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AL CARIDBr
WM. G. HORSLEY,
A ll orii e v at La w ,
THOMASTON, GA.
II 04 practice in Lpson, Talbot, Taylor, Crawford.
. hmroe, Pike and Merriwether Counties.
April 7.1859—ly.
TIIO MAS~BEALL, ~
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
. ~ THOMASTON, GA.
fetid—ly
p. W. ALEXANDER *
ATTORNEY at law
.. TIIOMASTON, GA.
nov2o—ly
E ’ WiKBEN - ~ 7 C. T. Goode, j
WARREN & GOODE,
ATT ?HNKYS AT I.AAV,
novl^/ ERRY >^^ONCO.,GA.
A- C. MOORE^
DENTIST,
nFFIr _ THOMASTON, GA.
vi lliek J 1 ouse (the late residence of Mrs.
I . am P re Pared to attend to allclass-
My work is my Reference.
G. A. MILLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
_ THOMASTON, GA.
ESS CAnl) s.
ri ALIi,
OPPOSITE TIIE LAMER HOUSE,
VIACOIST, GEORGIA
B. F. DENSE,
M’ EB B lIOUS E ,
THEV, THOMASTON, GA.
t v ‘ Jii'sci iber respectfully informs the public that
his. ,‘r ‘ as completed extensive improvements to
to r " irea Lv large residence in Thomas ton, and proposes
t.-aiL \' Ve an< * accommodate permanent boarders and
p u -| S . lent travellers. He solicits the patronage of the
sat -t o' endeavor to make all comfortable and
as I 1 t^at W 'H g' ve Bint a call on moderate terms,and
as the time and markets w ill a fiord.
T„n io JOWiN.WJSBB.
Juiia jb 186?(
|B TJ SIN ESS C.aR DS .
W. A. SNELL;
Dealer in pure Drugs and Medicines,
THOMASTON, GA.,
I Ti ELI S constantly on hand and fur sale a largo Stock
IV. of pure Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals and Patent
Medicines, consisting in part of Dr. Ayer’s Cherry Pec
toral and < athartie Pills, ami Sarsaparilla, AVisiar’s
Balsam of A’ il-.l Cherry, Mtistang Liniment, Perry Da
vis’ A egetable Pain Killer, Roberts’ Cholic Mixture,
Alcohol, Linseed Oil, Train Oil, Spirits of Turpentine,
Coach and Japan Varnish. Also. Dye Stulls, fine Cog
nac Brandy, Ten Year Old Apple Brandy, fine Bourbon
AAbiskey, Old Port and Madeira Wines, Pine Cigars
and Tobacco, all ‘of the very best quality. Besides
these, he has line and fancy articles for the Toilet.
Paints, Varnishes, &c., and in fact every thing usually
kept in a first class Drug Store,
Call and see him at the stand formerly occupied by
Harwell & Goode, May 11)
KT DESHA it ACER. * JNO. F. IVEItSOX
ACEE &. IVERSON,
DRUGGISTS AND C II EH i STS,
SIGN OF GOLDEX EAGLE,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
DEALERS in Foreign and Domestic Drugs Medi
cines, Chemicals, Acids, Fine Soaps, Fine Hair and
Tooth Brushes, Perfumery, Trusses and Shoulder
Braces. Surgical and Dental instruments, pure AVines
and Liquors for Medicinal purposes, Medicine Chests.
Glass, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dye Stull’s, Fancy and
Toilet Articles, Fine Tobacco and Havana Sugars, &<_■..
Ac. jauO—tf.
HARDEMAN & GRIFFIN,
DEALERS IN
STAPLE DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES
OF Every Description
Corner cf Cherrx/ and Third Streets ,
MACON, GA.
AT/ E would call the attei ‘ on ol’ the Planters of t T i>-
son and adjoining counties to the above f'rvd. be
lieving we can make it to their interest to deal with
us.
Macon, Ga.. November 19,1858. nov2s—tf.
TRO l T L JIO XJ 8
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
15y Mrs. J, I>. BOYD.
fV ,, ___ .iV-
From the Rome Courier, August 10.
The State Road Hiimlmg.
Gov. Blown, ly paying into the State
Treasury the earnings of* each month, in
stead of distributing directly from 1 lie Trea
sury of the Railroad for the payment of
de-life, ~ A... l
been successful in creating 1 heutteny /aTse
impression that h<> is making the State
road pay better than did his predecessor.
As to what was done with the earnings
of the State road for the two years preced
ing Brown’s election, for the present, we
will say nothing, but merely call attention
to the grand in results. We
copy from the official reports for the years
(‘tiding Sept. 30 :
Gross earnings for 1853 $478,887 0G
“ “ “ “ 1854 591.154 78
“ “ “ 1855 688,930 56
“ “ “ 1856 871,366 53
11 “ “ 1857 900.808 95
“ “ “ 1858 800,001 28
Thus it will beseen that before the afore
said Joseph came into otlice the income of
the State Road had been steadily increas
ing an average of over SIOO,OOO per year,
but for tlye very first year in which this
railroad bragger holds the reins there is a
falling , off of $100,807 67 !! ! These are
stern facts, and the people ought to know
them. Goa*. Brown gets upon the State
Road as his platform, and hopes to make
the people believe that because he lias by
some u hocus pocus ” arrangement paid
into the Treasury more money than his
predecessor that, therefore, he has made a
good Governor! ! ! So. far as we know,
his most blind admirers do not pretend
that he has made a good Governor in any
other respect, except his management of
the State Road, and even in this he has
fallen short, at least $200,000 a year, of
what it would have paid under Johnson’s
administration, alloAving it to increase in
the same proportion that it had done for
five years next before Brown’s election.
Now let us look for a moment at tlie net
income of this road for the last two years
ending Sept. 30 :
Gross income for 1857 $900,808 95
Total expenses “ 435,827 55
Leaving a net income of $464,981 40 |
This is an average per month of $38,-
748 45, and the total amount paid into
the Treasury for the whole year Avas
SIOO,OOO.
Compare with the above the following
statement for the year ending Sept. 30,
1858, and see what Brown, the bragger,
did :
Gross income for 1553 SBOO,OOI 28
Total expenses “ 394,227 S4,
Having a net income of $405,773 44
This is an average per month of ??33,-
814 45. and the total amount paid into the
Treasury for the year was $175,000. Ac
cording to the above facts taken from their
own official reports it will be seen that the
net proceeds of the State Road tor the last
year of JohriSotf’s administration was, on
an average, nearly $5,000 per month great
er than for the first year of Gov. Brown’s.
Our space prohibits a continuation of this
subject this week.*
But some one mru ask what became of
THE UNION OF THE STATES:-DISTINCT, LIKE THE BILLOWS; ONE, LIKE THE SEn.”
THOMASTON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, ISM
all of the $454,981 40, the net income of
the Road for the year ending Sept. 30th,
1857, as only SIOO,OOO found its way into
I the State Treasury ? Gov. Johnson’s re
| port shows that for this year $383,661 04
AVas paid for equipment and construction ;
whereas, it is stated, in Brown’s report for
1858, that only $195,304 87 were paid for
equipment and construction , making a dif
ference of $188,356 17 in Johnson’s favor.
Our readers may expect more facts and
figures, that will surprise those that are
not posted. In the meantime eareiuby
; compare the above statements and see if
Joseph E. Brown has any cause f<u brag
ging so much about his monthly payments.
\\ e are no apologists for Gov. Johnson,
I whose management of tlie State Road
i nearly all the Brown party condemn, but
! only wish to shoAv that if Johnson did bad
ly, Brown has done much Averse, and yet
i has ihe impudence to brag over his doings
: and dare the Opposition to oppose his rc
’ election.
From the LaGrange Reporter.
Western & Atlantic RaiKltoad
Earning,
Mr. Editor : —That sterling journal, the
Savannah liepubliccin , indulges in some
reflections upon the fact, that for July
$40,000 was paid into the State Treasury
from the Western <So Atlantic R iil-Road,
| making an advance of several tiemwurul
dollars upon the sums paid into the Treas
! ury monthly, before Gov. Brown’s nonii
’ nation. He also animadverted upon the
fact that the earnings of July were an
nounced some day’s before the month ex
ipi red; Some Editors in Georgia, disposed
to ridicule what they cannot answer, have
| thought proper to make themselves merry
lover the article; but it is based upon
; sound common sense. They have asked if
the Editor of the Republican , whom they
call sapient in derision, does not know
that the passenger travel increases greatly
in the Summer ? Jhe reply is, yes, he
and the public both know that this is the
case ; and from the statistics of the Road
common sense would draw a conclusion
unfavorable to the management of the
Road. • By propounding the question if is
admitted that the sums monthly paid into
iuc ofaie xicuMiiy suoulu iumvw m- : - ‘
ceived by the officers of the Road. If si
how can it be thought regular and busi
ness-like for the net earnings of a month :
to be ascertained before the month expires.
The Republican is right in noticing this
absurdity.
Again : Below I present to your readers |
a table of monthly earnings carefully pre
pared by me some time since, which every
voter in Georgia would do well to examine
carefully and lay aside for future reference.
By reference to this table .you will see
that the earnings of the Road vary with
each month and that no month is exactly
like any other from the Ist of October, !
1854, to Sent. 30, 1858, through Avhich
periods the table runs.
In the fiscal year, ending in Sept., 1856,
the earnings of July are exceeded by those
of October, November, February, March
and April.
In the fiscal year ending in September-, j
1857, the earnings of July were exceeded I
by those of October, December, February, I
March and April.
In tlie fiscal year of 1858 (Gov. Brown’s
Ist year) the earnings of July were more j
than SB,OOO less than that of either of the ;
preceding years and was less than Decern- \
her, March, April and May.
How happens it then that in 1859 an
increase is so suddenly announced in the
sum that’s paid into the State Treasury ?
and that too before the end of the month !
Tlie Republican is not out of proper reck- I
oning after all. Hurrah for Mr. Sneed, I
its editor. His position shows him a man
of sound business qualifications whatever
may be said to the contrary. But here is j
the table of earnings :
A Statement of the monthly earnings of
the Western & Atlantic Rail-Road for
the fiscal years ending respectively on
the 30 th of September :
1855 * 1856 1857 1858
Oct $43.071 54 $74F62 72 $79.589 20 $58,773 07 !
Nov 49,908 62 71,958 58 (U .447 12 51.283 01
Dec 51.985 82 C 0.733 33 75 886 19 71.670 68
Jan. 51.959 34 62 660 57 62 490 64 58,183 76;
Feb 40.051 04 68.835 22 75.312 00 68,982 30
Mar 63.845 03 100.029 85 86,858 69 78.975 92’
Apr 80.623 64 72 555 64 70.983 46 79,764,97
May 65.148 77 66,526 59 51.692 12 63,188 91
J'ne
Jly 67.028 22 08.702 63 65.711 27 59,030 75 j
-\u r 81 113 85 80,803 64 118 541 49 84,148 24
S’pt 77,578 79 80,023 93 96,745 43 92,386 39
$688,930 56 $871,336 53 $900,608 95 $890,001 28 ;
Now by the examination of this table it
will be seen that the earnings of the Board
in the fiscal year ending in 1858, were less
than those of the year 185* by $100,807
67. Why this great falling oil when eve
ry other fiscal year shows a steady ad
vance ?
In 1857, $263,557 47 were paid out for
contracts of the preceding administration.
In 185S only $172,116 74.
By Mr. Spullock's Report tlie Road bed
and superstructure tv'ere left in “excellent
condition,” and Dr. Lewis says the supply
of cross-ties was “Aery large” and admits
the supply of wood “ample;” and they
both agree that the most important ac
count for monies paid out, to-wit: “The
construction account was to be wholly
closed in 1858.” Now how comes it that
swell meager returns have been made, to
the State Treasury in 1859 ? This will
not do ; the returns of this Road to the
State Treasurer should be doubled. It
is admitted on all hands that this Road
possesses great advantages of location, be
ing “the great link by which a number of
i'.‘juG are connected with the Mississippi
v alley and the South Atlantic States.” —
So that by authority of one of its Superin
tendent's these things “will necessarily
make it one of the best paying roads in the
South. ’ This Road, thus located, is 138
j miles , long. The great Rail-Road’s in
| Georgia directly or remotely connected
with it are :
The Georgia Rail-Road, 171 mil. s long.
Central Rail-Road, 191 miles long.
Macon & \\ eslern Rail-Road, 102 miles
j long.
Sou;h-\\ esteru and Muscogee, 115 miles
!ohg.
These are its Georgia feeders and to
them the Western & Atlantic is tlie main
trunk. Now it is capable of demonstra
| lion that these Roads average more than
16 per cent, to the Stockholders. Can it
he expected then that because we have
iKrl’O ill tU
people of Georgia will be satisfied with
j what is not equivalent to more than 6 per
cent, from this Road ? No never. Gov.
Brown, we give you credit for paying what
you do into the Treasury. It is well so
far as it goes ; but you must go farther to
approve yourself a faithful public servant.
The Road must at least yield double your
i figures. It would be creditable to your
administration to make these monthly ac-
I counts balance to “1-4 of a cent,” and to I
pay into the Treasury according to the j
i amounts you receive and not upon any ar
; bitrary sum selected by yourself. What:
; the people want is that the Road shall
| yield what it is capable of yielding and
| that that sum be promptly paid into the I
Treasury and then safely kept until theiv j
representatives drnfv it out in accordance |
with the Constitution. Come, Mr. Brown!
L Al l’S A!(f, OIUJiUUIi.N
Be Happy. —Yet not in studies above
; their years, or in irksome tasks should I
| children be employed. Tlie joys of their!
young natures should be preserved Avhile ‘
they learn the duties that lit them for this j
life and the next. Wipe away their tears. |
Remember hotv hurtful are heavy rains to i
the tender blossoms just opening on the |
day. Cherish their smiles. Let them
draw happiness from all surrounding oh- :
iects, since there may he some mixture of
happiness in everything but sin. It was
once said of a beautiful woman, that from
her childhood she has ever spoke smilingly,
as if the heart poured joy upon the lips, ■
and turned it into beauty.
May 1 be forgiven for so repeatedly j
pressing on our mothers to wear the linea- I
incuts of cheerfulness ? “To be good and
disagreeable is lbgk treason against ihe
royalty oi virtue,” said a correct moralist.
llow much is it to be deprecated, when
piety, the only foundation of true happi
ness, fails of making that joy visible to
every eye. If happiness is melody of soul,
the concord of our feelings with the circum
stances of onr lot, the harmony of our whole
being with the will of our Creator, how de
sirable that this melody should produce
the response of sweet tones and a smiling
countenance, that even slight observers may j
be won by the charm of its external sytn- j
hols !
A Marrying Man.— An old negro by
the name of David, who stays at t lie Oxford
(N. C.) Poor House, and who was carried
from South Boston, to Little York, during j
the revolutionary war, and was there enlist
ed as a soldier, and was afterwards wounded \
in the leg while in an engagement, lost bis
wife on the 12th ult. She died in the 95th
year of her age ; he is 103 years old. Six
days after hnrial of David’s wife, he was
again joined in tlie holy bonds of matrimony
to an old negro, who is in the 95th year of
her age. thus assuaging the sad bereave- j
meut caused by the demise of his former
venerable spouse;
A notorious ruffian, known in South
western Arkansas as Jack Cade, was re
cently killed by a woman whose husband (
lie bad shot. The widow challenged him
to a duel, and as the ruffian declined,
lie attacked him with a revolver and lodg
ed three balls in bis body, one ot Avhich
passed through his heart.
Important if True.— Dr. Bissell, one
rf the quarantine physicians at Staten Is
land, is of the opinion that “ if a person’s
hair he washed be is not liable to disease.” ;
The Norfolk Herald supports the opinion :
“So important a result,” says that paper,
from so simple a cause mav seem incredi
ble to many, but not to us. There is not
a more effectual preventive of disease than 1
the immersion of the head ia cold water , 1
the vear round.”
r
Patent Medicines. —The following is
ti pretty good burlesque on tlie patent
medicine advertisements of the day :
‘ Gil ot brickbats and compound unadul
i t era ted concentrated syrup of pavingstones;
manufacturers Only by l)r. llumbugbrass
llollow belly, and sold onlv bv bis rcgularlv
authorised agents. Beware of conn ter fei Is.
| _ Certificate. Dr. Ilullowbelly— Dear
Sir \ I kicked the bu.ket last night, but
•| while the undertaker was placing me in the
coffin, a vial of your Essential Oil burst in
Ids pocket and streamed down into my face;
I opened my eyes, sneezed and arose.
“ The shroud having received a per i< n
of the oil, instantly took root in the fiber
I Rnd expanded into beautiful cotton stalks,
I eadi tilled with bursting pods ; the coffin
rose on end, sprouted lor shoots, and grew
into a magnificent mahogany tree, which
burst oil the roof of my house and waited
into the evening breeze its luxuriant
branches, amid which the monkeys chat
tered and i he parrots fluttered their fanning
wings. 1 remain \ur revived friend’
“ Timothy; Ticei rberry.
English Naval Preparations. —The
English naval estimates for the current
year amounted to more than sixty millions
ol dollars, (<C 12,682,055.) and very .nearly
equal the sum total of the expenses of the
American Government fig- the rears 1856-
i. About one-halt of this vast sum lias
been already expended, and the rest is ra-
I pidly passing through the Treasury and
tlie Admiralty Board. According to the
navy list for July, there are now eleven new
ships of the line nearly ready for launching
at the English dock yards. These are the
Prince of Wales, 131 guns ; the Victoria,
, 121 ; the Royal Frederic, 116 ; and the
I Duncan, 100—at Portsmouth. The Howe,
j 12! ; the Do France, 91 ; the Revenge, 91
—at Pembroke. The'Gibraltar, 121—at
Davenport. The Atlas, 91 ; and the lire
! sistible, 80—at Chatham ; and the Anson,
90—at Woolwich.
In addition to this new fleet, 1,133 guns
; in all, there are sixteen first-class new
! screw steamers and nearly twenty new-screw
; sloops and corvettes now under weigh.
•Several sailing vessels are also near com
*i mrn llxo -A. \a k*.>x , ex, (J JL 1
gun:?, and the Narcissus, Immortal lie, and
New Castle, of 51 guns each. With all
his clamors and complaints, John Bull
does not mean to be caught napping, if his
| sen dogs can keep him aware of the ways
; of his neighbors.
The Emperor of Austria.— The young
| Emperor of Austria, now about twenty
nine years old, is said to be, in private life,
an irreproachable man, and by no means a
despot in the exercise of tlie despotic power
which he possesses. But, if all accounts
are true, the losses and defeats of Austria,
in the late war, areas much attributable to
the self-sufficiency of Francis Joseph and
a vain-glorious idea of his thi lit ary abilities,
which seems to have taken entire possession
of his brain, as to the superior science and
soldiership of his French adversaries. 11
this be so, Ids reflections upon the sacrifices
of valiant hearts, which his inordinate self
conceit has caused, would induce any mon
arch of ordinary sensibilities to abdicate the
throne and spend the rest of his days in a
monastery. A finer body of t l oops, accord
ing to Jill accounts, than tlie late Austrian
army, never entered the field, and they
have'no reason for the humiliation which ii
is said they feel at the interposition of peace.
There are no braver men in the world than
Germans, w ho compose a considerable part
of the rank and file, and most of the officers
of the Austrian army. They are noble
specimens of well developed manhood, and
if led by French genius would be invinci
ble. It is lamentable enough to think on
such an army being sacrificed by the blun
dering incompetency of their king.
JR it h n ion <1 JD ispj atch.
Sagacity of a Horse. — A very curious,
if not uncommon, instance of sagacity in
this animal came under observation lately
in the crowded neighborhood of Long Lane,
Bermotisey. The London Review says:
A cart horse in harness, whilst its lay no
means careful keeper was solacing himself
in a low public house, started off in a pret- I
tv brisk trot down the lane. Happening
to come to a group of children, one of
whom, a baby not more than three years !
old, stumbled and fell, the animal delibe- ;
rateiy stopped, placed the child out of his j
way with his teeth, and continued his j
course as if nothing had occurred. But j
his philanthropic propensities did not stop i
here, for, meeting with a similar group, he j
repeated the action, after which, as if fear
ful of committing some mischief, iie quiet
lv suffered himself to be caught and led i
back. |
Lager Beer Adulterations.— Hunt’s
Merchants’ Magazine enumerates no lees i
than thirty-eight substances which are em
ployed to give potency, flavor, and other
desirable qualities to this detestable form
of grog. Among them are chalk, marble
dust, opium, tobacco, henbane, oil of vitrol,
cotiueres, arum, etrichnine, and other dead- ,
lv drugs.
r °
: | Harris County.—The Opposition party
t Harris have nominated Dr. Erastus C.
Hood tor Senator, and Elijah Mullins and
Richard K. Kennon for Representatives.
j All of these gentlemen have accepted.
A Dutch Seiimon.—The following ad
mirable production, delivered before a
company of volunteer soldiers, during our
revolutionary struggle, upon the eve of
their goihg forth to gbr'.oits war was cal
culated to inspire them with more than
Herculean strength and courage :
‘‘Mine frients, ven virst you comcd hero
you was poor, and now frients, you is
prout ; un.l yoiis getting on your unicorns,
and dan vita you like u dongs upon 4 hog’s
ho k : now mine frients. let me dell you
dis, a man’s a man if he’s no bigger as mv.
thumb. Ven David vent out to vight vid
Goliah, hi; took nothing vid him but 0110
sling ; now don’t mistake 1110,mine frients)
it was not a rum sling ; no, uorngin sling;
no, lmr a mint vater sling ; no, none of
deso slings ; it was a sling made
hickory stick. Xo',v un Gdlmh sees Ta
vicl coming, he says, you little dampted
scoundrel, does you come to light me? I
vill give yon to the birds of the fiel, and
do l easts of de air. Tavid says, “Goliah,
Goliah, de race is not always uiit de swjft,
nor is do battle always mit do strong, aud
a man is a man if lie’s no bigger as
tlmmb. ’ !So Tavid li 1 fixes a stone lift hi#
sling ami be draws it at Goliah, and knocks
him right in the forehead, and den David
takes Gq] kill's swort and cuts oil’ his head
—and den all the pretty gals comes out,
and strewed flowers in his way, and suug }
‘•'►Saul is a great man for he lias kilt his
dousands, hut Tavid is grater ; for he has
kilt Goliah.” Now mine frients, ven you
goes out to vight mit de tamp iTittish re-,
member vat I dell you data man is a man
if lie’s no bigger as my thumb.”
A Present for Eugenie. —A firm in
Philadelphia have manufactured a splen
did sewing machine to he presented to the
Empress Eugenie, which is thus described:
Upon a silver las 2 is embossed in elabo
rate elegance the escutcheon of the Em
pire, while the whole rests upon four sil
\ri lions, over which an eagle is perched.
The names of Napoleon’s generals and vic
tories appear upon one side of the base,
and at the end upon a square, a statue of
the great Napoleon is standing. This is
done in enameled work, and is a gem in its
line. At the side of tlds figure the god
dess of Industry is teen, and over both a
spread eagle is Hying, which, bending for
ward, forms the vibrating arm of the ma
chine, the needle being in the beak of the
royal bird. The plate of the machine is
of highly polished steel, supported by four
angels of silver with wings of gold, and in
the front of the cash is the inscription.—
The case and table of the machine are to
be made of wood from Mount Vernon.
Tknessee—the Tables Turned. —ld
the last Congress the Opposition had three
members—the Democracy seben. In the
next, the table will be completely turned.
The Opposition have elected seven —the
Democracy three. This is a most impor
tant victory, as it will secure the vote of
the State for the Opposition candidate for
the I’residency should the election be
thrown into the House of Representatives
—a r suit by no means improbable. Such a
victory as-this must leivea sting iu the
hearts of the Democracy which will deprive
them of the satisfaction of rejoicing iu the
poor triumph of the re-elect ioi) of Gover
nor Harris and securing the Legislature.
Our triumph is one of a real national im
port a nee —theirs is altogether local. Willi
ours commences a glorious reformation —.
theirs is but the beginning of their dowu
i n . p .
fall. They cannot heat us again on the
ground they have r ow carried.
Nashville l J atvi'6t } Oth.
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Eternity is a depth which no geometry
can measure, no arithmetic calculate, no >
i magi nation conceive, no rhetoric describe.
The eye of a dying Christian seems gifted
to penetrate depths hid from the wisdom
of philosophy. It looks athwart the dark
valley without dismay, cheered by the
bright scene beyond it. It looks with a
kind of chastened impatience to that land
where happiness will only he holiness per
fected. There all the GosptJ l will be ac
complished ; there afflicted virtue ■tfill re
joice at its past trials, and acknowledge
their subservience to its bliss: there the
secret self-denials of the righteotis bo
recognized and reivarded: there all hopes
of the ( hristian shall have their complete
consummation.
A physiciau in Louisville has discovered
that by living principally on buttermilk a
human being may prolong existence to the
period of two hundred years
Mr. Z. declared that Ids tvife had five
fulls—"that she was beautiful, dutiful,
youthful, plentiful; and an armful.” But
she rejoined, that she had but uno fool—•
h°r husband
Number 40.