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$2 00 TEil ANNUM
DR. O-. $. PROPHITT,
Covington Georgia.
■ still manufacturing all of his celebrated
v&Mitx mmmmm,
—Consisting of his—
LIVER MEDICINE,
AODYNE PAIN KILL IT,
ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS,
AGUE TILLS,
DYSENTERY CORDIAL,
FEMALE TONIC, and
PURIFYING PILLS,
»> heretofore, and will attend to all business in
lii» line, that comes to his office.
Will prescribe for patients when consulted,
aad examine any that come to his office at any
lime, (Sunday excepted.)
Prompt attention given to all Orders.
The excellent Remedies of DU. PROPHITT,
aeeJ no commendation—their well known power
In removing the diseases peculiar to our South
ern climate having already established for them
an enviable reputation in Georgia and the ad
joining Slates. As the majority ot persons liv
ing in the South are predisposed to disease of
the Liver, it is granted by alt intelligent physi
cians that most of the pains and aches of our
people are due to organic or functional derange
ment of that important organ.
ruopniTrs
T.t ttrsi* M!e dioin o
•trikes directly at the root of the evil. It cures
tho Liver, which in nine cases out of ten, is at
the bottom of the Coughs, Dyspepria, Colic,
■iek Headache, Rheumatism, Constipation, Men
strual Obstructions, etc,, so common among our
seople. My
Liver Medicine.
nas the advantage of almost any other Prepara
tion of Medicine that acts upon the Liver It is
in the (orm t.f a Fluid Extract—ready for use at
all times. Jay or nieht, and can he carried to
anv locality in America, winter or summer, as it
will neither sour nor freeze at any temperature
that a human being can occupy with safety.
It is not, too strong for children, or too weak
for the most, robust. There is no trouble about
taking it., only to unstop the Bottle and drink it
whenever you may want it. It lias gained a
very high reputation in every locality it has had
a fair atid honorable chance to prove itself, at
any point ill America, and it has been used m
•Y«rv State soutli of Maine, and is a»ike aj»pli
•able lo disorders of ttie Liver and Digestive
powers at all places yet tried.
Traveling Parties, north and south, carry it,
and find the happy effects of it in all climates.
r 4IITK I LA It NOTICE.
Her-after NO MEDICINE WILL BE DELIV.
ERED. or SERVICE RENDERED, except for
IW <D £3 IEX ! "©a
You need not call unless you are prepared to
PAV CASH, for I will not Keep Books.
June 11, 1869. 0. s. PROPHITT.
DRUfi AN3 VARIETY STORE.
)IDtwecn D . W. Spence and Carr <fc Cody )
"IX7E would respectfully inform the public,
» V that we have recenily purchased in the
Nor hern Markets, a Lartre and Well Selected
Btock of FRESH an 1 PURE
DRUGS, MEDICINES and CHEMICALS,
PATENT MEDICINES,
PERFUMERY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
WINDOW GLASS, large and small, LOOKING
GLASSES, with and without Frames, MOULD
ING, Walnut and Gilt, and full Gilts cut, for
Mirrors and Pictures. The best Brands of
White Lead, and Zinc Paints,
All colors for Graining and Painting. OILS,
Raw and Boiled Linseed. Machinery and Ttain
Oils. The fine ANILINE and ordinary DYE
STUFFS, and the various other articles generally
kept in Drug-Stores. All of which have been
bought directly from Manufacturers when it
could be done at Bottom CASH Prices, and we
propose to sell them for Cash, as low ns they
can be had in this Market, and as low as if you
go to Atlanta for them, in same quantities, and
of same quality.
These having been carefully selected by one
of the firm of ten yeaiß experience in the busi
ness, will enable us, we think, to meet our
promise to the public.
OUR VARIETY STOCK
Consists in part of Groceries, Confectioneries,
Hardware, Crockery, and Table Glass Ware, a
large and carefully selected lot of Spectacles,
Nose Glasses, Coquelles and Goggles, Plain and
Fancy Soaps, a very large lot of Kerosene
LAMPS and Fixtures, Hollow. Wood aad Wil
low Ware. The best KEROSENE OIL, of Gov
ernment Standard, tested upon arrival, and
rejected if not pure. All of which we offer
Low for Cash. call and examine our
Stock. Dr. W. BROWN & SON.
JUST AILXIIVED
AT TOE
A FULL SUPPLY OF
DRUGS, MEDICINES, &C-,
Which makes my Stock in that line complete,
Perfumery, Toilet Articles, &c.,
I wish to call the attention of the Ladies, to my
Large Assortment of Fine PERFUMERY, of all
kinds. Also to the best assortment of TOILET
80APS, in this market. Also a large lot of Hair,
Clothes, Tooth and Finger Nail BRUSHES, Puff
Boxes, and everything else necessary to complete a
Toilet. Violin and Guitar Strings.
I keep on hand a full supply of all the Standard
PATENT MEDICINES of the day, besides FINE
LIQUORS, for Medicinal purposes.
Paints, Oils, Varnishes, &c.
I call particular attention to my Stock of WHITE
LEAD, and other PAINTS, which I can supply in
quantities of from 1 to 100 Pounds.
My Stock of OILS, embraces Raw and Double
Boiled linseed, Lard, Sperm, Machine, Train,
Tanners, Kerosene, and other Oils. All styles of
PAINT BRUSHES. I have also on hand a lot of
CONFECTIONERIES,
to which I invite an examination by all who may
wish to purchase. gTGive ine a call, and I will
guarantee satisfaction. J. E. 11. WARE.
North side Square, Covington.—44tf
THE THOMSON ADVERTISER.
J. C. MORRIS,
Attorney at Law,
CONYERS, GA.
J W. MURRELL.
DENTIST,
Office —l T p Stairs iii Murrell’s Brick Storf,
Covington, Georgia,
Being prepared with tho latest im
flSßEgSSlprovemeiits in Dental Material,
wßGuarantees Satisfaction in each
brauch of Operative and Mechanical Dentistry.
desired will visit Patients at their
homes in this and adjoining Counties.
All orders left at the Covington Hotel, or at.
the residence of Mr. tt. W. H. Murrell, Oxford,
On., will receive immediate attention.—ly37.
11. T. HEN RY,
D E KT T I S TANARUS,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
HAS REDUCED HIS PRICES, so
(fyvSsak that all who have been so unfortu
4~LIXXXr nate as to lose their natural Teeth
can have their places supplied by Art, at very
small cost. Teeth Filled al reasonable prices,
and work faithfully executed, Office uortli side
of Square. —1 22tf
JOHN S. CARROLL,
DENTIST
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
Teeth Filled, or New ones Inserted,in
the beat Style, and on ReasonableTerxua
Office Rear of R. King’s Store.—l ltf
W. B. RIVERS,
D K N T I S T ,
(Office near the Depot.)
CONTINUES the practice of his profession upon
Terms that cannot fail to gives atisfaction to all
who employ him.
Coviugton, June 25th 1869. 4.32.tf.
J OSEPU Y. TINSLEY,
Watchmaker & Jeweler
Is fully prepared to Repair Watches, Clock
and Jewelry, in tho best Style, at short notice,
All Work Done at Old Prices, and Warranted.
2d door below the Court llonse.— 6tf
PHOT 0 <i It A P H S T
I HAVE JUST RECEIVED a Ficsh Supply
of Chemicals, and am now prepared to exe
cute work in my line in a supeiior manner.
Call soon if you would have a supeiior Pic
ture, at my old stand, rear of Post Office build
ing.—2otf J. W. CRAWFORD, Artist.
I would respectfully infi rm the
citizens of Newton, anil adjoining
counties, that I have opened a
SADDLE and HARNESS SHOP
On north side public square in COVINGTON
where lam prepared to make to order, Harness
■'addles, etc , or Repair the same at short notice,
and in the best style.
17 ts JAMES B. BROWN
FISK’S METALUG BURIAL CASES
AND CASKETS,
'or aale by THOMPSON A HUTCHINS,
1y29 Covington Ga.
Hotels.
PLANTERS HOTEL,
Augusta, Gkokofa.
This well known first class H«tel is now re
opened for the accommodation of ihe traveling
public, with the assurance that those who may
have occasion to visit Augusta* will be made
comfortable. As this Hotel is now complete in
every Department, the Proprietor hopes, that by
strict and personal attention, to merit a share of
public patronage.
JOHN A. GOLDSTEIN, Pro’p,
United States Hotel.
ATLANTA GEORGIA
WniTAKF.R A BABSEEN, Proprietors.
Williin One Hundred Yards of the General Passen
ger Depot, corner Alabama and Prior streets,
A M E Rl C AN HOT EL,
Alabama street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Nearest, house to the Passenger Depot.
WHITE & WHITLOCK, Pre rotors.
Having re-leased and renovated ie above
Hotel, we are prepared to entertain uests m a
most, satisfactory manner. Charg 3 fair and
moderate. Our efforts will be to .ease.
Baggage carried to and from Depot .ree of charge
Largest Stock since the War.
ANDERSON & HUNTER
ARE NOW RECEIVING AND OPENING
the Largest and Best Selected Stock of
Fall and Winter Coods,
Consisting of every description of Ladies’ Dress
Goods, Fancy Goods, Notions. Ac.
Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Clothing,
Cassimers, Kentucky Jeans, &c. A large lot of
HATS, AND CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES,
and everything else that, that this community
may wish, but which we will not attempt to
enumerate. Our stock of
Groceries, and Plantation Supplies
Generally, embrace everything that is usually
found in completely stocked establishments,
BAGGING & ROPE, ARROW TIES, Ac., Ac.,
Hardware, Wood and Willow Ware, Glass Ware,
Crockery, and FARMING IMPLEMENTS-
Also Agents for all the
STANDARD FERTILIZERS.
We invite everybody in want of any kind of
Goods, to call and inspect our Stock, for we
have got what you want, and will soil them at
LOW CASH PRICES. We mean what we say.
eept 24—45tf ANDERSON & HUNTER
Newton County Script Wanted.
ANY person having any of the above named
Script to dispose of, will consult their own
interest by calling on
04 t f BOWKEB <fc HARRIS. •
THOMSON GA., 00T, 9, 1869.
Things that Never Die. j
The pure, the bright, the beautiful
That stirred our hearts in youth,
The impulse to a wordless prayer,
The dreams of love and truth,
The longings after something lost,
The spirit's yearning cry,
The strivings after heller hopes—
These things can never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
A brother in his need,
The kindly word in griefs dark hour,
That prove a friend indeed,
The piea for mercy softly breathed,
When justice threatens high,
The sorrow of a contrite heart—
These things will never die. I
The memory of a clasping hand,
The pressure of a kiss,
And all the trifles sweet and frail
That make up love’s first bliss ;
If, with a firm, unchanging faith,
And holy trust and high,
Those hands liavo clasped, those lips liava
met—
Those things shall never die.
The cruel and the bitter word,
That wounded as it fell,
The chilling want of sympathy,
Wc feel but never tell;
The hard repulse that chills tho heart
Whose hopes are bounding high—
In an unfading record kept,
These things shall never Jio.
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must find some work to do ;
Lose not a chance to waken love,
Be firm, and just, and true.
So shall a light that cannot fade
Beam to thee from on high,
An angel voice will say to thee—
These things shall never die.
| From the Constitutional Union.]
The Old Ilible.
Two brazen clasps across the front,
The hinges rod with rust;
Tho back all marred and scarred with ag. ,
And covered o’er with dust.
The corners soiled and dog-eared, too,
And all the leaves come loose ;
And hero and there a pencilled line
For father’s future use. ,
It. lies there on tho walnut stand
From morn till evening late;
And though it seems like others, yet
I’vo never scon its mute.
The window feces to tho west,
Where I have often stood,
Loaning upon that and. nr old book. ,
Gazing toward the wood. ' , p**
An ! just outside a maple troo,
With loaves of cm’rnld lino,
IToeka the window-sill with slutdo
And veils the sun from view.
The garden path looks just the same
It did lung years agotie,
When 1, a child, on mischief bent,
Did rumple there alone.
The woo<len posts, with halls atop,
AY hero hangs the garden gate,
Are worm eaten and worn with age,
And bending'neath their weight-
The gate is creaky, and the latch
Is rusted o'er by time;
And up tho fast decaying pales
Sweet lionoy-siteklos climb.
The orchard still is standing;
The blossoms, pink and white,
Are just the samo they used to be"—
Their colorsjust as bright.
And when the rich October month
Puts on its autumn suit,
The trees are loaded just the same,
With green and golden fruit.
And yet the orchard, garden, gate,
The spring, the running brook,
Can never such remembrance bring,
As that old tiine-worn book.
Tho happiest [’moments of my life,
That youthful fancy weaves,
AVore those I knelt at mother’s knee,
And for hor turned the leaves.
J. I’. Stoner.
Biography of an Ox.
I was born iu Nebraska. Tho farmer to
whom I belonged paid a tax upon me as a part
of his income during my veal-hood. lie sold
me when I was three years old, and paid an
income tax upon what I brought. I was nice
ly fatted until I weighed nearly a ton, by a
Democrat on AVeeping AVater, who paid the
Government eighteen cents for tho priyilege of
selling me to a butcher, who pays a tax for
the privilege of selling me to tho public.—
The butcher sold my tallow to the chandlen
who made me, by paying a license as manu
facturer, into candles for the poor people, who
pay a five per cent, tax on candles to read by.
My horns nnd hoofs are made into combs and
glue,, and pay another tax. My hido gees to
the tanner, who pays a manufacturer’s license,
and is made into leather, upon which an ad
valorem tax of five per cent. The tanner will
sell the leather to a wholesale dealer, who pays
a mercantilo license and an income tax, and
he will sell it to the shoemaker, and the shoe
maker will make boots fur tho laborer, farmer
and mechanic, and charge enough for them to
cover all tho taxes enumerated, together with
his own manufacturer’s tax.
The principal occupation of the ‘girl of the
period’ is said to be to sit at her window and '
watch for the coming man.’
A Day at Niagara Falls,
THE TAMED IIACKMAN.
Niagara Falls is one of the finest atructures
in the known world. I have been visiting this
favorite watering-placo recently, for the first
time, and was well pleased. A gentleman
who was with me said it was customary to be
disappointed in the Falls, but that subsequent
visits wore sure to set that all right lie said
it was so with him. lie said that the first
time he went that the hack fares were so much
higher than the Falls that the Falls appeared
insignificant. But that is all regulated now.
The liaekmen have been tamed, and numbered,
and playcarded, and black-guarded, and
brought into subjection to the law, and dosed
with Moral Principle, till they are meek as
missionaries. They arc divided into two clans
now—the Regulars nnd tho Privateers—and
they employ their idle time in warning the
people against each other. The Regulars are
under the hotel banners and do tho legitimate
at two dollars an hour, and the "Privateers
prowl darkly on neutral ground, and pick off
stragglers at half price. But there are no
more outrages and extortions. That sort of
thing cured itself. It made the Falls unpop
ular by gettiug into the newspapers, and
whenever a public evil achieves that sort of a
success for itself, its days are numbered. It
became apparent that either the Falls had to
be discontinued or the liaekmen had to subside.
They could not dam the Falls so they damned
the hackmed. One can be comfortablo and
happy there now.
SIGNS AND SYMBOLS.
I drank up most of tho Amcricau Fall be
fore I learned that tho waters were not consid
ered medicical. AVhy aro tho people left in
ignorance in that way ? I might havo gone
on and ruined a fine property morely for the
want of a little trilling information. And yet
the sources of information at Niagara are not
meagre. You are sometimes in doubt there
about what you ought to do. No—tho signs
keep you posted. If an infant can read, that
infant is measureably safe at Niagara Fulls.
In your room at your hotel you will find your
course marked out for you in tho most conveni
ent way by moans of pluyoards on tho walls,
like these:
‘Pull the bell ropo gently, but don’t jerk.’
‘Bolt your door.”
‘Don’t scrape matclicß on tho wall.’
‘Turn oil’ your gas when you retire.’
‘Tic up your dog.’
‘lf you placo your boots outside the door
they will be blacked—but tho housa will not
be responsible for their return.’ [This is a
confusing nnd tanglesomo proposition, because
it moves you to deliberate long and painfully
us to, whether it will really be any objoct to
you so nrave your boots blacked unless they are
returned.]
■ • ‘•IVO your key to the omnibus driver if
you forgot and enrry it off with you.”
Outside tlio hotel, wherever you wander,
you are intelligently assisted by the signs.—
You cannot coino to grief as long as you are
in your right mind. But tho difficulty is to
stay in your right mind with so much instruc
tion to keep track of. For instance :
‘Keep off the grass.’
‘Don't climb tho trees.’
‘Hands off the vegetables.'
‘Do not hitch your horso to the shrub
bery.’
‘Visit tho Cave of the Winds,'
‘Have your portrait taken in your car
riage.’
•Forty per cent, in gold levied on all peanuts
or other Indian curiosities purchased in Can
ada.’
‘Photographs of the Falls taken here.’
‘Visitors will please notify tho Superinten
dent of any neglect on tho part of employees
to charge for commodities or services.’ [No
inattention of this kind observed.]
‘Don’t throw stones down—they may hit
people below.’
‘The proprietor will not bo responsible for
parties who jump over tho Falls.’ [Moro
shirking of responsibility—lt appears to be
the prevaling thing here.]
I always had a high regard for tho signers
of the Declaration of Independence, but now
they do not really seem to amount to much
along side the signers of Niagara Falls. To
tell the plain truth, the multitude of signs
annoyed me. It was because I noticod at last
that they always happened to prohibit exactly
the very thing I was just wanting to do. I
desired to roll on tho grass; (he sign prohibi
ted it. I wished to climb a tree ; the sign
prohibited it. I longod to smoke, a sign for
bade it. And I was just in the act of throw
ing a stono over to astonish and pulverize such
parties as might be pick-nicking below, when
a sign I have just mentioned forbade that.—
Even that poor satisfaction was denied me
(and I, a friendless orphan.) There was no
resource, but to seek consolation in the flow
ing bowl. I drew my flask from my pocket,
but it was all in vain. A sign confronted me
which said:
‘No drinking allowed on these premises.’
On that spot,l might have perished of thirst
but for tho saving words of an honored maxim
that flitted through my memory at the eritical
moment: ‘'All signs fail in dry times.’ Com
mon law takes precedence of the statutes. I
was saved,
TIIE NOBLE RED MAN.
The noble red man has always been a dar
ling of mine. I love to read about him in
tales and legends and romances. I love to
read of his inspirod sagacity ; and his love of
the wild free life of mountain and forest; and
his grand truthfulness, his hatred of treach
ery, and his general nobility of character ;
an d his metaphorical manner of speech ; and
his chivalrous love for his dusky maiden ; and
the picturcsquo pomp of his dress and accou
trement. AVhen I found the shops at Niagara
Fails full of dainty Indian beadwork, and
stunning mocassins, and equally stunning toy
figures representing human beings, who car
ried their weapons in holes bored through their
arms and bodies, and had feet shaped like a
pie, I was filled with emotion. I knew that
now at last I was going to come face to face
with the noble Red man. A lady clerk in a shop
told me, indeed, that all her grand array of
curiosities were made by the Indians, and that
there ware plenty about the Falls, and that
they were friendly, and it would not be dan
gerous to speak to them. And sure enough as
I approached the bridge leading over to Lena
Island, I came upon a noble old son of the
Forest, sitting under a tree, diligently at work
on a bead reticule. He wore a slouched hat
and brogans, and had a short blaok pipe in
his mouth. Thus does the baneful contact
with our effeminate civilization dilute the pic
turesque pomp which is so natural to the In
dian when far removed from us in his native
haunts. I addressed the rolio as follows:
‘ls the Wawhoa-Vang-Wang of the Whack
a-AVhock happy? Does tho great Speckled
Thunder sigh for the warpath, or is his heart
contented with dreaming of his dusky maiden,
the Pride of the Forest? Does the mighty
sachem yearn to drink the blood of his ene
mies, or is he satisfied to make bead reticules
for the papooses of the pale-face. Speak 1 sub
lime relic of bygone grandeur! venerable ruin,
■peak 1’
The relio said:
‘An’jsit meseif, Dennis Hooligan, that ye’d
be takin’ for bloody Injun, ye drawlin,’ lan«
tern jawed, spider-legged divil 1 By the piper
that played before Moses, I’ll ate ye I’
I wont away from there.
By and by, in tho neighborhood of the
Terrapin Tower, I came upon a gentle daugh
ter of the aborigines, in fringed and beaded
buckskin moccasins and leggins, seated on a
bench with her pretty wares about her. She
had just carved out a wooden chief that had a
strong resemblance to a clothes-pin, and. was
now boring a hole through his abdomon to put
his bow through. I hesitated a moment, and
then addressed her:
“Is the heart of the forest maiden heavy?
Is ths Laughing-Tadpole lonely ? Does she
mourn over the extinguished council-fires of
her race and the vanished glory of her an
cestors ? Or does her sod spirit wander far
towards the hunting grounds whither her
brave Gobbler-of-the Lightnings is gone !
AVhy is my daughter silent? Has she aught
against the pale faoe stranger?’
The maiden said:
‘Faix, an is it Biddy Malone ye dare to he
callin’ names I Lave this, or I’ll shy your lean
carcass over the onthnruot, ye sniveling blag
yard.’
I adjourned from there also. ‘Confound
these Indians!’ 1 said; ‘they told me they were
tame; but, if appearances should go for any
thing, I should say they wore all on the war
path.
I made one more uttempt to fraternize with
them, and only one. I o.nne upon them gather
ed iu the shade of a great tree, making wam
pum and moccasins, and addressed them in the
language of friendship:
‘Noble Red Men, Braves, Grand Sachems,
AVar-Chiefs, Squaws and High-you-Muck-
Mucks, the pale face from tbeland of the setting
sun greets yon ! Beneficent Polecat—yon,
devourer of Mountains -you, Roaring-Thun
dergust—you, Bullyboye-with-a-Glas eye—
the pale lace from beyond the great waters
greets you all 1 AVar and pestilence hare
thinned your ranks and destroyed your once
proud nation. Poker, soven-up, and a vain
modern expense for soap’,- have dopletcd your
purses. Appropriating in your simplicity the
property of others has gotten you into trouble.
Misrepresenting facts, in your sinloss
innocence, lias damaged your reputation with
the soulless usurper. Trading for forty-rod
whisky, to enable you to get drunk and happy
and tomahawk your families, has played the
everlasting mischief with the picturesque
pomp of your dregs, and here you are, in the
the broad'light of the nineteenth century, get
ten up like the ragtag and! bobtail and of the
purlieus of New York 1 For shame 1 Remem
ber your ancestors ! Recall their mighty deeds 1
Remember Uncas I—and Rod Jacket I—and
Holein-thc- Pay ! and Horace Greeley 1 Emu
late their achievements i Unfurl yourselves
under my banner, noble savages, illustrious
guttersnipes—’
‘Down wid him I’
‘■Scoop the blagyard P
'Hang him 1’
‘Burn him I’
‘Drowned him!’
It was the quickest aperattioa that over was.
I simply saw a sudden flash in the sir of olabe,
brickbats, fists, bead baskets and moccasins—
a single flash and they all appeared to hit -me
at once, and no two of them in the same plaoc.
In the next instant the entire tribe was upon
me. They tore all the clothes off me, they broke
my arms and legs, they gave me a thump that
dented the top of my head, till it would hold
coffee like a sascer; and to crown their dis
graceful proceedings and add insult to the in
jury, they threw mo over the Horse-shoe Fall,
and I got wet.
About ninety or hundred feet from the top,
the remains of my vest caught on a projecting
rock, and I was almost drowned before 1 could
get looso. I finally fell and brought npina
world of white foam at tbo foot of the Fall,
whose celled and bubbly masses towered up
several inches above my head. Os course I j
got into the eddy. I sailed round and round !
in it forty-four times chasing a chip and gain- !
ing on it—each round trip a half a mile—
VOL. t NO, 47
reaching for tiio same bush on the bank forty
four times, and just exactly mh'.-ing it by a
hair’s breadth every time. At last a nun
walked down and sat down close to that bush
and put a pipe in his mouth, and lit a match,
and followed me with one eye and kept the
other on the match while he sheltered it in his
hands from the wind. Presently a puff of
wind blew it out. Tho next timo I swept
around he said :
‘Got a match ?’
'Yes— in my other vest. Help me out
please.’
‘Not for Joe.’
When I came around again I said :
‘Excuse the seemingly impertinent curiosity
of a drowning man, but you will explain this
singular conduct of yours 1’
‘With pleasure. I am tho coroner. Don't
burry on my account. I can wait for you.—
But I wish I had a match 1
I said. Take my placo and I’ll go and get
you one.’
He declined.
This lack of confidence on his part created a
coolness between us, and from that time for
ward 1 avoided him. It was my idea, in case
anything happened to me, to so time the oc
currence as to throw my cifstom-into hands of
the opposition coroner over on the American
side. At last a policeman came along and
arrested me for disturbing the peace by yelling
*at people on shore for help. The Judge fined
me, but I had tho advantage of him. My
money was with my pantaloons, and my'panta
loons were with tha Indians.
Thus I escaped. lam now lying in a very
eritical condition. At least, I am lying, any
way—critical or not critical.
lam hurt all oyer, but I cannot toll the
full extent yet because the doctor is not done
taking the inventory. He will make out my
manifest this evening. However, thus far, he
thinks only six of my wounds arc fatal. I
don’t mind the others. Upon regaining my
right mind, I said, ‘lt is an awful savage tribe
of Indians that do tho bead-work and moc
casins for Niagara Fulls, doctor. Where Hie
they from ?’
‘Limerick, my son.’
I shall not bo able to finish my remarks,
about Niagara Falls until I get better.
MARK TWAIN.
The Press—What is it T
The realm of the press is enchanted ground.
Sometimes the editor has the pleasure of
knowing that he has defended tho right, ex
posed the wrong, protected the weak,; that
he has given utterance to a sentiment has
cheered somebody's solitary hoar, mado
somebody happier, kindled a smile upoq a Bad
face, or hope in a heavy heart. Ha play hitofc
with that eentiment months—years after ; it
may have lost all traces of its nativity, "but
ho feels an affection for it. lie wol'Ssuitfs t¥He
a long absent child. Ho rends it as if for tho
first time, and wonders if indeed ho wrote it,
for he has changed since then. Perhaps ho
could not give utterance to tho sentiment
now ; perhaps ho would not if he could. It
seems like the voice of his former self calling
to the present, and there is something mourn
ful in its tone. He begins to think, to remem
ber—remember when he wrote it, and why •
who were his readers then, and whither have
they gone ; what he was then, and how he has
changed. So he muses, till h.e finds himself
wondering if that thought of his will contin
ue to float on after he is dead, and whether he
is really looking upon something that will
survive him. And then comes the sweet con
sciousness that there is nothing in tho senti
ment he could wish had been unwritten ; that
it is the better part of him—a shred from
the garment of immortality ho shall leave be
hind, when he joins the ‘‘innumerable eara
yan,” and takes his place in the silent halls of
dentil.—Journal.
Hold Four Cotton.
A gentleman just returned from New York
who has had great experience as a cotton buy
er, and has really done nothing else since the
war closed, informed us yesterday that the
planters were now playing into tho hands of
speculators most admirably, in rushing their
cotton on the market. It was just what tho
New York buyers and speculators wanted
Three weeks ago cotton was firm in New York
at 35 cents per pound, but just so soon as the
planters got ready to sell, the price immediately
receded to 29 and 30 cents, with a strong effort
on the part of the buyers to still further res
dace it. Our friond stated that there was not
a cotton buyer in New York, of any intelli
gence or reliability, who docs not boTievo that
cotton will go to 35 or 40 cents per pound in
that market, by or before the Ist of May next ;
and they candidly and openly express such an
opinion among themselves ; and are laughing
in their sleeves at the rush the planters are
now making upon the market. Just so soon
as the bulk of the cotton crop is out of tho
hands of planters, and a close guess cun bo
made of the year’s crop, thon you will seo a
reaction in the price that will astonish yon.—
Our friend expressed real mortification and
shame at tho manner in which tho planters
were blindly injuring themselves just now,
and expressed the beliof that even before
Christmas they would rue their present suici
dal policy-
AVc have the foregoing from a gentleman
who knows as much about cotton and the
cotton market as any gontleman in Georgia
one who is familiar with the- present animus
of New York speculators, and knows precisely
what their game is, and we give his views and
advice as worth something.—[Macon Tel.
"'hat is the difference between charity and
a tailor? The first covers a multitude if sins ;
the latter a multitude of sinners.