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abe Souttrm ij trail). D H MAETIB. D» M LEAYMPOUT r. i> i t o b * . «lirrin, g a , August *, “ l-uualiiny Ht a I'uucral.” That good and groat man, Bit-Imp fierce, delivered a sermon on last Sabbath, at the Mithndist (’hnreb, in this place, which wo heartily wish had been hoard by every inan, woman, and child in tho whole South. We refer to it now, however, with no intention to reproduce the substance ol that eicellent discourse in our column* ; we do so, simply to draw attention to the remarkable expres sion thnt fell from the Hi-hop's lips, in his allusion* to the dancing and fiddling mania SO unseasonably rife in our laud at present, — tho cxpres-ioit that forms the caption of these remarks, “ lAtwjhiwj at a funeral." It has all the while been to us a source of Tainted mortification and astonishment, to sco or hear of the immense amount of heart less frivolities that have been going on, nnd nrc oven now on tho increase, over since the downfall of our beloved Confederacy. We do not believe that the bulk of our Southern people rejoice at the disastrous issue of our glorious eansc ; but we must think that too many oft! cm, in the selection of their sports and mirths, exhibit a thuuglitlctHtictw that would lead to the inference that they were, or bad become, indifferent to the fate of their country, and cared not, and mourned for the lnrsts of their brethren sacrificed in tho lost cause*. For ourselves, wo are not opposed, in the abstract, to dancing, music, picnics, tourna ments, and all that class of amusements or past-times, ordinarily innocent enough ; hut, at tho present juncture of things,—a whole people enslaved, many of their best citizens withering in exile, or pining and wusting avruy in poisonous cells, penury nnd starva tion howling through the land, —it does ap pear that nil this mirth to whi h wo have alluded, and which wo have partially enu merated, look* very much like, in the Ilish op’s language, “ laughing at a funeral.”— The ancient Jews, in their long captivity in Babylon,—a full three score years and ten, man’s allotted period on earth—could not even sing their old songs; their harps were left hanging on the willows. Hut we, just ns down trodden, as hopelessly enslaved, arc already forgetting, it would seem, the mise ries of our fettered or exiled sons, and are rioting in mirth, as if there were no un sodden graves all in our midst, as if peace, nnd love, and forgiveness, and charity, and fnilh, and hope, and plenty, again blessed the land with their smiles and their sunshine. Let us rather put off these demonstrations of dance, and song, ntid wine, till our poor wasting prisoners are released, till our exiles are bidden to return, and till at. least the storm of war has passed over, and the rain bow of peace a,gain arches our skies. For the appearance of tho thing, if not in genu, ineness and reality, let us so far respect the martyred dead, and those of the living in exile or in chains, as for it not even to sccw that we arc “ lamjhimj at a/mural." M lint May Take l’lnrc. Some of the Philadelphia journal* are hinting very unmistakably, that the presence of rebels ami copperheads in that goodly city of llroad Prims, may not bo looked upon, after all, in any light better than that of u most unwelcome nuisance. In this connection, vague insinuations are dropped, that possibly an indignant community might find itself transformed quietly into an ele gant mob—the rceult of which moving of the masses, might be that the ousted Con ventionists would eontc out second best.— For precedent, might they not plead the breaking up of a recent Radical Convention at Now Orleans? Tliere is no telling what those threateners will do. Now, if the South is determined to try her hand anyhow at the Philadelphia Con vention, why not send delegates, with eyes wide open, prescient men, who forewarned will go forearmed. Let them thus go, and if the Radicals attempt to break up the Con vention, and the Northern Democrats and Conservative Republicans show enough signs of resentment and fight, then pitch in, aud then and there inaugurate a conflict that shall save the Government, or smash it into a thousand fragments. The Radicals have threatened war, —then let them bo me* on their own terms, bend, then, brave men, high-minded ex-rebels who fought, and can, and will fight again, if needed, who will take no oaths to get into the Convention, and who will not be driven thence by Radical man or Radical devil, and possibly some thing will be done. Let half way men stay at home. X-g?" It is stated that an elder brother op the late .Senator Jim Lane, of Kansas, also committed suio de, and under peculiar cir cumstances. “He graduated at West Point in 182S, and in 1830, during the Florida war, in which ho was actively engaged, he was promoted to the command of a regiment of Indians. Shortly after his promotion, directly after going into camp one evening, alter a day’s march, he placed the hilt of his sword on the ground, and the point in his eye, and threw himself on it. No cause for his suicide was ever known or conceived of. B£Si_ The total number of deaths from cholera on Tybe3 islaud, near Savannah, had amounted, on the ultimo, to one hundred and forty six Not Such ? inall^^tatoe* The journals in favor of the Philadelphia Convention, one or another, have been cxcr eL iug ihtmadvea Very nu+tily a* u> the **»»(- us of those of the South who were opposed to'aid Convcntio *, fir, at lr-t*t, ind:fferrnt about it. * toe paper .-ail that there was but •me respectable paper in all the South not in favor of the I’hiladelphl i concern; ano her insinuates that all opposed to it, wi re Hndi cals, while .-till another ii.aisted that all the “ old soldiers ’* were Philadelphia Conven tionista, leaving the implication that none of that respectable class (the “old soldiers”) were opposed to sending dchgates to the (Quaker city trap. After multiplied slurs, and insinuations, and depreciatory flings ot all sorts, thrown at those who happen not to view the Philadelphia Convention with im plicit confidence, one of the number lias modulated th<* song to altogether a different key. The t one to be sung now, is, that if the Philadelphia investment proves a losing business, the whole failure is to be attribu ted to that unrcaprctable quasi radical, un trusting portion of Southern iiimi, so ea'led, who saw fit to think differently ofthe con cern from thcin-clvcs. To this effect—that is, casting around to shift responsibility—Judge Gibson, who pre sided at the Kith District Convention, held in Augusta, on the 2hill ultimo, on taking the chair, made a speech in which we find the following very significant sentence. “If however,” said the Judge, “we should fail, let the responsibility—North and South, Fast and West—rest upon those who have opposed or may oppose us in our efforts to restore once more harmony and prosperity to oar nation.” Jiis oracular Honor, after indiscreetly be fraying that ho anticipated failure, had un generously, to throw the cause of that fail ure, in aihance, upon the insignificant class above alluded to ; yea, worse than “ insignifi cant,” for the ertnined gentleman li»d to say, most disingenuously, that those who happen to have no confidence in the Philadelphia Convention, did it, not for the reasons they had avowed, but because “ they opposed us (him nnd tho rest of the factotums) in our efforts to restore onco more harmony and prosperity to our nation." Another Epidemic. Besides Cholera, and Suicide-mania, with sundry epidemics among the lower animals, we now have anew disease, called the arsoti mania, being nothing more nor less than an almost resistless proclivity to set fire to houses, churches, cities, and indeed every thing that can be devoured by tho destroy ing element. What is remarkable, in con nection with this new malady, is that it rages in exact keeping with the locomotion of the great Arson King, (Jen. Sherman. It is accounted for on the known principle of siiggestion or association. 'l'hc victim of hydrophobia, wo know is provoked to a fresh paroxysm of his disease, at the sight of water, or at even the very mention ofthe nan:o of "water. Just in this way, it is deemed that the unfortunate person labor ing under arson-mania, is driven to burn houses, cities, and everything that is com bustible, whenever hosecs General She man or reads about him, or is brought to think of him by any association of idea.l - this view of the case, would it not be the proper policy to retire the said Gen oral long enough trout the public, for the Medical Faculty to learn how to treat this strange malady ? If he is suffered to lo?o --inote, anil speechify, and make himself plenty here, and there, and yonder, as he has been doing for several months past, he will occasion the burning-down of half the cities in the Union, the breaking-up of all the Insurance offices in the country,—and the whole land to become a scene of charred ruins to become, in a word, Shermanizrd. I.iitest News. Tho laying of the Atlantic Fable was finished on the 28th of July. It is a perfect success—telegraphic communications going on between the old world and the new.— While it carried news, (it is supposed,) to tho old world that the Pandemonium Coun cil, alias Radical Congress, had adjourned, it brings tho intelligence that a treaty of peace has been signed between Austria and Prussia. A terrible riot occurred in New Orleans, on last Monday. A Radical Convention at tempted to meet in that city--but being op posed by an indignant community, a general melee resulted, in which, it is reported, there were fitly ir sixty killed—mostly members or friends of the Convention, as we presume, for the dispatches are vague and inexplicit. Avery light breast-plutc, or euirnsf, made of the new metal aluminum has been effectually tried in Italy, ami proved to be capable of turning a musket ball fired at a distance of 38 paces, and of resisting a bay onet thrust from the heaviest hand. Two regiments of the line are to be provided with them, and if they prove as stteeessfdl in the field ns they promise from a tiial, there will bo another revolution in modern warfare. Count Bismark’s life was saved by a coat of this kind, and if they can he produced at the small cost mentioned (about a dollar a piece,) the days of Colt’s revolvers, needle guns, and hair-triggers, will be ovtr. Thai Means Something. —The Wash, ington correspondent of the Atlanta .Wic Fra, says that “ Yallaudigham and Wood, < ( id omneqenus, being chosen to the Philadel phia Convention annoys (hr Pn-sident, hut leli -hi the Ii idied- * Ptx.it Ildf.M.N I—This renegade scamp, who 3'ubb'd the Confederacy all the while of itr brief ex -tet.ee, has been rejected by th«T-e*.«»e, .41 be, notniwatem M'tTne'rTVn San Salvador. Even the Radicals them sctvr', loving tr-ti'on ns much as th>-y do, nr rather tho fruits of treason, arc bound, it world -ei m, to id low the moral instincts in herent in all na'ure-*, and to de-pi-c the traitor. (>HIRD Fiu.lT —The fruit crop being pretty large, nnd dried fruit being a ca.-h article for which a ready sale may be had, it lias been suggested that farmers would do well to dry tln-ir fruit. The produce mer chants of this [dace we learn are anxious to buy and those wishing to do so can make arrangements with them in advance to take all that can be supplied. taf' The railway bridge over the Susque hanna!), which was destroyed by a tornado on the night of the 25th ultimo, it is said, was the most magnificent structure of the soit in America. It was about a mile in length. F’ff' General M. 1.. Smith, late of the Confederate ariiy, was taken ill on last Fri day, in Rome, this State, and died the next day. Let it not be forgotten that a con vention of cotton planters will be holden in (he city of Macon, Ga., on the 12th of Au gust. Stab" Mr. Harlan, on the 27th ultimo, re signed the office of Secretary of the Interior. I’a isou itiimnlow-Official Ruf fianism Up to a recent date, Parson Brownlow. of Tennessee, had the reputation of being the foulest-mouthed man that spoke the English language, which is equal to saying the foulest-mouthed man on earth, for the Knglish language has capacities of vulgar foulness equalled by no other form of mortal speech with which we arc acquainted. Ilis ribaldry and blasphemy as a preacher shock ed even the rude ruffians of the Southwest, while his scurrility as a politician and edi tor, gave him a position which no decent men could approach. After having done as much us any other individual of his capacities in the South to stimulate the full spirit of Slavery to war and treason, lie saw fit for selfish ends, and to the disgust of every loyal man in the country, to take sides with tho Unionism of Kast Tennessee. Neither they nor we had any more respect for his selfish loyalty than for his ribald piety ; but the course and force of circumstances kept him from open treachery by making it dan gerous ; and the generous attention and help he obtained from the courageous and un flinching leader of the Tennessee Unionists, who is now President of the United States, induced him to endure till the rebellion was prostrated by our armies. .F.vrn the fonl ness of.his tongue seemed to suffer nn abate ment for a short while, and i appeared ns if time might cause him finally to be toler ated by reputable people. Uttd-r these cir cumstances, and under prospect of reforma tion. Mr. Johnson was more than generous to him, aiding him to place and power, and finally assisting him to obtain the position of Governor, which Johnson had vacated to as-umc the Vice-Prisidcncy. But, the dog will return to his vomit, and the serpent will plunge his fangs into the bosom in which he inis been warmed, Brownlow turned on the President —turned on him for ends as base and srlfi-h as had formerly led him to join with him. The President would not—as he could not—permit him to carry out the atro cious and savage purposes he had designed upon those who were his enemies—that is to say, the greater part of the people of Ten nessee, who had neither voted for him nor would uphold him. Brownlow actually wanted to inaugurate a general massacre and plunder of those whom he had made foes by thirty years of personal insult; and lie proclaimed this in language so fiendishly vindictive as to shock eveiy man who had any manhood left in his nature. The President stood between him and his outrageous pu. r noses; and Brown low turned from the people whom the I resi dent had saved upon the Presided* himself. His office as Governor gave him tio n.'2 re self respect now than his vocation of preach er had given him Christian character, while the fact that Mr. Johnson holds the office of President seemed to add zest to the rancour of his assaults. He swore and raved more furiously than he had ever done before, and used language that would put to the blush even that ofthe malignant madmen of Con gress. lie vented his personal malice “in | season, and out of season,” in speeches, public documents, and in bis newspaper ; and let no actor word ofthe President’s pass without finding in.it new opportunity of revenge for his grievances. It was quito in keeping, therefore, when in a dispatch to Washing ton, on Thursday last, announcing the pas sage of tho Constitutional Amendment in one brunch if the Legislature, lie had the black guard insolence to add, “ Give my compliments to the dirty dog at the White House.” Ho knew, of course, that in using such language he was perfectly safe from any no tice or reply from the party immediately as sailed ; and if it brought him renewed con tempt from all decent men, that was but what he had been accustomed to from the beginning of his career. Pretty good for the New York Times. “ Murder as a Political Art.” — Under this caption, the Cincinnati Gazette, a Radical sheet, publishes a long article de signed to show that Harrison, Taylor, and Lincoln, were all murdered at tho instiga tion ot the politicians of the South, and that the same class made an unsuccessful attempt upon the //life of Buchanan We suppose there arc old grannies in Cincinnati who will believe ibis story, and hold up their hands in holy horror at the supposed wickedness of onr people. Hut that anv man having three grains of common sense should believe it, is incredible. The editor of the Gazette , says tho Richmond Dispatch, ot tho 7th instant, is either a knave or a fanatical fool. Either he gives currency to this base slander for political purposes, well knowing it be false in every ['articular, or else he is totally un fit for the position ho bolds. No one in the South will argue such a question.' Wc feel nothiug but pity for the folly which could credit such stories, and nothing but contempt for lie vile landerer who originate them. NEWS. FACTS, &C Geßer.d weeney refuses to be released on bail unless his compatriots are similarly treated. The pr oportion of the wounded in the iafr European battles is eight Austrians to ,• Fr —i oi. Mr Wallwork, of ishelbyviil«?, Tennessee, claims title to an invention which will super cede all other kinds of.-ignals in use on rail roads. He professes to he able, by the np plication of this invention, to stop a train, if desired, at any distance; and to -hut off steam from an engine five miles away, the same as if he were on the engine. The Austrian Minister of War has order ed 50,000 needle mu-kets for the Austrian army. They are in course of completion, and will be delivered at the rate of 2,000 a day. It is slated that the Prussian govern ment have a'ready given an order for 40,000 ofthe newly invented American gun, which, it is said, a lows 12 shots to be fired iu a minute. *• it has been truthfully Baid of Harper's Weekly, that had it been published during nur Saviour's stay upon earth, it. would have given its readers a burlesque of the miracles, and u caricature of the crucifixion.” The Southern Pacific Railroad has been completed to Marshall, Texas. General Tilsun forwarded an application on the I v th u!f, for permission to place Stewart county, Georgia, under martial law, on account of the indisposition of the civil authorities to do justice to the freedmen. Are Tiiev to iik Moiibed? —A Phila delphia newspaper warns Southern delegates to *ho Convention there that perhaps the presence of lato “ traitors and rebels,” in their city, is more than Philadelphians may be able to stand. This is a cull for a mob. Lynchbury .Yews. A letter from Niagara to a Richmond pa per rays : “ James M. Mason has arrived in N’ugara with his family. I hear that Mr. Mason is unsubdued and uncompleted, a true lover of bis grand old State, and un open- admirer of her war record.” A Paris watchmaker will contribute to the Paris Exhibition a perpetual motion pendulum which has been wagging for three years. England employs iron to the extent of 1(50 pounds per head of population ; Ameri ca, USO pounds ptr head. An English physician says two children to each married couple is now the average in all largo cities. Mu. Seward on Southern Represen tation. —Mr. Seward supports the test oath. In n late Tammany letter he says: “ I desire that each of the two Houses of Congress will apply the Constitutional test, with all the improvements oj legislation upon it, anil thus admit those States and Repre sentatives who are loyal, and reject only those against whom the crime of disloyalty shall be established.” Such representation is far worse than a denial. Radical won-representation is an outrage but it at least does not mock U3. — Girl,mom! Who/. The Senate on the July*, confirmed the appointment of O 11. Browning as Sec rotary ofthe Interior, in the place of Mr 1 lar'ao. The author of the celebrated rebel poem entitled, “ The 1 Conquered Banner,” is at last discovered. The author is a young priest, the Rev. Abram S. Ryan, of Knox ville, Tennessee. Gen J. C. Walker.—An English pa per states that M ij. Gen. J. C Walker, of the late C nfederate army, has been appoint ed Colonel of an English regiment. Gen. Walker commanded a division in the array of Tennessee, serving with distinc tion through all of its campaigns, and espe cially distinguishing himself at the siege of Nashville, in 18(34. A Jewish syuagogc just completed at Ber lin, is represented to be one of the most gor geous buildings in Europe, costing 8750,000 iu gold. A Texas paper says : “Os all tomfoolery for sensible men and women to engage in, commend us to a tournament, in which sor ry knights, upon more sorrowful but well gingered plow-horses, push at teething rings with elongated broomsticks. Suitable arm or made of paper-muslin must be worn lest the saddle should gall, and cause the rider to limp when the ‘knight with a patch on his trowsers’ dismounts to lay the crown be fore the feet of his peerless dulcinea. Oh ! it is rich.” At the Dartmouth College commence ment at Hanover, N. 11., on the 19th July, tho honorary degree ot Doctor of Laws was conferred on Major General fe’hermatl. General Frank Blair has commenced libt?) suits against the Missouri Democrat and another man. The libels consist in charges that Frank had stolen cotton, silver-ware Ac, in tho South, during the war. General Grant has ordered a force of cav alry- to he sent to Loudon county, Va. It is alleged there have been outrages on the freedmen there, and that the civil law has foiled to punish the guilty or protect the blacks. The St. Paul Pioneer says that on the Red River settlement, five hundred miles north of that place, sixty bushels of wheat to the acre is an ordinary yield. A French paper states that General Beauregard has been appointed General of Engineers in the French army. Lieutenant Maury, it is said, is about to be attached to the French navy as chief of the meteorological department. It i« reported that Sir Edward Bulwcr Li tton was to be raised to a peerage as Lord Lytton. Chicago boasts of a twelve inch straw berry. Joshua Hill has at length determined to aceept the Savannah Collectorship. A man in Pennsylvania was recenly sued for a breach of promise of marriage. The chief points in his defence were that the young lady weighed 285 pounds, and that Jt was coming warm weather ! The grumbling raseai ; 285 pounds 1 Why if the girl had weighed a ton, he should have hitched to her aft-;, passing his word. What's 285 (founds of wife ; think of Brigham Young— he counts up an aggregate of 28,564 pounds ot wife, and at last accounts he was still adding to thestock. Don't be chicken-heart ed, son ofthe Keystone State—what's a few ponds of fat when happiness is at stake ? Marry the fat girl, then you can spend your years ot wedded bliss in experiments to ro duce her eorporosity Two hundred and ei lit\ live pounds ’ . Foili 111 of July Oratina, BT “ 811-N KJ DO-Rl.’’ W: rtt.-V/for ‘ii* Southern Ili-rald. Fei.eer Citizens I Tois i- the day upon ; which the Aui'-ri'-an h-urt swells to a!. out I twice its natural proportions, and Leat* with twen'y 'even times its usual rapidity ; when a man's clothe- are too small to hold him. and he wants no draperv but the Stars and I Strip.s. when be would like to be able to | fondle with one hand the evergreen curls of Maine, and to toss with the other the golden sans of California, while be drank the 1 health of the Goddess of Liberty out of Lake Erie, and laved his feet in the cooling waters of the Gulf! Feller r-r Citizens! Upon this glori ous day we recall the memories of that ban 1 of patriotic and devoted heroes, whose strug gles through seven years of bio'dy and re lentless war gave us American Independence. What I ask, what sustained them through those lengthened years of darkness and of What enabled them to endure hunger and cold, to wake the most arduous and stupen iluous marches, and to perform prodigies of i valor upon the field with which the world \ rang, covering their names with glory through all coming lime ? I answer, “ Itoback's Stomach Bitters." The stirring seeues of that mighty revo j lution are painted in vivid colors before my j eyes to day. The Tea Party in the hatboi of Boston. Was it the ii significant duty j which England sought to impose upon tea that moved those Bostonians so violently 1 that they poured an entire ship’s cargo into Boston harbor? “.Not by no means.”— They knew a better and m-re healthful bev ' erage. They said green tea was good, hut Itoback's was better ! Then, too, the battle of Bunker's Hill, | fought.regard less of the remonstrances of old Mr. and Mrs. Bunker, who owned tho hill. What was it that enable t that little hand of raw ami hastily-collected recruits to repulse a greatly superior force ot British regulars, . veterans Irom the battle fields of Europe, thus winning imperishable renown tor the infant Republic ? The answer comes sweeping along upon i the Eastern gale, from the very summit of 1 Bunker Hill monument — Itoback’s Stomach Bith rs .’ What was it that inspired Patrick Henry. I one of the early Fenians, to startle the echoes i in Independence Hall with “Give me liber ty, or give me death I”—life without “ Lib ” j being wholly unendurable ? A private telegraphic dispatch from Phil adelphia replies— Itoback's Stomach Hitters ! Looking back in my mind upon the scenes of the Revolution, I see smoke curling feeb ly from a few miserable tents and hovels in a snow-draped valley. Men in ragged uni forms huddled around the camp fire, hag } gard and hungry-eyed, their nuked feet bleeding and frozen. It. is “ \ alley torge.” S What sustained them through the winter > i j suffering nnd gloom ? Itoback's Stomach Hitters '. Many are the individiual characters and scenes that, loom up in the picture of the Revolution upon this ever to be r membered day. There was glorious “Old Put' win. ! Was the lh«- first, to do the .M. z -p|u act on ! horseback. When hotly | ur-md y the : British, at Horst nock, what gave him cour age to dash his horse down tint toct-y il-- j elivity, to the a max- mi nt of his to. - l j “ itoback's Stomach BUhrs! ' Washington cross <1 the Delaware I. ’ cause there wasn't a drop Un ai l. sto !• had on the other side. af!d tt e lu't'e o Brandywine was brought to a su- e-sslu. i--u : by mingling bitters with tln ir brandy and ; their wine. Feller r-r-r citizens !—You ask me what can dissolve the gall that civil war has en gendered among us, cement the Union and restore the greatest degree of confidence and harmony between all sections of this great and glorious country ? With the s’ars and stripes waving in splendor above my head, and with the national anthems- ring ng in my ears, amid the peal ol joyous cannon ar.d the shouts of an exultant populace, I reply “ Itoback's Stomach Hitters!’ Like Cnnuitials wit Ii :i ’I issionui y. The Charlottesville Chronicle, referring to the various inodes of treating the South pro posed by the Northern leaders, says : These loyal men remind us of a parcel of cannibals who have just got a fine missiona ry. They strip him stark naked and tie him I to a tree, and then confer how they shall ; cook him. One fellow says, '• let’s toast him whole over a slow fire—just toast him until he is a little browned.” “ Oh, no,” says j another, “ stew him—stewed missionary is ; the nicest thing in the world.” “ Oh, no,’’ i says a third, “you don’t know anything— ! the vigil! way to eat that man is to put iiim in pie stuffed with potatoes.” Sumner cries out, “ I'd like to make mince nn-at of him, or pass him through a sau-age mill.” Stevens says, “ Pickle him raw, I like acids.” Botts says; “ Don't lets eat the whole ot him —just take off his arms an I legs, and lets have them fried—they are equal to pig’s feet. A mild old savage looks on benignantly, ' and says : “ My dear friends, it is a pity to eat the poor creature —let’s try and human ize him, for he is a man like ourselves, not withstanding lie wears clothing and holds such atrocious opinions—my judgment is that we shall untie him and let him go, pro vided he is disposed to do the fair thing and join us—if he will promise to become a de cent savage I would turn him loose—when he agrees that a savage is as go .and as a mis sionary, and gets on the platform ofequ -1 rights, I would give him and his friends. I (when we catch them) a general amnesty.” Stevens growled like a wild beast—“ I’d like to eat you, Horace, hat and all —none of your brotherhood for me at this hour, (pulling out his watch) —it is two o’clock— lam not particular—L give up my plan— | stew him if you choose —I call the pievious question.” Sumner—“ If none of you ob ject, while they are taking the vote, I’ll just cut, a slice out of him with my pen-knife, that’s the way l have seen them do in Abys jsinia.” Another Sea Serpent Story.—The Journal de Havre contains the following ex tract from the report of Captain Tessa, cotu -1 mander of the French ship Le Coq, just ar rived from the coast of Africa : “ A large sea serpent pursued me lor two days. This creature must have been sixty metres in i ’length. Thanks to a storm it disappeared and was not seen again.” The report itself is published in full in the same paper, and • I •- re i ifi !■• ii doll! t tn it - p»- 31A Klt 1151) EXRI.ISH—AI.KXANMSR—In i|,j, ei , the 2(di J jly. by the Rev. I*. Will G ‘ r»STSr-<.rthe’ TTFttTUT;ttoTrT.uTah, Si,, Emlms.ot Atlanta. G», to Miss E, U. of t liia city. * OBITUARY r>e(>i»rt«-<l ihU Lie iu Guilin. Ga., on the lgti, July. UeV. Jamiji Cowan Paixtafcox I T. in the 63ril veer of ..i» iu-e. ’ ' Thu ret-..1.l t-nlli* m> those words of the I' M r - •• Help, 1.01-4. for the Godly man e.- Upth . faithful fail from among the children ol men "* Midi was lie. I'actuson. His character a T are well lold iu Ihe words. •• Godly ' ful.” I!e wa* the child of eminently pi.-u --who dedicated him to God in infancy, and hio /’k' him up in the nurture and admonition ,f Lord. And lie was a noble illustration of ! fidelity, crowned with tlic Divine blestu.c j him was fulfilled the promise: •• They it../, ? me early, shall find me." lie was converted' boyhood, and in botliood pro!,-seed that S» v ; , IB whom he honored with a life remarkable f ur L ., form reverential piety. And in him wa« another scripture: “ Him that is Godly, hath ths Lord set apart for Himself." 1 11 early life, he f e Jt eatled to the ininijtiy. and uhvy e.i. Ami Godliness was followed by faithfulness. He was faithf.l to his parents; he was faithful in his studies. graduated among th- first of his c ass, at Franklic College, under the Presidential care of his early friend and pastor, Rev. Dr. Moses IVah.io. l m . mediately after graduating, he was elected to t Tutorship in hit Almamater. During the yearsof his connection with the College, ho studied Theol ogy under I>R. Waddell, and was licensed to preach the Gospel by Hopewell Presbytery. After licensure, he labored as a Domestic Slissionarv ia Northeast Ga. He was thru culled to the cart ofthe Presbyterian Churches of Macon and Mik ledgeville. lie afterwaida removed to porsvp and associated tile duties of teacher w ith those of the ministry. He was subsequently elected t n the Presidency ofthe Gwinnette Institute, a hjsii school for boys and young men. Ana from Gwi uu . nette, he was called to preside over the Syuodicil Female College, of Gritfin,which, under his’devoted care and. steady management, became a complete success, and an ornament to society, sod the Church. Thus, from youth to the close of life, except;,,, the lasi six mouths, lie-was constantly and labo riously engaged. Blessed with a remarkably v,g. oi-ous constitution, and possessed of great self con trol, he was capable of great endurance. Hit mind was clear, retentive, and accurate. Asa teacher he was faithful and thorough ; and he so united <l*l cision with kindness os to gaiu (lie respect and love ol his scholars; and to tln-m Ids memory ii precious. Asa preacher, lie was direct, instruct ive, and unimpassiotied; adapted more for the <-d. ideation of believers than the conviction ofm, tiers In society, be w s reserved and taciturn ; bat those who knew hint within the sacred precincts of home, will remember him as the kind Hus (.and, the tender Father, t'-e humane Master, th* fast Friend. Under provocation, he was calm ami unmoved. Under his peculiar afflictions, i„ the loss of eight out ot ten children, and among them three noble grown sot s, he was truly su l missive and quiet, lie freely adopted the utterance of J. b; The Lord gave, and the Lord hath token aw nv ;l>!essed be the name of the Lord. Ills sternly, uniform piety was the distinguish ing feature of bis life, and elicited the confidence ot nil » ho knew him, t hat he was a ' oly man who walked with Gnl. and held daily communion with his a-lorable Redeemer; and. as a ei.nsequcncc, hi- closing months nnd days were blessed with un usual peace, and trust iu God. Not a cloud, a fear, a doubt ! All peace ! pence like a river, and righteousness, the righteousness of Christ, lit* the waves ofthe sea’ For him sirr had no stirg, and the grave no victory Thanks be to God, who gave him the victory through on. Lord ,tenet «'lilist I We know his rec-rd is on high ; and we muk- thiseaithly record, nr the tribute of respect and affection, and for our own example at.Jii provemenf. With it' hi- name shall live Through ling succeed!’ g year#. Lull tainted wtinr.it not h> nits cm, give. Our |mis*--in and .-nr f* nts " ,t. \s: \\ AIM ERTISK HE ATS. JOS. ENGEL'S m STORE. The undesigned desires to inform the public that he has returned to his old home IN GRIFFIN, Where he is determined to furni-h them with GOODS as LOW as tiny can possibly he afforded I have on hand FIUdSH cfc UNTIUWr, A Complete Stock of DRY GOODS, nothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, &c. My well kuowu Character as a business man here in former days, is a sufficient guar antee of Fair and Honest Dealing. Call on me at my NEW STORE at the OLD STAND, West Cornerof llill street and Broadway. . JOSEPH ENGEL Atur. 2. 1866 — 3 m. SHERIFF’S SALES. VI TILL he sold before the Court House door, y\ Spalding county, Ga.. on the first Tu*sd*7 in September n-sl, within the usual hours of »»le, ore hundred and fifty nine (159) Barrel I s of Phos phate, levied on as t he property of C. W. Ford, to satisfy ti fa issued from .lodge of the County Court of tl.o County of Spalding. Macon ad Western Rail Road <s C. W. Ford, property pointed out in said ti fa. ALSO, At the same time and place will be sold one fraction I.ot of Land known in the Plan oftheGiVV of Griffin, as Lot No. 110. situate! in West Gru tin, adjoining lots of s. W. Bit odworth. D. ll |c * 9 and Olliers, levied on os the property of J. »•• Lumpiest, to ratify costs on two ti fas issued from Spalding Superior Court. Charles Foreman A ho. vs. Jolm M. Luuquest, property pointed out b\ M. Bloodworth. Aug 2-tds D D. POYAL Sheriff. Pike Sheriff’s Sale. V*/illbe sold before the Court lit use door, » W the town of Zobulon. I’ike county, on first Tuesday in September next, within the leg* hours of safe a plantation in the 9th Distiic ® said county it being the land sold by y * Daniel to John W. l*ate, known in the plan of**'® District by parts of lots Nos. 90, 1*27. I''3. 00 10*2. the other numbers not known, the whole co taining eight hundred acres more or less, it. ' ni » the plantation where S. Cranlord now res* levied on by virtue of n t'i fa from Pike ' Court in favor of John Neal v«. Nathaniel 1 iol—oath of Plaintiff re quired under the May •* filed and property pointed out by him and ten in possession notified. wm. n McClendon. Aug2-tJ» Money Wanted. ING COL'N'TY SCRIPT, wanted by 4. 11. 4OHN>o> v t IVcodrt. fT C.’rriaje oep‘?9it ~ry ’