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J. A. & W. W. TURNER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
October, 18, 1850.
Eatonton, Ga.
21 1 y.
COATES & WOOLFOLK
tK'hrtknst unit Commission
sh MERCHANTS,
A UK now njwn ami prepared for the reception of
C.ifionot their NEW FI UK PROOF WAREHOUSE,
oi»po>ite Hardeman Sparks. We will endeavor to
proveonraelvesworthy of tlie patronage of tboso who
will favor hh with their business. Liberal advances
mad'* on cotton when desired.
Macon (in.. Sept. 21,1859. 18 tf.
JOHVS T. EOWOOZN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
E ITOMOS. Oik.
Eatonton. Ga., Feb. 14, I860. 38 tf.
35IS. ,
VERMIFUGE.
In LARGE Dottles and Vials.
N tUng else is required lo relieve children of
W i t<; aiid beside b*»in£ one «»f th** cheapest aud
b.»wt Vermifuges ever offbred to the public. Its fre-
•l b-ut use in families will save much trouble and
exp -ast*. well as the lives of many children—for
f.jiit out of every ten ca*es generally require it.
A CARD.
DK. J R GORMAN having extensively used LIT-
n.KS VKRB!Fl'(*E, takot pUtnsiire in saying it
the mo*>t valuaMe remedy to cure children of
< r knew. A dollar bottle is quite
IMS
Feb. ?. 1 frn.
LITTLE’S
ANODYNE COUGH DROPS.
A certain cure for Cold#, Ctrughx, Bmnrhilis,
AslUmu, rain in the Breast ; also Croup,
Whooping doughs, Ac., Ac.,
amongst Children.
This i“ a pleasant medicine to take, producing ixn-
rr.ed.ate relief, aud iu nine out of Leu cases a prompt
cure It exercises the most controlling influence
. v»*r Coughs aud Irritation of the Lungs of any re
medy known, often stopping the most violent in a
tew hours, or at most ia a day or two. Many casea
thought 1° be decidedly consumptive, have been
j* inptlv cured bv using a few bottles. As anodyne
expectorant, without a^tringing the t »wels, it stand*
p.uarnouut to ali cough mixtures.
LITTLE’S *5
FRENCH MIXTURE.
This prepared from a Fr^ueh Recipe Go the
forms of :.o. 1 aud 2; the first for the aente, aud
No. '1 for the chrouic stage, • *ti«l from its unexampled
fcucc-s-. is likely to supersede every other remedy
f.T the cure of diseases of the Kidneys aud Bladder,
Gonorrhoeal, Blennorrhceal, and Lenchorrh<eal or
F : r All.us tftrtiQM. This extensive Wflinil
coiuh.ues properties totally different in taste aud
ciinmcter from any thing to be found in the United
m - ■— rhannacoj»oeia ; and in point of safety and effi
ciency is not rivalled in America.
LITTLE’S
RINGWORM & TETTER OINTMENT.
FORTIS, No. a.
Hundreds of raves of ( hronicTetters, Scald Ileads,
a:; i dinmtuea of the skin generally, have lieen cured
lytiiie remedy; and since the introduction of the
N 2 preparation (being stronger) scarcely a case
been found that it will not effectually eradicate
i a short lime. For the cure of Cancerous Sores
fc'id Ulcers it is applied in the form of plasters, and
is a.mo-t infallible.
In more than two hundred places iu Georgia, and
■ :i t; Southern states, they are to be had ; and as
tiierc .ire scamps about who are counterfeiting his
remedies, by palming off their own or something
by using the same or similar names . for no pa-
t‘*nt is wanted or secured aniM the absurd patents of
tl;° day,) let all be cautioned to look well for tks
• juature of the Proprietor, thud;—
Q
l»o his name blown into the glass of each bottle,
• All orders end letters to he addressed to
LITTLE & BRO., *
H'bolasaJa DrugpislJu Macou. fl*
ild by all Druggists in MHledgeville.
HKRTY & HALL. Agents.
CHEROKEE REMEDY!
AX UNFAILING CURE FOR
xonhoea and ail Diseases of the Urinary Organs,
REMEDY cures wbei
all other nreparati*
uu; a
»t »ir. t»x i uicb ... ~ - i - , , -.
t* v uiiiiXa every oth**r compound; coutauiia# itoMI^i-
i >i <. is „r N anSEOUS t'ftr'I: a« it is prepar' d ~ -U-ly
US BARKS sod LKAVES sud hn. li.-eii handed
.... g. iH-ntticn to another. by the ( HhROKF.L IN-
1: i- <•»), i**d to the public, on it* own iiitriiiMf merits,
-s Utityqnieklj and thcroughly. The l 7’*
i r » x will bt- repaid by u-i'u this R..MKI)Y. in-
.• H" fi>* the Uitn v <•! * fill** Quaos or * ro.ei-
■ It K M F.ItY .trike, nt the very R<H )T of t lie di-ws, : its
n i„,t .imply to suspend the im.iti.Mi, butto Rr.MOt,,
USE"! which It depends,—Full dina tion, in phainphlet
mpme -aeh bottle. The speedy and w rmaneiit relief «r-
tni.Urr, *T inaU«s«-*'»f GONOIUtha.A OLh.l.L
RTRitTntE, FLUOR ALBtS (AtHITEo IN
KSi.sud uttd ..a.e. of the Urinary Organs, ha. aston-
n, ... ieutifi, men of the ace. This Remedy not ou!v
I POISON from the SYSTEM hot INVIGORATES
-NOT AFFECT the BREATH or INTERFERE
CL ASS of BUSINESS, or require any deviation Irom
<liet. *
nitre, no asmutanee from other modi, ine,
d wh-,. ENHANCES it. VALUE, i. the ENTIRE
E ,.| nil NAI SEACSTASTE. beings l'LEASAM
• 1CIOUS SYRUP.
a.’ per ho-tle. ,,r three botfie. tor So
POTTERIcMERWIN, Sole Propr.etor.
■■ 2d 138». S3 lv’r . . St. Lr,ul«. Mo
llilied:, ville, by ilERTY it HALL, and all Drussirta
SaiIsI.SliGXlVXl.XJB
>N AND 13KASS FObNERY!
t'LKY Sc FEUKOWS would respectfully tn-
ir, the public that they nrenow prepared to
any work in their line with neatness and des
uelias SUGAR MILL ROLLS, turned or tin
of anv size, from ‘ditto ISO dollars per sett,
t KKTTI.ES from3tl to UdOpultons ; Saw and
ill Machinery; Gin Gear of any size.
ig lor House, Garden, Balconies,
d Cemeteries, at Eastern Prices.
id Clock Weights, Window Sill* and Cape,
•t iles, and Fanning Mill Irone of all desenp-
isie of the best materials.
Work Warranted.
Igeviile, Jan. 24,1859. 85 tf
imtliern federal Union
VOLUME XXXI,]
M I HEDGE VIL IE, GEORGIA, TU E SD A V F E B R U A R V 19, 1861.
[NUMBER 39.
I860. Fall and Winter, I860,
TINSLEY AND NICHOLS
DEALERS IN
11 STIFLE W-M
SJtliCDiaSc, HATS, & CAPS.
W1TSE STREET, MII-LEDGEVILLE, GA.I
Have received their SPRING AND SUMMER SUPPLIES, and respectfully solicit, not only
their former customers, hut the public generally, to call aud examine their LARGE aud VA
RIED STOCK.
mw&m ooo&s.
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liAINEfi, POPV.INR, French, English and American PRINTS, Arc., Ac.
Lace Goods and Embroideries
IN ENDLESS VARIETY,
II osiery and Gloves of every quality
FOR MEN, BOYS, LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDREN.
VELVET and (LOTH CLOAKS, of various styles and prices.
HOUSE-KEEPING
PLAKTATIOiV GOODS.
In this department they liave everything usually kept in their line
at prices a little less than can be bad elsewhere.
HATS AND CAPS, OF THE LATEST STYLES, for Men and Boys.
BOOTS AKT33 SHOES,
OF ALL QUALITIES, for Men, Ladies, Coys, Misses and Children, at low prices.
CARPETINGS and RUGS, of all kinds.
CLOSES, CASSI2VEEE.ES and VESTX39TGS, of ail Colors and Qualities,
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SANFORD'S \
LIVER 1NVIG0RAT0R;
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Nerer Debilitates.
T IS COMPOUNDED ENTIRELYfrom GUMS,
and lias become an established fast, a Standard
proved by all that have i
ted to with confidence in |
it is recommended,
witlim the last two years
hopes of relief, as the !
tificates in my possesaton !
Medicine, known and ap-
used it, and is now resor-
allthe diseases forwliich
It has cured thousands
who had given up all
numerous unsdlicitedcer-
shnw. IVI
Tlte dose mast be — adapted to the tempera
ment of the individual *** |taking it, and used
such quantities ua to act © gently onthe Dowels.
Let the dictates of jfc your judgment guide y
in the use of the Liver I/O In vigorntor, and it will
cure Liver Complaints, | BilliousAttacks, Dyspep
sia, Chronic Diarrhtca, ^ 1 Summer Comnlainls, Dy
sentery, Dropsy, Sour g 1 Stomach. Habitual Cos
tiveness, Cholic,Cholera, 1 (Cholera Morbus. Cholera
lufantum, Flatulence. j Jaundice, FemaU Weak
nesses, and rnay be used J Isuecessiull^ as at; Oldtua -
ry Family Medicine, It jg will cure Sick Headache,
(asthousands can testify,) _ I in twenty minutes, if two
MANHOOD,
HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED.
Just Published in a Sealed Envelope,
ON THE NATURE, TREATMENT, AND RADICAL
CURE OF SPERMATORRHOEA, ,,r Seminal WenkncM,
Sexual Debility, NervoiiKneaa and Iuvoinntary F.nne-ioiiB,
iuduriiig Iuipnteuey.aud Mental and Physical Incapacity.
By ROB. J. CCLVERWF.LL, M. D.,
Author of the "Green Book,” Ac.
The world-renowned author, in this admirable Lecture dear
ly proves tmm his own experience that the awful consequen
ces "I Self-abuse II,sy is- , rtectually removed without medcciue
aud without dangerous surgical operations, bougie, lustrunicnt-
riu-sor cordials, pointing out a mode of cure at mice certain
and cffi-ctnal, l,v which every sufferer, no matter what hn eon-
dilion mav bv.'mav cor.- bin,sol! chtsplv, privately and rad
ically. This'lecture will prove u lajouto thousands and thou-
Sent under ecol to any address, post paid, on the receipt of two
put,tage* atuuipH. l»v addn'aaiiiz Dr. CHAS. J. C. KLINK.
1J7 Bowery, Now York; Post Box 4536.
F. bnra.y 3, 1*81. (?) 36 lOt.
WASHINGTON HALL.
This House is still open lo the public.
taken at the comment
ing their testimony in its j
mouth with the In-
(asthousands can testify,)
or three toanpoonsful are W
meat of attack. >
All who use it are giv-
favur
Mix water in the
vigorator, and swallow both together.
Price one dollar per bottle.
—ALSO—
SANFORD’S
FAMILY
H.
Cathartic Pills
COMPOUNDED FROM
Pure Vegetable Extracts, and put up in
Glass Cases, Air Tight, aud will keep in
any climate-
The Family CatlmHici iPiil is agentle hut active
Cathartic, which the pro- prietor 1ms used in in
practice raore than twen-1 .11 y years.
The constantly increas- Cl .mg demand from those
who lave long used the I j Eidsarel the safetactmir
which ail expreae in re ISc.nHo ;Iheir we, luie in
duced me to place them « within the reach of aiL
Ti e Profession well j* - | know that different t ,i
thnrtics act on different Jl, (portions of the bowels
Tlie Family Cathartic
ence to this well estab-
ded from a variety of the
tracts, which act alikeon
tary canal, and are good
where a Cathartic is
ment8 of ttie Slomach,
Beck and Loirs. Costive-
over the whole body,
frequently, if neglected,
fever. Loss of Appetite,
Cold over tlie body. Rest-
weight in <hc Head, all
Worms iu Children or
Purifier of the
jpe —
| Pill has, with due refer-
1 fished fact,been compoun-
O ! purest Vegetable Ex-
every part of thealimen-
t- aud safe in all cases
n |needed, such as Derange-
H |Sleepiness, Pains in the
ness. Pain and soreness
from suddeu cold, which
end in a long course of
a Creeping Sensation of
lessness, Headache, or
Inflamatnry Diseases,
Adults, Rheumatism, a
blood, and many diseases
| to, too numerous
great _ .
to whief flesh is heir
to mention iu this advertisement, Dose, I to 3.
Price Three Dimes.
The LiverInvigorator and Family Cathartic rill?
are retailed by Drnggi-ts generally, and sold wholesale
bv the Trade in all the large towns.
* S.T.W. SANFORD, M D-,
cn ty Manufacturer and Propriettw
3 208, corner of Fulton st., Broadway, N- Y.
S PECIAL arrangement will be made for
the accommodation *»f the Members to
the approaching STATE CONX ENTION,
mid the future Semiont* of the Legislature.
T’he rail's and terms at this Ilou.«e, will coiiionu to
those of the other Public Houses in this city.
N. C. BARNETT.
Milledgeville, Ga. Dee. 15th, 1800, 30 dw.
LUMPK1N LAW SCHOOL
UftllE next tenn of this Institution will begin on the
1 first day of MARCH, 1861.
January idtli, USfil. 35 4t.
NJ E W HOTEL !
PLANTER'S HOUSE.
Cherry Street, Macon Ga.
T HIS HOUSE is Two Blocks from
the Rail Road Depot, IN THEBl S-
INESS PART OF THE CITY, and |(0;|
near the Ware Houses and liolesale
Stores. A Porter will be in attendance
at the Depot. J- O. GOODALE, Proprietor.
January 2!st, 1 SGI -85 3in”.
BOARDING. H
M Y HOUSE will be open for transient and regu
lar boarders. JAMES E. IIAYGOOD.
MHledgeville, Jan. 18th, 1H5I. 35 tf.
A 1 Y HOUSE will be open for the re-
31 eeptiou of MEMBERS TO THE
CONVENTION. ALL AVHO GALLON j.Sa «1
ME will be made comfortable.
f E. S. CANDLER.
MHledgeville, January, 4th, 1861.33 tt.
... R HALVE! CF" If y° u hsve tl,e PlLE ?,’ ^ et a
Dr^C^rnnateh'* I Box of this truly wonderful St lvi
a v v \v\ rfv and by using it two days its magi-
^ LVE! Seal innuence will be felt, and a per
il Will follow. For sale by Hektt it Hall.
PII.K
feet cure
A d7n in istrator's Salc.
XVILL be sold oil tilt* first Tuesday in MARCH next, before the
YV Ojurt House dot>r in the Town of Munticcllo Jasper coun
ty, between the usual hoursoi Bale, the following property
Two hundred and fortv [210) acres of land more or less, the
place whereon W. C. Lorejt.y, now lives, adjo.uing lands of
Samuel R. Smith, Mary Banks, aud others, lying ten miles north
Also, the place known as the Watters tract, lying six miles be
low Monticello. on the Macon road, containing over five hun-
dred (-30«») aero* more or less, adjoining lands of Jonas H. Hol
land. and other*.
Also at the some time and place; Sixty acres of .and, tpe same
beiug a portion of the laud whereon Samuel
lived at the time of his death, adjoining lauds of « . H. Thomp
son Morris Noles. and others. All the above described lauds
to be sold as the property of the estate of P. P. Lovtgoy. late of
Jasr r count v, deceased. Sold tor the benefit ot the heirs, and
creditor, of Uid decked. Tcnn-n Un- ^
Jag. 14, 1861. SJtiii.
~{^"gee advertisement of Sanford’s Liver Invigo-
rator. end Calliartic Pills, in Another column.
KISSED BV MISTAKE.
“Will you be at home to-ni£:ht, Hetty?”
and the speaker a tall, muscular, well-
looking young farmer, reddened to the
very roots of his hair, as though he had
committed some very wicked act instead
ot asking a simple question.
He was bashful, extremely so was Jo-
siali Hawley; at least in the presence of
young ladies; most of all, in the presence
of the girl he loved. No young farmer in
all the country possessed a better kept
farm, or talked with more confidence
among his compeers of stock and crops,
and on kindred subjects. But the glimpse
of some pretty face, or foot, coming in his
direction, affected him like a Hash of light
ning. On such occasion, he never knew
what to do with his hands and eyes; and
always felt like screwing himself into a
mouse hole. How he ever contiived to
approach Hester Thomas on the subject of
bis preference for her, probably remains to
this day as much a mystery to himself as
it to others.
But that young lady had quite an
amount of tact and cleverness stowed
away somewhere in her pretty little head,
albeit it was set on the dimpled, inexperi
enced shoulders of seventeen. Josiah was
worth, in a worldly way, much more than
any of her suitors; good looking, and intel
ligent enough to satisfy any hut au ovor-
fastidious person; unexceptionable, in short
barring his excessive bashfulness, which
was a fruitful source of merriment among
the young people in their little circle.—
And so, when Josiah, in liis awkward,
blundering way, began to exhibit his pref
erence for her in various little ways, such
as waiting on her to and from singing
school, constituting himself her escort
when she rode on horseback to the solitary
church in the woods, and singling her out. at
quilting parties, Hetty took it all in the
pleasantest manner possible. The girls
laughed, and the young men cracked sly
jokes at the expense of her timid suitor;
but Hetty stood up for him very indepen
dently; encouraged him out of his shyness;
never noticed any unfortunate blunder;
had very likely helped him along consid
erably when his feelings reached the “cul
minating point.” one moonlighted autumn
evening, as they were walking home to
gether from prayer meeting.
That was just a week ago. Hetty had
said “Yes,” and agreed to “bring father
and mother around on the subject.” Jo
siah had not been to the house since,
probably feeling very much like a dog ven
turing upon the premises of the person
whose sheep-fold he had just plundered.—
As yet neither had bad the courage to
speak to the “reigning powers” on the
subject; and Hetty, feeling as if she
wished to put the ordeal oft’as long as pos
sible—at any rate, to liave one move con
fidential talk with him on the subject,
said:
“Mother is going to Aunt Ruth’s to
spend the evening, and wants me to go.
But I guess 1 won’t. - I’ve been working
on father’s shirts all day, besides doing the
dairy work, and Tin as tired as can be. So
I guess they’ll have to go without me.
Don’t come until S o’clock. I shall be
through putting things to rights then, and
will let you in.”
Of course Josiah was not too obtuse to
understand that, and forget his bashful
ness so far as to petition for a good-lye
kiss, which was pvemptorily refused, of
course.
“No, I shan’t. Do take yourself off.—
Think I didn’t see you fidgeting around
Sarah Jones at Deacon Badger’s yester
day evening? I’ve not forgotten that,
sir!”
“Now Hetty ”
But the appeal was broken off by a tan
talizing, little laugh; and he sprang for
ward to take a pleasant revenge on liis
tormentress, she slipped away and ran up
the path to the house, where he saw her
■wave her hand as she disappeared within
the kitchen porch: and then turned from
the gate and took the road homeward.
The tea things had been carried out, the
table set back against the wall, the crumbs
brushed from the clean home-made carpet
and Hetty’s work-stand drawn up in front
of the blazing fire. A bountifully piled
waiter of great red apples and a plate of
cracked walnuts were on it, in close prox
imity to Hetty’s work basket.
On one side of the fire sat Mrs. Thomas;
fat and fair, and at peace with all the
world, rocking and knitting, and refresh
ing herself at sundry intervals with a bite
from a half eaten apple that lay on the cor
ner of the table, and touching every now
aud then in a caressing manner with her
foot a sleek, lazy-looking cat that purred
and winked on the rug before her. Hetty
sat on the other side, sewing, and busy in
thinking how she should tell her mother
that sue expected a visitor. She would
have given the world to be able to say in
an off-hand manner that she expected Mr.
Hawley to drop in about eight. But she
recollected with a twingle of conscience
how hard she had tried to get the old lady
to accompany her husband to aunt Ruth’s
spite of her forewarnings of a spell of neu
ralgia; how she had also plead headache
as an excuse for not going herself. And
she knew her mother was quite sharp
enough to draw her own inferences from
these facts, and from her being dressed
with unusual care to spend an evening at
home.
“I shall not dare to tell her now. She’ll
be sure to think that I wanted to get her
out of the way so I might have Josiah all
to myself, and I should never hear the
last of it.” And like a wise little puss
she was silent.
I’ll venture my word on it, you would
not have wondered at our young farmer’s
desperate enthrallment if you could have
seen Hetty Thomas as she sat sewing by
the fire-side that cold November night.
Under pretext of being ready to go to
her uncle’s (alhing she had no idea of do
ing,) she had, just before tea, indulged in
an indiscriminate “fixing up.” A neatly-
fitting dark calico, with the store look still
on it; afresh linen collar and a tasteful
black silk apron—these were thej chief
items of Hatty’s toilet; but she looked as
sweet and dainty in her plain dress, as if
hours had been spent in donning lace and
jewels. Her rich hair, of the darkest au
burn tinge, fell in shining folds close to her
w r arm, red cheek, and was caught up in a
cunning net behind.
Eight o’clock and past! Mrs. Thomas
was dozing in her chair—her shadow on
the opposite wall bobbing about in gro
tesque mimicry, as she nodded to and fro:
now crushing the voluminous white satin
bows on her spruce cap against tlie back
of her chair; now almost falling forward,
and her fat hands lay listlessly in he lap,
and her ball of yarn bad rolled out upon
the hearth, and puss was busy converting
it intogordian knots.
And just then came a double' rap at the
door; so loud, sudden and self-assured,
that Hetty started up with a shriek, and
set her foot on puss’s tail, who in turn gave
voice to her amazement and displeasure.
The combined noise aroused Mrs. Thom
as, aud starting into an erect position, she
rubbed her eyes, settled her cap-border,
and exclaimed:
“Bless my soul, Hetty, what was that?
Somebody at the door? "Who can be
coming here at this time of the night?”
“It’s not late, mother; only a little past
eight. I’ll go anl see who it is,” says
Hetty demurely, taking the candle from
the table.
“No. Here you wind up my hall and
sweep the hearth, while I goto the door.”
says the old lady, whose feet were strug
gling in the perplexing meshes of the un
raveled yarn, “Drat that cat!”
And all this time Josiah was standing on
one foot out on the cold porch, with his
hands in his overcoat pockets, wondering
if Hetty had fallen asleep, and every now
and then giving the door a sharp rap by
way of variety.
In her hurry, Mrs. Thomas forgot to
take the candle, and as she stepped out in
to the little front entry, the sitting-room
door slammed after her. She had her
baud on the handle of the hall-door at the
moment, and opening it, she suddenly
found herself in the embrace of a stout pair
of arms; a whiskered face in close proxim
ity to her own; and before she could think
about the strangeness of her situation, she
received a prolonged kiss—a hearty smack
—full upon her matron lips.
“Oh, murder! ‘Taint Obadiah, nei
ther!”
She had by this time divested herself of
the impression that it was her usually so
ber spouse, who must have come home in
an unusually exalted condition, thus to in
dulge in such unw onted expression of af
fection.
“Get out! Get out, I say! Who are
you, any how? Murder! thieves! Hetty
come here! Here’s a man kissing me like
mad!
But the intruder had by this time dis
covered his mistake; it did not need the
indignant pummeling and scratching of the
old lad) ’s vigorous fists to cause bim to re
linquish his hold; and fly as if put sued by
some indignant ghost.
Hetty, nearly choked with smothered
laughter, in spite of her trepidation, now
came to the lescue.
“I never was so frightened in all my
life. The mean scamp! Who could it be?
Hetty, have you any idea?”
But that dutiful daughter was, to all
appearance, innocent as a sucking dove.
She soothed the old lady by representing
that it might have been one of the neigh
bors, who, having drank too much, had
mistaken the house and the housewife.
She searched the entry for tlie missing
spectacles dropped in the scuffle; reanrang
ed the rumpled cap border; wound up
the tangled yarn ; stirred the fire—all iu
the most amiable manner possible; and
at length had the satisfaction of seeing her
mother subside into her chair and her ac
customed tranquility.
Mrs. Thomas was fully awake now\ She
had a new idea in her head, and instead
of setting herself for another nap, she pur
sued the train of thought and her knit
ting, both at the same time, with wonder
ful rapidity. At length, stopping and
looking keenly at Hetty :
“I suppose it’s a queer idea of mine,
Hetty, but I’ve a notion that that man
was ’Siali llawley.”
My’ but if Hetty’s face did not fire up
then! You might have lit a candle by
it. These incipient symptoms did not es-
o*fo *Lo wary inquisitor
‘•’Tears so to me. ’Cause those big
whiskers were so much like liis’n, and the
awakward way he gripped me with his
great paws.”
Hetty was wonderfully busy. She bent
over her work aud drew tlie needle
through so ouiekly that the thread snapped
and then she was so much engaged in
threading her needle again, she didn’t have
time to answer.
“I don’t believe that kiss was meant for
me, after all. Wonder who it was inten
ded for; and wonder if you- don’t know
something about it. Hetty?”
“Me, mother?’’
“Y T es, you, Hetty. Y'ou was mighty
anxious to get me and pap off’to see aunt
Ruth this evening; but I noticed you were
slicked up extraordinary, for all you
wern’t going. Now, Hetty, I’m getting
old. I know it; but I haven’t quite lost
my eyesight yet. I’ve heard something
about this between you and ’Siah Hawley.
What are you playin’ possum for? Out
with it, say!”
Our little schemer, thus abjured, made
a clean breast of tlie matter, much relieved
to find that mother “hadn’t nutliin’ agin
him,” and would “give father a talk about
it, and bring him round ”
“But, Hetty, I want you to tell’ Siah
I’d rather he’d not make such a mistake
agiu. 1 don’t like the feel of liis big
whiskers about my face. I don’t approve
of promiscuous kissing.”
’Siah never heard the last of that blun
der. Old Squire Thomas used to delight
in rehersing the story whenever all the pat
ties interested happened to be present.
He would shake his fat sides at Josiah’s
discomfiture and his wife’s tart replies, and
Hetty would join him, and both would
laugh until the tears ran down their
cheeks.
“Never mind, ’Siah,” Mrs. Thomas
would say, consoling. “Let him laugh.
He’d have been only glad to have been in
your place twenty years ago. He had
hard work to get a kiss from me then.
And I hope it will be a lesson to you and
Hetty agin the impolicy of concealment,
and underhand doin’s of all sorts.— St.
Louis Republican.
— ♦—
LaGrange, Feb. 2nd, 1S61.
Messrs. Boughton Nisbet & Co :
Gents:—In compliance with a prom
ise I furnish you with some calculations
in reference to the question of reduciug
the number of the General Assembly, &c.
This question will be entertained by the
Convention when it re-nssembles ; and it
will he one of importance for tlie consid
eration of the people. In presenting the
following statements, I hope it will not
be deemed inadvisable. Y’ou will perceive
a discrepancy between the present calcu
lation and that published by the Legisla
ture. I have every reason to believe
this to be correct. The principle howev
er would not be altered if otherwise.
We have in the State 132 counties—301
members Senate and House—as now or
ganized, the Representative population of
the State being 84-5,357. This sum, di
vided by 1G9, the number of Represen
tatives, gives to each Representative a
Representative population of 5,002 to each
member.
Chatham county has a Rep.*Pop. .24,311
Echols “ “ “ “ 1,139
The ratio of Representation being 5,002,
it would require four such counties as
Echols to be entitled to one member, while
Chatham would be entitled to nearly
five members. If Echols with her popu
lation is entitled to one member, Chat
ham would be entitled to twenty-one
members.
I instance these as the great inequality
of our present organization of the House
'I lie Congressional Districts contain
the following Representative popula
tion :
First District,, 112,347
Second District 125,222
Thi-d District, 96.879
Fourth district 111,978
Fifth District 115.920
Sixth District 102,785
Seventh District 87,121
Eighth District, 93,104
The ratio of 5,002 Representative pop
ulation would give to the Districts as fol
lows:
First District 22 Members.
Second District, 25 “
Third District, 19 “
Fourth District, 22 “
Fifth District, 23 “
Sixth District, -.-.2o “
Seventh District, 17 **
Eighth District, 18 “
Total, — J 66 members.
Leaving off fractional numbers, which
would give three more members—making
169.
The present Representation from the
Districts as now organized is as follows:
From First District, 30 members.
- Soeuutl District, J28 “
Third District,.. .16 “
Fourth District,. .19 “
Fifth District 23 “
Sixth District, 22 “
Seventh District,. 15 “
Eighth District,. .16 “
The equitable reduction, according to
the ratio of Representative population ol
5,002, by Districts of one half would
give to the Districts as follows :
From First District 11 members.
Second District.. 13 “
Third District,....10 “
Fourth District,.. 11 “
^ Fifth District,.... 12 “
Sixth District,... .10 “
Seventh District,.. 9 “
Eighth District.. 9 “
87
Total in all, 85 members.
Probably I should have offered the
above instead of the amendment I did
propose to the third Section of Ordinance
as reported by committee, it I had then
the same information I now have.
The exceeding desire manifested by
the committee to get some practicable
plan before the Convention, is only tlie
same desire manifested by nearly every
one we meet. The plan was the only
impediment. I offered the amendment to
the third Section, satisfied it was far
more equitable than the one reported by
the committee. And I would still insist
upon its adoption, should no other prop
osition approximating equality be offered
or voted down. That amendment to the
third Section, if successful, would organ
ise the House, with 87 members and no
more—giving to the
1st District 15 members instead of 30
2d
14
“ “ 28
3d “
8
“ “ 16
4th “
1L
“ “ 19
5 th “
12
.< „ 23
6th
11
“ “ 22
7th “
8 “
“ “ 15
8th
8
“ “ 16
Total —
This reduction would he effectual and
would result m DenetH to the fttAie. Tlie
following propositions may be stated with
out elaborating either. This reduction
would save the State $55,000 or $60,000
per annum. In the present condition of
the State economy is actually necessary.
Tlie people will get better legislators,
better laws, more despatch in business,
and at half the present price. Retrench
ment and reform in this important de
partment is a necessity upon the country.
Yours,
J.M. BEALL.
—
The way to get Wealthy.—Never was
money so scarce, everybody says, and ev
erybody, we believe, is justified in making
tlie remark. Silver may be plentiful in
bank, gold may be plentiful in Fraser riv
er, but neither can he picked up along the
streets by men too indolent to work, or
women too extravagant to study economy.
They will new disceru that
"Ti8 a very good world that we live in,
To lend, or to spend, or to give in;
But to beg or to borrow, or to get a man's own,
'Tis tlie very worst world that ever was known.’
The proverb is an old one, hut just as ap
plicable to our times as those of our an
cestors. Poveity has not much credit in
bank parlors, though wealth is frequently
less reliable, unless accompanied by hon
est principle. The only thing to be de
pendent upon these days is industry.
That is the best financial institution. It
never fails. Abstemiousness and frugali
ty are the best bankers. They allow a
handsome interest, and never dishonor a
draft drawn on them by their humblest
customers. That’s our opinion of the mat
ter.—Old Jonathan.
Steward an (be I'wiwu—his great Pelilisn.
In tlie U. 8. Senate, on Tuesday, 31st ult., Mr,
Seward presented a memorial from 3S,0U0 citizens
of the State of New York, and said that although
the Senate Chamber was (he largest legislative
chamber ever erected since the beginning of the
world, except the House of Repiesentatives, this
inemoiini would cover A space thirty-eight times
as large as ti is chamber. Re had already pre
sented a similar memorial with Z5.U0U names all
urging conciliation. The committee who brought
tins memoiial were the representatives of the lar
gest commerce iu the world—a commerce which
in any other country would be paramount to all
other interests. Happily, here it was nut so. He
bad been requested to support the views of this
memorial, aud regretted that he had seen no dispo
sition on the part of the seceding Stales and their
friends to meet any practicable < ffort at compro
mise on the part of the adhering States. lie how
ever, held himself open to such propositions, and
was rejoiced at the fraternal feeling manifested
by the people of his Stale in these memorials. He
did not fear for the Uuion, nor did he believe
these difficulties would certainly be settled iu
thirty, sixty or ninety days; but nevertheless, he
believed they would be settled. All platforms or
men that stood in the way of the preservation of
the Uuion would be swept away. The question
of slavery or freedom in the Territories had been
greatest in 1850. The admission of Kansas,
California and Oregon had reduced the question to
a very narrow compass. In that part which re
mained, all being slave Territory, over which a
slave code extended, there were but twenty four
slaves—but one for every 44,000 square miles.
He did not tear slave aggression which had only
carried twenty-four slaves to all that territory.
Why then should he despair ol the Union? Why
could he believe that 311,WfO.Oflfl of people would
reduce themselves to the scoin of mankind hy the
dissolution of this Union forfihia question ? This
was a confederation, not an imperial government
Submit the question to a Convention to be called
according to the forms of the Constitution -and
the world would see how thirty-four States could
peacabiy adjust this difficulty. He urged aa a
last resort, if other means failed, the calling of a
National Convention, aceoiding to the constitu
tional forms He concluded by saying that he
had advised the gentlemen composing the commit
tee who had brought on the memorial to go home
and speak for the Union, vote for the Union, to
contribute their money to preserve the Union, and
when all other expedients failed, to fight for the
Union .
Major Anderson is considered one of the beat
artillerists in the army. He is the author of the
standard book on that arm of the service,’wed nt
West Foint and in the Army.
tkkswjl Mid AMol-kaSti.
The following correspondence has been exchang
ed between Schamyl and Abd-ei-kader:
“Salutation to him who has made hiniaelf illus
trious among all men; to him who ha? extinguish
ed the Quines ot discord, and who has turn up by
tlie roots the tree ot enmity which resembles the
head of Satau ! Glory bo to God who has granted
to his servant bis own safety, and the safety of the
faith! Salutation to the intimate friend, to the just
Abd-el-Kader; may the palm of glory and of hou-
our flourish on thy throne .’ I kav • heard things
which the ears and the entrails would reject. Hor
rible things have happened between the Mussul
mans and the Christians, who had formerly signed
a treaty of peaco with the Kalifs. My hair baa
stood on end, and the skin of my face, before
smooth, has been wrinkled at the recital of the la
mentable events ol Damascus. I then said evil
has taken possession of the sea and of the Conti
nent. No, it is not for the interest of God, but for
their own, that the Mussulmans of Damascus have
done those things. What bands bad the governors
over their eyes ? Why have they swam in crimes?
Why have they forgotten those words of the
Prophet: ‘He who shall commit injustice towards
a Monald (Christian ;) he uho shall refuse him his
rights; who shall compel him to do what is beyond
his strength, and shall rob him of his property. I,
says the Prophet, ‘will be bis accuser at the day
of resurrection. How fine is this expresaion.—
When I heard that you had spread out the wings
of mercy and of kindness to protect the Christians,
aDd that you had stopped those, ichu sought to violate
the Divine louts, 1 was not surprised that you gain
ed the victory in th<- areana of praises. I was
content with you May God be so also in the su
preme day, when neither money nor children will
avail you in any way. Y'ou have caused the re
vival of the words of the Prophet sent among man
kind by the mercy of God, and you placid a bridle
on those trho violated his decrees. May tiod pre
serve us from him who crosses the limits which ha
has traced out ! This is why I express to you my
joy and satisfaction in this letter, a bouquet of
flowers taken from the garden of the poor prison
er Among the infidels, by tlie decree of the Al
mighty God. “ScH.aMYL, the Stranger.”
Tlie reply of Abd-el-Kader is as follows:—
“Glory to God ! Praise and salutation to the
Prophet Mahomet, and to all the prophets ! The
poor before the rich, Abd-el-Kader, son of Mouhi-
ed-Diu-el-Hossaiin, to the brother in God and dear
Uiemar Schamyl! May God protect us, him aud
me, in the time of repose and in the licur of de
parture. May peace and Divine mercy be given
touxau. I have received your letter and your
amiable praises. What we have done for tb«
Christians was a religious duty and one of human
ity. Our faith is the perfection of good qualities
—it comprises all that is praiseworthy ana all that
ought to be done. All these good thicks must be
with us like a collar round the neck. Injustice is
blamed in all nations, and its dwelling is sullied.
The poet has said, ‘When the day of temptation
comes man so loses his head that what is ugly he
finds handsome.’ We come from God, and we
shall return to Him- We live in a time when few
of the faithful cause justice to triumph, and peo
ple have believed that Islamism inculcates cruelty,
injustice, and exclusivcuess. May God grant ua
patience ! We know that you are with the Em
peror of Russia, and that he gave you a reception
worthy of you. Wo know that you requested him
to ailow you to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. Let
us pray God that be may grant it. The Emperor
of Russia is a great king, and he merits all the
praises which have been lavished on him. 1 hope
that the Sultan of Russia will shower down hit
benefits on you as the Sultan of France has done
on me. Eet us hope iu God. who is alone to be
adored. “Ahd-el-Kaker.”
[London Standard, Jan. 5, 1861,
Marshal Ryndkrs on tiie Crisis—Marshal
Rynders made a speech in New York the other
day. We quote from it a single passage which
will show where the famous Marshal is:
True Democrats at the North will never fight
against the 8outh. If that is treason, let them
indict me for it, or if it is misprision of treason,
let me be doubly indicted The Democrat who
would fight against the South is more than half a
Republican. If a Democratic company volunteers
to go South to subjugate the South, I say to them,
you are traitors to your country, and 1 trust that
the destroying angel will pass over you ih the
night time, like over the host of Sennacherib, and
that the rising sun will look down upon the up
turned faces and fixed, glaring eyes of your
corpses.
A voice—“You are a political demagogue.”
Rynders—I won’t go on till that man is put
out. Are you afraid to put him out you d—d
cowardly set? [Man is put out. Three cheers
are given for Rynders, who proceeds:] Who
brought this trouble on our land? Not ourselves.
We had no band in dissolving the Union. We
did all we conid to avoid these troubles. But if
warcomes, and I have to fight, I will fight to the
death for South Carolina [Hurrah for Rynders!]
Good Material for Soldiers.—A letter from
Warrenton, Fla.., to the Pensacola Observer, thus
describes a private in one of the companies :
Professor Day is just six and a half feet high
in bis stockings. His weight is three hundred
and ten pounds and he measures seven feet in the
girth. He is the tallest and the biggest man in
the regiment, and is noted for his great strength
as well as liis huge proportions. He his been
known to shonlder a six hundred bale of cotton*
and has frequently taken a whiskey barrel by the
chines, raised it at arms’length, and drank at the
bung bole. On one occasion he threw a mustang
pony and liis rider over a ten-rail fence. For this
offence he was tried aud convicted in the Circuit
Court of Lauderdale county, aud fined five hun
dred dollars. This remarkable man is the young
est and smallest of seventeen brothers. His fa
ther is two and a half inches taller than he is, but
not so thick set. His brothers are taller, botnone
of them.are so stout as the Professor. It is neces
sary to remark that his father has been twice mar
ried, and has eight children by his first wife and
nine hy his present wife.
The Professor i« the Principal of the Marion
High School, and is a learned man in every sense
of the world. He is master of six languages, and
as a mathematician he has no superior. He
is, besides one of the best men living and is no
ted for his good nature. He never had but one
fight in liis life, and then he killed a horse and
nearly murdered a man.
Citizenship.—A case came up before
onr City Council, at their regular meeting
Wednesday night, involving the construc
tion of the present law of Georgia with re
gard to citizenship. An applicant for the
office of Vendue Master, upon being inter
rogated, stated that he had only been in
the conntry four months. Council decided
that the residence was sufficient to consti
tute him a citizen of Georgia under the
late ordinance, and he was accordingly
elected.—Sar. Reprbltcan.
We would like to see the ebore question
discussed. We have looked in vain to find
the clause in the ordinance of citizenship
which justifies the City Council of Savan
nah in their decision.
He wants to know, you know.—Mr- John
Slidell, we observe, wishes to know of the
Senate whether “John B. Floyd at present
fills the office of »S’ccrctary of War.” We
presume the next thin^ he will be saying
to J. B. will be something like the Irish
man in the fight to his adversary;—“Ef
yure not in airnest, Jimmy, let go yure
Holt.”
— — ■
A Virginian on Scott.—Mr. DeJar-
nett, a member of the House of Represen
tatives at Washington from the “Old Do
minion,” in a recent speech thus rebukes
the treason of Lieutenant-General Scott.
“There was a time in her history when
Virginia, like the mother of the Gracchi,
when asked for her jewels, could point to
her sons. There they stood.—Jefferson,
Henry, Madison, Monroe, and the immortal
Washington. Those sons of hers, when
they had spent their lives in achieving, and
then defending her liberties, asked no other
honor than she would givethem a tomb. She
too, in this age, had been proud of another
son, whom she gave to the nation as a
commander-in-chief of its armies. That son
I, together with her representatives in the
legislature, in her name, have honored with
a sword, for his brilliant achievements in
arms. Little did I think, little did Vir
ginia think, that tbatsword was so soon to
be drawn against her who gave him birth.
Here, sir, in sight of her own blue hills, in
sight of the tomb of Washington, is this
nngratefnl son planting his batteries for
her subjugation. And though she must
weep over the ingratitude of her parricidal
son, the more because of her pride in the
glory of his past renown, yet, emulating
the firmness of the old Roman father, she
will discard him forever from her bosom,
and vindicate in his sacrifice, the majesty
of her supreme law—the law of State sov
ereignty and State allegiance.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes vividly describes death
thus:
“By the stillness of the sharpened features bv
tba blackness of the tearless eye, by the fixed-
new of tbeamileless month, by the deepening 'inti,
by the rontrected brow, by the dilatiug nostrils,
we know that the soul is soon to leave its mortal
tenement, and is already closing its windows and
putting out its flree." •