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Newspaper Page TextTHE ROME COURIER. ._UIK) EVERY THURSDAYHORNING; BY KNOWLES &. MYERS. TEHM8: The Courier will bo published at Two Dol- ih per annum. If paid in advanco j Two Dol l's and Fifty Cents if paid within six months, J Throe Dollars at tho end of the year. Legal Adtebtisements will bo inserted »lth strict attention t aw, at the usual rate.. Miscellaneous advertisements will he insort- d at One Dollar per square of 12 linos or less, •for the first, and Fifty Cents for each subse quent insertion. Liberal deductions will be mado in favor of fihose who advertise by the year. BU3INE83 CAROS.ic. BOOK & JOB PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT THE OrriCE or THE ROME ■ VOLUME 7. . GA„ THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1852. NUMBER 32. ' B •See ever lit £1 Jan. 16 1851. IMSMl . W. Rl8, ,8 T , kief Itsn FRANCIS M. ALLEN, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Italic aid Fancy Dry Leeds k Groceries. IVecetves new goods every week. Rome, On., Jan. 2 1851, PATTON & PATTON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, . . Rome, Georgia. Will practice In all tho counties of IhoChor- okoe Circuit Sept. 5.1860. DANIEL 8. P1UNTUP, l|»t for the Southern mutual Insurance Ceupany at Rome; flat Insuros against loss by Fire. Also Lives of Persons and Sarvants. Checks on Charleston and New York for salo by D.,8. PRINTUP. r Oct. 10,1850. IV. 0. DABBS, WATER OR URIN DOCTOR, Five miles South of Rome on tlio Alabama | Road. .. April 8,1862-8ra. LANIER HOUSE,' BY LANIER It BON. BATHING ROOMS ATTAOHED. Macon Oct. 2 1851. [AVoyt the Dublin University Magazine.] THE OLD OAK TREE. I would I were a child again, As when I sported free, Upon the greensward through tho glen Beneath the old oak tree. My til hor’s calm and thoughtful brow In memory still I see j My mother’s smllo shines on mo now, Boncath tho old oak tree, Tho Bunshlno falls as warm and bright, As freely breathes the air; The stream still dances down as light, The flowers still bloom as fhlr. Where'er my tearful oyes may range, Familiar spots I soo; Tho scones I loved scorned slow to ebango Around tho old oak trbo. Butgonoaro all thoso cherished forms I gazed on when a child, Like autumn’s leaves when early storms Sweep through tho woodlands wild. And all alono within tho glen, I llngor musingly, And wish I wore a child again Boncath the old oak treo. GORDON HOUSE, BY BARKER, HILL R CO., Calhoun, Oat ALSO. A LIVERY STABLE. F. K. SHACKELFORD, FACTOR AND COMMISSION MERCHANT. „ Charleston, South Carolina. " April 1,1852. - SCREVEN HARRIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, No.,99 Bay Street Savannah Ba, • W. E. SCREVEN, C. II. HARRIS. •Reference—J. Knowles. March 26, 1862. 8m. JOHN A. MAYER, DRUGGIST, 161 Broad Street, . Nov. 14 1861. Savannah, Ba. if, ••Mare-House and Commission Business. N. OII8LEY k SON, Macon, Ba. GODFREY, 0118LEY k CO., Savannah, .Ba, 'test E. codfrev, N. OUBI.EV, jn.r. obebsitew N. B. A II. WEED, otters and Dealers in Hardware,Nalls fco. krouMon Street, Savannah, Ba or. It, 1851: ly BUTTER AND CHEESE EMPORIUM, ’ BY SEABORN GOODALL, SAVANNAH, wholesale dealer in er aud Cheese, Direct from Gosheu, New York. Nov. 14,1861. ly* h.iehn, Savannah. 11. foster, Hancockco. BEHN k FOSTER, raetors and Commission Morchants, Savannah, Ba. Reference—j. Knowles. Nov. 14:1861. ly* LYON A HEED, Wholesale Dealers in Ready-Made doming, Hats, Caps, andOen- tiemens’ Furnishing Goods. Not. 168 Cony, and Vi SI Julian Sts. Savannah. Nov. 14.1851. ly E. F. WOOD k CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. ■ .JV.'J. 91 and 152, Gibbons BuiUing, near the M trkel.Signof the Large Boot, Savannah, Ba. Nov. 14,1861. ly N. B. KNAPP, WHOLES A LB AND BBT AIL DEALER IN ADDLES, BRIDLES, HARNESS, 8tO, Market Square. Savannah, Ba. Nov. 14.1851. 6m W.A. CARSWELL, | T.J.ROBERTS, | SAM.U. SURAT, CARSWELL, ROBERTS k CO. Factors and General Commission Merchants. I Braulon and Bay Streets, Savannah, Ba. Nov. 14.1861. ^ PETER G. THOMAS, Dealer In Wlndow-Snsbes, Blinds and Panel Doors. Ab. 156. Bay St. Savannah, Ba. iy Orders from tho country promptly at- luudedto. [ST Terms: Cash. Nov. 14.1861. ly- CUA8. H. CAHPFIELD, 171 Bay Street, Savannah, Dealer In Agricultural Implements of every kind, Burr Mill Stones, Cotton Gins Ac Nov. 14,1861. 6m* YONGE A ODEN, Factors and Commission Morohants. Jfo 94, B"y Street, Savannah. Will attend promptly to whatever business may be confided to them. Nov. 7,1851. ly sr. r. yonob. | w. open. CHARLES H. SMITH, B ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rome, Georgia. ( Col.N.L. Hutchins, Lawrenceville Refer to j jj on jj 1nes p|6l,T, Columbus, Ga. ■ Dec. 26 1851. ROBERT FIDNLAY, MANUFAUTUnea OF ■team Engines, Boilers, Machinery, Ac. anddealebin MILL STONES of every description. Steam •law Mills, Circular and. Straight, put up in Ulterior stylo. Macon, August 21,1861.- WASHBURN, WILDER A CO. Factors and Commission Merchants, ■d Agents of the Brig Line of New York Packets. Savannah, Ba, Will make liberal advances on produce con. " 1 for salo. Office 114 Boy Street, east of xchangq. fer to Major John S, Rowland, Cass co, SHSURN, I JNO. R, WILDER, | F. O. DANA, *■,.1861. "™* 6m* LUIION. Prom the Marietta Union. OUR UNION. 'Tla sweet to llngor round a.dwolllng, Mute to every sound unkind, ProudM brothers, graced with sisters, One lAeartandone in mind; God, our Union Thus Itf long affection bind. May no valloy, may no mountain, As a hostile border stand; May our forests, may onr rivers, ^jiado add cheer a happy laud; On our Union, God his ohoicest gifts command. Long our striped and star-lit banner O'er the ft-ee its shadow fling; Lnng'our eagle, deck'd with garlands, Plume a bold and fearless wing: , God, onr Union Brighter from each trial bring. , . Should the weak or baso, aspiring, Hope to force our ties apart, God, tho thought like lightning wlthor— Light and love around them dart, Till our Union -Shall not nurso a faithless heart Who could sigh for scenes more lovely, Or for hearth-stones mote secure 1 Who would not exult In freedom. Broad alike to rich and poor 1 For onr Union : Who would not some loss endure 7 FaVTrotniinun ‘ See our mighty realm repose; All her vales are glad with plenty, Science In hor children glows; Light and glory O’er tho wand’rlng world sho throws. Qod, still bless our favored country 1 By our fathers' valor won. In our own vyarm bosoms cherished, Pgorlcas as the mid-day sun, Live our Union Till the rounds of time are ruii. ford thought it " good fun'' to sco the anti quities bowing and Courtesylng, but she be came Interested in the lingering courtliness of tho little scene, trembled lcs* her aunt should appear ridiculous, and then wondered liow she could have refused such a man aB Gen. Gordon must havo been. Bays and weok9 flew fast; tho Goncral bo- camo a constant visitor In tho square, and tho heart of Isabel Vcro had nover beaten so loud ly at twenty as It did at flfty-and-flvenothing, sho thought, could bo more natural (fean that tfio General should recall the days of. his youth, and seek tho friendship and compan ionship of her. who had never boon married, whtio he—faithless man I—had been guilty of taking two wives during his “ services in In dia." It was Impossible to toll which of tho ladles ho treated with tho most attention.— Isabel Montford took an especial'dell glit In tormenting him, and bp was cynldal onough towards hor at times. Although ho frankly abusod her piana-forto playing, yot ho evident ly preferred it to tho musle Miss Yore prac ticed so Indethtlgably to plcasohlm, or to the songs she sang, in a voice which from a high "soprano," had been crushed by tlmo into what might bo considered a singular " mez zo." Ho sometimes forgot how to Bnd fliuH with Miss Montford’s dancing, and more than once became her,partnor in a qundrillo. It was ovldont, that while the General was grow ing young, Miss Vere remained—“os sho was 1" Isabel Montford amused hersolf at his ex pense,buthedid not—quick-sighted and man- of-the-world though ho was—perceive It. At flrst he was remarkably fond of recalling aud dating events, and dwelling upon tho graco, and beauty, and interest, and advantage, of whatever was post and gonm-much to t)ie occasional pain of Isabel Voro, who, gentle- hearted as sho was, would havo consigned da|o£to (lie bottomloss pit; latterly, howover, he talked a great deal more of the present than of the past, and, greatly to tho annoy ance of younger men, fell Into tho duties of escort to both ladles—accompanying them to places of public promonado and amusoment. . On such occasions, Miss Isabel Vero looked olfhorcarnestor bashful—yes, positively bash ful; and Miss IsabelMontford, brimful! of os much mischief as a lady could doltght In. At times, the General laid asldo his cynical | observations, together with hlS cane, which ■Whatdospqrate exertion!" thought tho Gen,, wasnot ovcn replaced by on umbrella; to but your courtesy Is frightful I A dtp, a bob, a bend, a shuffle, a slide, a cantor—neither dignified, graccflil, nor self-possessed I A courtesy It in graco what an adagio Is In mu- slo—only masters of tho art. can execute either the one or tho othor. Why, tho beau ty of tho Ducbcss of Devonshire could not havosavcdhorroputatlonas a graceful wo man, if she bad dared suoha courtesy as that.” | !‘Iassure you, sir.” romonstratedtho offen ded Isabel, "that Madamo Michcau-—" VWhatdoIeare tor .the woman 7” exclaim ed tho Genoral, Indignantly, "Havo I not memory 1" “Can you not teach mol”.- said Isabel, amused and Interested by his earnestness. ,"I teach youTI 1 No; tho conrtcslcs which captta^nousands in my youth were mota^^^Hktion than nn art. The very quce^^Ki, In tho prcBcut day, can not courtesy." 'Gould my auntl" Inquired Isabel, a llttlo sauoy, 'Your aunt, Miss Montford, was graco It self. Ah I there are no such women now a- days I" And, after the not very flattering observa tion, tho General moved to the piano. Isa bel's brows contracted and her cheeks flush ed; however, she glanced at thotooklngglass, was comforted, and smiled. He raised , the cover, placed tho scat with the grave gallantry of an old courtier, and invited tho young lady to play. She obeyed, to do her Justice, with prompt politeness; sho was not without hope that (Acre, at least, the old gen'Ionian would confess sho was triumphant. Her white hands, gemmed with jewels, flew over tho keys like wjjjged seraphs; they bewildered tho eye by the rapidity of their movements. Tho instrument thundered, but tho thunder was so continuous that there 'seas na^iorr wUn contrast will come by-and-bye," thought tho disoipio of tho old school—“there must bo some shadow to thrpw up the lights.” Thunder—crash— thunder—crash—drum rattlo—a confused, though ejoqnent, running backward and forward of sounds, tho rings flashing llko lightning I Another orash— louder—a‘ great deal of crossing -hands—vio lent strides from one end of thb Instrument to the othor—prodigious displays of strength on the parlof the fhlr performer—a terrifle shake! oral, ‘‘and all to produce a soulless noise.”— Thenfollowed a fearful banditti of octaves— another crash, louder and more prolonged than the rest, and she looked up with a tri umphant smile—a smllo conveying tho samo idea as the pause of an opera-dancor after a most woudcrful pirouette. 'Do yon keep a tuner In the house, my dear yonng lady7" inquired thoGenorai; 10. W( ijtliBrBllnitma. THE TWO ISABELS ; Or, Ooquettlzh Seventeen. BY MBS. S. 0. HALL. Oh lovo, love, lovo, love I—love is llko a diz ziness, It will not lota poor man go about h!s busi ness. [Old Song. And are those tollies going, And Is-my proud heart growing Too cold, or wiso, for woman’s eyos Again to set it glowing I [Moore. Tho General put on his spectacles, and looked steadfastly at Isabel for at least two minutes. ‘'Turn your head," ho said at lajt, there, to the left.” Isabel Montford, although an acknowledg. ed beauty, was as amiable as she was admir ed ; she had also a keen appreciation uf char acter; and, though somewhat piqued, was amused by tho oddity of her aunt's old lover, The General was a fine example of tho well preserved person and manners of tho past century; beauty always recognizes beauty a distinguished relative; and Isabel turned her bead, to render it as attractive as it could be. Tho General smiled, and after gazing tor another minute, with evident pleasure, ho said, "Do mo the favor to keep that attitude, and walk across tho room.” Isabel did so with much dignity. She cer tainly was exceedingly handsome, her stop light but firm, her figure admirably poised, her head well and gracefully placed, her too. turca finely formed, hor eyes and smile bright and confiding. Sho would have been more captivating had her dress been less studied hor taste was evidently Parisian rather than classic. Tho gentleman muttered something, in which the words '‘charming " and “to be regretted." only met her car; thon ho spoke distinctly: You solicited my candor, young lady; you challenged comparison between you and your compeers, and the passing belles whom I have seen. Now, bo so kindos to walk out of tho room, re-enter, and courtesy," Had Isabol Montford been an uneducated young iady, she might have flounced out of the salon, in obedience to hor displeasure, which was very decided ; but, as It was, sho drew herself to her full height and swept through tho folding doors. “That is so per fectly a copy of her poor aunt 1" he murmur ed; "Just so would she pass onward* like a ruffled Swan | she went, after that exact (ha sten, Into tho ante-room, when shorefiised mo tor tho fourth time, thirty-five years ago.” Tho young Isabel ro-ontered, and courtesi- ed, The gentleman seated himself, leaned his clasped bands upon tho bead of his Jiejjji- turned It with admiration, thinking, " How itonl8hingly like heraunt, when sho refused me the second time.'! "And that is fiishlonable music, Miss Mont ford 1 I have lived so long out ,qf England, only hearing the music of Beethoven, and Mozart, and Mendelssohn, I was not aware that noise was substituted tor power, and that execution had banished expression. Dear mol—why the piano'is vibrating at this mo ment) Poor thing! How long does a piano last you. Miss Montford 1" Isabel was losing her tamper, when fortu nately hor aunt—still Miss Vero—camo to fhd rescue. Thu lovers of thirty yoars:past, would have mot anywhere olseas strangers.— The once rounded and queeniike form of the elder Isabol was shorn of its'grace and bcoutyi of all hor attributes of all attractions,' dignity only remained; and It was that high-bred, innate dignity which can never bo acquired and is never forgotten. Sho had not lost the eighth of an inch of her height, and her gray hair was braided in full folds over hor fair but wrinkled brow. Isabel Mbbtford lopked so exactly what Isabel Vero had been, that General Gordon was sorely perplexed. Isabol Voro, If truth must he told, had ta ken extra pains with her dress; her noice had met the General tho night before, and her likeness to hor aunt had so recalled tho past, that his promised visit to his old sweetheart (as he still called her) had fluttered and agi tated her more than she thought It possible an Interview with any man could dosho quarreled with her beautltol gray hair, she cast off bor black velvet dress disdainfully, and put on a blue Moire antique. (Sho re membered how much the Captain—no, tho General, once admired blue). Bhe was not a coquette 1 even gray hair at fifty docs not euro coquetry whorolt has existed in all its strength! hilt, for the sake of her dear niece, sho wished to look as well as possible. She wondered why sho had so often retosod " poor Gordon." She had been all her llto of too delicate a mind to be a husband-hunter, too well satisfied with her position to calculate how It could be im proved, and yet she did not hesitate to con fess to hersolf that now, In the commence ment of old ago, however verdant It might bo, she would havo been happier, of more conse quence, of more value, os a married, woman. Bhe had too much good sense, and good taste, to belong to the class of discontented females, consisting of husbandless and childless wo men, who seek to establish laws at war with the laws of tho Almighty; so, if her heart did beat a llttlo stiffly and sundry passages pass ed through hor brain in connection with her old adorer, and, what tho toturo might bo— she may be forgiven, and will bo by those not strong-minded women—who understand e- nough of human nature to know that, if young heads and old hearts are sometimes found to gether, so are young hearts and old heads. The young laugh to scorn tho idea of Cupid and a crutch, but Cupid has strango vagaries, and at any time can barb his crutch with'the point of an arrow. " Tho old people,” as Isabel Montford Ir reverently called them that evening, did hot get on woll together I they wore in a great de gree disappointed one with the other. They stood up to dance the minuet da la caeur, and Isabel Vero languished and swam as she had confess tjio truth, ho had experienced several symptoms of heart disease, which, though they had made him restless and uncomfortable, brought hopes and aspirations of llto, rather than fears of death. One morning, Isabol Montford and the Gen eral'were alono la tho niton, whore this llttlo scene first opened: “Our djffurenco has never beon settled yot," she exclaimed, gaily; “you havo never prov- otto, of tho Old school such a line follow—such a hero I lost a leg at Oabool. and received I don’t know how many slabs from those horrid Afghans." “ Lost a leg I" repeated tho General, with an approving glance at his own; "why, ho can never danco with you.” "No, but fce can admire my dancing, and docs not think my courtesy a dip, a shuffle, a bond, a bob, a slide, a canter I' Ah I dear General, I was always pertoetlon in his eyes.'' “By tho Immortal duko,” thought the Gen eral, " the young divinity la laughing at mo.” “ My aunt only objects to his want of mo ney; now I havo abundanco tor both; and your recommendation, dear sir, at tho Horse Guards, would at onco place him In some po sition of honor and of profit; and oven If It wore abroad, I could lcavo my dear aunt with tho consciousness that hor happiness Is secur ed by you, dear guardian that you are. Ah t sir, at your tlmo of llto you can havo uo Idea of our feelings.” " Oh, yes, I havo I" sighed tho General. " Bless you I" sho exclaimed enthusiastical ly; “ I thought you would recall tho days of your youth and tool tor us; and when you see my dear Harry—” "With a cork log—" "Ayj or with two cork legs—you will, I know, bo convinced that my happiness Is as secure as your own." "Women are riddles, one and alii” said the Gonijral, "and I should havo known that bo- tore." “Oh, do not say such enrol things tnd dis appoint mo, depending, as I have boon, on your, kindness and affliction. Hark!” she continued, “I hear my aunt's footstep; now dear, dear Gcnoral, reason coolly with her; my very existence depends on It. If, you only know him 1 Promise, do promiso, that you wllluso your influence, all powerful as it is, to savo my life." . ■"■HnuTnlscaTnjr IroauHIhl cjxo, owluiuitllgln unshed tears, to his; sho called him her un cle, hor dear, noble-hearted Mend; she rest ed her snowy hand, lovingly, imploringly on his shoulder, and oven murmured a hope that hor aunt’s consent once gained, it might not bo Impossible to have tho two weddings on the samo day. Tho General may have dreaded the banter of sundry members of tho senior “United Service Club,” who had already Jested much at his devotion to the two Isabels; ho may havo folt a genorous desire to make two yonng pooplo happy, and his good sonso doubtless suggested that sixty five and seventeen bear strong affinity to January and May; ho cer tainly did himself honor, by adopting tho in terests of a bravo young officer as hts own, and avoided the banter of "the club,"by pledging his thrice-told vows to his "old lovo" tho samo bright morning that his "now lovo" gave hor hand and heart to Harry Mandovllle, Prom the Lancet, Professional Responsibility Reciprocal. Dr. Nelson, Dear Sir:—Having novor seen nythlng written upon tho' subject, I havo thought I would venture" to say a word or two In relation to the Responsibility of tho Medi cal Profession, as it Is so much talked of, at present, by the non-medteal Public. Every one speaks of tho responsibility of tho Physi cian—how much depends upon him—how well he ought' to understand his avocation. This not denied, but freely acknowledged. Up- tho physician rests tho life of father, mo ther, husband, wife, and fond children—tho welfare of tho family—tho bereaved and- tho orphan—If not in respect to tho World to corno, at least as far as regards tho present But, if wo are not raistakon, wo must includo, also, tho moral bearing of tho physi cian ; ho must oxorclso somo influence over tho social, moral, and Intellectual character of thoso with whom ho la In dally Intercourse, And no ono will deny that that Influence, for weal or woo, will tell, In a greater or less de gree, upon tho character of the young. This brings us to a hlghor vlow of tho physician’s responsibility than is generally taken by tho unthouglitful—or is willing to bo soon by ma ny, if our judgment of thorn bo basod upon tholr daily practices. Ho Is hold responsible for tho health of community; tor tho life of individuals; for'tho morals he teaches; and for tho religious lnfluonco which ho exerts. No man can sco tho responsibility of tho Profession more clearly than tho physician himself, Nay, If ho has not lost tho common toolings of humanity—allTovooffollow-boings —ho not only sees tho responsibility more vividly than can any other person; bnt ho fools It, and tools It too, in all Us bearings, and with all Us woight. And whilst others sloop, bo is tolling to discharge that great responsi bility to tho best advantage of communl heWWTTTks, roaaSffPBWWtTsrsl labors while mid-night oil burns low in his lamp, to ame liorate tho sufferings of humanity—to case llto of Its Ills—to hotter tlio condition of his fellow creatures, and to do all in his power to keop out, and to banish pain, dlsbaso, and distress from his neighbor’s domicllo—In tho city or In tho. country—in tho palaco of tho rich, or In tho hovol of the pauper. Thus, you'seo, tho Profession acknowledges, and endeavours to discharge, tho onerous respon sibility devolving upon it. But, there Is another sldo to tho question, for, "it Is a poor rulo that will not work both waysor, in other words, the responsibility is reciprocal. If tho physician Is under so much responsibility to the community, It is very evident that fhd same amount of respon sibility rests upon tho community towards tho physician; otherwise, It Is contrary to reason, and to all known rules or laws of phys ics, morals, and religion. If a man spends AGENTS FOE TIE COURI H. P. Wootten, Dirt Town. J. T. FtNLEY, Ohattoognvllle. Daniel Hicks, Summerville, W, M. Peeples, Calhoun. E. U. Sasseen, X.nFayctto, Post Masters generally arc as Agents, also to give us iin any paper not taken from the Money sent by. mail at our r Letters, to insure rected (post-paid) to N. B. Our Agents and others Interest In the clr confer a fhvor by tho Importance of We shall ondcavorto. thy of tin ly to abandon the Proto; is poor rcnuincrnt! ment, that will d pcrlcnccd physiclai business, whore tholr talents and 1 bo more properly appreciated, dnstry bettor rewarded; and sco tholr places occupied ed) by others much less qualified to diselmrgo tho duties of their station—if not by tlio vari- ost quacks. Truly Yours Waters. lorn, Fcbruarsj, 1852. Tho Working Classes. Tho three great elements of tho resources of any commonwealth are labor, intelligence and capital. Tho last is gathered and ad ministered by tlio wealthy. Tlio second Is contributed liy tho gifted nnd studious. Blit tho first great contribution of endless toll la supplied by tho working clncscs. • Wo see tlio laborer in tho field and in tho factory, in thu * mine and In tho warehouse, in tho ship and In tho work-shop, giving nn amount of ninnd- aland physical effort which no nature, no pa- tlonco, but that of men bred to physical 1*. bor, could sustain. Loss consumers than producers, thoy composo that great elnstio power In tho community which endures prl- .vatlon, aud adjusts tlio principles of demand and supply. Amidst scareUyand high prices, tholr unavoidable privations diminish con sumption ; nnd amidst plenty and cheapness tholr Increased enjoymonts rcslbro tho remu neration of capital and profits of trado. fa national policy tholr judgement is of iih- m'enso force and vnluo. Tlioir voice raised In favor of religion, rational liberty nnd popu lar equality, Is irreslsllblo. And how infl- nltely important for tho security nnd permn- ncnco of tho great social fiibrlc that thoy should bo learned, virtuous, nnd justly ap- IKSKigjcd.—Public Sentiment. om-Uiu No w," “Simply boenuso of your superiority to both," ho replied. "I do not porceivo tho point ofyour answer," said tho young lady. "What lias my superi ority over both to do with the question 1” _ Tlio General arose and shut tho door. "Do you think you could listen to mo seriously tor five minutes 1" he said, “Listening Is always serious work," sho an swered. Ho took her hand within his; sho felt It was the hand of ago; the bones and sinews pressed on hor soft palm with an earnest pressure, “Isabel Montford—could you lovo an old mao I" Sho raised her eyes to his, and- wondered at tlio light which filled them: “Yes," she answered, “I could lovo an old man dearly; I could confide to him tho dear est secret of my heart." - “And your heart.your heart itsolfl Such things have been, sweet Isabel.” His hand was very bard, but she did not withdraw hers, "No not that, becausc-rbecauac 1 bavo not my heart to give." Sho spoke rapidly, and with emotion. “I havo it not to give, and I havo so longed to toll you my secret I You havo such influcnco with my aunt, you have been bo affectionate, so llko a .father to mo, that if you would only intercede with her, for him and mo, I know sho could not refuse, I have often—often thought of entreating this, and now it was so kiodof you to ask, If I could lovo an old man, giving mo an opportu nity of showing that I do, by oouflding in you, and asking your intercession.” The room bocamo misty to tho General’s oyes, and the rattle of the battle-field sound ed in his oars, and beat upon bis heart. "And pray, Miss Montford,” he said, after a pauso, "wlio may him ho 1" “ Ah, you do not know him I—my aunt for bade tho continuanco of our acquaintance the day before I had the happiness to meet you. It was most fortunate I wooed you to call up* on her, thinking ”—(sho looked up at bis fine face, whose vory wrinkles were aristocratic, and smihjd hor most bowitching smile)— thinkingutb presence of tho only man she ever loved would soften her, and hoping that I should ono day ho privileged to address you as my friond, my unelo!" And sho kissed his hand. It really was hard to bear. “I havo heard her say," persisted tlio young that when prompted by evil counsel, Blio re- ftised you. She loved you, and sinco your re turn she only lives in your presence." Tho General wondered if tills was true, and thought ho would not givo tho young beauty a tri-. umph, He was recovering his self-possession. I remembered your admiration of passing belles, and felt how kindly you tolerated ine, tor my aunt's sake, and surely you will aid me in a matter upon which my happiness, and the happiness of that poor, dear fellow, depends!" She bent her bcautifol oyes upon Ihe ground, “ And. who Is tho poor, dear fellow 1” In quired tho General, in a singularly husky voice. » Honry Mandevillo," half whispered Isa bel. “ Oh, Is It not a beautltol name 7 the Initials on those lovely handkerchiefs you gave mo will still do; I shall still he I, M." Mrs. Caudle op th. BloomuXtert-um.. '‘ Ia | lm0 a " d money In preparingfor the Pro- ITS,..-. I Tftimrr iniB II .tojWMi.andseperates lumsclf, as it wore, from want to tell you about wearing the Bloomer costume.' Sick of hearing abont It, sick ot seolng great greon girls galloping round tho Biroots, with ankles llko an elephant, toes turned In, and great soup plates ofhats turned over tholr ugly faces.' What has that to do with mo, hoy, Caudle 7 Don't protend you are asleep, now, bocauso know you ain’t, and what’s more, I don’t In tend you shall bo, Now you seo, Caudlo, dear, R tokos a pretty woman to wear that beautiful dress. Thfnk it will suit mo, then, of courso It will. What are you laughing at 7 Let mo soo, it will toko twelvo yards of silk for Ihe dress, aud five for tho trousers, Don’t think It would bo anything now for mo to wear thorn 1 I- don’t know what you mean by such an insinuation, and If 1 did, desplso yon tor It. Wish I would not koop dlgglngray elbows Into your side; well, keep awake then; take care of your ond of tho schooner aud I will i. take care of mloo. -• - : •. >► ■■' rwlas sayingTlt will' just take twelvo yards for tho dross, and five for the breo- trousers. Laugh away I laugh away, Caudlo I I don't care what you nail ’em If I get ’em on. 1 If I do wear ’em, you’ll put on petticoats, will you 7 All I havo to say to that is, that you will thon appear In your truo colors, and oot ho snoh a walking lie os you are now. But there Is no holp for It, ns I know, nuy way, that's neither hero nor there; Shall I have tho Bloomer, or not, Mr. Caudlo V Hereupon Mr. Caudle groans out a faint 1 yes,’ muttering, as ho turns over— ‘I wish I had novor boen bom, I do;' to which his wife devoutly responds— 1 Amen.’ never done before; but tho General only won-1 - "A son of old Admiral Mandovlllo’sl" itiffsb* tad grown, and hoped.that A Mother’s Tears. There Is a touching swoetness in a mother's tears when they fall upon tho fbco of hor dy ing babo, which no oyo can behold"without imbibing its influcnco. Upon,such hallow ed ground tho foot of profanity dares not ap proach. Infidelity itself is silent, and fob bears Its scoffllng9. And boro woman dis plays not hor weakness, but hor strength; it is that strength of attachment which can nev er in its toll intensity bo realized. It Is por- ennial, dependant upon no climate,no changes —but alike in storm and sunshine—it knows no Bbodow of turning. A father when ho sees his child going down to the dark valley, will weep when the shadow of death has tol ly come over him ; and as the lost parting knell-fulls on his car, he may say, “I go down to the grave of ray son moumig.” But tho hurry of business draws him away, ihe tear Is wiped from his eye, and If when ho turns to his fireside, tho vacancy In the family circle reminds him of his loss, tho suc ceeding day blunts the poignancy of his grief, until at length it finds no permanent seat in his breast. Not so with her who has homo and nourished tko tender blossom. It lives in the heart whore It was first entwined in tho dreaming hours of night. Sho scos its play- tol mirth or boors Its plalnllvo cries, sheseeks It In tho morning, and goes to tho gravo to weep there, Childhood Is like a' mirror,catcbingandre- fleeting images all around it, Bememberihat an impious, profono or vulgar thought, may ting his wholo time, energies and means to tho welfare of community—Is It posslblo that it owes him nothing 1 Is there no responsi bility resting upon It) A physician settles, with his family, In city, town or country. Ho has spent much tlmo and money In reading, attondlng Lectures and Hospitals. Ho may have practised somo years Id connection with old and experienced men. Ho how de votes all hts time and abilities to tho Interest and wolfaro of those, around him. Ho goes day after day, and night after night; It Is novor too hot nor too cold; darknoss, mud; rain, snow, wind, storm, thunder, stop him not—ho must go; himself fatigued, or un well— finally sick—no bread for dinuor, nor mush for suppor—there Is no excuse for him, go ho must. And ho docs go, expressly to rcllovo their sufferings, case tholr pain, and, if possible, to restore them to health, to their, Ihmlllcs, to tholr avocations, and to society.' Ho succeeds Well, perhaps hatter than is usual in such cases. They cannot but know that tho physician needs money to pay tor medicines which be has administered to thorn In tholr afflictions; that ho requires bread and meat, wood and clothing, for him' self and family, and thod tor his homo. Bnt they allow days, weeks, months, and ovon years, to pass away and never once dream about pay; and If a word is said about It, or a hint given, they at once become displeas ed ; and there are no namos too hard to bo applied to tho physician, no treatmont too bad; hois borated*slandered,and Insulted. But thoy are careful to pay tholr storekeep er and grocer, tholr butcher aud baker, tholr lawyor and carpontor, their blacksmith and mantua-makor, tholr grogshop-keeper, their bets and gambling bills, and, In short, overy debt of honor or justico—thoso thoy pay in ready money or produce. They make their calculations and arguments to do so, (and this is right;) bnt tholr doctor’s bill remains un paid for years, while they at tho samo tlmo know that tho physician and his family are ia actual want of tho necessaries of life. They lire'on the luxuriesand dainties of llto, and havo money loaned out on interest, but still thq hard-earned pittanco justly due tho phys ician Is miserly, niggardly, and unjustly re tained in their hermetically scaled pockets.— Thoso who supply them the means ofgratify- . ing their vitiated appetites and gluttony, their pride and vanity, are quickly paid In cosh or its equivalent; while ho, who cases tholr pains, relieves tholr sufferings, saves their iires from Impending death, their bodies from life-long debility and deformity, their minds from insanitymadness and despair, has to wait long, want long—bo insulted and slandered. To aim at getting his just dues, reminds one of tho enigma and Its answers, If it docs not verify it:—What is a harder way to obtain money than to earn it by’ hard ivorkl Ans. To collect It, when earned.— With many vory honorablo exceptions, this Is the manner In which tho responsibility of tho community towards the physician is too apt to bo discharged, Those who havo boen •most henbfitted are often tho last to mnko operate upon a young heart like a careless "The youngest son,” she sighed; "that la spray of water thrown upon polished steel, I1K gufiscrihiT will j&gl anil execute I knoWn tholr gratitude; and, often, too, thoso who are the least ablo to discharge their re sponsibility, are the flrst to do It, It is not by feeling Its rrapopoibUUj to Of J5T Wliy Is a bcofhtcak like a locomotlro onglnol Because It Is of llttlo use without It’s tender I A buck white being measured tor a pair of boots observed— tf. 'sSK “Mako them cover tho call," "Heavens 1" oxclnmcd tho astounded shoti- makor, survoylng Ills customer from head to toot, "I havo not leather enough." A Hottentot onco got up a painting of Hea ven. It was enclosed with a fcuco mado of sausages, wlillo tho centre was occupied with a fountain that squirted pot plo. Bloomerlsm has broken out afresh In Cleve land. On Wednesday a couplo of young ladies appeared In toll costumo a la Turk, Tho Plalndcalcr says thoy looked lino voryflno.and mado tho draggle-tails look bad, very had. Be Kind to your Motiieh.—“Whnt would I give,"said Charles Lamb, "to call my mother back to earth tor ono day to nsk her pardon, upon my knocs, lor all thoso acts by which I “-W vnntlo sDlrit pain.” Woman.—“Tlicro Is noil:ing,’ says SirHain- uol Romlly, "by which I have through life more profited, than by tho just observations, tbo good opinion, nnd sincere and gcutlo en couragement of amiable and sensible wo men." ir t r Tho Rev. Mr. E, whollvcdnotathou- sand miles from Portland, was preparing hi* discourse for tho noxt Sabbath. Stoping oc casionally to rovlow what ho had written and to craso that which ho was disposed to im prove, ho was accosted by his llttlo sou who had numbered but tbreo summers: “Father, does God tell you what to preach 1" "Certainly my child." “ Then what makes you scratch it out I" When tho regulations))!^West Boston hrldgo were drawn up, two famous attorneys wore clioson for that purpose. Ono section was written, accepted nnd how stand thus:— 1 "And tho said proprietors shall meet annually, on tho flrst Tuesday of Juno, provided tlio samo docs not fall on Sunday." ELoaOENT.—Tho wenkest part of tho aligs- tor is his stomach. Man is air nl’gator. Let tho young wlto fuscinato her Husband with tho tea-pot I -Let her, so to speak, only bring him into habits of intoxication will: tbo sweet charmer, and mako honeysuckles clamber up litachair back, and grow about tbo legs of bis tablo—lot tbo liearth-rug bo a bed of heart’s caso tor tho foot In slippers, nnd tiro wickcdnossoftho natural enemy, must dio within him. Upon tho alter of our affections wo build up tho hopes of a future, little dreaming that our rolinneo upon tho superstructure is os frail as the promiso of a liar. The gravo of tho young should ho moisten ed with tho tears of joy, Instead of grief, for their gravo is tho mausoleum that shuts out from thorn forever tho contact of earthly trou ble and misery. “Borrowed troubles are tho most distress- ng,” says an old saw. That accounts for tho fact that pooplo who borrow tholr newspapers ore tho most afflicted by tho bad management and incompetency of tho editor. A Freak of Nature.—Tho Buffalo Courier says that in Sholdon, Wyomiagcounty, N. Y., there is a girl only sovon years of age, who has a toll moustache on tho upper lip, largo enough tor a cavalry officer, and a board, which though lit only fora “middling grena dier," is largo enough to he tho envy of city stipplings of 21. or 22 years of age. This un usual growth of hair began when she wus 11 vo years old, sinco which tlmo It 1ms rcp- atedlj been plucked out. Sho is the child of 13 parents, is healthy and rather more t] ually intelligent for her years. Lovo is irs natural to a woman ■ is to a rose. You may lock up a vent—you may confine hor in compel her to change^ wear parents—these tmTig qr< never hope to make the sex to: worship, or givo up their r slmore—for such a hop as tho Greek Slave i r,"F" The Shock ( havo I

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Rome courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1849-18??, May 13, 1852, Image 1