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VOL. :h Do Your Beat. The pi'iirt and mind of man and man Mbit differ, it is true i Andko the deed our neighbor do a o wo ne’er could do; An 4 thus, in climbing foituiio’a height PMBjvarh the fume in stole. If ii'iile only do their best, wwrld ' vill “ k no more. Dothen the little humming bird M tender song forsake, Bee*.. the nightingale’s sweet voico softer n.usic moke f Or Aes the tiny twinkling star, MBiich lends to earth its light, XieMne because some kindred orb Hk v f kance to burn more bright ? And! thro’ life we find that some I|Jk<> dlad in praise and fame, Wane others meekly plod along, iPSAth naught to gild their name ; Bofjwhon each life is reckon’d up, !|H| doings counted o’er, can say, “I did my best,” On, God will ask no more. The If an who Cheats the Printer. ' man who cheats the printer On ; of a single cent. Will never reach the heavenly land old Elijah went. ■■rill not get admission there, zjam devils he’ll be driven, |H made to loaf his time away Outside the walls of Heaveii. Witinmt a man to greet him, Jwithout a pleasant grin, that he will reap ‘•Will be almighty thin. He’ll have to eat the thistle "M sorrow and regret; Hpl have to buck around right smart , With cussedness, “you bet!” ftfODERN JOSEPHS rheXellows Who Bagged the ■Mckels—Tribute to Distin ■ g lushed Statesmen. j tnry Morgan’s Leclttre.] JoAli "its private secretary to the M iwmich Jacob, like Babcock to 11 **‘' s di.’ercnce, Joseph fri lo t® tße evil deeds of his brotliren. (bbwflk didn't. When Joseph’s b-eth iri Jple sheep Joseph exposed the MjMto Jacob and won their dispte&s trcv jVp.en Babcock’s brethren stole pMaHI abeock didn’t repot t to tho o and inti. went shares, divided the spoils •i the |k hisky. Joseph represents the omm -‘moral ideas” scld into Egypt— #iie s> oil grabbers. Judah said: "Litlf sell Joseph.” Now Judah was a flil'ewj financier. He saw there wag Couejin the slave trade, so he put his tfilifi in the market, sold him ro Bis ousifts. Reuben was the best of the übinp, In 1 esigned to rescue Joseph— tin at§ underground tail load. It is well or Pet ip iar that lie d'd not purchase ill.er Reuben or Judah for servants. ■Add not trust them in his family, lire.l'otiphar might become too famil ir. 1 hey represent the modern Joe. MB) was stnprisoued because of bis ritae. The modern .Joe is incarcerated or wnt of i*. Joseph was sold by bis iretl ( ii. The modern Joe often gets old y the other sex* Grant says: ‘*l lidn sell Joseph, I ouly took double Glar and a lew presents.” Babcock says: is 1! tte party, I omy took a Bjionsnud from the whisky ring.” pWT says: “I didn’t seil him, I only 5,000 out of the sutlers’posts just ®se my wife.” Delano says: “1 on- a few thousand out ot the land the Indians.” Boss Shepherd H ‘‘l only took $30,000 out of the ppßniai)s Bank.” Schenek says: ‘‘l H Ol fhe Britishers to inve>t in Jim mßhie.” Ben Butler says; “l didn't Hie party, I only preached inflation Repudiation." Yet all had ihtij part Islieekeis, all made money ou of le oi peer Joseph, or the Uepubli m.v - Bu ler would have a leather curency ; Butler thinks much of l S i nitich of bunting—it it is made factory. The election will turn on huice question, and on the color If Muses had married a while nwe should take our Mosts to be '‘iiioetaiic candidate but Moses •'egular bishop—Gilbert— tla\ tn— et the colored people! lie rode hh tiie blacks, and martied ati tptan—Moses 1 mean. In out itay , k means the whisky ring ami the lin,ou rings. And Saul said :“1 done as thou comtnandesl me.” r's tid ; “ A |, t [] a! llasl llloU j - mtauetli tins bleating of sheep ; ''Wing of oxen?" Saul said: “1 •ip l die best of the spoils to sacri- Lord." So says the whisky Wit the best of the spoils to die party with." Samuel said: lllt< ’ * s Better than sarrih'ce. : v .' ll^' r A ag, k-ng (.f the Amele * . Anf i Samuel Hewed Agag to ’ ,p tbre the Lord.” ■ • • • Orator and Newspapers. Compare the orator, one of the tin. ble-t vehicles for the diffusion of thought, with the newspaper, and you may gain a taint glimpse of the, ulrquitous powers of the latter; orator speaks to but to a few liundnds, the newspapers address millions ; tße words of the orator may die in the atr, the language of the news* paper is stamped on tablets imperishable as tttarable; the arguments of the orator may follow each other bo rapidly that the majority of the audience may Strug glfc in A fict oif ratiocination, the reas oning of the newspaper tnay be scanned at leisure without a fear of perplexity ; the passion of the orator influences an assembly, the feeling of a newspaper for the world—the one shines for an hour, the other glows for ail tuue ; the orator may be compared to lightning which dashes over a vally for a moment but it leaves it again in darkness, the newspa* per to a sun blazing steadily over the whole “arth, and fixed on the basis of its own eternity. Painting has been happily defined the art which preserves arts. Printing makes the orator more than an orator. It catches up his dy iug words, and breathes into them the breath of life. It is the galiery through which the orator thunders in the ears of pges. He leans liom the tomb over the cradle of rising generations. She Venerates “It.” A woman venerates her bustle. It is not a miss of wire works to her. It is not an inanimate object to bo controlled at will. No. It is to her a creature having a beiflg—a ('feature of life with*a soul. Especially is ibis fact illustrated in the dressing room. ‘Bessie,’ says the woman to her maid atier the toilet is completed, ‘how does it look ?’ By ‘it’ she does not mean a flounce, or a buckle, or a bow, but her bustle, and she speaks of the articles as ‘it’ in a half doubting way, as though it was one ot those kind of ‘its’ that have a sex—like babies, bees, bugs and such tilings. ‘Bessie,’ she says again, ‘does it hang Well*and iiow does it move when l Walk this way—imitates the new stvle ot ‘chicken step’—dries it bob real Well and pretty f And being assured that it is ‘jess beau’ful, mum,' she surveys btrself in the mirror for a last glance, and asks Bessie to note espe cially what it does when she does so (grabbing her form in the vicinity ot the bin, as it about to lilt herself over a teiice by main force) —‘does it show its self, or run out at one side, or stick out behind, or what?’ Assured again, the owner of the of latest torture of f-shion leaves her room, steps from tin threshold into the street murmuring, ‘1 do hope it will act good to day,’ hails a street car, enters and—tries to sit down. Law for the People. Money paid undjr a misapj renension oi facts, may be recovered back. Money voluntarily paid with a full know .edge of the tacts and circumstan ces of the case, though in ignorance of legal rights, cannot be recovered back. The assignment of a note, the pay ment of which is secured by mottgage, carries the mortgage with it. Payment to one partner is a payment to both unless strictly forbidden. A debtor has the right, at the time of making a payment, to direct as to what debt it shall be applied. If a debtor lai.s to make such applica tion, the creditor may apply the money paid upon any demand against the debtor which he may choose. W here there is no piace of payment agreed upon, the debtor must seek the creditor at his domicil or place of busi ness. Upon the sale of any article, payment is to be made on delivery, unless some other time be specified. A1 owing tune for payment will not, however, vitiate the contract. In ease of two sales ot personal prop erly, both equally valid, his is the better riglit who first ..gets possession of the propel ty. ISI c> man can, hy his sale, transfer to another the lighi of ownership in a thing wherein be iiimseU has not the right oi property. The authet oi that beautiful hymn, *‘l Would Not Live At way,” was presented with a purse oi the other day. A man may not care to live always, but it is pleasant to be around when the SiO,- 000 purses are being distribu.ed. “1 w ish you would pay a little atten tion io what 1 am saying, sir,' rnard a awyer at an exasperating witness. “I |am paying as little as 1 can, was the icrdm reply. CONYERS, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1870. An Amusing Speech. The following is tin e* raet irom a speech delltered recently In New Orleans by Grand Master J. G. Fleming, of Louisiana : GfcNtt.KsiF.N--- 1 propose to te l yon a fable ot legend of Noahs ark. Wbefi the ark had been anchored on the sum* mit of Mount Ararat, and a sufficient portion of the mountain had become dry to tnruish them resting places, the ani mals were all released from their confine ment allowed to roam at liberty over whatever space the water permitted them to occupy. When they beheld the terrific scenes of destruction around them, and the dead carcases of their respective species float ing past on ihe receding waters ; when they saw the surrounding eminences gradually rising in view, giving them promise ol the world being once more given them lor an abiding place, they began to realize the magnitude of the dangers they had escaped, and their hearts were fi led with gratitude towards Noah for their preservation aud his kind treatm o nt. After some consultation it was deter mined that before they parted company forever—as they were likely sttou to do— they would meet in solemn convention, in which each species should be repre sented, and determined upon some me morial or memento to be presented to Ncah. expressive of their appreciation of the services lie had rendered them. So soon as this measure was agreed upon the fox at once went to carry the interesting news to Noah, hop'mg of course to get an extra chicken or two, and also lntonnaiion and instruction as would enable him to appear to advantage in the assembly. When the convention met an nnex pccien difficulty or contest arose, and that was a contention about the Presi dency. The friends of the horse urged Bis claims because he was the most useful to man, and his constant companion and friend as well. The friends of the litth Came forward with their candidate on account of bis sup, riov courage and strength. There Wv.i'o some tiiMt eot u c/nmvr t*j r Iflf* giraffe, because, r.s they said, be was the most graceful and genteel of all tiic ani mals, and carried his head the higlies*. Borne even gave their voice foi the monkey, because he was the ouly one whose tail was longer than his body. It was finally concluded, however, by the eleciioc of the elephant, not only on account of his tremendous size and stipe rior wisdom, but because lie had a trunk —there were no carpet-baggers then—iu which to keep the record <>l the proceed ings sale from the Returning Board. The fax, by being provided with the data aud other information obtained fiooi Nuali, secured to himself the ouly pay mg office they proposed to make—that ad Secretary. The convention being duly organized at last, there was found to be one animal there that was perfectly unmanageable, and t‘iat was the jackass, lie protested and kicked against every measure with such vehemence aud ferocity that lie frightened all the smaller ones into ac quiescence, or submission rather, and in order to compose malleis, it was agreed to make him chairman of tiie committee on resolutions. The fox and him, being associated in tUis duty, came to the conclusion to pro long ttie labors of the convention, and seoui e themselves tees and notoriety. To do this they raised the question whether the resoiuticiio shoind be ad dressed.io the Almighty, who had direct ed Noalioi build the ark, or to Noah bimseii. During the consideration of the qutsliou m the convention the fox proposed that one should he sent out to canvass the district aud lake the vote of the entile annual kingdom upon it, and lvcouiblended the ass lor the p sition, on account ol the strength of his voice aud ins zeal in the cause. The ats in turn —so soon as lie was chosen—reques ted that the fox should be seut to keep a correct account ol the votes cast. The agreement between tneni was tlial the ass shuuitl make ah the * teems and enjoy all the honor, and the fox receive all the pay. And tins, my friends, is how the jack ass became the prototype auti god la.tier of stump speakers and political orators. 1 his is exemplified even to Ibis day. Let a business ina->. step from Ins store, shop or counting-room, to take any part in politics, or at least to go so tar as to make speeches, and nine tenths of the business conmtuuity wili at once say lie is an ass ; he had better abend to ni own business. t And attain, wbeD worthy men are urged by their friends to take office upon themselves for the public good, and dis charge the duties of their office with fi delity, without legat'd to parties, friends or foes, it is often that such men think themselves asses bv the lime their term is expired; tor it they have not some political fox in their employ or counsel, the chances, that like Aristides of old, they will be banished or ostracised lor their integrity. If a man, prompted by his own ambi tion, and the flattery of frieuds and ad herents. and ass irauces of success, keeps constantly putting himself forward is u candidate tor a series of years, spending bis time and money to obtain what be never gets, the conclusion is that it he don’t think himsslt an ass at tho last, he ought to. The South. What pen can write itsliistery? W’lmt tongue oan speak its fate? The wisdom, the good sense, aud the courage of our Southern sires, have made the names of Washington and the founders of this re public household words in evry clime and oounlry. Southern eloquence has forever associated the names of Clay and Calhoun with the nation's history. The heroic valor of Southern soldiers, who like the dying Gladiator, even in death, “couqUi-l'ed agony,” has placed a wreath upon their brows, which may not be twined with laurel, but which will not decay as long as the memory of gullant deeds and love tor noble souls animate the mind or thrill the heart of man. With his life blood oozing drop by drop, the dying Gladiator, “reek’d not of the life he lost." IBs thought* were about that spot “Where his rude hut beside the Danube lay. There were his young barbarians all at play. There was their Dacian mother—” For such did the Southern soldier die. Ami the world snv lliat he knew how to die. Dill lie died iu vain. 11 is life blood freely ottered as a living sacrifice for bis country'* good, served no* to save. The ruin and desolation which hnweVtfr around so many Southern homes are silent -witnesses t ,i defeat and disaster. Our people have had To wrestle with tfielr lot; HllVfi tlu-y not had their brain soared, their hetnts liven ? Hopes sapp'd, name blighted, Life’s life lied away ? From such a fate wc iiave to be de livered. Our own hands would work some “surcease of sorrow.” Our sons must bring dcliveiance, but not with dcspciale deeds and violent convulsions. A mightier, nob.cr, gr at.or feat must be accomplished by our true-born sons. Wlieu the him hearted King ol England Wished t" show to the mighty Saladin his greatest teat of anus, his good broad sword descending as with the power of some ten tfio engine, be seve' ed asunder the bar ot iron, Dul the mighty Saladtn performed a greater feat. VVi*h skill and dexterity lie cut in two a silken veil floating in the air, and eacli part Sorted oil undisturbed by tile blow, fins is the lesson lor Southern statesmen to learn. More can be accomplished by skill and dexteriiy than by ztubboru alreuglt. Our sons should study the science of polities ami become accomplished states men. Then may they accomplish for our country w hat by torce ot arms they coiod never do. Then wiU life return to the old land. Then will prosperity beam upon us and bless us and our work. Tuen will the South be rebabilaled. And our helds, which are desolate, will be made to blossom as the rose.— Birmingham Iron Age. Size of Countries. Greece is about tue size of Vermont. i J ahsliue is about one lourth the size ot Mew York. lliudosioti ,is more than a hundred times as large as Palestine. The Great Desert of Alrica has neany thepiestnt dimensions ol the United States. The fled Sea would reach from Wash ington to Colorado, and it is three times as wale as lake Outario. The. English Channel is nearly as large as Lake supettor. The Mediterranean, if placed across North America, would make sea naviga tion from San Diega to Baltimore. The Caspian Seat would stretch Irom New York to St. Augutiiue, and it is as wide as from Mew York to lfocbester. Great. Britain is about two thirds the size ot Hindoston, one-twelfth ot China, one twenty tilth oi tue Un ted States. The Gulf of Mexico is about ten times the size of Lake Superior, and as large as the sea ot Kamscnatka, Bay of Ben gal, China Sea, Oknotsk, Japan Sea, Lake Ontario would go into* each of them more thap fifty times. Beautiful Proverbs. Deed* are fruits, words are but leaves. He that has lost his credit is dead to the world. No one is a fool always; every one sometimes. Forgive any sooner than thyself. In a thousand pounds of law there's not an ounce of love. The pleasures of the rich are the tears of the poor. Bea friend of yourself, and others will. Where drums Ix-nt the laws are dumb. Deep lies tho heart’s langmge. Every bird loves to hear himself sing. A contented mind is a continual feast. A deformed boy may have a beautiful soul. A fool may mnkr money, but it re quires a wise man to spend it. A good horse cannot be cf a bad coK or. A man may talk like a wise man and act like a fool. A quick conscience sleeps in thunder. A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent. A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools. By other's faults wise men correct their own. Content is the philosopher's stone that turns all it touches into gold. Continual cheerfulness is n sign o wisdom. Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds. Good preachers give f-uit and not flow lie is never alone ii he is in the coin - any of noble thoughts. Ignorance is a voluntaiy misfortune. Lawyers’ houses are built on the heads o! fools. Never quit n certainty lor hope. No estate can make a man rich who has a poor heart. Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty. The best triends are in the purse. The chief end of man is not to get money. The most lasting monuments are made ot paper. **'.- |.ev ot should be dip ped in the ink of tire limit. They that value no praise will never do anything worthy of it. Though the heavens be glorious, yet they are all stars. Wo ought either to be silent or to speak things that are better than silence. lo every bird its nest is tair. Old tunes are sweetest, and old friends aro surest. Put a snake in your bosom and when it is warm it will sting you. War is sweet lo them who never tried it. Every man thinks himself able to al vise another. Good repute is like the cypress—once cut it never puts forth leaf again. Dying Words of Orantism. The Democrats must not be permitted to carry the Presidential election.—Con gressman Townsend. It the Democrats carry the Preside!! dential election, there will be civil war. —Senator Boutwell. We must make the country believe that Detuociacy and Rebellion are synon ymous and convertible terms. —Win. A. VV heeler. I would rather see every man, woman end child in the South to the sword than see the Democratic party restored to power.—Zach (. handler The South must he crushed aud pau perized.—John A. Logan. A bloody shirt campaign with money, and Indiana is safe.—J. Kilpatrick. Belknap is a better mail than Tilden. —New York Tunes. Dram s administration is the cheapest, wisest and most economical since the or ganization of the government. —Oliver F. Morton. A Doubtful Mattkh. —An old gen tleman went out *o shoot partridges ac compauied by bis son. The gun was charged half way up the muzzle, and when at last the old gentleman started some birds, he took a rest aud blazed away, expecting to see some fall, of course ; but not so dhl it happen, for the gun recoiled with so much force as to “kick" him over. The old naan got up, and while rubbing the sparks out of bis eyes, inquired ot bis son, “Dick, did I point the right end ot the gun to the birds “Oats w-anted, inquire within,” was inscribed on a placard hung to ihe ribs of a scrawny nag, that some wag bad thrown adrift on the streets of Rochester the other day. ! Don’t Work Until After You Eat. Dr. HaD is authority tor the following sensible t* oughts upon breakfasting be fore much exercise .n rhe open air par ticularly in districts where fever aud ague are abundant: Breakfast slwuld 1 e eaten Iwfbe morn ing before leaving the house for exercise, or labor of any dt-siriptiou ; those who do it w'll he able to perform more work mid with greater alacrity than those who work an hour or two before breakfast. Besides this, the average duration of lile ot those who take breakfast before ext-r --eist or woik, will be a number of years greater thm iliose who do otherwise. Most persons begin to fed weak after having been engaged live or s x hours in* their ordinary avocations i a good meal erinvigoiates, but from the last meal ot the day until next morning there is an interval of some twelve hours ; hence the body, in a sense, is weak, and in propor tion can not resist deleterious agencies, whether of the fierce cold of winter or ot the poisonous miasm which rests upon the surface of the earth wherever the suu shines on a blade ot Vegetation or a heap ot offal. This miasm is more solid, more con centrated, and hence more uiagliguant, about sunrise and sunset than atanyoth or hour of the twenty four, because the cold ot the night condenses it, it is on the first tew inches above the soil in its most solid form ; but as the sun rises it warms and expands and ascends to a point high enough to bo breathed, and being taken into the lungs with the air and swallowed with the saliva into thro stomach, all weak and empty as it is, it is greedily drank in, thrown immediate ly into the cirewliriion of Hie blood and carri and directly to every part of the body, depositing its poisonous influences at the very fountain head of life. If early breakfast was laker* in regions where chills and fever and fever and aguo prevail, and if, in addition, a brisk firo were kindled in the family room tor an hour, including sunset and sunrise, tlsose troublesome maladies would diminish ltr any one year, not tenfold, but a thous ' and fold, because ihe beat ot the fire j would raritv the miasmatic air iustan IVy I mu] Hi ilUii above the breathing point. But ii is “troublesome” to be building fires night and morning all summer. It being no “trouble,” icquiring no effort, to shiver and shake by the hour daily weeks and months together. Had No Fun in Him. One of the members of the Methofist Conference recently held here was out for a walk at an early hour ono morning, and while on Howard street he encoun tered a strapping big fellow', wJnr was drawing [a wagon to the blacksmith shep. “Catch hold here and help me down to the shop with this wagon, and I‘ll buy the whisky,!’ called the big fellow. “I never drink,’ solemnly repKedl the good man, “Well, you can take a cigar.’ “I never smoke.’ The man dropped the wagon lounge, looks 1 hard at the menibet, and asked; “Don't you chew Y No, sir,' was the decided reply. ‘You must get mighty lonesome/ mused the teamster. “I guess J‘m all right—l feel first rate.' “HI bet you even that I can lay you on your back,' remarked the teamster. “Come, now, let's warm up a little. 4 “1 never bet.' “Well, lei's take each othpr down fo* fun, then. Yon a/e at b : g a* l :wn, andii 1,11 jive 'ou under hold. 4 “I never haye fun,' solemnly answered l the member. “Well, I'm going to tackle you any way. Here we go!' The Hamster slid up and endeavored, to get a neck hold, but he had only just commenced to fool about when he waß lilted clear off the grass and slammed against a tree-box with such force that lie gasped half a dozen times before lie could get liis breath. “Now you keep away from me !‘ex i claimed the nun inter, picking up his cane. “liust me if I don't!' replied the teamster, as he edged off. “WI at's tho use iu lying and saying that you didn't j have any fun in you when you are chuck ; lull of it ’ Blame it! you wanted to i break my back, didn't you !‘ Hope is said to be brightest when it dawns from fears. This is a very beau tiful thought, but it seldom oocurs to a mau who has just got up off his wife a new hat. —♦ | Awkward-ornament — A well moul ded arm is prettier without bracelets; beside*, they are liable to scratch a fel low’s care. NO. 13.