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THE DAVVSON WEEKLY JOURNAL!
RY S. B. WESTON.
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W “T« Dawson Journal
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kail-road guide.
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WJf UOLT, Pre«. | VIRGIL POWER, Nup
Lore 8: ™ A “•
Ar riv. nt •£»**■ *
Arrive <et .. ..4:50 r M.
C»n«rctinj ei h Alh.ny brnnch train at
laithri le, and ni.h Fort Gaines branch tram
n Cu'hher.
unru xtsttt esd accotmoDATiew trains
U't -Bacon 8 ' 25 p - M -
Arrive at F.ufula a m
Lm*» 7:18 P. «■
Arrive aJfscon 9:1 " f- M -
CoMtet at Jaithr lie with Al any train on
Fondly. Tuesday, Thmaday and Friday
„|bis. X» train leaves on Saturday nights,
coucaius nsirNOKR trains
toft Bacon « 7: ; n * M *
Arrive »f Col.—bue '■ ■** *■ "•
Luti Columbus 12:2ft P. Jt
liriieat M f,: " 5 r - M
COLI'SIII'S NIOUT PASSENGER TRAIN
Lairt 7.40 r. ,t.
ArtirraaOolumbus > a. si
La.it 7:t’o p M
Arrive at B.eon 4:4 t a. sx.
Aaron mid Br«m«wirk «*at*aew
(cr Traliie.
GKO. W UAZELIIURSr, President.
Ltate Sla-nn 9; 16 a m
Arrive a' Brunswick 10:20 p m.
L>ate Brunswick ..4:30 A' si.
.Arriveat U con 7:60 p. u.
TRAINS TO HAWKINSTILLB
L-attiXtcnn 3:00 p. a.
Arrive at llasvkiuawilla 6:80 p M
LtiiiUavkinsville 7:00 a m-
Arrive at Macon 6:16 A. a.
Thai train iunt daily, Sunday* excepted.
Wealeri* 4t Atlantic Railroad.
FOSTER BLODGETT, Sup’t.
NIOBT PABBKNQER TRAIN
tan Atlanta 7 OO P. M
Arrive a: Chattanooga 3. 50 A. M
UnaOkatianoega. 7.50 P. M
Arrive at Atlanta •. .4 14 A. M
DAY PABBKNGEI& TRAIN.
Leite Atlanta 5.15 A. M
Strive at Chattanooga 4.20 P. M
Leare Chsttanooga ~7.10 A. M
Arrive it Atlanta 3.17 P. M
naLTON ACCOM KM, ATI ON.
Uire Atlanta 3.10 P M
Artist it Dalton 11.85 P. M
Un Dalton 4.00 A. M
“C Atlanta, ..11 OO A VI
Xrofesjstonal sartl;s.
ir-HiF. SIMMONS,
RTORNEY AT LAW,
H.nrso.v, g.i.
IJAOIIPT attention given to all busines*
* Ittltniied to his eara.
anglt 9itf
••■WeeUR. t c H'IYLK.
WOOTEN & HOYLE,
Attorneys at t^a-w,
hn-“ vnfSO '»' G '*
4tt ’ y at Law And Solicitor in Equity,
SMITUVILLE, OA.
f^ U,h Wp " ,f ' rn alld T’ntau'
promptly remitted.
J,K - warren,
attorney at law,
*|WEll, INMAN & CO,,
■otton factors
P , asd
Merchants,
JIJ !s - V* * A 5* D h Dtwwo, Georgia
n k .v it r ’.s
CONSTITUTION HENOVATOB,
011 5
BLO 0I) CLK\RF KR.
This medicine is known to the faculty as be
ing the concentrated fluid extract of Sarsap
arilla united with other valuable medicinal
hetbs, and is guaranteed as chemically pure.
FOR THE CURE nr
Scrofula and CO VHU.TI P r IO.A.
This remedy is compounded expressly for
purifying and cleausing the blood or all in
firmtties, going at once to the fountain head
of disease. It, extiiieuislies.
TUTORS, CONSUMPTION. SYPHILIS
SKIN ERUPTIONS. SALT RHEUM ’
IIOILS, KIIEUMATISA/, WaNTOF ’
VITALITY, SCROFULA.
We all know that the promiscuous vacci
nation indulg'd in during the late war bred
the most villanous diseases. Vaccination
pus was taken from the arms of many per
sons full of scrofulous Pores.
Then of course the impurities of the scrof
ulous patient were absotbed in the blood of
men othetwise without diseases, and both
became infected alike. M,- n, women nnd
children throughout all the West are most
wofully diseased front this cause, and kr ew not
until a few months » PO . the r>>iatin of it.
Henry’s Constitution Renovator
Relieves the Entire System ol Fnii a ad
ache*, enlivens the spirits, aud eends new
blood
BOUNDING THROUGH EVERY V£IN.
I imparts a
Sparkling blight new* to the Eye
A Ro*y Oissw lo the Cheek.
A kuhv Tinge to |h<> Lip.,
A ClearacM to the Head.
BriglitueK* to the Complexion,
Buoyancy lo the Spirii*,
And Happiness ou all hides.
For ail HflVctions of the kindeys it is unsur
passed.
P rople have been rescued, as it were, from
the verv jaws of death, by a timely use of
this great remedy.
extracts from various letters.
“Docor, I was vaccinated in the hospital.
Before that 1 had no skin disease. Until I
had a bottle of your “Constitution TJenova
rot,’’ sent me by Dr Roper, of Columbia,
Mo., I sulTered tortures with running sore-.
Since I have used two bottles I am all well
except a small so e oo the calf of my left
leg, and that is getting well fust.”
This from a lady.—“And now my skin is as
clear and as fair as a babe’s. My complex
ion, thanks to your “Reuovator,” is beauti
ful.
“Yes, yes, I may well sav such relief was
unknown to me before. Enclosed find five
dollars for six bottles; two families here
wan* to try it."
“I was very much troubled with syphilis.
Your remedy seems to be curing me fast.
Send 4 bottles per .Express.”
“No more rheumatism. Three bottles of
Constitution Reuovator have made ms anew
man ”
“Doctor, enclosed find $5. Please send
me a supply. Two families here want to try
your Constitution Renovator"
We have not space (or more of the above
extracts, but you can ask your nrithbot ab< u
the remedy. 7>’vcry one has something good
to say, as it cure* every time.
For all diskasks ok the
I&itliictys lielenlioii of'tlio Erin
And for Female Di-eates,
Ne'vena Prostration, Weakness, General las
situde and Want ol Appetite, it ia uusur- j
«s«ed
CAU'FIOY.—In ortlf-rictz our remedy
«lw.iYß place the number of our Poat-Offiei-
Bux on votir lepers. The uew law in our
New York Pa». Office compels this.
Addre«s, Dr. Yl. E. Henry A Cos.
Diiector-General Berlin Hospital, Prussia.
Agencv of the United St.a'cs.
Labtatory, 27ff Pearl Rtree ,
Post-Office Box 5272
NEW YORK
Cg-VONSTPIUITON RENOVATOR is *1
per Lottie, “lx bottles lot -jo. .Sent anywhere
on receipt of price. Patients are requested
to correspond confidentially, and reply will
be made by following mail.
gold bv all respectable Drurgiste.
J icon I.IPPJI.t>, *olc Agenl,
SAVANNAH, GA.
McAFEE HOUSE,
At SmitliTillf, <>a.
'I'HE undersigned having tilted up the Mo
1 Afee J/ouse at Smitlivill ', takes pleasure
in notifying the travelling public that, the
above house is now in the “full fide” of suc
cessful administration bv himself. He will
spare no expense to make it a First-Class
Hotel, d/eals ready on the arrival of the
r „ih. tV. M McAFEE.
To The Travelling Public.
MARSHALL HOUSE,
v/»/.r.tv/H, G.l.
Phis first-c'ass Hotel is situated on Brough -
ton street, and is convenient to the business
part of the city. Omnibusses and Brggagc
Wagous Will always be in attendance at the
v.rious Depots aud Steamboat Landings, to
convey passengers to the Hotel, ibe best
Liverv Stable accommodations will be found
adjoining the house.
The undersigned will spare neither tune,
trouble nor expense to make his guests com
fortable, and r. nder this House, in every sub
s'an'ial particular, equal, al least, to any in
the State.
The rate of Board has been reduced to
*S 00 a dav. .
a, r. i.rrr,
G. B. THOMPSON, i
GliCCEll.
AND |.
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
WIIL keep constantly on baud
Floor. Bacon. Sugar,
loflVe, Fish. I.a’d, Meal,
lawlj. Tobacco, segirs,
i in-ware, &c., &c., Ac.
also agent for
THE GRAND P RAIRIE
m m
Remember the place. Firnum & Sharpe s
old stand. West side Public Square,
m'cb 24, ts. daWSON. a A
PLANTATION FOR SALE^
Ism offering for sale a plantation near
Whaley’s J/ill«, in Terrell county, nine
miles Northwest of iJ.wson, con'aining S-x
Hundred acres of Oak and Hickory land ;
300 ac-ea cleared, with good improvements.
Gin House and Screw, &c., &e.,
For particulars as to terms and price, call
ou the subscriber in D.wsod.
| Jane 18,tf. HLAIGLER.
DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1870.
Dawson Business Directory.
Dry Good* mere hauls,
A TUCKER, Dealers la all
Vyktndg of Dry Goods and Groceries. Main
Street.
TZUTNER, JACOB, Dealer iu all
R-Vkinds of Dry Goods, Mmn street.
IOVLLAS * GKirriV, Dealers
J in Staple Dry Goods and Groceries also
and Commission Jferchants, J/.iin Street,
\rcKENiyEY A CBOUCIT,
ITJ Dealers in Drv Goods, Clu'hing, Staple
Goods and Family Groceries, J/ain street.
X \KR, TV. F. Dealer In Fancy and sta
V/ple Drv Goods, Main st., under “Jour
nal" Printing Office.
Grocery merchants
I,” I I.TOT, .1. A., Warehouse and
L Commis-ion Merchant, and Dealer in Ba
con, Flour. Meal and Provisions generally, at
"iharne ft Brown’s old stand, M tin st.
FARNUTI, SHARPE A CO..
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, and
Plantation Supplies. • *
GREER &. SPI7I(ITS. Grocery
and Provision Dealers, South side Pub
He Square.
HOOD, B. I■., Dealer in Groceries and
Family suoolies generally, 2nd door to
Journal” Office, st.
MIZEEE, R, C- Ac Cos. Grocery and
Provision dealers. Next door to the Ho
'el Main Street, Dawson.
Drugsisls.
CIII RATH A T|, C. A., Drugeist and
J Physician. Keeps a good supply of
Drugs and Medicines, and prescribes for all
the ills that flesh is heir to. At bis old stand,
the Red Drug Store, Main st
JAIMES At EOYI.ESS, Dealers in
Drugs, 3/edicines, Oils, Paiuts, Dye
Stuffs, Garden Seed, &c., Ac.
BAKERY.
rL. SOLOMOT, Biker, Confee
• tinner, and dealer in Family Groceries
Fi-h and O' sters, J/ain Street, next to J. W
Roberts & Cos.
PIIkSICIAAS.
HODMETT W. H. Practicing Phy
sician, and Surgeon. Office at Cheat
ham’s Drug Store.
Drs. j. vv. price & son,
thankful for past patronage, by close
attention and moderate charges hone to re
ceive a continuance of the same. Office, Dr.
Gilpin’s old s'and jitv IS, ts.
IVnlch Repairer.
t I.LET, .101 l M P., will .epait
x\. Watches, Clocks, Jtwelry, Jfusic Books,
Acco dions, Ac . always to he found at his
old stand, on North side of Public Square.
Eivery Slahles.
|VUtTr.7I, A SHARPE. Pale
I. and Feed Stable. Horses nnd 3/ul s
for sale. Horses bolrded. North side Tub
’ie Square.
I>BIVCF. ». G. & J. It.. Sale.
L Feed and Liverv Stable, Depot E rest
Good horses and vehicles for hire on reason
able terms. Aptil 14, Jy.
BARROOM.
PAT WARD. Dealer in Fine Wines,
Brandies, Whiskies, Ltger Beer, Ac ,
West side public Square, Main street..
n. n. aiiams, h. k. WAsnnrßN, a a. ahams.
Eatonton, Ga Savannah, Ga. Ameiicus.Ga.
ADAMS. WASBURN X CO.
FACTOBS
—AND—
Commission Merchants,
No. 3, Stoddard’s Lower Range,
ayl3’69;«ti Savannah■ Ga
■Alf’3 11. Colqott, James Bagos.
Baker County, Ga. Newton, Ga.
UcGn n. Colqcitt, Savannah, Ga.
COLQUITT & BACCS,
COTTON FACTORS & GENERAL
COM MISSION MERO H A NTS.
Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
Special attention to the sale of Cotton,
Lumber and Timber. Liberal advances on
(jonsignmeuts. may6;tf
brown house
13. E, BROW.H & S«*l
Fourth St., Opposite Passei ger Depot
Macon, Georgia.
rpnis House having lately been refitted
L and repaired, and is now one of the best
Hotels in the State, and the most, conve
nient Id the city. The table is euppbed wt h
everything the market afford*. feblß’69
LYON, IitGttAFFEKSEID & IRVIN,
jpljlty U MX,
Macon, - .- - Georgia.
WILL give attention to Professional Busi
ness in the Macon. .South. western, and
PatauU Circuits; in the U. S Courts, in Sa
vannah and Atlanta ; and hy Speeial Con
j tract in anv part of the State.
! .Sept. 23, '69 ; ly.
Plantation Supplies
On Time I
are now selling Planters their
Supplies on Time,
for Jtficon or Savannah P«per. We invite
the attention of Pltuters ot SoutPweft
Geor-ia to our l«w prices.
JOIIY o\, CAMPBELL 4l CO.
ji’c'u a, 3'l>.
errors or YOUTH
i Gentleman who suffered for rears front
| Nervous Debility. Premature Decay, and all
I ,he effects of youthful indiscretion, wi!!, for
1 the sake of stifferirg humanity, send free to
1 B I1 who need it, the .eceiot and directions for
making the simple remedy by which he was
eured. Ruffere-s wishing to prof tbv the ad
yestiser’s experience, can Uo so by address
'"«• "SitTk-OODEN,
! ujje3;iy No. 12 Oedarreet, stN-Y
SELECTED POETY.
[From tho Tels graph and Messenger.
44 TBicr© l» no Ood* ff
"There In no Ood,” the fool hath said,
And snarer stirred his soul—
"No (Jo d to fear—no God to judge
While ages onward roll.”
"Is there no God—who made me I" asked
The Ocean’s thundering roar,
“ loio net my bounds and bade me keep
Within the appointed shore ?
Who stays my proud, foam crested waves,
when mountain high they dash?
Who calms my bosom’s, rest lees throb,
Benea'h the storm-fiend’s lash?
Who form’d each tiny, enamel’d isle.
That decks my heaving oreast—
And reared them from Ibetr tiny couch
In richest emeral dressed V” m
"7s there no God—who formed me?” asked
Yon towering mountain peak,
"Who tills each crystal stream that laves
Mj rugged, time-scarred cheek ?
Who laid my strong, stupendous base
Upon the groveling clod-
Aud rear’d iny snow-wreath’d,cloud*capp’d brow,
JFho, but a mighty God
"7n there no God—who made me?” asked
The thunder’s deafening peal.
"Who stamp’d with awe, my booming bolts,
That make < reation reel I
PFho bears my loud, appalling tones,
Throughout the worl i so vide,
4nA stills my voice in silence deep,
But He, whom fools deride ?”
Is there no (?od--who made me?*’ asked
The lightning’s vivid flash,
"Who guides my forked tongues of flame,
-4mld the storm-king’s crash ?
JFho spreads ray gleaming, blazing pall,
Athwart yon frowning «ky,
And grasps my fiery darta at will,
Who, but the God most High ?
"Is there no God—who made me?” asked
71je tempest’s howling blast,
.'lmpels my fierce, terrific strength,
While nature stands aghast ?
Who steers my course—my fury curbs,
Subdues my shrieking wail,
Restrains my wild, destructive flight,
O’er mountain, plain and vale?
Who lulls my harsh, discordant howl,
7o murmuring zepnrys light,
Soft as the echo of a sigh.
Who but a God of might ?”
* * * * *
"There is a God, a loving God,”
The wild-wood flower replied,
"He gave to me this velvet robe,
fTith lalnbow colors dyed
My sun-wreuthed brow. He bathes with dew,
My waxen cheek perfumes,
Supports my frail and graceful stem,
Bow’d ’ueatn its budding blooms.’
There is a God, all Nature cries,
His works declare his power.
Let fools defy -but oh, ye wise,
Make Hi in thy shield and tower;
For list, the time will surely come,
JThen all who mock Him now,
Shall plead iu A/ercys gentle name,
ffTiile to their God they bow!
Sunbeam.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Life and Death.
Beantiftil Xkclrh by Charle*
Di<-k<‘iiN.
There was once a child, and he
strolled about a good deal, and
thought of a number of things. He
had a sister, whr was a child too, and
his constant companion These two
used to wonder all day long. They
wondered at the beauty of flowers;
they wondered at the height and depth
of t“e bright water; they wondered
at the goodness and power of God,
who made tho lovely world.
They used to say' to one another
sometimes, ‘(Supposing all the chil
dren on the earth where to dia would
the flowers, and the water and the sky
be sorry ?’ They believed they would
be sorry. For said they, the buds are
tho children of the flowers, and the
little playful streams that gambol
down the hillsides are the ehilldren of
the water; and the smallest bright
spec s playing at hide and seelqin sky
all night must surely be the children
of the stars ; and they would bo all
grieved to see their playmeate, the
children of men no more.
There was one clear star that used
to come out in the s y before the rest,
near the church spire, about the
graves. It was larger and more beau
tiiul, they thought, than all the others
and every night they watched lor it,
standing hand in hand at the window.
Whoever saw it first cried out both
together, knowing so well when it
would rise, and where. So they grew
to be such friends with it that before
lying down in their beds they. looked
out onep again to bid it good-night;
and when they wore turning round to
sleep they would say, ‘God bless the
star!’
But while 6he was still young, oil,
verv, very young, the sister drooped,
and came to be so weak that she could
no longer stand in tho window at night
and then the child looked sadly out by
himself, and when he saw tho star,
turned round to the patient., pale face
on the bod : ‘I see the star !’ and then
a smile would come upon his face, and
a little, weak voice used to say : ‘Uod
bless my brother and the star !’
And so the tiuio came all too soon,
when the child looked out aloue, and
when there was no face on the bed ;
and when there was a little grave
among tho graves, not there before;
and w'hen the star made long rays
1 down towards him, as he saw it
through his tears.
i Now, these rays were bright, and
1 they seemed to make such a beautiful
1 shining way lrom earth to heaven that,
I when the child went to his solitary
! foe dreamed about the star; and
| dreamed that, lying where ho was, he
1 S aw a train of people taken up that
shining road by angels. And the star
opening, showed him a great world of
light, where many more such angels
’ waited to receive them.
Aud those angels who were waiting
turned theii beaming eyes upon t)»e
people who were earned up into the
star; and some came out from the
long rows in which they stood and fell
upon the people’s necks and kissed
them tenderly, and went away with
them down avenues of light, and were
so happy in their company that, lying
in the bed, he wept for joy
But there were many angels who
did not go with them, and among
them one he knew. The patient face
that had once lain upon the bed was
glorified and radiant, but his heart
iound out his sister among all the host.
, TTifl sister’s angel lingered near the
entrance of the star, and said to the
leader among those who had brought
the people thither—
‘ls my brother como ?’
And he said, ‘No.’
She was turning hop* fully away
when the child stretched out his arms
and said—
‘Oh, sister, I am here ! Take me !’
And then she turned her beaming
eyes upon him, and it was night; and
the star was shining into his room,
making long rays down towards him
as he saw it through his tear.
From that hour forth the child
looked out upon the star as on the
home he was to go to, when his time
should come, ana he thought ho did
not belong to earth alone, but to the
star, too, because of his sister’s angel
gone before.
There was a baby born to be a
brother to the child; and while he
was so little that he had never yet
spoken a word, he stretched his tiny
form out on the bod aud died.
Again the child dreamed of the
opened star, and of the compauy of
angels, and the train of people ; and
all the rows of angels with their beam
ing eyes all turned upon those people’s
faces.
Said his sister’s angel to the leader:
‘ls" my brother come ?’
And he said, ‘Not that one, but an
other.’
As the child beheld his brother’s
angel in her arms, he cried, Oh, sister.
I am here !—Take me!’ And she
turne 1 and smiled upon him, and the
star was shining.
He grew to be a young man, and
was busy at his book when an old ser
vant came to him and said :
‘Thy mother is no more. I bring
her blessing on her darling son.’
Again at night he saw the star, and
ull that former company. Said his
sister’s angel to the leader :
‘ls my brother come ?’
And he said . ‘Thy mother ’
A mighty cry of joy went forth
through all the stars because the
mother was reunited to her two chil
dren. And he stretched out his arms
and cried! ‘Oh, mothor, sister and
brother, I am here ! Take me !’ And
they answered: ‘Not yet,’ and the
star was shining.
He grew to be a man whose hair
was turning gray, and he was sitting
in his chair by the fireside, heavy with
grief, and with his face bedewed with
tears, when the st ir opened once
again.
Said his sister’s angel to the leader,
‘ls my brother come i"
And he said, ‘Nay, but his maiden
daughter.’
And the man who had been a child
saw his daughter, newly lost to him, a
celestial creature among those throe,
and he said, ‘My daughter’s head is on
my mother’s bosom, and her arm is
around my mother’s nock, and at her
feet there is the baby of old time, aud
I can hear the parting from her, God
be praised !’
And the stat was shining.
Thus the child came to be an old
man, nnd his once smooth face was
wrinkled, and his steps slow and fee
ble, and his back bent. And one night
as he lay upon his bed, his children
standing around him, ho cried as he
had cried so long ago :
‘I see tho star !’
They whispered to one another*
‘He is dying.’
Aud he said, I am. My age is fall
ing from me like a garment, and I
move toward the star as a child. And
0, my Father, now 1 thank Thee that
it has so often opened to receive those
who await me!’
And tho star was shining; and it
shines upon his grave.
A Noble Virginia. Boy.
The Atlanta Era says: “We copy
the following tribute to principle from
the grand Army Journal, a Republi
can paper:
A slii' ing example of conscientious
rectitude was that exlubited by young
Alexander, the Virginia boy lately ap
pointed to a cadetship at the Naval
Academy, but who refused to qualify
by taking the iron-clad oath, because
he could not take that oath, as he be
lieved, without “base peijury.” The
facts and circumstances of the case
are stated as follows :
A youth named Balwin Alexander,
from Pulaski county, Virginia, was
appointed a cadet at the Naval Acad
emy by the non. Mr. Gibson, of tho
Eighth District of Virginia. Alexan
der, who is not yet 17 years of age,
underwent a thorough examination,
and passed at every point. He made
a iavorablo impression upon the board
of examiners, as well as the Secretary
of the Navy, and liis appointment was
confirmed. But when tue ironclad or
test oath was put to him he declined
to take it, asserting that, although he
was a mere child at the commence
ment of the war, and but 12 years of
age at its close, yet his associations,
surroundings, &c., had created a sym
pathy in his mind and heart for those
around him, and to swear that he has
not sympathized with or countenanced
the rebellion would be baso perjury,
and he could not do so. His honesty
and candor elicited encomiums from
the naval authorities, and Senator
Johnson, of Virginia, took the matter
in hand, and tried to have the youth
admitted by his taking the proper con
stitutional oath. The law on the sub
ject, however, seems to be imperative,
and the Secretary of the Navy to-day,
(Saturday, J une 25,) informed Senator
u ohnson that Alexander could not be
admitted to tho Academy as a cade*
unless ho subscribed to the iron-clad
oath.
It is proposed that Congress pass a
special act to meet tho case of young
Alexander. Certainly if such.amess-
ure were justifiable in any case of this
J kind, it would be in the present.
Here is a boy who thinks for him
self and is his own conscience-keeper.
1 A mere child at the outbreak, of and
during the rebellion ; liis whole asso
ciations formed amidst law-breakers;
with the example bofore him of his el
ders and those to whom he was accus
tomed to look up as examples of in
tegrity and honor, treating the most
solemn oaths as a rope of sand; wit
nessing his friends, relatives, neigh
bors, one after the othor go into the
war, fight through it against the coun
try and como out, many of thorn, ready
to hold up their hands and swear that
they “never gave voluntary aid to tho
rebellion and himself sympathizing,
as was but natural for n boy of his
age, with the cause of his parents and
neighbors, this youth nevertheless ex
hibits in his person a noble and unu
sual exception to the class of men in
tho South whose conduct during ami
since the war has provod their plight
ed faith a wicked lie, their boasted
honor a miserable sham, aud their
solemn oath-taking a horrible mock
ery.^
Wo commond the high sonse of
honor exhibited by this young Vir
ginian as an example for the boys of
America. This manly youth, reject- [
ing alike the counsels and the exam- |
yle of the false teachers who surround
ed him on all sides, followed the si
lent promptings of his better nature
and the dictates of his own good judg
ment, interpreted by the simple rule
of common sense. His conduct is ful
ly up to the celebrated hatchet-and
cherry-tree standard of tradition.—
The boy Washington was not more
noble than the boy Alexander.
And could not some older Virgin
ians, as well as other ehivalric and
noble southerners, also profit from the
example set by this rare youth ? Let
those gentlemen, the possessors of j
such r*maikably short memories and
such very olastic consciences, overhaul
their Bibles, and (as Captain Cuttlo
would say) “when found, make a note
on t.”
(For the Journal.
Fcst Stasion this side Albbxxt, )
July 3. \
Jfr. IVcutern, eclitur.
i am goiu too
tel yew how i cum too rite too yew>
but fust i must liav a preluid. wel to
begin. Tantry lef me here agin my
wil, an went off on that tcrin kar, not
noin wliar he went too. now sum
soaks sa i tizo Tantry too my npurn
strings, it knnt be so, fer yew he's
riten frum the moufltens, and i’m here
at this little stasion with mi 010 moth
er ; party long apurn strings them ed
beef i had him tide ; but i wuz to tel
how cum mo too rite. Yew so erly
frydy mornin, Parson Blinker, what
live hear, cum over to muthers with
yore bran nu paper in his hail, sez
he, “Jiiss Bogus hav yew hern frum
Tantry ?” “no sur,’’ sez i. wel mem,
sez he, (Parson’s uiity perlite,) low mo
too rede yew this poace. wel he red
Tantry’s letur too yow, i wuz set back
a little, jus too think that chile riten
too a big man. like an editur, an not
to tel me a breth nv it. i rit too yew
caus i was afeerd yew wood las at his
bad witen and spellin an i seal it ini
dutie as a parint too elare up his mis
taks he is inity yung, only twentie
to, or 3, an the skule teechers whoop
so much now dais, that skolers cant
lem like tha eood when i wuz yung.
i aiut like uther wimen, i aint goin too
tri too kfTer mi bois false’s an expos
ening uther wiuiins bois, an ill tel
yew Tantry tole wun little falsehood,
(he larntit soshatunwith town bois an
gals.) he sed he last when he got on
that kar trane, but altho his toath wer
a shoin, an his fase rinkled, ho wornt
a lafin ; his kountenonce cum an went
jest as fast as the nedel in Miss Kur
nel Brouns soin mashene. Tantry
tauked ntily lowed but his vois« diden
soun nateral; i wood hav ben oneasy
about mi sun, but i wuz a little skeered
miself, as i haint jined the wimmeus
wrights klau yet, aD haint bin about
mutch.
i’m tejoyced too no, that mi sun
Tantry remembers the skriptor on his
perilus jurney. i alers tride too teech
him rito yet it duz seam that his un
derstandin is weak, kompaired to mine
but yew no bois mus hav experyenco
befor tha kan understan skriptor or
enny thing els, an Parson Blinker sed
“experyenco is a lesson that is not sune
forgot.”
now Mister editur, dont yew see '
what an onsuspectin inercent yuth mi
Tan try is, too kommunikate too yore I
paiper, al that role bout meet, an soch, !
be orter node idea seen it, fer al these
soaks here takes yore paper evry weak, 1
an ime goin a make gnat sen yew too
dollars sune as he gits hum. gnat is
mi ole man, Nathanael B
Tantry’s pappy- as i sed i’m not
uther wimin, an Tan try frets me
I his fuleish waize, but i no a heap uv
j yung bois what air more fuleish than
mi sun. now al that tank ov giten
married, bringiu hum a gal, an -tech,
' thate jest like em, but if he wuz too
spend his paps mutiny an bring a good
ier Ruthin gal,- tho Icagage ov the
YOU. V. —NO. 22.
pooret cumes ip mi mine, “i se the
- thunderin rath” ov natkaniol Bogus,
but if the gal is enny a koutat, she
cood milk, wash dishes, cake and do
roun, and tot me go bout sum, aa bat
time too rite too all the biy men. £
mus clothes, as i want too go up in tht>
cuddie, (sum soaks cauls them garrits.
which is most properest ?) too. Ibok fct
my ole skule boox, Murraze gramore
au gografy, Stc. and so fourth, muth
or sez she speks the varmints has ete
them us i hov been merried se tong.
i want too look over mi skule boox s<*
az i kan instruck Tantry when he gita
back, an gozo too rite too yew agin, i
cloze hopiu yew wil scuso Tantry for
the sake ov his affected souther- sept
mi thanks tor askin him toe rite too
yew. Deboea aa Boons.
Colton Culture..
With characteristic pertinacity, the
English are urging and encouraging
the culture of cotton in all- available
places out of the United States. In
India, where this policy cant be pur
sued to the fullest extent, there has
' lately boon erected anew goveniment-
I al department, nominally the depart
! rnent of agriculture, but really intend
ed for cotton culture otfly, and hopes
are entertained that by the operations
of this bureau the limits of eotto»
planting can be extended without
trenching too seriously on. the acreage
which the teeming population of Hin
dostan requires to be sown iu grain.
As subsidiary to this cotton effort,
pains have been taken to stimulate
the production of rheea, or Indian
grass, which can bo cultivated where
cotton cannot, and is considered of
some value for making goods analo
gous to the coarser cottons. The diffi
culty heretofore has boon to separate'
tho fibre from the stalk aud bark at a
cost low enough to justify production,,
and to obviate this a reward of £5,000*
is offered by an order in council for s.
machine competent to its cheap prop.
nration. With these as about the
main facts in connection with the fos
t ‘ring of cotton and analogous staples
in India, it may be mentioned that the
facilities afforded by tho Suez Canal
are building up an extended market
in the ports of tho Mediterranean for
such, staples, already a full half of the
cotton coming through the canal stop
ping there. How far the Egyptian
field is showing a development does
not now appear; but from a late Lon*,
don telegram it seems that Brazil has
been quietly putting forth strenuous
efforts to rise into a cotton power. The
Manchester supply association has just
formally congratulated the Brazilian
Minister on the production of his coun
try ; and the probabilities are that if
that if that empire, oppressed as it
has been for a couple of seasons past,
with the enormous requirements or tho
Paraguayan war, has yet managed to
increase its cotton yield so much as to
evoke this special commendation, it
will, now that the war is over and it
can devote all its energies to' internal
development, stimulate tho production
of the staple into very notable propor
tions. As intimated by us some time
tinee, tlio Brazilian empire is really a
wonderful government, ruled appa
rently by statesmanship as eminent as
that which distinguished Portugal in
tho proudest days of its maritinft© ex
cellence, and destined in all likelihood
to become as eminent in fSouth Amer
ica as the United Startles are' on- thin
continent. Portugal was groat by rea'-'
son of that daring spirit which sent •
her navigators out to every sea known
to the whole world, and Brazil has
but to piwsue what seems her present
policy—territorial expansion! coapletl
with the development of her adapta
bility to cotton —to become even a
more considerable power ybart the
mothor country in her prime, and the
most flourishing domain ever ruled by
tho house of Braganza.
Contrasting what is doing iu India,
Brazil, and probably Egypt, with the
cotton policy of tho United States,
there appears so much to our discredit
that tho subject is painful to dwell on.
While millions upon millknas are giv
en in land or credit to “wild cat” rail
roads iu tho West, wo do not recall
one single extension of Congressional
aid to those superbly fertile cotton
lands in the Valley of the Mississippi.
The cotton States there are unable to
maintain tho levees as their impor
tance requires, but the aid so larish-
ly given elsewhere is denied here.
Any pnl'.ry State of the far Wost with
a few thousand voters, who grow less
and less at each election, seems able to
sway legislation in its favor; but
those great and old established? com
munities which have done sc much
with their cotton crops to build up the
republic are neglected as neither Eng
land nor Brazil would have neglected
them if under their governmental
care. True these States have no rep
resentatives conversant with their needs
to speak for them; bnt there should
be enough wisdom and liberality
among Northern Congressmen to at
once recognize and meet the claims of
a region so important to the country at
large. That this is not the ease, and
our cotton culture is left without a
tithe of the attention bestowed by
other countries upon theirs, is not the
least evidence of tire gross incompe
toncy of the present administration of
I this government.—rV. Y. World.
Well ‘ posted ” the telegraph-
A man in the wrt& plane an editor.
i The cup that neither cheers nor
inebriates—-the hic-cup.
Why are authors like cattle ? Be
-1 -ause they aro accustomed to pens