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•jOliiiHTON, .NISBET& BAKNES, Publishers and Proprietors. 4. a. BOt'CHTOX, JOS. II. XISBET. Ealiun. at *2 TERMS. THU FEDERAL UNION, 5 published Weekly, in MiUedgerille, Ga., Corner of Hancock and Washington Sts., (oppositi Court House.) w* a year in advance, > (tancs, $3 Per Annum.) 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 RATES Per Vue. insertion $ 1 se [uer.t contin Those sent with 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, U. .1 .. .. .. i ... • . i r <; 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