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Newspaper Page Textatt VOLUME XV. SA.NDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1861. NUMBER 27. J. M G. MEDLOCK, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR TUO CENTRAL iEJKUIAN IS published at L'lVd Dollars pur aiiuutn, payable m ^aace. Any person sending FIVE NEW sUB SORIB^R’i aecoiiipanied with the Oask, will be furnished with a copy of the Georgian for one yo ir FREE OF CHARGE. Remit.aaces by mail in registered letters at our risk. The Georgias is the organ of the Planters Cluli of Hancock, and will publish the proceedings of the regular monthly meetings of the Executive Committee. It will also contain, each mouth, at least one original article from the pen of some member of the Club. . Smeribers wishing the direction of their paper changed, will notify us from what office it is to be transferred. . . . y. J VE A l’ 13E tf HNT3 conspicuously inserted at SI 00 per square for the lirst insertion, and 50 cents pet square for each subsequent insertion. Those sent without a specification of the number , 0 f insertions, will be published until ordered out, and charged accordingly. Sales of L ind and Negroes, by Administrators. Executors, or Guardians, aro required bylaw to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, be tween the hours often in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-house in the county in which the property is -ituate. Notices of these sales must be given in a public gazette forty days previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sale of Personal Property must 3je given at least ten days previous toHie day of .tieo to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate oust be published forty days. Motice that application will be made to t’neOeurt •of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must bo published weeklv for twomonths. Citation- for Letters of Administration must he published THIRTY DAYS—for Dismission from Ad-,, ministration, monthly six months—lor Dismis sion from Guar lianship, forty days. Rules for Foreclo ure of Mortgage must he nub- lished monthly for Gur months—for estah ishing Eost papers, for the full space of threemonihs—for compelling titles from Executors or \dministrators ■where a bond has been given by the deceased, the full space of three months. Publication will alwavs he continued aocorhng to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered ISftisceirjnrons. THE BRAVE BOY. A CAPITAL STORY. Distress of Nations. The present condition of the world, boy on horseback rode by on his way to mill. The horse took flight and threw the boy injuring him so sadly ~ qo -- that he was carried home and confined ■ realization of the predicted ‘distress t>f some weeks to tns bed. Of the schol ars who had unintentionally caused the disaster, none followed to learn the fate of the wounded boy. Th-re was one scholar, however, who had wit nessed the accident from a distance, who not only went to make inquiries, but stayed to render services. ‘This scholar soon learned that the wounded boy was the grandson of a poor widow, w hose sole supp -rt con sist* d in selling the milk of a fine cow of wh ch she was the owner. Alas! what could she now do? She was old and lame, and her grandson, on whom she depended to drive her cow to the- pasture W'as on his back help less. ‘Never mind good woman,’ said the scholar, ‘I - an drive your cow!’ ‘Willi blessings and thanks the old woman accepted his offer. But his kindness di I not stop here. Money was worn ted to fret articles from the apothecai v. ‘I have money that my mother suit me t*> buy a pair of bools with but I cun do without them for a while.’ ■ ‘0 no,’ said the old woman, ‘I can’t consent to that, but In re is a pair of heavy boots that I bought for Henry, who can't wear them. It you would only buy these, giving us wliat tin y cost, we should get along nicely.’ ‘Trie scholar bought the boots, clumsy as thev were, and has worn them up to this time.’ •Well, when it was discovered by other boys of the academy that our scholar was in the habit of driving a A lit- LM rat lit »*w*i*«j * •/ i. \ * y it is suggested in some quarters, is the your sniokey chimneys, but they am t r-. i . i- t j , . c tliau ain’t a circumstance. I shall never forget a lesson which I received when quite a young lad at the Academy in B. Among mv schoolfellows were Hartley and Jem- g ( ,n^ They were somew hat older than myself, and lo Jemsmi I looked up as a sort of leader in matters of opinion as well as of sport-, lie was not at heart malicious, but he had a foolish ambuion of being thought- vvit’ V, and lie made himself feared by the bad habit of turning things into ridicule and being ever on the lookout for matter of derision. II a ill ev was a new scholar, and lit tle was known of him among the boys. Oue morning, as we were on t :e way to school, he was seen driving a eow along the road toward a neighboring field. A group of boys among whom was Jem-on, met him as he was pass ing. The opportunity was not to be lost by Jenson. Tlallool’ he e.x claimed, hvliat’s the price of milk? I say, Jonathan, whatuoyou fodder on ? What will you take for nil the gold on her horns? Bovs, if you want to see latest Paris style, look at those hunts?’ Hartley waving his hand to us with a pleasant smile, and d iving the cow to the field, took down the bars of a rail fence, saw her safely in the enclo sure, and then potting up the bars, came and entered the school with the Test of us. A her school, in the after noon lie let out the cow and drove her off none of us knew where. And ev cry day for weeks he went through the same task. The buys ofB. Academy were near ly all tue sous of wealthy parents, and some of them among whom was Jem- son, were dunces enough to look down with a sorl of d sdam upon a hoy who had to drive a cow. Tue sneers and jeers of Jemson were accor- dhglv often renewed, lie once, on a plea that he did not like the oder of hrau, refused to sit next to Hartley. Occasionally he would inquire after the cow’s health, pronouncing the word ‘iv'enw,’ after the manner of some Country people. With admirable good nature did Hat ley bear all tlie.-e silly attempts to wound and annov bun. 1 do not re member that he teas even once Xjth uijed Vito a look or word of unary retauuhon. i(Gond'.) ; J suppose, Hartley, said Jemson •one day , *your daddy means lo make a .milkman out . f you ?’ ‘Why not?’ a-ked Hartley. ‘0 nothing ; only don’t leave much water in the cans after you rinse them ■—that’s all !’ The boys laughed, and Hartley 7 , not an the least mortified replied, ‘never ■fear, if ever I should rise to be a rnilk- ’tnan, I’ll give good measure and giod •milk too.’ The day after this conversation there 'was ,a .public examination, at which a number of ladies an I gentle men from die m-igl&oring towns were jpi e-ent. Pi izes were a warded by tne principal of oui academy, and both Hanley and Jemson got a creditable number; lor, in respect to scholarship •.these two were about equal. After ,the ceremony of distribution, the (principal remarked that there was -one prize consisting of a gold medal, ■which was rarely awarde i, iK-st so ■jnueu on the account of its great cost, but because the instances were rare which rendered this bestowal proper. It was ihe prize of Heroism. The last boy who received one, was you g ■ Hauliers, who, three years ago, res- fi ued ; i bl i d girl fro P'ineip.i jliolar was in the habit of <lriviti w cow, he was assailed every day with laughter and ridicule. His cowhide boots in particular were made in tter of mirth. But he kept on cheerfully and bravely, day after day never shun ning observation, driving the widow’s cow and w anug Ins thick bo ts, con tented in the thought that he was do ing right, caiing not for all the jeers and sneeis that could be uttered. He never undertook to explain why lie drove a cow, for he was not inclined to make a vaunt of his charitable mo tives, and furthermore in his heart lie had no sympathy with the false pride that could look down wiili ridicule on any useful employment. It was a mere accident ihat bis course of kindness and self denial was yesterday 7 discov ered bv bis teacher. ‘And now, ladies and gentlemen, I a peal to you, was there not true hero ism in this boy’s comiue- ? Nay, Mas ■ er Hartley, do not hide out of siglvx- bel'iind lbe black l oaid ? You not afraid of ridicule, you must not but cue forth, con Nations’ mentioned in the Sacred Scrip tures as follows the effusion of the Sev enth apocalyptic vial of wrath. Wheth er tiie inhabitants of the earth are ac tually fulfilling prophecy at this time, or not, certainly a more complete pic ture of ‘perplexity and distres-,’ with ‘the sea and the waves roaring,’ could not be imagined than the almost uni versal restlessness to be observed at this n orrent. Throughout the world, there is ei ther actual trouble or the feverish ap prehension of impending evil. In our own country, we see armed hosts of men who, but a short time ago were brothers, rising up in the delirium of inexplicable rage and,rushing fiercely to conflict. Europe is trembling on the verge of a combat, the horror of wh ch almost fillnds her to our strife, as our distress Minds us to the dangers that hang over Eu rope. Tuere is a grave rupture between France a: d England on the Syrian question, and England is threatening -to send an arrnv to Syria as an offset to Louis Napoleon’s occupation of that co n’try. An Austrian army, three hundred iliou-aiid strong, is encamped on the bank of the M.ticio, scarcely restrained from crossing the s re-.rn ami pouring over the plains uf Lombardy, while It- ay niilv hesitates to throw down the gage of bailie to Austria, bv seizing limne and invading Venice because she is not quite ready fur the deadly encounter. A fierce and alarming revolution i- at this moment raging in Poland and a hundred thousand Russian tr >ops cannot repress it. There is a roaring of the disturbed human sea to be heard in Bohemia, Hungary, Bosnia, and Bulgaria, and an actual civil war ra ging in the Turkish province of Mont enegro. v India, scarcely recovered from the exhaustion of a sanguinary rebellion, is affla-cCd with a terrible famine, and two millions of ils wiec'ied inhabit ants aie said to be actually sta ving to deal.. - that fate bv devouring each other. n — ------ -- - , . , ' China is the theatre of a bloody and I know, but I did not know that she destructive war and the Island of Ja- snored.’ va is the victim of inundations that afraid of praise. . . foriii Master Edward James llarih-i to and let us see your honest face!’ £("1 As Hartley, with b ushing cheel- made his app aiance, witn a round *9® applause in which the whole compauitvs joined, spoke the. general app'obaliof’ “ f of his conduct! The ladies stoitas- upon benches and waved their han<, lor kerchiefs. The old men wiped tl gathering 7 moisiure from the corners their eyes, and clapped their hand The clumsy boots on Hartley’s fe seemed a prouder ornament than crown would have been on bis hei The medal was bestowed on him ami general acclamation. , Let me tell you a good story of Jen son before 1 conclude. He was bear °r- il v ashamed of his ill natmed raillery ' and after we were dismissed, he weijt. with tears of in nly self rebuke in hi, eyes, and tendered his hand to liar ley, making a handsome apology hi his past-ill manners. ‘Think no inm*.*" of it, old fellow’ said Hartley, ‘let i nec- all go and have a ramble m the worn h fore we break up for the vacuum Tne boys one and all, followed Jen son's example, ami then sent fmt huzzas in liie woo ls. Wliat a happjirm> d y it was? - _ fe®j Boys and girls never despise anotlr th0 er who may be more plainly clad tna»y & \ ourselves. There is many a noblj ei i;. heart under a well patched ganm ntiie», w henever you are tempted to 1 ok| ic .,| semnlully upon one in a poor or plainBis- tbess, think of Edward Janies Hartley 0 f the brave bov, and his gold medal. nave swept thousands of human be ings to their graves. Thus the trou ble is almost universal, and the Civil ized World is groaning in unaccus- ■'aC'FlEu”''and FlfeDEwill',hytlv enter iiDim its 'liiiJ vo.nine, anil is now FIRMLY Es. tIlLISEI). It is haimsomely printed, in loll tiiriii, lor hiiniiinr, on fine pi,per, and "fi 1 ' ‘i 1 ®’ 1 type. Every exertion is mime to vindicate its fcGnn he A Snorios 'Vile. Talk about your scolding wives and nowhere—they ain’t a circumstance. I would rather have a chimney that emits smoke enough locate the whole family, and be forced to live with a dozen Xantippes together, than to have to -put up’ with a snoring wife. Oli! the very idea makes a nervous man tremble from the top of his stove pipe hat to about a foot below the sole of his boots! A snoring wife! Boo-o-o o! But I started ont to tell a story, and I am going to do it. Well. ‘In life’s morning march, when mv bosom was young,’ I wooed and won the beau’iful and accomplish ed Miss \mi M. Dish. The difficul ties of tli& courtship T will not here 'enumerate, for they will not weave in to the plan of this story which was in tended to he short—very short. Tne appointed time for the wedding arrived, and hundreds of young peo ple, front far and near, assembled at the inanison of the oid man Dash, to witness the ceremony and ‘trip the light fantas’ic toe.’ It was a brilliant wedding, and *Hnp| in ess, our being’s end and aim,’ was ours. Wnen a couple really love, their wedding dav is the h .ppiest of their lives, and if they should be unfortunate in after if , they look back to that day as a t right oasis in the deset t of their mem ory. About two o’clock in the morn ing the company broke up and went to bed Before I got to sleep my wife began to snore. I was dnunfounded. ‘Ye gods!’ I mentally ejaculated, ‘is this a reality ? Is it possible that I atn bound up for life to a woman who snores?’ 1 was miserable. Here I had been just a moment be Jbre in ecsateies over the possession of, as I thought, a treasure. ‘Can I love her?’ I asked of rny heart, and the answer instant.lv came, ‘It is irnpa-si- ble T I debated with myself whether or not I should ‘secede,’ but snoring was not a giouud of divorce. It ought to be—‘you may bet’ I sat up in bed. and from thinking I went to talking. stand this; I’ll ;snu IO UC uuuii.ij =LI .. up .w I can’t and won t or onlv temporarily escaping just get up and leave, Jet the conse- ■ quence be wliat it may. I love her, About this time I noticed that she had quit snoring, and was shaking the bed with suppressed laughter, and I began to see that I was sold. J here never was a poor devil, before nor -ince, that rejoiced more at discover ing that he had been sold. ‘Why,’ said she, ‘I thought you p oinised to take me for better or lor worse ; but here you are raising a row, threatening to 1 ave me at the The First Weekly Paper in aa q Sou,l *l „ limvF n first, little limit you find about me.’ JAMES t * AU i V 1 ™;, r . -Well.’ said I, ‘I will make the same AngnstT, Ga., Muy l, list. id-zm* promise again, if you won’t, snore; but I’ll be hanged if I would live with a snuring wife ten minutes.’ DRY GOODS. The Progress of Races, r.-'ftE «nh c cribcT will-continue the bn incssat tl.cl That extensive communities of men I old 'stand Of ll. Ziiwrt<fcOo.,HiidresjH-cttully) iave 5 ,t various periods, disappeared w-n fi “ heretofore,"self*thlfin Good? o7 the'best from the regions which they previous- quality nt ^ T, nr m'c l.voccupied, and given place to or be- T-.T-IT/-0, (j.>ine merged in others of d ffi rent characteristics, is a fact exhibited in 21 in learlv every qnar er of tlqe globe, and cverv ate of history. We have al- TQE VERY LOWEST PRICES. riiVcus ii app SaridersVille, May 22. 1861. her H. r^HFhStIie?k!stTngbetweenmost seen witn our own eyes t >e v an- r the undersigned under tin- mule and style otj„g ( ,f Jndlall Council fires, the eXtltlC- St^hJion ofnt.ee powerlul aboriginal tribes, finn wm please p.esent them Mr N^m , "V, n ,l the rise of the mightiest of C.V.- torsettlement. VlN'CUS haT‘1*.’ !iz*'d nations, where, but as yesterday, Ssndersviiie, May 22, 1861. ‘ 2t-Lv. . the red man reared his rude wigwam, — 1 ... ,. 5TYT7.J tnd fashioned his simple armor. Our Watch Lost-Five Do» ars Iltwai *j nces . ord ,,f t( ie imperial island had, tit T °r" r ’ Rtiriustifnt^di>n'bla-Yase' lI GOLl[i'° very distant ag-‘, experienced cl.ait- v'a-detached'lever. On the inside e.se njr es which, if kss Iilatked, Were On tile tie A ,«ne “.«• ^ ^hole, scaredv less significant. The ,0 m'h'"f.L rattlesnake—and a seal with an ninbro- tt , ni inflexible Celt whom the genuis wJi l p'X tl 7 V ,hnv K 1-nird rnr U.n dedvnr^ ;uid tU discipfitf d energy of the watch tu 5 r. van., a ^ TUCKER. ,f g,, me fail, d at last to subdue’ yield- june 26,18*1. 26 ~ 2t ^1, in time, to the enterprising, daunt- —TTTT » 11 \ T }[ I Q ess, progressive Tcut* n ; and the more U K, i\» i'l- A 1 R I d halt semibarbarous Britain Caracta- H AYING located in Siuiders.ille. ten.lers hn ||s a||( j Goad cea, became theenligllt- ''i/'v'nL' speilt tiie^nc-tot his time during hH|nd England of Alfred, of Wtckhffe. pup'ihise insonie of the h.r K est i.ndmost pnpulo.n ...j |jf Ba ,. 0|1> , 1Ju ‘!.. fc ’The Beard —Americans are fits' becoming a bearded nati n, euliiv.itiug the mustache and beard generally all over the face, it is a fashion that ha- crept over the water to us, and not an unbecoming one to many. Still it re quires much tact and good taste to man age the beard so that it shall be be coming to the wearer. It will serve to bide an ili-formed mouth, and of course as well to hide a handsome one; the teeth look clearer and whiter from be hind a dark mustache. The beard may be so trimmed and arrange d as to do much in remedying any natural de fect. A short lace may be made Ion ger, and a narrow one broader, a lack of development in the chin remedied, and otlnr desirable objects attained. Ladies generally like the beard, nut ot.j cling to this distinction which na ture has cr ated between the sexts. We acknowledge s liking for * l h d a P' pendageourself, considering itnot only com for table, but manly and becoming- prep - toil i0_Uu*_.eiin? ally Ul.-C.ire - ■ * “ -y J . .. . ----- q » - - Office oa the North-site ot tu* >e u . m j, K j e j j |, as not alwavs been im Predestination.—A Missouri pa- - • - per contains the following, which w 11 pass without much urging: : D*> you believe in pred.-st.nat.oii ? said the c .plain «>f a Mississippi steamer to a Caivinistic clergyman, who happened to be traveling with him. ‘Of course I du ’ ‘And you also believe that what'is to be, will be?’ C rtainlyJ ‘Well, I’m glad to hear it.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because, I intend to pa<s that boat ahead in fifteen consecutive minutes, if there be any virtue in p’rne knots and loaded safety valves. So don’t be alarmed, for if the bilers aint to burst, thev won't.’ Here'’ the divine com menced putting on his hat, and began to look very much like backing out, which the captain seeing, he ir served. •[ thought you said you believed in predestination, and what is to be, will l,e.’ ‘So I d<>, but I prefi r being a lit tle nearer the stern when it t-kes place.’ When Napoleon marched on Russia he led a field army of nearly 300,000 men; bnt he learned a lesson winch caused him to say that “no people who are attached to their institution, and their homes can ever be conquered. provtanent. On the contrary, in in static, s not a few lias civilization gone backward. Revolution has resulted in disaster; an l darkness has super veiled where the culture of ages had diffused no despicable light. Thus was it when the iron empire of Romu lus and ..ugustus, enfeebled by long corrosions ol vice, crumbled beneath the assaults of undisciplined barbari- ians. And thus was it when suc cessive convulsions overwhelmed Ba bylon and Thebes, Jerusalem an 1 Ath ens, Antiocn, Byzantium, and resigned their ancient glories to be trampled in the dust by the lawless Arab and the sensual Turk. To describe these great alternations 'in society, not only truthfully but with vividness, to trace them satisfac torily to their causes, and solo exhibit the lessons they teach, as at once to convince the judgment and move the heart, is the appropriate office ot histo ry. And it is as they thus exemplify the influences which determine man s weal or woe, that the records of the past, beertne no less instructi.e than they arc fascinating. The beauty of behavior consists in the manner, ‘not. the matter of your conversation A young lady out west says; When I go to the theatre, I am very can h ss ol rny dress,- as the aiV ten e Downing. The at e too attentive to tlte play to 11 inei ve , -..-n said that, with the per- my vvaidiobe ; but when 1 go to chute j ssiou of the company he would re-■ I am very particular it) my icuiivusauu... . — - 4 —> tea short story, j appearance, as most people go t c , j j^ ence a fair fortuner, and in- moment traitors iu arms agatust the ‘Not long since, some scholars were 1 to see how their neighbors dtesa a j nJtrv ° a cood estate. [republic.” flDg til kitO 1 n ^ ^ ° n'MAAf i n'ni. «r. n VA/X..M i J ♦ Ia & CA I \T PR 1 ^ ** " ® A Nortlieru exchange complains that the text bonks on nnltlarv .-cience now in vogue are the works of Hardee Gilliam and Cooper, “ all three at this How to Eat Wisely’ If practice m ik-s p irfect, mankind should certainly know how to eat wise ly ; yet the following excellent ad vice, from Dr. Hill’s (ever suggestive) Medical Journal, contains wisdom that will be new to some people: 1. Never sit down to a table with an anxious or disturbed mind; better a hundred fold intermit that meal, for there will then be that much more food in the world for hungrier stom ach? than yours, and besides, eating un der s’tch circumstance can only, and will alwavs, prolong and aggravate the condition of things. 2. Never sit down to a m°al after anv intense mental eff >rt, for physical or mental injury is inevitable and no man has a right deliberately to injure bodv, mind, or estate. Never go to a full table during bod ily exhaustion designated by some as being worn out, tired to death, used up, dune over, and the like. The wi sest thing you can do under such cir uuinstances, is to take a cracker and a cup of warm tea, either black or green, and no more. In ten minutes you feel a degree of refreshment and liveliness, which will be pleasantly surprising to yon ; not of the transient kind which a glass of liquor affords, but permanent; for the tea gives pres ent stimulus and a little strength, an 1 bef re it subsides, nutriment begins to be drawn from the sugar, and cream, and bread, thus allowing the body, gradually, and by safe d -grees, to re tain i s usual vigor. Then, in a couple ni hours, yuu may take a full meal pro vided it does not bring it later than two hours before sundown ; if later, then take nothing for that day in addi tion to thecneker and tea, and the next day you will f el a freshness and vigor not recently known. No reader will require to be advised a .-econd time who will make a trial as above, while it is a lact of no unusual tbservatiou among intelligent pli#si cians that eating heartily, and under bodily exhaustion, is not tin unfrequeiii cause of alarming and painful illues- - , and sometimes of sudden death. These things being so, let every family make it a point to assemble around the family board with kindly feeling-, with a eheeiful humour, and courte ous spirit; and let that member of it be sent from life table in disgrace who presumes lo mar the ought tu.be blest reunion bv sullen silence, or impatient look, or angry tone, or complaining longu ■. E it in thankful gladness, or away with you to the kitchen, you graceless churl, you ungrateful, pesti lent, out, that you are. There was grand and good philosophy in the old time custom of having a buffoon or music at the dinner table. A Biief Ceremony. When old Squire Crane was first elevated to the dignity of Justice of the Peace, down in South-western Mis souri, he knew less of law and legal forms, than he did about killing ‘bars. It was mv fortune to be a witness of the first ’ marriage ceremony the old fellow ever undertook. The young couple stood up in the Squite’s office, and the happy bridegroom desired the functionary to ‘propel’—to which im patient request lie acceded, by inqui ring : ‘Miss Susan Roots, do you love that ’ar man ?’ ‘.Nothing shorter,’ responded'the Miss Hoots in a subdued laugh. And you, John Kennon, do von allow for to take Sue for better and worse?’ ‘Sartin as shootin, Squire,’ earnestly responded iho enamored John, ‘chuck ing’ Sue under the chin. ‘Tnen you both individually, col lectively, now protni-e to love, honor and obey each otheq without end ?’ A satisfac.ory reply was given. ‘If that ’ar be the case,’ continued the magistrate, ‘know all men bv these presents, that iltis ’ert tw>iu afor sd 1 is here! y made bone <>f one bone, and flesh of one flesh; and furthermore mav the Lord have mercy on your souls l Amen!’ I left the office, with the conviction strongly impressed upon tny minu that the Squire, although not particularly posted up in mar.iage ritual had a very good general idea of legal forms and ceremonies. Evil I’assigns.—Evil passions ex ert a powerful influence over the nn- derstadn.g; they derange its action, and having the art of self concealment, are likely to operate with greatest fatality when least exposed to the no tiee of their victim. Of the drunkard, it is often said that he is a poor judge of himself, often imagining himself to be sober when lie is not. It is very much so with silt the evil passio; s that prey upon fallen humanity, they be guile and deceive, ruin and destroy without advertisement of their pres encep except in their results. They shrink from the blaze of conscience, and burrow in the heart. A religion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice to save linn ; that which does not sufficiently disun. Utah one from a wicked, world, wtil never distinguish him frotn a per ishing world. Open your heart to sympathy, close it to despondency. The fl over wi tch opens to receive the dew shuts against the rain. Every tnan likes to be taken for a gentleman, vet io man likes to be as one—in an hotel bilL The Sun’s Heat Esseutinl for Cora. Every farmer who lias studied c’osely the growth of cereals, has not failed to mark the wonderful influence which sunsuine hasppoit their growth. The following remarks upon the value of warmth iu corn culture ate from au essay by Mr. Randall: As corn, more than any other of our cereals, requires, during the whole period of its growth, an unstinted sup ply of sunshine, not only over the sur- iaco of the field, but down, in, through, and among it, the economy of planting should always, as far as circumstances will permit, be adapted to this require ment; the row iu the field running as nearly east and west as may be, that the grown and lower portions of the stalks may have the full benefit of the morning and evening sun. During the cron-growing season, the sun du ring the middle of the day is at an alti tude so nearly vertical, thaf its ravs find their way down through the foli age and between the rows very readi iv. If, instead of planting their corn in hills, lowed both ways, four feet apart, two stalks in a hill, our farmers would plant in drills six feet apart, running always east and west, having ihe stalks from ten to twelve inches distant Ir >m each other, they would soon find the beru fit of this mode of culture, b ‘til in the excess of crops and the early maturity of the grain. A prodigious yield of pumpk.ns may ne obtained from a field thu-‘ planted ; and as the vine of the pumpkin draws more than eighty p r cent, of its nour ishment from the atmosphere, they re turn a g >od -teal more than valm re- c-ived u> tbi soil, in the grateful shade of tneir broad leaves during the fierce heat of a midsummer’s day. An old farmer, of long practical (X perienee, once argue I to us that actual sun-hint was by no means a necessity of the best development of Indian corn, provided it was supplied with plenty of common daylight. In order to test our position fairly, vve planted twenty hills of tne ordinary Kentucky uourd seed corn, on the north side of a close board fence ten feet, high, and running due east and west. On the south side of the fence, we planted i like number of hills of the same corn. As from April to September the sun lose and set north of our parallel, *>t cour.-e the corn on that side got a little sunshine in spite of us. Nevertheless, with exactly the same culture which its neiglib >r over the fence received, it only attained two thirds the height, not half the size of stalk, and matured ten ay? later, yielding one very mol est ear per stalk, while the south side stalks gave us, in almost every in stance, tliree; one on each stalk being invariably larger than any three we could find over the f-nee.’ Benefits uf War. It may appear strange to many of our readers that ’.he present war will be a neiiefit to the peopieof the South ern Suites. But that it will be so we believe, and state our reasons Lr that belief. In the first place, the imminence of .war necessarily leads to a thorough and beneficial distribution of arms, keeping them in order, and above all, to their manuficture at home. It leads to the marshal ling, organiza tion and equipment of armies, thus providing us, upon the best basis, with out the mat tenance of a regular stand ing army, with a military strength and efficiency that will be a strong pillar of independence. The blockade of our ports throws us upon our own resources. We must manufacture those things we need, must have and which we cannot get from any other source. Filially, it teaches us, by experience, the grand lesson of independence, and at one bound, has placed us in the po sition to decide whether we sliail be freemen or slaves. These are the advantage 7 , which at present we merely touch upon. They will strike the intelligent reader at the first glance. We may elaborate more tully°hercalter. War, such as this, at least, has its advantages. — Columbia Guardian. Washington’s Prayer.—In the summer of 1779, \Y ashingion explor ing alone one day the position ot the British, forces on the banks of the Hudson, ventured io > far from his own camp, and was compelled by a sudden storm and the fatigue of his "horse, to seek shelter for the night in the cottage of a pious American farmer, who, greailv struck with the language and manner of his guest, and listening at the door of his chamber, overheard the following prayer from the father of his country: “And now, Almighty Father, if it i* Thy holy will that we shall obtain a name and place among the nations of the « aril), grant that we may be ena bled to snow our gratitude for Thy goodness ; y our endeavors to fear and oiiey Thee. Bless us with wisdom iu our councils, success in battile, and let all our victories be tempered with hu manity. Endow, also, our enemies with enlightened minds, that they be come sensible ot their injustice, and willing to restore our liberty and peace. Grant the petition of thv ser vant, for the sake of Him, whom Thou hast ca! hd Thy beloved son; never theless, not my will, but Thine be done.” TYhen a young man complains bit terly that a young lady has no heart, it is a pretty good-sign, that she at least has his. . - Take Care ot the “Gold -Dust.’’ Tom went to college, and every ac count they heard of him, he was going ahead, laying a solid foundation for the future. ‘Certainly/ said his uncle, ‘certainly. That boy, I tell you, knows how to take eare of the gold dust.’ ‘Gold dust!’ where did Tom get gold dust? He was a poor boy. He had not been to California. He never was a miner. Where did he get gold dust? Ah, he had the seconds and minutes, and these are the ‘gold dust’ of lime—specks and particles of time, which boys and girls and grown-up people are apt to waste and throw away. Tom knew' their value. His deceased father, a poor minister, had taught him that every speck and p ;r- tiele of time was worth its weight in gold, and his son took care of them as if thev were. lie never spent them foolishly, but only in good bargains ; ‘ or value received’ was stamped on all he passed away. It is a mistake to suppose the miners and mints have ail the ‘gold dust.’ You, children, have some, some of in finitely greater value than the ricoest mines can yield. God does not give it to you in gold bars, a day, a week, a year long; nobody can be trusted with so much time all at once; but God wisely deals it out in seconds and min utes, so that you can make the most of it. If you are robbed of one, or lose it, the loss is compariiively small. It cannot, to be sure, ever be made up; tne whole cannot ever make up for a minute lost; but if it teach you to be thoughtful and careful of the rest, you will, by and by, be rich with the gol den years of a useful and happy life. Take eare of your ‘gold dust* chil- d en.—Childs Paper. Oaths. - Tne oath,‘So help me God,’ is probably the more ancient in origin and n o e solemn in meaning than any other of which we have cognizance. The energy of the sentence resides in ihe particle ‘so,’ implying -that, upon condition of speaking the truth or per forming the promise, may God ‘help me,’ and otherwise. The formula orig inated away back in the time of the Pharaohs. A firm corresponding to ‘so help me God’ exists in Mediaeval Litin, and a formula in some measure s tni'ar occur in Classical Latin. Traces of the same idiom are also found in Greek. But looking back still further ip»to antiquity, we often find the word W employed similarly, and with great solemnity,”in the Old Testament, (Ruth i, 17, Sam. xxv, 22; 2Sarn. iii,9, etc.) The Scriptural passage, however, which most especially claims attention, LsEx. x. 1C- Moses demands from Pharaoh the right of free departure with young and old, sons and daughters, flocks and herds. Pharaoh angrily replies: ‘Let the Lord be so with you, as I will let vou go,’etc. Now these words are not certainly an oath in the strict sense of the term. They appear to have been spok-n scornfully; sarcastically. Yet they have in a measure the form of an imprecation.—Petersburg Express. Self Destruction.—Massa, you know dem big glass shades what am uribe last night ? ‘Well,’ said the master. ‘Well, dey was put in the store room,’ continued the boy, a ‘Well,’continued the master inqui ring! v. ‘Well, I was peelin’de apples, when Mr. Johnson told me to bring one of dein out, said—’ Well,’ said his master impatiently. ‘Well, just as I was gwine to do— ‘You let it fall and broke it, you careless scoundrel,’ anticipated- the master. •No I didn’t nulder,’ said the negro sulkilv. ‘Wef, what then,’ said the land lord recovering. ‘Why, I struck him agin the corner of the shelf and he brake himself all to pieces.’ A<rREAT Camp.—The Richmond “Examiner” descrides Virginia as a grate camp. The valleys and the hills of that land of peace swarm with troops. The village echoes with the tap of the drum and the trumpet’s blast. The shop, the forge, the field, the haunts of dissipation and the homes of lurious idleness are alike deserted. Tiie very genius x>f dattle has descend ed cn the. State. The eomdative ele- met in the nature of man was never more thoroughly stirred. Heroism lias become a living sentiment, patriot ism ruling passion’ To die in tlm countrv’sdefe. se is no longer rhetorical platitude, for there is not a cornfield or rustie cabin from the Ohio to the Atlan tic that i.os not contain a simplemanly heart, that is not really ready to da that very diing. Teaching Children.—Do all in your power to teacli your children self- government. If a child is passionate, teach him by gentle and patient means to curb his temper. If he is greedy, cultivate liberality in him. If ho is suikv, charm him out of it by encour aging frank, good humor. If he is iu- doleut, accustom hint to exurtioii. If pride m dees his obedience reluctan., subdue him by counsel or discipline. In short, give your children the habit of overcoming their besetting sin. A recruit, going through the • exer cise of sword-cut. asked how he should parry. “Never mind that,!’ said the o’d hussar who was feucini-master to ho regiment, you ‘only cut—let the eHtH^f puny.” • - -jl in the street just as a poor i deport themseives.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The central Georgian. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1847-1874, July 03, 1861, Image 1