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PERRY, GEORGIA.
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Repairing of Sewing Machines,,
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DRUGS, DRUGS!
Dr. J. C. GILBERTS
What a Southern-Man Saw inlfew Eng
land, and Howit Impressed Himr
A Southern man, ; after haying made
a flying trip-through .the New England
Slates, comes back filled \Vitb astonish
ment at what he has seen^and perfectly
discouraged with .his own. section of
country. There he saw little.villages
sticking in the midst of barren and.
uninhabitable mountains, with no sur
roundings to support them, evincing a
spirit of life and prosperity unkno.wn
even to our large towns-^-the reepgr
nized trade centres of our best agricul-
tural regions. And-in .the country he
saw little farms producing like first-
class English. gardens, though- on soil
originally too poor to have,grown bear
grass, and-in situations that a Southern
man never would . have -thought capa>
bleof being converted into a goat paSr
tore. The people all, as a general thing,
seemed contented and prosperous ; and
if he had inquired- into .their circum
stances he-would have found, strange
as it may appear, everybody in These
little villages are well off and ; making.
money, and the little farms, with their
stone piles here and there, and their
stones constantly working to the sur
face to be cairied off into. other piles,
and their annual calls for fertilizers to
the extent of $150 per acre, actually
clearing their owners from two to - three
hundred dollars on every acre inclosed.
No wonder that he is discouraged when
he looks from this picture upon our
favorably located to.wns and notes their;
inactivity, their poverty and dilapida
tion, and upon onr broad aDd fertile
acres, and reflects that they are really,
in very mauy instances, not paying the
expenses of- culture: -
One would naturally'conclude that
must be some secret connected with
all this, and so : there is.' At the village
station the 'close observer wSuld notice
piles of cotton bales, a eircumstuhce
calculated to create no particular in
terest in the South,, but there, thou
sands of miles away from where cot
ton could .bet-grown, it, would take, the
form of, a, mystery. Stepping out on
the plat-form in quest of: a solution, his
ears would be greeted by a sound as of
a waterfall having a peculiar humming
accompaniment^ spindies. ' The case
would ie made plain—the strange little
village would be recognized as ii man
ufacturing point, and then lie would
know that ive, in a far off section, were
digging its. prosperity from onr soil—
feeding it into a vigorous life upon the
very .food for which our own towns
W'ere starving, and asking it- nothing
in retorn. Actually, shipping it, onr.
cotton,, at,our own expense, and then
in order that it might grow fat on its,
business, buying its fabrics at its own
profitable figures, and paying transpor
tation on them-to onr homes. Yv list
a kind-hearted people we Southerners
must be ?'
Then for the seeAt of success among
the farmers. Passing through tire,
country with his eyes open, the close ob
server would at the proper season kion
have his arrrested attention by an. im
proved mower sweeping, over the meail-
ow under the exclusive management of
a youth of, say-sixteen, md accomplish
ing more in a day than: could in that
time be wormed ont of a dozen'freed-
nien with their scythes. A little later
anti he would see the younger brother
of the youth driving the field on a
“tedder,” turning the hay, and fhen
in due time would come if still smaller
boy with a horse rake,, followed by a.
trio of little fellows haying aft sorts of
fun as they, with a hay-fork, stored
away the crop in the hay loft..
In everything done, oh tlie farm in
New England, this same plan must-be
resorted to. If the soil must be -pre
pared, instead of setting a dozen freed-
men at it with their nudes .and plows,
to sweat through a week, as we would-
do, out comes a machine managed by
ii boy or two, and in ah. incredible
short space of time the job . was clone
and well done. "A lot of -seed is to be
sown that wonld give, our hands a long,
tedions task, but tlien a stripling with
. a. seedTSower puts it down exactly right,
and in very good order.-. And when
the crop is ready, to be .hoed,.instead
of charging" it' with a "black iirrhy to
play for pay, a boy harnesses -bis nag
to a horse hoe,-takes Ins seat as in a
sulky,-and rides over the fieidj hoeingj
several rows at a.time. = In short, New
England works by machinery, and
therein lies the secret of Yankee pros-
& tfie place to buyPURE and' UNADUIr'
TERATED MEDICINES.
HE SF.T.T.S AT MACON PRICES.
CALL AND BUY YOUR SUPPLIES
- no i * - - - -
perity. She. has simply changed places
with ns—she -own her own labor. If
it were otherwise, or in different words,
did she have to work on her own plan,
and depend on our kind of labor, and
did we not, in the goodness of onr
hearts, give her the profits on onr pro
ducts, a few years would find her en
tirely depopulated—a happy hunting
ground, upon which the red man might
pitch his wigwam, never to be-dis
turbed by any encroachment of civi
lization.' - -.
A' dying woman wanted to be buried
in a Dolly Yarden. A nice spectacle
she would present on resurrection
morning. - a
„ . ' . ,, ... ■
Going to the Circng.
" ,r- L £» TOhSBfttH
them feet of his is what takes up room,
I ought to ask yoii a dollar and a half,
tilt V;-. : -:-n- Al -m-‘n
but twenty-five cents, itill ‘ do. NYellj
e’s your money, but its a swindle
—come alqhg,"darlihg.
What on hevins and airth. ails you.,
John Simmit, that you drag that child
right.by every tiling, and don’tgive him
a chance to see anything. - Slack up a
littleI’ve paid for these tickets, and
am going to see what’s, going on, and
iLi£.don’t suit..you-, you can. poke
aheajt.',,, T
There, Isabel, look there ; don’t you
seehjsj'aw drop, and chestgo .up and
down.? That is the. dying zouave jus.t
as. he looked when he was dying. O,
my, I can’t look at him, John ; keep
lipid of my hand. Is he alive ? No ;
■lie’s embalmed, and.they .runthebo.dy
by steam, so-the show, fellow told .me.
That woman there. is liis sweetheart,
waiting for his eyes to get dim. so he
can’t see her go .for liis watch and pock
et-hook to remember him by.
. Get off my corns, you tarnal great
lubber you, can’t y ou get around with
out running over peopleIf I .had
you.outside. I’d .put- such a head on. you
you would have to get in your shirt
feet first for. a ; mpnth, . Got .to .step
somewhere.? Well, what of-it ? Yon
had better keep, off from my mud-
hooks, confound your picture.
- There, my: children, you see: an alle
gorical representation of what: driilkr
ing leads to. There is the-drunkard
and his family.” Oh, most horrible
of all f Here, Maria, bold the twins
np so they can have a good view, while.
I boost Johnnie. What ails that- wo
man’s eye,- i>a ? and'her iegsis cut off:
This is the effect of whisky, my child.
The drunkard has “pasted” her one
on the eye, and the • stuffing has run
opt of her legs from riding on the ears;
But see that big bottle sticking out of
the man’s vest pocket; what is in that?
Old rye, my son, and that red color
you See on tire drunkard’r nose -and
face is the’ bloom' that’s on the We' All
drinking men carry pint bottles of li
quor in their vest pockets. But you
-must take warning; my-Son, and never
cam'y the accursed Staff thus'; hide it
in a more shcret place—in yonr boots.
• There! there it is—the family of the
temricrnnce man in the cage Look,
children! See the difference between
this scene and the one you have jns't
left Hero the man" that don’t drink
Is seen kitting in liis house, surrounded
by liis wife and children, who. wear
their Sunday clothes all the week.—
See the bullfinches ahcl parrots sitfing-
nronhd on'the trees '! »**»-
pocket! Yes.t’was, I felt it. Your own
.hand is-in ther.e.now ; what are you
bio wing about ? Well, I swear to gra
cious, .so it. is. I beg your pardon,
mister-; I saw that sign there, ‘.‘iook
out for pickpockets,” ;md feeling some-
tiling move', in, my pocket thought it
was your hand. I am so. used up by
this crowd I can’t remember which.end
I’m standing on.
That’s a “wart.hog,’-’, and was first
brought to this country by the- great
American Fanner, Horace Greeley,
who wanted to see if warts could, not
be: raised at ioss cost than by the old
fashioned method of stoning bullfrogs
to death and handling. toads. Horace
crossed the breed of hogs with the
common wart toad and the result was
a new species, which,-when full grown,
consisted of two-thirds wart and one
of pork. _ -The experimenter became
disgusted, and sold out. the original
hog, which you see before you.
Well, there f Maria, I declare, I nev
er thought I should live to see a Giraffe,
inhere is Josiah, I wonder.? Back in
the other tent, looking at the “Sleep
ing Beauty,” FUBet agent. "You stay
Here, Maria, and I’ll go back and give
him a hint that he will remember.
There goes the circus band—come
On 'quick or we won’t get seats—Never
mind tlie camels—Rip goes my over r
skirt—Mercy, what a crowd—Fans,
nice cool fans—Ouch! get off my feet
—Hurry up, mother, here’s a Seat—
Aiii’t this hot—Here’s your-nice lem
onade—There’s that hateful Mary
Spriggs ; look at her hat—If I had a
baby as young as that, I Would stay at
home—Don’t bow to Jdhn.Smi th ; he’s
tight—There they corhe—Oh ! Oh ! !
Oh !!! —Cleveland Leader.
Everything be
tokens comfort and wealth. If yoii
don’t drink, Johnnie,'yoii .will have a
wife; two children and a parrot,' and
side whiskers, vheii you are a man.
Corhe, ladies and gentlemen, move
on ; don’t Stand there staring at one
thing an hour’lit a tiine.' Here, yoii
big lummox, git ont o! file way and
give that woman with a bile on her el-
bow'a chance to see. Fass right ontoto
tlie next tent. -
Oh, father, coine and see this cage
of monkeys. Let go mv coat taili yon
young rascal; don’t tear me to pieces;
You’ve seen them nasty little monkeys
a hundred times before. : Mister, why
don’t ypu give your monkeys fine-tooth
combs ? They wouldn’t have to work
half so'hard if you would.
Look at fiiat showman’s- red face;,
what makes liim.blush.s.o,- hither. . i-.I.
don’tJmow, my daughter, unless it, is
because he is a good tpmplar who, is on
a stiike; or about, to join the > lag§r-
beer drinkers! eighfilipur, movement.
His face looks like a pieceof raw .beef.
Yes, .that’s a fact, and come to think
of it,", fiiat’s why he walks up and down
before the animal cages so as to make
them hungry and keeii them in good
condition.
would give the world to liaye a .dress
'of that shade, and gloves and parasol-
to match.
That’s a pelican, dearest, that bird
with the gaiter,'jn the’ ditfie c^ge on
yPiir left. The'filing thkt looks like a.
swelling, or as if it h?id the mMips, is
the poucli wbere'it'iays'its .eggs' ‘and
carry its - young until they; are old
enough to cut Bait and fish, for them-
it on
them own hook.
I don’t believe you, Nathaniel,, and
I'm going to ask the showman. Mister,
what is that- bladder in under that
bird’s chin for? That’s what he uses
as a life-preserver, madam, when he is
out fishing and happens to wade into
a deep hole tha t is over his head, which
.. . • - -
^,?9k4>ften, .- as you wdl ,see.. ; hy. th*e
iengfii of themdegs.p’ Bis’n. . He.fre
quently, fiils,;if.np.,witli "fish whenjtrav-
eling. so as.to.-haye a.lnnch.with him.
He ako puts it over his head when it
rains as a waterproof. 'Thank you, sir.
,Jsltoat.an .ostrich, sir.?,- Yes’m, that
his the hoss-streteli : ; spfeafled because
he runs faster than. an y ’oss, and
stretches his fleck ijlthefime for. grub.
We Just fed ,’irn a keg of railroad
spikes, mum, but if yoh Have a pocket-
knife'that yoii would like to give ’im,
I w?ll see that he receives it when he
is hungry.,
A Boston girl of .fifteen a few weeks
ago left her home in search of adven
tures. Disguising herself in her broth
er’s clothes and cutting "fir La-J i™»
;ing off her long
hair, she made her way to Fall River,
wbeie'she found employment' in a cot
ton mill. ..Three days of this was
enough to * spoil thie romance of. the
thing, and without stopping to claim
the small-wages she hacl earned, the
youthful adventuress left' the factory
town and took her way into the coun
try, where a fanner, who wanted a boy
to do chores, gave her the sitnation.
Blit the chores she found harder than
the factory work, and they were drop
ped almost as soon as undertaken.—
Then she wandered back to Boston,
where she was arrested as a„ .vagrant,
and. finally sent to the State .Reform
School at, Westborough, where.her sex
was discovered. During all her wan
derings, .although a reward of $500had
been offered fQVlier discovery, no one
had suspected that she was not a boy
until she arrived at the Reform SchooL
Much satisfaction is shown by the
press at the fact that - the - notorious
courtesan whose name is become so
unhappily familiar in connection with
the killing of James Fisk,, has been
refused lodging at any of. the promi
nent hotels in Saratoga. But, as one
of.- oim contemporaries, aptly remarks,
if Radical Congressmen could succeed
in passing their.pet. Civil. Eights bill-
toe same clause which forced hotel-
keepers to give accommodation to ne
groes would also force them tq _admit
.as guests such women as thisj aye, or
still lower—if grades of depth in such;
things there be—‘women sa low that
even the members of toe “Erie Ring’
wonld'shrihk'-from visiting their “New
Year recejitions. ”— World.
A 25aeino robbery was committed
last week in a Fifth Avenue; New York
singe. 1 "Jerome LI Babe,- a diamond
merehant, justiarrived from EngLand,
entered the stage with a package' Con-
taiuing^SldjOOO worth of ime'nt dia-
' monds ui toe breast pocket of his coat.
Soon afterwards he discovered that the
pocket - and its contents had been ad
roitly cut out,' but as several passen
gers had left toe stage, he liad no clew
to the--ftiefL : j j,- •
The Whipping Post.
TYithin the last few years there has
been a 5 good deal of discussion in Eu
rope regarding the employment of flog
ging as a punishment 'for criminals,
and the advocates of flagellation ap
pear to be increasing in number. In
the International Prison Congress,
which assembled in London on toe 5th
inst., the subject was discussed, and
althongh some of the delegates ob
jected to the use of the lash as calcu
lated to brutalize .the. prisoners, » ma
jority of those who participated in'the
discussion expressed themselves in fa-
vor of flogging.
One of the speakers, Capt. Du Cane,
declared that from toe beginning of
toe world.it had been found that cor
poral punishment was necessary for of
fenders. Dr. Douatt, who for many
years was an inspector of prison in Ini
dia, also advocated corporal punish
ment,: giving it as the result of his ex
perience, that crime; especially crimes
of violence, had actually decreased
under the terror of flogging. Mr As-
pinall, a magistrate, thought that flog
ging acted as. a deteirent as well as a
corrective, and believed. that the ex
tension of the punishment had a most
wholesome;effect in cheeking brutali
ties. -
In the English prison, the cat has
been applied freely of late in the cases
of persons convicted of crimes, accom
panied .with violence against the per
son, especially garroters, and influen
tial people .there have great faith in its
efficacy to prevent toe growth of such
crimes. And. many suggestions have
been made in English Journals fiiat
flogging should be made toe punish
ment for wife beating, an offence which
appears to prevail to a shocking extent
among Englishmen. In this country
the whipping post still maintains its
place among tlie public institutions of
Delaware, and its advocates in that
State declare that it serves as an effect
ual protection against a class of crimi
nals who eare nothing for mere im-
prisonment.
It is the popular, opinion that flog
ging is a punishment of so hr utal a char
acter that it should never be applied
to. criminals, no matter how degraded
they may be. But its. abolition in toe
Navy and-ip our prisons has been fol
lowed by toe invention of more pain
ful tortures, such as toe sweat box, the
douche, mid tricing toe prisoner upby
toe thumbs, so. that as far as physical
suffering is concerned the prisoners
have been losers by toe change. In
regard to the moral effect of-corporal
punishment, it'ls argued that toe in
fliction of a wliipping in the presence
of witnesses must be felt as a deep
degradation by*toe subject of the in
dignity, and that accordingly it should
be. excluded from the. military and
naval service. But if the dread of such
extreme humiliation is likely to def er
thieves and scoundrels from preying
on toe community; theinferenceis that
an excessive , tenderness for - file sus
ceptibilities of a class who care noth
ing for the feelings or rights of honest
men should not stand in the way of
public security. There is a large class
of offenders who. could not be “brutal
ized” by toe infliction of corporal pun
ishment, for the very sufficient reason
that it would be a moral impossibility
fox them to become any more brntal
in their natures than they alreaffy are.
In such cases who knows, say the ad
vocates of flogging, but a free use of
the lash might have an elevating ten
dency ? ...
The opponents of corporal punish
ment have nad it pretty much their
own way ; but there are men of great
experience in dealing with criminals
who assert that the dread of such an,
ignominious punishment as flogging is
calculated to deter from crime a class
of malefactors who cannot be influ
enced by any less shameful penalty.—
At any rate it is a. curious illnstration
of toe" prevailing tendency to revise
onr opinions on all - subjects, fiiat. in
these days the cat-o.’-nine-teils shonld
find advocates who contend for its
utility on high morals and social
grounds.—AT TI Sun.
Judge Cahincss*
[Extract from a tribute passed bv
Upson Superior Court].
He was-bom in Greene county in
the'year 1S03. Losing his father in
his childhood, his training and educa
tion was entrusted to his guardian, who
gave him the best educational advan
tages that a new and rapidly improv
ing county afforded! He Was prepared
for Yale College, but never joined the
institntion, determining to attend a
course of law lectures at Harvard in
'its stead.; Returning to Georgia; for a
year or "two he taught school—com
pleted his legal studies—was admitted
to the bar, anfl was about this time
man-ied to Miss Sarah Chipman, (.who
still survives him) and who proved a
joy and light to his household for near
ly fifty years of Wedded happiness.
About toe year 1825 or 1826 he set-
fied at Forsyth, Monroe county. Soon
after he'was-elected Clerk of toe Su
perior Court of‘toe county, a position
both of honor and profits This posi
tion he held with toe confidence of the
people for nearly a quarter of a cen-
tmy, and during most of the time act
ing also as Clerk of toe Court of Or
dinary. . Tlie perfect records of these
courts are toe best evidence of his .in
tegrity and fidelity in official life..
In 1832 and 1839 he was a member
of the convention of toe State, whose
labor and results made a marked im
pression on toe political history of our
State. In 1840 he was chosen Clerk
of the House of Representatives.. In
1850, toe Court of Ordinary, as at
present organized, was established,
and he was chosen its presiding Judge
until 1857, when toe people called him
to the judgeship of the Third Circuit-,
over which he presided for four years.
In 1861 and 1862 he was cho3eu as a
representative m oar State Legislature.
During the war he was appointed Con
federate States Collector for toe State,
and though millions of public money
passed through his hands, lie retired
from his office far poorer in worldly
goods than when he entered it. In 1865
he was a member of toe convention
called to reorganize and establish civil
government in Georgia. Soon after he
was chosen with . great unanimity a
member of Congress from the district
in Which he lived.
No members from Georgia at this
time being admitted into Congress he
devoted himself anew to his profession
until 1871, when he was elected Audi
tor of toe State Road, which position
he was filling at the time of his death.
Here his career ended, and in -the sev
entieth year of his age quietly .and-
calmly he surrendered life and passed,
as we trust, to his reward on high.
He died and made no sign. Yet his
life of piety and fidelity to duty is au
assurance to bereaved hearts that he
has passed into the climes of eternal
bliss.
Dan Yoorhees, to show why he went
over to Greeley, told a good story. - He
was pretty much id "the: ebhefition, he
said, of the. fetiy at Caifig meetings
where nearly all toe people had gone
forward on toe anxious benches, and
he was left blooming alone. At last top
minister_sa.w him and cauie tip.
“My young brother, ’’said the preach
er, “why do yen sit here alone ? Why
not come to glory ?”
‘‘All them galsgoin’ to glory?' a’skeff
the boy.
“Straight as a shingle,” said the
preacher.
“No switchin’-off nor nuthen’?”
“Through by daylight,” answered
the minister.
“Well, parson,” said the boy, “if all
them gals is a-goin’ to glory, I don’t
see aslts much use o’ me a-whittfiff’
here by myself; guess I might jest as
.well go Tong too.
Indian affairs-in Mexico are decided
ly .threatening. The chiefs are not
content to.reinain on toe reservations;
and when force is suggested to compel
obedience to orders-from the war of
fice, toe Reel Men take to the hill and
defy toe soldiers. Managing Indians
is a troublesome business, and Grant
The Gbant RATmaAnoN at Cooper
.Institute on .Tuesday last was not a
large-or enthusiastic demonstration. —r-
The World says :
Very htfie enthusiasm was manifest
ed. The outside meetings were aban
doned for want of ancitors; and at
eight o’clock there, were many .seats
vacant in the. body, of the halL.. Those
seated pn the. platform, 'were largely
composed of Custom-honse ‘officials,
an Avery few persons of. any. promi
nence, were included. . Befor6_.-Mr.
Conkling was more than half througii
In's speech more than one fourth of the
audience had departed,. and .so, great
was the-exedus at one time that he was
obliged to pause in his remarks until
the surfeited crowd had departed
lias made a sorry figure in that as all
other parts of his administration;
A dry-goods dealer advertises- “The
most alarming sacrifice since toe days
of Abraham and Isaac. ”. -
A Good Wobk.—Wholesale items of
the seizures made by the London -So
ciety for ther Suppression of Vice were
detailed' in a report-read by toe secre
tary at a meeting held recently in that
city. Since the year. 1834 they had
confiscated 140,213 obscene prints,
pictures, and photographs; 24,670
books and pamphlets ; 5 tons of letter-
press in sheets, besides large quanti
ties of infidel and blasphemous publi
cations ; 17,060 sheets of obscene songs,
catalogues, circulars and hand-bills;
5,712 cards, snuff boxes, and vile ar
ticles ; 844 engraved copper and steel
plates ; 430 lithographic stones ; 146
wood blocks; 11 printing presses,
with type and apparatus ; 32 cwt. of
type, including the stereotype of sev
eral works of toe vilest description.
Big _Ingin fob Gbant.—President
Grant.has obtained an advocate—an
advocate to whose influence in the
section of the country from which he
comes, is' unquestioned—no less a per
son, in fact, thanhis highness, Spotted
.Tail. Li an interview with the Great
Father on Wednesday the sachem ex
pressed the hope that his patron would
be successful in the coming election,
to which the . latter replied that he
trusted—whatever fixe result—toe pres
ent Tmlian policy would remain, nn-
changeA
The Floods in Alabama.—The
damage by the late floods in Alabama
will reach $5,000,000. The water in
central Alabama is higher than ever
known before at this season. Accessi
ble-houses along toe streams were swept
away by scores. Cotton and' com on
toe highest lands were badly damaged
by heavy rains. The cotton crop of
Alabama will be eutforty thousand
bales short.
Tee New York Independent is author
ity for file statement that Boston alone
has sent to. benighted Afeica in the last
six months 439,500 gallons of Medford
mm New England is great on rum,
missionaries, and school teachers. But
mm is her greatest civilizer, and then
it pays so welL She reaped a great
harvest from it in her old slave-trading
days.
Yoorhees’ Reason.
A foolish passenger on a Mississippi
boat, who ‘.just for fun,” 'jumped. oH
shore of a landing and drawing a bowie
knife, rushed np to a gawky-looking
fellow at a wood pile exclaimed: “I
have; found you- at last—you- are the
man I’ve beenlookihg for.” The gaw
ky looked at him for half a second,
then straightened out his arms like i
jibboom and knocked thefop overboard
into ten feet of water. Resuming his
position against toe WoofipSe) he
bawled out: “Is there any body else on
toe boat looking for me?”
Valentine’s Recumbent Statue oh
Gen. Lee.—Valentine, thp sculptor, is'
now in toe city of New York to pur-'
chase marble for the recumbent statoe
of General Lee, and to .engage carvers
to cut the statoe from the perfected
mode, which isnowready. It will-take
about a year to accomplish the cutting
of toe statue in marble, and the work
will be done in Richmond, under the
the immediate supervision of Mr. Vai-
untine. . .
A bailboad conductor residing in
Brattleboro, • Yt„, being .absent from
duty several days during the late heated
term, acco mti A for his non appearance
by saying he had had a Sim stroke.
Much sympathy was accordingly ex
pressed for his misfortune, but Pom 1 -
miseration was. speedily turned to con
gratulation when it was leared that the
stroke -was in the form of a pail' of
twin boys.
The Grant party in -four years after
toe war, increased the debt of Nortlf
Carolina to forty millions of dollars,
($40,000,000.) They added twenty-six
millions, ($26,000,0t)0,) to the debt on
the plea of internal' improvements,
and less than fifty thousand dollars
were applied to the purpose contem
plated ! The rest was stolem:
We find the following torching lines in
the Richmond Enquirer. They were writ
ten by Mis. TownsenA at the neglected :
grave of one who was a member of the 12th
Georgia, a regiment whose gallantry was
conspicuous on every field where its colors
waved, and which'won praise for peculiar
daring even among the “ foot cavalry” of
•Jackson: . ■ ^ -
“Talk about your shuttin’ a feller's
Self up with bumin' charcoal and dyin’
easy,” said a disgustsd Hoosier, “why
I shat myself in the ox yard, and burnt
mor’n a bushel of the stuff) and nearly
froze, and didn’t die a tut.-’’ Did yoif
put the barsrip?” asked a COirfpanior.
“No,’” replied the Itodsiei. looking
blank, “and that’s what beat me.-”
Ohio Abousing.—The Steubenville
Gazette gives two columns of the names
of Republicans who have come outfox
Greeley, and are forming Greeley and?
Brown dubs.; - Says the' Gazette: <! We
might fill onr paper two or three times
showing how ‘toe tide is running.’ ”
Foub Persons Go Oveb the Falls.
A boat containing a hoy and girl, child
ren of Mr. Lescor, drifted over the
Falls on Friday. Also a boat contain
ing an old, fisherman named Barney'
and an unknown man. The bodies
have not been recovereA
Happy Bridegroom—“More money,
madame ! more money! Have you for- .
gotten tout fey money isas ; bbtfifiifc
everything you have—^even the dress
you stand in ?” Fair Bride—“No, sir;
nor have 3* forgotten that your money
also.bought what stands in toe dress.” .
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The Louisville Courier-Journal po
etically remarks : “In Mongomery,
Alabama, the other day, four negroes
got on a spree ; one took out his little
jackknife, and now there ain’t hut
three.”.
The Grant party, since toe war,
have robbed toe people of South Car
olina, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana
of more than one hundred milhohs of
dollars.
The man who a'few weeks since came
all the way from Miller county, to in
vest 50 cents in town, propetv is in town
and made some large
whisky.—Bainbridge Sun.-
aents in-