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BY SAM. P. IVINS.
ATHENS TENN.', FRIDAY; MARCH 4, 1853.,
VOL'.V-NO; 232.'
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THE POST.
Alhens, Friilaj, March 4, 1853.
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fThe Daily Boston Chronicle very
justly reads a lecture against Reformers, i. e.
those individuals who muko merchandise
of philanthropy, who find tho time always
out of joint and think themselvs ordained of
Providcneo to officiate as moral surgeons
who contend Hint "whntever is, is wrong"
and claim all tho humanity, nil tho charity,
all tho morality and all tho religion of the
land. They may be found hovering around
the courts of justice, to protect the criminal
from the duo award of his crimes; seldom are
they found in the family whom tho crimiuul
has wronged.
North Carolina. In the New York
Herald, Dr. Hawks claims that
First it was on the shores of North Car
olina that the first English colony was plant
ed in America; secondly tho first blood shed
in battle with the troops of the English gov
crmcnt, in support of tho principles of the
American revolution, was the blood of North
Carolinians, and the first battle was on the
noil of that State; and thirdly, the first declar
ation of independence ever promulgated in
any of those colonies came from North Car
olina, more than a year before tho National
Declaration of July 4, 1776.
There is a natural and just excep
tion taken against the use of terms, too
common with American biographers, In the
remarks which follow: .
"Born of Poor, but Honest Parents!"
Whenever I rend the above words ns the
introduction of a biography, I pronounce the
author lacking in good common sense, as
well as politeness. Just as if the parents
must especially bo exempt from dishonesty.
Just as if it were necessary to inform the
reader that, although the parents were poor,
they had tho exceptional and unusual merit
worthy of particular notation, that they were
honest!
A Hundred Years Ago. In his history
of Massachusetts Bradford states that pn the
anniversary of tho Society for promoting in
dustry, thrco hundred females of Boston as
sembled on the Common with their spinning
wheels. They were neatly attired in cloth of
their own manufacture, and a graat crowd of
spectators collected to. witness the scene.
This was in 1753, just one hundred years
ngo- - . ;
Think or It. A humming-bird once met
a butterfly, and being pleased with the bennty
of its person and the glory of its wings, made
nn offer of perpetual friendship. "I cannot
think of it, was the reply, "as you onoe
spurned me and called mo a crawling dolt."
"impossible," exclaimed the humming-bird;
"I always entertainod the highest respect for
fltich beautiful creatures ns you." "Perhaps
you do now," said tho other, "but when you
insulted me, I was a caterpillar. So let me
give you this piece of advise: never insult tho
humble, ns they may one day become your
superiors."
Boys and girls think of this. 1
We had related to us tho other day an an
ccdoto of nn old lady who formerly entertain
ed travelers in a neighboring county. Before
her guests commenced a mcnl It was her
custom to ask a blessing, She always de
livered herself in this wise: Oh Lord make
us thankful for the food before us. Nancy
hand round the corn bread first, and the bis
cuits afterwards. Amen.
The New York Times advocates tho elec
tion of Post Masters by tho people
Diamonds. Tho Ashevillo News says, "it
is reported that Mr. Denver, in the north end
of Buncombe, 1ms roccntly found a substance
strongly resembling and believed by many
to bo tho pure diamond." , Pretty good, thnt,
for Buncombe!
. A new paper has been Tccently started in
Columbus, Gn., by Gen. J. A. Bethune, call
ed the "Corner Stone," tho avowed object
of which is to bring about a dissolution
of tho Union. Tho following extract from
the first number states tho caso plainly
"Belioving tho Gen Goverinent to be cor
rupt in all its parts holding thnt it belongs
to, and is and will be administered for the
benefit of the North alone that in all re
spects and undor all circumstances, the po
litical connection between the two sections
is productive of evil, and only evil to the
South, wo (hall advocate its dissolution."
The net earnings of tho New York rail
roads for 1893 wcrc$5,848,U6.
Important Railroad Grant. Au act of
Congress in nid of nn interesting railroad en
terprise, passed during tho present session
and approved by the President on the 9th
inst., is published in the Washington papers
on the 11th.
This act gives the right of way through tho
public lands, to the States of Arkansas and
Missouri, for the construction of a railroad
from a point on the Mississippi river opposite
the mouth of the Ohio, by the way of Little
Rock, Arkansas, to the Texas boundary line
near the town of Fulton, with branches to
the Mississippi river and to Fort .Smith in
Arkansas, This grant includes a distance of
one hundred feet on either side of the, line of
the road, and embraces the right of taking the
earth, stone, timber, &c, necessary for . the
construction of the work. . ;
To aid in building this road, and the
branches named, Congress grants to the State
of Missouri and Arkansas, every alternate
section of land designated by even numbers,
for six sections in width on each side of the
road and branches; providing, that if when
the lines of the road and its branches shall
havo sold or granted any portions of such
lands, or that tho right of pre-emption has
attached to any portion thereof, then an equal
nmount of contiguous government lands shall
be token by the States concerned in lieu of
any tracts so sold, granted, or subject to pre
emption claims.
New York, Feb. 23.
The steamship Black Warrior has arrived
from Havanna, which port sho left on the
1 8th inst. Sho was tired at while going out
of tho port of Havana, by a Spanish war
steamer before she could hoist her colors.
The health of Havana is reported to be
good.
We regret to learn that the health of Hon.
Win. 11. King is no better. He had gone to
Mntanzas, and despairs of a final recovery.
While in Havana, Mr. King had a misunder
standing with General Ganedo, who, waiving
etiquette agreed to visit him, but failing to
do so, Mr. King reminded him of bis failure,
when Gen. Canedo immediately called, but
was reftisod admittance. Before Mr. : King
departed for Matanzas, however, cards were
interchanged. '
Washington, Feb., 22. .
Gen. Pierco really arrived here last .night
and has been suffered to remain very quietly
In his lodgings, though this is a public day
and was celebrated by a military parade.
The United States (lag is . displayed from the
hotel, and it was almost the only apparent
sign of the presence of the President elect
during tho day. Gen. Pierce received no
public calls, but had pnvato interviews with
a number of his frionds.
Wo mentioned some timo ago,' says
tho Charleston Standard, that a valuable
Copper Mine had been opened in Polk coun
ty, Tennessee. This is confirmed, and, what
is better still, the oro is found to extend in
to North Carolina, in tho direction of the
Rabun Gap route. It has been found in
Cherokee county, North Carolina, and the
Ashcville News says that a company of Eng
lishmen are now working it successfully.
Tho ore is said to be strongly impregnated
with silver. We are not informed of the
exact location of this mine, but in any part
of Cherokee county, it must be much nearer
to the route of the Rabun Gap Road than to
any other outlet.
J-Sf Cspitnl punishment is abolished in
Russia; that is, a man is not sentenced to bo
hung, but he is sentenced to nine or ten thon
sand blows of the knout, and expire." Jong
before half tho sentence has been executed
upon him. :
Gentlemen desirous of serving their
beloved country, in some official capacity,
some wag in the Carpet Bag hits off thus:
"The office-holders nro nil in n sweat,"
Said an offiee-hopor, with exultation;
"True," said old Roger, "I never yet
Saw such n General Picree-piration."
5-5T" The Paducah Journal says, thnt in
almost every portion of the Union, excepting
Boyd's district, Kentucky, collections were
made at the polls, during tho recent election,
in aid of the Washington Monument. It is
said thnt tho renson the same tiling was, not
done in that district waa that Washington
teas a whig, i
' A Lesson to Learners. When old Za-
chariah Fox, the great merchant of Liver
pool, was asked by what means he contrived
to realize so large a fortuno as he possessed,
his reply was:
"Friend, by ono article alone, and in which
thou mayest deal too, if thou pleasest it is
civility. ' 1 1
"Go it Boots." A new paper has been
started at Chicago, called tho Christian
Shoemaker. Its motto, " there's nothing
like loather!"
Well Put-The Racine Advocate, after
calling attention to the low term of its sub
scription, ndds: Itmusl be undorstood that
this is the price of tho paper, not of the Edi
tor of it. . , f.
It is stated that of the three hundred illus
trious families of pioneers and patriots, first
introduced into the province of Texas, bv
Stephen F. Austin, only nineteen heads of
families ar now remaining. . ,
A victim to spiritual rappings named Rich
ard Dongherty has boen placed in tho New
York Lunatic Asylum, and the public autho
rities are said to be in possession of informa
tion showing thnt no has been defrauded by
the rappers of $13,000.
FILLIBUSTERISM on the ebb. .
Young America has spoken in the Senate.
And what has Young America in the Senate
to say i Well, as near to nothing as can be.
The big balloou of Manifest Destiny collapses,
and flaps about like a sloop's mainsail in a
calm. ' The gttfd is oyer, the bubble is burst,
the kite string has broken, and Young Ameri
ca drifts helter-skelter in the. -sky, or scuds
back, straggling, for a shelter, like hens run
ning for a shed in a shower. Fillibustorism is
nowhere. Soule, and Ned Marshall, and
Douglass, and George Law, apd Sunders, and
a number of others, big and little, that started
just after the Presidential election to raise a
steam' on this notion of .Manifest Destiny ip
gonoral, and C ubo. Aon oxati on in, particular,
have made as great miscarriage In their ef
forts as Lopez himself did. Undertaking to
set mere sail, they have had nil their canvass
blown away. They went aloft on the ratlins,
with great show and pretensions, to hoist their
wind-bags, and have not only lost them over
board, bnt have barely saved their own bacon,
by coming down by the run on tho standing
rigging of the ship.
This figurative mode of expression must be
excused. These brilliant Fillibustcrs come
oeiore us so in nasncs ana sireaKs, that we
can only deal with them in tropes and figures
of a flashy description. It were as sensible
to attempt to apply geometrical measurement
to a fog bank, as to deal specifically with the
vapors these gassy fellows gencrnte. They
are as ridiculous as tho Millerites, who put
on their ascension robes, and gathered crowds,
while they climbed into high trees to take
their flight, and who leaped only to break
their nocks, or to stick fast in the mud. '
- Mr. Ned Marshall 9tartcd first to "blaze"
out the road for Young America to take,
which would lend to Cuba, and after going all
around Robin Hood's barn, ended in the lame
nnd impotent conclusion that it was no goi
but that a path could bo cut to Hayti, and
recommended his boon companions to take
that as better than nothing. Mr. Soule fol
lowed amid a great clatter of tin pans, and
sounding of rams' horns on hts expedition
fillibuster-wise. He traveled on for some
time, and at tho end, his followers, hearers
and readers concluded that his rond led no-
where. He got no farther ahead, so fart as
anything practical was to be attained, than a
horse in a bark-milL And lastly comes the
Douglas, tho. favorite,, nnd champion, and
candidate of Young America, to hold - hit
flambeaux to the path they should follow.
The moment he stops talking all is darkness
again. 1 lie t illibustcrs have crowded to the
slioros at the sound of the bugles of their
leaders nnd impatiently await embarkation or
direction. But the atmosphere is misty, the
ways are muddy, the ships are not forthcom
ing, the leaders are in a state of obfuscation,
and nothing promises to be done. Tho piny
don't commence tho entertainment don't
begin, and the audience are getting impatient.
Wc suggest that Fillibustcrisni is on the
ebb, and that unless somebody does some
thing pretty soon, Young America will begin
to disband and disperse. We, don't want
them to take it hard of us to Bay so, but real
ly we think that their prospects are growing
poor under their present leaders. Suppose
they should try a change. . There is Sken
Smith, and Rynders, nnd Mike Walsh, nnd
others, to be had. The old ones are getting
quite too old fogcyish. Turn 'cm out and
try some new ones. We don't want to seo
this party go to pieces; it has a .mission to
fullfill in which we hnve an interest. We
have among us some chaps who have a great
penchant for n storm in the Caribbcnn Sea,
nnd who would bo improved by it, especially
if it resulted in their getting overboard.
Thore is a lack in Mr. Douglas's speech
which strikes us with great force, consider
ing tho prominence given to the " subject by
his lientennnt in the Houso. We allude to
his omission to say a word of Hayti.
Mr. Marshall, seeing tho need of doing
something for the fillibustcrs, after finding
the Cuban scheme exploded, gave a "delicious"
picture of Hispnniola, and turned their eyes
thithor. But his suggestions have fallen still
born. - The Senator is silent as the grave
thereon. No echo has been awakened in that
quarter to inspire the hopes of the little band
of patriots who sail under the flag of Young
America. Thoro is no longer a Cuba, or even
a substitute for Cuba, hold out to them.
Hayti would do better than nothing, but even
that it would seem is not hereafter to bo con
sidered legitimate plunder. The hopes of
the Fillibustcrs havo turned to dust nnd nshes.
Wo do not wonder thnt their organ is adver
tised for sule-stock and fluke. But who will
buy The Democratic Revieip after all this col
lapsing of tho Young American Leaders, and
especially after its awful faux pets of publish
ing the likeness of the ablest "Democratic
Editor," the sight of which,' according to
Prentice, has occasioned innumerable deaths
from convulsions. Nobody. It is n gone
case leaders, party, organ, and all. . Who'll
write an epitaph on Young America and the
Filibusters? New York Trilmne.
The examination of Sands, tho nlledged
Postoffice defaulter, has closed at Mobile,
and he has been bound over m the sum of
J $5000 to appear before a higher Court.
i ' .,r , . TJIE Dt:AD WIFE.
In comparison with the loss of a wife, all
other earthly bereavements are trifling. The
wife! she who fills so large a space in the
domestic' heaven she who ia so busied,' so
unwearied in laboring for the precious ones
around her bitter, bitter is the tear that falls
onbereold clay! You stand beside her
coffin and think of the past. It , seems an
amber-colored pathway where the sun shone
upon beautiful flowers, or the stars hung
glittering overhead. Fain would the soul
linger there. No' thorns arc remembered
above that sweet clay, save those your hand
may UDwittinfflv havo planted. Her noble
tender-heart lies open to your inmost sight.
l4s think f her new its tril gentleness, all
beauty and purity. But she is dead ! The
dear head that laid upon your bosom rests in
the still darkness, upon a pillow of clay.
The hands that have ministered so untiringly
are folded, white and cold, beneath . the
gloomy portal. - Tho heart, whose every beat
measured an eternity of love, lies under your
feet. . The flowers she bont over with smiles,
bend now above her with tears, shaking the
dew frm their petals that the verdure around
her may be kept green and beautiful. '
Many a husband may read this in tho si
lence of a broken home. Thero is no white
arm over your shoulder; no speaking face to
look up Into the eyo of love; no trembling
lips to murmur "oh! it is so sr.d."
The little one w hose nest death has rifled
gazes in wonder at your solemn face, puts up
his tiny hands to stay the tears, and then
nestles back to its father's breast, half con
scious thnt the wing that sheltered it most
fondly Is broken. .
, Thore is.se strange a hush in every room!
no light footsteps passing round. No smile
to greet yon at nightfall.
And the old clock ticks and strikes, and
strikes and ticks! it was such music when
she could hear ifc! Now it seems to knell
only the hours throBgh which you watched
the shadows of death gathering upon her
sweet Jace. . '.,
It strikes one the fatal time when the death
warrant rang out "there is no hope." Two!
she lies placidly r still sometimes smiling
faintly, sometimes grieving a little, for she is
young to tread the valley of the shadow.
Three! the babe has been brought in, its little
face laid on her bosom for the last time
Four! her breath comes fainter, but a heaven
ly Jy IrrodiiJfes her browi Five! there-is a
slight change oh! that she might live!
Father, spare her. ' " ' !
Effect of Light. Dr. Moore, the cele
brated metaphycian, thus speaks of light on
body nnd mind: "a tadpole confined in dark
ness would never become a frog; and an in
fant being deprived of heaven's free light will
only grow into a shapeless idiot, instead of a
1. .TP..1 l n. v t
I'c.iuiuui unu rcusouuoiu ueing. Jicnce in
the deep, dark gorges and ravines of the
S iss Vallies, w here the direct sunshine nev
er reaches, the hideous prevalence of idiocy
startles tho traveler. It is a strange melun
choly 'idiocy. Many persons are incapable of
any articulate speech, some are deaf, . some
arc blind, some labor under all these priva
tions, and misshapen in almost every part of
the body, I believe there is in all places, a
marked difference in the healthiness of hous
es, according to their aspect with regard to
the sun, and thoso are decidedly tlio healthi
est, other things being equal, in which ull the
room are, during some part of tho day fully
exposed to tho direct light. Epidemics at-
wck lnnaoitants on the shady side ot the
street, and totally exempt those on tho other
side; and even in epidemics, such as njue,
the morbid influence is often thus partial in
its labors." . ,
A huge Cutter Ship. A ship builder nt
East Boston is constructing a monster clip
per ship for the California trade. She is
three hundred and thirty feet long on deck,
53 feot beam, thirty feet deep, 'with three
decks, and four thousand tons burthen, Cus
tom House measurement. She is to be call
ed "Young America," and will bo worth
$300,000. She will be tho largest vessel
that has flontcd since Noah's Ark. The
Young American will carry betweon five and
six thousand toils of freight.
Tho New York Nntionnl Democrat says:
Several of the rolations of the hew Empress
of Frsncc are residents of this city, and bear
the name of Kirkpatriek. ' They are very
poor and employed in the manufacturing ' of
brushes. They will hail the good fortune of
their relative with satisfaction, nnd look for
5ome smiles of favor from her good luck.
One Of them will leave for France ns soon ns
he can raise money sufficient to pay his pas
sage. . t -1 .
"It is a poor rule that will not work both
ways." Thirty-five years ngo there were
thirty distilleries in Fayette county, Ohio;
and no church; now, there aro thirty church
es and no distiller - -i
.,
. 53?" The Boston Chronicle says, "thousands
hve lwn made liars nnd dishonest by the
Maine Law, bnt thnt it has ever made one
temperate man we hnve yet to learn' '
. t7" Some uncultivated scamp says: '
When a wdmnn gocth to a ball, she "sit
teth her cap" at the "men" when sho re
turneth home, bofore retiring to bed, she
settcth her cap at the looking glass.
When a man courtoth a woman, they both
feed husroly upon "honev" when thev mnr-
ryeth they often taatcth very much of "worm
wood and gall."
One unquiet perverso disposition distem
pers the peace nnd unity of a wholo family,
in society, as one jarring instrument will
spoil a whole concert.
Destruction of Modern Rome. Many
authors have asserted, as their interpretation
of some parts of tho Apocalypse, that Rome
will be destroyed by tire from heaven, or
swallowed up by earthquakes, or overwhelm
ed with destruction by volcanoes, ns the visi
ble punishment of the Almighty for its pope
ry and its crimes, I am unwilling, having
read so many books otvthe interpretation of
the prophecy, to deduce any arguments of
this kind from the prophecies which are un
fulfilled; but I beheld every where in Rome,
near Rome, nnd through the Whole region
from Rome to Nnples the most astounding
proofs, not merely of the possibility, but the
probability, that the whole region of Cen
tral Italy will one day be destroyed by such
a catastrophe. . The !sojl of Rome- is tuft,
with a volcanic subterranean action still iro-
ing on. At Naples the bpjling sulphur is to
oe seen miDDiing near the siirmce ot llie
earth. When I drew a stick along the- sur
face of the ground, the sulphurous smoke
followed the indention; and. it would never
surprise me to hear of the utter destruction
of the southern peninsula of Italy. The en
tire country nnd district is volcanic- It is
saturated with beds of sulphur and tho sub
strata of destruction. - It seerns as certainly
prepared for ilames as the wood and coal on
the hearth are prepared for the taper which
shall kindle the fire to consume them. 1
again read the remarks of 'Dr. Cuniming:
Rome, he believes, 1b to be overthrown ' by
judgment, not to be converted by the ag-cn-
cy ot the gospel, nor to be exhausted by po
litical assaults. It is litcraly to bo consumed
by fire. Whether ho is correct in regarding
such an event as the fulfilment of theprophe
cies, nnd the demonstration 'of the nnger
of the Creator against the incorrigible as
sumption of an erring and influential church,
I know not; but the Divine hand nlone seems
to me to hold the element fire in check, by a
miracle as great as that which protected the
cities of tho plain, till the righteous Lot had
made his escape to the mountains. ,
Two in Heaven. "You have two cb.il.
dren'1" said I. , - a
"I hnve four," was the reply; "two on earth
ana two in heaven.
Thus Spoke the mother! Still hers!
only 'gone before !' Still remembered, loved
nnd cherished, by the hearth and at-the board:
their places not yet tilled; even tnoii'Mi their
successors draw life from the same faithful
breast where their dying heads were pillowed.
"Two" fa Heaven !" ' -
Safely housed from storm nnd tempest: no
sickness there, nor drooping head nor fading
eye, nor weury feet By the green pastures,
tended by. the Good . Shepherd, linger the
little lambs of the heavenly fold.. ,
"Two in Heaven !" ' , '
'Earth less attractive! Eternity nearer
Invisible cords, drawing . the maternal . soul
upwards. , 'Still small' voices, ever, whisper.
log 'come, to tho world weary spirit..
"Two in Heaven!" ' '
Mother of angels I Walk softly! hby
eyes watch thy footsteps! cherub forms bend
to listen I Keep thy spirit free from earth
taint; so shalt thou go to them, tho' they may
not return to thee. i anny fern.
Frankness. Bo frank, with the world.
Frankness is the child of honesty and cour
age. Say just what you mean t do on eve
ry occasion nnd take it for granted you mean
to do what is right. If n friend, ask a fa
vor, you .should grant it, if reasonable;, if it
is not, toll hiro very plainly why you cannot.
You will wrqng him and wrong yourself by
equivocation of any kind. -.Never do a wrong
thing to inako a friend or to keep one, the
man who requires. you to-do so is dearly
purchased at a sacrifice. Deal kindly and
firmly with all men; you will find it the poli
cy which wears tho best. Above all do not
appear to others what you . are not. . If-you
havo any fault to find with any one, tell him,
not others, of what you complain. There
is no more dangerous experiment than thnt of
undertaking to bo one thing to a man's face,
nud another behind his back. Wo should
live, net, and speak, out of doors, as the
phrase, is, nnd say and do whAt we nro will
ing should be known nnd read by men. It is
not only best as a matter of principle, but as
matter of policy, , .,. , .-
FRIENDSHIP.
We havo been friends together, '
In sunshine and in shade; . .;
Since first beneath the chestnut trees , '
In infancy we plnyed. " - ''
But coldness dwells within thy heart,
A cloud is on thy brow; , , . ; ; .
Wo have boen friends together
. Shull a light word part us nowJ ' ' C
, ..... , -. : . .
Wc hnve been gny together, , .
Wo have laughed ot little jesis,
For the fount of hope was gushing
Warm nnd joyous to our breasts. , (
But Inuglrter now hath fled thy lip,
And sullen glooms thy brow; '
We have been gay together' -
-, Shall a light word part u now., , ,
We havo been sad together;
We have wept with bitter tears, ' ' '
O'er the grass-grown graves where lumber'd
The hopes of early years.
Tho voices which were silent there ' ' "'
. Would bid thee clearthy brow; ' ' '
We have been sad together '
Oh! what shall part us now? ;
. A New Way to Rob thr Bees. Brother
Jonnthnn, ever awake to the practical applica
tion of every discovery, has taken a hint from
tho burglars, nnd ns'they havo proved chloro
form t be better than pistol or flirk, for put
ting to sleep tho person they are robbing, so
Brother Jonuthan has learned to. use- it for
robbing the poor bees of their honey. The
plan is this: The hive Is placed above a
chamber, having a glass window at one aide,
and a small hole pierced at the other. The
chloroform is put in a small bottle having
two tubes through Its cork, only one, of which
is allowed to coma into immediate contact
with the chloroform. The tube which does
come into immediate contact with the chlo
roform is inserted into a small hole in the
side of tho box, and by blowing into the 0th.
er the chamber is soon filled with the gas and
tliey tumme out in a dox below.
A Seducer Shot A young man named
Robert Peters, was shot at Ripley, Ohio, on
the 0th inst., by Charles Baird, whos sistei
he hud seduced and refused to marry. He
was lying in a very critical condition on the
Uth. The Cincinnati Gazette of Saturday
says; ., . .
Baird was in Cnlifomia when the news of
his sister's ruin reached him, he Immediate!
left hibusiness,and scarcely took rest brfood
till he reached Ripley. He sougt nn. inter,
view with Peters, and used every -argument
and every entreaty to induce him to makethe
only reparation -left possible. Baird finally
oll'urcd Peters three thousand dollars .of -his
hard earnings if he wonid marry his sister".
When this was refused Baird drew his piaJ
tol and shot theisuducer, with the intention,
as. he frankly avers, of killing him on the
a T:. l- J .1 I a- it 1
.spnt. Miss Baird . ia stud to be partially,del
ranged. 1 he utmost sympathy is felt in
Ripiey for Baird and his sister. ' Peters is n
tailor, nnd formerly worked in the establish
mciit of Mr. Haddox, in this eity.
OrENiNo of the Great Silver Mines. t
Information of increasing demand for silver
having been generally diffused, extensive pre
parations have, we understand, been entered
into in various quarters to augment the an
nual yield from the different silver mines, in
almost all quarters of the world. . Work has
been recommenced on many of the shafts
heretofore neglected in South America; and
while new parties are constantly being sent
out "prospecting," largo additional forces,
with improved machinery, have boen put upon
most of the principal pits and galleries of
mines in that country. In a short time there
will be nn immense number of hands engaged
in getting out the ore, and from the richness
and inexhaustibility of these sources of the
prceious metal, it would not be nt all sur
prising if in a year or two, if not during the
coming season, silver in bars nnd coin should
begin to bo sent here in quantities or amount
hardly inferior to the vast monthly receipts of
gold now flowing from California and Aus
tralia into the United States.-Boston Courier.
Interesting Experiment. A very inter
esting experiment was tried nt Chicago, a few
days ago, to ascertain the amount of oxygen
necessary to support life. Six hundred per
sons were placed in a hall of one of tho
hotels, all tho doors and windows were closed
and the experiment began. During the first
half hour nothing special was observed ex
cept a universal drowsiness, which was ward
ed off as long ns posHiblu, by nn ingenious
device of tho experimenter In the shape of nn
eloquent lecture. During the second half
hour severul sunk Into a deep sleep, from
which it was impossible to rouse them, nnd a
few fainted. : At the nd of tho third half
hour it was deemed unsafe to continue the
experiment longer, and the fact was consid
ered established that under those ciicum
stances lite would not become extinct Within
tho space of ninety-five minutes. - " " ' '
A IxNG Story in a Few Words. The
Shreveport Gazette tells a story of a Geor
gia emigrant on his way to Texas, who oom-.
plained thnt the Railroad system had driven
hi m from his native State. He had lived two
hundred miles from Augusta, where lund
was worth three dollars jier acre, and salt
from four to five dollars per bushel. A few
years since a Railroad was constructed in
his county, which reduced the price of his
land to thirty dollars per nere, and otherwise
so impoverished him, that ho was compelled
to sell out and move to Texas! It seems that
he had successfully dodged the "Foolkiller"
until he reached Shrevoport where he be
came conscious of his error and made ' tho'
above singular confession. ' "
A Large Farm. Uncje Sayn's farm is
now considered a pretty widely ' extended
"neck of woods." He thinks the irood time
has come and is now desirous to sell all out.
He offers ono billion three hundred nnd
eighty seven million five hundred and thirty
four thousand acres of hind. He asks' $125
per acre for it which will put him In funds
again to the amount of $1,734, 48.500. Some
arc urging him to be liberal and give it away,
bnt he says he bus no other relations. ' '
l-if There is nn old maid in Connecticut
who is so ugly that whenever she crosses
bridge the water all dams up above, being,
too frightened to pass under. She sometimes
hires herself out to overflow meadows.
A Clincher! A distinguished medical
lecturer, in a neighboring State, once describ
ed a glandular swelling ns being "as largo ns
an apple. Uno ot the students audibl
whispered, "as large as a piece of chalk
was about tho size or a large, apple, eon
tinned the lecturer. "A large piece of chalk,"
repeated the wag in an under tone. "It waa
as large as my fist" thundered out the indigo
nnnt lecturer, at the same time clenching it
convulsively, and shaking it at the obnoxious
nnd terrified student. ..
5"Er" Among the strung minded women
who met in convention last week in' Albany,
was Mrs. Bloomer, the ladv who goes in for
breeches and buncomb. During her stay at
the Capitol, sho called on Sard, nnd got
mensnred for three pair of cassimere pants':
The tape with which ho took her dimensions,
is kept in a glass case, and exhibited , to
bachelors at a shilling a sight. j
There were 7,600,000 tons of freight nnd
10,000,000 passengers carried . upon the rail
roads of Nuw York last year, und there is
already invested in them the sum of $100,
000,000." -
r Girls do you want to get married, "and do
yon want good husbands? If so, don't tnkb
pride in saying you never did house-work
never cooked a pair of chickens, never made
a bed, nnd so on. Don't turn up your pretty
nose at honest industry: never tel) vour
friends you are not obliged to work. When
you go a shopping, never take your mother
with you to "carry the bundle." . ,
" 57 It was well remarked bv an Intelli
gent old farmer "I would rather be taxed for
the education of the boy than the ignorance
of the man tor one or the oinor i am com
pelled to do." - ; ,
A eontempoiary says 'Speak not at all
rathefthnn speak III. Adopt this as a rule
and what would oman season their joung
hyson' with!
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