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Entered according to Act of Congress, in June, 1870, by J. W. Burkk & Cos., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the So. District of Georgia
Vol. IV— No. 13.
Written for Burke’s Weekly.
THE CITY OF AUGUSTA.
UGUSTA, on the Sa
vannah river, is one
cities in Georgia.
Indeed, we should
not be going too far if we
(called it one of the most
beautiful cities in the Uni-
Y ted States. Broad Street,
which is the principal busi
ness street of the place, is about one
hundred yards wide, and contains
many fine stores and dwellings. The
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a double row of elegant shade trees,
which add much to its comfort. Greene
Street is another fine street, some of
the handsomest residences in the city
being situated on this street.
Augusta contains a number of elegant
public buildings. The City Hall, of
which we give a representation on this
page, is quite an imposing structure —
built of brick, three stories high, with a
cupola, surmounted by the figure of
Justice. It is used as a Court House,
as well as for city purposes. Its cost,
before the war, was one hundred thou
sand dollars.
Augusta was laid out in 1735, by the
Trustees of Georgia, and was named by
General Oglethorpe, in honor of the
royal princess, Augusta. In 1860, its
population was 12,493. It has been
largely built up since that time, and has
a population now, we imagine, of nearly
twenty thousand.
Good Deeds have no Sabbath,
f 1 long since, says a Breslau
iper, an elderly man, with
uare head, stood in an eating
house, surrounded by a crowd of peo
ple. The landlord held the man’s hat
and cane, and an impudent waiter stood
between the guest and the door. The
confusion of the old man was inde
scribable. He seemed to be for the first
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time in his life in such a scrape—said
nothing, looked down on the ground,
and with difficulty restrained his tears,
while all around mocked and jeered
at him.
Just then a poorly-dressed Israelite,
with a long white beard, entered, and
inquired what it all meant, and with an
expression ofalmost feminine curiosity.
He was told that the man had eaten
and drank, and now that he must
pay, he searched his pockets in vain
for money. '
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see the old man for the first time, but
I’ll be bound that he did not come here
to cheat. And landlord, suppose he had
no money to forget, couldn’t you for
once give a poor man something to eat,
for God’s sake? How much does he
owe, any how?”
The debt was eight silver groschen,
and the Israelite, paying this, took the
poor old man by the hand and led him
to the door. Those present did not
seem to enjoy the reproof which their
brutality had received, and one insolent
fellow cried out:
“ Hey, Jew, what have you done?
This is the Sabbath, and you have
touched money!” (This is forbidden
to the Israelites.)
“ Just now I forgot that I was a Jew,
just as you forgot that you were a
Christian. But you may rest easy on
my account I understand my com
mandment which says, ‘ Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.’ Just get
some schoolmaster to explain it to you,
and if he is a reasonable man he will
agree v.ith me —‘Good deeds have no
Sabbath.’ ”
And with these words the good man
left the room.
CITY HALL, AUGUSTA.
Written for Burke’s Weekly.
Who Prayeth Best?
fn|P AM a little child,
And seldom make a speech ;
VJp But now, in accents mild,
A lesson I would teach ;
So listen all to what the poet says,
vC? And practice Mercy in your youthful
days—
“ Who prayeth best? How shall I tell.
And not offend the least?
lie prayeth well who loveth well
Both man, and bird, and beast;
He prayeth best who loveth best
All things, both great and small;
For the dear God who giveth rest,
He makes and loves us all.”
Florence Lyndon.
Troy , Ala., 1870.
Whole No. 169.
Written for Burke’s Weekly.
THE YOUNG- EXPLORERS;
OR, BOY-UFE IH TEXAS.
BY JOHN C. DUYAI,,
Author of “ Jack Dobell ; or, A Boy's Ad
ventures in Texas," “ The Adventures
of Big-Foot Wallace f etc-
CHAPTER XI.
The Explorers Leave San Antonio — Vast Num
bers of Dees —Encampment on the Medio —
Doing Guard Duty — Mr. Pitt and Uncle
Seth Differ in Opinion—Cudjo Settles the
Question —A Four-footed Sentinel —Gobbler
Steak for Breakfast — All Hands Badly
Feuded —Uncle Set.h S—’* JOmieuu 1 ’■
oqM ‘run ’IW
( by this time the day was
, -r3^vJ f pretty well advanced, we con-
concluded not to leave San
Antonio until the next morning, more
particularly as we wished to purchase
some articles we needed for the road,
which we knew we should not have
another chance of procuring.
The next morning we made an early
start, taking the road running westward
from San Antonio, to a little place
lately settled by some French, and
called after its founder, Castroville.
At that day, all the country between
San Antonio and Leon was a beautiful
open prairie, with here and there a
scattering mot of mesquite or other
timber, and was a favorite resort for
deer and antelope. When only five or
six miles from the city, we halted for a
few moments, at Willie’s suggestion,
and counted the number of droves of
deer that were in sight, and we made
out twenty-seven of them. Allowing
forty deer to a drove, which was a very
low average, the number of deer visible
was something over a thousand ! At
this day, a single one is rarely ever
seen in. all that region of country; so
rapidly have they disappeared before
the advancing settlements.
Crossing the Leon, we continued our
route, and about three o’clock in the
evening came to the Medio, where Un
cle Seth thought it advisable to halt for