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VAN ( K !■ ' ; v ’,,. r ist no n.KHi* will h,- put upon the sab- Uor‘, ' « payment is made in advance , '*" " O, :V,p !,<• stopped at the expiration of the * 1 U, f'r rml- -s sntMCfip'ii.n is previous renewed. ’ ' 1,1 ’i,’ H „f a subscriber Uto be chanced, we ~;( i addreaj as well as the now one, to ' oii'-n received for a less period than three It c.rrier in town without extra chat ire. - ' „| to anoiivtnmis comniimi vitinns, as for ever, Uong ft- « oursviumn,. situn^ttTthenames of tbv-c new suW-rih. w« will send the Hkuauh one year ‘ ~j' mark after subscribers name indicates that the • subscription is out. i advertising rates. *v--. *1».« cents for each substq tent insertion. ii I wT ft si. ny m' !* | (ID-* -i 50 * 7 »i» | *IOO *!ft 00 'l lli ‘i on 5 (Kl 10 001 15 o'*: 25 00 I $ oi)| 7nO 15 00i 20 00| 80 00 "l 11 "* 4 0.1! 10 O'). 20 00' 30 001 40 00 1 ' \ m n ,. , It) 00 20 0 * 85 00 65 011 I 80 00 1 ‘ ; | j 00' 25 no 40 00: 70 00 130 WO | <4)l II 111 I* • • • 1 „ tv «H Advertisements will be eoarged according , .I.imck hev occupv. i ~,1V , .,-ris. men's should be marked for ft specified * they will be continued and charged lor nlere'i oiht. . , “ ments inserted at intervals tube charged vv each insertion. rrn for a longer period Ih n threo . , , edti-aml will be collected at. the beginning .jj atlvertiscments must he paid for in advance, ifit be pt and for on deli very. ■ iv.rt j'cinente iliscontimied from any cause before ► ~f time specified, will be charged only for th time »nblisl»* «i. ; ui ,i,. iactions will be made when cash is paid in %’ivsdtmal cards one square SIO.OO a year. M, r-,* Notices *1.50. Obituaries *1 per square. \ i is of a peisonttl or private character, intended tn'pnanteanv private enterprise or interest, will be . lis uiher advertisements ' I.i , - 'is.' > are t'vque - fed to hand in their favors as eir |i in the wee as p 'Ssible ■ t a no te r/w will he strt'tty urViereU to. Ll-IGAL advertising. since the war, the following are the r.» fa- notices ofOrdinaries, &e.—to bk paid in a©- T,,rtv Ohvs' Notices 500 j.’ ii'tv Ihys’ Notices 6 25 - .of Lands. Ac pr. sqr of ten Lines 6 "<) ' xty fists’Notices 7 00 'I '' on tbs' Notices ...... 10 00 Tn finv-’ Notice* of Sales pr sqr ... 200 ’i:...iW Sacks— for these Sales, for every fl fa Mortgage Sales, per square. $5 00 “Let ftsiib a liberal per cent,ace for advertising K ■ unceasingly before the public; and it. "x nut what Imsi css- y<>» are engaged in, for, if .vntlv and industriously pursued, a fortune will v.. 11 —th at - Merchants’ Magazine. Mbr 1 began to i ’verti-e my Ironware freely, o increased with amazing’ rapidity. For ten ... > oast 1 h ive spent ji'VVOOO yearh to keep my »• :r « ires hes re the public. Had l been timid in di'g. I never should have po-sessed my fortune i.f *|i.'-i.i)tni”—McLeod lielt.on. Birmingham *• Adveitislnsr liLe Midas’ t uich, tu>ns everything to .1 !L it. your daring men uraw eillioss to their |coffers "—Stuart ('lay • hit iiiiil icity is to love, and boldness to war. the 'hi use of printer's i )k, is to success in business.” — ■newspapers Hv.ile Fisk/*—.l Fisk, Jr. •V-h.i'.t the aid of advertisement I < oud have done gin my p'"ttlnUons. I hnve the most .emu pie e !'■> “in “printers'ink.” Adve.Using is the “royal mud to business Barnnm. |nffssifi«t QLarJis. V RF,nD»N T fl. Attorney ot Lmr, r ’ * Bsrucftvii e, Pike eo . Ga. Will practice in the !vJ compjiMng the Flint Judicial Circuit, end “ ' h* r c by special ontract Al business promptly 1 !’ !to Othee in Elder'*budding, over <‘hamber’s m store. aufi(>- y j 1 ! \S BEALL. Attorney tit Law, I ItioniHston, <!«.. WiH practice in the Fi>nt Oir ' m:, »nd elsewhere by special contract. aug‘27-ly \\ L LEAVER. Attorney nt Law. • rhomaston, On, Wil-l practice in ail the. '! the iiim Cireuit, and elsewhere by special I ' r:lct - june2S-ly [. If ALL, Attorney and Counsellor .. ; ,v '’ Practice in the counties composing ' i ircnit. ‘ln the Supreme Court of (•eor , ia. y . ,|,e District Court of the United States far the „ 'on ami Son hern Districts of (ieorgia. ’'oston. f}&., J une igth. 187"-ly. T )'■ • HERMAN’. Attorney at Law. * ! r p* , sviHe. Da. Will Practice in the Courts of 1 ~va it, nnd KlseMhe.ie by Special (Contract. 1 •cation given to all collection of claims. JuDt'4-ly ,j ISr '^H IL SMITH. Attorney and ' llor at Law. (iifice Corner Whitehall aud Übinia, Ga. Wll practice n ihe Su "mrs of Coweta and Flint Circuits, the Su "Hit of the State, and the United States’ Ids ! All com • unicart on* addressed to him at Ul ‘ receive prompt attention. aprill)-ly l\ V j'EIISOV & MoCALL A, Attorneys I fov. Covinstton. Ceor<ria. Will attend rcaru- I '■ l I'ractwe in the Superior Courts of the I ’ ''f Newton, Butts. H* nry, Spalding Pike. I . e ‘ iPaou, Morgan, DeKalb, Gwmuette and das dec 0-1 y |.| s M. M ATIIE'VS, Attorney at 't'Ci'r 1 l A"tton, Ga., will practice nH the counties B ' Hiatt alioochee Circuit and elsewhere by I dec 10-1 y |\\ & WILLIS. Attorneys at Law I'iss,. i* 1 !t^ n i Ga. Prompt attention glyen to Need in our hands. 4eclU ; ly 111 f 'E. TRIPPE, Attorney at Law r •HhHV ® a . practice in the State Courts ■ 1 -an - !llt ed States’ District Court at Atlanta nnd I dt>e °' ly I'l • Attorney at Law, Barnes* practice in all the counties of Ultp -nd Supreme Canrt of tha State. BETHUNE, Attorney at ■ , of tiwnl* 0 ”* practice in all the ' w her „ e ' "“Gahooeheo Circuit, and Upson and decls-ly || ■' of W BI continue the practice ■ ' ln De . Office at D llardawfly » B Drug I. _ decld-ly 9u tetipy t / II aN N AIT. is pleased to ■>, ;‘” : cp nt of Upson that he will continue I. Calcine in its various brandies at I r J 4eclß-ly Ct Attorney at Law 9 < «eiio an 'i , .n ti,a rV 1 . 1 Practice In OirenK Courts o Umted >tates District Courts. ■T 1 l! l " - have moved tip to B^ l ‘tiiK 0 '^iilarlj 8 !" 3 ( henev and Allen’s newbtliXd to in tl ie practice of merti- Wb> l am muT’ iU an y Uine Persons wishing |Vat Le W j Sk ,™.v office, can call on Messrs. ■ n '<„?•» also | 6 n v ' 5 ,iW .V«r’a and obtain informs- I J-:Uvtr e j Wny mtJi ' a 8 0 there, which wili CR J. O. HT7ST. z, The gy atoms of livur In 111 IT A IT fl «I co, !' l>,tt V Tt * re une *slm*&s i\ 111111 l\ \ "l Hnd »’ ain the side I l ' I 111 ill Ull lj I Sometimes the pain is Tn 3 | the shoulder, and is tni 3 - f«wnrw«rji<«»sui ’‘ken for rheumatism. ■ to.stomach ;« n fleeted sit It loss of anpetite and sick ness. t owels in general costive, sometimes flltermoin* wall ia.\. Ihe heml is troubled with pain and dull heavy sensation considerable loss <>f memory, accotn pi.nted with painful sensation of having left undone something which ought to have been done. Often conr and low spirits fiome ■ ir I xr p n ■'syintitom* attend thedis -5 1 ! I I W’ II I ease, and at other times j) 1 1 li II g very few of them; but S B Liver is gencr.illv the r*aam"WDM,ais—swum organ most involved. < uro the Liver with r:H. SIMMONS’ Liver "Segulator, A preparation of roots aa<l herbs, w-rrent-d to beatrioL lv vcL-e'able, and cm do noir.jnry to nnyone. „ * '■’cen used hv hundreds, and known for the last ,*•* v, ; ,trs ,lS •"« of «hc most reliable, efficacious and harmless preparations ever offered to the Bufferin'*, if ~‘u im ■■ iii r> "'' sisteMtlv <* s s «''e to cure? g'*" 1 " tSiffS-h, ! >vsp"psia, headache, flUflfTF ■ mr\ n B jaundice i oMiveness.sick S || »< j Ij I '1 j || SI B headache, chronic diarr -3 HLiULIi 1 1 UIl«Bhoea, affections of the B bladder, camp d\sent.ery, r-SBCTP'auw,_“ lt xv^VU-'dITOilffections of_the kidney's,’ fever, nervousness, cliills, diseases of the skin, imimrit.y of the blon.l, meiancliclv, or depression of spirits, heart burn, colic, or pains in the bowels, pain in t4>e head, fever and ague, dropsy, bolls, pain in back-and limbs, ■ sthm.'i erysipelas, female affections, and b.lious dw eascs general! v. Prepared only by i. BS. zs:si.g\ r & CO., T'rice 91: by mail *1.85. Druggists, Macon, Ga. * The following highly respectable persons can fi llv at test to the virtues of this valuable medicine, and to whom we most respectfully refer; Gen. k\ .a. Holt,, President 8. W. If. R. Conipanv; It -v I. Felder, Perry, Ga ; Co] E. K Sparks, Albany, Ga.; George J Lunsford. Fsq.. Conductor 8. W R. R.; C Viisterson, Esq, Sh-rilf Bibb county; J A. P.utts’ i’lainlin'dge, Ga ; Itykes Sjnirhuwk. Edit-ora Floridian} fallahassee; Rev. J W. Burke. Macon, Ga: Virgil Powers Ksq., Su» erintendent S. W. R. R; Daniel Bui lard, Bullard's Station. Macon and Brunswick R, R., Twiggs county,«• a ; Grenville Wood. Wood’s Factory, Macon. Ga ; Rev. E F. Easterlinn, P E Florida Con fercree; Major A. F. Wuoiey, Kingston, Ga.; Editor Mac n Telegraph. For,sale bv John F Henry, New A'ork, Jno D. Park, Cincinnati, Jno. Flemming, New Orica; e, and all Drug gist* apl2-l y BIXTY-FIVB FIRST PRIZE MEDALS AWARDED. S- —the great Southern Plano MANUFACTORY. WM. I<L IST .A. 33 E eSc C 0. 3 M A NDFACTUHEHB OF GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANOFORTES, BALTIMORE, MD. r piIESE Instruments hove been before the ft Public for nearly Thirty Years, and upon their excellence alone attained an unpurchased pre eminence, which prorrouncej* them unequalled. Their TONE combine* great power, sweetness and fine singing quali ty. as well as great purity of Intonation and Sweetness throughout the entire s.eaie. Their TOUCH is pliant and elastic and entirely free from the stiffness found in so many Pianos. IN AVORKMANTSI-IIP they are unequalled using none hut. the very best seas oned material, the large capital employed in our busi ness enabling us to keep continually an immense stock of lumber. Am., on hand. All our B<juare Pianos have oar New Improved Over strung Scole and the Agraffe Treble. We would call special attention to our late improve ments in GRAND PIANOS AND SQUARE GRANDS, Patented August. 14, 1566. which bring the Piano nearer perfection than has yet been attained. Every Piano fully warranted 5 Years We have made arrangements for the Sole Wholesale Agency fi r the most celebrated PARLOR ORGANS. AND VIKLODKONS, which we offer, Whohsale and Retail, at Lowest Factory Pi ices. WM. KNABE & CO. S(‘ptl7-Gru • Baltimore, Mil. “OUR FATHER’S HOUSE;” or, THE UNWRITTEN WORD. By D.vsitL Makch. D. D., Author of the popular “ Night Scenes.” r |Tj|[S master in thought and lanffoaoe ft shows ue untold riches and beauties iu the Great House, with its Blooming flowers. Si ging birds. Waving palms. Polling cioude, Beautiful hows Sacred mountains. Delightful rivers, Mighty oceans. Thunder ing vdees. Blazing heavens and. vast universe with countless beings in millions of worlds, and reads to us in each the Unwritten World, Rose-tinted paper, or nate engravings and silpei'h bmdi g ’Rich and varied in thought.’ *'i haste.” ”i- asy and graceful in stvle.” “Correct, pure and elevating in its tendency.” “‘Beau tiful ami good.” “A household treasure.” Commenda tions like the above from College Presidents amt Pro fessor, ministers of all denominations, and *he re’igjous and secular press all over the country, its freshness, purity of language, with clear, open type, fine 'teel en gravings, substantial binding, and low price, make it the book tor the masses. Agents are selling from 50 to 150 per week. We want Clergymen, School Teaqliers, smart young men and ladies to introduce the work for us in every township, and we will pay liberally. No intelligent manor woman need be without a paying business. Seid for circular, full description, and terms. Address ZIEGLER A MoCUKDY, 10 S. Sixth street. Pliiladelpiiia Pa. 13!) Race street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 68 Monroe street, Chicago, 111., 503 N. Sixth street, 8t Louis, Mo. Beplo-4m or, 102 Main street, Spri gfield, Mass. "‘THE MONROE ADVERTISER.” .VOLUME FIFTEEN. A First-Class Democratic Newspaper! r IMIE Campaign which will soon be innu i curated, ani whi;h will culminate in the election of Congressional and Legislative Representatives in November, promises to be one of the most important and interesting epochs in the history of the State. In view of this fact, it is the duty of every person to sub scribe for some available newspaper. To the people of this section. The Moneox Abvektjssk presents superior claims. No pains will be snared to render the Tuft Advert-isfu a reliable and efficient newspaper, and each issue will •embrace a fair epitome ol the week’s news, both foreign and domestic. . .... As heretofore, the local news of the adjoining counties will be made a specialty. > r > Tint Advertiser is published in a vfcvy populous and wealthy section, and is one of the most available advertising mediums in Middle Georgia. To the merchants of Macon and Atlanta, it offers superior inducements for reaching a large, intelligent and prosperous class of people, leiius of advertising liberal. Address, JAMES P. HARRISON, freptl7-tf Box 79y Forsyth, Ga. TWO GOOD BOOKS, Should be Had in every Family. DEVOTIONAL and Practical Polysrlott FAMILY BIBLE, containing a copious indog, *joncor<htn<sfc Dictionary of Biblical 1 erips, jcal and Historical Index, «fce Fourteen «iunGCod.pagea furnished in three styles of bi ’ding L \ WS of BUSiNEs>S b>r all the l mon Br Theophilus Parsons, L L D This y<d>une. contains forms for men of every trade or profession, mortgages, deeds, bills of sale, leases, bond, articles of Qoparmer ship, will, awards, &c Published by the ISalional I üb li-hing Uo , Nemphis, Tenn. Mr JOHN A. COCHKAN has taken the Agency for Upson and Pike counties, and wit call ppon the pe<»le with these Invaluable books immediately nov-o THOMASTON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1871. Hits. A thief in Missouri boasts 1400 convic tions. Nuhby young men in Detroit wear email ear-rings*. Nevada is getting up a lottery to pay oil her debt. A colony Lr Florida, is organizing in New Jersey. Pennsylvania has produced anew order known us “The Jolly Corks.” Texas has seventy millions of land waiting for somebody to come and take it. Three t eres of timber land wen'c down out of sight at Basket Station, N. J.*, last week. The Cincinnati mode of gelifig rid of mothers- in-law is by greasing tha cellar stairs. A Toronto paper claims f>r that city the ‘‘ohampioa widow.” Bhe lias buried her fifth husband. A Wisconsin farmer had a disagreement with a mule, and that sagacious animal kicked bis right ear off. Steam, gongs have been introduced into Manchester, England. The workman cull them “American devils.” A Manchester (Vermont) man has been blind ever since he undertook to look into his neighbor’s bid-room. “Pound parlies” are the latest. Those invited are expected to contribute one pound at least of something to eat. Binghamton N. Y , shows specimens of white flint corn, which has this year yielded 100 bushels ot cars per acre. The L ord Chief B iron of England has decided that a man’s duty is first to his sweetheart—next to the admiralty. Olive L gan is said to not only lecture well, hut to dress splendidly. In other words, the points a m ral and adorns a tale. A Florida alligator had two billiard-balls in his stomach, at his post-mortem. So far as known, lie wasn't champion of anything. The citizens of Bath Me., still retain the old custom of having the oily bells rung at sunrise and sunset, regardless of the clock. An Australian horse has recently run ten miles in 24 minutes and 2’5 seconds, said to be the fastest time on record for that dis tance. A daughter of Captain Wirz, the AnJcr sonville jailer, is a governess in an English nobleman’s family. She is reported to be an accomplished and refined lady. Chicago has a hotel with a patent heat indicate r running from every room to the < (lice, so th... clerk can tell at a glance how hot it is in any room in the house. of Indian fame, believes, and will s«ion submit the reasons for his belief, that a great river, larger than the Mississippi, flows under the Rocky Mountains. An eccentric Onioan likes to drop empty pocket-.books on the sidewalk, jest to see people pick them up and look around in a guilty v\ay to see if any one is watching | them. The Patrons of Husbandry, in Missouri, have a side degree into which they initiate horse thieves. After the ceremony, nothing Can be seeu of tin c .ndidate, and the ground is all nicely sodded over. A great many weddings are taking place in Illinois, induced probably by the fact that premiums are to be given at the next State Fair, to first, second and thiid best 10, king babies three months old. Society proposes to celebrate leather weddings fifteen years after marriage; every present to be nf leather and to range any where from riding whips to Turkey morocco libraries. Mrs. Ingham, of lowa, will live in history as the woman vvno delivered a Fourth of July oration while her husband proudly sat on the back of the platform, holding the baby, and who uow presides over a suffrage society. Chinese ruffians in San Franeisco have a sort of mutual insurance society, by which one who is injured in any vcheme of murder or plunder receives a weekly aliowar.ee, and in case he goes to prison his family is pro* vided fur. An exhorter at a revival meeting at Council Bluffs became indignant because a brother was superior in sinirrg. “Brother Brown,” be said, “can sing and pray ; but, , by the blessing of God, there is one thing j I*can beat him in—l can fiddle his shirt clean ofi‘.” The liquor law which recently went into effect in New IL.mshire, provides that damage done to property by drunken per sons mu«t be paid for by the dealers from whom they had obtained the liquor. A dealer who refuses to pay may be fined from SSO to SSOO. A young lady in Indiana was frozen to death during the last cold spell while out sleigh-riding with a young man.. A young man who can’t keep a girl from freezing, when he has her in a sleigh all to himself, should be punished to the full extent of the law. They have in Wisconsin what are called “hard times parties.” The inritations are written on brown .paper, aod request the <*uests to dress in their old clothes. Bean soup, crackers, and dried herrings consti tute the refreshments, with “cambric tea,” and water. The guests walk home. A recent prairie fire, near City, lowa, dr°ve t.Lo buffalo into the streets, lighted lurid glare.-wvre filled with a sea of moving hair, clicking hoofs and glistening horns. The citizens hastened to the doers with their rifles and secured a generous supply of the jaoble game. . x ., t Among the reeommendationsGf the Direc- tor of the Philadelphia Mint ip his annual - re-nort, is one for an issue of silver coins of the ball and quarter dollar denominations, \ which shall be redeemable when presented in the amount of ten dollars, but which , shall on l y be worth about seventy-six cents j on the do Jar, the object being to do awny | with fractional currency. Mil. HILL’S ADDRESS. Long Articles Not Usually Read—Com ment* af tlie P»ess—A ns* lysis ot tlie Adi i! I<»n .that Arise with Regard j*—The Popular Convict lljll's Address Their Embodiment. hddortt Constitution : Mr. Hill’s addi ess ficeupi'S a column and a half. The aver sion of newspaper readers to long articles is so well known, that it is hardly probable u; Ne than one in ten will read it ; the "there will skip if, and adopt the editorial view. The comments of the press appear very conflicting; some approve, some dis approve; some wonder what it means, and surmise there is something at the bottom not soon upon its face; others construe it into a game of political see-saw between Mr. Iliil and Dr. Bard. Upou the whole, great .j . t has heei* done, and attention is uißed to the following brief ANALYSIS OF MR. bill’s ADDRESS. 1. Entered politics to aid iu preserving Constitutional Union. 2. Opposed secession, coercion and recon struction ; not responsible for cons- querices. 3. Results of the revolution embodied in the I.4th, 14 h and 154) amendments. 4 Consequences of the amendments: Fir.-t, the civil and political equality of all races, a portion of the white race at the iS iuth alone being kept in bondage ; second, the nationalization of the General Govern ment. 5. The amendments having been pro claimed by the proper authority, the judicial department of the government can only construe. Tne Judiciary has nothing to do with making Constitutions and can only pass upon laws enacted under the Consti tution. The Supreme Court can, therefore, give no relief. o. Tlie amendments may be usurpations, nevertheless they are law, and must be obey ed. Nearly all governments are simply sue cesi'ul u^urpa 1 ions, law bping nothing but power. Usurpation may be criminal; viola tion of established law T is crime. 7. After careful consideration, the repeal of the amendments appears to bo improba ble, for the following reasons: First, The North loves power rather than right. Second, The North hates the States’ rights doctrine. Third, The North is in favor of a 3trong National Government. Fourth, The North regards the freedom, the civil and polirical equality of the negro sis a great national, philanthropic and re ligous benefit. 8. There is,, then, new a National Consti tution, with new and enlarged powers of government ; anew system of industry ; a new state of society. 9. Resulting duties ; Ist. Obey the Con stitution ar.d tlie laws, an 1 seek changes only in the legal way ; 2d- Treat the negro kindly and generously ; 3d, Let the dead past alone, and unite to briug back pros perity and good feeling; 4th, Elect honest men to office. The following appear to bo the only questions that can arise from a considera tion of the address : 1. Are the /acts correctly or incorrectly stated ? 2. -Are the inferences legitimate or false ? 3. Is Mr. Hill’s reasoning with regard to the repeal of the amendments, or rather, are his conclusions probable or improbable? 4. Is his final conclusion, with regard to the nature of the government, true cr false ? 5. Is his advice good or bad ? The thoughtful and impartial reader can, it seems to the writer of these lines, but agree with Mr. Iliil. The-e convictions have been floating in the minds of the peov. pie for some time ; have had partial utter ance here and there, and have finally assumed form and substance through the instrumentality of Mr. Hill. There is in them not the least tinge of Radicalism. Mr. Iliil is only n<>t so-sauguine as some w’ith regard to tiie repeal of the amendments ; he may be too hopele-s. Jay M. Ayr. Uc lunation of Ciiief Justice Droyn). Atlanta. December 24. 1870. His Ex<:dlency Rufus B. Bullock, Governor of Georgia : Dear Bir—l am associated with a com pany of gentlemen who intend this day to submit f>r your consideration a bid for the lease of the Western mid Atlantic Rail road, which is the property of th '.State, under the act of the Legislature, passed 244i October, 1870, and the pubi c notice given by you, inviting bids ; and I am in formed there will he different propositions submitted by different companies, when it will become your duty to decide between th“m. You and J are the official heads of two co-ordinate departments of the same Gov ernment; and this is a matter which in volves a large pecuniary interest to the State, where my interest «Dd that of the people may seern to eonfl ct. I think it duo alike to Goth of us, and to thbse w hom we represent, that 1 should, as 1 now do, tender to you, unconditionally, my resig nanion as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of this State, and respectfully re quest that you accept the same before you consider the respective proposals or deeide between the different companies upon the question of the lease of the Road. Thanking your Excellency fur your uni form courtesy to me, and the others officially connected with the Judicial Department of the State Government which I have had the honor to preside over, I am very respectfully Your obedient servant, Joseph E. Brown. How to-liaise tlie Win !. Apropos of a story*cold by its New Y”ork correspondent, the Philadelphia Press makes a capital suggestion as to the way in which might be identified, at banks when presenting cheeks to fie Cw.sj»eid. The story was-that Jo. Jefferson not btong able to get the'tuoney on a check drawn to his order, because knew’ him, turn ed to the teller and said in the tones.of Rip Van Winkle, “If my little dog Schooler ‘ was here -he would know’ me.” The sug gestion is that if the following act rs should find themselves in a similar predicament, Mr Owens nsej only lav <down his check and say, “Jess might cry, “0 Glfd 1 O God ! me ehe-iid. aae che-iid-ren f” Pauline Markham might put her foot on the Cuunter; and Edwin Forrest need only rush into the bank, seize the toller by the throat and ye!i “Liar and slave.” No doubt the money would be instantly forthcoming. The Fear of Dt-nth. Above all things, the fear of death should be valiantly combatted. “To love life without fearing death.” said Ilufeland, “is the ouly means of living happy and dying at a good old age.” People who dread death seldom attain longevity. If death presents itself to us uuder a repulsive and terrifying aspect, it is solely owing to our habits and. prejudices having perverted our feelings. Montaigne justly said that it is darkening tlie room, the laces lull of grief and desolation, tlie moaning and crying, that make death terri ble. Civilization, by investing death with tlie most lugubrious associations that it can conjure up, has also contributed to rendering it a hideous spectre. It is the reverse with the patient. In nne cases out of t*.u, death is not only a teHU. but almost a sense of voluptuousness. Sleep daily teaches us the reality*of death. “Sleep and death are twins,” said the poe s of antiquity. Why, then, should we fear death when wo daily invoke its brother as a friend and a consolation ? “Life,” said Buffon, “begins to fail long before it is •utterly gone.” Why, then, should we dread the last moments, when \vo 4 are prepared for its advent fiy so many* other moments of similar character? Death is as natural as life. Both come to us in the same way, with ut our cc nscio; sutas, without our being able to determine the event of either. No one knows the exact momeot when he goes to sleep, none will kuow the ex ict moment of his death. It is certain that death is a pleasurable feeling. Lucan used to say that life be would insupportable to man if the gods had not hidden from him the happiness he would experience iu dying. Tuilims Marcelliuus, Francis Suarez, and the philosopher La Mettrie, all sp >kc of the voluptuousness of their last moments. Such are the consolations which philosophy pto senta to timid minds that dread death. We need not say that much higher and loftier cons dations await the christain who is firm and s-eaifa-t in his faiths and has before him the prospect of entermil life. Causes of Sudden Diuth. Very few of the sudden deaths which are said to arise from ’disease oi the heart’ do really arise from that cause. To ascertain the real origin of sudden deaths, experi ments have been tried in Europe and report ed to a scientific congress held at Stras bourg. Sixty-s;ix cases of sudden death were made the subject of a thuXu.ugh post mortem examination ; in these cases only two were found who died from disease of the heart. Nine of the thirty-six had died from apoplexy while there were forty-six cases of congestion of the lungs- that is, the lungs were so full of blood they could uot work, there not being room enough for a sufficient quantity of air to enter to support life. ' The causes that produce congestion of* the lungs are cold feet, tight clothing, costive bowels, sitting till chilled, after bal ing warmed with labor or rapid walk, going too suddenly from a close, heated room into the cold air, especially, after speaking, and sudden repressing; news oper-. ating ou the blood. The causes of sudden death being known, avoidance of them serve to lengthen many valuable lives, which would otherwise be lost under the verdict of-heart complaint.’ The disease is supposed to be inevitable and incurable ; hence many may not take the pains they would to avoid sudden death if they knew it lay in their power. • Fistiiiig for Fools. The enterprising firm of Logan A Cos., in New Y r ork has jusc been broken up, and thus the business of foot-fishing, long and successfully practiced by them, has been suspended. This firm has been in the hab it of sending lithographed letters over the country, proposing to sell counterfeit money at a very low price. When money was remitted" to Messrs. L gan & Go., a box stuffed with sbavlugsor sawdust was usual ly returned. The extent to which human nature can be imposed upon by swindles, which should be transparent to the most casual observer, is demonstrated by the fact that these worthies captured about $17,000 in two weeks time. Not only was this result shown when their buildi ng was pulled down by the police, but it was also shown that their operations had been national in extent, embracing gudgeons from every part us the country. The Chic eg > Times is not surprised to find among the victims of this scandalous trickery, a Radical member of Congress from Georgia, and a Radical member of the Tennessee Legislature. They had been dazzled by close and constant observation of the glory of their great leader--Old Spoons. It is not, however, generally believed that any attempt has been made to “try it on” this great magnate last named.— Carol.ni Farmer. Gossip. The Rev. De 4Y itt Tallmage knows a thing or two about country villages. He 6ays : A country village t.ff rds no retreat. There every body knows everybody’s busi ne*s. You connot raise half a dozen gos lings, without having them stoned for picking off your neighbor’s gooseberries. Gossip wants no better* heaven than a country pillage. Everybody knows whether out of tha butcher’s cart, y<>u bought mut ton or a calf’s liver ; and the mason's wife at the risk of breaking her neck, rushes down stairs to exclaim, “just think of it! Mrs. Stuckup has bought a sirloin steak, and she is no better than other people!” They always ask what you give for every thing, and say you are cheated , had some thiiunMf a better quality they could have you have for half, the money. We have at different times lived imal I,vi 11 age, and many of our best friends but we give as our opi&fftn that- tfmre arc' "ther places m-re favorable or] woman’s getting te heaven. 1 A binfire, measuring over one hundred, feet in circumference at the near ly thirty feet high, was made in front of Bab), ral Castle to celebrate tlie settlement of ino nia:-r;age between ;ao princess Loui.vi and the Marquis of L rn. It was compos ed ot barrels of tar. birch and fir wood, and" various combustibles The light was nppfi fid to the pile by nis Royal Highness Prince Leopold. * ; Yhr Presidency* An important article has appeared in the Xew York Leader, the organ of Tammany, announcing the withdrawal of J din T. 11 itFman as a candidate lor the Presidency. The writer, supposed to be Mr. P*»ter B. Sweeney, admits the right of the West to the nomination, and presums that as Mr. Hendricks, of Indiana, is generally accepta ble to all sections, ho is likely to be the man. The article, though exciting general surprise, is believed hero to boa part of one cf Tammany's little games. The Tam many leaders understand tho danger of pressing Hoffman forward prematurely, and prefer that his most formidable rival shall receive the kicks and cuffs which will surely be visited upon the expected candi date of that party in advance of the nomin ation. Hoffman is therefore, to be kept in the background until Hendricks is killed off. S rue of the Southern politicians in the city talk favorably of a ticket composed of Hendricks for President, and a S lUthern man, perhaps Hersehel V. Johnson, of •Georgia, for Vico President. The latter ran with Douglas, has a strong Union rec ord, aud is believed to be acceptable to tho Northern Democrats.— Chicago Tribune, New York Special. Antiy .Jo!mson'* Letter*. “Avery" furnishes the Cincinnati Com mercial the-following incident of a visit to Andrew Johnson at Greenville : “The Western mail Inning come in Mr. Johnson was ban led several letters. Tho first one he oper.od was of a class of which he receives many. It was a begging letter from Raleigh, North Carolina. A man bad a large fnm ly, and was helpless ; a little, from Mr. Johnson would help him much. Mr. Johnson would never miss it; heaven and a serene conscience would reward him. lie could remit to such an address, etc. Tho ex-Piesident read it and impatiently threw it in the lire. ‘You have no idea’ be said, ‘of the number of such letters I receive. Every mail, nearly, brings them from all quarters of tho country. How can 1 tell who is deserving and who is not? No doubt half of them are impostors. If I know tho circumstances of each case I might bo will ing to help some, but if I should give to all who ask I would soon have nothing left. They must think I am made of money. By Heavens, it’s got so that I pay no at tention to these letters but to burn them. Oh, yes. yes/ ho said musingly, ‘this is a strange world ; a very strange world/ There is no doubt about that." Kidnapping Lincoln. To the Editor of tho Cincinnati Commercial: John Surratt’s lecture published in the Commercial of Saturday, reminds mo of a contemporary incident: A month before the assassination f be came impressed with the conviction that there would bo an attempt to seize and carry off Mr. Lincoln and one or two active members of bis Cabinet. There seemed to me motives enough in the then desperato condition of tho Confederacy, and I did not think the attempt by any means desperate or even difficult. I accordingly wrote to Stanton expressing my apprehensions and advising him to look out for a raid saying that the President and he might be seized, bound, gagged, and carried off in a market wagon at a moderate pace, while halt a and zen hacks driven furiously in other direc tions would confute and elude pursuit. So far as the President was concerned this caution was unheeded, though Stanton seems to have been well enough guarded. I never feared assassination and do not believe it was ever within the programme, as it was not possible that any cause or person shuuld profit by it. Thomas Ewing. Sally’* Mistake, ‘Sally, don't I like yon?’ ‘La ! Jim I reckon so/ ‘But don’t you know it, Sally ? Don’t you think I’d tear the eyes out of any hon est tom cat that dares to look at you for a second ?’ 'I s’pect you would.’ ‘Well, the fact of it is, Sally, I— ‘Now, don’t Jim ! You are too sud'ien/ ‘And. Sally, I want you to— ’ ‘Don’t say anything more now, Jim. I will— ’ ‘But it must be done immediately; I want you to— ’ \ ‘Oh, hush! domt say any more/ ‘I want you to-night to get —’ ‘What so soon. Oh, no, impossible, father and mother will be so angry at me/ ‘How? Fordoing me such a favor as to ra— ’ ‘Yes, dear me ! Oh what a feeling.’ ‘But there must be some mistake, for all I want you to do is to —mend iny trowsers!’ Sally could hear no more, bhe threw up Imr arms, and screaming hysterically, faint ed away. The South. D >n Piatt writes to the Cincinnati Cora-* mercial, a Radical paper: The wonderful energy exhibited by the S utbern people in struggling up fmm the utter ruin that followed the late civil war, is one of the marve sos the day. W hile con tending against the blundering, unjust acts of reconstruction, originating in hate, and continued through greed, that deprived them of a voice end vote in la,ws now in volving the biisinee-9 interests of the entire country, the people have struggled manfully and with success, to a certain extent, to restore the natural prosperity of their re gion. In this no aid whatever has been given by the General Government. Oa the contrary, its acts have been aggressive to the last extent, and it is no exaggeration to say that the Government at Washington has wrought more injury to the South since the war, than it was able to effect during the conflict of arms. Johnson, being inbrviewed, i»aysn “The %tory of my being about to go into the banking business, is something on n par with the one in last Saturday’s New York Herald, that I was preparing to sup port Grant, and in return for my aid, ha was to give me a Cabinet position in 1572, if he is re-elected—which he won’t be. JJeinre I would g} into Grant’s Cabinet, either in 1872 or ar y ntner time, 1 would a situation as a-pistant hog-druver, or, an old man in the country used to say, I would tie a rope around mv neck, and theu ulteuul u tree, and v aik ' if. NO. 5.