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jTs. R- WESTON. pm Journal, Published Every Thursday. TERMS— Strictly in Ud ranee. Three month* 1,0 176 Six months... H 28 Oue 00 loh It'ork ot every description exo entedwith noatueM aud dispatch, at moderate rates. Halt* of Ltgml .Idt-irtlKcnunls, Sheriff’s Sale", per levy,... *4 00 Mortgage Fi Fa Sale, each levy ...... 600 Citations for betters of Administration, 4 00 <t u •* Guardianship, 400 PUmision from Administration 6 00 u “ Guardianship, o 00 A notation for leave to sell laird 4 00 Vodces to Debtors and Creditors 4 00 Land Sales, let sq. *4, each additional. 8 00 Sales of Perishable Property per squ’r, 4 00 Kstrav Notice, J 1,0 Notice to perfect service, 1 00 Idles to Foreclose Mortgage, per sq. 4 00 Rules to establish lost papers per sq... 400 Rules cootprlling titles 8 50 Rules to perfect service, divorce cases. 10 00 All legal advertisements must bo accompa nied by cash, or will not appear. Sales of Land, &0., by Administrators, Ex ecutors or Guardians, are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, lies tween the hours of 10 In the forenoon and 8 in the afternoon, at the Court Ilouse in the county in which the property is situated. Notices of these salt s must be given in a public gazette 40 days previous to the day of "Notices for the sale or personal property must be giveu in like manner 10 days previ eus to sale dry. Notice to the debtors and creditors ot an estate must also be published 40 days. Notice that, application will be made to thp Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, etc., must bp published one inomh. Citations for letters of Administration, Guardianship, etc., must be published 30 da's -fordismissinn from Administration, month ly 3 months—for dismission from Guardian ship, 4fl days. Rules of so. reinsure of Mortgage must be published monthly for four niontl s—for es tablishing lost papers foe the full space of 3 months —for compelling titles fiom Executors or Administrators, where bond has been giv en by the deceased, the full space of three months. publications will always he continued ac cording to these, the legal requirements, un fi.s otherwise ordered, mid Uottnary notices of five lines or no charge. Over five lines, reg ular rates will be charged. RAIL-ROAD GUIDE. Sonlliuriteri; ISai!road. WJI. HOLT, Pres. | VIRGIL POWERS, Sup leave Macon b. 15 A. M ; arrive at (’olti'n hus 11.16 A. M. ; Leave Columbus Id 45 P. M ; arrive at Macon f> .2o P. M. leaves Macon 8 A Jf; arrives at Eu hula 6 Ro, P M ; Leaves Euf iula 7 lilt, A Al ; Arrives at Ala< n 4 50, P M. - ALBANY 1. RANCH leaves fvriirhville 1 4>V, P A! : Arrive* it A'hanvS 11, P A( ; Leaves Albany 5 35, A M; Arriv,< at -t'Tii'bville 11, A M. Lviv. (. r. g 57 IV V. ; arrive at Fort, f*•' * }{ ; Leave Fort Gains 7.05 A p I ■ Cutbberr 0.05 A. Jl. iteru & Atlantic Uailrutul. V. BULBEKT, Sup't. BAY PABSENGEK TRAIN, .save Atlanta . . . 8 15 A. M. ■e»ve Dalton .... 2.30 P. Al. irrive at Chattanooga . . 5.25 P.M. ■save Chattanooga . . 8.20 A. Al. strive at Atlanta . . . 12.06 P.M. NIGHT TRAIN. we Atlanta . . . 7 00 P. M urivc at Chattanooga , . 4.10 A. M cave Chattanooga . . 4.30 P. M rrive at Dalton . . . 7.50 P. Al .rrive at Atlanta . . . 1.41 A. M. gMsinCigg (Santa. LEVI C. lIOYL, attorney at law, Dawson, - - - - Gra. J\7ILL practice in the peveral Courts of . ‘ Law and F.quity in tliis Slate and the rernt Courts of the United States for tbe nu u °,„ Gfor S ia ' Also, attention given to OMMISBION in BANKRUPTCY. ■ 8. WOOTEN. K. W. ItAVIB. WOOTEN & DAVIS, ATTORNEYS at law, Hnirvon, Gn. C. W. WARWICK, at Law and Solicitor in Equity, SMITUVILLE , GA. Cltcuba 4C, n*ii n oul *' Western and Patau _ Collections promptly remitted. J * <*. s. SMITH, TII ‘ ,ri) MvtcUWjriST ■ k ~ ’ * • Creor</ia. hand a well selected ■ninitinn of'.iij s ‘ s t Cartridges and ■£ilv cr Pi , " de9 Cfiption. ■•'tig Machin'eV f n ' kinds ,lone ' AUo < Vlso Ren.i.l ? ea,ts for sale. “F e ,nd, ° f °"" s ’ Pistols, sew- I J riiATrr * J D r v V & chim, ■ RY GOODS AND P»^ ry AXorcliants, ■ iberat’/ • W Bhi i»Wdto„,!“ Ce * m * de on Cotton and B»iij nmr r correß Poudents in Savan j J * Warren, B attorney at law, |sw Wv J „ 0B • kxf'fiitNi a ll Rjs office. Dawson Business Directory, l>ry Goods IlldTliaiifs, KUTNEH. J ACOB, Dealer in ~!l kinds o< Dry Goods, .Main street. KIlTiAi Bit. fid.. Denier in Funcv and •Staple Dry Goods, and Groceries, Bald - wiusold stand, .1/ain Street. I OYI.BSfw & GKII FIN, Dealers * J in Staple Dry Goods and Groceries, also Warehouse and Commission Aferchants, J/aln Street, / A SIR, \V. |\ Dealer n Fancy and sta • V /pie Dry Goods, Main st., under “Jour nal" Printing OlKce. 1)15A fT A Oil 171, Dealers in all I. kinds of Dry Goods aud Groceries. Main Street. 131aEI*MaE9>, W. 71., Dealerin Nisple I and Fancy Dry Goods, Loyless’ Block, M.Jd street. Vr every MercUaji?, ~ \S r T9IB;Si, Si. ff)., Dealer in Groceries and Family Supplies. J/ain Street. .S. A., Sealer In Bacofl, L Flour, Meal aud Provisions generally, at Sharpe & Brown’s old stand, Af rin st. pAKiVCn A SII \ K l»K, l)eal."rs 1 in Groceries and Provisions, opposite -Public Square, Main st. nitRERA 5ii.76710A», Grocery VI and Provision Dealers, South side 7’ub lic Square. HOOD, U. SI., Dealer in Groceries and j . F. niilv supplies erenerally, next door to ‘.Journal” Office, Main st. MS'/il-. R.S., H. 4’.iV Cos. Grocery «nd Provision dealers. Next door to the Ho tel Main Street. COS FECTIONEBIES. • D ICIIARIMfON, n. C. Dealer fn L\ Confectionaries, Fish, Oysters, &o iiain Street. Drngeixl, / VlfitoATllA *l, ti. A., Druggist and J’hysician. Keeps a good supply of Druas and Medicines, and prescribes for al! the ills that flesh is heir to. At bis old stand, tbe Red Drug Store, Main st. S»l* a SICIAD; PRICE, Dr. J. W. A SOA. Prae -1 tieing Physicians. Office at Dr. Gilpin’s old stand, Bust side Public .Square, Dawson. H ab it Repairer. { I LIA, .3015 A !>., w ill repair . \ Watches, Clocks, J. welrv, .IDisic Books, AecO'dions, Ac , always to be found at liis old stand, on North side of /’ublic Square. <«st stasis i (ii. 7IITH, J. <». Dealer in Guns, t ' Cistols, C.a> », Cartridge , and Sperling goods generally, Main st. N'lA !UIOP. *«..*, }■ Mler :n Stovpp and T'in- of de«icrptionß. R'*i»iirin<r done on tioticr. Northeast side Public square l ivery SUiUlv*. t n,sii lUvujCi'oZsde I and Lively Stable, Horses and Mules for sale and ! ire Jlorses boarded. North side Public Square. Rool :ismß fthop. r> UM *I V. iS. I Makrs and repairs h Boots and Slices ol all kinds, next door to Gun Shop, Depot st., Dawson. C. A. CHEATHAM, General Conomission Merchant, Dawson, Georgia. Uni L buy on the best terms possible, anything llie planters need, or sell for the Merchants, anything they have to sell. Cotton bought and sold on commission, inarch 11 ly Now on hand and to arrive 20casks clear Ribbed Sides which will be sold low for cash. C. A. CHEATHAM. I). R. ADAMS, H. K. WASIIBORN, A. A. ADAMS, Eaton ton, Ga. Savannah, Ga. Ameiicus,Ga. ADAMS. WASHBURN & CO. FACTORS —AND Commission Merchants, No. 3, Stoddard’s Lower Range, mayl3’69;tim Savannah, Ga. EUFAILA IIOTJEL, liufaLila. _A.la. >auTERMS MODERATE, L W. VICK & 00. May 6 ii 18® HEpT“*JVITNESS! NO ARSENIC! NO QI’JNIAEJ! JI'O ME It VI lin ! ! Bibb Cocntv, (lx., Feb. 11th, 18(19. Messrs. L. W. Dust A Cos. <ikn-tb i have taken Dr. Willudi s Antipe riodic, and have giveu it in my family, and unhesitatingly pronounce it to be the beet Chill ami Fever Medicine that I ever -aw. 1 have never known it to iail in a single in stance. Yours truly, Tnos. J. Giiison, Bibb county. For sale in Dawson by Janes A Loylkss, Druggists. maiebll’69(t MARSHALL HOUSE, A. I*. proprietor, SaraiiiKilh “ ” n ' ■mi; nsw hotel. BARLOW HOUSE, AMERICUS, ga. I w. j. B3KLO3V. Proprietor. DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST ii), 1860. POETRY. aoirixC ~ Ate we sowing the seeds ofkindnese? Ihey ehall blossom bright ere long. I Are we sowing seeds of discord ? They ehall ripen into wrong. ] Are we sowing seeds ol honor? They shall bring grain. Are we sowing seeds of falsehood ? M e shall yet reap bitter pain. , W hatso'er our sowing be, , Reaping, wo its fiuits must see. We can never be too careful What the seed our hands ehall sow ; Love from love is sure to ripen, Rate from hate is sure to grow, Seeds of good or ill wc scatter Reedies ly along our way ; But a glad or grievous fruitage Waits us at the harvest day Whatso’er our sowing be. Reaping, we its fruits must see. From the Knoxville Pcees. AEmo»t S*osN<»sseit. DOW A SUGAR HATER WAS SCARED Our friend T likes good tilings. From tbe kiss on the lips of a prettv maiden to a lump of sugar, nothing ponies ittiiiss to him in the saccharine line. Especially is ho fond of sugar Sugar in the cane, sugar in Lis dritigs, or sugar ,p< v»c, finds an ardent lover in 1 • Living in a pictuiesque ham let, not twenty miles from Knoxville, he often comes to to.vn on Business or on pleasure Un such occasions he plays havoc with confectioners’ sweetmeats, arid is a mottul foe to the samples oi sugar in the wholesale merchants’sam ple rooms. On Saturday, friend T being in town, called at the store of one of our largest wholesale firms W Idle engaged in the putchase of a 'ot of teas and coffees, he noticed a sample of white sugar on a sheet of letter paper, and thoughtlessly, by force of habit, tasted it. Before long, the sugar was all gone. A clerk, in the employ of the firm, coming into the room a few minutes afterwards, noticed the disappearance of the sugar. Aware of the penchant of P , for sweets, the clerk at once came to the conclusion that the disap pearance of thu sugar was to be lain at the door, or rather the mouth, ol the gentleman from the country. Ise ing well acquainted with T , the clerk conceived the idea of a joke tit iis expense. Calling to the in-rchant, who was engaged conveityng with T , the clerk, excilediy, esked him if he “noticed that rat poison lying around.” “Hat poison, wTicro was it,” said the merchant. “Lying about here, on a piece of white paper. “Uii—what din it look like!”’ said the now s.tirtled J . “Well, it looiyj-d lise white sugar. Fact is it was white sugar impregna ted with arsenic acid,” quietly an swered the clerk. “Oli ! Ah' lloid me. I'm dying ! I thought *it was sugar and I eat it,” shouted the now thoroughly frightened sugar cuter. “My gracious, it will kill you ! No it won’t, either, if you don't drink any water. Ruts eat it and then drink water and burst,” maliciously cried the ci rk. The sugar, together, with the desire for a drink of water* aided by the heated imagination of poor T , made him think lie was dying with the thirst produced by the poison, and has tily striding toward trie door, he shout ed hoarsely : “A doctor—for God’s sake lead me to a doctor —I’m poisoned ” The clerk hastily ran after him, and catching him before tie reached the street, between bursts of laughter managed to relieve the scared T from the terror which was last depriv ing him of reason T laughed heartily, too, after awhile, but he don’t think enough of that clerk to spend a great deai of money on a present for him next Christmas. E!:tr<! on the 71 in is ter. A minister was traveling in the back woods, and espyi g a cabin, entered on a mission oi inercy. The lady of the house, (she being present alone, and rightly judging liis errand,) ween she saw him approaching, seized the Bible, and as he entered was appa rently busily engaged in perusing the volume lie noticed, however, that sho held the letters reversed, or in eth er words upside down. After the usu nl courtesies, the minister inquired what sho was reading. « ()h, ’bout tho old prophets,” was tho evidently satisfactoiy reply. “ft is very edifying to read the suf ferings of Christ,” said the minister. “And so that good man is dead, is he?” asked the matron, evidently get ting interested. “Certainly he is ” “Well, that is just tho way. I’ve been at John a long time to got him to take the newspaper, but ho won't. Everybody in ti e world might die, and we not hear a word about it,” said the woman in a rapid tone. ••Ah, woman, you are in tbe dark,” said the preacher with an elongated face. “Yes, I know we are. I’ve been at John a ’ long time to put a window in •it the fur end oi trio lio_so, but ha won't do that either. *>i perceive that you are weak in knowledge.” “I know that I am weak, and I oue*s if you had had tiie Liiliious lever* Mild been taking sussilrax und contract I,ids as long as l have, you’d be iveak, i [ ()0 » replied tbe woman in lather an | angry tone of voice, and half an octave higher than usua. EA CO HATER WITH G DRILL AB. FROM A COLONEL'S NOTE BOOK. During my sporting travels in Africa, attended by three native “guides,” we ou one occasion got upon the track of two female elephants, and captured them both ; and tho capture came very near costing us dearly. We had killed one of them without muoh trouble, and had fired half ad. zen balls into tho second one, when she charged upon us mott unexpectedly, overturning my guides, and trampling down the horses which they rode , hut, by a seeming miracle, j no one was injured. It was the ele- j pliant’s last paroxysm ; and, in less than five minutes from that time, 6be pitched 1 forward upon her knees, striking hrr I head upon the car h, and breaking one of b r tiuks iff close up to the jaw. It so huppened that the tusk was not a very valuable one ; and, moreover, the break did uot injure it to tbe amount of more than half a dozen pounds ofivo rY\ Oa the following morning we march ed on to the northward. The guides said that two days, or three days at the farthest, would bring us to the best hum* ing country iu the world ; and 1 think they were not far from right. At all events, on the fourth afternoon, we pitch ed our camp in one of the most beauti ful forest vales I ever sfw On the east and sou’h the tre. s were of huge proportions, stretching their dark foliage away over' hill and dale, and giving shade to many a level plain ; while to the northward and westward, a chain of mountains lifted their cragiry summits far up against the sky. Buffaloes, and zebras, ana antelopes, of various kind-*, roamed through the deep solitudes, and j the spoor of elephants was to be found on every hand. One of the guides brought down a fat buffalo, while the rest of us were placing the wagons, and j he soon gave us some of the lest steak ! for supper that 1 ever eat. The next aiortiing, just as the sun j was breaking iu upou the cool mists that hung over the forest, a guide came to me with the information that a Lord of elephants wore making away from a fountain not half a mile eff \V ithtu’ stepping fur break fas’, fur her t! an to cut a bit ot C"id broad and meat, we look Lie saddle, and sot forth. We Lund the tlophauts, aud, lor two or time hours, wo had a merry time of it. \Vo killed two very fair bails and seri-| oU3ly wounded two more. Towards tho | close if the day, tho chief guide aud j I found ourselves separated trorn out , companions, u..d wc wtre just ‘.hoiking! of hunting them up, wheu a c .1 issul old , Lull elephant broke over .he cover close i by us. lie was ouc of those we had j wounded iu the tally part oi tbe day, j and he was tearing away like mad. A soon as wc saw him, we gave him chase, loading a&d filing upon the lly. Tin old fellow did uot oner turn upon us, but sped away in a purne ol terror, aud, iu about two hours, we brought him down. It was now fairly dark, and we re solved to make our bed where wo were, sheltering ourselves under the lee of the i dead elephant. Somewhere about mid-j night, the chid'guide woke me up, and j informed mo that some of our conipan -i ions wqre hunting for us. 11c s-id he had seen oue of them walking across the path to our right. We both got up, and went in that direction, but could fi and no'Ling of any of our fuiks, e bad g mo back, aud 1 was just sinking into a diz» again, when a footstep, close by my head, aroused n.c, aud, upon starting to a sitting posture, I plainly saw what 1 took to boa man waikiog to-, wards tbe woods. 1 spoke to biur 1 i cal led a second time—and he quickened his step, and soou disappeared. The j guide bad been up and seen the disap pearing objiet, and he agreed with me j th-t it e uld any of our people, i “It must be,” he said, “some native that belongs to this district. If there is a party of them h.re, we ll hunt them up iu the morning.” The the tight that thctc might boa 1 party of oavages near nuto us disturbed i my rest somewhat for the remainder ot j the night; and, so soon as llit first dawn of the day broke the gloGin of the for- j est, I was upon my feet. The gui ie 1 was very soon by my side ; and, having j taken a careful survey of the ground , around us, and found all right, we sat j down, and cat up the last of our bread aud meat; and when the meal had been j diep sed cf, wc shouldered our douhlt-j buirelled r.llos, and struck (ft into the woods iu the dircctiou which had been taken by tho disappcaiiog verson of the; previous night. Within a hundred yards cf the place where our elephant lay, wc found a nvu'.et of pure water, j which went murmuring musically along 1 over a bed of dark red san.l. We bathed ! our heads and laces to tbe limpid stream,! and then eat down upeu the graiwy bauk to rest. Tho guide was telling mo a long story, whoo wo were startled by a sharp, loud ery close at hand. I' was a cry different from any I had ever heard, and so strangely terriUa, that I leaped to my feet as though u thunderbolt had 'burst upon me. An exclamation ofter tor from tho guide, and a wave of his | hand, indicated to me the direction o£ j t he author of the ciy we hau beard ; aud (upon lookirg that way, I beheld a scene that quickened the pulsations of my (heart most emphatically, j Not nmro than twenty yards from us, ; upon tho opposite side of the stream, ; stood two monster anthropoids. 1 quick jly determined that they were a male land female. The guide, as he started iback for his rill", called them ehimpan zes;but I knew better than that. The 'mule, as he stood, was at least six feet high, aud no chimpanzee ever approuch that stature. And, moreover, this ani mal possosied a muscular development the most powerful l had over conceived of. The Lead was broad aud low, the brain cavity beiug almost outiieiy be hind thu face, instead of above ir, as in man; the cars Were small; the nose broad and fiat, with wide nostrils; the mouth exceedingly large, with thin, haul lips ; the chin small aud receding ; with the muzzle very promioeut. The whole face was wrinkl 'd and black, aid its expression the most repulsive and forbidding that can be conceived of.— The chest was massive and capacious ; the shoulders broad and heavy; the stomach very prominent ; and the limbs a solid mass of bone, rnusele an 1 sine.v The arms were n it so long as those of the ouratig, but longer than those of ihe chimpanzee. The b dy was mostly cov ered with short, coarse hair, ol a dirty, blackish gray color; the fi male being almost black. “It is not a chimpanzee,” 1 said, a • I : moved back to tbe tree wLere my rifle stood. “There is but oue iaiuily iu the : world to which these in msters can be- I long 1 have, until now, doubled the existence of that colossal autbropoid tribe ; but i can doubt it no longer.— They must be gorillas l” “By heavens !’’ cried the guide,grasp ing his r fi y aud bringing it up ready for use, “you art- right, Col.” ] knew ) was right. Ti.c animals be fore us were ruruly gorilla*, and more terrible looking monsters 1 never saw Wheu the male found he had attracted our attention, ho gave utterance to a il.-ep, gutural cry; then he b.at bis broad breast ticnitudeUsly with butb Lis hands; and drrclly ii - cry arc so iu volumes un'il it became a roar that made the very forest quake. I trem bled l could not help it ; acu 1 saw :bat the guide trembled, tec. The le male sat down, supporting herself upon her hands and haunches, in such a po sition that she could leap at au instant’s uotiee ; while the male remained btam.- ing erect, continuing to roar and best iris breast. The guide ask and me if we ■ hou'd fire. I did not kuow what to answer. 1 knew that if wc fired, and missed our mark, ire were dead men. ll we did not liro j the gorillas might leave us. And yet 1 wanted the sketeten und skin of the re markable brute. lljwcv r, our delib erations were very quickly and summa rily brought to an eud. The male sud denly gave a terrific ery—a cry like the concentrated war- vhoop of a thousand savtges —and mud? a bound towards us. The sense of mortal danger ins'antly gave the tone of steel to my nerves, and my rifle citme to mv shoulder quickly and firmly VN o both fired together) but tho gorilla was not killed, lie leap ed the narrow stream wi.h a yell more terrific than the fi st, and iu ao instant more he grasped tbe guidi’.t t IT, and bent the steel barrels as ibough tbey had been the softest lead. 'This moment was our last ff my second barrel failed uie. The gorilla bad (brown down the bended rifle, and another demoniac yell was upon his lips, when 1 brought tho inuzzie of my piece olose to bis head, and pulled the second trigger. There was a momentary faintness over my heart, and great dreqs of perspiration! ottrii and cut upon my brow, as the j thought of failure fl-tbed across my , miuJ. But my rifle annwcTcd faithful- : ly to ihe touch of my finger, and tho! gorilla tumbled over with a bullet thro’ his head. The guide lay upon the ground, where ’ he bad falfin in the attempt to escape from the monstir ; RLd I saw that he was, for the present, powerless to help me. What should Ido if the f male gorilla attacked us? Both barrels of my rifle were empty, and my pistols would be but Door things against such an enemy. But, most forluna'ely, her ladyship did Lot off'r to avenge the death of her lord. I think the reports of our rifles, with the fla-b and smoke, frightened her At al! events, she ut teied a succession cf shirr yelping ciies ) j and made iff into the forest, using her hands to assist in locomotion, and leaj ing forward between them with a swing ing motion. My first core, after the departure of the femal gorilla, was to reload iny ri ff'; aid after this 1 attcnUd to the guide. I found him weak and faint; but a few swallows of brandy soou revi vtd him, and iu a short time his pulses wire restored to their healthy best.— Let it not be thought from this that my faithful guide was faiuDbcurtcd; If some brave man wishes to experience what the laiulmss of utter terror is, let him find hitnsell disarmed, bcfuie a wounded, maddened, full-grown male gorilla. Jl be docs not in that moment feel what it is to be stricken with mor tal terror, then 1 should most ut.Lesiiui iogly dtcido that he had no nerves and no heart. Wheu wo catno to cxawiuc the frame of ihc dead monster, wo found it more wonderously developed in muscle aud sinew than we. Lad at first thought. The arm of the most powerful man 1 ever saw would have been as the arm of a mrs ing infant in comparison with the aim of that gorilla. There was no appear ance of iiiy wrist, the tendinous mus cles continuing their knotty swelling to tbe ball of the thumb. The jaws were like a vice iu their power, and 1 Lave no doubt of the truth of the statement that the goriiia.cim crush the barrel of an or dinary musket between Lis teeth ; and from Uie manner in which iLe pre.-ent monstor bent up tbe double barrel ol of tbe guide’s uflr, 1 can easily believe tbiit a tire cveu lour itches in diameter Could have been readily brukiu by him fly some of the natives cf Western Africa, whiro the animals aro mostly found, the gorilla is regarded with su perstitious dread. They believe the horrible body to be inhabited by the spirit of some wicked man, which is thus cursed by heaven on account of bad derds dune while iu the human form. Bucli natives believe that the killing of a gorilla amounts to nothing in the way of i xtcnninaUng the mon sters, as the accursed spirit will quick ly fill ancihcr body of like character. And farthi ruiete, they think that these gorillas which have been olco slain aie tli.is) which do the most mischief against man. O.hers have a difierent belief; and when a gorilla is slain they make a treat jubi'cc over the event; and some o' t! e bn ci o! the di ed monster, partie u.aily the skull, are us- and as charms. gguA humorous young man was | driving a horse, which was ia tiio hab it of slopping at every house on the roadside. Fussing a country tavern, where were collected together some | dozen countrymen, the beast, as usual, ran opposite tho door, and then slop ped, in sp.te ot ihe young man, who i applied his whip with all liis might to drive trie vicious horse on ; the men on tho porch commenced a hearty laugh; and some inquired if lie would sell that horse. “Yes," said tbe young mun, ‘ buts cannot Iccoiuinetld him, ho once be longed to a butcher, and stops when ever lie be ns any calves bleat.” Tbe crowd retired to the bar in si Icnce. Three little boys w ere disputing as to whose lather said the shortest grace. First Boy—“My father says, ‘Lord, wn thank thee fi r these provisions.’ ” (Second Boy—“And mine says, ‘Fall)' r, bless this food to us ” Third Boy--“Ah, but mine’s the best of all; lie shoves bis plate towards minima, and says ‘Darn ye, fill up.’ List, year a man, say J ’iin Snii'h, em ployed as c >lioc(or for a certain compa ny in Brooklyn, being called upon by tbe agent for the new ibKot.ory, pave his name, “John hmiih, coll.” But what was his surprise when tiio fcfa k appeared at finding himself registered as “John Striilb, ced’d.” Nothing daunted, how ever, lie resoked this year to have it cor rected, and so, when called upon again by the agent, wr te it out in full, “John Smith, collcotor ” The directory came out egaia iu due time, arid 10l be found himself recorded as a “col’d aetoi!” E«$,.A Dutchman once met an Irish man on a lonely highway; as they met each smiled thinking he knew tho oth er. Hat on seeing ids mistake, re marked with a look of disaspoinlment : “Faith, an’ I thought it was you an’ yen thought it was mo, an’ its nathor of ns ” The Dutchman replied : “Yaw, datischu; I am amnirder uud you ish not yourself; we po both some odor pmlies!” Col lied beef—lntoxicated cow. A thorough w ash woman—Hal Soda. Dealer than life—Fashionable fu nerals. The back door bell A pretty kitch en m lid. Brigham Voting celebrates every birthday with anew wile. A boy having complained to los father that Bill bad tbicwn the Bible ut him and hurt him on .fie head, ti e father replied: “Well, you are the only member of tbe family oD whom the Bade ever made the least imprecrion.” VOL. IV. —NO. 27. War’s Romance. A correspondent of the Boston Traveler signing him seif “Russell’* bus been visiting various places in tbe south made historical by the bloody battlee which took piacu lit them during tho lute war In one of his recent letters from Fort Hudson'; Wo find the follow ing anecdotes, which though they smack somewhat of romance aro vouched for by tho cot respondent as being true: Many of tho boys of the fifff Muss, regiment who wore with Weitzel’s bri wudo w hen tho charge was made at Port Hudson, will remember well tho gallant ilc enso which lhr< o or four men made at the salient it was expect ed ihis brigade would take aud hold tmlil Paint 's division could come up. Ono ol those men, to a native of Port Hudson told us, rt'suii'd on a planta tion about nine miles from the landing, near a farm now owned by Moody Brothers, Irotn Massachusetts. None of the tnon who saw him with his mus ket ‘‘clubbed’’ that day will doubt his being a very brave man. lie w ! a3 af terwards onptured at Chattanooga and taken to (Jump Douglas, Chicago, w here bo remaiuod nearly six months. About a year btfuie his capture he had been aiming a party who seized a supply-train of tho Foderals near Coi in.h, Mis.-ippi In a box- of stores bo looging to trie Sanitary Commission h» found a pair of blue cotton socks, and when lie drew them on ho found tho following uote inside: Soldier—Whosoever thou art, wear these rocks, with tho comforting assu rance that tho lingers that knit them were supplied wiihlifo from a warm ami symjiath'z ng heart. Lizzie V. (h: E, Chicago. This short letter (which was printed in the Louisiana papers at the time,) was called to Blind one day at (lamp Douglas when he was putting on the stockings, and ho resolved lor tho fun of it to w i ile to her and tell her the history of the pair of socks. T his ho did, und soon after received a call al his quarters from Miss Gee and her futher. He ciid not see her or hear from her afterwards until he was again in the Sou'hern army and stationed at Harper’s Ferry. There ifca company in Which ho was n lieutenant captured a squad of cavalry, and among tho number was trie only brother ol Miss Lizzie V. Goo. Every kindness w hich con’d bo done for a prisoner was douo yonrg (Ice by bis new acquaintance, and when, st ortly after, Gee :vas pa roled, he was the sworn frit nd of the Confederate lieutenant. When the war closed they had some correspond eu e, and the Confederate soldier w as invited up to Chicago to attend tho wedding of young Gee’s sister. When he got tie re, much to his surprise, tiio ex Confederate found that Geo had two bisters and that the one about to bo married was not the one he had seen. Tho rest of the story is told in a twinkling. He married ‘.be sister that knit '.be stockings. For the de tails ol trio lu'.ler part of this romance, see ‘ everybody’s experience,” such as palpitating hearts, a little moon light and sillv resolves “to di or win her. ’ The mutters which concern lovers w ere rmt told us to circulate. But tho story itsilf we feci s ili-fied is n true one, as the address of the firm in Chi cago, oi which the bridegroom is ti lacmbcr, lies before us in our dairy ns we write. Now we aro in trio line of ariei dote telling, we may as well speak ol another Confederate soldier’s mag nanimity, us he was shot at Fort Ilud fon übout wiiicii wo are writing. A soldier in an Alabama regiment—wo think it was the Ist—received a bullet from the Federal linos on the morning of tho t!Bih of May, which cut through the bridge of his boss and completely (kstroyed ins eye siglit. At the sur render he w as able to walk about and started into the country with a few olmts woo were paroled But they soon abandoned him and beforo the benighted s >ldier was a mile from town lie lost his way, and only retraced his steps by remembering that it was toward night- Trie sun, shining warm on his face, told him when he was go ing westward. A litt'u waiter boy, who accompanied at. officer in the 110th or 17d‘l Nbw York accidentally met him and volunteered to lead the blind Confederate to tbe hospital. Af terwards tiie blind man hired the com passionate little fellow to lead him around. When the regiment moved east, and trie boy was obliged to leave tho ’own, his blind patron said to bim, “Wheeler, you have been a good boy; like a noble life; you will hear from me again s<«tno day.” Little Wiieclor C’urren wont his way, waited oo tho lieutenant till tho war was over, ami then went home to tis ii other in 7n incuse About six months ag.) Wheeler’s mother received a deed oi two thousand ai it-s of land, with the houses, burns, cotton gins and machinery, “in consideration of ono dollar to me in liar.d paid,” in trust, fi r the little, generous boy who took pity on a blind soldier and “showed him tiie way to comfortable qtiaiters.” When he is of* age instead of having nothing, as w;,s hit. prospects six months ago, be will be worth at least tr 100,000. fdi-s ivimobiu Ltwri, the colored sculptor, has arrived in Cleveland from 1> ojc. (She f uad some difficulty in getting hotel accommodations, the pro prietors saying ihut they had no objec tions to receiving her as a guest, hut that the other iodgrr* aright find fault, ft he o')Diiu*:‘ed herself with groat pr.-. putty ur.d-r the c.reufflstances.