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THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL
S. B. WESTON* w I
T. R. CHRISTIAN, f
gatosoit aaterhlii Journal,
Published Every Thursday.
TE RMS—Strictly in •Advance.
Three month* 00 75
Six month* $1 25
On* year.... #2 00
job il'ork o» every description exe
c’ltedwith neatness and dispatch, at moderate
rates.
RAIL-ROAD GUIDE
Southwestern Railroad.
\VM HOLT, Pres. | VIRGIL POWERS, Hup
t,eave Macon 6.15 A. M.; arrive at Colum
bus 11.15 A. M.; Leave Columbus 12.45 P.
M ; arrive at Macon 6.20 P. M.
Leaves Macon 8 A if; arrives at Eu
Ifaula 5 30, P M ; Leaves Eufaula 7 20, A M ;
Arrives at Macon 4 sft, P M.
ALBANY BRANCH.
Leave* Smithrille 1 46, P M ; Arrives at
Albany 3 11, P M ; Leaves Albany 9 35, A M;
Arrives at Smitbville 11, A M.
Leave Cuthbert 3.57 P. M.; arrive at Fort
Gains 6.40 P. M ; Leave Fort Gain* 7.05 A
if. ; arrive at Cuthbert 9.05 A. M.
Western A Atlantic Railroad.
E. HULBERT, Sup’t.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta . • • S ' l ® A. M.
Leave Dalton .... *-*0 P. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga . . 5.25 P.M.
Leave Chattanooga . • 5.20 A. M.
Arrive at Atlanta . . • 12.05 P. M.
NIGHT TRAIN.
I,pave Atlanta . . • 700 P. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga . . 4.10 A.M.
Leave Chattanooga . . 4.30 P.M.
Arrive at Dalton ... 7.50 F. M.
Arrive at Atlanta . • . 1.41 A. M.
jgttsin*** ftsrto.
LEVI C. IIOYL,
attorney at law,
Dawson, - - - - Gra.
■\yl7ILL practioe in the several Courts of
Vv Law and Equity in this Sta'e and the
Circuit Courts of the United States for the
State of Georgia. Also, nttonti n given to
COMMISSION ip BANKRUPTCY.
C It WOOTEN. It W. DAVIS
WOOTEN & DAVIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Dan-son, Go*
dec 24 1868 1v
LAW FIUM.
\Y G PAHK3, i VASON & DAVIS,
Dawson, Ga. Albany, Ga.
HAYING asiociati'd ourselves together in
the practice of Law, we will be thaiik
lul for patronage, and will attend promptly
to all hu-iness entrusted to otir care.
dec3,1868— 6m
MEDIC AX. CARD.
hr j. r.. n. i’kuryman nit. J. a. jackson.
DBS. PERRYMAN & JACKSON,
practicing
snifi I'.o.rs x i*n r's n i.t.rs.
Uffiee at the Drug Store of JACKSON & CO.
They keep a watchman who sleeps in their
office, and who will go for either or both of
them when culled for at night.
Dawson, Ga.* April 22, 1869—3 m
DR. T. A. CHAPPELL.
HAVING located St, Brown's Sia*
llO!1| reSprctfullv tenders his profes
sional services to the public.
Office at the Store of Hill, Johnson A Cos.,
where he may be found when not profession-
absent,
Darihg his absence, calls left with Mr.
Johnson, will meet prompt attention on his
return. Apti! 15, 1869—3 m
“MEDICAL” CARD 7
Drs. Johnson & Stevenson
HAVING Located at BrottilN Sta
tion, <jia., respectfully tender their
Professional services to the citizens of that
place, and surrounding country. aprl’69;ly
J. G. S. SMITH,
GUNSMITH
jti«tcuijrisT
DAWSON, : : ; Georgia.
Keeps constantly on hand a well selected
stock of Sobs, Pistols, Caps, Cartridges and
-Amunition of all description.
Silver Plating of all kinds done. Also,
hearing Machine Needles for sale.
. Also Repairs all kinds of Guns, Pistols, sew
«ng Jfachines, etc., etc. Feb 11 '69 ly.
T. J. PRATT. J. B. CItIM
PRATT & CJRIM,
DRY GOODS AND
Grocery Merchants,
DAWSOII, - - GEORGIA.
LIBERAL advances made on Cotton
shipped to our correspondents in Savan
nah and Baltimore. oct22’f»Sly*
B ROW N H OUSE
E. E, BROWN A SON,
T oarth St., Opposite Passenger Depot,
Ala con, Georgia.
I House having lately been refitted
I* a , repaired, and is now one of the best
°teg m the State, and the most conve
'°n c * l J. The table is supplied with
ervthing the market affords. feblS’69
Mcafee houses,
m Nmilhville and Ft. Valley, Ga.
I HE undersigned having: taken the Bying
in oUi ® at Valley, takes pleasure
th<> k TID ? t^e ,r * ve H>ng public that* both
o„ r e , h .° UBeB are n °" in ‘he “full U le’
will .' Wr “ adn,inistra,ion bT nimsclf He
r„„ ? re no expense to make them both
“i Cl “' Hotkls, .Veals readv on the
VriTal of tbe traib. W. M. McAFEE.
Proprietors.
Gk BERND,
flan iifacturcr
AND
Wfclsale & Retail dealer in
SADDLES, HARNESS,
AND
Saddltry Hardware.
I——:o:
WE woirl again call the attention of
Plantes and Jferelmnis to our supe
rior Stock fid increased facilities for the
manufactureiif everything in our line, com
prising—
Ladies’, Jens’ and Boys’ Saddles,
Carriage, Bigg7 and Team Harness,
florae Givers, Whips, &c., i
Supefine Buggy Rubes.
A variety o(l.l*atll«r constantly kept on
hand, as Patiit, AWtueled, Dclting, Lace,
Upper and Calkins.
Abo, Knsiieled Duck and Drilling,
All widths olßi'lf iiig made to order.
CWMcrchai. 1 !, Planters and customers,
knowing we c*i and will offer you actual in
ducements in feilitv and price, we would re
quest you to *1! and examine our Stock at
44 Third /Street before purchasing elsewhere.
TVanted,
Hides SMiifl and Furs of all kinds ;
also, \f>ol, J/oes and Tallow.
J/acon, Ga.,December 17;0m
GIVE IE A CHANCE
TO YOU WITH
FRESH (ROUND FLOUR,
OF ALL QUALITIES,
SHORTS,
BRAN,
MKAL,
GRITS,
STOCK FEED, fcc.
I
M.nks a. liter,
\ Would respfctfully iufoim his old friends
v T snd ihe juhlic in general, that, having
leased Mr. T. CjNISBET’S
MACON MITELS,
(Better knovn as the “Rock Mills,")
lie has put the lame in complete and thor
ough running erder, and is now prepared to
furnish ihe merihants and house keooers of
Jfacon, Middly.md Southwestern Georgia,
with evervthinl in liis line, in any quantity
desired, on the most reasonable terms.
liis experien*! in the J/illing Business, to
gether with thi satisfaction with which lie
has served thertin the past, he thinks enti
tles him to a sli*-e of public patronage, which
he solicits, and which lie will use every exer
tion to serve. A trial is all he asks.
febll;3in
BOOKS! I00KS!! BOOKS!!!
AT PUBLISHERS PRICES.
nto.tt ]•> CE-VTS TO §lO.
And sent h; -Fail, free of Postage.
00OKS of,Games, Tricks, Riddles and
Puzltes.
nOOKS onjEliquette and Usages of So
ciety
noons on Love, Courtship, and Jfarn-
age.
HOOKS on Foi tune Telling, Dreams and
nOOKS on Letter Writing, Talking and
Debiting.
Novels, Prize Romances, Song ami Joke
Boole.
ANY BOOK that is asked for* no matter
what kind* where published* where you fee
it advertised, or if not advertised at all. The
Books are arranged in Lists. Give the kind
of Book you wait, and a list with price?, will
be sent, by retuft mail. Address C. li. VV IL~-
COX, General Agent,*M). 11 Peachtree St.,
Atlanta, Gi.
Arrangements have been made with hous
es in eVery branch ot Trade and Business in
the United Staton
Importers, Manufacturers, Inventors,
Publishers, Dealers, Etc.
Uy which Anything, Every thing, (hat
can be found AEYWIIERE, can be
furnished.
In an Agency of this kind, where the wants
ol so many different persons are to be sup
plied there must necessarily be many things
required that cannot be advertised, amt
which are not furnished except on special
application. No person, male or female,
need have the least hesitation In wilting for
JUST WHAT THEY WANT.
Descriptivs circulars of new and cseecl
inventions. Patent Medicines, Books, En
ei a vines, Photograpes, Music, &e., sent free
to any address. febll;ly
PLAImS’ HOUSE
BAR AND RESTAURANT.
Adjoining Passenger shed and opposite
Brown’s and Byington’s Hotel.
P. MeLITVRE, Proprietor.
I take nlessiire in nnotmeing to my friend* and
the public genaraly, that 1 am now prepared to
fiirnsili Meals at all hours: consisting of/.ah,
Ovsters llHin, Eggs, and sueh luxuries as the
countrv’affurds. orders for Suppers and Parties
punetualy attended to. Confetionarles and \\ lurs
furuishep sn mast reaeouhle terms.
Jau 14th :imo.
HEAR TIiE WITNESS!
NO ARSENICI NO QUININE!!
jro MEitcußi'::: *
Bum CoinTv, Ga., Feb. lltb, 1860.
Messrs L. VV. Hunt & Cos. . . ,
Uknts-T have taken Dr. Wilh.ft s Anllpe
riodic. and have given it in my family, and
unhesitatingly pronounce it to be the best
Chill and Fever Medicine that I ever saw. 1
have never known it to fail in a single in
stance. Tours ,ru U> •
Thos. J. Gibson, Bibb connty.
For sale in Dawson by Janes A T>oJ >■ J* 8 ,
Druggists. marchllWf
C. w WARWICK,
Att’y at Law and Solicitor in Equity,
SMITHVILLE , GA.
Will practice in South Western and r*tan
la Circuits. Collections promptly remitted.
DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, MAY <>, 1809.
Jas. Seymour | A. R. Tinsley | T D Tinsley
skims r combi.
wish to remind our friends and patrons
V? of Terrell county, that we are still in the
Grocery and Provision Business,
and yet bear the name, as wc have always
done, of selling J First VIdSH (*OOiln
AT SMALL PROFITS.
We beg to refer to our immense Stock
of
225 flasks Bacon Sides and Shoulders,
200 Barrels A B & C Sugar,
125 Tierces Lard,
8 Car Loads Choice Family Flour in
Sacks,
850 Boxes'Tabaeoo—all grades,
175 B igs Java and Rio Coffee,
20 Tierces Rice,
40 Tierces Choice Sugar-cured Hams,
200 Bbls Liquors—all grades—CHEAP.
Wc are also prepared to furnish Provisions
OIV TIME,
Payable first of NOVEMBER next, and at
prices that will not. break them to purchase
a'. Try if s, Try us, Try us.
SEYMOUR, TINSLEY & CO.
Macon, Ga., April 8,1809 —3 m
Saddlery and Harness Emporium.
G. C. ROGERS,
On the Site of the Old Theatre, and opposite
United Slates Hotel ,
DECATUS ST. ATLANTA, GA.
Convenient to the Passenger Depot, /’ri
ces will be found more reasonable and Stock
more complete than any in the city. Also,
all kiuds ot Harness and Skirting Leathers.—
Also, Enameled Leathers and Cloths constant
ly on hand, wholesale and Retail.
CARRIAGES AND BIGGIES,
Kilby Carriages, Perking Horses, and /Juggy
Umbrellas, of the most approved stylcand finish,
on hand and made to order. janl-t-ly
LIQUORS! LIQUORS!
J. \V. O’I'O.VYOH,
Successor to IJorne & Co.‘
No. GO, Cherry St, MACON Ga.,
Hus on hind
A CHOICE STOCK OP WHISKEY,
ALL grades, from a prood common to the
putest and best in the market.
Also, pure Brandy, Gin, Bum, and Wine,
of all grades, all of which can be purchased
LOW FOR CASH.
FLOUR—Equal to the best, at the lowest cash
price.
FL.4.VTING POTATOES—A large stock.
Early Goodrich, Peach B'ow,
Early Pink-Eye, Chill Red.
TOBACCO—PIug and Fine-Cut, cheap and
good. Tobacco has advanced, but he
will sell at old prices.
He is now receiving a large stock of Teas,
Green and Black; Coffee, Sugar, Molasses
and syrup, ol vaiious grades; vine
gar, both Apple and Wine;a 11 of
which he will sell at a siuali margin over cost.
SO APn —He has ala rge and varied lot of Fan
cy Toilet and common Soaps, which he sells
o the trade a Philadelphia Prices.
FRUIT AND CAN GOODS.
A fine h* of Box Oranges, Lemons, Ap
ples, Nuts of all grades ; Peaches, Tomatoes,
Green Corn, Peas Beans, Oysters, Sardines,
Raisins, Currants, Horse Riddish, Swamp
Cranberries and Holland Herring, Split Peas,
Starch, Bluing, and, in fact, everything that
is usually kept by a first-class Grocer*
BACON.
lie has jus; received a few boxes of Cjpar
Ribbed Sides, which he offers low. Also.
Pickled Beef, Pickled Pork, English Break
fast Bacon* Cologne Sausage, Butter and
Lard.
He will sell all of «he above very low for
cash, and those who give him k trial he is
sure to please.
Call soon, and call often.
JNO. VV. O’CONNOR.
janl4— oneyrw
THOMAS WOOD,
(next door to lanter house,)
Macon, * - Ga.
DEALER IN
FINE FURNITURE,
Chairs Mattresses, Feathers, Carpets, Win
dow Shades, Wall Paper, Ac. Parlor Setts
in Reps and Hair Cloih, Bedroom Setts iu
Mahogany and Walnut, A'aameled Cottage
Setts, cheap, Ac., Ac.
Flak's Metallic Burial Cases,
and Full Glass Caskets—Coffins in Rose
Wood, Mahogany, Walnut, Cedar and Paint
ed. to suit the times. deCSSm
G A 8
's>* PROPRIETOR. * >
(garrard house,)
TUB NEW HOTEL.
baklow house,
americus, ga.
u. J. BAKLOW, Proprietor.
Dawson Business Directory,
Dry Good* fflorclimit*.
KIT THIGH, .IACOK, Dealer iu all
kinds ol Dry Goods, Mam street.
KUTWEH. E.< Dealer in Fancy and
Staple Dry Goods, and Groceiies, Bald
win-old stand, Mm n Street.
I OlLEfili ft GRlfni, Dealers
1 J iu Staple Dry Goods and Groceries, also
Warehouse and Commission JAmdiants,
.1/ain Street,
McKENNY A CROUCH, Dealers
in Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, if. itn
St, At Reddicks old stand.
OKR, IV. F. Dealer in Fancy and sta
ple Dry Goods, Main tt., under “Jour
nal” Printing Office.
pRATT & CRITI, Dealers in all
l kinds ol Dry Goods aud Groceries. Main
Street.
I>EEHL R 6, W.“iW., Dealer in .Yupie
and Fancy Dry Goode, Loylees’ Block,
Main street.
Grocery iVTcrchatifft.
AETHER, S. I>., Dealer in Groceries
and Family Supplies. A/ain Street.
tj'IJI.TOIf, .8. A., Dealer in Bacon,
I Flour, Meal and Provisions generally, at
Sharpe & Brown’s old stand, Main st.
IJ lini U A SIIAKPE, Dealers
I in Groceries and Provisions, opposite
/’uhlic Square, Main st.
n RECK A K lift no IK, Gtocery
V T and /’rovision Dealers, South side -Pub
lic Square.
OOOD, IS. 11., Dealer in Groceries and
. Familv supplies generally, next door to
‘Journal’’ Office, Main at.
MIZr.CC, li . C. A Cos. Grocery and
/’rovision dealers. Next door to the Ho
tel Main Street.
COR FECTIOKE RIE*. ~ '
piCIIARDSOHr, I>7c. De«ler in
i LConfectionaries, Fish, Oysters, &e Main
Street.
llragtMi
/THEATIIA I, C. A., Druggist and
V../ -Physician. Keeps a good supply of
Drugs and Medicines, and prescribes for nil
the ills that, flesh is heir to. At bis old stand,
the Red Drug Store, Main st.
PHIUCIAH.
1) E R RI’.IAN, Or. .8. e. O. Prac
ticing Physician and Surgeon. Office
over S. if. /slesel & Bro's, Dawson, Ga.
Watch Repairer.
A I.EEiV, .10 81* I*., will repair
J.\. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, A/usic Books,
AccO'dions, Ac, always to he found at his
old stand, on North side of /’uhlic Square.
GanisiiiMli.
5151T51, .5. G. S, Dealer in Guns,
/’istols, Cap.*, Cartridges, and sporting
goods generally, Main sf.
TIM SISOE*.
Sonic, K. .5. Dealer in Stoves and f*’in
ware of all de«erptlous. Repairing done
on short notice. Northeast side Public square
I/ivcry Ulablca.
p \ R -liVIITI. MI I K l»E7v Cos.. Rale
I 1 and Livery Stable, Horses and Mules for
sale and hire Horses hoarded. North side
/’uhlic Square.
Root Shoe Shop.
I) EJII EY, B. F., Makes and repairs
k Boots and Shoes of all kinds, next door
to Gun Shop, Depot st., Dawson.
Georgia Homs Insurance Cos,,
OF COI.VJtmvS, G-t.
INCORPORATED \ CAPITAL
ISSO. \ s*‘lso,ooo
r I'MIIS Companv makes a speciality of
1 ing M*articipatinfj t*o!icies on
Dwellings* whereby the insured receive a
share in the profits without 1 , incurring any
liability. Apply to S. R. WESTON, Ag’t,
mrll’69-3m Dawgon, Ga.
V. A. CHEATHAM,
General Commission Merchant,
Dawson, Greorgia.
UriLti buy on the best terms possible, anything
the planters n«’ed, or sell for the Merchants*
anything they have to *“11.
Cotton bought ami on commission,
march 11-T/.Mv
Now On hand and to arrive 20casks clear Ribbed
Sides which will be sold low for cash.
V. A*. CHEATHAM.
INAUGURATED AT LAST!
New Harness Manufactory
M.Y o.t irso.r, G-t.
qpilE subscriber would rcspectfullv call
1 the attention of the public generally, to
the fact, that he will make and keep on
hand, all kinds of It. I fI.VESS, and will
sell them as cheap as they can be had in any
iiMai. My work is all made of tbo best
lianfftal, and made by hand and not .machine.
Old Harness and Saddles repaired on short
notice.
J. R. ANDREWS.
De.wson, Ga., J/arch 11, 1869—1 y
MS’ SUPPLIES
ON TIME!-
WK arc now prepared tn furnish
Planters supplies of all kinds, ON
TIME, at reasonable rates, for ap
proved paper.
JOHNSON, CAMPBELL & CO.
Macon, Ga , March 11, ’69—2m
POETRY.
For the Dawson “Journal.”
GONE BEFORE.
In the starry night we vainly call,
On the dear onoa gone bofore,
Our mournful cries on closed eats fall,
We hear no voice from the silent shore.
But, silently, sadly, our tears aud pain,
Are crushed to the bleeding heart again.
Still, as in joyous days of yore,
We watch for a hand to clasp our own,
And list from the echoic**, pathless shore,
For the soft music of a missing tone.
We watch for stray gleams from J’aradisc,
For the tender light in beautiful eyes.
We know their eyes are radient now,
With joy divine, forever bright,
We know a starry crotJfi upon each brow
Sheds dazzling glory of eternal light,
We know for them all tears are wiped away,
Their gloomy night has closed in endless day.
Father! when for us lifo’s troubled story,
Fere’er on eaith shall close,
Darkening the noon-tide glory,
In the deep gloom of death’s repose,
In Heaven oh 1 may we test forevermore
At Jesus’ feet, with the dear ones gone be
fore. Zayua.
Sunday afternoon, April 18>h, 1869.
For the Dawson “Journal.”
“What is Halt ?”
I!Y JAMES W. PRICK, M. D.
This question was propounded eight
een hundred years ugo, by one of the
most profound Christian philosophers
which bus ever lived since the world
begun. His mind wus the great store
house of knowledge, and the laborato
ry of intellectual grandeur and heauty.
lie dwelt and moved olten in the very
presenie of God, and draukderp from
the fountains of knowledge that emina"
ted from the pure streams of inexhaust
less love. YY-t, with till of these ad
vantages, w hen silently cuitemplnling,
amid the beauties of creation
around him, and the grandeurs of the
starry heavens abovo him, lie stops to
inquire of the mystery ol bis own being,
and asks “what is man ?” A creature
most “fearfully and wonderfully made.”
Emulating from a divine origin, *aud
destined lor an eternal duration. How
grand and sublime to contemplate a
being of such infinite capacities!—
Though fallen, yet possessing an im
press of ihe Eternal, who spoke him
into existence, and made him <l l of this
lower world Indeed, be is a being
made but little lower than the angels.
Yet, David, with all of his vivid con
ceptions of bureau uature, and of Lis
boundloss store-house of knowledge,
together with his near affinity to God
himself, saw at a glance, that fallen
einbicile man, could not answ-er a ques
tion so full of mystery and iimnort ality
If this inspired man of God, with all
ol his knowledge anti bright coneep
ti ms of the Eternal himself, approach
ing often times almost into the very
presence of Jehovah, while reposing in
“green pastures, and quenching his
thirst from the very fountains of God's
boundless etore house of love, could
not solve this problem, how it is pos-i
--ble that short sighted, erring mortal
man, can describe the j resent or future
destination of such a being, unless
guitied by reason and Ihe illuminating
influences of Kevelation i 1
Alan is a compound being ! lie
possesses two separate aud distinct na
tures, conjoined in one body, which
constitutes him au organization, most
“fearfully and wonderfully made.” A
Lame magnificently arranged, C'm*<
posed ol more than 2(/0 bones, held
together with ligamen’s of immense
power, porsessing such strength, that
to separate them would almost be an
impossibility. This curiously wrought
frame is covered with some 500 mus
cles, which constitutes our flesh, giving
motion, in part to tiro whole machine,
upon the principle of contract lity.—
In the mechanism of man, the variety
of movements ho is culled to pertorm,
requires a corresponding variety of
cot responding parts, and the different
bones of the system are so adapted to
each other that they admit of various
and numerous motions, without w liich
wo could not be enabled to move ei
ther forwards or backwards, utterly
disqualifying us for the duties ol life.
I might tire the patience of my rea
ders by any further description of
mail’s physiological being. This part
of his organization is doomed to decay
—the frame-work of which I have giv
en you some limited outlines, must, iu
a short space of time, bo taken down
by the Great Master and sio’ed away
in.tr o diurnal In use of ti'encc. I have
endeavored to impress upon the minds
of my readers what man is, as a living,
moving being; anti next, shall attempt
! t„ deseiibe that spark— indescribable
(indefinable eternal essence, which
! constitutes the man—called the SOUL.
What is a soill 1 V\ bo cun detiuo
■it ? We are often carried off by the
graphic descriptions of pulpit orators
' m relation to the hoirors of a lost soul
in the dark dungeons of eternal dirt—
pair ! Then again in the most mag
nificent flights of fancy, with extasy
beaming upon his countenance, the
nvnistcr transports his hearers to the
elysean fields of gloty and grandeur—
and depicts a soul backing in the re
splendent glories of the Paradise of
God. Still hj| hearers are ignorant of
what constitutes this mysterious subtle
fluid, or spirit, of which he has so elo
quently discoursed. And if asked, he
would simply reply, the sonl. And
hero, the curtuin falls, and a dark un
certainty settles down like the pall of
death. What part of the human body
does this eternal principle occupy ? Dr.
Fitch says, “in the brain, resides that
inscrutable and awful being the human
soul. The eye does not see, the ear
does not hear, all the senses are only
means and instruments that convey
knowledge to the soul. The soul is
imprisoned in this dark chamber. Its
food is knowledge; no man can explain
—no man can comprehend it. It is an I
emulation from the Most High ; and in j
contiol, holds the same relation to
man’s body, that the Almighty does
to it. Imprisoned noyv, it win one day
'eave its prison-house, and wing its
way to immortality.”
This idea, in port, is doubtless true,
so far as the soul’s being an “emina
tion from the Most High but as to
locating it in Ihe brain is mere conjec
ture without the shadow of reason to
sustain such a position. The only
light which can be obtained in relation
to what constitutes a human soul, may
bo obtained from divine reveluti n, the
only source of true know ledge. If we
refer back to the history of the crea
tion of rnan, it emphatically declares
that “God breathed into man the breath
of life, anu ho became a lining soul.” —
In connection with this, in another pari
of the divine authority, ii says, the
“du t sbal return Lube i nrth ai it was
and the soul to God who gave it.”—
From these passages, and the connec
tion, we can come to no other conclu
sion than the soul is the breath of the
Almi e hty, and consequently indestruct
ible and eternal in its duration iu hell
or heaven.
Then, it is abavo all other subjects
which was ever known to eaith. In
hours of contemplation, when man
stops to dwell upon i;, and links it on
to eternity, with his responsibilities be
yond ihe grave, he shrinks back from
the thought, his bosom swells wi'h anx
iety, rind he is ready to exclaim, “Oh,
wretched man that I am, who shnll de
liver me from this body of sin and
death ? ’ This is a chord which v -
brutes and sends a thrill to the deepest
recesses of the human heart. Well
may we feel solemn as wo approach
tho confines of tho dark future, and
the veil which intervenes between us
and the spirit land. I admit tho exist
ence of the soul—that ever-living,
and undying spark in every man’ff'bos
oml Who cun describe its capacity
for enjoyment or suffering? Who can
give it bounds or follow it in its flights
as it leaps out from time and plunge*
into ttie fathomless waves of the dark
ocean of eternity l Who van tiring us
tidings of its linui destination ? Its
value, who can tell? Philosophy will
never bo able to solve this problem ;
or answer to the sail faction of fiuite
brings, a question of such vast dimen
sions and fearful iinjMirt! God I who
dwells in the immensity ol space, will
never dispatch au angel from the
abodes of the skies, lor the purpose of
grutilying trail upun this subject. His
great scheme of redemption has been
given to the world through the gift of
Ills Boti, who died, that “life and irn
mortality might be brought to light
ill the Gospel, und iu that Gosjxd a full
aud free redenq t on from eternal death
may be secured.
DaWion, May, 18G9.
Irishman and Fiddle—An Irish
man, juat cotnc to this country, had j
never seen a fiddle. A man came into
the hotel with one under his arm. He
soon begun to tuno it up. (Juc of the
screws slipped, and be spit upon it to
make it hold, uud l lieu begau to draw
the bow. The Irishman, who w s
watching him, could stand it do longi r,
hut bolted across tho street, into anolbtr
hotel, exclaia-iug:
“l thought this was a land of liboity
aud*lrctdouj, Lutthedivil take such a
land, where ye abuse the poor childcrso
bad.”
Landlord. —Who is abusing the uhil
dreu ?
Irishman.—Why, a man came iuto
the. tavern just now, with a little boy un
der his arm, and be begau to torment
the dear little crathur.-. Firs*, he
begau to pull and twist his cars, then,
to provoke him more, be spit to his face,
aud tbeu he a briar across his
belly, and Holy Virgin, how he did
suratue!
Dr. J. Emmett Blacks!ire has be< n
appointed Grand Secretary of the
j Grand Lodge iu Georgia, ia place o f
Simri Bose, deceased.
YOL. IV. —NO. 12.
Built Him a Fine — Ferrin, the
landlord of the Westminster Ho
tel in Nt w York, is not often non
plussed, but last August, a dapper lit
t'e Frenchman s’aggered him for *
moment. Walking up to the office, be
accosted Ferrin with :
‘lf you please, Monsieur, you shall
send bill tie fire in my room !”
“A what?” said Ferrin, looking nt
the thermometer which indicated 32
degi ecs.
| "1 w ish de lull do fire in my apart
ment,” repeated the Frenchman.
I “All right, sir,” said Ferrin, with
that outward imperturbability with
i which the true hotel-keeper receives
an order for anything, if it be gotd
dnsi pudding with diamond plums.—
‘ John, fire in ten thousand and one,”
i “ Yes, sj/r-r-j’,” said John, find by the
time the Frenchman hail arrived at his
room, John, with perspiration pouring
oft him, had the grate filled and a
j blu7.e roaring np the chimney like mad.
j “Vut ze (liable you do ?” said the
astonished foreigner.
j “Built a fire, sir, as ye ordered,” re
plied the other exile.
| “Fire, be tarn,” said the Frenchman,
i“I shall roast myself wizze heat,” and
i rushing down s'airs he appeared at tbo
! office w ith inflamed face and moistened
shirt collar, exclaiming: “I ask you
not for ze fire; what think I wish to
make myself more hot, e h? 1 call for
hill do tiro—ze bill, 7,e carte, so 1 cao
I eat mysell wiz my dinaro.”
“Bill of fare, uh, yes, sir,” said* Fer
rin, ‘ I bog your pardon,” and be po
litely passed out the programme for
tbo day, but deputed one of the gar
cons of the restaurant to ansfier any
further orders from the subject of Na
poleon.
Served Him Right.
A few days ago a Gaptain Harrison,
the agent of the Fr odium's Bureau at
ycottsville, Yirgiuia, called to Char
lottesville by business, was dining at
one cf the hotels in that o v J A young
lady, ooe of the heroines of the war,
wloso name wo omit, having scrutinised
tho Captain for a moment, a.ose from
her seat deliberately, and upproachod
him with the tread ot a woman who was
not afraid who knew her honest
“rights and dared maintain them.”
Baid the lady, with a stamp of her
beautiful foot, which subdued the Yan
kee Captain atonec:
“I» this Captain Harrison,of the Yan
koo army ?”
The Captain stammered out that it
was—“ Yes.”
“Well, fir, yen have r watch and a
chain on your person that belongs to mo.
You to ik it lfam me during the war by
force, threats and violence. Now I want
.t back again.”
With .hese bold remarks sbe accom
pat i’d the same with a dexterous move
ment of her hands, and the gold watch
and chain, valutd vt two hundred dol
lars, was removed from the bosom of
the CapraiD, aud transferred to the right
lul fema ! e owner.
Tho v. n |ui.-hed C-rptain bowed, re
tired from the table an l left the hotel
aud the ciiy of Charlottesville.
An agricultural paper recommends to
ladies to take a large-sized pumpkin ncod
carefully cut out the meat on tho under
s de, put a narrow strip of fur arouud
the edge, and fasten the strings to tho
sides, atidjtbcy will have a bonnet in the
pink of fashion. The broad edge of tho
see 1 should be in front, to keep off tho
wind and sun.
Stranoe Natural I’ubnomenon
The Atlanta Intelligencer Xhu* describes
a double-headed woman that is on ex
hibition in that city, unti is even a great*
.er curiosity than the Siamese twins:
The mind usually associates some
thing hideous and repulsive in strange
or it in. rkable freaks of na'ure, 1 ut
this case is a singular exception in ev
ery minutite; her heads are perfect in
formation, with intelligent, pretty and
pleasing faces, her lorm and limbs
symmetrically and finely developed, her
movements ure easy and grace ul,
her mind is expan ive and well culti
vated, ami her education and accom
plishments are above the ordinary stan
dard. Among 6omc of the many pc*
culiari les of this, the world’s great
wonder, is her ability to converse with
two persons cm different subjects at the
same time, sing very beautifully two
parts of an air at once, or converse or
sing together, and many equally as
tounding peculiarities, ti.al cunouly Du
believed by witnessing them.
The stoam saw mill of John Cussons,
in Ihnr cj county, Va;, with a largo
amount of lumber, was destr ycd by
| Grc last Thursday. Lass §3 000. No
[ n -urance. Also, on the same night, tho
bouse of Ar hur Wniiing, negro, was
burned, ahiic Whitiug was at the s:w*
mill fire.
A hopeful sor of B. B. Eggleston hav
ing bcca appointed po»tmaster at Go
iuuibus, Miss., tbeSentinel gives a hint
to the citizens to stop their box rents. -»
I It was so done, it says, in a neighboring
city, cut'ing down the carpet-bagger’s
| revenue about SI,OOO.
I John Banner, of Carroll couuty, Ga.,
had his barn and gin house burned some
wciks siuco. Oae night last week some
Radical, black or white, cut the throats
! ot five of bis horses.
| Gibson c< U dy, Tennessee, has a ; oinff
lady thirteen years old, who weighs four
hundred p uuds, ind auoth.rof ihc same
age who weighs forty pmuds, and is
twenty six inches high.
Tho Columbus San announces tbo
death of Col. 11 T. Bride, of that city,
aged thirty-five years.
| Tho local of tho Adauta Intelligencer
; has been astonishing himself by taking
a buggy ride around the Gait City.