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ike _ihmnaste ijer*M. #• 11 tjTHOMASTON HERALD, pCBLISHKD BT I g> o. BEABCE, ■ ir oKY SATURDAY MORNING. terms. *2 00 1 60 IN advance^ ■ lii' 5 * Urit no mime will be put upon the ftub iKff,)cll’v .' u,, payment i» made in advance r ; “ cbM «-i?l be stopped at the expiration of the r«P er gubjicripMon is previous renewed. jTpjd f ,r ' u , a subscriber is to be changed, we *j thTold address as well as the new one, to received for a less period than three '[lit . r , rrler in town without extra charge. ,|db L» naid to anonymous communications, as Sponsible for everything entering our columns. 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Marrl.ico Notices *1.50. Obituaries *1 per square. Va ne, of a personal or private character, intended I, promote any private enterprise or interest, will be other advertisements Advertiser* are requested to hand in their favors as drills the week ns possible Itoa'vct t« ms will be strictly adhered to. legal advertising. nheretofore, since the war, the following are the p.•.» for notices of Ordinaries, Ac.—to ns paid in ad ruei: yiilrtv Days’ Notices •• $ 5 00 Vp Days’ Notices 6 25 ihsof Lands. Ac pr. sqr of tea Lines 6 00 jlity Da vs’ Notices 7 00 *j Months’ Notices 10 00 t-n DiV'’ Notices of Sales pr sqr 2 00 uisKim’ Salks —for these Sales, for every fl fa |g 00. Mortgage Sales, per square. *5 00 “Dt wid* a liberal per centage for advertising Kir yoipself unceasingly before the public; and it Slitters not what busi 'ess you are engaged in, for, if hti'liji-ntly an I industriously pursued, a fortune will b»ltiartsroi —floats Mcrobnnl.a’ Magaslne. After l berran to advertise my Ironware freely, teti'ii increased with amazing rapidity. For ten years out I have spent £30.000 yearlv to keep my seperior wares before the public, ilad 1 been timid in irtrertiaing. I never should have possessed my fortune #( fcM.OOO”. MeLeod Belton. Birmingham. "Advertising like Midas’ touch, turns everything to f»M By it, your daring men draw millions to their coffer*’’—Stuart Clay '"’hat audacity is to love, and boldness to war, the iklllfal use of printer’s i i*r, is to success in business.” — Bucher. “The newspapers made FisK."—J Fisk, Jr. Without the aid of advertisements I rou'd have done sc'.h ng in my -peculations. 1 have the most complete Whin “printers'ink.” Advertising is the “royal road to businessßarnum. Professional Pards. IV ' K KENDALL offers his profos 1/services tc the citizen* of Thoumston and p Inn^ 1 ' 8 country. May be found dnrin'r the day at , Har«l»way’ , B ♦tore, at night at the former resi •»» of (Carles Wilson. jan 14 ly. [ I REDDING, Attorney at Law, M • Baramil’e, Pike co, Ga. Will practice in the ( "'** comprising the Flint Judicial Circuit, and ’■('here by special ontract Al business promptly Olhco in Elder s building, over Chamber’s aug6- y PIIOMAS BEALL, Attorney at Law, \ Thn m.»ston, (la. Will practice in the Flint Cir lnd elsewhere by special contract aug27-ly U )• WEAVER. Attorney at Law, f« *» "D>omaston, (la. Will practice in all the ... °f tBW Flint Circuit, and elsewhere by special Wltrilrt - iune2s-ly T 1 HI N I. HALL, Attorney and Counsellor I 1 practice in the counties composing lnt Circuit, in the Supreme Court of Georgia, ■ o the District Court of the United States for the orn and Southern Districts of Georgia. _“i»na«ton. Ga., June ISth. IST<My. JOSEPH 11. SMITH, Attorney and », 1 ounsellor at Law. Office Corner Whitehall arid Sheets Atlanta, Ga. Will practice >n ihe Sn ’•.* Courts of Coweta and Flint Circuits, the Bu °urt of the State, and the United States’ Dis- All com.nunications addressed to him at ■ a "ill receive prompt attention. april9-ly Anderson & McCall a. Attorneys {A Law, Covington, Georgia. Will attend regu _T' snd Practice in the Superior Courts of the Jr' I ' B of Newton, Nutts, Henry, Spalding. Tike, Upson, Morgan, DeKalb, Gvrinnette and Jaa- declO-ly James M. MATHEWS. Attorney at Uws, Talbutton, (la., will practice all the counties I.’'"!*the Chattahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by contract. declO-ly HOLLIS & WILLIS, Attorneys at Law , ; Talbotton, Ga Prompt attention given to 88 placed in our hands. declO-ly J}°BERT P. TRIPPE, Attorney at Law 1 1.0 yth ’ Ga - Will practice in the State Courts •„,:: h v e United States’ District Court at Atlanta and Ga, dec O-ly *l* \ HUNT, Attorney at Law, Barnes* flint oi’ Ga Will practice in all the counties of > ‘ Circuit and Supreme Court of the State. MARION BETIIUNE, Attorney at ’icntu, w ; Talboton, Ga. Will practice in all the ti? f l^e Chattahoochee Circuit, and Upson and counties. declS-ly l) p ;, twins' will continue the practice v Office at B. IX Hardaway’s Drug declß-ly W. T. Hannah, is pleased to *U» pr J / the citizens of Upson that he will continue W n e «* Medicine in ita various branches at . Um 'Ua- declß-ly fes • WALKER. Attorney at Law * e ßt»te Ga ‘ w lli practice in Circuit Courts o in United states District Courts. "‘To® ? BLIC.— I have moved up ,t° i!* * D< l am r!Ll n i'^ t?SBrB Cheney and Allen's new build- DrH tl , engaged in the practice ©f medi- ifV„“ to 8° at any time. Persons wishing" ashmans r® * n ®y office, can call on Messrg. ®-tW 1, "Cyjsand Sawyer’s and obtain informa- JNiptlv -r ,?? leav 8 any message there, which will t ,» DR. J. O. HUNT. *; The ■ystoms of liver BIMMO NS I 1 1,1 1,1 U J 0 I »£■?*«• the p „ n „ • MMi and is mis- The «t<*rjmch lossnr«L° r / heum *tism. Itess, bowels in general costive “om.*V pet,t * &nd *ick with lax. The head ls troubf;d^i e tfc ftltern! ‘Dng heayy sensation considerable loss^fmll 11 and flull panied with painful sensationTr L* ffemorr, «ccom furmething which ought to h tvehien a H V nB left undf >ne pLinm, nf Often corn- I_ . titm*s Bomp of th « ttbove LIVE Cure the ° lgaD most involved. DR - SIMMONS’ Liver Regulator, be Btrict * 35 years wVn7 of harmless preparations ever offered to thITStoSS “5 i, is sure ufeure*’ 1 ■ Dyspepsia, headache, REIMS ES® bladder, camp dysentery, ofcTe ?rr n T- C , hllls ’ d'seases the°skiin. impurity hnrn 6 i°| 0< ’ melftncbol - v ’ or depression of spirits. hearU burn, colie, or pains in the bowels, pain In the head ir l!l ' e ,, ,lr( ?’ b 1 0ils ’ P"*n In back and limbs' usthma erysipelas, female afFections, and bilious dis eases generally. Prepared onlv by UUI J. H. ZEIL.IIV & CO., Th^fHi 1: a 7 To'l f l,B5 ’ Druggists, Macon, Ga. T he following highly respectable persons can fully at test to the virtues of this valuable medicine, and to whom we most respectfully refer* “ 10 n ” en T * JT-S- H nlt, President B.'w. R. R. Company d r r ’r Perr J’ ? a ,’ Col E * K Bn»rks, Albany; nsford, Kaq., Conductor WR R • C Manterson, Esq, Sheriff Bibb county; J A. Butts Rainbndge, Ga ; Dykes A Sparhawk, Editors Floridian' Tallahassee; Lev. J W. Burke. Macon, Ga * Virgil I owers Esq. Superintendent S. W. R. R. ; Daniel Bui lard Bullard s Station, Macon and Brunswick R R '• w ' K ’" !r ’ K "'*‘ ioa ' Go - ; “ itor For sale by John F Henry, New York, Jno D. Park Cincinnati, Jno. Hemming, New Orleans, and all Drug- ' ft P l2-ly SIXTY-FIVE FIRST PRIZE MEDALS AWARDED. THE GREAT Southern Piano •■J MANUFACTORY. "WTXA. KNABE Sc (DO., manufactkrkrs ok GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANOFORTES, BALTIMORE, MD. THESE Instrumonts hnve been before the Public for nearly Thirty Years, and upon their excellence alone attained an unpurchased pro 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: i% pliant and elastic and entirely free from the stiffness found in so many I*ianos. 11ST 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. «fco.., 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, 1866. 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 Age,ncy for the most celebrated PARLOR ORGANS AND MELODEONS, which we offer, Wholesale and Retail, at Lowest Factory Ibices. WM. KNABE & CO. septl7-6m Baltimore, Md. “OIJR FATHER’S HOUSE;” or, THE UNWRITTEN WORD. By Daniel March, D. D., Author of the popular “ Night Scenes.” r ¥'UITS master in thought and language I shows 11s untold riches and beauties in the Great House, with its Blooming flowers. Sieging birds, Waving palms, Bolling 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 read? to us in each the Unwritten World, Rose-tinted paper, or nate engravings and superb binding. “Rich and varied in thought.” ‘Chaste.” “Knsy 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 religions 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 tor 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 A MoCURDA , 16 S. Sixth street. Philadelphia Pa. 139 Race street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 69 Monroe street, Chicago, 111.. 503 N. Sixth street, St Louis, Mo. seplO-m 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 Congiessional 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 te sub scribe for sortie available newspaper. To the people of this section, Tine Monroe Advertiser presents superior claims. . . _ No pains will be spared to render the Tiie Advertiser 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 this ana the adjoining connties 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 in Middle Georgia. To the merchants of Macon and Atlanta, it offers superior in(luc ® men^ n f “ r n , r ® aC T i r r g m t large, intelligent and prosperous class of people, lerins - rf * J, “ l “‘ gllb jAMES d p! ,, HARR I S O N. septl7-tf Box 79. Forsyth, Ga. TWO GOOD BOOKS. Should be Had in every Family. TAEVOTIONAL and Practical PoWfflott *“;"!$£!?BItSInSs u2W« i» the Unlea. LA WSof BlilNLi This volume contains X' l “A »» > V"abl..hfihy the National Puh- Xttf^v.iSbKLmme.l.tely. THOMAS TON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARIES, 1871. pOETI^Y. CHANGE. BT MAQGIX B. The law of change ia whispered In every pacing breeze,— In all the forms of nature, Bright beauteous flowers and trees. The morning sun that rises. Bathing wiih roseate light Fair earth and sea and heaven, Brings changes ’ere ’tis night. The moon serene and beautiful, Inconstant though she be, Changing so oft her orh. Is but Frail man, a type of thee. One moment thon art soaring on • Ambition’s lofty win** Next— wealth and pleasure o’er thee Their potent witchery fling One moment thou art joyous, and Life holds for thee no care. The next—and thou art quaffing deep 'I he bitter cup. despair. No need hare we to search for change The records of the pa*t; The age in which we live is fraught M ith marvelous ones and vast. Warnervide, Meriweather Co,Ga. yViISCELLANEOUS. ETIQUETTE—Courtship. Never trifle with the affections of a man who loves you ; nor admit of marked atten tions from one whose affections you cannot return. Some young ladies pride them se'ves upon the conquests which they make, and would not scruple to sacrifice the hap« pirtess of an estimable person to their rep rehensible vanity. Let this be far from you. If you see clearly that you have be come an object of especial regard to a gen tleman, and do not wish to encourage his addresses, treat him honorably and human lv, as vou hope to be used with generosity by the person who may engage your own heart. Do not let him linger in suspense, but take the earliest opportunity of careful ly making known your feelings on the sub ject. This may be done in a variety of ways. A refined ease of manner will satis fy him, if he has any discernment, that hi# addresses will not be acceptable. Should your natural disposition render this difficult, show that you wish to avoid his company, and he will presently withdraw; but if even this is difficult—-and who can lay down rules for another?—allow an oppor* tunity for explanation to occur. You can then give him a polite and decisive answer ; ani be assured that, in whatever manner you convey your sentiments to him, if he be a man of delicacy and right feeling, he will trouble you no further. Let it never be said of you, that you permit the attentions of an honorable man when you havo heart to give him or that you have trifled with* the affections of one whom you per haps esteem, although you resolve never to marry him. It may be that his preference gratifies, and his .conversation interests you; that you are flattered by the attentions of a man whom some of your companions ad mire; aud that, in truth, you hardly know yur own mind on the subject. This will not excuse you. Every young woman ought to know the state of her own heart; and yet the happi ness and future prospects of many an excel Fnt man, have been sacrificed by such un principled conduct. Remember that if a gentleman makes you an offer, you have no right to speak of it. If you possess either generosity or gratitude for offered affection, you will not betray a secret which does not belong to you. It is sufficiently painful to be refuse!, without incurring the additional mortification of be ing pointed out as a rejected lover. If. on the contrary, .you encourage the addresses of a deserving man, behave hon ablv and sensibly. Do not lead him about as if in triumph, nor take advantage of the ascendency which you have gained bv play ing with his feelings. Do not eeek for oc casions to tease him that you may try his temper; neither affect indifference nor provoke lovers’ quarrels, for the foolish pleasure of reconciliation. On your con duct during courtship will very much depend the estimation in which you will be held by your husband in life. Menial Overwork. In an article on “Phvsical Diseases from Mental Strain,” in the American Journal of Insanity, Dr. Richardson gives the follow ing interesting example of the overtaxing of the faculty of memory ; I knew an instance in whicn a child was “blessed” with a marvelous gift of verbal memory. This being his “forte,” his teach er, who wished every scholar to be remark able for something beyond other scholars, played on this “forte” powerfully, and with wonderful effect. By constant cultivation of the one faculty, this marvelous boy could learn off fifty lines of “Paradise Lost,” or any other English book, at a single read ing, arid could repeat his lesson on the spot, witbotit missing a word or omitting a com ma. But the .result was this, that when this remarkable boy was sent to a universi ty to learn a profession, he was beaten in the learning of detailed and detached facts by every fellow-student. Seeing slowly but severely where his weakness lay, this student ceased at last to call into play his remarkable talent. It was a terrible task ; he accomplished it at last, to a considerable degree, but never effectually. For a long time he made mistakes that were most an noying ; he was unable, for instance, to cast up accurately any column of .figures, he forgot dates, ran over or under important appointments, misnamed authors in speak ing of works of art or letters, and in reason ing he would mix up two or three subiects. It took him full ten years to unlearn his wonderful technical art. We cannot be too carefurof the mental and physical training of the young. Upon it depends a Lardy and vigorous maturity. Mutilated Currency. The United States Treasury has issued a letter setting forth tM-half notes, the other halves of which have been lost in the mails, will be redeemed' on presentation at the Treasurer’s office for half their face value. Parts of notes are not redeemed in full ex cept evidence is furnished of the tota* de struction of the missing portions. Miscellaneous. “A Ooffio,” said an Irishmao, “is the house a man lives in when he is dead.” The Roman Catholio* contemplate es'ab- Pishing a cheap daily newspaper in Boston. Thev fine merchants in the city of Charl eston for not having signs in front of their p'acea of busineos. Four hundred of the late Confederate officers ara now holdin? commissions in the armies of South America. A Chippewa Indian is preaching Sunday sermons in Trov N. Y. American* are in higher favor then ever in Ros-ia. The Czar seems to have a par ticular prejudice in their favor. Ro nd dances are said to be going out of favor in England, th*» more dignified square dances resuming their sway. A youth named Hagerman has shot him self dead at Hamilton, Ohio, rather than fulfill a marriage engagement. It is stated that §4S\OGG are to he expen ded to place the Georgia State Road in fine working order. A Russian Count has turned up in Massa ehusetts. He is playing the wild among the girls. Girls that have beaux every night be come sickly, - sentimental, dyspeptic and nervous. An Indianapolis girl doesn’t allow the loss of one leg to prevent her daPcing the Virginia reel on cratches. Lecturing is not always profitable in the West. Tn Toledo. Ohio, recentlv a femin ine ora’or took but sls at the door, and the feveri-and-ague in the hall. Over 100,000 men, colliers, railwav hands, and others, are said to have been deprived of employment by the Pennsylvania coal strike. The moss business in Florida is becoming profitable. The article is procured in the forests, cured, packed, and forwarded to the North. A Norwich (Conn.) woman, who ran a needle into her left- foot a year ago by acci dentally stepping upon it, recentlv had it pulled cut from between her shoulders. The floor of one of the Litchfield (Conn.) churches is so uneven that in passing up one of the aisles, a person g ies out of sight thirteen times. So says a local paper. Illinois must bear off the palm for virtue. A saloon keeper in that State keeps a tem perance pledge behind the bar, and does his best to induce pay customers to sign it. An exchange savs monograms have bro ken out fiercely in two new places—the corners of gentlemen’s collars and the A lady in London got the idea into her head that the devil was in her, and bung herself If women go to hanging themselves for a little thing like, that they are going to be mighty scarce, that’s all. Movable or adjustable horse shoes have become a “fixed fact.” This shoe can be taken off at night, or when the horse is not at work, put on again when wanted, as easy as a pair of boots. In a recent divorce suit in Chicago, the plaintiff, who was the wife, laid special stress on the fact that during seven years of married life her husband had not once kissed her. Manv Eastern people have been poisoned by wearing crimson wrappers, drawers and stockings from the aniline used in the dve, and have only saved their lives by adopting white under- garments. A cat licked the face of a lady in New York, and died in a few minutes thereafter from the paint which it had gathered from the rosy cheek. Let all young men take warning of this sad catastrophe. One dollar per annum, paid to the post master at Adeline, Marshall county. West Virginia, is the lowest salarv received in the postal department, and 000 per an num, paid to the post* master at New York is the highest. Steel ear rings are how the fashion. They are fastened to the ear by a spring, and have the appearance o! a small gold dot inserted into the flesh. They are popu lar among young ladies ; inasmuch as it is not necessary to pierce the ears. According to the statement of a writer in the New Jerusalem Messenger, there are seventy Swedenborgiau churches in this country, half of which are without ministers, and the diviflity school of that denomina tion has but four students. The Confederate cotton loan, redeemaole in gold by Mr. Davis’s Government in 1863, is still bought and sold on the London Stock Exchange. There are £2,435,700 of it in the London market, which cost toe subscribers about ninety per cent, of its nominal value. The mocking* bird in Florida has a special fondness for the berry of the Pride-of-China tree, upon the juice of which he gats ex ceedingly tipsy. The spectacle of a flock of intoxicated mocking-birds is said to be equivalent to half a dtzan temperance lec tures. Buckles, bows, and rosettes for ornament ing ladies’ slippers, boots, shoes, etc., form quite a manufacturing business in Boston, in which many thousand of dollars are repre sented. The custom of wearing buckles and rosettes on slippers and shoes, and “tas sels on the boots,” has steadily grown. A few days ago one of the largest single importations of pepper ever made was enter ed at the New York custom hmise. The duties amounted to about $233,000 in gold and the weight of the invoice was in the neighborhood of 1,600,010 pounds. The clerks must Lave had a sneeziDg time of it. The other day the front door of the New Y r ork Tribune office had to be closed for some purpose. So Mr. Greeley wrote on a pieeje ofpaper, “Entrance on Spruce street,” aoq sent, it down to . the man who does die painting ot the bulletins, to be copied. The man studied over Greeley’s tracks all the forenoon, and finally, in despair, wrote, “Eiitors on a spree!” and posted it up. Regala-tlng tlu Satie of Liquor. The Committee of the Massachusetts days past been hearing the opponents of free liquor. have been made, but no new Tacts of any importance in regard to the suoject have been developed. The fact is that the enforcement of absolute prohibi tion* is impossible, except in very small * truly said that in Maine. \pren the- prohibitionists were carrying to such extremes that in Bangor they, searched the trunks of passengers at the railroad station for liquor, that State was the hardest one in the Union to keep sober in. On arriving in a country town, the landlord of the hotel would take tl>e traveller into soma out-of-the-way bed room, and exhibit an array of bottles, with the explanation that h* was not allowed to sell any liquor, but that he always kept a supply on hand for his friends. Entering a store, ths stranger would be taken into a cellar and informed that as he could not get anything to drink at the hotel, he would always find something in t» certain demijohn which would be furtively produced from some dark corner. Meeting a in the street, the first thing in order would be an invitation to the friend’s house, where de canters would be brought out with an allusion to tbe supposed fact that there was no liquor on sale in tbe place. And so on indefinitely. At Portland, the City Marshal with a posse was seen to go into a public house situated a few rods from the street, for the purpose of making a seizure. The Marshal made a thorough search of tho premises without finding any of the pro hibited fluid, and departed ; before the officials had reached the street three bar keepers were dealing out liquor over the, counter. In Massachusetts they had a prohibitory law for many years. Oeeasioi ally spas modic efforts were made in Boston to close all tbe bars in the city; but on such occa sions it was noticeable that there were more drunken men in the streets than at any other time. In 1867 the prohibitory law was enforced in Massachusetts with more stringency than in any other year, and the consequence was that at the next session of the Legislature the law died the death. The moral of all this appears to be that a judicious license law, strictly enforced, is better than a prohibitory law which cannot be enforced.at all.— N. Y. Sun. Wliat tiie Knights of Pyttiias Arc. The order of “The Knights of Pythias” is becoming so widely spread and prosper ous that the public have a reasonable curi osity to know something of its character and purposes. The ritual was first written and the Order worked during the war as a bond of union between army officers. After the war’s close it was re-written, modified and thrown open to the people, and has spread rapidly, particularly within the past two ycam, end in tho LftStern Sil a too. Tto work and intent are very similar to those of the Masonic Order. Founded on friendship, with the famous tale of Damon and Pythias as their example, the members aim to re lieve the suffering, succor the unfortunate, care for the sick, bury the dead, and give their sympathy and material aid to the widows and orphans of each other. The complete regalia consists of a military hat, with plumes ; a scarlet velveteen sash, with silver fringe: an apron of black velvet, handsomely trimmed in silver with emblem of the order, a knight’s helmet with the visor down, the letters K. P. and the ini tials of the officer, if the wearer be an offi cer ; and a sword made to their order by the Ames Company of Chicopee, with elegantly wrought hilt and scarlet scabbard, the hilt and .trimmings being gold for the officers and silver for the knights, and each blade bearing the name of the wearer. They have also some complete suits of light armor, very curious to look upon in these days. , South ami North. The Washington Patriot, speaking of the recent Railroad disaster at New Hamburg N. Y. thus pointedly illustrates the differ ence between South and North : “If we had read of a railroad accident in the South, marked by circumstances of ex traordinary horror, and demanding atten tion of the utmost promptitude and assiduity from all who could approach the scene, and then had found that while women and chil dren were burning in oil-drenched cars, mangled bodies were sinking through the ice ot the stream, and numbers of wounded were screaming for help, the by standers were engaged in rifliog trunks, and the railroad officials and hands in coolly repair ing the broken bridges and saving the pie ces of the cars, &.G , we would have grieved to confess a proof of barbarism going far towards excusing the calumnious reproach es with which people in the North ar6 in duced to indulge the oppressions on the South of their politicians in Congreve. Y r et such is the scarcely exaggerated picture giv en by the New York papers of the abomin able brutality exhibited by the inhabitants and railroad people of the populous and cultivated valley of the Hudson. No event has ever happened in the South for which tbe “Christian people of this Christian Da tion” could b , n«h a d^n* I ** r°d A Rieh Grammatical Decision. The New YT>rk Tribune decides that the plural of “titmouse” is “titmouses,” not “titmice.” “On the same principle,” says another paner, the ’plural of a tai J or’s ‘gTose’ is ‘gooses,”’ as indeed wc hold that it is. This reminds us of an anecdote in regard to a country merchant who wanted two of these tailor’s irons several years ago, and ! ordered them from Messrs. Dunn & Spen cer, hardware merchants, then doing busi ness in this city. He first wrote this order : “Please send mo two tailor’s gooses.” Thinking that this was bad grammer, he destroyed it and wrote this one : “Please send me two tailor’s geese.” Upon reflection, he destroyed this ore also for fear be would receive live geese. He thought over the matter until, he was very much worried, and at last, in a moment of desperation, he seized upon his pen and wrote the following, which whs duly mail ed : “Messrs Dunn & Spencer : Please send me one tailm’a goose, and, and n it, send me another.”’. This was the only wr.y he knew of to order two of them ; but of course he had not read the above wise decision then.— Petersburg Courier. A Pi udfut Lldi tor. Kmotional insanity having been an often pleaded successfully by ifuebtyffis in Cali fornia in defense of shooting or knifing su<*pe<“ei gallants, the San Fraffcuoo News Letter, says : “AH men’s wivos jvho havo hitherto en joyed the advantage of our hcqua utanco are hereby notified thiflPthis ceases to-day.' never to be renewed. It is with deep grief that we disrupt the sneiaj relfttiors which promised so much, birr we feel impelled thereto by the first law of nature. Our lady friends who are married to other and inferior men will please stick like a leech to their legal protectors, and not recognise us on the street. >\fe have taken consid erable pleasure in their society—a pleasure which we slitter ourselves has been mutual —but this thing can no logger be permitted to go on. We trust that cmr motive—which i« purs eownr lies—will not be misconstrued. Somebody perishes ingloriously every day for being upon speaking terms with married women, and we do not cure to have our turn come around. Deeply grateful for the past forbearance of aggrieved husbands, we make our how and retire. Hereafter our nods and smiles will be upon girls and widows exclusively ;no others need apply. Who soever shall attempt to introduce us to his own wife, or that of another man, will be regarded as a conspirator against our prec ious live, and subjected to abuse in the columns of this journal. Nature is strong in us; and we do not wish to die. When ever we shall feel a desire that wav, we shall treat somebody’s wife with common courtesy, get shot, and so go quietly to our reward." Silver Iklii it<l in Lake Superior. Silver Island in Lake Superior, regarding which so much has been written, lies five miles northeast of Thunder Capo at the east entrance of Thunder Bay. in the Eng lish possessions, and about 3,000 feet from the - main land. It is of a rounded, irregu lar shape, about seventy*five feet in diame ter, rising not over four feet above the level of the lake when still. It is destitute of vegetation, and until it was protected by breakwaters and cribs, the waves swept freely over it when any considerable sea was running. Reports that appear to bo authentio indicate that this bleak rock, standing by itself out in the lake, is the most remarkable depository of silver ores ever discovered in the world. Six speciy mens of these ores, selected from various parts of the shaft which has been opened, are reported by the Assayer of the Mint in Philadelphia io have yielded at the rate respectively per ton of $l3,B*K), $4,000, sll, 000, $8,500, sll,lO \ and $17,200. These figures seem incredible, but they are duly vouched for. But the ore taken nut for smelting has only yielded about SI V 7OO cur. rency per ton, which, however, isof itself an enormous, yield. Mexican mines that would yield $350 per ton were considered exceedingly rich. Another fludicai Job. The Pittsburgh Paper makes seme trench ant comments upon the bill introduced in Congress the other day by Mr. Edwards, of Vermont, “for the better management of elections." It s iys : “This bill, if parsed, will he the greatest stride yet made towards a consolidated government and the blotting out of State lines. It is long and evidently carefully prepared, so as completely to take from the States the machinery of all elections. It provides for boards of registration to he ap pointed by United States Marshals for every city, county and township and pre cincts in the United States, and these boards so constituted are to determine final ly every man’s right to register and vote. It embraces all the States. Penalties are denounced for violation of the law. The very challengers of elections are to he ap pointed by Federal courts, and all offenders against the law are to be tried by United States court. If this bill passes, General Grant will have the power all over the land to say who shall and who shall not vote iu 1872. Such frauds and outrages as were perpetrated in Tennessee and Misoun may be expected. The hill goes into effect im mediately." * The Largest City in the World. Many assert that London is far superior both in size and the number of its inhabi tants. But such is not the case. Jeddo, the capital of Japan, is without exception, the largest and most populous city in the world. It contains the vast number of 1,000,000 dwellings, and 5,000,000 human souls. Many of the streets are nineteen Japanese series in length—twenty-two English miles. The commerce of Jeddo far exceeds that of any other in the world, and the sea along the coast is constantly white with sails of the Souehern portion of the empire, where they are laden with rice, tea, sea-coal, tobacco, sHk, cotton and tropical fruits, all of which can find ready market in the North, and then, in return freighted with corn, salt, isiwglass and va rious other productions whbh havo a mar ket in the South. Hard Times. Id an article on this subject, the Rock ingham Register says: Perhaps the suggestion is in vsin, and may fall unheeded upon the publio mind. Nevertheless, wa cannot refrain from giving utterance to the truth. Our boys and girls must go to work. The sons must be brought ud as trademen, and our daughters must be taught the duties and labors of the house hold. It may take years to bring about such a reform on this subject as is necessary to accomplish the end. But as sure as cause produces effect, uotil it is done, we will never cease to hear the cry of “hard times." * ~ ' Nickels. The one, three and five cent nickel coins which the United States has been making since the commencement of the late war, co.*t from sixteen to twenty cents to the dollar, metal and manufacture included. The five cent coin has been largely coun terfeited. Heaps of the cheap coins are dow piled up in post-offices and other places, and a bill is before Congress pro viding for their redemption. The owner of a nickel mine in Pennsylvania made “a good thing", out of furnishing the material to government for these base coios. That was why the is&ue of the stuff was author ed. NO. 12*