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IBERT APPEAL.
Vol. I, Outhbert,
Georgia, Friday, A.pril 26, 1867.
isfo. 06.
IP 0IE ’3'IB Y.
Front Ulm Barbers Weekly.]
lieu. Unitow’s Farewell.
BY MUM BKUKUjL WORTH.
Gen. Bartow, of Savannah, commanded troops
In Virginia. Before leaving borne be wasim.
presatd with the belief that be would never *rc
bis wif« again. lie wan killed in making a Charj
•t Manansax, aguinxt the old New York Zouavt
and thus bis presentiment was verified :
Darling, come buckle on my sword,
The parting hour has come,
j bear the shrill notes of the fife,
And the spirit-stirring drum.
Be brave, my bright, my beautlfbl,
My first and only love ;
God asks of us tbe sacrifice,
But we will meet above.
One kin. my own true hearted wife,
Thru bid your Bartow go.
And rock amid war's deadly strife,
To meet ottr cavalry's foe.
Look up my love, attd stttlle once more —
Sco yonder are my men,
They must not ace roe falter now,
Lest it dishearten l!ietu.
No tears! but like Andromlca
Go help to tend the loom,
Yet never like her Hectnr will
Your own true Bartow come.
Farewell! and when the battle's o’er
1’ray look among the slain.
And you will see the reason why
1 cannot Come again.
God aiiield thee from tbe coming woe,
Shall bo my constant prayer ;
Until he calls thee home nbovt
I'll leave Ihce in Ids care.
The boys are waiting—I must go,
Farewell my own dear wife,
This is tiro last I’ll ever oot
Of tbe again in life,
l.ouisville. Ky.
For the Cuthbcrt Appeal.
The Mcdtllefon Soldier’* AW
Association.
Hooks, Men anti Art.
"VVe take tho following fragment front
the Hound Table:
As a general tiling rt is quite possible
to.predict ftont the .political tendency
of une* book wlmt the comments of
any given newspaper will ho upon it.
Messrs. Cnrlcton tSc Co., for instance,
have just published whut a republican
paper of this city calls "two books in
glorification of phases of the southern
rebellion," and thus disposes of them in
u few slurring lines. Ono of the books
is in fact contemptible, ns we endeavor
to show elsewhere : of tho other we
should ho reluctant to speak without
oloser ex a mil atiun thun we have yet been
able to give it : but there is no doubt
thnt they will run the gauntlet of abuso
fiom all the newspapers which imagine
that they give proof of loyalty by tho op
eration, and that find no limit to their
laudation of "a loyal book" just issued
of about equal merits. Of course one
side is about as bad ns tho other. Wu
have seen very stuff eulogized by sonth
em papers for no other apparent reason
than that it was of southern authorship,
and the impression seems universal
among the editors of the region that all
unfavorable criticisms of St. Elmo is due
to "Yankee hatred.” Tho Richmond
Christian Observer goes so far as to ). -
nu-nt, in a lending article, "the du-
moraiiting influences of tho press and of
the greater part of tilt literature of the
North sent broadcast over the land for
a quarter of a c •ntuVy," and periodically
there is an editorial crusade inaugura
ted against “those wretched Harpers"
and all who read their publication. Tho
puerile folly of this state of mind and nil
who foment it is simply contemptible.
It is rneau iu tho extreme for northern
journals and publishers, who in various
ways have the odds largely In their fa
vor, to avail themselves of their advan
tages to taunt those who are less favor
ed .uid thwart their efforts in their own
benulf. It shows a lamentable wont of
p'uek for southern editors to whine nt
northern attacks instead of ropuyi ng
them manfully. If the satire of Har
per's Weekly is too keen and is some
times extravagantly partisan ana ur/ju-t,
the remedy lies not in denunciation of it
but in making retort in kind. For ev
ery severe cartoon that New York finds
materia! for in the B.uth, Charleston
and New OrlomiH, if their eyes were
open, could devise two that should tell
against New York. It is not surprising
that much of our literature inspires re
sentment, because much of it is disgrace
ful and libellous ; hut the Booth will
find it no easy matter to suppress it, and
had much better begin to make a liter
ature of its own.
A Into English work on diamonds
aad other precious stones, says that but
u small portion of tho gems sold and
worn ufe genuine. The diamond mines
of Golcooda arc giving out, and those of
India nrfc rapidly failing. The scarcity
of real gems has been met by tho iiigwn
uity of counterfeiters, who manufacture
spurious gems that frequently deceive
expert connoisseurs. Largo quantities
of false gems are made in Birmingham
and Paris, and shipped East, whore the
Orientals sell them to credulous Euro
pean travelers as tho real article. Nine
tooths of tho diamonds now flaunted are
mere paste ornaments for which we wen: -
ere luvo given largo sum*.
1
ocn SOCIETY AND SOME Of ITS UKMBEUS.
Among the “outrido” niemtxm of our loclfty.
•as a cknraclrr, without n notice of whom, this
ptaiu and veritable chronicle would he Incotti-
p\oto. Though not enrolled among the wembo
of the Association, Wesley Wilson wn« unfailing
in las attendance. Kind, good-natured, always
sadv unit anxious to put needles on the ma
chines. sharpen dull pencils, and.to oblige in ev
ery way po»ible, wo oil liked him. Ho was tall
and angular, of a most ungainly figure, bring
high-shouldered, narrow-chested ; hair, eyes and
skin all aarotv. and hands and feet enormous.
Clem said bin tailor was a poor one, «« lie inva
riably made Wes'eyV '•uomontionabW very
knock-kneed. The some sfttuie-box declared bn
suir hopelessly in love with him. ns she uhvay
liked calves, ami Wo.,ley resembled Ole of those
interesting qpudrupeds so tirikingly, that whi
ever be opened his mouth riio expected to be
••Mn-a-ul" Wesley was a most devoted admirer
of the littio lady ; and while wo all liked Id-
kind trails of character, our love of fun often
mode us aid Clem in iter plans of teasing.
On a Wight, sultry afternoon In August, Mona
Clem. Jennie and I, had become weary of se
ing, ami in obedience to a suggestion from Cle
wo resolved ourselves In "a committee for the
discussion and consumption of soino delectable
peaches." We retreated to a window soino
remote from the machines, and. ns Clem declared
herself, to bo in a '-mritlng mood," Jennie pro*
posed calling Wesley to her side. Clem laugh
ed, and then a very gracious “Mr. Wilson, will
you have some fruit?” brought Wesley immedi
ately.
Mr. Wesley was what Mr. Owen ever deacril»ed
as a "housekeeping youth with ever homely
wits," nod having been reared In wind is known
in Georgia us the ‘‘Wlri-Gni#*” tvgloiw,
fond or relating what wc called his " ’Gator sto
ries." Clem Introduced the gxibji-ct adroitly mid
ufter a lew remarks. Innocently naked, "Did you
ever really sea a live alligator, Mr. Wilson?
" t/any a ooc, Mbs Clem ; when we lived down
in the wire-grass country, l’u owned a raw-mill,
and the mill-pond was full of ’gntors. I've of
ten seen them crawling out on the hanks to sun
themselves; It was inch a -ponny’ place, the
varmints would Hide in the high glass, and lu>-
fore you would think one nigh you, you'd In
something -snap;’ then you’d better ‘wuJk chalk,
I tell you.” Wesley had become excited, and
was standing before us, gesticulating with both
arms, hands and head. Cl.-m's merry eyes
sparkling with dnngerons brightness, and her lair
face wua raised towards tho speaker with an nrt-
le#s grace.
"Ouo ilay," he continued, "I wiw walking
down to the pond, ami had ‘Tigo’ with me, (you
know he’s my coon and ptwnm dog, and hit
name's Tiger, but I call hint Tlge for short,) when
what should I Bee but a ’gator, just (earin' up
tbe road.”
"Ah! how it must have alarmed yon," said
Jennie.
'No; f know'll the varmint would tako nfte
Tlge, so I wasn't anyways discomboblicutcd about
it. Here it come, this way and that wny. just a
wiggling and twisting along -you know how the
creatures walk, though.”
Clem vowed site had no Idea of the alligator's
mode of locomotion, and s»!d :
' Mr. Wilson, cant you show us how It walk
ed ?”
Wesley objected decidedly. Clem gave a most
beseeching glance, and to our shame, lie it ac
knowledged, wc w ere infected with the same
spirit of mischief, and added rtur pleadings to
hers. Wesley wavered, and wua undone ; fur
taking advantage of bis weakness, our entreaties
were renewed. One more ‘Please, dear Mr. Wil
-on, show us just this once?" from Clem, was ir-
re .'*lili!e to the love-struck youth. Down on the
fl /Of he sprawled his -nix feet ot humnulty,” im
itating, to the tx*nt of his ability, tn« pec'ilim
movements ol the alligator. Moua hit her red
lips until they glowed like ripe ntrawherrio
while Clem clapped her dainty little hands, and
applauded him. Jennie, possessed by Clem’s
love of fun, was eagerly urging him on to the ex
tra display of his imitative powers. Hearing the
very expressive snorts given by Wesley In his
new role of alligator, Mis. Ljugutou turned to
sec the cause of the singular sounds. Seeing
Wesley floundering on the floor, and the girls in
apparent confusion, she became quite ulm meet-
jumped up from the little table, screaming, and.
in her haste, upsetting work basket and chair.
Miss Arniniuta, Mi* Jemima nnd the Misses
Hobbies took refuge on Mr. Owen's table, while
the other ladie* rushed fr.mtleully, panic stricken
towards the door. . Sirs. Callahan, in the kind
ness of her heart, came to the rescue, crying out,
•He's got a fit I he's got a (it'. moybo he's been
bit by a mad dog and got Ihohydru-taticB. or the
hydurpatbicx, or wbat-ymi-inay call-'em.” She
seized a bucket of water, dashing it over Wesley
(buckit, as well nxcontents), us bo was hurriedly
regaining hi* feet. Tbe scene was over fn a min
ute. but Wet-ley was gone before Clem bad time
or breath to explain.
Mrs. Langston tried in vain to look grave, as
peal after peal of laughter echoed through the
room. Mr. Owen camo hi in titm- to bear the cx"
planation. He looked nt Clem, and muttered.
• These women are shrewd tempters with their
tongura. Make tho doors upon a womun’s wit
and it will out ut tlie moment; shut (bat, and
'twill out nt the key hole ; shut that, and 'twill
fly with the smoko out of tbe chimney.”
For a week Wesley was invisible. At the end
of that time he reappoarad, in apparent good hu
mor. A grinning negro followed him, bearing on
bis shoulder s lung box. Wesley walked up to
Clem, bowed, and raid, “I've brought you a pres
ent, Miss dem." 8he had frequently been tin-
recipient ri frail from Wesley, and thanking
him, accepted tbe gift. Unsuspectingly she raised
the cover of tbo box. when an alligator, two or
three feet long, lilted Its head. Wesley bad his
revenge ns Cktn. w ith the ufIk r iiulk-s, rushed to
ward the door, nt a very quick donbh -piick.—
quistly placed *be alligator iu tlie box. order
ing the begro to carry it to Cob Howard’s and
icavo it there. Ho thin raid to Cli'itt, "Mian
Clem, tho next tilde ydu want to see nn alligator
mlk. yod Cart havo it well done at lioraei I wdnt
nvn to tbo old mill to oatcb one for ton.”
Clem was unusually demure the rcstjof the dltV;
but she rrtade pertcc With Wesk'y, m he carried
the little laity'# wot'k-hnsk -t hoitie for her.
I have #,1id little of the soidk-rs, not from suj
lack of interest In them, for heart and bands
were earnestly busy with ofid for them. If wo
mode merry sometimes, it was only because wo
had such Wight, merry spirits among our num
ber, ns Clem Howard. We rant off boxeo of
clothing, books, hospital supplies, etc., to comp
frequently, nnd, now and then, giving place to
parcels from friends to dear ones iu the rogithent
or camp. An old man came In ono day with
quite a huge bundle. He asked Jcnulo, "are you
the woman that writes?" Slio demurely answer
ed, "I can write a little.” “Well, I waul llm
writing woman of this concern to mark my bun
dle.” “Very wail," said Jennie, “I can do tbut:
where is your boy. and what is bias name?"-—
"He's named Flu’, and lie's ulgh I’urtMwmth
Norfolk one.”
How ilo your -pell tho name?” inquired our
Secretary, Bontcwhat puzzled.
“Oh I most anyway ; his M« would name him
PlurilmH Umim,'After ouo uf her cousins, und
we call him Pin'.”
As Jennie hnd marled the bundle ‘ EPlurlh
Puuin Tweedle,” Mr.Tweedle, rr., had brought
a large jar of honey to lie lnbdtd.
• "Yon are sending your son » number of nice
thing#.”
•‘Yes, his Mn put up a rite of cakes and crab-
hintmiH, and I laid out to send a right smart
chance of tcrbacer, but Ma, she say#, now Pn,
don't spile ull my thing# w ith that Mull ; it uint
no use to wild torbaccr to Plu', when hu’s rlg’il
in Virginia where It grows. All he’s got to do
when he wauls to clrnw, ia just to go out al\d
pull It. Say# I, you're right, Mu, l never thought
about that.”
Our soldiers were unusually polite, as well
bravo men, Thera it ns nn o.cusiunul exception.
Clem was n favorite with the soldier#, ami If
favor was to lie asked of the President, Clem was
usually selected ns Ilia medium.
One duy a country dandy asked to speak with
her a moment. Clem walked a littio wny with
him to give him the desired opportunity. I saw
by her face thnt she was amused. She came hark
to Mies Aramiuls (acting President) nnd said,
"Mins Ammlnta, Mr. Jour# requests the Auocia
lion to supply him with half a dozen white shirts,
and be proton them with puffed and frilled fronts'
H.i also wants two combs, hair and tooth brush
es, nnd desircH to know how tnuny white IronJ-
kcrckiols you allow each soldier.” Mina Ain-
mint a was ut find loo indignant to speak, hut she
sent him away, muttering, "Mighty lino society,
if it can't rurnbli a Teller witli nothing hut Uni
form#, socks, shoes, gloves, caps, bed clothes nnd
Hittf." Usu.-illy, lbs soldiors were only too grate
ful for any kindness. Ono whom \vd thought
very hsshful, hnd evidently quite a "penchant'
for Jennie. He brought melons and fruit, depos
iting them on her table without n word. A short
time before tho company left he said to Jennie
"I'm goiii' to tlm wars, und 1 Intend to fight for
Somebody 1 know." Jennie innocently naked her
nam». lie gave her a look that Clem-raporled
oh “perloctly Killing and altogether excnitluUig. ’
and mild, “l eun'l tell you her nnnte, but folks
suy It's the gill that totes the book,” alluding to
Jennie's Secretary's Record Book, which she uiu-
ully. curried with her. N'btroirrK.
(7b U eonlitotnl')
Wurn Womkn Vote.—When women
vote our Bluinp apeukcpfl will Imvo need
of cliungoH in stylo. Wliut is to bo the
sulututiun ? “Follow-citizenH” is loo
cold; moreover, citizen bus acquired
rfinioulinu limitation, so much ho that,
prominent as women wero in tho Froncli
Hevolution, tho distinction ofcUoyenne
\vus tinvor lost. \Yo suggest ‘‘fellow-
creutures, 1 ' tho kwx being already used to
creature us u term of eudeai meat. Tho
dimer a stump orator can bring liitnsulf,
to liia Qodionco the hotter; the formal ‘la
dies and gentlemen’ lor a beginning
would freeze his wholo speecli to the lent-
peruture of it lecture. It will bo vary
nucessury to learn, before begin
nlng u politicul cumpuign, how women
liltu to ho talked to. Marriod men, es
pecially those who Imvo k«pt well the
respect und affection oftheir wives, will
Imvo tho ftdvantngo. In fact, tho man
who hus never made love will ho good
for nothing on tho stump. To bccomo
ti master in the art of slum speaking, will
need more of an apprenticeship than
passing through tho lecture room of a
professor of rhetoric. Touchers of elo
cution will lihve to revise their rules ;
DemostlioneHo und Cicero und Burke and
Webster will cease to ho useful models,
for wliut is recorded of their euyin[.
was uttered to intluonco men; if u-o
could get at how those great lights shono
in their prlvutoIioiiicm, what they said
in seeking wives and soothing wives
that might he of some use to us. Cold
logic must he banished front tho slump:
we shall havo to press that umuiliieu
faculty, higher than tho reasoning .pow
ers, which jumps to conclusions. Ap
peals In the spread-engIu and to the
memories of our Hevolutionary grand-
sires will no longer servo as stuplo ma
teria) ; one dash in a speech of hvo for
little cli hlren will l*o worth more thun
any quantity of veneration for great men,
dead or ulivo.—Hound Table.
rsr The Confederate settlement nt
Cordova is among tho things of lliopast.
The departure ofGeoeyul Pi ice bus been
chronicled. Judge Perkins hus gone to
Paris. Governor Harris has left for
Havana. General tihelby still remains
at Cordova, and probably will for sever
al months. Governor T. C. Reynold*,
of Missouri, will stay in the city of Mex
ico. General T. 0. Hiudman will leave i
for the United Stutee, and it is his inten
tion to practice law iu Memphis or mer
chandise in Now York#
Durutloii of Human Life.
Among the most engaging topics to
whiulj science hus nddreseed .itself iu
bur time is the question of human exist-
unco in dillcront portions of tho globe, us
modified by thy climate, topography and
productions of ouch locality, and tho con-
Aliluliotq tbmpuruincut and habit* of {be
individual.
Tho thetuo is n grand one, snd Iho
ohjoct to he attained by its investigation
is closely related to the future comfort
und longevity of our race. Physiology,
history and etalistiilfl open 10 lib their
treusuiOK ol information o i every hand,
hut tlitis far, tho tusk of research has
been hut imperfectly uccoinplishcd.*-
Howover, wo are at tho very meridian
of u keen investigating ngo ( null Wlmt
ban rcthiiihcd concealed from our prede
cessors, ia gradually becoming an open
hook to u.s. tfueli minds ns Newton,
liuffon, Cuvier and Linnaeus have open
ed n new epoch In this branch ol sci
ence, und tho laborers It) tho field uru
Row both numerous and ahlo.
The ugo of u tree is traced by its lay
ers of wood, tho period in which ono
layer is formed having been ascertained,
nnd the rule if carefully followed out,
enables us to arrive ut ucournte conclu
sions in relorciicu to n groat number of
other inoro delicate plants. Fiotn tho
buobob of Senegal, whluh can conceal a
village in its branches, and which the re
searches of Adanson have demonstrated
to ho coeval in date witli the period of
the Deluge to the lilly of tho valley
which blooms to.day und is gono to
morrow, wo huvo gulliored close specific*
facts in wondulul ubunduuco. But,
touching nuiniul life, our kuowludgo is
still comparatively muagru. If wu de
scend to its lower departments wo find
brief existence tho rule, a fuw yours 1 ic
ing the general limit. Among the finny
tribes however, ure some which from u
very diminutive, nttuin nmplo size by n
slow growth that occupies considerable
lapse of time The famous mutvuat, or
lampreys, that wero kept and I'uUeiied
in tanks by the Hoinun Emperors, are
known to havo livud occasionally to the
age of 00 years. Whether their easy
life and agreeable diet on the Hush or
slaves contributed to this longevity Is n
matter of conjucluro. Thu carp, Inking
his weight year by year ns a criterion,
is known t<> survive r. decade «« a gen
erul rule, and them havo been instances
where the same fish luis been fumiliur to
father, Hon und grondson fur nearly a
century. In 1-197 there was caught in
the ponds of the Chateau of Luutui'n in
Germany, a pike weighing 800 lbs,
which, according to nn inscription no an
iron ring suspended to ouo of its jaws,
lutd been put there 207 years lieforo by
order of the Emperor Frederick II.—
Several naturalists mention turtles that
have lived 100 years alter their capture,
and crocodiles, notwithstanding thomul
ancholy disposition nscribpd to them, tiro
known to livu at least as lung us men.
Among birds, tho condor, tho eagle,
the sv-an, the pnrr.it nnd tlit) raven are
long-lived. 1 ho ttngo of Bloomingdnln
who, in our own time, purchased a crow
to see, by personal experience, whether
it would live 100 years hus not yet re
ported publicly, and the question is still
open. 11 ufuland the traveler, mentions
a falcon sent from the Capo of Good
Hope fo London that bore on its neck a
golden rollar inscribed “To His Majesty,
James I King of England, 1610.” One
hundred nnd eighty-two years had al
ready elapsed when tlie fact was record
ed.
Our domestic animals havo been inoro
cloHcly obscivi-d, und something like an
until 72, and a sixth until 76. Thus, of I The o se of Thutflnft Earr la attested by
1U0 pcruufto duty 9(1 survive after two nn authority no less rcspectubfo than
years, and 68 alter fourteen. Before tho
great Revolution of 1792, only f»0 per-
sunfc but of the same number of biHlis at
tained their 20th year Subsequently,
u strict study uf the recruiting lusts of
Franco in the period from 1828 ft! 1831,
by oflWnl authority, proved that at least
80 adults of 20 were obtainable out of
every 100 births, nnd the Battle result
was so satisfactorily established by exam
inations ut Carlisle in England nnd at
Paris, ns to have been adopted fi.r the
rale in tho latter oupitol. One great au
thority Demonferrund, gives only seven
surVlvtirs out of 100 ut the ago of 80,
two ut 85 nnd one at 80. Ho counts
040 pm-stma of 90 yours in every million
births, but Matbieu admits only 401, ol
whom but hiue lemniii nt 97 and four
only rein h their OOtll yt'nf. Aiming the
83 millions of living population ih
Franco whon llginohlorruniJ umdo ii|!
his tables, those between 90 mid 100
yours, mimborod 17,569, or tho 19100th
part of the whole. Matbieu made tbo
survivors bitwoon 80 and 90,tho 174th,
ami those from 90 to 100, tho 1740th
pai l of tho total. More recent calcula
tions based upon the mortuary returns
‘if all thut Jiortion o! the Eimijnjflfi Cun-
tinent extending fttitn the Meditorram
an to the loy Ben, for ti period of foht
toen years, have shown by thb eottipari-
son of fifteen million deaths with tho ag
gregate of the living, that a little ov
tho proportion of 44 persons in every
hundred had lived 30 years. During
tho interval to the ago of O'), the loss
was less that) one-half; ut 70 the survi
vote of 80 wero red iced to one-third,
nnd at 80 to a tenth, while ut 90 only
1-73(1 of them existed.
When wo got beyond ono hundred
years, the casus of longevity are, com
pared with the total population of the
earth, quite fuw nnd far between upon
the record, n'though really numerous
by actual count The moat startling ex
amples are given us in tlie Bible which
nouribes to Moihusuluh 960 and to fath
er Adam 980 years. Abraham lived
175, Isutto 180, Jacob 146, Ishnmo! 187,
Sarah 127, Moses 120 and Joseph nnd
Joslma, euoli 110 vents. Subsequently,
greut ages Deemed to bouomo leas fro-
qUent in those days, mid it was quite an
exception when the King, Autiochus
EpipliofteD lived to be 140.
Many illltatrluiis Greeks lived tip to
or beyond tbo oontitiy, Epimeuides o
Crete reached 153, tho sophist Georgias
ol Deontiutn 107, Dumocriiun 100, Xvn-
ophilus the muaieian 105, Isoerutes at id
the stoic Zeno, nearly 100. Arguthotii-
us ol Cud)/., n# wo uro fold by Cicero,
uscendel tho throne when he was 40,
that of William Hut vey, the renowned
discoverer of tho circulation of (lie blond
Ho was born in 1488, nnd died in 1085,
aged 162 yours und some months, ufter
having seen ten sovereigns succeed each
other on the British throne. Charles I.
invited him to court, through curiosity,
mid the old gmitluinun faring too sump
tuously at table, died of indigestion.—
Huffily dissected him and found tho vis-
ecru perfectly htfHllhy Itlld thb cartilages
not ossified, so thut he might with cure,
have lived much lunger. Henry Jon-
kins burn in 1601, died 1670, wusnt the
battle of Flodden Field When only 12
nnd uppearod at a trial in court 130
yearn later, He wa« n fisherman nnd
could swim well when he was 100 —
John How an the Hungarian, who died
in 1750, lort bis wife when she was 1G2,
mid bad a son 115 years old ut the time
of his death. This family would bear
comparison with thnt of Abraham I—
When Smrington the Norwegian died,
aged 160, ho left ono son id 109 mid
another ol only 9. Consequently, the
latter must havo been born to him when
ho wan more than u century and n half
old. In fine, uli purts of Lui'opo, and
latterly iff America where wo have
scores of examples within our memory,
can produce records of humun life pro-
lorigtiil beyond A century. Indeed, the
iiibtiinuos are so numerous ns to justify
tho conulitoiot) thut with proper em u anil
a sound constitution our natural term
may bo fixed nt 100 yeuffl. Accidents,
war, epidemics and exposure tnuke the
difference.
(-ommentutors havo attempted to ac
count for the wonderful uge ascribed to
the patriarchs, by protending thut the
year hud only three months previous to
the time of Ahruhuni, and eight from hi#
epoch to that of Joseph when it first be
gan to lie counted with tweivu months.
This culculuiion would greatly reduce
tho original figures, but liuffon, the
gro tmiturulist, takes tho position that
tho globe being of niUtlh fbebler consis
teney in those days, tho attraction ol
gravity had less i nil nonce, and the hu-
inttu body, like all other animated
things, required a much inngcr perod
fur its (fovylopemcMt. However that
may be, tho period of human existuncL
visibly decroasod from that time until
the refinement of uivi isutitm not curried
to ekuuflB) iHstmcd it in the periods of
Oreuk mid Homan splendor. Daring
the dark mid stormy period of tho Mill-
die ages it again fell off, and tip to the
comniuneemeiit ol the present cehtul'y,
hud I'cuuliud u low average, but under
tbe influence of improved comfort* und
applinncuH, bus been stundi y rising, tbe
mid reigned 80 years. lVpcnna tly- gum both in Europe and this country
HUP III IIM. Ii.l'f nil.,.. tfftlftlft* I* .1 .. In r.....n ft., ftftft.... II. .
ing at UB, loft alive only seven of the
senators whom he had enrolled while lie
was censor. There was an iuturviil of
40 years between the first and sixth Con-
salute of Valerias Corvinua, who lived
more tlinli a century, und he obtained
tliu curulu chair no less thun twenty-one
times. Upon tlm occasion of the cen
sus ordered by the Krniieror Cluudius, a
certain Fubmiunof B Jogna cuitsed him
ecll to bo entered as 169 yours old mid
proved that his statement was true.—
Ctosibuis died while ulit wulking, at the
tigu of 121 Teretilitis Viiito was the
most learned mun of tho Romnti*, and
'ultlioiigli ho had lived u hutiUi'ud years'
auys Valerius Maximus,' their number
was not exceeded by that of his writ-
ingH.’ Wo might add a long list of clas
sic celebrities who survived a century.
Tereniiiq Gieero's wife, lived 103 years,
und Cl<>diu the spouse of Ulilins, 115, af
ter having given birth to 16 children.—
aver ago has boon established for their | The actress Lucoein performed on the
longevity. The horse usually lives stage nt 100, und ut tlie games cclebra-
about 25 ; tlra ox, from 16 to 20 ; the, led in honor ol tho restoration to health
dog ten to twelve, und the cut nine to ‘>1 the Emperor Augustus, Galena Go-
ten yours. Tlm camel live* 40; the stag 1 piula reappeared in one of her best
36 to 40 ; tho lion about 20 ; the hare purls ut the ripe ago of 104, her do! ut
and rabbit seven or eight years. The j having taken place 91 years earlier, mid
giants of tho land and sea all attain a Consequently when she was only 13. In
more considerable period. Tho cle-1 the census taken under the Emperor
pliant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus und Vespasian there were found at Parma
whale seem every one to have u term of three citizens who declared themselves
existence commensurate with their huge to bo 120, and two of 130 years of age.
bulk. Near Placentia there was < no of 150,
The deduction to bo drawn from this
comparison und others Unit might be es
tablished on a similar basis, is that upon
the whole, the majority of the animated
species on the surface of the globo arc
less favored than man, if wo carry thy
history of tho on Do back to times thut
produced such sturdy patriarchs us Mo-
thnsuliih und his cotemporaries.
Tho usual term ol oar existence has
been fixed lit the uvcnige life-time of a
generation, or about 33 years, but there
Imvo boon many nuthorjtiea ol different
opinions whoso views ranged from 60 to
100 years tbu medium dura ion of man's
life cati be ascertained with accuracy
only by tho closest scrutiny of compari
son, with allowance made ns wo go
along lor peculiar circumstances, such
as wars, natural convulsions, droughts
or famine, pestilences arid like cata
strophes which recur oftenor during one
generation than another, tlm grand dif
ferences ol cliumto etc., being kept in
view throughout. In France, where
there huvubcun Very searching examina
tions made in consequence ol military
and fiseul necessities during the last
three quarters of u century, it has been
ascertained tbut mortality in the earliest
period of life has tho fulloaiug relations:
one sixth of tho children horn thcro die
in their first year; a filth during the sec
ond, and a fourth in the fourth year. At
the ago of 14 a third of the whole num
ber have passed away ; about one half
lu-t until 42 ; n fouith until 60, a filth
amounting to from seven to nine iu tin
1 ist 100 years.
The rccearohoi of Baffin, Hullsr,
Miliuo Edward.-, and last, but not least,
tin* erudite Flourens sustained by the
facts of hifltory, physiology and the sta
tisties of our own and preceding agrfl,
point to the conclusion, 1st. That the
medium duration of human life in noun
tries replete with civilization and mn
subject to extreme climate#, Is from 30
to 40 ; 2d. That tho ordinary duration
is 75 years ; 3d. That the abnormal
limit is 150; 4th. Thouutuiul limit
fully 100 years.
Tin) elixir of life—nnd the only one—
is composed of the following ingredielits,
viz: moderation in nil things j early
hours, regular habits mid bnrmoniouri
relations of mind und body. These cun
beultuined only t'V tlm practical appli
cation of pure Oliristinhlly which is the
acme of civilization, an essential to the ex
istence of nations as to that of individu
als, and to tlie life of tlm body as to the
life of the soul.—Jlercanlilt Journal.
Mki.axciioi.t OccunxzxcB at Math
bom FaoamA.—Wo have been furnished
by an esteemed friend partial details ol
a tragic nnd melancholy rencounter thnt
look place nt Mudisnn, Fin., on Wcdnes
duy, the 27th of March, ih which, n
nwritorionu gentleman lout hia life.
It appears th it Mr. Bristow, Drinci-
- 11lf f1fl , . . 1,0 l&P. pal of' St. John's Academy, n located ut
j'"V ,f V* "!' r I° f “?| UU( H,x , 0 * i Madison, for soino indication, slapped
In Niirthm ii Imly imd Uwor Cm,I (h,ir„ j- riluk ,, , 1
.‘l 10 ?- 14 «' If.®, '"*•'> ! fuw. l-nio imuitidinlftly Mi tlie ftahgol
hih.'f- n 18 °' ° f 1J7 U,,J I room, nnd |iff>ourlng n pi.toi f,„m n
V„ . , friend, upon his return, informed Mr,
Iho Middle Ages presented many Bristow that he must got down na Ids
Tn ft , olh . or "- kn««» nnd bog hi. (Po“,»-.) rkrd.m
t Antony 105 and Burnt Paul, a her- 1 ••• -•• * l 1
112 i he famous “Univcraul l’liy-
he would shoot him. Mr. Biislow
formed his exulted pupil that lie had
, .. .. , nothing for which ho should thus
gr.Mt painter, lived 9.) years.! humiliate himself, and declined to com-
Hacnn, At>'* tho celebrated 1 .,|y ; w-jicreiipon Pope filed five shots
[*r collected mnn. (Inn { n ^ () various parts of his body, from the
eflectN of which he has rinco died.
Young Frank Pope is aliout seven
teen or eighteen years of age, and the
son of Dr. John 11. Pope, ono of the
most successful physicians and inlluen-
tiul and accomplished gentleman in Madi
son county ; nnd wo ure informed that
this dopliirul/l-i Act of hi# sun hus drove
him almost distracted—and ut lust ac
counts ho wns laboring under the great-
Saint A
mit, 112 Tbe famous “Univeraal Pliy-
sipiun’ Aluin do L isle, survived 100. Ti
liun, the
Francis
phyumlogiat Holier, collected more”than
1000 records of persons who bad lived
from 100 to 110, sixty from 110 to 120,
29 from 130, fifteen from 130 to 140, und
six from 140 to 150. Bacon narrates
that at tho fl >ru!s ports in Herefordshire,
England, upon a curtain occasion, there
was u q uudrillo made up of eight old
men whose united ages wero 800 years,
what some lacked of tho century, being
supplied by tho others. Tho Gallery of
Ceiitenurians contains tho brief biogra
phy of 120 persons who survived the
age of 120 years. Among tllu fa.nnt cel
ebrated were George W under 136, Jon
athan Effingham 144, Christian Druack-
enburg 140, Thomas Winslow 140,
Francis Consist 160, Thomas Purr 152.
Joseph Barrington 160, Surah Hessen
164, Henry Jenkins 109, Juhn Rowan
172, Peter Czm tno 186 and the Bishop
Kenigcrn 185. '1 hese twelve live# token
togoftior would make s lapse ofltmt
greater than that has rollwl by since the
eofPK»*Bc;u*caV of the Chris'.mti t-ru.—
est mcnt«l excitement. Young Pope
had not l>een nrrested on noconnt of tiis
criLioal eunditiuu of nis futliur Quitman
Banner,
The |>cnp1e of Maine understand
tho proper way to keep infants out of
pi .toes of amusement. A town io that
state recently had a festival, uml oi; its
show bills the public wore inf >rmud that
the terms of admission wore twenty-fix e
cents; for children under fourteen year*. - r —
fifteen eon's; but nn-jur four year*, one---wnole nine square miles it
dulur* nn(kknoof orehard. 1 ’
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nrlioAi, kilt) CUbttf Mir ttanr# IK «mM
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Kourlb bf a column sia moalka «MI
Half b'olumn tli rttaoih#,f.7* 49
(Jaafritfttoi Hi 10* «S
HUMOROUS. . »
When is a lover iik# a tailbr 1 —
Whort h’l pfssaea hill rtttlt;
'fife fair ik-x recognize cotton os Uttif
“bosom friend."
Why is A Ttmft lilt* A fool f tiltHnHH
it holds a lady’s b»litl ^ithbiii IquvrS*
ing it.
Why wns Martin Luther li kc s dys
peptic blackbird ? Because the Di«t of
wurms disagreed with him.
A toast for any ceK-brution : “We*
mnn T she requires, no eulogy; she
speaks fur hordsif;"
A bright little girl, in playful stigeiy
caught hold of nn old sister, laying.
"Now, I’ll shake the sawdust out of you, *
thinking the human species was gut up
on the same plan ns her doll.
A M ssissippi negro worHed bft sWeA
When asked tho amount iff his profitiq
he said: “Naffiu. 1 worked for xte sev
enth, and xle buss only made u ulih, dur-
fur 1 got uuffiu."
A going g'ul who Itud become tirxjd
of siiiglu lllUKsedueas, Wrote to IlUr trurt
sW'dhi us f-<IIows:
"Deer Gitu, cum rite off ef y m air
cumming at awl. Ed. Collings ia insist
ing thut I shall linv him, an lie hags an
kisses me so kontiaerly that I can’t holed
nwt inuuh longer but will Imve 2 kuvU
in, Bttxry.
A negro woman was relating btr ei-
perietlcl tH it gnping Jcxingre^iillotl ut
colofj attd umong other things she ssnl
she had Uckiu lit neavsu. One of Ike la*
dies of color asked her*?
"Sister, did you ass any black folk!
In heaven ?"
"Oh J get out 1 you fl’pose I go it d«
kitchen when I wua dur 7"
The death of n Mormon Bishop id
thus announced : lie wan thirty-seven
years old, and leaves nn juterevtiiig
fumily of eleven wives nnd forty Bevel*
small children to mourn his death.
"Pn," said littio Chancing Willi pa;
teraal unccsttir, holding op Ma Stindny-
school picttire-bfsjki "Wtint in thut r**
"That, my son,” gravely replied tin) fa*
ther, "is Jacob wrestling with the nnfpl,
‘And which lioket), pa f" iiiudflimtl/
funtimied tho yoiihg liopsf'al.
DhotoA AsABkatUt.^Ur Abcrnetby
rarely met his mutch ; on ono occasion
he fairly owned thnt lie hnd. fie was
sent lot 1 by nn innkeeper, who had a
quarrel With bis wife, who hud scarred
his face with her nails, so that the poor
mrtn wua bleeding and much disfigured.
Aburnethy considered Ibis nn hpportm
nitv not to be lost for admonishing thr
offender and said :
"Mudatn 1 , are you not ashamed uf
yourself, to treat your husband time—the
husband, who is the brad of all~-yuur
hen I. madam, in fact f"
"VVell, dector,' 1 fieros’y returned the
virago, "snd may I nut scratch my owa
head ?’*
Upon this, her friendly adviser, nfter
giving diieotions f»r the benefit of the
patient, turned on hie heel and UWhed
liimscli beaten for once.
Art eccentriu old gentlomnn, occasion
ally addicted to the hubit of swearing,
was still puiirtilliuiis iu regard to say*
ing grace at bis table Ou a certain nc»
casioit tho oM genilomnn invited a sea
captain, ii jolly old we-.thor-beaten tar
ofhis uiqmiintiinuv, to dine with Aim.
They #nt down to dlmicr, nnd the old
gentleman commenced Saying grace 1
hut the captain, whose attention Imd
bean diverted for the moment, bearing
the old gentluman speak, thought he
was addressing him, nnd asked . “tVlmt
dil you say, Squire?" "Why‘d~—n
it, mun, I'm unying grace !'
A Fissr Kavournoa.—Whether w#
are justified in using such a startling
and suiiHutionnl heading will soon ap
pear. The revolution to which wq to*
for is prospective nnd contingent ; \m%
we sufuly nssert that if the results
which oo Monday night Hir Jamea Y.
Simpson uefleribud to the Boy til Sttaletf
of Edinburgh, obtained by iho use i*.f
niraliinu mineral oil, can !• g-t o;i
board stonnwhipft, tbeq a most impnr*
taut revolution await- Us, Sir JnttMk
illustrated, by menus of a small uppttfu.
tuv, a motliod of dfecharg/ng this kind
of oil in the form *f sprsy against »
flame which economizes it* boating pow
er to such an exteut, that if tile same
wore used on board tho steamer Peisi.i,
thcro would bo a saving of £3,00ll iu
fuel in every voyage. Thin however, is
not the wholo of tho advantage, (or th*
degree of heat produced is so great,
nna tho effect so rapid, that Monm c mid
be raised in n fow minute*. Consider-
ing I he slmodance of th« oil, and tho
immense importunes ol nnr being able
to send *te.imer* round World, snd
supply them with fuel for the Voyage, it
is impossible to over-eetimiito the iiuprtf*
tancr ofthu»discovery.—Caledonian Mer
cury.
Sai.t Laxr CiTf.—A corrrspmidei.t
writing of Salt Luke City says : "Thr*
singular town oovera an area of stynt
nine aquare mllua—that is, three nitlea
ouch way. Jt if one of the inoat boau*
tilnlly laid out eitiea is the world. Th«
atroela are very wide, with wat.-r rnfl.
1 i tg through djarly every <mo of thrm
Every block is aufroonded with beauti
ful shade tree*, end almost every hour*)
Ima its neat litllc.oruhsrd of apple, poach/
.pricet it ml clwrrj Irnm In fmit tho