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2l)c Central ©corgitm.
IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
at sandeksville
BY
AND SPARTA, GEO.
J.B.VDLETOV, HODGES & RENEAU,
rROPRJ KT0R8.
p. 0. PENDLETON, Editor.
tSU JUM
'ISBS'FHILJm AN® g®A®^FA A®TESl a 2§Ii®.
VOLUME II,
THE
ISSUED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN SANDERSVILLE AND SPARTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1855,
NUMBER 2.
CENTRAL GEORGIAN.
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BUSINESS NOTICES.
jobTrTntTng,
Of all kinds ne atly Executed at
or this office, ,m
BV K. R-EAEAXJ,
. J . E . \\ i {, L i A II S ,
[ Formerly of Knoxville. 7Vnn.]
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AND DEALER IV
Bacon. Lard Corn, Oats, Wheat and Produce
generally, Johnson’s Ware-house, Atlanta,Ga.
fS^Orders from a distance promptly at
tended to. feb7—2oy
Produce Depot,-—Atlanta, j; Georgia.
r pHE subscribers expect to keep constantly
°n band a good supply 7 of Bacon, Lard
Lorn, Oats, Stock Peas, Meal, Flour, &.c., cy-c.
and in f..ct every thing Georgia and Tennes
see produces;'and will be pleased to supply
the citizens of Sandersville and surrounding
country; on fu/orablc terms.
SEAGO & ABOTT.
feb 7 2oy
BUSINESS NOTICES.
Lazarou & Newman,
X NVITE the attention of the Ladies to one
ot the handsomest and best selcceed stock
of fashionable Lady’s Dress Goods,which they
will open dur ing the present week,consistin'* of
Plain. Black, and Fancy Plaid Silk dresses.
S,.tins, Merino, DeLaines,
Ginghams, Calicoes, Pink and blue Flannels,
Cloth and Merino Cloaks. Talmas, Manillas,
Kid Gloves, Twisted .Silk mills,
Embroidered Collars, Undersleeves,
Chemizcts, Handkcrehiels, and other desir
able goods for ladies use. All of which they
will sell on low and accommodating terms.
Their stock of Domestics, Ready Afade
Clothing, Jewelry, and Watches,are as well as
sorted ns is usually to be found ot their Store
oct. 31
P o c t r y .
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Oxr Dollar and Fifty Cents, if Paid
. at the TIME OF ECJJECRiniXG ;
and Two Dollars Paid within the
Year.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING :
One Dollar per square (of twelve lines)
will bo charged for the first, and Fifty
Cents for each subsequent insertion.
LAW N OT ICES.
~R0B KRT llARM A NT
A T T O R N E V A T L A W ,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Will practice in the Counties of the Middle
Circuit. All business entrusted in his care
will receive prompt attention.
Fj CUHIMBWCr
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Irwinlon, Geo.
Nov. 51, 43—tf
B. l7 PRESOf >TT.
ATTOKXEY AT LAW.
Ihlcynndule, Sr.rivcn co.. (Georgia
WILL give his whole attention to the
practice of Law in all its brandies.
Watch Maker and Jeweler.
T HE Subscriber would respectfully an
nounce to the citizens of Washington
and adjacent counties that he has located him
self in Sandersville, where lie will repair
Watches and all other kinds of Jewelry at the
shortest notice. His work-shop isin Messrs.
Ainsworth cm Slager’s store, where he keeps
for sale a full assortment of the finest and new
fashion Jewelry. By doing good work, charg
ing moderately, and selling Jewelry on very
reasonable terms, he solicits a share of.public
patronage. ISAAC FREDRICK.
December 6, 1853 45—tf
}u\
’ BEVERLY I). EVANS.
•ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sandersville. G' ear gin.
WILL practice in the counties of Wash
ington Burke, Jefferson, Pcriven, Emanuel
Laurens, Wilkinson and Hancock.
(Office in Court House on Lower Floor.)
jno wTruTTisiLL.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sandersville Gr<r,
"x J«m. '2b, 1853
It. lT~YV A RTH EN.
attorney at law,
Sandersville, Georgia.
f*b. 17, 1853. 4—ly
52—iy
' MULFORD MARSH.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSEI.LEK AT LAW,
Office. 175, Bay street, Savannah,Ga.
feb.22, 1853. 4—ly
J. B. IIAYNE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Scarborough, Georgia.
Will attc id prmnntly to all business en
trusted t< ds care in any of the Courts of the
Middle or Eastern counties.
M. k R. M. JOUNSON.
attorneys at law,
Sparta, Georgia.
Will practice in Hancock and the ad
• inrag counties, aud the Supreme Court.
MARS JOffNSTON, I U. M. JOHNSTON.
Fall aud Winter Supplies.
T T. N OUNGBLOOD &. CO., have on hand,
• a general assortment of Dry Goods, Boots,
Hats and Caps, Ready Made Clothing, Saddles,
Bridles and 11 arness,
ALSO
A general assortment of Hardware, Groceries,
Crockery 7 , Glass, Tin, Earthen and Wooden-
ware.
On hand, and constantly receiving a gen
eral assortment of Groceries, such as Flour,
Sugar. Coffee, Bacon Sides, Shoulders, Hams,
&c., &e.,
oct 17 tf
REDDING HOUSE;
macon, Georgia.
The Subscriber (late Proprietor of the
Washington Hall) having leased the well
known Hotel (Floyd House) for a term of
years—the House will be known hereafter by
the name ol the Redding House, where lie wifi
be happy to meet his old custoineis of the
Washington Ilall and (lie Public generally,
and pledges himself to spare no pains to make
his guests comfortable. He has fitted up large
comfortable and convenient Rooms for Ladies
on first floor, near the private entrance and
Parlor. This House is nearest to the Depot.
II. P. REDDING, Proprietor.
B. F. Dense,- Superintendent,
a tig 29, 1854 0 y
J. G.
Family (Irocery.
H AINES & WICKER would take this
method to inform their friends and the
public at large, that they have just opened ii>
Sandersville an extensive family Grocery.
They intend to keeo every thing needed by the
eoimnmfflv-iu.tGni.' is—... -- ■ -■;■ e-i..—-a—
to call nnrl examine their supplies.
AMONG WHICH MAY BE FOUND
■Sugar of all kinds, Coffee of different sorts,
.Molasses and Syrups, Rice, Cheese, Tobacco,
Sugars, Salt, Baggingand Rope. Butter, Mnck-
eral, Biack aud Green Teas, Pepper. Spice,
Flour, Bacon Tubs, Buckets, Tin, Snuff, Fruits
Coperas, Starch. Soaps of all kinds, Powder
and Shot. Candles, Cider Vinegar, Ginger,
Irish Jfc'tators. cf-e.. <1 c..
FRESH SUPPLIES
of all the above articles Ueptconstainly on hanp
fertile ae< ommodation of purchasers. And as
a fir*t requisite to success: in any business is
to deserve it, we expect, by a diligent atten
tion to business, and by keeping on hand all
such articles us belong to our line,and by strict
nttention to the wants of customers, to deserve
a liberal patronage.
nov 21 tf
P. C. ARRINGTON.
• ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Louisville, Ga.
October, 25. 1853. S9—tf
JAMES S. HOOK.
. attorney at law,
Sandersville, Georgia.
WILL PRACTICE IN THE COUNTIES OF
) Washington, Burke, Scriven
Middle-circuit, J Jeffers0 ° and Emanuel.
Southern Circuit. | ... - Laurens.
Ocmulgee Circuit | - - - - Wilkinson
[Office next door to Warthen &. Carters.]
” W. JWlLCll KIR
ATTORNEY AT LA JV,
WAURENTON, GEORGIA.
Hill practice in the counties of the Nothern
Circuit, and Washington and Jefferson of
the Middle Circuit.
B. A. Mathis & Bro.
AT CURRY’S MILLS NEW STORE.
T HE subscribers would respectfully announce
to their friends and the public generally,
that they have opened at the above store a very
handsome stock of Fall and Winter goods,
comprising,
Ladies Dress Goods,
Domestics,
Silks and Straw Bonnets,
Ribbons, Shulls,
Ready Made Clothing,
Hats and (laps,
Shoes and Boots,
Hardware and Crockery,
Saddles and Bridles,
Jewelry and WatcheR,
Groceries and Tin
ware, Medicines, &c., tf-c., All of which pur
chased in New York and Philadelphia, they of
fer to sell at very low prices.
They invite purchasers to come and and
examine for themselves.
B. A. MATHIS, 4- BRO.
oct 17 tf
Be >r«iii Marble M orks.
RANKIN, WM. M. llL’KLlCK
GEO. L. SU.MMEY.
(Successorsto A. Atkinson tf- Co.)
THIS establishment has been in successful
-L operation for a number of years. The
Quarries are well opened, and the marble is
superior to any in the United States.
We have so perieeteif our facilities forget
ting out and finishing wtfrk, that we can fur
nish Monuments, Tomes, Tablets Head
stones and everything in our line of business,
jn letter style and at cheaper rales than any yard
in the country.
. When it is considered that we saw our own
Marble pay no jobbers profits, and no high
freights from the North, it will be seen that
"'I'- do possess material advantage over all
competitors.
We cordially solicit our friends and the
public to examine the work, and csmpnre our
prices with those yards before ordering North
ern marble.
We have on hand at ottr yard in Marietta,
a large assortment of finished work, Monu
ments, Tablets, rf-e.: where our agent G. W.
. M - - .1.,,... *» , c j./llicl-
ple. work is done at the mills.
Address J. G. RANKIN & CO
Marble Work 1». O. Ga.
24 52nv
Bac<tii, lorn, Flour, tVc.
T HE undersigned k< eps constantly on hand
a quantity of Bacon. Corn, Flour, &e.,
which lie will sell at tne lowest market prices!
Those wishing supplies would do well to call
onhiin. SILAS D. FLOYD
npr 11
Use the Pen.
BT J. e. CARrZXTltR.
Use the.pcn ! there’s magic in it,
Never let it lag behind :
If rite the thought, the pen con win it
From tho chaos of tho mind j
Many a gem is lost for ever,
By n cnrcloss passor by,
. But the gems of thought should novor
On the mental pathway lie.
Uuse tbe pen! reck not tho othora <
Tako a higher flight than thine ;
Many an ocean cava still smother*
Pearls of price beneath tho brine;
But tho diver finds the treasure,
And the gem of light is brought;
So thy mind’s unbounded measure
May give up some pearl of thought.
Use the pen ! the day’s departed
IV hen the sword alone held sway,
Wielded by the lion-hearted,.
Strong in battle! Where arc they?
AH unknown the deeds of glory,
Done of old by mighty men—
Save the few who live in story,
Chronicled by sago’s pen.
Use the pen ! the sun above us,
By whose light the chemist’s art
Stamps the forms of those who love us,
Showing us their counterpart—
Cannot hold so high a power
As within the pen’s enshrined,
V\ lien, with genius for its dower,
It dagucrotypes the mind.
Use the pen ! but let it. never
Slander write, with heath-black ink!
Let it be thy best endeavour
But to pen what good men think :
So thy words and thoughts securing
lloucst praise from wisdom’s tongue,
May, in time, be as enduring
As tiie strains which Homer sung.
iitisccllanccms.
SAMUEL FIELD.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
MEDICAL NOTICES.
Medical.
(DUE undersigned will continue to practic-
J- medicine in all its branches, and respect-
billy offers his services to the citizens of San-
d'-rsville and the county of Washington. His
otlice at the old stand, where, or at home lie
at all times may be fouiid when not profes
sionally engaged. A. A. CULLENS.
jan 24 52oy
Br. William L. Jemigan^
f HAVING permanently located hitn
sell in Davisborough respectfully offers
his professional services to the citizens
f 0 IFasIiinton County. When llot ot |,_
NEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
AT AINSWORTH & SLAGER'S.
r |'MIE subscribers take pleasure in informing
J. their friends, customers, and the public
generally, that they are receiv ng a large and
very handsome stock of FALL and WINTER
Goods, selected with great care, at the North
ern Marnets, where a decline in the prices of
most of the goods, will enable them to sell
cheaper than ever. They have a full supply of
the most fashionable Jadys’ Dress Goods,
Silk and Straw Bonnets,
Ribbons, &c.,
Ready Made Clothing,
Hats and Caps,
Boots and Shoes,
Jewelry and Watches;
And all othei articles usually kept in their
store. Tl ey invite purchasers to give them a
call and examine llieir goods.
sept, 4 AINSWORTH & SLAGER.
Washington Comity Male Academy!
r IMlE exercises of tins Institution" will "f> •
JL rs timed on the Second Monday in Feb
ruary next, under the direction of. Col. J no W.
liudisill, who having for several years had ihc
charge of the Male Academy in Sandersville,
and much experience in teaching, will no doubt
be able to give entire satisfaction as heretofore
to the numerous patrons of that school.
All the studies usually embraced in an Aca
demic course of instruction will be taught
^ The following are the rates of Tuition :
For Primary Class per term, g 8 00
u Second “ « <» qq
“ Third “ » “ “ 16 00
Board can be had in good families on rea
sonable terms.
^“Prompt payment of dues will be requir
ed at the close of each term.
No pupil will be taken for any less time tlian
one quarter.
R. TF. FLOURNOY, ]
SILAS FLOYD,. |
A. A. CULLENS, ^Trustees.
W. F. POURNELL,
W. P. HAYNES, J
Sandersville. December, 5. 1854 2m
To My Old Customers.
I HAVE this day disposed of all my stock of
goods and the good will of the store to
Messrs. Ainsworth and Slager I would res
pectfully bespeak for them a share of public
patronage, ai.d that kindness vvliich you have
uniformly shown to inyself, whilst in business
in your midst LOUIS COOK,
oct 24
Washington Co. Female institute.
f I THE exercises of this Institution will com
X menee on the Second Monday in Janua
ry next, undjsr the direction as heretofore of
the Rex. P. C. Pendleton. Ho wilt be assisted
by one or more ladies.
The Musical department will be under the
direction of a competent teacher.
*1 EEitts.—1st Class, Alphabet, Spelling,
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic §4 per quarter,
$8 per term.
2nd Class. The above, with English Grom-
merand Geography, $6 per quarter, $12 per
term.
3rd Class, The above with Algebra, Latin,
Greek,History, Natural and Mental Philosophy
$8 per quarter or $16 per term.
4th Class, French $9 00 extra per terra.
Music on Piano $12,50 per quarter, $52 per
term.
Use of Piano $2,50 per term.
T. J. WARTHEN, Chairman
■Sandem-ille, December 5. 1854. 2m
envisc engaged he may be found at hisOfficA! f*' 0 . ^ r " Louis Cook and shall continue).he
at all times. business under the name and style of Ains-
Notice.
We have this day purchased out the entire
stock of Mr. Louis Cook and shall continue the
at all tinies
Davisborough Aug. 15,1854
T bR.JOHN B.TURKEk!'
|-l AVING recently returned fioin Philadel-
worth and Slager. The business will be in the
hands as our Agent, of Mr. H. W. Sheppard
a gentleman well known and highly competent,
who will be glad to see and wait upon all the
tounty.
apr4
nuu naviv^ ucicl UUUCU IV luualc 111 1 a _ • . . ■» 7 — j X
Sandersville, respectfully offers his profession- i hl “ a '; :UL Hoping that our arrange-
al services to the eitizens of the Town and ' T'T n , Wl1 , l? leas ?’ we respectfully solicit a
Hiidie oi public patronage.
AINSWORTH & SLAGER.
oct 31
tf
Planter’s Academy.
T HE exercises of this Academy situated one
mile below Irwins Cross Roads, on the
road leading to Blaekshers Ferry, will com
mence on the second Monday in January next,
(1855,) under the charge of Mr. William G.
Robson.
. The following are the rates of Tuition per
qurter.
Orthography, Reading, Writing and
’Arithmetic $4 00
Geography, Grammar, History &c. $6 00
Classics and Mathematics witn the
above. $8 00
No sehollar received for a less time than one
a unrter, except those of the poor school, No
eduction for lost time, except in cases ot sick
ness or providential hindering.
Board can be obtained in good private fami
lies at from 6 to $8 per month, including
washing; lights, &c.
Tully Graybill,
Wiley M. Pope,
Sampson Daniel,
Jesse McAfee, Trustees.
Thos. A. Orr,
Wm. E. Goff,
K. W. Massey,
nov $1 6t
The Field after the Kattlc—A TlirlUlne
Account.
We copy the following description of the
appearance of the field, after the bloody
battlc of Inkerniann, from the correspon
dence of the London Morning Herald :
Nov. 9.—On the evening of the battle,
I went over the field. 1 think ! have said,
■j .c .K.i ovirx i. 7 aV:, iV5K«. a -altrlU'
which could never be described. A con
siderable number, some S00 to 1,000 Rus
sians killed aud wounded were lying among
our tents, and here also were many,* too
many, corpses of Zouves and French* In
fantry- of the line. All our wounded have
been removed, and the wounded of the en
emy were being gathered in. The kind
ness and attention of our fellows to their,
helpless enemies was beyond all praise.
They brought them water, got kuapsacks
to put under their heads, and borrowed
blankets in which to cover them from the
raw night air; here and there, small groups
of them stood absorbed in pity Found some
prostrate foe, to whom their kindness came
too late, and who, shot either through the
head or lungs, gasped out his existence in
painful sobs, or terminated it in a horrible
convulsion which made your blood curdle
to hear. A little above the line of tents
was the brow of the hill overlooking Inker-
mann Lights. Here was the spot where
the allied artillery engaged that of the
enemy after the retreat, aud here the sight
was sickening indeed. There is nothing
so awful as the spectacle of the bodies of
those who have been struck down by round
shot or shell.
One poor fellow of the 95th had been
struck by two 24 pounders iu the head and
body. A shell afterward burst on him
and tore him to pieces, and it was only by
the fragments of cloth, with the regimen
tal buttons adhering, that you oould tell
that the rough bloody mass which lay in
the road had ever been a human being.
Rut it is useless to dwell on these sicken
ing details, suffice to say that here, among
the carcasses of some 200 killed and woun
ded horses, lay the bodies of our brave Eng
lish aud French artillerymen, all more or
less frightfully mutilated. Some had
their heads taken off ut the nook, as if with
an axe ; others their legs gone from the
hips; others their arms, and others, again,
who were hit in the chest or stomach, were
literally as smashed as if they had been
crushed in a machine. But it was not
alone the allies who lay here; on the con
trary, there were ten Russian corpses for
T one of theirs ; but the latter were all kill
ed by musketry before the artillery oame
up. On this spot the Russians kept drop
ping shells the whole night, but their vin
dictive efforts were in vain; all who lay iu
reach of their missiles had suffered the last
which they were to endure on earth. Pas-
sing up the road to Sebastopol between
heaps of Russian dead, you came to the
spot where the Guards had been compelled
to retire from the defense of the wall above
Inkermann Valley.
Here our dead were nearly as numer
ous as the enemy’s. Across the path, side
by side, lay five guardsmen who were kill
ed by one round shot as they advanced to
charge the enemy. They lay on their fa
ces, in the same attitude, with their mus
kets tightly grasped in both hands, and all
had the same grim, painful frown upon
their features, like men who were struck
down in the act of closing with their foes.
Beyond this, the Russian guardsmen and
line regiments lay thick as leaves, inter
mixed with dead and wounded horses.—
The latter, with fractured limbs, were now
and then rising, and after staggering a few
steps, rolling over among the corpses, snort
ing and plunging fearfully. Up to the right
of the wall was the way to-the two gun bat
tery; The path lay through thick brush-
blood, and the brushwood was broken down
and encumbered will the dead. The scene
from the battery was awful—awful beyond
description. 1 stood upon the parapet
about nine at night, and felt my heart sink
as I gazed upon the scene of carnage around
The moon was full, and showed every ob
ject as if by .the light of dav.
Facing me was the valley of Inkermann,
with the Chernaya like a band of silver
flowing gracefully between the hills, which
for varied and picturesque beauty, mi-ht
vie with any part of. the world. Yet I
ehall never recall the memory of Inkermann
Valley with any but feelings of loathing and
horror; for around the spot from which I
surveyed the scene lay upwards of 5000
bodies. Many badly wounded also lay
there j and their low, dull moans of mor-
tal" agony struck with horrible distinctness
upon the ear, or, worse still, the hoarse,
guigling cry and vehement struggles of
those who were convulsed before they pass
ed away. Around the hill small groups of
men with hospital stretchers were search
ing out for those who still survived; and
others, again, with lanterns, busily turn
ing o\ ei the dead, looking for the bodies
of officers who were known to be killed,
)>ut uffio had not been found. Here also
were English women, whose husbands had
not returned, hurrying about- with loud la
mentations, turning the faces of our dead
to the moonlight, eagerly seeking for what
they .feared to find. These latter were far
more to be pittied than the inanimate forms
ol those who lay slaughtered around. The
ambulances, as fast as they came up, re
ceived their load of sufferers, and even
blankets were employed to convey the
wounded to the rear. Outside the battery
the Russians lay two and three deep. In
side the place was literally full with bodies
ot Russian Guardsmen, 55th and 20th.—
-The fine, tall forms of our poor follows could
be distinguished at a glance, though the
gray ied-coats, stained with blood, render
ed them alike externally.
. They lay as they fell, in heaps; some
times our men over three or four Russians,
aiid sometimes, a Russian over three or
tour of ours. Some had passed away~\vitli
a smile on their faces, and seemed as if
asleep; others were horribly 7 contorted, and
with distended eyes and swollen features,
appeared to have died in agony, but defy-
ing to the last. Some lay as if prepared
for burial, and as though hands of relatives
h.ad arranged- their-muue!-.4 limbs, while
others, again, were in almost startling po
sitions, half standing, or kneeling, clutch
ing their weapons, or drawing a cartridge.
Many lay with both their hands extended
tow aids the sky 7 , as if to avert a blow, or
utter a prayer, while others had a malig
nant scowl of mingled fear and hatred; as
if, indeed, they died despairing. The
moonlight imparted an aspect of unnatural
palcuoss to their forms ; and, as the cold,
damp wind swept around the hills, and
waved the boughs above their upturned
laces, the shadows gave a horrible appear
ance of vitality; and it seemed as il'the
dead were laughing, aud about to rise.—
This was not the case on one spot, but all
over the. bloody field
slavery indirectly subservient to the en
lightenment of a large portion of the-world
that.wonld otherwise remain, in dark ness
and thus offsets the oppression and cruel
ties of ungodly 7 'men ; and if he -appoints to
carry on the whole related scheme' till, in
the upshot, ho shall remove slavery and all
other punitive and disciplinary consequen
ces of sin, and the curse of sin itself, in a
restored paradisiacal state of the earth and
man, all this is infinitely benignant ami
gracious, and is fitted to awaken the admi
ration and joy of all holy beings. I per
ceive no objections to this speuiflic variety
of government that would not exist in ref
erence to all the other known parts of his
general economy; and, though, in the
working out of tho details, irregularities
and anomalies occur, through the infirmi
ties and wickedness of men, they arc only
liko what exist throughout- all the dcjiart-
nients of the fallen world, and equally capa
ble of being overruled to the greater ulti
mate manitestion of his glory. " I feel that
il Christians in general would take the
same view, rather than those merely theo
retical aud speculative views which are in
consistent with it, they would be more like
ly to diminish both the necessary and un
necessary ills of slavery, preserve their own
minds in a more healthful state, allay the
intemperate zeal of wild and fanatical men,
and hasten the great jubilee of the nations.
T /hll down to the ground. I yield to the
will of God. I exalt his rights agaiust the
visionary and supposititious rights of men.
I call upon, my bretheren to bow with me,
and to rejoice that “the Lord God omnip
otent reigneth. Clouds and darkness arc
round about him ; righteousness and judg
ment are the habitation of his throne.”—
Watchman and Observer.
^empevaure.
Extract from the Rev. Dr. Lord’s Letter
on Slavery.
Regarding Slavery as a. jtfovidential In
stitution instituted for wise purposos, for
the rule and discipline of this fallen, re
fractory world, and viewing it iu the light
of Scripture, philosophy, analogy and his
tory, the author says : “I see no objection
to it a priori, or speculatively, or on any
other ground that can stand a moment
against the literal and experimental proofs.
1 feel, under the pressure of these proofs,
that nothing else can be true, and that to
oppose it is to oppose, though it may be
unconsciously, the Divine plan of govern
ment, and take a responsibility that 1 would
not incur for worlds. I feel that God has
supreme right to govern the world he has
made, and to set up -that preoise schemo of
government which it is the desigu of the
Bible to unfold, as it doos unfold, howev
er, actually, only to the humble, penitent,
and patient learner in the school of Christ.
I feel that God had a right to make Adam
the representative of our race, iu his own
image, aud subject him and all his poster
ity forever to the evils and miseries which
the Bible refers to his transgression, and
not only them but the whole related “crea
tion” to a state of “groaning and travailing
until now.” I feel that he had a right to
banish and stigmatize the murderous Cain,
and subject him and his generations to a
specific curse. I feel that he had a right,
when Abel s descendants married the
doomed and proscribed daughters of Cain
so that the whole earth became filled with
wickedness, to deluge the whole contami
nated scene. I feel that when the repeo
pled earth was likely to be corrupted the
licentious Ham, who had offended God by
marrying a Cainish wife, and introducing
Cainish—Canaanish—blood into the new
dispensation, and yet more, by gross aud
obscene filial impiety, God had a right to
subject his family to slavery in their gen
erations forever, and such parts of it as
most needed restraint and correction to
the greatest geographical, social and polit
ical disadvantages, and to make his better
bretheren the instruments of the infliction,
within the limits prescribed in his word.
I feel that God had a right to make the
servitude of Ham a blessing to Shorn and
Japheth, and an ordinance for the general
well being of the world during the contin
uance of all the races upon,—that is to the
end of it. I feel that if God limited the
ourse as he seems to have done, and, by the
veiy stigma of the doomed people, preserv
ed them from wanton individual violence;
and if he put them under the protection of
law, as in the Old and New Testaments,
—v- t -r -.-r-y and denounced the heaviest judgments
wood j hut the path was slippery with j upon all tyranical oppressors; if he makes
The I'uture Greatness of Our Countrv, and
its foundation.
The London Christian Observer makes-
the following .impressive prediction, cou
pled with an intelligent view of the time
sources of our prosperity.
“ America, like an eagle on the Andes,
sits"and surveys with calmness and self-sat-
tlWJ -rir —r-erFFtj-
the world beneath. And while other na
tions are exhausting themselves in its strife,
she is accumulating wealth and power,
which in time, unless some mighty revolu
tions dash to pieces the whole framework of
her society, must make her tho mistress of
the world. Some of the statistics of the
vast empire, as exhibited in a contemporary
periodical, Blackwood, almost transcend
all the dreams of enthusiasm.
“ Nothing that approaches to a parallel
to this statement is to be found in the histo
ry of the world. And to what, under divine
Providence, docs America owe this pro
cess ? Parti} 7 , no doubt, to the energy of
er Saxon spirit; But partly to the piety
of many of her original settlers; but chief
ly to the large circulation of the word of
God among her people, to the exercise of
the rght of private judgment, and the
spirit of peace.”
Is 'Hils Your tVork.
—A young man by the name of John
Moore, was fatally stabbed a few weeks
sin c near W heeling, Ya.The story may
be summed up in a few words'—drinking
—a quarrel—Wows given and: returned—
and a homicide as the result. Two young
men have been an-ested on suspicion of
being implicated in the murder. Tho
Wheeling Intelligencer says, “We heard
enough of the testimony, to be convinced
that the affair is one of those unfortunate
and fearful results which frequently follow
the rashness and folly of young men in
fluenced by liquor.”
2—Putrid, Mujotf and Jeffrey Pente.rj rass
both intoxicated where a few weeks since
killed by the cars, between Center Rutland
and Sutherland Falls, Yt. The night
was dark, and the accident was not discov
ered till tlio next morning. Muloy was
killed instantly .; Pente.grass lingered till
the next day-when he died of his' injuries
So much for rum.
—An Irishman, name not known, was
recently killed near Huntington Pa., .in a
drunken scuffle with one of his own coun
tryman. The murderer was arrested,
while attempting to shoot the officer who
served the warrant.
—The‘ Rome Excelsior,” of Nov. 18th.
records the recent death in that village,
of Daniel AiCarta. who killed himself
iu a fit of dcliruih tremens) and of Dr.
It. II. Pope also a victim of delirium tre
mens. The same paper in addition to
these, gives no less than five illustrations
of the veto .-two of which are deaths from
intemperance; one, severe injury from
the same cause ; arid two, cases of gross
and helpless drunkenness.
—Joseph (Jinan, of Little Falls, Her
kimer Co., was assaulted and severely stab
bed on the evening of Nov. 11th, by
Robert Livingston, his brother-in-law, an
intemperate man, and under the influence
of jiquof at the. time. Clinan had re-
v —cl-rmi-Iv— rrcrw ami*—
neglect of bis family, an altercation ensued
in which Clinan was stabbed six times,
but fortunately no vital part was touched
Livingston was arrested.
—On the afternoon of Oct. 30th, two
sailors named William Matthews and
T\ illiam Tree, both intoxicated, got into
an altercation at a sailor boarding house,
No. 101 James Street, N. Y.; during
which Mathews stubbed Treo in the left
breast with a dirk knife, inflicting a wound
of which he died while on his way to tho
hospital. Matthews is in custoday.
Sums for Smokers.—A correspon
dent makes a computation of the cost of
cigars to habitual smokers, which may well
set them a cyphering and reforming. Es
timating the cost of good cigars at one “* oweyp mum lroin me
dollar a week, and computing compound * an( *’ ^ they are not swept away it will
interest at seven Der cent, fmm be because there is no reli<rinn thd Umd
Can Dram Shops fee Abolished
If dram shops cannot be abolished then
there is no truth in religion, no hope for
society. . Aud what is our religion good
for if it i3 incompetent to delivor us from
so dreadful a corrupter and destroyer 1 If
it will not serve us on earth, what reason
have we to think it will searve us in heav
en ?
Religion will abolish dram shops.—
False religion will only let them alone;
true religion will sweep them from tho
interest at sovou per cent, from the age of
fourteen, the cost at 20 years of age irould
be $397 12; at 30, $1,537 88 ; at 40, $3,-
807 89; at 50, $8,324 70; at 60,$17,-
201 32; at 70, $34,975 51; at 80, $70,-
341 65. Tho cost to health and morals
cannot bo computed. Why uot let the
chimneys and furnaces and locomotives do
the smoking?
Never too Late to Learn.—At
the recent commencement of Wittenburg
college, one of the gradutes who received
the highest honors of his class, was forty-
two years of age. Having enjoyed no op
portunities for education in his youth, he
oommcnced at the rudiments when twenty-
five years old, and he soon acquired a deep
thirst for kuowlodge, and improved all his
opportunities and intervals from labor for
study. As is evident, he possesses great
fixedness of purpose, aud is detorred or dis
couraged by no difficulties.
Masox axp Dixson’s Line.—The
boudary between Ponsylvania and Dela
ware and .Maryland is so Called from Mes
sers. Masou and Dixon, the commission
ers who, about 1760, succeeding in estab
lishing it, and settling the difficulties
which had long existed in refference to the
ownership of lands on the Delaware.
be because there is no religion iu the land,
or rather it will be because our Christiani
ty is counterfeit. Show us tho professor
who cares less for the abolition of dram
shops thau for the buildiug of meeting
houses and churches, and we will show you
a counterfeit Christian.
Talk of the impossibility to put down
dram shops ! We may as. well say there
is no God. We may as well say that men
are wronged, and ruined from the necessi
ty of the case. We may as well cast our
Bibles iu the flames, and burn up our stat
utes and constitutions with them, as to
act upon the belief that there is no escape
from the dram shops. We may put down
dram shops if we have a heart to put them
down and will engage heartily iu the work.
If we don’t put down the dram shops
we are a ruined people. Life is no longer
desirable. If dram shops are not put down,
they must live upon the blood of our indus
try and fortunes, -[go long as we do not
put them down, of course we shall be pun
ished by the immolation of our children
aud. friends; God will not consent that wo
endure them but to scourge us.—Each.
Pap.
Testimo.vey from a High Source.—
Governor Dutton of Connecticut says; in
- | reference to the operation aud effect ot*
Six Fingered Jack.—The Boston! P(' oll ‘ b ' tor J hquor law in that state,
Atlas says that a few days ago a curious las completely swept the pernicious
specimen of the masouline gender, about i < \ ra ™ c ’ as a b u3ili ess, from the state.—
two months old, was placed in care of the ■ groggery cannot be found. la
city fathers. He has upon each hand six' ° U1 cltl . cs au( * manufacturing villages,
well formed and perfect fingers, iu connec- 1 Stn ( et j J, were f° rmci 'ly constantly dis-
tion with a perfect thumb. Each foot was I tur ked-by drunken brawls, are now as qai-
also furnished with six toes, and as the ; et ,m ai D r ot Le r - The change is so pal-
real name of the youngster could not be! P :i ” e ’ , many who have been strongly
ascertained, it suggested that he be cal
led Six Fingered Jack.
Sweet Potatoes—Large Yield.—
Mr. Edwards Shepherd of Columbus, Ga.
has gathered over eight hundred bushels
from, two acres of land this year.
^ Revival of the Jews.—The Jewish
Cromcle published in London, announces
a contemplated emigration in mass to
Palestine, the former (Laud of Promise.'
The plan has already been so far matured
that it has been resolved to petition the
German Diet for its intercession with the
Sublime Porte to grant a tract of land
for the above purpose.
Emigrants.—The number of Euro-
pean emigrants arriving rat New York du
ring the first eight moijtljs of-the year, has
been 209,414; of wliom^ ? 548 were Irish,
and 116,400 Germans. ? '
opposed to such a law, have been forced
to acknowledge the efficacy of this. ' The
statistics of our courts and prisons prove
that criminal prosecutions are rapidly
diminishing in number. Some jails are
almost tenantless. Tho law has been
throughly executed, with much less diffi-
culty arid opposition than was anticipated.
The longer the beneficial results-of tho
law are seen and felt the more firmly it
becomes established. The home of tho
peaceful citizen, was.never before more se
cure.” •
One of Many.—Hunt’s Merchant’s
Magazine,states,- that a liquor dealer in
Massachusetts imported poisonous dm»s
by which he made eight hundred hot^s.
heads of brandy, selling at tho rate of two
dollars and a half a gallon, that which coat
him just thirty cents, pocketing one hun
dred thousand dollars as the profits of hig
villainous deception.