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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."