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VOLUME 10. THE GEORGIA CITIZEN -g fi blishd test fridat morxisq bv L. F. W. ANDREWS. nt'FU’E —/* Jl'irui’ H Ittiildiny, Cherry Street, 7V Dixir* brtow Third Street. TEB'Is: —?i,SO iw annum, in idianrr. , a* th** ivau’sf t-harze will be One D i>hir -m 1 om€ words >r it*** f r thf Hi>t inaer , i<l F ft* Cent* t*>T e%ch All ad .ft tit# u.*t auecltted *§ to tini**. wll be until i an*! chrirjsea accord n*tj\ A liberal dL-ooiut allowed wbi advert U by the year. r; . ra | nrranitvrneuts made with County Officer*, Dnigjrint#, Vu’ - ‘ fN McrckiUtlf*. sum! others *ho may wU4i to intake i r i f,->.i iiinl ai4 B;i4Dnii Canh t!Q be Inserted tin oeftE u ‘l. •* the f‘U<*witic rates rti: F r Five lines per annum # 5 ho ’ <<>. 11)00 S, \a%< nt’ ikt ltd* i-Lw will be ndudtted. lUiietw paid f * ia a*lv met. nor f*.r a l***# X ru than twelve months. Ad rtifi-lat# t over ten lim t will charge*! pro rata. Ad* rtS sir rh tod paid lor in advance wilt be charged at the O i uarv Vdlret olorer tr* line*, will be charged at the ° \!iiiunci-mrat* <nnUlato* f>r <'c* to tw paid for a ,il.-i if Ijiiiil anil \rzror-*. bv Ixwitor*. Ad-i'nlMr* x *. ir! Guardian#. are required by law to be divert i **d in a I? t rizdtc, forty day# pwviwn to the day of sale. 1 he#e £ niqrt l* held on the tir?4 Ttn wfanr in the month, between i h*.ur> of ten lu the fumeewn ana three in the afuMraeoa, at th • t>wrt-hse in the county in which the property is attu *mU- at PrnNal ProjerlV moM b* adveitlwd In like Vxirr l Ih-Mor* and CrriUluni of an E*tate mart be ‘hit aaidlcalW* will be made to the Ordinary for i. c tu i ll I nr* ami Sitroef, nnirt lie published weekly for tli .ii >-■- f>r Letters of Adininistra inn, thirty <!ovs; for Piituwi"tt ‘r<an AdadoMiration, monthlv, *%i\ month#; for Di*mt#Kw fr*m Gtanihndlip, weekly, forty day#. Kale# far Furrf lim ias f lbria:azrs monthly, foe j n rtw; tor etah!t4ltiMf * #*• fttpelh, tor the tail stpae* of tbre i Uh'’ for cotnpdling titles from executors or adniiiiMr** , t ’ .rhV* a bond ha# been given by the deceased, the full of three SRoaths. j&ifttlUnjg* Fo THE Gl. CITJIJtS. To a Ki ioi etl Friend in Heaven. Jlv senile Xriead! but lwrl t<> say, adiea! Tu one so much beloved, so kin i'and true, Andkstow that we shall gtl-et thee never more, Mid ins-new hero we so oft have met before, oh’ would that we could chose the cruel thought— With so much Inner henrt-telt anguish fraught— Fir from our tniu<ls like some nnvpkoine dream. Which bides away at mormugN early gleam! But. alas, we sleep and dream dun thou art here, And woke to shed afresh ttie mourner's tear. We've seen thee struggling in the arms of death. Ami watched, with sadiletied gaze, the th cliug Meath. Then came the coffin, shrotnl. and funeral train; Low broken sighs from itenrts eonvulsed with pain. Ami tears fell last amid those dowers Called front affirtiont own swe-t t lowers. All si, felt tliat iitimau syut|tthy could claim. For those were there* who’se hearts had felt the same, Ami o'er that scene a holy influence wept. Lake wings of angels fanuing her who slept. How many hearts have lieeu oppressed with gloom, Sim-e thoii wast laid witlrin the narrow tomb. EVn ‘mid our festal scenes, so fraught with gladness, it'>r ur minds would come a shade of sadness, As memory, -taithfol to her trust.” and trtie. Would tiring thy lovely image to our view; So spectral form w ith grim and jmllid taee, Hut myself with ail thy uantnd grace, As thou wa- wont with us to live and move Along these halls, the centre of our love. Around thy hearth-stone orphan childhood played, Tiicre. tois the lutpigas child of sects >w at rave, t, To inir iufothiae ear the tafe of grief. And always suwto Nod sons- sweet relief. Young and joyous hearts dwelt hen *ath thy smiles; Tnou hdst tlisir sorrows soothe and tears beguile; 1 Iwt loved to rove amid thy fragrant bowers, In ttie soft twilight's holy vesper honrs. itiv name from their lips in gentle accents fell. Whose liearts seemed Imund to thee by “tiutgio spell.'’ But closer ties around thy lteart did cling. And unto these 1 would sweet solace bring; But no richer halm e er was poured on hearts. Pierced through and through by death’s resistless ■ iargs. Than /An p-irtiay icoeds, and the Heavenly gleam. A* thy Isirk was launched on Jordan's cold stream; And oh! how hard we strained our mortal ken. To [f not rate the Teil which hid thee then! But ‘m as by faith alone, and not by sight. That we saw thee ascend the Heav’nly height. ‘Twv,- s-,d to hear n stricken husband's moaus, A sister s sighs, an aged ntotlier s groans, When that old familiar college lieli, Oiitned in mournful tones, thy funeral knefl. Hitsliand! weep not that she's gone before thee, Though not of earth, she still niay adore thee. Bhe did not wislt, she sai.L “on earth to stay. Till the arm on which she leaned had passed away.” o>r her heart that tide of grief ne’er can flow, Which swept o'er thiue, irnd well nigh laid thee low. Sadc.ster! if thou still dost slicd a tear. F t her whom thy grief-worn heart held most dear, th tiiink of her within the realms of light. With arms entwiued around an angel bright, That ektruMfower that bloomed fev thy side. Till heaven called, then ri/Arrai, tiruope*! amt died. May they not descend from their lofty height. When the pale stars neep through the dim twilight. And all is still save the calm breath of ev'n. And whisper unto thee sweet thoughts of Heav’n. Fond .Mother! ccas,*. oh. cease those heavy sighs. Bright fOot-Meps now point thee to the skies; •by unto thee: that thou hast lived to see Thy liariiKg child who sat upon thy kuee. Ijve through a life crowned with such worthy deeds: Phine is the harvest —tkoeditU stc the she’ll guide no more thy t*w‘ring ft-steps here. No more to earth thou It feel her tender care: But when all earthly things shall fail thy sight, Htr A a,ni may lettd thee to Uie realms of light. Ox* Who Loved He. A Good Story. The Cleveland Herald quotes what it (alls a very good story of the liev. Mr. 1 inney. the revivalist preacher, now President of Oberlin College. The Her all say* that any one who has listened h> ihc c *lloquia! style that Mr. Finney i dilges.n when headdresses the Throne of Brace, can readily imagine the anec dote to be true to the letter. It is as follows: ‘•<>n one occasion, in the midst of prayer*. foe Professor ts said to have thus •ntr dueed himself to the notice of the I'Ord: ‘*And here, O Lord, is thy ser vant. Prof. Finney, ready and anxious to < he used up in thy service, but we pray thee, if consistent w ith thy will, let him he used up as eeonoin : ea!lv as possible.” In the same effort, the Professor thus took off Pro f. Morgan : “And here, Lud, is Brother John Morgan; I xml 1 thou kuowest he has more sense than all of us, butt) Lord, he is so lazv.” At another time, while in the midst of a discourse. Brother Morgan entered the church behind time, with a pair of new hoots, which squeaked horribly as he walked up the aisle. The Professor ab ruptly stopped in the middle,.of a sen fence, turned and cutd iwn Rrother John Morgan with, “Brother Morgan, where did you get those boots l” Mr. Finney, as is well known, many )ears since, was a residcul of Jefferson Countj, X. V., where he once preached m B ,in that county, and was in the habit of going round* from bouse to house, exhorting rnd praying. Being >'neot the clergy men—ofwhomthe world has many—who thinks serious things in ‘•‘-son, on all occasions and in every place, and of those, too, who thinks the use always open, from front door *?. hitchen pantry, for the minister, Mr. ‘ ‘ nnc 7 niade his way into the domicil of ne °f his flock, and finally brought up in lie kitchen, where the good housewife preparing a pot-luck dinner. Mr. mney’s entiance, so inopportune and unseasonable, disconcerted the good lonian, who stopped in her cooking, but uiney. appreciating the value of promp ,lje in dinner, as wall as constancy in prayer, mixed up business with religion saying—“In with your - lister, and then let’* to prays Front the Youth’s Christmn Advocate. Great Destruction Railroad ; Ami Drunkard g Transportation Com pamj, via. Ciderrille, Porterville, Beertoien, II uieville, Brandt/ftoro’ itotHopolis, Whiaky City, etc. .A etc Arrange mint* Commencing Ist i of January 1 —Various efforts to induce the lieri>l.*itiire to repeal tie S charter of this wcl! know n company I having signally failed, the directors have the pleasure of assuring their i numerous friends that this road to | ruin is now in a more prosperous j condition than ever. Within the last three months it has carried more than three hundred thousand pass* engers, who have gone till tlie way through from the town of Temper i anee to the city of Destruction, while i the number of way passengers who have heeii accommodated with con , venient ‘’lifts,” has been almost in j credible. Au enormous amount of freight—such as workmen s tools, ( household furniture, Ac. —has also gone forward, anu from these and other sources of revenue, the i ecipts of the year have been so large that the directors have determined to de clare a dividend of at least fivehuii ! tlretl per cent. Meanwhile,immense expenditures have been made upon various parts ;of the road to render it a favorite with the traveling public. Many of the grades have been altered and re duced, so that only a practiced eye can discern the difference between them and a dead level. Much of the track that has been worn away has ! been relaid with Messrs. Satanas & Co’s patent rail. Convenient depots have been es- j tahlished at different parts of the ! route for the accommodation of pass- 1 engers who may Le waiting the arri val of the trains. The switches have been particu larly guarded, and numerous turn- 1 outs have been made to avoid collis-! ion with the total abstinence engine j and the temperance trains, which , have lately caused so much uneasi- j ness. In short, we have spared no exer tions or expense to make it superior to any other road to ruin, that has thus far been established. It further gives us the pleasure to say that equal attention has been given to the improvement of the engine and the cars. The old and favorite locomotive— Alcohol—-has been thoroughly re paired, and in the hand of Mr. Belial, (the experienced foreman of Sa tanas A C 0.,) we are satisfied it will out strip in speed anything on the road. To fall in with the spirit of the times, the whiskey, rum and brandy cars, to forward passengers, have been greatly enlarged, and the fare reduced to half price. The new la ger beer car, that has been put on within a few months, has already be gun to excite great attention, and we are happy to say, has been found to run as well on the track as any other, and in some portions of the route, is the only cur that is allowed to run on Sunday. But the wine ears (especially) are models of luxu rious conveyance, as even ladies and children can travel in them often times without being aware they are traveling at all. Passengers, however, who prefer the beer car, porter car, Ac., can readily be accommodated by showing their tickets to Mr. Mix, our polite and gentlemanly conductor, who has been so long and favorably* known as the barkeeper of “Drinker's Ho tel,” city* of Destruction. Regulations- —The down train will leave Ciderville at (i A. M. ; Porter ville, 7 A. M. ; Lager beert own, 8 A. M. ; AVineville, 0 A. M. ; Brandy borough, 1U A. M.; Bumopolis, 11 A. M.; Whiskey city, 12 A. M. ; at 1 P. M. this train will intersect at the town of Moderation, the various ac commodation trains from Little Drop, Medicinev lie, Old Pledge, Fashiontown, r ('ustoinvlle, Ac., after ! which the speed of Uu train will be 1 greatly accelerated, stopping howev er. to land passengers at Poorh on Se ville, Hospitaltown, Prisonburg, and ’ various other places on the road. — On Sundays cars will be in readiness for the accommodation of passengers at the above hours, until further no i tiee. X. B.—All baggage, at the risk of the owner, and widows and orphans are particularly requested not to in quire after persons and property at Ruin Depat, as in no ea>c do the di- j fevtors hold themselves liable for ac cident to passengers. W il.i.i.vM Wholesale, Pres’t. Uoukut Retail, Vice Pre'sl. Farmers of the Old School.— Adam was a farmer while yet in Pa radise, and after his fall was com manded to earn his bread by the ‘ sweat of his brow. Job, the honest, upright, and pa- \ tiont, was a farmer, and his stern endurance Las passed into a proverb. Socrates was a farmer, and yet wedded to his calling the glory of his immortal philosophy. rineinnatus was a fanner, and one of the noblest Romans. Bums was a farmer, and the muse found him at the plow, and filled his soul with poetry. Washington was a farmer, and re | tired from the highest earthly sta ! tion, to enjoy the quiet, rural life, and present to the world a spectacle of human greatness. Every one bath enough to do to gov ern himself well. A man is valued as he makes himself valuable. MACON, tIA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1859. The Pleasure of Knowledge. “How charming i.* divine philosophy! j Not harsh and crabbed, as dull tools suppose, llut musical as is Apollo’s lute And a perpetual feast of neetared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. - ’ So sung Miiton two centuries ago and long before that date Plato had an nounced that ‘ the world is God s epistle to mankind.” It is the grand book in which all may read, and whose pages are so full of varied interest and general knowledge that the being who, having power, neglects to study it, surely may be written down an ass, for he deprives himself of an enjoyment such as no oth er pursuit can give. We arc sometimes inclined to be vex ed with our race when we find them all toiling after every vain fancy, some bent i upon one ambition, some another, and but a minority digging in the deep mine of nature for the grandest of all posses ! sious—Truth. Granted that its gold is not yellow, nor its silver white, for its treasures have not the color of material wealth, but they are as glorious aid beauteous as the sparkle of die diamond and as enduiing as ihe hills. Science clothes not her votaries in purple arid fine linen, but dresses them in lovely fl .wers or in irridescent shells, and gives as her reward a contented mind and pm e . soul. The poetry of science sometimes , flashes in the oration of a proles tr, or ! m the pages of a book, but her truest epic is written upon all nnteriality, which proclaims that in ail things there is a law which, wh*n known and applied, shall make man happier, better and more truly human. liy the investigation of the laws w hich govern the objects that are all around us, the motions of the planets, the rela tions of life and health, the destiny of man, and the glory of the Deity, are better understood ; and the lighting of a cottage, the building of a palace, or the cooking of a dinner are better performed. We can never lie in any position in which knowledge is not of value to ns, and we can never prophecy the moment at which j we may most require it. Indeed many of us only know that there is more to be kiiowrn than occurs to us in the daily round of business life, by the discovery that something we do not know is ealeu- I laud to make us richer or give us more ea*e. “But,” exclaims many a petulant person, “how shall 1 study without an instructor V Foolish notion ! the best workman always uses the simplest tools. Have you eyes, ears, nose and hands ? Then you are provided with apparatus, and memory is the tablet on which to write down your impressions. Each one of us is better furnished than a col lege laboratory, or a professor's lecture room, and all that we have to do is to learn the use of our apparatus; and there is no place in the universe where man cannot find some object to interest, some study to pursue. Goldsmith found time to observe nature, and record his thoughts, and in glowing language he tells us that “the blushing beauties of the rose, the modest blue of the violet, are not in the flowers themselves, but in the light which adorns them. Odor, softness and beauty of figures are their own, but it is light alone that dresses them up in ti eir robes, which shame the monarch's glory-'’ Asa concluding in centive to our readers to study foi them selves, as well as to read books and sci entific periodicals, we will give a quota tion from a lecture by Prince Albert of England. “Man,” observed the eminent savant, “is approaching a more complete / fulfillment of that great and sacred mis> sion w hich he has to perform in the world. His reason being created after the image of God, he has to use it to discover the laws by which the Almighty governs his creation, and, by making these laws his standard of action, to conquer nature to his use—himself being a divine instru ment. Science discovers these laws of power, motion and transformation ; in dustry applies them to the raw material which the earth yields us in abundance, but which becomes valuable only by knowledge.” Oh ! that all would study nature more and think of themselves a little 13S; then we should indeed be a people of kings, whose empire would be the world, and whose subjects would be all created things ! The Sky. Heaven is so bright, our Father drew ’Twixt us and it a veil of blue : I’pwurd we bend our gaze and think We see its pavement through a chink, Then dazzled, turn our eyes away, And say, “How bright the sun to-day !” Speak Well of Others. Were we to give a receipt for ren dering every neigh boi hood a compara tive paradise, it would be, “speak well of others.” Short as it may appear and simple as it seems, if universally adopted, it would be found omnipotent for good and productive of untold happiness. But how often are we pained to find the op po&itc disposition indulged. In almost every neighborhood the vile slanderer may be found, sowing the seed of pain and sorrow. The hard-earned reputa tion of the gray-haired sire is frequent ly assailed ; the brilliant prospects of the ambitious youth are darkened, and the fond hopes of the virtuous maiden are often blasted by the, withering re marks of the mabcious calumniator.— None, it is true are entirely faultless, and we may, with much truth remark, there are none so bad as not to possess some good qualities, aiul as charitable beings, it is our duty to mention their faults on ly privately to the erring one. Then, if done in a friendly, sympathising man ner, it may prove salutary. When this christian-like habit prevails, a halo of moral grandeur will encircle the earth, and ‘ Peace on earth, good will to men,” will be the language of every heart,— West Jersey Pioneer. The violet grows low and covers itself with its own tears, and of all fl >wers yields the sweetest fragrance. Such is humility. V****°* A Touching Incident. A little boy had died. Ilis body was laid out in a dark and retired room, waiting to be laid away in the lone cold grave. His afflicted mother and bereaved little sister went in to look at the sweet face of the precious sleeper, for he was beautiful even in death. As they stood gazing upon the form of one so cherished and beloved, the girl asked me to take his hand. The mother at first did not think it best, hut her child repeated the request, and seemed very anxious about it, so she took the cold, bloodless hand of his weeping sister. The dear child looked at it a mo ment, caressed it fondly, and then looking ii]) to her mother through the tears of affection and love, and said : ‘Mother the little hand never struck me !’ What could have been more touch ing and lovely I Young reader, have you been so gentle to )our brothers and sisters, that just such a tribute could be paid to your memory’, were you to die ? Could a brother or sister take your hand and say, ‘This hand never struck me?’ The New Key. “Aunty,” said a little girl, “I be lieve 1 have found a nyw key to lock people's hearts and make them so willing ; for you know, aunty, God took my’father and my mother, and they want people to he kind to their little daughter.’! “What is the key ?” asked aunty. “Its only one little word—guess what ?” But aunty was no guesser. “It is please,” said the child; “aunty it is please ; if I ask one of the great girls in school, ‘ Please show me my parsing lesson?’ she says, ‘O yes,’ and helps me. If I ask ‘Sarah, please do this forme?’ no matter, she’ll take her hands out of the suds. If I ask, uncle, ‘please,’ he says, ‘Yes puss, if I can and if I say ‘please, aunty —’ ” “Wlmt does aunty do ?” asked her self. “0, you look and smile just like mother, and that is best of all, ’ cried the little girl throwing her arms round aunty’s neck, with a tear in her eye. Perhaps other children Avill like to know about the key and hope they will use it also; for there is great power in the small, kind courtesies of life. We’ll all Meet Again in the Morning. Such was the exclamation of a dying child, says the XeAvark Mer cury, as the sunset streamed on him through the casement. “Good-bye, papa, good-lye! Mamma has come for me to-night; don’t cry’, papa! well all meet again in the morning.” It was as if an angel lmd spoken to that father and his heart greAV light er under his burden, for something had assured him that his little one had gone to Him who said, “Suffer little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven.”— There is something cheerful and in spiring to all who are in trouble in this, “We’ll all meet again in the morning.” It rouses up the fainting soul like a trumpet blast, and fright ens away forever the dark shapes thronging the avenue of the outer life. Clouds may gather upon our pAths,disappointments gather around us like an army Avith banners, hut all this cannot destroy the hope Avithin us if we have this motto upon our lips, “All will be bright in tlie morning.” , Hints to Wives- All wives—especially young ones —have much to learn. The appar ently simple matter of “buying in,” —or “shopping,” is not so easy as it seems. Any woman may fancy that she can spend her husband’s earnings, | and without doubt sin* can, hut she j must care how she spends them if; she would secure his love and esteem. ; Perhaps it is not her place to spend them at all, but the usages of society | among the industrial classes pro scribe it and probaldy it is better un der their present circumstances that it should lie so. But if the husband gives money to his wife, she ought to know that he expects it to be ju diciously disposed of, and spent that j it may* provide a clean, neat, and hap- 1 py home in return. It is, therefore, j her duty to study economy in dross, ! in furniture and food—-not only in j buying, but also in using. “A penny saved ia two pence oloar, A pin a day’s a great is a maxim worth remembering. A steady husband depends mainly upon J his wife for rising in the world. The first dollar is often saved by her, and she should understand that the first dollar is often the beginning of a for tune, which will increase more rap idly by and by. Economy, (we do j not mean penuriousness) is one of the most important duties of house keeping, and no wife can he said to be truly just to her husband, her children, or herself, who neglects or despises it. A Hint. —“ Thomas,” said a troublesome family visitor to the footman, who had been lingering around the room for half an hour to show him the door, “my good fellow it’s getting Tate, isn’t it? How soon will din ner come up, Thomas ?” “The very minute you are gone, sir,” was the answer. Hope dwellelh within good men, and giv eth unto all they meet a happy greeting. “ I see why lam not at rest. lam dis posed to think that if I had not been so sin fid, I would have been more easily forgiven. | Thus I am limiting the Lord, and imagin ing that Hi* mercy cannot overtake such a I one as I am.” Some of Franklin's Maxims. Plow deep while sluggards sleep, and you will have corn to sell and to keep. Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. Silks and satins, scarlets and A*io lets, put out the kitchen fire. Diligence is the mother of good ii° h luck. Pride breakfasted with Plenty’, di ned with Poverty, arid supped with Infamy. Extravagance and improvidence end at the prison door. It is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. The eye of the master will do more work than both of his hands. What maintains one vice would bring up two children. He that goes a borrowing, returns sorrowing. Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears. A life of leisure and a life of lazi ness are two different things. Three removes are as bad as a fire. Creditors have better memories than debtors. The rolling stone gathers no moss. If you would have your business done, go, if not, send. it is foolish to lay’ out money in the purchase of repentance. “These maxims by r Dr. Franklin,” says a contemporary’, “though often printed, lose nothing of their value by repetition. The Three Brothers. Throe robbers murdered and plun dered a merchant, who hearing with him much goldand other valuable ar ticles, was passing through a lonely wood. TC-y brought; their ill-gotten treasures into their cave, and sent the youngest one into the village to bu v food. When lie had gone, the two re maining said to one another, ‘Why need we share these great riches with this fellow ? Let us kill him when he returns, and then jus part will fall to us.’ But the younger robfior thought to himself as lie Avent : ‘llow fortunate would I he if'all these treasures wore mine alone. I will poison my two associates, and then all will he mine.’ He bought Food and drink, put pois on in the wine, and returned to his companions. As he entered the cave the other two sprang upon him, plunged a dirk into his heart, ami he dropped dead on the ground! Whereupon they sat down, ate the food and drank the wine, and died in the greatest agony. Surrounded Avith stolen treasures they were found dead, On their own heads the wicked draw Thu judgment of the broken law. Runaway Wife. On Thursday of last week, a man of 25 years, of the name of Rockwell, came to Salem, front Warren, in search of his wife, who had left his bed and board rather unceremoni ously on the Monday morning pre vious. lie had been married but three short weeks—“ Frailty, thy name is woman”—and was nearly distracted at his loss. She had on tv pink dress when she left —a pretty pink dress lie said ; lie heard she had been seen in town, and as evening came, and the faces of the fair ones in the dusk were dim, he chased af ter every lawn and calico spread ov er mystic hoops, to find his er ing partner —still his darling thick, his “Annie Laurie”—the eyes where in he saw the universe, the bosom where lie slept the sleep of jov in love too rich for reckoning. He fail ed to find his “Julia Atm,” and in the morning went home to live in hope —the ugly thing that most makes hungry where most it feeds. Someone suggested to the unfor tunate man that perhaps his wife did not love him, hut beset any doubt on that score to rest, by the reply that no woman ever kissed and hugged like she did without she loved, if he had said that no woman ever did so, without she loved the kissing and hugging, be might have hung up phi losophy, and conquered another -1 uli et. He consulted the lather of the lady, who lives near town, and the old man advised him to go home and wait for her ; that her mother used to take tits of running off, but al ways came back, and he had no doubt the daughter would do the same. “ : Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.” Kero Lisbon , Ohio, Patriot. - —■—— Disappointed men, who think that they have talents, and who hint that their talents have not been properly rewarded, usually finish their career bv writing their own history; but in detailing their misfortunes, they on ly let us into the secret of their mis takes; and in aceusing their patrons of blindness, make it appear that they ought rather to have accused , them of sagacity; since it would ! seem that they siAv too much, rath er than too little ; namely, that sec- j ond-rate performances were too of ten made the foundation for first rate pretensions.—Colton. Buy what thou needest will oblige thee to sell thy necessi ties. Beautiful Extract. Some fifteen years ago, Rev. John N. Maffit, then in his prime, deliver ed a lecture which closed with the following fine passage: r°. J ” . The Phoenix, fabled bird of anti quity’, when it felt the chill advances 1 of age, built its own funeral urn and fired its pyre by means which na ture's instinct taught. All its plumage, and its form of beauty became ashes, but ever would rise the young—beautiful from the urn ot death, and chambers of decay would the fledgeling come, with its eyes turned towards the sun,and es saying its dark velvet wings, sprin kled Avith gold and fringed with sil ver, on the balmy air, raising a little higher, until at length, in the full confidence of flight, it gives a cry of joy, and soon becomes a glittering speck in the deep bosom of aerial ocean a lovely voyager of earth, Ixuind on its heavenward journey to the sun! So rises the spirit bird from the ruins of the body, the funeral urn which its maker built, and death fires. So towers away to its home in the elements of spirituality’, tlie intellectual Phoenix, to dip its proud wings in the fountain of eternal bliss. So shall dear, precious humanity, survive from the ashes of a burning world. So beautiful shall the un changeable soul soar within the dies of Eternity’s great luminary, with undazzled eye and unscorched wings—the Phoenix of immortali ty —taken to its rainbow home, and Cradled on the heating bosom of eternal love. SCRAPS. Labor is a business and ordinance of God. The sun and moon are the red and white roses of the field of heaven. A public fault ought not to suffer a secret punishment. It is folly to attempt any wicked beginning in hope of a good ending. Lies are hiltless swords, which cut the hands that wield them. Nothing elevates us so much as the presence of a spirit familiar, yet su perior to our own. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much, wisdom is humble that lie knows no more. Wholesome sentiment is rain, which makes the fields of daily life fresh and odorous. A person who tells you of the faults of others, intends to tell others of your faults. Secret prayer is a spiritual ther mometer ; it tells the warmth of the heart, indicates the rise and fall of religious a tfe ft ions. Intense mental activity, steadily directed to some leading pursuit, is the source of all distinction. Zeal, not rightly directed, is per nicious, for as it makes a good cause better, so it makes a had cause worse. As dreams are the fancies of those that sleep —so fancies are hut the dreams of men awake. A newspaper is a sermon for the thoughtful, a library foY the poor, and a blessing to everybody. It is the best public instructor. He is bappv whose circumstances suit his temper, hiu lie is more ex cellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances. Personal respectability is totally independent of a large income. Its greatest secret is self-respect. Pov erty can never degrade by pretence or duplicity. Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of filings. Wit pierces this veil with its glittering shafts, and lets in the ‘insolent light.’ When Aristotle was asked what wore the advantages of learning, he replied : “It is an ornament to a man in prosperity, and a refuge in adver sity. Pointed Preaching - . Father Moody was an eccentric man. He had in his congregation, a Colonel Ingraham, a wealthy farmer who had kept back his large stock of corn from the market, in hope of raising the price. The pastor heard ol it, and resolved to make a publie attack upon the transgres sor. < >ne Sabbath he read from his text, “He that withholdeth the corn, the peo ple shall curse him; but blessings shall i>e upon the head of him that selleth it.” Prov. 11 : 26. Colonel Ingraham could not but know - to whom the reference was made, but he held up his head and faced his pastor with a look of stolid uncon sciousness. Father Moody went on with very strong remarks, became still warm er, and touched the Colonel still more closely, who, however, still held up his head, apparently determined not to feel. At last the preacher lost all patience, and cried out, “ Colonel Ingraham , you know that I mean you ; why don't you hang down your head?” An eminent modern writer beauti fully says: “The foundation of do mestic happiness is faith in the vir tue of woman ; the foundation of all political happiness, is confidence in the integrity of man ; and the foun dation of all happiness, temporal and eternal, is reliance on the goodness of Cod.” That is a beautiful thought where someone says : Habit in a child is at first like a spider’s web ; if neglected it becomes a thread or twine, next a cord or rope, finally a cable—then who can break it 1 Heaven is not to he had by men mere ly wishing fur it. The Mother Moulds the Man. That it is the mother who moulds the man is a sentiment beautifully illustrated by the following recorded observation of a shrewd writer: “When 1 lived among the Choctaw’ Indians, I held a consultation with one of their chiefs respecting the successive stages of their progress in the arts of civilized life; and, among other things, he informed me that at their start they fell into a great mistake—they only sent boys to school. These boys came home intelligent men, hut they married uned ucated aud unciviliz. and wives; and the uniform result was, the children were all like their mothers. The father soon lost all interest in his wife and children; and now,” said he, “if we would educate but one class of our children, we should choose the girls, for when they become mothers they educate their sons.” This is to the point, and it is true. No na tion can become fully enlightened when mothers are not in a good degree quali fied to discharge the duties of the home- j work of education. Pcnctuahty.—Ah ! that’s the word, punctuality! Did you ever see a man who was punctual who did not prosper in the long run ? We don’t care who or what he was—high or low, black or white, ignorant or learned, savage or civilized—we know if he did as he agreed, and was punctual in all his en gagements, he prospered, and was more respected than his shiftless neighbors. Men who commence business should be careful how they neglect their obli gations, and break their word. A per son who is prompt can always be accom modated, and is therefore “lord over another man’s purse,” as Franklin would say. Never make promise upon uncer tainties. Although the best men may sometimes fail to do this as they would, the case is exeedingly rare. He who is prompt to fulfill his word avH never make a promise where it is not next to a moral certainty that he can do as he agrees. If you would succeed, be punc tual to the hour. Return borrowed money the moment you promised. Io all things, if you are thus prompt in busi ness affairs, you arc generally so in eve ry department of life. You never know them to he late to church, to the polls, to pay the printer for advertising. A promptness in everything characterizing them. The Corner Stone Os the Masonic Building to be erected in this city, was laid, on Thursday last, with Masonic ceremonies. M. W. Grand Master, Wm, S. Rockwell, con ducted the ceremonies, assisted by R. W. David E. Butler, P. G. M., R. W. Samuel Lawrence, D. G. M., R. W. -John Harris, D. G. M., \V . Joseph E. Wells, G. Trcas., W. Simri Rose, G. Secretary, and other officers of the Grand Lodge. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, and the intolerable mud dy condition of our streets, a large pro cession was formed, and “split the mud,” to use a common expression. The order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Jericho, Fire Companies No’*. 1 and ‘2, joined in the procession, in proper uniform and rega lia, fearless of the spoiling of their trap pings by the rain and mud. Col. C. R. Ilanleiter acted as Marshall of the day. After the usual services at the build ing had been gone through w T ith, the pro cession repaired to the Athenaeum, where an able, learned, and appropriata address was delivered by Grand Master Rock well, to a large and attentive audience. At night, the craft, with the members of the other orders, Fireman, and Military, assembled at the City Hall, to partake of the Banquet prepared for the occasion. A large collection of the female sex graced the occasion “with their presence and their smiles, and the whole assem blage appeared to enjoy themselves fine ly, in promenading, social chit chat, and in partaking of the delicacies prepared for the occasion. The Fulton Band coursed instrumental music in a style which did them honor, and the choir of vocal music performed their part well. We would mention the active part per fumed, in carrying out the programme of the day, by Brothers Lawshe, Mayer, Campbell, Adams aud others, but lest we be made liable to the charge of invid ious distinctions, we forbear. The Ma sonic Fraternity deserve great credit for the successful manner in which the pro gramme of the day was carried out, un der such unfavorable circumstances. — Atlanta Intelligencer. From the Mountain Signal. Tetter from Kansas Georgia Gulch, Kansas, ) June 17th, 1859. £ Messrs. Editors: As it is likely that any news relating to the mining operations in tins country, will not be uninteresting to you or your readers, I will endeavor to give you a few statistics relative to what is going on in our immediate neighborhood : The prospect in the veins or mountain diggings, as they call them here, is improv ing. There are cow about 75 sluices in op eration, all washing the ore taken from the veins, which is paying variouslyj from $5 to SSO dollars per day to the hand. Some few are prepared and haul their dirt, but most of them put it in sacks and carry it to the branch or creek. New discoveries are being rnade every day. There is a company of five men working within 200 yards of this place, on a vein which they lately discover ed, and yesterday they carried the ore to the branch, washed it in a common box sluice, and made $125; and to-day they have taken $5 out of a single pan of ore. The gluehes and ravines are as yet but very little worked or prospected. We commenc ed operating there last Saturday with one tom or sluice, five hands and here is the re * suit of the first five day’s labor: Saturday, June 12, 260 dwts. Monday “ 14, 360 “ Tuesday, “ 15, - 2 ? 4 “ Wednes’y, “ 16, Thursday, “ 17, There are several other companies work ing on the same gulch, and are generally making fair wages. John B. Graham and NUMBER 21. cempany, of Dawson, and McClusky of Hall county, are working on the same gulch, mak ing at present about an ounce per day to the hand. Tuere are several other gulches in this vicinity that are expected to pay Avhen worked equally as well as this one. Quite a number of accidents have lately happened—several persons have been shot through awkardness or carelessness. Wil liam Herbert, of Georgia, shot himself when at the base of the mountain near Clear creek, and died instantly. Quite a number have been drowned trying to go down the Platte in badly constructed boats or bateaus. Five persons were frozen to death on the di vide between the Platte and zVrkansas, dur ring a snow storm on the 24th of June. A number of persons who started to cross the plains early this spring, on foot and without money, (or brains,) have died of starvation. It is reported here that the bodies of eighteen men have been found in the moun tains, who were burned to death by the burning of the pine forest of the mountains. The forests are still burning and will in all probability continue to burn for sotpe time. I am goiDg to start out to-morrow on a prospecting tour of eight or ten days, aud if any thing should be developed during ihat time worthy of notice I will let you know it Yours respectfully, William G. Russell. From the .Louisville Courier. Mammoth Cave-Cllosial Cav ern—A New Diiu oveiq. Editors Louisville Courier:— ln the fall of 1853, Mr. L. J. Procter, the proprie tor of the Mammoth Cave, in company with two assistants, undertook the exploration of a cave, one entrance to which is situated in Barren county, a mile and a half from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and ten miles from the Mammoth Cave. Up to the time of the exploration made by Mr. Proc ter, nothing was known as to the direction, distance or dimensions of this vast subtera nean region, which I have ventured to name Collossal Cavern, and which, in extent, grandeur and sublimity, as much exceeds the Mammoth Cave as the latter exceeds any cave heretofore discovered. Since the explorations of Mr. Proctor Avere made, the writer of this article has verified that gentle man’s observations, and, in order to facilitate the description of the cave, has conferred the names mentioned below upon the principal points of interest. The first mile of the avenue leading from the entrance of Collossal Cavern runs in a northeastern direction, and varies from twen ty to sixty feet in width, and from ten to forty in height Stalactites and stalagmites of almost every conceivable form and great variety of color are found in this avenue. This is called Stillo Avenue, from the stalac tic formations which are found in it. On leaving Stillo Avenue, an avenue is entered which is three miles in length, and which gradually ascends for its entire dis tance. The walls, floor, and ceiliog of this avenue are lined with alabaster flowers of a variety of forms and of indescribable beauty, many of which are over eight inches in di ameter. Like the flowers in Cleveland’s Cabinet in the Mammoth Cave, they are composed of the sulphate of lime, and are of a pure w’hite color. On the floor of this ave nue, successive crops of stucco flowers may be observed resting one above another, which have detached themselves from the walls and ceiling, from time to time, by their own weight. These flowers always form in avenues destitue of moisture, and with exceeding slowness. The seasons required for the suc cessive growths of subteranean flowers are not to be reckoned by months, but by cen turies, for, as can be observed in the Mam moth Cave, where gypsum flowers have been detached for a period of fifty years, the crys tals that compose them are barely percepti ble, emerging from the parent rock at the present time. This avenue is styled the Floral Temple. Floral Temple communicates with an ave nue about a half a mile in length, which leads to a cascade and the entrance of a river. The river, at the point at which it is viewed, is seventy-five feet wide, and gives an echo louder than that of any river in the Mam moth Cave. There being no boat upon the river, it has not been explored, although it has every appearance of great length. This body of water is called the Mysterium. On the right bank of the river Mysterium an avenue arises which contains the rnosfc magnificent collection of stalactites ever dis covered. This avenue was explored for a distance of three and a half miles without discovering a terminus. At this point in the explorations a stalagmite was discovered, which is a perfect statue of Gen. Washing ton in military costume. The stone of which the natural statue is composed, is as white as statuary marble, and is exceedingly compact Washington Avenue is the name conferred upon this portion of the cave. On returning to the Mysterium, an ave nue may be entered which runs directly north for a distance of a quarter of a mile, which terminates in a dome, and which in, size and general appearance, resembles the Mammoth dome in the Mammoth Cave. This is called Procter’s Dome, in honor of its discoverer, Mr. L. J. Procter. From Procter’s Dome to the cliffs, on the banks of Green rive, the principal avenue re sembles in size the main cave of the Mam moth Cave. The entrance to Collossal Cav ern, on the cliffs of Green river, is one hun dred and fifty feet above the bed of that stream, and is eleven miles on a direct line to the entrance in Barren county. The Green river entrance is in Edmonson coun ty. The avenue which leads from Procter's Dome to the Edmohson county entrance is named Green River Avenue. The walls and ceiling of Green River Avenue, for a distance of three miles and a half, are covered with nodules of gypsum, which resemble snow balls. Seven days were occupied in the first ex plorations of the Collossal Cavern by Mr. Procter, and the second entrance was dis covered on the fifth day, which was the first and only time the light of the sun was seen during the explorations. Besides the avenues briefly mentioned, seventy-five others, which intersect them, have been counfed, the extent of which is not known; and the aggregate distance which has already been explored is not less than forty miles. I hope, at no distant period, to give a more detailed account of Collossal Cavern, which presents such a vast field for subter ranean research to those who take an inter est in troylodylean lore. C. W. Wright, Prof. Chemistry in Ky. School of Medi cine. Mammoth Cave, July 28, 1859. J3f“The biggest mule ever produced, says the New Albany Tribune, it is supposed, iB now in Wayne county, this State, owned by Cnarlea Frost. The weight is given as 1,835 pounds, and Light 10J hands, which is 6 feet 6 inches.