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BY SA ®l)c iHutfobcrt Appeal. ■ Terms of Subscription: K)«« Teak.,...52 00 [ Six Months $1 25 INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. * Rates of Advertising: On* square, (ten lines or less.) $1 00 for the 'first and 75 c-nt* foe each subsequent insertion. Contract advertising as follows : Space. 3 Months 6 Months- 12 Months J Column $25 00 sls Oh $75 00 4 Column 40 0 1 75 00 100 k 0 One Column... 50 00 90 Ou 150 00 JMT* Obituar.es. $1 00 per square. 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 “§ee 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 '* DENNIS i53 nrHHHHHHH SA FAA'AAZrB Suites ; Hairclott^H Bure Wasbefl ders W.fl 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.