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BY WILLIAM CLINE.
THE WIRE-GRASS REPORTER.
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SUPER!OH COURT CALKNIIAItT
FAIJ. TERM, 1858.
AUGUST.
Ist Monday, Floyd
Lumpkin I
2<t Monday, Clarke
Dawson
3d Monday, Forsyth ‘
Meriwether j
Walton
4tb Moud’y, Baldwin i
I'hattah’o’che l
Glascock i
Heard
Jackson ’ |
Monroe
a . Paulding
Schley
Taliaferro
SEPTEMBER.
Ist Monday, Appling *
Chattooga
Chcrohco
Columbia
Coweta
Crawford
Madison
Marion
Mitchell
Morgan
Webster
2d Monday, Butts
Caaa
Cofloe
, -r-- Klbert
Fayetto
Greene
Gwinnett
I’lckciis
... Sumter
Washington
Frid'y nft'r, Pierce
3d Monday, Cobb
Hall
Hart
Macon
Newton
Putnam
Talbot
Terrell
Ware
4th Moud’y, Campbell
Clay
Clinch*
Emanuel
Leo’
Twines
White
* Wilkes ■
< roitpu.
Ist Monday, (Carroll <
Dootjf
Early j
Fulton
- /'&!*’ _ _’C*i Ime r j
* Gordon 1
*•' Taylor v i
W a rren >
YVilkiusou
; ncTORKII CONTINUED.
.Tuesday ) pike
j after, )
S'yir ] Rabun
d’y after, )
(2d Monday, Charlton
Fannin
11 ii iH-rxhain
Hancock
* Harris
1 Laurens
Miller
8c riven
{3d Monday, Burke
Cauiden
Franklin
Haralson
I lenry
Jones
Murray
OL'lotliorpe
Pulaski
Stewart
Union
Worth
W S
Frid'y aft’r, Wilcox
Ith Mond’y, Decatur
Dekalb
Houston
Irwin .
‘• Jasper
• Lincoln
Polk
Tattnall
Xvwns
, Whitfield
Tlmrsd’y
after, )’ T,lfnlr
Frid'y aft’r, liulloch
Mond’y “ Klliupham
IVOVEMBEK.
; Ist Monday, Berrien
Milton
Kandolph
KichtnumV
Upson
2d Monday, Baker
Bibb
Cntoosa
Muscopeo
3d Monday, Spalding
Troup
4th Mond'y, Calhoun *
Walker
Thutsd’y ? . , . ,
after, \ Mclntosh
(Mon, after, DoqgheHjfe
t Libert/
) o u Colquitt
1 u o Bryan
DEEEMBER.
11st Monday, Dade
Jeflerson
I. v , Thomas
‘dd Mouday, Lowudel
U £im (tnrbs.
JAMES C. lIOSS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA.
je 23 _ w ts
. llAltltlS & lIARKIS,
. ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Iverson L. Harris, I Ghari.es J. lhaitins,
Milledgeville, Ga. | Tbomnsville, Ga.
march 31 w ts
R. S. BURCH U WM. McLE!M>On7
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
THOMASVILL E, GEORGIA.
oct!4 19 way
~BAKER & IIIIWKT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Troupville, Lowndes Cos., Ga.
sept 15 w ts
EUGENE E. HINES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
mo m i m il ie, georg t. i ,
Office over McLean’s store. (jan2fi
JOHN M. DVSOIM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OFFICE next door to I)r. Ilruce’s, Tliomasville,
Georgia. jaiis-lv.
G. 11. OAMEI.E,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Office, corner of Bull and Bay Streets,
jan 12 _ w 1y
JOHN IS. MILEEU(
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MILL TOWN, BERRIEN CO., GA.
WILL practice in ail the Counties of the Brunswick
Circuit, and. Berrien mid Low ndes Counties ol
the Southern Circuit. may 12ny
JOHN <V ink:HOLES,
ATTO RN E Y A T LAW,
WARESBOROUGII, WARE CO., GA.
WILL practice in all the counties of the Bruns
wick circuit, and Lowndes and Berrien of the
Southern n(ftr3loy
GEORGE It. WILLIAMSON,
ATTORN Hr Y AT LAW,
WARESBOROUGB, GA.
WILL PRACTICE in tlie following Counties; f tin
lirunswick Circuit: Appling, Coffee. Pierce, Ware
Clinch, and Charlton. uiarJltf
SAMUEL It. SPENCER,
ATTO RN EY AT LAW,
T IIOMASYI LLE. GEORGIA .
WILL give his entire attention to the practice ol
Law, in the Counties of tlie Southern Circuit.—
Office on the second floor of 1). & E. McLean’s
brick building. (jau2ooy
E. C. HO It GAIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
XASlir/U. G EORGIA.
WILL practice in the counties of the Southern Cir
cuit,and the counties of Dooly, Worth and Dough
erty of the Macon, and Coffee, Clinch and Ware
of the Brunswick Circuits.
Flat Creek, C.a„OcLT. ts
~ RICE A MERSIIOIN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA.
ATTEND to all business entrusted to their care, in
the following counties, to-wit; Clinch, Ware, Ap
pling, Coffee, Charlton, I.nwiulcs and Berrien,Geor
gia. Also, in the counties of Hamilton, Columbia,
and Jefferson, in Florida.
DAVID P. RICE. | HENRY M. MERSIION,
jan 5 w fnu t
JAMES M. FOI.fOB,
ATTO RN E Y A T LA W,
—MAGNOLIA, CLINCH CO., GA.
WILL practice in all the courts of the Brunswick
Circuit and in tlie points of Lowndes and Berrien
of the Southern Circuit.
S Ju,! X A. E. Cochran, Brunswick Ct.
uuerencesj Ju( lg<c IVterJJ. Love, Southern Ct.
jan 5 w lv
iCarJJs.
S. s. ADAMS, 1 S. K. WILLIAMS.
NEW EIKM.
DRS. ADAMS & WILLIAMS, having formed a
Co-partnership, tender their professional services
to the public. ang2s-tf
11. J. nil ICE, I R. 11. EATON.
D*S. liitici: A. EATOtf,
HAVING formed a co-partnership, tender their
Professional * Services to the citizens of Tlinmas
ville nnd vicinity. jc23-tf m
111. W. 11. HALIi.
HAS disposed of his interest in the “Wire-Grass
Reporter ” to Judge Love, and will devote himself
exclusively to his profession.
Fie may be found at all times, when not profession
ally ehgaged, at his Office opposite East side
Presbyterian Olnirol, jefitf
(Reform Practice.)
Dr. I. S. BOWER,
OFFER his professional services to the citizens
of Tliomasville and vicinity. Calls at nil hour*
promptly attended to. feli2oy
~ IMg. r,. O. ARNiOLD
WILL continue tbe practice of Den
tistry in Tliomasville and vicinity—
Any order left at the Post Office or at r
bis Offiecduring bis absence from tow n wdl receive
attention at the earliest opportunity, jjaii.s-1 y
New Drag Store.
_ Drs. IttBVER A ELLIS
have opened a Drug” .Store at the
A stand foninTly occupied by Palmer
& Bro., opposite E. lieiiiingtou’e,
aujl arc prepared to furnish
WS’i.'iJ Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Inks,
JC \ Fancy Soaps, Ac.
ass&-~23l Upon fair terms to those who may
favor them with a call. To their Keforin friends
they would say, that they have on hand a fresh and
reliable, assortment Os ltoGillic IlCtllcillCia
And will lie glad to supply them with such articles
ns they may need. mnyilCoy
Notice to Everybody,
JYR. A. W^ALLEN’S
CELERUAFED SOUTIIEIMI
ILINIMENT,
S A CERTAIN REMEDY tor Strains, Sprains,
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Crump, Nervous Uead-
Ael*e, Sore Throat, Stitt’ Neck, Tooth-Ache, Pain in
the Head, ScaWDaml Burns, or any thing like erup
tions on the flesh.
Also, for all diseases to which horses §££ subject.
Dr. Allen’s All-llealiiiß Ointment,
TS a certain cure Ibr Ring-worms, Scratches iu
horses, Greese Heel, Thrush, Collar and Saddlo
Galls ; and all flesh w ounds.
Manufactured by Dr. A. W* ALLLN, ColutubM*,
Georgia. .
For sale in Thmnasville, by Baum A Shin; iu
Monticello, by Palmer & Bro., and in 1 rnupville, by
T. W. Etlis. A. W. ALLEN.
nov24 '>*’ w <r
Hides Hides, Ilidss.
GAAA HIDES, WANTED, lor which Eight
Z U U U ('cuts in Trade will be miid, by
ays - E REMINGTON
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1858.
We publish the annexed sonnet, not because wc
believe one word of it true, but just to show how
clever some men can write, even on tbe wrong side
of a question. Nothing could be prettier tliau
tho present little “crow’s nost’’ stylo of ladies’ bon
nets. They are only equaled by the light and airy
styie-of dress—the hoop—the skirt—and all that. If
tbe ladies had no more taste than tbeir be-inustaeh-’
oeii and be-shaw led censurcrs, what dowdies they
would make of themselves. But fortunately for
men of taste the ladies know better, aud dress as
becomes then).
BONNETS.
Os all the charms dear woman wears,
Ot all her many traps and snares,
For real effect there’s naught compares,
With a truly pretty bonnet;
For when or wherever you elinneo to meet
One that is perfectly modest and neat;
You may depend ’tis proof complete
That tho head has more in than on It.
No matter whether she’s pretty or not, •
How much ur how little money she’s got.
Whether she live in a mansion or cot,
’Tis a fact, depend upon it,
The woman to make a man happy thro’ life,
To make a model mother and wile,
Is one who, scorning the milliner strife;
Wears a plain aud tastelui bounst.
Now a bonnet of genuine beauty uml grace,
Worn on the head iu ita proper place, .
Shadow ing faintly tho wearer's face,
“ Is a thing for a song or sonnet;”
But one of those gay and gaudy tilings.
Made up of rainbows and butterfly wings,
A mixture of flowers, ribbons and strings,
Is dreadful, depend upon it. -
A vulgar mass of “ fuss and feather,”
A little of every tiling thrown together,
As if by a touch of. windy weather,
A wretched conglomeration—
A sort,of cup to catch the hair,
Leaving the heml to “ go it bare,”
A striking example of “Nothing to Wear,”
Is tho bonnet abomination.
It makes a woman look brazen and bold,
Assists her in caUhinf; nothing but cold,
Is bad on the young, absurd on tlie old,
And deforms what it ought t” deck ;
For look at her face, no bonnet is there,
See at the side, it hangs by a hair,
View it behind, ami you will declare,
That the creature has broken her neck.
No matter where you may Mhuee to he,
No matter how many women you see,
* A promiscuous crowd or a certain she,
You may fully depend upon it,
That age-in of the. very rarest kind,
A thing most difficult to fiud,
A pot for which weTong have pined,
Il perfect “ love of a bonnet.”
From tho Cosmopolitan Art Journal.
A GEOLOGIC FANCY.
Arc you wearied with business o[''politics,,?
Dock your head or your heart ache ? Would
you be alone? Come ! let us forget the world,
with all its oppressive cares—let us mount
into the rosy ear of some airy dream, and
away ! up over the troubled earth let us sail,
lightly ns if some silken balloon of lightest
texture and most delicious motion was bear
ing us to tho “Isles of the Blest,” tho sunset
and evening stars. What shall our drSKm
he?—where shall we go?” ’Do you want
solitude, tlie most deep and unfathomable,
in which you can forget that humanity
existed in its happiness and pain/ Well,
let us float on Alien, over the nges—back—
back beyond the history of tho world as
written, beyond tlie garden of Eden, far
away into the carboniferous period, that"” day
of the Lord, in which he created the grass
of the field and the trees of the forest.—
Our car of dreams, drops down slowly from
its dizzy height, and we hover over a strange
and wonderful land that we do not recog
nize ns the same which is ns familiar to onr
daily eyes as our own laud. Nevertheless,
this wiki and terrible region is the very same
where now’ our houses and our flower-gar
dens and our streets arc placed. Terrible,
we call it, and yet it is only terrible because
so sublimely lonely, and because nature is
marking out her vegetable problems upon
so limitless a scale. This is, indoed, the
reign of the vegetable kingdom.- Do you
sec that mighty emerald ocean rising.aiul
falling beneath us, in its waves rolling up in
to mountains, and sinking into fearful val
leys? That is not % veritable sea, but a
prairie—and a prairie of the corboniferous
era, whicli mocks the western plains that wc
are wont now-a-days to, make onr boast of.
The grass rises in tall sheaves of a deep
aud vigorous green, that shame the loftiest
of the pines which mark this dwindle age.
Hark ! the roaring of ouf ocean is nothing
to the deep, strange moaning of those giant
plumes, as the wind rushes through them
and tosses them up and down into hills and
vales. What a solemn, soft, and yet most
mighty music ! “ See,” you exclaim, “ this
is not perfect solitude, for there is a golden
boat with-)*floating crimson banner, and full
of people, tossing upon the grassy ocean!”
Nay, that is a gorgeous flower, whoso golden
petals ride lightly upon tho wind, as its tall
stem sways to and fro; the red banner is the
stamen which it lifts out of its centre, and
your people aro the pistils which cluster
around. Twenty children might sit in its
yellow cup, and splash their feet in the hon
ey-dew which gathers at its base.
You gaze, and grow silent, for wonder at
the power of the All-Father upon you.
Up—up—boat,of our dream ! or wc shall
bo wrecked, against this stupendous wall.—
This is the outer edge of a forest, whoso trees
arise hundreds of feet above even tho wa
ving grass of fcjic prairie. As wc float over it,
we look down between tho branches, and our
eyes follow in awe and dismay the enormous
trunk that shoots up interminable lengths
before ever a branch or n leaf breaks the
firm shaft. -
llcro then let us rest and dream. Our,
car is anchored upon the topmost leaf of a
tree of the forest, and we, stretched cosily
upon the swaying hammock, lie and gaze
adown and around, our ears filled with a
murmur as of ten.thousaud oceans, tftidJSnr
hearts filled with tho majesty of an urtftu
isbed earth. Ah! would you tike to lie here
iu a storm ? Could yon bear the sound of a
whirlwind sweeping through these branches,
and the crash of timbers such as these sur
rounding uef The thought of it is enough
to dismay even tlio* heart of a poet craving
a mighty excitement. Now tho noonday
stillness is creeping over prairie and forest—
let us repoae upon our leaf and give ourselves
up to the influence of the scene.
IMPORTANT TRUTHS FOR WIVES.
In domestic happiness, the wife’s influence
is much greater than her husband's; for tho
one, tho first enuse—mutual lovo and con
fidence—being granted, the whole comfort
of the household depends npon trifles mere
immediately under her jurisdiction. By her
management of small sums, hor husband’s
respectability and credit arc created or de
stroyed, No fortuno can stand tho constant
leakages of extravagance and mismanage
ment; and more is spent in trifles than women
would easily believe. Tho one £roa* ex
pense, whatever it inny be, is turned over
and carefully reflected on ere incurred; tho
income is prepared to meet it; but it fs pen
nies, imperceptibly sliding away, which do
tlie mischief; and this tho wife alone can
stop, for it docs not come within man’s prov
ince. is often an unsuspected trifle
to ho saved iu overy household. It is not
in economy alone thattho wife’s attention is
so necessary, hut in those littlo niceties which
mark a well regulated house. An unfurnish
ed cruet-stand, n missing key, a huttonlcss
shirt, a soiled table-cloth, a mustard-pot with
its old contents sticking hard anil brown
about it, are severally nothings; but each
can’ritiße angry words”o‘r ”ciilie”discoiiifort.
Depend on it, there’s a great doal’ of do
mestic happiness in a well-dressed mutton
chop or a tidy breakfast-table. Men -grow
sated of beauty, tired of music, are often
too, wearied for conversation, (however intel
lectual ;) but they can always appreciate a
well-swept licarth and smiling comfort. A
woman may love her husband devotedly—
may sacrifice fortune, friends, family, country
for him—she may hnve the genius of a Sap
pho, the enchanting beauties of an Aimida ;
imt melancholy fact—if with those she fail
to make his home comfortable, his heart will
inevitably escape her. And women live” bo
entirety in the affections that without love
their existence .is a void. Better submit,
then, to household tasks, however repug
nant they may ho to your tastes, than doom
yourself to a loveless home. Women of tho
higher order of mind will not run this risk :
they know that their feminine, their domes
tic, are their first dtit.ies.
Flowers. —llow the universal heart of
man blesses flowers! They arc wreathed
round the cradle, the mnrrihgo altar niid the
tomb. The Persian iu the far Ea6t, delights
in their perfume, aud writes his lovq in nose
gays ; while the Indian child of the far West
claps his hands with glee as he gathers the
abundant flowers—the illuminated scriptures
of . the prairies. Tlie Cupid of the ancient
Hindoo tipped his arrows with flowers, and
orange buds are tho with us, a
nation of hut yesterday. Flowers garland
ed the Grecian altar, and.they hang in vo
tive wreathes before the Christian shrine.—
All these aro appropiate uses. Flowers
should deck the brow of tho yquthful bride,
for they are within themselves n lovely type
of marriage. They should rest on the altar,
for their fragrance and their beauty ascend
iu perpetual worship before the most High.
I\ a Tight Place.— A few days since,
as tho walcr works company was removing
an obstructed pipe, they found within it an
alligator about five feet iu length. How the
creature got in there became at once a mat
ter of wonder and speculation. It was dead
when found, but aipit was impossible for any
creature of its size to get into tho pipe, no
hypothesis is open even to conjecture, save
that it entered from tho reservoir when
young, and grew to the size at which it was
found while pursuing its solitary way through
the subterranean channels into which it had
ventured. -Small fish, w p are assured, are
frequently thrown out ot the water plugs
along our streets, nnd it is probable his alli
gatorship had feasted for years on tho small
tenants of the iron pipes. There is noth
ing more'wonderful in this than that fish live,
move, and have their being iii the .subterra
nean rivers of the mammoth cave. An alli
gator, however, must have Bad anything
but a pleasant time’ of ifLjcbnfined thus for
years in an iron cell, where tiio sun could
never teach him the luxury of laziness, and
his palate could never be tickled by nil ad
venturous swarm of flics.— New Orleans
Picayune.
All about a YVomax—And A Married
one at that. —At Portsmouth, Ohio, they
have had an amusing lawsuit. Three ladies
were passing a store before which several
gentlemen werfc standing. The storekeeper
said one of the ladies, whose face he bad not
noticed, was not Mrs. If. One of the parties
said it was; another said it wasn’t. The
merchant said lie would givo him if sack of
coffee; if he would go and sec. lie went,
saw, Returned, and said the lady , was Mrs.
H. of a verity. In the morning he claimed
the sack of coffee, sending over a horse and
cart, when a little sack holding an ounce or
two, prepared for the purpose, wns laid on
the cart, and duly delivered by the cartman
to tho astonished Holmes. Holmes repaired
io the stoic and claimed a regular sack of
cotleo; it was refused. He brought a suit; a
jury was cmpannellcd'hnd rendered'a judge
ment against lly.it!, ordering him to deliver
’to Holmes a filly pound sack of Java coffee,
worth IS cents per pound.
A few mornings since, one of our lawyers
was started from his dreams of rich clients
and fat fees by a loud knocking at his of
tico-dfmr. He opened the door, when a “gen
tleman of Africa,” —commonly known as
Mariposa Jack, stood before, him. £
“Look here, Judge,” said lie, “I wants
your ‘pinion on* a law pint.”
“ Well, go ,ou.” < t . ,
“ S’pose a man brjngs some eggs to town,
and hires anoder nigger to sell ’em an’ dat
nigger can’t do if* and lie gibs ’em to me
an’ I lose do money, kin he do any ting wid
me?”
The learned counsel, putting on his wisest
look, informed hia) that he knew of no law
to punish him,
v‘ “Yah! yah 1” chncklcd Jack, “ I know'd
ho couldn’t, in do fuat place—
kasc de eggs was rotten any how. Judge,
when duz you want your Loots LI a eked TANARUS”
INHERITED PKCUUARTIKJ-A SAD STORY. **
la ono of the New England State* I know
a lad, now about twelve or thirteen year* of
ago, whose conditiou is a most remarkable
demonstration of tbe natural law that, in eve
ry cate, the child is a very faithful copy of
bis parents.
Tlie hoy is a natural drunkard. From
his birthday to tho proaent moment, he has
given all the’ outward indications of being
deeply drunk; aud yet, so far as 1 kuow, or
think it proiiable, he has never swallowed a
drop of nrdent sprits in his life. Though in
good sound health, he has never been able
to walk without staggering. 1V& head it al
ways upon his breast; ntid his speech is of
that peculiar character which ra#rksi persons
in a very low stage of intoxication. If,
nevertheless, in the midst of his tnutteriugs
and reelings, something is said to him in a
way to pass through tho thick atmosphere of
his intellectual being, nnd ponctrato his mind,
ho at once rouses, like a common tippler, and
gives proof enough that bo is uot want
ing iu native talents, however his mental
faculties aro eushrouded. His disposition,
nlso, seems to be extremely nmiable. He is
kind to every ono around him; aud, I may
add, iic is not only pitiod for his misfortune,
but in spite of his lamentable condition, re
garded with uncommon interest. Ho is look
ed upon as a star of no mean magnitude,
obscured and nlmost blotted out by the mist
in which ho is doomed to dwell, till ho shall
pass from tho present state of existence to
another.
Now, ns I understand the law of hereditary
descent, there’s Howling unnatural in the boy’B
ease. Every individual ever born is govern
ed by the same principle, which caused them
to bo what ho hi. Prior to marriage, his fa
ther had been a secret but confirmed inebri
ate ; and.when tho fact became known to the
gentle nnd sweet spirited being, who, but n
lew moments before, had become ids wife,
the revelation was made suddenly, and in a
way tho most impressive nnd apjmlling. One
night, when ho was supposed to he tho most
unimpeachable of husbands, he staggered
heme, broke through the door of his sleeping
apartment, nnd fell down on tho floor in a
stuto of wretched inebriation. Weeks
he wallowed in mikory. During tlie next
six or seven months, seeing that his domestic
reputation had been forfeited, he kept up al
most a continuous scene of intoxication.—
When at tho end of this period, it was told
him that lie was “ the husband of a mother,”
he reeled and staggered on without abate
ment. Months passed away ; but there occur
red no change in the habits-of tlie poor ine
briate. It was at once discovered, however,
that there was something singular iu the
appearance of the child. Wben'it was three
months old, there began to bo some strange
speculations respecting it among the people.
At the age of six months theso speculations
had settled down into a very general opinion,
but not a word was said to the disconsolate
woman, who had also begun to have her owd
forebodings. At last ns sho was one even
ing looking upon her child, and wondering
what could be tho reason of its strange con
duct, tho terrible idea flashed upon her soul
—"my child is a natural drunkard 1” She
shrieked aloud ; and her husband, who hap
pened to be within hearing distance, came
to her. She fell upon his neck, and exclaimed,
“ Dear husband, our little George is born a”
——. She could proceed no further, but
swooned away in her husband’s arms.
From that hour the father of the boy ne
ver tasted a drop of spirits. The sight of
his eyes and the henvinj-s of his heart entire
ly cured him of his-.habit. lie seldom looks
upon his unfortunate littlo George without
shedding n tear over that sin which entailed
upon him a life of obscurity and of wretched
ness. He has lived, I rejoice to add, so as
to redeem his character; and he is the father
of five children, all of whom aro bright, and
beautiful, and lovoly, excepting only the one
whose destiny was thus blasted.
FIRST MEETING OF A NEGRO WITH A BEAR.
Reading an interesting article respecting
the habits of the bear, a pretty* gooq story
floated up to tho surface, related to me some
time since, by a friend, the Colonel, who had
spent most of his fortuno and life in the
woods of Florida, now years gone by, which
I will attempt to relate— the truth of which
you may depend upon, as I heard it direct
from hia own lips.
The Colonel had a black fellow, Dick, a
good natured,.happy creature, who, one morn
ing, was strolling through the wood, whistling
and roaring os ho went, when suddenly he
spied an individual as black as himself, with
much more wool.
Dick looked at hia new friend, and tlie
bear (on his rump) at his. Dick’s eyes be
gan to stick put a feet. Wlio’s dat ?” cried
Dick. “Who’s dat?” again cried Dick,
shaking all over. Bruin began to approach.
Dick pulled heels for the first tree, nnd the
hear after him Dipk was upon the cypress,
and the hear scratching close after him. Dick
moved out on a limb, and the bear following
—till tho limb began to bend. “Now see
here, Mister, if you come any furdcr, dis
limb broke. Dcreldcrc! I told you.” As
Ilick had said,’ the lituh broke, nnd down
came hear and nigger! “Here, ypp black
dobil. 1 tolc you so; dis is all your fault.—
Yer broke ycr neck, and I’ll just takeycr to
Massa Colonel!”
Povvkb ok Gm.i). — l\ person writing
from Ban Francisco, relative to the gold dig
covcrics on Frazer’s river says ; er **•-**
“ We liad a revival licrc, but Fraser river
knocked it cold. People care less apparent
lv just now for Salvation tlinn gold. The
coroner o&lhis city complains that tic new
diggings lave put an end to tbc suicides.
Several literary and political gentlemun of
tliis city hare been infected, aud bayo gone
Off to dig tire shining ore ; they have forgot
ten to sigh for the land of Migiton, where
the yetlow orange blase amid tie dark green
leaves.” ,
It is a remarkable fact that, however well,
j o mg ladies may be versed in grammar, very
few of theff. are able to decline matrimony
VOLUME I—NUMBER 51.
From the Montgomery Mail
” AHOTHIH HAI-mjL, JOtL “
A short yarn was spun to os last evening,
of and concerning the experiment* in milling
of a couple of friends of ours, new or lately
sojourning for health and pleasure at the
Talladega .Springs. It is , unnecessary to
give die names of those gentlemen, W for
convenience we will call them, respective
ly, John and Joel. They, it may bd re
marked, have great similarity of tastes, and
among other pcnclinuU, are very fond of
fishing; and overy body knows that the id
cinity of Talladega Springs offers fin® op
portunity to the skillful knight of the fly.
Thus, John and Joel— there being no s
ligious services at ths Springs that day—
went oat. Sunday before last, to the mill af
Mr. P , s mile or two down the srnok.
with a view to a dinner of small trust and
bream. With them went their Invited most
Mr. Smith, and “ Miles” contrived thorn
down s bottle or two of wine.
The party was snug; the wind was pro
pitious ; and the flah altogether amiable. A
cosey, nice dinner of brown and crisp moun
tain fish wag soon washed down with * few
glasses of champagne; and then cigars, were
tit. As the smoko curled languidly about
their noses, Satan, (who waa invisibly jre
sent, without an invitation,) suggested to John
that that mill was a “slow coach,” and
couldn't cut much lumber; and John ex
pressed the same opinion to Joel. Joel
thought differently, and so did Smith.
•* Let's try her,” said
“ Agreed,” said Joel and Smith.
It was short work; a largo pine log lay at
right angles across tlio carriage of the mill;
and it was agreed to “ let her rip” through
this. Accordingly, the gate was raised find
immediately the stillness cif “ the grand old
woods” was broken by tlio rapid. sbarp
strokes of the saw. In a minute the log was
brought up and the saw wont rapidly through.
“Now stop her,” said Joel—and South
and John essayed to do so.
But the mill wouldn’t ho stopped, but wont
clattering away, as hard as ever I ••••**••
“ Stop her, John, or by the Lord sholj
split herself in two,"—shouted Joel."” Put
all the fixtures were obstinate and refused to
yield to the exortions of John and Smith.—
Ou went tho saw; whilo John and Joel per-
spired. ‘ 1
Presently the carriago presented some me
talic obstruction to the passage of the saw,
but “ true as steel,” it went against th® ob
struction—nnd then the teeth fleu>. [Sods
pieces of mill iron had boen left opon the
carriage wny.J But yet it ceased not —up
and down! up nnd down I the true steel to
the dull cast iron, until suddenly a tmall
Jlame broke out among the dust and splin
ters near tlio point of contact.
Groat G-d, John,” said Joel; “ the in
fernal machine is on fire. What shall we do V’
” Run down to the creek and bring op
your hat full of water,” Mid John. Joel
looked affectionately at his handsome tile,
which is always kept neatly brushed, bat
submitting to s dire necessity, he straightway
made it a fire bucket and coinmoncea light
ing tbo Dames. John and Smith’s straws
were unavailable; nevertheless, they did *ll
those wild, inconsiderate things which most
persons will do, in case of fire, when there
is no possibility of doing any good.
Still that toothless saw ripped on, staging
a demon song as it scraped against the dull,
cast iron. And the fire kept gaming a little.
Joel labored faithfully, and overy two
minutes brought up his hat foil.of water and
threw it upon the fire. John stood despair
ingly leaning against a post in tho mill, and
hollowed to hit friend, as bo seemed to paoso
at the brink of the stream l —
Another hat-full, Joel, for God’s sake!
The infernal thing will cost us at least SI2OO
apiece, if it burns I”
“ Betidt my hat? said Joel; but he
brought the water and poured it on.
On went the devilish saw, raking, rasping
and tearing itself to pieces.
At this juncture, Mr. P„ the owner of the
mill, having seen the smoke, came down to
the mill, and with great difficulty the saw
was stopped and the fire put out, Joel was
grievously blown” with carrying water in
his hat, and John was qnite used up with
excitement, while Smith was breathless from
his exertions at some lever which be suppo
sed might have some iuflucncc in quieting the
demon saw. , y~raa- -
“ Gentlemen,” said the proprietor, Tory
politely, “it is easy enough to see why too
couldn’t stop the saw after you sot it a-go1n&
This mill has some now arrangements widen
I can easily explain—”
” For Heaven’s, Mr. I\,” said John, “an
explanationt on that point / It'a the firsf
fuill I overset a-going and I thall nencr start
another'! Just send us your bill for tie dam
ages, and let’s say no moro about it.”
The/'boys” paid SdO for not knowing
how to stop a taw, and that night John, in a
feverish sleep, (he has that blessing, chills
and fever) shouted to bis room-mate—
” One more bat-full, Joel!”
—■ : •■■■*.
Hath mi Suspicions. — There was consid
erable excitement created in the locality of
Thunderbolt road and Bast Boundary street
yesterday, in consequence, of the finding of
a mulatto man named Edward Wadc'in a
room with a white married woman, under
suspicions circumstances by the husband of
the woman. Having had cause to doubt tbc
fidelity of his wife, the husband determined
t o wa) ch her movciuents closely/ nnd accord
charged"—- Sr. ‘