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A Poem By Mrs. McFarland.
iThu following lines were written by
Mrs. McFarland, whose fraudulent di
vorce led to the late tragedy in New
-York :]
-The 0 U ho* *vt >n ilia Wee
the loveiy Sommw sky,
f Is flushed with golden and with red.
We faintly see through sunset glow
The glimmer of the evening star,
While answering back the hues of sky
The silent river gleams afar.
The flowers are shut, and bowed with dew,
The trees stand bushed and tall and dim,
•As in the soft and tender light,
Two children sing their evening hymn.
One singer's clustering looks are dark,
And one has curls of golden line ;
One looks through black and flashing eyes,
The other’s eyes are sweetest blue.
Then joining bands in loving clasp,
They mingle dark and goldeu hair,
As bending at their mother's kn*e,
They each repent an evening prayer. >
One asks that o’er her little bed,
The angels.gentle watch may keep ;
The youngest lisps in reverent tone,
*His “Now I lay me down to sleep.”
Peep in her heart the molber .prays,
While tear-drops dim her lilted eyes-;
The listening angels gathered near
May hear her voiceless prayer arise.
She knows how weuk are earthly ties,
The mother-love, how poor and trail—
And for her blpiess little ones,
She seeks the love which cacnot fail.
She prays’, that, with His watchful care,
The tendar Father up in Heaven,
May help her guide to noble ends,
The precious lives Ilis love has given.
Tims from that hushed and holy hour,
Their softened spirits drank repose,
Till gently round their blending forms,
i'B»"ip|u-4eept;r shades of'ev niug close.
Thinking. —Thinking, not growth,
makes perfect manhood. There ure
some, who, thougli they have done grow •
‘ihg, are still only boys. The constitu
tion may be fixed, while the judgment
is immature ; the limbs may be strong,
while the reasoning is feeble. Many
who can run, and jump, and boar any
d'atigue, can not observe, cannot exam
ine, cannot reason or judge, contrive, or
-execute —they do not think.
* Accustom yourself, then, to thinking.
Set yourself to undeistand whatever
you see or read. To run through a
book is not a difficult task, nor is it a
'very profitable one. To understand a
-few pages oniy, is far better tliayr tio
■read the whole, where fmfre >uiug it
rarfee f ” B P le,ld 'd igno
rance. Not a glance merely, but much
£*»»**■ *'"« .ipinioL of.’yi'u,
• ]°" erß - ‘lgnorance and self-eon
’ceit always tend to make you overrule
t«{ kLSwTT* 1 abi,Uy ' ; a *W*t <^reo
|gf knowledge may make a timid mind
P ! WiL lillllSt| ll to bumble a judgment.
| I '"uking-, and much i-rrpajLL
ft’-:' '■s ibat a man can
v'-- ,;i; '
temper
■>,!;' alive mi in.
Bffgincs lie is active as
•* - close and severe exami
##: «yrh may discover something
mj&dEe truth.
IJllMnking is, indeed, the very germ of
IlMßultivatiori —the source from which
BFvital influence springs. Thinking
■Pill do much for an active m nd, even
in the absence of books, or living in
structors. The reasoning faculty grows
firm, expands, discerns its own powers,
acts with increasing facility, precision,
|and extent, under all its privations.—
•Vhere there i* no privnt.iou, but every
rhelp from former thinkers, how much
tnay wa-not expect from it ? Thus great
characters rise. While he w-bo thinks
little, though much he reads, or much
fie sees, can hur<lly cal! any thing he
has his own. He trades with borrow
•ed capital, and is in the high road to
literary or rather to mental bankruptcy.
Couldn't Find the Verdict. —At a re
cent session of one of the courts of South
Carolina, an entire negro jury was ini
pannelled. A case was brought before
them, the witnesses examined, and the
attorneys made their respective argu
ments.
The Judge after laying down the
law and rec pitulating the testimony
gave the papers into the hands of the
Foreman, a rather, intelligent looking
darkey, with instructions, as soon as
they tound a yerdiet to bring it in with
out tail.
Thirty minutes or more elapsed, when
the jury roturned headed by the Fore
man and stood before the Judge.
As the Foreman appeared to hesi
tate the Judge inquired :
Foreman, have you found a ver
dict S"
‘No, Massa Judge, we habn’t found
6 Tf U >° ow ’ rt pl*od the ebony juryman.
‘it’s a very plain case,’ said the J udge.
‘Can t help it Massa, couldn’t see it,’
replied ebony again.
‘Oa what grounds?’ inquired the
Judge.
‘We didn’t look into degrounds, Mas
sa Judge,’ replied the Foreman; ‘de
ossifer uidn’ttako us out into de grounds,
but he took us into a room and locked
us in, an’ tole us when wo found de ver
dict lie would less us out. So we begun
to find de verdict, aud search ebery
nook, corner, crevis, an’ ebery ting dere
was in dat room, hut we found no ver
dict—-no notfin ob de kiue dar.’
CUTHBERT jM APPEAL.
ELL & JONES.
What a Woman Did-
BY MRS. MARY A. DBWKISON.
So old John- Dent was gone, and had
left nothing. He had llvdtj the life of a
millionaire ; he died the de||th of 'aT)e|p
gar. Left nothing, did I Av ? He had
left a helpless Junior—Jobojge creature
of twenty, who, since hie had
been busily employed in trying to ruin
himself, his intellect, his moral impulses,
his naturally odbte manhood. Junior
.<ohn bud just perfected ’bis genius in
the use of a goldheaded walkingstick,
when his father died, ’flu carried it
between the thumb and |finger of hi*
fultiess kids, in awwasy s that struck
the fools of both sexefj with Bpeeob
less admiration.. The genteel tap of its
tapper .point on the, right hand knee
of hia 'pantaloon was exquisite. The
way he dandled>it under his mustache
smote other dajfdies With eurvy, and bis
use ot it as aJPalking stick was simply
Poor John Junior 1 what would he
do now ? The fabulous wealth ol poor
old papa, all vanished ; the splendid fur
mi tu re to he desecrated by the idle
touch of the curious mob, the fast
harsfe’tfc be sacrificed, and all to satisfy
arlgry and importunate creditors, so
that not a siugle penny would be likely
to fall 'into John Junior’s pockets.—
JVhat would he do ?
He walked the desdlate rooms, his
heart more desolate than any of them.
To be sure he had not cared much for
the old man, To him he had been very
like a plethoricrpocket book, from which
be could draw banknotes at Will. As
to love him —he had never seen him fif
teen minutes at a time in all his life-; he
could not, in fact, get near enough to
love him. He could never climb that
horrid mountain of business behind
•which his father entrenched himself.—
So the Junior took to love fast horses,
and fast young men, and billiard 6a*
loons, and brainless women, cham
pagne, cigars, etc. What would they
do for liim now ? He walked the empty
rooms alone, he read the mocking la
bels on empty bottles, he felt in empty
pockets. Not one of ‘the splendid fel
lowb of our set,’ intruded upon his pri
vacy. Ais father was dead—they felt
for him; he probably wished for soli
'tude. J?f be did, he had it—the solitude
of the moneyless.
The action was over, and John Deni,
Jr., had no home. One or two relatives
gave him a cold invitation to ‘call and
see them.’ One great uncle, and rich,
by-the-by, sent word that be could ad>
commodate him for a week or so, till
he could find something to do. John’s
handsome eyes flashed as he tore the
scented billet into infinitesimal frag
ments, and ground them into the floor
with his heel.
‘The old scoundrel 1’ he cried, with
flashing eyes, ‘and iny father helped him
make his fort une.’
Not long after this 'thdre came a let
ter—a homelier letter than the others,
directed in a neat, business hand. It
found liie poor young man in mean lodg
ings— a meagre little room, in the tip
per story of a second rate genteel house.
On the strength of his gold headed cane
and handsome trunk, the landlady Con
sented to trust‘him for a few days.
The letter lay oil his table when he
came in f, oin a miserable recreation.—
He had been and own to the river specu
lating upon its coldness and probable
depth. ‘At any rate,’ ho had soliloqu
zed, ‘I would not make a bad looking
corpse—unless the fishes bit me. They
would only -say ‘Poor Jack 1 he was
uncommonly good-looking;’ and they,
‘lt was deueedly mean of' him to kill
himself..’
H is prebulrle that the two ‘thcyV
meant not the fishes, but the respecta
ble Sexes.
John’s eye brightened a little at sight
ol the round superscription on
ie envelope. He seized it, tore it open,
and read eagerly, as if he had found a
wasJ a Grunge thing for a
re<iucedrg e „t| einan to do; but, when
JfSrfiad perused it, he let it drop softly
irotn his hand, his lip quivered—he felt
blindly for a handkerchief in his coat
pocket, and deliberately wiping his eyes
with it, rested, his elbows on %he table,
and covered his face with his hands.—
For some inomets he Eat in that posi
tion; then, r.feing he walked the floor,
exclaiming—
‘Tom DeDt is a glorious fellow 1 His
father is a glorious fellow. His whole
family must be glorious fellows, though
half of them are girls, ] believe. I’ll
go That's no half way invitation;
that’s no -coldly formed ajnilogy ; that’s
a right down welcome, by Jove. Heav
eu be thanked ! I can’t curse him.’
The letter read thus:
TlfcAK OousiN John. —Vt’e have heard
of your greut bereavement, and can not
tell !k>w much we sympathize with you.
Father tells me to say to say that your
room stands just where it did. 'The
girls are all lunging to see you. Moth,
t-r declares she shall take it hard of he*
sister’s child, if in your affliction, you do
not come t<> her; and you may imagine
us all holding out our right hands, long
ing for a good grasp t»f yours. It is
my vacation now, and I want you.—
How sum may we expect you? Shall
1 drive to the depot at six on Thurs
day, or come on to the city to keep you
company ? Write me directly. 1 shall
harness Black Bess on Thursday at five
P. M. Don’t disappoint us. Your lov
ing cousin, ‘ Tom/
‘And how I snubbed him when lie
was here,’ groaned John, with a terri
ble twingle of conscience. Good Heav
ens ! 1 wonder be did not knock me
down. Well, at all events, that invita
tion is real; I knew it by—by—my
feeding so like a confounded baby ;’
and up went the handkerchief again.—
‘l’ll go for a couple of weeks. I don’t
want to spofige on any body, but what
can Ido ? I wonder if Providence al
ways provides for the lame and the Ja
zy ? 1 believe I’m both —at least mor
ally, if not physically.’
‘So saying, John went to the trunk,
and threw back the lid. A dozen pair
of gloves met his gye.
‘I can at least give these to ray cous
ins,’ he Baid, brightening; ‘that will pay
for som< thing, and make me feet re
spectable. For thereat—l’m in mourn,
ing; I’ll give these light clothes to the
boys; tell them I can’t wear them, aud
—it will seem something like old times,
when I could make a princely present.
Egad! how much I’ve given our fel
lows, and now they don’t know me
Pretty friendship! These cigars I’ll
keep; they don’t like ’em there, so I’ll
go out in The fields and have a smoke
by myself. This gold-headed
; l’ll leave it with the landlady in pledge
till I come back. Then I must find
something to do.
Alas! a life of mere fashion, a career
of dissipating pleasure, how it eats out
the muscle and nerve of a man’s ener
gy ! John Dent dreaded work, because
it was something that would tax his dor
mant energies and, like ‘Will Wimble,’
he had almost rather starve like a gen
tleman than learn a trade.
At six on Thursday according to ap
pointment, John was met by a broad
shouldered felfbw, who lifted his trunk
as if it were only an average sized car
pet bag, and whose strong, hearty, wel
come grasp, almost took the city-bred
young man off his feet.
‘They’re all expecting yon,’ said Tom,
his great brown eyes full of a lovely
light; and we hope this is to be a real
country visit, net a mere call of a few
weeks.’
John said in his heat—‘this is
glorious !’ as the cousins crowded about
biin, so glad, so hearty tb their welcome
—as his hands wero taken in a moth
erly grasp by the sweet-faced aunt,
whose soul yearned toward her dead
sister's boy. As lie sat down to the
table, not covered with silver, certain
ly, but bounded by honest, loveing
hearts, and smiles, and gentle words—
‘yes,’ this was certainly glorious,’ he
said again.
‘Well, John,’ exclaimed his uncle—he
had been there a month—‘l’ve been
thinkiug about what you told me, and
I believe there’s a first rate chance for
you : at any rate, a beginning.’
‘Ah !’ John’s heart, flutteaed and sank.
‘Yes, a first rate chance; you’ve got a
pretty good education, nephew, been
through college, and all that?’
‘I have, sir,’ said John.
‘Ann you wouid make a pretty fair
teacher.’
‘A teacher, sir; Ia teacher ?’
‘Very responsible and respectable
position, and a stepping-stone, you know,
to something better. Many of our bedt
lawyers, doctors, divines, commenced in
that way,’ he added, pretending not to
notice John’s look of consternation.—
‘Now tlieres an institution over in Hops
ville, not five miles from here, carried
on by Misa Bessie Marvin—a woman of
splendid attainments, a wonder, a prod
igy. She is in want of a teacher, and
I can get you the place.’
‘I accept a situation under a woman
—a spinster principal !’ exclaimed John
his fconsternationPvisible in his face.
‘I take it there are some women who
could teach you more than you could
learn, nephew John,’ said the old man,
with a twinkle in his eyes, ‘Now you
know that you are welcome as flowers
in May—that this bouse is your home;
you are too well assured of that, I trust,
to require a repetition of the fact. But,
John, all tny boys and girls work*; they
are proud of tlieir independence, and
not ashamed of honest labor. ‘lf you
were my own son, 1 would beg you to
accept this situation until you can find
a better one. There is good in you—
talent, if you will, and L am anxious to
see it brought out. As for Miss Bessie,
she is not quite-old enough to be your
mother, nor perhaps so adverse to mat
rimony that she would decline an offer
of marriage, of the right sort. The
school is worth a fortune to her, now—
in fact, she’s a fortune in herself. I
don’t wish you to go wife hunting, but
I do want you to learn that a life of hon
orable labor, other things bring equal,
combines with toil the rarest pleasures
and most acceptable privileges.
‘Shall I write to Miss Bessie ?’
‘By all means write to Miss Bessie,
uncle,’ said John, with bitterness in
his voice. ‘As you say, it will do, till
something better offers—and, as I must
apply myself tor a time in brushing up
some of my knowledge, I beg you will
excuse me.’
‘Hopsville Academy,’ read John, with
a great sneer, when his trunk wab set
down at the door of a handsome build
ing. ‘Weil, here I am,’ he added, as
he was shown into the cool, elegant par
lor. ‘l’ll teach the young idea how to
shoot with a vengeance, aud when I’ve
earned money enough to pay my way
back to the city, I’ll shoot off to the
cars, and take French leave. 1
At that moment he heard a rustling
and a whisper.
‘Ob, isn’t he handsome?’ and then a
bevy of girls with fluttering ribbons
scampered off.
‘Not a bad beginning, 5 thought the
blushing John-.
Presently a stately lady, -tail,‘tbw and
ancient, made her appearance. John
looked at her hands which presented
the appearance of small carpet-bags, in
their square Mack rftits, and then he
looked at her face, and inwardly groan
ed.
‘Miss Marvin,’ 'he said faintly.
The lady bowed with the .pTeeiskm ol
a carpenter’s rule.
‘Shall I show you to your room, sir?’
she asked. ‘You are expected : to mor
row you will take charge of Depart
ment B. This way, sir.’
‘Pleasant,’ thought John, bis spirits
falling below £ero; ‘if I wait for her to
make a match, the preceptorship of
Hopsville Academy is beyond my life
time.’
‘I wonder who arranges things here ?'
he added, as he was left alone; roses,
lillies and not in pitchers either, but
regular vases; white dimity, lace cur
tains, straw carpet, a whole looking
glass—everything as pure as snow, aud
delicate as frost-work. Miss Bessie
has good taste in spite of vinegar and
ferules.’
Department B was the next point of
observation. The girls were waiting
for him—sly, pretty witches, some of
them charming and sixteen. A buzz
(ollowed his entrance; blue eyes and
black were busy at their books.
‘That ancient preceptress must be a
splendid disciplinarian,’ thought John
The duties passed off pleasantly.—
John formed friendship—distant ones.
‘Does your principal never come in
this department ?’ asked John of one of
these.
‘Oh, ves; she’s been away, you know.
She will come this afternoon. Have
you seen her? Isn’t she just lovely ?
We girl sail w >rs*p her; tie-a never
was -uch a woman. If you could only
hear her lecture ! She can do anything,
upon my word she oau. On rainy days
she takes a text and preaches better
than Dr. Fossic. Oh, you needn’t
laugh.’
John pressed bis lips together, as he
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1870.
cried xotto voco, r O youtli, great is thy
(Capacity !’
‘Does she believe in man’s rights ?’ he
asked, faintly.
‘I presume so, or yoa wouldn’t be
here,’ was the saucy answer. ‘She be
lieves in all sorts of rights, and every
thing that is rigiit finds an advocate in
her.’
‘BravO !’ cried John. ‘Recess ts Over.’
It was four in the afternoon. John,
had been hard at work, for his pupils
kept him up to the mark, and he was
only feared that they might ask him
one question too many, and lie hot bo
ready for it. As the clock, struck there
was a flu'ter through the loom ; all eyes
turned towards the door. Then—was
it ah fthgei that had eiitered ? John men
tally asked, looking dazed, as the water
draped figure, with floating curls and
liquid brown eyes, came in. Her rosy
lips parted in so sweet a smile, that it
made her quite enchanting. She star
ted as she met the grave, astonished
face of John Dent; then moving toward
him, site bowed, and with sell poised,
womanly air, she took her stand at the
board, while the pUpifo were all {atteb
tion.
‘Whew !’ whispered John, under his
breath; ‘who is she? Well she is gor*
geous 1’
He watched her with new and strange,
emotions as she stood there—those beau
tifnl eyes alight with the fire of genius,
her white arm raised, the cloud of del
icate muslin falling gracefully a'Way
from it. vVhat power there was in ev
ery movement of the wand she held.—
The difficult problems lost their state
liness, and seemed to‘fall humbly before
her, as in the presence of a couqueror,
convincing themselves vanquished.
‘And she a woman,’ thought John,
drawing his breath hard ; there are few
men who could match her.’
•Well, that’s our principal,’ ’Raid 6he
of the girls, as the queen of beauty aud
science left the room, taking more than
her smiles and sunshine with her; ‘that’s
Miss Bessie ! Isn’t she beautiful ?’
‘That—that—stuttered John, ‘oh no,
you must be "mistaken. I—l saw Miss
Bessie—that is, Miss Marvin, when I
first cutne, a very tall woman, with— ’
‘Oh, dear, no, that’s her aunt,’ cried
the girl, laughing ; ‘poor Miss Marviu
—that’s a go id joke—she only sees to
things; but Miss Bessie 1 we worship
her!'
Poor John!
‘Well, John,’ cried bis uncle, one
pleasant winter day ; ‘going to give up
teaching, I suppose; found it a great
bore, eh V
‘No sir,’ replied John, ‘it’s—it’s a glo
rious occupation.’
Oh, it is; and how is the spinster
principal ? Did you find her glorious,
too ?’
More than that,’replied John, look
ing humble or. the instant.
‘You did not consider her quite did
'enough to be your mother.’
‘U ncle— ’ his Cheeks crimsoned.
‘Nor such a terrible female as you
expected, eh ?’.
‘Yon would fbake a splendid diplomat ,
unele-Tom,’ responded bis nephew.
‘Well, yes I rather flatter myself I
should. I comprehended your good
qualities, you See, from the first. A lit
tle spoiled, or a good deal, maybe, but,
thanks to a gracious Providence, enough
man in,you to make something of. I
fancied you possessed 6ome noble traits
of character, and executive ability, that
yon youstflf knew not of. I saw also
that you needed some motive of suffi
cient power to pash you ahead—to raise
you to your true level. That I think
you have found ; now go to work.’
‘ Jncle Tom,’ cried John with energy,
‘how can I thank you?’
‘(So to work,’ was the terse rep’y, and
shaking his hand, with the hearty grasp
of a hard fisted farmer, the old man left
the rOoffi.
That night John wrote a letter to
Bessie Marvia; the next day he went
to the city. Months* -pasSsed—-John
Dent was winning a name; a year—
John Dent had won a case. No namby
pambyism about him now; b 6 gold
headed cane nursing ; no folded, kid -
gloved hand; John bad found his !6st
manhood—he was earning a home.—
Up he went, steadily—his fame grow,
ing brighter, and one day he actually
married.
Yes, to Bessie, the beautiful prince
of Hopsville Academy—not to take her
rom the duties which Providence had
fitted hur for, but to aid and bless her
by his eneigy and love; to toil with her
as his equal—peerless among all bright
and beautiful women. It could not be
said now that old John Dent was dead,
and had left nothing. He had left a
man—a noble man, whose upright char
acter arid Bhing talents were to reflec
tin lustre on his name that would nev
er grow dim — Demorest’s Monthly.
B®, A Large meeting of Frencbrrten,
in bt. Louis on Monday night week,
passed resolutions denouncing Prince
Bonaparte for killing Victor Noir, and
expressing the hope that the whole
Bonaparte family would soon disappear
from public notice.
The Bunapartes will feel that very
sensibh, no doubt.
Robert Hall did hot lose his
£-wer of retort, even in madness. A
hypocritical condoler with his misfor
tunes once visited him in the mad house
and said in a whining tone, ‘‘What
brought you heie Mr. Hall ?” Hall sig
nificantly touched his brow with his fin
ger and replied, “ Whatever will bring
you, sir—too much brain.”
Two brothers who were very
successful dentists, built a very large and
handsome house, which was thought to
resemble a large molar tooth in shape.
It was a common remark j Ҥee what
brothers can do when they pull togeth
er.”
-■* ■—■■■■■, ■ ■ ■■IV- '
The sun can never remain in to
tal eclipse at any spot on the terrestrial
surface for a longer period than three
and a quarter minutes.
Keep your eyes open boys, when
you are after a woman. If the little
dear is cross and Scolds her mother in
the back room, you may be sure you
will get particular fils all around the
house
Judge Schley, of Savannah, last
week adjourned the Superior Court
over to yesterday, remarking that he
did not feel disposed to try any cause
during the present political Status of
the State.
About Diamonds.
A genuine diamond is simply a pure
crystal of carbon. Experimenters have
dreamed of producing them artificially
by means of powerful galvanic batte
ries ; but if it has ever been done, it is
kept a profound secret. The 'produc
tion of spurious diamonds, however, is
not difficult-; and it is impossible to see
how many of those seen in use are gen
uine. There are various tests for dia
monds. The simplest is to apply a fine
file. If the file makes the least scratch
upon the stone, it is not a diamond.
The process of collecting diamonds
in Brazil is similar to that of collecting
gold in alluvial deposits. A stream of
water is turned into a long box or flume,
in which the gravel is washed by ne
groes. When one finds a diamond, he
holds it up, without speaking a word,
aud at a nod from the overseer steps
forward and delivers it. It used to be
established nue that the slave who
f< * kUa diamond weighing 17£ carats
or more thereby earned his freedom and
was immediately liberated. Some years
ago a negro was searching for diamonds
in the boa of a river, when with bis iron
bar he broke through a "sort of crust of
silicious matter and discovered a bed of
diamonds that afterward sold for sl
-) — less than they
Were ‘really worth. They were all car
ried to England together; and for a time
they fairly broke down the market.
Bogie of the ordinary mechanical uses
of diamonds are well known. The small,
irregular and imperfect ones are crash
ed in steel mortars. The splinters are
made into drills, wliich are used for
piercing small holes through rubies, sap
phire*, and other precious and very
hard stones, especially those Used for
watches. The dust is used for cutting
and polishing diamonds and other jew
els.
It is held that the value of rottgh dia
monds averages ten dollars a carat.—
But the larger ones have a greater val
ue than their proportionate size. Thus
it is said the rule is to multiply the
square of the weight by two and the
product will give the proportionate val
ue. By this rule, if a diamond weighing
one carat were worth ten dollars, one
of equal brilliance weighing two carat's
would be worth eighty dollars, while one
of three carats would be worth a hun
dred and eighty dollars. This rule,
however, is only an approximate one;
as large diamonds are like fast horses—
their value depends principally upon the
purse and disposition of the buyer In
1867, the Nassach aiamond, a part of
the JDiicati booty, sold in London for on
ly seven thousand two hundred pounds,
though it weighed 357£ grains, and was
of the purest water. But in December,
1858, a diamond weighing sixty-one
carats brought thirty-three thousand
pounds ; and a pair of drop shaped
stones for ear-rings brought fifteen
thousand pounds. The largest diamond
ever found weighs 1,680 carats and be
longs to the king of Portugal. It is still
rough, as he is hot rich enought to pay
for having it cnt. The most celebrated
is the Koh-i-noor (“mountain of light’ )
which is now in the crown of Queen
Victoria. It came to her from India aud
has a long history, much of which is
apocliryphal. It has been cut twice,
and now weighs 186 carats. What is
now known as the Orloff diamond f3B
Said to have been the eyeball of an idol
at Pondicherry, whence it wa's Carried
off by a French soldier. It finally came
into the possession of a Greek merchant,
who sold it to Queen Catharine of Rus
sia for $450,000, an annuity of $20,000
and a title of nobility. Itabout three
fourths of ah inch in diameter and weighs
165 carats.
At the beginning of the recent war
there was an unusual demand for din.
monds; because so much uncertainly
WasTeltasto the tenure of property,
and the more timid who had money de
sired to invest it in something that was
at once portable and steady in value.—
A little later, stories were very preva-'
lent of the 'ridicnloQs displays made by
the Vulgaf and ignorant wives. and
daughters of men Suddenly enriched by
shoddy or oil. These ladies were rep
resented as visiting jewelry stores and
making tlje wildest purchases, and after
ward wearing their jewels, in full bla
zon, on all occasions, proper or improper,
though greatly exaggerated, there was
considerable truth in these stories. In
spite, however, of the constant demand
lor diamonds, the sdjiply is pretty even’,
ly kept up—whether from the mines of
far-off countries, or from the laboratories
of ingenious artizans in our own, who
shall say ?
A Beauiiful Extract.— The follow
ing waif is afloat on the ‘‘sea of read
ing.” We do net know its paternity,
but it contains some wbolesoffte truths,
beautifully set forth;
AJ.en seldom think of the great event
until the shadow falls across therr own
path, hiding forever from their eyes the
traced the lbved ones whose living
Smiles were the sunlight of their exis
tence. Death is the gVirn antagonist of
life, and the cold thought of the tomb is
the skeleton of all leasts. V\ e do not
wish to go through the dark valley, al
though this passage may lead to para
dise ; and with Charles Lamb we do not
want to He down in the muddy grave
even with kings and princes for our bed
fellows. r
But the fiat of nature is inexorable.—
There is no appeal of relief from the
great law which dooms us to dust. We
flourish and we fade as the leaves of the
forest, and the flower that blooms and
withers in a day has not a frailer bold
upon life than the mightiest monarch
that ever shook the earth with his foot
steps. Generations of men appear and
vanish as the grass, and the countless
multitude that throng the world to-day,
will to morrow disappear as the foot*
prints on the shore.
In the beautiful drama of lon, thd in
stinct of immortality so eloquently ut
tered by the death devoted Greek, finds
a deep response in every thoughtful
soul. When about to yield his young
existence sacrifice to fate, his be
loved Ciernanthe asks if they shall not
meet again, to Which bb replied
“I have asked that dreadful qudstibh
Gs the hills that look eternal—of the
clear streams that flow forever—iof the
stars among whose field of azure itty
raised spirit hath walked in glory; All
was dumb. Blit while I gaze upon thy
living’ lace, I feel that there is Something
in thy Live, mahtliog through its beauty,
that cannot wholly perish. Wo shall
meet again, Ciernanthe.”
SAVANNAH CARDS,
P. H. BEHN,
COTTON and MCE FACTOR
AND
General Commission Merchatft,
West of the Exchange,
BAY STREET, : : SAVANNAH, GA.
augl9-6m*
AUSTIN & ELLIS,
COMMISSION
—AND—
FORWARDING MERCHANTS
and Cottoft Factors,
8 AVANN AH, : ! GEORGIA.
|3f" Bagsing and Ties and other articles furb
ished, and advance! made upon Cotton on Con
signment or for sale. augl9-6m
COTTON TIES! COTTOtf TIES
Dunn’s Patent Self-Adjusting
HORIZONTAL COTTON TIE
A S AGENTS for the above named Patent, we
rA beg leave to com mend it to the attention of
Planters and Merchants.
This TIE is a decided improvement, ana contains
the advantages of
GREAT STRENGTH,
GREAT SIMPLICITY.
E\SE IN MANIPULATION.
Being Shieritr to any other TIE manufactured,
we cab je mfidently reeommend it tb the phfcUc.
JNO. W. ANDERSON’S SONS & CO.
augl9-6ra Agents in Savannah, Ga.
JOSEPH FINEGAN & 00,
Cotton Factors
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
BAt STREET,
SAVANNAH, : t : GEORGIA.
RT Liber il Advances mate on Cotton consigned
to us oi to our Correspondents in New York md
Liverpool. “ augl9 ly*
PALMER & DEPPISH,
WHOLESALE AND DBALES IN
HARDWARE,
RUBBER BELTING,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Powder, Shot, Caps and Lead.
148 Congress & 67 St. Jniian Sts.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
augl9 6m*
GROOVER, STUBBS & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
General Commission Merchants
Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GA.
Bagjinj. Ties, Rope and other Supplies
Furnished.
A'lstj, Liberal Cash Advances made on Consign
ments (or sale or shipment to Liverpool or North
ern Ports. 'C. E GROOVER, Savannah,
P STUBBS »
augl9-Gm K. T. MACINTYRE, Thomasville
R. H. Andbrsjh, G. W. Axdkksoh, Jr.,
Johx W. Anderson, A. il. Cole.
JOHN W. ANDERSON’S SONS & Cos
COTTON, FACTORS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Anderson's Block, Drayton St., near the Bay,
SAtANNAH, GA.
r IBERAL CASH ADVANCES made on CON-
I'J SIGNMENTS for sale in Savannah, or on
-th-pmoot to reliable correspondents in Liverpool,
New York, Philadelphia, Boston or Baltimore.
To old patrons we return thanks ; to new ones,
promise our best services.
—^-ALSG—
Agents Empire Line of Side Wheel B‘evmen;
to Neiv York- aug!9-ly*
THOMAS M. ALLEN,
vrirfi
COLQUITT & BAG&S,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
Commission Merchants
Savannah, Ga.
pS' Liberal Advances on Consignments when
pesired. tuny 13 6m
GLAGHORN & CUNNINGHAM,
Wholesale and Retail
Grocers,
And dealers In
Fine Wines, Liquors, Segars, Etc.,
Cbrner Drayton and Bay Streets,
SAVANNAH, GA.
jsy All Goods Warranted. Orders from the
onntry promptly attended to. au<r!9 lr
A. J. MILLER. C. P. MILLER.
At J. MILLER & CO.,
Furniture Dealers,
134 Broughton St.,
SAVANNAH, : : : GEORGIA.-
WALNUT Bedroon Sets, Imitation French
Sets, Parlor Sets, Bureaus, Wash Stands,
Bedsteads, Chairs of all grades, Children’s Carri
ages, etc. ,
S3T Jobbing and Repairing neatly done and
with dispatch. Mattress making, Feathers. Up
holstering, etc. augl9-6m*
A. S HARTHIBGrE,
Genera! Gomniissioii Merchant
AND FACTOIi,
$2 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GA.
Raving had over twenty years experience in
said bnsmess, he will pay the same strict attention
to the Sale of Cotton and other Produce, and to
the pitrchase of Supplies, as id former years.
55jf He will not have ady interest iu the pur
chase of Cotton.
Liberal advances made on Consignments.
augl9-ly*
J. J. DICKI3QN & GQ„
. COTTON FACTORS Add
General Commission Merchants;
SANANX4 % GA.
'
s w Liberal advanoea made ea Consignments.
SAVANNAH CARDS.
A. M. Sloan. j. q, Sloan.
A. M SLOAN & CO,
COTTON FACTORS
▲XD
General Commission Merchants
eLAOHORN A CuXXIXOHAM’g RAMS*,
BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, t : : GEORGIA.
Bagging and Rope or Iron 'lies, advanced on
crops. Liberal csh advances made on consign,
ments for sale in Savaonab, or on shipments to re
liable correspondents in Lire! pool, New York,
Philadelphia, or Baltimore. au*l9 6m*
H- H. LINVLILE,
WITH
$. % GLEASON,
Iron and Brass Foundry and Ma
chine Works,
Manufacturer and dealer'hj
StJGAR fcILLS, SUGAfe PANs, Gin Gear,
Cotton Screws, Shafting, Pulleys. Portable
and Stationary Steam Engines, Corn Mills And Sfa
chinery of all kinds.
St. Julian Street, West of the Market,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Orders respectfully solicited.' aug!9tf •
U. KETCH(JM. A. L. HARTBIDCI.
KETCHUM & HARTRIDGE.
f? ANKERS
AND
’COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
EXCHANGE BCJ'ILDING,
SAVANNAH, -. : GEORGIA.
References:— Moses Taylor, President City
Bank, N. Y.; P. C. Calhoun, President Fourth Na
tional Bank, N. Y.; John J. Cisco Jt Son, Bankers,
N. Y.; Morris Ketchum, Banker, N. Y.; J. N.
Norris, Cashier First National Bank, Baltimore;
M. Me Michael, Cashier First National Bank, Phila
delphia.
'*Ogl9 ly
*• A. SCHWARZ. ISAAC A. BRADY.
SCHWARZ & BRADY,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
O IE 3 E T S ,
Floor Oil Cloths. Mattings,
shade Linens,
WALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES,
CORNICES, CURTAINS, CORDS, TASSELS.
115 Broughton Street, Wylly's Building,
(South Side, Between Bull and Whitaker Sle.)
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
y Post Office Box 494. augl9-ly*
W.M.DAYIDSON,
Wholesale Denier in
FOREIGN and DOMESTIC
Wines and Liqmrs 9
150 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
(Established in 1344.)
HAS constantly on hand a large assortment of
French Brandies, Holland Qin, St.’Croik and
Jamaica Rum,
Scotch and i’lbisfe Whiskey,
Port and Sherry Wine, (the latter direct importa
tion from Spain.)
All the above Liqitofs Ore guaran
teed to be genuine as imported.
Also on hand,
JOHN GIBSON’S SONS ft CO’S
Celebrated Whiskies, of all g^adee.
S6te agbnt for Georgia and t'lor'ida, for Massey,
Hnstbh k Co.’s celebrated Philadelphia Draught
Ale, in barrels and half barrels.
aug!9-6m*
WM, HENEY WOODS,
COTTON FACTOR
AND
HIM HI MEREIATS.
AA t STREET*
Savannah, G-a,
It prepared at *ll times to advance liber
ally on consignments for sale in Savannah, or
for shipment to his correspondents in New York
and Liverpool.
augs-6m*
L J. OUILMAETIN & CO.
COTTON FACTORS
AND
BUM com MIBEIASTSi
Bay Street, Savannah. Ga.
Agents for Bradley's Super Phosphate of Lime.
Bagging, Rope, & Iron Ties, always on hand.
Usual Facilities Extended to Customersg4fl|
angi9 6m '*
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VOL IV-NO. 14.
SA VANNAH CARDS.
WJi. STARK & CO,
WHOLESALE
O-IERO OERS,
COMMISSION MERCHANT)
And
Cotton Factor*
#
Ct tbs uie a Buatifca»*J
COTTON
Als6,
E. F. COE'S -SUPERPHOSPHATE ts kJftfß
Careful attention given to Sales di
Shipments of Cotton, and all
kinds of Produce.
Liberal advance* made on Conti/nmank
BAGGING, Rof>E and ARROW TfES
Constantly on hand. sepSO 6n
ADOLPHE SACIs
Importer of
SILVER AND GOLD
*Wo iEIRS
CHOICE JEWELRY.,
BIJOUTERIE, CLOCKS, Etc., jfcj,
Corner Bryant k Whitaker Street*,
•avankah, is i j eioxan,
JC3C Repairing of Watches an&
JewePy eiechted With dispatch, ask
Warranted to Give Satisfaction-.
ang-19 6m
Wk. H. TisoV. Wt. W. Gordo*.
TISON & GORDON,
COTTON t'ACTOIIS
—ksD—
BUM COMIISSIO9 HEECSAiTS-.
Savannah, Georgia.
Bagging and Rope or Iron Ties advanced eu
Crops.
Liberal Ash Advances made on eoniignments iff
Cottfcn.
Grateiul for liberal prtronage in the past, a eon
tinnaoce of the same is respecifally solicited.
sep2 6m*
Isaacs’ House,
Cherry St Macon, G*.
t. frd’p'rieter,
THIS HOTEL is located in the central portlet
of the city—convenient to Ware Houses aat
badness houses generally. It being the only boose
iu the city kept on the
EUROPEAN SLAN,
Offers unequalled advantages4l the planter tal
traveline public generally.
The table is supplied with the best tbs market
affoads, and the rooms furnished with new and neat
furniture.
0" A FREE Hack will be in attendance at all
trains. j,*otf
OadHllksa.
