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BY 8ABDEL H. 8HTH.
“ EQUALITY IN THE UNION OR INDEPENDENCE OUT OF IT.”
B. F. BENNETT, Publisher.
Vol. IX.
Cassville, Gra., Ttmrsday, Nov. lO, 1030.
No. 43.
E. L. BROWN,
Attorney at La
Cassville, Geo.
April 14, 1859.
From the National American.
Mineral Resources of Georgia—Ho. 2.
To the Edit/rr of the National American:
Dear Sir : Th speaking of the opinions
of competent Geologists, Ms recorded in
the book referred tOytouching the compar
ative values of the Hop Ores of Georgia,
we ought not to passby what is said con
cerning the Iron Gres in Cherokee and
Gilmer counties.
Of these he says : “ Beyond the Furna-
u M KFTTH ces” (^ ew * s & Ford's Furnaces) “ to the
’ North-East, the Ore is found in even great-
4^1?W (, er quantities than before noticed. Upon
Cassville, Georgia. » high knob, eight miles from the River
B. H. LEEKE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cassville, Geo.
B USINESS entrusted to his care will meet
with prompt and vigilant attention, and
monies paid over punctually. Feb. 1,1859.
P RACTICES in the counties of Cass, Cher- (Etowah,) is a greater show of it than 1
okee, Gordon, Whitfield and Panldipg.— have seen at the famous Iron Mountain of
All business entrusted to his care will meet
with prompt attention.
Nov. IS, 185S
Missouri.” Of the vicinity of Sharp Moun
tain, he says: “ The quantity here too up-
From the stern and stormy sky,
When a mournful wail, through the rush
ing gale.
Was heard at the cottage door—
2d. Hence it combines Capital with La
bor, giving profit to the former and sup
port to the latter, to a greater extent than
any metal whatsoever.
3d. A pound's weight of Iron, by this
combination, attains a value superior to a
pound of any metal known to man. _
4th. The uses of Iron, in Science, in the, 0 ! carry me back—0! cairy
To mv mother s home once :
Arts, in Agriculture, in Commerce, am^ig : *
Peace and in War, and in the.necessaries 'fwas a Youth-who had left his mountain
and the luxuries of life, are more vari-.; home,
ous and more extensive than any other He had wandered far ai)d long:.
. . He had drained the goblet's fiery tide,
mC ■ . . . J At the festal midnight throng.
5th. In proportion to the application of g u ^ a dream of hope came over his heart,
As he crept to the cottage door-
Carry Me Back. surpassed and our success could not be a! Drinking.
The day was gone, and the night was dark, matter of doubt A few years would find j A late-writer says: “The American
And the howling winds went by, : us as independent of the world as we arc drinks his cocktail to drown his sorrows:
And the blinding sleet fell thick and fast now dependent upon it. i he swallows them because he is joyful»
me back
i more.
Capital and Labor to the varied products
of Iron, in a Nation, is its power of defence, j 0! carry me back—0! carry me back
its independence and greatness. I To my mother’s home once more.
Gth. Without it, a nation is imbecile,; j left the hall of the tempters power,
powerless, defenseless, degraded and bar-; And reveled wild and high—
. . .... " . .. " - barous I They cared not in their reckless mirth
on Sharp Mountain, within six miles of u«ruus. j ifr .. . i„ i ,. lnn , n
the River, is enormous.” j If thesc propositions be true, the inter-j Doth th(? fire sta j burn on the household
Passing through Lumpkin county, hej ^ which our ktate has in the pro ucts . hearth,
might have said the same of the hills and ; Iron, is demonstrated, since it already j By the elm tree old and hoar ?
appears that Georgia is, by nature, fur- j O ! carry me back—0! carry me back,
nished with the prime resources of Iron, To my mother s home once more.
Like a weary bird that lias wandered
j“ Pilot Knob” and “Iron Mountain” ofi That these propositions are true, thej long,
! Missouri, so famous for Iron Ore ? And testimony of a few witnesses will prove. I will seek my mother s nest,
! we have greater than these in Cass co.,— The housewife will tell us, that in the
greater in Cherokee, Gilmer and Lump- kitchen, the dining room, in the chamber
and at the fire side, by day and by night.
H. L. RAY,
Attorney at Law,
Ellijav, Gilmer Co., Ga.
W HA, practice in the counties of Cass,
Cherokee, Pickens, Gilmer, Dawson, I mountains there.
Fannin. Union and Towns. Collecting of. . „ . . ,
debts will receive special attention. | Who, in Europe or America, that con ,
March 10, 1859—ly. ’ siders these subjects, has not heard of the; ,n l * lu nc best abundance.
M. J. CRAWFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ringgold, Catoosa Co., Ga.
A bb business entrustedAo his care will be
prompt!v attended to.
Sept. 15, 1859. ,
HENRY PATTILLO FARROW,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cartersville, Georgia.
Office—next door to Kramer’s Drug Store.
Oct. 8, 1859—ly.
P. II. LARKY,
Attorney at Law,
Cakteusviixe, Geo.
W ILL practice in all this counties (if tlie
Cherokee Circuit, and in the adjoining
cmintie* of other Circuits. Particular atten
tion given to collecting Oct. tf, ly.
O. W. JACK.
roq,er,
Whitehall strcnl^Jplanta, Ott.
rpjlE attention of Planter* and Farmer!* i*
X especially invited to the large and excel
lent stock of
1i«r has now in store and for sale at the lowest
prices. Ilia stock consists in part of the fol
lowing Goods:
Bagging, Rope and Twine;
SUGAR, COFFEE,
TE A.S, SALT ;
Cutnl?+* t -Starch, ,Soap* t Tohncro % x •
Powdor, Shot, Nails, Iron;
LIQUORS, Ac.;
In fact almost anything in the GROCERY
line. Merchants mid firmer* would do well
to call and examiue his stock bdfore purchas
ing elsewhere, as he flatters himself that lie
can sell u*>mi a* favorable terms *s any house
in this market
All he asks is a trial.
No charge for looking. Call and see me
on Whitehall street, below the Johnson block.
Atlanta, Nov. 1. G. W. JACK.
S. T. RIGGERS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Grocer and Warehouse and
Commission Merchant,
ATLANTA, GA.
B ACON, bard. Grain ; Coffee, Sugar, Syr
ups; Rope, Twine, Ragging; Wines, Liq
uors, Cigars; Lumber of all sixes and quali
ties; Lime as a Cement and Fertilizer.
Strict attention given to the storage of Cot
ton, Ac. Advances made on shipments of
Cotton, Produce, Ac. Please give me a call.
Nov. 1, 1859—ly.
CUTTING & STONE,
Dealers in Dry Goods,
CARPETS,
OIL CLOTHS, BOOTS AND^HOES,
Curtain Materials, die.,
Markham Buildings, No. 2S, Whitehall •*».,
Nor. 1. . ATLANTA, GA. ly.
BARTLETT'S
Patent Horelty Sewing Machines.
rpWO* Premiums have been awarded for
JL theaeMachinea this month—at the Indiana
and New York State Fairs.
This is the original and only practical fam
ily Sewing Machine for $8, SIS and $20. Par
ties wishing to purchase are invited to call
and examine this wonderful machine at the
store of Catting A Stone, Atlanta, Ga.
C. W. CUTTING,
Nor. 1. General Agent for the State.
McNAUGHT, ORMOND A CO.,
Commission Merchants,
And Dsaub8 ur Gnu sal Xbbchaxbisb,
AVfrtonf BuMinf*, Whitehall tL,
ATLANTA, GEO.
Rarxaxxcxs—Messrs. Smith A Patrick.
Smallwood, Earle A Co., Allen, McLean A
Knlklcy, New York ; Wo. M. Lawton A Co.;
Naylor A Smith, Charleston; J. JL TeflV, Dun
can A Johnston. Savannah; Post A Mel, New
Orleans; Walsh, Smith A Co., Mobile ; Crit
tenden A Go., LonisriHe; M. J. Wicks, Mem- . r
phU; il A. January A Co., SL Louis. look
Nov. 1, 1859—ly.
FOR SALE.
T OFFER the following lota at land tor sale.
A on reasonable terms:
No. 371, in Gilmer Co.. 6th disiUtt and2d sec,
115, Casa, ntth Sd
28S, Paanm, ! «h AC-
94J,..«■ Panhjing. lfith 3d
John
OcLi 3 -om. JOHN BSTtfUB*-
kin counties—and yet it creates no sensa
tion in Cherokee Georgia—is not known
to, or cared for, by our Legislators and
Statesmen at Milledgevillc. They arc not
even prompted to appoint' a competent
man to examine and report the facts!
Hundreds of thousands of dollars are
invested in Furnaces in different States,
relying on those localities in Missouri, to
keep them going. Millions of tons of the
raw Ore of Missouri are transported to O-
hin, and even to Pennsylvania, and sold
to make Iron for the use of Cotton Plant*
ers in Georgia ! We are greater in these
resources than Missouri; Ohio, and Penn
sylvania till put together, and our own
statesmen overlook it, and the course of
legislation is such as to drive capital and
labor from this region, and keep more of
this wealth than Missouri has, buried in
the hills of Georgia!
The progress which individuals' have
made in the development of this hidden
wealth, is slow and limited. A few, how
ever, unspairing of their HreHns, (heir time,
and their efforts, have done enough in
prospecting, as Miners term it, to expose
the Mines,'and lead the Commonwealth of
Georgia to a knowledge of where the trea
sure lies. Just enough to show what could
he done, if aided by that countenance
which the State, hiving so large and
deep an interest, could and ought to af
ford.
The main progress has been made with
in fifteen years past. Prior to that, one
or two small Blast Furnaces, and these of
recent origin, with as many Primitive
Forges, now abandoned, was the limit of
Iron operations in Georgia. During the
past fifteen years, there have been erec
ted six Charcoal Furnaces, makin%jnow.
seven in all. Thesc are all located iB Cass
county, to wit: Lewis' Furnace; the Fire
Eater, or Ford's Furnace; Pool's Fur
nace ; Milner’s Furnace ; Allatoona Fur
nace, and the Etowah Furnace and River
Furnace,- owned by the Etowah Manufac
turing and Mining Com^my. AH are blown
by water power and ui^rObarcoal as fuel.
The five first, produoe annually an aggre
gate of about twenty-five hundred tons of
Pig Metal. The two last are making at
the rate of about 3,000 tons per annum.
The Pig Metal here sells at abont $25 per:
ton. All of these Furnaces produce more
or less of Castings. There is, however,
but one Foundry with a Cupalo. This is
at Etowah Furnace, habitually producing
cast machinery and hollow ware.
There is at Etowah a Rolling Mill for
Merchant Iron of all kinds, now turning
out inout ten tons of Iron per day. Also,
a Nail Factory with ten machines for cut
ting nails; a machine for Railroad Spikes,
machine shops. Ac., for fitting up—all
propelled by water power. A Sait Road
has been built, and is now in operation,
from the Western A Atlantic Railroad a-
long the bank of the Etowah River, four
miles, to the Rolling MiB at Etowah, pas
sing immediately by (he RiYufr Furnace.
These Furnaces and other operations in
Ifon, give employment to five or six hun
dred operators and laborers, and affords
support to a population -of about 2,000
people of all ages and sexes. 'Of these,
about 100 are blacks.
NO 8.—THE INTERESTS THE STATE
HAS IN IRON AND ITS PRODUCTS.
This topic is so vast m magnitude, and
so various in its tamifieathms, that in ap-
ly pause lud
dint
ourselves, Wfitopiedhobeginning? Hfe-
toryteaebeeustheAd^wertothatqwndione
But Mare look forward dfisiting to
the Future, and ask, Whufo shall end the
uses of Iron? no answer USn
except Sbm they wSl end
Mom en t* said Of Jfmri(hmr<rmi;
she cannot live without Iron. Even in
the parlour, her entertainments would be
dull without it. She will testify, that
without it she could not clothe her family.
The gardener will tell us, that without
it, he could not supply the kitchen or the
table.
The Agriculturalist tells us, it is indis
pensable to cultivate the soil, as well as
to reap and gather the harvest; to subdue
the forest as well as to protect his fields.
Even of the house in which he lives, it
forms a part.
It lias a place in the Lady’s Wardrobe.
It delights her eye, reflects her image,
and enchants her ear with the voice of
music. In every mode of conveyance, she
is luxuriously borne along hv its elastic
nature.
By its aid the man of science reads the
Heavens, gazes at the sun, and counts the
stars. In the Arts, all things that are
made, directly or indirectly demand its
instrumentality. In Peace, it is the im
plement for production in all things made
of Wood, Wool or Cotton, or from the
ground. In War, it is the dread instru
ment of death in All its horrid forms. Of
Iron we build the ship, and by it plow
the Ocean,and guide and direct our course.
By it, we mount and ride upon fhe.wjpgs
of the wind, bring down the lightning,
and, without loss of Jlme, talk to our friend
a thousand miles from us,and;n one day’s
travel sit down by his side.
Hence, we perceive,'that the fourtli pro
position is true. It follows that the first
is true also—by which is also proven the
truth of the second. -
Call on the Jeweller and Watchmaker.
And lay this aching head once more
On my gentle mother's breast.
Once more I will seek the household heartlv
By the elm tree old and hoar—
O ! cany me back—0 ! carry me back
To my mother's home once more.
From the N. O. Picayune.
Southern Manufactures.
■ In one respect our Georgia exchanges
are interesting, beyond any others that
L ome to us from our sister States of the
South, to read. Scarcely a day passes but
they bring us something that reminds us
of what that great “Empire” is doing, of
promises to do, in the way of building up
or encouraging home manufactures. Now
it- is a new locomotive from the great man
ufactory at Savannah, a new car from the
same establishment or those of Macon and
Atlanta; new iron from the rolling mills
of Cherokee; new flour from the well
joining country, but a number of the best
conducted journals of the North. Our-
friends of Memphis .ore also busy in sup
plying, with whatever they need, a large
and rapidly developing country, that nat-
urally looks to them for supplies ; while
our not very distant neighbors of Alaba
ma have, of late, waked up to the import
ance of developing the rich mineral re
sources ofthatgrowing State. Everywhere
around us we already begin to see evideri-
llo will tell you of a delicate spring in thg ^ ^ we are abou ‘ t enterin .
Watch you wear, made of Iron, one
pound's weight of which sells for more
than a pound of Gold, Sitvjx; _pr Platina in
any form—proving to yoti tfe third prop
osition.
The fifth proposition we will consider , ut essentially dependent upon the North
in a subsequent letter. V f ore jg„ imports for most articles of
Respectfully,
MARK A. COOPER,.
A Big Brandy Punch.—On October
25th, 1784, a bowl of punch was made at
the Right Honorable Edward Russell's
house, when he was Captain-General and
Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty’s for
ces in the Mediterranean. It was made in
a fountain in the garden, in the middle of
four walks, all covered overhead with lem
on and orange trees, and in: every walk
was a table, the whole length of it covered
with cold collations, Ac. In- the fountain
were the foUowing ingredients, -viz : four
hogsheads of brandy, eight hogsheads of
water, twenty-five thousand lemons, ‘ 20
gallons es. lemon, thirteen hundredweight
of fine Lisbon sugar, five pounds grated
nutmegs, three hundred toasted biscuits,
and lastly, a pipe of dry Mountain Malaga.
Over the fountain was builta large canopy
to take off the rain; and there was built,
on purpose, a little boat, wherein was a
boy, wiii%elonged to the fleet, who row
ed round the fountain and filled the cups
of the company; and in all probability,
more than six thousand men drank from it
ggr- A poor Hindoo having been re
leased from the cares of this world, and
from a scurvy wife, presented himself at
the gates of the Brahma’S paradise.
« Haye you. been through purgatory ?”
asked the' god.
; “ No, but I have beat mahied,” be re
plied, seriously.
“Com* iu, thm, it’s all the suae. --
At this moment ar^ved another defunct.
ishing factories in nearly every portion of
the State. Almost daily we notice some
thing thatweminds us of the rapid strides
this great Common wealth is making to
wards true independence.
And the same may be said of portions
of the adjoining States of Carolina, Ala
bama, and Tennessee. The paper mills of
the first named, we believe, have for scuie
Manufactures in iron, also, are worthy ’ he pours them down his throat when dis-
of our earliest and warmest encourage-. appointed in business, and gorges upon
ment. Nothing could contribute more to i them because he is prosperous. Friend-
our independence, and indirectly to our i ship commences in a julep and ends in a
wealth. How vast, indeed, would have J smash. Jealousy broods darkly over the
been the savjng, the last ten years, in j absorption of rum punch, and meditates
Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, for in- j suicide, murder or divorce over the last
stance, had tlie rich ir*m mines of those J lingering drop of a brandy plain. Hope
States been developed and made to con- bubbles eternal in sherry cobblers, and
tribute the single article of railroad iron • wit effervesces in champagne. With us
alone, still for the mo-4 part imported from | for are we not a natioh of drinkers? a bar-
abroad. We say for the most part, be- gain cannot be settled unless it is settled
cause, though late, wc see the Georgians j over gin and sugar. No president, no
and Alabamians are beginning to think • governor, no official can be nominated,
they can manufacture their own railroad j much less elected, without the bar-fcast of
iron, as well as their own flour, and cot-; crackers and cheese, and the flow ofwhis-
tons, and woolens, and as good an article ky. The welfare of the nation, the sta-
or better and more durable than can be ! bility of the government, cannot be main*
made for them. I tained without morning eye-openers, noon-
This subject of home manufacture is not, d *.V nips and midnight night caps. The
indeed, often enough pressed upon ourj of liberty couldn’t stand an hour
people, nor with sufficient earnestness and | without her ‘Smile.’ The Great Bird
warmth. We are too prone to forget, in «>n’t fly without the benefit of a tod. Wc
the unparalleled productiveness of our soil J « ,rink to S et rid of the b,ueSi - and dr,nk -
and the annual returns it is sure to make, j when we haven’t them to keep them off.
that we have other and equally inexhaus- j We drink when we are dry, and get dry
tible sources of wealth. We are prone to J >" order to drink « hen we are not dry.-
forget, and daily need reminding, that We drink to the memory of the departed
that I wish it was part and parcel of it
now!” _
with all our seeming prosperity, we of the
southern States as yet lack one great ele
ment of national greatness and independ
ence, and that it can only be supplied by
building up and patronising home manu
factures in cotton, manufactures in iron,
manufactures in everything that we pro
duce ; apd what do we not produce in the
South ?
General Wool and the Harper’s Fer
ry Disturbance.
We are permitted to publish the follow:
ing extract from a letter of Major General
Wool, commanding the Eastern Division
of the U. S. Army,-to a gentleman of this
known mills of Columbus and Augusta; j.. ar( , . d t „ j, BrccIve ilmt li.c
new cotton and woolen fabrics fronfflour-
time past been supplying not only the ad- he W:1S Insl(ector General. He found
ng upon a new
order of tilings at the South.
Heretofore, or at least, within a few years
the southern States have only been known
as agricultural States, producing cotton,
com, riee, wheat and sugar in abundance,
•mmon manufacture even. A few years
toore and wefirmly believe, in this respect
as in our great agricultural staples,, be ex
porters also. We are so in the articles of
flour, cotton goods and paper, as before
mentioned already—or at least we shall
cease to be dependent upon others.
And certainly there is no reason why
this should not be the ease. We have the
water power, the raw material of every
kind on hand, and a climate far more ge
nial than any of the great manufacturing
States the North can boast, in wbfch to
work it up. How then can we fail ulti
mately, when our energies shall have been
turned in that direction, fo produce a bet
ter article and at less expense than our
rivals?
A few days since, indeed, we had occa
sion to speak of the comparative cost of
our Government steamers of nearly equal
tonnage, built two of them at the South
and two at the North, and found that the
difference we upwards of seventy-five
thousand dollars in favor of the former.—
And what is true of ship building must be
equally, true of cotton and woolen and iron
manufactures, or whatever may be carried
oa in the South. -
Cotton aaapufactures, in particular,
should be the object of our earliest consid
eration. What could contribute Ion ia
our wealth and independence; or in what
enterprise could our surplus capital be
better employed? It would be years,
doubtless- before we were able to compete
with older and more skillful manufactur-
views expressed by this journal in regard
to the impropriety of transferring the U.
S. Armories from military control to the
hands j»f civilians, find confirmation in the
opinion of such competent authority. It
is observed in the letter that, under Mr.
Calhoun’s administration of the War De
partment, Armories were placed under
military officers. This was caused by
General Wool's inspections of Armories.
at funerals, and drink consolation to, the
grief-stricken mourner. The mourner
drinks the health of those who do not
mourn, and those who do not mourn drink
because—they must drink. Drink is the
fundamental law of -our social system, a
part and parcel of the Declaration of Inde
pendence, and the bulwark of our nation’s
greatness. ‘ Take a drink !’ will soon u-
surp the place of ‘A’ Plurihvs Utium’—
and a bottle and glass occupy the hands
of justice in lieu of the grocery scales and
regulation sword. Schemes of gigantic
import are concocted, war is declared and
peace is made by the power of statesman
like brandy and wire-pulling whisky.—
Our horn of plenty resolves into a horn of
•red-eye." vVe drink task—American?.—
We drink often, and then drink again that
we may have an appetite for more drink.
The inventive genius of the publican is
continually striving to produce new flnid-
ical combinations with which to astonish
and delight the nation of drinkers.”
A Good Joke on an Editor.
A funny story is told by tlie Syracuse
Journal of the Editor of a Buffalo paper,
who has been very violent at times in de
nunciation of the New York. Central Rail
RoSd, but who recently desired to go east
and thought it would be very convenient
to be “bribed with a;pass.” Expressing
his thoughts to a friend; lie remarked that
! if he had not been so violent toward the
the'Armories, in all resjgjpts badly man
aged, and so reported to Mr. Calhoun.—
The result was military instead of civil
superintendents—a wise regela’ion, which
has been changed again, however, within
a few years past:—Iiich. Dispatch.
“The occurrences at Harper’s Ferry ^ road he supposed he might^et the cove-
show the .folly of leaving .\rmories with- j ted puss. His friend assured him that if
out military, protection. Tl»f neglect, no j he would apply to Dean Richmond he
doubt, induced Brqwn to establish himself I would be accommodated, and after consid-
in the neighborhood of Harper’s Ferry.— i oration he concluded to make the attempt
It is little else than an invitation to viola-! He accordingly called on tifSgDeuiocratic
tors of law and order to supply themselves! Mogul.
with Uiiited States arms, and with these I “Mr. .Richmond,” said the editor, “I
to execute their diabolical purposes. If ; am going east, and I-have called to see if
Brown had prevailed ou six or seven hun-: you can accommodate me with a pass.”
dred slaves to join him, as was first repor-! “ Certainly sir, certainly sir; with the
ted, being in possession of the Armory, he j greatest pleasure.” said Mr. Richmond,
could have armed them. In such a carte, and lie proceeded to fill out the pass.
totyf
“ No, but what of that ? Did you not
admit one who had not been there more
dy, but he had been named!”
1 Married! Why Tee been married
“•Paradise
who begged to „ ^ —x-™. ,,
* Softly! have you been through purga^ ^ ^ the producUou of the finer fabrics;
the consequences might have been fearful
indeed. Temptations should not be held
out to those who would excite the slaves
to insurrection. -
Under Mr. Calhoun’s-administration of
the lYar Department, Armories, as well
as Arsenals, were placed under the super
intendence of military officers. They arc
military establishments, and should be un
der the control of military men, with a
guard to protect and defend them. This
ought to be inore especially the case with
all such establishments- in the Southern
States; and, if for no other porpose, to
guard against attempts like Brown’s, lest
they should happen in localities where the
results might be much more disastrous
than at Harper’s Ferry.
“The cost of the Armories and Arsenals
including arms and other munitions of war.
stored in them, amount to many millions.
This, above all other property, should be
guarded and protected against insurrec
tionists or ffilibosters, whether establish
ed in the North or South. In no country
is public property so little regarded, orjo
little cared for, as in the United States.—
We have erected, front Maine to Texas,
fortifications and arsenals, at enormous
expense, mast of which are without a
guard to protect them, even from the com-
mon incendiary. Each of these establish
ments contains a large amount of arms
and munitions of war, from which the vile
and moo us could at any time supply
themselves with the means of executing
*****
beast more tbaq all other petals • • ■, '
their nefarious intentions, and thus it has
bat could at least, in every southern been for many years. This ought to be
State, as the Georgians hava-for yeqrs now I corrected or guarded against A mawui
beep) doing, supply ourselves with articles | der of the ocean might lay many of
(hr hnor and rnwiirr ~n ~ J * —pi.
OUtiQirerr Uidthafoafidstioa for great have been erected for the* defence, trader
EmUtKtogis th* tafe 0—trihutictv without fear of capture or
Tlie little card was handed to the edi
tor, who, expressing liis thanks, glanced
ever it and saw it only .passed him to Al
bany, with no provision for his return.
*> Mr. Richmond,” said tlie editor, very
modestly, “ I see this only passes-m.e to
Albaiy. I intend to return-^-’’ -
“ The h—11 you do,” said Richmotul,
seizing the pass. “ Intend to return, eh ?
Can’t have any pass from- me, then!”—
And he tore the pass into pieces.
^ ! material, the motive power, a climate no- raeistan. V -
-•> 1 Jr 1
Au Impromptu Speech.
I remember once, when I was a young
in, living up in New Hampshire, they
dedicated a new bridge, and. invited a
young lawyer to deliver an oration,
lawyer had never yet, after a fortnight’s
practice, had the honor of lie ing retained,
and the opportunity of establishing a rep-
utation was admirable. Tlie day came;
add with it to the bridge came the mul
titude and the orator. He had made no
written preparation, that being, he had
been told, unlawyer-like—a lawyer being
supposed to be capable of speaking with
out note or notice any number of hours,
on any subject, in a style of thrilling elo
quence. So oar orator trusted to the oc
casion. He stood out upon the pktfona,
and amid the profound attention of hi*
audience, commenced—“ Fellow citizens:
five and forty years-ago, this bridge,* built
by your enterprise, was part and parcel
of the howling wilderness ]” He paused
> moment “ Yes, follow citizens, only
five and forty years ago, this bridge,
where we now staiu^ was part and parcel
of the howling wjldcrae« !” Again he
paused. . [Criea of “■ Go. on—go on !”]—
Here was the nth. I feel it hardiy nec
essary tojapaat that tfri* bridge, follow
citiffaji, gplfy $»> and J»rty-ytap «#»,
j waa part and paqqel af .the botgkpg ml
A Model Crier.
- An o|d paper, turned up 4a a general
cleaning up, coutitins the following:
.lira beautifid toww of North Carolina,
anr old efinrherier, who had grown gray
ihthe canse and as deaf as fe beetle, was
in the habit of calling the. names of wit
nesses (which he generally managed tp
get wrong) from the second story window
of the court-house, in such a stentorian
voice as to be heard with distinctness a
square or more. On otic occasion, in the
course of a very serious and somewhat im
portant suit, the presence of a witness,
named Arabella Hanks, was heeded. The
crier, like a parrot, sat nodding on his
perch, when he was aroused from his
slumber by an order from the Court to
call -tlie witness. Looking anxiously at
the Judge with his hand behind his ear,
in order to catch the sound correctly, he
said :
“ V. hat, your Honor ?”
“ UaH Arabella Hanks,” said the Judge.
S ill indoubt, the poor crier arose from
his seat, and said again, with a much puz
zled. look:
:“ What, your Honor ?’’
“ Call Arabella Hanks, crier, and delay
the business of the Court no longer,” said
the Judge, much provoked.
The old crier, thereupon, with a counte
nance indicating both doubts and despe
ration, proceeded to the window, and in
his loudest voice called out:
“ YaHer- Belly Shanks! Yaller Belly
Shanks ! Yaller Belly Shanks! come in
to court!’’
It is needless to say that the seriousness
of the court-room was conclusively dis
pelled; and quiet was restored only to be
again disturbed by the laughter caused by
the crier, who, in answer to the Court as
to whether or not- the witness answered,
said: “ No your Honor; arid I don’t be-
9*™ there it airltJ immin in tile county,
for I’ve lived here forty years, and I never
he’erd of him before!”
Patent Medicines.—The following is a
pretty good burlesque on the patent med
icine advertisements of the day :
“ Oil of brickbats and compound unadul-
terafed concentrated syrup of paving
stones, nianufad ured only by Humbug
brass Hollowbelly, and sold only by his
regularly authorised agents. Beware of
counterfeits.
Certificate.—Dr. Hollowbelly— Dear Sir:
I kicked the bucket last night, but while
the undertaker was placing me in the cof
fin a vial of y our Essential Oil burst in his
pocket and streamed down into my face-
I opened my eyes, sneezed and arose.
“ Tbeshrood having received a portion
of the oil, instantly took root in the floor
and expanded into beautiful cotton stalks,
each .filled with bursting pods; the coffin
rose on eml, sprouted for shoots, and grew
into a .magnificept mahogany tree, which
burst off the roof of my bouse and wafted
into the evening breeze its luxuriant
branchcs r .aiuid which the monkeys cliat-
tered and tlie parrots fluttered their
fanning wings. 1 remain your revived
friend, TIMOTHY TINKERSBERRY.
*•-—
Log .School House in the Wilderseas.
Mr. Willis of tlie Home Journal saw a
pretty picture- during his recent railway
trip to Virginia. It was nothing but a lit
tle bit of a log school house right in the
heart of the Northwestern Virginia’s moun*
- tain wilderness.
The cars happened to stop directly in
front of it, and Mr Willis and his part;
|iaid it a visit:
“ A modest and dignified courtesy from
the schoolmistress gave us a welcome.
There was a spare bench near the door
which accommodated the most of us, and
Judge jVarren and Poet Thompson occupi
ed vacant spot8 on the short seats of the
class ‘up. for spelling.’ Secretary Kennedy
leaned on his stick near the shut up stove
in centre, bis kindliest of voices and faces
encouraging the intolkupted exercises to
proceed, and cloud-propelling Manry stro
ked the head of the nice boy next him in
the corner. Bayard Taylor sat, in bis quiet
observing way, studying the surrounding
rows of boys and girls faces—some thirty
of them, and every one barefoot, and
all seated against the rough hewn logs on
the one bench of narrow plank which lined
the room. Fancy what.a picture for a pho
tographer to have brought away—the cel
ebrities, .and the little ragged problems of
buipaiuty all combined.
. But oh,, the tender Providence of God
whieU has provided for these cradles of the
intelligence of our race, the willing devo.
non of womanhood, so patient, so self-
sacrificiog, so uncomplaining affectionate
The school-ma'am before us was a. deli
cately formed young woman of twenty or
twenty-two years, perhaps, dressed with
l yording plainness, and of the mast un-
eaaarisna.simplirity of demeanor, bat bar
pale and thou^tiWly raflnad-featurcs had
aftexprmsjmejripit' semufdto me (he per*