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THE EXPOSITOR ■ ■ -♦ -#• ♦- WAYNESBORO*, Gh-A.-, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE —IN ADVANCE: Two IDollars pei* Annum. SATTTRDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1572. ?HE TEIMS JM BACHELOII. I am a bachelor, and am, therefore, necessarily a miserable man. My ago is “uncertain j” but this is of no conse quence, not being a woman. In the dispensations of an inscrutable nnd afllictivc Providence I am, for the pre sent, living at a boarding house. This circumstance is enough to drown one’s self, not to say ono’s fsiends, in tears. I have never committed any great crime that I know of, and hence it is difficult to understand why I should bo so punished. Perhaps it is because lam a bachelor, this being about the most heinous of all my offences against society) and especially against mysolf. Hut whatever may be the train of circum stances, evil or good, that led to so un happy a mode of life, it is nevertheless, pro tempore the method of my unfortu nate existence. And since I am so placed, and since it is the duty of us all to waru others against untoward experiences into which we have drifted or blindly run ( and since a simple rocital of wbat hourly crucifies ny inmost spirit, will or ought to tend to this benevolent end, I hereby hint at rather than describe the cause of my iuward laceration. Love is said to be a, flame. This— which for the sake of not going counter to the dictum of such as are learned in this tender lore, we will admit to be true —would tot matter much if it only burned those in whom it is kindled but, like other flames, it scorches also those who are near. Now, I am not only pear to one. bu f to several of these flames. One is so very .near that it shines with exceeding fervor on my face, it half blinds my eyes. When I look down into the “demnitiun moist” deptLs of my cup of coffee, it wholly disquaities me fotdistinguishing between a mutton chop and muffin. Tennyson speaks ef the storm making “the rose poll side ways.” Even so do I find it neocessary to turn my face “sideways” to escape the iatenser beat, and Tennyson might call, with poetic vigor, the storm of love. Well, just by me as I have sajd, is this scorching fire of the affections and simmering of the blood. In two con- genial and mutually coufiding breasts reigns a happy chaos. It is literally lore broken loose, and in need of the bridal. They look liquidly at each other, and put their headsclosc together to speak and to listen to each other’s dainty breathings. Beside them coo ing doves are mere hawks. It is a positive crime to ho near •them to jar with unsympathizing sigh of sound the music of their being. Compared to it the sweetest song of the locust is “out of tune and harsh.” They are ready to dissolve with tenderness, and one can not resist the constant apprehension that/ at some moment of especial thaw, they will melt away and disappear in cur rents of affection, perhaps towards us. I have often wished that I had, like; them, the heart of a superior sort of dove, that I might sigh away and be at rest. Blessed are they who can look little cupids at each other— arrows and all— and not be pained, but made happy by the piercing. Blessed is the man who> over a beef steak in the morning, can look adoring eyes upon protesting lips, which, when the beefsteak and the day are both done, and darkucss veils all dotiDg things, he may, in an easy and unconscious corner, press with his owu. Ye gentle and kindly powers that can, if ye choose, mix love and liver, careless and cantelope, sighs and sau* sages, and make a baked potato radiant can ye not, as Byron hath it, “accord me such a being ?” As it is, I only sit in the heat and burn outwardly. My soul is vexed and my spirit disquieted within me. I see the close proximity of cheeks and eyes; I catch this inward aud mysterious winking of heart to heart; I bear the buzzing of a tender whisper; and lam sad. Beside the aroma of such a tropical scene, my coffee is in sipid, my muffins cold, and I fbel an un accountable impulse to proceed at ouco to my landlady and declare to her that hers is the most comfortless house I ever met with. No wonder. What is the hum drum of daily bodily food when compared to the sublimated nourishment of the affections ? What is eating beef steak or eating anything, to being in love 1 What is a muffin or ' rown bread to a soul-shaking glance of tho eye ! What is salt to sighs, or butter to the beatific vision of your “soul's idol” look ing up into your face 1 What is any thing, in fact, that keeps this mortal clay together, wheu compared to the rapturous consciousness that there is a sweet, soft, melting image sitting beside you, in an ecstatic agony to put her arms around your neck and exclaim, in the words of Mrs. Browning, “My own, my love!” I now think I linvo made my feelings understood I advise all who sit at a boarding-house table, when there is love making at hand, to shut their eyes. It puts you out of conceit with yourself, and especially with your landlady, to bo an observer of such things. To partici pate in them is well enough but to be a mere looker on makes one groan, down to bis toes. Shut your eyes, therefore, and save yourself the wear and tear of which you know nothing, until you have seen people kiss each other in the dark, dine off the same thoughts, love-fancies flying backwards, like a weaver's shuttle, whisperings “gentle and low,” and melt ings-away that threaten to drowu “the bases of your life in tears.” A KEE> I.OOK AHEAD. While residing in Norway, Maine, 1 sat one day in the office of Gen. Virgin, when two men entered upon a matter of business. I would have deparited, but the General bade me keep my seat. The ucw comers were father and son, from the adjoining towo of Oxford. The son was a short, round-shouldered, pug faced, shock-headed man, of about fivc-and twenty. The father was de crepit, spare, and bent ; quaking with palsy; and evidently about worn out. The business was soon unfolded The old man was to give this, his youngest son, a deed of the homestead ; and the son, in turn, was to give a bond for the maintenance of his parents—they were both living—during their lifetime. The warranty deed had been made out and had been signed by the mother, with a witness. The old man now wrote his name upon the in strument, the general guiding his palsied hand, and I witnessed the signature. NVhen the deed of conveyance had been duly executed, the lawyer set about pre paring the bond for the signature of the sou. At this point the young man addressed his sireas follows : “Look here, father, —ha'nt yeou got n lcetle money laid up ?” “No,” replied the old man, his voice trembling as did his limbs. “1 ha’nt got none, —you haven’t let me have any for a long time.” “Then the old woman’s got some?” “Ye-e-es, —she’s got a little, that she's made by weavin’ and spinniu.” “How much ?” “Perhaps—thirty dollars.” “And suggested the keen-scented son, “iwould be jest like her to gn an’ give that money to Dolly, who ha’ut got no claim, any way.” I afterward learned that this Dolly was the orphan child of an elder bro ther. “Look here, ’squire,” pursued the thoughtful son, “can’t ye fix it some way in that ere bond so’t when the old folks die, their funeral expenses can he paid out of that money ’at mother's got laid vp ?” Virgin looked upon the shock-headed, pug-faced man, as only Wirt Virgin can look, and readily replied : “I can’t make a bond to run beyond the grave. But don't be troubled, my friend ; for, if fate is just, you’ll die be tore they do!” I have often thought if it be true that there wa& ever a human soul so small as to be able to dance a hornpipe within the shell of a mustardseed, that thought ful son from Oxford rau<t have been i ts owner. .— Advice to persons in search of em ployment—Westward boe ! ——— May a man justly consider his wife poetical when she is a verse to him ? The Elder Booth, of whom the dailies often speak, was not a eburoh officer. When a man gets so low he will not even borrow trouble, his case is despe rate. ♦ Because a man looks a little pale, it is no sign that he is going to kick the bucket. W EAKt ONES. “Are you weary ?” “Weary? Oh. I am so weary of lifo, nnd fain would luy me down and gladly welcome death.” Yes, poor child ! I believe your ach ing, wearied heart truly longs for the re alization of those words your lips utter. Your way through life has not been along the mossy banks of the quiet stream. Your feet have net trod the flowery pathway, but rathor amid the thorns and brumbies. Instead of inhal ing the sweets, you linve been .bruised, torn, lacerated, heart-crushed, and jost led by unheeded. T do uot blame you for longing for death, deur soul, for you are but frail humanity and I know you are weary; but I would have you bear up cheerful ly uuto the end. Yes! I know you are so weary; weary of hoping, weary of waiting; weary of hoping for better times, weary of waiting for a little love, a kind word, a gladsome smile. I kuow how you have longed for these, oh, so many long weary years; for one little word of love, for ouly one drop of sympathy. It would have been so sweet, so dear, to your sad, aching heart. Yes, I kuow all this, and how you have toiled, uncomplainingly toiled, all this time, all aloue, hoping and trusting it would come at last. Yes, dear sister, life has been to you one long, bitter day, cloudy and stormy throughout. For many years perchance the sun has been darkened ; not one ray of joy has beamed to gladden your heart Yet I would not have you despair. Yo u are battling alone in the world. The loved ones have gone. Some are up yonder in the better land; others you know not where. But you do kuow — you realize it more day after day, month after month, and year after year —that you are left all alone—friendless. There is no one to love you, no one to sympathize with you, no one who feels pity or has any coucern whatevor for you. There is uo earthly friend to whom you can go iu times of trouble, of sorrow, or of anguish and bitterness of soul, for comfort or advice; oh, it is hard, so hard"! I know it, dear sister. You must be weary, very weary; but, ob, do not despair ; for “It is not all of life to live.” You may be destitute of earthly friends, but remember you have a Friend above on whom you may safely lean, who is far superior to any pertaiuing to earth. Do not despair, then, although thi rude, angry wavos ot life do roll around and threaten to swallow you np, bear up bravely and you will not sink. Poor, weak, trembling Peter was not en gulfed and lost, for “Peace, be still,” did quiet the angry sea. I know the burden of life is heavy, fainting heart, but trust in Him He has promised it shall not be greater thau you can bear. He is touched by your weariness; He has an eye of pity upon you ; He sympathizes with yon; and oh, dear sister, bow He loves you. Then why despire? go to Him; unbur den your soul to Him ; He will not turn from you, but will gladly listen; and although the world appears so cold and harsh, aud instead of kindly looks aud words of love you may receive frowns and rudeness, only put your trust iu Him; lean confidently on those precious promises of your Frieud above, and He will keep you safe from all harm. Have you ever thought of this dur ing your many heart stuggles ? or have you found your life so dreary, so joyless, so hopeless, so friendless, that perchance you have thought that He too had for saken you ? Then think so no longer, for if you will cling to Him, He will never forsake you. Think of this, dear, suffering one. Oh, I want you to realize that you have a Friend above. Trust Him, then, aud see how much lighter your burden will become. Trust Him, and you will find a fount of love springing up in your soul, which will gladden your pathway and drive away the gloom of despondent sadness from yonr heart; and though your worldly prospects may not be materially chang ed, and the struggle to weather the quicksands and shoals be as koen as heretofore, still you may fiud “beauty spots” along the highway, at which you may stop, linger aud gaze upon, from which you may enjoy and cull serene bliss, and extract sweet oontentment. J. K. Simonson. SK trt P or dt *y- Agent* wanted I All classes of working people, of either sex, young or old, make more money at work for ns In their spare moments, or all the time, thau at anything else. Particulars freo. Address G. Stinson it 00., Portland, Maine. nov—ly Augusta Advertisements. I'oliiliiiifr f IMIE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SHARES 1 will positively take plaee on the I 111 f D(‘i < > llll)< > i < 111‘Xl. at Augusta, Oa.— Two Thousand Prizes. No Postponement! — ■ Real Estate Shares: 1. Hef/.rllii, with Residence, Store, etc.,and four hundred acres of land, immediately on the Georgia Railroad, twenty miles from Augu.il a. it. The Mi lltttde Plantation, in Russell county, Ala., on tin; Chuttuhoncbco river, with elegant and commodious improvements A large It rich Residence ami Htor, on the northwest cornor of Broad and Centre streets, Augusta, On., known as the Phinity or Ilnudry house. •t. The Rogers’ House, It new and elegant brick residence, in a most desirable pertion of Greene street. A. Plat Rush, with 120 acres of land, half a milo from city limits; the elegant suburban residence of Antoine Poullain, Esq., in good order (>. The Hearing House, a large and com modious residence, with thirty city lots, 09x210 feet, fronting on McKinnie and Carnes streets. 7. Stanton Residence and Orchard, on the Georgia Railroad. COTTON SHARES: Ono of 100 BALES OF COTTON, Ono of 50 “ Ono of 25 11 " 240 shares of one halo each. (The bales to average 400 lbs. and to class Li- - erpool Middling) SHARES IN CURRENCY: 1 share of $16.000 sl6 000 1 “ 15,000 15'000 “ 10,000 10,000 1 “ 5.000 5.000 2 “ 2,500 5,000 10 “ 2,000 20,000 10 “ 1 000 10 000 20 “ 5 Oil 10,000 100 “ 100 10.000 200 “ 50 10,000 400 “ 25 10,000 1000 “ 10 10000 Total amount of Sham in Currency, $131,000 Should all the Tickets not he sold, the amount received will he distributed pro; or tionately between the Monument, the prizes, and the necessary expenses. The price, in currency, will he substituted for any Real Estate Prize withdrawn on account of injury to property, or for other cause. Agents West of the Mississippi stop their sales on the 15th November; East of that river on the 20th November. rr TERMS : Whole Tickets, $5.00 ; Four-Fifths, $4; Three-Fifths, $3; Two- Fit'ths, $2; One-Fifth, $2. All may now contribute to this work of honor, gratitude, and beneficei ce. COMMISSIO.VFRS-Oon*. L McLnw., A U \\ rights M A Stovall, W M Qarduer, Uinmlo Bryan. Cols. G Attend, Win P Crawford, Majors Joseph It Gumming, Geo T Jackson, Joseph' Ganabl. I I* Girardev, lion It II May, Adam Johnston, Jona than M Miller. W 11. Goodrich, J D Butt, Henry Moore, Dr W E Deart ng. W Order* promptly attended to. Tn all places where there are Agents, tickets can l>e obtained of them. Subscribe at once. Delay not until the last mo ment. An early exhibition of gederous ami patri otic contribution encourages others to come ut> quickly to this grateful work. L & A. H. McLAWS, General Agents, Augusta, Ga. ~MRS. CLARK’S Millinery and Fancy Roods Store, 231 BRi.tß STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. Ciikapest Hats axd Bonnets in tiik City, f'/Vf: STOCK OF EMBROIDERIES, LACES, &t., Ribbons in Great Variety. .New Goods Rereivtd Semi- Weekly. Flowers in Every Style. Small Profits ami quirk Sales ! HAVE ENLARGED THE STORE To accommodate the huge and increasing trade. Goods warranted as represented. Best assorted Stock in Augusta. fancy :d;r.~sr goods IN VARIETY. ZEPHYR , CANVA S, HAIR GOODS , ETC. ALSO AGENCY FOB Mme. Demorest’s Reliable Patterns. T. MARK WALTER’S Marble Works, BROAD street, (Near Lower Market), JE3ii AUGUSTA. C3--A_- Monuments, Toorabstones, Etc., kept on hand, designed, and furnished to order All w >rk for the Conntry carefully boxed an shipped oc22—ly 'pilE T* nth Volume of Wood’s Household X Magazine begins with January 1872. It is edi ed by Gail Hamilton, S. S. Wood, and 11. V. Orborne, and includes among its regular contributors Horace Greeley, Gail Hamilton, Thos. K. Beecher. Dr. Dio Lewis, Dr. W. W. Hall, James Partou, etc. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Brick Ponrery, J< hn G. Saxe, Maj. Gen. Kilpatrick, Petroleum V. Nasby, etc. write foi it occasionally. Terms, One Dollar a year. In clubbing tlipre first class periodicals are given for the orice of one of them. The most liberal Premium List ever published. No periodical is more frequently or favorably mentioned by the Press. ‘Wood's Household Magazine is one of the business enterprise which mark the age. —Methodist Home /oMrnrtf.Philadelphia ‘lt has been improving ever since we knew it—a goodcritei ion for the future.’— Courier, New Market, Canada. ‘lt is a marvel of cheapness and first-clas qurliti combined.’- Hew York Times. Specimen copies sent free to any address. S. S. WOOD 4 CO., . Newburgh, N. Y. New Cheap Goods! COOK ALONG, ALL THAT WANT NEW STYLE GOODS! I take Greenbacks aid Produce in ex change for Goods. Mbs. E. PERKINS, At the Lawtonville Cheap Variety Store, my4-l Lawtonville, Ga. advertise in “THE JGXPOSITOK.” Augusta Advertisements. MOTXOJQI ~ ’ TTJ {0 y r IMIANKFUL for the liberal patronage bestowed upon mo by my Burke friends, I take ffTtit 1 pleasure in announcing to them that 1 have enlarged my storo, which will enable me u> keep a STILL LARGER AN’D better stock op DRY GOODS,' BOOTS, SHOES, ETC. I Than Heretofore! • Which I will continue to sell at astonishingly low prices and, in spite of all opposition, will endeavor to M iKE THUS THE Being Convenienty Situated near the Lower Market, No. 130 Broad Sjteoot, ugusta, Q-a. VW None of my Burke friends should fail to ive me a call, as my goods will be cheerfully shown, and comparison in pricea and <jentity is respectfully invitee PRIUEBARE MARKED IN PLAIN FIOURKS. TO WHOLESALE BUYERS A LIVING DISCOUNT ALLOWED. OKIDEKI CAK.EFXJI-.ILY EXECUTED B. B.—A large stock of NEW FALL GOODS l ws just come to hand. C. iT. T. BALK, 136 Broad Street, Near the Lower Market, Augusta, Ga PLUMB & LEITNER, DRUGGISTS, 212 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia. TN ADDITION TO TIIEIR LARGE STOCK OF OILS, PAINTS, BYES, PURE MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, BrtTJSIIES, rKR.]PtTME!RY FISH-HOOKS and LINES. Have now on hand, and will continue to keep a larrje and well Bas.ortcd stock of both NATIVE and IMPORTED r\kI QRRMIWv. With an experience of the last Fourteen rwri --Years, we have no hesitation in room vfFl A mending these justly celebrated Garden Nl p'prtv Seeds as fully equal, if not superior, to any to be bad in the United States. Our nnnngemcnts arc such that we can . Mipph Country dealers on more otia terms than they can buy of otlur PLUMB&LEITNER7gXTSTA. OKOROIA. jan2o-Iy CHARLES G, GOODRICH, MANUFACTURED OF AND DEALER IN Fine Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Collars, Whips, Robes, Blankets, Brushes, Combs, Fly Nets, TRUNKS, VALISES, 271 BROAD STREET , AUGUSTA , GEORGIA. 271 Always on hand the celebrated Vacuum Oil Blacking, for Harness, Boots, Shoes, Buggy Tops, etc. Repairing promptly attended to. jv2o-4tn Miscellan’s Advertisem nts. Notice to Planters. rpilE undersigned would respectfully X inform the Planters, and others, ol Burke county, that he is now prepared to execute in the neatest manner all jobs in in his line witli which he may he favored. Plows pointed and made, and stocks manufactured to order. Carriages, Bug gies, and Wagons repaired. All kinds of wood and iron work exe cuted in a workmanlike manner ad at reasonable rates. H. S. BEAL, janl3 Shop in rear of Court-house. ADVERTISE IN "THE EXPOSITOR.’ James H. Hulse’s . STB:AM DYEING AND SCOURING ESTABLISHMENT 123 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., NEAR Lower Market, Bridge Bank Building, for the dyeing and clean ing of Dresses, Shawls, Cloaks, Ribbons, etc. Gentlemen’s Coats, Vests and Pants cleaned and dyed in the best manner. - Piece Dry Goods of Cloths, Merinos, De laine, Alpaca, Rep Goods and Jeans dyed and finished equal to those don© in New York. Orders by Express promptly at tended to. jan2o-3m JOB~ PRINTING NEATLY EXECUTED AT THIS OfQoo. Miscellaneous Advertisem’ts FOUTZ’S CELEBRATED Horse aid Cal Powders a This preparation, lons ami fnvnrabi; e.&W&fWli tcnown , " 111 thoroughly ra-lnTigort> .-jrdjr.l Jr brokcn d°" n low spirited horses fSm 1 by strengthening ami cleansing Un l| stomach anil Intestines. It is a sure preventive of all disease > incident lo this animal, such as l.l ; K( EEV E R. GLANDERS, YEI.I.OW WATER, IIKAVES, COUCHS, DIS rfcMI’EK, FEVERS, FO UN PER, LOSS OF APPETITE AND VITAL ENERGY, Ac. Its use 1 111 pro YO4 ..i t.'v.:. fyjhiD.h the wind, Increases the appetite— V y "u? w gives asmooth and glossy skin—ami ’I i transforms the miserable skeleton • t iLyiilL.jbe, into a lie- -looking and spirited horse. v To keepers of Cows this prepar* V-S) , ti.m is iui iiluiililn. His a stue pre lV u _' ~ Ycntivs against Rlnderptst, Holirgi Horn,etc. It hns hern proven by i !lctlllt * experiment to increase tit tvAw * quantity of milk ami cream twenty ■*M^!^ l l ll!r cent, and make the huttr; fl m ■ nnd sweet, in fattening rattle, it gives them an appetite, loosens their hide, ;,ud makes them thrive much faster. In all diseases of Swine, such as Coughs. Ulcers in the Lungs, Liver, Ac., this article acts is a specific. By putting from one naif a paper to a paper in a barrel of kS®* twill the above diseases will he eradi jated or entirely prevented. If given _IL T,Tg in time, n certain preventive and jure for the Hog Cholera. DAVID E. FOFTZ, Proprietor, BALTIMORE. Md. For sale by Dsugglsts and Storekenpcrs throughout the United States, Canadas and South America. For sale in IVaynesboro’ by S. A. GRAY. BENTLEY" D. ARELL. ARTHUR PARKE H. 1). HASELL <fc CO.. GENERAL RAILWAY AGENTS AAD COM MTS SION MER CTIA NTS 317 Broadway, New York. (Entrance on Thomas Street.) Post Office address; Box 4979, N. Y. Cit