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G ;UDB. ~ JO H N C 7 RE Id 7 ATTORNEY AT LAW, jnnel's9-ly. G reencshoro, Georgia. rolinw7stevens. ITYOftNEY XV LAW, Greensboro’ Georgia. WIU, practice in tho counties ofGrcene, Bddwiti, Putnam, (V-tin, Oglethorpe, rfiKsrro and Htnooek. [Feb. 2, 1R59-<f] UNITED STATES HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. DWELL & MOSHER, Proprietors n. DWELT. | J. MOSHER Medical Gard. fIiERKDY leader my” thanks to the public fer kind ly heatowinj on me pet'ilofore. a larger share of patronage then 1 anticipated) I" 1 ' 1 f*bi offer my pro ?T serrices to any who cwy > w * *H protr„a..- l 'y W. L BETIIKA. M- P D ENT ISTKY. UR. IP.W- Surgeon and Mechanical Densjst. Pcnfic'nl, Georgia, WOULD inform the citisene of Greene end •,<!■ joining counties, that he is prepared to pern.ua •ny operation pertaining to his profession, wilnneut ne. and dispatch. He ill insert from one to an en tire set of teeth. It ishis intention to plenee He will In l fn Greeueiboro on Monday. Tuesday and Wedoeeilsy of eech weeek end in Penfietd Ihe romsieder of histime. . . . • . Any cell from the country that may b tendered kirn wifi meet with prompt attention. He refer* to Dr. John B Murphy of Rome —Feb. 2d. t*en M A T Tl N G S AT ESDVCE9 PRICES. WRITE MATTISG. $9,00 AJUKX. i-4 White Matting, $lO, a Roll. White Matting, $25 a Roll (0 YARDS IN EACH ROLL) the Above are CASH Prices. Hf” Order* fsithfuil* stfisndsd n\ JAS. ; ff.ULIK i BRO., Mae Carpet Store. Augwrts, Ga , June 97. I**o-2m. 1> LAVKfI of all kinds neatly printed at | T at short notice and on reason fbU A Weekly to Home LHecatare, Agpioittltare, Foreign ami Domestic Sews, Wit, Humor, &e. M X S GJ& L iu A S K 0 US. To-Morrow. Did we but know what lies beyond This varied, shadowy path we tread, How often would our souls despond. Our eyes the tears of sorrow shed?. But Gol, who knows what’s best to do, Who sees us from Lis starry throne, Has wisely hidden-from our view That which had best remain uuknown Wo Walk to day in conscious pride, And hang the flag of hope on high; But ah, to-morrow by our side Some friend may lay him down and die; Some early- flftwe r that won our praise, Some altar where we laid our trust; Such’flower, eie flit's the evening rays, May trampled be, and laid in dust. Youth dreams of many glorious things, Ar on he hies in pleasure’s track; Each day some new horn promise brings, He turns no e) oi sorrow back; The flowery fields are all bo tore, His eyes on some bright star are set; Life is to him siu :. shore, He’li learn it h... i.ts tkmlvws yet. . To-morrow ! In its Secret shade, 1 little know wli.u is tor me; I may he with my fathers laid, Or wrecked on dire misfoi tune’s sea; But far beyond life’s boundary lives The everlasting army bright; And He alone, who takes or gives, Can guide mv wandering feet aright. The Wm Id We Lx- in. THE iiifi LiL. _T_ A rich old man, who had resided at the extremity of the camp, quite apart from tlie rest, had three daughters, the youngest of whom, named Kookju, was as tuuch distinguished tor her beauty as for her ex traordinary wisdom. One morning, as he was about driving his cuttle flu sale to the (Jlian’s market place, he begged his daughters to tell him what presents they wished him to bring them on bis return. The two eldest asked him for trinkets; but the handsome and wise Kookju said that she wanted no pres ent, but that she had n request to make which it would be difficult, and evi'n dan gerous, for him to execute. Upon which, herfather, who loved her more than the two other, swore that he would do lier wish, though it were at the priee of his life. “If it be so,” replied Kookju, “do as follows : sell all your cattle except the short-tailed ox ; and ask no other price for it except the Chan's left eye.” The old man was startled. However, remembering his oath, and, confiding in his daughter’s wisdom ho resolved to do at she batie him. Alter having sultl all his cattle, anti be ing asked for the juice of his si,ort-tailed ox, lie said he Would sell it for nothing else but the (Jliau’s left *-.yd. The report of this singular arid during request’ soou readi ed the ears ol the Oban’s courtieis. At | first, they admonished him not to use such j offensive speech ag-it.st the Sovereign; Lut. | when they found that he persevered in his i strange demand, they bound him and ear- ‘ riecl iiiiii as a tiftffd-m'vn before the Chan.— ! The oldmuu t! ;e>y iuwself at the Prince's ft-el, enu cunfe-s.-eu that the demund had been made at the request of his daughter, of whose motive he was j,ert ctly ignorant; and the Chan, suspecting some secret must be liiddeu uuder.lids extraordinary- request dismissed the old man under the condition that he would bring him tiiat daughter who had inane it. Kookjn appeared, : the Oltau asked : “Why umst Utou instruct thy father to demand my left eye 1”. “Because 1 expect, and, my Prince, that: after so strange curiosity waiuid I urge thee to sen Sim riio.” “And wherefore dost thou desire to see : me?” “1 wish to tuli the* a truth important to tin self and thy people.” “Name it.’’ “Prince. ’ rentalked Kookju. “when two persons appear helore tiiee in the case, the wealthy and noble generally stand on the 1 right hand, while the poor and humble stand on the left. I have heard iu my sol-, itude that thou most frequently favorcst j the noble and rich. This is. the reason I why 1 jiorsuaded my father to disk lor thy left “eye; it being of no use to tbee, since thou never seect the pom-and unprotected.” The Chan, incensed and surprised at the daring of the triaideu, cominauded his court lo try her. The court was opened, and Uie president, who was the eldest Lama, proposed that they should try whether her strange proceeding was the effect of malice cr wisdom. The first step was to send to Kodhju a log of wood, cut even on all sides, ordering | her to find out which was the root and i which the top. Kookju threw it into the prater, and soon knew the answer, on see ! ing the root sinking, while the top rose to J the surface. After which, they sent her two suakes |to determine which was the male, and wbfch was tba female. The Visa’ maiden iai’j them on eottou, and on seeing that one codes 4 * RkH in a ring, while the other crept away k be jodgad that the latter was the (iftTe Mil ■ few** <he female GREENESBORO’, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1,1860. From these trials the Court was convinc ed that Kookju had not offended the Chan from motives of malice, butattlio inspira tion of wisdom granted ter from above.— But not so with the Chan j his vanity was hurt; and he resolved to puzzle her with questions, in order to prove that site was not wise. He, therefore, ordered het be fore him, and asked : “On seflding a number of maidens iflto the wood to gather apples, which of them will bring home the most?’’ “She,” replied Kookju, “who, instead of climbing up the tree, remains below and picks tip those which have fallen off from maturity or the shaking of the branches.” The Chan then led her to a fen. and ask ed her which w ould be the read’Ost way to get over it, and Kookju said, --to cross it would be farthest, going round nearest.” Tim (Jliau felt vexed at the readiness anti propriety of her replies ; and after reflect ing for some time lie again inquired : “Which is the safest means of becoming known to many f” “By assisting many that are unknown.” “VV flat, is the surest means or always leading a virtuous life ?” “To begin every morning with a good resolution.” “Who is truly wise V’ “He who does not believe himself so.” “Which are, the requisisties of a good wife ?” j, “She should he as beautiful as a pea hop, gentle as a lamb, prudent as a mouse, just as a faithful mirror, pine as the scale of a fish ; site must mourn for her deceased husband like a she camel, and lire m her widowhood; like a bird w hich has lost its wings.” The Chan was astonished at the wisdom of tlie fair Kookju ; yet enraged at her for having reproached him with injuries, lie still wished to destroy her. After a few days he thought lie had found the means for attaining his object, lie sent for her and asked her to determine the true, worth of all his treasures ; after which, he promised to absolve her from malice in questioning his justice, and to adn.it that she intended as a wise w oman even to warn him. The maiden consented, yet-under the condition that the Chan would promise her implicit obedience to her commands tor four days. On the last day she placed a dish of meat before him, and said, “Con fess, oli Chan ! that all thy treasures are not worth as much as this joint of meat.’ The Chan was so struck with the truth of her remark, that he confessed tlie truth of it, acknowledged herns wise, married her to his son, and permitted her constantly to romindjiim to use his left eye. Pure rifayaiT. Religion is rich with glad influences, for it is a principle infinitely varied—it presides overt lie different phases of human life, and sanctions and hallow* them ail./ lii ligiou forbids folly, forbids excess, for- j bids an empty, frivolous living—and who ; wishes to live so ? Religion bids us have a time for all things, and wisely live tor a j higher and purer destiny than any of this , earth. It bidsns not be j/rofane, or indo- ; lent, or licentious, or w asteful. Who wish- i es to be so? But it does n<t step-us of! onetiuejoy. It forbids not one innocent’ amusement. Look up at tiie sky. Is not I an expression of cheerfulness and joy there, j blended w ith parity ? Look abroad upon i the earth—-is not nature-glad 1 lias not God dimpled'the valleys into smiles and i thrown sunlight over the water, and crown-! ed the hills with rejoicing ? It is true, life j has many and grave duties— different j spheres in life have different measures of duty—and the true conscience must al- . ways consult circumstances without and ! the great law within; but pleasure, amuse- j ment —Religion forbids them not-—it gives them a more genuine and delightful minis try than’anything else can. Lut not only this. It nows within us the seeds of an undying joy that fails uot when outward j means of-happiness fail—when animal spit-- j its grow feeble and low, when sorrows darken Arid cares appall This it gives us, ! shedding abroad a holy serenity in the! heart, and imparting a calm lustre to the | brow. It is a principle of truth, and there- | fore ail-, ws us nothing that is treacherous! and wrong; but all that makes us happy j and grateful and guoxl it opens for us in ! abundant measure, It reveals new sources ! of happiness. It makes the spire of grass j and tlio star beautiful ministers of delight, j “Aud do we think that we must sacrifice j pleasure by choosing Religion as our guide \ and our end ? it is a sad mistake, as they , well know who cling to the chalice of sin. and drink the bitterness of its dregs. Do not hesitate to follow Christ, because you think your pleasures will be less. Every : real source of enjoyment, every truly j pleasaut thing, it sanctions, and deprives i us only of the evil—and even fur this it j far more than repays us. It may check a J 1 boisterous folly, but it bestows enduring I peace of mind. It may forbid licentious excess, but it enkuldles a glorious hope.— It may put Lack the band that reaches out ! often clustering deceits, but it lights the jpale cold face with a smile in death. No thing, that is lawful uow, will be unlawful j when you join thecburch. No true pleasure will be less a pleasure then—it will he deeper and more beneficial. The (otion-spinning Interest of Eng land. The following lemarks on the interest ing subject suggested in (lie title of this , article, are from the pen of a Southern gentleman who is especially will qualified to write upon them : ‘T ew of your readers are aware of the immense loss of Southern wealth incident to the transportation of the cotton crop to Europe in the present ‘raw’ or ‘lint’ form. It is sei t forward as a colonial product to England, where it is spun into yarn (or thread,) and then re-exported to the conti nent oi Europe, to India, China, and South America, in immense quantities, and with a corresponding enhancement in value. It is the cotton lint which makes valuable the coal and iron of Great Brit ain. The great industry of England is the cotton-spining industry, and in this branch of manufacturing, the United States are vet destined to supplant all rivals. “Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and | Maryland, are capable of becoming the j cottou-spinneis ot the world, and we may yet live to see the day when a bale of‘lint’ cotton otiered (or export to a foreign or coastwise port’ will be as great a curiosity as is now a halo of cotton in the seed. If the American cotton crop were shipped in the shape of yarn or thread, it would make a saving to our national wealth iu the items ot waste and transportation alone, 25 per cent, on the total crop, or say fifty millions of dollars—a sum sufficient to construct the Uacilie railroad, and cut a ship canal across Florida. The Atlantic .Southern States, from Georgia to Mary land, would receive an addition to their wealth, thiough the demand for coal, and iron, and water-power, and the consequent activity iu the inland railway interest. ’•The difference between the American cotton crop in the ‘lint’ and in the ‘thread’ is the difference between a crop of ‘low : oHlinary’ and ‘strictly good middling,’or 2j; to 3 cents a pound. For some very interesting data on tins subject we refer the reader to a calculation made by Mr. G. G. Henry, of Mobile. While Mr. Henry’s preliminary data are very im portant, we have always found that this plan of making each cotton-grower or i planter also a cotton-spinner would be 1 iifiieult of accomplishment. But, like all great improvements, original ideas are seized liy practical minds'and turned into account The idea ol shipping the Amer ican cotton crop in the form of ‘yarn’ or ‘thread’ is now receiving the earnest at tention of practical msn iu England, Ger many, and America. It is a great meas ure, and or:o possessing a vast amount of interesting detail, which we may take oc casion hereafter to make the subject of special attention in this paper. Every thing calculated to develop American in dustry possesses an interest for ns, and we r.to al ways particularly gratified when we I see the Southern .States turning their at tention to tlie immense resources so lav | lshly bestowed upon them by the tsounti | ful hand of Nature. We, therefore, wish j the direct trade movement of the South ; that measure of success to which every ! fair commercial enterprise is entitled. If , the cotton -citrp can he spun into thread Iby the Atlantic Southern States ,of tbo | South, and is another stride in power ta | ken by ‘King Cotton.’ “In this connection we think it proper ’ to allude to the fact, that the Surat or In | dian cottons aro valueless, except when ! used with the American staple. By yield j mg tlie monopoly of spinning up our crop I to England we have enabled her gradual jly to introduce the Surat cotton into the : cWitiuental markets, until now wo find | that over seven hundred thousand bales !of Surats are placed annually in Europe. Every tale of‘lndia Surat - cotton which England succeeds iu forcing into con sumption through the aid of our good ci. pied cottons, and by having the exclu sive monopoly of‘spinning’ for tlie world, j displaces a bale of our lower or‘inferior’ j grades, The consequence of this policy jis now manifest at Liverpool. The lower j grades of American cottons are not asked i for, the English spinners having worked iu the. India cotton, and nearly six hun dred thousand hales are in Europe with out buyers, and depreciating dailey in | value. Does any one doubt that if these six hundred thousand hales had been spun into thread iu America they would have i been preferred by the German, Swiss, or I French weaver to the flimsy ‘Surat’ thread I they are forced to take from England 1 j This is an exceedingly important matter, and we trust it will he carefully looked after, and successfully promoted, to the end that we may become the spinners of our own cotton crop, letting the world buy the ‘thread’ front us.” The Talent of Succcu. —Every man ! must patiently abide bis time. He must i vfait. Not in listless idleness, uot in ue- I less pastime, nut in querulous dejection, but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavor, ; alwM) s willing, fulfilling and accomplish j iug his task, “that when the occasion 1 comes he uiay be equal to tbe occasion.” | The talent of success is nothing more than I doing what you can do well, without a I thought of lame. If it comes at all, it j will come because it is deserved, net be cause it is to ight after. It is a very indiscreet and tioublesome ambition which cares so much about fame, above what the world says ot us—to he always looking in the face of others for approval- -to be always anxious about the effect, of what we do or say—to he always shouting to hear the echoes of our own voices. Washington Irving’s First Love. When young he became intimately acquainted with a daughter of one of the Knickerbockers of the time, sturdy in family wealth. With the young lady he pressed his suit successfully ; and in time the father might have succumbed, despite the fact that he regarded tLe resources wirh which Irving proposed to support a wite too slender to maintain that style of luxury to which his daughter had been ■ accustomed. Iu an evil hour, as it seem ed, a Dr. Creighton, a minister of the Episcopal church, despite his Scottish parentage, fell iu with the gentleman whom Irving was desirious to make’ his father-in-law. The clergyman’s eyes were dazzled by the beauty of the young lady, and the eyes of the father had beeu blin ded to all other considerations hut the wealth which Creighton offered, together with Lis heart. Timeand persistency pushed Trying from the scene, and the girl, obe dient to her fatlier’surgententreaties, gave his preference the precedonee of her own, But the saddest part of the story remains to be told, When tbo question of the marriage porlion was under consideration, the father stated that the family had been tainted with insanity; and, to guard against the evils of harsh treatment, should his daughter he afflicted with the same malady insisted that a certain sum should he set aside, which, in the event of such a calam ity, should tie devoted to her maintenance on her estate on the banks of the Hudson, and that in no event should she he removed Irom the mansion there. The terms the ardent suitor, hoping for the best, complied with. It may have been the result of hereditary disease, or of the effort to crush out and kill her young hopes, hut not many years elapsed before the young wife was a raving maniac. She became so violent that confinement was rendered neeessaiy, and the family man sion was converted into an asylum, Dr.- Creighton building another heuse on a distant paitcftlie estate. The unfortunate woman is still living, and on quiet nights her shriek may be heard shrilling along the banka of the river—almost audible, too, at tlie secluded retreat which Irving occu pies. No heart but his own knows how much the sad event may have tinged his own life, or to what exertions it may have urged him in attempting to drown all re membrances of his disappointment. Dr. Creighton lias for years officiated at the humble chapel where Irving worshiped; and, singular enough, read the burial ser vice for his former rival. To those who were aware ofiliesetnournful circumstances the strange coincidence must have been exceedingly painful. There aro hut few portraits or busts of Mr. Irving in existence, as he, in the last years of his life, persis tently refused to place himself at the disposal of any artist, however celebrated. Siiaviug Preached Agalusl. A theologian of Cambridge University i (England) has published a sermon ill which ho declares shaving to ho “a Hindrance to the spread of the gospel.” lie says : ‘‘While the hells of our churches arc; pealing their welcome to the house ot j prayer, whilo thousands of devout, albeit ; close-shaved Christians, aro wending their ; way to the sanctuary, lo! iu every by street a shaving shop stlnds open, and through the glazed door you see —what ? A human face soaped and lathered to the eyes, with another immortal being stand ing at bis side, one hand grasping Lis vic tim’s nose, and the other defying the com mandment of God with the uplifted steel. Who can doubt that a willful transgression of the fourth commandment is in process, and that the histrionic art itself is called into exercise on the holy day 1 For, look, the evidence is before you. The opera tion begins ; the razor is applied. Bit by hit the lather disappears; and, after winces and wry faces, and twisting and contor tions, this serin comic performance is con cluded. The lip and chin are denuded of nature’s edifying garb ; and the liberated subject takes his place—too late, alas! for church now—in civilized society. He ia a cleaner (as the effeminate will talk), if .not a better man. But why cleaner 1 Be cause a fashion, dating from a licentious period, has attached a false idea of un cleanliness to hair upon the mouth and chin. And, to gratify this false taste, this arbitAry whim, hours of valuable time must be wasted, and the bless and Hah hath desecrated.” Young Lady Killed by her Beothcr-in- Low. —Miss Catharine Thom was shot by her hrotber-iii-law. Wm. D. Totty, at Uichmand, Vs., on Wednesday morning, And died about eleven o’clock at night. It appears that Catharine Thom, some time# celled vKitty,” was a very beautiful girl, not quite eighteen of age. Totty. her brother-in-law, had become desperately enamored of Kitty, and on more than otic occasion had begged her to elope with him. The idea of being instrumental in rendering her own sister a “grass wd*w“ Terms—sl,so Always in Advance. Kitty ould riot tolerate, so she invariably and indignantly spurned all of Totty’s unholy-propositions. On Wednesday morning the deceased was sitting at the breakfast table, when Totty entered and seated himself in a chair next to liis sister-in-law. In pre sence of two other persons—Mrs. Adairs and a young man named Trea.-cnt Orange —he drew forth a pistol, laid it upon the table, and addressing deceased said, “Will you go V Sbo replied that she would not, and told him to take away his weapon.— He then lifted it from the table, and again demanded, “Will you go 1” Miss Thom replied, “1 will will not,” wherenpon lie placed the muzzle of the pistol to her side, discharged it and fled. He is still at large. The father of Miss Thom, as will as the lady herself and Totty ami his wife, all lived in the same house, where Totty had lutely gone to keep a drinking place, though ‘formerly lie had been a sober and trustworthy policeman. Archbishop Hughes Ainoug the Ladies— A Practical Spot ch. Bishop Hughes distributed the premi ums at the Mount St. Vincent Academy of the Visitation, near New York, on Tues day last, and at the conclusion of the ex ercises, addressed the young ladies as tol lows : “Mv Dear Children and Young La dies : —1 have witnessed many anniversa ries in which you received the testimoni ials of merit to which you wore entitled,- but 1 do not remember any occasion which excelled the exercises of to-day. Blit I will not enlarge upon this ; there are prob ably a great many in this audience better able to appreciate the merits of your per formance than I am. We have the honor of having many distinguished persons pres ent with us to-day—not strangers, but friends. Only one thing has troubled us during the exercise—your speeches made us sad—but this was to he expected from the nature of the occasion, when friend* and schoolmates were nbo.pt to take leave of each other. But the cEief thing that has troubled dip is the dilemma in which one of the streakers placed the Sisters of Charity, by quoting a remark from me.— Tiue it is that they have none to oveidpok them upon this hallowed ground but angels; unless, indeed, our Jersey friends on the other side of the river may look down up on them. | Laughter.) But the dilemma iu which they are placed is this ; if the term angel can be applied to those'good spirits that look down on the Sisters from above, why cannot the same term be ap plied to the young ladies I see before me ? Here, then, are the Sisters between two sets of angels ; the one overlooking tliqin from above, and the other looking up to them for guidance and instruction.—- | Laughter.] Isn’t that a dangerous posi tion to place the sisters in ? May not this double compliment from earth and lleaven make them vain ? [Renewed laughter, in which the Sisters heartily joined.] “But to return ; although it is of tLe utmost importance, young ladies, that you should have a good education, should be accomplished, cultivated, graceful and refined, yet there are other things that cannot be lost sight of. Before another year rolls around I propose to arrange witli the Sisters for anew branch of study in the Academy. ’ That branch of study is what the French call the science of et It is the science of keeping house and that we all know commences with the kitchen. Every young lady. I don’t care if slw bo a-queen’s daughter, ought to undcrstßnd that department of lit#. Even though she may not have to practice it, though she inay be able to hire her cook yet she should understand it herself, for it may happen some day that the cook will 1 dismiss her. [Great lauglitrr.] What a predicament she would be in then. Well, what I was going to say was that the Sisters should arrange it so that all the girls over thirteen years of age should be enabled to spend a portion of the time Its the kitchen, and become acquainted witfc cooking and housekeeping. Here will be anew bureau of education- [Laughter.] Wc shall then have the theory and some piacticc toe. “Another point and I will close. At the end of another year, if living, and my purse is long enough, 1 am going to give a gold medal of not less than 850 in value, ’ to the young lady who will write the best essay, not exceeding five pages in length, upon this great new science that I liava spoken of,” [Laughter and applause.] Old New*paper*. —Many people take newspapers, but few preserve them ; the most interesting reading imaginable, is a tile of old newspapers. It brings up the very age with nil its genius, and its spirit more than the most labored description of the historian. Who can take a paper dat ed half a century ago, without the thought that almost every name there printed, is now cut upon a tombstone, at the head of an epitaph ? The doctor (auack or regu lar,) that there advertised bis medicines, and their cures, has followed the sable train of bis patients—the merchant bis ships—and the actor, who could make others laugh or weep, can noar only furn ish a skufl for his successors in Haotiei. It is easy to preserve newspapers, a*d they will repay the trouble; for like *tne, ihsir value increases with the! X ass • NUMBER 31.