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Parker’s Nerve and Bone, Mustamr, Ar bias,
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AN I*
EYE G-L.A.SSES,
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Accuracy ill tlie const, neiion of the Let »»■-,
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Glass, the exact Shape of tlx- Eve thus olivi
nting nil Glimmering and Wavering of the
Sight. Dizziness, and all the other I’rain of
Evil* produced by the use 61 inferior spelt.
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Btalids its value, t.i buying ini cifect spet
laden you help to dee!toy it
BUY THE BEST !
liny the S c h(\jfhausen Sjiectachs
and preserve the Ryes which ore
,pr 'bless
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as easily appib <* -•* at- i ; I
gray hair its to.tii , oi • ooi , p j, I
pearauce, to nadiest. a,, i prov ,
to promote th l' i \v:li •I ’ f r ;
its falling out. fi i- e - ‘ tub
perfectly free fr ui any pi iof os ■ s
and will therefore t. ke place «.= ,t,i
dirty and uopleaett 'pi p rto .s now in us.
Numerous testimonials If.ve be a s. at a
from many of our ut- st ,nomi o,' > ,
In everything in w' icli the an cle- ;• » ■
use are objectionable, CRYStAL Dls V
ERY, is perfect. I : is vmi ranted to. <0 i
neither sugar o T ad Sulphur or Nitrati i
silver, it <loes no > i 'll.- » >t ,es o scalp, is
agreeably p* rfiiuiei , a'; makes ot t ••
best dressit'Ks tor the Hatri U'C 1, - u <
the color o'th Mai. ‘ in •• i me*
tormlv than aav other t to ’
wavs does so in tiom > r*ei. os ti-’
tnallv fuelling the. «,| in II w v .
•he uouiishjitß qtmlita-s - Ct y
growth and healtUi to tit, on. , it
the decay* and am 1 in. c t 0.-'v ■ \u
Hair lit-ot- positively 61,11 a'ytio.. t
The application ot this w.-t. ,h„ .p,' '
also produces a ph-asa ■ : c.tolaip if. c
the scalp and vi ves 'hr Hair a picUsio
elegant appearance.
(Jail at your lor ad i
cr If he haa nut KOI it let. him ■. 0 <• t. I
Price §1 per bottle.
ARTHUR NAT LA :
Inventor and Proprietor Washing! ■■ C j
JuIINSTON, UOLLOU AY, & O I
General Agents, Philadelphia
JOHN F. HENRY anti K 0 WELLS &
CO., New VorK, and to be had of wholesale
dinggists, everywhere.
WAREHOUSE NOTICE.
WE respectfully offer our names to out
numerous Plaining friends and Cotton
.Dealers of Middle and feouth wes' -orgia «S
COTTON FACTORS
—AND
COMISSION MERCHANTS.
In entering upon ibis b . imp- a -a e
of Jonathan Cob us &S, 1, eu..s «ii t ,
firm determina 1..1. oi ■eh ... nr " mb- <tu
and flutter on -elves It e tally 0
p.teat for the rue .'till r stem. 11 t i
important trust and hop \ strict at 1 etton
to business, and e te 1e y > .a ■ pair 0,.- i>.
merit their <-nfi<h ..no eap; rt.
COLLINS FLAN Hi RS A < O.
Bep6-3m Cotton Eaetors. Maeoe, Ga.
ARE VUI AWIIT TO I'.IIAT!
IF SO. BUY
MAXWELL & CLARKE’S
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Unequalled for dura'it uy. waiter) ss, body
and fineness
Fur sale by ou. -eat.
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Bagging and Ties,
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CUTHBERT «■ APPEAL.
DOORS,
SiSH AND BUNDS,
M i’ LT>' NG S BR 'CKE T S
STA'R I xtnrtH. Builder.-’ Fur
j Inwtr •i.! -v. ,e, Dr rii. Pipe. Floor
Til-H A\ic -ui d*, Ten a Cotta Ware,
Marble am. Slat, Mamli Pi. ce«.
Window dings a Speciality.
Ci ', imp nd Price Lists sent frog on
appln ation, l<y
P. P. TO ALE,
2 H..yue ».d 3iPinckun Sin-,
o t 4 1y Charleston, S. C.
Choice Goods.
I take pleasure in announcing to
in\ numerous friends, and the pub
lic generally. that I have hut re
cently returned from New York,
where I bought the most extensive
and best selected stock of o<>ods I
have ever before pcrchased for this
market. My goods are now being
received and opened and are murk'
ed at such reasonable, prices, that I
feel my ability to please all.
It would lie inn ossible for me to
enumerate the articles on my coun
ters or shelves, and will »a\ they
embrace
Family and Fancy Groceries,
of every kind, rrotn a box of Sar
dines to a choice Canvassed Ham.
For the ‘"little folks” I have
bought extensively, and can sup
ply their wants in
Toys ;ind Lokifeciiosaaries,
lieyoml a doubt. I have evot ytliing
to please' the taste or fancy of the
young, and "ill take pleasure in
showing my stock to them.
Old “ Santa Claus” will make bis
heath] iiarters at my store litis year
and will he glad t<» see all ibe g x>d
children, ami show them his j res
m>'i < t A. VV. GiLLESPiE.
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Musical Instruments, Stings,
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MACON, GEOIIGIA.
uovl-3m
Fresh FISH and OYSTERS,
At BANCROFT’S,
rmo now perfecting my avr,.bgem n ! s to
lur tstt " r e,y w. ek t! i finest.
SSL. aifid OY^TEIt.S
t-i e n l> obtained i , the M.,rk a«
Hi! S t 1 wle 11 taken roin th •• F.u
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n.tvl jf
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.. unci "toe., OLUMUC", G\.
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t jjovMm
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TtacMni? Public SchooS.
Eisrhly little urchins
Coming through t.he*loor,
Punebing. crowding, making
A tremendous roar
Why don’t you keep quiet ?
Can’t you mind the rule?
Bless me ! this is pleasant.
Keeping public school.
Eighty little pilgrims
On the road to fame !
If they fail to reach it,
bo to blame?
High and lowly stations,
Birds of every feather,
On a common level
Here are brought 'ogetlier.
Dirty little faces.
Loving little hearts.
Eyes briinfulLot mischief,
Skilled in all the arts,
I'haFs a precious darling!
What are you about ?
"May I pass the wafer ? ”
■ Please may I go out? ’’
Boots . nd shoes are scuffling.
si it'-s and l ook® are r titling.
Andi tie- corner yonder
Two pttgil ts are battling !
Others cn'tb 1 didoes.
What a botheration !
No womb r tve grow crusty
From such association
Auxuttis oar tits drop in.
Vortdv t : t inquire
" hy his olive branches
Do not shoot higher ?
?avs he wants h's ch.ildren
To mind their p’s oed q’s.
And hopes their brilliant tuient
Will not be abused.
Fpdling. readinsr writing.
Putting tip the young ones.
Fanning, scolding, fighting.
Spurring on the dumb ones.
Gymnasts, vocal music !
How the heart rejoices
When the singer comes
To cultivate the voices.
Institute attending.
Making out- reports,
Giving object lessons,
Class drills of all sort*;
R aiding dissertations
Feeling like a fool
Oh ’ the untold blessing
Os keeping public school.
Hume Suns iii xe.— Marty a child
goes astray, n t, because there is
w ni of prayer or virtue at. home,
hut simply because-home lacks sun {
shine. A child needs smiles as j
much ts flowers need sunbeams. - J
Children look little beyond the j
present moment. If a thing pleas
es, thev are prone to avoid it. If
home is the place where faces are
so r and words harsh, and fault
finding is ever in the ascendant,
they will spend as many hours as
possible elsewhere. he every
father arid mother then try to be
happy. Let them talk to their
children, especially the little ones,
in such a way as to make thorn hap
py-
A Commercial traveler in a Wes
tet ri city handed a merchant upon
whom lie had called, a portrait of
his betrothed, instead of his business
c trd,saying that he represented that
establishtn ut. The merchant exam
ined it carefully, and remarked that
it "as a tine establishment, and re
turned it to the astonished and
blushing traveler with a hope that
lie would soon be admitted into
partneiship.
Alexandre Dumas was probably
the most incurably extravagant man
tnan that ever lived. N<> author
setting to work to invent a pi t'le t.
prodig and ever conceived a being
mote prodigal than he. The wealth
o tit' Uothschilds, had he possessed
it. would not have las’' 1 him a year
end when lie died he left behio 1
t,ut:just tuentp francs —he who
ii.*d earned millings by hi* splendi
talents and energy.
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1872.
bV the Cm lilieri Apjteal
.*» ;VDIiSCISIg.
Os ali bad habits, it w<mM be
difti nil to mention one that, has
!es n-as >n or provocation in it than
that of using profane or vulgar lan
gu age.
When coolly view r ed, the act oi
one human being calling violently
on his Maker to deliver over his
fellow-man to condemnation, is
wicked in the extreme; it is a vain
and irreverent use of his Maker’s
name ; and it is the expression of a
hateful and exceedingly wicked
wish. But leaving wickedness
of the habit out of account, it is
useless and irrational —it brings no
pleasure, nor comfort, nor relief.
No swearer is ever the wiser, richer
or happier for his curses.
He cannot inflict the evil he in
yokes. He may curse his enemy
for a life time without turning one
hair of his head, white or black, by
the process.
The language furnishes all the
words and terms needed to give
strength and vigor to expression,
without resorting to oaths and
curses. All the words needed to
express indignation and wrath,
even, are expressed in it.
An oath does not give strength
and emphasis to the truthful man’s
yea ; and all the oaths and maledic
tiims that can be imagined cannot
give an atom of strength and om
phasis to tlie liar’s nay. Swearing
is chiefly a habit; the oath which a
well bred man utters in a moment of
passion or vexation may be over
looked, for it is, perhaps, an acci
dent; but for the foul-volleys of
oaths and curses that the habitual
swearer pours out in ordinary con
versa*ion, or on - ighl provocation ,
there is no shadow of excuse. They
are a riiame to himself, and a dis
gust to his acquaintances.
Some men are such slaves of th
vicious iiabit that lliey swear with
out. knowing it —they converse in a
dialect of oaths. They would be
disgusted themselves if they could
see one of their simple conversa
tions .taken down m short hand and
put in prim, with coarse oaths fol
lovvin every foui h or fifth won!,
all, a!! along the line of their re-
mark.-.
Profanity arid vulgarity do not
always go together, hut they me
apt to. Th ■ s vearer is in danger
of becoming vulgar, and the vulgar
man is almost invariably a swearer
When ho It habits meet in ting
same individual they make him in
tenselv i ff-nriv ■ to all pure minded
people. It is imagined by some
• pel’s-.i,s that an occasional oath or
. little, vulgarity gives spice and
t’avor to conversation; but if it
does, it is a very offensive flavor.
There is nothing more charming
than chaste and simple language,
and ii is worth any young gentle
man’s while to cultivate the lnbit
of using it
An oath would not be consider* and
an attraction o the'conversation of
a modest a l beautiful maiden;
neither can it be justly held to add
spirit or piquancy to the conver
sation of a man. Is a woman who
swears, the loved and respected of
the mote modest and retired lad) ?
No ! a thousand times no. Neither
ought the man who is a swearer be
loved aud respected.. Young man,
if you are one cf that class, come
out from among them and be your
self again—use no more heartless
oaths; cause your gentle and loving
parents ho more J pain of heart aud
sleepless nights; but prove to them,
and lire world, that you can and
will be a man. Marion.
Coincidences. —A woman writ
ing to the Missouri Republican calls
attention to the fact that the burn
ing of Chicago and the Michigan
fires occurred on the sixth an ivyi
sary of the burning of the Shenan
doah Valley by Sheridan, with
troop.* mostly composed of Michigan
and Illinois regiments. The Boston
fire began on the 10th of Novem
ber. On the 10th of Novels tier
Gen. Sherman issued his order to
burn Rome and Atlanta. Boston
arid Chicago were the only North
ern cities iu which illuminations
were gotten up in honor of the
[ burning <if Columbia, S. 0., by
Slierm in. These are strange coin
oideii ~to sav the least.
Os tiie gld'i.n t i lost in the Mil
ic i-.n in- tiu? si's,ooo were in build
ings. In the live stores under tile
hotel were $3 ),1)00 of goods, which
were iost without insurance Mr.
James Covey, a merchant 21 years
of age, was the only person tost.
His heart and a few bones have
been recovered.
Three millions lour hundred and
fifty thousand I ies is our Southern
cotton crop for this year, as esti
mated >y the Department of Agri
culture, whicn is 16 per cent, in
crease upon the crop of late years.
LcßKi'ai Revere stud the
(Jirctiinstances Attend
ing' the Death wdiiiid oi*
Stonewall Jackson.
Atlantic Hotel, [
Norfolk, Nov. 23, 1872. j
Editor Virginian :
Agreeable to your suggestion
that the statements made in the
subjoined extracts from a recent
letter received by me from Cap
tain Thomas C. Chandler ought to
be put on record in print for the
better preservation of the facts
therein stated, I furnish them to
you as below. Senex.
Milford, Caroline County, Va., (
November 23, 1872. )
My Dear Sir —Your esteemed
favor of the 22d instant has just
been placed in my hands, and I
shall with much pleasure give you
the facts respecting the circum
stances connected with the death of
our beloved Stonewall Jackson.
I see nothing - rroneous in your
communication of the 14th instant
to the Norfolk Virginian, but as
you desire a statement flash from
my own memory, and did not give
one or two particulars which fol
low in tliis letter, 1 will now comply
with your request.
If Geneial Revere means in his
narrative to imply that he rode
through the first Confederate line
of battle in the Wilderness, either
on the 2d of May, 1863, and saw.in
tlie rear of that line (and it was on
ly there he could have Keen) the per
son of General Jackson wounded
and lying on the ground or borne
on a litter, that lie means to imply
what never took place. But to the
facts.
We opened the fight on Saturday,
May 2d, at about one hour before
sundown, and drove tho Federals
pell-mell until nine o’clock that
night, capturing in the pursuit a
good many prisoners and some four
or six brass cannon. I do not
think we lost over one hundred men
up to the hour mentioned, 9 o’clock.
There being nothing but star
light overhead, intercepted mostly
by the foliage of the densely thick
woods, thus rendering our movc
u ■ ids in the dark dangerous to our
selves, and our (Stonewall Jack
sou’s) corps having made a forced
march that day' to get in the rear
ol General Hooker, our General
thought it best, I suppose, for us
do halt at the hour last named for
rest and refreshment, and resume
Uie fight early next day—Sunday,
3d oi May.
Tiie right of tlie regiment to
which l belonged (mine being the
right company) rested on the plank
road at a point one mile west of
Chancellorsville.
After the line ot battle was halt
id, and everything made as quiet
as possible, General Jackson (giv
ing orders not to allow any one to
advance on us, and if they did to
fire on them without lnflting them)
rode off down the road, accompa
nied by his staff and couriers, say
ing at the time that he was going
to the front to establish a heavy
skirmish line for the night, and
would then ride down the line. —
Alter getting his skirmishers into
position he found it would be im
possible to ride down and inspect
their line in the darkness on account
of the density of the undergrowth.
Tiie only alternative then left
him (if he would come hack by
way of the plank-road) was to dis
mount one of liis couriers, which he
did, and sent him back to tiie line
of battle to say that he could not
go down tlie line of skirmishers,
but would have to, and should re
turn by the plank-road. Neither
this courier or his message ever
reached our (Heathe’.-) brigade,
and there!' we we knew nothing of
Gen. Jackson’s intention to return
buck to us by way r of the plank
road. He, with Ins staff and cour
iers, came up the road at a trot,
supposing we had received his mes
sage.
When I heard, in the darkness,
the clatter of their horses’ hoofs
upon the planks, I, like every one
in the line supposed that they’ who
were approaching us were Federal
cavalry who had broken through
our line of skirmishers.
When tho parly had gotten, as
neat as we could judge, within
about twenty yards of our line, the
order was given, “ Let them have
it, boys.”
At this, the first Volley, Gen. i
Jackson was not touched, and he
rode up to our Hue, saving, “ I am
General Jackson ; cease firing.”
Ii was then that our boys gave
Kill the road to pass back to the
r So soon as he had passed
through our—the first—line, the
second liue of battle, drawn up
about lUO yards in our rear, who of
course had heard our firing, follow
ed immediately by Hie noise of
Jackson’s horse trotting on the
hard planks towards them, supposed
that the enemy’s cavalry had bro
ken through the first line of battle,
and were charging on them.
They thereupon, in quick succes
sion, poured volley alter volley into
them, aud into our —the first—line,
ji v. as by their first volley that
General Jackson was wounded.
This happened not ten yards
from where I stood. My brother
was shot down at the time near me
by the fire from our second line.
In answer to your question wheth
: er our first line of battle closed up
i directly after Jackson had passed
| through it, I reply that it was so
closed, the moment after he passed
through, and was not afterwards
opened or broken that night.
True, tlie Fcderals, believing
that we were firing into each other,
advanced and made some four or
five desperate attempts to drive us,
and for one hour it fairly rained
grape and canister, to say nothing
of musketry, but they did not suc
ceed.
* * * * *
Neither General Revere nor any
other Federal ever saw Stonewall
Jackson after he was wounded, un
less he was a prisoner of war and
in the hospital, where General Jack
sou drew his last breath.
After the Federals had retired
from their attempts to drive us
that night, their working parties
were busy all night in felling trees
and constructing breastworks to
impede the advance which they
doubtless expected we would make
on them the next morning. The
trees were so cut as to fall (lying
thickly together) towards our lines,
and tlie limbs so trimmed in the
form of thickly studded sharp
points protruding towards us as,
with other obstructions thrown up,
made it a very difficult operatiou
from this cause alone, to say noth
ing of the enemy’s fire, for our men
to get through the obstructions in
the next (Sunday) morning’s tight.
After two desperate charges,
however, on our part, we succeeded
in taking their stronghold and dri
ving them again.
It was, under the circumstances,
no easy matter, you may rest as
sured. I fell in the charge on Sun
day morning as early as 8 o’clock,
and therefore saw no more of the
fight of that day.
I can-, I think, say with truth
that if the sun had been some six
hours high when we commenced
the fight on the 2d of May, we
would have made a clean sweep of
Hooker and ids entire army, or at
least ol the larger portion of it.
I repeat that neither General Re
vere nor any* other Federal ever
came up even to our first line of
battle, much less passed through it
and then safely returned while we
were at Chancellorsville.
You are at liberty to use this let
ter in any way you think proper.
I remain, dear sir, very truly*,
your friend, Tiios. C. Chandler,
late captain in the Confederate
Army of Northern Virginia.—
Norfolk Virginian.
The Summer is Lmieil,
“ The harvest is passed, the Sum
rner is ended.” Thus read Ruth a
few minutes since, before the twi
light fully deepened.
And Bitting here now, the words
come up ag un lor our meditation.
The Summer is ended—the Sum
mer of rest, of relaxation, of recu
peration, for many ; the Summer of
idleness, of fashionable folly, of
wickedness and dissipation for
many more. Back from the cool
nooks the quiet resting places,
come those who went for their bod
ily good ; back from haunts of fash
ion and foolishness, of sin and
shame, hie those who sought there
only excitement and feverish waste
of time.
The Summer is ended To all,
what has it taught ? Are any rest
ed in spirit, calmed by the peace of
nature and made glad by holy com
muniou through Nature with Na
tuie’s God? Are any strengthened
in their resolves to be more earnest
in the work of tiie future—to help
on God’s purposes with a firm heart
and unfaltering hand ? Are any
(would they all were) sick of all
the glitter of gold, tlie shame of
folly*, the sins of fashionable un
rest, and ready to cry out in the
anguish of remorse because tbe
Summer is ended and their souls
not saved ?
A Summer’s passing should bring
much of sober reflection of serious
resolves, of quickened spirituality.
If there he one time more than an
other when man gets near his Ma>
ker, it surely is the Summer time,
when God speaks daily in the sweet
voices of bud and blossom, in the
tender rustle of leaf find branch, in
pleasant breezes, and by the surg
ing water brooks. And whoever
hears the “ still small voice” through
day after* day of happy idleness
should return to labor profited.
Whoever hears not the voice so
still—whoever listens most, for
speech of fashion only—should re
turn to Autumn walks, and sigh for
opportunities lost, fuv good ungain
ed, and being all nnblest.—Ameri
can Rural home.
“ Hurrah for Women.” — We
love women—old or young—simply
because they are women. Our
mothers spank us ; our sweethearts
spoil our joys by flirting with our
rivals ; our wives read us a genuine
or moderate Caudle lecture which
we usually deserve. Woman has
laughed at our woes when indulging
iu the tender passion, riddled our
heart with Erosian arrows, depleted
our pocket-book, disturbed our
si umbers,spoiled our coffee, rumpled
our starched linen bosoms, hung
to our arm with her whole precious
weight when our corns hurt us most,
danced us into perspiration, and
caused us to buy lozenges for a
cold ; but, in spite of all these tnings
we love her. We set her up as an
idol, and prostrate ourselves before
her as before divinity. We don’t
care a copper what dry goods cost
so she looks sweet. We will fight
for her like a Prussian soldier. Let
Mr. Helland say w hat he will to de
rogate from the sex, we shall “hang
our banners on tbe out wall” and
cry, “Hurrah for women !”
It I Tickle You, Wait You
Tickle Me i
One of the most difficult prob
lems of life to solve, is what to ac
cept or reject as truth. It may
sound paradoxical, but it is con
firmed by daily experience and ob
servation that the most credulous
are the most skeptical, and the most
skeptical the most credulous. —
Some believe just what their sup
posed interests and prejudices
prompt them to believe. Such per
sons are destitute of integrity.—
Some have no inclination, while
others have no capacity to fovm
a personal independent conviction.
The latter depend nn the authority
of their mental superiors and echo
their sentiments careless whether
they are true or false. Few there
be who, in the first place have
the honesty to desire, the intelli
gence to enlighten and direct, and
the energy to seek the truth,
whether it breathes on heathen or
Christian ground, or is warmed by
an Asiatic or European sun.
The story of the English tr.ivelei
and tlie king ot Siam is a good illus
tration of where wisdom and belief
should begin and ignorance and
credulity should end. The parti
tion which separates the two is like
that which often divides great
learning and madness —very thin.
The traveler, like Othello when
he sought and gained the fair Des
demoua, bent a very long bow and
scattered the most marvelous
arrows. He spake of “tlie Can
nibals that each other eat, the An
thropophagi, and men whose heads
do grow beneath their shoulders.”
These things to hear, the King
would seriously incline and with a
greedy ear devour the discourse*.—
He swore it was strange, ’twas pass
ing strange, that m Europe men
could swallow whales and the rats
were as big as Siamese elephants.
Still the King did faithfully assert
and religiously believe At length,
the traveler ventured to say that
the men and women sometimes
walked on and over water! This
was a stretch too far, and proved
too much for the credulity of the
“Red Hot” King He believed every
lie, and rejected the only truth* he
heard.
There are thosands with mental
perceptions and reflections on a par
with the King of Siam. Their
faith will cause them to believe
hundreds of lies and their skepti
cism will influence them to reject as
many will established truths. Some
assertion, reports and narrations
bear with them intrinsic evidence of
truth or falsehood, but when'the
gold or brass is skillfully mingled,
it then demands a keen mind to
analyze the ingredients and a brave
hart to expose tlie imposture.—
The truth, too, is hateful to some,
and to uvoide it they will turn a
deaf ear to its appeals. They
would rather listen to a corrupt
flatterer* if he is handsome and
graceful and possessed of a* gra
cious voice and manner, and be
ruined, than be saved by an ugly
but wise and sincere friend.
The world has had its Stone,
Golden and Iron Age, and lias
now reached its puff and brass.—
We need some bold, hones'y Censor
with power.
To steam the torrent of tics spurious age,
And lash its many follies off the stage.
The philosophy of' the “I tickle
you and you tickle me” school per
vades not only the politic political,
but the religious, and unestic, industri
al and literary world. Puff and
brass are the words from a segar to
a steam engine.
Puff puff, puff,
From morn to tlie setting sun ;
Puff puff puff,
All that you hear is done.
Puff parsons, schools, shows, the
atres, and especially political ora
tors, and affirm that Rome and
Athens never reached such excel
lence, and that Tully and Demos
t’henes never uttered the divine el*
oquence of our school boys. This
is the way to teach humility and
progress, and by u wise and judi
cious discrimination enlighten and
purify the public taste so that merit
will be appreciated and rewarded,
vice be shunned and punished, and
industry and genius bo crowned with
encouragement and success here;
and a wreath of immortelles in the
grand hereafter. Great is the “I
tickle you, and you tickle me” schools
among editors and at elections, in
Legislature and Congress, and this
is the reason of our proverbial mod
esty as a nation and why the Amer
ican eagle flies higher and screams
louder than any other bird. Great
is Captain Puff, and greater is Gen
eral Brass. — CotumbasSun.
Tiie Burden of Debt.
Mr. Editor : —Gi. here you will
in our Cotton States, and you will
find the people gloomy and despon
dent —I might almost say hopeless.
They have toiled all the year, and
now they find -their crops at present
prices will hardly pay them out of
dept, leaving them nothing for an
other year.
There never was a greater mis
take than that debt is a stimulant
to exertioh. Ido not believe a word
of it. I believe the consciousness
of being free from debt, owing no
man anything, is the only stimulus
for the farmer ; aud now that we
are about to close the agricultural
year and enter upon another, I
would try to impress t his doctrine
upon my fellow farmers in every
State of our beloved South.
It is every man’s experience that
when he pays as he goes, making it
an invariable ruie for himself and
1 his family, never to buy anything
NO 50.
unless lie has the money to pay for
it, his expenses are much less than
those of tlie man who buys on a
credit, and be lives better and more
comfortably. Let a bill at a store
run for twelve months, every mom*
her of the family buying what lie
pleases, and how infinitely larger it
is than yon supposed. llow many
more things are charged than you
had any idea you had bought, and
how many of them you could have
done without, ami would have done
without if you had been obliged to
pay cash down ! While a man can
buy all he wants, or fancies he wants,
on credit, pa)-lay being away yon
der in the future, he is rarely eco
nomical. lie will not wear old or
shabby clothes if by sending an or
der to a store he can procure fine
new ones. lie will not be satisfied
with plain living, if by tlie simple
exertion of writing a note lie can
procure luxuries. And so through’
the whole catalogue of liis expen
ses. The tendency of long credit
is to extravagance, and the tenden
cy of casli payments is to economy.
Pay day will come. The long store
bills must be paid, and then comes
despondency, and the crushing in
fluence of debts which cannot be
paid. No man loaded down with
debt works as well and as hard as
the man that is free from debt.
The one works as if obliged to work
for the benefit of another. The
other works with the cheering con
sciousness that every l'ck he strikes
is for the benefit of himself and his
family. I wish our people would
resolve to get out of debt, live with
in their means, however small they
are, “live poor,” if need*be, be con
tented to do without ge.w-gaws and
trappings of rich folks—buy only
the necessaries ot life, and try to
own at the end of the year the fruits
of their toil. Then we should not
hear the cry, “all we make will have
to go to pay the merchant.” Os
course if you will buy the merchants
wares, you must pay him. He
has a perfect right to expect that
you will pay him every cent you
owe him. lie must pay his debts,
aud can only do so by* your fulfill
ing your obligations. But it is
your own fault that you owe him so
much. You might have done with
much less, and had you paid cash,
you would have done with much
less. You draw om. your crops, dis
course* the notes and spend the
money before the crop is made.
You plant always for a big crop,
and expect to get a big price, and
you live accordingly. It often hap
pens that you make a poor crop, get
a poor price, and have to pay big
bills out of the proceeds, and then
with a load of debt on your shoul
ders, you begin the work of anoth
er year feeling that most of what
you will make will “go to pay the
merchant.” Advise your readers,
Mr. Editor, to get out of this rut
and take for their motto John Ran
dolph’s advice, ‘Pay asYouGo”
Southern Farm and Home.
Temperance Joke.
Joe Harris was a whole souled
merry fellow and v C ryfond of the
glass After living in New Orleans
tor several years, he came to the
conclusion of visiting an old fond
uncle, away up in Massachusetts,
whom he had not seen for many
years. Now there is a difference
between New Orleans and Massa
chusetts in re gard to the use of ar
dent spirits, and when Joe arrived
there and found all the people run
mad about temperance, he felt bad,
thinking with tlie song, that keep
i ig the spirits up by pouring the
spirits down, was one of tho best
ways to make time pass, and began
to fear indeed, that lie was in a
“pickle.” But the morning after
Ins arrival, the old man and his sons
being out at work, his aunt came to
him aud said : ‘
“Joe, you have been living in tho
South, and, no doubt, are in the
liabit of taking a little drink about
11 o’clock. Now, I keeji some here
for medical purposes, hut let no one
know it, as my husband wants to set
a good example for the boys.”
Joe promised, aud thinking he
would get no more that day, took,
as lie expressed it, a “buster.”
Afier a while he walked out to the
stable, and who should he meet but
bis uncle.
“Well, Joe,” says he, “I expect
you are accustomed to drinking
something in New Orleans. You
will find us all temperate here, and
for the sake of my sons, I don’t let
them know 1 have any brandy about,
but I just keep a little out here for
my rheumatism. Will you accept a
little r\
Joe signified liis readiness, and
took another big horn. Then con
tinuing his walk he came to where
the boys were hauling fails- After
conversing a while, one of his cous
ins said :
“Joe, I expect you would like to
have a drink, and as the old folks
are down on liquor, \vc* keep some
out here to help us along with our
work ! Won’t you have sumo '
Out came the buttle, and down
Joe sat, and says by the time ho
was call ;d to dinner he was tight
as a fellow could well be, and all
from visiting a temperance fami-
Twenty Square Miles of Buf
faloes. — A construction train on
tho Atchison, Leavenworth and
Santa Fe Railroad passed through
a herd of Buffaloes yesterday that
covered an extent of country ten
miles long and two wide. The val
ley is full of hunters. Fourteen
hundred buffalo hides and saddles
were brought to Fort Hodge yester
day.