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THE DAWSON W 1 IKLY JOURNAL,
BY WESTON & COMBS.
{lateon Siilechlii lounval,
PUULISIIKD EVERY THURSDAY.
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Three months $ 75
Six months 1 25
One year 2 00
ADVERTISING RATES :
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j TWO MONTHS.
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| SIX MONTHS.
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ON 5 YEAR.
ONK. $ 800 $ 500 $ 7§o sl2 50 S2O (
TWO 500 750 10 00] 18 Ooj 25 00
TRUER 700 10 00 12 On. 20 00 30 00
POUR 900 12 00 16 00' 26 Oo 40 00
J 10 00 13 00 25 Ooj 40 00 60 00
i 15 00 25 00 35 00 CO 00 110 00
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lei- 25 00 40 00 60 OOillO 00|290 0
To atdvei'llscrs :—The money for ad
vertising consideted due after first inser
tion.
Advertisements inserted at intervals to be
charged as new each insertion.
An additional charge of 10 per cent will
bo made on advertisements ordered to be in
serted on a particular page.
Advertisements under the head of “Spe
cial Notices” will be inserted for 15 cents
por line, for the first insertion, and 10 cents
per line for each subsequent insertion.
Advertisements in the “lineal Column,”
will be inserted at 25 cents per line for tlie
first, and 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”
(Sards.
“Trn.c. r. Mottlir~
INTENDING to locate permanently in Daw
son, Ga , tenders his professional services
to the citizens of the place and vicinity. From
his long experience io the treatment of Dis
. uses in S W. Georgia, he flatters hitn >elf
that ho will be able to give entire satisfac
tion. He may bo found, lor the present,
when uot professionally engaged, during the
day at one of the Drug .Stores, and at night
at the residence of J. W. Reddick.
Refers to any of his former patrons.
septl4 ts
Lycn, DcGrafffuried and Irvin.
Attorneys at Law,
JIACO.V, - - - GSICRGIA.
\ \ 7 11.L give attention o professional bus-
V V iness in the Macon, South western &
/’ataula Circuits ; in the U 3 Courts, ui.3a
vannaU, and aidants, and by epecid con
tract in any part of (he State.
V. mT.
filer e p Oil jailor t LaW,
Djirso.V, c.i.
DR. G. W. FARRAR
HAS located in this city, and offers ins
Professions! services to the public-
Office next door to the “Journal office,'" on
Main Street, whetc lie can be found in the
d,v, unless purfossionaily engaged, and at
right at Lis residence opposite the Jlaptist
church fob. 2-ts:
K. J*
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SIvIItKST'ILLJ], - - -_&•£•
G. W. WARWICK,
Att’y at Law And Solicitor in Equity
SMITH VILLJE, CA.
Will practice in South Wescrn and Pataula
circuits. Collections promptly remitted.
n a. collier. c. t. curves.
TOWNS HOUSES,
EldiUA If ST.,
ALBANY, GA.
liY
C. A. COLLIER & CO. .
McAFE HOUSE,
At Smiilmilf, l a.
r IMIE undersigneii having fitted op the Me
l Afre House at SomtiviUi', takes pleasure
in notifying the travelling ptiblie that the
above house is now in the “full tide” < f #he
cessful administration by himself. He will
spare no expense to make it a First-Class
Hotel. J/eals ready on the arrival of the
rain. W. M. McAFEi?.
PftmSh
tUrlo
O|T f ipgjff I
.. j ,:.i eliViiiii B
Wo are now prepared to soli
PROVISIONS ON TIME
CIUM & lUCKEII.
M ya‘2s, if-
COTTONi”
Campbell &. jones
•Agaia offer their services and
Merchant?, as
Warehouse & Commission
RBEI2GKANTS,
■/Ind ask a continuauce. of *he patronage so
liberally given them the past season.
Close personal at l eulion given to tlie Stor
age aud Sale of G’ottou, aud to the filling.of
orders for Bagging and Ties and Plantation
Supplies.
Refer to the patrons of the pa9t season.
■Remember the place—
Iron Warehouse,
Poplar st., MACOST, GA.
P. S.—Agents for the Winehip Improved
Cotton Gin and John lierrymau Si Co.’s -lin
moniated Ciseolved Hones, which we now of
fer at a reduced price. . sept 14 3tn
TAX KOTSGE.
I will bo at tlio following districts
ot tho. time given, for tiro purpose of
collecting the State und County Tax
tor Terrell county:
List riot. October. November.
4 tli 2d & 16th Ist
“id 3d & 17th 2d
Dth 4th &, 20th 4th
PL 10th & 23d Bth
llth 11th Ith 10th
•Dawson 14th & 27th 15th
1 artios will plea so bo prompt, as I
shall close my boohs after tbo 15th of
November. W. B. OXFOKD.
sept 28-7 w
“• V - L£K B. C. PEEPLES.
T*? r -7j 7777* *57 am n
S t .dft ! •
ffllSLlJli!
WE I avo combined our stocks
anil it,tend to do a general
LIIY GOODS AND GROCEUY
business at tbo old stand of N. 11.
Lee, oil Depot Street, next door to
Leo & Dro. We are determined to
keep u stock that will do credit to our
city and ourselves, and ask old lriends
und new friends to give cs a call und
sco what inducements wij can offer.
LEE & PEEBLES.
Sejr. 14-3 m.
JSICYFMIB?
tEBKt BSMRE
IN THE WORLD.
I have secured the Agency for the
celebrated
'A S'
FLOBEKCE SEWiNS MACHINE
and am prepared, from n personal
knowledge of it, as well as by ccrlifi
i-rites from tin se who bnve used them,
to testify to its superior exec!! ne.o.
The following are the advantages
claimed for Ibis Machine over all oth
ers ;
It is the only kind of Machine that
makes four kinds of stitch, tar e of
which are made on n > other Machine
anil are stronger and mot e clastic than
any other.
It is the only Machine that can sow
in in re :han one direction, having a
invisible .feed.
It .has an improved hctnhn r, ma
king any v.id hos hem, and easily
managed, own'd exclusively by the
F orerice Company.
It will hcai anything and make
pert ‘ft corners
It h'm-, fells, cords, braids, tucks,
quids, braids, gathers, &e,, w ithout
basting.
It makes a gather and sews it to a
band i t one operation perf. oily, (un
equaled in this )
It is the only Mathioc having a self
adjusting shuttle t usion—a gr at im
provement over ail others, rendering
it easy to do good work on any fabric
It fastens the end of a seem better
and quicker than a seamstre-s can.
The Floreuco Sewing Machine is
simple m construction, and requires so
little to change for anv kind of work,
that its operation can be easily under
stood.
livery part is stt- ng and durable ;
its motions are ah posi’ive, not depen
dent on tbe variable and uncertain ac
tion of spring*, hence it is almost im
possible lor a Florence Machine to get
really out of order, or not to how if
threaded right.
The Machines are warranted iu
every particular.
I Intend every Florence Machine I
sell shall give entire satisfaction, sus
taining its reputation as being the
most teliable Sewing Machine in use
All 1 ask is for you to try the Machine.
Head below ceitificates from Mrs
Harrison H'gers. and Mrs. T. J. 11 art.
The former has had me of these Ma
chines in constant u e for three years.
Address, (J. 0. - lib SS, A gt.,
DuwjOD, Gu.
OKKTIFIGATEB:
I ht»ve teen using the Florence
Sewing Mach no constantly for three
years. It has never given mo any
trouble, and 1 consider it a first-class
Machine. Mbs 11. Hogeus.
From the knowledge I have of Sew
ing Machines 1 consider the merits of
the Florence unsurpassed
july 10-ts. Mbs. T J. 11-Utr,
DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1871.
&ran ffusfness Directory,
Dry.Contis Morelia ill*.
( tStI.TI, ,v. TrCKIIIt, Dealer* in
V,' Dry Goods Clothing, Roots and Shoes
Groceries Ac. .t’so agents for some of the
most, approved EVitilizerv. Main Street.
KCTWESS. EDWARD, Dealer la
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Groceries
Hardware, Crochtry etc.
01-11. \V. £'\ Dealer in Fancy and sta -
ple Dry Goods, Main et., uext door to
J. W. Reddick’s.
Grocery ISerclntiUs
T.j ODD, £3., D-.-alcr In Groceries and
11. Family sunoUe.i generally, »l W. F.
Gri’s old stand, under ‘Journal” Office,
Main st.
I Ot ff.EINN, Jf, 21, Grocer Mi (I Com
jnission 3/c rcliaot, Dealer iu ILicou,
Flour, Liquors, &c.
1) ,V. Grocer denier in Ba-
L con, Flour, Lard, Tobacco, &c.
IIA USa WAfiftlS. ~
]T LE <X, I? S’ HE IS, Dealers iti
■T Hardware. Iron and Steel, Wagon Tim
bora, and Plan ration Tools. Alhq
'.lii i.'; flm A -it?, \luli7 tot,, at J. . i orry c
<d i 8t «t >J. J
p l naVI .AT, A M S3 K V, W. Dealer
a 3 in Dry tDiods, Groceries, Hardware Ont
terlv, Furniture, ltt door from the Hotel.
Oruggisig,
{ tSI RAT PI A 35, qy. A., Druggist and
-Chysician. \Vill visit by day or night,
patents in Town will prescribe for
any and all the ills that flesh is heir to.
Keeps a coniplo'e supply of Drugs and Med-,
irincs. School Books and stationary—Gar
den Seeds Ac., Ac., At his obi stand, The
Red Drug Store on Main St., (TERJ/S Strict
ly Cash.
T AWES, I>!6. J. If., Dealer in
*’ lbugs, J/edicines, Oils, Paints, Dye-
Stuffs, Garden Seed, &c., &e.
Livery Slable. —
pRIKCK, «. A .J. K., Sale,
S Feed and Livery jS’-.alde. Carriage*,
Hacks, Buggies, Drays, Wagons, Harness
and Mules tar sale or hire. Horses boarded
at reasonable rktrjL Depot Stieet.
ul ttifsiiirni fejioi*.
WART, RASDALL. Will make
» ' and repair Wagons, Buggies Plows
D'eltson Sweep, Shoeing horses, near Post
Offcc-. Always ready to do woik good and
cheap Jan. 1 0 I v
GUBSCR3PTICWB
Aro rcspeo.fully eoltcitcd for the eretion of
MO JNT UMEN T
TO THE
Confederate Dsad of Georgia,
And those Soldiers front nthrr Ge.nfnderato
States who were killed or died iu this State.
TUB MOXUNRXT TO COST J 70,000.
The Corner Stone it is prono-ed shall be
laid on'tfie 4th o! July, or so coon thereafter
as the receipts will permit.
l'ur every F.ve Dollars subsetlbed, there
will ho given a certificate of Life Membership
to the the Monumental .Association. This
certificate will entitle the owner thereof to an
equal interest in the following property, to be
distributed as soon ns requisite numbers oi
shares ate sold, tt-wit :
First, Nine Liundied and one,acros
of Land in Lincoln county, Geora
pin, on which are the veil known
M igrnder (fold at and Copper Mines
Valued at $150,000
Arid to Svvcu'een Hundred and Portys
four shares in One Hundred Thousand Dol
lars of United States currency, 10-w it :
l Sharecf »t<\0n0.....' ..f tn.tvo
1 .“ S,(K)U 5,t00
•l “ 2,50 > S,CUD
:o “ 2,000 2o,(XV)
10 “ 1,000 10,(.o o
20 “ 500 10,000
Kit) “ 100 10,(X 0
i'OO “ 60 T. lO.t'iO
100 “ 25 10,000
lUUO “ lo 10,000
SIOO,OOO
The value of the separate interest, to which
the holder of each certificate will be entitled,
will he determined by tbe Commi.ss’.oners,who
will announce to tbe public the manner, the
time and place of distribution.
Tbe following geotft men have consented
to act as eon n,is-iouers, and will ci'her by a
committee from their ow n body, or by spe
cial trustees, appointed by themselves, ic
crive and take proper charge of the money
for tlm Monument, as well as the Real Astute
and the U. S. Currency cfi'gred as induce
ments f r subscription, and will determine
upon the plan (or the Monument, the inscrip
tion thereon, the site therefor,select an ora
tor for the occasion, and regulate the cere
monies to be observed when the coruer
stono is laid, to-wit :
Generals L McLaw.t, A. R. Wright, M. A.
Stovall, W SI. Gardiner, Goode BryOti, Colo
nel?, C. Sue.d, Win. P. Crawford, Majors
Jos. B. Cummfng, Geo. T Sucksan, Joseph
Ganabl, I. P. Giretdey, Hon. U. 11. May,
Adam Johnston, Jonathan M. Miller, W. H.
Goodrich, J. D. Butt, Heary Moore, Dr. W.
K Hearing.
The Agents in the respective counties will
retain the money received for the sale ol
Tickets until the subscription books itre
cloecd. In order that (lie several amounts
tnay bo returned to the .Share-holders, in case
the number of subscriptions will uot war
rant any further proceedure, the Agents will
report to this cilice, weekly, the result of
their sales. When a sufficient number ol
the shares are sold, the Agents will receive
notice. They will then forward to this office
the amounts received.
L k A. If. McLAWS, Gen. A. ’ts,
. No. 3 Old P. O. RaDge, Melnthsh st.,
Mur 18 ts Augusta, Ga.
W. F. CotnUfc, of Dawson, Ga , will be glad
to give information and receive subscriptions
tAWXON & WMGLIAGIIA.TI,
HUCCCHPOI’B tO /
LAWTON & LAWTON,
FOURTH STKKET,
Georgia,
W A K TC HOUB tC
Cotton and Commission Merchants.
Adviiinf’n innd<« ou Cotton in Store when
desired. Guano Dealers. aug.fc4-3
Terrell Court of Ordinary.
At Ciiamiikro, ,9c-pt 13,1871.
IT is ordered ih.it tbe following per ccntmn
be, mid tbe same is hereby levied ou tbe
lute l a*, as a County Tax lor Terrell coon
y for the jear 1871, to-wit: Twelve and one
half (12J) per cent, for the salaries oi the
histiict Judge and Solicitor ; ninety-two and
one fourth (t'df) per cent, for buiidiug fund
seven and threo-foutlhs (7)f) per cent, for
| educational fund; three (3) per cent, for
i bridge fuud ; twenty-seven nnd one half
1 (27 J) per cent for comity purposes ; seven-.
| uen (17) per cent, (or pau| or turn , and tit
I teen (15) petr cent, lor juryfuud.
ecptl-itf T if. JCKES, OiJy.
A OIUHBOLII rOJCJTI.
Who *hftll Judge a mAil froiu manners f
Jfho ghnll know Lltn by his dress y
i’aupc rs may bo fit for pilncea—
l*i 1 nons fit for icas;
Crumpled bhirt and dirty *aeket,
Muy bo, ore
us th<- tb .’pt-st
y-itiu vest coultr^^Hrnfn*.
There are of # . i ;r
Ever w riling out of * iyiy
There are purple buds .;t.d’gtJlden
Hidden, croudiod *md overgrown ;
God, who counts by ftoal:*. not dreFSOs’
Loves and prospers you and me,
While he valucsthronoc tT»« highest
Aft.n upraised above Jils )\..l)ows,
Oft forgt IG llic u llo\fi thvu;
Mm tern, rulers, rememlxT
7*Suit your imvvu .'t kmd»< ire meu ;
Mon by labor, men by feeling,
Men by thought, mrn by frame,
Claiming equal rights sunshfuc
Iu a uiau’s ennobling name.
Teihe nrc foam-embroUlercd ooenns,
Them are little weed*elad rills,
There are feeble saplings,
There are cedar so • Jig hill;:,
(Jed, who counts by r yJ..... uot Hf..tionH,
Loves Mlrt iUi'> 4 M aud :
For, to Mm .'fc-min and stuutieu
Lie as pebbles iu the sea.
Toiling hands alone arc builders
Os a nation’s wealth or fame,
Titled lnziuftssis peusioued.
Fed and fattened on the name,
by the Bweiit of et hers’ foreheads,
Living ouly to rejoice,
While the poor maids outraged freedom
Vainly lilted up his voice.
Truth and justice are eternal»
Horn with lovcllucrb and light,
Secret wrongs shall never prosper,
While there is a sunny right,
God, whose world-heard voice is singing
yiouiidlcßß love to you and me,
Sinks oppression with its titles,
A a the pebbles iu the se:u
A Slide on llxe flarroyr Gallic
I shoulil havo chronicled sometime
ago an excursion on tho Denver and
llio Grande narrow railway.—
We went about fifteen miles—as far
as tbo rails wore then laid. It was a
charming dny. Wo had a pleasant
company of citizens and tourists, and
all “morry as tbo marriage bell,” in
tbo old days when marriages wore of
some account. On tbo tiio railway
you are struck at onco with the re duced
proportions of everything—from tbo
locomotives, which soeui like a very
small variety of the ‘iron horse,’ —a
fiery littlo mustang —to the lamps in
the cars. The curs tin mselvos aro
blight, pretty, diminutive affairs, cosy
and comfortable. It seems like play
ing at railroading, especially as there
is marvellously littie noise or motion.
Never have 1 known a train glide
along so smoothly and quietly. Tho
littlo engine ‘buckled right down to
her work,’ liko Ohiquita, and made no
ado about it for several miles, when 1
grieve to sny sho suddenly balked and
bad to be “switched.” We took an
other liorso and wont merrily on to
tho cud of tho road. Hero wo all
alightedand watched them lay rails and
drive spikes. The remorseless oili
cers of tho road insisted on your cor
respondent paying her way by driving
a spiko. It was a cruol tux on my
“muscular Christianity.” The newspa
per report said that 1 “drove tho .-[film
homo triumphantly.” But I really
thought it “woulJnt go homo till morn
ing.”— ■JSfetv York Times.
tai:tl}*Eitting.
“Shall I lot'my children oat candy ?”
is a question over which parents aro
yet sometimes puzzled. This is not
surprising, for doctors and doctor’s
books differ upon tho question. Borne
teach that candy is an evil to bo avoi
ded ; others, who like it themselves,
say that white candies at Last are
harmless, and may be eaten at discre
tion. Neither side is quite right.—
Tho injury that candies do is that of
spoiling tiio appetite for other food. —
When honestly mado, colored candy is
vuite harmless in itself. Thus tho rod
dandies aro colored with boot juice.—
But it is safer on the whole to stick to
tho white candies, which aro mado of
starch and sugar flavored. Tho lovo
of sugar is a natural and healthy ap
petite, especially in children, who noed
moro saccharine matter than grown
persons. Yet they should not bo al
lowed to cat sugar to tho exclusion of
heartier food. By devouring largo
quantities of candy between meals
they spoil their tippctite, and often in
jure their digestion. This is tho only
serious objec ion to candy-eating. A
good rulo in tiio matter is to prevent a
child from eating candy so near meal
tiige as to make him leavo a full plato
of breakfast or dinner. But aft r a
mottl ho can eat as much as ho chooses
without preoccupying his appetite for
the noxt. Good candy, eaten at tho
right timo, is an excellent tootL-JTcarth
and Home.
‘Patrick,’ said a lady to a slip of
green Erin who was officiating in tho
kitchen, ‘where is Brigot V ‘lndeed
m’aatn she’s fust asleep, lookiu at the
bread buking.’
‘I say Pompy,’ said ono freodman
to another, ‘dis chile liar tried lots o!>
gift fares and tings for a prize, but
nebbor could draw anything at all.’
‘Well Ctesar, I’d ’viso you to tty a
hand-cart; do chances are a thousand
to ono dat you cuuld draw dat.’
Tließcv. Myram Wood who si dueod
Miss Chivors, at Decatur, and was
found guilty thereof, last week, lias
boon sentenced to 20 years in tho pen
itentiary. _ lie was also deposed from
tho uiinistuy by tho Decatur Presby
tery.
Tho Columbus City Council refused,
on Tuesday night, to vote tho 8200,000
appropriation to the Pain bridge, Cuth
bert and Columbus IJailrood, asked
for reeeuUy by a large meeting oi tho
citizens.
l*SirkllTTl.
All Sucrcilible Story about a
• ltimiiaii Conjurer.
About the beginning of the present
century, a species of Gagliostro, or
rather a superior kind of wizard at tbo
North, made his appearance at St. l’o
ter. burg, and astonished tho natives
by his marvellous performances. llis
name was I’irin ti£ and his fftmo isyot
iu tho in. mury of those who .wit
nessed his unrivalled talents.
Tho Czar Alexander, having hoard
l’iruotli much spoken of, was desirous
of seeing him ; and one day it was an
nounced t‘> tho conjurer that ho would
havo tlm honor of giving a representa
tion of his magical powers at court,
the hour fixed tor him to make his ap
pearance being seven o’clock. A bril
liant and numerous assembly of ladies
and courtiers, presided over by tho
Czar, had met, but tho conjurer was
absont. Surprised and displeased, tho
Czar pulled out his watch, which indi
cated five minutes aftor seven, l’ir
netti had retlonly failed in being in
Ytau. t g, bit ho had-Caused tho court
to wait, and Alexander was not moro
patient than Louis XLV. A quarter
ol an hour passed, half an hour, and
no I’iruotti! Messengers who had boon
sent in search of him returned unsuc
cessful. Tho anger of tho Czar, with
difficulty restrained, displayed itsoli in
threatening exclamations. At length,
uftor tho lapse of an hour, tho saloon
door opened, and the gentleman of the
chamber announced I’irnetti, who pre
sented himself with a calm front, and
the serenity of ono who had dono
nothing to reproach himself with.
Tho Czar, however, was greatly dis
pleased ; but Pirnetti assumed an air
of astonishment,- and replied with tho
greatest coolness, “Did your Majesty
command my presence at soven o’clock
precisely ?”
“Just so!” exclaimed tho Czar, at
tho height of exasperation.
“Well, then,” said Pirnetti, “lot
your Majesty deign to look at your
watch, and you will perceive that I
lam exact, ami that it is just seven
o’clock. ’
Tho Czar, [Hilling out bis watch vio
lently, iu order to confound what ho
considered a [icice of downright inso
lence, was eomeplotoly amazed. Tho
watch marked seven o’clock ! In turn
all tiio courtiers drew out thoir watch
es, which wore found, as usual, exact
ly regulated by that of the sovereign.
Soven o’clock ! indicated with a com
mon accord all tiro watches and decks
ol the palaco ! 1 hewart of the magician
was at onco manifest iu this strange
retrogression in the march of time.
To anger succeeded astonishment and
admiration. Perceiving that tho Czar
smiled, Pirnetti thus addressed him :
“Your Muj( ~‘.y will parlor, mo. It
was by tho porformaneo of this trick
that 1 was desirous of making first ap
pearance before you. But I know how
precious truth is at court; it is at least
necessary that your watch should tell
it to you, sire. If you consult it now
you will find it marks tho real time.”
Tho Czar again drew forth iiis watch
—it pointed to a few minutes past
eight; the same reflection had taken
I place in all tho watches of those pres
ent, and tho clocks of the palaco.—
This exploit was followed by otl.cr;-
equally amusing and surprising. At
tho close of tho performances, tho Czar
after having complimented Pirnetti,
brought back to his remembrance that
in the ceurre of tho evening's amuse—
i meutu that ho had declared that such
j was tho [lOtviT of his urt that ho could
[ penetrate everywhere.
“Yes, sire, everywhere !” replied tho
conjurer, with modest assurance.
“What!” exclaimed the Czar, “could
you penoti'ato oven into this palaco,
wiTo'i to oidor tho doors to bo closed
and guarded. V”
“Into this palaco, sire, oven into tho
apartment of your .Majesty quilo as
easily’as I should enter into my own
house,” said Pirnetti.
“Well, then,” said tho Czar, “to
morrow at mid-day I shall havo rea ly
in my elosot the price of this evening’s
amusement —ono thousand rubles
Como and get them. But I forewarn
you that all the doors shall bo eloped
and carefully guarded.”
“To-morrow tit mid-day I shall havo
tho honor of presenting myself before j
Majesty,” replied Pirnetti, who bowed
and withdrew.
Tho gentleman of the household fol
lowed conjuror to make sure that ho
quitted tiio palace ; they accompanied
him to his lodgings, and a number of
police surrounded tho dwelling from
tho moment ho ontored it. Tho pal
aco was instantly closed, with positivo
orders not to suffer under any pretext
whatever, any ono to enter, were ho
• Prince or valet, until tho Czar himself
I should command the doors to bo op
en. T ieso orders were stritly enforced
confidential persons having watched
their execution. Tito exterior opening
to the palace wore guirded by the sol
diery. All tho approaches'to tho im
perial apartments woro protected by
high dignitaries, whom a simple pro
fessor of the art of legerdemain pos
sessed no means of bribing. In short, I
for groat security, all tho keys had I
' boon carried into tho imperial cabinet.
I A few moments previous to tho hour
' fixed for Pirnotti’s interview with tho
Czar, tho chamberlain ou service
breught to bis Majesty a dispatcli
which a messenger had handed him
through an opening in tho door. It
was a report from tho Minister of i’o
i lice that PirneHi had not left homo.
“Aha I Ho has found out tho un
dertaking is impracticable, and lie h is
abandoned it,” observed tho Czar, with
a smile.
Twelve o’clock souuJyd. Vv bile tho
kH stroke rover berated, tho door
I room of tiio Czar to tho cabinet opened’
I and Pirnetti appeared. Tho Czar drew
back a couple of paces, bis brow dark
ened, and, after a momentary silenco,
bo said : “Are you aware that you may
become a very dangerous individual
| “Yes, sire,” lie replied, “but lam
only an humble conjurer, with no am
bition save that of amusing your Mai
, esty.”
“Here,” arid tho Czar, “aro tho
thousand rubles for last night, and a
j thousand for this day’s visit.”
Pirnetti, in olfoiiug his thanks, was
interrupted by tho Czar, who, with a
thoughtful air inquired of him, “Do
you count on yet remaining sometime
; in St. I’i U'i'sbiig V”
“Sire,” Jio replied, “I intend setting
, off this work, unless your Majesty or
ders a prolongation of my sojourn.”
“No !” Iniotily observed the Czar,
“it is uot my intention to detain you,
and, moreover,” continued ho with a
futile,” I. should vainly endeavor to
| keep you against your will. You know
I how to leavo Ft. Petersburg as easily
I tie you havo found your way into this
| palaco.”
“1 could do s', sire,” said Pirnetti,
i “but far from wishing to quit Ft. Po
| torsburg stealthily or mysteriously, I
j am desirous of quitting it in tho most
i public manner possible, by giving to
| tiro inhabitants ol your capital a strik
ing example of my magical powers.”
Pirnetti could not leavo liko an or
dinary mortal; it was necessary tlmt
lie should crown his success in tho
Ivussian capital bv something surpass
ing his previous efforts ; therefore, on
tiio evening preceding tho day fixed
for his departure, ho announced that
ho should leavo St. Petersburg tbo
following day, at ten o’clock in tbo
morning, and that ho should quit by
all tho city gates at the same moment!
Public curiosity was excited to tho
highest degree by this announcement.
Ft- Petersburg at that tiiuo had fifteen
gates, which wore encompassed by a
multitude eager to witness this mar
vellous departure.
Tho spectators at these various gates
declared that at ten o’clock precisely
Pirnetti, whom they all perfectly re
cognized, passed through. “lie walk
ed at a slow paco and with head erect,
in order to ho tho hotter seen,” they
said, “and ho bade us adieu, iu a clear
and audible voice.” These unanimous
testimonies wore confirmed by tho
written declaration of tho officers
placed at every gate to inspect the
passports of travellers. Tho inscrip
tion of Pirnotti’s passports was in
scribed iu the fifteen registers. Where
is tho wizard, whether coming from
the North or South, who could iu
these degenerated days perform so as
tonishing uu exploit I
Tito ravliivniiblt! Wtiiuaii’ii
4*r:t ycr.
Strengthen rui husband, and may
Itiz faith and biz money hold out to
the last.
Draw tho lam’s wool ov unsuspici
ous twilight over his eyes, that my
flirtations may look to him liko victo
ry's, and that mi bills may strengthen
his pride in mo.
Bless, O Fortune, my krinqis, rats
and frizzles, und lot tlii glory sliino on
e i paint and powder.
When i walk out before the gazo of
vulgar men, regulate mi wiggle, au l
add nu grace to mi gaiters.
When i bow myself in worship,
grant that 1 may do it with ravishing
olegtiiice, and preserve unto tho list
iily-whito of ini lioffi and tho taper
of mi lingois.
Ditfiroy mine encmios with tho gaul
ov jealousy, aul oat tliou up with tho
teeth ov envy all thozo who gaze at mi
stilo.
Favo mo from wrinkles, and foster
mi plumpness.
Fill mi both eyes, Fortune ! with -the
plaintive pi.z.n ov infatuasliun, tlmt i'
may lay out mi victims, tire men as
kuumb as images graven.
Let the lily and tho rozo strive to
gether on ini chock, and may mi neck
swim liko a gooso on tho buzzum ov
krystal water.
Enable me, oh Fortune, to wear
shoos still a littlo smaller, and save
mo from ail kurus and bunyons.
Bless Fanny, my lap dog, and rain!
down bezoms of destructeon upon thozo
who would hurt a hair of Hector, mi
kitbui.
Sinilo, oh, Fortune, most sweetly
upon 1 lick, mi canary, and watch over,
with tho fondness of a mother, ini
two lily white mice with red eyes.
Enable tho poor to shirk for them
selves, ami save mo from all mis
sionary beggars.
Shed tho light of thi countonanco
on mi kammcl’s hair sVawl, mi lovan
dor silk, mi point lace and mi noclace
ov diamonds, and keep tho moths out
ov mi sable, I beseech thoo, O Fortuno !
A Northern fashion Journal says
the ladies are abandoning tho “kang
aroo stoop” and falling back off tho
“Grecian bend.”
A Maino family, consisting of four
eons and a daughter, lately married
their next door neighbor’s four daugh- i
tors and ono son. Won’t it bo jolly
when they ail got mixed up iu a fam
ily jar ?
An enormous woman, one Carolina
Ileouan, is now on exhibition iu Lou
don. Her ago is said to bo twenty
two years, aud weight SGO pounds.—
She measures seven foot around tho
body, twenty-six inches around tho
arm, aud tlireo foot six inches across
the shoulders. It is added that, un
liko most lat people, this large lady is
able to sustain great physical exer
tion, is “handsome and pleasing” and
“highly intelligent,” not in the least
“drowsy,” vor is her laco “kt and
groasy.”
VOL. VI. NO. 3a.
Scki vt &:trviN.
Orn« ov Joan Billings Fa mien )
Almvnax koh 1872. $
Mi Dear Mr. Editor:
Bum men are born grate, sum men
git grate ufter they aro born, and sum
men have gratenes ; hove upon them.
It seems to me that I am all 3 ov
there men hove into 6no.
At a mass meeting lately held in
Pordmik county (rui uatiff village) tho
inhabitant - pred tiio following pream
ble and resedutes:
Y liereaz. it is liiiy good that a Far
mer’s Alhnitiax Should be born lor
the year F'72.
Ilosolnled, that Josh Billings should
be set apart (and hereby is expressly
sot apart) tew beget tho job.
Ilosolnled, T at this Allminax shall
bo begoltod on tho fust ov nex Oktu
bor, wot or dry.
Ivesoluted, That this Allminax shall
contain mills for babes, meat foi eld
ers, and crumbs for all.
lie oluted, That Knower built tho
ark, Joner wuz tho fust man who wont
a whuffing, bi t Jo .h Billings has tho
right ingredients for a Farmer's All
minax.
Uc olntod, That Faith wins the bat
tles ov file, iiopo beautifys them, and
Charity makes them immortal
liosolutod, That moro dogs than a
man wants aro a nuisance, and less
than he has got is positive no loss.
liosolutod, That we fully believe that
man cum frum the monkey, but whore
tho monkey cum frum we dost seem
to kno.
liosolutod, That tho thanks of thi*
meeting be sent tew (larwin (or to the
monkey) wo dont care whiteh.
liosolutod, That awl tho noozepa
pors in our beloved land (without dis
tiuc'ion or color) bo allowed to print
these llosolutes.
Itesolutud that this nuetiug now
unanimously bursts quietly, sinum ili.
Josu Billing*, Ftkrotary.
Ditto Alnmnanackor.
P. 8. Tbo meeting did burst quietly.
I'ri.T.ix-Qa PnoGxosTiYS.—Should thar
.bo cold weather during February, ami
should roosters refuse to crow, and tbo
tax-gatherer forgit tew cull on yu, you.
will have tow trust iu providence, awl
go it blind, for thur aint no man kau
prognostix what will cum next.
Should there bo no du oil tho grass,
in tho morning before sunrise, it is an
unfuilablo prognostix, that thar didn't
any dew fall.
Whenever you sco two crows on tho
rail fence, one w hite and tho other
black, edgeiug up to each other, look
for nigger in tho wood pile.
Sokrets aro consult r and poor property
onnyhow; if yu cikulauo thorn yu lozo
thorn, and if you keep them yu lozo
tiio iutoroLt on tho investment.
Don’t undortnko ter liv with your
mothor-in-law but, if wuss cuius to
wussnoss, let your muthor-in law liv
with you. *
Fancy bread—A. roll of tho eye.
NYlion Brigham Young received tiio
ton boxes containing tho important
silk drosses and cashmere shawls for
his thirty wives ho said to a friend :
Alt, if you knew tho cost of those goods
you would not belieivo for a moment
that 1 praetired polygamy as an earth
ly pleasure. No, sir !it is with me u
stern duty.”
Tho French will have to rely upon
foreign countries almost entirely until
the next harvest for their breadstuff'.
Large orders are now coining to this
country to supply tho deficiency occas
ioned by tho war. Ono firm in New
York lily received an order from Ha
vre, on Futur.lny, for 80,000 1 a.-rolls of
flour.
OoimtnERATE Bonus in Exgj.and.
j —Most Americans will bo amused to
]■ am-that the English holders of LVu
l’oiiorato bonds propose to refer their
giiifs to the Washington Commissii u
lor consideration. Tho confiding Brit
ish bondholder who oxpoets to got any
thing from anybody on those bits of
paper w ich were issued by thoingen
j u-.us llubels must certainly boa =trik
j iug example of verdancy.
This is tho .style of business notices
. they publish in Yii ksburg papers : If
1 tho contemptible puppy who, insulted
i a gentleman immediately after par
! taking of his hospitality, will shoiv
himself ou Washington street, after
1 S o’clock a. m., ho will bo treated to a
bullet without any questions.
J, T. lyißN.
A North Carolina paper, as an in
stance of tho changes of fortune
wrought by tho war, states that “A
widow lady from the country was iu
town Tuesday, burning a cook’s place
in some nico family. Many years ago
her grandfather owned 150 slaves and
six plantations, aud at tho close of tho
war h r fathor had a bushel of gold.
Her husband waa a poor man, -and
died in tho war, and now this inde
, pendent and worthy widow woman
prefers to cook in sonyo nico . family
rather than livo dependant ou othur
folks.”
! If au oditor omits anything, 4 ho is
lazy If ho speaks of things as they
are, people are mad. If ho glosses
! over— smooths down tho rough points
—he is bribod. It ho culls tilings by
their proper names, ho is unlit lor po
sition of an editor. If ho dobs not
furnish his readers with jokes, ho is a
mullet. If ho does he is a rattlohead
—lucking stability. If ho eou lomns
tho wmug, ho is a good follow; but
lacks discretion. If ho lots wrong aud
iujuriea go unmoutiouod, ho Is’a cow
ard. If ho fails to uphold a public
utan, ho does itto gratily spite, is a tool
of a clique, or belongs to tho ‘outs.’
11 ho indulges in personalities, he is a
I<l ii k-guunl, and duos not ltn> paper • -
tk-;.. .ind nioioi.il.