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|y THOMAS A. BURKE, PROPRIETOR.
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I LcfcJ riMIE Cassville Standard, is j
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Business Bji’cetoßf.
/ATt UVFOUI) & CRAWFORD, Attorneys at
1 ) Lai Cassviilo, Ga.—As a firm under the
itbove name John A. A M. ; T. Crawford will
nrotnpllv and faithfully attend to all business ,
intrusted to their care in any of the counties of j
the Cherokee or Blue Ridge Circuits. M. .1. Craw- ;
ford will give particular attention to the codec- j
ting of all claims and debts, and will spare no j
pains to put clients ill speedy possession ot their ;
money. Dili 1 1}
D]A W. CHASTAIN, Attar,try at Law, Mot- ;
gmton, Oa.—Practices iu all the couu-|
ties of the Cherokee c.rciut. Jan and
F.\ MRS MILNER. Attorney at Lair, Cass- ;
v ile, Geo. Practises in the counties of the j
Cherokee circuit. mh 4. j
X) . O. CRAWEORD, Attorney at Luc, Cai
># houn, Geo.—Practice in the counties cf j
die Cherokee circuit. a P r ~ k |
Iy 11. TATUM. A''arr,.-i/ at. Lair, Trenton, !
V • (j.i.—ltusitu -s entrusted toh'seare in any I
of tiie counties of the Ciierokeecircu.t. will meet j
with prompt attention. Nov. 21.
G WEI L. Attorney at Law, Canton, Gcor- j
O* gia. Business entrusted to his \we ini
Tiny of the comities of the Dlue.lt dgecireu t, Will !
meet with faithful attention. Feb 16, 1805. j
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(“A J. FAIN, A:mill at. Laic, Calhoun, C-t. |
TANARUS Will practice in all the counties of the ]
Ch.ir ikec circa't. Particular attention will be !
i:d to the collecting business. mh 6.
VTT T. WOFFORI). Attorney at Law , Csss* |
\ \ • vide. Ga.--Practices in all the count’es ]
of the Cherokee circuit, and will attend fiithful-
Iv to all business entrusted to hid cire. Office ’
east of the c.mrt house. tmg IS —if
TTOOI’KB A RICE, Attorney* at Law, Cass
•J L viihi, Geo. —Practice in the counties of
C iss.Dohb, Ciuttoogi, Catoosa, Cherokee, Dade
Flovd. Gordon, Gilmer, Murray, P.ckens, Walk
er and Wiffii.dd. John 11. Rich will, as here
tofore, continue to give his jieraftnul and almost
exclusive attention Vo the collecting business,
april 2 1 ', IS'iL
/ t l. bar hour. Attorney at J.aa-, Athth-i
\ • to, Georgia.— Will practice in the and ller
• ut Courts of Fulton and contigilous counties. |
Part cu'ar attention gvcu to ilte execution of j
Inten-ogst-.ries. and draughting legd instru-j
meuts. Claims in the clt v of Atlanta wili be
promptly attended to. Office in the Ilmlncd
House, up stiirs.— Entrance first door above
Whitney A Hunt. Feb 16, ’do—ly
('1 L. Ul’Slt \W, Dealer, in Dry Goods, Gr.r i
1 • e,.-r.es, hardware, cut levy, saddlery, hats,
and cip, b i-iis and sh vs, •> in, nails, &e., at
1 Hack’s old stand, west of flic publ.c sou .re,
Cassv.lle, O f.
‘\\7iKLE .t Wfi-ILM. I)e dors in Drv Goods,
’ V Groceries, Ac. Ac. South west Corner
•of Pubic Squire. Car'crsville, La.
J.ui. 26, fs.it.
J D. C viiPENTER. D tier in fancy, staple
f ) • md domestic dry go >ds, sugar, coltec.ind’
I iss s, Ac.; hird .v uv, cutlery, Ac., at Erwin’s
old stand, Cassrille, Ga. Jan 1.
TAV. HOOPER A CO., Dealer.-, in Stapleami
• F ii'cv Goods, Groceries, Iron, 11 its, Caps,
I! >• Ls >ml Sines, Ac., Ac., at the Brick stmts,
O.issville, G.w Feb a', 1854.
RfUSCHBERG & DAVIDSON, C&eillo,
ti t. —M mus iclurors of clothing, and deal
ers in ! ita, Shies. H its, Caps, Gentleifum’s
I •u , :s sh m: G i ids, Fancy G oods, and Jewelry,
Wholesale and Retail, r.t Patten’s olb stand
‘C.i.-si ;He, Ga. June rid 1854.
JOCKETT -mk SPELLINGS, Factor* at,A
j Central Cnninieuftt, Merchant.*, will attend
str.cily to Receiving and Forwarding and
•Selling everything sent to our address,
sept t)—Urn*
DOCT. !). 11. ZUBER, Reform I>hy*ician
Would most respectfully inform the eit
ize:iiri of Adairsvdle and surrounding
f country, that he is now prepared to treat
f nans of d-senses upon th., soundest Phy
siological principles \at known; his rem
edial agents are all of the safest kind, and chief
ly Botanical. march 30, 18-54—ly
W.AI. M. PEEPLES, Dealer in Dry Goods-
Groceries, Iron, Hardware, Saddlery,,
Boots, Shoes, Drugs, .Medicines, Ac., Ac. Cal*
ILoun, Ga.
Slav 5,1851.—1 y
at G. COURTENAY, & CO. Xo. 3, Broad
‘Oi Street, CharUetor,, Smith Carolina. Books,
‘Stationery, Fancy Articles, Magazines, and
Newspapers.
The m >st extensive stock of Novels, Roman
•ees, Ac., in the Southern country.
Near the Post Office. ‘ mh 13
A. 0. COURTSN'tr. W. V. COOKTHVAV.
H~ .YATT McBURNEY A CO., Direct lin
’ porters and Wholesale Dealers in Foreign
rand Domestic Dry Goods, No. 37 Hoyne Street,
Charleston, S. C. Jan 12, lboo—4l*—ly
\T7"ARD A BL'ROIIARD, Augusta Ga.,
\ V would inform (heir ftaends and the pub
lic generally, th it anticipating a change in their
“business, the comi *g season, they arc disposed
’to wake large tone issions front the r iormcr low
‘scales of prices, in order to reduce their stock to
’■he lowest possible point. The attention of
•wholesale dealers as well as customers, is res
tpectfullv solicited.
Augusta, Dec Tl
p A UR A McKENZIE.--Factors and Coinmis
1. sion Merchants, and Dealers in Groceries,
Produce and Merchandise generally, Atlanta,
Particular attention given to consignments ol
Gotten, Grain, Bacon, and all kinds of Produce.
L - PAIIU - E. MCKENZIE.
__ a g. 11.—ly.
“IVTiNSIIiPS IRON WORKS.—The subseri
, ’ f’ uow prepared to receive and oxe
ciate orders for any kind of Castings, or Mu
chme work, and all persons favoring him with
smlers may rely upon having them executed in
the best mauner, and with despatch. Orders
for Nish-bhudsimd doors promptly attended to
at 1, star Establishment .Cash paid for old
Copper, Brass and Iron Casting*
, , _ T JPSEPIJ WlNsnij*.
Atlanta, Ga., June 30, 1 ‘54.
T>LACKSM ITII rNG.—The. S.ibseGbor
Qf 13 *s prepared to do all kinds of work
in his line, such as Ironing Carriages,
making and repairing Fanning imple*
ments, edge-tools, horse-shoeing, Ac. in the best
manner, and on the most reasonable terms.—
Ldge tools warranted. A bharc of patronage is
W) s c ‘ k ‘ d ',. „ L. GRIFFIN.
.Cassvillc, Ga., Feb. 13,1850. —2— I v
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CARRIAGE and lluggy Making Establish
ment at Cartersville 6ass county Georgia,
it- V*’K would solicit a continuance of
’ the patronage heretofore enjoyed.—
We are doing good work, and at reasonable pr -
1 cos. We keep on hand a good selection ol
j Stock, and have employed a lino assortment ot
i firstrafo .Mechanics, who know what they an
bout. We warrant our work not to fail. Giv
es a call before purchasing elsewhere. Oir
motto is Iltnusty and Industry.
JONES & GREENWOOD.
Cartersville, Ga., July 8,
“VfEW Tailoring establishment., at Cartcrsvi’le
Georgia, Fhop at S. 11. I at lio’s old stand.
The subscriber has lately opened in
jra the town of C>rtersvilie a Nsw Tai
if# lorisc Establishment, where he s pre
pared wi do any work in ids line in the*
best and n >:*, fashionable manner. He guar
antees all v*><k turned out of his shop to tit in
the most ui.<-vceptionable manner. Particular
ly attention >id to cutting and fitting jobs for
ladies. He i.wpectfuUy solic.ts a fair -trial , as
he is confident of success.
SILAS O’SHIELDS.
sept 9—ly
rpO FARMERS AND PLANTERS. A. & J.
JL L. Hill, are now receiving a superior lot
of Negro Shoes, Negro Blankets and Kerseys,
Osnaburgs, Shirtings, Trunks, Ac., for the fall
and winter trade, which they are offering I.i.w
for Gish, or on short time. Purifiers or others
wishing to purchase such articles will do well
to give us a cull and examine prices, for we will
have them on hand and intend to sell. All that
we ask is that you will call and examine for
yourselves, east of the court house.
Cassville, Oct 27
iriFW-r — ••/ r ~N EORGE A OGT’S Piano and
V £ Music Store, Ao. 14s Arch
1J g “j! Sirert, Philadelphia. Constantly
J on hand Pianos, Melodeons, Musi
cal Merchandize of every description, Sheet Mu
sic, Ac. Ac.
Vogt’s Pianos arc pronounced superior to
all others in sweetness, power and beauty of
tone and unequalled workmanship. Persons
wishing a Piano of the first class mid undoubt
ed excellence, at a very moderate price, will .do j
well to give them a trial. sept I—l i
YJ OTIcE TO LAND OWNERSi
m signed h iving removed from Albany to
Troupville, Lowndes county, Ga.
Will in addition to the practice of Law examine
and report the value of land in the counties of
Thomas, Lowndes, Clinch, Ware, Anpaling and
Irwin. lie will, when requested, examine
L inds personally, and give full information as
i to - Hue, location and probability of immediate
j saL. Having no connection whatever with
I land speculation he will engage to act as agent,
! in tin: sale or purchase of lands, in any of the
aforesaid counties for a fee of ten per cent, up
on ihe amount received or paid out, IPs chat -
ges for examining hind will be five dollars per
lot, for lands in the 12th district of l/owndes, in
a!! the other districts, he will charge ten dol
lars. Additional will be charged for an exami
n.il.iiii ut t.tle upon recur.!.
El’ll RI AM 11. PLATT,
Attorney at Law,
Troupville, Lowndes Cos. Ga.
Nov 17—ly
PI AS OS, SHEET MUSIC, dr~d~\
rt*j —j. THE undersigned is pre-
P :iiw * to furnish Vogt’s
L? Piano*, at short notice,
L .l y ‘k ; j -Wla J and on as good terms as
<S - ‘1 \i they can be had anywhere
■“ at the South. These in
struments are warranted to be equal ir. point of
tone, durability and workmanship, to any mail
Urielmvd in the World. Every Piano warranted
fur five years. Any instnifneiit fa'Frig to meet
the expectations of the purchaser, may be re
turned at any time within s.x months, and an
other will be given in Us Stead. Having a
brother (a Profcssr— Music) iu Philadelphia,
who selects every Piano sent out, purchasers
may rest assured’ that, none but perfect instru
: men Is, m. ferry respect, will be sold.
A large lot at St,-o t Manic, of the latest and
most fashionable issues, constantly on hand
and for sale at Publisher's prices.
WM. SCHERZER.
Professor id Music in Cassviilo
j Dec. ?, iS-j i—ly Female College.
‘ST~nfI> inN ' IZY & CLAYTON, W.u:u-
I House and*Commission Mer
- A>t(>■>.<via, Ga. —Continue the
business in all its branches, and will g've
their personal attention to the sale of COTTON
and other produce. Cash advances made when
required. Bagging, Rope, and family supplies
purchased at the lowest market rates. Coin
missMjn for selling Cotton 25 cents per bale.
*n;g 13—
r 130 OLD SOLDI MILS. —By a recent Act of
_l. Congress, all persons who have served in
any War since 17'.*", are entitled to Did acres of
Land—and those who have received Warrants
for a less number, are entitled to a sufficient
number of acres to make that amount. The
undersigned will attend to the collection of
such claims. WM. T. WOFFORD.
Cassville, mh S —ts
rpo MERCHANTS AND PHYSICIANS!!-
A A'/.anta Dray Store. —The Subscriber huv
ing pi irehased the vvh *k: interest in the above
establishment, respectfully offers to the Mer
chants and Physicians of Georgia, Alabama and
Tennessee, a large and well selected assortment
of pure Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Dye
Stuffs, Window Glass, Surgical and Dental Ap
paratuses, Medicinal L quors, Fancy Goods,
such as Soaps, Colognes and Lubin’s Extracts,
at wholesale or ret ail, as low as can be purchas-*
ed in any city South.
Wc invite persons visiting Atlanta to call
and see—\vr cl urge nothing for showing, and
would be glad to exhibit our Goods to all.
11. A. RAMSAY.
Atlanta, Ga. mh 15—Cm
*Duhlonega S'gnul, Cherokee Advocate,
Cedar Town Republican, Jacksonville (Ala.)
Republican, Dalton Times, Rome Southerner,
West Point Beacon, LaGrafige Reporter, New
nan Banner, Griffin Union, will copy twice n
month for six months, and forward accounts.
\OENCY AT WASHINGTON.—The un
dorsigned prosecutes ail manner of claims
against t’ne. Unite*! States, before Congress, be
fore Commissioners, and before all the Public
Departments, and especially claims for bounty
land under the act ol Congress just pissed, pen
sions, back-pay, h >lf-pay, adjustment ofainou.its
of disbursing officers, settlement of postmas
ters and contractors-accounts, and every other
business requiring the prompt and efficient ser
vices of an attorney or agent.
A residence of twenty years at the seat of the
Federal Government, with a thorough and fa
miliar acquaintance with all the routine of the
public business at the different offices, added to
his free access to. consult the ablest legal advi
sers, if needed, justifies the subscriber hi pledg
ing the fullest satisfaction and utmost dispatch
to those who may entrust their business to his
care.
Being well know'll to the greater portion of
the citizens of Washington, as well as to many
gentlemen who have been members ol both
Houses of Congress in the last fifteen years, it
is deemed unnecessary to extend this notice by
special references. A full power of attorney
should accompany all cases. Communications
must be pre-paid in all cases. Fees regulated
bv nature and extent of the business, but al
ways moderate.
11. C. SPALDING, Attorney.
Washington, D. C. mh 15—
A FEW MORE LEFT of those cheap Double-
Barrel Guns!! at
1 LEVY'S CURty CASH STORE
‘ll fcihiily Feto.sp;ipci>—fkbofi) so dioiienql oeO Stale politics, %MnkU, tl)e Dfurliefe foteip flird Sofcoestie ffetos, &c.
CASSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1855.
CjjniiT pertnj.
33(rodi)^h>?.
Over the fields of tliymy blossom,
Over beds of dewy flowers.
Now upon the streamlet’s bosom,
Now Within the whispering bowers,
Soft and slow
The moonbeams go
Wandering on through midnight hours.
Lightly o’er the crested billow,
Wlicc the heaving waters flow,
Where the sea-bird finds her pillow,
There the glistening moonbeams go—
Soft and slow,
Soft and slow,
Ever wandering, soft and slow.
Queen of beauty ! robed in splendor,
Fin is thy foot, no rest! N
Looks thy snrile, so soft and tender,
Ne’er upon a kindred breast?
Soft and slow,
Thy footsteps go,
In tlieir silver sandals dress’d.
Queen of bdauty ! const thou over
Thus thy lonely task fulfil,
Bister voices never, never,
Answering thee from bower or hill?
Bolt and slow
As winter’s snow,
Fall thy footsteps cold and still.
Silent nmon! tliy smile of beauty
Fainting hope will oft renew ;
Teach me, then, thy holy duty,
Waste and wild to wander through,
Soft and slow,
Still to go,
Patient, meek, but lonely too.
5i Ciijiilnl Itorij.
ilotu iJJdisisi’ocis “ loci} ifye !
aiLhff.”
I
BY JOHNSON J. HOOPER, ESQ.
Some years siruie, professionn! liusi-;
ness threw me into the company, fur a :
lui;! Gay's ride thro 1 a dreary pine- woods j
cutmirv iti an easiern countv, with Mr. j
StuLlis, its Sheriff. By the middle of
the afternoon, we hud exhausted, as sub
jects ofcoiivoisittion the particular at
tachment case, which -brought ns teigeth
ei, the pu'itica! eotulition of the cotui-
Ii v, tin: prospects of the growing crop,
and several matters of personal his
tory. Iti fact, we had wv>r cat when
suddenly Mr Stubbs’ eve Hashed, ami A
smile Hi tiered acres.- lis lips as he re
marked —
‘• I haven't told you,’Squire, I believe,
lro\v I got initiated sarviu’ the first pro
ems, ’’ (the Si a-!'.H was not a learned
mail, and occasiotiallv did misplace the
accent.) “ that eici’ come into mv
hands.”
No, let’.- have it,” I :< ; lied turning
k ,d. iound in the saddle ; “it cost you
some money, did it—your mistake
‘•Ah, - ’ he ejacubated with a sigh, “it
cos! a !iea]> —a hi op / ’
‘j’hi> was said wiili the air of much sui
ter: ii , and 1 told him, if it awakened
painful emotions, lie must, not think
of opening the old wound, merely for my
entertainment.
“ Its ail over now,” he said, “and I
don’t, mind telb n’ it.” 1 don't know
how it was but just at this moment, 1
caught sight of a shady fold of crape a
round his hat and 1 could not help as
s< cialing it with the sign, the lugubri
ous expression and the “sarviu of the
first process.” Alien! that, we shall dis
cover something presently.
Mr. SiuLibs proceeded :
“ 1 was “lee.ted the iir.-L sheriff of the
county, and at that time, there weren't
more n three or four hundred voteisiuif.
To be sure, i was light proud —it was
sicn an honor, like.’’
“ This is voiir sec- nd term, then,”
“ Ves. 1 had U> mi>s one tei in ofsar
viee, on account of the law : but then I
was debity (deput ,) muter Stokes, and
when his time run out. last. August was
two year ago. I was elect and again. But
that ain l teHin’ how 1 got ruinated by
that writ. Now it’s reasonable to sup
pose, that the first of a thing ain’t as ea
sy to know as the middle or ihe last. —
So wheiuthe lawyer down at town made
out ;lie first paper and put it in my
hands, 1 was jisf as bud ’onpillaged as ev
er you see”
“ What sort, of a writ uas it?”
“Nothing’ but the common sort (at.
sa res.';) 1 know cm now, like a book.
Es 1 had only knowed ’em then ” —here
another deep-drawn sigh supplied the
place of words.
‘‘ 1 took liie plaguey lliiug home, and l
called ill Bill Stokes (which was Sheriff
hisself, after that,) and old “Squire Lump
kin to counsel me on it. We read it
over three or four times, ll ordered me
to lake tlie body o \ lla,natch Wcxtbruuk ,
es to he found in mv county, and her safe
ly to keep, so that 1 should have her to
auswei before the Judge at the next Cir
cuit, fora debt she •owed; and morc’n
that, it said 1 was to do it withotF delay
—and it than aijh on to fine months tell
Court! What was I to do with her
all that lime, and no sign ot a jail in the
county !”
“ Well, it was a hard looking case, but
that, was simply a form, and the writ
might, have been served by leaving a
copy with tlie hidy,”
“Oh, l know that mi hty well now,
but I didn’t know it then. Besides, at
the bottom of” the paper was writ “ JVo
Bail and I know now that them words
mean no bail req ,ired; but, i thought
then it meant that es she was to offer the
best security it) the State, I wam’t to take
it. it was the consideration, that
“PRINCIPLES NOT MENt”
Stokes and lAtmpkin both put upon it ;
and the old ‘Squire went so tar as t<*
say, es he was sheriff, he'd take that wo
man and carry her home and lock hei
iiji in the room with hisself and his wife
•ivi rv night of life, ontell Court came a
omul.”
■‘That would have made it pretl’
f,-.”
, “ Yes,” said Stubbs but I knowei.
that wouldn’t suit me, for inv wife (that
was then) was high-tempered, and nov
or could bear strange pcojHe in the room.
But however, after counselln,’ 1 got
Stokes to go with me, and I went tip to
the w dow, and told her business. She
was mighty bad scared at first., but
when#he got over that, she r ared and
pitched. I should ji.st a gin out and
resigned, but Stokes quieted her by say
in,’ we could put her in jail, but es she
behat'cd herself we'd only take her down
to mv house and let her stay tell Court.
Then she turn and into on in’ and begeiii
me to take her nigger woirtan and keep
her as Security for the debt, which it w as
only something over a hundred dollars,
and the nigger was likely. But 1 look
ed in mv paper, and read it out to h-r—
----“to take tiie body of llanxaii West
brook ! 1 ’
“She said she’d go, and she had her
old roan horse saddled up, and while
Stokes and me was a talkin’ and not
notiem,’ she mounted him and started
oft’ in a lively canter on the Georgia end
of the trail. We mounted and galloped
after her, and she hadn t got, a halt mile,
before we had her. Then she cried and
begged again, but we put a plow line a
round her w aist., and held I lie ei ml, and
afier let tin’ her give some directions to
her nigger v. etookh r and iwii to my hou.-e
My wife treateu her mighty civil, and ev
ery dav or two we’d let her so Bp home
and look after her consulrh. So time
rolKd on teii about, a mouth heime Cota
and oneAlay Stokes lid up to the gate
in a powerfull hurry, and called me
out.’’
“You’ve played thunder,” said lie.
“ How ? ’ ssi \ s
“ Why ts.kin of Miss \Ve (brooks. — j
Its alt wrong, and she’s sent word down
to the very lawyer, that put out that writ
.against he.r, ami’s got two against you ;
one to make you turn her loose, and
’tother to make you pay twenty thou- j
sand dollars for takin her!”
“ I shan’t serve ’em,” says f.
“ Makes no odds. They’ve done ap
pointed a kurriuer (coroner.) and lie’ll
be up to morrow, soon as Miss West- j
brooks has had a chance to swear to j
somethin.’ You’d better look out ! ’
“ Well.” says 1, “ 1 reckon they've got
von too. You was along, and hope toj
do it.”
“Oh, yes,” says he, “ but they're (jot
me, for a ‘witness !”
“ I said no more, but walked right in
to the house, and that- I found the wid
dei lookin’ mighty pleased, and I told her
she was bee to go, and l asked her par-;
dun and slionld’nt charge her mu Jjoard
and 1 hoped she’d come and see my old
woman, and so on, and so forth.’
“ißlte went, 1 suppose.”
“ She did, and the kurriner come ; and
he showed tnc how to serve a writ by
copy. 1 shall never forget it. She toofv
me into Court, and there warn’t nothin’
done with it, the first time, i efbre the
next Court, my old woman died, and that
upsurged, every tiling. What with her
and yin and the suit, 1 thought I would go
craz\, to be sure. ’
“ But you did’nt
“ No, 1 bore it as well as I could, and !
just before Court, comes along the law
yer—Jenkins—and says be to me, “1;
think vou and my client, Miss West
brooks, could comprise that case, es you
was to talk together about it.’ I hardly
waited for him to leave, before I jumped
on mv horse and rode up to the Wid
ders. Widder says 1, kin we settle that
case ?”
“ She sorter- hiuglmd and said may
her !
“ I’M give you a hundred dollars to
drap it, sa s 1.”
“ She frowned mightily, and said that
warn t the way she wanted to settle
it.”
“ I'll give you two, said I.”
“She frowned worse than before, and J
said that, warn’t the way she wauled to
settle it.”
Directly somethin’ come right into my
mind. 1 sevined to see plain. I studied
and considered. Then I cleared my
throat. Widder, says I, will you have
me P
“ Says she I will /”
“ I give that rascal Jenkins, fifty dol
lars for his share, and the widder took
me hers. I had kept her a unlawful pris
oner for nigh four months, but, ‘squire,
she had me onclcr arcst , for mighty nigh
seven years !”
1 enquired if he lmd been at last, com
pelled to separate from her, lie simply
pointed to the crape on his hut mid the
same stranee smile fiitttiod about bis
mouth. He only added
“ I judge she got a little wow than
even!’
The apparent motion of iho earth is
from the rising to the sotting situ, when
her real motion is frahj the setting sun
‘towards the rising. 3o is it with man,
he fancies himself journeying from life tip
death, while in fact he is travelling fiotn
death unto life.
Cjjnirt Mkrllumj.
3AJbeo l
In the dim crypts of the heart, where
lespair abided), tltese words seem writ
n A strange meaning—a solemn in
.mation unfolds itself at their ut'erance.
.''our simple monosylablcs—bow much ot
gloom ye convey ! llow ye speak in
funeral tones of the extinguishment, of
carthlv hope—of the spirit that has
struggled in vain, and is painfully quiet
now !
“ When 1 am dead !” is uttered calm
ly ; but wl r: a calm! —such as a tornado
leaves whejjgnlciue broods over desola
tion. pioiioiuicing that des
pairing uluase, has not all its mourn
fulness from itself. The listening ear
hears something more : for from those
words the groan of high aspirations
quenched, and hopes pale and bleeding
upon ihe sharp rocks of adversity, come
up phantom-like, amid the gliasd) scenes
of ihe buried past.
“ When 1 am dead !” We have
licaid it often, like tire: pealing bell that
toils the body of the departed toils final
test. The last word “ dead,” lingers
strangely, and echoes sadly in the ear,
and through the portals of the sympa
thizing soul. 1 lead--dead—dead —and
ihe world itlows gray, and the heart
stills, and eye moistens, to that mysteri
oils sound.
The spirit trenibless before the rushing
■ flood of conflicting emotions which fol
low the daik echo, and essay to glance
through its import. But the echo fades
amid encircling mist, and the spirit turns
hack confused with blindness.
Even the echo of death cannot be
penetrated. The few feet, of mould Mint
composes the grave, are wider than the
glebe, higher than the stars. Not the
mind’s eye, nor the anxious soul can
glance through the barrier—the bound
ary between Time and Eternity.
“ When 1 inn dead ?” More or less
signifies resignation, or dependent wo,
a fulfilment of nature, or a perversion
of its end, may these words express, tho’
sad tliev are at last.
When tlic aged, man, whose steps have
grown feeble in the walks of goodness and
whose hands trembled with the fruit, of
his oft given charity, utters these words,
they fall from the lips as a prayer to
heaven. In them his will harmonizes
with his destiny; and the tear that
starts for a superior soul about to leave
its elav, glistens in the ILht of happi
ness that gleams out of the heart, at the
prospective reward of the fuiuie.
The lips, too, that never pressed the rim
of the fount, of Nature's Poesy, may
mumur “ When I am dead!” but death
to such an one is better, perhaps, than
life. His heart holds no music, chim
ing in cadences to weal and wo : his
inward existence is void and the rough
surface of his being checkered, though
not brightened bv the half stray tlio’ts,
darkens but little with the panoply of
the tomb.
11 1 >\v different, when youth, glowing
with beauty of soul and heart, rich with
the treasures of mind, and vvarm with
sympatln for all of loveliness, sidis,
like the south wind, “ When I am dead! ’
A spirit seems to wail its anthem, and
an eclipse of the noontide sun to fall up
on the picture of a high nature checked
in its purpose —turned from dulcet
waves upon a coral reef, against the locks
of a destructive slide.
“ When lam dead !” It is as mourn
ful as the plaint of a ghost on the temp
est and midnight wind. But wo must,
all say it. some time ; for the grave lies
at hand, yawning through a bed ofthorns
or gleaming like a w hite avenue of hope
leaning against the stars.
“When lam dead!” Strange ami
fearful import hath it to the utterer, but
it. is a weak phrase only toothers, the
world. Who speaks it? many think the
single going forth of a sottl will move
none/- —all w ill be as.before.
When he, and vou, and we, gentle
readers, are folded in our shrouds, friends
dearest, and those who loved us best,
will dry their tears eie they have all be
gun to flow. The heart that boats with
rapture against our own will freeze above
our memory in brief time.—briefer than
woman's trust or man's period of good
ness.
But it is well thus; ‘tis the world's
custom and nature’s liw. We weep
not for the dead but while they die.—
We shall soon be with them; and it
may be good, wo go early to their nar
row homes.
A Jolly Like. —lnsects, genendly,
must lead a truly jovial life. Think’
what, it must be to lodge in aI i I ly. Im
agine a palace of ivory or pearl, with pil
lars of silvtr, and capitals ot gold ail ex
haling such a perl nine as never arose
from human center. Fancy, again, the
fun of tucking yourself up for the night
in fold* of a rose, rocked to sleep by the
gentle sighs of summer air nothing to
do vyhen you a qwfjke but to wash your
self in J dew fjrpp, and fall to and eat
ypl|l’ l|t'd plqtjtes!
Usefulness is confined to no station
and it iis astonishing how much good
may be done, and what, may be affected
by | i ill j ted means, united with betievo
lenco of heart and activity of mind.
TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR, IN ADVANCE.-
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ll ILetjf of hjNoorij
An old man's memory is.a queer i
place. Indeed, it resembles an old fash-’
ioticd garret full of relies and souvenirs
of the past; the rubbish of to-day, but
riches of yesterday.
In conversation but a short time
since, with an old man, who has passed
a long and useful life, and with whom
now r it is an Indian summer, we were
impressed with a remark he ineidental
lv made. lie bad seen the opening of
; near seventy springs, at first, the win
: teis came and went; but by and by,
I unmelted snowflakes lingered in his hair,
‘and be saw them, drifting over the
\ graves of one after another, whose feet
j with his, had brushed the morning dews
together.
; At last, they whitened over his wife’s
last resting place —over her who knew
him when the shadows Tel! to the west
ward and the day was before them both
who never thought him old, though
all the world pronounced him so.
Every bodv.said when she died, 1 It
is a terrible blow to the old man,’ and
a few did all they could to make him for
get, but there was no need of that. ‘ for,’
said lie, ‘ thev didn't seem to know
where tin* blow fell, they so deplored
(hex didn’t think how much i missed
some body to help me remember !’
Those few words, indeed, contain a
world of meaning, lie did miss the
other leaf from memory’s tablet. Two
pairs of eyes had seen but one rainbow ;
but one pair beheld it now. Two hearts
; bad lived over again the past ; but one
1 remembered it—and imperfectly now. —
Who would have life's little thread ex
tended, till he toOj should be compelled
to take up the .wort’s and say, ‘ 1 miss
i somebody to help me remember ?’
j Dofl’f \}i J)0 Jt ?
When tiie Farmer knows that a gate
is better, and, as a ~time saving fix
| lure, cheaper, than a set of bars and posts,
j and without calling oil a carpenter lie
i can himself make one, Why don't he do
| H ? .
\\ lien he lias no oilier Listenings to
; his gates and barn-doors than a stone
! rolled against them, and in a sim.le eve
ning after supper is- 1 able to make a bet
iter one, Why don't he do it !
j Or when he sees the boards dropping
i from bis barns and out-buildings, and
: like heaps of rubbish lying in piles about
‘ his piemises and need on lv nailing on
i again, Why don t he do it ?
Or if he is afraid of the expense of
I nails and is always crying up the maxim
! of Dr. Franklin, to “ save the pence and
the pounds will take care of themselves,”
land he knows that t lie same Dr. Frank
i lin also said that many men are “jy nny
!■ wise and pound foolish,” and lie is not
I careful to think of the precept-contained
; in the latter, Why don't he do it ?
If it is a saving of nearly half the ma
nure of a farmer’s stock by keeping them
shut it]> in yards, instead of running at
j large through most of the winter, Why
\ don't he do it !■
If he knows that many of his fields
would be greatly improved by ditching,
and bv the removal of large stumps and
stones, Why don't he do it ?
If lie knows that his pastures yield
nearly double the feed, and of a bettei
quality, if the bushes weie all cut and
subdued Why don't he do it!
And if he can add fifty per cent, to the
; product of his clover fields and even his
’ pastures, by the use of gypsum, Why
don't he do it !
! If a farmer of fifty acres has (as lie
should have) use for a uopd corn sliciler
and one of the many improved I’auning
iiii 1 Is, and In* has not already obtained
both, Why don't he do it !
And if it is cheaper, actually cheaper
to bum dry wood than green, ami to use
a stove instead of at) open fireplace, Why
don't he do it!
God and love are everywhere; in liglu,
in colors, in flowers, in the beauty of man
: n tho happiness of animals, in the hu
man mind, in the endless spheres, as
the sun shines on all. alike yet different
ly. and is majestic on the ocean, ; park
ling in a dewdrop, ruddy on the ripe inr,
silver on the stream, many-coloured in ,
the rainbow, and pale and tremulous in
the moon.
Avarice, the accumulation of wealth
for its own sake, brings with it. its own
punishment in the drying up of every tie
with which the charities of life are hound
and in the conversion of tho heart into a
substance “ harder than the nether mi l- !
stone.”
Music servos to make a homo pleasant
b engaging many of its inma es in a
delightful recreation, and thus dispelling
the sourness and gloom which frequent
ly arise from petty disputes, from mor
tified vanity, from discontent and envy.
“ Whv don’t vou give us a little Greek
and Latin occasionally ? ’ asked a conn
tiydoicon of anew minister.
“ Whv do you ui derstand those lan
guiures ?” he replied.
“ No, but we pay for the best and we
ought to have it.”
The lianpii|esss of our lives depends
much on tljp iiytivo performance of the
duties of (jitf siitfltion ; ppr have we any
right to piler, that if they are not prop
erly discharg'd, they would be better if
wo moved in a more exalted sphere
dSTO. 11.
loniftljing .far tjjr i'afe.
CoioplcxSoi) -ijO'wiU.
A subject of infinite importance —to
the ladies— is-incidentally discussed in
a paper in the November Blackwood en
titled Color in Nature and Art. W’e
quote f-jr the enlightenment of our fair
readers :
lri n gard to ladies’ bonnets, it is gen
erally sup]rosed that a great deal, if not
the main part, of the effect produced by
the color of the bonnet being thrown or
reflected upon the face, Mr. Chevieul, af
ter experimenting, in his usual painstak
ing way, with various colored bonnets
upon white plasfe’rcasts, found that this
was a mistake—-that the reflection, even
under the most favorable-circumstances
is very feeble except upon the temples,
—and, moreover, that these reflected
hues have always a tendency to produce
as they pass into the ordinary daylight,
colors the very opposite of themselves;
so that when rose-color is reflected upon
the face, a space lightly tinged with
green will intervene between it and the
parts of the face illuminated directly by
the daylight.- As for any reflected tints
falling upon the face while the present
faslrou lasts, the tiling is impossible;
for the bonnets are placed so far off the
face-—or rather, we should say, off’ the
head—that any reflected tints can fall
onlv cm the hair. Here isM. Chevreul’s
catalogue raisonne of head-dresses in re
lation to fair and dark complexions; and
it will be strange indeed, gentlest of rea
ders, if you do not find “ a love of a bon
net” that will just suit you in the list
here presented.
Fair haired Type —A black bon
net witli-white feathers, with white, rose
or red flowers, suits a fair complexion.
A lustreless white bonnet does not suit
well with fair and rosy complexion. It
is otherwise with bonnets of gauze, crape
or lace ; they are suitable to all complex
ions. The white bonnet may have flow
ers, either white, rose, or blue.
A light-blue bonnet is particularly
suitable to the light haired tvpe ; it may
be ornamented with white flowers,
and in many cases with yellow and or
ange'flowers, but not with rose or violet
flowers. *
A green bonnet is advantageous to the
fair or rosy complexions. It may be trim
med with white flowers, or with rose.
__ A rose colored bonnet must not be
too dose to the skin; ami if it is found
that the hair does not produce sufficient
separation, (he distance from the rose
color may be increased by means of white
or green, which is preferable. A wreath
of white flowers in the midst of their
leaves has a good effect.
1 shall not advise the use of a lighter
dee]) red bonnet, except when the paint
er desires to diminish too warm a tint in
the complexion.
Finally, the painter should never pres
cribe either \ ellow or orange-colored bon
nets, and be very reserved in the use of
violet.
Type with Bi.ack llair. A black
bonnet does not contrast so wed with the
ensemble of the type with black hair, as
with the other type ; vet it may produce
a good effect, and receive advantageous
ly accessories of w hite, red, rose, orange,
and yellow.
A white bonnet gives rise to the same
remarks as those which have been made
concerning its use in connection with the
blonde type, except, that for brunettes it
is better to wive the preference to acces
sories of red, rose, orange, and also yel
low. ra her than to blue.
Bonnets of rose, red, cerise, al'B suit
able for brunettes, when the hair sepa
rates as much as possible the bonnet troui
the complexion. White feathers accord
well with red; and white flowers, with
abundance of leaves, have a good effect
with rose.
A > ellow bonnet stilts a brunette very
well, and receives with advantage violet
or blue accessories ; the hair must always
interpose between the com plexion and
the head-dress.
It is the same with bonnets of an or
ange color more or less broken, such as
chamois. Blue trimmings are eminent
ly suitable with orange and its shades.
A green bonnet is suitable to fair and
light rosy complexions; rose, Yed. or
white flowers, are preferable to others.
A blue bonnet i- only suitable to h
lair or light i>d complexion ; uorvau it
he allied to such as have a tint ot orange
blown. When it suits a brunette, it.
may take with advantage yellow or or
ange trimmings.
A violet bonnet-is always unsuitable
to every complexion, since there are none
which \ellow will suit. Yet if we inter
pose between the violet and the skill not
oulv the hair, but also yellow accesso
iies, a bonnet of this color may become
favorable.”
As an hnpartaut memorandum, it
must be added, that, w henever the color
of a bonnet does not realize the intended
effect, even when the complexion is sep
arated from the head dress bv masses of
hair, it is advantageous to place between
the hair and the bonnet certain ac
cessories—such us ribbons, wreath, or
detached flowers —o*’ a color coinple-
I rnentary to that of the bonnet, in the way
j above presciibed tor the violet bonnet ;
I aud the same color must also be placed
on the outside of the banner.