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4> liberal deduction wade to oarties
who advertise by the year-
Persons sending adverti tementssliould mark
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Transient ad vartisements must be paid for
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cgular advertising ra*es.
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irivate ends or interests of Corporations, Bo
ieties, or individuals, will be charged as nd
.JofWoRK, euclt;. as Pamphlets, Circulars,
■Card*. Blanks, Handbills, etc., will be execu
ted in good style and at reasonable rates.
All letters addressed to the Proprietor will
b* promptly attended to,
111 dais. •-» • x-xjjl
ANDREW
f •
Female College,
CUTHBERT QA.
0
THE exercises of this institution will be
resumed on Wednesday, the 20th of Sep
tember next, and close on Thursday before the
last Sabbath in June.
The scholastic year will be divided into
Three Terms, beginning 20th September, Ist.
January and lstol April:
REGULAR COURBE:
PKB TERM. PER ANNUM.
Primary Department fl2f)fl s3(>oo
Preparatory ! 15 00 45(H)
Collegiate “ 20 00 60,00
Diploma Fee. (paid on
i.•"
Hoard, Washing, Fuel
and Lights, IS 00
Regular tuition of daughters living by the
ministry—no charge.
Each boarding pupil should be lurnished
with a Bible, Trunk, one pair of sheets, one
pair of Pillow-cases, one pair Blankets, four
hand-Towuts, over shoes and umbrella.
EXTRA COURSE:
PER ANNUM.
Greek andFrench, each S4O 00
Tuition in Music 60 till
Use of Piano 8 00
Drawing and Pastel 30 00
Instruction in Ol' Painting, 40 00
Calisthenics, conducted by a
lady 5 flo
Singing in Classes No charge.
Extra course pursued at tbe option of Pa
rents and Guardians. Payments must be made
In October, January and April.
Each pupil should he present a* the opening
of the School.
The undersigned having been elected Presi
dent of Andrew Female College, an old and
popular Institution, sends fraternal meetings
to tfie Colleges of the South, makes his bow
to the public, aud solicits sympathy and a lib
eral shape of patronage.
Sumtfioned to a high and holy work—that
of preparing the miudeand hearts of the you g
for the business and pleasures, joys and sor
rows of life—be will call to his assistance
'the best educators of the country, and address
himself to the task With all the leal and in
dustry that he cannot command. Should time,
whose verdict,, we woo, demonstrate that he
■cannot preside with dignity aud success—
that he is incapable of imparting instruction—
that be is is not in the proper place—that A.
F. C. does not return a substantial equivalent
to its patrous—the President will Hbaudoti
the enterprise and refund Mil damages reli
giously assessed.
Parents and guardians wishing to educate
girls should not forget our healthful locality,
refined society, commodious and well ventila
ted buildings, beautiful gronuds, magnificent
grove, aud reasonable rates.
JOHN B McGEHKE,
President. A F. C.
Cuthbert, Go., Aug. 16th, 1871, ts
Ice Cream!
I WOULD respectfully inform my numer
ous friends and patrons that I have com
pleted and opened my
ICE CREAM SALOON,
And am prepated to serve them in the very
best of style. I have spared no pain* or ex
pense in fitting np my establishment, aud c;.n
truth'dlly say I have the
Finest Saloon in S. W. Georgia,
And am fully prepared to meet the wantp of
the public. Aly
LADIES’ SALOON,
Has been arranged and furnished with a spe
cial desire to please. Adjoining is the GEN
TLEMEN’S SALOON, which has been thor
oughly le-lurnished aud tilted up in the best
of style. These Saloons are so constructed as
to enable me to throw them both into one,
when occasions riquire it, and be enabled to
.seat from
75 to 100 Guests!
In the same room. lam also fully prepared
So furnish my customers will a superior arti
cle of
SODA WATER!
I have also gone to considerable expense in
snaking improvements in this department of
tuy ba.-iuess, and am better prepared than
• ver before to meet tbe wants of the public.
IOB! IOB!!
I will keep Ice on h nd for sale in quanti
ses to suit tbe public.
Give me a call.
A. W. GILLESPIE.
tw A full assortment of Confectioneries
ways on hand. aug4-ct
The City Bar
AND
•Billiard Saloon
IS now supplied with a Large and Choiee
Stock of
Wines, Liquors and Segars,
Both Foreign and Domestic, which can not
tie surpassed by any. Bar iu the State.
All the delicacies’of the season, iu the w«y
of Fancy Drinks, fixed in style.
LAGER BEEIt only Five Cents per glass.
A FINE
Assortment of Slates,
For sale by T. S. POWELL, Trustee,
no (I n And
©BTHBERT {|§§ APPEAL.
Th« Protector Fruit Jar,
A superior article,
For sale at cost, by
J. L. Sc R. H. COBB.
Green’s Dyspepsia Remedy,
For sale by T. 8, POWELL, Trustee.
A Black Tea with Green Tea Flavor,
at T. 8. POWELL'B, Trnstee.
Jflto F4LI*UIITffIG. ~
Little Gem Pea*,
Kale, Borecole or
German Dwarf Greens,
Cabbage, Coliards,
Carrots, Radish,
Ijettnce A. Mnstred,
For sale by T. S. POWj.LL. Trustee,
Druggist,, Bookseller: JldStalionc.
FINE IIREEN TEA,
“ BLACK TEA,
Foe Sale by T. 8. POWELL, Truate
r FOR SALE!
Three Plantations.
A 8 I have derided to elmnge my occupa
tion, and my place of residence, loner
for sale the following desirable property :
My Plantation
IK STEWART COUNTY, Si,
Seven miles south of Lumpkin, and fifteen
north of Cathbert, on the road from the for
mer to the latter place, containing
1,081 ACRES $
A boat three fourths cleared and in a high state
of cultivation. There are three settlements
on the place.
The Improvements are Good.
The dwelling has recently been recovered
and repainted in aud out side. It has seven
rooms and a cook room, ami pantry attached.
There are a plenty of good cabins for labor
ers, and the most of them with good brick
chimneys, a good gin house and tcrew, new
stables aud cribs, a large two story barn, a
good smoke bouse, dairy, carriage house, and
blacksmith shop.
There a e two good springs near the dw^ll
ing, and many more on the plantation There
is a plenty of cane on the place to winter a
large number of cattle.
W. A. Moreland on the place will show the
plantation to atiy oue wishiug to see it.
Also,
MY PLANTATION
IS RASDOLPH COIjXTY, GEORGIA,
Near Benevolence, containing three hundred
und twenty acres ; two hundred cleared and
In a good state ot cultivation, with all neces
sary improvements, dwelling, cabins, stnbles,
cribs, a good gin house and screw, choiee
fruit trees of different kinds, Bplendid well
ami spring water,
Convenient to Churches and
Schools,
Aud noted for its liealthfulness.
Any one wishing to Bee the place, I refer
them to AV. A. Moreland on my place in Stew
art.
And
MY PLANTATION IN
RUSSELL COUNTY, ALA.,
Fourteen miles from Columbus, near Big
Uchee Creek, two and a half miles from the
flourishing town of Silver lfmi, on the Mo
bile A. Girard R. K., containing nine hundred
and seventy-five ticies, about, one half cleared
and in a wood »tate of cultivation, well im
proved, in an
Excellent Neighborhood
of the beat society. and unsurpassed for health
fulness; a plenty of good spring water on any
part of the plantation ; a email creek rnnniug
diagonally through tbe main body of the plan
tation The dwelling has six large rooms, and
a store room, bath room, and two pantries, al
so a cook room connected to the dwelling by
a eolouade ; good framed cabins witb br ck
chimneys, two sets of stables, two carriage
houses, blacksmith shop, good gin house and
screw, and other buildings, frnit of d.fferent
kinds.
Mr P. H. Perry who lives near the place
will take pleasure in showing it to any one.
My terras for«itlier place is oue half cash,
tbe balance in oue and two years with interest.
Either place for rent after the first of Decem
for next, if not sold by that time.
My address will b Atlanta, Ga., until after
the first of October next, then Culhbert Ga.,
nntil the first of January next,
angll ts A. F. MORELAND.
VALUABLE
Property for Sale
AT A SACRIFICE
Fox* the Money !
•
I want to sell my GRIST * FLOURING
MILLS near Fort Gaines, Ga., run by wa
ter—never failing stream. The best Mills in
Sonthwest Georgia.
Also, my PLANTATION one and a half
miles from Cotton Hill, containing 650 acres
of land, neat and comfortable residence, beau
tiful location, all necessary out houses, negro
cabins, ect., together with STOCK of all
kinds
Cotton Hill is noted for its School- Place
as healthy as the mountains. Will sell cheap.
Apply for particulars to
JOHN CALLAWAY,
Cotton Hill.
Or W. C. GUNN,
Fort Gaines, Ga.
Enterprise R.R. Cos.
NOTICE is hereby given, that, Books for
subscription to the Capital Stock of the
Enterprise Railroad Company, will be opened
at Lnui| kin, on Monday the 18th day cl Sep
tember next; and ou the day thereafter, at
same place, there will be an election for Direc
tors (seven) to manage the affairs of said com
pany L. BRYAN,
T. W. BATTLE,
W. R. HOLLIDAY,
J. «. SINGER,
J. L. WIMBERLY,
anglß 30d Corporators.
Extract Strawberry, Vanilla,
Pineapple and Lemon,
For Flavoring, at
B. J. JACKSON’S,
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1871.
The Captain’s Wife.
The wind wu blowing np from the west,
On the eve of a stormy day.
And she saw the ship that she loved best
Veering across the bay.
The sails were ragged, and old, and worn,
And they flapped to and fro In tbe blast
Like the wings of a spent and wounded bird,
When the foot of tbe hunter bath passed,
And it’s, O ship J brave ship! safe may your
voyage be ;
Audit's oh! for the dawn of tomorrow’s
morn 1 and its oh! lor a rippling sea!
The wiud-bad jobbed itself to rest.
Like a weary i Way ward child ;
And she lay with her babe asleep on her
breast,
And dreamed of the ship and smiled.
She smiled as she thought, iu her happy
sleep,
_ That the long, long parting was oe'r ;
But she did not hear how tbe storm awoke,
And tbe breakers dashed on the shore.
And its, O ship! brave ship ! she could not
sleep it she
Had dreamt of tbe crash, and had seen tbe
flash which lighted the boiling sea.
She did not wake, though the wind was high,
But turned in her dream with a start,
And her sleeping lips framed the well-known
cry,
Which dropped from the full, full heart,
As watea falls tram a shaken cup,
Suddenly over the brim :
Lord, keep my captain safe to-nigbt,
And all at sea with him ; ’’
And it’s, O ship, brave ship! but where will
your captain be ?
And its oh 1 it was well their was none to
tell—it was well there was none to see!
They are striving now to reach the shore,
The captain and all bis men;
And still that fond prayer is murmured o’er
Again, aud again, and again.
The waves are high, the rocks are hid,
Apd nepe can see the land ;
But the captain stands himself at the helm,
And steers with a steady hand.
And its, 0 ship! brave ship! and how cap
it ever be,
That you clear the rocks and weather the
shocks of that tearing, roaring s-a ?
The night is dark, the storm is high,
But the ship lies safe In the creek,
And the captain stands witb a light in bis
eye,
And a flush in his son browned cheek.
And the captain’s wife sleeps sound aud still.
Through tbe wild and angry blast,
For the morn shall rise on a peaceful bay,
And her captain home at last.
And its, O ship! brave ship! brave and
strong you may be,
But was it your strength that saved you at
length from the might of the crue sea ?
Hiring Other People’s Laborers.
The following decision of the Su
preme Court, is of general interest
to planters, and we coinmend it to
their attention:
S. P. Salter vs. John Howard.—
Case from Houston.
Lociiuane, J.—Where A sued B
to recover damages for the eutice
ment and employment by B of ser
vants on the plantation of A. which
he alleges were hired by him for
the year 1866, and a motion was
made for a non-snit by defendant,
on the ground that the proof failed
to show a valid and mutually bind
ing contract between betwen A and
the servants ; the fact being that A
and such servants had entered into
a written contract, but which had
not been signed or approved by tbe
Freedmeu’s Bureau, though con
templated that it should be so sub
mitted for approval by the parties
thereto, but the servants had gone
on under the contract, and were at
work at A’s plantation, and had
been there nearly a month, and the
court ordered the non suit.
Held, That this was not an error
by the court. After the emancipa
tion of slaves in Georgia, they were
competent to contract for tbeir la
bor, and while in the employment
of one under a contract it was ille
gal for any other person to inter
fere and hire them, and such per
son cannot under our laws defend
himself against the wrong, by set
ting questions arising on the con
tract of such servants by A.
Held, Again, where upon the
trial for enticement of servants from
the employment of another, the
permitted evidence of consequen
tial damage to go to the jury, to
the effect that the servants he first
employed had provisions, and those
he subsequently employed to take
their place had* not, by which he
was compelled to furnish provisions,
and making a poor crop, such per
sons were uuable to pay him for
the provisions furnished out of
their share of the crop, by which
he was damaged, that this was er
ror ; the damage the law recognizes
as legal to be recovered upon such
action, an actual damage sustained
by the act at the time of its com
mission, and the expense and true
loss in getting other servants, or
injuries to the crop by interruption
of the labor thereon, or failure to
obtain other labor alter faithful ef
fort to do so, or losses of like char
acter, are proper and legal for the
consideration of the jury.
Held, The court erred in refus
ing a new’ trial upon the admission
of illegal evidence, which misled
thejuryonthe question of dam
ages under the facts in this case.
Poe, Hall & Poe, S. D. Killen,
for plaintiff in error; A. S. Giles,
Nisbet & Jackson, contra.
The cost of building the Mont
Uenis tunnel, all expenses included,
amounts to 45,600,000 francs.
A Boston man is on trial with
murdering another, by pushing him
in a vat of boiling grease,
9EORBIA STATE FAIR
Detailed Desorption of the Central
Park Grounds, with the Build
ings and Surroundings.
The forthcoming annual Fair of
Georgia State Agricultural Society,
to commence in this city on Mon
day, October 23rd, 1871, and con
tinue through the entire week, is
eliciting, as it should, the interest
and attention of all classes of our
citizens. All that capital combined
with assiduous labor and refined
art, could do toward making this
.mammoth enterprise a grand suc
cess has been done. Tbe people of
Georgia as one person have united
in tbe accomplishment of this no
ble work, and from a wild waste of
unsightly swamps and fields, there
has arisen, almost imperceptibly as
if by magic, the most elaborately
constructed buildings of imposing
appearance; beautifully adorned
grounds; gently undulating walks ;
luxurious drives beneath a canopy
of umbrageous monarchs of tbe for
est ; inviting retreats and murmur
ing fountains, whoso silvery spray
beat time to the music of sweetly
carolling songsters of the grove.
Leaving the shores of the spa
cious Grounds, rolls proud old Oc
mulgee in all the magnificence of
her grandeur, as if to lend enchant
ment to tlie fairy like scene.
It has been the studied purpose
of the projectors of this great
scheme, to make it worthy the im
portant consideration of everybody
at all interested in the well being of
not only oar own State and section,
but of the whole country. With
no narrow-minded bigotry fetter
ing the minds of those who have
this public enterprise in hand, the
Georgia State Fair has been thrown
open to the whole world of mechan
ics, agriculture, science and art,
and within its portals -all, without
reserve and without price, are invi
ted to come and share alike in the
advantages offered.
Inasmuch as curiosity has been
universally excited in regard to our
forthcoming exposition, we deem it
not inappropriate to lay before our
distant readers a description of the
grounds and buildings where it is
proposed to hold it, and without
fear of contradiction, we do assert
there is no other location in the
world so well adapted by nature for
the purpose.
“TITE grand ENTRANCE.”
Presents a facade of one hundred
feet, striking in conception, and
bold in outline. The design is ir
regular, with the principal or “car
riage gate,” in the centre twenty
feet wide, flanked on each side by
lofty towers, rising to a height of
sixty feet, and terminating in a
curved roof. A massive semicir
cled arch connects these towers to
gether over the entrance, handsome
ly decorated with panels, cornices,
brackets, spandrels, «fcc., while from
the apex of the arch, rise a beauti
ful flag-staff. The small gates for
the use of “pedestrians,” are seven
feet wide, placed one on either side
of the “carriage gate,” and at the
base of the towers, through which
an arch-way is formed. Adjoining
these are two large offices, each six
teen by twenty-four feet, and a se
ries of smaller ones for ticket of
fices, «fcc. The design of the tow
ers is square, and the elevation of
each side, are alike, through the
lower section. The lower sections
are crowned with a projecting cor
nice, supported on heavy brackets
while at the base of the lower sec
tion, large brackets seem to act as
a kind of flying buttress, against
the pilasters upon the corners, ter
minating in brackets again at the
top, and finally crowned with a
cornice. In a panel over the car
nage gate at the top, will be the
date, 1871, and just beneath it,
“Central City Park,” while in a
pannel on the towers over each
small gate, are the mottos, Science,
Art, and immediately in the centre
over the entrance Agriculture.
These central towers, standing
like “giant sentinels” over the en
trance to the “elysian groves,” give
increased dignity to the design, and
so diversifies its outline, that when
viewed so far distant, as to take the
whole of the figure in the eye at
one coup d’seil, presents a picture
rare and faultless, and a structure
both “grand” and appropriate.
The first building upon the right
after entering, is the
“machinery hall,”
Which is a single story building,
210 feet long, and 50 feet wide,
erected upon a solid foundation of
brick, and substantially constructed
throughout. It is well lighted by
glass windows, and amply provided
with doors of large dimensions. The
building is covered in the perpen
dicular style, having projecting cor
nices and ornamented gables, which
give it a really fine appearance,
though of less pretension than some
of its neighbors. A line of shafting
will extend the whole length, with
all nocessary pulleys and engines to
drive it, ready for the use of ex
hibiters.
The next building is the
“dining hall,”
Also a single story building 150
feet long, and 50 feet wide, and 18
feet bigli. This structure is also
intended for a
“dancing hall,”
And has a smoothly dressed floor,
and a clear story. Splendid prep
arations for light and ventillations
are made, and an elevated gallery
for the orchestra.
Tbe external covering is in the
perpendicular style, and the cor
nices of the eaves and gables, quite
ornamental. All the doors and win
dows will be protected on the ex
terior, by hanging hoods and cano
pies, adding, not only to the com
fort, but to the architectural beau
ty. Commodious kitchens will be
built adjoining, and all things nec
essary for a Grand Dining, or Ban
quet Hall. Near one end, is erect
ed a “Ladies Cottage” containing
two rooms each 14x18 feet, with
Hall between, and a commodious
toilet or bourdoir. It is built in
the poined style, having ornament
ed gables, terminating across the
front, completes the description,
and a more cosy retreat can scarce
ly imagined, as it seems to nestle
down beneath the branches of the
sturdy oaks that surround it.
Passing on, and discovering a
little to the right, we come upon
the Saloon. A building 35
by 65 feet, standing out conspicu
ously, yet boautiful in its ontline,
quite ornate in its construction,
and much admired. Like the oth
ers, it is covered in the perpendic
ular style, having overyhauging
hoods over doors and windows, and
ornamented gables, and the whole
artistecally painted in parti colors.
We now come to the “Floral
Hall,” a building quite irregular in
its plan, with a dimension over all,
of 188 feet by 72 .feet, two and
three stories high. Tbe principal
facade is 164 feet, and is sufficient
ly modest for a private dwelling,
yet bold and striking in outline. —
Forty-four feet in the centre, pro
jects twelve feet, and 6 double story
portico extends across it. Tills
central building is three stories
high, and the upper story is lighted
from the roof, and designed for a
picture gallery. On each rear cor
ner is erected pavilions 24 feet
square projecting ten feet each way
beyond the main building, and car
ried up three stories high having
fiat roofs, accessible by easy stairs,
and protected by high ballustrade.
The rear facade facing the race
track is 188 feet, 140 feet of which,
is a veranda nine feet wide in each
story, affording most excellent ac
commodations for promenade, and
to witness the races, from which
point, every foot of the track can
be seen. Four flights of stairs con
ducts to the second story, being
wide and easy. An open corridor
extends through each floor, protect
ed by railing, etc. The outside
covering is in the perpendicular
style, joints battened, the balconies
and cornices bracketted. This
building occupies a ceutral position
upon the ground, and from its bal
conies, verandas and pavillions,
can be seen every object of inter
est.
the “main hall”
Is a building 250x40 feet, two and
three stories high, with a four-foot
balcony extending around the en
tire building at each story, afford
ing a most delightful promenade,
and rare landscape views. This
building is covered like those be
fore described, and is very taste
fully decorated with cornices by
tracery, balcony-hangings, and mold
ed belts. An open corridor extends
through the centre building, which
is three stories high. Wide and
commodious stairways are provi
ded in every pait, and the means
of ingress and egress are quite am
ple.
Directly-in front of the right
wing of the “Main Hall,” is the
counterpart of the
“ladie’s cottage,”
Being the “Head Quarters” of the
President and Executive Commit
tee, and like that, it is built in the
pointed style, and handsomely
decorated rooms. It contains
three rooms each 16x18 feet, a
wash room, and hall.
THE “MUSIC PAVILLION”
Occupying a central position be
tween “Main Hall” and the “Floral
Hall,” is a hexagon in design, suffi
ciently large to accommodate from
foity to fifty performers. The
floor is elevated seven feet above
the ground, and with a clear story
above of 16 feet. The roof has a
projection of thfee feet, supported
by brackets disposed at the angles,
anti ornamented with sawed tracer-
T Y-
The roof curves upward, support
ing a dome ten feet in diameter,
crowned with a lantern and golden
harp seven feet high. From the
floor to the ground is a heavy moul
ded base, having three feet projec*
tion. Steps leading to the plat
form, and railing all around, com
pletes this temple of Appolo, and
it is believed the most beautiful in
the Sonth.
The “Grand Stand, or Amphithe
atre,” is 300 feet long by 35 feet
wide, two stories high, very sub
stantially built, and will accommo
date about 6000 people. It will
be fully provided with settees, and
specially arranged for comfort and
safety. The foundations are of
brick-masonry, very heavy; the
roof covered with shingles, and cor
nices upon the front of an elaborate
pattom. —Macon Citizen.
Wine-drinking and Intempeß
ance. —The idea that cheap wine
is favorable to temperance is doubt
ed by Dr. N. C. Burt from his ex
perience in the grape-growing coun
tries of Southern Europe. He
says: “In Switzerland, and still
more in Germany, aud most of all
in France, and portions of Italy,
the wine-growing regions, the use
of distilled liquors has become fear
fully prevalent and excessive.”
Conqnest of America—H. G. in the
White House and After.
The following is supposed to
have been written in 1892 by Max
Adeler, who Avas a witness of the
terrible scenes which occurred at
the time of which the Story tells.-
The English satire, “The Battle of
Dorking,” supplied the suggestion
for this prophetic tale :
THE CONQUEST Os AMERICA.
Yon ask me to toll you. my chil
dren, of the events which immedi
ately preceded the destruction of
the once great American Union,
and the capture of the conn try by
the present European rulers, and
to say something also of the cause
which led to these deplorable re
sults.
In the fall of 1872 Horace Gree
ley, the editor of a newspaper in
New York, was elected President
of the United States. The people
voted for him because they thought
he was an honest man. And so he
was. But he was also vain and
weak, and he entertained certain
fanatical and preposterous notions—
about agricultural matters, for iii
stance —which he was determined
to force upon the people at all haz
ards, and despite all opposition.—
He believed, among other things,
that every man ought to go to the
West to earn his bread, and long
before he was chosen President he
used to advise everybody to move
to that region, as a cure for all the
disasters that could befall the hu
man family.
DRIVING THE SEABOARD POI*ULA'
TION WEST.
As soon os he reached the Exec
utive Mansion, which we used to
call the White House, President
Greeley organized an array of 200,-
000 men, and proceeded to force
the entire population of the sea
board States westward at the point
of the bayonet. The utmost vio
lence was used. Those who resist
ed were shot down and their dead
bodies were carried off to a nation
al factory which the President had
established for making some kind
of fantastical fertilizer. All the
large cities of the East were depop
ulated, and the towns were entirely
empty.
ALL EUROPE IN ARMS AGAINST AMER
ICA.
In the meantime the President
was doing infinite harm to the
country in another way. His hand
writing was so fearfully and won
derfully bad that no living man
could read it. And so when he
sent his first animal message to
Congress—the document was de
voted wholly to the tariff and agri
culture—a sentence appeared which
subsequently was ascertained to be
“ Large cultivation of rutabagas
and beans is the only hope ot the
American nation, lam sure.” The
printers not being able to interpret
this, put it in the following form,
in which it went to the world:
“ The Czar of Russia couldn’t keep
clean if he washed himself with the
whole Atlantic ocean once a day !”
This perversion of the message was
immediately telegraphed to Russia
by the Russian minister, and the
Czar was so indignant that he im
mediately declared war.
Just at this time President Gree
ley undertook to write some letters
to Prince Bismarck upon the sub
ject of potato rot, and after giving
his singular views at great length
he concluded with the statement
that if the Emperor William said
that subsoil plowing was not good
in light soils, or that guano was
better than bone dust, he was a
“ liar, a villian and a slave !” Ot
course the Emperor immediately
declared war, and became an ally
of Russia and of England, against
which latter country Mr. Greeley
had actually begun hostilities
ready; because the Queert, in her
speech from the throne, had de
clared the Tribune’s advocacy of a
tariff on pig iron incendiary, and
calculated to disturb the peace of
nations.
Unhappily this was not the full
measure of our disasters. The
President had sent to the Emperor
of Austria a copy of his book,
“ What I know,” etc., with his au
tograph upon a flyleaf. The Em
peror mistook the signature for a
carricature of the Austrian eagle,
and he heartily joined in the war
against the United States; while
France was provoked to the same
act by the fact that when the French
Minister came to call upon Mr.
Greeley to present his credentials,
the President, who was writing an
editorial at the time, not compre
hending the French language, mis
took the ambassador for a beggar,
and without looking up handed him
a quarter and an order for a clean
shirt, and said to him, “ Go West,
young man—go West.”
PRESIDENT GREELEY AND CABINET
HANGED.
So all of these nations joined in
making war upon the United States.
They swooped down upon our
coasts and landed without opposi
tion, for these exposed portions of
our unhappy country were abso
lutely deserted. The President
was afraid to call away the army
to his aid, and it moved to meet the
enemy. It was too late. Before
the troops reached Cincinnati the
foreigners had seized Washington
and all the country cast of the
Ohio, and had hung the President,
the Cabinet, and every member of
Congress.
UTTER RUIN OF THE REPUBLIC.
You know what followed—how
Prince Frederick William of Prus
sia ascended the American throne,
rt —V- n — ;
and the other humiliations that en
sued. It was a fearful blow to Re
publicanism—a blow from which
it will nfever recover. It made ws,
who were free men, a nation of
slaves. It was all the result of our
blind confidence in a misguided old
man Who thought himself a philos
opher, but who was actually a fool.
May heaven preserve you, ray chil
dren, from the remorse t feel when
I remember that I voted for that
bucolic old editor. —lndianapolis
Metes.
From the Han 'sboio Democrat.
The Census.
The following table, never before
published, contains the population
of each of the one hundred and
thirty-fonr cities in the United
States. It shows all the cities hav
ing a population of ten thousand
and upwards :
CITIES AND STATER. POPULATION.
New York, New York, 943,292
Philadelphia, Penn., 674,022
Brooklyn, New York, 396,099
St. Louis, Missouri, 310,864
Chicago, Illinois, 298,977
Baltimore, Maryland, 267,354
Boston, Massachusetts, 250,526
Cincinnati, Ohio, 216,239
New Orleans, Louisiana, 191,418
San Francisco, California,
Buffalo, New York, 117,714
W a shington, List. Columbia, 109,199
Newark, New Jersey, 105,059
Louisville, Kentucky, 100,753
Cleveland, Ohio, 92,829
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 86,076
Jersey City, New Jersey, 82,546
Detroit, Michigan, 79,577
Milwaukee. Wisconsin. 71.440
Albany, New York, 69,442,
Providence, Rhode Island, 68,904
Rochester, New York, 62,386
Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 53,180
Richmond, Virginia, 51,038
New Haven, Connecticut, 50,840
Charleston, South Carolina, 48,956
Indianapolis, Indiana, 48,244
Troy, New York, 46,465
Syracuse, New York, 43,051
Worcester, Massachusetts, 41,105
Lowell, Massachusetts, 40,928
Memphis, Tennessee, 40,226
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 38,684
Hartford, Connecticut, 37,183
Scranton, Pennsylvania, 35,090
Reading, Pennsylvania, 33,939
Patterson, New Jersey, 33,570
Kansas City, Missouri, 32,264
Mobile, Alabama, 32,034
Toledo, Ohio, 31,580
Portland, Maine, 31,413
Columbus, Ohio, 31,274
Wilmington, Delaware, 30,841
Dayton, Ohio, 30,373
Lawrence, Massachusetts, 28,921
Utica, New York, 28,804
Charleston, Massachusetts, 38,323
Savannah, Georgia, 28,235
Lynn, Massachusetts, 28,232
Fall River, Massachusetts, 26,708
Springfield, Massaclt u.setts, 26,703
Nashville, Tennessee, 25,865
Covington, Kentucky, 24,505
Quincy, Illinois, 24,052
Manchester, N. 11. 23,536
Harrisburg Pennsylvania, 23,104
Peoria, Illinois. 22,849
Evansville, Indiana. 21,830
Atlanta, Georgia. 21,789
Lancaster Pennsylvania. 21,295
Oswego, New York. 20,910
Elizabeth, New Jersey. 20,832
Hokoken, New Jersey. 20,297
Poughkeepsie, New York. 20,080
Davenport, lowa. 20,038
St. Paul Minnesota. 20,030
Erie, Pennsylvia. 19,646
St. Joseph, Missouri. 19,566
Wheeling, West Virginia. 19,280
Norfolk, Virginia. 19,229
Bridgeport, Connecticut. 18,969
Petersburg, Virginia. 18,950
Chelsea, Massachusetts. 18,547
Dubuque, lowa. 18,434
Bangor, Maine. 18,289
Leavenworth, Kansas. 17,873
Fort Wayne, Indiana. 17,718
Springfield, Illinois 17,364
Auburn, New York 17,225
Ncwburg, New York 17,014
Norwich, Connecticut 16,643
Grand Rapids, Michigan 16,506
Sacramento, California 16,283
Terre Haute, Indiana 16,103
Omaha, Newbrasky 16,083
Williamsport, Pennsylvania 16,030
Elmira New York 15,863
New Albany, Indiana 15,395
Augusta, Georgia 15,389
Cohoes, New York 15,357
Newport, Kentucky 15,087
Burlington, lowa 14,830
Lexington, Kentucky 14,801
Burlington, Vermont 14,387
Galveston, Texas 13,818
Lewistbn, Maine 13,600
Alexandria, Virginia 13,570
LaFayette, Indiana 13,506
Wilmington, North Carolina 13,546
Haverhill, Massachusetts, 13,092
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 13,066
Sandusky, Ohio, 13,000
Salt Lake, Utah. 12,854
Keokuk, lowa 12,766
Fon du Lac, Wisconsin. 12,164
Binghampton, New Jork. 12,692
Vicksburg, Mississippi. 12,443
San Antonia, Texas. 12,256
Concord, New Hampshire. 12,241
Des Moines, lowa. 12,035
Jackson, Michigan. 11,447
Georgetown, District Co’l. 11,385
Aurora, Illinois. 11,162
Hamilton, Ohio. 11,081
Bockford, Illinois. 11,049
Schenectady, New York, 11,026
Rome, New York. 11,000
Waterbary, Connnecticut. 10,826
Macon, Georgia. 10,810
Madison, Indiana. 10,707
Altooua, Pennsylvania. 10,900
Portsmouth, Ohio. 10,592
Montgomery, Alabama. 10,583
Nasbue, New Hampshire. 10,543
Oakland, California. 10,500
Portsmouth, Virginia. 10,492
Biddeford, Maine. 10,282
Hannibal, Missouri. 10,125
Ogdeusburg, New York. 10,076
Stockton, California. 10,066
NOv 40,.
Council Bluffs, lowa. 10^820
Zanesville, Ohio. 10 011
Akron, Ohio. 10*000
Child at Prayer.
“Now lay ■»”—-say it daring,
“Lay ine,” lisped tbe tiny lips
Os my darling, kneeling, bending
O'er her tiny finger-tips.
“Down to sleep’’—“To sleep,” she nor.
tuered,
And the curly head dropped low,
“I pray the Lord,” I gently added—
“ You can say it all, I know.”
“Pray the Lord”—tbe words came faintly;
Fainter Still; “ My roiil to keep”—
Then the tired head fairly ooddixl,
And the child was fast asleep.
But the dewy eyes half opened.
When I clasped her to my brenet f
And the dear voice softly whispered
-Mamm i. God knows all the rest,”
Grammar.
Some of our readers who may be
grammarians will be kind enough
to tell us, if they can, whethertne
plural of a tailors goose is geese or
gooses. Some time since a variety
merchant m tbe country wished to
order from a hardware store in the
city something for his tailor cus
tomers, and wrote as follows :
“ Please send me too ttiUoWf
gooses.” , V o.
Not liking the grammar, and feae
ing his New York friends Would
laugh aft. Iri n, he destroyed that or
der and wrote:
“ Please send me two tailors’
geese.”
After the letter was sealed he was
troubled in his mind lest they sheafed
send him a couple of live geese, pur
chased from some tailor, when h@
took the documeut from the post
office, destroyed it, aud for two
days thought of nothing except hew
to word his order so it could be un
derstood and according to grammar.
At last he gave up in despair, and
wrote: ■)
“ Please send me one tailor's
goose—and, d—u it, send me anoth
er one just like it I”— Mjcchange.
Mr. Editor: Several of your
readers (myself included) having
become interested ia the above, re
spectfully submit for decision
through the columns of your excel
lent pajicr as to the plural of a tai
lor’s goose.
lly so doing, you will much oblige
your obedient servant and others.
Eureka.
We have brought onr vast stores
of information to bear upon tbe
above goosey question. So far we
have consulted only thirteen una
bridged dictionaries, encyclopedias,
and learned treatises on ornitholo
gy. So far we ean only say that
the goose hangs high—so high, in
deed, that it is beyond onr reach.—
Sometimes we believe the plural
should be goose and then we don’t.
Wc don’t more frequently than w <l
do. We will keep our inquiring
friends advised of our progress.
For Marriageable Girls.
If a man wipes his feet on the
door-mat, he will make a good hus
band. If a man in snuffinig a can
dle puts it out, yon may be sure he
will make a stupid husband. If a
man puts his handkerchief ou bat
khce while taking tea, you may be
sure he will make a prudent hus
band. In the same way always
mistrust a man who will not take
the last piece of toast, but prefers
waiting for the next warm batch,
it is likely he will make a greedy
and selfish husband, with whom yOt!
will enjoy no “brown” at dinner,
no erust at tea, and no peace what
ever at home. The man, my dears,
who wears rubbers, and is carefhl
about wrapping himself up before
venturing in the night air, not un»
freqncntly makes a good invalid
husband, that mostly stops at home,
and is easily comforted with slops.
The man who watches the kettle,
and prevents it from boiling over,
will not fail, my dears, in his mai -
ried state, in exercising the same
care in always keeping the pot boil
ing. The man who does not tabs
tea, ill-treats cats, takes snuff,
stands with his back to the fire, is
a brute whom I would not advise
you, my dears, to marry for aej
consideration, either for love or
money—but most decidedly not for
love. Bub a man who, When tea m
over, is discovered to have bad
none, is sure to make a good hus
band. Patience like his deserves
to be rewarded with the best of
wives and the best of mothers in
law. My dears, when you meet
with such a man, do your best to
marry him. In the severest winter
he would’t mind going to bed first.
— Exchange.
A Grievous Wrong. —There is
tbe soundest common sense iu the
following paragraph from the Man
ufacturer and Builder:
Why is it that there is such a
repuguance 011 the part of parent*
to putting their sons to a trade? A
skilled mechanic is an independent
man Go where he will fits craft
will bring him support. He need
ask favors of none. He bias liter
ally his fortune iu his own hands.
Yet foolish parents—ambitious that
their sons should “rise in thewwtd”
as they say—are more willing that
they should study for a profession,
with the chances of even moderate
success heavily against them Or
run the ri*k of spending their days
in the ignoble task of retailing dry
goods or of toiling at she account ft
desk, than learn a trade which gH*a
them manly strength and independ
ence
