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.1 Time io Duite.
Calling; at the house of an old friend,
a few 4vs since, we fell into conversa
tion with his Httle daughter, when the
fbllowHhg dialogue, “for substance of
doctrine,” took place :
“ Have you any little girll
“ Yes, one nine years old.”
“ Does she dance 1”
“ Yes, certainly. From my window
1 see her dancing every day, up and down
the yard, and out into the street.”
“ Does she take the steps!’
“ I guess you would think so, if you
saw her. She steps up and down, and
around and across. All sorts of steps —
more in an hour than you can count.”
“ Does she have a teacher ?”
“ O, yes, her mother teaches her, in
this way ; she gives her a lesson on some
sewing, and when her task is finished, the
little girl feels all over, as if it were “a
time to dance,” and so, putting on her
sack and boots, she sallies forth. There
is a flock of kind and happy children at
the next door, and they come out and
join her, and the dance begins. It’s a
beautiful sight !”
“ W hat do they dance 1”
“ Country dances, i. e., dances made in
the country. Now and then, Cato, the
dog, fromuverthc way, springs in among
them, and proposes a polka. Dogs al
ways like polkas. They are not toblame,
for God has made them so.’ ”
“ Do they have any music l”
“ Certainly they do, and the best I
eves beard. It comes right up from their
glad hearts. In cold weather, they fur
nish it all. But in a few weeks, when the
maple is casting its blossoms, and the
green grass is corning up out ofthe ground,
and the sooth wind is waking the earth
from its long sleep, their orchestra will
be greatly enlarged. They will be join
ed by the Oriole, with his silver trum
pet, and the Thrush, and the Robin, and
the Blue-bird, who making their nests in
the elms above, will pour down their
music upon the performers below. With
such music, and a ball room so beauti
ful, what little girl could keep from
dancing 1 Oughtn’t we to pity poor chil
dren who have, to dance in the cellars
and alleys of the town, and those —big
and little—who are crowded into great
hot and dusty rooms, without any grass,
and flowers, and trees, and who are ob
liged to hop round at the music of fiddles
and horns, instead of the sweet melody
of birds.’’
“ Does it snake your little girl sick to
dance 1”
“ Not by a great deal ! When, just at
evening, she goes to the dance for an
hour, she returns with a face flushed with
health, she is hungry for her supper, and
when she lies down for the night, she fulls
quickly asleep, to dream of music and
dancing, and all is beautiful in sight or
sound.”
“ And so we came to the conclusion,
in the face of all narrow-minded people,
that there is a place, and away, as well ‘
as “a time to dance.”
Whitley’s Joe
Many years ago, us oiir old friend Dr. S.
tells the story, there lived somewhere in
North Carolina a negro, known as Whitley’s
Joe, whose character was so excellent, and
whose gifts were so highly prized by hi?
Christian brethren, that the church, of which
tic is a member, purchased his time that he
might be at liberty to exercise his calling us
a preacher. So acceptable were his ministra
tion*, that whites as well as blacks would
aisetnWd in Urge numbers to hear him at bis
regular appointments. It might beauppo&ed
that tne attainment of so much celebrity
would havespoiled Joe, but he never, m his
intercourse with the brethren, presumed up
on the consideration with which they treat
ed him, always observing a modest und re
tiring demean jr.
On one occasion be was to preach with a
brother Manping oqe of the regular pertor
ipers “#n a Jiprp qy p thousand strings,” and
pit alike at that, and echoing the same unva
ried twpugj from which if tp*y bo observed,
Joe's stylo of performance fey no meuns
free. On the principle of Haying the hast for
the laa t brother M. was to lead 40 d hrpthei
Joe to conclude, lor the letters tplunm genre
nousid.e.ra.hly the more respectable qf tRc
‘two.
Brother fanning began ; on what teyt,
Uj and was, immaterial, tor he speedily fell
into tps accustomed strain of bewailing his
own mi worthiness.
• Ah, my breethering,” said he, “perhaps
you think me a good man-er, but I know
better. I am the meanest man that God
ever made-er. Yes, breethering, I repeat
it-er ; I say tliut I, Henry Manning, am the
meanest man that God ever made-er. Yes,
breethering; you may sarch between the
leds o’ your Bible from Geuesis to Revela
tions, and you can’t find such a mean man
as me any whar iu the whole volume. Ja
cob told a he to his old falher-er, but he
wasn’t nigh on so mean as I am-ur. David
committer some great sins, but we can't call
David u mean man-er. Paul said he was
the chief of sinners*er; But I, Henry Man
ning, didn’t live in bis days, or he wouldn't
a’ darr'd to a’ said any such a thmg-er. Yes,
br**ther-iug, I repeat it-er; I, Henry Man
Bing, am the meanest man that God ever
made-er.” And so on to the end.
Alter the conclusion of this discourse, Joe
arose, and, with becoming modesty com
menced :
‘•jproderin’, you’.fe jew been lis’nin’ to. de
word o’ G.id from brothlM* Henry Manning,
the meanest man dat God ever made-er ; an
now yon’s gwiue to hear it from Whitley’s
‘a aUnos* a* w*aß.-**JVai>w AW A
Tbt Violet CUrl.
A little girl wliom people may have observed
selling violet* around the New York Hotel, off 1
cred a bunch the other day to a gentleman and
lady who were staying at that establishment, as
they were returning from a walk.
‘Please buy ray violets, sir,’ said the little one,
holding up a purple bunch that still seemed to
have the dew upon It.—‘Please buy my violets
—only a sixpence a bunch.’
‘No; go away child,’ said the lady rather
harshly; ‘X don’t want them.’
‘My dear,’ remark* <1 the gentleman, mildly,
‘you have spoken rather harshly, to the poor
child; see, her eyes are filled with tears.’
The lady looked round. The little violet girl,
whose eyes were as dark as tlio flowers she sold,
was weeping silently. In an instant Mrs. Y’s
warm aouthem nature gushed out, and turning
back, she clasped the poor little child in her
anus and endoavord to assuage her grief.
‘How very, very like our poor Alfred this
child is,’ said Mrs. Y., looking attentively in the
face of the poor violet girl.—Alfred was their
only son. who had come on to New York some
live or six years before, where he died of dissi
pation.
Mr. Y., attracted by his wife’s exclamation,
examinod the little girl attentively.
‘There is a strong likeness.’ he replied.
They questioned her. She had little to tell. Her
Her mother and father were both dead. What
was her name? Site was not certain, but her
father’s name was Y . It was enough.
The old lady and gentleman took the child be
tween them in a carriage, and straightway drove
to the house of her grandmother, with whom she
said i-iio hud lived. There they discovered that
their sou had absolutely been married, some
time before his death, to a pretty sewing girl,
who did not king survive him, and who died,
leaving behind her this one child. This little
creature, ragged and uneducated, was more
welcome to them than a fortune. She was in
stantly washed and dressed, and teachers had for
her. Her fortunes changed as the season chan
ged. It hud been winter with her for a long
time, and it was now May.
Bets ox the Comet. —We ought to hnV”
published long ago the propositions of the
Urbana (III.) Constitution concerning the
esmet. They have been extensively quoted
and credited to a paper which stole them
from the Constitution, and, late as it is we’ll
do what we can to set the matter right.—
Zimmerman, after observing “ the critter - ’
carefully with the instruments of the Urba
na Brass Band, comes to the conclusion—
1. The comet will not strike the earth;
but--
2. If it does strike, it will never do it a
second time.
In case, however, any gentleman holds
opinions different from the above, ami is
willing to back his views to a limited ex
tent, iu order to arrive at the truth in this
momentous matter, we hereby make the
following
PROPOSITIONS j
Ist. We will wager $20,000, more or lee*
that if the comet offers to strike, we will
dodge before it does it; it) other words
that it can’t be brought to the scratch.
2. A like sum that if it does strike, it will
be knocked higher nor n kite.
3. Twenty-five times th. above amounts
that it) case the Comet strikes it won’t
budge the earth six indies by actual meas
urement.
4. A like amount that after the comet
strikes its tail drop.
5. An optional sum that the earth can
knock the comet further than the comet can
knock the earth, nine times out of eleven.
6. That aft nr the comet gets through
striking the earth, it will uever want, to
strike anybody else.
These propositions are intended t; cover
the case of any gentleman on this globe, or
on the comet, or elsewhere.
All wagers to be decided by the Judges of
the Supreme Court.
Money to be deposited in the Banks of
Newfoundland.
Time of striking and other arraagements
to be fixed by the parties.
Applicants for bets have a right to select
any comet they choose,
re-
Washington, June 2.—Richardson of Illinois,
la appointed Governor of Nebraska Territory;
Wright of Indiana, our Minister to Russia ; H.
0. Jfurphy of New York, our minister to Neth
erlands. J, K. Diller, of Illinois, Consul to Bre
men: W. Thompson of New York. Consul to
Southampton; Gabriel J'ipijrat of New York,
Consul to Bordeaux.
Dosi't Worry. —This in the first thing at, j
editor should get by heart. If Mr. Slocum
threatens to withdraw his patronage because !
you criticised Prof. Drawl’s lecture on the j
onion question—don’t worry, but tell him to j
go ahead and do it.
II Mr, Bullion writes you an iusulting let
ter, saying that if you don’t stop writing
about the Diddleton Railroad, he will ruin
you with a lawsuit—don’t worry, but dare
him to try it on.
If Mr. Smith threatens to “cave your
head in,” because you mention that “ his
son Bob” whs sent to the Tombs for pelting
a street lamp with brickbats—don't worry,
but tell him that you So love the law, you
dine on a salad made of red tape and sealing
wax.
Again we say, never worry. If you do,
you are no more calculated for an editor
than a Quaker is for marine hornpipes.—
Trumpet.
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‘Stutteriug Ben,’ who was toasting h's shins
and observed that tho oil merchant did not
more than half fill the mauaure called out tp
him:
‘Jim, I ran t-t‘tell you how t-t-to rail t-t-twies j
as much oil as yoU do bow.’ ...
‘Well, how,?’ growled Jim.
‘f-OiiU pout tbeastdea.’
GEORGIA SITIZEN.
MACON, GA .TUNE 11, 1867.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, EditoT.
City Court. —We nrc requested to say
that Judge AXDERSOX of tho City Court, is too
unwell to hold Court during the eusuing week,
though he may bo able to be present next
Monday, and personally adjourn the Court, to
another day.
Pub Doc. —The Hon. K, P. Trippe has
our thanks for a bound copy of the Report of
the Superintendent of the U. S. Coast Survey,
for 1865.
Mull Derangement* —We have
discovered the reason why the Daily” Citizen
does not reach Starksville till the 2nd day niter
publication. The packet, wo are informed, tor
that office, is placed in the Americus pouch, and
duly forwarded, but in consequence of tho dis
tance from the Depot in Americus to the Post
Office and the little time, (only half an hour) al
lowed the Post Master there to open and re
mnil the packages for Starksville, be ore the
train passes on to Smithville, all packages for
Starksville and other points above Albany have
to wail a day in the AmericusP. 0. This is out
rageous and should have a prompt retnody. The
Post Master at Americus should have more lime
allowed him to distributet!.e mails sent to his
Offico, or the pacukagcs for Starkville should uot
be sent in tho Americus pouch. The subscri
bers at Starkville, would wo suppose, be as well
if not better served, if their papers were allowed
to go to Albany and thence bo returnedtby the
mail of tlie same day. Hut there should be
necessity for this, if the Post Office Department
is intended ag a public convenience. Even a
separate pouch for Statkville would not entail
on our Post Office any greater burden than
should cheerfully bo borne, to obviate any de
rangements or delays, such as that we lmv; men
tioned.
A Wolfln sheep’!* Clothing.—A
person of tile name ot R. K. Mcflinty, of Double
Wills, Warren Cos, On., advertises a fellow, who
calls himself Brown, and u Preacher of the Gos
pel, who borrowed a horse to go to Warrenton
ami forgot to come back! If flinty offers a re
ward of S3O for the recovery ot tbs horse, and
S3O for the arrest of Brown, who is thus des
cribed :
The man is about C feet high, lias hair slight
ly grey and very low on his forehead, ncse rath
er sharp and of medium size, slightly Roman,
body spare made.
“ SUII Harping on uiy Daugh
ter.”
The Columbus Enquirer is still cast
in insinuations against the correctness of
our decision in behalf of the ladies of
Bibb county. Not being able to resist
the evidence of the Memphis Editor
which we introduced, it seeks to dispar
age tVtv force o the same, by a
emi. that the Editor aforesaid might have
been regaling on champagne, and was
therefore nor. compos mentis at the time.
Now we have no doubt at aliAbut’
there was some inspiration in the ease,
but it was that derived from thesparkling
eyes and rosy lips of peepless beauty.—
Nor was he the only one who was thus
rapt in e!y uni, by gazing on the in
comparable loveliness of our women.—
Another Memphis editor made a similar
voluntary declaration to us, about the
same time, so that we have scripture au
thority for the truth of our statement—
it being established by the mouths of
“ two or three witnesses.” By the way.
Venice tljat our neighbor of the Tele
graph copies oy,’ para
graph and gives credit for it to an Au
gusta paper. This is too bad ! We must
thus not be shorn of the honors we have
fairly won, in this Editorial Tournament,
in behalf of the Bibb Queens of beauty.
Unfortunate Typo. —A youngman nam
ttd Knox, a printer, has uu-t with a sad be
reavement. An uncle whom lie had never
seen died the other day, mid left him §75,-
QQQ. Mr. ffnox lias the sympathies of the
I eqtife trail.
We wonder hoy? hr. An.iujws, sf t!,e
j Macon Citizen, would iiko to receive sums
such hard knocks os this. lie could theri pay
| off that $20,000 which one Giles hopes to
| recover in his libel suit against theDjctor f>r
having published his name as one who look
Us {piper without paying for ih— £jav"mnoh
Morning Miff.
Were we to receive such .'JfurdflCnocks.'’
we would endeavor to be resigned to the
[ dispensation of Providence, and say ’the
j Lord's wifi be done P
Speaking of “Giles,” tve have an enquiry
; to make. When a certain House in Savannah
tailed last winter, how milch of the §IO,OOO
’ deposited with Giles, with which to pur
chase cotton at Americas, was left uninvest
ed, and how much was put down to private
indebtedness? It is rumored here there
was a snug little balance of §3,000 of ihe
stun not expended by llitn on his principal's
account. Also that numerous small private
bills of Fifties and Hundred*, huve since
been settled by “Birnubas!” How true it
is, that “it is an ill wind that blows nobody
any good I” We think somebody is largely
indebted to us for bunging “Bfirnabus” to
extra efforts to establish a fair credit in this
community. But for our honorable mention,
they might have whistled long before they
would have rpalffced,
-'-r s*#*
The Philadelphia Bulletin has reports from
various parts of New Jersey and Peilnsylvania,
that there is every appearance of {ho-heaviest
crop of puaoh'si eVer known. In regard to oth
er fruits tilt! prffspevt is Said tv be as tavoi'uUc
or nwu-fy set
Libit* V At 4ii2i Europe.;
Avgusta, June lOih.
The Steamer Erricgon has arrived, with
three days later intelligence from Eutope.
.dales for threw days Fourteen Thousand Bal-s.
Market dull and prices unchanged.
Consols 93 J to 93}.
sag.
Markets.
Charleston, June 10.—Sales to-day of 300 \
bales cotton at 13J to 14 go.—Market linn.
New York, June Pth.—Cotton is lower. Sides j
to-day 1,800 bales, ofthe three days, 4,300 bales, j
Flour advanced sets. Wheat dull at 5 eta. dc- 1
cline. Mixed Corn 92n930. Rice steady.— J
Freights active.
New York, Juno 9th.—Cotton is dull. Sales j
of 500 hales. Middling Orleans 14|c- Upland;
13|. Red Wheat 51.72. Mixed Coru 95eaj
96c. White 95 a $ 1,00. Spirits of Turpentine |
49c. Resin $1,95.
Front Flail.
Washington, June 9th.—Mr. Burr, Surveyor
of Utah, confirms the atrocities committed by the
Mormons. He says that 1000 United States
troops would over-awe them and that they would
offer no ri-atstarice.
j Mobile June 10th.—Receipts of cotton for
three days, 000 bales. Market dull, and prices
unchanged.
—
Washington, June 5. —It is untrue that j
Lord Napier officially denies the cession of |
the Inland in Panama B >y to Great Brit fin. j
The administration Certainly did notinlrrro- j
gate him, nor did ho volunteer a statement
upon tin- niliject. No one, however, in di- j
phuimiic or government circles bell* v, s ■■ueV, \
cVssi- ii lias heir, made.
J. N. Knapp to-day resigned the lucrative •
office of agent of the United Strtes Titus- j
my, m ending to remove to Wiscon-iu and 1
engage in Bunking, Ideal Estate and Law !
business.
Col. Cummings, although resigning tla-
Governorship of Utah when in Missouri,
would probubly have accepted it on arrival
here, had not the President meantime se- I
leeted another, whose name wid be ofli rial y
concealed until it shall be known whether
be will accept the appointment. This as-
certained affirmatively, two new Judges to
Utah and a Marsha! and Superintendent of
Indian Affairs will be appointed.
Gen. Cheatham, of Tennessee, an officer
of the Mexican war, has been appointed
Consul to Aspinwall.
The Attorney General has given an offi
eial opinion relative to the proprietary in
terest of the United States in tho newly
discovered Guano Islands, Congress, la
says, ay terminate the possession of the
discoverer when it p'ease,;. Under existing
laws the discoverer is the nation’s tenant at
will, and that will is to be expressed by
Congress whenever the nation may desire
to put an end to the estate granted ; and tin
law forbids the President, before ooud'S-us
are complied with. ! ilt'Cati. HIV l-’.ieT as
appertaining to the United States an afier
han 1 act according to his convictions of pub
j lie duty.
-’ yi a report, which . nrrr-ntly be
lieved that ex-Gov. iHiiliip frank Tlionia?, |
of Maryland ha- been tendered the Gov- j
emnrship of Utah, and will accept.
Judge E. W. Cu len, of Arkansas, has
been appointed Purser of the Navy.
— *-
Merrel OtiA>:. —About two years ago. eight
or ten citizens of Pike county, pursued, arrest
ed, ami brought to justice Dr. Roberts and sev
eral of his copartners in crime, charged with rob
bing and doing other acts of violence upon an
old gentleman living near Barnesville. All those
arrested, except tho one who turned State’s ev
idence, perhaps, were sentenced to imprison
ment in the State Penitentiary. Since then, ev
ery one of ihose worthy citizens, except two or
three, have had their houses burned down, as is
tjCL.p, r- ky p.g incendiary The inference is
clear. —Forsyth £j. Jour
Baton Volunteer!*.
Company Room, )
Macon Volunteers, June 9, 1857. j
At a called meeting of the company
tho following resolutions were proposed
and unanimously agreed to:
Resolved, That we, the Macon Volun
teers, fully appreciate the soldierly com -!
tesios pnunlicout hospitalities exten-,
1 ded to’ Hi* by 6tiV elite, tank IS, t,.e -
gomery True Blues, during our lateVlsit!
to the city of Mont gomery ; and that
the pleasures to which they introduced:
us at Armory Hull, at Bomar’s Garden,
at Commercial Hall and elsewhere, to
gether with their assiduous attention,-.. ■
generally, will Jong be held in grateful
memory,
Res’ lotd, Thai jyc regard the Mont-;
gomery True Blues as a corps ot unused ;
merit —as uniting iu an eminent degl'cc ‘
j the elements of a mill’,-try standard
worthy the noble State of Alabama and
of the Smith ; and that it shall be our!
study to emulate them both in the man
ly qualities oftho soldier, and in those
graceful j}4)uj)itius of the gentleman, by
which their intercourse wait i.. ves , ■
distinguished.
Resolved, That for tho urbanity and j
kindness of his Honor the M iyor or
Montgomery, and for the flattering civil
ities shown us by ’he citizens iu .genera’!
we are very grateful. May his 11.,n0r l
long live to enjoy the confidence of such
a constituency—and may they iu turn, i
long command the services ..f such an i
, jfliecr.
Resolved, That we have a heart-felt
sense of those acts of grace which the
Ladies of that c.ihj of flowers condescend
ed so gladden niir stay with their notice. \
YVe came, wc- saw, they conquered! May
“ Boinar’s Gardep,” the scene of the ca
pitulation, rejoice in perpejual bloom to
fupipUJ) garlands for similar victories!
Mfsoived, That the thanks of this corps
arq duo t-> thqpolito Edilor-tof ill; Mont- j
| gotne-y Mail nml Messenger for their 1
dailies,” and for other courtesies shown |
ns, whilst in ramp. To the Editor of !
the Georgia Daily Citizen, we take plea
sure in miking a like acknowledgement. ;
Resolved. That our old friends of the !
Exchange Hotel nn-1 Montgomery Hull j
are sutlers of the right quality. Wcj
shall be content with their rations in any |
I service. Liberal in their allowances for |
I others—may they never he left with 1
\ “ short rations” for themselves !
Resolved, That in the Columbus Guards, ,
( City Light Guards and United Rifles, we 1
| recognize soldiers that do honor to the I
j State, and gentlemen w hom we are proud |
i to claim ns Georgians ; we should he tin- 1
| true to ourselves were we not profound- j
!ly grateful for that gallant soldierly I
| courtesy which pr >mpted them to witn
j stand file fury of the elements to do us 1
, honor; and shall cherish as among the;
! most pleasing recollections of the past,
that whole-souled hospitality which ren
dered our short stay in their city so
pleasant and agreeable.
Resolved, That we recollect with plea
sure the spirit and compliment paid to this
corps at the Oglethorpe House by his
Honoi th” Mayor of Columbus, and as-
sure him and the people of that city, j
! that ill. many expressions of kindness i
and good-will that marked our inter- ;
| course with them shall not soon lie for *
I gotten.
I Resolved, That we tender our acknowl- j
; odgementsto the Floyd R die . of this city
j for the very friendly greeting ly which .
they siguaiized our return home. We
: assure them that, if heretofore, wc have 1
| lacked in proper devoirs to them—our ,
| Montgomery and Columbus friends have 1
| improved owe faculties in the arts of po
! liteness and gallantry !
Resolved, That the thanks of this corps
are h -reby tendered to the officers and ’
employees of the South-Western, Mus
cogee, Columbus and Opelika and Mont
gomery and West Point Rail Roads, for
the liberal terms upon which, and the
! elegant style in which they transported
! us to and from Montgomery on our late !
; visi; to that city.
i Resolved, That the e resolutions be
j placed upon the minutes, and that copies 1
i thereof be furnished to the Macon, 0)1-
i umbus and Montgomery papers, with a
| request that they publish the same.
-\ true extract from the minutes.
\. M. ROWLAND,
Secretary.
<<,► —,- —
Spcecli oS” V. W. ilorvlaml
Os the Mar.on Volunteers, hi presenting the
splendid Rooster of Shanghai Mess -Vo. 7 (
to Orderly Sergeeinl, Harry Gatchcll, ana
the marquee, qf the Mimlgojiierp I'ru, ■
lihies.
Friends and Fellow Soldiers :
My boon companions in Mess No. 7, have j
assigned to rue the distinguished honor of
presenting to the. good fellows of your own :
.Mess no less a present than our, highly priz
ed and dearly beloved pet, this magnificent j
, Shanghai 1
j W- prr.ssnt it with feelings of th-diveiit si
’ emotions; and what more suitable gilt could
j there by frog) a soldier to a soldier; for if j
our national emblem, tho “vnde-spmpl ea
gle” has been styled “the bird of Jove,” with
bow much greater propriety may the Roos- 1
ter be culled “the bird ol war,” even though
that Rooster should happet) to boa Shang
hai?
.Besides, my-friends, the Rooster is an his- j
torieal character, from tho cock that erew :
when Peter denied his Master, down to the *
I gallant game. of Revolutionary memo- 1
j ry; am! some learned historians have even i
j doubled whether it was the crowing of a I
| Cock ci’ the cackling of n Goose that once ‘
| saved Rome.
I am afraid, however, that onr poor Roos
:*r will not be of much service to you in ,
; ihat way,’ asi.e seems to imve lost hi ; voice
j from recent exposure and dissipation ; bill
| possibly by the liberal use of DeGrnth’v
• celebrated E'eetric 0,1, you may he able to |
j cure him of hi 3 hoarseness so that his clarion i
notes nmy yet be added to the “drum’s dis
! uurdaut sound’’ and the “shrill music of the j
; wry-in cked file” In summoning the True
| .Blues to battle.
! And if it suould ever be your fate to be |
, railed into active serv.ee then may this !
j Shanghai be borne moft to lea 1 yoq on ward ‘
and upward, until ho shall clap his wing- I
j and crow in triumph over the enemies bat- i
i teries 1
i Tb*n takeyour Shanphni, nndbiup may lie wav<?’ j
OVr youi -.allHiit con.p.iny of true men and brave. ‘
For the. Citizen. |
My Virginius.
Mr. Ewtob : Has it ever been your lot to !
! stand In - ite ait’ coi.Ji of .1 jjyitt” cliild. !
. watch the mrodtio of disease mid tile approach
j oftleatli—feel the opposite emotions cfhopo 1
!mi 1 fear—the contending pulsations of ex- 1
j pectatiou and desire i The fourteenth tiav
i of last January, one year ago, it was the i
j misfortune of your correspondent’ to pass
through ah the phases of such a scene. 1 .
j stood beside the bed of a stuk and lov.-lv
hoy, and saw the attacks of that unrontrolu- i
hh disease, Scarlet Fever, as it rapidly and !
yet sometimes slowly and surely tightensits i
grasp about the little sufferers throat; neith- !
cr the skilful agent of science, the attention j
of a fond and ass. ctionule mother, nor my- ;
self, couiit give loiief, I saw that .math's j
cold, icy hand was feeling about the heart- j
strings ot my noble boy. I believed in a I
K ’ tie while he wmli l be col l and stiff in his i
embrace. I felt his extremities and they j
were growing cold; already the cold clam- |
ir.y iwry had gathered aboi,t his little wrists: ‘
I s.v.v hi eye; y.vt-o swimming in the shades I
■of ‘death—one tjigh was heaved by tlia'little i
DUliW.r, Ufa biauu. ,u iu-'U. hi. UmW ...
der jaw fell, and lie lay before nte an tin ani
mated corpse. “And is it possible,’ - thought
I, that fi thy reptiles will feed upon the form
of my boy ! I saw him strangle to denili;
die while the rose of health mantled his
cheek. Methinks imagination, full of thought,
would shroud her brow, and Fancy droop
her wings m commiseration of tho parent's
suffering. I followed him to his grave ; 1
stood beside that grave and saw his remains
lowered to their resting ploce; I heard the
earth as it fell on his coffin—l turned away
and felt that death had robbed me of a bright
and sagacious child. I felt a?*the cold clod
pressed heavily on his breast, that Earth nor
Lile lwd scarce any charm for tne.” My friends
advised me to go away from his green grave.
I often visit alone the spot where he lies; all
I hear is the song of the feathered tribe and
the wind that sighs around histoirib. All I
see are the flowers planted by a mother's
hand and the leaf that falls noiseless on his
grave. I return to my home only the more
keenly to realize my loss—for here is his iit
tle hat. there liis chair. The place he sat at
the table, this toy and that plaything, put?
tme in remembrance of him. All I can do
now is t o erect the marble, plant the Ivy and
i grave! the walk where he lies. It is a cheer
| ing th. ught to feel as I stand on the bounda
i ry of Time he may Ire al'owed to look out
| Irtim th” mfines of Eternity and Welcome
’ me to a better arid happier state.
A. 11. W.
?|lK2s§ b ?.^!?^??ui?BScJ^raESI3SB>BHBB3KS
Macon Post Office
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.
p 8!” N ill” in Mull ami Mai) furSavuMiuh doiititut IJ o’clock
•r, N'il’„ Y ?’' fc ®>’ : '>” Q ‘Host:, at 10 ..‘clock. A. M.
’ . , ‘V’ ‘ 1,1 Mllledgevillo tuul oftl'-t-a on tin. line ofthe (Vn
•.nil IP ft. -ii.sr ;it loa. M.
’ , ’ l,K ’ rn Mail clod’s twice daily. If ud 7*j p. \f._
Lett’ r. tor < olnnthus close ut7>£ P. sl. only.
**' r ort herti (.tooiffki and Tennessee closesat 12 fc’
t* * 11 Vcsl Georgia and Florida, close’ at.
The lullowhki offices In South West Georgia, close at 7>f P.
M.—Montcziinui, Port Valiev, Putty, Americus
1 ;md AlLaiiv.
Mac I, M::- 2(5, 1557.
ARRIVALS AT BROWN'S HOTEL.
MACON, Juno 10, 18(57,
i J J 1i; i ri.-.i in, Gu ,J Newell, Milledgeville
W A (.’obh, and” V J Martin. Columbus, Ga
.1 M Lunqtirst, Grtffh, Dr Pettis, Flu
J SLarender d<> J Fin lay son do
A Murphy, Monroe FBovkin, Ala
F E Spmdling, N V la liougluss do
i K Hutchings Gu H Rotnchilds, Americus
B 1> Hill, Burke co I) (.Timings & lady. On
W M IT*t?y, Lee do J M Brawley, S (.<
•J Wohie, Dooley do J II Brawley, do
E E Brown, Home Miss Brawler, do
O E Heath, lady A: child,Ga Miss Colleu, (Ja
B W Young, Montgomery! L Vinyard, d,>
.1 A Callow’ay do G \V Baggs, Ala
David Winn‘ Aihcricue S K Spniwley, Ark
R Atkinson, X V J A Scarborough, Pulaski co
FWI Mi lard, Ala J E Floyd ‘ do
O(’ rarn.iciiaol. Aroericus W A Bell, Buena VUta
.T F r.vilierwoou, SC, M Brantley, San Francisco
Mi - K L By i her wood do H Montero do
Mis* Rusn I. -ho, Via Jno N Hadley, Augusta
J P Harrison do
ARRIVALS AT LANIER HOUSE.
MACON, June 10.
oM Ii izcmore, Ga (ol Jll Jossey, Monroe
Mrs BJnhnaon, do Wm N Walker, Macon
*J W .I:M-kxoji, do E K Johnson, del
I Mrs M Felt/, do EC Greer & *
. T> M M Ki llll> Ferry, Ca WK .1 DeGmftenrtMil do
Tiios Slokea, Oa Win (Jriffin, Sumttf ‘•
; sy in T Jones, Wilkinsoa A<■ LtSucur, Ala
( A ( tm\ i i:j Rlt Cuyler, Savannah
OJAuld, Fla J C Bowers, Irwinton
I Judge l E G Cabaniss & lady, )T M Furlow, Atnericus
V ‘>•!h. On ).} T Jordan. Pulaski
’ P'TjJes. Forsyth, ffa E A Shaw, Nashville
M. Pi epics Asei vt, do Mai W>:i A Black, PonUtovn
. liSia.-r. Charleston ‘ H ty Qtr, Maroij
Win A Clopton, U lIJ Courtnay. Savannah
M Bockwall, BarnesylUe Mrs}! Musgrovc Jb am,Au-I
Mrs 11-'llcy, lUrncsvlllc giista.
Consignees—Sonth- Western Railroad.
MACON, June 11, t&7.
J Clayton, A Ay I'M.
AMEBICAN MEETING 7 “
TTU- A MERIC AN PA fiiJi. County,
I and a}l those friendly to their principles and
, aims, are requested to meet at the Court House
; oa
Saturday Ikic s?tl lust.,
j for the purpose of appointing TW.eßntos to the
st:\tc and District Conventions.
; Juno 10, 1857.
mmmrn wmmmmm
SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.
, r POF. public are hereby warned against trusting, nr
I in any manner giving credit to iny son W. B,
j Hoott , who is a minor. Under no circumstances will 1
, pay liU contracts. * ISAAC SCOTT,
junell—-d 8t
GRAIN GRADIES.
” AN’P fl Finger Grant’s Patent Wire Braced CRA
*} 1>1.E3 ,i isi received and for sale by
Nathan weed,
ju ell <i-t
| A/i tIHDS. BACON just received and for sale by
l U '’ . J. B. and: W. A. ROSS.
SITV PROPERTY FOR SRIE
9 Ok i hit FOR SAI.g, my house and lot/on Cherry ST,
ii between Mil and Jtlutreets, Macon. The lot contains
tlirte c> -lartera of an acre of laniV,snd the house la a
hrge two story frame building, with nil necessary out
buddings attached. I will sill t a bargain. Jf not
sold at private be ore the Nt Tuesday of August, it
will >. offered at public sale, at the Court H >use on tliHt
day. T-mis liberal. J. P. LAMAR.
June 11—tils
WANTED TO HIRE.
L -1 ‘L the balance of tho yenr, :i good H"\wt Servant,
i * . J M UOAKDM’ N
, ? jnm iO—St fi • • T • •
CASH! CASH!!
OX . ot after thin datr Uw t'Asil will !• ro.iulri-d for all
‘Vink it tv delivery, without respect of persons.
ONO. KM.im,
H)r. 3S/T. S. Thomson,
(lONriM'ES Micedarfully to treat the various form* of
ur.tiiic illwade, many or them >f the most formidable clia*
1 , ’’ V , '‘ ,L ‘Yr‘ : ’j r ‘V l ni
. * neb>*■!::• I.y mail ~J J- i*v Dblluti- will ill most ctir.iv s£v,Ufri ft
laoniij s ,nm l v of medicines, suited to the particular Syrup
j 11 tins tit .itfd, v. hu h will be sept free or postage, (when the
: Ue li. ‘.veil i t.i any post office In the United states, or tp the
( aiiuUaunr.- LOCALLY, lja will attend lu the city, oj? iju.
lueUiat .l neigh. In cftso* of acute or chronic dlsca- e, at
, t he;//</.. ts/,L'l rates of other city Physicians, and will nut by
! ( j , 'J ,n y | nmingemfcuts hy which practU*emay Ui
>fi’\ am ■ io -ulfliut of enrol,lo affliction, sent from a<M*
; tance, w id be tivatedat Fifty cents a day, exclusive of hoard.
; 1 Mlicr patients fr<-ni a distmiec will hetrvuted at the usual mtt*
, In r jieps. ii'ilattention.
• uueun, (in. June o~d ts
Wesleyan F, College.
r Examination on’ias** yu the Literary Department
, 1.
I Vth of July,
i C’ >mn.viicemeiit Sermon, by Rev. Dr. Jetv-e Boring, on Sun
day tin 12th. .Examination of Pupils in the Ornamental De
pai luit •i, < b Monday the 18th. Commencement Exercises on
Tut* v and Wednesday the 1-itli and 10th, closing with the
.\nn..ai'Addre': lv lion. John E Ward.
Purent -iV Uuurdians are invited to attend the J£xahliwtf£l i -
With/< “itiui)*tee.— Kev. Ww ti. Couuer. Hcv. Wtu.A.
SimnioLif, Rov. Jjjm. Jl. JUirsbaU.
i j v S-diuu _ : r m suyiEV,i,’-u. y.
sack* fyj sail.’ by • ‘ • T •
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