About The Cuthbert appeal. (Cuthbert, Ga.) 1866-1884 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1866)
—- ®I)C Culljbcvt Appeal. ELAM OURWTIAIU [JAS. r. 8AWTKLL. Proprietors TERMS OF FfliSt IUHNON: Thre#«oi»«Li |1 00 H z oouiU $2 CO i . __ law : Vol. I, VST Invariably io ahvakcs. * | Cuthbert, Georgia, Friday, December 21, I860. ISTo. 9. 1P0IETBY. MISCELLANEOUS. Fluid tho Metropolitan lltcord. ASHES 07 GLORY. THE CONQUERED 80UIH i Tho follow inf?, from the pen of tlio edi- ——— , tor of De Bow's Review, gives exprra- RY a. j. rrqci'.r. I sion to the feelings of the Southern heart —— 1 in this hour of it* s« wrest triul: Tho following poem, the lutcst pro- Thmwiug aside, howoVd*, tho quo*- duetion of tho lion. A. J. Requior, will d<m of responsibility, when the do b« roml .ven-whero In tlio Snulh «itli a I «**» “K nin *' u “ *»“’••>» •m»d, >to Mill tbr.lt or pfoteura. llo bn. oroalcd tb» «>• ll'e ju*t.o® tc.ny. • , . ... there was no longer unv hesitation. U ho Conquered llonner Irom the du.t m the : da; . „ r debate was ended. The leloat, roalro of poesy, and shrined it in the gok tho worth, the intellect, all that wm no den haze of hid exalted gcuiu*. Thi*1 hie and distinguished in tlio States, from admirable poem ic its prog raw through ^ 'GB*** * * f> j oX£ J H > 1 *'° d<«cominntn of •i . — : .. ... ti ‘ u . .i | tho men who fought with Washington ot the vn.lou. paper, tbronghoat the conn- V arkto»n, of the h.roe. who li^red in try was sadly mutilated. But wo have I lt || ^|,e great tights where the national ca- now tho plcusuro of presenting it on it cmno originally from tho pen of the tal ented and respoetod author : Fwl 1 up the garjrroui iilkon sun, By bleeding martyr* l»!.*t, And iMAJpod tho ltuirel* it lata won Abort Its place of rod. No trumpet’* note rw»r<l hardily blare- - No drum funeral roll— Nur (rnlllng sables di.ipo the blcr That frees a <Liuaili*i soul ? It liTed with Lee, and dr. Led his brew, From Kate’s empyreal Palm ; It uleops the sleep of Jacksoa now— As spotless and an calm. It wm onlmnntxTnl not tmtdont; Amt they shill tliud.li-ring till, IVho ilruck the Mow, >n latest gun, I l.uhcd ruin as it ML Sleep, threaded EnMguf nut the bre* zt That smote the rlclur tar, With death acruM the heaving teas Of fl<try Trafalgar. Not Arthur's knight?, amid the gloom Their nightly deed* have atnnvd; Nor Galic Henry's matehlcaa plum •, Or psorlcM born Bayard. Not all that antique fables feign, And Orient dreams disgorge ; Nur jet, the Silver Crass of Spain, A oil Lion of .St. George, Can bid tlie pale! Proud emblem atilt Thy crimson glory abiiita IVyonJ tho lengthened abodes that fill Their proudest kingly Hue, Hleep In thine own hlabwio night — And bu tby Masoned scrol I: A rarriur banner takes it* (light To groat tho warrior's mul. A RCMAKTIC AND TRAGIC 8T01T. Nearly a year ago one of the first merchant* in tho city loot and loved a woman of English birth, whom ho be lieved to bo n widow. Bin advance** were favorably roceiv* o, and after many happy Vionrw panned in pleasant converse, thu gunllnmn!) at length declared his part- won. To hie surprise and chagrin, tho, , , - , ... My. «Uk many nr, Infornual L.'lhu. ?! Hf.’J'j her husband wu* flot dead. A l»ng alii ! ^ yls tl'iutod, or who vindicated tho fume t f lliu nation on tlio occur., on tho floor* of CongrvHs, In tho chair of tho l'rcsi- deaoy.of tho C'abinot, or in positions of honor abroad, bui-kled on their urmor, inarshulud tlu-ir cohort*, and in bpthnste rushed to tho front. Tho exceptions were 60 few a* not to ufleet the rulc ; and wo are not now, nor ever have been, wil ling to impiigi the motives or to de nounce the moil, scattered here and Chore in most of the State.-*, who constitute tho exception*, bet them defend their rec ord* mb wo do our own. Was this a rebellion ? were thesn trai tors, or did tlio Btrugglo rise to it great er uud nobler attitude ? Tho question cun remain for history. Namo it if you please, however harshly, nnd whero do yon fihd, in ull tho hi.-toi n h that you have read, from those of Thucydides and Livy, down to Bancroft and Hildreth, so unequal a struggle maintained with ns much fire uud energy; such deeds of valor and prowess performed ; such pvi- vuiiods and suflkiiogs endured ; sueh heroism dispin' ed ? How mutiy great at intern wirudii en buck j w hat ciq • tuins’ fortunes were ruined ; whut Sara gossa defences, ns nl Charleston and Vicksburg ! Six mi'limm of men were in adualli strangle against four times that number; nix millions without nnhip, w th sunrccly u gunboat, out from nil the wurld by rigorous blockade*, without worksho| a, machinery, or mechanical up litudu, without clothing, without arms, and often without food. Yet tho tight went on four long yours, until some of your leading writers uud thinkers begun to express the opinion that Southern in dependence was then virtually mMoved These deeds of daring and heroism, thin record of cnorgy and endurance, it urllad thu Kuropenn world, and extorted itnad- miration, if not its friendship Aro the rnon of the North less impressible bv the morully sublime, when exhibited by lliono once their enemies ? Cno they not recognize buroism, and claim it ns their common heritage in the future? Even huroinm, if you plcuso to say so in ii wrong attune ? Tins people have not been degradod or humbled. It is not in yonr power, and if you Bi'o truo statesmen it ennnoi be your desiru to do either, They nro :eiidunts and theirs, in all the livi uu^Uiiu.i tin iu.i MkiiUt i. i' 1 11liti* i it ,.f unkimliKw, nrgkTl, m.Hroottnent nro ,,r “ ! ,lcl Z " Ti .nrf n Miwruto mniii onnnco wa. related ft",*?*"': 0>«r rrort m 6r« t I l.ut 'I'b. fuwvnr, will, utmort fronkn™., w«n « v ” r — v -re, they dn iota all thu duns* l„-r -Arct. I.e.! ux* J" otubracliomtr. Tl,.t .arv.ve., and tehee, hhd eadud l.y ht.mag a tliuon e for Am.m it doa j (of. Mlit, tli.m rending would “ull.iillolu ... 1 ‘*l ,u ’" r ‘’ "" ul ' 1 "PUlu U'lOiom i e V...... *'. ■ ® , ... , ...... I present wero tlio pcoplu oitme-Unrd of her favor, i no guntieinuu, eneoumgeo,, , ■ *, , ,. , , • • *’ - .. b | the Statesself-Mekliowledged,lobedegra- by the confidence, und eager for the lsw ; , , , , , i^win ..f*ueUo treooura, in»i.tuj „n ( dl '^ "»d d.UiaudINudUr f.rwj,. her ul nu.o dt»|tortiim fur I P^Z “» W lianntl ally .apn|iud the luhn'oling mo- ",° l 1,0 KJ' ulir, -’ 1 *! ». turiul h/iho rjidy moul.iucrj „? IU. ‘ ,0 ™ ** r "J , l’ Sl«rl"ind PaHoy, i-ourti. The Journey «o, niotfe, nod in “»> “W". tho onutoe af o fov weelm 111. bupttlullu i 1 ranialorod thu ..r twelve Uioueun.1 dull,.™ won ,I|ui,id.' 1'borfo* in- , x- . , i ' , hlilulmns, us wc.ll asbv mins. Fam ish ed. Not tnuay inooaa elai^ued era tlm, , , ,, • ,. . ,, i_-_ .... r J,„, v . ,, i liberties and the English CoiUtiluUnn lover wus ruvorcil with a most tender . , , . u; ,> . ho^’ebeenmaiolained by theduicmdonts epistle, conveying Intelligence m tho , .. , , . . 1 ... ,, , iLteript, of o^mhur dr.ltC.r to, thou-1 :f\fe J : Lll ? a !! w v'!l r ! l !l» , ! l qj sand dollars, which ho would, of pay on presentation. Tho basin epive, esB of the h»w piovod exceedingly expensive. Two more drnAs for ten tlroumind dol lars each were forwarded to this coun try, and promptly paid. Tim gentle man, becoming ulurmed at the enormous drain on his purse, venturer! to remon strate, and begged tho Indy, if possible, tlio Cavaliers. On the field of llonworth after flic star of Richard had set in blood tlio princely Richmond could exclaim : -Proclaim n inrdon to fi e soldlcra fled, Thut in luLinMiou will return to a.* { And then, u* we have Ukon tke fhnrram<in». We will unite the Whim Row tod the Itud ; Batik- Heaven upon this fair c nsjn net km That long hath (.owned upon their enin'.ty." A people with sueh antecedents ns to conduct llm ucmnesn with more econ- 1 of tho fcouth cuniiol submit pertna- oiny. Tbs eomtnuolcation in rep»ly, da-! neatly to be lorded over und neknowl- tcil Paris, quietly infonned him that the'j‘|U° tho authority <*f a mu*ler race, suit bad been decided aguiut her, Uml, ^ hsy may endure for n time, but the she was tied to tho object of her detest- wound will rui.kle and bleed nfreah, «n<l Mtiun, and that, although she could .nev- tn v will sti iko back flnd bite tho liei j of <r foru.it the disinterested friendvhip of. tlm * ppresior. Inextinguithnble hatred the lindert of men, they must never tijp, ui.d their children and again meet on enrth. The unhappy their children * children, bku the infant gentleman, maddened nt bis f.dly, and Hannibal vull be sworn upon tho ul urs crippled in business by tho immense out-; of vsugeanco. N- r ought the power of Isy of money, ended h ; n existence by bis ; such a race to lui despised. Weak it own band. Long after this tragedy the mny bo today, disorganized nnd oyer real creator of it presumes nguin to ad- j whelmed by defeat, nnd colossul, ditoi- dress the man sbo has so wronged.—N. j pi loud and nign.izcd mny Lethe power 0. Timm. w hich is brought iu threatening attitude -— wm —. 1 ugainst it. There are windier incidents Information Waiter —Samuel John-1 in fu»tory which change tlm relations of son, about 5 ft. 11 inches high, slender peoples. The weak have but to wait built, durk complexion, about 30 years ' upon opportunity. Irelund, Poland, It- old, a member of Co. G, First On. Reg- ! aly, Hungary, will mso uud rise again ulunt, wan last seen on tho train ul Flor- j ilmtory is lull of these examples. A ence, 8. C., for Bmnter O. II., soon ufter , vast military establishment, great stnnd- ths surrender, lie wn* nt that time in mg urmien, gurrisoim will be neoded very feeble health—suffering with rheU-! here; and while their force is expended matism nnd diarrheai. It is supposed in erusl.iug icbellioii in one quarter, in that bo died on tho mnd from 8urater sueh n wide domain, it will aroused C II., to Washington. Any informs-I and rampant in a hundred others. Tho tioa from him would be gratefully re- 1 tyrant, tho oppressor und tho despot will ecive I by h s wife Mfls. Harriot E John - ( bo in vain seeking to prevent opportuni sm, Covington, Ga. i tic* which tho greut jmlitieul relation* of — i the world involve, and tio will, oven in UfjuTho losses Georgia hns sustained j i| lt grandeur of bis pretensions, tremble by the war, together with the ccnuuci- before them, iriuion of slavery, are said by the comp- -\*V. vonl l K* fr-e, troler General to b* a Ihoutnod tuMfitm* 1Vm>-l-rrt Will Mrlks ttir aW’ i f dollars But wliy drive a bravo and tamest people to JoKpuir ? Wlint groit public purpose con bo nnswered ? In what re spect wi 1 tho North bo bnppier, wealth- icr, more powerful by such a course ?— Whnt t’dirisfiiin or patriotic instinct ran bo gratified by it ? You have said that freemen wero better than slaves, and is not tiio doctrine ns applicable to white luen iih to negroes ? l)o you not hasten ,n get rid of tlio cx|>eiisu and charge of STERLING INTEGRITY. "I have talked before yon lh>m mjr childhood train till* day. BoholA, hen; l am: wltneM npaiast me la-fore (ho Lord, nnd before bin an- nolntcd : s hose ox ha vc 1 taken T or whom nn have I taken T or whom lure I drftuudrd ? -whom have 1 opprrMQd T or of whoso hand have I rv. calved nny hrilN* to Mind mine oytn therewith t and I will restore il yon. ’—I Sam. xll. Y,3- Bitch were Bamtiel’s address on tho hnights of Gilgul, whoro ho bad imsom rritoric* by converting them Into bled tlm tribes fur BhuIV pnliliu inaogur States '! Hns nut Britain realized u thou- ation iih king. It w as a glurinUH twilimo snnd times over pn fit by tho change | ny tai the justicei of this appeal, when tho which made her colonies independent shout of uu assembled nation enlioed Btr.teH ? Do you wish to ntfiko secession odioua nnd prevent tlio possibility of its recur rence ? II sharp, tierce, sanguinary war has not accomplished this, do you think the mo-nor remedies cf tho thumb screw and tho galleys will avail V What a com pliment you nro paying to n people whoso standards havo nil gone down, nnd the debris only of whoso ikuv era survives. Met Ida ke "Tluro Ik< six Richmonds in the field— Five hove I k'iiuii to-day I” Tho South went down under your co horts nnd youi legion*; but having gone dou n with her broad nnd teeming lauds wnstod, with her oitien destroyed, her warriors scattered, and bleeding, nnd dead, her resources exhausted, and her people clothed i.i sackcloth und in ublies, vours is a magnificent tribute, when behind every bush you seo her bayonets g'enming still. Gutiposo your selves. Tho work isdono—done efficient ly nnd finally, Tlio issue, which was inmlo fuirly, w r.s ns fairly decided. In up|>caling to ‘ho swot<1, its arbitration w as accepted. Dcop'o know no higher courts, and Congress may decide as they plcaso—tho bayonet gives tlio law. From he Chessapoako to El Paso, the South tells you th s Her Legislatures, her statesmen, her disarmed warriors, her people uftdgh nnd low degree, nil sol emnly and emphatically declare it, and haviig; discovered tlu-ir truth nnd earn- buck, "Thou Iiub not defrauded us, or oppressed us, Cun Can we —but nil crowned and beautified by giv ing *lory to God. The' true Christian is not like the pyramid, with ftn naked sides nnd tiers o! monotonous stone ; but rath er like tho Alp—its majostio slopes frith ered nnd studded with forest und enve, shady rook and limpid stream; whefe tho chamois mny bound, nnd tlio birds nestlo, nnd the foxglove hung its boMe, nnd tho weary pilgrim rest nnd sluke his thirst—whilst its diadem of snow, glori fying nil, is bathed in tho cloudless azure of heuvon.—Macduff. THE STORM-KING AND GENTLE LUNA. # Twns midnight on the ocean. Tho , » ,, „ J ill iu mu il k nil mu ih.i mi. X lie ™,l, of u». -ny t!,e unmo ? ltorm ldn w „‘ llbroud „ d .land i.p Ufwo W(<h liativ. n, | rnunlle n, tarartewt. Thick dark™, cn*. vrliatever oat ailiutum, «r i-ircumatancoa, cred „„ Milli ooncnw or heaven, or i>n; cwion, and ► :,y lull, hoii .M rf H e , w | onlr I,y the vivid 8 laro of the heart, ‘i heachnnda nro rloiml 1 liavu fiw „„ „ vor um| „ mwed novel- ilofrmldaa my neighbor, nr miuild. | „ timg lh „ u , lUns |„J c | ou d, wore hurry- ed Inn chnraeler, or nought n, wall my j oml in ,„ Mf ,„ od mBMW ow n on tlio rums or ut thu uxpensu of his ? I have never stooped to do tin an dorhnnd deed, nr be a parly to u chin- destine transaction that cannot atnild thu light of day ! I may bu in humble cir- cumitaneca; wealth, or position, or in- flueneo I may have none. I may be no. r, thu victim of designing men ; but, liiuuk God, 1 hate ‘a good conscience.’ This volume of my lunor fife corresponds with the outer. livery leaf mny be rend ; find tho blot if you cun.” There aro volumes iu this world's htrango library which have their splend- did extoriorn—n binding gilt nndcrubos sod; but on opening them, they are tot tered and worm .eaten, they cannot bear inspection ; they are to be looked ut, not examined. When opened, they full t‘ pieces, liko tho dust in tlio mummy case! Oli, rather have tho outside cover poor— tlio binding tattered—than tho leaves soiled with moronnlilo depravity und vil lain fraud ; rather tlio Reality muni nnd the frugal dwelling, than tlio banquet with its every piece o( plate showing th reflected face of n hungry creditor, and o.tn,--H whoa they told that they meant, tho |nuW9 j nrr0(l wit! , lho whimpering W.ir, can you not trust them wi.cn they 1 cry of ,| 10 defrauded orphan ! tel you Unit they imam peneo, pornm-! j, t | lorc p,, „ c |,nructor which wo .nent and lasting ponce? Moreover tho ! wo „| ( |, more than nnotl.or-liko the en- imuat which resulted in w ar ure extinct. c hnntrofl* nt tlio cave nt Endor—conjur* If saw ohm arwMhuy an aabkuly t": „ p fwim llm iuvlalble woi lil, m a gran Im.iu l, im will ibaluib lho poaco nfllm - |luU ,, rl , for tll „ ,| In _ it ia Kr „„, Ar . Norlh ns wall aanura. ho man in <"w LtileB oflho Hvbraw Ournmnnwonllli,- Jniuuin, unlvSB M ilbill Ibo walla of n lu j thl , „ nlraU , i n1| „. rs .,nolIon c>r.Id w..| 1.1 nntlo aaylom, dreiima of rwl.tanoo to n honor anil iutogrlty. Woiibl mmo cow- power which in the heyday of our pros perity and might, boio so overwhelming ly and resisllcssly upon us. Tho Gov- • ininciu of tho Uuilcd States : s our only Government, nnl iu its honor and glory must we find ours. legrity. ;r in guilty sluiino nt his apparition ? Would no knoes tremble if the flhudu ap peared in tho shop, the warulinuso, the marketplace, thu exchange ? Wo have plenty of Hauls now-n days—men of lirnvo heart, und fiery Impulso, nnd war- charity. rlnr-spirit, all ready w ith tlio greaves of Night had kissed tho young rose, nnd j brass and spear of iron. Wo need more it bent softly to sleep. Hturs shone, nnd i of tho Samuels ; who with tho moral nr- ruro dew-drops hung upon its blushing mor of probity nnd honor, vill nave their bosom, and watched its awneUmt slum- I country from n sadder invasion thuntlint bets. Morning onrno, with its dancing “f sword nnd bnyonot, ami from a tnoro breexps, uml they whispered to thuYoung ! humiliating und debasing ruin, von* ami it ttWoku joyous ami smiling.— | Avoid—and young men especially— Lightly it danced to uud f o in tho h»vo-! avoid nil base, servile, underhand, sneak- lines* of health and innoconeo. Then! ing ways. Pint with anything aoonor mine the nrib-nt sun-god, sweeping from j than your integrity nnd conscious reoti- tho east, uud ho smote tho young rose tudo; (ice from injustice as you would with tho scorching rays, and it fainted, from n vipers fang; avoid a lie as you Deserted and heart-broEen, it drooped t<» would tho gates of hell. Homo there ure tho dust iu loneliness and despair. Now who are callous to this. Some thoro nro tho gentle brooxa which had been gain- who, in stooping to mercantile dishonor lioling over the sen, pushing on the homo ‘ nod baseness—in driving tho immoral bound bark, sweeping over hi I nnd dale, bargain—think tlioy have dnrio n clover by tho neat cottage nnd Mill brook, turn ^ action. Things nro often called by their ing tlio old mill, fanning the brow i.f: wrong names—duplicity is culled shrewd disenso, and frisking tlio curls of child-1 ne*v, und wrung-lienrtcdne.ss is culled hood, eunio tripping along on her errand i long hendoduoss—evil in milled good, of mercy nnd love; uud when she saw ■ and good evil, nnd dnrknes is put for tho young rose <- *-*— a * r.~i.» r..» i i.- mid fondly half refreshing show mg i Tho doop-tonod artillery of tlio skii bellowed forth in fury nt the sight as though angry lest a gleam of that fire light should discover tno hiding place of thoir mighty enginery', nnd tho affright ed monster of tho deep shrank buck m terror iU the sound Old NtJptune hearing the tumult, shook his dripping locks, and grasping his grim trident, mounted his war rhurriot nnd drove to tlio scene. Gathering up tho dark waters, ho Inn led them in mountain waves uguinst tho lowering clouds, ns if in spite of mighty Jove; but tho • Than- den c" nothing at tinted, nnswered back again and again with h s fiurco battle cry, each time flinging u shoot of flumo across tlio dominion of tho opposing de ity. Oh I it was a contest fit for tlio Gods; but wearied nt length, with the fearful strife—though both unconquercd —they raised lho white flag of truoe nnd ended the terrific engagement. Tho sceno quickly ohungod. The proud billows uncapped their crested bonds, uud bent low in courtesy to tho retreating clouds, which, ns they ascend ed, oast off their torn drapery, nod ro bing thomsolves in tho transparent gar ments of their nzuro home, gracefully bade their antagonist adieu. As quietude thus returned, n little trembling star peeped out from the folds of its suit covering, nnd having satisfied itself that all was harmonious once more, it gleefully turned hack to cull its com rndei, and, ns ono by one they took their plaoe in nature’s dnmo, and warbled ibrth u song on creation's morn. Then stepped upon her throne, in graceful dignity, tlio moon, nnd casting nn approving smile upon her lair dough tore, she too, joined tno holy oliornn, nnd tlio Great Eternal, pleased with tho abartning concert of tho oreotlonsof His own Omnipotence, throw over thorn nn additional lustre drawn from His own (jluiy use she hastened to kiss it, light, and light for darkness. Well I ho •nthod its forehead in cool it so. You may ho prosperous in your _ . ...iwor*, and the young rose j own eyes; you may have roaliaod nn en». revived,'looking up and smiling in grnt- vied lortune; you may Have your flnr- narrow sun beam Unit came out of tho itudo to the kina breeze—but she bur- ] l ingo, nnd plate, find servants, and pa- n,1< ^ 8, | l ( ,<, ’ | u uj on lliuir summits THE »KY. It is n strange tiling how liltlu people iu general earu about tlio sky. It is the part of creation in which nature bus done more for tho sake of pleasing man— more for thu solo nnd evident purpose of talking to him, nnd touching him—thun in nny other of her works—and it is iust tho part in which wo least uttend to bur. If in our moments of ut er idleness nnd insipidity, wo turn to tho sky ns n lust resource, which of its phenomena do wo spunk of? One says it Inis been wet, another it has been windy, and another it has been warm. Who, uinong the whole cluttering crowd can tell mo of tho forms and prccipic.es of tho chain of tail white inoun nins that gilded tho hor izon at noon yesterday ? Who saw tho until they melted and mouldered away iua dust of blue rain? Who saw thu daneo of the dead clouds when the sun light left them last night, and the west winds blew them before it liko withered ried quickly away—her generous task gonntry; but rutbtr. tlio shilling and tho was performed—yut not without rownrd; crust of bread with a good conscience, for *lio soon poroclvod that fragrunea than tho stately dwelling or pulaco with- had been {toured oil lur wing* by tho out it. Rutlier than tho ini nsnloum, grateful rose; and tlio kind bret-se was ! which gilds nnd smothers tales of heart- glad nt heart, und wont away singing less villainy nnd fraud—rather, fur, rath-1 ‘ 0UVCrt * All has passed unregrettod and through tho trees. Thus reul, true char- er, thut lowly heap of gruzs wo were ««*««" i or l,ltJ “P^y be oyer shuken iiy, like lliu breeze, gathers fragrance J wont often to gaze upon in fin old villngo e '’° n *" 1 ' un iastant, il ia only by fr*>in the drooping flowers it rubu*hcs, churchyard, with thu simple stono tluits , extraordinary. And yet it is und unconsciously roups a reward in the bare record of a cottar's virtue, "Here n, d in tho broad and fierce manifestation performance of its office* of kindness l';ys nu honest mnn !’* |<d th* clenient.il unorgies—not in tho A BFAUTirtJL PXTRACT. Th* following oxtfnct is from a letter which was written uport thfl dsnth of n child : It went in tho morning—a bright nnd radiant morning—ninny went yesterday, mnro to-dny, and there uro dews trt bn shed for tlm departures of to morrow.— And can il he wondered that pleasant summer mnrni gs should beguile them into going ? It is n marvel they do not wait for tho burden und tho noon, but follow the lurk and her song over thu ruin of the rainbow ? Thut those words so beautiful, they should make so true, und •'jay coineth in t^e itioTniug ? " Going in the morning glorious morning—when ths sky is all otR&fy, and lho world is ail bliss, ere tlio down have gone to HenVen, or tlio stars have gone to Omi; when lho bird* nr« sing ing, nnd tho cool wiiuhr aro bhwVing. and tho flowers are out that w ill he shot ut noon; und tlio olouds that nro now rent in ruin, nnd tho shndowa inlaid with crimson lio away to tho West. Wo have sometimes Keen a little coffin, liko n casket for jewels, all alone by it self m a lingo hearse, molaneholly with {•Idnies, omi gloomy us a frown, nnd we have thought, not so, should wo accom pany thoso a little way w ho soiu mourn ing. We have wondered wby they did not tuko tho litthi coffin info the emriuge with them, und lay it gently upon their hqw, the bleeper there lulled to slumber without a bosom or n crudle. Wo have wondered whut there were for tears to sueh u going—in lho early morning from homo to homo—liko fair white doves, with downy wing* emerging from nether night and fluttering for entrunco at tho windows of Heaven I Never yet has there been n bund wanting to take tho wanderer in, nnd shut oat tho dark ness of tho storm. Upon thofle, Kttlo faces, it never seem ed to uh, thut dentil could place iti. greut sea); there is no thought of tho churnul house in thoso young listeners to that in vitation, whose acceptance wo nro hound not to forbid ; then should lie morning songs und not siglin; fresh flowers and not badges ot mourning; un tears or clouds, but bright dews uud bright duwnings together. Fold up tho while robe; lay asido the forgotten toy; smooth tho little un- pressed pillow, and gently smile as you think of tho gurment, of tho harp of light; smile as you think no yours can make that inemorv old. An eternal, f guileless child, waiting about the thresh- mid of l'urndise for the coming of n friend from homo. Hero tlm glad lips would quiver with anguish; thu bright curls grow grizzled und gray ; tho young Heart weury and old, but there, changeless an the stars, and young iih tho Inst now morning. Tlio poet tells us of a green bough rent by lho tempest from lho tree, und nwept ludely along tlm breast of un an gry river, nnd n mother bird with orieB of grief fluttering bvsid* it, for her nest nnd nestlings were there. Oh I better to bo wafted uwiiy from earth, thun thus that they should drift around the world in storm. Whoa children turn immortal wo should writo: " Goar In the morning. And * tliurv'i uo uight there. " which steals upon the licurt like rich per fume, to bless und efiuor, There is nothing moro sad than to ha. aot l *'° vv J , ' r l* cirricd like a vessel away from tho the highest cbiiructers of tho straight course of principle ; to be left n i Hl ‘’ llnu aro developed. God is not nI Simi-lr Mode of CoJimiKO Iktraert. branded outcast thing on tho saod* of ! w a i' 1 s *•« xdoqiiont in the earthquake, nor -A new method of vomj.utmg interest j, onor . ft m „ n toWring himself up in a;” 1 . Uus firw ' u8 \ h ,° wnall voice." 1 on nay number ..1 dollar* at six per cent poil jtj l)n |,„ - M nnl tfll uled to. ‘That is nI 1 J ,w y ,,ro l " 11 lhp.W« nt and low faculties, appears very simple. Multiply any giv- lliall „f cui.iU.I,* say the world pointing to, ,lf 1 0 , ur "“ l , ur 1 ° can only bo address- en number of collars by tho number of un u „ wrU |.ii|.ui* ami aucoeRs'ul Mtindler. e ‘' trough lamp Hack und lightning.— j days of interest desired, separate tho (; np j (H | • What is capital ? is it whut u, U » fl uia u .» d mu lid ucd passages of right hand figure, and divide by £ix; the | )UM y j,, C()Ull | m j unobtrusive majesty, the deep, nnd tho { <Hl>e ^utljbcvt appeal. K BATKd OF ADVkNTIHINO i 6t* dollar p*.-*qu»rs of let llnea'lht th* 6rat Is Mrtion, sod 8«v«aty-flvs Csnts per *<4*srs fgr as«R aubiequMt inzertinn, not cxesediof lured. Oneiqusre Ihrva mouthi 9 8 00 One squsre one •/. SO 00 Fourth of s column six months M no lUlfooluinn all months 70 0* One column tiz months too trt result is the truo lutcrcst of such sum for |I1 . (I0U( n tock« uml shares, ty houses and i nDtl 11,0 perjwluul—that which numher of days ut 0 per cent. Till* f an( ], v N n j capital is not wlmt a man rule is *o simple und so true, ocoor-| h|1(l| but whut n mun ; 9 . Character is ding to u I buismess u-age, that every cu .,ital ; honor is capital. That is tho j hanker, br -ker, ^merchant, or eluik, most foiirful of min when cburnctor is , “‘“ l * "" n " " J “ gone, when integrity is sold, when hon or i» bartered fur u miserabli should post it up for r.fercnco und use , Thera being uo *uch thing as fractions in 1 il, thero is scurcely any liability to error ’ or mistake. By no other urilhmulicul proet-HM cun tho desirod information bo obtain d with m> few figures.— ChronicU & Sentinel. Ik AanzAM.— The Southern Ruil- roads which purch.-iHod engines and loll ing stock of the Government nt tho close of the war are represented to bo lui gely in arrears. The debt is |7,77U,1./J on which little more than twelve hundred thousand lias been paid, nnd this exclu sive of large arrearage* for repairs und improvements by the Government. The Chattanooga and Nushvillo Railroad owes n small bill amounting to within n fraction of fifteen thousand. If tho Gov- [ eminent will but permit these roads to I offset wilb u bid of damages, lho nccount* ‘ can be nettled immediately. miserable mess of emtldy potbigo. God save us from ruin like this I Perish whut may—permit gold, silver, houses, lands—let tlio wind* of misfortuno dash our vessel on n Miuken rock, but lot integrity bu liko thu valued koopsuke tho Hailor-boy lashed with tho rope round his body, tho only thing we euro to save. - Let me die but let an gels read, if friends cannot afford to erect tho gravestone, "Hero lies un hon est man J” Let Samuel’s manly piety be ours. Tho happy cultivation und combination of thu active und passive virtues,—the blending of tho inner with tho outer life; not a negative saintship, like that of tho men .if Moroz, but Ibo harmonious intermin gling of dil genco in business with fervor .ii spirit, “serving tho I/ord”—kind in ucnrt, s rong in faith, and pure in spirit must be sought uro it i* Keen, nnd loved, era it is understood—things which the angels wot k our for us daily, nnd yet; vniy eternally, which ure never wanting | and never repeated, which nro to bo i found ulways, yet cuuli found but once. It is through tlieso that lho le** >n of de- vol ion is chiefly taught, und the blessing' of beauty given.—[John Uuskin. Gam*.—Ono of our exchanges say* that *' several English sjHirtesinen of pluck sad skill intended visiting tho .Southern States, this soasou in seurcb of game.” As our Legislature im* tabled the res olution to impose a tux of $2,000 per annum on faro banks, wo think they will find plenty of “game” if they visit Geor gia. If they liuvo the "pluck" to fight tho tiger, and tho "skill” to get ahead of him, lliuir trip may {novo nucces ful; otherwise tlieso ‘‘sportsmen” may add further molaneholly examples to the long lists of thoso who "go out for ^|>ol and cojtio home shorn." ‘ BY AND BY-'’ There's mnsiu enough in tlieso words for tho burden of a song. Ther’s hope wrapped up in them, un artieuluto beat of tlio human heart. By nnd by. Wo hoard it ns long ngn ns wo eun remember, when wo miido ii brief but perilous journey from chair to table, and f'mm tub o to chair again. Wo heard it tlio other day when two parted thut had been “loving in their lives,” ono to Californio nnd tho o her to her lonely homo. Everybody says it somehow or other. Tho liltlo boy whispers it when ho drcainn of exchanging tlio little stubbed boots for those liko u mun. Tho man murmur* it, when in life’s middlo watch, he secs his plan* half fin ished, nnd his hopes yet in the bud, waving in tho cold, loto Spring. Tho old mnn nays it, when ho think* of tho mortul for tlio immortal, lo-duy for to-morrow. Tho weary watch for tho morning, and while uwny the dark with "by und by.” Sometimes it sounds liko a song; somo times there is u sigh or a *ob in it— Whut would't the world givo to find it in ulmnime*, set down somewhere, no matter in tho dead of Dccembor, to know thut it would surely come ! But fairy liko ns it is, flitting like u htnrbonm over tho dewy shadow of yours, nobody can ipuro it, nnd wo look upon the many times these word* havo beguiled us, tho memory of tho silver "by und by, us liko tho sunriso of Ossimi, plousunt but mournful to tho soul.” HUMOROUS. ^>id ynri cifer know n merchant wins' did not soil "ten per cent” cheaper than nny other merchant In town ?” Prentice in recovering. Hu says: If you wbill'd ro.mtfy dyspepsia—diet. If you would remedy gray hair—dye it. An exchange suv*: "Lovers, like nrmioH generally got along quietly enough' until they uro engaged.’’ Sqqiloh naked hi* ftiend wKV he mar ried so little a w-ifo ? “Why," suid be, "L thought you had known thut of oil evils wo should clioonu the least.” And old sailor at the theatre said ho supposed that tho dancing girls wore their dresses half ihust ns a mark of re spect for dopurted modesty. The soldiers soy that w hen s Imllet strikes, the sound is "thud." When tho J'ucobinc faction strikes, the sound is* generally Thud.*—Prentice, Bcrars from Prbntio*.— 1 "Acts,” they soy, "speak louder than words,’’but many men's uuts don't spouk nu intelligible Inu- gunge. Fighting-mon nro not always truthful. A lAun maybe true nt the cuflnon’e nioulb, und false at hid own. Many liypocritoe talk sanctimoninu««!y about tho iMuw Jerusalem, who would bo kicked out of tho old one. Pity tho ProHident isn't so tall that Congress couldu't pass any tiling over hi* hood. A young lady stepped into tho store of a met chant by tho nmnoof Wade, and very innocently said she vrimld liko to no weighed. (Wude). "Really, l am very sorry,” suid lie, "but niv wife will tell you you aro too lute by u couple of "Madame," eaid a very polite traveler to a testy old landlady, "if I nee proper to help my self to this milk, is there any impropriety in it?" "I dont know what you mean ; but if you mean to insiuuiito thut thoro is any thing nasty in that milk, I'll give you to understand yuu'vo struck tlio wrong houso ! Thero isn't n first hair in it, fur ns soon oh Martha Ann told mo lho cat wus drow ned in tlio milk, 1 wont right straight nnd strained it over. At a literary dinner in London, whero Thackeray nnd Augustus II. Reach were vie a vie nt tho tublo.— Thackeray—who had never before met Mr. Reach—addressed him ns Mr. Roach, prouoticing his name as its ortho graphy would naturally indicate. "Re- aok sir— Ro-ack if you please," said Mr. Ruuub, who in punctilious upon having it proaouocod in two svilubls, ns though it wero ejielt Re-nk. TImokcray, of oounse, apologized, and corroded his’ pronuncia tion ; but in tho course of tho dosaurt, ho took occasion to hand a plate of fmu peaches across tho table, saying, in a tone which only ho possessed. "Mr. Rc-nk, will you havo a pe-nk ?” Whether Mr. Rc-ak look a po-ak or a pique, is not recorded. A Western Lovr Story.*— 1 The Mil- waukio Bohemian tells n good lovo sto ry, eclipsing anything given by tlio im mortal Byron: Emily and Charles loved each other tenderly, but tlio poor girl'* parental an cestor was indignant, and would not con sent to givo his only child to a poor mo* hnnlo. Charles was fobidden tho house—Emily wus closely watched and daily lectured, but would not remiuuoe her Charles In her di-truss she round n warm friend in hor mother, who, ns tho slang expres sion has it, ‘ had been there,'' nnd, un known to her lord, siiu assisted the young couple. At Inst the “stum parent' was called uwav on. business, when Charles w - iih invited to tho houso—but in n short time n heavy step was hoard—Charles was secreted in Emily’s bed room — thv parent entered, smelt a mice when Ernly admitted that Chnrlen had bo n there, but Was gone. The father stamp ed and hwoio, and ut last locked Emily in her room, where she was to remain unlill bo choose to release her. Tho door was not opened tin'll noxt morning, w huu tho night that mot his eyes unused him to stand aghast. Tall swearing was done lor hull no hour—then cum* reflection, and anger .vat nppoiised, uml before sundown u young couple stnrtod on n bridal tour. Another Revouimonart Hbro.—Tho aniiouncomeut that but a single Revolu tionary soldier, Samuel Dunn, of Now York, is now living, Iuim brought out the Mcadvillo llepuhl.am, which States thut another Revolutionary hero iH still living in Sandusky' Now York. Hisnnmois Mutthias Bukamnn, nnd ho receives n pension from tho Government. Being born in 1755, ho is now 111 years old, and his duughtur, over 80 years of uge, keeps, house lor him. lie enjoys excel lent hoiilth, can walk about, nnd every Fourth of July fire* fnnn his old fowling- l»ieco a salute’ in memory of auld long syno. Ren Mens' Sons.—Ilonry Ward Beecher, in n sermon delivered ut Ply mouth Church, last Sunday evening, pro duced tho following piotuiu of rich men's sons : “ Men sown nshame 1 of ljhnr, und often, often you shall find men who have mode IhefiiHclves respected in lubor, have built up busine** and amassed u fortune, who turned to the’r sons and any : ‘ You shall nev.*r d »as I did, you shall lead a different lifo; you shut! bo spared all this.’ Oh, thoso rioh men’s sons ! They aim to lead o life of elegant leisure; and that is a life of uinusciil.itod idleness mid laziness. Liko thu polyp thut flouts useless and nasty upon tho sen, all jelly, ull flabby, no muscle, no bone, it shu s and opens, und opens nnd shuts, and sucks in and squirts out ugum, of uo eurthly account, influence or use. Suoh arc those poor fool*. Their pa rents toiled and grew strong, built up their frame* of iron nnd bone ; hut deny ing all Ihiis to their sons, they turn them upon tlio world boneless, musi-lelw-s sim ple griz-.le, nnd *oft at thut. Whnt if you do gut your lime leJuted to eight hours, and wages ii.crcaed to five dulurw, dou*. Hint educate vou
