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THE MONROE ■ JSL ADVERTISER
GEORGE A. KING Sc CO.
VOL. XXL
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Attorneys-at-law.
W. D STONE. JAB. H. TTTBWK.
Stone &c Turner,
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\Vill practice in all tic Comities ' < -mprising
th<* Flint Circuit, also in the Supreme Lom t ot
the State, ami in the United States D-stnct
Court. Special attention given to all eolletups
< Mliee on the North-east side public squiue,
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transient and Day. Q -11 rece ve be. a.
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William & Cos., Pubs Philadelphia.
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Agent for Grangers of Georgia.
Produce Commission.
——
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Macon, - - - Ga.
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Books, Papers, Inks, Ac.. Having purchased
all my goods in ibis hard time, for cash, I can
offord to sell cheaper than any other House in
this State. In conjunction with my Sta
tionery Business, I will keep the latest Nov
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call before purchasing elsewhere, at Truman A
Walker's old store S2 Mulberrv street. Macon*
Ga.
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FORSYTH, GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 13.1876.
Written for The Monroe Advertiser.)
1770 to 1*76
One hundred years ago our forefathers were
in armed resistance to the . ppressiotis of their
parent country. Just one hundred years ago
the soldiers of the colonial army had unsheath
ed their swords, buckled their armor and gone
forth into honorable, noble battle, striving
thereby to obtain for themselves freedom from
Eastern oppression, and to set deeprooted in
the soil of America the tree of liberty, beneath
the wide-spreading branches of which their
children and their children’s children forages
to come might rest in quiet repose, and the
peaceful enjoyment of all the attributes of a
free man. By their valor and prowess they
drove back to the eastern shore the tide of tyr
ramiy and threw off the yoke of burdensome
taxation which was attempted to be forced
upon them, and were enabled to say to them
who had sought to bind them to the tyrant's
car “ Go back to the mother of these colonies
and tell her that you have done what you
could but that you could not conquer a people
resolved to be free. Tell her, that though she
he mistress of the seas, yet, a nation is born in
the West whose rights and prerogatives, in fu
ture, she must respect.”
By their valient manhood, soldierly qualities
and patriotic impulses, they did achieve their
object, they successfully hurled back British
oppression, conquered an independence and
planted upon American soil the tree of liberty,
beneath which every man who was entitled to
so noble a privilege, might proudly proclaim
himself an American citizen.
Thus was formed that compact of Union in
the Strength of what we, as a people, rapidly
advanced to the front ranks of nations. The
grand impetus to our progress in this direction
was the pure patriotism of the noble sons of
’76, who, though numbered by the millions,yet
worked together as an harmonious whole, la
boring assidiously to earry out the grandest
principles of all free Governments, viz: The
accomplishment of the greatest good to the
greatest number. For eiglity-odd years did
the eagle of liberty cover with his broad wings
a rapidly growing and strengthening Union.
During this period our progress and prosperity
was unimpeded, save by an occasional Apoliti
cal outburst from those whom greed for per
sonal gain and power had divested of every
principle of true, noble and manly patriotism.
But the wise counsels, solid sense and patriotic
endeavors of the noble sons of those good old
days of our once grand republic, served for
many years to quell these slight outbursts, and
carry the Government onward through these
breakers of party spirit in her path of progress
Nevertheless, as our boasted Union was si
lently, but surely (as we thought) striding be
neath the tegis of liberty, past our sister repub
lics, in progress, importance and power,yet ere
we had reached the zenith of our prosperity
ontl the pinnacle of glory to which we nobly
aspired, we louE ourselvas in t' e midst of a
sectional war, resulted in the subjuga
tion of one sect for ;of the Union and a jealous
hatred between the two. Besides, that fratri
cidal conflict drove from the helm of our ship
of State true and tried patriots and brought to
its guidance and pilotage men of corrupt minds
and baser morals, whose delight lias been to
trample in the dust a vanquished and bleeding
friend, and to disregard every article of that
sacred compact, which was the compass of
government in the days of patriotic rule, and
which was formed by the founders of tlie Re
public, who died, believing that they had be
queathed to their children, at least for a cen
tury, the boon of freedom.
But, although the centennial anniversary of
the achievement of liberty and independence
has not quite dawned upon us, are we still pos
sessed of that inheritance bequeathed to us by
the sires and sons of ’7O, who were patriots in
deed? How stand our Government to day?
Is she, though many, harmonious as one ? Is
she what she might have been and ought to be
to-day, the most admired of the republics of
eai tn ? Are we, as a nation, moving onward
and upward in the pathway of national pros
perity, national honor and national renown ? Is
our Government, in its various departments,
now r in the hands of honest, upright, noble
true and tried patriots and patriotic statesmen?
Are its different sections in brotherly love and
charity with each other? Do they extend to
each other the warm hand of friendly greeting
wherever and whenever they meet ? Is there
harmony among the representatives of all sec
tions of the Government m all their delibera
tions in the National councils? Does our Na
tional history for the past decade give an af
firmative response to these queries?
On the contrary from the present current
news of the day a stranger to our land would
infer that our Capital, instead of being the
pride of the nation is a perfect pandemonium
in which is being developed rascality, fraud
and corruption enough to dawn the Republics
of earth.
Surely the budget of news emanating each
week from the head-center of out Republic is
enough to lead n almost to conclude that we
are rapidly developing in our midst a second
Sodom, and that ere long we shall have spring
ing into existence a second Dead Sea where
our Capital non stands. Oh ! are there not left
among us enough Lots to make their voices
heard above the roar of the mighty stream of
corruption now permeating the hills and dales
of our land and country ? The grand prolific
source of this river of corruption seem to be
the great greed of personal .gain, and so prev
alent and fo universal has it become in its rav
ages that we find it flowing from the higlies
offices of Government even down to Justic e
of Militia Districts.
Would you have the proof of such prolific
corruption and fraud as we here dare assert?
If so, then search the public records as closely
and investigate as thoroughly as the Investiga
ting Committee in Washington are now doing,
and if you do not find positive proofs of it so
plainly written that a man, though running,
may read then will we gladly acknowledge our
seives mistaken. Though it is to be regretted,
and does, by no means, speak well for the fu
ture prosperity of the Government, either State
or Federal, nevertheless it is apparently true
that almost every man who aspires to any offi
cial position nowadays, is prompted in that as
piration by the hope of making money out of
said office for the gratification of his worldly
propensities* Pore, patriotic motives seem to
find uo lodgment in their breasts, and true pa
triotism with them seems to have been a thing
of the long ago, when our Government was
honestly administered and was on the high
road to renown.
“In G-od w© Trust.”
Eleven years ago the engine of American
prosperity was broken by a usurpation of pow
ers upon tlie part of the Government, the back
bone of our progress was broken by an effort to
elevate among us that which God degraded,
and hence we have been growing from bad to
worse from then till now, thereby evincing
man’s incapability to govern himself.
And although we have been eye-witnesses
to our constant rcirogade yet for ten years
have we been wearying and working with the
broken engine, vainly hoping that it would
again draw us up the hill of prosperity. But,
alas, how delusive the hope. Better far for us
to have freighted thousands of vessels with the
fragments of this engine and shipped it be
yond tlie confines of this'continent to a climate
and people'mcFe'eonge'hsl T with the workings
of Tts-jpachinery in its present"structure. And
until we fully realize Hiis truth and promptly
act upon this principal we fear prosperity for
us will remain in the future. Yes Indeed are
we bearing a bur<J|JHn the shape of so-called
citizens which we will never be carry,
and so long as we "aHHnpt it politics! discord
will bear its hy-pra head above the waves. For
whenever the ballots of a free government are
put into the hands of parties who tfitVc no con
ception of morals, fraud and corruption will
thrive and political harmony will take wings
and Aee away. Could we but discern in the
dim vista of futurity aught but adversity, we
might-take courage and hope that we, as a na
tionality would ride safely through the politi
cal storms ahead. But we must confess that
our future horizon appears beclouded to the
eyes of Snarp.
Tlc Production of Silver.
The depreciation in the value of silver and
the consequent derangement in the currency
of countries where silver holds a more or less
prominent ]>osition as a circulating medium
has occasioned much inquiry into the causes
of that depreciation. Tlie principal cause lies
in the enormous increase of production owing
to the discovery of new mines, chiefly in the
western States and Territories. Added to this
was the disturbance caused by the demonetiza
tion of silver by Germany, and the consequent
throwing upon the markets of the world of a
large amount of silver no longer needed for
the purpose of circulation.
A select committee appointed by the British
House of Commons, to investigate tlie subject,
has been taking some interesting testimony as
to the amount of silver produced. Sir Hector
Hay, partner in a firm of bullion brokers, who
liad paid much attention to the matter, said tin
aggregate annual production of silver had in
creased from $40,000,000 in 1852 to $80,000,-
000 in 1875. Mr. Pixley, member of another
firm of bullion, thought Sir Hector’s estimate
below the mark, and that the production for
1875 was nearer $90,000,000. Of the silver
imported into England the United States pro
duced one-half, Mexico and South America to
gether about one-third, and $10,000,000 a year
from all countries, includtY*
The increak 4-}**Jinniou in the
has not resulted in increased imports into Eu
rope.
The silver product of the American mines
as given in the last report of the Mining Com
missioner, shows that in 1875 the yield of sil
ver was $29,000,000, which is less than for
either of the two years immediately preceding
it. In 1873 the production was $35,750,000, or
only $250,000 less than the production of gold
in this country. The annual production of
gold in the United States has varied but little
during the past fifteen years, while that of sil
ver for the same time has jumped from $150,-
000 to $29,000,000, and in 1873 reaching nearly
$7,000,000 in excess of this. Taking Mr. Pix
ley’s estimate of the silver production of tlie
world in 1875, the United States produced
about one-tliird of all the silver mined in the
world that year.
Interesting Intelligence
We are informed, upon a competent testi
mony, that the recent sale and purchase of the
World newapapar, the necessary capital was
furnished by Col. Thomas A. Scott, Director
of the Texas and Pacific Railway, and Presi
dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa
ny;
Col. Scott has also, ay we are advised recent
ly become the owner in fact, though not in his
name, of the Baltimore Gazette, a Democratic
journal of rather Copperish antecedents and
considerable ability and influence.
It is remarkable how these heavy operators
have been led to put their capital in the news
paper business. In London Baron Grant has
long owned the Echo; in New York Jay Gould
has sunk his million in the Tribune, founded
by Horace Greeley, and now we have onr
great Pennsylvania and Texas Railroad man
investing in Democratic papers.
“With Republicans I was a Republican,” said
the present owner of the Tribune when testi
fying under oath,on a memorable occasion ;
“with Democrats 1 was a Democrat; with the
doubtful I was doubtful, but 1 w as also an Erie
man.” —.V. E. Sun.
——
How they Read the Newspapers.
Uncle Ned first hunts np a funny thing, then
laughs with a will.
Aunt Sue first reads the stories, then turns
to the marriages, births and deaths.
The laborer looks only at the “want,” hop
ing to find a better opening for his business.
Miss Lizzie seeks out new advertisements, to
ascertain the newest importations in bonnets
and kids.
Mr. Pleasure Seeker turns to the amusement
column, and decides which entertainment will
afford the greatest enjoyment. ,
J/iss Prim drops a tear—first over the mar
riages, then over the deaths—for,says she, ‘one
is as bad as the other.’
Mr. Political commences with the editorial
then scans tlie telegraph, encs his perusal with
speeches quoted.
Mrs. Prattlemore look to see if there is any
mention of her last night’s sociable, or if her lit
tle ‘poem’ is published.
Mr. Proffessor slow ly examines the editorial,
its rhetoric, syntax and logic, then glances at
the correspondence, finally returns to his Latin
and quickly forgets what he has read.
Mr. Marvelous looks for accidents, murders,
inquests and deaths, reads the court record,
and ends with stories in search of something
sensationonal.
But why extend the list? Each individual
reads for himself, and if each does not find a
column or more to his particular taste, the pa
per is insipid, the editor lazy and deserving
censure. . j
THU SULTANS.
The Old and the Ncw- Abdul Aziz
and Ilia Successor
The dethroned Sultan, Abdul Aziz Khan,
was the second son of the Sultan Mahmoud 11.,
who died in 1830- He was born in February
1830; was educated in the manner common to
persons of his rank in Turkey, and on the ‘2sth
of June, 1861, was called to the throne, at the
age of 31, on the death of his elder brother,
Abdul Medjid. The Turkish throne is not in
herited by the eldest son of the reigning sover
eign, but by the eldest male of the family in
which is the legitimate succession. Under that
law* Abdul Aziz mounted to imperial power,
and the same law places his nephew in the seat
from which he has just been driven by popu
lar indigestion. At the outset of dis adminis
tration, Abdul Aziz proclaimed a liberal pro
gramme and declared bis insention of bringing
tlie laws and ordinances of his country in near
er accord writh those of Europe. In 1867 he
visited various portions of the Continent and
carried back with him ideas of reform, some of
which ho attempted to put in practice. One
of them was to replace the old Divan with a
Council of State composed of young, active
men, who would introduce life, vigor and re
form into the management of public affairs.
But before this plan could be carried out the
Sultan yielded to the entreaties of the old Tur
kish party, abandoned all ideas of reform and
became like his predecessors, idle, luxurious
and despotic. The cost of the royal establish
ment was of the most extraordinary character.
The stables cost at least $200,000 and the ba
rum SBOO,OOO ; w hile the pension to the inem
hers of the Imperial family amounted $9,108,-
000, and repairs to the palaces and kiosques
$400,000, and not to speak of the Sultan’s pas
sion for building, which lias swmllowed up at
least $2,800,000. His nominal civil list being
only $6,700,000, the remainder of the $10,000,-
000 necessa rial ly figured in the annual budget
under other and deceptive heads. At the same
time he would not tolerate the least dissent
from his will or caprices, and Grand Viziers
and other officers were disposed on the slight
est at the royal programme. While dissolute
and weak at home, he was trifling and irreso
lute with foreign nations, until Turkey became
seriously involved with almost all the nations
of Europe. Russia, Austria and Germany at
length combined to put the affairs of the pro
vinces in such a condition as to insure the peace
of Europe in the future. They agreed upon
the Berlin memorandum, and while that was
under consideration the Sultan was swept from
power by a revolution. Abdul Aziz was not
without ability as a ruler, but he buried all his
talents under a load of sensual appetites and
became a curse rather than a blessing to his na
tive land.
illoliMiumcd Murad UtTeiidi.
Mohammed Murad Effendi, the new' Sultan
of Turkey, who takes the title of Murad V, is
the eldest son of the late Sultan, Abdul Med-
Jlvl, ami vas born in September i4U. Hefts
thus in the very prime of life. The reign of
his father was noted for the grand reform 'of
the monarchy, prepared by Redscliiud Pasliu
and other Ministers. This was a scheme of re
construction, putting all classes and creeds on
an equality before the law, and abolishing a
sw arm of abuses in every branch of adminis
tration. In 1861, after a quiet, reforming reign
of twenty-two years, Abdul Medjid died, aged
thirty nine, leaving seven sons and two daugh
ters, and making way for his brother, Abdul
Aziz Khan, who has just-been dethroned after
an eventful reign of fifteen years.
His son, who has now grasped the sceptre of
command in Turkey, is the thirty-fourth Sul
tan of the royal line of Othnian, and the twenty
seventh ruler of the country since the capture
of Constantinople. The new sultan has been
classed with the party of New* Turkey, or the
reform party, and that is the secret of iris be
ing selected tD fill the throne vacated by Ab
dul Aziz. To be sure lie was the “heir pre
sumptive,” but the fact would not have floated
him into power if he had not been surrounded
by other recommendations of a popular char
acter. *
Our Duty.
In this day of the cry of hard times, says the
Savannah PrtssJ more in fancy than reality,
perhaps it becomes each and every one to do
his duty in a practical and not a theoretical
way. Money is made to spend; for we can
neither eat or clothe ourselves without it. It
is the representative of labor; or like manure
to do good, it must be scattered in the right
and at tlie right time.
As we must live upon our labor, which is
money, then it behooves us to put our money
where it will do the most good, and that place
is among ourselves, who live in the same place
and depend upon each other for a support.
The money that is spent in a city goes from
hand to hand, hut that sent out is a dead
loss.
To illustrate: Your grocery bill is made at
home, the grocery merchant gets the money ;
he buys his clothing at home ; the clothing mer
chant buys his wants at home, and if each and
every one would buy at home their wants, the
money is kept in circulation at home. All re
ceive the benefit and hard times are not felt.
But if we send off for our groceries, clothing,
dry-doods, boots and shoes, that we can buy
or have made at home, it is just so much mon
ey sent away, and times grow hard; but lets
us make all we can and spend it among our
selves,and there will be no necessity to cry
hard times.
The course of the farmer is that he pays out
allot his cotton money for what he should have
raised. He spends nothing at home, for he
buys from abroad. His corn, meat, mules, etc.
aie sen bim from other States, and bis cotton
money goes there to pay for them.
Help each other by buying from each other;
give home folks the preference every time,and
do not cultiuate the idea you can do better, or
get a better article from home. Society is a
wheel within a a wheel, and all depend upon
each other.
Labor and trade is the foundation of socie
ty; and we should aid each other as a matter
of interest, of policy and mutual benefit.
Silver money is a nuisance, that's a fact.
When a woman gets up first in the morning
she is sure to knock bei husband’s pantaloons
off the chair, and the silver in the pockets roll
about the room. To be sure, she gets down on
her hands and knees, gathers up the truant
coin, and declares that she has returned them
all to his pockets, but somehow or other two
or three dollars will always be found missing
Wlilcli Shall It Bel
[A rich man who had no children proposed
to his poor neighbor, who had seven, to take
one of them, and promised if the parents would
consent that he would give them property
enough to make themselves and their other
children comfortable for life.]
Which shall it be ? Which shall it be?
I looked at Jolin t John looked at iue t
And when I found I must speak r
My voice seemed strangely low and weak;
‘lell me again what Robert said;"
And then I, listening, bent my head—
This is his letter:
“I will give
A house and land where you shall live.
If, in return, front out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given.”
I looked at John’s old garment worn ;
I thought of all that I had borne
Of poverty, work and care,
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of seven young mouths to feed,
Of seven little children’s need.
And then of this.
_ r “Conte John,’’said I,
TV e 11 choose among them as they lie
Asleep.' So walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our hand ;
First to the cradle lightly stepped:
A here Lilan, the baby slept.
Softly the father stooped to lay
His rough hand on in a living way,
When dream or whisper made he'r stir;
And huskily he said: “Not her!’’
We stooped beside the trundle bed.
And one long ray of lamplight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so beautiful and fair,
I saw on James’ rough cheek
A tear undried. Ere John could speak,
“He’s but a baby too,” said I,
And kissed him as we hurried bv.
Pale, patient Robbie’s face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
“No, for a thousand crowns not him!”
He whispered while our eves were dim.
Poor Dick ! bad Dick! our waywaid son—
Turbulent, restless, idle one—
Could be be spared ? Nay; he who gave
Dade us befried him to the grave; °
Ouly a mother’s heart could be
Patient enough for such as he;
“And so,” said John, “I would not dare
To take him from her bedside prayer.”
Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Man', child of love.
“Perhaps for her ’twould better bp,”
I said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a cur* that lay
Across her cheek in a willful way,
And shook his head- “Nav, love, not thee !’’
The while my heart beat audibly.
Only one more, our eldest ’ad,
Trusty and truthful, good and glad,
So like his father. “No, John, no!
I cannot, will not let him go.”
And so we wrote in a courteous way,
We would not give one child away;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in Heaven.
Perilous Balloon Votuve
~
i'he'iw&itst News-Let t t’Nblishe* an ac
count of a ballon ascent trom t^ e Hotmiic Gar
dens in that town iav from
which it appears that the two adventurous gen
tlemen who ascended had a narrow escape
with their lives. The balloon was under the
control of an experienced and well known aero
naut, Mr. Joseph Siinin.ms, whose reputation
tor skillful management of balloons in terial
journeys doubtless assisted the courage of Lie 1-
tenant Bailey, who, along with Mr. Simmons,
ventured on his first aeronautic expedition. The
balloon took at the start a perpendicular direc
tion, and continued a vertical line up to a
height of two thousand feet, and having trav
eled a little towards the west, it was lost to
view in the clouds. For the space of ten min
utes the balloon remained in the thick clouds,
traveling still westward; and Mr. Simmons,
being aware of the great uncertainty of the up
per currents, and being in an extra degree anx
ious for his companion, determined to make, as
speedy as possible, preparations to descend.
No sooner bad be done so,and was beginning
to go down, than lie heard his fellow-passenger
say, ‘Do you hear the sea running beneath us?”
Having at the vert' time been under the
same impression himself, lie, of course, replied
that he did hear the sea. He at once
opened the valve, und the balloon began rap
idly to descend. On emerging from underneath
the clouds be discovered, not a little to his su
rise, that the more elevated portions of the high
mountains in the neighborhood of Belfast were
quite near, so much so, iudeed, as to preclude
the possibility of munoevunng before coming
in contact with the surface of the earth. Mr.
Simmons saw that lie was now in a dilemma,
being nearer the earth than was advantageous
for the safe working of the balloon, and yet
far enough from it to be exposed to destruction.
He told the Lieutenant to hold on with all his
might, und just while his companion was say
ing “We shall be dashed against that house, ’
the apprehended occurence had taken place,
and with such great violence that a large part
of the roof of the building was torn away. The
balloon rebounded after its impact with the
roof, and Mr. Simmons was endeavoring with
the utmost dispatch to bring it to the ground.
He now directed the Lieutenant to place him
self outside the car and to hang on with his
arms, ready on an instant’s warning to do what
he was erdered. This, of course, the brave
Lieutenant did, and tin* balloon was fortunatc
ly lowered till within ten feet of tin- earth As
soon as this point was reached, Mr. Simmons
called on the Lieutenant to let himself drop.
The order was promptly obeyed ; but it could
not have been given a better time, for a min
ute latter the Lieutenant'sclutnccs of life would
have been easily reckoned. Happily lie escaped
without receiving any serious injuries, and this
agreeable fact be conveyed to his friend, Mr.
Simmons, by shoutting loudly after him as the
balloon rapidly reascended, “I am all right.”
One danger over and another to be met with.
It was not an easy matter for Mr. Simmons to
watch the valve aud keep the balloon in con
trol and at the same time to look for a favora
ble opportunity of escajie at the moment ii
presented itself He found himself in a second
back into the clouds. The reascent of the bal
loon having ben greatly accelerated by the re
moval of the weight of one passenger, and npt
until it had reached the fearful altitude of sev
en thousand feet did Mr. Simmons succeed in
putting any check on its upward course. Here,
to his unutterable horror, b observed, that of
the seventeen main ropes suspending the car in
which he Was from the netting of the balloon,
ten hail been severed by the collision with the
roof w bich the balloon had struck when near
the earth, and that others of the rewainiug
[ PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS
seven were giving way. The necessity of the
awful moment suggested to him the thought,
which he quickly put in practice, that he could
not relieve the car of his weight, suspending
himself nearly to his full length on the valve
rope, and this at the same time performed the
other requisite service of opening the valve, so
a-s to give the gas a ready exit The balloon
came down with great velocity, and before Mr.
Simmons had time to deliberate as to his where
abouts, he was thrown out violently against a
stone wall. Ilis body struck the top of the wall,
making a great breach in it, and he fell head
foremost into a stream on the other side, the
stones of the wall falling on top of him and
cm ering him up. 1 lie balloon, again relieved
of a passenger, darted into the air once more.
The grappling iron, attached to the car, was
dragged forcibly over the stones under which
Mi. Simmons lay, hut those stones which at
first threatened to crush him out of existence,
were the very tiling which saved his life in the
last extremity by preserving him from the grap
pling which would have tom him to pieces.
He la v in this unenviable position, perfectly in
sensible for a few minutes. The cold stream
which passed under his head served to revive
him, and lie was recovered from his stupor af
ter a little while, hut too late to see anything
of the balloon. He made bis way as well as lie
could to the nearest cottage, where he found ar.
old man named Bradley, who accompanied
him to the main road, where lie left him in
charge of some passers by, who gave him as
sistance on his journey for four miles, when lie
was placed under the care of Dr. Ross. He is
making rapid pi egress towards convalescence,
and will be shortly as well as when lie started
from the gardens.
Wliicli *liull we Take|
This is often a serious question with the in
valid. He finds the market flooded with pro
pi i* t.iry medicines, scores of which are recom
mended as certain cures for liis peculiar ail
ment. Hi- reads the papers, circulars, and al
manacs, and finds each sustained by plausable
arguments setting lourtli its virtues and speci
fic action. Ihe recommendations an* as strong
toi one as for another. The cures claim to
to have been wrought by one are as wonder
ful as those claimed to have beom wrought by
another. In this perplexity and doubt, the suf
ferer is sometimes led to reject all. But it
should be borne in mind that this of
things is one that cannot he remedied. In a
land where all are free, the good—the truly
valuable must come into competition with the
vile and worthless, and must he brought to
public notice by the same instnmientality.wliich
is advertising. In such a case, perhaps the on
ly absolute proof that a remedy is w hat it
claims to lie, is to try it. The “test of pudding
is the eating of it.” “Prove all things, hold
fast to that which is good,” is the apostolic in
junction. There may, however, be stronger
presumptive evidence in favor of one remedy
than there is ill fuv<r <>f another, and this should
be a’lovved its full weight. A due regard to
this may save r. vast amount of experimenting
and useless outlay of money. As presumptive
evidence in favor of Dr. Pierce’s Family Medi
cines, the Proprietor desires to say, that they
are prepared by anew and scientific process bv
vtliieli the virtues of the crude plants ami roots
are extracted without the use of a particle of
alcohol. Not a particle of this destroyer of
our race enters into the composition of either
his Golden Medical Discovery or Favorite Pre
scription. I ids consideration alone ought to
certainly rank them high above the vile com
pounds saturated with alcohol, Jamaica rum,
s ur lieer, or vinegar, which are everywhere
offered for sale. Again they are of uniform
strength, and their virtues can never lie ini
paml by age. They are also made from fresh
herbs and roots, gathered in their appropriate
season, when they are flusq with medical prop
erties. In support of these claims the follow
ing testimony if offered:
It V. Pikuck, M. I) Nevvakk.N. J.
Bear Sir- 1 have sold a great deal of your ex -
cellent remedies, and I prefer to sell them be
fore others, because they give good satisfaction
to those who use them. I hear such remarks
as “Sage’s Remedy completely cured me; it is
a splendid thing; or; “Pierce's Discovery is
just what I wanted; I feel better than I ever
did. One of our celebrated singers uses it for
strengthening his voice, and says ‘ there is noth
ing equal to it; and so I might give scores of
remarks said about your preparations. A col
ored woman was using your Discovery and
alter taking three bottle;- was completely cur
ed- She being in the stoic, -aid to me ‘,l don’t
want no doctors ’round so long as 1 can *o-t Uic
Discovery; it beats all the doctor-.” jJtd o I
might go on.
I am. most respectfully, yonrs,
AT Ha IJ. (ROOKS.
I K.N Yeabs of F vithkl i. Lovk..—Ten years
ago, a young man was sent to the penitentiary
from Mai shall county, lowa, lie was engaged
to a worthy young woman, and when lie went
to prison she made the journey with him. He
was intoxicated when the crime wo- commit
ted, and otherwise would not have committed
it- Ihe woman has kept h r faith through all
these years. She has regularly visited him. and
for the past few years, has made constant ef
forts to procure his release ; hut the Executive
has turned a deaf ear to her entreaties, until a
-short time ago, she appealed UGov. Kirkwood
wtlh Hitch devoted zeal, that lie granted her re
quest, and, with the pardon in her possession,
she hastened to the penitentiary and presented
her papers. The prison doors swung open, and
loaning on the arm of him she had lost and
won, she made her exit, a happy smile wreath
ing her face. Chaplain W illiam- courteously
tendered his scrvict s to complete the fruition of
their hopes; but the patient maiden replied
that, after ten years’ waiting, a few hours’ de
laj could be cndsjred, so that her friends might
share with her the joy-of love’s labor won.—
Chirngo Tribune.
I lie Macon Tibgranh, defending Col Har
deman tor not c.iliing the executive committee
together sooner, says: “He lias taken the mid
dle course, the juste nHea, and named a day
wliieii will allow ample time for an effective
campaign, and yet not trench too greatly upon
the patiei.ee mid boon industries of a busy and
impoverished people. Why then attach any
blame to him, even by application, in tiie prem
ises * If ever a man lias served l;is party and
country taithfuiiy, nuetiug her en<mice ip the
imminent deuuh i tvacli. and then ii*i diing tht,
no Jv- dangerous J.vij* K : al?l | i (tU
m every nook and tome’ of theuid h- Jp,
ing to drive from potent- the corrupt and b iv<> ;
uet-inipu.:o.s government which ..fck ipj n>
that majt is Thomas Hardeman, Jr,”
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