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LIQUID
GUTTA PERCH CEMENT.

For Coating Metals Of all Kinds when ex
posed to the action Of the weather, and
Fo, Prese, wing and Repairing Metal Roof
OF Iy KINDS.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04

A PosER.-A Mr.. N. was about com.
pleting the sale of horse which he was
very anxious to dispose OF, when little
urchin appeared and very innocenty in
quired:
"Grandpa, which horse are you gOin'
to sell, dat one you built fire under yes-
terday to make him drawlna
The bargain was at an end.
A WESTERN editor speaks Of the cir
cumstance off bird building its nest
upon ledge over the door Of doctors
office, as an attempt to rear its young in
the very jaws of death.
"BlDDY," said lady to her Irish serv-
ant, " | wish you would step over and
see how old Mrs. Jones is this morning"
In few minutes Biddy returned with
the information that Mrs. Jones was ex-
actly seventy two years, seven months
and two days old. ...------..
MIKE yesterday said he was going to
move from the house he then occupied.
Scaley asked him, "what for ?" Mixes
answer was 81 don't like the vicinity"
Tucker then calculated: "Don't like the
vice in it ehr" Mike thought Tucker
personal.
LITTLE TRVIsMs often give the clue to
long, deep, intricate, undisplayed trains
of thought, which have been going on In
silence and secrecy for long time before
the common place in which most medita-
tions end is expressed.
Az anecdote is related Of running foot
man, (rather half witted, who was sent
from Glasgow to Edinburgh for two doc
tors to come and see his sick master. He
was interrupted on the road by the in
quiry .----
How is your master nowf"
"He's no dead yet" was the reply, ''bu
he'll soon be, for I'm fast on the way fOI
two Edinburgh doctors to come and Visi
him."
PURPOSE is the edge and point Of char
acter, it is the superscription on the letteI
of talent. Character without it is blunt
and torpid; genius without it is bullion-
splendid and uncirculating.
Sorrow, pains aud troubles, equally d
vided among community greatly dimin
ishes them; while the good fortune Of -
individual is immeasurabiy Increased by
the participations Of many.
WHAT animal has the greatest quantity
of brainsP The hog, Of courss, Soe b
has hogshead full ? 81
The most intolerant and IsroeE0ns O
human beings is your philanthfopise b
trade.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04
{ NUMBER lA.

MENoRY.-But we need nat 60 hgeAd
our own familiar experience " very 4his
! view. Revisit sNrN~ eSeNs3 NS Se2y life,
from which you have been absent twenty,
thirty Sr forty years, and What intensely
vivid remembranccs take shape, hue and
voice The faces and tones Of the long
forgotten, the very trees and stones now
dislodged, the prattle and the day dreams
of infancy, every evanescent frame Of
thought and feeling will be recalled, and
you find yourself again child There Is
not reverie that ever fitted aeross eur
minds, not dream that ever hannted our
pillows, which has gone beyond return.
Nor is there a single day, when strange
and isolated facts, fragments of eoDxaFaar
ton, vague, floating images Of ancESnt and
ftagottI \ 1i.sass, DO nos thus re SeeGcr->
us like ghosts of the unburied. Thus the
past never dies, though in the common
routine of life, we have to degree the
keys of memory in our own hands, and
may admit or exclude recollections at
pleasure.
But there are seasons, and those not
rare, when the keys are taken from Us,
and without the power Of choice, We are
liable to inundationS from the good or evil,
the sweet or bitter, Of the past prOmiscu-
ously.
Indeed, these seasons are 50 frequent
with US all, that large part Of our happi-
ness is placed irrevocably out Of our own
keeping-transferred from our present to
our past selves.
OF the power Of memory for good or
evil VIC have in this life ample experience
from the torn and scattered leaves Of its
book, with which recollection furnishes US
What anguish can be compared with the
rcmorsc that gnaws the breast of the be-
trayer of innocence--of him whose profit
gacy has brought the gray hairs Of parents
with sorrow to the grave-of him whose
every retrospect is rayless and gullt-stain-
ed2 esa
We recoIlect our childish follieG, and the
chiding and the pain which attended them,
but if they were outgrown, forsaken and
forgiven. and if while they lie back in the
dim distance of many years, We have
built fair and pleasing structures in the
foreground, these so occupy the view as
to prevent the eye from resting painfully
on earlier guilt. Memory is blessing to
the good,
The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04

"SucH is LIFE."-During his days Of
youthful enthusiasm every man promises
himself career Of perfect happiness-Of
stainless respectability-of matchless
honor. We hatter ourselves that the
world will reform itself for our sake We
anticipate faultless partner in our fu-
ture bride, and cheat ourselves with the
expectation that the current Of our desti-
ny will aow over sands Of gold. Alasl
the first sef-deception We are compelled
to resign becomes Utter trial to our for
titude; but as one after another we see
these cherished visions fade away We
inure ourselves to the degree Of medioc-
rity which is our allotted pOrtiOn-and
finally, learn to be contented with such
dirty scraps as the charity Of fortune
throws in our way. ..---.-..
The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04

ARTENUs WARDS ToAsT.-Woman, -
Tu yure sex, kommonly kalled the phair
sex, we are indebted for our bornin, as
we'll as many other blessins in these 10
crowns of sorro. Some poor sperroted
fools blaim yure sex for the difficulty in
the gardin; but know men are de-
seteful set, and when the appels had be-
kun plum ripe, | have no dowt bat
Adam would have rigged cider press,
and like as not went into a big bust and
been driv off unaware. Yure first mother
was lady, and her dawters is ditto. and
nun but lofin cuss would say anything
agin yu. Hopin that no waive Of trub.
BILE may ever ride akrOss your peaceful
brests, konclude these remarks with the
following centyment: ..
Woman-She is good egg.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04
de my heart thTOb.

sad tone, that made my heart thyOb.
Miss Susy, l hoped you, at leasL
would miss me, and sorrow. in my ab.
Sence"
She opened her eyes with an expression
Of profound astonishment.
at" she exclaimed.
eyes, it might change all my plans, il
my absence would grievc YOU"
"Change all your plans?"
"Ycs, l hoped-thought -"
Oh! that earnest, grave face. My
cheeks burned, my hands and feet seemed
to swell. and felt cold chillS all over me.
broke down for the third time.
There was an awkward silence.
glanced at Susey. Her eyes were resting
on my hand which Law on the arm of the
sofa.
The contrast between the black horse,
hair aud che flesh seemed to strike her.
"What pretty little hand!" she said.
A brilliant idea passed through my
brain.
You may have it if you WILL" said l,
offering it.
She took it between her own and said,
"May II"
"Yes, if you will give this one," and ]
raised her beautiful hand to my lips.
She looked into my face. What she
read there cannot say but if ever eyes
tried to talk, mine did. Her color rose,
the white lids fell over the glorious eyes,
and the tiny hand struggled to free itself.
Was fool enough to release it9
What said know not but dare say
my wife can tell you. Five minutes Ia
ter, my arm eAcirclcd the blue dress, the
brown curls fell upon my breast, and my
lips were in contact with-you know
what!
The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04

Beautiful PRAYERS.-The prayers are
beautiful that reach Gods ear. The fer
vent prayer of the righteous man availcth
much, and is beautiful. The prayer Of
the widow and iatherless, who have no
helper, is beautiful. The prayer of the
infant, who takes Gods promise in his
moist, implicit grasp as he does his
mothers hand, is beautiful. The prayer
of the lowIy saint, nnlettered and ungram-
matical, IS beautiful. The prayer Of the
poor man when God heard him and de-
livered him out of his troubles was beau
tiful. The prayer of the publican who
smote upon his breast and said, God be
merciful to me sinner was beautiful.
The prayer Of Stephen, when amid the
storm of stones he cried just before he fell
asleep lay not this sin to their charge,
was beautiful. There is grammar and a
rhetoric of heaven; but it is foreign to the
culture If this world. The courtiers there
wear wedding garments, and they speak
the celestial language; but sometimes they
seem ragged and ignorant to the eyes that
arc blinded with the clay and dust of our
earth roadAtGadS.-We cannot always dis
ccrn the fashions Of heaven. There is a
frippery that sometimes claims to be the
garb divine, but is mere tinsel. There is
an 'excellency of speech which is jargon
and mockery in the ear Of God. There is
sounding brass and tinkling cymbar-
mere clatter, and not celestial music at all.
There are beautiful prayers that are un-
lovely and abominabe before the Searcher
of hearts.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04

BENEVOLENT GERMAN.-An eccentric
German was noted for making and keep
ing good cider, and for extreme stingi
ness in dispensing it to his neighbors
when they called on him. A travelling
Yankee, who had heard this Of him, re-
solved to try his hand on the old boy,
and coax pitcher of cider out of him.
lie made a call, praised up his cattle,
and speaking of his orchard, casually
said:
al hear, Mr.. Won Dam, that you make
excellent cider"
"Yesh, yesh, I dOsh. Hans, bring me
dc cider shug."
The Yankee was delighted at his sue
cess, and smacked his lips in anticipation
of what was 10 come. Hans brought up
a quart Jug of cider, and placed it on the
table before his father. The old farmer
raised it with both hands, and glueiug
his lips te the hrim, drained it to the bet
tom; then, handing the empty jug to the
dry, thirsty Yankee, he quietly observed;
"Vell, dens, if you don't p'lieve dat is
goot cider, shust you shmell de shug."
The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04

HARDENING OF TIE BRAIN.-Softening Of
the brain is not unfrcquently the result of
everlasting that delicate and wonderful
organ. Southey, the poet. died of the dis.
case, and it is sometimes produced by
sensual excess as well as mental labor
But, according to distinguished modern
anatomist, hardening of the brain is more
common than its opposite. Nothing can
be more easy than to indurate the organ
of thought. 1t can be done either by
soaking the contents of dead mans era
mum in alcohol, or by the introduction of
liquor into the skull of the living subject
in the form of drains. In short, drunken
ness sometimes hardens the brain during
life as cGcctually as bath of fourth proof
spirits could Solidify it after death.
Hyrth, the celebrated physiologist, de-
clared that he could distinguish in the
dark, by the resistance it offered to the
knife, the brain of drunkard from that
of a person who had lived soberly and
when he found hardened brain in the
dissecting room. was accustomed to con-
gratulate the students in his class on OBJ
tanning specimen so thoroughly prepared
for preservation and for the purposes Of
demonstration.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04

RIGID HONESTY. O'Brien was
one day strolling with friend through a
grave yard, when his eye was arrested by
an epitaph which shocked his senses Of
prOpriety and veracity. 1t ran thus;
"Weep not for me, my children dear,
am moi deud, but sleeping here.
"Well," said Paddy, "fI was dead,
l would be honest enough to own it"
The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04

"WHAr do you think of that ~ ex-
claimed Mr.. Potiphar Croesus to Jones,
as he poured him out sample of his
best. Cobwebbed" Madeira "what
do you think OF that, now ?" ----.----
Humphl" returned the waggish
Jones, after taste-and as he held the
unfinished glass off from his eye, with
the air Of onnoisseur-" Well, if it is
meant for vinegar, it's id fine but, il
it is intended to be wine should say it
was q failure !" Jones was shown the
door. ..-
The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04

DD you ever see woman who did not
want few more dry goods, or a young
lady who did not look upon a shawl that
cost under ten dollars, Us "a perfect
fright"
The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04

Why is the pretty foot of lady like a
romance of olden times? Because it is an
interesting legend.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04

INMoRrAIs BY AcCIDENT.-ITcroes, re-
marks a writer in the Dublin University
Magazine, have lived since Agemennon,
and have been known, too even in mod
ern times, who have gained little by their
herOism.
The reason is obvious; they have want
cd a divine poet--they had no one to make
them immortal. Europe has been filled
with them for the last hundred years.
Our own armies and navies could reckon
them by the score. They were named in
dispatch, and died. One or two of them
found bard. There was amber for Kem-
perfeldt, for Nelson, for Sir John Moore,
for the "Six Hundred" for some few 9TH
ers besides. Where will the rest be when
the present becomes the past, when news
becomes known, when kilograms become
history?
So far as man goes, they sink into the
strata on which futurity will be raised,
affording stability and permanence to the
foundation to society, which will but rest
upon them and crush them down. We
have named Sir John Moore. Look at his
case-never was there anything less prob
able than that his i'll luck should have
been his passport to fame. He had fought
as other Generals had-he had had his
successes as his reverses, and had just
kept his head above water before the ad-
vancing forces of Soult.
On the walls of Corunna he met his
fate and might have lain there, as hun
dreds Of others did, in an unrecorded
grave, to this hour, and to all future ages,
had not an ordinary, unnoticed Irish par
son, from remote country parish, and
from amid common prosaic pursuits,
caught glance in imagination of the life
less warrior, as he was hurried to a hasty
grave in the silence of the night, within
sound Of the advancing encmy's guns
That look was cnough-thc picture was
taken, with its full significance of pathos,
into the heart of the poet; and when it
reappeared it was found to have been en-
crusted with amber, thereafter never to
pass away. 1t is true little ceremony was
observed at that burial
Mot a drum was heard, not funeral note"
But the Tyre was struck and the echoes
went forth to the end of the Garth; and so
Sir John Moore passed, by the narrow
channel Of those few hasty and careless
stanZas, from the shores of oblivion
where he would have wandered until
doomsday with thousands of brave but
unrecorded commanders, to those Isles oi
the Blest, wherein the favOrite heroes OI
ages have pitched their tents and exalted
their standard,
The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04

ing on her he'd while her mother sat busiIy
l-...5,- r., S.t+ts-l >.ik sad held up the
chicken and the fruit, crying:
Good news! good news I've got all
these nice things for Mary, and place at
two dollars week y
o! how little Mary's hot fingers closed
over the punches of white grapes, while
the sewing dropped from her mothers
fingers, as the grateful tears ran down her
cheeks.
1t was evening, and Mrs. Beach sat in
the library, absorbed in some new book,
when she heard her husbands step IN the
hall. Though the morning had been so
pleasant, the afternoon was cloudy, and
the day had gone down in low, sullen,
penetrating rain. ,..
lNoW ArrS. r5edcn f0VeG ner nosoaTu ,t1Cn
the love of true wife. but he was not a
demonstrative man, and the first beauty
and poetry of their married life had set
tied down into somewhat bare, every
day, matter of fact existence.
But her heart was warm to night; warm
with the good deeds Of the day, and re-
membcring her resolution of the morning,
she threw down her book, and ran down
stairs.
Henry, dear said the soft voice of the
wife, has the rain wet you, at all? Let
me take off your coat for you
Thank you, Mary, | don't believe I'm
anywise injured, but you may help me,
just for the pleasure of it, and he stood
still, while she removed the heavy coat,
with all the Softness of touch and move
ment which belong to a woman.
She hung it up, and then the husband
drew her to his heart with all the old lover
tenderness.
You are very thoughtful Of me, Mary,
my wife, he said.
And there was music in Mrs. Bcach's
heart as she went up Stairs-music set to
the words: Eyes openl eyes openr
The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04
The MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING By
a1L~xO ES - JAN u a "a
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NOTICE.

HTY brother, Col ". B kkhmons vas tlisa i, fbs
WI Chicksmangs fight on SuuiaF aaenr 49,
found next mO-ning some hfsau Or afrt - bo,--S
terWara, hsrofy bsd been ,ifed Of evsr tsrso ~ -
Aeart hom q cOnsiderabls sun OF mo9s- +,
Paper. Wli-h he had sb0ut Inn. his coat ~ -
sword. watch. snd 3 vauabo diary which Re Esnt .f,-,
the besnnnE Of TIE Har, aad o.her msor articles wsra
$50 taken 4he watch vas q hns gold one. I'M =
black n2bons and ] think a double c 81 md IL. 49, 4
on H.. Tbs sword had bis name n full On ~ 49,,
sno aso ne name o. Ne doulr. Thesa thiurz- .sirs
iron the money, can Be Of little value Id ~ -
S0utnefnsF 10 BIS mother, sistsrs and mvsse ~
soua Pc very preeoas WhcsFer viii return srv o.
Al 2 thea % ne, VITA Captaia George DsshsssI Pav-
ma.taE Gen Forests division Of esTslrvl 81 ~ 81
H. o. Neatman, aid-ds-csDp 10 Lieut. cen Peg Ans
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lsATuRDAT NIGHTS DIsPATcHEsl
Rram The VYest.

fsATURDAT NIGHTS DI~sPATcHEs.l
FFom the West.
MOBILE, September Is The Advertiser and Regis
ter has a special from sonatobia. Northern papers are
mOurnful over Rosseramf defeat. They aekn0wledgs =
loss OF thirty thousand.
Insurance companies VII not insure On The KisslS
sippi river.
All quiet in Arkansas.
The New oloans Era says that q most disastrous re-
vcrss TO the FederaLs Las taken place in Louizzus.
This eoncurs with the rumOrs thai Wrltzsl was defeat
ed and killed by Taylor at Napolsonvills.
From Virginia.
RICHMOND, Sept. 95-Advioss from the army Of
Northern Virginia represent eur troops Ia excellent con
dillon, AID ready for the impending battle On tbs Rap
idsn, which IL now daily expected.
Small squads OF Federal dsrsrters and prisoners are
daily brought down.
Gag Of truce boat Is daily expected St City Point
siege OF Charleston,
CHARLESTON, September 2z-Tbe Yankees have
worked very little at their batteries to day. Our forces
are keeping them close under cover. Our mortsr's on
sulivan's Island work admirably. The shells are thrown
with accuracy, and are falling in The middle OF ths
enemy's battery 81 nearly every Ere. There was again
considerable motion in the feet to-day. 1t Is supposed
that Farrssui "a visiting each vessel.
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EXPREss NOTICE.

OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY,
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N order to ssoia Misunderstanding and to make our
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pany hereby gives notice that from ahd after Octolel
lst, 1853, shippers viii be required TO pace their va!ua.
ton upon each package 64fore it viii be received.
such Va ue viii Do Inserted IN tbs Company's receipt
and establish the liability OF the company for the
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excepted Q. 4. CAMPBELL,
ss2s I'm Agent.
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ORDER 60. =

PROVOST NAESHALfS OFFICE.
ATLANTA Ga, September q, 1853
A IL officers and sOldisrs STRIVING a. this post viii
"a report 90 tie Provost Marshal INN diatsly on 3 r.
val in order that their orders, furlougos, leaves Of alb
sence, etc. nay be exam ned
The Provost Guard is Instructed % halt all ohiesrs
and men, and demand Of Them passes 1. ON the Provost
MarshaL
Tn order is not intended 20 Interfere with those who
are sbsent from r. cir e3mmgnds with proper sul horty.
but the large number OF abseutess Without lesve. re
gu re that all should report, IN order that the gui y
ones may be detected.
BY order Of u. H. WRIGHT.
Uoloasl Commanding Tr, ops and Defenses.
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se22-I0t Captain and Provost Marshal
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PRENATURE-The Richmond EIamia1y, Of
the 24ih. contains a glowing eulegy Of Major
General H5od, written Of course, under tie ina
precision that be had died from his late severe
wouud Although eli that is said is deserved,
the friends Of he hero viii rj0ica to learn tba.
Ii is prematare-ihat be "sGn lives, aud with
every prospect that be val win new iaures to be
sddod 70 his chaplet hereafter.
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NOTICE.

4 SOLDIER, Of the 1874 Arkansas regimsnt. tanned
"A ever to me 3 few days since q MULATTO BOY.
about thirteen years CT sgs, WHO says hs name Is
PETER and that his master a Mr.. Ripley. Of Charles.
toni was killed in bzttis No olher PARTICULAR can Be
obtained from tie BOY as he Is very ignorant. The
owner is requested b call for the boy. Address or ap.
ply 10 J. K. A
se2a lte Mainr. =. A NS
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WOur information is thaeibs Federal forces
have recently met wish TWO disastrous defeats il
Texas and louisiana, one 81 Sabine pass and
tbs other at EspOleonvile. The trans Missis
sippi department. is giving the most CRAFTY ing
evidence Of its ability to take care Of itself.
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CANADIAN PoLITICs- The debate on the mo.
fcn Of q went Of confidence in she Government
terminsted in the Colonial Parliament on The
1911 instant The Government was sustained
b. q majority Of tvO votes. The issue was
made with reference to American affairs, and
Russell was held up by q sim majority.
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NOTICE.

A NY person who viii give information Of the pres
mt place OF sbode Of drs. h y. WHITE, or blE.
T. J. stfbLBY AID family refugees from nssr Weeks
burg, will confer a favor On tie undsrsig- ed
D. U. WILLIS,
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