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VOL. VI. . Just Kt'ociv< <. Jayjje* nils, . “ Altri-nD*', “ Haii Tow. “ < (iUni*-r I il ilU'.i “ Bali»ini rttiniiiiwtnfe, “ Vermifu -e. “ Ague Mi Mure, “ ExpectoriiAl BRINOLIS Ltm.hi Sutar, LIPMAN’S Sar-apm'ilti' with- '<>■ l > lassium. KaiiwavV.Sai'sn"panliai K.inlie. i K. R. Rrlief* Radwuv’s Pill* Avei - fcai-f --parilla aim Cl.errv I\ctoial Haner <■ Tonic. Harter’s Lunir Waie .ni Hart... 1.! Wilhofts Antip. riodic, f'lu>lH«.goe i?u ... er’s. Holton's. (ialli«l>an s. l'esl.leiß Mini lenger’*, and Harter s Fever aid Auue Imb Parker’s Nerve and Bone, Mustamr, Ar bias, and McLean's Volcanie Oil Lii imtuts WALKER’S Vinegar; Iloete tier's, Plantation, Tu't’s, Brady’s. ll.i Hand's Germ.m Ctnacoa, and EtiKtieW fern 1' Biiters PAPER. PEN*, 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. 3 fs„ Prescriptions carefully com pounded, at the Drug; Store of j. j McDonald. PRESERVE YOUR SIGHT ! THE. CELEBRATED SCHAMAIM SPECTACLE AN I* EYE G-L.A.SSES, Manufactured at SCHAFFHAtfSEN, Switzerland. Th« superiority of the.** Oreot- Eye Pve server** in the CHretnl Mathematical Accuracy ill tlie const, neiion of the Let »»■-, being manutiK-tim-if <>l the Hi st, While Hint 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. Cles. Every ond wlvs. ml'lii .8 taibnv nnder- 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 Imported only by COOPER & BRO. t. ’ HA-.ct-ti. JV-M, ■ JTof sale liv T. Si (>I !,L irnsi-.. Dru<. i ti , 'ie 'l,l r Them" Spectacle Peddler*. C“ Harmless as Water ]\TTA CRYSTALS:"',A”:. SL£i.:,r. A perfectly dear . • n.e ni »■ b ti, . j 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 FASHION PITRE LEAD Unequalled for dura'it uy. waiter) ss, body and fineness Fur sale by ou. -eat. J J Mi DONALD Unthbert G.t. iiug23-Sw Bagging and Ties, OKS •>! FORT & 4UART£Rr.tAiS, . ung23-8w 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. .1.. •• ,s DIOR. Jm; ci. AM. I OA V A fUXYiNiJHAM , . I .I. .V : ' ' . U iLj-.-ei . ' ProvisdonDea] rs, : *r.iy t S s ~. ..... ±£, Q - A. I- .1 .1 .>m Id Sup,, i l i’ m ~ a ; in liv (i ,t ,w an ! ..I'-umrs * .., e ift Iv li ieo 1 •! 'l h'V ot 88 6 .1 E. .JO INSTON, Wilier, h Silfffl Ware, !' cy G<* ti , fine ( tillerv, Musical Instruments, Stings, if.-., Etc. - 1 ; >p - he * V leb ate l DIAMOND PEB3LE SPECTACLES, EYE-GEASSES, ICTC. /.'.•• •' • ’ ; ;tt nion uioe'ii to Re pairs hi/ /•’/ •( tnnl Difficult Watches. EWtl-aY; L 0., REPAIRED, AND ENGRAViNG. Corner Mulhorry & Secontl Streets, 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 eat. ii an' •, b inea u* p:« • pat' and iii a vie a my T.V ILiSi. MEALS AT ANY HOURS. Als . -Tw PL ad KAN; Y t-ROCK.IUE b*QU‘ *K-> ad 1 Aiic> ot bt-cl* bran s. 3. C. BANCROFT. n.tvl jf Planter's Hotel. By Mrs. M. A, Kilpatrick, .. unci "toe., OLUMUC", G\. Ti in 1* s a ■— T i" at t jjovMm THE APPEAL. PtJBLIBHi.n KVKKY FRIDAY. By J. P. SAWTELL. Terms of Subscription: Oxb Year. ...$2 00 1 Six Months. ..$! 25 INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE ys?” No attention paid to orders for the pa per uu'ess accompanied by the Cash. Hates of Advertising. 12 Months 0 Months. 3 Months. 1 Month. No. Sqr's. 1 $ 3.00;$ 6.00$ 9.00$ 12.00 2 5.00 12.00 16.00 20.00 3 7.00 15.00 22.00 27.50 4 800 17.00 25 00 33.00 i c 9.00 22 QO 30.00 45.00 J c 17 00 35.00, 50.00 75.00 1 c 30.00 50 00 75.00 125.00 2 c 50.00 75.00 One square, (ten lines orless.) $1 00 for the J"-*t and 75 cents for each subsequent inser lion. A liberal deduction made to parties who adveitise by the year. Persons sending a l vertisements should mark' die number of times they desire them inser ted, or they will.be continued until lorbidand "barged accordingly. Transient ad vertisements must be p«id for a: the time of insertion. If not paid for t.efore Tie expiration of tbe time advertised 25 per cent additional wiil be charged. Announcing names of candidates for office, $.">.00. Cash, in all cases Obituary notices over live lines, charged at regular advertising ra'es. All communications intended to promote the private ends or interests of Corporations. So cic'i' S or individuals, will he charged as ad vertisements. Jon Work, such as Pamphlets, Circulars, Carts. Blanks. Handbills, etc., will be execu ted in good style and at reasonable rates. All letters addressed to tile Proprietor wil' in- promptly artended to. 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.