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The Central Georgian.
VOL- XX.
SANDERSV1LLE CIA., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10. 1866.
NUMBER 2.
J II. B. HEDI.0CS.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR,
T£R*IS, $1 0-0 psr annum in advance.
i fur. We have missed the familial
j 3milcs foreveroftho.se near and dear
j lo us* and vacant chairs are seen around
our family hea-tiistoue on account of
r"7T— U7;.7.vL>7 T o this cruel and uni ustihie war, but we
J'tom Lie S’.vanmi / *'-/ - - ^ ' ' j arc not, thank God, so callous hearted
burial oi TffciK cdh e era c . - » , ftg lQ turn a d^af ear to those who weep
One of the most so einn spi c ao.es _ D r beloved friends that
tnat has ever been \\ itfu.-so in on, j mTe f :i ]} en j n a cause we could not up
pity, took place yesterday a tier noon-,
the hein fr the burial of twelve , * • . t . ,
e.i (ia.wo.niU n I 'pbe dry and withered leaves, the
rConfederate so<hers, whose remains n i 1
ouuiLuirjit i e , , iaimg flowers and the moaning winds
^-•ere reee d v disinterred at bailors ° p
, rt “ . . , , ti.at swaved the tall pines and magno
Cr,-, ; k noar t»rmv..|., V >•»»■». to; n was s0 „. cslivc Jf ,i,e rnpi.t d«ay
where il.cy Ml <w hut tali ot tot ffc 1,E „„<] „f tl.« bidden ap-
A,,nl. . On 1'riJ:iy tot ll.c remanw; ))n> d , of th#l d ,„ hfroW „i,icl. swop,
e a sickle through every age. The
creature who can nurture a hostile
,, i thought or cherish animosity at the
,-s r . ... T .- r , „ ^ a ^*i brink of the grave where he mav soon
O;0. R.j«, Wat. tv w. a Oran., torgt.| , , id ctm „» vor „ plK ,o mJei the
U . 0 bonnet , Snr jt 0.0.R Jon.*, ^ f j.,j I,, u-vorj p;. 3S ion and
Pnynte . Gonld, A. O. Botv.«| dj ,„j jcK g,, Ukmc „„] and »
reached this city, per Steamer Chase. |
Eighteen bodies in all were brought
t<> Savannah, the following being the
*»nJv ones that were recog'niza
Value ol Confederate Notes.
As the courts have decided that con
tracts made during the war arc now
binding only for the specie value of
Confederate Notes at the time the con
tract was made, the following table
mav be of interest to those havingset-
tlemen’s to make, as it shows the spe
cie value of such Notes at the different
periods :
1861.
January 1, to. if ay 1, 5 per ct. below pari
July 1,-toOctober 1, 10 “ “ ‘‘
deb 1 to October 15,12 “ “ “
Oet. 15, to.Nov. 15, 15 “ “ “
December 1, 20 “ “
D. comber 15, 60 J‘ “ “
1SG2.
20 “ “ “
Woman's Share of Happiness.—
Balzac, in “Eugenie Grander, says:
In every situation Woman lies more
causes of grief than man, and suffers
and J. W. Middleton Lieut. Grant
was..buried oh'Friday., and Scrgt. W.l
11. Bennett on Situriluy.
The following bodies which were so]
predj udice be i ousts peil there and as
we meet to offer cons dation at the
mansion of sorrow let the fell monster
crushed forever, and let the
January 1.
January 15,
February 1,
February 15,
March 1,
March 15,
April 1.
April 15,
May 1,
20 “
25 “
40 “
50 t:
65.“
75 “
.80 “
90 “
95 “
.95 “
9
B. Abney,
J. Melntosh,
JI. Crook,
L. E. Barrie,
J. Rouse.
Immediately upon the arrival of the
bodies they were conveyed to the re
ception vault at Laurel Grove Cemetery
to await the formal ceremonies, of yester
day. Short!v after two o’e oek yes-
i - nl;\' afternoon, the Savannah Fire
Brigade, c >inpo»ed of some of the finest
voting gentlemen in our city, formed
in procession, each member wearing
sprigs of evergreen and bearing laurel
branches, proceeded to the Cemetery
where the last sad rites of Christian
burial were performed in the presence
of a vast concourse of afflicted relatives
and sympathizing friends, who I a l
gathered around the fresh made graves
to witness the. reiurn of “dust to dust,
our obdurate hearts that God’s works . August 15,
arc incomprehensible, and that “Liis I September 1,
thoughts are not our thoughts, neither | September 15,
are our ways II is ways; for as the October 1.
heavens are higher than the earth, so October 15,
are Uis ways higher than our, way a an 1 Nov. 1, ’62, Feb. 1, ’63 3
Ilia thoughts than our thoughts.”
2
2 20
2 20
2 50
2 50
2 50
2 50
for 1
for 1
for L
lor 1
for 1
for L
for 1
for 1
for 1
A Strange Story—Remarkable Discovery. FENIAN—WhatD0E3 IT Mf.AX ? —-
Mr. James Lumiey, an old Rocky F e r,]an is a word that puzzles people
Mountain trapper, who has been stop- j V -} 10 ,j 0 no t pay much attention to the
ping at the Everett House for several: curiosities oi literature, and the Feni
days, makes a most remarkable state-! ans 0 f to day have made it so impor-1 more than he. Man has his strength
mentto us, and one which, if authen- j tant that it is, we may assume, worth . and the exercise of his povrer ; he is
iticated, will produce the-greatest ex 1 no t a little attention, though the subject ! busy, goes about, occupies his atten-
1 citement i.i the scientific world. ! ; s a difficult 0 ne to handle, unless the ; tion, thinks, looks forward to the fa-
1 r. Lumiey states tuat about tli6j.w-ritev be an Irishman, and well book-. turc and finds consolation in it, but
I middle of last September he was en* i upon it. As far back as the early . woman stays at home, remains face to
| gaged in trapping in the mountains, Jcara G f Christian era' there existed in ; face with her sorrow', from which
j about seventy-five or one hundred j Ireland a military brotherhood, or nothing distracts her; she descends
miles-above the Great Falls of the I C:l n ci ] Fianna Eirinu. In the to the very depths of the abyssjt has
i Upper Missouri, and in the n ighbor- ■ tLirtl quarter of the third country this ! opened, measures it, and,-oftdn fills it
~ H 1 ■ To feel, to
herself, will
a W'O-
ens, which was moving with great ra- { [ ie Saxons as Fingal, who, litre Prcsi- man.
pidity in an easterly direction. It was : <j ent Lincoln, was assassinated. This Thackeray retognizes the sentiment
plainly visible for at least five seconds, j brotherhood became divided, the mem- fully in “Vanity Fair:”
when it suddenly separated into par- : ^ers quarreling bitter!v. as Irishmen j “Oh, you poor w'ornan! oh, you
ticle.s, resembling, as Mr. Lumiey de-i sometimes will, the Clan Boisgne, poor secret martyrs and victims, whose
scribes it, the bursting of a sky-rocket b c j n g headed by O.ssian or Ossin. the life is a torture, who are stfelche'd cn
in the air. A few minutes later he son of Finn, and “the Gian Morna being! racks in your bed rooms, and who laj
heard a heavy explosion, which jarred the other party. The former claimed >our heads down on the block daily
the earth very perceptibly, and this precedence over all other soldiers ; and at the drawing room table. Every
was shortly after followed by a rush- f[ ie U p S h 0 t was that after having defied man who watches your pains, or peers
ing sound like a tornado sweeping even tbe crown, thev were assailed, in'into those dark places where the tor-
through the forest, A strong wind the reign of K'ng Cab re, son of Cormac ' turc is administered to you* must pity
sprung up about the same time, but as ft:l d annihilated, almost to a man. Os- you and thank God that be has ft
suddenly subsided. The air was also siafl f a iij ng by the royal hand, m
filled with a peculiar odor of a sulphu- j , ubt with a shillclah in it. Ossian’s
rous character. . foilwers were called Fians or Fennii,
These incidents would have made anc | the battle that was so fatal to them
1663.
Feb. 1. to March 1, 3 10
IM ireh lj ^ 3 25
i March 15, to May 15, 5
" ' 6
In Memory's laml waves never a leaf;
Tiiere never n summer breeze blow., ;
But some louj; stnothereU thought of joy and jf rirt'
Sturts up from its deep repose.
And form.-, are livimr and visible there,
Which vanished long wince from ' ur earthly r
aphere. I May lO,
♦ June 1,
j The Famous Spottsvi.vaxi a Thke. : Junc 15,
| —The stump of the famous tree cut July 1,
: down by bullets at Spottsylvania Cutirt July 15,
1 House last May has been appropriate-] August 1.
i ly mounted and placed at the War August 15,
j Department, as indisputable evidence September 1,
, , „ . , ' of the truth of a statement which has S-pteniber 15.
ashes to :t'hes. A more solemn scene 1 1 , ’
been generally discredited in reference October 1,
io the incessant storm of lead on tl
second corps’ fruit during the 2d
measures near]
we have seldom beheld, and we felt,
while viewing lire gloomy picture that
hard inde.-d must be the heart, whose rm
, , , , . , May. i lie Stumo meason
chords eoulu not vibrate with puv and. ■ c ■ v * , -
, , 1 . two feet in diameter, and is present
Kvmpainv itir ti.O'C wno were suiteririir: , , , , , r „ u i .
, - 1 to the department by Lien. Miles, w
fruu. this tieieav incut. i y , r • . ,,
, , , , , f i commanded a division of tne sect)
J .• »n 4: before the arrival of the fun;- ,
- , cort»s durum the eventful bpottsyp
De netorv wrenv 1 . 1 , j,. , - . , , . ' ,
, , - , in.-* -I-us. — 14-asfunfjton lelc'jr.tii/i tu .>
■ 1 irc-ri£icmuii, '-mb a ■ , rr , , ~
.. , .. p . . ‘ lurk l la •tld
i-.ing m.n.y m the first faniMcs of our ......
luul wended their wav thith ! llC h’ ;l! [ant Mis.->i.»sippi -bri.yfu
5 50
7 50
8
10
H
15
14
14
15
for 1
for 1
for 1
for 1
for 1
for 1
for 1
for 1
for 1
for 1
for 1
for 1
for 1
r.o pr
hcl ->
■s=io I, l I
h 9;,-.--
i.'i.v. who
or despite the inclement weather, to; e-unmanded by G 11. Nat. Hairi.-, : Alaroli 1,
h i;,or in u-ath those thev h id loved in lri:s bceup.ed tho line milieu ie-t Ma", h 15,
i \ 1 .1 ; ceiveo t is terrific hail storm of lead. \ \ ,,„;i 1
ile. As soon as the cortege reached
the graves the eolfris were removed
from ttie tomb and p aeed in front of it,
v. here the burial service wa* rea*
Rev. Dr. Litidrum, of the
Church, after which the corpses v\ ere
a j-tist dn
1 vet 1 t
and held it for 30 hours, only retiring
a' 3 o’clock, a. in, on the orders ot
General Rnodes, at that tinu commati
t!»e line. The tight occurred on
the 12;h of May—not 21, as the Her
not ero s
iter-
cut down
removed to the graves prepared for j A d has it. Gen. Grant did
them, wh we Right R-r. ll.shop Elliott j lue B‘!>id:tn until the o h. It is
delivered a moat cloqUt nt »dd;ess !v true that the tieeis;
ter the burial service had been read hr ] ^7 bans, and it fell across the ^ portion ; Cctober
R,;r. Dr. Ax»on, of the Independent' 0 die works occupied by tne 16-h j October
regiprnt..^
W'e may be allowed to state that the
t ec was cut down by Federal bullets.
J the tree standing within the work-
f these rr*I_ j occujiied by Harris’ brigade, and as
► w^I* a Gen. Miles didn’t get eitlur the tree
or the stump uiUii the works were
1’resbYt'-rian Cnureh. in theeuh'gyj
which Bishop Elliott pronounced so]
fervently he remarked : “Tine time has
not yet hit r*d to raise a in jnumeiit to
perpetuate the memory o
hint men, but as sure as there.was a
G >d of Justice above that the lime - ,
would conic when the country would ; c '' : ^ ua f°d, theie can c.rtamly be no
ixcover from its j.iresent delirium, and ,n '. r ' t ®ttac.;ed to either, to which Gen.
a monument would be raised towards * s entitled.
Jleavtn m memory of those martyred; ^ e again one united people,
ones now gone forever.” Throughout tnese trophits of valor, ncvei
the delivery of the Bishop’s address, a exhibited, are to be placed on record
solemn silet.ee prevailed among the]! 11 ^he War Office-of the nation, the
va4. asserijblv, many of whom were id-foeling of four years of war, so far
moved to tears by the deep impressive- fr ? m bem? eradicated, will be mercas-
ness of the occas.on. The dismal weath-
cd an hundred fold.
Gen. Miles never made the slightest
impression on the works where that
tree stood ; but it is true that a brave
band of Mississippi boys, who have
returned to their allegiance, did hold
those lines against all the power which 1 ,
was brought against them. Is it like- ^
October 15,
12 50
for 1
November 1,
13
for 1
November 15,
15 50
for 1
December 1,
20
for 1
December 15,
21
1364.
for 1
January 1,
2.1
for L
January 15,
20
for 1
February 1,
20
for 1
February 15,
2 L
for 1
March 1,
26
for 1
Man-h 15,
20
for 1
April 1.
10
for 1
Aoril 15,
21
for 1
May 1.
20
for 1
May L>,
18
for l
June 1. to J uly
15. 18
for \
J ul y 15 to Aug
.is- 15, 20
for 1
August 15,
22
for 1
September 1.
20 50
for l
September 15,
22 50
for 1
October 1,
27
for 1
October 15.
25
for 1
November 1,
26 50
for 1
November 15,
28 *
for 1
December *1,
•>*
U.'
tor 1
December 15,
35
wr 1
December 31,
-
51
1365.
for 1
Tan u nrv 1,
60
for 1
January 15,
- 65
for 1
February 1,
50
for 1
February 15,
46
for 1
March 1,
55
for 1
March 15,
57
for 1
A pril 1,
70
for 1
April 15,
SO
for 1
April 20,
100
for 1
April 26,
200
for 1
April 27,
300
for 1
April 28,
500
for 1
April 29,
800
for 1
April 30,
1000
for 1
Mav 1
•/ 1
1200
for 1
but slight impression on the mind of
Mr. Lumiey, but for the fact that on
the ensuing day he discovered at a
distance of about two miles from his
camping place, that as far as he could
sec in either direction, a path had
been cut through the forest, several
rods wide giant trees uprooted or corning which tliere was so much hot
broken oil near the ground the tops : and so many hot words, in the
off, and the earth | ]ast cen tury
Great and 1 q’] lC render probably remembers the
was that of Gabbra. The Fenian he
roes became favorites with tiie Irish
bards and romancers, and the critics
say that it is on their productions,
sometimes called Fenian Poems, and
others, yet more ancient that McPher
son founded his celebrated works, con-
of hills shaved off, and
plowed up in many places
widespread havoc was
visible. Following up
desolation, he soon ascertained the
cause of it in the shape of an immense
stone that had been driven into the
side of a mountain.
But now comes the most remarkable
part of the stoiy'. An examination
of th is stThic, or so muefj of it as was
visible,.showed that it had been divid
ed into compartments, and that in va
rious places it was carved with curious
hieroglyphic;. More than this, Mr.
1 beard.”
Again:
‘ I know few things more affecting
than that timorous debasement and
self-humiliation of a woman. How
she owns that it is she, and not the man
1 who is guilty ! How she takes all the
: fajilts on her side! How she courts,
in a manner, punishment for the
wrongs which she has not committed,-
and persists in shielding the real cul-
’ prit! It is those who injure women
: who get the most kindness from theiri.
They°are born timid and tyrants,”
etc
every where ! conversation iujScott’s Antiquary, be-; Then, when speaking of the’ ease
this track ol tween Mr. Oldbuck, of Muiikt eras, with which women hide their feelings;
and his highland nephew, Captain their patience, as compared with that
Hestor M’Intyre,- in which the latter j of men, Thackeray says in “The New-
stauds up stoutly for the authenticity comes:”
of Macpherson’s Ossian. He quotes to “To coax, to flatter, and befool some
his uncle from the original, translating one, is every woman’s business; she
himself some portions of a dialogue j is none if she declines this office. But
between Saint Patrick and Ossain, in men are not provided with such pow-
which the latter asks ; “Do you corn- i ers of humbug or endurance. They
pare your psalm to the talcs of the j perish and pine away miserably when
bare armed Fenians ?” “Quite sure,” bored, and they shrink off to the club
answered Hector, doggedly , “because ' or the public house for comfort.”
Lumiey also discovered fragments .of al j S h 0u ld have thought the nudity j rr— ZT’u c
substance resembling glass, and here might have been quoted as existing in : I iD- Ret • Mr. E had been lor
and there dark stains, as though cans- j a different part of the body.” \Y e ; several weeks the guest of Dr. G* 1
cd by fi I quid. lie is confident that t •ircsnme ihat our modem Fenians take |; °^ I-ianklin, Tennessee, and had)- o
the hieroglyphics were the work of hu- j ^ij^xr name from those ancient Irish he* j course, daiiy implored the blessing ot
man hands, and that the stone itself. roes w | 10 ft-rured so lontr ago, of whom | Divine grace before each meal, length—
although but a fragment of an im- 1 1 he bards used to' sing, that’ they as-L cnin " them out g encraI ly to the ex-
fhense body, must have been used for j pj rc to a .military fraternity, or broth- tcnt ^ a s h° rt prayer. One evening,
some purpose by animated beings. erhood like tho Fianna Eirinn, who ' when there was additional company »t
flourished when Corrnaek was king, ! ^ ie tca table, the weather being very
and to be champions of Ireland, and in j cold, the grace was unusually short,
that way to win the praise of poets and ; "dien Charlie, a bright little boyof five
the love of ladies.
Hon, Joshua IIill.—The Mil—
ledgeville correspondent of the New
York News, ppcalrs thus of the Hon.
Joshua Hill
summers, and the son of the Doctor,
1 promptly spoke up at the conclusion of
; the service, and said, “It’s too cold to
| say.it all to-night, ain’t it, Mr. E ?”
| In tl e rxplofion that followed no one
joined more heartily than the worthy
or, the sighing of chilly autumn winds
through the naked branches of the
trees, the isidh-s of sere and yellow
leaves that rustled around the various,
graves, all conspired to make the scene
one ol awful solemnity.
A large number of Ex-Con federate was brougnt against them, is it H'-^c- j A woman named Ilebeca Air, for
»;ffieers and soldiers were in attendance b'? l *iat because they are now loyal, 1 many years an inmate of the Poor-
and as the coffins were lowered into a °d as ready to defend tiie United . ) 10USC in this citv, died yesterday morn-
t heir earthly te.ncmv.nts, we saw many States as Gen. Miles, that they will ing^ at the acvanced age of seventy-
men with stout hearts, who - had faced ’" filing!} consent to have the evidence j fom- years. A singular circumstance
death n the fierce fields of battle with- their \a.01 and en 1 u 1 aitcc turned j connected with her death is worthy of
out shrinking from its horrors, mvoi* into a monument, to gratify the vanity j mei iti 0 n. She had, for many years,
untarv shudder and shed tears as their th e General whom they repulsed ? j becn possessed of an hallucination to
inanimate and unrecognized comrades imagine not. \ ieksburg Herald, j p lie effect that she would have a “warn-
werc borne past them. ] . — ing” or presentiment of her death. Ou
The graves had been beautifully dc- j A young lady moving in tho upp; j yesterday morning she arose in nppa-
corated with the rarest kind of flowers circles at Chicago was betrothed, at the j rently good health, and immediately
which filled the air with lragrat.ee. As , beginuig of the war, to a lieutenant in j proceeded to dispose of her few world
soon as the coffins were lowered into the army. He was killed in battle and iy goods by donating them to one or
the ground, crowns, crosses and flow- ; his body taken home and buried by two long-remembered friends. Her
ers were sprinkled upon them by sev- his nearest friend and comrade, who I arrangements had scarcely been coin-
era! young ladies, which formed the was with him when he fell. To this j pleted, when she Vas seized with a
Strange as this story appears, Mr.
Lumle” relates it with so much sin er-
ity tlfat we are forced to accept it as
true. It is evident that the stone which
he discovered was a fragment of the
meteor which was visible in this sec
tion in'Septernber last. It will, be re
membered that it was seen in Leaven
worth, in Galena, and in this city, by
Col. Bonneville. At Lavenworth it j Hon. Joshua Hill is spoken of as a | divine
was seen to separate in particle.-, or cx- candidate for the United State Senate, (
plode. and if his being for a lifetime, an un-j The Washington correspondent
Astronomers have long held that it comprising Union' man, be a recom- \ of tbe Cincinnati Enquirer says: “Re
is probable ihat the heavenly bodies Emendation, he should certainly be ! publican Senators have expressed the
are inhabited—even the comets—and ; elected. He disclaims, and I doubt not ] opinion Ijhat before the end of tho
it may be that the meteors are also.— in truth, any conneetion-wbatever with present session of Congress, there will
Possibly meteors arc usetfcas a means ' the late war. Iu.a speech i:i the co t- | be found remaining only two radicals
of conveyance by the inhabitants of, vention a few da}'s since, when allud-
other planets in exploring space, and ; ing to the bloodshed, ruin and calami- j
it may be that her*.after some future : tics which had befallen us, he quoted
Columbia, front Morcufv or Uranus, those famous words of Mebetb. “Thou
may land on this planet, by means of can’s! not say I did it; naver shake
a meteoric conveyance, and take full I thy gory locks at me.” I chariot know
possession thereof, as did the Spanish j that Mr. Hill c'ver occupied any posi-
na\ igators of the new world in 1492, j.tion, but that pf Representative from
and eventually drive what is known ! Georgia in the United States Congress,
as the “auman race” into a condition of, It will be recollected that he was the
the moet abject, servitude. It has al-! last one of the Georgia delegation to
ways been a favorite theory with many j leave Congress, which lie did with
that
in Congress—Sumner and old Thad.”
Half the writing paper made In the
United States is made within twenty
five miles of Springfield. Tj^e great
writing) paper manufactories in the
country are in Connecticut and West-
field valleys, near Springfield, and the
Housatonic valley, in-Berkshire coun-
ty.
A Mountain of Salt.—A striking
most touching episode connected with
ihe ceremonies. L^uite a large number
of Union soldiers were present, and it
was really a Christian Bight to witness
the true respect they paid t/those who
they were wiling to acknowledge as
ioetnen one year ago, but as friends to
day, believing, like all Christian solr
diers, that the grave should hide ever}’
error and conceal every fault.
We can sympathise with the distress
ed parents and relatives, of these gal
lant men, though they have fallen in a
cause which we as conscientiously op
posed and fought against, and as the
one they were led to espouse and die
young man the lady’s affections were
very natturally transferred in time, and
she engaged to marry him. When
the happy day arrived, and just as’the
clergyman was about to pronounce
them man and wife, the lady suddenly
fainted, and being revived, forbid any
further procedure, as she had seen the
spirit of her former lover, and he was
opposed to the match. She persisted
in her decision, and has since retired
to a convent.
0" It is stated that Elwin Booth
will appear at the Winter Gapden, Nerw
York, some time in JaKfcirv.
violent fit of paralysis, which terminal'
ed lvg.1 ■
stated?
earthly existence, as above
„ [ curiostty has lately been discover-
nat there must be a race superior to j emotions of feeling highly characteris- j e d in the Nevada, Territory. It is a
us, and this may at some future time j ti^of him as a rnan, and which were j mountain of rock salt, situated about
be demonstrated in^ the manner we j an index of his strong Union proclivi- ; twenty miles from Meadow Valley, and
have indicated.—St. Louis Democrat, ties. He has not much reputation as | 0 nlv eighteen miles from the head of
’L . , ; a statesman, but occupies a high posi- j navigation on the Colorado river. It
' A Well lO HO Double. A. I • tion at the bar. The relations between rises abruptly from tho plain, about
Stewart, the dry goods miliionanc in ; him and President Johnson are said to 400 feet in height, a mountain of pure
New 1 oik. among his other possessions b e of the most amicable character. He ; sparklin'', crystalized salt,
nwn-j hrttii the St. Nicholas and the.j wou i c | ma ke a 3 0 ■ r 0 ’
'ood Senator being of,
owns botli
Metropolitan hotels—the snug sum of !
$140,000 a year, as their rental, pro- ' IIc is about fifty years old, has a fine
viding him with pocket money to buy gg Ure anc j elegant carriage, and his
cigars with and peanuts. Ashe and HUav iry 0 f manners and gentlemanly
his wile are alone in this world, have deportment are proverbial.
no children, and are excessively eco- : *^...^
nomical in their expenditures, it is pos-,
sible that their million and a-half a b
conservative and patriotic inclinations j ^ leading western merchant, addic-
rears old has a fine i to old Bourbon, was want to shut-
as want
himself up. in a room over his store to
“sleep it off.” On one of these occa
sions he gave his partner special orders
, not to allow auy on6 to go into his
A complete change of system will j r ®°m. “But, “if my wife^ comes
shortly iniroduced in the madhouses i ^ owo X ou in a J let her in ^shes a par-
The other day, a lady Was exarnin-
the fine shawls and cloaks upon tiie
life ofsizi frames in a store in Hart
ford, and finally found a silk cloak
that pleased her very much, and she
raised it up, examined it carefully and
was at the conclusion very muchaston j
ished to find that she had been making
free with the dress of a lady customer i
who very quietly stood as -still as a stay J
figure, till all of she trimmings of her j
dress had been well examined.
year of income may enable them to j eS of France. Strait waistcoats, and all j ticular friend of mine -”
subsist, at least, in these extravagant ^ tj ie 0 ther instruments hitherto used,] Rome has been greatly scandalized
times, especially as ihey have the i are to abolished, and the patients . by the fight of five nuns from the Con-
choice of two hotels to live in “free j will live together aud be constantly : vent of the Good Shepherd. One of
gratis for nothing.” _ ; occupied at some useful work. The ! them fell in getting over a wall and
Pittsburg Dispatch, j experiment lias been tried at the luna- '
Sulphur and Cholera.—Dr. Her- - tic asylum, atBlois, with great success.
ring, of Philadelphia, in his “Domestic ! --*•■*
Physician,” says of Asiatic cholera: j The Maderia wine crop, which for
The surest preventative is sulphur ;; several years was destroyed by a dis
pel half a tea-spoonful of flour ot sul- i ease of the vine, is this year a success.
phur into each of your stockings and About 4,000 pipesof wine will be made ' ot'Cliirles IF. Minims, ricceavcd
go about your business ; never go out ] and the prospects of the next crop arc , L v Ja i w *
with an empty stomach ; eat no fresh 1 even more favorable. a "~ ' -Sfe.
with an empty stomach ; eat no fresh j even more favorable.
bread nor sour food. This is not only ; ♦***"
a preventive in cholera, but also in j Dr. Gwin, who was arrested
man}' other epidemic diseases. Not j some time since on his retnrn from
one of many thousands who have fol- , Mexico .to the United States, is coh-
lowcd this,any advice, have been at-i fined at Fort Jackson, below New
tacked by chblera. _ ! Orleans,
broke her leg. The other four made
good their escape.
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Notice.
rpiVO months after date npp!ieat : on will be made
X to the Court of Ordinary of Waahiagton ooantr
for lea v e to sell the lands bolonzins ito tbe estate
e.iBt d, late of said eonn-
KENDKICK, Adm’r
5—3«a
Notice io Debtors and Croiton.
A LL parsons iudobted to tbe estate ot Charles
W. Miami?; deceased, late of Washington
county, arc notified to make immediate (payment ;
aud tioso having demands against said estate will
present them in terms of the law.
JOHN W. KENDKICK, Adrn’r.
J,m. 10,1565 •- 40d