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''itirts of the Middle Circuit, and the counties ol
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S ANDERS V1LLE, GA.
J„n. 31, 1867 5 - 'y
^CANGMA, K& EVANS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
SANDi RSVIl LE, GA.
WILL attend the Courts of Washington. Wii
kl ,' cu Emanuel, .Jeif-rson. Jolnis-ii, Hancock am-
Eiireiis counties. Office on the i’ublie Square op.
r itc the Court House.
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Jan. 3. 1S67. 1-1.7
MILO (j. HATCH,
Attorney at Aaw,
Samhrsviii*', 6a.
Office in Court House next door to Post
OiliCtl*
Jan. ’A, 1570. ' 3-ly
IiVtYvYII. IVIIITaK l!.
JDSKTTIST,
SANDERSVI LEE. GA.
Terms POSITIVELY fash.
July 28, B?G>J gi — lv
BERNARD SI. Sit i'll,
Manufacturer and Dottier in
TldbT WARE,
C ,\NDERSYTLLE, GEORG 1 A.
i I I. kinds of work i*. Tip, Cdp.; or. Si cet Iron.
j\ A -,.. Ac., done on short notice. Kolffcu Gutter
ins. V. l; \ing in town or country, i roiopti.v altel.-
(Mto. .....
Merchant j will ho snpjdied with "are Oi the
Ve'.i ua'ity on tiie nio-t rca-.ouaLio terms.
•y Orders solicited.
A]d--8, I8<»a. If
James Heed & €«.
Importers S Strain s
Brandies, Whiskies, Gins, Wines,
E S3 S®. E3 S 5^*5 *JBk: -
189 Stay Street,
S A V A AAA II, G E 0 R G 1 A.
IN POLITICS, CONSERVATIVE; IN RELIGION, CATHOLIC; IN MATERIAL INTERESTS, PROGRESSIVE.
USTo. 19
SANDEBSYILLE, GrA., AllVY 18, lSTO.
VOL. XXIV.
BUSINESS CARD S.
E. IioTHWELL,
W. ii. WOODBKIDGE.
BO'iWELL & W00DBRIU&E,
C0TT0V FACTCRs,
AND
General Commission ~
IEB CIS A NTS,
71 BAY STB RET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
/
Aug. 19. 1S*!9.
ly
JAMES REED.
>’ov. 17, 1S69.
W. B. DICKENSON.
Bnrwiek & Harwich.
B O «P T &' S ii O E .11.1 K E IS !*,
(East Side Public Square.)
gANDERSVILLE, GA.
file best of stuck used and all work warreuted.
Bee. 1, 1S69. IS—Cm
\Ym. S. Youngblood,
IS VOW HEADY
1 10 REPAIR and Varnish all kinds 0 t Furniture
and to upholster Cliaiis, m.’i.s, Ac. Pane
teats nut in in the very best manner. We wi 1 :d-
puinakc Furniture to order. Vie understand our
business and intend to put up a‘1 work in the
Very best manner uni! of the neatest Styles. We
are going to make it to the nitciest of the people,
to get their Furniture Irom us. IS" come and give
r ‘oOFFIIsrS
of any Style made at short notice, and on reason
able terms.
•line 9, 18(19. 23-tf
Tbos. J. Dunbar.
Henry A. SHilts
T. J. DUNBAR & CO.,
Impoiters and Dealers in
P’tANDIES, WHISKIES, GINS, WINES
SEGARS, TOBACCO, Ac.
147 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
Am 11, 1870. 3 ' tf
i.Freidenbcrg 4' Rro.
Wholesale and ISctail
Dealers in
HEAVY and
FANCY GROCERIES!
Corner of Barnard and Brovghton Sts.,
SAVANNAH, GA.,
K EEP constantly on hand .a U'i-1 supply of Ba
con, Sait, Fh*h, Foreign and Domestic l.i-
^or<, Wines, Ilnvnm and West India . ruit>, Se-
S a ^of the best Brands and of direct importation,
&c.
Buyer? fronVthe up country, will find it to their
advantage to examine our Stock and prices, before
— ,1
fur-Iiasing elsewher
' Au*. 95, I8fi9
34 lv
JoItii Oliver,
Gilder and Glazier,
H Whitaker Street, Savannah, Ga
Dealer in
hashes, Doors, Blinds,
Mouldings, Paints,
OILS, GLASS, POTTY,
till Painters’ and Glaziers’ Material. Mixed
Faints of all Colors and Shades.
An R-25, 1868. ly
ALFR :i> H. COLQIIIT, JAMES BAGGS, HI GH II. COLQUITT
B;l ;er County, Kuwuau, (Ja. Savannah, Ba.
COLQUITT & BAGGS,
cotton factors
AND
General f ommission Merchants
Bay Street. Savannah, Georgia.
Fpceial attention to Ihe fate of Cotton, Lumber
an 1 Timber. Liberal ftdvaneeS oh ConElghments.
June 9,1869. 23—ly
caeSets.
OIL CLOTHS,
M A l i i NOS,
LACE CURIA N AND SHADES.
Work SPone l*romplly at
I;aw Rates.
LATKR9P k CO.
Feb.^, 1S70. ly
jonnT. cuopkr & c .7
Corner Wmt. kcr A tit. Julian Mrcets.s.w annau, ga.
II holt sale and lietail Dealers in
BOORS A STATIONARY AlL KINDS,
Cl *1' YINC* & SEAL BKE^’fc'LS, 1*KN KNiV’tS,
News A Buck Pouting Paper & ink,
GOLD PENS, PEN AND PENCIL CASES.
tdgxr, \\ iiluij' &le!ond Paper.-.
Of alt l-iiitlsai.il sizes fur Blank and-1-Jj U ark,
Playing, Visiting & Printers’ Cards, &c-
Ba de Ordered ur Jn.purled, at Aeio ) nrk Bates.
•joh'j M.C.oper. George T. Qui*iitook.
Alex. C. N. burnt*.
J U, 25, 1'tsTO. 6m
PbiJiti;! dlti’Tmi,
Wholesale and Retail
DEALERS IN
Hardware, Rubber Belling, Agri-
CLlltiral mphnienls,
Powder, Shot, Caps and Lead,
14S Congress and Ot iSt. Jutiuii Sts.,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Marfi> sn, t8:o. ly
All.lMl.vKD BliOS. & CO,
VUinlesale Dealers in
Boots,Shoes, II ats,
Ready >1 ade Clothing,
GENTLEMENS
FURNISHING GOODS,
111 Ifrongnton Street,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
11. MEINlIAItn, J OFFICE,
1. Mli.mi.uid, ' so &82 Whitest..
S. iVi LIN 1IAKI), ;
E. A. \N fcLL. J NEW YOKE.
Jill. 19, 1871. a-tf
L)availt, W aples & Co.
FACTORS
—AND—
1 Commission Jtlcrchants.
SAVANNAH,
GEORGIA.
June 9, 1869. 23
I L. FALK & Co,
—ONE PRICE—
Wholesale and Retail
Clothing Warehouse,
No. 147 Congress & 147 St. Juiieii Streets,
SAVANNAH, GA.
A large Assortment of FnrnisliTig Goods,Hats,
Trunks, Valises, &c., always on x bulid.
Manufactory, 44 Mur.y Street, New York.
Goods made tu order at tlie shortest*notice.
January 19, I87t : . 8—ly
mASKTlIOUSE,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Wiltberger & Carroll,
PROPRIETORS.
19, 1SC0.
3-ly
BUSINESS CARDS.
Gko. F. 1’almks, W. C. LyoN, D. J. Roth well,
<>t Suvaiiinih.G t. ofSavauuali,Gu. of Dooly Co.,Ga.
Established laoO. Special.
PALMES' & LION
Wholesale Grocers
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
A. E. Comer Hay and Barnard Streets,
SAVANNAH, Ga.
Aug. 2.7, 18 9. S4-tf
Ii. 11. Cohen, Jr.,
Manufitci iner of
Saddles, Harness and Trunks,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealer in all kinds of
SADDLERY WARE,
Corner of Whitaker and Bryan Streets,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Orders for Rubber Belting, Hose and Packing: also,
Stretched Leather Belting, Filled Promptly.
March 23, 187a. Iy
s. G. HAYNES & BRU.
GExYIN AND
(f ommissioit RUnljnuis,
BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
./im. 19, 1870.' 3-tf
WOOD J0TKS0N,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
BOOTS,
Shoes and Brogans,
127 B tough ton Street,
aji.j cDi3(!>ia©a^
E. F. W ODD, ) l Gfo. U. JcIINSON,
J Forn.erlv of
Koi-iie.lv of . . - ... ..
E. F. Wood & Co. ) ( <>• Johnson A Co.
Dee. 8. l'rtn. 6in
Wnf D. E. Millar,
Importer and Dealer in
Railroad and Steamboat Supplies,
PAINTS OILS and GLASS,
Varnishes, .Aartil stores,
Laid, 4V hale, ..nil Spe. ni Oils, ISurning Uil>,
ill euiiK and fiai it i>,
W'aHte, Baching,
ZBjBXjTJIIISrGr, <Sc'C.
102 BRYAN STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
G
March 23, ls7'.
mTferst & co.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS JA
V/ines, Liquors, Eegars and
—H 1« i> jm££ "C. S.A WL l »
FANCY GKOCEKIES, CANDIES, &c., &c..
Kemovcd to corner
BtY and \¥ INTAKE it STREETS
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
House in N < \v Yoik, 419 ii road way*
April 6,*l*7o. ly
A~J. HILLER..* C0.,
Furniture Warehouse,
138 BROUGH TO A STREET,
Mavamsah, Georgia,
.New Work made to order,.Repair
ing, Bell Hanging, Mattress Making
and Upholstering,
4T SHOUT Jl'OTlCE.
A. J. MILLER.
C. P MILLER.
Aug. 25, 1869.
34-ly
MARBLE WORKS.
Keep your Money in the
“TERRITORY 3 *
BY SENPING YOUR OKDERS TO
J. B. AKTOBE & SON,
COR. 30 AND PLUM STS.
MACON, - GEORGIA.
Jtiv JVUJftWTS, .IB.m B EE
or Granite Box Toombs,
Head Stones,Slabs,Vases Mantles,
STATUES, &.C.,
Manufactured of the lie.-t material. Parties wisli-
iog De.-igus, with estimate, will lie furnished at
short notice.
Constantly on hand a Splendid Lot of
ITALIAN AND AMERICAN
MAK/BLE.
IRON RAILING tor CEMETERIES
or other enclosures furnished at Man
ufacturers’ prices.
This is one of the o'dest estab'islinients in the
country, and long experience enables them to iu
sure satistiietion in every particular.
.,//! Orders iril! Receive JPrompt
Sept. 8, 1869.
.mention.
36-ly
BUSINESS CARDS.
J A. MERCIUR,
DEALER IN
Corn, Oats, Hay, Bran,
And all Kinds of
FEED, GRIST, and .MEAL',
CONRIGNMENTS SOLICITED
And Orders I’rompily filled in every channel
of Trade,
lqo Buy Street,
One door east of Holcombe, llnll & Co.,
SAVANNAH,' - - GEORGIA.
All Orders wilt receive Prompt Attention.
May It, 1870. k^-ly
'“WEEDS i CORNWELL,
Importers and Dealers in
Iron, Hardware and Tin Plate,
Savannah, Georgia.
May 11, 1870. fiul
HAYWOOD, GAGS & CO.,
1VHOKESALE DEALERS IN
ICE,.
Office (N< \v No. 1881 Norib Side,
BA T STREET,
S WANNAII, GEORGIA
May 11, 1870. 8,11
A. B. Goodman-, H. Mvkks, F. Mvetis.
Lynchburg, Va. Savannah, Ga. Lynchburg, Ya
GOODJUN & MYERS,
TOBACCO
('Sc??? r/ujuion Q'/ZcrcJeantS;
And Dealers in
Cigars and IPipes,
137 Buy Street,
SAVANNAH, GA.
As Agents for the various Manufactures of
Virginia, We are prepared to 611 orders lur every
grade and style, at Manufacturers prices.
WE PAY THE HIGHEST PRICES FOIl
HIDES, BEtsWAX, Ac.
Mnv 11. 1870. lS-ly
V. Y. 11 U T C 111 X S,
Wholesale Dealers in
Har, Grain ;?roduee,
133 and 135 Bay Street,
SAVA AAA If, GEORG Li.
REFERENCES,
Ketcl.mn Jtllnrlri.tge. s«v ; Hunter & Gmnthell,
Savannah ] Business liouse- ueoendiy, ni.v ; -J. If.
F: ..itli A Co , F.sli'more; Mu.-oil. Piii!i[ s Sc Co..
PI, ladeiphia ; Will & Morrison. N. V.; Lew
is Brown A Cu; Bo-ton; \. L. Griffin At Co., But-
lulu ; K. Yv. S. Neil, CruciuuuU;.
May 11, 1870. lS-»v
BLAIR & BICKFORD,
Dealers in
Doors, Sashes,Blinds,
Mouldings, ilalusters,
.Vitrei Bos Is and Hand
railings,
169 and 171 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, - - - GEO.
May 11, 187o. lS-ly
Alexander k Bussell,
Wholesale
EHOCEES,
Cor. Abercorn and Bryan Sts.,
Savannah, Gfa.
Wm. E. Alexander. Wm. A. Russell.
May 11, 1870. FS-ly
Flour ! Flour !
Reduction in Prices!
HACKER & MOLONY,
Wholesale Flour Douse,
BISCUIT AND CRACKERS,
10 per Cud Cntaper than any house in
S-ATV-A-ZtsTrLT-A-B:.
Hecker’s
SELF raising flour
Liberal Discount to Dealers.
GOODS BOUGHT 0A ORDER.
AGENCY,
PENN. GARDEN SEEDS,
CHOICE SEEDS. WHEAT A SPECIALITY
150 Congress and 69 St. Julian Streets.
SAVANNAH, GA.,
June 9, 1869. 23— l*.
Miscellaneous
[Written for the Central Georgian.]
Bezarrerie.
BY L. ESPEKAN'CE.
I was sitting in a huge library, sur
rounded by old dusty tomes and leaili
ere volumtis, some perlinp-i sole estates
of’the writers whose souls, enjov irn-
luortaiity, if their sole remains dc^ not.
I nad drawn the la'ge eentertable, with
iis o:d fashioned legs of lion claws,
near the fire. The mom had been fr
ied" up by the owner, whose guest I
was; in the « Id Engli-Ii style, for he
was a great devo ee to learning and the
fi ie ai ts. Against tne dai k < a cen p ne-
Img around the room, were hung the
pmraits of different genius; Men,
whose nam s, we love to dwell upon.
Webster, Clav, Calhoun, li ving, Scott,
Mncaulv. Over the mantle was a
superb engraving of the immortal
Goisican, with his earnest determined
eye, and the imperial smile of the curl
ing lip, of his proudest days. This af
ternoon I was alone iu the library. It
was dtawmg towards evening twilight,
the lime when shadows creep awav to
resi, the sun w hispers “Good night,” to
the waving trees, and leaves the world
to daikn ss and to thought.
The cheerful coal fi.e in the grate
was gradually going out. “Each sep
arate'dying ember wrought its ghost
upon the floor.” Leaning back in the
comfortable ann chair, w hich in mine
hosts tempoary absence I gladly apnro
piiated, I fell into a dreamy comatose
siate, when fancies and forms, glads urn
or sonowt'ul, as the mind may be, floa;
before the eyes of the brain ; with all
the sofieiiit g ganzv light of dreams,
and yet real enough to deceive one with
the belief of their life-like existence.
My hand loosened its clasp on the vnl
niiin I hail been readn g, one of the
most popular fictions of me day; and
it rested on my knees. With all the
charms, that invest the most perfect
dissolving views, thedaik panelling of
the library assumed a brighter look,
the long row's of shelves gave place to
the beautifully frescoed wails, lined
with rarepamtingsand the magmfieieni
cliandi hers gave forth a sheen of blight
ntss through the prisms, which wete
pendant from iis gilded circlet ot light,
using as tiers one above another.
By the influence of some “Genie,"
one < f the attaches of Aladins’s lamp
I had obtained the magic cap, which
gives to Us possessor the power of in-
viv.t.ihiy at pleasure, I was enjoying
that novel and delightful state of ex-
istence, realizing however, one serious
inconvi i.c •; u iiii visibility, I did n t
lose the nec't essury and natural proper
ties, pertaining to animal bodies, im
pend! abiltv «i/o &As 1 was looking
into a di-tani part of the drawing-
ro‘ in, at a beautiful statue in one of the
niches, I became conscious, tiiat some
one was striving to occupy the same
chair with mvself; and imagine my
horror old bachelor as I am, upon dis
covering that a representative of the
fan - sex was in the very act of com
placently seating herself on my lap I
lmitni.iately vacated the position in
favor of her majesty, and slideo quiet
ly mtoanother chair. The movement,
however, was not accomplished with
out attracting the ladies attention
“Edward,” called she to a servant pass
ing the hall. “Come here!’’ there
must, he a cat somewhere in the room.
Take it out immediately or it will p spoil
the whole evening. “Spirits are entire
ly opposed to the presence of cats.”
This la-t s nteiice was in soliloquy.
The servant commenced the search,
which was of co u se ft unless, I, persona
ting for the nonce, the unfortunate feline
specimen, ua^ in an agony of trepida
tion. A violent rinemg at the door
bell which claimed Edwards attention,
and the entrance of several gentlemen
at last gave me relief. The new c >rn
eis wyre all masked. Ah !-thought
I, it is some festive occasion but there is
no music, I must wait for further (level
■ ipment.
The guests continued to come, until
the room was quite fil.ed. “Thinks I
to myself/’ the time has come to assume
my own “propriupersonafor I now
see some hetc, without masks, I made
niv way in and out thiough the throng,
seeing no familiar face, and finally-
stopped n. ar a little man, who seemed
to fie suffering from an attack of
“Cucocthes toqueudi,' it was with him 1
discovered afterwards a chronic affec
tion ; just then, lie was pausing in his
ceaseless stream, holding breath and
tongue in agony for want of a listener,
1 quietly fell into that position and very
soon gathered a list of items
This was the salon of Madame
who had tiaveled far and wide, and is
known in the world by her “Souvenirs
of Foreign Travel.” “She” said my
little friend is an Authoress as all you
see here are, and lie drew himself proud
>Iy to his L lliputian height, I contri-
t.ute Si - , to Magazine, you have
doubtless seen tny article on the “State
of ihe Country,” It was universal^,
copied and praised, but you krt#w we
Authors are usid ;o these things and
don’t “grow proud.”—All of which I
did not know, not belonging to the
sacred brotherhood. I fiund the LHli
put quite an acquisition and determin
ed to cultivate him the remainder of
the eveniig. We were comfortably
enscons d m a corner, completely hid
den by those standing in front, who
were so absorbed in themselves that
they did not even glance at the two
behind, one of whom was certainly a
“looker on in Venice.”
Tell me, I asked of my nameless
friend, what is the object of this gather
’pc? i au\ a stranger in your oity,
and hardly know how I found my way
here to-night. ,
“Well!” he began, and drawing a
deep breath and taking on steam for a
to g run. You must know, that in
ihe world of letters, there is a ceaseless
'wrangling among the d.ff rent Antho s
as to whp ileseryes the tide of Kmgor
Queen Regnant of Literature. It is on
endless-strife, and lias occasioned ro
much ill will and leard feeling, that our
fair hostess, whose claims, to the coveted
tit'e. are by no means insignificant, has
formed this fine Scheme, to decide tilt
rr.octe I question and end the conten
tion. To make you understand her
plans, I must explain a little. You
must know that Authorship and re
ligion, are as inseperablv connected as
“Church and State,” in England, that
is, all Authors are spiritualist, in one
way or another. They each have their
div’nity, their ideal writer, living ot
dead, who is their great example,
whose spirit they invoke and to whom
they strive constantly to approximate
For instance if I could only write liki
George D. Pren Oh ! I had almost
betrayed myself and in my next article
you would have accused me of plag
iarism.” I here took occassiun to bring
my little friend back to the subjem
"ea topes."
But, what said I, what has all this
to do with the evening entertainment ?
“To be sure, to be sure, I will forget
ometimes. Madame lias invited here
to night, a noted spiritualist, who is a
fine medium you see her, yonder, that
itiin, spirituell ■, looking woman, tieai
the marble table. She is to invoice the
spirits of Scott, Maoauly, Irving, By-
ion, and after each one of the Authors
gathered here] among whom, are some,
who have made much noise in the
world have urged their claim to the
laurel crown, tlie medium will wriic
upon the sheet of paper, without any
discretion of her own, the name of the
successful aspirant. The Authors have
all pledged themselves to abide the
decision and stop this quill warfare.
As fur me, I do not exp^c t urge my
claim but they’do say, tliatartiee of
mine. “The State of the Country,”
was equal to anything Edward Everett,
ever wrote, and head and shoulders
above Emerson ”
Who are among the “Id esprits"
gathered ie-re. I questioned. Point
out some of the distinguished person
ages.
“That I cannot do, replied my friend,
since for tlie present they a r e masked,
but you nnty be able to indentify them
since each one bears about them some
thing characteristic of their-writings”
when the argument begins, you will
know them at once. There! that tne
ilium sized man near our hostess, he is
an English star. Don’t you see “Great
Expectations” in his very air Air!
D.ck— feels sure of the crown.”
I looked in the direction indicated,
and recognized at on'ee the pleasant
companion who had guided us through
London’s winding strect3 and dark
alleys, and made us fatnil ttr with the
mysteries of Newgate. My friend ac
tually kept silence for the space of five
minutes, which interval I occupied to
the best advantage, I noticed one gen
tleman gazing around on the scene,
considering :t, seemingly ; only- a “ Van
ity Fair,' 1 and I imagined what hard,
“Sharp" hornethrusts his pages gave
the world, and yet; Ou ! inconsistency,
ihss Authors very presence here, show
ed that “Vanity” was fair and pleasing,
even to the one that seemed to storu it
so.
Now came-a bevey of blue cravats,
tied in love knots to make iheir “dtvo
irs,” I jotted them down at once as
poets, whose “odesand sonnets” have
been poured into unfortunate E-iitois
since the time of Petrapcb and will con
tinue to be, until the death of Cupid
whose immortality is a settled point.
“Who is it; said I to my companion,
the gentleman talking to the “Woman
in White?”
“lie is a writer of fiction, and we
here him often spoken of as “No
Name.”
“And his companion the lady ; she
apparently finds but few congenial
spirits in this assembly.”
“She,” said the little man with a sig
nificant shrug o ( the shou'ders, she
deserves to be “Alone." You remem
ber sir, where Dante put traitors in
his Purgatories. Ah! Virginia Las
recreant daughters as well as sons, who
foreswore their allegiance and “Husks”
are good enough for them to be fed up
on.”
Ah ! thought I, would the writers
own Nemesis cume so pleasantly home
ward after awhile as it, did to her read
ers years ago. Her desorption of “Sun-
nybanks” devoted “Husbands” and
happv homes have now no charm for
Southern hearts. We will not have
the “Husks” she offers.
The conversation near the hostess
had assumed an excited tone “Coinc,”
said my friend let us move up nearer,
so that \*e may hear the arguments, I
see they have already commenced.”
The Authors, who ha 1 entered the
list had gathered around the “medium”
who sat near the table, resting one arm
upon the marble, unconscious seeming
ly of what was passing around.
“See,” said my newspaper man, there
is the chief luminary. Ah! it is a
great mind embodied there. Thou
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\v-»nld his thunderbolts. Da you rt?
cog z • her ? ,
lie pointed to a tall graceful figure,
who held in her hand a roll of yellow
manuscript, ami as iu speaking she
raised it now and then I could discover
odd looking hieroglyphics engraved
thereon, such as are found in Hebrew,
’optic <>r Sanscrit papyrus. She was
then giv ng a prelude to her arguments
in an an known tongue, there were
words of learned length and thunder
ing sound and her listeners hung upou
Her words with wonder aad a Imiraiion,
there was some hidden charm, ior l
knew, to half of them it was as much
Greek us to ine but,
“Sti-1 thej- gazed, and still tha wonder grew,
That one small head could entry all she knew.’
A violent nudging from my com
panion ch mm (1 immediate attention,
“Do you know, he whispered, that she
cm trace i■ <• r descent in a direct line
back to Solomon himself" Whether
that is true or not, sue has learned one
piece of Socralic wisdom to “try and
p-rstuide men that she knew what she
talked about.”
This piece of information wonder
ful as it wa a , and as convincing proof
as I had before me, with my usual ob
stinacy I accepted with incredulity.
The lady, condescending with a great
effort to clothe her ideas in pure Saxon,
which fell sweetly on the ear, after hav
ing been deafened by the broadside of
Targums and Talmuds, that we hn.d
listened to, was speaking thus—“I have
taken the ancient mysteries of ’Clial-
daic, Syriac, Persian, Greek and.Ro- •
man literature as my field of labor. . It
is there only, the student, gathers the
richest treasures of knowledge.”
But stop sister, interrupted a bold, '
manly voice, what is the true end of
knowledge ? Do we gather it simply to
place ourselves beyond the reach of the
very ones for whom we labor? When
the student has obtained all the treas
ures you allude to, let me ask as I have
done my readers before. “What’ll he
do with it ?” Throw the precious dia
monds broadcast, covered with dust and
ashes, just as he finds them, as “pearls
before swine.” “CuiBono?” Better
put our thoughts as workers upon the
jewels, and when they are polished and
burnished divide and subdivide them—■
so as to meet the wants, and fill the ca
pacities of those for whom they are in
tended—give infants the milk of knowl
edge, strong meat to men.
"Pisistratus for shame ! Don’t be
carping at woman’s work,’ ‘Pegotty’
never did anything in her life, but that
1 Barkis was willing.’ The man of‘Van
ity Fair,’ stood just in front, we caught
his (aside, to his neighbor,) ‘Vanity, -
vanity, if pedantry is a sine qua non o£
fine literature let's end the discussion
at once and give the title ourselves*’
he nodded his head towards the lady
who had just spoken.
One after another, the aspirants -
urged their claims, some with brilliant
strokes of wit that flashed like an elec
tric spark through the minds of those
gathered around; others who treated
in their writings of sober and serious
facts, viewed the whole affair, soberly
and seriously, and defended their cause
with earnest eloquence. Whether or
not the Lares invoked were sitting on
an unseen spirit throne, and giving
countenance to this modern Olympie
festival, it boo ed not, one listener I
was, gathering wisdom. I would never
try authorship. •
There was a silence pervading the
whole apartment The medium leand her
head upon the table. The hostess placed
a pen in her hand which rested lightly
on the sheet, all eyes were fixed upon
her. Ller hand began to tremble, the
pen glided over the paper, and after
traversing two or three linSs, it fell
from her fingers, rolling across the mar
ble, dropped to the floor. No one
dared to touch it. so there it lay. The
medium, raised her head,slowly and mo
tioned the masks to be removed. $he
then handed the sheet to the lady of the
house who read in solemn tones to her
breathless and eager listeners what had
been written by inspiration,—
It is not many words that real wisdom proves,
Brea, he rati.er one wise thought
Select one worthy object
So ends the silly prate of silly men.
Here was wisdom! A feeling of
awe seemed to pervade the room which
was dispelled by a laugh from the fa
vorite we’ve mentioned before, as he
said in a light tone.
Well madame ! your scheme has suc
ceeded finely ! We shall have to do as
Daphue’s lover did, each crown.himself
with laurel as even dead author’s won’t
‘yield the palm.’ We all have still
equally ‘Great Expectations’ but will
remember our pledgeaud be henceforth
‘mu nal IrieDds.’
******
A ruder touch than I bad received
from my loquacious friend during the
evening and I was in the library again,
wide awake.
“Why! man alive! exclaimed my.
host, what on earth are you doing. I
have been at home full sixty minutes,
and searching for you every where-—
find you at last, mumbling stranga
sounding words from antique pbiloww-
phers, but I see the key to.it, and-he
pointed to the book (Vasbli) which lay
on the floor beside me.
While the vision was fresh on my
mind its recital served to while away
the evening pleasantly with mine boat,
as I hope us reading unknown friend
—has done with you.
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