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(ISidilg Jamiljr Ifatosjiafer—^(birtfli Id Higjtts, idteratnrt, ^grknltort, Jirrtip anb } imnestif ffatos, ft'c. 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*