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GEORGIA JOURNALS MESSENGER
MACON, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1869.
HOUSTON COIJITV.
A recent visit to this county gratified us
with the sight of many things very cheer
ing to witness.
Upon every hand there were evidences
of anew zeal, and a spirit of progress and
improvement that, with favorable seasons,
will tell most powerfully when the results
of this year’s work are reckoned up. Prob
ably hardly enough corn has been planted,
but the use of fertilizers and a more thor
ough preparation of the Boil for crops of
every description, together with the use
of improved implements of agriculture,
and tlie initiation of new and successfully
tested systems of farming, will go far to
ward placing a most satisfactory balance
to the credit of the planters at the end of
the year.
Mauy farmers are using the Dickson
selected cotton seed, and following the
Dixon system of planting in every respect,
and are bound to make it a success. Every
body is hard at work—white and black,
and the bestcf feeling seems to prevail.
Labor Is not sufficient as to supply, but
the lack is partially remedied by the use
of the agencies referred to above.
As an evidence that the ladies of Hous
ton, too, are as wide-awake as their hus
bands in matters relating to forcing sat
isfactory returns from the soil, we may be
permitted to refer to that treat of Irish po
tatoes of this season’s growth, so much
appreciated by us on Saturday last, at the
house of Dr. J. Dickson Smith, one of the
most intelligent planters of that county.
In garden as in farm, the Doctor is bound
to show what science, energy, and practi
cal judgment can do.
IX MEMORIAM,
Simrx Rose.—The Journal and Mes
senger, of Monday, came clothed in
mourning for the decease of the venerable
founder of that popular sheet, Simi Rose,
who was gathered to his fathers on Sab
bath last.
Full of years and honors, yet unabated
in vigor and energy, this aged representa
tive of the press, whose history is part and
parcel with that of Macon, like the vet
eran Orme, has gone to his rest. Together
they battled for their country amid sun
shine and shade, through peace and war,
and in death they have been divided.
Macon may well weep over the bier of
this tried and noble sou, who for a half
century has stood sentinel over her in
fancy and expanding manhood. —Culhbert
Appeal , 9 th.
Longstkeet’s Appointment in a
New Light. —The New York World’s
special of the 4th presents anew view of
the Lougstreet appointment. It says :
There is authority for stating that the
nomination of General LoDgstreet, to the
HurveysLiipof Customs at New Orleans,
has long been intended as a feeler, and
that his real ultimate destination is the
mission to Mexico, vice Rosecrans to he
recalled. His name was sent in for this
minor office in order to test the sense of
the Henate towards him. He having been
confirmed, his nomination to Mexico may
be expected before long, but hardly tili
after the next meeting of the Senate, as it
is understood that General Rosecrans is
not likely to be recalled before the recess
has set in. Then Lougstreei will be sent
to succeed him, and next winter auother
tussle will be had over him for this more
itm ortanl place. In addition to General
Longstreet being related to the President
by marriage, the latter is very sanguine of
good results from honors bestowed upon
prominent ex-rebels, whose change of
sentiment, it is iuferred, will influence
many Southerueis, besides adding geutie
meu of character to the Republican party.
A Wealthy and eccentric English
woman died a few weeks since at her villa
on tiie shores of the Lake of Geneva, aud
her furniture is now ofFered for sale. She
thought she was destiued to become the
Messiah’s bride as soon as he could re-ap
pear on earth. In the expectation that
her mad idea was certain to he realized at
mi early day, she kept in her parlor a mag
nificent throne which was to be used as
the bench ofjudgmenton doomsday. The
parlor itself is separated from the bridal
chamber by means of the most costly
Turkey carpets. The chamber coutaius
nn entirely untouched bed, so large that
several families could sleep in it side by
side.
Th® famous Mouthyou Prize of Virtue
will this year be bestowed in France upon
a young governess, who, with astonish
ing self abnegation, supported out of her
scanty wages aud the proceeds of her noc
turnal toils as a writer for the press, a step
mother, who, during her childhood, had
treated her with extreme cruelty. The
report of the committee which awards the
Monthyon Prize of Virtue said iu regaid
to this remarkable young lady: “Such
an’exampleof self-abnegatiou has never
before been brought to our notice, and
never before have we recommended a can
didate for the reward ot virtue with more
heartfelt satisfaction and profound emo
tion than this angelic creature,”
The Last Folly.—lt does seem im
possible to say where the love of dress of
the women is takiug them to. A Paris
letter says: “ The last extravagance and
the latest mode is a costume with three
skirts. The first tiains behind for home
Wear, and is gathered up for walking ; it
is decorated with a series of narrow
flounces, trimmed or not trimmed, as you
will; the eecoud jupe reaches to the knee,
furbelowed like tiie first, aud gathered up
here aud there by bows; the third, which
falls but little below tho waist, gives to
the costume the appearance ofa skirt with
basquine, and is tuteuded to he worn for
street attire without the addition of any
wrapping. As many yards of material as
can be gathered aud puckered and
ilouuced over the petticoat, so much the
better for the fashion and the mantua
maker.” How much will such a set of
harness cost? and how mauy worked
down papas cau stand this expenditure in
their daughters’ dresses ?
An Important Dispatch from Treas
urer Angier —New York, April 9, 1869.—
On the 27th ultimo, Gov. Bullock drew
Twenty thousand dollars more from the
Fourth National Bauk in favor of Kim
ball. N. L. Angier, Treasurer,
Astor House.
To Dr. Sam Bard :
Precedents —The army is immense
nn precedents. When Lieutenant and
Professor John Phoenix, A. M., undertook
a military survey and reconnoissance of
the route from San Francisco to the Mis
sion of Dolores —made with a view to as
certain the practicability of connecting
those points by a railroad—he organized
his corps of advisers and assistants as fol
lows : John Phoenix, A. M., Principal
Engineer and Chief Astronomer ; Lieut.
Minus Root, Apocryphal Engineer, First
Assistant Astronomer; Lieut. Nonplus A.
Zero, Hypercritical Engineer, Second As
sistant Astronomer; Dr. Abraham Duu
shunuer, Geologist; Dr. Targee Heavy
eterne, Naturalist; Herr Von Ler Wee
Gates, Botanist; Dr. Fogy L. Biggins,
Ethnologist. Having thus selected his
immediate advisers, he tilled the subordi
nate positions as follows:
James Phoenix (mv elder brother) Treasurer
Joseph Phoenix (ditto) Quartermaster
Win. Phoenix (younger brother) Commissary
Peter Phoenix (ditto 1 Clerk
Paul Phoenix (my cousin) Sutler
Reuben Phoenix (ditto) Wagonmaster
Richard Phoenix i_aecond cousin) Assist’t ditto
This staff, as reported by Pbceuix, seems
to have fallen in the way of at least one
army officer, and to have furnished him
with some valuable suggestions.—AT. Y.
World.
A Short Sermon.— Owe no man any
thing. Keep out of debt. Hate it with
perfect hatred. Abhor it with an eutire
and absolute abhorrence. Dig potatoes,
break stone, peddle tin ware, do auythiug
that is houest and useful, rather than run
in debt. As you value good digestion, a
healthy appetite, a placid temper, a
smooth pillow, pleasant dreams and hap
py wakings, keep out of debt. Debt is
the hardest of task masters, the most cruel
of all oppressors. It is a millstone about
the neck, it is an incubus on the heart.
Jt spreads a cloud over the firmament of |
man’s being. It furrows the forehead j
wiili premature wrinkles; it plucks the j
eye of its light; its drags all noblene-s out [
of the port and bearing of man. It takes
the soul out of his laugh, aud all the state
jiness and freedom from his walk. Come j
under its dominion 1
STATE NEWS
Coal Tar.— Mr Peter 8. Robeson, of j
this county, recommends coal tar to pre- j
vent birds and moles from destroying corn
after planting. We have tried it ourself j
and find it very effective. The coal tar is
stirred in with the corn until every grain j
has received a slight coating. Sand is j
then added to prevent sticking. — Thomas
ville Enterprise, 7th.
Effects of Political Excitement.
A young lady respectably connected, liv
ing a few miles from our city, was ordered
sent to the Lunatic Asylum yesterday by
Judge Levy, Ordinary of Richmond
county. The young lady was perfectly
sane up to December last, wheu the first
symptoms of insanity made its appear
ance. At that time political excitement
ran high in our city and State, and it was
a constant dread with her that her home
would be attacked by armed negroes.—
This thought made such an impression
upon her mind that she would at times
bury her face and ask persons who were
around not to let them shoot her. She is
now said to tie a raving maniac, and
hence Judge Levy ordered that she he
sent to the Lunatic Asylum. —Augusta
Constitutionalist, B th.
The Macon and Brunswick Rail
road.—We learn from Mr. Alexander, of
the firm of Grant, Alexander & Cos., con
tractors on the Macon and Bruuswick
Railroad, who was in the city yesterday
in business connected with the recent
contracts made between himself aDd the
city and county, that this important en
terprise will soon be finished. He says
that the work on the road is going on very
rapidly, and that the cars will run from
Macon to Brunswick by the first of next
November.
Mr. Alexander also states that in twoor
three months the contract, which his firm
has taken with this company, will he fin
ished, aud tliat at the expiration of that
time he will take his whole force—several
hundred bauds, we believe--and com
mence work on the Macon and Augusta
Railway. —Chronicle <fc Sentinel, B th.
Meningitis.— WeJ are sorry to learn
that this dread “augel of death” lias visit
ed our beautiful sister city of Griffin, and
taken some of her gems away. We sin
cerely trust that its desolating steps may
disappear from that locality. Atlanta
Constitution, B th.
Important Decision.— From a gentle
man just from Clayton Court, we learn
that Judge Pope made the followingim
portaut decision upon a case, in which the
facts were about as follows: In 1859 or
1860.au execution was obtained iu favor
of A against B. B afterwards—about 1862
—sold his land to C, the claimant iu the
case. In 1868, A had his fi. fa. levied
upon the property of C, which lie had
purchased fiom B. It was admitted tliat
C had been in possession of the land for
more than four years, aud A had not dis
turbed it witli his fi. fa. After argument,
Judge Pope held, That the statute of
Georgia which provides that where a par
ty holds land four, and personal property
two years, undisturbed by judgements
against the party from whom he (the
purchaser) purchased, was not a part of
the statute of limitation, and had not been
suspended by any legislation enacted du
ring or since the war; and that real prop
erty held lor four years, and personal
property for two years, undisturbed by
judgments against a party from whom
such property was purchased, was re
lieved from the liens of such judgments.
[Griffin Star, 9th.
Spurious Currency.— lt is more than
probable, from what has transpired within
tiie past few days, that a very large amount
of spurious greenback currency has been
distributed throughout this section, to he
palmed off upon tiie ignorant aud unsus
pecting class of our citizens.
Several parties have been arrested re
cently, who were found in possession of
various amounts of this counterfeit cur
rency, one of whom, an old and hitherto
respectable country gentlemau, we are in
formed could neither read nor write. We
will uot give his name, but merely men
tion tiie fact by way of caution, that our
people may be on the “lookout.” —Middle
Georgian, 9th.
S. G. & F. Railroad.— The work goes
bravely on, and we understand is nearly
completed to the Ocolockny. We regret,
however, that there is apathy among the
stockholders at this end of the line. We
are informed by Mr. Welch, and some of
the directors, that stock subscriptions are
not being paid promptly, and that tiie
failure thereof seriously retards the enter
prise.—Albany News, 9th.
The Fire in Madison. —The Atlanta
papers bring us but few particulars of the
fire which destroyed so large a part of
Madison, on Friday night.
The Constitution learns from passengers
whoarrived by the Georgia train Satur
day morning, tliat all tiie business houses
ou tiie public square, except Robinson &
Dexter’s carriage shop, aud tiie Hotel were
burned. All the houses on the street lead
ing from the public square to the Depot
were destroyed as far as Th rasher’s house.
The office of the Farm Journal was des
troyed. The Examiner having its com
p isition and printiug done at Covington,
was not damaged. There were many
residences also destroyed. The origin of
the fire is unknown, hut is supposed to be
the work of an incendiary.
The local of the Intelligencer, lias seen
Mr Shecut, of the Farm Journal, who
told him that the fire originated over Bt
bastiau Shaw’s; that Dr. McCleskev’s
was the only business house left; that
there were uo provisions in tiie place, aud
the probable loss was $400,000.
Fire at Athens. The Banner, of
Thursday, says a fire occurred on the
premises of Col. Richard S. Taylor, in
Cobbbam, on Tuesday night, which de
stroyed all the out-buildings, including
a house occupied by Mr McMilleu’s fam
ily, who lost everything. The residence
of Col. Taylor was in imminent danger,
and was saved by the most tireless efforts
of the firemen and citizens.
At a regular meeting, held in Carters
ville, on Thursday last, to organize the
Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad,
$300,000 were subscribed. Mark A. Cooper
was elected President, and M. A. Cooper,
J. F. Deavers, Seaborn Jones, S. F. Ste
phens, Abda Johnson, R. H. Cannon, T.
Stokely, D. W. K. Peacock, VV. H. Gilbert,
T. J. Stocks, and E. Hulbert, Directors.
The LaGrange Reporter announces tha
death of Major Middleton Thornton, who
died at his residence in Campbellton, Ga.,
on the 3d inst., aged 69 years, 4 months
and 8 days—having beeu born Nov. 25th,
1799. Maj. Thornton was the oldest citi
zen of Campbellton, and was oue of the
first settlers of the county, aud for many
years a respectable merchant of that place.
He was a member of tiie Masonic fra
ternity, and also, of the Baptist Church.
Operations Commenced. —The indica
tions that work isvigoiously progressing
are plentiful about the grounds of the Eagle
and Pheuix Manufactory. A two story
brick buildiog with a basement, is now
being erected along the eutire front. This
is intended for offices, etc. Blasting rock,
and digging the foundations of the new
mill, are going on. It is expected that
this structure, which is to be as large as
the present one, will be finished by the
first of next October. The factory building
and office will cost, it is estimated, $65,000
When it is completed, the company will
have accommodations for 20,000 spindles.
All the work of dressing timber, sawing,
planing, etc., will be done iu the com
pany’s shops, ami tbusitisenabled to build
expeditiously aud just as is wanted. Tbe
stock of the company at auction brings
thirteen to fifteen cents above par.—Colum
bus Sun.
Death of an Old Citizen.— The sun
of life of another of Savannah’s citizens
ha? set in death. Mr. Wm P. Hunter
breathed his last at half past three o’clock
yesterday afternoon. The deceased was
about seventy years of age at his death,
and during his long life he has been noted
for all those qualities which commended
him to the admiration aud respect of his
fellow-citizens. For many years he wp.s
cashier of the Marine Bank. He was also
a member of Christ Church, having for
many years been a member of the Vestry
of thatChureh.
Few citizens of Savannah were more
generally known, and none more univer
sally respected thau the deceased. His
funeral will be preached at Christ Church
at four o'clock this afternoon. —Savannah
Morning Mews, Vlth instant.
Mr. Hunter resided in Macon many
years ago, aud removed from this place to
Savannah. He was one of the first war
dens of Christ Church. Macon, and was
elected warden in 1833, which position he
held until the 20th of June, 1834, when he
resigned, preparatory to removing to Sa
vaunah.
A Negro’s Opinion of a Recon
structed Court. —After the sentence of
death was pronounced upon John Robin
sou iu the county court yesterday, one of
the sable auditors in tbe crowd of idle-a
who bad gathered there was heard to say,
“If dey don’t ’move dis bench dey will
hang ebery nigger in de county.” 11 is a
reconstructed bench, nevertheless.—Rich
mond Dispatch, 6 th.
LETTER from talbottox.
Talbotton, Ga., April 8, 1869.
Mr. Editor: Sojourning a few days in
this quiet village, I write, hoping you may
feel interest enough in my dottiDgs to
give them a place in your valuable papier.
This place is celebrated for its healthiness
and the hospitality of its citizens. The
population is not increasing with much
rapidity—but it still holds its own well.
Tbe Levert Female College is located here,
and is a flourishing institution. Tbe
Collinsworth Institute, for boys, is iu this
vicinity, and is well patronized.
The quiet of the village was disturbed
on Friday night last, about half-past 12
o’clock, by the alarm of fire. It was soon
discovered that the large double kitchen
and wood-house of Mr. J. Waterman was
on fire the flames already bursting
through tbe roof. Owing to the indefati
gable exertions of the citizens, Mr. Wa
terman’s dwelling was saved. All worked
with a will; and wheu it is known that
the kitchen was only fourteen feet from
the dwelling, the escape of the latter ap
pears almost miraculous. The Talbot
louians acquitted themselves a9 well,
however, as if they had taken lessons
with the London fire brigade.
Mr. Waterman’s loss, from the breaking
of furniture and the burning of the build
ing is about SSOO.
Tbe farmers in this vicinity are going to
work with a good will, aud have promise
of fine crops. They have the general
mania for fertilizers, and are going in
heavily. The wheat crop looks quite
flourishing.
The Sunday School Convention for the
Columbus District, is in session here.
Quite a large number of delegates are pres
eut. Among them the venerable Dr.
Lovicx Pierce, iu his eighty-fourth year,
but still vigorous, and preaches with won
derful powers. He is uot excelled by any
man ou the continent, aud when he dies
we shall never see his like agaiu.
We are off from the railroad, and but
little io oaiit about politics. The people
seem to care but little anoui such unuga,
if we may judge by their silence. I see
the face of your excellent daily iu several
places hereabouts, and it is spoken well
of by all. As the mail will close soon, I
must stop. Yours truly, Quid.
LETTER FROM TAYLOR COUNTY-
Butler, Ga., April 6th, 1869.
Editor Journal and Messenger:
Tbe Superior Court for Taylor county
convened on the sth inst., Judge Worrell
presiding, and the Bar from several por
tions of tiie State being well represented.
The Courtis not expected to hold longer
than Wednesday or Thursday, as there is
not any cri»iiual business on the docket,
which speaks volumes against the out
rageous desi-e of the Radicals to recon
struct recouscujtion, more especially in
Taylor, whereit is reported by tier repre
sentative in Congress, one Edwards, that
crime prevails a an alarming extent.
The members of the bar present were:
Mr. Poe, of Alatm ; Judge Cabaniss, of
Forsyth; Mr. Blaiford, of Beuna Vista;
Mr. Hudsou, from Eilaville; Col. Tripp,
and Messrs. Avant aud Culverhouse, of
Knoxville.
Judge V\ orrell is ii fine health, presides
with his usual dignity, and is much
esteemed by the profession generally.
Crops in Taylor county—that is, corn —
are looking fine, stands being butter than
the usual average at this time of year.
The farmers are using fertilizers t> a great
extent.
The press was also well represented.
Besides your humble servant, were pres
ent: Mr. DeWolfe, of tlie Columbus Sun,
and the veteran of the Columbus Enquirer,
Mr. Raylaud.
The Journal and Messenger is highly
appreciated by the citizens of Taylor
county, aud the effort of its proprietors to
make it the first paper in the State, as it
is the largest daily, were spoken of iu the
highest terms. Yours,
Rambler.
LETTER FROM ATLANTA.
Atlanta, April 10, 1869.
Thanks to a kind Providence, we are
still afloat—and a fair prospect that we
shall not be stranded on Bullock shoals—
at least for the preseut session. Congress
adjourns to-night, and we are satisfied
nothing will he done this session. So we
will have till December to run, and if our
people will only look well to tiie matter,
we shall have no trouble then. Let every
mau now see how much lie can do towards
promoting peace and good order in his
neighborhood, and thus give the Radicals
no ground for complaints. Let us stiow
that we are uot so bad as we have been
represented. In other words, “let us have
peace.” Let us go to work to build up
the materia! interests of the South. Let
us build factories, improve our lands, and
become independent of our former task
masters. Let us encourage the immigra
tion of good men from other sections to
help us in this good work ; and wearesure
the “good time will come” for our sunny
land.
We would volunteer a word of advice to
Governor Bullock, if we did not fear we
would be misunderstood. We will speak
iu all candor, anti with no desire except
to promote his interests in common witli
those of our people generally. Do, Gov
ernor. “let us have peace.” Help us to
have peace. Devote yourself to harmon
izing the discordant elements now raging
iu the State. Pay uo attention to dema
gogues who would use you in such a way
as to eventually work your ruin. By
making au honest effort you can bring
things all right. You have tiie advantage
of great personal influence with those
witli whom you come in contact, now use
it for peace, and our word for it, you may
yet beeome popular in Georgia. It may
be “a hard row to weed” but try it. I
verily believe if you set to work on this
line, you will have the hearty co opera
tion of every good mau in the State. Only
cut loose from bad men—bad advisers—
and look with an eye single to Georgia’s
interests, and soon a glorious change will
come over this whole State.
Atlanta is still flourishing. We have a
prospect of moving almost everything
and everybody that is worth anything to
this place. Indeed, you have but to look
at Atlanta, to be here at oue of her first
class hotels for a day or two to be so
charmed as to be willing to give up every
thing to be here. Did you ever see a map
of Atlanta ? You will remember that it
is surrounded by acircle, showing the city
limits. This is a charmed circle, and as
the weary traveler gets inside of it he
somewhat resembles a fly in a spider’s net
—he can’t get out. We expect to enlarge
this circle as circumstances may demaud—
perhaps to take in Decatur, Marietta.
Jonesboro’—aud may be, in time, Macon.
Your type-setter made me commit a
great blunder in my last letter. Instead of
saving tliat Maj. Beil’s accomplished and
valued assistant was Capt Thompson Al
lan, you make me put in anew man,
Capt. E. Thompson. Now, we happeu to
know that Major Bell is too well pleased
with Capt. Allan, aud that he could net
be persuaded to have any other man.
Now the Capt. Thompson spoken of may
be all right, but C ipt. Allan is not to be
superceded —we think Major Bell is ex
ceedingly fortunate iu having secured his
services. Fulton.
HINTS CO XCER.MXU KEROSENE.
A Remedy for Severe Burns.
From the Springfield Republican.
' Scarcely a week passes during the win
ter mouths but we read accounts of fright
ful accidents from kerosene lamps ex
ploding aud killing, or scarring for life,
men, women and children. A simple
knowledge of the inflammable nature of
the fluid would probably put a stop to
nearly all the accidents. As tbe oil burns
down in the lamp, a highly inflammable
gas gathers over its surface, and as tbe oil
decreases the gas increases. When the
oil is nearly consumed a slight jar will
often inflame the gas, and an explosion is
' sure to follow, dealing death and destruc
tion. A bombshell is not more to be
dreaded. Now, if the lamp is not allowed
to burn more than half-way down, such
accidents are impossible. Always fill your
lamps every morning; then you need
fearau explosion.
Half a teaspoonful of salt added to the
oil of a lamp which holds a pint will take
away the disagreeable odor sometimes ap
parent, aud it is said to prevent the forma
tio iof that dangerous gas. It is a simple
remedy, easily applied. It is also asserted
that tbe salt makes the oil last much long
er, but we have only heresay evidence
concerning jt.
Kerosene is the best antidote for a severe
burn or scald. Immerse tbe injured part
in cold water for a moment; dry with a
soft cloth, taking care not to rub at all.
Then bathe in kerosene, and the terrible
pain soon ceases. We know of a little
child who put bis foot and leg iuto a pail
of nearly boiling water. The above
remedy was applied, aud in a few minutes
the chiid’s screams ceased. We know not
of the philosophy of the matter, but we
do know that it is the most efficacious (
remedy for severe burns or scalds in the j
materia medica.
GEORGIA JOURNAL ANDMESSENGER
COMMUNICATED.
where the gold is there the dig
gers GO.
Eufaula, Ala., March 7th.
Mr. Editor —l have read an immigra
tion scheme in your paper of the sth, and
I have read all you published iu the last
year on the subject, but I must say none
of your schemes will do. lam an immi
grant, so let me say something. Patron
ize home industry, raise your own grain
and meat, manufacture your owu cotton,
opeu y ur coal and iron, your gold and
silver, your lead and copper miues; lor
where the gold is, there diggers go. Man*
ufacture everything needed for home con
sumption—your dry goods, your hard
ware, your wool and your leatner. This is
the l>e6t inducement you can offer to im
migration. Wheu you do this ttie immi
grants will come, and then vou will have
no need of your Immigration Aid So
cieties at home, nor your agents to go
abroad. If you do this you will soon have
millions of immigrants in the South. Un
til you do, you will have none. Wheu
you do tiiis you will stop miliious of spin
dles iu tbe North as well as iu Europe.
fheße spindles, those who work them and
the money that keeps them in opertaion,
will fiud their way South. It is uot farm
ersor cheap lauds you want or need offer.
The farm laborers are now sufficient for
tiie demand. One million five hundred
thousand bales of cotton brings as much
muuey iu the country as three miliious
bales.
Let us have a gold country too. What
cotton you sell, sell it for gold. Where the
manufacturing interests aregood the farm
ing is also. The immigrants you try to
induce to come South don’t know much
about Southern fanning Mechanic's are
what tiie South need, and you must patro
nize them. You must stop your yearly
flow of money North aud use it at home.
Invest the millions you send North at
home, and it will draw you millions of a
working population, (not drones). What
populated California? What.populated
Australia? Gold n •“t 1 where
the gold is there the diggers g ( y?
Home Industry.
SILVER MIXING IX NEVA 111
Life In the ‘‘White Pine** Regions.
A lively account of the scenes and inci
dents in the new mining region of White
Pine, iu Nevada, is given by a correspon
dent of the Chicago Tribune, who writes
from Treasure City, under the date of
March 13. We copy a few passages :
AMONG THE CLOUDS
I am up among the clouds, more than
nine thousand feet above the sea, and in
the centre of the Wiiite Pine Silver Mines,
of whose wonders the half has hardly yet
been told. All day long the storms have
been driving through the town, and I
have stood hour after hour at the ouly
window in our little cabin, and watched
the shifting scenes of the wonderful pan
orama before me.
Our cabin home stands back a block
from the main street, overlooking the
main portion of our town aud the series
of“flats” on which the main portion of
the mining is being done. There are
miningciaims all around us, the entire
hill-side being dotted with rock thrown
out from the shafts suuk on the various
claims; and, in fact, our house stands on
a ledge which is claimed for mining pur
poses, aud they are blasting out a shaft in
the street right along side cf us. The
cabin is builtof knotty pine boards, which
cost four hundred dollars in gold per
thousand feet, battened on the sides, with
a cloth roof, covered ever with rough
boards, not battened. The snow is sifting
down as I write, and the wind flaring the
candles so that I can scarcely see. The
little cabin has onedoor and one window,
and is twelve feet widj by sixteen in
length.
PRICES.
bixofus, all married nen, whose fam
ilies are in California, rait this cabin at
S6O in gold per mouth. We paid SBO for a
small stove, 75 cents atiece for common
plates, $5 for a dry goodsbox, out of which
we made a rude table, aid similar prices
for a few more articles o table aud dining
room furniture—the onlr regular chair, a
common cane-seat diuitg-room chair, cost
sl2 here-and commeued housekeeping.
Flour costs us sl6 atidsl7 per hundred
pounds; sugar 50 cents ter pound; coffee
75 cents; tea $1 25 ; buter, by tbe keg, 75
cents; pickles $9 for alive gallon keg;
beef 35 cents per pound; pork do.; pota
toes 25 to 37 cents pet yound ; and so on
through the list; wool-cedar, nut-pine
aud mountain mahogoiy, cut ouly a few
hundred rods away—is 520 per cord, aud
short cords at that; seriter, melted from
snow, 25 io 37£ ceui-gper pail full, and
bread 25 to 50 cents foia loaf of one and
two pounds. For bedave have bunks in
one end of the rooin.n which we have
straw mattresses- min cost $8 75, and it is
made of coarse guuu-sacks filled with
wild oats hay—and thie or four pairs each
of the soft, warm tliforuia blankets.
We need them all!
SUNDAY IN WITE PINE.
Most of tiie minerswere paid off last
nigh', and half of tiiei are drinking aud
gambling away their r&uey to-day. There
are 5,000 or 6,000 peopliu the White Pine
district at this time, ad fifty per day be
ing added to the popul&on. Os this num
ber probably 2,000 or SOO are at work on
the three “locations”uid one hundred
real mines situated vthin a couple of
miles of this point, audit least two-thirds
of the number are in tivn to-day. There
is no “sound of the ciirch-going bell,”
no throng of worshiperuurryiug through
the long, crooked, rocl’, uneven street,
but every saloon—and very other build
ing is one—is thronged itH people. The
bar-tenders fairly wei themselves out
with their incessant ia»r in waiting ou
the thirsty customers no demaud their
service. “ What doyouike, gentlemen?”
says tiie barkeeper to ich group of cus
tomers in succession. “ Whisky !” says
the spokesman. “Whity goes!” respond
all tiie rest witlisolemnlacrity, and thev
till their glasses, hot all around, and
swallow the fiery liquo in concert. The
next aud the next grou go the same rou
tine, and then all repesthe performance.
At tiie hack of eacli il-room is a door
having the sign "Clubioom, aud in and
out of this room a crowis passing contin
uously.
We enter with the rt, and work our
way slowly through th jam around the
tables where the dealeiof monteaud faro
are holding forth. Nedy every man who
comes in lays down smethiug, from a
dollar—the lowest stak—to a thousand,
before going out; andnt one in ten ever
carries away a dime ait; few of them
ever expect to do so, lufctake their money
on tiie turning of tlieia’ds as much from
the sheer force of blit and from the
want of other occupalm as from any ac
trial thirst or greed /gain. We notice
one man, a San Frtrcisco pioneer, who
lias gone through alrfcen mining excite
ments in as many dfForent localities, from
Mexico to Cariboo, nd made aud lost for
tunes in all, belli ngpiles of checks, each
representing two ddarsand fifty cents, as
high as they wj| without falling
over of their own wight, on half a dozen
cards at once. Sitwumes he wins hun
dreds of dollars trtf or thrte times in suc
cession, and the \suier pays with tbe
most iruperturbabl giavity,‘the expres
sion of his face ueer changing for an in
stant. He knows iry well that it will all
come back to himind bring more with
it.
At some of theables the dealers are
women—French o Spanish— and it is a
noticeable fact tin tire betters are fewer
than at the other: the prevailing belief
being, apparently, lat the fair sex do not
give tbe rougher sofood a chance of get
ting his money tick as do the male
dealers.
teJuso.
When the snow in June
or July next, all t water for this large
population must b brought from Silver
Springs, 2,000 feet bow us, on the south,
or Hamilton, l,so(feet nearer the sea
level, on the north. Each of these towns
is about two miles id a half away, and
you will understand that the grade is a
tremendous one uphich to haul a load.
Going down it is que another thing.
Sleds drawn by tp or four horses or
naules, and laden wh silver ore in bags,
are numerous, and > are huge “prairie
schooner” wagons drawn by ten to
twenty mules each, den with goods from
San Francisco, by fay' of Elko, on the
railroad, one hundr« and ten miles north
ward. Barley eostfiS cents per pound
aud coarse hay s2oflber ton, in coin, so
you can fancy that Fcosts money to run
one of those big teaii. It Costs from 18
to 2.5 cents per poundfreigbt money for
every article broughuere feta San Fran
cisco, and, exceptinglieco£*-se hay, wood
and water-, the countp proluces nothing
whatever to sustain ife in loan or bea9t.
I am wrong; potatoesof quality and
a few cabbage come b*e frdi Ruby Val
ley, fifty or sixty mile*to tl» northward.
A negho was drowned bya catfish in
Lake Concordia, op(ositeNJchez, Missis
sippi, a few days sitce. Tje negro was
trying to haul Che ettish oit, but the fish
hauled him in, audhe war drowned be
fore assistance couldie rentered.
NEGRO MARRIAGES IX MASSACHUSETTS.
One of the most accomplished historical
scholars iu the couutry, Mr. J. Wingate
Thornton, of Boston, has recently discov
ered tiie form of negro marriages prepared
aud used by tiie Rev. Samuel Phillips, of
Andover, Mass., whose ministry there,
beginning in 1710 and euding with his
death, in 1771, was a prolonged aud emi
nently distinguished service of more thau
half the eighteenth century. His inline
diate successor was tiie Rev. Jonathan
FreDeh (1772 1809), in the family of whose
son Mr. Thornton found the document, at
Northampton, N. H., on the 3Jst of De
cember, 1868. lam indebted to his liberal
courtesy for the op|»ortuuity to make U9e
of it it the present time.
It is copied exactly from tbe original
now before me, and the italics are as
marked by the author himself, whose
work could certainly have been uoue
other than the most approved aud ortho
dox pattern. Ejc uno disce omnes
a form for a negro marriage.
You 8: do now, iu thePrtseuceofGod,
aud these Witnesses, Take K: to he your
Wife-,
Promising, that so far as shall be consis
tent wth ye Relation web you mow Sus
tain, as a Servant, you will Perform ye
Pait of au Husband towards her : And in
particular, you Promise, that you will
Love her; Aud that, as you shall have
ye Opportty & Ability, you will take a
proper Care of her in Sickuessand Health,
iu Prosperity & Adversity ;
And that you will he l'rue & Faithfull
to her, aud will Cleave to her only so long
as God, in his Provdce, shall contiuueyour
and her Abode iu Such Place (or Places)
as that you cau conveniently come togeth
er: Do You Thus Promise?
You R : do now, iu ye Presence of God,
and tfeese Witnesses, Take S: to be your
Husband;
Promising that so far as your present
Relation, as a Servant, shall admit, you
will Perform the Part of a Wife towards
him: And in particular,
You Promise, that you will Love him ;
and that, as you shall have the Onnority
& Ability, vou tsta « proper Care of
uiui in oicknessand Health ; in Prosperi
ty and Adversity,:
Aud you will be True & Faithfull to
him, aud will Cleave to him only, so long
as God, in his Provdce, shall continue his
& your Abode in Such Place (or Places) as
that you can come together. Do
You thus Promise?
I then, agreeable to your Request, and
with ye Consent of ye Masters & Mis
tresses, do Declare, that you have License
given you to he conversant and familiar
together, as Husband and Wife, so long as
God shall continue your Places of Abode
as afore said ; And so long as you Shall
behave your-Selves as it becometu Ser
vants to doe:
For, you must, both of you, bear in
mind, tiiat you Remain still, as really and
truly as ever, your Master’s Property, and
therefore it will be justly expected, both
by God and mau, that you behave and
conduct ,\ ourselves as Obedient and faith
full Servants towards your respective Mas
ters & Mistresses lor the Time being :
And finally, I exhort & charge you to
beware lest you give place to the Devil,
so as to take occasion from the Licence
now given you, to be lifted up witli Pride,
anil thereby fall under the Displeasure,
not of Man ouly, but of God also; for, it
is written, that God resisted the Proud,
but he giveth Grace to tbe humble.
I shall now conclude witli Prayer for
you,tliat you may become good Christians,
and tliat you may be enabled to conduct
as such; aud in particr that you may
haveGraceto behavesuitably towards each
other, as also dutifully towards your Mas
ters & Mistresses, uot wth Eye-Service, as
Men-pleasers, but as ye Servts of Cht do
ing ye Will of God from ye heart, &c.
(Endorsed]
Negro-Marriage.
Thus the mutual pledges of these poor
creatures were formally iu terms made
subordinate to their relations as slaves;
their personal fidelity to each other to de
pend ou their respective places of resi
dence for the time being ; and their mat
rimonial privilegse, or ‘license io be con
versant and familiar together as Husband
and Wife,' was to continue as long as they
lived in the same neighborhood and du
ring good behavior. Both these condi
tions were of course determined by the
owners.
But such a formula of marital obliga
tion as this needs neither comment nor
explanation! It speaks for itself! and
furnishes an illustration which epitomizes
aud emphasizes the whole story of slavery
iu Massachusetts. How long it would
take such a guarantee to the slave of ‘the
rights of marriage and of family,’ to bring
‘about a total modification of the charac
ter of negro slavery,’ must be left to the
researches of the historian or the imagina
tion of tiie reader.
RAILROAD OX THE BRAIN'.
We think the people of the South are
paying too much attention to railroad
schemes and too little to matters of more
vital importance. They are like the mau
who invested in a saddle before he got the
horse.
Os the numerous railroads that at pres
ent intersect the Southern States in vari
ous directions, there is scarcely one that
is more thau paying expeuses, and mauy
are not evt-u doing that. They pass
through sparcely settled sections, where
there is little travel and no great amount
of freight, and, consequently, to meet ex
penses, they have to make exhorbitant
charges for freight aud fare.
The trutli of the matter is, there ought
uot to be another cent invested in rail
roads in the South until the wants of a
large population demand their construc
tion.
There are railroads in abundance now
to transport ail tiie immigrants we can ex
pect to get for years to come. Let the sur
plus capital of the South be invested, then,
in enterprises tliat will attract immigra
tion over the roads already in operation.
Facility of communication between two
small places will not help either.
Tom Thumb weddings never result iu a
progeny of giants.
Wecan hardly pick upaSouthern paper
without seeing flaming accounts of a pro
jected railroad between some Mudburg
and some Sandville, by the consummation
of which both Mudburg and Sandville ex
pect to rival, in a few years, New York
aud Chicago.
Let all the Madburgs and Sandviiles in
the South invest their labor and capital in
euteprises that will produce something
valuable enough to pay the exoense of
railroad transportation. Then it will be
time enough to talk about building rail
roads.—Mobile Tribune, Bth,
LETTER FROM GENERAL EARLY TO ONE
HUNDRED CITIZENS OF LYNCHBURG.
Lynchburg, Va., April 3. Gentle
men : The honor which you have done
me by proposing to welcome my return to
my native State by a complimentary din
ner, lias beeu most gratifying to my feel
ings, aud had my return taken place un
der more happy auspices, it would have
afforded me great pleasure to accept your
invitation; hut in view of the condition
of our unfortunate country, and for rea
sons which I am sure you will understand
without a particular specification of them,
I am constrained to decline the proposed
entertainment.
In doiug so, I desire to express to you
my most heartfelt thanks for the cordial
greeting you have given me, individually
and collectively, and to assure you that
neither in wauderiugs abroad, nor on my
return, have I seen any cause to abate in
attachment to the land of my birth, or to
waver iu devotion to the principles which
actuated us iu our late struggle for all that
was dear.
It is the hour of defeat and adversity
that really tries the hearts and souls of
men, and those who shall have passed
through all its temptations without an
abandonment of honor or principle will
be entitled in the end to be regarded as the
true heroes of our cause.
Very truly and respectfully yours,
J. A. Early.
Lucky.— New Orleans is now rejoicing
in a two-headed woman, and a living ox
with three eyes and three horns, the cen
tre horn much the largest of the three.
This wonderful animal was recently cap
tured in Willamson county, Texas. It is
said to be remarkable for it is beauty and
symetry of form ; is about eighteen months
old, and unusually large.
Dead. —George F.Nesbit, a well known
xSew \ork printer and Government sta
tioner, died in that city on the 7th inst.,
aged sixty-one.
Death of \V. G. Swan, — Tennessee
papers announce the death of this gentle
man, who figured prominently some
years since in Tennessee politics. He was
a member of the Confederate Congress.
Beauties are apt to die old maids.
They set such high value on themselves ,
that the market closes before they can 1
find a purchaser.
THE El' ROPE A N CRISIS—WAR CLOI’DS ON
THE CONTINENT.
From the New York llerald.
Our correspondence and our telegrams
from Europe, for some time past, have
been singularly suggestive, and, in spite
of peace desires, rather bellicose than
otherwise. We have had intimations of
the most contradictory kiud. One day we
are told of army reductions ; another* day
we are told of army mobilization. We
are again informed that officers aud men
! of the French army on leave of absence
I aresuddeulv summoned to join their re
i spectiye regiments. We have not yet had
any high official announcement that war
was immineut, but studious silence is of
tentimes as suggestive as is unguarded
speech. We do not exaggerate wheu we
say that since the outbreak of the German
war iu 1866, there has been nothing in
Europe similar to the present condition of
things. There is a caution aud deter
mined measuring of strength. All the
European nations are armed to the teeth.
Every one of them believes that the time
ior action is close at hand, InU no one is
certain where or in what connection it
may be unnecessary to unsheathe the
sword. We describe the situation when
we say that Europe, burdened with intol
erable armaments, is sick or peace, which
is war without the excitement which nat
urally belongs to it—war without the con
sequent houor or glory.
The Emperor of the French presents in
his single self the key to the European
situation. All that lie now is and all that
he has been since 1851 he owes to success.
Os ail successful men for the last quarter
of a century, he has been unquestionably,
until very receutly, the most successful.
Fortune has favored him. The fates have
all been on his side. The tide so often
written about, which occurs in the affairs
of men, seems to have arrived in the af
fairs of Louis Napoleon. His schemes and
plans arc no louger ueeessarily successful.
They sometimes fail Some of the fail
ures have been disagreeable to him, and
hur ful to his prestige. For years not
France aloue, but Europe and the world
believed him iiifalible. He w r as the great
temporal Pope. His sword swayed des
tiny. It is so no longer. He can mok«
mistakes, and the mistakes are so palpable
that France, and even tlie outside world
cau see them. A reputation built upon
success, deriving all its worth from sup
posed iufalibility, cannot survive repeated
failure. Such is tiie condition of Louis
Napoleon, aud such is the situation of
of Europe.
France is no longer the controlling
power; nor is Louis Napoleon auy longer
the arbiter. The power has passed away
from the country, and it is now in other
hands. Bismarck, not Napoleon, com
mands the situation. Proof of this is
everywhere. We see it at the present mu
meut, particularly in Spain. Tiie arrange
ment about to be come to in regard to the
Spaui-h throne is one which, to the
French Emperor, must be extremely dis
tasteful. It is an arrangement, however,
which he cannot resist. As in days gone
by the money of England, this time fairly
and justly used, has been too much for
Freuch wit, and more powerful than Cor
sicau genius. Prussia and England to
gether have been too many for Napoleon
and his Ministers. Spain makes an elec
tion which snubs Napoleonic as well as
French pretension. Italy, tired of the
Pope, angry about the approaching Ecu
menical Council, and sick of the temporal
power, rejoices in the hope of freedom.
If Bismarck would hut say the word it
would be the easiest thing in tiie world to
unite Italy and Spain against Erauce.
With the aid of Eugltsh gold, which is
already working iu the Peuiusula, it
wou and be all the easier. France is thus
losing her position. The Freuch people
are grieved ; Napoleon, his mind filled
with thoughts about his successor, bites
his lip with rage. But France has a fine
army, fully equipped, well officered aud
ready for action. One vigorous cam
paign might give France her ancient po
sition and make Napoleon greater and
more powerful than ever. Why should
not the army be let loose? This is the
European question of tiie hour. Wheu
France is contented the world is at rest.
But France is not contented. The trouble
is all here.
A Useful Table. —To aid farmers in
arriving at accuracy iu estimating the
amount of land iu ditFereut fields under
cultivation, the following table is given
by an agricultural cotemporary :
Five yards wide by 978 yards long con
tains 1 acre.
Ten yards wide by 484 yards long con
tains 1 acre.
Twenty yards wide by 1242 yards long
contains 1 acre.
i'orty yards wide by 121 yards long con
tains 1 acre.
-Eighty yards wide by 10£ yards long
contains 1 acre.
Seventy yards wide by 69J yards long
contains 1 acre.
Two hundred and twenty feet wide by
198 feet long contains 1 acre.
Four hundred and forty feet wide by 90
feet long contains 1 acre.
Eleven feet wide by 398 feet long con
tains 1 acre.
Sixty feet wide by 726 feet long contains
1 acre.
One hundred and twenty feet wide by
363 feet long contains 1 acre.
Two hundred and forty feet wide by
181 J feet long contains 1 acre.
Jefferson Davis. — The letter received
from this distinguished and beloved
Southerner, dated London, March 17, con
veys to us the pleasing information that
his health is excellent, and that he in
tends to return this spring to the couulry
which he loves, and which loves him so
well He says:
“It has been my purpose to return this
spring to what was my home, and if per
mitted to do so, without injury or embar
rassment to my friends, to engage in some
business which may yield a support.”
Now that we are about to reorganize our
efforts to build a lailroad to the Pacific, we
can place at the head of it the man who,
as a soldier of the United States, has
already made a topographical reconnois
sance of the route ; and, as the head of an
effort to organize a nation, and carry
through a revolution, has shown such
powers of administration as no other liv
ing man has equaled.— ls. O. Picayune, 6 th.
Georgia Yet in the Umion.— We con
gratulate our readers and ourselves, that
Congress has adjourned and left recon
struction undisturbed. Bad as is our case
with the Executive we have, it would
have been infinitely worse if Butler’s bill
had passed. It would be wise in the Gov
ernor, now that he has failed in his wick
ed schemes against the best interests of
the State which, by an afflictive dispensa
tion of Providence he rules over, if he
would turn over anew leaf, and, cutting
loose from the corrupt crew with which
he has heretofore allied himself, would
court the favor of good and wise men, and
endeavor to guide the fortunes of the State
in such a way, that all her interests may
be advanced, and wise and intelligent and
virtuous citizens have their proper in
fluence and their true place in the coun
cils of the State.
Take Warning —Sabin Sherwin, of
Dover, N. H., and lately of Henderson,
Ky, was killed recently, by being run
over by a passenger train on the Kentucky
Central Railroad, at Lair’s station. Sber
win left Covington for the purpose of
going to Paris, Ky., in search of work.—
At nearly every station he got off'the cars,
as many passengers do, to ‘ look around,”
getting on again after the train was in
motion. He was told several times that it
was dangerous to get on to cars while they
were moving, but he paid no attention to
the warning. At Lair’s station he stepped
off on to the platform, and when the train
started attempted to get on again, but
missed his footing, aud was terribly
crushed. Deceased was about thirty-five
years of age.
Disabilities Bill. — On Saturday last,
on motion of Air. Sumner, a bill was read
twice and referred to a select committee,
which removes the disabilities of Dr.
Francis T- Stribling, Dr. J. W. Parker
Dr. T. F. Green, and Dr. Peter Boyce—
superintendents of insane asylums in Vir
ginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and Ala
bama. The bill prescribes an oath for
persons whose disabilities have been re
moved.
During a recitation on natural bistort
in one of our well known colleges, a stu
dent in the pursuit of knowledge con
cerning the habits of animals, said : “Pro
fessor, why does a cat, while eating turn
her head first one way, and then the oth
er . ‘For the reason,” replied the Pro
fessor, that she cannot turn it both wavs
at once.” *
A Montreal paper says that at no time
within the last twelve years has there
been such a large and continuous emigra
tion of agriculturists from Canada to the
United States as at present. It is esti
mated that as many as 500 persons, most
of them young men, are leaving the coun
try every week by way of Montreal.
THE MORNINO NAP.
A Pie* Tor those who Sleep In the Morning.
The fact is, that as life becomes more
j concentrated, and its pursuits more eager,
short sleep and early rising become iropos
| sible. \V e take more sleep than our an
cestors, anti we take more because we want
more. Six hours sleep \vill do very well
for a plowman or bricklayer, or any man
who has no other exhaustion than that
| produced by manual labor, and the sooner
he takes it after his labor is over the better;
but for a man whose labor is rueutal, the
stress of whose work is on his brain and
| nervous system, and who is tired in the
eveniug with a day of mental application,
neither early to bed uor early to rise is
wholesome. He needs letting down to the
level of repose. The louger the iuterval
betweeu the active use of the brain and
his retirement to bed. the better his chance
of sleep aud recruitment. Tobimau hour
after midnight is probably as good as two
hours before it, and aven then his sleep
will »"t so completely and quickly restore
him as it will his neighbor who is only
physically tired. He must not only go to
bed later, but lie longer. His best sleep
probably lies in the early morning hours,
wheu all the nervous excitement has
passed away, and tie is in absolute rest.
There is, therefore, a good deal to be said
in favor of the late habits of modern life.
It was all very well for Englishmen to go
to bed early and get up early iu the times
of the Tudors, Plantageuets aud Stuarts.
Their lights were bad, and it was expen
sive work to make a room light enough to
be pleasant. They did not turn night into
day as we do ; but it was probably because
they did not know how to do it as we
know. Gas is responsible for a good deal
of our love of the long evening hours. A
London house at this time of the year is
never so bright as it is after dark. When
tiie blinds are dowu aud the shutters are
closed, and the snug curtains are drawn,
and the room is fionded with brilliant gas
ligut, and the bright tire is stirred up in
tiie shining grate, uobody regrets the
sickly daylight, wiiicii all day long had
been feebly struggling through the fog aud
smoke. Why should a man wish to
shorten tiie brightest Hours or ti>« twenty,
four for the sake of an extra hour or two
of foggy, ineffectual morning? It is not
mere retaliation on our ancestors; it is
simply the adaptation oft Heir maxims to
our modern needs to say that, for many of
us, one waking hour after 10 o’clock at
night is worth two hours before 9 iu the
morning.
We live double at Yhat social evening
time, aud to waste such hours iu sleep
when there is a spare hour iu the morning
which may just as well be spent iu bed, is
an unwise substitution of tiie old maxi Di-i
for new experience. No doubt the old
maxims were wise, aud would still be wise
if our conditions were of our great-grand
fathers ; hut while the maxims stand, the
times have changed, and we have changed
with them. We must have society, and
we can only have it at night; we must
have ample rest, ami we can only take it
in the morning. The stress of life with
us is on the brain and nerves, and they
cau only bear the pressure liy being al
lowed to sleep out. For a man whose
work is intellectual to have sleep vio
lently cut short every morning would be
half equivalent to suicide. True wisdom
teaches us to adapt ourselves to our cir
cumstances. Nature docs n >t chauge, and
what was good for our fathers is doubtless
good for us, provided the conditions are
the same. But when this is not the case,
we must not allow their example to be
come a tyranny. Modern habits are not
more readily indulgent than the habits of
earlier times, and they best suit modern
needs.
AN INDIAN DI'KL.
Remarkable Fight Between two Brave*—Deter
mined Bravery »r the Combatant*—The War
Whoop and Fatal Miots.
From the Helena (Montana) Herald.
Those who are under the impression
that the Indians possess no personal
bravery, and tiiat their only prowess witli
deadly weapons is wheu they hold the
vantage ground, either among themselves
or iu warfare against the whites, would
have beeu disabused of this impression
could they have witnessed one of the
bravest and most thrilling enactments of
a tragedy, the equal of which, perhaps,
has never taken place within the hounds
of Montana. An Indian duel look place
near Mr. H-dtei’s saw mill, situated on
Ten Mile Greek, and about six miles from
town, yesterday afternoon, an account of
which, as we were then informed,was pub
lished in lasi evening’s Herald.
From an eye wiiutssof the bloody affair
we arc in possession of further particu
lars, which were related to us as follows :
A few ludiaus were in a cabin occupied
by some of the employes of the mill,
when one of them displayed his revolver,
at the same time expatiating on his merits
ami his own extraordinary skill in its use.
This lie carried to such an extent that
another brave of the party exclaimed in
his native tongue, “ Ugh, you can’t
shoot?” and denounced him as a brag
gart, at the same time saying that lie
could put him to shame at his own game.
Whereupon, native No. 1 proposed a test
ot skill, giving his opponent the advan
tage of a rifle, his favorite weapon. This
was at once acceded to, and immediate
preparations were made for a duel iu their
own peculiar style. By this time about
twenty warriors had collected, and all re
paired a short way from the cabin wheie
they marked off about forty feet—the dis
tance that was to separate the hostile sav
ages. During these preparations the
doomed warriors looked upon each other
with the most stoic indifference, and the
crowd waited for the denoument in silent
wonder. When all was made ready, the
opponents took their position for the last
act; standing with their heel on the
mark—back to back—one with revolver
and the other with his rifle. One of the
natives had been selected to act as second
for both ; he took his position a littleaside
from the line of fire ; waved a spear, deco
rated witli paint and feathers, two or three
times above his bead, gave the terrible
war whoop, and on the instant the duel
ists wheeled and fired. Both fell, one shot
through the brain, the other pierced to the
heart! Thus ended one of the most ex
traordinary aud tragic encounters that
has ever come within our province to re
cord.
LOVE AMI Ml ■kUfc.lt.
A Lady Killed by Her Lover—A Double Fatal Duel.
From the Memphis Avalanche, Bth.
The steamer Richmond, which passed
up from New Orleans yesterday, learned
at Grand Gulf the particulars of one of
those tragedies of passion that appear
more like romance than reality. In tue
country, at some distance from Grand
Gulf, reside two respectable families, those
of Cushing aud Andrews. Miss Andrews
was a lovely girl of seventeen, well ac
complished and of unusually fascinating
manners. Mr. Cushing’s sou, a youth of
twenty, had been attached to her from
early childhood, and as he grew older his
affection became an ardent, absorbing pas
sion. A short time ago he made a formal
offer of his hand, wheu, to hisintensedis
appointmeut and mortification, his offer
was firmly though courteously refused.
He brooded over his ill-rewarded
passion, and became a prey to jealousy,
and at length left the neighborhood, vow
ing madly that he would come back and
take his revenge. On Sunday last he re
turned, and, riding up to Mr. Andrews’
house he begged to see Miss Andrews at
the door, without alighting. She came
out, when he suddenly produced a pistol,
fired, shooting her through the body, and
she fell on her face and died without a
struggle. The infatuated murderer rode
frantically away ; but Miss Andrews’
brother, breathing fury toward the mur
derer of his sister, sprang on a horse and
followed. He came up with Cusb*Dgas
the latter was crossing a creek, aud fired
at him. Cushing jumped from his horse
and took shelter in the bush. Andrews,
not to he at a disadvantage, did the same.
A parley ensued, aud the two young men
agreed to fight according to the code; to
leave the cover, fire, advance and fire, and
again advance, firing until one of them
should fall. At the fir-t tire Cushing re
ceived a mortal wound in the left shoulder,
but the men continued to near each other
and fire, un'.il their revolvers wcreernpty.
When assistance arrived Cushing lay dead
with four bullets in his tody Andrews
had received three shots in his breast.
He was able to tell how the fight had taken
place, when he also expired.
Return of Arnold and Spangler,
the Dry Tortugas Prison ER-- — Sam
uel B. Arnold aud Ed man Spangler, the
prisoners receutly released from the Dry
Tortugas uuder pardou of President Jobu
son—the former having been sentenced
for life and the latter for six years by the
military commission that tried the assas
sination conspirators —readied this city
yesterday. They came passengers on the
steamship Cuba from Key West. Arnold
appears in rather delicate health, but
Spangler is well, and both seem in good
spirits.— Baltimore Sun, 7th.
Jefflkmjn my,, j
A Radical Bohemian Meets Rim I
Cooiuinu, ’ “ B
From the London Correspond,l
r l i a nali stii e * ■ I
I had an admit to the . 1
ry,” which holds aho Ut L^ ker »'
their names putd .wnt|, r ee£- * -M
Willie I am stnuding i„ A K**
eagerly watching the Police s U • ■
will presently call tiie * , ■
ledged few, I hear: es °Ui, (
“Isn’t this Mr. Davis ?» I
I turn round and I
Jefferson I>*v ls . Hut I h . ind tl - i I
change in mortal niai. ’ N *, ]|
have known idtu if n iv ' ,■
been called to him. \j *’ ntl g
ble, I mused, that tins’ I
thin voiced, shrunken lij I
' I
iug Senator from Mis,;.. & ° I
resolute and covertiv - 1 I
that was really ■
Pierce was ostensibly , ' ■
truth. A feeling of • 1 . J
1 was touched, and there 7" a ■
what my impulse of te i„i ' 1J * ■
to our fallen foe would i‘,7 V -' 5 1
do aud say if it had (0 i '' *
pulse of the man who ,f l 1 f
have quoted i hat ‘ e • I
toward the slaveliold, ~1 ,
for these ten veats p-, s( 7 • H
eminent charactered/,"
England. Mr. Davis 7 '-fl
“That is my name, sir " S
“W'liat, Jefferson Davi. " f
“Yes, sir May i ask v ,' ur f
Hams; bull hu, not ; (1 ■
an Englishman who ,ie,
with you, I have ofien » i . ■
I have your picture 1,, ■
house and prize it very In * H
This was said iu a '„ / I
way, wiule hands were./ I
Mr. Harris, who was a ■
to-do-look iug gentlemanfl
close to Mr. Davis’ ear '» fl
what I did not hear, bm w i m
but Imagine was “England*,; ■
and, if you could hav* |/ ■
year we would have joined' ■
ognizingyour Govertitneii! I
smiled ictrbly, and, 1 thought ■
name was called, and in i/ I
lowed immediately an i H
one of the House'attaetier* 11
iu black sword-breernes I
coat, with a silk sui,t!o«7 f
who absolute y bent d„ut, e ' I fl
aggerating) at the >t .. ' 1
went dancing and flushed §
before him, whispei p,,, t, I
“this is Mr. Jefferson Davi, j
ted him to a sort of jew f
specially favored stranger* „• J
the House, deep in a rm,< §
Mr. Davis sat down w 111) I
Manning and 1) ; an stai I
Archbishop said and ui, • I
said, an I what the tx-l r I
know not, for I must bum’ j
far over their heads, orb-r I
A HWILUI marbihc I
Two People without Lr|(« «rt J ui i,, I
“ r i ruth is stranger than fi ■
or two others have remark- J
and each day fullils tbeaii. I
pie: we were witnesses on t; I
noon to a ceremony which I
have been bused upon the i fl
of tiie human mind—u-.m. §
nage of two persons ueither . I
legs. Wheu first we wen fl
ing occurrence by an 1;,-. I
were iuciined to think IL S
to perpetrate a hull, butH
him to Howard’s Drove!i.H
that which nut ail doubt «;i I
We were met at tiie lit a . H
hospital by the Messrs. >:• ■
c-eived us with great cm,:
waiting for some iinuner:-
tion oi the prepaiahoi,., ■'
repaired to the chapel, li - ■
her of tiie patients of tin- I
waiting for the pen rm., H
raony. We had not I-mg ■ H
few moments tiie In
(led by their maids ami
rather found, their w.n E
was really a curious oi *
people with legs cut oi!
knees, waddling to the fr:
wedlock, and war.mg ». m
i>e joi nt and togelher , „ I
ceremony was well perfur: p
Gwathm'ey, the coloied I
borazo. [
'i'he parties married «• I
ton and Emily John-on. if
married once before, ands
William county, and • |
years of age. lie lost i. I
bite atioiil fount t-n. u I
an attachment for l.i- I
ago, hut was not a lowed I
authorities at that time. Ml
ed, he went to work and; I
for himself on the Nim V
an industrious tel I
excellent garden hand, I
not find any necet-nilv I
hack in weeding, elc., and II
amount of labor.
Emily Johnson has L<< I
and lost her legs trom I
her husband, in 1807.
woman ; waslies and ir
a most excellent nuts I
patch , (ith.
MRS. KATE 111 VMUKI -" f
l ure for ■I- I
From Hearth and H - §
When Augustus wi- I
taming raisin- tlie o: I
thumb a sharp rap » |
paiu resulting fromtl- J
severe at the lime, E f
the next day he fell I
must have been l»ro >- I
coming. As lie has K
dieted, lie had good r I
the suffering awaitir.
to be in at Mr. Pride - H
the circumstance »d>
Mr. Mix, who hail ,v ' I
produce to excban;p
on is it, you think’ I
can give you a recap B
rigiit, and you wnr. ■
from it. You ji-t la *'g
common rock-salt, B
saltin'down pork sto ■
oven, then pound it
sperits turpentine ’
on a rag, and wr -I I
and as soon as be- ’^B
some more, and in ‘
felon ’il be as dead &■ - H
On my return
walking the floor i• - I
disabled hand, an -
that promised rent _ ■
turpentine and >' g
minutely. About
he got to sleep, at- g
in the moraine. g
gone, but alt ' m
The fir-t j->iot o- ■
fectly dead. -■ ■
cerned. ‘ „ I
dy, ami by
in a day or „ B
coveted. ■
remember -- g
A Graph ll B
Native Yirg lßl " I
following: .-
Few cotnniu-' ■
they cannot t"'*' J
tutional liar. . H
without rl.ynt' ■
out of season. " ■
when the trul,! ■
better than » I
force of hah;- 51 - ■
help it- ‘' T * K
to breathe. 1 B|
seldom 1:*-; . B
w hat is called ■
treat or a - H
pleasant woH_ Hi
often do you a ; ■
of truth. IB
and one wou'd ■
himself, bu- B
11 he has n"‘ H
self-respect, m:K
ion of I
that if l‘ e k \ . ■
saut anil ' H
tors of ethic* |
poor creature - H
contented. - . I
quite uuconri- g
is regarded -. ■
looked upoa » |
amusing j . I
to iiU ■ H M
WHAT I
are. La»‘ I
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between -. ■
for the ft
andneitt'e 1
each in--' K
MAV"Kb' ■
notice to^.J
am * pm ’ ■
stray t‘‘® ,iw\- * ■ 1
asks tb»t M