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[from Arthur’s home gazette.]
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BY NORA H. S-
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
R. L. WARTHEN,
Attorney at Law,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA,
feb. 17, 1852. 4_,y
MULFORD MARSH
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Office, 175, Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
feb. 10, 1852. l
J. B< HAYNE,
ATTORNEYAT LAW.
ATALCYONDALE Ga.
Will attend promptly to all business en
trusted to his care in any ot the Courts of the
Middle or Eastern circuits.
Halcyondale feb. 2 1852
2—iy
JNO. W, RUDISILL.
attorney at eaw,
SANDERSVILLE, Ga.
JWarch 10, 1851
8—lv
"JAMES S. HOOK,
Attorney at Eaw,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA
WILL PRACTICE IN THE COUNTIES OF
. ) Washington, Burke, Seriven
Middle-circuit. ^ j e ff ers0 n and Emanuel
Southern Circuit. I 1 ”
Ocmulgee Circuit \ , _
Office next door to the Central Georgian
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Attorney at Eaw.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA,
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Laurens, and Jefferson, should business beem
rtustedto his care,in either oftho ^^ ntief
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lovb & co.
Factors and Commission Merchants,
No. 11 $9 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
J. W. C. Loud.] [ p - H. Loud
nov. 4, 1851.
Seek’st thou a home which changeth not ?
In vain thou’lt search the wide world round,
On earth is no such favored spot,
And no “continuing city” found.
Say’st thou to gold, “Thou art my hope
To fine gold, “Thou my confidence
Yet do thy coffers never ope,
And comfort to the poor dispense.
Vain is thy hope; thy heart is fixed
On treasures thieves may soon assail;
Rejecting those which are unmixed, *
And even over death prevail.’
Does thy soul lean on natural things,
And make a staff of earthly love I
Beware! for that to which it clings
Its true support can never prove.
Nature’s most dear, delightful ties,
Strongly uniting mind to mind,
If thou dost dare to idolize,
May perish, leaving thorns behind.
Yet say not “Happiness must be
A phantom haunting feverish thought,” „
There still remains a hope for thee,
A hope with heavenly brightness fraught.
There is a home which knows no change,^
A treasure nought can take away,
A love which nothing can estrange,
A staff which never can betray.
Then seek “a house not. made with hands,”
Established on the unshaken rock;
Unmoved, unharmed, it firmly stands
Above the angry tempest’s shock.
Lay thou “a treasure up in heaven”—
Safe, incorruptible, and pure;
And seek the love by which ’tis given—
Twill be to thee a stuff secure.
Twill be a guide, a brilliant sun,
To light thee o’er this vale of tears;
Follow, and know on earth begun,
A heaven to last through endless years.
MISCELLANEO US.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE'
BY MRS. BELL SMITH.
years of age, was the only child of respect-
ble parents living within a mile of S ,
and in her sprightly loveliness had won
the affection of all the villagers. The cir
cumstances attending her death were as
follows: .
The parents as was frequently their cus
tom, left the house under the charge of
M!T)ie, and had been the greater part of
the aay making purchases and visiting in
the village. Hurrying home before the
coming storm, the agonized parents found
thgir house robbed and their only child
brutally murdered. The news spread rap
idly, and soon the curious and cooler neigh
bors were looking carefully on all marks
the violenee had left in the premises. The
front door was found open, all the inner
doors unlocked or broken, every drawer,
chest, press or cupboard forced, and their
contents scattered over the floor. In the
garret to which place the poor little crea
ture had probably fled Millie was found
covered with blood that flowed from a stab
in her side, her little hand grasping an old
bedpost, while around her neck, a white
liankerchief was slightly knotted.
Upon the floor of the hall, one of the
neighbors picked up a squirrel with one
fore paw gone and its head scalped by a
rifle ball. A young man who had been
chopping wood in a neighboring grove im
mediately recognized it as one W———
had shot that afternoon; he was by, and
picking it up, remarked to W the
excellent shot he had made. W left
him in the direction of Wood’s house, with
the squirrel in his hand. The handker
chief unwound liom Millie’s neck had the
letters m. vv. in one corner. True, these
were the initials of Millie’s own name, but
her mother positively avowed she owned
no such article. Satified with these circum
stances the officer at once arrested W
From the time the murder was discovered
to that of W ’s arrest was just two
hours.
The prisoner was hurried to the nearest
magistrate, and the evidence I have detail
ed, given before him. In addition to this,
spots of fresh blood were found on his coat
sleeve, and as Woods had been robbed of
some gold and silver com, of a peculiar
character, two or three of the pieces were
found upon the unfortunate man’s person.
This rivited the final link, and the crowd
gre*v furious. Little Millie, so loved and
loving, all remembered as a child of their
own, and she to be butchf red for gold
the law seemed too slow and mild for ven
geance; and the great crowd, now swelled
to hundreds, swayed to and fro shouting
angrily for blood.
A convict but lately from prison, hasten
ed forward with a rope, threw it over a post
while some of the citizens in answer to this
mute suggestion, hurried the impromptu
gallows.
The Rev. gentleman paid little attention
to the talkative official, as they paced a-
long. He was meditating upon the thorns
that had lined the way of the transgi essor;
but he calmly meditated. Troubles of
such magnitude touched him as lightly as
did the cold of the December night his
well protected person, and he looked upon
their trials as quietly as he did the patches
of gleaming snow they passed, or the star
beams that struggled through the wintry
mist.
‘Oh ! gentlemen !’ screamed the young
man frightened at what appeared his inev
itable fate. ‘Have mercy upon me—I am
innocent—indeed I am—have mercy.’
His voice was droWned in a roar from the
crowd, ‘Who had mercy on little Millie ?
“See! see!” shouted the convict, half r>
sina- with the delirium that ushered in death
Lord have mercy on him. What say you
A shout- of approbation p was the only
response, andjthey hurried W to the _*there h e rides, howling—don’t hurt me,
shore. In the meanwhile the storm grew • Q? please don’t—there I choke her—hear him
louder, and when in the dark night, their noW) { iear him—a widowed mother! We
torches beaten out by the wind and rain, str ;j- e j ’ we ’ re going down—down!” he cried,
the crowd heard the angry waves dashing an( j throwing his muscular arm round the
over the rude pier, their courage failed ; p rea cher and pulling him to the pillow—
seven only were found ready for the en- “down, down, we go, down”—but his hold
t&rprise. Clambering upon the deck, with ; re ] axe( i. the voice ceased; a shudder ran
their victim in their midst, the cables were through his frame, and the wretched crim-
cut, and the little bark, like a frightened j inal ^ no more .
bird, flew out to sea. _ ******
Perhaps no scene ever painted itself on
the canvass of real lifejso startling, wild _ ^
and strange as this. While the stout-heart- j or were dead, and among the remaining,
-£rrew to a
In time thervillage of S'
city. Many of its old citizens had emigra-
ed skipper steered the bark, the con vie, as
sisted by four of his companions, tied W
to the open boat, and the preacher kneel
ing upon the deck, was heard between the
pauses of the thunder, far above the waves
and wind, calling upon heaven to bless
their unholy act.
The open lake was • gained and the
wretched man, regardless of his entreaties
and screams, was given to the foaming
waters. In a glare of lightning, that was
followed by deafening peal of thunder, they
saw their victim rise upon a huge wave,
then plung into thejdarkness and death be
yond.
the events I have narrated had faded into an
almost uncertain legend, when, one sunni
afternoon, an elderly gentleman of staid,
respectable appearance, accompanied by bis
wife and children, made his wav from the
evening steamer to one of the principal ho
tels. After securing rooms, he walked into
the streets. He earnestly scanned the signs
as he passed. He stopped before one that
read “Attorney at Law.” He pushed, and
then, with a start as if the determination
had a spice of the desperate in it, he ascen
ded the stairs and entered the office. An
elderly man was seated at the table sur
rounded by books and papers. Inviting the
Short time had the executioners to dwell j new comer to seated, he peered at him,
upon their ruthless deed. Their lives were tbrouo j 1 ^j s spectacles, and enquired his bus
in jeopardy. A storm so °“ , “
42—ly
One Sunday afternoon, some years since
about the bar room of the only public house
in the little village of S , on Lake
Erie, were gathered a number of gossipping
idlers, sea-faring men, and farmers A1
though early in the afternoon, the heavy
clouds of an approaching storm so darkened
the shore, that candles were lit, and in their
dim light the gathered crowd listened to
the beating of the waves upon the beach
and the distant roll of thunder that an
nounced the coming strife. It was one of
those scenes that occur when a mighty tem
pest comes down on Erie’s inland sea, and
the dullest seemed struck with its impress
ive grandeur. Sailors drank from their
poisoned cups with less noise, and the vil
lage politicians were less absorbed in the
presidential election. One of the number
seemed more uneasy than the rest. A
young man, of mild prepossessing appear
ance with a rifle in his hand and a powder
horn slung over his shoulder, for he had but
a few minutes before come in from gunning
paced to and from the door, looked at the
troubled bay and cloudy sky, and frequent
ly asked an old captain of a schooner when
he would be able to sail—to night ?
‘To-night ? No, sir!’ he responded to ,
one of the inquiries; ‘nor to-morrow—nor'kill him ! kill him,” and again they pushed
next day, I expect. This ’ere storm looks j him toward the fatal post. _
as if it was going to lead off a dance for a! ‘Oh, God,’cried the unhappy man in bit-
good many flirtin’ ones, and I didn’jt be- j ter anguish and trembling like a child, ‘will
lieve in puttin’ out in such company—it no one pity me? I have a widowed mother;
mercy, mercy—wait a little while.
SBBN& POSTER*
Factors and Commission Merchants.
Savannah, Ga.
P.H. BEHN,] [JOHN FOSTER.
feb. 10,1852. J " ly —
' * J. T. JONES.
Manufacturer and importer of
Guns, Pistols, Rifles, Sporting Apparatus, &c.
No. 8, Monument Square, Savannah, Ga.
feb. 10, 1852. 3 ~ ty * _
s. S. BOTEWELL & CO.
Wholesale and Retail Store,
No. 173, Bay street, Savannah, Ga.
dealers in
LIQUORS, WINES, GROCERIES. <SfC
s. E. bothwell.] [r.l. gamble.
feb.10, 1852. 3 ~~ ly
SCRANTON. JOHNSON & CO,
corrupts good manners, as the sayin’ is.
You seem to be in a great hurry comrade ?’
I am. The Sea Gull brought me ill news
One alone answered this last appeal, a
young lawyer of eminent ability, and per-
from home this morning, and I will double ; sonally popular, sprung forward, severed
your passage money if fyou will run me the rope, and then in a clear, silvery voice
to night.’
down to O
‘Not I. I would’nt undertake it for four
that rung out high above the tumult, said :
‘My friends, be careful of your acts. You
are about to do what in this man you con
demn—an awful murder. Chain him
times the money.’
Silenced by this reply, the young man
returned sadly into the house; and sitting! down, do what you will to secure the crim
inal, but respect the law—’ ‘And give
’Squire B- a chance to clear him,’ in
terrupted the convict I have mentioned.
‘To that man fresh from the cells, I have
nothing to say. But to you, my compan-
mhabitants favorably—so \ ions, neighbors, and friends I appeal—earn-
" estly appeal. Why will you do this cruel
What right have you to commit
down, thrust his hands into his pockets,
with the dogged air of one who makes up
his mind to be content with a positive evil.
M W had been in S. but a
violent has sel
dom been equalled, and the little craft was
worked, save the skipper, by unskillful
hands. Desperate efforts were made to re
gain the Bay, but thejentrance was narrow
and intricate, while commands grossly mis
understood, were promptly executed, so
that the bark ran upon a ledge of rocks and
quickly went to pieces. Two only of this
strange crew were saved—the clergyman
and the convict together reached the shore.
Some three years after these strange
events, the Rev. M. H • was awaken
ed one night by request to come immedi
ately and administer religious consolation
to a prisoner who in attempting to escape
from jail, had been mortally hurt, lhe
Rev. gentleman, folding his cloak about
him, and accompanied by the jailor, thread
ed their way through wintry streets toward
the prison. The demand for a clergyman
and Mr. H in particular, by the con
vict, the jailor informed his companion,
while on their route,^astonished him great
ly. The prisoner was one of the'most har
dened offenders that it had ever been his
fate to meet with. Twice in the State pris
on, and sentenced for a third time, he had
attempted to escape by filing off his iron
forcing a lock, and climbing to the roof of
the jail, intending to lower himself by
means of bed clothes into the street. But
the roof being all ice, he lost his footing,
and was thrown thirty feet upon the frozen
ground.
They found the prisoner writhing in pain
upon his bed, in the gloomy cell lit by a
single candle, and alone, for the surgeon
had pronounced his case hopeless.
‘You’ve come at last,’ he growled, as the
clergyman was approaching the bed, took
from beneath his cloak a Bible, and began
the duties pertaing to his sacred mission.
‘You’ve come at last. I thought I’d go
out before you came.’
‘The Lord spares you for repentance, let
us lose no time.’
‘No, he don’t; I’m bound to go down—
down—down. Don’t be fooling—I didn’t
send to you for that.’
‘The sands of life are running fast. In a
few moments you will be ia the presence of
your Judge, and repentance will be too
late!’
‘It’s a space too late now-—’
‘Think of your past life—think of the e-
ternal punishment awarded by an offea
ded Maker—■
The answer to this was an impatient roar
of oaths, that made even the jailor’s blood
chill.
‘1 will not remain, said M. H , stern
ly, ‘and hear this awful blasphemy. I
warn you you now beware.’
“Well, listen then—stop your cursed
palaver—don’t you know me ?’ The cler
gyman held the candle to the convict’s face
and started with astonishment.
‘O! you know, do you ? You will listen
w. You remember that night we tossed
you do not remember
mess.
“Mr. B
me?” .
“I cannot say that I do,” answered the
Attorney, slowly, as if in doubt. .
“Do you not remember pleading in be
half of a poor fellow about being lynched for
a murder some thirty years ago?
“Mr M W !” exclaimed the
lawyer, joyfully. “Can it be possible? I
never forget a face and yours I saw in frame
work that night that ought to impress it up
on my memory forever. But I thought you
dead years ago. Sit down—sit down and
tell me all.” ,
“After I was thrown from the vessel that
night,” said W -^seating himself, “I
was so frightened that for some time I had
no consciousness of what occurred. On be
coming more collected, I found my little
grocers.
Savannah, Ga.
D. T. SCRANTON, •«.
JOSEPH JOHNSTON.
feb. 10,1852.
| Savannah.
W. B. SCRANTON,
No. 19, Old Slip, N. Yor
3—ly
JOHN EXAELBRY.
Draper and Tailor.
Dealer in Ready-Made Clothing and Gentle-
ir en’sfurnishing Goods. 155, Bay street,
. Savannah, Ga.
feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly
few weeks, and although a stranger, had
impressed its
quiet, retiring, and, as all thought, kind
was he in manner and disposition. The
business that brought him to the place was
by no means settled, and the intelligence
he had received must have been of a very
pressing nature to make one naturally so
timid anxious to brave a storm that caused
the hardiest sailor to shrink from duty.
He had been sitting with a look of discon
tent but a short time, when the clatter of
horses feet were heard in the street, and a
man, pale and trembling, stood within the
door way. His first discordant utterance
was the word ‘murder.!’ No expression of
pain or terror can send the same deathly
chill to the heart as that one word of terri-
— DASHER’S
Cheap Dry Goods Store,
No. 146, Congress street, Savannah, Ga.
(Late H. Lathrop’s)
A well selected stock of seasonable staple
and Fancy Dry Goods, are kept constantly on
hand,; and wfll he sold cheap tor cash.
J9§p* Please call and examine,
feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly
thing ? _ _
a murder ? How will you answer to
the great Giver of good for this ? Where
is your authority ?
‘He who shedeth man’s blood, by man
shall his blood be shed;’ responded a harsh
solemn voice, and the crowd turning, saw
where a torch waved over astern unfeelin’
face, the countenance of their preacher. It
was a time when the gathered feeling check
ed by some great obstacle, pauses in its
rash career and for a moment there seems a
doubt which way the tide will flow. The
awful passage so solemnly quoted, fell on
the crowd at that moment, when the slight
est word would have turned them from
ble import, and paralyzed with stupid sur-|—. ,* ... a
fore he could relate what seemed to choke once more seized their rem g P
when the old captain, whom W- had
importuned for a passage, claimed to be
heard:
his utterance, the sheriff of the county
hastily entered and arrested M
W
‘For what ?’ faltered the young man.
‘For the murder of Millie Woods,’ was
the stern reply.
It wanted only this to swell the horrible
sensation that had fallen on the crowd.
Millie Woods a little girl ten or twelve
‘Comrades,’ said he, ‘Squire B——thinks
we had’nt ought to hang this fellow, Well
I’ll tell you what we’ll do. He wanted to
sail with me this day. He shall do so.
We’ll take him out side the Bay—tie him
inan open boat and set him adrift. Then the
W — overboard—how he howle d and
Oh, oh ! look to yourself!’
prayed.
*1 did my duty as a minister.’
“Ah, ha! you did, did you? You did
your duty in drowning a poor devil for a
murder he never committed? Do you hear
that? for a murder—a murder he never didf
A tremor like an ague ran through the
preacher’s frame, and then he stood as one
dismayed to dumbness.
“He never did the thing. I murdered
Milly Woods! I chased her to the garret,
and killed her. I was there robbing the
house, when W -came. I heard him
speak kindly to the child, give her the squir
rel, and then leave. A minute after she was
a dead baby, and W had the blame.
“Lord have mercy on me!” groaned the
divine.
“How I laughed to see you run that poor
W. down, when I slipped the gold in his
pocket. How he prayed and begged poor
devil, for mercy!” The preacher wrung his
hands in agony, and still groaned, Lord
have mercy on me.
“Yes, yes! it’s our time' now! I won t
beg—-I won’t! I’ll die game, but you howl
—he said he had a mother, a widowed
mother—-we all went under—but you and
I, parson, came up together, now we go
down!”
The divine twisted his gaunt fingers, and
moaned*aa one afflicted in his sleep.
boat half filled with water, ridmg the short
heavy waves, and every second I expected
to go under, or be capsized and so drown
This not occurring, 1 began to look about
me. I found the cord by which I was tied,
passed over my shoulder. I managed to
get it in my mouth and soon gnawed it a
part. This loosened my hand, so that in
a few minutes I freed myself and sat up.
With an old cup that I found in the boat I
bailed out the water, and then breaking up
one of the seats, I managed so as not to ship
any more of the waves and in this way
rode out of the storm and the night.
“J3y morning the wind had somewhat
subsided, but so exhausted was I bv fear
and fatigue, -that I was forced to lie down,
and was soon fast asleep. When I awaken
ed, the sun was setting, and far as I could
see on every side was a dreary waste of wa
ter. Strange as it may sound, I was great
ly relieved, I feared nothing so much as fall
ing again into the hands of that terrible
mob.
“The full moon came out, making the
scene as light almost as day, and a gentle
breeze springing up, I took ray coat, fasten
ed it on to the broken seat, and this for a
sail, drifted, as near as I could make out by
the stars in a north easterly direction. I
knew sooner or later, I must strike the Can
ada shore, but how far I had been carried
in the storm, could not, of course, deter
mine. Through that long night I floated
on. I saw the moon go down aud the stars
fade into the cold gray light of morning, and
then the sun came up with the clear, calm
day, but no land was to be seen—nothing
but glittering water. I imagined at one time
seeing in the dim distance a sail, but if one,
it immediately disappeared. About noon
I noticed something floating near me, and
on paddling my boat alongside, found it a
bale of goods, carefully corded together. I
fastened it, almost without motive, to my
boat, and again lying down was sound asleep.
I was awakened by a shout and starting up,
found I was running in close to a wooded
shore and a number of men staffing in won
der at my appearance. In answer to my
request, one of them waded in and pulled
my boat to the land. I learned, to my great
relief, that I had reached the Canada side,
within a few miles of . It was supposed
that I had been shipwrecked, to which ray
bale of goods at once give coloriug, and se
cured for me a kind reception. On opening
my bale, the next day, I found it filled with
costly silks and velvet, and so admirably,
the water had' not damaged them. This
had probably been lost from some wreck in
the late storm, and noting the address with
the intention of repayment some day, I sold
the contents, and with the proceeds made
my wav to New York, where I, after my
mother’s death, joined an expedition fitting
ou t for * South America. In this new
home I married, and engaged in merchan
dize. There I lived until I learned, a few
months since, my innocence, of that cruel
deed, had been made known by the confes
sion of the real criminal.”
“I knew you were guiltless at the time of
the murder,” said the lawyer, when W——
had finished recounting his strange escape.
“The circumstances were too evident against
you. I have succeeded in my profession,
by some little knowledge of human nature,
and it has taught me to be very suspicious
of what is known as circumstantial evidence.
It is a maxim much relied on in law, that
circumstantial evidence is the very strong-
YOL. VI—10. 8
est evidence. So it is if read correctly; hut
what convinces a common mind of one
thing, lends a more acute one to an oppo
site conclusion. The criminal would leave
no trace, would not deepen his own tracks
or write his own name in blood for justice
to hunt along; but he will, if it can be done,
write characters that all who run may read
to the abuse of others. Therefore the s tron
ger the circumstances appear to an ordinary
oiind, the more evident the innocence of the
accused to a reasoning one. Above all,
when a man has lived through half a centu
ry a good husband—affectionate father, and
blameless citizen—no discovery of a muti
lated body steeped in blood, or death-pain
ted knife, should set aside the circumstances
in his favor, that make the committal ot a
great crime seem miraculous.”
The lawyer ceased abruptly, and catching
W by the arm, pointed to the open
window. He looked and saw a tall gaunt
figure, with sunken eye, pale cheeks, and
long gray hair, in the gloom of the evening,
muttering as he passed along, as if the mind
was not in the present, and ill at ease.
“That,” he said ‘is Mr. H. Since the night
of the criminal’s confession his intellect nev
er very strong, is a perfect wreck. Every
evening he hastens to the lake, and looks
anxiously over its waters. If stormy, no en
treaties can induce him to seek a shelter,
but hour after hour he paces along the shore,
as if every moment he expected some rev
elation from its troubled water.”
“Ah!” added the lawyer with a sigh, “he
is not the only one in our broad land, who
has suffered from misunderstanding of that
awful text.” *
Anti-Rent Disturbances.—Albany. Eeb.
23.—Last night a party of twenty-one po
licemen started for Bjrne. among the Hel-
derburg, Mountains, for the purpose of ar
resting the ring-leaders of the Anti Rent
party, who tarred and feathered E. t M.
Fish, last April. The police were armed
to the teeth. They reached the place of
their destination about 4 o’clock this morn
ing, and breaking into the house of the two
Turners,, the principals in the outrage ar
rested and carried them off. The Anti-
Rent war cry was then sounded and a large
party soon assembled, who pursued the
captors. The police after proceeding some
distance, were stopped by a barricade in.the
road and the Anti-renters demanded the
elease of the prisoners. . This was refused,
and she police drawing their pistols and
threatening to use them, the Anti-renters
retired, breathing threats of revenge. The
officers reached here in safety this evening.
A Modern Nimrod !—Beat this who
Can! !—A correspondent of the Jackson
ville (Fla.) News says: “The following
list exhibits the aggregate amount of game
(in round numbers,) killed with one gun
during a pioneer residence on the frontier
of this State, from its earliest settlement to
this time, viz:
Deer
Turkeysj
Tigers,
Bears,
Wolves,
Wildcats,
5,000
4,500
40
70
20
50
Alligators 100
Rattlesnakes 25
Racoons, 500
Squirrels, No telling.
Opossums 4.7 5
Foxes, 100
Besides at least four hundred beeves. Du
ring this time, the rifle with which the a-
bove enormous number of animal lives have
been taken, has received four neio stocks,
and is now in good order, and capable of
killing as many more. The ‘Nimrod’ is
well known to the writer, and has been for
a number of years—is a resident of Alachua
county in this State, and has represented
that county iu the lower branch of the State
Legislature—has been an active partici
pant in all the Indian fights that have oc
curred about his range, aud has had four-or
five fair shots at ‘red skins,’ with the same
old shooting iron. It is fair to presume,
from the result in other cases, that three of
these shots at least were effectual. Withal
he is an unflinching friend, a clever fellow,
and an honest man.”
Cure for Toothache.—Mr. James Beat-
son, of Airdrie, says: Gum Copal, when
dissolved in chloroform, forms an excellent
compound for stuffing the holes of decayed
teeth. I have used it very frequently," and
the benefit my patients have derived from
it has been truly astonishing. The appli
cation is simple and easy. I clean out the
hole, and moisten a little cotton with the
solution ; I introduce this into the decayed
part, and in every instance the relief has
been most instantaneous. The chloroform
removes the pain, and the gum copal re
sists the action of the saliva: and, as the
application is so agreeable, those who may
labor under this dreadful malady would do.
well to make a trial of it.—Medical Times
in Jour. Dent. Science.
A Dangerous Color.—One the proposed
measures of national defence in England,
in the present apprehension of an invasion
from France, is to change the ur iform .of
the troops from red to some neutral color,
in order to avoid offering so distinguished
a mark to the French sharp-shooters as.
they now present. It is a singular
the Danes were compelled to change tueii
uniform from red to blue, in consequence
of the execution done upon them from this
cause by the Prussian bullets in the late
Schleawig Holstein MarJ There is noth
ing like a red coat for a marksman’s eye.
jjgf “Pappy, the corn’s up.”
“Ike corn up ? Why I only planted it
yesterday.”
“I know that—but the hogs got in last
nightand guvit a lift yon had’nt countedon.’*