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VOLUME 11.
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W. S. LAWTON & CO.,
Warehouse & Commission Merchants,
MACON, GEORGIA.
LAWTON & DOWELL,
1 FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
No. 210 Bav St. Savannah, Ga.
I Tender their Services to their Fdgtids and the
Pub ic nnv 2
W. S. WILLIFORD,
Auction t.y Commission Merchant., „
MACON, GA.
UT All kind 5 of Merchandise and Produce
* [except Liquor-] received on Consignment.Oi I'ur
thased to Order. 1 vr nov 2
CLASSICAL & ENGLISH SCHOOL.
No. 139 Brovghton-St.
BERNARD MALLON, Principal.
J, LI. LUTHER, -A. M., Classical Teacher.
ROSS V. JONES, Assistant. nov 9
GEO. M. WILLETT & CO.,
DEALERS is
GROCERIES, WINES, LIQUORS,
TOBACCO, SEGARS, FRUIT, TICKLES,
Prtserves, Confectionary , Sp Garden Seeds.
Ail kind sos Fish and Oysters, when in season.
So. 08 St. Juhan and 101 Bryan Streets.
JP. A. Dr pox, ) (Waring** Building.)
| John R. Tfbeav, ) nov 9
I BOOK AND JOB PRINTING.
GEO. N. NICHOLS,
Omens’ Building, opposite the Pulaski House,)
SAVANNAH, GA.
j it prepared to execute all work in bis line, with
neatness and despatch, and in a style
not to i>e surpassed.
Prices as reasonable as any other establishment
||| a the city. Iv sent 28
G. BUTLER,
MASTER BUILDER,
DEALER IX WHITE PINE LUMBER,
York Street, Oglethorpe Square.
1 N. B.—He is prepared to put in Iron fronts
H it Stores, <Sbe. ly oct 19
T. R. CLARKE,
i USIIIONABLE BOOT MAKER,
| Next door to corner Bull and Broughton-sts.
J *tlO ly
SAM'L. L. SPEISiEGGER,
( USER REPAIRER PIANO FORTES,
§ HAVING been engaged in the above busi
ness fur the last 33 years, Mr S. trusts that
_ special references are unnecessary.
| | Orders left with Mr H. iS. Bogardus, Bull-st.,
I j ‘l'ssrsF. Zogbaum &C<>., nr Messrs I. W. Mor-
I;| ;1 & Cos., will be attended to with promptness
is ltd fidelity. lm oct 12
A. PONCE,
■ ! ‘■porter and Manufacturer of Sr gars,
No. 13 Whitaker Street,
on hand a well selected stock of impmtrd
f ais i Manufactured Tobacco. Snuff, Pipes,
H I'Ull other articles usually kept in bis line of
I Alness, which he offers on the most reasonable
II :t nns. i v oct 19
W. A. J. WYLLY,
■iBIXET MAKER 4* UNDERTAKER,
Corner of Broughton and Bull Streets,
Under the Lyceum Hall.
I -"fins of all kinds made of the best materials, and
I wished at the shortest notice.
’ Also, new and second hand Fu niture bought
M ‘"'°!d, and repaired with dispatch.
Cj iH't 12 2 m
N. ELLS,
fashionable boot maker,
’ ‘ H Broughton-st., near the corner of Bullet.
xt 12 ts
J. S. SOLOMONS
Tlj contract to execute Plastering, of all kinds
g’tyD.i, a t the shortest notice.
faience, President Street, next door to Mr. B.
iu l(r's. 2m oct 12
, JOHN F. SHEEN,
USIIIONABLE TAILOR,
°'er .1. M. Haywood’s Hair Dressing Saloon,
OPPOSITE THE rULASKI HOUSE.
Mending and Cleaning done with neatness
‘* despatch- Work made up as cheap as at any
:,e r establishment hi the city. se P’ ~ l
J D3 MARTIN,
DEALER IN
units, Wines, Liquors, Segars,
PRESERVES and GARDEN SEEDS.
—: also: —
L a **LES, ONIONS 4- POTATOES,
I en in season, received fresh by every vessel.
I—: also :
I Wers put up to order in from 1 to 10 gallon kegs.
| Corner of Bay and Whitaker Streets
I JOHN OLIVER,
House and sign painter,
I GILDER, GLAZIER, &c.,
I s 121 Broughton Street, a few doors east of
I w Whitaker Street, Savannah, Ga.
■ All kinds of Faints —Paint Oil, Turpentine,
■ Glass. Putty, &c., for sale. July 20
I EDWARD G. WILSON,
■ JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
c ‘Jinccr, Collector, Accountant 4” Copyist,
I Dlfiee under J. M. Haywood’s.
Day, Wednesday, November 27th.
Di mill it to yitmitaiL wit tijp Inns of (TVm|irriiiin\ jltlltuiisjjijg- Jtaflnnj unit tlje Jbm nf tlje dOtti}.
McARTHOR & MORSE,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
PLAIN, JAPANNED & BLOCK TIN WARE,
HOLLOW & ENAMELLED WARE,
STOVES AND COOKING RANGES,
Li'.ad I ipe, Sheet Lead, Copper and Zinc,
STORE, 13 BARNARD STREET.
All kinds of Copper, 1 in and Sheet Iron Work,
done in the best manner, at the shortest notice.
Be Pt 21 lyr
ALLEN & BALL,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 112 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
J. M. BALL & CO.,
e t c ii a u ts,
MACON, GEORGIA.
ROBERT A. ALLEN, JAMES M. BALL,
sept 20 Jy
JONES & PAPOT,
Shipwrights, Spar Makers,
AND CAULKERS.
Yard opposite R.&. J. Lachlison’s Foundry.
R. H. DARBY,
EL J ML* <£© MEJSL. _
Corner Broughton and Whitaker Streets,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
R. H. D. is prepared to execute all orders for
Making or Cutting on reasonable terms
marO jy
J. S. STURTEVANT,
MASTER BUILDER,
Corner Montgomery and Liberty Sts.
All orders in his line will be promptly attended
to, and faithfully executed. ly june 1
JOHN V. TARVER,
FACTOR 4- COMMISSION MERCHANT
EXCHANGE WHARF, SAVANNAH, GA.
RABUN & FULTON,
COMMISSION MERC H ANTB,
No. 207 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
J. W. RABUN, R. L. FULTON, I. P. WHITEHEAD.
LANIER HOUSE,
BY LANIER & SON,
june 22 Macon, Georgia.
J. HASBROUCK & CO.,
W holestile and Retail Dealers in
CHINA, GLASS AND EARTHENWARE,
sept 21 BROUGHTON STREET, SAVANNAH.
S. Y, LEVY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office, No. ISS Bay-Street.
E. T. SHEFTALL,
ATTORNEY A T L A \V,
may 23 Dublin, Georgia.
MEDICAL NOTICE.
DOCTOR MOREL. Office No. 157 Brough
ton Street. ts mar 23
FRANCIS WAVER,
IMPORTING & COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No 107 Bay Street, Geo.
PHILIP KEAN,
DRA 1> E R AN D TAIL OR,
AND DEALER IIV
READY MADE CLOTHING.
Penfield’s Range, No. 9d Bryan Street,
Store formerly occupied by J. Southwell &. Cos
G. W HEDRICK,
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER,
Gilder, Glazier, Graincr & Paper Hanger.
No. 12 Barnard Street, South ot the Market,
IS always ready to execute all orders in his line
with dispatch, and at the lowest prices. All
kinds of mixed Paints, Glass and Putty kept
for sale. lyr Dec 22
J. T. JONES,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
Double & Single Guns, Rifles, Ac.,
West .Side of Monument Square.
SAMUEL S. MILLER,
MANUFACTURER of
CARRIAGES AND WAGONS,
DEALER IX HUBS, SPOKES, FELLOES, &c.
No. 140 Broughton St., Savannah.
A SHORT,
MASTER BUILDER,
Will take contracts for Building and Work in
Masonry of every description. Cornet ot South
Broad and Whitaker streets. may 26
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
The subscriber is prepared to execute with
neatness and despatch all work in the above line.
142 Broughton St. Two Doors West ot I. W.
MURRELL’S Furniture Store,
june 1 ly I. SOLOMONS, Agent.
CLOTHING,
PIERSON & HE IDT offer for sale CLOTHING,
Wholesale and Retail, at New York prices, No.
10 Whitaker Street. apl 26
DR. J. DENNIS,
BOTANIC DRUGGIST
Next door above L. C. Wairen &. Cos,
Augusta, Ga.
Keeps constantly on hand a choice assortment,
selected from the best establishments in the United
States, consist int; of Emetics, Cathartics, Diapho
retics, Diuretics. Expectorants. Emmenagogues,
Stimulants, Tonics, Astringents, Nervines, Alka
lies, Alteratives, ttubelacients, and Compounds
for family use. Composition Powder, No. Six,
Lobelia in its various preparations, &<•., also
Medical Books. may 4
ALFRED HAYWOOD,
CORNER BRYAN AND BARNARD STREETS,
Market Square, Savannah,
Dealer in Choice FRUITS, CANDIES. NUTS,
CHANGES, LEMONS, AITLES, AND PO
TATOES, \Y bolesale and Retail.
First quality Thunderbolt Oysters, Fish, &c.
Newark refined Champaigne Cider, and Albany
Cream Ale, by the bbl.
JjF* Orders from the Country, accompanied
by the cash or City reference, punctually attended
to aug 9
GAS PIPES AND FIXTURES.
STRATTON & DOBSON,
Having received an assortment ot Chandeliers,
Pendants, Brackets and Portable Gas Burners,
respectfully invite the citizens of Savannah to
call at their store, No. 72 St. Julian street, and
examine the same 4t june 1
Gr M. GRIFFEN,
/’L HAVING put chased the stock in trade of
Jthelafe M. Eastman, would solicits the co"-
iikidS&iiNUed patronage of all the friend of tin
establishment. All customers shall be pleased
with goods and satisfied with prices. .
GEO. M. GRIFFEN.
N. B.—Watches and Chrometers will receive
the personal attention of Mr. G. as usual.,
sept J 2
Irlwtri nctnj.
LINES BY ROBERT SOUTHEY.
[From an Unpublished Autograph.]
The days of Infancy are all a dream,
How fair, but oh ! how short they seem
’Tis Life’s sweet opening Spring !
The days of youth advance :
The hounding limb, the ardent glance,
The kindling soul they bring—
It is Lite's burning Summer time.
Manhood—matured with wisdom’s fruit,
Reward of Learning’s deep pursuit—
Succeeds, as Autumn follows Summer’s
prime.
And that, and that, alas! goes by;
And what ensues ? The languid eye,
The failing frame, the soul o’ercast;
’Tis Winter’s sickening, withering blast,
Life's blessed season—for it is the last.
From the Evening Post.
*“LET ME EE BURIED IN SOME
GREEN SPOT.”
Let me be buried in some green spot
’Neath my own autumn sky;
Resigning my breath I sorrow not
That I am called so early to die.
My dear little sister can never come
And shed her tears for me,
If you make my grave so far from home; —
Oh, bury me not in the sea !
Let mo be buried on the green shore
’Tis there my mother died ;
Leave me not here when the struggle is o’er,
But bury me by the hill-side.
No morning again will dawn for me—
The night, how dark snd wild—
Father, upon thy bended knee,
Pray for thy dying child. C. B.
*The last words of Edward S. Uaviland, who was
drowned in San Francisco Bay, in September last.
f'clcrtcip Cole.
MR. QUERY'S INVESTIGATIONS.
BY PAUL CREYTON.
“He is a good man, I suppose,
and an exet lleni doctor,” said Mrs.
Salina Simmons, with a dubious
shake of the head, .“but —”
“ But what, Mrs. Simmons ? ”
“ They say he drinks .”
“ No, impossible ! ” exclaimed
Mr. Josiah-Query, with emphasis.
“Impossible? I hope so,” said
Mrs. Simmons. “ And mind you,
I don’t say he drinks, but that such
is the report. And I have it upon
tolerablv good authority, too, Mr.
Query.”
“ What authority ? ”
“Oh, I couldn’t tell that, for
I never like to make mischief. I
can only say that the report is—he
drinks.”
Mr. Josiah Query scratched his
head.
“Can it he that Dr. Harvey
drinks!” he murmured. “I thought
him a pure Son of Temperance. —
And he is my family physician too !
I must look into this matter forth
with. Mrs. Simmons you still de
cline stating who is your authority
for this report ? ”
M rs. Simmons was firm ; her
companion could gain no satislac
tion. She soon compelled him to
promise that he would not mention
lier name, if he spoke of the affair
elsewhere, repeating her remark
that she never liked to make mis
chief.
Dr. Harvey was a physician resi
ding in a small village, where he
shared the profits of practice with
another doctor, named Jones. Dr.
Harvey was generally liked,'and
among his triends was Mr. Jo
siah Query, whom Mrs. Simmon's
shocked with the bit of gossip re
specting the doctor’s habits of in
temperance. Mr. Query was a
good hearted man, and lie deemed
it his duty to inquire into the nature
of the report, and learn if it had
any foundation in truth. Accor
dingly he went to Mr. Green, who
also employed the doctor in his
family. *
“Mr. Green,” said he, “ Irave
you heard anything about this re
port of Dr. Harvey’s intemper
'ance? ”
“Dr. Harvey’s intemperance ! ”
cried Mr. Green, astonished.
“ Yes —a flying report.”
“ No, I’m sure I havn’t ! ”
“ Os course then, you don’t know
whether it is true or not ? ”
“What?”
“ That he drinks.”
“ 1 never heard of it before.—
Dr. Harvey is my family physician,
and I certainly would not employ a
man addicted to the use of ardent
spirits.”
“ Nor I,” said Mr. Query, “ and
for this reason, and for the doctor’s
sake, too, 1 want to know the truth
of the matter. I don’t really credit
it, myself; but I thought it would
do no harm to inquire.”
Mr. Query next applied to Squire
Worthy for information.
“Dear me!” exclaimed the
Squire, who was a nervous man,
“ does Dr. Harvey drink ? ”
“ Such is the rumor —how true it
is, I can’t say.’’
SAVANNAH, GA,, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 18,50.
“ And what if he should give one
of my family a dose of arsenic in
stead of the tincture of rhubarb,
sometime, when he is intoxicated?
My mind is made up now. I shall
send for Dr. Jones in future.”
“ But dear sir,” remonstrated Mr.
Query, “ I don’t say the report is
true.”
“Oh, no; you wouldn’t wish to
commit yourself. You like to know
the safe side, and so do 1. I shall
employ Dr. Jones.”
Mr. Query turned sorrowfully
away.
“ Squire Worthy must have had
suspicions of the doctor’s intemper
ance before I came to him,” thought
he, “I really begin to fear that
there is some foundation for the re
port. I’ll go to Mrs. Mason. She
will know.”
Mr. Query found Mrs. Mason
ready to listen to and believe any
scandal. She gave her head a sig
i nificant toss, as if she knew more
about the report than she chose to
confess.
Mr. Query begged of her to ex
plain herself.
“Oh / shan’t say anything,” ex
claimed Mrs. Mason. “ I’ve no ill
will against Dr. Harvey, and I’d
rather cutoff my right arm than in
jure him.”
“ But is the report true ? ”
“True, Mr. Query? Do you
suppose that I ever beheld Dr.
Harvey drunk? Then how can
you expect me to know. Oh, I don’t
wish to say anything against the
man, and I won’t.”
After visiting Mrs. Mason, Mr.
Query went to half-a-dozen others
to learn the truth respecting Dr.
Harvey’s habits. Nobod) would
confess that they knew anything
about his drinking ; but Mr. S.nilh
“ was not as much surprised as oth
ers might be;” Mr. Brown “was
sorry if the report was true,” ad
ding, that the best of men had their
faults. Miss Single had frequently
remarked the doctor’s florid cora
p'exion, and wondered if his color
was natural ; Mr. Clark remem
bered that the doctor appeared un
usually gay, on the occasion of his
last visit to his family ; Mrs. Rogers
declared that when she came to re
flect, she believed sue had once or
twice smelt the man’s breath ; and
Mr. Impulse had often seen him ri
ding at an extraordinary rate for a
sober gentleman. Still Mr. Query
was unable to ascertain any definite
facts respecting the unfavorable re
port.
Meanwhile, with his usual indus
try, Dr. Harvey went about his bu
siness, little suspecting the scanda
lous gossip that was circulating to
his discredit. But he soon perceived
he was very coldly received by
some of his old friends, and that
others employed Dr. Jones. No
body sent for him, and he might
have began to think that the health
of the town was entirely re-estab
lished, had he not observed that his
rival appeared driven with busi
ness, and that he rode nighl and
day.
One evening Dr. Harvey sat in
his office, wondering what could
have occasioned the sudden and
surprising change in his affairs,
when, contrary to his expectations,
he received a call to visit a sick
child of one of his old friends, who
had lately employed his rival. Af
ter some hesitation, and a struggle
between pride and a sense of duty,
he resolved to respond to the call,
and at the same time learn, if pos
sible, why he had been preferred to
Dr. Jones, and why Dr. Jones had
on other occasions been preferred to
him.
“The truth is, Dr. Harvey,” said
Mr. Miles, “we thought the child
dangerously ill, and as Dr. Jones
could not come immediately, we
concluded to send for you.”
“ I admire your frankness,” re
sponded Dr. Harvey, smiling, “ and
shall admire it still more, if you
will inform me why you have late
ly prefered Dr. Jones to me. For
merly I had the honor of enjoying
youi> friendship and esteem, and
you have frequently told me your
self, that vou would trust no other
/
physician.”
“ Well,” replied Mr. Miles, “ I
am a plain man, and never hesitate
to tell people what they wish to
know. I sent for Dr. Joues instead
of you, I confess—not that I doubt
ed your skill—
“ What then ? ”
“It is a delicate subject, but I
will nevertheless speak out. Al
though I bad the utmost confidence
in your skill and faithfulness—I —
you know, I in short, I don’t like
to trust a physician who drinks.”
“ Sir ! ” cried the astonished doc
tor.
“ Yes—drinks,” pursued Miles,
“It is plain language, hut*l am a
plain mam 1 heard of your intem
peranoe, and thought it unsafe —that
is, dangerous—to employ you.”
“ My intemperance ! ” ejaculated
Dr. Harvey.
“Yes, sir! and I am sorry to
know it. But the fact that you
drink a trifle too much is now a well
known fact, and is generally talked
of in the village,”
“Mr. Miles,” cried the indignant
doctor, “ ibis is scandalous —it is
false ! Who is your authority for
this report ? ’
“ Oh, 1 have heard it from several
mouths, but I can’t say exactly who
is responsible for the rumor.”
And Mr. Miles went on to men
tion several nainfes, as connected
with the rumor, and among which
was that of Mr. Query.
The indignant doctor immediate
ly set out on a pilgrimage of inves
tigation, going from one house to
another, in search of the author of
the scandal.
Nobody, however, could state
where it originated, but it was uni
versaliy admitted that the man from
whose lips it was first heard, was
Mr. Query.
Accordingly Dr. Harvey hastened
to Mr. Query’s house, and demand
ed of that gentleman what he meant
by circulating such scandal.
“My dear doctor,” cried Mr.
Query, his face beaming with con
scious innocence, “ / haven’t been
guilty of any mistatement about
you, I can take my oath. I heard
that there was a report of your
drinking, and all I did was to tell
people I didn’t believe it. nor knew
anything about it, and to inquire
where it originated. Oh, I assure
you, doctor, I haven’t slandered
you in any manner.”
“ You are a poor fool! ” exclaim
ed Dr. Harvey, perplexed and an
gry. “If you had gone about town
telling everybody that you saw me
drunk, daily, you couldn’t have
slandered me more effectually than
vou have,”
V
“ Oh, I beg your pardon,” cried
Mr. Query, very sad, “but I
thought I was doing you a service.”
“ Save me from my friends ! ”
exclaimed the doctor bitterly. ‘ An
enemy could not have done me as
much injury as you have dotle.—
But I now insist on knowing who
first mentioned the report to you.”
“ Oh I am not at liberty to say
that.”
“ Then t shall hold you responsi
ble for the scandal —for the base
lies vou have circulated. But if
•j
you are reelly an honest man, and
my friend, you will not hesitate to
tell me where the report originated.”
After some reflexion, Mr. Query,
who stood in mortal fear of the in
dignant doctor, resolved to reveal
the secret, and mentioned the name
of his informant, Mrs. Simmons.—
As Dr. Harvey had not heard her
spoken of before, as connected witTi
the report of his intemperance ; he
knew very well that Mr. Query’s
“ friendly investigations ” had been
the sole cause of his loss of prac
tice. However, to go. to the roots
of this Upas tree of scandal, he re
solved to pay an immediate visit to
Mrs. Simmons.
This lady could deny nothing;
but she declared that she had not
given the rumor as a fact, and that
she had never spokon of it except
to Mr. Query. Anxious to throw
the responsibility of the slander up
on others, she eagerly confessed
that, on a certain occasion, upon
entering a room in which were Mrs.
Guild and Mrs. Hanfiless, she over-,
heard one of these ladies remark
that “ Dr. Harvey drank more than
ever,” and the other reply, that
“ she had heard him say he could
not break himself, although he knew
his health suffered in consequence.”
Thus set upon the right track,
Dr. Harvey visited Mrs. Guild and
Mrs. Harmless without delay.
“ Mercy on us ! ” exclaimed
those ladies, when questioned re
specting the matter, “w£ perfect
ly remember talking about your
drinking coffee, and making such re
marks as you have heard through
Mrs. Simmons. But with regard
to your drinking liquor, we never
heard the report until a week ago,
and never believed it at all.”
As what these ladies had said of
his coffee-drinking propensities, was
perfectly true, Dr. Harvey readily
acquitted them of any designs a
gainst his character for sobriety,
and well satisfied with having at
last discovered the crigin of the ru
mor, returned to the friendly Mr.
Query.
The humiliation of this gentle
man was so deep, that Dr. Harvey
avoided reproaches, and confined
himself to a simple narrative of
his discoveries.
“ I see it is all my fault,” said
Mr. Query, “And I will do any
thing to remedy it. I never could
believe you drank—and now I’ll
go and tell everybody that the re
port was false.”
“Oh! bless you,” cried the doc
tor, “ I wouldn’t have you do so
for the world. All 1 ask of you,
is to say nothing whatever on the
subject, and if you ever again hear
a report of the kind, don’t m tke it
a subject of friendly investigation.”
Mr. Query promised ; and, after
the truth was known, and Dr. Har
vey had regained the good will of
the community, together with his
share of medical practice, he nev
er had reason again to exclaim—
“ Save me from my friends ! ”
And Mr. Query was in future ex
ceedingly careful how he attempted
to make triendly investigations.
Arthur's Home Gazette .
ROMANTIC FACT.
In the winter of 1840, a lady who
had la’ely been deprived by death
of a daughter, was on a visit to New
Orleans. Among other places of
curiosity and interest, she was in
duced by feelings of the tenderest
compassion to look in at the room
appropriated to the reception of
those destitute children, to be exam
ined as to their fitness for the chari
ty of the Orphan Asylum. Imme
diately on her entering the room, a
little girl of about the same age of
her own lost child, sprung into her
arms, called her mother, and by en
dearing caresses, evinced her joy at
being restored, as she belived to her
lost parent. On inquiry the follow
ing facts were elicted relative to her
previous history.
A few hours after the dreadful
tornado, a steamboat landed at
Natchez, when a servant girl brought
a little girl on board*, stating that
she had walked out with the child
just before the storm commenced,
\and that on her return she found the
house of jts parents completel)’ de
molished—she had been looking for
her mistress in every direction and
had almost arrived at the painful
conviction that she was buried be
neath the ruins.
The chambermaid of ihe boat of
fered to take charge of the child,
while the girl returned to make a
further search ; and during her ab
sence the beat started for New Or
leans —the child still remaining on
board.
On the return trip, every inquiry
was made for the family or servant,
but nothing could be heard of them.
The child continued on the boat un
der the charge of the chambermaid,
untii the Captain objected to her re
maining on board. Then she was
placed at an infant school in New
Orleans, the chambermaid visiting
her and defraying her expenses on
each arrival of the boat, until the
yellow deprived the little out
cast of her last friend, the good
chambermaid.
The women who kept the infant
school then turned the child into the
street, from whence she was taken
to the room where she had the hap
piness of finding a second mother.
The lady whom she believed to be
her mother, determined to adopt her,
and since then she has been treated
in til respects as one of the family.
So careful of her happiness has this
truly charitable lady been, that
though the little child is now a fine
intelligent girl, of between twelve
and thirteen years of age, and as
sociated with the lady’s own chil
dren, both older and younger than
herself, she has not the faintest sus
picion of her real position. She
was at the time of her adoption a
bout two years old, a very beauti
ful and intelligent child, with un
common fair cornplection, brown
hair, blue eyes, with long black eye
lashes. She had forgotten her own
name and that of her parents, but
from knowing the names and uses
of various articles of luxury, and
speaking of her father’s carriage;
and from her entire freedom from
vulgarism in manner or thought, it
is presumed that her family were
respectable. If any reliance could
be placed on the conversation of so
young a child it might be supposed
that her parents were foreigners—-
perhaps Scottish, perhaps Catholics.
It was supposed that her own
parents were dead, but from facts
lately elicted such is probably not
the case ; and it is for the purpose
of gaining information that the lit
tle that is known of her history is
made public. Any one knowing
anything likely to lead to a discov
ery of the orphan's relations is re
quested to address box 328, Mobile,
Ala.
And as giving publicity to this
notice may be the means of restor
ing a child to a bereaved mother, the
writer hopes that editors throughout
the Union will give it a place in
their columns, especially in the Nat
chez and Philadelphia papers.—;Y.
O. Pic.
TEMPERANCE ANECDOTE.
Rev, T. P. Hunt, the Temper
ance Lecturer, tells the fallowing
story :
A small temperance society has
been started in a community very
much under the control of a rich dis
tiller, commonly, called “Bill My
ers.” This man had several sons
who had become drunkards on the
facilities afforded by their education
at home. The whole family was
arrayed against the movement, ami
threatened to break any meeting
called to promote the object. Learn
ing this, Mr. Hunt went to a neigh
boring district for temperance vol
unteers for that particular occasion.
He then gave out word for a meeting
and at the time found his friends ar.d
enemies about equal in number.
This fact prevented any outbreak,
but could not prevent noise.
Mr. Hunt mounted his platform,
and by a few sharp anecdotes and
witty sayings, soon silenced all noise,
except the sturdy “Bill Myers”-*—the
old Dutchman crying out, “Misther
Hunt, money makes the mare go.”
To even’ shot which seemed ready
to demolish him, the oltl fellow pre
sented the one shield. “Misther”
Hunt money makes the mare go.”
At last Mr. Hunt stopped and ad
dressed thedmperturbable German :
“Look here, Bill Myers, you say
that money makes the mare go, do
you ?”
“Yes, dat ish just what I say,
Misther Hunt.”
“Well, Bill Myers, you own and
work a distillery, don’t you ?” in
quired Mr. Hunt.
“Dat is nore of your business,
Misther Hunt. But, den I ish not
ashamed of it. 1 has got a still, and
work it loo.”
“And you say 7 , ‘Money 7 makes the
mare go;’ do you mean that I have
come here to get the money of these
people ?”
“Yes, Misther Hunt, dat ish just
what I mean.”
“Very well ; you work a distillery
to make money, and- I lecture on
temperance to make money, and as
you say, ‘Money makes the mare
go,’ Bill Myers, bring out your more,
and. I’ll bring out mine, and we’ll
show them together.”
By this time the whole assembly
was in a titter of delight, and even
Myers’ followers could not repress
their merriment at the evident em
barrassment of their oracle. In the
meantime, we must promise that
Mr. Hunt knew a large number of
the drunkards present, and among
them the sons of Myers himself.
“Bill Myers, who is lhai holding
himself up by that tree?” inquired
Mr. Hunt pointing to a young man
so drunk that he could not stand
alone.
The old man started, as if stung,
by an adder, but was obliged to re
ply : “Dat. ish my son ;*but what of
dat, Misther Hunt?”
“Good deal of that Bill M\ 7 ers;
for 1 guess that son has been riding
your mare , and been thrown too /”
Here was a perfect roar from all
parts of the assembly, and, as soon
as order was restored, Mr. Hunt
proceeded, as he pointed to another
son :
“Bill Myers, who is that stagger
ing about as il his legs were as weak *
as potato vines after frost?”
“Well, 1 suppose dat ish mv son
too,” replied the old man, with a
crest fallen look.
“He has been riding your mare,
too, and got a tumble.”
At this point the old man put up
both bands in a most imploring
manner, and exclaimed ; Now,
Misther Hunt, if you won’t say 7 any
more, 1 will be still.”
This announcement was received
with a roar of applause and laugh
ter, and from that moment Mr.
Hunt had all the ground to himself.
Woman. —Woman has ever been
the first to succor the needy and
the last to desert the unfortunate.
I his is eminently true. We have
all seen it—we all know it.
When the Savior of mankind was
led like a malefactor to execution;
when the light of the sun was with
drawn, and night, and storms, and
darkness covered the earth with
their gloomy drapery 7; when the so
lid rocks were rent, with a lend noise
assumed ; when the graves opened
and the dead came forth; when
his friends had deserted Him, and
He was suffering all that the malice
of enemies the most deadly and un
relenting could inflict; surely this
was enough to appeal the stoutest
hearts. But did Mary, and the wo
man that were with her, desert Him
even then? No. They stood afar
off’ and wept —“were last at the
cross, and first at the sepulchre.”
and here they kept their sad vigiles
until the Savior rose triumphant
over death and the grave.— S. C.
Tan. Advocate.
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