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ATHENS, 6A. MARC
IIUEE DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
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aimer.
Miscellaneous.
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AT THREE WOM.ARS PER ANNUM,
STRICTl.r IS ADVASCB. #
WM. WOOD,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
F V RNITURE.
TT'URNITURE repaired, up-
bolstered and varnished, also a large variety
Fireside Miscellany.
The Road To Glory.
Office, Broad st., overJ. II. Huggins.
gtTKS OK UtVKllTlSIStS.
.4..rtl*Mi*Dta will Im* invrted utOne Dollar and
Pift* C.ht. Square of 111 lino,, for the'first, and
«-h ■uhroquent Inaertlon,
rT aa r time coder on. mont h. For a longer period
llfetral t-ontn>ets will
Business Directory.
..a. anwiN. nowKXX conn
u*«w
** 1 TttWneWS at Law,
/V Athcii*, Georgia. Office in the Deuprec
bulWief-
a. p. i.varKiN
HENRY JACKNOK.
Lumpkin & Jackson,
TTOKNKYS AT LAW,
A TTOllNKYS AT LAW, will practice In the
.fY Superior Court of Clark county, the Supreme
four! of the Slate, u-vj the United Slate. Court
for the Northern I'i.trict of (•corgia. feb. Ulf
SAMUEL P. THURMOND,
^ T TORXEY A T L A W ,
XX Athens, Oa. Office on Broad street, over
Harr) A Son’s Store. Will giv* special attention
to eaaes in Bankruptcy. Al»o, to the collection of
ea to 1
all claims entrusted to his care.
PITTMAN & HINTON,
Y T T O IIN E Y S AT L A W
of wood coffin, and Fi.lt’s Patent Met
Case, always on hand.
Wnrorooui. on Clayton St., next to Episcopal
hurrh. ^puOEih WTI I l iM uvutn
Mxty-Fire First Prize Medal. Awarded!
THE OBEAT
Southern Plano
JnSS
MANUFACTORY.
MANUFACTCRF.R1 or
orawp.hqiiabf HP CPniOHT
Piano Fortes.
“ The path of duty is the path ot glory !
He that walks it only thirsting
For the right, and learns to deaden
Love of self—before his journey closes,
He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting
Into glossy purples which cm. redden
All voluptuous garden roses.
He, that ever follows her commands,
With toil of heart and knees and bands
Through the long gorge to the far light,
has won
His path upward and prevailed—
Shall find the
—AdMed,'" -’«***' *
All close upon thn shining table-lands
To which our God Himself is sun and
moon.”
“ Young gentleman, yon wish to
draw back f
“ I draw back 1” exclaimed the stu
dent. “ Well, it I had the fifty guin
eas, you should see whether I wish to
draw back.”
“ Here,” said I, " are four guineas
which I will stake on your wager.”
No sooner had I made this proposi
tion than the rest of the company, at
tracted by the singularity of the affair,
came forward to lay down their money;
and in a minute or two the fifty guin
eas were subscribed. The merchant
appeared so sure of winning that he
VOL. XLI.--M 38-NEW^ElUES VOL. 5. N
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Jctiers.*!!, Jackson county, (»a.
J. X J. C. ALEXANDER,
lEALERS in hardware,
_ ) Steel, Sails, Carriage Material, Mining
tuple menu, Ac., Whitehall it,, Atlanta.
D,~
tu picul
A
■.VAN ESTES,
TTOKXEY A T
Homer, Hank* CountT, Oa.
L A W,
JAY 0. GAILEY
XYITES ATTENTION TO HIS
HEW FALL STOCK
OF
aBxmmx
CLKSSWSBE,
CHIMNEYS AXD~
PURE KEROSENE OIL!
('ill and examine lilt atoclc before purchasing.
»e|>t tl-tf.
SHARP & FLOYD
Bnlliinorr, Slnrylnntl.
r PHESE INSTRUMENTS have
-L lieen before the public for nearly thirty years
and upon their excellence alone attained an unpnr
rhiur.l preeminence, which pronounces them un
equalled. in
TOSS,
TOUCH,
WdnBKASSBtr
AND OURACU.XTY.
ZS. All our SuVAItB Pianos have our new im
proved OvekstkvxoScalk ami the Asritflr Trrlile.
HSu We would call upeclal attention to our late
Patented Improvements in MIAMI I'll Ml*, and
SQIMIIE f.lt VMl, found In no other Plano, which
bring the Plano nearer perfection than has vet
been attained.
EVERY Pit NO FILLY WARIltNTlD FOIt 5 TUBS
We art hv s|ierlal arrangement enabled to
The Ghost-Raiser.
tkjL. \N e ai t l»v si><*riul
funrsh 1'AKLOk ORGANS and MICLODKONS of
*ii# Host celebrated makers, wholesale and retail,
Oa* Lou ctt Factory Prirrt.
Illustr-tcd Catalogues and Price List* furnished
on application !• \> >1. KNARE AUK, Balt. Md
Or any regular established agencies. novlOGm
NORTH EAST GEORGIA
GRAND EXHIBITION!!
FOR THE
Farmers, Mechanics and Housewives of
North-East Georgia.
Open ilrery Day!
rjlIIE SEASON for Fain is at hand and Lelng un
willing that Athens should be behind othc
places of less importance,I have determined to have
A C mmercial Exposition,
At My Old Stand, No..7, Broad St.
To make the display attractive, I have visited
the Northern markets, and brought out many
X70VS1X.TXEST
Embracing a very handsome display in >easonable
Successors to George Sharp, Jr.,
Siivetfsmii&sy
A tlantu, Oa.
AV K OFFER a large variety of
FINE WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
JEWELRY,
SILVER WARE,
SPECTACLES,
FANCY GOODS,
FINE BRONZES,
AND STATUARY.
WE 1LYVE A FULL COUPS OF
pavers
Alan uracturemany Fine Goods
in u.ir own shop, and are prepared to FILL ANY
OUlV.lts for RihmIs or work promptly.
»«t„ -Ml good* engraved free of charge.
“ > make a specialty or
PREMIUMS FOR FAIRS!
• guarantee the
I-AItfjKST ASSORTEMNT,
THE FINEST GOODS,
THE LOWEST PRICKS.
AN DTHE REST WORK.
Pall and »ee ua.
SHARP & FLOYD,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta.
May 2J-1 y
Send your Old Furniture to
WOOD’S
REPAIR SHOP,
Scst to the Episcopal Churchy and have it
may 1 93 ni MA DK O OOl> AS ,VATII'.
DRY GOODS!
An unusual assortment of
mm JE3 <a
For Men, Women and Children ; and an unequalled
variety of useful articles for
For Home and Tarcn!
My uncle Beagley, who commenced
his commercial career very early in the
present century ns a bagman, will tell
stories. Among them, he .tells his
“ Single Ghost” story so often, that 1
am henrtily tired of it. In self-defense,
therefore, I publish the tale, in order
that when next the good, kind old gen
tleman offers to bore us with it, every
body may say they know it. I reraeirt
her every word of it:
On one fine Autumn evening, about
forty years ago, I was travelling on
horseback from Shrewsbury to Chester.
I felt tolerably tired, and was begin
ning to look out for some snug way-
side inn, where I might pass the night,
when a sudden and violent thunder
storm came on. My horse, terrified
by the lightning, fairly took the bridle
between his teeth, and started off with
me at full gallop through laues and
cross-roads, until at length I managed
to pull him up just near the door of a
neat-looking country inn.
“ Well,” thought I, “ there was wit
in your madness, old boy, since it
brought us to this comfortable refuge.”
Anil alighting, 1 gave him in charge
to the stout farmer's boy, who acted as
hostler. The inn-kitchen, which was
also the guest-room, was large, neat,
and comfortable, very like the pleasant
hostelry described by Izank Walt in.
There were several travelers already in
’ with
The folio
ienco of
44 five good
places,”
She was well
tion, when a'
a grinnin’as
box.’
as a waiter,
the story in
lows:
“Well, the'
wid that Cl
topping crags of duty I.W**^’*he
hands, and prepared for his experi
ment. We selected for the purpose a
small Summer-house in the garden,
perfectly isolated, and having no means
of exit but a window and a door, which
we carefully fastened, after placing the
young man within. We put writing
materials on a small table in the Sum
mer-house, and took away the candles.
We remained outside, with the peddler
amongst us. lit a low, solemn voice
he began to chant;
“ What riseth slow from the ocean caves
And the stormy surf?
The phantom pale sets his blackened foot
Oh the fresh green turf?”
Then raising his voice solemnly, he
said : “ You asked to see your friend,
Francis Villiers, who was drowned
three years ago off the coast of South
America—what do you see ?”
I see,” replied the student,
amusing exper-
Mnloncr, who had
rs from respectable
heathen Chinese.”
in her new ritna-
haythen Chineser,
come off a tay-
the family
tells the rest of
itable way,, as fol-
Mr. .lames Ballantyne called out, with
a line of Shakespeare*;
My lord, my lord, methinks you’d
spare your spoons!” “ Not I, indeed,
my lord,” responded Mrs. B. “ fori
have none to spare.” “ Not amiss,”
said Sir Walter, In genial recognition
of the lady’s hi*. Next day a parcel
came to her, directed in an unmistaka
ble handwriting, containing a dozen of
_ _ IFrom the Columbus (G%.) Enquirer.]
the hw^omest 0 spoons that° could l«r Histor,c Bem |*^ ence of the ***
In fact, the Establishment, heretofore known a> the the room probably* like Ill VSclf*, driV-
4k Plsantei^ Store,”
Is to Become the favorite headquarters fur farm su\»-
plies, if complete stock and fair dealing can make
u attrartivA feature of this Grand Exhibition,
will be its di>play of
GLASSWARE,
Lamps and LampFixtures,
Far ahead of anything heretofore offered, and con-
Btituting a leading
well worth the attention c f Housekeepers.
There wilUlway, «^Pl«U ^trneut of ; n g ; g ha j ^ upsct j nto a nlu(1( ] y
dyke ; all had got a thorough wetting,
en there for shelter—and they were all
warming themselves by the blazing fire
while wait'.ng for supper. I joined
the party. Presently, being summon
ed by the hostess, we all sat down,
twelve in number, to a smoking repast
of bacon and eggs, corned beef and
carrots, uni stewed hare.
The conversation turned naturally
on the mishaps occasioned by the
storm, of which every one seemed to
have had his full share. One had been
thrown off his horse; another, driving
FaiWaY GROCERIES!
best grades, and special attention paid to the
regular supply of GOOL> FLOUR, MEAL, and
PROVISIONS GENERALLY.
For the accommodation of builders a large supply <
may always he found.
As all these attractive and useful goods are to be
sold at
my old customer* and the public are invited to call
and examine them. If they have anythin* to sell,
the lllitlirst Market I’rtri will always he paid fur it.
J. II. HUGGINS,
*cpt 15 Sim of " Planter's Store," Athens.
J. C. HARDIE,
Dealer in lirocerics \ Prvi>iims,
College Avenue, Athena, Ga.
r £ , HE BEST SUGAR, COFFEE,
Lard, Soda, Flour, Meal, Pickles, Oysters,
Nuta, Oranges, Apples, Crackers, Cheese, Ac., al-
wavsonhand. Also fresh country Butter, Kggs,
Potatoes, Ac. jan 1 1m
E. S. ENGLAND & CO.,
^llK NOW RECEIVING THEIR
NEW FALL STOCK!
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>patch.
and agreed unanimously that it was
dreadful weather—a regular witches’
Sabbath !
“ Witches and ghosts prefer for their
Sabbath a fine moon-light night to
such weather as this!”
These words were uttered in a sol
emn tone, and with a strange empha
sis, by one of the company. He was
a tall, dark-looking man, and I had set
him down in my own mind as a trav
eling merchant or peddler. My next
neighbor was a gay, well-looking, fash
ionably-dressed young man, who, burst
ing into a peal of laughter, said :
“You must know the manners and
customs of ghosts very well, to be able
to tell that they dislike getting wet or
muddy.”
The first speaker, giving him a dark,
fierce look, said:
“ Young man, speak not so lightly
of things above your comprehension.”
" Do you mean to imply that there
arc such things as ghosts?”
“ Perhaps there nre, if you had
courage to look at them.”
The young man stood up, flushed
with anger. But presently resuming
his scat, he said, calmly :
“ That taunt should cost you dear,
if it were not such a foolish one.”
“ A foolish one!” exclaimed the
merchant, throwing on the table a
heavy leathern purse. “ There are
fifty guineas. I am content to lose
them, if, before the hour is ended, I
do not succeed in showing you, who are
so obstinately prejudiced, the form of
any one of your deceased friends; and
if, after you have recognized him, you
allow him to kiss your lips.”
We all looked at each other, but my
young neighbor, still in the same mock
ing manuer, replied:
“ You will do that, will you?”
*• Yes,” said the other; “ I will stake
these fifty guineas, on condition that
you pay a similar sum if you iose.
After a short silence, the young man
said, gayly:
“ Fifty guineas, my worthy sorcerer,
are more than a poor college sixar ever
possessed; but here are five, which, if
you are satisfied, I shall be most wil
ling to wager.”
The other took up his purse, saying,
in a contemptuous tone!
white light rising near the window;
but it has no form—it is like an un
certain cloud.”
“ Are you afraid T' asked the mer
chant, in a loud voice.
“ I am not!" replied the student,
firmly.
“ After a moment’s silence, the ped
dler stamped three times on the
ground, and sang:
“And the phantom white, whose clay-
cold face
lYho was so fair.
Dries with his shroud his clinging vest
And his sea tossed hair.”
Once more the solemn question :
“ You, who would see revealed the
the mysteries of the tomb—what do
you see now ?”
The student answered in a calm
voice, but like that of a man describing
things as they pass before him : “ I see
the cloud taking the form of a phan
tom—its head is covered with a vail.”
“ Are you afraid?”
“ I am not!”
The merchant then chanted, in a se-
pulchral voice
And the phantom said, as he rose from
the wave,
He shall know me in sooth !
will go to my friend, gay, smiling and
fond,
As in our first youth!”
“ What do you see V said he.
“1 see the phantom advance—he
lifts his vail—’tis Francis Villiers!—he
approaches the table—he writes—it is
his signature 1”
“ Are you afraid ?”
A fearful moment of silence ensued;
then the student replied, but in an al
tered voice;
“ I am not 1”
Wc looked at each other in horror-
stricken silence, while the merchant,
raising his arms above bis head, with
frantic gestures, then sang.
And the phantom said to the mocking
seer,
“ I come from the South:
Put thy hand on my hand—thy heart on
iny heart—
Thy month on my mouth 1”
“ What do you see ?’ ”
“ He comes—he approaches—he
pursues me—he is stretching out his
arms—he will have me! Help! help!
Save me!”
Are you afraid now V asked the
merchant, in a mocking voice.
A piercing cry, and then a stifled
groan, were the only reply to this ter
rible question.
Help that rash youth !” - said the
merchant, bitterly. “ I have, I think,
won the wager; butit is sufficient for me
to have given him a lessen. Let him
keep his money, and be wiser for the
future."
He walked rapidly away. We
opened the door of the Summer-house,
and found the Btudent in convulsions.
A paper, signed with the name “ Fran
cis Villiers,” was on the table. As
soon as the student's senses were restor
ed, he asked, vehemently, where was
the vile sorcerer who had subjected him
to such a horrible ordeal—he would
kill him! He sought him throughout
the inn in vain; then, with the speed
of a madman, he dashed off across the
fields in pursuit of him—and wa never
saw either of them again.
That, children, is my ghost story!
“ And how is it, good uncle, that,
after that, you don’t believe in ghosts ?”
said I, the first time I heard it
ys and trials I had
Ann Byan, I
r Not a Missed, thing.
cud I do but he’d be looking on wid
his eyes cocked up’ardlike twopoonip-
handles, an’ he widdout a w£eck or
smitch o' whiskers on him, an’ his fin-1
ger nails full a yard long. But it’s
dyin' you'd be to see the missus a lam
in’ him, and he grfnnin’ an’ waggih’
his pig-tail (which was pieced out long
wid some black stoof, the haythen
chate 1) and gettin’ into her ways won
derful quick, I don’t deny, imitatin’
that sharp, you’d be surprised, and
ketchin’ an’ copyin’ things the best of
us will do ahurried wid work, yet don’t
want cornin’ to the knowledge of the
family—bad luck to him!
“ Is it ate wid him ? Arrah, an’
would I be sittin’ wid a haythen an’ he
a-atin’ wid drum-sticks—yes, an’ atiu’
dogs an’ cats unknownst to me, I war
rant you, which it is the custom of
them Chinesers, till the thought made
me that sick I could die. But the
worrest of all was the copyin’ he’d be
doin’ till ye’d be distracted. It’s yersel’
knows the tinder feet that’s on me
since ever Pve ben in this counthry.
Well, owin’ to that, I fell into a way
of slippin’ me shoes off when I’d be
seltin’ down to pale the praities or the
like o’ that, an’ do ye mind 1 that hay
then would do the same thing after me
whinever the missus set him to parin’
apples or tomaterses. The saints in
heaven couldn’t have mode him belave
he cud kape the shoes on him when
he’d be palin’ anything.
“ Did I lave fur that ? Faix, an’ I
didn’t Didn’t he get me into trouble
with my niisus, the haythen ? You’re
aware yerseThow the boondles cornin’
in from the grocery often contains
more’n’U go into anything dacently.
So, for that matter, I’d now and then
take out a sup o’ sugar, or flour, or
tay, an’ wrap it in paper an’ put it in
me bit of a box tucked under the iron
in’ blankit the how it cuddent be bod
derin’ any one. Well, what should it
be, but this blessed Sathurday morn
the misus was a spokin' pleasant and
respectful wid me in me kitchen, when
the grocer-boy comes in ah’ stands
fornenst her wid his boondles, an’ she
motions like to Fing Wing (which I
never would call him be that name nor
any other but just haythen,) she mo
tions to him she does,, for to take the
boondles an’ empty out the sugar on’
what not where they belongs. If you’ll
belave me, Ann Byan, what did that
blatherin’ Chineser do but take out a
cup o’ sugar, an’ a handful o’ tay, an’
a bit o’ chaze, right afore the misus,
wrap them into bits o’ paper, an’ I
spachless wid shurprize, an’ he the next
minute up wid the ironin’ blankit and
pulliu’ out me box wid a show of being
sly to put them in. Och, the Lord
forgive me, but I clutched it, and the
misus cryin’, ‘ O Kitty 1 in a way that
’ud cruddle your blood. *He’s hay
then nager,’ says I. * Fve fouud you
out,’ says she. * I’ll arrist him,’ says
I. ‘It’s you ought to be arrested,’
says she. 4 Yon won’t,’ says L 4 1
will,” says she—and so it went, till she
give me such sass as I cuddent take
from no lady—an’ I give her warnin’
an’ left that instant, an’ she a pointin’
to the door.”—Scribner's Monthly.
obtained in Edinburgh. This same
old lady relates a story which deserves
to he told us' one of the most . singular
among the curiosities of literature. She
law, James was reading to her, Scott
entered, and told him to go on read
ing. As the reader proceeded, Scott
at first nodded approbation, then said,
44 Good P 44 Very good 1” 44 Charm
ing !” “ Powerful 1” until at last the
upper lip began to tremble, and the
tears fell. Taking his staff, he strode
across the room and looked over Mr.
Ballaulyne’s shoulders to see what the
volume was. It was “The Last
MinstrcL” He was quite iu discom
fiture, dashed the tears indiguantly
from his eyes, uttered au impatient
“ Pshaw P and said, 44 God help me,
James; I am losing my memory.”—
M. I). Conway, in Harper's Magazine.
back and walked to the town where I
now live and learned a mechanic’s
trade. I know the hard lot that toil
ing men have to endure in the world,
and every pulsation of iny heart, every
conviction of my judgment, puts me
on the side of the toiling men of my
country—aye, of all countries.
Days of the ■Confederacy.”
vost marshal of Augusta, sl eighed at
the Mechanics’ Rank, Augusta, and
certified to by Mr. Hatch',The mhTer,
and two officers of General Molly-
neux’s staff. The original *rcceipt is -
in the hands of «£. *>. Jere. Si Black,
I left it rith him in presence of Colon
el J. D. Waddell, present elerk of tber
House of Representatives, i as I was
curious through some one in Washing
ton to ascertain whether the bullion*
had been accounted for to the Hinted
“Consider Me Smith.”
A good story is told of old Dr. Cald
well, formerly of the University of
North Carolina.
The Doctor was a small man, and
lean, but as hard and angular os the
most irregular of pineknots.
He looked as though he might be
tough, hut he did not seem strong.
Nevertheless, he was, among the know
ing ones, reputed to be agile “ as a
cat,” aud, iu addition, was by no
means deficient in the knowledge of
the “ manly art.” Well, in the Fresh
man class of a certain year was a burly,
beety mountaineer of eighteen or nine
teen. This genius conceived a great
contempt for old Bolus’ physical dimen
sions, aud his soul was horrified that
one so deficient in muscle should be so
potential in his rule.
Poor Jones—that is the name
we’ll call him—had no idea of moral
force. At any rate, he was not in
clined to knock under and be controll
ed despotically by a man he imagined
he could tie or whip. At length, he
determined to give the old gentleman
agenteel private thrashing some night,
in the college Campus, pretending to
mistake him for some fellow student
Shortly after} on a dark and rainy
night Jones met the Doctor crossing
the Campus. Walking up to him ab
ruptly :
“ Hello, Smith! yon rascal—is this
you P And with that, he struck the
old gentleman a blow on the side of
the face that nearly felled him.
Old Bolus said nothing, but squar
ed himself, and at it they went. Jones’
youth, weight and muscle made him
an 44 ugly customer,” but after a round
or two the Doctor’s science began to
tell, and in a short time he had knock
ed his antagonist down and was strad
dled of his chest, with one hand on his
throat and the other dealing vigorous
cufls on the side of his head.
Ah! stop ! I beg pardon, Doctor,
Doctor Caldwell—a mistake—for heav
en’s sake, Doctor!” he groaned. 44 1
really thought it was Smith P
The Doctor replied with a word and
a blow alternately:
It makes no difference; for all
present purposes consider me Smith.”
Aud it is said that old Blous gave
Jones such a pounding that he never
made another mistake as to personal
identity.
New Anecdotes of Scott.
No pleasanter anecdotes have been
told of any man. These are generally
well known, but I will trust that the
following may be new to my readers.
Mrs. John Ballantyne was just mar
ried. She was young, the beatuy of
Edinburgh, and half spoiled by flat
tery. She was to meet Sir Walter at
dinner, and resolved to put on aiiS,
and show 4he great lion of the time
that she was not to be brought to lawn
even at his feet. He asked her to take
a glass of wine, and she affected not to
hear him; but the.great man, instead
of noticing this girlish folly, prooeoded
to talk to her with such politness that
she speedily felt ashamed of herself.—
This lady related thai once, at her
own table, ou the occasion of a large!
and ceremonious dinner party, there
was a scarcity of spoons, and what
added to the awkwardness, at the
lb the Editor of thr Enquirer:
You publish this morning an extract
ffojn.the Richroou&JQwpotrA i D refer
ence to the
CONFEDERATE GOLD
left by President Davis at Washington,
Wilkes county, Ga. The extract re
ferred to has this sentence, which re
quires an answer from me:
44 1 learn from an old army acquain
tance of highest respectability, who
was one of the party formed here to
guard it while being transported to
Augusta, that the returned soldiers
were prevented from helping them
selves by being told that the money was
to be used fer the benefit of our prison
ers at the North ; that it reached Au
gusta in safety ; that guards were then
paid 825 each for their services, and
discharged ;. and while it cannot he
proved exactly what became of the
gold, yet it is certain that our suffering
boys in prison never heard of it.”
As I am the officer with whom that
gold was entrusted, aud as I am able
to prove to the curious who desire to
inspect the vouchers that the gold was
appropriated in exact accordance with
my orders to the uttermost farthing, I
think it is due to myself that this much
further should be added to what the
writer in the Dispatch terms 44 historic
interest in connection with the last days
of the Confederacy.”
President Davis, General Brecken-
ridge, Ragan of Texas, and others of
the Cabinet, arrived inWashington with
the gold. Gen. Bragg was also there,
and a large body of cavalry who had
guarded the gold to Washington, and
who received a part of their pay in
gold. I had received orders to have
180,000 rations at different points with
which to supply the returning soldiers
from General J. E. Johnston’s army.
The Commissionary-General, General
J. M. St. Johns, then in Washington,
had no funds. I called to see the
President, but could not see him; he
was exhausted from fatigue. I then
had an interview with GeneralToombs,
and told him of the necessity of hav
ing funds to supply the troops. The
gold had already started, President
Davis having left previously. Gener
al Toombs had an interview with Gen-
oral Breckenridge. The result was that
I received an order for 840,000—ten
thousand for the Quartermaster De
partment, and thirty thousand for the
Ctfeunissionary Department.
This was among the last orders ever
issued by the Confederate Govern
ment, and was sent by me to General
Toombs about a year since, as a histor
ic relic, in which he had acted a gener
ous part in behalf of our soldiers, and
is now, I presume, in his .possession
I followed the train and overtook it
that night, and received sixteen boxes
of bullion, estimated to contain $40,-
000. I returned with this to Wash
ington, and paid on the order of W.
F. Alexander, Major and Assistant to
the Quartermaster General, three
boxes of bullion, estimated at $10,000,
to be opened and weighed before two
commissioned officers. These boxes
were delivered to R. R. Wood. Major i
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tStates; of which fact I am still uuad-
*fiscc§PR4 “ ~ T ~'
-Another curioa-, “historic uicic’eni" .ajMMMi
occurred uliout this time. The day
after the gold (that was carried away
by the Confederate train) left Wash
ington a cavalryman threw a bag over
Gen. Toombs’ fence and galloped off.
On examining it, the bag contained
85,000 in gold coin. Gen. Toombs
immediately sent it bv my son to the
Federal Quart .rmaster, then stationed! •
at Washington, to be used for provis
ions to supply such troops as might
pass through Washington unprovided
for.
I could state many amusing inci
dents, aud annoying ones too, that oc
curred while 1 was poss<ssed of iho
treasure; hut suffice it to say, in the
then condition of the country, deter
mined to execute the order with which-
was entrusted, I found 835.000 in goltll
an elephant in my hands, aud was re
joiced to get rid of it, and at the same
time have the soldiers supplied with ra
tions and the Confederate Government
vindicated from anything like a disre
gard to their comforts.
Respectfully, R. J. Moses,
Late Confederate Commissary for the
State of Georgia.
The Care of Pianos.
The Contrasts of a Life.
and Quartermaster, at Washington,
Wilkes county, on the 5th May, 1865.
I employed four young men of the
Washington Artillery to guard the
gold that night and nrcnnipany me
with it to Augusta. The guard was
rendered necessary because there, were
So large a number of persons have
pianos that the proper care of these
popular instruments is a matter of
much importance. So having obtain
ed the views of an experienced work
man on the subject, we here insert a
few paragraphs that will prove valua
ble in regard to preserving pianos.—
First, l>e careful to keep your piano
locked, aud the key in your pocket, or
some other f-ecure place, os nothing
disorders a piano sooner than to have
everybody twanging and thruming
upon it. Next, keep the teni{>er&turc
of the room in which the piano stands,
os even as possible, for the reason that
any great change of temperature will
put the instrument out of tune. Tun
ing is exceedingly important. Many,
after buying a piano, never think of
having it tuned till its tone becomes
actually ruined, and its notes broken
and discordant. This is a - sad mis
take, as the piano becomes completely
deranged in a few years at the farthest,
merely for the lack of a little outlay.
A piano should be tuned regularly at
least twice a year; first when a fire is
introduced into the room where it is
kept, and again when the fire is re
moved. Your piano should never he
allowed to get below concert pitch.—
If it is kept below this for any length
of time, it will never come up to it
agaiu, without great labor, and per
haps not at nil.
A piano should also stand with the
ends north and south, as for some rea
son, not yet explained by Science,
that [losition is said to improve the
tone of the instrument. Many have
doubtless noticed a singular fact con
nected with pianos. Sometimes the
instrument takes to jingling, as many
express it. For rears this remained a
my sterious secret; the jingle would
In a recent speech at Great Falls,
N. H., Senator Henry Wilson, referr- J a great many struggling soldiers and
ing to some experiences in his early j cavalry prowling about Washington.
1 Because, my hoy,” replied iny un- P recl f°
moment when the servant was
de, 44 neither the student nor the mer
chant ever retured; and the forty-five
guineas belonging to me and the other
travelers continued equally invisible.
Those two swindlers carried them off,
after having acted a farce, which we,
like ninnies, believed to be real"
Albany has a spotted squirrel.
washing the spoons for further use, a
most determined pause in conversation
ensued. The silence was so profound
that no sound was to be heard save the
whispers of the servants just without,
and the washing of the spoons. At last
the blushing lady’s husband drank,
“Relief to all in distress,” whioh broke
tha spell, and set all laughing, while
life, says:
I feel that I have the right to speak
for toiling men and to toiling pien.
I was born here; here in your county
of Stafford. I wus born in poverty;
want sat by my cradle. I know what
it is to ask a mother for bread when
she has none to give. I left my home
at ten years of age and served an ap
prenticeship of eleven years, receiving
a month’s schooling each year, and the
end of eleven years ot hard work, a
yoke of oxen and six sheep, which
brought me eighty-four dollars. A
dollar would cover every penny I spent
from the time 1 was born until 1 was
j twenty-one years of age. I know what
it is to travel weary miles and ask my
fellow-men to pve me leave to toil.—
I remember that in September, 1833,
I walked into your village from my
native town, and went through your
mills, seeking employment. If any
body had offered me $8 or 89 a month,
I should have accepted it gladly. I
went down to Salmon. Falls, I went to
Dover, I went to Newmarket, and
tried to get work, without success, and
I returned home weary but not dis
couraged, and I put my pack on my
The next morning I started for Bar
nett, where I would have to wait an
hour or two for the Augusta train.—
A number of cavalrymen and return
ing soldiers went on the same train
with us, and when we arrived at Bare
nett, made what was then called sever
al “ charges” upon the gold. These,
with the guard and kind assistance of
Col. Sanford, now of Montgomery,
and private Shepherd, now of Tex
as, were successfully resisted
When I reached Augusta I address
ed a letter to General L. McLews,
commanding, and, with his concur
rence, entered into a correspondence
with General Mollyneux, who received
tha funds in my hands, thirteen boxes
bullion weighing 834,965, and he am
ply provided for the returning troops
from the United States Commissary
Department; so that the fund, 84,965
in exceiis of what I receipted for, was
every dollar appropriated as it was in
tended by the order. The excess oc
curred from the fact that the bullion
when received could not be weighed,
bat had to be taken by estimate. It
was delivered by me to a Captain Ad
ams, of Massachusetts, regiment pro-
conuucucethe moment certain notes
were struck on the piano, and cease as
mysteriously ns it began. People be
came superstitious, aud declared that
they believed the instrument was
haunted.' And we lielieve the true
cause was found out by a hired girl,
who not being of a superstitious turn
of mind, began shrewdly to search for
some physical cause for the strange
effect. After a long search she was
rewarded with the desired discovery.—
She noticed that when the piar.ojingled
a large thin glass ornamental vase
on the mnntlepiece, which was near
the piano, trembled. Boldly she seiz
ed it; and instantly the mystery ended
with the jingle. A gentleman acquain
ted with the laws of Acoustics exam
ined into the matter, and found the
secret to lie in the musical properties
of the glass, when the ornament was
in a certain relative position to the
piano. The proof was, when tho po
sition of the ornament was changed,
the jingling ceased and when it was
replaced, the sound commenced again;
coming apparently, however, from tho
piano.
So, whenever you notice any peculiar
sound issuing seemingly from your
piano, do not condemn it as out <-f
tune, nor suppose it to be haunted;
but search around the room for some
object that is capable of -producing a
musical sound, such as glass or ohina
ornaments or thin, metalic ornaments.
Change their position, and the sound