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COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
R. 4 . JOKES,
> 13 H T I S ,
CONYEItS, GEORGIA.
■ | hr found prepared to put up work in his
, P wlii'-.h he feels confident, from his knowledge
v |,,. (s’e improvements will give satisfaction
Hi se who may favor him —3m3
.It MIN S. CARROLL,
DENTIST,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
Tr. tii Filled, or New Teeth Inserted,iu
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ii,... Rear of R. Kiug’e Store.—l ltf
A M E S M . LEVY,
V itchmaker & Jew© I or,
East side of the Squure,
, \ I Mil OS, GEORGIA,
he is prepared to Repair Watches, Clocks
ndJewelr, in Ihe best style. Particular atten
ti.u iven to repaii iug W atches injured hy in
„. n Hte.it workmen. All work warranlod.
WMV OS REPAIRED.
.a, I'R >K WILLIAM FiStIER will
}'m -m bis SATURDAYS to Tuning
IjV* J j land Repairing Pianos. He will
ii: u id.* in the country, and convenient
. i ts on die Rail Itoad for that purpose. Ills
■g experience will enable him to give satis,
f.i li • to his employers. Charges reasonable.
I* s permitted to refer to President Oir.
t ovington, Ga., April 8, 1868. —20tf
DKS. DEALING & PS3INCLE
J¥ W 1 \ G associated themselves in the Penc
il t ice of MEDICINE and SURGERY, offer
th-fir professional services to the citizens of
Nv»n , county. They have opened nn offi eon
the Fast side of the Square, (next door to 3-
Drwm.d’s St re,) and me prepared te attend to
■ I .-alls promptly. They have also a carefully
el-c i-d a sertinent of the
Very 3e s t M e dicin os ,
~ii give the ; r personal attention to Cortt
i. , ’in l : Prescriptions, for Physicians and
special attention given to Chronic Diseases
u ' i Dr. DKarim! will be found at his
ft ii nor, and Dr. Pringle at his rooms itnme-
I .tr*‘l o' r the Store of 0. li. Sanobrs & R*o.
may 15 25tf
DOT & SHOE SHOP.
;j ml.I respectfully inform the citizensjjlfes
3 of Covington and surrounding country ■'§Bl
that I am now prepared to make to order*
BOOTS AND SHOES
of the finest quality. As I work nothing but.
Hi* Best Material, 1 will guarantee satisfaction,
"hop over !!. Kihit’s Store.
« a. 11 41 ■, JOSEPH BARBER
H . T. HENRY,
Resident Dentist.
COVCGTON, GEORGIA.
* Is prepared with all the latest iin
i' -' *’4 provements in Dentistry, to give sat
t 1 XT~ isihetiou to all. Office north 6ide of
bsuare, —1 22 ts
I <» > B IMI Y. TINSLEY,
Watchmaker & Jewider
• illy ueparod to Repair Watches, Clocks
cw.-lr , in the boat Stylo, at short notice,
rl; Done at Old Prices, and Warranted.
'id ioor below the Court House. —6tf
3OLO ?AOR BE WALD,
u bis „id stand, sign of the BIG WaTCII,
Has received his Stock of
Spring and Summer Coods.
He wishes to purchase all kinds of
OoxiUL-tary Produce,
or which ho will pay the Highest Market Price
"1! SH, or Goods 2 46M
c • H . &. A. W. FORCE,
Wholesale Dealers iu
cb Si 1a ocsi,
Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga.
Goods lire pttroliasod direct, from
lie Kastcrn Manufacturers. We will
sell them to Countrv Merchants at N. Y. prices—
rreteht added.—ly42
Wll.hlAM SILVERBERG, Wholesale and
Retail llealcr in
D R Y GOODS,
1 ■ ests’ Boys’ ani> Yoctus’ CLOTnisa,
ItoulN, Shoes, liats, Trunks,
GENTS’ furnishing goods,
1\ |‘l e iaH Street. 2d door from I. T. Bank ’
.Shoe Store—Sinßi Atlanta, Ga.
THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE.
DR. O. B . PROPHITI
Covington Georgia.
Will still continue his business, where he intends
keeping on hand » good supply of
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs,
Together with a i.ot of
Botanic !V5 odici ne s,
Concentrated Preparation*, fluid Extracts; Ac.
Tie is also nutting up his
Liver ModioinoG,
FEMALE TONIC, ANODYNE PAIN KILL IT
Yertnifuge, Antl-«IIIous IMIIs,
and trnny other preparations,
dT’lV'ill give prompt attention to til! orders
PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Her.-after NO MEDICINE WILL BE DELIV
ERED. or SERVICE RENDERED, except for
G J&. IB X-H !
You nee not cal i unless you are prepared to
PAY CASH, for I will not Keep Bonks.
Oct. 11. 1867 . 0. S. PROPIIITT.
Dr- Prcphitt’s Liver Medicine.
Certificate o's Rev. M. W. Arnold, of Ga. Con.
HAVING used this Medicine sufficiently long
to tfest its virtue, and to satisfy nty own mind
that it is an invaluable remedy for Dyspepsia
a disease front which the writer has suffered
much for six years—and being persuaded that
hundreds who now suffer front this annoying com
plaint., would be signally benefited, at- lie lias been
hy its use—we deem it a duly we owe to this
unfortunate class, to recommend to them the use
of tliis remedy, which hns given not only himself,
but several members of his family th>- greatest
re ]i e f M. W. ARNOLD.
Rail Road Schedules.
Georgia KaHtoad,
E. W. COLE, General Superintendent.
Dat Passenger Train (Sundays excepted,) leaves
Augusta at 6.00 a m ; leave Atlanta at 7 a m ; ar
rive at Augusta at 5.30 p m ; arrive at Atlanta at 4.20
P Night Passenger Train leaves Augusta at 10.10
p in ; leaves Atlanta at 5.40 p m ; arrives at Augusta
at 300 am; arrives at Atlanta at 7.45 am.
Passengers for Milledgeville, Washington and
Athens, Go., must take the day passenger train from
Am-usta and Atlanta, or intermediate points.
Passengers for West Point, Montgomery, Selma,
and Intermediate points, can take either train, for
Mobile, amt New Orleans, must leave Augusta ou
Night Passenger Train, at. 10.10 p. m.
Passengers for Nashville, Corinth, Grand Junc
tion, Memphis, Louisville, and St. Louis, can take
either train and make close connections.
Through Tickets and baggage checked through
to the above places. Sleeping cars on all night pas
senger trains.
MACON & AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
E. W. COLE, Gen’l Sup’t.
Leave Camak dailv at 2.40 r. M.; arrive at Mlliedge-
Yille at <5.20 p. M.; leave Milledgeville at 5.30 a. k.;
arrive at Camak at 8.55 a. m. ■
Passengers leaving nnv point on the Georgia K.
R Ijv I)av Passenger train, will make-close connec
tion at Ctintak for Milledgeville, Eatonton, and all
intermediate points on the Macon & Augusta road,
and for Macon. Passengers leaving Milledgeville
at 5.30 A. m., reach Atlanta and Augusta the same
day-
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
11. T. Peake, General Sup’t.
Special mail train, going North, leaves Augusta at
3.55 a tn. arrives at Kingsville at 11.15 am; leaves
Kingsville at 12.05 p in, arrives at Augusta at 7.25
p. m. This train is designed especially for through
travel.
The train for Charleston leaves Augnsta at < am,
and arrives at Charleston at 4 p rn ; leaves Charles
ton at 8 a in, and arrives at Augusta at 5 p tn.
Night special freight and express train leaves Au
gusta (Sundays excepted) at 3.50 p nt, and arrives at
Charleston at 4.30 a m ; leaves Charleston at 7.30 p
m. and arrives at Augusta at 7.35 a rn.
WESTERN <fc ATLANTIC R. R.
Campbell Wallace, General Superintendent.
Daily passenger train, except Sunday, leaves At
lanta at 8.45 a nt, and arrives at Chattanooga at 5.25
pnt ; leaves Chattanooga at 3.20 am, and arrives at
Atlanta at 12.05 p m.
Night express passenger train leaves Atlanta nt i
p m, and arrives at Chattanooga at 4.10 a m ; leaves
Chattanooga at 4.30 p m, and arrives at Atlanta at
1.41 a m.
MACON <fc WESTERN RAILROAD.
E. B. Walker, Gen’l Sup’t.
Day passenger train leaves Macon at 7.45 a m.and
rrives at Atlanta at 2 p rn ; leaves Atlauta at 7.15
am, and arrives at Macon at 1.30 pm.
Night passenger train leaves Atlanta at 8.10 p nt,
aTl d arrives at Macon at 4.25 am; leaves Macon at
8.00 P m, and arrives at Atlanta at 4.30 a tu.
lintels.
PLANTERS HOTEL.
JGVSTA, GEORGIA.
X TEWLY furnished and refitted, unsurpassed hy
JIM any Hotel South, is now open to the Pnhlie.
T. 8. NICKERSON, TTop’r.
Late of Mills TTonsc, Charleston, and Proprietor of
Nickerson’s Hotel, Columbia, S. C.
United States Mote!.
ATLANTA GEORGIA
WHITAKER & SASSEEN, Proprietors.
Within One Hundred Yards of the General Passen
ger Depot, corner Alabama and Prior streets,
AMERICAN HOTEL,
Alabama 6treet,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Nearest, house to the Passenger Depot.
WniTE & WHITLOCK, Proprietors.
W. D. Wiley, Clerk.
Having re-leased and renovated the above
Hotel, we are prepared to entertain guests in a
most satisfactory manner. Charges fair and
moderate. Out- efforts will be to ptease.
Baggage carried to and from Depot free of charge
FARE REDUCED!
AUGUSTA HOTEL.
THIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL is situated on
Broad Street, Central to the business por
tion of the City, and convenient, to the Tele
graph and Express Offices. The House is large
and commodious, and lias been renovated and
newly painted from garret to cellar, and the
bedding nearly all new since the war. The
rooms are large and airy; clean beds, and the
fare as good as the country affords, and atten
tive and polite servants.
Charges.—-Two Dollar* per day.
Single Meals 75 Cents.
1 1 ope to merit a liberal sltarc of •patronage
from the traveling public.
Cite mo a trial and judge f° r ' o tr-olva*. I
: . M. JONES, Propr. I
COVINGTON, GA., OCT. 16,1868.
The Mttrch of the White Brigade.
BY A. J. HKIJUEH.
Their weapons laid in festal shade,
They gather fast and far,
The men whose ringing charges made
The mountains reel with war ;
I'or Seymour shout the swift array,
And Blair, the bold and true,
As, side by side, the hoys in gray
Step with thu hoys in bluo !
A fearless band, they take their stand
On river, lake, and plain,
To clasp around their native land
A re united chain ;
“ For home and wife and life,” they say
“ We’ll lock our shields anew I”
As, side by side, the boys in gray
Step with the boys in blue.
The saints who cant, with eyes aslant,
That wc may blinded lie ;
1 he sordid demagogues who rant
That we must bend the knee,
Have had their dungeons and their day,
And shall the ruin rue,
As, side hy side, the boys in gray
Step witli the boys in bluo.
No martial horde, with drum and sword,
* Shall quarter on the free ; •
Down with the Stamp Act! overbodfd
The Tory’s tax on tea!
Old George the Third’s exploded play
Cannot be played anew,
As, side by side, the boys in gray
Step with the hoys in blue.
The carpet-knights shall wing their flights,
With all their woolen wares ;
Whoso would have a freeman's rights
Must take a freeman's cares ;
And such as claim to shape their way
Shall earn their living too,
As, side by side, the boys in gray
Step with the boys in blue.
The hour is past—the die is cast—
The flood rolls on amain 5
The Phantom ship, in wave and blast,
Has settled, rent in twain 1
In vain her pilots curse and pray,
And shriek the hopeless crew,
As, side by side, the boys in gray
Step with the boys in blue.
The morning breaks, in golden flakes,
The sun our fathers saw r
Arise—and lo ! a nation wakes
To order, peace and law.
Ho! Butler, Stanton, Wade, away—
And Seheuek, a long adieu ?
As, side by side, the boys in gray
Ntep with the hoys iu blue !
Their weapons laid iu festal shade,
They gather fast and far,
The men whose ringing charges made
The mountains reel w ith war ;
For Seymour shout the swift array,
And Blair, the bold and true,
As, side by side, ihe boys in gray
Step with the hoys in blue !
The Retort of a Fallen Despot.
One of the sublimest of satires was uttered
with the dying breath of one of the meanest
of the Roman emperors. Tacitus relates that
when Vil.ellius, after his fall, was staggering
under the blows and imprecations of the mob,
he replied to a tribune who taunted him with
his misery, ‘‘Nevertheless I have been your
emperor.” If ho was so vile and detestable a
wretch, what was to be thought of the people
who had accepted him as their ruler, who had
paid him honors onlj- a little lower than those
accorded to the gods, and with whom his edicts
had been as unquestioned and potent as the
nod of Jove himself?
There is something in this historical ex
ample that comes homo with terrible signifi
cance to the ease of the American people in
relation to the rule which has been over them
for the past several years. However indigo
nantly they may repudiate this rule hereafter,
history will adjudge them to have been part
ners in'shame. The whole combination of
knaves and fanatics who have been harrying,
plundering and mining the country, are des
tined doubtless to fall from their opprobrious
eminence and sound the lowest depths of exe
cration and contempt. But in that event
may they not all retort upon the people, as
Vitelllue retorted upon the insulting tribune :
“Nevertheless, we have been your rulers. Wo
have had despotic sway in your land. We
have done our will with your laws, with your
government, with your money, with your very
bodies in war or peaee, and for years you were
zealous and proud to do our bidding. You
bowed down to lift us to supreme authority,
as an elephant kneels to let his puny rider
mount. Had you not been self-abased, wc had
not been exalted. If we have been architects
of the country’s ruin, you have furnished us
with the implements and the materials for the
work. Foolish, blind, impious, mad, profli
gate, and reckless as our rule may have been,
what is in all these aspects but a reflection of
your image 7”
The Roman tribune had no answer for the
overwhelming retort of Vitollius. Are the
American people any better prepared to meet
a like retort from their fallen despots? The
sequel showed that the Roman mob, willing
to change tyrants, was incapable of destroying
tyranny. What will the sequel show in tho
case of the American people? They have'it
in their power uot only to hurl from power
their detestable rulers, but to drive despotism
to its last covert and extirpate it from the
land. Will they do so?
N. O. Crtic,.nl.
Au Atmosphere of Sunshine.
What horticulturist expects a plant to grow
or a flower to glow with beauty unless it lias
plenty of sunshine ? And how much more
should a child bask in tho smiles of a happy
household ! The world has too ntanv moroso
and dwarfed c'.lldren, all arising from the
shadow of ill-temper, and peevishness in which
they are growing up. Children look little ho.
yond the present moment. If a thing pleases,
they are apt to seek it; if it displeases, they
are prono to avoid it. If home is tho place
where faces are sour, and words, harsh and
fault-finding, aro over in the ascendent, bo ye
sure they will spend as many hours as possible,
elsewhere. Solomon's rod is a great institu
tion, hut there are cases not few where astnilo
or a pleasant word will servo a better purpose,
and be more agreeable to both parties. Ba
rents will do well to remember this in tho
of their children, and in tho
choice of influences hy which to surround them.
It is a bitter thing, in old ago, to have tho
*( r oc(aclo constantly before one's eye of children
who have grown up vicious, and who are shun
ned by the virtuous and respectable. And it
is small consolation to say with the poet,—
“How sharper than a sorpent’s tooth it is
To have a thankless child!”
Evade the matter as we will, our children grow
up according to the influences they are under.
No healthy, sparkling child can grow so in the
shade; and no evil disposed child ever yet
was nurtured in a household where tho sun
light of love and happiness shone cheeringly
all around. Ah 1 how sweet it is, when man
hood's summer day is merging into the glori
ous evening of old age, to look back from the
shadows of the dark valley, which will soon he
dispelled bv the sun of morning in a more
glorious world, and contemplate a spent life
where no intentional missteps can bo recalled,
and where we can remember no lime when we
have stood between the sun and those we love !
Then will the rough.and uneven plaoes in our
pathway look less uninviting in the twilight of
life, and the bright, sunny spots will sparkle
as so many diamonds in the crown awaiting
us. Happy, indeed, are those, whose inter
course with the whole world has not changed
the course of their holier feelings, or broken
those musical chords of the heart whose vibra
tions are so melodious, so tender and *0 touch
ing in the evening of age.
M iss Kate Maloney, a Troy washerwoman,
beat Horace Greely eighteen voles for the Vice
Presidency of the Labor Congress at its re
cent session in New York. Horace is so re
vengeful it is presumed his linen will now be
dirtier than ever. Still it is what he calls
“progress,” and we think it is.
The Now Orleans Times says ; One by one
the steps are being taken which mark the
march of despotism. Regularly drilled and
organized Radical regiments are common to
the public eye the Western States ; but
it lias been left to St. Louis to introduce five
pieces of artillery as a prominent feature of a
recent Republican display.
“I’ll Take IVhat Father Tnkcs.”
The shadows we cast and the examples we
set are frequently of more startling effect than
we could imagin'). Our boys and girls have
sharp eyes, and are quick to follow all exam
ples that have led an erring mortal into wrong
paths. There is food for thought in the story
that is told of a young lad, who for tho first
time accompanied his father to a public dinner.
The waiter asked him, “What will you take to
drink?” Hesitating for a moment to replied,
“I’ll take what father takes.” The answer
reached his father's ear, and instantly the full
responsibility of li is position flashed upon him.
In a moment his decision was made; and in
tones tremulous with emotion, and to the
astonishment of those who knew him, ho said,
“Waiter, I’ll take water.”
“The Empire is peace,” said Louis Nnpoloon
once at Bordeaux: but when, at the last fete
of the Emperor nt Marseilles, sonic workmen
cried Vive Inpaix, Long live peace, they were
arrested for disturbing the peace.
Proverbs from Confucius.
Having knowledge to apply it; not having
knowledge to confess your ignorance—this is
real knowledge.
Grieve not that men know rot you ; grieve
that ye are ignorant of men.
If in the morning I hear about tho right
wey and in tho evening die, I can bo happy.
An old offender was lately introduced to a
new county justice as John Simmons, alias
Jones, alias Smith.
“I'll try the two women first,” said tho jus
tice ; “bring in Alice Jones.”
The following rules are posted in a New
Jersey school house : “No kissing tho girls
in school hours; no licking tho master during
holidays.”
The greatest vote ever thrown in Maine
and Pennsylvania were in 1866. In Maine
the Democrats gained on that vote nine thou
sand. If Pennsylvania does that well, we
shall get forty thousand majority there.
Missouri. —The Radicals give up Missouri.
The registers swear everybody who takes tho
oath, and the Democrats register more votes
this year than ever before. The Radicals are
incensed because tho registers do their duty.
The Hannibal Courier (Radical) gives up tho
State to tho Democrats hy 20,000.
Conversation is the daughter of reasoning,
the mother of knowledge, the breath of the
soul, the commerce of hearts, tho bond of
friendship, the nourishment of content, and
jho occupation of men of wit.
Sensible Talk.
A correspondent of the Morris, Illinois, Her
ald and Advertiser, who knows “thing or two”
about an editor's trials, as well as human na
ture, makes tlifi following truthful remarks
concerning the business of printing :
“ Noticing nn article in your paper on spong
ing, let me say a few words on newspaper pat
ronage. It is a word of many definitions, and
a majority of mankind aro cither ignorant of
the correct definition; or arc dishonest in the
strict sense of the word.
Nowspaper patronage is composed of ns
many varieties ns the rainbow lias different
colors. Ono man comos in, subscribes for the
paper and pays for it in advance. He goes
home and reads it with proud satisfaction that
it is his. lie hands in his advertisement, asks
the price, pays for it, goes to his pluoo of busi
ness and reaps tho advantage. This is news
paper patronage.
Another man says : ‘ You may put my name
down on your hooks,' and goes off without say
ing one word about pay. Time passes on ; you
want your pay, what is honestly your due ; he
gets mad and orders his paper stopped. This
i| called newspaper patronage.
Another man has been a subscriber ft long
time, but has never paid a cent. At last ho
becomes tired of you—wants a change, and
thinks that he must have a paper printed in
some distant city. He tells tho postmaster that
he don’t want your paper, and it is returned
to you marked “ refused.” Does he call and
pay ? No jho wants the money to pay for Lis
city paper. And this, too, is milled newspaper
patronage I
Anothor man brings in a fifty cent adver
tisement and wants a two dollar notice given
it. If you refuse, ho goes off muttering some
thing about no competition, and extravagant
rates. I think you editors like that kind of
patronage I
Another man lives near you, but does not
take the paper. He don’t like the editor, or
the paper is too small, or its polities don’t suit
him. Yet, he goes over to his neighbor’s reads
it, finds fault with it, and quarrels with the
opinions of the editor. Sometimes he sees an
article he likes and begs for the number to
take home. This is, also, called newspaper
patronage 1
Anothor man takes two or three city pafiers
and can't afford to take his county paper, but
he likes it, and comes to the offleo and begs
one almost every week. This isfirst class pat
ronage—over the left I
Another man likes the paper ; he takes a
copy himself, pays for it, and does all he can
to get new subscribers to it; he never finds
fault with every article, original or selected.
If any little item of interest occurs in his neigh
borhood, be drops into the office immediately
and tells of it. This, certainly, is newspaper
patronage.
Another man comes in and says, ‘The year
for which I paid is about expired ; I want to
pay for another.’ There is no discount on that
kind of patronage."
Tight Rreeche*.
Some female all in apparently revengeful
spirit, thus holds forth on a prevailing gentle
men's fashion :
The press has never been remiss in depreca
ting the follies of the female sex upon the
occasion of each change in style of female ap
parel, but it is a noticeable fact that the pop
injay style of breeches now in vogue, moro
ridiculous that anything tho women ever
wore, is unnoticed. Female loveliness is such
that it can make charming any extreme of
fashion ; but what length of familiarity, prny
heaven, can ever make tolerable—much less
comely—the dexter appendage of tho human
crane, wound about so tightly as to stop the
circulation I
The present style of pantaloons is neither
comfortable, comely, nor economical. Tho
“swell” that adopts it can neither stoop nor
sit down without positive danger of an expo
sure of his person from rupture caused by ten
sion. When wo see these fashionables of the
male persuasion on tho street, we are reminded
of the exhortation of the raw-boned,ill-formed
preacher when illustrating, the wonders of
creation. Raising his long skinny arms high
above his head, ho exclaimed : “God made
this frame.” A voice in the congregation re
plied, “Then his tools rau6t have been mighty
dull.”
Here comes a six feet gallant with a number
ton boot, and a figure like a pair of tongs. —
There is not enough of his legs to make a
shadow, and he walks as if each boot was a
double bass viol. By his side, perhaps, is an
other devotee of the stylo, half his length,
whose make-up reminds one of a plum pudding
perched on the handles of a pair of pinchers.
There they go the extremes of folly, and tho
very essenco of ludiorousnesa. Nothing a
woman ever woro will compare in folly with
tight breeches on a bandy legged human
biped.— Ex.
Legalizing Unstamped Documents. —The
payment of tho penalty to make valid an in
strument invalid, for being issued without a
stamp, renders the same valid to all intents
and purposes as if stamped when made or is
sued.
The penalty paid in such caso is in the na
ture of a consideration, on the receipt of
which the Collector is authorized to do what
no one else can do, give vitality to tho instru
ment.
This applies to receipts as well as contracts,
cither party to which may have it made valid
by payment of the penalty and stamp
duty.
The Secretary has power to remit the pen
alty in such cases, if he deems inexpedient to
do so.
YOL. 3. NO. 47,
Iliithcr Obliviohsr
At a revival excitement in Connecticut, a
respectable eld holy was struck with conviction
became a convort, and was proposed for meirt
borshipoftho church. There was a meeting
held for the examining of the candidates, of
whom thore wero Severn! in attendance.
Well my dear sister Rogers,” said the ven
erable examiner, addressing our venerablf
friend, ‘ please reluto your experience.'
The old Indy, on being thus addressed, lif
ted up her voice :
‘Well,’ sail she, ‘I don’t know what to say,
as I told my husband Mr. Roger*, bofore I
came hero but I believe I have experienced ts
change as I told Mr. Rogers, nty husbands
after I came homo from mooting, when I be
came convinced that I was the most sinful
creature in the world, as I told my husband
Mr. Rogers, and says he, I think so too. Tbetf
I told Mr. Rogers, my husband I was going ttf
lead a different life, was going to trim my
lamp and have it burning agin the bridegroom
come. Then Mr. Rogers my husband said ho
didn’t see what I wanted of another, but ha
didn’t make no objection. Then I told Mr*
Rogers, tny husband that I would join the
church and prepare myself for the plaoe where
the worm dieth not and the fire is not squench
od; nnd my husband, Mr. Rogers, told mb
I’d better.
Things to be Remembered.
Tho Philadelphia Age says: Taxpayers,
remember that tho Radioals have a two-thirds
vote in Congress, and can, therefore, pass any
measure ovor tho President. All bad laws
enacted or suffered to remain unrepealed, are
rightly charged to their account. Every dollar
paid by the people, has to le indorsed by Con
gress before it is gathered by the tax-gatherers.
Congress fixes the annual amount to be drawn
from the labor of the country. That sum is
now frightful. It is beyond all former prece
dent. With one-sixth of the lands and har
vests, one-sixth of the flocks and herds, and
every sixth day of labor under mortgage for
a public debt, one half of which was the re
sult of robberies on the Treasury by con
tractors and other birds of prey, it is not
wonderful that from every farm and workshop
—from every hearthstone where industry pre«
sides as a household god, thore goes forth an
appeal for retrenchment and roform, such as
never before arose from tho hearts and minds
of the American pooplo. That appeal has
been made tho corner stone of Democratic ac
tion. That party is pledged to reduce expen
ses, to curtail the army of office-holders, and
eee that all the revenue collected is rightfully
expondod, not put into the pockets of political
plunderers. That pledge will bo carried out
in good faith. Not a single item of it will
pass into forgetfulness when Seymour and
Blair are elected. It therefore boboores all
who wish a reduction of taxes, to co-operate
with the Democratic party in the present
struggle. Congress has destroyed business.
Lot the pooplo destroy the Radical majority
in that body, and a brighter day will dawn
upop the country.
Oeraaft Proverbs.
To change and to better are two different
things. Everybody knows good counsel except
him who bath need of it. Poverty is the sixth
sense. Better free in a foreign land than a
serf at homo. Better go to bed supperless
than run in debt. There is no good preaching
to the hungry. Charity givos itself rich, but
covetousness hoards itself poor. It is not
enough to aim ; you ntnst hit. The end of
wrath is the beginning of repentance. The
sun-dial counts only tho bright hours. Piety,
prudence, wit, and civility are the elements of
truo nobility. God's mill grinds slowly but it
grinds well. High houses aro mostly empty
ia tho upper story. A hundred years of wrong
do not make an hour of right. More are
drowned in the rum bowl than in the bowl of
the sea. Tho fewer the words the better the
prayer. One has only to die to be praised.—*
Take the world as it is, not as it ought to ba.
Speak little, speak truth ; spend little, pay cash.
Handsome apples are sometimes sour. It !■
easier to blame than to do better. Our neigh
bors’ children are always the worst. Truth
may be suppressed, but not strangled.
Fokty Acres. —The Mercury is credibly in
formed that the Democrats of Marion, South
Carolina, have purchased and presented to each
of tho fifteen negroes who had the courage to
go to the polls and vote with and for their old
masters, with the titlo deeds to forty acres of
good land near that town.
Tne Difference. —Ono young lady rises early
rolls up her sleeves, and walks into the kitchen
to get breakfast, or insists upon doing so, and
afterwards, with cheerful and sunny smiles,
puts the houso in order without the assistance
of “mother.” She will mnkc a good wife and
render home a paradise. Young man, “get
her!”
Another young lady is a parlor beauty, pal
lid from company, dissipation and want of
exercise, reads novels and almost dies of lazi
ness, while her poor old mother doos her wash
ing. Sho is a usoloss pieco of furniture, an an
noyance to her own household, and a curse to
the husband she may chance to “ rope in,'»
and will go whining to her grave. Young
man, “ Let her alone 1”
The virtuous Forney thinks that tho radicals
“can do without the Irish vote.” Irishmen
remember that.
The North American calls tho action of white
fathers, husbands nnd brothers, at Camilla,
Georgia, in defending their daughters, wives
and sisters from the outrages of licentious no
grocs, an unparalleled atrocity. Do white men
of tho North think so?— Age.
