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IT B. WOOTEN,
Attorney at Law,
MACON, GA.
II T ILL practice iu tho Circuit Courts cf
* ' South-west Ga., and in the District
and Supreme courts of the S'ate and United
States. All business from whatever section
or of whatever character entrusted to him
will receive prompt attention. oct ‘ 0»’71.
Lyon, L'eCralTenried and Irvin.
Attorneys at Law,
nACOV, - - - GF.OKGII \.
Vl7 ILL give attention o professional bus
iness in the Macon, South western &
Pitaula Circuits ; in the U S Courts, anSa
vannah, and .Atlanta, and by speci.l con
tract in any part ot the State.
F. M- HARIr\E 11
ajid at La\v,
wjirso.v, o.i.
DR G. W. FARRAR
HAS located in this city, and offers lee
Professional set vices to the public*
Offioe next door to the “Journal i 'dice," on
Main Street, where he can be found in the
day, unless professionally engaged, and at
night, at bia residence opposite the Nuptial
church feb. 2 ts:
K. J. WARREN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SLlffKSr/JLLi:, - - - <a.i.
G. W. WARWICK,
Att’y at Law and Solicitor in Equity
SMiI'IIVILLE, GA.
Will practice in South Wesern and Pataula
circuits. Colleilions promptly remitted.
It * COLLIKR, C. T. CQKTKS,
TOWNS HOUSE,
BROAD ST.,
ALBANY, GAI
BY
B. A. COLLICK «fc CO.
McAFE HOUSE,
At SniitliviHf, t>a.
r undersigned having fitted up the Mo
1. Alee i/ouse at Smithville, takes pleasure
in notifying the travelling public that the
above house is now in the “full tide” of suc
cessful administration bv hitnself. He will
spare no expense to make it a First-Class
Hotel. J/eals ready on the arrival ol the
tain. W. M. McAFEE.
PLANTATION
Pop fiiki#*
I OFFER for sale tnv place, five miles bo
low Dawson, iinmediatelv on tbe Railroad,
containing acres. Well watered nnd
fimberea. Ac * Stock farm, unsurpassed'
Healthy ,deslrable everyway, Tp « n J ° nc
wanting a home, here is an opportunity to
get one at half its real value, as I am deter
mined to sell, either for money or cotten, to
ft responsible party. Apply to W. F. OUR,
»t Dawson. If not sold, will be for rent.
septHSm W. T. BURGE.
~COTTO IST
CAMPBELL &. JONES
Again offer their services to Planters and
Merchants, as
Warehouse & Commission
MERCHANTS,
And ask a continuance of the patronage so
liberally given them the past season.
Close personal attention given to the Stor
age and Sale of 6'oltoD, and to the filling ol
orders for Bagging and Ties and Plantation
Supplies.
Refer to the patrons of the past season.
A'emember the place—
Iron Walehouse,
Poplar st., MACON, GA.
P. S.—Agents for the Winship Improved
Colton Gin and John Merryman & Co.'s Am
nioniatcd 7>issol*ed Boocb, which we now of
fer at a reduced price, septH 8m
Dawson Business Dketorj,
Rry Guatls UltiiTliastfs,
VUCKFR, Dealers in
VV Dry O.oods Clothing, Rents and Shoes
Groceries die. yllsn agents for some of the
most approved Fertilizers. Main Street.
K ®®VARD, Dealer in
„ Y ®Giple and Fancy Dry Goods, Groceries
Hardware, Crockery etc.
( W. F. Dealer in Fanev and sta ■
V/pie Dry Goods, Main st., next door to
J. Vv. Reddicks.
«roct*ry ’Fei« li:ims ~
IS. 11., Dealer in Groceriis and
Family supplies generally, at W. K.
Ori’s old stand, under ‘Journal” Office
Main st. ’
T Os LESS, .1, 17. Grocer and Com
MJ mission J/erchant, Dealer in Bacon,
Flour, Liquors, Ac.
J ? b 4, .1. Grocer dealer in Ba
il con. Flour, Lard, Tobacco, Ac.
IIA RD VV Alt 17.
I '•*' G.. 0 115 SB, Pcplcr* in
Hardware. Iron and Steel, Wagon Tim
hers, and Plantation Tools. Also Mannfac
Hirers of Tin Ware,Main at., at J. B. Pen v’s
old stand. J
r)AL»Wn, ANDREW. Dealer
t in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware Cut
terly, F’urniiure, Ist door from the Hotel.
Druggist*.
{'fll EA I'llA 71, 47. A., Druggist and
Vff Physician. Will visit by day or night,
patients in Town - will prescrioe for
any and all die ills that flesh is heir to.
Keeps a complete supply nf Drugs aud Med
icines, School Books and stationary Gar
den Seeds &e , Ac., At his old stand. The
Roll Drug Store on Maiu St., -TER.VS 'strict
ly Cash .
TAAEi, DR. J. R., Dealer in
fl Drugs, J/edicines, Oils, Paints, Dye
Stulls, Garden Seed, Ac., Ac.
Livery Sllible.
PRINCE, N.«. & X. K„ Sale,
Feed and Livery liable. Carriege»,
Hacks, Buggies, Drays, Wagons, Harness
aud Mules for sale or hire. 110 ses boarded
at reasonable rates. Depot Stieet.
BL \ CKS.Y3£TH SHOP.
\Y r AEir, RANDALL. Will make
» T and repair Wagons, Buggies Plow-,
Dickson Sweep, Shoeing horses, rear Po-t
Office-, Always ready to to work good and
cheap Jan. 19 1 v
x\ CARD.
rpIIiC subserthiw takes this method of in
L forming the public th it he is now a fix
ture ir. Dawson, aDd fe< Is fully identified with
the interest of the community. He returns
his thanks for favors already shown, and of
fers his services in the Practice of Medicine
in all its brunches, and hopes i y close atten
tion to business, with an experience <4 main
years in the practice, to be able to nit lit .
liberal share of patronage. Culls left at his
office in the store of [!. H, Hoed, under tin
printing office, during the dav or ar his house
(late the residence of M j O. H. Wooten) du
ring the n ; gbt. will receive prompt attention
C’. ES. .UOGiil, At. R.
Dawson, Ga., Ojt. 26, 1871. l;n
A PIUHLUJ VTIOY.
GBORGI A :
ll’j RUFUS Ji. BULLOCK,
Governor of said Slate.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Atlanta, Ga., October 23, ISTI-
Wherena, It ha* been reported to tn? bv rhe
Chief Engineer of the Brunswick and AH', .try
Railroad Company, that persons having
claims against company, are seizing, And
causing to be sized, the telling stork and
other property of that company, thereby se
riously interfering with the operation of said
road, which is now completed between
Brunswick and Albany, by the stoppage ol
its trains; and
Whereas, The sai l Chief'Engineer further
reports that he is unable to secure anv action
on the part of the President and .Directors
of bis company, looking toward t lie payment
of said claims and thereby remove the obsta
cle* in the way of operating the raid road ;
and,
Whereas, Since said report this Derari
ment* has not been able to obtain sa'ista to
ry inform 11 ion or assurance of the ah'.li'y ol
said Brunswick and Albnnv Riilroad Com
pany to pay its jus' debts due to laborers and
contractors, and for m iterial furnisned ill
construction of said road, and to pay the in
terest on its bouds ; and
Whereas, Under authority of law ihe State
has a proper lieu upon all the property ol
suid Brunswick ai.d A'bany Railroad Com
pany : ~v
Now, therefere, to the end that the labor
erp, codtractors, and the State tnay be se
cured ft rail just eebts in this connection , I,
Ruins B. Bullock, Uovetnor and Oinmander
in Chief of the Army and Xavy Oi't' is State,
and of the JMitia thereof, do hereby issue
this my proclamation, and make known that
the State of Georgia has taken possession ot
the said Brunswick and Albany Railroad
Company, with all i's property, assets, fran
chises, an t leases of whatever kind, charac
ter, or description, and has placed the same
in charge of Colonel John Sircven, President
of Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company, and
do hereby g : vc notice nnd warning to all
pers ns, t!‘ a: 'muds to the said Brunswick
anu alL'SP'.' Railroad Company indorsed by
the N ate,’and bonds Os State cjtchangt and
for the second mortgage bouds of said Gora
pany, will not be recognized as carrying with
them any obligation upon the State for re
demption, until all valid claim for amount
due to labored and cmnractots, and for
urnisbing material, shell have been fully
Ipaid and satisfied, and the party or parties
holding said bonds prove that the proceeds
thereol were legitimately applied to the con |
struction of said road, evidence ot whic.i
may be filed with If m. Clffofd Anderson, ot .
Bibb county, at Macon : Hon. Arthur Hou r .
of R-indolch eountv, atCuthbert; Messrs.
Hines A Hobbs, of Gpr.gherty ocuir’y, at
Albany, or Hou Bober*. 11. Brown, of luUou
county, at Atlanta, who are attorneys lor Use
State in this connection ; and it is
( RDERAT): That all officers of ibis ■»'•*«»
civil and military, exercise duff diligence, to
iheend that the agent of this State be main
taiued in the peaceful possession and usu ol
the said Brunswick ind Albany R.thoad and
its appurtenances until the further order o
the Executie. , c ,
Given under nry h nd and the Great Seal
of the State, at the Capitol in At
nfta, this twenty-third day of October, in
the year of our Lord E ghteen Hundred
ond (Seventy-One, and of the lndepens
dence of the Unit ed States ofAtnenca tlhe
Ninety-sixth. RUFDB B. BILLtfCK.
Bv the Governor : <
David G- Cants®, oecretary otJUite.
DAWSON. GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 187 L
j'A'Uli BOTTP7I OF THE SEA.
I'iiti flariuu ciutc —A Wonder-
Jul Invention— Nearly Two
nmidred I'cel Tudcr Water.
Tho tolpa marina, or marine mole,
is a recent invention of Signor Tossolli,
of Naples, by which he descends into
tne sea with plenty of rir and plenty
oi room, and is enabled to continue for
four hours his minute scientific obeer-
I vations on surrounding submarine life,
at a deph of 31 fathoms (ISO feet) un
der water.
and his wonderful machine lias been
built at Sestri do Bonento, near Geno
va, after Signor Tosselli’s plans, and
tlto inventor made his first experiment
in the Lay of Naples, on the 26th of
August in tho presence of tho local
authorities and several officers of the
INtyal Navy. We give a translation
of a description of tho apparatus as !
printed in an Italian periodical, L’ltal
(d Bueva : “ It is 4 yards and 8 inches
long, eylitidyrical in form, aud made
entirely of iron and bronze. Its diam
etei is about 1 yard 4 inches. It is
divided into four superposed compart
ments or diaphragms, the central one
being reserved for tho diverse. Tho
upper chamber contains the compress
ed air necessary for resperation dur
ing immersion. The lower chumber
acts like tho air-bladder of fishes as it i
increases or diminishes the weight of
tho machine proportionally to the
quantity of water it displaces. Final
ly’, the last compart, which is at tho
end of the cylinder, is filled with the
necessary quantity of lead to keep the
machine in a vertical position, like an
aerometer. Several holes, fitted with
bronze round the surface, admit of
various contrivances, with it would be
incomprehensible how a man, hermet
ically shut up in what may be called
an iron castle, could catch, external ob
jects, bore, secure by the means of
ropes, and collect them. ”
Tho samo paper in its following
number (August 27) adds: “We have
received letters from Naples which
confirm tho reported success of Signor
Tosselli’s first descent into the Bay of 1
Naples, by means of his diving appar
atus, at a deph of 35 fathoms—namely
under a pressure of six atmospheres.
Tho weather could not have been
lovelier, nor the sea more calm. As
soon as the crowd of distinguished in
vited witnesses had arrived at Baja—
the chos'.n pin- e for the experiment—
they were met by Admit al do Yny and
his staff.
“ The experiment began at noon.
After soundings had been taken, tho
machine, then empty, was sunk into
sea, and left for some time at a depth
of 30 falhoras, to try if it would bear !
that pressure without being smashed ; j
as soon, however, as it was again seen j
floating upon tho surface of tho water j
without having received the slightest |
injury, the bystanders ceased to enter
tain doubts of Signor Tosselli’s saitety
while, perfectly’ calm, g< t into his ma
rine mole, and descended s’owly to tho
bottom oi’ the sea. The lowering oi l
tire machine through thirty fathoms of
water took three and one halt minutes.
When, alter awhile, it was seen float- I
ing again, and when the lid opened, I
iSignor Tusselli came out smiling and
serene, cheering burst out on cv- j
cry -side.
“During his sojourn at the bottom !
of the sea Signor Xosselli wrote the
following report of his experiment to !
the well-known director of the lioyal
Observatory of the Yesuvium. Signor *
Polmieri, who was a witness ot the ex- j
perimont, and expressed himself high- |
iy satisfied with it:
“ ‘Sir; The sensations I experience
at this moment are so strange and
numerous, that should I wait to write
them down I atn sure they would slip
from my memory.
“ ‘ First of all, I must tell you that
the water here does not look like itself
any longer, but seems to be a motion
less mass of transparent glass,
quite luminous enough to allow of
reading or writing.
“ ‘ The bottom of the Sea seemed at
first to hurry toward me; thou i saw
it stop, and, after a while, glide away
.um me. I was quite astonished at this,
and almost feared lest my eyes should
bo diseased; but, by observing that
the movement of the manometer kept
in direct communication with the sea,
I felt reassuied, having at once sur
mised the cause of the apparent move
ment. When I fancied the bottom of
the sea was running towards, it was a
proof that I was sinking with a certain
speed; when the bottom seemed to
have stopped moving, it was myself, in
fact, did not move ; and when the bot
tom sunk rapidly as if moving away
from me, I was then ascending toward
the surface.
“ ‘ It is very amusiug to seo so many
fishes swimming to and l'ro on all
sides, and to be able to enjoy so curious
a spectacle without experiencing the
s igUtest inconvenience. “ ‘ Such, sil
ence prevails here that it would seem
terrible to some people ; but I consider '
it, on the contrary, a peculiar sort of
j pleasure to breath in such a medium,
j “‘The barometer marks 81 ceuti
metres presmite, the igrometer in my
' cell indicates 20 degrees, and the one
outside only 15. The manometer com
munication with the sea shows the
depth to bo 13 fathoms. The other
manometer still marks two atmos
pheres, which tells me that thero is yet
air enough in the chambor to allow
mo to stop hero four hours longer,
without running any danger of suffo
cation.
“ ‘ All the contrivances of my ma
chine perfectly answer the purpose I
1 1 had iu view, ’except the lid, which
■ shuts and opens too slowly.
! j “‘ I can venturo to say that T have
I hit the mark at once. This makes me
1 teel an indescribable joy, which I wish
I to share with you, and with all those
j honored and illustrious persons, who,
j by favoring mo with their presence,
1 have generously offered to my weary
mind the best of ail remunerations.
. Yours, Ac,,
“‘ G. B. TOySELLI.
‘‘ ‘ From tho bottom of tho Bay of
Naples! ” ’ .
Signor Tossolli also wrote tho follow
ing letter to tho directors of the engine
manufactory at Sestri di Ponouto,
which, we think, is almost ass ull of in
terest as his report to Professor Pul
mien :
“ Messrs. JFttiemuum Brothers, En
gine Alton*fact were, at Sestri:
“ 1 inform, you, without delay, that
I put my marine mole to the test yes
terday, before several military, civil,
and scientific authorities, who had
told me that tho sea was much deeper
at Baja than anywhere in the neigh
borhood. They kindly deceived mo
out of anxiety lor my lrfe, for on reach
ing tlto bottom I could read on the
manometer that tire depth, instead of
b> ing ~v>, as I hud. w ishod, was only
31 fathoms. At any rate tho deptli at
which I have descended is far below
tho depth which divers have as yet
reached with their usual apparatus.
The time from the moment I signalled
telegraphically for my departure from
tlto bottom of tho sea to my arrival at
tho surface, was three minutes, as some
bystanders said three minutes and a
half, which constitutes a great differ
ence in favor of my machine, if com
pared with what a common diver
would have been able tfl acheive with
his apparatus, which would have em
ployed not loss than 7 0 minutes to
pierce tho samo thick layer of svatei.
It is well known that the greatest
number of fatal accidents occurring to
divers are to be ascribed to the sud
den transition {ton a very high pres
sure to a much lower one, and that
they can only avoid this by ascending
slowly at the rate of forty inches per
minute, and not more.
“The pressure inside my marine
molo being exactly the same near tho
surface of the sea as at a depth of 55
fathoms, I could dart with impunity
from tho bottom to the surface, like a
fish, without experiencing any pain in
my lungs. This is one ot the greatest
advantages of lay invention, and of
which 1 had not even thought or
hoped before.
"I wish to share tho pleasure of my
triumph with all the clever mechanics
of your establishment,-who have built
my machine with so much care. By
acting thus towards them, I do noth
ing else than my duty, because 1 know
how few people do justice to the great
merit of those, who, with their tools
I and their exhausting labor, succeed in
I giving a de facto existence to t' 0 pro-'
j ducts of intelligence.
The Farmer—A liuimtifuS *’i«>
111 IT.
BV BOX. Ell WARD l.\ ELECT.
j Tho man who stands upon his own
I soil, who feels that by’ the laws of the
land iu which he lives—by tho laws of
civilized nations— llo is the rightful
exclusive owner of the land which ho
j tills, is by the constitution of nature,
1 unde. - a wholesome influence, not ea-
I sily‘ imbibed from any other source.
Ho feels, other things being equal,
more strongly than another, the char
acter of a mau, as the lord ot the an
| imate world. Os this great and pow
j orlul sphere, which, lasliionod by the
i hand of God and upheld by bis pow
i or, is rol ing through tho hoavuua, a
! portion is his ; his from centre to sky.
It is tho space on which the genera
tion before him moved in its round of
duties ; and he feels himself connect
ed, by a visible link, with those who
proceeded him, as lie is also to those j
who follow him and to whom he is to !
transmit a homo. Perhaps his farm
lias come down to him from his fa- I
titers. They have gone to their last
home ; hut he can trace their foot
steps over the scenes of his daily la
bor. Tito roof that shelters him was
reared by those to whom ho owes his ,
being. Sorno interesting domestic tra- j
dition is connected with every enclo
sure. The favorite fruit true was
! planted by his father’s hand. He
sported in his boyhood beside the
brook, which still winds through the
! meadow. Through the field lies the
path to the village school of earlier
days, lie stiil hears from his window
the voice of the iSabbath bull which
' called his l'ore-l'uthers to the house of
Clod, and near at hand is the spot
where his parents laid down to rest
and where, when his time i3 come, ho
shall be laid by his children. These
are the feelings of the own* rs of the
i soil. Word# cannot paint them, gold
1 cannot buy them ; they flow out of
tho deepest fountains of the heart;
they are tbe life spring of a fresh,
healthy and generous national char
acter.
Jl'kt Tbtals.tobk Dispexsid WITH
ix Civil Oasis. —The bill introduced
in tho Tennessee House of Bepresen
tatives making jury trials optional with j
the litigants, will doubtless, meet the
anuroval of tho bar in that State, as a
sfmilar one would in this. Much of
the needless oxpenso entailed upen the
people by the present system would be
curtailed, and still the ends of justice
would boas well subserved. The bill
provides that all civil cases shall be
tried before tho judge, unless tho par
tied, or one of them, demand a jury in
writing, filed will tho clerk of tho
court three days before tbe third day
of the term to which tho action is
brought.— Tel. Mess.
The fellow who called tight hoots
comfortable, defended his position by
saying they made a man forgot all hjs
other miseries.
M<>irr.
bv william I'irr r.utMr.rt.
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production of tho same length in our
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From the quickened womb of the priuutl gloom,
The sun rolled bleuk aud bare,
Till l wove him a vent for bit* Ethlop breast,
of the threads of iny gulden hair:
And when the broad tent of the firmament
on it* airy barn,
I penciled tho hue of the runtchleSH blue
Aud spangled it arouud the atara.
/painted the flowers of Kdon bowers
And their leaves of living green,
And mine were the dyes in the siuleas eyes
Oi Ldcn virgin queen,
And when the fiend’s art ou the trustful heart,
//ad fastened its mortal spell,
la the silvery sphere of the firat bora tear
2*5 the trembling earth / fldl.
IHion the waves that burst o’er u world accursed
Iheir work of wrath had sped,
And the Ark’s lone few, the tried and true,
Came forth amongst, the dead,.
V? tth the wondrous gleams of my bridal beams
1 bade their terrors cease.
As / wrote on the roll of the storm’s dark scroll
Clod’s covenant of Pv ace.
Like a pall at a rest ou a breast,
Night’s funeral shadow slept—
When shepherd swains, on Pethlehem’s plains,
Their lonely vigils kept—
When I flashed on their sight the heralds bright
Os Ifeaveu’a redeeming plan,
As they chanted the morn of u Savior born—
Joy, joy to the outcast man I
L’qual favor 1 show' to the lofty and low,
On the 3ust and unjust l descend ;
K’eu the blind, whose vain sphc.es roll iu dark
ness and tears,
Feel my smile, the best smile* of a friend ;
Nay, the flower of waste by my love is embraced
As the rose iu the garden of kings,
the ehrysallis bier of the worm 1 appear,
And, lo ! the gay butterfly wings.
The desolate A/oru, like a mourner forlorn,
Conceal* all the pride of her charms,
7’ill 1 bid the brignt hours chase tho night from
her flowers
Aud lead her young day to lier arms!
And when the gay rover seeks Kve for his lover
w/nd s«uks to her balmy repose,
I wrapt the soft rest by the zephyr-fanned west
In curtains of amber and rose !
From my sentinel sleep by the night dreaddedeep
/ gaze w ith unslunibering eyes,
When the cynosure star of the mariner
/s blotted from out the sky !
And guided by me through the merciless sea,
7’hough sped by the hurricane’s wing,
II is compuHslciß,dark, loi t, weltering bark
To the haven home safely he brings.
1 waken the flowers in their dew-spangled bowers,
7’he birds hi their chambers of green,
And mountain and plain glow with boauty again,
As they bask in the manual sheen,
Or, if sueli the glad worth of my presence on
earth,
r l hough fearful and fleeting the while.
What glories must rest on the home of the blest
Ever bright with the ZJcity’a smile I
A IU oilier'* l*«»\ver.
A moment’s work on clay tells
more than an hour’s labor on brick.
So work on hearts should he done be
fore they harden. During the first
six or eight years of child-life, moth
ers have chief sway, and this is the
time to make deepest and most en
dearing impressions on tho human
mind.
The examples of material influence
aio countless. Solomon himself re
cords tho words of wisdom that fell
from a mother’s lips and Timothy was
taught the Scriptures from a child by
his grandmother.
John Randolph of Roanoke used to
say: “1 should have been a French
atheist, wore it not for the recollection
of the time when tny departed mother
used to take my little hand iu hers,
and make«.tne say, on my bended
knees, “Our Father who art in Heav
en !’ ”
“I have found oat what mado you
the man you are,” said a gentleman
j one morning to President Adams;
| “I have been reading your mother’s
; letters to her son.”
| Washington’s mother trained her
hoy to truthfulness and virtue; and
when his messenger called to tell her
that her son was raised to tho highest
btati.'ii in the nation’s gift, she could
say:
“George always was a good boy.”
A mother’s teats dropped on tho
bead of her little boy one evening as
be sat in the doorway and listened,
while she spoke of Christ and his sal
vation.
” ‘ Those tears made mo a mission
ary,” saiil lie when ho bad given lus
manhood’s prime to the service of the
Dord.
Someone asked Napoleon what was
tbe great need of tho French nation.
“Mothers ! ’ was the significant un
-1 swer. I
I Woman, has God given you the 1
privileges and responsibilities of moth- j
erhood ? Be faithful, then, to the little i
ones; you hobl the key of their
hearts now. If youonco loose it, you
should give the world to win it buck ;
use your opportunities before they
, pass.
| And remember little ones, you will
never have but one mother. Obey
ami boner her, list*at to h.r words,
and Goil will bless you day by day.
Madame Boland’s List Wolds. — j
On arriving at the place of execution, j
she said to her persecutors : Hew 11
pitv you ! You can send me to the i
scaffold, hut cannot tuko front mo the i
joy of a good conscience, and the con
viction that posterity will acquit Belaud
and mo, and devote our persecutors to j
infamy. 0 Liberty, Liberty ! How
many crimes are committed iu thy
name !” and sho then mounted the
scaffold firmly.
j The poor man who envies not the
! rich, who pities'his companions ia pov
erty, and can spare something for him
that is still poorer, is, in the realms of
humanity, a king of kings.
Vagaries, of a Starving Jiao.
J Mr. Evarts, who was lost in the Yel
lowstono, contributes to Scribner’s t»r
interesting account of his “Thirty
seven Hays of Peril.” We quote :
! I lost all sense of time. Hays nml
I nights canio and went, and were nutu
j bored only by tho growing eonsciuus
neas that I wus gradually starving. I
j ielt no hunger, did not eat to ajipeaso
I appetite, hut to renew strength. I ux
; poriemfcd but little paiu. The gaping
sores on my feet, the sev»>ro burn ou
my hip, the teateriug crevices at llio
joints of my fingers, all terrible iu ap
pearance, had ceased to give mo the
least concern. The roots which sup
plied my food had suspended tho di
gestive (tower of the stomach, and
their fibres were packed in it in a
matted, compact mass.
“Not so with ray hours of slumber.
They were visited by the most luxuri
ous dreams. 1 would apparently vis
it tho most gorgeously decorated res
taurants of New York and Washing
ton ; sit down to immense tables
spread with the most appetizing vi
unds ; partake of tho richest oyster
stews and plumpest pics ; engage my
self in tho labor and preparation of
curious dishes, and with them fill
rango upon range of elegantly fur
nished tables, until they fuirly groan
ed beneath tho accumulated dainties
prepared by my own hands. Frequently
tho entire night would seem to have
been spent in getting up a sumptuous
dinner. 1 would realize tho fatigue of
roasting, boiling aud fabricating the
choicest dishes known to modern cui
sine, and in my disturbed slumbers
would enjoy with epieurian relish the
food thus furnished to repletion. Alas !
there whs more luxury than life in
these somnolent vagaries. * *
“By some process which I was too
weak to solve, my arms, legs and
stomach were transformed into so ma
ny traveling companions. Often for
hours 1 would plod nloug conversing
with tlie-e imaginary friends Each
hal his peculiar wants which ho ex
pected me to.supply. The stomach
was importunuhle iu his demand for a
change of diet—complained incessant
ly ol the roots I fed to him, their
present effect anil more remote conse
quences. 1 would try to si lon co him
w.th promises, beg of him to wait a
few days, and when this failed ol tho
quiet 1 desired, I would sook to iu
timidato him by declaring, as a sure
result of negligence, our inability to
reach home alive. All to no purpose
—he tormented me with his fretful
humors through lie entire journey.
'The others would generally concur
with him in these fancied uitoreatious.
T.ie legs implored me for rest, aud the
arms complained that I guVe them too
much to do. Troublesome as they
were, it was a pleasure to roqjH that
presence. I worked for thorn, too,
with right good will, doing many
tilings for their seeming comfort,
which, had I fell myself alone, would
have remained undone. They ap
peared to bo perfectly helpless of ill in
selves ; would do nothing for me or
for each other. I oftoued wondered,
w hile they ate aud slept so much, that
they did not uid m gathering wood
mid kindling fires. Asa oouiitui’poiso
to their own inertia whvnavur they dis
covered languor in mo ou necessary
occasions, they wore-not wanting iu
words of encouragement and cheer.
1 retail 1, as 1 write, uuiustanou where,
hv prom [it and timely into: position,
the representative of the stomach
saved me from a death of dreadful
agony. One day l came to a small
stream issuing from a spring of mild
temperature on the hillside, swarming
with minnows. I caught some with
my hands and ate them jaw. To my
taste they were delirious. But the
stomach refused them, accused me of
attempting to poison him, and would
not be reconciled until I had emptied
my [much of tho lew fish 1 had put
there for future use. The minerals in
the spring had poisoned them, and
those that 1 had oaten made me very
sick.”
( arv of I lie Feel.
Concerning this subject the Scien
tific American very truly says : “Many
are careless in the keeping of the feet
If they wash them once a week they
think they are doing well. They do
not consider that the largest pores of
the system are located in tho bottom of
the loot, and that the most offensive
matter is discharged through these
pores. They wear stockings from tho
beginning to the ond ol tho week
without change, which becomes com
pletely saturated with offensive mat
tor. 1.1 health is generated by such
treatment of the feet. The pores are
not repellents' but ahsorbauts, and this
fetid matter, to a greater or lefts extent
is taken back into the system. Tho
leot should he washed every day with
J pure Water only, u» well its tho arm
pits, from tvhieh tin offensive odor is
! also emitted, unless daily ablution is
* practiced. Stockings should not be
I worn more than a day or two at a
1 timo. They may bp worn eno day,
I and then aired and sunned, and worn
! another day if necessary.
Analysis or Max and Wuhan. —
Man is strong; woman is beautiful.—-
Mali is during am\ ctmli denj; woman
is diffident and unassuming. Man is
great iu action ; woman iu suffering, j
Man shines' woman at home.
Man talks to convince ; woman to per
' suade and please. Man has a rugged
: heart; woman a soft and tender one.
I Man prevents misery : woman relieves
1 it. Man Itas science woman taste, —
Man lias judgment: woman seutibili
-1 ty. liian is a being of justice ; woman
of mercy.
| Mits Evans will write a life of Alex -
cruder 11. Stephen;.
Vor,.’vi—-NO. 41-
IH«.l| ATLANTA.
Proceedings of ilie Legislature
Oondenaed from the /telegraph A Menacuger.
Atlanta, Nov. 15—Senate —Nun
nally moved to reconsider the bill
changing tho countysite of Clarke
county to Athens. The vote was lost
by a vote of 28 to 11.
Tho bill to limit lien judgments in
tho county w here rendered was indefi
nitely postponed. ♦
A message was received from the
Governor, recommending action on
the contract, of farming convicts.
Payments of debts against the peni
tentiary amounts to over ¥7,000 ; bal
ance to the crodit of the penitentiary
n w over $9,000.
After bills on tho second reading,
tho Senate went to the House to con
solidate the vote for C mted States
Senator,
House. —The Senate amendments to
the House bill for the olection of Gov
ernor, changing the time to the third
Tuesday in December, and to inaugu
rate upon the day after, was con
curred in.
Among the bills on the first read
ing, the Senate resolution extending
tho time for the collection of taxes
sixty days, was taken up. Tlto Fi
nance Committee reported adversely
by u minority and favorable by a ma
jority. Lost, by 141 to 9.
Simmons, of Gwinnett, offered as a
substitute to the minority reporta bill
allowing collectors till 24th .December
to collect and till January 25th to set
tle with the Comptroller. Gumming
offered an amendment requiring tho
immediate payment of the taxes for
18G8, 18UD and 1870, which was ac
cepted. Tho substitute was adopted,
and the resolution as amended by the
substitute was concurred in.
Tho Senate came to the House and
consolidated the vote for U. 8. Sena
tor. Norwood received 154 ; blauk
22 ; scattering 0.
Atlanta, Novomlifn-10.— Senate
Tho House resolution extending the
time for the collection of taxes on the
28th of December was indefinitely
postponed.
The following hills were on the first
reading:
By Mr. Brock—A bill to suppress
lawlessness.
By Mr. Brown—A bill allowing the
wife to collect damages from any per
son selling her husband liquor w hen
intoxicated.
By Mr. Jones—A bill to repeal ar
ticle 1D77 ol the Code relative to fac
tors’ liens.
By Mr Wellborn—A bill to repeal
the act entitled “An act to preserve
[icaee aud harmony in this State.
Fester introduced a resolution to
memorialize the Congress to pay the
citizens for all losses sustained in tho
emancipation of their slaves. Th»
leaulution was referred to tho Commit
tee on tho State of the lie public. Ai
.), a resolution requiring the Superin
tendent of Public Works to report the
condition of tho railroads whfch have
received the State aid, which was ta
bled.
A message was received from the
Governor enclosing a letter Iroui Mr.
1 >olano upon the subject ol an agricul
tural college. Tho message and letter
were sent to the Committee ou Agri
culture.
The bill to abolish tho City Court
of Macon was pissed.
A hill was introduced to appoint
commit toners to investigate tho af
fairs of the State, was referred to the
Judiciary Cammitiee. 1 lie following
amendment to tho bill was mado tho
special order for Monday next, to make
the ILuu. L. Stephens, Judge Worrell,
Harris Plerfiing and P. W. Alexander,
the commissioners, and giving theta
full powers to secure a thorough inves
tigation
Tho following bills woro on the first
reading :
By Mr. Johnson of < ’lay —A bill to
protect Clerks, Sheriffs anil Ordinaries,
by incorporating a Mutual Protective
Insurance Company.
By Mr. Bacon, of Bibb—A bill to
so amend the charter ot the City ot
Macon as to allow tho Mayor to hold
his office for two years. Als \ to in
corporate the Exchnuge Bank and a
Collage of Pharmacy and Health on
the Macon and Cha't ihoooheo road.
By Mr. l'ott—A hill to amend Arti
cle 'if IK of the Code, .so as to increase
the wife’s interest in the husbau l's es
tate. -i t ■ : itttr
Mr. Anderson offered a resolution re
questing the Finance Committee to
report a bill of appropriations by tho
24th inst. Tho resolution was adopted-
A message was received from tho
Governor aud seat to tlio Committee
on Agriculture.
The Senate resolution, in regard/ ’to
public printing, was lost by a vote ol
SO to oil. The two Houses are st log
orLoads about tho printing.
A GnvmTi. Dintist.—A dentist
was recently saved from drowning by
a laborer, and from the depths of his
grateful heart exclaimed : “Noble,
brave, gallant man 1 how shall I re
ward you ? Only cotno to my office,
and 1 will cheerfully pull out every
tooth you have in your head and not
charge you a cent. * , , '
Mrs. Mary Woodall, wife of Wil
liam Woodall of Gwinnett county, in
attempting to grease a cog-wheel while
running, was caught in the wheel and
eru.dn.-d to death. Sho leaves five
children. She was a member of the
; Methodist church, and was highly es
teemed by all who know her.— Gtcin-'
Mil Aiks.
Tho following toast was read at a
i banquet not long since r “The Ladies,
God bless them, are tfie only cure for
tho palpitation of the heart”