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the CENTRAL GEORGIAN PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY JOHN N- G-ILMORE, Proprietor. OFFICE'IN MASONIC BUILDING Sakdersyille, Ga. Su bscription r one Year, - * - Rates, „ . r,)T)Y pne reii, 1 , -------- $8 00 °” reuv Six Months, - 2 00 ( gne t 1. ,f 0 fe i n Advance. ••-When a siibscriher finds a cross mark on Iris he will know that his subscription has expired ’’'"'••about to expire, and mast be renewed if be.wish- cr !L ,,aper continued. ef ~-We do not send receipts to newspbscrjbers.— receive the paper they may know that We ired the money. If they b %-Subscribers wishing t^cir papeys changed m one post-office to‘another must, state the name fr ° m - post-ofice fro^n which they wish it changed. BBSiSESS CARDS. J. C. GALL AH Eli, Attorney at Law, ^andersyilie, Geprgia. April 13, }BW. Urtf K. I). D. TWIGGS. , oH S N. GILMORE, GILMORE & TWIGGS. XI!K undersigned having associated themselves •her in the practice cf tho Law, will attend the f tho Middle Circuit, and the counties ol in, Laurens and Glasscock. iy logo* /V»'„ Wilkin fcb. 9, 187t». n. L. WABTHEN %m»i'ncy at JLatc, SANDERSV1LLE, GA. J >D . JiLlSTO ^ 5 -'- Y ' UNGMAl’L k EVANS attorneys at law, SANDIRSVILLR, GA. WILL attend the Co.urts of Washington, Wil h 'Emahhel, JiSffcrson, Jah.Bhmi, Uunowkaud lafirent 1 counties. Offico cm ,vhe Pwtlio’Square op- thei Court House. > ‘ s LARGMADEjJ [BEVERLY n. EVANS, is:,.. i-‘y •Tan. MILO G. HATCH, Attorney at Law, Sandersvillr, Ga. Office in Court House next door to Post Office. Jsn. 19. 1570. 3-1Y HENRY II CAPERS, Attorney at Law, SAVANNAH, GA. Office; 6 b Draij ten Street. Jfav 4, 1 Si 0. II 1G-IV. 11. WHIT A ID I!, DEITTIST, SASDERSVILLE. GA. Terms POSITIVELY Cash. u„ly 28, 1870. 2! —ly t. A. ITfillSI.EY. J It- f’miSLEY & M0KK1S, General Dealers, in MERCHANDISE, SWAINSBO R O, G A., pi OODS given in exchange for all kinds of Country Produce. Liberal advances made on Cotton and IV ool jonshned to them for shipment. June 8, 1870. tf BERNARD I. SMITH, Manufacturer and Dealer in TI3KT WARE, SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA. A LL kiiulri of work in Tin, Copper, Sheet Iron, doneon abort notice. lioofin^Giitter- jsf, Valloying in town or country, promptly atteu- tad to. Mtrchant* wiU be supplied with Warfi Qf the btPl otittlity on the mo»*t reasonable terms.. J-if* Orden* solicited. April *J8, 1870. tf TLos. J. lumbar. Iictiry A. Stult* T. j. DUKBAR & CO., Importer* and Dealers in Randies, whiskies, gins, waxes SUGARS, TOBACCO, $rc, 147 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, All 11, 1870. 8-tf I. I.. FALK t'o., —ONE PRICE— 'Wholesale and Retail Clothing Warehouse, No. 147 Congress & 147 St. Julien Streets, S Ay ANN A II, GA. A largo Asoonoientof Eqrnis.hhjgGoods,Hats, Trunks, Y'alises, Ac., alway* on ranJ. Sauufactory, 44 Murry Street, New York, hoods made to order at the shortest notice. January 19, 1870. 8—ly PALMER & DEPPISH, j Wholesale and Retail DEALERS IN lardware, Rubber Belting*Agri cultural Implements, Powder, Shot, Caps and Lead*, CIS Congress and 67 St. Julian Sts., SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. SO, 1870. tf THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN RATES OF ADVERTISING. IN POLITICS, CONSERVATIVE j IN RELIGION, CATHOLIC ; IN MATERIAL INTERESTS, PROGRESSIVE, JSTo. 33 SANDEESVILLE, GtoA., A.TTG-XTST 17, 1870. VOL. XXIV. S. E. BOTH WELL, TT. B. WOOI>BRIDGE BOTHWELL & WOOliBlilDGK, COTTON FACTCRs, AND General Commission MERCHANTS,.. 74 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. Aug. 19, 18(19. ly ALFRED H. COLQU1T, JAMES BACGS, HUGH Ii. COLQUITT Baker County, New nan,' Ga. Savannah, Ua. COLQUITT & J’.AGGS, COTTON FACTORS AND Genera! Commission Merchants Bay Street. Savanna};, Georgia. Special attention to the sale of Cotton, Lui*-A*r and Timber. Liberal advances on Consignments. June 9, IS70. 23—ly CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, LACE CURTAIN AND SHADES- mirk Hone &jO\V Promptly Gates. MTHROP & CO. Feb. 23, 1S;0, New Music. Oil the Bcaeli of Long Branch, Comic Song 30 eta. The Gay young Clerk in the Dry-Good Store, Comic song, 40 cts. The Lord will Provide, sacred pong, ^ 5o ct>\ Mar> ! O ! CVnie back tome, i 11 listra ted Title Hong, 40 ets* A heart that beats only for thee, illustrated Title song 40 ets. Kat-y MeFerran, illustrated Title song, ^ 40 cts. You’ve been a ineiut lo me, lLustrated Title «ong, 40 cts. Tassels on the Boots, comic song, * r >o els. Up in a Balloon, u * 4 ^0 ets U ! let me kiss U.e Baby, 44 “ 50 els. Music sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt ot the price annexed. HERMANN L. SCHREINER, Book jiuil Music Dealer, SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA. March 80, 1870. 32-ly MEINHARD BROS. & C0„ Wholesale Dealers 19 Boots,Shoes, Hats, Ready Made Clothfeg, GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS, 4H BroagMon Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. 11. f^arNetARn, I office, V Weixiiakii, I g0 & s .) \y hite St . t-. .WL1NHAHI), J E. A. Well. J m:w yoke. ^■vn. IS), 187F. 8-tf Davant, Waples Co. FACTORS —AND— Comm isxion viler chants, SAVANNAH,, seu. GEO June 9, 1370. -ly* J ohn Oliver, Wilder and Glacier, ^ 11 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Ga] Dealer in ^slies, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, Paints, Wl-S, GLASS, PUTTY, *t(J oD t> . ' t ‘Winters’ and Glaziers’ Material. Mixed a„ ' aiutB of all Colons and Shade*. ^•*5, 1870. ly N.Preideobcrg^-Bro. Wholesale and Gctait Dealers in HEAVY and FANCY GROCERIES!. Corner of Barnard and Broughton Sts., SAVANNA n, G, A., K EEP constantly on band a fnlhisupply of Ba con, Sulb, Fifth, Foreign and Domestic Li- (inors, Wines, Havana and W.est Indip trait», 8e- gar* of the baft Brands and Qf direqfzpiportatiou, ^ Bay or* from the up country, wilhSnd it to their advantage to examine our Stock and prices, before purchasing elsewhere. Ana. 25, 1859. 84-ly Iron Bailing dftanwfactory F OR Cemeterv Lots, Public Square, Private Dwelling, Balconies. &c., Machinery built and Repaired, Iron and Brass Casting made to order at C r 0C KE TT FOUNDRY, 4th Street Macon, Ga., 2 squares from Brown House. April 27, 1870- 6m Sole Leather,Rip Skins. Bridles,etc OB sale by BKANTLEF & BKIKGLE. T Uan. 1B k 1870. u PULASKI HOUSE, SAVANNAH, - - - - GEORGIA. Wiltbergsr & CarycIL PROPKIETOBS. Jan. 19. 1870. 2-ly Geo. F. 1“almls, W. C. Lyon, <)t Savannah,Ga. ofSavannah,Gi Eatablished 1850. D. J. Bothwell, .. of Dooly Co.,Ga- Special. at PALMES & LYON Wholesale Grocers AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, iV. E. Corner Bay and Barnard Streets, SAVANNAH, Ga. Aug. 25, 1859. 34-tf E. H. €#hcu, Jr., .11 anuCue 1 in or of Saddles, Harness and Trunks, And Wholesale and Retail Pealer in all kinds of SADDLERY WARE, Corner of Whitaker and Bryan Streets, SAVANNAH, GA. C II —-♦•— Orders for Rub'ocr Belting, Hose and Packing: also, Stretched Heather Belting, Filled 1’ioinptly. March 23, 1S70. ly S. G. IIAY.NES& LRU. GRAIN AND (fsutmisMoii YflmljHls, BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. Jail. 19, 1870. 3-H Wm* D. R. Miilar, Importer and Dealer in Railroad and Steamboat Supplies, PAINTS OILS and GLASS, Varnishes, JYaval Stores, Lard, Whale, and Sperm Oil*. Burning Oil', 111 cans and Ilaireb, Tf Packing e ’ BSLTIITCj, cfeG 102 BRYAN STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. March 23, 187'’. ' 1? M Alexander & Russell, Wholesale GROCERS, Cor. Abcrcorn and Bryan Sts., Savannah, Ga. Wm. E. Alexander. May 11, 1870. Wm. A. Russell. J. A. MERCIER, DEALER IN Corn, Oats, Hay, Bran, And all Kind* of FEED, GRIST, and MEAL, CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED And Orders Promptly tilled in every channel of Trade. 153 Bay Street, One door cast of Holcombe, Hull & Co., SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA. All Order* will receive Prompt Attention, May 11, 1870. 18-ly E. R. Smythc & Co., Importers and Wholesale Dealers iu Crockery, China and Glassware, and Agents lor the following Celebrated SELF-SEALING FRUIT JARS, Miscellajieom^. [From the Atlanta Daily Sun.] “BILL ARP.” Letter from the Great Georgia Humorist—He Touches Some Men and a Few Measures. Mr. Editur; I’m sorry I can’L fill my promise to call on you. I’m g-<in home, I am. I’m lireil of this everlastin fuss. There’s some tievelment up, and iubus about it. I’ve heard lots of FEB ST & CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Wins®, Liquors, Segars and r h:eecf .itcr -cue® FANCY GROCERIES, CANDIES, Ac., Ac., Removed to corner BAY and WHITAKER STREETa SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. House in New York, 449 D road way. April 6,'1370. ly A. J. MILLER & CO., ■*r “I -3--....j' B 1 MW" — "7- i NS IL u- fi in Pints, Quarts, i Gallons and Gallons, in quantities from i Gross to 100 Gross. Send for Pamphlet on Preserving Fruits and our prices. Liberal Discount to. the Trade. E. D. SMY1HE & CO., 142 Congress A 141 St. Julien St., Savannah, Ga. June 1, 1S70. tf Furniture Warehouse, 138 BROUGHTON STREET, Savannah, Georgia. New Work mndt ing, Bell Hanging, and Upholstering, to order, Repair- Mattress Making ,/T SHOUT JTOT1CE. A. J-. MILDER. C. P MILLER. Aug. 25, 1869. 34-ly MARBLE WORKS. &eep your Money iu the “TERRITORY” BY SENDING YOUR ORDERS TO J. B, AKTOBE & SON, QGfiU, 3D AND PLUM STS. MA.CON, - GEORGIA. MOJ\"VJn$JVT&, JlKlIt&XtjE or Granite Box Toombs, Head Stoues,Slabs,Vases Mantles, STATUES, &l Q., Manufactured of t bo best material. Parties wish ing Designs, wi.b estimate, will be furnished at short nqtiee. Consty ?- thj. ni hand a Splendid Lot of IT4-1 IAN AND AMERICAN jNdl IKj IBIj IE. IRON RAILING for CEMETERIES or other enclosures furnished at Man ufacturers’ prices. This is one of the oldest establishments iu the countrv and long experience enables, them to ia- eure satisfaction iu every particular. Ml Orders will Receive Prompt v.mention. Sept. 8, 1869. 86-!y J. M. HAYWOOD, Dealer iu GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, COMBS, BRUSHES, American and Imported Perfumery, Cor. Bull- and Bryan Streets, SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA. May 11, 1873. tf LITTLE & PHILLIPS, a- ROOERS AND omwitfjeon 97 Bay Street, Agents for Russell Coe’s Ammonia ted Supc-ypUiospliate of Lime. May U, 187-1. ' tf A. B. if.oyuiiA.s ii. M inus, p. Myf.us, Lynchburg, Ya. Savannah, Ga., Lynchburg, Va GOODMAN & MYERS, TOBACCO (gkMe'rc'/ianfo^ And Dealers in Cigars and iPipes, 137 Say Street, SAVANNAH, GA. As. Agents for the various Manufactures of Virginia,. We arc prepared ta fill orders for every grade ajul style, at Manufacturers’ prices. WE PAY THE HIGHEST PRICES EOIt HIDES, BEESWAX, Ac. May ll, 1870. 18-ly C. V. HUTCHINS, Wholesale Dealers in Hay, Grain |Pr«diiee, 133 and 135 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, - - - - GEORGIA. BEFERENCES, Ketchum &Hartridge, Sav ; Hunter A Gammell, Savannah ; Business -Houses generally, Sav ; J. U. friith & Co.; Baltimore; Marshall; Philips & Co., Philadelphia; Williams & Morrison, N. Y.; Lew is Brcwu A Co.; Boston ; A. L. Griffin & Co., Buf falo ; F..'W. g. Nett, Cincinnatti. May 11, 1870. 18-ly I’m jubus war talk in the Legislature to-day.— T..i re’s signs of fight. I don’t think 9 dol’ars a day would provoke such hostile language. One feller said they was just rariu and chargin for their constituents, and that was all 9 dol ars gas, but it didn’t smell like gas to tne. The da) r I got here there was sh otin, and a mau killed. Then again, I see the members and the outsiders dividin up in little squads about at niglu and whisperin and juglin and piroutin around. They are ploitin agin s(mi- body I know, I heard one feder say ‘prolongation,’ and another said Miell,’ and another ‘darn,’ and I heard jaw- teeth grit.’ I was a private in Corputs battery, and.I know what a prolong is. It’s abig hemp rope, with hocks on the ends, what hitches the cannon to the pow'der bos. There’s goin’ to be sbootin certain, and somebody’s goin’ to be hurt, and I want Captain Corput to understand that I have resigned. 1 heard another crowd tal kin about State aids. I suppose they are to be on the Governors staff. Brown had many a one in ’63 and ’4. Hal said he had 700, and Hal ought to know. A Stait Aid. is a good thing. He can see the battle Iromafur off. The further the better for me. I heard a member say he was af;eed of all the State Aids would be killed, but that he should fight mity hard on the read from Macon to Kno.willtf. Another said he should ('o bis fightin beween Rome and Coi- uml us. If a man can pick his ground it’s a good thing. Mr. Editur, there’s a heep of fuss generally. Amantawkedg days in the House about the penitentiary and the conviks, and whippiu and slashin and delicate parts, etc. I thought ha t sought a goal deal of his—self. - I was sorry to see the members asleep while | he was »peakin for I think it was very [ nor the de¥i ; disrespekfui. 1 man said the spakist didn’t care a dam for the conviks, but was jess playin his last card agin the Govnor,, and that was then goin to sink down between Silla &, Ivarvodis, un- knelied, unhanored and unsung. 1 iiotised his truvk was all about colored canviks; he didn’t seem Lo be sorry for a white man. A mau in the guilcry was powerful mad with some editur-—maybe it was you, I don’t know—but he axed a man whether he would whip the editur or not. The mau said he didn’t know and couldn’t say, for he hadn’t read the piece, but that as a general thing in the abstract it was right to whip ’em. Et I was you I would carry a weepin of some soart, eveD ef it was only an um- berell. I got lired of all this, and wauked over to Whitehall for peace. A friend [I suppose he was a friend] found me and said he wanted to see me particular ly. He took me away back and battled out some little thumb papers full of figures, and said he wanted me to in sure my life. That skeerd me worse than anything, for it looked like I was in danger, and he had j,ust found it out. I axed him if he thought there would be a fight. He explained things to me, and I felt relieved, and declined to insure for the present, you see I felt mity well, and couldn’t see the necessi ty. At the next corner I met another friend, who seemed glad to see me ex ceedingly. He held my hand in his several moments. He axed me if my life was insured. He said he was agent for the very best company in the world. I axed him how long a man would live under his company. He then explained to me that a man might die at aDy time; that they didn’t undertake to keep a man from dyiu. So I declined but ex pressed my gratitude for his interest in my w.elf&re, and I promised to buy a policy as sood as I got sick. Just as I, ieft him I heard him call some feller a dam phool. When I got tc the hotel there was a feller watiu’ for m.e on the same busi ness. He talk.ed to me for an hour about the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death. I thought, perhaps he w.as.a missionary. H,e seemed much concerned, about my wife and children, and once or twice wiped his.eyes, with a w bite pocket handkerchief I knowed he was a friend, ajid told him. I would reflect seriously about the matter. I believe that company is a purely philanthropic institution,, and would lend a poor fellow a few dollars if he was sufferin’ I think I will try and bor row a little from their agent to. morrow. This morning the first one came to see me agin, and I concluded I was looking mity bad, and axed him to excuse me as 1 was not feelin’ well. I went to Dr. Alexander and got a dose of salts. He axed me if I was sick. I told him I supposed I was, and the reason why. He then told me all about it, and said there was 100 of them fellers in town, and they all had augers, long augers, and they bored about half an inch at the first interview aod an inch at the second in the same hole, and so on, un til they got to the hollow, and the patient give in and took a policy. I don’t know about that, but I will say they are the friendliest, most sympa- thizen and kindest hearted men I have ever struck; only I don’t like so much talk about coffins and grave-yards. I didn’t take the salts. But, Mr. Editur, I tell you there is trouble a brewin.’ I saw old Rock and General Gordon and Col. Styles a talk ing’ together, and old Tige wasent fur ofl; old Rock’s gray beard was a wagin ominously, and old Gordon’s scars was a jumpin’ about all over his face; Styles looked like he wanted to eat somebody. I heard him say something about ‘Orgeau Stable?,’ I suppose that is where he keeps his war horses. Scott came up and said something about the rear guard. He’s the devil on rear guard, and the army knows it. Jim Waddell dropped in and rtmaiked he ‘just as leave die as - live if old Ilock saiii so.’ At this moment a feller come along singin’ “1 feel, I feel, I feel like a Griffin Star.” “And if ther’sfitiu’ to be, why then, why then I'm thar.” Shoo, fly don't bodder me. The whole party looked like Gettys burg, and old Tige was just a waitin’ for old Rock to tree. God bles? ’em all! I know they’ll stand between me and danger. I tell you, Mr. Editur,.thar’s trouble a brewin.’ Says I, Mr. Mackwhorter, you are the Speaker, you know it all from the steeple to the sellar; you have capacity and sagacitv,.and vivacity and rapacity, and the like of that a la ‘bar becue,’ that is, from the snout to the tail—tell me, do you think there will be a fight?’ ‘Yes, sur,’ said he, ‘yes: sur ; they will fight shore. They are obliged to fight. Old Bonaparte can’t get out of it, and Pismark lias got a chin just like Joe Johnston. France wants a blood lettin’ like we had—’ ‘Is that fur off?' sais I ; ‘I thot it was to begin in Atlan- ty to-nite.’ ‘Q1j, no,’ says he, and went on. I got some comfort from my old friend, Bev. Thornton. He said that -if they did get up a fight, the old sol diers wouldn’t be into it much, excep the generals, fur the original, consi.-tent Union men, like Josh Hill and Dun ning and Tom Saffold and old man Stewart, and Ackerman would make short work of it. He said they were mity slow men to get mad, and it had tal en ’em about ten years to get to the 2! H CO to CO ' ?*>' ■ 3 • B g s >| §. se ? Ml ool © 9? 1 9C ’ ■© P ET* a f © a of 5 l $1.00 $1.75 ioJAb jj.uu $7.20:$1£.00 $20.(JO 2 1.75 3.75 4.00 5.00 9.00! 12.00! 18.00 30.00 3 3.00 4,00 5.00 7.00 12.00 16.00 28.00 40.04 4 3.50 5.50 7.50 9.00 1S.00| 25.00 35.00 50.00 5 4.00 7.00 9.00 12.00 20.00:28.001 40.00 68.0# fi 6.00 8.50 12.00 15.00 25.00134.6 J! 50.00 75:0<» 12 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 45.00 j 60.001 80.00 120.00 24 20.00 30.00 40.00 50.00 70.nojgo-.ooj 120.00 150-.C0 Book and Job work, of all kinds, PROMPTLY AND NFATLY EXECUTED AT THIS OFFICE. bilin’pint, but that such filin' as they would do mJw the world nor the flesh never saw. lie said I would whip a thousand and put ien thousand to flight. I hope so. I like a man who takes ien yeais lo get n ad. Yours truly, Bill Arp. P S. I heard several fellers talkin’ about 9 dollars, and the offices, and a man told me what was the matter with Hannah. Mr. Editur, who is Hannah, and what is the matter with her? I hope she ain’t dangerous- B. A. N. B. Iam not. satisfied there won’t be a fight here. Dn you think there’s any truth in the report that Josh Hill, Saffold & Co . are goin’ to Prussia ? A man said when it took a mau tea years lo get mad, he was bound to fight some thing, or take aspontaneous combustion. I reckon they’ll go. B. A. Key. Heny Ward Beecher an the State of Religion in Europe. At a recent meeting at Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, Henry Ward Beecher said: We must look rather by faith than by sight; the outlook throughout all Europe, at the present time, is any thing but encouraging. He asked his hearers for one moment to look at the condition of the Christian world. All Europe is in a state ot revolution as to Chrstian faith and doctrine; and look at Asia and Africa. In Europe- the struggle now is in regard to ritualism. The educated men are alive to the events of the present. The tendency there is towards infidelity.. Skepti cism on all sides is prevailing. Gut of this, he said, there is to come something which sooner or later will astonish the whole civilized world. It might come suddenly like an explosion, or it per haps would be worked out by slower degrees, bu.t come it would. He be lieved a great revolution, was about to take place in the Christian world. The work which has been accomplished in three hundred years and its results, are to be put to the test, He had no doubt, however, bu.t that the Lord would bring His church out in. its pu rity in the end. He had tried,, he said, to prepare his church for the crisis which is-soon to come, and hoped he had been successful. Let the explosion come sooner or later, Europe would no doubt be compelled to encounter diffi culty and troubled in respect to her ecclesiastical interests. His prominent point was that the educated men of Europe are more and more becoming intelligent in skepticism. •Spirit Photography.—A very sin gular story comes from White Haven, which, if true, will give Spiritualism a fresh impetus in that neighborhood. It seems that within the space of twelve youths a mother ard her two sous were called to the ‘spirit land,’ the last one having been drowned at a saw mill while in the act of collecting wood for fuel. The body when brought home threw the sister into such a state of- terror that she called loudly for her mother. It is then recorded that the spirit of the mother instantly appeared ia company with her son, and left her shadow so perfectly traced upon a globe that it is visible to the naked eye, and has since been an object of curiosity and amazement to hundreds of visi tors.— Boston Herald 27th. Patch-Work Quilts Do Pay-Con fession. BY MRS. JENNIE T. HAZEN LEWIS. A little nephew of mine once caught three curious bugs which he was going to carry to a man who had a collection of crawling tilings, and who had offer ed the munificent reward of three cents for the rarest specimen. Jimmy put his bugs under a tumbler for safe keeping, and went to hed to dream of the Small fortune he would have the next day, and how he would spend it. He came pattering down early in the morning to look at his treasures, and lo ! they had eaten each other up. But, whether the two of them had made common cause, and et- | ten one, or one had eaten the two, and j then with appetite only, whetted by ! bug diet, had begun to devour itself, : must ever remain a mystery, j Whatever the facts in the case were, : one facf; was certain,—the only reraain- j iug bug was eating itself; at sight of | which cruelty, or the loss of his prop- | erty,* Jimmy burst into loud laments- | tions, and could only be comforted by ' three pennies from my purse. Now, I am that last bug, and I must eat myself; or, in other words, take the other side my own question and ar gue against myself in favor of patch- work quilts. Once upon a time, I lay ill many weeks, of a fever. It happened that I had a quilt called an “Album quilt,” the blocks of which had been contribu ted, and pieced by different girls; as had many blocks given by the boys. There was a small white block, in tho center of each large one, upon which was written, with indelible ink, the name of the donor. This quilt was on my bed ; and du ring my convalescence I spent many hours in reading over the names and recalling the histories of the writers, which would have otherwise slipped from my “memory-string.” *• Sweet Nell "Gray, fair as a lily and as frail, was laid away ’neath the grass while she was scarcely more than a child. Marah S.— her name means bitter waters, and bitter indeed were life’s waters to her—a mother but not a wife; so the grave hid her and her ba by away from unpitying, scornful eyes, and the tangled blackberry bushes aro her only monument. Hannah Gould, a plodding farmer’s wife with a troop of two headed chil dren. Alice Brayton with her starry eyes ' and curls of jet, entrapped by a hand some scamp, married, forsaken, and swallowed up in a great city. Charity Martini-sunny haired, sweet tempered Charity Martin, a slattern and a scold. I might write a story of each, but space forbids. Qf the boys, some went tp the bad, and became members of Congress. Some are happy, prosperous farmers, and take the Western Rural; some- sailed away and were lost at sea, and some were lost to manhood, and swept into the great vortex of woe, and crime, and all track of them lost; and one, the dearest and noblest of them all, walked a little way. with me in life’s journey, then turned aside, wearily put away the cup from his lip, while I went on, alone. My sister hod a patch work quilt! which I pieced, when I was a little girfe and when I visit her we make it a sa cred duty to fetch out the quilt,' and tell who had a dress like that block, and who an apron like this. Your brother Jim bought this for me, and how we laughed because it.was old enough for grandma. And this one with the purple dots, was worn for the first time the last day of our Summer school, and this, with the winter-gresn berries on, I wore that day I went, chest-nutting on the hill with Will Conrad, and a week thereafter he was buried. So we gossip over the patch-work quilt, sometimes laughfog and often weeping. During the la3t war, when old hands and joung were-busy for our soldier boys, it came into the head of some pretty creatures to piece album quilts for the boys who were in the army. It was done in our town, and the name, and address of each contributor was; put in the center of her block.. The quilts were carried into the hospitals, the poor maimed, bleeding boys were brought there, and iaid on the cots and were covered with thpse quilts, and some very pretty romances grew out of it, one of which I relate. Minnie Watermaji’s name was on one of the quilts,, and it came'to pass that one Lieut. Holmes was wounded, and tlmt identical quilt covered him, and as he read over the names it struck him that Minnie was a sweet name, and be wondered if she were a sweet girl, and as he wondered he resolved to write her, and he did. He was not the son of poor but honest parents—like the little boys in the Sunday school books —but the son of rich, and respectable, ones. The correspondence went on till the close of the war, then he came and saw Ninnie, and it came to pas3 she found favor in his eyes, and he marri ed her, and carried her off to benight- . , ed Massachusetts, and I’ve heard .they lived in peace.. My story is done, and it had. nevpr ( beenwritten had there b.een up, patch work quilts. f i u*; tmv