The corner stone. (Columbus, Ga.) 1853-186?, January 01, 1861, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTl!£ GOBNEtt* STONE, Is i üblislied Weekly at $2 a year. IN fill', MA-'ONiO 111 Lb 111 iLUINC, East Side of Broad Street. Columbus. RATES OF ADVEKTISfYO. VDVi'.iaiSUMKN'r.s dgA.M’IGtioUSLY IX scried at<>3k DukLSH pet squnry I'*’ the. rtfs> usurtion, ftml Fifty ceriiftoi’ inch subsequent in wi-tiou. -Vmipa<-U for advertising by tlx- can* he marl-* ou liberal iM'in*. i Ip,:fHmw it# V{th >ut- limitation, will **e |>ii dished unlit forbidnii(l obnrgod accordin': % r| ri ■> :| KiC'SliMlfx of GHadi.lnto#forotfiee, lo !i- |i li for ar t.lie usual ‘‘ales, A<lvurlijjiu'-ti<?MN Mwa n Be publish*.} itiior-liug.fr>) legal requirement,-unless ,i|.li.r*li>> or Iwvii, -at til- *ot!o.vi 111! rati s: Dititiou :i bett-rsof ft Iministiwlron $2 “f> ” Dismissal - } Awn “ t 3<> *> “ (jiiardiamdup. ?. l!0 to sell unml or Xt'orors • 6 CO s.-ilt-s of personal ,>rap-wr..., HI lav V3’l r - 8/O Sale* of bail lor \'eg rues by Executors 1 ‘"j Msliays, two wVutfs 1 ,;l < ] ’ Till-: UlllNKll STOSS - BOOK AN IL J OB I’inXTl Nr 01'’Ktifffc, BOOK, JO-B Jp’ AMD i* it / . V‘S • *V > M X SONIC ‘ll V Vl* s rtW a WlXti I with th* iffijiw > „ J l t large- ‘tivfuiy f<> do work; we’ afe ‘now fuly prepared to j>\ elite every dct.e'e.iiCiun of . -J 0 ,r . . ■ 1 c M < oi . * : ■ ■ i t , ■t: -; j- !■ I’;r I t I- •■'■■■ • A nv'.i’r vie following named VihnKV-lfiot. on and will lie iii-.ii'n \ -hN.short a dice; aud any work sent iii shalHie prdjs.nly <CT if PAMIULKTS, : HAS- Mt.hß, * f>. Its, fbitJmTiuilS, iTl'i<tH.\MMEB, df TULA‘<9, liAL’L I'UJICETS, OABfca, VISITING CAUD9, At HKAD9, BLV NK N OTES , ijK BLAN'ES, fib! H OF'nXOH ANGK. .i^jjkeh>USE ItKGKII’Tf.. fii 1 1 every kind used and a nwlernte prices.. Give us a rail. “^TiofTcl THESE FACTS! ! rtpflß people as a whole, Licr.ernlfy look to JL thi if pecuniary interests, and in o doing, Wady of them win have fried it. find that at the If M'S! II I'&t?¥TrP’ ® IpIV. ? I? L-.TM-SJ. i. XH’ >3 i , C w Mu, No, 135, Broad ‘ treet, COMJ.HBU.y, A.. IS TU 10 PL Aaw AVI! KB E JAMES A. WHITESIDE i otlVring uivul. in<l u<*• MolL*;u evish Inn ••*. lor lie is Selling his go* Us lor ensh AT RETAIL, from 15 to 25 cents-if--** i’ tuo tio lfir ilim the usual re* •i•j >i e s. Ol ifiisfaci, every one nii kifi 1 ; juirch ise cmii he > iiclit tl l>y exeming my igooJh uni* learning the lees < I tin m. hven I irlicie gninnltteci ns r , j'rf j*eiJte<l. Ami uW WHOLESALE, M\ prices are such as eit not fait ?> give eulire and imluce ,\it rchants in talio euun try t.tfj nvor in ■ with ilit-ir orlt is. 1 mn nal led to Bel gouts in like quaiitilies as U>nv in uanj iu stu icefl. ns tlu*y can he laid down from CHARLESTON, OR, — 1 f*i respect lul ly soiiuit ;i call fr<*:n all who would save money i<* baying, n*i at the same tin e oh’nii. slit si i in* imtl. JAM! S A. WHITESIDE, Wool, sale and li*4rfiii U uggist, C3i<lumhus, Georgia. v 20. 1850 ts I>RU(i STORE ‘ Un iLiii.ua’ .fc OiIAL- .11 AN, at the old stand of A N F ORTH & NAG E L .* COLUMBUS, (i 11 cep cohsliutly on hand n large slock ol F.2 US 31* A .'n 2> i; a & D LUS & MEiHEii\ ] ES> Also. Paints. Oils. Potash. Con gress Water, Spices, Pure Brandies and 11 iues, Brushes , Soda, Toilet Arliclesjor L \DI i'.S AND UEN i LIi.VIEN’S USE. FINE CLi ‘iRS, Denial ami fursical liisliiiinr Is, ©mp®, riSIHNIi TAClvfJn, fin r iun Bj iW s, and ill othej articles usually liepb for sale in Drugstore, which they off.-jtdn VCCOMOD V l I.NG TERMS. Mr. FOSTER S. i’ll I’d AN, of the la*e firm of Brooks & Gbapman. and Mr. Oliver Danfort whose services have li en retained by the firm may both be found constantly at the Store, and !rjm llieii long experience in the business, fele wiranted in asking a liberal share of patronage from til eit friends and the public generally. Dr ,1. A. URQUHART F S. CHAPMAN. No-13 june 16—ts. j.u; SI K ES jVNd ms Fis i* u i 4 ss a*ej I am now receiving a good supply of rUHraJTLIHE^ WHit ii i WISH TO II RN INTO money or its equivalent. You aho vvniil sui If articles, call and let us see if we can’t trade. 48 Broad Street. * Coluuilins. (Ja. Oct, 23, ISBO, if CDT'ITO-'K, COTTON, t OTTOS. Cosri on is now relliisg at a good price, and if the notes and accounts past due to J. Fnnis * fc Cos., are not soon paid, suits will he instituted nidiserimiiiately A word to tin wiseissufficient,. J. ENNIS & CO. October 26,1858 dwt.f. r PWO MONT f t after date, application will Abe made to the Ordinary of Muscogee couu ty. for leave to*sell the real estate ol Kctnrah C. Ector, deceased. JOHN G. BETIIUNE, Adm.r. Nov. 13, ISfSOi ‘ 2m TTI tTi tT\ CYt K f’-RT* TSI/\"^ ip jO-yj;.., s'j \ A d il-MjEl j i lUAI Hie ■ • L-IHLOT J.I.K •- \l - *'i ; T : LOCAL AHD LOHVIC’O tiW? ‘ VOL. *®l (Ti'ORGIA CA|l|lilvES. : I> ‘ V H^^^^HKhlli e I , V mnpuiiu ‘ . )%: now lo ol’ j ; fch*ir jn A* ot t e.ndc ■ -1’ A a'.d had l '; i'iiii-ii, tii tfimds r. p|klj. inly i.fiViAPlii rfils or stay t 111 “ n” 1 A'OtTAGE'SEiy.’ pisLCfs* ,-m.ro* I a NUMni-.il OF | \l^r T I; VLLY ’ T [STJIKZISIKITS©, Which 1 will dispose of Ciibai*. ,1. H. SIKES. Golunibus Ni vein’ior 6. iSHO. ts POTIOEt . f?ROM and ftl'ter this date th* ? Tin wars Afanu i. fiicturing Busimoss, iu al! its various ornifh— es, I'.iTelofm v conducted unCer ih iuun<‘ *t 13. Hicks, ngout, i direotilinm-l, mid \yi I hoiv after lo carried on ehiirely hy the unlyrsign**d. rTht* subscriher resp-. c'lully ti n-A’is his s- s vi <k*s to the of ♦’olumhus and surround in country, in the rnanufiicluring <>f TIN,’ SHEET IRON, GCSPiPiEJI WAU&s □ ALSO, R oof ng, G a tier \ up;, and every ol h r f ind of work co.iii rted v\ ii.li ih< Ti i Ware Ainuufnoi.nring iiuß.n>s. ‘SOOKiEG <mm f of various |> iitciiis. coustant.l\ on liaii . u 1 at prices to suit the tim -s. As li’ t’ iul to SHLL A M \LL LKOK. I S. aoha re of public initronagu is r speck ili\ solic ited. <'all at. No*E i8 Broad street, two •••ors be low Mas nic Hull, at the sikMi of the (to i '. Oft, 8— .101 IN ‘l'. W T 'l !’ i* A k* Ti .-A COMMISSION WAREHOUSE, 1 AND PRINTERS’, DEPOT. For the sale of WRITING, PiUMISti, ESVKLOPB ANDiiiLOiilili | I’Ai’ERS, CARDS AND iPuHurjiM® i OF ALL KINDS. . * /\ “DiU f-v - J v -uV ~, I . 1■ if ~r 1 64. 4.V < v> And olliei I’rinlii c i’n s.-- makers PRIN : !M; INKS, <>t’ iU.S'I 01 !,iTY Al’ *■ \ ivU lUib Ri 1 RIUES. v ro vi..i:ciian is. The subsci ibfi hejjs to call atti-iitii'i t is •j LAiStSiE ©Tf- ex D :f ani< vyiLUTiM) i .\i i:; ol al kinds, which h- will s‘l very low *‘ou cash or short credit t<ii luru* sutne. j Si:*!! WALK Est, I2t Meetingßl-.,oharlesi< ? S. P Oct.l . 33 t IIAII Ii ISON A PUTS, AUG BO BROKEBS. j No. (j 1 iiroud bt., ColuiuLus, (fa. j would notiiy our hb*nds and the pub j \\ Ii c generally, that we shall coiMii ue the above line of business at our old stand. *).u j house is large ami arranged expressly for the .*,<•- j (Minin oI at ion Bof l aoers and 11• ir negroes, AV e are in the i tuiness poition of the city, and en venient to tin Bankii g louses. Persons having j negroes to sell and those wishing to purchase, w ill find it to their interest to call on us. as no j efforts wil he spaied to please ail who may, pine their business in om ch rgC. T Lib ra ! advances made on negroes left with us for sale. likely lot of young negroes of all class es always on hand. Heniemb.r and call at tho old stand. No. Cl Broad street. HARK ISON <fe PITTB. Columbus. Oa., Sept, IS, lsCu—ly. LO HACEMOS K I> 13 F F Hi S A P KOPI A l Uiafil F iaß‘}iaa* Nfolir WE WILL SELL OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF FUMTUBE, CARRETIAG CURTAIN MATERIAL, AT COST FOR CASH. Dillingham & Denson. Columbus, Apr : l 4. 7-ts. The Newspaper of the South. THE CHARLESTON MERCURY GIIVES the latest and most, reliable political, * commercial and general news from ail parts ot the world. Its special correspondents furnish by Mail and Telegraph, full and ear-y accounts . of everything of interest that transpires in the ! great citieg ol Europe and /’ inerica l’he News of the South Deceives special attention. Politically, the Mercuuy reprosmil-s the States 11 it'llls ivsiatance element, and ailv icates the un i.iii of the Southern States in maintaining their l ights anil establishing their security. Daily 1 year in advance, §lO. Tri-W.-i'kly, “ 5. No paper sent unless the cash accompanies the order. R. B RHKTT, Jr., Cbailestoii, S. C. Nov. 6, IbGO. COLUMBUS, UEOBGIA, TUESDAY JANUARY 1, 1801. iilUcillainj. je-y . Fran, l; lack wool, f*- 1 )’ MY PENNY IHP. WfJlft* was i<! A tallow eamllo, to be surL The gas wouldn’t barn the koi'iisenL’ mo witii its .noxious odor, tin lliijd"jiautei , ,fv burn and bluer, and went mu. 1 am ft'frnid ii tire*tVirk ttb it gliostly blackness tvliichraiiakis iiiie’s eves ai'lie with its want Ml'-itglilj ill at p t) . jjable gimmi uliieli Reims to bent like a fouii (til ol palpitation* of the heart a room! V )t. abovo you, about yoiH', every w tn re; that vi-ib'.y m.ihing, ivbieliJroTds tba t. Ides, the cb.'iilf’ the portraits you are {anyiiar witii, yet “liid-i them iu its black veil from liew; that eni|4 fiilUiea-'through which you thrust oul ) | giopiiig aim-, then shrink Irnca, opprostnl with a presence you can neither bear, see, ts feel. ‘Mi!ly ? ’ I said to my little maiif, ‘rtiti sumi, u lieij|,aiiit get nit: a i'olii.’ , ’ De.'a.ni came bSck with a penny dip in a brass candle-slick. As she placed it on my table, went out and shut tire dour, the little boy in bruize on. tin mantle raised his harnhier ami struck the fij U:P of time twelve ringing blows u’pmi ifii heart. It was midniglit. i Ire caudle burned clearly. I resumed the old ‘Volume of German legends l was leadmjf: and as I laid my “lingev on ;i paragraph, ii.il paused lo ponder on i lie possbility ofiplrii* re'iiiriiiiig lo earth to wreak vengeance en or work wca! to frtinds, 1 heard a dee- ■ fetgii M any elbov/. i turned and beheld the* ghost of my graao'.. mo Jier. . J 1 knew her from h i resemblance to herder.- trait. Bi:e wore the same while cap with its wide holder plaited round her fact—the same prim dress with u iiicii i had grown familiar i’ the picture. Sue died twenty years ago. I was named Inf tier. 1 drew up the rocking chair far the g'u it. She sat down in it, A pillow could not liaise sank there more noiselessly tnan she dd. .Sac kep; her hands in the Sme position u h. i Ineas!, that somebody tied Diem iwuiity yea's Jig’ ‘ 8 e fixed her keen Hack eyes upon me — beautiful eves, which t had always - mhnired m the portrait, Name ol tier de.-Ci ndants had sucii eves.” *! could not coil “,’she said, in deep sepal diet ;il tones, ‘in gas-ligl.t. (inosts ami gas light are at war always. As for kuiost lie oil, we groan in spirit at its use i low nfoital no r-g call, night alter nignt, iunaje tin* odor it 11 nits, is a wonder. It-is worse than hi tinstone We have put our cold lips tiniiei your <;bimjiey s. aid blown our gliostlt breaths into the {little. We have seen the chimney a blacken wall muiike, and apartments !i!i nith dogusiiug the t*. o;rlv mil V I'V ‘ll . C-.iW a.----- fHTelp’”! I toy ninvi <1 It :i"il bore nitll it. — We shall have to yi iI. Kerosene i- a mail. ern lii.-eoverv. (ai.o-is tire • Id-lashtooeil.— 1 o he out ol dale is in he out of mind. lour ia h>.’ cm.die pi* uses me. t: ghost- like ;iie light ot of o-lii-i days arotiiiii us. We a I wavs, in (ho iio.li, buned tal 1 u-v c tubes,’’ Ihe line ius of tiiy gruudmoiiiei gaz. and at my |e. tiy i.ip s eaol islly lor a m.micnl. Btie si-.-ill"’! In see vi-io- s aid dream dii'auts. ‘My de ir,’ slt. - said, ‘y oil me the li. -t'ot li e ’aiudy lhai ha- r. tiinieil to canities since me i.i ov. ‘io cl gas. You are nut, bled iu yutir <itp h tin |ne-e ce How hollow 1 umiil i.hVe i nkeil Under a chand. Itei—how liiir ii# b ss, bow wide! As it i-, i tnmk iam lo- k lug very ua'uial. mn i not f Soe glaticcd up nt tiei jin. tr iit and w.iiutt tiiy icpii, I ‘A little pi'le gr .ndinotlier,’ i said ; ‘hut nli me dear iiinilmn, it vi.ur pm suits iu the otliei world tut of such riliaiuie that they ail tint • fyour returning to tins at any time?’ ‘By no ni"iis. lam jiermi iid to app<vr in t ts sphere hut seldom. My i Hiieitce I can make iell ofnsrie*', i h-Ve not been sccit be (ore since my coffin lid was dosed. lain come to tell you ■ here arose a veil in Pandc* mi.niutn I hik'd in to see w lienee ll c one I lound. If und the great chamber assigtn and to little children, and w inch is always lull . f little ones of all s z sand ages, the -cene of grc-til commotion. Infants were crawling into corners; three year-old toddteis were to tor* ing oui of the way. Older ones were hastily finding seats and all faces wore a listening expression. A small voice was saying : * ‘it was nn fault of mine that brought me here I who mo now but five years ohi, might have lived to he fifty. Nature, unfortunately, gave uie a fi ,o physical development.— Alv chest was round and full, my skin cle r, my limbs finely moulded. My birlu* place ivaotn a cold climate. Mv tender moth er, proud of her offspring, band my neck and. are s in the chill winters, when her rose-bash es aud vines were packed in Warm straw and thorougly protected Irotn every blast, i was brought down to be viewed bv company, and exposed to different temperatures as ! went from room. Mv mother, wrapped in soft vewet and comb liable silks, did not suff’i r I did. but 1 could not tell lie so. I took c>>ld I e-arnea greai trouble in the house Mv beauty laded i lingered mi from month to month, and and cd at la-t. at five years old of consumption. My niothet cried over my little coffin. I knew, hat I could not tell her then, dia’ her own vanity had placed me there—would .-end me heie.’ •i was tro ted to de tth,’ cried a more piping voice as the first speaker sat and ivvn. ‘A wo man was hired expiesslv to take care of me, and she took care I should not wan, for exerci-e Her days and night-were spent m keeping me going ‘up, up, iipy,’ and'down, down, downy.’ That unknown wonder, perpetual ir.olion, was to he found in my nurse’s knees. Every bone in mv poor little body was racked, ever ry ounce of my fles. was sore. My lood went down milk and catne up chec-e. If I cried, I was trotted; it I -creamed, I was trots ted; if I was still, I was t roiled 1 became flittlo Letter than ahutn.m churn, from which he barter bad been taken and a sour nnik i It standing. My t rains tit nod to liPiiios, j my blood to whey my bones grow so sharpthcD | ‘ ost pierced tile knees which trotted them. ‘■ s I began to cut teeth, mv tongue was con | s'Hti h jaltid between uty jtivvs, and in dan- 1 Jaer ol tieitig hit off, I dated not whine, for I ftiiiow the penalty; I b gun at last lo cafuclate j ‘yttv long the tor uie ci*ti!d possibly ceiitinua. j VvNffKjgWeallicr ns coming on, ami I thought ! one ol ItTN^iitier ofjis must soon give up th I ch.'Btt amt ex.-uions were hi most Iliat perhaps | ti.. my m .'her i ly, I smiled at her. I had so be ‘ 1 he darling,’ cried my parent, ltiu>v ; ‘l’oor tiling, rstbor,’ said the nu.tse, ‘it j wind on it- stotm.cb !’ 9 •horibvvith site to trot it nut.— ; • fc.veryj_Uljiup of her foot on the “as, j j .. I tel j ever sinne again. Mv l.nilVtul inirse Coiilin ! ‘tied her eii'oit-, and l was tri'tted tint of ex's- I fence iipoff lii - poor old woman’s knee.’ I “As ilie -pe..k i ceti-td, one of the older occupants of the room described rn',’ said rny graiidiiio'.her. ‘He at iiiiii) iiiadj room tor me lo enter, and begged me to remain 1 awhile and hear the remarks. I consented, I and ioek a seat near the entrance ‘l.’ said a little fellow, thing from hie seat, j with his bine eyes ali bloodshot, and bis curls matted together, ‘died of delirium tremens. — j At the age of six months, i was a contitniid diunkard. i had imt been a very ijuiet baiiv, i aud every time i was uneasy a Imle liijnor was ndii) nisleied to do uc good, i did not i Want wine, tail water. L was naturally a ve ry thirsty child, ami even thing that vv u put lx tween my spueciil -ss lips increased my thi'st. My tnolhet’s milk was tweet, the! 1 panada given was sweet, and if now a id then j j ! was blessed with a diaught ol goat or cows jmik. it ivas warmed and sweetened fii-t, to j J hi ke it as much like toy mother’s as posst- i j hie. I US’ dlo cry No other way do we j poor bailies have of expressing our Ict'li'-gs, I j and the ch.'iices ite ten to one that we will j ino misttii e.-stn and. in stop mv crung, los put to tie breast; this, at such limes, I would ] ind gnanlly re n-e I hen lucre would tie a j commie ion “Nurse,’ mv mother would say, I ‘what shall we do witii him?’ The nurse was : sloiit, heart \ old woman, who ulna vs made ! j a prac'icuof lasting whatever was piovi ed for j her charge. Her sovereign remedy was liquor ! I was tak -n, tin ! a spool.till ainnitoswrod a. a j time. \l li.'St l rebelled—l straegled, kicked : and coughed. The lit m hand held the sporffi to my little tongue, and down went its con tents in spite ol me. Little hy little die doss ! was I'icrea.-ed. i soon liked it. In mv thirs- Jtv iiioinents ! cried tor it. It was given me i readily, lor nfier a few inoiiients of wild gl-e, md:.tsm."\ .■j l • ’ ’. i; ’ i Si .r • ” ; meinseJni, a- my sleep Was sure to he long and sound. *\l I<• • 11 ;*ii mania a pain -ssiyiled uie. Dll* : ! ring no vv huh ilie mi one hart ever (h"Uglit j ’ ot giving me a ftsngle spooiilul .)! vy., er I nail i ! Craved — the cooling, dice. ing. lefo'Stling (hop ! tot vvatei! Now, Ino tiiiiger caieil tin it.— ! in my wildest fn nzier ! vv a- acvii id of hav- ‘ ing tic colic; down, as u-ml w, ot the li -iv ! ilmili, itntli filially I was ii erai'Y burnt util | 1 was noib'iig but a cinder witlini, a slo b j ’ w illicit:. Ai v stomach vv i- c leked to a crisp, : my intestines were siuiveli. .1— mv lungs no i leligor fi led withmoo ao, t ‘.*lciied foiili otilv ! ! ti.e lil el V lutm-S that t, and cm.semi'll ill” 1 •di (I. i was good f I hope what [ ei'ei iVnin my liusi is do-toied o lake on ji a til il will no Iv watered,as vilieli i in ! h bited it, witii nlcnhol ‘ ‘Asll.issp rk rci-a-id. thfre arose a ‘.vail ‘o’ symp tiiy, sui'h a.- had fiist atiiact and me Motfie paod'itioi iac ( h .inber ; and it snli.-i— ----d-d, tiotber iit ile fig to e lint t.*k o tie staod: | ‘.My legs,’ lo- said, ‘lining dme nut of ilie I word, Aiy mo'lier lahnred u .der 111- stmnge ■ and fusion lldii bet child was belli a Highland I dine ol American parents anil ia Ame ica j I was dressed, or Eli undressed, in short plaid si uc k i gs, reaching to the cdf f mv i i"g, and ;.n elegant kilt reachi g just to the knee. My limns vvvre inou ded in clleiutne j (duns, and when expound lo tin* nursery were | pretty. But.the >misery was too narrow a fi ld in which to di-play my beauty. On hit- I ter cold day.- ! was walked out over iho iev streets, tin* keen w ind chapping my fl.-h and chilling mv blood till my knees looked litit twin on ill g graters painted purple, lus and to look at mv mother’s |< ng comfortable skirts and tll'cli leggins drawn up over vvaim hose, and wondered if she could survive a fashion such as I uoie if adopted hy herself Ihe came i.fllieted with infiaimn itory iheiima'isui. and uiiahlo to endure the pain, gave up the giio-t.’ - . ‘•1 felt, said mv grandmother, ‘‘that tnis victim was a sacrifice to a f'a-hinn started since mv duv. I know that your father wi riever dressed in such a ridiculous style when a little hoy, for with mv Own hands I knit hi.s warm woolen sioekings,and saw that his com fo>table little trou-er* came well over the in s ep of Ins li tie c -ls-km -hoes. “The next speaket was a dream faced little girl, who trembled as she rose and said : ‘‘l am an opium eater. Aiy dea'tli tt.r rant was vvi ilteui on tiie lain 1 of the first hold of < iodlrey’s Goidial bioiiLjlit into my mother's hou-e A few drops at first sufficed to hush mv feeble dies. Then Godfrey’s (medial would not do. A few drops of pure laudanum j was administered. Soon l could not go to | sleep wit lion i it. Then my nurse would give ! mo a small opium pill in ray panada Ot course I was but little trouble. I was a deep sleeper, but my digestion became impaired ; 100 much sleep weakened mo, and I knew no natural -lumber, Mv eyes became like those of a sleep-Walker, full of dreams when wide awake. I lost my appetite; my head grew full of pain ; my baby heart was always ach ing. I elo-ed mv eyes one dav forever on the homo where i fi it i could be little lovtd, when my low wail- vvv.epi.vei peiniitlid t•>*np..*n 1 t > do ;-o. around, me, but were bushed at omv; j wln ie my lime eyes weie scarcely ever per- I milled to look around In the worlif iu which : they Ii and been opt-ned. and wliere, ii.staiid o| p>opr i- care and fond and ix. reiso, lh” haic-f.d P’H hd enervftling sle p were nil that wa ofl’eicd me. ‘I l i i.■ a-e many parbids w#.'/ seem to think children mast pa's l!ieir child T hood ‘out of the wav,’ and only get iu tin * wav i\ h.'it tilev h ,Ve beeam ■, iu spite of n't | soi l's of ill-treatyien* useful or ornamental j idem hers ofsoch'tv.’ •1 hischljd was sttii spi'.'dting, ’ .-'dd mv*grand | mother, ‘when I in hi"! our I hud been a j mother bhee,ujiit I could in t listen to these • iminocnfs in that vvai ing cliamher, re capiliil .ilng the vvbeS'lhat had sent them aIIV to* fcvi-ii earth. I came.— *< \ i. u ’ 1 ''’ I • - ’ K relief, I I"I'_ Vji),.t I 111 Vi- toll) Von ■* n yvu u • ““’ Le more ttciTm' f fi I el lll (iT t fu’”^ l ar! “and ch irge ni lit lie children. Think fur them f\ i l fm them. Do not, (o ease yout cares, sink them into itnatui.d luinhers, oi give them over in 1 ■ eiii-!i nurses; Upon vttha gs their lives— j ill a great i.i astue their luipj.'i: ess. lii>:h heie ‘ and heieafler—i heg you will give ■List at this nminent tim cock crew I i:uly. I lie video at my elbow vvas still ! looked ar und—die loi king ch'air wits emjity, the ghost had vanished. iviARRIKD FOLI i'ENES§. There is much of trufli, as well as of that. kt.nl philosophy which comes into every dav icijuisltioii Helping to stieugt'ieo and hriofit* ill die lies ut social alh'ctioii, in the Milj.u.ied hriCj ar ic!e tak n ff.-m life ‘'Lad es’ Enter pri.-e, ‘ Mv ill you J’’asked a pleasant voice. And die hiislian.l ansvvered, ‘Aim, my dear, vv ii Ii plea nn*.’ It vv asq. iet!;, lint in ai said; (lie tone, the manner, the lank; were pet fee tv natural and very* affectionate. We thought haw pleasant that courteous teplv; how gratifving it mu t be to the wiie. Many hit-bands ol ten year.-’i xpeiieoce aio featly etieng’i with the cunrtesil*.- f|i litet ess to the you lip I ulies ol Da i’ acquaintance, vvlii e tin y speak with ah t'liplne— to lie vvil , and do many rude Ittde things without considering them worth an apo logy. ihe stranger, whom they mav have seen but yesterday is listened to with defer- I i lice, and although the subject may not he ol j tin* in >st pleasant nature, with a ready smile vv de the po. r wife, if she relates a domestic giievauce is snubbed, or listened to with ill concealed impatience. Oil! hnvv wrong; this is all wrong. Does she urge some request—“oh, dofi’t bother me!’’ cites her gracious lord mid mas ter. Does she ask for necessary, funds for iv. ■’ ,hlioiHs or h.niini’s ha l , “seems to me ’ ■ ..ro'dvv ays w.ci I fug moiiev !” ia t fT>- Iv, i : .f f | some retort. Is any little extra demanded hy I Ins niaS ‘tilino apni'litu—it iv ordered, not re- I I quested. ‘Look here, | want von to ,]|) S” Emd -o —i.i-t see that it’sjtl me,” and off j march 8 Air. Bnni with a how anil a siniie ol ! geiitl.'inanlv palish and friendly svvei tn.ss foi | e-i'ty casual a quaiulatice Itu may chance In I i .ci ‘guise. ’*"* hi' l * “ e Civet iv itli sueli thoughtlessness ad eo trseiie ,s, -air thouglits invert to ti)e kind i v. and g.ml!.’ manner of tin* friend v. hus-nd 1 “ve-, my hear, vvnh pi .'.sun*.” “I bee” you j |”l'd >n,” comes as riamly to Id- lips win n hv i any lit l le nv'-liu rdue.s iic li,'*s (h-coiieeiti'(l Her, as it would in the presence of tho most I shiotl h'c s iekler tur etiquette. ‘I his is tie- IV,use he is ath leitg i gentleman, who thinks hi- wife 111 nil tilings entitled to pri'Cv dunce, lie livesiier best--why should he he.-itatc to .-how it, not in sickly tnutiilliu at teiui *I!S, hilt in prefetring i.er pl.-a-ure ami iiiininmg h"i i.i I'hlilic. as well is in piivale. i II know - her mil'll, tviiv should he hesitate ! t i ivtl-sf it / “And her littshand he prai-ed her.’’sail It iiulv writ ; not hy |n.sSniig } ler charms into non. o. not hy speaking as i ppor- i tu, i v “ci uis in a m.iiity way t her virtues, Though winds may seem little things mid slight •Mieni ions dm tst v luetess, yet and mmi upon L> l he v keep tiie li mi, bi ght, espi C 'a I\ if they are natural. I lie c.iildied grow up in alet *r ; moral atiilosplieiu. Had learn to ie-pect taeir I pan tits as they see.di in n spec i*.g each olh er. M-uiy a boy t ikes advaut ge ol a m tln r ho loves, because lie sees often the rudeness of his fetlier, insensibly he gathers to hi ho-oni tiie same hat,its and thouglits and feel iugs they engender, and in lus turn becomes the petty tyrant. Only Lis mother— whv should he thank hei? father never does. Thus the home becomes the seat of disorder and unhappiness. Only for strangers are kind ords expie-sed, and hypocrites go out from tiie hea tinstone fully prepared to render jis j ttce, benevolence and p diteneSS to’ any one I and every one hut ih so who h ive t(ie justect ihum-;. Ahl.ive us the ghmee, the happy horn, s ead—he smiling wife and cou tenis chiidien of the friend who said so pleasantly, •yes, my deir. wi h pleasure.” Life W ithout Love.—\Ye poiifetiirios meet with men who seem to ihTnk that any indulgence in an affectionate feel 'tig is ti weakness. They will ret urn In, m a journey and greet their families witn ajUstaiit digit t , and move atiintig theii eiiildrcn with the cold and lofty -jildndor of ati iceberg snn'ountlcd by its bagn,ents. Tit. to is it aidly a tnorouti natiti 1 sight on earth than one ot those families without a heart, A lather had Im ter extinguish a boy’s eyes than take away his heait. Who that has experi enced he joi sos friendship, and values yin| atfy and afFection, would not rath or lose all that is beautiful in nature’s scenery than he robbed of hidden treas-- nres of hi? heart ? Cherish, then, yonr heart’s best affect.ons. I'.dttlge in the warm and gusliitig emotions of filial, pa rental,’ and frugal love. ‘•so TILED? Weary of life? all no—but li ’s woes; Weary oil its troubles anil its ca-es! i'ling lo so Well 1 know Vv imi (lr.'ijiglirthi* liand of Dioaiuii (till pri ’ pares J ‘So tired !’’ A little girl ciiine panting in from (lay tho | other night, ami climbing into iis tnoUier’s , lnj>, laid ns hem! upon Ini bosom ami then i uttered tin*so two liulo noil. I s,w* the fond vi.ltng irt ‘lt'cr litusli the golden hair from the .dadiugs tiioist forehead filvii'pre.-s her Ips *ip;-i.i > till eg,in t*<iriv flll.-liert ellei ks. ‘I hit -liadows of evening vv re l.dling fast nr. und its, and the I, uis lied alttinlv-eui,g thctn-elyes o -!>'o*p Lu 11,., shoe* 111,(1 rti ckiuga Hero ! drawn iff *ml laid .a-tdc—Lilllo weary (let ; li-.tiitcl mill coi led—a imle nt.Jbt dies- look die jd.ee oi tin* pret'v blue frock aid white iij.r.in, and the hoy was quiet, VVitfj a rig!i oi FKtiafacti, n. he tu xi l .td do-er in her arms; his blue i\es cloS'd, und her ir il!o song grftw lower ai.tl lower as his I,real it be. entity jduger and mine rvguhnly through bis , mijipy sT.*fp of cfiiyiiood. Shu riiae-Hiid y. tit softly to her own room, lo lav , im in his little iiim I nnsfk alone. Heaven knows vvloit mouany of- tiuh* n|:vn I, too, vvas •cradled ujion a loving hr elm, ’ when tho dc**nl tnolliPi', whose* faro 1 cannot yeniembcr, sung t-> me in the twilight, camp over me a- i took op the infalil’u ciy. “So tin and !’’ m ,nos business—a man whose name i- a In,ml no Wall sti*et. Why should lie hall his he ol upon Ids band mat sigh as die winds fII trow Ills ffp.;. ! fil'd lit hjS gav and busy *kk. . b-aiiC.’ hb. fils tbllgh’- rs and ’niliionabii’ wile. T ired oi uii these, Jud lottgiog fur tin* liittu red I nin-h iii-e up aioong die bills id his native home, wliere lie Used in play, a I Arc f.otod, light-hearted (mv. Lv.-n .so. strai ge a- ii may m nn, Vet not to. much lor the iaim-house as lor the hajqiiness and tnnoience limit staid behind it —and wlii'jft fie can never hope to find in his du.-jy i (live or his splendid home. •8o tired f’ Fite fas been a-loving wife* and an indui gout mother, tits strong s,,ns had she leai and in sale that cottage hearth, hut the grave has chiinud tln-ni all hut two, and those the woiht has taken. The husband of her youth dud long ago; to-day, her six ieth biitb-day, she sita alone in the ileserli and honie.-lcad. In hir boys situ is the ‘old womtin.’’ to their brilliant wives, “a good thing, hut so old tasliion.- oii to their homes and their children, almost a stranger. Her tears fill as she flunks of them in a distant city, gay. prosperous, wial thy and hap. y, yet not tern, inhering In r on his day. even hy a line tu say, “Dear mo'lier, 1 lino you.’’ I his i- her reward for years of toil, and care ami anxiety Ssfie has omlivtd her geflei'Htiou, and when she dies, she will hardly he mi-sed by those to w hom she has given health, and strength, ami life it-eif, I’oor, lonely old woman ! Well may tiie lot * li t tears lull fast—Will may you long to die c for (bis is often the return for love anil de votion that bay,wont watched flic stars, mid seen ibo moon grow pale ! Ve-, turn from the biidiant ciovvil that lis ten eagerly for every woid you utter, laic songstress, and heed what your heait is sav ing. Words id fire may full from your input pen—your own wild soul may stamp its im press upon the p igt* lief re you—the world may place the crown of laurels upon your bowed head—but it Will he a diadem of thorns. In the height of tiiumph —in the fe ver of the success —there will enure TTfitidd, ti - "”' -1 1 pause,* nmt tho iron will finer your Sold as toil remeiiib r that otic Voico is silent, and imp lace -till, calm aud cold. Fame, weal li, vani- A vanity ali, and “vexation of spirit,” ami you how your head and weep to think that it should he -o ! Oli! little child, not yet released f.oin thv mother's care, it would be letter for time to sleep into the t’ai.qiii! sleep of death, vvithhi her arms, than to Dead the path which we am treading! 1 note tire sharp thorns hidden anion, the fairest llovver.-—there aru ireai he rons (jui k-rimis in f esweete-t v dleys—God hc,p tin e, my hoy, lor only a hand Irom II -av* t-n can lead the# sand ly there. The golden naii will turn to silver, it may be, beime lira | 1;ll,l| iil join m y is half dune, and evil shape* will mock and mutter when thy heait fitiluth thee, and thy steps are faint, “8o lired! ’ AL b,y c.ing closer to thv mother’s bread ’ fora dav vvil surely come when ihv lips-hall utter tie s s it sum.’ winds, and she will not ho besiiie thee to bu-h il.ee into lorgctfuloess ot ali ihv trolThle. (i. and help thee then and lead dies lo 100 only refuge “where lira wick ed cease fi jin troubling alM ] i|, u weary ate at rest!” llfGiiidii. Higher I It is a word hi noble meaning tiie inspiration of all great deeds—the sync pith e ihat lead, link by link, the impassion• -d frill to its it nit fi of glory, and still holds its mysterious object standing and glutei ing among the stars.’ Higher ! lisps the infant that clasps its moth’ r’s knees; and makes its feeble essay to t is*- lioni the floor—it is the first inspiration of childhood—to burst tire fiat row confines of the Cradle in which ils sweetest ruotnonls have passed lorever. Higher ! laughs tho protul schoolboy at liis swing ; or as he climbs the tallest tteo of the forest, that he may look down on his less adventurous companions with a finish of ex. (illation, and abroad over the field; the mead ows and hi: naitve vintage. Ue never saw so t xtcndeu a prospect before. Higher! earnestly breathes ths student of pbilusip y and nature; he lias a host of rivals, but he inu-t eel |ts tham all. The m and iglit oil hunts dim but he finds li£ lit and knowledge in lamps of heaven, and his soul is never ite rv when the last of them is hid behind the cur-* tains of morning. And higher! his voice thunders forth, when the il unity of manhood has invested his form, and the multitude is listening with deligtit to his oracles, bur ing with tiuquunce, and rio'Z ing lilt * truo steel in the cau-e of freedom and the right when time has changed his locks to silver, and the boys in tire field, bow fir rev* ereuce as he pas-es, and pe i-ants look to him iu honor, can he breatue forth from his heart the fond wish of the past ? Higlrei yet ! He has reached the ap<*x of of eardily honor, yet his spirit, burns s warnt ■is in lotnh, though .with a steadfast and paler I'glif, atid Boat l.p to heaven, leaving its teti etneiits to moulder among the laurels he has wound a ound it, for die never ending glory to lie reached only in tho presence of the trust High. NO. L)

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The corner stone. (Columbus, Ga.) 1853-186?, January 01, 1861, Image 1