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P. li. FILDES, Editor. VOL. VII. PROFESS l o \ A 1.. Professional. 1T T E SH.VT.b OOXTINI'E THE PRACTICE; > \ of M«*<licin»». Our now office is at 4he rear of the new brick store. BUKIOS A JFLKs. March 31,1871. l:i <f JAMILS fl. 11l .Vi EL 11, JUfoninj anb Counsellor ;it 'tafo, QUITMAN. CA. Orril'K. IX Tin: Cm i:i li' : •" March 17. Wl. H. F. MABBETT, ittib Counsellor at T;ilu, Qiiilmiui, Brooks Cos., (.'a. January (J. 187i. Vv. B. BEK VET, ATTORM.Y AT LAW, Q I MAX. BHOOKS Cor.NTV. (*KOKfil.\, "ITTILL Givi rilOMl’T A : v ■ \ ■ • a'i \\ Civil bii'ini's - fain. . .-d t< September 8, 1871. EinVAKI) I? H ! 1 :v, ATTORN 1-Y AT I. AY. QUITMAN, GEORGIA, Office, in the Court House, h o iu! floor May 2<l, 1872. It JOHN I>UI\N, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Axn COXiUHCTINTr AC2X-TW, Aiaiiam.v Stbkot, \ 1 LAN i A, ( A, P.0.80x 428. Janl_'- e.cTwade” miOKEIJ, —AND— Commis’on Merc] •ant, Si). *¥M7 ILL pive strict t !<*r s j ▼ sand Hair of I;. , Property, of every desoript on. for the ptirchii ' pi Con ly attended to. December W. .I*7l. 4o ‘t QUITMANBR G7C? McCAL* v Pbai.i k- ix Drugs, Medicine; i’nlnls, Oils. VAnmsiTEx !).,<■ n, - diiushes, /&' ' -. ry, loilnl Artirl J . ‘-■£~ .V-' Notify the public Ilia! ' wil’ : complete and fresh .-toe:.-, and- H '*;< m t Mwonabb* profit. This is Exclusively a J> '•>]'*'. : T T •“ tire attention of tin* in;: 5 ii;em;,.. r tis tie* lii m will be given to the bt; We respectfully soliciL i l '“ ji l *. * a i. f , f \\, public. Quitman,Feb. 2. 18?2. ly DRUGS AND MEDICINES. DR. MTc V: ■ip i:i:r.' h< *i;i IV Cimil'l"'" ><•..* of Fresh ami Part! f . v: DHK.s MEDICINES , And many of the best ; S U WL U ~'- ‘zJ.S-y’’ Also, Oils, Soap". T<N rco. T '‘ A: tides, Ac., all of which will bo : i 1 on re.« n.i ble terms. Prescription!! carefully r• nij' 1 on Screven street. i I "Ii building,” Quitman, Ga. March 1, 1872. W. N. BLACK, ru v» a ■—.« » m sr. QUITMAN, < ‘ /■I “IITIM, n;.ik, up , V Sni:. a f' nwwt faxiiiooable an<l ,M .’ ... . .7 '- substantial manner. .T/ . ■>. \■? and on very reason:.- *jr , , l)le terras. ' -J Sample* of Cloth I'/ M. ’ always on band, and „•? ,«: j, any quantity will he • H- ■ ordered for parties. "eNJ from New York, without additional cx[ ■ !7&r- Clothing renovated and repaired vVith neatness and dispatch. pa~A\] work must be PAID FOR an delivery. Shop in the rear of John Tillman's Store. March 22, 1872. Id ly BIBBONS, MILLINERY & : TRAW GOODS, 1872 A WhMc Goods. Embroideries, and o. ARMSTRONG, GATOR & GO. lmp'rtfrs. Mnnifncturrrs uvi JiMts of Bonnet. Trimming. Neck tnd Sash ltihbonn. Vel vet Ribbons, Neck lies. Bonnet Silks, ' itins, Velvets and Crapes, Flowers. Feathers, Ornaments. Frames, to. Straw Bon nets and Ladies’ and Children’s Hats, trim’d and untrim’d. And in connecting warerooms. White Goods, Linens, Embroideries, bare- Ael- Cotlars, Setts. Hdk fs, Veiling, Head Net- tc. No’s 237 and 230 Baltimore street. .BALTIMORE, : : : MARYLAND. jeo-These goods are mwifoetnred by u or bought lor cash direct !v from the European ar.o American Mannlac urei?. emijr-rA:: 1 sf ests novelties, uneqnaiied in v., r . a.,.; ness iD anv utarkef. Orders filled with care pr-at, ne: -: *io q patch. aeg'/j heekins One's Vocation. | “A rolling alone never entehea moss, I my Toy; better stick to the lui ni,’’ suiil i jmy old father, as he c'amberod into his freaking gig, and shook out the rains over Dobbin's m elc. | Toni tluew op Ids hand omo lend, j 'l’m quite convinced liott the farm isn’t u v voeatinn, Mr. Somerville,’ he replied, loftily. 'I must go somewhere I i —to (he city, where my talents can be appreciated .’ ‘Well, well,’responded (lie rdd man, j 'have it yum- own way. You and Jen nie know best. 'Tis n maxim of mine never to nieddlo with young married : I Iks. l’addle your own canoe; il you imi ninund, y> u have no (no but your | sell to blame. Good by—gm and by! Whatever you do take good care of the little ( tie. ’ D ihbin started off on a trot, and the | tears filled my eyes, and an aching sen- I a ilion half choked me. ‘Tom,’l vi u(tired, turning towaidmy. j linn Is me husband, ‘maybe lather's ! l ight; and this is a snug little home af- i \ ter all!’ Tom turned upon me with angry re proach. | ‘I didn’t think it of yoa Jennie! Would you have me bury myself here, | and hoe corn fora living? Have you | no ambition at all? and you the mother 'of a sou? I must go—l've talents, and i I can't nff >rd to bury them.” j Tom and I hud been married a twelve ; j month or mote, and the pretty rural | ! faint ou which we lived, Walnut Mill, :by name, was my old lather’s wedding 1 ; present. i We had everything wo needed—-a * tasteful .cottage, flowers, biids, fmils | and berries, and or well tilled, fiiie'v ! | slocked farm. Rut Tom was discon- j tor,ted . Tom vas a scholar in his way. lie ha ! hern to college a little, read law! a little, r< ad medicine a little, and I’m not rule he had n a dabbled in divinity. : htf-yitM;.. s.urh .:•>• n't" a! -oaiuin.mepjs ; imns:'not !;•; Hull led !o lUu to wad: Tom no sis. el; hi* lon. Til ‘ first fli p W old be to Sell Wallin! j Hill, !■ r one caauot fiui ones’ vocal ion j \ , \ ;i to p-.p i about it, and he i - ma.ie m. a visit. &| «W!.,. T*, (Ire f im is ho king iip.’j ! lie lull, giai e'n," foetid at the wdl- ' j tilt, '< ii- Ms; ’I don't Udok your plan s a ' f- tho ’ f Ihei- -, :• and !': w ■!• in- , .’dm hai vr r-i tUigarnei e.J, add j |soU at rather a low 'figure. .Si o r preiiy i.'iosehold tiensims' i went t o, aid lute in the spring we 1 went i -n. city. 'hi.v-i U la!. InrliS'S in an nr it ! n:tV. •• •. • V't; i«»t •, :i ’ ; : , , : , ul ti ;> H\;* : ’[ ■ i ! !l ! It v vrr do, : E Y) maku a.; TANARUS: ea P • search for n \ > r.tioti began; hot ■ .. >,v the vr.i a’.Hiti <!'■: notiurn ! up. Strange enough too, Tom thought. j :md the oily was run over v itb lawyere. i lie drove to and fro daily, but unlike ! Noah's dove, he lelufue ! w ill,out the ; olive leaf. j We gave grand dinners and made fiien- -e f city . ■■■ •. m•! iin turn made us wiid-ir.na proa.istar, : which remained promise* to tie- end. Mid-sumtiu r cane I Iho heavens were like brass, the silvers like fiery plow-shares and a pit! iless sun seething V i heal. I* ibv foil id as It. e Lot Well ill cr set in, and our expenses who swal ; lowing up all our means, j How I longed for the cool, green | shades of Walnut Hill! And so did n- or [Tom hut ho would, not coulees it. If ' wan sun of his vocation stiu l.c would find it in good time. ! Baby grew worse, ad the* doctors j recommended the qeaeiuc or bracir>g country air, hut .such luxuries were out ' | of the question. i ’L*-t's go to father’s, T< rn, I entreated, butT. m would not hear to it. ■ He had sold the farm against the old man’s will, and he would not go to lorn ' for hr !p. The summer days that follow ed were very bitter, hot, pittiiess day*, with that scorching, glaring sun, and never a waving tree for shelter. The flowers willed, and so did baby and pi '-r Toot. Ho had sold h*s horse •Ar.i; to rcplcSrSb c<nr pur .c, ar>c • v. ajder-.d about w;tt» a feaggard, hi pe- HERE SHALL THE PRESS TAB PEo«. B - S KiaHTS M.UXVAtN, ITNAl T NA -VED BY rCAU ANDBSHnUIVtr BY 0 AIN ■ QUITMAN, GKO.. SEPTEMBER 20. IST2. i less face. Troubles never come in single file! In the midst of all this, one morning, when baby lay panting on List pillows,: the house was filled with bailiffs There ; was a mortgage .or something of the : kind on tiro ftnnilure before we bought it,-a- and they sold ns oat. Everything wi nt—Hl the splendor's -f the thawing looms, even tho bod o ; which we s'.’id, (he dishes fr..m which! jwi ate. They left, us poor and desolate, and on the little pa’h-t in the .back bed ’room our boy lay dying. 1 art down, | wrole to father and did not let Tom know. Poor Tom, it male my heart | ache to look at him! j Baby died! The litlle panting bosom grew still, tho flashed cheek edd ami j white. | I took my bridal jewels, and loading Tom to watch by our blighted blossom. I went out and sold them fora mere pittance— enough, however, hqpny the 1 embadmers, and to purchase a liny tose wood c fiin. The day alter, at daylight, jast as tie brazen dawn was breaking over the | stified city, my ol I father arrived. .Tom I | and I were sitting beside tho little coffin, j i and we heard his footsteps echoing j j through the empty, desolate house. M\ I poor husband covered his face as he en tered, but in the old man’s eyes, as they took in all our woo and desolation, there j was no shadow of reproach. ! lie approached the tiny c ilin and bent I over the waxen face it contained. ‘Poor litlle fellow,’ho murmured ‘I ' feared it would be so; but it can’t be ; helped now! (tome Tom; come Jennie— j let’s go liogie now, cliildrc.nl’ We obeyed without a word. And ! with tho little coffin, we j uirncyccl back ! to Walnut. Hill. j Tvc bought the old farm back for von, Torn,’ said my lather, as he drove under the blessed shade of the old lives, ‘Ami I think yu’d better slick to it this | mroor A,dT im did. We are an old couple ’ io-d. -, Tom and I, toiling hand in hand | ! |, the and Mini steps of life. For j that Utile grave hem ath the wallin' shioLotvs, we have living, hloomi -g chil- 1 I dien, gf.wlng t>p like oliV" phtnls around , ' in' i.eartltst-.oe'. \i.(l 1 am sure that I . : V l vocation. L;;. a ;i; • liurnci* <lr«' \,i uu,- I ■■ i i ''hug occurred in one .of our or: i:. ! I h:,. i: is in Bur y t us, I(- eeiiDy that is ini ■ , 'ned to keep. At a enlaiij > ag.-of the services, a , Mmihier, wboe i-o - ike of eiiplmuy we will e.i If ’ ■ . proC'-edrul to ell | Ihjt.ten snail" -a "intiers belonging to n:; lag witb the occasjj ;., j.,;,, ;; .-'viol r>[ Chirpieat and -ehiina -1 • out 1 !' in illy my -i l. 'he Image r.f the gloat ! go. <! . ' eley— ' t i hi-t-.e r nr pastor,—a warm; . (;carit man, by lie- by—puUitlg the exci* j led . by the coat tail, Spoke tip jin » i,.*l rat ire loin-, ‘‘ain't you inks--j “No i ain't tnin,t,ikon,’’ shouted the i preacher, who continued, "in We lan ! (,f the great and go and Horace l til, 01,.-,, my brethren ami sisters.” ; “ p ere must be ami .lake somewhere; ' v«r,*o.,'u o ---a Horace dree ey do you,” j suggested iho ‘m-gular’ in a kin by tme ■ of itdmouiiirn. j ‘Yes, I mean Horace Grrelcy, and I i don’t mean any body else,’ roared the ■ speaker in a voice of thunder, ‘I .1 .thank j you not to disturb me in a religions meet ; ing hcicafter.’ j Looking around Ihe andiar,ce again— 'ln the wolds oi llo:aee Greelry, great | and— j The Pastor thereupon arose to his feet, : and thereupon suggested. ‘Don't you ! mean Henry Ward . Beecher, Brother j | Ramsey, instead of Hon ce Greeley?’ I ! Brother Ramsey’s countenance fell, | and with it hie watorical tone. I 'Did—l - say Horace Greeley!’ he faint |ly stammered 'I meant the gieat and K o“d Henry Ward Beecher. Excuse me ! Brethren—my head lias been tilled op so with Horace Greeley f.-r a week past,; vi's, ever since t ; e ratifieailon me: ting, that like the Aposiie Paid, I hardly know whether I am in the body or out of the body. Excuse me hre'U.ien It was ari error of the head and not the heart. Vanity oi vanities, all in vanity. The good Brother subsid and, fully re solved 111 his mind teat whether Gm-eicy panted or Be eher watered, lie void exp< ond tn* <5 ; ' - ■ \ otirig Men. ' Young man, what aie your purposes I lin life? Have you any that are fi.vd,; or aic yon waiting for something to turn !up to give you a e'rndy place? If the la'.ler, you may not Calculate up.*i e.iea' ‘ success in file. 'Tin so carve out for i Ihcinselvis fortunes, who, when they i cannot find a place in their chosen pur- j j sail, go to work at anything lion ruble : I that nfi'ers itn-df. Thus they mako the | start, and in due time they tire able to ! < nter into the business for which they j have a taste. j Those who patiently wait from month ! to month or year to year fur Home .open ing t o save their. from hard work, may ' never find it. Had they the shady plac es which they desire, they would find no beds of ruses as they may suppose, but their employeis would expect them to | w-iilt earnestly, faithfully, laic aid ear - ly, and In succeed, t! ty would be bound In do it. The fact is, wo have Rome young men { out o| employment, who think that lab r is disrespectable. They will live to re- I pent their mistake. We have too few | farmers, mechanics, artisans, engineers ] and laborers. In olden times, our f >th ers made their fortunes for commencing as.men ot toil upon, farms at a small pittance per year, but they knew how hardly it was tnadu and they kept it, added to it, bought each of them a small tract of land, and l is’ng step by ste.) they attained independence. But they wore giants in those days, men who feared not toil, sun and exposure. Their descendants should imitate their exam ple. We have far too many and dors, lawyers, mechanics, cleiks, etc., — alas too many so eager to live in the st ale that they entei professions or business often times for which they are totally unqualified, and hence their whole lives are failures. Young man, learn that labor is honor ! able, and that you IluVe it in y»Ui powei j ! yourself not only livings but fortunes. WTtieli Would You Itailirr !>•'. John Adams, father ot John Quincy Adams, used to say: “W In u I was a 1. ,y | had to Study the Latin Grammai ; ! but it was dull, and I bated it. My father was anxious to see me to college, | nud therefore; 1 studied the grammar till I could bear it no longer; and, going j in my father, told him that. 1 did not j ! like study, mid ask: and I'm other ( inphiv- ! : meat. It wf< opposing his wishes, and | ; i,o was quielg ill his answer. ‘Web,; 1 .fob n,’said la:, 'il Latin .grammar docs! I not suit yon-A'ou may try ditching—; ; i erliaps th'itew ill. My meadow yonder j need:; a di'i:!,?, and you may put by; | grammar as i dig.’ ' “Thi-.. neerjid a delightful change and i I'stl.e mead' w I went, Hint soon (..und JH|w bn tel than Latin; and the first . n.i the longest I < expel * “That day i ale the bread of labor, ! mul .A I -■. 1 when night came on. Pliai night ! made comparison between Latin gramauir and ditching, but said ! not a word Vibnut. it. 1 dug the -icxt forenoon and wanted ; to return t t.Latin at dinner-t me, but it | was vr-ry imuiiliating", and I could not ido it. At niql.t toil - 0 oiqu r ed pride, 1 mid I told ujy father—ono of the sever let lessons'.of my life—that if he clmse, 1 would ipiii'in'k t" Latin gia-nmar. , 11,. . *‘.l(l of it, ami if i vo sir.C' '-.Lie and aiw-jd ■ i'jctiou it Ims bm n owing i, , labor-i t lie dit n.” Dani. i \* < tisli-f did riot like mowing • { r I ia J ' ciß lik- -1 d.-eii j, f|; t , fi .or told him to ‘‘hang” his M-vti i: to . -r-it - l iiiisi If, and no went ai.d i /,tu,rj ’ll oil a fire/ However bolt: Adams Smol Wi b-b workdl harder with tlicit | in.tins than liiost buys with their mus ic Ms. ' : . 1 (lieu: ; » G:.:: K. —The' man with his i iin.g-iestqi .tame to grief. A healthy ;| ~ ni, r h boy; with a cticst on him like |m, eiu: o'- vaiise, drew in a moiith ! Ini of I'll -.Mpt ere, wrapped a quar t, i o! bis lip over luc nozzle, and i tu-eaiiied. As explosion followed, first | the II.;. Mills, and tin ri the by-slanders, i and the pi f. iwor was heard to say, as I tie gathered u i the li'iigntients of tinkling lira's* and s-pr ■ , ‘He had bum eating I onion-*; tiiat’A what made b.s breatb-so 1 strong.’ TANARUS" K t:f -M' i-i-.Ms FRr.M Dkibd Frt'iT.— Place yif ini in a sli-atner over a pot tt.nilmgw. il , covered tightly. Wi.en ! tliorongldy hl-i-ed, tie them immediately iin a t ag, - aijd bang them up. Tl.i --: method i ■ prqjersinlo to In-aliug in a i oven, as tt ,t> apt to render tt ern Ii .id. C'litiul« \\ ilti Silver liiuisig** KX MAI:V COUiV. Tlioiv’h h<u <*r m «!.i\ a) tumny, But :i I!: -if «•!'■ n i ;i;»!>« .»! •: Time's newr ;i !!! • m> happy But 1 sus hul its times ol tears: 't et He* M.tii shin.- ail I:..- in Miller \\ hen tin* .".ini m\ lempest. ( lo.n Tli-'ie's never a jenrden *vrmver With n- "s in every viol: Tlievo's neve; u heart so lumlonod 1 Jut it lu • ono lender sput; We have only to prune tin* bolder To tiiul the forgei-tiienot. Tin re's never a cup ho pleasant But. has bitter with (In* sweet; There's inn era path so That hears urn the print of feet; Ami we have u Helper promised l or the trials we may meet. There's never a am that rises lint we know 'twill set at night; * Tin* lints that W-auied in the morning | At evening are just ns bright; Aw\ the hour that is the sweiest, Is between the dark and light . There's never a dream that's happy lint the waking makes us ad; There’s never a dream of sorrow • j lint the waking make.- ns glad; \\ e • Mil look -dme da\ with w-ndor At Hie troubles we have had. . j There’s never a way so narrow lint Hie entrunee is made straiglif.j There is.a!wa\ -a gnid<* to point us To the *di -lie win!;el gale;" And tin* angels will be the Hearer To a soul that is desolate. There’s never a heart so naughty But wjll some day bow and kneel; There’s never a heart so wounded That the Saviour cannot heal; There is many a lov.!\ forehead That is bearing the hidden seal. There’s never a day so sunny lint it little cloud’ appears; There’s never a life so liappj ■*' But, has had its times of tears; Yet the hjiii shines out the brighter. When the stormy temptOKl clears. INo No home! What n iniafortunc*! Tlow sad the thought I There m e thou amis who know nothing of the blessed infill- ; s onoe of u comfortalde homo; merely l>e ! cuiiHe of a want ol thrift, or dissipated j habits. Youth Spent in frivolous mime, i liiuuis t *"* l ?> ""4*■•”*"* leaving- tin*m at middle .vro; wh? ™ tie pliysieal and int< l'.eetual man should be! in its e*n'at( sl v'--; ?!', ocnet valed mid j without one laudable ambit ioji. I’ idends j long’ since lost, contMeiiro g’niif', and] nothing to look to in old age, but aj mere toleration in the* community whore | they should he ornaments. No lnmji> I' ; liv to wimn wearied with tlio Hlr.. '-s ; incident t<• 1 il'i;; no wile to clncr llirin their despondency; no viitnmis lion mu- i hold togive ■/. Kt'to the jys of life. All is b’auk, mnl I lien; is no hope or huccoi I ; except that which is given out by the ! hands of private or public characters ’Viieu the family of tin; sober anil Indus -1 fvious citi/iim gathers aroitrnl the cheer- I fnl fire of a wintry day, the liornidem man is seeking a she!ter in tho ceils of a elution house, or begging fora login's lest in tin; ont-hnihlinga of one wl.o still h 1 in IT; at the h i no time, with no greater adv.Ullages; honesty and iinins- | j try built mi that home, while dissipa- j ' lion destroyed the other. Chiu (’so binlirs. The Cliincri: ladies aie as much slaves j !of fasliion ns Western ladies. The high or class of Chita so ladies mo taught, like ours, lo control their voices; that ii !is not polite to speak above a certain j (one. Tiny always Study attitudes and j effects before their mirrors for hours at ; | a time, just like ours, and they bandage j their feet just for the name reason that j our girls cramp theirs, and tighten their j ! waist in order to produce elegance and j jgr utility of fnrm(f). In fact, smaH feci ; mean style and beauty in China, and it i would belaid to find the American girl j who would not walk on her head if that j was lece.i aiv to "stylo” among us. Cidiii sc Indies, of the. upper classes, j arc exceedingly in their nuili ners. TliC! l is only the mmo set se ©f! re.tiietion tIV is in the presence; of a Fifth Avenue lady. T|.ey are much j more polite than our ladies hi some res-I pects; they always off. r you a cup of tea j and something to cat. Anything ■•'that 1 is pretty and melo.-s is encouraged for! women there just as it is with ns, and j precisely for the same reason —because j wealthy men will not marry'thcn if they! I have large feet and hands, coarse cm-, plex o.ns, and look as if they were accus ! tamed to labor. There is no difference i in sealily between t o ‘civil:*ation’ of the West and the ‘barliarism’of (he East. In both cases, the high ciasslurly prides : herself upon tier helplessness, upon how little she knows, and how little si.e can do; and the more helpless they are the ■ lo iter men like r.iiern(?) in America as . Weir as 1C Cuiua. 1 M;i .vn,' NO, 38 FTlioiiiilil lie was Ditiuk. \ dinner ; vrty was in progress dur ing the display of northern lights, and at .•viillem in, stopping out to cool bis burning brow, was startled by the dir;- pkty about the frosty pule. ITe stuod pi rfei :!y amazed, then turning to the window he saw within, the wifocfhia j bosom sitting with the ladies waiting fo' their h i, .' lords to end their cham paign.' and cigars, i’ushitig aside the I sen cn t ain he becUomd Mrs. Agnes— to come out. She con [died, when lie said to her solemnly: ‘WAgnes, iT'er see anything exstronory now?’ ‘Yes, Dolly, f si e that you have Icon drink ing too much wine.’ ‘No, nor that, I Wagues; I mean exstronory phornomon unions in amosphere. ’ Why—where, j Dolly? ‘Upper younder, Wagnes.’ ‘Why, j dear me, yes; I do indeed—the most j I rillian: aui.ua 1 ever saw’ ’Wagties, i are tliir ■;’) a shoot in'?’ ‘Yes, dear.’ ‘And a flash,’ Wagiies?’ ‘Yes, Dolly.’ ‘A t:d a s irter ; pivadin’ and dancin’—i'll, \\ .;y . ‘All that, my dear.’ ‘Hot In !' lan .hod the husband, much relieved. ‘l)n yon knew, Wagncs—l mean Ilag nes when r I come out an’saw the ce lestial plio.iomonums a glowin’ upper yonder, damn mo tiler I didn't think I was drunk. A linnd Thins if True. Chandler was whipped by Ulysses S, Crant, while the latter was stationed at Delreit, subsequent to the Mexican war. Although a blusterer, and of an arrogant nature, Chandler is, from the heft and height, tlic most noted physical coward in Michigan. ITc kept a drygoods store in the times referred to, and young Crant—who was tabooed in the aristo* cratic militaiy cire’e of Dotroitfur habit ual di nnkeiini’HS, and who spent his tirao between associating with n ferryboat captain and sponging around a small s.ici il club fur t> a’s—fell into a hole in It.!■ pa v. ue ut ii .. . ite Chandler*« store. The iiofe was ; I : . uona. fort rt.~ rv,.-,* I’resident was then deep in meditations over the lost I (.use of 11.un bolt, and ho ! lull in, am! came out swearing. Ho had j Chandler hauled up before a Justice for h aving the hole open, and Chandler at li'inpp and to give him some impudence in th«, court room. Crant walked up to him as Die c urt adj uriied, with the ma ss spirit which results from stop p g h Jinulal ion too suddenly, and gave him thcY'iO'lit of a slap across tin;chops i and a twist of the ear. ‘And it’s the general opinion,’said a leading merchant of whom I made in quiry, 'that Grant never did a decent thing in Detroit except, just that.’ A Alow It vei'iige. A nnr !i in ills nt lias been invented in E and, and its 1 owing use is exciting Ironside;able; abirm. The Stull ooil > ists of a mixture of naptha and ether, and it si’, .lues . a kind of intoxication •.vl.dch its admirers find highly agreeable. No ci ck can he putcti the consumption |uf the vile fluid, lor it is not sold -under i the n nne of any excisable spirit, and ap i nnrt'irtly an act ol Parlinment will have in be devhu'd to meet the difficulty. Wo ! nave beard before of people stupefying iheinselves with cologuo water, and even getlinur drunk on campheiie, but 1 this naptha and eithef mess certainly beats everything ill the way of exliilern ling nastiue Doubtless news will noon come of tqumliiiu.'oiis combustion, iu consequence of indulging in this pleas-* „nt hi■ vi". a t At all events, it is bel ter calculate! t--> pr .'luei! eiiiili nn effect than any other drink we know of, not excepting our own ‘‘flirty-rod whisky,” !or the horrible compounds with which j people poison themselves in New Jersey. “Lame!” sighed M'-s Partington, ‘hero i I have bi.en suffering for three mortal weeks. First 1 waft seized with a bleed | j„g phrenology iu the left hempshiro of i the brain, which was exceeded by a stop { page of the left ventilator ol tiro heart, j This give me an inflammation in tbo borax, ami now I'm sick, with chloroform f morbus. There is no blessin' litre that I of health, particularly when you are ill.” To a jolly company each one was to ask a qiie-tiun; if it was answered, ho paid I forfeit; or if tie Could not answer it hiniM'lt lit; pa'd a forfeit. Pat’s ques tion was, “gow the li.uJc ground squirrel ! digs h f, li'de with nt showing any dirt about tlic * i.lra.-icu?” » Wltrn t'.ey a ' gave on, Fat said: "Fme, do yon in i, he hegina at tin; other ,„d of tile ho’e.” One of the rest es claimed: “Bot how d.sn. he get there?' said Pa?, “that’s ti e question— ji-u ' • if)-*" A •