Newspaper Page Text
BYW.M. JEFFERSOY & CO.
VOLUME 3.
THE PLANTERS’ VS EEKLY
PUBLISHED AT
Greenesboro’. Ga.
W. M. JEFFERSON, )
ROLIN W. STEVENS. [ Proprietors.
FRED. C. FULLER. )
TERMS.—TWO DOLLARS A YEAR ;
OR ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY
CENTS IN ADVANCE.
Rates of Advertising.
Advertisements inserted at the rate of one
dollar per square of ten lines or less, for first
and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion,
Those not marked with the number of inser
tions will bo published until forbid and charg
ed at these rates.
The followi'ig are our lowest contracting
HATES:
1 Sq’r Six months 87..0ne year sl2
2 <• “ “ 11.. •• “ 20
3 •• “ “ 16.. “ “ 28
J column G mo. 20.. “ “ 35
£ *< 6 *• 30.. “ “ 5*
$ < 6 “ 40.. “ “ 70
1 “ 6 “ 50.. “ “ 80
Advertiac-nentß‘’r un Tansrer* md • ronaivttt
persons intisl be paid for in advance.
Legal Advertisements
Sale of Land orN.s'roee, by A'lmmistratori,
executors, andGuirdmns, per aqunre, - 15 011
Saleot Personal property by Ariminiairature,
executors, and Guardians, per square. 3 50
Notice to Debtors and Crrditors, 3 50
Notice for lenve to Sell, 400
Citation for Letters of Administration 2 75
Citation tor Di.missinn from Administration, snO
Citation for Dismission from Guardianship, 3 25
The Law of Newspapers.
1. Subscribers who do net give . xpress no
tice to the contrary, are considered as wishing
to continue their subscription.
A ,If subscribers order the discontinuance
of their newspaper, the publisher mat enntinu:
to send them until all arrearagessre paid.
8 If subscribers neglect or to take
t iir newspapers from the office to which the\
are directed, thev arc held respons ble unt'l
they have settled the bills and ordered them
discontinued.
4. If subscribers remove to other places
without informing the publisher, and the news
papers are sent to the former direction, they
are held responsible.
n. The courts have decided that refusing to
take newspapers from the offic l -, or removing
and leaving them uncalled for, is jvrima facie
evidence of intentional fraud.
6. The United States Courts have also, re
peatedly decided, that a Postmaster who neg-
Ueti to perform his duty of giving reasonable
notice, as required by the Post Office Depart
ment, of the neglect of a person to take rom
the office newspapers addressed to him, rend
er* the Postmaster liable to the publisher for
the subscription p.ice.
Q Aft OS.
J OITn cT REII),
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
jnnel’s9-ly. Qreenesboro, Georgia.
ROLIN WTSTEVENS,
ATT Oft H AT LAW,
Gree.msboro’ Gkorgia.
WILL practice tn the counties ofGreene,
Baldwin, Putnam, Morgan, Oglethorpe,
Ttliafcrro and Hancock. fFVh. 2, 1^59-tf]
MNo. 232. Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
DWELL Sc MOSHER, Proprietors
D. DWELL I J. MOSHER
Medical Card.
f HEREBY tender my thanks to the public for kind
lly bestowing on nto heretofore, a larger (bar.- of
gputronage than I anticipated, and again offer my pro
fessional services to any who may civr me a call
When not professionally engaged, I may be found
at Wood's Drug Stole.
Jan 12, ISfiO It. W L BETHEA, M. D
NOTICE.
DU. N. F. PO'VERS, having been burnt
out has had to get an office elsewhere.—
He is now staying in the Brick building below
Wakefields’; but expects soon to occupy the
■house now held by Dr. Latimer. Dr. P. so
licits the patronage of those who may grant it,
And who are willing to pav for it.
.Greenesloro, April 11th, ISHO-tf
FRME~TrJdE~
ASP
SAILORS’ RIGHTS
AHHAVV is receiving, at hi. War-room*, some
• very handsome furniture, as follows:
SOFAS FROM s2l TO $39 ?
•Several pair of Tete a-tetes, very handsome ; several
.dosen of Mahogany Chairs, of different patterns:
some very handsome Marble Top CVuir Table.; Side
Tables, Quartettes, Tea Coys, Hat Ruck., Towel
Stack?, Oak and BVnck Walnut Dii ing Chairs,- Black
Walnut sod Curb'd Maple Parlor Cbairs; Black Wal
>,:■ nut Exten.ioii Tables, elc., etc Anv of the,above
article# will be sold Low row thi cmh.
Madisoo, Ga„ Jan 18tb 1*” 3,u
DENT ISTRY.
DR. If’W. .WOKG.M,
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist.
Penjield. Georgia ,
•RB'Ori.D intor i, Iba citizen, f Greene and aj.
V V joining oouotie., iltat be i# prepared to perform
any operation pertaining to bis profesaioo, withoest
nas* and dispatch- He will iasert from one to an en
tire asl of tasth, whioh, for beauty, durability com
Rrt and inaviteating, will compare with any, .either
iu this country or Europe. It tshis inteutioo top lease
Aov call from the country that may b tendered
him will meet with prompt attention. He ralera to
Dr John B Morphy of Rome, —Feb a*. IdfeV
BLANKS of all kb-ds neatly printed at
thyi jrffl at abort notice and on reason-
A Weekly Journal—Devoted to Home Literature, Agriculture, foreiga and Domestic Hews, Wit, Humor, Ae.
MISSiLLASSOHE.
THAT KISS.
TO THE ONE THAT DID IT.
How well I remember the time,
In fact, I’ll never forget it,
It was very near dinner-time,
And the table was set, for I set it.
And they were all bidding adieu.
And shaking of bands and kissing,
And during the hullabulloo.
I was shortly found muting.
But no one had bid me good bye,
And no one had offered to kiss me,
’Till all at once you, looking round,
Began v I suppose, to miss me.
Soon all alone you espied me,
Then like a fairy came tripping
Up to where I sat as sheepish
As if I had junt. had a whipping.
And putting your white arms around me
AJas ! then how could I resist thee ?
When with such sweet letters round me,
Ah ! well, I’ll out with it you kissed me.
A half scoie of years have now passed
Since that sweet moment of bliss,
But as long as this life shall last.
So long I’ll remember that kiss.
J ’ G> E ‘
Leading Events iutbe Lives of Eminent
Americans.
Under this head we propose, to give,
from time to time, says an exchange, brief
sketches of eminent Americans, living and
dead. To the student these sketdicsmust
be particularly valuable, as there can be
no doubt as to their reliability, and it might
be well to cut them out for future refer
ences :
Webster, Daniel. —Born of obscure
parents in a poor but honest towu in New
Hampshire. Member of Congress, several
years, and author of Webster’s Dictionary
and Elementary Spelling Book. Was con
stitutionally opposed to treating, and died
at Marshfield on the Androseoggiu river, a
few years since. Ho was a man of ability
Even the Old Line Whigs of Boston, will
admit that.
Scott, Winfield.—Boin in Ireland, in
the interior of Germany, iu 1779—which
fact accounts for his passionate love for
the sweet accent of the latter country, and
the rich brogue of the former. Wrote La
dy of the Lake, Ivanboe, etc., and was in
the Mexican war. Also participated in
several prize fights, which secured for him
the familiar appellation of “Scotty.” In
1852 he ran against General F. Pierce, of
N. 11., and was so seriously injured by the
collision that he had to lay off in one of
the military hospitals he established just
before the campaign commenced. He is
at present, in the army, and employs bis
leisure moments in writing for the New
York Clipper and Atlantic monthly.
Buchanan, J.—Born in Pennsylvania.
Has played many prominent parts on the
Eolitical stage, and for the past two years
as been playing h— 1 in Washington
City.
Parker, Theodore.. —Born iu Maine,
and keeps a drinking house in Boston,
which is known as “Parker’s.'’ Mr. P.’s
cock tails are not excelled.
Taylor. Zachary. —Born in Virginia,
and was in the Mexican war. Founded
Taylor's celebrated ice-cream saloon in
New York, and also invented Taylor’s corn
shucker.
Bracii, Moses Y.—Established the New
York Sun ; he was called “the son of a
Beach,” aud the phrase is now one of the
most popular and common in our lan
guage.
Seward, W. H.--Wholesale dealer in
liqnors, Auburn, N Y. Author ofthe ‘lr
repressible Conflict.” Wants to lease the
premises rinw occupied by James Buchanan
at Washington. Has been much in public
life, and always drew his salary promptly.
Is a particular friend of Thurlow Weed,
whence arose tlie expression “he uses the
Weed.”
Bryant, Wm. C.—Wrote*Thanatopsis
and several other favorite ballads, the suc
cess of which induced him to establish an
Ethiopian opera troup in New York, under
the name of Bryant’s Minstrels. His Es
sence of Old Virginia had a great fun.
The following are the remarks oi the
Hon. Caleb Cashing, of Massachusetts,
on taking his seat as President of the
Charleston Convention :
Mr. Cushing was greeted with loud and
loiig-coutinned applause. When the cheers
had subsidfld, he spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the Convention : I respect
fully tender to yon the moat earnest ex
pression of profound gratitude for the honor
which you nave this day done me in ap
pointing me to preside over your deliber
ations. It is. however, a responsible duty
much more than a high houoi con
ferred. In the discharge of that duty, in
the direction of business and of debate, in
the preservation of order, it shall be my
constant endeavor to laithfnllv and impar
, tially officiate here ae your minister, and
[ most bumbly to reflect your will. In a
• great deliberative assembly Tike this, jf U
GREENESBORO’, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1860.
not the presiding officer in whom the
strength resides. It is not hit strength,
but yourt —your intelligence—yonr sense
of order—your instinct of self-respect. I
rely, gentlemen, confidently upop ) ou, not
upon myself, for the prompt and parlia
mentarydispatch of the business of this
convention.
Gentlemen, you hare come here from the
green hills of the Eastern States—from the
rich States of the imperial centre —from
the sun-lighted plains of the South—from
the fertile States of the mighty basin of
the Mississippi—from the golden shores of
the distant Oregon and California—[loud
cheers] —you have come hither in the ex
ercise ofthe highest functions of a free
people, to participate—to aid in the selec
tion of the future rulers of the Republic.
You do this as the representatives of the
Democratic party—ol that great party of
the Union, whose proud mission it has been
whose proud mission it is, to maintain the
public liberties—to reconcile popular
freedom with constituted order—to main
tain the sacred, reserved rights of the
sovereign States—[loud and long-continued
applause]—to stand, in a word, the perpet
ual sentinels on the outposts of the Con
stitution. | Cries ol ‘ that’s the talk,” and
loud cheers.] Ours gentlemen, is the mot
to inscribed on that scroll in the hands of
the monumental statue of the great states
man of South Carolina, “Truth, Justice
and the Constitution.” [Loud and en
thusiastic applause.] Opposed to us are
those who labor to overthrow the Constitu
tion, under the false and insidious pretence
of supporting it ; those who are aiming to
produce in this country a permanent sec
tional conspiracy—a traitorous sectional
conspiracy of one half the States of the Un
ion against the other half; those who, ini
polled by the stupid and half insane spirit
of faction and fanaticism, would hurry our
land on to revolution and to civil war;
those the banded enemies of the Constitu
tion, it is the part- the high aud noble part
of the Democratic party of the Union to
withstand; to strike down and to conquer!
Aye ! ‘.hat is our part, aud we will do it
In the name of our dear country, with
the help of God we will do it. [Loud
cheers.[ Aye, we will do it, for, gentle
men, we will not distrust ourselves; we
will not despair of the genius of our
country ; we will continue to repose with
undouhtiiig faith in the good Providence of
Almighty God [Loud applause.}
Gentlemen, I will not longer detain you
from the important business of the conven
tion. Allow me a few moments for tho
Hose of completing the arrangements I
the elected office:r.f the convention,
and then the chair will call upon you for
such motions ud propositions as may be in
order before the convention. [Applause.J
A Practical Joke.
Brooklyn is something of a dull place,
but there, are a jokers living
there, without whom life iu the city of
Churches would be a very sad affair. One
of these, B by name, whose only equal
is believed to be Barnum himself, iu all
kinds of speculation, and who, having
made quite a fortune by his shrewdness,
has nothing to do in particular, lately con
ceived that it would be an excellent idea
to “sell” a few people, and afford some
amusement to their friends. Accordingly
lie secured the services of a young lady,
and had three letters written on gilt-edged
papei. inviting three gentlemen each to
meet Miss S , singly and alone, at 3
o’clock on Thursday afternoon, at the cor
ner of Clinton and Joralemon street. The
invited were two prominent ex office hold
ers, and the editor of a Brooklyn paper,
who is noted for both gallautry and good
looks. The writer was, of course, a myth.
At half-past one o’clock on the afternoon
named about a dozen persons whe had
been let into tbe secret, might have been
seen entering an unoccupied house on the
precise corner where the meeting was to
take place. In a few moments they ob
served the editor wending his way along,
and at last had the satisfaction of seeing
him stop on the corner and look at his
watch. In a moment along came one of
the officials. The editor rushed into an
area and hid himeelf, venturing to give an
occasional glance at his adversary.
At last the third party came along, full
of pomposity. Observing the other at a
distance, just as he was hiui6eif discovered,
both jumped behind a couple of tree box
es, which gave the editor a chance to e
nysrge from his hiding place. Finally, the
trio could iro longer avoid a meeting, and
the usual courtesies were exchanged, the
parties in the house hugely enjoying the
rich treat of seeing these “sold/’ Each
gentleman trying to get the other out of
the way in order that the “woman” be
seen in comparative privacy. For two
boors the three “bobbed around,” every
few minutes meeting ou some corner es the
neighborhood. The jokers then left the
bouse one by one, shaking hands with the
party, which made the editor say that
“he’d b if be ever met so many friends
all in a heap daring his life.” It was six
o'clock before those who enjoyed the treat
departed, and one of the officials at that
time still held on to a lamp post, waiting
for that “confounded woman.”
Professor Agassis is gieatly afflicted with
weakness of the eyes, in conseaucnee of
whiv'h he prosecutes his scientific labors
with mnrh difficulty.
The Necessity of Labor.
The notion is false that genius can se
cure its aims without labor. All the great
minds who have left their marks upon the
history of the world’s progress, have paid
for their success and notoriety by the price
of unremitting toil and labor. Napoleon
Bonaparte worked hard and incessantly,
and has been known to exhaust the ener
gies of several secretaries at one time.
Charles XII of Sweden frequently tired
out all his officers. The Duke of Welling
ton was the hardest working man in the
Peninsula; his energies never flagged.
Milton, from his youth, applied himself
with such indefatigable application to tbe
study ofletters that it occasioned weakness
of sight and ultimate blindness. The labor
of Sir Walter Scott is evident in the num
ber of his literary productions, and it is ap
parent to every reader that the immense
masses of general information which jibouini
throughout his multitudinous works can
only have been acquired by dint of many
years’ hard study. Byion wrs in thd hab
it of reading even at bis meals. Luther
made it a rule to translate a verse of tue
Bible every day. Tins soon brought birr,
to the completion of his labors, and it was
a matter of astonishment to Europe, tiiat
iu the multiplicity oi his other labors, be
sides travelling he could fiud the time to
prepare such a surprising work. Newton
anil Locke pursued their studies with tire
less efforts, aud Pope sought retirement so
that he might pursue his literary operations
without interruption aud distraction.—
Industry is essential to all; by forming the
habit of doing something useful every day,
a man increases his own amount of happi
ness and enlaiges that of others about him.
Many a one, by a judicious use of the odd
moments, those littie vacancies in every
day life which occur to ail, have rendered
themselves famous among their fellows.
Nature is preserved in its proper working
condition by constant exertion, and man,
to keep in a healthful condition of mind
and body, must exert liis mental and phys
ical faculties ; the constant employment of
the first will give the strength ofcharactei
so tiiut it is capable of thinking on any
subject at any time, and by active bodily
exertion he preserves his health, fortune,
and worldly position. The Marquis of
bpinola once asked Sir Horace Vere *of
w hat his brother died.” “He died, sir,”
replied Sir Horace, “of having nothing to
do.” “Alas ! sir,” said Spiioia, “that is
enough to kill any general of os all,”
Sail Stony of a Young Man’s Fall.
About a year ago a young man was sent
♦o New Orleans to purchase a cargo of sugar
for a house, in Portland, Maine. He had
been attached to the house as clerk for
several years, and possessed the unbounded
confidence ot his employers. In his mis
sion to New Orleans he was not only en
trusted with sufficient money to pay for the
cargo of sugar, but with the amount due
on a previous cargo which the bouse had
bought.
This young man was very competent in
his business, of more than ordinary intelli
gence, and of fine, attractive appearance
withal.—He had one sic, and that, ala 6 !
was a great one. He had contracted the
habit of gambling, and fell, it would seem,
a ready part to the gamblers of New Or
leans. lie lost every dollar of his employ
ers’ money, aud a few days since we read of
his being fatally stabbed in a coffee-house
affray.
“ When we gallant fellows Lave run
out a friend,
There’s nothing left—except to run him
through.”
A brother-in-law (long a resident of New
Orleans) of the wretched young man pas
sed through the city on Saturday witfl his
coffined remains. A weeping sister had
placed white flowers upon the ignoble yet
mourned dead ere it started for the place
which had known it in life. In a once
happy cottage, now how desolate! in a
grandly picturesque spot, within sight of
the silver-foaming surf which beats along
the ocean coast, a widowed and heart-bro
ken mother awaits the coming of her dead
son. And wo pity her and mourn the fate
of a young man, who in earlier days was
onr companion and friend. —Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Customs.
Search deep enough, and I believe yon
will generally find that the customs of eve
ry people are the joint result of mauy
causes acting together—a gieat net-work
of necessity and compensation. The Ori
ental costume, for example, is light and
loose, because the climate is warm. They
do not sit on chairs, because they are hard,
perpen iicular and uncomfortable, and the
relaxed system iu that country requires
an easier and more recumbent posture to
insure rest and refreshment. Under these
circumstances, tight garments are very in
convenient and incongruous.
Then, as you observe, they scrupulous
ly drop their slippors, shoes, or boots, at
the door, when they enter a room, and
keep on their headdress. This seems
strange to ns, but it is necesssry. As they
sit on the mat, rug, or divan, with then
feet under them, shoes would soil both
eouch and elothes, and, besides., would
make a very uncomfortable seat. The
demands of decency and the calls of com
fort introduced and enforced the custom of
dropping the shoe at the entrance into the
sitting-room, and it was thence extended
to every place entitled to respect. From
this to the idea of defilement from the shoe
was but a step, and certain to be taken.
Hence the strict requisition to pnt it off
on entering temples and sacred places of
every kind. Mohammedans have preserv
ed this idea in all its force, and you cannot
enter any of their mosques or holy shrines
with your shoes on.— The Land and the
Book.
Affection and Intelligence of tbe Brute
Creation.
Every one has heard the sympathies of
animals toward each other. Crieß of dis
tress will often call them forth. When
the dam of a new-born lamb has died, some
affectionate sheep, although she may have
one of her own, has been known to foster
and suckle tbe helpless one. In my own
immediate neighborhood, the youngest of
a large litter of pigs—a poor little helpless
creature—who was not able to get to its
mother for nourishment, was warmed un
der the wings of a good-natured hen. It
was fed by liana, but when turned down,
the hen was always ready to take charge
of it, and thus was reared. These instßn-
ces might be multiplied to a considerable
extent, showing the active benevolence of
some animals ; but the following fact will
prove the existence of a combined intelli
gence in creatures, which I have reason to
believe has been hitherto un&oticed by
naturalists as existing amongst the feath
ered creation. The accuracy of the anec
dote may be vouched for. In the Island
of Geylon there is to be found a very cun
ning and sensible crow, somewhat sqjaller
than our own native one having a glossy
back, and altogether rather au engaging
pretty bird. Now, in the yard of the gov
ernor of Ceylon, a dog was one day amus-
ing himself by gnawing a bone, the scraps
of meat upon which attracted the atten
tion o's these crows. It alighted on the
ground, hopped around the dog and the
bone, and evidently waited for au oppor
tunity of seizing the latter. Tlie dog,
however, was on his guard, and by certain
growls and probably angry looks, which
the bird understood no doubt, protected
his property. The crow was too canning
and too hungry to be baffled. Hi flew
away, tut soon returned with a compan
ion. They hopped up to the dog, when
the fresh arrival watched his opportunity
and gave a sudden pull at the dog’s tail.
Not being U6edto such an insult, he sud
denly turned round, in order to see who
had taken this liberty with him. The
bone was for a moment left unprotected,
and was immediately seized by the first
cunning crow, who flew away with it, join
ed by his companion, and they doubtless
had a merry feast upon it.—-Once a
Wbei.
The Dead in Floreace.
Bnt dark as midnight or mid-winter—
black in piofoundest contrast with the
moo.i-light, lying in such a depth ot shad
ow as only that neighboring brightness
could expose, lies far below ns the pave
ment of this narrow lofty street. What is
that measured cadence sounding upward
through this gulph of air and darkness—
that gleam of moving lights, wild and va
riable, blazing through the gloom—that
tramp of footsteps? Look down where
they pass below, the few passengers scarce
ly pausing to look aft‘-r theui, they them
selves pausing for nothing, inarching to
the measure of their chant, not slow, though
solemn —no voice of individual grief, but
a calm impersonal lamentation, a lofty mel
ancholy utterance upon the common fate
of humanity. White figures in the dress
o f fraternity, with two or three wild torches
throwing light noon their way, and upon
that dark weight they carry shoulder high
and motionless—answering to each other
with chant And response of deep voices,
cairying their dead. Nay, not their dead,
it has ceased to belong to any one, that si
lent burden. Lore has not a tone m that
dirge—grief is not there—it is the voice of
tbe church, solemnly commenting upon
the universal fate—calling the world to
witness that all must die—and cold, solita
ry, loveless, the forlorn dead in the midst
of them goes to be buried oat of sight.
Do you say it is nothing to him, and he
does not feel it ? Heaven knows 1 bat
that pictnresqae groape, with their chant
and their torches, carry a chill to one’a
heart.— Blackwood’s Magazine.
Magnanimity.— We do not know which
to admire more, a brilliant victory or a
magnificent retreat Great souls only can
achieve both. Integrity is as brightly dis
played in the recantation of error as in
the vindication of truth, for the recantation
evinces love of truth. Indeed, onr ad
miration is heightened by the former, since
it displays a fortitude on which truth may
with mors confidence rely when her majes
ty and beauty are assailed by prejudice
and error. Purity of character bas no af
finity tor error, and is an essential element
of nobleness of soul. No belter evidence
of purity than candid concessions, and the
more conspicuous and admirable because
the more rare. In tha mild radiance of
concession wa forgive and love the more.
Ckrittian Ob ter ter.
To make potatoes meally, put them la
’ an old meal nag
feras—sl,so Always in Advances
Matters at the Washoe Mines.
The following intelligence, brought by
the pony express, is dated at Carson City,
April 11 :
The winter in Western Utah has been
very severe, and the spring is cold and
tardy, and is at least a mouth backward.
There is scarcely sufficient grass to keep
the cattle from starvation.
Mining operations are also retarded by
the weather. Had the season been favor
able, not less than fifteen thousand per
sons would be atworkinthe Washoe mines,
but as it is there are only about eight
thousand. The mining prospects are en
couraging. Tbe original lead increases
in richness as it continues to be opened,
and new ores of determined value are be
ing discovered every few days. The prob
abilities are that we shall have a population
of fonr thousand on the eastern slope be
fore the Ist f January next. Nothing
can prevent this, unless it be the danger
ous condition in which we are placed ow
ing to the absence of all government and
legal authorities. With anarchy and
bloodshed staring them in tho face, flic
cautious and peace-loving will hardly ven
ture this way in tbe mountains. Owing to
the bad condition of the roads, provisions
of all kinds are exceedingly .high through
out this region, and prices have in conse
quence gone np beyond anything ever
known even in California.
The following are the rates at which
staple articles are selling to-day at Carson
City : Flour, $65 per 100 lbs.; butter and
sugar, $1 per lb.; cheese, coffee, and can
dleß, $1 per lh.; rice,soap, beans, lard, pep-
Eer, salt. See., 60 cents per lb.; potatoes,
eef, hams, and bacon, 22 a 40 cents per
lb. Hay sold to-day for 81,000 per ton.
Board 81 50 per meal, 84 per day, and
825 per week. Horse-keepiug is $6 a 88
per day. Lumber is 880 pei thousand.
Wood aells at 825 per cord. Yet Bitch is
the confidence felt in the mines that men
pay these prices readily, believing the
prospects will justify the same. Nor does
this confidence seem misplaced, as new
auriferous leads are constantly being dis
covered. The silver bearing districts have
spread over a distance of ons hundred
square miles.
Feats of Strength.
Mr. Q. B Wiuship has ben astonishing
the people of Philadelphia by exhibitions
of nis strength, lie accompanies them
with a lecture, in which he dilates on
gymnastics, Sc. He is described by the
Bultttn as about twenty five years of age,
of medium height, full chested and rather
thin flanked, hands and feet well propor
tioned—his countenance intelligent, though
not remarkable in any way. After his lec
ture, he prepared himself for his feats of
strength. He appeared without coat oi
collar, and in his We arms. His first per
formance was to lift 963 pounds weight, the
arrangement of which ie thus described :
There was a platform of timber, twelve
feet high, from a beam in the centro of
which was suspended nine kegs of nails. A
stick was run through a ring iu the cleun
by which the nail kegs were suspended,
and placing the stick between his legs, he
with one hand behind and the other before
his body, raised the enormous weight about
three inches. It cane down with a crash
that made the platform creak. A tenth
keg being placed on the piie, Mr. W. lift
ed tbeentirs mass, ten hundred and seven
ty pounds ; having recently hurt his left
shoulder. Mr. W. did not think it prudent
to lift any more. Hu next feet was the
holding at arm’s length, above his head, a
one hundred and eighty pound dumb bell.
Next, throwing out, six times in succession
at arm’s length, above his head, a one hun
dred pound dumb bell. Thirdly, he raised
a barret of flour on his shoulder, and held
it there about two minutes. Next, he
raised his body about two and a half feet
into tbe air with his little finger. His fifth,
feat was raising Ins entire weight five times
in succession about three feet above tbe floor,
with the middle finger of his right hand.
In two years he expects to be able to lift
sixteen hundred pounds. When be com
menced his feats of strength he could only
raise 400 or 500 pounds.
Hba are your Cenpanloas!
“lie that walkeih with wise men shall
be wise, bnt a companion of fool* shall be
destroyed.”
It is said to be a property of the tree
frog that it acquires tbe color of whatever
it adheres to for a abort time. Thus, when
found on growing corn, it is commonly of
a dark green. If found on tbc white oak,
it has the color peculiar to the tree. Just
so it ia with men. Tell me whom ypu
choose and prefer as companions, and 1
certainly ean tall you who yon are like.
Do yon love the society of tbe vulgar!
Thep you are already debased in yonr sen
timents. Do you aaek to be with tbe pro
fane 1 In your heart you are like their.
Are jesters and buffoons your choice
friends 1 He who loves to laugh at’ folly
is bimselfa fool. Do you love and seek
the society of the wise and good I Is this
yonr habit I Wonld you rather take the
lowest seat among such than the highest
among ethers 1 Then you have already
learned to be good. Ton may not have
made much progress, bnt sven a good be
ginning is not to ba despised. Hold on
your way, and seek to be tba companion
of all that fear God. So you shall ba wise
for yenrsclf. and wise for eternity.
NUMBER 19.