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VOL. V. THE APPEAL. jZ-T’.-Vli. , t-ÜBLISHEI) EVERT FRIDAY, BY SAWTtII & CHRISTIAN. Term* of Subscription: One Yeab. ...s3 00 | Bix Moxths;...s2 00 UfVABIABLY ill ADVANCE. , WNo attention paid to orders for tlie pa ler un'ess accompanied by the Cash. Rates of Advertising: One square, (ten lines or less.) $1 00 for the first and 75 cents for each subsequent inser tion. A liberal deduction made to parties who advertise by the year- Persons sending ad vertieementsshould mark Jhe number of times they desire them inser ted, or they will be continued until forbid and 'charged accordingly. Transient advertisements must be paid for M the time of insertion. Announcing names of candidates for office, f5.00. Cash, in all cases Obituary notices over iive lines, charged at regular advertising ra'es.. Ail communications intended to promote the private ends or interests of Corporations, So cieties, or individuals, will be charged as ad vertisements. Job Work, ench as Pamphlets, Circulars, Cards, Blanks, Handbills, etc., will be execu ted in good style and at reasonable rates. All letters addressed to tbe Proprietor will be promptly attended to. A Proclamation. GEORGIA. Jiy R UFUBII. li ULL 0 CUT, Governor of Saul State. WiiitßSAs, Tiie Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad Company has failed to pay live Benti- Mimual interest doe on the tlrst days of Janua ry, and July ultimo, upon certain bonds o! tbat Company : and Whereas, The State of Georgia indorsed for and guaranteed the prompt payment of the interest ami principal of said bonds, and lias paid to the holders thereof <,he semi an nual interest due on the first days ot January and July aforesaid ; and Whereas, The said Alabama and Chattanoo ga Railroad Company accepted, concurred in, amt agreed to the terms and conditions pre scribed by law at the time said indorsement was made by tlii? State : Now, therefore, by virtuo of the authority iu mo vested by the Constitution and Laws of tide State, I, Knfns B. Bullock, Governor and Commander in Chief of the army and Navy of this State, and of the militia thereof, do issue this my proclamation making known tlmt the State of Georgia is iu possession of the Ala baina and Chattanoiga Railroad, its track, road bed, machinery, franchises, and property of all and every dcscrip'ion, lying or being in the State of Georgia; and it is ORDERED, That all officers of this State, civil and military, exercise due diligence, to the end that the agent of this State be main tained in tlio peaceful possession of the said Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad and its property within tills State, and restrain ail parties from any action whatsoever to dispos sess the State nntil the further order of the Executive. Given under my hand and the great seal of the State, at the Capitol iu Atlanta, this 13tlf day of August, in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-one, and of tiie Independence of tiie United States of America the Ninety sixth. RUFUS B. BULLOCK. By tiie Governor: David G, Cotting, Secretary of State angll-4t A Proclamation. GEORGIA. lhj n UFUS Ji. Ji ULL O CK y Governor of said State. WttKliEAs, It has been represented to me that Walter Wilson, Joseph Undo, Richard Lnzenby, and Radford Perkins, stand charged With the crime of usssanll. with intent to hiurder, upon Ephriatn Gibbs, in the county bf McDuffie, on tiie 13th day of May, 1871, and that they have tied from justice, I have thought proper therefore to issue this, my proclamation, hereby offering a reward of One Thousand Dollars for all, or S3OO each, for the apprehension and delivery of tiie said Wilson, Hodo, Lazenby, and Perkins, with evidence sufficient to convict, to ihe sheriff of said county and State, and also a further re waid of five hundred Dollars, upon the same conditions above recited, foratiy accessory, be fore the fact, to said crime. Given under my hmd and the Great, Seal o. the State, at the ciipitol, in the city o| At lanta, this oth day of August, in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred end Seventy- One, and of the Independence of the Uni ted States of America tiie Ninety-sixth. RUFUS B. BULLOCK by ttie Governor : David G. Cutting, Secretary of State. augll 4t [copV.] EXEC. DEP T STATE OK GEORGIA, Ati.anta, Ga., August 1,1871. Virrsunnt to section Ist of the Tax Act, ap proved 18th of March, 18f>9, which authorizes the Governor, with the assistance of the Comp troller General, to assess and levy such a per ventage on the taxable property as will pro duce, in the estimation of the Governor, the sum of live hundred thousand dollars, exclu sive of specific taxes, and after approximating as nearly as practicable the amount in the value of all taxable property iu the State as exhibited in the Digests ; it is ORDERED: That four-tenths of one per cent, he assessed aud collected upon the amount of the value of property returned by each tax payer, subject to taxation ad valorem. RUFUS B. BULLOCK, Governor. Madison Bull, Comptroller Geneial. augl 4t Fruits and Flowers, Durham, Mountain Leaf Smoking Tobacco, For sale-by T. S. POWELL, Trustee, Cong’ress Water For sale by T. 8. POWELL, Trustee, Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer. Assortment of Slates, For sale bv T. S. POWELL, trustee. CUTHBERT fjlg APPEAL. '‘Charity.” BY HARSKI.TINE. As day comes with Bilnshioe to drive off the gloom, Which the mantle of night hath spread o’er the earth, So charity came, a relief to the doom, Which threatened the soul, at creation’s birth. Charity suffers long, and ever is kind; It dispeusith joy in the homes of the poor; It removes the scales from the eyes of the blind, And points to sweet rest, on happy Ca. nann’s shore. Charity prompted brave Florence Nightin gale, To sit at the coiteh of tbe soldier dying, And listen with sorrow, to the oft told tale, “Tis for the loved ones at home I am signing.” Sweet charity I heaven given emotion, That leadeth to actions of kindness and love, And filleth the soul with heart-felt devotion, Known only to the omnlcient God above. Charity I white winged messenger of bliss, Long may’st thou live, with thy soul checring power. To lesson the cares of a cold world like this, And scatter adversities clouds as they lower. [From the Christian Observer. The Use of Tobacco. Believing as I ilo, that the follow ing condensed delineation of the evils resulting from the use of to bacco, taken from the laws of life, might be productive of good, I will be much obliged if you v ill give it an insertion in your widely circula ted paper: “ This weed is the deadliest poi son known, which human beings habitually use. Its effects on the human system are varied, and dele terious in proportion to the organs affected. The derangements which the habitual use of tobacco produ ces, are as follows: 1. Headache over the eyes. 2. Nervous headache without sickness. 3. Nervous headache with sick ness of the stomach. 4. Deafness. 5. Partial blindness, or amar’uo sis 6. Running at the eyes. 7. Cancer of the lips. 8. Consumption, . preceded for years by a cough. 9. Asthma. 10. Dyspepsia. 11. Palpitation of the heart. 12. Paralysis of the upper part of the body. 13. Neuralgia, especially of the face, head and neck. 14. Swelling of the gums, and rotting of the teeth. 15. Enfeeblements of the lym phatics. 16. Enlargement of the glands of the face and neck, making the chew er thick about the cheek and lips. 17. Lethargy. 18. Morbid appetite for spirit uous liquors. 16. Morbid appetite for food, especially high-flavored food. 30. Indistinct taste. 21. Indistinct smell. 22. Imperfect sense of touch. 23. Obtuseness of the moral sense. 24. Uncleanliness of person. 25. Stentorian, or snoring sleep. 26. A sense of deadness and of great debility, on first waking from sleep, uu{il one has had a chew or a smoke. 27. Confirmed and incurable dis ease, and premature death.” It would seem that a calm, delib erate review of the preceding delineation of the evils resulting from the, use of tobacco, which alas ! is but too true, should be suf ficient to influence every person who had not formed the habit, nev er to form it; and also induce all who have formed the habit, to break it oft* at once and forever. For the encouragement of those who may be disposed to relinquish the habit, I could give some interest ing cases of success, and the happy consequences resulting therefrom. Mr. A. T. gave up the habit about twelve months since, after using to bacco for fifty years, with very de cided improvement in his health. Hon. 11. G. J. relinquished the hab it twenty-six years ago, after in dulging in the use of the article forty-three years. In his case the improvement of his health was so marked, that in a few months after giving up the use of tobacco, he dispensed with spectacles, which he had been obliged to use for sev eral years previous to that time, and he. has not used them since, now in his eighty-ninth year. The improvement in his eye-sight being produced, as he believes, from giv ing up the use of tobacco. Other cases equally interesitng in then character could be given. But let these suffice for the present. From a pretty close observation of the in fluence of this and other injurious habits, made in the practice of medicine for thirty six years, I can safely say that I have known a per son to give up the habit without being benefited thereby. In fact, in many forms of chrouic disease, especially in persons of highly ner vous temperament, the relinquish ment of the habit seems to be al most a sina qua non condition to ultimate permnent success. Most sincerely yours, S. Alexander, M. D. Clinton, Hinds Cos., Miss. CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1871. THE WORLD ON FIRE. A Million of Dollars or Til Set the Pacific Ocean in Flames. The Veracious History of the ‘Man With a Secret’— Gregory Summerfield’s Mur der Attributed to an Extraor dinary Cause. In the Sacramento Daily Union of a recent date appears the extra ordinary statement of one Leonodis Parker, written before his death, and giving what purports to be the account of his connection with the murder of Gregory Summerfield.— The latter individual * had been known for many years as ‘The Man With a Secret,’ and he met with a horrible death at the age of 70 years, by being pushed from the platform of a train upon the Union and Pacific Railroad near the North fork of the American river, at a place called Cape Horn. The un fortunate wretch was hurled down a distance of over 1,000 feet upon the bristling rocks at the foot of the declivity. Parker, who was upon the platform with Summerfield at the time of the catastrophe, was twice arrested and tried for the al leged murder, but was mysteriously acquitted, once by a justice and the second time by a grand jury. Parker was himself a distinguish ed lawyer of Sacramento, and was widely respected. He always re mained silent concerning the cir cumstances of the imputed crime, but shortly before his death he placed in the hands of a friend a document, the gist of which we give below, the entire story taking up nearly a page of the Union. Referring to Gregory Summer field, the murdered man, Mr. Park er speaks of him as having been one.of the deepest medical students of the age, a natural mathemati cian, a profound astronomer and a man of excellent literary attain ments. Parker has known Summer field for over twenty years their ac quaintance having been formed in Texas during the days of the re public. Continuing his account, says: “One day towards the close of last September, an old man rapped at my office door and on invitation came in, and advancing, called me by name. Perceiving that I did not at first recognize him, he intro duced himself as Gregory Summer field. After inviting liim to a seat I scrutinized his * features more closely, and soon identified him as the same person 1 had met 22 years before, lie was greatly altered in appearance, but there was the old charm of intellectual superiority in his conversation, and I welcomed him to California as an important addition to her mental wealth. “It was not many minutes before he requested a private interview. 11c followed me into my back ofiice, carefully closed the door after him and locked it. We had scarcely seated ourselves before he inquired of me ‘if I had noticed any recent articles in the newspapers respect ing the art of decomposing water so as to fit it for use as fuel for or* dinary purposes?’ ‘I replied that I had observed nothing new on that subject since the experiments of Agassiz and professor Henry, and added tbat in my opinion the expensive mode of reducing would always pretent its use.’ Iu a few words he then informed me that he had made the discovery, that the art was extremely simple, and the expense attending the de composition so slight as to be in significant. Presuming that the object of his visit to me was to procure the nec essary forms to get out a patent for the right, I congratulated him up on his good fortune and was about to branch forth a description of some of the great benefits that must ensue to the community, when he suddenly and somewhat uncivilly requested me to ‘be silent,’ and listen to what he had to say. lie began with some general re marks about The inequality of for tune amongst mankind, and in stanced himself as a striking exam ple of the fate of those men who, according to all the rules of right, ought to be near the top instead of at the foot of the ladder of for tune. ‘But,’ said he springing to his feet with impulsive energy, I have now the means at my com mand of rising superior to fate, or of inflicting incalculable ills upon the whole human race. ‘Looking at him more closely,' I thought I could detect in his eye the gleam of madness; but I re mained silent and awaited further developments. But my scrutiny, stolen as it was, had been detected, and he replied at once to the ex pression of my face: ‘No sir, lam neither drunk nor a maniac; I am in deep- earnest in all that I say ; and I am fully prepared, by actual experiment to demonstrate beyond all doubt, the truth of all I claim.’ ‘For the first time I noticed that he carried a small portmanteau in his hand ; this he placed upon the table, unlocked it, and took out two or three small Volumes, a pamphlet or two, a small square, wide mouth' ed phial, hermetically sealed. ‘I watched him with profound cu riosity, and took note of his slight est movements. Having arranged his books to suit him, and placed the phial in a conspicuous position, he drew up his chair closely to my own, and uttered, in a half hissing tone: ‘I demand one million dollars for tbe contents of that bottle; and you must raise it for me in the city of San Francisco within one month, or scenes too terrible even for the imagination to conceive will surely be witnessed by every living hu man being on the face of the globe.’ ‘The tone, the manner, and the absurd •xtravagance of the demand, excited a faint smile upon my lips, which he observed, and disdained to notice.’ ‘My mind was fully made up that I had a maniac to deal with, and I prepared to act accordingly. But I ascertained no trace that my in most thoughts were read by the re markable man before me, and seem ed to be anticipated bj him in ad vance of their expression.’ ‘Perhaps/ said I, ‘Mr. Summer field, you’d oblige me by informing me fully of the grounds of your claim and the nature of your dis covery.” “That is the object of my visit,” he renlied. I claim to have discov ered the key which unlocks the con stituent gasses of water, and frees each from the embraceof the other, at a single touch.” “You mean'to assert/ I rejoined, “that you can make water burn it self up?” “Nothing more nor less,” he re sponded, “except this —to insist up on the consequences of the secret, if my demand be not at once com plied with.” ‘Now suppose I fling the contents of this small phial into the Pacific Ocean, what would be the result ? Dare you contemplate it for a mo ment ? I do not assert that the en tire surface of the sea would instan taneously bubble up into insuffera ble flames; no, but from the nucle us of a circle, of which this phial would be the centre, lurid radii of flames would gradually shoot out ward, until the blazing circumfer ence would roll in vast billows of fire, upon the utmost shores. Not all the dripping clouds of the ele ments could extinguish it. Not all the tears of saints and angels could for an instant check the progress.— Onward and onward it would sweep, with the steady gait of destiny, un til the elements would melt with fervent heat, the atmosphere glare with the ominous conflagration, and all living creatures, in laud, and sea, and air perish in one universal catastrophe.’ “Then suddenly starting to his feet he drew himself to his full height, and murmured solemnly. “I feel like a god ! and recognize my fellowmen but as pigmies that I spurn beneath my feet.” At this Parker states that he at tempted to reason with Summer field upon the absurdity of believ ing that he held in his hands power so mighty, at which the lattor re torted with quotations from the Scriptures, Humboldt’s, Cosmos, and the works of famous astronom cal writers, proving that it was not only possible for entire planates to be destroyed by fire, but that such terrible events had actually often occurred. This answer con cluded, he handed Parker a small phial, requesting him to open it and smell of the contents, the result be ing that a strong order «f potassium was observed. At this Sumirlerfield. continued : “Os course you are familiar with the chief characteristic of that sub* stauce. It ignites instantly when brought into contact with water. — Within that little globule of potas sium I have imbedded a pill of**my own composition and discovery.— The moment it is liberated from the potassium it commences the work of decomposing the fluid on which it floats. The potassium at once ignites the liberated oxygen, and the conflagration of this mighty globe is begun.” “ Yes,” said I, “ begun if you please, but your little pill soon evap orates or sinks or melts in the sur rounding seas, and your conflagra-. tion ends just where it ‘begun.” “ But,” sneered he, “ the element ary substances in that small phial recreate themselves ; they are self generating, and when once fairly uuder way, must necessarily sweep onward, until the waters* in all the seas are exhausted.” “ Rising fro n my seal, I went to the wash stand in the corner of the apartment, and drawing a bowl full of Spring Valley water, I turned to Summerfieldand remarked, “Words are empty; theories are ideal; but facts are thirds.” “ I take you at your word.” So saying he approached the bowl, emptied it of nine-tenths of its con tents and silently dropped the po tassium coated pill into the liquid. The potassium danced around the edge of the vessel, fuming, hissing and blazing as it always does, and seemed on the point of expiring, when to my astonishment and alarm, a sharp explosion took place, and in a second of time the water was blazing in a red, lurid column half way to the ceiling. “ For God sake,” I cried, “ extin guish the flames, or we shall set the building on fire. “ Had I dropped iffe potassium into the bowl as you prepared it, he quietiy remarked, “ the building would indeed have been consumed.” Lower, and lower, and lower, fell the flickering flames, paler and paler grew the blaze, until finally the fire went out, and I rushed up to see the combustion. Not a drop of water remained in the vessel ! Astonished beyond measure at what I had witnessed, aud terrified almost to the verge of insanity. I approached Summerfield and trem blingly enquired. “T o wh o m •ir, is this trgmendoits secret known ?” “ To myself alone, he responded; “ and now answer me a question, is it worth the money?” It is entirely unnecessary to relate in detail the subsequent events con nected with the transaction. Hav ing fully satisfied myself that Sum merfield held in his hands the fate of the whole world with its millious of human beings, and by experi ment having tested the combustion of sea water, with equal facility as fresh, I next deemed it my duty to eall the attention of a few of the principal men in San Francisco to the extreme importance of Sum merfield’s discovery. A leading banker, a bishop, a chemist, two State University pro fessors, a physician, a judge, aud two Protestant divines were selected by me to witness the experiment on a large scale. This was done at a small sand hill lake, near the sea shore but separated from it by a ridge of lofty mountains, not more than ten miles distant from San Francisco. Every single drop of water in it was burned up in less than fifteen minutes. We next did all we could to pacify Summerfield, and endeavored to induce him to lower lys price and bring it within the bounds of a reasonable possibil ity. But without avail. He began to grow urgent in his dernauds. The sub committee soon com menced work among the wealthiest citizens of San Francisco, and by appealing to the terrors of the few, and the sympathies of all* succeed ed in raising one half the amount in the prescribed period. I shall never forget the woe begone faces o f California street during the month of October. The outside world and thS newspapers spoke most learnedly of a money panic-r-a pressure in business, and the distur bances in the New York gold room. But to the initiated there was an easier solution to the enigma. The pale spectre of death looked upon them all, and pointed with his bony finger to tho tomb of the whole race, already looming up in the dis tance before them. Day after day I could sec dreadful ravages of this secret horror; doubly terrible, since they dared not divulge it. Still, do all that we could, tho money could not be obtained. The day preced ing the last one given, Summerfield was summoned before the commit- teee, and full information given him of the affairs. Obdurate, hard, and cruel he still continued. Finally a proposition was started that an at tempt should be made to raise the other half of the money in the city of New York. To this proposition Summerfield ultimately yielded, but with extreme reluctance. It was agreed infeommittee that I accom pany him thither, and take with nie in my own possession, evidence of the sums subscribed here, that a proper appeal should be made to the leading capitalists, scholars and clergymen of the metropolis, and that, when the whole amount was raised, it should be paid over to Summerfield and a bond taken from hitn never to divulge his awful se cret to any human being. With this he seemed to be satis fied, and left to prepare for his go ing the next morning. As soon as he left the apartment, the bishop arose and deprecated the action that had been taken, and characterized it as “ childish and absurd.” He declared that no man was safe one moment whilst “ that diabolical wretch ” still lived ; that the only security for us all was in his immediate extirpation from the face of the earth, and that no amount of money could seal his lips or close his hands. It would be no .crime, he said to deprive him of the means of assassinating the whole human family, and that as for him self he was for dooming him to im mediate death. With a unanimity that was extra ordinary the entire committee coin cided. A great many plans were pro posed, discussed and rejected, hav ing in view the extermination of Summerfield. In them all there was the want of that proper caution which would lull the apprehension of an enemy ; for should he for an instant suspect treachery we "knew his nature well enough to be satis fied that he would waive all ceremo nies and put his threat into imme diate execution. It was finally resolved that the trip to New York should not be abandoned, apparently. But that we were to start out iu accordance with the original programme; that during the journey some proper means should be resorted to by me to carry out the final intentions of the committee, and that whatever I did would be sanctioned by them all, and full protection, both in law aud conscience afforded me in any stage ot the proceeding. Nothing was needing but my own consent. I asked the privi lege of meditation for an hour, at the hands of the committee, before I would render a decision either way. During that recess the above argumentation, occupied my thoughts. The time expired and I again presented myself before them. I'did not deem it requisite to state the grounds of my decision; I briefly signified my assent and made instant preparations to carry the plan into execution. Having passed on the line of the Pacific railway more than once, I was perfectly familiar with all its windings, gorges and precipices. I selected Cape Horn as best adapted to the purpose, and * * thfipublio knows the rest. Having been acquitted by two tribunals’of the law I make this fi nal appeal to my fellow men throughout the State, and ask them confidently not to reverse the judg ment already pronounced. About Dust. Dust is a great enemy to life. It permeates everything. Tear down an old chimney or plastering from a room in your house, and see how the dust will find its way into every nook and cranny in your house. It passes down your throat and lodges in your lungs. It collects as a sto ny grit in the lungs of stone cu tters, while the lungs of colliers havo long been known to be affected by fine coal dust. The dust that rises in the flouring mill collects in the lungs of the Aiiller, enfeebles them, and causes his death. A dusty street is not favorable to health. Not only is dust permeating the atmosphere, but the air is full of the germs of animal life. Conta gious diseases are supposed to be caused by germs floating through the atmosphere, and passing into the lungs and stomach. A German chemist has succeeded in keeping blood fresh for several weeks simply by keeping it in clean vessels, free from dirt. A frogs heart continued to pulsate more than a week left in the same con dition. Prof. Tindal in a recent lecture argues that the great trouble from in disposition of wounds to heal arises from the interposition of dust with in tho wound, and that the aheesses produced by vaccination arise from the same. It is for this reason that surgeons now make use of cotton to cover wounds to keep out the dust and germs. A dirt}’ carpet is often the cause of much dust. Hence they should be carefully and faithfully cleaned. Neatness in the rooms of our hou ses always leads to care in other things. Decayed vegetables in a cellar aud unclean and neglected vaults should receive eareful at tention. Much attention has of late been taken by scientific and practical men to prevent the fatal injuries that of ten occur to firemen, and an appa ratus has been constructed to pre vent such fatal disasters. A Beautiful Illustration.— Shortly before the departure of the lamented Hebrew for India, he preached a sermon which contain ed this beautiful sentiment: “Life bears us on like the stream of a mighty river. Our boat glides down the narrow channel, through the playful murmurings of the lit tle brook and the winding of its grassy borders. The trees shed their blossoms over our heads, the flowers seem to offer themselves to the young hands ; wc are happy in hope, and we grasp eagerly at the beautiful around us—but the steam hurries on and still our hands are empty. Our course in youth and manhood is along a wider and deep er flood, amid other objects more striking and magnificent. We are animated at the moving pictures, and enjoyments and industry around us; we are excited at some short-lived disappointment. The stream bears »s on, and our joys and our griefs are alike behind us We may be ship-wrecked, but we Cannot be delayed ; whether rough qr smooth the river hastens to its home, till the roar of the ocean is in our ears, and the tossing of the waves is beneath our feet, and the land lessens from our eyes, and the floods are lifted up aroflnd, and we take our leave of earth and its in habitants, until of our future voy age there is no witness save the In finite and Eternal.” To Keep Tomatoes for. W inter Use. —A correspondent at Webster, N. Y., sends the Rural New Yoiker the following : “ As the tomato sea son is approaching, I can contrib ute one way of keeping them for winter use that may be new to some of your readers. I ate them in February, sliced and seasoned with sugar and a little vinegar, that seemed every way as nice as toma toes fresh-picked from the vines.— They were prepared thus: Dissolve a tea cup of salt in a gallon of wa ter: Pick ripe tomatoes* but not over ripe, leaving a little of the stem on. The tomatoes must be kept well covered with the brine and they will keep till spring or long er.” Another method, practiced by a lady correspondent of F. & G., and very successful, is to peel ripe tom atoes, slice and put in jars ; sprinkle salt between the layers aud merely have the top covered with the brine formed by the tomatoes. Cover the jar with paper moistened with white of egg, and keep in a cool place. “ Now, young people,” said a pro fessor of natural history to his class, “ now, then, as to hens; a hen has the capacity of laying just six hun dred eggs, and no more; and she finishes the job in just about five years. Now what *is to be done with her after that? ” “ Ciit off her head and sell her for a spring chicken ! ” exclaimed an urchin whose father dealt in poultry. A bachelor says that “ love is a wretched business, Consisting of a little sighing, a little crying, a little dying, and a great deal of lying.” - *44 • ' ' Y.ou can’t breakfast off a roll of the sea any n*ere than you can bo scolded by the rail of a ship. A Sensible ResdhA “ Did you hear, sir, heflt it was that Edwards, the Mason, gave up drinking ? ” said a workman to my father one day, when he was talking to him about the evils of intemper ance. “ No,” said n.v father, “ how was it ? ” “ Well, one day Edwards was driuking in a public house, when tbe landlord’s wife came to call her husband to dinner.” “ What’s for dinner ? ” said the man.. ** Roast goose,” replied his wife. “ Is there apple sauce ? ” he ask ed. “ No.” “Well go make some; I won’t eat goose without apple-sauce.” When the woman had left to pre pare this delicacy, Edwards was so impressed by the scene he had wit nessed, that for the first time in his life he began to think what a fool he had been. “Here’s this man,” said he to himself, “can’t eat his dinner of roast beef without apple-sauce, while tny poor wife and children at home are glad to get even a herring for their dinners, und very often can’t even get that. Whose money I should like to know, goes to pro vide this fellow’s good things? Mine, and that of other poor fools like me. Well, what’s done can’t be undone. Jt’s no use crying over spilt milk, but the fellow shan’t dine off roast goose at my expense ” So lie paid his reckoning, and walked out of the public house nev- er to enter it again. The same tiling is going on in thousands of public houses all over the country—the landlord and his wife and children feasting on the very best of everything, and the poor tipsy men who pay for it hav ing scarcely enough to keep them selves from starving. —Saturday Evening Post. A Spanish Atrocity. A most touching instance of he roism, and one of the most atro cious acts of cruelty, the truth of which is vouched for by the most respectable authority, occurred dur ing the Columbian struggle for in dependence. The Spanish General, Morillo, the most blood thirsty and treacherous tool of the Spanish King, was cre ated Count of Carthagenia and Marquis de la Peoria, for services which rather entitled him to the butcher or hangman. While seated in his tent one day, he saw a young boy before him drowned in tears. The chief demanded of him for what purpose he was there. The child replied that he had come to beg the life of his father, then a prisoner in Morillo’s camp; “ What can you do to save your father? ’’ asked the General. “ I can do but lit'-le, but what I can shall be done;” Morillo seized the little fellows ear, and said : “ Would you suffer your ear to be taken off to procure your fa ther’s life ? ” “ I certainly would,” was the un daunted replyt A soldier was accordingly called, and ordered to cut off the ear with a single stroke of the knife. The boy wept; but did not resist while the barbarous order was exe cuted. “ Would you lose your other ear rather than fail in your purpose ? ” was the next question. “ I have suttered much, but for my father I can suffer still,” was the answer of the boy. The other ear was taken off by piecemeal, without flinching on the part of the noble boy. “And now go 1 ” exclaimed Mo rillo, untouched by his sublime courage: “The father of such a son must die ” In the presence of his agonized and vainly suffering son, the patriot father was executed. Never did a life picture exhibit such truthful lights and shades in national character, such deep, treacherous villainy, such lofty, en thusiastic heroism. Socrates says: “He is not only idle who does nothing, but lie is idle who might be better employ ed.” Prove all things; hold fast to that which is good. —Paul. Alger says: “Those who have not suffered know not what they have to gain.” Many a man dreads throwing away his life at once who shrinks not from throwing it way piece meal. . ‘ . The mind has more room in it than the most people think, if they would only furnish the apartments. Dr. Joonson says the chains ot habit are generally too small to be felt till they are too strong to be broken.” Luther said: lam more alrald of my own heart than the Pdpe and all bis Cardinals. I have with me the great Pope, self. Good Time.—The Montgomery Advertiser says the trains from West Point to Atlanta now go through in three hours. The dis tance is 87 miles. The fastest time of any road in the South. . This is fair time—twenty-nine miles an hour, stoppages included. fSigr Eloven years ago Francis Williams peddled books aroqnd Dubuque with a hand cart. He is now able to ride in a buggy which his uncle gave him. NO. 34 VARIETY; “Talks from real life”—Chinesb “queus.” OtHeLlO was not a lawyer, al-. though lit was a tawny General of Venice. GraviiA if? nd triorc evidence of wisdom tlidn a baiter collar is of a shirt. A GOOD gaiige by which to meas ure and man’s character is his laif* guage. * A had hat takeh to an evening party frequently comes out as good as new. WhkS and person declares that his brain is on fire, is it etiquette td blow it out ? A teoftTEMfioßAß* describes the political epidemic of the atf “Ring Worm.” One ought to have dates at one’s fingers ends, seeing they grow oti the palmj A dandy on shore is disgusting to many, but a swell of the sets sickons everybody. A bad marriage is like an elec tric machine; it makes you danoe but you can’t let go. Why are free sittings in church very immoral ? Because you are by them made good for nothing. Tiie fellow who slept under “the cover of night,” complains that he' came very near freezing. There are two. Classes that catclf At straws —drowning men and lov ers of cobblers and juleps. The light of a match will fright en a wolf away, it is said. But love-matches don’t always keep the wolf away fr'tttft the door/ A man, who was very ill, was ad vised to send for a physician. But he said. “No, if I am to die let me die at my leisure.” A little girl, delighted 1 at tits’ singing of .a bob o-iinlr, earnestly asked her mother, “What niakfetf him sing so sweetly, ma ? Is it be cause he lives on flowers?” England imprisons fortune tell ers, and strange to say those wh<f claim to see their way into the fu ture are utterly unable to see their way out of prison. Captain JoHn Meiks proposes' to drtfss the Atlantic on a raft fifteen feet long and twelve feet wide. Wilmington has fined a man for cruelty to animals. Miss Matilda Hindman made a speech in Pittsburgh on the 28th’ ult., in which she exhibited a blood thirstiness equalled only by the most rampant Radical. She de clared that if Jeff Davis and Robert E. Lee had been hanged we would not hear of any outrages in thtf South. This country is entirely too pacific for this lady, and she should emigrate to Paris and join tbtf Communists, where the “ Petro leuse ” exceed all others in cruelty and vindiotivenesss. Cut Worms. —lt is very annoy ing, after haring set out a nice lot of sweet potato or cabbage plants to see them cut down, hue by onej by these worms. We have tried ashes, lime, soot, and in fact almost everything wo have ever heard of, but never found anything effectual until, by accident we found three or four of the worms one morning, ' gathered under a small board which had been left by some children on a sweet potato hill. Acting upon this hint, we' placed small pieces of boards, large chips, etc., all through the paten ; and we trapped them by hundreds.- The boards must be lifted efltdy in ‘the morning, ami on very warm days, again about noon. A litttlo care for a few days, will clear these pests out of a garden. One trial w ill satisfy any person of the merits of this plan. Signs and Tokens. —The Gridi ron.—To taken the gridiron from the nail where it is hanging, with the left hand, is a sign that there will be a broil in the kitchen. The Mirror/—lf a mirror i3 bro ken, it is a sign that a good-looking lass will be missed in that house. A Funeral.—Po meet a funeral procession is a sign of death. Pocket Book.—To lose a pocket book containing greenbacks is un lucky. Nails. —If a Woman CfltS he's nails every Monday it is lucky—for her husband. Roosters—ls you hear a rooster crow when you are in bed, and the clock strikes a few times at the instant it is a sign of mo(u)rning. An itching ear, tickle your nose, and you will have an itching there; and ill luck Will be averted. U3§T > Columbus is pesterod with two bass ball clubs. Mrs. Samuel Colt, the widow of the late Mr. i’ott, of revolver fame, reports an income for 1850 of four hundred thousand dollars. BSP Muscogee county adds up her wealth and finds that it is SB,- 000,000 —being an increase of £“2O0 4 000 oVCr last year. One street railroad line in New York—the Third Avenue— ; has 1,800 horses, 300 passenger cars, and employs 800 men:
