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CUTHBERT BUSINESS DIRECTORY
BOOK! and STATION EHY.
P OWELL, T. R, (Trustee,) Luw. Medical.
School ami Mi*oell»ncou8 Iba'fc*. Blank
Hooka, Sheet Muak. Stationery. Drawing Mate
rial*. etc. Agent for Henry C. Lea's Medical
Publication*.
DRY GOODS.
A M.I80N A ATKIN’S, dealer* In Staple and
Fancy l»r? Good*, Groceries, etc.,etc.. North-
treat corner of the Square.
f U'NN. J- M. K.. Oonenl Dealer in crerytklng
I for the llrlng nr dml.
AUTIS A TAYI.OR, dealer* in Dry Hood*,
Groceries, Hardware, ete.. College Street.
S I BUB. * MKll.U. dnalen In Dry Good.,
Clothing, Hoot* and Shoe*, etc, (Julliliert, Gn
DRUG H0U5BS.
C REWS A McDON.Vl.D, whole-ale and re-
Uil dealer* In Drug*. Chemical*. Paint*,
OIL, Dye Stuff*. Llqnor*. Fancy Notion*, etc..
ate.. Son threat corner Public Square.
P OWELL. T. 8 . (Trustee.) dealer in Dnigs
Medicima, I’eifumcry, Toilet Article*, fine
Winn and Liquor* ft*r Medicinal tw, Tobacco,
•agar*, etc. Prescription* carefully com-
pauntlrd.'^ ^
GROCERIES.
B ROOKS, J. M.. e.rocer amiComraladon Mer
chant, ?d dour East of PW t XBce.
J ONES, II II. A CO.. Oroeer and Prariaioa
Dealer*. North en*t corner Public Fqnar.
R AOI.M li A ANDREWS, dealers In Dry
Good*, Urocarii-s, Hardware, etc., Kn*t side
Public Square.
S MI III A liAXCOCK, Oroeer ami ini*
don tli web not.'. Kant *Me Public Square.
BORG BON DENTIST.
ESTMORKLAND, W. M. L\, D.nti-t, Ctnli-
bert. Georgia.
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SILVER SMITH.
C NUrWARIN. T. J.. Watch Maker and Jeweler.
I (College Hlreet.
BAR ROOKS.
K ASRIW. R.. H*r, keep* the flneat and hut
Liquor*, Wine*. I.ng*r Hecr, Cigar*, etc.. Cul
len Street, fjr- Iced Drink* through the Sum
mer. Bagatelle Table.
SA VA A’.V I // CAMPS.
THOMAS M. NORWOOD,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
s.ir.i.v.v.i//, a.\.
ang'J '■mi
t. ar. wariTT, 0. w. linn, a- ■ latubop.
LATHROP &. CO-,
139 and U1 Covgrcts Sit., Savannah, Oa.,
Who'ewto and Retail Dealer* in
Dry Goods, Ready Made Clothing,
Boots, Bhoes, Hats and Caps,
Carpets, Oil Cloths, Lace
Curtains, 8hades, etc.
Alaoat*nta lor Sewing Machine*.
FV Wholaaala Room* up •talr*._JSJ augC-6m
OLD FAMILY WROOERY.
B. G. TILDE N,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer ir.
rnmlly O r o o o *• io m,
Taa, ColTie, Sugar, BatLr. Cbaaaa, Lard,
Hvror., Fl«h Floor, CanSir*, Foreign *nd Dome**
tie Fruit*, Split and Willow baskets, eto.,
1!W llrouglitnu St., - • S.l rj.Y.V.17/, UA.
siglMoi
DeWm S MORGAN,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer* in
nairMOAs.
(Eitabli.be I 20 years )
137 Congrem Street Savannah. Georgia.
K EEPS conataatly on hand * fine stock of La
dies' Dress Goods. House Keening Good*,
Gentlemen'* Piece Good*. Hosiery, Lace Good*,
While Goode and Domestic*— both home made and
intportid. auglddm
I*. J. OUILMARTIN & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
RA Vann ah, a a.
IW Liberal advance* made on Consignments.
Orders promptly filled, at lowest market rale*
IS fling, Rope and /ran Tift, tontlnnllg on hand.
l. I. 01.11.at nil*, )
1 rt* PLAwasar, ^
a. w. Dki asosn
angld 8m
Jehn TfcffaliGii &C’o.,
DEALERS IN
Groceries,
con.v, oats, iiay, vef.d, Ete.,
Cor. JlroHfktuH and Jrftrum 8>u,
SAVANNAH, - - - OEOROIA.
aoglA«m
HOLCOMBE^* G’O.,
(Thaa. Ilolcoaiba-ILiablished 18M.)
W holesule Grocers,
No. 181 Boy Street,
SAVANNAH, GA.
augtd 6m
tho*. aoLCoaaa,
raao. a bill,
jab «. aauir.
TISON <fc GORDON,
Oottou N*nctor«,
Commission and Forwarding
MERCHANTS,
90 Bay Street, : : Sv^noah, C.a.
Special attention will bo given to tba *ale of
Lumber, Koain, Turpentine, ete.
Rrraaerrm-U. H. JoneaACo., J. McK. Gona,
Cuibbarf. Oa. Mgt# ly
THE CUTHBERT APPEAL.
Vol. I,
Cuthbert, Q-eorgia, Friday, September 18, 1867.
lSTo. 40.
sAi'jx.vjn cards.
SAVANNAH
STEAM BAKERY,
07, CM) end 71 Bag St.,
s. i vannAH, - o mite 1.1.
MANnrACTrnaa* or all iran* or
SHIP BREAD and CRACKERS,
HKMSI1ART nUO.,
W. W. REMSIIART, I Paormroa*.
It. U. RBMHI1ART. j
augl6-Sm
PALMER & DEPPISH,
Wholesale and Retail Deulrrs in
Hardware
CUTLERY. FILES, EDGE TOOLS,
AC nice IT Ull A L implements,
mmfiKK lililLTINO,
POWDER, SHOT, CATS and LEAD,
184 Congrm A 07 St. Julian Streets,
11. a. I’ai.bir, I SAVANNAH, GA.
t. 11. dsM’Ifii. f auglH Bin
r. u tLiioHiikH, SAvaniiah, Oa. nf a. mi-ina, a v.
H- A. TOPHAM & CO.,
CLOTHING
AM)
Men’s Fnrnisliing Goods,
HATS and CAI'8,
138 Congress ^ .55 St. Julian Sht.,
SAVANNAH, GA.
1 Pluntation Goods always ou hand. M
argl6-6m
CLAGHOHN & CUNNINGHAM
Wholesale and Retail
GHOOBRS,
Corner liny and Drayton St*., Suvuntiah, (In.
(E*tabliiilied in 1 Q lfl.)
K EEP eonatantly on hand n large and varied *»-
Borliiieot of GOODS, suitable for Fatiulr or
Plantation n*e. A'ao. a general asaortnient of fine
Imported WINKS. LIQUORS end SEGA US.
Country orders cart fully attended to.
gagU-ly '
CHAMPION & FKEUMAN;
Wholesale Grocers,
(Cor. Bag and Drag ton Sit.,)
SAVANNAH, I t GEORGIA.
auglMm
HOUTI IKKN '
Iinpoiliiig House
HONE & GORDON,
IM l*OUT KllS
Wliolomnlo Donlora
Wines, Liquors anti Sepirs,
149 Bay Street, Savannah, fin.
augDt-'iui
JOHN LYONS,
WbuicanU’ nnd lU'lall Dealer in
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES,
Liquors, Wines, Ales,
FRUITS, JELLIES md TICKLES,
Tobacco, Scsars, clc,
Corner Broughton and Whitaker Streets,
SAVANNAH, 0C0B0IA.
ahglMqi
Wholesale House!
1867.F ALL nml WINTER.18E8
.I0IIN C. MAKER & Co.,
IMPORTERS and JODUERS of
NOTIONS, MILLINERY
AND
S TH A. W OrOODS,
C01 iit Droiignton and Whitaker Pik,
SA VANN Alt UA.
AGENTS FOR
GROVER N. MAKER’S
Elastic Stitch Sewing Machines
•ogJA-im
‘ E0BERT8 & TILLMAN7
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, OA,
S PECIAL attention given to the receipt and safe
of the products of Ilia country, and Ui forward
ing it through this place to other tnaikde, either
for aale or on consignment. We bare the very treat
arrangements fur
Beilin? Colton in Liverpool,
and will bare it sold in that market when owners
so instruct.
£ V Oil tlw receipt of Cotton liberal
CASJ1 ADVANCES will he made when
required.
R0RERT8 A TILLMAN,
Otfie*, North Hide liar street.
One Door West City Exchange,
mat* t 8»,.nnah.
a. l. noBKur*, (
justru Tillman, >l*d son county, Fla auglfi-dm
“Give me Three Grains of
Corn Mother.”
ttv mu*, a. m. rumon- Druoklyn.
Atla/Jol fa the prttrnl tufftring of maty/ in Iht South.
Glvo mo tlm-o grain- of corn, mother,*
Only three grains of corn.
It will keep the little life J have
'Till the coming of the morn.
I am dying of hunger and cold, mother,
» of hunger mid cold,
f the agony ol wu-li n death
My lips have nu\er told.
It ha* gnaw'd like a wolf at my heart, mother.
A wolf that is tierce for blond,
All the live-long duv, and the night he*ide,
Gnawing lor lack ol food.
I dreamed of bread in my sleep, mother,
And the sight wa* llvuven to see ;
I awoke with un eager, liiinlaliing lip,
l»ut you Imd 110 breud for me.
How could I look In yon, mother,
How could I look to you ?
For bread to give to your starving Imy,
When you nr" starving too?
For 1 read the famine in your cheek,
And In your eve* *0 wild,
And I felt it in your Imny hand,
A* you luid it* on your child.
The North ha* land* and gold, mother,
The North ha* land* and gold,
While von an’ forced to your empty brrn»t
A skeleton babe to hold -
A,bulit* that i* dying of want, mother,
A- 1 am dying now,
With a ghastly look in it* sunken eyo
And famine upon It* brow.
What linve we poor one* done, mother,
IVhut linve we poor one* done.
That the world looks ou qnd seen u* alar VO,
Perish one by 0110?
Do PhrUlinu men cure not. mother,
The great men nnd the high,
For the -littering mm* of tho Southern land,
Whether they live or die?
There I* ninny a brave heart hen*, mother,
Dying of w aul and cold.
While only ncros* u few poor States
Are many that roll ill gold.
MTherc are rli'li and great men there, mother,
W With w ondrous Wealth to view,
And the bread Ilnur lliiig to their dog* to-night
\l ould give mk life and you.
Come nearer to my able, molher,
Come nearer to my side.
Ami hold me fondly 11* you held
My sister when wie died.
Quick ! for I cannot see you, mother,
My hrentli I* uluio-t g ( ,ne,
Mother! dear toother, ere Idle,
Give me three grain* of corn!
•The iiIhivo word* were Hie last request of n lad
to hi* mother, a* he wu* dying from starvation,
.She round three grain* In the corner of 11 pocket
in Id* ramp'd jacket, nml gave them to him. It
wa* all she had ; the whole family wan perishing
from famine.
otter from llomlmas to ti
Citizen of Atlanta.
Tito following letter will ititofeht many
of our rentiers who have friends in Hon
duras, attached to the Goorgin colony
there, mostly composed of parties from
this city and vicinity. The loiter in ad
dressed by tho lion. It. H. Rousseau, of
Kentucky, brother of General Rousseau,
to Mr. George Sharp, formerly a citizen
of that State, but now a resident of this
city. It ombrnees much valuable infor
mation, nnd while wo do not favor tho
abandonment of our noblo old State,
even in her present oppressed condition,
by her native born citizens, for any coun
try in the wide world, yet, if any portion
of them Will go, ns well lot them go to
Honduras, if they etui better their for
tunes thereby, ns to any other nuarter
of tho globe. Hence wo publish Mr.
Rousseau*h letter :
Tkoi'cigalPa, July 1st, 1807.
George Sharp, F.>q. :
Ream Sib.—Yours of Mnre.li 30th, in
troducing your friend, James II. McAl
lister, and nuking information ns to this
country—its climate, soil, productions,
nnd facilities for making money, &r.—
was presented to mo to-day by Mr. Wat
kins, a friend of Mr. McAllister, nnd I
reply at once. 1 am sorry your friend
did not find it convenient to come to this 1
placo, ns I would tnko nlensure in for
warding his views. It is, perhaps, otto
hundred atul filly miles from hero to Sail
Pedo, where the colony of Americans is
established, and a very rough rontl, or
rathor path, over tho mountains.
Honduras is a-small republic, about
tho sizo of tho State of Now York, hnv-
i.ig n territory of from -111,000 to 60,000
square miles. Tho part bordering on
tho Hay of Honduras and the Carrmonn
•Soil is level, nnd is termed “tiorrn call
onto” from tho heat of tho climate. To
wards tho West and Southwest the
country is very monntninotiH, nml
much broken. The mountains rise per
haps front 7,000 to 10,000 feet, nnd tho
climate in that region is perhaps tho
mildest, must agreeable and di-qciotts in
The Little Cheat.
8I11* *aiil hIii- loved mo do irly,
A ml gnvc mu k i*w* nwi-ot,
Dut soon I did discover
8bu wiih n darling cheat,
Fur tlinugh her form was Imxom,
With a roluniptoun tone!
It luriird out on ImqH-clion,
IIw charm* wore uol her own,
I prc**cd lior to my I*worn -
SI10 gave a little *turt ;
I loiggiil IhtcIoih- but couldn’t foci
Tito In-iitlng ol her In-art.
I n-achixl tny hand, with sudden cta«p ;
My bmoit with urhfwa* full;
Wliat In creation did I grasp?
A lot of cotton wool |
How Rill got Shot.
''Bill, don’t you know dad don't allow
you to buy shot?” nBked n young ur
chin of a brother who was somewhat his
senior, who was making n purchase of
that article.
“You just never mi,id me. I'll thank
you to tend to your mm business, Milter
Bob; don't care what dad allows ; I'll
buy what I please.”
Little hoy slightly agitated : “I’m go
ing to tell dad, lie said, rushing out of
tho store; run down the street, and
bounded into tho room whero tho old
man was quietly reading the morning
paper.
“Dad, dad, Bill's went nnd got shot.”
“Good heavens f” cried the old man,
dropping the pnpor in consternation,
and lioliing for the door. “Where is
ho ?”
‘•Down to Thompson's store,” re
sponds Bob.
In his excitemont, the old man forgot
to more his reading npocn, and in going
down tho steps mifjudged the distance
to tho pavement, stepped oft too soon,
and came sprawling on all fours.
lb* gathered himself up, nnd started
for the store. Tho pavement appeared
to bo about the level of his knees, conse
quently in bis violent efforts to keep it
under him, he cut a very rcdiculous fig
ure, and drew from the astonished by
standers such a roar as was n- ver be-
stowed u|K>n a singlo individual sinco tho
world began.
At length his tedious run was brought
to a close by arriving nt tf.o store where
Hill was stretched out, taking it oasy,
Tho old innn supposing him badly hurt,
rushed frantically up to him exelaimiug:
'William! Willium! where are you
wounded ?”
“What's tho matter dad ? Are you
crazy?’’ asked Hill, ruining on his elbow,
and casting a look of astonishment nt
the o'd man.
Why, Robert said you'd got shot!’’
“^o I did—got half a pound of the
best duck shot in the store.”
The old man left amid noise enough
to drown n thunderclap. As might lie-
supposed, Hob got the flogging and Hill
didn’t.
B«5U A boy who askod n Boston jiolice
officer for shelter in the station-house
B.’tid : “See, cap’n, first tny father died,
uml my mother married again, nnd then
my mother died, and my father married
again, and somehow or other I don’tseern
to have no parents at all, nor no home,
nor no nothing.”
t ngrei
the world—tho thermometer never ris
ing (so far nsmy observation has boon con-
ciTuodl higher than 8-1, or falling under
Oil. Tile fund, even on the highest mom.
tains, is very fertile, and two crops of all
sorts of grain can ho raised annually.—
One planting suffices three years for cot
ton, and two crops are produced in 13
mouths. Bugnr nine lusts lmm 20 to
30 yoarf, without replanting. Moun
tain rice, coffee, indigo, nnd, in fuel, ev
erything that grows m the tropics nour
ishes here ; and tho fruits fuat nil tho
year round. Peaches nnd apples me
iiotgood, but oranges, lemons, plantains,
bannannott, and fifty other species, are
fur superior to any you over saw in tho
United States. Changes sell nt six fur
a cent, and pine apples nt six for twelve
pouts. Oltiokons, turkoay, &e., are abun
dant, but not so cheap. Heel'and mut
ton tiro pass!bly good and very cheap,
and if 1 were a young man, 1 would de
sire nothing better than a homo here,
provided 1 had some of my friends with
me. Tho country abounds in gold anil
silver mines, the fatter of which nro said
to be tho richest in tho world, nnd noth
ing is required to make Honduras tho
most prosjierotis country on tho fact of
tho globe hut u people of some little on-
orgy ; hut they have none. There is not
a wagon or cart in tho country, nor a
road that you would think any animal
without claws, could travel. It ousts
four times ns much lo trnnspoit goods
from Onion here, ns it does from Rag
land to Atlanta, and a journey of two
hundred miles with loaded mules 10-
3 uires about a month. The colony at
an Pedro is in a moat pleasant location
quite warm, but very rich, with plenty
of water power, in reach of iho coast,
over a level section of country, which
will prcBont facilities for wood roads,
with littlo or no exponso. Major Mal
colm, Mr. Watkins, nnd Mr. Briers, are
here now, and ull seem sanguine nnd full
of hope. Thu people of the country, so
far as I have hoard an expression of
j opinion, nro ponceubly disposed towards
j colonists ; nnd tho government officials j
i are all anxious for the prosperity of tho !
| new city. I can hardly advise you to
come, if you are doing well whero you
Jure. Your present business would not,
pay hero ; nnd it would take you a year j
to learn tho Innguago sufficiently wcllj
to enable you to do anything in the way j
1 of trade with native citizens. Hut if you,
wish to go into other business, that is, 1
| ntihing cattle or mules, or to embark in
! agriculture, you can soon make as much j
1 money as you want. I would advise
any joung man who is not afraid of a,
j littlo hardship to coino.
Five years steady industry, nnd no!
I inau need strike a stroke in the way of 1
' labor afterward. The mines, to a man
who understands that business, present,
perhaps, a chance to bucoino rick in less
tirno than any other way, hut thcro is
more risk. A few days since a gontlo-
mnn left with me two pieces of silver,
taken from the mines near hero, which
have hut recently been discovered and
oponed. Two hundred pounds of this
ore yielded thirty two morks of pure sil
ver, or about three hundred and twenty
dollars. A merk of silver is worth in
England or nt tho United States Mint
about ton dollars, though universally it
is but eight. Tho impossibility of tran
sporting machinery to tho mines renders
operations in that branch of business
much more expensive than it would oth
erwise he. Men of energy would soon
have roads, I think 1 havo answered
your questions, but if you or your friends
desire any information, I will cheerfully
all'ord it, If it. my power,
I am, sir, yours truly,
K. II. UOtiPHEAU.
All Incident In The Life of
The Einpi'csg Josephine.
This amiable lady, alter her nepnrolion
from Nupoleon, lived, us is well known,
in retirement nt Malmaison, not fur from
Haris, A short time bol'oro her death,
sho was visited by somo young ladles,
one of whom dssorjbes in her note-book
tin* following pleasing incident:
Wo hud expressed to tho Empress tho
modest request to bo allowed to see her
diamonds, which were kept m a conoonl-
ed vault, nnd the noblo Indy, complying
most graciously with our wishes, Imd u
largo table brought into the room, which
was entirely covered with tho enses con
taining them. When they were opened,
wo were completely dazzled by the splen
dor, sizo nml multitude of tho gems.—
Tho most extraordinary of these wore
orirainunta in tho shape of pears, sot
with pearls nnd diamonds of immense
sizo; there were opals, rubia, sapphires
and emeralds, altogether forming a col
lection unrivalled l think in Europe, for
it was composed of tho most cosily jew
els which were collected in tho cities
conquered by the French arms. Tho Em
press appeared to ho much amused nt
our astonishment and the exclamations
of surprise and delight which .continual
ly dropped from our lips ; and when wo
had examined them to our henrt’s con
tent nnd wore silent from want of n
greater variety of laiiguugo to express
our admiration, she Bald, in a friendly
tono,“I only show, you my jewels to les
sen your taste and pleasure in such cost
ly baubles. Believe mo, young Indies,
the possession of your sliletidor does not
form trno happiness nml is not to he en
vied. Perhaps you will ho surprised
when 1 toll you that the gift of an old
pair of ahovH onoo gnvo mo moro pleas
ure than the possession of all these costly
diamonds could ever oflhrd me.”
Wo could not helpsiniling nt this,nml
thought tho Empress was joking, hut
she assured uh it was a fact, nnd at once
kindly consented to give us an account
of it.
“1 had,” said she, “embarked with my
daughter Horlense from Murluliniqiie,
in tho West Indies, un account of the
instil rcction, on board a vessol where we
were treated with marked attention
and kindness. Owing to tho disturbed
state of public affairs, I was not supplied
either will) clothes or money, ns 1 hud
spent noarly nil 1 possessed in purchas
ing necessities for the voyage.
“Hortonse, who was a lively, pretty
child, wns a great favorite with tho sail-
orh, and in return for their kindness
likod much to he with them. Owing to
tho inconvenience of our cabin, I allowed
her to spend a great deal of her time on
dock, where she constantly exerted her
little powers for Iho outertuiuitiept of
lier rough- hut honest friends. An old
boatswain was particularly fond of her.
and devoted every momotit ho could
spare to her cmnlorl and amusement,
and I fancy 1 see him now, sitting with
her wrapped in his thick coat, over the
capes of which her golden curls hung in
rich profusion, while sho was tolling him
one of her fairy tales or little stories, nt,
which she had great aptness. Hut by
constant jumping about, the dear child’s
shoes were soon worn into holes, and
knowing that 1 had not another pair for
her, and fearing I should bo obliged to
prohibit her going on deck. I improperly
kept this misfortune secret till 1 saw her
one day return to tho cabin with her
foot bleeding, and I inquired iu alarm if
she had hurt herself.
“ ‘O no, mamma dear,’ said she; ‘it is
nothing to signify.’ Hut on examination
I found her shoes were torn to totters,
uml her foot lacerated by a nail.
“Wo hud scarcely accomplished half
tho voyage, nnd therefore a now pair ol
shoes lor my darling was out of the
question. I was troubled at tho thought
of tho sorrow the dear child would fee)
at being obliged to stay ulways with me
in the narrow cabin, and consequently
allowed my tear* to How freely. Our
friend, the boatswain,seeing me weeping
came up nml naked, in his honest, rough
way, the cause of our grief, llortense,
answered, sobbing, her shoes wore so
torn she could not cumo on dock, and
mamma Imtl no more to f*ivo her.
•“And is that all ?’ said he. 'Don’t
weep, inv jewel; wo will soon set all
that to rights. 1 have a pair in my chest
that 1 will fetch. You, madam, will cut
them sinuller, itnd I will sew them as well
as I can. At sen, you know, one must
make all kinds of shifts, und not be
over-nice; “necessity is the mother of
invention.’ ”
“He then went nnd fetched tho old
shoos, and presented them with the
gruco of a courtier to llortense, who
received them with tho greatest pleasure.
“We diligently set to work, and by
tho evening my little daughter was again
able to go on deck.
“And now, dour girls, 1 ropont, I have
never received a present with more sin
cere grutitudo,nnd I stillreproaclitnyself
that I aid not make further inquiries re
specting tho sailor nftcr wo lolt tho ves
sol.”
lfortcnso, who figures in this nnecdoto
was afterwards married to Louis Bona
parte, King of Holland, and whs tho
mother of Iho present Emperor of tho
French.
feiTAn Albany paper thinks that it is
Woman and not her wrongs, that ought
to be redressed ”
The FntltiT of Waters.
A correspondent of the Nashvillo Un
ion and Dispatch have suggested that
Memphis was liable, at any moment to
“fall m” to n watery abyss beneath it,
caused by U10 subterranean How of the
Mississippi, tho Bulletin adds tho fellow-
ing s
The river shore In the navy yard has
rapidly disappeared. There ‘steamers
rarely land. Iu front of the city proper
there nro always from ten to twenty
■termen. By these the earth, at the
water’s edge, is protected, nnd tho force
of tho surface current is broken, lienee
it happens that tho earth at tho waters’
edge, und for tun or twenty foot below,
remains unbroken. The great body of
the mighty tide of waken, forty and fif
ty feet below, rushes onward in its unre
sisted course, rending away the earth.
How far the stream passes beneath tlm
city, there is, of ootirso no means of as
certaining. Tho explosion of torpedoes
forty or fifty feet below tho river’s sur
face shook every building west nf the
bayou. Beyond tho bayou tho shock wns
unheeded, unfelt.
Many years ago n saw mill was at
work in the swamps of Arkansas, (wari
ly miloa from the Mississippi. The own
er awoke one bright morning to lind his
well dry, in which tho day before there
was water three or four feet deep. Bo
cut n trench to a broad, long surface
pond, not fur away, nnd was again sup
plied with nnnhundttncoof water. This
trench connected the pond and well.
Three days elnpsod, and tho pond and
wull both wore empty. Tho old man of
tho mill wa* amazed. Tho story was
told to a traveller from Memphis. “It
is plain enough,” ho said; “tjjo river is
lower than fur years past, and your well
nnd pond havo emptied themselves into
the great sower of tho continent.” Tho
Mississippi net only oVortlnws, but un
derflows all the broad valley through
which it passes. Its chaunol, however
broad and deep, could not contain all
tho rains that fall and streams thutcomn
dosn^ from the mountains, territories,
and .‘Rates of America
AtFo.ts Pillow und Randolph ovory
evidence of war has disappeared, swat
lowed up by the gloat river Earth
works at Randolph, built in 1801, three
bundl ed yards from the shore, havo gono
to tho Bulizo. At both these placos Iho
liver current, ns hero at Momphis
strikes tho shore almost at right angles.
A city paper tolls us how a planter, with
in tho week, duposilud $6,000 worth of
supplies upon the river bank somowhore
iu Arkansas, Ho had not gono half a
inilo, when tho country behind him dis
appeared with nil his stores.
Reelfoot Lake is fathotnloss. It is
not far from the river. Tho night ho
fore tin* earthquake of 1812, lofty trees
stood where deep, silent, still waters
now have unbroken reposo. Cypress
trees, two hundred feet high, went down.
Their loftiest branches do not reach tho
surface of tho wonderful lake. Yoars
before tho great river had undermined
tho country, the laud wont down nml
water canto up. Everywhere around
New Madrid wo have indubitable evi-
donco that the mighty river finds its
way far bonoulh tho earth’s buiface. An
earthquake’s shock broko down the
onrlhon bridges that everywhere along
tho river shores span mighty streams 1
and deep subterranean lakes, that arc
reservoirs to supply atmospheric mois 1
litre and hold Iho superabundant waters I
of this luoad valley.
Exi'KNsivi InvouMation—What hap-'
pons to a man who doesn’t take tho pa-
pci-8 : Once in a great while, even in 1
Rock county, a man can be found who
is too punurous to tako u paper, or who
thinks ho is too wise or too smart to get
any information out of one. An indi
vidual of this kind came to the city on
Saturday with a load of wheat, mid ns
he drove up the street lie wus accosted
by n miller who proposed to buy his
grain, und ofturod liiin $2 60 por bushel:
Not having been to town for some time,
uml Inking no pnpor, ho was not posted
ou prices, and thinking this was a big
thing ho took tho offer quick. As lie
wns unloading, tho miller discovering
the whoat to bo of good quality, asked
him if ho had any moro to sell, nml was
informed that he hitd about three hun
dred bushels. The man of the Hour
then told Inin ho would givo him $2 50
per bushel for tho lot, if ho would con
tract for it that day. fSuch an oiler wns
not to bo despised, nml the farmer, fear
ful Ivst so good n thing might ho with
drawn, l< st 110 time iu inuking tho nec
essary contract beforo leaving tho mill.
When, however, he got out or. tho street,
he discovered that ho might just as well
have had $2 75 or $2 DO for his wheut
as $2 50. Bo, ut the lowest estimate,
bin fail tiro to tnJto « pnpor ut 9'J 00 u
year, cost him the nout little sum of
$222 50. A high price for information,'
truly. Moral—take tho paper—Janet-
title ( HY».) Gazette.
t£T Somubody says, or should have
said, that advertising is the oil which
wise tradesmen put in tlioir lamps. If
they fail to use it their‘lights’go out,
and they sink into hopeless and irro-
trievublo bankruptcy, or eke out a mi t-
oruble, draining existence, while their
more farsighted neighbors ride on the
tide of prosperity to the hnvon of plen
ty, to muko happy their declining years.
OQuJudge Hull, of Now York, has
decided that a married woman may be
declared n bankrupt under tho involun
tary clause.
£l)c €ull)bcvt Appeal.
RATES OF ADVERTISING s
One dollar per*qn*ro r.f ten lines For the Orel Iii
aertiim, und Sorontj-livu Cent* per square fur each
aubrrquont insertion, not cKcuediu* tlirco.
One square three month* t 9 00
On* square one year. 20 on
Kotlrth of a column gi» mnntli* 30 HO
Half column nix numtli* 70 0
One Column six months 100 0D
Pure Air nnd Sleep.
Dr. Atnolt, in bis physics, states that
canary birds suspended neat' the top of tf
curtained beds tend where persons are
sleeping, will generally ho found ilcntr
in the morning, from tho effects of car
bonic acid gas, generated in respiration.
Ho sets forth this us a fact, to show tho
necessity oChreftthing pttf-o air in ale e/t
ing apartments, und a sweeping argu
ment ngnitiHt the old-fashioned, curtain
ed bedsteads. A healthy man respired
about twenty til/fos iff n rfimtite, arid iff
hales in that period about seven hun
dred cubic inches of uir ; this hooxhalos
again in tho form of cnrltoniu acid gas
ami water, which vitiated tho atf??os-
phoro. Tlirco and ofio half per cunts, of
carbonic noitl gus in tho uir renders it
unfit for tho support of life; this show s
how necessary it is to provide a supply
of puro air for tho support of reapifn-
lion.
Thcro nro also certain facts which go
to prove that more danger exists—thut
there is n greater proitenewt of disease—'
during sloop than in the waking state.
In Turkey anti Ilindoostnn, if a person
full asleep In the neighborhood of ft pop-
py field, over which the wind is blow
ing towards him, ho is liable to “Sleep
the sleep tlint knows no waking.” The
peasants of Italy who fall asleep in the
neighborhood of the l’ottliuo marshes
m e invariably smitten with fever. Even
travelers who pass tho night in thoCam-
pagnn dtt Lonm, inevitably become
moro or loss effected with tho noxious
nir, while those who pass through with
out stopping escape the marsh fevor.—
Those who havo travelled iu tropical
climes, nnd who have boon attacked
with bilious lovers, uniformly ascribe
the cause of their siiifuiiiigs to night ex
posure in tho open nir.
An English traveler in Abyssinia bus
asserted that ho could live in health in
tlint sickly country, by n proper selec
tion of tho situation where he slept ev
ery night. Thcro is abundant ovidonoo,
it would appear, which goes to prove
that by proper attention to tho place
where, and tho circumstances under
which persons sleep, diseases may be
avoided.
rar A Dutchman who in n fit of
passion was swearing terribly, was re
proved by a chut eh doaoon who chanced
to over-bear him.
“Why do you swear so, linns ?’’ said
the deacon, “don’t you know that it is
very wicked ?”
“Yaw, I know it peso wiokod.”
“Do you know,” said tho deacon, anx
ious to sound tho depth of his religious
touching, “do you know who died to
save sinners ?”
“Ynw,” said Iluns, “Cotdiod to saves
’em.”
“Not God,oxactly, Iluns, but tho Son
of God.”
“So I” exclaimed Hans, n new light
bronking in upon him, “van it one of do
pays ? 1 tinks nil do vile it vos do old
until,”
CSyAn Irish soldier onco waited orf
his couumtUtjiiig oflicor with wluit lie
termed n very serious complaint. “An
other man,” I10 said, “hud upbraided
him that ho was not married to his own
wife, whom he accused of being no bet
ter than she should be, and culled her
many bad names beside, which lie should
bo nfdiamed to mention to bis honor.”
“Well, my good fellow,” said tho colo
nel, “have you any proof that yon nro
legally imuricd ?” “Faith, your honor, L
have the best proof in the world,” ho re
plied. Hero lie took oft’ his hut, or rati •
er cap, nml exhibited a broken head,
saying, “Does your honor think I’d bo
after taking that samo abuse from any
body but n wife ?”
“Well, Jane, this is a queer world,”
said u ‘brute’ to his wife, alter breakfast,
recoil I ly ; “a not of women philosophers
have just sprung up.”
“Idecd,” said Jane, “and what do they
hold ?”
“Tho strangest thing In nnturo,” sard 1
ho, “they hold their tongues.’’
Ointment foh Burns.—-Take half a
pint of white manure from under tho
henroost, nnd sitnmor it in fresh lard teiF
minutes, then strain it off into a tin box
nnd it is ready for use. The offensive
odor will pass off in simmering, which is
trifling, and you will have an ointment
that will lionl a hum quicker than any
olhor ever invented.
“So you are going to keep ft school,”
said a young lady to hor old aunt,”—
Well, for my part, sooner than do that,
I would marry a widower with nine.”
"I should prefer that myself,” w'as tho
quiet reply : “but where is tho widow
er ?”
“1’at,” said Judge Sniff to his
neighbor in n sleeping ear, “you would
havo to remain n long timo in tho old
country beforo you could havo slept
with n judge.” “Yes, yer honor; nml
ye would have boon n long time in the
old country before yo’d been a Judge. ”
jfay-Tlie price of wives among the
Caflres, in Africa, has lately risen mate
rially. Fifteen cows wou'd formerly
purchase ns good a wife as tho market
nlfonJcd, but twenty cows nro now de
manded Sir an ordinary article.
Never dopiso counsels, from what
ever quarter they reach you. Remem
ber that the pearl is keenly sought for,
in spite of the course shell which envoi-
ops it.