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Equality in the Union or
out of it.”
TERISwTWO DOLLARS a-year, in Advanced
VOL. X.
CASSYILLE, GEO.. THURSDAY, OCT. 7. 1858.
TSTO. 37.
AND
BUGGY-MAKING,
AND
8LA€K-SM)TH1N@,
BY
H. H. HOLMES,
CASSVILLE, GA.
, „I can put up any kind of Vehicle
wanted, at short notice, and in us
.w , ='w— a Jy) e as ;t can be done any
where. All work warranted.
Cassville, July 1st, 1858.
SHOP.
William Headden,
CASSYILLE, GEO.,
> IS prepared to make and repair
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, or
v anything in his line of business.
He has one of the best BLACKSMITH’S
and some of the best WOOD WORKMEN in
Georgia.
Thankful for past patronage, he begs a con
tinuance of the same. Work warranted.
All those indebted to him for last } f ear s
shop accounts are requested to call and settle
by cash or note, without delay.
Cassville, Mch 25, 1858—ly
AT AUGUSTA.
rpHE next annual course of Lectures in this
JL Institution will begin on the 1st Monday
iu November next, with an Introductory Lec
ture by Prof. JONES.
Emeritus Prof, of Anatomy—G. M. NEW
TON. M. D.
Anatomy—H. F. CAMPBELL, M. D.
Surgery—L. A. DUGAS, M D.
Chemistry and Pharmacy—JOS. JONES, M.
D.
Institutes and Practice—L. D. FORD, M. D.
Physiologr and Pathological Anatomy—H.
V. M. MILLER, M T).
Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Medical
Jurisprudence—I. P. GARVIN, M. D.
Demonstrator of Anatomy—ROB’T CAMP
BELL, M. D.
Assistant Demonstrator—S. B. SIMMONS,
M. I).
Prosector to the Professor of Surgery—II.
W. D. FORD, M. D.
Curator of Museum—T. P. CLEVELAND.
Tickets for the whole Course, $106 00
Matriculation, (to he taken once) 5 00
Practical Anatomy (to be taken once) 10 00
For further inf>naation apply to any mem
ber of the Faculty, or to the undersigned.
Aug. 12—tlmn I. P. GARVIN, Dean.
HERRING’S
Patent Chamni on Fire-Proof
SAFES,
W ITH Hull’s Patent Powder-Proof Hocks,
the simp that were awarded separate
medals at the World’s Fair, in London. in 1851,
and the World’s Fair, in New York, 1853, and
are the only American Safes that were award
ed medals at the London World’s Fair.
These Safes term the most perfect security
against Fire and Burglars, of any Safes ever
offered the public, and can only be had of the
subscribers and their agents, who have on
hand and make to order, all kinds of Boiler
and Chilled Iron Bank Chests and Vaults,
Vault Doors, and Money Boxes, or Chests for
Brokers, Jewelers and Private Families, or
Plate, Diamonds, and other valuables. And
are also Patentees (by purchase) and manufac
turers of Jones’ Patent Permutation Bank
Lock. S. C. HERRING & CO.,
No. 251 Broadway, cor. Murray St., N. Y.
Agents for Georgia—Seago, Abbott A Co.,
Atlanta, Bell, Prentiss & Co., Savannah.
Mch 25, 185S—ly
NEW
NEW GOODS! NEW STORE! NEW LO
CATION AND NEW ARRANGEMENT!
Wm, Kay, Agent,
HAS for sale a large assnri-
^jowment of Books, Stationery, Musi-
cal Instruments, Fancy Goods,
Pistols, fine and common Cutle
ry, wholesale and retail, at the lowest possible
cash rates. A share of the public patronrge is
respectfully solicited.
Particular attention paid to country orders,
and forwarded per return mail, railroad, ex
press or stage. Please remember the place—
nearest. Book Store to the general passenger
depot, Atlanta, Geo. Jan. 21, 1858—ly.
CASSYILLE, GEO.:
BY S. J. HIGGS.
THE public generally, and his
old friends, particularly, are
requested to stop with him,
" when visiting Cassville. His
table will be supplied, as usual, with the best
the market affords. Connected with this
House runs a Hack, day and night, to Cass
Depot, connecting with the Passenger Trains
on the State Railroad. Also, connected with
this Bouse runs a semi-weekly Stage line from
this plaee via EHijay to Morganton.
Mch 25, 1858- 6m "v 1 - "
REMOVAL.
Sr. J. W. Kinabrew,
THANKFUL for the pa
tronage of'the past year,
continues to offer his servi
ces to the public, and will
attend promptly to every
call, day or night. Office
next door south of J. A.
Terrell’s, where he can be
• found during, the day, at
night at the residence lately occupied bv Mr.
Boljspijon. Cassville, Aug. 12,1858.
JNO. W. FOSTER,
CASSYILLE, GEO.
. WILL do any kind of work in his
| -line of business at as low-rates as
a it can be done by any good work
man in the State. As to his abilities as a work-
man, lie refers tu*ny work done by him. Con
tracts taken in any part of the State.
Jaae 3d, 1858—ly.
^nsiitfss Carts.
JOS. DUNLAP,
ATT0MEY AT LAW,
Kingston, Cass co., Ga.
June 10th, 1853—ly.
C|ui« ^octrj.
That Moustache.
i—
WRITTEN BY A LADY.
B. H. LEEKE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cassville, Ga.
B USINESS entrusted to my care will meet
with prompt and vigilant attention, and
monies paid over punctually.
Feb. 1, 1858—ly.
W. V. WESTER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CALHOUN, GEO.
W ILL practice in all the counties of ths
Cherokee Circuit. Particular attention
{ laid to the collection of claims, and to prompt-
y paving over the same when collected.
Nov 26, 1857—ly
ANDREW H. RICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cassville, Geo.
P RACTISES in the Counties of Cass, Cher
okee, Cobb, Catoosa, Gordon, Gilmer,
Fannin, Paulding and Whitfield.
Prompt attention given to the Collecting bu
siness in all of the above named counties.
May be found in the office formerly occu
pied by J. II. & A. H. Rice.
June 17th, 1S58—ly.
THOMAS J. VERDERY,
ATT0BHEY AT LAW,
CEDAR TOWN, GA.
W ILL practice in the counties of Floyd,
Polk, Paulding, Carroll, Haralson and
Cass. Strict attention paid to collecting.
Feb. 18, 1S5S—ly.
M. J. CRAWFORD,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
RINGGOLD, CATOOSA COUNTY, GA.
W ILL practice in all the counties of the
Cherokee Circuit.
Pa r ticular attention paid to the collecting of
money, and to paying over the same when col
lected. mh 19, 185S—ly
W offord, Crawford & Howard,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Cassville, and Cartersville, Ga.
W ILL faithfully attend to any business en
trusted to their care, in any of the coun
ties of Upper Georgia.
Wm. T. Wofford, J. A. Crawford, Cassville;
J. A. Howard, Cartersville. July 23.
E. M. SEAGO & GAAR,
SUCCESSORS TO E. M. SEAGO,
Wholesale Grocers,
PRODUCE DEALERS,
AND GENERAL
Commission Merchants,
SOUTH SIDE PASSENGER DEPOT,
Atlanta, Ga.
"March IS, 1S5S—lv.
Oh barber, spare that young moustache !
Touch not a single hair.
Your razor, brush and other trash
Must never venture there.
At last the bud has bursted out.
By much caressing taught;
Its frail yoUDg tendrils how they spout.
Then barber touch it not.
Though well laid out and wide the field,
Whence this young moustache shoots.
The sickly soil no more can yield,
Ob, then, guard well these roots;
For should thy murderous blade sweep o’er
That curved lip’s shadowy mist,
She tender plaDls would bloom no more ;
Then, barber, oh desist!
Think of the fair young girl, whose lip
Was wont so oft to press
That budding mouth, its sweets to sip—
Oh think of her distress!
’Tis unfledged manhood’s pride and joy ;
With sighs and tears ’twas bought;
Let no rude stroke its life destroy—
Oh, barber, touch it uot !
S. B. O ATM AN,
Dealkb in American, Italian and Egtptiam
Statuary, and Tennessee
Marble,
Monuments, Tombs, Urns and Vases, Marble
Mantels, and Furnishing Marble,
Atlanta, Ga.
James Vaughan, Agent, Cassville, Ga.
April 22, 1858—ly. ft
SUMMEY & HURLICK,
DEALERS IN
MAEBLE
Monuments, Tombs, Urns, Va-
SES, VAULTS, TABLETS, HEAD
AND FOOT STONES, Ac.
O RDERS promptly filled. Address Marble
Works P. O., Pickens Co., Ga.
James Yanghan, agent, Cassville, Ga.
Feb 1st, 185S—ly.
DR, J. T. GROVES,
[HAS removed to the office next door to
A. C. Day’s shop, where he may be found
both day and night, unlessprofessionallv
engaged. Prompt attention given to all calls,
by day or night.
Cassville, Jan. 21, 1858.
M. MeMURRY,
Dealer in Family Groceries,
CONFECTIONARIES, Ac.,
Cassville, Ga.
Feb. 1st, 185S—ly.
smii menu
DEPOT,
I HAVE been appointed the manufacturers’
agent in this State for the sale of the fol-
lowing celebrated Sewing Machiue., Which are ^ enough to meet the exigency,
admitted to be the best and cheapest now in i lul , ® ,,
use, viz: Grover A Baker’s—twenty-five differ-1 and, therefore, weakly yielded to a ae-
ent patterns. Weed A Howe's Improved ila- : lllan d d, at should Lave been met by UD-
chines, and Gibbs’ low-priced Machines—any; .. . . r I *
ot which I will deliver in Atlanta at manufac-; Smelling relusaU
turers* prices. Terms cash.
Atlanta, Jnlv 29—6m A. LEYDEN.
The Diamond Breast-Pin.
BY T. S. ARTHUR.
“ It will cost two hundred dollars. An
na !” said George Blakely to his young,
proud, extravagant wife. The tone in
which lie said this, showed that her re
quest iiad startled him.
“I know it will. But what are two
hundred dollars for a diamond pin ?”—
Mrs. Blakely’s voice was half contemp
tuous. “Mary Edgar’s diamonds cost
over a thousand dollars.”
“Just one thousand dollars more than
her husband could afford to pay for
them !” said Blakely.
“ He’s the best judge of that, I pre
siime,” retorted his w ife. “But tliatdues-
’rit signify. You can afford to purchase
this diamond pin.”
“ I cannot, Anna.”
“ What do you do with your money,
pray ?”
The young wife turned sharply upon
her husband, and her words and tone
stung him into a rather harsh reply.—
But this only aroused her anger, Mid
made her more unreasonably persistent.
“ O, very well,” said her too yielding
husband, at last, “.go to Camfield’s" to
morrow and get the pin. Tell him to
send his account on the first of January,
aud it will he paid.”
Mrs. Blakely was in earnest. There
was not cue of her fashionable acquain
tances hut hud a diamoud ring or breast
pin, and until she was the ow ner of one
or both, she could no longer hold tip
her head in society. Her husband was
receiving teller in a hank at a salary of
fifteen hundred per annum, when ha
married, which was about a year before,
and he still occupied the same post, and
at the same income. For a young man
in his position, he had not married wise
ly. The handsome face and captivating
manner of a dashing belle bewildered
his fanev. He proposed in haste, was
promptly accepted, and led to the mar
riage altar, not a true woman, to be
transformed into a true wife, but a weak,
capricious, vain creature, incapable of
genuine love and too selfish and narrow-
ihoughted to feel the influence of honor
able principle.
An extravagant love of dress and or
nament characterized her from the be
ginning, and she would hearken to none
of her husband’s gently offered remon
strances. Nearly half of his income she
spent during the first year of their mar
riage, in dress and jewelry.
The demand fora two hundred dollar
breast-pin, coming upon young.Blakely,
as it did, at a time when he had just
made the unpleasant discovery of a de
ficit in his income, when cornpaTed with
his expenses <?f several hundred dollars,
sadly disheartened him. But he was
is characteristic of weak minds, reached
the full amount of his salary.
But the end came at last. One morn
ing, seven years from the day of their
| marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Blakely were a-
i bout leaving for the opera, when their
bell was rang violently. Mr. Blakely
started and turned pale with a sudden
presentiment of evil.
“What is the matter?” asked his
wife, who saw the singular change in
his conntenance.
Mr. Blakely did not answer, but stood
listening towards the dcor. Men’s voices
were now heard, and tread of heavy
feet in the passage. There was a start
and a hurried movement by Blakely;
then lie stood still, as if rivited to the
spot.
“ Who are they ? What is the mean
ing of this ?” asked Mrs. Blakely in a-
larm. At the same moment two men
entered the room.
‘ You are arrested, said one of them,
‘on a charge of defalcation.’
Mrs. Blakelv shrieked,hut her husband
stood still and statue like, his face an
ashen hue.
‘ George ! George ! This is false !’
exclaimed Mrs. Blakely, recovering her
self. ‘ You could not stoop to crime 1’
‘ It is true,’ he answered, in a low, sad,
despairing voice. Then, laying one of
his fingers on the diamond pin that glit
tered on her bosom, he added, speaking
to her ear alone.
“You gained that at the price of
your husband’s dishonor! You deman
ded it. I remonstrated, and said 1 could
not afford so costly an ornament. Y on
repeated ycur demand, and I, weak fool
that I was, permitted the contraction of
a debt that could only be cancelled bv
dishonest means. I thought, when I
married vou, that I had obtained a wife
whose virtues might help me upward on
the way to Heaven, but you have prov
ed only a tempting fiend, dragging me
rlailv nearer and nearer the brink of de
struction, over which I now fall to hope
less ruin. I have robbed the bank, but
it was for you 1”
Then turning to officers, he said, in a
calm v;ice—
“ I am at your service.”
The words of her husband had stun
ned Mrs. Blakely. Ere she recovered
herself, he was gone. She never saw
him afterwards. That night lie passed
to iiis account before a higher tribunal
than an earthly one, and she was left in
poverty and disgrace.
The story is one of every day life.—
George Blakely is the representative of
a class. Not all of them rob banks or
defraud their employers. But all of
them, to support idle, extravagant wives
in costlv establishments—costly in com
parison with their means—who spend
more than their earnings or profits, and
fail in the end to pay their just obliga
tions.
lous persons told us that we should be
elected ; we listened to them, and were
deceived. But we forgive them, for ■ in tbis world than wealth that perishes.
‘ Is it not the right way !’ was answer
ed. * There are higher things to gain
they made us feel very comfortable—for Riches of priceless value ever reward the
a while; and all earthly happiness is j true merchant, who trades for wisdom,
transitory. We shall never become a j buying with the silver of truth and
candidate again without consulting some- j gold of love. He dies rich who can take
body on the subject first, and ascertain- his treasure with him to the new land
ins whether they do or do not desire us where he is to abide forever, and he who
has to leave all behind on which he has
—*-
B
The first of January found Blakely
short of funds by considerably more than
Not a Fifth Story. j the price to be paid for the diamond pin.
UT we are actually receiving a still larger | Canifield a bill came in and must be set
supply of Fishing Tackle, Jointed Rods, j tied. It would not do for olio to ho!<l
A Slight Beat—Taking it Easy.
Sucli a genial temper as that of Mr.
James A. Jones, of Arkansas, is worth a
dozen seats in Congress. He wanted to
go to Congress. He therefore ran indepen
dent. The Democracy had about seven
thousand majority in the District—that
majority was cast against him. No
listen to Mr. Jones’ bon hotnmie. as he
discusses his defeat in his paper, (he is
an editor, of course.) the Ouachita Her
ald. His thanks to the fifteen gentlemen
in Pike county are very funny. They
remind one of the one man who voted
for Fillmore, in some backwoods county
of Virginia:
DEFEATED, OR UP SALT RIVER.
‘ We cave.’—Jim Milligan.
‘Not in vain should such examples
be.’—Byron.
We—that is to say, James A. Jones,
editor of the Ouachita Herald, and late
candidate for Congress—are ingloriously
defeated, to use a classical and extreme
ly original expression, * we have met the
enemy and we are theirs.’ We evident
ly cast our pearls before swine. We
magnanimously, and at a considerable
sacrifice of our habitual self-respect, of
fered to serve a people who had no ap
preciation of the offering. We can’t
help it. We didn’t make the people, and
are not under contract to supply them
o whether they
to run ; for we are satisfied that it is fol
ly to be a candidate unless somebody
does want you to run and will vote for
you on the strength of that desire.
W T e are not without calculation. We
are not the only candidate that was de
feated. There are numbers in as bad fix
as ourself. And besides, greater men
than we claim to be, Lave been ns bad
ly beaten.
Among onr numerous friends, ex-Gov.
Drew is entitled to our warmest acknowl
edgements. His intention, doubtless,
was to assist us in beating Rust, by pro
curing a large and influential majority
of the Democratic parly to vote for him.
With this object in view, he made a
brilliant canvass, ending in a no less bril
liant failure. But notwithstanding lie
carried off a considerable portion of our
vote, we honor him for his laudable in
tentions. Hereafter he lias but to com
mand us, and we will obey—if it suits
us to do so.
To the fifteen patriotic and chivalrous
voters, who cast their suffrages for us in
Pike countv, we beg leave to tender our
sincere and unfeigned gratitude. We
owe them a debt that will be difficult to
repay. As a slight evidence of our high
appreciation and lasting regard, we pro
pose that if they will forward us a list of
their names, we will send them the Her
ald for life—at the usual price, $3 per
annum, invariably in advance.
In conclusion, we desire permission
to remark, that the small experiment we
have just made is eminently satisfactory.
Whatever aspirations we may have bad
for glory, are entirely subdued. The
pursuit of a seat in Congress * under dif
ficulties’ is one in which we have no de
sire to re-engage. We are satisfied that
we carry with us into our retirement the
best wishes of a generous tho’ ungrateful
people, and are content.
Ditd Poor.
‘It was a sad funeral to me,’"said the
speaker, ‘ the saddest 1 have attended for
many years.’
‘ That of Edmonson ?’
‘Yes.’
‘ Poor—poor as poverty—his life was
one long struggle with the world, and at
every disadvantage. Fortune mocked
him all the while with golden promises
that were destined never to know fulfill
ment.’
‘ Yet he was patient and enduring,’
remarked one of the company.
‘Patient as a Christian—enduring as
a martyr,’was answered. ‘Poor man!
he was worthy of a better fate. He
ought to have succeeded for lie deserved
success.’ j
Did he not succeed ?’ questioned the i
placed affection, dies poor indeed. Ou
friend Edmonson died richer than a Gi
rard or an Astor; his monument is built
of good deeds and noble examples. It
wili abide forever.— T. S. Arthur.
with brains. If they were wilfully blind rgold.’
to our merit, the fault is theirs. If they
are opposed to receiving individually one
hundred and sixty acres of land a piece,
they have a peifect ri»ht to reject it—
they ought to know whether or not they
deserve it. If they don’t want the rights
of the South ‘ preserved inviolate.’ why
they mav have them pickled, for all we
care. We did our doty, and onr con
science is easy.
At the enormous expense of sixteen
dollars and thirty-two cents, we printed
a multitude of circulars, sufficient, we
thnnarht, to elect anj^man, with whitfh
Mnltiplvins Reeds, Silk, Grass, Hair Flax, and l)aet ; n t jj e matter of payment, for the
Cotton Fish Lines, Virginia, Limerick and Kir* . ! . c
bv Hooks, Sock Dologers, Patent Grapples, jeweler was an acquaintance of more
Kill Devils, Fish Spears, Disgorgers, Artificial. than one of the directors of the bank,
i”«r 5 -w* 5? 7
Loops, Tackle Books, Bait Boxes, Sportsmen’s { ferenees drawn prejudicial to ms stand- ^
Drinking Cups, Wicker covered Flasks to car- j ng . j„ an evil hour under distress of j we flooded this Congressional district,
Fisbmg Tack 1 e! H St’ 7 *"* “**" 5 ° j mind and strong temptation, the young and . , arffe portion oftheCherbkee Na-
JEVYELRT A CLOCK HOUSE, of man made a faise entry, which enabled t ; on _ We wrote to oor friends, to rally
VEAL A CO. tQ abstract two hundred dollars |o n ur support. But they didn’t ra'ly.
. -— ■' from tho funds of the bank. yfe then concealed ourselves as well as
Caution• That w*« only the beginning of a se- we could at borne, refusing positively to
one who had spoken of his perseverance
and enduiance.
‘No sir. He died poor, as I have
just said. Nothing that he ever put his
band to ever succeeded. A strange fa
tality seemed to attend every enterprise.’
‘ I was with him in liislast moments,’
said the other, ‘and I thought he died
rich.’
‘No; he has left nothing behind,’
was replied. ‘The heirs will have but
little concern as to the administration of
bis estate.’
‘ He left a good name,’ said one, ‘and
that is something.’
4 And a legacy of noble deeds that
were done in the name of humanity,’re
marked another.
‘ And precious examples,’ answered a
third.
‘Lessons of patience in suffering, hope
in adversity ; of heavenly confidence
when no sunbeams fell upon bis path,’
said another.
* And high trust, manlv courage, he
roic fortitude.’
‘ Then he died rich T was the emphat
ic declaration. ‘ Richer than the mil
lionaire who went to his long home the
same day, a miserable pauper in all but
June 10,1858.
HPHE public ere cautioned against trading r ; es Q f defalcations, which ran through
JL with any pedlcn ot ouiera reyrwwtiftg
themselves as our agents, in order to sell their
brass Jewelry and bogus Watches. Wehsve, which always
"•jSTw 0 ** - *'— VBA rL^°G*. ! crime. It wai ....
extravagant demands of his wife, whose
in order to sell their. many years, before the exposure cam*.j the public tMi the
always follows such a course of] With these precautions
Borne, Ga. I crime. It was easier now to supply the
.IE quantity of Magistrate’s Fxeen- annual wardrobe and bilk for jewelry,
^tiona, lost prints, J for which she had that passion which
extend our acquaintance or to see more
4* the, public tlSBrtbe public did of us.
we deemed suc
cess certain. A great many persons
wrote us that we should get _an over
whelming vote; they were not deceived
—it was overwhelming. Many ctedu-
‘ A sad funeral, did you say ? No,
mv friend it was rather a triumphal pro
cession ! Not the burial of a human
clod, but the ceremonies attendant on
the translation of an angel. Did not suc
ceed! Why his whole life was a series
of success. In every conflict he came
off the victor, and now the victor’scrown
is on his brow. Any grasping soulless,
selfish, man with a share of btains may
gatbei in money, and learn the art of
keeping it; botnet one iu a lmndred
can bravely conquer in the battle of life
as Edmondson has conqueredj and sten
forth from the ranks of men, a Christian
hero. No, no, he did not die poor bnt
rich—rich in neighborly love, and rich
in celestial affections. And his heirs
have an interest in the administration of
his estate. A large property baa bees
left, and let them see to it that they do
not lose precious things through false
estimates and ignorant deprecations.’
* You have a new way of estimating
the wealth of a man,* said the one who
had at first expressed sympathy for the
A Balloonist Lost in the Sky.
We have learned full particulars of
the Balloon Ascension at Adrian, on
Thursday, its subsequent descent, and its
second ascension and runaway with the
aeronaut while beyond bis control. It is
a brief narrative, but of thrilling inter
est. A man lost in the sky ! There can
scarcely be a more terrible thought. Ti
makes the flesh creep and sends a shud
der through every neive!
The first ascension took place about
nine o’clock in the morning. It was on
the occasion of a large Sunday School
celebration at Adrian. The balloon was
a verv large and well constructed one.
being about the height of a two-storv
building when inflated and ready to cut
loose from its fastenings. Messis. Ban
nister and Thurston took seats in the car
attached to the balloon and ascended
safely and steadily. After remaining a-
bout forty minutes in the air, sailing to
wards Toledo all the time, they alighted
in the woods in the town of Riga, Lena
wee conn tv near Knight’s station on the
Southern Road, distant s.liout 18 miles
west of Toledo. Severn! men came to
the assistance of the adventurers, and
thev proceeded to prepare the balloon
for packing to be taken back to Adrian.
In doing this, the monster balloon was
turned over and partially upside down to
disentangle the netting and to reach the
valve. To do this, Mr. Ira Thurston, one
of the aeronauts took off his coat and got
astride of the valve block. He then sug
gested that the car be detached from the
balloon while he should hold it down
with his weight. This proved a fearful
calculation, for no sooner was the still
inflated body relieved of the weight of
the car than it shot in the air with the
suddenness of a rocket, taking Mr.
Thurston along with it, seated upon the
valve of the balloon, and holding on to
the collapsed silk of the air ship in that
portion of its bulk. In this perfectly
helpless condition, the ill fated man sped
straight into the sky in the full sight of
lii-i companions, even more helpless than
himself. So far as is known, there was
no possible means for him to secure his
descent, whether safe or otherwise. The
part of the balloon filled with gas was
full twelve feet above him, so that there
was no chance for him to cut it and e-
scape. He could only cling to his pre
carious hold and go whithersoever the
currents of the air should take him.
Without regulation or control of any
kind the balloon continued to mount "up
ward, sailirg off in the direction of this
city and Lake Erie. The fatal ascension
took place about 11 o’clock, and at a
few minutes past noon it was seen in the
town of Blissfiehl, Lenawee county, ap
parent!}’ three miles high, and about
the size of a star in appearance. It was
still going up and on ! At a quarter
past 1 o’clock it was last dimly visible,
going in the direction of Malden, as as
certained by compass bearings taken by
parties observing it.
What is the exact fate baffles conjec
ture ; but that it is horrible, almost be
yond precedent, there is not one chance
ir. a million for a successful escape.—
Whether the unfortunate man was car
ried up so high as to become lienumbed
and senseless, death ensuing—or w heth
er he fell off at length from his tremen
dous altitude, to have his breath sucked
from him in his fearful descent, and to
be sunk in the lake or dashed into a
shapeless mass upon the earth, it is
doubtful if any save God will ever know.
The mind stands appalled iu contem
plating this fearful disaster, and blindly
gropes in mazes of wonder at where bis
sepulture shall be.
Mr. Thurston was an experienced bal
loonist, having built several, and this
being his thirty-seventh ascension. He
was formerly a resident in the vicinity
of Lima and Rochester, in Western New
York, but has latterly resided in Adri
an, where he was extensively engaged
in business as a nursery man. He was,
s widower, having lost his wife last win
ter. He leaves an interesting daughter
about seventeen years of age to mourn
her father’s unknown, terrible fate !
Affecting Incident
We are indebted to Mr. L, recently
returned from a whaling voyage for toe
following touching parrative :
On the home ttip of one of onr New
York and Liverpool packets, she being
crowded with emigrants, that awful
scourge, the ship fever broke out- The
carpenter of the vessel, one of nsture’e
noblemen, and having ou board his lit
tle son, a lad of twelve summers, was one
of the first victims. His shipmates sad
ly enclosed the body in bis hammock,
ana having read over him the burialser
vice, had attached to his feet a grind
stone, for the purpose of sinking it,.eom-
niitted it to the embrace of old oeeen.
The poor boy, filled with grief at the lose
of his natural protector spraBgoverboard
and before he could be rescued be was
beyond the reach of human aid.
On the day following the burial a large
shark was noticed in the wake of toe
ship, and as it was almost calm the sail
ors asked permission to catch it, which
was readily grat.ted by the captain.—
Having procured a hook and attached a
chain and line and baited it with pork,
they cast it overboard, and soon bad tha
excited pleasure of hooking the monster,
and with the aid of the windlass, they
hauled the wriihing mass on koaid. As
it lay on the deck in its death struggles,
the sailors heard a rumbling noise, that
seemed to proceed from within the dy
ing captive. Takfng a ship-ax, they soon
cut their way into the now dead fish,
and to their great surprise, found that
it had swallowed the carpenter, grind
stone and boy, ar.d that the former, who
had swooned, had rigged up the grind
stone, and with the assistance of the boy
to turn it, ‘ was grinding his jacknife to
cut his way out.’
Pretty Women.
If we have a weakness or foible’ inci
dent to human nature, it is onr admira
tion of pretty women. The fol lowing
correct description of one of ’em most
have been written by one who was sim
ilarly affected:
A pretty woman is one of the insti
tutions of tho country—an angol in dry
goods and glory. She makes sunshine,
blue sky, Fourth of July and happiness
wherever she goes. Her path is one of
delicious roses, perfume and beauty.—
She is a sweet poem, written in rare
curls, choice calico, and good principles.
Men stand up before her as so many ad
miration points, to melt into cream and
then butter. Her words float around
the ear like music, birds of Paradise, or
the chimes of Sabbath bells. Without
her, society would lose its truest attrac
tion, the church its fittest reliance, and
young men the very best of company.—
Her influence and generosity restrains
the vicious, strengthens the weak, raises
the lowly, flannel-shirt the heathen, and
encourage the faint-hearted. Whenever
you find the virtuous woman, yon find
also pleasant firesides, lioquets, clean
clothes, order, good living, gentle hearts,
piety, music, light and model institutione
generally. She is the flower of human
ity, a very Venus in dimity, and her in
spiration is the breath of heaven.*
Religious Advancement.—It ia I
that actual statistics show that during the
last fifty years, the number of saetnbers sf
the evangelical churches, in the U Statse,
has increased from four hundred thousand
to three millions and a half, being nn in
crease of eightfold; white oor population hap
increased fourfold ’’ So much for tbo oil;
reitersted statement that tbo growth of C-
vangelical churches hos not kopt pact with
the growth of population.
gar We see that our friends in the
West are hr ginning to look ofter the hog
market. Some of the merchants have
made engagements at 4.50 per hundred,
hiie others are going as far as five per
hundred. We look upon this as a fair
beginning.—EaU„!£enneueean, Mary
ville. ■ ) 'u
Oiling Harness. .
On s vsiny day, wbsn the farmer cannot
work oat of doors, one of tho bast things he
can do is to oil bis harness. If kept clean,
and properly oiled and pliable, barneenwitl
last much longer than if stuffed sad render
ed gritty by s coat of dirt, and left rigid
and liable to crack for want of oil. In or.
der to oil n harness properly, unbueklo and
separate every scrap; then wash it in warns
soap sods. The warmth may a little exceed
that of new milk -if approaching hot, it will
injure the leather. The soap auda should
be need rapidly, and only long enough tn
remove the crust which has been formed on
the harness by dust settling on tbo previoun
oiling. If the application is longer contin
ued. it will abstract two much oil from tho
leather. Carriage harness, to look wall,
should then be blacked, and afterwards this
oil applied A correspondent of the Vow
England Farmer, recommends the following
as the best blocking bn has triad:
One ounce of extract of logwood, twslon
grains of bichromate of potash, both poun
der fine, snd then two qoaris of boiling raia
water added and ttirrad till nil is dijaolved-
lt is kept’in a bottle. This ho says in
much bettor than copperas, which cate into
the lesthrr He first applies acat’f foot oil,
and afterwords the same with can third ana
tor oil. which easbloa tho leather to with
stand the cffecta of rain and oxpisara Uagsr
than otherwise. It Aon Id ast ho forgotten
that soph parts of tfca karat— as art warn
and assd ass— sboatd have tho meat oQ.
whisk may ha givta by a sssosd spplisnii—
Cmtry i
I—-If yon love others, they will love yon.
If you speak kindlyio them, they will spank
kindly to yon. Love ia repaid pith loro, sad
hatred with hatred. Would yea hoar a sweet Hover atrivo to hide yowr poverty, a—In
sad plaiting osho, sp—h swa—ly and pious sshtmsd to wmk. Is work is hiamhla —
aatlygMr—If. ' v - .; To hsMis»»dftgrncs.