very surly mood,
after another attempt to get the old lady to
quarrel about the pigs getting into the yard,
he met an old woman, a near neighbor of
the aged couple. As Mr. Devil and the
neighbor were very particular friends, they
must needs stop on the way to chat a little.
“ Good morning, sir,” said she, “and pray
what on earth makes you look so badly, this
beautiful morning; isn’t the controversy be
tween tiie churches doing good service ?”
“Yes, isn’t Deacon W. making plenty of
bad whisky ?”
“ Well, what ia the matter, my highly
honored master ?”
“Everything is going on well enough,”
replied the Devil, “but,” and here he looked
as sour as a monkey on a crab-apple tree,
“ old Blueford and his wife, over here, are
injuring the cause terribly by their bad ex
ample, and after trying for years to induce
them to do better, I must say that I consid
er them hopeless.”
The old hag stood for a moment in deep
thought. “Are you sure that you have tried
every way?”
“ Every one I can think of.”
“Are you oertain ?”
“ Yes.”
“ Well,” replied she, if you promise to
make me a present of anew pair of shoes,
in case I suooeed, I will make the attempt
myself, and see if I can’t raise a quarrel be
tween them.”
To this reasonable request the Devil gladly
assented. The old hag went her way to
neighbor Blueford's house, and found old
Mrs. Blueford very busily engaged in get
ting things ready for her husband’s comfort
ou his return from work. After the usual
compliments had passed, the following dia
logue took place: ,
“ Well, friend 8., you and Mr. B. have
lived a long time together.”
“ Five and twenty years, come nexL No
vember,” replied Mrs. B.
“ And in all that time you have never had
the least quarrel.”
“ Not one.”
“ I am truly glad to hear it, but,” contin
ued the hag, “I consider it my duty to
warn you, that though this is the case, yet
you must not expect it to be always. Have
you not observed that of late Mr. B. has
grown peevish and sullen at times?”
“Avery little so,” observed Mrs. Blue
ford.
“ 1 knew it,” continued the hag, “ and
let me warn you in time to be on your
guard.”
Mrs. B. did think she had better do so,
and asked advice as to how she ought to
manage the case.
“ Have you not noticed,” said the hag,
“ that your husband has a bunch of long,
coarse hair growing on a mole under his
chin, on the side of his throat ?”
“ Yes.”
“ These are the cause of the trouble, and
as long as they remain you had better look
out. Now, as a friend, I would advise you
to cut them off the first time you get a chance,
and thus end the trouble.”
“ If you say so, I will do it,” replied the
credulous old lady.
Soon after this the hag started for home,
and made it convenient to jueet Mr. B. on
the way. Much the same talk in relation
to his domestic happiness, passed between
them as did between her and the old woman.
“ But, triend Blueford,” said she, “I think
it my duty as a Christian, to warn you to
be on your guard, for I tell you that your
wife intends your ruin.”
Old Mr. B. was very much astonished, yet
he could not wholly discredit her words.
When be reached home he threw himself
upon a bed in great perplexity, and feigning
sleep, studied over the matter in his own
mind. His wife thinking this a good oppor
tunity for cutting off the obnoxious hair,
took her husband’s razor and crept softly to
his side. Now, the old lady wa9 very much
frightened at holding a razor so close to her
husband's neck, and ber band was not so
steady as it once was ; so, between the two,
she went to work very awkardly, and pull
ed the bain instead of cutting them off—
Mr. B. opened liis eyes, and there stoo l his
wife with a razor at his throat! After what
had been told him, and seeing this, she could
not dou’t that she intended to murder him.
He sprang from the bed in horror, and no
explanation or entreaty could convince him
to the contrary. So, from that day forth,
there was no more peace for that house.—
It was jaw, jaw, quarrel and wrangling all
the time.
With delight the Devil heard of the suc
cess of his faithful emissary, and sent her
word that if she would meet him at the end
of the lawn, at a certain time, he would pay
her the shoes.
At ,the appointed time, she repaired to
the spot and found the Devil at the place.
He put the shoes on a long pole, and stand
ing on the opposite side of the fence, hand
ed them over to her. She was very much
pleased with them, they were exactly the
article.
“But, there is one thing, Mr. Devil, that I
would like to have explained : that is, why
you hand them to me on that stick ?”
“Very easy to explain,” replied he, “any
one who has the cunning and meanness to
do as you have done, don't get nearer than
twenty feet of me /” So saying, he fled in
terror.
After awhile the old woman died, and
when she applied for admittance to the low
er regions, the Devil would not let her in,
fear she might dethrone him, as she was so
much his superior. So the old woman is
yet compelled to wander over the world,
creating quarrels and strifes in peaceful fam
ilies and neighborhoods.
Would you know her name ?
It is Madam Scandal. When r dit and,
her children, the young Scandalt 7E 1 were
left orphans, but the Devil, in consideration
of past services done by the mother, adopt
ed them, and as you see, he is the father of
that respectable class called scandal mongers•
The IT. States Claiming quick*
sliver Itflues worth $40,000.*
000.
A suit has been commenced by the Uni
ted States Circuit Court for California, to re
cover the New Alraaden quicksilver mines,
situated in Santa Clara county. The prop
erty is worth $40,000,000, and the annual
profits about one million dollars. This suit
may be considered one of the most gigantic
ever commenced in America, and will in
volve litigation for a number of years. The
mines are now held, worked and enjoyed
by John Parrott, banker, of this city ; Henry
W. Halleck, fermerly Captain of the Topo
graphical Engineers, and now a member of
an eminent law firm; Jas. R. B dton, Wm.
E. Barrow, John Young and Robert Walk
inshaw, The United States claim the grant
made originally as a fraud, and that the de
fendants are intruders and have no right to
the mines. A prayer ia made in the bill for
the appointment of a receiver to take charge
of the land, to receive the rents and profits,
and work, lease and mauage the mine; that
defendants be enjoined from interfering fur
ther with the lands, and they be held to ac
count for all th# ore and qu'cksilver con
verted to their own use and for all waste
done the land. On the 9th of this month
the argument will he heard before Judge
McAllister, on the application for the ap
pointment of a receiver and the issuaaceof
an injunction.
The District Court of the United States
lias been for years engaged in hearing testi
mony on behalf of the claimants for the
mine. Volumes of evidence have been ta
ken, and it is only a week since that the
examination of Alexander Forbes, a witness
for the United States, terminated. The
suit is now taken out of the jurisdiction of
the latter court, and the question to be tried
is, whether the original grant was not a
forgery, and, in such event, that this quick
silver mine, value forty million dollars, and
the profits received by defendants since it
came into their possession—averred to be
eight million dollars—should not be trans
ferred and paid over to the United States.
The final disposition of this case has in
terest to the people of the entire country.
If the United States is successful, property
of the value mentioned passes into its pos
session, but if it ends adversely to the plain
tiff, an expenditure of several hundred thou
sand dollars in the way of legal expenses
will be the consequence. In tLe meantime,
if an Injunction issue and a receiver is ap
pointed, one million dollars annually will be
paid into court.
Mammoth Trees in California.
On the 23J and 24th of June I visited
the celebrated Mammoth Tree Grove, in
Calaveras county, accompanied by brother
J. D. B'.ain and brother 11. Bland and lady
We reached the grove at four, P. M., on the
23d, and put up at the 11 Mammoth Tree
Grove House,’’ the only public, indeed, the
only dwelling house at the grove. The ac
commodations were satisfactory. A semi
weekly paper, entitled the Big Tree Bulletin
and Murpity s Advertiser, is edited and print
ed on the stump of what is called the big
tree, though it is not by any meai.s the
largest tree in the grove. There are ninety
six of those wonderful trees in a circuit of
about one mile. These trees do not stand
alone, but in a forest of large trers, gener
ally pine and cedars. They are truly won
derful, and, like our great lakes, one must
see them fully to appreciate their vast di
mensions. Sugar pines, eight feet in diame
ter, and more than two hundred feet high,
standiug in the near neighborhood of these
wonderful growths, seem mere saplings iu
comparison. “Tne Father of the Forest,”
lies in stately gran leur on the ground, hav
ing been blown down nobody knows when,
his huge torm measuring one hundred and
wro. an.
twelve feet in circumference, and by esti
mate four hundred and fifty feet in length.
I say by estimate, for the top is broken off,
three hundred feet from the root But as
the tree is eight feet in diameter where it
is broken, it is reasonably supposed, judging
from the general taper, that one hundred
and fifty feet must be added to complete its
length. “ The Mother of the Forest” ex
cites commiseration. There she stands de
nuded of her bark, one hundred and twenty
feet from the ground. This was done about
four years ago, and yet, so tenacious is
she of life, a few green tuffs still adorn her
head. The framework of the scaffolding is
still standing, and the spiral stairway, form
ed by large pins driven into the tree. We
did not ascend this stairway, as the gentle
manly conductor thought the pins might
not be reliable. “ The Big Tree” was cut
or rather bored down some timo ago. The
leveled stump forms the floor of an arbor,
in which, as stated above, is the editing
and printing office of the Big Tree Bulle
tin. The but log, some thirty feet long
lies on the ground, and is ascended by a
neat stairway of twenty-six steps. The
trees are perhaps all named. Besides those
above mentioned, there are “The Two
Guards,” “The Three Graces,” “The Twins,”
“ Hercules,” “The Hermit,” “The Beauty
of the Forest,” etc. Some take the names
of the several States and of onr distin
guished men. “ Winfield Scott is a tree of
most noble dimensions and proportions,
and mostly grandly represents the noble
chieftain whose name it bears. But enough
about the big trees. —Bishop Scott's Letters’
Snuff Dipping. —We clip the following
from a North Carolina exchange:
There are, perhaps, in our State, one hun
dred and twenty-five thousand women, leav
ing out of the account those who have not
cut their teeth, and those who have lost them
from age. Os this number, eighty per cent,
may be safely set down as snuff dippers.—
Every five of these will use up a two ounce
pnper of snuff per day—that is, the one hun
dred thousand dippers, two thousand five
hundred pounds per day, amounting in one
year to the enormous quantity of nine hun
dred and twelve thousand pounds. In this
number of snuff dippers is included all ages,
colors and conditions, from Dinah in tfie
kitchen to the mistress in the parlor—from
the litt’e miss of four years old to her old
grunty grandmama, who has but two snags
in her head. lam glad there are some of
both black and whi'e who are above the
nasty practice, included in the twenty per
cent, which I have excepted.
Think of the effects of this habit. Os
these dippers, sixteen hundred marry every
year, thus palming that number of sickly
carcasses upon a like number of the sterner
sex to pay doctor’s bills for, during the re
mainder of their lives. Snuff is a greater
curse than liquor in those places where it is
used as a dentrifice.
We are no li*tle astonished at the state
ment, and must believe it an exaggeration.
We have olten heard of dipping as very
prevalent in Texas, but we are convinced
that North Carolina can beat us out and out.
Judging from what we have seen in our
travels in different sections, we believe 25
per cent, of the women of Texas would be
a la'ge estimate of those addicted to this
vice. And as the ladies, not ten per cent,
of them ever use the noxious “stick.” Those
that do are as easily distinguished as a bloat
ed drunkard among gentlemen. Those who
have seen the sallow complexion, the wan
look, the premature wrinkles, the faded
countenance which the “ dipper” of a few
years addiction to the habit is sure to pos
sess, cannot be mistaken.
It is a practice which should be frowned
upon by all. Between “dipping” and in
temperance, by all means give us the latter.
It lowers a woman from the creature of pu
rity, one to be loved for all that is womanly,
delicate, refined and beautiful, to a !
supply the word, reader, for we cannot.—
What, a beautiful girl, with a smooth, fair
brow, delicately-pencilled eye-brows, spark
ling eye, a cheek in which the rose and the
lily strive for predominance and mingle in
the perfection of loveliness, lips of ruby
closing in dewy gentleness over pearls which
vie in beauty with the richest of the oriental
sea, to daub filthy Scotch snuff upon ber
teeth, until her brain is giddy, and squirt the
juice upon the floor—faugh! augh !! augb!!!
John, quick, hand here the basin.— Houston
( TYxas) Telegraph.
Odd Fellows’ Thanksgiving Day. —The
Uuited States Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows,
at the recent session in this city, adopted the
proposition “to set apart the 26tti day of
April, 1859—the fortieth anniversary of the
organization of the order —to be observed by
the Grand Lodge of the United States as a
day of thanksgiving to Divine Providence
for the unexampled prosperity which has at
tended the order since its organization on
the American continent.” The city of New
York was selected for the place of this na
tional jubilee, and committees appointed who
are charged with the details. This will be a
magnificent display. On a like celebration
in Boston, several years ago, ten thousand
Odd Fellows marched in processiou.
Rice Pie. —To a pint of rice boiled soft, add
a pin: of rich cream, two eggs, salt, and a
little mace. Let these ingredients be well
mixed, spread half the quantity in a deep
bakiDg dish, lay pieces of chicken upon it,
and cover them with the remainder of the
rice, and bake it iu a hot ov< n.
Some musical publisher or teacher once
wrote or said “that the art of playing on the
violin required the nicest preception and
the most delicate sensibility of any art in the
known world.” Some country editor com
menting on the same, says “The art of pub
lishing a country newspaper and making it
pay, beats the art of fiddling higher than a
kite.