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VOLUME XL1I.]
£ I; t $ t i> e r a 1 Union,
MILLEDEE VILLE, GEORGIA, S E P T EM B E R 6, 1871.
IN
IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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Sheriff’s Sales, per levy of ten lines, or less, $2 50
Mortgage ti ta sales, per square, 5 00
Citations tor Getters of Adiuinistiatiou, ti 00
“ . “ Guardianship, 3 00
Application for dismission from Administration, 3 O0
“ “ Guardianship, 3 00
leave to sell Land 5 00 i . .
“ for Homesteads, 1 73 011 Ills OWt) UCCOUIit.
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Sales of Laud, Ac., per square, ...Y. 5 00 i **heart I fouilti little to COtl-
soldemn in liis conduct. He had rarely
! do
said the old gentleman, when the Pro
fessor had gone. “ I want you to hear
it be^ire Johnny comes.”
There was a tremulous earnestness
in the speaker’s tone that excited my
attention, and I waited for him to be
gin.
“ I " as younger than you,” he said,
“when my dear boy reached Johnny’s
age—and wonderfully like him, John
ny is, which may he one reason of my
loving him so.
“Fred was good natured and affec
tionate, hut had a quick temper. I
should have remembered—Heaven for
give me—how he came by it.
“ He came home from school often
with a scratched face and torn clothes
—the result, generally, of some con
flict on behalf of a weaker against a
stronger bo}'; Fred seldom quartered
MORE ABOI T WEST FI.OR I D A.
perishable property, 10 .lays, per square’’.’ 1
betray Notices, 3d uayt<, / \ 3
foreclosure ot Mortgage, per eq., each time, 1 lj(
Applications for Homesteads, (two weeks,).... ] 7£
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sales of Laud, &e., by Administrators, Executors
or Guardians, are required by law to be held on the
first Tuesday inthe montli, between the hours of Hi
in the forenoon and 3 in the afternoon, at the Court
House in the County in which the property is situated
Notice of these sales must be given in a public ga
zette 40 days previous to the day of sale.
Notices tor the sale of personal property must be
given in like manner 1(1 days previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtois and creditors of an estate
must also be published 40 days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of
Ordinary for leave to sell Land, Ac., must be publish
ed tor two months.
Citationsfor letters of Administration, Guardianship,
Ac , must be published 30 days—for dismission from
Administration monthly three months—fordismission
from Guardianship, 40 days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be publish -
eu monthly for four months—for establishing lost pa
pers tor the full space of three months—for compell
ing titles from Executors or Administrators, where
bond has been given by the deceased, the full space of
three months.
Publications will always be continued according to
these, the legal requirements, uulessotherwise ordered.
Book and Job Work, of all kinds,
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AT THIS OFFICE.
JO H AN rs J 1ST i FIC A Ti ON,
BY JUDGE CLARK.
A bright, intelligent boy was John
ny, full of life and spirit, but by no
means perfect—few children are, "save
those mythical ones of parents who
haven’t any, and it’s astonishing what
model little angels they are.
Johnny’s besetting temptation was
Squire Overshot’s mill-pond. Fishing,
swimming, and boating in it, to him,
excelled all otherdelights—except that
of falling into it. I wonder Mr. Dar
win has never thought to draw an ar
gument in favor of the watery, as
against the dusty, theory of origin,
from the amphibious habits of boys.
Things got to such a pitch at last
that I felt constrained to don my pa-
reutal authority and lay down the law
to Johnny. All future visits to the
pond were interdicted, underapenalty
of—what I had never given him yet—
a sound flogging.
I bad been a very indulgent father
hitherto—too much so, many thought.
But I had two excuses for it—in the
first place Johnny’s mother is dead and
in the next, I had been a boy once my
self—facts my learned friend Professor
Optimus Brown assured me, of not the
slightest moral relevancy.
And the Professor, let me tell you,
was no light authority among us. He
had come to the village some time be
fore, in a state of genteel seediness to
teach the classics, looking himself like
a classic ruin. His heroic conduct on
one occasion, in saving from a watery
grave Miss Pipperchin’s poodle—sur
reptitiously kicked off the bank by
himself—bad led to an intimacy, and
then to a match between himself and
the lady, whose fortune was handsome
more than, under similar circum
stances, I felt I should have done my
self. Butin my day the rod was an ar
ticle of faith.” “ The rod and reproof
give within, comprised all the law and
the prophet on the subject of family
training. 1 had never yet applied the
doctrine to Fred’s case—indeed had
seen no pressing necessity for it. But
I felt I was hardly a si unprejudiced
judge; and when I consulted the min
ister, he replied, ‘Correct thy son, and
he shall give thee rest.’ The conscious
ness of neglected duty began to haunt
me. True, Fred was a better boy than
most of those who got their birch reg
ularly, night and morning. But that
proved nothing: duty is duty.
“The point was to find a suitable
occasion for a beginning. I laid the
foundation by teiling Fred, one morn
ing, lie w as having far too many quar
rels, and that I should certainly chas-
| tise him the very next one he got in
to.
“ He looked up a little surprised,
but said nothing, and that night came
home with more scratches on his face
ami more rents in his garments than
ever before. He had been quarreling
again.
“ ‘Follow
said.
“ ‘But, father—’ ”
“ ‘Silence !’ ” I commanded.
“My w ife gave me an appealing look,
it would have gone to my heart had not
duty steeled it. Fred’s face was very
pale but had nothing of crying in it.
He fol (owed me without a word.
I would rather not dwell on what
followed. Enough to say the claims of
luty were conscientiously satisfied.—
over; and being the fastest runner tlier
I was sent alter the doctor ; and then |
I ran home as fast as could, for fear ' My letter of the 10th March, in re-
you’d think Pd been stopping at the t0 “P‘ Z - lias brought so ma-
mill-pond.” j ny enquiries, that I deem it best and
It goes w ithout saying asthe French mosfc cot) venient to answer your sub
phrase is, that Johnny’s justification i scribers through The Rural Carolini-
was voted complete.
I he Professor called next day. He
never thanked Johnny, whom he pass
ed playing on the lawn, but walked on
to the house as coolly as if saving a
wife’s life w r as little to be thankful
for.
“Haveyou chastised your son vet?”
he asked.
I felt a little surprised at the ques
tion, and Grandfather Grav’s eyes
flashed.
“Because, if you haven’t” he added,
“ it might be advisable to defer it for
the present—though I confess when
a parent has given his word foraftog-
ging, its generally best to keep it
promptly.”
“Get out of the house !” cried Grand
father Gray, raising his stick.
The Professor didn’t wait a second
invitation; and there has been coolness
between the two ever since.—N. Y.
Ledger.
me into Hie library,’ ]
Fied uttered no cry or complaint; and
when I gave him leave.to go, he went
up to his chamber in silence. He was
not down at supper, but his mother
carried him something, and came back
with a face so sorrowful that it gave
me a feeling far different from that of
the rest the good clergyman had prom
ised. I would fain have gone up and
kissed Fred before going to bed, but
duty must be stern, you know.
“ I left home before Fred was up
next morning, on a journey of business
to be gone several days. Though I
spent a busy w r eek, and had many
things to distract my attention, it was
Fred’s pale face, as I had last seen it
that was still uppermost in my mind.
ilow r I longed to be home again, and
make it all up with him. I laid in a
stock of presents—a new’ ball and
What are They?—We are inform
ed by a gentleman, lately returned from
Death Valley, that in vicinity he
found on a mesa northeast of the main
valley, a singular group of conical stone
monuments made ot smooth and appa
rently hewn stones, cemented together.
These monuments were evidently the
work of trained builders. Some were
standing in nearly a perfect condition,
others had fallen, and one or two ap
peared to have been left unfinished.—
In all there w r ere
ONE HUNDRED
as nearly as our informant could guess,
about four feet high and between two
and three feet in diameter at the base,
and from twelve to eighteen inches at
the apex. Four of these strange stones
were much larger than their fellows,
and stood grouped together near the
centre of the collection. Upon his
return to camp, the gentleman inform
ed his partners of his discovery, but
they w’ere intent upon the search for
the famous “gun.sight lode,” supposed
to be a lead of almost pure silver, and
known to exist somewhere in the vi
cinity of the valley, gave little heed to
his strike, and soon after moving camp
no other opportunity occurred for
paying a visit to this strange discov
ery.—Los Angeles Star.
Overland Trade with China.—
Atlantic cities are now generally mak-
' ingthe experiment of importing China
goods via the Pacific railroad. The
manifest of the steamer China, at San
Francisco, recently arrived, showed
6,770 packages of tea, of which 1072
were for Chicago, 1S2 for Boston, 144
for Baltimore, 33 for New Bedford and
for New York, S39 of teas and 2-36 of
silks ; for Liverpool, 70 packages of
silk, leaving for San Francisco, 4600
of teas, 49 cases of nutmeg and 20
packages of cinnamon. Upon this list
the San Francisco Bulletin remarks
“ It will be seen that cities not be
fore on the list of direct importers, have
made the experiment, and also, that
silks will follow in the wake of teas
to be imported and distributed by San
Francisco. The China’s list of teas
w’ouid have been much larger, but it
top, and a penknife. I have a little was at the close of the season, and the
’package yet. It is among my treasures ' new crops were just coming into mar-
uow.” j ket.”
1 had nearly completed my business j —
when a letter came. The first words j List of Marine Disasters.—Jack-
sent a chill to my heart. Fred was j s °nville, Fla., Aug. 27.—The brig To-
lying dangerously ill of a malignant 111 on a, of Richmond, Maine, went
if she wasn’t; and the Professor put i fever then prevalent, and I was sum- ; as hore twenty-five miles South of Cape
into a new suit and gold specs at his \ moned to come at once.” Canaveral, August J7th.^ Her cargo
wife’s expense, became at once an ac- ! “ It was late when I arrived. There cotton can be saved. No lives were
complished social fact. 1 was an ominous gloom about the house. I ^ as ^*
“I think I heard you forbid your j From a single window—that of Fred’s j The steamer Lodina was stranded 6
son to go near the Squire’s pond again,” ! room—a subdued light glimmered. I miles North of Cape Canaveral. The
said the Professor drop) ing in one af- ascended the stairs softly, and tapped j beach was strewn with her cargo for
ternoon. lightly at the door of the chamber. It thirty mites. The Captain and twen-
I nodded assent. was opened by my wife. A glance told ty men were lost. 1 lie first and second
“ Of course it is not my province to me all. My dear boy was dying ! He ; officers, chief and assistant chief cook,
interfere,” he continued ; “but I am was past knowing me; but as I was one fireman, Captain Harvey’s son,
only doing as I would be done by—the bent over him his eyes opened, and his j me8S bo y> an ^ bve seamen were
golden rule, you know.” parched lips muttered: (saved.
I begged him to go on. : • icH Father—I didn’t mean to dis-I The brig S. and \\. Welsh, of Phil-
His statement revealed a cogent case obey him, but when Charley Blake adelphia, is ashore fifteen miles South
of circumstantial evidence against spoke disrespectful of him to my face
Johnny. He had just seen him running —it was more than—I could bear.’”
at full speed from the direction of the “My own biave, true-hearted boy!
pond, and dripping wet. —and it was for that I had beaten him !
“I’ll whip him !” I said. I had been unfortunate, and owed a
“I think it would be no more than a rich man money. His son had taunt- . .
your duty,” the Professor remarked, ed mine with words which I would my- j She * 8 a total w’reck.
“I wouldn’t be too hasty about it,” self have resented, coming from a man, I 8u g ar a,) d molasses,
spoke up Grandfather Gray, who had and I had repaid his loyalty with 1 he bark Hilda, from New Orleans
lived with us ever since I had mar- stripes. How cheerfully would I have |
ried his only daughter, Johnny’s moth- given the hand that had inflicted them
an. Some ten or a dozen letters now
lie upon my desk, with so many ques
tions, that to answer fully would ex
tend this communication in a book.
The climate here is one of the most
delicious I ever knew. The summer’s
heat is tempered by the cool breezes
from the Gulf, which render the days
pleasant and the nights cool and en
chanting. The great difficulty is to
muster up moral courage enough to
get out ot bed in the morning. The
thermometer rarely rises to 96 degrees
Far. in the shade.
I be winters here seem only a con
tinuation of yeur May or April, so
mild is the weather, and so luxuriant
and fresh the garden and fields look
when properly planted and cultiva
ted-
I must here refer to my journal of
1869, which will show the state of
my garden and of the weather, from
October to April.
I came here from Marion County in
December, 1S6S, (after being stripped
of all our stock of cattle, hogs, tur
keys, geese and chickens, with every
thing else that a ruthless set of thieves
could lay hands on.) with the hope of
being removed far from their depreda
tions, (and, thank Heaven, we have
been successful thus far, for the near
est X\ th Amendment is twenty-five
miles from us,) and have found more
peace, quietude, and good health, to
repay me for the pecuniary loss which
forced me to leave. I settled in a
cabbage hammock, as thick a covert
as ever the wildest cat or tiger would
wish to seek, yet with hope that at
some distant time I should be, at least
comfortable, I pulled off coat and at ij:
went. Though I have never in my
life worked before, I struck boldly in
with the aid of a son fifteen years old,
and as we got a little space cleared
we planted seed ; we soon had up a
log house, and as good a garden as
could possibly be expected.
The loth December, 1S69, found
me planting Irish potatoes, beans, peas,
cucumbers, squashes, watermelons.—
On the 14th of January, I find all my
seed up and doing finely ; the last
few days have been warm and like
spring.
January 16th. The day has been
truly spring-like though a little win-
J y-
17tb. Still warm, with indications
of rain.
ISth. Planted pa-paw, limes, and
gave the peas a dressing of guano from
Bird Island ; weather warm and dry.
20th. It rained ; cleared olfspring
like ; stuck peas.
21st. Ploughed beans and Irish po
tatoes.
22d. Planted corn, bene, water
melons, millet, Irish potatoes and or
ange seed.
25th. It rained nearly all the morn
ing ; cleared off very cool.
31st. It rained a fine rain in the
forenoon ; cleared off very cool.—
There was frost in the interior, but
none here. This was the coldest snap
we had that season.
February 9th. Weather clear and
cool, with high winds from the N. W.
Garden growing finely. Moulded my
corn over.
11th. Spring-like weather.
17th. Cloudy and warm ; how de
licious.
The remainder is merely a repeti
tion of weather only, with a change of
the wind from one to another point
of the compass. Of course, you could
whole journal ; the
am certain, never
degrees Far. during
square—some were very rich. We
get our provisions, generally, ^from
New Orleans, consequently they are
cheaper than the interior towns sell at.
Fhe time from Mobile to Cedar Keys
bv steamer is fifteen hours. Tickets,
SI2 or S15. Through tickets from
Charleston to the Keys, $1-5—or time,
I don’t know. Young men with small
means, strong arms and a willing mind
to work, in a few years can improve a
place that will enable them in middle
life to enjoy, with ease and comfort, a
good income by planting an orange
grove and other fruits ; for the profits
and cost of which, consult the back
numbers of The Rural Carolinian.
The mouth of this river is, perhaps,
one of the finest locations for a turpen
tine factory and steam saw-mill on the
coast. It is on the high roadstead to
all the Gulf States, and the Bahamas
and West India Islands. Then a shin
gle machine, with an oil [tress lor ex
pressing oil from fish, and shipping the
residue as fish guano, would, I have no
doubt, pay a handsome profit. If the
business, of burning shell lime, or get
ting palmetto leaves, pays anywhere
in the world, it would here. There is
such an abundance of them.
B. F. Meyer.
Cedar Keys, Fla.
NEARER HO TIE
i HISS BT THt LATE PH<EBE CART.
One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o'er and o'er;
I'm nearer my home to-day
Than I ever have been before;
Nearer my Father’s house,
Where the many mansions be;
Nearer the great white throne,
Nearer the crystal sea;
Nearer the bound of life,
Where we lay our burdens down:
Nearer leaving the cross.
Nearer gaining the crown.
But the waves of that silent sea
Roll dark before mv sight.
That brightly the other side
Break on a shore of light.
O, if my mortal feet
Have almost gained the brink,
If it be I am nearer home
Even to-day than I think.
Father, perfect my trust,
Let my spirit feel in death
That her feet are firmly set
On the Rock of a living faith.
Mobile, August 2S.—The Register
has kindly furnished the following :—
The steamer Ocean Wave, a low press
ure boat, left the city Sunday morn
ing with about two hundred persons
on board for an excursion to Fish Riv
er, about twenty miles from the city.
Oo her return trip she stopped at
Point Clear, reaching there at 5 o’clock
i’. M. The boat was made fast ; the
band and part of the passengers went
ashore. After remaining for half an
TnE Freedmen.—The system of
labor on our plantations has been so
organized as to produce a condition of
general content and good feeling, such
as few would have anticipated in the
years following the war.
The habits of the freedmen have
greatly changed, and the planters
have learned to adapt themselves to
the new conditions, and to recognize
the necessity and policy of new rules
to control their relation with their
employes.
The mutual distrust that once pre
vailed has disappeared. The negroes
are recognized as entitled to all the
privileges of equal members of a so
ciety of equal legal rights. Their
rights to good wages, such as no other
agricultural laborers in the world re
ceive; to prompt payment and fair
dealing; their claim to educate their
children, to attend church and public
meetings; to be furnished with the
best and most wholesome food ; and
N UMBEK 6.
How many know the number of bush
els of corn, wheat, oats, rye, barley,
peas, etc., they make any year? How
many know the expense in dollars and
i cents of any particular crop, whether
their wheat pays better than their
oats, or whether then- corn pays better
or worse than either. Who can tell
accurately the expense of his labor?
Who consider the value of his invest
ment in land, mules, implements, seed,
etc., in calculating his operations ? In
shoit, how many put pen and ink to
paper at all to make any calculation in
reference to the out-goings and in
comings of their plantations ? “That
field contains about fifty acres.” “ I
made about 2,500 bushels of corn.”—
“ I gathered about 5,000 bundles of
oats.” “My crop of peas was about
eighty bushels gathered, aad what was
left in field for the hogs was about
twenty-five bushels more.” That is
“ about” as near as nine out of ten can
come in estimating their crops, and so
it is in everything else from the larg
est to the smallest item of expense and
income.
If we would stop the leaks on our
farms we must begin by keeping ac
counts. We cannot work intelligent
ly unless we can tell all the time
whether we have been working profit
ably or the reverse. We can have no
experiments because we have no expe
rience without figures.
hour, the whistle was blown and the! to spend their money as they may de
passengers had just got aboard when sire, are exercised bv them to the fuli-
the boiler exploded with great force,
following with a rumbling, hissing
sound. Fragments of timber and
metal Hew in every direction.
The forward part of the boat’s cab
in was carried completely away. The
chimney fell backward" toward the
rear of the boat, crushing the upper
cabin, and the boat immediately sunk
with her bow submerged. About
sixty or seventy persons were killed
and injured by the explosion. So far,
the bodies of nineteen dead, eight la
dies among the number, have been re
covered. Twenty-eight wounded
have been brought to the city, and
one of the number, a little girl, lias
est extent, and the planter finds it to
his interest to encourage and promote
their enjoyment of these privileges of
freemen. Those who, whilst rigor
ously ei forcing their contracts, and
punctually and even fastidiously keep
ing their engagements with their
freedmen, lend every aid atid facility
to the negro who aspires to live and
conduct himself in the manner of the
decent of the white race, find their
great profit and interest therein. They
have no difficulty in obtaining and
keeping labor. Hence, many of our
pi inters have found it a good invest
ment to build churches and school-
houses on their plantations. Nearly
Statistics of Murder.—The cen
sus office furnishes the following sta
tistics of homicides for the year end
ing May, 4S70 : Alabama, 100; Ar
kansas, 76; Arizona, 44 ; Colorado,
45; California, 47; Connecticut, 6;
Delaware, 4; Dakota, 4; District of
Columbia, 13; Florida, 44; Georgia*
116; Idaho, 2; Illinois, 56; Indiana,
32 ; Iowa, 21; Kansas, 42 ; Kentucky,
173; Louisiana, 12S; Maine, 7; Mary
land, 20; Massachusetts, 22; Michi
gan, 11; Minnesota, 5; Mississippi,
89; Missouri, 95; Montana, 37 ; Ne
braska, 9; Nevada, 19; New Hamp
shire, 1; New Mexico, 54; New Jer
sey, 5 ; New York, 70 ; South Caro
lina, 4S ; Ohio, 61 ; Oregon, 5 ; Penn
sylvania, 55 ; Rhode Island, 5; North
Carolina, 37 ; Tennessee, 117; Texas,
323; Utah, 1 ; Vermont, none; Vir
ginia, 9; Wisconsin, 15; Wyoming,
13. The above includes 160 killed by
Iodiaus.
found very important and useful to pro
vide larger and better cabins for their
accommodation, and allow truck or
garden patches, which they can culti
of Canaveral. Her cargo of sugar
was washed out. Captain Watson was
drowned, and his body was buried on
the spot.
The brig H. B. Berry, of Baltimore
is ashore fifty yatds from the Welsh.
Her cargo was
not publish the
thermometer, I
went below 44
the winter.
The country
since died. The scene was appalling, [ all of them have established small
terrific and heart-rending. Wilder stores at which the negroes on the
scenes of grief have seldom beer wit
nessed. Frantic cries as they lamen
ted for their lost wives, children, par
ents and sisters was agonizing to all
who had human sympathies. Many
of the passengers were little children,
and many little hats and bonnets came
ashore to tell of the little victims be j vate during their leisure moments. As
neath the waves. The Captain, Win.! long as these demands are satisfied,
Eston, swam some time with both legs j and good wages promptly paid, we are
broken, and a boat reached him just satisfied that the freedmen will prefer
too late, and he went down. The two ! to remain on the plantations where
pilots were killed. The engineer and ; they are settled, and may be calcu
lus wife were severely injured and ali lated upon for regular and good labor,
the firemen killed. j [A r . O. Weekly Times.
It is impossible to correctly estimate
loss. By some it is supposed that at
least thirty or forty persons are 3ti11
State Road.— Who are “We," and
Who arc “ Those Fellotcs ?”—Editor
Constitution: We see just nowon the
street corners, in groups ot two and
three, and sometimes as high as four or
plantations can be^suppliedTitU'sudl ^ ex-State Railroad officers and men.
necessaries, comforts or luxuries aa j We stop, listen a moment, we are po-
they may need or affect. It has been i
buried in the debris of the wreck ori
the bottom of the Bay. A diver has
gone to the scene of disaster. The ac
cident has cast a gloom over the whole
city, and a universal sadness prevails.
The streets are crowded with people,
and the excitement is intense. The
Ocean Wave has been for some time
considered unsafe. The boat has al
ways been an unlucky one.
A criminal responsibility rests some-
Preserving the Flavor of But
ter.—The German Agriculturist says
that a great portion ot the fine flavor
of fresh butter is destroyed by the usual
po
litely taken by the hand all ’round.—
Ha, ha—haveyou heard the news?—
“Ain’t “we” getting alter “those fel
lows ?” “They are a nice set of fel
lows.” “ We have got facts and fig
ures on them, etc., etc. Now I sus
pect that about the time “we” pro
duces the “facts and figures” on “those
fellows” sufficient to send them to
work for Grant, Alexander & Co., that
“those fellows” will have “ we” in
pretty much the same fix. My last
information is that at least five hun
dred of them are ready to turn States’
evidence. Spy.
W isconsin Democrats have nomina
ted ex-Senator Doolittle for Governor.
In the Wisconsin Democratic plat-
mode of washing, and he recommends f 111 1<J * isconsin yemoc
a thorough kneading for the removal or ™ 1 ie sevent l resolution deprecates
of the buttermilk, and a subsequent a »d denounces every outbreak of law-
pressmg in a linen cloth. Butter,
thus prepared, according to our au
thority, is pre-eminent for its sweet
ness ot taste and flavor, qualities which
are retained a long time. To improve
manufactured butter we are advised
is rolling with rich
to be able to wipe them out.”
‘You forget Mr. Gray, what Solo- “As I looked upon Fred in his cof-
nion says—” fin, his face all calm, arid gentle and
“No, I don’t,” said Grandfather peaceful, 1 could but hope that there,
Gray, cutting the Professor short.— where departed spirits dwell, the lov-
“Solomon was a good enough kin::, as j ;) g ones we have vexed and troubled
kings went—or as they yet go, for that here may know of our remorse, and
matter—though his domestic economy pity and forgive.”
savored rather much of Mormon prin- “Grandfather Gray had hardly fin-
ciple to make him an infallible guide in ished his recital when Johnny rushed
question of family government.” in, in a state of moisture which the
“Foolishness is bound up in -the Professor had by no means exaggera-
heart of a child,” quoted the Profes- ted.”
s °r. “Why, Johnny ! what a pickle you’r
“And in the heart of plenty more jn !” was the greeting he received, in-
besides,” retorted Granlather Gray ; stead of the thrashing on sight I had
“ and if the ‘ rod ot correction’ is the promised.
only way of driving it out, you may “You see,” said Johnny, panting for
well put up a whipping post at ev- breath, “I was cornin’ ’long home—
er y corner.” by the mill pond—not right by it, but
Grandfather Gray and the Professor just along the road, when I saw a pair
rarely got on well together. They had of horses runnin’ away with a carriage,
oad tiffs on most subjects ; and when They were making right for the pond,
Bic latter got the worst of it as he and in a minute more would have been
usually did in plain English, and fell in the deepest of it. I ran in and grab-
back on Greek and Latin, Grandfather bed the reins and geed ’em around
Gray would simply answer : quick, just on the brink. As they
“Bosh !” wheeled, I was slung about twenty feet
0u a question of Johnny, the Pro- out into the water. But that was
lessor soon saw there was less chance nothiug ; I can swim like a duck you
for Cowes, is stranded six miles south
of St Augustine. Her cargo of tobac
co and flour is a total loss. One man
was drowned.
* han usual of making a point on know. Old Miss Pipperchin—Mrs.
randfather, and he did not prolong Professor Brown, I mean—was the la-
; dy in the carriage, and went into a
Let me relate a little experience,” dead faint as soon as the danger was
where, and it should be visited upon by the same authority to w r ork it thor
those whose recklessness and incapac-! oughly with fresh cold milk, and then
ity it is attributable-to. The system to wash it in clear water; and it is
of inspections everywhere is loose, ! said that even old rancid butter may
careless and reckless. Tire boiler was j be rendered palatable by washing it
meadows of native grass for cattle ;—! so much exploded as was torn ! in water to which a few drops of solu-
yet. if they are allow’ed to range on j open with a Jong seam. It was so | tion of chloride of lime have beeu ad-
the beach and sleep there, they get i rotten as to literally tear open. Had ! ded.—Ag. Department Report.
sick. With care they do well. Stock i it been stronger so as to explode with i — ———
cattle are worth from three to five'greater violence, the destruction Big Corn Crop in Nebraska.—One
dollars per head. I bought a small! w °uld have been greater. The force of our large farmers proposed to a grain
stock of thirty head, some fine native of the explosion was upwards and for-j merchant the other day to crib his
milch cows, at tw r o dollars per head, I wards. whole crop of corn at fifteen cents a
or rather cheaper. I paid sixty dol-1 __ j bushel. Many people think it will not
lars for thirty-three head at a sale. Remarkable Discovery.—Gold, sil be worth ten cents a bushel—so great
Hogs do well, but if let alone soon ver> aild co ., l>er iu solution, oozing out I Is the )’ iel(1 on the ground all over this
are destroyed by wild| 0 f the mountain and becoming precin-
scatter,
beasts
and
the
part of the country. We hope our far-
hunting and killing ofj itatedby accident, would be deemed mers wil1 not fool their cor.» away.—
bear is equal in excitement to a skir
mish.
New York Merchants Anticipat
ing a Lively Time.—The New York i
Herald says: “There has not been
since the war such activity in trade
this early iu the season, and with such
a promise for the future This is par
ticularly the case in the dry goods
trade The grocery merchants, both
wholesale and retail, evidently antici
pate a brisk business, for we notice
that the foreign importations of wines,
fruits, and other things in this trade
have been heavy. It has been stated
that nearly double the amount was
imported last week over the importa
tions for the corresponding week of
last year, and that larger and unusual
quantities are on the way. The cloth
ing manufacturers and dealers, the
hardware establishments, and mer
chants and traders in other goods, are
in a similar expectant ami prepared
condition for the opening of trade.
novel discovery; yet Mr. S. W
m: „ , , .Howland informed us that such a dis-
The water,, generally, good, but , covery had been made in Bingham. A
theie are few spimgs. Building ma- gentleman who Is sinking with
terials will have to be rafted forty-five j fj,e expectation of finding gold in that
mi l'h, liom the mill of Capt. Cham- j cuiiuii, some time ago nailed a piece
bers. I here is neither church or - •
school here. We go to work early iu
the morning, knock off at ten o’clock,
teach the children until three o’clock,
then go to work again.
There is no society except what we
have
of sheet iron up to keep the water'
from dripping on the men at work
took it down, and found, to his aston-
, ishment. that it was covered over an
can have amongst ourselves, (the j iucIl thick witl , goid , siiver aild C0|tper)
three families.) but we are all agreea-l with a ] ittIe iron, which bad been in
ble at least we think so ! I the water in solution, and became pre-
There are no large bodies ot rich , cij , ated by being brought in contact
land excepting one, which contains) with the gheet iron . The silver was
over three hundred dollars to the ton,
After it had thus served to keep eff| boat is I' ut in tbe river ’ and this 1 . w , il1
the water for some three weeks, he i become not only the granary of the
Let them go like Morrill or Kirkendall,
Thomas & Co., to Abilene, and buy
Texas cattle, or buy hogs or mules, as
suits their condition. Let Otoe coun
ty become a great iteedlug
ing range on the way to the Eastern
markets. Let the Midland Pacific see |
that the long talked of second transfer i York the game he so successfully tried
lessnessand violence at the North and
South, and declares that the acts of
Congress which authorize the employ
ment of a standing army to garrison
places where elections are to be held,
and constitute a local police in the
States, ai d which empowers officers of
the Federal administration to interpose
military force for the purpose of over
awing a political convention, are
subversive of free government, and a
perpetual menace to the public liberty.
A Washington dispatch to the Cin
cinnati Gazette (Rad.j says :
The political prospects of Bowen,
the lately pardoned bigamist, are said
to be very good in South Carolina.—
According to late advices from there,
he will not contest Delarge’s seat in
Congress, as he last fall anticipated
doing, but will proceed to make a
bold move to have himself nominated
for Governor, liis late “persecution,”
it is said, has given him a strong hold
on the negro element, notwithstand
ing the fact that Delarge belongs to
the latter race, and has heretofore
been foremost among his persecutors.
Gen. Grant isTiT*a fairway ot hav
ing an opportunity to repeat in New
Missouri river but one of the great
meat markets of the West. The time
in New Orleans—that of overawing a
Radical State Convention by his sol
diers. Many of the counties are ap
pointing sets of delegates to the Con-
small outlay of a company would make | and the gold over eight hundred, be
au estate worth a hundred thousand ! s j de8 t h e copper. This is certaiuly a ,
o ars. It is here, and if a company * rei „ ar kable discovery, and may lead to | er wbo dot ‘ 8 ,,ot kee P an y accounts,
nil take hold of it, I would be S lad | important results.—Salt Lake News. does not know how manyacres of land
is not far distant when the ice meat ventiou—one set in favor of the re
cars will convey fresh meat every morn- j nomination of Gen. Grant, and the
ing into Chicago and St. Louis mar- other opposed to it. It is hard to tell,
kets. Great changes for the better are j as yet, which faction wil! have the ma-
just before our enterprising farmers.— jority of the delegates, but that is the
(question that Grant settled in-his own
favor in Louisiana by the employment
Nebraska City News, 18th.
Plantation Accounts.—The farm-
dollars
w
to show them around. It would bring
corn or cane to perfection, then the!
cane crop Would be so secured against j
frost that no hurry would be pressing
the manufacturing of it. It would
stand rottening for ten years.
Persons and property are perfectly
safe and secure here, tor any one who| read as follows
is honest and will let other peoples’
business alone.
important
The chaplain of the Iowa State
Prison was asked how his parishioners
were. “.All under conviction,” was
the reply.
e cultivates, how much each crop
costs, or how much he makes of each
crop—who guesses at everything both
of expense and income, can hardly be
said to be a rational being in a business
point of view. If a merchant were to
of Federal bayonets and Gattlin guns
(or mitrailleurs.) He can make a big
strike in New York by the same
means.
The young men of Louisville, Ky., composed of
those well known and influential, have organized
a Yonoo Men’s IOemoctatic Club Gen. Basil
Duke was elected permanent President. In their
platform they say : ** Waiving all questions as to
the policy and propriety of the last three amend-
The pine lauds are not of the best
A marble cutter near Lockport re-1 quality, but the proximity to the sea
cently received from a German an or
der for a tombstone with the following
epitaph : “My wife Susan is dead ;
it she’d had lived till next Friday,
she’d been ded shust twoo weeks.—
As a tree falls so must she stand. All
things is impossible mit God.”
gives ali that is wanted in the shape of
lish, oyster shells, pond muck and sea
grass, for fertilizers, which can be had
in great abundance for hauling.
The forest is almost a natural
apiary, as many as ten bee trees have
been found upon one hundred
is
but
A letter mieued -it the dead letter i attempt to carry OU any business with- ! maulsto.thy Constitution, we recognize them u
letiei opened ai me oeau leiier i j j , rt 0 f t h^ fundamental law of the land, aubiect to
ice read as follows: “Seven years! out^knowiug tie amount or cost ot h i ^ re peai only as provided in the Constitution of the
rather a lone time to kort a "al • j stock iu trade, the expense of his house | United States But we insist that, in accordance
t lie hav u yit Kate.” ’ I rent, clerk hire, freights, the amount I 'tSl'jJ
| of Ills sales, etc., and managed only by • • ~ '
An idler boasted to a farmer of hts ; guessing, it would not take long before
ancient family, laying much stress up
on his having descended from an illus
trious man who lived several genera
tions ago. “So much the worse for
you,” replied the farmer, “for we find
the older the seed the poorer the
crop.”
he would invoke the protection ot the
bankrupt court, if his frieuds did not
sooner interfere and [dace him in the
nearest lunatic asylum.
How many farmers in Georgia know
the number of acres in any field they
have in cultivation except by guess?
exercise by Congress of no power not directly end
explicitly given by them. We firmly believe that
the chiefs of the Radical party have eongbt and
are seeking by means of a latitudinarian couatruc-
lion of tbe Constituiion, and especiajly by tbeir
construction of the 13th, 14th and 15th amend
ments, to change the form and character of the
government and destroy the liberties of the people.
We believe that their construction of theee amend -
ment.t is erroneous, and of itself renders them na-
safe and improper custodians ot the pnblic intefe
eel,”