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8 2 00 PER ANNUM
r '" jaM E S M. LEVY,
, m a k er & Jowolor,
Wa 4 C n EuSt side of the Square,
GEORGIA,
C 0«S0 T0 > od tQ u e p a ir Watches, Clocks
Wh«f« he . ‘; n the best style. Particular atten-
J» wel Y repairing Watches injured by in
''“"patent workmen. All work warranted.
Y - TINSLEV ’
aker & Jeweler
W fiworcparcd to Repair Watches, Clock,
18 fuU U iii tho best Style, at short notice.
Jewelry, Qld prices, and Warranted.
AllW 2d d?or below the Court House—stf
ZZton County Script Wanted.
i NY person having any of the above named
4 Script to dispose of, will consult their own
interest by c*Ui»g jjqwKßß A HARRIS.
DRS. DEAR INC & PRINCLE
~rrvO associated themselves in the l’rao
• of MEDICINE and SURGERY, offer
■ l ' Ce o feS9ii> n ‘‘l services to tlic citizens of
their V r “ 1 . v Tnev have opened an oft't. eon
,N eWt "‘' ide of tlie Square, (next door to S*
the b* B , at ( .re ) and arc prepared to attend to
Stalls promptly- They have also a carefully
Minted assortment of the
Very Best Medicines,
V ill g ; vo their personal attention to Corn
piunding 6 Prescriptions, for Physicians and
others.
special attention given to Chronic Diseases
At nieht Dr. Pearing will be found at. his
„JL nce and Dr. Pringle at his rooms imme-
XJ.y oWr the Store of C. H. Sanders & Bro
way 15, 25tf
I would respectfully inform the
citizens of Newtoji, and adjoining
counties, that I have opened a
3A.PDLE and HARNESS SHOP
Oilnorth side public square in COVINGTON
where lam prepared to make to order, Harness
Saddles, Ac, or Repair the same at short notice,
in the best style.
Y v t , JAMES B. BROWN
H. T. HEN RY,
D E 3T T Is TP ,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
— ) HAS REDUCED IIIS PRICES, so
that, all who have been so unfortu
nate as to lose their natural Teeth
can have their places supplied by Art., at very
snail cost Teeth Filled at reasonable prices,
and work faithfully executed, OiHce north side
of Square.—l 22tf
i JOHN S. CARROLL,
den t I S t
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
-j-Ts.Ati Filled, or New ones Inserted,ln
t |, e best, St.yl e, and on Reasonable To mis
Ofice Rear of R. King’s Store.—l Ilf
J. C. MORRIS,
Attorney at Law,
CONYERS, GA.
? hTt o graphs!
| HAVE JUST RECEIVED a Fresh Supply
I of Chemicals, and am now prepared to exe
cute work in my line in a superior manner.
Call soon if you would have a superior Fic
tnrr at my old stand, rear of Post Office build
i»g.-20tf J- W, CRAWFORD, Artist.
FISK’S METALLIC BURIAL CASIS
AND CASKETS,
For sale by THOMPSON & HUTCHINS,
ly2'J Covington Ga.
inck in Lmsu re:
Latest, Best, and Cheapest
STOCK OF THE SEASON!
Wo are now opening a Large, Fine and w-1!
assorted Stock of
General Merchandise,
Bought at tho
LOWEST POINT OF THE SEASON !
All of which are now offered and selling at
prices to correspond.
Call and examine our GOODS and PRICES,
will be satisfied that you get the worth of
jour Money.
ANDERSON fit HUNTER.
May 21(46) 27 2m
' MANUFACTU R E
Superior Cotton Yarns,
No. 6to 12. & Doz, No. 400 to 700.
M AT T RE S S E S
All sizes and qualities to suit orders.
13 a t tin s f
Os Waste or Good Cotton.
W 0 O L CARDING.
The quality of the'Rollß unsurpassed.
TL O U R and MEAL.
GRIST MILL cannot be surpassed in
pr otTnq u uUty, nor the quantity of MEAL or
-'UR turned. A supply of M«al or Flour
nstantly on hand. Flour of all grades to suit
in taste and pride.
o ar, cy. Double Extra, Extra Family, Family,
, P and Fine. Graham Flour and Grits
‘“order. SHORTS and 1! RAN, for Stock Feed,
The patronage of tho public is rc-
P c fully asked. Sotisfactiou guaranteed.
A splendid stock of
fy Goods and Groceries
for T Cheap for Cosh or barter
.nods of Country Produce.
„• E. STEADMAN, Prop’r.
‘ TE >oii*s. Newton Cos.. Ga., Feb. 10, 1.309.—1*3
THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE.
DR. O. S. PROPHITT,
Covington Georgia.
Is still manufacturing all of his celebrated
FARITEY OTEBIdNSS.
—Consisting of his—
LIVER MEDICINE,
ANODYNE PAIN KILL IT.
ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS,
AGUE TILLS,
DYSENTERY CORDIAL,
FEMALE TONIC, and
PURIFYING PILLS,
as heretofore, and will attend to all business in
his line, that comes to his office.
Will prescribe for patients when consulted,
and examine any that come to bis office at any
time, (Sunday excepted.)
Prompt attention given to all Orders.
The excellent. Remedies of DR. rROPIIITT,
need no commendation—their well known power
in removing the diseases peculiar to our South
ern climate having already established for them
an enviable imputation in Georgia and the ad
joining States. As the majority of persons liv
ing in the South are predisposed to disease of
the Liver, it is granted by all intelligent physi
cians that most of tho pains and aches of our
people are due to organic or functional derange
ment of that important organ.
PROPHITT’S
Tuivop Modioinc
strikes directly at the root of the evil. It cures
the Liver, which in nine eases out of ten, is at
the bottom of Ihe Coughs, Dyspepsia, Colic,
Sick Headache, Rheumatism, Constipation, Men
strual Obstructions, etc,, so common among out
people. My
Liver Medicine.
has the advantage of almost, any other Prepara
tion of Medicine that acts upon the Liver. It is
in the form of a Fluid Extract —ready for use at
all times, day or night, and can be carried to
any locality in America, winter or summer, aa it
will neither sour nor freeze at any temperature
that, a human being can occupy witli safety'.
It is not too strong for children, or too weak
for the most robust. Thcro is no trouble about
taking it, only to unstop the Boltle and drink it
whenever you may want it. It has gained a
very high reputation in every locality it has had
a fair and honorable chance to prove itself, at.
any point in America, and it has been used in
every State south of Maine, and is alike appli
cable to disorders of the Liver and Digestive
powers at ail places yet tried.
Traveling Parties, nortli and south, carry it,
and find the happy effects of it in all climates.
I'AUTICILiII NOTICE.
Hereafter NO MEDICINE WILL BE DEL IV
F.RED, or SERVICE RENDERED, except, for
two £3 II
You need not call unless you are prepared to
PAY CASH, for I will not Keep Books.
Jun, 11, 1809. O. S. PROPHITT.
Hotels.
PLANTERS HOTEL,
Augusta, Georgia,
Thi3 well known first class ITeie-1 is now re
opened for the accommodation ot the traveling
public, with t.hc assurance that those who may
have occasion to visit Augusts, will be made
comfortable. As this IP del is now complete in
every Department, the Proprietor hopes, that by
strict and personal attention, to merit a share of
public patronage.
JOHN A, GOLDSTEIN, I’ro’p,
United States Hotol.
ATLANTA GEORGIA
WHITAKER & SASSEEN, Proprietors.
Within One Hundred Yards of the General Passcn
ger Depot, corner Alabama and Prior streets,
AMERICAN H O T E L,
Alabama street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Nearest house to the Passenger Depot,
WHITE & WIIITLOCK, Pro actors.
* Having re-leased nnd renovated ic above
Hotel, we are prepared to entertain nests m a
most, ’satisfactory manner. Chary s fair and
moderate. Our efforts will be to .ease.
Baggage carried to and from Depot .roe of charge
FARE REDUCED!
AUGUSTA H 0;T E L v .
rpjIIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL is situated on
X Broad Street, Central to the business por
tion of the City, and convenient to the Tele
graph and Express Offices. 'The House is large
nnd commodious, and has been renovated and
newly painted from garret to cellar, and the
bedding nearly all new since (he war. Tho
rooms arc largo and airy; clean beds, nnd the
fare as good as the country affords, and atten
five and polite servants,
Ciiabgks.—Two Dollars per day.
Hintrle Meals 75 Cents.
I hope to merit a liberal share of patronage
from (be traveling public,
Give me a trial and judge for yourselves
S. M. JONES, Prop’r.
NEW G OODS!
OUR STOCK OF
DOMESTIC DRY GOODS
IS NOW COMPLETE.
OUR Stock of Ladies’ Dress. Goods far sur
passes any ever brought to this Market,
We have just received a Largo Lot of fri3h Limn,
Table Damasks, Napkins, Ladies’ and Gent’*
Liuen Handkerchiefs, Shirt Fronts, and Linen
Diapers, of our own Importation, at surprising
LO VV FIGURES !
W Invite Inspection to OUR IMMENSE
STOCK, fr u> Close Cash, Wholesale and Retail
CHAMBEKLIN, BOYNTON « CQ.
' c WimAmll and :huuter streets,
.iuilfi Atlanta, 0 .
COVINGTON GA., JUNE 25, 1809
[From the New York Democrat.)
An Evening Thought.
The stars thoir vigils keep
The earth is hushed in sloep ;
Alone, I sit and weep.
Bitter, blinding tears.
Weep for the ‘‘loved and lost,"
That o’er the river crossed
Those I esteemed tho most.,
In other years.
* Weep for tho vacant cliftir,
The lost steps on tho stair,
That echo everywhere,
Resounding in my heart.
Oil ! the joys that conic and go,
The nlt.ernato joy and woo,
That fotover ebb and flow,
Wliilo here wo meet to part.
But beyond this world o{ strife,
There’s a truer, hotter life,
Where happiness is ever rife,
And parting is no more.
Where happy beings dwell,
Nor eye hath seen, nor tongue can tell,
Tho rapturous joys that swell,
The throng on ttiat bright shore.
No mocking cares are there,
And griefs no more tbeyTl shave,
All beauteous, bright and fair,
Its scenes will prove.
No anguished hearts will there be found
Nor heard the wailing, mournful sound
Os woe, for grief no more will wound—
All will bo love.
Then let the tear be dry,
Undimmed the glancing eye ;
Rejoice, thou art born to die,
And to inherit Heaven.
Let not thy heart on earthly things,
O’er which grim death its shadow flings,
. Suspends his darts, implants his stings
To God thy heart be given.
Almira.
Pleasant Hill, Mo.
■— ■
Drifting to an Empire.
Tho Hon. A. 11. Stephens has written a
long and elaborate letter to tho National In*
telligenoer, giving his views as to the prime
cause of the war between the North and South,
and closing with some speculations as to our
political future. We copy the concluding par-,
agraphs of the letter :
"And now Messrs. Editors, do you ask, Cui
bonof Why so much written upon tho dead
issues of the past, when questions of so much
magnitude of a practical character press upon
the public mind? If so, the reply is two
fold. First, to vindicate the truth of history,
which is itself a high duty on the part of any
one who has it in hia power to do it: and in
the second place, to show the peoplo of these
States, in this vindication, not only the true
cause, the real ‘causa causans' of the late war,
hut the real cause of their present troubles.
The Federal machinery for tiie last ten years
has been abnormal in its action, It must be
brought back to tho Jeffersonian doctrines,
and made to conform in its workings with the
organic principles of its stiueture, before there
can possibly, be a return us the days of peace,
harmony, prosperity, and happiness, which
formerly marked her course. There is no hope
for constitutional liberty on this continent.—
Judge Nicholas may ‘dream dreams’ about an
other constitutional amendment, providing a
new mode of electing the President, hut tho
in no such dovioo as that. It lies
simply in bringing back the government in its
administration to original first principles. This
is to be done not by secession, however right
ful and efficient a remedy that might be. That
is abandoned. Nor is it to be dono by force
or violence of any kind, except tho force of
reason and the power of truth. It is to be
done, if at all, at the ballot-box. Freo insti
tutions are mere generally lost than establish
ed, or strengthened by a resort to physical
force. They are eminently' the achievement
of virtue, patriotism and reason. That our
institutions, and even nominal form of gov
ernment is now in groat danger, the prudent,
sagacious and wise every whose admit. An
able editorial in your own" paper, notl long
since, put tho pertinent and grave question,
‘Whither are wc drifting?' To this question
I take the occasion for one to give you a
direct and positive answer. We are drifting
to consolidation, and empire, and will land
there at no distant period as certainly as the
sun will set this day, unless tho people of tho
several States awake to a proper appreciation
of the danger, and save themselves from the
impending catastrope by arresting the present
tendency of public affairs. This they can
properly do only at .the ballot-box. All friends
of constitutional liberty, in every section of
the State, must unite in this grand effort.—
They must seriously cancider, and even recon
sider many questions to which they have given
but slight attention heretofore. They must
acquaint themselves with the principles of
thoir government, and provide security for tho
futuro by studying and correcting the errors of
the past.
“This is the only hope, as I have stated, for
tho continuance of even our presont nominal
form of government. Depend upon it, there
is no difference between consolidation and
empire ! No difference between centralism and
imperialism ! The end of either, as well as
all of these, is the overthrow of liberty and
the establishment of despotism. I give you
the words of truth in great earnestness -words
which, however receive*! or heeded now, will
be rendered eternally-true by the developments
of the future, ’
Years, moot respectfully;
A, 11. .STEPHENS.”
Gamblers’ Superstitions.
A STRANGE SCENE ON A BTEAMIIO.VT.
A New Orleans paper relrrtcs tho following
strange story :
Gen. A. L. S.. of Kentucky, perhaps ono of
tho'best card-players in tho State, would nev
er play a hand nor risk a dollar if there was a
black cat in tho room. Ex-Govornor 8., from
ono of tho Western States, an inveterate
gamester, would never sit down t*> a tablo in a
room where thero was a looking-glass Sumo
gamblers refuse to play if, on entering tho
room, the loft foot crosses the threshold first,
and no persuasion can induco them to d-o so,
until they leave and return with the right foot
foremost. To put your foot on tho chair of a
player is a sure premonition of Lad luck.—
Some men will not play on Friday.
In 1819 I was a passenger on tho steamer
Star Spangled Banner, from Now Orleans to
J.ruisvillo. Sho was crowded with people,
and an hour after leaving New Orleans found,
perhaps, twonty card tables drawn out, and
threo or four scores of tho passengers deeply
absorbed in the mystery of ‘old aledge, euchre,
and poker.’ All that night and tho next day
tho games went on. As fortune, however, soon
singled Out and made victims of the poorer
and less skilled players, so the number gradu
ally decreased until the fourth day out, when
only ono tablo was running. Old Bob Brash
er, a negro trader; young Ben Sanford, a
horse trader, and two planters, from the La
fourche, still kept on.
Although they had played almost incessant
ly fur four days nud nights, yet luck had fa
vored neither party, and they were within a
few dollars of evon. Tho ‘buckling’ had been
principally between Brasher and Sanford, but
heretofore they had kept themselves within
the ‘gentleman's limit, - five hundred dollars,
after leaving Memphis tho game was renewed,
and tho bystanders observed ‘that big play was
on the tapis,’ as young Sanford was consider
ably under the influence of liquor, and when
in that condition ho was known to be a heavy
player.
Late at night the two traders came together,
both had ‘backing hands,’ ami Louisiana bank
notes soon covered almost the whole table.—
The margin of fire hundred dollars had been
forgotten, and one, two, three, five hundred
better! rapidly passed between them. At
last Brasher leaned back from the table, un
buttoned his vest, and took from around his
body a belt filled with gold pieces. Laying it
down upon the bank notes he quietly exclaim
ed :
‘Three thousand better?’
Sandford became speechless; his face turned
deadly pale ; he ealled for a glass of liquor,
which ho drank, never once taking his eye
from the belt of gold. He had exhausted his
means in his former bets ; all his money lay
upon the table. At last a thought happened
to strike him ;
‘Ben! here !’ he exclaimed.
‘Yes, Massa,’ and young Sandford’s body
servant, a firm athletic, pure blood came to
his side.
‘Get upon the table, sir !'
Not daring to disobey—as ho knew well in
•that moment of frenzy his young master
would send a bullet through his brain, did he
refuse—the slave tremblingly stepped on the
table, crushing the bank notes and gold be
neath his feet.
‘For de good Lord sake, Massa Ben, don’t
bet disnigger off! What will the old missus
say when you go homo? Oh, Massa Ben,
please don’t!’ groaned tho boy, but in vain.
‘Call you, sir I’ shrieked Sandford, at the
same time laying down four queens and an
ace.
‘An invinebile, sir,’ paid Brasher, with a
sneer, ‘four kings and an ace 1’ And as Brash
! cr reached for his belt of gold, young Sand
ford fell to the floor, tho blood gushing from
•his mouth, nose, and ears. With one spring,
tho slave started from tho table, dashed
through the thin folding-doors of the ‘Social
Hall,’ out on the boiler deck, and with a half
uttered prayer for the ‘old missus,’ he thew
himself into tho dark waters of the Missis
sippi, and was seen no more. Death prevented
Brasher from claiming his spoil. Sanford for
weeks lingered on a sick bed, but at last re
covered, and forever renounced tlic gaming
table. He ‘made good,’ however, tho money
worth of the negro to the winner.
When it blows in Illinois it blows hard. A
man sitting in his house at Shipman, eating a
pie, heard a storm coming and ran to the
door. Tho galo first blew the house down and
then seized tho man, carried him through the
air a hundred yards or so, and landed him in
a peach tree. Soon afterwards a friendly
board from his own house camo floating by.
This ho seized and placed over his head to pro
tect himself from tho raging blast. Under
this sheltor he .finished his pie. The above is
related as a veritable occurrence.
Tho Western lands, it is stated, are rapidly
becoming exhausted from tho production of
ono class of crops and from the neglect to ap
ply proper manures. Tho journals of that
region assort that the grain-growing districts
of Illinois, lowa, Missouri and Minnesota, are
yielding smaller crops to the aero every yea r ,
and the same facts havobeen observed in the
wheat districts of California. The West, as
well as the South, must adopt tho plan of ro
tation of crops.
A Michigan farmer, on a visit to tho city o - "
[ Detroit, had a presentment that something
wrong was happening «t homo, and traveled
back on foot, just in time to catch his hired
. -Jan citing in >.t the chamber window with a
i big knife.
A Quick Marriage and Short Honeymoon.
Tho St. Louis Democrat states that a few
days ago a widower from Memphis took rooms
in a fashionable boarding house in that city.
11c was a man of ploasing appearaneo and
winning ways, lie told tho landlady that ho
had many troubles trying to koop liouso and
raise two children without a partner, 'lho
lady gave him all her sympathy, and recoin
mondedawifo. Thewidower thought the lady’s
daughter manifested all tho qualities he could
desire, and ho was allowed an interview. In
half an hour the young lady consented to be
come a mother to tho two sweet babes. A
priest was sent for, tho marriage ceremony was
performed, and tho very happy couple crossed
the river to como to this city on tho cars, hut
unfortunately too lato for them to take the
early train, and they were under the disagree
able necessity of remaining over night in F.ast
St. Louis. They took a room at tho Sherman
House, and remained all night. Next morn
ing, after breakfast, tho husband cainc suddenly
into tho presence of his bride, holding in his
hand a telegraphic dispatch, which lie handed
to her, requiring his immediate prosonco in
Hannibal, Mo., where business of importance
awaited him. Os courso there was no alterna
tive but that of leaving his new made bride.
So lie handed her tho snug little sum of SSOO
in shining gold, and telling her to go to liar
mother and remain with her till his return —
which would ho a very short time—loft her in
tears, but full of faith in his truth and worth.
Tho five hundred dollars showed he was all
right—there was no gotting round that, she
thought; but, alas I it provod to bo counter
feit. Tho lady thinks “ there iisomo mistake
about it,” and, says tho St. Louis paper, has
now been waiting several days for the return
of her husband, without a word from him ; and
wliilo her friends arc of tho opinion that he
will never return, and that sho has been im
posed upon by a villain, she lives in hope that
he will come back to her and make her happy
yet.
Walking Trance—A Curious Case in Chi
cago.
A curious case of animated trance or chron
ic somnambulism lias como to public notice in
Chicago. A man was observed, last Monday
evening, walking in a peculiar straggling,
manner along Washington street. Thinking
that the man was intoxicated, a policeman ap
proached him, intending to send him home.—
When questioned by the patrolman ho return
ed no answer, and although his eyes wore open,
there was a fixed strong glare in them that
alarmed the officer, and led him to believe that
the'man was insane. The policeman finally
concluded to take the person ;into custody.—
Ho was recognized as Joseph Ireton, a young
man about twenty five years of age. lie was
questioned by the station keeper and others,
but gave do reply, and it seeded to be evident
that he was in a state of partial coma.—
Shortly after it was learned that ho had been
in the opera house during tho early portion es
the evening, from which place he was ejected,
it being supposed ho was drunk. The next
morning lie was found to be in the same con
dition as on the previous night, and the city
physician was summoned. The doctor was
unable to determine exactly wiiat malady, if
any, tho man was laboring under, and after a
careful and very interesting examination of his
patient, pronounced tho case to be ono of the
strangest that he has ever witnessed. Ireton
seemed to bo perfectly pliable in tho Doctor’s
hand, and presented a remarkably curious
spectacle. When lie was placed in a standing
position in »ho center of the floor, his head
would drop forward slightly, and he would be
to all intents sleeping soundly, lie was placed
iu several other attitudes, tho result being
precisely tho same. He would allow the lids
of his eyes to be opened and elused by the fin
gers of another party, without giving any signs
of feeling, and tho lids would remain in the
position in which they were placed. All en
deavors to make him talkorent anything were
perfectly futile, sleeping appearing to be the
only thing that ho was capable of doing. It
was learned from eomo of his friends that ho
has before been subject to similar fits of un
consciousness, one of which they state extended
during a period of nine days.—[Chicago Times.
♦■«»•*
Great I.oss in Weight.
One of the most prominent commission mer
chants in Columbus, yesterday read jib a letter
from a cotton factor in New York, which show
ed that seventeen hales of cotton between
Columbus and New York had lost 470 pounds
in weight, an average of 27,<15 pounds per bale.
One bale lost 80 pounds,another CO, and so on.
Tho writer adds tho cotton was sold at an ad
vance of 3} c.; yet on account of the loss in
weight, tho sale brought him in loser $93 20,
not considering commissions and interest.
The same merchant shipped a lot of 108
bales to Savannah. On arrival at tiiat point
the difference in tho weight nf tho lot was 700
pounds, which is lost to somebody.
It is evident thero is some stealing going on.
Another thing is plain, and all ought to know
it, for it lias been impressed upon them often
enough—that it will pay farmers to completely
cover their bales with strong bagging, and
that it is to the benefit of shippers to havo the
holes sewed up. It is very easy to take out
handfuls of the staplo from those holes.—[Col
umbus Sun,
A Good Hit. —The motion of Mr. Ilalleck,
at the National Typographical Union, denounc
ing proscription for religious or political opin
ions, was a capital hit. At the Government
printing offieo a man is excluded from work on
account of his opinions; and a hue and cry is
raised against the printers for excluding a
colored mail from their Society. [l’icl.uiond
Dispatch.
VOL 4 NO. 32'
Onerous Taxation.
The vulgar adage of “hard times and worse
a coming” seems to be realized at tho present.
Contrary to all experience at this season of the
year, tho banks and bankers find thoir deposits
running down, and a demand for money in
excess of the supply. The revolution in the
political state of tho country, caused by tho
war, is not greater than that produced in all
its financial operations. Formerly, tho prin
cipal demand for money in the spring and
summer camo from tho cotton and sugar plan
ters, who purchased their plantation supplies
from the proceeds of six and eight months bills
drawn on New Orleans merchants. Those'
maturing in tho fall and winter cnqblod the
banks to buy eastern and sterling bills at a
profitable margin, and in this way he supplied
with exchange to furnish local merchants with
which to settle thoir eastern dobts. It was a
legitimate exchange business, as profitable to
the banks, as convenient to all the parties con
cerned. This is all changed. We doubt if ono'
bill is sold now on Now Orleans whore hun
dreds wore formerly, and notwithstanding the
absence of such dornand, the trading classes
aro oppressed by a stringency in money that
makes it almost impossible to transact business,
The explanation given fur this unusual state
of affairs is tho weighty hand which tho gen
eral government has lain upon us, and which
threatens to strangle all business men. Within
forty days this inoxorablo Moloch has abstract
ed from this district the enormous sum of SGOO,-
000, and tho end is not yet. Nor docs this
estimate embrace largo sums filched from us
in many other ways. This is as utterly lust to
us, as if it was east into tho son, fur it goes
into the coffers of Amsterdam and other Gor
man bankers, and we da not even got toys in
exchange for it, with which tho poor might
solace their children when they cry for the
broad which has thus been takon out of their
very mouths. It is estimated that fully ten
percent, of tho wages of labor is taken from
it—that every tenth drop that falls from the
brow of the weary working man is caused by
the additional burthen which the government
imposes upon him. And there seems no csoapo
for him except in the gravo, or by expatriating
himself to some more favored land, where the
tnx gatherer cannot or does not como.
Our people havo been so little accustomed’
to taxation that their burdens arc galling in
the last degree. Wo ha*c had no bread-riots
as yet, as wc often read accounts of in some
countries, but the poor are getting poorer ev
ery day, and must deny themselves many of
the little comforts of life that they formerly
enjoyed. The producer must advance the
rates charged on all articles of food to moot
the exactions of the government, and while ho
is nominally getting high prices, yet so heavy
are his burthens that, at the end of the yea*-,
he is fortunate if ho is not a poorer man than
when he began it.
There is bat one remedy for this thing, and
tho necessity is fast approaching that will
drive the people into it, and this is, repudia
tion. It is a word of fearful import, and but
little understood by the great mass of tho peo
ple as yet. But they will bo driven into its
adoption by a necessity sternor than the ex
igencies of war, which were plead for so many
crimes and outrages. The alternative is fast
approaching when capital must perish or labor
be reduced to beggary and rags and starva
tion. Military necessity, it was said, took from
tho South, at one fell swoop, sixteen hundred
millions of slave property, and property of a
still greater value in other things, and it
is a high crime to sink twenty-five hundred 1
millions of national debt, that millions of labor*
ing men and thoir wives and children may
have broad. A thousand times better, wc say,
that the whole of the debt bo lost to the bond*-
holder than that beggary and want should’
perish from starvation. There is no useargu-*
ing the point, for when the necessity shall
come upon tho people—and it is fast approach*
ing—they will need no other arguments than
empty stomachs, to suggest and adopt, tho
remedy for their oppressions, which lies in*
repudiation.—[Lexington, Ky., Gazette.
**l -omm
To Keep Guns from Rusting,
When tlic hunting season is over, careful
sportsmen like to clean their guns and to feel
certain that they will not rust when they aro
put away. From the Turf, Field and Farm;
which is the highest authority in this country,
on all matters of tin's kind, wo tako tho follow
ing directions, which that paper recommends,
after 20 years trial, as a sovereign preventa--
tivo of rust on gun barrels and all other metal.
FiVcry farmer nearly has a gun or a pistol, and
this will be useful to them and to their wives
in the housekeeping department. This is tho
mixture: “Twenty ounces of best olivo oil, and
one and a half ounces of spirits of turpentine,,
rubbed on the outside and in, with a rag. A
less quantity of tho ingredients may bo used.’*’
Cut orr the Leaves. —Almost every ono
who has had any experience in gardening
knows tho importance of pruning newly plant
ed trees. But in transplanting cabbages, bects r
tomatoes, and similar vegetables, few ever
think of taking off any of the leaves, an oper
ation fully as important as tho reduction of
the branches of an apple or pear tree. Let
every one who is about setting out any of tho
succulent plants try the cutting oil' of the
larger leaves, and we think they will never
omit it again.—[Health and Home.
Dickson is. Feeler. —A contest is going oa
fn Barbour county. Alabatqfq between an acta
ol’cotton ul the Feeler variety and an acre of
tho Diek.son. Lhe Euiaula Times says tho
Beider, on the sth, waa thirty four inches
from tip of rout tj p. int of leaf. The D.ek.-uu
was aot mi full, but better bruited.