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SOITHER.V HERALD, » N MARTIN LB ■ DEATXMPORT ■»IT O * • . ‘GKIFKInT’ga.. DK'.'T 19. ! »«« To Admilim. -The I)»m iu«.u> i• tie ofiriol p+p-r of both Ike City <i nd C.atmls aud Ol lit latpret in both, ofor diop lo tbe ixnou public m jint Mf.ii. qo through tehuh to mote their bumoret kn.petu KOTIC& Having aasociau-d with us Jud.e WiL lisa (riu~D.>o ia th« poblic»tio* of tba Daily Southebk Herald, the tusi mm will hereafter bo eoortacted under ths same and style of Msrtia kCo Thankful fur the liberal patronage extended to us heretofore, we will endeavor to male it the interested our f> tends to Continue the same. BrrTt« Up.—Wa call the aiteotion of those who stand indebted ,on onr books to the fact that their bills niu*t b« promptly p»id. We ileaire to make additions to our office during the coming year, and request all to pay up nt ooce. We cannot, and would not, if we could work on indefinite settlctneats. A full return for the money baa been given, and it ia but justice that We should have our dues. Making • Hero. Everewhere tbe journals, an.) the correa pendents of journals, in alluding to that no. torioua individual, J. Clarke bwayze, speak of him in that most belittleing of all ex. pressioos, as “one Swayzc.” We are not denying their right thus to epithet him, nor the justice of anything thev may aav in the premise*, or might say, though it were ia language a hundred fold more contempt. Mila. What w* fear, is. thst wcare unwittingly Waking a hero of him and sa such his brothei Radicals will immediately appropriate him as an another Attiln, hiiimll though he be, lor scourging the South. We must that “one Beast But ler," or “one spoon-thief" is now member elect of the Congress of the United States “one Torch and Turpentine Brownlow” ia Governor of a Southern State, and “one Commissary of S onewall Jackson” is s burning brand ia that incendiary caba 1 at Washington. When Kaditnlism, then, carries out litr purposes, and Georgia is made a mere terri tory, how would we hero—makers feel to read, Route of th* se fine moinings, among the telegrams, tint “one J. Clark Swayzc' ha<) been made Provisional Governor of the Territory of Georgia, and “one U. Washing lon Ashburne’’ Chief Justice of the same. Stranger things than these have happened. Civic thuiu Names, and Ventilate ■litkm. —Among the Congtvssio'-al proceed ings, we notice that a petition was present. , ed in the House, on the 17th Decamber, K'gned by six so-culled persons, from Athens ! Georgia,- asking for the impeachment of President Johnson. It seems from this, Svnyzcum is not peculiar to Griffin. til’MM \RY. A writer in the Macon Telegraph sug gests the name of lion. Tlioa. Hardeman, Jt., Speaker ol the House of Represents tires, as a Candida'e for Governor. Congress, it is said, will repeal the act to pay loyal slave owners for enlisted negroes. The Lacrosse Democrat says there is a radical scheme oil foot tor getting possession of the bonds issued by the Confederate government, and having the United States assume them. Kentucky has given 100,000 bushels of, corn to the joor ol Georgia. 1 he receipts of cotton at all the Southern ports since September 1, the opening of the \ cotton year, amounts to 230,000 hales, against 450,000 during the sstne period in 1805 ; showing a decrease ol 22'',000 hales. I A Frenchman has invented au air-gun : which he cab ulafes is capable of killing off the inhabitants of the earth in about four teen years. An edorated Virginia farmer says thst after having had a large experience with * hit* laborer*, both foreign and native, he : has eurne to the conclusion that the world cannot produce a more skillful and efficient farm laborer than a well trained Virginia leg re who is w illing to work. In Elizabeth, N. J., ibe single men are assessed one dollar more pull tax than the married men. They pay it cheerfully at a tax on luxuries. A Marble quarry at Sheffield, Mass, with two nurtured a< rea of land, recently aoid for eight hundred thousand dollars.— | Tbs deed lor the property required tbree hundred dollars Worth of stamp-. Tbs Washington cotrespuudot of the Bal timore Gnietl* say#: “The Government has not authorized Gen. anal Mickies to forbid corporeal punmb umtH in North Carolina." Mrs. David Kitchen, of Morgan county, j Indiana, gave birth to three children—a boy j and two i time since. 11-r husband was a member of the 83d Indiana, and was discharged ft* “daabthty J”— - South Carolina. —It will be seen, with universal regret throughout the South, that the House ol It -pmseiiiativeH of South Carolina has refused to adopt revolutions ex prrsaive of sympathy tor the mistdriuues *'>d sufferings of Lx President Davis. If there is oae Sta'e sot wiiout Mr. Davis suf fers more than for ail others, it is South Carolina, and her action under the peculiar circumstances of the ease is anything but creditable either to ,b«r bead or heart.— Every other State in tfisySouth shou.d re flolve that they have no sympathy tor her.— Mucon Tviet/rajrh, The La Grange Reporter says : “Perhaps there is no place of the size of LaGrroge that can boast of so many lawyers. There are nenetovu lawyer* now practicing in bJUaGrange. Among them may bo found the tightest ornaments of the profession. - ’ Naw Imvcmkik w Firs arms —y. L*rsv«e, the i fratur ot the I’,us-,an teedie gu". has piodu-el a o«-w *iu;»m, w ich baa re*Wiv and the approval if the War «*ffi eer, and the rifle battalions ol the I'fu-a. a at will be I'ticd >iib bat mi ilittmt •lay. This new arm i* desen bo la* ka*ir g no stock, but ti c < ur>sd iroo bar which serves ibeaune purjiose aits very fi'imy to tbe shoulder, fr-ou which it is not moved duri g l e process of loading. Ti.e who-e ol the »rtn, with the excnp’ion of |i e bayo net, is cn\c*ed with fc.lb-r. K pi-1 eli.mt ir-g gives an average of eight shots nr the minute. With regard to accuracy, tie maik-man at tlic particular trial rep -r ei, , when taking time i»r hit am, never iniasei ' a target eight feet Lroad bv si* hGh at the ' distaua-e of 1000 paces or 800 yarns.— When' firing rap dly he hit it eight times in ten si ots. Similar fxpi rimerit* vr-rc made at a target of the same size, at a rat.ge ot ]SOO pace , far 1200 yards and wiri, explod ing ’alls; hut the rifle, though o! the same construct on, was rather larg r. Pr-yse has s’eo inremc<l what it called a double-barrelled cannon, and vet this is perhaps hardly a correct expression, as the barrels «re not Contiguous lo each other as in a towling-pi.ee. it wuuhl be more accu rate to say that he puts two small breech loading cannon, working -s swivels with > univi rsal hinge, on the same carriage. Re I ind each barrel is a seat for the arltllerisi. and between them is an ammunition box. Containing a peculiar mechanical arrange tinn'. by means of wh ch. as fast aa each ai'tdie j-t takes out a eartii-lgc, a in * one i» pushed into its place. K-Ch man can tire four shots in a minute, A gun of rids de sCriptiou, ot tbe calibre ol a six pounder, went its shot through a two inch iron idutc hi 2000 paces, o' 1000 yards, and ignite i the wood woik behind. TnE Pemockats anh the I’besiuent. —Ou Thursday last in Congre««, Mr Le Blond, of Oi io, repudiated, on behalf of the Pemocatie patty, any responsibility tor the President He is reported usfdiows: We have no interest in the Executive on this side ot the House—not the lea-l. Ib is not the man of our choice; we did not pu' him ti ere —we do not claim any b-n - ti s under him, mid certainly w« did not receive any in l* e late campaign. We never took him up, and have therefore no right to drop him ; there was no nece.-sitv lor dr pping that w hic'i w« ha l never 'uken up We never took hint up. and he never took us up. It is true whenever he run into our line of policy we acre found to sus tain him; hut we never pretenued to shonl d'T that which the Radical party has put into power. To do so would be to destroy any party in the word. \/ A GaßD —The undersigned, late prison ers under the t'ivil Right* hill, at the in stance of one •! Swatzc. desire to express th.ir appreciation for the kindness shown them hv all parties with whom they have come in contact, during their arrest, more erpecinl'y Mr. VV. Russell, .Jailor of Ghat ham county, Capt. P. W Houlihan in com mand at Fort Puiaski, L’apt. J G. Loan, of the eteain tug Webster, U. X Com A W. Sti no, L. Deputy M ir-hal P. V. K->t.in-on, Missrs. F". Simms <t Cos, L. -J. (■ u 1 mart in ik 0., Clark, Jones &. Cos and in faci all the iin-rehants on the Bay, and nuiin-r us other parti, s whtwe n-me- have chcm| ed otir niein oiy. In regard lo C p', Houii ihan. we are O'” I lie opi nun that only one such man was ever marie and the materia: exhausted, lie eomhiD'S the chaiacter id a model M-ldier and a pmleot geni etn-m, a lii >couj;h discip linarian ami yet not a tyrant. Loan, of the steam-tug, is a “pci feci brick,” and if he don’t “tr.de out’ we shall take him home with us. We also 'eel under oh.igation to the si earn tug Company, under the man agement of Messrs. II J. Dickerson Jt Cos., for favors exunded to us. A. I). NUNN ALLY, ’lllo* NALL, C. S WRIGHT, C. S. STARK, W.S ~ROWN, L J BLOOD WORTH P. S—Our thanks are also doe to 'he Central Railroad tor transno ta'tion to Ma eou.— Suiunnuh A Cus A JlrruUl lYhul Vow spapers do for Nothing. Tlic to lowing ai-IC'e Should he rea<l ami pond red well hv evei v in n who takes a newspaper without paying for it Mv observation t-uables me to state, as a fact, that publishers ol newspapers are inoie poorly reward'd than any other class of men in the United Stales who invest au equal amount of labor, capital, and though'. They are expect and to do more service lur le-s pay. to stand more sponging and 'dead heading.’ to puff aud defend more people without fee or hope of reward, than any oth er class. Tfey credit wider and 'etiger, get oftener cheated, suffer more peiumary loss, are ofietier the victims of misplaced confi lem-c, than any other calling in the community l'ei pie pay a printer’s lull with much more reluctance than any other, it goes harder wt h them to expend a dollar upon a valu able newspaper than ten upon a needless gewgaw; y*t everybody avails himself ot the use ot >he editors pen aud the printer’s ink. Dow tuany professional and poliric.-d rep utations slid fortune* have been ma le and sustained by the friendly though unrequited pen ol’ the editor 7 How many embryo towns *i,d cities have been brought into notice and fluffed iiuo prosperity by the pre-s 7 Ilnw many railroads, now in sue c isful oper tio , would have founder-d hut for th# “lever that moves the world T* in short, what branch of industry and activity has not been promoted, stimulated and de fended by the press? And who Ins tendered it more than a lui.-erable pittance for i's t-ervee? The bataars of fashion and the I amts , f di.-sq-a ttoo and appetite are thronged with an eager crowd, bearing gold in the r pa ms. and the commodities ttierc vended arc so and at eiK-rmi-os profits, although iutrins cdiy wor hless, aud jiwid for withs, rupuious punctuality; while the count ins-room of the newspaper is the .eat of Jew ng, elieap eniiig trade, orders and pennies. It is made a point of honor to liquidate a grog bib, but not of disbouor to repudiate a printer's bill. Max MI i.I an bas about two thousand Bel gians; fifteen thousand Auitrians; thirty thousand Mexicans, Imperials; Ir, uch tweiitv-fivc thousand troops, aimed, clot to and, fad and paid every morning, cfliovis fit teen d*js in advance. Onr Nnpvrter Idiantaxes. and Onr Consequent ihttics lo tsur* seimand OlUrrw. Gl- a< bniatN Oeiiig k pt in m rid. ro ci'i z -it ot the >--uih and -ed tor • esp ir. We have MTeo that the w-.id SI ili oey lell the whole story of her a'mundiftg w-ahh power, and world-wide influence Let tor ->d qit her policy—tiiat of en<-->uvaging her own artists, an.i importing Iron oilier c-hiii tries tmlv sm-li articles aaai e cutthl not I er. 1 self pfr-du.-e at home; and tho-e ehi-flt W r-cli hi i a doect be-.r ng up,n her uiinu— laytuilng and (iiiiitum'l <i Intervals and ilh ih.se (acts l*e I or. u*. we tiave only to east our eyes over the itiousarni crvs'ai sUCao,* which re'll down from ~ur mouctaiii slopes, i.(Fording si'es innumerable f<>r the employ ment of machinery for every d.sir •Id pnrjswe, at r/un/*r rates than Great Britain can possibly do It with her cal and Steam pmwer— only to route rnplwtu the abundant materia/, everywhere aujacent, on which hiopieiate; ihus addo g ten, tw.-nlv, or it may be added, fit y titn.s it* valu- in is crude Stale, to the manufactured articles —only to notice the hundreds ot beautiful sites for either fine vil ages or Low.d- ikr cities in the vicinity, n as gei ial an atuios phete, and as healthy a climate as any coun try ean boast, ami far more desttahie than ; the boreal regions ot >V* England; and die ver eat doubter and eaviier must admit that-we posses* advantages and facilities fir -urpassuig thiise of lbs people and nations on whom we have dtpeuOed for our t>up plit-s Mi : l there is another great fact, whirh i must ever Jo- kept iri mind : A* it is Iraki rye that sinks great ships, g,, it )a diainatje ttiai ruins grc it naiions! We are tna dni! Ruin awaits os, nnl..-s we at once east over lUvurd b-nh our old policy and eor oH habits, -Dll set onr sails for the coast of “New En terpn-e,” and the sate harimr o*‘ “Suecv-s --ful Achievement.” This, wi h common con sent and tix.d determination, d-,ne, the spnngiiilc <>f j r-isp-ruy will set in troiu the great seas of wealth which He or fl ,w all around us. No * pearl fi.-heries” ever became swell sources f wealth to a nation, ever atf.,rde,i imp oyment to a l.umlridth part il « num ber of persons, or enhanc.d, in any eom paiat ve degree, the thrift, cons ot ntnl huppimss of a ucople, as would the employ un-nt of those perennial streams as nfoticr power in the manu acture ol our.-laples. am the other abundant crude material now l\- ii g useless or turned to but lit le account. — To the “pine lands” let us a 1 so look, and think what enterprise- mioh} tie carried on in thousands of healthy and pleasant loeali lie* in th sc almost uninhibited and tbril'- less tpgions. I here ’ste uu power” can (I Uiultlpli-d indtfinitely, at hss cost th,n ti can be employed in any other country.— And then, what a c imate ! That of “salu brity and balm"—that to which my rad-ot invalids have icsorted f r tin- beat'll which their own irihnsjiitab e ttltuiate • • n , ij ti cm. Let railroads be constructed ihr u.di tho-c now drearv wastes, ami anew, blight, anti most auspicious and v will .•pecli'y arise "v i ihose widely extended and inviting reg ons. Tlce anew iji-v of people w, l l st ring u , the hum ot hu-y Hte ami tlie svmphnniea ~i endlessly varied muchiinrry will atoiiecunet* liutlitiii predictions of abounding w call It and reverberate the prutses of the “benefac tors of their country," who have planne and executed Schemes so nuble am) tn-ueii tent! MosnOs. “Tlic ( auciis." There is a peculiar in-ii iiiton in Wash ington, says the Philadelphia Age, called “The Caucus,” which is now atiraeting'fhi attention of lie na inn If is rometlii.ig ii the nature of a close corporation, on tin mutu-l aduiiraiion principal, and, bein L such, it cannot fa.l to prove a or, at bem-fii to the disinterested gent t tflen who have th enterprise in charge. This as-ociation must not b-i coil loti Haled with the SimihHoiiian Institute—it is nothing of tl.e sort. The latter is di-signcd tor tl,e “diffusion of know edge among men”—the former is intended fni “the uiff-ision of offi. es.” N, itiiei must the pub ie inrigiee that it is like ativ 01 the “gift” Con, el Os DOW so pot U a'r through, ui the country, and throagh the medium of which so tnai y , f our citizens rea ize laro,. and ind"p,-ndenl forlune--- the tn-ii'utiori to which we r, fr, ami which »<• are at present favoring with a gratuitou «dv- r'i* cnent, r ev, r indulges in any ‘‘gd'.s ’ ,-xc |-i to ttie origin and mo- khooter-. “The (Viueiis” is n>-t rx-iC'by self-sup ! porting, in a pecuniary sense, and in keep it :in good work rig order ttie corporators ore vane ! on a benevo,erit old gentleman named Uncle Sam. will, a long purse and but few Iri- t-ds to give them each 85.0U0 per an num, which ofc u se, ih -v thr-'W into a gen eral lund f r tlic good of the w-hoie soi-tety. In al the plans ,f' this pitiiotie brother hood, the members exhibit the same ,o> si-tent policy They have subs imted the void “party” for “country” in tin ir vocab ulary, as they have conceived the novel idea that the two are strictly svnonymous. Any one who careludy examines t' cir record, will be parri uiarly girucn with th s dis tinguishing batine. The* are now bu.-ily engaged ill a survey of a large tract of ter ritory culled the Southern 8 att-s. and if the) like the country they intend io buy it. Hut their chief merit consists in the ad mirable manner tu which tiny attend to their own business. They heard of a man in (Jouiiectic l who once made a laige for tune by doing the sum , and they are deter mined to “profit by the example ” They recently had a creat deal of trouble with I stole trim's business a-2eot, an honest obi fellow »ho lives “at the other end of the avenue, ’ w!.o detected them in an unworthy attempt to overreach their generous benefac tor, and they are now trvmg so turn him out of liis place in order that they may bay a good time generally with tluir confiding uncle. We believe that all the stock in the c -uipany has been taken, the oily remain ing -h ,re in the mantel having heeo'set-ur e.| ia.-l week b> a heavy capitalist, in N w York, named Hay,tion.l “ I lie caucus” s now lui v , rgiinz and and ready for business, ami all parties d-sirou-of iiegottiting with the same are requested to address “Head Cooler Btcvens,” Capitol ILH, Washing ton. Li v Kit pool, Dec. 17 —Thero was no rising of Fenians in Ire'snd yesterday, •- w.*s threatened. All is quiet there to-day, nnd tears ol seiious tr, utile have about pass ed away. It is said that all anybody need do in New I iv-n to get a fir-t-class biography, is jto uiwke a d-wisiiun to the Orphan Asylum, or subscribe to the stock of the Derby iUtl real, Telegraphic News. V\ ASIII'OTO!*. Dec. 17.—0 e. well It,, termed, -jt tii is d.'ii'.'l jl « h.thi-r N.hia- ki antlt'ob»r»<h* will be admitted with tl,c w.-rd “wli't*” in their CuOetlfit'ons. mg R.-pub ie.n* sav they are d.-terudned to make a straight nut figbt on the ia-ue. The dirfftv-al of iadns fr-on the Treasure De(-ari|ii.n» is p-aitpofod till F-hruar_, Th.y a e fig- ting pithe i. ally lor their p!a.-e*. an I »nl donbih-a* retain them. Th.y numl er nearly ones ou-and. T ,e Vice Bre-ident laid h fore the Senate a ccnituumc itmri from the S. cretary Os War, in re-p'in-e to the pr.-cee-ling-i of the C“til tuis-i-'tier appoiuled to audit claim- of own ers of slaves enlisted or drafted i ito the United S'ates ser-ice. Kef.rrcd to tne C’l'Oiniit’ec on Mdita y Afftirs. Mr. Sumner pre-eo ed ttie proceedings of hii tiwcmidtlional Union mass meeting he and at NwtfoA. and compi«ed of citiz-ns wir it out regard to cohir. asking Congress to ig nore the pn-sein State Governun-nt of Va.. and establish » Territorial (foverntnent under Judge Underwimhl. and n k-d that it be referred to the Committee un Eeconstruc (ion. Mr. Saulsbury objected to tbe reception of the paper on tne ground that it was situ ply th- proceedings ol a pub ie meeting, and not in the form of a pet tion. lie asked i’s non-reception on the ground of ■ precedent already cutabli-hed by the Senate in declin ing to receive such p.-p-r*. The Chair put the question, and decid'd to teccive the paper. Mr. W»de presented the yt'on of the citizens ol Ah xandria, praying for the re !rooe.«-ioiiofih.,t county to the District o C lurnlft*, on the ground that no proteC' 0 > Can be ot toned under the laws of V irginia. Laid on the table. An an muted dis- ussi in ar-si? ; n the Sen ate on Iks repeal of the thir tO-ii.li.section of the Amnesty law, which authorizes the Bn s d-nt to grant pardon*. Senatoi I rum hull cimu ruled ilnrt t ie President ha* pow -r under ihe L'onuiiiuiioti to pia<don before i-.imvtci urn, 8».-taiiimg ins po.-itioo by f.ng lish and Ami-nc.m authorities, and claimed that the repeal will not effect the f’lcsldclll s j,o«cr ton stme pr-'pertv- Mi. E. B WtH-hbarn- off r.-J the follow ing rc-o ution, w hich was ; a-s.-d : /i so fill, I’hai the (Joiurii'ttec appointed 'O tnvcetigate tile riots 3! New Orica- s, he dir. c cl to investigate tile nllcdge-i frauds hi the New Ore.itn Gustom Mirtt-er and ap point therein Union men cxclu.-tteiy, and I iok inio all ma'feisi-o n-ct.-d with ad-ni-i -siratioti id the iiffins of the Uu-iotii lloti.-c, and report fully to th-u House A couimuhicatiOn Ir-nu the S creiaiy t-f War re.at.vc to audit mg .claims of mn- r ot slaves that cultsicl or weredraf.d. w-- r. ct-i cl Comm Bsiom-rs w c oppiim and ior M.*iy and, .Mi souri, Kentucky, r.unc-- s. and W est Virginia. Three tin ttsand eight linn ired and S'Xty *ev- n c unn* were file ! and a*arils iu se'd hundred and ei hy ->x were it a i-,tw o hundred ad seven' -n c • f which wire r j eted, and ihc b.ha c n u-ned by r-a-O'i o' a dissolution of cum ninsuti Another commission has Iwnii appointed lor Mary lan i. Tne com nutiicu i -n gives titvluilber statistics. Mr.-Bumncr introduced a bill io punish p- ogle who induce negroes to emigrate u i dcr false repres-ntatioos. Iloum. —-Mr Washhurne in'rod n-ed a resuluttun increasing the liitictiou of the .New Ol leans Riot t'o oinitteti. Mr. Hard n inifoduci-d a resolution, which passed, declaring that t'oi gre-s »il aivo aid and encouragement to the Ex- cii ive in tns i ff'oi t« to a-,.st powers ha ili"._ f r consul tit tonal liberty, and that ti is lloti-e approves of the pu'-iie voice teguru tn. Mexico Mi Mi-uiton introduced a r silu'ion in s'ruciing the Ri coii-'rii -tiun Unit miitee to enquir- into th« ix ed en y of allowing toy a- cti z-ns in the late re eh.oua biatcs to loim Stmo Governments. Mr. Dawes offered a re-o!ution extend ng powers to the SoU'h (J-rolit-a 'Joinmiiteo to • nquire into the cus-- Ot Henry Miller, qon fineit in Wallerboro jail. Uo-ter seii'enco ot • leath for alleged ilesertion ( f Confederate army and actinrf as a spy lor Siierm-iii dur ing the war. 'lr Dawes .-aid there were many similar ca.-es in the South. Cincinnati. Dee 17. Flour in good de mand, and 25 to 50c higher. Sales al §'J2o -o SlO 50. RiCII MONO, D?d. 17— TI 15 Low is, grand n. ph- w of General Wa-liington. was c<*ii vii t o<l of the murder of Dr l’o*e Keg of G'-orge county, and sentenced to three ) ears in the penitentiary. Rome, Dec 17.—An invitation from tie leading dignitaries ot the Catholic Ghurch of the United States, extending to the I ‘ope an urgent request for his Holiness to v sir that country, has t»ecn receive, | and is un der consideration There is some pioba bdity of its being accepted. Berlin. Dec. 17. It is rumored here that the Emp-ror \I iximilian was detain, and in Mexico against his will, and is virtually a pris-mer under surveillance id the French officers, who are said lobe awing undet or d r-f,oni the French Kutperor, as th? la'- t. tcai * coiuphi-ations may aris from the hasty withdrawal of Maximilian. Dublin, Dec. 17 —Advices from ad paits ot Irdatid. up to noon to-day, report ail <|'ii■ e there, and no pro-poet of snv im mediate disturbance .Patrols of troops tiave been established in the most suspected loc lilies, and the arrests made w ith n the lew days have been on tbe decrease. A Beautiful Thought.— We knew n-1 the author of the foil, wing, but it i* one of the tiiost l»eatrtiful productions we tiave ever read : Nature will be reported. AH thing* are engaged in w riling i licit- os n history. Tie pfant and the pebbl* go attended bv th- ir ~w n shadows. The rock leaves it-s, ia' h, s no the moun t tin i*ide, the riv-r its t, and , ilie soil, the animal leaves its bo.ies to he stratum, ttie f-rn and the leaves their mod est epHaph in the coal. The failing drop makes 'ts sepulchre in the sand or.-tone; not a footstep in the snow or along the ground, but prints in characters more or Gos lasting, a map of it* nmr, h ; every ad >f man in-ctibes it-elf ~n the memories of its fellows, and in his own la,-,-. Ihe air is full of sound ; the sky of tokens ; the ground -all iiiemorai da, signatures, and every oh— j ct is to ered over with hints which speak o the intelligent. New York, Deo. 17 —Gold 1371. Cotton si tu, wi'n aL-s of 25,iht0 bales. Mid il'ugs 34 to 35J. Distribution*.— \V« would call *tten> I tion to tie opinion of one of the leading pa- I per- of Cj iw.h on this -iit.jci t; _ Most of our readers have no doubt read 's- me of tin uu'iier- us adverti-, aicri's of Gift I Enterprise*, tiift Conceits. Ac , which ap pear irun time to tiraw'fn the public prints, ,-ff- ring ru -st tempting bargains to those who will patronise them. In moat cases these arc getiUo e huttlhugs. But there are a few respectable fi tns who do bu«ioess in this manner, and they do it as a means of in creasing their wholesale bus.ness, and not to make money. From -uch firms, it is true, handsome and valuable articles are i>ro cured for a very small sum, anil what is more , im; ortant, no one is ever cliea ed. Eve:y person gets good value lor hia dollar ; b«- cau-e, as we tiave stated, il is intend, and to act as an advertisement to increase their I ordinary hu-incss. We have seen numbers ot prizes sent out in tins way by SIIERMAx, Watson & Cos., ;of Nassau iStieef, N. \ and there is no d.'ttbt that some ol the articles are worth eight or ten times the m-rnev paid (ot them wnile wo ha' not seen or heard of a single j article which was. not fully worth the dollar which ii cost. But ttiis is only one of the 1 exceptions of this rule, for a* a general thing the panics engaged in this bu-ine-s are no thing but ciever swindlers. (So>nrihij/Rea. i/er, Sfi iitnai. C. E, Jan. 13, 1 tf'JO.j (Jot 23 —fir,, w uw" AD vYim SE M EATS | THE GRIFFI& HIGH SrHOOL. i?t ti fiulect school for liovp to opened J un ifs c 2d MoJida in January, 14th in«Uiit. Th*- method of will be n?i»l\ticnl a» and J by approvs-d text accompanied by daily oral exnfniiiAtion* a? and explanAlioli# and ‘•uppV,* ’ minted in t!»e higher by Ifetore*. i Kim wui l>eto Alford accural<* and tl»on»upfh h«-« ! domical infraction, in a course' of *hd*\ MOiiVar ! to that pn.i-ordnt *he Uubcisity of Viibinin. I Ihe disiTtpiiue vvrll be hrrnf And inipaatiiil. Kates !of \nitmn ftotn f3*» to f(Jai prr v*»rr,pnynhUr moulli* I ly tu ffidvanvee. Apply .n an er.rfy i!.i\ to Kev. ly. V*. GWi^. | P^cl7—l£ Important Proclamation. UifEitEAS, it is «dH« laity ii nKHiin ed— i in ih»* Alin tnae—tb;» U hrist'itus wtil oc j cur «»n th« >~e\ l> •>!' «bis Itc.’ienibei; and Wh •*. ail dutiful busbtmds tbould make j their dutvful wives \ ?rAM>'i».Mi: CIIKfsTMAS PRESENT*. f As n souvenir of ih**ir kirn! car* ov«?r them dur I iiyr Ihc i a.-t t w»• I v«? i VV h»*r* a.« »» i»y*;iii»l\ n tf»aii*s duty to r nake ! his lUtMK AT 1 Vy.VV. liV ii to* tlml he will lovt 1 to *tt-y *hfr-, Tlieret'irc. it i.i hcrdfiv |>r»>c!-itui and that <>Et> I* Nin r«*c iit «»! a *p!»*n»li l *tn k f*t i miNlTlllEuF AI L KlM»Swlichhe ' ii>^'rcdu-'Gil j. ices. «■* I*«>U»ews : I‘llylllber ' S*-- fl.'MI (s*>o t*' ■ >iugie Ue.rslr-snU nun s*. to , iLucau- fiom >2.‘# t»» i VV aeli-t i ,a- fr**tn s*u, | Wind: L from -ft? In Chain, i-i, per.elL I no and- I'.in-. fro ,1 dll, t, i',. i I-;.'.. I ciiige* U'jkl. 'I;I .... I j. -cl I’l-n.-.lllicit In In lake ! ffc-t s' .- 1.0 1’ Ei:.\ZKII. ! BOAROEH3 I' t \ *C-, Into. cat.d at Mr* (’ MIT V / t'll 1.1.1.'5—1,-rinei 11 I'inntf, '* ll.itel. i DAY I«»AHI'Ki;s prefi-md, dc-ts g-n V I \TK I I Kdt I' '-CU'-IVS t'nTN v > So ' 1 lH»;ii t JIJ I'Ciirn ks • » tin* Rill the a ;n-ti : ti„M tl i: ,t r...ret.ee lieorreaud M-.rv j miaor'X-hiM e., . f \Uv V A»«*t .! limmj i, d-c fed. »f the .St .!•• «*f l.*M.:>iti*iii : ><■».:.• P. .Vitchel . ! mil <#. ci’ibi »»t S bV!it• • » ii, »!»•.• » ; i-.iijrii- J belli S. MiteheL Ft I’.fis II .VilcUK, Jmij. • K Mitchell, hi..l .Viiir.o i I> .V.iuh. L, mi -c ehi .Iren of Mi.! T-vtatnr. are include 1 „s parr ,u the next | • »skin ill the probute of ShatUen L Mitehello I j vii!, and shnu.d be ti ti !<• p nti<*s tn. y»e pio.-.*e*l t mg* for. Pi white. Ji j.* thci'tforc ■nriereti ilia*, ; •binies II l orr aily, luivnyr ! \ hi,* u nllcu -on •*ent. coin*c 1 2' ! tl.‘-l' be aid lie is !»ere]f. ap : pt.inl and (iuu»d an, tij’if /n to i.-pre-e:.L saul mi ' n. r# upon such probate; hid! j. further appear in* t.» rnc from *a;«l pciilion that citation t* the 1 next of km t.» witiic.*-* the probate of th* >ani • Shntleeu C. .MLcheiLs will, is piTiy.-d for mid | that Nancy slitc!»t*il. uiv of IG-herr Mitchell. 1 'U.llth C. K i Lnhel!. wilt* of \Y l! i»;i: 11 Kind)- 11. J/ai"s 'lll.''. Kusecll, wife of Kobei t Ii i-s, ||, arc ! p rs of tin- next of kin in the probate of sund w nl. j and should aUo Keinadc parties to<tud i roc«'d* | itigs for probate ol maid wi.t, aid that they reside ! i»ut of this >t?it *, ii !■* therefot e ordered that no • ti.*e be perfected O’, said patties by publicn*ion !ot this o» d**r in the Southern Herald, forty days i previtrtis to the silting of the boi rt. »*n tbe first J/oiula\H«* Janimry next, and it is further ordered • that ej'uliou to Jolaai 11. Mi chtll.^ThoMm* 1 d/itcUel i.dnioi.d 11. J/it-chell, Floe B. M is. 1 « hell. MehaU J .Uisi'hcU J. aeph A. j/itel.ell. *»: >1 Mary a M.ttdiell, ami Jamc-w If Connolly, x* (imirdian »»! ad titan f«>- the ahoveMiamed mi nois,. iii the lb-util so. id. ftnd that they be served i theiewi'h i;i Uidmm>* the bi’-v. K I>. T>I?MUEF. I r.0v17-4»»«i fir4inßrv>paMirff 00. / y iAMvt»l \ Henry County.— amn A \. cmnp * f vp. Martha NL Camp. —Libel for Hirorte. ! Jlnle to perfect jor-dee. lt. appearinar to the Vo* it i»\ the of the Slrcritt that " de j fend ant does n<t reside in litis Cof?n|y, fnr tiier nppeafri that she does *not reside . this Mate, ii on motion of ord-.-red tlcat •ad defendan* a|ftiear iUMiMin«wer «t ihe nex term of the Court, else, thtii ca<e In; consid cred in default, and the plainldf be irl owed to pn*ceed; and it is further ordered that this rnle be published iii* the (ii i't.u llcrald mice a montl* for four months. GFtHiCL M. NOLAN, Petitioner's Attorney. I hereby eer* ifv that- the above is a true ex tract from the minutes of Henrv Superior Court, j liovg? G. fi WEEMS. Clerk. ("t iff lItGIA—SPAUTi.Nt; Co[Tm’V. —l'y vir T tne of an order issued by Ibe Honorable the Court of t)iiJiu»ry of *f.iil County, will be ml,I on the FI RSTTUESDAY in 4hiii ary, 1567. At the Court limine door in said Comity all the lands belonging to ilie estaio of Jann-s McKneely. late of said county, decea-ed consisting of lata No 117 (o e nun,ired mid seventeen), .'o. 116 )one hundred and sixteen, hull lot of No. 116 one hundred and fifteen, and fifty seres of !&i I,umber unknown, com|>using 65il acres, be?^? 'in the Sa Die*•'“‘t of digitally I’ike, row sp»L ' dingt’oiuity There is on .-Aid (dart; tion about t ihfee l.undred »nd lift v acres in the woods—th# tMtlanC-e twi, g tolerably fresh ami under good repair', with good ordinary buildings Said ! |,ii tnti, n sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors o', said Ueeea*ed. JAMES E. MtKNEELY, ' nnV2fi 1 Executor. 'Sli’EUltm CtILMIT, October Term, -^St',6. — I're.o-nt—ll4s Honor Alex. M. peer, Jhdae (1 EUKGI v—Hk.M'V Cot'NTV. —lieheeca Sharp Jf vs John Sharp --Libel for Divorec, Jiitlc to jierfei l .vrrice —Il appearing to the Court by j the return of the Sheriff, tbatthe defendant does | not re-ule in ti,i» county, and it further appeal ing that defendant does not reside in this state, : it is, on motion of counsel, ordered that the said ! ,'efemlaot appear and answer at the next term of this Court, edse that this case be coneidered in default, and the plaintiff he allowed to proceed : and it is further ordered that this rule be puhl'ts . I ed m the Griffin Herald onee a niflnth for four mouths. GEt-RttEM. NfiLAN, Hetitionev's Attorney. ! I hereby certify that the above is a trv.e ex \ tract from tbe minutes «f Henry superior Couit. \ nov27 (i (i. WEI.M>, C'erk. ( SE Pi.RIOR C'jyßT, October 'lerm, IBK6 Hreaeut, His Honor, Alex. M. Speer, Judge. J.C.KINGMO. (IIOI,LIDAT’S BUILDING,) ' SOLOMON ST. GRIFILY, . . GEORGIA we have opened in the above boiM ww (ntarly opposite the Brick l> „. CJylmuse,) a i srge aud well aelecud Family Groceries! PLANTATION hardware, CROCKERY, and WoOliEf* W,\Rp Bagging and rope OSNABERGS and FACTORY YARv C ' FLOUR, CORN, BaCON, We liava also a fine stock of SHOES AM) HATS (ros rsxKuiiix.) The above stock we are determined t* As- LOW as anybody, and all we a»k, lo n tufy ,tt ft lends, IS .or them to Cost and sba vs. 1 JOE BOYD witltie in the house, ready to wai on hie fHendw at all times. Givens one call, ind we w>4 be responsible fur the rest. s.-p2u-tf J C KiSn #-CO. , ru OUI , Old Customers, An A »li new oues who will favor u* with ». call t LOOk TO Oil (MEREST ! 1 VVe- ire now opening so awrTment of Groceries! of all kinds. llea\y Staple Dry Goods]— LToiliing nt ad kinds Ikai's, Shots. Wosif ami M illow W ire. Fine nnd Ui-nimun Liquor* t heist! . fa!! kind’s, di rect frntr. n aimlacturers, ami lact everything ti nt a man nr ludy «ishes . For Family TTsol G A A- H. C. t UNNINGuAM. net 20 WINSHIP & GORDON,, COBS KB "I ISLe AXP KR0l» 'SIkThTS, GRIFFIN , GEORGIAN Wholesale and retail Dealers ia IJ.roG, e /iocs, Hats, ( mbrellai,. LEATHER, SHOE FINDINGS, ami READY-MADE CLOTHING' WE ABF. RECEIVING and opening ,7 I'm-os BUU'IS un! >IB»KS ol every s:v“ and (IfSt-riptinn. wltlidl we propnSa sell' as cheap as can he purchased in any Soul' ern market. We invite all person* who expect to wesr Shoes to cal! an,i examine our stock kefors purchasing elsewhere. Our Senior l’.ntner has had many tsst* experience in the Shoe business, and is well acquainted with the manufacturers at th# north, which gives them superior advan tages in getting up their stock. Every ar ticle in pur line will be sold at a small sd vauce on cost We shall confine ourselves strictly to the cash eastern. No one can sell good* on * ~-re.lit at the extieineiy low prices we are ’ asking. *aT COUNTRY MERCHANTS wishGg to leplemsh their stock are raspectfully in vited to give trs a call. BOOTS AND SHOES MADE TO ORDER, fff repairing dose at wtort sOTiCx. WANTED TWO GOOD BOOTMAKERS. sepl— Sm LADIES LOOK TO YOl'R INTF.RF.S r thir l instalment of the sea.'Cii of tb. «l>londid Cloak Cloths nnd Trim lifting*, Cheaper than ever, and a large variety of Avon • bimmings and I’kiss Trimmixos. heretofore w seaiee in ikis market Abo. a general a.—orttr.en SILK AMD WORSTID tRAIDS, so mB.-h ca'led tor.a..d.aiij qnaiituy of FANtX ARTICLE S, at the “LADIES' STORE.” n „ 5.6. TAYLOR. boaroing. Mrs. Fi. n. HFLI.AMY informs *« l# put,lie that -he* is prepar 'd to r<nset * boarder* on le-ivonahla t-rmi.