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jwftfSMl Curb.
T\o R. IIAKT & J. Y. ALLEN, have
.1 ‘united for the purpose of practicing Law. One
"both mar always he found in their office By strict
Httcntion to business and lair dealing with all they
lnine to inerita liberal share <d pationage.
-j j v . n j„r nieniher of the firm refers with confidence
to all' for whom he has done business during the past
■ U \V„t practice by contract in any of the courts, or in
niv portion of the State.
thomaston Ga., Jan. 22, 1370. jan22-8m
* XHERBON & WcCALL A, Attorneys
j \ at Law. Covington, Georgia. Will attend regu
-1,,-lv anil Practice in the Superior Courts of the
'nouhti'S of Newton, Butts, IKnry, Spalding. Pike,
Monroe Cpson, Morgan, DeKalb, Gwinnette and Jas
per. ' ,lec °- J y
TAMFS M. MATHEWS, Attorney at
f| Laws, Talbot.ton, Ga.. will practice all the counties
composing the Cliatiahoochee Circuit and ekewhere by
special contract. declO-ly
\\ T [fiUS & WILLIS, Attorneys at Law
i I Tdb'tton, *4a Prompt attention given to
.business placed in our hands. declll-ly
IRHIKRT I’. TFtIPPE, Attorney at Law
1 1 F.rsyth, Oti Will practice in the State Courts
am! in the United States’ District Court at Atlanta and
.Savannah, Ga, dec o*ly
I A HUNT. Attorney at Law, "Barnes*
• villa, (ia Will practice in all the counties of
tie* Flint i ircuit and Supreme Court of th*» State.
AJARIOV HUT HUNK, Attorney at
,•’! Law, I’alb >tori, Ga Will practice in all the
w mties ~f the Chattahoochee Circuit, and Upson and
MvrnwrtW wuncftM, dwIS-ly
I I) ALEX \NOE R, Attorney at Law,
f f * thminaton. Go. Will practice in all the coun
ties r. iposlng ihe Flint Circuit, and elsewhere by
special'•..ntract Special attention given to eolloction,
Sod scVlv Promptly with cliants. declß-ly
'PIMM AS BEALL. Attorney at Law,
i 'lhnmastnn Ga. Will practice in the. Flint Cir
cuit, and eisiwuerc by special contract. declS-ly
D!! Idh I KItS will continue the practice
of Medicine. Office as heretofore in the AVebb
__ _ _ declß-ly
lAK.ii. \V. 1. lUNNAII. is pleased to
11,, iFo. citizens oi Upson that, he will continue
1 practice ot Medicine fin its various branches at
Ih.'tnMton.Gn. declS-ly
J ""' i I. mu. .foSEPH A..OOTTKN. WM. T. WEAVER.
][ALL, GOTTEN & WEAVER, At-_
;!„L '", rn -r, yS f ' n ' ! Counsellors nt Law. Office in At
-tiesnr v n 1|,,n 1; ,5t,,n i <'»• Will practice in the coun
es of Fulton Cobh, (.ampheti and DeKalb Capt. J.
,i. ' 1 " M ’ en^,on business in the
o,,n d at all times in the
«p i- ..f 1 ' 1!, ' s0 practice in tbe counties
w,t,!j’( Taylor, Tatbrtt. and Merri
,l „ Supreme Court., and dn the District
ll !« 1 n| le<l states for ihe Northern District of
t*» h„*in '•’’T 8, * 'Veaver will givre attention
• n. ss m the above counties and will von in {« the
(ia. declS-ly
dentistry.
I | .1.. r ,.,| Vteilli; pßrmanpntly
5, ,, . JTluunston, still tcniiers his professional
i t,.,-U ' i Practice of Dentistry to the citizens of
Mlver : l i" , , it, 'i | >! n i , ig. -out,ties Teeth inserted on g Id,
a " "'il Hf' nt * mbber. All work warranted and
'dlb j ' '■"aranterd office up stairs over Suggs &
decaf/ 1 ru b' store.
N. BRYAN.
, DENTAL notice.
1 iiofif. ;" n io, ‘ B'-ne 8 '- ne, l Like<i pleasure in
ty thru t| yitizens of Thomasmn nnd tiie vicini
rither (itil'rMC'' n!I an? Find of Dental work done.
Mitsfacti,,,, ‘..-v f ° r mechanical, and done right with
"nd::.'to„:..?;, ran <*•> p< > by calling at my office or
find Inin a ' ° rnt 'sville, and let me know where to
iWh ; , n ' G I*. CAMPBELL,
Barnesville, Gn.
iftisccllancons.
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MOONEY, BO YE Sc C 0„
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEALERS IN
FURNIfURE of every Description,
Our Manufactory has been overhauled, and improved witn
new machinery, engine, &0., and we are now prepared to fur
nish the public with Furniture of all kinds at very low prices.
'fr.lin a ABSOUT
iitatletlrrl irj-'Or.io cases to
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THOMASTON, GA., SAITTJEDAY FEBRUARY lii, 1870.
CARRIAGES,
BUGGIES & WAGONS,
Having procured the services of
MR. JOHN BLAND,
the well known PAINTER and TRIMER,
and the best WORKMAN and BLACK
SMI I£l that can be found in the country ;
and have procured the agency of some of
the first-class NORTHERN MANUFAC
tories, I am prepared to furnish
vehicles
of all kinds and styles, from a WHEEL
BARROW to the finest
Buggy and Carriage
that cm be gotten up. BUGGIES will be
my speciality. Samples will be kept on
hand at all times, where they can he seen
at my REPOSITORY. I can suit the fancy
of all. I propose to sell as low as they can
be purchased elsewhere. The best season-,
ed Northern timber will be used, and the
AY ORKM ANSHIP
will be warranted for twelve months—(and
no mistake). Two-horse Wagons of the
best and latest styles will be kept constants
Iv on hand ; also, one-horse
W A Gr O N S
and “DUMP CARTS.’’ Repairing done.
Bring up your old Buggies and have them
repaired. I will repair them' cheap, or
trade you new ones for them.
Shop next door to J. C. Zimmerman’s
Furniture Store. Call and see me. If I
should be absent Mr. Bland will wait on
you.
JOSEPH ALLEN.
Thomaston, Ga., Jan. 7, Is7o-3m
WRIGLEY & KNOTT,
Importers and Dealers in
HARDWARE, CUTLERY
And AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
of all kinds.
Tvr/^COTNT 3 GEORGIA.
Sole Agents for the Taylor Cotton Gin
in Macon. Gin Bands furnished at Manu
facturer’s Prices.
Agents for Brinly’s Universal Plows,
Duty’s W ashing Machine, Universal
Clothes Wringer, Buckeye Cultivator.
Improved Dickson Sweeps, of our own
manufacture 15 to 30 inch.
FERTILIZERS OF ALL KINDS.
janl-3-3m
ASSOCIATE CAPITAL WANTED
r IMIE undersigned, for many years pro®
I juietor of the Thomaston Factory, located near
Thomaston, Upson county, Ga , which property was
destroyed by the Federal troops in the Spring of 1565,
is desirous of improving said water power, and wishes
to form a cosnaolion with someone or more parties to
raise a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, to be
invested at said place. The property is not offered for
sale, but will be put in at a low valuation, and an ad
'• Uoillll lIHWrcM i ctnlncd, ftinonnlirig in fill l.rt t.V76ntVf
thousand dollars. There are two privileges of 120.
horse power each, either of which is capable of operat-.
ing five or six thousand spindles and two hundred
ioorns. There is on the place, ready for use, an elegant
residence, which cost *5,000 before the war, and
other residences for fifteen families as operatives; also
a dam and stone canal at the upper power, the latter
needing repairs; also an inexhaustible supply of ex
cellent, granite. The location is of easy access and as
healthy as the mountains. Address
DR C. ROGERS,
dec S-ts Thomaston, Ga
Macon Telegraph and Messenger copy one
month and send bill.
g.h7&aT w. force,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
BOOTS AND SHOES
WHITEHALL STREET,
ATLANTA, GA.
janls-ly
JUST RECEIVED
A LARGE lot of Fresh Groceries, etc.
of all kinds.
New Orleans Sugars of all grades,
New Orleans Syrups of all grades,
-Fresh Mackerel, etc.
Having concluded t.o continue business will be
pleased to See all my old friends and as many new ones
aA will call, J.'WJfl sell very low for the money.
WANITOGo Ty-jy Five Thousand pounds Dried
Peaches. Highest price paid.
septl3-tf G. A. CUNNINGHAM.
JOB WORK of all kinds neatly executed
at tho HERALD OFFICE. dcolS-tf
. l I
GOLDEN MOMENTS !
r Wou]d res pectfully
t- ' inform those wanting a
- tme I leceofany description they
would do well to call at
HIGGINS & WALKER’S
keep
Walefies, Clocks and Jewelry,
are' a t’ astol *ishingly low prices, as we
I, f directly with 1 unorters ,w#feed confident
that we We j!!. ? 8 118 clse ap as anv
A.Gid a GENUINE WAT(’If l?Ji 'r to kee P on
van sell to CMtomera an? a ad“ and CLOC K, »kich ivo'
WARRANT AS REPRESENIi!,L.
We are permanently located in
BARNESVILLE,
and are going to build up a business in this line purely
on merit, so if you want a FINE WATCH or CLOCK
It! Aiun!?v ofthe , l ' BICT WATCH,’ in the new
IJKIUK BLOCK, next door to Bloodworth & Murphev
lLast side public square. 4
warranted atChea Und Gl ° CkS r epaired and
HIGGINS & WALKER,
jan‘22-tf Barnesville, Ga.
ALL POLICES NON -FORFEITABLE.
THE MARYLAND
LIFE INSURANCE CO.,
m *
OF BALTIM OPv E .
OFFICE IX COMPANY’S BUILDING,
NO. 10 SOUTH STREET, BALTIMORE.
GEORGE P. THOMAS, President
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :
IIAMITON EASTER, IIIRAM WOODS, Jr ,
ALLEN A. CHAPMAN, GEORGE H. MILLER,
GEORGE P. THOMAS, THOMAS CASSARD,
HUGH SISSON, WILLIAM DEVRIES,
CHARLES WEBB.
A. Iv. Foakd, Secretary,
Clayton C. Hall, Assistrvnt Secretary,
C. Rogers, M D. IV edice.l Pr.aminer,
Branch Office at Atlanta, Ga.
JOSEPH n. SMITH,
jan22-3m Special Agent.
A BLAZE OP BEAUTY !
1870. 1870. 1870.
STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT
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or, THE BRIDE OF DEATH.
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Specimens Ten tents. Circulars free. Address,
BOOTS, BOOTS Mil SHOES!
I KEEP constantly on hand and itm con
stantly making a good lot of heavy RUSSETTS,
BROGANS, WOMENS SHOES, and BOOTS Also a
good lot of Leather, such as Sole, Uper aud Harness,
Kip and Calf Skius, all of which I will sell
LOW I'OR CASH.
Hides, Tanbark, Tallow or Provision, «fcc , taken in
exchange Thomaston, Ga.
declO t.f B, Br WHITE.
ALBA AY HOUSE,
MERRICK BARNES, Pro.
CORNER TINE AND JACKSON STS.,
.A.IL 180-A- 3
jgp - ” Polite Servants constantly in attendance, and
the comfort of Guest studiously regaided.
gsr- Hacks always ready to convey Passengers to
and from Depot. jan29-ly
TAMES S. WALKER, Attorney at Law
LaGange, Ga. Will practice in Circuit C-owrts of
t£e State, and in the United States District Courts,
dselft'ly
Xl)c Georgia ijcral^
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TIIOM4TON, GA., FEB, 12, 70.
k LOVE STORY.
“Jim,” iid a young sailor to his cousin,
who lived long wav inland, and had nev
er seen the'big water,"’ Jim, did you ever
go to sea V
“You men going to see the gale I sups
pose. I’ve hen to see the gals lots of times.”
“lhataint what 1 mean,” said the sail*
or. But « hit about going to see the girls ?
Can you give me au account of your adven
tur»s ? J
“Well,” replied Jim, “I never make a
practice of telling such things. Taint a
gt-od plan. But I had a little larkin’ scrape
jafAsjaxinifc and we live away, ujUibT agree
to keep mum I’ll tell you about it.”
“I will keep perfectly dark,” said the tar,
who was beginning tu feel interested ; “go
on with your story.”
“It does make me feel kinder ugly when
1 think on’t, I’ll be hanged if it don’t, but
it’s all over now. You see Suke Baker and
I used to take a great shine to one another.
Suke was one of your right down, smart,
welMooking and good-behaving girls.
She appreciated me, and I appreciated
her, and we never should had no trouble if
it hadn’t been ior the old man. He was a
darned old-snake- in-the grass, and made
us more troubie than all the rest of the fam
ily. Suke and I never enjoyed ourselves,
lor he was always sneakin round and thro’n
out hints, and making himself as hateful
as he w’as homely. I got si«k on’t and so
did Suke. I suppose the old scamp didn’t
want me there- I don’t know what else to
make of it, lor he told me more than twen-.
ty times to leave and not come again.
“Suke’s room was in the end of the chams
her, and I told her ono time to leave her
window up, and Id come in and we’d have
a bit of a visit. 1 knew she wouldn’t hes
itate to do it for I am honest and very spect
ful in my behavior. Well, after the lolks
were all in bed, and the house w’as still, I
goes and gets a ladder puts it up to the
window. I then pulled off my boots and
crawled up. Suke met me at the window,
and a tiekelder couple you never saw than
we was but just as 1 wots trying to clamber
in the confounded ladder siid, and down it
went thunder to lick, making noise enough
to wake up the whole town. It hit one of
the lower winders, and knocked it all to
smash. I just caught by the tip ends of
my fingers on the window sill. Suke see
ing me falling, made a grab tor me, and got
me by the hair of the head and ’tween us
both usl made out to stay, but I thought
’twould been as well if hadn’t been there,
for 1 could neither get in or out.
“Old Baker heard the racket, and out
he came in his shirt, to see what was to pay.
l?i% ’GIG*
went and got a fish-pole and began to welt
my limbs in real earnest. I tell you, Bill
I was in very barisin situation. There I
was, ’spended by the hair—suke did the
most of the hanging on—and old Baker as
mad as a hoe, jist wallopin’ me down with
a hickory fish-pole. What was to be did.
If Suke and I should let go, I should fall,
perhaps break my neck. If Suke and I
hung on, he would lick me to giblets with
his infernal fish-pole. I was never so uns
pleasantly situated in all my life. I would
gin 2 shillings for lightning enough to
strike the old whelp dead. But all the
lightning I seen was in my eye. I tell ye,
Bill, there was some there, or something
else, for I could see stars of all kinds and
colors, just as thick as plasters. But thinks
I, I can’t stand this, by-a jug full, so I took
and let go. Suke hung on like a beaver,
and saved most half my hair, but down I
went. Old Baker wan’t spectin’ me quite
so soon, and I hit him on the head and
knocked him stiff. I got up and went home,
but I felt purty grouty, I tell you.”
PERSONAL.
J. E. Schofield has retired from the Mon*
tozutoa Sentinel.
Tho Bainbridge Sun says menigitis has
disappeared from the city. 100 acres of
land sold for $l5O.
The Covington Examiner says that the
farmers of Newton couuty are busy pre
paring for their crops.
The Early County News eavs Converse
Averett was fined SSO at a Justice Court
for hiring a negri in the employ of A. J.
Mercier.
The Rome Courier states that Dr. Ed.
Newton. Esq., of Athens, and Dr. James,
of Southwestern Gcoagia, will soon open a
first class chug store in Rome.
The Macon Telegraph says that Julius
Valentine, colored, has been arrested. He
had murdered a colored woman at Ameri
cus.
The Columbus Sun announces that from
September Ist to February 4:h, 55,954 bales
of cotton have been received at Columbus,
an increase of 15,305 bales over the pre
ceding year.
The Greensboro Herald says that “Keno”
has gone up in that city. The male and
female schools are flourishing. Matrimo
nial market irisk and turnips raised in the
city weighing 8 9 pouuds each.
The Augusta Chronicle state that Bishop
Beckwith will visit Augusta on the 13th.
The enterprising and gifted local inters
views Capt. J. E. Bryant ard details a f^ar-
The Southarn Witness states that Dr. F.
S. Colley is very ill. Six hundred acreß
of Walton hinds on last Tuesday brought
from $4 to $6 per acre. The wild lands
belonging to the estate of W. W. Nowell
sold for S7OO or not quite 30 eents per acre.
L. C. Thomas’ 'Pirn Yard brought S9BJ.
A Chicago divine said in a sermon
last Sunday: “Yonder, on the crag, amid
the storms of the mountains, the eagle
hangs her nest. She craves for her off
spring the elements of royalty and power,
and takes turns with the thunder in singing
them to sleep, and with the lightning in
watching their repose. She tears up her
nest, and leaves them to cling to the crags.
When they flutter and fall, she swoops un
der them and bears them up, repeating the
process until, matured in the struggle, they
can mount above the ‘ storms. So God
trfeats us.”
POLITICAL.
Senator Chandler directs attention to tbe
slight inconsistency involved in franking
petitions for the abolition ot franking.
Revels is to supercede Dent as “Master
of the Revels” in “the Lord of Misrule’s
palace.
Alcorn, the Senfttorial nubbin freni Mis
sissippi, is out with his 789,864 th letter on
the situation.
Chandler, the Michigander, it is reported,
has said a “good thing” but the report can
not be traced to any authentic source.
Sambo tired those one hundred guns in
Richmoud over the admission of Vitgiuia.
More carpet bag practice at long range.
The bill for the admission of Mississippi,
introduced in the Senate by Mr. Morton, is
similar to tnc tw;a
It is given out that the Senate Commit
tee on Foreign Attutr* , a opposed to the
..gallon of the treaty for the purchase
of San Domingo.
>Vm. Kellogg, of Illinois, went to Mis
sissippi aud ran for Congress ut the last
election ; but having been distanced in the
race, he has returned to Illinois to live.
Boston (Mass.) and Keokuk (Iowa) have
a Cabinet Minister, a United States Sena
tor, a United States Supreme Judge, aud a
Member of Congress.
“Sir Forcible Feeble” Sumner’s posthu
mous literary remains have been admin
istered on effectually by the Boston Post,
and his reputation declared bankrupt.
Judge 0. B. Hart has been elected United
States Senator from Florida., He is a Rad
ical, of course, but a native Floridian, aud,
at present one of the Judges of tho Su
preme Court of that State.
Senators Alcorn and Revel are already
here. They were on the floor of the Sen
ate to.,day, and the latter was cordially re
ceived by the Republicans, but tho Demo
crats gave him a wide berth there.
Some person having requested Senator
Hamlin to frank some letters for them, he
received the missives, placed three cent
stamps on each, and returned them to the
writers.
It is rumored that Hon. AY. L. Sharkey
will he tendered the appointment of Chief
Justice of the High Court of Mississipi
aud Hon. J. W. 0. Watson the appoint
ment for the Northern District as Asso
ciate.
Facts for Ycung Men who Want “Sit
uations.”—A Louisiana baper states that
on the Rogers place, three miles from Obe
li usas, a while man and a boy made last
year eighteen bales of cotton ; two white
men and and two boys made thirty-five
bales : and one man and a bov made sixteen
bales. All the hands on the [dace are white,
eight in number, and all the domestic work’
cooking, washing, milking and housework is
performed by white persons. The total
product of the labor of the eight hands, two
of them boys, was sixty-niae bales of cotton,
worth $7762. The proportion to each hand
who came to Bastrop, from Mississippi,
early in 1869, and settled on the Hemphill
place, near Bastrop, raised on thirty-one
acres of leased laud, twenty-one of which
he put in cotton and ten in corn, fourteen
bales of cotton and two hundred bushels of
corn. This crop would be worth SI6OO.
lie had no help, and the whole crop is the
product of his own labor. The Franklin
(La.) Banner says:
Most all of the agricultural labor of Belle
vue is done by white people. This section
of the parish is south of Opelousas. There
are six f umilies from Mississippi, three from
Kentucky aud three from Arkansan, culti
vating small places here. They are a hard
working people, and will succeed. Most
of them eat breakfast by candle light, on
the north Alabama plan, and rush business
during the day. In cotton picking they
take their dinners in the field. They praon
tice rigid ec jnemy. Even some of the white
women pck cotton. A white boy, fourteen
years old, picked three hundred ponnds of
cotton in a day, when they were paying
hands one dollar a hundred, and boarded.
In some places in the parish hands could
n it be obtained to pick all the crop, and
and there wes considerable loss.
A Word to Women. —Very tew' aldies
know how to appreciate au easy, healthful
dress. They think their dresses are loose,
when a man or boy but into as tight, would
gasp for breath, and fell incapable of put
tine forth any effort except to break the
bands. Ladies are so accustomed to the
tight fits ot dressmakers, that they “fall all
to pieces” when relieved of them. They
associate the loose dress with the bed or
lounge. To be up, they must be stayed up,
and to recommend a comfortsble dress to
them is not to meet a conscious want of
theirs. It a great pity none the less. If
they could once known what a luxury it is
to breathe deep and full at each respiration,
to feel the refreshment which the system
takes on by having the blood enlivened and
sent bounding through the arteries and
veins, to have the aids to digestion which
such process give, to have their own strong
elastic muscles keep every organ in place
and themselves erect, it they could for g >od
while know this blessed luxury, and then
bo sent back into the old, stiff, straight
jacket, they would fume, and fret and rave
in every desperation it they could not get
rid of them. As it is they prefer to lan
guish and suffer dreadfully, and die young,
and leave all their friends, and their hus
bands and their little children, and I do
not see any other way but to let them be
sick and die till they are satisfied. If only
the sinner was the sufferer it would be not
worth while to make a geat ado about it,
but the blighting of future inoceut lives
which must follow renders the false habits
of onr women in the hignest degree crirn*
inal. —Laws of Life.
An Assassin Killed.— The Mariana
(Fla.) Courier, of the 27th January, says:
Calvin Rogers, the midnight assassin, who
murdered Miss Maggie MoClehlan on the
night of the first of October last, was arrest
ed at the residence of Andrew Watson,
(colored,) last night, and in attempting to
break araest was killed by the contsable
and posse.
Where the Brains Come From.— The
Boston Post says: Mr. Spofford, the Con
gressional Librarian, is ihe man who makes
nearly all the principal speeches in Con
gress.
FROM CUBA.
New York., February 4.—Details of the
i t\ portent battle of Muna I) Juan
gues. between Geoß. Jordan and Puello,
on New Fear’s day, are received. Accord
ing to the intelligence gathered, purely
from American ami Spanish sources, the
victory of the Cubans whs complete and
decisive. The main battle was fought at
the point alove named, one of the approach"
es to Guarymore, the Cuban seat of Governs
ment. It lasted all day, and ended with
the retreat of l’uello, after a total loss of 1,
200 to 1,600 men killed, wounded and pris
oners. The Cubans pursued and harrassed
the flying columns of the enemy until the
latter reached Arroyo Honda, where Fuels
lo entreuohed himself and stood a seige of
of fifteen davs, suffering great privations,
kuuug uu.se* uua tor fuod
approach of the Spanish columns, under
ben.Goyenche, induced the Cubans to raiso
the seige, and lhiello escaped with the reins
nant of his army to the small seaport o(
Ba/.a, where Spanish vessels removed it to
Nuevitas. A postscript adds a rumor that
luello has been seized by the euraged
Spanish volunteers in Nuevitas and is a
captive in their hands.
llav ana, Feb 3, via Kev V est, Feb. 4.
Advices from Santiago to Jan, 24th have
been received. Ten leagues faom that city
the insurgents captured a convoy with pro*
visions and ammunition. Several tights
have been reported within that jurisdiction,
and the insurgents had captured garrisons
on two estate#*
A steamer recently landed arms and
ammunition on the north coast-
Advices from Nassau, dated Jan. 30th,
state that Geu. Golcouria, with thirty-five
men and two hundred rifles, reoeutly left
there in a schooner, and is bJieved to have
landed in Cuba
Yaspar Aguerro left Nassau on the 19ih,
on a lighter, with nine uieo. It was heard
of on the 24th, near the Cuban coast, and
prepared to land that night.
The New York Times of Tuesday contains
this paragraph:
“Mrs. A., makes vests at eighteen cents
apiece for a wholesale houso. She can
eorn $8 a month by workiug fourteen hours
a day, including Sundays. She pays $1 a
month for her attic, and has two small
children to support. She has eaten meat
once only—and then it was given to her
sinoe Thanksgiving Another case
Kate A., “finisher” of fine shirts, makes
about S2 a week, working hard for it. She
has a grandmother to support, and has often
lived for weeks on bread and water in order
to afford the old woman a little broth every
day. The Star, which is enabled to de
scribe these from the diary of a lady who
lias visited them, gives etill a more painful
instance of the hardships caused by scarci-*
ty of employment or inadequate wages.”
And yet there was not a slave woman \r
meat daily, and who was not lodged and
clothed comfortably. Slavery is dead ; but
philanthropist, who came to war against
the institution lived amongst such har*
rowing scenes as those described by the
New York paper. We would not reestab-.
lish slavery if we could; but we may feel
some consolation when we remember that
the pious philanthropist who sought to set
free and thus bring misery upon the objects
of sympathy in the South, may still find
occupation in giving relief to the pale and
heartbroken women of their own race who
in the dense Northern communities,
“Stitch, stitch, stitch,
In poverty, hunger and dirt.”
[Richmond Dispatch .]
S'SeT* Extract from a speech made on
Thursday, by Mr. Kimmel, a member of
the Senate of Maryland :
“Dixie’s far away,” but her history will
present for a thousand years to come—not
only in the heroic sacrifices of her people
m ide for liberty in the earlier days, but in
their later struggle for pr nciples lying at
the foundation of free government—prin
ciples recognized in Magna Charta itself—
will their history be transmitted to poster
ity as the history of Carthage is. Their
fight was freedom’s fight; and the time
may come when the same men, animated
bv the same heroic spirit* may be called
upon to staud around a Senate sent bv
Southern States, which shall arrest the mad
destruction that is now subverting the Gov
ernment. When all these amendments to
the Constitution, which have been forced
upon unwilling States by terror and fraud,
shall have been swept away, it is there
again among that people that we are to re
light the fire* that lighted our fathers
thruugo the Devolution.
Modern Paragraphing.— That was a
bitter joke of the man in Jersey, who
put a quantity of jalap in some beer his
friend was about to drink. The funeral was
very generally attended.
A man in itfew Jersey couldn’t wait for
the cars to get to the depot, and jumpt off.
His widow has sued the insurance com
pany.
Few men would attempt to dry dampened
gunpowder in a kitchen stove. A man in
Canada did. Ill's afflicted family would be
glad of any information as to his wherea
bouts.
In Massachusetts the other day a man
th nught he could cross the track in advance
of a locomotive. The services at the grafe
yard were very impressive.
A man warned his wife in New Orleans
not to light the sere with kerosene. She
didn’t heed the warning. Her clothes fit
his second wife remarkably well.
A boy in Detroit disregarded his mother’s
injunction not to skate on the river, as the
ice was thin. Ilis m other don’t have to cook
for so many as she did by one,— Cin. Times.
New Railroad. —There have been built
in the United States in 1866, 7,745 miles of
railroad, the largest amount in any single
year. Counting the cost of construction at
840,000 a mile, we expended) last year
$3 )0,000,000 in building railroads with
probably $300,000,000 for expenditures be
yond the building. The present distribu
tion of railroads is nearly as follows : 4,000
miles in New England, 17,000 in the West
ern gtates ; 00J in the Pacific States ; 10,„
000 in the Middle States ; and 11,000 in the
tsouthera States.
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