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About Weekly Gwinnett herald. (Lawrenceville, Ga.) 1871-1885 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1875)
HERALD. | .jsbRD EVERY WEDNESDAY, BY i ' r pLES & brackenridge. ItVLEB M. PEEBLES, Editor. rFS OF SUBSCRIPTION. K ; one year 92 00 V*?E six months 91 00 P 3’v three months..... 50 r, 3'P'ion rates are cash—payable I uPV I>r provisions. I» ! “ obtainimr Bve subscribers, and w iU receive a copy free. F Vribers wishing their papers from one post-office to another, r Ht.e the name of the post-office *' 4 V; .1, thev wish it changed, as well h!t which they wish it sent. ■ PROFESSIONAL cards. I pII. A. M. WINN, | Lal frei ,ccvillc » " “ <ia *’ 1 . ),;« Professional Rorviops to the Ezcnsof Lawrenccvilte ami vicinity. ■ nml rooms. 'or the present, IgLlobe Hotel. March 2,1874. R SIMMONS. & SIMMONS. I ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ■wkksceviixe Georgia. ■.Pr lice in Gwinnett and the adjoining mar la-ly i N| L 11UTCH1N S ’ I ATIOUNEY AT LAW, * LffISENCftVIU.E, Ga. Practice in the counties of the Western ii rc „it and in Milton and Forsyth ol the Blu. Ridxe- mar ln-1 y TYLER M. PEEPLES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, liWRENCEVILI.E, GA. Practices in the counties of Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and Milton. ‘ pension claims promptly attended to mirls-fim D . E. D. LITTLE, M D-, Duluth, - - Georgia,, flavin® recently located at Duluth, on ti? Air-L ia Railroad, tenders his prn lessoimi services to the citizens ot jhe stirruiinding country. The advantage of a practice of eight months in the Louis ville hospital has enabled him to keep posted will) all the new discoveries yi medical science. fop" A good supply of d ngs on hand. ftjf Office rear the depot. November 10. 1874. [»ov 11-if. A n ARO. fp'lK undersigned has permanent y A tstub! sin'll his office as Surveyor ut ilie Raw Office of Colonel Fiaricis F. Julian, in Lawrenceville, Ga.. where lie will lie pleased to see persons vi ding Surveys excuted. or to receive tludr nrdeis, which will be promptly atii-uiM to. Horn -sic.ids, Dowers nnd Partition Surveys alone are r qnired to be done by the County S iveyor; all others can as well be attended to by the undersigned, w lose Img experience enables him to hope that he will receive a libeial pat ronage from his lellow citizens. Respectfully, FRANCIS P. JUIIAN. j-in 27—6rn. TUI9 TAPKB IS ON FILE WITH C Agents, jyP>fttKESTNUT STS., ST. LOPNffMgy L & It. Air-Line li. It. On and aftur Monday, Oclo'vr 19th. 18" t trains will ran upon this road daily, ss tollows: NtOHr PASSENGER—NO 1. GOING NORTII. heave Atlanta 5:51, r. m. M'live at \ ('. R. R. Junction 8:15.a m. day passenger—no 2, going south. heave N T . C. R. R. Junction 6:00. a. m. Leave Buford 6:57, p. m. Leave Suwannee 7:18. p.m. heave Duluth 7:39. P. M. L f ave Xorcrusw 8:12. p. m. Arrive at Atlanta 9:18, p.m. TaeeiiA daily passenger accommoda tion (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED)—NO. 3 going north. heave Atlanta 3:18. p. m. Xorcross 4: 4. p m. Leave Duluth 4.42,P. m. Leave Miwanneee s:<)(> p. m. have Hu tor d 5:18. p. m. Leave Flowery Blanch ... 5:42.P. m. Arrive at Toeeo.i 8:27. p M. toocoa daily passenger accommoda- T,,w (SUNDAYS excepted)—no. 4 COMING SOUTH. have Toecna 3:54 a. m. have Flowery Branch . 6:33. a. m Leave Buford*. 6:55. A M. heave Suwannee 7:14. a. m halve Duluth 7:31. A. M. have XoreioAK.... 7:46. a m. Arrive at Atlanta 9:18, a. m. accommodation passenger and freight NO. 5 —GOING NOKIII. h'aive Atlanta . . 7:09 a. m. Arrive at Charlotte 2:0 ,a.m. ACCOMMODATION passenger and freight, NO. 6— COMINO SOUTH. . Leave Charlotte . 9:12. p m. have Buford 2:24. p m. Leave Suwannee 2:54. p. m. heave Bulutl, .3:18. p m h'ave Xoreroag .3:42. p.m. ■Arriveat Atlanta 5:t2. p. m. K. Y. SACK, Eng. aud Supt. T. M. PEEPLES, PROPRIETOR ] Vol. V. GENERAL DIRECTORY. Geo D. Rice, Judge S. C. Western Circuit. Resides at Gainesville, Family Speer, Solicitor General Western Ctt uit. Resides at Athens. COUNTY OFFICERS. Slteiill. James M. Patterson, Clerk S. C Court,W L. Vaughan. Ordinary. James T. Lamk n T'easurer, Robert N . Robinson. Tax Receiver, VV, M. Hunuicult TaX Collector. Moses Mailiit. Surveyor, Rohetl N, Maffett. Coroner, Jatnes J. Glover, BOARD CO. COMMISSIONERS. R D. Winn, Chairman ; D. M. Byrd, E J M.-Daniel, Button Cloud, W. W. l’aiks, BOARD OF EDUCATION. R. I) Winr,. John R. Mm.re, W I Wo dvvarj, D. M. Byrd, J. C Maguire, J. L. King, County School Commissioner, MILITIA DISTRICT OFFICERS. Ben Smith's [3l6th] District Post Office, Auburn . John Mulldeis.N. P. and ex i fficio J. P. W. I>. Cosby, J. I’, * Berkshire [405tl ] Dsitrict—Post Office. Sweet Water. Ezekiel Mathews, N. P. and ex officl ■ J. P. dime* W Andrews, J P. Cain's [f.o-51 ] District Post Office, Dump's Mills J. J. Boss, N. P, and ex-offieio J. P. V\ . P. A. Timms, J. P. Cate's [4< 8t L] District—Post Office, Ydlow River. A C. Hutchins, N. P. and cx i fficio .1 P. • Andrew J. Webb, .1 P Duluth ]l263‘t] District— Rost Office, Duluth. J antes S. Love, J. P. Goodwin's { 4< *4 !.] District—Post Office Suwannee. W. H. .links, N P. and ex officio, J. P. J II Brcgdon. J. P. i Hog Mountain [444'/;,] District- Post Office. Cain's. ■William Davis,\. P and ex-officio .1 I’. J W. Mitchell J P. | Harbin's [ 4 78' L] District—Post Office, La wreneeville John B. Coffee,N. P. and ex i fficio J. P Fredrick Poll ink, J. P. Luwrencerille [4(»7Mi] District—Post Office. Lawienceiille. Andrew L. Mooie, N. 1 . and ex officio J P. / C A. Allen, ,T. P- Martin's [o44'h| District—Post Office , Sweet II a ter. T. I) Mathewe.N. P. and ex office ; J. P G W Miner, J P. Rockbridge [571-'] District Post Office Stone Mountain. Joseph Mote, N. P. and ex-.fficio J. P. William E. Betts, J P Pinckneyville (406th) District— Post Office. Aorcross. W. G. Wigley.N. P. and ex officio J. P. James A. Millet J. P. Sugar Hill (550t|i) District— Post t Office. Buford, W. W. Wilson, N. P. and ex officio J. P. James M. Roberts, J. P. post OFFICE Office kept open every day, ex cept Sunday. Sow ounce Route.daily— Mail leave* Lav: i cine ville at 7, a in., and arrive* hack al 12 111 Mo Route, weekly—Leaves La wreneeville Friday, at li, a. in., and arrive* back at 4, p in., Sutui iluy (Jain’s P O Route,weekly—leaves Lawll ncevil « I hut shay at 7 a. in., and arrive* hack at 12 in. Stone Mountain Route, wecklv- Leave* La wreneeville VV edtiesdav, at 7.a.iu. and arrives back al 4.p in. Jcfl'crmn Route, weekly.— Artive- Ht Low Id ceville Friday,at 11, a. in., • and leave- at 1. p, id. Sweet Water and Yellow River I’, ist-nflice* supplied via. sion* Mountain Route. Bay Hteek, Logans villa anil Wind -or l'n*t offices Mtpplied via. Monroe Route Chinquapin Grove, Auburn, and Ma I berri Po*t ollices supplied via. JefleiMin R..UIC. Camp's Mi I’* Post office supplied via. Cain » 1\ 0. Route. Lawrenceville, Ga., Wednesday, April 21, 1875. How I Lost My Heart. I’o led yon now just how I lust it, Oil. that were a difficult, task; Ilovv the thing got away on that autumn day I never slopped to ask. Perhaps divas a glance that did it, A suit caress to my hair. A close, warm grasp, or a gentle clasp, That captured it then and there. A nu see, there are things von can govern, But In aits have a way of their own; Like birds they fly and yon can't tell why. You only miss them when gone, And why 1 don't tell the story. If the reason you really must learn, | Is.though life grew bright with a rosy light. A’et 1 won no heart in return. 1 Somebody’s eyes were pent I ■ and kind, And his voice was soft and low; But lie 1 wanted was given away Ever so long ago. Vnd so. while I solace a lonely life With a cat and a cap of tea. Somebody's arm i- around his wife, And her baby is on his kt\ee. j And the legs I met with results in this, That mine is a Ion; ly part. You can’t for yo.r life make a loving w i It* Of a woman without a heart. Another head rests on the manly breast I hat I wanted to shelter me; | Some other (air lace has won my place, So no man’s wile I'll be. I But compensation's a law of life, | And though trials the gods will s nd. I've no one to scold when the beefsteak’s cold, And no small stockings to mend. I So the love that is lost I never regret, When 1 think what my troubles might . , he » W hen d nner is late I smile at Fate, And nobody storms at me. Sad Effect of Novel Heading. There was il Chicago gi I,hn<i she dearly loved to read novels. Those j that to d of the adventiiie- of yiiiiiin [ women who did wonderful things in a romantic wav, braved the terrors of the sea, and lueathed ihc smoke j ot battle* all for their tiue love's I | .sake, had peculiar charms for her. So it came about that she yearned i to have i real adventure on her own \ account. She longed to disguise I loosed in male attire and become a j heioine, and have a hair breadth es j rape. fortune fuvoted her. She! j had a lover, who in the day time j swung the ponderous yard stick in I | a down town dry goods stor> , and i who had ids nights to himself. In i Iter eyes he was simply adorable He seemed noble, braie, pure and ! virtuous. It oceinfed to Iter to put him t tlie proof, and straightway she hit upon a plan. One evening lie call ed on In r, and after an hour had been spent in conversational pleas aiitrirs. lie took his departure. No sooner had lie go; e limn she hies heiself to bet loom, dons a full suit ofJier brothel’s clothing, and went forth.on her lover’s !r» I, She saw him jo n a companion. SoOii after wards she ouud herselfin a bar room watching the tiva'n as they becaiio hi arums over wine and cigars. She was shocked at the tenor of their ; remarks, and at the been here.before ; air that thev assumed. In short,she shadowed them from dive to dive until thev entered a gambling hell. After them she sped, anil simul taneously with them walked into the timer's lair. Stic took an elevated position on the back ot a idiair and watched her lover. He Stepped to the faro table anil befall lotting his inoiiev with the usual success ot a drunken young Ilian. Irritated at last by nis re .'elsos lie glanced around t e loom for liis friend, and saw the boy girl looking a' him Ihiuk'tig that the supposed boy was a spy put upon liis tiaek, lie launched aiioaili at her, which si i lick tier full in tie heart, and followed it wiih his list, which struck her full in tile Pee. .She fell to tile floor. Her ha' roll'll off and disclosed to lem the featiiM S ot liis sweetheart, 110 calk'd a hack and saw her home It is handy ncee*sary to add that he never pull ed that door I ell again She has lost interest in novels and her faith in voting mankind lias been rudely shaken. The moral ol the story is ll at young men who are incline 1 to sport should beware of having sweethearts that dote on fictitious literature of the romantic kind. —“Helen was proud,” sanl an Indiana widower of Ills late wife, "and she was a great woiker. You ought to have stood by and see her jerk down a ledstead and go lor bugs.’* —Never be ca-t down by trifles. If a spider break hie web twenty times he will im ml it. Make lip your ir.iud to do a thing ami you will 110 it. “COMING EVENTS CAST TIIEIR SHADOWS BEFORE!” Mr. Hkvxiikr on Vocations.— At the last Friday night,meeting at Plymouth ohureh*Xir B-ebher gave some wholesome advice as to the duty of every Ilian Confining him | self to his true railing. Said he; “Some of you have the gift of speeeli, and may become public s rakers. Then it is the line of your dutv. A man because he is a hard, ha sli, dry man, is tint heces saiilyan unchristian man. If you tire by nature dry, enjoy your drv» *ness (Laughter.) Make the l*est of that which God has put into your hands. Sonic of you are per sons with qualities' tor business, I ! have seen men who thought they | had a call to the ministry—that is, J they wanted to ho minis'ers and they wo e conscious ol it, and they j supposed it was a call They were | slow to learn they had mi power lof speech, they were dry. Hut | tin it conscience leads lii in into the ! m nisi tv, aji I it keeps them in the | minis! ry, and they stay there lot j years, until, at last, by the provi-’ dence'ot (foil, they are elected to be secretary of some society.— (Laughter.) it just suits them.— I liev were born tof it. People *av it is wrong, and look upon it as an j awful sin. The mistake was not in going out i>f it, but in going into it. (Laughter ) “Now if a man is a lawyer and is converted he don't waul, to In come a preacher Why, my dear fiieixls, theie ate as good men as ! mini'll rs. Laughter,) I here is usefulness outside of the pnl { pit. Don’t you know that the j greatest part of human affairs ate j out of the Church? Don’t you know thnt the huma- ity of mail is out side? d lte ti- Id is not in the ! Church,the field is in tne world. So t ie-i be a mereh. lit, lint lie a Chris | tiau meielnlnt; lie a lawyer but a ] Christian lawyer; In- a seivant, be | an ellitoi,(laughter,) be ;r reporter j There are duties even lor them (Long and continued laughter.) ; '! lie true calling of every mall is ■ to do ills duty in Ills place.’’ \Ve learn that about four miles from Irwimon, says the S utheiner, in a smith western direction, the skeletons of tiv human beings Were found some time since, in a situa tion and in a position which has convinced all who have viewed the bones, that they were the victims of the vengeance of </m)ge Lynch. They were found some distance from the toad, mi a small stream of water in a thicket, ami one of them when found had a rope ar und its neck, and was lying under a tree which was piob.tbly used for a gal lows. The otlmr one was probably shot. Persons who have examined these skeletons are of tin* opinion that they are Ihe mortal remains of two negroes wlm, tour m five years ago, committed an assault upon a widow and her daughters by tin name of Kemp, living near there, inff’eting injuries upon one of them from which she has ncvei recov* ered. He struck her a severe blow on ibe head with a stick which so injured tire nervous system that she now frequently lias fits, these ne groes were arrested by an officer, but on their way to jail were intern cepted near I his place by unknown parties, and the negroes taken from him. Since that day nothing lias Ween heard of them, and the finding of these hones probably explains the mystery that lias enshrouded their fate Cheating the People. — A prom incut article in the Republican plat form of 1872 was as billows: 4 'The franking privilege might to lie abolished, and I lie wa v prepared for tile speedy rcductii u in the rales ol postage 1 This promise to the people was grossly violated by the recent Con gross like all its oilier g tod leaie bilious —and direct contempt heap ed upon the people. To begin with, it restored the franking abuse, and closed hr diiectly doubling the rates of postage oil a large class of matter passing through the mails Savannah News Somebody wants to know “who wrote that article"’ in tl o Houston (1 exits) Telegraph, and it prompts Iv responds thus: “The man who wrote that ailicit* early in life was a haul woiking blacksmith,later lie 'was a i eek hand on the steamboat, llieii lie was a cow driver nil tin* frontier,but of lute years he has fob Inwcdthe profession of a pi ize lighter. He only beca no an editor to reduce Ins flesh by starvation so as to become more ol a success in bis pccnliainline." The Tek-grnph was not annoyed by fuilber inquir its. liijali Inciipliant—A Sad Case. “What ill.l that asked liijali, as a woman with a hlat k eye came in and sat down ‘'My Imsl.nnil l- hit me with his fist, ,v she replied, the tears coming' iht" her eyes ‘‘He—did—eh?’’ mused tite arts cient janitor, putting out his finger toward her e\>. ‘•Yes, he did.” ‘‘Well." contained Hijah,growing led in lhe fact", ‘•it's mighty good (or some o| these grizzlies that I liain’l it woman! Do ton know, Missus, that il 1 were a tdm! wile and moth , er, and mv darling husband should ! eome home Iroiii his daily lahor and | blank my eye that I’d hit iiim wiili I the whole woodshed at once?— Yes I would Missus! Ahonl the i time he struck me he'd think a meet ing house had tumbled over him!—- Yes, missus, it's a good thing lor these old wile»poundeis that, try i father wasn’t a woman!” Amt lie walked up an down breathing hard, and clenching the broom candle wit It all a wild grip Ills h mor came in,growling about the Went her, and as soon as tic got his overcoat < II lie looked over the wHiianta like a wagon running down hill, and ended tor the lirst man to put in an appearance this individual happened to In* John Beecher, a tangled haired,thin ivais ted voting man of twenty sutnincl* or no. “You.seem to lie sad,” ten alked his honor as he looked over the desk. “I -1 don't feel a hit well,” re plied John. “Beiug drunk last night ami lying on tin* walk for three or four hours j didn’t help your general health any, j did it “Oh, sii! I’m sorry, and I want to j go ligln h< me to Siiiawassoe Coiitl- Ity !' moaned the prisoner, “You got drunk—broke a window had a tight—fell down —bit the j ofli -cr, and it you think you can jet j out of here without a seiateh you're ! a< badly deceived as the bear which h tigged a stone man. ’ ‘I I know I shan’t live long if I’m sent to jail!” gasped John. I “They keep a lawyer up there to ' make wills, and they have one o! i the best ScXtons ill the west,” alls- I wered Ids honor, “,/nslice dies for | vengeance, and Bijali shall chalk s'stxtv days’ oil your bark. Here’s j all old ja k-knile which the police | took away Irom you, and in > ase ot | your death it wid he (inly labelled 1 and si iii hv express to y our friends.” j Detroit Free Frees. ■ Those who use tobacco will he sorry to hear 'hat. 4 a German phys ician lias discovered mat tobacco smoking by boys interferes with the molecular changes coincident with development ot tissue-, and makes ' the blood corpuscles oVal and ir regular aL the edge.” We do not know what dreadful damage will be done l»v hov interference with the “molecular changes coincident with development of tissues,” Fits, may be. Any how, it mi.st be a bad slate of a flairs, or it would not re (piiie such a number of big words to describe it. And then had goes be fore, bit worse remains behind The blood corpuscle* become oval, and moreover, iliey aie irregular at the edge, lhea.ljul dreadful If anv of our readers have j any old friends of seven j t.v or eighty -limy ate as plenty as 1 blackberries —who have smoked id j cotine hke furnaces all theit live*. ] they had belter get an explanation ! from tlmm at once. 11 w do the 44 mol filial changes,’' etc., feel, and what about the “ova! and ragged ! corpuscles ?" Do thev hint much? A private dinner party, consisting of about twenty influential politi cians and William Cullen Bryant, Was given at the residence ol Mis, Pratt, a niece ol Gove. nor Sevmour, Albany, N. Y., oil Wednesday oening. A telegram to the New Yolk Sun says; “Mr, Bryant deliv ele I a speech, closing with a toast, imutinali >g Samuel J, Ttideii as the next Democratic candidate for President l ids was drunk standing and with much entlin»t\sm Gov ernor Tilden responded, neither ac j cepting in.r declining the pi offered | honor, but holding himself subject to tite call of his party." - - If the emperor of Brazil settles in the United States and engages in any business there will be a good job for some enterprising sign pain ter. I!is full name is Pedro Giovan iii Carlo Lecpoldo Salvador Bibiano Francois Xavier d* Paul Leocardio • Jtliohd Gabriel Raphael Uouzngue. [s2 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Awhile After MniHage. “Fdi better tor woi*e, t.ii' i idler for pooler','in sickness ami in licnltii, l 4 tli alii us do part.” I lie solemn vow ha- been Spoken, lltxl Edwin and Angelina, amid teal’s mid j *tniios,nnd kissi-s and blessings, go aw.ty alone together, no longer two, “bin one lb #li.” Modi are | young, good-looking, loving and \ liglit-lieai led; botli looK forward to a l||e lull ol lender affection and Iniglil happiness. Ilow will tlmt Imp" be realized? Do we not all know die lesnlt? In nine cases out often a couple of years will not have passed before Edwin is giumhling ami cios* because die meal was overdone at dinner, while I Angelina, Iving on the sofa with a novel,or sitting by the fire w ith her needlework, sigl s over die monoto ny ol tier lile, ami looks back on her oil Ii h visions of niariiage as a dream of die past. The for mer lovers snap ami snarl at one another, their house is dull and dreary, Edwin has hecotne cynical about mat i iage and wrapped up in pi t dess ion a I duties; Angelina is discontent and languid. And vet Edwin ami Angelina have inar lied for love, not money, or posi tion, or pique, or any of the hun dred and one motives which often make* pt oplc take their tremen dous ‘’leap through the ring,’ and, as the wo hi goes, they have not drawn blanks in the lottery. Ed win has not found liimaell lied to an ill-tempered scold, nor has An gelina awakened to the knowledge that her husband is a coarse, vbis lent brute. Only, they are boilt disappointed Doubtless tin y sti I love each other, but it is with a prosaic, common place a tied ion, which brings no gleams of color into the dull gray of their daily lift*. Now, is tins disenchantment a necessity? Is it, sentimental to expect married life t > be something more than a dreary routine; and it it is not so. why is it we most of us tail to find it otherwise? If we look .'ironml at the homes of professional men, we must own that, in most instances, we fi iti the household stupidly managed ami trisle; ihe tlrawing rooms all alike, tolerably comfortable but tasteless; the ilium rs badly cooked and waste ful, and the husbands and wives on the terms so often hcaid and described by frcncli people, “Co son des Anglais—do you not see bow rude tin* gentleman is? be never speaks to bis wife!” Now, it is in tbc power of women to alter this state of tilings; and every wo man with a heart and a brain will take some trouble to keep her hus band her lover. The Augusta Chronicle mid Sen tinel understands that »t. the meet ing of the directo's of tile Georgia | railroad, last Tuesday, a resolution was adopted ant homing and re. j questing tin* president and super* : nitendeiit to fix the following rates , of fare for passengers horn Angus ta to the points named : Bel Air, 40 cent.-; Meizelia, fcO cents; Deal ing, $1 20; Thomson $ I 50; Camak, $] 90; Barnett $2 30; Craw lord ville, $2 60; Union Point, $3; Greeiiubnro, *.'! 40; Madison, $4 20; Social Oir ! He, $4 80; Covington, I*s; Conyers, $5; l.itlnoda, $5; Stone Mountain, I*s ; Decatur, $5; Atlanta, $5. Chil* I dren under ten and over live year* ol age, half the above rates These rates are the same which prevailed befoie the war. Ties is a wise policy on the part of the load. The rales obtain in the same ratio from Atlanta to Augusta. —The Boston Globe regrets to hear llint the New Haven gills are breaking off their maninge engage menis w ith theological student*, ami looking around f..r '‘heatlien’’ hus hands. They seem to have an idea that theology in these latter days !* too much leavened with “true inwardness.” A Plainville clergyman insists that he saw a snake forty leet long and big around as a barrel of wit is kv. A pretty good siz«-d insect that | We have no doubt that lie saw it, hut lie unquestionably saw the bar j iel ot whisky before he saw the I snake. It seems more reasonable, ! somehow. Mr. Spinks is not going to do any more in conundrums. He ask ed his wife why he was like a don> key? and she said because In? was horn so; and lie says that tile 1 answer is very different from that. GWINNETT HERALD. HATES OF ADVERTISING. BqV* | 1 W J 2 W j :: W jTITj 3 M 1 .SI on gl 50 82 00 92 50 Sfi OO 2 200 300 400 500 12 00 3 •"(> 4ft I 500 000 15 00 4- 400 ft 00 ?00 800 10 0' *4 col. 0 TOO 800 to 00 20 00 col. P 0 1 13 00 It; 00 18 00 30 00 r col, 1 GOO 22 0 27 00 30 0 50 00 Anil by special contract tor a longer time than three months. A square is one inch in depth of column The money for advertising is due on the first insertion No. 5. Mary II Williams contribute* to Appleton’s Journal an acenunt, given to her by an aged relative, of a Volition celebration in Lo lisi ntia fifty years ago. It was St. John's live, and the nai rater, then a buy, prevailed upon a negro woman to lake him along. The place of the ceremonies was an abandoned bii.U vaditi a suburb ot New Orleans. In an old build ing twe altars of bricks had been piled up, anti about sixty men ami i women, blessed in white, were leathered. On a table stood two ! stuffed cats, one black and the j other white, and between them was jan uncouth image of a woman, I At a signsl from an obi man who j conducted the tites a din was commenced by drummers, and Im tlien tiiew out from a box a lingo snake. Keveial candidates for initi ation had been arranged in a kneel ing posture, nnil (be snake was drawn slowly around the neck of each, the conductor repealing the name ol the oider, “Voudon Mag niutl ’ Eating ami drinking tul lowed, tin* beverage being sugar cane film, until ' all were drunk. Then files were kindled on tho altars, ami they joined in a tlauos of th" most grotesque description. I he women tore off their garments, the conductor brought out the writhing snake again, and tho dancers sang; Iliium! tiance ( aliuda, Voutlmi! Magnian, Am! An! ! Hnee (Jalinda! “The org : es,” concludes the desiription, “were becoming fright ful Suddenly the Candles flared up and went out, leaving nothing but a faint glow from the 'lying pyres. I had grown sick trom Imat, and an indescribable horror took possession of me. Wiih one bound I was out of tho shed, and wi.li all speed traversed the yard, found the gate open, and l was in the street and near home sooner than I can tell. If l ever have realized a sense of the real visible presence of his majesty the devil, it was that night among his Vinidou worshippers.” The word‘‘hell,” a translation of the Creek wotd Cchetma, is a teitn used to designate the valley of Hiiinom. This valley bounds Jer usalem on the north, and lies below Mount Zion a scene ol sacred and impel ishalde association*. In this valley Moloch, the national god of the Antonies, was worshipped with the lioriisl aid inliiimnu lire of su ersfietng children in the fire. When Josiah in his conquests, overthrew this idolatry, ho poured contemut upon the infernal practh-o hy cast ing into the valley the bones of the d -parted, hi the estimation of the ohi Hebrews tile bones of the dead caused the greatest of all pollutions. Whatever person, place or things they touched were forthwith con sidered •‘unclean,” Hence this val ley of Hitman, this Gehenna, this ‘•bell,’’ having been tlto receptacle of the human remains which «/osiali threw into it,was considered a place the iivst pointed and accursed.— From this circumstance it became a common receptacle for all the re fuse of the city ol Jerusalem. Here large quantities of decomposing vegetable and animal matter were constantly thrown. This putrescent matter g -iterated an abundance of worms; the worm here never died. To prevent the noxious effluvial sptinging from this mass of corrup tion poisoning the atmosphere an I breathing disease and death intot.ho heart of the city, fires were kept burning day and night. This vaU ley, therefore, was literally a place where “the worm never died, and where the fire was never quenched.” ! — lieu. Phelps. Tim Oi.d Stort —“Tommy, get up, it’s time; the early bird catches the worn s, you know.” “I’m not going fishing Jo day, mother, and shan’t want any wot ins." “Do get up. Tommy; you know Washington and Franklin were both early risers." ‘See what happened to ’em; they’ve both died.” ‘‘!’ui going to tell your pa. I declare I can’t do anything with that boy; lie’ll be a smart one when ho gets older." “I ll mako him smart before he gets older," cries the old man, springing up and rustling into Tom’s room. ‘•What’s the maitir, Dad, asks Torn, with one leg a!ready in bis pantaloons. “Nothing, only next time don’t wait until 1 get so near, or it’ll be 100 late.”
