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THE
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
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JDTTED 1KD PUBLISHED BY
J. T. WATERMAN,
EVERY. THURSDAY MORNING,
AT PERRY, GA.
EDWIN M. BROWN,
ttornoy at Law,
FORT TALLEY, GA.,
Will practise in all the Courts of the Ma
con Circuit, and in others by special con
tract. \ * janl'.J T tf
industriously pursued, a tbrtnne will be the
>•'. H dnt s Merchants' Magazine.
BY J. T: WATERMAN.
PERRY, GA., NOVEMBER 9, 1871.
YOL. I, NO. 47
H. M. HOLTZCLAW,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PERRY, GEORGIA.
BUFORD M. DAVIS,
jSLftorney at Xjaw,
PERRY, GEORGIA, :
Will practise in nil the Courts of the Ma
con Circuit, and in others by special con
tract. .. . jan26
PERRY, GEORGIA
The Great BIcdical Discovery!
Dr. WAX.XES’3 CALTFOKJIIA
VINEGAR BITTERS,
ia Hundreds of Thousands g|*-
2r* Bc*r testimony to their Wonder- » 2
o o fuLCnrallve Effects. g go
fisWHAT ARE THEY?lr2
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industnousiy pur-
result "—Hunts
“After I began to advertise my Ironware
freoiv biisiness increased with amazing ra
pidity. For ten years past I lnive spent
£3U uUO yearly, to Keep my superior wares
before the publie. Had! oeeu trnud in ad-
vortising, 1 should never have possessed w>
fortune of £350, UUO.”—McLeod Nenon,
Birmingham.
“Advertising, like Midas' touch, turns
everything to gold. By it your daring men
dn.W uufiions to their cofi'ers."-btuun
Clay.
“ What audacity is to love and boldness
to war the skilltui use of proners mt is to
,ucc^ m business."-Henry Ward Beecher.
‘.‘The newspapers made Fisk."—James
Fisk, Jr.
“ Without the aid ot advertisements, 1
could have done nothing in my specula
tions. 1 have the most complete until m
printer's ink. Advertising is the royal road
to business."—F. T- Rumum.
DRUGS, DRUGS!
Cr. J. C. GILBERT’S
Jfa the place to buy'PUBE and UNADUL
TEBATED MEDICINES.
HE SELLS AT MACON PRICES
CALL AND BUY YOUR SUPPLIES
TEEMS STRICTLY CASH.
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rp-t. _ TT7"p pi?-! tt TSTp W q i having utterly failed, they now fear j ears with false and malicious reports.!.
. ® W CCikiy AN • : that same persistent and irresistable ; There is no rebellion: there is no bo& i
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contains au average of :
Thirty Colmnns of Reading Mat lev •
It commends itself particularly to those who c
not enjoy the facilities of a daily mail, and who j
desire to have tLe current news of the day in a j
THE BEST GIN YET!
THE WINSHIP GIN
MANUFACTURED BY
WINSHIP & BRO., Atlanta, Ga.
CAMPBELL & JONES
.COTTONFACTORS. MACON, GA.
From the New York Sun. (Rep.)
Grant’s Hratlica Proclamation.
^isfrimiTi-*:nn, and coiitains the. cream of the j tll6 gOYGlTlillGIli/ ilHCL TGVGIoG til6 polltl*
Diu3y E-iition of the YtOKNING' NEWS. Its ex- v - il, 4. ■■
trehiely Tow price, its careful make-up, and the 031 resulto of tile past two years, by
large and'varied tunoxmtof reading matter which
it contains, commend ii to all those who desire a
first-class family newspaper.
am nd\t'fd\f &i£udaeZ tii& satis-, bands of-Ku-Klux and Federal Jrjmps j ae day of annual thanksgiving, and
L'tliat these jhen purpose- to lont oi are utterly false, base and slanderous j disregard that of President Grant to
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Address . . . .
• . _ • . ■. ■ J. H. ESTILL,
, Savannah, Georgia.
THE TBI-WEEKLY
MORNING NEWS.
rpHE TBI-WEEKLY 5IOBNING NEWS PRE-
X sents all. the best features of the ; Daily and
Weekly editions, and. is made up .with an eve to
the wants of the farming community of Middle.
Southern and Southwest Georgia. It contains all
the LATEST COMMERCIAL and TELEGRAPHIC
INTELLIGENCE up to the hour of going to press,
and the . very large circulation to which it has at
tained convinces ns that it fills a high place in
public estimation. —
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Money sent by the Southern Express Company
at our risk and expense. Address
J. H. ESTILL,
Savannah, Georgia.
I a iforth Spindles, with patent 36 inch cards,
and full preparation. Now running and in firstrate
order. Address MACHINERY, care Messrs. Geo.
P. Rowell k Co., 41 Park Row, New. York.
I
R. C. WILDER & SON,
STEAM SASH FACTGHI.
MACON, GA.,
Third Si. next to Artope's Marble l ard,
{ tj.v-PPXCTUKEBS OF
dooHs,
SASH,
BLINDS,
mouldings;
brackets
And all kinds of Building Materials.
RiBpocialntitshtion given to
^tunre mid public Houses. Rough out.
Dressed UunL nlwaj-s on hnn.k bead m
; your.orders., Mi
R. C WILDER & SON!
*«.=
ftCa -
W*o
&sl
Pi'SS
Otii THEY ABE SOT A VILE
Is, ll FANCY DRINK.?!?
Made of Poor \Vl»i»kcy»
Spirits amtltcfuKc ra doctor*.d,*piccv:
aadiwcctencdt * pleati ti^ taste, called **To:.-
les,"* 4 Appetizers,** ** Kciiorcn:,** *c., that lcai
;i:o tippler on to drunkenness arid ruin, but arc
p^ truc Medicine,made from the Native Loots and
^Icrbsof California, tree from nil Alcoholic
Htiiiiulaii'.s. They are thcCUEAT 15 LOO!)
PUitIF.lElt nud LIFE CIlVIXti I*aiN-
C11* LE * perfect Innovator as.dluvicoratorof
the System, carrying off all poisonous matter and
restoring t!:o blood to a h'-althy condition. No
person can take these EPtcrs according to direc
tion and rrmaln long uuir-ll.
Vor InOtummitory and Chronic lUten-
limtlarif and Goat, Dyspepsia or Iudi-
gcatiotn Bitious, Itemilteut atiil Inter-
liilttcnt Fcvera, I)l»ca«c?i of the lllood,
Liver, Ividitcy;** aud Bladder, these Bit*
:ei*» have been most succ-nsful. Such Diu-
"Mmcs arc-caused by Ylilntrd Blood, which
rs generally produced by d :rangetneut of the
Oigeoti vc <)rgniih.
DYSPEILSIA OR INDIGESTION.
Tbtidachc. Pai l i:» tiic Shoulders, Coughs, Tight-
•.css of U»c Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of
-he Stomach, Dad tast.- la the Mmlili Bilious At-
•.ACks, Palpitation of the Hea-t, Iudauunation of
the Lungs, Pain In the regions of the Kidneys.and
vhundred other painrul symptoms, are the off-
•nrings'of Dyspepsia.
TU« y luvigorat-i- the Stomach and stimulate the
. .rpl l liver and bow, is, which render them of un-
'•inalled efilcacy In cleansing the blood of all
:n;>nriti**V, and ’imparting new life and vigor to
.2 whole system. : ' .
FOR SKIN 15ISEASGS, Eruptlons.Tettw,
•alt Khenm,Blotches. Spots, i’implhs. BustnJcs,
noil*, Carhuncic-j K niag-Wo r ms f Scald-Head, Sore
.iytiti.Errsip -Us Itch, Sgjirfs.llbs.colurations of
lie Ski-.', Humors and Dis, asca of the Skin, of
whatever i-aame or nature, are literally dug up
•^id carricd’out df-the system in a short time by
. use of thes- Bitters. One bottle in such
..s-ss will convince the most incredulous of their
crative effects*
Cl 'anse: tliV Vitiated Blood whenever you And
-tffjiiptfrftie* bursting through the skin InPlm-
ls», "Eruptions- or- Sores; cleanse It when you
a*it obstructed, and’ sluggish in the veins
: .vn;* it when'll is foul, am! your feelings wih
T'youVlien.' Keep ti.e blood pure and the
r.lth oftirs system will follow.
•*IN* TA I’E and other \V<ULUS. lurking lr.
«vAtem of s > many thousands, arc effectuallr
- T ^ruf*;d and r-inoveS:* For fall directions, r«jac!
■ fillrUicclreiitirifi-oan.l caclilwtUe.
'VV..KER, Trrtpri t«r. B. It. MrDO^ALD *■
. «a<Ip-:n. AffeaW. Saa Franriar-
t a:»d S2 an:13*. Comme ce Street. N^w i o
n r.,- • • * D^rr,(r c, -. r ? and DEALEi;.
SoidbyDr. J. C. GILBERT, Perry.
AHEAD OF ALL COMPETITION !
Awarded Two First Premiums at Georgia
Stale Fair, 1870.
V aluable and substantial im
provements have been made in
this Gin, and*tbe mannfiictnrers now ofler
to the planters ol the South o Cotton Gin
that has no superior, and which for durabil
ity,' fine material, and good workmanship,
cannot be excelled.
The attention of planters is called to the
Patent Self-Oiling Box used on this Gin,
which is 1. st liable .to heat than any other
box used, and keeps all grit and dirt from
the journals,-saves time and trouble of fre
quent oiling,'.and requires not more than
one-fourth the amount of oil.consumed by
other boxes.
This Gin is pnt up in good style and in
the most substantial manner throughout,
Framing all pnt together with joint bolts;
and all parts made of iron where it is essen*
tinl to dumbtliiy. ... , .
'■Planters, examine this Gin before buying
any other. 40, 45, 50 and 50 saw Gins
kept constantly in stock. Price »4 a saw,
delivered at any depot, free of charge for
m
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CARHAKT & CURD,
DRALllBS in
Hardware, Iron & Steely
PAINTS, OILS', CLASS,
Cotton and Com Sweeps,
Macoa, - - -
£Pfi ■ ..
iieovgi t
Copal and JapaE
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XT J. C. GILBERT’S DRUG STORE:
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S00D THINGS FOR EVERYBODY
CHEAP FOR CASH
TV. r. JOHNSON,
MARSHALLVILLE, GA.,
* Has on hand a-complete stock of,. ; .
; Bry G-oods, Groceries,
CXjOTSIHTG,
Ha's, Gaps, Boots, Shoes, Hardware
Sails, Drags, Patent Medicines,
>' ^ • * tSre., &c*j
D
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PERRY, ------- GEORGIA,
AKD
HAWKINSVILLE, GA,
He will spend the first half of each
month in his office in Perry over tin
old Drug Store, and one fourth, or tin
latter half of eaeh month will be given
to his practice n Hawkinsvnie at Mrs.
Hudspeths.
CREDIT HAS PLAYED OUT.
He is daily receiving
tT.T. THE GOOD THINGS OF THE
SEASON.
He has put down the prices to srnt the
times. Call on him and yon cannot foil to
be suited. dec28-tf
A Hearty Old Virginia Welcome
Awaits you at
BEWSTTS GLOBE HOTEI
AUGUSTA, GA,
... ; r . . . . ...
■ w. C- HEWITT, Proprietor.
BBOWW’S -ttOTillJ
Opposite Passenger Depot,
MACON, GA,
\V. F. BROWS & CO., Proprietors,
Feed. A Richabds, Clerk.
freight.
ju8-4m
CAMPBELL & JONES,
Agents, Macon. Ga.
Gov. Bullock’s Reasons for Resigning.
tc.mrvF. Depabthent,
State of Geobgia.
Atlanta, October 23, 1871
To My Political Friends, and the Peo
ple of Georgia:
I have this day received information,
the truth of which I cannot doubt,
that the political conspirators who
seek the overthrow, not only of the
Reconstructed Government of Georgia,
but of the United States, have se
cured the pledge of a sufficient num
ber of the incoming members of the
lower House of the General Assembly
to vote, without previous investiga
tion, for articles of impeachment
against me, immediately after they
have assembled and organized, on
Wednesday, the first day of November
next; and, that having adopted such
articles in the House, a sufficient num
ber of Republican Senators will be
unseated to insure conviction upon the
articles so presented.
I also learn that the Judge of the
Supreme Court, who is personally and
politically bitterly hostile, to. me,'has
- i* ’ „ 1 •_ £'
ABBETT’S LIVER MEDICINE
And ail diseases and indispositions that
originate Irolu a diseased state or inactiV-
rv tty'ui -tne ldver. such.as.
^ i X ■ lu.. ■■
tihrenic and Acute luflam.natioi.
A SAFE AND CERTAIN CURt
For all kinds of
LIVER COMPLAINTS,
L
)
X V E R
DYSPEPSIA, SICK • HEADACHE, SOyB-
SESS OF THE STOMACH, LOWNESS
. OF SPIBITS, CHOLIC, COSTIVE-
NESS,
Fever, and Ague, Bilious Fever,
JDropsy and Jaundice.
This Medicine is purely Vegetable
’ AND PEBFEC-TLY HAIiHLESS.
But its efilcacy is too permaueutly estab-
usiieii ill lab oeultibi’ii aiud tv eatei'n biatco
w> A-eq»ure lurtucr rccuuuueuauuoii. ..
■I'm, wise Wtn.stvo.ita trial—tuat is all
tiiat is asKtsiii - *• \ ' v ■ ■:
xtuudreds of Certificates from tUe be6i
rneii in tut? country attest tue vmue of uiu
medicine..
PRICE ONE DOLLAR
Sent by mail oii; receipt of price.
CRAWFORD & WALKER,
. t“ PUOPSIETOBS,
WEST,POINT, -. - - GKJEGIA.
For sale by| ’
Matthew*, Ross 4 Co.,
Fort Valley, Ga.
•Dr. J. C. Gilbert,
lT '' p'en-v. tie.
WHEW,
HOW
it
But uo matter; people must eat, and therefore
Cw F. COOPER
Always keeps on hand the very things you want
GROCERIES ft PROViS'QKS,
Tobacco,
’ Liqnore, Gandy,
Flour, Meal,
Coffee, Tea,
Sugar, Salt,
Canned Fruits,
Fish, to make you thirsty, and something
to relieve your thirst.
So come along, come along, make no delay.
- jnhKMf
informed his friends that this pro
gramme has been perfected and that
he has been selected to preside over
the Senate during the trial, and that
the Senator representing Gen. Toombs’
District is to be elected President of
the Senate and immediately announce
himself as, and claim to be, Governor
during the pending impeachment, and
thereafter for the balance of my un
expired term. Upon this state of
facts I have decided to resign the of
fice of Governor, to take effect before'
the meeting and: qualification of the
new body, and -timreby. defeat this ne
farious scheme of these desperate po
litical conspirators.
By this course I shall protect my
political friends in the Senate from
expulsion that has been foreordained
in order to secure my impeachment,
and at the. same time save the State
from the disasters that would be sure
to follow in the wake of success on the
part of the unpardoned and unrepent
ant rebel leaders, who, though com
paratively few in numbers, move the
masses by the irresistable pressure of
sectional hate and social proscription.
I have maintained my official posi
tion against the assaults of these peo
ple upon the cause of equal rights and
Republican government, just as long
- as it is possible for me tobeof service,
and now, for the purpose of again
defeating this latest onslaught of these
destroyers I have: resigned this office
in the hands of that noble and un
swerving friend of'right and- justice,
th«Hnn-'Benjamin Conley, who, finder
the Constitution, by reason of being
now the President of the Senate, bfc-
Comes Governor during the unexpired
part of my term, or until a successor is
appointed by the people. No charge
has yet been brought against him, be
cause he has not heretofore been sup
posed to be an obstacle in the way of
the conspirators’ success. If assaults
are now made upon him, the country
will understand the purpose for which
they are made.
As for myself, being divested of of-
the charges of every
•Inch these people
to make and proclaim again?
be .‘brought before -the Court, and I
shall never shrink from any judicial
enquiry that is divested of political
bias and prejudice. May I be par
doned for a word of warning to the
1 P 1.1 _ ll.n I V n. — O Cp —
peaceful means if fhey ! chir,- br by-foul
means if tiiey'rlaie. r -'FSKag 1 in' ithis,-.
another attempt at’ Separation' will be
made. ■- 1 " - •"
If evidence' .of ! th6r ‘ were wanting,
we need hut point to the public and
private utterances of those who were
foremost in secession and-rebellion,
and now denounce and: ignore the
mental : law—the Constitution of
■the Unitea States. Will the country
heed and take care before it is too
late to prevent another war with , its
frightful consequences? If my action
in this emergency had been postponed
until after the meeting of the incom
ing body of legislators, the Executive
branch of our State government would
have been absorbed by the conspira
tors in the legislative branch, and there
would have been no check upon the
wholesale repeal aud destruction of all
the great measures of reform and pro
gress that we have labored so hard to
establish.
The free school system would be
abolished, the colored citizen denied
every right guaranteed ,to him, and
the whole work of Internal Improve
ment carried on by Northern capital
would be swept away. The growing
spirit of lawlessness and proscription
for opinion’s sake is daily rendering
the property and lives of Union men
and Republicans, more and more un
safe, and I fear the worst consequences
if the Executive office should b e filled
by one not only in sympathy, with
those who urge on and .inflame this
feeling, but who is moved and actuatp-
ed by them. With no one in the
Executive office to call upon the gen
eral Government lor protection, its
friends and supporters would be hand
ed over, without mercy, to the assaults
of their friends.
For these reasons I have determined
on this step believing that much that
has already been accomplished can be
preserved through the wise and firm
check upon revolutionary measures
that will be given by Gov. Conley, in
control of the Executive branch of the
Government, and that thereby the
good of the whole people of Georgia
will be promoted, and I shsill cheerful
ly give to Governor Conley all the in
formation and assistance within my
power he may desire.
Rdtds B. Bullock.
ly false,
fabrications, uttered for.a purpose.
'Thecruelty, the inhuman barbarity
of this most unrighteous war upon ns
menoughitobfing tlmblnsh of shame
to the dbeek-offtt; Nero:and softonjihej
heart qf a Tiberius. Our women and
children are the greatest sufferers by
this mohstrons; act of .wanton oppres
sion; they are pale with affright; .-they
are distracted:with ; grief and. angnish;
.those .loved; ones- upon whom ihev
lean for support are torn from them,
and . they are left,defenceless and at
the mercy of brutal,- lawless negroes.
And all this suffering is entailed.upon
our people that a few wicked politicians
may continue in. power- and batten on
the spoils of office. Grant’s procla
mation, alleging that the upper dis
tricts of South Carolina are in~ a state
of rebellion, is the most. stupendous
tie that was ever promulgated to the
world; the most infamous document
that ever bore an official seal In its
utter falsehood, its cool audacity, its
daring assumption, its sublime men
dacity, and its damnable iniquity, it is
without parallel in history. There is
no document on record comparable to
it. The cruel tyranny of the measure
is only equalled by the arbitrary des
potism which has been practiced upon
a Poland or a Hungary, a Greece or
an Ireland. And the worst of it is
there is no help ‘for us. When the
President of a free country, in a time
of profound peace, deliberately turns
his “dogs of war’’"-loose upon an un
offending, defenseless people, and the
cold eye of the world hears in -it no
sympathy for us, there is no help for
us under the sun,-and little hope.
Pardon me for trespassing upon
your time, and believe me to be, with
the highest sentiments of esteem and
regard, your obedient servant.
South Carolina.
THE TEltBORISJI IN'THE STATE—LETTEB
TO HON. BEVEKDY JOHNSON.
From the Baltimore Sun.]
The following letter was received on
Saturday by the Hon. Reverdy John
son, to whom it was written. He has
placed it in our hands, at the request
of the writer, and tells us that he
knows that he is a gentleman.of high
character, and that his statements may
be confidently relied upon. Although
Mr.-Johnson is authorized to give the
name of the writer, he deems it prop
er to withhold it from the fear that it
might -subject him. to the tyranny
which now-prevails in many portions
of his State. After referring to some'
matters of personal business, and
stating thet he is deeply .interested in
the proceedings now going on in his
State, he writes as follows:-
Rock Hill, Yokk Distbict, S. Oi,)
October 26, 1871:1 }
Hon. Reveedy Johnson, Raltimoee,
Mb. : Deab Sib: * ^ '* Onp' of
my brothers has been arrested and'
thrown into common jail by United'
States soldiers without' charge or ac
cusation;' withont form or warrant <5f
law, without the shadow of right or
justice. Before the suspension of the
writ of.habeas corpus profound quiet
prevailed iii this section of country;
men were -pursuing -their -.business
avocations: in the jnostjjpenbeful L man
ner, and a season of prosperity was
beginning to dawn upon us; bat now
words', are- filmost ^inadequate; .to de
scribe the reign of ferror^tt'at is exist-'
ing among ns. Bands - of United
The Mighty Fallen.
The Missippi has most dried up.
The majestic river whose magnificent
volume two thfiasand miles from its
outlet has been the theme of the tour
ist’s admiration; so braod and deep
that it seemed some grand entry of the
sea on which the navies of the word
might ride; has shrunk to a mere ri
diculous creek, and its thin and at
tenuated current crawls lazily, as it
were ashamed of its shrunks among
low, and, bare submarine ridges and
beaches of sand that have never seen
the sun before so far as human knowl-
goes, since God separated the waters
from dry hind. The water has never
been so low within the memory of the
oldest inhabitafit. Herds of cattle
bask in the sunshine on the dry bed of
the great waters where a few months
ago great fleets of steamboats rode at
will Boys with their trousers rolled
up to their kiiees sound with their feet
the grand mysterious- depths which
have engfilfed so many wayward boys
and helpless men whom accident or
rashness has entangled in the strong,
swift undertow.—St, Paul Press.
men'who-fought for the Union? Six
months ago, in Georgia,
the people were acquiescent- in the re
sults of the war and were willing to jea;
accept those results as being finalities.
But under the later public teaching
of certain old leaders, who need not
be named, the whole situation has
changed, and leading gentlemen, even
in the Democratic party, who dared
to speak in favor of acquiescence and
■peace, have been assailed and de
nounced, and the people so intimidated
that they dare not follow their advice.
These conspirators fear above all
else the -re-election of General Grant.
Their insidious effoits to mislead him
as to the true situation in the South
his arrest; no hearing is allowed him.
The innocent- and the guilty forsake
alike. The fury of the Radicals is
aifcl sighing by the hour together,
d cluld'vvas burnt in " bouse. <s
arresting citizens by the wholesale,
tearing, them from their homes ill the
night time, . terrifying women aha
children, hurrying the prisoners on to
jail and'cramming them in dungeons
and filthy.cells. These arrests are
made witlmiit warrant -' -Men aye ' ig
norant of the offences for which they,
are thrown in jaiL No explanation is
"given’the"prisoner :as-to the.ca.use of- some fierce-and gloomy-record of tlii
Times Yiolent.
‘ Affairs do not move with the equan
imity they used to remain “when you
anfi. I were boys together.” The burn
ing, drowning, storming, flooding,
stealing, raining, fighting, swindling,
drinking, earthquaking, volcanoin;
tidal waving, swearing, freezing and
murdering, are all more violent and
cruel than they-used to-be. \Vhen we
were boys a case of murder iu the pa
pers wofiia Set our - grandmothers to
rubbing their spectacles - and reading
" ■ mm ir
house, or a
ffimily drowned in a freshet, or a stage
upset down an'‘embankment, 'it was
food formelimcholytalk'f or a fortnight.
But lbok at things mow! : The Telb-
gb&b. lists had'Httle 5 other bnsineSSfor
the pakt teii'years than to tell of awful
violences by flood- and field. Its rec-
Eitalogue of death and
\ ±JTS^1
desfructipn by-: wholesale. During
this decade we have had violent and
bloody deaths by the.milliou^-of whole
regionsflaid-wasteJiy fire and, sword^—
-ri&t 'Cities gfvfifiYo the flames—whole
countries devastated.
rBut'tbis^you will say/ was the. fate
of war. The operations- of nature,
however, seem to have sympathized
with the violence of men. "What
frightful earthquakes—what furious
storms and tempests—what desolating
floods have swept over the earth vrith a
frequency and destructiveness unpar
alleled iu previous history. Themews-
paper scarcely escapes a day, without
| The Vagaries of a Starving
! .
| Mb. Everts, who was lost in the
i Yellowstone, contributes to Scribner's
, a i intensely interesting account of his
j “Thirty-seven Days of PeriL” " We
j quote:
| “I lost all sense of time. Days and
j u’ghts came and went, and were num
bered only by the growing conscious-
] ness that I wa3 gradually starving. I
j felt no hunger, did not cat to appease
hunger, but t > renew strength. I ex-
j perienced but little pain. The gaping
that the people of this sores on my feet, the severe burn ou
my hip, the festering crevices at the
joints of my fingers, sill terrible in ap
pearance, had .ceased to give me tho
least concern. The rco’a which sup
plied myfood had suspended the d -
gestive power of my stomach, and the .
fibres were packed in it in a matted
compact mass.
“Not so with my hours of slumber.
They were visited by the most luxuri
ous dreams. I would apparently visit
the most gorgeously decorated restau
rants of New York a nd Washington:
sit down to tables spread with the most
appetising viands; partake of the rich
est oyster stews and plumpest pies; en
gage myself in the labor and prepara
tion of the most curious dishes, and
with them fill range after of the most
elegantly furnished tables until they
fairly groaned beneath the accumula
ted dainties prepared b'y my ownhands.
Frequently the whole night would
seem to have been spent in getting up
a snmptuons dinner. I would real
ize thefatigueof boiling, roasting, bak
ing, and fabricating the choicest dish
es known to the modern cui ine, and
in my disturbed slumbers would enjoy -
with epicurean relish the food thus
furnished even to repletion. Alas!
there was more luxury than life in
these somnolent vagaries. * *
‘By some process which I was too
weak to solve, my arms, legs, and sto
mach were changed into so many trav
eling companions. Often for hours I
would plod along conversing with these
imaginary friends. Each had his pe
culiar wants which he expeeted me to
satisfy. The stomach importunate in
his demand for a change of diet—com
plained incessantly of the roots I fed
to him, their present effect and more
remote consequences. I would try to
silence him with promises, beg of him
to wait a few days, when this failed of
the quiet I desired, I would seek to in
timidate him by declaring, as a sure
result of negligence, our inability to
reach home alive. All to no purpose
— he tormented me with his fretful
humors through the entire journey.
The others would generally concur
with him iu these fancied altercations.
The legs implored me for rest, and the
arms complained that I gave them too
much to do. Troublesome as they
were it was a pleasure to realize their
presence. I worked for them, to',
with right good will, doing many
things for their seeming comfortwhich
had I felt myself alone would have re
mained undone. They appeared to
be perferctly helpless of themselves;
would do nothing for me or each oth
er.. I often wondered while they ate
and slept so much that they did not
assist in gathering wood and kindling
fires. As a counter poise to their own
inertia, whenever they found languor
in me on necessary occasions, they
were not wanting in words of encour
agement and cheer. I recall as ! write
an instance where by prompt and time
ly interposition, the representative of
the stomach saved me fromji death of
dreadful agony. One day I came to a
small stream issuing j from a-spring of
mild temperature on the hillside,
swarming with minnows. I canght
some in my hands and ate them raw.
To my taste they were delicious, but
the stomach refused them,-and accus
ed me of an attempt to poison him, and
would not be reconciled until I had
emptied my pouch of the few fish I
had pnt in there for future use.”
—♦
A Model Young Lady.—Corpora
tion Counsel Wiley, relates the follow
ing incident connected with the great
fire. “I knew a sewing girl, a dress
maker. who had a. little money, that
while the fire was burning telegraph
ed to her brother in Indiana to buy
and send htxa car-lord- of provisions.
Her. brother did so. This girl took
.sick families into her rented, house,
and in the first ten days after the fire
fed by. one meal or more, six-hundred
people. She is a pure modest’retiring
Christian girl, and my wife discover
ed it not from her, but indirectly.
Sbehas been my wife’s dress-maker
for about, five years.
observe fie 30th, if for no other reas.-
o i/bcca ise of the clumsy Euglish and
heathenish theology with which the
President has disfigured his proclama
tion.' Perhaps it is too muen to ex
pect him to write iu anything but the
awkwiudest schoolboy style; but he
ought not to insult the Christians of
the nation by expressing sentiments
which it is the especial .mission of
Christianity to combat
It might do very wellYor a Ghoctaw
or a Hottentot/hut we certainly have
a right to look for better things in a
President of the United States than to
advise one prrtion of’ the people to
publicly rejoice in the misfortunes of .
the other portion. Yet this is what
President Grant distinctly does. He
says’:
‘If soine of us have had calamities,
there would be an occasion for sympa
thy with the sufferers, of resignation
on their part to the will of the Most
High, and of rejoicing to the many
who have been more favored.”
He“therefore” goes on to recom
mend that,
On Thursday, the 30th day of No
vember next, the people meet in their
respective places of worship, and there
make the usnal acknowledgment to
Almighty God for the blessings He
has conferred upon them, for their
merciful exemptions from evils, and
invoke His protection and kindness
for their less fortunate brethren, whom
in His wisdom, He has deemed it best
to chastise.” /
The President evidently • esteems
worldly prosperity a blessing, and
worldly misfortunes a enrse. He be
lieves the chastisements of God to be
proper occasions for commiserating
their objects; thus, both contradicting
the Bible, which teaches ns that
‘whom the Lord loveth He chasten-
eth,” and his own admission that God,
in His wisdom, has deemed it best”
to inflict the very evils he desires us to
deprecate. He evidently: belongs to
that' conceited class who fancy that
they could give some valuable hints to
the Ruler of the universe, ii He would
only consult them. He seems to think,
too, that unless we invoke the Divine
“protection and kindness” for onr less
fortunate brethren, it may go hard
with them! God, in his view of the
matter, does not love .Ml His children
alike, and therefore those who happen
to be favorites mnst intercede for the
others!
■Whichever day is observered, we
trust the clergy and pious people gen
erally will employ it in praying for
the conversion from heathen opinions
of onr benighted President
‘ ‘ Whisky has Used Him Up. ’’—There
is scarcely a community or neighbor
hood from Maine to Oregon where
this , saying is, not used almost eveijr
day in the year, and altogether too
truly. A subject of this kind is to be
found, in -almost every town. The
merchant lias failed and whisky has
done: it. The lawyer, with a brilliant
talent and a large business has fallen
below the range of respectability and
confidence; whisky wag . the cause. —
The politician,,with bright prcspects
•before, him has played out, and the
account is .charged .to whisky..' The
judge, of talent, age, and respectabili
ty, is the subject of private and neigh
borhood talk. His enemies point with
derision, and his friends hang; their
heads in shame; and whisky has done
it. That kind hearted neighbor and
.hard,. working man has become a pest
to society and. trouble toliis family.—?
Whisky has beat him. Whisky will
beat any man living, and that is jus:
what it is,made for... .
Immense Revenue Frauds in Texas.
—Mr. Cobb, Supervisor of Internal
Revenue for the district of Texas, has
returned tp Washington and makes re
port of his official doings. He has
caused the.arrest, or the indictment of
eleven collectors'and assessors for al
leged malfeasance and rascality in
office. He says fraud and stealing are
common, and almost respectable,
among officials in Texas, and prevails
as well among State as Federal officers;
that among people there the criminal
act of an officer is not regarded as so l “ e
disgraceful as lack of ingenuity and e< *
sharpness to prevent its discovery.
sort in some quarter of the world.—
And withont reprehensible human
Old and young, giny-haired men in-
de cf committing outrages, mere
boys^iUnocent of crime,- are arrested'
indiser-minutely. In a time of pro
found peace, when farmers are engaged
in gathering their com and cotton, we
are declared to be in a state of war.—:
agency what storms of fire and dc-
• .struction have been sweeping the
great West for the past fortnight! The
telegrams of to-day report these fires
growing worse, and say that 1,20,1
victims have perished in the flames.—
Then, in. the tar East, terrible floods
and storms are reported on the China
coast, overflowing 10,000 square miles
ished for offences of which we are not
guilty. . We are warred upon by the
United States government on account
of a rebellion which—.God save the
mark—has existence only in the im
aginations of President Grant and the
of the country. These are the days of
wrath and'violence. The fnry of man
began the work and now it seems to
be carried ,on by the angry forces of
nature. We plead for a little more
gentleness all round. Ten years of
Radicalism pervading the • whole ]
litical, social and natural world OU]
, , _ - ,
• The latest grand scheme across the
ocean is a railroad starting from Calais,
and running from thence to. Paris,
Trieste, Constantinople, and across
the Asiatic Continent to India. The
distance from London to Kunkaskee,
the East India termination, is 5,339
miles. When completed the run could
bV made from London in five days.—
So vast are the interests that centre
in this projected route, so immense
would be its benefits to the trade and
commerce of the world, that it is
more than probable that the railroad
will be built. The estimated cost is
8200,000,000.
A lioness belonging to Wootten &
Haight’s Circus and Menagerie gave
birth, on the train Thursday night, en
route to Mobile, to four cnbs, and the
lion in the same cage, not liking so
iliticians who have poisoned his to be enough. Let us have peace,—
ge an in .
> of the little onea.—Locomotive.
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Great distress prevails in Paris on
account of the ceaseless drain which
the indemnity payers are making upon
Already
the Bank of France, wh
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not
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the government has al
issue of paper cu
notes. This is tl
lies of desperate,
mind a
signats of the
time 3700,000,000]
'•*
The last observation of the snn at
the observatory of Philadelphia Cen
tral High School, on Oct 20th, sav<
the Philadelphia Star, revealed the
existence ol twenty-sis different spots
most of them quite small, the larger
being about niue thousand miles in
diameter. [Quite a small affair—on
ly about 1,100 miles greater than the
diameter of the earth.] However,
while the spots were small, the phe
nomena known ;;s the “willow leaves”
were more plainly marked than they
have been for some time, the whole
surface of the sun appearing to be in
great agitation. The spots are now
decreasing both in number and mag-
tile decrease may
foil