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% Jfamib frontal—gifroteb to Jetos, politics, Jiteratare, ATHENS, 6A. MARC IIUEE DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE. ^|hc ^aufhcrit aimer. Miscellaneous. atiussos, r. .i!. iiV 3. A 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 ifmru*. mm 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! rsE xrQ’Rsssr? FOBS 187*2. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Headers s*l«ctcd with car© by one of thr firm, In New York, to which they invito the attention of their cuvton.rr* ami the public. They have a good assort- m<*ut of STAPLE&FANCY DRYGOODS nuoc Kiel km, rtto vihonw, Il.tliDttkRK. LltOCKKKV, IIATM, CAPS, BOUTS, , . MIIOKa. **">ri, •veryth'ug in the way of Famil j and Plantation Supplies, [cJt4Ijn I, 1 , 1 oYi*- 1 L h rLd" PKJCE fob D ill Mtorc i oitotant >ivi< n . I " 111 ten* a Bale l^prr month. Wr arc determined todeml ,,, aitention to »>mine*> hom* ik’ i aud make many new ouS. Wagon Yards in A thens niEK H A S safe, comforuhle and commodious on Hirer street^eear the Cpper Brid' t ! r PIIIS unique and much-atlmir- J_ cl work, begun in 1867, and now a wel come and fruited riritor in every intelligent family where there Is a child, retains iu unrivalled corps of contributors and Artists, and gives in every number a profusion of the CHOICEST PICTURES, executed in the best and moat costly style, and de signed ecpecially for the young. The peculiar features that have distinguished it thus tar, will characterize it during the coming year, and SEW ASI> varied attuactioxs wiU be continually added. Subscriptions may be- gilt with any number: and back numbers either separately, or in beautiful hound volumes, can l>e always supplied. Terms, II 50 a year. 15 cents a single number. Published by JOHN L. S1IOREY, 3G Eromtieldst., Boston, Mass. RIBBONS. MILLINERY STRAW GOODS. 187*2. ALSO, While Goods, Embroideries, etc. 1>NK AT FOOT of BROAI) ST.. . Dor,. ••Hit n»* oil riM.vinahie Icriun.- chau^r for siwmI*. Jan- L ISTJ. Hie rale, i bn highest market price pain “ l '* l ’*" k b !'!' r «r i ';c.l inex WILEY HOtfl). O’HARA’S ViChtfocketCorn Sheller, pRIthOkLY 81 50. Call and see 11 •’ HIU.W, MCKEksuN iws. Gniriage, Buggy & Wagon MiTFIUAIz. LARGE LOT direct from the SUMMEY& ®TON. AP.M TOKGj GATOR & GO.) IMPORTER.*, SraNCFACTtJREBS AND JOBBERS. Bonnet Trimming, Neck and Sash Rib- bnif. Velvet Ribbons, Neck Ties, Bon net Silks, Satins, Velvets, and Crapes Flowers, Feathers, Ornaments, Frames, etc., Straw Bonnets and Ladies’ and Children’s Hals, Trimmed and Untrimmed, And In connecting ware rooms— White floods, Linens, Embroideries, laces, Nets, Collars, Setts, llandkerrblelk, Veiling, Head Vets, etc., etc. Noo. 337 aud 330 Ballltnare St., Bat- Iimore, Itld. r PHE8E GOODS are manufactured A- by us or bought for cash directly from the European and American manufacturers, embracing aU the latest novaltiea, unequalled in variety and cheapness In any market. Orders filled with care, promptness and dl«| ' ‘ feb 16-tm >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 - •* *V - - ?t5 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