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The Meriwether County Vindicator. VOL. 1. THE VINDICATOR. rcßUoitan ktkkt niuuv, BY WM. T. REV ILL. AT r-IW’WNLNKEJt tS „WV*NC& B-m of Jjtvrrthlai. Bates 1 wkl4 win 14 mo j4wo 11 year liich too 8 at; 4 *>■-? tt>{ it (ft S inches 1 30 j and <! AO iIOOUj 15 00, ir- lawwtwaiian i cot 7 00’ 15 0014.V001 tiS 00 60.0 1 coi 1000 1-000i 45 00 00 l SIOO UT A liberal dodartiast made to those ****** Ujf tbantoUto or jw*r. . —•, MTKT TO TIE riUJf. After tin* date, alt legal adverUseu cote for the county of Meriwether, will be pub lifted tn the Mauwwraaa<JoewTY Vmt>t — CAVtfcR. ■ *■ JONES W. FLLLEK, Sheriff. A. J JUNTOS, Jau tth. t>C3. CteiA •*' ra, BUSINESS CARDS. - —— --- __ )QHM L WOItKItr.SON. \ttornev at law, ÜbKKKVII.I-K, <la. Will practice iu the District t*mrta sud * ir.lioarv‘4 Coßrt of Mcrf wether County, „nd the Superior Court* of ifie counlir* t i m posing t* Tallapoosa t ocu t ('oHeciiooa promptly attended m. tW~ ( 'flier first doot sotiitl or Prm mg- (■ *l(** • . toi iiu;l l msavy, t I KHtNEV AT LA*. t \ Qllli VM 11.11, l.i- LOWER, /►—/ E t>* 1 t ill A ll 111 .' , t Lot KX A .! 1. VV J i ll \ BADGES VXD HiNflb M Bowl nrol M uU: to Or -tor, ami < nci <vc<! a.i *ltort no’u.i' Also, full supply of 'he i-elijliraud Diamond VjiorM arlta" fwa} * on ii-it . , f ii . [IT H Of >ll nca'ly omi -and, wmi — ; *4— Camp House. i tFMN , - t ——? - mils one hundhkd ya ud> jfj- <i< i :■< .•■■■*- “ - : T in eg nw 'WH*t m T~tt i 'A - . Vi yii'-t'T HARRIS & A 1 >VMMr | • IVi ' ‘ ' 1 :,X rrftnt .i!: i. . *ii Byinj l Pi Hotel. * kith*. ... ..*,■* uii'A j jKKI. t'i • • ~-noi v < hi! i s!lio-i ** < 1m Stibie* rsonveiiierifly faceted, m l •'ihi I silt niton to i' k yiiaraoiAl 'l l*#* ot Mfimetln t ii* v #t< ! l. give nw acall. Iv . JOHN W. I'Altli, \ T IOHNLY At LA" J\ (lu'JwMHJI ( 1\ Wi’l practice jo 3feriwetl*cr and the <l J 'ns i og countin’* DRUG STOliJd CRIFFIN. GEO. I wo; 1,0 ■ ily **v ,rf t'i* triuUnr p-ii' I '. rbonofUKir Ini-'IISII*. W>t UK navi >ni •Munnmrt nCOrar> *tHt I'brnni-als. p.m Oil*, Oi. I*t, i. arta. CtWUi a*tr>-*, ,ml KvS"* . P*Ti'ißu-n a*4 T'4n* cnuHr tod < *r,tna t k*ia •* •ar*-i** lws*a Mac* rd ££■% f ar,i>iw %n •*! at He ln* uarli^l ' ier-nit an a vwthowt i * te m. .-dn t,ke ten •pr-c.il •• rut I B has* lus /time, aj>c. a ■nutluee is!l u* tii iBir7SlJ S.HHAUP.I*. SchaulVs G^allorv Griffin Ga. A SPECIALTY' mad* of fine PWo arauba of all wzea aad kind* Other kind* <A piwwsm -• -amery Uraeriptiow— Old pictured copied, eelerm; and painted fa oil. My Meriwether frteod* are reapet fnliy inetted to celL epl4 if J. IT. WHITJS, of OrURA C*., WITH HENRY Sc JOHN PARET Mens Teatka A Bwye Clothiojg at Wholesale. rt }; i\i r . e. wwrri er . NfW f rfc. Waeow O. St-rr. I nwilrrmi f ,frr U,A T*-r STRAYED OR STOLEN, About two weeks si km? a Moaß bey SUy with one tff k -oeLnd out and sbewt three year! old was ,toh-ri or sssraiessiMioiE fnnweUrm „ to her wbereaboats wiO be I heretly Wwardol joly4 #NO. RUSSEF.L. I vim*.-. ini w blue apt wared at W doer, En^pßcMr'jgjP’ ed tor a ilriak of cxrid *fcr! I know in reason that you V* <U*d nod thirsty, and that yon wW hh power fa! {lnd to gat a drink of water, not to speak of a liMo wroth in' to mix with it,” •Thank you, taunt j but I Iwlong to the Caughtera of T. rupct.-uice. and can't drink, mimes it is a little in the way of medicine, and 1 do feef Terywwtk.aaiinrve marched more than C-Wtf *ilea to-day.” “Forty mile T The laws have massy ! flow could yuu do U J Why, it would kiii rey mule," ”tl kraa>rr Wfd , *it WOJH used toTi. -£ wontdn*t hare minded H. ff I bad any ihlnc? to eat” “Sake* alive ! Do route in ant* ail down soldier - (food old lady brought ont a black battle, trow which the batrenwr Tcuran poured a tpas|wsin(iii into ■> glam of waiar.i and look a vigorous pull at the bottle when li r l>ark an turned- Then situ j>!*4 be fore bint a *ub*tulial supper of hatn aud eggs and corn coflee, upon which he advanced its gallant style. "And yon are mighty young to lie a so) dittr," site aaltl. looking at him bcniguantly over her sjxt laclek "Yes, mum; lam the only aitn oi my widowed mother ; Ih|l my County calledav and my duty to my country 1* only seettud to u>y duty to my Creator.” **Stm ? Why yon taik a* peert ag a tain liW ”" - " •*1 was studying fir the ministry when the war broke out." "I hod a notion that the soldiers were all so wick-d , but 1 sm glad to find out lin y siu't.. You have i-orti a power of tightm', 1 r reckoe,' ' “A g'vat dial, mam. ft i* hard tor • Cfirietian to lake ill, ; but tin) ent'infes of Sit obtmify intm be putushlid.** "Jess hO Hare you ever bfe o woundafit" “Very 'often, l was oner *oi through Uli* lissft ” “ Thr< ii* h 'tiv heart ‘ Law ei> ' Didn't a KIT yon V "N<fi quite The intercostal muscle was Sled longitudinally Aid cslfllVseated \vrrfr-vmirrTic-rtnnv; trnrrtfe t,oltJ7t rioigud nt-t*,*- tt-rr teiHobe >T the sraeiiooul artery, ,nulm;iug a t-.,**.**.i.i.o -i ti ....oilr of li.*- so 'erior p;oi,i. sol Un ,en bcliuiii, and cans iug a U: ion ut the spinal vw wy and U,< 1 tlVl'Opt... Ul '.lie 110 jU, : irt that i|e o c 4 lay leooVei J ... i- ii, lo • n lriot y- mi lived .: ii ii .t, ;t it. ,i ;■' - ' I Si? *|*h-I ii, tioiui, To Ce an fiuinl te ... ii. a-i .mi i.. o| t In- itur* t-y-H —I' r o-,-|rhai?-. " i. ll* i. K ■> V*. ... IVT ■■ Ilia l 1101:1-* 4.n> •. . jiv , zoimjpjjj' do .-u tb* cl t i* i a lln. i Ih • ufr; id •ikilj f B lot :i:J •■!. yoi. I oi-fe 4* lohjiLtnti Jstihae ••!, uisua a oeu -l ih ..h. * -.'.. i* lio -,i .-i and to kill i* . uot tin 01, a.i-a lb* ro r - it sway. ' ''k. .Don,, i h-u J think >o'l outfit to i* iii ottlurr. f’leanfetii hs' tried to j', node me to i i;.-[>i h comim.i ion .•. General, but I tins twin vel-thill I esn serve lit y C;lU>tf) in-tlrr in tnv prew ut sphere. Think you, I don't out ii Ido ake a sp nniful of that I must in going now, with tny thanks fin your kindness. It Is nearly time fiif rnir evening prayer eueeliog. and I must be there Pi o|<* it Have you such a tiling a* a picket Bible lo spate ’ AJio>: wasdustriy ed -Is the Is*l liet'h-by being strut k by s bullet iu my co a pocket It was the law gift of my beloved Mother, and it saved my life “Lawfal rake* ! Wiririr pocket v * "The behind pocket, mid.” “ What a Ucwd thing U> haw* • Bibi- Thive it one thd belonged to my IfntDila | Jane ; but T know that you will igake a r good u*e of it I will remember youln my prayer*, ;<ore wild let p Aa the tact ray* el tbeaelUngepa lighted ! tip the tare of that haltered veteran, they ! rliat on two big tear* that vraa clowly tri* bting down cither cheek, making minia ture canal* tbruagh Ute doM that oealed hi* epidermic. He walked ap the road whea be tree Joined by aercrai more veteran* who came ant front the earner ef the trace. Two '•( theta bore a keg, others parried Up bodeeta, and other* bad their area* full of bottle*, *-Haa yea got it, bayaf cekad the vat vraa to whoa* the Bible wa* preeeetad “All right. myoovey. Ten gaßoo* of old peach bra.,uy, a keg of ajgJt j*ck, and ever mi many bottle* U blackberry wine. The aU gal waa well taed mg?' “ Too made each a dwaoe of a aoiae that the weald hate waohed yon if I hadn't beea then to throw her off thetraeft bet'* go and divide. I ought to have the bigg** than, a* 1 had lb# her deal portion el the wofk/* It taffca* that petriotiam and virta# aaa rewarded. The wile ef a Method** ■>*■* ia Tew •mmw hae baaw Mriowdy inr aoeaa thaa, but, my* a tSoodun paper ia cawiwhciag Mae lad. "hop** era entertained (hat the will lacjaear." Aad then * adtia, “Imt hha (thWlilf l)>Mvphpey i> Hh| i**>wy era nfhh hwfltff* la tW tear* mm* wd djacawnrameal.” _ . A lUetadn hrdee Ui lamiy wPtd ia Mag land lor |IO,OOO. ' 1 pLE, MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA., JULY 11, 1873. W fProsaOMV. B. K. RUfv p|Ne 1 Browalew and Nttt> tub parson DRHoUJtcen as a pocl mon vrut For a quarter of ft century befbre the civ U war, Rmr. W. 0. Brownlww waa the self cnttPutdapoetie qf die pro slavery party M owe of the same am ;dnt of btnina tihl to much to fire tie ti-mthern heart ami in fluence tk<! douthvru titlnd against th'* Al>- o iiion iiKiVemc.it, sml thus to h iojf about the inevitable conflict of arms, as llto self appointed champiou of human lamdage .Rev. Mr. Brown low challenged the Her Mr. Uryue to meet him iu Puilsiletpbia and there discuss the slavery question, la that debate. Her, Mr. Browulow used tha fol lowing; language: Now, Mr. I'yru*, way I ask you and your fMlow laborers In the onus ot Ott dmil to pause mrd lift the vefi ttf the future; nut a quarter ot a century ahead of you and use your Utflurnce to ttuy :&*/.** ■(*&•! Aoerf mow d to etrJU the bone of mtn tn your om a fry Gall around you a com.rH of >. ii wad men and warriors--B*rator toward, suua B. Htddiogs, Chase iud Frtd. Dtqtgl is -Tor whom you are doing journey worn, .*ud go to that vicurn tn the lunatic Qor ritt Smith, whoac tool you have Urn fiw years, ami on whose money you b tye lived sml Jet) yottr wife aud otuldien -ask tbem all if ymi bad not belter change your pro gramme. If the response is not eatislaclo ty, call a prayer meeting, and have Wen iloll I'hillips, Beecher, thee rev, and all the Tong- faced hypocrites who insult God. an.l mock tw cttllinf upon hint for me* cy—pray old John Brown aud his con first rrains out iddiaU, whsse tho whole hatch of you are going with lightning speed ! Ask God to forgive you for your wickedness; pray iug morulug, evening and noon with your taua towards Harper's Ferry l Ask Him to wash your filthy garments from tire •lain of the blood from your Kansas aud Virginia murders, sud Troimriune Him un til you get your answer 'go sud sin no more —KO iw longer agafeat <wm;*oHnc* a*l v r csouiltry's law and Constitution.’ Don’t pray for heaven, for go power can qualify you to walk the New Jerusalem ! Don’t a:k iur merry, for tlm wltiged messenger can nev-r light on surh mean detestable inatures. Don't ask to be punished id hell, Cur that would he inadequate toyoui crlmcl Ak bi >w annihilaUd. nr bunlihcd to the utmost vent* of the act runout leal imagina t ion, whgju th gboai >d a twyP m ty never rise up to remind you whence you earner ITu n ht predicted that the AbolUloutata would ruiu tin; country, calltnjr them mur drrrrv, and end they were ‘‘gotng W llSl' whh Sj-etl ” riedrroed byTffrpnr ■mvery runi md fierce dcntinCTiCTom ot the ALad ;ti lulsi.-, ti.>umiid ri J Ills igll'lliml fui. .m r* toon up arm* against the murderer" ■ upccGug their |iro slavery ciminpioii t < n sd tot in to lh* * ho oi. ,i'‘ii L il cod iy ln ur’.i <r t li rt v. *‘!t toi and i n’’ Ifni tlooe 'Tit S J,.11gl I in ! 1.-fl I id. ’I ; a id I lie 1,—0,^*0. .* --1 4 J• *iio"T .. ivi he I* id ■i. *i* iioc iasiu ii i' mud tn.it dil.lr, and Uo .lide i U oi‘'O to the sJaugh o i <1 hr. kindred, uei.pioors, and country men. who hid b< n atluiul.t'ed try hi* leech in;; into ofCii warfare against the Aholi iioius.r. it u ut be. a>JmiHu(i, however, in uiiiplc J.rstkjr to the Key. Mr. U.owulow'. pindeoc*. (hat be lo ver cam* wilibtgiy ii bin a bundled yards of a rebel battery, ! but front a far ami sate dUlauca chueied on llie slayers of hie own people. 'l'hc Itcf Mr. Brown ow has rtcetiMy artich in tic iiuosvllle Ghron tele, briegtag several charges ag oiiu the ryjitor ol the tkHitherir H<n Tb i is not a eentenct in that articV that is ir llri <t ly falsa, ot wnU.h lout not c e-nvc/ a ir.se U-mkl by Implication. 1 wifi only noth*' a few of Un ae w lekul libels Thus, he |>r iduetly tails to quote what i did say about Oe-oe-al knotty, aud ointlrA, HTtii p iirt nim v > • oe language never used He. himself, was nut denounced for IcyuHy, but for betraying the m<*n he bad seduced toto the field, nod then irrging hie old enemies to slaughter them for being guided by his own teaching. Again, he falsely accused me of misleading and coercing men into rebellUm. No hu man being can charge tr-e with teaching either pro slavery or seceesfon doctrines, prior Ut IHfif. Oo the contrary, there are living wiloraws to prove that 1 warned the hot-bloods that tney were rushing into a long and disastrous war. When my coun trymen did take up arms, however, I cast in my lot with them, and have never once regretted that I did so. It was the Itev. Mr. Brow alow, himself, that misted and coerced men toto rebellion. I will show preaestly that be waa the flrst mtu ever to use the words “iy/ttlhem Confcdorneyf and lo advise its establishment. A third gross falsehood to, that twesrty-al* loyal men, were bung by my order, ore morning be fore breakfast Tins la made out ol whole cloth. It was never my lot lo order ettfaer tbs shoodag or hanging of deserters or toy al men. At no time daring the war wwald Last* wMiagfe hamted more than one <fe garter. That imwtor, l would hare cheer fatty hanged to a “sour apple tree," not bo esrase of Lis loyally lo toe Unto*, bat bw cause be urged the "hell hound party” (to •ae his own eloquent fsngua.e). to slough lor the men he Lad inveigled toto rebellion Tbetfrraerts*. however, kept bitnscU safe fafa id the battfetrento af Wnshtogtoo, and USasked Gvd devoutly for every fresh Sfagghier of bl- ale deloOed Mtowera. Her. Mr. Browalew Hakes that the 4#Vll was faa esstber of secern awe ami the fomb ern CowfiAfcrsey. I rs'her think that i l waa U. daviPs vicegerent on earth, tor Mr. Brow -tow himself was the flrst human bo inf tr naremmend a Southern Confederacy lu jkltgwd for slavery he wrote five tlUhy letfsnof a> use to Rev. Me Dryne. in the fifth pf these lettsrs, he said; l ‘t tit,vmtUfaor an tlllian v with Kronor as a means of more effectually punishing and starving out the Abolitionists ol the North. ThU far-neeing monarch of the FremA would unit* with ns on our own form*, as it would afford him an opportuni ty crush the commerce and manufacture of Old EopHhHt, ami make her feel that’she is depemT'.-p upon her ancient enemy, as well as atone far villainous troaunout of hU II- InstriotM uncle, Napoleon Bonaparte. l)n solve the Union, you imamous villains, aud wtt shatl make Hhs projvHlt ion at ouee to Louis NapoU *, a most sagacious monarch, •ad b* fain quarter at New Orleans OOP Freiirdmnm, aid at UhespaAe BaydKlO.- more; we would then command lha Mlssiariq.. tslluy, whip lAt north tettlern St u* rsft* our SorniKHN OotsvaoisttAor, and we would turn upon the New England Htte7ard-cnM! tfin hurricane of civil wsr rpgjff H't’i M pfin rhJ Otnou'B line to lha Pod fisheries ol Maine, until we would atrtlngnisii the last Ahodfion Hhil hok! on the continent of America I Face to face, knife to knllo, steel to stent, and pike to pike, we would meet you, and as wo would aue yon to bleed at every pure w wo it It I psabs y.i.i reyrtt, m (As Mtir Pyo nut /fart*4, .that you had ever'felt any cortcern for the African race I” This letter wss written six years before the war, mol Ilfs admitted on ah hands that Me*. *|r,.Browulow was the first lo use Hut words “Southern Confederacy." the rev erend brifapuioeio did norwltTp'tiio Wes turn States Into out SoulUorn Confederacy, hut he die cheer on tho Western troop* to their work of crushing that Confederacy— He did not fight "face to face, knife tn knife, steel to steel, and pike to pike," against "the hell-hound parly.” On tho contrary, he joined that parly, and applauded them in their work of blond and devastation Hr did notlwi hi' conquering relicts to the fisheries of Cspe Cod, but he clapped his hands wttli joy when New Enqltnd hired -Irhdi and Germami bMfeholate tlm land of his birth. The revtftcuJ blasphemer U fond of Mo -dotrromp|fons There was one “llngut t.’liarluy" Iff tbo Modoc gang, who sang war song* sad fifiCAil l£S tlioKraiide, slid -then betrayed bis Uaßsf and kindred to their eu Amies Thogwu slave)y renegade can acarce ly fttS to out; ihs reaemMsoee iiciwucu the traitor ■ ..I himself. Tit* ■mp)ff' n| 'bis mlserahto- ctcatnru im* ~‘j ,*jy l i a ll* A mlnlnfer ol Uic |mri j} *“|)'.TM I Sh-lst, he has belched : torrlt- h-.ti.rng lint fvinctmorl, blasphemy and olim'i i,i)y. F.r a quarter ol a century thu M-lt efrr*-',; rb.mipi'n of trtman bondage, lll.’lias lor iwi vs j cats traveled in loving j ay in pat' y altlt "lie; litli bound parly” of ; yfeiliiioni-U. The fils' to tuggi'sl u Hmiili ! ere Cotifedciai y. In baa bel li tin; fioreea’ ,;nitt-tiiif f A oufi-dcial*’*. 4 Dragging of ! *be brffrid* ibiiiga he nt.uid do iu war, he i-.til.lk .n i IcMlltcpio. T ..i) strong *i<l the first wliUilu of bill* Preaching, l wil'lng and lectuung lor twenty years that ! iiic negro wnt a bnne, tli only tor bom !g". I lie owes fits present Senatorial honors to I negniinfluet'ce. Dialing all bis life about j honesty, he voted for the Hack autary steal, n * look lit" share of the stolen money. ]locrent to every trust, fait bless to every obligation, and fsiew to every profession, tnv loul monster in Ids long career of wick tiduess has been true only U flltb, to f*l*<; hood, to slider, to blasphemy, to blacken iug charac-wr, to L'lackgii.trdiiun, and to W ii. Ilrownlow. “He Is dead; but bo paysju.t aa well a* li* ever did,’ was the reply the Belfast Jour- I uai got Pi n dunubig letter. ffuuday schools have beeu runuiug in In diauoplt* lor fifty years; and yet eight out of teu of the male citizens tsffuk when they eall Utr so*la water. Tlie Ditlsimig girl has sent iieok those two barges of coal which her father gave her for a bridal preecnt, and says she can tbaka II hot en oigb for “hubby” without My ouUmle help. . ' —' mmi m tm -- - A skeptic who was trying to confuse a colored man by the contradictory passage in the Bible, asked bow it could be that we were in the spirit and the spirit in us, re ceived tills reply: “Ob, dar's no puxz'e 'bout dot ; it's like dat poker; I put it In de Are till it get's red hot—now de pokei’s in de fire and de fire's in dig poker.” A profound theologian conld not have made a better reply. “He is dead ; but he pays just aa well as he ever did,” waa the reply the Belfast Journal got to a dunoing letter. w Sunday Schools hews been running In la. disn -polis for fifty years; and yet eight out of ten of the male citizeos wink when they call for soda wafer. The Pittsburg girl has seat back those two barges of eon! which her father gave her for a bridal present, sad says that she gumees she ana ms ha ft hot enough for “hubby,* Without any outride help. An I'M tet-n.UMieu Brooklyn gill said to a gent lemma the ether night i “The mut qattoos tre terrible. I wish jrett Mld eee my beck P “I wish I could," *rae the quiet mpiy r Ai> fit tin in Idnroln. The Alliany, N. Y., Argus is glvlm* a series of rrlraapeetiv.* article* in the pan history ot political partita and leading pol itician*, which, Judging from the only nnm tier that has renobetl us, (No. Iff) contain much interesting truth. After giving-the history, character and slma of the AIH -tion party, its union with the present party, and detailing the political evAts which led to the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency, in 1800, lire writer proceed* to give a brief sketch ot the good tmtnred, generous Hearted but weak hearted martyr President. The writer says : “He promised everything that appeared right, amt yielded to everything, whether right or wrong. He swore to spport the Constitution; but kept his oath only In obedience to party. Whet* on his way to' b inaugnrated President Of the United dependence, Philadelphia—-‘Now, In my view,’ said he, in the present uspeet of af-. fairs, there need be no bloodshot! or war.—* There is m> necessity for it.’ And yet, when told in Washington, immediately after, lUijß WHftd promise sa a man of honor to the Southern Mutes their constl tuilonel rights, verbally W otherwise, tbs secession leaders would pledge themselves instantly to stop their movement,' bo not only refused to answer, but his party Wends refused to answer forTiim - ‘Why,’ said hu to Gen. Beott, when he was urging upon him a tvrlicy —‘What wiii become of my paity If we consent to pekeeft He did not s|cak ot hi* oonutry, but only of liis party*; \ “Whw| asked to make bis proclamation ,l LmaPUiittlitm. hB made 1 c.ompttreij U to the Poys'S Hull agsinal the comet—Sml then Iswri-d it a* If lie were ent titled to Tbeeredffof high motives for the Act. When there win a prnapect of s|iecdl ly closing thn war, hu dcclareil to a Irlend 'that Gen. George B. McClellan wn* equal to any six iff. the tiest generals of the U. 8. Army rolled together,'—and soon sftoj dN wissed him- luuuuac Ids party could not cunirol him h* a tool tor political purpose*, lie favored peace a* a rnan v aml war as a partisan. What he preinlsixfiu Virginia to the South, was iiitant!y vetoed by H'anton nod the party on his return to Washington He appointed Imd mon to office, knowing them to bc-KrTTfr; onty because they promla ed party obedience. Both lie and Seward were advised particularly of the disreputa ble record of Fremont, and they were told where the records could be fbnnd lit the Wnr Drpartmvut— and utterly regardless of tb* warning, limy commissioned him a MnJ General—costing to i nattrrrr wttWrr a few month* a wfe of the people's tnrm*y rtf not less than ten million*! He arrested men wliu were loyal to the, Uiiion because I bey wen disloyal to bii party. Ho waa good naMircd and ircnerous hearted—but lie was Joking when our soldiers were os Nero fiddleii wlien ftmne waa burning. "On of Hie ablest of Ida Csblnef fClifef Jijsth ' t'haw ) ii'ott uinceit hi* ‘the most imbecile of all the I'rnsldeuts,’ snil said dial Ids anecdotes st the White House were so olisccnn that Ills chosen counsellors did not like to attend Cabinet meetings."- ir be was not a trader lilmself, he permit ted tils wife lo la* one, ami It Is posltlvsly asserted thst party Wallers, against law, had the sanction of hi* name to speculate be yond the lines of the army. He permitted the White House lo bn robbed of some ol its most ancient valuables, and hla widow refused to leave the premises until paid s large sam—flff,ooo- to liquidate family debts. This sum was subscribed sud paid by political friends, and then, and not till : then, she left the Executive Mansion. Lla ! coin was a playful partisan, a witty polltl emu— but be was not permitted to redeem his own pledgee, or set consistently with his own good sayings, in no sense was be a statesman—anilJml hia small degree was lie permitted by his party to be Prcaldcn' of tbe United fttetet.” Tn* Carat.—Probably many people have speculated upon to a precise meaning of the word "carat." It Is an Imaginary weight that expresses the linen css of gold, or the proportion of pure gold in a mass of metal; tlms, aa ounce of gold of twenty two carets fine is gold of which twenty four are pure, the other two |*rts bring eilver copper or other metal. Tbe weight of four grains, used by Jewelers ia weighing pre ciouf stone* sod pearls, Is sometimes called diamond weight, the carat constating of four nominal grains, a little tighter than four grain* troy or seventy-four and one sixteenth grain* troy. The tern of weigh jog carat derives its name from a bean, the fruit of aa Ahyasinian tree celled knars. This bean, from toe time of iu being gath ered, varies very liuie ia iu weight, and seems to have been, from a very remote period, need ae a weight for gem* and pear la. Senator Matt. Caepaaier waa facetious over the salary grab fa a speech be before the Wfaconefa Editorial Association at La Croat, a few days since. He said • “If toe mosey belonged to the people’ whet more direct way of gelling it circuit’ ted toto to give it to such fellows ss me to spend." “Is Pat Flsßolgan on board this strip** roared Commodore Nelson. during a b>U fa toe flrtog at toe battle ol toe Nile, “lam hew, my ford,” said Erins soa, showing himaaif oa dpak. “Tbs*," said the gallant Nafee*. ioekfag aaifaffod, “let the bat tie pro ceed.” This story fa Psi's. Neeme lu a Calif*rain Barber Shop. 1 During the early days of the Golden i Htnte, w lieu S.ii F. aucisoo barbers wen #a ' rough and bifid aa the balance of creation : there, the art n! shaving was in a crude stnte in tliat city, and the fact that the knights of the razor drank, gambled and tore sroun I with the bravest, quite natural ly made them unsteady ef hand In tb*ir bnsinukH; the consequence whereof wss thst, slier a customer bad submitted hUn~ *elf to lie operated on, be usoally emerged from the ordeal looking as it tie ton) just been undergoing the operation of akmtting. One of the festive Frisco boys at laatgirt Bred of boliig conlinurlly cut and harkrcl. and going into % barber's shop one day, hauled forth a revolver, with the remark lo a barber; “Hrrc,yoti ahavo me, and if you cut tne llila lime. I'll blow your hr* tat out'' —“Att right,” chimed Ihe liarbari Hake" >'our et.’’ Sat, I sa>,' ! rep. icd tlm other, “nui't you afeald lo tackle rue nndvr.tbeckouomiance*? I’ll shoot "Oh, (firn’t yon Worry,’’ralumail ilu ber; “If X bsjqren to niok you, why, I’ll Jftst ont your ol—tl fhroqt. . ' The bloodthirsty customer wilted forth with, ami oonciudiog that he wouldn’t be shaved just then "walked off on hie ear.” (from tb* Pori lan* (Ha.) Argn*. JrC Davie* Alleged Blsgain tam no admirer of Jeff. Davis. lam a Yankee, bora between Maccarsppa and Gor ham Corner, am lull of Yankee prejudice* ; but I think Ii wicked to lie even about him, or, for that matter, about the devil. t — T wss with 'Tyff.. Davis, saw the whole iraaeeoU£B front its beginning I bow say—and hope yon will publish It—that Jaff. Davis did aot haveoc, nt tho time he was tskea, any |arm&tsuoh os Is worn by women. He did bare over Ills shoulders n water proof article of cloth ing- Honmibiag like a "Havelock.,’ & was not to the least concealed. He wore a hat, *nd did ont carry a poll of water os hie head, nor carry |>all, bucket, or kettle In any To tho bust ol tny recollection, be carried nothing whatever In bis heads, Hie wife did not tell any person that tier husband might hurt sumebmly, If he sltonld get ex asperated. Bhe behaved like a lady, and he as t gentleman, though manifestly he was chagrined at boiug taken Into custody. Our soldiers behaved like gentlemen, as they were, and our officers Ilk# honorable, breve men i*n<l tin) foolish stories that went the newspaper round* of ths day, telling how wolfisldy hu deported himself; wage ntt fsler. I know what ! siM wHftnjf Mbbnk I saw J< If re.,n Dnvis several times whlto he Whs •laying lu Portland, tn.rqy years ago; and I think l was thu first one who recognized him nt thu time of his arrest. When it was known that he was certain ly taken, soro newspaper correspondent-- I knew bis nsmo st the time febricated the story about the disguise In an old wo man’i dfes*. J beard the whole matter talk ed over as a good Joke , an I the Officers, who knew better, never tyok the trouble to deny It. FWbsps they thought the Con federate President deserved all the con tempt that could be put upon him. 1 think so too, only I would never perpetrate a falsehood that by any means Would beOMM history. And, further, l wo*Ul never slan der a woman who has shown so much de votion as Mrs. Dsvls baa tn her bus bead, no matter how wicked he If or nay have been. I My any pcnoo to Sad a single offlcer, or soldier, who wsi present st the captnre otJttt. Dari*, who will ay, upon honor, that he waa disguised la woman's clothes, or that hi. wife acted In any way finledy - tike, or undignified on that occasion. Igo for trying him for his crimes, and if be is found gulUy, pualshtof Wm. Bat I would not lie about him when the troth will oer tstoly make It bad enough. Bllburneille. Jjj. ||. Penas*. The Doylcstown Democrat, on# of the ableet and beet weeklies in Prnnsyt reels, lies this torey by way of adrioa to theee wlio take the paper published In their oerw cflontp* Postaok on Ncweraraitr -iller an exemption from postage on nesrapapesr * within the county srhern they are prlelat. since the gorernmest wee (bonded. It Is to be enact*! from the flsSdepef ant f* It Mote trifle, to be sif-flw oeou a* quarter, or twen ty cents a year, bat itsnfr- to Iseeereeliegs, and la • tan ft an ou trace oa the people" * this mean rtcsnga for bate* eMlpetf to m paal the franking pririlagn, aofl “to make all thtega area” (ha BMmfrera back pay, wad to- Indignant protest of the wifl be earn to he mpeaiad at the want aaarifla of CVmgmmi Wo would —inn adrtee oo sobsoribers not to pap mom thwa aha Blooa,# pntsfls, ten sarta, m aflaoaaa brae ess we brhere the Insr will herapnalafl •Xpi of 4 Three lad lee that no saw star mat. & lady that eaod powder; a lady wtmflMafl | kase day aebberam gwine to hsdVptrtifr NO. 30.