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For ten i past I have spent £30.000 yearlv to keep my ,|>erior wares before the public Had l been timid in prtising. I never should have possessed my fortune i 'i.O'Kl”. —McLeod Belton. Birmingham. " advertising like Midas’ touch, turns everything to 1 !<, it. a our daring men draw millions to their i?>rs~—Stuart Clay '•that amlaelfy is t<> love, and boldness to war, the f:il use of printer’s i ik, is to success in business.” — "Th« newspapers made Fisk. H —J. Fisk, .Tr. Min my -p"dilations. 1 have the most complete Min "printers'ink.” Adveitising is the “royal road i b'i'iness Ruru^m. aranu JWlliim UIQMIBWaNnnOTBgnHMHBHMBMHi Professional Cards. 11 1 ' ■ R KF.XOAT.T. f'flTers his prof^p- I / sifinal services tc the citizens ofThomaston and ['■ •'ixlinp country. May be found durintr the day at Har'liiway’a itore, at night at the former resi- O!of ( harles Wilson. jan.l4-ly. [ i REDDING, Attorney at Law, '' Baroesvil'e, Pike co, Ga. Will practice in the l ies comprising the Flint Judicial Circuit, and were by special ontract All business promptly . , * to, Olhco In Elder's building, over Chamber’s angG- y. BEALL, Attorney at Law, 1 * >ni;i*ton, (Ja. Will practice in the Flint Cir m elsewhere by special contract. aug27-ly \\ [■ WEAVER, Attorney at Law, • rhomaston, Ga. Will practice in all tho the Hint Circuit, and elsewhere by special june2s-ly J 'UN I. II ALL, Attorney and Counsellor r .'i'n. .*>l practice in tho counties composing * ircuit. In the Supreme Court of Georgia, ;. 1116 Court of the United States for the - rt! an, i Souihern Districts of Georgia, pmaiton, Ga., Jdne ISth, ISTO-ly. JOSEPH 11. SMITH, Attorney and , at Law. . Office Corner Whitehall and Athinia, Ga. Will practice in ihe Su s ;.. oartof the State, and the United States 1 Dis i yt., All 'Communications addressed to him at J l receive prompt attention. april9-ly IVERSON & McCALLA, Attorneys s uw, Covington, Ceorgia. Will attend regu- Practice in the Superior Courts of the [•s of Newton, Butts, Henry, Spalding. Pike, ‘ se lpson, Morgan, DeKalb, Gwinnette and Jas declO-ly Ii ME S M. MATIIEWS, Attorney at .“‘**l Talbotton, Ga., will practice all the counties ’"-the Chattahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by ■ dec 10-1 y WALLIS & WILLIS, Attorneys at Law . nlhutton, Ga, Prompt attention given to in our hands. declO-ly NerT p. TRIPPE, Attorney at Law Da. Will practice in tho State Couris Vi-.',;'" , n 'ted States’ District Court at Atlanta and declO-ly I, 4.; Dl T NT, Attorney at Law, Barness ''a "Will practice in all the counties of v^_^‘ r cuit and Supremo Court of the State. IjAIUON BETHUNE, Attorney at i, ">s !f T a Ga. Will practice in all the be Chattahoochee Circuit, and Upson and -"^^J^ c °untieß. declß-ly O will continue the practice declb-ly IIaNNAH, is pleased to practice t ?*Dzens of Upson that he will continue *u.n n Medicine in its various branches at dec!B-ly ' TALKER, Attorney at Law V’ateWill practice in Circuit Courts o '*lo-1 y ia United States District Courts. I have moved up to i, &Qd atn re^Mi. ? ssrs Cheney and Allen’s new build er en " a S e( l in the practice of medi larnVo*.? 0 at an ytime. Persons wishing at r P »t° tin , my °® ce * can cal > Messrs. IT, ■ y can Sawyer’s and obtain informa ddiver?J e any meßsa ß° there, which will DE. J. 0. HUNT. The systoms of liver SIM M 0 N S the a Td7 _ Wiia The stomach jUT® f J™ rheumatism, ness, bowels In general coltlV* H f 1 ' 6 and Rlck ’ with lax. Th»UTLr„"K°:fthr n * , it r ri l^ heavy sensation considerable ln«« “ Patn ’ and dull, panied with painful sensation of hartnTlX’ ac<dom something which ought to have been don! no " ndone and low spiriS e Som^ ■ times, some of the above ¥ I If ft V) I symptoms attend the dis -11 I 1 |i H leaseI ease ’ an(! at other times MJ i V U IE ■ very few of them; but » I tfae Liver is generally the Cun^hHjveFvrit?"" - "" org: n most involved. DR. SIMMONS’ Liver Regulator, It has been used by hundreds, and known for the last 35 years as one of the most reliable * e )as : harmless preparations ever offered to the buffering “"f i. is sure to cure*' 1 Dyspepsia, headache, IRBKIILATOR. ■ I bladder, camp dvsenterv. affections of the kulnev® fever, nervousness, chi Is, diseases of the skin, impurity of the blood, melancholy, or depression of spirits heart burn, colic, or pains in the bowels, pain in the head fever and ague dropsy, boils, pain in back and limbs' asthma, erysipelas, female affections, and bilious dis eases generally. Prepared only by J. 11. ZEILIN & CO., Price *1: by mail *1.85. Druggists, Macon, Ga. The following highly respectable persons can fully at test to the virtues of this valuable medicine Mnd to whom we most respectfully refer: Gen. W S. Holt, President's. W. R. R. Company; J. Felder Perry, Ga.; Col E. K Sparks, Albany Ga.; George J Lunsford. Ksq., Conductor 8. W R R- C Masterson, Esq, Sheriff Bibb county; J A. Butts’’ Bainbridge, Ga ; Dykes * Sparhawk, Editors Floridian! Tallahassee; Rev. J. W. Burke, Macon, Ga.; Yirgii Powers Esq., Superintendents. W. R. R.; Daniel Bui lard, Bullard's Station, Macon and Brunswick R R Twiggs county, Ga.; Grenville Wood, Wood’s Factory’ Macon, Ga ; Rev. E F. Easterlinn, P. E. Florida Con ference; Major A. F. Wooley, Kingston, Ga.; Editor Macon Telegraph. For sale by John F Henry, New York, Jno D. Park Cincinnati, Jno. Flemming, New Orleans, and all Druu g'sts apl2-ly SIXTY-FIVE FIRST PRIZE MEDALS AWARDED. THE GREAT Southern Piano ' J MANUFACTORY. VAAdVE. LSI IST AL IB IB Sc CO., MANUFACTURERS OF GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANOFORTES, BALTIMORE, MD. r IUIESE Instruments have been before the I Public for nearly Thirty Years, and upon their excellence alone attained an unpurchased pre eminence, which pronounces them unequalled. Their TONE combines great power, sweetness and fine singing quali ty, as well as great purity of Intonation and Sweetness throughout the entire scale. Their TOUCH is pliant, and elastic and entirely free from the stiffness found in so many Pianos. ITT WORKMANSHIP they are unequalled using none but the very best seas oned material, the large capital employed in our busi ness enabling us to keep continually an immense stock of lumber, A,c., on hand. All our Square Pianos have our 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 for the most celebrated PARLOR ORGANS ANI) MELODKONS, which we offer, Wholesale and Retail, at Lowest Factory Prices. WM. KNABE & CO. septl7-6m Baltimore, Md. “OUR FATHER’S H USE or, THE.UNWRITTEN WORD. By Daniel March, D. D., Author of the popular “ Night Scenes.” r IUIIS master in thought and language I shows us untold riches and beauties in the Great. House, with its Blooming flowers. Singing birds, Waving palms. Rolling clouds, Beautiful bows. Sacred mountains, Delightful rivers, Mighty oceans, Thunder ing voices, Blazing heavens and vast universe with countlesss beings in millions of worlds, and reads to us in each the Unwritten World, Rose-tinted paper, or nate engravings and superb binding. “Rich and varied in thought.” ‘'Chaste.” “Easy and graceful in style.” “Correct, pure and elevating in its tendency.” “Beau tiful and good.” “A household treasure.”’ Commenda tions like the above from College Presidents and Pro fessor, ministers of all denominations, and the religious and secular press all over the country.' Its freshness, purity of language, with clear, open type, fine steel en gravings, substantial binding, and low price, make it the book for the masses. Agents are selling from 50 to 150 per week. We want Clergymen, School Teachers, 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. Send for circular, full description, and terms. Address ZIEGLER & McCURDY, . 16 S. Sixth street, Philadelphia. Pa. 189 Race street., Cincinnati, Ohio, 69 Monroe street, Chicago, 111., 503 N. Sixth street, St Louis, Mo. seplo-4m or, 102 Main street, Springfield, Mass. “THE MONROE ADVERTISER.” VOLUME FIFTEEN. A First-Class Democratic Newspaper! TIIE Campaign which will soon be inau gurated, and which 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 Monroe Advertiser presents superior claims. „ , No pains will be spared to render the Tiie Apvertiskr a reliable and efficient newspaper, and each issue will embrace a fair epitome of the week’s news, both foreign and domestic. , As heretofore, the local news of this and the adjoining counties will be made a specialty. The Advertiser is published in a very populous and wealthy section, aud 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. 1 erms of advertising liberal. Address, - ■ JAMES P. HARRISON. S eptl7-tf Box T 9, Forsyth, Ga. TWO GOOD BOOKS. Should be Had in every Family. DEVOTIONAL and Practical Polyglott FAMILY BIBLE, containing a copious index, Concordance. Dictionary of Biblical 1 er^ n Jred ical and Historical Index, Ac. Fourteen furnished in three styles of binding. rn i«n ,U SWB of BUSINESS fr *ll «.« KtfK 'or "v°ry'.r*l. ~r proJ-J* ****** SWABS At. “SiSTffiS. h»» taken tl» Agency lot tTMon and PlvVeomtiea, and will oil "P« SfihUiSn invaluablebooka immediately, nor.b-tf THOM ASTON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 1871. pOETfiY. SURAT AMES. ~ ! '■ Men once were surnam’d from their shape of estate, (ion all may from history worm it), Th-re was Lewis the Bulky, and Henry the Great, John and Peter the Hermit. AnJ tiuv, when the door-plates of misters and dames Are read, each so constantly varies From the owner’s trade, figure, and calling, surnames beem giv'n by the rule ©f contraries. Mr. Box, though provok'd, never doubles his fist, Mr. Burns in his grate has no fuel, Mr. Playfair won’t catch me at hasard or whist, Mr. Coward was wing'd in a duel Mr. W ise is a dunce, Mr. King is a whig, Mr. Coffin’s uncommonly sprightly. And huge Mr. Little broke down in a g!g, While driving |„ t Mr. Golightly. Mrs. Drinkwater’s apt to indulge in a dram, Mrs. Angel’s an absolute fury ; And meek Mr. Lion met fierce Mr. Lamb, Tweak and hi? nose in the lobby of Drury. At Bath, where the feeble go more than the stout, (A conduct well worthy of Nero) Over poor Mr. Lightfoot, confined with the gout, Mr. licavyside danced a bolero. Miss Joy, wretched ffiald, when she chose Mr. Love, Found nothing but sorrow await her; She new holds ia wedlock, as true as a’ dove, That fondest of mates, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Oldcastle dwells in a modern-built hut, Miss Sage is of hutdbaps the archest; Os all the queer bachelors Cupid e’er cut. Old Mr. Younghusband’s the starchest. Mr. Child in a passion knocks down Mr. liock, Mr Stone like an aspen-leaf shivers. Miss Poole used to dance, but she stands like a stock, Ever since she became Mrs. Rivera. Mr. Swift hobbles onward, no mortal knows how, He moves as though cords had entwined him; Mr. Metcalfe ran oif upon meeting a cow, With pale Mr. Turnbull behind him. Mr. Baker’s as mute as a fish in the sea, Mr. Miles never moves on a journey; Mr. Gotobed sits up till half-after three, Mi. Makepeace was bred an attorney. Mr. Gardener can t tell a fiow’r from a root, Mr. W T ild with timidity draws back, Mr. Ryder performs all his journeys on foot, Mr. Foot, all his journeys on horseback. Mr. Penny, whose father w’as rolling in wealth, Kick’d down all the fortune his dad won ; Large Mr. LeFever’s the picture of health, Mr. Goodcnough is but a bad one. Mr. Cruikshank stept into three thousand a year By showing his leg co an heiress, Noiv I hope you’ll acknowledge I’ve made it quite clear Surnames ever go by contraries. Items Home-Made and Stolen. Indiana’s infant city is Loogootee. A lady lately died in Boston who had not been outside the house in forty years. Richmond has a watch two hundred years old, and it still keeps time. A girl of twenty, at Alton, 111., is digging a well for her father at seventy-five cents a foot. In Montreal the whipping post, a? a pun* ishment for minor crimes, has been revived, it is said, with excellent results, A trunk containg a corpse, and checked as baggage, was sent through from Omaha to California a few days ago. Dr. Mary Walker has four corns on her toes from wearing tight boots. Women are rapidly obtainiug their rights. Anew weekly, The Billet Doux, address ed “to the daughters of Eve all over the ‘world,” has made its appearance in Dublin. A man living in Kansas City has a full set of furniture made of the tree on which his father was hanged ten years ago. In Galveston, Texas, an indignant fath er, whose daughter had married against his will, sent her for a wedding present a patent burial case. Indiana is emphatically a railroad State. Out of ninety-three counties in the State, seventy-one are crossed by one or more railroads, with stations at the county seats. Washington, Indiana, has passed an ordinance prohibiting persons who have not attained years of discretion, from congrega ting about the railway stations. Asa sure means of identifying a fugitive Senegambian, a Philadelphia paper states that he has big feet and protuberant mouth. That ought to point him out anywhere. A Chicagoan claims to have discovered a new system of phrenology which is support* ed by Biblical authority. He is about to make his revelation known to the world. An heiress at Galesburg, 111., thought h would be fun to marry a blscksmith, but after a month of wedlock she returned home and had her measure taken for a divorce. A Yankee inventer claims to have devis ed a car in which and invali can ride up , or down a stairway or elevator way with no more exertion than to lift a one pound weight. It is fashionable for young women in New York to discard their genuine names, and have their cards bear the expressively characterless “Toodie,” “Pinkie,” or “Sa die,” whereby they are known in “their set.” In New Hampshire politics are said to be taking a decidedly religious turn. It ap pears That the Free-Will Baptists, the Meth odists, and regular Baptist each have a can didate for Governor, and it is thought the Methodist will carry the day. A scientific writeron hunger ventures the assertion that if every girl in Paris should tie her girdles quarter of an inch tighter everv'dav, the city could hold out a month longer. The invention of a galvanic or electrical process, by which the now useless leather trunks could be regenerated and eaten in the fashion of stewed tripe, would add two or three months more. The Cincinnati Enquirer thinks the daughter of Gen. Anderson has taken- her ducks to a poor market, like the majority of English and American women who have inarried Italian counts. “The Italian count, as‘a general thing, is a black-whiskered beast addicted to drinking, gambling, and occasion ly beating his wife when she fails to provide him with money enough to pur sue his elegant recreations.” Letter of si Dying Wife. Tht following most touching fragment of a lett«r Irotn a dying wife to her husband, was fiuDd by him some months after her death, between the leaves of a religious vol ume vbieh she was very fond of reading. Ihe letter, which was literally dim with iear marks, was written long before her htsband was aware that the fatal dis ease had fastened upon the lovely form of his wi:e, who died at the early age of nine teen years: “IV len this shall reach your eyes, dear George some day when you are turning over the relics of the past, I shall have pass ed awfij - f rover, and the cold white stone will Lr ’"eening its lonely wntoh over tiie lips you Lave so often pressed, and the sod will ho graving green that shall hide for ever from y(»ir sight the dust of one who has so often nestled close to your warm heart. lor many long and sleepless nights when all besid® my thoughts were at r»st, I have wrestlec with the consciousness of approaching death, until it has.forced itself upon my mind ; and although to you and to others it might iow seem but the nervous imagination of a girl, yet, dear George, it is sol Many weary nights have passed in the endeavor to \ring myself to leave you whom I love so well, and this bright world of sunshine and beauty—and hard, indeed, it is to struggle on alone with the sure con viction that I am shout to leave all forever and go into the dark valley! But I know ‘in whom I have believed,’ and leaning on His arm, ‘I fear ncevil.’ Do not blame me for keeping even all this from you. How could I subject yof, cf all others, to such sorrow as 1 feel it parting, when time woull soon make it apparent to you! I could have wished to live if only to be at your side when your time shall come, and pillowing your head upon my breast, wipe tho'death damp from your brow, and usher your departing spirit into its Maker’s pres ence embalmed in woman’s holiest prayer. But it is not to bo, and I submit. Yours is the privilege of watcliing through long and weary nights, for the spirit’s final flight, and transferring my sinking head from your breast to my Saviour’s bosom ! And you shall share my last thought, and the last faint pressure of the hand, and the last feeble kiss shall be yours, and even when flesh and heart shall have failed me, my eyes shall gaze on yours until glazed by death ; and our spirits shall hold one last communion until gently fading from view the last of earth—you shall mingle with the first bright glimpses of the unfading glories of the better world where parting is unknown. Well do I know the spot, dear George, where you will lay me ; often have I stood by the place, as we watched the mellow sunset, as it glanced in quivering flashes through the leaves aud burnished gold; each, perhaps, has thought that someone of us would come alone, and which ever it might be, your name would be on the stone. But we loved the spot, and I know you will love it none the less when you see the quiet sunlight linger and play over your Mary’s grave.. I know you will go there, and my spirit will be with you then, and whisper among the waving branches, ‘I am not lost but gone before.’ ” SATAN’S OWN INVENTION. An Infernal Engine for Pouring out Showers of Fire upon (he Hearts of an Enemy—Tinselled War made Hideous. Mons. Ludre, a French civil engineer and chemist, has invented an engine of war which he has given the name of Satan’s Rockets. The following is a description of this formidable and infernal weapon of destruction : A tin receiver in the shape of a conical ball is placed at the end of an ordinary rocket. A chamber filled with a composi tion of which sulphide of carbon is the base, and which in combustion gives out a tre mendous heat, is placed in this receiver ; a match connects the chamber with the end of the rocket. When about to bo used the tin ball is filled with petroleum, and then the rocket is shot off in the ordinary way. On strik ing the spot aimed at, the rocket lights the match, the composition inside the chamber is instantly ignited, the bail bursts and sets the petroleum ablaze, and a shower of fire falls and continues burning. This rain of fire will cover a space of from 20 to 25 yards square, according to the size of the rocket. They are manufacturing three sizes. The first throws a quarter of a gallon of petro leum ; the second half agallon ; and the third a gallon. They can be thrown 31 miles ; The aim is very accurate, and precision is obtained by means of a stick attached to the rocket, which preserves the inclination given to the rocket at the moment of firing. Experiments have been made against St. Cloud. In less than ten minutes a consid erable extent of ground was covered with a sea of fire. A committee of artillery officers witnessed these experiments. This com mittee has declared that, in view of the fearful effects of this engine of war, no civ ilized nation should use it except in retali ation, and that it should be employed solely in the event of the Prussians throwing shells filled with petroleum into Paris, as they did at c traßbourg. The Committee of National Defence has given* the invention a at Batignolles, and has ordered the manufacture of these satanic rockets on a large scale. Two hun dred workmen are employed, This force is soon to be augmented, and within a few days there will be a large stock of these rockets on hand, to use in case of necessity against the Prussians. Laughter. Dr. Beecher declares it a real blessing to have one in a family who is sensitive to the ludicrous. There is enough to reflect the sad side of l fe, its irritable side, and its sober side. We need one or more to show the' mirth that often trembles just below the surface of painful things. A real impetuous laugh dissipates many illusions, sweeps the twilight out of our invaginations, and brings honest daylight. But it must be real. No dry, hacking laugh. It should be spontaneous, outbursting, irresistable, infectious. We have seen men fall to laugh ing wlto have not beard the cause of mirth, but have only caught the contagion of other men’s laughing. It is hard not to laugh with men who are in earnest about it. Religious Intelligence. Church deacons are expelled at Elmira, N. Y., lor saying “by telegraph.” The Jesuits have been expelled from Mar seilles, and their newspaper suspended. A Baptist church in Akron, Ohio, has arrangements for beating the water that supplies the font. Dr. Prime predicts that within the life of some now living, there will he a union of all Evangelical Christians of New York. The Millerites of Massachusetts, undeter red by previous failures, have fixed upon Feb. 11 as the day of the final judgement. A Portland paper asserts that a man recently walked into the office of the Zion’s Ad?p«*tc. in out, aud inquired Air. Zion was in. The Wesleyan Union Church in Harris burg “is being decorated for the live bird oyster pie festival and eastern ancient wed ding.” Watt? composed G 97 hymns, and Wesley COO. About a tenth of them live, and are sung in every Christian church where the English language is used. Mormon preachers in England declare that Prance is suffering .the penalty sent from Heaven for not embracing the M"r mon religion, and that other nations will be punished in turn. The Presbyterian Banner advocates the addition of sacred music to the studies to be taught in theological seminaries, and says every minister should know how to sing, and to sing well. A correspondent of Zion’s Advocate ex P presses the opinion that the innumerable water courses and lakes of Maine indicate that God desighed that State for the Bap tists ! A Connecticut pastor declined an addition of SIOO to his salary, for the reason, among others, that the hardest part of his labor heretofore had been the collection of his salary, and it would kill him to collect SIOO more. Several of the churches in Boston which maintain women as missionaries among the poor, are well satisfied with their labors. The undeserving poor prefer men as mis sionaries, as they are more easily deceived than experienced women. One of the Baptist churches in Chicago is to have a chime of seventeen bells, cover ing two octaves, ono of the largest in the Unitc-d States. The largest bell, a B flat, weighs nearly four thousand pounds, and the cost of the whole will be S7OOO. The Advent Herald says that the Rev. Mr. Adams, of Holyoke, Mass., recently immersed forty-four persons in twenty two minutes ; and that Elder Pike, of New port, once immersed ninety-seven persona in less than sixty-five minutes. A farm laborer named Joseph who has become insane through a love of music, entered the Canandaigue Baptist Church on Monday of last week, and de stroyed a cabinet organ and melodeon, in order to compel the congregation to pur chase anew organ. Bishop Clarkson, in the Spirit of Mis sions, tells the following story of himself: Not long since, in a frontier town in Ne braska, appeared the following notice: ‘ Elder Clarkson of the Episcopal Society will preach in the schoolhouse this evening, and administer the Apostate Right of Con firmation.” Queen Victoria received the holy com munion at the parish church of Crathie, Scotland, a few Sundays ago. Although the Queen has always been an attendant of Presbyterian service while in Scotland, she has not heretofore been a communicant, and the breastß of the high church party are filled with horror. The, vicar of Doncaster found the accom panying lines written in pencil on the bel fry of Doncaster parish church. They hap pily define “ringing,” ‘‘chiming/’ and “tolling To call the folk3 to church in time, 1 chime. When Mirth and Pleasure’s on the wing, I ring. M hen from the body parts the soul, " I toll. A curious accident occured at a church in Meriden, Conn., a few days ago. A gentleman was promenading the aisle with his overcoat on bis arm, when from the pocket of the coat, to the amazement of himself and others, slipped a pack of cards. Smiling a ghastly smile, he scooped up as many as possible of the pasteboards, and vanished. A prayer meeting at North Argyle came near breaking up in a row in consequence of unjustifiable interference in the exercis es. A Mr. McGowan was leading in prayer when he was disrepectfully requested by several persons to “put in a word for Billy” —Billv being a boy from the poor-house whom Mr. McGowan was suspected of ill treating. The Baptist minister at Pittsfield, Mass., has recently resigned, owing to a controver sey over a clause of the Church covenant, that members shall abstain from intoxica ting drinks as a beverage, and the unwill ingness of some to abide by that law. They thought they only joined a church, but find that they also became members of a total onstinence society. The Dublin Review, a Roman Ca'hoTic quarterly, highly in favor in the United Kingdom among the “faithful,” a«j-ures its readers in its last number that Catholics form one.fourth of the United State?, and that they are increasing in number not only mure rapidly than ail other classes, but at a greater ratio then the general in crease of the whole population, large as that ratio is. Five Eurasians (men with European fath ers and Hindoo mothers), who have hither to been known as Christians, recently joined the Mohammedans in Calcutta, having been circumcised, and submitting to other Mos lem ceremonies. On being asked the reason for the profession of that faith, they replied that it seemed to them that Christianity was a religion intended for rich people who could live in fine houses, and especially for men and women with white skins, and not for poor, dark people. A California Obituary. Boddlepopster is dead! The bare an nouncement will plunge the city into un speakable gloom. The death of Boddlep >p ster was most untimely ; he should have died twenty years ago; Probably no man ol hie day has exerted so peculiar an influence upon society as the deceased. Ever foro* most in every good work out of which any thing could be made, an unstinted dispenser of every species of charity that paid a com> mission to the disburses Mr. Boddlepopster was a model of generosity, and weighed, at the tiaie of his death, ono hundred aui ninety-odd pounds. Originally born in Massachusetts, but for the past nineteen years a native of California, and partially bald, possessing a cosmopolitan nature that loved a York shilling as yell, in proportion n* vilud. as a Mexican *.*»•» of our memoir was one whom it was an honor to know, and whose close friendship was a luxury that only the affluent could nff <rJ. It shall ever be the writer’s proudest boast that he enjoyed it at less than half the usual rates. Mr; B. was the founder of the now famous B >dd!epopster Institue, and for some years preceding his death suffer ed severely from a soft corn, which has probably done as much for agriculture as any similar concern in the foot-hills of our State. In 18G3 he was elected an honorary member of the Society fir the Prevention of Humanity to Mongolians, and but for the loss of an eye in carrying out its principles, would have been one of the handsomest whites that ever resided among us. There is little doubt that he might have aspired to any office in tho gift of the people, so uni versal was the esteem in which he was held by tlnffie he voted for. In an evil moment he was induced to associate himself in business with the Rev. Albert VV illiams, and though he speedily withdrew from tho firm, he was never able to wholly eradicate the disgrace from his constitution, and it finally carried him to his grave. Ilis last words, as he was snufied out, were charac teristic of the man. 110 remarked, “Fetch me that damn catnip tea.” The catnip consolation arrived too late to be of any use ;he had gone to the devil. Farewell, noble heart—pure soul—bright intellect! Wo shall meet again. • . Lord Byron’s Tomb, A correspondent of the London Times has shocked the poetic sensibilites of Lord Byron’s numerous worshippers by depicting the repulsive and squalid surroundings of his last resting place. If, by chance, a stray pilgrim should seek the hallowed spot, he will take the cars at Nottingham, on tho Mansfield Railway, and ride six miles, to Ilucknal Torkard, the railway station of Newstcad. The village, about a stone’s throw from the 3tation, consists of a long, dirty, irregular lane, at the end of which is the church, a small weather-beaten struct ure, supposed to date back to the eleventh century. The church yard is as bare of vegetation as Arab a Petra, without its sunshine. Tho surrounding country is a wide, sandy desert of unreclaimed land, with occaisonal stunted bushes and black ened furze ; all that is left of the famous Sherwood Forest, the scene of Robin Hood’s exploits. The entire aspect is desolate and woe-begone, presenting no attraction to visitors and neglected by the public, which still professes to enshrino the memory of ono of England’s greatest poets. In a vault beneath the chancel are buried Lord Byron, his daughter, the Countess of Lovelace, and several of his poorer ances tors—the wealthier ones preferring more attractive burial places. Tne Byron pew, with its green baize lining, now faded and torn, has fallen into the hands of strangers, who seem to be but little impressed with the poetic fame of its former occupants. A plain white tablet, erected by Mrs. Leigh “To the Memory of the Author of Chi Ido Harold,” is the only token of regard which any of his admirers have taken the trouble to bestow. Is there no room in the Poets’ Corner at Wesrninister for the remains of one whose fame at one time claimod the moremacy among the great poetic princes of the world’s literature? Perhaps tho state ment of the faqts, in connection with the late assault upon the poet’s character by an American authoress, may stimulate his friends 1 1 give to his ashes a more fitting resting place. Trial of the New San Francisco Plying Machine. The newly-invented “flying machine” was put into operation yesterday, with considerable success. When everything was tightened and got in good running or der, and the propeller arranged to cause elevation, it was just 12| o’clock. The fire for raising steam was then kindled, and in one minute and a quarter steam was open ed. At 12. 47 P. M. the machine was cut loose, and the propeller started. She then rose most gracefully in the air, amid the cheers of the crowd who had gathered to witness the ascension. The machine was guided by cords attached to both ends of the balloon, and in the hands of persons on the ground. She ascended about fifty feet and sailed .along about a block, when she was pulled down to have her boiler replen ished. Again she arose, this time to a height of about 200 feet. All the machine ry connected with it worked to the perfect satisfaction of the inventor, who intends to place it on public exhibiti'tn at some place, of which notice will be given. The name given her is “America.” San Francisco Bulletin. • Correct Spna.lt.iiig. We advi«e all youDg people to acquire in early life the habit of correct speaking and writing, and to abandon as eariv a3 possi ble any use of slang words or nhrases. The longer you live the more difficult the ac quirement of correct language will be. and if the golden age of youth, proper season for the acquisition of language, be passed in abuse, the unfortunate victim, if neglec ted, is very properly doomed to talk slang for life. Money is unnecessary to procure this education. Every man ha3 it in bis power. He has merely to use the language whiclf he reads, instead of the slang which he hears, to form his taste from the best speakers and poets in the oountry ; to treas ure up choice phrases in his memory and habituate himself to their use, avoiding at the same time that pedantic precision and bombast which shows the weakness of vain ambition, rather than the polish of an educated man. NO. 9*