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F. R. FILDES, Editor. VOLUME VIII. Professional. DR. E. A..1 ELKS, Practicing Physician, QUITMAN GA. Office : Brick building adjoining store of Messrs. Briggs. Jelks & Cos., Screven street. January 31. 1873. 5-ts JAMES~H. HUNTER, nnb Counsellor at QUITMAN. CA. T-er Ufuck. in thk C*lbt Mavch 17, 1871. \e u. Bknxet S. T. Kisusbkkby Vy N ET & KINGSBERY, iTOIINEYS AT LAW, Q i mvn Brooks County, Georgia. V bruary 7. 1873 6 HOWARD It HARDEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, QUITMAN, GEORGIA, Office, in the Court House, second floor May 2tf, 1872.' It DENTISTRY. i)k and. Wricks, 11 attended’Ttilo/- yAI& A/ it r t/ n Ntfw r Ur““ t i»s Dental College, has returned to Qnitmaii, V* TTJ and leoi ened his of- jy j sf: fice. * -Ks^f 3^ Thankful to friends and patrons for past favors, he will be pleased to serve them in future. Good work and mod erate charges. March 14, 1873. 11-fni Dr J. S. N.SNOW, D E Hit ST, QUITMAN, GEORGIA. Respectfully solicits the iimjaah , patronage of the Citizens ot MBeSMSK Brooks county, it ml will endeavor. “-iXLXJ-J liy faithfully executing all work entrusted to Inin. to merfTtlieir c utidence. Charges moderate, and work guaranteed. Office, nn stairs. overJ. Tillman's store. March 21, 1373 •*•'■ O' Miscellaneous. QUITMAN DRIL STORE. IcCAtL& GROOVER, I_lKAi.nr.fi tx Drills, Medicines, Paints, Oils, VA TINTS I / ES, SI >#*, Jkr-;: Ti/, T.oilt’J Articles, dtc. Notify the public that they will keep on hand ccmpleto and fresh stocks, and sell the same at a reasonable profit. This is Exclusively a Drug Store, and the en tire attention of the junior member of the firm will be given to the business. We respectfully solicit the patronage of the public. Quitman,Feb. 2,1873. ly !>H. M. C. WILKINSON. !>R. A. l>. SMITH. LARGE DRUG SIGN. WILKINSON ft SMITH, IVv.w^r' M.£DICINES - And many of the best r At-.. Also, White Lead. Varnishes, Paints and Oils, .Soaps Tobacco, Segars. Toilet Articles, Arc. All of which will be sold on reasonable terms. Prescriptions carefully compounded Kerosene Oil will hereafter he sold at Forty rents per gallon. Quitman, Ga., Jan. 111, 187.1. 5 1) SAW & GRIST MILL, 3$ Miles from Quitman. BOZEMAN & LEWIS. \EE ploa.nrr ill notifying the public that I " they have still in operation a first-class .Saw and Grist Mill, in a fine lumber section of Brooks county, and only 3| mi'es from Quitman, on the TaUckaa public road, and are prepared to furnish every kind and quality of Lumber, at short notice, but exclusively for cash. V,e will grind onlv on WtoxßaniT and Sat mn.ir of each week, and we guarantee good 11 The following are onr prices for Lumber : For General quality of Lumber, cash on de livery. $12.50 per 1000 feet. When payment is delayed exceeding 30 days, the bills will be immediately sued without fur ther notice’tu parties. For special bills, where all heart is required, the price nil! be sls-00 per 1000 feet, Cash. These prices will be strictly adhered to. We solicit the patronage of the public, and will endeavor to give satisfaction. February IF 1873. 1 1,111 MEAL AND HOMINY. rT3!!E UNDERSIGNED will keep.con=tantly'at X the store of MILTON C. WADE, an extra article of BOLTED TIE.IL AND HOMINY, which will be sold very reasonably for Lash. R C. MclN I OSH. Quitman, April, 24, 1873, l"tf Quitman. Dress Goods. IMIE Ladies are particularly requested to ex _ amine my stock of beautiful Dress Goods, Notions, etc., which are offered cheap for cash. 16 It NATHAN GAZAN. I>. W. PRICE, MERCHANT TAILOR QUITMAN, GEORGIA, QhV"| i)l TV I LOR INO W 4 ENTABI.ISIIMENT in Quitman, and has on hand a fine lot of Cloths ami Cassimeres , suitable for making Dress and Business suits, i He has also on hand a Select stock of READY MADE CLOTHING. ! Cleaning and Repairing done on short notice Prices moderate. April 10. 1873. 15-ly Groceries! IVERSON in need of Family Groceries. Bacon. Flour, Coffee, Sugars, Teas. etc. will do well to call at my store before purchasing else where. NATHAN GAZAN. Quitman. Ga., April 17. 1873. If* CARPENTER’S WORK. John D. Bozeman, QUITMAN, GEORGIA, rpAKES this method of informing the public L that his MTI.L business does not interfere | with his business as a HOUSE CARPENTER; ! and he is fully prepared to do all work desired, j ou as Favorable Timmiis | as possible, and to tin* satisfaction of all parties ! inteiested. He will also eontruct to | FURNISH LUMBER MATERIAL, ! and build Dwelling Houses, Store houses etc., I in pursuance with specifications furnished. Give | him a trial. j May 15, 1873. 204f NATHAN GAZAN, II BE Gill LliS. M. QUITMAN, GA. Terms, Cash. 11 you want Uargiiins give mo ' a trial before purchasing elsewhere, j April 17, 187:1. l'i-lf Cotton Gin Repairs. r*T!IE undersigned is prepared to repair ami 1 place in good order Colton Gins. Saws sharpened and I'.rushes filled, so as to make ! iberu as good as when new. Will visit any por i (ion of the country, when notified that services ! arc needed .1. It. PALMER. Quitman, July 2li 1872 20 tl LOOK HERE! Good Calico at 121 Cents. Jacob Baum, DEALER IN Dry Goods, Notions, Hard ware, Crockery, &c„ Quitman Georgia. riTAKES pleasure in notifying his friends ami JL the public generally that he has received his SPRING ANO SUMMER STOCK FOU IH7G, which will be sold on fair and honorable terms. These goods were purchased on very favorable terms, and I am confident can and will be Bold as cheap as any house in town. My stock embraces almost everything kept in a retail store in the interior— Dry dor*!*, Dress Goods , Domestic Goods , Rtruly Made Clothing, hosiery, Notions, Boots, ShoeJ\ Hals, <£c. <f-e. The Ladies are specially invited to pay me a visit, as I have many things that will meet favor in their eyes. ... *@~Cash Purchasers arc also specially invit ed to give me a call, as 1 am determined to sell as low as any one. Thankful for past favors, a continuance or cus tom is solicited. JACOft BAUM. March 21, 1873. O Boot and Shoe Shop ! e.lreed, A Practical and experienced Boot and Shoe maker, has opened a shop in the town of i Quitman, an.t is prepared to put up work with neatness and dispatch. Repairing done to the j satisfaction ol customers. Charges very raoder i ate. but cash required on completion ot work. I My shop is in the building adjoining the store [ of Lovett & Bryan. I I respectfully solicit and will endeavor to de | serve the patronage of the public. | May 6, 1873. 3m E. REED. CIIAPPELL’S Champion’ SUPERPHOSPHATE. A FIRST CLAoS FERTILIZER. Over Four : A- Thousand Tons sold in Georgia, and not a single ton repudiated : giving universal satis i faction, and aualvzing. according to State Cbem- I ist. higher than any brand in the market. Try I it. For sale by PAINE & HALL. ' Feb, 7,1872. 6-U Quitman, Ga. HERE SHALL THE PRESS TUB PEOPLE’S RISHTS MAINTAIN, UNA WED BY PEAR AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1873. Miscellaneous. ftlrorrarasE The only Reliable Gift Distribution in the country $100,000.00 In Valuable Gifts! TO WE DISTRIBUTED IN la D . SINE’S ■list SEMI ANNUAL GIFT ENTERPRISE, To be drawn Friday, July 4th, 1873. One Grand Capital Prize, $10,OOOiuGold! One Prize, §5,000, in Silver! Five prizes of SI,OOO, Five prizes of SSOO, and Ten prizes of SIOO each in Greenbacks. Two Family Carriages and Matched Horses, wilh silver mounted Harness, worth $1,500 each. Two Buggies, Horses, etc., worth SOOO each. Two fine toned Rosewood Piano, worth SSOO each; Ten Family Sewing Machines, SIOO each ! 1500 Gold and Silver Lever Hunting Watches, worth from S2O to S3OO each. Gold Chains, Sil ver ware, Jewelry, elc. Whole number of G fts, 10,000. Tickets limit ed to 50,000. wanted to sell tickets, to whom Liberal Premiums will be paid. Single Tickets $2 ; Six tickets. $lO ; Twelve tickets. S2O; Twenty-live tickets, $lO. Circulars containing a full list of prizes, ades crintion ol the manner of drawing, ami other in formation in reference to the Distribution, will be sent to any one ordering them. -All letters must be addressed to Main Office. L. 1) SINK, Box 80, 10l W. Fifth St. (6-st) Cincinnati, O Change of Schedule. (IICNEIIALSIT’KKINI'UNBENT OFFICE, j Atlantic ami Gi'l.f Raiuuiau, > Savannah, May 3. 1873. ) ON AND AFTER SUNDAY", MAY 4th, Trains on this Road will run as follows: NIGHT EXPRESS PASSENGER. Leave Savunimli dally at 4 30 p.m Arrive at Live Oak. daily at 4.06 a.m “ Quitman daily at .3.57 a.in “ Thoiiiasville.* 5.30 a.ill “ ilalnhridgo.it 815 am “ Albanv at 0-50 a.m Leave Albany daily at 4-15 P»: “ Bainhridge daily at <>.oo p.m Leave Tlmmasville 8.55 p.m “ Quitman daily at 10.32 p.m “ Live Oak, daily at 10.30 p.m Arrive at, Savannah daily at. 10.00 a.m Conned at Live Oak with trains on J.. P. and M. It. it., for and from Jacksonville,Tallahassee, Ac. No change of cars between Savannah and A1 hany- Close connection at Albany with trams on South western Railroad. Close connection at Lajvton for and from Flo rida, with Western Division Passenger trains. A CCOMMODA TION TRA IN Wkstkun Division : Leave Lawton. [Sundays excepted] 7.00 a.m Arrive at Quitman. [Sundays “ 10.42 am (( Thoiiiasville “ ‘‘ 12 45 p.m Albany “ “ 0 00 p.m Leave Albany “ “ 7.20 a.m Thotn.iaville, “ “ 3.00 p.m “ Quitman “ “ 5.04 p.m Arrive at Lawton, “ “ 8.30 p m Connect at Albany with night trains on South western Railroad, leaving Albany Monday, Tues day, Thursday and Friday, ami arriving at Al bany Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Satur day. Mail Steamer leaves Baint ridjge every Wed nesday at h.OO a. in, for Apalachicola. 11. S. HAINES. [l9 If] Gen’l Supt. NE W M l 81 C. ITJBIJ8HKI) BY J. L- PETERS, 599 BroadwayN Y, Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of m irked price. VOCAL. Above and Below. Socred Song, by Juch, $0.30 Back lo the Old Home; song aud chorus,.... 30 Beautiful form of my Dreams Stewart 30 Darling weep no more; song and chorus 35 Do not weep so, sist-r darling; song 30 Don’t, forget to write me; song and chorus,.. 35 Fold wo our hands; song or duet; Boildien. . 30 Gone lo the Heavenly Garden; pong 35 Ifyou were I, would you? song 3» Kiss me. darling, ere we part 30 Little Blind Nell; song and chorus 30 Little Dan , song and chorus 40 Lord, forever at thy side. J 5 Meet me, Bessie, in the Dell 30 Meet me, dearest, with a kiss. 30 My bov across the sea 35 Oil! Give me a home in the South 40 Ob. Sam! song and chorus jjs Only for You! Ballad 35 Our Little Pet; song and chorus 40 Papa, stay home: Temperance song 40 Save one bright Crown for me 40 We pray you sing that song; duet 35 Wilt thou weep when I am low ? 25 INSTRUMENTAL. Poj has /Sunbeam, bv Kinkle, 35 cts; Bello of Saratogo, by Victor, 35" cts.; May Flowers, by Simon, 35 cts. Mazckkas.— Awakening of the Birds, 50 cts; Happy Thoughts, by Walker, 30 cts.: Laughing Wave, by Wilson. 50 cts.; Sunbeam, by Pacher, 40 cts. Galiops.—Charlie's and Freddie's, by Kin kle. each 35 cts. SHOTTISCHES—FataI Glance, by Young, 20 c t« May Morning, by Schmidt, 50 cts ; Sun beam, by Hampel, 35 cts ; and Willie's, by Kinkel, 35 cts. Makcuks. —Belle of .Saratoga, by •Baumbacb, 40 cts.; Mollie’s, by Kinkel, 35cts. Any of the above mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price- Address J. L. PETERS, 593 Broadway. New York. May Ist, 1872. 18-ts fjgtoUanHms. Till! CONTICTBB HE BY WILLIAM COMSTOCK. The morning was dark, and the snow lay in piles about the street. A severe coldness was in the atmostwhere, and as the bleak wind whistled round the Court house it seemed to sing of other days, in melancholly cadence. It seemed to tell of broken hearts, and of every descrip tion of human suffering. The wander ers abroad wrapped their cloaks more closely about them, and shivered as much from nervous agitation as with the cold. I was abroad myself on that day; and al though I was at that time a mere youth, yet I have never forgotten the impres sion which the events of a few hours made upon me. I had been brought up in the strictest manner. I had scarcely been permitted to look upon vice, and to gross immorality I was an utter strang er. But on this bleak and melancholy morning I chanced to pass by the Police Court. I saw several persons hastening into the building in which the Court was held, and in order to escape the severe cold, I also entered. I had never been in a court of justice before, and I looked around with no small curiosity upon the various arrangements within. I stood outside of the railing with several others, mostly persons of low character, who ap peared to have come in for no other pur pose but to warm themselves. The judge was on the bench. He was a grave, dig nified man, about forty-five years of age. The other officers of the court were in the places assigned to them, and univer sal silence reigned on every side. At length the judge seemed to start from a reverie, and cried—“ Bring in the prison er.” An officer immediately seized his poll l and went out of the door. The few spec tators now started up from the lethargy into which they had fallen, and began to look with some interest toward the door at which it was expected the prisoner would enter. They did not wait, long before the door opened, and the officer returned, followed by a woman of the most wretched appearance. I shudder ed and trembled until the railing which I held vibrated beneath my hand. 1 had not known that human nature could be come so utterly cast away and degraded. Could it be possible that the “human form divine” could ever present such an image of squalid misery? She stagger ed into the Court, room, and I caught a glimpse of her face. Ilcr face and bo som were covered with dirt - large blotches disfigured her v<*ry feature— and around one of her eyes was a circle of black, the consequence of a brawl, in which it appears she had been engaged at the time of her arrest. On her head was a straw bonnet, through which the wind found free access, and front under its ragged crown a few tangled grey locks straggled forth. Her dress was in sufficient, to keep the piercing air from her person, and her red, swollen feet were half exposed by the apology for shoes which she could hardly lie said to wear. She did not appear to be in the least a bashod, but, advanced directly to the stand, drew up her rags about her, and throwing back her bonnet,, looked stead fastly at her accuser. He was one of the town watch; and having been sworn, he stated that he had found the prison er fighting and making loud outcries in the street—that she appeared to be very much intoxicated, and was very impu dent. At this stage of the proceedings the Judge asked the watchman if he had everwoen her in that situation before. “No, sir,” said the witness; “it is easy to see by her appearance, that she is a woman of abandoned character; but I never saw her before in my life, and de sire never to see her again.” The Judge then asked if anybody knew where she belonged. An officer arose arose and stated that he did not know wliore she belonged, but he knew that she came to town only a few days ago. He also said that the quarrel in which she had been engaged arose from the circumstance that her landlady, who was very little better than herself had turned her out into the streets at mid night for stealing.” “Stealing!” cried the wretched woman, looking at the last, speaker. “Perhaps you call it stealing; but, if to take a rag to cover the blue and shivering limbs of my poor child is stealing, then —” “Your child!” cried the Judge, “have you a child?” Every eye was fixed in surprise when the vagrant opened the plaid cloak and disclosed beneath its shrouds the pale, starved countenance of a girl, who ap peared not more than six years of age, but who in reality had seen ten misera ble summers and winters. If the appear ance of the mother had been supremely disgusting, that of the girl was so pitiful and wobegone, that I felt the tears gush into my eyes, and my bosom heaved with an emotion which I could not restrain. Even the Judge appeared melted when \he saw this little frame clinging to the waist of a miserable mother, its eyes wildly and timidly cast around her as she j feared that she should b#separated from j the disgusting wretch who gave her birth. The Judge quietly recovered his firm ! ness, however, as if afraid to exhibit a weakness unbecoming his station. He ! then asked in a stern voice, “Has not this woman been here before? Woman, I have I not seen you before?” j She turned at the sound of his voice, and fixed her eyes upon him in one long and steady gaze. Those who had a fair view of her countenance saw that she had not looked long in the face of the Judge before a sudden paleness overspread her features; her eyes seemed ready to burst from her head. Having surveyed the Judge in silence for some time, she re plied to this question in a low sepulchral tone, that made him tremble, “Yes, yes, we have met before.” The particular tone and manner in which the prisoner uttered these simple words tireduced a death-like silence throughout the court room. The spectators crowded as near to the railing as they could, and every eye was fixed upon the singular wretch who stood at the bar of justice. The Judge appeared at first a little struck by her strange conduct; but a man who had seen such a variety of prisoners was not likely to be thrown off his balance by any peculiarity of their conduct. He there fore proceeded with the trial, and asked if she wished to put any questions to the witness. He he spoke in a steamer tone than he had before, the little girl beginning to be apprehensive that evil threatened her mother, and wept and sobbed audibly. The prisoner proceed ed to ask the witness a few questions, and how much surprise*was evinced by the officers of the court at the choice lan guage which proceeded from the swollen and chapped lips of so unpreposessing a figure. The questions were answered by the watchman, but there was bungling hesitancy in his replies which seemed to intimate that he had found, in the squal il wretch before him, ain tire ingenious questioner than he had anticipated. In short, so unsatisfactory were his replies, that the Judge asked if there was not another witness in the case. No other witness was at hand, and the Judge turn ed to hold a short coloquy with the pris oner. “Are you not ashamed,” said he, “to let the little girl starve, while you are able to dress and maintain her decently?” “Who would give work to me?” asked the other, fixing the same earnest gaze once more on the face of the Judge. “It is your own fault if you have ar rived ut such a degraded condition that nobody will receive you in their house,” said the Judge. “But, you seem to have seen better days; you have an alias to your name, I understand. What is your other name?” “It is not to be pronounced in such a place as this,” she said, still fixiug her unflinching eyes on the magistrate. “You might recollect it ifyou heard it.” “Enough,” said the judge; “you ac knowledge that you have been in this court, before. I thought, I had a faint recollection of your features.” “Ah I” said she, elevating her hand to her head, “we have met before.” “You confess that you arebrought be fore me for the second time,” said the judge. “What have you to say for your self why you should not be sentenced six months in prison ?” The prisoner looked down and remain ed silent a moment. But it, was only for a minute; when she again looked upon the Judge and said : “I will tell you where I came from and all about it. You shall also know my true name. “Proceed then,” said the magistrate, placing himself in an attitude for listen ing, “and see that you tell me the truth.” “Oh, yes, I will tell you the truth,” cried she, with a low laugh. “You may not always be so fond of hearing the truth.” waste time,” said the Judge.— The prisoner stilled the child and pro ceeded. “The present condition to which you see ine reduced, is the consequence of treachery in one whom I supposed my lover.” “Avery common pica,” interrupted the judge. “Your lover must have been greatly enamored of such a beautiful ob ject as you. I admire his taste.” “He was considered respectable,” said the prisoner, “and I thought him resjiec table. Nay, he is to this day regarded as a very respectable gentleman.” “Where does he live?” inquired the Judge. “You shall know all in good time,” re turned she. “My father was a wealthy husbandry in the Middle States. T was his only child, and his heart was bound up in me. When a cloud crossed my brow he was miserable until I appeared cheerful again.” “Is the old man alive now ?” asked the Judge. “Truly, he must lie proud of such a daughter.” “He is not alive,” cried she. “No, no. His grey hairs have gone down in sorrow to the grave. The seducer came. I be lieved the tales he told me. He swore eternal constancy. He promised to take me to the city, and introduce me to his friends, who were some of the first in the land. I thought there was no guile in his mouth. My innocence—” “This is a tale which you have picked out from some novel,” said the Judge. “I’ll be bound that you have told it be fore to half the courts in the country. It is very improbable that you were ever ,educed. You have willingly taken up this course of life. For shame! Take her away, constable.” “No, no—not yet,” cried the prisoner. “I can prove what I say. I can bring such evidence that the seducer of my in nocence and the murderer of my father shall himself own his crimes, and stand before you in all the horror of guilt.” Observing that every one in the court was impressed by her earnest manner, and being himself strangely interested in the fate of this wretched being, the Judge motioned for her to proceed with the story. “The crafty man who wrought my ruin, belonged td . He was a lawyer who was said to be rising in his profession, and whhrfe personal and men ial qualities were calculated to captivate the heart of a young, simple maiden such as T was then.” “How long ago was that ?” inquired the Judge. “When I first saw this bad man,” said she, “it is eleven years ago.” “But you are fifty, I should say,” “No, sir. Sorrow and sin have made dreadful inroads upon my constitution since my father died. lam about thir to-oile years of age. It was eleven years ago last October since I first— “ Stop! stop!” criedtlieJiidge. “This cannot be true, you cannot have sunk so low in so short a time. You are older, much older than that.” It was observed that the Judge pro nounced these words with a great deal of emphasis, and that his countenance was suffused with blood. He Was supposed to be in a great passion with the prison er, on account, of her attempting to de ceive him, with respect to her age. She quietly answered him, but fixed her eyes on his face as she did so : “I do not decieve you. There are those who understand deception better than I. I have been a cheerless and homeless wanderer, with this poor child, over the world. I have sometimes subsisted on the wages of sin. At first I was obliged to take up such business, in order to support, myself and perishing little one. At length poverty deprived me of what little pride I had. I became wholly abandoned. O, God! to what misery has one false step reduced me!” The eyes of the Judge now glanced at the woman, and every glance became more pale. At length he shouted : “Take her away, constable! Away with her, I say !” “Hold!” she said to the officer. “First let me tell your Judge my name. A mo ment ago he was anxious to hear it,. Now let him have it. My true name is Clar issa Huntingdon.” * The Judge sprang upon his feet as if he had been shot by a musket ball. In a voice almost choked with rage and agi tation, he stamped and roared, “Do your duty officers. Away ! away 1 I tell ye, with that woman !” “Nay, then,” cried she, flinging off her tattered cloak, and holding the wast ed form of her child on high. “Look ! look ! Charles, upon your child ! See, her little fleshless arms are stretched out to you for protection. She is hungry, very hungry 1 Look, Amelia, look upon your father! See how well dressed he is ! See how plump his cheeks are! He does not live on oifals. He can get bread to eat. He did not lie on straw last, night. Ha! ha! ha! He owns his child! He looks at us. Speak to him. It is your father!” For a moment the eyes 'of the Judge glared wildly upon his child, and the wo man whom he had ruined. His counte nance became still more flushed. He made a frightful jesture with his arm. That member fell lifeless at his side. His eyes rolled up in his head. His head sunk upon his shoulders, and he fell hack upon his seat. In another moment a loud noise announced that the heavy form of the Judge had fallen to the floor. His guilty agitation had caused an at tack of appoplexv, to which he was sub ject, and his spirit had flown to the bar of that God whom he had so much of fended. The wretched Clarissa and her daugh ter wore taken charge of by a brother of the deceased Judge—a pious and benev olent, man, who had frequently exerted himself without much effect, for the re form of his heartless brother. The child was so well attended to, that she not only lived, but became a healthy and interesting child. Let no one des pair of reforming his abandoned fellow when I state that, even the debased Clar issa became a decent, and orderlv woman, and died hyming the praise of Christ at the resurrection of the just. —— -S'— - Agassiz on tlie Negro. The following is from a recent lecture by no less a personage than Prof. Agas siz: I have pointed to over a hundred specif ic differences between the bonal and ner vous systems of the white man and negro. Indeed, their frames are alike in no par ticular. There is no hone in the negroes body which is relatively the same in shape, size, articulation, or chemically of the same composition as that of the white man. The negroes bones contain a far greater proportion of calcareous salts than those of the white man. Even the negroe’s blood is chemically a very differ ent fluid from that which courses in the veins of the white man. The whole phys ical organization differs quite as much from the white man’s as as it does from that of the chimpanzee - that is in his bones, muscles, nerves and fibers—the chimpanzee has not much farther to progress to become a white man than the negro. This fact science inexorably demonstrates. Climate has no more to do with the difference between the white man and the negro than it has with that between the negro and the chimpanzee, or it has between the horse and the ass, or the eagle and the owl. Each is a distinct and separate creation. The negro and the white man were crea ted as specifically different as the owl and the eagle. They were designed (by the All-Wise Creator) to fill different places in the system of nature. The negro is no more a negro by accident or misfor tune. The negro is no more the white man’s brother, than the owl is the sister j of the eagle, or the ass the brother of the horse. |s2.at) nor Annum NUMBER 24' Quoting run Mtuli. ft isn’t, Often that one gets into trouble' by quoting too much from the Bible, but a workman engaged in carving a church motto made a sail blunder in this way : The presiding clergyman 1 of the parish of Brie'rsport was chairman of the com mittee On ornamentation of the new church, and it was decided that a suita ble quotation of Holy Writ should lie graven upon the capstone of the portal over the main entrance. In accordance therewith the workman Was directed to carve upon the stone, tile sonten'ce— l “My house shall be called the house of prayer.” The man acknowledged his literary deficiencies, anil in order that lie might make no mistake he asked for art exact copy of what was wanted. The clergy man being in somewhat Os a hurry, and having a small pocket testament with him, took it out, and opening to the twenty-first chapter of Matthew, and pointing to the thirteenth verse,- said : “There, my man, yoli have it just as we want, it.” The craftsman took the book and the clergyman Went, his way. The dedication of the church was post poned a week tii await the finishing of the capstone. It was done ill time, and raised to its place, and the consternation of tile good minister and his compan ions of the committee can better he im agined than described upon beholding how literally with a vengeance the work man had copied the text, of Scripture. Commencing at. the point designated by the clergyman, he had produced the whole verso so that tlie stone bore upon its face the startling sentence i “My house shall be called t he hollse of prayer, hut ye have made it a den of thieves," There Was a further postponement of the dedicatory services, and ill the end the lower half of the capstone was adorn ed With a network of chiselings and clippings not, contemplated by the origi nal plan, There is one ttged worn I it* in this town who does not believe in social equality, j udging from the Way she talks to her "Ephriliam, come hyar to yoiir mtid der, boy. Whar you bio ?” “Playin’ wid the white folkses Chilian.” “You is, eh P Seeyar, chile, you’ll broke yer old madder's heart, and lining her gray bars in sorro’ to do grave, wid yer rekluuiuess an' earrings on wid ebil assoassyashuns. Halm’t 1 raised you up in the way you should ought to go?" “YessUm.” “Habn’t Iheellkiile and tender will you, an’treated you like my own chile, Which you is H’ “YessUm." “Habn’t 1 reez’ued wid y<>. and prayed wid you, ami deplored tie good Lord to Wrap you in his bussitm ?” “Yessum.” “Habn’t 1 taught you to walk ill the broad an’ narro’ path, an' to shun God P" “YessUm." “An’ isn’t I yer llatoral detertor an’ gWadjeilce for de law ?’’ “Yessum.” , “Well, den, cloyoil a'pose Ise gwine to hah your morals ruptured by de white trash? No, sail. You git in de house, dis instep; an’ if I eber cotch you muni catin’ wid de white trash any mo' fo’ God, nig. I'll broke yer brack head wid a brick.” “Yessum,” — Exchange, ——— ' «»—■ Power of an Axe. The other day I was holding a man by the hand a hand as firm in its outer texture as leather, and his sunburnt, face was ns inflexible as parchment; he was pouring forth a tirade of contempt on those who complain that they have nothing to do, as an excuse for becoming idle loafers. Said I, “Jeff, what do you work at?-” “Why,” said he, “I bought me an axe three years ago t hat cost me two dollars. That was all the money I. had. I went to chopping wood by the cord. I have done nothing else, and have earned more than SfiOO; drank no grog, paid no doctor, and have bought me a little farm in the Hoosier State, and shall ho married next week to a girl who has earned S2OO since she Was eighteen. My old axe I shall keep in the drawer, mid buy anew one to cut my wood with.” Alter I left him, I thought to myself, “that, axe and no grog.” They are the two things that make a man in the world. How small a, capital that axe how sure of success, with the motto, “No grog.” And then a form and a wife, the best, of all. Curious Devotion.- A singular affair has occurred at Madison, Wisconsin. A married man disappeared from public view six months ago, and his wife when questioned, gave such contradictory re plies that it came to he generally believ ed that she had murdered him. She was arrested on Tuesday, and officers went to search her house. When they broke open the door they were met and savage ly attacked by the man himself, who Was a raving maniac. The wife who had spent, six months alone with h< r maniac husband, for the sake of caring for his wants, has herself gone mad since her arrest. “Mr. Speaker,” exclaimed a member of the Arkansas Legis'ature, “my col league taunts tne with a desire for fame. I scorn the imputation, sir. Fame, sir! What is fame? It is a shaved pig with a greased tuil, which slips through the hands of thousand, and then is accident ly caught bv some fellow that happens to hold on to it. I let this greased tailed quadruped go by me without an effort to clutch it, sir.”