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SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.
LUCIUS C. BRYAN, Editor and
Terms, 84.00 a year in Advance. /
Law and Medical Cards.
BRYAN & HARRIS,
A i £ Oil\£ 1> IT L iW,
T>IO>It<IVILLB, CA.
OF PICE firii door in, second story of
Stark’s Confectionary.
L. C BRYAM. It. H. HARRIS.
Mar 14 - H -ts
MITCHELL & MITCHELL,
ATTOKNEVS AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE, : : : GEORGIA.
UF* Office over McLean’s store —opposite
Mclntyre Sc Young's,
w. D MiTCHtuL, R G MrrcHiLL.
Jane 6 4y .
Ib “spenceh,
atto ENKY AT I AW.
Tl(<> oi icv ille. (Jcnrgia.
Will attend promptly to all e vil business en
trusted to bis cure in the Southern Circuit,
Clinch and Ware of the Brunswick Circuit.
Jau 31 5 U*
C. P. II \N3ELL,
ATTO UN E Y A T L\ W ,
Them tsrille, (.eorgO
Jan 31 sdy
ROBERT G MITCHELL,
AT T ORN E V A T L A \Y,
THOM ASVTLuE. OV.
over McLr.Ni <;.• re -^OB
Jau ’24 4G2oi
J. R. Reid, Jl. I. W. E. Me Will. JI. U,
uLIO A DcWil'T,
OFFER their services to the citizens of
Thomas viile and vicinity.
VjrOtFlCt. at Dr DtW.tt's Drug Store
Feb Jl 3 ts
Or. T. S. IIOI’KIVS,
ofp i a u
IN BAnt: I.OT with HESIDKALE.
H. O. AUAOL *.
RESIDENT DENTIST
TH-MASVILLE, GA.
AA 7” ILL Le found at the old j*--.- ~TTSv
It stand occupied by hiui for
the last ten years *-U. CTf~f
Aug 33-l2m
Dr. wTpTcLO WER
HAVING permanently located in Thomas
ville, offers his l*rofew*ioiutl Servi.
cm to die public.
cy OFFICE at the Drug Store of W. I*
Clower 3t Cos.
py RESIDENCE—the boose £ rmerl
cupicd by Ur. ISrainlou. m u ii ly
Or. it. W Rib istv
Having permsn oily I oca in . .
ville, respectfully oil .is hi* e:-\ioo* ‘> ’tit
citizens of the Town and Jsai rouu u-g
Country, in the practice of M uiei.ie. Sms
gery and Midwitery. Will also pay -}> *
cial a'teutiou to the treatment of Diseases
of Women. Office R. R Evans’ old Store
.tip stairs. jau 17s3m
C ; (■ . F I It G li SOX,
{Graduate of Queen’s College.)
PHYSIUAN, SURGEoN, £c.,
Boston Georgia.
Maybe e>n • .Ire . it Mr. Murphy’s near
Railroad Station.
APOTHECARY
HAXjXj.
W. P, CL3WEB & CO.,
L> !I i tl ilSl’S
Have renovat i m>j reti ted the Store next
to Young's Heel. or the purpose ot cs
tn'ffbsuiug a
First Class Drug Store.
The new firm ask for a share of patron
age. anti invite the attention of the citi
zens to their well selected stock of
Medicines,
Fancy and To! Jet irlldes.
Soaps anti Perfumery.
Fine Green and lllack Teas.
Heroine Lattips and Oil,
DYE STIFFS,
Together with every other article usually
kept in a well appointed Drug Store.
gsj?” /ft sicians’ Prescriptijns carefully
prepared 4-ts
Jan 24
DRUGS
Sa’MEffllS.
The undersigned having purchase the
elegant Drug Store ol Dv Little, take
pleasure in announcing to the people o
Thomasville. and the country generally,
that they have jn-t received a full supply
of fresh Drug- and Medicin* a, Phitits.
Gils, Perfumery. Statftmery, et., etc Call
and examine for y au-selves
By strict attention to business, courtes
ous and honorable dealing with our cus*
tomers we hope to merit and receive a libe
ral share of patronage/
WINN & CASSELS.
James N. Wins,
Samuhj. J. Cassels.
jan 17 ts
FRESH DRUGS
T\n. p. 3. BOW UR has just received a
U large stock of fresh Drugs, purchased
at the best manufactories in the United
.States, aad embracing every article in the
Medical Pepartment. //is Drugs were
purchased with the view of supplying the
market with the very
Beat Quality of Medicines
manufactured, and the prices were not
therefore consulted. He will nevertheless
cell upon easy terms, and feels sure that
he can give satisfaction.
Thankful for the liberal patronage ex.
ierxitd to hn heretofore by the people of
Thomas County, he hopes to merit a eontin
cation of their favors. He may be found
M bis old Stand opposite Remington & Son.
Jaa 4, ts P. S. POWATt
Commission Merchants.
TISON & GORDON,
COTTON FACTORS,
COMMlSSiiii iUil MMiib
MorcHants,
savannah, ga.
WM. U TISON. Wlf. W. GORDON.
May 16 6m
H BRYAN. A. L. H ART KIDOK t. IV. !. .VCH'.
Late of J. Savunoah Ga., Cincinnati, O.
Bryan Son
Savan h, Ga.
Bryan, Hartridge & Cos.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
BROKERS,
lo t Bay Street, SAVANNA*!, Oa.
Strict atteniion given to Con-ignnients
m i ('■ llectn.ns apt- 11 tint
F W.” SI MS. 4 ( .1 V WHEATON,
Late of ine > / La eof the firm of
Republican. ) ( Wilder, Wiieaton At Cos
F W. SIMS & Cos.,
SAVANNAH, GA.,
F ICTCP.3 AND GENERAL
IM m M£ iCHASi'S,
deal rsin
lletchantlhe. Produce, Tim
ber. I.u.Aibur tind CoHon.
Consignments anti orders respectfully solicit
ed. and whether by wagon, river, railroad or
sea will receive the strictest attention.
The Forwarding Business carefully and
prompt!” done mar 7 1 ‘ -6m
Miller. Thomas & Cos.,
&KNER.AIJ
CO VUJStirOXd GROCERY
MERCII ANT S,
SAVANNAH, . ... , GEORGIA.
A. J. MILLER. . SAMUEL fl. THOMAS.
. 0 LIVING-TON.
Jan 24 ‘ 4 Cm*
J. L. VILLALONGA,
COTTON FACTOR
mnrnn -ap u : n •’ •v* rrT
1 JlitUU ’/. ‘ .:■•? h ri niSy.jl;
“roTclaant-
No 94 Bay Street
jrt ri S4 VA \-X4H G i
W C.kIUVL rIAI.L ~T S . Mti; 5
J. Havson Thomas, J.i.
H>i 11, Myers & Thomas
GENERAL
COMMISSION
Mcrcliants,
No. 3, Commerce St., Baltimore.
Krferenrei*:
J Hanson Thomas Pres't Farmers’ arid Mer
chants’ National Bank, Tison & (Sordon, Sav’h
Kirkland, Chase k Cos., .Ino. Williams & Son,
Williams, Bee Sc Cos., N. Y . Brian fc Car
rcre. N. Y.. C. Morton Stewart. H. L.
Whitridge. D. H. Gordon. Va.,
EdwardS. Myers .J. P. Plea
sants &. Son, Tlios. J.
Carson & Cos.
Wra. H. MacFarland, Pre't Farmers’ Bank. Va.
Mar 14 11-6 m
CHANGE
OF
SCHEDULE!
A*aisgi.v.
F frrfss-mi muuijil
“A a
Ofllrt Atlantic A finlf flail Bond, j
Savannah. May 7, 1806. >
ON and after Monday May 14th. I*oo. the
Passenger Trains on this Road will run as
follows, connecting with Night Trains of the
Central Road:
Leave *tnranah at 7:MO A. Vl.,onMon
days. Wednesdays end Fridays.
Leave Thonin-ville at 4:00 A. VI., on
Tuesdays. Thursdays and S iturdays.
Arrive at Thoma-ville at 9:lf s*. JI.,
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Arrive at Naraannii at 0:<0 I*. JI.. on
Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays
JOHN SCREVEN.
May 16-ts President.
A. J. MILLER & CO.,
furniture
WARE HOUSE,
Broughton Bt., B.* V ANN A If, GA.
SdfNfew M’ork made to order.
Bell 11 mging. Mattraas Ma
king and Upholstering at short notice.
A J. MILLER. D. FALVEY.
April 18 3m
GEOIiGIA Tiioinnt County.
Court of U dinary, April 30, 1806.
WHEREAS. Hannah Davis makes applica
tion to this Court tor Letters of Administration
on the estate of Elizabeth Davis, deceased:
All persons inteiested. are notified to file their
objections in said Court, otherwise said lett rs
will be grauttd in terms of the law.
H. U. TOOKE.
May 9 30d Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Thomas County.
To the Hono> able Court of Ordinary of said
Con nty :
THE tytdersimed. your Petitioners. Exeeu
torsofhbe last will of Kindred Bra-well dec’d.,
sheweth that said dect-a-ed died assessed of
Lands and that it is necessary to sell the same,
fbrthopnrposeof paying the debfs of deceased,
and for distribution anion? the legatees of said
will: —Petitioners therefore petition and pray
for an order of said Court granting them leave
to seil said lauds, and as in duty bound will
ever pray. etc. SAM’L G BRASWELL.
CASWELL BRASWELL,
Executors.
GEORGIA—Thomas County.
Court of Ordinary, June 4,1866.
Upon hearing the foregoing Petition, it is
ordered bv the Court, that said petition and
this order’be published in the Southern Enter
prise once everv two weeks far sixty days.
F 1 * H. H TOOKE,
Jon* 6-606 Ordinary.
FURNISH YOUE
HOUSE.
|- H E undersigned have at great trouble and
1 expense completed their splendid stock ot
UOlhL Ft KVMH\G GOODS
express! v for the Thomasville market and now
present to the public tbe only house in the
place devoted exclusively to that branch of
busiiie-s. Our stock consists of u I most every
article needed in our line together with
FiiniLllS X UKPLITE IS
TOOLS.
Our house is replete with Yankee notions of
utility the latest inventions and improvements
in ali kinds of ware, furniture, tod-Ate. Ate.
OUR SILVER WARE
is superb and needs no recommendation.
A fill’ ssort .eut of the latest improved
a Ot Ki.VB&O! I RE STOVES
at the most reasonable prices.
We also repair and
>lA’ i I it mu; 1i V WAR I!
of all kinds.
In f act, our stock is complete in every de
partment Come and examine for vourselves,
A. & R. SMITH
may 30th
GROCERIES,
AND
TINT WARE!
At K. U. rVANS’ OLI) STAND,
Nxt door to I. Kubitskek 80.
AINSWORTH & SANFORD
KEEP constantly on hand a large and se
lected stock of GROCERIES, HARD
AND TIN WARE, consisting of
Flour, Bacon, Coffee, Tea, Sugar, Cheese,
Butter, Syrup, Salt, Soap, Soda. Starch, .
Candles Pepper, Allspice, Ginger,
Snuff iu Jars and Bottles,
liaising, Dried Figs, Apples and Peaches, Pot
as-’ Oysters, Cream Tartar. Yeast Powders,
Chewing and Smoking Tobacco.
Hardware
Sto.ves, IToes, Nails, Axes, Spades and Shov
els, Trace Chains Pocket nd Table Knives,
Haines, Collars, Well and Water Buck
ets. Cotton and Wool Cards, Screws,
Brads, Locks Drawing Knives, Files, <fcc.
s l>n?i Mu-cad, all \timbcrß,
TIN WARE!
OT OF FRENCH CALF-SKINS,
All of which will be sold low for CASH
or BARTER.
r'iiles. Wool &.C., bought.
il. (I. Ainsworth. 11. 11. Snnford.
April. 25* 17-ts
Gr ALA. Hi iE*
Corn ! Colton
PLANTATION
For Sale
I\ HIUDLE FLORID 4, TUI!
LIVD OF FLOviGRS!
J” AM now offering <>ne
plantations for sale, ever
ottered in Middle Flo
rida, containing
Seventeen Hundred Acres
Os Oak and Hickory, Hammock and Pine
Lauds unsurpassed in the State.
About 000 acres in good condition for culti
vation, all hammock. The uncleared lands
thickly studded with tine timber
On the premises is a comfortable framed
dwelling house with out buildings in good
condition, li gro cabins for stl workers, barns,
stables, fodder houses, and. in fact,every thing
e J se necessary for planting purposes and con
venience.
G-ood Hin House and Screw,
Well* or Fine &c
The quality of these lands their situation
and condition renders them equal to any in the
State .‘or farming: and taken altogether with
the moderate price demanded tbi the place it
is the best opportunity for investment now
before tne public.
For lurtlier information address
JAMES A LINTON,
Thomas ville, Ga..
Or the editor of the Southern Enterprise.
May 2 IStf
Lauds dor Sale.
1760 “ACRES
OF EXCELLENT LANDS.
GREAT BARGAINS OFFERED.
I NOW offer for sale my two plantations, on
the mosi reasonable te ms.
1000 acres of Pine and Hatninoek Land, 12
miles from a depot on the Fernandina & Cedar
Keys Railroad, in Marion County, East Flo
rida. 300 acres of this land are cleared.
75 ‘ acre*in Decatur County, Ga , five miles
from a selected depot on the line of the Atlan
tic. Gult Rail Road. These lands are fine—
composed of oak, hickory, and pine mixed.
On this place there are 300 acres under a high
state of cultivation—good fence—good water,
and a good dwelling and necessary out-build
ings. ‘The whole convenient to water mills,
churches, and good society.
I will sell these lands at extremely low pri
ces. If you don’t believe it. make me an offer.
Any person wishing to purchase, may address
me at Sofka. Decatur County, Ga., or L. C.
Bryan, Thomasville, Ga., who is authorized to
represent me. Indulgence mav be given in
part. J I. CONNELL.
June 6 23-ts
EMPIRE HAIR RESIORER.
\N elegant Dressing,
An infallible restorer of C dor,
And a wonderful Invigorator of the HAIR.
Prepared by
W. P. CLOWER k CO.,
Jan 31 5-ts Apothecaries Hall.
‘VT OT It’.—At the July term of the Court of
i. J Ordinary of Colquitt County, I will apply
for an o.der of Court to sell, all the real estate
of George P, Hearndon deceased.
EADY HEARNDON.
May 30 604 Admr
Thomasville, Georgia, ‘Wednesday, June 13, 1566,
A Pneumatic Despatch.
From the Louisville Journal.]
The Lontljn Times gives an account
of a ceremony which recent y took
place in the British metropolis of much
-ciantific and public interest. This
was the opening of the first portion of
the pneumatic tube which is to con
neet the General Post Office with the
tern inns of the Northwestern railway,
through which postal matter is to be
sent, and which is destined, it the ex
pectation formed be realized to open
up anew system of communication
throughout n t, only the Lnglish tne
trop li- hut all the great of Eu
o, e nd America. It is a sgn that
the world is ti l moving., Uc have
condense . an 1 arranged the long and
grup ie account the Times gives of the
winde allair tor the information of the
readers f the J urnal, and doubt not
the will be as much interest., dinit as
we have been.
A short line was laid down experi
mentally at Battersea, two or three
years ago, and afterwards transferred
to seymour street, where it has been
and is m w doing duity in the convey
ance of mails between Eustoh square
station and the North we-’ tern district
post office in Evershoult street. A
short passenger line on the same prin
ciple was also constructed at the Crys
tal Palace. The present, however, is
the fitst practical application of the
process on anything like a’large scale,
and file results are ceriainly enconr
aging; The distance from Euston to
Holhorn is exactly one mile and three
quiters ; the second portion of the
line, running on at right angles to the
general post office, will be an addition
al mil. in length, and of this further
portion one-hall has been laid ; so that
the completion of the Company’s uii
dertaking may be looked for at no dis
tant day. The opportunity affordid
of seeing the line in actual working
order drew together a number of gen
tlemen whose names a r e familiar in the
scientific and commercial, world.
Looked at from the street, one would
never imagine that the interior of the
premises eonta ns so much that is well
worth seeing. . Entering Irom the lev
el of Ilolborn, the visitor passes along
a corridor through a doorway, and
emerges upon a gallery of considerable
size, from which he looks down on a
brick fl- or, supporting lines of rails,
much as he might do 1’ ora a railway
f lu-tform down on the lino, but from
a greater elevation Underneath tbe
c rridur by which he has just entered
he secs some'mechanical appliances,
suggestive partly of an engine-room,
and partly of a pointsman’s gallery
outside a railway station ; and below
the level, a.ain, on which the white
jacketed engineer in charge is stand
ing, and supporting the pi tform on
which both he and these mechanical
appliances rest, are a c.tuple of open
ings, looking like black polished mod
ern chimney pieces ‘-ith the grates
withdrawn These are the mouths if
the pneumatic tubes, one of which
communicates with the Noith West
ern Railway; the other, idle at pres
ent, will soon ho drawing in and Geliv
ering supplies from and to the postal
headquarters in London.
The hour appointed for the expert
ment to begin was half-past 1 o’clock,
and shortly after the hour, a sudden
snip, and a sighing, rushing sound
like that which often heralds the be
ginning of n storm, announced that
ih_> machinery was set in motiou —
T he snapping sound pioved on exami
nation to have proceeded from the
closing of iron doors a little way with
in the shadow of what has been cm
pared to a fi'e-place, and three doors
met, not evenly, but an angle bke that
of a broad arrow, the point, projecting
outward, so as to rc-ist the atmospher
ic pressure. Pome minutes passed be
tote au\thing further was visible or
audible; for, though with a moderate
amount of pressure, the pneumatic
train is poopelled at a speed of twenty
live miles an hour, !rom seven to eight
minutes are required lor the transit
from Eu*ton Square to Holbjrn. At
last the close attentiou bestowed by
the engineer upon his various signals
and guages were rewarded by a tele
graphic tinkling, indicative ot the fact
that the greater portion of the journey
had been accompli-hed.
A second and third signal followed
at no great intervals, and almost imme
diately upon the last of these the door
flew open, as doors used to do in the
days interior to the French Revolution,
when uionarehs or great personages
were about to appear, and in rolled sol
emnly four dwar6.-h iron wagons,
weighing with their contents sone ten
tons in the aggregate. The manner
in which these doors open, as if by
magic, to admit the ttring of carriages
coming appatently from the bowels of
the earth, is one of the most interest
ing features in the entire process.—
To render it intelligible, it must be
premised that the air in the tube is
alternate ly exhaustei and condensed,
according to the direction ui which the
train is going, and that the shaft com
municating with the stationary engine
which generates tbe blast, or causes
the suction, enters the tube about lUO
feet from its mouth. There is, there
fore, a body—technically speaking, a
‘•cushion’’ —of air, 100 leet in length,
behind the draught pipe, which ren
ders material service in arresting the
progress ot the advancing tram, and
which would, in fact, bring it to a
dead stop within the tube if the doors
were suffered to remain closed. A
spring-lever, however, underlies the
tails at a short distance up the tube,
and this, when pressed by the weight
of the train, withdraws the bolt that
keeps the doors in their places, mid
suffers them to be blown open. Al
though, however, they fly apart with
a violence that is really alarming,
they create no sound and sustain uo
injury themselves, owing to the fact
when fully open they are received in
to air chambers. Air, ther fore, in
one and the same movement, is made
to exhibit the force ot a giant and the
softness of a glove. As regards the
carriages, it cannot be truth tu Ily said
that they are ornamental in tneir char
acter. In shape they are like a capi
al D turned oteron bsstrrit side and
mounted upon wheels; either end ot
the carriage lias a raise ! hood or flan .',
shaped so as to correspond with tiie
interior of the tube, the diinen-io is of
which are four feet in height by four
feet six inches in width. Yesterday
they were laden, or ballasted, with
shingles filled into sacks, but their
ordinary freight is expected to be, in
the first instance,- letter bags, then
probably railway parcels, certain de
scriptions of. market -produce, and ul
timately, it may be, general merchan
dise. After the train'had made some
successful passages to and fro several
of the party'expressed a strong desiie
to pass through the tube themselves.
They were waned that the line was
‘‘not constructed with a view to pas
senger traffic,” and they would find the
way ‘‘a little rough.” The spirit oi
adventure, however, is high in the
heart even of the middle aged En
glisi man, and each of the wagons had
soon as many occupants it could
comfortably accommodate in the re
cumbent posture enforced by circum
stances. Tarpaulin coverings were
obtained for one or two of the carriages,
but the greater number of the excur
s"u nists had to get themselves in as
best they could an ong the bags of
shingles, taking care to keep their
heads well he ow rhe edge cf the car
riages, lest, as an American gentleman
preseut was credited with say in •,
‘‘they might get their hair brushed
by. machinery.” The first sensation at
starling, ail'd .still mere so upon arriv
ing, was c rtainly not : greable. For
about a quarter of a minute in each
case there was a pressure upon the
ears suggestive of diving-bell experi
ence, a suction like- that with which
one is dr’ wn under a wave, and a cold
draught ol'wind upon his eyes, having
almost the effect of Filing Water; but
once fairly within the tube these sen
sations were got rd of, or left, behind,
and the motion had little more posi-.
tive discomfort about it than would
he attendant on riding on a “lorry”
over the worst ballasted line in En
gland, It was a curious sensation to
be flying along through the earth, feet
foremost, in utter darkness, for the
lest part of ten minutes, which, in
sutdi a place, seemed half in hour,
knowing that to the right and left ot
you there were gas-pipes, water-pipes,
drains, cellar*, roots of trees, and all
the intricate fibres of the London sub
soilway; that neater again to you was
an arch which you might touch at your
peril, and that all of these you could
see absolutely t othing The conven
tional horrors of rats troubled one lit
tle, seeming out of place beside this
lat st effort of human invent on or au
dacity. Rut one reminiscence connect
ed with an earlier stage in the history
of this very pneumatic dispatch did
certainly prisent itself at awkward
moments,. The incident was as follows:
Various experiments having been tried
with the tube and its power of suction,
one of the officials at last determined
to see what would happen in case the
train stuck fast us any point on its
journey. A carriage wjis accordingly
“scotched,’’ or fastened in sue! a way
that it could not move, ai.d then the
power of the engine was exerted to the
utmost. The carriage in question was
intendded for passengers and furnish
ed accordingly. 1 y and by one of the
cushions, the others, and finally all
the movab’es which the carriage con
tained, were whirled through the
tube and delivered at the other end,
the force exerted being such that nails
keeping down the carpet were extract
ed. As the only “movables” yester
day were human bodies, the moral of
the story was not pleasant to draw;
and at sharp corner-, which did present
themselves at intervals, one recalled
the popular heresies about “the grace
fully winding curves of English roads”
contrasted with “the hideously staight
and dusty avenues of France.” The
air within the tube was by no means
fovl or disagreeable ; here and there
a strong flavor of rust was encountered,
but this was explained by the fact,
that, aa|the tube had to be laid in
length” through various soils, and
encountered in the process a large
share of unfavorable weather, the
corrosion on the surface ol the iron
could not be expected wholly to dis
appear untill cleaied away by the fric
tion of constantly passing and repass
ing trains. On the arrival of the ex
cursionists at the upper or Euston
square extremity of the line, they
quitted their places tor a few moments
to inspect the smaller tube, which
communicates with the Eversholt
street district post-office, and then
returned by tbe way that they had
come to Ilolborn. No doubt remain
ed on the mind of any person who
made the double transit as to the facil
ities which the system, if a sufficient
number of stati >ns can be incorporated .
with it, is calculated to afford, net
only to the postal service, but to the
requirements of the general public.—
The sejn me of the company, who, it
seems, possess under their act powers
to lay down pneumatic tubes at any
pouts within the jurisdiction of the
.Metropolitan Board of Works, is to
const met similar lines between the 10
district post-offices and the general |
pust-offiee, and between the different
railway terminations and goods depots
it. London, connecting with these lines
the six principal London markets and
other important points. For these
purposes it is calculated that some 35
miles of tubing and a capital of <£l,
_SO 000 would be required, tbe cost
par mile roughly estimated being-from ‘
£30,000 to £35,000.. The expendi
ture of the company hitherto has been
probably £150,000, which would be
largely in excess of this supposed aver
age, but the sum mentioned includes
the cost of preliminary experiments
and also of sco ring for two Acts” of
Paaliament. The company expect
that great profits will eventually accrue
to them from tho carriage of g. ods,
the prime cost of which according to
their system, would not exceed Id per
ton per mile in London, while every
merchant knows that he 1 as to pay
Is, or perhaps Is 3d, tor the same
weight and distance. On the other
hand, however, it must be borne in
mind that the interest upon.the heavy
preliminary outlay cannot be lost sight.
of by the company in regulating their
tariff of charges; and, further, that
the merchant can send bis goods where
lie pleases at present rates, whereas the
company can only deposit them at
certain wclldefined stations in the post-.
al subsidy which the company enjoy ,
or will hereafter enjoy, they have one
great element, of fctror.gth. It they
succeed, in relieving tha leading'thor
oughfares to any appreciable extent
from their present glut of traffic they
will not'only reap the reward of’their
spirited enterprise,■ but • will- entitle
themselves to the gratitude of the
public. ‘ ‘
AN EBSTO.I IN HEAVEN.’
Under th i above caption an exchange •
gives a long obituary notice of a deceas
ed brother editor, from which vre have
room only to extract the closing para
graph:
“Should we not then rejoice that
our late friend of the scissors and quill
is in heaven? In that paradise the cry
of‘more copy'will never again fall up
on his distracted ears. There his en
joyments will no more be interruped
by the growls of the unreasonable sub
scriber, or the duns of the paper-ma
ker There he will enjoy entiie free
dom from the detractions and misre
presentations of political opponents,
and the carcasses of ambitious political
aspirants. In that blest abode he is no
more to be troubled with illegible man
uscrij t or abominable poetry. No rival j
editors will there sted bis thunder, or ;
his items and typographical errors I
shall know him no more forever.’*
A Boy Struck Blind for Blas
phemy.— The vengeance of the Al- !
mighty was visited on a youth named
Richards on Sunday -in the most awful
and sudden manner. It appears that
the lad, who is about thirteen years of’
age., and the son of parents in very
humble circumstances, was playing in
the street with four or five other lads
of ab ut hisown age, at’ fciat and dog’—
Richards and his companions had been
playing lor some time, when a dispute,
arose between them as to the number
<’f ‘notches’ (or jumps) Richards had
scored. lie declared that ho had made
more than twenty and his opponents
protested that lie had not scored mo
many. High words arid bad language
were freely used on both sides. Each
bey accused the other of falsehood, and
at length Richards, failing to convince
his compaions of the truthfulness of his
statement, fi-.w into a violent rage and
emphatically shouted Alay God strike
me blind if I haven’t made more than
twenty.* He had scarcely uttered the
adjuration before be let the‘dog’ fall
out of his hands, and, throwing up his
arms, exclaimed, ‘Oh, dear, I can’tsee.
His companions ran to him, and find
ing what lie said was true, at his
request led him home, where, on exaun
ination, it was found that a thick film
had over.-pread each of his eyes. In
this miserable condition the unhappy
youth has remained ever since, and we
are informed that there is a little or no
prospect of bis sight being restored.—
Brighton {England) Observer.
“I’ll Call Around and Pay.”—
A world of woe, (exclaims a cotempo
rary who perhaps keenly felt wht
he was saying,) is contained in these
few words to the poor artisan and me
chanic! “I’ll call around and pay,”
says the rich inan, to Avoid the trouble
of going to the desk to get the neces
sary funds, and the poor mechanic is
obliged to go home to disappoint his
workmen, and all who depend upon
him for their due. It is an easy mat
ter to work ; the only real glory in this :
life is an independent idea of being 1
VOL. YI.-No. 24.
I able to sustain yourself by the labor
of your own hands, and it may be c:.
sily imagined what crushing force tier,
is in, ‘‘l'll call around and pay,” to tin
laboring man who depends on tha;
pay for subsistence. It thoso who
could pay would pay at once, it wouk
plate hundreds and thousands in n
condition to do likewise and would
prevent much misery and distress.
MAKE VOlll HOME BEAL'XI’
ECL.
Property is worth more in a beautiful,
well-shaded village, than on a bleak
sunburnt, unsightly plain, lie who ha ,
no respect for the appearcncc of hi
own premises, not only sinks the valu
of his own property but also sinks th
value of the property of his neigbois
.No one likes to live in the sight of ugh
ness. On the other hand, be wb ■
makes his own home attractive, eoi
tributes to the rising value oi’ all th
regb n around him. lie is thus a pul
lie benefactor, contributing not mere!
to the gratification of the taste of thos
who look upon his improvements, bu
adding to the real marketable value c.
the property in his vicinity.
Do not think that we are hero urg
ing expense upon these who are ill able
to afford it. No man is so poor but
that he can have a flowering shrub i:
his yard. No man is so pooi hut that,
lie can plant a few trees before his
dwelling. No man is so poor that he
must liave his pig-stye at his front
door. We only contend that every
man should exercise that taste which
God has given to every man. And
though we may not be able to vie with
the rich in the grandeur of our dwell
ings, the lowest cottage may be embell
ished with loveliness, and the hand of
industry and of neatness may make it
a home, full of attractions. Let there
once be formed in the heart of a roan
an -appreciation of the beautiful, and
the work is done. Year after year, with
no additional expense, the scene
around him will be assuming new as
pects, of beauty.
Say not, I am hot the owner of
bou-e or lands, and therefore I have
nothingto do-. All are but tenants-at
will. We arc all soon to leave, to re
turn no more. • Wherever you dwell,
even if it be in your own hired house
but ore short year, be sure and leave
ycur impress behind you —be sure
and leave some memorial that you
have been there. The benevolent man.
will love to. plant a tree, beneath
whose shade the children of strangers
are to play. It does the heart good
to sow the seed, when it is known that
other lips than yours shall eat tho
fruit.
Neither think that this is a question
without its moral issue. The love of
home is one of the sirest safeguards of
human virtue, and he who makes homo
so pleasant that his children love it,
that in all the wanderings of subse
quent life they turn to it with delight,
does very much to guide their steps
away from all the haunts of disipation,
and to form in them a taste lor those
joys which are most ennobling.
A Million of Men Under Arms.
—-Late intelligence from Europe an
nounces that a million of men are un
der arms, and that war is certain. The
estimate cf forces is a moderate one.
Prussia, Austria and Italy have at least
a million of men upon a war footing,
and Lavaria, Saxony, Hanover and
Wurtcmburg are mustering for the
terrible conflict, nor can we suppose
that France and Kussia will remain
idle spectators. Indeed, the speech
made by Louis Napoleon at Auxcrre
has caused a panic in every money
market in Europe, and increased tho
rate of interest of the Bank of England
to ten per cent. That speech reveals
the correctness of a surmise we ex
pressed in a previous issue, that there
was an understanding between Napo
leon and Italy. The persistent refusal
of the Italian and Prussian govern
ments to accede to the Austrian over
tures of disarmament and peaceful
negotiations, indicated most plainly a
“Power behind the Tlmme” which
was resolved upon war. .
Washington, May 29. Congress
Hall, at Saratoga, was entirely destroy
ed by fire this morning. A small por
tion of the furniture was saved.. Loss
§200,000. No other hotel was iftjur
ed.
The controversy between the Fenian
leaders continues. President Roberts,
had an interview with Stephens, when
the latter requested him to discontinue
the movement against Canada. Rob
erts repled that he was determined to
persist; lie meant fighting. Stephens
asked him to desist thirty days, and
the proposition was declined. —The
leaders arc now openly opposed to each
other.
The Tax bill, which passed the llouso
contains a provision for export duty
on cotton of five cents per pound. By
direction, the War Department will re
fund the amount collected by order of
Gen. N. T. J. Dana as military tax of
two dollars per bale on cotton at Mem*
phis, Tennessee; restitution will bo
made to the parties from whom the
amounts were collected, their legal
heirs or the properly constituted at
torneys, or representatives of tho
same.
Pay the Editor what you owe him,
and you will have sound sleep and a
clear conscience.