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THE WEEKLY mmmsm mam Is published every FRIDAY MORNING, In Oartersville, Bartow Cos., Ga., by Samuel H. Smith, EDITOR and PROPRIETOR. EatrN or Subscription : fine copv three months, fl.no on ,> copy si* months, 2.00 One copy one Je» r ' 8.00 ( Invariably in advance.) gsf Parties advertising will be restricted In their Mitracts to their legitimate business ; that is to say, I'l siivert'sementi that do not refer to their regular i.nilnets will be charged for extra. ~~if~ Advertisements inserted at intervals to be Charred »s new each Insertion. The above rules will be strictly adhered to. professional cards. MURRELL & BRO., RESIDENT DENTISTS. Office over S. Clayton & Son, CJttITFRBUIFFF y G*l., Having permanently located here, and being provi ded with the latest improvements in Dental Material, are prepared to do anything pertaining Dental Sur- ALL WORK WARRANTED TO GIVF SATISFACTION. DRS. M. prepare a ‘'Superior Vegetable Tooth Powder," guaranteed to contain nothing injurious to the teeth. EXCHANGE HOTEL, Cartersville, Ga., BY BTJIOE &c HILL. The undersigned have associated in business, and after refitting and re-arranging that COMMODIOUS HOUSE recently occupied by A. B. Hu Igeria as a Fam ily Grocery and Confectionery, on the EAST SIDE of the RAILROAD, near the iate BARTOW HOUSE, have opened in the same a FIRST CLASS HOTEL, lortlie Entertainment of the TRAVELING PUBLIC, which will be kept upon the EUROPEAN PLAN.— Both parties are experienced In the Gusinesa, Mr. IIILLL having been formerly Proprietor of the Ten nessee House, Dalton, but more recently of the Car tcrsville Hotel, ami Mr. BUICE formerly Proprietor of the late F.xc-hange Hotel, Cartersville, Ga., hut moie recently of the Washington Hall, Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Geo. W. Hill Is General Superintendent, and Mrs. Euico, Lady Superintendent. BUICE & HILL. May 29.—3 m. DR. F. M.JOHNSON, Dentist, RESPECTFULLY offers his Professional services to the citizens of Cartersville $ and vicinity. He is prepared to do work '<ZTI'Y TYt on the latest and most improved styie. Teeth extracted without pain, [by means of narcotic spray.] W rk all warranted. Office over .T. Elsas’ Store,CARTERSVILLE, Ga. Feb. 20,1SGS.—w5m JERE A. HOWARD, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, CARTERSVILLE, GA. PRITCHETT & WOFFORD, Attorneys at Law, CARTERS! fLI,E, GEORGIA. OFFICE OVER ELSAS’STORE, Oct. 17. 1867. THOMAS W. MILNER, Attorney at Law, CARTERSVILLE. ’ GEORGIA. Will attend promptly to business entrusted to his care. Oct. 5. ly JQHN J. JONES, Attorney at Law, Cartersville, Ga., WILL attend promptly to all business en trusted to his care. Will practice in the Courts of Law, and Equity in the Cherokee Circuit. Special attention given to the collec ti >n of claims. Jan. 1, 1866. ly JOHN J. JONES, REAL ESTATE AGENT, CARTERSVILLE, GA. I am authorized to sell, and have on hand several Houses and Lots, and also numerous building lots in the j town of Cartersville. Also several plantations of vari- ] eus sizes in Bartow county. Parties desiring to buy or sail will do well to give me a call. All communications promptly answered. July 17. 1860. S. H. PATILLO, FASHIONABLE TAILOR, Will attend promptly to the Cutting, Repair- ing and Making Boys’ and Men’s Cloihing. Otice in back room of Blair «fc Bradshaw's store, [b A Cartersville, Ga. . lit.. THE CARTERSVILLE HOTEL. Dlv. THOMAS MILAM having charge of this House, would be |5 » * Y 4 phased to accommodate a few Board- pj J 1 ; era with BOARD, with or without Lodging. Call and see him at. once for terms. Cartersville, Jan 17. %VK W . R. MOIKTC ASTLE, Cy Jeweller ami Watcb aaid w' Clock Repairer, In Ihe Front of A. A. Skinner 6c Co’s store. Cartersville, Jan. 25. S. O'SHIELDS, Fashionable Tailor , CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA. wAd IS prepared to execute all kinds VA of work in the Fashionable Tail wilitii oring line, with neatness and in '■V durable style. Over J. Elsas & Go’s store, Cartersville, Jan. 23. J. H. FURTELL, MERCHANT TAILOR, White Hall Atlanta, Ga, (NLOTHING made to order in the very J latest style, and at short notice. Oct 25. ly 1868. 1868. AMERICAN HOTEL, Alabama Street, wf Tljji.JV'Tjt, Ga. Nearest House to the Passenger Depot. WHITE & WHITHOCK, Proprietors. W. D. Wiley, Clerk. HAYING re-leased and renovated the above Hotel, we are prepared to entertain guests in a most sat isfactory manner. Charges fair and moderate. Our efforts viil be to please. fcy Baggage oarried to and from Depot free of eharge. April 29. wtf B. E. BAB3EEN. B. W. YORK. E. T. JOURDAN. SASSEEN’S United States Hotel, Cor. Alabama and Pryor streets, ATLANTA, GEORGIA., Within 100 yards of the Passenger Depot. SASSEEN, YORK & JOURDON, Propr’s, J. W. F. BRYSON, )p, . K. T. JOURDAN, Cle k Dec. 20th, 1867. ts. KAYTON'S MEDICINES ! BEDWINS A FOX, Atlanta, Ga„ Are Wholesale Agents for Kayton’s Medicines. THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS. YOL. 7. Sale. I 1 GREK ABLE to the conditions of a Deed of Trust I il made and executed by John H. Rucktnsn to ' Samuel H. Smith, on or abont the loth of Janun>-y, ; 1967, to secure the payment of the purchase money of ; 32 acres of land, lying In the 4t.*i district and 3rd sec- j ! Hon of Bartow county, and adjoining the town of Csr : tersville, and the place whereon John 11. Ruckman j now resides, will be sold before the Court House door ; in the town of Cartersville, on the first Tuesday in i August next, within the legal hours of tale; the above described land containing 32 acres, more or less. Su'd I land is bounded North by the town of Cartersvllie, j Hast by lands of Thos. H Leak. South by lands of Dr. j W. W. Leak, and West by lands of J. A. Terrell. The said Deed of Trust provides that If the payments on said lands are not met within one hundred days after maturity of notes, the land may be sold and titles per- I fected by trustee, afte- advertising property thirty j day«, and in a, much as the notes have come to mi- ' turity and the additional lapse of time expired, and no 1 part of said notes have been paid, both amoDnting to I about f220ff.00 principal, the above described lands will be sold under provisions of said mortgag-or trust deed. SAM’L. 11. SMITH, Trustee. July Ist, ’6B. 30« t Georgia, Harlow County. ITfIIEREAS, Thomas A. Word, Administrator of the YV estate of John J. Word, deceased, applies to the undersigned for letters of dismission from his admin istration : Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby required to show cause, If any they have, why said administrator on the first Monday in December next, should not be discharged. Given under my hand, and seal of office, tills 14th of Mav, 1303. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. Georgia, Bartow County. TT7HEREAS, Thomas A. Word, administrator T>e YY bonti non of the estate of George Stovall, de ceased, applies to me for letters of dismission from his administration: Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby required to show cause, if any they hare, why said administrator on the first Monday in De cember next should not be discharged. Given under my hand and seal of office, this 14th day of May, 186$. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. Georgia, Harlow County. WHEREAS, Thomas A. Word, administrator Debon’e non, of the estate of Thomas E. Franklin, deceased, applies to me for letters of dismission from his admin istration : Therefore, ail persons concerned are herehy required to show cause, If any they have, why said administrator, on the first Monday in December next, should not he discharged. Given under my hand and seal of office, this 14:h of May, ISO S . J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. F. M. Eddleman. C. I. Brown. F, M. EDDLEMAN & C 0,, Wholesale Dealers In Boots, Shoes, Leather, French and American Calf Skins, LASTS, PEGS, LINING AND BINDING siKiiisrs, SHOE FINDINGS, AO., AO. Next door to Moore A Marsh. Decatur Street, Atlanta, Ga. fSf'Shne Manufacturers and Merchants will find it to their advantage to call on us before making their purchases. .dpril 29, 186$. wtf FORCE'S BOOT AND SHOE House, ATLANTA, GA., TS now receiving their FALL and tUaff. WINTER STOCK of BOOTS AND \ BHOES, the largest ever brought to this market. These goods came direct from the Eastern manufactories, and will be sold to Country Merchants and the Trade at New York prices, expenses added, consisting of Men’s, Boys’, Youths’, and Children’s Wax. Kip, Oalf, and Buff Brogans and Balmorals—Boots of all styles, thick, wax, kip, calf, and of the finest qualities. Ladles’, Misses’, and Chil drens’ Boots and Shoes, of every style, and all made to order. G. H. FORCE. B. W. FORCE, formerly of Charleston, will be glad to see his old customers. Oct. 10. ly ELACKSXYIITHING. o SE! 1 1 M. GOODSON. Having computed their new Shop, adjoining Strange’s Tin Shop, on West side of Railroad, Cartersville, Ga., are prepared to do ALL KINDS OF WORK in the BKACKSMITHING Line, They flatter themselves that they can do as good work, and at as low pi ice, as any like establishment in town. They ask a reasonable share of the public patronage, and promise satisfaction both in the character of their work and the rea sonableness of their charges. A. & M. GOODSON, Cartersville, Ga. Jan. 31, 1868. wly. V. R. TOMMEY, J. S. STEWARD Newton Cos., Ga. Oxford, Ga. TOMMEY & STEWART, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN HARDWARE, At the Sign of tb# MILL SAW anti GAME COCK, Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga., RESPECTFULLY call the attention of Merchants and others to their LARGE AND WELL ASSORT ED STOCK of Foreign and Domestic HardYYare, C .insisting in part of Iron, Steel, Nails, Builders’ anil Carriage Materials, Agricultural Implements, Grain Cradles, Svthe Blades, Tools of all kinds, <fcc., <fcc. ALSO, LEATHER, LIME AND COTTON YARNS. AGENTS FOR Hook’s Anti-Friction Metal. Baugh’s Rawbone Super-Phosphate of Lime, Buffalo Scale Works, Nonpareil Washing Machines. PROPRIETORS AND AGENTS FOR Brook's I'aient Portable dot ton an«l Hay Screw and Revolving Presa, In over one hundred Counties in Georgia! County Rights for June 6 ly Errors of' louflt. A Gentleman who suffered for years from Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all the effects of youthful indiscretion, will, for the sake of suffeiing humanity, send free to all who need it, the recipe and directions for making the simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the advertiser’s experience, can do so by address' ing, in perfect confidence. JOHN B. OGDEN, 42 Cedar Sf., N. Y’ork. KAYTON'S OIL OF LIFE! Cures Sprains, Bruisse, Swellings, and Corns. KAYTON'S MAGIC CURE! Cures Coughs, Colds, and Sore Throat. KAYTON'S MEDICINES! For sale in CARTERSVILLE. Ga., by W. L, KIRKPATRICK, Druggist. CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.. JULY 81, 1808. PIANO FORTES! TIIHE undersigned would announce to the J citizens of Cartersville and vicinity that he is fully pepared to furnish r=¥'t*a PIANO FORKS,a®** Tiirn 7or 7 1-3 rnni OC rA VEB, with all the very latest improve ments, and most elegant style and workman ship, one hundred dollars less than they can he purchased elsewhere south. They will he fully warranted. IHanos Tuned and Repaired, In the very best manner, and all work warrant ed, and shall be pleased to give all orders prompt attention. MR. S. T. ANDERSON will kindly give further information at present, and deliver any orders, or you can address, by mail, F. L. PREYER, Kennesaw House, Marietta, Ga. He is also agent for the sale of all kinds ot ORGANS. Jan. 25. wtf TO2THE LADIES. mmlm~mmi PREMIUM FAMILY SEWING MACHINES, rpHE best Machine for every description of J Family-sewing made. Call and examine Machine and specimen of work over S. Clayton & Son’s store, Carters ville, Ga. S. H. PATTILLO, Agent for Bartow county. Dec. 13, 1867. ts wumwa* <=JA Act vc 'lane ve<A 99ty J7Co,/- - —or— D RUGS, &c., jfiodJi AAiexAoie-loem omoAci A/tc BARTOW HOUSE, oonoAin AooxiAco/ on Main Street, neccA oAoot Ao GILBERT &CO HARDW/f&E HOUSE. AAy jA* c ’ idoner A aAAen Aron f-J ytvc'tv Ao A Ace MEDTGII7ES, cm <A cSF am dc/Any or AA fID AtcAci 191 my AfttOj XttcAo ori MEDICINES, OIL, PAINTS, GLASS, &C., AS C H E A P otX com Ate jAoetitfA ojA A Ate Xame ytra/tAy cAxcioAtc-lc. %e= oiAAy Xo AictA a co9i Atna= a nee AAie AmoAjieXX Atave kecetveo/. J. F. BEST, M. 1)., Druggist and Pharmaceutist, Feb. 7, 1868. wly Cartersville Ga. SADDLERY AND HARNESS MANUFACTORY, THE undersigned, determined to give the people of Bartow and adjoining eounties no excuse for going abroad to purchase their SADDLES, BRIDLES, HARNESS, &C,, and for repairing the same, have opened, in the town of Cartersville, a regular Saddle and Harness MANUFACTORY, where they propose to put up everything in tlacir line in the neatest, most substantial and durable mannor, and at pricOM that will defy competition. They flattcrthem selves that they can and will do work, which, in every respect, will compare favorably with any work done North or Souih, t>ofll In quality and price. I .et no one ig nore our work because it is done in the South, nor our piices, before giving us a tiial, for that is all wc ask to secure trade. Our work is all warranted, and that is a sufficient guar antee to purchasers. We are determined to build up a name and business in Cartersville that will be a heritage to our children after us, it prompt attention, good work, and mode late charges will secure that end. Rooms in the front of the Eclipse Sale and Livery Stable. THOMPSON <& STOCKS, Cartersville, Ga. Jan. 7. 1868. wly JORDAN, HOWARD & HARRALSON, TOBACCO Commission Merchants, Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Keep constantly on hand, a large and fine Assortment of CHEW ING and SMOKING TO. BACCO, CIGARS, &c., which we offer at the Lowest Whole sale prices. June 10, IS6B. wtf KAYTON'S OIL OF LIFE! Cures any Pain or Ache in from one to five minutes' KAYTON’S DYSPEPTIC PILLS! Cures Liver Complaints and Dyspepsia. KAYTON'S DYSPEPTIC PILLS ! Cures Sick Headache and all Bilious Disorders. KAYTON'S OIL OF LIFE! Cnres Pain in the Back, Breast, Sides, Shoulders, and Joints. KAYTON'S MAGIC CURE! • Cures Piarrhcc and Cramp Cholic. ar e w GOODS. €heap GOODS! AT Eoewenst ein $ P.fe ife r ’ * . —ogsoocGce®— \T7E ARE NOW OFFERING a Splen- YV did WELL SELECTED STOCK of I D IR, TT-C3- OOns , BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CLOTHING. GROCERIES, ETC., ETC., ETC. WE WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE GOODS of ALL DESCRIPTIONS DAILY, AND WOULD RESPECTFULLY SAY TO BUYERS COMING TO THIS PLACE THAT WE CAN SHOW NEW GOODS WHICH WE GUARANTEE CAN BE BOUGHT AT LESS THAN ANY PLACE IN THIS MARKET. Call and see Us, and convince yourselves. Remember the . UNDER COURT HOUSE, EAST SIDE RAILROAD. LOEWEHSTEIN & PFEIFER. Cartersville, Ga. May 14, 1868. To Consumptives. The Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON will send, free of charge, to all who desire it, the prescription with the direction* for making and u*ing the simple remedy by which he was cured of a lung affection and that dread disease Consumption. Hi* only object is to benefit the afflicted, and ho hopes every sufferer will try this prescription, as it will cost them nothing, and may prove a blessing. Please address Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON, No. 165 South Second St., Williamsburg, N. fork. CAULIFLOWER. A Side Splitter. ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS. The following i? a laughable account of the missfcrtunes that befell an A mcr ican gentlemen upon a visit to a young lady in Paris, to whom he bore letters of introduction. After relating a num ber of ludicrous and amusing mistakes 1 upon the entrance into the presence of the lady, he thus proceeds : “The ordinary routine of French dinner commenced. A regular series of servants appeared each instant at our j elbows, inviting us to partake of a 1 thousand different kinds of wine, under strings of names which I no more tin- derstood than I understood their com position, or they did my gaucheries.— Resolute to avoid all further opportuni** ties for displaying my predominant trait I sat in the most obstinate silence, 1 saying ves to everything that was off- | ered to me. and eating with the most devoted application, till mv fair neigh bor, tired of my tactiturnity and her own, at length herself began a convert sation by inquiring how I was pleased with the opera. I was just raising a large morsel of potato to my mouth, sod in order to reply as soon as possi ble, I hastily thrust it in, intending to swallow it hastily. Heavens ! It was as hot as burning lava. What could I do? The lady’s eyes were fixed upon me waiting a reply to her question.— But my mouth was in a flame. I roll ed the burning morsel hither and thith er, rocking my head from side to side : while my eyes, which involuntarily I had fixed on her, were strained Irom the sockets. She regarded my grima ces, the cause of which she was igno* rant, with an expression ol amusement and surprise, at which I tan laugh now when I think of it. “Monsier is ill!” at length she gen tly and in an auxious tone inquired.— I could stand no more. My mouth was flaying with intolerable pain : so, quietly abandoning the point, I opened it to the utmost, and out dropped the inlernal brand upon my own plate,— Not the slightest tendency to risibility ruffled the impenetrable politeness of thelady. She soothingly condoled with me of my misfortune, then gradually led the conversation to a variety of topics, till exerting the magic influence that true politeness always exercises, I began to forget even my own blun ders. Gradually my cheeks burned less painfully, and I could join in con. versation without the fear that every word I uttered shared the fate of the action I attempted ; I even ventured to hope, nay to congratulate myself that the catalogue of calamities was com pleted for the day. “Let no man call himself happy be fore death,” said Solon, and he said wisely. The Ides of March were not over. Before us stood a disli of cauli flower, nicely done in butter. This l naturally enough took for custard pud ding, which it sufficiently resembled. — Unfortunately my own vocabulary was not yet extensive enough to embrace all the technicalities of the table, and when my fair neighbor inquired it I was fond of chorjleur, I verily took it to be the French for custard pudding, and so huge was my panegyric fit that my plate was bountifully laden with it.— Alas, one single mouthful was enough to dispel my illusion. Would to heaven that the chorjleur had vanished with it. But that remained bodily, and as l gazed despondingly on the large mass that loomed almost as large and burning as Vesuvius, my heart died within me. Ashamed to confess my mistake, although I could as readily have swallowed an equal quantity of soft soap, I struggled man fully on against the mountainous heap at its. base—and shutting my eyes and opening my mouth to inhale as large masses as I could without stopping to taste it. But my stomach soon began intelligibly enough to intimate its inten tion to admit no more ofthis nauseau stranger bcneaih its roof, if not even expelling that which had gained an un welcome admission. The seriousness of the task I had un dertaken, and the resolution necessary to execute it, had given an earnestness and rapidity to my exertion which ap petite could not have aspired, when my plate, having got somewhat over the edge of the table, upon my leaning forward tilted up, and down slid the disgusting mass into my lap. My hand kerchief unable to bear so weighty a load, bent under in its turn, and a great portion of it landed safely in my hat. The plate righted as I raised my person, and saw as I glanced my eyes around the table that no one had noticed my disaster, 1 inwardly congratulated my self that the nauseous deception was •0 happily disposed of. Resolved not to he detected. I instantly rolled my handkerchief together, with its remain ing contents, and whipped it into mv pocket. The dinner table was at length deserted for the drawing room, where coffee and liquors weie served around. Meantime I had sought out what 1 considered a sale hiding place for my hat beneath a chair in the din ing room, tar I dared not carry it any longer in my hand, having first thrown a morsel of paper to hide the cauliflow er, should any one chance in seeking for his own hat to look into mine.— On my return to the drawing, 1 < hanc ed to be seated by the lad) by whom I had set at table. Our conversation was resumed, and we were in the midst of an animated discuss-on, when a huge spider was seen running up her arm. “Take it off, take it ofl !” she ejac ulated in a terrified voice. I was always afraid of spiders ; so to avoid touching him with my right hand, I caught my pocket handkerchief and clapped it on the miscreant,' who was already mounting over her temple with rapid strides. Gracious heavens ! 1 forgot the cauliflower, which was now plastered over her face like an etnmol lient poallice, fairly killing the spider, and blinding an eye of the lady—while little streamlets of soft butter rolled gently down her neck and bosom. “Mon dieu ! Monsieur! exclaimed the astonished fair. “Mon dieu !” was re-echoed from every person’s mouth. “Have you cut your hand?’ inquired one. “No, no !—the spider—Monsieur is killing the spider. What a quantity of entrials!” ejaculated an astonished Frenchman, unconsciously to himself. Well might he be astonished ; the spray of the execrable vegetable had spotted her dress from head to foot. — For myself, ihe moment the accident occurred, 1 had mechanically returned my handkerchief to my pocket, but its contents remained. “Whatja monster it must havebeen.” observed a young lady, as she helped to relieve my victim from her cruel po sition. “I declare 1 should think it had been living upon cauliflower.” At that moment I felt someone touch and on turning round, I saw my companion who had come with me. “Look at your i antaloons,” he whis pered. Already half dead with confus ion and disaster I had caused, I cast my eyes on my once white dress, and saw at a glance the horrible extent of my dilemma. I bad been silting on the fa tal pocket and had crushed out liquid butter ar.d the soft paste-like vegetable which bad bedaubed and dripped down them, till it seemed as if it were actually dissolving my pantaloons. Darting from the spot, I sprang to the place where I had left my hat, but before I could reach"it, a sudden storm of wrath was heard at the door. “Sacra! bete !” the R. in the first word being made to roll like the watch man’s rattle, mingled with an epithet and name that an angry Frenchman never spare, was heard ringing like a fierce tempest without the door. Sud denly there was a pause, a gurging sound, as of one swallowing involunta ry, and the storm of wrath broke out again with redoubled fury. I seized ray bat and opened the door, and the whole matter was explained ; we had exchanged hats, and there he stood, the soft cauliflower gushing d*»wn his cheeks, blinding his eyes, filling his mouth, hair, mustaches, ears and whis kers. Never shall I forget that mem orable spectacle. There he stood as tride like the Colossus, and stooping gently forward, his eyes fiercely closed his arms drooping out from his body and dripping cauliflower and butter from every pore. I staid no longer ; but returning his hat, I rushed from the bouse, jumped into a “fiacre,” and arrived safely home, heartly resolved that, to my latest hour, I would never again deliver a let ter of intioduction, CURIOSITIES OF DIET. WHAT FOOD FED THE STOMACH OF GREAT MEN. The word gastronomy, which ex presses all the attributes of good living in their perfection, is scarcely half a century old, and is of course due to the French, who compounded it, with thci r usual skill in adaptation, from Greek. From the indiscriminate and vulgar gluttony of Vittellius and Heliogab this, those old heathens of the Decline and Fall, to the refined and delicate taste of the epicurean Lucullus, there is a wide interval, Yet, no human being NO. 0. is wholly without interest in the science of gastronomy, since there is none bu must eat to live. They who reverse the rule and only live to eat, are not gourmands in the true sense, and lose the zest of pleasure in the overtasking of the palate. One of the most refined and philosophic of modern writers la ments wiili pathetic earnestness the dire necessities that compel us all to pay tribute to the cupboard in the de claration : “lean get rid of everything but this perpetual stomach ; he must eat, and I cannot make him respecta ble.” The most graphic and thoughtful ino ern historians, far from despising sueii trifles as the personal traits and foibles of great men, dwell upon all such items with interest, as among the best reve lations of character. When we read of the reformer Luther, that he was was full of habit and a hearty eater, that he loved Rhine wine anil Torgan beer, we get at once an insight into the life and spirit ol the man that is worth whole volumes in folio of con troversial theology. Charlemagne, the first Western empe ror, who died in 1814, although a ve ry frugal liver, was extremely fond of game. On Ordinary occasions, writes Oapefigne, there were but four plates on bis dinner tables, besides a piece of game which the hunters brought to the emperor ready spitted, since they knew this was his favorite meat. The historian adds that this prince used rarely to drink more than three times at his repast. Augustus Ctesar was fond of brown bread, little fish, cheese made of new cow’s milk, and fresh figs. Suetonius ielates that he drank habitually but three glasses at each meal, which shows him to have been of much more sober and simple tastes than most oi his success ors. Apicus, the celebratsd Roman gour mand, whose name has furnished a proverbial phrase to the literature ol dietetics, was passionately fond of lob sters. Small blame to him for that, since this is the most delicate and de licious of shell-fish next to the oyster, which must ever bear away the palm. Having heard that the coast of Africa yielded lobsters larger and more deli rale than the Italian, Apicius immedi ately chartered a vessel, and set sail to ascertain the fact and bear home the prizes across the Mediterranean. A rich old fellow was this Apicius, who spent on his table a hundred million sesterces, (about §4,000,000 of our money,) and one fine day, having cast up his accounts, and found that il his debts were paid he should have left but ten million sesterces,, r ($500,000,) be quietly swallowed poison, through fear of dying of hunger. The Latin poet Martial, who died in the year 105 ol our era, had a spe cial taste for the thrush and the hare, a preference which he himself declared in this epigram : "Inter avea turdus, si quis, mejudice, certet, Inter quadru peds gloria prima lepus." The Emperor Alexander Sevcrus was so fond of rabbit that, according to his biographer. Lampridius, he ate one at every meal. Frederick, Emperor of Germany, who died iu 1493, was madly in love with melons, and his immoderate pas sion for them fitnlly carried him to the tomb as the consequence ol an indiges tion. The same accident, and from precisely the same cause, put an end to the career of the Emperor Maximilian 11. of Germany. Tasso, the Italian poet, had a mark ed predilection for sugared dishes well baked in the oven, and all kinds of fruits and confectionery. He was s® fond of sugar that he always put it in his salad. Henry IV. of France had a passion ate fondness for melons, and for oys ters. He used to eat immoderately of both ; but it would appear that the wine of Arbois, of which he made a great use, saved him from the iniliges tion to which the great indulgence in such aliments exposed him. Charles XII. King of Sweden, was certainly not a difficult eater, since Voltaire records that a slice of bread and blitter was his supreme choice in matters of diet. Crebillon, JUs, the French novelist* who died in 1777, was an insatiable devourer of oysters. A certain English gentleman named Rogerson. gave great preference to or tolans—at least the final act ofhis life seems to prove this. We are assured that this desciple of Apicius expended, in the space of nine months, the almost incredible sum of one hundred a fifty thousand pounds sterling upon his table end culinary experiments. In fact bis whole fortune had been thus swallowed up; and, seeing himself reduced to want, he cnployed a guinea, the last that remained to hiiii out of his large fortune lo the preparation of an ortolan, his favorite meat. Then having tasted with all tiie delectation of a consummate epicure this ultimate dish, he quietly fell back and blew his brains out. The French Marshal Hocoquinconrt, who died in 1058, bud a particular pen chant for sheep’s tails, and kept all his life a cook who knew how to prepare a savory dish of this caudal million, which the Marshal dispensed to his officers lo put them in good stomach l;r battle. Voltaire was extravagantly loud of coffee, which he drank to excess, as Dr. Johnson did tea. The same character istic was exhibited by the naturalist Buffon, who always lived übon coffee, Frederick the Great, ol Piussia, bad a notable predilection for a dish called •• po!enta\ ” this was a species of bir leycake, reduced to powder, and roast ed. On this, and a cup of coffee, (in bis passion for which this prince fairly rivaled bis friend Voltaire.) be used to regale himself with much guslo. Not a very great debauch lor a king, or a philosopher. Napoleon was another great coffee drinker, and would take sometimes twenty cups per day, without apparent injury. It was his only marked taste m dietary matters, and other pleasures of the table having been, in a measute, indifferent to him. This caused bis chamberlain, M. Gussy, a retiowcd gourmand to lament that “the sentiment ol the cuisine ” was wholly wanting to the emperor ; and he cited this defect as evidence that even the greatest man cannot be perfect. The Josh Hillings l’apers. CHIPS. Don’t mistake a dounkast eye lor modesty ; dounkast eyes are often on the lookout sideways. It is one thing lew take the chances ami quite another thing to Jind them. It is not the whole ov our duty tew fuller the example of good men ; hilt few leave behind us sum decent tracks for others tew foller. Rumor is a spark at fust, then a fire, then a conflagration, then ashes. The wust enemy that a man can hnv is flattery ; il is wuss than abuse ; it is better to be knocked endways by a foe than tew be bowed sideways with the quill or a windy friend. Death is a cessation of hospitality's ; a flag of truce, tew the righteous a gain, and lew the wicked no loss. If you are looking alter happiness don’t take the turnpike, take one of the byroads ; you will avoid the tollgates, and find it less crowded and dusty. Mulch buty is like the strawberry, soon out ov sezon, but exqtiisil while it diiz last, and like the strawberry ain’t perfeckt without a good deal of su gar, Rules for longlife are liksguidboards to a deserted cittv. Hipokrasy is one of the vices that yu kant konvert ; yu might nz well un dertake to git the wiggle out ova snake or the grease out of fat pork. A witty writer is like a porkupine, hiz quill makes no distinktio.i between a friend and a foe. About ime-half the discomfort ov this life iz the result ov giiting tired of our selves. Solitude wttd be zn excellent place tew go tew if a man could leave bis baggage (or sin) behind hiui. He that marrys a Christian woman iz the son-in-law ov Divine Provi dence. Menny a young person haz died old by living a long time alter they w.iz dead, and menny an old person haz died long before their time cum by be ing dead while they was a living. Precepts are stuff tew bring up young ones ; or il iz like sending them down cellar without enny handle tew learn them tew see in the dark. There iz no such a thing nz acksi dents ; if one tiling happens by ark si dent, awl things may ; heaven has no beitreau ov aeksidents. We should be kerlul how we encour age luxurys ; it iz but a step forward frum hoe-cake to plum-pudding, but it iz a mile and a half, by the nearest road, when we have tew go back again. Smiles and tears cum Iron) the same fountain, and as the showers of heaven are followed by the sunshine, to glad den the earth so duz joy follow sad ness, tew make the soul cheerful. Tliare iz just az much jetousy (it i z only less dangerous) among the lowly as among the rich ; the poor devil with a whole loaf under his arm iz the lord ol his naborhood. and the loaves look on with envious wonder while he struts up and down the alley. We only love them that we fear. This may be only one of my |j rß , hut it looks so tew me front where I stand now. The best comlishun in life iz tint t,, be so rich as tew be envyd, nor so poor az to be damned, Iz it charily tew give a thankless cuss in need? certainly ; just az much az it would be tew save a drovvitiu* cow. Just praiz iz the vernakular ov good deeds, Whare thare iz grate virtue, thare must have been grate vices, or else a very poor sile, that raiziz nothing but what haz bin planted, and wcli tended anil manured at that. Revenge iz jist as natral as milk ; \ u will see little bits ov bovs club the post that they bump their heads agatust.