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THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL.
by S. R. WESTON.
gatosoit • cttcekln Journal,
Published Every Thursday.
TERMS— Strictly in .Advance.
• Three mouths 00 75
Si* months J 1 as
loh tV'orhc ot every description exe
cotedwith neatness and dispatch, at moderate
rates.
RAIL-ROAD GUIDE.
Southwestern Railroad.
yyj|, HOLT, Pres. | VIRGIL EOWERS, bup
reave Macon 5.15 A. M. ; arrive at Colum
has 11 15 A. M.\ Leave Columbus 12.45 P.
j Varrive at Macon 0.20 P . M.
Leaves Macon 8 AM\ arrives at Eu
faula 6 30, P M ; Leaves Eufaula 7 20, A M ;
Arrives at Macon 4 50, P M.
ALBANY BRANCH.
Teaves Smithville l 46, P M; Arrives at
Albany 8 11, P M ; Leaves Albany 9 86, A M;
Arrives at Smithville 11, AM.
Leave Cuthbert 3 57 P. M. ; arrive at Fort
Gains 5.40 P. M ; Leave Fort 7 - 08 A
M. ; arrive at Cuthbert 9.05 A. M.
Western & Atlantic Railroad.
E. HUI.BERT, Sup’t.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta * . • • jj-
Leave Dalton .... A3O P. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga . . 5.2a 1. M.
Leave Chattanooga . • 3-20 A. M.
Anive at Atlanta . . • P. M.
NIGHT TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta . • • 700 P. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga . . 4.10 A. M
Leave Chattanooga . . 4.30 P. M.
Arrive at Dalton ... 7.50 P. M.
Arrive at Atlanta . * • 1.41 A. M.
gustos
LEVI C. HOYL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dawson, - - - - Ga.
\\J ILL practice in the several Courts of
Law and Equity in this Slate and the
Circuit Courts of the United States for the
State of Georgia. Also, attention giveu to
COMMISSION in BANKRUPTCY.
C B. WOOTEN. K. W. DAVIS.
WOOTEN & DAYiS,
attorneys at law,
Dawson, Ga.
dec 24 1868 lv
LAW FIRM*
\Y G. PARKS, | VASON & ItVVIS,
Dawson, Ga. Albany, Ga.
HAVING as moisted ourselves together in
the practice of Law, we will be thank
ful for patronage, nnd will attend promptly
to all badness entrusted to our care.
dec3,lß6B—6m
MEDICAL CARD.
Dll J. L. D. PERRYMAN I>R. J. A. JACKSON.
DRS. PERRYMAN & JACKSON,
PRACTICING
SURGE OATS $ PSi FSICJ.EVS.
Office 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 called for at, night.
Dawson, Ga., April 22, 1869—3 m
DR. T.~ A. CHAPPELL
HAVIXG located at Brown’s Sta
tion, respectfully traders his profes
sional services to the public.
Office at the Store of Hill, Johnson & Cos„
where he may be found when not
ally abgent.
During hi* absence, calls left with Mr.
Johnson, will meet prompt attention on hi*
return. April 15, 1869—3 m
Eiifaola Home Insurance Co, - ,
lAim ULJt, ALA.
fharlcred Capital, r slyooo,o€o
J.G. L. MARTIN, PRfSIDE^T.
This reliably company proposes tt>
.risks'gvuequitable terms. Apply to i
« 3. 11. Weston, Afc’t. #
.1. G. S. SMITH,
OliM. SMIT ft
xv/> .TUd/nvisr
Dd TV&OiY, ; ; ; Georgia.
Keeps constantly on hand a well selected
stock of Gn'n«, Caps, Cartridges and
of all description.
Silver Plating of all kinds done. Also,
Sewing Machine Needles for sale.
Also Repairs all kinds of Guns, Pistols, sew
ing jl/achines, etc., etc. Feb 11 '69 ly. ,
#-
T. J. PRATT. J. IK CKIM.
I*l* A.rc r r & CRIM,
dry goods and
Grocery Merchants,
DAWSON, - - GEOKGU.
T IBF.RAL advances made on Cqttofc
A-a shipped to our correspondents pi 'avon
nah and Baltimore. oct22Y>B S'
BROWN H OUsl
V
. E. E, ISItOWM & SON,'-
tourth St., Opposite
v Macon, Georgia. ** >■ ,
I BIS Ilouarf having lately been refitted
tt a , and is now one of the beet
•°* \ ? * n *he State, and the moat eonve
eu city. The table is iupplietKwith
erything the market affords. fdt>l'B’6B
Mcafee houses, «
Smithvilie anil Ft. Valley, Ga V
I UF. undersigned having taken the Bying
„„ “ n . //oU3 « »t Ft. Valley, takes pleasure
,L ■ m n the travelling public that both
Os .! ttoTe houses are now in the “full tide”
will cces,^u ' administration bv himself He
v. B s ?? re no etpeuse to mate them both
aniv i BortLS .i/eals rcadv on the
arrival o( the truty. w. M. McAFEK.
Jas. Skvmoub | A. R. Tinsi.ky | T D Tinslky
lEIMin rcona.
WT E wish to remind our friends and patrons
W of Terrell county,.that we ure still iu the
Grocery and Provision Business,
and yet bear the name, as we have always
done, of gelling A'lrst Clans Goods
AT SMALL PROFITS.
We beg to refer to our immense Stock
of
225 Casks Bacon Sides and Shoulders,
200 Barrols AH&O Sugar,
125 Tierces Lard,
b Car Loads .Choice Family Flour in
Sacks,
350 Boxes Tobacco—all grades,
175 Bags Java aDd l!io Coffee,
20 Tierces Rice,
■lO Tierces Choice Sugar-cured Hams,
200 Bbls Liquors— all grades—CHEAP.
We are also prepared'to furnish Provisions
ON TIME,
Payable first of NOVEMBER next, and at
prices that will not break them to purchase
at. Try us, Try ns, 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
Untied States Hotel,
DECATUi ST. ATLANTA, GA.
Convenient to the Passenger Depot, /'ri
ces will be fouud more reasonable and Stock
more complete than any in the city. Also,
all kinds of Harness and Skirting Leathers.—
Also, Enameled Leathers and Cloths constant
ly on hand, wholesale and Retail.
CARRIAGES AND REGGIES,
Baby Carriages, Forking Horses, and /?uggy
Umbrellas, of the most approved style and linish,
on baud and made to order. janH-ly
LIQUORS! LIQUORS!
J. W. O’COiVNOK,
Successor to Horne & Co.‘
No. GO, Cherry St, in AC O N Ga.,
Has on hind
A CHOIC STOCK OF WHISKEY,
\LL grades, from a good common to the
purest and best iu the market.
Also, pure Brandy, Gin, Hum, and Wine,
of all grades, all of which can be purchased
LOW FOR CASH.
FLOUR—Equal to the best, at tho lowest cash
price.
PL-4JVTING POTATOES—A large stock.
Early Goodrich, Peach Blow,
Early Pink-Eye, Chill Red.
TOBACCO—PIug and Fine-Cut, cheap and
good. Tobacco has advanced, but he
will sell at old prices.
fie is now receiving a large etock of Teas,
Green and Blaek; Coffee, Sugar, Molasses
and syrup, of various g-ades; vine
gar, both Apple and Wine;all of
which he will sell at a small margin over cost.
SOAPS—lie b%s a large and varied lot of Fan
cy Toilet and^ccynmon Soaps, which he sells
o the trade <P hftUculelphia Prices .
FRUIT ANir~fiol GOODS.
A fine lot of Box Oran^s,*Lemons, Ap
ples, Nuts of all grades ; Peachot Tomatoes,
Green Corn, Peas Beans, Oysters, Sardines,
Raisins, Currants, Horse Reddish, Swamp
Cranberries and Holland Herring, .Split Pea*,
Starch, Bluing, and, in fact, everything that
is usually kept by a first-class Grocer. . f
BACON.
He ha&jus; received a few boxes of Clear
Ribbed Sides, which he offers low. Also,
•Tickled Beef, .Pickled Pork, English Breek*
fast Bacon, Bologne Sausage, Butter and
Lard.
He mill sell all of the nbofFveVv I oar £pr
cash, and those who give him a trial heels
sure to please.
Call soon, and call often.
-r JNO. W. O’CONNOR,
janul —<ineyfw^
BOOKS!- BOOKS!! BOOKS!!!
AT PUBLISHERS PRICES.
Pfrojtf lo ceJtts to »io.
# And sent by J/aiLNee of Postage.
HOOKS of Games, Triuks, Riddles «and
Pnv./.U’S.
HOOKS on Etiquette and l.sages of So
ciety. ,
HOOKS on Love, Courtship, and J/arsi
age. .. • ~ /
BOOKS on Fortune Telling, Dreams apd,
itfagiif. * ~ * . V ’
HOOKS on Letter Writing, Taking and
, Debatirtg. •-f L «
Novels, Priwi Rquiances,. Soughed
„ - Books. 4 V
ANY BOOK tfiflt'is asked for, no ynattA'
ghut kiqd, where published where
ft advertised, or it not advertised at alb i»
Books me orfimged'iii'ttnsts,* Give the knid
of Book you want, SmPanst «n h
be suit by re thru mail. A-d*v*,Ol H. Vi IB-
G- nor«l iVo. 1 r j achtree »■ t.,
•Arrutfircments have been made *ith hous
es m every tyanch Business in
theilnited Stites. \»
f*,tltlisO<rs. Jf talers, Elc. »
Hu tehieh Anything', Everything, that
-caii% fo&nd AAYAMIEiiE, can he
furnimtd.
■ t u an Agqpcv of thia<kind, where the wants
*t(t solhny different person' arc to Imsnp-
must necessarily be many tnv'gf
™<fXd th* S%ym>t\,e advertised, and
widen are hot furuisheff c#c<’)>t on wpecial
lapplication. No person, male or femaft,
Rted have tie least hesitation in iwiiting tor
Jtrtcr WHAT tHKT #ANT. *
D , scr intive circulars of NKvr and cmTCL
inventions. Patent Medicines, Books, Ln
giavings. Photographs, Music, Atv, SF.sT raw
'op anv * , febll, l !
y ’> „ —• <L
’l'llil NEW HOTEL.
babiow iiousi:,
AMERICUS, GA*
i w. j - OAULOW. V»iM*iict«r.
DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1860
Dawson Business Directory.
Dry Goods Nlercliaiiti.
IJTNER. .lACOH, Dealer in all
-IV kinds of Dry Goods, Main street.
KUTAISI!* K., Dealer n Fancy and
Staple Dry Goods, and Groceries, Bald
wiusold stand, J/ain Street.
T OVEESS & GRIFFIN, Dealers
* u Staple Dry Goods and Groceries, also
Warehouse and Commission J/erclmnls,
J/aiu Street,
M eKENNY * CROECII, Dealers
in Fancy and .Staple Dry Goods, J/ain
St, At Reddicks old stand.
ORR, W. F. Dealer in Fancy and sta -
ple Dry Goods, Main st., under ‘‘Jour
nal" Printing Office.
&, CRM, Dealers in all
*. kinds of Dry Goods and Groceries. Main
Street.
I3EBFI.ES, W. NI., Dealer in Staple
A and Fancy Dry Goods, Loyless’ Block,
Main street.
Grocery Merchants
AI r rHER, S. !>., Dealer in Groceries
Family Supplies. .Vain Street.
Is'UJLN'DN, j. Dealer in Bacon,
A Flour, Meal and Provisions generally, at
Sharpe & Brown’s old stand, Miin st.
PAUNEN & SHARPE, Deal, li
A in Groceries and Provisions, opposite
Puhlic Square, Main st.
Greer & siototons, Grocery
and Provision Dealers, South side Pub
lie Square.
Hood, b. h., Dealer in Groceries and
Family supplies generally, next door to
‘Journal’’ Office, Main st.
MIZEEE, li.C.A Cos. Grocery and
Provision dealers. Next door to the Ho
tel Main Street.
CONFECTIONERIES.
Rl CIIARDSON7 I». C. Dealer in
Confectionaries, Fish, Oysters, Ac Main
Street.
Druggist.
CHI EATHANI, C. A.. Druggist and
J .Phvsician. Keeps a good supply of
Drugs and Medicines, and prescribes for all
the ills that flesh fa heir to. At bis old stand,
the Red Drug Store, Main st.
PHI SICIANS.
PRICE. Or. J. W. & SON, Prac
ticing Physicians. Office at Dr. Gilpin’s
old stand, East side Public Square, Dawson.
Watch Repairer.
VI LEN, JOHN P„ will repair
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, 3/usic Books,
Acco'dions, &c , always to be found at his
old stand, on North side of .Public Square.
Giiiihsuitli.
SMITH, J. G. *»., Dealer in Opus,
Pistols, Caps, Cartridges, and sporting
goods generally, Main St.
TIN SIIOI*.
O oule, R. J. Dealer in Stoves nnd T in-
LJware of all desorptions. Repairing done
on short notice. Northeast side Public square
»’ . Livery Stublea.
FARNinftTsH tieT»E&Eo.,Sale
and Livery Stable, Horses and Mules for
sale and hire Horses boarded. North side
Public Square.
Root mid Shoo Shop.
Rl .VI N El, B. Makes and repairs
Boots and Shoes of all kinds, next dooi_
to Gun Shop, Depot st., Dawson.
Georgia Home insurance Cos,,
OF dEOEVAIITI S, G.l.
INCORPORATED ) ;. CAPITAL
1559. S $350,000
rr'HIS a speciality ofLsu-
L ing Participating Foliclcs on
Dwellings, whereby the insured receive a
share in the profits without incurring any
liability. Apply to S. R. WESTON, ffig’t,
mrll’69-3ni m Dawson,
Wk «
C. A, CHEATHAM,
General Commission - Merchantj
JJawson, Georgia.
buy on the best WfemspOßsiblejuiything
VV tho piuii tiers need, or sell for the Arerch.'intM*
they have to sell. *
Cotton bought and sold on commission.
march 11-’G9-ly ,
Now on hand and to arrive 20 clear Ribbed
sidc» which will he sold low fq&c;*h.
C. ft. t he.lt 11 AM.
TjjpraAfEirif LAST!
'New* Harness Manufactory
i,r B.orso.v, («./. v
r |"'ITE ■lhscriher .would respedtfnllv fcall
A the mteutton of the gent-rail)*! to
the factlthat. he wiYUtiLke iffcd keep on
hand, alfkiuds of IF.,i*.NIKA'S, qjid will
sell iheAfe cheap as th» tap »pad’iii any
ilia diet. -M isulg the heel
material, aud made byfflind and not machine.
Old Harness aud Saddles repaired on shoft
DOtiC ° I.V ANDREWS.
Ga., J/arch 11, 1869—1 y , m
BVINGTON’N HOT Est!
(Oppose The Pataenger Ikynt.)
MACON, - * - (JEORCiU.
rpnis well known Hotel is now conducted
Lbv the Sons of the late J. L. Byington,
whtf was so well known throughout the State
for keeping a good Hotel. ,^feblß,iß69
MARSHALL HOUSE,
a. IS. LICE, Proprietor,
SnunuiaU, - - €*«,
POETRY.
The Dying Girl.
nr MHB. f 11. CC&TISB.
Smooth my pillow, geutle mother,
For my hours on earth are few ;
Raise the window curtain higher,
Let me see the sky so blue,
The world looks bright and beautiful,
’fwas not always thus with lue,
Can you tell me, dearest mother,
Wby so great a change I see t
Tell me quickly, oh ! mv mo her,
K c this tlick’ring flame is out,
Tell me,’sweetest, dearest mother,
Wby the world is bright without,
Can it be because I’m dying ?
Will the clouds with me depart ?
Can it be ’cause one is going
Who could naught but gloom imparl?
.Smooth my pillow, gentle mother,
Come, you must not leave me now ;
For aal.tsl I feel the death-damp,
Gath’ring on my pallid brow,
Cpen the window, n o her,
Day is fading into night,
I can scarcely see, dear mother,
I t o more abail see the light.
Bring me once again my Bible,
Let me yet a lesson learn,
Lessons like the ones you taught me,
Ere my lamp begun to burn,
Come again near to me, mother,
Lean your head here close to mine,
Kiss me quickly now, dear mother,
Whilst thou claimcst me as thine.
Angels now are coming, mother,
See they beckon me away,
Ar,d I’m going, only going
Where there i9 eternal day.
Smooth my pillow, gentle mother,
Put moie clothes upon the bed,
Tuck them closely round me mother,
I shall soon be with the dead.
Strew sweet flowers, dearest mother.
O’er my grave when I am gone ;
Roses and wild violetets, mother,
.Strew at eve and early dawn.
Smooth my pillow gently, mother,
For my breath is failing fast,
Faiewell! angels hover o’er me,
Thank God, I am home at last.
Atlanta, Ga.
Sul Eovegotxl at a“( andy Pul-
Ha’.”
I had a heap ub trublo last Krismas
and He tell yu how it happened. Deken
Joneses gals giv a candy pullin, and I
got a stool as tha sa in North Karliny
and so over I goes. Sister Poll and me
went together, and when we got to old
man Jonses the house was chuck full.—
Dog mi kats es thar was room to turn
round. Thar was Suze IJarkiuf—sh< zo
as big as a skinned boss—aud -six other
Harkinses and the Scrogginses, and Wil
liamses, aud Simmonses, and Peddigrews
and the school master and his gal, be
sides the D ken and the Dcket s sand
ecuff little Dekenses to set up half a duz
zuo yung folks in the famili biziness.
Well, byme by the pot begun to bile
*iMheu rhe fsin begun. , iW-3 oil got
our plates reddy and put fl.ur on our
bans to keep the candy sticken
and then we pitched Wtz
zent it fun ? I never saw sich laffin
and cuttio op in all my born daze. I
a candy bird for Em. Simmons.
Her and mo expect to trot in dubble har
ms one Os hese daze. She made a
candy goon for me. Wozzcnt it fun?
T-tjen we 4 got to throwin candy balls in
to one anuther’s hair and runnin from
one side of the house to tuther and out
in tho-kitchen, till everything on tbe
place wos gommed all over with candy.
I run till I wos out uv breth and sot
down to rest a spell. I sot on a pine
bench aud Em. idimmons sot close to
me. W.zzent if fun ? Suze Harkins
confound her £iekter, throwed a candy
ball sock in one of my izc. I made a
bulge to run after her aud heerd sum
thin rip. My stars alive wozzout 1
pickled ? I looked aroun and thar woz
jhe gabul eend uv my hran-nu briehes
stickin to the pine bench. I backed up
agrinst the wall sorter craw fish like and
grinned.
sez'sister Poll, ‘whot’s the mat
ter 'Si. -
‘Sbet up !’ eez I
‘Sut’ sez sister Pull, ‘cum awa from
that wall. Yu’le git ail over greezy.'
‘Let her greeze,’ sez I, and I sot
dowij ob a wash Lord that wiz lyin
a tub, feelin wuss than an old
maewaL.a weddin. Party soon I felt
suimhin hurt and party soon it hurt
agin, 'ice—whiz! I jumpt 10 feet hi,
kickt over th4tnb, out flu old Jonses
prismas turk’ arid you ought to seed me
git. '1 out for tall timber now, you jist
Let. s’ake aud rider femes aud
smashed down brosh like a runawa her
icano till 1 got home and went to bed
and stade thar tij daze. Es old Deken
Jom-os barn burns down nezt winter an
Ime arrested fur it an cony body pears
as witness against me I’e bust his dog
goned hod ! Them's mi shntymonts.
Sot LovENCioon.
n ;N. B.—WoZzcni it fuu ?
J • 7
A number of prominent citizens of
Henry county have written a very able
letter to Gen. W. S. ilolt, President
of the Southwestern Railroad, urging
him to aid in extending his road to
Abbeville, aud thence towards Mont
gomery.
I EVERV LITTLE HELPS.
By tbo Author of “Ten Nights in a Bar
Room.”
‘‘i’m for temperance,” said a brown
oyed little fellow , and ho shut his lips
firmly, looking the very pioture of reso
lution.
“Indeed! 'Then it’s all ovor with
King Alcohol,” answord his older broth
er, laughing.
“Oh, you may laugh ! It doesn’t
hurt anything 1” said John, not in tbe
least dashed by his brother’s poor opin
ion of his influence. If I’m not as old
nor as big as you arc, I count one on
the right side ; aud every little helps,
as mother says. So .’in for temper
ance, and 1 don’t care who knows it.”
“Don’t you, indeed ? S’poso all tho
world knew it—what then?”
“Why, tho world would know that
when I grow up, thero’d bo one man
who didn’t spend his money nor idle
his time in bar-rooms ; who didn’t make
his wife sit up half the night for him,
cry her eyes out; and who didn't neg
lect or abuse his children. That’s what
the world would know, and I guess it
would help the cause a little.”
“Don’t talk so loud, John ” His
brother spoke in a low voice. “Unc’e
Phil might hear you. lie’s in the next
room.”
“Is he ? Well. I’m not ashamed to
let him know I’m for temperance. I
only wish he was. Maybe Aunt Susy
wouldn’t cry as much as bLo does ;
maybe they’d have a house of their owu
to live iD.”
“II us b, John ! He’ll be angry if
he hears you.”
“Getting angry wouldn’t make it any
better, Ned,” firmly answered John.—
I’m a temperance boy ; aud if Undo
Phil gets angry becau-e I just say that
I wish he was a temperance man, he’ll
have to get angry that’s all. I love
Aunt Susy. She’s as good as she can
bo; and Uncle Phil makes her cry with
his drinking and getting tipsy. It’s a
great deal worse for hi m to do it than
for me to s.y it, and he’d a great deal
better get angry at himself and not me.’
It was as Ned had feared. Uucle
Phil, who was in the next room, heard
every word of this conversation. Was
he very angry at the little apcstle o?
temperance ? We shall soe. At tho
mention of his name, he pricked up his
ears to listen. As John said, “I’m not
ashamed to let him know that I’m for
temperance —I only wish he was,” two
rod spots burned on his cheeks, and he
locked annoyed. But when John ad
ded, “Maybe Aunt Susy would’ut cry
as much as she doas ; and maybe they’d
have a house of their own to live in,”
the'bj<c»ti> went off of Lis checks uud he
grew quite p“le.
What John aaiJ after this didn’t
bring the blood back to, Lis face, but
made it if anything, paler. He got up
in a cowed sort of a way, and left the
room so quietly that the two Fay s'*
not jiear him go ont.
IT n'*T*iPiyft-I‘tiilj nhnnti TL^LTI II
had spoken so plainly, deserved all thaf
that was said of him, and a gt#at. deal
more. Intemperance had almost de
stroyed his manhood. ILc was the
slave of strong drink. Appetite, in
dulged for years had gained a foarful
power over him, and to gratify his burn’
ing thirst, he spent nearly every dollar
(hat be eari ed, and lived with his fam
ily meanly dependent upon his brother
Once ho had been iu good business ;
Now he was a clerk, on small pay, in
the store of a friend, hamed Mr. Os
borne, who kept Lim more out of pity
than the service he gave. Sometimes
he would be absent from bis post for
days, and often for hours in each day
The friend after scolding him, pleading
with him, threatening bim, but all to
no purpose, had about made up bis
.mind to turn Lim adrift. ,
“I can’t have bim here any rontfer,?’
said Mr. Osborne, speaking to bis head
clerk “I've iri:d my best to bim,
but it’s no use. As ho drinks up’every
thing bo oarns, it willbe better^ - him
to earn nothing.” j
“Ive long thought that,’’ apswered
the eleik.**‘The fact is,
with him TO a drgree that surprtsesfevc
ryone in the store.”
“1 shall -do it no longer,” wvaa# the
resolute reply. |
“There he comes now,” «aid the
clerk. * J
Mr. Osborne turned with a Lard look
in his face, intending to stop Utlfcle
Phil before be reached his dptk and
tell him that his duties there wert at an
end. J>ut something in Uncle Phil’s'
manner kept bim from what
was in bis thoughts. The poor man
came in with a quicker step, and an air
of earnestness about him not seen for
a long time.
“I’ll not be late again, Mr. Osborne,’
he said, in an humble way. “It’s all
wrorg ; but it shau't happen again.”
“1 hope no’,’ replied Air. Osboruo,
in a tone that gave Unolc Phil a start.
“You’ve a right to be displeased,’ the
wrotchcd man aaid. “I only wonder
• you’ve homo with me so long. But
have patience with mo a little while
longer. I’ve made up my mind to lead
1 anew life, God helping me !”
Uncle Phil’s voioo trembled, and pity
came back into Mr. Osborne’s heart.
“God alone oan help you,” answered
his kind friend. Unless you getstrength
from him, your case is hopeless.”
“I am resolved never to drink one j
drop of liquor again so long as I live,”
said Uncle Phil, speaking solemnly.
“All good resolutions are from heav
en, my friend,’ answered Mr. Osborne,
“and from heaven comes the power to
keep them. Trust not io your own
poor strength—it has failed you a thou
sand times—but look upward, and while
you pray ior help, keep yourself out of
the old ways wherein your foet have
stumbled. This is your part of the
work, and must not fail foi an instant.
If you go whero liquor is sold, you go
out of the circle of safety ; if you touch
or taste it, you fall. God cannot help
you, unless you try to help y out self j
aud the only way in which you cau
help yourself is to _keep far off from
daDger. While you do this no strong
desire for liquor will be felt ; but if you
teste it, you are lost."
Uucle Phil stood with a bont head
while Mr. Osboroe was talking.
“I will never taste it again,” be an
swered—“never so long as I live !”
A thing happened that evening
which had not happened for months.—
Uuole Phil made one of the family cir
cle at tea-tirue. Ho came in with a so
ber face and quiet air, giviDg all a pleas
ed surprise John, who had spoken
his mind so freely iu the morning, and
who had been thinking about him all
day—for he was pretty sure Uncle
Phil had heard his plaiu talk—eould
not keep his eyes from his face. Un
cle Phil soon buoarno aware that John
was observirg him with keen interest.
All at once, breaking tbe embarrassed
silence of the tea-table,jhe asked look
ing at the boy,
“What are you for, John ?”
Fur a moment John hesitated, while
his cheek .red. Then he answered j
firm’y : “La® /S''temperance.”
There was an uneasy stir around the
table, and a surprised looking from
face to face.
“So am I, John, and that makes two
on the right side ; and we dont care
who knows it!” spoke out Uucle Phil
iu a clear ringing voice.
Oh, what'a tearful, happy time came
then ! Aunt Susy cried for joy, and
John's motheCK.qried and tugged her
little son, w|tf*i Uucle Phil repeated the
bravo, strong wonds he had heard him
say in the morning—words that went
arrows to his heart.
Uncle Phil never drank" tga.in. Be
fore a year had passed hennd Aunt
Susy were in a small ho.use of their
Ij^frjßlepepd^yatufrhagfly.
done
by a little boy
and is not afraid so speak
s.roDg words in a good cause.
following good story was
Lauded us by our friend Mr. J. I. Saw
yer, we publish with pleasure :
A j:tw FusiiioiM <3 Fun.
Bom^years»ago in Natchez, Mi3S.,
Prof. Maflit was adDounccd to preach in
that city on a certain Jay. The fame
of tbe gifted Orator had prccecded him,
and every person in the city of Bluffs
was anxious to hear him. bp SOmy j
means, the news happened to reach tbe
hovel of an old woman, who perhaps
had not beard a sermon for a quarter of
a century, and very seldom went out in
to the world. She determined to hear
the stranger. It being exceedingly
warm and having no fan, she started to
puschasaxiue. She got to a store, where
they happened to koow her, and
aware oi her ignorance, they determined
to have sci*e fun.
They told her they had.ju.st received
anew fasfiooed fan, a very beautiful j
article, and handed her a ctumntfc*
bellows: m*- —"
She tried its power so raise a breeze,
and was perfectly delighted witL'it To
church she went, the house being C"Owd
ed, she took her seat near the pul- it.—
The text was selected, aud the speaker i
progressed and was warmed with bis
sul ject and so did the old woman, wfe'u
now brought her fan to her face and
commenced blowing away as if her sal
vation Keeping cool.—
This attracted of the au
dience, and the speaker looked down to
sec what was the nutter. Ills eye
caught a glympsj of tho old woman—he
stopped aud smiled at the ridiculous fig
ure she cut. The old woman observed
him looking at her and cried, “Go it my
magnolia, brws- God, I’m all attention
The audience fainted, the curtain
dropped and wo left, but the imago of
the old woman with her now fan is yet
before us.
VOL. IV. —NO. 18.
j£3C’“Ally Gator," tbe correspon
dent of tbe Knoxville Prest and Her
ald, has had a conversation with Brown
low sinco his return from Washington.
lie says:
I asked what ho thought of Washing
ton, and matters and things generally
in that connection.
“Ally,” said ha, “that Washington
is tho worst plaoe in all croation, and aa
[ for Grant, ho is a bigger fool (ban
Thompson’s colt. Didn’t I beat him
on the Pension Agent appointment,
thoTgh ?”
“He is loyal, nevertheless, isn’t he ?”
said I.
“Loyal/ ’ repeated tho old man dream
ily, “well yes, he’s loyal, I suppose, but
do you think I would let a Senate rule
mo as they do him 7”
In reply as to whether he thought
Grant was at the bottom of the Imperi
aljmovcment, aud what he thought of tho
movement, he said:
“The movement, Ally, is all right.—
It is the only cause to perpetrate loyal
ty, as you oan readily appreciate by a
survey of my career as Governor, but as
for Grant being the Emperor—”
“Well, —” said I.
“Aily, he is tho greatest failure of the
age. He an Emperor l”
And in the depth es his disgust he
made a remark, whioh sounded like a
literal translation of what (according to
Victor Hugo) Cambroone said at the
battle of Waterloo.
Tbo Evansville (Indiana) Journal
gives the following account of tbe sup
posed suioide of a Georgia printer:
H. H. Parks, a printer, who has
lately worked at the Courier offioe, dis
appeared on last Tuesday evening, and
has not been heard of sinoe. It is sup
posed that be committed suicide, and
some deck Lands belonging to tho
steamer Norman, say that a man jump
ed into the river on Tuesday evening
from ona of tbs wharf boats. He had
.been drinking very hard for the last
week or two, and at times seemed to
be out of Lis mind. Parks is a native
of Georgia.
The colored mao is now raising a
mussin the Navy Yard at Washington.
Two or three negroos havo been em
ployed there as bricklayers. Tho Brick
layer’s Union refused them cards, and
threatens to fine every white man who
works with them. The Union had a
secret end stormy meitng Friday night
an 1 after some di»cussion adopted a
resolution asking the white morkmen
to strike unless tbe colored men were
dismissed. A committee to urge this
course is visiting the men. The brick
layers get $4 50 a day. There ara
about a dozen white workmen in tho
yard.
“Sambo, what your opinion ob dat
bankrupt law ?” “Tink him fust rate
Pomgpy. I imply fer do application
’tnindPelf.” . “Jrjst explain Mm princi
ples.” “W’hy, you sdfe hereanpjv > just
lend’me dat half a dollar' you got for*
whitewashing.”- (Pompcy hands
the money, SatpbfttflcJifceEatdfyi-pitp
it down'll is pocket ) l)erc, ’derf not< I*
ows de shoi makfcr tree feu
a-half b ide de grocer's bill;
now, dis half a dollar is all the prop-,
ertv I got; I divides him according to
debts,” Pompcy. “I takis dat half dol
lar back.” Sambo ("with amazement.)
Do you tink dis chile green ? I am a
bankrupt; you get your share from do
jddor credi'ors.”
The barber who dressed the hoSd of
j-bjjrrcl has been engaged to curl the
locks of a*caualr v* .. y .V
The law may be the “perfection *of
wisdom,” but it does not follow that
lawyers arc the perfection «f wise men.
When a man takes more pleasure iu
earning money than in spending it, he
has taken the first step towards wealth.
Gold is aD idol worshipped in all cli
mates, without a singlo temple; and by
all olasSes without a single hypocrite.
A Sr:®-faith is the best divinity; a
good ITo is the best philosophy ; a clean
conscience the best law ; honesty the
best policy.
If thy l rother is in danger, basic thuii
; to his assistance and hesitate not to en-*
danger thy own life for*tiiui.
A Hebrew kw says, “Strike not thy
wife even with a blossom, though she
■ be guilty of a thousand faults.”
We have heard some women com
plain of their husband's neglect of home.
•V spoonhil of honey will keep more
bees in a tifvtban of vinegar.
The wheat crßps in Fianklin and
Lincoln counties, Tens.,' rj much fiaer
than was anticipated—the heads filling
out well, and giving premise of an abur*
dant harvest. Too same may be said of
i North Alabama wheat; while the corn,
ia both sectihVns since the rail 8
and warm weather have set io, is grow
ing finely, havjug come “out cf ice
kinks,” aod the jrospret of plenty of
bread is cheering to to the hearts of
all y