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GfI.LLAHER'S INDEPENDENT,
PUBLISH KD EVERY SATURDAY AT
iUITMAN, G A.,
by
J. C. GALLAHER.
TERMS OP St list KIPTIOX i
TWO- DOLL A RS per Annum in Advance,
Josephine's Farewell to Napoleon.
HY HAHBTIT M. BEAN.
Farewell! The silver cord i loosed,
That l>o mul thy heart to mine;
Ambitious cold and chilling hand
Hath led thee to it* shrine*
I love thi v ,‘t, though thou hast spurned
Devotion to flux; given;
Thy name nhali it mile on my Ups
Wheuo'er 1 io< 4rto Heaven.
But mark my words! behold thy fame,
All Occidental Star!
And she who loves thee all to well
Will weep thee when afar.
Thy destiny is linked to mine,
And ah, it may not bo
That happinesa and glory’* wreath
Are yet in ttorei**** o iCy>
6 lio! th(-.laur vl never more
BbfL twine amid tl*\ hair,
-iut thou, in loneliness and grief,
Shalt yield to wild despair;
While I, with depth of woman’.; love,
Will cling to thee the more,
When all thy greaiuess and thy fame—
Thy glory—are o'er.
Fm-well! Remember, Josephine
Will yet deplore thy fate,
When thou, in bitterness of grief,
Hnftlt mourn her loss 100 Inti .
Fin wi ll! My warm and melting heart
Thy Coldness has forgiven,
And Josephine * ill pray for thee
Whene'er she looks to Heaven.
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A SOLEMN SKETCH.
“I’ve taken your paper for twenty-six
years,” lie commenced, us lie reached tie
head of tlib stairs, “uud uow I want a
puff. ”
He was a very full, slender man, hud a
face whudi had at smiled since 1812, ami
iti.s ueck was embraced by a white cravat,
and lus hands were thrust into brack
tfhiVCS. , r
“I’ve got u new hearse, anew stock oi
en flips, and i want a local mu*' , he con
tinued, us lie Siit down and sighed, us ii
ready to screw a eotlin lid down,
“Mv dear sir,” replied the man in the
corner, “I've met you at a great many fu
nerals, and your general bearing l.m crea
ted a tavor.iblc inipreasio?). You sigh with
the siglu rs, gtieve with tin* gvievers, and
uu extra occasions you can shed tears of
.sorrow, even though you know you cau l
get ten per cent, oi your bill under six
months.”
“Yes,” sighed the undertaker, instinct
ively m.-nauring too length of the table
with his eve, and wondering to him ill
why edior*’ tubies weren't covered witu
crape, with rows of coffin nuns urouiui
I ho edge*.
*•!> itii is u very ‘olexpn thing,” cm.du
lled tne trmu i:i the corner ; “but still, it
is mi occasion w h ti on*-can appreciate u
iif.it ttnug. i'v • -fen y*u rub ymr knock
lf<s against the d>• ir-posi.j and n v.-r
change co!uib*iuia f e : i v*em y;i listen
to lUitogiea on men w.io owed you for ‘J )
years before death, and yon looked i Veil
in u'if solemn than the bereaved widow ;
I’ve seen vo , buck your hearse up t * tin
ilisu in su'Ui mu ay. q net Way that ii
lobbed death of half Ks terrors. Ail thi"
i nave seen it.id appreciated, bi.t 1 could
Hot write ;! nod lor you.”
“Why not f ' lie dt nffuideifc
“1 oi many reasons. Now you imvp n
new hear e. C mid l go on and sav : ‘Mr.
backcloth, the genial mult rial er, lias just
lveeiv.d it thu- new Ucnrw, .m l v hope
our ciii/.i-ns w ilt uudt’Mvor to bestow upon
it. tin 1 patronage Sneii t uceiprise and. serves,
It 1 i lea easy, la InunL.euf iv finished, r.utl
tbo~e who try it o >ec wili want no uther.‘
t \ndd I tiv tiuit '
••No, not wry well.”
••Of course 1 eoHltlu’t. You cun cull n
grocer or u dry goods malt it -genial friend,'
uud it's nil rigt't. but you are not genial—
you can't be. I: a your business to be m>l
coin. If you >:tid be even more unlearn
tbun you ure, it would be money in your
pocket.'
••Tint's s:>,” lie sui 1. .sighing le nvily.
“If it was mi oumibnn, or t eo.il cart, or
a wheelbarrow, l could goon uud write i.
chapter on every separate spoke, but it i
liot. yon K.-c.”
Be leaned back and sighed again.
.‘■Ami ns to vonr coffins, they arc nice
coffins, mid your juices are probably re.i-
Houable, liut could I go on and say : ‘Mr.
Hack cloth, Me* under taker, lias just r> -
ceivtvl his new sty It a of Spring coffins, nil
sizes, and is now prepared to sec us many
of Ilia old customer* as want something
handsome ami durable at a moderate
price.’ Could I say that ?"
Another sigh,
‘•i couldn't say that yon were holding a
clearing out sale, in order to get ready fur
the Spring trade, or that, for the sake of
increasing your patronage, you had deci
ded to present each customer with a chro
rno. I couldn't say that von were repair
ing and repainting, and had tho most at
tractive coffin shop in j)eti.lit. 1; would
not do to hope that people would patron
ize yon, or that ail orders sent in by mail
would be promptly filled, and that your
motto was : ‘Quick sales uud small prof
its !' ”
He put on the look of a tombstone, and
made uo reply.
“You sac, if you had stores to sell, or
dealt in mackerel, or sold fishing tackle,
everything would bo lovely. You arc an
undertaker—solemn, sedate, mournful.—
You revel in crape, and yon never pass a
black walnut door without thinking how
much good coffin lumber was recklessly
wasted. The tolling bell is music to you,
and the City Hall Hag at nalt'-mastis fat on
your ribs. We’tl like to oblige you, but
you see how it is.”
“Yes, I see,” lie sighed, and Ik* formed
iu procession! u-1 moved down stairs, look
ing around now and then to see if the
hearse was just thirty-four feet behind the
officiating c.ergymau’s carriage.
Bays the Ban Francisco Chronicle:
“The only thing needed for the pacifica
tion, conciliation and prosperity of the
Bouth is to accept the situation, accom
odate itself to tne changed labor condi
tions, stop political agitation, and attend
to its owu business, aud everything will
come out all right iu the end.”
This, says the Courier-Journal, is like
turning a ferocious bull-dog on a man and
then bidding him cordially to open your
froDt gate and come iu the house. “Ac
commodate yourself to the changed condi
tions,” “accept the situation,” all the time
the teeth are burying themselves in the
qnirpriug flesh.
VOL. 11.
A GHASTLY SPECTACLE
The city of Bordeaux bousta of an extra*
■ ordiunry and unique exhibition, which,
however, the rest of the world will not
greatly covet. While certain changes wore
being made in the cemetery sunvmiding
the old church of St. Michael, at the be
ginning of this cent ary, some graves were
opened, and the bodies laid bare. It win:
then discovered that, by reason of the pe
culiarly antiseptic nature of t! -0 earth in
which they war*' buried, these bodies hud
been converted i v. „u veritable mummies,
ihey Therefore, hoisted out of their
o’hct graves, carried into the crypt under
the bell tower of the church, rang. A up
right in a ghastly lino, and covered in a
“dumb show ” for the edification of the
gaping crowd. A slight fee procures the
privilege of gazing upon tlm grim ape da
do, and thousands ot inquisitive sight
seers avail themselves of the opportunity.
A cold blooded fellow, with a candle fixed
on one end of a stick, according to the cus
tom iu wine-cellars, nets the part of show
man, and reveals the interesting features
of his exhibition by rapping and thumping
the bodies -at various points, to prove that
they arc perfectly sound, tough as leather,
and not in the least brittle -just as his coin*
rath' in the moling* ric pokes up Hie ma
nia's to make them growl mid give specta
tors the worth of their money. Meanwhile
ho discourses on the character and condi
tion of the wretched mummies while they
were in life, and Avion each would proba
bly have made him bitterly rue tie insult
of a familiar touch or Word. “Hte here,
gentlemen,” he rattles on with the utmost
assurance, tupping one of the bodies in cr
est him, “here is a very tail man ; see how
powerful his muscles must have la in, and
wlmt excellent calves he lms now ! 'The
next is the body of a y o g woman. H
mark the excellent preservation of her che
mise, though it was buried 400 y< ,rs ago !
and see ! it is trimmed with lace ! The
next, gentlemen, is a priest ; you cm see
his .s- fulmu:, with the buttons on it. There
is a woman with a dreadful elm-in in her
breast ; sh * had a cancer. The m\t four
arc n family poison with mush-moms.
(Ihs- rve the eout.ortions of tin ir faces, from
the cn'i :'iri.i tin y suffered. ;>ee m-\t a very
old man, with his wig still awry upon his
pith*. Tie* l! x! is a poor miserio':' that WHS
bmied alive. S *•’ l:o\V Ids head is turned
to one side, ami lh body half timed
round, i j tin* frantic c!Y rl t g'd <mt of tie
c< f.in, with hi' n.i**nth i pen and gaping.”
And In* e e s on down the Hue, compelling
• itch piteous vhtim in turn to expose •
arnefiomo Hiv'ii fs that wt re hi 1 it; the asy
lum of the grave for centuries, to he mer
cilessly dragged forth at laf-t fnrthcalir.lv. -
incut of tk* vulgar mnlLtude.
A 'Wife’s L •/■}.
YiYo-mn’s love, 111;*' tile P.co blossomii
"in the arid desert, . premia its rays m r
tie- barren plain of the human heart, and
while all round it is black and des date, ,1
ri-is strengthened from the absence of
( very other charm In no situation doe*
the love of a woman appear more beauti
ful than that of a wife. Parents, brethren
ami friends have claims upon the afire- 1
lions—-hut the love of a wife is of a distinct
and different nature. A daughter may
yield ln-r life to the preservation of u
parent —a sister may devote liersi If to a
suffering brother; but the feelings which'
induce it are not those which lead a wifi
to follow the husband of her choice
thro!!/:;! every pain and peri! that can be
fall him —to watch him in danger, to cheer
him in ndvcrsily, and ev< r remain unalter-
I aide at his side ill the d< ptlis of ignominy
and shame. It is a heroic devotion which,
a woman displays in adherence to the for
tunes of a hapless La .band, I’* i: I) wi
behold her in domestic scenes a mere
- passing cr< stare of enjoyment, an intelh e
tnal toy, brightening the family with her
endearments and love for extreme joy
which that presence and those endear
ments are calculated to impart, we can
scarcely credit that the.fragile being who
seems to hold her cr.ister.ee by a thread i>.
capable of supporting the extreme of hu
man sum-ring—nay. when the heart of
mnn sinks l-cueath the weight of agony,
that she would maintain pristine powers nr
delight, and by her words of comfort and
patience, lead the murmnrer to peace and
: resignation.
♦
Tiii.<os That We \Vo;ju> Like to See.
—There are innumerable things that the
public would like to see in existence;
tilings that could be done without injury
to any one, and at the saute time he of
incalculable benefit to the human family.
Among the many, we will enumerate n
few:
We would like to see an insurance man
that is asjprourpt to adjusts loss us liberally
: us he is to solicit, a policy.
We. would like to Bee a lightning-rod
tnuu who would acknowledge that his pat
ent was not the only safe one.
We would like to see u physician that
had ever failed to cure a case, when he
was summoned in time.
We would like to see a minister who
| didn’t thiuk his plan of salvation the only
I safe one.
We would like to see a merchant who
didn’t sell the cheapest goods.
We would like to see a daily newspaper
■ that didn’t have the largest circulation,
and tiro best advertising medium.
We would like to see a man that had re
turned promptly a borrowed umbrella.
We would like to see a dead gray mule,
| or a transmigrated compositor.
We would like to see two Indies pass
| each other without looking hack.
But, above all, we would like to see hon
est politicians, a good government, with
healthy finances, peace, prosperity and
happiness.
QUITMAN, GY., SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 187 T
Phirrauess and Obstinacy.
by John Jus i ts, Jit.
In Webster's Unabridged Dickshunerrv,
phirmness iz put down az nveunin steadi
ness uv mind, uud obstinacy us mennia
Phirmness iz almost always
a haiaeteristic uv great men, and there
fore it is a good thing tew have; obstinacy
iz not, n’ihongh it iz sometimes.
Obstinacy iz gener: liy tew bo found in
three klusscs of individuals, viz: in a small
boy; in a man that don’t believe in adver
tizing; and lastly, but not leastly, in a
mewl.
The obstinacy uv a mule is in mennv
respeks uv the wust kind, beeuws it al
ways takes po.>sessiou uv tew places at
the same time—his bed and his feet;
and whenever it gibs phirmly planted,
it is mity apt tew come oil ist-best, as it
did in the following instauce:
“Jack,” sed farmer Deuthtewmiddlemen
to the knew boy who had hum a week on
tryal, “spoziu yew take them three duz*
zen eggs tew market; they inter bin took
three weeks ago. Look out for the mid
dle-men, anil mind yew git the fust prize.
Yew have tew be sorter kecrful witti the
mewl.”
Ln 10 minits tv rue Jack was on his way,
whistlin with all his mite the t.un oi'
“Mollcy Diirliu.” Tilings wont oil swim
mingly fur about a mile, and then they all
of a suddin kum tew a stop.
“Git along limn*, Geiirnl (bant!”
jkut was the mewls name.) “Wliut’n
t!ie tiiuinler ails ycV” y. liv'd out Jack.
Nvi responee from the mewl.
Then lie Unm down on that uiewihs head
wit*i a hickry stick; then ho liolh rovUat
him; then ho jerked the rains; then lie
kum dowui on Ins hea l agin; tin u agin,
tliis tymo with both bands, savin: “1
reck in tliat'il bring ye. ” lint that mewl
was thui*. Then he got out uv the kart
and took hole uv the bits (he was ; übm
one way, the mewl was puiiin totlier) ;
bn! tiiat wurnt. no go. Thou he got hack
and twisted his tali ; then, sumhow oruth
er, he wus goin thru the air ; and w hen he
U raw led out uv theditidi *>:i tne side uv the
rode, he sod : “Dog gorn a mewl, enny
how !”
.‘/ut ’t. was git till Late ; them eg;;s orb r
bin sole lung ago, and lie muss make that
mewl git up and. git. So he goes up to him
sorter kindly-like, and puts him on the
bed and says: “Kum along, Gcurnl
Grant- kum along, ole phcllei* ; that's a
good boy. Now*, kum along. Gee ! -
Whoa !”
“Hut he wand that kind nv a mewl,
ami he kept, on htatidin rite. then*. Jess
at that pint one or few uv the ep;gs kuu
nn need krowin. Tilings were giUiu des
prit. And now a brite idee struck Jack,
lie had a phi,isk uv powder iu the kuit,
arid he’d be dog-gurned ef he didn’t, make
tlnit mew lgo n-e.v. Ho he deg a hole un
der his h.*!ly and pored the powder in:
then he took n long peace uv paver, Mid
put one end in the hole and Id tile other
t ml. Then he knei and blood m trout nv
'the mewl nud shook his phist at him.
Tin a Germ'd Grunt razed his hind legs
till the tiling had Idow'ed over. Thou he
looted ;ii J u-k; and it ids isc waiut ehuek
plmiJ *f luff, *oi rn ain’t uw. Then duck
thort he wmideid take the* , st, w town
sii t day. So he tn m*d (* nnd Grant
roi;n w ih hif; head pintiii towards home,
and was jess coin tew git in the kart,
\ lien the (b und w heels round find i_oea
toward toini at Ibd.stcr spede, Vuayn like
■*. mew l.
Jack didn't suit.
HUMBUGS.
Benevolent men who never give unless
their names go into print.
City hash-houses, where each one cub
another's leaving- .
Mi ii who, belonging to any society, nn
d'Ttnke to rule or ruin it.
Ministers who believe iu God’s love, but
preach his punishments.
A stern that advt i lines goods at cost,
but rie-iius a cost to the purchase;-.
Men who always oppose smoking, but
whose rooms always smell of the cigar.
Two dollars for a dinner that com isle
mostly of little napkins ami lingo darkle'-.
A nev.spaj.er that blows hot or cold ac
cording to tin; amount of patronage re
ceivr and.
Christianity that wears itself out in pro
fessions, but lets other people do tin
work.
A religion which pretends to be for Ha
poor, arid yet is confined-all but the
crust to the rich.
Banks that pretend to he able to ; >y the
last dollar, but menus the lust iu their pne
rossion.
Strong men who will not work for
enough to live on, hut will depend on the
Belief Society for aid.
One hundred thou-mnl dollar churches
iu which to worship Him “who had ' uol
where to lay Ilia head.
Christian unions, and associations, aud
coffee-rooms which are made asylums for
lazy and uefficient officers.
IP iion that shows itself iu two or three
parties! or sociables, or dances, or theaters
a week, and in but one prayer meeting.
Liberal ministers w ho, longing to preach
the good news, disguise or hide it that
they may retain their connection with cer
tain sects.
Merchants who buy the most costly
goods, hire the largest stores, and make
the greatest display, intending to settle by
and bv for thirty cents on a dollar.
A journal pretending to provide the
latest reliable news for its rend its, yet
making its own dispatches in order to
have something to write editorials upon.
A party pretending to favor honesty and
reform, but nominating no n known to lie
dishonest and unfit for the position.
Hotels that charge unheard sums for a
tenth door bedroom, and assure the un
fortunate that he has a longer ride on the
elevator than guests lower down, aud be
sides has purer air.
Worshipping God by proxy, by means
of hired singers, who scream out twice or
thrice during service some unintelligible
gibberish, and spend the rest of the time
worshipping or flirting.
Miss Addle Lake, of Hamilton,- call ! it
“cowcuniher,” and her enraged mother hit
her with the “History of Canada,” and
i broke her collar bone.
The Strange Witness.
A geiitlem.it), followed by a servant in
livery, rode into an inn in the west, of
J .nglaiul one ('veiling, a little after dusk.
He told the landlord that he should be de
tained in that part of the country for a few
I days, wished to know if there were any
: amusements going on iu town to occupy
the time that he was not busv. lie was
informed by the luudloi’d that it was their
race and ~i..0 week, and Hint he thore
foio would have plenty io occupy his
; leisure moments. On (he genthman’s
making answer that this was fortunate, as
i lie was fond oi hearing trials, the host iu
! formed him that a very interesting robbery
, trial was to e< me off on the next day.
Thui the evidence was very strong against
j tlie prisma r, ami the people's opinion was
greatly di ided, as the man insisted that
: lie was in another [silt of the kingdom
when the robbery was committed.
Tim gentleman expressed considerable
■ anxiety to witness the trial. Accordingly
i the next moining tin* host procured him a
Ifiood lee.-ei ;i, through his iidlucnco with
; tin! cotirt utUceis,
While the c, idence proceeded against
him, the prisoner’s eyes remained fixed <>n
' the ground; but on bv iag* lulled upon for
Ids defence he looked lip, U'*.d seeing the
\ Hraiigm > laiutcd away. At Hr t this was
•siippoa.d t> be a U'ick to gain time, bu! :
being <pc m i med on his rci’ovc*y, he a.vcr- !
ted Him! ii .0 vnalt e.ah save his life
; il lie nr.;pit pul a few questions to him.
The even of the wide court were now
| turned upon the stranger, who .••reined ;
somewhat fuiliiimr sand. but stated that al- j
though he eould not remember the prison
er, he was willing to answer any questions
that migiit la* prop iscd. The euurt grunted
| the prisoner’s requi i.and ho asked the j
•Vo'uhger ;f in* u*immlu red being at Dover
on a certain date. To which the gentleman '
aii.avcn and that he lmd landed at Dover i
shortly before, but eould not positively af- :
linn that he was there at that exact day. i
“Don’t you remember that a man in a
blue jacket and trowel*.* carried your trunk j
to the iu u,” a ,ked the prisoner.
‘T re member that a man did carry my '
trunk, but Ido not irne tuber his iln sx.” j
‘ .1h.i1,” asked the pHsonor, anxiously,
“don’t you remember that .the man who !
carried your trunk told you a nturv about ;
his being in the .service, and that, he
thought him s-lf an ill-used man, aid that
he shovi and y si a scar lie hud on one side of
his lorehead V”
Doing the last par of the speech the|
strung.rh fa* • clj:ingcd, and he said that :
hi did remember the war. Tie* prison r j
pushed aside his hair displaying a sear on j
liis forehead, and the witeiU’hs allinned ]
positively with gnat emotion that lie was j
the v<ay man.
A bu.:/ of s.atisfaciiou rair through the ;
(Mini, lot* tin: day on which the wi'in* ;. !
lmd no t the prisoner at Dover was tin*
very and ' >i the jobbery.
The :■■?ranger, however, could not be j
een.iiu oi the time, bid that he mudc.linirs
• nude n. :m u a n-. U l.is of dates 111 his pc eh - j
et bonk, and to ruing to : hat found that the i
date oi' hi- landing com- po. ih and with the i
pi h.oiK r'e e.'-sei lion. tb: ■ la-ing tin* only’
(iivumsbu.eu Uec .-.jiry to prove* ru alibi, j
the prianier wan immeda.;ely iieiiiiiUed
*ih.' 1 mv it i.j'pd.i'i 'e and cciigrutulatioigi. |
The above n ini o.’i'/; ed in 1 ’ .2, m.d !
within less than :• mouth the g* ntlemnuly j
witi; m who eaiue to the inn attended bv
a:. iYuiit in liv. y, the servant who foi-;
lows u him, ini tile prisma r, wererdl three .
brought Imek to the same jail for robbing j
the mail. ii turned out. that the clever’
defence at the l e t trial was a skillfully hr- j
ranged plot of the coil federate to release |
their accompiiec.
"•* - -
SIhNHATJON or THE (O-IHLOTtNED. TilO |
London Lam:'? pretends to know how n i
nun ieelfi alter his head ia cut off. It
BUVV:
“Our re:vdt }• ■• :nny remember Dud. rnlher
le -s than lour y nr- r.go \\e had to refute ,
the theory <d Dr. Find that T' nppman’s j
i;t.'Lii, having hot tinder the guillotine the*
■HUirees of c<;!’ it.'Ui -< U* nl ion, yet retained
hearing, eight ar-.d emcll, with the whole !
.•[■{lavitus of "ouieiouHness and intellect. ■
The trunk, ho jnaiutain.’.!, dn and quietly:
and painlessly from lemonhuge in the!
conr-e of a low minut' s; bntiho brain, I
she Med bv atmosphere pres no*, retained
its blood, and com-? rpu ally its life for no >
fewer than tins •* hours. 11 in Kt ill neces- ;
Billy, it r:et me. to reus. ('ft th .5 fact i
while the bruin |)- u c ■ >• a eonsidershh’ i
quantity of blood after dconpitv.iisn, the j
i: t dy la e■ i;:< \ le-:. •b r Want of
tie Coin'd ion b'-ii :g 1 i li<? that in j
hf.’rpletfj a'-pit in which c-nM-ions
lie :h vani-ihea in mm-iy M-comb’. Tie*
pliy.-ieid shuck u d.dried from tin* g'lillo- j
tine would, of it s if, nil J'-f.Y! )', paralyze
all nc:vomi function too compl b )y to ad
*
thehrii iinterv.il rrysrmy for the tlior- ;
ongit deoxidation of tin -blond in the 1 rain.
Jb t yon<l the m um i :• y impact of the de
sce'ji knife on the felon's throat, no
fmlher acnwidion can be fedt.
o >
I’on .otilx, - (b iiei'idion after genera
ji'.n have Lilas we feck and their fellows,
were as iftivc. irj jiff l i:k oii:s ale new. Tin y
passed away as a nap- a, while nature wore*
the J-mae aspect of beauty as when her ;
Creator commanded her to be. And so,
likewise, ahall it bow lien we are gono.— j
The heavens will boas hriylit over our
graven as they arc now a round our paths ;
the world will have the same funeral wind
ing on its way, and the attraction for off
spring that ; he once had for ourselves, and
that she now hue for our children. A little
while and ad this will have happened.— :
The throbbing lc art will be stilled and
wo shall he at rest. Our prayers will be
said, and the grave-elods will he thrown
iu. and our friends will nil return, and wo
shall be left behind to darkness and to the
worms. And it shall be for some short
time we. shall be spoken of, but the thing
of life will creep in, and our names wijl
soon be forgotten, Days will continue to
move on, and laughter will be heaid in
every chamber in which we died ; and the 1
eyes will glisten again with joy ;
our children w ill cease to think of r.s and
will not remember to lisp our name.
No man’s life is free from struggles and i
mortitleutions. not even tin- happiest; but
every one may build up Ids own happi
ness by seeking mental pleasure, and tlinsj
make himself independent of outward for
tune.
| An Oyation to Senator Andrew Johnson.
YYahhinuton, March 5. Immediately
| on tiie adjournment of the Senate to day
, there was a tremendous rush to the Son
late Hour of the people of both sexes and
:of all colors, and for an horn* afterwards
' t lie crowd showed no preemptible* diminu
ition. Andrew Johnson received such un
ovation as must have gladdened 1 is heart
1 when he tbought of the nhti.se t> w hich he
’ had been subjected oil that floor. He
j stood up in his seat, and was kept busy
■ shaking bands with those who pres-ed
upon him, and the complimentary words
' which where spoken brought the gratified
■-mile io his face. Among those who rung
bis hand in sympathy and admiration Were
I many ladies, and also a number of colored
; p '..Oils, A Republican Senator Sitid: • l
believe Andrew Johnson to-day stands
; nvm • t of any man in the hearts of
| tin* people of this country.” Several of
!tb more impetuous of tho u* who spoke t I
him said. Mr. Johnson, \ve hope now von
will pav bm*k the men who ill treated you.
lie replied with a smile that while lie |
could not have made advances, he eould
be polite to those who bad been foremost
in the efforts made loimpeach him with so
much friendliness. Allusion being made
to the present disturbed condition of the
country, Air. Johnson said with much
warmth, “where there is . o fixed policy
h.ised on principle, where a parly is driven
hither and thither by adverse winds,:
w here every day is expected to take care
*: itself, there can bo nothing but uuei r
taiiity uud confusion, and such has been
the condition of the I’cderal adiniuistra-•
tiou for the past six years. Nothing, sir,
lull, the inheri; iiig povver oi' the government
li t iu Id it tog,ether under the weak and
vnscilliutihg executive in power. Where a
p-ditw is lixed and based upon the true
of free government, the storm j
may re. e and for a time the waves may !
threaten and submerge, hut the old land
marks will reappear ami stand out boldly j
to vindicate the wisdom of the stales- i
man. ”
Mr. Johnson spoke of the delicate health j
of his wife, which detained him at home '
longer than he had expected, but, said In* |
thought it best to he on hand to day and
take a fair start. Not lmving received any I
telegram from home today, lie hoped
Mrs. Johnson was improving, and in tli.it i
event lie she dd remain on duty here dur-1
ing tiie session.
OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS.
On what principle of law or public in or-,
! ids c.vt tv other obscene publication is rig
idly suppressed iii New York, and yet the :
Ih’eeher laid is scattered broadcast over
the land every day by the half million of
copies, is a pi://.lc to plain, old-fashioned !
pe‘*pk‘. In every point, of view the report
of this tiial is more revolting to decency j
land injurious to public morals than any j
flight of a prurient fain y t’h velopcd under
the head of “ obscene llooks,” and yet v i v
! lew remonstrate against these reports, and
I the leading paper-; of the country print j
and circulate them m a majority of the I
! most rc.xpectuHe households ail over the ,
TANARUS: da-fence is that they arc
ports of actual trai amions ly distill- 1
:■ ut-h' 1 parties, and not the ianeii *1 i vents
'of some Paris nmisou do joie. There are ,
I pmtelieis, deacons and IV-malc dev.*tci s .
; concerned in them, and not giunbleis and 1
nymphs du pave —and this apology makes;
j the garbage all the moie demoralizing.
A little of il- might not be so v-wy bad ;|
i but when it conus by the month in daily
' instalments of twenty columns,uud nobody
cun say when it will end, re;#h\ it seems to
! us, no me process is duo to public decency,
; modesty and morals. All t lie printed oh- ,
; vilify previously kno.vn to mnakind up- |
| proaclies nowhere near to thi cnonnons ;
; and insufferable outrage on decorum - this
national deluge of tilth which obtrude Bit
j self upon every body’s notice by the mere
I easiness of its volume. The printed ob
! seemly which is pursued to punishment
'.'itli such vigor by the guardiaiia of the i
public morals is but here and there an of-1
feu; ive puddle ; but this is an engulpi ir;g
a veritable cverllow of nastiness ]
: which permits nobody on foot to step over '
■or i p out of il pouring through the!
i bind every day of the week for months in !
ia nev< r-euding tide ; till one may say, we I
; not only “sup full of horrors,” hut are
; forced to take every meal out of the same j
i dish.
*S uno say “don’t read the reports,” and '
: h w do read tlicm. It would require six
1 hours ( vs ry day to read these repeals
leg still, so long as you look at the news
| pupi rs. you cannot keep out of sight of 1
this trial, it stales at you from every
chink mik! cranny in the prints, and when
you shun the main body of tilth yon run j
suddenly over sinus into divergent sluices j
of an-cdole, prurient witticism, comim-nt,
j . phecy or .speculation about the trial.-- -
One might as well hope to get home with
cut the iof the road an to to read the
papers and escape this all prevalent deluge j
of ' rim con.. It is an awful mischief and
ilui-unce. Macon Tc.ldyvaph.
♦ • •*•---
ami Their Mornas.—Some one
lms written beautifully to the buys in the.
| following manner. Here, is a sermon in a
few sentences :
Of all the love affairs in the world, none
call surpass the love, of the big boy for his
mother. It is a love pure and noble, lion*;
(liable in the highest degree to both. i. do
not mean merely a dutiful aifeefion. I
mean a love which makes a boy gallant and
courteous to his mother, saying to every
body plainly that he is in love with her.—
Next to the love of her husband, nothing
so crowns a woman’s life with honor as ■
thin second love - this devotion of her :
son to her. And I never yet knew a hoy
turn out bad who began with falling in
love, with bis mother. Any limn may fall
in love with a fresh-faced girl, and the. man
who is gallant with 'the girl may neg
lect the worn and wearied wife. But the j
boy who is u lover to Ids mother iu her
middle ago i.s a true knight, who will love
his wife us much in the sear-h aved autumn
as he did in the daisied spring-time.
All, ha! They say in "Washington that
mas. Pinehbuck lies provided herself with
an elegant wardrobe, and that she is im
patiently awaiting the result of Pinch’s
etforts to obtain a seat iu the Beuate. In
| the event of his success M idame P. pro-’
i poses to test the question of social equali
ty, and us the ladies say tliev y
stab l il to have her at P
i ( ntcrtainmciP , ,10 l
< -wii* rdeepthnr.
mere may be a o*dl for
oops. Where's Bkepjd.^i?
1 1 “ K ts
Tiie Strangert of Duels.
Perlmps the most remarkable duel ever
j fought took place in 1803. It was pecu
liarly French in its tone, and could hardly
have occurred under any other than a
'French state of society. M. Jo Graudprc
and At. le J/iqitc had a, quarrel, arising out
of jealousy concerning a lady. They
agreed to tight u duel to nett to t heir re
spective claims, and, in order that the
heat of angry p.ednu.s should not inter civ
with the polished elegance of the proceed
ing, they postponed the duel for a mold'll,
j the lady agreed to bestow her lmml on the ,
survivor of the two, if the other wan killed;:
: at all events thin was inferred by the two :
, men, if not actually expressed. The du
elist Were to tight in lilt) air. Two bal
loons were con Mr noted exactly alike. On 1
the day denoted and bin!
secon entered the car of one balloon. Le 1
Tuple and Lis second that of the other; it
was iii the garden of the Tnileries, amid j
an immense concord of spectators. The j
gentlemen were to tire, not at each other
but at each other’s balloon, iu order to
1 bring them down hv tlm escape of ga ;
; and, as pistol.*; might hardly* have served
this purpose, each one took a blunderbnsH j
;inln ; ear. At the given signal the ropes
that retained tin* curs wire cut, and the
balloons ascend al. The wind was model’- !
ate, and kept the balloons at about their j
original distance of eighty yards apart-.
When lmlf a mile above the surface of the
earth a p recon eel tod signal for tiring was!
given. IV Pique tired, but missed. Le
; i jrundpre tired and sent a ball through !
< i)e Pique's balloon. The balloon eollaps-1
id. ihe (in* descended with frightful ra
pidity, and L.- Pique and Ida second wore
! dashed to pieces. Le Grnuripre continued
! his ascent triumphantly, and terminated
i las voyage slave,si'ully.
Tiicuyhtful Thoughts.
Labor rids us of great evils—poverty,
\ ice and nn'u ui.
Flattery i ■*. n sort, of had money, to which
our vanity gives currency.
An extraordinary ImMe to discharge an
obligation is a sort of ingratitude.
True eloquence consists in saying all
that is necessary and nothing more.
He who murmurs at his lot is like one i
baring bis feet to tread upon thorns. -
Modesty i.s to merit as shades to figures
ill a picture, giving it strength and beauty, j
If n man has a great, idea of himself it is
apt to be the only great idea ho’ii ever
have.
Ail is hollow where the heart beam r, { ■
a part, ami all is peril where principle is :
not the guide.
Leisure is sweet to tie 1 who le v; j
earned it, but bartiieusotiu! to those who!
get it for nothing.
The gift of prayer may have praise from
n.en; but it is the grace of prayer that has j
power with God.
Tin* wheel of fortune turns incessantly ,
round, and wh • can aav within iiimself I 1
.shall to-day bo uppermost?
Those tlint are bound*for heave n mnstb**
willing to swim against the alream and
must do as most do, but us the best
The heat of lessons for a good many
people would he to listen at a keyhole. It
is a pity for such that the practice ia di.s
>hon< ruble.
The way to conquer men is by their
passions; catch blit tlio ruling foible of
their hearts and all their boasted virtues
shrink before* yon.
Bl RNING AT A WitiTß HEAT P.UN/,. r ; S.
Dr. •). S. (lamdcn publishes in the Mal-ml
Time* air/ (}a:He, iuforimition very im
portant to surgeons who arc. not coguiz ait, ;
of the fact, tint the application of a while '
hot iron to tin.* body h> absolutely puiuless,
while when (>uly red hot it is an extremely
painful operation.
Win n operating with a red-hot iron on
men the screeching v.as fearful, while
when the iron was w hile-hot not a murmur
was hoard; and when ho operated so on
a hoi - ” the animal appeared scarcely to
be aware of what was being done. He
projx >:■■■.(■s to use h r actual e<uite;y a large
spirit. blo,v-pipi% but we hardly think that
this would do, only in the center of
the flame great, heat is gen (’rated, while
all around loser degrees prevail, which
would certainly be painful. Wo would
recommend the more extensive use of;
the platinum wire, kept white hot by the j
current of an electric buttery* this has :
tlii.s far been much less used limn it de
serves.
Docket having been kept awake several j
nights by, a man walking tin* floor over- \
bead, Yushcd up the other morning to in
quire, the cause. The reply came : “'Jy
friend, 1 urn the moat miserable of men ;!
1 owe Mr. Smith live hundred dollars nod
can’t pay it.” “Oh!” exclaimed lieeket.
“is that all ? Why don’t you let Smith
walk? You’ve gob tlm best of him.” A
new light broke upon the mind of the me
happy debtor, and there was no more floor
walking by t-lic stranger.
One day Let week a wood-culler cm- 1
ployed, on the farm of All*. Knowles, of j
Seneca Township, Canada Went, discover- .
ed a polished stone tomahawk imbedded
in the wood of an oak tree. Bis supposed j
to have been accidentally left in tin-side
of the ( uk when the latter was a sapling, !
and the increasing fiber of the tree finally j
covered the weapon. Judging from the I
rings counted on tin* tree, tic* tomahawk j
min t have been stuck ill its odd position a !
hundred years ago,
Fct<ic Sbktiiiest.--A writer bits very J
truly Kiiid:
“Tlte law is really no stronger limn Hie
public sentiment that is behind if. The
iHuebinery is practically no more powerful
limn the steam in the boiler; and accord
irijrly, what every work of reform needs is
not so much u new law ns anew public;
sentiment. ”
This is an important fact. Wo should
renumber it, and let our influence, ;.n fur
us it extends, tend to eovreot ttud uot cor
rupt it.-- ChrisUtm I/nl.r,
A water-snaku eleven ' , , ,
1,,., „ p- .uer.es long hF
..erred from l *
pirl to a fil.vis WtV. m. ht(lt oUm.w
any mro.
CVffiltKlUWlA^
•vbiu- man'.; 'ah '
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
A painted sign on an eating lioitwo mi
the New Jersey Railroad reads : Coffee and
eggs IVesli laid by Alary Jones.
The girls who lend tables at Connectionfc,
, fails, and sell kisaen at ten cents a kiss,
j won’t give throe for a quarter. Htingy 1
A Newark chap who, on r.liorfc u&jhnint
(since, married a widow, ran away when h
: discovered that she was the mother of 22
! children.
' Henry, f b ar you arc forgetting me,”
j y.t.'R* ii bright-eyed girl to her lover thu
j other day. He laughingly replied : “Yes,
! Mm*. 1 vo bum for getting you flietft lust H'
| years.”
A lady recently Rent u fur cape to a fur
, estubii-hment hr emo repairs, ex-
I plained Is,'* wishes i.*i the following note :
“I want mi kape tneudid whar the mices
nored it m gud ship.
A t' totah i* a:died Pat, if he ever saw u
t(*ett taler drunk. “Uch V replied Paddy,
"ith great i'.'*.nie:dness. “I’ve seen many
t man drunk, but J could not tell whether
be Was h teetotaler or not.”
A lady revivalist at Sser *men(o aMied a
pair exile of Li in whet in r lie did not wish'
t > “work for tim l.urd ” Thu irreverent
Hibernian answered, “Dadad, I don’t,; I
am cMitint to work for the railroad.”
At a printer.;’ festival, lately* the follow
ing toast was offer.*d : AVoman -second'
> niy to flu* pres in the dissemination
news. The ladies are yet undecided wheth
er to regard tins as a complimentor otht i
wLe.
NO. 40.
A Dubuque hoy was rather troubled fm*
rear that lie would not know his fat In f
when they both reached heaven, but his
mother eased him by re marking : “All
you have to do is to look for an angel with
a red nose on him.”
A country new paper tells this story of
anew boy in mm of the. Hauday schools :
“’idle precious youth was asked who made
tli• * beautiful bills about them, and replied
that be did not know, as his parents odly
moved into town the day before.”
Ae<- rdinp; to the Louisville Oomicr-
Jounml, n certain Hcimtist has begun to
take the census of the fools of the United
N at. :. He slays in a city until n toe
breaks out in the day time, and then lm
puts down Iho number of people ho sees
running to it.
The !b ton V- ! Pays the civil rights Iml
won't do tin! darkies down South any good.
Hinee they win* swindled out of nil fcheu*
money l>v the Freed men's Savings Bank,
they can't; iiii’ord to patronizo the hotels,
theatres, public conveyances uud “sich. ’
t 'wn in tin* ialoons opinions npon grave
'.'bj *H • expressed forcibly. A gentle
men, slightly under the intliicnce of tlm
intoxicating lmwl, furnished proof of tlm.
filet a night, or two ago. “Whiskey, zi:r.“
he said, “hie brightens the intellect. It"
ought to be introduced into the public
schools, ziu*.”
A traveler 'called for mint sauce at tho
Gi! v House the other day, and the wait
er said they had none, adding; “Our
cook makes all the mince into pics, not
sane *. ’ This is probably the same trav
eler that oaUi and for corn-bread, when tho
waiter said that they had none, adding:'
“j n’t it corn bufe ye mane. ?”
A AH.. Auburn (,;• (id -man, warning be
!.nd tw.> : .‘Hot • 1 children tin*, ot tier day,
heard the boy enquire, “Will you he at
the party b nigh!. V” “I shall la* there,”
ariMwad the mis:;, “but i. may as well tell
you in'.v that your love is hopeless. Mam
ma is di H rmii. and, papa is set, and it isn't
right for me to encourage your attention.
Therefore, you needn’t buy me any valen
tine or give me any more gum.”
One of the ho;, , just before returning
to G -rm l!, the oilier day, - id a young la
dy friend of i.: : a cake of Lubm’s finest
variety of toiler soap, with tho request
that h.* would draw no inference on re-’
iviving si eh a gift. The next day the
young man wn ■ somewhat astonished w hen
he received a letter from the young Indy
coiilyining the present: of a iine-toofh
comb, A\illi the i goed that lie would dra w
no inference therefrom.
The oilier day Justice Pott wn* culled'
upon !■> marry a cmiple on Front street,
cast, and he was mkin ; the l>iidgroom
“ Ynii proi.: tu hvo elii-i i.sh, ” etc , when
tin* yt.nng muil; l rie I out : “See here !
I s’.: ivt ii lT.it* u and w-binding abont tni'
thi11,.% ih.es Hi at jiiee.n that .1 have pot to
take of luT whole i.uuily, or only her
self V” iii tfoiiM ( :;;d;lined, mid the
.•■mug man continued : “Well, go abend.'
i only waul* .1 to know bow much of the
family I was mgrrying.”
():. of the lab* Th v \'<uk illustndrd lin
morous pa])br;-. has m: irresisfihleciit. This
is tiie Maim- : An old gentleman in walking
in his garden. i.Y< • ntl> the milkman
eone s'ahmg oii!;;.'de tiie Li; *l l garden sfall,
aud give lets customary yell. Old gcnlle
im he;,o- ,v)ihi'!hing, but being very'tlca'f,
is unable to main’ our. just what in who ted ;'
so he puts his car trumpet in place, mid,
el v.ding the ia ii end of it over the edge
of the wall, cx saiiTß : “Ib*re !” JlliUtman
takes it for a di.-b, empties tSic quart of
milk into the obi manhs ear, and goes on
about his business.
A gentleman in want of a housekeeper
tried !.ii odd experiment. He sen’t out two'
advcrlmcmeijiM, one for a lady of education
and (!• ant manners, qualided to net as a
companion ns veil as housekeeper, and was
ovo! ■.‘■helmed with leplies. The only re
nniii’incnt in the oilier advert moment was
that Ii c lady should be plain in features, t
bat not a solitary applicant appeared to
answer that appeal.
“Mat vonr ore.nl, Charles---do not f!Jf>g
it sway, ’ ;s:iid a learnt I and good Judge to*
one of hi- family, adding, “for who knows
in the vici .sbudeM of this life, if you may
not ' day want i! ?” Th(! olil geutle
r.LTii !i-I to cough, look learned amigo
a ms., when t!m young*.ter answered xnore
lo Hcaily, “If l *at if. how can I have it
v, ii. ;> k want if V” This i < the result- of a
k’arnedi Judge having children.
Bcventccn years ago a Louisville young
woman was told by a clairvoyant that idia
was <h sdiie 1 to marry an' auburn-haired
young man. with blue eyes and a heavy
moM r udm ; that ho would soon la rich,
and tlmt. they would have two children*—
o hoy and a gill. Bhe did marry the au
burn-haired man. They have five children
now, the uubiym buu* has disappeared from
tiie top of tiie husband s bead, mul he is
getting fifteen dollars a week,
Theodore Hook was delighting a few
friends ouo ’g.anmei’s evening at. Fnlimin.
by on c:;t ..mpo:e comic song, when in the
iniddlu of it- the seivant entered with
“J/Icysc, ; ir, here’s ]M v. \N inter, the tax
gatherer, rmd he says In* has called for tux
es.” Hook would not be interrupted, but
went cm t tiie pump ns it ntitUuig
Mil Uappeueci, vi'b llv; following *pma :
Here coitus Mr. Y. i.iicr, coUcctv of
Xbl advise you lo pay aim whatever lie
axes ; ,r,'
T'.xeuscs won’t (To ; bo stivaua uosmt
of finnimcvy ; ...
j Tlningb Winter Ins in l .,;', c,.' bis pro
c.;si is 'suiiiitliuy. x ,
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