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A PROCLAMATION
GEORGIA.
By R UFUS If. B ULL 0 OK,
Governor of Said State.
WHEREAS, at tho October Term, A. D.
186!), of the Superior Court", held in and for
the County of Whitfield, the Grand Jury of
euid county ol Whitfield found a Bill of Indict
ment against Judge Smith, n chizen of said
county for the crime of murder, alleged to
have bee ti .committed upon the Itodyof Lewis
Minuses, hi said county of Whitfield, some
time duiing the year 1869; and whereas, the
•Slums’ ol said county cet lilies that he exer
cised reasonable diligence in trying to appre
hend the said Smith without avail.
Itiave thought proper, fltbrefore.to issue
thjL*. >uy proclamation, hereby offering a re
ward of One Thousand Dollars lor the .appre
hension and delivery of tha said Judge Smith,
with evidence sufficient to cpnVfct, to the
Sheriff of saiil county and State, in order that
lie may he brought to trial for the offense with
which he elands charged.
Given under my htutd and the great seal of
the Siate, at the Capitol, in Atlanta, tliia 5Ui
da- of May, hi the year of our Lord Eigh
tech Hundred and Seventy one, and of the
Independence of the Uulted Slates ol'Atner
iett the Ninety-fifth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor.
Davir G. Cott in**. Secretary of Slab .
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A raOCLAMATION
GEORGIA. *
By ft UFUS B. B ULL O GK,
Governor of s<iid State.
WHEREAS, Official Information has been
received at this Department, that Thomas
Fletcher, a notorious di aperado, stands charged
with the offense of horse-stealing in the coun
ty of Clfe'rokee, in this .Slate , and
Whereas, the said Fletcher, whilst a mem
her of a gang of lawless persona, fs alleged -to
liave been engaged in file murderous assault
on Mr. Freeman Ray, a worthy c ; linen of said
counyof Cherokee; and
Whereas, the said Fletcher, since (he com
mission by him of the crimes aioresaid, es
gaped from jail and lias tied from justice, and
it being essentia! to the pence aud good order
**f the county that he be brought to justice for
she crimes he has already committed, and in
erdei to prevent the perpetration by him di
further outrages and dupredatieus upon the
goed citixeus of said county of Cherokee :
Now, therefore, I have thought proper to
issue this, my proclamation, offering a reward
•of One Thousand Dollais for the apprehen
sion and delivery of said Thomas Fletcher to
the Sheriff of Cherokee comity.
Given under my hand and the great seal of the
Executive Department at the Capitol in
Atlanta, this twenty setenth day of April,'
in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred
and Seventv-oue, and of the Independence
of the United Stales of America the Ninety
fifth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By tiie Governor:
David G. Cotti'bo, See’y of State.
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APKOCLATLITIOA.
GEORGIA,
By R UFUS B. B ULL 0 CK,
Governor of Said State.
\VHEKF.AB a bill of indictment is now
pending in the Superior Court of the county
%>f Cherokee charging Thomas E. Finch with
the crime of murder, committed upon the per
eon of Clark Helton, in said county of Chero
kee, on or aboot the 6th December 1864 ; aude 1
Wbereasdi vers ether bills of indictment
♦lave been found and are now pendiug in the
■said Superior Court against the said Finch,
•charging him with the offense of assault and
flattery, committed by him while a resident of
said eouufy of Cherokee ; and
Whereas R is made known to me that the
•ait Thomas K. Finch is a notorious despera
do, and a member of a gang of lawless per
sou, aud has until the present'time succeeded
in setting at defiance the officers of the law •.
Now, therefore, believing that the offering
of a suitable reward is essential as a means
of bringing to justice the said Finch. I have
thought proper to issue this my proclamation
hereby offering a reward of FIFTEEN HUN
DRKD DOLLARS for the anprebeusion and
delivery of said Thomas 1!. Finch to the-Slier
iff of Cherokee county, and an additions 1
reward «f ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
upon his conviction.
Given under my hand and tbs Great Seal of
the State at the capital, iu the city of At
lanta, ihis 13th d-y of May, iu the year of
our Lord Eighteen Hundred and SeveMty-
Oue, and of the Independence ot the Uni
ted States of America tile Ninety-fifth.
__ RUFUS B. BULLOCK
By the Governor :
David G. Cutting, Secretary of Slate.
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A X 3 i*oclaiixatioii.
GEORGIA.
By R UFUS B. B ULL 0 CIO,
- - Governor of Said State.
- WfiEREAS, It is the determination of all
Os our good citizens that tire courts of this
State shall be sustained in the thorough and
rigid enforcement of the laws made for the
■ equal protection of the person and property,
and the civil and political tights of' our peo
ple ; mid ' -s.
Whereas, it itfthe-desire df the Executive
to render mH the aid and assistance possible to
ward the accomplishment of said determina
tion ; and
Whereas, at various times and places witli
iu the la«t tliree monllis, certain evil disposed
and lawless persons have assumed mask* and
disguises,ami while tlms shielded from recog
nition have perpetrated outrages against the'
perron and property of certain eitizeus of this
Slate,'and
Whereas,The saidevil disposed, and law
less persons, so masked and disguised, are un
known to the good 'law-abiding citizens of the
counties wherein the said outrages have been
perpeirated,
N.ow, therefore; to "the end that these dis
turbers of the public peace may be ferretted
out and brought to punishment through the
lawful exercise-of the authority vested in tiie
Courts of the State, I, Rufus B. Bullock Gov
ernorof said State, and the commands r-iu
ehk-f of the army and navy, and of the militia
thereof, Jo hereby issue this, my proclama
tion, offering a reward of Five Thousand Dol
lars for tiie arrest, with evidence to convict,
of any one .person, and One Thousand Dol
lars for Cacti ailjiiional person, being of the
disguised paitv, or band, or clan engaged in
either of tiie lawless proceedings hereinafter
recited, to-wit .
Who on Or i>i out the df the 18t!i of
February last, came to the lie me of -a colored
man named Dan Jack Foster, in the county of
Floyd, aud alter heating and maltreating and
otherwise misusing the said Foster, did then
and there take from him articles of email val
ue us lie had al out his cabin ; Who on tiie
same ni_;lit v isited the house of a colored map
named Hilliard Johnson, in said county of
Floyd, and diet then and there abuse and mal
irear, the sail Johnson, Who on the Same
night came to the house of a colored man
nam< and Anderson Poullain, in said countyyof
Floyd, and did then and there take from him
his gun, and did then aud there commit ati
outrage uponthe person of tiie wife of the
said Anderson Poullain i Who ou the same,
night came to tho house of a colored man
flamed Patrick, iu said eoumy of Floyd and
did then and there take from him his gun and
other articVes of value; Who on the same
night came to the houseof a white-man named
Zciie Walker, in the said county of Floyd,
and did then and ibere ecmpel him to staud
outiu the cold for a connderabte length of
time without iris clothing ; Who on or about
the uight of the Ist (,f February last came to
tiie calaboose of the jail at Tryon Fuctoi y, iu
the count/of C hattooga, -and did then and
there forcibly release n culprit from confine,
ment therein ; Who on or about the' night of
the dill of February last came to the plants
tion of Mr. Robert Fester, iu said county of
ChutkOOSpi, and did tiien and there murder a
colored man named Squire Elkrson; Wiio on
or about ti e came time came to the plantation
of Hem. WesleyShropsliire, in the said county
of Chattooga, and did tiien and there tear down
" tfnd destroy a sciiool house and threaten to
hang 3 colored girl, wliowas the teacher of'
said schopl. and did then and there cruelly
beat and maltreat a colored man charged
with having built the said school house.: Who
on or about the night of the 6th of M arch last,
. eume to the house of Ilezekiah Moore, on the
plantation of Samuel Carter, in tiie county of
Murray, aud did then and there fire upon the
said Moore and upon another man named Lit
tteton Elzy, and as-tlie said Moore and the
said Elzy made their escape, fired nearly
twenty shots at lhem ; "Who on or about tlm
night of the iiiilh of March last, came to the
house of a colored man named Gus Mills, in
the county of Walton, on tiie plantation oi
\\ illiani Lowe, Esq., and did then and there
cruelly whip and maltreat a colored boy
named Job Huey, and did also cruelly wliip
and maltreat the said Gus Mills, and did also
cruelly whip and maltreat tiie wife of the said
Gus mills, and did alsp visit tiie house of a
man named Jack Denfield, on the same plan
tation, and did then and tlieie cruelly whip
and maltreat a colored boy named Wellborn
Smith; Who ou or about the fourth week ih
March last, oa Saturday right between the
hours of Sand 9 o’clock, came to the house of
a man named Simon Carlton, on the planta
tion of Judge Bony', in the county of Cobb
and did then and there break down the door
of said house, and presenting their guns to the
breast of the said Carlton, did force him by in- .
timidation to submit to be tied, and when so
tied did take him, the said Carlton, about one
hundred and fifty yards from his house, and,
did then and there cruelly beat and maltreat
the said Carlton, and after having released the
said Carlton did shoot at him with a grtn as he
ran, and subsequently set fire to and burned
tiie house, together with all tiie corn, fodder
and provisions, clothing, household and kitch
en utensils belonging to Ihe said Carlton ;
Who on or about the fonrth week in March
lust, between the hours of 8 and 9 o’clock in
the evening, came to the house of a colored
man named Columbus Jeter, in the ooiuity of
Douglass, and did then and there cruelly beat
and maltreat a colored boy in the employ of
the said Jeter, aud did also cruelly maltreat
and threaten to whip the wife of tiie said Jeter,
and did also, by force and intimidation, com
pel him, Jeter, to submit to be tied, and when
so tied did take him a considerable distance
away from his house and threatened to mur
der him, and as the said Jeter made his escape
fired at him with a shotgun, inflicting a severe
wound in his shoulder; Wiio on or about the
night of tho 2d of April last, came to the house
oi a colored man named Mitchell Reed, on the
plantation of Mr. Charles Mason, in the coun
ty of Jackson, and did then aud there take
from his house the said Reed, aud carried him
some fifty yards away, removed his clothing
and cruelly heat aud whipped him for nearly
an hour ; Who on or about the 18th of April
last, iu the county of Clay, did burn down and
destroy a school house, and notify the teacher,
Mr.H. M. Dixou, to leave the couatfv ; Who
'at sundry times Within the three months last
past came to the house of a Mr. Andrews, iu
the county of Walker, and robbed his wife of
the mouey aud valuables in the house ; Who
cruelly whipped and maltreated Mr. Lynn
aud Mr. Wade iu the county of Dade, and wiio
threatened to take tiie life of Mr. Emanuel Dai
ly in said county of Dade, and thereby caused
him to leave the State ; Who in the month of
March fast, came to the house of one Andrew
G eaiy, or Gerrin, situated ou the plantation of
Mr. Kerr.v. iu the county ot Cherokee, near
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY,-JUNE 1«, 1871.
tiie line of Pickens, and broke down the doo
of said house and beat one Clayton, and as he
tried to makehis escape by flight fired two pis
tol shots at him, andivvarned the other mem
bers of the family to leave the county within
five days; Who on or about the night of Fri
day, tiie 12th of may, instant, came to the
hoaseofeaid Andrew Geary, or Gerrln, situ
ated on tiie plantation of Mr. Kemy, and shot
with firearms through one of the doors of the
said house three times, and subsequently broke,
down the doors, causing the said Geary or Ger
rin, and his iamily and household to seek safe
ty by fi'gliithrougb tiie woods, and did then
and there set fire to and burn down the said
house, together with all the clothing and other
effects of the said Andrew Geary or Gerrin and
family. And the same reward in amount and
character for persons wiio have- heretofore! or
who may hereafter, disturb the peace and good
order of the community hy going about in
masked and disguised bands or clans ru violat ion
of law, and perpetrating murderous assaults
npon the persons of law-abiding citizens .of
this State.
Ands do moreover respectfully recommend
to the good and law-abiding citizens residing
in the several counties of the State which have
been or may bo visited by these evil-disposed
and lawless bands of men going about in dis
guise, that they, tiie said good and law-abiding
citizens, do aseemble in public meeting and
give expression of their disapprobation of ail
such lawless proceedings, and of their deter
mination to assist tjie civil authorities iu the en
forcement of the law, by presenting to the
Grand Juries oftheir respective counties any
and a’l evidence which may come within their
knowledge tending to establish facts *rhereby
these evil disposed and lawless parties mar be
brought totrial before our courts, and thereby
maintain the reputation of our State as one
whergin her citizens are ever ready to obey
ami to enforce the law.
Given under my hand and tho great sealef the
State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, this 17tli
day oi Maj, iu tbeyear'of our Lord Eigh
teen Hundred and Seventy-one, and of the
Independence of the United States of Amer
ica the Ninety-fifth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By tiie Governor :
David G. Cutting, Secretary of State.
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' A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA. •
By li UFUS B. B ULL OCIO,
Governor of Said State.
WHEREAS, Official information hag been
received at this department that Sam. Smith,
Lewis Liuch, Steven Smith and Joe Trapp,
persons of color, who have been confined in
the common jail of Bibb county under charges
of a felonious diameter, have succeeded in
making their escSpp from said jail hy betak
ing therefrom auJ assaulting the jailor, and
are now at large, mid
Whereas, it b> further reported that the civ
il officers of said county of Bibb have used
their utmost exertions Ift endeavogiug to ap
prehend the said escaped prisoners, but with
out success i
Now, therefore, to the end that they may j
he brought to justice for the offense with
Whith they stand charged, I, Rufus B. Bul
lock; Governor of said State, have thought
proper to issue this my proclamation, hereby
offering a reward of Five Hundred Dollars,
each for the apprehension aud delivery of the
said Sam Smith, Lewis Lynch, Steven Smith
and Joe Trapp,-to the Sheriff ot Bibb county.
Given under my hand and the great seal of
the State, at the Capitol, in Atlanta, this
20th day of May, in the year of our Lord
Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-One, and of
the independence of the United States of
America the ninety-fifth.
RUFUSB BULLOCK.
By tiie Governor:
Cotting, Secretary of State.
DESCRIPTION :
The said Sam Smith is of dark brown com
plexion, has no upper front teeth, weighs
abont 169 pounds, and ie about 28 or 30 years
of age.
Tire said Lewis Lynch is a mulatto, weighs
about 130 or 140 pounds, and is'about 23 or 26
years of age.
The said Stephen Smith is about five, feet
ten or eleven inches high, of a ginger cake
color, weighs about 180 to 200 pounds, is
square built, epeaks as il be had a cold, Jiis
under jaw seems to be the longest, teeth ve:y
white, aud is about 30 or 85 years of. age.
The said Joe Trapp is of black complexion
weighs about 130 or 140 pounds, and is about
23 or 25 years old. * je2-4t
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA.
By R UFUS B. B URL O CK,
Governor of Saul State.
WHEREAB, Official information has been
received at this Department that John Cap.
rand a desperate character, who stands
charged with a felony in the 35th Senatorial
District Court, aud having given bond for his
appearance at a trial therefor, has forfeited
the bond aud made his escape into another
State. •
Now, therefore, I have thought proper to
issue this, my proclamation, hereby offering a
reward of One Thousand Dollars for the ap
prehension and delivery of the said John
Caprand to the Sheriff of said county of Ful
ton, in order that he may be brought to trial
ior the offense with which he stands charged.
Given under my hand and the great seal of
the State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, this
second day of May, in the year of our Lord
Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-one, and of
the Independence of the United States of
America the Ninety-fifth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G. Coiting, Secretary of State.
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STATE OF GEORGIA.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, )
Atlanta, May 9, 1871. f
ORDERED:
By his Excellency, the Governor, that tiie
reward of Five Haudred Dollars offered in
his Proclamation of the 2.1 of August, '1869,
for the arrest and conviction of Wesley Bed
man, is hereby increased to One Thousand
Dollars, kubject to the same conditions as are
Bet forth in the said Proclamation of August
2,1569.
Given under mjr hand aud seal of office.
DAVID and. COTTING,
je2-4t Secretary of State.
The Old Lady’3 Advice,
If you should ever get married, John,
I’ll tell you what to 4o — " ■
Gro get a little tenement,
Just big enough for two,
And one spare room for company
And one spare bed within it—
If you’d begin lows life aright.
You'd better thus begin it.
In furniture be moderate, John.
Aad let the stuffed chairs wait;
One looking glass will dd for both,
Yourself and loving mate ;
- And Brussels, too, and other things,
Which makes a fine appearance,
If you can better afford It, they
Will better look a year hence.
Some think,they must have pictures, John,
Superb and costly, too ;
Your wife will be your picture, John,
. Let that suffice ior you.
R member how the Wise man shid
A tertt, with Love within it,
Is better than a splendid bouse,
With bickering' ervery minute.
For ail you buy, pay mouey, John,
Money earned every day ;
If you would have your life run smooth
There is no better way.
A note to pay is an ugly thing,
(If thing yon choose to call it,)
Wuea it bangs o’er a man who has
No money in his wallet.
And now, when you are married, John,
Don’t try to ape the rich ;
It took them many a toilsome year,
To gain their envied niche j ±
And” if you’d gain the summit, John,
Look well to your beginning,
And what you win will wtdl repay,
The care and toil of winning.
- The Grave.
Oh, the grave ! the grave ! It
buries every error, covers every de
tect, extinguishes every resentment.
From its peaceful bosom spring
none but fond regrets and. tender
recollections. Who can look down
upon the grave even of an enemy,
and not feel a compunctious that
ever he should have warred with
the poor handful of earth that lies
mouldering before him !
But the grave of those we loved;
what a place for meditation! Then
it i8 that we Call up, in longreview,
the whole history of virtue and geti
tleuess, and the thousand endear
ments lavished upon us almost un
heeded in the daily intercouse of in
tiinapy; then it is that we dwell
upon the tenderness, the solemn, aw
ful tenderness of the parting seene ;
the bed of death, with all its .stifled
grief, its noiseless attendance, its
mute watchful assiduities ; the last
testimonies of expiring love ; the
feeble, fluttering, thrilling, oh! how
thrilling the pressure of the hand;
the fond looking of the glazing eye,
turning upon us even from the
•threshold of existence ; the faint,
faltering accents struggling in death
to give one more assurance of affec
tion !
Ay, go to the grave of buried
love, and meditate ! There settle
the- accounts with thy conscience
for every- past benefit mirequitted—
every past endearment unregarded,
of that departed being \>ho can nev
er, never return to- be Soothed by
thy contrition!
If thou art a child, and bast ever
added a sorrow to the soul or a fur
row to the silvered brow of an af
fectionate parent. If thou art a
husband, and hast ever caused the
fond bosom that ventured its whole
happiness in thy arms, to doubt one
moment of thy kindness or thy
truth. If thou art a friend, and hast
ever wronged, in thought, word, or
deed, the spirit that generously con
fided in thee, if thou art a lover, and
hast ever given one unmerited pang
to that true heart that now lies cold
and-still beneath thy feet; then be
sure that every unkind look, every
ungracious w T ord, ' every ungentle
action, will come thronging back
upon thy memory, and. knocking
dolefuiiy at thy soul; then be sure
that thou wilt lie down sorrowing
and repentant on the grave, and ut
ter the unheard groan, and pour
the unavailieg tear— more bitter be
cause unheard and unavailing.
Then weave tby chaplet of flow
ers, and strew the beauties of nature
about the grave ; console thy bro
ken spirit if thou canst, with those
tender, yet futile tributes of regret;
but take warning by the bitterness
of this thy contrite affliction over
the dead, and be more faithful and
affectionate in the discharge of thy
duties to the living.—lrving.
No Tears at . Death. —lt i& a
striking fact that the dying never
weep. The sobbing, the heart
breaking agony of the circle of
friends around-the death bed, call
forth no responsive tears from the
dying. Is it because be is insensi
ble and stiff in the chill of dissolu
tion ?.. That cannot be t for he asks
for his father’s hand, as if to gain
strength in the mortal strugglejancl
reclines on the breast of his mother,
sister or brother, in still conscious
affection. Just before expiring, he
calls the loved ones, and with quiv
ering lips says “ Kies me,” showing
that the love which he has ever
borne in his heart is still fresh and
warm. 11 must be because the dy
ing have reached a point too deep
for earthly.sorrows, too transcendant
for weeping. They are face to face
with higher and holier things, with
the Father in heaven and Ilis angels.
There is no weeping in that blessed
abode to which he is hastening.
“ Peter,” said a mother to her
son, ** are you into them sweetmeats
again ?” “No, ma’am, them,sweet
meats is Lnto'jne.”
A Lay Sermon to Young Ladies.
by mi. mo LEWIS.
Now, ladies, I will preach to you
just a little sermon, about an inch
long. I don’t often, preach, but in
this case nothing but a sermon will
do.
'Firstly—You are perfect idiots
to go in this way. Your bodies
are the most beautiful of God’s
creations. In the Continental gal
leries I always saw groups of peo
ple gathered about the pictures of
women. It was not passion; the
gazers were just as likely to be wo
men as men; it was because of the
wondrous beapty of a woman.
•Now stand with me at my office
window and see a lady pass. There
goes one ! now isn’t that a pretty
looking object? A big hump, three
.big lumps, a wilderness of crimps
and frills, a hauling up of the dress
here and there, an enormous, hide
ous, mass of hair or bark piled ou
the top of her head surmounted, by a
little flat, ornamented with bits of
lace, birds tails, <ko. * The shop win
dows tell us, all day long, of the
padding whalebones, aud steel
springs which occupy most of the
space within that outside rig.
In the name of the simple, sweet
sentiments which cluster, about a
home, I would ask, how is a man
to fall in love with such a piece of
compound, double and twisted,
touch-me-not artificiality, as you see
in that wriggling curiosity ?
Secondly—With that wasp waist,
squeezing your lungs, stomach, liver,
aud vital organs into one half their
natural size, aud with that long tail
sweeping on the' ground, how can
any man of sense who knows that
life is made up of use, of service,
of work, how can lie take such a
partner? He must be desperate in
deed to unite himself for life with
such a fettered, half-breathing orna
ment.
Thirdly—Your bad dress and
lack of exercise lead to bad health,
and men wisely fear that instead of
a helpmate they would get au inva
lid to take care of. This bad health
in you, just as in men, makes the
mind as well as the body fuddle and
effeminate. You have no power,
to magnetism. I know you giggle
freely, and use big adjectives, such
as “splendid,” “awful,” but then
this does not deceive us; we see
through it all. Y r ou are superficial,
affected, silly; you have none of
that womanly strength and warmth
which are so assuring and attrac
tive to men. Why, you have be
come so childish and weak-minded
that you .refuse to wear decent
names even, and insist upon baby
names. Instead of Helen, Marga
ret, aud Elizabeth, you affect Nellie,
Maggie, and Lizzies. When your
brothers were babies, you called
them Bobby, Dicky and Johnny,
but when they grow up to manhood,
no more of that silly trash if you
please. I know a woman of twen
ty-five years, and as big as both of
my grandmothers put together, and
her real name is Catherine, and
though her brain is big enough to
conduct affairs of State, she does
nothing but giggle, cover up her
face with fan", aud exclaim once
in four minutes, “Don’t now, you
are real mean.”
How can a man propose a life
partnership to such a silly goose?
My dear girls, you must, if you
would get husbands, and decent
ones, dress irt plain, neat, and be
coming garments, and talk like sen
sible, earnest sisters.
You say that most sensible men
are crazy after- those butterflies of
fashion. I beg your pardon, it is
not so. Occasionally a man of bril
liant success may marfy a silly,
weak woman; but to say, I have
heard women say a hundred times,
that most sensible men choose
women without sense, is simply ab
surd. Nineteen times iu twenty,
sensible men choose sensible women.
I grant you- that in company they
are very likely to chat and toy with
those over-dressed and forward
creatures, but they don’t ask them to
go to the altar with them.
Fourthly—Among the young men
in the matrimonial market, only a
very small number are independent
ly rich ; and in America such very
rarely make good husbands. But
the number of those who are just
beginning in life, who are filled with
a noble ambition, who have a future,
is very large. These are worth
having. But such will not, they
dare not, ask you to join them,
while they, sec you so idle, silly,
and gorgeously attired. Let them
sec that you are -industrious, eco
nomical, With habits that secure
health and strength, that your life
is earnest and real, that you would
be willing to begin at the begin
ning in life with the man you would
consent to marry; then marriage
becomes the rule, and not, as now,
the exception.
Mr. Spurgeon says: “It is a
remarkable fact that ministers of
the Gospel are not able to live on
much less than other people. They,
cannot make a shilling go sO-far as
other people can make a sovereign.
Some of them try very, bard, but
they do not .suteeed. A member
* once said to » minister, who wanted
a little more salary as his family in
creased : “ I didn’t know that you
preached for money.” “ No, I
don’t,” said the minister. “ I tho’t
you preached for souls. “So I do;
but 1 could not live on souls—and
if I could, it would take a good
many the size of yours to make a
meal.”
« Drunk.
Drunk ! Young man, did you
ever stop to think how terrible that
word sounds? Did you ever think
what misery and woe you brought
upon your friends when you degra
ded your manhood by getting
drqnk? Young man, did you ever
for a moment stop and think how
you looked in eyes of the respectable
people and Christians, when drunk ?
Hear him as he reels along the
street, asking God to damn lfls soul.
Suppose they have their drunken
words heard and answered,how many
thousand would daily have their
souls damned ? Oh J it is a fearful
thing to trample under foot the high
claims that God and man have upon
you. Drunk ! How it rings in the
ear of a loving wife ! How it makes
the heart of a fond mother bleed !
flow it crushes out the hopes of a
doting father, and brings reproach
and shame upon loving sisters!
See him as he leans against some
friendly house. Drunk ! He stauds
ready to fall ipto the open jaws of
hell, unconscious as to his approach
mg fate !
The young wife, with tearful eyes
and aching heart, sits at the
window to hear her husband’s foot
steps, but alas ! They oome not.—
He is drunk ! The husband, the pa
rent, is drunk, spending his time
and money when he should be at
home enjoying the pleasures and
comforts of The family circle.—
Drunk ! He-is spending the means
of support for liquor, while his fam
ily is starving for bread, and his
children suffering for clothing.—
Drunk ! His reputation is going,
gone ! His friends, one by 7 one, are
reluctantly leaving him to his.mis
erable fate. He goes down to his
grave “imhonored and unsung.”—
No one cares when he dies; be is
nothing but a drunkard. Drunk !
God have pity on the drunkard. —
Drunk ! Young man, think of the
life wliich y 7 ou are now leading, and
turn from it before you became a
confirmed drunkard, scorned and
scoffed at by all respectable peflple.
Drunk ! Drunk !!
Tiie Laboring Men and the
Public Debt. —Wendell Phillips,
in 'nis late harangue at New York,
made the following statement in re
gard to the feelings of those en
gaged in the laboring men’s move
ment :
“Six hundred of them met at
Cincinnati last July, and it was on
ly by the most adroit management
that those six hundred men, repre
senting a million of votes, were hin
dered from passing a resolution
pledging the great labor movement
of reform to the repudiation of the
National debt—a resolve that would
have startled-every exchange iu Eu
rope ; that would have affected the
price of every United States bond ;
and yet nothing but the adroit
management of a dozen cautious
men prevented that National Con
vention —that represents the num
bers of the North, and it is num
bers that make ballots that repre
sent the principles of the Nortli—
pledging themselves to repudiation.”
A Sensible View 7 of Adver
tising.—The Printer very perti
nently remarks that some say it is
no use ft>r them to advertise, that
they have been in one place of bus
iness all their lives, aDd everybody
knows them. Such people seem to
forget to take into consideration
that our country is increasing in
population nearly forty per cent,
every ten years ; and no matter how
old the place may be, there are con
stant changes taking place—some
move to other parts and strangers
fill their places. In this age of the
world, unless the name of a business
firm is kept constantly before the
public, some new firm may start up
and by liberally advertising in a
very short time take the place of
the older ones, and the latter rust
out as it were and be forgotten. No
man has ever lost money by judi
cious advertising.
A Lady’s Advertisement. —
Wanted, one hundred and fifty
young men, more' or less, of all
shapes and sizes, from the tall,
graceful dandy with hair sufficient
on his upper lip to stuff a barber’s
cushion, down to the little bow-leg
ged, -freckled face, carrot headed
upstart. The object is to form a
gaping corps, to be in attendance at
the church doors at the close of di
vine service each Sabbath evening,
to stare at the ladies as they leave
church, aud to make delicate and
gentlemanly remarks on their per
sons'and dress. All who wish te
enter the above corps will appear on
the steps of- the various church
doors next Sunday evening, when
they will be duly inspected, their
names,' personal appearance, and
quality of brains registered in a
book for that purpose. To prevent
a general rush, he wifi be enlisted
who possesses intellectual capacity
above that of a well bred donkey.
To Cook Beets —Beets, when
sweet, and not withered, are very
good baked iu a covered vessel at
least three hours, or until they
yield to tiie pressure of the fingers.
Then put them into cold water un
til the skki will slip off rapidly.
They are good enough without
dressing.
Put M 0 in My Little Bed.
Cb! binlic, l ain tired now,
I do riot care to hear you sing ;
You’re sung your happy songs all day,
Now put your head beneath your wing ;
I'm sleepy too as I can be,
And sister, when my prayer is said, .
I want to lay me down to rest,
So put me in my little bed.
Oh ! sister, what did mottiet say,
When she was call’d to Heav’u away ?
She told me always tb be good,
Aud n?ver, never go astray :
I can’t forget the day she died,
She placed her band upon my head,
She whisper’d soitly, “ keep my child,”
And then they told me she was dead.
Dear sister, eomc and hear my pray'r,
Now ere t lay me down to sleep.
Within my heavenly Father’s care,
While angels bright their vigils keep ;
And let me ask of Him above
To keep iny souls in paths of Right, -
Oh ! let me thank him for His love,
Ere I Shall say my last “ good night.”
CiiorCs :
Come, sister, come, kiss me good night,
For my evening pray’r have Said ;
I’m tired now and sleepy too.
Come, put me iu my little bed.
Marriage Maxims.
The following “ marriage max
ims ” arc worthy of more than a
hasty reading. Husbands neod not
pass them by, for they are de
signed for wives; and wives should
not despise them, for they are ad
dressed to husbands :
The very nearest approach to do
mestic happiness on earth is in the
cultivation on both sides of absolute
unselfishness.
Never talk at one another, either
alone or in company.
# Never both be angry at once.
Never speak loud to one another
—unless the house is on fire.
Let each one strive to yield the
oftenest to the wishes of the other.
Never fiipl fault unless it is per
fectly certain that a fault has been
committed; and always speak lov
ingly- . ..
Never taunt with a past mistaake.
Neglect the whole world besides,
rather than one another.
Never make a remark at the ex
pense of each other—it is a mean
ness.
Never part for a day without lov
ing words to think of during ab
sence.
Never me#t without n loving wel
come.
Never let the sun go down upon
any anger or grievance.
Never let any fault you have com
mitted go by until you have frankly
confessed it and asked forgiveness,
Never forget the happy hours of
early love.
Never sigh over what might havo
been, but make the best of what is.
Never forget that marriage is <?r
dained of God, and that his bless
ing alone can make it what it should
ever be. Never let your hopes stop
short of the eternal home.
jThe following questions
were asked by a correspondent and
answered by Bergeret, a Commu
nist General : “Do you believe in
God?” “No.” “Why?” “Be
cause it is not republican. Because
if there was a God, he would be a
tyrant. I fight God in the universe
as I did the empire in France. It
is the one man power, the puvoir
personel of Napoleon 111. If there
were such a place as heaven, and I
went there and found a God I
would immediately commence
throwing up barricades. I would
hoist tho red flag. I would rebel.
It is contrary to justic,o it is con
trary to reason, it is contrary to
right that one should govern the
many —that there should be a God.”
“What do you substitute for God ?”
“Universal harmony.” “What
do you mean by that ?” “ The un
ion of everything that exists in one
harmonious whole. Mud, animals,
flowers, trees, stars, planets—every
thing.” “ Otherwise the universe
itself.” “ Y'es.” “ Did this uni
verse or universal liarmony, as you
call it, create itself ?” “Ah that is
the question I cannot answer. It
is something the human mind can
not grasp ; probably because we
lack a faculty. • Asa person who is
born blind cannot comprehend light,
so we cannot understand the Crea
tion. I could ask you as well who
created God, and you would proba
bly give me the same answer. Try
to think it out and you will go cra
zy.”
How it was Done.*— ln the Court
of Claims, in session at Washington,
last week, one of the witnesses
mentioned as one of the devices
adopted by Unionists to escape reb
el conscription, that the party threat
ened with conscription sometimes
placed a piece of paper bearing the
legend 45 inside hjs boots, and some
friends or neighbors indisputably
above the age, would then swear of
their own knowledge that the -un
willing candidate for the Confeder
ate army wfts over 45 years of age.
An old Steamboat boiler is us
ed for a jaii in Arkansas. —Ktr
We should think there would be
no end to “ cooked up cases ’ in
that community.
A youug gentleman who had
just married a, little beauty says
she would have been taller, but she
is made of such precious materials
that nature couldn’t alibi'd it.
NO. 25
VARIETY.
A young mother lias written a
poem on “Baby,” the first .stanzti -
ot which has been much admired:
It runs:
“■ Doxery doodle-dura dinkle'm dam,
Turn to its muzzery tnuzzery mura ;
Tizzery, izZery boozsry ben,
No baby so sweet and so pity as oo.”
Parental acres—The old man’s
corns. - -
A relative beituty—A pretty
cousin.
fortune smiles on those who
101 l up their sleeves and pHt their
shoulders to the wheeh
lf you wisli to know how many
friends you have, get into office; if
)on wish to know how many you
haven’t, got into trouble. J
.Yankee paper says* in an oblß
uary notice, that “the deceased iia,i
been for several years a director of
a bank, notwithstanding wliich he
died a ( hristian, and universally
respected.” J .
Long gloves cannot be easily
obtained, and for that reason they
are out of fashion. At any rate:
they are rarely now to be seen.
Striped muslins and cambrics
are in great vogue for house-dresses:
with a wide, soft scarf of black silk
sash tied at the back, with fringed
ends. °
A pew-owner in Middletown;
Loum, finding a. stranger in hispew:
on a recent Sunday, dragged hini
out oy the collar, and then joined
devoutly in tiie hymn, “Come to thU
House of Prayer.”
“ What is the annual corn crop
of Kentucky ?’-’ asked a foreign
tourist of a KentUckfnn. « I can’t
exactly say,” replied the Kentucki
an ; “ but I know it’s enough tcf
make all the whiskey we want, be
sides what is wasted for bread.”
~ A man lately made application
for insurance on a building situated
in a village where there was no fire
engine. In answer to the question;
“ what are the facilities for extin
guishing fires?” he wrote; “It
rains somtimes.”
• A little girl’s evening prayer—
“ Please God, remember what littlri
Polly said last night, she’s so tired
to-night. Amen!”
“ Wliy don’t you hold yous
head as I do ? ” asked an aristocrat
ic lawyer of a sterling old farmer.
“ Squire,” was the reply, “ look
at that field of grain. You see that
all the valuable heads are bowed
down, while those heads that havtt
nothing in them stand upright;
Somebody advertises foragents
to sell a work entitled, “ Hymen
ial Instructor.” A contemporary
adds: “ The best hymenial instruc
tor we know of is a young widow.
hat she don’t know there !b nd
use in learning.
When a young lady takes up a
paper she glances first at the mar
riages aud “ personals an old la
dy at the deaths ; a boy at the sto
ries ; tho average man at the news..
It is only the young business marq
remembering the adage,
“Business before pleasure,” who
commences in the right way, by
reading the advertisemets first.—
I his is indeed putting a newspaper
to its best use. A man who uses it
is sure to keep^ r posted”—to know
what is going on in the busy world
around —to know where he cari
make the best bargains, and where
and to whom he can dispose of
what he has to sell. And there is
no fear but what he will get all that
is valuable in the paper besides;
llecla and Vesuvius. —lt is a
long way from llecla, in Iceland, to
Etna, in sunny Sicily. Yet -scien
tific men tell us there is little
doubt that these two volcanoes are
connected by a tunnel or natural
subterranean passage of communi
cation. There are a good many
reasons for this belief. The great
internal earth-pulse beats
neou'sly in each. Etna is never
disquieted, but llecla sympathizes,
and llecla never shows symptoms
of eruptions wdthoat some throb
bings in Etna. Ancient and gigan
tic twins are they, standing forages •
widely separated, but holding mys
terious communication through an
unexplained labyrinth, a fiery arte
ry, through which their hot blood
flowg and mingles.
Witty. —We mot with this witty
and Unanswerable retort in a sketch
of a short trip through a portion of
Ireland. The writer is conversing
with his csr driver :
“ You are a Catholic, Jimmy?”
“ Yes, yer honor.”
“And pray to the Virgin Mary?*
“ I do, yer honor.”
“ Well, there’s no doubt that sho
was a good woman; The bible
says so. But she may have been
no better than your mother or
mine.”
“ True yer honor. But you’ll al
low there is a mighty difference id
her children.”
Bright..—A showman in the State
of Maine wanted to exhibit an Egyp
tian mummy, anti attended at the
Court House to obtain permision.
“ What is it you want to show?”
inquired the Judge.
“An Egyptian mummy more than
3,000 years old,” said the Show
man.
“ Three thousand years old ! ” ex
claimed the Judge, jumping to his
feet and- saying, “is tho critter
alive? ”
