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8 200 PER ANNUM. THE THOMSON ADVERTISER. Weekly, at $2,00 per annum, in advance. DeLANEY & ANDERSON, Publishers. Job Printing of every description, executed t this office. MANURE DEPOT! THE ODDEST <£ U4N: a H 0 U s E In Augusta. Established 1855. Os this one thing you may be sure : You’ll have poorer ps without MANURE. t bEg to offer PURE PERUVIAN GUANO, 2,<HK) I.BS. Cash i * llO LAND PLASTER, Cash **) On Time SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO, Cash *7O On Time 60 FLOUR OF RAW UN STEAMED BONE, Cash - *7O On Time GROUND BONE, Cash On Time ,b COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE OF LIME, (For Composting with Cotton Seed.) • Cash •!*“ On Time ■ >7 ’ so Time Sales are pay aide by Planters. Draft* on good Factors, maturing Ist November, 1870, ■without interest, j Q MATHEWSON, 3m7 285 Broad Street, Augusta, On. ALBERT HATCH’S New Carriage and Harness Repository, 177 Rrond St, Augusta, Ga. One door below Southern Ex re<s office, in the Augusta Hot 1 Building. AGENT FOR THETOrfILINSON DEMAREST CO.’S CELEBRATED Carriages, Buggies & Plantation Wagons. Ha-ne-s always on bend nnd male to Order.— Repairing nc.itl, done, and at sliort notice. 3ml sys IHANUFACTUR F. *<S* Superior Cotton Yarn No. 6to 12. A Do*, No. 400 to 700. MA r PTU E S S E S All sixes an l i[ualir.ies to suit, orders. IB a t t 1 n f? . Os IV .ste or Good Cotton W;0 O L CARDING. The q lality of Oie Rolls unsurpassed. FLOUR and MEAL t |TIE GRTBT MILL cannot, b surt.nssed in I the quality, nor the quahtil of MEAL or FLOUR turn.-d. A supply of .leal or Flour constantly on hand. Flour of all grades to suit i u taste and price Fancy, Double Extra. Extra Family, FnmMy Superfine, an l Fine. Graham Ftnur nnd Grit v> order. SH MiTS and HU AN. for Feed ilsn kept. The patronage of tbc public is re spectfu’ly asked. Satisfaction guaranteed. \ splendid stock of Dry Cood3 and Groceries in hand and for oils Cheap for Onsh or barter lot all kinds of Country Produce. F„ STEADMAN, Prop’r. STkadman Newton Cos., On., Feblß 19, Mrs. N. BRUM CLARK’S MILLINERY & DRESS MAKING ESTAItLIS iMENT. 251 Broad street. Augusta, On. JUBT RECEIVED a l u ge and varied stock of Bonnets. Hats, Feathers, Flowers, etc., etc., which are oflfere 1 at a'small advance on the cost. Mrs.CLARK ;iv es her careful attention to the DRESS m\KIXO department. Ladies wishing a perfect fit will be gratified, by calling on Mrs. C. J3*TA p -rfect fit guaranteed. ggy-All work delivered when prrmised. Bridal Tromwaanxjmaile in Style. Prices Reasonable. MRS, N. BRUM uLARK, 2m50 25l Broad street, Avgusta, Ga. Agent for the Florence Sewing Machine. THE 6EORGIA PAPER iVIILLS. CAR ULL CO., GA., *»7"ILL pay Casit for Rags, Rope, Bagging, IT and old Papers. Orders solicited for Wrapping, Manilla, and Printing Paper. New Mill, Pure Water, Live Men. Prices Low. Terms Cash. All inquiries promptly answered. Address M. P. KELLOGG, Pres. Cos . g m 2 “College Temple,” New nan, Ga. O O- P A it T N E 11 SHlP —Cotton Factors AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. An gust a, Georgia. STOVALL & ROWLAND. TIIE undersigned, having associated them selve* in the Commission Business, umler t he name and style of STOVALL & ROWLAND, will give personal - attention to the sale ot Cotton and other produce, and would respect fully solicit Planters and Merchants’ business. Orders for BAGGING, ROPE, TIBS and FAMILY SUPPLI .S promptly attended to. — Cash advances on consignments. Office, corner Jackson and Reyldssteew, opposite Poullaiu's A areliouse. 'll. A. STOVALL. CHAS. A. ROWLAND gept. 10 3m43 formerly Fleming A Rowland THE THOMSON ADVERTISER. J. C. MORRIS, Attorney cut Law, CON VERS, GA. L3rOTTf3I3, COVINGTON, GA., TnEflEovo Ilolel has just been opened in this City. Newly furnished throughout, and the undersigned will spare no-pains to make it a favorite retreat for the traveling public 5-stf G. F. MERIWETHER, Pr. p’r. L. B. Anderson. A. C. McCalla. ANDERSON A 'McCALLA, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. COVINGTON, GA. TT7TI.I. attend regularly, and practice in the \ V Superior Courts of the Counties of Newton, Butts, ITenry, Spalding, Pike, Monroe, Upson, Jasper, Waltou, DeKalb, Mprgan and Gwinnett.— HOL D YOU R C OTTON! I HAVE road* mr i -uremcuts to Ship for Flantcrs their COTTON to New York, and hold the same for them until the Ist of July next, ami will advance one half of the value of Cotton on the d*y us ship i ent. Call and make voar ar. aturements, nuJ hold your cotton for Higher Prices. A. la. CAMP. Covington. Ga,. Nor. 8, T569.—2m2 I would respectfully inform the citizens of Newton, and adjoining t A counties, that I have opened a SADDLE nnd HARNESS SHOP On north side public square in COVINGTON where I :int prepared to make to order, Harness Saddles, A c , or Uepair the same at short notice, and in the best style. 17 if . JAMES B. BROWN \C. COOK infc >nns his friends and t lie pnb • lie that he is now prepared to fill Ills orders for Vines and Planting, A full assortment of choice Grape Vines and Cuttings for sale low. Also agent for K. iTlleureurc’s Air Treatment of Wines, and in Distilling, Malting, Manufacture of Syrups, Sugar, Oils, in Tanning, and all Fluids, and many solids, as Bread making, curing Tobacco, and other organic substances.—ly4Bj .1 OsK. 1’ II V. TINS LB Y, Watchmaker A Jeweler Is fully prepared to Repair Watches, Cloek' jnd Jew.dr\, in the best Style, at short notice, Al! Work Done at Old Prices, and Warranted. 2d door below the Court House.—stf JO IT in S • CARROLL, DENTIST coVln (S ton, g ko n gra. Teeth Filled, or New ones Inserted,in ‘tiVtil •Yth. best Style. an«l on Reasonable Term# Office Rear of R. King's Store.—l ltf Yew Photographic Gallery. ¥ HAVE completed my NEW GALLERY over 3 the P<)*>T ()FFloland am satisfied that. I can, wiin nw n- w Skv 1 ight, take as Fine a Picture a» any Artist in th<- State. As I use none hut Hie very best, mateiial, I will guarntee satisfaction to all in need of Pictures. Give me a oalt au«l cxau.iio* specimen-*. J. W CRAWFORD, Artist. Covingt.nn, Ga, Nov. 20, 1809.—4 30tf JEWELRY! JEWELRY! rll AVI’. JUBTOPENED a Fine lot of Jew. b y, inciii’dng nil the Ice styles of Ladies’ Fine Cold PrtiM ri, 'S an t Far ltin./s. also Slu-11, J e t, Corri'Ran,and Pmtrl Breast Pius, nnd ifracelcts, Gcrr's shell, J-t. Hair, St.-el, and Leather, Watch i hains. Finger Kings, &<;. Also, anew lot of Watches and (’Jocks, and a full supply of Spectacles, Ca«e«, I respectfully invite a call from the ladies, anl all n " antof anything J. M. LEVY. OH. TI IT’S .SARSAPARILLA AND QUEENS Dr.LL.UT. The great Blood Pnrifier. , y: TUTT’S EXPECTORANT. A certain cure H \R. TI TT’S IMPROVED HAIR DYE. The 1 / ' . -t Dve in tro* OR. TUTT’S VEGETABLE LIVER PILLS, For Liver Complaint, Dispcpsla, <fec. Tl.ese valuable Preparations are for sale in ( ovingtltn, hv... Dr. J. E. IT. WARE ] , C.-nyers, by DR. J. A. STEWART Ii Jom-,horo, by GEORGE MANSFIELD Hi Thomson by A. I). HILL FISK’S METALLIC B'JSIAL CASES AND CAS K!’T S , -or sale by THOMPSON & HUTCHINS, ]y29 (,'ovington Ga. I lotels. PL AN TERS HOTEL, Auouhta. GnonnrA, This well ktiown first class lUtel is now re opened for thr accommodation of *he traveling public, with the assurance that those who may have •>-o:n*ion to visit Augusta, will be made comfortab'e. 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 OEOKOIA WHITAKER .<t SASBEEN, Proprietors. Within One Hundred Yards of the General Passen i;cr Depot, corner Alabama and Prior streets, AMERICAN HOTEL, Alabama street, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Nearest house to the Passenger Depot, white & Whitlock, Prc tetors Having re-leased and renovated ie above Hotel, we are prepared to entertain uests m a most satisfactory manner. Charp » fair and moderate. Our efforts will be to .ease. Baggage carried to and from Depot .rceof charge CLOTHIPIS AT WHOLESALE. R. P. S. KIMBRO &■ CO., Decatur Street, ATLANTA, GA. 1 TTE beg to inform our friends and the Public, W that we arc now opening the largest and choicest stock of READY MADE CLOTH IN «, Ever offered in Atlanta, and propose doing a Wholesale Jobbing Business. Haring associated ourselves- with one of the largest Manufacturing Houses of Philadelphia we are enabled to sell goods as low as any House in the country, and respectfully invite you to call and examine our st. ek. as we jnean what we say in regard to low prices. . We will keep constantly on hand a full stock of Clothing and Furnishing Goods for Men’s Wear. . Ho not fait to call and examine our stock before - eking your purchases, as we believe « e can make it to your interest to l uy your goods of „ a . 11. P. S. KIMBRO A CO. Atlanta, Ga.—3m43 THOMSON GA, JAN, ?2, 1870. The Tempest oi the Soul. Tempests their furious course may sweep Swiftly o'er the troubled deep, Darkness may lend her gloomy aid, | And wrap the groaning world in shade ; But man can show a darker hour, And bend beneath a stronger power;— There is a tempest of the soul, I A gloom where wilder billows roil I The howling wilderness may spread Its pathless deserts, parched and dread, Where not a blade of herbage blooms, Nor yields the breeze its soft perfumes; Where silence, death, and horror reign Uncheeked, across I lie wide domain ; There is a desert of the mind Mure hopeless, dreary, undefined ! There. Sorror, moody Discontent, And gnawing Care, are wildly blent; There Horror hangs her darkest clouds, And the whole seenc.in goont enshrouds; A sickly ray is cast around, Where nought but dreariness is found ; A feeling that may not ho told, Dark, rending, lonely, drear, and cold. The wildest ills that darken life Are rapture to the bosom’s slrife ; The tempest, in its blackest form, Ts beauty to the bosom's storm ; The ocean, lashed to fury loud. Its high waves mingling with the cloud, Is peaceful, sweet serenity To passion’s dark and houndless sea. There sleeps no calm, there smiles no rest, When storms arc warring in the breast; There is no moment of reposo In bosoms lashodby bidden woos ; The scorpion sting the fury renrs, And every trembling filiro tears; The vulture preys with bloody beak Upon the heart that can but break I Anew denomination of religionists is spring-’ ing up in Massachusetts. The converts arc already numerous. They holievo in the doc trine of future rewards and punishments, and that the good, when they die, will go to Bos' lon. They have just commenced business, and haven’t yet determined where the bad will goto. There was at first a strong party in favor ofc Chicago, but they vvet-o induced to ahanf on tbc idea of that place—not because they thought it unfit for the future almdo of of the damned, but on neeonrrt of tbc cost of transportation. John Van Bureti once won a suit at which the opposite parly was so much enraged that lie declared that whenever he met “Princo John” he would jafeh into him. They en oomtlcrod each other at an oyster counter.— The man at once addressed hint ' "Mr. Van Bureti, is there a cause so bad, or an individual so infamous, that your services cannot ho obtained 7" “t cannot say,” said John, swallowing an other oyslcr-. and, stooping over, he asked in an undertone that everybody could hear: “What have you been doing?” A loyal Washington nigger was arrested for stealing—an unusual occurrence, by the way —when the magistrate said : “I thought, Sam, you belonged to the lny.il party; that’s on its good behavior, you know? ® ‘‘Dat’s just so, massa ; we’s two clauses—do high and do low. Do high takes what’s guv to ’em like Mass-a. Grant; do low takes what’s not guv to ’em like Massa Butler. I’se a low, massa, dat’s all.” Several tons of Cirlifornia flax have lately been worked into bagging, and the result of the experiment is said to be highly satisfactory. It is considered that the fabric made from the California article is superior to that from the jute which is imported at a heavy expense. During a revival meeting, a good Methodist lady made a fervent exhortation, prefacing i with the remark that sho once enjoyed herself hy going to theatres. An inattentive but en thusiastic brother shouted: ‘‘So did I—bless the Lord 1” “My dear Dolly, I am surprised ot your taste in wearing another woman’s hair on your head," said Smith to bis wife. “My dear Joe, I am equally astonished that you persist in wearing another sheep’s wool on your back. There now 1” A young man living in Lafayette, Ind., is humility personified. The other day he asked ayoungl.-idy if ho might “be allowed the priv ilege of going home with her,” and was indig nantly refused ; whereupon he inquired very humbly if lie might be “allowed to sit on tho fence and see her go by.” Mr. Mungen, of Ohio, who advoeatod the repudiation of national debt, in a speech in the House of Representatives on the 14th inst., voted against the proposed increase of $44,- 000,000 greenbacks, whereat his constituents are greatly incensed, and there is some talk of formally calling upon him to resign, A religious paper says that “Shoo, Fly,” is more popular than the Lord's Prayer. If the religious people would practice on the Lord's Prayer as much as the minstrels do on their favorite, there is no reason why it shouldn’t be as popular. A lady asked Iter gardener why the weeds always outgrow the flowers. “Madame,” an swered he, “ tho soil is mother to tho weeds, but only step mother to the flowers." The Peabody funeral fleet is due at Portland about the 18th inst. Extensive perparations are making in Boston and Portland to give proper effect to the occasion. REPORT Bend before the Newton County Agricultural Spciety, January 8, 1870. jjMit. President, and Gbnti.emen of TtiE Soc. ~y:— Wu, tho Committee appointed to examine the “Ladies’ Department" at'the State Agricultural Fair, held in Macon in NdYvmbor last, and report the result and con clusions of our examination to this Club ; beg to state that we entered upon that examination umu r difficulties. First: we are candid to confess that we wore not competent Judges of the merits of many of the articles found on exhibition in this Department, and especially is t!-'S-truo of tho Chairman of the Committee —h - bung -‘Benedick the Bachelor.” Again: you have heard or read, perhaps, that Bcikes said the Fair was a “scrouge.”— Btf'L Spikes was right; it was a scrouge—a tree 'ttdous scrouge. The articles furnished by the ladies for exhibition were placed in the seem and story of the Laboratory Building; and here the scrouge was intense—culminating in a S' noezo and a jam, crushing and almost in extitleable; the like of which wo never saw, or%,t before. Wo not only had no room to rn|ke ' critical examination of the various armies‘found on exhibition, but often no room in which to turn round, without committing a trespass upon some gentleman’s corn,or form-, ingjl n ‘entangling alliance’ with some ladies’ pas thernalin ; tho result of which was, some tiff a fierce ‘damn’ from the gentleman for tMSi.aforesaid trespass; nnd from tho lady a rebuking look, withering and wilting in tho eitii me in its effects upon us, for forming the said entangling alliance, as aforesaid. . 'Hlsiso who were so unfortunate, or fortu nate, as tho case may be, as not to have been present on that grand occasion, can form no conception of the huge proportions of this dis- Kculty. Once more : tho scrouge ns intimated, came to a head on this floor of the building, nnd was got on up hero ohiefly by tho ladies therrtseltos, who were ns thick as Autumn leaves, nnd thicker too; so Hint, when wo essayed to exs amine tho articles on exhibition, beautiful and exquisite as many of them were, we wore so bewitched nnd bewildered by the wondrous bcfttilv nnd transcendent loveliness of the ladies themselves, that we forgot our duty.— Who would, or who could fix his admiring gaze upon earth’s tiny glow-worms, when abqve him thick, as swarming bees, heaven’s countless stars beamed and twinkled in match less beauty and glorious brilliancy ? . The naturo and character of this difficulty is such, that wc feel free to throw ourselves at full length uponhlto leniency of at least any tinji -very one who even merely peeped into Shi, t-oom of the building, for nil defects in tj.is report. Wo shall not attempt to parlicu .triz ns t-i any of the many articles wc saw on exhibition in this Department. Wore we to do so, wo would not know where to com mence, or when to stop. Suffice it to say, that wc saw paintings which for beauty of concep tion, correctness of design, skill of execution and exquisitencss of finish, were worthy of tho highest praise and heartiest ndrnirution-highly suggestive of the fact, that some names in this line, already given to fame, had better look well to their laurels. Close by some of thoso paintings, we saw preserves and jellies, (we trust that no one will be shocked by the single step from paintings to preserves) the very looks of whoso delicate, but rich, luscious, tempting color and appear aneo were enough to make one’s mouth fairly water; and we have not a particle of doubt but that a round bait of which, accompanied with a quantum sufficit of some of tho inviting cake and wine near by, would make one think strongly, that ho was feasting on tho famed “Nectar of the Gods.” Hard by these sweets and dainties, if you will pardon another step in perhaps an awk ward and unexpected direction, wc noticed s most exquisite article of woman’s apparel— name unknown, at least to tho chairman of your committee—whose delicate texture, rich pattern, spotless purity—for it was white as the robe of a saint—ornate and beautiful finish, made np a ‘th;ng of bo;.jty,’ the possession of which would make glad the heart of a princess. Nostling close by this ‘tl.ing of beauty,’ and occupying, irt our opinion, a most appropriate position, was n perfect little gem of a baby dress, gotten up in a style and after a fashion that would transform in a moment, ‘in the twinkling of an eye,’ the brawlingcst bugbear of a brat that ever bore the impress of human ity, into the sweetest, darlingest little angel of a baity that ever had, in expectancy, its moth er’s loveliness and its father’s manliness. Occupying a neighboring position, wo saw quilts nnd coverlets, which—well, they were charming; and a quiet snooze under their soft an»j graceful folds would no doubt be full of dreams of Paradise and visions of the Angola. And in this Department we beard music, no idea of whioh can we give you. We have read of the ‘inusio of the spheres,’ and of tho mel qdy way back yonder, in the long long ago, yjien the ‘morning stars sang together;’ but ficither of theso ‘fill the bill’ by any manner of means. Os the music we heard in this Department, we can only say as has been said of ‘Adam’s recollection of his fall,’ —it stands alone. But we would hy no means create the im pression, that in our opinion, each and every article we saw on exhibition in this Depart ment, deserved a premium, for we saw many articles, the equals of which in merit and boauty, we think may be found in many a good housewife's home ; and whioh she never dreamed of sending to a Fair. Still, wc saw enough, in our opinion, to justify us in saying that the brave men of Georgia are, and of right ought to bo proud of their mothers, thoir wives, their daughters, their sisters, and their sweet hearts. It may be going outside of the scope ex pected of our report; still, wc cannot close without speaking of something wo saw, not exactly in the ‘ladies! department.’ We *isi ted tho Velobipede Rink, where we saw a woman, so called, dressed in a flashy hybrid manner, enter the arena astride a Velocipede, and before a noisy rude mixed multitude, eon tost with men, the palm of speed and bottom. But we are glad, ayo 1 ptoud, to be able bo say, that this woman was no daughter of Georgia, or of the South, the land we love; and we hope and confidently believe, that the day will never come, when a daughter of hers will be seen exhibiting herself in a manner and after a fashion, so immodest, so unlovely, so unwomanly ! The daughters of Georgia were made for no sugli purpose! They were made to love, and to be loved—the light and orna ment of our homes—the joy and pride of our hearts, they are benntiful, stars ever pointing us by their purity and loveliness, to happier homes above tho sky, whore dwell in blissful existence their kindred spirits, the angels. J. B. Davis, N. C. Carr, F. M. Whitehead, Committee. No Resurrection t Tho following beautiful extract is from a speech delivered by Hon. D. W. Voorhees, of Indiana : It is a melancholy spectacle to behold a free government die. Tho world, it is true, is filled with evidences of decay. All nature speaks tho voice of dissolution, and tho highway of history and of life is strown with the wrecks which Time the groat despoiler, has made.— llto hopes of the future, bright visions of re vtvtng glory, are nowhere denied to the Jheart of man, save as he gazes on the downfall of legal liberty. He listens mournfully to the autumn winds ns they sigh through dismantled forests, but ho knows that their breath will be soft anti vernal in tho spring, and that the doad flowers and withered foliage will blossom and bloom again. 110 sees the sky overcast with the angry frown of tempests, but he knows that the sun will reappear and the emblazonry of God cannot perish. Man himself, this slrango connecting link between dust and De ity, totters wearily, wearily onward under the weight of years and pain, toward tho ton.b, but how briefly his life lingers nrouhd tho dismal spot. It is filled with tears and grief: and the willow and cypress gather kround it with their loving but mournfut embrace. And is this all ? Not so 1 If a man-die, ahull he not live again ? Beyond the grave in the distant Aiden, Hope provides an elysium of the soul where it assumes immortality, and life becomes an endless splendor. But where, sir, in all the dreary regions of the past, filled with convulsions, rtr.d -crimes; o.tti vou point your finger to the tomb of a freo oomtnonwetilth on which the angels of resurrection have ever descended or from whose sepulchre the stone of dcspofi-itit has ever been rolled away?— IV here, in what ago, and in what clime have the veins of constitutional freedom renewed their youth, and regained their 10-t estate? By whose strong grip has tho dead corpse of the Republic, once fallen, ever been raised ? The merciful Maker who walked upon the waters and bade the winds be still, left no or dained apostle with the power to wrench apart the jaws of national death, and release the victim of despotism. Tho wail of tho heart broken over tho doad is not so sad to me as the realization of this fact. But all history, with a loud, unbroken voice, proclaims it ; and the evidence of what the past has been is conclusive to mv mind of what the future will be.— Wherever in tho domain of human ccnduot a people once posses.-ed of libct ty have surrender od these great gifts of God at tho command of tho usurper, they have never afterwards proven themselves worthy to regain their forfeited treasure. It is stntod that Chief Justice Chase has written lotters to reform members of tho Ohio Legislature lie has influence with, urging upon them tho importance of ratifying tho Fifteenth Amendment. The Chief Justice is exceedingly anxious that Ohio should ratify tho amendment, and is said to be using his personal influence for this purpose. In con versation with a gentleman a few days ago, ho said he would be very much disappointed if tho Ohio Legislature did not ratify the amend ment. lie thought, from his knowledge of the re'orm members elect, that most of them would vote for it. Alluding to tho woman suffrago question, the San Joaquin, California, Itopubliean says: “ She for whose love man has defied every danger, has streaked her face with dirty paint, dug up tho tomahawk, raised the whoop, and sallied forth on the war path. Woman suffrage robs man of his dearest privilege and his most powerful incentive to deeds of valor and re nown.” Tho Washington correspondent of the Bal timore Gazette, writing under date of tho 10th instant; say 9 : Tho National Intelligcncor died this morn ing at an early hour, for the fourth time.— This pitch, however, it is not only dead, but buried, and beyond resurrection. Its last pro prietor, in penning its obituary, takes care (like Cervantes with his hero, Don Quixotte) to give ample notico that no more sallies can possibly occur. The coast is therefore clear nnd I learn that parties have already arranged for tho issue of a purely Democratic pnpar at the metropolis. The State Department lias received, from tho Governor of New York official notification of tho repeal of the ratification of tho fifteenth amendment. VOL 4. NO. IQ; “Alone.” What a short word, and how significant, in so many different senses. Alone 1 whilri' it speaks vest and peace to Somo of earth’s children, to others, it breathes forth the hcavs iest burthens of grief and despair. “Alone at last 1” attd'the weary statesman sinks into his chair, in his private library, in the very abandon of the relief he feels Weary in heart, body and mind, so glad he can at last find one moment his own. Alone f how sweet the word to him, sines his cares" have weighed so heavily upon him, and planted* so many deep furrows in that once smooth' brow, and sprinkled thi. kly with silver thoso once dark locks. Ills thoughts aro turned to the past, with its wearisome record, and 1 through the dim future he tries to trace, by the aid of the past, tho. realities of life that await him. j.Ver and anon he starts as if frorf some horrid phantom, and seems to wrap him* self more securely in the delightful elysium of alone ! “Oh! how Ido enjoy being alono, some* itnics r» and a merry school girl threw hersej/ on the ottoman, in front of the grate, while hqr bright eyes, Naming with joy, began busily traemg heart pictures in the glowing coals.— The young being whose soul overflowed' *ith‘ the happiness and beauty of living, .sough* solitude in the very exuberance of her j„js ousness, to wonder if it-sifould ever be thus ttf the end of her life journey ; that she should continue in the same beautiful flowory paths of life, without one rough stone or sharp thorn of envy, malice or bitterness to bruise or pierce tho tender feet, so accustomed to the paths of pleasantness and peace. Dream on, fair dreamer 1 would that the beatftiMl pictures you trace could bo more than' realised—that you could live on your sweot life, unsullied by care, and undimnied by Horrow. But to those' “ born of cart h ”it cannot be. The realities' of life cannot be passed by in silonce. The’ true and pure of every ago and condition/ must meet the temptations and trials that beset the path of every one, and, “alone, some* times ' only the moro plainly points us to the’ only haven of rest prepared beyond the “si lent river.” Alone I In a cozy room beside a tiny work stand, on which rests a clear, bright lamp, t£ young wife bends dreamily over her sewing while she, ever and anon, glances up at the' busy clock on the mantle shelf to note the' hour. Hotv laggard is old Time, to her, for tho hands of tho clock do drag so slowly over each minute. “Alone” has no charms for hor. To have her “dear, dear Harry’’ seated near her is the sum of her greatest happiness’. And while tho bright dressing gown ar.d gaily' braidod slippers lie empty before the warin’ fire, her heart will bo restless and discontented, while she wearily counts the moments n« tt.av pass away. Patience, young wife, ’tis only one of the many trials which await you. Tho stern demands of life detain from you the* •'boson ‘dear one,’ and, all alone 1 you draw fairy pictures of the happiness of his coming.- 1 ho iron door clangs to, the heavy bolts aro drawn, and the miserable prisoner is alone in hisjfuu! cell. The bright and pure sunshine ir domed lam, for his crimo is one that can claim no leniency at tho hands of the jailor.- A murderer 1 how pale his face grows and how despairingly he sinks on the floor and covers his face with his hands, irt the first moV ments of solitude, when the terrible words fall so heavily upon his heart and he fully realizes the terribleness of the alone to which his own’ act has consigned him. While in the agon/ of remorse lie exclaims, “My mother! how' can sho bear to hear of my fearful crime?” • lie pearly gates of his innocence are forever* closed upon him, as the darkness of despair cieeps into his heart, he curses the day ho’ first saw the light, and alone, to him, is more' terrible than can he described, .and he sinks beneath the load of agony to dream of the' happy past. A fair, sad eyed mother sat near an open window, before a Irttlo trunk, which she was sadly packing with fairy like clothes, that la/ on the chairs, in the empty crib, and on the' sofa of the pleasant bed chamber—as each tiny article! found a resting place in tho trunk, a mother’s tears embalmed them. At lost a little stocking and erumplod shoe lay in hor lap and hor tears fell faster yet. The exaefl impress of tho darling little feet were still in them, although those same feet were long since stilled forever. The mother oressed them (p her breast, and felt more deeply tho pangs of her loneliness. For her darling, the swoot wearer of the little clothes, had been snatched from her bosom in the beauty and purity of its infancy. The golden stream of sunshine' camo in at the open window, and rested lov* ingly on tho pictured image, shrouded in crape, of a beautiful infant, which hung on the wall. There its glimmering warm rays flooded the little crib, and goldened the little’ clothes, which that gentle, sad mother pul away in tho trunk, all warm with tho sun* light. Alono ! alono ! rung more clearly and sadly in her heart, but she grieved not, as one with out hope for her trust was stayed on the ‘Rock of ages,’ and sho knew it would not he be* trayed. A prodigal son writes his father from Omaha ; ; “1 have to have my only shirt washed by the dozen, for it is in twelve pieces, and the smallest liolo in it is the one 1 put my head through,” A French writer has said that to dream gloriously, you must act gloriously when 1 ’ awake;aud to bring ungels down to converse with you in your sleep, you must labor in the' cause of virtue during the day. In diving to the bottom of pleasures; vs’ bring up more gravel ibuu pearls.