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VOL. 11.
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b'l.-intss increased with ornaznig rapidity. For ten
v s oast I h ive spent £3t-Uloi> vearlv to keep tny
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advertising. I never should have po-sessed my fortune
es £d.i i.ilon”.—McLeod Belton. Birmingham.
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coffers ’'—Stuart Cloy
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skillful use of printer’s i it, is to success in busiuess.’’ —
lie chcr.
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Witbo it the uid of advertisements I nm and have done
nothing in my -p culaiions. I have the most complete
lai hin “printers’ ink.” Advei tising is the “royal road
to business " Barnum.
Professional Cards.
DH T R KENDALL offers bis y>r"fpp—
sinnal services tc the citizen- of Ihomaston and
surrounding country. May be found durin .' the day at
1 D Httrdaway's itore, at night at the former resi
de' ce of ('harles Wilson. jan 14 ly
F REDDING. Attorney at Law,
H • Barnesvil e, Pike co, Ga. Will practice in the
' 'unties comprising the Flint Judicial Circuit, and
n-ewhere by special on tract A1 business promptly
Wended to. Olhce in Elder's building, over Chamber’s
Dn Store. aug6- y
r P!IOMAS BP, ALL. Attorney at Law.
I Ihomaston, Ga. Will practice in the Flint Cir
l'iit and elsewhere by special contract aug27-ly
\\ T. WEAVER. Attornpy at Law.
, ' • Thomaston, Ga. Will practice in all the
1 urtsof the Flint Circuit, and elsewhere by special
““huct. iune2s-ly
TWIN L MALL, Attorney and Counsellor
''f I jfUV Will practice in the counties composing
‘■•'■e Flint Circuit. In the Supreme Court of (.eoreia,
* ■ tn the District Court of the United States for the
• Them and Southern Districts of Georgia.
‘honiaston. Ga., June 18th. lS7('-Iy.
JOSEPH H. SMITH. Attorney and
!' Counsellor at Law. Office Corner Whitehall and
e ’ rs sheets Atlanta, Ga. Will practice n 'he Ba
'"‘r">r Courts of Coweta and Flint Circuits, the Su
'r,uie Court of the State, and the United States’ Dis
inct i omt, All coin unications addressed to him at
1 tntu will receive prompt attention. sprilD-ly
ANDERSON & McCALLA. Attorneys
‘ I at Law, Covington, Cenrgia. Will attend regu
-1 b and Practice in the Superior Courts of the
y U!ll i''s of Newton, Butts, 11* nry, Spalding Pike,
‘"dtoe, Upson, Morgan, DeKalb, Gwinnette and Jas
per, ’ 6 declO-ly
Tames M. MATHEWS, Attorney at
M Lug, Talbotton, Ga.. will practice all the counties
""busing the Chattahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by
contract declO-ly
\\ ILLIS & WILLIS. Attorneys at Law
i ' Tdbotton, (la Prompt attention given to
“ ness placed in our hands. declO-ly
ROBERT P. TRIPLE. Attorney at Law
H Forsyth, Ga. Will practice in the State Courts
c lnthe United States' District Court at Atlanta and
Hannah, Ga, 0-ly
J A HUNT, Attorney at Law, Barnes*
~/ * V,I K (ia Will nractice in all the counties of
"nt (ircuit and Supreme Court of tho State.
\[ARION BETHUNE, Attorney at
rj Faw, Talboton, Ga. Will practice in all the
M*,!’ es ,‘*f the Chattahoochee Circuit, and Upson aiul
w "’hor counties.
|V' HOMERS will continue the practice
of Office at B. D. Hardaway’s Drug
declß-ly
f) R r i w. T TIaNNAII. is pleased to
!, r n^! f y the citizens of Upson that he will continue
Thom.,!, ce ot Medicine in its various branches at
•“aston. Ga. dec 18-1 y
,[jMES s WALKER. Attorney at Law
I "S*- ° a - Will practice in Circuit Courts o
tleeioA’ and ‘ n the Uaited states District Courts.
|j J PUBLIC.—I have moved up to
wid 1’ llie Cheney.and Allen’s
re g.rfarly engaged iri the practice of medi
i to at any time Persons wishing
, 'nan,,! r !n n “Ui n my office, can call on Messrs,
i a th, v ou , ew * Ba nd Sawyer’s and obtain informa
“tPrumutivt!iUi?o leave any message there, which will
4div «red.
iir DR. J. O. HUNT.
The systoms of liver
IS IMH 0N S ’|-^ P Sn ta »n Si-iff
I 5 I xfl IU U il 13 the pai„ i s!n
I I tbe shoulder, and h mis .
me stomach iHSfdTffl loss or /nMiSn? 11 .’ 1 ?'
ness, .owe]* in gimeral costive, ».ometim.-H niV" S « c^"
with lax. The head is troubled min
heavy sensation considerable l„ ss memnrr and <h,,L
pamedl w;th painful sensation of cc.o
-m-B<>methingthing which ought to have been rbme Often, *
.and low spirit Jomo'
I ■ IIIBI 1,111 Z times, some of the above
I | in II I cymptom* attend the dis-
L I X r! K times
1 1 ii II |vew few of them; but
1 ,he C'ver is generally the
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harmless preparations ever offered to the suffering If
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m trie blood, melancholy, or depression of spirits, heart
burn, colic, or pains in the bowels, pain in the head
fever and ague, dropsy, boils, pain m back and limbs
asthma erysipelas, female affections, and bilious dis!
eases generally. Prepared onlv by
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C Masterson, Esq. Sheriff Bibb county; J A. Butts
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Tallahassee; Rev. J W. Burke. Macon, Oa- Virgii
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Iwiggs county, Ga.; Grenville Wood. Wood’s Factory’
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VOLUME FIFTEEN.
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r |MIE Oamptiiffn which will soon be inau
1 "urated, and whUh will culminate in the election
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November, promises to be one of the most important
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embrace a fair epitome of the week’s news, both foreign
""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, and is one of the most available
advertising mediums
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Atlanta, it offers superior inducemente for
large, intelligent and prosperous class of people, leans
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THOMASTON, GA., SAT UR DAT MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1871.
jpOJETfjY,
A Novel to be Head lit Five Minutes.
VOL. L
Moonlight evening—shady grove—
Two young people much in love,
Heroine with great wealth endowed.
Hero handsome, poor, and proud ;
Truth eternal—hearts united
Vows of changeless passion plighted ;
Kisses-quarrels - sighs-caresses,
Maiden yields one of her tresses.
Obstacles to be surmounted,
Ugly rival, old ,nd stale,
Overhears the tender tale.
vol. n.
Morning in the east looks ruddy ;
Scene—young lady’s father’s study,
Hero, wiib his hat in hand,
Comes her ditto to demand ;
Angry parent storms, abuses,
And at once her hand refuses.
Maiden faints beneath the blow
Mother intercedes—no go;
Shrieks—hysterics— protestations,
Mixed with old man’s execrations,
Exit lover midst the din—
Ugly rival enters in.
vol. m.
Time a moonlight night once more,
Scene outside the lady's door,
Lover, with half broken heart.
Swears Led rather die than part.
Garden—flower, umbrageous shade—
Many accents—serenade—
Chamber window opens wide—
Debut of expectant bride ;
Little dog most kindly mute
Tears-rope ladder-flight—pursuit—
Gallant steeds - too late—night’s screen—
Triumph - marriage—Gretna Green,
Old man’s rage—disowns forever—
Ugly rival—scarlet fever.
VOL. IV.
Old man sickly—sends for child;
All forgiveness—reconciled ;
Young man making money Gst—
Old man’s blessing—dies at last.
Youthful couple prove probate—
Get the money—live in state—
Mother’s wishes crowned with joy—
Doctors—nurses—little boy.
Time proceeds—her ties endear—
Olive branches year by year.
Blessings on the good attend—
General gladness—moral end.
Smiles.
A little girl wanted to tay she had a fan,
but had forgotten what if was called ; so
she described it as a “thing to brush the
warm all off you with.”
“Will you dake sumding?” said a Ger
man teetotaler to a friend while standing
near a tavern. “I don't o.are if T do!” was
the reply. “Veil, den, let’s take a valk."
Here’s the way a Vermont Dutchman
acknowledged the return of a lost pocket*-
hook containing $600: “Bob, vou is one
honest man ; I tells you what I’ll do—l’ll
shake you for de lager.”
“Well, Mrs. Smith.” said Mrs. Jones, “if
I’m anything. I’m a Unitarian ; what reli
gion are you?” “I ain’t quite sartin what
they calls it, but my old man says he’s a
vegetarian.”
A man carrying a eraddle was stopped by
an old woman, and thus accosted; ‘‘So. sir,
you have got some of the fruits of matrimo
ny.” “Softly, old lady,” said he; you
mistake: this is merely the fruit basket.”
“Adversity,” savs a Western preacher,
“takes us up short and sets us down hard,
and when it’s done with us we feel as'con
tented as a boy that’s been spanked and
set away to cool.”
A gentleman having a pony that started
and broke his wife’s neck, a neighbor told
him that he wished to purchase it for his
wife to ride upon. “No,” says the other I
will not sell the little fellow because I in
tend to marry again.
“Miss will you tako my arm,” asked an
old bachelor. “La ! yes. and you too,” said
the young lady. “Can only spare the arm,
Miss,” h astilv replied the bachelor. “Then,”
said Miss, “I can’t take it, as my motto is
to go the whole hog, or none at all.”
A young lady explaining to her lover the
destinction between printing and pub ish
ing, and at the conclusion of her remarks
by way of illustration she said : ‘You may
print a kiss on my cheek, but you must not
publish it.’
“My dear,” said a' sentimental wife,
“home, you know, is the dearest spot ou
earth.”
“Well, yes,” said the practical husband,
“it does cost me about twice as much as
any other spot.”
Ticket Collector —“This ynnr boy. mum ?
He’s too big for a ’alf ticket ’’’—Mother—
•Oh! is he? Well, perhaps he is now,
mister ; but he wasn’t when we started.
This ’xcursion’s ever so many hours be’ind
time, an’ he’s a growing lad !
A youth was lamenting to bis father the
ordeal of popping the question. “Pooh !”
said the patriarch, “how do you suppose I
managed ?” “You needn’t talk,” respond
ed the young hopeful ; “you married moth
er, and I’ve got to marry a strange girl.”
Solemn Hours. —An old bachelor says,
of all the solemn hours he ever saw, that
occupied in going home one dark night from
the Widow Beane, after being told by her
daughter Sally that he “needu’t come
agaTn,” was the most solemn.
A young ladv with a very pretty foot,
but a rather large ankle, went into a* shoe
store to be measured. The admiring clerk,
who is of Gallic extraction, complimented
her in the following queer way : “Madam
you have one bootiful toot, hut ze leg com
mence too immediately.”
A man marries his third step mother,
who has three living children by bis father.
ID thus becomes step father to his own
step brothers, tn.ee of his step-brothers
marry three of his wife’s sisters. In ten
years, who’ll be kin to whom; and what
kin ? If so, hotfso, why so, and how mucti
qo ? ’ Won’t they all go to a lunatic asylum
before they ficu're it out ? Won’t the.r w.l »
be gay old muddles for the lawyers, a halt
century hence ?
Married in Church.
G;rls have an intense desire to be married
in church, so that all can admire their good
clothes and see the poof victim who has
I ccn captured by a false braid of hair, a
Japanese switch, or a curl cut from the
head of some French peasant girl, or the
p ump pads of a fashionable milliner,
which have made a firm that resembles a
llcr.e in its fair proportions. Just now it
is all the mge for marriages to take place
in church, and the real stvle is to keep the
au :ien:e ia suspense as 1 aig as possible.
Here is un acc"uut of a late wedding ;
1 he bride entered alone, aod kept \ e.fei t
time with her march, somewhat in the sutge
style, until ehe reached the altar. Her
hea l was drooped, her hands crossed upon
D’*' jeweled breast, with a lace handker
clr '/ in one and a in the other.
She appeared to the unconscious of every
surrounding, and probably vru d . Young
ladies always are at such moments. After
standing before the altar what teemed to
be five minutes or five hours, yt u could not
tell which, so very much absorbed was
everybody in the singular manner of her
entering ; and in laying aw r ay in memory
an inventory ot her bridal array, sot the
pleasure of young ladies who had uot been
bidden to this extraordinary ceremony.
By-and-by, another young who
was unveiled, entered, qpd kept up a'sfmi
lar tread toward the Then another,
and then another, to the number of twelve.
Just as the second walking lady entered,
the bride knelt in sole.up attitude, and
without doubt she prayed for something or
other, though she did. not look as if she had
a worldly wish ungra'itied, and certainly
she was uut preparing at that moment
for any other world than this. Number
two knelt presently, and then three, aocT
four, until all the thirteen were in the most
picturesque attitudes known to devotioD,
and O, how their trains did spread I
By-the-by the organ concluded that.they
had kuelt long enough to give full express
ion to the 1 engtb of their dresses and the
way their back hair was arranged, and all
other intents they had, and it changed its
key and played something else which was
more hopeful and agreeable, and during
jhe letting up of die waii au elderly man
came in with a young one, and both were
in white kids, white vests, and hammer
tails cut out of black broadcloth. The
younger man was leaning upon the elder
most confidingly, and when they had reach
ed the altar, the clergyman, who seemed to
be in collusion with them, came forJi by a
side door and faced them. The old gentle
man gently touched the veiled head of tire
bride, as much as to say, “My dear daugh
ter, don’t pray any more. I’ve fetched you
a right nice husband ;” and she looked up,
smiled in the sweetest and most pearly
manner, as if she should say, “Tnank you,
father, for supplying all my earthly
wants •” then she rose, and the clergyman
played audibly, while the organ kept on its
sweet symphony, an 1 the usual ceremony
of exacting promises was proceeded with,
and the father gave her away and immedi
ately retired behind his handkerchief, and
into a front pew, as if be were sorry he did
it The questioning and promises appear
ed to be satisfactory to the officiiting
gentleman, and he let them off into the
matrimonial w r orld as closely tied as ropes
of sand could do it, and in utter disregard
to the state of the mercury. They went
out of the damp and heavy-laden atmos
phere of the church, looking as happy as
two turtle doves, while the bridesmaids
followed, two by two, as much as to declare
that they desired the companionship of
women only, and that they could not be
induced to do so silly a thing as wed a
man.
A long breath, even of these commingled
airs, seemed to relieve the audience, and
they rose and went forth wiser, if not Fad
der, for the solemnization of the rice of
wedlock.
Wl»a.t it Ought to JDo.
J. B. Merwin says very truly in the
Journal of Education that a good common
school education ought to make one able to
talk and to write good English, to keep
simple accounts and make the calculations
of every day business do write a decent
hand, and to write a common business let
ter respectably. This is what “a good
common education” should do. But how
many, in point ot fact, can do these few
things well, or even fairly? How many
can read a paragraph from the newspaper
in such a way as to be pleasing to the
hearers, and at the same time he thoroughly
understood by them ? How many can
write a page of foolscap that would escape
the c tntempt and the derision of a printer’s
apprentice, one year “at the case,” for .its
vile spelling, its wretched capitalizing, the
fearful muddle of sense in its sentences,
and its wonderful punctuation.
How many can keep a simple debit and
credit for the week’s business in a small
shoo? How many can foot a ’ ledger
column, and have it right?
The answer to all these questions must
be that very few can do wvll these things
of every day occurrence and of the greatest
value and importance. Finally, then, how
are we ever going to get a really good com
mon education given in our schools and
how long first ?
Who of our teachers, or which cf our
schools, will lead off in this matter of a
practical education ?
- Lost Races.
A writer in the Missouri Republican,
discussing the question suggested by the
“relics ot a lost race,” arrives at the follow
ing conclusions regarding the pre-historio
occupant of the Mississippi Valley : 1. The
primitive tribes of America were not exotic
but indigenous. 2 The race known as
mound builders were Ted Indians, in every
essential particular similar to th se inhab
iting the Territories. 3. Os the ten thous
and mounds in the Western, Middle, and
Southern States, less than five hundred are
the product of human agency. 4. The
highest point of art development attained
bv the mound*builders only exceed the use
us stone implements by a very limited
manipulation of native coppei ; and apart
from their extreme advancement, is marked
by eartb works, unglazed pottery, and the
simplest aboriginal soil tillage. 5. They
had no system of worship or any ideas of
theology more elevated than such as are
entertained by the hunter tribes of the
present day.
An ElitqiKnt Legislator.
The following h a verbatim report of an
“obituary speech” made }ears ago in the
Texas Legislature. Toe orator, in lament
ing the death of Colonel Ytdl, a colleague,
proceeds : —“Mr. Speaker, it becomes iny
du:y to announce that And ew Jackson
Yell, member of this bo ly, is no more. He
has fell a victim to the grim and destroying
tyrant. Death, who yesterday put and en 1
to his mortal career; and lie now lies life
less at the pleasant boarding-house of Mrs.
Jones, on the bill, where he and many other
members of this yere H >use have long re
ceive 1 every cure and attention from that
inestimable lady. His room being now
vacant and available for some other boarder
terrupted by a member, who rose to “a
p’ii.t of . to know if it
was in order for “any member of this yere
House, in his speech unto the memory of a
departed member, to ring in a b ardiu’-
bouse kep’ by bis aunt and furn shed by
himself?” The Speaker deciding that the
point was not well taken, the eulogist con
tinued—“Ah ! this is to > solium a occasion,
Mr. Speaker tor mo to notice arty sieh im
perdence arid side remarks as that air. I
thought s nr.e infamous hyena would be out
here to day. howlm’ round the grave of our
departed friend, foaiuin’ at the mouth,
gnashing his toothless jaws, and droolin’
out. his inneffeetual and anpertant rage.
With his hide all kivered with welts, all
sore and disgustin’ from the lash and hot
poker of terrew th, he rolls over and over,
and bites and tear- and soils himself, till he
is justly offensive to this II u-e. But to
resoorn my melancholy suhjeck. Toe de
ceased,- Mr. Speaker intrenched in the glo
ri us armor of patriotism, with his band on
k this yere record of hia’n culd lo tk the
Auierikin eagle proudly in they eye, and
defy chain iightnin’ iu any shape, or from
any qXtartea it might come ; but at last,
when prostrated and emancipated, hd died
on his prostrated bed at the pleasant board
in’-house of Mrs. Jones, on the hill.” And
so on. It is but just to say that such har
angues are not fair samples of Western
legislative eloquence ; but they do occur,
aud this is repeated without exageratiou. '
Sale of Patent Medicines.
Some statistics of particular medicines
gnd preparations, kxown as proprietary,
may lie interesting as indicating their com
parative importance and popularity. Tar
rant’s Seltzer Aperient is sold annually to
the extent of SIOO,OOO, and Jayne’s Altera
tive upwards of $50,000. ll.tll’s Balsam
SIO,OOO. and Drakp’s Plantation Bitters
$600,000. Ilostetter’s Bitters are popular
to the extent of SBOO,O 10 and Hoofland’s to
SIOO,OOO. Os Helmbold’s Buchu, annually,
$500,000 worth. Os McLean’s Cordial arid
Ayer’s Ague Cure are sold SIOO,OOO each.
Osgood’s Chologogue brings $100,000;
Burnett’s to«»wnau© uu.nl.. JT 0() „ n rt
Kennedy's Discovery a similar sum. Bou
dault’s Pepsine Elixir finds a patronage of
$500,000, and Javne’s Expectorant of SIOO,-
000.
It will doubtless be surprising to many
to hear that an article so apparently unim
portant as a fly-paper sells to the extent of
$50,000. This is the annual receipt from
Dutcher’s Lightning fly-paper, manufac
tured in St. Albans. Vt Brown’s Prepa
ration of Ginger, $260,000. and Hall’s
Siciilian Hair Renewer, $400,000 annually.
Another prepartition, Sanford’s Invigorator,
sloo,< o*, of Trask’s Ointment, $50,000.
In the pill department. $200,000 of Ayer’s
ate sold, $150,000 of Bennett’s P. anil K ,
SIOO,OOO ot Herrick’s, SIOO,OOO of Schenck’s
Mandrake Pills, $200,000 of Rad way’s and
$15,000 of Wright’s. Ayer’s Cherry Pec
toral has a trade of $150,000, and Davis’s
Painkiller of $150,000.
Os t ie syrups, “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing
Svrup” stands first; it’s annual sale readies
$500,000. Smith’s Tonic is nexb $200,000.
Os Schenck’s Plumonic, SIOO,OOO worth is
s dd, and $50,00 1 worth is sold of the Peru
vian Syrup and Scovill’s Stillingia Blood
Syrup. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla stands first
$150,i 00 Townsend’s and Bull’s follow
with SIOO,OOO each : Sozodont is purchased
to the extent ot SDK).OOO. Brown’s Bron
chial Troches, $25 i.OOO. MeLme’s Ver
mifuge return $50,000, Constitutional
Water and Isaac Thompson’s Troy Water
$50,0 U each. — World
A Word to Country \eivftpapt rs.
The Cleveland Herald makes the follow
ing truthful observation concerning country
papers and the duty of giving wholesome
support;
The local paper is an ab-olute necessity
to the country and community where it is
published. Atll the city papers cannot
supply the place of the home paper. That
should be the first love of everv man and
woman, for with the paper is the locality
identified. The paper gives the country
and town where printed much of their im
portance in the world, and gives in detail
the local news, which cannot be gained by
any other source. Every day’s issue of the
paper is so much local history, and the rise,
growth and development .of the town and
county can be measured and recorded only
by the local newspaper that constantly is
gat bet ing its items. People do not propyrly
appreciate their home newspaper. They
measure the value of a paper too much by
tbe number of columns it contains. The
home p iper at any price is the cheapest
paper one can take, for in it is f *u-nd the
information to be obtained from no other
source.
Another thing to be taken into consider
ation. Every county has ono or more
newspapers. Hence, circulation of eacb
paper must be limited. There is therefore
the greatest need us activity and interest on
the part of the people to give their own
good paper, vigorous, and substantial
support.
In, Into a ltd Under/
The vexed que-tioa of the proper mode of
baptism was thus disposed ot by “Uncle
Cte-ar,” a colored preacher out West:
“Now, bredren,’’ said he, “I hear great
fuss abuu dese words in and into; and
bdks want us to believe dat they mean un
der, and dat when de Scriptur' speake of an
individual going d<*wn into the water, de
Bible mean to say that he went under the
water S’pose some day Igo ovur to see
brudder Salomon, and. brudder Solomon
werry politely say, “Uncle Caesar, come
into de hou-e, do anybody s'poee dis here
nigger would jo under dc koine.
A yVmalf
A curious claim" wasedecided ad
versely by the Military Committee of the
House of Representative* a few days ago.
M iss A. E. Carrol), of Haiti more, who
claims to he a descendant of Charles Carroll,
of Carrollton, one of the signers of the Dec
laration of Independence, petitioned Con
gress to pay her for extraordinary services
rendered during the war. She states that
in November, 1861, whFe the Mississippi
River Expedition was preparing, she wrote
and submitted to Thomas A. Scott, thou
Assistant Secretary of War. a piper show
ing that the true way to attack the “rebel
lion" in the West was. not by the Missis
sippi river, but bv the Tennessee river ; that
her plan was adopted, and that the Teno* s
see river campaign, the capture of Fort
DimeUon, arid til th« Ki|hSM|ae?itmovofuewt s
and successes in that section were the direct
result*. She produced a copy of the original
paper referred to. which shows much sagac
ity and strategic knowledge, but is little
more than a general argument in favor of
an advaneo up the Tennessee. The com
mittee did not think they would be warrant
ed in proposing an appropriation for Miss
Carroll's benefit, although they thought?
thf.it in the future, when women’s rights
are fully acknowledged, her military talents
may be acknowledged by a Major General's
com mission.
Intricacies of the English Language.
The construction of the English langu
age must appear most formidable to a
foreigner. oie of them looking at a pic
ture of a number of vessels, said :
“See what a flock of ships I" lie was
told that a flock of ships was ealled a fleet,
and that a fleet of sheep was called a flock.
Ami it was added for his guidance in mas
tering the intricacies of our language, that
a “flock of girls is called a bevy, that a
bevy of wolves is ealled a pack, and a pack
of thieves is called a gang, and a gang of
angels is called host, and a hose of porpoises
is called a shoal, and a shoal of buff does
is called a herd, and a herd of children is
called a covey, and a covey of beauty is
called a g tllaxy, and a galjaxy of ruffians
is culled a horde, and a horde of rubbish is
called a heap, and a heap of oxen is called
a drove, and a drove of blackguards is called
a mob, and a mob of whales is called a
school, and a school of worshipers is called
a congregation, and a congregation of en~
gineero is called a corps, and a.corps of
robbers is called a band, and a band of
locusts is called a swarm, and a swarm of
people is called a crowd."
Queer Purties.
A M inneeota paper says: “Duluth in
troduced sheet and pillow-ease parties last
week at the residence of George 0. Stone.
The uniform for ladies consisted of a pair
of white stockings drawn over their shoes,
a ni ah t~/»•»/*« il.*l« .1- •■ , .* unite
sheet thrown over their shoulders shawl
fashion, white gloves on their hands, a
white handkerchief tied toothache fashion,
around their heads, a pink cambric mask
over the face, and a pillow-case tie<L over
their heads in the same manner in which
house-wives tie handkerchiefs over their
top-pieces while sweeping a dusty room.
The costume of gentlemen was similar to
the above, with the exception of white
shirts instead of night-gowns, and the addi
tional, in some instances of pantlets drawn
over their pantaloons.”
How Bunks Make Muncy.
A considerable source of profit to banks
is the wearing out, destruction, or loss by
the holders of hills issued us currency.
This is shown by the fact that of the circu
lation of the banks doing business seven
years ago under the banking law of this
State, and which, since the law was passed
by Congress taxing it, has been as far as
possible called in, $2 25'0,00t) is yet out
standing. Some part of this amount may
possibly be hoarded by ignorant persons in
old stockings and money chests, but the
presumption is that the greater portion of it
is beyond the possibility of presentation for
redemption, and that accordingly the banks,
which receive value for it, will be relieved
from meeting their obligations to take it up.
A Society Item.
The New York Mail thus reveals the or
der of the society week : “Monday is the
grand evening for infernal calls and small
companies. Tuesday evening is appropri
ated for dintier parties. Wednesday is the
day of days for wedd ngs and wedding re
ceptions. Thursday for afternoon recep
tions and evening parties. Friday we go to
the Philharmonic rehearsalsin the afternoon,
irf the evening to our s jciables. Saturday
afternoon we walk Fifth Avenue, and Sat
urday evening we go to Wallack’a.
An Enterprising Company.
At the annual election of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, wich owns or
controls nine-tenths of the telegraph-sys
tem on this continent, the President stated
that the oompanv now owns 54,100 miles of
lines, and 112.101 miles of wire, connecting
3,500 stations, and employs nearly 7,000
persons. The gross receipts for the year
were $7 138,728, and the gross expenses
$4,010,772. There were 22 per cent, more
messages transmitted than in the previous
year. *
Chinese Idtuv.
When the Chinese want to describe a per
son who pretends to be very brave, and
makes a great parade in order to show his
courage, they say that “he is cutting off a
hen’s head with a battle-axe." A cuward,
who boasts of his courage, they call “a
paper tiger.” They compare a person who
pretends to be what he is not, to a fox who
tries to look as noble and strong as a tiger.
If a pprson is ign rant of books, they will
sav, “Turn him upside down, but not a drop
of iok will come out of him.”
A Ktlic of Daniel Boone.
At a meeting of the Missouri Historical
Society last week, the following was re
ceived in a letter from Mr. Horace Fox. It
was said to be a scrap written by Daniel
Boone:
“I certify that I gave permission to Ben
jamin Gardner to satel on a pies of vacant
land cold Little Purrary, on the Missury,
some time in December, 1 <? 02. Given under
my hand this 23d Day of Febury. 1806.
Daniel Boose.”
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