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€UTHBERf, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1870.
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A Poem By Mrs- McFarland.
[Tilt* following lines were written by
Mrs. McFarland. whose fraudulent di
vorce led to the late tragedy in New
-York :]
'The •-« *» w
I Sfl£
What a Woman Did-
by hrs. Hart a. dShyisox.
ne, and had
| the life of a
i of aTie^-
• ? He had
, creature
hood, had
ring to ruin
ral impulses,
The Ay. the lovely Saiam?F sky,
Is Hushed with golden and with red.
So old John- Dent was
left nothing. He had live*
millionaire ; be died tire d
gar. Left nothing, did I
left a helpless Junior—Jo!)
of twenty, who, since his 1
been busily employed in
himself, bis intellect, his
his naturally ooble manhood. Junior
■.ohn had just perfected fcis genius in
the use of a goldheadea walkingstick,
when his father died. Ale carried it
between the thumb and jlinger of hi*
fultless kids, in a way,' that struck
the fools of both sexe^ with speech
less admiration. The gonteel tap of its
tapper .point on the, right band knee
of his pantaloon was exquisite. The
way he dandled,it under his mustache
smote other daddies with eirvy, and bis
use ol it a* a Avaiking stick was simply
W'—W—^
P.
'We faintly see through sunset glow
The glimmer of the evening star,
While answering back the hues of »ky
The silent river gleams afar.
The flowers are shut, and bowed with dew,
The trees stand bushed and tail and dim,
•As in the soft and tender light,
Two children sing their evening hymn.
One singer's clustering looks are dark,
And one has curls of golden Hue ;
One looks through black and flashing eyes,
The other’s eyes are sweetest blue.
Then joining bands in loving clasp,
They mingle dark and golden hair,
As bending at their mother's kn»»e,
They each repeat an evening prayer.'
>One asks that o’er her little bed,
The angels^entle watch may keep ;
The youngest lisp* in reverent tone,
'His “Now I lay me down to sleep.”
Deep in her heart the mother .prays,
While tear-drops dim herliHed eyes*;
The listening angels gathered near
May hear her voiceless prater arise.
She knows how weak are earthly ties,
The mother-love, how poor snfl trail—
And for htr blpicss little onei,
She soeks the love which cannot fail.
She prays", that, with His watchful care,
The tendar Father up in Heaven,
May help her guide to noble ends,
The precious lives Llis love has given.
Thus from that hushed and holy hoar,
Their softened spirits drank repose,
Till gently round their blending forms,
i^ Tgt'-deeper shades of ev niug close.
Thinking.—Thinking, not growth,
makes perfect manhood. There are
some, who, though they havedone grow •
•dng, are still only boys. The constitu
tion may be fixed, while the judgment
is immature; the limbs may be strong,
while the reasoning is feeble. Many
•who can run, and jump, and boar any
4atigue, can not observe, cannot exam
ine, cannot reason or judge, contrive, or
“execute—they do not think.
* Avcustotn yonrself, then, to thinking.
Set yourself to unde; stand whatever
you see or read. To run through a
book is not a difficult task, nor is it a
"very profitable one. To understand a
-few pages oniy, is far better tliajLt**
-read the whole, where it
is all. If the v n 'h’-j* »k„ y <M| to
must
•be""”
Yet
without
is all. If the \y|gwi the autk
■thinki er>t.
^ Onnkingr that a man <*„
rnmsell. Yet all other knowl-
Surrst-.n’ «*
forming of a true npinion of your
^own powers. Ignorant
celt always teud to niufco overrate
t«fknow| S ri nal abili ‘ y ; " a W‘t degree
gt knowledge may make a timid mind
y^nttuseif to humble a judgment,
■thinking, and much impai
^n, that a man ■can^fjgt^
gsilion.
jlf pnrj^rasty temper
Ug^P^jerly alive an in.
Wgines he is active as
close and severe exatni-
may discover something
truth.
king is, iudeed, the very germ of
Cultivation—the source from which
Tvilal influence springs. Tlrtnking
fill do much for an active mnd, even
In the absence of books, or living in-
r struutors. The reasoning faculty grows
firm, expands, discerns its own powers,
acts witn increasing facility, precision,
and extent, under all its privations.—
/here there i* no privation, but every
help from former thinkers, how much
may wa-not expect from it ? Thus great
characters rise. While he who thinks
little, though much he reads, or much
fie sees, can haroly call any thing he
has his own. lie trades with borrow
ed capital, and is in the high road to
literary or rather to mental bankruptcy.
Couldn't Find thk Verdict.—At a re
cent session of one ol the courts of South
Carolina, an entire negro jury was im-
pannelled. A case was brought before
them, the witnesses examined, and the
attorneys made tbeir respective argu-
tnents.
The Judge after laying down the
law aad rec pitulating the testimony
gave the papers into tire hands of the
Foreman, a rather, intelligent looking
darkey, with instructions, as soon us
they found a yerdict to bring it in with
out tail.
Thirty minutes or more elapsed, when
the jury returned headed by the Fore
man and stood before the Judge.
As the Foreman appeared to hesi
tate the J udge inquired :
‘Mr. boreinan, have you found a ver
dict T
No, Massa Judge, we habn’t found
’em no how,' replied the ebony juryman.
4 ±l s & verv nlain cusp 1 dui<l tii u i
, t - "—J JUI J niuo.
it s a very plai n case,’ Said the .1 udge.
‘Can t help it Massa, coaldn’t see it,’
replied ebony again.
•On what grounds ?’ inquired the
Judge.
•We didn’t look into degrounds, Mas
sa Judge,’ replied the Foreman j ‘de
ossifer uidn’t take us out into de grounds,
but he took us into a room and locked
us in, an tole us when we found de ver
dict he would luff us out. J5o we begau
to find de verdict, and search ebery
nook, corner, crevis, an’ ebery ting dere
was ia dat room, but wo fouod no ver-
diet——do coffin oh de kine dat .’
’oor John Junior 1 what would he
do now ? The fabulous wealth ol poor
old papa, all vanished; the splendid fur
niture to fie desecrated by the idle
touch of the curious mob, the fast
horse‘te be sacrificed, and ull to satisfy
adgry and importunute creditors, so
that not a (ingle penuy would be likely
to fall into John Junior's pockets.—
vVhat would he do ?
He walked the desdlate rooms, his
heart more desolate than any of them.
To be sure he had not cared much for
the old man. To him he hud been very
like a plethoricipocket book, from which
he could draw banknotes at will. A
to love him—he had never seen him fif
teen minutes at a time ia all his life; he
could not, in fact, get near enough to
love him. He could never climb th
horrid mountain of business behind
•which -his father entrenched himself.—
So the Junior took to love fast horses,
and fast young men, and billiard sa
loons, and brainless women, cham
pagne, cigars, etc. What wonld they
do fur Irim now ? lie walked the empiv
rooms alone, he read the mocking la
bels on empty bottles, he felt in empty
pockets. Not cue of ‘the splendid fel
lows of our set,’intruded upon his pri
vacy. Ais father was dead—they felt
for him; lie probably wished for soli
■tilde, If he did, he had it—the solitude
of the moneyless.
The action was over, and John Dent,
Jf., had no home One or two relatives
gave him a cold invitation to ‘call and
see them.’ One great uncle, and rich,
by-the-by, sent word that be could ac
commodate him for & week or so, till
he could find something to do. John’s
handsome eves flashed as he tore the
semted billet into infinitesimal frag
ments, and ground them into the floor
with his heel.
‘The old scoundrel I’ he cried, with
flashing eyes, ‘and iny father helped biin
make llis fori une.’
Not long after this there came a let
ter— u homelier letter than the others,
directed ill a neat, business hand. It
louud the poor young -man in mean lodg
ings— a meagre little room,in the tip
per story of a second rate genteel house.
On the strength of his gold headed cane
and handsome trunk, the landlady Con
sented to trust him for a few days.
The letter lay oil his table when he
came in f oin a miserable recreation.—
He had been down to the river specu
lating upon its coldness and probable
depth. ‘At any rate,’ he Imd solilnqu-
zed, ‘I would uol make a bad looking
corpse—unless the fishes bit me. They
would only say ‘Poor Jack I he was
uncommonly good-looking ;’ and they.
'It was deueedly mean of him to kill
himself.’
H is prebalde that the two ‘tbcyV
meant not the fishes, but the respecta
ble sexes.
John's eye brightened a little at sight
of the target iouud superset iptinn on
t le envelope. He seized it, tore it open,
and lead eagerly, as if he Imd found a
1 ensure.was a strange thing for a
gentleman to do; but, when
ad perused it, he let it drop softly
Ifrom his haad, his li£ quivered—he felt
blindly for a handkerchief in his coat
pocket, and deliberately wiping his eyes
with it, rested, his elbows on the table,
and covered his face with his hands.
For some motnets he Bat in that posi
lion; then, r.king he walked the floor
exclaiming—
‘Tom Dent is a glorious fellow j His
father is a glorious fellow. His whole
litmily must be glorious fellows, thougli
hull of them are girls, 1 believe. I’ll
go That's no half way invitation;
that’s no coldly formed apology ; that’s
a l ight down welcome, by Jove. Heav-
eu t»e thanked-! I can’t curse bins.’
The letter read thus:
‘BSak Cousin John.—Vfe have heard
of your great bereavement, and can not
tell tiow much we sympathize with you.
Father tells me to say to say that your
loom stands just where it did. The
girls are all longing to see yog. Moth,
er declares she shall take it hard of he-
sisters child, if in yuur affliction, you do
uot come to her; and you may imagine
us all holding out our right hands, long
ing for a good grasp of yoars. It is
my vacation now, and I want you.—
How soon may we expect you ? Shall
1 drive to the depot at six on Thurs
day, or come on to the city to keep y,.n
company? Write me directly. 1 shall
harness Black Bess on Thursday at five
P. M. Don't disappoiut us. Your lov
ing cousin, Tom.’
‘Aud how 1 snubbed him when lie
was here.’ groaned John, with a terri
ble twingleof conscience. Good Heav
ens 1 1 wonder be did not knock me
down. Well, at all events, that invita
tion is real; I knew it by—by—my
feeding so like a confounded baby ;’
and up went the handkerchief again.—
‘I’ll go for a couple of weeks. I don’t
want to spodge oh any body, but what
can I do ? I wonder if Providence al
ways provides for the lame and the la
zy ? 1 believe I’m both—at least mor
ally, if not physically.'
‘So saying, John went to the trunk,
and threw back the lid. A dozen pair
of gloves met his jye>
‘I can at least give these to ray cous
ins,’ be said, brightening; ‘that will pay
for sum-thing, and make me feet re
spectable. For therrest—I'm in mourn,
ing; I’ll-give these light clothes to the
hoys ; tell them I can’t wear them, aud
—it will seem something like oid times,
when I could make a princely present.
Egad! how much I’ve given our fel
lows, and now they don’t know me—r
Pretty friendship! These cigars I’ll
keep; they don’t lik« ’em there, so I’ll
go out in the fields and have a smoke
by myself. This gold-headed caney
'I’ll leave it with the landlady in pledge
till I come back. Then I must find
something to do.
Alae! a life of mere fashion, a career
of dissipating pleasure, how it eats out
the muscle and nerve of a man’s ener
gy ! John Dent dreaded work, because
it was something that would tax his dor
mant energies and, like ‘Will Wimble,’
he had almost rather starve like a gen
tleman than learn a trade.
At six on Thursday according to ap
pointment, John was met by a broad-
•houlddrefl "fellow, who lifted his trunk
as if it were only an average sized car
pet bag, and whose strong, hearty, wel
come grasp, utmost took the city-bred
young man off his feet.
‘They're all expecting you,’ said Tom,
his great brown eyes full of a lovely
light; and we hope this is to be t real
country visit, net a mere call of a few
weeks.’
John said in his heat—‘this is
glorious !’ as the cousins crowded about
him, so glad, so hearty to their welcome
—as his hands were taken in a moth
erly grasp by the sweet faced aunt,
whose soul yearned toward her dead
sister’s boy. As he sat down to the
table, not covered with silver, certain
ly, but bounded by honest, lowing
hearts, and smiles, and gentle words—
‘yes,’ this was certainly glorious,’ be
said again.
‘Well, John,’ exclaimed his uncle—he
had been there a month—T vs been
thinkiug about what you told me, and
I believe there's a first rate chance for
you : at any rate, a beginning.’
‘Ah !’ John’s heart fluttered and sank.
‘Yes, a first rate chance; you’ve got n
pretty good education, Dephew, been
through college, and all that?’
‘I have, sir,’ said John.
‘Ann you would make a pretty fair
teacher.’
‘A teacher, sir; la teacher ?’
‘Very responsible and respectable
position, and a eteppiDg-stone, you know,
to something better. Many of our best
lawyers, doctors, divines, commenced in
that way,’ he added, pretending not to
notice John’s look of consternation.—
: Xow theres an institution over in Hops-
ville, not five miles from here, carried
on by Misa Bessie Marvin—a woiuac of
splendid attainments, a wonder, a prod
igy. She is in want of a teacher, and
I can get you the place.’
‘I accept a situation under a woman
—a spinster principal 1’ exclaimed John
his fconsternatior^vi.-ible in his face.
‘I take it there are some women who
could teach you inure than yon could
learn, nephew John,’ said the old man,
with a twinkle in his eyes. ‘Now you
know that you are welcome as flowers
in May—that this house is your home;
you are too well assured of that, I trust,
to require a repetition of the fact But,
John, all iny boys and girls works they
are proed of their independence, and
not ashamed of honest labor. If you
were my own son, 1 'would beg you to
accept this situation until you can find
a better one. There is good in you—
Client, if you will, and L am anxious to
see it brought oat. As for iliss Bessie,
she is not quite eld enough to be your
mother, nor perhaps so adverse to mat
rimony that she would decline an offer
of marriage, of the right sort. The
school is worth a fortune to her, vow—
in fact, she’s a fortune in herself. I
don’t wish you to go wife hunting, but
I do want you to learn that a life of hon
orable labor, oilier things hung equal,
combines with toil the rarest pleasures
and most acceptable privileges.
‘ohall 1 write to Miss Bessie ?’
‘By all means write to Miss Bessie,
uncle,’ said John, with bitterness in
his voice. ‘As you say, it will do, till
something better oilers—and, as I must
apply myself for a time in brushiug up
some of my knowledge, I beg you will
excuse tne.’
‘Hopsville Academy,’ read John, with
a great sneer, when his trunk wa 1 * set
down at the door of a handsome build
ing. ‘Weil, here I am,' he added, as
lie was shown into the cool, elegant par
lor. ‘I’ll teach the young idea how to
shoot with a vengeance, aud when I've
earoed money enough to pay my way-
back to the city, I’ll shoot off to the
cars, and take French leave.’
At that moment he beard a riretliog
and a whisper.
‘Gb, isn't he handsome ?’ and then a
bevy of girls with fluttering ribbons
scampered off.
‘Not a bad beginning,’ thought the
blushing John-
Presently a stately lady, *aH, -thin and
ancient, made her_ appearance. John
looked at her hands which presented
the apepearance of small carpet-bags, in
tbeir square Mack rfiits, and then he
looked at her face, aud inwardly groan
ed.
‘Miss Marvin,’’fie skid faintly.
The lady bowed with tbepTeeiskm ot
a carpenter's rule.
‘Shall I show yon to your room, sir?’
she asked. ‘You are expected : to mor
row you will take charge of Depart
ment B. This way, sir.’
‘Pleasant,’ thought John, his spirits
falling below fero; ‘if I wait for her to
make a match, the preceptorship of
Hopsville Academy is beyond my life
time.’
‘I wonder who arrangss things here ?'
he added, as he was left alone; roses,
1 lilies and not in pitchers either, but
regular vases; white dimity, lace cur
tains, straw carpet, a whole looking-
glass—everything as pure as snow, and
delicate as frost-work. Miss Bessie
has good taste iu spite of vinegar and
ferules.’
Department B was the next point of
observation. The girls were waiting
for him—sly, pretty witches, some of
them charming and sixteen. A buzz
followed his entrance; blue eyes and
black were busy at their books.
‘That ancient preceptress must be a
splendid disciplinarian,’ thought John
The duties pasked off pleasantly.—
John formed friendship—distant ones.
•Does your principal never come in
this department ?’ asked Julio of one of
these.
‘Oh, yes; she’s been uway, you kfiow.
She will come this afternoon. Have
you seen her? Isn’t she just lovely ?—
WegirUatl w -rs».j her; tis-e never
was -uch a woman. If yoj cmsld only
hear her lecture 1 She can do anything,
upon my word she can. On rainy days
she takes a text and preaches belter
than Dr. Fossit. Db, you needn’t
laugh.’
John pressed bis lip* together, as he
r 0 youtn, great is thy
cried fotto voco,
capacity !’
‘Does she believe in man’s rights P he
asked, faintly.
‘I presume eo, or you wouldn’t be
here,’ was the saucy answer. ‘3be be
lieves in all sorts of rights, and every'
thing that is right finds an advocate in
her.’
‘Bravo !’ cried John. ‘Recess Is over.’
It was four in tho afternoon. John,
had been hard at work, for his pupils
kept him up to the mark, and he was
only feared that they might ask him
one question too many, and lie not be
ready for it. As the clock, struck there
was a flutter through the room ; all eyes
turned towards the door. Then—was
it an angel that had entered ? John men
tally asked, looking dazed, as the water-
draped figure, with floating curls and
liquid brown eyes, came in. Her rosy
lips parted in so sweet a smile, that it
made her quite enchanting. She stir-
ted as she met the grave, astonished
face of John Dent; then moving toward
him, she bowed, and with sell poised,
womanly air, she took her stand at the
board, while the pupils were all {atten
tion.
‘Whew 1’ whispered John, under his
breath; ‘who is she? Well she is gor
geous 1’
Ha wtitchefl her with netv and strange
emotions as she stood there—those beau
tiful eyes alight with the fire of genius,
her white arm raised, the clond of del
icate muslin -falling gracefully a'fray
from it. What power there was in ev
ery movement of the wand she held.—
The difficult problems lost their state
liness, and seemed to-fall humbly before
her, as in the presence of a conqueror,
convincing themselves vanquished.
‘And she a woman,’ thought John,
drawing bis breath hard ; there aro few
men who could match her.’
•Well, that’s our principal,’ Raid Of.e
of the giris, as the queen of beauty aud
scieuce left the room, taking more than
her smiles and sunshine with her; ‘that’s
Miss Bessie 1 Isn’t 6he beautiful ?’
‘That—that—stuttered John, ‘oh no,
you must be mistaken. I—I saw Miss
Bessie—that is, Miss Marvin, when I
first came, a very tall woman, with—’
‘Oh, dear, no, that’s her aunt,’ cried
the girl, laughing; ‘poor Miss Marvin
—that's a go id joke—she only sees to
things ; but Miss Bessie I we worship
her!’
Poor John 1
‘Well, John,’ cried his uncle, one
pleasant winter day ; ‘going to give up
teaching, I suppose; found it a great
bore, ch ?’
‘No sir,’ replied John, ‘it’s—it’s a glo
rious occupation.’
Oh, it is; and how is the spinster
princiuat ? Did you find her glorious,
too ?’
More than that,’ -replied John, look
ing humble or, the instaut.
‘You did not consider her qake old
enough to be your mother.’
‘Uncle—’ his cheeks crimsoned.
‘Nor such a terrible lemule as you
expected, eh ?’
‘Yon would tr.ake a splendid diplomat,
uncle-Tom,’ responded his nephew.
‘ Well, yes 1 lather flatter myself I
should. I comprehended your good
qualities, you See, from the first. A lit
tle spoiled, or a good deal, rnaylie, hut,
th inks to a gracious Providence, enough
man iu yoti to make s-unetliing of. J
fancied you possessed some noble traits
of character, and executive ability, that
yon yousdlf knew not of. I saw also
that you needed sumo motive of sufli
cient power to pash you ahead—to raise
you to your true level. That I think
you have found ; now go to work.’
‘Jncle Tom,’ cried Johu with energy,
‘how can 1 thank you?’
‘Go to work,’ was the terse rep’y, and
shaking his hand, with the hearty grasp
of a hard fisted farmer, the old man left
the room.
That night John wrote a letter to
Bessie Marvin; the next day he went
to the city. Months* pasSsed—John
Dent was winning a name; a year—
John Dent had won a case. No namby
pambyism about bitn now; bo gold
headed cane nursing; no folded, kid-
gloved hand; John had found his lost
manhood--he was earning a home.—
Up he went, steadily—Ids fame grow,
ing brighter, and one day he actually
married.
Yes, to Bessie, the beautifnl prince
of Hopsville Academy—not to take her
.-rom the duties which Providence had
fitted her for, but to aid and bless her
by hig eneigy and love; to toil with her
as his equal — peerless among all bright
and beautiful women. It could uot be
►aid now that old John Dent was dead,
and had left nothing. He hud left a
man—a noble man, whose upright char
acter and hiving talents wCrC to reflec-
tin Ifistre on his name that would nev
er grow dim —DemorciVt Monthly.
About Diamonds.
A genuine diamond is simply a pore
crystal of carbon. Experimenters have
dreamed of producing them artificially
by means of powerful galvanic batte
ries ; "but if it has ever been done, it
kept a profound secret. The -produc
tkm of spurious diamonds, however,
not difficult; and it is impossible to see
how many of those seen in use are gen
uine. There are Tanous tests for dia
mond-<. The simplest is to apply a fine
file. If the file makes the least scratch
upon the stone, it is not a diamond
The process of collecting diamonds
in Brazil is similar to that of collecting
gold in alluvial deporits. A stiearu
water is turned into a long box or flume,
in which the gravel is washed by ne
groes. When one finds a diamond, h
holds it up, without speaking a word
aud at a nod from the overseer steps
forward ar.d delivers it. It used to be
a^es’ablished ruve that the slave who
fiWid'a diamond weighing 17} carats
or more thereby earned his freedom and
was immediately liberated. Some years
ago a ne<rro was searching (or diamonds
in the bed of a river, w hen with bis iron
bar he broke through a Sort of crust of
silicious matter and discovered a bed of
diamonds that afterward sold for $1,-
500,000—probably m uch less than they
vTore really woith. They were all car
ried to England together; and for a time
they fairly broke down tbe market.
Some of tbe ordinary mechanical uses
of diamonds are well known. The small
irregular and imperfect ones arc crush
ed in steel mortars. The splinters are
made into drills, which are used for
piercing small holes through rubies, sap
phires, and other precious and very
laird atones, especially those Used for
watches. The dust is used for cutting
and polishing diamonds and other jew
tls.
It is held that the valne of rough dia
monds averages ten dollars a carat.—
But the larger ones have a greater val
ue than their proportionate size. Thus
it is said the rule is to multiply the
square ol the weight by two and the
product will give the proportionate val
ue. By this rule, il a diamond weighing
one carat were worth ten dollars, one
of eqial brilliance weighing two carath
would be worth eighty dollars, while one
of three carats would be worth a huu
dred uDd eighty dollars. This rtrte,
however, is only an approximate one
as large diamonds are like fust horses—
their Value depends principally upon the
purse and disposition of the buyer In
1867, the Nassach diamond, a part of
the Decaii booty, sold in London for on
ly seven thousand two hundred pounds,
though it weighed 357} grains, and was
of the purest water. But iu December,
1S58, a diamond weighing sixty-one
carats broeght thirty-three thousand
pounds ; and a pair of drop shaped
stones for ear-rings brought fifteen
thousand pounds. The largest diamond
ever found weighs 1,680 carats and be
longs to the king of Portugal. It is still
rough, as he is hot rich enonght to pay
for having it cnt. The most celebrated
is the Koh-i-noor (“mountain of light’ )
which is how in the crown of Queen
Victoria. It came to her frurti India aud
has a long history, much ol which is
apoclirvphul. It has been cut twice,
and now weighs 186 carats. VVhat is
now known as the Orlnff diamond i*
said to have been tbe eyeball ol an idol
at Pondicherry, whence it was carried
off by a French soldier. It finally caine
into tbe possession of a Greek merchant,
who sold it to Queen Catharine of Rus
sia for $450,000, an annuity of $20,006
and a title of nobility. It is about tbree-
lourths of ah inch in diameter and weighs
165 carats.
At the beginning of the recent war
there was an unusual demand for diu.
monds; because so much uncertainty
was Tell as to the tenure of property,
and the more timid who h id money de
sired to invest il iu something that was
at oriCe portable and steady in value.—
A little later, stories were very preva
lent of the ridicnlofis displays made by
the Vulgar and ignorant wives, and
daughters of men Suddenly ehnehed by
shoddy or oil. These ladies were rep
resented as visiting jewelry stores and
making tlje wildest pnrehases, and after
ward wearing their jewels, in full bla
zon, on all occasions, proper or improper.
TlioRgh greatly exaggerated, there was
considerable truth in these stories. In
spite, however, of the constant demand
for diamonds, tbe sojqsly is pretty even'-
ly Kept up—whether from the mines of
far-off countries, or from the laboratories
of ingenious artizans in our own, who
shall say ?
SA VANNXll CARDS.
SA VANN Ail CARDS.
A Large meeting <lf Frenchmen,
in St. Louis on Monday night week,
passed rcsplnlions denouncing Prince
Bonaparte for titling Victor Noir, and
expre-sing the hope that the whole
Bonaparte family would soon disappear
from public notice.
The Bunaparies will feel that very
sensible, uo doubt
t&~ Robert Hull did not lose his
p wer of retort, even in madness. A
hypocritical oondoler with his misfor
tunes once visited him in the mad house
and said in a whining tone, “What
brought you heie Mr. Hall?” Hall sig
nificantly touched his brow with his fin
ger and replied, “Whatjnever will bring
yon, sir—too mach brain.”
or Two brothers who were very
successful dentists, built a very large and
handsome house, which was thought to
resemble a large molar tooth in shape.
It was a common remark : Ҥee what
brothers can do when they pull togeth
er.”
0&" The sun can never remain in to
tal eclipse at any spot on the terrestrial
surface for a longer period than three
aud a quarter minutes.
Keep your eye* open boys, When
you are after a woman. If the little
dear is cross and Scolds her mother in
the back room, you may be sure you
will get particular fils all around the
house
BSC Judge Schley, of Savannah, last
week adjourned the Superior Court
over to yesterday, remarking that be
did not leel disposed to try any cause
during the present political statue of
tbe State.
A Beautiful Extract.—The follow
ing waif is afloat on the “sea of read
ing.” We do net know its paternity,
but it contains some wholesome truths,
beautifully set forth :
Men seldom think of the great event
until the shadow falls across their own
path, hiding forever from their ryes the
traces iff the loved ones whose living
Smiles were the sunlight of their exis
tence. Death Is the grim antagonist of
life, and the cold thought of the tomb is
the skeleton of all feasts. A s do not
wish to go through the dark valley, al-
thongh this passage may lead to para
dise; and with Charles Lamb we do not
want to lie down in the muddy grave
even with kings and princes fur our bed
fellows.
But the fiat of natnre is inexorable.—
There is no appeal of relief from the
great law which dooms us to dust. We
flourish ami we fade as tbe leaves of the
forest, and the flower that blooms and
withers in a day has not a frailer hold
upon life than the mightiest monarch
that ever shook the earth with his foot
steps. Gi neratio’ns of men appear and
vanish as the grass, and the uountlees
multitude that throng the world to-day,
will to morrow disappear as the foot
prints on the shore.
In the beautiful drama cf Ion, the in
stinct of immortality so eloquently ut
tered by the deuth devoted Greek, finds
a deep response in every thoughtfnl
soul. When about to yield his young
existence asji sacrifice to fate, his be
loved Ciemantbe asks if they shall Dot
meet again, to Which bd replies
“I have asked that dreadful qnestioh
Of the hills that look eternal—of the
clear streams that flow forever—of tbe
stars among whose field of azure my
raised s|urtt hath walked in gldry. All
was dumb. But while I gaze upon thy
living face, I fee! that there is something
in thy love, mahtliug through its beauty,
that cannot wboliy perish. We (hall
meet again, Ciemantbe.”
P. H. BEHN,
COTTON and MCS FACTOR
An
General Commission Merehntft,
West of tbe Exchange,
BAT STREET, : : SAVANNAH, GA
auglSolm*
AUSTIN & ELLIS,
COMMISSION
FORWARDING MERCHANTS
and Cotton Factors,
8ATAHHAH, : GEORGIA.
py Bagging and Ties »»d other articles furb
ished, and advance* made npan Cotton on Cob-
8ifftuneot nr for aale. aujj 19-6m
COTTOtf TIES! COTTOff TIES
Dunn’s Patent Self-Adjusting
HORIZONTAL COTTON TIE
A S AGEN1
/m beg lean
Planters and 1
S AORTTS for the above namsd Patent, we
ire to commend it to the attention of
J Merchants.
This TIB is a decided improvement,anacohtains
the advantage* of
GREAT STRENGTH,
GREAT SIMPLICITY.
E\SE IN MANIPULATION.
Being Starter toanr ether TIE manufactured,
we cab c *nfi«ienilj re iorhmeoii it tb the pbfcHc.
i e mfidenilj rejommeod it tb the pbfcHc.
JNO. W. ANOERSON’S SONS ft CO.
ang!9-6m Agenta in Savannah, G&.
JOSEPH FINEGAN & CO,
Cotton Factors
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, :
GEORGIA.
HT Liber i! Advances ma le oo Cotton consigned
to us oi to oar Correspondents in New York and
Liverpool. auglt# ly #
PALMER & DEFPISH,
WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL DSALES IN
HARDWARE,
RUBBER BELTING,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Powder, Shot, Caps and Lead.
148 Congress & 67 St. Jnliaa Sts.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
aog!9 6m*
ft. M. 9loak.
J. H. Sloax.
A. M SLOAN & CO,
COTTON FACTORS
General Commission Merchants
CLACBORN A C CNN IX Q HA It ”* SAXOS,
BAY STREET,
SAYAXNAH, : : : GEORGIA.
Bagging and Bops or Iron 'Ties, advanced on
crops. Liberal c sh advances made on consign,
meats for sale in Savannah, or on shipments to re
liable correspondents in Lireipooi, New York,
Philadelphia, or Baltimore. aujjlO 6m*
H. H. LINWLILE,
& .Kfee GLEASON,
Iron and Brass Foundry and Ma
chine Works,
Manufacturer and denier-in
S UGAR St ILLS, SUGAfc PANS, Gin Ge«r,
Cotton Sen — "
'ortab’e
nd Ha-
Cotton Screws, Shafting, Fuller
and Stationary Steam Engines, Corn Mills and
chinery of all kinds.
St. Julian Street, West of tbe Market,
SAVANNAH, GA.
• Order* respectfully solicited.' angl9tf
SA VANN AH CARDS.
W. H. STARR & CO.
WHOLESALE
QTTTR
COMMISSION MERCHANT
AnT>
Cotton Faclorgh
*]L&aa farla• ul« <,1^1
COTTON OlfrS
Als6,
E. F. COE’S SUPERPHOSPHATE tfWlff
M. KETCH CM.
KETCHTTM
A. L. HABTBIDGE.
& HABTBIDGE.
CANKERS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
EXCHANGE 6tfFLtHNG,
SAVANNAH, 7 : : GEORGIA.
References : —Moses Taylor, Presideat City
Bank, N. Y.; P. C. Calhoun, President Fourth Na
tional Bank, N. Y.; John J. Cisco ft Son, Bankers,
” Y.; Morris Ketcbnm, Banker, N. Y.; J. N.
Norris, Cashier First National Bank, Baltimore;
M. McMicbael, Cashier First National Bank, Phila
delphia.
aogl8ly
I. A. SCHWABS,
ISAAC A. BBADT.
GROOVER, STUBBS & CO,,
COTTON factors
General Commission Merchants
Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GA.
Bagyinj. Ties, Rope and other Supplies
Ties, Rope and other
Furnished.
Also, Liberal Cash Advances made on Consign
ments ior sale cr shipment to Liverpool or North
ern Forth. 'C. E GROOVER, Savannah,
•V. F STUBB-t,
augl9-6m A. T. MACINTYRE, Tbomasville
H. Andersjx,
Johx W. Anderson,
G. W. Axdkssox, Jr.,
A. H. Cols.
OHN W. ANDERSON'S SONS* Co
COTTON, FACTORS
SCHWARZ & BRADY,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
O -A-IFL IE 3 E T S
Floor Oil Cloths. Mattings,
SHADE LINENS,
WALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES,
CORNICKS, CURTAINS, CORDS, TASSELS.
115 Broughim Street, Wylly't Building,
(South Side, Between Bull end Whitaker Ste.)
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
■ Poet OBce Box 494.
eo,l 9-1 J*
W. M. DAVIDSON,
Wholesale Dealer ifi
‘FOREIGN and ‘DOMESTIC
Wines and Liquors,
150 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
(Established in 1814.)
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Anderson's Block, Drayton Si., near the Bay,
SAVANNAH, 61.
r IBERAL HASH ADVANCES made on CON-
ji SIGNMENM for sale in Savannah, or on
SIGNMENTS for sale in
sh’pmcot to reliable correspondents in Liverpool,
New York, Philadelphia, Brtt-m 6r Baltimore.
To old patrons we return thanks ; to new ones,
promise oar best services.
-ALSO —
Azents Empire Line of Side Wheel S e'mer*
to New York- eux!9-ly*
THOMAS M. ALLEN,
WITH
C0LQUITT & BAGGS,
COTTON FACTORS
CoiiimissionMerchants
Savannah, Ga.
Liberal Advances on Consignments when
pesired. may 13 6m
H AS constantly on hand a large assortment of
French Brandies, Holland Gin, St. Croik and
French Brandies, Holland
Jamaica Ram,
Scotch and Gisft Whiskey,
Port and Sherry Wine, (the latter direct importa
tion from Spain.)
jC3f* All the aiete Liqltoft are guaran
teed to be genuine a imported.
Also oo heed,
JOHN GIBSON’S SONS ik CO S
Celebrated Whiskies, of all grades.
Sole agent for Georgia and Florida, for Maasey,
Hnstbn ft Co.’s cele “
ebrated Philadelphia Draught
Ale, in barrets and half barrels.
angl9-6m*
WM. HENRY WOODS,
COTTON FACTOR
AND
hi, com midis,
Hay SThfeteis,
Savannah, Ga,
•Careful attention given to Sales fit
Shipments of Cotton, and all
kinds of Produce.
Liberal advancet made on Coruignmenh
BAGGING, R0f»E and ARROW TfB
Constantly on hand. sepSO Set
ADOLPHE SACIs
Importer of
SILVER AND GOLt)
GHIa9
-CHOICE JEWELRY-,
BIJOUTERIE, -CLOCKS, Etc., Ele:,
Corner Bryant k Whitaker Street*,
SAVANNAH,
Biowna
tSST Repairing of Watches kut
Jeweb-y exectited With dispatch, nit
Warranted to Give Satisfaction - .
aug19 6m
Wk. H. Ti'sox. W«. W. Goxeojt.
TISON & GORDON,
COTTON 1'AOTOHI
“And—
SEUL H] MElClilRv
Savannah, 'tieorgiit.
92 BAY I
STREET, f
Bag,in, and Rope or Iron Ties adraaoed e*
Crops.
Liberal cksh advances mode on consignments ktf
Cottco.
Grateful for liberal prtronsge i n tbe past, s
tinuance of the same is respectfully solicited.
sep2 6m*
Isaacs' House,
Cherry St Macon, 6a.
€. IS-AMS, fVoprieten
T HTS HOTEL ia located in the central porthli
of the city— convenience Ware Houses sail
convenient to Ware Hu
booses generally. It being the only
bO; w
ia the city kept on
FFBOfEAN $LAN,
Offers oneqaalled advantages^ tbs planter aft
travel ior public generally.
table is supplied with tbe beet tbs market
- A?-—:.E-j —t*t —— ~
Tffet
GLAGHORN & CUNNINGHAM,
Wholesale and Retail
I* prepared at all times to advance liber
ally on cou*ignmenli for eale In Savannah, or
for shipment to his correspondents la Ne# York
and Liverpool.
aug5-6m*
X* Q
rs
c e
And dealer* In
Fine Wines, Liquors, Segars, Etc.,
Cbrner Drayton and Bay Streets,
LJ. GUILMARTIN&CO.
COTTON FACTORS
SAVANNAH, ga.
ty All G»od< Warranted. Orders from tbe
onntry promp'lv amended to. aoffl9 Iv
mum, com naim
& {Toads, and the rooms furnished with new and
furniture. . .
W~ A FREE Hack will be in attendance at aft
trains. jjftOtf
Vi
Cff ■ £
K. J. MILLER.
C. P. MILLER.
Ai J. MILLER & CO.,
Furniture Dealers,
Bay Street, Savannah Ga.
Agents for Bradley's Super Rhoepkate of Zeime.
Bagging, Rope, & Iron Ties, always on hand.
Uanal Facilities Extended to Castomei
-- tj-Jp
sngit 6m
134 Broughton St.,
SAVANNAH, : : : GEORGIA.
W ALNUT Badroon Sets, Imitation French
Sets, Parlor Sets, Bureaus. Wash Stands,
Bedsteads, Chairs of all grades, Children’s Carri
ages, etc.
Jobbing and RepaHog neatly done and
with dispatch. Mattress making, Feath-rs. Up
holstering, etc. aagiy-6m*
DEMIS
FURNITU]
153 Bi
SAVANNAH A
A. S HARTRIDGE,
General Gomniission Merchant
AND FACTOlt,
92 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, <}A.
a noil
M Su
Suite*;
Hati
Ba
Was!
Having had over twenty year* experience in
said bosiuestf, he will pay the same strict attention
to the Sale of Cotton and other Produce, and to
the pitrehase of Supplies, as id former years.
W.l
He will not hart atiy interest in tbe pur
chase of Cotton.
Liberal advances niade on Consignment*.
augl»-ly*
J. J. DICKISQN & GO,
COTTON rACTORS ud
General Commission Merchants.
SAN ANNA U, GA.
' Liberal advmnoe* made on Consignment*, j
glMa * 1