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THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL,
BY WESTON & COMBS.
thtait auteckln Journal,
rCIILISnCD EVERT THCRSDTA.
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Lyon, DcGraffenricd and Irvin.
Attorneys at Law,
HIACO.I, - - - GEORGIA.
WILL give attention lo professions! bus
iness in the Macon, South-western &
7’ataula Circuits ; in the U S Courts, anSa
vaiinah, and .dtJants, and by speciil con
tract iu any part of the State.
F. M- HARFEK
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».firso.v, 6vf.
J.L.JANES,
Attorney At Law,
DAVVSOSf, GA.
fff Office at Court Ilouse.
Feb. 9-6 m.
dr7g7w.farrar
HAS located in this city, and offers Ids
Professional services to the public
Office next door to the “Journal Office," on
Main Street, wheie he can be found in the
dav, unless professionally engaged, and at,
night at bis residence opposite the Baptist
church feb. 2-ts:
C. B. WOOTEN. L C« HOYLE.
WOOTEN & HOYLE,
Attorn evs at I jaw,
«.i»rso.r, o.i.
Jan 6-ly.
K. J. WARREN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SUBKSriLIi;, - - - G.Jf.
C. W. WARWICK,
Att’y at Law and Solicitor in Equity
SMITH VILLE, OA.
"ill practice in South Western and Pataula
circuits. Collections promptly remitted.
"• A. COM.IKR. C. T. CIIEVKS,
TOWNS HOUSE,
BRU.4D ST.,
ALBANY, GA
IIT
n. A. COLLIER & CO. .
Supplies
OInTTHMHEC.
I am now prepared to srU
BACON &. FLOUR
on TIME, in lots and at such prices as will
noi tail to please the planters.
Juueift.tt. nr. c. (jikcer.
McAFEE HOUSE,
At Smitlivillf, 6a.
r pilE undersigned having fitted up the Me
l Afee 7/ouse at Smithville, takes pleasure
" notifying the travelling public that the
above house is now in the “full tide” of sue
*m»fu! administration by himself. He will
■para no expense to make it a First-Class
Uotbl. J/ t als ready od the arrival of the
W. M. Me AKER.
7 Wtax notice 1
AJOTICK is hereby giveu that tic books
’ are now open for the receiving of Tax
Return* for the town of Dawson, and will be
®P?n until the Ist day of September next. —
r , . e w * lo ® r Infuse to make a return
0 *neir taxable property within the incorpo
ration by the day above mentioned, will be
double taxed. By order of the Council.
‘ T. W. LOYLESS, Clerk.
State of* Georgia,
DEPA/iITM/JXT of state,
Atlalta, July 6, 1871.
ORDERED:
Ry his A'xccllency, the Governo', that his
‘ r °clamation of June Blh, 1871, offering a
reward of One Thousand Dollars, for the ap
prehension and delivery of Matthew Harris,
®"h evidence to convret, to the Sheriff of
Jackson county be, and the same is hereby,
revoked, and that the Secretary of State give
P«bhc notice thereof.
Given under mv hand and seal of office.
DAYI2) G. CUTTING,
Juljl3, 4t. Secretary of State
Dawson Business Directory,
Rry Goods !Ucrcliaiil»,
C® 111 ,!* TUCKER, Dealers i B
l)rv Goods Clothing, Hoots and Shoes
Urocories Ac. rtleo agents for some of the
most approved Fertilizers. Main Street.
EDWARD, Dealer in
if j Sta P>* and F “Pcy Dry Goods, Groceries
Hardware, Crockery etc.
(Vs ". F. Dealer In Fancy and sta
t oo °dB, Main st., next door to
J. W, Reddick’s.
Grocery Merchants
HOOD, B. 11., Dealer in Groceries and
Family supplies generally, at W. F.
Orr’s old stand, under ‘Journal’’ Office
Main st. ’
T EI'.SS, J, E. Grocer and Com
... n . on -Merchant, Dealer iu Hacou.
Flour, Liquors, &c.
REDDICK, 3. Grocer dealer in' Ha-
eon. Flour, Lard, Tobacco, Ac.
HARDWARE.
T EE & BROTHER, Dealers in
1 J Hardware. Iron and Steel, Wagon Tim
bars, andJJJantation Tools. Also Manufac
turers of Tin Ware,Main st.,at J. B. Perry's
old stand. 1
IMLDWn, ANDREW. Dealer
ln Dr y Hoods, Groceries, Hardware Cut
tcrly, Furniture, Ist door from the Hotel.
Druggists.
( lIIEATHAM, C. A., Druggist and
v_/ /’hysician. Will visit by day or night,
patients in Town or Country—will prescribe
for auy and all the ills that flesh is heir to.
Keeps a complete supply of Drugs and Med®
iciues. School Hooks and stationary—Gar
den Seeds Ac , Ac., At his old stand, The
Red Drug Store on Main St., TERJ/S Strict
ly Cash for all articles sold. Monthly settle
ments for Professional Services.
JANES, -DR. 3. R., Dealer in
Drugs, Jfedicines, Oils, Paiuts, Dye
Stuffs, Garden Seed, &c., &c.
Eivcry Stable.
IJRINCE, N. G. & 3. K., Sale,
U Feed and Livery Stable. Carriages,
Hackp, Buggies, Drays, Wagons, Harness
and Mules for sale or hire. Horses boarded
at reasonable.rates. Depot Stieet,
RLICKSMITII SIIOIT
\\T ARE, RAKOALL. Will make
T V and repair Wagons, Buggies Plows,
Dickson Sweep, Shoeing horses, near Tost
Office-. Always ready to do work good and
cheap -3 Jan. 19 ly
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MONTHLY MAGAZINE,
Ttro Dollars per Annum.
S4 PAGES READ!N(TmATTER.
30 PAGES ADVERTISEMENTS
WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL
D. WYATT" AIKEN,
CIT-IRLFSTOX, S. C
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Are respectfully solicited for theeredo i of
MONUMENT
TO THE
Confederate Bead of Georgia,
And those Soldiers from other Confederate
States who were killed or died in this Stato.
TUK MONUMENT TO COST $50,000.
The Comer Stone it is proposed shall be
laid on the 4th Os July, or so soon thereafter
as the receipts will permit.
For every Five Dollars subscribed, there
will be given a certificate “f Lile Membership
to the the Monununtal dissociation. This
ceitificate will entitle the owuor thereof to an
equal interest in the following property, to bo
distributed as soon as requisite miiubors of
shares are sold, It-wit :
First, Nine Hundred and one acres
of Laud iu Lintfbln county, Geor
gia, on which tire the well known
df.igruder Gold and Copper Mines
valued at .$150.000
And to Seventeen Hundred and Forty®
four shares in One Houdrqd Tbou3aßd Dol
lars of United States currency, to-wit :
i snare of‘. eio.ooo si».;«|
i *. ft,OOP ft ,000
■2 •• S.ftOl •’■',oo°
jo “ 2,00 U
10 “ 1,000 10,000
JO “ 600 10.0OV
100 “ 100 I<M*«
4,5 .1 ..... 25 10,""0
two “ ' 10
SIOO,OOO
The value of the separate interest to which
the holder of each certificate will be entitled,
will fce determined by the Commissioners,who
will announce to the public the maimer, the
time and place of distribution.
The following gentlemen have consented
to act as commissioners, and will either by a
committee from their own body, Or by spe
cial trustees, appointed by themselves, re
ceive and take proper eharge of the money
for the Monument, as well as the Real Astate
and the IT. S. Currency offered as induce
ments fir subscription, and will determine
upon the plan for the Monument, the inscnp
tion thereon, the site therefor, select an ora
tor for the occasion, and regulate the cere
monies to be observed when tho corner
stone is laid, to-wit : . v .
Generals L. MrLaws, A. R, Wright, M , A.
Stovall W M. Gardiner, Goode Bryon, Colo
nels C. Snead, Wm. P. Crawford, Majors
Jos. B. Camming, Geo. T Saeksati, Joseph
Ganahl, I. P. Gir rdey, Hon.R. H-May,
Adam Johnston, Jonathan M. Miller, W. H.
Goodrich, J. D. Bu«. Henry M° orc . Dr - W '
E Dearing. . ...
The jfirents to the respective counties will
retain the money received for the pale oi
Tickets until the subscription books are
closed. In order that the several amounts
may be returned to the Share-holders, m case
the number of subscriptions will not war
mutant lurlher proceedure, toe Agents wil.
"port to this office, weekly, the result of
thoir sales. When a sufficient number ot
he shares are sold, the (gents will receive
notice They will then forward to this office
t he .mouutS A ree,.,ved. ( A Wg Ro n y)
No 3 Old P. O. RaDge, Mcluthsh at..
.t, * Augusta, <j«.
ty 7 Combs, ol Dawson,Ga, will be ftlad
,o give iutormauon and receive saUutpu**.
DAWSON. GA., TIIUBSDAI, AUGUST 3, 1871
Saved from the Evil lo Come.
by s. w. j, ,
“Give him to mo, Heavenly Fathor !
Have mercy! Pity my loneliness,
and give him to mo ! My all—my on
ly one !” Mrs. Ashton prayed on, re
peating again the cry, “Give him to
me !’’ She could not Bay, “Thy will,
not mine, bo douo 1” No ; she could
only plead for the one great boon, his
precious life.
lie was her all—“the widow’s son.”
As she still knelt beside him, tho look
oi suffering passed away ; the painful
breathing ceased ; he sank into a sweet
refreshing sleep. Tho mother felt
that new iifo was given hint—he would
still bo her’s.
Her prayer was granted. He grew
rapidly in strength. Soon her pride,
her darling, raised as it were from the
doad, was again making the house
merry with his infant glee.
Years passed on, Herbert’s will
grow ing stronger ; his moro and more
exacting naturo at times forcing a feel
ing oi uneasiness in his mother’s
heart. Yet she would seek to drive it
honco, with the moro choering thought,
“Ho will grow moro considerate and
manly in a few years.”
Gifted with tho brightest talents, ho
masterod with porfect ease his various !
studios at school. Tho proud, sond 1
tnother pictured to herself his brilliant !
career in the future. “But no; ho
would not strivo for fortune or fame. l
There was no ncod of his slaving for j
a living. His mother had means
abundant,” he said.
Time rolled on. In his early man
hood he won the heart of a beautiful
girl. Carefully had Mrs. Ashton con
cealed his many faults, that any other
than a mother might huvo formed
vices
“Rose will win him from such. Ho
loves her so truly, and she is so charm
ing, he cannot resist her efforts,” the
fond mother murmured.
Hose’s lojv, sweot voice was whis
pering in her oar, “Oh, what a happy
girl! What a happy, happy little
family we are, and must always bo !”
Weeks rolled, on—months, only a
few, when tho mother felt keenly how'
terribly mistakon she had been in the
course which she had pursued with
her boy. Whon gently she remon
strated with him, his cruel, heartless
reply pierced, to the very quick, the
heart already scarred by his many
wounds : “Thank yourself for what 1
am. You have made me so.”
Daily she saw the loving, confiding
woman—the Rose once blooming so
brightly- -growing paler; tho young
life blightod by her son’s cruel naturo.
His reckless extravagance drew
heavily on tho mother’s once ample
means. Worse and worse it grew,
until she had nothing left but tho
merest pittance. From tho liuiuo of
luxury, they wont to one whore only
the strictest economy must reign. But
Herbort still dressed elegantly ; his ci
gars were the best, his wines old and
pure. Yet he earned no money, the
mother knew. How did he obtain
them ? A great fear entered her
heart. Was ho a gambler? Oh, if
that were all ! It came at last—the
last drop in the cup of bitterness, which
wife and mother both must drain.
Herbert tvas arrosted on a charge
of forgory. Tlio last few remaining
articles, remembrances of former days,
were disposed of, to raise money with
which tho counsel, one of the ablest
barristers in tho coontry, was obtain
ed. Oh, tho agony of thoso days du
ring which tho trial was pending—tho
terrible suspense ! At longth the caso
was given to the jury. At home,
praying for their loved one, waited tho
wife and mother, to know tho result.
Soon it camo—conviction —with the
terrible sontonce, five years’ imprison
ment. A sow days more, and they
must hid him adieu.
Tho day of parting came. Oh, who
can describo their anguish? Rose was
borne insensible from his cell. With
her fond arms clinging aljout him, the
mother exclaimed, “Oh, if I could bear
this for you, my boy, my boy ! Will
ingly would I die to save you !”
Tho miserable man,at length brought
to his senses, pressed the trembling
form to his bosom, and said, with emo
tion, “I know you would, my mother.
Oh, would that I had died in my in
fancy ! Why, why did you pray for
my life ? You see what a curse it has
been to all who love me ! Good-bye ;
thoy call mo.”
Again she folt his arms about lur;
and with a wild, despairing cry, sho
started up, sobbing forth the words,
“Why ! yes, oh, why?”
Sho looked about her. The light
was dim ; but then, before her, as in
years long gone, she could soo her lit
tle' Herbert lying ill—dying. She
passed her hands again and again
across her brow, and thou gently on
the pale, little face beside hor. What
was it ? A dream ! —all a dream !
Thoso long years of anxious caro and
final anguish ha l ' been passed only ia
dream-land.
She had wearily fallen asleep. A
blessod sleep it was, through which
she had gained a resignation to His
will. Thon sho pould, and did, kneel
and pray, “Not mine, but Thy will bo
done.”
Oh, yes; hotter could sho give him
back to God in bis innocenco and pu
rity, and think of him as waiting her
coming above, than hold him back to
earth, to become, i»erhaps, as she had
dreamed.
A feeble little cry fell upon hor oar.
“Mamma, Ilorbio’s well, now. —
' Nothing hurts him. Look, look,
I mamma ! Beauty babies call lier
| bie ! Kiss quick, mamma ; and 6ay
I Herbie may go. Say, quick !”
) Hie face’ was raised, eagerly gazing
upward ; his tiny hand foobly lifted.—
Again his eyes sought his mother’s
( with an. appealing glance, and slio
strainod his ear to catch ! is words 60
low.
“Herbie go, please!”
Ho seemed only waiting her con
sent She caught him to her bosom
in a last, long embrace, and with his
dear face pressed close to hors, she
breathed, only heard by llorbort and
God, “Go, my darling.”
i Again the sweet lips tried to whis
per ; but only tho words, “Mamma—
come—awhile,” reached his mother's
ear, and little Herbert’s pure spirit
had joined the angels waiting.
Sho laid tho little lifeless form ten
derly from hor, and her friends won
dered how so calmly. They had
dreaded so much tho pr.lUog moment.
Yes ; calmly she boro it. fMio know
a more bitter parting might ho felt
than that which was only for a “little
while.” Sho know it was that which
Herbie tried to say, “Mamma will
come too, afitoi a littlo while.”
Tlic Stolen Hides.
William Savory, an eminent preach
er among tho Quakers, was a tanner
,by trade, and known by all as ‘ono
j who walked humbly with his God.’—■
One night a quantity of hides was sto
len from his tannery, and he had rea
son to believe that tho thief was a
quarrelsome drunken neighbor, whom
1 shall call John Smith. The next
woek tho following advertisemout ap
peared in tho country newspapor :
‘Whoever atolo’a quantity of hide*
on tho fifth of tho present month, is
hereby informed that the owner has
a siucero wish to bo his friend. If
poverty tempted him to this false step,
tho owner will keep the whole affair a
secret, aud will gladly put him in the
way of obtaining money by moans
more likely to bring him peace of
miud.’
This singular advortisomont attract
ed considerable attention ; but the cul
prit alone knew who had made tho
kind offer. When ho road it, his heart
melted within him, and he was filled
with sorrow for what he had done.—
A few nights afterwards, as the tan
ner’s family were about retiring to
rest, they heard a timid knock; and
when the door was openod, there stood
John Smith, with a load of hides on
his shoulder. Without looking up,
lie said, ‘I liavo brought these back,
Mr. Savory ; whore shall I put thorn ?’
‘Wait till I get a lantern, aud 1 will
go to tho barn with thqo,’ ho replied ;
‘then porliaps thou wilt come in, and
tell me how this happoned. We will
see what can lie done,for thee.’
As soon Us they were guno out, his
wife prepared some hot coffee, ami
placed pies and meat on the table.—-
Whon they returned from tho barn,
sho said, ‘Neighbor Smith, I thought
some hot supper would be good for
thee.’ Ho turned his back towards
her, aud did not speak. After loaning
against tho fireplace in silence a few
moments, he said in a choked voice,
‘lt is the first time I ever stole any
thing, and I have felt very had about
it. I am sure I didn’t once think that
I should ever enmo to what 1 ani.-
But I took to drinking, and to quar
reling. Since I began to go down hill,
everybody gives mo a kick. You are
the first man that has offered mo a
helping hand. My wife is sickly, aud
my children aro starving. You have
sent them many a meal; God bless
you ; and yet I stole the hides. But
1 tell you tho truth, when I say it is
the first time I was ever a thief.’
‘Let it bo tbo last, my friend,’ re
plied William Savory. ‘The soorct
still remains botwoon ourselves. Thou
art still young, and it is in thy power
to make up for lost timo. l’romiso
mo that thou wilt not drink any intox
icating liquor for a year, aud I will
employ thee to-morrow on good wages.
Thy little boy can pick up stones.—
But eat a bit now, and drink some hot
coffee. Perhaps it will keep thee from
craving anything stronger to-night ,
Doubtless thou wilt find it harder to (
abstain at first; but keep up a brave j
heart, for the sake of thy wife and
children, and it will soon become easy. I
When thou hast need of eoffoo, tell
Mary, aud sho will always give it to
theo.’
The poor fellow tried to cat and
drink, but tho food seemed to choko
him. Alter vainly trying to compose
his feelings ho bowed his hoad on tho
tablo and wept like a child. After a
while he ato and drank, and his host
parted with him for tho night, with
the friendly words, ‘Try to do well,
John, and thou wilt always find a
friend in mo.’ lie entered into his
employment tho next day, and remain
ed with him many years a sober, hon
est and faithful man. Tho secret of
the theft was kept between them ; but
after John’s death, William (Savory
sometimes told tho story, to show tho
power of that lovo for God and man
which tho gospel of Christ inspires.—
Would to God that all men were as
wise, as patient, as eager to do good,
as much like Christ, as he was.
Two clergymen, late editors of fho
! Ministerial Union —a Christian paper
which appeared for four consecutive
wooks in Chicago—valedietoried as
follows : “Chicago is a good place for
Ia religious paper, provided that three
; pages serve (Satan aud the other is
! mixed.”
‘ A gentleman of experience has dis
covered one good thing in sea-voyag
ing. He says : “You can get as tight
|as you please every day, and every
! body will think you are sea-sick.”
! A revivalist asked an African if he
had found tho Lord—“ Golly,” said
1 Sambo, “is the Lord lost ?”
Origin of lUlicr}.
BY MART K. Tl/CKLU.
.Miny a thousand years
7n the Witch-Craft days of old,
There llvod a man in a german town,
So Hit) talc to me was told.
(Thosename tin" Misery, nnd he dwelt
In a lint so small and poor
That never a single neighbor osine
(Uith a kind word to tits door.
11 is head was bowed, and his batik was her,
’N'eath a weight of sin ami euros ;
And the only tn-aimre ou earth lie had
Was ii single tree of pear,.
Too oft when the old nmn slept at night,
71io thieves from n nearby town
Mould come with tbeir stealthy footstepa.
dud knock tlic ripe pears down.
A Wanderer came to the old man's door
One dark and tempestuous nieht,
And meekly pleaded, ‘ let me in,
From the darkness to the light.”
Old Finery op-ned wide his door,
For a tender heart had he,
1 am sony, he said, for those who have
Store sorrow and care than me.
“ 1 thirst, 1 hunger,’' the stranger said,
In the aecenta of deapair.
Old Slisery gave him ull lie had,
ft was but a single pear.
Then a brightness dime, and tlic wniidcrer
Ntood
With u halo round his lend,
dnd the grand beams of lilh wondrous eyea
Effulgent glory shed.
Old Slisery knelt, a» tlio master said,
“For the good you have willed to ino
Tour old pear tree ahull a treasure prove
dnd perpetual bearing be.”
A light Illumined the old man's face,
And then his glances fell.
“For the thieves,” he sakl"will scarcely leave
Me a single pear to sell.”
The stranger cried in his righteous wrath,
“ HTioeyer aaeends your tree
Shatl stay unless you call him down
Until Eternity.”
Then the speaking ceased anil a sadden burst
Os glory filled the afr.
And Misery found lie was alone,
Rone save himself stood there.
But once did the robborw climb hia tree.
And h lesson (jood had they,
For from evening till the morning’* d«wn
Iu the boughs they had to stay*
Old Misery’s race was well nigh run
He wuh four score yenrs nnd ten,
/Ind he sighed whenever he elianeed to tliiuk
lie must die like the rest of men.
yttlust one day on his courser white
7)eatli came with a thundering knock ;
j4n<l jlfisry’s White hair stood on end
Ashia frame thrilled at the shock.
“Oh, Death,” he said iu a feeble voice
M ule tremulous with fears,
“I could die in peace if I only
Just one us my good ripe pears.”
Obliging death from his horse came down
And In* climbed the enchanted tree,
When he gathered tho pear he could not move
For a prisoner was he.
For a night nnd a day did ho brave it out,
A ud none in the whole world died—
*7l»e world is getting too full,’ tho’t Death,
Then he to old Misery cried :
“Call me down, good man from this haunted
tree,
Fiommy bonds /net you free.
You may wander o'er the world at will
Until Fternity,’*
w4nd thus it Was that Misery is •
Jn every age. nnd clime.
Jn A'iug’s grand palace and beggar’s nut
lie will be to the end of time.
f Pomeroy'a Democrat.
—
failure nut u Failure.
Tho secret of happiness is to make
| tho best of everything ; no matter what
happens to annoy, Jot it all glide along
as easily, and with us few words of
complaint aud fault-finding us possi
ble.
Littlo inconveniences will intrude
upon tho most fortunato people, so tho
only way to be master of every situa
tion is to make up your mind not to
notice small annoyances. People may
keep themselves in a constat broil over
what amounts to nothing ; and, w ith
out accomplishing tho least good, may
ruin the ppaco and quiet of a house
hold. We cannot have everything
just as wo want it in this world, and
the sooner a person understands that
fact the sooner they may have a true
basis for happiness.
It is tho greatest folly to set the
heart upon uncertainties, and then if
disappointed, refuse to be comforted or
reconciled.
Do tho very best you can, and tlion
take things as they come. If a man
strives with his best knowledge, ener
gy and untiring labor to accomplish a
certain object, working with skill and
pationoo, ho is a success, whether tho
scheme fails or succeeds, nnd ho ought
to reconcile himself to failuro if it was
inevitable. If his labors have bee aof
i brain and hand, .lie is tho better fitted
. to succeed in other undertakings.
If a woman, with all the devotion of
her solf-sacjilicing love, labors to make
home pleasant, attractive and home
like, and after years of wearying care,
I toil and privation finds love’s labor
lost, tlio consciousness of having faith
| fully striven to do her part well is a
• healing halm to her aching heart.
She may mourn over tho wasted ef
forts of years, but she was not strong
enough to bar out the evil brought to
her door by ah idle, profligate, thought
less, brutal or drunken husband ; but
God s sunlight is ia her heart, if sho
knows she has done Iter duty, —Elm
. Orion.
A storm occurred iu the neighbor
j hood of Memphis on the lDtli, which
I surpassed anything witnessed in years.
Telegraph poles were post rate-l, trees
unrooted, and va,t d.nnig.- doiio to
cteps. The night express train on the
Mr impliis and Charleston Railroad,
• for Chattanooga, when near Grand'
Junction rauthrjugh a trestle washed
away by the Hood. Tho engineer was
killed and 12 or 15 passengers woun
ded.
Blossom#.
Tho world moves; retrospection
proves this. Prior to the last decen
nial period, nnd the triumphant over
whelming Invasion of “great moral
Ideas," tlieso United States must havo
soomod a kind of Dead Sea of omotion
loss humanity, or rather, “barbarism.”
Pagan lawgivers at Washington and
lesser capitals, destitute and fruo en
lightenment, actually discriminated iu
favor of tho many as against the few
j —labor vorsas capital—and there were
I scarcely enough ol'thono noble beings,
mid privileged few, for corner bounds
to the States*
In those peaceful, stupid, dull days,
sensations consisted chiefly of Presi
dential contests and police courts—
ono only a tritlo less unfrequent than
tho other—either a nine days’ wonder,
whereupon the bubbling, agitated sea
settled to normal placidity ; moral, so
cial aud political elements threatened
mildew; the stagnationseomod dreary
—dryer than a jury trial fur land dam
ages in a “flowago” caso. Most peo
ple had tho misfortuno to he out of pri
son and debt, and were seriously me
naced with that appalling calamity, ex
cessive comfort.
Those triple blessings—war, pesti
lence, nnd famine, mainly prowled ofit
ddo tho bordors. At raro intervals
some pitiable, unfortunate son of Adam
was executed for boiling over with to
tal depravity, as tho seething furnace
iu tlio earth’s bowels occasionally finds
vent through a devastating volcano.
Men went down tho declivity of life
accumulating moderately, liko tho
snow-ball, as they wont; old-fashioned,
because they thought it commendable
to scratch together throe or four thous
and during a lifetime of industry aud
frugality.
Anew plan, however, of the het-bed
genus is, since the Reformation, exten
sively circulated; it is rank, luxuriant,
thrifty; yields narcotic and stimulat
ing properties largely, and its copious
exhalations produce a delightful confu-
sion of the senses.
Under its benign influence Watch
ful, sagacious public servants kindly
care for thomsolves, and the helpless
rich, who are thus enable to provide,
liberally for tho worthless, thriftless
classes who aro not rich,
Presidential contests now signify
something, and criminal courts, Unlike
“the mills of tho gods,” grind very
fast and all the while.
Men wriggle, like ools, in and out
of “dark, unfathomod caves,” bring
ing forth guidon proofs of an “enter
prising turn of mind;” while others,
weighed down in former days by the
incubus of mediocrity and prodjudico,
and many suoli there bo, havo risen to
fame, opulence, and station.
War, pestilence, and famine cross
ed the border, and geuorously contrib
uted their full quota, and our peoplo
no longer dread a superabundance of
happiness; many thousands nro pro
vided with apurlmenfs iu substantial
granite mansions, at the public ex
pense, and happily many are so doop
ly in debt that devising ways pnd
means to pay keeps them out of mis
chief.
In ton yoars civilization has made
rapid strides under tho new regime.
Scarcely a hamlet in tlio land but re
joices in its gibbet, yet cultivated
rogues bowildor tho law’s executors, ns
countless cross-tracks in a rabbit
swamp confuse the hounds.
Wisdom sits enthroned, and we aro
released from the irksomo, monoton
ous groove of earning and saving; a
paternal government furnishes ready
made avalanches at short notioo nnd
on rcnsonblo forms. Millions, former
ly compelled to be self supporting,
forced to carry “dar littlo alls” in a
bright blanket bandanna, and wliole
soiiio rations in hugo baskets, now, to
be suro, keep their duds in a bureau
anrl bask in the sun, but find ample
room for the storage of meagre ad
vance supplies of “grub” in a pill-box.
This is a sample, culled nt random,
of tho gorgoous, variegated blossoms
of this hitherto uncultivated plant, and,
judged by the promising luxuriance,
it may not be difficult to foretell the
quality of its ripening fruit, or esti
mate tho value of the approaching
harvest
Berionsly, whither are we drifting;
who cannot predict ultimato wreck on
the sunken reefs of political, financial
and moral depravity ?
Frail humanity, in its fairest aspect
—as moro than once exemplified by
the barbarous and blood experience of
enlightened comm unities—cannot dis
pense with rignl, moral and legal re
straint, yet with a profligate national
J administration, publishing premiums
j for corruption and dishonesty, pros
trating every barrier to integrity nnd
' official accountability, setting an ex
ample of brazen nepotism, jobbing out
j tho departments to swindling farVorrtos,
1 seedy, needy and unscrupulous ad
| venturess, inciting an seram
-1 blu for placo and profit among domor
' alized schemers, whoso only tangible
principle# aro tho five loaves and two
fish ; the fimo cannot be distant when
the Government and its temporary
! agents will bo confounded, and tradi
tional respect for high public func
tionaries aud the exalted station they
' occupy alike depart fprover, While bo-
I frayed public confidence follows, opon-
I ing a broad way for tlio blighting
1 eursti of anarchy to “Como down on
you like night.”
Shull we never return to the primi
tive simplicity and unswerving integ
rity of tlio lathers; to those palmy
day# when the central power Was so
urtobtru-ively beneficent that the citi
zen felt it# presence only as a protec
tor, and confidently lean'ng on its
strong .arm, pushed steadily forward
in the pleasant and profitable pursuits
Os peace ?
VOL. VI.--N 0 25.
When the little—grejrf
spewed to tho surfaco in tijrimloM:
times, get a final qtuetns, and subside,
and statesmen aro selected who will
most distinguish themselves and tho
nntion in tho highest, most responsi
ble positions, it may not be wholly
vain to look for a real reformation ini
season to avert impending destruc
tion. Until then, poculatioft. fraud,
corruption, di#hoffesty and incompe
tence will confinim to blot oar annals ;■
exorting a pernicious and fatal In
fluence which wise nnd good mets
shudder to Contemplate.
Lot political philanthropist# emerge'
from obscurity, step into the neglected
vineyard and assist in uprooting tho
noxious weeds now choking and sap
ping the hitherto healthy tree of na
tional evistonee, that our broad, beau
tiful domain may once again bo flocked
with gound principle# as a garden of
l'rflgrafrt blossoms.
Remarkable Dkeam Vkbifiei).—
The Richmond Whig contains an
account of a brutal murder committed
ncros# the border in Wilkes county,
North Carolina, a few days since, and
the circumstances of which are not a
little remarkable. The account is as
follows J
It appears Jliat a gentleman resid
ing in that county a few days previous
to tho murder sold to a neighbor a
tract of land, for which ho roeoived a
81,000 in cash. Business calling him
away from homo soon alter, he left
the money with his wife, and 0* its
turning lie slopped Ovor night Withs
a friend living some ten or twelve'
mik#i distant from his homo. In tho
night he droapiod that some men had
entered his house, murdered his wife'
and two children, stolen liis money
and destroyed his property. Know
ing that he had left the money With 1
his wife, he became Uneasy and ref f
less alter his dream, and requested af
poildlor Who Was stopping at the house
with him to accompany him at once to'
his homo, for ho feared there was H
reality in his dream. On arriving at
his homo, to his horror, ho found hi*
wife murdered, and two men sitting a!
w table counting out the money lio
had left with his wife, lie and tho
peddlor being armed, immediately
fired upon the men and killed them/
Who turned out to ho tho man lo’
whom ho haul sold tlio land, and from!
whom ho had received the SI,OOO, nnd
his son. This is ono of the most atro
cious murders on record, nnd shows
w hat foul dcoda money will lead men
to commit.
Tho Now York Sun tells a good one'
ou Sambo, as follows :
The manner in which tho spoils of
a recent express robbery in Alabama!
were divided by tho robhors, who wore
negroes, shows in tho case of one of
tiio parties ft Bad instance of m’isdi
r jctoil intelligence. None of thaganpf
could read, but aftor tlio safe was
broken open Alfred Crosby tore off
tho ends of some of the pocknge#/
and soon discovered that tho largest
contained tlio smallest bills, and con
sequently the loast money. There
fore in making tho division, Alfred
proposed Unit two suiull packages
should count as ono large ono, to'which
tlio others readily acquiesced ; and
lie then took care to take his part iu
small packages, thus getting a double
slinjo of the booty. It is evident that
Alirod has eminent qualifications for
a scat in the Alabama Legislature.
■ -
Unsatisfactory. — ‘Aro you an Odd
Follow
“No, sir; I’ve boon married for Or
week.”
“1 mean do you belong to tho Order
of Odd Follows V”
“No', no; 1 boJong to tho order of
married men.”
“Mercy, how dumb 1 Are you a
Mason ?”
“No ; I’m a carponter by trade.”
“Worso and worse. Arc you a son 1
of Temperance ?”
“Bother you ! no. I’m a son of iff.-
John Gosling’s.”
The querist went away.
Virginia papers Ray that the powder
ta'nks found by the Wreckers in the 1
Confederate iron-chid Richmond, now
lying Jn tflirty or forty feet of water off
Chaffin's Bluff, are in good condition,
and tho powder as dry and ready foi
use as before its submersion six years
ago.
Tho body of a soldier killed at
Chickamauga, was recently exhumed,
aftor having been buried for several
years. It represented a life-like ap
pearance, and the ratisfaCJic, which
was closely shavod at the time' of his
death, had groWn nearly an inch.
Strong suspiciotfs are hinted by the
Now York papors that tho Radicals Os
New York city were Weston's to bring
on a riot during the recent pYOCessicrt,
hoping that something would occur sir
as to make capital for tho party.
During the nro nth of jtkte, 338,000
fetters, misdirected or otherwise not
deliverable, were received at the dead
tettor offiice in Washington. Os these
11,700’ Contained uionqy.
At a recent wedding hr Warsaw,
Illinois, among tho refreshments serv
ed were a bottle of Wine and a loaf of
Cake prepared for the Wedding of the'
bride’s mother ovor twenty years ago.
In tho population of Great Britain!
there is an excess of one nrillro’n of fe
males over ths males in numbers.
Here is exeeflent chance for bach->
olors to fcjke their pick
Well, there is something in that/
as the man 6aid, who tried to put oi#
his boot w ith a kitten-