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Fair a* a Poet’* dream art then,
'Tbou type of youth and beauty;
Whom bnt to *ee i* to admire—
To love a pleasant duty.
Well might proud mankind bow the knee
Before so fair a ftirtae *
This lovely counterpart of one
Half mortal, half divine.
A* regal in tliy loveliness
As her whose beauty long,
In every land, on every tongue,
Has been the theme of song. ,
Tes; fair Eugenie, on her throne,
Hath not more regal mien
Ilian our sweet Southern flower of love,
Bright Caro.iha’a queen.
Yet not a stain of earthly pride
Mars thy young beauty’s charm ;
Thy ipodest air, thy cordial smile,
Even stoic he.trle disarm.
No haughty step robs thy fair form
Os half Its quiet grace;
No simper vain, no covert sneer,
Disfigures thy sweet face.
But good as thou art beautiful,
And gentle as refined,
And biased with lTeafvcn’s rarest gifts-
Pure bool and lofty" mind—
Tbou movest mid the careless throng.
Near them, and yet afar;
Superior to the idle crowd
Like sorr. j bright planet star.
Beauty ak>nc could never give
The charm thou dost possess,—
Fair counterpart of my dear friend
In her young loveliness;
The sloping shou'ders—star-lit eyes,
That mock the violets hue,
And lips like a ripe rose-bud kissel
By early morning dew.
Tho’ these are thine, they ne'er could rncke
The tender ldVe I feel,
Did not each curve,'each b< f.utsous line •
A souVs pun thought rental.
And thou I Oh fair Original
Friend of the warm true
1 would the whole wide
With beings like thou art.
i Ri A. L.
August*, G*. y
Swinging on a Birch Tree.
Swinging on a birch-Uec
To a sleep,, tune, . .
rimnmed by all the breezes
In the month of Jun 6!
Little leaves a-flutter
Sound like dancing drops <•
Os a brook on pebbles— .
Bong that never stops.
Up and down v»;o see-saw,; .
Up iufto the skv ;
How it opens bn' tu», '* '
Like a wide blue eye I
You and I-are sailors ,
liocking ou a mast;
And Uie wofld’e our vessel;
Ho! she sails"so faM !
Blue, blue sea around us;
Not a ship in Sight y
They will hang out lanterns
When they pass, to-night.
We with ours will follow
Through the midnight deep.;
Not a thought of danger,
Though trio crew's asleep.
O, how still the air is 1
There an orio'e flew ;
What a jolly whistle!
He’s a sailor, too.
Yonder is his hammock
In the elm-top high;
One more ball ul, tu se-na'c !
Bing it as yon fly!
Up and down wo see saw;
Down into the grass, '• ’
Bee tiled fern, and rose-buds,
Alla wovflh m iss.
That’s the so 11 f carpet , .
Fitted for our feet;
TapeslVy nor velvet
Is so rich and neat; * * ’
Swinging on a lurch tree!
This is summer joy,
Fun for all vacation—
Dott’rvou think so, toys
Dp ard down to see saw! . < - -
Merry autl at ease ;
Careless as a brook is,
Idle as the breeze,
• t)ur Young Poltfs for June. *
[From the Atlantic Monthly. -*
Timon's Soliloquy.
ST T. Rl'Crr*N*K EKiD.
My shadow, wh.ero6oe’r I wend,
Is within me, like a flattering friend. - *
But chiefly when the win of -Tbr<e
Is climbing to it* highest noon,
llv fond attendant closses mar, . .
As I were growing still more deap ;
And then, to show fts love complete, .*
Fulls even servile at my Dot,
Where, proud of plaee, it scarcely nods
Before the temple oi the Gods
Bnt when tlie evening sgn descends,
, T <*seenis to seek ibr other friends,
Faking a dial of the town,
W* tell that Timon’s dav goes down :
ASM when Stic stormy night comes on,
I look, and lo! my-shade is gone—.
While A '-liens, wi h iodignaot state,
B« ings at my back her scolding gate,
And towering o’er me, black with wrath,
Frowns unrelenting on my path.
But when the sun shall reappear,
My semblance will again be hero,
Ami every move of mine obey,
As it it had not been away.
And when some passer-by relates ‘
How fortune on my exile'waits,
That l . t.**"* 1 "here fell the shower
Os Mother Barth's Daaftan dower,
j »sii shall city’B wanton anus
Invite me with her liberal charm*
And all her crowd obsequious pour
To bow me to her anxious door, ’ *
Where I m'ght rise anew, extolled,
Like Perseus, from a lap of goM 1
An ancient tale that never ends—
Here comes my shadow—here my friends '
G. G. Edinundson, a young man ol this place,
employed in the steam mill and workshops of
W. L. Keough & Callan, near the depot, was
caught in the belting of the machinery, on yes
terdav morning, while endeavoring to adjust
the circular saw, and severely and dangerously
hurt. His right leg was badly fractured both
above and below the knee, and his head and
back contused to an extent not yet ascertained.
He was carried around the shaft several times
by the revolving wheels, and the miracle is that
he escaped with a spark of life in his body.—
His condition is critical, though there are
strong hopes of his surviving the injury.
[ Washington ( Ga.) Gazette, 31 *t.
A MINEB’S LOVE BTOEY.
Nelly Glover was the prettiest lass in the pH
village. Her eyes ware of the Sweetest bine;
her cheeks were like a rose; and yon might
have thought her brown hair was the finest silk.
Then she had a figure like a fairy, it was so trim :
and with a waist yon could almost span, l
loved Nelly, hot as for that, all the chaps of the
village were of the same mind, and she might
have had her pick of ns; the worst of it was,
she treated us all alike, and wouldn’t look at
one more than another. She bad a smite for
every body, and was always good tempi red,
but there It ended ; and, somehow, none of us
could screw up courage to try her lurther. I
don’t know bow olten I thought it over. It
came into my bead the first thing in the morning,
and there it remained the last thing at night,
when it either kept me awake, or haunted my
dreams. At last it took possession of me. No
matter where I was, digging, or. blasting, or
tunneling; above ground, or down in the pit;
my thoughts turned on Nelly, aud from being
the merriest fellow in the village, I just came to
be the dullest. One morning there was no work
in the pit for my gang, because the viewer
wanted that part of the seam shored up, and it
struck me, all at once, that I would have it opt
with Nelly, so i made myself smart, and set out,
walking as brisk as if it was a wager. You may
think it conceit m me, but i can say that I was
them as clever a chap to look at as you would
olten see and I knew it! . For all that, I began
to walk a hit slow when i caught sight of Mrs.
Glover’s cottage, and I felt of my heart. Bat 1
went on, and I just got up to the cottage when
who should come out but Neiiy herself. She
never looked prettier than at that minute; but
appearing so suddenly, Rbc dashed ray spirit,
aud I hadn’t a word to say to her.
“ Why, Charley, what is the patter ?” she
tried, in a frightened sort of way.
“ Well, it is just this,” I said. And there I
stopped. • 4 H '*
“ la anything wrong with Jack V’’ she cried,
quickly. .
“ Jack ?”
“ Yes, he is down in the pit; they say it is
foul, which makes mother and me uneasy. You
haven’t heard any thing ?” And she looked in
my eyes as if she would search me through.
“No, no,”I answered, steadying, bow that I
thought I could comfort her. He is all right.
You mustn’t mind what the old women of the
village say, or you’ll be looking for a blow-up
every day in the year, when there is nothing
more than common. I haven’t come to you
about Jack, Nelly; It is about myself.”
She gave me another look, now ; then her
cheek flushed up like a flame, and her eyes
turned away.
“Do you know what A want to say, Nelly ?”
I went on. “ I wish you did, for I can’t tell it.
It is more than I have got words for. How l
love you, how you are alway before me, how I
am crazed, and mad about you! But though I
can’t say all I want to, here I stand, and I
wouldn’t change with a king, if vou’Jl take me
as I am!”
“Ah, Charley! you don’t know how you pain
me,” she answered.
11 Don’t say that Nelly. I doubted about
speaking to you, but now that I hive done it,
now that I can’t go on deceiving myself, it you
have any pity iu your heart, show it to me, and
1 will cherish you to the day of my death.”
“It is no use,” she replied, “ I can never
marry a pitman. I gave the promise to mother
aud Jack, when we walked up the village at the
funeral of my father and brothers, all three
killed in the mine—our great sorrow, which I
can never thiuk oftuthout crying.”
And the tears, it Is true, were running down
her checks, though, for the moment she seemed
to me to be harder than stone. And I Seemed
turned to stone myself. 1 had no recollection,
uo feeling, asd no sense, and I couldn’t' have'
moved a step to have saved rnyTife. Thefi It aft
Hashed upon jne Tike lightning. T took a last
look: af Nelly", drqppedjiny head upon my bread,
and, without "a. word more, 'walked out of the
rgatc. .... '■ \ ' ‘ '* . '' ,
Our village seldom lobked bfighf,*no matter
how the sun shone and now I felt as if the sun
would never shine again for me, so, hs rhy ipye
fell,on the line -of cottage's, with the clouds
hanging down from above, apd bottling round
but a. waste, I, {bought I Heigh tas W<sll qe In my
grave - as continue to live tlietc; Besides, I
should always, bq meeting Nelly, perhaps'* lurk
ing about her mother’s cottage, and making her
as miserable as myself. Why shouldn’t I -go
away, to Yprkshire, or Derbyshire, or to the
diggings in Australia,'for that matter? The
notion, if it wrfs good for nothing more, gave
me a little more'spirit. If/tumed my thoughts,
and I stepped out quicker, gfrtflg straight hoftn*.
I had’n* much to settle there, only to bid good
bye to the folks I lived with, and I clime out,,
pack on back, and began my- tramp.
I stopped at the moor, and looked back,- re- j
-memberingl might never see the place ngaiu, j
and, dismal as I now thought it, with its gaping
walls and Shaken roofs encumbering tiro black
ened ground, I had been-happy there. Not (me
| ofthose cottages-but would open its door to j
I me ; not one where I wouldn’t" meet a friend. ■
And there I had bCcn bofft ;tt was the spot ©n i
earth that, even in. that hour of bitterness, I
loved best, and I didn’t turn away without dash-!
ing my hand across over my eyes.
I was waikiug on, when suddenly the sir rang ;
with a crash that shook the ground. I knew
what it signified; such sonnds denote but one j
result in iho black country, aud throwing down !
ray pack, I darted off to the spot, with the feel
ings ftiat animate every miner on such occa
sions, - - , , ,
It didn’t seem a minute bemre I came U?Uie.
dnst-heap« round the pit’s mouth, but some
were there before me, and the off-men aud the ,
women were rushing up from the village in' a
stream- The smell from the pit almost knock
ed me down as I came up, autl I had to get
my breath a little, when three or four of us
.crept up to the month, and looked down. The
. explosion bad destroyed the cage, not lea vino- a i
stick of It, but it had hot injured the signal !
' rope; hence a means of eonminnieation re-’
rflafned for any owe tmmediately below A<
, soom as I saw this- 1 set U> work to ri* a cross
bar. and presently had it readv. ”
“Just lower megently,” I said to two banks- I
men. ** I may pick up one or two, if there’s
any near.” j
“ Yo * <*irt go down vet p> cried the viewer
“ How many are in the pit
“ Half an hour ago there were fifty,” replied
the time-keeper; “bnt, lam thankful to sav,
j they ail came up but ten.”
“And they are air lost,” said the viewer,
1 Pfor there will be 'sitoiber explosion directly.”
“I’ll go down, anyhow,” I said doggedly;
“ aud if nobody will lower me, I’ll jump
dovvu.”
A good many were on the heap now—men
and women —some of the women crying and ;
some praying; but when I spoke wot that way
there was a dead silence. Then two or three j
called out, “Good-by, C’harly, God bless you,;
brave lad.” Tbe banksmen lowered the down,
and I sank through the pit's mouth. A Davy ;
laitop was tied around my waist, and I held a ,
rope in my band, so that I might signal to be :
hoisted up if the air became too foul. But I
had no intention of going back tilt I had ■
i searehed tbe pit, and seen if any were alive. *
One thing I didn’t care about, my life i and
another, 1 would have been ashamed to face !
i f*>Ki S **>° ve without doing something: so !
lowered me at B °^ h *
to in easing J. **** looking up and down
The shaft dlstauce Jet to be traversed.
fore litr»; d ™a Ver Seemed 80 d ««P to me *»>*
S " and Li and eyc ® lntl> the darkness be
i !k 6 Ljeam oniiht bottom ? 1 glanced up, and
! ll * bt K rew smaller and smaller. I
a° f $ e Bhafl » and marked only
i Said b lfi k th^ Q “ d ' B ? 1 my Progress waa no-
I tilled by the increasing density ol the air,
AUGUbTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1867.
which began to a fleet my breathing ; and, as I
went on, I had to shift my face from side to
side to make a little current. At last my feet
touched the ground.
I looked around as I jumped off the straddle,
and saw the furnace was out, which put a stop
to the ventilation of the mine, as for as it de
pended on the brattices, and no air entered but
by the shaft. The stench was overpowering,
and from this and the silence, 1 guessed the
worst. It was plain that the explosion had
killed the horses; for not a sound came from
the stable, which was close to the shaft; and
what hope could-there be tor human beings in
a distant part of the pit? You may be sure I
didn’t stand to make these reflections; they
floated across me, and I was working forward,
before they got through my mind. I knew the
old mine blindfolded; but what with foul smell
and the deep gloom, I was some minutes
scrambling to the top of the incline, keeping
my anus stretched out as I went along, to feel
for anything in the way. And it was lucky I
did, or I should dash my head against some
jempty tiucks, and in the state I was in, that
would have finished me. Thus I .reached the
first gallery, which you could only* enter stoop
ln&* I pushed open the “trap door, and went
on few steps, though my Davy lamp was what
pitmen call “afire”—the flame being all blue—
t a l r was 80 ranch gunpowder.—
1 along; if I wasn’t to save any
f ?‘ dn \ mutter what became of jmyself,
and 1 pleased myself with the thought that
? d i y ,£ onl n he i r 1 haddied iH the attempt _
k a t °nce, it came into my head
what she had said about her brother Jack beimr
in the pit. This gave my heart such a turn that
I staggered, and the perspiration poured from
my forehead like water. I rnshed forward as
if I was mad; ray loot struck something;!
bent down over what seemed to be a corpse,
and the gleam of the lamp fell on its face. It
was Jack Glover. 1 didn’t know whether he
was alive or deitd, but I caught him in my arms,
and with the strength of a giant and the speed
of a deer—hardly conscious, hardly breathing
—I made a dash for the shaft.
It was easier work going back, when you
were once iu the main or horse road ; ior now
the shaft was belore you, instead of behind;
and, though you wouldn’t thiuk it, this made
a wonderful difference in the light. Dark as
pitch it still was, though not to pitman’s eyes,
and I had found out that Jack breathed when
I reached the shaft. The discovery nerved me
afresh, and kept all my senses at work without
my seeming to know ft. I only felt there'soon
would he another explosion. So I placed Jack
on the straddle, and taking the rope from my
Davy lamp, tied him hand and foot, then pulled
the signal rope, and as the people above hauled
the tackle and lifted the straddle from the
ground, I hung on by my arms; thus we be
gan to mount the shaft.
It wasn’t till we had got twenty feet up that
l felt the strain of standing on nothing, bnt,
from that moment, it became just terrible. My
hands seemed ready to snap; the ache in my
arms spread through every muscle; my head
spun around ; my feet kicked about in agony.
I watched the mouth of the pit till my eyes
swam, and as I reckoned the space between,
my strength-waned and my misery deepened, I
thought I must drop before I reached the top.
Then they began to hoist faster. I mustered all
ray strength ; I tightened my grip of the strad
dle, though my fingers were growing numb ;
1 steadied my feet, and hardly trusted myself to
.breathe. J could see the walls of the shaft; I
could feel..-the purer air ;*I heard voices ; and
presently the tackle swung ; strong arms caught
me round, and I was landed on the hank.
They had Jack Glover off' the straddle before
you could look around, and he was carried
away, while they raised my head and poured a
little brandy in my mouth. I called out for the
! vieWei*. '
“ What, is it, -Charley Batson V T - he asked, !
bending over me.
“ Everybody away from the pit, sir,” I said.
“ You a!*e right, he answered ; it will come
jn a minute or two.
They got me to the top of tbe bank, wheu I ;
"heard a scream, and there was Nelly, trying to.,
’throw herself on her brother Jack, but.kept '
back bjrfbe other women. She never glanced :
’ rotind at mg'! I wished then that I had stop- |
pcd.in the pit, or lyt. my self drop frrtm the bar, !
as I'?amo up, and so escaped seeing her again. !
But I made up my mind that I had looked on j
her for the last time. I told in} r helpers that ! j
conld walk now. arid when they lot go my
anus, k turned towards the moor, intending to i
pick up my pack, aud drag on at Jeast to the ;
next village. 1 |
But' I could no more walk five miles than 1 !
eou'ldy fiv. When l eamo to thp pack t sank i
down by it and feh, that I must give up. I was
so heated, that I thought there wag noW anoth- >
, er explosion at the pit, 'as I had expected, and !
-though it shook the fjtfltihd' Under me, I did'nt I
lift my head. AH I thought of was stretching
out my arms and legs and lying quiet*. How
long I laj- there I never knew. But by degrees
I recovered a little strength, and my thoughts'!
took mOre shape, when T decided to l-otnru-to
my ©Ui- lodging aud have a day’s rest before Ii
set out on my .wanderings.
- The (Jav passed aud the night, and the next |
day, and 1 wfts still in bM, the good folks tend
ing me like » child. My limbs, wiuch bad been
racked with ,pain, now felt easy, and I was
■ready for a start again. But I thought there
would be opposition, so I got up very quiet, |
and was putting on my things, when the room
door opened, and to my. wonder, in came Jack I
Glcvep.
“Halloo, Charley, here we are,” he -cried,
st-izhig'tny hand and giving it a hearty squeeze.
“ Who would baVfe thonght of us two being
alive to-day ?” . . ; j
“ Well, Jack,” I answered. “ I am glad for
yon, but I should-rf’f have cared for myself.”
“ How’s that. ? ’ he ssked.
“ Because I have something on.my mind.” .
“ You!” he said, laughingly, aud giving me
a little push. “Here, sit down and have a*'
pipe, and it will all go off like the smoke.”
« I don’t <**ro If I never smoke a pipe again,”
I -said, savagely. . ,
“Now, I’ll tell you what it is,” said Jack ;
“you bate been having e tiff with out Nelly.”
“I haven’t,” I answered, mv cheek burning.
“ Well, you know best about that,” continued
Jack ; “ but it’s what I guess, because you
were seen talking with her, and she had a cry
ing fit directly after- And when she heard from
me that it was you that brought me up Irani the
pit, she fell on my neck, and fainted.”
“ Didn’t she know it before ?” I asked, re
lentiug.
“No.” -
“Then, I’ll just teU yon all about her and
hie,” I said.
I was a long time telling it, but Jack sat up
as if he was listening to a play, or a sermon, at
chapel. I give him a description of Nelly that
would have done for the Hue aud Cry ; went
! iuto all the feelings she had raised in iny breast,
■ told him how I had watched for her, thought of
her, and drenmpt of her, and, finally-, recounted
onr hist colloquy. Jack never moved a muscle,
; and not till I stopped for,breath, did he put iu
j a word.
“ Don’t you think vou’ve been a little fast,
Charley ?” he thensaitf, dubiously.
*• Hqw do you mean ?” I inquired.
j “ Why, in giving up so. Suppose, when
Nelly said she couldn’t hare yon, you had put
; your arm round her waist, and said she must!”
This view had never struck me, aud rather
took me back.
“ But there whs her promise to you and her
mother tfever to marry a pitmaß,” f urged.
“So there was. But did you never hear that
promises were made to be broken ?”
“ I can’t say but I have,” I muttered, clap
ping on my hat.
“ Where are you going ?” asked Jack.
“You wait here a minute,” I replied.
With that I took two strides down the stairs
! into the road, and hurried off to Mrs. Glover’s
| cottage. I stood outside a minute, when I
opened the. door, and the first thing I saw wa6
Nelly, sitting by her mother, and looking like
a gho6t—only ghosts never look pretty. She
gave me ohe look, then started up and sprang
into my arms. My heart was 60 full I couldn’t
speak at first, but I thought I must do some
thing, ©o I slipped my arm around her waist,
as Jack recommended. Now I felksure of her
and of all the happiness that the world could
give, and, as my breast swelled proudly, I be
gan to bear a little malice.
“Ah, Nelly, if you had only loved me!” I
said.
Nelly tightened her arms around my neck.
“ How happy we might have been !” I con
tinued.
“Tuen we can he, Charley !” she murmered.
“ How, Nelly ! “We can never marry, you
know.”
The little lingers unlocked, and I felt Nelly
falling away ; but I remembered Jack's coun
sel, and held her by the waist.
“ There’s your promise to yonr mother and
Jack,” I continued ; 4 how are we to get over
that ?”
“ I forgot that,” faltered Nelly, as white as a
sheet.
“ And what do you say to it, mother,” I cried
to the old lady.
Mrs. Glover got up, and took Nelly’s hand
and put it in mine.
“ That’s what I say to il,” she said heartily ;
“ and I know Jack is of the same mind.”
“ Aud this is what I sav to it,” I cried, giving
Nelly a kiss. ’ s ~ s
# Yon won’t be surprised to* hear that we Were
married the next week. And now I am the
viewer of the colliery : and ns for Nelly, she
will tell you that, though she has married a
pitman, aud has her roughs and smooths, like
other women, there is no happier woman in
the kingdom.
Hamlet at the Baptist Church, of Macon.
“ Horatio W hat! lias this thing* appeared
again to-night ?”
“ Bernardo—l have seen nothing.”
% For some time past, there have been unusual
musical sounds heard at the Baptist church, at
an hour when the house was closed, and no one
therein.
On yesterday morning, about one o’clock,
, When “ Tired nature’s sweet restorer—balmy
sleep,” and “ Night sable goddess ! from her
ebon throne,
In rayles majesty, now stretches forth
Her leaden sceptre o’er a slumbering world.
Silence, how dead 1 and darkness, how profound 1
Nor eye, nor listening ear an object finds :
Creation sleeps,”
a song was heard by two young men in their
apartments consecrated to Morpheus. They
immediately arose and repaired to the sacred
building, from which it emanated. They were
sood joined by Lt. Nance, of the Police, and
the trio began to invest the place. Windows
were all down ; the blinds and doors securely
closed. Still the singing of the hymn :
“ When we’ve been there ten thousand years,”
was continued by a voice as- weet as an angel’s.
The trio were soon reinforced by several other,
policemen, and an assault was considered be6t
to be made upon the doors of the church, when
a neighbor, who was a member of the Baptists
passed, andadvised that the “solo” be permitted
to continue nntil he could find the sexton, with
the “great keys of the temple.” The sexton was
sent for, and notwithstanding the noise and
confusion made by the party : “Rock of ages,”
“Before Jei ovah’s awful throne,” On Jordan’s
! stormy banks,’-’ and numerous other sacred
j songs were sung by the unseen, vocalist, until
j he arrived.
It Was concluded to place a guard over nll*the
apertures ih the house, to prevent the escape of
the inmate, and the gallant lieutenant, w T Uh one
of the part}*, resolved upon an entrance. No
more singing or othdr music was then heard.
One of Hie party, like Horatio, exclaimed :
I “ Stay ! Speak ! I charge thee,ispeak!” Another
I said : “ ’Tis gone, atfd will not answer.” Well
lit didn’t speak, nor wasn’t seen. So one of the
I parly bebame more bold, and played- Hamlet in
! saying • 1“ Be thou a spirit of health, or gob
| lin damned ; thou corceth in su< h a question
! able shape, Unit I will speak to thee.'.’
! The invisible songster not thinking such
! “ cuss- words' ” appropriate in church, did not
\ answer, or show his, her, or itself.
! Our bold police then searched the entire edi
j lice from “ turret to foundation stone,” witli
! out-finding ont whence the music emanated.
! AH hands are wilHiflg to swear before the
1 Mayor, to-day, that the foregoing account is
I true. His honor, the Mayor, lias erdered a
! special police stationed around the sanctuary
! of our Baptist friends, aud wc hope they will
! bb successful in discovering the origin of this
invisible nocturnal seveqadcr.
Journal 8$ Messenger, 4 th.
The Pullman, Kimball & Ramsey Sleep
i ing Car Co.—The stockholders of the above
i named company held they* annua,! meeting iu
, Nashville on Wednesday, when the following
; named gentlemen were elected officers of the
: company for the fiext Tear :***•
1 President—George M. Puiknan, of Chicago.
Yiae-President—Col. Robert 11. Ramsey.
Secretary—H: I. Kimball, Atlanta.
Treasurer —John Rice, President Georgia Na
tional Bank, Atlanta.
Superintendent—E. N. Kknbfti], Atlanta.
Directors —Campbell Wallace, Superintend
cut Western & Atlantic Railroad ; A. G. Ban
| ford, President First National Bank, Nashville;
| George M. Pullman; Coi. Robert H. Ramsey ;
1 John Rice, Esq.; E. N. Kimball.
Wc understand, that the stockholders were
vefy much satisfied with the annual reports of
the officers of the company. The following
resolution, complimentary to the popular Su
perintendent of the company, was unanimously
adopted;
Besotted , That the directors of this company,
for the first year, were .exceedingly fortunate
iu securing the services of Mr. E. N. Kimball
as Su peril) ten dent, and having evidences from
every quarter, where the cars of this company
are known of his energy, activity* sound judg
ment and economical management of the com
pany’s affairs, we would earnestly recommend
the directors just elected to secure his services
the coming year if possible.
We are pleased to know that Mr. Kimball
has been re-eleetcd, and is still to remain with
us, fbr his uniform courtesy and gentlemanly
deportment, no less than his business activity,
has won for him many friends.
[Atlanta Intelligencer.
Milk and Onions in Dropsy.— Dr. Pautier,
a Ere»ch.phyeician, relates the case of a man
who was afflicted With general dropsy and a
double dropsy of the chest, accompanied with
great difficulty of breathing and other distress
ing svniptoms. Various remedies'lmd been
taken without any apparent Jjeneflt. Dr. Pau
tier then prescribed the following treatment:
Three cops of milk porridge to be taken daily,
e£ch to be followed by eating dry bread and
raw onions, without any drink. This diet was
persevered in for thirty days, but before half
this time had elapsed the patienj was able to
leave his bed. In the following month nothing
remained but slight puffings of the feet and
ankles. A generous.diet was then prescribed
and in another month a complete sure Was es
; fected. 7 | m
The person who gave information about Mr.
Greeley’s letter to John C. Breckinridge, in
viting him to return to this country, further
says that the .President has also written a letter
of similar import to the rebel exile, which was
forwarded with Mr. Graeley’s to-day, through
the hands of a lady who is well acquainted with
him.— Cor. Boston Advertiser.
About Dogs—The Different Varieties.
—Few persons are aware oi the value and va
riety of dag*, varying as they do in weight
from 180 pounds to less than one pound, and
in value to about *SOO to less than nothing. A
description of the different varieties may not
be nninteresting:
The Siberian bloodhound weighs about 160
pounds, and measures 40 inches in girth, and is
worth nearly *SOO.
The St. Bernard dog, which is of a buff or
light lead color, is very large and valuable.
The Newfoundland dog, when pure, is entire
)y black, and its pups are worth from *lO to *ao.
The shepherd dog, or Scotch colly, is won
derful for its patience, fidelity and bravery. It
is worth from *SO to *IOO.
The English mastiff, a good watch dog, is
worth from f!5 to *25.
Os terriers, the black and tan is most admired,
It varies in weight from 1 pound to 25 pounds,
and increases in value as it decreases in weight.
A member of the bar in this city has one
which weighs less than a pound and is the
smallest w*e have ever seen. It could not be
bought for *l5O. Terriers are often crossed
with the Italian greyhound, producing a very
delicate but extremely useless dog. Tire hootch
terrier is the hardiest of dogs, is very courage
ous, and is worth from *lO to *3O.
The Scotch deerhound is the rarest and most
valuable of hunting dogs. They are very rare,
and are owned principally by the nobility of
England. They are worth *IOO each.
The beagle is the smallest of "the* hound kind,
of superior scent and endurance, urrd is the
best sort of a rabbit hunter.
English greyhounds, the fleetest of dogs, are
worth from *25 to , *IOO each. The Italian'
greyhound is merely a parlor dog. The pure
breed is rare and valuable, a fine one being
worth *l5O. p
There is a great variety of pointers, setters
and spaniels. The Prince Charles variet}* Is the
most valuable of spaniels. He is snpposed to
have originated in Japan, where a similar breed
exists. He lias a round head, short nose, long,
curly ears, large, full eyes, black and tan Color,
and never weighs|over ten pounds. They have
been sold at auction in England, at *2,000 each.
ihe coach dog is from Denmark, and is uot
of much value.
Aip for the South.— The State Relief Com
missioners have forwarded up to this date as
follows; North Carolina—s,lso bushels corn
25 barrels flour, 40,496 pounds bacon, $2,500 in
cash. South Carolina—ls,oo2 bushels ' com,
49,562 pounds bacon. Georgia—ll,s39 bushels
corn, 35,000 pounds bacon. Alabama—l4,B64
bushels corn, 39,853 pounds bacon. Arrange
ments have been made by which SIO,OOO will
be invested in corn and bacbn iri New Orleans
for distribution in the flooded portions of
Louisiana and Mississippi. The distribution is
made by county committees, who are appoint
ed by relief commissioners selected by the
Governo-s of the States. The plan is-found to
work well, except that each county thinks Its
proportion too small in view of its necessities.
Further'shipments will be made as fast as the
Commissioners can obtain the means.
f ßaltimore Gazette.
From Mexico.—A telegram from Galveston
says that a lettei from Queretaro, date not
given, says: Maximilian and. alibis principal
officers gave up their swords to Escobedo him
self; the entire army, Maximilian's artillery,
ammunition, wagons, sui rendered. The fol
lowing chiefs are prisoners: Maximilian,Mejia,
(Jagtcllo, Cagsanaua, Gayon, Merino, Alvena,
Maximo, Campas and Miramon. The latter
was eaptnred in the streets of Catsi shortly af
ter the .surrender.-- Mendez, alone is missing.
•Over two hundred subaltern officers are also
captured. Miramon arid Catnpas are reported
by a private letter as having been shot on the'
16th.- Maximilian had a severe attaek of dysen
tery on rlie evening of the 15th'. A physician
of Escobedo’s was scut him. A private, cor
respondence from Styi Luis ‘says: lie liasW
covered find is expected in that city and will
probably cross over into the United Mates.
The report that Lopez sohl Fort Lacruse for
three hundred thousand dojlars is denied.
An official report from Escobedo, announces
the death of‘Col. Lois Carndo, of Labuca and
Co}. Miguel of Paleapalcione. . •
The Disadvantages of Being an Amerj
can.—'Americans arc acqlfiringin foreign conn'-
tries a reputation for lavish expenditure which
sometimes operates to opr disadvantage. A
correspondent in Naples writes .as follows : “It
is very unfortunate to spdak the English lan
guage. Answering a question- of an American
yesterday at dinner cost me a franc, which was.
moderate. I had ordered my dinner in French,
and as the waiter was not very well versed in
that language he took me for a Frenchmati; hn't
the English language was the signal for an ad
vance in my bill. A few days ago I went into
a cameo shop and stsked in French the price of
a miniature, and was told thirty francs. I went
ten paces further -and asked in English the i
price of the same thkig, and wus told sixty i
francs. My gentle reader.—all reader* are gen- j
tie—if you ever expect to f visit this continent,
begin to study French and German now ; and
when the shores of America lade in the dis
tance, speak yopr last word of- English till your
return.” ,
Registration tn Louisiana.— Owing to the
stringent roles enforced is Louisiana, ami the
neglect of the whites to register, the New
Orleans papers say the proportion of registered
colored voters to white voters is so large as to
become alarming. Oatside the city ihc pro
portion is still greater. At the latest accounts
the voters registered at Baton Rouge were
thirty-six whites and. three hundred and lifty
colored. At Ascension, fifty-one whites apd
seven hundred and ninety-six colored. Part of
the disproportion Is accounted for by the fact
that every qualified negro registered, while a j
large proportion of those whites not disfran
chised by law refused to register. * " - \
Troup Superior Court.— Tbe LaGrange
Reporter says : Several old and important cases <
have been disposed of this week, among them
the case of L. P. Hodnett vs. Atlanta <fc West ■
Point Railroad, in equity, for recision of deed
and damages. Damages found by the jury,
$3,160, with right of way confirmed to the
railroad. *
W, B. Berry vs. Montgomery & West Ifoint
Railroad. Action to recover the.value of a
negro killed by defendant’s train, negligently,
on tlie 15th of June, 1862. Verdict, $1,863,-
We are pained to record the death of Col.
William M. Varnum, which occurred at P s ’
residence in Twiggs county, ou the 27th till'. j
Col. V, was widely kupwn and universally r«- j
spected. * ' j
Arrest.— A man by the name of Greene was j
arrested in this place Wednesday last, charged j
with having robbed an Express office iu Florida
of ten thousand dollars. He is in jail awaiting
further orders. — Sumpter Republican.
A Hevrrbnd Embezzler,—Erie, Pa., May
29.—Rev. Julius Seymore was arrested here
yesterday for embezzling fifteen thousand dol
lars’ worth of revenue stamps. He was for
merly a clerk in the Internal Revenue office.
False calves, fatee bosoms, false hair, false
teeth, false complexions and false stomachs!
Now. what next ?— Ex.
Why, the legal maxim of course—“JFoZmm
in uno etc.
VOL. 25. NO. 24
Obituary.
4 "
BIE ARCHIBALD ALISON.
The cable brings as intelligence of the death
of the celebrated historian, Sir Archibald Ali
«rn.w In letters, In the early part
pre , eent TT t ntnry , there Wa9 none 90 cele-
Pl* writlu K®’ *™eeful and able,
were seized with avidity by the English and
American reading public, and the labors of his
luaturer years prove of invaluable service to
the student of- European history. He was
born at Kenley, December 29, 1792, his father
a Scotch divine, having before him created lor
himself a name as the author of “ Essays on
Taste, ’ appearing in the Edinburgh Review.
Educated at the University of Edinburgh, he
adopted the law for a profession in 1814, aud‘
having traveled considerably over Europe, he
was, in 1823, appointed to the honorable posi
tion of Advocate General. From this post he
rose gradually, distinguishing himself for a
keen, energetic lawyer, and in 1828 he became
a member of the Crown Council. Four years
later he Was appointed Sheriff of Lanarkshire,
an office which is, iu Scotlaud, the highest judb
cial station next to the bench. In the same
year be published his first work—a rather dry
oue—“The Principles of Criminal’Law,” and a
year later a companion volume from his pen
appeared, “Hie Practice of the Criminal I,aw.”
By these two works his reputation as a writer
was established, aud so much were they esteeiu
,ed that they became staudard authorities with
the bar of Scotland.. He now turned his atten
tion to the great work with which his name
will always be associated. The first volume of
“The History of Europe” appeared in 1833,
and the successive nine volumes at intervals
during the successive years. This work achieved
an lipmerise success. It rau. through a largo
number of editions in England, was reprinted
in this country, and translated into French,
German, and gym Arabic and Hindooslanee.
This well Known Work is one of the most re
markable historical compositions in existence.
The information contained in It must have
taken a large number of years hr its compila
tion, aud a considerable charm attached to it
from its eutire reliability. Sometimes the
author allows himself to be biased by his high
lory principles, .but these occasions are few, -
and the work is probably the most unpreju
diced that may be found. To those who have
seen it, the clearness of the style and brilliancy
ot the ideas contained in it, must have been ap
parent, and the later volumes to the time of the
assertion of Louis Napoleon are characterized
by a conscientious accuracy and unbiased criti
cisir.
The other works of Sir Archibald Alison are
his “ Principles of Population ” and “ Life of
the Duke of Marlborough.” In 1851 he was
elected Hector of the Glasgow University, and
soon after the foundation of the Derby-Disraeli
Cabinet, was created a Baronet. His death
forms a gap in the literary world difficult of
filling up.
{Frorii the Boston Post.
Masonic.
amicable adjustment of long existing
>■ TROUBLES. *
We have already stated that the hitherto (or
for many years) two wings, or divisions of the
Supreme Council, thirty-third degree, Free
masous, have been in session in this city sine*
Wednesday last. One divisiou met at tlie Free
masons"’ Hall, Sumner street, ttaeolher at Nas
sau Hall, at, the South End. The leading object
ot these assemblages* jwe«ire informed, was to
bring about a reconciliation or adjustment of
difficulties, which have existed for a period of
fifty-throe years, ffio schism ”.iaving originated
as early as 1814. In 1850 the troubles had
reached a.point, which -threatened to seriously
injure tlye great Order. Since the latter.period
some of the best Masons In the country have
labored with zeal to heal over she lamented
'wounds and bring the brethren of the two
wings under a common fraternal .fold. Thia
effort lias at length been consummated, and the
union was formally ratified in Convention yes
terday. The document is one of no little in
terest, and will doubtless become historically
iarnoup yj Masouic annals. Jt signalizes a
peace which follows a warfare pursued, as we
are informed-, with great.'jicrsonal bitterness,
but which like some other discussions among
men will make tlie Order ail the more strong
and harmonious in the future.* Experience in
this case, aa in others, will prove a wise and .
beneficent teacher.
Thq two bodies assembled in Sumner street
yesterday afternoon. Tne meeting is described
as of very great interest. Men from every sec
tion of the Northern jurisdictions, aud also rep
resentatives from the Southern, joined hands
and hearts for the first time in their (Masonic)
livqs. It was like the meeting of a family, the
members of' wh a’.i had been long separated.—
T.ie exchange of fraternal feeling was very cor
dial and touching. Every countenance beamed
with joy, more t Ban could lie expressed. The
thousands of miles traveled *by many members,
the labor oj years on the port others, is more
than compensated by the gratifying result. It
was very properly followed by congratulations,
festivities and other demonstrations of satisfac
tion and joy. After a final meeting to-day the
members will separate for their homes, carrying
with them the honor of having participated in
j a work which will add new power, dignity and
character to the great Masonic institution.
Pardoned. — Montgomery, Ala., May 28.
j Tlie Unked States District. Court, Judge BTis
! teed presiding, convened here to-day.
1 George W. Gayle, who was indicted for al
[ leged complicity in the assassination of Presi
dent Lincoln, presented a foil pardon from the
' President of the United States, and the Ipdlct
ment was dls nissed On payment of costs.—
This disposition of the case meets with general
! approval.
• in— s— *
l Remedy for Bud Worm,— An old. planter
gives tfie Columbus Sun the following remedy
[ for this pest of the farm and garden :
u Dissolve half a pound of saltpetre iu about
1 six gallons of water —or in the same propoc
; tion for a larger quantity of water. Then put
; in a sufficiency of seed corn to float the water
; througtr, and soak it well. Let the corq soak
for twenty-four hours. Whfen takeiLOut, put
in a fresh supply of corn, and adfi at each
change about two tableapoonsful of saltpetre
to keep up the strength. And thus repedt un
til the jflanting is ended. This is certainly a
ebedp remedy,-and is within the reach of every
planter. Tne corn,should not be suffered to
dry before it is put in the ground.”
“ l^l •
Col. Briscoe G. Baldwin, formerly on Gen.
Leo’s staff, attempted to take bis own life by
means es chloroform a few days ago. Pecu
niary misfortunes were the cause. He was dis
covered in his bed apparently dying, and meas
ure* were taken which will ensure bie recov
ery. He is .brother of Speaker Baldwin, of the
Virginia House of Delegates.
The legislative correspondent of the Spring
| field Republican perpetrates the following paro
■ dy, supposed to be sune by the wife of a Berk
i shire representative:
“Husband, dear husband, coma honje tome now,
The garden needs spading for peas.
The boys should be picking up stonesin the lot,
And tend to your business at nomc