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A THKIhUNO SITUATION.
The Detroit Free Press of the 29th
ult., describes au adventure by a
German named Henry Osster, of
Nankin township, who was hunting a
missing cow, and got mired in a piece
of marshy ground. The narrative
continues:
To his right about ten feet away,
was a knoll of solid ground, on which
grew a thoruapple tree, one of the
limbs extending almost over the
man’s head, and about four feet be
yond the reach of his arms. Think
ing that if he could get possession of
his gun he might secure the limb,
Osster took off liis suspenders, tied
them together and made a noose on
one end, and after careful and tedi
ous work lassoed the rifle and drag
ged it to him. This was after ho had
been in the mire nearly two hours,
and quite a while after dark. He
was induced to believe that he had
not sunk any for the last half hour,
but the extra weight of the gun as
he held it up, sunk him nearly to his
hips in a moment, and he quickly
laid it down.
Little tufts of grass, growing up
from spots of solid ground not much
larger than his hand, were all around
the man, but the moment he took
hold of one of them it would pull
away, having no real support. Uss
ter had a pipe with him, and he got
this from his coat and twisted off the
German silver ring around the stem.
The ring lie broke between his teeth,
bent it up like a hook, and then fas
tened it to his suspenders, determin
ed to make an effort to reach the
limb. Time after time he made the
throw, but the hook failed to catch,
or slipped off, or bent out straight,
and at ten o’clock at night the vic
tim was up to his hips and slowly
settling. Placing his coat and vest
on either side, lie pushed them down
with his hands, aud in this way kept
his body from settling as fast as it
otherwise would. lie ceased trying
to shout, knowing that ho could not
expect help before another day.
As Osster did not return at dark,
Starks feared that he might have shot
himself or met with some other acci
dent, and walked a mile or so in the
direction from which the man was ex
pected, and stopped within half a
mile from where he was sinking down
to death. Returning home, he agreed
to make a further search in the mor
ning, and when the time came got a
neighbor to go with him. They
took a direction quite distant from
where Osster was to be found, and,
to be brief, searched the woods until
nearly noon, and then determined to
go to the hamlet aud see if Osster
had been there. In coming out of
the woods they passed within forty
rods of Osster, and were nearly half
a mile away when one of them fired
a shot at a squirrel on the fence. All
night long Osster had bsen slowly
sinking, and when the sun marked
noon he was up to his shoulders in
the mire. Hearing the shot, he put
forth all his vocal strength into one
grand shout followed by another,
and his voice was heard and recog
nized. Even after his friends got
within a few feet of him he had to
shout to guide them, as his head was
below the grass. It is needless to
say that they instantly set about the
work of rescuing him. Logs and
brush were piled into the swamp un
til they could reach him. Finding
that they could not pull him out by
the arms, the mire was scooped away
from his body, and he was literally
pried out by a lever inserted under
his feet
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COM
PANY’S OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTH.
Probably no corporation ever or
ganized has succeeded in accomplish
ing greater results more quietly and
with so little popular excitement as
the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa
ny. Its leases and purchases are so
numerous and succeed each other so
rapidly that the full scope and intent
of particular transactions are scarcely
comprehended by the public, before
some further combination or pur
chase is announced involving still
vaster issues.
In addition to the conquests al
ready announced, it is rumored that
the great railroad company has re
vived to own or control a direct
route to Memphis, and that the recent
remarkable fluctations in the stock
of the Memphis and Charleston Rail
road were due to pending negotia
tions of the Pennsylvania company
for the purchase of that line. The j
Memphis and Louisville Railroad is :
also stated to be among the more re- j
cent acquisitions of the omnivorous
Pennsylvania company. Whatever
may be the facts in connection with
these particular transactions, there
seems to be very little doubt that
the Pennsylvania company is steadily
reaching forward to Southern con
nections. It may also be stated that
both the people and the railroad man
agers of that section exhibit as much
willingness to be swallowed up as
has been manifested by the Northern
lines. — JST. Y. Bulletin.
The last cup of the frolic is gen
erally the kic-cup.
POLITICAL SPECULATIONS ON THE
FUTURE CAREER OF THE DEMOC
RACY.
A Conference of Leader* Probable—Con
servative Support of Moderate Republi
can* for the Presidency—General Am
nesty and Civil Service Reform, &c.
Washington, Nov. 10, 1871.
There has been since the elections
of Tuesday last a large amount of
talk in political circles here over the
probabilities of the Democratic par
ty declining to take part in the next
Presidential campaign, but to give
its support to some anti-Grant °Re
publican who may be nominated by
that faction in the Republican organ
ization opposed to having General
Grant for a second term. All such
speculations will be certain to bejdissi
pated before the meeting of the next
Congress, inasmuch as it appears
that those who encourage, or would
encourage, a theory of that character
act entirely without knowing the
views of the leading statesmen of
the party.
There are indications—very posi
tive ones—that spring from move
ments which have had some engineer
ing in this city, that the Democratic
party will give its endorsement
through a convention of its own to
the nomination of a Conservative,
anti-prospective Republican, but at
the same time there will be a firm
declaration of principles, and gentle
men who have had much experience
in political matters have earnestly
discussed the propriety of the Demo
cratic Convention nominating some
one who can draw heavy support
from the Republican ranks. There
will be conferences of leading Demo
cratic statesmen upon this topic when
the proper period arrives. In the
mean time there will, of course, be
informal discussions upon it without
limit.
Much for the future career of the
Democratic party must be decided
during the session of Congress. This
will be the first session in many
years in which any opportunity will
be given for action upon matters con
nected with the material prosperity
of the country. It remains to be
seen how far Congress will relent in
the proscriptiveness that at present
holds sway in several States, and
what efforts will be made regarding
civil service reform.
General Amnesty will be agitated,
and many think advised by the Ex
ecutive in the annual message. With
reference to its adoptive tendencies
of present force, there exists favora
ble opinions among those who hope
for such a consummation. A few
weeks from now will show the dom
inant powers in these respects.
There is no end to the talk about
reforming the civil service system,
but the probabilities are that for the
present it will consist in “ talk”
alone. The measure has its advo
cates in prominent places, including
both House of Congress; there is
even a prevalent notion that the Ad
ministration favors it, and will strong
ly recommend the adoption of some
measure to reform the present loose
civil service regulations, but the gen
eral verdict seems to be that all
recommendations will be futile. The
politicians who control the appoint
ments at the present day will not re
linquish their grasp without a strug
gle. It is a weapon of offense and
defense that the average carpet-bag
ger will never consent to relinquish,
aud in that decision he will be sus
tained by at least two-thirds of the
influential Radical members of Con
gress from the Northern States.—
Jiichmond Dispatch .
A MAN GOES CRAZY FROM FIGHTING
FIRE.
Last week a wealthy fa.iiner in
Madison township named Jacob
Pittston become deranged from
figting a fire in the woods in his vi
cinity, and, as liis insanity took a dan
gerous turn, it was thought best to
confine him in jail. He is a large,
powerful built man, forty years old,
and weighing nearly two hundred
pounds, and it took the combined
strength of a dozen men to secure
him, lie fighting them as only a mad
man can fight. When overpowered
he was lashed to a twelve foot plank
and brought to the jail. He was fas
tened to the plank some twelve
hours. As soon as he was turned
loose in a cell he broke the iron bed
stead in pieces as if it had been made
of wood, tore up the bed clothing
and his own, and it was not only
useless but impossible to make ef
forts to subdue him. On Saturday
night, however, the stench in the cell
became unbearable, and Sheriff Glo
ver decided that it must be cleaned.
Speaking to two of the prisoners to
aid, he unlocked the cell door. Pitts
ton, perfectly nude, and armed with
an iron bar—a portion of the bed
stead—was walking a circle about
the cell. Waiting until his back was
turned the Sheriff quickly opened the
door and sprang for the crazy man’s
neck closed his arms around it. The
prisoners as quickly followed, and
after a terrific struggle Pittston was
conquered and bound until his cell
was cleaned, when he was again
loosened. Yesterday Sheriff Glover
started with him for the insane asy
lum at Indianapolis.
SINGULAR SUICIDE.
A telegraphic dispatch, dated Leu
iston, Me., 3d inst.. narrates a singu
lar suicide, as follows:
Great excitement prevailed in this
city to-day over a remarkable case
of suicide, by which two young girls
perished. About one o’clock, Ada
Brown, of Buckfield, and Anna
Wood, of Hartford, were seen stroll
ing along the. banks of the Andro
scoggin, toward the falls. They
were engaged in earnest conversation,
and there was nothing unusual in
their appearance to attract observa
tion. On arriving at the falls they
divested themselves of their outer
clothing and deposited it careiully
upon the rocks. After a few mo
merits passed in deep meditation they
clasped their arms around each other
and sprang into the deepest channel
of the river. Not a cry escaped them
as they took the fatal leap, but with
faces turned heavenward the unfor
tunates plunged into the boiling flood.
No cause can be assigned for the rash
act.
J.IIE B AMII/Y NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO SCIENCE, ART, LITERATURE, EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE, POLITICAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER *23, 1871.
THE KU-KLUX committee.
1 his committee adjourned j’ester
day. It closed its labors in this
section. It examined over a hun
dred witnesses. It sat with closed
doors. It held a sort of inquisition,
to get testimony against the South,
in which the ODly representatives of
fair play were the Democratic mem
bers, Senator Bayard and Mr. Yoor
liees. But for the vigilance of the
latter gentlemen no rebutting evi
dence could have gotten in. The
search for Radical testimony has
been keen. Horace Maynard and
liis associates have exhausted every
effort to fortify the slanders against
our people.
Could the proceedings have been
made public and the names of the
witnesses and their testimony given
out,, the good people would then have
had a chance to refute the calumnies
against them. But this would not
have served the purpose. So the
tribunal kept out the public and con
lined the examination, as far as pos
sible, to the prosecution. We trust
this fact will go with the evidence.
Every disorder of the last four
years has been raked up, and in some
cases the same outrage has done du
ty many times in different shapes.
Negroes have been the choice wit
nesses, and “ colored troops have
fought nobly.” They have sworn
magnificently. The pay and mileage
paid them has brought quantities in,
with stuff ample for any demand.
An immense amount of evidence
in utter rebuttal of the slanders has
come out too. Many tales have been
so clumsily told that sharp cross
questioning has shown up their fal
sity.
One batch of dirty negro girls
swore to one of their number being
ueaten so as to be bedridden for four
weeks. The cross-examination
brought out that in four days the
beaten woman walked fifteen miles to
a frolic. And the same party of
perjured wenches were seen counting
their pay of $35 or S4O each, and
chuckling and giggling over their
gains, and vowing to send others up
to lie for hire. This is as sickening
as true. It affords an eloquent com
mentary upon this secret inquisition
for proof to bolster up slander.
No proof was obtained of a gener
al Ku-Klux organization. The only
thing of the kind, a local affair, was
shown to have in its membership two
Radical revenue assessors. The body
of the outrages were indisputably
shown to be connected with illicit
distillation and utterly outside of
politics. In the mountain counties,
where illegal distilling is carried on,
the most of the violence occurs, and
was proven to be done to protect the
distillers and their confederates.
The revelations of negro crime
have been very sickening. The bit
terest witnesses have been such ne
groes as Turner, and such white
Radicals as Senator Brock.
One ex-Federal officer named Ly
ons, a Republican and a large rail
road contractor, gave some fine evi
dence to the good order of the State.
Ex-Governor Brown, Ben Hill and
Linton Stephens were summoned be
fore the committee, and testified
strongl}' for the people.
But the trouble is that the evi
dence of one perjured scamp goes
farther than that of fifteen truthful
witnesses. The object is to get
proof to calumny for political effect.
That is suborned and the damage is
done. The pretext is furnished.—
Atlanta Constitution.
WHAT WILL BE THE RESULT.
An area such as that through
which the fire has swept is not less
than 30,000 miles in extent Sup
posing that there are one hundred
cords of wood to the acre—an aver
age probably far below the truth —it
would take to consume these, if the
forests were all pine—if not all pine
it would take m0re—11,468,160,000,-
000 pounds of oxygen. And this in
conceivable amount has, it must be
remembered, been taken from the
air by the fire in the forests of Min
nesota, and toward the northwest
amd south. Add to this what has
been used up on the frontiers and in
the Canadian and other fires, and the
total will be found sufficient to alter
the condition of life not only in the
West, but all over the continent, and
perhaps the world.
An old lady and her daughter
were attacked by a bull while cross
ing a field on their way to church
last Sunday, Rock castle county,
Kentucky. The bull first knocked
the mother down and gored her to
death, and then made chase for the
daughter, whom he caught just at
the fence and tossed over to the oth
er side, breaking one of her arms,
one of her legs, and dislocating a
shoulder. On learning of the oc
curence the neighbors attacked the
bull with fiiearms and soon made
beef of him.
How to Acquire a Good Memorj*.
As a general thing, we read too
much, and think about what we read
too little, the consequence is, that
most of the people we meet know
something, in a superficial way
about everything, and a very little
in a thorough way about anything.
Not a f enth part of what is read is
remembered for a month after the
book, magazine or newspaper is laid
aside. Daniel Webster, who had a
rich store of information on almost
every subject of general interest, on
being asked how it was that he could
remember so accurately, replied that
it had been his habit for years to re
flect for a short time on what he read
a,nd to fix all the facts and ideas
worth remembering in his mind. Any
one who does this will be surprised
how retentive his memory will be
come, and how long after reading a
book, or interesting article, the best
portions thereof will remain.
Dean Swift said: “It is with
narrow souled people as it with nar
row necked bottles—the less they
have in them, the more noise they
make in pouring it out.
THE COUNTRY PRESS OF GEORGIA*
The Savannah News pays some
merited compltments to the Country
Press of Georgia, which we heartily
endorse. It says our Georgia rural
press is far ahead of that of any oth
er Southern State, save Kentucky,
and on a par with that of any North
ern State. We go farther and say
that we doubt if the Country Press
of any Northern State can equal
ours.
Our cotemporary hopes to see the
day when the Country Press shall
be a respected and recognized power
in the land. It is so tc-daj^.
The following statement is a great
truth.— Constitution.
Conspicuous among the improve
ments made in the country weeklies
and one that has enhanced their val
ue and prosperity, and materially en
larged their sphere of usefulness both
at home and abroad, is the attention
given to their local departments. A
large majority of them are persistent
and intelligent chroniclers of items
of interest in their own section—the
result of which is, that they are pop
ular and prosperous to a degree nev
er before known in their history.—
Marietta Journal.
No Dead-Heads. —Some railroad
conductor, who has lately been elec
ted a deacon in a New England
church, astonished the congregation
the first Sabbath, when it became his
duty to assist in taking a collection,
by presenting the plate with his ha
bitual ejaculation, “ Tickets, gentle
men !” This was not absence of
mind, but rare presence of mind. In
a well-conducted church, no dead
heads have a place.
A few days ago a boy in Wilming
ton, North Carolina, sent a letter to
the Emperor Napoleon, telling him
that he was a boy of eleven years,
but that, with the heart of a man,
he sympathized with him in the
heavy misfortunes that had fallen
upon him. A few days since, to the
astonishment of every one, an auto
graph letter was received from the
Emperor in reply. It thanked him
for the kindly and generous sympa
thy that had been bestowed, and
hoped that the lot in life of his lit
tle friend would fall in more peace
ful times than had fallen to the share
of the Emperor of the French.
A countryman, who visited Green
ville, Tenn., had his attention at
tracted by the glittering sign of the
Andes Insurance Company. He
looked at it long aud intently, and
then broke out in a joyful exclama
tion. “Well, I knew old Andy would
be at somethin’ afore long; I tell
yer, they can’t keep him down ; no,
they can’t,” and walked on.
JOSH BILLINGS COUNTER
FEITED.
BY SIMON SIMPKINS.
Sum peeple seam tube stuck up
because they think we ar so. We
all ought to meet, compromise and
be friendly.
The ginerality of the world in gin
eral, estimates every man at hiz troo
value; an sum men ar a good deal
abov par, for a period more or les
short.
Don’t tel yore trubbles to other
peeple, nor bore them with your
private affairs, for every 1 iz for hiz
self.
If every man boo haz dun rong
were to be stoned, rox would fall
like hale, but hoo wood do the throw
ing ?
Wise Sayings.
Few accidents are so unhappy but
may be mended by prudence: few
so happy but may be ruined by im
prudence.
Men make themselves ridiculous,
not so much by the qualities they
have, as by the affectation of those
they have not.
To say little and perform much,
is the characteristic of a great mind.
He that does good for good’s
sake, seeks neither praise nor re
ward, though sure of both at last.
Force may be subdued, but lore
gains; and he that forgives first,
wins the laurel.
A man that gives his children a
habit of industry, provides for them
better than by giving them a stock
of money.
To be a man’s own fool is bad
enough, but the vain man is every -
body’s.
The covetous, the angry, tke
proud, the jealous, the talkatives,
cannot but make ill friends, as well
as false.
Choose a friend as thou dost a
wife, till death seprate you.
The Coming Comet. —Enck’s great
comet, is now on its way towards the
perihellion, which it will reach in
January next.
It is officially stated that the cost
of the Cuban war for the past year
was $2,000,000.
At the latest advices the sub
scriptions throughout the world for
the sufferers by the Chicago fire,
amounted to nearly five millions of
dollars.
Chicago received $l5O in Confed
erate money from a Richmond phit
lantropist.
The second section of twenty
miles of the Sou* hern Pacific Rail
way has been finished and accept
ed.
The Tribune announces the resig
nation of the Secretary of State, Mr.
Fish.
It is said that the improved lands
in South Carolina are worth $20,-
000,000, while the fences that inclose
them have actually cost $16,000,000.
GENERAL JOE JOHNSTON.
The Southern Home, speaking of
this distinguished General, says: We
have always been disposed to place
General Johnston in the front rank of
the greats t commanders of history.
His great intellect and personal cour
age won the admiration of his sol
diers, Avhile his warm, genial nature
secured their love. The veterans of
Napoleon did not idolize their Em
peror more than did our ragged sol
diers the lion-hearted Jolmston. No
one now doubts that his policy of
disregarding positions and never suf
fering an army to be cooped up
would have saved the Confederacy.
The Franco-Prussian war is an elo
quent tribute to Joe* Johnston—Se
dan and Strausbnrg were but repe
titionsfof the folly of Vicksburg, Port
Hudson and Richmond. The star of
the South set iff]gloom aud disaster
when Johnston was removed at At
lanta. Sherman exulted at the act,
and cried out, like Napoleon at Aus
terlitz, “ Now I have them !” The
baffled General knew that his time
had come, and clapping his hands he
said, “ I have fought hitherto when
Johnston pleased; *now I'll make
Hood|fight whenJl please.”
In speaking of the burning of
Chicago the Southern Christian
Aadvocate says.
How thankful should the sufferers
be, that it was no worse, that it was
not in the dead of winter, that there
were no brutal soldiers standing by
to snatch the remnants of their cloth
ing and food out of the hands of flee
ing women and children and throw
them back into the flames, or to help
on the work of destruction by scatter
ing fire brands, or to aggravate the
horrors of the fire by profane and
ribald jests and mocking insults.
These thigs have been—and, perhaps
some of these very persons now in
volved in this great ruin, have seen
them perpetrated in the South, not
long since. If any of them witnes
sed such barbarities without sym
pathy for the sufferers, they will nev
er do it again. The fire must have
burned into their hearts anew lesson
of humility if any of them needed to
learn it. And it should be a lesson
to us never to aggravate the suffer
ings of others out of revenge or
from sheer cruelty, to always protect
the weak and helpless, and to do
what we can to avert from them ev
ery calamity. It will be well for
individuals and nations to learn this
lesson lest they should soon need the
sympathy and said, they have denied
to others.
A young man from Kentucky
who under took to open a country
store in the mountains of East Ten
nessee, came to speedy ruin because,
ho was “too nippy ” for that region.
He wore a stovepipe hat, had his
boots blacked each day, and mounted
a fresh paper collar every morning
all of which served to disgust the
natives who said he put on too much
Kentucky blue grass style for them.
But still he was endured until the
women learned that he had his shirt
made to button up behind, that they
could not and would cot stand, and
when the fair sex turned against him
all further struggles against fact be
came useless. The young man]
stock in trade was disposed of by the
sheriff.
Lo! The Poor Indian*
San Francisco, November 10-The
United Sates grand jury of Tucsont,
Arizona, make formal charges agains
managers of Indian reservations in
the Territory, showing that the
Apaches were allowed to leave and
go on the war path at will and spe
cifying numerous murders committed
by the Indians. They are supplied
with arms and ammunition, and
their women prostituted by the offic
ers in charge.
An enthusiastic Yale student gaz
ed long earnestly though a
telescope at the movemeheffs of
Saturn, and afterwards discovred
that he had been watching the reced
ing head light of the New York
steamboat.
A grown up lowan let his eight
eight year-old father flog him the
other day, for fun.
The handsome mansion of the late
Dr. J. C. Ready, eleven niles from
Edgefield, has been burned. A nurse
of Jame3 Brewer, of Grantville, in
a fit of anger fired a gun and instantly
killed his child, aged three years.
The girl was arrested, and while on
the way to jail was shot by unknown
parties. On Wednesday night Mr.
Albert Turner, of Grantville, was
shot and mortally wouded by un
known parties —Edgefield Adver
tiser.
Brother Brigham on his Trayls.
A Salt Lake dispateh of the sth,
says a well known Mormon writes
from Beaver, October 31, that, “Bro
ther Brigham arrived here this mor
ning and after resting five hours, left
for St. George, on the southern
border of the Territory. He was
escorted by twelve mounted men of
the Nauvoo Legion. ‘I am told,
‘says the writer, ‘that lie has j aid
a final adieu to Salt Lake City. The
movement of Brother Brigham is
greatly agitating the minds of the
people hereabouts. ”
The latest additions to the list of
candidates for Governor are Col. T.
W.. Alexaneer, of Rome; Hon. Hi
ram Warner, and Hon. David
Irwin, of Cobb—the latter of whom
is warmly urged by the Munrot
Advertiser.
A young married man wa3 remark
ing to some ladies that it was al
ways the women who ran after the
men, when his wife indignantly said,
“You know, my dear, I nevr ran
after You” “That may be,” he re
plied, “but you took mighty good
care no to get out of the way.
Cover a fool with gold and he will
pass current.
808 TEX.
THE DEAD LETTER.
BT JOHN O. SAXE.
Andean .it J Ab, ye* i see,
•Tis thirty years and better
Siaec Mary.Mo?£*n sent to ate
This musty, musky letter.
A pretty hand (She wouldn’t spell,}
As any man mu-t vote it:
And ’tu as, as l remember well,
A pretty bad that wrote it!
How calmly now I view it all,t e . ,
As memory bai-kvartlTstugcs*—
The talks, the walks, timt I recall,
And then—the postal changes !
Nov well 1 loued her I can guess
(Since cash in Cupid’s hostage)
Just one-and sixpence—uotkiug less—
This letter cost in postage !
The love that wrote at such a rate
(15y Jove ! it was a steep one !)
Five hundred notes (1 calculate)
Was certainly a deep one ;
And yet it died"—of slow decline—
Perhaps suspicion chilled it'
I’ve quite forgotten if ’twas mine .
Or Alary’s flirting killed it !
At last the fatal message came ;
‘ My letters—please rotutn them ;
And yours—of course you wish the same —
I’ll send them back or burn them.’
Two precious fools, 1 must allow,
Whichever was tho greater ;
I wonder if I’m wiser now.
Some seven lusters later !
And this alone remains C Ah, well,
These words of warm affection,
The faded ink, the pungent smell,
Are -food of deep collection.
They tell of how the heart contrives
To change witp fancy's fashion,
And how a drop of musk survives
Tho strongest human passion !
- ~llxirper'» Magaeina.
IT NEVER PAYS.
It never pays to fret and growl
W lieu loliune seems our foe :
The better ored will push ahead
And strike the braver blow.
For luck is work,
And those who shirk
Should not lament their doom ;
Hut yield the play,
Ami cheer tho way,
That better men have room.
It never pays to foster pride.
And squander wealth in show ;
For friends thus won aro sure to run
In times of want or woe!
The noblest worth
Os all the earth
Are gems of heart and biain—
A conscience clear,
A household dear,
And hands without a stain.
It never pays to hate a toe,
Or cater to a friend ;
To fawn and whine, much less repine,
To borrow or to lend.
The faults of men
Are fewer when
Each rows hjs own canoe ;
For feuds and debts
And pampered pets
Unbounded mischief brew.
It never pays to wreck the health
In drudging after gain :
And he is sold who think that gold
Is cheaply bought with paiu.
An humble lot,
A cosy cot,
Have tempted even kings,
For stations high
That wealth will buy,
Naught of contentment brings.
It never pays ! A blunt refrain,
Well worthy of a song ;
For age aud youth must learn this truth
That nothing pays that’s wrong.
The good and pure
Alone are sure
To bring prolonged success !
While what is right
In heaven’s sight
Is always sure to bless.
A CURIOUS MATRIMONIAL QUESTION.
The San Jose (Cal.) Mercury con
tains this singular story :
A remarkable case, either of mis
taken identity and fraud, or wi.ful
or constrained perverseness, recent
ly occui ed, and still exists, in this
country, which is deserving of some
thing more than a passing notice.
There resides with his moth r iu
Santa Clara, Charles W. Sikes, a
young man of good reputation,
worthy and honest, but of humble
circumstances in life. There also
resides in the same town, with her
parents, Miss Hattie Burnett, a
granddaughter of Governor Burnett,
an estimable young lady of eighteen,
of fine accomplishments and unsul
lied character. These j r oung peo
ple, it is asserted, formed an attach
ment for each other, against the
wishes of the girl’s parents, who
sought by various means to break up
the intimacy between them. Young
Sikes was positively forbidden to
see or speak to the girl. But every
body knows who has arrived at ma
turity, what such forbiddings amount
to. Os course, he met her clandes
tinely—at least it is so positively
stated by those who casually sur
prised them in their stolen inter
views. This state of affairs existed
for several months, until the 4th of
September last, when Mr. Sikes, ac
companied by a young lady who
gave her name as Hattie Burnett,
called at the law office of C. C. Ste
phens of this city—an acquaintance
of both parties—and stated as their
object iu calling the intention of be
ing united in marriage. The lady
remained in conversation with Mr.
Stephens—who by the way, asserts
that he has known Miss Burnett
from infancy, and could not be de
ceived in her identity—while Sikes
went to the Clerk’s office for a li
cense. He soon returned with this
needed instrument, Justice Stewart
was called in, and the parties were
duly married. They returned to
Santa Clara, remained throughout
the day at the young man’s home,
and then the lady went to her own
home. Now comes in the mystery,
romance, or what you may call it if
the whole affair. The fact of the
marriage leaked out—for Sikes made
no secret of it—and soon reached
the ears of the girl’s parents. They
asked her if it was true. She said
no, and seemed greatly surprised at
the intimation. Sikes claimed that
she was his wife ; and the girl was
brought to confront him in the pres
ence of Mr. Stephens. Here she
denied everything relating to the
alleged marriage—had only known
Sikes as a passing acquaintance—
never intended to marry kina.—the
whole thing was a fraud—some wo
man bearing a resemblance to her
had been procured to personate her,
etc. And in this she firmly persists
at the present time. The parents
believe the girl—the public, mostly,
sympathize with Sikes. Some think
her fears have been wrought upon
until she dare not own the truth.
Others don’t know what to think.
It is certainly a queer case. The
parents and all parties are most
worthy people.”
A Boton business man remarks of
a native poet:
“lie is one of those men who have
soarings after the infinite and divings
after the unfathomable, but who nev
er pays cash.”
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS.
HAPPY EVERY DAY.
Sidney Smith cut the following
from a newspaper and preserved it
for hinxfelf;
“ When you rise in the morning,
form a resolution to make the day a
happy one to a fellow creature. It
is easy done; a left off garment to
the man who needs it; a kind word
to tho sorrowful; an encouraging ex
pression to the striving—trifles in
themselves light as air—will do it,
at lea9t for twenty four hours. And
if you are young depend upon it, it
will tell you when you are old ; if
you are old, rest assured it will send
you gently aud happily down the
stream of time into eternity. Bj r the
simplest mathematical sum, look at
the result; if you make one person
—only one—happy through the day,
that is three hundred and sixty-five
in the course of the year. And sup
posing you live forty years only af
ter you commence that course of
conduct, you have made 15,000 be
ing happy—at all events for a time.”
THE SENSE OF GUILT.
The atheist may speculate, and «-o
on speculating 111 he is brought up
by annihilation; lie may then* return
to life, and reason away tho differ
ence between good and evil; he may
even go further, and still he may eat
his bread with relish, and sleep
soundly in his bed ;' for his sins,
wanting, as it were, substance, hav
ing no actual solidity to leave their
traces in his memory, all future retri
bution may seem to him a thing with
which, in any case, he can have no
concern. But let him once turn his
theory to practice, let him make
crime palpable, in an instant he feels
its hot impress on his soul. Then .it
is that what may happen beyond the
grave becomes no matter of indiffer
ence ; and, though his reason may
seem to have proved that death is a
final end, then comes the question,
What does his reason know of death ?
Then, last of all, the little word if.
swelling to a fearful size, and stand
ing at the outlet of his theories, like
a relentless giant, ready to demolish
his conclusions— Allston.
GLORIOUS SCENES.
Glorious was the scene when Enoch
was translated; or when Elijah's
charriot of fire and horses of fire ap
peared in the whirlwind and took
him to his glory ; yet more glorious
was the scene when surrounded bj'
disciples, the risen Saviour slowly
and majestically ascended with his
own power and glory, before them,
while blessing them, and a cloud re
ceived him out of their sight. How
unspeakably glorious, then, will be
the full resurrection and ascension
when crowding from every country,
in glorious resurrection bodies shi
ning as the sun, at one and at the
same moment the myriads and myr
iads of his saints, of every age, are
all gathered into his presence, where
is fullness of joy, and are ever with
the Lord.
THE ANTITHESIS OF HUMAN NATURE.
Every man is different at different
times, according to the influences
operating upon him. We have nev
er yet formed the acquaintance of a
man who did not, in some way, dis
appoint our expectation. We find
the great are less than we expected,
and that the small have more wisdom
than they get credit so”. The good
are worse than supposed, and the
bad are better. Generally, wo find
great virtues and great failings in
some way combined, and that few
men, if any, are what they appear to
be. It ,is not uncommon to find the
philosopher and the fool in the same
individual, while genius that soars
to the clouds sinks and trails in mud
and filth after the flight.
Tiie Dying Never Weep. —lt is a
striking fact that the dying never
weep. The sobbing, the heart
breaking agony of the circle of
friends around the death bed, call
forth no responsive tears from the
dying. Is it because lie is infeasible
and stiff in the chin of dissolution ?
That Gahnot be, for he asks for his
father’s hand, as if to gain strength
for the mortal struggle, and leans on
the breast of lug mother, sister or
brother, in still conscious affection.
Just before expiring he calls the
lov.ed ones around him, and with
quivering lips, says, “Kiss me!”
showing that the love he has ever
borne iu his heart, is still fresh and
warm. It must be because the dy
ing have reached too deep for earth
ly sorrows, too transcendant for
weeping. They are face to face'with
higher and holier things with the
Father in Heaven and His angels.
There is no weeping in that blessed
abode to which he is hastening.
Here is the pilhiest sermon ever
preached:
“ Our ingress in life is naked and
bare; our progress through life is
trouble and care ; our egress out of
it we know not where", but, doing
well here, we shall do well there.”
A Serious Thought- —Suppose
there was a book, in which the whole
of your life was recorded, each page
of which contained events of a
day ; and at the beginning was writ
ten, “ This is the life of a rational,
immortal, accountable creature, plac
ed in this world to prepare for eter
nity !” Oh* what an amount of
guilt would the record of each day
present!— Dr. Payson.
The moot foolish thing in the
world is said to be “to bow to the
rich until 3 T ou are unable to stand in
the presence of an honest man.” •
A friend should be one in whose
understanding and virtue we can
generally confide, and whose opin
ion we can value at once for its just
ness and sincerity.
It is a glorious thing to resist
temptations, but is a safe thing to
avoid them: °
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WIT AND HUM 08,
ADVISE TO YOUNG REN.
In his “ Farmer’s Almanax,” for
18*2, Josh Billings gives the follow
ing :
ADVISE TEW YOUNG MEN.
Don’t be diskouraged if yure mut
task don’t gro; it sumtimes hap
pens wiiare a mustash duz ‘he best,
nothing else duz so well.
Don’t be afrade ov ennything that
is honorable, and don’t f. rget that
j the best friend that God haz given
enny one iz kiz conscience.
Larn tew wait ?—this iz a hard
gait for a young man tew travel, but
iz the surest way tew git thare.
If you hav got sum wild oats (and
a phew won’t spile yu) git them in
arly, and sow them deep, so they
will not rot iu the ground.
ADVISE TEW UOSS JOCKEYS.
Never swop bosses with a dtakon
—-notifyu belong tew the same
church he duz.
If 3 r u have got a boss that you ask
200 dollars for, and are offered 75
dollars for him, ahvussell him ; dou’t
spile a good Loss trade for 125 dol
lars.
If you should, bi aeksidept, git
hold ova sound boss, git shut of him
az soon az yu kan, for j r u wont be
j happy with him.
If, in swopping bosses, yugit kor
nered, and bant lie, postpone the
trade until next day.
Noboddy ever expekts tew buy
a hoss without gitting cheated;
tbarefore, if a hoss jo. ky dont lie,
ho loses one ov his blessed priviic
ges.
ADVISE TEW YOUNG DOKTORS.
Hire au offiss on the main street
of the villiage, and stay in the
offiss.
When yu do go out, alwus go on
the jump.
Don’t never talk mutch on euny
subjek, but alwus look mis
terious.
Selduui go tew church, but when
yu do, alwus leave before the church
duz.
Charge everybody like thunder
and litening.
Ifyupholler these rules clussly,
and don’t suckceed, yu kan kuin
tew the konldusion that the dok
trine Dizziness ain’t so good as it
was last year.
Tiie amenities of social life and
journalistic intercourse in Arkansas
are fearful and wonderful to con
template, if the following choice and
high-toned outbreak may be accept
ed as a characteristic specimen.
Says one editor of another: “The
volcanic, pimple-headed, blister
brained, owl-faced, spiked-nosed,
weasel-faced, web-footed, peg-leg
ged, liliputian, foggy petti-fogger of
the Democrat does not like our per
sonal appearance. Until this foul
mouthed, brazen debaser has been
run through a sieve, a filter, scour
ed, scrubbed, sponged and disinfect
ed, until he is a fit object to enter
decent society, we will forbear bav
ng anything to say about him.”
A Story is going the rounds
‘about a girl in Chester, Vermont
dying from tight lacing. Au editor,
commenting on the fact, says: These
corsets should be done away with;
and, if the girls can’t live without
being squeezed, we suppose men
could be found who would sacrifice
themselves. As old as we are we
would rather devote three hours a
day, without a cent of pay, as a bre
vet corset than see these girls dy
ing off in that manner. Office hours
almost any time.”
Josh Billings says : The live
man iz like a little pig ; he is wean
ed young, and begins to root early.
He is the pepersass of creation, the
allspice of the world. One live man
in a village iz like a case uv itch ia
a distrikt skule—he sets everj'body
skratching to oncst.
If a laddie meets a lassie walk
ing in the street; if the lassie wears
a “ tilter “ —shows an ankle neat;
if the wind, in rudely blowing, lifts
her skirts too high, and the laddie
sees that ankle, need a lassie cry ?
Every lassie wears a “ tilter” and a
“ hinderpest,” and a metal “ palpi
tator” on her snowy breast. If,
when married to the laddie, those
false charms he spy ; if he says,
“I’m sold by jingo!” need a lassie
cry?
A younq fellow, not so wise as
Soloman, eating some Orange Cos.
cheese full of mites one night at a
restaurant, said: “Now I have
done as much as Samson, for I have
slain my thousands, and tens of
thousands.”
“Yes,” answered one of the com
pany, “and with the same weapon,
too — the jawbone of an ass.”
A New England spinster, who
went out to Nevada about a year
ago, writes home that > she has al
ready a husband, a pair of twins
and has’t got much acquainted yet.
Another woman has got old
enough to begin to remember George
Washington. Sim says he was °a
large, white-looking old gentleman,
with a great tenderness for children.
He used to frequently take her upon
his knee, fold her smoothly down
across it, and spank her like fun.
We esteem the reminiscence a flick
er of the old beldame’s expiring
agination.
To curse take anew
axe, put a while hickory handle in it,
fin r fu a 5°! e m A he tO P of thc handle
fill the with gum camphor, and
seal it up. Then take the axe and
cut cord wood until the heat of the
handle dissolves the eamphor.
We hope the ladies will come back
to a simple style of hair dressing
when they remember that most of
til [ aIS H ia ) r tIRV P urcll ase is from
»broad th ° Pr ‘ BoßS herc and
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