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LOFISVILLE, JEFFBBSQN 00 WTY, GA., JUNE 18, 1874.
1&60: PROSPECT.VS 1874.
9P f T«E
Tie mamah Morning dews.
“A great paper —an honor not
only to Savannah, but to the Slate.
-—AJanta Qa. Constitution
11 A real live paper —one of the
beat on ■the Continent —Sunders
mile QfiMemld.
‘‘Should he received by every bus*
mesa fresh, spicy.”—
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“The neatest, wwtkst and pipst
ably edited daily in ,the Southern
States.”— Coemytoti .Qa. Ffctetjprise.
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the Soutb—edited wiih abiliiy and
sprighilinesa- . invaluable to mer«
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tian Index. <
In issuing tins, the twenty.fiftb annual pros
pectus ol the Savannah Mobuinq News, Uis
unnecessary to revert tothe histery'bf the pa:
per. For a quarter of a century it hue teen
the conspicuous afid , fmfiakent champion of
Southern sentimeet and Southern interests.
The carter of the Mtfhing New* tes lmeh one
of singular prosperity. It made a place lorn -
sell from the start ard hbs kept it, while a of
• its contemporaries of that day, and all save one
of its later rivals, have perished by the way A
side, and to-day it stands firmly established in
popular favor, with tittle or no competition
wiihin the area of its circulation.
The restless activity,energy and enterprise
of the age have eo extended the sphere ol jour
ualism that the modern newspaper is literally
encyclopedic in character, comprisingevery,
thing of specific Or general in the vqst domsin
of art, scienee, literature, religion, politics and
the news. Its tendency is to occupy the held
of the pamphlet, the magaxine and the novel,
and it is gradually usurping the functions of
those vehicles of thought and information. Its
scope embraces the discussion of every pubject
which has been invested wiih interest by the
restless explorations of Ihe human intellect,
aud includes every topic calculated to instruct
or to entertain. In the newspaper of to.day
the pjrofoundest exegetical article goes forth
surrounded and relieved by the brilliant essay
the caustic review, the pungent editorial; the
sparkling letter of correspondence, and Ihe ra
cy paragraph—‘lie whole forming a commune
of Belle Lettres wherein the m°»t noteworthy
literary effort has scarcely any advantage of
position over the poorest item.
It has been the aim of the conductors of the
Morning News to keep the paperfully abreast
of this tide of progress and improvement, and
to this end no expense has I een spared. That
their efforts havo beeu in some degree
full, is evident from the flattering encomiums
bestowed upon the paper by its contempora
ries, and from the large circulation and influ
ence t» which it has attained The plans of
tho I‘roprietor for (871 coniprebeud a nearer
approach to the ideal Journalism of ihe time
than ever before. Dm features that_ have giv
en the paper a marked individuad y among
Southern journals, and which have brought it
up to its present high standard of popularity
wil: be retained and improved upon. Kveni*
of interest transpiring in any portion of the
world within reach of the electric wires, w ill
find in the Morning News a prompt and reliable
chronicler i aud its arrangements for gathering
the news aro such tlnft all important omissions
of ihe telegraph era rhasonably sure to be sup
plied by its staff of special correspondents ; so
that the readers of the papei are certain of
finding in its comprehensive columns the la
test and freshest; intelligence, systematically
grouped and rStraetively edited.
In its editorial conduct the MonMse News
will ccTisistautlv pursue the policy which has
cbrrscier'.zed it front the first. Question* of
national or sec!: dl interest will bo candidly
and impartially dircuasad, whila every subject
of* political coraplexipn will be treated with
av. i single t» the Weifare, tin progress; and
tin sob'tanlial devefopm »t of the material
resources of the South. The syst»i r of carpet
ba ; robbory acd pjucder thit has imppvdrish
ed our sTCtiop the popular ofof official
knavery and corruption—and ail those odious
features of Radicalism which have for their
object the prostration orsoTorsign gtates and
thp disestablishment of civil government in
the Sottfetewilt bo h«Mt uptc the severest
condemflSon; and at all times,in season and
out of season, the paper will advocate the pri
mitively pure doctrines of a strict constygc.
(100 Os the Constitution, and thw admnist a
tion of the powers of the goverflaWafoiExecu
tive, Judical and : fceksllsAive— the
limits prescribed by that instrhmeut. In sub.
serving the interest of a section thtf Jp*s been
eo sorely oppressed and So persistently belied
the eonrse of the Moasisu News will te, as
heretofore, either cautiously conservative or
sharply aggressive, as the nature of the cir
suedetanoes may seem u> deinand; and it will
be the aim and purpose of the conductors of
the aper to maintain its portion tie one of the
leading exponents of Southern opinion.
In the new* department, the current local af
faire of Georgia and Florida wil be chroniqled.
waa' the satne picturesque and pungent assi>
duity tbat has made them such prominent and
popular features of the paper. The local de’
partment ia in charge of a gentleman of skill
and reputation, ana will continue to be the
most complete and reliable record of home
events to te found in any Georgia: journal—
The commercial department if, full and com
plete The figure* are collated,b) expert*, and
their accuracy if such as to commend them, to
merchant* and business men in this and the ad-
joining Statea. the local market reports e
compiled with tabot'idbs tare and may be .
lied on as representing every phase ol Sav -
nah’s commerce-
The Weekly News is a carefully edited
compendium of the freshest intelligence, and
comprises all of tb* most attractive features of
the Daily. It contains thoughtful editorials
upon matter of current interest; lively con
densations, characteristic paragraphs, and
latest telegrams and Market repdfts up tothe
bout of going to pre**. It opecfaßjr commend
itself tothe farmers and planters of Georgia
Florida and the adjacent States, and ia furu
nished af' a price that places it wlh bin the
reach of all.
What is here said of the Daily' and Week
ly may also, with equal truth, be lajd of .the
Tal -Weekly NxWs. It is one Os the best
papers of its kind and contains everything of
interest iliat appears in the Daily, together
with the latest telegrams and commercial iutel*
ligence.
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SABBATH EVENING.
How calmly sinks the parting auo,
Xet twilight lingers still,
And beeutiiul as dreams es Heaven,
It slum hers ou the bill;
Earth aleep* with all the glorious things,
Beneath the wings,
And rendering back the hsxes above,
Seems resting in a trance of Love.
Round, yonder rode* tho fcj ast trees.
In shadowy group* techn*
Like saints at evening bowed in prayer
Around their holy shrine:
And through their aitill leaVos tjie wiqds blow
bo calm and still—their music low,
Seems the mpterioos voire of prayer,
Soft echoed in the evening air.
86 ca.rniy move, so calmly glow,
They seem te Fancy's eye,
Bright Creatures of a batter sphere.
Cos e down at noonto worship heie,
And from their sscriAce of love,
Returning to thoirdteme above.
The blue isles.pi&mtwslden .***,
The, night arcenedßghigb,
The flowers the heavens,
The bright stshntefiAeap ng by,
Are living with refigtea deep ’
Du earth and it* glorious sleep
And mingle with tho star-light rays.
Like the soft light of parting days.
The spirit of the holy eve
Come through silent air.
To feelings hidden spring mid wakes
A gush ol muaio there!
Aud the fair depth, of ether beam,
So passing fair we almost dream
That we can rise and wander through
their open pallia of trackless blue.
Each soul is filled with glorious drea ns,
Each pulse is beating wild,
And thought ia soar.ng to the shrino
Os glory undefiled !
And holy aspirations start,
Like blessed angels troin Ihe heart.
And bind—for earth's dark ties are riven—
Our spirits to the gates of heaven.
TIGHT.
BY ONE WHO HAS TRIKD IT.
The subjoined poetical contribution is cheer,
fully dedicated to those who know how it l<
themselves s
1 dreamod l sat on a com-t,
My fogs dangling over in space,
Aud darting along like a bomb, it
Joiued the bright worlds in tlioir raoe.
On. on through the limitless ether,
Willi countless fair planets in view,
Tho uioun and the (lull earth beneath her,
boon faded away in the blue.
Vie rushed by so doll 1 to bright Venus,
1 threw her a kiss With my lips ;
There w as scare! y a stone’s throw betwoen us.
But she too soon suffered eclipse.
We whirled and passed the terrible Saturn,
Just grazing his luminous rings ;
I scomtu ly thought of that slattern —
The earth, with her pale moon and tilings!
We passed every bright constellation,
Regardless of risks which we run,
And I felt it my gieatest vexation
That none had a share in the fun.
But horror! I feel a strange action!
I know that mv wild race is done!
We have got in the grasp of attraction.
And rash, like the light, to the sun.
Crash! wake i what a dizziness!
My blood bounded fast as the comet did;
I felt that my stomach meant business,
So I turned over, quickly, and—was vary
unwell iudeed.
A MODEL VALENTINE
Here is the way the young l.tdies
of Washington county fix up their
valentines:
St. Valentine’s Day, >
Feb. 14, 1874. >
Dear Sir pardon me for iny
boldness in writing you a valentine;
but kinjj sir, 1 can no longer wiihi
hoM frOm youy ihe idol of my heari,
the sentinyents I have so long wished
you to kfjow. Yes, every tune 1
think of you, my heart goes up and
down like a churn dasher! Sensa
lions of unutterable j<»y caper over
it like young goats oyer a s able root,
and thrill tiirough it like Spanish
needles through si p sir Qf o j d lmeu
irowsers. As a goSlnig swiinmeih
wiih delight iti a mtid puddle, so
sWim I in a sea of gjbry. Visions
of rapture, thicker than ihe hairs of
a blacking brucb, arid t*rigl)tef than
the huesai a humming bird’s pinions,
visit n.e in my slumbers, and borne
ou invisible wings yo«r 'iiflage tifpids
before me. VYlien I first beheld
your angelic perfections, 1 was be
wildered, and iny brain vt hiiled
round like a bumble bee under a
glass tumbler. My eyes stood open
like cellar doors in a country towr,
and I lifted up my ears (p, eaipn the
silvtly accents ol your voice. My
tongue refused to wag ? and in silent
adorations 1 drank in trie sweet in
fections of loye as a thirsty man swal
lowe(h a^glass ofhot whiskey punch.
Day and night you are my only
thought. When Aurora, blusning is
a bride, rises from her flowery couch,
when the mocking-bird pipes his
tuneful lay in the apple tree, when
the awakened pig ahseth flo n fiis
bed and goeth for hia morning re
treshments, when the lowing cow
comes home at eve, I think of thee,
aud like a piece of elastic, my heart
seem to stieich clear across Sty bo
som. Your hair is like the maue of
a sorrel horse powdered with gold,
your,forehead,is smoother than ihe
elbow of an old coat, your eyes are
glorious io behold, aud your mouth
seem tc be puckered with sweetness
arid myriads of unfledged kisses a.e
there rea ly to fly out an 1 light on
sp ne rosy lips like birds out of their
nesti. ; Y°u laugh rings on my ears
like the si rains ol an IS. dian harp,
or the bleat pf a stray lamb on a lull
side. The dirpples in your cheeks
are like bpwers ip beds of roses, or
follows in cakes of home-made su
gar. I am dying to fly to ypur pres
ence, and pour out the burning
quence of iny love, as .housewives
pour out hot coflee. Away from y .u
1 am as melancholy as a s ck rut! —
1 can sometimes hear the June bugs
ol despondency buzzing in my ears,
and feel the cold lizzards of despair
crawling down my back, fears like a
,thousand minnows nibble at my spir
its, and my soul is pierced through
with dpu|)ts,ps an old cheese,rs b nej
with skippers. Yes, my love tm
you is stronger than the kick of a
young cow. Ypu are fairer than a
speckled pullet, sweeter tha is yau
kee doughnut fried in sorghum mo-
Ihss's, brighter than ihe plumage of
a muscovy duck. You gre candy,
kisses, raisins, p mud cake, and
sweetened toddy all together.
d 1 these few remarks w,fll enable
you to see the inside of my soul, I
shall be as happy as a bird hrp chei>
ry tree. But if you cannot recipro
cate my thrilling passion, I will pine
away dike a poisoned bed bug, ap l
fall from the vine ot life, an untime
ly branch. And in years to come,
when the shaJpWs lp.ll fron.tbe (nils,
aud ihe frogs sing their cheerfp!
evening hymns, and you are happy
in another’s love, will you come and
drpp a lear (and I hope catch a c >id)
upon the last resting place of your
aft'emiunate
NErrie Devvdrop.
CRUMBS FBOM 10SH BiLLINGS.
The only way to hold our own is
to keep advancing—no one can set
s ill and do ii.
It dusseeni that all qraukiffd luv
lies more than they do truth. Hew
menny people do you suppose there
iz in the world who wouldn’t ruther
listen to flattery they knu wap fal&e
than to reproof they knu was just t
Wise men lass at most things in
this life—it is only the plnmls who
gane mid swailo.
Yu kant allwuss tell how much a
ii. an is really tickled bi heering him
luff. Thare ought to be a masheen
invented to measznre the joy in
him, just az thare is to find out how
much water thare is in milk-
Honesty iz the basis ev all that
iz good or even remarkable in euy
man.
The reason whi everybo ly luvs a
child and pets a puppy, is bekauze
they are so uatral.
Whenever yuseea phellow who
iz forever and amen in a red hot
hurry, yu kan make up your mind
that he haint got much to do, aud
but little capacity to do it.
Good breeding is nothing m ire
lhan the art of knowing how to wail
pashumly till our turn cones. A
dtile chi.d won’t do this, aud a little
pig kant.
Gossip is more ketching than the
measeles iz.
The quickest way to take the hus
mility out of a man who iz forever
ulamiug himseli for something iz to
agree with him. This ain’t what he
iz looking for.
Book laruinizall a man needs in
this life, provided he spends his daze
in a closet.
Next to a had man I am al.wus
the most afrude ova cunuiti one. »
Familiarity kan on>y be practiced
with salety aiiiung toe well bred—
phools aud puppys will run right
over yu with the fast bit uv encour
age merit.
Those who never lass se. m to hav
died before thsir titn; com-.
Every human being haz his own
private sorrow, and muse who whis
sell are wiser than those who weep
oyer it.
A cmc man is a great fraud,
but he never cheats enyboldy si
much as he duz himself.
H<- who don’t want what he haint
goi haz got all lie wants and iz hap
py, whetner he knows it or noi.
The c-vi-ious man is like a sponge
which takes in all the moisture that
(Tunis near it, aud letsuui nolle until
ii is squ ezed.
A cunning man is selduin wize,
and not all wuz houesi.
The man w ho never deceives him
self iz the hat dost kind ot a man for
others to deceive.
If mankind had been satisfi and with
ihe bare necessity ot lue, we woul i
10-day be jus about az tar ad vane and
in the arts aud sciences as Cam and
1 Abel wuz.
Double sixes are a good throw
with the dice, but thare is one better
than lhai—ilirow them into
iheure.
Prudence ir a most necessary vir
tew ; it amt sale io be karcless, even
with an intimate friend.
No man has ever lived to be so
old, and so wise, that he could
not learn something from experi
ence.
Tnare is a grate menny ginger
pop people ; alter they have been
uncorked lor a tew minutes they git
10 be dredphull fl it.
From the Fayetteville (l’euii,) Express:
“JE PERVI JONS, JU3UR. ’
The following has nearly got round
bin nevertheless it is so go id we
must save it:
A sapient looking darkey, oscillat
ing between tweuty and twenty-five
summery, overtook an uld negro on
tire s.reet the other day, and wedg
ing him in a fence corner proceeded
to acquaint him widi all the gorgeous
provisiuhs of ihe Civil flights Bill.
'Young Alrica imparted t > old Africa
a fund ot valuable information,
■‘tliusly
-*• Well, uncle Billy, Sunner’s
Swivel lights Bill has pissed do
Senate ob de Umied Stales widout a
murmur.”
•‘ Is dat so, Jos ar ?”
‘‘Jess so, uncle Billy. And say,
uncle Billy, we colored pussous is
gwine (to Ace whose pervUtous is in
de poi. W’e are gwine to be allow
ed to ride free on de railroads, smoke
in de ladies cur, anfl put opr leet on
de percussions \vhenebe,r we please,.”
“Is dat so, J siar f”
“Jess so, uncle Billy. And ffity,
uncle Billy, we’s gwine to be allow
ed to stop at de hotels, and sett ait
the head pb de table, and hab de
biggest slice ofl de chicken, and (ay
around in de parlor aud spit on de
carpets, and make de white trash'
husle dernselves pud wait o i us wid
out grumblin’; and wheneber de
boss ob de coucei n shoves a bill at
ps we’ll hab him sent to \yashingion
and obscured in the plenipotentiary.”
“is dat so, Josiar f ’
“Jess si, uncle B'Hy- And say,
uncle Billy, wo’s gw ine to be allow-,
ed tp go tp de white ficnoojs pnd s*i
up on de fiatf <rm wid de teacher anil
learn gehography, triggeripanome
try, gehonyny., Latin, Dpi.ch, French,
Ciiociaw. algebray, rhemutics, de
rul,c Ql thrice and de diarrhea.”
“Good God I is dat so, Josipr ?”
“Jess sp, uncle Billy. And say,
uncle Billy, we’s gyme to be allowed
to be burrie l in itallic epflins wid
looking gjasges oa top of dem, and
dey will tiab to carry us ip a hoeasei
io de grabe yard and bmy us on top 1
ob de white folks, so when the day I
ob reserrection am arrived and tie
angel Gabriel, cune toolin’ along, he
will sing out troo his trumpet, “ All
you colored gemmen rise!’ And
say, uncle Billy, de pervisions ob dat
bill ”
. “Wnat’s d,at you say ’bout pen
sions, Josi ir f’
“Well, uncle Billy, as I was gwipe
on to state, de pervisions oa dat
bill ”
“Stop right dare, Josiar,. You
say dare’s pet visions in dat bill! ’
•‘Jess so, uncle Billy. De per*
visions ol tie bill ’’
“Stop right dare, Josiar. Es dare’s
pervisions m dat hill i wants a sack
ob flour dis berry min nit. Go way
wid de stnokiii’ in de ladies car. and
de gehography, aud de Latin, and
de itallic coffins! I want de pervi
sion, Josiar. Day's all dere is in
de bill wufl ace it.”
‘.NLY A SHOPGIRL.'
The other day f heard these words
used by a lady tneud while speak
ing ot an acquaintance, an estimable
young la ly wlio was not ashamed
ot the tact that she earned her living
ou a shoemachine. The lone used by
ihe joung lady referred to, seemed
to convey the impression that the
young girl in question was greatly
injured by bdtig “uuly a shop girl.”
Now 1 know a great many people
who have just such erroneous iin»
prcssions, who really feel that if a
girl works tor a living she is a little
below par in genteel society ,* but
it seems to ure that these people
who earns ih ir om subsistence,
are the only independent ones among
us. ft is nc degradation to man of
women to be honoiabjy employed
on the other hand. 1 always feel a
respect lor a, younggirl who. thus,
tanes her tbrtuue in.o her own bauds
and quietly works for a loriune- f
know oi many girls who, haye gopd
homes, and are free to live at limn;-
without work but who preler work
in a shop.to idleness, at home. -Such
gills are surely uo less, worthy ot. re-
I gaid. I admire their euergy, and
NO. 7.
they are worm a dozen oh your
milk-and-water affairs who idle
away the hours of life, too lazy to
work anJ too proud to appreciate
the beauty es independent labor.—
Don’t be ashamed to work, girls-;
go into a shop, or kitchen, or any
where that you can find suitable
employment, and if anybody says, or
even looks ‘‘only a shop girl,” hold
your heod a little higher, and in
stead ol taking the remark as a slur
on the name or vocation, accept it
as a compliment to your industry
and independence, ever giving to
the world by your industrious nab*
its the itupiessioii that a “shop girl”
is rt ally a ibve those girls who for
lear of being obliged to worn, will
tie tound living upon the haid earn
ings ol' parents who can ill afford the
buiden, but who, witli a singular
mix of pride and poverty, encourage
the iuaciiviiy of their children, and
uncomplainingly work early and late
to suppoit girls who are much bet
ter able to work lor thems Ives, but
who at the same ti ne look down
upon a shop girl. 1 had much rath
er be a shop girl, working to pay
my board, cioilie my sell and enjoy
my leisure devoted in raiding or
study. And another tiling, giris, re.-
member, it i> inoie honrah e to have
the hands soiled by walk on a stioe
machine, than to see the grey haiis
grow thicker on a father’s head, or
the furrows deeper on ins bro.v, and
all lor hard work to support a faini*
ly too lazy to support themselves,
and too proud to soil their and dicate
hands by cni'iaci with a shoe ma
chine or any other means ol honora
ble employment. Show me a s nar,
active giil, who is neither ashamed
nor atraid of work, and 1 will show
you a girl who will make a good
wile and a ustful member of socie*
ty, Sd,
Affectation. —To stiive to ap
pear what we are not and never can
oe is to make our elves ridiculous in
the eyes of all worthy people. One
of the surest and easi si ways fur a
man 10 bee mie a nonentity is to
sink his individuality by trying lo
be soineoody else. Alf-cta ion in
an any form is the pioduct of igno
rance or weak-mindedness; whether
it be displayed m the would-be lady,
desti u eot maternal refinement, an 1
wauling in culture, who affects sum -
body else in conversation or maii
ne.s, or in him who on the rostrum,
or worse still, in the sacred desk
apes the eminent who stand in those
places. We have teen it illustrated
in the junior and rk of a store who
talked to the customers as if he
owned the whole establishment; in
a small writer w ho spoke of Thacke*
ray as a fellow laborer; in a musi
j cian of little pierit, who ostentatious
ly mounj- J tor the lamented Parepa,
saying, “We of the profession have
suffered a great loss.” And so on,
and so . Wnen will the pretentious
person learn that, without merit to
support hill), he affords one of the
must lamentable instances of tol y uu
record ? Soon, we hope, for his own
at) l society’s sake.
SWORD SWALLOWING SCIENTIFIC IL
LY CONSIDERED,
At the Jefferson Medical College of
Phi'adelphia, lately Prof. Muary in
troduced to the faculty and students
Signor Cajqr Benedetti, a profes
sional sword-swallower, on whom
he proposed to make a surgical ex*
animation. B ei, edctii first swallow
ed a sword-blade twenty-three
inches in length, and bending over
completely nent the s eel. ftext he
placed a sabre, measuring twenty*
iiine inches in leughih, down his
thro nto ihe hilt. The medical ex
anvners discovered that the blade of
the weapon stretches the oesophagus
and distends tfe lower wall of the
stomach. Benedetd then rwaliowed
s x thin, light swords at ouce, and
then extracted them with such ease
as to exete the wOnder of all the
beholders;. Do next took an ordina
ry musket, weighing eleven pounds
With a CQmtnon bayonet afhxied.—
This, bayoivt he thrust into
his, throat by raising the. mus
ket butt into, the air. When it was
fit he bowed all around to the com*
pany, He thfen drew the weapon
out gracefully and easily, and ex
plained that the p,>int of leverage Ml
upon, his lowei jpw and teeih, which
are very strong. Tne medical gen
tlemen present were of the opinion
that this practice night be conim
upd for a tong time without injury
unless by so ne accident the oe-oph*
agus should be punctured, when th<
result might be fatal.