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Newspaper Page Text£1 )t Cutljbcct Appeal. J. P. SAWTMX.l IH. H. JOHBS, Proprietor*. TERMS OF .SUBSCRIPTION: Thr** »o*ih» |1 00 Nix ■ oniha M 00 Oosjrnr V 00 %ST InnrkUf in abtakos. 3> © !E T 2 r. BY X. O. BIIKPUSKD. Tlitre are two wor.U that brlntf me kope, In IrooM* and in sorrow. And thr/i so efteii f-pol.cn, are The simple words “to-momnv.” To-day the aim that liidca it* face To-mo 1 row will lie ahinlnf ; ••Tbtfc'a not ■ cloud,” the tajiug ia, • Rut hae a silver lining." To day the heart within hit Lrcaat With wearinm la aigkiug, And unto it my braggart lip* •*T*-t*orrow'' are replying. Then, eebo-like, In hopoa to win Some respite from ita sorrow, My weary heart 'twist every aigh Kcpcatn the worth “To morrow.” To day aerma tumbled to the ground Tltc caallce that I builded ; To-morrow'll toe them rising lair, hike clouds at sunset gilded. To-day my abipa arc wrecked at tea. With ma>ti and timbers shuttered ; To-morrow other* will bring back Tbe precioua freight now scattered. • To day I count the momeuta o'er Expectant of the morrow, And atelre from joys unrvmliat d Nome recompenae to borrow. To-day I hind iny hruwi with icarea, II) night thoac leave* have perished ; To-uiurrow area tbe garland bloom With hope* that I've loug cherished. To-day the no way ahine for me, To-morrow a may he clouded, And all the earth aud aky above lu wintry gloom be aliruuded. Rut If the morrow bring me not I'll turn uty fare on Unit which U, And coprl tbe next to-morrow . Today with generona hand, I All The chryatul goblet brimming Witn w ine in whose bright depth* I aec The sparkling bubbles swiii m ng ; A id from t e golden ne -'ar I, Some show of mirth will borrow, And p!e Ige, w ith every alp I take, A health until the morrow. THE CUTHBER r J r APPEAL. Vol. I, Cufhbert, Q-eorgia, Friday, February 23, 1867. No. 17. TO MT DARLING. Still waiting lor thee ! Still waiting (or thee, Thinking, dear darling, whilst aadly I roam; Oh I what • pleasure -bow sweet it would be . To real in thy bosom, thy heart /or my home. Slid longing for thee ! Still longing for thee! Pleading with heaven whilst aadly I roam ; Telling my Savior how sweet it wou’d lie To dwell with thccjaltvay—thy heart for my home. Still dreaming of thee ; Still dreaming of thee! Counting the moments whilst sadly I mom ; TVond'ring dear darling, how long it will he Before thou wilt give me thy lu-art for my own. John SricriiK.v, M. D. ■OUST. Money goes, No one knows; Win-re it goetb, No on* ahowrth. Here and there, Everywhere ; In and out. Round about. Run, run. Dun, dim. Spend, spend, Rend, tend, Fluali towlay, Short to-morrow j Notea to pay. Borrow , borrow. So it goes, No one knows; Where it goelb No one knoweth. A PUZZLE- I saw a pigeon making bread. I saw a girl competed of thread. I saw a towel ane mile square, 1 saw a meadow in the air. I mw a rocket walk a mile, I saw a pony make a file, I saw a blacksmith In a box, I saw an orange kill an ox, I saw a butcher made of steel, I saw a pen knife dance a reel, 1 saw a s.tilnr twelve feet high, I saw a ladder In a pie, I saw an Apple fly away. J saw a sparrow making bay, I saw a farmer like a dog, I taw a puppy mixing grog, 1 mw three men who saw these too, They will confirm what I tell you. £5C"Tho largest room in tho world, under n single roof, unbroken by pillar* or other obstructions, ia at St. Dorters- burg, Russia. It ia 660 foot in length, and i 150 in broadth. Hy daylight it is used for military display*, and a battalion con cotuwpieoily man®uver in it. In tho 1 evening it is often converted into a vast bail-room, when it in warned by sixteen prodigious stove*, and *20,000 wax tit- lwvra are required tii light it properly. The roof of this great structure is a j •ingle arch of iron, the bars nl-me on' which it r.sts weighing 12,830,000, pounds. £3r Blanks of all kind* neatly print ed at the A PPKAL OFFICE, at 81 50 to f2,0ft per quits. DR. FRANKLINS WIFE Bt JAMES PA ETON. A correspondent suggests that I neg lect the Indies in these article*, and that it would bn interesting to know some thing of the wives and mothers of emi nent men. Ye*, it would bo interesting; but, then, the lives of women nre usually passed in retirement, and generally es cape record. Nevertheless, information respecting many estimable women exists, and perhnpn, it would bo well to gather it up, and offer to tho readers of the Ledger some sketches of great men's wives, and of women who were them selves great Let ns begin with tho ex cellent w ife of Benjamin Frankin’. Her maiden name was Deborah Bead. S)io was tho daughter of Mr. John Bend, o! Philadelphia, where sho was burn, in the year 1705. Wo know noth ing of her until she had grown to bo a comely and industrious lass of eighteen. One (Sunday morning, in her eighteenth year, which was the^var 17*23, she was standing at her father’s -front door in Market street, about church lime, wail- .ng, probably, to accompany her parent* to church. Nicely dressed Quaker*, and members of other denominations in their Sunday best, were walking by, on their way to church. Am mg tho crowd, she observed a lull, stout, runy-chvokud youth of about seventeen, whose costume and general appearance were in striking contrast to that of the other passers-by. Ills clothes wero shabby, dirty and torn ; hia face had evidently not been washed that morning; the pockets of his long, loose coat wero stuffed out with unwash ed linen; and he wus eating n large roll, and carried a roll under each arm. Be fore she had done wondering w ho this odd figure could be, lie was lost from view among the crowd of church-goer*. A few days after, one Samuel Keimer a neighbor of their*, Came to her falht r\ house, and asked him if lie could accom modute with board and lodging n lad whom he had taken to work in his print ing office. Mr. Bern) consented to receive him, and in tho course of tho day, tho young inan presented himself Cirout was tho surprise of Miss Deborah Bead to discover in this printer’s lad the per son she hud seen on Bunduy morning eating his roll. But what a chnngo in his uppearance ! He was now dean, and well dressed for his station, und his man ners were polite and agreeable. Proba bly lie explained to her, in the courso of conversation, that bo hod arrived in Philadelphia beforo his trunk, which con tained his wurdrobe, and that this wns the reason why bo hod strolled about on Sunday morning in tho clothes that had been worn and stained by a long and rough journey. The name of this printei's lad win Benjamin Franklin ; mid it ivuh in thii way that he became acquainted with the young lady whom lie afterwards mar ried, und who wan his fond nud fuilhful companion for fifty-four years. Both of theso young people, however, had toon dnro many painful experience* beforo they could lie united in mnrringo. Franklin was at that time, a runaway apprentice. Ho had left his master in Bullion, (who wns his brother, ns well ns his muster,) and hud reached Philad< phiu, after traveling ten days, part of the way on foot. Ho soon obtained work in Philadelphia, corned good wages, cured the confidence and esteem of many influential persons, and improved lis mind by study and rending. Ono of his fi lends was llio governor of Pennsylvania, 1 who pretended great fondness for him, and promised, at length, to set him up in business as a printer, und give him the government printing. It was agreed be tween them that Franklin should go to Loudon and buy the requisite types, pa per and other malarial, and that nothing •hould be said of the project out of doors until hie return. Meanwhile, tho young man hud fallen in lovo with Deborah Boud, and had reason to suppose that his affection was returned. A few weeks belore sailing for London, Frunklin avowed his pas sion, nnd usked for hor hand. Hu also revealed to her the prospect he had of being a muster printer. Mr. John Bead, having recently died, Mrs Bead was the mistress of tho family, and, accord ing to tho custom of Ifio tunes, nrbitress of her daughter's destiny. Sho was a piudcnt lady, but wus far from disap proving of tho match proposed. Who re minded young Frunklin, however, that neither he nor her daughter wero nine teen, and expressed the decided opinion (hut, ns ho wns about to embark upon a dangerous voyage, and to engage in n difficult enterprise, it would bo only wise to defer tho marriage until ho hud re turned und ebtublished himself in busi ness. He was obliged to consent to tho postponement of his happiness, and, soon after, having evchonged vows of eternal fidelity with his beloved, he sailed away fur London. Months passed by before the young lady received tidings of her absent lover. There came at last a short and.cool let ter from him, in which he told her that he was not likely soon to return to Amer ica. Mouth alter month elapsed, until eighteen months had puflaed since his de parture, und no second letter euine t/> cheer her solitude und appeuse her long ing. Another lover cume to woo her, a man name! Roger*, a potter by trade, who was an excellent workman and earned • good income, but was a man ^. known und prudent Mrs. Bead wns alive to bis merit as u workman and earner of money. Sho urged her daughter to ac cept his hand, which after much persua sion, Miss Bead consented to do. This mnrringo wns deplorably unhappy. Tho nutter soon proved to bo a worthless fel low and n barbarous husband, and his young wife, alter enduring existence wilh him some months, could boar it no longer, nnd returned to her mother’s house Borrowlul and ashamed. During all this time, Franklin was working in London nan journeyman prin ter, striving to get money to return home; for, on reaching London, ho discovered that Governor Keith hud cruelly deceiv ed him, and could not advance tho sum requisite for the establishment of n print ing office. Besides this, lie hud u com rade w ho was dissolute and uunequaint- cd with any trade by which lie could offspring. Despite this inauspicious beginning of their wedded life, their marriage was em inently successful and luippy. To pro mote her husband’s interests, she at tended in his little shop, whom she bought rugs, sowed pamphlet*, folded newspapers, ur.d sold the foiv urlioloa in which ho dealt, such ns ink, pnper, lamp black, blanks and other stationery. At the hiiiiiq time, she wns an excellent housekeeper, and, besides being acenotn- icul herself, taught her somowlmt care less nnd disorderly Husband to bo eco nomical also. Sometimes Fvanklin was clothed from bend to foot in garments which his wife hud both woven and made, and for a long limn, sho perform ed all tho work of tho house without the assistance of a servant. Nevertheless, sho knew how to bo liberal at proper times. Franklin tells us, that for some add to the common store. Fiunkiin, I years nftei* his mnrringo bis breakfast therefore, bad to provide means fur both was broad nnd milk, w hich ho ate out of "What tho South onn do.” How the Southern States can innko themselves masters of tho situation," is tho title of si four page pamphlet which we find up on our table, signed by Henry IL Black- well, who, wo take it, is tho husband of Lucy Stone Blackwell, addressed to the Legislatures of tho Southern States. It is nn ingenious und well written argu ment in favor of the adoption of feinulo suffrage in tho Southern states ns a solf- dulensivo measure nnd ns nn nntidoto to negro suffrage, which tho writer assumes the Northern peoplo have determined to impose upon the South ns n condition precedent to restoration. Tho writer thinks that tho difficulties in which tho country is now involved can only end in ono of tbe two results: either a renewal of civil war or in a concussion by tho Smith of political equality to tho negro; lliiit the North is stronger nnd the South weaker than during llio hist strnggl and this it was, which so long prevented his return. It must bo owned, too, that the image of Deborah Bead had faded from his heart, nud that his conduct in London wus frequently such ns a virtu ous maiden could not have allowed in lover, nor approved in nay one. At length, however, after a year and a half of exile, bin bettor nuturo resumed its sway over him, nnd n* lie had got lid of hi* worthless companion, lie soon begun to save money flgnin. As his morals im proved, his nffuctiou for Deborah Bead revived. An opportunity occurring of returning to Philadelphia under fitvorn- bio auspices, ho gladly embraced it, and looked forward eagerly to the time when bis engagement with Miss Bead should be fulfilled. Ilia feelings may be imagined when, on uriiving at Philadelphia, lie learned her sad adventure with Rogers, tho pot ter. He resumed his acquaintance with tlic family, painful as it must have been to him, nnd entered upon active employ ment in the town. Rogers soon after run nw-ny from his creditors, and went to the West Indies, where, it was said ho had died. Three years passed. Frunklin contin ued to grow in the esteem of his fellow- citizens ; which resulted in his being en abled to set up in business- on a small scale, with ono of his friends, whoso lath er advanced thu firm ono hundrud pounds. By working very hard und spending very little, ho gradually got his affairs into u condition that rendered it possible for him to marry, nnd ho looked about, among tho families of his acquaint ance, for a wife. Among his friend* thero was a match making lady, who thought it would bo n good thing to catch this thriving and handsome young printer for ono of her nieces, and Frunklin was not indisposed to gratify her. It scorns, however, that ho had outgrown tho romantic notions ol his youth, mid was determined not to marry till lie could improvo his circum stances hy doing so. Ho told tho pa rents of tho girl thut ho must hnvo ns much money with hor ns would pny off the debt of his printing-house, w hich was a hundred pounds. It was a custom then for all respectable girls to hnvo n ninrriuga portion, nnd matrimony wns often pr» ceded by bargaining nnd cheap ening, us though a wild wore a piece of merchandise. Tho parents of this youftg lady replied that they had not a hundred pounds to spare. Franklin told them that if they wero disposed, they could mortgage their house. They deliberated upon this suggestion for some days, during which they made inquiries respecting tho profits nnd pros pects of the minting business in Phila delphia, which resulted in their coming to tint conclusion that tho business was not veiy profitable then, nnd was likely to become less so in tho future. Accord- ingly. they informed tho unromnntio swain that they did not npprovo of tho mutch. Ho was forbidden to como to . ... - and that tho South must therefore sue- a two penny eurthem vessel, with a pew- ctimb. ter spoon ; but/ono morning, on going down to b'reuklast, lie found upon tho ta ble a benutKul china bowl, from which his bread and milk was steaming, with a silver spoon by its siilo, which Imd cost n sum ecjiioal in our currency to ton dol lar*. W hun ho expressed his astonish ment nt this unwonted splendor, Mr*. Franklin only remnrkod, thutsho thought her husband desorved a silver spoon nnd china'bowl as well a* any of lus neigh bors. Franklin prospered in hi* busmens, til ho bconrno tho most famous editor and most nourishing printer in America, which gave him thu pleasure of relieving his wife from the cares of business, and enabled him to provide for her u spneious and well furnished abode. Sho ndoiti ed a high station ns well ns sho had borno a lowly one, nnd presided nt her husband's liberal table ns gracefully os when ho nto his breakfast ol bread and milk from n two penny bowl. They had two children. Ono of those wns n hoy named Fran is, who died soon after lie had passed his fourth year, nnd ivus buried in Christ's church burying- ground iu I’hiludelphin, where lus little broken tombstone mny still bo scon. It was a boy so bountiful in his npponrnnco, so iimiublc in his muuuera, nnd'so bright in his understanding, thut Frunklin used to say ho never suw his oquul among children, nnd he caused to be written on his tombstone this line : “Til 1C IiKLiailT OF AM, WHO KNEW III»I.” When tho boy hail been dead for tliir* ty-six years, Franklin said : "To this day, I cannot think ol him without n nigh." Thoir other child was a dnnghtor, nnm- ed Sarah, who grew up to bo ono of the most beautiful women in America. From her und her husband, Richard Bncho, have descended posterity to tho number of about one hundrud nnd twenty, nmong Taking it ns a foregone conclusion that negro sufiVugo will bo established in the Southern States, either by volun tary uction of those ‘ .States, or by the iiiundato of Qongrcs", Mr. Blackwell proposal n remedy for tho evils likely to tloiv from negro suffrage und equality, which ho regards as all-sufficient, und that remedy is lbtnalo suffrage. Tho population of tho Southern States is twelve million. Eight million whito and four iqillion black. Admit all of proper ago to tho right of suffrage, nnd tho four million of whiln females would counter- balaneo tho four million of negroes males nud females, leaving tho political power of the whito race michungod. Making tho statement in figures, nnd estimating one mule voter to every five females, and the vote is— While mule* And while females Tub! while voters.. Negro mil lew Negro leiuAles , 1.1.00,000 . 1,000,000 , 3,200,000 KOO.OOO bUO.OOl) , 1,000,000 Tolnl negro votefl Supposing that nil the negroes voted ono way aud all tho -whites the other, tho whito majority would bo 1,000,000, equal to the total present voto. Tho representative strength in Con gress nnd in tho electoral colleges would Ijo greater than ever, fur tho reason that thd negroes would bo counted in full in stead of, ns formerly, in tho ratio of fivo to tliroe. Tho effect upon tho North of the adop tion of Such a policy hy tho Bouth, the writer says, “would bo to revolutionize political parties. Justice satisfies every body. Tho negro, thus protected against oppression by possessing tho ballot would cciiso to bo tho prominent object of phi lanthropic interest. Northern distrust, disarmed by Houthern magnanimity, w _.. VI would give place to tho ItvoTiuat sonti- whom are several mon of high distiuc- incuts of confidence and regard. The • : l ... . i ,11 .... m.., rrn.nt r,«,lit1,., tion nnd great worth, still alive or recent ly dead. After living hnppily together lor twron ly years, Franklin was called by his countrymen to represent them in London nnd ho resided abroad, with ono short in terval, for seventeen years. During nil thut long absence, Mrs. Frunklin man aged his affairs ns wisely ns ho could Imvo done himself, nnd it was through hor excellent management thut ho wnH enabled to remain so long abroad in tho sorvico of the colonies. It was sho who superintended for him tho buildingol'tho largo and stately mansion in which he piiHsod tho evening of his days, und whuli ho uovor saw till it hud boon fin ished nine years. It was sho who mado all llio arrangements for her daughter’s marring®. It was she who kept Frank lin supplied with various American pro- ductious which ho wus accustomed to distribute among tho frionda of America, such as hickory nuts, apples nnd* buck wheat. It wus sho who, by every ship, sent over to him long gomiippy letters do- tho house, and tho girl was shut un in i. .. r .r - • -, - , , her room ; tho object being to "uro , tho TV* 11,0 whwl. be ao •Franklin to run n«„y with her; in which mul!h 1< ' vl;d :. 1 ""‘l' I, 1 ho, conveyed to her some substantial or Z cl ru V n ,w K K , " l "’ r ' elegant gift from her huibond. lie oft v" VrlnLn \ L tZTr "* '"c ! ton rantU tin. raotoriol far line clothe., live, I'runklin abandoned his suit, and i, . *,, ,, , , ’ though tho family attempted bet tn.no of tbeeo would eho near In her draw him on eg,tin, he would have »,■ " »^e rcotylog them oil more to do with them. I " r ll » wl ‘' m h * luo - ™ uld “"J"/ I'oor Deborah, meanwhile, was a mel-1 'V* 1, i, 1 177 j , „ , nwnitAit,;V.u ’.. . • In December, li74, wliun Franklin ’ . • , . ® ! l 'van nti l in London striving to nvort tho It wti. BU|. .tmed, indeed, tlmt Ho ruvu i ul ; 0IIIII ~ wor, but eipecting ..ion to M "’° j- jjf’ | ‘ V !!"* " h™ return litimo, this admirable wife won »»ch degradation. Her polUioul powor “ "" j h h ‘T.d.l r T,"' 1 : -trieken with WWife. She had had, 1 thrown ... n unit into the political .calc B P ,m «l, d Slc ^lt daring all that year, a prementiment of! with °"o or tho other partied nt the ,, 1 | . ' J , " d , ro ' | approaching death, und said thut if hor I North, would eventually l.rcak hor bond„ iZ h “*^” d dld "" t “turn in tho nnlnmn by tngking tide point the condition of Btancy to a girl ao nutted to lura. Proba. I „ hn „ ovor „„„ f „„„ „„„• A f . her nllinnco, and ehe would ooce more stand erect. sun in ner, uui ior mo iuci uiut, U lie 1 r . i* ' • . .. married her, he would become liable for I f, “ d i i y"> sc “ rc,,t y i »t Urn end the debt, of the departed potter. JI, !0f " ‘'tch .he paeaed away without n great political disidoratum would ho ob tained. Tho negro question would be removed from tho political arena. Nn- tirti.nl parties would again crystulizo up on legitimate questions of national inter cst—questions of tariff’, finnneo and for eign relations. Tho disastrous conflict between Federal und Htuto jurisdiction would cciiso. North.nnd .South, no lon ger hammer nnd anvil, would forget aod lorgivo tho pn*t. Behool houses and churches would bo our fortifications nnd entrenchments. Capital und population would flow like the Mississippi towards tho Gulf.” Now. aside from tho irrndicnblo pro- judioos of white men, especially thoso of llio Bouth, against admitting tho negro to either social or political cqwnlity, this is rather an encouraging view of the subject; for tho question of 1'etnulo puI- frago involves r.o such prejudices, and id simply u matter of taste. But tho wri ter tolls us that wo will bo compelled, no matter how obstinate our resistance, to fmully accept negro suffrage. This may be true, ut least temporarily, though it is by no moans certain; Tho contest lor and against yet rages, and no conclusion lias been reached. It is certain that no lapse of time can ever reconcile the Bouthorn mind either to tho justice or wisdom of such a policy, and it would not bo accepted except us an alternative to something still more offensive, if such a thing could bo discovered. And even in that event thu Bouth would never her efforts to relievo herself from both wero twenty four years of ago. Ro gers never up; eared to disturb the har mony of their household, nor was Frank lin over called uj»on to pay any of his debts. During tho bachelor lire cf Ibis young printer, lie hud fulien, as I have belore mtimaied, into some grievous and shame ful errors. Ho Imd u son, a few months old, born out of wedlock—tho sou who was afterwards so famous as tho hut roy- ai governor of New Jersey. It is much to tile credit of Mrs. Frunklin, that she was willing to receive this motherless infant into her house, and tbut she of low churncter and bad habits. Ilis 1 brought u up as carefully nnd affection ventured at length to propose marriagei 8 * r | 1 fe , 3' 0, . , . to her. and run the rink of poraihln c.r-1 «« wn. bo ran to th, grav. by vtttmtinuo.. Sh„ neeftod tho offer, ( om “ t, , f 1 tlle,r ' vl “! lud nnd they wero married io 1780, when i j illown them when, fifty-tour years before i„r.„... n r..... ... I they had begun heueoltoaping and cat- they had begun housekeeping and eat en their breukA|st of bread und milk from earlhern bowls with pewter spoons. Her remains still repose in the burial- ground of Christ’s church at tbe side of nor husband’s nnd near those of her pa rents, her infijut son, her daughter aud her soa-in law. WSk-CharleS Btuttmun, of Natchez, has sent u side-saddle to the Puri* Exposi tion. The seat, knee-piece, inside ol tbe horn and stirrup are lined with a beauti ful skin from a leopard wild eat, killed in Mississippi. The fucing nnd binding* aro mado ft tho skin of a rattlesnake killed in’the samo State. Tho argument, however, hlngcfl upon tho presumption that tho North will bo satihtied with the concession of negro suffrage, nnd that, after that is-made, no other conditions will ho imposed upon hor. It also takes it for granted that the Jacobin leaders would tolerate fo- mule, suffrage. This, in our judgment, is a fatal error. Tho object of tho Ja cobias is not, ns the wnter appears to suppose, to give tho negro tho right of suffrage that ho may thereby protect himself, f>r it is obvious to everyone who has examined tho subject, and Mr. Blackwell’s own figures demonstrates the fact, that it will not accomplish thut object, but h simply to increase the po litical weight of the party which is in sisting upon this policy in tbe Govern ment, nud to enable it to rctuin its ill- gotten und misused power. Arming the negroes with the ballot, so long nu it Is also held by the whites, Would no more the whites vrefo disposed to VppfWM hint, than putting n gttn m his band would do it, so long us the white man also hnd a g un. It would be n question of nmn- ors ns well in tho ono enso ns tho oth er. Mr. Blackwell's figures show that the whito lumnlu vote for which he eott* tends would exactly countorbnlnnco the entire negro vote, nnd, therefore, louvo tho strength of tho white population of the Bouth precisely where it is now, the control!ng power. This is not whnt the Jacobins nre fight ing for. Their object is to strike down ttio political power of this very portion of SouthuNt population, nnd their advo cacy of negro suffrage lias that object in view nnd no other ; nnd they will Act' or voluntarily consent to any policy which defeats thin object. It is idle to talk to them about suffrage and tnxution going together, und that because women are taxed they should bo permitted to vote. Thy uppual was distinctly mado to them, and they defined their position upon it in tho case of suffrage ill tho District of Columbia only a low ivooks ago, when they gave tho ballot to negroes und re fused it to families. In the face of such a fact, why indulge tho hope«tlint they would aceopt such a compromise, which would amount practically to the defeat of their whole programme. Wo have discussed this question ns Mr. Blackwell bus presented it, und to indicate whut ivo doein tho weak points in liiri (dan. To discuss the independent question of female suffrage, which wo regard ns a mutter of propriety qpd tm»tu simply, would require more space than we cuu uuw yield, and wu shall, therefore, reserve our views for another occasion.—f,out tv ille Courier. A PLEA FOB UAERIAGT. Wo confess that we lire ndvoento* for marriage, nnd for marriages ns enrly ns tho laws of health nnd the dictates of prudence allow. Young peoplo nfo saved from many evils by identifying their destiny with onoh others, nnd tho wife’s affections nnd tho husband’s purity are then in tho best possible keoping, under God’s law and Christ’s grace Wo know very well that theorists cd extreme classes who have noted tho (iocronre in tho number of mnrrlages in high life, are inclined to rejoice ut it, nnfi for opposites reasons—tho ono class because they think ochbney to bo tho higher condition, the other class beennse they think tlio old relation of the wife to tho husband wholly wrong, nnd any change is to be welcomed that obliges woman to mnko herself independent ol man, nnd couso to wait in any way upon his fuvor. Without nrguing with tho ascetic th* question whether, to coftnin person* of peculiar position nnd lempornmont,celiba cy mny not bo n duty, wo urc content to say, (hat, on the wholo, monastic life in its best estate, has little clmrins to largo and thoughtful observer of man' nuturo anil God’s providence ; nnd if, In certain cases, the cowl and vail have fall- on upen mon and women who were vir gins for tho kingdom of honvon’s suko, the oowl and’ tho vail nood not of them selves imply Virginia! affections nnd whon not resumed voluntarily they are apt to imply or create quite tho npposito state of mind. A community in a lurgo pro- portion uomiiiully celibate is not usually conspicuous for the contontmsnt of tho women or the purity of tho mon, and we cannot beliovo that Heaven is like to be any nearer tho hosts of celibates, who nre now made such, not by any monastic rules, nor in any Li by on deserts, but by tho artificial oxuotious of fashion, and in tho hotels nnd monster boarding-houses of our cities. Wo believe that a true wile has n purity that angels mny not scorn, nnd many a nun might covet, and tho man who keeps Ins'marriage vows need not nsk of any ghostly monk for lessons in manly virtue. The longer wo live tho inoro we reverence God’s obvious law, und tho less admire the deuces of men who forbid marriage, and po undertake to bo w iser than God.. The reform agitation in England hns brought to light n loiter of Lord Macau lay's never beforo published, in which ho animadverts with great severity upon the then raging Chartist excitement. It do st s with the followingsingulur prediction: The Chartist system, ns flat forth in the national petition, would, I nm certain, in no long timo rcduco us to n depth of misery nml degradation of which it is not cnSy to form nn idea. It would mnko Great Britain in throe generations as barbarous nn island as Madagascar. The only chnnco of escape, would i>o that some Cromwell or Napoleon might be able to estrMfeh a vigorous, orJerly, military despotism. It will borowiomborod that this noted historiun onco wrote a letter to a person in this country in which ho predicted that, whon the United Htntes became ns pop ulous ns Great Brituin, it would be forcod either to give up its universal vot ing pr olso sink into anarchy, Binco then, however, universal suffrage has been de creed in both Franco and Germany. Universal voting may result in con'usion worse confounded, but all civilized na- ®l)f (dull)bctl 'Appeal. RATER OK ADtBBTieiNtf t On dollar p«c»qff»r» of Its I tor* tor Sm Is scrtlon, nnd Sstetily flt* CoMpSt tqnSrf tor at| •tfbiWJUSnl Jnssrttoff, sot tUm&itg thro*. Oat squirt (tiff* Itooatha 9 4 99 On« »qu»r» on« rmr jp (Nt Fourth of ■ toluita ait months. SO *0 Half column six months t* c* One column six month* 100 s* lions aro certainly tending thut way.— N. Y. World. Bad nows has been received from Dr. Livingstone, tho African explorer. Four or fivo of tho natives of India, who accom panied tho doctor into tho interior of Africa, have returned lo Zunzibar, mneb nted and foyer stricken. Thejr hnd left tho doctor at « town two days journey from Lake Nynsaa (wherever that is) sick, «nd Atl4iis animals dead. HUMOROUS. —i . ^ “I hnvK fltft ftrVed lightly," ns (he man said when he married * wido# weighing throe hundred pofltids. .» Of (ho Now York editor*, Bonm-r N most noted for. Ills horflM, and (Irueh-y for his hobbies/ The reason why whales frequent the Arctic sens i* probably Wnlts* they supply the"n«>rtlroro lights'' with nib If yon don’t know a* man very W#.M, loan him money, and then enlf s( M hnuso for your pny, nnd you will prob ably find him out. Oeabrnl Butler la nt all liras* remit detrl. He never doubt* upon any sub ject Now a good many pntriot* wAubf bo glad to see him in n slate of suspense. A clergyman *ny* that atrhun-h w»n»* people clasp their hand* so tight dining tho prayer that they are iinnblo to get them open whert tho oontribmion bo* comps arvuud. , Till IIoPELKMOin BaCUI L 'R's (V tit drum —Why i* matrimony like a i»y- sieged city ? Because thoso who are fn want to get out, and thoso who are out want to get in. A ent caught n spnrrmt §M Wtu» about to devour ;t, whon thu sparrow* ■aid,— "No gentleman eats till hs wa*he**birf face.” The ent, struck with hi* remark^ M tho sparrow down, and began to wjislv hi* face with hi* paw, but* tho sparrow flow nwtiy. This voted puss «xtr«uiely, and ho said ■< "Ao long os I live, I will eat first, *n4 wash my fnco afterward, ,r which all cot* do to this day. Papa —"So, 'Charley, you rsaliy are in lovo with tho little bluck-e)*ed girl y«w met Inst night f” Charles—"Voo papa, I lovo her dear ly.” Pnpn—'’Ilowr mneh do you luv* h*r, Chnrloy ? Do you hiTo her mm ranch ** pudding f” Charley-—" Oh, yea, papa I and a groat deul better than nodding ; but— (pausing to reflect) I do not lovo her so much as—jolly." 1 A Lady, sooing a m«n in tho gutffir snld sho was afraid ho whs do*d. Pat, who hnd been near enough to*om«ll bio breath, exclaimed : "Faith, sad I wish 1 had half his <fio* enso." Aw Irjsuman Oxcs Bai»—" I wan born tho lust day of tho year, tho lust dnyofthe month, tho Inst day of tho week, very !ato in tho dny, nnd hav* nlwnys heon behindhand 1 . I bclivvu it would have boon fifty dollars in my pocket if I had not been bora nt ull." Clkvkr Advice.—A good nutured fellow, who wns nearly eaten out of house nnd borne by constant visits of hi* friends, w«s ono dny complaining bitterly of his nuraeroua visitors.— “Shure, nnd I’ll toll yo how to; got rid of ’em,” said an Irishman. "Pray, how?" "Loud money to the poor ones, ami borry rrtotrey ol the rich ones, nnd author sort will iver trouble ye ftg'in. J ’ - * A RtMiNDin.—W# werp nmined on baturduy by th® relation of an incident which took place on that day. A tody ontorod tho curs which Wero..*oii)ow|int too full, and a gentleman pnlituly ' aro«w and gave her his scat, he remaining stand ing in the pnsange way. The Myf?) took tho seat, making no sign nf grmi- tudo. Gent waited * faw moments, the* inquirod: 1 What di«l you say ?’ I did not spook sir,’ said the female in a tone of tho inoat freezing polilenes*. ‘I bug pardon, mudam, but i‘thought’ you said ‘thunk you, sir.’ A scnrlut flusli told tho discomfiture of Lho lady, while tho nudihlo tiller ortlix near passengers told that the point was keenly relished.—Salem Adwrlittr. A minister of tho Kirk of Hcotl iiwr, pnnv discovered his wife asleep intho midst nf his futnily on tho Sabbath. Bo, pirnsing ih tho steady and possibly monoton-w* flow of his oratory, be broke fi*rlh with thin porsonnl address, shnfp and clear, but very dolibernti*: ’ '‘Sn-an T' Susnn opened her eyes and enfe in a iwii>fc!'ng, ns did all other dreamers in thu hnu*r, whether asleep nr awake.—”St»*nn I I didna marry yo fi»r tour wci»hh, ririco to had nnne; ami 1 dbraa marry yo for your beauty—that th* bail congregnliirfi can see; and if ye have no grace, I have mad* but a soir bargain/ A Volcano in the Moon.—Tho as tronomical world jb again perplexing itself about tho moon. A Volcano i* Bnid to bo in active eftiptioti there. The crater cnlled Linno has be«tt lately oh- served to bo obscured, and l( isssiu that tho sumo darkHKiW was observed on fhis spot in 17M. This hns of toursu given riso to Mittoli spuehlntion, ami among other jolirnuls thut nfo discussing the subject, tho London Bpectntor *ny*: "Tho impression is that nn eruption i* going on, but if sty must tint th* moon hnvo nn atmosphere 7 Could combus tion take pluco without oxygen ?— Would tho Amok®—iho enrbonio acid gas—rise without some heavier gas, like atmospheric air, to rise in 7” The Utah Legislature has petitioned Congress to rej*evl the law against p<v rygnmy.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Cuthbert appeal. (Cuthbert, Ga.) 1866-1884, February 22, 1867, Image 1