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TURXWOLDjGA., AUGUST 16, 1S64.
A Hundred Years Too Late.—“Tne
Newcastle (Englani^^hronicle, of the 26th
ult.,says:
VYhen, in 1764, one of the eaTliest
friends of thi Newcastle Chronicle sent,
for insertion, the following advertisement,
he little dreampt over how long a space
of time responding applications would be
made:
‘VYantcd, a middle-aged woman (who
has been servant in genteel families, and
cm be well recommended for her honesty)
to ta’- e charge of a single gentleman’s
house in the country. She must under-
lake cooking, and setting out the table.
A gardener is also, wanted, who, having but
a small garden to take care of, will be e xpec-
ted to assist occasionally in the house or sta
bles. If a man and wife can undertake the
above {Maces,provided they are not encum
bered with children, it will be more agree
able. Apply' to the printer of this paper.’
Yesterday,in celebration of the centenary
oi the Chronicle, we distributed among
our subscribers reprints of No. 1, pub-
lished on the 22nd March, 1764 ; and of
the twenty-nine advertisement it contain
ed, the foregoing stood at the head. The
sheet had not been re-issued many hours,
when a respectable, worthy-looking cou
ple entered the publishing-office, and, ad
vancing to the counter, innocently inquir
ed the address of ihe ‘single gentleman.’
All the establishment was at fault. -Its
‘ oldest inhabitant ’ could not remember
the name of tho advertiser. The. rustic
bachelor was unknown. No account stood
against him in the books of thfe ' office,
'lime hhd' written over him Non est "He
was clean gone—he, his genteel house,
and .Small garden—all were forgotten.
And the .honest applicants, who offered
themselve§ yesterday so unexpectedly to
his call, were apprised, to their astonish
ment, that they were 100 years too late,”
Cultivation of Mustard.—Editors
Courier.—As you have requested any in
formation about the cultivation of articles
now needed in the Confederacy, for which
we were formerly indebted to our present
vindictive enemies, it affords me gren,t
pleasure to state the success that has at
tended’ the culture of some of these valu
able products.
Dr. ; S. II. Sanders, near Camden, has,
niiw in cultivation, a field of from twenty-
five to twenty-eight acres of mustard.
With, the exception of one were of tho
white mustard, the whole field has been
so.vn wffjh the black mustard seed—the
kind invariably grown for table use.
It was sown in drills two and a half leet
apart, on a rich, wall manured soil—
ploughed once—three furrow’s to the row.
The seeds were obtained from Dr. Chi
solm, the .Vieaical Purveyor, at $4 per
pound. I have never, in any country seen
this plant more vigorous, or productive —
it is no\y ripening, and nearly ready for
harvesting. It is said to produce from
one to two bushels of seed to the acre—
the weight being one hundred pounds to
the bushel I trust some one may be
HE 0 0 UNTKYMAN.
found to prepare this mustard, and that
the enterprising, and benevolent cultiva
tor will be remunerated for his labor, and
expense.
The honorable Mr. '' owrtsend, a refugee
from Edisto, now of St. Mahew r s, has cul
tivated the castor oil beam very successful
ly. He has found mills in Columbia,
where it is cold pressed*, and is immedi
ately fit for use. The profits are more
than remunerating.
Mr. Thomas Sanders, near Camden, has
now under cultivation one acre of the
bean plant.—j. b.—Charleston Courier.
From Gordon.-—We have just seen Mr.
Smallwood, who resides in the neighbor
hood of Gordon, No 17, Central Railroad.
He is from Gordon to-day,-and says—the
damage done by the yankee raiders, at
Gordon, was only to burn the warehouse,
and its contents, and two storehouses, on
the same side of the road as the ware
house They also burned several cars
and engines, and left unburnt several en
gines, belonging to the State Railroad.
Very little damage was done to the road
from Gordon to Griswoldville, and com
paratively little damage done near Gris
woldville. except to burn some railroad
machines, and rolling stock—and but lit
tle damage above Griswoldville, except
within about three miles of this place,
w’here Mr. Massey’s Mills, situated near
the railroad, were burned. We under
stand the Oconee Bridge, on the Central
Road is certainly burned.—Macon Con-
federate, 2d inst. # .
A Whole Family in Heaven.—“A
whole family in heaven ! Who-can pic
ture, or describe the everlasting joy ?• No
one is absent. Nor father, nor mother,
nor son, nor daughter is away, la the
world belowq they were united in faith,
and love, and peace, and joy. In the
morning of the resurrection, they ascend
ed together. Before the throne, they bow
together, in united adoration. On the
banks of the River of Life, they walk
hand in hand, and, as a family, they ha^e
commenced a career of glory,, which shall
be everlasting. There is* hereafter, to be
no separation in that family. No one is
to lie down on a bed of pain. No one to
wander in temptation. No one to sink in
to the arms of death. Never, ip Heaven,
is that family to move along in the slow
procession, clad in the habiliments of woe,
to- consign, one of its- members to the
tomb.. God grant that,, in. his infinite
mercy, every family may thus be uni
ted.”
The theatre handbill, printed yesterday,
was dated 1964—just precipitated by the
magic of the typographer, one hundred
years into the future. This is suggestive.
Will there be a theatre then ? Will it be
the same theatre, or some grander ‘tem
ple of the drama?’ Will this country be
anything more than a yankee colony ?
Will this, and a hundred other things be ?
And will any human being now born, be
here to witness what then w T ill be?—Mo
bile Tribune.
Yankee Doings near Walnut
Creek.—On Saturday, the yankees,
while on the other side of Walnut
creek, took Jas. Dukes r John Davis,
Thos. Wimberly, and Mrs. Wimberly,
prisoners. The three men were par
oled, and the lady released. At Mr.
Massey’s, they took a number of mules,
and horses, and destroyed the fac
tor) , and saw mill. At the house of
Mr. Champion, they stole everything
they wanted, and destroyed the^ re
mainder.—Sweeney’s house was rifled
of everything. They carried off four
negroes, belonging to Mr. Champion,
one or two of Mr. J. A. Thorp’s, and
one in the employ of Mr. McCall.
They carried off, altogether, some for
ty or fifty negroes, but subsequently
permitted all who desired, to return.
But one negro, we learn, decided to
go with them. They visited the house
of Capt. S. S. Dunlap,, this side of the
creek, stole all of his mules and hors
es, and completely despoiled his farm.
His negroes fled before the yankees
reached the house, and- are now in
Captain Dunlap’s possession.—Macon
Confederate.
“We had a strange name in our tel--
egraphic despatches, the other day,,
reporting the resignation of two dis
trict judges in Louisiana. An item,
delayed by the late raid, enables us to
make the matter more intelligible;.
Banks, or Lincoln, had removed Judge
Kandlin, for deciding that slavery ex
ists in Louisiana, and the puzzling
despatch reported that two more dis
trict judges of the city had resigned,
in consequence of the removal of
Judge Handlin for this decision.
We presume that Banks would re
move a Louisiana Judge foi affirming
any self-evident, but distasteful truth,
as, for example, that the waters of
Red river empty into the Mississip
pi, and glide past the city in which he
is cooped.”
“The N. Y. Express says the clergy
men, of New Jersey and New York,
have sent on a petition to Washington„
asking exemption from the draft..
To comply with their request would
be the height of injustice. The) were,
in a great degree, the authors of the
war, and the) have been the loudest
in shouting for its continuance- In
stead of being exempted, they ought
to all be drafted, and put in the front
battle.and they should lead tn : every
attack upon the enemy’s works. It
is mean and cowardly for them to ask
an exemption, while they are anxious
to see every one else drafted and
slaughtered.”—Cincinnati Enqiiirer.