THE The source of this uncorrected OCR text may be viewed as a digital facsimile at: http://fax.libs.uga.edu/ BY J. A. TÜRNER. 'BREVITY .is THE -son OF wrf ' A YEAR. VOL. III. TUKNWOLD, PUTNAM COUNTY, GA., MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1862. NO. 4. "The Old Mace." Not many weeks ago, I stood beside the , grave, and assisted to eo'nsign'to her long home, a lady who was my class-mate at school, -but a few short years ago. We buried her at " the old place," down by the waters of Crooked Creek, away off from the road-side, amid the, oaks that stand fit sentries over her own grave, her .father's and tier-mother's. It seems but yesterday that this deceased lady's family presented an unbroken circle of parents and children, joyous, happy, undisturbed by the shadow of the d¿irk visitor. Now the father and mother sleep side by side, and one daugh ter and. a son sleep by them. One son is a wanderer far away, one is in a distant county in this state, a daughters reside away from the old homestead, and still an other son sleeps his long sleep upon the bloody soil of the Old Dominion, one of the long line of martyrs whose blood erres from the ground for vengeance. Only one rep resentative of the family is! left at the old home. And all this change has taken place in the course of a few—a very few years. As I stood beside the grave of my de ceased friend, all these thoughts came over my mind : and it was sad—very sad !—to look back and see the ravages of time. But anon pleasant reminiscences came in like stars to gem the night of sorrow that brood ed around my heart, and the feelings they brought wore pleasant, though mournful to the sonl. There has always been for me a charm about " the old place." The mag ic scenes of childhood #re indissolubly con nected with it. There was more of ro mance ahnnt this " old place" for my child ish imaginings than about any other I wot of. - 1(6 reminiscences are connected with my friends whose relations bave ucver been disturbed through all the mutations time has wrought. Many a cloud has span ned my sky since the mystery of life has shrouded me : but from these friends has al ways come sunshine. ' When I was quite a. boy, they moved up nearer to me, and hence the home which they left, took tlie ' name of " the old place," The first charm of this " old place" is that it is snch a secluded spot. It is situa ted a-vay off frorr. the road-side, aud you never see it unless you go specially to see iK And-still it is perfectly convenient-'to churches, schools, mills, and alt the other conveniences of the neighborhood. There are two approaches to it( each one of which leads through a dense wood. You go over tiill and valley, along a harrow'road, with giant tree? on either hand, until the first thing you know, the old rustic mansion, amid oaks aud cedars, looms up before you. To my childish thought, it almost seemed fairy-land. •* . * It was very dear to me as a child, anoVI" will give some of the reasons why it was so. Here I used to hunt and fish with my Mends. I had uo possum dog, but they had one whom they called Bringer. Briu- ger was a cur, of a reddish color, and was a good tree dog. With this dog my friends and I used to go out in the woods upon the creek, hunt the possum and the coon amid the hoots of the owl, and hear Isaac talk and laugh. And such laughter ! If any one has ever seen any other colored gen tleman who could heat Isaac laughing, then I envy him. Aud Isaac lives to laugh yet! When he laughs, he begins with a low chuckle, grows louder by degrees, and then fairly screams. You have heard of being ""convulsed with laughter." If you wish to see convulsions from laughter, you should see.Isaac. He seems to have the St. Vi- tus's dance, and you had better be out, of his reach when he does begin to laugh : you can-no more prevent his striking you than you can prevent the sparks from fly ing upward. ' Besides hunting the possum with Brin ger, I used fo hunt birds and squirrels with my young friends who bad a shot-gun be fore one was allowed me. My father was always very backward in allowing me to have a gun, because he was afraid of acci dents : but my • friends, who were a little older ^han myself, had a shot-giin, aud a good gun it (vas. Jim, aud John, and I us ed to hunt together, and-they kindly al lowed me my turn in shooting. Many were thn birds and squhre.ls we used to kill. We not only hunted, but we fished on Crooked Creek—sometimes with the hook, and sometimes with the' seine. And then when autumn came, what quantities of chinqnepins, muscadines, and hickory-nuts we used to gather ! Down on'the'creek is a place called Slip- ery Hill, where my friends used to go with their wooden slides, and slide down the steep slope. I was always very anxious to go to this hill.bntsomehow it happened that I never did so, and I have never seen it, up to this time. The greatest attraction of all, though, to my childish mind, at •' the old place," was Lige," and his- drums, his cross-bows, and his wagons.—In a future article I will teli you about "Lig'e/* Dress. • " Sterne was very fastidious about his diess when he desired to write those essays^ which, though apparently so easy, were the' result of great labor and care. When he- was ill-dressed, he found that his thoughts were slovenly. It is stated of the late ac complished aud beloved divine, Rev. Dr. Nettleton, that when .about to enter his study, he first carefully made his toilet. Haydn, also, that eminent master of mu sic, nsed to dress himself with particular care before he. sat down to composition.' Unless his hair was properly powdered, and« he had his best coat on, his mind would not work with exactness aud vigoi. He remarked that it roused his intellectual energies still farther to placo on his finger the diamond ring presented to him hy Fred eric II., and to have the finest paper be fore him." L. Sylla "When L. Sylla beheld his army giv ing way before that of Archelans, the Gen eral of Mithridates, he alighted from his horse, laid hold of a.n ensign, and-rushing with it into the midst of his enemies, cried ont, '-'T.is here, Roman soldiers, that I in tend to die : but for yonr parts, when yon shall be asked where it was that you left your gene.r-al, remember to say, it was on the field of Orchomemnrn.' The soldiers, roused by this speech, returned to their ranks, renewed the fight, and became the victors iu that field from which they were about to flee with disgrace." Demetrius. • " When Detremius look Athens by as sault, he found the inhabitants in extreme distress foi want of corn. He called the principal citizens before him, anrl announ ced to them, in a speech full of humanity and conciliation, that he had ordered a large supply of graiu to be placed at their free disposal. In the course of speaking, he chanced to commit an error iu gram mar, on which one of the Athenians im mediately corrected him, by pronouncing- aloud the phrase as it ought to have been given. ' For the correction of this one' solecism,' said he, ' I give; besides my for mer gift, 5,000 measures of corn more.' " .. í 26 THE COUNTRYMAN, KJRNWOLb, GA., OCTOBER 20, 1862. Extortion.. T^o paper in Georgia has denounced ex* •tortion mure than The Conntryman. I yet believe it to bo a grievous and unpardona ble sin. For some months past, however, I have seen Low utterly futile, if not harmful has been my own denuncia tion.and that of the •press generally, on the subject which headb this article. Hence, for some months past, The Conntryman has eeased to denounce extortion, first because lie sees he is unable to 'do justice to the subject,' and 2ndly be cause he has seen that this denunciation -of extortion in general terms, without point ing ont what extortion is, has had an unhap py effect upon our pe-ople. Our people-have got to believe that all high prices constitute extortion. This 'IE far from being the case. For instance, a few days ago I bought of Messrs. Carter & Harvey .in Eatontojjj a Lobt of osnaburgs, sut.h at one time re viled our institutions, and Garibaldi, it iß said, entertained a proportion to come and fight, to enslave us. Let them die the death, and so perish all the enemies of my country ! __ Substitute for Quinine. '' In. the present scarcity of quinine, it is worth knowing that the berry of the com mon dogwood will break fevers as success- fally as quinine. We kuow four planta tions where they used it successfully last summer. One pill is a do.se. The- season is now at hand to collect and dry them for use. They will prove invaluable at home, and in the hospitals of our soldiers." THE COUNTRYMAN. 27 Good News. I have heretofore omitted taking any no" tice of the reported death of Lt. Col. Nis- bet, because the rumors all along were so conflicting that nothing definite or certain could be said on the subject. His family and friends have all the while entertained Lopes that he might be still living. On Sunday, Igth, a letter was received in Ea- tontou directed to Mrs. Nisbet, which sent a thrill of joy to the hearts of all of Col. i Nisbet's friends. The letter was in his own hand-writing, and upon- opening it, it was seen that the Oolonel was a prisoner in Hagerstown, Maryland. Mrs. Nisbet was in Macón, at the time, -and die letter dated 25th Sept., was sent in haste to her, by a messenger. Who can know the depths of her feeling, when sh« saw her husband's baijdwriting, and knew that the lost was found, and the dead alive 2 And the Col onel's Httle son—his only surviving child —who can kn^v what delight filled his little bosom, when he knew that pa lived Î Col. Nisbet is wounded in 2 places, the thigh and the leg ; " was carried a mile from the field of SLarpbburgh, on the Lack •of a Federal soldier, and fel! into the hands of army surgeons who »veré old medical class-mates. At writing, he was domiciled in th-e hout-e of a lawyer at Hagerstown— his wounds rapidly healing, and he hoped to be able to travel, on parole, in 4 iveeks. He had met with nothing hut kindness from the enemy." Such is the account giveu by the Macón Telegraph of the contents of Col. Nishet's letter, which I learn also to be correct from friends here who had the pleasure of read ing that letter before it was sent down to Macón. law Latin. " In the debate in the House of Lords. * in the year 1732,. on a bill for having law proceedings in English instead of Latin, as formerly, the Earl of Hay moved an amendment, which was carried, ' That the proceedings in the Exchequer of Scotland be also wrote in a plain, legible hand.' His lordship said, ' that in Scotland they had come to that pass, that writs which were to be executed by sheriffs, were wrote in characters so hard to be read, that the sher iffs knew nothing of the contents.' Lord Raymond said, ' if the bill passed, the law must likewise,he translated into Welch :' on which the Duke of Argyle remarked, 'that he was glad to see that hi& lordship, perhaps as wise and learned as ever sat in that Honse, had nothing more to offer against the bill than a joke." Pryne and Brownlow. "The Bulletin says RCY. Abraham Prync, who made himself notorious by a public discussion with the blackguard Brownlow' on the slavery question, in Phil adelphia, a few years ago, committed sui cide by cutting his throat on the 24th Sep tember, at his home in Williamson, N. Y. He was insane." The probability is that Abraham Pryne, finding Abraham Lincoln, and old Brown- low both surpassing him in the race ,of ab olition villainy, couldn't, stand it. He couldn't beai to see his fame in scounarel- sm on the same side, eclipsed by his form- er rival. And so he committed suicide. If old Brownlow would make himself as immortal by one virtuous act, as he has renóererl himself infamous by uninterrup ted villainy, let him emulate the only good example set him by his former competitor. He yet has it in his power to do one good deed. ' ' Michael Adanson. " Michael Adanson, a celebrated botan» ist, was born, in 1727, at Aix hi Province. His whole life was devoted to the improve ment of botanical science. He sacrificed hi& patrimonial property for the purpose ot exploring Senegal, where he remained 5 years, and made, a multitude of observa tions in all the departments of natural his tory. In 1775, he presented to the Acade my of Sciences 120 MS. volumes, and 75,- 000 figures of plants, intended to form the hasis of-an' immense work which he had planned. The revolution reduced him to penury, ani in his latter days he was partly indebted for subsistence to the devoted at tachment of a female domestic and her husband. Napoleon, however, heard of his situation, and snatched him from want. Adanson was small in gtatuie, and at first sight his countenance was not 'pleasing He was, in the highest degree, disinterest ed : but, towards the close of his life, his temper was somewhat soured by misfortune and age. He died in 1806. His chief pub lished works are his Voyage to Senegal and his Families of Plants." B. F. Hallett. " B. F. Hallett, the great platform-ma ker and creed-constructor, died in Boston last week." And may the Lord have mercy 011 his sonl ! " Dishonest men conceal their faults from themselves as well as others : honest men ¡>i ' know and confess them." Moftiï Sublimity. " In the House of Commons, Wifiber- force said í " I do not know a finer instituée of the moral sublime than that a poor cobbler, Dr. Carey, working all day in a stall, should have conceived the magnifi cent idea of converting the world. MirFön planning Paradise Lost was not a nobtei spectacle than Carey planning the conver sion of the heathen.' '' No doubt Dr. Cflïey's idea was a very stupendous, o« vvel) as a very magnificent one. The idea was entirely too magnificent and stupendous to be carried into execution. Such energies as have been wasted upon foreign missions, would, rightly expended, have made many a poor woman and child rejoice, at home. But poor Christians have been left to starve at home for the sake of heatheus abroad, who have never been benefitted by missionary operations. —I think I would hardly accept Mr. Wil- berforce's ideas of 'moral sublimity," any way. He was one of those who originated the abolition idea, which has culminated in this nefarious war. Here is ' moral sublim ity' for you with a vengeance! A Card. " Having learned that a report is in cir culation in this community to the effect that I obtained my discharge from the army by claiming Russian protection, I take the lib erty to state that I never intended, or in tend, to claim Russian protection, unless it is against the gossips and slanderers of La Grange. Very respectfully, RICHARD S. PÔPPEN.—La Grange, Oct. 7lh, 1862." That is right, Richard S. : keep on Pop- pen away at the gossips and slanderers of La Granger and when you get through in La Grange, come ever to Putnam, and do some Poppen away over here. When you come, bring yonr trunk, and be prepared to stay sometime, for it will take you a good while to get through, over here. Profaneness. " General Washington was once dining with several of his ofiicers, when one of them uttered an oath. He instantly drop ped his knife and fork, and in a deep tone, with characteristic dignity and earnestness said, ' I thought we all regarded ourselves as gentlemen.' • Patrick Henry once said, ' All the pleasure in the word is not worth an oath.' Yet it seems Gen. Washington swore, sometimes. If a man swears at all (which he ought not to do) he ought io. ¿do.-it in a genteel way, ana not be rude and! T tilgbar in it. TÄE COUNTRYMAN. TURNWOLD, GA., OCTOBER 20, 1862. Stonewall and the Sacrament. " On the morning of a recent battle near Harper's Ferry, after a sermon by one of his chaplains, Stonwall Jackson, who, by the way, is an elder in the ïfresbyteiiar. clmrch, administered the sacrament, to the church-members in his army. He invited all Christians to participate in this ceremo ny. A Baptist, tbe straightest of bis sect, thoroughly imbued with the idea of close communion, was seen to hesitate : but the occasion, and the man who presided, over came his scruples, and thus it was that the prospect of a fight and the, eloquence of Jackson, made a Baptist forget that bap tism is the door into the church."—«The foregoing if* going the rounds of all the papers. Here is another case for brother Wood of the Banner & Baptist. He has been after brothers Lee and Ivie with a sharp slick for the. same, or a similar offence, to that of the Baptist mentioned above, and I think he will not have done his whole duty until lie shall have gotten after the 3rd offending Baptist brother, for communing with those who are not inembeis of "the church," though they may belong to the various sects, such as Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, &c., and be very good Chris tians. Brother Wood must not "think hard" of me for the good-natured squibs 1 may throw at him occasionally. I think there are fol lies and foibles in all the " churches," and I am not goiu£ to shoot at those of the Bap tist deiioii.ination any more than I do at those of tlie other denominations. 1 think brother Wood's peculiar views of baptism and close communion are two great foibles of his " church," and I wish they could be done away with. It does seem to the outside worldling that men whose creed is based upon univer sal love and toleration, should have some common ground ou which all might meet, and give the world an example of Christian love and fellowship. And if that ground is not to be found around the Lord's table, •where is it to be found ? The intolerance and bigotry, creedism arid narrow-mindedness of many profes sing Christians, present tJieir religion in a very forbidding aspect to those who are not . members of " the church"—so much so that they dont see that much is to be gained (except as a money making business) by ." joining the church." Now if professing Christians would, even once, in awhile, give the world an example .of. enlarged toleration and Christian fellow ship, by all of every name and denomina" tion gathering around the Lord's table iu holy communion, there would be something lovely and • .commendable in this. When will " the church" learn not to do exactly contrary to what Christ taught them they should do ? But let ns return to the erring Baptist brother who went to the commumon lable with such outsiders as Stonwall. Jackson,. Methodists, Presbyterians, &c. What should be done with him ? I leave that for br.ither Wood to determine. At the same time, I would suggest that Stonewall in his next despatch should give the name of this erring Baptist, so that that name may be of record in the archives of the Confederate Government, aud be held np to scorn iji all the Baptist papers. But lei us turn from this bantering, to a more serious contemplation. "On tbe morn ing of a recent battle near Harper's Ferry, after a sermon by one of his chaplains, Stonewall Jackson, who, by the way, is an elder iti the Presbyterian church, adminis tered the sacrament to the church-members in his army. He invited all cbristiins to participate in this ceremony." And all Christians, or all church-members, did par ticipate. In view of death, with a prospect of battle staring them in the face, these Christians, with the probability that many of them were ai,out to do so for the last time, gathered around the Lord's table. The scene must have been lovely, noble, and sublime. There is only one thing I blame Stone wall Jackson for, and that is for .confining his invitation to members of " the church." He should have invited all to the table who felt duly impressed with the solemnity of the occasion, aud who were ready and wilj ling in their hearls to render homage to the great God of heaven and of earth. No scoffer, nor no mocker should have been there. But where would you have found one on such an occasion ? • I would have liked myself, even I, who am no church-member, and never expect to be one—I would have liked to have the privi lege granted me of communing with Chris tians—not only ou that occasion, but would like it on any other occasion when I could get my mind in a devotional frame. I never yet found any difficulty in uniting in heart with any proper worship of my Maker. I say proper worship,because agréât deal that goes by the name of worship is not only not proper worship but is highly sinful, such as hallooing, screaming, and indulging in such other mad orgies. Well, the point I was apon was that I would like sometimes to be permitted to go to the Lord's table; But living in the age which I do, this will never be permitted me, by " the churches" now in existence. And in'this they rob me of a part of the lieritage which my Lord and Master left for me. The Baptists deprive someofthem, and they rob me and other'sinners.' But with ;he eye of faith, I look forward to a time when my children's children sh-all have se cured to them even upon earth, that oí which. " the orthodox" deprived their father. * Some otje may say 1 ¿itn not woilhy id go tu the Lord's table. Well, who is 1 This matter goes by grace, and not worth. My idea is that Christ came to bring re-" ligion arid salvation to all mankind. His word says so, at any rale. But Ihosp who profess to he his vicegerents on earih seize upon ..this religion and salvation, and hide it away in some pent-up, narrow, mtoleraiit, bigoted, mean little meeting-house, or creed, and dribble it o'nt, too often only to hypo crites, dicp By drop, in the littleness of stin giness, and stinginess of littleness, all min gled with the poison of sectarian bigotry aud prejudice. But it will not always be so. Let UE hope that the day approaches when the broad, pur«? stream of Christ's love, religion, and salvation, will come like a torrent, s weeping away all bigotry and intolerance, first of all cleansing " the churches," which need it more than any thing or anybody else. To Keep Apples for Winter Use. " Put them in casks, or bins, in layers, wen covered with dry sand, each layer being covered. This preserves them from the air, moisture, and from frost: it pre vents their peíishirg by their own perspi ration, their moisture being absorbed hy the sand, at the same time it preserves the flavor of the apples, and prevents their wilting. Pippins have been kept in this manner, sound and fresh, till midsummer, and how much longer they would have kept, is not known. Anj kind of sand will answer, bu'^ it must be perfectly dry." Hannibal. " From the speech for peace which Livy makes Hannibal "deliver to the senate of Carthage, he must, as Mr. Fox once ob served, have been as eloquent a mau as ever spoke. The figure which he made on that occasion, was extraordinary. Af ter all the warlike declarations he had made, he felt the singularity of his situation and thus shortly expressed it : 'Ego Han nibal, peto pacem !' " ví- T. HE C O IIN T R Y M A N . 29 "Titania." What must be done with brother Wilkes of the Educational Journal, and his,corres pondent 'Titania,'for failing to give credit? In the number for 25th September, ' TV- tatiia'gives the " Song of Morgan's Meriv as it first appeared in The Countryman, with her name signed to it> and with "»Se lected for the Educational Journal" at its Lead, but gives The Countryman no, cred it fcr it whatever. But again : If the reader will turn to the bottom of the 2d column of the 1st page of The Countryman, vol. 1, no. 4, he will fipd the following : • " Exei'lleitce," says Sir Joshua Rey nolds, "is never granted to man, but as the reward of labor. It argues jndeed, no small strength of mind, to persevere in the habits of industry, without the pleasure of perceiving thotfe advantages, which, like thjp Iifitids of a clock, while they make hourly approaches to their point, yet pro ceed so sloivly as to escape observation." .If he will turn to the number of the Education?! Journal, mentioned a^bove, he wHl find the same extract, without any hint of its being a quotation (Sir Joshua's name being left ont) bnt ' Titania 's' at the bot tom ot it, and " For the Journal" at the top of it, as though it we<'e original with 'Titania.' Wl'at say you, brother Wilkes and 'Titania,' why sentence of death should cot be passed upon you both ? Change-Tergiversation. " The wisest mac may be wiser today than he was yesterday, and tomorrow than he is today. Total freedom from change would imply total freedom from error : but this is the prerogative of Omniscience alone. The world, however, is very censorious, and will hardly give a man credit for sim plicity and singleness of heart, who is not only in the habit of changisig his opinions, but also of Lettering his fortunes by ever^ change. Butler, in his best manner, has ridiculed tbis tergiversation, by asking: . 'What makes all doctrines plain and clear ? About (¿jo hundred pounds a-year : And what was proved quite plain before, Proved false again ?—Two hundred more/ Whwi, indeerl, we dismiss our old opin ions, and embrace new-ones, at the expense of worldly profit and advantage, theie may be some who will doubt of our discernment, but there will be none who will impeach our sincerity. He that adopts new opin.- ions at tbe expense of every worldly com fort, gives proof of an integrity, differing only in degiee from that of him who clings to old ones at the hazard of every danger. This latter effort of integrity has been de scribed by Butler in a manner.whicb proves 'that -sublimity and wit are not invariably disconnected : -» ,-" t 'For loyalty is still-the same, w hether-it win or lose the game : True as trie dial to the sun, -Although it be not shined upon.' Therefore when men of admitted talent and of high consideration come over1 to truth, it is always better, both for their own and future times, -that they should come over unto.Jier.^/or herself alone, 'that they should embrace her as a naked ant! nnpnrtioned virgin—an indotata virgo (a dpwerloss "maiden)—most adorned when deprived of all extrinsic ad'orrfinent, and most bea'utifiil v hen she has nothing but herself to bestow. But in the civil, no fess 'ban in the ecclesiastical horizon, there will ever be seme wandering stars whos-- phases Ave may predict, and whose aspects we may calculate, because we know the two forces that regulate their Motions : they are the love of profit, and the love of praise. But as these two powers happen to be equal and contrary, the. career of all bodies, under their joint influence, m'.ist be that of a diagonal between the two. A certain non-conformist having accepted ot a rich benefice, wished to justify himself to his friend. _ He invited him to dinner on a certain day, and a'dded, that he would show him S satisfactory reasons for his ter giversation. His friend came, and on his •refusing to sit down until he had produced his S reasons, our host pointed to the din ner table, which was garnished by a wife and 7 children. Another, on .a similar oc casion, attempted tci exculpate himself by saying, 'We must live." Dr. Johnson would have replied, 'I see no absolute ne cessity for fbat.' But. if we admit this ne cessity, it might be answered by another— that we must also die." • Hanuaii Adams. ' "Hannah Adams was a native of New England, whose literary labors have macie her name knrtwn in Europe, as well as in her native laud. Among her works are the View of Religious, History of the Jews, Evidences of the Christian Religion, and a History of New England. She was a woman of high excellence anfl purity of character. She died in 1831, at the age of 76." —————«————— BEST THINGS TO GIVE.—"The best thing to give to vour enemy is forgiveness ; to your opponent, tolerance ; to a frieud, your heart; to a child, a good example; to a father, deference ; to your mother, con duct that will make her proud of you ; to yourself, respect ; to all men, charity." Horticultural Anecdote. ""'Under this caption an English maga zine of old date, reports that- Sir Francie Carew treated Queen Elizabeth to a drink of cherries, on« month after ' all cherries hafl taken their farewell of England.'— ' This secret he performed by straining a tent or cover of canvass over the tree, and, wetting it now.and then, as the heat of the weather required. And so hy withholding the Sunbeams from the cherries, they grew great, &nd were very long before they had gotten their cherry color.'—' When he was assured of her majesty's coming, he remov ed the tent, and a few Sundays broaght them to maturity.'—No limit has yet been assigned to the effects which art, and skill, and labor can produce iu changing the- qiiplity or time of maturity in fruits." Gen. Robert E. lee. " A correspondent of theCharleston Cou rier, writing from the army, says of Gen. Lee : You cannot imagine a plainer or morn nn- (.stentious looking man than the command- er-iii-chief of the Confederate armies—Gen. Lee. Take .a l.nman form, say 5 feet S inches in height, its constituents well knit together, full in its proportions, and yet without superfluity ; add to it a well- shaped, squarely-bnilt bead, with a front whose every line is marked with energy and genius«; a pair of keten, dark eyes, brown in the parlor, but black in the field, that seem to embrace everything at a glance ; a haMitsomely shaped nose, such as Napoleon liked to see oa bis generals ; a mouth indi-- eating an iron will, at;d a countenance whose natural expression is one of gentleness and benevolence ; cover the head, mouth, and lower part of the face with a heavy growth of short gray Jiair ; invest the whole figure with grace, and an unassuming conscious ness of strength, purpose and position ; let it speak to yon in a voice wbose tones of politeness never vary, whether uttered to the highest or the lowest in rank ; and you have as full and complete a description as I can give of the distinguished man who, at this moment, holds in the hollo'w of his baud the destiny of his country." MOTIVES—PUETEXTS.—" The true mo tives of our actions, like the real pipes of an organ, are usually concealed. But the gilded and the hollow pretext is pompous ly placed in the front of the show." "He who imagines be can do without the world, deceives himself much : but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken." so THE COUNTRYMAN. TTJRNWOLD, GA., OCTOBER 20, 1862. What are We to Do ? This question is heard on all hands— What are we to do ? What are .we to do for hats, for shoes, for csnaburgs, for this thiig, for that thing,-for the other thing? My answer is, go to work and make ithem, If people wonld quit sitting down, -wearing out the seats of their pantaloons, -doing nothing, and loafing aronnd general ly, instead of going to work, to try to do ¿something for themselves, and tbeir coun try, you would not hear so much complaint .about high .prices: Idling away your time äs no way to .make low prices. There is no room in th.e Confederacy, now, for drones íind grumblers. Let every man be tip and -doing something. I work, myself, -and I -work hard—1 work all day, and frequently 'liait tlie night. Therefore I feel at liberty -to call upon other people to work. We iOnght all to do it—every man, woman, and -•child. There is no room for gentlemen or .ladies of elpgant leisure in this crisis of our «country. Every one ought todo something, -either on the field of battle, or in proou- -jßing supplies for the country. He who is .only a consumer now, producing nothing, .ought to die—and that suddenly, and with- -joat remedy. What are we to du for shoes ? Tan your -.own leather, and make them. Make them «of raw-hide. Make them of cloth. Make -ilie uppers of cloth, and the bottoms of leath er, raw-hide, or wood. Make them alto gether of wund. Thousands of people in .Europe wear nothing but wooden shoes. Mill all your worthless cure, and make ¿shoes of their hides. But we don't know how.—Then get up .off of your stcol of do-nothing, and learn how. Ií you are not an idiot, you, can learn -—very easily learu. What are we to do for hats I Make them of cloth. Make them of wheat- jätiaw, rye-straw, oat-straw, pine-straw, and almost anything else. When you go to JSatonton, look at the hat Dr. Gibsou wears, made by some one down about Gordon, out of homespun, and sold at $1 or $1.50. It is neat, durable, tasteful,, and stylish. Had it been introduced h ere-from yaiikeeland, as the mnde, it would have been all the rage. But as it was made down about Gor don, you don't think it worthy of your at tention, and sit, with your lazy fingers in your mouths, and ask, what are we to do tor hats? What are we to do for osnaburgs ? Spin them and weave them. No woman in this broad land is too good to spin and weave. Lucretia, the wife of Collatinns, a Roman nobleman, and accounted the most beauti ful and accomplished woman of the day, was found at midnight working at the lomn. Penelepe, the renowned wife of the great Ulysses, did not' think herself too good to weave. Solomon clad in royal purple, and generally admitted to be a good judge of women, in one of the books which he wrote, and which has rendered him as illustrions as his capacity to judge of feminine accom plishments, speaks of a good woman as be ing a good spinner and weaver.- But I have no fault to find of tlie women, of the land. They are doing tfieir duty. They are spinning, weaving, sewing, and knitting. You don't find them gadding about over the country in idleness, asking, what are we to do ? They see what ÍE to be done, and they go to work at it. What »re we to do for kerseys ? Spin them and weave them. If you haven't got wool, go to Messrs. Denham's tan-yard, or any other, get cow's hair and mix it will) your cotton. This mixture will make good kerseys, and good blankets. Go to work, and make them. But what are we to do for cards? Go to work and make them. It can be done. Let our men stop grumbling—those whose fertile geniuses are so great that they can sit around street corners aud discover un constitutionally in the Conscript Act, aud lead our armies so much better than Lee or Bragg—let them turn their splendid intel lects to account in the manufacture of cot ton and wool cards. We all know it ÍE a pity your great talents are not employed in the cabinet, the senate, and the field : but lbose»posts are filled, now—pot quite as well, probably as yon could Jill them, but still filled—and if you cannot be as splendidly emplojed as you would like to he, you can be use.fully emplojed in mak ing cotton caids, and your services will be at least as fully appreciated by your coun try as they are now in your capacity of grumblei s-in-chief. Now I assert, without the fear of contia- diction, that there never was a time when laboi and everything a man cau do, if he will do it, bore such remunerative prices as now. If a man won't do well, it is his own fault. Take the mere laborer, who has no capital—lake the mechanic—and he has an opportunity to do better than he ev er did in his life. Look in all our newspa pers, and see the great demand there is, tlirough advertisements, for labor, free and slave, I have never known sucb a time. And now take the farmer that is the greatest grumbler of them all, if I am a farmer, myself. Everything that he pro duces, or that grows on his land, meets with ready gale, and i& bearing an excellent price. See what he can get for dried peaches and apples—for peach aud apple brandy—for chickens, hntter, and eggs— for lard, haeon, beef, wool, hides, tallow candles, pork, mutton—for peas, corn, po tatoes, floor, and corn meal—for tan bark, medicinial barks, roots, &c. Then look at the ti.Tiber that the farmer has, out of which he and his hands can manufacture matches, axe-helves, boe-haiidles, water huckets, and the thousand things which he now has an opportunity to selMnstead of having to bay, as formerly. Look at the tremendous pri ces for the brooms which he might make on his plantation if he would, growing his own broom corn. Look at the goobers he might make,, and the syrup» and perhaps sugar, too, of the Chinese sngfar cane, and at 'such prices as these articles now bring-. With all this boundless finid heinre our la borers, mechanics, farmers, planters, capi talists, and street corner statesmen and Na poleons, why stand they idle, all the day, and ask, what must we do ? Can ihey say no man hath employed us,' when the whole country calls upon tlip.m to do some thing—when bleeding liberty bids them do something—when our ¡-oldiers in the field call upon them for aid—when their wives and their children, their firesides and their altars call upon them in thunder tones for action, action, action ? These men are criminal in their do-noth ing-hut-grumble pclicy. They not only won't do anything themselves, but they decry everybody else that tries to do any thing. Let a manufacturer of any arlicle, however much it is needed by the country, endeavor to supply that article, and be cause he can't produce it at the cost at which yankeee swindlers ami pauper labor used to produce it, Ire is cried down as an extor tioner. I ask my countrymen to pause in their thoughtless, if not mad career. The way for ypu fo bring down the price of the necessities of life is to go to work, Iwrîp oro- duce them, and get your share of the mon ey. You can't grnmhle down the prices of things. Go to work with competition, and bring them down in this-way. It is the on ly way yon can bring them down. I have a word more to say about the women of the land—God bless them ! They are not the grumblers—they are not the drones—they are the workers. I know many women in Putuam County whose names deserve a place by the side of those of our bravest soldiers for the part they TH.E COUNTRYMAN. si »re taking in this.revolution. The womaiit who plies her loom, her spinning wheel, .and ter needle, is doing just as much for the success, of this war as the man who wields the sahre and the musket upon the 'field. The industrial resources of our coun try must be developed as certainly as that the yarikee must be met in deadly fray. Nor are our womeu without pecuniary reward in their labors. Their plaids and stripes thattised to sell for loe, now sell tor 75c, or h dollar, and their jeans which used to sell for 50c, or 75c, now sells for from $3 to 65. God bless them and prosper them in their labors, ami may these always bring them remunerative prices! Carlj le on the War. "Thomas Carlyle, iu a speech on .inter vention, 'made the following characteristic utterance with reference to the war : ' It is,' .said he, * the dirtiest chimney that's been afire this century, and the best way is to let it "barn itself out.' " What cares Carlyle, or any other man across the waters, how many men. women,, and children are butchered iu tbis infamous war for the subjugation of the South ? It dosen't concern them; it dosen't hurt them ; they are far away from the scene of difficulty and danger ; they are safe, and this satisfies them. Here is a specimen of British humanity, intellect, philosophy, and Christianity. Let America burn J Who cares? Home Industry. Some of the most, beautiful specimens of cloth I have ever seen, were woven by Mrs. Sichard Griffin, Mrs. Kinion Brannau, and Mrs. Mallo'ry, of this county. They de serve premiums for vfhat they have done, and are doing, and I take pleasure in say ing that if anyone wants weaving and dye ing done, they cannot do better than to call on.these ladies1: Other matrons and maid ens of old Putnam are doing great things in the way of manufacturing domestic fab rics, and if any of them desire it, I will an nounce through the columns of The.Conn- raan, gratis, the names of everyone of them who desires work to do, of theforegoingkind. The Atlanta Commonwealth. Ever since I have been exchanging with the above paper! it has come,to me 3 or 4 days behindhand, and 2 or 3 at a time. The Confederacy and the Intelligencer reach Eatopton regularly the same day they are dated.—Had you not better look into the matter, brother Peterson Î " Vice stiugs us even in our plea&nres, but virtue consoles us even in our pains." Better than Cotton. " Col W. Toney, residing nuar Eufaula, has bold the product of 70 acres of Broom Corn, for the handsome sum of four thousand dollars. The same land, planted in colfon, we are assured, would not realize two thousand dollars, even at'the-present extravagant prices." I copy the foregoing for the benefit of those who ask, what are we to do ? I au- .swer, plant broom-corn, and make brooms. You can make an independent fortune at it, if you will go to work at it, and stick to*It. Prejudices. "We^hate some persons because we do not Tsnow them, and we will not know them because we hate them. The f/iend- «ihips thai succeed to .such aversions are nsnally firm: for those qualities must br sterling that could not only gain our hearts but conquer our prejudices. But the mis fortune is, that we carry these prejudices into things far more serious than our fiiend- ships. Thus, there are truths which some men despise-, because they have not exam ined, and which they will not examine, be cause they despise. There is one single instance on record where this kind of pre judice was overcome by a miracle. But the age of miracles is past, while that of prejudice remains.'*" —————«.———.— r Eloqeiice of Silence. ^Ambassadors were sent to Rome from thé cities of Greece, to complain of inju ries done them by Philip, King of Mace- don: and when-the affair was discussed in.the senate, betwixt Demetrius, the son of Philip, and the ambassadors, Demetrius was so overcome with the truth of their representations, that he could make no de fence, but blushed exceedingly. The sen ate, less moved by the eloquence of the ambassadors, than by the still more elo quent silence of Demetrius, dismissed the complaint." Earl oT Peterborough. " The Earl of Peterborough, who Swift says shone— "'——in all climates like a star, In senates bold, and fierce ia war,' was once surrounded hy a mob, on his way from the House of Lords, who took him for the Dnke of Maryborough, then very unpopular. The earl with great prôsence of mind said, ''I will convince you that I am not the duke. In the first place, I have hut 5 guineas in my pocket : and sec ondly, here they are, much at your ser vice.' He threw his purse among them, and walked home, amid the acclamations of the populace." JJefofm. " Reform is a good, replete with paradox. It is a cathartic which o*ur political quacks, like our medical, recommend to others, but will not take themselves : it is admired by all who cannot effect ii, and abused by all who can : it is thought pregnant with dan ger, for-all time that is present, but would have been extremely profitable for that which is past, and will be highly salu tary for that which is to come ; there fore it has been thought expedient for all administrations which have been, or that will bg, but by any particular one which is, it is coiicidered, like Scotch grapes, to be very seldom ripe, and by the time it is so, to be quite out of season." " We are fond of exaggerating the love our friends bear us : hut it is often less from a principle of gratitude than the de sire of prejudicing people in favoi of our own merit." " The Jewish citizens of Wilmington, N. C., now residing in Charlotte, raised \r\Jim minutes, the othy tlvem. I take an interest in having a continued fitness of things, and therefore propose the change which I dp.. By the way, I must be allowed to ten der at this time of the Union's taking new hold upon life, by its cognomial rejuvena~ lion, my wishes for its continued prosperi ty and success. May its shadow never grow less, « , Recipe for Making Corn Beef. "A correspondent of the Savannah Re publican gives the following recipe for ma king corned he/if :—So soon,after butcher ing the beef as is convenient, cut it into snch sizwl pieces as you desire, and sprink-, le \vith salt, and let it lie and drip, tifl all the animal heat is gone.—For 100 IBs. of beef, take 4 oz. of saltpetre (pounded fine ly) and 4 Ibs. of b.rown sngai"—all well mixed. Sprinkle this compound thinly ovei the bottom, of the barrel, and put down a layer of beef. Over this, sprinkle the compound again, thea put another layer of beef, and continue to do so, till the, barrel is filled, allowing a large' amount of the mixture of «alt, saltpetre, etc., to sprink le over the top layer. Put heavy weights on the top of the beef, and be sure always to keep the top layer covered with salt." Judge Foster. ' "A short time before this eminent jndge's death, he went to the Oxford circuit in the hottest part of one of the hottest summers that had ever been known. He was then so far advanced in years, as to be scarcely able to discharge the important duties of Lis office : and when the grand jury ot Worcester attended for the,charge, he ad dressed them as follows : 'Gentlemen, the weather is very hot, I am very old, and you are very well, acquainted with what is your outy : I have no doubt but you will practise it.' " * *•"*** Bold Appeal. "A poor old woman had often in vain attempted to obtain the eat of Pliilip of Maeedoh, to certain wrongs of which she complained. The king atlast abruptly told hçr ' he was not at leisure "to hear her.'— "No !' exclaimed' she :«'tlv-u you are not at leisure to bo a king.' Philip was confound ed. He pondered a moment, in'silence, over her words, then desired her to pro ceed yith 1'ier case, ajid ever after made it a rare toHsten attentively* to the appli cations of all v£\o addressed him." • - -^————,————— • • Dissimulation. "Dissimulation in youth is the forerunner of perfidy in old age. Its first appearance is the fatal omen of growing depravity and future shame. It degrades parís and learn ing, oïïscures the lustre of accomplishment, and sinks us into contempt, .After the first departure from sincerity, it .is not in cm- power to stop. One artifice unavoidably leads 011 to another, till, as the intricacy of the labyrinth increases'; we are left entan gled in our srmse." AD VË K'riSEM ENTS. Legal advertisements at the usual rates, and aM others at 10o per Jitie, for each insertion, cash in advance. Obituarieä and marriages, short or long,' are advertisements." * * tf , Prospectus.' * The Countryman ¡s'a Little Papor published on .the 'editor's plantation,- 9'miles .from Eaton- ton, at $1 per annum, in advance.—I do not profess to publish a NEWS paper, for; under the circueistan- c.es, thiil is impossible. MV aim is to model my journal after Addison's Little Paper, T'ae Spectator, Steele's Little Paper, The Tatler, Johnson's Little Papers. The Rambler and The Adventurer, and Gold smith's Little Paper, The Bee : neither of which, I believe, was as large as The Countryman. It is my aim to fill my Little Paper with Wit, Humor, Anee dote, Essays, Poems, Sketches, Agricultural Ar ticles, and Short Tales. I do not intend to publish any thing that is dull, didactic,- or prosy. I wish to make a neatly-printed, select Little Paper—a pleasant companion for the leisure hour, and to re lieve the minds of our people somewhat from the engrossing1 topic of war news. This journal will be divided into quarterly volumes, ilcb of w'h:r.!i -j-ill make a book, when reprint'«), each contamine 400 octa.o pages of the most interesting-, matter toun.t in the English language.—No back numbers can be supplies now, but the volumes will be reprinted and bound hereafter. J. A. TÜRNER, Eatohton, Ga. October 13, 1862. BUES!?WANTED.—Any one having- a' good Hue's cylinder po.wer press for-tale, will please address The Countryman. Oct. 13, 18(2. . 3-3-tf *yJ WORK executed with neatness and despatch at this office. Sept. 15. - . 2-14tf, THE EVANGELICAL PULPIT: Published month- A ly, by Wilkea & Marshall, Forsyth, Ga., at $1 per annnm Aug 23, 1862; 2-11-tf ADMINISTRATOR'S S ALE..-Will be sold on the **- 1st Tuesday in Dec. next, between the legal hours of sale, before the court-house doorin Sparta, 4 acres of land belonging to the estate of Thoniaa C. Grimes, 'deceased. Said tract of land is that whereon thé late Thomas C. Grimes "isidi J, in life, Is knov^p as the Burnt Place, and adjoins the lands of Mrs. Colt, and Dr Whilten.—Sold under an order of the Court of Ordinary of Pntnam Co.—Terras on the da,y of" sale. ' M. DENNIS, Adm'r. Oct. 13, 18fi2. ' • , 3-3-t'ds WÖTICE.—The relatives, of deceased spldiere, who " we're members of the Putnam Volunteers, can make affidavits properly attested and certified, with the county/seal affixed, and give me power oí attor ney to collect the money due sait fc-rm of "• the Court of Ordinary ot Putna'ta County, after the expiration of sixty d^ys*f'rum the ¿ate hereof, for leave to sell the negroes belonging to the estate ef V^m. W. P „schal, dec'd. JOHN PASCHAL, Adm'r. Pel, 13, 1862.________________3-3 9t || AT SHOP.—The hat shu'i/at this place (Tas passed ** -uider my control, though Mr. Wall is still boss- worbman. All ordtrs tor balsean now be filled with promptness and despatch, at the reduced rate of 2 Ibs. of wool (or thcir equivalent in money) in payment for one-woi.il hat.-The old price of woo! hats used to be 4 Iba. of wool, or their equivalent m money. Sept. 29, 1862. J. A. TURNER W ÜR AND WOOL WANÏE1): ^or wuich I am ng the highest cash prices at'rny hat shop. Si-p't. 29, 1862. ___ 2-14-tl .". A.' TURNER ~~ ___ Tb~HÏRlïT~sroT 3 likely meiiTor boys, lor whom liberal monthly wages will be paid. Apply at this office. Sept. 16, 1862. • • 2 14 If -TüMlNISTRATOP S SALE.— Uiuiir an order oft he Court,of Ordinary ot Pumain Co., I Viill offer for sale, on the 1st Tuesday m NMV. next, before the court-house door of EiHonton, ibe real estate of Wil liam Hakin deceased, consisting .of Iti20 acres, more or le^s. The property i/iay be divicíeíl inio iwo pla ces, with good settlements, and a good proportion oí woodland on each. Poth places »re well mattered, and immediately join, ihe one a Methodist, and the oiher a Baptist church, besides beuigTcouvenient to a post-offioe and store, sho^vshous, lumber and grist mills, priming- -office, and bat-shop. Two more de sirable residtAicts cannot be found. '£hey "will be sold separately, or jointly, aá may be deeimd best on the day of sale, when "terms will tte made known. Sept. 22, 18(52. (Ids) A. H. KAKiN, Adm'r. SIXTY DAYS alter date, application will be mads to the CouM of Ordinary ot Pufftarn County, for leave to sell the real estille of James Pink' rton, de ceased. JOHN PINKER lOfnÊx'r. AUK. 30, 1862. w. B c. 12-9t 81XTY DAYS afterdate, application »ill be ¿naile to the court of Ordinary ot Pu-tuam County, for leave to. St 11 the house and lot belongjiig h» theEstate of Wiliittin Arnold, lying in the town "of Eiiuinion. Aug. I6ib, 1862._______R. 3. W\NNIi, Ex'r. KOTICE. — Persons indebted to either the estate of 11 A. C. or E. A, Hartón, are hereby noticed that un less they make payment hy the 15th Oct „n.i-xt, they will bo sued ihdsoriininateiy. A-. T. PUTNAM. Sept. 6tb, 1862. ,________. • 2 i3. 7.t A LL persone having1 demar^sBgainht th¿ estate ol -c.%. John A Cogbörn, . cceased, are. hereby notified to. present them, properly attested, to. me, within ?he time prescribed by law: and all persons indebted tc¿ said deceased are hereby required to m-ike immedi ate paymeui. D. A. WEAVE1?, Ex'r. August 23, 1862._______' . 2-11-61 BUBSTirUfES WANTED.—TWQable bodred men, '-'over 45 years old : one for the 3rd Georgia, and one for the 44th Georgia Volunteers. A liberal price will be paid if good recommendations can be given." Apply to the undersigned, in person at Sianford- ville, Ga. or bv letter to "Eatonton, Ga. September 22,186^ tf B. B. ODOM.!-V