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AUGUSTUS R. WRIGHT,
CASSVILLE, GA.,
tVIl.L practice Law in the several courts
of Law and Equity iu the Cherokee circuit.
April 24. 12 —ly.
CHASTAIN & YOUNG,
ATT03a.3SrETTS AT UW,
ELLIJAY, GA.,
Will practice in the counties of the Cher
okee circuit.
A;>riI 24. 12—ly.
ROBERT H. TATUM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TRENTON, GEO.
Business entrusted to his care in any of
the Counties of the Cherokee Circuit, will
meet with prompt attention.
Nov. 21. 43—tf
DANIEL S. PRINTUP,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ROME, GEO.
Also Agent for the Hank of the State of
South Carolina, and will make advances on
Cotton shipped to Charleston, only charging
legal interest for the time the advance is made-
Sept. 5, 1850. —tf.
CASSVILLE. GEO.
Such as Pamphlets, Handbills, Business
and Professional Cards, Visiting and Ad
dress Cards, Legal blanks, 1’osters, Blank
Notes, Bill heads Circulars, Catalogues, La
bels, Horse hills, &c. &c.
We think we can give satisfaction both in
the execution and prices of our work, and
solicit a share of the public patronage.
JULIUS M.PATTON. ADDA JOHNSON.
PATTON 6l JOHNSON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Cassville, Geo.
Will practice in the counties of Cass,
Flovd, Gordon. Murrav,
[Feb 12."
Cobb. Chattooga
Whitfield and Walker.
iLlEMdSMi 0AEID).
DR. ROBERT U. WORD,
Office.—N. East of the Court House.
Jan. Ir» 1851. 50— ly.
MEDICAL CARD.
JjR. S. C. EDGEWORTH, having per
manently located at Cartersville. re
spectfully offers to the community his servi
ces in the practice of Medicine and Surgery.
Cartersville, March 4, 1852.—2m.
J. It. PARROTT,
A T T 0 II N E Y A T L A W
•rAT/j’x'iiS'ymiv.s, © „
March II. 5—ly.
JAMBS MILNER. JOHN E. GLENN.
MIDLIST36EL & GI/JP.3CJ&
/a aCDLavv
CSSSVILLE, GA. '
March, 4, 1852. 4—tf.
DR. MILES J. MURPHY,
PllY.-OMEDlCAL Olt 15 OTA NFC PHYSICIAN,
A VING permanently located at Carters-
ville, will attend promptly to all calls as
t^R'sfcTan^Pr Wf Fj;eoii." *ffoping" From'
The Departed.
BY MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY.
“ He hath but gone an hour or two earli
er to bed, and we are undressing to follow.”
Archbishop Leighton.
Why com’st thou back, departed one,
Whv com’st thou back to me,
such a scene and the death of the Chris-* the bjard supports it; the child can’t
tian 1 He approaches the valley of i crawl into the lire and burn up. too
death, but when he passes through it, ' ‘
“ there is light in the valley,” there is
glorious light all, ail around ! The last
-hadow is fled and gone, and the kind
ling glories of the heavenly world now
| illuminate bis pathway What ecstatic
; joy now kindles in the bosom, and what
enrapturing visions his eyes behold! He
can leave it long time, ail safe so I
think this much the best way, ladies
much best!” The ladies gave in theii
assent by a general laugh.
ignorant bridegroom said to him, What,
sir, is your u-ual fee?’ He humorous
ly replied, ‘ That depends entirely upon
he parties ; if they are promising and
espectable, we of course receive a liber-
d reward
we heard the fire-beli’s first ring, we was
not at all surprised that the mischief was
from that ’ere bowling saloon. It is a
burning, blistering shame that such stu
pendous things should be tolerated in an
AMien autumn with its first-drawn blood, | gees the light of eternity mingled with
stnln tnnidn tvnn 2 I . . " . * n
Only Once.—Ah I that has destroy
ed the bright hopes of many a parent
Oue taste of the intoxicating cup has
sent ruin and death to many a house
hold. One profane word has fiiled the
heart with sorrow and gloom. Oue pen
ny from the master’s drawer has sent ,, ju
miuous ones, and his death is but the 1 the once happy youth to the penitentiary ! t
, beginning of that illustrious life which i and the gallows. When tempted !o * ^ 8Uc . h s,and,n S and
Why glid st thouon, when winter sweeps shall have no end ! How truly glorious ; break the law of God, will you stretch
Doth stain the maple tree r
Is it because thy musing mind
Did take such deep delight
In the lone hush of pensive thought
That fading groves exciter
time, and feels its joys as a prelude of
1 heaven ! His sun sets here, but rises
in glory : bis la-t hours are his most lu-
aid; if they are what we call poor {accommodating Christian community
things, we expect bat little A liberal where there are three churches and pub-
lee was instantly presented. .... *■
Being once ai an association, he ad
dressed a minister near him, who was a
stranger, and inquired what kind of a
minister they had settled in such a town
He was answered, ‘ a man of rather or
dinary qualifications ’ At this he won-
The year's proud wealth away.
And leaves it to the scathing blast,
All old, and bare, and gray ?
Is it because the lengthened eve—
The hearthstone blazing free—
The social page—the home-felt joy,
"Were ave so sweet to thee ?
Why art thou here, when summer’s pomp
Enrobes the scented thorn r
Is it because thine own young life
Was ’midst its roses bom r
Or that her hand did lay thee down
On pillow cold and fair.
And duly make its covering bright
With turf and violets rare r
Why art thou near, when Spring unlocks
The lowliest blossom’s cell,
Thou bud of fondly cherished hope,
That in its flushing fell:
Thy spirit-breath is on my cheek,
Yet naught can melt away
The frost seal from thy lips, or heave
Thy breast of sculptured clay.
and pleasing are the last hours of the
dying good man ! Aye, see now bow—
“ He views his home, and smiling sinks to
rest,
And gains at once a mansion with the
blest!”
O' Ten years ago. Life Insurance
was scarcely known in this country Not
over one in 80.00O of the American peo
ple had resorted to it; very little knowl
edge of the system had been diffused a-
inong our people up to that time—there
were few who had any definite idea of
the system—the masses gave no thought
to the subject, and others equally igno
rant of its true character, regarded it
with pbus horror, as implying a distrust
of God s providence in the affairs of
men. The error and this prejudice have
parsed away, and thousands and tens of
forth the guilty hand and say,—“This
once, and only once, will I sin Stop
where you are. It is the first act of
transgression that will p ay the ruin with
you. Step but an inch over the forbid
den ground to-day, and to-morrow a foot
will not seem to be so dangerous, and
next month you may be beyond the
reach of love and affection and Christian
influence. Resist the first suggestion to
do evil. Tear yourself away fKlhi the
first grasp of sin. There is little honor
in saying I have fallen but once ; hut a
glory attaches itself to the character of
him who never for once overstepped the
bounds of virtuo.
1 consequence should settle such a minis
ter. But looking round the room, he
-aw by the smile on every face that this
stranger was no other titan the minister
in question. After joining in the laugh,
he added, ‘ But it appears that this min
ister has one good qualification.’ ‘And
wbat is that T said they. ‘ Why, he is
a man of lru:h,' was the reply.—Chris
tian Mirror.
A Do W.VEASTER DOWN OX IIaILEOADS.
—The Ivnickeiboeker gives the follow
ing, as the private opinion publicly ex-
Whv com’st thou thus, with every change
That marks the rolling year r
Is it because great Nature s book
M as to thy soul so dear:
Or to forewarn me that the land
O’er Jordan’s wave draws nigh,
Where vai ying seasons have no place,
And love can never die r
thousands of our citizens, in all parts of! pressed, of an old resident of one of the
/arts attit /anrits.
the Unmn, are steadily resorting to Life
Insurance, as the best and surest meth
od of protecting their families from a
precarious dependence upon the life of
an individual
In the estimation of well informed
and thinking men, this institution now
holds a front rank among the benevolent
enterprises which modern philanthropy
has originated for mitigating the evils,
and for enhancing the enjoyments of so
eial life.
Every good citizen, every man whose
MARCUS A. HIGGS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CASSVILLE, GA.
Will attend promptly to all business con
fided to his care.
May 29, 1851.
17—tf.
J. D. PHILLIPS,
ATTORNEY A I’ LAW,
CASSVILLE, GEO.
Fob 19.
JOHN A. CRAWFORD,
ATTORNE Y AT LA W,
Cassville, Ga.
Will attend punctually to any business en
trusted to his care.
May 15.
15—tf.
WM. T. WOFFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CASSVILLE, GEO.
March 15
tf
E. D. UIIISOLM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
VANWERT, GA.
Will practice in the Cherokee circuit, and
will transact any business entrusted to his
care.
Jan. 29, 1852. 51—lv
DAWSON A. WALKER,
ATTOBIJBY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Spring Place, Geo.
Refers to Iverrs & Hors, Augusta. Ga.,
Wiley, Banks, & co., Charleston, S. C.
A. Wells & co., Savannah, Ga.
April 24. 12-1 y.
JAMES C. LON GST REFT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CALHOUN, GA..
Will practice in the several courts of the
Cherokee circuit.
Refer to Hon. John P. Kino, ) Augusta,
R. F. Poe, \ Ga.
Richard Peters, Esq., Atlanta, Ga.
W. Akin, Esq., Cassville, Ga.
April 24. 12— lv.
W. K. COURTNEY,
A T T 0 R N E Y AT LAW,
TRENTON, GA.
Will diligent attention to any busi
ness cuMf^fd to his care in the Chcroke cir-
wc1i
ftiniidcd tnedivai education and successful
experience to merit and receive a liberal
share ot patronage. Particular atten
tion paid to diseases of females.
Office at II. M. Morgan's Store, opposite the
Cartersville Ilolel. [Feb 12
BRICK HOTEL.
By Wm. Latimer,
CASSVILLE GEO.
OCT* A comfortable hack always in readi
ness to convey passengers to and from the
State Road Depot. Jan. 29.
“ THE GLOBE HOTEL.”
CASSVILLE, GA.
HE uudersigned would in
form the public that he has
taken charge of this large and
commodious House, situated on
the south-east corner of the pub
lic square, and by his attention
and care hope to merit a liberal patronage
bv the Public. His Table will be the host
that the country affords No pains will be
spared to make all comfortable that nmv call.
S. J HIGGS.
Cassville, Geo. Sept. 25,1851.34-tf.
CITY HOTEL,
ATLANTA, GEO.
Co Tier Loyd and Decatur Sts.
( Abont 100 yards from the Depot )
T HIS establishment has been recentlv fur
nished trom the best houses in New York
city, and no pains will be spared on m? part
to make it one of the best houses South
Time and patronage will test the above as
sertion A liberal patronage is solicited.
L R BUTLER. Proprietor
Feb 12, 1852
How John Knox got a Wife.
Knox used to visit Lord Ochiltree s | means aie taxed to relieve the wants of
family, preaching the gospel privately to j others—in short, every member of com
those who were willing to receive it.— inanity, he Lis position what it may. is
The lady and some of the family were j interested in the extension of the system
converts. Her ladyship bad a chamber, | of Life Insurance ; inasmuch as the dif-
table, stool and candlestick for the proph- j fusion of its moral influence, and of the
et. and one night at supper says to him, j substantial benefits which result from it
“ Mr. Knox, I think you are at a great | are eminently calculated to strengthen
loss by want of a wife,” (he wa3 then a j the bonds of social life, and to avert the
widower) to which be said, “ Madam, I j destitution and suffering which other-
Calhoun Hotel,
By Cantrell &. Higdon,
CALHOUN, GORDON CO.
Tnis House is always open for the public
accommodation. No pains will he spared to
render customers comfortable Give us a
call. W. J CANTRELL, Sup’t
ROB’T HIGDON, Jr Prop’r.
Ej" There is a good Livery Stable con
nected with this House. ' Feb 26 lv.
T. A. BURKE.
Trenton, Ga.
cuit.
Refer to A. Garner,
B. Hawkins,
G. R. Buck, [ Lexington,
Rev. T. Morgan,3 Tenn.
April 24. 12—lv.
JONES & CRAWFORD,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CALHOUN, GA.
April 24.
12—lv.
C- W. DEMING.
BURKE & DEMING,
Book Sellers, Staticrtu-rs, Xfetcspaper
and Magazine Agents,
Madison, Ga.
Jan. 15. 1S52.
49—tv.
A. ALEXANDER,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST,
Atlanta, Georgia.
DUALEU IK
DRUGS. MEDICINES,
English. French and American Chemicals, Sur
gical and Dental Instruments,
PAINTS, Oils, Dye Sniffs and Window
Glass. Perfumery, Fancy Articles, Broshes
of all kinds. Bronzes, Fancy Soaps, .Trusses,
Tanners’ Tools, Druggists’ Glass Ware, Ex-
tbinfe nobody will take such a wanderer
as I,” to which she replied “ Sir, if that
be your objection. I’ll make inquiry to
find an answer against our next meeting.
The lady accordingly addressed her
self to her eldest daughter, telling her
she might be very happy if she could
marry Mr. Knox, who would be a great
reformer, and a credit to the church :
hut she despised the proposal, hoping
her ladyship wished her better than to
marry a pour wanderer. The lady ad
dressed herself to her second daughter,
who answered ns the eldest.
Then the lady spake to her third
daughter, about nineteen years of age,
who very frankly said, “ Madam. I’ll be
very willing to marry him, but I fear
he’ll not take me.” to which the lady
replied, “If that be all your objection.
I’ll soon get you an answer ”
Next night at supper, the lady said to
Mr. Knox, “Sir, l have been consider
ing upon a wife to you. and find one ve
ry willing,” to which Knox said, “Who
is she, Madam ?” She answered, “ My
youngest daughter sitting by you at the
table ” Then addressing himself to the
young lady, he said. “ My bird, are you
willing to marry me?” She answered,
’’ Yes, sir; only l fear you’ll oot be wil
ling to take me ” He said, " My bird,
if you be willing to take me, you must
take your venture of God’s providence
as I do. I go through the country
sometimes on my foot, with a wallet on
my arm, a shirt, a clean band, and a Bi
ble in it; you may put something in it
for yourseh ; and if I bid you take tbe
wallet, you must do it, and go where I
go. and lodge where 1 lodge ” “Sir.
I’ll do all this,” says she “ Will you
be as good as your word?” “Yes, I
will.” Upon which the marriage was
concluded, and she lived happily with
him, and bad several children by him
She went with him to Geneva, and as he
was ascending a hill, as there are many
near that place, she got up to ihe top of
it before him, and took the wallet on her
arm. and sitting down, said, “ Now,
goodman, am I as good as my word ?”
She afterwards lived with him when
he was minister at Edingburgh.
wise would too often fall to the lot of the
helj less and dependent.
Cure for Deafness —Mr S. W.
Jewett, writing to the Boson Cultiva
tor, says :—At about three years of age,
a daughter of the Hon Daniel Baldwin,
ol Montpelier, became very deaf in both
ears. In conversation it was quite diffi
cult to make her hear, and she c >nrinu- I ’corporation, they said.
“ far off shore towns” on Massachusetts
Bay. Said the “far off shore town”
man :
“ I don’t think much 0’ railroads ;
they ain’t no kind o’ justice into ’em.
Now, what kind 0’ justice is it, when
railroads take one man’s upland and
carts it over in wheel-barrers onto anotb
er man’s ma’sh ? What kind ’0 ’cotn-
modation be they ? You can’t go when
you want to go; you got to go when the
bell rings, or the blasted noisy whistle
blows. I tell you its payin’ tew much
for tbe whistle. Ef you live a leetle
ways off the dee-pot, you got to pay to
git to tbe railroad ; and ef you want to
go anywhere else ’cept jest to the eend
on it, you got to pay to go a’ter you git
there. What kind o’ ’commodation is
that? Goin’ round the country, tew.
murderin' folks, runnin’ over cattle,
sheep and bogs, andsetrin’ lire to bridg
es, and every now and then burniu’ up
the woods. Mrs. Rohbine, down to
Cod p’int, says—and she ought to know,
tor she’s a pious woman and belongs to
the lower church—she said to me, no
longer ago than day ’fore yesterday, that
she’d be cuss’d if she didn’t know that
the}’ sometimes run over critters a pur
pose—they did a likely shoat 0’ her’n.
and never paid for’t, ’cau-e they was a
What kind o’
ed in this wretched state un’il about {’commodation is that? Besides, now
eighteen years of age, when an Icdian i I’ve lived here close to the dee pot, ev
doctor chanced to see her, who told tit**
mother, Mrs B . that the oil of onion
and tobacco would cure her if prepared
I er since the road started to run, and
seen ’em go out and come in ; but I nev-
WM. H. & J. W. H. UNDERWOOD.
ROME, GEORGIA.
Will practice Law in all the counties of
the Cherokee circuit (except Dade.) They
will both personally attend all the courts, j ,
W. H. Underwood will attend tbe courts of tracts, Dentists’ Golf and Tin Foil, Force
Jackson and Habersham counties of the Wes-; lean Teeth. Patent Medirincs, Ac.
lern circuit. Both will attend the sessions! Together with a full supply of every arti-
®f the Supreme Court at Cassville andGaiues- cle usuallv found in the line, which I offer at
ville. All business entrusted to them will the lowest market j rices for cash or approv-
be promptly aud faithfully attended to. ; ed credit
Office pext door to Hooper & Mitchell,: My arrangements with established houses
“ Buena Vista House,” Rome, Ga., at which 1 in New Yotk, give me facilities enjoyed by
place one or both will always be found, ex-1 few, for selling pure articles, and at the low-
$daJ when absent on professional business. 1 cst prices.
April 24—12—ly. 1 February )2,1852.
The Dying Christian.—Dost thou
see that setting sun 1 How glorious a
sight to behold! Slowly, calmly, and
majestically, he rinks to rest. Now the
clouds are burnished with living sap
phires ! What a mild, yet heavenly ra
diance marks his glorious pathway ;
“ And though his noonday brightness fades
away,
TIis dying beauty far exceeds the day!”
as follows: Divide an onion, and from
the centre tske out a piece the size of a
common waluut: fill this cavity with a
fresh quid of tobacco, and bind the on
ion together in its usual shape; roast it,
then trim off the outer part until you
come to that portion slightly colored or
penetrated by the tobacco; mash up the
balance of tne tobacco and put it into
a phial Three drops of this oil, Mrs B
infoimed me she dropped into the ear
after her daughter had retired to bed.
which immediately gave her considera
hie pain which lasted for some time. Be
fore morning, however, her hearing was
so extremely delica'e and sensitive, that
she suffered by the sound and noise in
common conversation ! This she soon
overcame, and for more than three years
past, her hearing has been entirely re
stored, to the great joy of her parents
and friends Having been acquainted
with the family for many years, the case
is so miraculous and gratifying that I
er could see that they went so d—d fast
nuther!’
Anecdotes of the Rev. Lemuel
Haines.
He happened to go into a store where
ardent spirits were drank as well as sold
In his pleasant manner he addressed
them, “ How do ye do ?” The merchant
willing to jest - little, replied, “ O, not
more than half drunk.” “ Well, well,’
said Mr. Haines, “ I am glad there is a
ref>nna’ion begun ”
A young clergyman, in conversation,
on the subject of an educated ministry,
remarked, that ministers without learn
ing succeed well, and ignorant ones usu
ally do the best. “ Won’t you tell me,”
said Mr H , “ how much ignorance is
necessary to make an eminent preacher?’
A minister having had his house burnt,
was stating the circumstances to Mr H .
adding that the most of bis manuscript
consumed. Mr.
[From the Knickerbocker.]
Terrible Conflagration in Bun
kum.
Dreadful Destruction of Human Prop
erty— The Town Clundeceitllg set on
T ire ’unbeknown si to any one before
hand.
We have received fiont the editor of
“ The Jiunkum Flag Stuff’ the follow
ing extract from his “ Extra Issoo, of a
Lire date.” We are assured in a pri
vate note front the respected proprietor
of that journal, that adequate arrange
ments have been made to “ place it icto
a basis of tbe firmest footing,” in the
“ course of perhaps not a very long time,
at least ’ The “ Extra Issoo” bears
the startling words “ Awful Conflagra
tion !” on its front, which calamity it
proceeds to describe as follows :
“ Front the caption of our mask-head,
it will be seen that our town has become
the theatre of another of those sublime
but heart-rending, heart sickening exhi
bitions of the elemental of fire, which we
should set it down at the round abne
gate and sum total of not less than ten
thousand dollars, which has ever been
our lot to record in these columns, in
cluding three stores, a howling saloon,
and a couple of stables, a colt and three
horses, one a mayor, which resolutely,
with the most blind-hearted infa’oeatior.,
refused to come out of the blaze, whose
awful cries with the hizzing of flames
and pumping of “ Fire Engine No 3”
grate upon our ears while we pen this
article. We have just come from the
burning ashes of this terrible waste of
human property ; and when we see a
beautiful penan forty and other things of
great valoo mixed up in heterogenous
confusion, wo could hardly find heart to
write what we feel Not a dollar of in
surance 1 The whole is a sum total loss,
except a valuable milch cow whose calf
Das got away. Three dollars reward :
-ee our advertising columns. (Nut any
charge: they have suffered enough)—
Only to thiuk of so much labor : it all
uoed in one night, and not a wreck be
hind. What a lesson of the unccrting'y
of human aff. irs!
“ But who we a-k is to be found guil
ty of this crime? Who arson’d this town
clandecently. unbeknown’st to any one
before band ? Where were our spirited
public authorities, when the property of
our fellow
Who is to
presume ; of course, nobody. We will
tell you. Let tbe keepers of the bowl
ing saloon answer it to their Maker as
they wili do when this question is finally
brought to tbe test at tbe last day. Let
them who licensed the bowling-saloon
answer with tbe conflagration still star
ing them in tbe face ! That there is guilt
somewhere we presume that r.o seisible
individooal disposed to have any reason
able manner of doubt. If so, wboo?
IThoo ? We will tell you. It is those
! youn^ gentlemen who may be seen com-
! ing out of a certain grocery with their
lie schools. What’s the use-t of Sab
bath, if our young men mast frequent,
corner groceries and a bowling-saloon?
If that ere bowling saloon had not been
where it was, do doubt many who are
now in tbeir graves would have been a-
live and their widows provided for every
comfortable ; and there are many respec-
ablc youths whose parents no doubt
think that they are at a prayer meeting,
little dreaming that they are into a bowl-
iug salooti, When we think of how ma
ny good hooks are published, and how
many excellent religious tracks arc now
for sale at our counter, it is a matter of
marvel that any can bo found to frequent
a bowling-saloon or such like places of
that description which are on the high
road to hell. We never remember but
ouce-t in our lives of having frequented
a howling saloon and that to bring away
our devil, who from the moment he went
there began to drink beer till we dis-
charged him. If bowltng-saloons must
be tolerated in a community like this,
then the quicker we pack up and-be off
with our types the better. Our proper
ty is not safe. Ten thousand dollars ai!
burnt to the ground in one hour, and
that by the influence of a bowling-sa
loon ! Would we let our son Thomas go
to such places? We’d see him in his
grave first. The church yard is li'eral-
ly filled with people who have attended
a howling-saloon 1 “ O, Temporal ’ O
Moses!”
Patrick Henry.
A man stands upon the floor or tho
House of Delegates of Virginia. He
turns an eye of fire around him—he trem
bles with some mighty emotion. That
emotion, reader, was tbe first breath of
new born Liberty 1 She started into lifo
at his inspiration, and the days of Tyr
anny were numbered !
The grandeur of that scene cannot be
compassed in one glance. He stood a-
mid a grave and prudent body of men,
conscious indeed as the wrongs of their
country, but relying upon modest peti
tion for redress. They had never lit
their imaginations ramble into visions of
upright and chainless Independence. A
thousand things forbade the idea Their
habits of thought and action, their pitia
ble weakness as a country, their disgust
for war on account of recent and exhaus
ting conflicts, all tended to indispose
them for freedom. They were, besides,
legislating beneath tho zealous eyes of
royal deputies, who would not fail to
call treason by its right name. They
sat. as it were, under glimmerings of tbe
diadem.
V ho would dare, if so inclined, to
stalk forth from their midst ur,<i throw
down the gauntlet to tbe mightiest Em
pires of the world—nay, to all the em
pires of the world—to principles as old
as the great globe itself, interwoven with
every page ot past history, sanctioned by
venerable ages, and proud and awful as
the heaven V Who would dare to leap on
the moss grown and frowning rampart of
monarchy, and pluck its bloodied flag?
Who would rush out from
_ _ i sermons were consumed. Mr. H re-
cannot, in justice to the afllicted, refrain | “ Don’t you think, brother, they -
from making this simple and effectual j g ave n , nre light from the fire than they! e 5 ei re,J with dram-drinking on a Sun-
remedy for deafness known. j did from the pulpit ?” j day morning T ~ ‘ u — — -
Is there not a certain
» 1 . , . . . . , 1 deacon, we a.-k, who is sometimes seen
The way to tend a Bady.-A Chip-i A phystc.an, of hbert.ne pr.ncples to ! gneakiog aroand lhat corner? We men-
powa Indian has been lecturing in Hart- j u e ^ as ln . e a or rion no names. Will our girls marry
ford, where in a iceture, according to ^* r w !* r ’ s t0 PP e '* ^ ,wn ^ r - j » uc h young men who frequent such pla
the Times, he advised the ladies of Hart- “ - ear ® ,n g r “ e fa -L watted on I,n -j ces ? If it was not for the bowling-sa-
furd to tie their babies as soon as they confess^ the debt, and started off to j, (0n n0 a j this moment the stores
-- - - J borrow »ae money. He was called back
tno security
-citizens was put iu jeopardy ?! of submission, and Sampson-like, grasp
blame? Oh “ no body,” we lbe lion b ‘ 9 maiil • was th e grand-
- ’ est moment of time—but God bad rear
ed up one to fill it. That man was Pat
rick Henry.
He opened his lips. His heart, big
with the destines of the world, straggled
for a moment with doubt—but no long
er. The electric appeal shut forth-
darted on—flashing fiercer and brighter,
and growing and growing in overwhelm
ing majority, until the last words—
“ Give me Liberty, or Give me
Death !”—filled up its measures of ter
rible might; and the last link of the
chain that bad eternally bound the form
of freedom was riven. He bad finished
his sublime task. The Revolution wes
afoot 1
are born, to a board, bind them down
tight, and keep them there most of the
rime till they are ten months old. “ Put
a hoop around the head, ’ he says, “aud
then when the board gets knocked over,
it won’t break the child’s nose ' ’ He
sums up other advantages as follows :
“ You see, ladies, (holding up a speci
men) the chi.d’s hands are tied down,
so it can’t scratch its own eyes out, and
can’t scratch itsmother’s breast, too; it ; me - an, l make me a good man
can’t wigjrie about and get very tired;
it can’t bend over, and must grow
straight—when the mother goes out af
ter herbs, she can hang it on a tree, and
snakes can’t bite it; when it cries, the
mother can swing i: across her back and
standing, tbe hordes and mayor safe, the
hy the Doctor, who presented a receipt [ ca , f ;bu ”q and lhe piano „ ond for ’ I
in full, adding, “ Here, Mr. Haioes, is j numb8r 0 f tunes aheadj wbere now ' billing, there are a thousand noble traits
The Farmer.—It does ones heart
good to see a merry, round faced farmer.
So independent and yet so free from van
ity and pride. So rich and yet so indus
trious—patient, and persevering in his
calling and yet so kind, sociable and 0-
a discharge; you have been a faithful J mrIaneholj waste> and \ Le
servant here a long time, and received j f ^ ,„ icbet
but a poor support. I give you the , ,u
debt ”
Mr. Haines thanked him, and still ex
pressed bis willingness to pay, when the
Doctor added, “Butyon roust pray for
“ Mr.
about his character, he is generally hos
pitable—eat and drink with him and be
won’t set a mark on you and sweat it
out of you with doable compound inter
est as some people I know will; you
are welcome; be wili do a kindness
There is no land acclaimed nor pomp rock it so, (swaying its body to and fro)
of heraldry to denote his exit, as when * ‘ ‘ L
inonarebs leave their thrones All is
quiet richness, and superlative loveli
ness. What scene on earth mote fair,
moie grand, more beautifal?
How striking tho analogy between
owners ou'
while the authorities who li
censed the bowling saloon still at large
and probably will do till the judgment
day. Ladies, don’t look at ’em ! They
are the authors of this dispensation of
Providence, without shadow of doubt [f j without expecting a return by way of
, they have any consciences, which they J compensation—ut is not so with every
Haines quickly replied, “ Why, Doctor, j pr0 !)ablv have noi got any. Let the 1 bod J 5 usually more honest and sincere,
I think I bad much better pay the debt ” j owner of the calf look to them for dis- less disposed to deal iu low and nuder
Meeting a preacher who had been on i bursation. handed cunning, than. many I couia
a tour, preaching false doctrines, be; - We stop tbe press to announce nam e. He gives to society its best sup-
said to him, “ You ba e been on a j tbat , he eaif ha< been found, and we are I P? r I~ ,ts f firmest P ,liar i r
preaching tour, and wbat success do you ; „ bd 0 f j, ^Ve say again emphatically 1 efllfice of Ko^cromcnt, he is the lord of
meet wi h ?” ‘ O good success, great sue- that rhe bowlrog «aloon is tbe root of the i oa ' ure - lj “° k ,Q
and can carry it great distances in this |cess The devil btro-elf can never des- w hole matt er. These things must be: 3 . 0 '’ ; langb at mra- H yon wt .De-
manner, too, can set it up side of the i troy such a cause,’ was the reply- ‘You tracked somewhere, and where are you' l* eve me ’ can “ u ^ 80 1 8 ^ eas *
wigwams very handy; and when the i need not be concerned about that; be goin’ to track ’em if not to the bowling I es ‘
i-anoe turns over, tbe child swims off on , will never try.' said Mr. H. saloon ? It has led astray more young' . * ~
the board, not drown; and its back don’t ’ Having solemnized a marriage in a men than any institution in this village! CST W hat do you find l Reader, you
break across its mother’s arm, because neighboring town, the young and rather since our streets was paved. And when 1 forget, this is ” all fools’ day.”
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