Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

THE DAW SON WEEKLY JOURNAL STOW rSviroc ===== === == "===== v,/ 1 i _m_ m-j $ by WESTON & COMBS. fatosoit tKiletliln journal, POBLIsnKD EVERY THURSDAY. TEIIJUS—Str icily in Advance. Three months 75 Six months .> 1 26 Oae year 2 00 advertising rates^ NO. SQUARES. ONE MONTH. TWO MONTHS. j THREE M’THS. SIX MONTHS. ONE TEAR. | ON*. $ 800 $ 500 ( 7 00 sl2 60 S2O 00 Two 500 76010001800 25 00 three 700 10 00 12 Oo 20 00 30 00 POUR 9001200 16 i 10 00 18 00 25 Os); 40 00 j6O 00 i 15 00 i6 00 35 00 60 00 110 00 J i 1 col. | 25 00 40 00( 60 00.110 00 200 0 To Advertiser's : —The money for ad vertising considered due after first inser tion. Advertisements inserted at intervals to be charged as new each insertion. An additional charge of 10 per cent will b« made on advertisements ordered to be in* serted on a particular page. Advertisements under the head of "Spe cial Notices” will be inserted for J 5 cents por line, for the first insertion, and 10 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements in the “ Local Column,” will be inserted at 25 cents per line for the first, aud 20 cent* per line for each subse quent insertion. All communications or letters on business intended for this office should be addressed to “ The Dawson Journal ” Lyon, DeGroirenried and Irvin. 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 mm owSlfii 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*.”