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Attorneys at Law,
JIACOI, • - - GEORGIA.
WILL give attention to professional bus-
V V ineas io the Macon, South western &
J’ataula Circuits ; in the U S Courts, anSa
vanuah, and .Atlanta, and by speciil con
tract iu any part of the State.
~ flWha hi I>K It
Btorpsy ajid Colijijellof at LaW
da nrso.v, aa.
DR. G. W. FARRAR
HAS located in this city, and offers his
Professional services to the public*
Office next door to the "Journal Office," on
Main Street., where he can be found in the
dav, unless professionally engaged, and at
night at his residence opposite the liaptist
church • feb. 2-ts:
C. B. WOOTKN. L. C. HOYLE.
WOOTEN & HOYLE,
Attorneys at I^aw,
da it m so.r, a a.
Jan 6-ly.
K. J. WAR RE N,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HiHfgirillA - - - OA.
C. W. WARWICK,
Att'y at Law and Solicitor in Equity
SMITHVILLE, OA.
Will practice in South Western and Pataula
circuits. Collections promptly remitted.
B A. COLLIER. c. T. CIIKVKS.
TOWNS HOUSE,
BROAD Vl’.,
ALBANY, GA
BY
B. A. COLLIER & CO. .
Me AF EE HOUSE,
At Sinithvillf, (-a.
r IMIE nod -rsignpa havinp fitted up the Me
l Aiee Douse at Smithvillf', takes pleasure
iu notifying the travelling public that the
above house is now in the “full tide”of suc
cessful administration bv himself. He will
spare no expense to make it a First-Class
Hotel. JLeals ready on the arrival of the
W. M. McAFEE.
PROVISIONS
IF THU!
W e are now prepared to sell
PROVISIONS ON TIME
555i M *’nJCKßii.
toi‘ §ale.
A de *' r ®ble place, near the village ot
, I ,'■fkasawhatcliie, containing 231 acres
lin 9 n tbc P' ac ® ' s a comfortable dwel
m*' C0 I nt l li n '‘'R BIX rooms and all other nee
nf» buildi “S B . with pood spring and well
: . atep * It >» in a healthy locality, conven
-0 , 10 Chinches and Schools. Tj a pood
' Purchaser a bargain is offered. Cull on
r address J. yv. HDVf ARD.S,
U P-4-lw. C! i-ikasawhatohie
Terrell Court of Ordinary.
VAt Ciuubkks, .dug. 20lh, 1871.
Pplieation having been made to me to
th» °*' en ® lld re'establish the road from
inte r « )Pn * r r< Martina field, the point of
CutliK Ctlen °f the lower Starkesvillc and
tunni >eit ,o aadC,ltllbprt and Albany Roads,
lo th 081 across Chickisawhatohie Creek,
'tnd’g ) a * son in front of John More*
Pointed'° URe ’ * ,ld re¥ ' ew crs having been ap>
toad »’ V\ and t *' ey finttinp reported that said
Ihat • and bc °I bcfi'ic utility, It U ordered,
until i J lllcc °I Ba >d application he published
pray., e P; em bcr the 2‘2d, at which time the
conn ° P et 'fioners will be granted unless
a , -U 8 ® 10 the eoutnry is shown.
6 T. M. JONES, Ordinary;
Dawson Business Directory,
Dry Goods Merchants.
/~BRIM, & TUCKER, Dealers in
VV Dry Goods Clothing, Hoots and Shoes
Groceries &c. vlleo agents for some of the
most approved Fertilizers. Main Street
I/ - CITHER. EDWARD, Dealer in
A V Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Groceries
Hardware, Crockery etc.
( Uf>aler *n Fancy nndsta-
V./pie Dry Goods, Maiu st., next door to
». Reddick’s.
Grocery Merchant!*.
HOOD. B. 11., Dealer in Groceries and
, family supplies generally, at W. F.
Gri 8 old stand, under ‘Journal” Office
Mam st. ’
J" 1.1.55, .F, E. Grocer and Com
li J mission .l/erchdut, Dealer in Dac6n,
Tlour, Liquors, &c.
I) EDOICK) J. Grocer and uller in Bn
-1 l eou. Flour, Lard, Tobacco, Ac.
HARDWARE?
T.^ E * BROTHER, Dealer, i„
Xj Hardware. Iron and Steel, Wagon Tim
bars, and Plantation Tools. Also Manufae-
Hirers of Tin Ware, Main st., at J. B. p crrv ' 8
old stand. 3
R A, ;, D ! Vn ’ ANDREW. Dealer
. , ln J ,rv Goods, Groceries, Hardware Cut
terly, Furniture, Ist door from the Hotel.
Druggists.
( yBBA ril.in, v. A., Druggist and
Vy / hysician. Will visit by dav or night,
patients in Town - will prescribe for
any and all the ills that flesh is heir to
Keepa a complete supply of Drugs and Med*,
unties. School Books and stationary—Gar
den Seeds &e , &0., At his old stand, The
Red Drug Store on Main St., TEIU7S Strict
til Cash.
JANES DB. J. If., Dealer in
D Drugs, J/ediciiies, Oils, Paiuts, Dye
Stuffs, Garden Seed, &c., &c.
Livery S fatal <7.
pBIWCE, 1%. G. & .f. K , Sale,
A Feed and Livery Stable. Carrirges
Hacks, Buggies, Drays, Wagons, Haincss
and Mules for sale or hire. Hones boarded
at reasonable rates. Depot Slieet.
BL ICKhTUTH SJIOl*!
WARF, RA IT DA EE. Will make
V T and repair Wagons, Buggies Plows
Dickson Sweep, Shoeing horses, near Post
Office'. Always ready to do work good and
cheap Jar. ]9 i v
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MONTHLY MAGAZINE,
Tico Dollars per Annum,
54 PAGES READING MATTER.
30 PAGES ADVERTISEMENTS
WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL
D. WYATT AIKEN,
CMAJIZJL'STOX, S. C
SUBSCr?iPTSOMS
Are respectfully eolicite and for the truion of
MONUMENT
TO THE
C onfederata Daad of Georgia,
And those Soldiers from other Confederate
States who were killed or died in this State.
THE MOXUXEST TO COST $50,000.
The Corner Stone it is proposed shall be
laid on the 4th ot July, nr so soon thereafter
as the receipts will permit.
For every Five Dollars subscribed, there
will be given a certificate of Life Membership
to the the Monumental Association. This
cettificate will entitle the owner thereof to an
equal interest in the following property, to be
distributed as soon as requisite numbers o!
shares ate sold, tt—wit. :
First, Nitre Hundred and one acres
of Land in Lincoln county, Geers
git, on which are the well known
J/agruder Gold and Copper Mines
valued at $l5O 000
Aud to Seventeen Hundred aud Forty*
four shares in One Hundred Thousand Doi
lars of United States cnriencv, to~wrt :
1 Share of $1c,0in.....’ ..sin,orO
1 “ . 5,00 H - 5/00
2 “ 2,50)....: 5,100
to “ j.ocrj 20,000
10 “ l,n(IO 10,000
20 “ 500 ... 10.009
100 “ .. .... 100 10,000
200 " ........ 50 lo.nnn
400 “ 25 10,000
1000 “ 10 10,000
(> :on,ooo
Tire value of the separate interest to w Inch
tire holder of each certificate w ill he entitled,
will he determined by the Commissioners,who
will announce to the public the niauuer, the
time and place of distribution.
The following gentlemen have consented
to act as commissioners, aud will ei her by a
committee from their own body, or by spe
cial trustees, appointed by themselves, re
ceive and take proper charge of the money
for the Monument, as well as the Real Astate
and the U. S. Currency offerer! aa induce
ments f,r subscription, and will determine
upon the plan for the Monument, the inscrip
tion thereon, tire site therefor, select au ota
tor for the occasion, and regulate the cere
monies to he observed when the corner
stone is laid, to-wit :
Generals L. McLaws, A. R. Wright., M. A.
Stovall, W M. Gardiner, Goode Bryon, r.olo
ml-, C. Snead, Wm. I*. Crawford, Majors
Jos B. Cummin?, G o. T Sacksan, Joseph
Ganabl, I. I*. Guilder, lion. R II._ May,
Adam Johnston, Jonuthan M. Mnlc*r, VN . u.
Goodrich, J. D. Butt, Henry Moore, Dr. W.
£ Dealing. _ .
The Agents iu the respective counties wn
retain tire money recrived for the sale ol
Tickets until the subscription hooks are
closed. In order that (he several amounts
may he returned to the N rare-bolder s, in case
tire number ot suhsetipiiona will not war
rant any further proceedure, the Agents w ill
report To this office, w&U, the result of
their sale-. When a sufficient number ot
the shares are sold, the Agents will receive
notice. They will theu forward to this office
the amounts received.
L. & A.*ll. McLAW S, Gen. A ts,
No 3 Oid r. 0. Range, McL.thsb st.,
J/ir 18 ts Augos'a, Ga.
W. F. Combs, ol Dawson, Ga , will he glad
to give information aud receive subscriptions.
DAWSON, (tA„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1871.
v.iintA, and Un i. Meaning,.
f From the Pliilailalpliia Ledger |
In the school lists, on cards of invi
tation, uml whorover elso young girl’s
names ore written or printod, we con
stantly find, in wlmt are called “pet
names, ’ now variations of old usage.
Mamie, Minnie, Clemmie, Louie, Ber
tio, indie, Lottie, Ettie, Millie, Mollie,
Mathe, iressie, Hattie, Nettie, Katie,
Addie, Indie, Kffie, Sadie, Currie, Gor
tie, Josie, are to ho lound, with many
more of the like character. The
alHivo samples aro both sufficient to
make the ridiculous nature of the cus
tom apparent, and to show that ab
surdities grouped together do not sup
port each other, but make each instance
more ridiculous by association. The
only excuse for “misnaming” tho young
•adies is, that these titles are supposed
to bo terms of affection and endear
ment. This pica is to a degree valid,
wheie the use of tho “pet name” is
confined to tho family circle, or is the
privilege <f very intimate friends.—
But to wr,U such names, to sign them
to formal letters, to record them in
school or other catalogues, and worse
than all, to print them in any connec
tion, is to widen tho “family circle”
exceedingly, and to increase “intimate
friendship” indofiuitolv.
A littie truvestie of fashionable cor
respondence was published some years
ago, which puts in an amusing light
the absurdity both of writing of pet
names and ot fashionable precosity.—
Iho waters are supposed to be youno*
ladies of eight years or thereabouts—
such young ladies as aro now figuring
in children s balls” at the watering
places, if the correspondents truly re
port. . The first note ran thus : “Miss
Minnie Smith’s compliments to Miss
Maggie Jones, and desires the pleas
ure of her company this evening. Re
freshments at 11.” The response was:
Miss Maggie Jones’ compliments to
Miss Minnie Smith, with regrets that j
prior engagements preclude the pleasure !
of acceptance. She is to be whipped I
at seven, and to be sent to bed withr j
out her supper at eight.”
111 order to see what is lost by the
defacing of honored names, till their j
oiigiu can scarcely bo recognized, it !
may be interesting to trace the signif- j
icance of a few of these which in one
sense—theiffrequency—mav bo called 1
common names. Take, first, Mary, 1
which, in its various legitimate forms, j
is borne, probably, by more persons !
m (. hristian lands than any other '
namo. Maria, Marion, and Miriam
ha\e Leon adopted as English names,
and have all tho same signification.—
llio first on record who boro the namo
is Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aa
ron. The derivation which is most
generally accepted is from tho word
Marah, bitter; and as Miriam was one
of the children of the captivity of
Egypt, it is not difficult to imagine
reasons why this name was cliosen.—
A\ liatevor was its origin, the first wear
er of the name made it a common one
in Israel, perhaps from the associations
of Miriam with the triumph at tho Rod
Sea. For an obvious reason the namo
has ativays been highly popular among
Christians ; and the poet seems to have
put in verse a universal sentiment
when he wrote “I have a passion for
the name of Mary.” Elizabeth or
Elisheba was tho wife of Aaron, tho
mother of the Jewish priesthood ; and
Elizabeth, the wife of Zachariuh, the
priest, was tho mother of John the
liaptist.
Thus curiously is the name con
nected with the beginning of the two
dispensations. The meaning of the
name is “God hath sworn,” and it is,
therefore, an appeal to his covenant.
Elissa, the name of the Queen who
founded Carthage, better known as
“Dido,” is the same as Elizabeth. So
aro Isabel, Isabella, and Eliza, other
forms of the same name ; Esther, Hes
ter, Stella and Estella mean a star ;
Laura signifies laurel; Ann, Anna,
Hannah, are all variations of the same
name, which means grace ; Margaret,
a pearl ; Martha is from the same root
as Mary ; Susan and Susannah, a lily;
Rachel, an ewe; Lydia is from the
name of a province in Asia, said by
Josephus to have been founded by the
children of Lud, fourth son of Shem ;
Charlotte and Caroline aro feminine
forms of Charles or Karl, signifying a
man or manly ; Emily, Amy, and Ame
lia, may mean affable, or industrious,
and Emma, sometimes confounded
with them, seems like Mamma, to have
oome from the first lispings ol the
child, and is said to mean grandmoth
er. Ellen, Helen aud Helena mean
light in the sense of luminous ; Catha
rine or Katherine, pure; Clara, Cla
rissa and Claribel, come from famous
or lair. Jano aud Johanna mean the
grace of the Lord. Abigail, meaning
"the father of joy,” must bo lead the
cause ot joy. Deborah is a 1 iee. Do
rothea and Dora mean the gift of God.
Dorcas is gazelle. Augustus is vener
able—honorable or stately, if young
ladies like that better. Agnes is pure.
Alice means “noble thoer,” good for a
housewife. Adelaide has a si mil
sense. Amanda means worthy to be
loved, l’hoebe is shining. Bridget
means strength. Harriet is a house
hold namo, meaning home rule. What
the very pleasant nuino Cecilia may
mean is disputed. The Roman Oeecil
itiu family objected to the legend that
their ancestor was blind, as the name
would import, aud invented othor le
gends. The present popularity of the
name comos from St. Cecilia, the mar
tyr, who sang with her last breath,
and is iu the calendar as the patroness
ot music. Matilda should be able to
hold her own, her name moaning bat
tle maid. Sophia is wisdom ; Sophro
nia, of a strong mind. Rebecca or
Rebekah couies from a root signifying
to bind, and is appropriately introduced
in a prayer in tho Episcopal marriage
service, Louisa means holiness.—
II ranees is free. Gertrude means spear
maid. Autoinotte is inestimable ; Ar
abella an oaglo heraine. Roxana is
the dawn of day ; Rhoda, a rose. Mil
icent means strength, Malvina, a
band-maid ; I flourishing;
Wilhelinina, like Will,elm and Wil
liam, helmet of resolution. The list
of names with their significations
might be indefinitely extended, but
what aro hero given will suffice to show
flow much better the h*nest old forms
aro than any school-girt travestie. If
our young ladies wore to investigate
their own names, and tlso seek out
the meaning and history of othor com
mon things—for words ire things, and
all things have a liistor/—they would
find in such a pursuit loth recreation
and instruction.
Scene in a Mayor’s Court.
The following laughable affair is
said to have occurrod at Warsaw, In
diana :
Mayor—Jacob Smith, you havo boen
charged with assault and battery,
what havo you to say, guilty or not
guilty ?
Prisoner—Veil, Mislter Mare, I ish
neider guilty or not guilty. 1 never
does eat salt on de baiter kakes, and
if jou keeps shtill a let-dle vile, I tells
you all about vat dat p>lo-les© prings
mo here and buts me iu der caboose.
I youst comes to town on a lcedlo pish
uess ; dot ish, I Laid some old long
standing agounts vot dook all der
monish vat I had, aud den I makes
some pigger debts as Iliad peforo, as
deso town fellers dreatsyou very easy
—but youst let dem tovm fellers come
to do country and doy find somodiugs
out. Veil, Mishtor Mare, I was up
stairs to dem Indiana fellers to get de
bapers, and ven I cone to de top of
do shtair shteps, I got lcedlo overpal
ance because I yousl come from de
j grocery where I paid a big old ’gount,
j and “at feller, he make mo drink a
lectio too much, more as I vant, and I
| fell head over packwards more as sev
I on shteps ; und dere was a feller vot
| was standing on dar shteps, und I
struck him mit my trowser legs, und
i" e )’ ous t K° long togedder to der pot
j tom, und 1 vas padly hurt ’pout de
| trowsers, much padder as he. One of
1 ?°' vser D'gs vas nltogeddor gono. I
I did not know which way to go—up
street or down street—und I vas
j a * ea . Dat fellow vat I trow down
J shtair would lick mo; so I jump into
(le seller ; und vat you dinks ? do sol
ler shtep took off do odder trowser
leg, und ven I gits in dor seller, dere
" as a ibller vot was shaven anoder
man, und ven he seen me mit all both
cone > ho last so much at
me dat der raser -n.-u. . . i.nq, lm g pllf :
1 Der blood off do odder man, von he
shump up von de chair und dukes his
foot away von dat shaving man’s nose.
My Coodness ! how ho did pleed und
holler; und den one of dem polo-lese
lie come down, und der first man vat
lie looks at vas mo. I was padly
’shamed; lie looked like such a gute
man, mit brass coat and blue buttons;
lie says to me, “Come along.” Veil,
I dond like to go mit him on de shtreot,
as I knowed der poys would luff at me.
| He say I must come, und I pull back ;
uen he got der man vat makes der
nose pleed on der shaving man to help
pring uie out der seller. O, but I did
leel bad ven he dakes mo und locks
me in der iron grate for nodding.—
Mare, Ish dis rito? Und kis salt und
batter is not guto for me.
Mayor—Assault and battery means
to fight another man. Do you know
what tho question is?
1 risonor—t), if dat ish vat you vants
to know, I never fights nobody as I
know I git licked iu dis country. No
peoples here won’t fight a dutch fight,
und der man vat help fetch me here
is do feller, if salt aud batter is maken
blood out el dor noze. Now, Mishtor
Mare. I ish a good duchuian, und all
vot 1 vants you to do is, fine me und
der coshts for fallen down sh fairs ven
1 hid no pishness ftTdo it, uud ven 1
come once more to town, I prings you
some butter and eggs, as dut always
goes so good us money any place.
A Cuiro young man lias boon sent
up three months for kissing a sehool
ma am. Not a very pretty school
ma’am either.
A Now Orleans thief returned some
abstracted clothing that proved too
Bmall, aud wrote the owner that he
would wait for him to grow.
There aro now four hundred profes
sional wood engravers in the United
btutes. Thirty years ago there w ere
not twenty.
A Pittsburgh woman playfully woke
her husband by* jiouring vitriol in his
lace. In a prison cell she sits.
A youth of Washington carries a
lot of livo snakes in bis pockets, aud
isn’t a bit afraid of pickpockets either. I
The books in the library belonn*in£r
to the British ajwo I.i
twelve miles ot s> , IV >«* ."mug "fees- ! v
“ <Supper*, private'
Ls in estimatedr^ n /
cattle driven In u\o- . . ■
will reach oi'riit'AOY?"*' tV ’*? j
, ~‘\ y *./• « ■?
' I ho Indiana gentlburfin'wfio used to
bite off snakes’ heads lias gone whero
the violets aie blooming.
Three elephants, on an average,
come to tins country each year. They ,
cost about SB,ODD apiece.
Cosckai.kd Wkai*ons.— Governor
Scntor, of Tennessee, has declared lie
will not pardon a person convicted o"
carrying or using concealed weapons.
We supposo there will not he a dis
Center to this decision with a single
law-abiding citizen of Tennessee j and
if Gov. Bullock will go and do like
wise, crime in this State will soon be
reduced 100 per cent .—/leant County
ycus.
Good-bye, but Come Agalu.
Oil, muHt wt* part—how sad the worda
Are falling on n»y heart;
Tour beaming eyes would bid me stay.
But, dear one, we rnubt part.
And yet the word* of hope you breathe,
//avc Dorm* away my pain ,
1 bleaa the lipa that sweetly say,
Good-bye, but come agtiu.
WW blUa to hold your hand in mine,
Aud gese into your eyes;
What bIIHH to know one heart in true,
’Acuth fair or cloudy akics.
Your chocring worda, like summer flowers,
•Shall in my heart remain ;
I’ll erer bleas those lips that say,
Good-bye, but come again. M. S. K.
AN ANCIEXT MARINER.
Two Hundred amd Six Years
ou (lie lligii Sean.
“Did you say you served apprentice
ship in the Arothusa.”
“Yes, 1 served my tirno in the Are-
tliusa.”
“YVliat age were you when you
went to sea ?”
“I was sixteen ”
“l’ut down sixteen, Bill.”
The scene of tho present dialogue
was the forecastle of a collier brig at
anchor in the Thames, the speakers,
an old seaman and three others scarce
ly at middle age, ono of whom, behind
tho old man, acted as clerk, with a
piece of chalk, using tho lid of his
chest as a desk.
“Put down sixteen, Bill,” whispered
ono, and the number was put down.
“Then, how long were you in the Ar
thusa ?”
“I served five years,” said the old
man ; “then I stopped by lier*anotlier
three; I was eight years in her alto-
f ether. I liked the ship very well, but
did not like the owner.”
Bill, who was all attention, put down
an eight below the sixteen.
“But you wore a young follow then ; I
should think you would uot bo long
out of a ship.”
“I got a ship directly, and sailed for
North America. Weli, as it happened
wo were wnter-logod as we were on
our passage home ; all hands took to
tho rigging, woro wo remained days
without a bite of anything, or os mucli
as a drink. On the fourth day, got
hold of a dead bird of some kind that
was floating past—ate it feathers and
all. Well, 1 have not yet told you, all
hands died but myself, and tho only
way I could keep myself alive was by
sucking the grease out of the ropes. I
knocked about upon tho rigging for a
month. At last I was {picked up by
an American vessel, and taken to
America. The Amereians used mo
»prr 11 I 1" T trndod Lni-lr mid fnr
ward among tho American ports for a
long time.”
“How long you suppose you were
in America altogether 7”
“I was away ten years from leaving:
home.”
“Didn’t you go into the Greenland
trade after that?”
“No; it was not till some time after.
I was on board of a man-of-war before
I was in tho Greenland trade. Some
how or other the press-gang got scent
of me; a good run wo had; I was nim
ble on my feet then ;If 1 had not
slipped and falleu souse into an ash
midden, 1 believe they never would
have taken me; but take mo they did.
Well, I was .seven years iu his Majes
ty’s service, and I liked the service
very well; but one day the captain and
I had a few words, and said I to my
self, “Tho sooner we part company the
better, old follow.” So I ran away—
it was iu tho West Indies. 1 knew
they would all be after me, so I got
myself stowed into a hogshead of su
gar, and sent abourd ol a merchant
man, and got clear off that way.”
Bill, who was listening in silence,
put down, “Ou Lourd man-of-war, sev
en years.”
“Then did you get homo all right ?”
“Yes, aud tlieu I went to Green
land. My eyes ! what sport we had
there the first ten years 1 was in the
trade ! I was there that year when
there wasn’t a whale to bo seen, und
we loaded the ship with seals. A
weary job we had ; the ice was short
and liuuiinocky, aud the seals as shy
as foxes. Somehow we always Found
one or two Follows, wlio’d been fuddled
tho night before, that forgot the way
into the water. When tho brutes
makes a dive, they aro out of sight iu
a minute.”
“How long wore you in the Green
land trade ?”
“I was nineteen years altogether.
Then 1 fancied I would like to bo in
a warmer climate; so I got into an
East ludiaman, and traded to tho East
Indies for a long time.”
“How long do you suppose ?”
“About thirteen years. At last the
ship was token by pirates, and most of
. the crew had to walk the plank ; only
| three of us saved our lives by coiucti
-1 ting to be pirates with the rest. 1
' .*• liked a pirate’s life; so ono day.
rcri* , , y ’
Njji we were vshore on a largo ts
nd watching, I took leg-bail and
r ran away. I’d been with them throe
years, which was quite enough. Well,
i got among the natives of the place,
who were mighty kind in their way;
and, as I was a brisk young fellow, I
wasn’t long in finding a wifo among
them, so I lived there just like a savago
for sixteen years; for there was no
chance of getting away, and it was
just as well to make myself happy.
But at last an English ship put iu for
water, and the longing came over me
to get back to my nativq land ; so 1
smuggled myself on board just as sho
was ready for sea, aud giad I was that
my wife didn’t follow me.” 1
“Bid you get home all right and
tight?”
„ All right aud tight, boy 1”
“Then 1 suppose you would not lie
up any time at home '(”
“1 didn’t lio up at ull. When I got
home I found my brother had gone to
America; so nothing would servo me
but I would go seek him, as I had
not Seen him for a long time. Bo I
got a ship, and off I went.; but I never
saw him from that day to this,
although I wandered through Amer
ica for live years seeking him I turn
ed, tired of wandering, and got into
little vessel trading between I’riuce
Edward’s island and tho mainland ;
aud I traded in her for ten years—ten
long years, 1 can assure you.
“Haven’t you been a long timo in
the coal-trade !”
“1 was thirty years in tho coal-trade
boibro I went to China.”
“How did you liko the China
trude ?”
“1 liked it very well, but was only
in it about five years. Alter that I got
into tho Baltic trad', I was seven
yvurs iu it, l„it F tired of it SO I got
a ship and wont on to tho 'V est Indies
where I was put ashore sick, and lay
in the hospital for three years. When
L did get better, I was a better man
tliun ever, so I started negro-driver on
a plantation, where I whipped the
jioor fellows on lor nine years, till at
last the old fit came on me, and 1
would be off to sea again.”
“Was that before you woro captain
of the old Clinker?”
“Yes thut was just before I got to
be captain of the Clinker ?”
“Weren’t you a long timo captuin
of the Clinker ?”
“I was captain of the Clinker for
nineteen years. I was captain of her
till she was lost in the Gun-fleet.
Sound, it was as much as wo could do
to save our lives that time,”
“What ship was it you lost iu tho
S waiver ?”
“That was Peggy. I was a long
timo in her both mate and master. I
was four years mate and eight years
master.”
“How is it since tho Peggy was
lost ?”
“Let mo see ; it will bo fourteen
years this next month ; just fourtoou
exactly.”
‘’Thou you must boa good old fol
low now ?”
“Aye, I’m a good old nge new, you
may depend.”
“See what age ho is there, Bill, will
you ?”
Bill, who had boen listening iu the
back-ground, and tuking notes ou the
lid of liis chest, proceeded to read
tho following items:
years.
Wont to sea in the Aretliusa, when l(i
In the Arothusa 8
In America 10
Ou liuuril
Iu Greenland trade If)
In East India trade 13
Among tho pirates 8
Among the savagos 10
Traveled in America 5
Traded in prince Edward’s Island...lo
Iu the coal trade '. 30
In the China trude 2
In tho Baltic trade 7
In the hospital 8
Negro-driver <)
Captain of the Clinker 11)
111 the Peggy 12
Since the l’eggy was lust 14
Total 2UG
Then you’ll be two hundred and six
years old !” said Bill, with a chuckle.
“Bravo !” said Tom. “There’s not
a man like him in the fleet!”
Wife’s Devotion.
A 3*oung man withdraws a trusting
wife from her father,* house to ihe
greater sacredness of his own. Al
ready he is ensnared by both tho cup
and the gambler’s instruments. In
tho course of a year, shadows begin
to creep over tho blight prospects of
their wedded life. Tiioir morning is
fast changing to evening. The day
grows shorter that never shall lie long
again. Littlo by little, vice and dtssi
pation are currying him down toward
degradation and ruin. She boars
with him patiently, vainly strives by
allectiou and kindness to leclaim him.
At length bo is regularly brought
home besotted. That form, meant to
bo the golden temple of love, lias be
come sulphurous, and seems like a
temple ol devils. And yet although
every ono advises her to separate her
self from him and abandon him, slio
cannot forget her lovo for him, or re
fuse to administer to him in his wretch
edness. Through day and through
the night, for weeks and months uud
years that seem interminable, she is
faithful to that swolen, loathesomo
mass. His father and mother dis
owned him. His neighbors scorn and
scoff at him. Were it not for her
they would not durkcu the door of his
dwelling. She will not leave him nor
forsake him. And when at last huv-
D>g gone from allluonce td [Hiverty and
rags mid squalid misery, 110 comes to
his delirious edd and scorns liko one
in life already iu the liquid flame tor
rant, she arises to sing bomejiyu;;;* hr
comfort him, pad in prayer, calls out
i- God lor him. Aud dying, in all
tho world there is not one to shed a
tear for him excepfthe wife. She does
weep over that disgusting corruption
Having begun to lovo him she loves
him to tho end.—N. Y”. Ledger.
Ami:x. —lt is related of a certain
minister of Manic who was noted for
Ins long sermons with many divisions,
that one day when lie was advancing
among the teens, and had thoroughly
wearied his hearers, at length he
ie rched ukindofrestingplaccin the dis
course, when, pausing to take breath,
aud looking about over his audience,
he asked the question, “And what
shall I say more ?” A voice from the
congregation, more suggestive than
reverent, earnestly responded, ‘Say
Aiueu ” ,
VOL VI.-—NO 30,
The total amount tff Currency lost
° r WO ™ ,°?* "Diile in circulation will
exceed $0,300,000, or 15 per cent, ol
th© whole issue.
There is a man in Eowiston, Ife .
over <0 years of age, who has never
aac** 4 * 1 —* w
In Nashville, a' lawyer smashed a
bottle of ink over the Judge’s head,
wheroupn his Honor promptly knocked'
him down with Stark re on Evidonco.
Anew homo for agod poor will
shortly bo eroded at a cost of $135,.-
000 by the Brooklyn Baptist Social-
Union.
In the examination of the steam
boilers of New York, nineteen havo
been iotmd defective and unfit for
use.
\ mill creek farmer in Oregon has
raised 12,000 watermelons this season,
weighing 50 pounds wach»on tho aves
age.
Wooten & Haight’s Circus is billeif
for Boston, Dth September. At this
point they will organize for a Southern
tour.
H. N. Hudson, the Shakspeare crit
ic, lias in press the second volume of
bis plays of Siiakspeuro, prepared toe
schools-
Considerable preparations are being
uiado for the Annual Fair of the Ten
nessee Agricultural and Mechanical
Association at Nashville.
Late advices from Ijeheran sav that
the famine in ono district of Persia
has reached such a state that starving
people havo killed and eaten fifty chil
dren.
Tho heirs of ex-Governor Charles
J. McDonald, according to tho Macou
Telegraph, havo commenced suit for
tho recovery of tho Labrntory proper
ty, tho site of tho first State Fair.
The schooner Anna Dale lias arriv
ed at Jacksonville from New York,
narrowly escaping shipwreck by throw
ing ov;or seventy live tons of railroad)
iron.
A gentleman expressed his adntira
liod to a lady of her toilet. She said
she supposed he had been impressed
by her angel sleeves He answered
with effusion : “No, but I'd like to be.”*
A case is recently said to havo oc
curred beyond tho skill of ordinary oc
ulists. It is that of a young lady who,
instead of a common pupil, has a col
lege student iu her eye.
Ono hundred and forty-one new Na
tional banka were originated last year,
and since the passage of the present
law, i,8.\!0 of those banks have boom
put in operation.
Tho bodies of 32 Confederate sol
diers removed from the Gettysburg bat
tle field arrived in Savannah, Monday,
from Baltimore, for hi torment in th«
Laurell Hill Cemetery.
At a California fair, recently, sever
al bottles ot strained honey were put
ou exhibition, when a chap put a bot
tle ol castor oil with tho rest. Tho*
opinion of all who tried it was, that
the bee that made it was a fraud.
‘What do 3*oll ask for th.it article Y*
inquired an old gentleman of a pretty
shop-girl. ‘Two dollars.’ ‘Au’t you*
a little dear?’ ‘W'li3*,’ she replied,
blushing, ‘all the young men tell me 1
so!’
Teacher. “Tuning, what doe*
li-ft i r spell ?” Apt pupil.—“DunUo;-
sir.” Teacher.—“ Why, 3*ou numb
skull, what have 3*oll got ou your
Dead ?” Apt pupil —“1 duuuo,- sir,
but I think it bees a flea.”
A. T. Steward’s new hotel for wo
men, is rapidly progressing toward
completion, 'lwo million dollars have
been appropriated for it, and another
million will bo required to complete
it.
A dispatch from Montgonmny, Ain.
of the 23d, says: There is no longer
any doubt übuuttlio appearaneo of the
army worm iu unusual numbers
through the richest cotton counties.—
The rains now fulling will aid their de
velopments.
A Philadelphia correspondent of the
Now York World writes a column or
so about Penns’dvaniapolitics. After
a lull review ot the situation, wherein
the squabbling* and bickerings in the
Republican ranks nref freely detailed,
be concludes that Pennsylvania is at
this moment as thoroughly democratic
as it was iu the diys of Jackson. tSo
much for the Ko3*stoue State.
“I know what your beau's pfetty
white horse’s name is,” said u little
boy to his grown-up sister, tho other
morning ; “It’s Dumye.” “Hush Ed
die,” said the horrified sister, “that
is naughty.” “Well, I don’t care
if ’tis,” said tho juvenile, “that’s his
unme, ’cos last night 1 was out side
the fence when lie stopped at tha front
gate, and I heurd“hTm say “Whoa!
Dumye.”
St. Louis, August 2L—Dispatches
from Huntsville, Missouri, sii3*s that
1200 Confederates met at Roanuke
Fair Grounds to-day. Gov. Reynolds,
Gen. Shelhy and others addressed
them. Politics u ere not alluded to.
The meeting pussod the Following res
■olution :
“That it is the duty of all to turn
their backs upon fke juist, and grasp
manfully the duties and responsibili
ties of tho futvre.”
They h»*e something worse than
potato chinch bugs, seventeen
year legists, curenliet caterpillars, etc.,
out ft lowa, and all the country odi
toK “go for” him pretty strongly.
’Jney call him the “Uh tag >buimuuv”
-Tt home he, is a “commercial travel
. e*.”