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THE
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PROFEPSK )NAL < V\ 1 ’ i >SL
‘ Wsl. G. iL( )lis I.i:Y,
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THOM A STON, GA.
WILL practice in Upson, Talbot, Taylor, Crawford,
\? Monroe. Pike and Merriwether Counties.
April 7.1850—1 v.
DR. JOHN GOODE,
r)F,SPF.OTFULi,Y oilers his Professional services to j
i the citizens of Thomaston and its vicinity,
lie can be found during the day at Dr. Ileard’s of
fice, and at his father’s residence at night.
Thomaston, Feb. 10.
THOMAS miAl.u.
ATTOIv NEY AT LAW,
THOMASTON, GA.
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Va w*’ “ • . j
p, \v. alkxandeil
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMASTON, GA.
nov‘2s—ly I
E. Wjiij; fv. C. T. Goode.
WARREN & GOODE,
ATTOI I N KV S AT IA AW,
PERRY, HOUSTON CO., GA.
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A. c. MOORE,
1) I] JV T I S T ,
THOMASTON, GA.
OFFICE, at my House (the late residence of Mrs. j
Hicks.) where 1 am prepared to attend to all class
es ot Dental Operations. My work is my Reference.
novlS—tf *
G. A. MILLER,
attorney at law,
THOMASTON, GA,
business c a k ds.
GEORGE W. DAVIS,
TS in receipt of a beautiful Stock of Spring and Sum
, rnPr 6eods, comprising every article usually kept in
>e rip-country. Call and see him at his old stand.
Dwraastcur, April 7. 1850.
GRANITE hall,
OPPOSITE THE LANIER HOUSE.
MACOX, GEOJiGIA,
**. l . DENSE,
. . , (Late of the Floyd House.)
Proprietor.
w. A. SNELL,
eei m P ure Drugs and Medicines,
rF pp, THOMASTON, GA.,
J\ ot - n r C< ihand and for sale a large Stock
Medici! >a . 5U Chemicals and Patent
toral in.l’ ?’ n . s, ' ;tm ” i'( part of Dr. Ayer’s Cherry Pec
os W*l i7-i 1C aml Sarsaparilla, AYistar’s
Tjj’ YpcAfii | ! "t> herr >:- sListang Liuhnent. Perry Da-
AlcitL,,T t: ‘ , 11 Roberts’ Oliolic Mixture,
Coach an! ‘linin v’ T -^ in oil ’ S h irits of Turpentine,
nac Bran l • t 111 l arillsll - Also, Dye Stulls, liue Cog
''Thiskev’ ni il” ear Old Apple Brandy, tine Bourbon
and Tnk<l ‘ 1 ort and Madeira Wines. Fine Cicars
there of Die very best quality. Besides
Paints v -m' 16 fa ncy articles fort the Toilet,
kern in , a J'“ l> les , &c, and in fact every thing usually
Tjnll ChsS Drug Store.
llarLn t bim at the stand formerly occupied bv
y_ Goode. May 19
HARDEMAN & GKIFFIN,
dealers in
DRY goods and ceoceries
Every Description
Corner of Cherry and Third Streets,
Mrp* MACON, GA.
yj °uld call the attention of tlie Planters of UTp
a!‘T a djoining counties to the above Card, be
jj a
TROXJT HOUSE,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
B y Mrs. J, D. BOYD.
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B T7a4B-1 X I-: S H <*A I ? 19 R .
SVUKXUAM ACRE. JXO. F. IVERSON
ACEE &. IVERSON,
DKIJCUISIS AM) CHEMISTS,
SIGN OF GOLDEN EAGLE,
COLUMBUS, GEOR GI A .
DEALERS in Foreign and Domestic Drugs, Medi
cines, Chemicals, Acids, Fine Soaps, Fine Flair and
loeth Brushes, Trusses and Shonldcr
Braces, Surgical and Dental instruments, pure Wines*
and Liquors for Medicinal purposes, Medicine Chests.
Glrfss, Paints, Oils, Yarnislies, Dye Stuffs, Fancy and
toilet Articles, F’ine Tobacco and Havana Segars, &c.l
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WEBB II oils K
THOMASTON, GA.
THE Subscriber respectfully informs the public that
be lias completed extensive improvements to
his already large residence in Thomaston, ami proposes
to receive and accommodate permanent boarders and
transient travellers. He solicits the patronage of the
public and will endeavor to make all comfortable and
satisfied that will give him a call on moderate terms,and
as low as the time and markets will afford.
JOHN N. WEBB.
June 18* 1859.
For the Upson Pilot.
.NATURE AND PIPROVEMEIVT OF
MIND.
’Tis mind that makes the body rich.”
Mau, who has looked into the arcana of
Nature, commences his existence in tlie
feebleness of infancy. He passes through
the gay and innocent career of childhood, !
with mental- and Corporeal powers gradu- s
ally maturing; receives in manhood the!
fullness of his energies ; sinks in old age 1
beneath decrepitude, fulfilling the law of!
all Nature in the termination of his cxis- i
fence by the dissolution of his mortal
frame. In this ‘progress of human exis
tencc, human curiosity is excited at the j
exhibition of divine power.
The social condition of man, at first, j
was impotent and dependent. It was dis
qualified for perpetuating its events and 1
opinions. It opened in an age of fiction
and superstition, for in endeavoring to
elucidate things it was immetliodic in those
conjectures it substituted for facts.
Although the organization of man is as
it was, and will be as it is, yet knowledge :
is progressive and productive of perfecti- j
bilily, and through this source man is j
made susceptible of a condition of perfec- -
tion : a high moral and intellectual exalta
tion, of which it would he wild fanaticism ;
to speak the thoughts that appear to the |
imagination.’ Thu human mind, lhat which j
thinks, remembers, and wills, is the noblest \
boon given to man. In its productions, it !
is calculated to excite an admiration truly -
wonderful, yet its works cannot compare j
with it in symmetry of structure. Its ex- l
alted rank was proclaimed in the creation.
The earth had been formed, the heavens
spread over it as a curtain. The Divine
Spirit breathed upon the dark chaotic |
mass ; hushed the wild elements of nature, ,
and decorated them with splendid and sub- j
lime beauties. The sun, moon and stars !
were placed in their proper spheres, and |
aught else appeared over the earth but a
splendid canopy. Still no notes of com- 1
mendation had been sung by high intelli
gences. But when tlie breath ot life was
breathed into man lie became a living soul
. £ tlie morning stars sang together and all 1
the sons of God shouted for joy. The’
chef-dav re of tlie Creator’s earthly work
man ship had been formed ; without it the
, magnificent and fascinating scenes around
ns would have been made to no purpose.
The mind no longer sails upon the calm’
and undisturbed ocean of moral rectitude
and conduct, but alas! is tossed on the !
stormy ocean of disappointment ; dashed
against rocks ; wrecked upon the uark and
dreadful shore of moral calamity,
i The divine can teach us the nature and
use of man’s mind, by the mighty works
i of hi? Creator in its restoration to purity 1
and holiness ; can inform us that the eye
of God is ever gazing upon the soul ot
man : ever ruling over his destinies with
peculiar interest” ; and admiring divine per
fectibilitv in his behalf
Great and exalted as is the mind, it is j
closely allied to material objects, forming a !
grand and mysterious union. And while ;
inaii claims alliance with the angels othcav- j
en, he must own the lowest “reptile and
clod of tlie vale for his brother, thus form
ing a connection between tlie material and !
spiritual worlds. There is in creation me*
j thodieal gradation ; a chain of suspension
: from the highest unbounded perfeatibiiitv
, down to the verge'of the desolate abyss ot
i nothing. Man is too much allied to ani
i mals to coniine himself to high moral and
intellectual characteristics, and too much
i of an angel to partake ot the enjoyment ot
I animal gratifications. Os the human mind
there is an innate principle that sighs with
a spirit’s longing to be exempt from the
fetters that bind it, to roam with imagin
ative force over the broad expanse ot crea
j tion.
The immortality of the mind calls for
our consideration —our regard, it it die
with the body, adieu to its chief dignity
and honor. Our honor has tied from us
and our station is hut little paramount to
that of the brutes of creat ion. The doc
trine of tlie soul’s immortality is the basis
of true morality—of hopes the purest and
most unde filed that were over cherished in
the human bread. Disbeiiel ot tliig. and
‘THE UNION OF THE STATES: -DISTINCT, LIKE MALLOWS; ONE, LIKE THE SEA.’ 1
THOMASTON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 23, IS-59.
the human form would moulder into dust,
“and like the baseless fabric of a vision,
leave not a wreck behind.” No natural
sympathy or affection that could be incited
in tlie bosom could wield the influence to !
keep society in its proper course. Selfish
ness, sensuality, and a sordid self-interest
would reign triumphant, and human rights
and taws would be trampled on with scorn.
G6odness and nobleness would flit away as !
a delusive phantom, or an ephemeral rose, 1
which in the morning blooms with all tlie
beauty of nature ; in the evening dies away.
Virtue, principle and duty would be mock
ed and spurned as insignificcnt and mi- ;
meaning sounds for the accomplishment of j
our race. Let there be no entity for the
mind, and we have sighed over the tombs
of departed friends an eternal farewell. The
heroes, the sages, the good and wise are
gone forever, and no glittering rav of light
springs.from tlieir dark and silent tombs.
The enlarged capacities, progressive im
provement, insatiableness as to present en
joyments, and aspiring disposition of mind,
tell us potently that a more lasting exis
tence awaits it than it here enjoys. How
mighty is the human intellect ] We ad
mire it as it explores the arcana of nature;
and appropriates to our convenience the
various benefits of the animal and vegeta
ble worlds. We consider it with pride as
it directs the ship, with unerring certainty ;
over the boisterous ocean, to its destined :
port. We follow it with pleasure, ns it
looks into the profound researches of math
ematical science, and wonder at it as it fol
lows tlie eccentric course ot me cwm-i, ana
makes the lightning of Heaven subservient
to ihe purposes of man. By its inventive
power labor has been saved, time and space
almost annihilated, and the general wel
fare and happiness of the human -family
vastly augmented. AY hat but a divine,
immortal principle coidd accomplish so
much !
When heaven and earth shall pass away,
the mind of man will exist. Tt shall emerge j
from the dreadful ruin, and float clean over
the horrors and tempests of that dismal da)'.
Notwithstanding man is endowed with
this immortal mind, it will prove ineffica
cious,, and fail to accomplish the great ends
designed, unless it be cultivated. Its pow
ers, like all*others, for the proper develope
ment of their energies, require an appro
uriale traininer. Each must be invigorated
by study ; memory, perception,juugcm-xii', j
and reason by tlie means suited to their |
devclopcment. The intellect should he in
structed in those operations, whicn fire
alone enabled to acquire for itself, sound
judgement and made capable of its high
est and noblest object —the power to dis
cern and receive truth. The possession of
senses and faculties alone, does not cniifci
upon man the immunity ol thinking, judg -
ing, knowing. They must be employed
aright. Man must he taught to think, to
call his intellect into action, to judge, to
reason, to understand, to know foi him
self. Mind is an active agent and must
he employed, either in the acquisition ol
knowledge that will invigorate and enlaige
its faculties for usefulness, or in that
which is vitiating iu its tendency. “An
empty mind,” says Dean Swift, “is the
Devil’s work-shop.”
The use of knowledge is to divest the
mind of the prejudices of ignorance, and
give it more enlarged conceptions than it
has from the growth of nature. For the
accomplishment of this result, untiring
perseverance and industry are indispensi
ble. This is the secret of all that is great
and noble.
Reading adds the knowledge and expe
rience of “others to our own, and is to the
mind what labor is to the body. To know
the principles of virtue and goodness, to
add to. our store of just and valuably ideas,
to improve our faculties, should he the ob
jects of reading, (fimversation, iu a pecu
liar sense, is the Palaestra oi the mind, in
which every thought and faculty is plunged
into contest, requiring the utmost alert
ness. wisdom and vigor, in order to obtain
an honorable acquittal. It spreads itspen
etrativc power through every pore and
| cranny of society, and is the favorite meth
i0 q in every community, of intellectual ex-
I ercise and development. Here are called
into exercise, the most severe, ns well as,
1 the most graceful qualities ot the human
character. Lull Hess, exactness, and icail
iness arc acquired only hv reading, writ
ing, and conversation.
‘Though literature he calculated to on
li'ditcn us. and givens rank as scheiais,
vet to be great as a nation and happy as
individuals, moral and religious principles
arc absolutely essential. There can be no
true greatness without these. Education
without religion oftentimes becomes a
: ‘ 11 If wo are pleased to roam tbe delightful
fields of literature, and gather from its
fount laurels imperishable as fame, why
should we not delight to meditate upon
and study. the Book, whose pages teem with
light and eternal life ?
‘•Within this awful volume lies
The mystery of mysteries.
Oh ‘ ha*i>lie>t thev of human race.
To whom our God has given grace
To hear, to read, to fear, to pray
To li:> the latch and Fwee the way :
But fetter had they ne’er been born,
ho read to doubt, or read to scorn.”
Tlie teachings of this volume tire ealen- 1
lffted to enlarge the understanding ; exalt j
tin* imagination and refine the taste. They
are sublime of conception ; rich of iur
agery ; and powerful of graphic descrip
tion. A desire for fame and worldly wis
dom, without regard for that honor that
“cometh from above,” or that “knowledge
which will make us wise unto salvation,’
is opposed to principles of sound reason
and philosophy. Luther said, “whom God
would destroy, he permits to trifle with the
Scripture. ’ Locke said “ that the Scrip
tiuc-s contained eternal life. It lias God
f’’ La author * salvation for its end ; and
trudi without any mixture of error for its
matter.” Precious thought! and worthy
the consideration of all persona.
No man can be educated without the
Bible, and no nation can he truly great
witlieut it.
Knowledge is power ; and with religion
it is the cheapest and surest defence of
nations.
In youth, while the mind is susceptible,
the foundation for greatness is laid. In
youth we sow the seed that produces fruit
in manhood. Let us cultivate habits of
industry and economy, virtue and sobriety
—then we shall realise in the fullness of
enjoyment tlie invaluable blessings of an
education truly ennobling.
It may then be ours —
” T’iio applause of listening Senates to command,
The threats of pain and ruin to despise;
To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land,
-J. s. s.
Oak Grove, Talbot Cos.
♦ o
For the Upson Pilot.
Wointtu, and her Influence on Alan.
PAPER NO. 2.
In a former paper I endeavored to de
scribe the “ordinary novel reader” and the
pernicious influence of such reading ; in
this. I shall endeavor to portray what for
convenience’ sake I will term the would-be
literary lady.
This character admits of two divisions ;
the first, is one who obtains all her ideas
from books alone ; the second, one who
pretends to know much and reads but lit
tle.
’And first as to character number one.
The olfiection to her is. that she thrusts
mi -• ecnvti'sahon ideas that are not origi
nal with her in any sense ; this might strict
ly s]-caking, he denominated conversation
al plagiarism. Now if I should attempt
to write poetry and steal the sentiment
from some author, and notwithstanding 1
conveyed these stolen sentiments or ideas
in language entirely different from the po
et, yet it would be nothing more nor less
than plagiarism ; the same rule applies to
prose writing ; then why should it not ap
ply to conversation?
I do not wish to be understood as dep
recating book reading, newspapers, peri
odicals drc., far from it ; it is no doubt, if
properly and judiciously followed, an ad
vantage, a benefit, a blessing ; to what ex
tent I shall not now stop to inquire. Wliat I
wish to be understood as meaning, is this ;
that we should not take everything we
read for truth ; every sentiment we find in
print is not correct; we should therefore,
compare what we read with observation of
actual life ; with every day experience.—
j “Drove all things, hold fast to that which
is good” is a rule that should be followed
a: well in this as in other cases. How then
i shall we prove what we read, will perhaps
! he asked by some of that class for whom
this character is intended. The answer is
plain and as before stated ; observation
and everyday experience and which indeed
is nothing more nor less than the teaching
of reason.
The great objection to this class of read
ers is, that they are not only too credu
lous, hut that it generates a sort of care
less or indifferent feeling ; lids will in a
short time extend not only to reading, but
to domestic affairs, and those of little
things with which woman is concerned ;
littlfi; tilings perhaps within themselves,
but which taken as a whole, constitute
S domestic happiness.
I write calmly of these things because,
I wish to appeal to reason rather than pas
sion : and 1 appeal to every candid and
unprejudiced reader to bear me out in the
assertion, that I have written nothing but
what tin* facts in the case will sustain me
in.
I would like to say more ot this charac
ter but time and space forbid ; the readers
of this article are all, no doubt intelligent
enough if they will take the trouble,- to
view this case in all its parts ; what I have
written of it must therefore suffice for the
present.
I will now briefly notice tbe most prom
inent trails of character, number two ; I
have seen such ; therefore 1 write the
••things which I know.”
This diameter assumes a knowing look
.—has read every book you can mention,
and is ready to give her opinion thereon.
Os course common civility will not allow
us to doubt the veracity of a lady ; conse
quently we take all she says for truth (?)
• * This character as does every other, has
her own circle ot admirers : ; they listen
with gaping mouths to everything that !
falls from her lips—take it all for truth
and sense, and finally come to tlie conclu
don that she has talents of the highest or
der, in fact second to none. Bhe as a mat
ter ot course learns that there are those
who think that she is intelligent and tal
ented > she soon comes to the conclusion
that lief admirers do. Bhc next considers
that the people’in general are anxious to
hear something from her, then she con
ceives herself a full-fledged poetess and
immediately commences writing what she j
calls poetry ; she will perbaqrs scribble four
or five sheets of foolscap with nonsensical
trash, and in the whole of it, there cannot
be found one sentence of sense, sentiment
or rhyme ; when this is not true she will
copy poetry verbatim et literatim from
some poet’s writings ; this to my own
knowledge is oftimes done ; certainly they ,
must have a most contemptible opinion of
the knowledge of others.
Young ladies be advised, be willing to!
serve each in your own appropriate sphere,
observe life closely ; read much ; write and
say but little, and if you have talents they
will certainly develops* themselves, and’
those that are intelligent—that are com
petent to judge—will soon find out and
appreciate your merits.
JEUNNESSE.
More about Public Expenditures
From the Report of the Democratic |
Clerk of the last Democratic House of Re- i
nresentaf ivos flip. nHitovu o+‘ *};” . AT : l
llepubhean banner have culled the fol
lowing items of expenditure out of an ap
propriation of $40,000, voted by the said
Democratic House of iiepresentatives :
For Clothes-Room of Hall.
Four Trench-plated Mirrors $360 00
“• “ “ “ 380 00
Two “ “ “ 240 00
Four Soap Dishes, 33 00
Twelve Hair Brushes, 18 00
Combs and Towels, 137 00
Repairing six Chairs, 15 00
Committee on Extension of Public Build
ings.
Forty-six yards Tapestry Carpet, SBO 50
Walnut Sofa $45, Mirrors $35, 80 00
Wash Stand, 18 00
Clothes and Hair Brushes, Ac., 8 23
Committee on Ways and Means.
paao xaTUi oaipui, fssoo xer
Two Office Tables, 66 00
One “ Table, 8a 00
Four Suits Tapestry Curtains, 580 00
One Clock, • ‘ 145 00
Nine Chairs, 2!)7 00
Two Chairs, 100 00
Sofa and Rug, 100 00
Feather Dusters, 39 00
Chamois Skins, (what common peo
ple would call a fillisting rag’) 7 50
For the Speaker’s Boom.
Mirror, $215 00
Writing Table, 95 00
Two Lounges, 180 00
Six Chairs, 570 00
Six Arm Chairs, 288 00
One Arm Chair, 48 00
Three Suits Curtains, 900 00
Eighty-five yards Carpet, 240 00
Hair Brushes, Combs, Nail Brush
es, Clothes Brushes, Spittoon,
Silver-plated Pitcher, Chamber
Sett, Wash Stand, Ac., 294 12
Scrgca nt-at- Arm s’ 800 m.
Seventy-four yards Velvet Carpet, $lB5 62
Clock/ “ 50 00
Two Suits Curtains, 280 00
Door-Kcei>er's Boom.
Carpet, $ 150 00
Curtains, 270 00
Table and Sofa, 95 00
Committee on Military Affairs.
Carpet, $220 00
Curtains, 360 00
Clock, IdO 00
Two Sofas, 150 00
Two Chairs, 100 00
Mirror, * 425 00
Clerk's Boom.
Curtains, $420 *>()
Six Chairs, 276 00
Carpet, 498 00
Committee on Claims.
Carpet, $169 00
Curtains, -70 00
Chairs and Table, 120 (;0
; Sofa and Desk, 135 00
Committee on Patents.
! Curtains, $390 00
Wash Stand, 68 00
Mirror, ‘ 550 00
Safe, 1,325 00
Safe for Clerk, 1,359 00
From the .Spirit of the South.
Great and Exciting Pace
Between a Bain Cloud and the Morning
Train from Macon , Go., to Savannah ,
Ga., over the Central Rail Road, on Fri
day, May 20th , -1859.
Soon after the Morning'train from Ma
; con for Savannah emerged from tlie grand
depot, in the former city, it was discovered
that a heavy cloud was lying i*i the West,
which threatened both wind and rain in a
’ few moments : but just at this period a
lucky idea seemed to be passing through
tiie lucid chambers of thought ofthfrdngi
ncer, upe>u which lie acted in a moment,
ivinch was to put on steam and have a race
with the cloud, which now seemed to lie
spreading its black and mighty wings- for
the strife to which it was about to be in
vited. .Vs the engine made a leap and a
scream, the passengers became aware that,
some extraordinary excitement wason hand,
and it soon became generally known that a
contest ot speed between the coming storm
and the train would immediately take place.
As the train with almost lightning speed
went thundering on its way, the howling
wind which boro upon its bosojn the“black
ncss ot darkness, ; seemed to be gathering
new forces for the strife, and with gian”;
strides the tempest careering on, over hill .
and dale, river and plain, farm and forest,
just behind the Iron horse and ils precious
freight of human beings, which was rapid
ly moving along in the valley, far lv t low
these mighty coursers of the skie*. The
race seemed to be about equal between
the contestants, as farmhouses, tind fences,
and forests flew past, but when the iron
horse was forced to stop to take in both
food and drink with a shriek and, roar, made
a mighty effort to overwhelm his competi
tor, and pass him on the way ; but this
only caused the iron horse to snort in the
pride of his strength, and to shake his
mane with the consciousness of victory in
his power ! In a moment he was up and
away, and with the spend of the “coursers
ol the bun, lie bin defiance td t.lu smrlf
winon ruieu me progress ot ttie stoma, But
the victory was not to be easily achieved
bv this comparatively new competitor for
honors on the “ course,” against the hith
erto uncontested claims of the coursers of
Eolus ! So now. the blood of the racers was
fully up, and with renewed ehergv and in
creased speed, they frightened the birds bf
the air and the denizens of the forest, and
i the beasts of the field in their rapid pro
gress towards the dominions of old Nep
tune. As the masterly engineer, with
steady hand and firm grasp, held his cour
ser on ike “ track,” the passengers partak
ing of the spirit which animated their dri
ver, proclaimed with one accord that the
race must be won, and that the storm king
must he beaten. Chared by this deter
mined and spirited announcement bf tno
passengers, the
determined not to slacken his speed or loo
sen his rein, until his competitor yielded
the palm, or was fairly distanced, in the
race. The spirit which gtiided tiie fetoriii
seemed to tie aware of the determination
of those on the train, and immediately pro--
pared to pass his antagonist in the race, of
continue it to Savannah, unless his powers
should become exhausted before reaching
the goal. Now they went fast and faster,
and the little engine and its train, followed
closely by the hell-hounds of the gale, like
some gentle spirit of light fleeing before the
demon of discoid and destruction, in haste
to make a haven of safety before being
1 overtaken by the furies.
As the train approached Savannah, it;
was seen that the storm power was relax
ing his speed ; and with a howl and a wail*
it was compelled to let the train pass into
the city nearly half an hour before his pre
sence was manifested by the breath of hid
nostrils, and the deluging the city with the
watery particles with which the cloud was
; so liberally supplied.
Thus ended the race, which had lasted
from Macon to Savannah, a distance of 191
! miles ; the iron horse beating the storm,
nearly half an hour, over the great “ Cen
i tral Course” of Georgia !
How admirable must be all the appoint
ments and equipments ot this great Cen
tral Hoad, to enable an engineer \fith a
passenger train, thus to distance in the race
! the mighty storm cloud, withca.se atid per
| feet safety !
I give you the foregoing narrative,
Editor, upon the “authority of Mr. E. P.
Butts, of the city of Apalachicola, Fla.,
who you all know, and therefore may rely
j upon it with the utmost safety, as being
Strictly’ true in all its details, in every pkft
and particular. TRAVELLER.
Good Brandy.— For the past foiir years,
a cask has lain in ihe Union depot, in'ln
-1 dianapolis, uncalled for. A few days ago
jit was opened, and found to contain the
bodies of a pair of twin babies put togetn
j t-r ala Siamese. But the liqtiof (alcohol)
which had originate!}- surrounded these re
mains, as a fluid preservative, had all been
drawn off. The fast yor.hg men about the
depot, had, from time to time, plied.ftraws
vigorous!v in the gimlet holes in the £&sk,
thus procuring an article with wliich ‘they
smacked their lips, ahd pronounced “good
j brandw”. The color (T brandy laid been
imparted to the alcohol by the l>abie^. —>
. Several railroad employees hirie abstained
since the discover)'.
An old Dutch tavern keeper, who had
hie third wife, thus expressed his views of
matrimony : “Veil, you see, the first time
1 married’ for love— dat was goot ; den
I marries for beaiity— dat was goot-, ‘too,
I about as goot as the first: I mar
-1 rios for mpflev—and dis is better us hotib”
Number 3b.