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Newspaper Page TextiSljc iCutljbcrt Appeal. J. F. SAWTELl.,1 [H. H. JOSES; Proprietor*. THE CUTHBERT APPEAL. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Three months #1 00 Six nonths M 00 One jeer W 00 Inrsrisbljr in aovakcs. Vol. I, Cul hfoert, Georgia, [Friday, June 38, 1867. ISTo. 05. subsequent insertion, not cxocoding three. )uo square lores months 00 Fourth of a col flow nix months 50 00 Ihilf column six months 70 (10 Doe column six months 00 IP ip tt TP I Conic Home Father. FatlifT, d<»r father, come homo with me now! The clock In tin* steeple strikes one ; You said you were coming right home from the shop* As soon ss your day’s work was (lone. Our lire is all out ; our honw Is all dark. And motkerV been watching since tea, With pour little Itenny, so sick In her arms, And uu one to help hit but me. (*om« home! come home! come borne! l’lcase father, dear rather, tome home! Hear the sweet toIcc of the child Which the night winds repeat as they roam ; O. win) could resist the moat nlaintiveof yrayris, Father, dear lather, please lather come home. Father, dear father, come home with me now I The clock in tbo rtceple strikes two; The night ban grown colder, und lleuny in worse, but he has been calling for you. Indeed he la wono—ssa says be will die, 1’crliapa Iwforc morning shall dawn ! And this is the inewwge she sent me to bring— Come quickly, or he will be gone! Conte home ! come home! come home ! 1*lease lather, dear father, come hom. 1 ! Father, dear faHnv, come home with n»e now ! The cloak in the steeple strikes three ; The house la so lonely - the hours’ mi long For |H>or weeping mother and me 1 Yea we are alone -poor Itonqy la dead! And gone with the angels of llghl ; And these were the very Inst words that herald •1 waul to kiss I’apagood night!’’ Come homo I come home ! come home I 1‘letiso father, dear father como home! THc Courting. “Trifle*" rememtier* to liavo «oon tho following lyric somewhere, many yearn itgo; but ho many yearn ago, tliut to most renders it will read anew We stood upiM tiie threahobl, andherasuro trim- minga threw A baht round her features like the angels’—only blue ; And Ike gloss npon her ringlets. as wc stood Jo talk a piece, Was Ilk.- moonlight upon water—w Hkp gas light upon grease Ami with love’s whispered music I ulrovo to make 1st mine. And my arm* around her figure still gently strove to twine, And 1 quoted from the poet, that each rose has it* thorn, W hen aim gave a cry *fwn(uuh— I had trod up on her com. I strove to hush her murmurs, and, to cut reba lance abort. I seised her hand In rapture - Utt she said I hurt her wart! ‘•Then let me clasp thee to thlr brewst," I said, and strove the while. And then she said. In angel tones, ‘Don't, Jim, I’ve got a bile.’’ The Coquette’s Glove, Ah ! little glove! oh, little glove, flow many hearts thou st broken l How many times tliou'at talked or love When not a word was s|M*kcn ! What falthhw signals thou hast made! What cruel kindncaa granted ! What buds of |romi»e caused I o fade ! What seeds of sorrow plaiiUxl! ' How at row thy nn*irq»ected strength, Thou mite of a magician, beading, as thou lm*l ever led. From plnaaure to |»erdition! How oft thou‘at lured poor mortals on, lly some concealed attraction! How oft, loo, like fair Circe'a wand. Thy touch has caiiM.il distraction I llow many are thy charming crimes, Thy guilty fascinations, Thy virgin virtues, modest signs, Mere mocking machinations! Mod dangerous when most demure, Most wicked when most winning. Thou niulutlby trusting lover doubt if such sin can be sinning. rhr tIo.BHHQHI Lou* after thou’st deceived him, And fondles In hb breast the dait Thut of Ills joy borwvud him. lie'll boieting stand Twixi love and hate, Ills dear tormentor miming ; Will curse I lieu for his cruel fate, Yet kin tbeo e’en while cnrslng. Luos and Ankle*.—Tito critic of the « r York Time* i* inspired by the c-k Orook to tho following essay up- egs *n ankles: Tbo leg* in not n bad index of tlic mind or the disposition. What sloth, for instance, docs not no obeso limb be tray ; what a shrew is the possesor of a limb like a walking stick ; but whnt n gentle woman is she of the arched instep, tho round ankle, and the graceful pedes tal swelling to perfection and modulti- ting to lightness ! What dogged obsti nacy does I lie stumpy leg with the knot ty calf exhibit; what an irrcuolutu soul •loo* the lanky limb which bends at the knee betray. Mow well the strong ankle indicates the firm principle ; how the flat ankle reveal* the vacant mind ! Political Omens.—A judicial eloction licld in Illinois on the 4th inst. 'affords additional proof of tho progress of con servativo sentiment. It was for n Judge of the Second J udicnl Division of the State, embracing about twenty-five coun- ' ties. These counties last year gave a Radical majority of over threu thousand votes, and the Radicals therefore thought it a first-rate chance to beat Judge Walker, a Conservative, who was a can didate for re-election. They ran against him Judgo Emerson, a very popular man, who hud formerly filled the position. The Democrats and Conservative* were opposed to making n party contest, but udhered to Judgd Walker. Partial re turns show the election of Judge Walk er by J.fiOO or 5,000 majority. A party contest was also made by tho UudicuLs for the Holioitoi* of the name Division, and tho Democratic candidutn was elec ted by a majority nearly a* largo as Judge Walker's.—-Vsleu if Herald. Barnum hn* secured that Connecticut pig with uu elephant's tusk, and au eyo in tho middle of it* forehead. llenry and Caroline. OB FILIAL LOVE REWARDED. “My tale k simple, and of humble birth A Uibulo of respect to rati worth.'’ You aro too parsimonious, Henry,’ uuid Mr. D., to one of his clerks, as they were together in the counting house one morning : ‘give mo leuvo to suy that you do not dress sufficiently genteel, to up- >cnr, u* a clerk in ft fushtunable store.' lenry's face was suffused with a doop blush, and, in spite of his endeavors to suppress it, u tear trembled on his man ly cheek. ‘Did I not know tliut your sulury wus sufficient to provide more geutet l habliments,’ continued Mr. D.,‘I should increase it.’ ‘My salary is sufficient, nmply suffi cient, sir,’ replied Henry, in a voice choked with eMotion, but with that proud independence of fouling which poverty hud not been able to divest him of. llis employer noticed his agitation and immediately changed the subject. Mr. D was a man ol immense wealth and ample benevolence; bo was a wid on er and had but one child, a daughter who was the pride ol bis declining yeois. gho was not as beautiful as an ungel,or as perfect as a.Voi.us ; but the good ness, the innocence, the intelligence of her mind shone iu her countenance, and ou had but to bocomancquainled with, to admire her. Buch was Caroline De laney. when Henry first became uu in- mute in her father’s huuso. No wonder lie soon worshipped at her shrine—no wonder ho soon' loved her with u deep and devoted attachment—and, reader, had you known him, you would not have wondered that love was soon 10 turned, for their souls were congou^ ; they wore cnHt in viituo’s purest mould —and although their tongues never gave utterance to what their honrts felt yet the language of their eyes was too plain to be misunderstood. Ilonry was tho very soul of honor; njgl although be perceived with pleasure that ho was not altogether indifferent to Uurolioo, he felt as though bo must control the pus non that governed his bosom. I must not endeavor to win her young a.d un less heart, thought ho—I ain penniless, and cannot expect that her father would consent to our union—ho has ever treat ed me with kindness, and I will not be ungrateful. Thus ho reasoned, and thus heroically endeavored to subdue what he considered an ill-lnUjd pnssiou. Car oline had many suitors, und some who were fully worthy of her; but she re fused all their overtures with a gentle yet decisive firmness. Her father won dered nt her conduct, yet oould not thwart her inclination. lie was in tho decline of life and wish ed to see her happily settled ere ho quit ted the state ol existence. It wus not long ere ho suspected thut young Hen ry was tho cause of her ind.floronco to others; the ev ident pleasure she took in hearing him praised; tho blush that overspread tier cheeks whenever their eyes met, all seivod to convince tho old gentleman, who had not forgotten thut he wus odco young himself, that they felt more than common interest iu each other's welfare. Ho foroboro making any rcmaiks od tho subject, but wus not us displeased nt tlio supposition, as tho penniless lloury would have imagined. Henry hud been ubouty: year iu his employ. Delaney knew nothing of his family ; hut his strict integrity, his irro- proaehuble morals, hi* pleating man ners, nil conspired to make him esteem him highly. He was proud of Henry, and wished him to appear in dress, us well us manners, as respectable us any one. Ho hud often wondered ut tho scantiness of his wardrobe, for although he dressed with the most scrupulous re gard to neatness, his clothes were almost threadbare. Mr. D. did not wish to think thut this proceeded from a nig gardly disposition, und he determined to broach the subject, und if possible, un certain the reul causo—this ho did in the manner bcfoio reluted. Soon after this conversation took Have you^ny remaining children T I have one, and ho is my only support. My health is so feeble that I cannot do much, and my father being blind, neods great attention. My son ooncoais from my kmnvledgo tho amount of his salary, but 1 urn convinced that ho sends me nearly all, if not the whole amount of it.' 'Then bo is not with you ?’ ‘No, sir, he is clerk for a merchant in Philadelphia.’ Clerk for a merchant in Philadelphia I Whnt is your son's name ?' ‘Henry W ‘llenry W !’ reiterated Mr. 1).; 'why, ho is my clerk l I left him nt iny house not a fortnight since.’ Here followed a succession of inoui- l ies, which uviuccd an nnxlety mid solic itude that a mother nlone could fool—to ull of which Mr. D. replied to herpcfcct satisfaction. ‘You know our Henry,’ said tho old man, raising his bond from his staff.— •Weil, sir, then you know ns worthy a lad as ever lived. God bless him for his goodness to his poor old grandfather,’ ho added in a tremulous voice, while the tears run down his cheeks. ‘Ho is a worthy follow, to bo sure,’ Raid Mr. D. rising and placing a well fill txl purse into tlio hands of the old man. ‘Hu is a worthy fellow and shali not want friends.’ ‘Noble boy,’ said ho mentally, ns ho was riding along, ruminating on Ida in terview—‘noble boy—he shut I uot want woultli to enable him to distribute hap piness. 1 believe ho loves my girl, and if ho does he sliull have her ami all my property In the bargain.' Filled with this project, and deter mined if possible to ascertain tho true state of their hearts, he ontori.il tho breakfast room the uoxt morning after his arrival homo. 'Henry is about to leave us to go to England and \ry his fortune,’ ho care lessly observed. ‘Hom y about to leave I' said Gnrulino. dropping tlio work she hold in her hand —'about to leave ns, nud going to Eng land !’ she added, in a tone which ovinood tho deepest interest. 'To be sure; but what if ho is, my child ?’ 'Nothing, sir, nothing, only I thought wo should be rather lonesome, sho re plied, turning away to hide the tears whicii sho could not suppress. ‘Tell mo, Caroline,’ said Mr. D., ton- doily embracing her, ‘tell me, do you not love Henry ? You know I wish your happinesR, my child, I have over treated you with kind ness, and you have never until now hid anything from your father. 'Neither will I now,’ she replied, bid ing her fuee in his bosom,'I do most sinceroly esteem him, bat do not for worlds tell him of it, for he has never suid it was returned.’ 'I will soon find that out,and without telling him. too,’replied the fntlior, leav ing the room. •llenry,' said ho, as ho onterod the counting house,‘you expect to visit tho country shortly, do you 1" ‘Yes, sir, in about a month.’ ‘If it would not bo inconvenient,' re- joined Mr. D , '1 should like to have you defer it a week or two longer.' 'It will bo no inconvenience, sir, and if it will oblige yi u, I will wait with pleasure.’• ‘It will most cortuinly oblige me, for Caroline is to be married in about five weeks und I woul-l not miss lm\i ig you attend the wedding.’ ‘Caroline to bo married,sir,’ said lion i v, starting, as if by an electric shock— 'Caroline to be married I—is it possi ble r ‘To bo sure it Is—but whnt is ther wonderful in that V 'Nothing, sir, only it was rather sud den—rather unexpected—that is nil.’ ‘It is ruther sudden, to bo sure,’ plied Mr. D., ‘but I ug» an old man, and wish to 8oo her have a protector—and the man of her choice is well worthy The transition from despair to happi ness was great. For a moment, llenry remained silent; but his looks spoke •oluines. At last, 'I acorn to deceive you, sir,’ said he, ‘I am poorer than what you suppose—I have n mother and grandfuthor, who are—’ T know it, I know it all, Henry,’ said Mr. D. interrupting him. *1 know the reason of your parsimony, ns I called 4, and I honor you for it—It is that which first put it into my head to give you Caroline—sho shall bo yours, and may God bless you both.’ Shortly after this conversation, Hen ry avowed his love to Caroline, and so licited her hand, and it is needless to nay that ho did not solicit in vain. Caroline would have deferred tho union until the ensuing spring, but her father was inex orable. Ho supposed he should have to own one falsehood, ho said, and they would willingly have him shoulder two ; but it was two much, and he would not enduro it, he had told Henry thut she was going to be married iu five weeks, and ho should not forfeit his word. — ‘But, perhaps,' added ho, apparently re- collecting himsoli, and turning to ilon ry, 'perhaps we shall have to defer ik uf- ter ull, for you liavo important business iu the country about that time’ 'Bo niurciflil, sir,’ said Ilonry, smiling. 1 did not wish to witness the sacrifice of my own happiness.’ I urn morcilul,’ replied the old gentle man, ‘and for that reason would not wish to pul you to tho inconvenience of staying. You said that you would wil lingly oblige mo, but you oould not, in deed yon could not.’ 'You iiuve onco boon young, sir,’said Ilonry. 1 know it, I know it,’ replied ho laughing heartily,'but I am afraid too may of us old folks forgot it—however, if you can postpone jour journey, I sup pose wo must have n wedding.' Wo have only to add, that tho friends of llenry were sent for, und tho nuptials solemnized nMlio appointed timo ; and that blessod with tlio filial lovo of Hen ry and Caroline, tho old people pnssod the remainder of their days in peace and happiness. of her, I see no use in wuiting any Ion place, Mr. D. left home on business. As j ger, und am very giad that you cun stay iie wus returning, and riding through a! to the wedding.’ beautiful little village, he alighted at.the ‘I cannot stay, sir, indeed I cannot, door of a little cottage and requested a| repliod Henry, forgetting what ho had drink. The mistress with nn ease and previously said. politeness that convinced him that stiej 4 You cannot!’rejoined, Mr. D., why had not always boon the humble cot- you just said yon Would.’ tuger, invited him to enter, lie accept-! ‘Yes, sir, hut business requires my ed her invitution—and bore a scene of presence in tho country, and 1 must go.’ poverty und neatness presented itself, | ‘But you said it would put you to no such us ho had never before witnessed, inconvenience, and thut you would wait Thu furniture, which consisted of noth- with pleasure.’ ingnioro than wus necessary, was ex-| ‘Command mo in anything else, sir, quisituly clean so that it gave charms to but in this respect I cannot oblige yon, poverty, and cast an air of comfort all j said Henry, rising and walking with rap- arounu. A vcneruble looking old man, id strides ucroBS tho floor, who had not seemed to notice the on- Phor follow I ho had thought his pas- trance of Mr D. sat leaning on hi* stuff;' nion subdued; but when ho found that his clothes wore clean and whole, but so! £j uru lino was soon, so irrevocably to bo- patched, that you could scarcely have «jorno another's, the latent spark burst told which had been tho original piece, j j n an unextinguished flame ; ‘This is your father, I presume,’ said ' | 10 f oun d it in vuin to endeavor to Mr* D., addressing the mistress of the house. •It is, sir.’ ‘IIo seems to be quite aged.’ ‘Ho is in his eighty third year ; he has survived all his children except my self.’ ‘YouTrove once seen belter days.’ ‘I have—my husband was wealthy; but fslso friends ruined him—ho en dorsed notes to a largo amount, which stripped us of noarly all our property, and one misfortune followed another un til wo were reduced to complete pover ty. My husband did not long survive his losses, and two of my children soon followed him.’ und Con ceal his cinotipn. Tlio old gentleman regarded him with a look of earnestness— ‘llenry,’ suid ho, ‘tell me frhnkly—d< you love my girl V ‘1 will be candid with you, sir, plied Henry, conscious that h’s agitation betrayed him, 'had l a fortune such as sho merits, and ns you, sir, have a light to expeot, I should think myself the hup- pieHt of men, could I gain her love.’ ‘Then sho is yours,’ uriod tho delight ed old man; ‘say not a word ubout prop erty, my boy, true worth is better than riches. I was only trying you, Ilonry, jind Caroline will never by married lo any other than yourself/ Professor Agassiz on tlio Af- rlcnn Race. Our attention has boon directed to the following remarkable passage from a lee turo recently delivered in New York by Professor Agassiz, of Boston, on the' gunorical distinction between tho white aud black races : "1 Iiuve pointed out over a hundred specific differences botwoon tho bonul and nervous systems of tho whit® man and tho negro. Indeed, their frames are aliko iu no particular. There is not a hono in tho negro’s body which is rel ntivuly tlio same shape, size, articulation, or chemically of tho same composition ns that of tho whito man. The negro’s bones contain a far greater pur ccntngo calcareous, salt than those of tho whito man ; oven tho negro's blood is chemical ly a vory different fluid from that which courses in tho voins ol the white man. Tho whole physicinl organism of tho no- gro differs quite as much from tho while man’s ns it duos from that of tlio chim panzee, thut is, in his bones, muselos, nerves and fibres. Tlio chimpanzee has not much further to progress to become a negro than a negro litis to bocomo a whito tnan. This fact science inexora bly demonstrates. Climate has no more to do with the difference between the white man and negro than it has with that botwoon the negro and the chim panzee, or than it bus botwoon tho homo and the ass, or the eagle and the owl. Each is a distinct aud separate creation Tlio nogro and whito man were croated as different as the owl mid tho englo. They wore designed to fill different plans in the system of nature. The nogro is no more a nogro by nocident or misfor tune than the owl in the kind bl bird he is by accident or misfortune. Tho no gro is no tnoro tho while man’s brother than the owl is the sister of tho eagle, or the ass is tho brother of tho h uso. How stupendous, and yet how simple is the doctrine that tho Almighty Maker of the universe has created inherent spo- cies of tho lower animals to fill tho dif ferent places and officers in tho grand scenery of nature I” India Cotton —Tho growing of cotton in India is rapidly on tho increase. It is shown that in the five years preceding tho American war tho average yearly value of cotton imported into England from Indio was £8,802,770. In tho five succeeding yeurs tlio uverngo rose to £25,884,046. The quantity imported during the year I860, tho yoar just clos J od, is tho largest known, amounting to 1,847,770 bales, worth upwards of £33, 000,000. From Uic Cincinnati Comniercl-.il. Curlostles of Marriage—-llow Different Nations Regard the Marital Relation—Inter esting Resume. Marriage is tho first and most nnciont of all institutions. As the foundation of society and tho family, it in universally observed throughout tlio globe, no na tion having been discovered, however barbarous, which does not celebrate the union of tho sexes by ceremony and re joicing The abuses of tho institution, ns polygamy, infidelity, have in no manner touched its existence, however, they may have vitiated itH purity. The condition of women in all coun tries has afforded a fruitful themo for tho observation of the traveler, and tho speculations of tho philosopher and the novelist. It bus been uniformly found that tho savngojs tho tyrant of the fo- nmlo sox, while the position and consid eration given to women is advanced in proportion to tho refinement of social life. Under tho Iowb of Lycurgus, Ntnmi, and oven later law givers, the power of the husband over his wife was absolute, sometimes cvoii including tho power Over life or dentil. Tlio wife was always do- fined and treated ns n thing, not ns n person—tho absolute property ol her lord. In the earlier ages, a man flight sell his children or his wife indifferently, and relics of this rude custom still mir- vivo, even among nations called oivilzod and Christian. In tho countries of tho East, whore polygamy is almost universal, marriage is not the sacred tie which it is hold to bo in Christian countries. In 1'ursiu men marry for life or for n dotormiimto time. Truvelurs orinoruhnnls common ly apply to tho magistrate for a wife (fining their residence in anyplace, aud tho Cadi produeos a number of girls for a selection,whom ho doolares to be honest und healthy. Four wives are permitted to each husband in l’crsiu, and tho same number is allowed by tho Mohammedan law to the Mussulman. ^ In Ohineso Tart ary n kind of male polygamy is practiced, and a plurality ol husbands is highly respected. In Thib et it is customary for tho brothers of a family to have n wife in common, and thoy'generally live in harmony and coin- fort with her. Among tho Caimuoks. the oei'omony of tnnrringo is preformed on horseback. Tho girl is first mountod and permitted to ride off at speed, when her lover takes a horse and gullops after her. If ho overtakes tho fugitivo she becomes his wife, and tho inurringo cer emony is consummated ou tho spot. It is said that no instance is known of a Ouhnuolc girl ever being overtukon un less she is really fond of her pursuer. Tlio Arabs divido their affections bo- twoon thoir liorsos mid their wives, ami regard tho purity of blood in tho former quite ns much ns.in their* ffspriug. I'olyg- limy is practiced only by tho rich, und divorces uro rnro. In Ceylon tho marri age proposal is brought ubout by the man first sending to her whom ho wish es to become his wife, to purchnso her clothes. Those sho sells for a stipulated sum, gonurully asking us much ns she thinks requisite for them to begin tho world with. In the evening he culls on her, with tho wurdrobo, at her* father’s house, and they pass the night in each other’s company. Next morning, il mu tually satisfied, they appoint the day of mnrringo. They are permitted to sepa rate whenever they please, und so fre quently nvuil themselves of this privi lege that they sometimes change a dozen tunes before their inclinations are whol ly suited. In Hindustan tho women have a pe culiar veneration for murriugo, ns it is n peculiar cruod that those females who dio virgins nro excluded from tho joys of paradise. In that precious country tho women hogin to bcur children nt about tho ago of twelve, somo oven at eleven. Tho proximity of tlio natives of India to the burning sun, which ripons rnun, as woll as plants, ut the earliest period in ttieso tropical latitudes, is assigned as the cause. Tho distinguished mark of tho Hindoo wife, is tho most profound fidelity, submission, and attachment to her husbund. On tho banks of tho Senegal, and among many African tribes, the matri monial prize most sought alter is abun dance of flesh. To obtain corpulence is regarded ns tho only comeliness. A fe male who can move with tho aid of two How to Stop tiik Flow or Blood.— Housekeepers, mechanics, and others, in handling knives, tools, and other sharp instruments, frequently receive severe cuts, from which bloou flows profusely and oft times ondungers life itself.— Blood may ho made to cense to flow as follows : Take the line dust of tea and bind it close to tho wound—at nil times accessible and easily to bo obtained.— After tho blood has ceasod to flow, laud anum may he advantageously applied to tlio wound. Duo regard to these in structions would save agitation of mind, and running for a surgeon, who probably would make no better pfoacrfptibu if ho woro present. with womon. Women lord it nt all assemblies, and are bettor informed and more capable manager* then men. Mur{ rlnge in looked upon Out so much iih a matter of affection as of interest, and tho suctednessof tho tic is proportionally slender. Marriage in Sweden is commonly gov erned wholly by tlio will of tlio parents, and is founded upon interest. A stolen match is almost unheard of, and perscus of either sox seldom many befnro tho ago of twenty five to thirty. Divorces nro very rare. Itussiu appears to l>c tho most prepos terous country in Kuropo in its treatment of womon. The nuptial oorumonios, all and singular, are based upon the idea of tho degradation of tho female. When the parents hdVo ngroed tho bride is ex amined by a number of women to see if she bus any bodily defect. On hoi wedding day, she is crowned with a gnrlund of wormwood, lo denote tho bit- ternoss of the mnrringo state. Bho is exhorted to bo obedient to her husband, and it is a custom in some districts for the newly married wifo to present tho bridegroom with a whip in token of sub mission, and with this he seldom fails to show his authority. In this cold and cruel country, husbands nro sometimes known to torturo thoir wives to death, without any piuiishmont for tho murder. If a woman proves barren, tho husband generally prevails on her to retire into ft convent and leave him nt liberty. If ho fails in porsuasion, ho is permitted to whip hor into condescension. Such is the slavery iu which tho Mus covites arc kept by their parents and guurdigiis, thut they aro not allowed to disputo nny union agreed upon by their elders, however odious or incompatible it may he. This extends so far, that officers ju tlio army nro not permitted to marry without tho consent of the sov ereign nod wivos whom they do not want arc even sometimes forced upon them. Whether it be tho result of the system of oppression, or of their savage climate, or of the unnatural hot air of tho stove- heated departments, it is certain that u tnoro unlovely race of women than the Russian, would bo difficult to iiud.— “They want” says an English truvelef, '•the genuine lluvor which only nature can give. That charming firmnosH and elasticity of flesh, so indosponsibly re quisite to constitute boauty, und so do liciouR to the touch, exists not among thu Russian females, or in very few of them.” We'are told of tho Aleutian Islanders who form a part of our new Russian America acquisition, that they marry one, two or Unco wives, as they have I ho means of supporting them. The Bridegroom takes tho bride upon trial, uud may return her to her pnrpnts, should ho not bo satisfied, but cannot demand his presents Imck again. No man is allowed to sell his wifo without her consent; but ho may (and often dope) assign her over to another. This custom, it iH said, is uvailed of by tho Russian hunters, who l.iko Aleutian woman or girls to wife for a time for, n trilling compensation. The CjI’uyo of Calhoun. Tho editor of tho Altona Democrat, writing from this city, says : “Crossing tho narrow street I entered tho cemetery ouoo belonging to whnt was culled tho Circular Church, ono of tlio largest und most* ologunt religious edifice* in the city, but uow a mass of shattered and blackened ruins, u victim of the grout lire. Neur the ceutro of tho small enclosure, resting upon a super structure of brick, is u gigantic slab of murble, bearing upon its face, iu deeply out letters, tho simple name. CALHOUN. No other word or sign ; no (Into o! birth or death—this is at once the opi tuph and eulogy of ono who, whatever his errors of political faith and pructioe, has made nn indelible mark UQOO tho history of the nation, audtakou his place among tlio gratost and purest of its states men. “i’.y ft at range chance this tomb was in the direct lino of Federal fire from Morris Island, and over it, through tho long days and nights of tho siege, shot and shell sped on tho mission of destruc tion into tho beleaguered city. It seems us if tho vengeance of tho immortal fu l ies hud followed tlio vory ashes of Cal houn, and held a mad carnival over tho men, is but a moderate boauty, while I uuconslona dust. Tho Sanctuary whose be moved on a camel, is esteemed u per fect paragon. Nor is this queer funcy for obesity in women confined to tho savages of tho torrid zone, since wo rend in Wraxull’s travels in Russia, that “in order to pos sess nny preeminent degree of lovuliuess a woman must weigh at loust two bun- dro l weight." Tho Empress Elizabeth und Cathorinejl both accounted very fine womon, were of this massive kind. In Italy, matches arc made with pro verbial levity, and marritigo vows if re port speak truly, uro easily broken.— Young virgin* uro systematically barter ed ana sold by their parents, und young people nro married every day who nover saw ono another before. Concubinage is a constant remedy for these ill-advised and deceitful marriages, uud tae pecu liarly Italian term ctcisbeo indie tus thu indemnity which prescribes for tho fuir sox to terod to husbands unloved. In Franco, as has often been roinnikod women monopolize, ull the society und n largo share of tho business of lifo. The coffee houses, tin/ theatres, tho shops the cabarets, or driuking shop, arc fijlcd up by tho devouring flame ; tho stone which covers him wearing awuy from tho assaults of relio-inongors.nnd thu Ichs cruel fingers of tho storm ; nil around a socno of desolation and decay ; and the Stuto whoso idol ho wus, a more militar province, ruled by tho sword I “A pale, blue flower struggled through the pavement, drawing its little lifo from whut was onco the leader of a powerful party—tho eloarest and subtlest intellect America has over produced. I gathered it as a sourvouir of the groat Carolini an.” Oa)houn’s grave is in tho cemetery of St. Phillip’s Church ; but as it is sepa rated from tho Church by Church street and is directly in tho roar of the Circu lar Church, a stranger visiting the spot might uusily make tho mistalco of tho Illinois editor. About 830,000 wero raised, wo’be lieve, for tho purpose of erecting a mon ument to the memory of John C. Cal houn, and wo should be glad to learn whether tho association still exists, mid whether its funds were lost during tlio war.— Chailetlon Jltrcunj. ®l)c (Itutl)bcvt appeal. RATES OF ADVERTISING i (gio dollar per square of ten linos for the Orel in irtion, and Buvonly-IWe Cents per square for well HUMOROUS. An English leinperanca paper cxphijnr< the full of ninn by saying that the apple hich Eve plucked contained nlcholiul. A Pennsylvanian has just had to pay fino of twenty dollars for putting hi* arm around n lady’s waist. It wns u dreadful waste of money. "John," asked a physician, "did Mrs. Green get tho medicine i ordered V” “I guess so,” replied John, “for -I saw crape on tho door next morning.” “Mn, why is a postage stamp liko it bad scholar ?” “I can’t tell my son ; why is it ?’’ “Because it gets licked and put in a corner.” It “Tnko n ticket, sir for tho bonoflt of tho Widows’and Orphans’Fund Booio- ty ?” "Woll, y-n-as 1 don’t earn so mucl» for the orphans, but go it strong for the widows ?" Quiu told a lady tlmt she looked bloom ing us spring, but, recollecting that the season was not then very promising, ho uddoil : "Would to heaven the spring would look liko you.” One of the Siameso Twins was drafted by tho rebels during the Into war hut was nt last declared exempt on nceount of haviug uu only brother depending oir him for support. The Philadelphia Pm* says there was something ‘•rnxlically” wrongs fii* Mobilo that a rjotcould'take place. Tu this tho Bouton Post thus responds : "It was Kelley ; be is about as radical and wrong as u umn con bo.” Tho proprietor of a cotton factory put this notiqp on bis gate: “No segsrs or good looking men admitted.” In explan ation, he snid : "The ono will sot a ffniim ugoing ainptig my cotton, mid the other among my girls. I won’t Admit such dangerous things into my esfabtyslimcni. Tho risk Is too great." .2" "Dad's Dvin’.”—As a remarkable in stance of filial affection and juvenile philr osopby, wc pruaout the following : On Tuesday, a lad of twelve or thir teen years of ago visited Onlodonift for t* doctor. IIo found Riddle at homo tak ing his siesta, nud woko him up with r "Doctor, I want you to come and see dad—he’s (lyin’." "Well,” snyB tho'doc tor, “if lio's dyin’ I can't do him any good." "That’s so,” rejoined tho boy ; “he'll bo dead in loss than on hour,” uud turning on his hocl added : “Woll, by jing wo’vo all got to die somotimo or oth er, and dad might as woll die now a** any time." HotUcriiig u Witness. About twenty years ago, when Frunkliu Pierce and tho present Souhtor Clark stood at the head of tho Hillsbor ough bar, in Now Hampshire, thorcr was upon tho dooket a celebrated suit called tbo "Horse Case.” This notion was brought by smith and Jamoq, lirory- stublo keepers against ono Whito, to re cover the value of a pair of horses a'.- logod to have been killod by tho defend ant while conveying an iusuno man to tho asylum ut Concord. Thoro was plenty of proof that the horses died soon uftor their arrival thoro ; but tbo dofon- * dnnt took tho ground thatYhey died of disease and not from being overheated and that a sufficient time had been al lowed them to travel that distance with case. Then it became necessary to show the jury tho time of starting and tho timo of arrivul. Many citizen* were brought forward, among them a tall, bony, slub- sidoil, lanky, sloopy-lookiug, follow who officiated us hostler at. tlio stable. 1 givo you tho Bubstanco of the conclu ding portion of tho examination : "What timo, sir, did I understand you to sny it was when the homos wero driv en up to tho stable "Jost us I was going to dinner.’’ "What timo wus it when you wont to dinner the duy bufore—by tbo duck ?” “Just twelvo." "To a minute, sir “Yes, sir "What timo was it when you went to dinner that day—bj the clock I” “Just twelve." "To a minute ?’’ "Yes, sir,” "What timo did you go to dinner f 4b» day before that—by tlm clock ?” . “At twelve." "T« ft minute, sir V 9 "Yes, sir." “And whnt thno did you go to dinner a woek previous—by tbo clock V” "At twelve.” "To a minute, sir?’’ "Yes, sir.” "Now, air, will you be good enough to toll tho jury wluit time you wont to dinner throo months before tho last date —by tho clock V “At twelvo.” ‘ "To a minute, sir V "Yes, sir." "That is all, sir,” ropliod the counsel, with a gleam of sutisfuction of his face and u glnnco at the jury, as i&uch ns to sny, “That rnaa has settled- his testimo ny, gentlemen.’- And so we all thought till, just as ho was leaving the stimd, bo turned to his questioner with a curious expression on nis fnco, and drawled out, “ That’ era clock wa$ out o'killcr, and hu» slojtpti ai twelve for the hut six monlh». ” There was a general roar in the gallery where I sat. Mr. Clark sat down, and • I noticed that the Judge hud to uau his handkerchief just then.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Cuthbert appeal. (Cuthbert, Ga.) 1866-1884, June 28, 1867, Image 1