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•jOliiiHTON, .NISBET& BAKNES,
Publishers and Proprietors.
4. a. BOt'CHTOX,
JOS. II. XISBET.
Ealiun.
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TERMS.
THU FEDERAL UNION,
5 published Weekly, in MiUedgerille, Ga., Corner
of Hancock and Washington Sts., (oppositi
Court House.)
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E ADVEKTIHIHU,
re of twelve lines.
and Fifty Cents for each sub
ice.
e specification of the number
be published till forbid, and
■ly.
sional Cards, per year, w here
d Six Lines. - - $10 00
ill lie mailt with those irho wish to
VOLUME XXVlli.]
MILLEBGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY. APRIL 20. 1858.
[NUMBER 47.
(Unless in
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Per
Vue. insertion $ 1
se [uer.t contin
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of insertions, wj
charged accord:
Business or Prj
they do not,
A liberal cantn
Advertise by the year, occupying a specified space.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
P iles of Land and Negroes, by Administrators,
Executors or Guardians, are reuuired by law to be
li. !-.l on the First Tuesday in tfie month, between
the hours of 10 in the forenoon and 3 in the after
noon, at the Court Home in the County in which
the property is situated.
Notion of these sales must be given in a public
gazette 40 days previous to tbe day of sale.
Notices for the sale of personal property must be
given in like manner lOdajs previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate
must also be published -10 days.
Notice that application will be made to the Court
of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must
be published for two months
Citations for letters of Administration-Guardian-
tliip. must be published 30 days—dor dismis
sion from Administration, monthly six mouths—for
dismission from Guardianship, 40 days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be pub
lished monthly fir four months—for establishing lost
papers, for the full space of three months—for com
pelling titles from Executors or Administrators,
where bond has been given by the deceased, the
full space of three months.
Publications will always be continued according
to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise
ordered, at. the following
RATE St
Citations on letters of Administration, A c. $‘2 75
“ “ dismissory from Admr’on. 4 50
“ “ “ Guardianship 3 00
Leave to sell Land or Negroes 4 00
Notice to debtors and creditors 3 00
gales of perspnnal property, ten days, 1 sqr. 1 50
Pah’ of land or negroes by Executors, &,c. 5 00
Estrays, twft weeks 1 50
per a man advertising bis wife (in advance) 5 00
B V AIT THOBIT1
^ AW SUPPLIES-1858-’59.
Navy Bkpirtment,
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<; EX E UAL AI) VERT IS EM ENTS.
V. A. 6ASEIL£.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Fairburu. Ga.
March 1st, 1858. *40 6m.
BUSOOS & de ORAFFSNB.Ii:S,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
9HLLEDCEYILLE, GEO.
A VTLL practice in tbe courts of tbe Ocntulgee
TT circuit.
Milledgeville, Ga.. March 1,1858. 40 ly.
J. BRANHAM, Jr,,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
XL 1 J. UUll 1! I il L UIX IT , and one on each chime, I 1-2 bu
EATONTON, GA.
March I. 1858. 40 iy
SWAN & GO’S., LOTTERIES.
Authorized by the State of Georgia.
O”$70,000!!!«o
FOR T E X DOLLARS!!!
The following Scheme will be drawn
by S.
Swan & Co., Managers of the Sparta Acad
emy Lottery, in each of their single number Lotter
ies for April, 1858, at AUGUSTA, Georgia, in
public, under the superintendence of Commission
ers.
CLASS 9,
To be drawn in iue city of Angnsta, Ga., in public
Saturday, April lid, 1858.
CLASS 1",
To be drawn in the city of Augusta,Ga., in public
Saturday, April 10th, 1S5S.
CLASS 11,
Ter be drawn in the city of Augusta, Ga. ,in public
Saturday, April 17th, 1S58.
CLASS 12,
To be drawn in the city of Augusta, Ga ,in public
Saturday, April 24th, 1S58.
On the plan of Single Numbers. Five thous
and four bundled and eighty-five prizes. Nearly
one pi foe to every nine tickets.
MAGN1FICE
Vi.’ SCHEME'
To
be Brawn each S
ATCJRDAY in APRIL.
1 Pi
izeof $70,000
4
900
1
“ 30,000
4
800
1
“ 10,000
4
700
1
“ 5,000
4
000
1
“ 4,000
50
500
1
“ 3,000
50 “
300
I
“ 1,500
100 “
125
4
“ 1,000
230 “
100
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
4 Prizes of $400 apx. to $70,000 prz. arc $l,fi00
4
“ 300
30,000 “
1,200
4
“ 2O0 “
10,000 “
800
4
“ 125 “
5,000 “
500
4
“ 100 “
4,000 “
400
4
“ 75 “
3,000 “
300
4
“ 50 '*
1,500 “
200
5,000
“ 20 are
100,000
5,185 Prizes amounting to $329,000
VVliOLL TlfkETS $!0. HALVES $5, QUARTERS Hi-
PLAN OF THE LOTTERY.
The Numbers from 1 to 50,000, corresponding
with those Numbers on tbe Tickets printed on
separate slips of paper, are encircled with small
tin tubes and placed in one Wheel.
The first 457 Prizes, similarly printed and en
circled, are placed in another wheel.
The wheels are then revolved, and a number is
drawn from the wheel of Numbers, and at the same
time a Prize is drawn from the other wheel. The
Number and Prize drawn out are opened and ex
hibited to tbe audience, and registered by the. Com
tuissioners; the Prize being placed against the
Number drawn. This operation is repeated until
ail the Prizes are drawu out.
Approximation Prizes.—The two preceding and
the two succeeding Numbers to those draw ing the
first 7 Priz.-s will he entitled to the 28 Approxima
tion Prizes. For example: if Ticket No. 11250
draws the $70,000 Prize, those Tickets numbered
1I24S, 11249, 11251, 11252, will each be entitled
t-> $ I 111. If Ticket No. 550 draws the $30,000 prize,
th-s tickets numbered 548, 549, 551, 552 will
each be entitled to $300, and so on according to
the above scheme.
The 5,000 Prizes of $20 will be determined by
tbe last figure of the Number that draws tbe $70,-
000 Prize. For example, if tbe Number drawing
the $7",boo prize ends with No. I, then ail the
Tickets, where the number ends in 1, will l>e en
titled to $20. If the Number ends witn No. 2,
then all the Tu ksts where the Number ends in 2
will be entitled to $20, and so on to 0.
Certificates of Packages will be sold at the fol
lowing rates which is tbe risk :
Certificate of Package of 10 Whole Tickets, $80
10 Half “ 40
“ “ 10 Quarter “ 20
“ “ 10 Eighth, “ 10
In ordering tickets or certificates, enclose the
money to our address for the tickets ordered, on
receipt of which they will be forwarded by first
mail. Purchasers can have tickets ending in any
figure they may designate. The list of drawn
numbers and prizes will be sent to purchasers itn-
mediat'-ijr after the drawing.
DP Purchasers will please write their signatures
i ilain, and give their post office, county and State
temember that every prize is diawn and payable
in full without deduction. All prizes of $1,000
and under, paid imin.-diately after tbe drawing—
other prizes at the usual time of thirty days.
All communications strictly confidential.
Address orders for tickets or certificates, to
S. SWAN &. Co., Augusta, Ga.
Vi? Persons residing near Montgomery, Ala.,
or Atlanta, Ga , can have their orders filled, and
sxve time, by addressing S. Swan Sc Co., at either
of those eiiiai.
ViTA list of Ike numbers that are drawu from
tbe wheel, with tiie amount of the prizethat each
one is entitled to. will be published after every
drawing, iu the following papers: New Orleans
Holt* Mobile Register, Charleston Standard. Nash
ville^ Gazette, Atlanta Intelligencer, New York
Weekly Day Book,and Savannah Morning News,
Lab •lined Dispatch and New- York Dispatch.
Paulding (Miss.) Clarion, and Augusta (Ga.)
NOTICE.
.ore given, ntii none need complain, if, after this
ttie collection of their accounts, should be insisted
d
Bureau until 9 o’elo'ek, aViu^on Tuesday, the 20th day
ot April next, for furnishing and delivering (on receiv
ing ten days’notice, except for biscuit, for which five
da\s notice shall be given for every twenty thousand
pounm- required) at tLie United Slates navy-vards at
Charlestown, Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York; and
Gosport Virginia, such quauities only of the following
articles as may be required or ordered from the con
tractors by the chief of this bureau, or by theresp. etive
commanding ollicers of the said navy-yards, during the
fiscal year ending June 30 1859, viz:
Biscuit, flour, rice, dried apples, pickles, sugar, tea,
coffee, beans, molasses, vinegar, and wliiskev.
The biscuit shall be made wholly from sweet super
fine nour,.ofthe manufacture oftlie year 1857 or 1858,
hut shall in all cases be manufactured from flour made
of the crop immediately preceding the dates of the
requisitions for the same: nml shall be fully equal iu
quality, and conform in size and shape, to the samples
which are deposited in the said navy-vards; shall be
properly baked, thoroughly kiln-dried. Well-packed and
delivered free of charge to the United Mates, iu good,
sound, well-dried, bright flour barrels, as above describ
ed, with the heads well secured; or in air and w ater
tight whiskey or spirit barrels, at the option of the
bureau.
The flour shall be superfine, and of the manufacture
of wheat grown iu the year 1857 or 1858; but shall iu ail
cases be manufactured from wheat of the crop im
mediately preceuing the dates of the requisition tor the
same; shall he perfectly sweet, and in nil respects of
the le-st quality, and shall he d. livered iugoud ship
ping order, free of all charge to the Tinted States, in
tlie best new, WoU-seiisoned, sound bright barrels, or
half barrels, as the case may be—the staves and head
ings to be of red oak of the best quality, strong and well
hooped, with lining lumps around each head, and equal
in quality to sample barrel at said navy-yards; two half
barrels to be considered as a barrel, and'not more tin
one-sixth the required quantity to be iu half barrels.
The rice shall fie of the very best quality, and of tlie
crop immediately preceding tin-dales of the requisitions
for the same. The dried apples shall be of the best
quality, and shall he prepared by sun-drying only, and
shall be of the crop of the autumn immediately pre
ceding the dates of the requisitions for the suinc.
The pickles shall be put up in iron-bound casks, and
each cask shall contain one gallon of onions, one gallon
qf peppers, and eight gallons of medium cucumbers,
fifty to the gallon, and the vegetables in each shall
weigh fifty-seven pounds, mid they only be paid for; and
each cask shall then be filled with white wine vinegar of
at least 12 degrees of strength, and equal to French
vinegar; the casks, vegetables; and vinegar shall con
tain and be equal in all respects to the samples deposi
ted at the above-named navy-yards, and the con-
tractors shall warrant and guaranty that they will
keep good and soundfor at leasi two years.
Tiie iron hoops on the barrels containing whiskey,
molasses, vinegar, and pickles to he well oaiuted with
red lead.
The sugar shall be according to samples at the said
navy-yards’ and be dry and fit for packing.
The tea shall be of good quality young hyson, equal to
t he samples at said navy-yards, and he delivered in half
and quarter chests only.
The coffee shall be equal to the best Cuba according
to sample.
Tlie beans shall be of the very best quality white
beaus, and shall be of tlie crop immediately preceding
the dates of the requisition for the same, t>4 pounds to he
taken as one bushel.
The molasses shall be fully equal to tlie very best
quality of New Orleans molasses, and shall be deliv
ered in well-seasoned red oak barrels, with white-pine
heads not less than I 1-8 inch thick; the staves not less
than 5-8 inch thick: the barrels to lie three-quarters
hooped, and, in addition, to have %tii iron hoops, one on
and 1-lfith inch thick,
inch iu width and l-16th
li thick, and shall he thoroughly coopered and placed
in the best shipping condition.
The vinegar shall be of tlie first quality, equal to tin-
standard of tlie United States Fharmacopa-ia, and
shall Contain no other than acetic acid; and shall be
delivered in barrels similar in all respects to those re
quired for molasses, with the exception that whit e-oak
staves and heads ahall be subsisted for red-oak staves
and white-pine beads, and shall be thoroughly cooper
ed and placed in the best shipping order.
Tlie whiskey shall be made wholly from grain, sound
and merchantable, and be full first proof according to
the United States custom-house standard, mid shall he
double rectified. It shall be delivered iu good, new,
sound, bright, three-quarters hooped, Well seasoned
white-oak barrels, with white-oak heads, the heads to
be made of three-piece heading, and well painted;
the staves not to be less than 5-8 inch thick, and the
heads not less than 3-1 inch thick ; and each barrel shall
be coopered, ill addition, with one three-penny iron
hoop on each bilge 1 1-2 inch in width, and 1-lfith inch
thick, and one three-penny hoop on each chime, 1 1-2
inch in width, and 1-ltitli inch thick, as per diagram.
The whole to be put in good shipping order, free of all
charge to ilie United Stales.
All tlie foregoing described articles, embracing'casks,
barrels, half barrels, and boxes, shall be subject to such I
inspection us the chief of this bureau may direct, the I
inspecting officer to be appointed by the Navv Depart- 1
mi t. Ail inspections to he at the place of delivery
Biscuit may, however, be inspected at the place of i
manufacture, but will in all cases be subject to a final !
inspection at the place of delivery before bills are
signed therefor.
The prices of all the foregoing articles to be the
same throughout the year, ami bidders may offer for
one or more articles.
Ail the casks, barrels, and half barrels, boxes or
packages, shall be marked with their contents and the
contractor’s name. All the barrels nnd half barrels of I
flour, bread, nnd pickles shall have, in addition to the I
above, the year when manufactured or put up marked I
upon them.
The samples referred to in this advertisement are j
those selected for the ensuing fiscal year, and hare no
refrnue to those previously exhibited.
Tii&quuntily of these articles which will be required I
cannot be precisely stated. They will probably be
about,
To be offered for.
Biscuit 1,8011,000 !bs per 100 lbs.
Flour 1,400 bills..per bbl.
Kioe 250,000 lbs per lb.
Dried apples 150,009 lbs per lb.
l’li kies 150,000 lbs....per lb,
.Sugar 235,000 lbs per lb.
Tea 25,000 lbs per lb.
Coffee 25.000 lbs....per lb.
Beans..... 7,000 bush.. per hush.
Molasses 20,000 gals...per gal.
Vinegar , 22.000 gals...per gal.
Whiskey 50,000 gals...per gal.
The quantities of any or all may he increased or dim
inished ,.n the service may hereafter require. The con
tracts will therefore be made, not for specified quanti
ties, but for such quantities as the service may require
n> be delivered at those navy-vards respectively.
Contractors not residing at the places where delive
ries are required, must establish agencies at such
places, that no delay may arise in furnishing what may
be required; aiui when a contractor fails promptly to
comply with a requisition, the Chief of the Bureau of
Provisions and Clothing shall be authorized to direct
purchases to be made to supply the deficiency,under the
penalty to l*e expressed in the eoiiutract; the record of
a requisition, ora duplicate copy thereof, at tlie Bureau
of Provisions and Clothing, or at either of the navy-
yards aforesaid, shall be evidence that such requisition
Las been made and received.
Separate offers must be made for each artiele at each
of the aforesaid navy yards; and in ease more than
one artiele is contained in the offer, the Chief of the
Bureau will have the right to incept one or more of
the articles contained in such offer, and reject there-
maiiidcr; and bidders whose proposals are accepted,
(and none others) will be forthwith notified, and as ear
ly a* practicable n contract will be truimsmitted to them
for execution, which contract must be returned to the
bureau within ten days, exclusive of the time required
for the regular transmission of the mail.
Two or more approved surities ill a sum equal to the
estimated amount of tin- respective contracts will be
required, and twenty p* r centum iu addition will be
withlu-ld from the amount of all payments on account
thereof as eollnlcral neenrity, iu addition, to secure its
performance, and not in any event to he paid until it is
in all respects complied with; eighty pereentnin of the
amount of all deliveries made will lie paid by the navv
agent within thirty days after bills, duly authenticated,
shall have been presented to him.
Blank forms of proposals may be obtained o:i appli
cation to foe navv agent.-.P' istiiioutJi, New Hamp
shire; Boston, New V rk, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, Norfolk, Pensacola, and »• this bureau.
A record, or duplicate of the letter, informing a bid
derofthe acceptance of his proposal, will be deemed a
notification thereof within Hie meauing of foe act ot
lSld and Bis bid willhi- made and accepted in oonforiu-
tv with tins understanding.
Every micr made mast be accompanied (as directed
in the act of Congress making appropriations for tin-
naval service for IG4<>—’ 17,upprored jhih Aogust, 184f>)
by a written guarantee,signed by ou/‘ or more rempnii-
■ ibh persona, tothc effect that lie or tlu-v undertake
that tin: bidder or bhlde s will, if his or their hid be nc-
</-pled, enter into an obligation within five days, with
good and sufficient nitrifies, to furnish the supplies pro
posed, The bureau will not be obliged to consider any
projmsal unless accompanied by the guarantee re
quired bv law; tlie competency of the guarantee lobe
certified t»y the. navy agent, district attorney, or col
lector of customs.
'/'he attention of bidder*!* railed lathe sample* and
description* of art ivies required, as, in the inspection
for reception, a just but rigid eomparison will he made
between the artxle* offered and the sample and contract,
reclining non, that full Inline them: nnd their a'tent ion
is also partunieirig direek'd to the joint resolution. of
Zith March, 1854, and to ike net of the lO/Ji August.
18 If,. !
March 19th 1858.
lUttrf.
44 It,
1'boice First Class insurauce by the
AIM INSURANCE C0MP'Y*0F
HARTFORD, CONN.
Incorporated I SI ft. Cash Capital $1 OOO,-
OOO. l.o»w* $10,4:17,Equitable ad
justed, and promptly paid.
Meu toil, work, slave, nay almost sin for their fami
lies -perform almost every judicious act for their wel
fare and happiness, except INSURE. It is tie- com
mon omission of the majority, overlooking tbe dangers
of the future in the security of the present. To reme
dy this fault only requires seriously flunking on the sub
ject. Wisdom and thrift will always etidB to adopt the
conservative principle of Insurance to avert foe un
happy ecnsequrncos of such ' slings and arrows of out
rageous fortune” as are produced Dy the blasting visi
tations of fire to oar botnet so frequently.
Special attention given to Insure Fahm an.l Dwel
ling PaofEnrY, for Terms of One to Five Years
A. M. NISBET, Ag’t., to
Milledgeville and vicinity.
The Churn—By Dasher.
Hail to tbe Churn ! Hail to the Churn !
Much it teaches that we should learn;—
Divers insights into uature,
Perseverance, temperature,
Taste, kindness and economy,
Faith, fashion and astronomy,
Geology and navigation—
Something, iu fiue, of ail creation.
Behold the churn; its hoops are right,
Not swelling like a bloated fright.
On its own bottom standing true.
As high-souled men are wont to do,
Seif-poised, firm-set, and upright too,
A pattern ‘tis for me and you.
The Churn’s no champion of a crown.
But a blunt Roundhead, up and down.
With kindly milk, its in’ards” teem,
So rich indeed, it’s mostly cream,
Generous-hearti-d as a Howard,
Its only fault is, ‘tis a cow—ard.
Behold the Churn; a Milky \V T ay
Full fraught with myriad Nebulae.
So dense and bright, they shut from view,
That city stuff ycleyt “sky-blue.”
Again you look, aud lo! you spy
A Yellow Sea, its waves dashed high
Against an oak and hoop-bound shore,
With white caps,s pouts and hollow raar.
Behold again, it is a mine
From which the housewife doth refine,
With sunken shaft, her massive gold,
Worked o’er and o’er, pressed, stamped and rolled
Didst ever churn? ‘Tis a good school,
Keep just so warm, and just so cool.
In life's great churning never fear;
Through thick and thin just persevere,
Though foes should clamor, friends be dumb,
Churn on, churn, on, the butler'll come.
— Votes County Chronical.
Home Magazine.
!Yot Appreciated.
The last and rites were over. She had
fallen by the way, ere life’s meridian was
reached, and left husband and children to
a sorrow that mocks for a time at consola
tion. Seven years she had been a wife—
six years a mother—and now, a lonely-
hearted man and three little motherless
ones were left in the dwelling where the
sunshine of her loving presence would
never again appear.
Mr. N ewcotnb was a sadder man, now,
than when he followed, grieving,__ the
palled coffin to its final resting-place. And
there were reasons why his heart should
feel a deeper depression. A few friends
and neighbors had returned with him from
the place of graves; and they had lingered
for a short time in the desolate rooms,
speaking together in muffled tones of the
departed; and of those she had left behind
her. Two women talked in this wise; and
it so happened that Mr. Newcomb heard
every word. They thought him in one of
tbe upper chambers, but he was sitting in
an adjoining room, and their voices came in
through an open window, and smote his
ears with intolerable, pain.
“Poor Alice!” said oue. “It is a bles
sed release to her.”
“But a dreadful loss to her children,”
was answered. “Bear little babies! My
heart aches for them. And 1 pity Mr.
Newcomb, also - It is a great loss, though
he never did rightly appreciate her, poor
thing!”
“1 can’t get up much sympathy for him;”
said the other, “aud it isn't much use to
try. His wife was not appreciated, as
you say. He did not understand her dis
position, nor give her credit for the virtues
she possessed. She was faithful and lov
ing, but sensitive—so sensitive that the
slightest word of uukindness was felt as a
painful stroke.”
And that reminds me,” said the neigh
bor, “of one of tbe bad habits he indulged
in, of bantering her in company, and show
ing otf her little faults or peculiarities. I
have been so provoked with him that 1
could with difficulty keep my tongue from
reproach.”
“She was plain, and I think that annoyed
him sometimes.”
“Plain! The beauty of her pure spirit
was ever shining through her face, and if
his eyes were not clear enough to see it he
was not worthy of her.”
“She was not as bright as some oth
women, and it always struck me that he
indulged in depreciating contrasts.”
“She was good, true, faithful, loving,”
was answered, “and these are better quali
ties in a wife than mere brilliancy. Do
you remember that evening at Mrs. Bol
ton’s, about a year ago?”
“Very well.”
“She was there, you know.”
“Yes, I recollect it.”
“He flirted with pretty Miss Gardner,
who ha§ only her face to recommend her.”
“I remember. It lowered him in my
good opinion. I don’t like to see married
men too particular in their attention to
showy young girls.”
“Nor I. Well I happened to catch the
expression of Mrs. Newcomb's face when
her husband was standing at the piano,
turning the music while Miss Gardner sung.
She was looking at him. Oh, it was inex
pressibly sad! A little while afterward 1
turned again to the place where she had
been sitting all alone; but she was not
there. “What ails Mr. Newcomb?” I
heard some lady ask some minutes later.
“Dear knows!” was the almost pettish
reply. “She’s gone off up stairs to have
a cry all to herself; something’s gone
wrong, 1 suppose. She’s a hard body to
get on with. I pity her husband.” I
pitied her, poor child, fori could under
stand her heart.
“He went a great deal in company
without his wife.”
“Yes! and if you asked for her, there was
always an air, or tone, or expression in bis
face, that made you feel as it he did not
regard her as of much consequence.—
‘Where is Mrs. Newcomb?’ you would
inquire ‘She doesn't go out,’ or‘she’s a
queer little home body,’ or ‘the baby’s
sick,’ or ‘she doesn’t enjoy company.’
These are the reasons he would give. It
has been on my lips adozett times to answer,
‘Why don’t you stay tit home and keep
her company?’ And I wish now that I
had. It might have quiekened in him a
perception of duty, and caused a few more
rays of light to fail on her not always sunny
pathway.*
Mr. Newcomb heard no more. But
wasn’t that enough to give him the heart
ache for years? No, he had not appreciated
liis wife, now lost to him forever. She
was neither a brilliant nor a handsome
woman; but true as steel to duty. Love
for her husband was a passion that involv
ed all the elements of her life. But the
delicacy of her perceptions, too, soou
revealed the sad truth that for some cause
she had failo\l to win from her husband a
love in any degree answering toiler own
This so shadowed her feelings that she
often appeared umuniable in his eyes, when
she was only in strife with hidden anguish.
Gradually he grew indifferent, aud simply
because he did riot understand her. Ho
imagined her incapable of deep affection,
when every cord iu her soul was thrilling
in too painful sensibility.
And so the darkening years went on,
and the fevered pulses began to take a
slower beat. Mr. Newcomb grew more
and more indifferent to his nervous, and at
times fretful, but daily fading wife. Others
saw that her days were numbered; but he
‘ho.im--” as he observed to the »tu. S*™?’
“Mrs Newcomb looks very thin and
feeble,” remarked a friend.
“6ke isn’t quite so strong as she was,
but she’s tough,” replied the husband.
Tougli! At tbe very moment her over
stretched heart strings were beginning to
yield! And ho was in robust health—
ruddy-faced, clear-eyed, round-limbed and
with every muscle in full vigor. He could
not sympathize with the feeble woman
moving about his house like a shadow, nor
comprehend how he was daily extinguish
ing a life that looked vainly to him for the
food upon which it could alone exist.
“Though!” If she did linger on fora
time, it was pitying love for her babes that
kept her alive, gave strength to her feeble
limbs and endurance to her sinking heart.
And as she became weaker he seemed
rather to recede than draw near—to grow
cold toward her instead of tender and
compassionate. And so her day went down
in clouds and rain.
No! she had not been appreciated. Mr.
Newcomb was a good sort of man, taking
the general acceptation of the words,—a
pleasant neighbor and agreeable friend, an
honest citizen; but he had not proved a
good husband to a woman lie bad taken to
be his wife, simply because lie had not
rightly comprehended her quality nor
reached her consciousness. She was of
finer spiritual texture than he had imagin
ed, and died because she could not live in
the earth-laden atmosphere he compelled
her to breathe.
“Not appreciated.” There are Mrs.
Newcombs all around us. Their pale
faces haunt us at every turn; their mourn
ful funerals shadow our streets; their
orphaned babes sit weeping for love in
many a lonely dwelling. And the ruddy-
faeed Mr. Newcombs—smiling, affable,
such good company,” favorites at every
feast—are tjround us also. We send a
word of truth to their hearts; may its pas
sage be sure aud quick, like the passage of
an arrow.
The nelanclioiy End of a Donkey;
OR, A TALE OF AN ASS—IN FOUR PARTS.
PART I.—INTRODUCTION' AND DESCRIPTIVE.
Mr. John Fox was not only a “citizen
of credit and renown,” but a judicious
breeder of stock; yet, as accidents will
happen even in the best-regulated fami
lies, he found himself, at one time, possess
ed ot a vet y small Jackass—a regular two-
head—the most useless piece of property
that can possibly adorn a farmers grounds.
Mr. Fox’s resources were great; but this
particular animal bullied them; he had
hitherto found it impossible to dispose of
liim, either for “love or money.” As the
last resort, he resolved to bet him on the
election. So, watching his opportunity,
and catching Major Jones, elector for the
State at large, in a good way, one day, he
“bet his jack against 8500, that Buchanan
I didn’t get Tennessee.” Buchanan did get
Tennessee, and Major Jones got the Jack.
The Major lived in town; and in due
course of time, the Jack was sent home.
Such an ass as he was! He was the size
ot a Newfoundland dog. and about as shag
gy, with a head the shape of a bull-terri
ers. His ears was as long as his body, and
altogether, be couid be compared to noth
ing but a premium rabbit; iu fact, as the
town-constable facetiously observed, ef
bis tail was tlies cut off short, and a bunch
of cotton stuck on to the eend of his back
bone, be whold this fool the best rabit-dog
in the country.” But his voice! Shade of
Orpheus, to what shall we compare his
voice? it was like a locomotive with the
whooping cough, aud as incessant as if
forty thousand cows were constantly on
the track; for, as tlie rector of a neighbor-
institute learned and feelingly remarked,
“he was vox el jrriterea mini.” But all this
was lost on the Major, who, not being a
judge of horseflesh, put his ass in his stable
and askeil &oU0 for him. lie soon fell,
however, to $2o0 and down, down, until
lie got to $5, And finally although he
had exhibited the animal to nearly the
whole county, he found he could not give
him away.
In the meantime, the neighbors became
loud in their couplaints against the noise
made on the Major’s premises; for tbe lit
tle animal, not content with braying ail
day, made night more hideous that “Ham
let’s father’s ghost;” coming, it is ^rue,
like the spirit of the royal Dane, in “ques
tionable shape;” but, beyond a doubt
bringing with him,
“ Blasts from hell.”
PART II. EPISTOLARY AND DIPLOMATIC.
Too late, alas, the Major awoke to a
consciousness ot his position; he had been
sold—-regularly sold. But genius is dar
ing—mi j fie swore in his wrath he would
get rid of that jackass. Like the King of
Siam, he bestows an elephant; he would
send his ass in such a way, that, although
it might ruin his victim to accept, he
should not be at liberty to refuse. l5o he
writes to the District Elector as follows:
“Dear Sir-,—The accompanying animal
is some of the spoils of the victory of the
Democratic party in the late great contest.
Feeling utterly unworthy of such a trophy
myself, 1 present liim to you in the name
of the Democracy of Old Maury, as a faint
acknowledgement of their appreciation of
your gallant services in the late canvass.
“Availing myself of this opportunity to
assure you of my distinguished considera
tion, I have the honor to be, very respect
fully yours, J ones.
“Hon. Jas. II. Smith, X. M. C.”
Tbe Mt tjor rubbed bis hands and chuck
led; and his neighbors slept that night in
peace. But alas! on the following day, a
familiar voice saluted his ear, and liis heart
misgave him.
The District Elector, never having been
to the court of Siam, against all tbe rules
of the etiquette, returned the ass with the
following i.ote:
“Dear sir:—I am truly proud of the
very flatteriug manner in which you allude
to my services in the late campaign. But
as 1 cannot consent to wear an honor so
justly belonging to another, I return the
valuable animal, hoping he may long live
to trumpet the fame of the Democratic
party and his illustrious owner.
“Tendering you the assurance of my
most distinguished consideration, I have
the honor to be, very respectfully yours,
“Major Jones, X. M. 0. &c,, &c.
Smith.
So the jack was on the Majors hands
again, and brayed louder and more stre
nuously than ever, as if proud of the above
correspondence, which was published in all
the Democratic papers in the State, pre
faced by flattering editorial remarks/ and
the original MMS. of which were gener
ously donated to the “Tennessee Histor
ical Society’, by the respective authors.
PART ID.-POLITICAL AND EPIGASTRIC.
Another opportunity presented itself,
and the Majoreagerly embtaced. it. The
Democratic party proposed having a
grand barbecue in celebration of the late
victory, and subscriptions were being ta
ken up for furnishing the materials. He
magnanimously resolved to subscribe his
S erson who solicited his subscription “in-
ebted entirely to the event to he cele
brated for the acquisition of so valuable a
piece of property, he could do no less than
give the party the benefit of it; the Com
mittee of Arrangements could sell the jaek
for whatever they pleased, and apply the
whole of the proceeds to defraying the ex
penses or the barbecue; and,if he might
venture to make the suggestion, he had
no doubt his ass would furnish music for the
occasion.”
The subscription list was completed sent
to the Committee of Arrangments and
reads as follows:
“We, the undersigned, agree to furnish
the articles subscribed for the purpose of
having a free barbecue, in celebration of
the late Democratic victory iu this state.
Subscribers, Articles.
B. B. Smith 1 bag Hour
Mumford Moore .1 bushel meal
Seth Vestal 1 quarter beef
Aaron Goodwin 1 slioat
Major Jones one jackass
&c., &c., &c.”
It has been truly said by a distinguish
ed author, “that it is a hard ease to write
a book, and then have to furnish the pub
lie with brains enough to understand it.”
The public is stupid proverbially—com
mittees are so generally—this committee
was so particularly; for, instead of thank
ing the Major for his mngnificent dona
tion, and thereby again furnishing edito
rial materials they addressed him a note —
which was never published—“wishing to
know if he intended for uuterrified Demo
crats to eat barbecued jackass?” and in
forming him moreover, “that, unless lie-
could make a satisfactory apology he
would not be allowed to speak on the ap-
proachiug occsaion.”
The Major appologized, and kept his
jack, wohse voice in the meantime, had by
severe practice improved so much in depth
and volume, that the town authorities had
taken the matter in hand, aud ordered the
constable to treat him as a nuisance, and
have him removed forthwith.
“How you suppose I know? Do you
tink I’d put my hand in to feel? What
you mean to insine wate?”
‘•Oh, nuffin—only I neber seed you
hab sich good close on afore dats all.”
PART IV.—CATASTROPIIEE AND CONCLUSION
His owner begged a week’s respite: “the
barbecue was to come off within that time
and he was satisfied that among the ten
thousand people to he present, he could
dispose of that jack.” The eventful day
arrived, and Jiajor having given orders
that his jack should be rubbed down and
brought out to the scene of the barbecue
in “full regalia,” repaired thither himself.
The speaking had commenced, and the
Major sat tit the root of a tree, deeply im
mersed in his own great speech, which
was next on the programme, when one of
the Marshals tapped him on the shoulder,
and informed him “that he must remove
his illustrious quadruped from the grounds
forthwith.” An indignant reply was on
thdMajors lips, when tiie well-known voice
smote upon his ear. His jack was ap
proaching. Led by a darkey, and cloth
ed in a scarlet blanket that swept the
ground on either side as he trotted along
the little fellow had become so excited by
the crowd of animals on every side, that
all his previous efforts at vocalization Avere
were completely eclipsed. Jupiter To-
nanr! he was furnishing music for the oc
casion” with a vengeance. The cooks rest
ed from their labors; the audience rose; the
speaker stopped in the middle of a sentence
consigning the Know-notliiugs to an ever
lasting residence oti the head waters
of Stilt River; anil all eyes were turned in
the direction whence the interruption pro
ceeded’
“And still they gazed and still the wonder grew,
That one small ass could such an uproar brew.”'
Immediate measures were taken for re
lief. It was suggested that as an ass can
not bray without elevating his tail con
siderably, a heavy rock be attached to
that member. This plan was quickly
carried into operation; but alas! it was like
placing weight on the safety-valve of a
steam engine—it only increased his power.
The rock was not heavy enough. They
then concluded t® tie his tail to the root of
a stout oak stump, which was also quick
ly done, and the crowd warned to “stand
back.” It was remembered, afterwards
that this order was given by the man who
had charge of the cannon, the report of
which was completely drowned by the dis
charges from the lungs of the ass. It was
also observed that this man (the master of
ord nance,) was tlie last to leave the imme
diate neighborhood of the jack which he did
in a very precipitate aud unsoldierhke man
ner
a he ass finding his tail firmly tied down
made one mighty effort; put on a full head
of steam, collapsed a flue; and a dreadful
explosion took place. Bo soon as order
could be restored, and the matter inves
tigated. the damages were ascertained to
be as follows:
Killed One Small Jackass,
II ’outided One Oak Stump
Missing The Master of Ordnance
It has been since suspected, that, mov
ed by a petty jealousy the aforesaid mas
ter of ordnance seeretly placed under the
jack four or five blank catridges, with a
slow match attached. Whether this was
actually the case, or, if'it was, whether
the ass was worth the powder, are both
matters to be investigated. One thing,
however, is certain, nothing has since been
found appertaining to the jack, but the
fo/c-which is hereby produced in evidence
of the truth of the whole matter, and the
moral;
Never bet on an election,
you are sure of winning.
The followin
even when
G. D.
sample of “darkey” talk
is characteristic and amusing;—
“So you had a bad susaucide at your
house lass nite, Sam,” said a colored gem-
man, on meeting his colored crony, waiter
at a hotel.
“Oh, yes, Lemuel, dat we had—it alpiost
scart me into takiu’ a drink. He wus jis
from California, wid heeps of noospapers.
He cum ober de Jerecipelus by de Nig-
gerauge rout, aud put up at our house pre-
bio.us to his ‘ribal. I tort de man was out
ob liis lied, kase he gun me a shillin’ as
soon as lie laid eyes on me—from dat ininit
I stuck by him fur fear sum interested
pussou might get a hold ob him. De next
inornin’ as de chambermaid wasagwane
up stairs wid a shuttle ob cole for her
breakfass, she smelt lodlutn,. passin’ de
man’s do’; soon she smelt dat she smelt a
rat. She'nocked to de man’s do’ but no
answer. Den site broke do do doun, and
dar laid de man wid de boots on, and in
he troat wus a stickin’ in a bottle ob lod
lum. She hollered, and we all kotcl # 1 hold
de bottle to pull it out, but it wasn’t no use.
We had to send for the sturgeon. De
sturgeon cum, and made a decision here
in de neck, nie de borax, which reached as
fur as deequlibaum reached into de sara-
fogus. and putting a cortven in de decision,
gub it a poko wid a dispatchlus, when out
flew de bottle, aud all was safe.”
“What was safe, Sam, de man?”
“No, de bottle—de man wus ded afore
de sturgeon cum; but he bad to do sumiin
to earn a feeler.”
Was dere anything found in depock-
Mrs. Snow’s Literary Husband.
Y’es, I’m Mrs. Snow, an editor’s wife.
I well remember the day when Mr. Snow
asked me to be bis. I confess I liked Mr.
Snow, and thinking it would be very fine
thing to be the wife of an editor, I said
“yes” as pretty as I knew how; and
became Mrs. Snow. I have seen ten
years of married life, and find my husband
to be an amiable, good-natnred man. He
always spends his evenings at home, and
is, in that respect, a very moral man, but
lie always brings with him a pile of ex
changes, which are limited only by the
length of his arm ; and reads while I patch
the knees and elbows of our boy’s coat and
pantaloons. After we have had a quaker
meeting of an hour’s length, I break the
silence by asking: ‘Mr. Snow, did you
order that coal I spoke of?’
‘What did you say. my dear?’ be asks,
after a few moments’ silenCe.
‘Did you order that coal I spoke to you
about?’
‘Indeed, my dear, I am very sorry; but
I forgot all about it. It shall come to-mor
row.’
Another hour’s silence, which is relieved
by the baby’s cryfcg, and rather liking to
hear a noise of some sort, I make no effort
to quiet him.
‘Mv dear,’ said Mr. Snow; after he cried
a minute or so, ‘hadn’t you better give the
baby some catnip tea to quiet him? he
troubles me.’
The baby is still, and another hour
passes away without a breath of noise.
Becoming tired of silence, I take a lamp
and retire for the night, leaving Mr. S. so
engaged with liis papers that he does not
see^me leave the room.
Towards midnight be comes to bed, and
just as he lias fallen to sleep the baby takes
a notion to cry again. I rise as quietly as
possible; and try to still him. While I am
walking the room with the small Snow in
my arms, our next—a boy of three years
—begins to scream at the top of his lungs.
What can I do? There is no other course
but to call Mr. Snow ; so I call out : Mr.
Snow ! Dir. Snow ! Mr. Snow !
The third time lie starts up aud replies:
‘What, Tim—more copy?’
As though I was Tim—that little devil
running about his office! I 'reply rather
cool, ,No, I don’t want any more copy
—I’ve had enough of that to my life time;
1 want you to see what Tommy is crying
about.’
Mr. Snow makes a desperate effort to
rouse himself, as Tommy stops to take
breath; lie falls to sleep again, leaving me
pacing the room in as much vexation as 1
can comfortably contain.
The next morning at breakfast, when I
give Mr. Snow an account of my last night’s
adventure, he replies: ‘Indeed, my dear,
1 am sorry the children troubled you.’
That is always the way. If I complain,
it is, ‘indeed, my dear, I am sorry,’ but
should tlie very same thing occur the sub
sequent night, directly before his eyes,
very likely he would not see or know any
thing about it, unless it happened to inter
rupt the train of his ideas. Then he
would propose catnip tea, but before I can
get it into the infant’s stomach, he will'be
far away in the realms of thought, leaving
menotalittie vexed at his apparent stu
pidity.
Dir. Snow knows the name of every
paper published in England, France and
Germany; but he can’t, for the life of him
tell the names of liis children. He knows
just the age of every American journal,
.but lie does not know the age of his own
baby. He knows just how one ofhis con
tributors looks, but I don’t believe be can
tell whether my eyes are black or blue.
The world says Dir. Snow is getting
rich; all I know about it is, lie gives me
money to clothe and feed our boys, and
that, too, without complaint of poverty.
1 hope the world is right in opinion; and
when I am fully satisfied that it is, I shall
advise him to resign his editorial honors,
and spend a few mouths in becoming ac
quainted with liis wife and children. The
little ones will feel much flattered in mak
ing the acquaintance of so literary a gen
tleman.
Use of Hen Manure on Cum.—I have
been in a habit of using hen manure ap
plied in the hill, on corn for a number of
years with excellent success. I take my
lien manure to a convenient, (say a barn
tloor) and pulverise it throughly, then mix
two” sixths ashes and one sixth plaster,
with an equal proportion of the manure in
bulk, of both ashes and plaster. After
preparing my ground by spreading (say)
2-5 cart loads of stable or other good ma
nure on the turf, and plough it under; 1
mark out my ground without either har
rowing or brushing, and then drop one gill
of the above mixture in each hill, either
planting my corn close beside, or kicking
on a little dirt with my foot over the mix
ture, and planting directly on it. 1 row
both ways, three and one-half feet. In
this way I have succeeded iu getting fine
crops. I generally use about 15 bushels
of lion manure mixture to the acre ; but if
I used no other manure to carry out the
crop, I would certainly use at least 40
bushels of the same. I think most farmers
miss it, in running over too much ground
to get a bushel of corn, when by manuring
heavily they get the same grain on less
gtound, and make a saving in labor, and
leave tfie soil iu a better state of stocking
down.
A Neto and Romantic Game.—Godey’s
Lady’s Book has tbe last new “social game.
Here it is:
A small piece of stick is lighted at one
end, and the blaze is blown out, leaving
the sparks. It is then passed from one of
the company to the next on bis right hand
and so an round tho circle, each one saying
as ho hands it to his neighbor, fiJacks a-
live.” The player who holds the stick
when the last spark dies out, must consent
to have a delicate mustach painted on his
face with the charred end of the stick,
which is then re-lighted and the game goes
on. Should the wearer of the mustache
have Jack die a second time on his hands
an imperial, whiskers, or exagerated eye
brows may be added to his charms While
Jack is in a lively condition, with bis spark
ip fine brilliant order, he is passed carless-
ly from one player to another; but when
he shows symptoms of dying it is amusing
to see how rapidly he changes hands, for
each player is bound to receive him as
soon as his neighbor pronounces ‘‘.Jack’s
alive.” In case tho mustache decorations
are objected to, a forfeit may bo paid in
stead, by those who may hold “Jack
dead.” m < u
The editor who threatened to write two
columns a week about Kansas, unless his
delinqent subscribers paid up, says that
every one has squared up his account, and
three hnndred and seventy paid for one
year in advance.
Lighting Gas by Electricity.—The
Senate was not in session yesterday, and
v a largo number of gentlemen and ladies
visited the senate chamber to witness the
novel, operation of lighting the large
chandelier (which contains fifteen hundred
jets of gas) by electricity. It is the pro
cess invented by Mr. Samuel Gardiner,
jr., and patented by him in this country
and abroad for lighting and regulating the
light in public buddings, theatres, and
other places where a great deal of is
•onsu med.
On the floor of the Senate chamber
stands a small, neatly made case, contain-
! ing three keys, which are worked by the
i operator in the same manner as are the
keys of a telegraphic instrument. By
touching one of these keys the gas is
“turned eu” by the aid of two powerful
electro-magnets. Place the finger on
another, and a few touches sends the mag
ic current througlfe wires placed in connex
ion with the burners, instantly igniting tho
gas. A third key as instantly extinguish
es it; and there is a stop which renders it
impossible to interfere with the light when
burning. The operator can perform these
movements gradually or \ery rapidly, at
pleasure.
By means of this,invention, the street
lights ot a city, or those in the different
rooms ot a public edifice, can be lighted,
regulated, or extinguished at one locality
aud without trouble. It also saves a largo
amount of gas, as by the present arrange
ment there must be a set of service-pipes
simply used tor lighting, or the work must
be commenced some time previous to the
hour when the light is required.
Dir Gardiner, we understand, is now
making estimates of the cost of introdu
cing his valuable invention throughout the
Capitol. It is well worthy of notice, and
we recommend those of our readers who
areuear the Senate chamber to examine it.
f Washington Union.
The following letter was sent by a man
to liis son at college—
“Dly dear sou—I write to send you two
pair ot my old breeches, that you may
have a new pair made of them. Also
some new socks which your mother lias
knit by cutting down some of mine. Y'our
mother sends you teu dollars without my
knowledge, and for fear you will not use it
wisely I have kept back half, and send you
ouly five. Your mother and I are well, ex
cept that your sister has got the measles,
which we think would spread among the
other girls it Tom had not had them before
and he is the ouly one left. I hope you
will do honor to my teachings; if not, you
are an hss, and your mother and myself
are your affectionate parents.”
A Practical Joke.—In Berks county,
says an exchange, ono of the political par
ties had for twenty years been in the hab
it of holding their nominating conventions
at the house of Mr. G .
He happened on a recent occasion, for
the first time, to he in when they had fin
ished their business, and heard a little del
egate move that “this convention adjourn
sine die.”
“Sine die!” said Di r, G , to a person
standing near, “where’s that?”
“Why, that’s way in the northern part
of the county,” said his neighbor.
“Hold on if you please, Mr. Cherman,”
said the landlord, with a great emphasis
and earnestness, “hold on, sir, I’d like to
be heard on that question. I have kept a
f ublic house now for mor’n twenty years.
’m a poor man. I have always belonged
to the party and never split in my life.—
This is the most central location in the
county, and it’s the place where we’ve al-
lers met. I’ve never had nor asked an
office, and have worked night and day for
the party, and now I think, sir. it is con
temptible to go to adjourn this convention
way up to sine die.”
“Ts Father Here.” A young man camo
into a city station house yesterday after
noon, and inquired: “Is father in here?”
“I do not know—what is his name?” said
the Lieutenant on duty. The name was
given, and the record exhibited, with
“drunk aud disorderly” attached as the
charge.
“Gan I see him a moment—he is my
father?” was the response, and the young
man was conducted to the iron cage where
the father had been confined since morn
ing, now sobered and in his right mind.
“Father,” said the visitor, 'Jane is dead!’
And the young man choked at the sen
tence, while the strong nerved father vent
ed his grief in tears and loud expressions
of sorrow.
While the sister and daughter lay up
on her dying bed the father had indulged
in liquid potations that dethroned reason,
and had been arrested nnd confined in the
station house. The son asked for his re
lease, and the kind hearted officer opened
his prison door, and with a word of com
fort and warning, set him free. Such are
some of the daily scenes a “local” meets
with in his daily rounds.— Cincmnatti
Gazette.
Swearing Them In.—The following ob
ligation was administered to the graduates
at the late Commencement of the Ogle
thorpe Medical College of Savannah.
“You hereby promise and declare on the
receipt of your diploma that you will
maintain the honor, dignity and respecta
bility of the legitimate profession in which
you have been educated, and that you
will neither countenance nor affiliate with
anv system of irregular practice, nor en
gage either in the manufacture, sale or
recommendation of quack nostrums or pa
tent medicines nor countenance the prac
tice of the senseless dogmas of Hydropathy,
Homeopathy or Thompsonianism under
the penalty of having the degree conferred
upon you revokedby your Alma Mater.”
Signs fir Business in the Manufacturing Dis
tricts—Reduction of Wages and Hands Paid off
Daily—Pawtucket, formerly one of the most
flourishing manufacturing towns in New England,
which has been at a cotnyilete stand still ever
since tbe commencement of the panic, is now
moving again. The ChrouicU, of the 2uth instant
says:
“We are really glad to be able to announce that
there is a gleam of sunshine for our manufactur
ers and other business men. We understand that
twenty thousand pieces of print cloths, sixty by
sixty-four, were sold to one jiarty iu Providence,
on Wednesday last, at five cents—the first sale of
any importance by any of our manufacturers for
about six months.”
That paper continues:
“The Bunnell Manufacturing Company are
ruuino- about two thirds of their machinery full
time, and ffive employment to a large number of
hands who have had little or nothing to do since
last September. Greene A Daniels, thread manu
factures, are running both of their mills on full
time. Bcxter Brothers have their entire machine
ry in full oneratiou, and have had for some time
pasi. Wood & Adams, at Central Falls, have as
many orders for threads and warps as they can at
tend'to All she cloth mills at Central and Valley
Falls, with one exception, are again in operation.
8. Filield & Co., will start their furnace on stove
work, on tho first day of April next, and employ
steadily thirty hands. We understand that this
firm will start their slight reduction in wages from
those formerly paid, aud as an offset thereto, will
nay each hand daily, at the close of work, for tho
next two months. This plan, coupled with the
great reduction iu price of the necessaries of life,
will be as favorable to the employees as the terms
on which they formerly worked. As spring
opens, business tueu, generally, wear a more smil
ing aspect and look more hopeful.”
i— r
Dr. John K. Mitchell, one of the best
known and most highly esteemed citizens
e*e Pbilnrlehiliin. expired at an early hour