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~"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
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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.
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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.