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the Wttm limes & Sentinel.
By LOMAX & ELLIS]
Volume XVIII.
Ctmea anO Sraiittfl.
MEIS-WEEKLY~TTME^MENf®EI
Is published every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and
SATURDAY EVENING.
THE WEEKLY TIMES & SENTINEL
Is published every TUESDAY MORNING.
Office on Randolph Street , opposite the P. O.
TERMS:
TjU-WEEKLY, Five Dollars per annum, in advance.
WEEKLY, Two Dollars per annum,in advance.
Advertisements conspicuously inserted at One Dol
lar per square, for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for
every subsequent insertion
A liberal deduction will be made for yearly advertise
ments.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Adminisirators,
tors and Guardians, are required by law to be held on the
first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in
forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court House in
the county ia which the property is situate. Nostices of
these sales must be given in a public gazette lorty days
previous to the day of sale.
Notice for the sale of Personal property must be given at
least teu days previous to the day of sale.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be
published forty days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court of Or
dinary for leave to sell Lana or Negroes, must be published
weekly for two months.
Citations for Letters of Administration must be published
thirty days—for Dismiesion from Administration, mommy
six months—for Dismission from Guardianship,forty day3.
Rules tor Foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
monthly for tour months—for establishing lost papers for
the lull space of three months—tor compelling titles from
Executors or Administrators, where a bond has been giv
-3n by the deceased, the full space of three months.
Publications will always be continued according to
these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered.
BUSINESS CARDS.
PAINTING AND BOOK BINDING.
H AVING connected with our Printing Ohio, a full
and complete assortment of Book Binder’s toolsand
toca, and also added to our PriL ting materials, we arenow
prepared to execute, in good style and with despatch,every
Sind ot work in either branch ot the business, on the best
terms.
BLANK WORK, oi every description,with or with
out printing, made to order, in the neatest manner.
WARE JIOUSE PRINTING, Receipts, Drafts,
Notes, Bills of Lading, &c., &e., executed neatly and
promptly, and bound in any desired style.
RAILROAD AND STEAMBOAT BLANKS,
olail kinds got up ( with accuracy and dispatch.
Bill Heads, Ards, Circulars, Hand Bills.
Posters, Programmes, &c.,&.c.,printediu theshoi
ost notice and in the best stylo.
Magazine and Pamphlets put up lueverystyleo
binding.
Bookso all kiudsrebound strongly and neatly.
Lomax a ellis.
Columbus, Apr il 15 1554
B. Y. MARTIN. J. J. MARTIN.
MARTIN &
Attorneys at Law,
eex/GMims, ga.
Office on Broad Street—OverGunby Daniel.
Columbus, Jau. 9, 1857. wi&twlv.
IlillilLmi A PLANE,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
CO jUMBUS, ga.
THE above firm have renewed their Copartnership, and
will devote the most assiduous attention to the pro
fession in the counties of Muscogee, Harris, Talbot and
Chattahoochee,in this State,and in Russell county, Ala.
Office, from room ov R Ramarit’a Ktor.
January 28,1857. w&twtf.
M. B. WELLBORe; JERE.N. WILLIAMS.
WELLBORN & WILLIAMS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Clayton, Alabama,
WILL give prompt attention to the collection of all claims
entrusted to their care in Barbour countv. Let 4 wtwOm
MARION BETHUNE,
A TT O RNEY A T L A IV,
TALBOTTON, Talbot County, Ga.
October 24th, 1856. wtwtf.
W. S, JOHNSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CUSSETA,
Chattahoochee County, Ga.
Givesbisentire attentionto the practice in Chattahoochee
adjoining counties. an2t> wtwly
S. A. M’LENDON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Fort Gaines, Ga.
TTILL promptly attend to at! business entrusted to his
yv care—particularly Collecting. novSwtwly
PEYTON H. COLQUITT,
ATTORNEY T L AW,
COLUMBUS, GA.
Office.upstairs,over Col. Holt’s office, Randolph st.
may 26,1855 wA-twtl
BAUGH & SLADE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
WlLLpractieelawin Ytuscogceand theadjoinimcounties
of Georgia and Alabama,
f-gr* Office over Bank >f Coiambus, Broad Street.
ROBKKT BAUGH. J * J * ADE.
Columbus. Ga. March 27 1857. wtwtf
MOBLEY & PARLEY,
ATTORNEYS AT LA W,
HAMILTON, GEORGIA.
Hamilton. Geo. Feb 4, 1858. wtwy *
W. A. BYRD,
attorney at law,
CUTHIIERT— Randolph Coumy, Ga.
WILL praef*- n the Pataulaand Southwestern Cireuits
All business entrusted to his care will received prompt
attention. mayl9— wly.
S.S. STAFFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAV,
BLAKELY,EARLY COUNTY. GA.
ap2 wtf.
WM. M. CHAMBERS. WM-M. ROBBIES. J. A ROBBINS
Chambers, Robbins & Robbins,
attorneys at law,
EUFATJIjA, ALABAMA.
WILL practice in the counties of Barbour, Pike, Henry
Coffee, Pike, Dale and Russell. feb I— wlv
OTDBAS W. (8811,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PRESTON, Webster Comity, Ga.
WILL practice in'the counties of Clay, Chattahoochee,
Webster, Early, Randolph, Stewart and Sumter.
Particnlar attention given to collecting and remitting.
January 27,1857 —wtf.
RAIFORD & BURTS,
ATTOD&re-iexs at X.A.-W:
Ctr S SB T A,
Chattahooche County, Ga.
Will practice in Chattahoochee and adjoining counties
and give prompt attention to the collecting of all cairns
entrusted to their care. „_ T _ , „ n™!’
E. G. RAIFORD. DUNCAN H. BURTb.
T J. GU HN,
attorney at law,
HAMILTON, GA.
WILL attend promptly to all busineess entrusted to him
January 26,1858—w1y.
REDDING St SMITH,
Attorneys at Law,
PRESTOS, WEBSTER COUNTY, GA.
ryWiil practice in Palaula Circuit and adjoining counties.
L. K. REDDING. A. J. SMITH.
Pres -r, February I, 1858—wfim,
GRICE & WALLACE,
AraSMBHSVS ATT ILAW*
BUTLER, GEORGIA.
WILL give prompt attention all business entrusted) to
them.
W L GRICE. WM.B. WALLACE.
December I —wtf
WILLIAM GORDON,
A TT O RNEY AT L A W
NEWTON, ALA.
vy ILL attend promptly to all business confided to his
’ ‘ care in the connttes of Dale, Henry, Cofiee and Pike.
February 27, 1858—wGm-
RO3ERT N. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CRAWFORD, ALA.
September R, 1855. —twAwtl.
PARKER & PARKER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLQUITT
Miller Comity, Georgia.
WILL give their entire attention to the practice in South
western Georgia; will also uive prompt attention to the
collection of all claims entrusted to tbeii care in the ‘ollowing
counties* Baker, Calhoun.*’lay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early,
Lee,Miller. Mit hell. Randolph, Terrell and Worth.
February 1. 1858 wtf
~ R. A. TUKNIPSEED,
A TTOR NE Y A T LAW,
C U Til BERT,
Randolph County, Ga.
HAVING removed from Cusseta, to Cuthbert Ran
dolph ctmry, will give prompt attention to all busi
ness entrusted to bis care. ap27—wtf.
EL AM & OL IV EH,
ATTORNEYS AT LA W,
BUENA VISTA.
MARION COUNTY,GA.
WlLLpracticeinthecountiesof Marion, Macon, lewart
Taylor, Chattahoochee, Kinchafoonee and any of the
adjoiningcounticswbcu their services mav b* required.
WM. I). It LAM . THADKUS OLIVER.
November 10. w tf
J. FOGLE & SOX,
DENTISTS,
Office on Randolph Street,near Broad, Columbus,Ca
Columbus, May 9,1867. wtwtf
WM. F. LEE, D. D. 8.
flflfflFftDENTAL SURGEON.
OFFICE corner of Broad and Randolph Streets,
Columbus, Georgia,
December 17,1856 —w&twtf
Bacon! Bacon!
WE Lave nowonhand and willbe constantly receiving,
’ ’ Prime Tennessee Bacon— Hams, Sides and Shoulders,
which wo will sell at the lowest Commission House prices.
MariO—w&twtf E. BARNARD & CO.
TO THOSE INDEBTED.
WE hereby give notice that all claims due us, and not paid
or satis actorily arranged, prior to the next return day
of the respective counties in which the parties reside, will be
sued. None shall be slighted.
mar2o—wtwtf. E. BARNARD & CO.
HOM BOOKS!
eSayard Taylor’? Northern Travels in Swe
den, Lapland and Norway.
Barton’s Life of Aaron Burr, (new supply.
[Sion’s Travels in South Africa.
White’s Gardening for the South
Spurgeon’s Sermons. Ist,2d, and 3d series.
Inquire Within, or 3700 Facts tor the People.
Just received by J W. PEASE & CLARK.
Columbus, March 23, 1858—wtwtf.
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES !
THE BAOLE3
MANUFACTURING CO.
OFFER their various styles of Goods, comprising
OSNABURGS, YARNS, PASHION (or stripes,)
PINE-KNOT PLAINS, NEGRO KERSEYS,
SOUTHERN LINSEYS, “TRUCK FOR
TROWSERS.” COTTON ROPE,&c. &c.
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
They invite the'special attention of the Trade to their
Stock which is complete in every respect.
J. RHODES BROWNE, Agent.
Columbus. Dec. 5, 1857. twit wtf
BEDELL & WEEMS
Wholesale and Retail
GROCERY DEALERS
©©DaisaaißiiSf) ©is®*
VS7ILL keep constantly on hand a well selected Stock
comprising all articles in their line, which are offered
to their Iriends and the public generally at the LOWES'I
MA RKET PRICES. Give us a call.
LOCK WEEMS. A. G. BEDELL,
Columbus Ga. Dec. 22. wtwtf.
HARE CHANCE FOR
A Beautiful Summer Residence,
SITUATED on the Opelika Rail Road, at Younge’s
Station, Russell county, Alabama, with comforttble
dwelling, all necessary outhouses (newly built,) with
eighty tour acres of land attached, with two springs ot
superb water, convenientlo the house. There is ou the
premises two fine young peach orchards, and a genetal
variety of select fruit trees.
F r a permanent or summer residence it cannot be ex
celled as to health, convenience and good society-
The turniture will be sold, if desired with the place.
Terms— Low and easy
Aunlv to W. C- Yonge, near the premises, or to
D P, ELLIS,
April 27, 1858-ts . Columbus.
A Splendid Cottun Plantation,
FOR SALE.
HAVING determined to go west, I offer my
Jajpfplace for sale, lying on Spring Creek, in sight of
Newton Road from Fort Gaines, containing
lMOacres Tbere are two settlements, with all necessary
building?, dwelling ho-ses and plenty of outhouses, good
gin house and screw; five hundred acres ot cleared land,a
large portion of which is lresh. Any person wishing a
good bargain would do well to call and examine the pre
mises. The above place adjoins the lands of Mr. Boy
ineton on the West. Some of the land is very good being
swamplands. GEORGE W. COLLINS.
May 4,1858—w6m.
The Mo mtain City Hydro-theraputic insti
tute-
FOR full particulars, address T. Carleton, M. D. at
Dalton, Ga. Dalton is situated 100 Miles from At
lanta, and 40 miles from Chattanooga, on the Georgia
State Road. Dalton, May I—mayll w3m.
SALE OF TOWN LOTS.
ON the first Monday in June next (the 7th,) we will sell
at public auction, to the higest bidder, Business and
Residence Lots in the town of Ellaville, the county site of
Schley County, Ga.. which is located less than one halt
mile due north of Pondtown, on the road leading from
to Columbus in a high elevated oak and hickory
grove. Terms made known on the day of sale. Also,
sealed proposals will be received up to the same time, lor
the building of a Court House aod Jaii. Plans .and spec
ifications can be seen at the Clerk’s Office.
R| >BT. BURTON, tie
JOHNSON SPRINGER, J i c.
JAMES MURRAY, J i c.
ROBT. W. WILKINSON,J I c
GEO. W. JOHNSON, j i c.
May 11. 1858—w3t.
THE LAST CALL I
MONEY WANTED.
THE subscriber having purchased the entire interest ol
V. R. TOMMEY, in the Notes and accounts of the
late firm of J. ENNIS & CO., (which firm wasdissolved
on the first Oct. 1855,) would earnestly solicit all indebted
to said firm, either by note or account, to call at the store
ol J. Ennis & Cos., and settle the same,or they will find
their Notes and Accounts in the hands of an officer for
collection. L ENNIS.
Columbus, Oct. wtwtf
ct THE UNION OF THE STATES AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.”
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1858.
PUTTERS’ WARE-HOUSE.
@THIS undersized have this day purchased the
Warehouse property of STEWART, CRAY & CO.,
and will continue the business (so ably and satisfac
orily conducted by them) under the firm and style ol
DILLARD, POWELL & CO.
i\\ \A\\ In soliciting a continuar.ee of the patronage so lib-
HuumHerally extended to our predecessors, we take occa
BGS9;ion to st that no labor will be spared by us to sub
serve the interest of our customers and friends,and we shall
at all times b pr aredto extend them usual facilities.
F. W. DILLARD,
R.H. POWELL,
N. . SCOTT,
ADDIS >N FRAZIER.
WESLEY WILLIAMS.
Columbus,July Ist, 1857.
The above will inform the public that we have sold our
Warehouse propertvto .Messrs Dillard, Powell &Co.,and we
take great pleasure in recommending them as every way
worthy of public patronage, and solicit a continuance of the
patronage of our former customers and friend for the present
concern. STEWART, GRAY & CO.
Julv B—w&twtf.
FONTAINE AND LOWELL
FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSES.
g-ggaa HUGHES, DANIEL & CO.,
HN99[9 Having associated with them Wesley C.SEtiHN
YiWxNl Hodges, and taken the Lowell in addition to HjftlftfV
the t ontaiue Warehouse, and having greatly increased their
storage capacity, will continue the Warehouse, Re
ceiving, Forwarding, and Commission Bu
siness, under the firm name ol
HUGHES, DANIEL & CO.
OFFICE AT THE FONTAINE WARE-HOUSE*
Our particular attention will be given to the sale of Cotton
and other consignments. We are prepared to afford all fa
cilities usual in our business. Libera) Cash Advances made
on Cotton,in store or for shipment to other points
Bagging, Rope, Salt dfcc., will be furnished our
customers at current rates, and ordersof every description,
win meet with prompt attention. Thankful for the liberal pa
tronage of last season, we hope tor its continuance.
WM. If. I UGHES,
WILLIAM DANIEL,
JNO. R. EASTHAM,
‘MI 1857—wtwtf WESLEY 3. HODGES.
ABM TOIK£-ia®®Slk
KING & SOISSBiY,
WARE-HOUSE & COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
COLUMBUS, GA.
fcWVfrjPARTICULAR attention given to the storago
gjgpfljand selling of Cotton. Liberal advances made.
esEiiSßaggingand Rope supplied at the lowest market
prices. July 17—wtwly.
1. W.KING, B. A. SORSBY.
AUCTION A COMMISSION
BUSINESS.
NEW FIRM.
THE undersigned would Inform their friends and the public
that they have .associated themselves together under the
name and style of
HARRISON & PITTS,
at tho old stand Nos. 59and 61 West side Broad Street* for
tho purpose of transacting the
Auction, Commission, and’ Negre Business,
anti solicit their patronage. All business committed tothajr
••are will be promptly and faithful y attended to. They will
give their personal attention to the sale of Real Estate, Ne
groes, -Merchandizeajjd Produce. Having houses filled up*
exprssly for the purpose, they are prepared to board, to pur •
chase an l sell Negroes <n Commission.
Liberal advance* wiilbe made as usual, on Negroes and
Merchandize.
Administrators and Executors’sales attended to on reason
able terms.
Or From 50 to 60 LIKELY NECRG OES of all classes will
bo kept constantly on hand. +
CIIAS*. F. lIARRISON;
GEORGE I. PITTS.
Columbus,July 23,1857. iulv23—wtwtf
J. N. CLARK, Murfreesboro’ J. BRACE, Marietta
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
MURFREESBORO TEWH.
t'gF’Htrlct mention given to purchasing Grain, Bacon, Card
&c. &c„onalI orders enclosing remitt&rcee.
Refcrenceai
J.R. Wilder, Savannah, Charles Campbell. Macon.
T P Stoveatl, Cot. R.L. Mott, Co,unibus.
Hugh, Peters & Cos. Atlanta. Tb mas Joseph. Moutgoro’y
C01..1. H. Gloven, Marietta. Lanier Si. Philips, Nashville,
vVm. Spence, exchange ank, Murfreesboro’Tenu.
February 1,1858. —w6m.
BED-STEADS
A LARGE lot of very neat low post Bedsteads, as low
as @4,00. For sale by J. 11. SIKES,
Columbus, March 4. 36 Broad Street-
THE LIVES
PREPARED BY
DR. SANDF O R D,
COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY .FROM GUMS.
18 one of the best Purgative and ’Liver Medicine now be'ore
the public, that acts as a Cathartic, easier, milder, and
more effectual than any other medicine known. It is not on
ly a cathartic, but a Liver Remedy, acting first on the Liver
to eject its morbid matter then on tho Stomach and Rowels
ta carry oil the matter, thus accomplishing two purposes el
fec’ually, without any of the painful ’eelings experienced in
the operation of most Chathartics. rt streagthensthe system
at the same time that it purges it; and when taken daily in
moderate doses, will strengthen and build up with unusual
rapidity.
The'Ll-vcr is one of tbs trfij principal regulators ot the
human body; and when t fJA uerforms its functions well,
the powers ofthe system arejk.l fully developed. The stomach
is almost eniirelydependent)[on the bealthyaetion ofthe
Liver for the proper peforui I pi J mce of its functions, when the
stomach 1s at faulttbeooweh J l are at fault, and the whole
svstemsufferstn consequent O'one organ—the Liver—
having ceased ,to doits duty f(_j;Por the disease of that or
gan one ofthe proprietor ((J > has made it bis study, in a
practice of more than twent J ! years, to find some remedy
wherewith to counteract t) < j"! many deraugementsto whtch
it is liable.
To prove that this remedy itJfAiit last found any persontrou
bletl with Liver Corn -(j plaint, in any of its forms,
has hut to try a bottle, am (t-HJ on victim, is certain.
These gums remove ’a) EfVj morbid or bad matter fiotn
the system.supplyine in tbeit(|Jj place a healthy flow of bile,
1 vie-ra'ine the st mar! J(, 1 tausing food to digest well,
purifying tire bloorl. i . t ’ ri ’ing tone anilhealth to the
wholemachinery removiniSrC; he cause oi the disease -
effecting a radical cure. J'i , . .
Bilious attacks nr. t, .Jeered, and, vvliat is
better, prevented, occasional use of the
Liver Invigorator. [U t ..... .
t>ne dose alter eali iig issuf ?f™ - fleient to relieve the stomach
and prevent the loocl from) and senring
Only one dose taken before) prevents Aiglit
"'ontj-’one dose taken alt Wi night, loosens the bowels
gently, and cures Cos-i L. Jjtiveneß.
One dose taken after eacl (W-tneal will cure Dyspepsia
|~3Ep"one dose of two tea-spoonsful will always relieve
Sick Headache. ) (
One dose taken for fe-) (male obstruction remove the
cause of the disease, and), , j makes a per ect cure.
Only onedose Immediate!) sryr; relieves cholic, while
One dose often repeated a sure cure for Cholera
Morlms, andapreventaiivi( j ofCliolera.|
only one bottle is t < needed to!} thiow out ofthe
avstem the effects of medi-J cine after a long sickness.
* One bottle taken for (Jaundice removesail sal
lowness or unnatural color) from the skin.
One dose taken a shorn yj Jr, ime before eating gives vi
gor to the appetiteandmakeß jfood digest well.
One dose oftea repeated (vj ‘cures Chronic Diar
rhoea* in its worst forms.? i ,! while SITM ME R and
Bowel complaints yield) r"* (almost to the first doe.
One or two doses cures at- i (tacks caused b>W or m sin
Children; there is no surer AK. safer, or speedier remedy in
the world, as Itfnever fails s|X♦
KjT k few bottles curesjj(Dropsy, by exciting the
absorbants. .
We tsko pleasure in t mending this medicine as a
preventive for Ague, < hill, Fever,
and all Fevers of a Bit. u;lons Type, It operates
withcertainty,and jure willing to testify to its
wonderful virtues. J • *
All who use it are giving their unanimous testimony in its
* Mix water in the mouth with the Invigoratoi and swallow
both together.
THE LIVER INVIGOR
Is a scientific Medical Discovery, and is daily working cures
almost too great for belief. It cures asitby magic, even the
first dose giving benefit, and seldom more than one bottle is
required to cure any kind of Liver Complaint, from the worst
jaundice or dyspepsia to a 1 common headache, allot which are
the result ol a diseased liver.
Price One Dollar per Bottle.
SANFORD & CO. Proprietors, 345 Broadway, New York.
WHOLESALE AGENTS.
Barnes* Park Mew York; T. W. Doytt & Sons, Philadel
phia; M.S. Burr 4-Co. Boston; H.M. Hay* Cos. Portland;
John D. Park, Cincinnati; (i ay lard k Hammond, Cleveland;
Pahnstock &’Davis Chicago; O.J. Wood & Cos. St. Louis
Geo. H. Keyser, Pittsburg; S. S, Hance, Baltimore. And re
tailed by all Druggists.
Sold Wholesale and Retail by
J. S. PEMBERTON & CO.,
BROOKS & CHAPMAN,
DANFORTII 4s NAGEL,
May2o—wtwly and all Drugggists.
Good Night and Pleasant Dreams.
When on its couch of rosy clouds
The burning sun has sunk to rest.
And tired of song, the woodland bird
Is sleeping in its quiet nest —
When evening lays its misty hand
On dewy fiow’re and prattling streams—
How sweet to hear from lips we love.
Good night! good night! and pleasant dreams.
How sweet to hear from lips we love.
Good night, good night, and pleasant dreams.
0! bitter is the exile’s fate,
Who wanders from his peaceful cot;
No gentle wish, or soothing word,
Can mingle in his lonely lot,
On some still bank ol moss and flowers
Beneath the stars inconstant beams,
How sweet to hear from lips we love,
Good night, good night, and pleasant dreams.
How sweet to hear from lips we love,
Good night, good night, and pleasant dreams.
Lay of Encourgement.
BY GILMORE SIMMS.
Oh! what if the prospect be clouded,
And what if the sunlight be fled;
The bright sun himself may be shrouded,
And the bright crown be torn from his head.
But he bends never long to the rigor,
Os tho tempest that beats on his form;
And he comesforth anon full of vigor.
More glorious because of the storm.
From the sun let tho soul take its moral,
Nor shrink neath the battle of life;
Near the cypress grows ever the laurel,
And we pluck as we please from the strife.
Though the foe presses on with his legions,
And we bend for the hour to his will,
Keep calm in the turbulent region-,
And the triumph enures to you still.
Poor Douglas.— lt is said that the last that was
seen of Senator Douglas alter the vote on the
Kansas bill, he was setting on the steps (sober of
course) of the National Capital, with his chin be
tween liis knees repeating the following strain:
“And when I think of what I ar,
And what 1 used to was
I finds I’ve throwed myself away,
Without sufficient cos!”
Look Before You Kick.
A minister recently while on his way to preach
a funeral sermon in the country, called to see one
of his members, an old widow lady, who lived near
the road he was traveling. The old lady had just
been making sausages, and she felt proud of them,
they were so plump, round and sweet. Os course
she insisted on her minister taking some of the
links home to his family. He objected on account
of not having his portmanteau along. This objec
tion was soon overruled, and the old lady after
wrapping them in a rag. carefully placed a bundle
in either pocket of the preacher’s capricious coat.
Thus equipped, he started for the funeral.
While attending to the solemn ceremonies of
the grave, some hungry dogs scented the sausages,
and were not long in tracking them to the pockets
of tho good man’s overcoat. Os course this was
great annoyance, and he was several times under
the necessity of kicking those whelps away. The
obsequies at the grave completed, the minister and
congregation repaired to the church where the fu
neral discourse was to be preached.
After the sermon was finished, the minister halt
ed to make some remarks to his congregation, when
a brother, who wished to have an appointment
given out, ascended the steps of the pulpit, and
gave the minister’s coat a hitch to get his atten
tion. The divine, thinking it a dog hav.ng a de
sign upon his pocket, raised his foot, gave a sud
den kick, and sent the good brother sprawling down
the steps.
“You will excuse me brethren and sisters!” said
the minister confusedly, and without looking at
the work he had just done, “for I could not avoid
has been trying to grab tnem ever since i
upon the premises.”
Our readers may judge of the effect such an an
nouncement would have at a funeral.
Reminiscences or Fox.—lt is quite true, says
Rodgers, as stated in several accounts of him,
that°Fox, when a very young man, was a prodig
ious dandy—wearing a little odd French hat, shoes
with red heels, &c. “He and Lord Carlisle once
travelled from Paris to Lyons for the express pur
pose of buying waistcoats; and during the whole
journey they talked about nothing else.
Fox, (in his earlier days, I mean) Sheridan Fitz
patrick, 4-c.. led such a life I Lord Tankerville
assured me that he has played cards with Fitz
patrick at Brookes’ from ten o’clock at night till
near six o’clock the next afternoon, a waiter stand
ing by to tell them “whose deal it was,” they being
too sleepy to know.
After losing large sums at hazard, Fox would
go home—not to destroy himself as his friends
sometimes feared, but—to sit down quietly and
read Greek.
He once won about eight thousand pounds; and
one of his bond creditors, who soon heard of his
good luck, presented himself and asked for pay
ment “Impossible, sir,” replied Fox, 1 must first
discharge mv debts of honor.” The bond-creditor
remonstrated. “Well, sir, give me your bond.”—
Il was delivered to Fox, who tore it in pieces and
threw them into the fire. “Now, sir,” said Fox,
“my debt to you is a debt ol honor;” and immedi
ately paid him.
The Tender Passion.— Thackeray says, that
when a man is ill love with one woman in a fam
ily,it is asionishing how fond he becomes of every
person connected with it. He ingratiates himself
with the maids; he is bland with the butler; he in
terests himself with the footman; he runs on er
rands for the daughters; be gives advice and lends
monev to the young son at College; he smiles at
old stories, which would make him break out in
vavvnswere they uttered by any one but papa, he
drinks sweet Port wine for which he would curse
the steward and the whole committee of a club; he
bears even with the cantankerous old maiden aunt
—he beats time when darling little Fanny per
forms her piece on the piano; and smiles when
wicked lively little Bobby upsets the coflee over
his shirt.
“Niggers or Nothing.” —The ship-owners on
Saturday evening resolved that “the American flag
covers the cargo,” whether that cargo consists of
niggers “or nothing.” That’s the talk. Suppose an
American war vessel should board an English ship
because it was supposed to be engaged in the coolie
trade; would there not be a row? Yet we must
put up with all kinds of insults, simply because
somebody takes a few niggers from the jungles of
Africa to Cuba. So says the New York Day
Book.
A Good Whitewash. —Take a halt bushel of
fresh burned white lime, and slack it either with
hot or cold water, in a tub or barrel. When tho
roughly slacked, dissolve in the water required to
thin the lime, two quarts of common salt, stir it
thoroughly, add one quart of sweet milk, and it
is ready for use to put on with a brush.
This wash is for the outside of buildings, fences
etc., and is verv durable. Some put glue in while
wash, and others flour and rice paste; but these
render it liable to scale off in very dry weather.
The above wash may be made a cream color by
the addition of ochre.
The above whitewash is all that can be desired
for the interior of houses, excepting the sail, it
must be omitted, as it tends to imbibe moisture. —
French white is superior to lime washes for the
ceilings of rooms, as it is not so liable to turn yel
lowish in color, but it rubs off so easily that it can
not be used for walls.
jgp” “Why are there so few convicts in the
Michigan Penitentiary this year?” asked Sam’s
friend a day or two since. “Why,” said Sam,
“they send them by the Pontiac Rail Road and
t teir time expires before they get there.”
A man of philosophical temperament resembles
a cucumber —for although he may be completely
cut up, he always remains cool.
Suicide of “Frank Forrester.” —Henry Wm.
Herbert, better known as “Frank Forrester,” who
for the past twenty-five years has written several
works of fiction and treatises on games of various
kinds, committed suicide this morning at the Ste
vens house, Broadway, by shoo ing himself in the
heart with a pistol. He at one time published the
American Monthly Magazine, in connexion with
Charles Fenno Hoffman, anu has writted for near
ly every literary periodical of character in this
country. He was born in England, in 1812, and
came to this country about a quarter of a century
ago. H.s father was a distinguished Dean in the
church of England, and of aristocratic stock. Mr.
Herbert leaves a widow to whom he had been mar
ried but three months. The coroner will hold an
inquest this afternoon. Domestic and other troub
les are the causes assigned for the act. — N. Y.
Journal of Commerce.
Mr. Herbert’s Letter to the Press*
The following letter addressed to the Press oi America,
was found upon the table of Mr. Heroert, with the follow
ing inscription on the envelope.
“TO THE PRESS OF AMERICA.”
“The Tribune, Times, Courier and Enquirer, with
a request to copy.”
“To the Press of the United States of America.'’
“Before going to my account, I would say a few
words to the Press of America, and to men among
whom I have for many years been more or less
associated. ,
‘I have my faults,my failings; I have done my
share of evil in my life, as all men have done ;
perhaps I have done my share of good likewise.’
‘Of my private history, few men know anything,
fewer still know much—no one knows the whole;
it cannot concern the public to know anything.
Asa writer let me be judged; as a man let my
God Judge me.
I implore not praise, not a favorable construc
tion—l implore silence For what I have to ac
count with God, let me account with God, and
not willi man, who may uncertainly perceive arid
distinguish facts, but certainly cannot perceive,
causes or divine notions or intentions.
“1 do not ask charity—l only implore silence.
‘Let the good that I have done, if any, be in
terred with my bones; let the evil, also—for the
evil, I can say positively, is such as can do no evil
after me. I have taught. I have inculcated, I have
pur forth nothing which I did not believe to be
good and true. In all my writings, I have writ
ten no line of which I am ashamed, no word which
I desire to blot.
‘I have done many things wrongly, many things
of which I am ashamed, many things of which I
have sincerely repented, many things under the
pressure arid temptation of poverty and necessity,
to which I am not accustomed by my condition,
which I hope I should not do again under any
temptation.
I am very sorry I have been weak at times and
have fallen ; who has not done so ?
“For justice sake, for charity’s sake, for God’s
sake, let me rest. I bear an honorable name.—
1 have striven hard, in great trials, in great
temptations, in a foreign country, in a false posi
tion among men who did not, perhaps could
not, sympathize with me, to keep it honora
ble—as you would have your own names hon
ored and your sons preserve them to you, 1 charge
yon do not dishonor mine. Few will miss me
when I am gone probably none lament me—so be
it! Only, I implore you do not misinterpret and
malign me.
“Having said this, I have said nearly all—one
word more only—if, as I presume will be the case,
my earnest and hopeful appeal for repose be disre
garded—if the vultures ofthe press pounce on my
cold remains, to tear, through them the heartstrings
of my living relatives —to blazon forth all my mis
fend me. Defence only provokes bitter attack,and
gives a keener tooth to scandal.
“I die, forgiving every man who has wronged
me, asking forgiveness of every man whom I have
wronged. I have atoned, so far as I know, or can
atone, for every wrong 1 have ever done.
“I have the means, I believe, if they be carefully
managed, to pay everything that I owe, and, per
haps, to leave a small surplus.
‘I never shrank, while I was alive, from meeting
the consequences of my deeds face to face. I never
said a word to a man’s back which 1 would not or
did not say to his face.
“Remember now, all you that would assail me,
that my back is tamed forever; that henceforth I
can disprove no slander that is spoken of me; that
from no accnsation, how false soever, can I prove
myself not guilty. Os all cowardice, the most base
and cruel is to strike the dead, who can make no
defence or answer.”
“I ask no praise. Do not praise me—probably I
deserve none.”
“I deserve reproach, doubtless, for I am mortal,
and have sinned. Say so, then, of me if yon say
anything, and let my sins go with my mortality to
His judgement, who can tell, not only when and
where, but why they were committed and how far
they have palliation—how far they deserve par
don.”
“Remember, also, when you judge me, that of
all lives, mine has been the most unhappy.”
‘•No counsellor, no friends, no country have been
mine lor six and twenty dreary years; every hope
has broken down under my foot as soon as it
touched it, every spark of happiness has been
quenched as soon as it has been kindled.
If I have sinned much and sorrowed much, I
have also loved much more perhaps than I have
either sinned or sorrowed. It is the last drop that
overflows the golden bowl, the last tension that
breaks the silver chord. My last hope is gone—
my last love and my life go together—and so,
good night to HENRY’ HERBERT.
May 18, 1858.
Sketch of Luther by Carlyle.
A coarse, rugged, plebian face it was, with great
crags of cheek-bones—a wild amount of passionate
energy and appetite ! But in his dark eyes were
floods of sorrow ; and deepest melancholy, sweet
ness, and mystery were ali there. Often did there
seem to meet fa Luther the very opposite poles in
man’s character. He, for whom Richter had said
that his words were half battles ; he, when he first
began to preach,suffered unheard agony. “Oh, Dr.
Staupitz,” said he to the vicar-gerieral of his order,
“I shall die in three months. Indeed I cannot do
it.”
Dr. Staupitz, a wise and considerate man, said
upon this, “Well, sir, Martin, if you must die, you
must; but remember that they need good heads
up yonder too. So preach, man, preach, and then
live or die, as it happens.” So Luther preached
and lived, and he became, indeed, one great whirl
wind of energy, to work without resting iD this
world, and also, before he died, he wrote very many
books—booas in which the true man—for in the
midst of all they denounced and cursed, what
touches of tenderness lay. Look at the Table Talk
for example.
\/e see in it a little bird, having alighted at sun
set on the bough of the pear tree that grew in Lu
ther’s garden. Luther looked upon it and said :
“That little bird, how it covers its wings, and will
sleep there, so still and fearless, though over it are
the infinite starry spaces, and the great blue depths
of immensity. Yet it fears not—it is at home.—
The God that made it too, is there.” The same
gentle spirit of lyrical admiration is in the other
passages of his book. Coming home from Leipsic
in the autumn season, he breaks forth into living
wonder at the fields of corn. “How it stands
there,” he says, “erect on the beautiful taper stem,
and bending its beautiful golden head with bread in
it—the bread of man sent to him another year.”—
Such thoughts as these are as little windows,
through which we gaze into the interior of the
depths of Martin Luther’s soul, and see visible,
across its tempests and clouds, a whole heaven of
light and love. He might have painted—he might
have sung—could have been beautilul like Ra
phael, great like Michael Angelo.
| The chess prodigy, Paulain, is playing ten games
at once blindfolded at that, in Chicago,
Expunctlon of the Rule on Slavery.
It is known to our readers that the discipline oi the
Methodist church contained a rule on this subject whicii
forbade “the buying and selling of men, women and chil
dren with an intention to enslave them.” The rale israth
er pliant by reason of its phraseology, and, accordingly, has
been made to bend to two constrcctions—one repudiating
the African Slave trade—the other, the institution of sla
very itself. It will be readily understood, why the exis
tence o I the rule was a source of great annoyance to the
church, South. This feeling found expression at various
times in efforts to secure its expuuction- The annual
Conference of the Slate of Alabama was the first to move
in the matter. Its action was followed up by simitar ac
tion on the part of other annual conferences until the re
quisite majority (three fourths) was obtained, and now in
obedience to their united recommendation the general con
ference closes the matter by striking the offensive rule from
the record. The vote on the resolution to expunge was,
yeas 140 ; nays 8 ; absentees 3.
Asa matter of interest, of many of our readers we sub
join the following remarks of Bishop Pierce delivered im
mediately after the above vote had been taken
Mr. President : I desire to make a remark cal
culated, perhaps, to allay the feeling of the body in
relation to the action just had. The design of the
Alabama Conference in originating that resolution,
and of the Annual Conferences which have sup
ported it, is misapprehended by some. The whole
philosophy of the proceeding seems to be founded
on the fact, that it is not the province of the Church
to decide any question with reference to African
slavery. The Southern Church maintains that sla
very is not a subject ofecelesiastical legislation.—
The single object was, that while we disclaimed
•he right of legislation on that subject, we wished
to make the Discipline cotilorm to that profession.
The Conference, by its action this morning, has not
parted with its authority, or the authority or the
authority of the Church, over its members, in any
respect. Every member of the Church claims to
be a loyal citizen. We declare here that African
slavery is a purely civil institution; and there is
no reason for alarm about losing Church control.—
If we turn to the 23d Article of Religion, we shall
find there that the Church retains its proper author
ity over its members with reference to this subject.
We therefore, by this act, simply maintain our
original position—that of having nothing to do with
the subject of slavery more than any other civil
matter over which the laws of the country are ex
tended. I beg the brethren therefore to be easy.
There is nothing here to warrant any construction
looking towards a repeal ofthe laws of the United
States in regard to the African slave trade. There
is no occasion for sensitiveness, nor for any legis
lation on the subject anywhere else. No harm has
been done to anybody to-day. We have only set
ourselves right on a vexed question, and we may
safely defy all the efforts of our enemies, North and
South, to damage the Church for taking a clera
position upon this subject.
METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE.
From the Nashville papers and private sources
we learn that” the following action transpired in
this body on Wednesday last:
GENERAL RULE ON SLAVERY.
The order of the day now came up: the report
of the committee appointed yesterday to digest and
arrange the chief merits of the several propositions
that had been submitted to the Conference touch
ing ‘he Generul Rule on Slavery.
T. O. Summers, chairman of that committee, read
the report, as follows:
Report ofthe Committee on expanding the Gen
eral Rule forbidding the buying and selling of men,
women and children , with an intention to enslave
them.
The committee appointed to report a preamble
and resolutions in regard to the expunction ofihe
rrt&Wfl-GvLGfiaW-d RuJny ;‘jijo r lui^uur
fol owing as the result of their de.iberaiions:
Whereas, The rule in the General Rulesof the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, fofbidding
“the buying and selling of men, women and chil
dren, with an intention to enslave them,” is ambig
uous in its phraseology, and liable to
as antagonistic to the institution of slavery, in re
gard to which the Church has no right to meddle,
except in enforcing the duties of masters and ser
vants, as set forth in “the Holy Scriptures; and
whereas, a strong desire for the expunction e*'said
rule has been expressed in nearly all parts of out
ecclesiastical connection ; therefore,
Resolved, 1. By the delegates of the Annual
Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, in General Conference assemhl and, that the
rule forbidding “the buying and selling of men,
women and children, with an intention to enslave
them,” be expunged from the General Rules of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Resolved, 2 That in adopting theforegoing res
olution this Conference expresses no opinion in
regard to the African slave trade, to which the rule
in question has been “understood” to refer.
Resolved, 3. That the Bishops, or others presi
ding in the Annual Conferences, t e and are hereby
instructed to lay the foregoing resolutions before
each of the Annual Conferences at their next en
suing sessions, for their concurrent action.
Resolved, 4. That the President ot each Annual
Conference shall be required, as soon as possible
after the adjournment of the Conference, to report
to the Book Editor the vote on the resolution to
expU’ ge the rule in question ; and when the Book
Editor shall have received returns from all the
Annua! Conferences voting on the said resolution,
he shall lay the information before one of the Bish
ops, and if it shall be found that there is a concur
rence of three fourths of ail the members of the
Annual Conferences present, and voting on the
resolution in favor of the expunging of the rule,
the Bishop shall direct the Book Editor to expunge
it accordingly.
Resolved, 5. That if any Annual Conference or
Conferences refuse or neglect to vote on the afore
said resolution, the members of such Conference
or Conferences shall not be counted for or against
the expunging of the rule.
Resolved, 6. That the publication of the forego
ing preamble and resolutions in the Church papers
shall be considered a sufficient notification of the
action of this Conference in the premises.
Resolved, 7. That the Bishops are respectfully
requested to 6et forth in the Pastoral Address the
platform occupied by the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South, on the relation of masters aud ser
vants, agreeably to the principles contained in the
foregoing preamble and resolutions.
This report was adapted by a vote of ayes, 140
—nays, B—absentees, 3.
The Methodist Conference on Dress.
The subject of amending the Discipline of the
Methodist Church by expugning the rule prohibi
ting gaudy attire and ornament was discussed in
the general Conference on Thursday
The resolution in question recommends the stri
king out from the Discipline section 8, on page
108, entitled “Os Dress.”
Mr. Lusk was in favor of striking out the rule,
because it was a dead lettei.
What class of Methodists conformed to this rule?
Go into our churches in Louisville, Nashville,
Charleston, New Orleans, and gold was seen ev
erywhere, in every form that it would be seen up
on a Broadway dandy in New York. Such wl
the laxity of administration, that candidates would
be received into the church, though loaded down
with a weight of gold under which they could
scarcely walk. Persons would be taken into full
connection, would be licensed to preach, would be
recommended to the traveling connection, though
wearing gold in every form. It was a reproach.—
It was thrown to us in every part of the Connec
tion. Why then retain the rule, which was a
dead letter? That we might revive it? As well
think of reviving an Egyptian mummy, that had
been sleeping three thousand years! The Speaker
continued to declaim in a most edifying manner
about gold studs, and gold sleeve buttons, and
gold spectacles, and gold watch-chains, and gold
headed canes, and five hundred dollar diamond
breastpins; and his style rose to the sublimity of
hia theme, and his speech throughout was fraught
P. H. COLQUITT, Editor.
with n most refreshing fervor. Methodist preach
ers, he said, would hasten to meet the rich, loaded
down with jewelry, when they came forward to
join the church, while the poor and afflicted were
neglected and uncared for, etc., etc.
Mr. Drake, and Mr J. E. Edwatds opposed
striking out. L. Pearce offered an amendment.
L. M. Lee was in favor of erasing it, because it
was too vague, and dictating about dress was a
delicate matter. Mr. Maffitt, said the speaker,
when asked why he did not preach against dress,
replied, that when he went bird-shooting, he al
ways tried to shoot down the bird, and not to shoot
off the feathers. So ministers had enough to do
to preach Christ and him crucified.
Other remarks were made, when, on the call
for the previous question by E. Wadsworth, the
subject was indefinitely postponed.
Bishop Soule, with reference to the foregoing,
said : It is made the duty of the preachers to
read the General Rules (with reference to super
fluous ornaments) once a quarter in every society,
and once a year in every congregation. Has this
been done? and may it not be that the neglect on
the part of the preachers on this important point in
the instructions, may have contributed in some de
gree to the increase of superfluity of ornament
in the Church ? If this had been carried out
faithfully by the preachers, I thmk there would
have been an improved condition of things in res
pect to this matter. The brother said this section
had done no good. I think very differently. At
least, sir, fifty years ago it did good The Metho
dists of that day were a simple people under the
observance of their rules. They knew each other
everywhere they met. They came out from the
world, sir—they were separated from the world.
The Catholic Church and the Slave Question.
The Archbishop and Bishops of the Catholic
Church, who receotly assembled in provincial coun
cil in Baltimo-e, have issued a pastoral letter to the
clergy and laity of that denomination. Among other
subjects to which it refers is the slavery question.
We make the following extract:
“The peaceful and conservative character of our
principles, which are adapted to every form of
government and every state of society, has been
tested and made manifest in the great political
struggles that have agitated the country on the
subject of domestic slavery. Although history
plainly testifies that the Church has always befrien
ded the poor and laboring classes, and effectually
procured tho mitigation of the evils attached to
servitude, until through her mild influence it pas
sed away from the nation of Europe; yet she has
never disturbed established order or endangered
the peace of society by following theories ol philan
thropy.
“Faithful to the teachings and example of the
apostles, she has always'taught servants to obey
their masters, not serving to the eye merely, but
as to Christ, and in His name she commands mas
ters to treat their servants with humanity and jus
tice, reminding them that they also have a Master
in heaven. We have not, therefore, found it ne
cessary to modify our teaching with a view of
adapting it to local circumstances. Among us
there has been no agitation on this subject. Our
clergy have wisely abstained from all interference
with the judgment of the faithful, which should
be free on all questions of polity and social order,
within the limits, ofthe doctrine and law of Christ.
We exhort you, venerable brethren, to pursue this
course, so becoming the “ministers of Christ and
dispensers of the mysteries of God.” Let the dead
bury their dead. Leave to worldings the cares and
anxieties of political partizanship, the struggles for
ascendancy, and the mortifications of disapp”inted
ambition. Do not, in anv way, identify the inter
ests ofour holy faith with the fortunes of any par
ty ; but, preaching peace and good will to all man
kind, study only to win to truth the deluded cliil
to Christ.”
Presbyterian Crukch. —ln the General As
sembly, says the Savannah Republican the Rev.
Mr. Coe, Secretary of Church Extension Commit
tee, presented a report of the action of the commit
tee during the year past, of which the following is
a summary:
The receipts from all sources during the past
year exceed those of the previous year nearly SISOO.
618 churches have sent in their contributii'iis.—
The amount appropriated to churches this year is
nearly SIO,OOO above that distributed the past
voar. The applications for relief required a fund
$(2,000 larger than what would have sufficed last
year The balance in the trea-mry at the close of
last year was $8,634,58. The receipts from Anril
1, 1857, to April 2, 1858, amount to $24,74115;
tfie expenditures to $24, 381,03-leaving and appro
priate balance in the treasury of $8,991,70. 76
churches have been aided in the construction of
church edifices. 47 of this number cost from
SSOO to 2500,22 from $2 500 to $5,000 ; 7 over
SSOOO. During the two and a half years the com
mittee have been at work they have aided in the
construction of 205 church offices. The work of
the committee, it is evident, has been among the
poor. The committee have knowledge of 450 or
ganized churches which have no house of worship.
The average contribution to a needy church has
been SIOO. The operations of the commifee have
been conducted without collecting agents or a corps
of salaried offieeis.
Be Cheerful—There are not a few who, even
in this life, seem to be preparing themselves for
the smileiess eternity to which they lo> k forwaad,
by banishing all gayety from their hearts and all
joyousness from their countenances. I meet one
such in the street not unfrequently, a person of in
telligence and education, but who gives me, and
all that pass, such a rayless and chilling look ot re
cognition, something as if he were one ofHeaveat’s
assessors, come down to “doom” every acquain
tance he met, that 1 have sometimes begun to
sneeze on the snot, and gone home with a violent
cold, dating from that instant. I don’t doubt he
would cut his kitten’s tail off, if he caught her play
ing with it. Please, tell me, who taught her to
play with it ?— Holmes.
Green in Ladies’ Dresses. —Something singu
lar, if not significant, is the amazing predominance,
just now, of the tint of green in ladies’ habiliment.
In a large sale of valuable shawls recently, it was
noticed that this grateful hue was prominent in
ail the most beautiful, late and costly patterns.—
The flounces of-ilks, bareges and grenadines, show
the same color. The bonnet materials incline to
it, and triumphs in the wreaths and sprays that
flourish so near the cheek ot beauty. It is not the
golden green ofthe moss, or the rosebud, nor the
silk of the young ear, nor the verdure of the ten
der grass of April; it is a chastened, sober green,
pure and delicate as the crested sea wave and al
lying itself harmoniously with the pale violet and
the Tilac blossoms. It has a freshness that suits
the spring costume, and a coolness, that attracts
the eye atnid th heats of summer. Yet, it has
never been so universally a favorite as now. —
Fashion seems in love with nature for once, and
resolved to appropriate her livery.— New York
Express.
Protect the Robin. —lt is found that robins sub
sist chiefly upon the worst enemies of the frui*
trees, the curculios. Not the first particle of vege
table matter is ever found in the crop of a single
bird. This settles the question in favor of the
robin, and he who kills one of the beautilul song
ster, for sport, or food, or an other cause, deserves
to be fed with wormy fruit for the remaining years
of his natural life.
“A Vinculo Matrimonii." —Out of thirteen ca
ses, tried at the present session of Bibb Superior
Court, (as given in the Georgia Citizen) and
which is not half through, five were libels for di
vorce. - .
What a sad commentary upon the matrimonial
condition of Bibb.
The tobacco chewer is said to be like a gooie in
a Dutch oven—always on the spit.
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