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gjjtoftott duUckln loural, Published Every Friday. E. & X. lv CUIUSTIAN EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS. TERMS— strictly In Ad vane e. Three months $1 *>o Six mouths ♦-! (>0 Oue year IJ 00 Hates of .advertising : One dollar per square of ten lines for the Brat insertion, and Seventy-five Cents per square for each subsequent insertion, not ex ceeding three. One square three months $ 8 00 Cue squ ire six months 12 00 One square one year 80 00 Two squares three months 12 00 T*o sq > ire u -'X months 18 00 Two squares one year Fourth of a column three moths no t o Fourth of a column sis months fit) 00 Half column thre -moths 48 00 Half column i mouths To 00 One column three months... 7o 00 One column months 100 00 Jot, fW'orle of every description ere- ! outedsith neatness and dispatch, at moderate rates. hoyl & smmoiiß, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DAWSOJE, - - GEORGIA. L. C. HOYL. j in2s ly. R. F. SIiIMONF. C. B. WOOTEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 21y Dawson, Oa. J. ALLEIST, WATCH ANi) REPAIRER JEW ELER. TDawson, On., IS prepared to do any work in his line in the verv best stylo. fel'2B if ITwTs. sJii ni, GXJjNT smith and l*.f irso.V, : : Georgia. all kinds of Gun?, Pteio!*, B<‘wiu«» Maiiines, ptc., a * v - W. C- PARK S, Attorney at Law. Ma-S 1 y D.firSO.Vjfi.f --c. W. WARWICK. A'lorney at hate and solicitor In Equity. * - - GEO., I\T ILL practice in Lee, Sumter, Terrell AY anti WetiS’er. ]j AW N() TI<J K Uqo't-:; will practice in all the • courts of the South western, in Irwin at iT. S mther I, Coffee and Appliu? of the Built wick, and niosi of thccou.ts of the Ta unU OircuUfl 011-. eor Wellington Street, opposite 1 lie K* r sa office, Albany, Qa- “»)11 O I , A W CAUD. ri'HK ondersisned will at'end to anv legal A tiuslness entrusted to his care, in South western Georgia. Otfice at Cmbert, R.mloljh co., Ha. mayll.ly E. U. PLATT. T. IK. STKWAHT, attornet at law, Cut ft bet t, ndolph Cos., G r., All business entrusted to his care will be faithfully attended to. June 1 £. L. DOU G L ABS, Attorney at Lnw, June 1 Ct TiIIJEUT, GA. E. HIGGINBOTHAM, 4T*^ SOEI at Is AW, m Cos , Ga.,\ Morgan, C. ;*»* -„f the South-1 Will practice i>a ail ths Courim, 1 westc'cn aud Pataula Circuit, Ju,. j E. hT SHACKELFORD, ATTORNEY iVT LAW, CAMILLA, Mitchell Cos., «»•» AGENT for purchase and sale o LAND. June 1, 1860. DR. S. G. ROBERSON, SURGEON DENTIST May 4 Cuthbrrt, Georgia. J c L. MARTIN GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT AXi) EXCHANGE DEALER, ECEACEA : : Alabama Repregents a paid Capital in A No. 1 Companie., of §22,000.000 Takes jKiie, Inland, River, Matiue, Life, and Acci dent risks. Losses promptly adjusted aud paid. apr 27-ly. lkroy naoavy, thus. it. ste * art. BROWN &STEY/ART, Ware Douse nnd coxinssion MERCHANTS, at Sharp & Brown’s old stand, jDcfIPSfLV GEORGIA. We are determined to u«e our utmost er -deavors to give entire satis|aution to nil who xnay favor us wiih their pt’rdtiage ‘. .ml -t» far as po*»ibl« to be to them, in this depart ment, (who' we have often felt, an t what evr ry pltn'er must feel that he needs) ju t and .erliahle ftiemht. That we in tv he better ena bled to carry ou' this design we have secured as busim a. aeeut, 'he wed known and reliable Cap'. John A. Ful'o "A jiot balance, ’’ is tur mot'o. ,1/. -. h 8 1867. W. R. & N. M. THORNTON Practical Dentists, It A IFSO.I', GA. Office in Harden’s new building, West B»-li s , Srrrpt. Drc. 14 , Wllala fl LL l Rnnc'es and Rnckeways at Coer tor the Cash, as I wish to close pot that branch of my business. 4pril 12th, 1867-lm E. B LOYLEB3. THE DAWSON JOURNAL. Vol. 11. Til Id AVOUI.IdW DllAPEtt’g APPRENTICE. Moro than two hundred yoirs n.yo, in a woolen draper’s shop in the French town rs Rhoims, stood a quiet, slim hoy hehinti tint crmiter, reading a hook which apparently deep’y inter ested him No customer lad as vet come in, so JI. Certain,..the master, was resting in hit gicon lmtl* er chair at one entl, nnd Moline, the shop boy was «y, - ping out the oilier eml of tho slua Presently the vrm.)g reader—Jean Baptiste Colbert Ly t.tr-r ?—looted up from his ho. *- • T. ain If had been reading about the ti’ui t I'the Duke of Montmorency, and (■' ■' abrupt ly : “Well, if e> I . Prime Minis ter ” lie was interrupted by a roar t-f laughter.from Moline and l.is muster. “Better fry to be more useful in my shop b fore you think of becoming Prime Minister,” said .M. Certain, in a dry, sarcastic tone. P, or little Bapli e blushed, and eoid he spoke without thinking, and did in deed mean to try to bo all that his master desired. “Well, well, no moro of that,” sn'd tho ild man bluntly. “Put y ur book away, end attend to what I am going to say Take t! is invoice to M C\-n --ani, tho banker from Paris. He want some cloth for bangings. Mo ino shall carry the bales. There arc ’our qual ities ; don't make any mistake about the prices.” “Are they marked, s'r?” “Yes. No. 1 at three cro»ns a yard ; No. ‘2, six crowns; No 3, eight crowns; No. 4. fifteen crowns. Dear enough, but then wh t tino f atony !’’ “Am I to take c.ll anything for ready mo ev ?” . “Take off anything ! To he sure not Not a farthing. Mind, fill! prLe, ami ready money Now bo off Away went Baptiste, followed by Woline, and soon reached tho hotel, where M. (Jenani, the banker, wa stayii g. II 'w: s ,-hown -nto the pr< s enee oi a young gentleman, arrayed in a dressing gown of green damask flowered with red. Y» ry hantlsome, no doubt, but 1 shuu’d think rather I e au,l y* “I come from M. Cer’ain,” s.ii.) B tp’.i to, bowing; wb /o Mo ino un rolled the four oales ni Sax- ny <■-'< t - The young banker 10.-kt <1 at tt, m cureless'y, selected one, and su'd ‘ 1 like this best; what is it priced ? ’ “Fifteen crowi s a yard,” rtp ied Ba|)t st \ Neither he nor M. Cenani noticed 'ho griu on. the shop boy’s face as Baptiste named the jiriee. “Very we 1/' said the banker, “1 will take it. How many yards are there Mofrno !o ked at thtxinark on the bale and said there Acre thirty Vntd». “Would yon ike me to measure it before you, sit T' “Oh no, I tan tru.-t M. Certain Thirty yard* tit lilteen crowns—four hundred and fifty crowns. Here tli y are.” He to«,k some money out of his desk and gave it to Baptiste, asking him for a receipt. Then Baptiste bowed and retired, followed by Moline, alsi bowing as well as his bale-i of cloth allowed him. “Capital ' capital ! A good day’s work ! ’ exclaimed Moline re vend times as they returned home. “You are very m ny, Moline, ’’said Baptiste, who and and not qui e rnderstan-l his companion's exuberant joy “Merry ! to be suie and so wi 1 mas ter be. You’ll make an excel ent wool en draper, Monsieur Baptiste” They ent red the shop. “Well,” sat'u their master, ‘you've made no mistake ht-po. “1 don’t I have, replied Bq> tisle, quietly. , ~ . ~ “But I think you t. nve t sa:a °“ n ® v\ith a broad grin and . a tmotheren buuh. , “What! Moline, what I—a p ; llow V And the draper looked eager- 1 ly on tho tickets which were affixed to j tho bales of cloth, while he went on | talking; “Ah no doubt he has made a mistake; the lit le rascal, what is he good for? But if you have, Baptiste, I warn you, you shall go back to M Cenani ami ask him for the difference, aud if he won’t pay it, I'll step it out of your wages. Why, No. 3is warn ing ; No. 3 was worth six—no, eight crowns. lam puzzled ” “.EL lit crowns !” said Baptiste, as tonished, “are you sure of that, sir ?” “t’ure ? yes; do you iliink I make mistakes ? You \wuld like me to, I date say, you young rascal. No. 3 was wo tli eight crowLß 1 am half dead with fear; I will mgr this good-for nothing Bapt ste so and it for six.” “On the contrary, I was so stupi 1 I sold it for fifteen. Oh, how could “Fifteen ! fifteen !” cried the draper joyluby, ‘‘filt en ! Y'mt are a fine boy. a go and hoy. Bap isle; you wi i becom an honor to your family. Fifteen ! I coil and cry for joy. Fifteen crowns I r a piece of cloth not worth six ! Think of the gain—ih rty yards two hun dred niid ti irty francs* profit. Happy day ! ’ “Oh, sir,” said Baptiste, surely you will t ot take advantage i” . ‘Oli. I see,” said die dishonest shoo keeper; “you want to go shires. \\ > 11 it is only lair you shou and have some thing. I agree. “Sir,” said Baptnte, taking up his hut, “I cannot agree to any such thing.” “Bravo! bravo 1 my boy. NY ell, give it all to mo if you like.” •Bather more than §l2O ; a large sum in those days. DAWSON, FRIDAY, MAY 10, l««r. “I will go,” continued Baptiste, in a firm tone, ‘ trrtho gentleman win m I have treated so badly, and return i him the money.” The hoy started off. leaving M. Cor- ■ tain confounded and wrathful; and running very fast arrived breathless at the banker’s hotel. “Fan I see M. Cenani ? ’ “No, said the valet, “I don’t think you can Mon4L or is dres-ii g.” ‘T beg of you sir, to <t me see him' imm and a cly. ft is ver ur.-ent.” Baptiste s; oke so earnestly that the man said ho vniffd inquire. lie went, but not without Bap tiste trending ‘r>'t!y behind him. “He can’t lee ine now,” said M. Ce nani, when his valet told him about B u tisto. “Oh, pray, sir, only one ’iltle ivoni ” said ttie boy imploringly, and putting his head n at the door. The bufifeer turned agtily and saw Baptiste. “\V hat brings you here? L paid you I believe. 00, I am en gaged. Jiut Baptiste did not go. On the contrary, tie entered the room, aston isl.iug both the gentleman and hi. va let ’’Sir,” said the boy, “I have impos ed _ <>n you imintentieru ly ” Then ho emu ied his pockets on the table. “The c’oth U.at I sold you is only worth eight crowns n yard Thirty yards at eight crowns makes only two hundred an i ten crowns Hero* they are. sr; pleas rto see that they are tight.” “Are you quite sure of what you say, my blend ?” asked tho hanker, changing his tor.a. “Quite sure, nr. I beg your par don for coming in against your w’-shes, but if you had found out the mistake be "ore I did, I should never have for given myself Now Ih ve the hon r of w ishing you good morning ” “One moment,” cried M. Cenani, nnd arrested the steps of Bn; tiste; “do you know I am no judge of cloth roy solf ? ’ •T can assure you, sir, this piere of cloth is not worth more than eight cro" ns ” | The bunker smiled, “And you fhight 1 easi y have kept this mont y f,.r your ! self. 1 “I never thought of that.” But if yo i had thought of it ?” per ! .-i.tetl the gentleman. “Quite im|s ssible, sir. Yon might | as well sk me I I had thought of car rying off all that you have here." lie hoy smiled, as il the idea were too abend. “\Ve;l, you arc remarkably honest. Vow sup]tore I wa.ro to make you a I p cseflt ot libs money which you have I been good enough t. rM urn to me" “Why should you give it to me, sir? I w nld not take it,” su’d Baptiste, witho. t nnj’ hes tation j il are a line fellow,” sai l tho [ }'OU r g banker, joing to Bapt ste, and taking h m !ty tlie ban 1. “V\ hat is V' ur name ? ’ •‘Jean Baplisfe (’o’boit, at your ner v’ce, sir,” replied the y uth, blushing at the man's eon 'eseen-tion. Then M Ccnat i putia fre :qa j) i'ns to tho b- y, sod tias r‘ain >1 t! at he be -1 age ltoa g ad Istnuly r.o v very rr.aeb rcdoce-1, but allied to die C Ibvrts of Pe tlir and, as well as to these of Frit O'. To relieve his jmi- ut< from ti e ford n f his support, Bt-btiste i atl b coaie ar- Ir. n t ice i to the w ttdhn draper. M. Cenani see met to t'.'y the fspen f rtune o! Bit t t ’r [ rrt nts, but ; s bis ctriitgc w. sji-i. ti ti. auma-i ei and, !e u. y said, with aam e, “We flail m et *ap« a, Bubtbte,’’ nnd t i-mi sets him. J us’ as B, btist r bad hft ihe bote], a poweiful grasp n< kid upoti ! i, co i ; r. lie looked up ar.d met ti e *• cn c"1"- tenaure et his master. He fho- k him, arid abused him dicadfully, an-1 nt-.< »rd ed him then aid there fr tn h s t-n y airnf. ‘Never conic within reach of ei ther my arm er my ti f you xro ’.vie.” It was A rad tale to tell his father 2 ni his :n. tin r, (h it he had 10-t his »it »»»?■>• But when ti cy heard h- rra- n of it, thi-y ki-sid him, snd oouimecd l him, and (rib 1 to prevent Lis jciug cast dt.wu about the iu u r e. While Babiisto atv» LB parents were talking, the servant cpcnci the door *ral Slid a stiangi gentleman, who w uld cot give hi< name, pSrtieutarly wished to sec M. L'o'.bot*. When fio was uvf»- ( rid in, Bibtiste colored tier j ly. ‘ Oil, , papa,” he exclaimed, “it 13 the gentle man I sold the cl : th to.’’ The gentleman sat down aud told them how much gradflud hr hid been by dieir son’.-, h'-neat oondue*. lie also tt.id them what Butt tr, ia bis modes ty Lad not mentioned, (hat Laving Lad t e union to go to the Urapt r’s for a fur tt er supply 1 i cloth, tho shop fir-y iu f . ia.od i i 11 that Babiisto h and ri fused to accept h.uf the ov- rebangc, th ugh ! 11 movier had t-mpud iiioi hy iffVnng to I share it wi’h him. This tu .de Babtiste's parents still ■ n o v ti; py, amt bis mother ki-.scd him ago". _ ( Th n the banker stiff that, hav.ng ah- ) etrued Babtiste bad been summa- , nly di'eh-rg-if, he Lad lome to offer bim a clot ksbip in his baokii g hou c, where he wouli jirohaiffy make Lis for- i tun’. Ttiis was vo good an <fi r that Bil- 1 tiste’s parents wire thankful to accept , it t r bim, though he felt almost broken | he arte l at the theught ts leaving his p-o r but peaciful and ht-ppy b< trc. 1113 aiicua were s.mivfiff enough, but his teats dtied up and gave way to son cs as he wis ahirlcd along in aeoir.- tortable carriage, and li-’enoff to ac count) ot the woutleiftl sights 1 1 L’aris. It was anew world to Bab'ijte. Bat be thought of duly befiue pleasuro lie knew it was a wondtiful thigg for an obscure youth suoh as be wi-, to be honored by a rich mau't n >tioe, nnd 1 1 iced in so ' dva t go us a roti i in. II) re'olved to work hard for bis cm; I >yer.- Ho did so, keeping eyes and cars onon, and learned things wry fast, flo ap?r dtlv roso in general estimation. 110 had a fine head for accents, they said Ho ?o.tq became a magnificent finan cer. The most important duties svere entrusted to him Bi>n ho ga'osd the pent of traveler to ihe firm. This tiav rii-ag C'bo'aie l his tasto aid his mtml. (.''m'.n.rea wos h « prinvipal s’udy, an ! ho car-fully watched all that bote npojt it. and while making the cir cuit of the French province's was on s' intly meditating over plans forrend r ing it Bn re flourishing. Perhaps he eg tin sail to h’.ctselfjia the hasty words ot l.is bnyliitod : ‘All, if I w.-ro only piitrie minister, I wouid lt«; and so. ’ 111 the \p ir IGGB, wh-oi Bthtiste wss about thirty, kin I ’ii nds giinrtl him a poet undtr the S. eritary .f 8 A*, wh > i iotrol 'oe t tita to Far L.t-sl M Z trin. j A thi.'dme, -as t“.e hi neh k : g was a Iti ioo r , \r: ai f A'-:- lit .- 3 and tiii- ca: -ml was her prime mi i ter Ml/ I ti l, aho ha 1 inn h petieti ation in to uharaeier, saw tho rem.irkable tabu’s which the quiet snd attidiou* B-duisto ; joe*- s t l . In; did not parade. He Ie»• 'he Secretary to let him h, \c hi in. rbeStor try ertsut «t 'The oaidiDal made Bat> isfe a privy c"tt cl-r, nt-Jj .ined hi.-n with bin slf in an put) io bus m »s, and mat y evi l n o if his ability and xt.al, gate niut Lis full couti lone -. Aftout IG7O M zr’vn became urip'p j ui ir, and w-.s f ■ o» <i to retire into pri- IV: to .‘it’*', iI ‘went to Cologne, Di; Ba, tiste act ena at y l.itu ? No, be istajedin P.tiis, [ artiy because he va on t tie point us a -irryit g (he dnigh er of the Baron do Minors, ard partly be |Cau-e the cardinal lad tnlrUstrd t ■ hitu j the control ot his houchold at J’titis, and wish'd aiso to receive letters through him from tli” tpifit) rcg. nt. This was a difficult and ddicate busi urss but he uiatiagcd j< with prudence a-d zeal, and Muzirtu was very grati . ful. After a liana tho cardinal returned to France, and shcwel his gratuudeto Baptiste Ly tnakit g his tailor a burr n ari'i h s grand IT her a privy eont.cilcr, aud s. curn c- g t and ajponi meats fer his j four hroisufs. 1 Bapti-'e — r, as sr ft ought to cab him, Co! bet t, for it is thus ieiskn wn :to history—via created a ma q iis— M iqu : s do Craissy. lie co tir i> -J to show ten tub kid are! eorci nun n:-ss in all all Jr- of St at , tint when ih - car dir.’l lay ts; it gI c raid to the kirg— j *T owecwrythii gto yon, sire; but I 1 (kit-k that I acquit mysc-lf in some de gree toy ur Mi jcsty in givir-g ycu 0- ibert.” Th- 1 kirg proved that he shared in this h't' 1 ! appreeia’i' nos Colbert, by ni-kirg him, in 1672, c-mptnfer gcticr -J -i' lit ante. The Frees.h trade war at that iitnt stni l, aid poorly managed The print',a! roads wore iapassib'e; C'lhrrt r-paired thorn, at. 4 made nes ones. If plated the Canal <-e li ar gr-gte, ft undid inturtcee 1 ffi -os and i-.lmtibtrs 1 f cotsirm rc >, ar iappfi-d to ail the e,yurts if Kurt re fer itifornau"t aheutc uineteiul ma te.r . He <s b lisbrd colonies, »-p< m-d I atbor.s and na val schot.!-', ar.d turn shed ptira'es fn ni the adj<-ii it ur softs, ra « -f tho Fr.:noh naiy to a hurt be-i ships, manneti b\ six y J’.'n-aT.d s.i'ors. lie establ sheti glass wt tk«, and rendered glass much chcai er. To him Baiis owes its beauti ful Goto-iics, tapes ry fae-ti ry ; and, ir dcod, yt u ca’i sen:c ly i. r o a- y diatanoc inß-'ts »i'ht ut tindifg tr.ois of the gte -t C it-er‘. N -ti i g ms beyond tie nadt cf Lie fine mind and tiobla intel ect, f-r lit et couragei the breeding ot entile, and rri-h-.ed lard more easiy if aeq'ii-t ion. What' ver lie turned to, he sctuied thor oughly tei Bi-ister Wi ll a mild for business, Colbert had a iso at.ste so ar's. Iu lt>76 be foUU'l i or e academy 1 f painting at Bar is, and anoth r at Keine. On the 16 b cf S.jtm.b-rr, 1690, C ;.b rt Lied, sg. and sixty-soar, ar.d let v i:-g nine children, six sins at-l three daughtir*. His daughters married the Dukes of Cbeverc-ux, A'gnun Merle tn- r. K aeler what was Colbert’s first. sf»p in that career .. f p.rv'p' ri:y and bene-r? An act es honesty Hoik thens r Oo<i’." grace to enable y> u to imitate Colbert’s upiiclit a ndnet Never take ari unfair adv'anfago of any one, either in play or in burin', .v counter, remember that no ble prit-ciplffl <f *c Ln are as ranch in place as yen suppose they would lo ia a piitno n.inistcr’s gilded chamber* Probably yonr honesty will not ele vate >tu *o at y remarkable position in tho lLs’cry of your c -untry—though it may do so : but .at Fas? i? will give you peace ' f mind, and that is worth moro than a.i he riuhe- and honors which a king could she w\ r up- n you. Sunshine. ' An Imprsssivis J iiouoht—-’*l took 1 tho pledge,” said an old man, at ibo foot jeitbo g-illow*, when I saw a yonr-2 1 mau bung. The Sheriff - tot k out. his ; wa'ch and said, “If you have anything I to mv, spwiik now, fur you havo cnly five minutes to live ” The young man ; hurst in o tears and said : “1 bite to die ! i I had t 1 0 little brother; he had brouli j ful blue eyes and tl x-n hair, and I lev el him. But oned-y 1 got drunk r.cd ! going htime, found bi»i gathering ter ries in the g-ir ten, au l l got at gty with cut cause, ard kidqdbim, with one blow of the rake. Dtink fas done it. It has ruined m'! I h ive but one mors word to er.y— xtVUB 1 NEVtll!! Nivtiit 1! teueh anytt-ing that can intoxicate.” The r«a*on why so few msriiages nre happy, is beraufe young ladies rpond their time iu miking nets, not iu mak irg ergts. A I‘ieufur tlio niinlreii. Don’t expieot too miu-h of them; it has taken forty years, it may be, to m ike you what you are, wi Ii all their lessons of experience ; and I dare say you are a fool fuuTy being at best.— Above till, don't ex; eet judgement ia t> eld'd or I'iatiunie under tr als; wym- Jiadiize in their mistnk* sand troubles; don’t litlieilla them. I one,-’ saw a lit I tlu restless, inquisi ive child ask a crown person what lie was doing ? ■‘Grind ng pepper,” the man said, “for tlie in-.’at.’* Not an idea luuf the boy of four years, of tho properties of that pungent sp ice. “Let mo taste it,” he said, and see what it is like?” “No. smell it,” said the man, and the little ‘F'o’V buried his face in a larqo box ful 1 . Us course tis eyes were nearly put out, and this human brute laugh ed he imly. To tl is day the child re gards him with tho great-st detesta tioti that no advancts can conquer, anti no wand r. Remember not to meie uro a child's trials by your stan dard. “An i-ac uhrm hi.maot! -reeq fortt th,’* says tho inspired writer, leuutifuliy docs he eonv yf > us the deep, faithful leva that ought to be found in every woman’s heart, tho un fa 'mg sympu hy with all her chiblren’s grn ts. W hen I soo children going to Hitir father for comfort I a:n sure there is srunt'thing wrong \vi*!i tla-ir incther. Ni n are poorly fitte 1 for the ease of iiitle ones, They lat k not only the untiring patience, !ut tho heaven : >• »rn untu-lfishnes of womankind. Do nut judge tin ir loviog words ae.'l looks; tho wor .1 may use them rough ly enough in their passing through it, iit lie memories of thiir ehildfnaid be us bright as you can make it Grunt them every innocent pleasure in your power. We have often felt our v m j>er )>e to-ace how carelessly their lit do pilaus are thwarted by older per sons. w hen a little trouble eq their part would have given -he child pleasure, ihe memory of which won’l l ist a life lime. Lastly, don't think a child a hopeless case brcause it betrayed some very bail habits. We hive known childr- u that seem to have ber*n born thieves and li.*rs, m early tiid they play ts ese unamjallo trait-*, yet we huve lived In see these same children become noble men ami women, and ornaments to society IVe must con fess they had wise, affectionate parents. 1 here is very little human perfection n the wdi Id. Many of tho men that havo been most loved and honored of God himself, were far from being sir r'S- Your litt’e bey or girl is proba bly what you were then at its ago. If you give it ;« better training it may far excel you ; but you have r.o right not to . xpect ii« character to boa red c tion of your own, and whatever else you may be compelled to deny it by your circumstances in l.fe, five it what they most va’ue, plenty es love. T:il<> «fa Rntil'oiake. During the Summer months rattle snaki s generally go about in pairs, si that if on-' is killed the htu ter had best ’ook out for another This habit is not confined to the rat’l- snake* Must venomous speci n observe the same ride. A negro slave in St I)orrina*'i onto took advantage<>f it to pierpetrab a most foul crime. The negro had jo’netl a consp racy to revolt, but be in;; suspected of lukewarmncs 1 in the cause, was commanded to destroy his masters on! v tl ugh er, as 1 proof of his zed, or suffer death himself. The r:i i-iil at compl slcl the deed without attracting the le-i-t suspicion low rd himse’f. fie discovered the haunt ol a pair of deadly snakes, ond tiy means of those ai ts peculiar to IfiS had sav age race, enti. ed them to the neigh b'ihraid of tho house. He then in ' forrm 'I his master that he had reason to believe that there was a vonomous rept le in the neighborhood. A rewar - was off. iet 1 for ts destruction, w hich was .'mined by the neg o hie self, who killed the female snake the following morn ng. His coerage and devotion were high y complimented by tho planter, and an additional reward giv en by the daughter t f the [larder. 1!m moment the negro w s tmob so vet] he sot to work to complete hts plans. He dragged the hotly of the dead snake along the ground, through the house into t! e young 1.-.dy’s bed room, and allowed it to reui tin for •nine few mil utes betvve- n the sheets on ibo bed. This done, he concealed the snake about bjsbody, and carried it to a distance. "Night came, and ibo surviving snake began to seek its rm-t •. The scent was still on the ground, and tho rep tile followed it up to the door, and then g ided aero, s tho hall to tho charnl or of the p'anier s dough er The trail vv s quite warm ; tho snake worsed its way beneath the coy riot to the place where tho other bad been, anti when the unfoilunate girl moved her hand in her sleep to brush it from her nook, the fangs of tho enraged rep tile wire instantly buried iahet throat, ihe deep sk-ep produced by a sultry heat was upon In r, and she awoke no more. When the parents visited their child in tbe morning, an offensive pu trid nif.ss of corruption, ir, which they t ou'tl hardly recognize tho loved noun tenance, was all that no t their gaze A Ilur.UUI 1.8 THE WnONO PI.ACK i’i.o LVtcrsburg I'tdrx rala'cs the t )!- lowing incident : During bis sneech in front off Jarrcti’s Hotel on Thursday night, Senat-r Wilson rcn a'kf<l that six bundiid and tw n y-Svc battier h-J been foughi in the he w r. He path etically atided that ‘three baud rod and iwentj-fivo thousand Union solditrshid lost their lives in eruxhing out the re bcil-.0u.” “Hurrah for dat!” cii/J a solorcd member of tbe audicDce. No. 11. !I«w Sul l»i«Lj'*:ieeil the Fam ily A traveler in thu Statu cf Illinois, som ' years ago, came to a long l.tg hut on tho pr.i : rit s, Mar Cairo, aft ! there h.-ilteJ. lie wont iota the house of logs. It was a wretched affair, with an empty parking b'x for a table, where two or three old chairs and disabled stools grac ed the. reoeption ro"tn ; the dark wills ■ f which wc-ro further ornamen‘cd by .1 tliaplav of tin ware, ami a broken delf article or two. The woman was crying io one corner, and (he tnan, wi h tears in his eyes and » I ipo in his mouth, sat on a stool, wi»h hi) dirty a*mi resting on his knees, and hia s rrowful looking HenJ supported by tho ; a!n-s of his bands. Not a word greeted tho i ifci leper ‘Well,’he said, ‘you seem to be in awful ir u! le hero. kYba *s up ? 'Oh! we are most crazsJ, ncighb r,’ said the woman ; and w« aiu’l git no [atienoe to see folks now.’ ‘That is all right,’ saitl tho visitor, not much taken übiok by this polito ro h T ANARUS; hoi crrJt 1b» of auy service to you in all this trouble ? ‘Well, wo'vo lost our gal. Oar Sal’s ip tie iff and left us,’ said tho man in tones of despair. ‘Ah, do y.-u know who induced her to leave you ?* remarks 1 the new arriv al. ‘Well, we can t say, as how she’s so far lost as as to be iuduc-id ; but, the n slu’s gone and diagramd us,’ remarked the ■ minted father. ‘Yes, neigfih r—md not as I should ny it a* her m ithrr, hut there warn’t a ponrtier gal in tbo West thn my Bal he’a gone aid brought ruin on us, ami oq h r hod do.v,’ followed tho .-trioken muthe-. ‘Who lias she tj .no with ?’ a ked yit-i --tor. ‘Y.'elt, there ia (be trouble. The gal could hive done well; ami might have rna’ried Marlin IY-boe, a capital shne makt r, who although, he’s got but one eye, p'ays the flute in a lively ra inner, and earns a go.id living, and look what 11 h me arid what a iifj she his deserted .he was here surrouuded by all (he lux ury ia the country,’ »»id the father. ‘Yes! who knows what poor 3ul will hiTc to eat, drink or wear V groaned ihe old woman. *A:id who is the filer that Lad takan hor fn m you, to lead her into such mis t ry V quoth be ‘Why, she’s gone off and got m'rried to a crittrr called an editor, as lives in the vilfag”, an l the devii knows bow they are to earn a living.’ Ladies' Dkkss.—Tho skirt of a sash ion a hie dress is n-ide rather short in fr nt ami at ti .) sides, so tight ia front a* to show the c „tonr of the stomach— false etooiches, of Indi* nit'hor, areact ualJy worn L-y *1 in iyom r '& ! —an !, ju t behind, becomes imai- .isely long, slrrsm ing ont for tazre qus.rtr.-s cfa J ard, or more tl *a double t!iit length, aet ord iug “1 ihe vsnity ar .! h-J taste of the wemr. •' half 1 i x-n ladi«s sporting •raits of this description ervf-d ha/e a drawing room -ill to t!icm s elves, the ef e.-t (f spreading draper's! wo rd he pretty ein.c,’l, t apecially f they would t ons ut tii stard still all the eveni- g so as to allow their akiits to retain the fan ship- and fl- iv mpar f ed to them by the fi nal tl ig if the snnbrettc :s s'o enn clud' s t it o ot'uipliea’eJ ta i cf beautify ing her “la ’y.” But as the fashionable gatherings, io view us which these slab ora’e toilets have been prepared, are es teemed etiec- a.-.fnl secord'ng to the in teiifi'y of the erowdirg which take, rlcce in the n, the streaming tails of the ladies aic a e . twisted into rolls which produce, whs-ricrt.r their wearer makes a urn, the mo-t e- niu effect. The triin, in fact, bvha’ves ju-t as docs tbs tail of a tine Angora cat, < r any other animal whose cau tal appendrge is too loDg for the rest of i'a body. A bigamGt in lowa hail married his 'h rteonth wife, witbi us waiting for any of ihtm to tie ( ff, as the law directs, when some of fcis first loves eitr.e down upon him and hid tirn saf ly lodged in j .il for hr aking the!* heart". Out he ro, however, soon tiviDßged so break j til, anti wa-t again at large, but biirg rrc ftgi.ii.-d by a man who was anxious to e’sim the handsome reward / ffered for h's arre t, hr invited tie bigamist to ice mp-v v him home, and cal'e-ff in hi« wife to rSit *i h I'm, while he went for an officer to take him. Oa rc'nin ing with a constable shortly after, whs.- v as the p -. r man’s astonishment to fin-j that the guy Lothaiio had rb“cjndtd with his wife. The DeiTCT.tm.n Crss,—On his re turn fr. m Pf tcrsburg ?o Richmond, »f irr ne: ki-g bis incendiary speech, Hun nicuit took a scat in the or assigned to colond pe pl*k 'When the conductor and onndi and his furs ho offered him ad)!- lar ai*d a quaiter, the amnunt charged Cidorcd p:'B-(-ngcr«. The eor.'luctor iu f rn ed him tff,„t tbe faro for white per sus was a d-'llar and fifty cents. He ramonstrsted, saying that as be rode in the colored cir he ou;;ht only so pay co’- j ored fare. A oolored min who beard fbe controversy, put a stop to tho matter by paying tbo quarter in dispute. Artemis Ward says in ‘His B-n k:’ ‘A female woman is one cf the gretfistiu- it 1 i d< of which the bind can boalo. Bhc 19 good in eiekcec?— good in wellnc-ss—good all the time. Oh, woman, woman! You are nn angel w! ea you behave yourself; but whin yoa tike off your pn per ipprril, and (mctiforically speak ing) get into pautlo >nc, and undir’ake to play the man, you play the devil, and are an enifttio noo=ance.’ J remy Taylor says thEt if you are - for p’ersire marry ; if you priia rosy heatbj mnrrp [For the Djwsoq Journal. Mluy Day. nr iLi.ii ciiniSTuir, Welcome, welcome, month of fiuwars, j With j.»y we hall thy gUdsoma houn, And gither 'naath thy shady bowers, To celebrate the day. As we are told by aucleut lore, Our anrt'sfers In days of yora. Thy bidJl n g did obey. TIIO merry birds, the forest groan, With song is making glad, A!’, all proclaim tliec Nature’s quoen, In queenly raiment clad. Cold winter, with her blighting breath, Thy reign once swept away ; Bjit, like hpr victims, Bhe met death. Before thy gentle sway. Though blood and earnago still must stdia This sin-cursed earth of ours, An isle in sorrow's rugged sea, Is May with birds aud Rowers. The fl st of-May I what heart so cold. With pleasure not to flll,| While balmy oreexe and singing bird* The vory forest thrill. Though sometimes Summer in ihe heart Must yield her gentle reign. To blighting grief, may she resume Her gentle sway again. Fuu, Fact and Fancy. Wanted by a confectioner—<candid youtifl wniiiaD. The latest and swee’est thing in bon-* nots—the face3 of their wearers. “Pride goeth b-fore a fall”—espec ially a water sass. To havo tarts for tea, let your wifa soe you kiss the waitiDg maid. “Bob, how is your sweetheart get ting along 7” “Pretty well, I reckon. She says I needn’t call any more.” Punch savs that women first resorted to tight lacing to prove to the men how wcil they could bear tight squeezing. It is sai l the Universalist are desert ing Radicalism—not believing in end less punishment.’ “Boy,” said a facetious farmer to hi* son, “we bad a pretty hard day’s work yesterday; new let’s have a gamo of chopping wood.” The reoent meniage of Mr. Day with Miss Field presents this singular ano maly, that although he gxiued the fiehl t she won the day. “Ii is very sickly here,” Said oRd of the sons of the Fmerstd Isle, the other day, to another. “Yes,” said hi* com. pinion, “a great many have died this year who havo never died before.” “My German friend, how long havo you b en married ?’ ‘Vcl, dis is a ting vot I se Id on don’t like to talk about, but vtn I does, it seems so long as never va**,” A connfyman saitl that Eve must have been lame. ‘Why do you think she was lame?’ I asked. ‘Because she carried a cain.” A Ut’ca pr.pcr says that during the fijful peiiodof her life, now ended, a woman in that eify had been married thron times, »t.d each succesive husband Was Dimed Tomk cs. Os ix hundred and twilve young la dies who fainted last year, more than half of them ft.il into the arms cf gen t’emen. Only three had the misfor—• tune to fall oa the floor. It is stated by some wiseacre that tho heart of a man weighs rlne ounces, that 'f a woman about eight. As the age inerentes, a man’s heart will grow heav ier, and the woman’s lighter some girls loose theirs at sixteen. A drunkon ft llow, siting on the steps of a church in Boston, tho cold wind Waving chillingly round the ooiner : •Iflliaven (hie) tempers the wind to tho (hie) s-horn lamb, I wish the lamb (hie) was on this corner.’ ‘Mike,’ said a brick layer to one of his htidiiian,‘if you meet Patrick tell him to make baste as we arc waiting for him. ‘Sure and I Trill,’ replied Mike, ‘but what will L tell him if I don’t happen to miet him ?’ ‘What are you doing there, Jane ? ‘Why, pa, I am goirg to dye dolls* dre c s re* I .’ ‘But what have you got to dye it with? ‘Beer.’ ‘Who on earth told you that Irer wan red ?’ ‘Why, tua said that it was beer that made your nose look so red, and I thought— ‘Here* Susan, take this child.' A mother, trying to get her little daughter of three years old to sleep, one uight, said to her : “Anna, why don’t you try to go to sleep? ’ “I *m trying,’’ she replied. “But you haven’t shut your eyes."* “Well, eau’t help it; um’a oome un buttoned.’’ ‘What aro you about, you black ras cal ! Twice have you roused me from s und sleep to tell me that breakfast is ready, and n>w you’ve woke me up by attempting to pull off the bed clothes What the devil do you mean ?’‘Why, tuassy, if. you isn’t gwine to get up I must bab de sheet anyhow ; cause dey aro wailin for da tablecloth*' An < x< hange says : ‘We feel confident that the steam steed will wend its way.- through fur emerald vales ere the leafy livery of na'uro dons tho somber hues of of autumn. This means that tho ears will bo run ning next summer. In great (rosperity, as well as in great cilam ty. wo should look into ont p hearts. Tiie Apple Thee Borer r- A wri ter in tho New England Farmer says when tomatoes aro growing near an ap ple trro the botrrs wiil not trouble Jtl # tho tree Ila plants tomatoes by thw trees to prevent them. This Is a sin\ . pie remedy and should be tH*- 1 w*i«se trees ««* " „ attacked iii- -