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6 fotirjj. CROSSING THE RIVER. There is a stream whose narrow tides The known and unknown land divides, Where all must go ; Its waveless waters, dark and deep, In sullen silence downward sweep, With ceaseless flow. I saw where, at the dreary flood A smiling infant, prattling stood, W T hose hour had come ; Not fearing ill, it nearei the tide ; Sank—(as to cradle rest) —and died, Like going home. Followed, with languid eye, anon A youth, diseased, and pale and wan, And there alone He gazed upon the laden stream, Yet feared to plunge—l heard a scream ! And he was gone! And then a form in manhood's strength Came bustling on, till there, at length, He saw life’s bound; He shrank and raised the bittfcr prayer— Too late! His shrieks of wild despair, The water drowned ! Next stood upon that surgeless shore A being bowed with many a score * Os toilsome years; Earth-bound, and sad, he left the bank ; Back turned his dimming eyes—and sank— Ah ! full of fears. « How bitter must thy waters be, 0, Death! How hard a thing--Ah !me 1— It is to die;” I mused, when to that stream again, Another chi and of mortal man, With smiles drew nigh. “ 'Tis the last pang,” he calmly said, “ To me, 0, Death ! thou hast no dread ; Saviour, I come! Spread but thine arm ou yonder shore I see. Ye waters, bear me o’er, There is my home.” Ulistdlrntg. Manufactured News. We called attention the other day to a Chicago custom of manufacturing special dispatches from the South containing varie ties of falsehood. The Louisville papers have since exposed a large number of addi tional dispatches of the same kind. The truth is apparent that many papers at the North are now daily filled to overflowing with these dispatches. There seems to be no limit to the magnitude of their falsifica tion. Gen. Swayne, of the Freedmen’s Bu reau in Alabama, complains of the syste matic dissemination cf items at the North, apparently by one person, detailing all sorts of sensational occurrences. “ The scene,” he says, “ is generally laid in Mobile, and the atcry is uniformly without foundation.” The General may be right a3 to one person manufacturing the Mobile falsehood, but the probability is otherwise. It is a con firmed habit of newspapers representing one shade of politics, whose object is to discour age reunion and iinbitter sectional feeling, to rival one another in the publication of sensation stories about the South. For years before the war the readers of these papers were deceived in this way. The game custom prevails still, and there are scores of men who employ themselves in manufacturing the stuff which is thus spread before the public. The habit of judging an entire people by specific instances of wrong-doing is so gen eral that it pays well, for political effect, to circulate these stories. A long and sensa tional account of a murder in Alabama or Mississippi is read with avidity, and ac cepted as a proof of the utter demoraliza tion of the entire State in which it is said to have occurred. A careful sifting of the truth from the falsehoods now current leads to the convic tion that the average of moral goodness and peaceable living is not higher at the North than at the South. If we were to judge by specific cases, we should bo compelled to give judgment against the North in the comparison, for the issues of the press from 311 parts of the North come to us with ac counts of riot, arson, murder, and every crime known to the law. But these ac counts are not to be taken as proving the character of tho entire North. The truth is, there is ample work at home for those who devote their energies to improving the moral condition of their follow-men, wherev er home may happen to be. We were rid ing in a railway car iu the Connecticut vak ley from Springfield northward on the 4th of July last, aud had an opportunity of see ing some of the young men of that part of the world, for they crowded the train in the evening on their way home from celebrations at various places. We have not for years heard such an outburst of profanity and in decency as made the car in which we rode hideous for an hour between Bellows Falls and the stations north of it. About fifty young men were in the car, mostly half drunk, and, notwithstanding the presence of several ladte?, the boisterous lauguage and conduct ol those ycun- men indicated the most thorough debasement of character Certainly there 13 ample room for the labors of good men among this class in the Con necticut valley Bet it is not to be imag loed t -at t e valley of the Con necticut is any worse in tliis regard than other parts of the country. W e have stated the fact only to show that it is desirable for all parts of the country to “ look at home.” The war has unquestionably produced a very bad effect on the general standard of moral ity in the country. Young men have sha ken loose from the old religious and social restraints. Politics has usurped the place of good morals and of religion even in the pulpit, and it has been plain for three years past that the old influence of the country church and country pastor over the young people of the congregation has been very generally lost. It would be nonsense to say that the South has not suffered in the same fanner. All parts of the land are much alike. But the people of the North have now otter work to do and more important, than correcting Southern sins. It is time for fhem to correct their own. Let us have done with this business of governing our neighbors, and look a little to the govern men of our own communities. Especially let us have done with mourning over the crimes which politicians stfy our neighbors are committing, while we adopt the Phari saical plan of thinking ourselves so much better thau other men are. —Journal of Commerce. t fjoase, Jfrat auxt darbtit. Bleeding from the Nose. Some two years ago, while going down Broadway, in New York, blood commenced running from my nose quite freely. I step ped aside and applied my handkerchief, in tending to repair to the ncar<st hotel, when a gentleman accosted me, saying, “ Just put a piece of paper hi your # inouth, chew it rapidly, and it will stop your nose bleed ing.” Thanking him rather doubtfully, I did as he suggested, and the flow of blood ceased almost immediately. I have seen the remedy tried since quite frequently, and always with success. Doubtless any sub stance would answer the same purpose as paper, the stoppage of the flow of blood being caused doubtless by the rapid motion of the jaws, and the counter action of the muscles and arteries connecting tho jaws and nose. Physicians state that placing a small roll of paper or muslin above the front teeth, under the upper lip, and pressing hard on the same, will arrest bleeding from the nose —checking the passage of blood through the arteries leading to the nose.— Cor. Sci entific American. How to Cook the Egg Plant. — An “ Old housekeeperseuds the Country Gentleman a West India receipt for cook ing eggplant: Take the skin from the egg plant, cut it in slices of about a quarter of an inch thick, round the egg, Begin with the first cut slice —shake on some black pepper and a large saltspoon of salt—add the same to each piece, and place them on the top of each other. If a large egg make two piles. Put them in a deep plate, and cover with another plate, on which place a flat iron, or any weight. Let them stand two or more hours. Put a piece of butter in a frying pan, and when hot lay in the slices of egg plant, and turn them to be brown on each side. Serve hot. The fol lowing styles of cooking egg plants are sug gested by Moses Greenough : “ Purple ones are best. Take them fresh, puli'out the stein, par boil them to take out the bitter taste, cut them in slices an inch thick, with out peeling them, dip them in the yolk of an egg and cover them with grated bread, a little salt and pepper. When one side has dried, cover the other in the same way; then fry them a nice brown. They are very delicious. The egg-plant may be dressed thus; parboil it after scraping off the rind, cut a slit the whole length and take out the seeds, fill the space with rich, fine meat, stew it in well, eat with seasonable gravy, or bake and serve it up with gravy in the dish.” Delicate Seed Cookies. —Two cups of sugar, half cup butter, half cup milk, one egg, tablespoonful of fresh carraway seed, cream of tartar and soda in the usual proportions—mix lard with flour, roll very thin, and bake quick. LIST OF SHEET MUSIC FOR SALE BY J. W. BURKE & CO., No. 60—Second Street, Macon, Ga. SONGS—SIXTH LIST. Hove the merry sunshine Glover 20 I love tho night Russell 50 I love thee, oh Cion Deßegnis 25 I love the sunny hours Poulton 30 I loved thee when in early yeats Swift 25 I met thee in a stranger land Ryder 30 I must away from thee, my love Pearson 50 I never can forget Mellon 25 I never can forget thee Andrews .25 I never have been false to thee Werelin 25 I never have been false to thoe Wallace 40 I have loved thee Peters 25 I often sigh in sadness Barrington 30 I oft remember thee Fitzo 3) I only ask a home with thee Williams 26 I p ay for the loved ones at home Steinbrecker 25 I t ray for the loved ones at home Traver 25 I really must be in the fashion Vanderweyd* 40 I remember, I remember Zeuner 30 I remember, I remember Meineke 20 I saw her on the vessel’s deck DoniZ -tti 20 I remember how my childhood Fitzgerald 2) I remember it Claribel 3) I saw thee but an hour Cross 2) I saw thee like a bride Barnett 3(> I see her still in my dreams Foster 25 I see tham on their winuiog way Ilitnc 20 I 563 thee sweetly smile Thorbeeke 20 I see thee sweetly smi'e Dempster 40 I shall again behold Verdi 30 I shall not see thy fac.=> again Tillinghast 2> I sit beneath the moonbeam’s glow Millard 30 I sit upen the mountain side MacFarren 25 I speak not, I trace not Van Beuson 25 I stand on memory’s gSlden shoro Webster 3t I I till weep oVr toy grave, Mary Crossman 2) SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. 1 stood amid.the glittering throng Bishop 20 I tell thee, minstrel, I must weep Benzom 2' I think of love and thee Hatton 35 I think of thee Eberhart 25 I think of thee and mem’ry flings Pfist-r 20 I think of thee at evening’s calm Minkler 30 I think of thee at twilight hour Barker 20 I think of thee when eve’s last blnsh Hill 20 I thought he was jesting for sure Cunnington 25 I touch my harp and dream again Hopkins 30 I turn to thee in time of need Bayly 2) I wandered in the woodland Sai-oni 40 I was poor but I was happy (Trovatore) Verdi 30 I watched last night the rising moon Hawthorne 30 I will and I won’t (comic) Tarrant 25 I will be a nun 10 I will be happy, too Nelson 50 I will meet thee Hewitt 25 I will never wend from thee King 25 I will not deem thee faithless Baker 30 I will not have you, Harry Parke 20 I will not quite forget Schoeller 30 I wbh I could remember Getze 20 I wish I could remember Russell 55 I wish I had a little bird Barnett 30 I wish thou wert not giving Glover 25 I wont be a nun 10 I would be a soldier still Balfe 25 I wou and I were a fairv Nelson 30 I woul i like to change my name LaHache 30 I would not be forgot Mozart 20 I would not if I cou’d forget Hawes 20 I would not to earth recall them Romer 30 I would that my love Witt g 30 Ida Gray Everett 30 Ida May Thompson 30 I’d be a star Gerkin 30 I’d choose to be a daisy Buc&ley 35 I’d marry him to-morrow Tully 20 Idol of my heart ’ Berg 25 If fortune smiling face Petersilea 25 If he can Root 25 If I had thought theu couldst have died Be! ini 25 If I to thee in friendship’s name Bi hop 20 If maids would scarry Meyerbeer 25 If on the meads Cumber 1 05 If thou hast crushed a flower Buckley 30 If thoul’tbe mine Petersilea 20 II Bacio—the kiss Ardki 60 I’ll come to thee, Carrie Wood 25 I’ll dream of thee at eventide Peters 20 IM dream of thee no more Thomas 35 I’ll do thy bidding, Mother dear Balfe 20 I’il hang my harp on a willow tree Guernsay 20 I’ll love thee as long a3 I live Phillips 20 I’ll love thee ever dearly Cook 20 I’ll love thee more and more Thomas 20 I’il ne’er forget my mother’s voice Howe 25 IM ne’er forget that sunny glen 20 I’ll not forget thee Phillips 20 I’ll only hear the word farewell Barnett 20 IM pray for thee—(Lucia) . Donizetti 25 I’ll shed no tear for thee Clifton 20 I’ll shed no tear, tho’ thou art fa’ss Massett 40 I’ll tell noboe’y—comic 20 I’ll think of thee Davies 20 I’ll think of thee when morning light Culver 20 I’ll watch for thee Stevenson 20 I’m alone, all alone Dempster 40 I’m a laughing Zingara Abelli 30 I’m a merry hearted maid Barnett 20 I’m a merry mountain maid Perkins 30 I'm a pilgrim 20 I'm a poor shepherd maid, Lee 25 I’m free to love Dumbleton 35 I’m going home Wood 25 I’ip g ing home to-morrow Wood 25 I’m gwine ober the mountains Emmett 20 I’m home and my rumblings are o’er Ordway 25 I’m leaving home, my Willie • Balfe 30 I’m leaving thee in sorrow, Annie Barker 30 I’m lonely since he left me Keller 35 I’m merry, yet I’m sad White 20 I’m not in loro, remember Balfe 35 I’m net mysslf at all—t'omie Lover 35 I’m o’er young to marry yet Lee 20 I’m off for Char'eston Donaldson 25 I’m quite a family man Blewits 20 I’m saddest when I sing Bishop 20 I’m sitting by thv grave, dear love, Woodbury 30 I’m standing by your grave, mother, Webster 30 I’rn the queen of the village Maeder 35 I’m thine, only thine—over the left Rauch 30 I’m thinking now of thee Glover 30 I'm thinking of thee, Annie Withers 30 I’m thinking of thee, Ellie Maeder 30 I’m thinking on thy smiie, Mary Raymond 25 I’m turning gray, dear Kate Buckley 35 I’m twenty-five Deems 20 I’m ve:y sad to-night, dear mother Peters 35 I'm waiting for to-morrow Foster 25 l’m weary of being in love Thomas 25 I’m with you once again Dempster 50 Imogeno Scherz:r 20 In a distant land Mendelssohn 20 In a lons and dreary chamber Emerson 25 In darkness I wander—(Aladdin) Comer 25 In days of yere Woodbury 25 In de wild raccoon track Reps 25 Indian and his bride Brown 40 Indian bride’s farewell Romaine 25 Indian girl Machold 20 Indian hunter Russell 30 ludian’s prayer Woodbury 25 In early childhood’s smiling morn St Leger 20 Inf mt’s requiem Jackson 20 In happy moments—(Maritana) Wallace 20 In my cottage near awood Clifton 20 Innocent Leioa Romainie Dodge 25 In our green valley —(Trovatore) V trdi o 5 In peace love tunes the shepherd’s reed Clarke 35 In the cold, stiliy night Bishop 25 In the days when we went gypseying Sporle 20 In the deep ravines of the forest Auber 25 In the eye there lies the heart Abt 30 In the Louisiana lowlands Morris 25 In the merry morn J S R 20 In tho spring sweetly sing Chadwick 25 In the starlight Glover uO In that, sweet summer time Hatton 30 In this celestial dwelling—Magic Flute Mozart 25 In this old chair my father sat Balfe 20 Invi aiion to the dance —Jenny Lind 40 Irish Jaunting Car Vonsden 30 Irish maiden’s tament Paisley 20 Irishman, The—comic Thomas 25 Irishman's Shantj—favorite comic seng Matt Peel o 0 Irish mother’s lament Barker «0 Irish patnc t’s farewell to his country Taylor 20 Isabel Bishop 20 Isabel, loved Isabel Maeder 50 I’se gwine down the ribber Evans 35 Is it a s n ? Converse 25 Is it wetl with the child Shaw -0 Isle of beauty fare tfeee well Rawlings 20 Is not God upon the ocean Briccialdi 25 Israel’s daughter Bar ? la y " Is there a heart that never loved Braham 20 Italia sha’l be free Y, It is better to laugh than be sighing Donizetti 30 It is in memory Earnett .5 It is not always night Petersilea 20 It is not on the battle field Rawlings 20 It is o’er Telford 20 It is tho happy summer time Wallace 50 It seems but the other day Thomas 30 It was a beauteous lady, or Allan Percy, 25 It was a fi rm—(Matilda) Wallace 40 It was a Kaght—(Maritana) Wallace 30 It was fifty years ago Hatton .>5 It was my home in childhood Sporle 25 It was not kind to love mo so Daniel 25 I’ve been dreaming Wetmore 25 I’ve brought thee an ivy leaf Wood 35 I’ve go.d, I’ve gold—Pardon de Ploermel Meyerbeer 30 I’ve left a sweet home Reed 2o I’ve left my home, my native home Rees 20 I’vo no money, or I’d marry him to-morrow Clifton 20 I’ve no mother, now I’m weeping Smith 30 I’ve nothingel.se to do Clifton 20 I’ve only two hundred a year Walker 25 I’ve plenty of lovers Cunnington 20 l’v» sat in gilded palaces Williams 30 I’ve sen in twilight’s pensive hour Dickinson 20 I’ve waited for the spring-time Barker 30 I’ve wand’r’d far from the land of my birth Shrival 25 I’ve wandered east, I’ve wandered west Metz 20 I’ve wandered far from thee, mother Bradley 20 I’ve watched with thee Romer 50 Ivy and Elm Webster 30 Jamie—favorite ballad Wallerstein 25 Jamie’s on the stormy sea Covert 25 Janet’s choice Claribel 25 Jane O’Malley. Crosby 25 Jeannette and Jeanno 1 , Glover 25 Jeannie M-rsh of Cherry Valiev Baker 25 Jeannie Morrison Dempster 50 Jeannie Wilton—scoth ballad McNaughton 25 Jeannio with her light brown hair Foster 3> Jehovah guide us—(Magic Flute) Mozart*2s Je n’ame quo toi, ma chere ami "Willis £0 Jennie with the bonny blue e’e Andrews 25 Jennie was our dearest pride Stratton 25 Jennie Bright Nicolai 25 Jenny Lind Mania West 20 Jenny Lind’s song of home Rhing 25 Jenny’s coming o’er the given Foster 30 •leptha’s daughter Braham ani Nathan 20 Jessie Mowbray Linley 25 Jessie's dream, or Relief of Lucknow Blockley 3) Je3sy Hodson 20 Jewish maiden Kucken 25 Jim along Josey Smith 10 Jim Brown Clifton 10 Jim Crack Corn, 6j Blue Tailed Fly 10 Jim Crow Rice 10 Jim Crow Polka—song Wmnemore 15 Jingle, jingle, clear the way Saroni 25 Joanna Snow Crosby 25 Jock o’ Hazledean Robertson 20 John Anderson, my Jo Kozeluch 20 John Anderson’s gane Bennett 40 John Brown Webster 25 John Gilpin N.eld 25 JohnNott Blewltt 20 John Noti why not—comic Russell 20 John Strauss, the girls are all mad Klitz 60 Jolly Beggar Templeton 25 Jolly Old Crow Bellah 50 Jolly Raftsman Evans 25 Jordan is a hard road to travel Emmett 25 Journey—The Mendelssohn 75 Joyful summer’s corns Laveuu 40 Joyful, sedate Reichardt 25 Joy has fled—(Fidelio) Bethoven 20 Joy of loving thee Maynard 25 Joys that were crowning—(Lucia) Donizetti 40 Junia'a—Spanish air Mrs Norton 30 Judith—French and Ergl sh words Concone 50 Judy Maley, or Paddy’s License Blewitt 25 Juliet—Romanza Wallace 50 Julietta Bel!—comic Thomas 25 Julius’ Bride Christy 30 Junietta Johnston Kneass 25 J st a little too lat s Hatton 60 Just before the battle, mother Root 30 Kate Anderson, my Kate Crouch 20 Kate and Will—comic Bissell 20 Kate Kearney—popular Ir 8h ballad 20 Kathleen Aroon Abt 30 Kathleen is gone Maynard 20 Kathleen Mavourneen Crouch 30 Kathleen of Kildare Thomas 30 Kathleen’s reply to Terrence 20 Kate O’Brien Glover 30 Ivate O’Shane Linley 25 Katie’s Secret Ambuhl 30 Katie Strong Wallace 40 Katty O’Lynch Crouch 50 Katy Darling 25 Katy Darling’s farewell to Dermot Kleber 25 Katy Dean Christy 25 Keemo Kimo Sedgewick 25 Keep away Woolf 50 Keep me awake, mother Schoeller 20 Keep thy heart from me Balfe 25 Kentucky’s pride Jephson 25 Kind bi and Clewell 20 *■■■»"«■■*■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Who Wants Good Books Cheap ! ! J. W. BURKE & CO, PROPOSE ON OR ABOUT iOTH NOVEM BER, TO GIVE AWAY, Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars Worth of Good Sunday-School Books on the Following Conditions : To any Cliurch (or Society) or Circuit which by that time shall send to J.W. Burke & Co s, in payment of subscriptions to the Southern Christian Advocate the largest sum of money in proportion to the number oj its members , Premiums in books to be selected by themselves, will be distributed as fol lows : For the largest sum over $l5O where there are 200 and more members, $50.00 worth. Next largest, S3O 00 “ Next “ S2O 00 “ For the largest sum over $l2O where there are from 100 to 200 members $30.00 worth. Next largest, $20.00 “ Next “ SIO.OO “ For the largest sum over S6O where there are from 30 to 100 members, $30.00 worth. Next largest, $25.00 “ Next “ $20.00 “ Next “ SIO.OO “ Next “ ' $ 5-00 “ Those who propose to compete for these premiums of books for their Sunday schools will state the fact by letter, giving at the same time the number of members in their Church (or Society,) or Circuit. The opportunity will be closed on Ist No vember, and tho award made to claimants im mediately afterwards. Os course, the preacher iu charge or any member of the church may take this mat ter in hand, and act for the Church in tho premises. The proposition can be made known to the church in the Church Meeting. And a committee appointed to get the requisite number of subscribers. By enlisting tho Sunday School Scholars in getting subscribers, the work may be readily accomplished. IMPROVED COTTON GINS. Manufactured by DANIEL PRATT, PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA WHO HAB HAD NEARLY FORTY YEARS experience in the business. Has liveu all *he time amongst cotton planters- Has vis ited Gin Houses, put Gius in operation, and thinks he knowsas near as most auy other man what constitutes a good Gin. 1 I have now resumed the manufacture of Cot ton Gins. Ttv-se planters who desire to get ■ noy make of Gins, would dome a lavor by send ing in their orders so I may know wh t sizes to make. If they would pur-ue this course they will not fail to get their Gins in time. 1 I wiil deliver at Columbia. S. C., Augusta, At 'anta, Macon, and Columbus, Gs.. and Mont- Selma and Mobile, Ala. Nate> ee, Vicksburg. Yazoo City, and Columbus, Miss , Memphis, Tenn , New Orleans, La., and Gal veston, Texas, or at any Depots on the Rail Road where it may he desired. I sell for rash prices as low as times will warrant. Al, orders jam cted to Prattville, Ala., wil, receive prompt attention. | Having been appointed Agents for the sale of J. H. Anderson & Son, Agents, Macon, Ga- the above named Cotton Gins, we would request Plant ers, who intend getting his make of Gins, to di us the fa vor of sending in theirorders, so that we may know what sizes to have made for th in. All orders directed to G. L. Anderson 4i fc„ Atlanta, Ga.: A. H. Coates A Cos., Eatonton, Ga.; S. T. Walker & Cos., Hawkmsville. Ga., D. L. Adams & Sons. Augusta, Ga., or to ourselves, will receive prompt attention. J. H. ANDERSON & SON, Agents, .viacon. Ga. Prattville, Ala., March. 2 th, 1866 l<tJan67* ANDERSON & WOODS, Dealers in staple dry goods, GRO JERIES, COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS, AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Third Street, Macon, Ga. General Partners : Special Partner. CHAS. D ANDERSON, JOSEPH DAY WM. D WOODS. junl ts. A A. BEALL. J. H. SPEARS. W. H. POTTER. BEALL, SPEARS & CO., Warehouse and Commission MERCHANTS. Fire I roof Warehouse, No. 6, Campbell St., AUGUSTA, GA. Will give strict attention to Storage and Sale of Cotton, Grain, Bacon, Flour, and other Produce. OS- Orders for Bagging, Reps and Family Supplies promptly tilled. The USUAL CASH ADVANCES made on produce in store. Solicit the patronage of their friends and the pnblie generally. Sept 14—3 m. amebTca! Ttabdabd SCHOOL SER ES. COMMON SCHOOL PRIMER, 96 pages, 16 mo., cloth bucks. GOODRICH'S NEW SERIES of Readers; by Nolle Butler, Louisville, Ky. BUTLER’S INTRODUCTORY GRAMMAR BUTLER’S PRACTICAL GRAMMAR; by No ble Butler, Louisville, Ky. TOWNE S ARITHMETIC, TOWNE’S ALGE BRA and KEY to the ALGEBRA, by Prof. P. A. Towne, Mobile, Ala. BUTLER’S COMMON SCHOOL SPEAKER. BRONSON’S ELOCUTION. The above Books are Printed, Bound and Electrotyped in Louisville, Ky. The Teachers in Macon, after a careful exam ination, speak in the following flattering terms of their merits: Wesleyan Female Coll bob, \ July 19th, 1866 | Numbers Four. Five and Six of Goodrich’s New Ae ries of R aders, edited by Noble Butler. A. M. have been in use in this Institution since the year 1860. It gives us plea-ure to testify that they have given us, not mero'y satisf ict on, but a high degree of delight, so admirably do we find;th>m adapted to this purpose. Remarkably characterised by vivacity and variety in tho sele tions, and by clearness in tho directions and the rules that they contain ; they have added to the reading exercises of our classes that interest and de light which properly belong to them and which we consider essential to rapid improvement It has been my privilege to examine Eutler’s Gram mar, and lam free to slate that I consider it one of the very best Gramm irs that we have. Following the same general plan as Bullions it is, in many points, decidedly superior to that work. I feel assured that after a fair trial of Butler, nearly all of those teachers who are now using Bullion’s would permanently sub stitute Butler. The handsome and intelligib’o style in which the cf Jno. I’. M r’on & Cos. get up their School Books, constitutes no small recommendation to their adoption. JNO. M. BONN ELL, President. prof svtrn’s opinion of the arithmetic. A striking feature of Towne’s Arithmetic, is that it contains no superfluities. Most of the Arithmetics are cumbered with many thing* which the pupils never earn, and are never ex pected to learn. Prof. Towne has studied co 'densa ti»n and brevity in the enunciation of rules, definitions and principles, and he hasshowti this seldom if ever, at the exp mse of clearness. Percentage with its ap plications, is pr* sented in a manner new and origi nal. but very clear and satisfactory The chapter on Ratio and Proportion is an excel ent one. We ven ture to say that it is inf. rior to the corresponding part of no work in tre in this country. Upon the whole, wo think that this book is entitled to a place in the first rack of Arithmetics, and we shall rejoice to hear of its generaliintroduction into our schools. C. W. SMITH, Prof. Math. W. F. College. PROF. POLHILI.’S TESTIMONY. Orange Street School, I Macon, Ga., July 20th, 1866. J It gives me great to recommend to all in structors of youth, the whole Series of Goodrich’s Readers, edited by Noble Butler. A. M. I have used all of them in my school sim-e 1858, and find them bet ter adapted to the use of schools, than a y books that I have used during an experience of fourteen years as a teacher The chief recommendation of these Books, is the easy gradation of the series from number one, to six, by wnich the pupil is led almost imperceptibly, from the simplest lessons, to reading from the best English Classics. To learn to read rapidly and well, tne pupil must readunderstandingly, aad far this purpose these Books excel all others that I have used. BENJ. M. POLHILL. REV nOMBR HENDSE LATE PRESIDENT OF GREENSBORO COL LEGE, ADDS HIS TESTIMONY FOR THESE BOOKS. Young Ladies’ Academy, 1 Macon, Ga., Ju'y 21st, 1866. f It affords me p'easure to commend such books as are adapted to the wants of our school*, at the pres ent time. Asa teacher of Young Ladies lor twenty years, it wou’d nave saved me much labor to have had. what I now regard as treasures, in ‘ the Primary and Practical English Grammar,” and the series of School Readers (Goodrich’s first to sixth) edited by Noble Butler, A. M. These books are severally suited to the purpose intended. The Grammars fill a place uusuppbed before. Toe Sixth Reader alone, or in connection with Bronson’s Elocution, cannot fail to faci itaje the plans of instruction in this delightful and beautiful art. I have just examined and am delighted with the Arithmetic and Algebra, by Prc f. Towne, and shall in troduce them at once into my school. HOMER IIENDEE. Our Agent for the State of Georgia, is Rev. A R MACEY, who will call in parsm upon the Teaohors of the State a* rapidly as possible > Ours is the only Southern house engaged in the publication of School Books. This we expect no intelligent man to consid er a valid reason far adopting an inferior book; wo § resent the statement merely as an inducement lor outhern men to examine our books, which we wish, and expect to stand on their merits. These books are use i by the best teachers in Virginia, Alabama Mississippi, Missouri, Louisiana, Tennessee. Georgia’ and more recently adopted by the State Educational Convention of Texas, as the text books, tobeusediu the schools of tho State. Wo feel just tied in prod ct iug that they will become the STANDARD SCHOOL BOOKS, throughout the South , a^uoL Messrs. J. W. Burke 4Ci„ Macon, Gt,, keen constantly on hand, a large supply of our pub'icatione for tho trade, and will furnish copies for examination gratis, upon ap r lication from Teacher.*. Letters to tne General Agent. Rev. A. R. Macoy, must be directed to the caro of J. W. Burke & Cos., Macon, Ga airecWd Very Respectfully, JNO. P. MORTON A 00. J. H. Anderson & Son, Agents, Macon, Ga