Georgia Historic Newspapers

    VOL. VI.
COMMUTE MONUMENT.
To th3 People of Georgia and
the South.
Office of the *
Confedffate Monumental Association
of Georgia,
it ugusta, Ga., June, 1872.
WE diem it propel to appeal directly to
out fellow-citiEeus for their substan
tial aid innonoring our fallen Confederates,
and benefiting those who were dependent up
on them ftr maintenance and piotectiou. No
one, we fad assured, will deem it intrusive in
us to do sti The cause commends itself to the
patriotic tentinient of all onr citizens. It
brings freshly to our miude the sad but chival
ric story ol our noble sons lighting for man’s
most sacral rights—country, honor, liberty
and borne.
We caniot, as far as we can see, siied the
light of our work upon the impenetrable
gloom of lie grave. The spirits of our losi
Confederates may see us or not; hut our in
stincts male us weep and grieve when death
■teals sileniy into our households and takes
our loved odes away. We bonorthemin their
graves, anl inscribe their virtues upon Mon
aments. Our spirits and senses becotne im
bued withthe solemnities of death and our
irreparahleloss.
Thus wefeel when they fade and die of or-
dinary cauies. Shall we feel the less when
taking no teed of danger, courting it indeed
hi full healli ana manhood—they meet the eu
•mies of tteir country and die in the effort to
save their people from the oppressor's wtong
We still due with the sun, pursue our call
ings, enjoylife, and are blessed by a merciful
Providence They are in the gloom of their
graves, hafing do’ne for us ail they could in
this lower Vorld. Are they not entitled to
onr pity, oty love, and all the care we can
take ol theil fame ? Will it not he something
to exhibit tlis to the world ? Will we not
respect, and ionor ourselves in doing it ? Is it
not necessay to present this evidence of re
spect ami Kntitiiae to the eyes and thoughts
of the young? What will the world say it
we shall fail to do it?
Some will not contribute —tlieir motives
are their owi; all cannot, but our prosper
ous Merchuits, Lawyers, Physicians, Plan
ters, and tho|sands ofothets who are well-to
do in worldl; affairs, will feel better when
they shall ill . have aided fn this work of
love and graitude. All the followers of the
Arabian Profliet cannot visit his tomb, but
the green tulbaned Pilgrims who can, are
held iu higheresteem when they return from
Mecca. Audtvill uot those be honored who
shall aid iu the tribute to those who fell in
our service anl our cause ? Who is there
that would nit he pleased to have his name
inscribed upol the list that will he on perpet
ual record in he archives of the Confederate
Monumental Association ? Will it not be
emphatically i Poll of Honor ?
All of us wil soon sleep without a dream.
Who can bearthe thought that no one will
care for or resject his memory when he is
gone ?
The fame of [he gallant Confederate dead is
in the care andkeeping of all our people.—
What woubl bi thought of him who would
say : “ Let than sleep uncared for. ‘uuhon
ored and unsuig ' ” tj'ale. Southern and
persoual pride vould abhor the sentiment.
As mortals, mr brave Confederates have
perished; as oir tlefehders, honor, gratitude
and duty call ipon us to protect their fame
and cherish titer memories forever.
We have revived but few contributions.
Our neople iu pass prefer to take chances in
the Distnbutidi- Whole Tickets, $5; Frac
tional Tickets sl, $2, $3 and ft. Orders
promptly attended to. in nil places where
there are Ageifs, Tickets can he obtained ol
them.
L. At A. II McLAWS, General Agents.
JAMIS.M. SMYTHE, State Agent.
The Distribution
OF
Confederate Monumental Setae
WILL
Positively Take Place
ON TIIE
First Wednesday in December Next
(1872), at Augusta, Ga.
SHOULD all ti« Tickets not he sold, the
amount received will be distributed iu the
proportions naniel in the Cifcuiars, between
THE MONUMitN f, the Piizrs, aud the nec
eesary expenses.
The portion to le distributed will lie appro
priated first to tin Motley Frizes ; then to the
Keal Estate, and ustly to the Shares iu Cot
ton.
ANALYSISOF THE SCHEME.
SIOO,OO0 —20 per <tnt. allowed Agents.
50.00O —10 “ ' *• btate Agents.
50,000 —10 per ent. allowed for contingent
ex pens s.
99,000 —Owners price of 7 Real Estate
Frizes,
131,000 —The 1,75" Prizes in Currency,
20,000 —The 24^,Prises in Cotton.
$450,000
, SSOOOO profits to he devoted to
theMonuuient.
The price in Curency will be substituted
for the Keal Estat.'Prize, withdrawn on ae
•count of injury tothe Property, or for other
•uanses.
Agents west of te Mississippi stop their
HBales on the 15th ol November. East of tbai
diver on the 20th o November.
Stale Agents arerequired to be present ei
’ther in persou or Ip legally appointed Alter
neysat the Distrihition.
#2oD,ooo‘!
IN
Currency, Retl Estate & Cotton,
"O BE
DISTRIBUTED!
4°—
The Most Spflid Mncements
Ever Offeree to the Public I
—Lo
In addition to tlis, the enterprise to
Honor the Caifederate Dead,
Appeals directly to the patriotism of every
citizen of Georgia aid the South.
isr All can now jnntribute to this work
of Honor, Gratitude aid Beneficence.
The following nan*d gentlemen are the
COMMISSIONERS:
Generals L McLatjs, A.R. Wright, M. A.
Stovall. W. M. Gardner, Goode Bryan, Colo
nels C. Snead, Win P Crawford, Majors
Joseph B. Cummini, George T. Jackson,
Joseph Gauahl, I. PjGirardey, Hon. R. H.
May, Messrs Adam Jjhnston, Jonathan Mil
ler. W. H. Goodriii J. D Butt, Henry
Moore, Dr. W. E. Dtiring.
L.ti H M cLAWS,
GeneraliAgeuts. Augusta, Ga.
T. S-POWELL,
jystf V-bllt, Cuthbert, Ga.
1 ■—-
FOR kENT.
I offer for rent, ft r tie present year, one of
the jnost desiiabltfeune rooms in the C tv
of Cuthbert.
Possession given immediately,
1 Apply to
E. MCDONALD.
jan!2-tf j
CUTHBERT Ili APPEAL
Just Received.
JTAYNE’S Pills,
“ Alterative,
“ Hair Tonic,
“ Counter Irritant,
“ Balsam Carminative,
“ Vermifuae,
“ Ague Mixture,
“ Expectorant,
BRINOLIS Lemon Sugar,
LIPMAN’S Sarsaparilla with Rodide Po
tassium. Radwav’s Sarsaparilian Resolvent.
R. R. Relief. Radway’s Pills. Ayer's Sarsa
parilla ana Cberrv Pectoral, Harter’s Iron
Tonic, Harter’s Lung Balsam, Barter’s Pills,
Wilhofts' Antiperiodic, Cholagogue, Farm
er’s, Holtou’s, Gallighau’s, Desbler’s, Shah
lenger’g, and Harter’s Fever and Ague Pills.
Parker’s Nerve and Bone, Mustang, Arabian,
and McLean's Volcanic Oil Liuiments.
WALKER’S Vinegar,
Hostetter’s,
Plantation,
Tutt’s,
Brady's,
Hoofland’s German,
Curacoa,
and English Female Bitters.
PAPER, «
PENS,
INK.
BLANK Books,
PENCILS, Etc.
Perfumery of all Kinds.
Toilet and SUNDRY SOAPS.
HAVE ON HAND,
PURE Medicine,
PAINTS,
VARNISHES,
LIQUORS,
OILS,
TOBACCO and CIGARS.
Come, you shall not leave dissatis
fied as to prices or articles.
3ۤ- Prescriptions carefully com
pounded, at the Drug Store of
j. j McDonald.
PRESERVE YOUR SIGHT!
THE CELEBRATED
SCHAFFHAUSEN SPECTACLE
AND
EYE GLASSES,
Manufactured at
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland.
The superiority of these Great Eye Pre
servers consists iu the careful Mathematical
Accuracy iu the construction of the Lenses,
being manufactured of the Best White Flint
Glass, the exact Shape of the Eye. thus obvi
ating all Glimmering and Wavering of the
Sight. Dizziness, and all the other Train of
Evils produced by the use of inferior specta
cles.
Every one whose sight is failing under
stands its value. By buying imperfect spec
tacles you help to destroy It.
RUY THE BEST!
Buy the Schaffhausen Spectacles
and preserve the Byes which are
priceless.
Imported only by
COOPER & BRO.
Philadelphia.
For sale by T. S. POWELL, Trustee,
Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer,
Cuihbert, Ga.
These Spectacles are never sold by
Peddlers.
QLEAR AND
Harmless as Water.
IV ATTAN
CRYSTAL DISCOVERY 0! THE
Hair.
A perfectly clear preparation in one bottle,
as easily applied as water, for restoring to
gray hair its natural color aud youthful ap
pearance, to eradicate and prevent dandruff,
to promote the growth of the hair and stop
its falling owt. It is entirely harmless, aud
perfectly free from any poisonous substance,
and wili therefore take the place of all the
ditty and unpleasant preparations nowin use.
Numerous testimonials have been sent ns
from many of our most promiuent citizens.—
In everything in which the articles now in
use are objectionable, CRYSTAL DISCOV
ERY, is perfect. It is warranted to contain
neither Sugar of Lead, Sulphur or Nitrate •of
silver, it does not soil the clothes or scalp, is
atrrecably perfumed, and makes one of the
best dressings for the Hair iu use It restores
the color of the Hair *' more perfect aud uni
formly than any other preparation,” and al
ways does so in from three to ten days, vir
tually feeding the roots of the Hair with ail
the nourishing qualities accessory to its
growth and healthy condition ; it restores
the decayed aud induce anew growth ot the
Ilair more positively than anything else.—
The application of this wonderful discovery
also produces a pleasant and cooling effect on
the scalp and gives the Hair a pleasing and
elegant appearance.
Call at your druggist for it and take no oth
er It lie has not gor it let him order it.
Price $1 per bottle.
ARTHUR NATTANB,
Inventor and Pioprieto Washington, D. C.
JOHNSTON, HOLLOWAY, & CO-,
General Agents, Philadelphia
JOHN F. HENRY and F. C WELLS Sc
CO., New York, and to he had of wholesale
di uggists. everywhere.
WAREHOUSE NOTICE.
WE respectfully "ffVr our names to our
numerous Plan iag friends aud Cotton
Dealers of Middle and Southwest Georgia as
COTTON FACTORS
—AND—
COMISSION MERCHANTS.
In entering upon this business as successors
of Jonathan Coitus & Sn. we do so with the
firm determination of doing our whole duty,
and flatter ou. selves that we are fully com
petent for .the successful presecution of this
important trust, and hope by strict attention
huriness. and c< urteßy to our patrons, to
merit their • onfideuce and support.
COLLINS. FLANDERS & CO.,
sep6-3m Cotton Factors, Macon, Ga.
ABE YOU ABOUT TO I'AI\T i
IF SO. BUY
MAXWELL & CLARKE’S
FASHION PUKE LEAD
Unequalled for durability, whiteness, body
and fineness. «
For sale by our ag' tit.
j. j. McDonald
Cuthbert Ga.
aug23-8w
Bagging and. Ties,
FOR SALE BY
FORT & QUARTERMAN.
5£ Sisk.
Jr *
This unrivalled Medicine is warranted not
to contain a single particle of Mercury, or
any injurious mineral substance, but is
PURELY VEGETABLE,
For FORTY YEARS it has proved its
great value in all diseases of the Liver, Bow
els and Kidneys. Thousands of the good
and great in all parts of the country vouch
for its wonderful and peculiar power in puri
fying the Blood, stimulating the torpid Liver
and Bowells, and imparting new Life and
Vigor to the whole system. SIMMONS’
LIVER REGULATOR is acknowledged to
have no equal as a
LIVER MEDICINE,
It contains f >ur medical elements, never
united in the same happv proportion in any
other preparation, viz : a gentle Cathartic, a
wonderful Tonic, an unexceptionable Altera
tive and a certain Corrective of all impurities
of the body. Such signal success has attend
ed it is uow regarded as the
GREAT UNFAILING SPECIFIC,
I Liver Complaint and the paiuful offspring
thereof, to-wit: DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPA
TION, Jaundice, Bilious attacks Sick Head
ache, Colic, Depression of Spirits, Sour Stom
ach, Heart Burn, etc., etc-
Regulate the Liver and prevent
CHILLS AND FEVER.
SIMMONS’ LIVER REGULATOR
la manufactured only by
J. 11. ZEILIIV & CO.,
MACON, GA., and PHILADELPHIA.
Price sl.Oh per package ; sent, by mail, post
age paid $1.25. Prepared ready for use in
bottles, $1.50
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
I3F” Beware of all Conterfcits and linmita
tious. july26-ly
WM. H. TISON. j WM- W. GORDON,
TISON & GORDON,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
112 Bay Street, Savannah, GS.
Bagging and Ties advanced on Crops.
Liberal CASH ADVANCES made on Con
signments of Cotton.
COTTON SOLD ON ARRIVAL. AND
PROCEEDS RETURNED BY EXPRESS
WHEN OWNER SO INSTRUCTS.
Prompt and careful attention guaranteed to
all business. septl3-6m
Wants Supplied!
IF YOU WANT
A Sack of ine F lour, go t
GILLESPIE’S.
IF YOU WANT
A Kit of Mackerel,
Go to Gillespie’s,
IF lOU WANT
CANDIES, NUTS, JELLIES, Etc.,
GO TO GILLESPIE’S.
IF YOU WANT
Coffee, Sugar, Rice or Syrup
GO TO GILLESPIE’S.
IF YOUR BOY WANTS
A Top, Drum, Gun or Horse,
SEND HIM TO GILLESPIE S.
If your Daughter Wants
A DOLL, WORK BOX, TEA SETT,
BRING HER TO GILLESPIE’S.
If you or your friend wants
A Fine Cigar or a ‘‘Little Tapering,”
COME TO GILLESPIE’S.
FINALLY,
If you wish to save money and be
happy, don’t fail to call on
A. W. GILLESPIE,
And examine his Stock of Goods
and prices. feb23-ly
FORT & QUARTERMAN,
At the new Rock Store, N. E. Cor
ner Public Square,
Offer for sale a fresh and choice lot of
Groceries and Family Supplies,
Hardware, Cutlery, Hollow Ware, Wooden
and Widow Ware, Crockery, Fancy
Goods, Dry Goods, etc., etc.
Candies, Jellies, Figs,
Dates, Prunes, Raisins,
Oysters. Lobsters, Saiaines,
Crackers, of all kinds
Cheese, Eggs
Best Goshen and Country Butter,
Also a choice lot of the best Chewing and
Smoking Tobacco and Cigars.
Bacon, Flour and Lard,
We also call your attention to ready-made
STEEL PLOWS and Plow Implements.
Also just on hand, anew lot of Scovil Hoes
and the best Axes.
Call and see for yourselves.
jaDl9 ly
Beeswax
Bought by
T. S. POWELL, Trustee,
Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer.
Drs. McLESTER & BURKE,
HAVE THIS DAY Dissolved Partner
ship by mutual Consent. All persons
indebted to them for professional seruices,
will please come forward and settle, that the
hooks may be closed
Cuthbert, Ga., Oct. Ist, 1882. octl-lm
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1872.
THE APPEAL.
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The Drunkard’s Child.
BY MRS. PARIUIURST.
You ask me why so oft, father,
The tears roll down my cheek,
And think it strange that I should owu
A grief I dare not speak ;
But oh, my soul is very sad,
My brain is almost wild;
It breaks my heart to think that I
Am called a drunkard’s child.
My playmates shuu me now, father,
Or pass me by with scorn,
Because my dress is ragged, and
My shoes are old and torn :
And it 1 heed them not, ‘‘there goi
The drunkard’s girl,” they cry,
Oh, then, how much I wish that God
Would only let me die.
You used to love me once, father,
And we had bread to eat;
Mamma and I were warmly clad,
Add life seemed very sweet.
You never spoke unkindly tden,
Or dealt the angry blow ;
Oh, father dear, ’tis sad to think
That mm hath changed you so.
Do not be angry now father,
Because I tell you this,
Bat let me leel upon my brow
Once mor#thy loving kiss;
And promise me, those lips no more
With drunk shall be defiled,
That from a life of want and woe
Thou’lt save thy weening.
A Word for tub Wife.— There
is much good sense and truth in the
remark of a modern author, that
no maD ever prospered in this world
without the co-operation of his wife.
If she unites in mutual endeavors,
or rewards his labor, with what con
fidence will he repair to his mer
chandise, or his farm ; fly over land
sail over seas, meet difficulty, en
counter dangers, if he only knows
that he is not spending his strength
in vain, but that his labor will be re
warded by the sweets of home.
Solittfde and disappointment enter
the history of every man’s life ; and
he is but half provided for his voy
age who finds but an associate for
his happy hours, while for moments
of darkness no sympathizing partner
is prepared.
» Bea Gentleman at Home. —lt
is cruel and cowardly in any man to
speak to the woman under his own
roof in a manner that would for
ever disgrace him if heard under
any other. And yet how many do
it, alas, and even go their way after
it selfishly, forgetting the tears and
the bitterness they have caused, and
selfishly expecting, if they remember
it at all, that on their return the
domestic sky will be without a cloud.
More the pity when it is. Then in
deed is the danger; for then too
often comes deceit, and hypocrisy,
and indifference.
Nothing is easier than for a
young woman whose parents are
wealthy to obtain the reputation of
a belle. She may not be in the
least pretty ; she may have a poor
figure,.bad manners, little taste in
dress and be entirely devoid sos
conversational power. But if she
have a good many clothes ;if her
father keeps a carriage and she
rides in the park; and if some of her
underbred and injudicious friends
will send paragraphic Jenkraisms
to the Home Journal and the ‘Soci
ety” columns of the evening papers,
she will soon be set down as a belle
such a once as a sensible man would
like to ring—not her finger, but her
her neck.— New York. Correspon
dence Chicago Tribune /
Knouting a Woman.
The Kind of Government Which
Americans Honored on the Occa
sion of the Visit of Alexis.
At a gathering of Poles in the lit
tle village of Kernst, on the South
ern Niemen, on the 29th of July
last, when all thought themselves
secure from the intrusion of any of
the numerous spies who keep the
Russian officials informed of the
malcontents among them, Alexan
dria Kossowitz, a young lady
whose father, the younger son of a
former noble Polish family, was
killed in the recent troubles in War
saw expressed her sympathy with
the unfortunates whom Russian se
verity had murdered or sent into
exile. The meeting was a purely
social one, and none dreamed that
anything said there would reach
the ears of spies, for all present were
known to be Poles and firm haters
of the harsh rule under which they
then lived. Still, as the young girl
in her passionate remeraberances of
a father’s love deplored his death
expressed her sympathy with rebel
lion and her detestation of her op
pressors, she was cautioned lest
her loud tone should enable people
at the window to hear her. With
hasty glance, as thoughjto read in
the faces of those about her who
should betray her, the young lady
ceased her execrations and relasped
into silence. When 10 o’clock ar
rived, the latest’hour of Polish gath
erings, the company separated, and
Alexandria Kossowitz, accompa
nied by her affianced, Julian Tetn
ensky, went to her home.
If, in passing from the house of
the gatherings, she had beeD more
observant, Alexandria would have
seen the maliciously triumphant
glance cast at her by Catherine
Merdoff, a woman of about 35 years,
a Pole by birth and a sympathizer
with her unhappy countrymen when
ever her own passion was not con
cerned, and, from the subsequent
proceedings, it seems that in this
case she had been superseded in
the affections of the voting Dr. Tem
ensky by the more beautiful and
younger Alexandria Kossow
itz.
On the following day, shortly
after rising, Alexandria was seized
in hei own home, a shart distance
from Kernst, by two Cossacks of
the guard at the garrison, and ta
ken before the petty judge.
The young lady of nineteen, hand
some and trembling, produced no
feeling of pity. . Having first denied
the accusation she was cohfronted
with Catherine Merdoff, and then
acknowledged her offense. In pass
ing sentance the petty judge said
that her seditious utterances might
have warranted him in sending her
before a higher tribunal, where the
penalty would be death; but, in
view of her youth and contrition,
he should merely order her to re
ceive thirty-lashes of the knout.
Almost benumbed with shame and
terror, the girl was led away to be
prepared for punishment, for in Rus
sia all sentences, save that of death,
are carried out immediately after
they have been pronounced.
Word having been sent to the
officer commanding the troops, a
guard of 200 men was ordered into
the garrison square, and the execu
tioner of the troop was called upon
to be ready to carry out the duties of
his office. In half an hour after the
sentence had been given the troops
had been formed in a hollow square,
in the center of which had been
placed a scaffold, standing on four
lges, the top of which was an inclined
plane. Beside this stood the exe
cutioner, havingin bis muscular hand
the knout. This weapon consists of a
stick, or a handle two feet long, with
a lash four feet long of soft leather,
to the end of which is attached by a
loop a piece of rawhide, two inches
wide and two feet long. In the
hands of an expericed man the piece
of rawhide can be made to cut like
a knife.
As the executioner stood facing
the scafold, Alexandrina Kossowitz
was brought to him by her guard,
and in a moment her clothing was
removed to her waist, despite her
almost mute appeals to be spared
the shame. As she pleaded she
was bent on the plane, her hands
strapped to the two upper corners
and her ankles secured at the foot
of the structure. One of the exe-*
cutioner’s assistants held her hand,
and the petty judge gave tbe order
for whipping to commence. Twirl
ing the long lash in the air the ex
ecutioner stepped suddenly back
ward, and with a sharp crack the
thong fell on the back of the sob
bing girl, cutting a livid streak from
her right shoulder to her waist. A
terrible tremor passed over her, and
a quick, low cry escaped her lips,
but it was the only sound she ut
tered, and were it not for the blood
which soon commenced to flow it
might have seemed that the whip
ping was being done on the naked
back of a corpse. When the last
lash had been given, the young la
dy was unfastened and with her
clothing rudely thrown over her she
was taken to prison, and there, after
thanking the judge for his mercy
according to the necessary formula
she was delivered over to her
friends.
Five days afterwards the Gazette
of Wilne contained this announce
ment : “The Polish criminal, Alex
andria Kossowitz, daughter of the
rebel Peter Kossowitz, who was
knouted for seditious utterances ou
the 29th ot July at Kernst, while
submitting her lacerations to med
ical treatment, in the house of the
physician, stole a vial of prussie acid,
with which she ended her days,”
The Israelites in Palestine.
The Jewish Times bears impor
tant testimony as to the manner in
which the Hebrew people now re
gard the land of Palestine. There
has been a loosening of old ties, a
discarding of old beliefs among
them, and they no longer stand
ready at any moment to go as pil
grims iuto that land. The hope of
an ultimate restoration has died out-
The time was when all their prop
erty was portable—such as, at short
warning, could be sold. At present
there is no hesitation among them
in investing in real estate. Three
prominent Isi relites—Professor
Grata and Messrs. Levy Potzin and
Gottschalk have just roturned
from the Holy Laud, and, says the
-Times, their report is “an additional
argument against the folly of encour
aging the emigration of the Jews
to a country which has no other
claim than that of a valuable mon
ument of the past.” There are now
about sixtoen thousand Israelites
living in Palestine, and “ their aver
age state of culture is much below
that of tlieir fellow-religionists liv
ing in Europe, They have no visi
ble means of support, and spend
tlieir time iu idleness praying, and
Talmud reading.” The report furi
ther suggests “ the general elimina
tion from all Jewish prayer-books
of the portions referring to the hopes
of Israel in the restitution of the
Holy Land to the possession of Is
rael and the re-building of the tem
ple by the Divine Providence.” On
the other hand, four hundred rabbis
have rendered a decision that the
omission of the prayer for the ad
vent ot the Messiah and the resto
ration of the sacrifices would be
equivalent to a denial of the faith.
Woman’s Fortitude.— I have
often had occasion to remark the
fortitude with which women sustain
the most overwhelming reverse of
fortune. Those disasters which
break down the spirit of a man, and
prostrate him in the dust, seem to
call forth all the energies of the
softer sex, and give such intrepidity
and elevation to their character that
at times it approaches to sublimity.
Nothing can be more touching than
to behold a soft and tender female,
who had been all weakness, and de
pendance, and alive to every trivial
roughness, while treading the path
of life suddenly rising in mental
force to be the comforter and sup
porter of her husband under mis
fortune, and abiding, with unshrink
ing firmness, the bitterest blast of
adversity.— Washington Itving,
Gunpowder.— A little charcoal
and a little nitre, joined together,
and we have that wonderful mix
ture which rules, for good or for
evil the destinies of men. "When
gunpowder is ignited the solid is
almost instantly converted into gas,
which were it fired under water,
and the gas cooled down to the or
dinary temperature of the air would
be round lo ocoupy 900 times the
space of the solid powder. Gases
archow ever, known to expand with
an immense force when heated and
as the gases of gunpowder are or
dinarily projected a red heat, they
are consequently greatly expanded
amounting it is estimated, to more
than 2,500 times the volume of the
powder burned and it is here we see
whence springs the power of pro
jection of firearms. Great as are
the evils of the wars the use of
gunpowder has shortened their du
ration from years to days.
Miss Lottie Grafnt, who weighs
482 pounds, is on exhibition at a
western fair, and a crazy paragraph
ist says that she doesn’t hold office
hut her situation is a fat one.
Depend Upon Yourself.
The success of individuals in life
is greatly owing to their fearuing
eatly to depend upon their own re
sources. Money, or the expectation
of it by inheritance, has ruined more
men than the want of it ever did.
Teach the young men to rely on
their own efforts, to be frugal and
industrious, and you have furnished
them with a productive capital
which others cannot wrest from
them, and which they themselves
will be disposed to retain. This is
peculiarly the case in this country,
where every man must be the arti
ficer of his own fortune—where the
road to wealth and honor is open
to all—and where those who win
must labor for the prize.
Everett has well said, that “the
times, as well as universal experi
ence abundantly admonish, that how
ever the children of wealth may in
dulge in indolence and dissipation—
while their means last—the great
mass of America must and ought
to depend upon their labor for their
fortunes and their usefulness. For
tune is at beet precarious—-patiimo
, nial independence is uncertain—and.
relience upon the friendship or char
ity of the world, or upon office is
frail and debasing. Self independ
ence is the only sure stay. We
are ever willing to help those who
help themselves.
Productive labor is the legitimate
source of wealth individual or na
tional—rand labor is profitable to the
individual and to the natiou, in pro
portion to the measure of intelli
gence and scientific knowledge which
guides and directs its opperations.—
Hence it is of primary importance
that our youth should be effectually
taught to labor, and that our minds
sboulpUje early imbued with that
kind oFknowledge which will in
struct them In the principles of their
business, render it honorable, and
make them independent in their
minds and in fortune.”
Things ol’True Value.
The mechanical impulses of the
age of which most of us are so
proud, are a mere passing fever,
half-speculative, half childish. Peo
ple will discover at last that royal
roads to anything can no more be
laid in iron than they can in dust;
that there are, in fact, no royal
roads ‘to any where worth going
to; that if there were, it would
that instant cease to he worth go
ing to —I mean so far as things to
be obtained are in any way estima
ble in terras of price. For there
are two classes of precious things
in the world ; those that God gives
us for nothing—sun, air and life,
(both mortal and immortal life,)
and the secondarily precious things
which he gives us for a price;
these secondarily things, worldly
wine and milk, can only be bought
for definite money; they never can
be cheapened. No cheating or bar
gaining will ever get a single thing
out of nature’s establishment at hajf
price. Do we want to be strong ?
we must work. To be hungry ?we
must starve. To be happy? we
must be kind. To be wise? We
must look and think. No changing
of place at a hundred miles an hour,
nor making of stuffs a thousand
3 T ard» a minute, will make us one
whit stronger, happier or wiser.
There was always more in the
jvorld than men could see, walked
they ever so slowly; they will see
it no better for going fast. And
they will at last, and soon, too, find
out that their grand inventions for
conquering (as they think) space
and time, do* iu reality, conquer
nothing; for space and time are, in
their own essence, unconquerable,
and, besides, did not want any sort
of conquering; they wanted using.
A fool always wants to shorten time;
a wise man, first to gain them, then
to animate them. Your Tail road,
when you come to understand it,
is only a device for making the
world smaller; and as to being able
to talk from place to place, that is
indeed, well and convenient; but
suppose you have, originally, noth
ing to say. We should long ago
have known that the really precious
things are thought and sight, not
space. It does a bullet no good to
go fast, and a man no harm to go
slow ; for his glory is not at all in
going, but in being.
“A Correct likeness ot yourself
. sent, and your fortune told.” Young
Greene, in answer to the above ad
vertisement,- receives a looking glass,
and is informed be can tell his Own
fortune by counting Ms money.
“A woman is at the bottom of
all mischief,” said Joe. “ Yes,”
said Frank, “ and when I used to
be in mischief, my mother was at
the bottom of me.”
NO 43'
H anging in Olden Tines.
A correspondent gives the fol
lowing incidents: “While John
Hancock was Governor of the Com
al onwealth, Rachel Whall was hung
in Boston for highway robbery.
Her offense consisted in twitching
froth the hand of another female a
bonnet worth perhaps, seventy-five
cents, and running off \rith it. The’
taiost earnest applications for her
pardon were unsuccessful. I men*
tion this not to the disparagement
of the Governor. He doubtless not*
ed upou a sense of duty, thinking
it best for the community that thtf
laws of the land—however fright,
fully severe—while they Were laws,
should be executed. A lad 18
years of age was hung ij Salem for
arson during the administration of
Governor Strong. Similar appeals
in his favor being considered and
overruled. Yet the intelligence and
the humanity, alike of the Execu
tive and of the Council, notwith'
Standing the result arrived at in
both these instances, vers
tiohab’ei
“Within the same period, a gen
tleman ol this city saw a girl seven
teen years of agd hung in London,
for stealing a silver cream pitcher.'
Edward Yale Brown was hung in
Boston for burglary committed in
the house of Captain (Mas Good-
Win in Charter street, aud stealing
therefrom sundry articles. I one©
owned a set of the Old Bailey Tri
als (1775, 1825), embraced in a se
ries of perhaps fifty-eight quarto
volumes. The earliest of, these':
volumes contain the details of the
unfortunate # Dr. Dodd, whose
touching appeals for mercy, here
recorded, were fruitlessly enforced
by the splendid eloquence of John
son. In a later volume long after
the commencement of thj present
century, eight separate capital
convinctions are recorded as one
day’s job of a single tribunal, the
culprits being all boys and girls be
tween the ages of ton and fifteen
aud their offenses petty thefts.
“One case I remember of pecu
liar j udicial atrocity. A young girl
in her eighteenth year was indicted
for stealing a roll of ribbon worth
three shillings. Tho prosecutor’s
testimony was to this effect: ‘The
prisoner came into my shop and
bought some ribbon. I saw her
secret this piece also. I personally
knew her and was on the most
friendly terms with her. When she
left I accompanied her and offered
her my arm, which she accepted.
We chatted together. As w©
reached the corner of a street lead
ing to the Bow-street office, I turned
toward it. She said she was going
in another direction, and bade me
good morning. I said to lisr, No l
you are going with me! I saw you
steal a piece of ribbon. She imedi
ately implored to me the article. I
said to her that I had lost many
things in this way, and fvas deter
mined to hate hes life.* And he goi
it. I can never forget how my
blood boiled as I read the testimony
of this cold-hearted Wretch. I*
view of the judgement df a merci
ful Gi>d, far rather, it seems to rad
would I have been in the place ot
that poor/ frail/ erring girl, even on
thd scaffold, than in the place of htr
heartless accuser.
“I rose from the peisual of these
volumes horror struck with the con*
tinuous record of inconceivable le
gal cruelty; It appears to me that
the seventy thousand hangings inf
the reign of Henry YIII. w^r e
matched by ah equally long list of
persons commended to be hong io
the reign of George 111. Since th#
time much has been done in 4
by Homily, Brougham Mclntosh sod
Sydney Smith and te tttach, per
haps more kindred
on this side of the Atlantic.
“ 4 A poor young man remarks
that the only advice he gets Irony
capitalists is to u live within his in
come/’ whereas the difficulty he ex*
periences is to live without an in
come.
■—tS—
— An English writer advises
young ladies to look favorably upon
those engaged in agricultural pur
suits, giving as a reason that their'
mother Eve married a gardener.
He forgot to add, however, that
his gardener lost his situation im
consequence of the match.
i p»
—An indulgent Kansas parent
sold his cooking stove for #ll in #r
der to take his thirteen children to
the circus. He says a circus only
comes two or three times a jeary
and, besides, he had’nt much to cook
on the stove, anyhow.
Bafnum’s great show will exhibit
in all the principal towns of tb*
South during the coming wijtf.
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