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About The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1866-1868 | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1868)
gatosoti aatfdtln Journal, Published K»<*ry Thursdiy IT PERRTMASf & f URISTIAN. TERJIS— strictly in vldvtttice. Three month*...,. ''■*? y? 'oJpßpt *p ’s BrM insertion, and Sevonty-tive Cents per square f9r e«h subsequent insertion, not Sx oT/sqnare throe months t 8 *0 Due square six month*. . '2 GO. One square one year 20 00 T*o squares three months 12 00 p #o squares six months ... 18 00 Two squares one year §0 00 Fourth of a column three moth*. .!4».; 80 <lO Fourth of a column six months... .. 60 00 Half column three moths 45 00 Half column eix months 70 <lO Oue column three months. 70 00 One column eix months .100 00 Liberal Deductions .Wade on Contract %/tdvrrtisi incuts. «llMmhimm»MHHM>in»WM»iuuHinuMi|mntmu«m»Mnit Legal Advertising. Bheriff’s Sale*, per levy,.’. '. ? 2 80 Mortgage Ft Ft Sales per sq 'are 6 00 Citations for Letters ol Administration, 3 !>0 «i * 4; Guardianship, 3 4)0 Diimlsion from Apminiatration, 6 00 >• " Gu irdianship, 4 00 Application for leave to sell land, <> 00 Haleaol Lanp, per 5qna5e,. .......... . 5 00 Sales of Perishable Pi open? per sqn’r, 8 00 Noiices to Debtors and Creditors,.... 3 60 Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square, 2 (to Kstray Notices, thirty d,ys, 4 00 Job IPOt'K of every description eve eutedwith ueatness and dispatch, at moderate RAIL-ROAD GUIDE. •utilwestern Railroad. WM. HOLT, Pres. J VIKGIL POVV EHS, Sup Leave Macon 5.16 A. .1/ ; arrive bus 11.15 A. if ; Leave t’Mu'r'hue 12 46 I . Jl • arrive at Macon 6.20 P. if- Leaves Macor 8 AM , arrives at Bu fauls 5 SO, P M ; Leaves Eufiula 7 20, A M ; Arrives at Macon 4 50, P M. ALBANY BB.tNrir Leaves Smllbville l 46, P M ; Arrives at Albany 8 11, P M i Leaves Albany 9 85, A M; Arrives at Sipithville 11, A M. Leave Outhbert 8 67 <*. M. ; arrive nt Fort G iins 5 40 P. if I Leave Fort <1 dps 7.05 A il ; arrive at Outhbert 9,06 A. M, iHiteeu and. W e-L.ii Ka:lroad. A J WHITE President. H. WALLER, SupeiautcDdent. day passenger train. T.eaves Macon ... 730A. M. Arrives at Atlanta . . 157 r. M. Le ws Atlanta . . 685 £ ”• Arrive! at Macon . . 180 r. m. MIGHT TRAIN. Leaves Maced • * . 4 * ”■ Arrive, at Atlanta . • t* ™ f Leaves Atlanta . . • 8 10 P. M Ar.ire* at Macon . .125A.M. Western & Atlantis* Kailioad. CAMPBELL WALLACE, Snp’t. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. I,eave Atlanta . • s f 8 JJ' La*ve Dalton ; •/* • 2 r. M. Arrive at Chattanooga . . •’>■-5 ”• “• Leave Chattanooga . • s -" 8 - "• Arrive at Atlanta . . . 12.06 r. M NIGHT TBAI.N. Irfiavc Atlanta ... 700 P. M. Arrive at Cliattanooga . . 4.90 A a Leave Chat l anooga . . 430 P. M. Arrive at D*ltou »*- . -550 P. *. Arrive at Atlanta . . . 1 4t A. M. ~"f6ustariss (Sard*. DR. W. H. HODNETT WILL, at all times, take great pleasure in waiting on all who tlfftirc Hin merclcen, and are willirg to pay lor the same. No other practice is solicited. Divtaon, O*., January 30th, IS6B ly DR. It. A. WARNOCK, OFFERS his Professional arrvicffl to the etttg*nt of Chiekatiawhatchee and its ▼icinit?. prom ample experieiuiQ in both civil and Military practice, he is prepared to •rear gucee-eioUy, caeea iu every department of his profession. j in 16'68if C. B. WOOTEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Datcson, Ga. j*« 7* 1868 !▼ ©. J SUBLET. WILD C. CLI-TELAN, GURLEY & CLEVELAND, A TTORNEYS A T LA W, MlUorn, Mstthit' Coioifi/, Get. J. G. S. SMITH, GUN SMITH and Machinist, IMII’SOJ*, .* Georgia. Brptir* all kinds of Guns, Pistols, swing M.cne., op.. P . C- 2 It. HAVfcNS & BROWN, Wholesale and Retail B BID ELI EKS, MAI I ONERS, And General News Dphlpbj—j/iangula Blo«k, i.’herrv Street, Macon. Get* S NOTICE. la. Y days alter date application will be made to the Ordinary of Terrell cotinty tor Ifnre to B*ll all 0»e reifesliite of B. G. Cbiis lie, ia'e of said county deceased. *P (| * G. W. CHRISTIE, Ee' r. FOR RENT. A House and lot hi tlie nioat desirable + neighborhood, and healthy portion of toe city of Dawson. Dwelling, out houses, E*rden, good water, and a plentiful supply of wood. Apply to B. McDOSALD, South side pubiie Square. Dawson, G»:, March Its, ISttSjtf, •§ DJtMf.YIS Tit.M TO IVS S.it.K. j BY virtue of an order from the Court of [ Ordinary of Calhoun Cos., Ga., I will sell | the Couit Bouse dopr in tire town of °f§»u, ip said county, cm* the first Tuesday >0 «<U)A next, between the legal hours of soft, We entire real estate of Darid Merritt, deo’d, | conaUtjng of Bast half of lot of land, No. ' ,in the district of said county. Sold 1 tbe benefit of the heirs and creditors pf , »«K deceased. Terms cash. *».’7Ws i THE -DAWSON JOURNAL. Vol. 111. THF n:w YORK CONVERT- 1 TION-ITB DETIES. Never in the history of tho country has tho aotion of a political convention been looked to with the same interest that awaits tho action of the Democrat ic Convention to assemble in New York on the 4th of July next. The post ponement of the assembling of this Con vention until after the meeting of the Convention at Chicago und the action f the Senate on impeachment, was full of wisdom. It tow remains to be seen if the Democrats will avail themselves of the great advantages which the folly und blunders of their opponents have given them That Convention should survey rhe whole ground with coolness and and postponing all other cocsiderations, should betid all their energies to the sole and great work of rescuing the oouDtry from the bauds of the destructives, and saving the Constitution from furthor pollution It is a Dolle work, worthy of patriots and statesmen, and should invoke the wisest heads and coolest judgements. It will be no time for passion or preju dice. The occasion rises per Booal and party considerations. A great country is to be saved, and a no ble Constitutson to be redeemed. To such a duty none but patriots aod statess men are equal ; and we 'rust, with all our heart, no other spirit wdl find its way into tbe Convention. The asp ra tions of worthy and deserving men must be postponed to another time, if neces sary to the success of the cause. It will be no time to talk el nut paying debts of gratitude or gratifying person al preferences. Let the Convention with sincerity and earnestness go to work to secure tbe election of good and true men to the highest offices of the Republic—men whose election will se cure a retuin to constitutional govern ment, give peace and quiet to tbe coun try, safety and security to persons and properly throughout tho land, an l thus briDg our disracted c untry buck to its former days of prosperity We repeat, it is a noble aud glori ms work, aod well worthy the best efforts of the best men in the the laud. lluw can all this be accampVisbed ? In nc spirit, of dicta— ; Hucj but with an earnest dtsire to con- iribufs what we may to f l e success of so good and groat a result, we oiler an answer to tLis inqu'ry. We believe that all we propose can be accomplish ed by the .Democratic I Couvtrniou at New York, if wise coun | sels rule the hour in that btdy. A platform and candidates is the work b>* frc tbem. ’J he first has boen furnish ed by the Chicago C invention aud the action of the Radical party since the clo. cos tho war. Beneath tbe glitter : ing generalities of the Chicago platform we find the real issues of the Radical party. That platform presents their party as tbe advocotes, apologi.-ts aud defenders of all tbo frauds, iniquities, outrages and violations of the Constitu tion committed upon that partry, and which has involved the country in al most hopeless indebtedness; which grinds down our people with a weight of taxation; which threatens uoiver-al ruin, and is fast reducing tbe people of ton of the Sta’.os to the degraded condi tion of vassalage to their former slaves. AntaGonism to these wrongs aud outa ges is platform enough fur pitriots and statesmen. Such antagonism involves the repudiation of fraud and corruption,* the integrity of a violated Constitution, the restoration of a distracted country to peace, quiet and-prosperity, a renew ed brotherhood, and, in a word, a re turn to the better and purer doys of the Republic. There is work enough for one campaign, work in which al! good men can unite with a hearty good will The. issues here presented overshadew all others, subordinatiriging the minor questions growing out of our financial troubles to the one great and paramount doty of redeeming and saving the coun try. Tbe campaign should be opened, carried on and concluded in aD aggri «•- ive warefare upon Ridical rule and pel iov. Our opponents have voluotarially assumed tbe position ; let them defend it. Our policy is age res.-ivo ; theirs must be defensive. .With tbe advanta ges wJiich the folly and madness of the ltadieals have given us, if we lose tbe victory tbe fault will be our own. The inquiry we proposed involves the further consideration of who shall be the nominee of tho Sew York Con vention ? It is wih r.dj utposc of de parting from tbe rule of conduct which the South with great unan n.ity, bus prefertbed for itself—of leaving this question to be decided by the North— j that we en.crnpvn this disetnoinn. We i fully realise the fact that, as tbe bur- j den of elecing the next President will < rest upon the shoulders of the North- . era D- mooracy, they should have tbe i selection of the candidate who will be ' most ecceptuble to them, and with whom j they can most certainly suocced. Rtill DAWSON, GA., THI ItSDA Y, JDNE 4, 1808. We fee) assured that our Northern 1 friends will listen kindly to our coun sels, and, we doubt not, act wisely upon our suggestions. It is in this c< fidcnce we write, prompted by no other feeling than an anxious desire to insure the j success of our cause. Tbe candidate, then, should be ene ; who cm be most certainly elected, will command the confidence of those who are now struggling to save the country from Radical iulo. Ist. Our eaudidato must command the undiv ded support of the Democrat ic patty. Division in our own ranks is certain defeat, and while the personal preferanees of all cannot be gratified, the choice must fall upon «no to whom no portion of the par’y will be so oppos ed as to refuse him their earnest sup pert. 2d Our candidate should also com mand the confidence of that large class ofconsevetive men who hive identified themselves with the Dtmocratic party in this great and vital struggle for tbe prete*vation of the life blond of the re- public We speak of the class repre sented by such men as D 'olittle, Dixon, BiOoks, Prentice, and oth'rs, and of win m tl at sterling old paper, tho iVat tioiial liitetl yencer, may be considered tbe organ. To enter upon the contest without the curdial union aud co opera tion of these two classes is simply to court trouble and insure defeat. But is success certain even with these ele m nts cordially united in tbe struggle i Candor compt Is us to admit that tb ugh the prospect is fair it is by no means a certainty ; and it is, therefore, tLe part of true w nd.im to draw to our support any and all other elements which will strengthen our force and increase the certain'y of success. The important inquiry is, to what quarter shall we look for such additicl suf poit. A* pres ent tLe favorite idea with our prominent men is to court tbe military element, by tbe nomination of some promiuont and acceptable man from tbe ranks of tbe army, and in this connection, the name of that gallant and patriotic sol dier, Gene al Hancock, baa been most prominently mentioned. Let us %*y at ti is point that the South is pr< pared to give him a cordiil support It is,’ ihcrhfore, in no sdirit of opposition to General Hancock, that we suggest that so far as the go and, true, wot thy, and in telligent men of tbe country are con cerned they wiil fcpprrj tie man of their choice, without rest reace tq bis military status ; and so far as tbe fl *at ; itig mas vrbo are to be caught up by tbe pomp aod glitter cf military glory are \ concerned, they have already been caught and caged by the nominal! m of Graut at Ohicago. We must look to another and more reliable source for tbe support of our cause end candidate. Whire shall wc find it 7 There were in the eld Whig party of ibe North, a large number of men were drawn to that par’y by tbe conviction that it was the paify of quiet and safety. Having no iuicrect or sympathy with tbe hitter and exciting struggles of mere patty c -n'ests, and believing that the Whig party was under the lead of wise states men, like C ay and Webster, whose pol icy, if carried rut, would give protec tion to persons and property, and secu rities to the beal ioteiests of the country united with it, and as long as it la.-ted gave '0 its candidates tber confidence and support. When tbe Whig party went under, this class of meD —whom Mr. Wibster used to cell “the solid men ol Boston”—were carried along, more by association than by sympathy, into the rat ks of tbe Republican party, and have at length unconsciously glided into the raudks of tbe iJidicals. The Virynnsoie snd convictions which originally ltd llnm into tbe Whig party now appeal to them to retrace theirst*ps and seek association with the only party and men who adhere to the great doc trines af constitutional right, whioh, in (be days of Clay and Webster, com manded the support of good int o of all parties and srcMaas. Tbe class of men of whom we now sptab cannot continue in the uat ka of the K.diesis. They oan have dp sympathy with such men as Tbad, Stevtns and Ruder, the re cognized leadtrs of tbe Radicals. Their whole nature revolts at tbe association, and they only want an oppt rtucity to ally themselves with tbe true friends of the Oonsritutipu.. Wc must, remember the long and deep-seated opposition of these man to the Democratic party and have seme respect for tbeir prejudices, and whilst we would not purchase their co-operation by tbe sacrifice of our own principles, wr do feel that it is due to them, ts ourselves, and the great caures l of eOOstilutior al liberty, that we should' , use every honorable means to errqre 1 iheir co-operation and thereby render i | certain the success of our caus’. That 1 * there are a large and influential class if j such men ia the country we have tbe j most gratifying assurances— but the ac< pe of this article will not admit of an rnumeration of item. Os me evi dence of the fact we must not fail to speak. It ia the position in which such men as Chief Jus’ice Chase, Messrs Fes senden, Trumbell and their associates bavo been placed by the brutal couduct of the Hadicals, in first tb maiding tbe conviotion of toe Fret rdent upon false charges of “crimes and misdemeanors,’' audthiir subs'quent denunciation of their own best men for voting their honest convictions, against the demands o ! party nece sity. The very (flirts of tho friends of these dislingtiist and men to bring into tbe field a third and Conserv ative candidate, shows tho restless anx iety of the honest men of thut party to cut luose from an association which car ries with it tbe taint of foul pollution Now we say, let the New York Con vention meet this demand of fiiends of the Constitution, by the nomination of a candidate whom all can support, with out the sacrifice el principle or self re spect by any. Can such a n;on be found ? We think ho can—and indeed would bope there are many. In spirit of partisan advocacy, we mention the name of Mr Fillmore, as the man in our judge ment. who would most certainly com mand this u.ited support fir which we plead. Oue tLbgis cir ain, if tbe D-ancrats would come up to his Domi nation and support in a body, bis elec tion would be a ce,tainty, aud eviry uian familiar wi’h tbe life and charac ter ol this distinguished man, would feel assured that in Lb bands the G’ V ernment would be faithfully and hoD estly adiniuLt red Mr. Fillmore was an O.d Line Whig—wc were a Democrat of the strictest 6-hool, lut would unite now in promoting bis elcc «iou with a muat hearty good will.— Wbat. say our Democratic, Conserva tive, and C' DBiituii“U-loving friends ? Macon Journal ifc Mmttmjcr. Fioin l’aikani'c Montiilv. Clerks and Apprentice*, BT JAMES PSRJOS ' Sixteen yeats of.xgp ! \Yhpt -hull J be? w hut tdiiul 1 <tu l tow etiuli 1 tniike the most of this one life which I have to live in the worlJ ? Here wc are, with the huge conti nent of Anieri, a to subdue _ people, civilize uud rendaii' ucceswi; 10. Whut a piece of wot k lies before the nox' two generations oi Anieiieaii citizens i j Three or font railroads across the Con | tinent—a system of snip caua's be : tween the Far West wild the Atlantic j Ocean—the Isthmus of Darien to he pierced—the notin' a) debt ritschaiged —the Government pur fled and simpli fied—Canada, Cuba and Mexico not conquered, not absorbed, not dven an eexed, perhaps, yet uniter! to us by the unrestricted interchange of pro ducts und services—our cities l eorgmj ized and rebuiT, and the b'essings ol civilization far more equally diffused than has ever yet been contemplated 1 These are but a few items iu the great tnsk of preparing the Continent, ol America to play thut leading uiuT cou trolling part in the affairs of mankind for which Nature has fitted it,. Sixteen years of nge 1 How shnll I prepare myptli to cm a man’s part in this great work ; and, by so doing, pro cure for myself a fair tbure ol safe and rational happintss? If you go to tbe West, and 'alk w ith the leading men in Ch cago,< inc unat ti. St. Lhuis, Omaha San Francisco, and ask them wbat*kind of men they want in the western country, they wiii all make you the same answer; “We want men out here,” they say, ‘‘w ho know how to do something or make something. Os buyer* and sell ers we have tupelfiuitj; and if j ro* fessional men such as they are, there 1 1 ll’ . a « is no luck. We w ant men who can ! start a luctory and work in one. We want men who really know how to cultivate the lund Send u» doer* aud makers, ns mnny as you please; if i they are ready competent, we stand . ready to give them a s art ” j j Such language a* this I have myself' repeatedly heard in the western muo- J I try, and any one who goes there can ■ see for himself what a field there is] for men who know how '*> take bold ; ' o f work and do it. You cah al o see . ! f t , r yourrsef that the strong, rooted i men of the West, a* of the East, are! m n who in the'r youth learned that! j subtle, incommunicable wisdom which j | come* of dr ing homely work w i;h their own hands and nitn ’ ; ;i. ntly 1 nml well One of tl en i- Uciving estabiehmenls it LTjic.ig>« i* i< wagon factory, founded twenty years ago ly ] u pc.ot mechanic, whose eutii'e capi'al at starting just sufficed to enable him to complete one rough fat mer’s it gave great satisfaction to the man who bought it j it bruugbt in plen y of tic a» ordors to the maker, aud the fao- lory is now turning put from five to scveji huodrrd wagor.s a week. 1 rqinenibor visiting, in Cincinnati, a large manufactory of bolls und nuts, in which two hundred m o wore oin ] ployed. This estsblishuient was one of five in different cities, ow ned by the same company, mid mauaged by its chief .Great indeed wus my aston ishment, on being introduced to this captain of industry, to find him a brisk | and smiling young gentlernun of thirty two. I thought it must be a mistake I supposed be was the sun of ‘-the old man.” But no ; bu wa“ the veritable founder, chief owner und manager of five extensive iron works, und during the war he had worked ji contract for supplying an army with biscuit This youngs er of thiry-two Had done these things ! and wfib t he* generosity natu- | ral to youth, he was in tho hub.t of giving away 825 000 a year to the benevolent opetations of the city. This young’fellow had been inured to work | and to respqusili'ity from bis.,boyhood j and he carried ou theselargo enter-j j rises with ud ease aud gayety wop-' deiful to ,wi.ness. , Few persons have looked into the j live* of so many r, mat table men as I have, yet 1 cannot call to mind eue of the acknowledged kings of business who did not iu early life serve a long, rigorous iippieuticocliip to some occu pation akin to that which he after wards exercised, and in which his great success* ;« «fc■ if tj ■ * ... Vanderbilt, fur example was a boat man, sloop captain, aud steamboat captain, for tmpttceo years be r ore he set up for lumseil m the bu-jnees ol building aqd /uniting steamboa », in which be gain-d mole money than was ever before ga ned in a single life time, except Ly plunder. There is not to-day iu the whole ‘vrrid a man who kuows as much a out steamboats and t-teamshipis as this same Cornelius Van dWUllt. . : : - t Astor is another illustration. He learned the lur bu iness from the very rudiments. He u-ed to boat furs from morning till night in his muster’s back , slrop, and after doing this awhile, he used to take a basket of trinkets and nick-nacks, nmkgo rmiu t among the idoujp and markets, bar gains with boatmen, Indians and mar ket-r run for such skins us they had ( hrougbt to town. By-and-by he, shouldered his pack and tramped the , country lor peiirius; und, extending his journey, at length he became fa- , mi iar with every place, every tribe, 1 and every person connected with 'hej fur trade North America. Then he went to Europe, und learned an abou' , the market for furs md their prices in j every part of the world. Few men | have ever nnuersL cd the bueiness ol j uo lectirig. curing and selling furs. Hej knew it, .not us a clerk might have' known it; he kucw it us a man knows! lii*' trade to which lie lu.s served aj long apprenticeship under a wa'chfuii aud exuding master. j Anofhor cuse in point was the sr*t Ro hathiid, acquired a kuowledgeof money, first as en arid boy and money-counter to ids father, and uffei w ards as banker’s cleik. Girud, too, w/s a thorough sailor j befoqj he ever owned a ship, and was perspqally familiar with most of the commercial port# long before he ever toosigued a cargo to one of them. There is my valued fricud, John Gpiham, of Providence, the head us tho largest manufactory of silver ware in the wqi Id- He did not go into Lis father's coun ing-room as a clerk, but' into las lather’* shop as an aj prentice;; ' and he learned how to do wi h his own 1 Lands wlmteverhe has since bad to! direct others iu anding Bat such ex amp c* arc numberless j All my acquaiiittmee wi h business j men tenches me that the fundamental secret, of success in husineas is. kkow*- euob—real knowledge—such km»wt ‘ • 1 edge as is only acquired by be-anirung practicuby latyiiiar with methods «nj I process s—such Ktjowjedpt., in Ltct, a* [ a man get* by (atuig -ToW of work,] ! aud doing it UDtii he can do it easily : and pel fecUy : • I There is a noble es'ablislanent ixr j Broadway, where many of us go, oc- ( ! casiotialy, forllio rehutiilitaHoji of opr ’ outer man. It was in the grand upper , [ room of this palate-like ttore, while, II * was bi'fhg measured for a coat, that 1 ( conceived ' i he idea of writing rhi* ar- tidle In well combicted establish Ytetfls of every kind you will Holme the rfnTncfa'ccs yctir after for ' tdde men natural r gather able ftyyj, nfoimd them, and employer* and eqi ployed, by reel; roca ji.slice and cour tesy, ba<-itn>e attactied to another, und have n< ithef motive nor desire to sever- the connection. Anri Vet, or, 1 that occasion, seeing around mo tho ' name skillful and obliging persons that TVo. 17. I had seen there ten years before, E ! could not but reflect how little chance they had to advance from clerkship to mastership. ■> | ‘Suppose,” thought I, “g lad of seventeen shoq'd prof ose to him*«|l, as an object in life, to become the pro prietor of an establishment like tr.i* — w hat would be the shortest and likcli- , cat path for him to sliike into ?” j I feel certain that the best thing ft i could do would be to apprentice him self to a good tailor, and learn til there is to be known about the making of clothes. Having acquired that j knowledge—not with his head only but with bis fingers as well—nothing vvou'd he easier than to set up u small shop. Now-, what is the difference between a small tailor-shop (well plno jed ar.d well conducted) and ihe.over shadowing clothing houses cl Brooks or Devi n ? Why, nothing but thirty years’ growth! _j[a ifi J The knowledge which u clerk ao : quires is a part of tho indispensable j equipment of a man of business ; but it is far froth being so vit il to a grand I success as that which conies of a true apprenticeship G h bon "says, that go- ing ’out with the mil tia on training Jftyf was Sf material assistahee to him in writing the history of the great Ro man wars Ju<-t giving the word of command to n few companies of coun try militia let him into the secret of complicated battles and great cam paigns. Learn a trade, then, lads, you whq agp're to do something creditable and substantial during yodr life. Would you be an architect, and build tbe' new Capitol west of the Mississippi ? Well, then, go apprentice to the beat carpinter or mason w dh.n your reach. Do you wish to be a Bctdptbf, and yet cannot pay a master’s fee ? Instead of pining in year mother’s chimney corner, go to the nearest stone emter’s and cut tornb stones. *«»» s» I The “educating’’ effect i>f learning a grod trade has never beet: sufficiently considered. 1 Why have we, now-a days, bo many simpering, silly girls übout, who know ) nothing, can do nothing and are no h-_ ing ? They have been irt school long enough to get a litile know ledge, and, i they do not appear to he wanting in natural enpireiry; and yfet, »o empty are they of sense and reflection, that, 'oft n when I look dido fhetr expres sionless countenances, l find it dittii Ult j to believe in the immortality-4if"their souls. It seems more reueonab e to think that such abortive eflor'B of Na ! 'ure would be quietly ob orbed or dis sipated, like tho loaves which flutter to the ground, and hth no more seen. ! What is the mutter with these poor creatures? 7 lie n.utter is : they have I never loiled potatoes, ir"tried clothes, i j made pudd ngs, cleaned paint, made i beds, nor in any otner way, seriously j applied their minds and bands to the exact and skillful performance of home jly tasks. They have missed the tire * cious “education” which comes of 1 carefully-dont work. If any good soul : would take hn fa dozen of these un ! fortunate beings, aud give Ahem a i good three years’ diid iu the work of |a well-ordeied house, theeduen'ing es i tect woHld astonish every odj who , knew them. You cannot boil an egg , precisely right without getting a huh j education out ol it. AalW Fompart; tho mechanic* in th« Nov elty Works with the clet krin Stew* art’s store, The clerks are excellent fellow*; they look well, dross w ell, un- j ;der*tnnd their business, and are ini every respect wooFy members of noci ! ety; but our nest mechanics Itave a certain fore* of manhood, a weight of ! character, and a depth of reflection I rarely seen in those who on'y buy aud , ‘Vril jv*e*i - 4*t4e u I should be sorry <o say anything to ! disparage otir i nsiitutions of , learn Qg j Nevettholes*, I feel confident tfa.it an I inteftigietroyou h, who remains at; school until tie is sixteen or seventeen, i and then apprentices himself *jq a good i tiade, caR get u better eduqglion outk of Li* shop (with an hour’* study principle* 4n«4he evening) than it is 1 possible to-get in any colege in cxist-i em e—that ia to say, a bct cr . educa- j tion for this new and forming country, I where, for fifty years at least lo twaiv, no man cou Lo| e to play a leading j part, except in in iding material i Dree*. Uim ,w* jin ft a* l s«ti Tsar, th-ti, in Is cl nixteoo, it you | would Iny a foundation for a sure! prospetity, begin by learning a frado | If you would eserpo tbe perdition o! i being S fool, learn a trade. If you I wouTd" do ft man’s part for your coun try, begin the work of prejmia ion by learning a trade. The natural bridge of Virginia was recently sold at auotioa for $9 30ffto Colonel Mike Harrimsp, of Staunton, * door knob A doatb like utilises* per vudes ih« entire rnmision ; all witbio, g'i'*S.n d ioV tpeukmg in eoiie*t wJnspers, a* if FeaF. ful of the of some Joved ooe. Those passing along the street observe the sombre acarf, und betrnys ttri@ thorrght*, “the Uabv is dead 1” Yes, the baby is dead, and not only those who have been famili r with its sparkling eyes, bat (he siran gi-r, who rccieved the intelligence s«*le ly from the scarf on the door, feel* that a home ha* been robbed of a precious idol. How deep was the love that had clustered amicd ibe innocent babe* and t>o! how terrible is tho blow its denth inflict*. The baby is dead! It no longer clings in iunoqpnf lovo to its metber’g bosom,, or stirs with fondest joy its father's heart. Is prattling has ceas ed forever, and its once laughing eyes tie closed in an eternal sleep. But even in death it efcems to have lost none of its sweetness It lie* so calm ly in its si keD-cushened coffin, prepar ed with so much care; it iius been ar rayed in its costliest garments, its pure blow trimmed with a fragrant wreath, and flowers have been gestured over its lovely form. As it ie thus arrayed tbe babe fenny only to be sleeping— but alasf it is that sleeping that hath no waking The Igtby is dead 1 Around it are gathered many whoso sympathies it has Muted, and a hpse love it has exci ted. The minister leans over the cold form, aud touched with the sight, teals trickle down bis cheeks, while he ex claims, “Tuus snith the Lord, 'Suffer hi Ila children to cortio onto me, and forbid them not, for of such IS th* . k ngdotn of Uciiveri.”’ The bahy is dead ! It is about to ! ba shut forever fiora the sight of tl o»e | w i.ii iuved i as no others could. Oh ! how the mother cl'nge to the lifeles* form ; and as she imprint* the Inst fer vent kiss upon its. cold cheek, how bor very heait-airing* seem to break?— Aud the father, though he has manful ly , braved lot’s, cares and dangers, now feels uumurlued, und weeps like a child, as he bends over the corpse of bis lo*t one. Sj mpathy, at other times consoling, is now of uo avail, aod tha | U.-urteW both suffer tho deepest an guish. Tbe baby is dead ! Tears have wet its grave, and crushed hopes lie buried with it. 'J bough ks mortal existence may have been brief, its death him de-olated a joyous home. Sweet babel Orators irny announce a nation’s loss in tho death oi paUio s greut and true, and poets sing in touching strains tbs memory cf tho dead, who have accom plished mighty things-—nope but an gels ol laiuvenly birth will reeerd tbe life so pure nnd beautiful, so early Vs- T-M xtrf. ‘Ma, it I should die aud go to heaven »hould 1 wear my moire aotiepie drers ?' ‘No, niy hive, w.- can rcarecly suppose we shall wear the attire of this world iu tberext.’ 'Then tell me, uni, how the L rd W'lild know I heluuged to the Lc.-t fuoiuty ?’ ‘No, Biddy,’ said Patrick to his wife, ‘you never catch any lies coining out of my mouth ’ ‘Y<u may well siy that,’ replied Biddy ‘they fly out so fast that nobody can catch’em.’ A you-'g lady being asked to Walts, gave Ike following sensible and appro priate answer : ‘No, I thank you, sir, l lave hugging enough at home.” v**# A Chiucse nutxioi Say* : ‘Wo re - quire four things of woman—that vir >uu dwell in bur luart ; thut niudesty play un her brow ; that swetmess flow from her lips : that industry occupy her bauds.’ >\ fl*S fj, kVe cannot remember a uight so dark as to have hindered the approach of coming day, nor a atoim so furious or droadtul as to prevent the rotutu of warm and cloudless sky. Mr. Jones why do yon wear that hat; j Because, my dear sir, Mrs. Jutus vow.- ) she »i 1 never go out us the hous3 tilt i 1 get a ueff one. j Have you tbe Haile of Erin here? I askei a lady a few days since, us a oiork m a Lo >k store. No ua-tT, was the answer, ba u'r, ( got no epg He, we’ve got a piitne article of b»T 8 lie that will answer. j An old finner, in offering up a p*ay cr fur some of tbe good tl ings of this life wuiqd up wt.h, ‘Grant me ail this oh ! Lord, fur it is seldom 1 ever trouble thee. There is a Gaelic provera “If the the best nun's faults were wiitteu un hi® furchcsd, i! would make him pull ms fiat over h?s ejHf i4,k>:,r ’ A Jog in Now Albany, lad., play* on the pnuio aud Lewis. A good many women dq the tame thiog. ■I Josh Billings says; “The host cure I know tor titc boots, is small feoi. Wby are cor-eta good for bosLsekecp cra t# 9s r. ..... , Because (Ley niako the chest go a* far as possible with the least waist. E’ret ties says that iostetd of a “High Court,” lbs Senate Las shown itself a* law a Court as ever sat 10 Ghus’cn dom.
