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H. C. RONEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMSON, GA.
Gif' Will practice in the Augusta, North
ern and Middle Circuits. nolyl
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-and in the Supreme Court, and will give
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
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(The PxUuJjfe Mkehltr Journal.
VOL. V.
PHOTOGRAPHS!
T
X HE undersigned respectfully informs
the citizens of this section that he has
located in Thomson for a time, where he
is prepared to make
All Kinds of Pictures,
on reasonable terms.
Gall and examine specimens.
J. A. KELLY.
D2B-at
For Sale
r|MlE large building, on Main street, in
I Thomson, occupied at present by Sutton
Hamlet, Dr. das, S. Jones and Mrs. J. C-
Ri chard k.
’i ho lion.se is well arranged, and finished
throughout: with one largo store room and
oilice below, and five 100 ms above; and
with a kitchen and well of good water
on the premises.
ALSO, the house, on Main street, now
occupied by Jtrre F. .Tones, as a store house
For terms apply to
JNO. L. HOLZENDORF,
Novdtf Thomson, Ga.
STOVES, STOVES!
T
JL HE\ are made of the best material.
They always have a good draft.
Every Stove is warranted to bake well.
Our lowest, cash prices arc published.
Persons wishing Cfi&RTER OAK STOVES
can scud money by Express.
PRICES : No. (!, £30.00; No. 7, s3*>,oo;
No. a, *rn,o'>; No. !>, £17,00.
Refer to WHITE & COM US.
1). L. PULLEIiTON, Stove Dealer,
A. 13-a§ Augusta, Ga.
Our Gratuitous ixponont.
Gcntlomon, although perfectly neutral in
this mattei, as fur ns »clf.interest is con
cerned: not being a man « f fanhiou myself,
yet I cannot refrain on this occasion from
rising to explain the otfOSmtiun which'
my studied experience in regard to matters
of wearing apparel, and the comfort and
satisfaction of -of —yes gentlemen—nltho’
unaccustomed to--that is—l firmly believe,
from what I have seen my wife has heard
the same thing that economy, durability,
spleudidity, substantiality, and good fits can
be had in the clothing lino by trading at
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SCYTHES, AXES. BUILDERS’
HARD WARE and CARPENTERS’ TOOLS.
IRON find STEEL, and
BLACKSMITHS’ TOOLS.
Merchant supplied at bottom prices.
Planters give us a caU.
Wc keep the celebrated White Man’s
Cotton Hoe
El-’-a§
POETICAL.
Commencement Day.
! I thought of the rose-bud garden,
And marvelled which was the queen,
As I looked on the ranks of maidens
In the pride of their joy serene—
O! beautiful girlish faces,
Unlined by a thought of care,
And bright with the fearless gladness
That children and angels share.
I listened to words of wisdom
That were fit for the poet or sage,
Spoken by lips as sweet as flowers
From the flower-encircled stage;
And I wished that the older learners,
Going to Life’s hard school,
Could only remember half so well
Line and precept and rule.
And then as a ripple of laughter,
Like a breeze on tassellad corn,
Or a shower of chrystal dew-drops
From the leaves of a vine at mom,
Unttered its fairy chiming.
My heart roved far away
From these happy ones and the triumph
Os this commencement day.
Commencement! Yes, of duties,
O! the many-braided strand
That' only is kept from tangle
By the skiU of woman's hand -
Os waiting days and watching,
Os long unaswered prayers—
Beginning of life in earnest,
With its thousand joys and cares.
But not with a passing shadow
Would I dim Uio light serene
That shines in tho eyes of the happy giris,
Each to her own a queen;
For kisses of little children
And blessings of youth and age,
Shall be set in jewelled beauty
011 their life’s unwritten page.
[journal correspondence. ]
A Visit to the Mountains, Fails anil
Watering Places of North Georgia--
AUatita— -Gainesville- - -Chalybeate,
Sulphur amt New Holland Springs—
Yonati—Nacoochee Valley—l iar! es
villc—&c., Ac.
Gainesville, Ga., July sth, 1875.
fhar Journal :
In pursuit of health, rest a short re
spite from care in a more salubrious clime,
we left Thomson anil our little ones on
the morning of Juno 22d, and without
anything of note to break tho jolu-ncy
found ourselves about 4 o’clock in the
afternoon at the noisy depot of
ATLANTA.
It was our desire to stop at Dr. Holland’s
Private Boarding House, but we failed
to' get bis address, none knew 'of his
whereabouts, and too dusty and weary to
make much effort, wo yielded ourselves
to tho guidance of a National Hotel port
er, who had already taken charge of Mr.
H’s valise and umbrella, and forthwith
started for that place. It stands but 11
pleasant walk from the depot, and as we
wended our way ulong llic 11. I. Kimball
loomed up in grand magnificence before
us ; for a moment our steps faltered, as
visions of its tempting accommodations
tilled our minds, but wo remembered
that “all is not gold that glitters,” and
quickly passing on, soon reached our
quarters. We had no reason to regret
our choice. Tho weary traveller will
find at the National, clean, inviting beds,
attentive servants, and an abundance up
on tlic table of nicely cooked food, with
what one seldom finds from home, very
good tea and coffee. We found the Gate
City exceedingly warm, too much so for
invalids. Twenty-four hours bounded our
stay, during which wo hail a pleasant
ride to Ponce de Leon Springs ; attend
ed services at Dr. Warren’s church, and
partook twice of some delicious icecream
at Thomson’s Restaurant on Whitehall
street. 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
we took the
AIR LINF, FOR GAINESVILLE.
The cars on this route travel at a rapid
speed, making it very difficult to see
much of the country, which differs but
little in appearance from that below
Atlanta. One is soon covered with a
thick coat of what appears to be coal
dust, and you have either to draw down
the glass or wear a veil to protect the
eyes. As wo go farther up, houses anil
people become more scarce, tho country
more rugged and hilly, and according to
Air. H., “land very poor and crops late.”
Occasionally a solitary cabin, tho door
way filled with startled faces, peeping at
the cars, is passed, but we whirl along
so rapidly that only aglance can lie given,
before we are in a deep cut whose rocky
sides seem almost to touch the cars.
After leaving
NORCROSS,
a neat, thriving-lookiug place, the coun
try becomes still more nigged, tops of
mountains 'are seen in tho distance, and
the air is decidedly cooler and more brac
ing. The traveling on this road, with
the exception of the searching dust, and
that is not always present, is splendid,
anil nearer like that at the North than
any Southern road with which wo are
acquainted. The speed is swift, even
and continued, and the stay at all the
stations very short. We reached
GAINESVILLE
at 7 in the evening duringagentleshower,
entered a street car, and in a few moments
found ourselves at the Richmond Hotel.
This house is situated near tho depot,
and seemed to have an unusual influx of
visitors. The proprietor, Mr. Uuut, a
THOMSON, GA., JULY 14, 1875.
pleasant, sociable mau, asfWe afterwards
found, seemoji tc step abodt with a busy,
gratified air, while pOrtcrs. "anil servants
mostly white, vied with oimSs other in try
| iug to make guests com tillable. We
found hero three vary happy looking
bridal couples in different*: tages of their
bridal toura, several lively, entertaining
ladies and gentlemen from the North on
their return homo from a mountain trip,
besides other regular b ardors. This
house keeps a first-rate table, good bis
cuit aud good coffee, being specialties,
but not liking the locatuimm-saiuuiuciL
of fifty
aids, formerly of our hSn. It has a
neat court-house, any number of stores
and millinery establish;.! infs anil two
hotels, besides the Ric luimd House.
The street car leads froa the depot to
the Gainesville Hotel, ; vated on the
Public square, close to I le Post-Office,
and said to be a very niq [y kept-house.
Tho streets are too nun; Jons to remem
ber. Main Street is th| principal anil
Greene Street, the 011 c of which wo live,
has some handsome dwtwngs. Some of
the private residences nisfino specimens
of architectural taste aujbeauty; nearly
all have cither groves* shrubbery or
flower-ynrils surroimdiiJ them and the
place taken as a wholelip a quaint, cosy,
inviting air about it. There are three
mineral springs in tho ipimtyof Gaines
ville.
the okalvATe,
one mile from our aboill and tho one to
which we have resorted Sv, ice a day sinoo
our arrival here, hnq ftl ready worked
wonders in Air. ll.’s physical man. It is
strongly impregnated. SWitli iron and
sulphur, and no doubt Ija great strong
thencr and purifier of the system. Hun
dreds of pedestrians of till ages and sizes
visit this spring tlirougsFtbe week to test
its waters the hack jgefes out twice a
day, and on the »abb:iUi;tiie rood, in the
latter part of the day, jgt thronged with
vehicles.
sru’iivu sir. in os
are five miles from hem. Now Holland
Springs, Limestone a; and Iron both,'is a
beautiful watering pluiqh two miles amt
a half from
the Kimball Hmffic. • Tho.'maih Mitel in
large and airy, tho cottages look clean
aud cool. Col. Nichols keeps a band of
music, is said to set a splendid table,
and does all in bis power for the comfort
and pleasure of his guests. After a
pleasant stay of live days in this place,
in which time f lic health and strength of
each had considerably improved. Ale
concluded to take a trip to Naeoochee
Valley, and the Tallulah and Toccoa
Falls. There are several ronti s for visit
ing these Falls. The traveler can take
his choice. From Atlanta lie can con
tinue tho Air Lint rural aboyo Gainesville
to All. Airy, from thence by hack to
Clarksville, from there to Toccoa city four
teen miles, then Toccoa Falls, two a half
miles, and from there eighteen miles to
Tallulah Falls. Or ho can go to Toccoa
city by tlic Air Lino forty miles above
Gainesville aud from thence hack it to
both falls twenty miles. Ry those routes
you miss the valley, the Eden of Georgia,
and one of the most wonderfully beauti
ful places the eye ever beheld. The
third route is ours. We left Gainesville
Wednesday morning 30th June about 7
o’clock, in a hack driven by Mr. W. P.
Smith, proprietor and a prince among
hack-men. Ilis team a pair of large
bays were strong, gentle and ablcbodicd,
and everything was in readiness for a
four days trip. A small valise, lunch
basket, umbrella, overcoat and shawl,
made up our baggage. The morning
was delightful. Wo stopped at the
spring, drank freely of its healing waters,
travelled at a moderate speed viewing
the country, aud forded the Chattahoo
chio at half past eight o’clock. The
river is broad and rough, but not danger
ously so, our careful, experienced driver
took us safely ueross, aud then we began
to realize iu good earnest that we were
travelling by hack. Our route lay
through a fine country, the roads were
tolerably good, far better than we ex
pected, and tho crops—well, it will take
Mi. 11. who is such an admirer aud lover
of good crops, to tell you about them.
His enthusiasm knew no bounds. The
farms are mostly on tho water courses,
the bottom lands were covered with fields
of rich, waving corn, the cotton, beauti
ful and regular, surpassed ours ; each
succeeding valley was liner and richer
still, and the eye never grew weary in
viewing tho prospect. This country
abounds in apple-orchards ; tho trees,
some of them, are of immense size, aud
hung so heavily laden with the fruit as
to need propping up, Springs are
abundant, aud the water is delicious.
About 12 m. we were caught in a heavy
shower, but a friendly campground
sheltered us. Wc drove under the arbor,
partook of dinner, drank obol water from
a spring hard by, rested a little anil then
continued our journey. The beautiful
scenery continued to clnuyn us; soon the
mouutaius came in Bigl/t presently
OLD YONAH,
with its venerable top hove in sight, and
from that time until we reached Toccoa
city on our return that splendid old
mountain, no matter where we were, like
a guardian, looked down upon ns. Just
about here we came upon Richardson’s
gold mine diggings. Several men were
at work, and a stream of water tunnelled
a long di dance from the river, fell upon
the dirt as they shoveled it out, washing
aud separating from it the rich golden
treasure. This mine is said to have
[yielded already two hundred thousand
[dollars worth of gold. About five o’clock
[we forded the second time at the foot of
I the Alt. Yonah, tho Chattalioochie, and
now burst upon us in all its luscious,
I golden splendor, the rich, charming
VALLEY OF NACOOCHIE.
Right here the climax was reached, and
language failed toevpress the admiration,
wonder and delight of Mr. H. It is sur
prising that not ourselves only, but how
many others live in Georgia, and so far
from visiting, have never knotrn what a
paradise she has within her bounds. As
we ascended the banks of the river and
wound around the foot of the mountain,
on our left appeared tho splendid palati
al rosideuce of Mr. Nichols, the grounds,
summerhouses, fountains, Indian monuds,
the rich broad fields of Timothy, Clover
and Hay between us and the dwelling,
with the Blue Ridge for a back ground
make a superb picture. Add to the
heavy clouds rising over head, the light
ning darting from these clouds anil play
ing up the blue, steep sides of the moun
tains ; one loud peal of thunder falls
upon our ears ; across the valley Old
Yonah echoes it back sounding like the
roar of artillery. The picture is so
grandly beautiful, vc almost forgot the
tlnvateuiiig shower.
A heavy shower was evidently threat
ening ns, and «bile from a safe stand
point it might boa sublime scene to
contemplate, yet, as we had already en
countered on", the actual experience of
another would not be so pleasant. Tho
hotel was about two miles distant, and
there we expected to spend the night;
but it seemed impossible to reach it in
time to escape the storm, so hastening
our faithful team we drew up in front of
a large, neat residence embowered in
trees, and sent in by a servant, just pass
ing, to ask shelter until tho danger
should be over. The reply was : “They
don’t think it is going to rain—you
better go on to the hotel, not
very fur, a , mile or so.” Returning
thanks we pushed on. A few drops fell
but fortunately the clouds passed over
and in a short time, wo were at the hotel.
Weary, warm and n.-arly exhausted by
our long, rough ride of thirty-five miles,
wo were glad to slop. This house is
kept by Mr. Green. Wo found him a
very ph anant, obliging host, anil his wife
an intelligent, kind-hearted little lady.
Our wants were immediately attended
to. A refreshing bath, half an hour’s
rest on a clean bed, and a first-rato sup
per put us all right. This is an excel
lent house; coffee splendid, and wc
heartily recommend it to the traveller.
Besides the possession of creature com-
fort!., one has an everlasting scene of
richness and beauty to feast the eye up
on. Early next morning Mr. H. and
myself were both up enjoying tho fresh
mountain air, and drinking in, with our
whole being, the. glorious prospect before
ns. North, South, East and AVest wo
were shut in by mountains—their tops
leaning against the blue sky and just
tipped by the rising sun. The Blue
Ridge and Alleghany were distinctly
seen—the Trail Mountain, said to be tho
largest of the latter. Yonah appeared
very close by, but from where we were it
was five miles to the top. At several
places, are to be seen large Indian
mounds, each covered with a rich coat of
green. AVitliin this enclosure of moun
tains and mounds lies spread out the su
perb, beautiful valley of Nachoochee.
Its broad, and in some places perfectly
level acres, enriched by the Santee and
Chattalioochie, which meet and mingle
their waters here, are teeming with corn,
timothy and clover. The latter was be
ing cut, and large quantities of the hay
are annually shipped to Gainesuille, At
lanta and other places. This valley
takes its name from Nacoochee, an Indi
an girl, whose body, with that of her
lover, lies buried upon the top of one of
the Indian mounds. A single pine tree
marks the spot. Close by is a summer
liotiso built by Air. G. D. AVilliams, the
largest proprietor of tho valley,aud who
has here his summer residence. His
wonderful energy and taste have done a
great deal towards making this spot so
charming and attractive. Fountains
sparkle in tho sun and cool, delicious wa
ter meets you on every hand, trickling
along iu streams ready for man and
beast. AU that is needed to make this
one of tho most desirable places in Geor
gia or anywhere else is a railroad. Even
that would seem to mar its splendid
beauty, but it is too inaccessible, too
hard of approach to bo found out. AVo
were loth to leave this pleasant valley,
but Tallulah and Toooa must be seen,
aud starting again we crossed, by bridge,
the placid Santee aud moved on to
wards
CLARKSVILLE.
This we found to be a nice, quiet
NO. 31.
! town with an excellent hotel kept by a
i widowed lady, Mrs. McAlpin. Exceed
ingly polite and affable, she met us with
such a welcome as to make us feel at
home, and taking her dinner as a speci
men, we would judge she sets a splendid
table. Two hours rest in a pleasant
room, started us afresh npon our jour
ney, and after a good deal of bumping
and jostling upon a road terribly rough
and rocky at times, we reached, late in
the day, the “Tallulah House” situated
right at tho Falls. The Bcenery here is
very wild and romantic. The hotel is
but a short distance from Tallulah river
which, winding in and out among the
rocks, makes a continued noise, sound
ing, at night, like the fall of rain. The
breeze hero is delightful, and the nights
so pleasant for sleepiug. Mr. and Mrs.
Young are the proprietors hero, and both
are very pleasant and obliging, doing all
they can for tho comfort of their guests.
Early after breakfast next morning we
took the path leading to tho far-famed
FALLS OF TAIiLULA.II.
Down, down tlia gorge it goes. Sleep
and dangerous, sometimes narrow cuts
with but little fool-hold, then slippery
rocks, overhanging abrupt precipices—
the safest mode of travelling is all
fours. The roar of the great fall is
heard but can’t be seen yet. Tli,- moun
tain rises on both sides far abovo us—its
terrible chasms and cliffs makiug us dizzy
at the sight. At last, by dint of great
effort, clinging to this tree and clutching
that rock, we laud, heated and weary,
upon a narrow cliff, in full view of what
is called “The tempest.” This part of
the Full appears to bo formed by the
flowing of the river over a succession of
rocks, between each of which is a toler
ably deep chasm. Out of these the wa
ter boils and foams, and when it leaps
the last rock and rumbles down the
mountain, it is one mass of pure, white
foam. After viewing this scene as long
as time would allow, wo gave one linger
ing glance and commenced our toilsome
ascent. Just here our kind driver and
guide, Mr. Smith, overlook us, lie hav
ing gone another direction in search of
us, and by his strong arm gave valuable
assistance in reaching the top. Since
we have tried to portray tho descent, we
leave it to the vivid imagination to infer
tho difficulties of tho asceut. A friendly
treo gave us its' broad shade while we
rested and cooled, and then, not satis
fied, on wo started for the
* HURRICANE FALL.
I This exceeds the Tempest in grandeur,
while there is not so much effort to be
made in seeing it. The water rushes
through a narrow gorge and falls over a
descent of some fifty feet in white foam
at the bottom. An overhanging cliff
called the
devil’s pulpit
is close by. It would consume a week
to see all tho various wonders of these
Falls, but our time being limited we bade
them udicn, nud resting awhile at tho ho
tel started for Tocoa. The drive from
Tallulah to this place is magnificent.
Our road is down the side of a steep
mountain. Oil one baud terrible cliffs
and looks overhang us; on tho other
deep gorges, at tho bottom of which can
be heard tho river, falling over rockß.
Iu these gorges arc some of the largest
trees, tho very tops of which are below
us. Tho road is sometimes so narrow
that we shudder as we pass along. Late
iu the forenoon we reach
TOCOA FALLS.
After eating our lunch and drinking
from a cool, mountain spring, we walk
up a smooth, pleasant road to look at
this wonder of nature. The river is a
small stream aud falls iu the form of
spray over a perpendicular rock of one
hundred and sixty.five feet. Tho fall of
this stream, looking like a bridal veil
parted, is simply beautiful. Conuect it
with tho tremendous depth it lias to fall
and tho view is terrible. There is a res
taurant hero, a platform and uice seats.
Close by is a house where comfortable
lodgings can be had. We left the Falls
and reached Tocoa City, two miles and a
half distant, about four o’clock. Here
we spout the nlglit and, liiod <*f Luoi
riding, but not of tho company of our
eutertaing driuer, we dismissed his hack
and took the cars. Mr. Little keeps the
house at Tocoa City, and famous it is for
splendid waffles aud good coffee, as Mr.
H. cau testify. Our host aud hostess
were fine, clever people, giving us the
best of attention. The ride from Tocoa
passes over soma splendid mountain
scenery, aud as we are both dear lovers
of nature, wo were nover weary of view
ing it.
We reached Gainesville in time to en
joy a good breakfast at tho Richmond
House; from thence, on the street car,
to onr home hero at Mr. Quattlebanm’s.
And like home does it seem, for they are
so very kind to us, and right glad were
we to rest after our long, weary tramp.
Hut we onjoyed ourselves very much,
and our hearts are filled with gratitude
to that kind Providence who watched
over all our wanderings and brought us
safely back.
Aunt Edith.
I •
The Penang Gazette is the oldest jour
nal in the world. It is printed ou a large
sheet of yellow silk, and appears in the
same form, with the same characters,
and on the same kind of material os it
did a thousand years ugo. The only
change is iu the writers.
Advoi-liHing UateN, u
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Ancient Wheat.— l have befora me,
says a writer, heads of wheat grown on
tile eastern side of the Mississippi, with
in ten miles of Memphis, from grains ta
ken from uu ancient Egyptian sarcopha
gus sent, some years ago, by the Ameri
can Consul at Alexandria,to the Patent Of
ficeat Washington. The stalks and leaves
are very like those of ludian corn,
though smaller, aud the heads or grain
like that of sorghum or broom com.
btrango but true it is that this very
wheat, degeuerate but perfect in all its
incidents, still grows among the weeds
and grass that cover the monutls in the
1 iwlands 18 miles below* Memphis.
How many centuries since these kindr
ed products of Egyptain agriculture were
separated, the one to move slowly, per
haps with nomadic tribes, around tho
globe, crossing Asia aud the Pacific ; aud
tho other moving west, in our time,
across the Atlantic, and both growing
green even here, in the year of our .
Lord, 1874, beneath the shadows of an
other Memphis on the shores of another
Nile? Tho same writer says that the
same race of people cultivated tho same
crops and garnered them in tho same
peculiar manner many and many a cen
tury ago.
Mild Winters. —The mildness of the
present sensons boars no comparison to
that of some winters “long gone by.” In*
1172 tho temperature was so high that
leaves camo out on tho trees in Jannary.
In 1259 the winter was equally mild, and
the maidoug of Cologne wore wreaths of
violets and com flowers at Christmas
aud twelfth day. In 1421 the trees
flowered in March, and the vines in
April. Cherrios ripened in the same
month, and grapes appeared iu May. Iu
1572 the trees were covered with leaves
in January, and the birds hatched their
young iu February, as in 1172; in 1585
tho same tlriug was repeated, and the corn
was in car at Easter. There was neither
snow nor frost in France throughout the
winters 1538, IGO7, 1503, 1017, and 105'.;
finally, in 1602, even in the north of Ger
many, the stoves were not lighted, and
trees flowered iu February. Coming to
later dates, tho winter of 1846-7, when it
thundered at Paris 28th of January, and
that of 1866, the year of the groat inun
dation of the Seine, may be mentioned
as remarkably mild.
The First Steamboat. —At Sheperds
town, in Jefferson couuty, West Virginia,
the first steamboat was built. General
Washington and Governor Johnson, of
Maryland, weic tho patrons of the eutor
priso. After tlio war, they procured
together the incorporation of the Potom
ac Company by their respective States.
And iu 1785, Itumsey demonstrated to
them on the Potomac the discovery that
a boat could bo propelled by steam up
stream against tho current. Tho boiler
und machinery for Kumsey’s steamboat
were made at tho Catoetin Iron Furnace,
in Frederick county, owned by Johnson
and some of his brothers. The gentle
men of the Potomae country then used
to go to the Baltimore Springs, to drink
the waters, and this experiment of llnm-
Hey’s, of steam navigation, wus certified
to have been a success by Washington,
Johnson and other emiuout men present.
Tho first steamboat was propelled ou tho
Potomae ; the first boiler was made in
Frederick county, twenty years before
Fulton perfected the idea and applied it
ou the Hudson.
The Bank of England covers 5 acres of
ground and employs 900 clerks; and
should a clerk bo too old for sorvico, he
is discharged on half pay for life.
There aro no windows on tho street.
Light is admitted through open courts ;
no mob could take the bank, therefore,
without cannon to batter its immense
walls. Tho clock iu the center of the
bank has fifty dials attached to it.
Large cisterns are sunk in the court,
aud engines in perfect order arc always
in readiness iu case of fire. The bank
was incorporated in 1604. Capitul, £lB,-
000,000, or goo, non. nm
Tho Bank of France owns a brick for
which 1,000 francs in specie was paid.
It was taken from the ruins of a burnt
house, and the image and figures of a
noto for 1,000 francs are burned on tho
surface, transferred by the heat from a
real note. This brick tho bank redeem
ed on presentation, as if it were the note
itself.
A sullen silence is both a sin and a
punishment. No devil frets and vexes,
wears and wasts the spirits of a man like
this dumb devil, like this sullen silence.
Quick Telegraphing. —The land wires
aud sea cables have now been extended
so as to cover nearly three-fourths of the
circumference of the globe. Were a
cable laid under the Pacific, the circuit
would be complete. Telegrams can now
be sent from Hong Kong, by way of In
dia and England, to San Francisco, and
it was only within a short time that a •
elegram, leaving Hong Kong Tuesday
morning, was received in New York
Tuesday night, whence it could have
been sent, iu a few minutes to Sau Franc
isco had that city been its destination.