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Newspaper Page Textiljc £utl)bcrt Appeal. ELAM CHRISTIAN,] [JAS. P. SAWTELL, Proprietor*. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION! Tbrpe months |1 00 His Dimlba* IS 00 OnJWii IS 00 L7 lu«mrUbl; in auvixcs. CUTHBERT APPEAL. Vol. T, ’ Culhbert, Q-eorgia, Friday, 1STovember 30, 18G6. . ISJ"o. G. IP 0 *Ji 'i 1 III 'If. j She generally reflehis the conclusion . that she lius sold herself too clicup. IN memoriae. j The health-socking bride looks on the i, .. - .. T ... T , marriage acrvico as a medical proscrip- Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, ' . ’ . lion, the parson ns a doctor, ami the bus- thus speaks of tbo following beeutiful |, IIIul „ s thefle/ta administered for her lines: I ills—n b!uo pilt that must bo swallowed, “ One might almost wish to die, if he ,,mvc ' ve 1 1 ' nuusoou8 ' Bho 1 k " ow " tb ‘ rt ^ knew that so beautiful a tribute us this 18 traveling on the rond to death, jet clinging to life, endeavors to throw her I burden ou her lord 1 Flving from tile ! embraces of the worm, she is compelled to accept those of the bridegroom. Sho merely prefers an earthly to an unearth ly dwelling, the marriage bed to the nor- | row house appointed for all living. 1 ho I tmnoy moonshines through apothecary I bottles, and tho epitlmUimium is coughed in wheezy periods. I The purchasing bride is generally an old maid cr widow, who, despairing ol being courted for her own sake, seeks a husband thru’ tho medium of her pecuni ary charms, Bho generally lets every I one know, after marriage, that she keeps I the purse strings in her own hand, and I the young man —for this class generally ! succeed in obtaining young men—whom she had succeeded in en'rnpping is high lv and everlastingly indebted to her. the experience of such is usually the conclusion that they have paid too dear ly for their whistle. Tho husband desiring bride is, perhaps, tho most composed of all brides, tho least i enthusiastic, and the most likely to be 1 happy. Sho marries because • it is in- would bo written to his memory.'' On the bosom of the river Where the aim unloosed his quirer, Where (be stsr-litfbl streamed Ibrerer, Railed • vcsmI light and tree. Morning dear-drops hung like mv>ra tin the bright fo'dt i f her banner, While the lepk/rs^ure In fsu her Hofiljr to the radiant at. At bar prow a pilot beaming la ihi flu b of youth stood creaming, And ha was in gloricus seeming. Like sn sngcl from sb-irc; f Through bis lisir the breezes sported, And ns on the ware Lc Hasted Oft that pilot, angel thnwled, Warbled lavs vf hope and love. Through Oinse lochs so br'g'uljr ft .ting, Hilda of laurel bloom were blowing, And hiv hands soon were throwiug Music from s I/re of gold. Switily dowiPthe stream he g’ided, R. fily die purple wares divided, And a rainbow arch abided On bis c invat’ snowy fold. Anzioua hearts with fond d rotion, Wairbed him soiling to the ocean, I"rayed that no wild commotion ’.'lulst tbo elements might rise. And he see me. I soms youug Apollo, Charming summer wiods to Mlow, While the water flags corolla Trembled to bis music sighs. Hut these pnrp'e ware* enchanted U-lled beside s city bsau'el Hr an swiul spell, diet daunted Every comer to her shore. Night shades rank the air encumbered, And pale marblo statute numbered, Awoke to life so mors. Then there ru-tn-d with lightning qticknevs, O'er his face a mortal slrknraa, And ihe dtwe in fearful tbickneea Oethered o'er hie temples U r, And thsre swept s dying murmur Though the lovely Roii'hern rummer As Ihe beauteous pitot comer J'criabcd by that city there. Rtill mils on lhat radiant river, And Die run unbinds hit quiver 0'i-r the rtsr-ligl|l •Ireaius f.rtvtr On its boeoai as before. Hut that vessel's rainbow banner Uriels do more the gay savanna And that pilot's lute drops iiisunt On the purple waves uo more. MISCELLANEOUS. THE NATURAL HUrORY OF BRIDES. "Wo have been favored with natural histoi ic* of man, of birds and boosts of stitict with her, not hecauso sho is natu ! nd y in I .vo. So sho is not so apt to ho ! troubled with the pangs of jealousy or to suffer from disappointment when I eke discovers that tho bridegroom is not ! much bettor than ttio average of men af- j ter ull. Hlio goes through tho days of j courtship ns a matter of course; non- ' ders at the whims and caprices of nonti- I montal girls; receives an l accepts the of fer of marriage ns n matter of course; I dons the bri lul attire, and goes through the wholo formula of wedding ceremo nial or unceremonies ns a mnttor of course; performs all tho duties and sub mits to nil tho little vexations of married life ns n matter ol courto ; lives a serene, { orderly and quiet life, and dies respected arid regretted by all who knew her, ns n matter of course. MOZART I REQUIEM. ! Those of you who linvo 'earned to piny on the piano, may know that Mo zart composed some most beautiful pieces; hut did you ever hear of his Inst? For weeks ho had been engaged in its eomposit'on; f«t length, every note was harmonious, and tho gratified musician sank hack on his cushions in a sweet rev erie. Tho light footstep of his daughter entering the room aroused him. "Kniilie," he called, “sit down and play for mo iny requiem; it is my own requiem." "Oh. do not say that, my father,’’ an swered the afibetiopnto gill, wliifo the ptick tears sprang to her eyes at tin tho world, but no one has yet essayed thought of losing a beloved father. , the history .of that indispensable cron- “I'lny inj) child," he repeut-’d, “and taro, the bride. We promise in this nr-, sing the him your mother used to love so tide to attempt to show how tho vacuum well.’’ cttui-cd by the shortcomings of authors I Emilio sat down to tho instrument mid may ho supplied by some enterprising began a sad prelude; the father lay with Bohemian. ' closed eyes, listening. Boon the heaven- A bride is the cu'tnination of a moth-1 ly music tilled the soul of tho young girl it’s anxiety and the commencement of a : with ho'y nspiiations, und the faith and husband’s serious reductions. A moth- i hope expressed in tho hymn, seemed all cr looks upon her daughter arrayed ns her own tho heavy weight of sadness u bride, a* nn arrow shot from her house- j gradually disappeared, and she sang like hold quiver nt that but of female uruhury, an ungel \Y hen the piece » us finii-lied, man; and, if tho arrow has made a fair ! sho s.it f.»r n motnont in silence, mnl then hit, is prone to chuckle over the shot us | turned to meet her fathor’s uncustomed showing foi th her superior matronly skill j glance of sympathy. His eyes were ll on tho contrary, the success is doubtful .closed, and looking intently, she pcrcciv- tlion the mother, like a bad archer, | od Hint be lay quite motionless. With a lilnmcs the arrow, the luck, anything, in-1 cry of terror she sprang to lus side, and deed, hut her own hud management. ; there she fell senseless, lor the first Brides aro divided into numerous class-] glance told her that her father was dead. ch. Eor example: sentimental brides, j Bhe had hiui^ his soul to heaven.—t'/iil- who mn|ry for lovo; sjteculiitivo h ides,, dren'i PritniT who many lor inuuoy unxious brides, ■"*- ;—~ . who marry for tho sake of hong mar 1 Ks»»'v Tuvstiv.—\os, do ! It w one of t ied; accommodating brides, who marry | 'ho most valuable pieces of information because their lovers ifrked them to innr you could possibly acquire, and likely to ry; unresisting hi ides, who marry be-! ho very useful both to yourself and cause their friends desire them to marry; yowr friends. It’s sure to keep you out inquisitive brides, w ho marry for curioei- «>f mischief, which is a good deal to ho ly, and invalid brides, who marry torn- gin with, und t think emprises nt least ttoro their health. I half of "the w hole duty of man," for ev- 8ct.timet.tul brides aro tho mr*t J « »mcc tho daytr whoj. o»r ont.rprW.ig morons, hut not tho most hnnny uf tho “"""'IT m ,! h “ °“ rdon <,f Ed<m . l"- ornngVtvrootl.oJ tnho. They .™ gonor “ haDd lh ” .'"“"“if'"-" 1 af ' fr “ r “ ally young creature., »ho rival in' ",' ,r w “ " f h “ v “ b “" gr "T oaf dream* connected tvi.h tho woak-r of ‘I: 1 ** “ “ "“'.l' Wurd "; n lor. of a inoit.taohn, or tho ,™*wor tho evil wo ,b is groator than tbo good of a ftandaomo or o.prosli.e eyo, »« bn». nndooo; and I think, probably or an nnhnalod ddll, who cin tnako prok j'‘ »• "“"r: 0 ' 1 1,,nu k " ,kl « nl ' ty little .peoohon, grnccf.d bows, or '.ing ",' r fl nd ria-ung out our own fault., wo ..r.it,. i.t,i. .. , <1 • 1. a ... ,7 should linvo less opportunity fur obsorv- a pretty little song cite takes great , , . , • i i ,. mg and blaming those of others. Hint pride unto herself because sho nt rriol . . , . • , , ,• , }.. „i; r _ , • | , f . , r old idea about the taking out of optical Gharlio for his own dear selfjind not for , hi. -urronudioge—unawaro tlmt a beam. ha. "ever yet won ruth-wn.ly at- |«ellion in aooioty, hi. friond. and oven 1 " ndo - d to fur , I'"-K , ’" d '.‘ f m ? ,d:md ! - b,,t his wealth or poverty of himself total as ll the Song he sillgH, Or mo B'.mv ou niivoic,; ,, . . ..- ; . ■ |. - j. . or even hi. rtfucn.inn. Kite gonornlly I " bl " rt “‘“ f . ,r . ob, " r ™.* lb “ * ttnd., when tho nong i. lor. brilliantly! “ nd ”«»«“•«> •'f" 11 " Foplo m this sung, tho moustache requires Christado-; I ),,r 10 ir ' IHB JUDGMENfl OF WOMEN- In a conversation I onco held with nn eminent minister ortho Church, ho made this lino observation: “Wo will say notbiug of the way In which that sex usually conducts an argument, but tho iutuitivo jungemouts of women are often more to be reliud upon than the conclu sions which wo reach by nn elaborate process of reasoning. No man that has an intelligent wife, or accustomed to the society of educated women, w ill dispute this. Times without number you must luivtiknown them to decide questions on the instant, and with unerring accuracy, which you hud been poflng over for hours, perhaps with no other result than to findyoursoll getting deeper and deeper into the tangled maze of difficulties. It were hardly generous to allege that they achieve these facts less by reasoning than a sort of sagacity which approximates to tho sure instincts of the animal races; and yet, there seems to bo some ground for tho remark of a witty French writer that when a man has toiled, step by ste| up a flight of stairs, to will bo sure to find n woman nt tho ton; but she will not lie nblo to tell bow slio got there.— How she got there, however, is of little moment If tho conclusions a woman have reached ure sound, that is all thut concerns us. And that they are veiy apt to bo Bound ou the practical matters of (1 mestio and secular life, nothing but prejudice or self-conceit can prevent u* from acknowledging. Tho inference therefore, is unavoidable, that the mm, who thinks it beneath his dignity to take counsel with nil intelligent wife stands in his own light, and betrays that lock of judguieut which he tacitly attributes to her. STRANGE RLVELATION. The Bov. C. K. Marahull.of Mis-isfllp pi, writes to tbo Baltimore Episcopal Methodist as follows: 1 urn preparing for publication in one paper, an urlicle on tho relapse of our negroes into tho vilest African supersti tions. Tho downward wav out hero is frightful. Leading, old nrtful negroes aro carrying hundreds of deluded fellows along with them in tho new religion which they teach. Among its first prin ciples are tho following : That Ood who governed formerly i« dead; that the Yankee war overthrew him; that Ho was a slave ol (Jod; that Christ was tho white man’s slave; that ho upheld white folks in sustaining the institution of slavery ; thut Uo is now defunct; nnd that two old uegro women aro elevated to the Christliood and invested with lull authority nnd power to manage tho in terests of tho salvation. Chlmtial Pnr»icf. — Astronomers have with reason anticipated from spec troscopic researches, tho solution of many problems of celestial physics. Nebuhr, it has recently been known, exhibit mo nochromatic light, nnd tho unavoidable inference is, that they do not shino by solar light, which is chromatic, consisting of seven colors. On examining Bumpl > comet by the spectroscope, the spectrum of tho nucleus was found to bo mono chromatic, and to differ from that of tho coma itself. Tho nuclous, therefore, is self-luminous, but the continuous spec trum of the coma light indicates that it shiucs by ruflcctcd solar light from ours or some other sun. , • r ■ . , j , i tenaca u» ,,r ino gono oi man :ma uui Ins mends and even . u . ,,,, rty i. n. much n port he ““J ?, , 1 " ''"'’"If, , l,od “ tiro curt of hi. (air, ir.nxnjly.ro Uwk «■» (orcil.lv Mtrautal cr Ihe strut ho .Hoot. fr " m ?3'«; «• !“ * f"™' Iho ni.in ho used In ho. Iw. R'David.on n. » OommiUoe of Con- The money bride lias made herself an , f t . rcnc0 with similar committees, if up- nrtido of merchandise, an-l is to bo val- , K) i„ te( j i „f t | 10 0!d Hchool, New School, ueil according to the price she I and tho Uuitod prosbyleries of Chicago, for herself. t?ho belongs to every eondi- to convene n joint meeting of the four lion of society, from her who inarm* hr l* r «,|,yteri. s for conference on their com- social position, horses and carriages, di:»- ! mo „ interest, iiionds, houses mid bank account, to tho] , tT wotk girl who inanhs a one room home,: rarlttook twenty-six men six days to and the privilege of only half-uturviiigon count tho indemnity money paid by A us her husband’s |telly weekly pittance, juia to 1’rutsia. Editation.—To diicatu a man is to unfold his faculties, to give him the free nnd full use of bis powers. Jt is first to train (he intellect, to givo him a lovo of truth, and instruct him in the process by which it may bo acquired. It is to train him to soundness of judgment, to teaeh him to weigh evidence, and to guard him against the common sources of error. It is to give him a thirst for knowledge, which will keep his faculties in action through life. It is to aid him in tho study of tho mrward world, to initiate him into tho physical sciences, so lhat he will understand tho principles of his trade oi business, und will he able to comprehend tho phenomena which aro continually passing before his eyes, it is to make him acquainted with his own nature, to give him tho most important moans of improvement, self-comprehen sion. Time.—'limeis the most undefinnblc, yet paradoxical of things; the past is gone, the future is not come, a d tho present becomes the pnst even while we attempt to define it ; and like tho flu-h of the lightui g. at onco exista and expires. Time ri tiio meosuror of ull things, but is in itself immeasurable; nnd the grand discloxcr of all things, but is itself undis closed. Lika space, itis imcmnprehensiblo, because it bus no limits; and it would he still more so if it find, ll is more olocuru in its source than the Nile, and in its termination than tho Niger; and advances like the slowest tide, but retv ills like the swiftest torrent. It gives wings of light ning to pleasure, butleet of lead to pain; nnd lends exjivcliitiun a curb, but enjoy ment u spur. Diogenes asked why it was that philosophers sought the society of the rich, miiuh more than the .latter sought theirs, replied ; "Because philoso phers know what they want, arid others do not.” Five while men were flogged in Kiulunoiid on iho 15th, on conviction of petty larceny—the first instur.ee in many years, of the infliction of stipes on whit: men by judicial sentence. Good cotton has be.ii raised tn California this year. SCIENIkFIC. From tho Ladie'a Homo. PRQQ&tSS OF MUStU. Iiudo indeed were, doubtless, the first beginnings of music, as ifi tho other arts; but tho laws of melody have been ever tho same, and nil known musical in struments hitvs ever been constructed irpon thp same harmonic prineiples.— .Some, indeed, ns tho cistruin, tho drum, tho cymbals, etc., have been eonstrifctod for purposes of more noise; but tho harp nnd the reed the citharn and the flute have undergone no fundamental ehnngo during all the improvements that have been made iu their forms until tho present hour. From all that wo can learn, wo doubt not that n correct nnd powerful stylo of execution must have been known nnd practiced from tho remotest ages. Tho Jesuitical French tatto, that iias onvon- rniod modern society, nnd prescribed all genuine emotion either in designing or executing a work of art, und excluding artists from nil proper intercourse with what calls itsoll the polite world, was unknown in ancient timos, and tho im- provisutore, with his harp and voice of song, was received ns a snored character at tho courts of kings, and treated ns one highly favored of heaven, by whoso inspiration ho sung tbo destinies of man, the glories of kings, or tho honors ol gods. Such wore I’indar aud Simonider; sudi were llesoid nnd Homer; such IMicmiufl, and Terpandor, nml Thales, und Thnmyris, and Lnsus, nnd Mein- nippidcs, nnd L’hiloxeimis. nnd Timotho- us, nnd Phrynnis, and Kspigoniue, and Lysnndcr, nnd Simmiciis, und innumera ble others; and such boforo tho Captivi ty were Asaph, nnd Korali, am! David, uud Neman, aud Jeduthan, and tunny others turning the Hebrews; such in the Piitriurclinl nges wbore tho Balaams, of Clmldea or Egypt; such were Chiroiu and Enculnpiiis, and Jason, nnd Her cules, nnd Theseus, und Archillos, nnd AutpUton, uud Detuodicus, uud Linus, nnd llermes, und Trisinegist, and Olym pus, and Orphesus ; and such boforo the deluge were Juhul and his successors. With lives equal to six generations of our times, they may have rendered them selves expert to n degree little conceiv ed at present, and they may have found out improvements in instruments that should render them superior in many re- spools to such us aro now known. One of the most deplorable facts of deluge, was the rendering of mankind, to a groat oxtout, comparatively barbar ous. But immediately uflcr tho flood wo find tho sons of Noah strenuously engaged in reuring cities nnd temples, obit-inks and towers, thut still excite tho nrufoundest astonishment in such ns be hold their ruius. The lofiiest specimens of sacred poetry nro those of the great est antiquity; for since tho Legation of Muses, tho art of poetry has declined in all nations where men were not cemiiiis- Honcd directly from (Jod. Bulnnm and Job oilurod us.spocimeriHof tho primitive grandeur and simpliuity that have novel' found rivalry except among tho Hebrew prophets nnd apostles. Homer falls be low tho Puranus und the Zundov^stn, tho Orphic Hymns, nnd Bio nnges of Phtr- niciti nnd Egypt. Virgil sinks below Homer. Tasso falls btjow Virgil. Mil ton, alone, kindling bis tins at tliu nltnr, nnd communing with the prophets and apostles us few men linvo done, ap proaches more nearly tbo ineffable puri ty and grandeur of the earliest Orientals tliiui any other of the uninspired ba.ds whoso productions have reached, our times. But not least, with tho children of Ham, was it doomed glorious to excel in iiiusie, us well as in other arts, from the earliest times Wo do ourselves wrong when we appeal to those children [of yesterday, the Grecians, for anything truly ancient. They were fain to travel Egypt and tho East, in order to leurn of the Orientals their geometry and astron omy, their chronology und their tnetu- ' physics, thoir music and their poetry.— Homer’s lubluo aro Hindoo, while his pictures nro Egyptian. And while the Grecian seems evidently to have boon of n rudo und foeblo construction, there have been discovered among tho Egyp tian monuments of the oldest date, fig ures of instruments of n form so perfect, that they have never yet been excelled. One of ilieso is n harp ol about tho same number of strings with tho most improv ed now in use, nnd tho position of the player ii in every respect w hat it should ho were ho able to realize all the effects of a Bochsa. Still, it is sufficiently evident that not only at tho fall of Adam, but at each subsequent grand catastrophe among bis descendants, tbo arts anil sciences hove started on their course with great er or less disadvantages Tho fall de praved man’s intellect no less, ronllv. than his heart; und it is tho grand ob ject! of n good education to ro.ivo enfee bled powers of tliu human spirit, and ro to some extent, repair the loss we have sustained iu the lapse of our first father. It was in the sixth generation from Adam that Juhal invented, or lie come famous fot improving musical in struments. The earth became filled with violence. His brother Tubul-C’uin, in vented warlike implements, and between lighting oral fensting, between tho clash of spurs and swords, nnd tho festive sounds of flutes nnd harps, tho period of four more generations beenmo distin guished for u depravity so desperate as to require a do ago to wash out tin sinins of evil, and prepare tbo world for tho settlement of u better race. Tho children of Hum, tho Cyooploans, Aims niuns, Mucarinns, Noroes, Nelidic, Da?- in uih, or (’usCnns. of ancient nuthors, soon, to tbo utmost of their power, ro stered tho nnoient arts; while tho de scendants of Shorn and Jnphcth emerg ed only alter n long time from a rustic nnd.obscuro life to a state of opulenco and splendor; und their musical instru ments became improved by slow degrees to n slate resembling those of their breth ren in Egypt and tho Eust. Tho lyre of Orpheus or Amphion, is said to have 1 that, nt first, but three or four strings; bad Mercury increased for their use to seven, llynypus, tho son of Phrygian, tho eon of Marsyus, invented tho flute. The cithora, from three strings boenmo extended to many more by Lyanndur Esnigonius made a harp of forty strings, nml not only taught bis disciples to play by the bund without tbo leetrum, but united tbo fluto with the harp in tbo snine perforin a nee. tiiinmicus in vented a lyre of thirty-five,strings. Di dorus enlarged the capacity of tbo fluto by nddiug to its original four holes seven others. The syrinx, of Pun, to this day consists of only seven or eight reed.- 1 , its original number. Then tlioro were trumpets, and horns, and piccolo flutes, and various drums, ciinbuls, etc., for use in war. They also had the hydraulic organ, which water hud Some action, to us unknown. Thus much for tho Greeks, tho Thracians, tho Phrygians, and the people about them. Tho musical instru ments of tho Hebrews, Ghnldeans, and Homans, appear to have possessed a character much like thut of tho latter Greek inventions; though they may have Approached nearer their originals of tho Egyptian orchestra. And when the barbrninns from tho North overthrow the Homan Empire, they wero fain to ucquiro tliu urts ami sciences by no less slow degrees than thoir predecessors. Still, tho Church preserved in her antiplmnnl chants, tin best specimens she could draw lroin the music of tho ancient templus, nnd they contain to this day the most solid, and ulovutod, nnd devotional strains known. Beyond the Church, however, we shall find nothing worthy of attention in their wur chants und buchumiliun roundelay until tho period of the Hofurmation, when tho Gregorian Chants become va ried with the Mon tots of Puliesclrinu, Bird, Tallis and Gibbons, that will re- mail) classical, nnd unrivalled by the Chornies of Luther and his associates. Tho organ became much improved, und counterpoints "oon reached its highest development. Other instruments grew in public favor, ami enlarged tho circle of their effects in tho hands of succes sive perforators. Tho violins east off their frets for the more perfect intona tions of tho fingers only. The numerous wars of modern times linvo resulted in little else than tho improvement of mili tnry bands. The opera and oratorio have cultivated the solo voice to a high pitch of excellence, while the grand sol emn Chorafes of Germany and England have prepared tho way for the formation j of cborusus that enn, to some extent, in torpid tho music of Humlcl nnd his ri vals in the noblest styles of musical do I sign. The sonatas of Condi, Getunni am nnd Tnrtini, bnvo led tho way to a vast improvement in solo playing and orchestra management, and ho to the production of the noble sinforas of lluydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Bj.hor, and Mendelssohn, and tho almost super human effects of Hiigunini and his imi tutors. Tho fire that warmed tho soul of Giordini, or Viotti, has cooio to burn among tbo snows of Norway, und the name of Ole Bull stands at tho head of a long list, whose amazing powers of ox ecution would huvo at Once earned them, in popular superstition, tho runk of arch ungels The orgun has found a 11 undid un i a Bach to interpret its stately and majestic combinations; und the piano forte bus bucoino Hie queen among in- strnmeiits (originating the Orphean lyre) under the hands ufClemonti, und Buelli oven, Henri, llerz, and Mosehulles, Do Meyer, m.d Lciezt and Mendelssohn. The exhuming of 1’ompeii has on- riched tho bands with tbo trombones; 1 the kettle drums with the trumpet and 1 horns add force mid fullness. The flute, : oboe, fagotto grow richer and more pow ] erlul in their eust, und theclarunett udd* its thrilling mezzo-soprano to their mix- turo with tho quartette of strings, thus 1 producing nn orchestra thut, for power ! nnd variety, has probably never been ri valled in uny former time, riplundid us may have boon I he musical performances | in tho temples or theatres of even Tyro, ■ Jerusalem, Babylon, Memphis, Thebes, ; Carthogo, Alexandria or Homo, that the poets feign under tho fables ofmerinuids und Sirens, of Circe, and Pan, and Or phous; yet, there is nothing on record that leads us toeuppofo that they excell ed in richness and fullness the force and delioney of our orchestra, that is ever ready, at a moment’s notice, to blow the magic horn or flute with tones so lino that they seem us those that fancy feigns to come from heaven, or to unite the breath of the organ with u thousand voices nnd instruments nt once, when they will represt nt tho concerts heard at tho Creation, the Bed Sea, or the Mount of Olives, ut Gibvon, or Gaza, or the Vale of Eluli, in Jerusalem or Bizuu limn. Still, there is mingled with u’l this no slight cntiso of regret. In tho improve meat of tho orchestra, our modern au thors have, to u great extent, laid aside the study of vo-’ul composition, and the .lull uniciit.il tel ools have degenerated from tho loftiness nnd purity of melody found in the works of Handel, Haydn, and Mozart, to the clamors of Virdi or the screams of Borloiz. With tho high er cultivation of tbo voice also there is a corresponding depression of popular tusto for musical sentiment. Crowds rush to the theatre to bo excited with operutie spectacles, and noise, with tho tones nnd wonderful execution of a Si- vori, Do Meyer or Botesini, ortho warb ling of Mulibrnn, Catalan! or Brnluun, rather than delighted with lofty music nnd pure melody. But when the times are worst they must mend. Music has reached its utmost declension in Europe, nnd wo need not Wonder that tho pure spirit of Modelssolin found itself wearied out in seeking n concert of congenial spirits where it might rest, nnd, like tho dove of old time, flow away to take ro- fugo in the ark of his forefathers be yond the sight nnd bearing of our vani ties and conceits, our low nnd groveling exhibitions of what passes for music among the reckless or tho aupurticial. FIELD AND GARDEN. COMPARATIVE PUODCCriVENEM OF POTA TOES. Wo gave last year the result of some experiments with different varieties of tho potutoe, more particularly Goodrich's Seedlings, and foitilo soil with good cul tivation—the product of the lultor rang ing from 207 to Jt 11 bushels per acre.— Wo have varied tho experiments tho present season by planting on rather poor soil, and giving moderate cull arc— one object being to avoid tho rot, whiuh, as the season bus turned out, has proved quite destructive in many potutoe fields in the neighborhood. Goodrich's Calico proved tho freest from rot of nil tho dif ferent sorts tried, only two tubers being found uffected out of some nearly twen ty bushels. Tlie Gleason was nearly ns free, nnd early Goodrich somewhat more discuNed, but unusually healthy ns a whole. Of other varieties, Prince Al bert und Carter wero most diseased— about one tenth of tho former and ouo tenth of tliu lultor being uffected. The Buckeyes and Penchblows wore less dis eased, but more bo than tho different Goodrich sorts. Tho product per aero was small, for tho reason above stutod, being us fol lows Calico Gleason, Early Coodriuh, Door-Yard, Carter, Dyckman, Jackson Whito, 100 bush per acre. 70 “ 50 41 UO On n richer piooo of land, tho Buck eyes yield 114 ImshuU per aero, and the 1’cuchblows 172 bushels.—The CiiUica- tor. SEEDING DOWN LANDS. It floqiiontly happens lhat in seuding land to timothy and clover both prove a partial fuiluo the first year, nnd yield but a scanty crop of hay iho second year. This is sometimes owing, probably, to the runk, heavy growth of whotrt, ryo, or oats, us tho case may bo, by which the grass is choked out before it has at tained sufficient vigor to hold its own against tho crop with which it is sown, At other times tho severity of the w inter season 'may have killed out both the grain and the grass, or they may suffer from tho effects of extreme drought, in volving a partial or entire distinction of both. Thcso ure casualties not easily |>rovhiud against, and when they occur it requires more time to repair the dam- ago than is agreeable t» the farmer who has stock in want of hay When the failure is pretty general in a seeded field, it would seem to bo good policy to plow again, as a preparation for another trial, iustcud of waiting tho slow process of self seeding, as is sometimes done. Tho uud, to be sure, will bo attained in time, if the partial crop of grass is cut late in the season, but iu this way there is n loss of the customary avails of tho capital iu vested, which is rarely sustained with equanimity by tbo live Jarmer. But par tial failures of newly seeded binds to re turn promptly tho expected crop of hay, not unfrcquently occur from the pnrsi- inonioiiHiiess with which the farmer dis penses his grass seed when laying down his: lands t) meadow. This nrtielo is often rather expensive, hence, the amount allotted to cacli acre is so small that it would hardly suffice, did every seed ger- minute and continue to grow; but i! on ly one-fourth of the amount does this, owing to tho drouth or severe frosts, the crop of hay the first season will uot bo wnriff the expense of gathering. The better nr.d safer way is to seed liberally, a peek or so to the acre instead of hulf that amount^ and then if a failure occurs, tho firmer will not have tho unpleasant reflection thut to his own parsimony iu [Hissibly to bo attributed tho loss to which Im has been subjected by the f-iiluroof his grass seeding.—Phil. Hbme Weekly. tr\. Sergeant Davy, a distinguished English lawyer nt tho time of Lord Mansfield, being once called to account by his brethren i n the Western circuit, for disgracing tho profession by accept ing silver of a o'ient, replied: "I look silver because 1 could not got gold ; but I took every sixpence the fellow had in the world, and I hope you don't cull that disgracing the iirofession." It is a great satisfaction to know that the earth weighs 1,250,105,070,000,• 000,000,000 t ns. Cl)c €utl)bcrt LAppcal. KATES OF ADVKRTIRI.XO i Oty dollar poraquara of Its llhra for lha tint IS portion, and 8of*«lj-ft»a Cotta par tquaia tor aaah atibtpquent iDSSrtldS, not excaodlSR thrrn. Oneaquarc three montba.... • S 00 Ono square one year 20 00 Fourth of a column ala month* \ SO 00 Half column all months ,..••« 7* 0o One column aia month* 100 0« HUM02L0US. 18A HARTZ TO BRICK rOMXXOT. Peerless Brick . t have returned (rom the Philadelphia Convention. I utn at home. From having boon a subjugated sove reignty I am now n reconstructed euss. 1 know no North, no tiouth, no East, r.o West know nothing. Except that the Union is preserved in s integrity, A J. engineers the machine ry, and tho country is saved. Tho Convention, my Hear Brick, was a big thing. Hnuth Carolina nnd Mas* raoliBetta entered arm in arm; every bob v cried nml hugged everybody else. 1 cried too, nnd went into tl*o bugging business generally. Commenced on a young female patriot ofAmeriou and rath er liked it. W*t and Didn’t wish to bu considered too special in my hugging, nnd turnod my attention to a large sized delegate from Vermont. It wasn’t so pleasant, but then I wan harmonising nnd reconstructing. Continued to weep nnd hug und feel good Forgot, in t'»o excess of patriotic feeling, that Mr. Dun wax prevented by phsieul weakness and other causes, ut Fori ess Monroe, from being present to enjoy tliu scone und help har monize, weop, hug and help reconstruct. Olliers, from Dixie, savtned to forget it too. Wlion your old friend Doo alluded in ‘a voice trembling with emotion,’ tn tlm fraternal freeze between Moss, ami B. C. it affected mo to tears again, and I wanted to hugsoino more. This time 1 bid away the only quarter I bad in my pocket and tried to find llutlor— I wan ted to huu; but ho was absent, my Brick, and thereby went unbugged. I felt like a lamb that was hankering to lie down with some innocent lion, and bo docile :but Pope was in New Mexico, Fighting Joe hadn't come iu and Bunks was in New York Fortunately, tho soothing strains of Hail Columhiu, intT- apersed with ‘Dixie,’ from a patriotic col lection of fifty pieces of harmonious brass, stole u|min my senses, and 1 grow calmer. I looked around the tight thousand pairs of eyes, to see if any of the lachry mal was moistening tbo cheeks of Fernan do nnd Clem : but they were not partici pating, my Brick. They wore two Lazu- ruses, who wero being dry nursed in the bosom of some political pntrirch, 'afar off.’ Each hud a bundann, with whiuh lie wiped away tho gushing tear-drops that started, unbidden, from the loaded heart. They hadn’t on the wedding garments, my Brick, and failed to show their tickets boforo tho door wero dosed. But they wept and hugged. I turned ngutn to your friend Doo. He too is a brick, nod, on this occasion, u Philadelphia brick. As a snorikist bo is good, ilia reference to the little trivial incidont in which South Carolina fired the first gun, nnd Massachusetts shed tho first claret, was happy, nnd sot Orr and Crouch to ruminating on tho scenes of tho past. However, thoy looked ut each other, smiled, wept, hugged again, and wero incfiuMy happy. But when Doo proclaimed tho glud tidings that peace had returned, and hud brought her knit ting with her to stay a week, tho appluiiFo was deafening. Massachusetts nnd rioutli Carolina looked arms again—be came Siamuso twins forever, and remind ed me of the beautiful sentiment taught by Miss Purthoniu's mother (slightly ultored, however): ' T«o touts but * tinglo tboaubt; Two beorli ibst best 000110." But all things must have nn end, mr Brink, and ho bod this grand wedding Henry J framed tbo marriage corti cate, and then violated the consistency of his past record by voting for it I The benediction was pronounced; the horns tooted, the drums rolled and tho marri age party hrbko up. Homo went homo with dray loads of joy in their bosoms— joy, boenuso they honostly believed that they had done a good thing. Homo wont home, my Brick calculated how many votes would bo added to their party as the grand result. And some again, went home trying to shut out from tho mind’s eye n spout re. The phantom figure of a poor old man feebly tottering under a heavy burden— . bearing uncomplainingly tho weighty sins which belong to the failure of u revolution be was called to lead. This weak old man in tho attitude of ono listening breathlessly to tho shouts, tbo hurrahs and tlm hullblujahs which marked tho marriage of B. C. and Maps.—here a pouco wlii si blossed beams cannot j penetrate the prison bar or shed its gen- I tie rfiys upon tho honrt of the dying captivo 1 Do you understand me, my Brick ? Please hug for mo.'-onventionully, some young female patriot of America, up iu Wisconsin. Yours iu n conventional way, Asa Hahtz. When we picture the bund rod or more truiiks that ladies travel with, says Pnnch, wo cannot help reflecting now happy is tho elephant] whoso wife, when on a juor- noy, only hns ono trunk. Miss Wilkins told her mi sho wanted to go to Newport to look for something very particular for her dear p«. When naked what it was, she replied “ » son-in- law." Love, tho toothuohe, smoke, a cough, und a tight boot, ure thingH whiuh cauuot possibly bo kept secret very long. Facts should always be stated in black nnd w bite. Anything written in red ink of course appears rcd ible.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Cuthbert appeal. (Cuthbert, Ga.) 1866-1884, November 30, 1866, Image 1