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B I.. PRESCOTT
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Halcyondale, Scriven co., Georgia
WILL give his whole attention to the
practice of Law in all its branches.
Jnl, 12, 1853: 24—6m
SUVS&LY D, SVAMS,
attorney at law,
Sandersville, Georgia.
WILL practice in the counties of Wash
ington Burke, Jefferson, Scriven,. Emanuel
Laurens, Wilkinson and Hancock.
(Office in Court House on Lower Floor.)
Feb. 1, 1853. ■ 1—ly
JAXtfCSS S. HOOK.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sandersville, Georgia.
WILL PRACTICE IN THE COUNTIES OF
„ . . ) Washington, Burke, Scriven
Middle-circuit. ^ j e ff ergon an d Emanuel.
Southern Circuit, j - - - - Laurens.
Ocmulgee Circuit | - - - - Wilkinson
[Office next door to Warthen's store.]
jan. 1, 1852. 51—ly
JNO. W. RVDZSXLL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sandersville Georgia.
Jan. 25, 1853 52—lv
R. £> WAMHBN.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sandersville, Georgia.
feb. 17, 1853. 4—ly
I. 21. SAFFOL9, JR.
attorney and GOUN6ELLER at law,
Sandersville, Georgia.
Will practice in the counties of Wash-
ngton, Montgomery, Tatnall Emanuel and
iefferson of the Middle Circuit, also the
minties of Telfair and Irwin of the South
ern Circuit. Office in Sandersville.
February 22, 18 4—tf
Z- GBAY,
WATCH MAKER, AND JEWELER,
Sandersville, Georgia.
May 10, 1853 l5 ~L r
MULFOR2) MAASH,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLER AT LAW,
Office, 175, Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
feb. 22, 1853. 4 —ly
DR B.D. SMITH*
Swainsboro, Ga.
Has permanently located at this place, and
ill attend Professional calls.
suit 30,1853 31 ~ tf
R, It. TUImTOUi
'actor and Commission Merchant.
No. 71, Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
Feb. 15, 1853. 3 ~ l J
BEEN POSTER.
^actors and Commission Merchants
Savannah,Ga.
P.H. BEHN,] ‘ [JOHN FOSTER.
feb. 22,1853. 4—ly _
S B- ORAFION.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sandersville, Georgia.
Will also attend the Courts of Emanu
mrens, and Jefferson, should business be ent
istedto his care, in either of those countie-
feb. 11. 4—tf
J, B BAINS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Scarborough, Georgia.
Will atteud promptly to all business^ en
listed to his care in any of the Courts of the
fiddle or Eastern counties.
March 14, 7 ~~*Z
‘layering and B pic klayngi
HHE undersigned has located in Sander -
L ville, for the purpose of carrying on the
astering and Brick-laying business. Spe< i-
ins of workmanship can oe seen in the
Sr. ^ ‘VsTlftENSON.
W. L. IIOLLIFIELD,
SURGEON DENTIST.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA
maylO, 1852. - 16 tf
Dr. William L. Jernigan, 1
HAVING permanently located him
self in Sandersville, respectfully offers
his professional services to the citizens
of the Village, and county. When not oth
erwise engaged he may be found at his Office
at all times.
Sandersville, March 8,1853. 6—ly
XML. & R- 3VE JOHNSTON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Sparta, Geo rg ia .
Will practice in Hancock and the ad
orning counties, and the Supreme Court.
MARK JOHNSTON, | R. M. JOHNSTON.
March 22, 1853. 8—tf
JOHN XMCAIiIiERIT.
Draper and Tailor.
Dealer in Ready-Made Clothing and Gentle-
en’sfurnishing Goods. 155, Bay street,
Savannah, G a.
feb. 22, 1853. 4—ly
Wanted.
W OOL, Hides, and Tallow, for which we
will pay the highest m irket prices.
GRAY cjr ARNO W.
wainsboro, m ly 17, 1853. 9 1—tf
LOCKETT, LONG, & GO.
Commission Merchants and
SHIPPING AGENTS.
126 Bay Street, Savannrh, Ga.
E. LOCKETT, W. H. LONG, J. H. DAVIS.
sept. 20 34—tf
A. A SOLOMONS & CO.
D EALERS in Drugs, Medicines, Chim
cals,Perfumery, fancy articles, Surgeeali
intrumentsj Paints, Oils and Dye Stuffs.
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Savannah, feb. 22, 1853. 4—ly
HUMPHREYS & JOHNSON
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
Smets’ Buildings, corner of Broughton and
Whitaker streets, Savannah, Ga.
Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals,
Perfumery, FancjvArticles, &c.
Soda water of a superior quality.
feb. £2, 1 8; ~ 4—ly
EPOIETIB Y
MISCHIEF MAKERS.
Oh ! could there in the world be found
Some little spy, o( happy ground,
Wnere village pleasures might go rouad,
Without the village tattling!
Hew doubly blest that place would be,
Where all might dwell in liberty,
Free trom the bitter misery
Of gossip’s endless prattling.
If such a spot were really known,
Dame Peace might claim it as her own;
And in ii she might fix her throne,
Forever and forever j
There like a queen, might reign and live,
While every one would soon forgive
The little slights they might receive,
And be offended never.
’Tis mischief-makers that remove
Far from our hearts the warmth of love,
And lead us all to disapprove
What gives ano her pleasure;
They seem to take one’s part—but when
They’ve heard our cares, unkindly then
They soon retail them out again,
Mix’d with their poisonous measure.
And then they’ve such a cunning way
Of telling ill-meant tales—they say:
“Don’t mention what I said, 1 pray—
I would not tell another;”
Straight to your neighbor’s house they go,
Narrating everything they know,
And break the peace of high and low,
Wife, husband, friend, and brother.
Oh ! that the mischief-making crew
Were all reduced to one or two,
And they were painted red or blue, -
That every one might know them!
Then would our villagers forget
To rage and quarrel, fume and fret,
And fall into an angry pet
With ihings so much below them.
For ’tis a sad, degrading part.
To make another’s bosom smart,
And plant a dagger in the heart
We ought to love and cherish !
Then let us evermore be found
In quietness with all around,
While friendship, joy and peace abound,
And angry feelings perish !
H S3 © H5IL 3Li
N 3 KNAPP.
Manufacturer of 1
Mr. Editor:—I enclose you the follow
ing letter, written by Ex-Gov. Gilmer,
which you will oblige me, with a number o*
vour readers in Emanuel, by publishing :—
j7s.
SADDLERS, HARNESS, dec. &c., and
I _
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in all| legion, j. m is, isss
kinds of j pjie Rev. D. P. Jones—
SADDLERY WARE. CARRIAGE
Trimmings, Laces, Fringes, Patent Leath-\ Hear Sir . I ha\e recened youi \ery
cr. Springs, Axles, Bands, Varnish, dec.
Dear Sir :—I have received
courteous request, to make an address to
the Temperance Convention which is to
meet a week or two hence in the city of At
lanta. The time of meeting, and my pre
sent employment, will prevent my making
A large assortment always on hand, and j the necessary preparation for doing what
for sale at the lowest prices. i you and other friends desire. I have never
Feb. 15, 1853, 3--ly j been a membei of any temperance society,
i and am not therefore, well informed of the
precise objects of the Association, nor the
AT THE SIGN OF THE GOLDEN SADDLE,
West end of Gi bbons’ Building
ITIarket Square, Savannah.
HARMONIC INSTITUTE,
Coroer of St. Julian st. dc Market Square
SAVANNAH GEORGIA.
F ZOGBAUM& CO., Importers and Deal-
• ers in Musical Instruments of every de
scription, sheet Music, strings, &c. wholesale
and retail. Piano Fortes, by A. Stodart &
Co and J. B. Dunham, New York, in every va
riety of style and price. These Instruments
are acknowledged, by the best musical judges
to be at least equal to any other manufactur
ers. Dealers supplied with every article in
the line at New York prices.
F. ZOGBAUM.] [GEO. MITCHELL.
feb. 22. 4—ly
means proposed to be employed to effect
them. I must, therefore, decline your invi
tation. But I say most heartily, God speed
to every proper effort to limit the Use of
whiskey, and its kindred spirits. I have
never been drunk, and feel the force of what
I say. I believe that intemperance is bring
ing "more disgrace upon our country, great
er disturbance to society, more distress to
families, and ruin to individuals, than any
cause whatever, indeed than all other caus
es together.
Retailing spirits in small quantities in
SPRING GOODS. public places, is the form in which this great
The Largest and Finest Assortment of evil works its worst^and most extended mis-
Spring and Summer Goods are for Sale * '
by N. TV. Haines & Bro.
HE Subscribers are on hand again with a
large and superior assortment of Spring
and Summer Dry Goods, which have been
selected in New Yorkxvith especial reference
co the wants and necessities of their friends
and customers, and the people of Wash-
ngton generally.
chief. The dram shop is the Augean stable
of our times, and the cleansing of it the
T HE Subscribers are on hand again with a Herculean task, at which all patriots and
large and superior assortment of Spring good men must lend a helping nand.
The obstruction to progress is found to
be the notion which has got into the nod
dles of the would-be public men, that the
party which aids in doing the good, will go
Theyrespectfully invite an examination o j t0 the wall. Discerning men ba\e seen tor ij fcards might be heard with some allow-
their stock, they are sure that they can chal- [ some time that politicians was stuck in the 0 - - -
lenge a comparison with any ever offered in ( ......
’ ' ’ " ” 1 moving forward until the spirit ot patriotism, - . . . -
U U J- I • f 1 e northern saves, whose strong animal appetites, ren-
should direct, instead of 1 der them unable to "resist their love ofwhis-
The people are beginning to open thmejes, te hen ^ lhe , labil of drinki is
upon the truth, that public men aie ol no. , - , „ r( „. ,h om j„ ..relink
value, who are afraid to sustain the interest [“ rra f”*
ions of the majority of particular districts or
counties, as has been proposed. Each mem
ber of the legislature takes a solemn oath
to vote for such laws as may conduce to the
iut-rest and prosperity of the State. If he
believes in his conscience, that keeping grog
shops and selling half pints publicly, is for
the interest and prosperity of the State,
then he must vote against the bill, which
will be introduced into the legislature to
put them down ; if evils, then he must sup
port it. He cannot avoid doing what his
oath requires, bv asking the voters of this
place or that, whether they are for or against
the continuance of the nuisance. No can
didate is expected to be so ignorant of the
necessities for passing laws, as not to know
that dram shops where half pints are sold
and drank publicly, are public evils. And
yet the retailers and tiplers are preparing to
raise a great hue and cry against auy can
didate who may say so ; and are already
elameringin expectancy about violated priv
ileges. Their notions about their privileges
are very much like those of the Lincoln
county man, whom the Grand Jury presen
ted for living with his negro woman in the
way of a wife, got drunk, went into the
crowd of citizens about the court house and
cried out at the top of his voice, “our lib
erties are gone, what did the old Revolu
tioners fight for, if one cannot do what he
pleases with his own.”
The retailers and their customers seem to
be ignorant of the truth, that every man
must use his own, so as not to injure anoth
er’s. Nobody is asking the government to
prevent any tipler from drinking as much
whiskey as he pleases in his own house, or
by himself elsewhere. Such would, indeed,
be exercising a most oppressive and inquisi
torial power. But it does not follow that
any one who entices or induces others to
join him in the guilt, cannot, and ought not
to be punished. It is the-right of-every
body to go to the devil in his own way, pro
vided he does nothing to drag others after
him. The power to punish acts which are
confined in the doing and their effects to the
individuals belongs exclusively to the power
above us. But whilst it would be usurpa
tion to enquire into, and punish acts of in
dividuals unconnected with others in the do
ing or the consequences, the government
should punish all immoral public acts, so as
to deter others from like practices, and secure
the people from the effects of bad examples.
Every State, whose territory is on the sea
coast, exercises the right of restraining all
persons baviug contagious diseases, or com
ing from infected countries, going on shore,
or mixing with its inhabitants, until submis
sion to quarantine shall have removed the
dangers arising from contact. The govern
ment has ample power to prevent the spread
ing of contagious vices, as contagious dis
eases ; to take as good care of the morals
of the people, as of their health. The
small pox does less public injury, than
drunkenness. We can have no doubt upon
this subject, if we will look over the country
aud see the paralized, the palsied, the poor
dependants, the fighting brawlers, the mis
erable wives, aud poor suffering children,
caused by tipling houses. Every sensible,
consciencious man, whose habit of drunken
ness has become too strong to enable him
to overcome the temptation when presented
would gladly, when sober, receive the aid
of the legislature to keep the temptation
out of sight. And will not the legislature
do this great good for good men who have
not the strength of will to do it for them
selves? Those who feel that laws to pre
vent selling half pints and getting drunk at
public jdaces, will be restraints upon them,
very naturally wish to prevent their passage.
But that anybody who understand the ex
tent of the injury done through the dram
shops, and desires to save from ruiu the
youths and easily tempted men of the coun
try, should be opposed to the use of the on
ly effectual measures by which it cun be
done, would be a strange absurdity.
If all the evils arising from retailing half
pints were limited to free men and educated
citizens, the clamor of the retailers and
: practices, is a new mode of administering
government. Why confine its operations
to the retailers of half pints ? Does the A1
mighty ever withdraw his punishing power,
’ because the majority are doing the devil’s
work? If the majirity of any county or
'district want the liberty of buying half pints
‘or drinking together in dram shops until
| they get drunk, fight, steal, gouge, murder,
' go home, slap their daughters, kick their
! wives, whip their sisters, and curse their
I mothers, is that any reason why the legis-
| lature should give its sanction to such vile
doings ? The shall I or shall I not, propose
j to put down dram shops where there are
| nont, and let them alone where they are
{supported by the majority ! We should in-
{ deed be given over to hard hearts, and rep
| robate scamps, if the legislature had to ask
every rascal, whether he wanted to be pun
ished before it would pass the law for the
•purpose. It would indeed be increasing
I wickednes.s with a vengeance, to tell the bad
j that their chance of going on in their wick
ed ways, depended upon the number whom
the} 7 could induce to join them. It would
be a fearful sign of the times, if the legis
lature’s duty of putting a stop to retailing
Courting in Right Style.
“Gele eout you nasty puppy —let me n-
lone or I’ll tell your nia,” exclaimed Sal y
to her lover, George, who sat about ten
feet from her pulling dirt out of the jam.
“I ain’t techin’ you Sal,” responded
Geo go,
“Vv eli, perhaps yon don’t mean to noih-
er do yer ?”
“No I don’t.”
“Cause why you’re too tarnal ssarry, you
long-legged, lantern-jawed slab-sided, pidg-
eon-toed, gander kneed owl you haint got
a ternal bit o’seuse; get along home with
you.”
“Now, Sal I love you aud I can’t help it
and efyou don’t let me stay and court you
my daddy will sue yourn for that cow he
sold him t’other day. By jingo, he said
he’d do it.”
“Well, look here, George, ifyou want to
court me, you’d better do it as a white man
does that thing —not set off there as you
thort I v\ as pizen.”
“How on airth is that, sal ?”
“Why, sidle right up here and kiss me a»
if you really had some bone and sinner of a
man about you. Do you ’spose a woman's
half pints and putting down grog shops,! only made to look at, you fool you No; they
should be made to depend upon the con-! are made for “practical results,” as Kos-
seut of those who keep them, and frequent! sulh sajs—so hug and kiss and sich like.”
this market, both as to the extent and quality
of their Goods. ‘
The Ladies will findin their stock a variety
of new and rich styles of Silks, Muslins,
Ginghams, Calicoes, Lawns, Dress Trimmings
Millinery articles, with every thing else of
the tasteful, and elegant. Fine Dress Cloths,
Cassimeres Vestings &c., are always on hand
and Gentlemen can can be served with as fine
an article, and as cheap as can be had any
where.
The Farmers and House Keepers should
call at their Store for replenishing and fitting
out. They are prepared to furnish every ar
ticle in the House keeping line, and at prices
astonishingly cheap. Call and examine, then
tell your neighbors.
N. IK- HAINES & BRO.
mar. 15. 7—tf
Wood Shop-Repairing, &c.
o
T HE subscriber would respectfully an-
nouncce to the people of Washington
county, that he has put up a WORK SHOP
in this plaee and is prepared to do all jobs, m
the way of Carriage, Waggon, and Bug
gy making and Repairing-at the shortest
notice. Having been engaged for a number
of years in the business, : he flatters himseli
that he can give those who may patronise him
entire satisfaction, in the style, manufactuie
and prices of work done at his establishment.
He has secured the services of good Wheel-
rights and Blacksmiths, and all orders tor
work, repairing, or any thin m his line will
meet with prompt attention. His Wor
shop, is on the Milledgeville Road, near the
ChUrch ' JOHN W. REN FROE.
Sandeville, jan. 11’ 1853. 50—tf
, : n ance. But we of Georgia, are answerable
mire, and that nothing would be done in ‘ ^ e
’ h : for the habits and happiness of our negroe
of society against the habits ot the vicious ;
and society is preparing to act upon it so
soon as the conduct of candidates shall rnakh
the truth evident. The question is now be
ing put to each seeker for office: Are you
for God and the country, or for the devil
and dram-shops ? The contest is begun.—
Each party is hoisting its banner, citizens
joining one standard or the other.
Putting down the evils of drunkenness is
the glorious result aimed at by good men,
and they will struggle hard to arrive at it.
The timid will dodge at the noisy halloo
balloo of the tiplers and retailers, and scat
We who hold them in servitude,
should see to it, that we do uot go to hell
with them through our exposing them to
the temptation which overcomes them.—
Will good people consent to be answerable
for all the crimes and other miserable conse
quences fron negroes having access to dram
shops, that tiplers may get drunk on public
daj r s at public places.
The shall I and shall I not folk's, are ask
ing whether the legislature had not better
suspend its action in putting down retailing
half pints at public places, until the voters
of the militia distriots and county collections
shall say yes or no. And has it come to
ter in the ranks. It would be better for j this Georgia, that if there should be a ma-
such to keep out of the scuffle. They will | jority of rogues in any militia district, the
only create disturbance. Those who put; honest men there are not to be protected
themselves in the place of patriots and seek ; from thefts ; if a majority of gamblers, that
the honors and offices of the country only j the easily tempted shall not be preserved
to gratify vanity, will find that the lowest j from their vile practices. The laws sanction
places are the saftest for those who start at! putting the keepers of gambling houses in
Y — • ->• i—. i—i Whv : should the keeDers of groar
shows. These wiuding-about candidates are
seeking to find out through the legislature,
what is thought of putting^own half pints.
The Constitution confers upon the Legisla
ture the power to prescribe what acts are
criminally injurious to the public interest,
and how" they shall be prevented. That
power cannot be transferred by the legisla-
jau. Why'should the keepers of grog
shops be permitted to go on in their work of.
unmixed mischief? Has the legislature
even asked the people of militia districts and
counties, whether they are for or against
theft, purgery, or murder? Must wrong
doing go on unrestraiued, because of the
great number of participators in guilt. This
> fAAnr/mf nf 1 miiDw flint. t.nA
ture to districts or counties, nor its proper i asking the consent of the guilty, that the
exercise be made to depend upon the opin- j legislature may put an end to their evil
them. VVill the legislature, God’s vice-g< -
raut on earth, ask the consent of any body,
whether it shall exercise its power of putting
down the greatest of all instruments for
making men do wrong? Will the elected
forget the obligation of their oaths to put
down dram shops, now that >t has become
obvious to every one, that they do not con
duce to the interest and prosperity of the
State The command is sounding in every
ear, choose you this day which you will fol
low, the dictates of conscience or the hun
gering after lialf-pints.
Our State is the most prosperous country
in the world. Will we show our thankful
ness for the good things given us, by put
ting aside tbe evil oaes ? The devil is a
very successful general; he has fought and
overcome in countless contests. Temptation
drunken habits, and vile purposes, are keep
ing within his mighty paw, innumerable
doers of his will. His great coagitator, the
dram shop, is beatiug up Tor recruits
far and wide, in neighborhoods, villages,
(owns, cities, and counties. It is fearful to
see how the two are bringing into captivity,
vait numbers. It is a miserable sight to
iook upon the weak, yielding to the te.upta-
tion of the offered half pints, and the vain
struggles of the tiplers to do better, after
the habit of drinking has been formed. If
God and the country prevail in the contest,
then happiness will take the place of half
pints. If the devil and the dram shops,
then the retailers and tiplers will become
our masters, legislators, and governors.
The candidates for the legislature who
are still strong in the faith, that the devil
and the grog shops are more popular with
the people than God and the country, aud
that electioneering with halt-pints will get
more votes than doing what good men de
sire, are led into their mistake, by the tri
umphs of the dram candidates in former
times, when whiskey was drank by every
body ; when the bible was a novelty ; when
schoolmasters got drunk; when preachers
whilst they pointed out the straight aud
narrow way, sometimes followed iu the reel
ing tracks of their flocks; when the special
treat giveu to a visiting neighbor was to
draw out the bottle; when merchants en
couraged the people to buy decanters of
whiskey upon their counties ; and when on
muster days, election days, and court days,
every one considered it a mark of regard to
drink with his neighbor. If the whiskey
candidates will but look beyoud their noses,
they will see that the bible is now in every
house ; that the old life long drunkards are
all gone; that the preached word comes
from lips unpolluted by whiskey ; that our
teachers are the sober sons of our country ;
that the neighbor who now offers whiskey
blushes from the consciousness of the wrong
done ; that the decanter has been taken a
way from the counter lest solvent men
should be kept away from the store; and
the candidate for the legislature who offers
the half pint to a voter, is eyed as a fit per
son to be sent elsewhere.
The time is rapidly passing away, if not
already gone, when the old may lead the
young to dram-shops; when fights between
neighbors in cups make delightful amuse
ment for the crowd; when the legislature
can sell the inheritance of the people for
bribes and members cannot read the laws
which they help to pass.
Men have the power to discern good from
evil. And yet with all the aids which they
can call to their assistance, they find it diffi
cult to do right. Will the dram drinkers
strive - to continue th6 temptation which
when indulged in, fuddles the brain beyond
discernment..
God give us light
To see the right,
In these our days,
Come from among
The devils’ throng,
And whiskeys ways.
In ancient times when Kings wanted mon
ey they sold licenses to commit crimes.
Shall our Republic in these enlightened
times, grant licenses for money to evil doers
to sell what excites to the commission of4.be
most flagrant offences?
Very respectfully,
Yours, <fcc.
Well,” said George drawing a long
breath, “if I must I must, for I do you
sal”—and so George commenced sidling uo
to her like a male porker going to battle.
Laying his arms gently upon Sal’s should
er. we thought we heard Sal say
“Now you begin to please me, old boss ;
that’s acting like a white man orter.”
“Oh, Jerusalem-and pancakes !” exclaim
ed George, “if this ain’t better than any
apple sass ever inarm made, a darn sight.
(Jrackee ! buckwheat cakes, slapjacks aud
lasses ain’t no whar ’Jong side of you. Sal
Oh-, how I love you !”
Here their lips came together, and the
report that followed, was like pulling a
herses’s foot out of the mire.
Manners and Customs of Mormon
Preachers.—The Boston Herald, iu an
nouncing the death of Elder G. Adams, a
Mormon preacher, says:
On his second visit to Boston, the Elder
preacher, baptised converts, whipped a
newspaper editor, and played a star en
gagement at the National Theatre. He
was industrious and tilled up all his time.
We have a fund of anecdotes concerning
this strange mortal, which we shall be glad
to print some other time. We close this
article by briefly adverting to the chastise
ment he gave an editor for strongly criti
cising his performance of Richard HI. The
office of the editor was in Washington
street, where Propeilor now keeps. Adj
ams armed himself with a cowhide and
watched his victim. Soon the unsuspec
ting fellow came down stairs, and Adams
sprang upon biro, exclaimiug, “The Lord
has delivered thee into my hands, and I
shall give thee forty stripes save one, Scrip
ture measure. Brother Graham, keep tal
ly.” So saying, he proceeded to lay on the
punishment with hearty good-will. In the
meantime, a large crowd had gathered a-
round the avenging priest aud the delin
quent. When tbe tally was up, Adams
left the man and addressed the crowMas
follows :—“VJen and brothers, my name is
Elder George G. Adams, preacher of the
everlasting Gospel. I have chastised my
enemy, igo this afternoon to fulfil au en
gagement at the Providence Theatre, where
i shall play one of Shakespeare’s immortal
creations. I shall return to this city at the
end of the week, and will, by Divine per
mission, preach three time next Sabbath
on the immortality of the soul, the eternity
of matter, and in answer to the question,
Who is the Devil ? May grace and peace
be with you. Amen.”
Gender md Case of an Egg.—The fol
lowing occurred in a school not a hundred
miles from London:
Teacher. What part of speech is the
word egg ?
Boy. Noun, sir.
Teacher. What is its gender ?
Boy. Can’t tell, sir.
Teacher. Is it masculine, femme or nuter.
Boy. Can’t say, sir, till its hatched.
Teacher Well, then my lad can you
tell me the case ?
Boy Oh yes; the shell sir,
New Race of Monkeys.—We have heard
itsaid that there exists in the forest of Da
rien a species of moDkey conened with pure
white hair—they are reported to be small
in size with long tails; they live in single
families in the most unfrequented places
and if once disturbed never return to their
old haunts; the natives have many super
stitious connected with them, and cannot be
induced to catch or kill them.—Panama
Herald,
A dispute having, arisen, at an Italian
court, about a lawyer and a doctor as to
which should walk first iu a public proces
sion, it was referred to the court for judg r -
ment, who gave it in favor of tbe law. ‘
bn the ground, that the rogue shoub“
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