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VOLUME XLH.j MIL LEDGE VILLE, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 6,1871. NUMBER 19. g|jt Jcticral Union, IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY - • XX N1ILLEDGE\ I1-.LE, GA. r BY** BOUGHTON, BARNES & MOORE, (Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson Streets.) At 52 in Advance, or $3 at end of the year. S. N. BOUGHTON, Editor. ADVERTISING. * Trinsien'T.—One Dollar per square of ten lines for g rs t insertion, and seventy-live cents for each subse-’ quent continuance. . . Tributes of respect, Kesolutibus by Societies,Obit uaries exceeding sixliiies, Nominations for dtiice,Com munications or editorial notices for individual benefit, charged as transient advertising. LEGAL ADVERTISING. * Sheriff ’» Sales, per levy of ten lines, or fuac,.— .$2 50 Mortgage ti fa sales, pel oquafe, 5 00 Citations for Letters of Aduimistiation, 3 00 “ “ Guardianship,... jk. 3 00 Application for dismission from-Administration, 3 00 “ “ “ “ Guardianship, 3 00 “ “ leave to sell Laud .» 5 00 “ for Homesteads, 1 75 Xotice to Debtors and Creditor*,. .4 3 Ou sale* of Land, See., per square,’........ A ..... 500 •* perishable properly, 10 days, per square,., lbtl, T-tray Notices, 30 days, r- k .-* 3(Mt Foreclosure of AIoi tgage, pet sq., eagh time, 100 Applications for Homesteads, (two weeks,},— 1 75 V “ , «• LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. e . Sales of Land, Ac., by Administrators, Executors ir Guardians, are required! by la* to lie Ifeld on the nr?t Tuesday inthe month, between-the hours of 10 ithe forenoon and 3 in the afternoon, at the Cburt llmise in the County in which the property is situated. Notice of these sales must be givcq in a public gn- ,ettc 10 days previous to tbe day of sale. a Notices for the sale of personal pioperty must be riven in like manner 10 days previous to safe day. 'Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate cast also be published 40 days. Notic e that application wifi be made to tbe Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land, Ac., must be publish ed for two months. « , Citations for letters of Administration. Guardianship, fcc.. must be published 30 days—for dismission frinn Administration, monthly three months—fordismission - rom Guardianship, 40 days. Rule* for foreclosure of Mortgage must be publish ed monthly for four months—for establishing lost pa ri lor the full space of three ruontlie—for compell ing titles from Executors or Administrators, where bond has beeugiveu by tbe deceased, the full spnceof three months. Publications will always be continued ac.ordnig to these, the legal requirements, uniessdnierwise ordered. Book and Job Work, of all kinds, PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED AT THIS OFFICE, MACON CARDS. HARNESS & SADDLERY. SMITH, WESTC0TT A CO., 102 Cherry St., Kffacon, 6a: Manufacturers and Dealers In SArULES AKD SAiniSS, Damage Material, Shoe Findings, Trunks, Valises and Satchels, Leather of all kinds. GIN BAN D S, LEATHER AND RUBBER BELTING, Saddle, Harness & Carriage Hardware CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, In Great Variety, from f8 00 to $50 00. Macon, Oct. 17, 1871. 12 3m BOOK NOTICE. BY W. G. MACADOO. MT HOSES: The Romance of a June Day. DrXIEI WOB.K.S, 2SACOW, QA. Guernsey, Rartrum & Hendrix, Dealers in Doors, Sash, Blinds, Brackets, Mantels, Window* and Door Frames. WRITS WORE, Scroll Work, and all sorts of Turning done to order. Ready Dressed Flooring, Ceiling, Rough Lumber and Lathes in any quantity always on hand. Orders solicited and promptly filled. Oct. 15. 1«71. 12 3m* Proprietors, SAVANNAH CARDS C ABlPEIT^, Dil Cloths, Mattings, W indow Shqdes, LACE, REP & DAMASK CURTAINS. Dimiuaions being given, no efiarge for cutting or fitting. , LATHROP & CO., ‘ Corner of Congress & Whitaker Sts., MIX & KIR I LAND, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Boots ffe ikoeS: m Leather bindings, Lasts, &c., No. 3 COTTON AVENUE, and 66 THIRD STREET, MAC0A, GA. Oct. 17,1871. 12 3in BEHAI) BROTHERS, 44 Third St., SSacoc, Ga., MANUFACTURERS OF Saddles, Harness and Collars. AND DEALERS 15. SADDLERY HARDWARE, AND Saddle, Harness and Shoe Leather. BUY HIDES, WOOL AND WAX. Sept 2, 1871. c TRUMAN A GREEN, Oct 17, 1871. SAVANNAH, GA. 12 3m L. J. GUILMARTIN. JOHN FLANNERY. L. J. GUILMARTIN A CO., COTTON FACTORS AND General Commission Merchants, Bay Street, SAVANNAH, Ga. Agents for Bradley's Super Phosphate of Lime, Jewell’s Mills Yrnra, Domestics, &c.. &c. ' Bagging. Rope & Iron Tics, alvrayann hand. ty* Usual Facilities Extended to Customers. Aug 15, 1871. 3 6m VM. H. STARK, H. P. RICHMOND WM. if. STARK & CO., Wholesale Grocers, Cotton Factors, AND * General Commission SAVANNAH, G-A. Careful attention given to Sales or Shipment of Cotton atid all kinds of produce. Liberal Advances made on consignments. AliKoW and EUREKA TIES .at Lowest Agents Prices- Keep constantly on hand a large stock of all kinds of LAGGING. Agents for E. F. COE’S SU PERPHOSPHATE OF LIME. . . - ’ August 29, 1871. 3 Cm fOTTOIfa Our Experience as Cotton Seller Wsrrrnls u* in Soliciting Conxigntnenl*. L be al advances on produce sent us, and remit- lances promptly made. XV. F. SIMS & CO., rtavannnh, Ga. 5 6m August 29, 1871. ISGERSOLL WASHBURN, rith Lamar & King. F„ A SILVA, late-witb Bryan it. Hunter. WASHBURN cfc SILVA, 99 SAY STS.EST, * GrA. Stock and Bond Brokers,. AND dealers in real estate. Cerrespondence invited- August 23,1871. 4 3qa (LAtiHOR.Y A CLSNLYGHAM, XV T bolesale and Retail § l 0 « 1 8 8 J and Dealers m • Fine Wines, Liquors and Segars, SAVANNAH, GA. Sept 6,1871. ^ 6m J* W. LATHROP. J. L. WARREN. J. XV. LATHROP, JR. J. W . LATHROP & CO., COTTON FACTORS —AND— Commission Merchants, Sole Agents, Sept 2, 1871. BXAOON, GA, 6 2ra E. J. JOHNSTON, Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, SXLVHB.VrAB.lI, FANCY GOODS, CUTLERY, &c. Particular attention given to repairs on Fine and Difficult Watches. JEWKLRY REPAIRED. Corner Mulberry and I 2d Streets, opposite > MACON, GEORGIA, new Court House. ) Sept 2, 1871. 6 6m A 6 S N C V Savannah Bank and Trust Co., XKZACON. CAPITAL ONE MILLION DOLLARS, ALL PAID 15 ADVANCES MADE ON COTTON, Exchange Rough! and Mold. Deposits received, on which Interest will be allowed as agreed upon. I. C. PLJNT Si SON, Agents. Investments made for pa’rties in Bond*. rtiorbs, Sic., lor a small commission, by I. C. PLANT & SON, Sept 2, 1871. 6 3m W. R. SINGLETON. ' W. C. SINGLETON. T. J. HUNT. SINGLETON, HINT & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Boots, Shoes, Hats, Trunks } VALISES, VZ&BRXSX.I.AS.'dtc., ill becoiid Street ) and > MACON, GEORGIA. 28 Cotton Avenue.) Sept 2, 1871. • 6 3m LANIER HOUSE. IV. BI.VNWAIVGEK, Proprietor. Mulberry Street, - Macon, Georgia. S8 Bay St. Sept 2, 1S71. Savannah, Ga. U*rk G 3iu* J. H. SLOAN. A. M. SLOAN l C0 M COTTON FACTORS —AND-— Commission Alocch-ants, i'lagliorn and Gunningbam’N Stnngr f BAY ST., SAVA£3’1XA& SA. Liberal Casli Advances made on Cotton.. Bagging •ui Ties at Lowest Cash Prices. Sept l, 1871. *'■ . ’ — 6 3m JOHN 51. aiOlTiR -& .C0., SA.VANSTAH, GA.‘ Wlio’esale and Ketaii. Oealeib in Books and Stationery of ail kinds, New* and Book Printing Paper mid Irak, SCHOOL FURNITURE, • AND SCHOOL BEAT £ RIAL, Furnished at Manufacturer's Prices. Send for Catalogues. JOHN M. COOPER, GEO T. QUANTOCK, S. S. F. LANCASTER. angust 29, 1871. 5 3m* The above named Hotel has been recently refur nislied uud fitted up lor tbe accommodation of trail sient as well ns permanent Boarders. Persons will find it to their interest to stop at this House, as its central location makes it a very desirable plac e for merchants and families coming to the city for business, or lor a sojourn of pleasure. An ELEGANT SAM T’l.E ROOM has been fitted up for the special use of commercial travelers. The table always supplied with all the luxuries of the season, from first markets, and can be surpassed by none in the South- \ \ Omnibus to convey passengers to arf4 from tbe Hotel and all trains, free of charge. N BINSWANGER, Proprietor. October 18.1870. 12 6m BY MRS. L. VIRGINIA FRENCH. This is a strange and daring book. Its success will be as signal, and its achievement of good as splendid, as its heroism deserves. It is the thrilling story of reclama tion from vice of one woman by anoth er. To achieve her purpose, the hero ine in the disguise of male attire, plunges into a palatial abode of vice in New Orleans, and encounters perils which would have overwhelmed a weaker spirit. But she succeeds. The brilliant young being who was endan gered is happily rescued ere the blight of sin had shed its bale upon her sou!. Mrs. French has well executed a difficult task. Hitherto . this gifted woman, a resident of MeMinnville, Term., has been known to the literary world "only as a poet. For - the last few years her poems have frequently attracted the attention ol the public, and she may safely be said to have achieved, in that line, a national repu tation. In the recent.elegant volume edited by “Ida Raymond,” entitled “ Living Female Writers of the South'’ Mrs. French occupies the most conspic uous place among the litterateurs of Tennessee. The biographical sketch of her which appears there reveals well the pure and philanthropic char acter of the author, and sheds its light on her lofty aim in the production of “ My Roses.” We should not be surprised if that class of persons styled by Robert Burns “The unco guid, or the rigidly right eous” should indulge in much acetic fault-finding over the volume b. fore us. There are many in this imperfect world of ours who shy so virtuously at what St. Paul does indeed advise us gener ally to “ avoid,” to-wit: “ the appear ance of evil,” that they tumble blind ly over the precipice of a real sin on the opposite side of the highway : Sin, in this, that they fail to snatch lrom destruction the innocent who are entering the threshold of ruin, and j when a good word, ora helping hand, j would rescue the falling—yea, even j sometimes the fallen—from the pit! “Every critic in art. from Aristotle and Pliny—from Winkelman and Va sari, to Reynoldsand Fuseli, has sought to instruct the painter that nature is not to be copied but exalted—that the loftiest order of art, selecting only the loftiest combinations, is the perpetual struggle of Humanity to approach the Gods.” This' exaltation and idealiza tion of the commonplace is strikingly visible in “ My Roses ;” and while it records an extreme case, it presents an extreme remedy: leaving the irre sistible conclusion behind it that minor modifications of the mischief demand milder or different remedies; and that a remedy, or an attempt at a remedy, of a suitable kind to the particular case in hand is a solemn duty which should take the place of that scornful and un womanly inhumanity which the selfish ness of man has designedly implanted in the breasts of the softer sex towards their erring sisters. “ My Roses” in its picture of the gorgeous and empoisoned “ MasiOn des Bijoux” presents a wonderfully ac curate glimpse at one lamentable phase of female life which has always existed and perhaps always will exist. Hitherto man has not only not effected, but he has not really attempted to ef fect a reformation. Man never will : man ig pre-eminently a selfish being. His Selfishness, and naught else, has debarred woman from such attempt. If, as the gifted authoress of/‘My Rosts” remarks, reform ever reaches those glittering yet fearful haunts, wo man’s pure and brave heart must carry it thither. How this may be done, how varying means are to be adapted to varying cases, we cannot here pause to argue. “ My Roses” is not intend ed to point out a common way. It sefcks an extreme case for presentation, as the sixth commandment in its Sinai- tip thunder “ Thou shalt not kill,” em- TO lOlTHERX TEACHERS AND PAR ENTS. A CARD FROM GEN. GORDON. My excuse for addressing you must | be the great importance of the subject to which I would call your attention —that of the proper education of our children, and the proper development of their self-respect and character. I need not repeat any commonpla ces in regard to the lasting effect of early impressions, the almost impossi bility of diverting the inind from the bent given it in early years—all this you know as well as L Nor need 1 say anything about the powerful si lent influence, in this educational work, of the school books from which our children derive their views of right and wrong, and their knowledge of tbe facts, or misrepresentations, of history—for this, too, you kuow full well. And when I say that having been, for long years, almost entirely depen dent upon the North for our school books, we hav r e been compelled to use many which were very distasteful to us, because we had no alternative, I only state that which every reader can substantiate. Loftg before the war we all felt the necessity for a change in this respect —the necessity for unobnoxious school books—for - unsectional, unpolitical books—school books prepared by our own scholars, if that might be ; and since the war this necessity has in creased tenfold. Individual efforts, of the most praiseworthy character have, from time to time, been made in this direction by Southern men, but not of a sufficiently comprehensive nature to accomplish the purpose in view. To fully meet the want thus univer sally felt, several of our ripest scholars, and most successful teachers, united braces a prohibition of all the. minor j j n preparing a Series of School Books crimes comprehending attempts to com mit murder, and the perpetration of mayhems and other species of unlaw ful personal- violence. Doubtless among Mrs. French’s own sex will be found Lady Sneerwells and Mrs. Grundies who will affect contempt for the moral of ‘ My Roses.’ But they should remember that all cannot ascend to the arctic and icy purity in which such Alpine birds’bathe their pinions. Sin exists. We could wish it otherwise ; but no less a great man than Edmund Burke has characterize# such idle wishes as ‘the idlest of all idle things.’ The sensible—nay the Christian way—is to recognize it, and reform it as far as may be practicable. Such is the aim and tendency of this unique and remarkable book. On unsurpassed by any others in excel lence, beauty and cheapness. Maury wrote Geographies and As tronomy ; Venable wrote Arithmetics, Alge bras, &c; Holmes wrote History, Grammars and Readers ; Scheie de Vere wrote French Books; Gildersleeve wrote Latin Books ; Le Conte wrote Scientific Books ; Dunton made Writing Books, &c., &c.; And the combined series is called the “University Series of School Books ;” a series not only not objec tionable to our people, but positively attractive to a degree heretofore en tirely unknown. Our history, institu tions and modes of thought here re- Over-inuch care in avoiding sins of i thorough examination, I am prepared I ceive impartial treatment: and instead number of 300 and more, tbe men yy’C all honor and esteem—have put their money into the work, not to make profit out of it, although that is cer tain. but that abundant means should not be lacking to prosecute the enter prise on the largest scale. Will the teachers and parents of the South unitedly sustain these authors, and these gentlemen, in the work thus described, by adopting and using these books to the exclusion of all not so ac ceptable ? I do not doubt your an swer. If you desire further information in regard to the books, write to the University Publishing Company, 155 & 157 Crosby St, New York—or 54 Lexington St., Baltimore—or to meat Atlanta, Ga., and illustrated Cata logues, and other information, will be sent to you at once, without charge. J. B. GORDON. An Irishman suffering severely from tooth-ache, called upon a distinguished and witty dentist of his native land to have the tooth extracted. “Oh, Doc- tiier, darlin’, I’m suffering’ terribly ; can you aise the pain ?” “Sit down here,” said the doctor, and I’ll fix you all right in a jitfy.” “Doctbor, dear, will it hurt me much ?” “If it don’t,” said the doctor jocosely, “I won’t charge you a cent.” “The poor fel low opened his mouth and in a twink ling the doctor had hold of the offend ing member, and’gave it such a twitch in drawing it that his patient gave a jump and a scream, as if he thought his head was off. “Did it hurt you much ?” asked the doctor, as the poor sufferer was hobbling around, groan ing loudly and holding on to his head and jaws with all his might. “Not a bit, Doethor, not a bit.” “What !” exclaimed the astonished doctor.— “Oh, not a bit, Doethor, not a bit,” The doctor concluded that he was eu- chered out of his fee that time, sure. commission may readily lead us into sins of omission. “My Roses” is capacitated to do great good for a class of human beings who should long since have attracted an appropriate share of the reformato ry exertions of woman : exertions well guarded, to be sure; still exertions— not indifference, and blighting indis criminate condemnation. The noblest and purest of Mrs. French’s sex must applaud her motives—those who are competent to think for themselves, and dare to adopt the recommendation of Lord Bolingbroke that “ When we come to determine, let nothing appear an Epistolary Preface to his volume of Essays: “I have*played myself the inquisitor, and find nothing to my un derstanding in it contrary or infectious to the state of religion, or manners, but rather as 1 suppose medicinable.” The literary construction of “ My Roses” is effected according to the highest style of art, and is nevertheless so filled with a flood of gushing sym pathy, so permeated with the impromp tu light and the flame of an inspired genius, that its glitter is not that of ice or snow, but that of the living and life giving dews of Heaven. A proper regard has been had for the “ three unities” of the rhetoricians—the uni ty of action, of place and of time. From so venerable as our own understand- j this admirable feature not only is the interest in the work vastly increased, but its adaptation to the stage is ren dered most easy. We doubt not' its JAMES R. SHELDJHf, Commission Merchant, 144 Bay St. Savannah, Ga. Liberal Advances made ou Consignments. Bag- f‘ n R and Iron Tie? Furnished. Consi-ua.entS re- ‘Pectfully solicited. Oct 4, 1871. 10 3m davant, WAPLES & CO., factors AND Commission Merchants \V J h D J. vant >Jr.,) j SAVANNAH, «A. Nu v.30, 1871. 14 3t* JET*.. Manufacturer and Dealer in FURNITURE, CARPETS, MATTRESSES, &C. Paper Hangings, Window Shades AND CORNICES, GOLD AND BLACK WAIi^XJT ICO-J-OIITG. Full 'assortment of Metalic Burial Cases and Caskets. Also Coffins in Rosewood. Mahogany & Walnut. pf* All orders filled with dispatch and at the lowest prices. 39 Third Street, MACON, Ga. Jan. 14, 1871. 25 ly CBHRRY t STEE£T l Opposite Carhart & Curd, Macon, - - Georgia. B. F. DENSE, Proprietor. March 21, 1871- 34 12m CTBBEDGE & HAZLElllRST, BANKERS & BROKERS, MACON, GEOK.GIA. R eceive deposits, buy and sell ex- CUANGE, GOLD, SILVER, STOCKS, BONDS, and Uncurrent Fuuda. Collection. XIa.ale on All Accessible Points. Office open at all hours ol the day. March 21, 1871. 34 lyj mg.” It is true that Mrs. French’s book may be used for an evil purpose by the silly-romantic, or the already vi tiated, of her sex in “ high-life” who seize greedily on a pcetext for disguis ing themselves in the habiliments of the stronger sex, and seek in such dis guise haunts generally forbidden to. virtue. But every candid reader of “My Roses” must concede that such would be a perversion of the intention of the writer and of the true logic of the book. Mrs. French is no more re sponsible for the result in such case than the druggist who vends an ounce of opium to a suicide unknowing of tbe suicidal intent. To guard her work against becoming too ready a pretext for the viciously inclined, Mrs. French ha3 chosen to present a combination-picture not of every day life, but of highly idealized possibilities of human existence ami action. To those who would pervert the volume to evil conclusions, she would quietly say, “ when you find yourself placed in the same circum stances precisely as Henrietta de Hnu- terive—with French blood coursing 1 8tarnp it with through your veins (who lias said there I are two kinds of nature, Human nature and Freucli nature ?) and in romantic old New Orleans—then you may d> what she did.” “ My Roses” presents a very uncommon combination of char acter and circumstances ; and yet the boundaries of tbe impossible, and even the improbable are carefully shunned. In so doing the author lias shown her skill as an “ Artist in words”—so Sir Henry Bnlwer Lytton styles himself in contradistinction to John Gibson, the Sculptor, whom he characterizes as “ Artist whose ideas speak in marble.” Lord Bacon remarked in the taste for fiction evidence of the greatness and dignity of the human mind, adding ingeniously that “ the objects of this world, and the common train of affairs which we behold going on in it, do not fill the mind nor give it entire satisfaction An accomplished writer of Georgia, Miss Fannie Andrews (“ Elzie Hay ”) in a recent able article on “ The Novel as a work of art,” which appeared in the best of the Southern periodicals, “The Southern Magazine,” says “ It is a humiliating fact that human nature in its unvarnished state, never fulfills our ideal.” And Bulwer-Lytton in that most wonderful of all the productions of his fertile genius, Zanoni, says that to say of it what Lord Bacon says in j'of being ignored, the interests of the South here receive equal representa tion. Then as to intrinsic merit, who knows more about Geography than Maury, or of History and Grammar than Holmes, or of Mathematics than Venable, and so on through all the list ? Each author is a master in his special department. It is for this Series of books, so ex cellent, so acceptable, so cheap (they are the cheapest books published) that your fav T or is solicited. The books of the University Series are presented distinctly upon their mer its ; you are not asked to use inferior books. If these two questions can be an swered affirmatively :— Are these books equal to any in merit ? Are they as cheap as any ? Should they not receive your pre ference ? What is more reasonable than that Southern Schools should be supplied with books written by South ern scholars, provided they are equal ly good with those written by North ern men V Is it not better both for us, and for our children, that such books should be used ? Already the response which was in evitable, to this question, has come.— More than 5,000 of our best Southern Schools are using these books : several Southern States have already adopted them for exclusive use in their public schools ; County Boards in every Southern State are adopting them ;— and the best pri\ T ate schools are re placing books hitherto used, with them. The success of the “Universi- dratnatization will speedily follow its appearance in its present form ; and we may expect for it on the stage a greater Success even than as a simple it Romance of a June Day.” In fash ioning this adaptation we suggest it would be well to modify the piof so as to obviate the slight disregard of the unity of time which the twentieth chapter of the book presents. This could easily and happily be effected ; and with this, we conceive its dramat ic form might be rendered as nearly perfect as those great masterpieces which have held possession of the stage since the days zEschylus, of Euripides and Sophocles. Its thrilling interest is not inferior to many of the produc tions of these great tragic authors whose immortal compositions have been the models of all succeeding gen erations. Its partially happy termina tion would find precedent in tbe Ath- (iRc of Racine, and iu twt> of Voltaire’s finest tragedies, “ Alzire” and the “ Orphan of China while the remorse and death of the heroine’s father, and the fate of Marguerite, afford a sufficient admixture of disastrous incident to tragic solemnity and power. We might indulge in a very limited amount of small criticism on verbiage in a few instances in this elegant vol ume. But we have said enough. Its few faults are by no means important; and we are not to-day iu any mood for the “mousing owl” species of criticism. Milledgeville, Ga. Anger is the most impotent passion that influences the mind of man ; it ef fects nothing it undertakes, and hurts the man who is possessed’ by it, more than the object against which it is di rected. The three indispeusubles of genius are understanding, feeling, and perse verance. The three things tiiat en rich genius are, contentment of mind, the cherishing of good thoughts, and the exercise of memory. “Capital weather, Mr. Jones capital weadier. My wife’s got such a bad cold she can’t speak. I like such weather.” Fifty years ago—save sufficient ex ceptions to prove the- rule—there were no total abstainers ; t now, there are millions. Is total-Abstinence a failure'? Finger Marks.—A gentleman em ployed a mason to do some work for him, among other things, to “tbin- whiten” the walls of one of his cham bers. This thin whitening is almost colorless until dried. The gentleman was much surprised on the morning after the chamber was finished to find on the drawers of his bureau, standing in the room, white fingers. Opening the drawer, he found the same on the articles in it, and also, on a pocket book. An examination revealed the same marKs on the contents of a bag. This proved clearly that the mason, with his wet hands, had opened the drawer and searched the bag, which contained no money, and had then closed the drawer without once think ing that any one would ever know it. The “thin-whitening” which hap pened to be on his bands, did not show at first, and he probably had no idea that twelve hour’s drying would rev'eal his wickedness. Children, be ware of evil thoughts and deeds ; they all leave their fingermarks, which will one day be revealed. If you disobey your parents, or tell a falsehood, or take what is not your own you make sad stains on your character. And so it is with all sin. It defiles the soul. It betrays those who engage in it, by the marks it makes on them. These marks may be almost, if not quite, in visible at first. But even if they should Hot be seeen during any of your days on earth (which is not at all like ly.) yet there is a day coming in which every sin will be manifest.—Home Journal. Ant-Power.—During a recent rain storm some ants made the discovery that the position they had selected for a nest, although well up on the side of a bank, was flooded with water* How they managed to survive the freshet it is difficult to say, but next day they were seen working with great energy in moving eggs across the country to hgiher regions. They established a tor tuous track which was]strictly follow ed, although an engineer,if they had had one in their community, might have diminished the labor. We took the occasion to take the time of one indi vidual. He was carrying a load, say at least equal to two-thirds of his own weight, mostly up hill and over many obstructions, and he took no stop for rest, but rather seemed anxious to run ty Series” is unprecedented in the his- | a head of his companions, which lie did tory of school book publishing, and it 1 j ri several instances. He accomplished is destined to be yet greater. | the journey of fifteen feet in seven min- Do the people of the South desire to j utes and forty seconds. At this rate it rid themselves of obnoxious books and . would have taken him forty-five hours pernicious teachings ? Can it be bet ter done than by unanimously sustain- ingthis first comprehensive educational enterprise of our own scholars, and by making the “University Series” the UNIFORM SERIES IN STA1 EVERY E. SOUTHERN (Including, of course, any other books having equal claim for consideration.) Our schools will than be supplied with books which they can long continue to use ; pupils compelled to change their schools will no longer be retar ded iu their studies by a change of books, for all will use the same : and parents will be saved the expeuse of present constant changes, while they are relieved of all anxiety in regard to the character of ti e teachings under which their children are brought. This subject, iu all its bearings, is of the highest importance to us as a people, my countrymen. It is not a sectional movement, but a national and patriot ic one. It is not a mere rivalry be tween different publishers, or I would not presume to ask your attention to it. It goes down deep into our dear est interests : it is the forming of the minds of your children and mine, which is at stake ; the developing of their self-respect and character which is to be the result. it is an enterprise so important to us that our best citizens—our repre sentative men in every State, to the to travel a mile. The creatare meas ured his own length, in the fifteen feet, 1410 times, as his size was about the eighth of an inch. A man to measure his length, say live feet six, 1440 times, would travel a mile and a half, which he could not do in the time, with no load, no obstruc tion and no uphill ; while a load pro portionate to the ant’s would, within a short distance, break his power of en durance. It is said that some ants can carry ten times their own weight. Col. Tom Williams, city marshal, of Selma, offered the following resolu tion, at the National Police Conven tion recently held at St. Louis : Resolved, That the Chiefs of Police in Northern and Western States, be respectfully requested to furnish the Chiefs of Police iu the Southern States accurrate photographs and descrip tkms of all thieves, scoundrels and Penitentiary convicts, who escape from Northern and Western States, as it is believed they will be found either holding or seeking the different Feder- eral, State and county offices in the South, and leaders in the Radical par ty- “Are these rooms to let ?" said a po lite gentleman to a handsome young lady. “Yes sir.” “Are you to be let with them ?” “No, sir, I’m to be let alone.” DRIFTING APART. Broad is tlwsea where the vessel are sailing, Fair are the breezes that waft them aloi g. Clear is the sky that above them is smiling, Brilliant the son that is lighting them on. Ever :!w biimwa are playing around them, Kissing their sides as they speed them away O’er the wide Ocean that lies ail befnr- then — Oceans to cross ere they enter the bay. Sorr. dimes two vessels w’i sod on together, Seeming e&cb other to help and tu cheer, Giving assistance in trial and danger, Passing the shoals and r-’cks without tear ; Then, as ti eV journev, a cloud gathers o er them. Head wind* lueail them, wide tossing each bark. Splinter the masts, rend the rai's and the rigging. Waves roll between them, and they dritt apart. Oli there are hearts sailing nut on life’s ocean, Banded together by friendship and love, Giving assistance in trial and sorrow, Fearing no danger as onward they rove. Then as they journey, a storm hursts upon them, Severs the couplings tiiat hind heart to Iieait, Lashes the sea tiil it loams into madness— Waves roil between them, and they drift apart. You that have friends that are loving and tender, Whom you can trust with the hopes of your soul, Let not the trials of lile bear asunder Those who can aid on the way to the goal; Cling to them always, in darkness, in suusiiine, And. when to Jesus in prayer goes your heart, Ask that ill’ blessings inav evefvast on them— IV.sy him to keep you from drifting apart. Htxinding ('oinmillers of the Georgia Slate Srnalr. Judiciary—Reese, Chairman t Brown, Candler, Wellborn, Nunnally, lliliyer, Nichols, Hoyle, Brock. _ Finance—Simmons, Chairman ; Hinton, Can dler, Burns, H.iiyer, Lester, Heard, Nichols, Bruton. ' Enrollment—Hoy*e, Chairman ; Welborn, Hi!l» yer, Peddy. Brown, Kibbee, tV aicti. The Stats of tiie Republic—VV ellborn, Ciiair- sn ; R-ese, Hiilyer, Brown, Kibbee, Hinton, Brock. Education—Nciois, Chairman ; Kibbee, Jervis, Reese, Lester, Clark, Campbell. Interna! Improvements—Nunnally, Chairman ; Burns. Proton, Erwin, Black, Hinton, Jervis. Banks —Lester, Chairman; lliliyer, Simmons, Bums, Erwin, Welch, Stcadm in. Privileges and Elections—Brown, Chairman ; Heard, Griffin, Kirkland, Kibbee, flicks, Estes. Petitions—Estes, Chairman; ifoyle, Black, Cons, Cameron, Column. Public Buildings—Erwin, Chairman ; Kirkland, Lester, Black, Burns, Bruton, Cone. The Penitentiary—Kihbee, Chairman ; Nichols, Jones, Cone, Candler, McWhorter, Wallace. Lunatic Asylum—Ilinton, Chairman ; Simmons, Erwin, Smith, Kibbee, Matthews, Welch. Military—'Jeivis, Chairman; Kirkland, Cone, Erwin, Brock, Estt s, Deveauz. Printing—Hiilyer, Chairman; Candler, Sim mons. ilinton. Wellborn,‘Richardson. Clark. Deaf and Dumb Asylum—Burns, Chairman ; Jones. Black, Richardson, Hiilyer, McWhorter, Jervis. Tbe Institution of the Blind—Jones, Chairman ; Simmons, Hoyle, Cone, llenry, Kirkland, Mc Whorter. Agriculture and Manufactures—Steadman, Chairman; Jones, Matthews, Jordan, Erwin McWhorter, Anderson. Auditing—Candler: Chairman; Bruton, Nich ols, Peddy, Heard. Kibbee, Wallace. Engrossing—.Iordan, Chairman; Hiilyer, Cam eron, Hicks, Cone, Black, Brock. Journals—Cone, Chairman ; Cameron, Hicks, Matthews, Welch, Bruton, Wallace. State Library—Heard, Chairman ; Black, Estes, Jervis, Welch, Column, Wallace. New Counties and County Lines—McWhorter, Chairman; Kirkland, Jordan, Anderson, Smith, Cons, Crayton. Standing Committer* of She House ot Kepreneu laliv r*. Jndiciary—Hoge ot Fulton, Chairman; Wm.D Anderson of Cobb, Phillips of Echols, Graham of Dade, Bacon of Biob, Snead of Richmond, Sim mons of Gwinnett, Murphy of Harris. Pou of Muscogee. Scoit of Floyd. Edwards of Elbert, Peeples of BarrieM, Deil of Screven, Hunter of Brooks. Finance—Rawles, of Effingham, Chairman ; Camming of Richmond, Crittenden of Randolph, Netherland of Rabun, iiarksdale of Warren, How- si! of Milton, Jackson of Fulton, Nutting of Bibb, Cato of Troup, Gray of Bartow, Butts of Hancock, Ormond of Houston, Hunter of Brooks. State of the Republic—J. W. Wofford of Bartow Chairman ; Ciark oi i'ro'.p, Jon** of Terrell, Hali of Upson. Goldsmith of DeKalb, Bush of Miller, Hoge of Fulton Goodman of Campbell, Wofford of Banks, Lang of Lincoln, Johnson ot Jefferson, Guyton of Laurens, McWhorter of Green. Military Affairs—Baker of Pika, chairman; Watters of Jasper, Cbaucey of Early, Paxton of Charlton, Mattox of Clinch, Carlton of Colquitt, Sargent of Coweta, Reid of Union, li-ntrue of Washington, Beil of Webster, Jeukius of Worth. Banks— Uummiug of Richmond, chairman; Scott of Floyd. Harvey of Marion, Bowie of Wal ton, Wynn of Wilkes, Morris of Talbot, West of White, Trainmeil of Paulding, Griffin of Twiggs, Beaselev of Jefferson, Clark of Richmond, Booth of Pulaski, Paulk of Irwin. Privileges and Eiactions—Phillips of Echols, chairman ; Pierce of Hancock, Russe!! of Chat ham, Rutherford of Crawford, Sellers of Appling, Alired ot Pickens, Floyd of Morgan, Williams of Decatur, Smith of Oglethorpe, Flvnt of Taliaferro, Slaton of Wilkes, IPard of Haralson, Colby of Greene. Internal Improvements—Hall of Upson, chair man ; Woodall ofTadiut, Wood of Walker, Sum mers ot Newton, Heidt of Chatham, Richards of Cherokee, Woodward of Dooly, Rountree of Emanuel, Barron of Jones, Pentecost of Carroll, Riley of Lumpkin, Hudson of Schley, Joues of Hart. Agriculture and Manufactures—Davis of New ton, chairman ; BunuofPolk. Anderson of Cobb, Bryant of llenry. Jones of Gwinnett, Cox of Burke, Davioport of Oglethorpe, Johnson of Clay, Murpby of Burke, Brady of Sumter, Brad- dey of Glasscock, Handley of Pulaski, Putney of Dougherty. Public Expenditures—C A Nutting of Bibb, chairman ; Kelly of Cnatham. Hammond of Butts, 1 arver of Baker, McMillan of Habersham, McNeal of Randolph. Pou of Muscogee. Griffin of Houston, ■Snead of Richmond, W113011 of Fulton, Ballen- ger of Floyd, Ross of Bibb, Manstield of Stewart. Education—Jackson of Fulton, chairman; Ba con of Bibb, Wofford of Bartow, Cody of Chatta hoochee, Davi l of Newton, Simmons of Gwinnett, Joiner of Dougherty, Etheridge of Putnam, Mc Neal of Randolph. Bryan of Henry, -Morrison of Ware, Guerry ot Quitmaa, Berrien of Burke. Committee on Enrollment—McMiilan ot Hab ersham, chairman ;. Converse ot Lowndes, Craig of Teifair, Deil of ricrcven, Cleghorn of Chattoo ga. Baker of Bryan, Ba,email of Taylor, Sp mce of Coffee, StoTnll of Columbia, Hiilyer of Camden, Palmer of Dawson Journals—Bush of Mil'or, chairman : Killian of Towns, Cloud of Warren Emerson of Whitfield, Kennedy of Bullocp, McConnell of Clayton, Payne of Cs'oosa, Know es of Pierce, Moreland of Morriwether, Glover of Sumter, Fields of Mur ray . Penitentiaiy—Goldsmith of I). 1 Kalb chairman ; Baker of Pike, Morris of Ts.bot, Harvey of Mari- Rntherfqrd of Crawford, Dukes of Morgan, Davenpor. of Oglethorpe, Jones of Hart, Browu of Monree. Lunatic Asylum—Etheridge of Pntnam, ehair- mau ; llughos of Forsyth, Johnson of Jiff’etson, L psey of Lee, Battle t Th mas, Jones of Terrell, McN'eal of Randolph, O’Neal of Baldwin, Cloud of Warren, Clements of Montgomery, Whatley of Fayette, Lamkin of Columbia, Chastain of Gil mer. Deaf and Dumb Asylum—Bunn of Polk, chair man : Simmons of Had. Lipsey of Lee, Gray of Bartow, Browner pf Franklin, Farmer of Liber ty, Browtou ot Tatnail, Mann, of Wilcox, Martin of Johnson, Meadows of Madison, Howell of Milton, Wilson of Fnlton, Ba!leng-r of F.oyd. Blind Asylum—Patillo of Harris, chairman ; Collins of Mitchell, Taylor of Washington, Em. r- sou of Vv’hitrield, Jones of Macon, Pierce of Han cock, Hancock of Jackson, Hooks of Wilkinson, Richards of Cherokee, Goodman of Campbell, Franklin of Fannin. New Counties and Caunty Lines—Fain of Gor« don, chairman; Guyion of Lauretis, C ark of Troup, Jones of Gwinnett Ileudley of Puiaski, Converse of Lowndes, Meadows of Madison, Woodall of Talbot, Ciower of Monroe, Braddy of Glasscock, Patdlo of Harris- Public Printing - ; VVn.. D. Anderson of Cobb, chairman : Heidt of Chatham, Carlton of Colquitt, t ato of Troup, Chastain of Gilmer, Netherland of Rabun, Eichardsun ot Clark, Johnson of Spain* ing. Me A horter of Greene. Auditing-. Craig of Telfair, chairman ; Riley of Lumpkin, Rountree of Emanuel, Franklin #f Fannin, Atkinson of Thomas. A lady says the first time she Y\ T as kissed the felt like a tub of roses swim- miug in honey, cologne, nutmeg and cranberries. JShe felt as it something was running through her nerves on feet of diamonds, escorted by several little cupid’s in chariots drawn by an gels shaded by honeysuckles, and the l whole spread ’with melted raiubows,