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A Woman's Answer to a Man's Question.
Do Jum know m u have asked for the costliest
tiling
Ever made by the hand above?
A woman’s heart and woman’s life—
And a woman’s wondrous love?
I) ■ von know you have asked for the priceless
tiling.
As a child would ask for a toy ?
Demanding vhat others have died to win,
With the reckless dash of a boy?
You have written my lesson of duty out—
Man-likc you have questioned me—
Now stand at the bar of a woman’ soul—
Until I shall question thee.
You require your mutton shall always he hot,
Your socks and your shirts he whole ;
1 require your heart to be true as God’s stars,
And pure as llis lleaven your soul.
You require acook for your mutton and beef;
I require a far greater thing;
A seamstress you’re wanting for socks and
for shirts,
I look fur a man and a king.
A king for the beautiful world called home,
And a man that the maker—God—
Shall look upon as He did on the first,
And say “It is very good.”
I am fair and young, hut the roses wrill fade
From my soft young cheek one day—
Will you love then, ’mid the falling leaves,
As you did ’mong the bloom of May ?
Is your heart an ocean so strong and deep,
l may launch my all on its tide?
A loving woman finds lieu, en or hell
On the day she is made a bride.
I require all things that are grand and true,
All this that a man should be :
If yod give this all, 1 would stake my life
To be all you demand of me.
If you cannot be this—a laundress and cook
You can hire, and a little to pay;
But a woman’s heart ami a woman’s life,
Are never won in that way.
No man is a man until he is tried ; till
lie has passed through the ordeal; through
deep water and scorching fires. A up-d
surrounded with comforts, friends und re
lations, food and raiment; whnse barns
are filled with plenty, und whose presses
gush out with new wines; trhn eats his fill;
sits and reaps, doles about; takesedse and
pleasure, smoking his pipe and t-hewing
his cud; is he a man? Far Ironi it. A
man is not a man until he is proved—has
passed the ordeal—drank the hitter enp ;
risen above life’s conflicts; mounted the
billows of the wave.
Never attempt to form aa opinion of a
■*010)63 by ter sigh?.
Cause Rot Lost.
Du Ice el decorum est pro palria mori.
When the memory of the dead is en
shrined in hearts and words, such as glow
in the following lines we are made to feel
how great and glorious it is to die for one’s
country.
We publish the let ter. It will touch
the heart ol every true Southron, and make
us all feel that that cause cannot be deem
ed lost when, the flame still bums so pure
and strong in Ihe hdarfs of the noble sobs
and daughters of our laud.
Natchez, Miss., May 20,1871.
Gen. A. R. Wright, Augusta, Ga.:
Dear Sir: — l see from the Banner of
the South and Planters’ Journal, of the
6th instant, that it is proposed to erect “a
monument to the Confederate dead who
lie in Georgia.”
My beloved and gidlaut brother, Col.
Thomas Shields, fell before Atlanta while
leading his regiment, the 30th Lousiana,
agniust the enemy's breastworks. I have
made repeated efforts to obtain information
as to the exact spot where ho lies, so that
I might remove or place over him some
tuken ol my love and sorrow; but all my
endeavors have proved in vain. liis body
was buried by the enemy.
I atu ready and anxious to subscribe to
tiie monument you propose erecting, as it
in a great measure meets one of my fond
est wishes Will you therefore, be kind
enough to draw on me at sight for SIOO
when your plans are sufficiently matured
to j ustify the hope of success. This sub
scription I hope afterwards to be able to
add to as the work progresses.
I want, if possible, to give my mite to ev
ery Confederate monument that is reared.
Our Southland should be dotted all over
with them, not alone to betokcu the hal
lowed memories ol the past, but us beacon
lights to Southrons yet unborn, who may
yi-r twine over these cold marbles their
trnsh laurels with our withered cypress
Very respectfully and truly, .
Chronicle and Sentinel.
A Pitiful Sight.
The New York World of Sunday has
the followinß:
“A coi respondent informs us that on
Tuesday morning last President Grant came
over the New Jersey Railway to New Yoik
without a ticket. When the conductor
approached to ask for his ticket a gentle
man whispered : “ That is the President.”
“ I cannot help that,” replied the conduc
tor ; “my orders are positive. The last
time President Gram came over this road
a conductor was removed lor passing him
without a ticket. 1 must obey my orders.”
Upon which the President paid the full
fare for his journey, with an additional
penalty of teu cents for neglecting to buy
iiis ticket in advance. Now, this is a pet
ty and miserable matter, to he sure, but it
throws an unpleasant light upou the habit
ual turn of the Presidential mind. It is
impossible to imagine one of our earlier
and better Chief Magistrates exposing
himself to such an altercation in such a
place. To assume that the President, by
virtue of hix office, is a “ dead-head,” is to
provoke such altercations deliberately ; nor
could atiy tnan make such an assumption
who properly respected either his office or
himself. It has been said that a man who
begins with committing murder and arson
will come ut last to telling fibs. We ought
not to be surprised to see a President who
began by accepting houses and horses,
plate and equipages, and by attempting to
travel on his face.’ ”
Little Women.—Three little girls were
playing among the poppies and sage brush
of the back yard. Two of them were
“ making believe ” keep house, a little way
apart, us near neighbors might. At last
one was overheard saying to the youngest
of the lot, “ There, now, Nelly, you go over
to Sarah’s house and stop there a little
while, and talk as fast as ever you can, and
then you come hack and tell me what she
says about me, and then I’ll talk about her;
and then you will go and tell hei all I say,
and then we’ll get mad as hornets and won’t
speak when we meet, just as our motheis
do, you know, and that’ll be such fun
won’t it ?” Hadn’t these little mischiefs
lived to 6ome purpose? and were they not ;
close observers and apt scholars, charm- i
ingly trained for the chief business of life
in a si lall neighborhood ?
Serf. Pop Sure Enouchi. —A grocery I
keeper whose lines were cast among the
Pikes, in Colusa county, California, says : ;
<■ I couldn’t get their whiskey strong |
enough for them, so after trying every way,
1 at last made a mixture of poison oak and i
butternut. That fetched ’em. I called it j
the sheep-herder’s delight; and it was a '
popular drink. The first Pike I tried it
on yelled with delight; the next one took
two drinks and turned a double somersault
in the road before the house. A peddler
came along, and he took several drinks of
my shccp-herder’s delight; he went off and
stole his own pack and hid in the woods.
When he came to himself he made a com
plaint of the theft; but I guessed how it
woj aad helped bun fiud the goods.”
Gov. Bullock's Pardons.
The schedule of Gov. Bullock’s pardons
during his term of office, even as explained
by the Secretary of the Executive Depart
rnent, strikes us as alarming. Wo append
n table, showing the relative number of
pardons granted and pardons refused dur
ing his term of office:
Offences. Pardoned PardoVi Refused.
Murders, including 15
commutations 56 10
Manslaughter 31 5
Assault with intent to
murder 36 4
Burglary 52 4
Larceny , 112 7
Assaults and assault
and battery 27 7
Assults 5, robbery 8,
stabbing 3 16 4
All other crimes 78 14
408 _ 65
Here, then, are nearly eight pardons
granted to every one refused, so far, dur
ing Gov. Bullock’s official term, showing,
as we conceive, about eight to one that,
if a criminal is convicted, he will escape,
either wholly or in part the penalty cf the
law. It seems to us that such a course ol
| proceeding must inevitably tend to encour
l age crime and disorganize society.
We suppose it is a fact that out of a
| hundred petiy crimes and misdemeanors
j committed in Georgia on an overage, not
! five are brought to trial. Take pe'ty larce
ny for instance—from the* field, inclosure
or involves so much
trouble, loss of time, disagreeable publici
ty, etc., that the perpetrators, one may
say, unless in heavy cases, escape punish
ment altogether. The household, kitchen,
garden, fowl-yard and field are, in conse
quence, the subjects of such systematic
depredations that the losses have come to
be accepted as matters of course.
But unquestionably these are, in the
aggregate, really a more serious hindrance
to the prosperity of the county, than even
the graver offences which are considered
too heinous to be passed over, and are
therefore made the subject of indictment
and trial, and all the cumbrous, dilatory
and expensive machinery of the courts.
But if, of these graver crimes, pardons
must emanate in the proportion of seven
or eight hundred per cent., we submit
that there is small return for the awful
bills of judicial expenses which the people
of the State are compelled to pay.
Telegraph tfc Messenger. •
♦ -♦
The Great Fair of 1871.
The Premium List of 'he Macon State
Agricultural Fair to be held on the 23d
of October next and closing on the 27th,
is now out. The range and number of
premiums are very great. We judge from
a hasty review of the pamphlet, that be
sides medals and other awards, the Society
offers not far from 810,000 in money pre
mi unis, and in addition to this large
amount, the money premiums offered by
private individuals aud associations ag
gregate a large sum. Mayor Huff alone
offers neatly 53,000 in prixe-s for the fast
est beats, herses, mules and foot racers.
And there is a prize of £5,000 sterling
(say 525,t>00) offered by the Governor
General of India, through the British
Consul at Savannah, for a machine which
shall clean Ramie fibre at a cost of not
more than £ls sterling per ton. There
are also numerous other prizes offered from
private sources and altogether, it is the
most munificent proposition that has ever
been made to the public in these parts.
The lists of competition comprehend
almost everything that can well bo thought
of, and the magnitude of the prizes alone
will stimulate and secure a very full exhi
bition iD every department of agriculture,
mechanics, manufactures and domestic in
dustry. We shall anticipate, with entire
confidence, the largest and most gratifying
display of Georgia products, at least, which
! was ever put before the public. All the
j other materia! arratlgethents for the exhi
bition are now being prosecuted with the
greatest energy and with great liberality
of outlay. The new exhibition grounds
are very convenient to town, and we are
sure will delight everybody. The Fair
occurs at a season of the year when we
may reasonably look for dry weather, and
nothing will be lacking on the part of Ma
con to signalize this display as the best
ever known in Georgia.— Tc.l. & Mess.
“ Maria,” said a lady to a colored cham
bermaid, “ that’s the third silk dress you
have worn since you came to me ; pray how ’
many do you own ?” “ Only seven, missis, j
hut I’m savin’ my wages to buy anoder!” ;
Seven ! what use are seven silk dresses to
you ? why, I don’t own so many as that.”
“ Spect not, missis,” said the smiling dark
ey, “you doesn’t need ’em so much as I
does. You see, you quality folk? ever)bo
dy knows is quality; but wo bettermnst
kind of cullud pussons has to dress smart
to distinguish ourselves from common nig
ged”
Two years ago a Florida negro saw a
train of cars for the first time, and was so
terrified he had to be blindfolded to get ]
him aboard, He is now d, distinguished
Senator of that State.
The Iron Horse or Trootion Er
According to announcement the t )v ,w
motive power traction engine, design* : for
the Central Ruilroad Company, made r.
public exhibition of ils powers "yesterday.
At nine o clock' steam was put upon the
creature, and she, or rather he, if the mas
culine geoder is applied to power, walked
up the steep grade from River street to
Bay street, with a presure of 165 pounds
ol steam. Ihe grade is about five to one,
or a raise of one foot in every five, which
sufficiently demonstrated the “ trecliort t ”
from which the engine takes its name.—
Arriving on Bay street it Was run back on
tbo wooden and stone paveraeuts; perform
ed with ease all the short turnings around
Bull street, around Johusorr square, and
back again into Bull street, theuce through
Drayton acreet, where one of Mr. Dcho
ney’s omnibuses was attached, containing
some eighteen persons, among whom we re
oognized several practical engitiefcrs and
und who seemed much Interest
ed in the success of the experiment.—
Steam having beeu put on, the engine,
with its omnibus attachment, proceeded
up Drayton street, a very heavy test, inas
much as that street had been but recently
dug up for the laying of the sewer. Thd
ftond was very heavy, but the machine
went 3lowly along, occasionally Staking a
stop to get mono steam atiJ to recuperate
her powers. At a point opposite the nevf
park extension, the sand being very yield
ing, it was found necessary to take off the
omnibus attachment before the s'eamer
could get out of a deep hole in which she
became intbedod. The steam heing placed
upon her, she jumped the hole and rattled
on toward the ahell road. We were com
pelled to leave at this point,satisfied, how
ever, that the tractiob engine will be a
success for transportation purpose on mod
erately, hard roads, and that it will prove
one of the most valuable labor-saving ma
chines over yet introduced into the coun
try.—* Sau. Republican , 19th tint.
The Amazon River.—A South Aroer':
ican letter in the St. Louis Republican,'
speaking of the Amazon River says :
The Amazon river drains over one-third
of South America, and its basin is more
than twice the size of the Mississippi val
ley, while, if the Mississippi poured into
it near its month, if, would not ruise it over
six inches. The tide flows up the Amazon
six hundred miles from its mouth, and the
river is navigable for ships 2,400 miles,•
and for steamboats, to the foot of the An
des. The extent of inland navigation af
forded by the Amazon and tributaries is
50,000 miles, and 15,000 of this is suita
ble fur steamboat navigation. In the Am
azon basin are found Bolivia, Peru, Ecua
dor, New Grenada, and Venezuela, (five
republics) all drained to a certain extent
by the Amazon river. Os these, Bi>tivi >
! holds four-filths of the entire populutio:
! of the Amazon Basin, which is 2,750 "
j inhabitants, and whose area iu the territo
; ry is 400,000 square miles.
1 The New Cancer Reject.—T : r
State Department has reoeived large num
bers of letters from persons in different
parts of the country asking to he snpnlie *
with some of the cundersngo, the recently
discovered cancer remedy, brought to the
attention of the government by the Ecua
dorian minister. These applicants are an
swered by a circular as follows :
“ Sir—ln compliance with your wishes
I enolose a copy of the cor respond once
which has passed between this department,
the minister of Ecuador accredited to the
United States, and the Minister of the Uni
ted States at Quito, relative to the discov*
ery of the vegetable called cuuderungo.
“ The limited supply of the vegetable
with which this department was furnished
has been exhausted. It is said by Doctor
Bliss, of this city, who has charge of the
experiments, that the remedy has been
successful in all cases in which it hae becd
administered.”
-
One of Dean Twift’s JoKne—Dean
Swift was walking on the Phoenix road,
Dublin, when a thunder shower came op,
and be took shelter under a tree where a
party were sheltering also, two young wo
men and two young men. One of the
young girls looked very sad, till as the
rain fell, her tears fell. The Dean inquir
ed the cause, and learned that it Was their
wedding day; they were on their tfay to'
church, and now her white Clothes wen
wet and she couldn’t go. u Never mind, I'll
marry you,” said the Dean, and took ouf
his prayer book, «nd then and there mar
ried tb'ertr, their witnesses being present;
and to make the thing complete he tore a
leaf from his pocket book, and with his
pencil wrote and signed a certificate, which
lie handed to the bride. It Was a's fellow."
“ Under a tree in 6to'rmv weather,
I married this man and woman together,
Let nope but Ilim who rules the thunder
Sever this man and woman asunder.
Jonathan StffrT, Dean of St. Patrick's.”
J. E. Blount, better known as “Ohs
Spot,” Judge of the 12th District Court,
has recently decided that the vagrant act
is unconstitutional. This decisiou was j‘t
his owu favor. '
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