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BY JAS. A. WRLGIIT AND HUGH WILSON. THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE. TKRMS.—Three Dollars a yeariu advaooe. 23P No Subscriptions takea for n shorter time thbu six months. PriutiHg of tie Bible. During tlso roign of Hdnry VIIT., oatl in the year 1538, a celebrated printer t.tuiud Grafton undertook to print the grout Bible in England, but owing to a lack ol a eaffieieut number of workmen ar.d types, ho was under tho necessity of transferring tho work to France, which ho did, and com menced operations in the city of Paris. Such an attempt was, however, inim ical to the touchings and wishes of the Romish Church of that country, and be was stopped from ptocctding with what they termed a heretical book. Determined not to be deterred from accomplishing his great design, he procured presses, type, printers and bookbindets, and returned with them to England, where he finished tho work in the year 1539, which lias coh trituted so much to the knowledge and tho happiness of mankind. Tho first edition consisted of about 2,500 copies, and each church in England was supplied with a copy, which was kept secured to a desk by a chain. You would doubtless be surprised, upon visiting ono of our churcbos, to find that tho Holy Bible was chained to tho pulpit or desk, and so would any one at the present day ; but not so then, for very few people, save monks and priests, had ever seen a Bible before, and a still fewer number had been allowed to peruse it. Con sequently it was in one sei so even more precious than it is at tho pretonl time, and, in order to prevent its being stolen and destroyed by those who wore opposod to its general uso by the people, or mutilated by careless and indiscreet persons, of whom all wero not actuated by desires other than those pro;'ipt»«A Ly i«W: .»itO=Hy. Soil" vanity, it was necessary to keep it within tho church, and under tho watchful care of tho church officers. Seven similar editions of this work wero issued within three years, amounting to something near 17,500 volumes. Asa necessary consequence, this amount of work furnished employ ment to a great number of binders, and rendered tire ar t of binding or e of considerable importance at that pe riod. The king himself had marry of the volumes bound in velvet, sur mounted with gold ornarnonts, and it is believed that (luring his reign the stamping of tools in gold was first practiced- Queen Elizabeth, who suc ceeded Henry VIII, made some ex quisite boob covering i of embroidery with her owa ha.. and af. r b - 1. fir ing bo .ks of devotion, etc., with them presented them to her friends and admirers. But to a French noble man, named Jean Grolier, is the credit duo for being ,ho first to introduce lettering upon the backs of bo' ks, ad for a mott elegant stylo of ornamenta tion. Hr delighted in havin; the sides of his books Ornamented with beautiful patterns, most of which he designed himself. His books were ail bound in calf, or smooth morocco, and the design peculiar to himself consist ed of intersected line work, performed by hand, with curves, and an occa sional flower or loaf. Sometimes these patterns were inlaid with morocco ol various colors. His books arc much sought after by connoisseurs in tho art, on account of tho great beauty and elegance of their binding. — Chris tian Index. Ten Good Rules. —Choose the path of virtue, and imitate a high pattern. Do all the good in thy power, and let every action be useful. Cultivate thy mind carefully—it will be a store of pleasing reflection. Bo diligent in thy business, and strictly upright in thy dealings. Investigate affairs closely, and en gage in them cautiously. Lay thy plans with prudence, and be prepared with emergencies. In all difficulties be patient, and overcome them by perseverance. Do that which needs doing most. Have a place for everything and everything in its place. In all things be economical without meanness, and combine utility with elegance. No man repents of having done his duty. DIAMONDS QUARRIED FROM THE BIBLE. Remember s,by Croator in tho days | of thy youth. ! Riches profit net in tho day of | wrath; but righteousness defivprctti jfiOra death. j Labor not to be rich ; cease from i thine own wisdom. Rejoice not in iniquity ; but njoieo I in tho truth. Truly, the Sight is sweet, and a plea ! sant thing it is for tho eyes to behold tho sun. j In tho day of prosperity bo joyful; but in the day of adversity consider. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter; Fear God, and keep bis commandments; for this is tho whole duty of man. Fear thou not; for I am with thee, be uot dismayed, for I am thy God ; 1 will strengthen thee; yea, 1 will help thee, yea, I will uphold theo. Thine, O Lord, is the greatnets, and tho power, and tho glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens, and in the earth is thine. Can any hido himself in secret pla ces, that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Thy word is a light unto my feet, and a lamp unto my path By tho word of thy lips 1 have kept mo from tho paths of tho destroyer. For ho that will love life, and Bee good days, let him refrain his toiigqo from evil, and his lips that they speak no guilo. Let your light so siiino before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Anew commandment 1 givo unto you, that yo lovo ono anotbor; ns I have loved you', that yo also Eve one another. O Lord, Lhuu mg lips; and my'mbuflisnslf show ffirtlrttiy praise. My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. By lovo servo one another, for all the law is fulfilled in ono word, even in this: Thou sbalt lovo thy neighbor as thyself. Blessed is the mar. that walkoth not in tho counsel of the ungodly, nor elaudoih in the way of bintiers, nor sittoth iu the scat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. Thcro is no fear in lovo; but perfect love casteth out fear. The Lord is our Judge: tho Lord is our Lawgiver : The Lord is our King, he will save us. Tho grass witherclh, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever. For the commandment is a lamp, and tho law is light; and reproofs of instruction arc the way of life. lie th’at Koarehoth the hearts, know eth what is the mind of the Spirit. As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they arc tho sons of God. Peter and the other apostles an swered and said, Wo ought Lo obey God rather than man. Blessed is he that considcreth the poor; tho Lord will deliver him in timo ol trouble. Keep 31 y Eves Shot. —Little Hen ry bad been quite sick. When ho was slowly recovering, and just able to be up, and about the room, he was loft alone a short time, when his sister camo in, eating a pficco of cake. Ilis mother bad toid him that he must eat nothing bat what she gave him, and that it would not to safe for him to have what other children did till he was stronger. His appetite was coming back; the cake looked inviting; he wanted very much to take a bile of it, and his kind sister would gladly have given it to him. “Jennie,” said be, “you must run right out of the room, away from me with that cako, and I’ll keep my eyes shut while you go, so that I shan’t want it.” Wasn’t that a good way for a little boy of seven years to get out of temp tation? I think so. And when 1 heard of it, I thought that thcro are a great many times when children, and grown peoplo too, if they would re member little Henry’s way, would escape from sin and trouble. “Turn away mine eyes from behold ing iniquity, and quicken thou me in thy way,” was the Psalmist’s prayer ; and it is a good one for each of us. WASHINGTON, WILKE* COUNTY, GA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2,18 GS. THE PEACHES- A countryman brought from tho city five peaches, tho finest that evor wore soon. Bat his children saw this fruit for the first time. Therefore they wondered and rejoiuod in tho pielly peaches with tl-.olr red cheeks and delicate dovyu. Tho father then divided them among his four boys and gavo one to their mother. Iu the evening, vvhon tho children went to their sleeping chamber, tho father "asked: “Well, and bow did tho pretty peaches taste ?” “Finely, dear father,” sail the old est. “It is a beautiful fruit—so tar tish and dolieato iu taste. 1 lutvo carefully kept tho stono, and I w ill raise a treo from it.” “Bravo," said tho father; “that is providing economically lor the futuro us becomes a landsman.” “I alo mine atonco,” tho youngest cried, “and throw away the stone, and mother gave mo half of her’a. Oh, it tasted so sweet, and melted in my mouth.” “Well,” said tho father, “you have not acted very wisely, but naturully, and in a child’s manner. For wisdom ihero is yet room in tho course of your life.” Then thcsccond son bogan : “I hun ted up the stono which my hltlo bro ther threw away, and cracked it. There was a soed in it that tasted as a nut. But my poach I sold for enough, when I go to tho * city, that 1 can probably buy twelve.” The father shock Lis head, and said : , ■'' I . ' “That is wise enough, but child like and natural it was r.ot. Heaven guard you that you do not become a merchant.” “And you, Edmund?" .asked the father. Self-possessed and frank, Jvlqir.mi eg c-tn-tHcd . • \ t ]■ aSSWI* V'VNiW' iimg-.-tr-n- «-CCirgO,' ", bo was bTcE of a fever, lie would not lake it; then 1 laid it upon his he'd, and came away.” “Well,” raid tho father who has made tho host uso ol his peach ?” All throo exclaimed, “Brother Ed mund !” Bat Edmund was silent, and his mother embraced him with tears in her eyes. A LITTLE MISSION GIRL. A Hltlo mis.-don girl knoll ono night by her bed to pray. She was thinking of tho Sunday school teacher, and of what she had heard ol Jesus, and she began lo hear a soft voico saying, “Sarah, Sarah, I died for you on tho Gross. 1 lovo you. Sarah, won’t you lovo mo ?” Tin:; soft voice she heard in her heart, not in h- r tar; so sho began to feel her heart getting warmer, and it whispered to her, “Ob, how Ho did love me. Yea, i mu.it love Him. I am going to begin now .” Ho sho said to Jesus—-for she knew that it was Ilia voico she heard in her heart— “ Jesus, I am only a poor little girl, but I want to love you. It is hard to do right, but I want to do it, and I want to come to you.” She got up tho next morning, and the next, and the next, and pretty soon the lady she was living with be gan to say-, “Why, what is tho matter with Sarah? what has cotno over her? How nice sho keeps every thing, and how careful she is. When she takes the baby to nurso sho does not drop it, and she docs not leave her wotk and run out to play-, and sho does not tell any more lies. What has come over her ?” Ah, she has got something in her heart. What is it? Jesus , Jesus! Y'es. Who was helping her every day? Jesus. And by and by the mistress said, “Sarah has something in her heart that she did not uso to have.” It was Jesus. Do not you want to have Jesus in your heart? Do not you want to take Him homo to your bouso? 110 will coma if you want Him to. Does He not love little children ? Ob, yc3, dearly.— Child's paper. Sickness should teacli us what a vain thing the world is, what a vile thing sin is, what a poor thing man is, and what a precious thing an interest in Christ is. Some ono has beautifully said : “Let prayer bo the key of tho morning and the bolt of the evening.” Keep yourself from opportunities and God will keep you from gins. Why can not Fowls be kept in Largo Flocks ? T is pretty generally conceded that r.o me w successful who attempts to ’,<■ •>. together a large number of fowls, iim; ihat these who keep the smallest t ufuber together generally obtain tho greatest proportionate number <-f eggs. Add this is, wc think, not only true, accounted for. .i.JEvery ono who has kept fowls knows that limy are very uncleanly birds. They oven wash themselves in the dirt, and that evidently not for th j purpose of cleatdiness, hut to rid themselves of vermin. They prefer clotu light band, because if in tho sun it is generally warmer, and is easily moved, but they seem equally to enjoy any soft, dry earth, although it may not bo very sweet and clean. They aio potoriously filthy in their coops, roiMlirig under each other, taking no jpuiaa-to avoid the droppings, soiling their food, water and nests with their droppings, and doing no aot apparent ly towards cleanliness. This is more manifest in tho house whero they aro cotifinod, and whore tho air should bo as puro os possiblo; If they are at largo and few in number, thoy tnovo around so much that they can not sour tho ground. They aro by nature clean, but by habit tho reverse, and tho only way to keep them in the state, ss to givo them tango chough, so that thoy can nstsoil their haunts, or else cloar.se their haunts ■t'S't'f'uily and faithfully overy day. Wo onee kept one solitary lien on 0 i place lor several months. Sho w is of tho common barn yard brood. )W never saw a hoallhicr fowl, or loalhors kept so fresh and por ft>’t, and ■ sho was a conltant layer. .Jjf.t caro was taken of her, and wo al *c j.s attributed her thrift to tho fact »L“.- she hftd the . whole .tango of otjr •note-nfr-exet-ewtr met nor quarters were always perfectly clean. As scion as your fluek becomes largo you will find them crowding togother and always souring their haunts, i£ there aro a Sufficient number of them to do it. You may do something to wards preventing this, but you can not keep very large flocks very cloan. Wo have often soon it stated that no more than fifty lions should bo kept in : a hen house twenty feet by ton. Except with constant care and cleaning, that number can not do very well in a smaller spaco. The size ol tho flock must always depend upon the extent of the accom modations, and even then tho largo flocks can not ho kept so cleanly and healthy as the small ones, and there fore are not in proportion so profit able. — Cultivator and Country (iciillc metn. - •*«>■! Gambling.—The prevalence of tho j [social ovil known a gambling, in] !every class of tho community, is ex citing the attention of those politi cians who are also moralists. Bet ting, ono of the most popular forms of this ruinous vice, is becoming asso ciated with every amusement of En glish lid', from hor: e-iv eiug to house hold games. The debasing effects of this habit are visible amongst men of every rank and age; arid tho fool’s argument of a bet assails one’s ears in every street and public assembly in England. If respectable newspa pers would cease to givo the gambling news as they give the markets and the debates, it would greatly discour age tho vice of which wc complain. It is fast getting to bo one of the rec ognised institutions of tho country Some of our pulpits would be doing more good than they now do, if they were to give us loss polemical decla mation and more faithful preaching against the moral evils of the'day, tho living devils that honest men have to do battle with every hour. A few of tho London papers—con spicuously among them tho Methodist Recorder —are inviting attention to this growing curse of gambling.— Hastings’ and St Leonard's Hexes. The Lesson for the Day —Du ring such weather as wo have, care should bo takln as to diet. Uso no vegetables but such as aro fresh, and no fruits unless they aro ripe. See that meats and fish aro sound. Do not drink ieo water while you are hea ted. Be moderate in your spiritual potations. Have all nuisances re moved from your premises. Sprinkle lime and chloride of litno in your yards and collars. The city authori ties ought to ajttend at once to all drains and gutters whore stagnant water remains, and have the streets and alleys kept clean. Tho Drain of Silver to Asia. It is admitted by all eminent authors whohavo written about the present supply of the precious metal that it far exceeds the demand of Christendom, and its inev hle fall in value is retarded only by ex ceptional and temporary circumstances, the chief of which is tho remarkable stream of silverpoaiing into Asia. The Hindoos and Chiuese and Japanese, are industrious and very populous nations, which havo to import nearly all their gold and silver from abiard, and their capacity to absorb those metals increases as value declines, and as their stook becomes greater their wages rise, and they obtain the means to purchase mote foreign goods, and after a time they will have as mtich coin proportionately to their productive powers as the Christian nations; and then their imports of mer chandise will nearly equal their exports, and the importations of the precious metals wifi not he one-tenth of the present figure. Asia is called“tho sink of silver” by Bliny, and it has deserved that name ever sinoo, and will continue to deserve that name for an uncertaiu period io the futuro. So long ns we continue to consume so much tea, silk, rice, and other Asiatic products, and so long as they consume so fmv of our products, so long we must settle the difference by payment of the precious metals, and the precious metals will probaly uot decline much in value. But let tho vessel of Asiatic trade, now linlf empty of silver, ho once filled, as it will bo in 5,10, or 15 years, and then wo shall begin to feel the iiilluonco of tho over-supply of tile precious metals, and their market valuo will fall rapidly. Christendom aud Asin may be compared to two tubs standing side by side, and connoctcd by a largo open tube half way from the ground, and the supply of tho .precious metals to. a stream of water falling into tho tub representing Christen dom. Before the tubo well opened, *) i,ii l i ll idi.r Ml ttifj nrs tubo; but now the stream poms so swiftly into tho second, that tho level can scarcely rise at all in the first. When the liquid gets up lo tho same level in both tubs then it will rise with equal pace in both. —Ross Browne's Report for 1807. A New Curb fob Fevers. —A Pa risian apothecary is making a little stir just now with a medicinal prepa ration of tar, known as tar wafer, which he has introduced, and which, from tho definite quantity of the cu rative principle that it contains, prom ises to he very useful to the doctors. These is no quakcry iii tiro article: tar-water has boon known for more than a century; and tho reason of my mentioning the above fact is, that it affords a peg whereon to hang a story illustrative of accidental discoveies. When Bishop Berkeley was on his Rhode Island expedition, his ship was becalmed sos several days in mid-occan aud a terrible epidemic broke out among the crew. Homo of the sick wero placed in tho hold of the vessel, and burning with thirst, a few of them actually drank the bilge water, which was impregnated with tar. Strange to say, those who drank recovered from the fever. Berkoly, gifted, as Pope said, with “every virtue under heaven,” was, of course, far-sighted, and soou saw that tho tar was the healing agent; so he drank the water himself, and avoided the contagion. When he returned to Britain, ho set about experimenting with tho specific, and having satisfied himself of its real efficacy, published several tracts extolling its virtues. The matter was taken up by the pharmacists; tar-water was subjected to comment and discussion, and febrile patients were subjected to tar-water. To keep Flies from Annoying noRSES. —Sturgeon oil will keep flioa from annoying horses, etc. Ono of iny horses was severely cut inside of the log, near the stifle, whero it could not bo bandaged. Tho flies kept the wound continually irritated by their own bites, causing tho horso to nip at them. 1 applied some of tho sturgeon oil, and tho irritants kept nt a respect ful distance, and tho cut soon healed. Tho wood-fly being a blood-thirsty and determined little pest in our shady diivcs and in the fields, I tried putting the oil on the ears and necks of horses, with entire success, and now havo the pleasure of seeing them return whenco they caine, with no blood to answer for. Dogs’ ears often become raw and sore from the bites of tho house-fly ; hero again sturgeon oil preserves their peace and beauty. Avery little, ap plied with a feather, answors for a drive. —Maryland Farmer. VOL III—NO. 24. A Cat Charmed by a Snake.— Tho Pensacola Observer tells the fol lowing snake story: “A young lady living in tho city had a valued cat, and a day or two since, losing sight of it for an unusual length of time, was inducod to make search for the miss ing pot. In a sh#rt time, to her sur prise, sho discovered the truant under tho shade of a shrub, with a snake coiled around its body. Tho reptile strotching forth its pliant neck, and curving it to tho position of a vis-a-vis, held tho charmod felino spell bound. The neighbours—several in number— wore summoned to behold the soeneu Finally, a lad seizod the snake by the tail, and placing a forked stiok on its head, uucoiled his folds from around i’ne cat. This done, both cat and snake lay with their gaze fastened Up* on each othor, nor was the charm bro ken until the serpent diod. As several ladies in tho city were witnesses of the above, its reality will not be ques tioned.’' The Ramie. —This remarkable plant has continued to be this yoar propo gated with great success in Louisiana, Toxas and Mississippi. Last spring tho plants grown on a piecoof ground in Louisiana wore kept for cleaning by tho Roezl machine, the result of which we then stated, but as tho fibre was not then and thereby mado per fectly soft and pliable, it was sent by Mr. Bruckner, one of the agents of Mr. Roezl, to Gormany, where, by a procoss used thcro, it has boon made so soft, pliable and clear of any sub stanco foroign to it as a textile, that wo thought it must surely bo silk, un til wo examined it closoiy, and saw that it was the vogetablo fibro of ramio. Mr. Bruckder tolls us that tho ra mio can bo propared and made thus fine and altogether silk-like at a cost iiu> ** uAoeeu iwo cents por pound, and then it will be vastly superior to tho linen floss, which soils at from six to eight dollars per pound when mado into thread, and will certainly bo worth, unspun, a dollar a pound.— Weekly Picayune. A gorgoous Cathedral to the mem ory of Cardinal Wiseman is to bo oaccted in London. A three-acre lot near Buckingham Palace has been purchased for tho purposo. Col. S. D, Goodlctt, of Groonville. has doon appointed and commissioned as a Commissioner of tho United States Courts for South Carolina. An election for Intendent and Wardens of Orangeburg took place on tho 14th, resulting in an overwhel ming Democratic victory. A grand barbecue and mass meet ing will take placo at Washington, Wilks Cos., Geo., on tho Ith of Octo ber. Several distinguished speakers aro expected to bo present and ad dress the people on the great issues of tho day. The Georgia Senate has passed tho House bill given the aid of the State to the Air Lino Railroad. A Republican by the name of liigboe voted in favor of the bill but doubted its legality, as so many mem bers had been turned out of the Legisla ture Tiie October Elections.— Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana bold their State elections on October 13,; West Vir ginia on Octobor 22, and lowa and Califor nia on November 3. As the result in there elections will virtually decide the Presiden tial contest they are looked forward to with increaing interest. The Democratic party, so far as we are able to learn, is gaininl steadily, and we can see no substantia reason, in the present complexion of the canvass, to shake our faith iu the success of Seymour and Blair. The Supreme Court convened yesterday in special session, Justices Willard and Hogo being present. No business was transacted, except he appointment of Mr. A. M. Boozer, of Lexington, a son of Lieut. Governor Boozer, as Clerk of the Court. The session will be devoted exclu sively lo cuses of a pressing character.— Phoenix , 23 d inst. I do so love to think of each day’s events as just the development of His eternal plan all coming to pass in per fect order, and perfect harmony, and not one tiling hurried over or out of ts place. Practice flows from principle; for as a man thinks, so will we act.