Newspaper Page Text
VOL. VI.
THE APPEAL.
• .♦
FRIDAY,
By J. P. SAWTELL.
Terras of Subscripti'<xn!
Onk Year.-... 53 00 | £ix k<*THS. ...$2 00
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.- _
• p$T No attention paid to orders for the pa
per uu’ess accompanied by the Oaslf.. •
* Rates of Advertising.
i2 Months
t> Months.
3 Months.
1 Month.
So. Sqr’s.
1 $ 3.00$ 0.00 $ 9.00 $ 12.00
2 5.00 12.00 16.00 20.00
3 7.00 15.00 22;00 27.50
4. . 8.00 17,00 25.00 33.00
\ c 9;00 22 00 30.00 45.00
i c 17,00 35.00 50.00 75.00.
1 c 30.00 50.00 7.5.00 125.00
2 c 50.00 *75.001
One square, (ten lines or less,) $1 (A) for tlje
first and 75 cents for each subsequent!, inser
tion. A liberal deduction made to parties
who advertise by the year-
Persons should mark
the number of times they desire them inser
ted, or tb£y wilUbe continued until forbid and
"harged accordingly.
Transient advertisements must be paid" for
at tlie time of insertion. If not paid for before
the expiration of the time advertised, 25 per
cent..additional will be charged. ,
Announcing names of candidates for office,
$5.00. Cash', in all cases.
Obituary notices over five lines, charged at
regular advertising- ra'es.
All communications intended to promote the
private ends or interests of Corporations, So
cieties, or individuals, wilrtie charged as ad
vertisements.
Job Work, such as Pamplilfets, .Circulars,
Cards, Blanks, Handbills, etc., wili he execu
ted in good style and at reasonable rates.
All letters addressed to the Proprietor will
lie promptly attended^tft.
The Trundle Bed.
Ah I rummaged through the garret,
List’ning to the falling rain,
As it pattered on the shingles
4nd against the window pane,
Peeping oyer chests and boxes,
Which with dust were thickly spread,
1 saw in the farthest corner •
What was once my trundle.bed.
And I drew it from the recess
Where’ll; had remained so long,
Bearing all the while the music
Os iny mother’s voice in song—
Aw she sung her sweetest accents,
What Lsir.ce have often read
“ Hush my dear, lie still and slumber,
Holy angels'guard thy bed.”
As I listened, recollections.
That I thought lmd been forgot
Cafne with all the gush of memory.
Gushing, thronging to the spot,
As I wandered back to childhood,
, To those merry ditys of yore,
When I knelt beside my mother,
By this bed upon the floor.
Tien it was with bands so gently •
Placed upon my infant bead,
That she taught my lips to utter
Carefully the words she said, *
Never can it be forgotten,
. Beep are they in memory graven—
*• Hallowed be thy name, O Father!
Father! Thou who art in Heaven.”
This she taught me ; then she told me
Os its import great and deep ;
After which I learned to utter
-- Now I lay me down to sleep.”
Then it was with hands uplifted,
And in accents soft and mild,
That our mother asked “ Our Father
•* Father, do Thou bless my child.”
Years have passed, and that dear mother
Long has moiildpred ’Heath the.sod,
And I trust her sainted spirit
Revels in the home of God.
%ut that scejie at summer twilight
Never has from memory fled.
And it comes with all is freshness
When I see my trundle bed,
A Noble Benefaction.
The Trustees of the Louisville
Medical College,' (Louisville, Ivy)
have created one of the most liber
al benefactions ever confered by a
public Institution. They have 'in
stituted one Beneficiary Scholar
ship for each Congressional Bis--
trict in all of the States. By this
means, very many poor but deserv
ing young men will be enabled to
obtain a thorough medical educa
tion. Any one wishing to take ad
vantage of the Benefaction should
write to Dr. E. S. Gaijlard, Deaf)
of the Faculty of the Louis
ville Medical College, Louis
ville, Ky., when ho .will receive'a
college catalogue with full in forma 1
tion in all that is necessary for him
to do to secure one of these Scholar
ships. With proper delicacy the
names of those who have secured
the Benefi diary‘Scholarships will be
known only to the Dean of the Fac
ility. • ,
• In accordance with the Hippocnft
ic oath, forbidding physicians to
charge the families of each other for
services rendered, the Faculty of
this College will make no charge
for teaching sons of physicians, and
as no physician qjiarges a clergy
man’s family, the sons of clergy
men will receive the same privilege.
The next College session begins Oc
tober Ist, 1872. As the lecture fees
charged for each student yvho has
uot obtained a Beneficiary Scholar
ship, amount to $l2O, annually, the
public can appreciate the extent of
this benefaction.
A Georgia Fugitive ut Caxada.
—A man from Georgia, who calls
himself Elliott Ellis, and says he
belonged to the First Georgia Cav
alry during the war, is at Windsor,
Canada, opposite Detroit, and a
party of government detectives are
on this side carefolly watching
with the hope of being able to kid
nap him. lie is tlescribed as hav
ing a sabre scar on his face, and
the name of Ellis is* doubtless as
sumed.
CUTHBERT |S|§ APPEAL.
The State Boat! Tease.
Atlanta, Ga., July 5,1872..
Ex-God. Joseph E. Brown,
President Western and Atlantic
Railroad Company :
Dear Sir —lam informed that
you give it as your opinion that if
.the people of Georgia desire the
lesseess to return the Western and
Atlantic Railroad to the authorities
of the State that the .lessees are wil
ling to do so, hut that they will re
sist any effort that inay be made in
the courts’to i-ecover the property
upon the grounds of fraud. Please
inform me whether my information
is correct-or not.
.Very respectfully yours, etc.,
It, W*. Ph.iClirs. .
Atlanta, Ga., July 9, 1872.
lion. R. W. Phillips, Member
House Representatives , Atlanta ,
Geor.yia ■:
'My DSar Sir—l am in receipt
of your letter of tlie sth of this
month'arid in reply .have to state,
that J* have always said from the
commencement that it was not my
purpose to do any injustice .what
ever to the people of Georgia, in the
hiattar of the State Road lease, and
that if I were satisfied it was the
wish of a majority of the tax-payers
of the State that the road should he
returned to the State - Government
and again made a pdliticial ma
chine, I would not so far as I am
concerned, hesitate to. surrender.the
lease, and T-tJiink this is the feeling
of most, if not all, who are connec
ted with me in "the matter. But 1
have said repeatedly that in my
judgement,.the lease was the very
best disposition that the people
could make of' the road. They
now have ample guarntee that 1%
will continue to receive $25,000 per
month for the.road, paid on the last
day of each month, for 20 years,
from the date of the lease, making
an aggregate of $5,000,000, pr'mci
pal, and if interest is counted on
cash payment it amounts to about
$10,000,000, paid into thp Treas
ury j aim they have the further
the road will be kept
iu good condition and at the end of
the lease returned in as good order
as it was received. And I may fur
ther state, that while it is not named
in the there is no question
that it will be returned in a much
better condition than it was received,
as we caim'ot afford to-permit it to
run down as low as it was when we
received it, while we have any con
trol of it. Doth the safety .of the
traveling public and, the prompt
dispatch of the freight business up- -
oij the road, require that it shall al
ways be kept in better order than it
was iu December, 1870. If we
were to attempt to run it as it then
was, we would lose more in dam
ages and loss of business, than it
would cost to put it in order. There,
fore, I have no hesitancy in saying
that it avijl never bo returned iu as
bad condition as we received it. *
In view of these facts, I have nev
cr, tor a moment, doubted that as .a
lessee, lam rendering to the peo-.
pie of Georgia the very best service
which I could render, iu connection
with this great State enterprise.
And I believe I may say, ’within
the bounds of reason, that at least
four fifths,.if not nine tenths of tlie
tax payers of Georgia are not only
satisfied with the lease, but desire
that it remain as ft is. If- however,
I am mistaken, and they Avid express
thdir desire at the ballot box upon
an issue fairly made, that.it be re
turned into arena, and
again used as herefore as a public
work under State control, I should
favor an immediate surrender of the
lease as I should noj, desire to' hold
the property of the State though
my judgement be satisfied that it
is for the best interests of the peo
ple, if they are dissatisfied with the
arrangement.
. But I state very distinctly that 1
will not be driven to surrender it by
clamors of either a ring of disap
pointed politicians, who desire to
have control of it ‘ that they may
plunder it; nor will I surrender it
for the gratification of One or more
attorneys at law who have been
mortified from the commencement
because they did not have either
a share in it. or did not, in some
other way, make money out of it,
who now desire to get .up a. litiga
tion between the State and the less
ees that they may come in, 'in the
name of patriotism, and receive
from the Treasury very heavy fees
for prosecuting a case iq which they
must ultimately fail. I will not,
therefore, surrender the lease at
the bidding of any clique of politi
cians ; nev will I surrender it while
those in authority make charges
agaiust the lessees. I know that
CUTIIBEUT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1872.
the contract under which we Jiold
the lease was a fair and just one,
and I know furthermore, -as has
been again and .again stated by the
very best railroad men in Georgia,
and sworn to by some of them, that
we are paying*a fair and just con
sideration for it. This, I belieVe,
. *
is all that the people desire, and I
must be satisfied of the contrary
before I shall either fear the cla
mors or yield to the persecutions' of
the politicial ring, who, without
caring what becomes of the road in
the future, seek to perpetuate strife
upon this question. If the present
General Assembly, who were not
elected upon this question, but real
ly - elected before the lease was made,
should think poper, in violation of
the Wishes of their constiuents, ei
ther to attempt to set aside tlie lease
or involve the State or company- in
litigation, I shall expect ■ to make
the question before their constit
uents iu a tangible form and let it
be decided by tlie voters artd tax
payers, whether they desire either
, a disturbance of the present ar
rangement, that Is working well, or
the return of the road into the po-
Itical vortex- "that will destroy its
future incomes and involve the State
in heavy liability on its accout, Os
course if they approve of litigation
or distupance 'of the present ar
rangement, the people will, reelect
their present-agents ; if they do not,
they will drive from-power those
who' have attempted to put -in
je.opardy their best interests, for
the purpose of serving private ends
in the use'of this great State work.
Asa member of the General As
sembly you lAve doubtless consid
ered the expense ot this undertak
ing. At the time we took charge
or the road* $500,000 wa£ asked
for by the then Superintendent, out
of the State treasury, to* put it in
repair, and we have found, by expe
rience, that it was not an over esti
mate ; indeed, we have already, ex
pended more than that amount in
the purchase of new engines and
new cars, in the rebuilding and re
construction of.those that we found
upon the road, and in the purchase
of new iron; and we have not yet
brought the road np to first-class
condition. We. have incurred a
heavy dept in bringing it up to a
point where it now is, and you will
very readily see, if wc should sur
render the road, that you have no
right to the new ongines or the new
cars, or hew iron, that have been
bought with our money. All that
you have a right to demand ts that
we return it in just such condition
as we found it on the 27th day of
December, 1870. What will be tlie
result? You must at once appro
priate from the Treasury of • the
Strtg at Ipast $500,000 to put the
road up into such working condition
as wc now have it, ami when you
turn it over again into the-hands of
politicians it will not-be long until
'you will be very likely-to have to
appropriate another $500,000 unless
you - place a man at the .head of af
fairs in the State who would man
age it in such manner as to make it
a SHccess. I believe I may say,
without boasting, that \ it was my
good fortune in politics to make it
pay, and I may Say, truthfully, that
I have paid into the treasury the
rental promptly, e/ery month since
I have run it as a lease, but it can
not be said that tho . same is true
under all other administration.’ Yon
must, therefore, makeiup your mind,
when you take charge of the road,
to' make' these appropriations
promptly, and take the chances for
monthfy payments into the treasury
of the State,and then to satisfy your
constituents that you have bettered
their condition by the change.
It has been intimated, to me that
the enemies of tlie lease are wild
enough to suppose that they can
bring the representatives of tlie
people up to the point of directing
the Governor to seize the road and
take it under his control, in viola
tion of our contract, and in disre
gard of our vested rights which are
protecte*d by the Constitution
and laws of the State and of the
United States. ■ We fear no such
revolutioners folly, however, ss" we
know our rights and have the abil
ity to maintain them, and. know
full well that the representatives
would not be .willing to plunge the
State into such a revolutionary atti
tude and meet the indignant dcu'
unciations of their constituents
for the gratification of a few dis
contented politicans who have great
capacity for tearing down govern
ments and public institutions, but
very limited capacity for building
np ' the waste places and better
ing the condition of their people.
It is to he expected that men
who declare themselves to be the
enemies of the government, and say
that no honest man can be itsiriead
who glory in strife ’ and* contention,
revolution and blood, and who labor
to dissatisfy everybody and to mi
unsettle everything, should be dis
contented . with the lease as they
are with whatever promises harmo
ny among our people, and the pcac
ful development and growth of our
State. But it seemes to me the
people of Georgia have already
suffered enough by following the
leadership of such men, whose
counsels have always led to disaster
and ruin. It is time for us to dis
regard their boisterous ravings and
to look to the restoration of quiet,
peace and good will among our
people and to aid the improvement
of her material resources; keeping
steadily in view the restoration
of confidence, and tire reduction of
the public burdens, which, in tlie
shape of taxation, now weigh so
.heavily upon the people .of the
State, which, impoverished by the
ravages of war, is driven to the hu
initiating position of bOjpwing the
bonds of a private corporation,
upon which to raise money in the
market for her .urgent necessities,
when she fails to do it upon her
own credit and is unable to meet*
her bonds now falling due, issued
twenty yearsago, about the legali
ty of which there is no sort of con
test. In this state of things, Ido
not belfve the people desire to throw
away ©rhazard the safety of S3OO,
000 per annum, which is being paid
regularly into the Treasury, and to
that extent lightens their taxation.
But do these political madmen
suppose that they can accomplish
their object by any such revolu
tionary .scheme in violation both of
law and of public opinion-? If ,the
State Government were crazy
enough to attempt it, it must be re
membered that part of the Toad lies
in the dtate of Tennessee,.- where
the courts, both State and Federal
are open to us, where our contract
would be respected and the law acK
ministered. And if we hold only
a portion of the road in the State
of Tennessee, until our rights can
be vindicated in the proper courts,
and take from it the new refiling
■stock and material which we have
placed upon it, .1 ’ should like to see
those gentlemen run. it successfully
and accomplish'their wild scheme.
But ethers it is’said that the pob
icy is to bring the matter into court,
and have a receiver appointed to
take chargb of tlm road What
would bo the result ? .This at once
causes us to take from it our rolling
stock, return it in the condition
we found it, as near as we can, and
it is then back into politics again,
and large appropriations must be
made to sustain it; beside, the
"State and Federal Courts in Tenn
essee might not see the propriety 'of
appointing such • a receiver. You
will really see, my dear sir, the
Embarrassments in the way of .the'
revolutionists who are attempting
to tear down the lease in defiance
of our rights'and the popular wish.
A"word iu referance. to tlie fu
ture of the road. My hope lias
been from tlie start, that after ap
propriating-tho-incomos of .a few
years of the. first part of the . lease,
to*the rebuilding, repairs and recon
struction of it, the lessees would
ultimately be able to make a reason
able profit for their risk, toil and
expense. . 1 still hope so, but from
my knoledge of the affairs connec
ted with the road, I see no prospect
of large returns to the lessees in fu
ture. The competing lines that are
springing up around us- will ulti
mately greatly damage the Western
and Atlantic Railroad property.
Efforts are put forth under the lease
by railroad men of experiance to ex
tend long lines into the West and
control freights for this route. It
is very important to maintain a
through line between the ci.ty of
St. Louis .and the city of Atlanta,
controlled by those in the interest
of Atlanta and of the Georgia lines
of road. Informing the company 1
looked to that object, and associa
ted Gol. Cole, President of the N.
& C. Road, and Col. Allen, Resident
of the St. Louis and Iron Mt. Road.
Since that time the N. &N. W. Road,
which connects the two last named
roads running from the city of
Nashville to the Mississippi river,
and completes our cnntrol of the
whole line between Atlanta, and St.
Louis, has been puchased by those
who are friendly to and connected*
with the lessees of the State Road.
The terms of the purchase weie fa
vorable to the company who made
it; and it is very easy by a glance
at the map to see that by the sale
of that road to the Lotysville and
Nashville Road enabling them to
xurn it by way„oi Montgomery, the
line pet ween here and St Louis
would he broken, and the interests
of the State Road, of Atlanta, and
of Georgia,'greatly damaged. Thofce
of us Avho are interested in that
purchase could sell *at no distant
day for a heavy advance upon what
we paid, ami if disconnected with
the Tease, we would be under no
obligation to give to the State the
benefits of the good bargain which
we have made in attempting to se
cure a through line between Geor
gia and St. Louis.
Again, a portion of the lessees
arid their friends, have purchased
the road known as tlie Knoxville
and Kentucky Road, running from
Knoxville, Tennessee, out to Coal
Creek coal mines, say forty miles,
with a charter running through
to and connecting with the system
of roads in Kentucky And one
who looks at the map for a moment,
must see that the .building of a road
from Walhalla, S. C., through Rabun
Gab, by way of. Knoxville - to Cincin
nati. would cut off from the State
Road and tho Georgia Road, and
the other roads connected with this
line, the present business of the Car
olinas, which,is done over the line.
It therefore becomes Very impor
tant to build and hold in our hands
the balance of life ’.road between
Coal Creek and the Kentucky roads.
This will cost about $5,000,000, and
it is expected by those of us- Alio
purchased that road that- we will be
able to have it completed at no Very
distant day.. This will enable us to
run cars from Atlanta to tffe cjty of
Cincinnati, and there load them and
bring freight through upon them
tor the different parts of Georgia
and the Carolinas. Tliis gives us
the key to the position apd enables
us, then after the road is built
through Rabun Gab to Knoxville,,
to control the freights and to con
tinue to-bring them Qiis. way. * But,
if we give up the lease, our intsr
*cs*'w4l,l then be with the Carolinas,
l&d we could, doubtless, as soon as
tlie Rabun Gab Road is built, make
a amount of money by con
necting with them and turning the
tide in that direction.
Yon will thus see that the pre.
' sent lessees have incurred heavy
liabilities and have made arrange
ments to spend large sums of m’oney
to secure the freights at the two
great Western centres—Cincinnati
and St. Louis—an'd-control and bring
them by way, of Atlanta for distri
bution. If the people of Georgia
do not- appreciate tliese expendi
tures, and desire to take the*road
back and run it as herefore, we shall,
ofcouuse, be under no obligation to
give them the benefit of our expendi
tures or of our influenae in giving
.to Georgia the monopoly in the
freights from these great northern
centers, but wo shall turn them in
such channels as our pecuniary in
terests may dictate.
1 wili c’all your attention to but a
single other point-, which is worthy
vour consideration, when you come
to act upon this question, and that
is the fact that the Air-Line Road
from Atlanta to Charlotte, N. C.,
which makes a bee-line r<sad from
this city to Richmond, Washington
and other Northern cities, will prob
ably be completed by tlie end of the
present year. Tins will turn a great
portion of the travel that now pars
es over tlie State Road, north over
that route and we shall necessarily
loose it. Again, the road connec
ting tho city of Montgomery, Ala
bama, with Decatur, Alabama, will,
it k said, be completed before the.
end of the present year, as the
Louisville and Nashville Road
which has purchased it, has a very
heavy force pushing it forward—
When that is done the State of Ala
bama has a direct and easy com-,
munication .with. •'* the West
without running through Atlanta
and Chattanooga, and the heavy
freight heretofore brought over the
State Road for the State of. Ala
bama, will at once be cut off .and
turned over that line, and the Louis
ville and Nashville Road having
control to Nashville, and having leas
ed the road from Nashville to Deca
tur to Montgomery, will at once
open competition with us for all
Mi .Idle and South-western Georgia,
and will compel us to cairy freights
'so low as to pay Very little, or we
must lose them. If you will look
at the map yon will see that it is
probably nearer, from Columbus,
Georgiy, to Nashville, by that route
than it is by way of Macon and At
lanta. The loss to the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, on freight busi
ness, the first year of the eompeti
tion of the roads already mentioned
' will not probably be less than from
$200,000 to $300,000. These diffi
culties will be upon us, by the end
of the present year, or early in next
year. There are other competing
lines that will be completed at a
more remote period, as the road
from Macon to KuOxville, cutting off
the East Tennessee business for
Middle Georgia and turning it by
that route. An'd the road from
Chattanooga to Columbus, which is
a lateral* competitor of the State
Road ; to say nothing of the Geor
gia Western. With all these diffi
culties to be met in future, it is by
no means certain that the present
lessees can meet their engagement
with the State and make even a
reasonable profit; and that being so,
I leave it to the cool consideration
of the people of Georgia whether a
superintendent running it under the
control of a Governor, as a political
machine, would be likely to make
it pay. It will, at least, be very im
portant in that case, that the people
shall make no mistake iu the selec
tion of an Executive, who has the
experience and the firmness to hold
the helm iu his hand steadily, and
see that the finances of-the State are
properly managed, that, the pro
ceeds of the road properly cared for
and paid promptly and honestly
into - the treasury. We are
groaning under the heavy burdens
of taxation, and it is important that
our financial affairs be prudently
and economically administered, our
public debt reduced as fast as possi
ble, and our taxes made less onerous
If this end can be hotter served by
the return of tho road to the. State,
I shall be gratified to do so ; if not,
I £jm content to carry out my con
tract with the people in good faith.
I am very truly, etc.,
JdSEi'ii E. Brown.
CHEAP READING.—For
one dollar you can yet the Appeal
the balance of the year.
A Lady once being .asked
what she thought a good remedy
for bee stings, said that she had
never found any thing better than
to keep away from tho bees !. This
remedy-however, is not’ always at
tainable by those whose work calls
them into garden and field, or by
those whose greatest pleasure ’is
found’out of doors among fruit and
flowers.- Tlie bees have a love for
sweet things that lead them into
our most charming nooks-and cor
ners in the country. - Some of them
are polite and.will not sting unless
handled roughly; but it is well to
know plenty of remedies, as if you
are wounded and have to spend
same time in hunting .for an anti--
dote the afflicted part will bo swol
len and less easily cured. Harts
horn is' recomnfcnded, also kero
sene oil, moist earth or clay, honey,
soapj vinegar, bruised onions, salt
and water, salEratus and water. —
Any of these remedies which may
be at hand should be immediately
applied. .
To Drive Away Bed Bugs.—
An exchange gives the following
as a sure way to drive bed bugs
from old beds : Take green toma
to vines, put .them in a basin or
tray, pound them to pieces as fine
as possible, then stain the bedstead
where they inhabit, with the juice,
fill tho crevices with pieces of vines,
and lay leaves under the ends of
the slats. If this is practiced twice
a year not a bug will remain on the
bedstead.
The following note to a - school
teacher in Troy shows that there
is one woman who.knows her rights
—and knowing, dare maintain
them :* “ miss —: i want you to
know that i am boss of my boy and
when i say i want him to cum home
at recess i mean bissness and dont
want him kept till school is out if
mothers aint to say what they want
don about such things its time
somebody knode it i dont want truE
ble but i am bound to have my rites
youres truely.”
A colored preacher at Sparta,
Georgia, some time ago, was heard
to say in a funeral sermon of a de
ceased brudder: “ He ruminates
no longer among us; he have ex
onerated from the syllogisms of
tliis world's discrimination, and
when-he gits to da cold dry stream
of the river Jordan, the Kerosines
and Peraphens will meet him dare
to row him over on dry land to the
silverstering city.”
The feditress. of a \Yestern jou
nal apologizes for the detention of
her paper “because of the arrival of
an extra rtfail,”
Tlie new premium list, of the
State Agricultural Society contains
lO’OO premiums amounting in value
to $10.000.'
•
The Baiiroad Hog-.
(Goo. C. Harding, in the Ciiq Commercial;)
‘.‘This seat is taken, sir.”
All of the Commercial readers
who have traveled to any consider
able extent are, familiar with this
formula.—lt tells the story of the
railroad hog the small-souled,
mean, selfish'brute who pays grudg
ingly for one seat, and strains his
small wit to hold two. This par
ticular hog wore a plug hat, shiney
with genuine Boston gloss, and en
ameled shirt and closely cropped
iron heard. I know this kind. He
is ail eminently lespecatable beast,
who always pays his debts prompt
ly, takes an interest in Sunday
Schools, administrates his deceased
brother’s children out of their pat
rimony, is the president of joint
stock companies, and his biographi
cal eulogies published iu the news
papers, when lie finally kicks the
the bucket. 1 know tlie hog lied
when he said “this seat is taken,
sir,” and watched him to see how
many, times he would reproduce tho
falsehood. The coach was rather
full, and would you believe it, that
miserable hog told sixteen separate
and distinct lies in order to gratify
his incan selfishness —enough to
have sunk a healthier soul to perdi
tion. lie varied the formula; one
time it was a wave of the hand and
. a look to the rear of the ear to indi
cate that the holder of the seat’ had
goue for-a drink of water, and
would be back soon. Another time
to the inquiry of a mild-mannered
and timid questioner, he replied by
a stolid stave,- and then spreading
himself a little wider, he resumed
the peruspl of his newspaper. I
was tempted to crawl up behind
him and hiss into his ear: “You
are an awful liar.”—But I had my
revenge. A big, redfaced, two-hun
dred-pounder, in a dirty linen coat
came in at way station. He was
sweaty to a fearful degree. His
feet smelt like valeriate of ammonia
and rotten fish, and his breath a
hot, stinking sirocco, based on bad
whiskey and oiiions. This fiery and
fragrant behemoth preferred to set
tle himself iu the scat that was ta
ken.
“This seat is ,” began the
hog. . •
“Well, I guess I’ll take it till the
ilm other fellow comes,” returned
the sweet-smelling weight, and,
down lie plumped, partially crush
ing the bog in his descent.
The latter frowned and began to
bluster, but the red faced ruffian
soon took that out of him with a
threat to sWklloit - him whole-to
chaw him up and spit him out—to
pitch him out of the window—to go
through him like a dose of salts, and
to make various other dispositions
of him, in case he didn’t simmer
do’ifn. Our porcine friend simmer
ed, and tho barbarian grewgood-hu
rnored. He fold funny anecdotes,
and poked the hog in the ribs. Ho
poked the hog. in the ribs. lie
wanted to know where he came from
and where he was going. lie
spat quarts of tobacco juice across
him out of the window, spattering
his shirtJront, between his Loots,
on his valise, and all around. He
offered him a “chaw” every time he
took out his plug of navy. The
hog perspired freely, and shivered
with digust. Finally he crawled
out and stood up for forty miles, un
til another Seat was vacated.
A man named James Coker, of
Henderson county, Texas, formerly
a citizen of Cos wet acouuty, return
ed to tlie latter county about the
last of May, and by flattering and
insidious addresses, won and mar
ried Mrs. Rachel Murphy, a widow
lady with one little daughter six
years of age, to whom her lather
had bequeathed all his property at
his death. Coker, by false persuan
sion, induced his wife to sell all the
girl’s property and accompany him
to Texas. Reaching Atlanta, Co
ker took all the money and goods,
abandoned his wife, and departed
no one knows where. Mrs. Coker
was left penniless and helpless, and
had to beg the conductor to pass
her free. Coker is a genteel look
ing man, with dark complexion;
weighs about 120 pounds ; is about
5 feet tall, and is 29 or 30 years of
age. Such an infamous recreant
more richly deserves the embrace
of the gallows than the most wilful
assassin. —Atlanta Sun.
Cotton Iteji. —lt seems to be
admitted that the American cotton
crop of 1871-2 will not pan out
much more than 3,000,000 bales,
against 4,350,000 in 1870-1. This
falling oft’ makes tho apparent sup
ply of American cotton insufficient
for tho wants of tlie world, yet
probably more money was realized
from the short crop than if America
had produced 5,000,000 bales.
One dollar will pay for the Ap
peal the balance of the year.
NO 30.
“ Are we Content f”
Who, living and breathing on the
face of this mortal globe, can truly
and honestly answer this question
affirmatively ? Occasion-ally one
may meet with an individual who
demonstratively affirms his Or her
perfect satisfaction with the “ goods
the gods provide;” but, place them
under strict scrutiny and soon some
lurking cause of discontent will
arise t 6 shame their assertion.
• Perfect content was never one of
earth’s institutions; that belongs
to the sphere ethereal, where per
fection only is allowed, and where
we who cheat and torment each
Other, hope to meet in united bonds ’
of love, which all the sins of the
former life cannot sever.
Were perfect content to reign
paramount, it would sound the
death-knell to ambition, and honest
thoughts would be lost to’ posterity.
Look at a child as soon m reason
holds sway, is it content? What
a creature of contrarieties; what a
busy-working brain is developed.—
Throw open the house for its amuse
ment, even to your best room, with
its costly articles of “ vertu,” will
it suffice for long ? Ask any moth
er, and the querry is solved. Even
our merchant princes, and it is our
glory that the Dominion can boast
of such, seldom, if ever, possess the
sweet content, the very spice of
life, which the poor laboring man
believes, through ignorance, his
riches can give ?
No, ye laborers of God’s own toil
enjoy the sweet hour of evenings
rest after the severe exertions of
the day, surrounded with an affec
tionate family, with more true zest
than the inhabitants .of the marble
palaces, whose brain is always full
of schemes of aggrandizement, and
who is too preoccupied to cultivate
the finer feelings of home life.
This discontent at the lot assign
ed us by One whose wisdom can
not be questioned, I beliove to be
the real secret of so many csireless
husbands throwing back the pure
and wifely love, inborn in the heart
of every true woman, and the result
ofttime-s—with grief do I confess
the weakness of the weak sex—
seeking for that affection abroad
denied the starving heart at home.
And the children. Heaven’s choi
cest gifts, God help them and their
future, with this -life example be
fore their eyes; no loviDg words,
no sweet caress to stir the fount of
tender feelings; the discontent be
trayed in the home will be carried
out into the wide world, and like
all evils, scatter its seeds abundant
•iy- -
In ibis world of sin and misery I
know of but one instance where
content may be said to reign.
Go with me to the bedside of some
confirmed invalids, ami hearken to
their sweet language of content .in
the moments of acute agony. - Their
faith gives content and they have
no wish that it should be otherwise.
Happy, thrice happy, ye earth’s suf
fering ones, for your cross is your
crown, and that content the glory
of your sufferings some would bar
ter years of existence to obtain.
Speak for yourself, dear brother
or sister, have you discovered the
secret of happiness ? Content, I
am told, furnishes the mystery;
but our longings and satisfactions
are so numerous and so indigenous
to our humanity as to place this
boon beyond the power of frail mor
mortals, and frequently our stri
vings after contentment only tend
to agitate some conflicting emo
tions and disturb our peace of mind;'
yetj in all our sorrows and lack of
content, bear in mind the comfort
ing words of a well-known poet,
more adapted to the discontented
heart than any I can now recall:
“The ocean has its ebbings ; so has grief.”
A Human Life-Preskueb.—
“ You saved my life at the battle of
Malvern Hill,” said a beggar to a
captain. “ Saved your life ! How ?”
“ J served under you and when you
ran away, 1 followed."
Editing a paper is very much
like raking a fire in one respect—•
every one thinks he can do it better
than the man who has hold of the
poker.
Meu’s lives should he like tho
day, more beautiful in the evening;
or, liko the summer, aglow with
promise ; and, like the antumn, rich
with’ the golden sheaves, where
good word’s and deeds have ripened
on the field.
A fashionable mother’s advice to
a married daughter was' “Never
lake your husband to an evening
party; there* is nothing that is ab
ways so much in the way."