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Newspaper Page Textn* V ' v TIIKEB dollars per annum in advance. re, anir % fnkstrial Interests of tk W ATHENS, GA. JDLY 19, |872. ■ Miscellaneous. inner. Pl'Itl.ISliEB IVKKKI.T, BY S. A. ATKINSON, AT THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, STRICTLY IS ADVANCE. Office,, //rod-/ st., over J. II. Huggins. ItVTRS OF IDVKRTW1ML L lvorti^rnentH trills inserted at One Dollar and lines, for the first, and ich subsequent Insertion, »ne month. For a longer period II be made. Business Directory. I AMAH C*m». A. S. KUWIX. TIOWF.T.I, COBB CHIU?. ERWIN k COBB, A ttorneys at law, Albcus, Geor-ta. Office in the Heuprec building. A Lumpkin & Jackson, TTORXKY.S AT LAW. will practice riorOiurt of Clark county, the be .State, an 1 the United Mh the Northern District of Georgia. V! SAMUEL P. THURMOND. TTORNEY A T L A W Ulioni, Gi. Office on Urn 1 street, orer lUrrv V S n’s Store. Will give special attention iomoi in It inkruotcy. Also, to the collection of ali cUirat entrusted to his care. 4. 4. k J. C. ALKXIMIKR, tEVLERS IX HARDWARE, ■!, NsiN, Cirriage Material, Mining .1* nmi.s, O, Whitehall st., Atlanta m AS M.VAN ESTES, T r /)'u'x E Y A T L A W »tuer. Hanks County, G*. PITTMAN Si HINTON, Y T T O R N E Y S A T L A W , efforton, Jackson county, <»a. NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SCHEDULE ox tiik GEORGIA and MACON and AUGUSTA RAIL RODS. E.E.JONES, DEALER IN STOVES, ! JSY 0. CftILEYj -J-NATTES ATTENTION TO HIS NEW FALL STOOK Tlisr-WA RE, HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, r HAVE STILL ON HAND JL the Largest Variety of Stoves in Athens, which I will furnish at the Incest liv ing prices. mm&im:r GtBSWJiUS;, CHIMNEYS AND ~ PURE KEROSENE OIL. Call and examine his stock before purchasing. septlS-tf. * RENOVATE YOUR CARPETS. Something New! A DISCOVERY has recently been made by which Velvet, Brussels and In grain Carpets can be thoroughly cleaned and reno vated, without removing them from the floor. It also destroys and prevents moths. It thoroughly cleanses all covered furniture, such as Plush Chairs, Sociables, Divans, Rockers,etc. It is the acknowl edged cleanser for clothing of all descriptions, re moving grease spots and restoring their original colors. For silks, ribbons and lace there is noth- VOL XLI1.---JN0. 4—MW SERIES VOL. 5. NO. 39. Fireside Miscellany. Before the Shrine. BT KATE PUTNAM OSGOOD. Tis many a year—my poor Marie !— The vines were budding on the hill, Half-builded nests were in the tree When, darkling by the darkling sea, I found the cottage lone stilL And memory's sudden-scathing flame Lit up, across tho length of years, . ■ A bent gray head, a trembling frami White lips that cursed the daugl shame, And chid the norther’s stolen tears. ^ No mother's tears were here to chide; They fell no more for anything: And she, for whom the mother died— I had no heart, whate’er betide. A curse upon that head to bring. I left the grapes to grow and fall; The birds to build and fly again. v.v»w.o. a ui aiiKB, rmuuus ana iace mere is noth- tt„_, _ llt ij r • ing that equals it, and tan be used without the ; Could I, Death OUr COtta*je Wall, slightest injury tothe tinestfabric. It contains no c:* l... i.__ __ n acids, and is a pure Renovating solution. This is OU safe, ana seem to hear her Call, entirely anew process, and commends itself where- ever used. We will cleanyour cari-eta, etc., or fur nish the solution, with directions for using. THE MARION, LargestOven Step Stove Mmufacturel! Hundreds of the Marion have been sold in Ath ens and vicinity, and without an exception h tve given untMunded satisfaction. To parties wishing a good stove at a small pnee, I can safely say that The Marion is the Stove. <*, ) lr ad, r ST2. J Superintendent's Office, Georgia and Hamit A Augnsta Ifailr Augusla.G ., June 5,187«. / i \X AND AFTER WEDNEb- ' ' DA V, June 5th, 1872, the Passenger T ains <>:i tbc Gaurgia and Macon and Augnsta Railroads will run as follows : GEORGIA RAILROAD. Dag Passenger Train will L«-av<* Augusta at 8 2rta.ra. Leave Atlanta it 8 15 a. in. Arrive at Atlanta at ii 4 i p. m. Arrive at Augusta at 5 3op. la. Night Passenger Train. I.rave Augusta at 8 15 p. in. 1.C IV© Atlanta at 8 hup. tu. Arrive at AlUnia at tt 4">a. in. Arrive at Augusta at 6 00a. in. MACON AND AUGUSTA R. R. IJay Passenger Train. II 00 a. in. THE SOUTHERN HOME An entirely new stove in design and construclion. By a most novel arrangement, the part of the oven directly under the lire l>ox is protected from the strong heat of the tire in this particular place, and a uniform heat is obtained, in all parts of the oven, thus securing the most desirable thing in any stove, vix : Even halting and roasting. This stove has been in the market but a short time, and the large •ales since itsintrodnetion warrants the conclusion that it. will soon be the LEADING STOY:«rtbCOUNTRY 1 lac.iv© Augusta at I.rav© Macon hi 6 30 a. in. iv© in Augusta at 2 45 p. m. iv© in Macon at 7 40 j>. m. Xiyht Pit&scnyor Train. ) vc Augusta at. 8 I' 1 ' P- m * * v© Macon at 1° db p. m. ririn Augusta at 6 oo a. m. iv© in Macon at - l <f,R - ra - .-ngers from Atlanta, Athens, Washington, a »j,»ns <>n Get»rgia Railroad, by taking the *4s%©ng©r Tminwill make connection at Ca- with the Train f«»r Macon. I?#)' I'aMmanN (Firat-Claasi Sleeping Carson all K.^*ti r.iss©ng;*r Traius on the Georgia Railroad ; pi 1 First-Class sleeping Carson all Night Trains on aeon and Augusta Railroad. S. K. JOHNSON, Supt. I ALSO KEEP TUF. FOREST CITY, QUEEN OF TIIE SOUTn, FIRESIDE, CAPITOL CITY, And Many Ollier Leading Stoves. Tin 1Vare ofall Kinds f ASSJLD1 ADAMS, desig-ne R, fond Jngraver and Jratar, ELECTROTYPINO, , W. CoHNr.lt Fot-HTII AN11 WAI.NVT STREETS Cincinnati, Ohio. Lock Box 226, The success that JOSES' TIN WARE has met with since its introduction, is a sufficient guarantee cell. ROOFING, GUTTERING, ANI) JOB WORK. OF ALL KiXDS, attended to promptly. The manufactory is still in charge of Mr. W. II. JCN ES, who will be pleased to see his old friends and customers. Orders from the country lor work or goods will meet with prompt attention. 18. E. JONES, Fall and Winter Clothing. J. E. HITCH NVITES the attention of his friends and the public to his large and carefully selec- lEady Made Clothing Gent’s Furnishing Goods. II i« Mock emhrces French, German and Knglish a lcloths, a variety of colored cloths, fancy c»s- •r.«, beaver clot ns, castors, meltons,iur leavers, don aud scotch coating , silk velvet aud fancy ’cMiugs, Ac. My stock of Furnishing Goodsern- Comer Bro:i 1 and Thomas sts., ATHENS. , Athens, April 17,1872. This certifies that Mr. Max M. Vyerson has e.eanscd for me a very much soiled car)*et, remov- ng »11 grease spots and, where not too much worn, res,oring the original colors. I cheerfully recoin- mend hlju to the citizens of Athens who may need Unhoused, and the wind and rain ? his skillful service. H. HELL. The undersigned has porclisscd the receipt for ihe above solution from Mr. Max M. Myersou. and will promptly attend to all orders left at his Paint Shop, on Jackson street, near the National Bank, april 19-tf JOHN POTTS. Wm. A. Tiilinailgc, OP. POST OFFICE, COL. AVKNTE, ATHENS Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver-plated Ware, Musical Instruments, Speotacles, Guns, Pistols, Sporting Equipments, Ac., Ac. A Select Stock of American and im ported Watches, Double Guns with 40 inch barrel, excellent for long range. Pistols oi all kinds. Penetration of bull G% inches into wood. With a desire to please all, will sell the’abovegood at very reasonable prices. ke P-A-izRurKra*- Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Guns and Pistols, nnmptly attended to 1n a satisfactory manner.— Call and see for yourselves. apr 4 TEACHER OF MUSIC. Y^kFFICE corner of Lumpkin and * * Clayton streets, near the Epispocal Church. Pupils living out of town can take their lessons and * ' ~ i practice at the office. Pianos, Organs & Sheet Music for sale, on the most reasonable terms. All instru ments of the best makers and fully warranted.— Persons dedring to purchase can have an instru ment placed in their bouse, which, if not satisfac tory alter fair trial, can he returned or exchanged. lid” Pianos and Organs sold on Monthly Pay- nents, and old instruments taken in part payment, If in good condition. [oct 27-tf K. T. BRUMBY & CO., Druggists and Pharmacists, And D'ispemers of Family Medicines, W OULD respectfully eall attention to their elegant preparation of effervescing to their elegant preparation of effervescing solution of Iastclcss Salts, Citrate of Magnesia, or Aperient ScitUdz Powders, Crab Orchard Salts. arts, Collars, lies, Suspenders, Under-1 ^ “ h r.iv^TxcSl,ug ^ Shirts and Drawers, Half-Hose. Gloves in great variety, etc. joofa {lit & j|ji3 J. E. RITCII. TOE! FREE!! FREE!!! SINGLE COPIES OF ELMAN’S RU. AL WORLD, lA WEEKLY Agricultural Journal LX. that his been published twenty-three years r publUhed irH I* been published twenty-three years nog the Largest Circulation and f contributors of any agricultural 1 the valley of the Mississippi, all applicants. Send foracopy. ' Col- rpubhLfcr V 'i U Nwruian J. I . Mo dee i! I'll pOWatSUTKCULLEGE Lgriciiltnrc ma the Me- cliattie 1 A \vts Y order of the B.iarrt t. . the exen-ifc•« of this Colt— Gustees 1 the exen-is.* of this . ml organil iti-.n, s ill twein on U ih. >’ J 1 ** l ,r0 - »•*»■ fjtch Senatorial Olstrict i, May •rship, »ml each b unty to as ma-?v 1 fre ® irewntattves. The ipplic mu f., r th,.;.*')'as must he sixteen yean of age, anlh^'a- 1 '* This article is manufactured from the waters of the celebrated springs at Crab Orchard, Kv., and is r. complete sul*stitute for cathartic Pills/Lpsom cialt, lion, and resolving its chronic engorgements. ROSE TOOTH POWDER A superior and well selected stock of l’KRFUMERY, FANCY ARTICLES. FINE SOAPS, FINE SPONGES, And Pharnnecnlit al Specialties No beggar I: my bread to tyn Along my way from door to door, I took the sweet old violin, And played the strains whose merry din Would lead her flying feet no more : But often, when my hand would make A lightsome dunce beneath ^ie moon, Some stranger’s look or laugh would make My heart with sudden memories ache, My fingers ialter in the tune. have died if they hadn’t lulled a lamb and wrapped her in the hide while it was warm. That was all that saved her.” - |*| v With soch a startling proof of the truth and the omen before him, Tim othy finished his breakfast in haste and departed for the barn, from which he soon returned 1 ing biddy by the. “What shall drf She w?&v i squall- her, moth- again, and e skinned my death of me it.” or tail,” cried icano skyward. :claimed Mrs. lown into the set out on the , it’s strange without over- irs, up with elevating So wandering kindly ways among Till Summer’s latest breeze had blown, I reached the hills that overhung Another laud, another tongue Than those my quiet life had known. down; The melancholy Autumn night Crept with me as I journeyed And feebly in the falling light, I strained my hunger-wasted sight For glimpse of any neighboring town- A long, low country, bleak and bare: No mark between the sky and ground Save stunted willows here and there, And one black mill, that through the air Kept turning, turning, without sound. So silent, all an desolate, Uenth’s burUc w >a seems to 00, What use—I said—to strive with Fate? Nay, here will 1 the end await, That still too slowly steals on me. In mute farewell I cast my eyes Along the low horizon-line, And glimmering on the twilight skies, Behold the slender shaft arise. That marked the Holy Virgin’s shrine. I staggered to my feet once more: For. ever since that day of shame, Each wayside cross I knelt belore, A mother's mercy to implore On one who bore her blessed name. w Tm STMMSR. ORCESTER* DICTIONARIES. s BY R. T. BRUMBY & CO. Druggists and Pharmacists. CORN FLOUR PEARL GRITS and At June 14-2t BIG HOMINY, ENGLAND & ORR’S. TOB PRINTING neatly and quickly v / executed at the Banner Office. 3 knowl. lce of Arithmetic Knglish, ^^Halnry of the United States. ^ lhyatti -1| . Tl| e fruataea treutaltint arrangements to furnWh kr, °»'i v„fo»M at Si. So per mnnta. ms ” ' B AH applications shouH t*. addressed to „ ,, W. I.. 1IKOUX, I’resident, ai-vti ItHt Athens, Georgia. | The Savannah Republican. Established in 1802. MARY A. EDWARDS, T Libel for Divorce, in vs. J. Franklin Sup’r Court, 1IESRY EDWARDS. J April Term, 1S72. It appearing to the Court that the Defendant, Henry Edwards, cannot be found in tills county, and it further appearing that hia residence is un- ’'n . it is ordered by the Court that service of be perfected by publication of this order . f** a for four months previous to the next n«.r r!!!i lhlsrour! in the .Southern itanner, a p*- In Athens, Ga. neriur rrum the minutes of Franklin Sn- periurt^ utl JuB# „ 18 _ 2 TllOo. A. LITTLE. Clerk. BY HARDEE - -I 'UDDER. If. U. -ri*Dl»KK. lera\s: Qu© Year c Months. ... , M-ttihly • be W KKKLY RttrUBLICA* is pulfished everv l 75ru ’ Invariably in Advance.: - Ill) oo 5 00 1 00 Rates of Advertising: fi’tsi inatertlon, tl. Ea-h auha*. ,aperW J r.tit'| , t. , l?. l l! , ? ll,0 ™ i »* contracts? tnx e l*"Wr In avorrrnvMt 1 r .t?fee Frames, S -9 of any siz '»rift,iH,jv;„ f numlding, st UK:.'s UriOKSTORE size, BOOKSTORE. Liberal CiisliArtvanceson OOTTOjy* GROOVR STUBBS & CO., inform -RESPECTFULLY ln form the .ti\l^t n th“ n 1h P ,!rr m .^ 0f Ge0r *“- "OH- fire proof warehouse, W ill, n Capacity of 2,1,000 Bales, is nos- ready for the storage of cotton, and that the v aro now prepared to “iniuey MAKE LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES ln ,* lor ,**° <1 to hold a reasonable length of time, charging bank rates ?f interest. If yon wint money, send your cotton to 1 GROOVER, STUBBS & CO., F4pts * w Savannah, Ga. H ave been adopted the State Boards of Education of Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Arkansas. In use in the cities of Richmond, Va., Norfolk, Va., Mobile, Ala., Savannah, Ga., Atlanta, Ga., <tc. The standard in Orthography and Pronunciation in Washington and Lee University, Ihe University of Virginia, The College of IVdliam and Mary, Ihe University of Georgia, The Wesleyan University, Alabama, &c., dee. BREWER & TILESTON, 17 Milk Street, BOSTON. Oh Virgin-Mother! had the prayer That rent my bosom touched thine own? Prone at thy feet I found her there, Her finger locked, her fallen hair A shadow black upon the stone. Within her stiff, unconscious hold, llalf-hidden, lay a little chid;— My child, my own, was still and cold, But when I raised the mantle's fold The helpless babe looked up and smiled. The darkness dropped about us three,— But only two behold the dawn. A withered leaf left on the treo, A bud but in the germ—and she, Our link of living Summer, gone! ’Twas long ago, that parting pain : And, gazing on her child, I seem To seen y own lost lamb again: While momently, from heart and brain Remembrance fades as fades a dream BLACKSMITHING. Attention, the Whole! rpHE UNDERSIGNED still con- _L times tho above business at his old stand, the BRICK SHOP, on Prin-e Avenue, where ait classeiofwork in Itis line will be faithfully execu- ParticuUr attention given to horse-shoeing. Those in want ol the genuine HEMPHILL PLOW, which is now so popular, will do well to call and buy from the old man-hint self. His superior will also be kept on hand. Thankful for past patronage, he respectfully ao- „ei,a a continuance^ the ame^ ipHiLL dec 23;tf TIIE MODEL MAGAZINE OF AMERICA. The Jjargest in Form, the larged in Circulation, and the. only original FASHION MAGAZISII 1 . -rvEMORESrS ILLUSTRATED I J MONTHLY contains original stories, new TiaTSie CttUy," size 13x17, worth Sl^^m kost free to each iabacHber; or, the ssagggFSffifcs for W 00 DEMOREST. det ] 8SS Broadway, Hew York. LANDRETH’B OAIBSJlDiaa mWD 3 TUST RECEIVED, a full supply u of Fresh Sftfld tt thi at)Ti *v, NEW DRUG STORE. But in the sick, unquiet night. When dying winds cry at the door, The long, gray plain, the leaden light, Swim dizzily upon my sight, And the dead past returns once more —Scribner tfor July. Mrs. Hayes’ Old Setting-Hen. set- her 1 There’s that old yellow hen ting again,” said Mrs. Hayes to son Timothy. ‘ Well, let her set, I can stand it as long as she can,” was Tim’s irrev erent reply, as he continued to munch at a large piece of cheese. ‘ I do wish you would try to be a little quinomicle to cheese, Timothy, I’ve cut the very last of my every day lot, and it’s only the first of Slay.— And now, as soon as you’ve done eating, I want you to go out and break up that hen. She’s setting on an old axe and two bricks now.” “I hope she’ll hatch ’em,” returned Tim. “ If she was set now, she’d hatch the fourth week in May. It’s a bad sign i something always happens arter it Stop giggling, Helen Maria; by the time you get to be as old as yer ma, ye’ll see further than you do now. There was the Jenkins folks,— their gray top knot hatched the last of May, and Mrs. Jenkins she had the conjunction of the longs, and would if she could getta*. .^•Tve heexc*f>W®H48ai it.was a good plan to throw them up in the air,” said Mrs. Hayes.* “But Peggy broke one of setting only three times trying. Spose’n yi “ Up she goes, hi Tim, as he tossed hei # “ Laud-a-massa 1” Hayes, “ sfife’s coi pan of bread thai great rock to rise!., that you can’t do nc doing it.” / Down with th the stars,” sang outf biddy again, with Something less than a pint ef batter hanging to her feet. “ Good gracious me, wuss aud wuss,” cried Mrs. Hayes, and Tim agreed with her, for the hen had come down on the well-polished tilq of Esquire Bennett, who happened^} be passing, and tho dignified old gentleman was the father of Cynthia Bennett, the young lady with whom Tim was dan gerously enamored. The ’Squire looked daggers, brush ed off the dough with his handker chief, and strode on in silence. “ Yes, but it’s going up again,” said Tim, spitefully seizing the clucking biddy and tossing her at random into the air.' Biddy thought it time to manifest her individuality, and with a loud scream she darted against the parlor window, broke through, knock ed down the canary cage, and landed plump into the silken lap of Mrs. Gray, who was boarding at the farm house. Mrs. Gray screamed with horror, and starting up, ditlonged biddy, who flew at him an angry hiss. The class noo sHmwxwt'vawrotttta aattlo tl.al.on, astonished beyond measure, against a vase of flowers, which upset, and in falling, knocked over the stand dish and deluged with water a pair of drab- colored velvet slippers which Helen Maria was embroidering for her lover, Mr. James Henshaw. Helen entered the room just as the mischief had been done, and viewing the ruin, she at once laid it to her brother Timothy. She heard his step behind, and she flung the unfortunate hen full into bis face. There was a smootliered oath, and the hen came back with the force of a twenty pound shot. Helen was mad. Her eyes were nearly put out with the feathery dust and dough, and she went at Timothy with a true feminine zeal. She broke his watch guard into a dozen pieces, crushed his dicky and began to pull his whiskers out by the roots, when she suddenly remembered that Tim othy had no whiskers to pull out by the roots. But, when she came to look closer, she perceived that the man she had nearly annihilated was not Timothy, but James Henshaw. Poor Helen burst into tears and fled into her chamber, tho usual refuge for heroines, and James, after washing his face at the kitchen sink, went home, sternly resolved never to marry a woman with such a temper as Helen Hayes had. The hen, meanwhile, who is the heroine, returned to the bam to es tablish herself on the ruin of her nest, determined to set if the heavens fell. Mrs.. Hayes soon discovered her, and she having heard that dipping in water would cure “ broodiness,” set forth for the brook with the fowl in her apron. Mrs. Weaver, an old lady of very quarrelsome temperameut, rtho re sided near, and was at sword’s point with Mrs. Hayes, wa3 just coming to the brook for a pail of water, and spied the yellow head of the bird peeping out from Mrs. Hayes’s apron. “There!” she exclaimed, “Now I’ve found out what puzzled me to death nigh about a week. I’ve found out where that yellow pallet has gone to, Mrs. Hayes, I allers knowed you was a wicked, desateful woman, but I diden’t think you’d steal.” Steal? me steal? who are you talking to, Mrs. Weaver ?” said Mrs. Hayes on her dignity. “ I’m talking to you, madame, that’s who I’m talking to! Yon’ve stole my hen what I got over to Vncle Gillies, and paid for in sassengers. She’s a real Dorking. Give her to me right here or I’ll use force.” “ She’s my hen, andtjou touch her if you dare!" “ IH show you what I dare!” yell ed Mrs. Weaver jpowiqg purple, and seizing the ill starred fowl by the tail, she gave a wrench, and the tail came out in her hand. The sudden cessation of resistance upsot Mrs. Weaver’s balance, and she fell backward into the brook, splat teringthemud and astonished pol- Kwogs iu every direction. She was a spry woman, and was soon on her feet again, ready to renew the assault. “ Give me my hen,” she cried, thrusting her fist into Mrs. Haye’s face, “ you old hag and hypocrite you!” and she made' a second dive at the bird. *: The hen thought it proper to show her colors, and uttering an unearthly yell, she flew out of the covert square into the face of Mrs. Weaver, which she raked down with her nails until it resembled the pages of a ledger, cros sed with red ink. Mrs. Hayes caught a stick of brush wood from the fence—Mrs. Weaver did the same, and a regular duel would have been fought if the bank of the creek had not suddenly given away and precipitated both the indignant women into the water. The ladies shook themselves, and by consent went home. They have not spoken since. The hen disappeared and was not seen until three weeks afterwards, when she made her appearance with eleven nice yellow chickens. She found some other fowl’s nest and had set in spite of fate. But although not “ broken up” her self, she broke up two matches—for Cynthia Bennett was not at home the next time Timothy called, and Mr. Henshaw never forgave Helen for having such a temper. TGeorge Alfred Townsend in Chicago Tribune.] George Washington’s Election and How He received the News. my journey on Thursday morning, which will be the day after to-morrow. This done, the rest of the day pass ed in conferences between Washington and his wife, in the preparation of his baggage for the pot unexpected jour ney, while, meantime, the distinguish ed guest was amused by the young of ficial household in the libraiy and grounds. There wa3 another female dear to the newly elected President, and he kept her in filial remembrance at the very moment of his greatest promotion. It was growing late in the evening of the day on which our story Opens, when Washington mount ed his horse, and followed by his man Billy, rode off into the woods of Vir- j who was acquainted with all the cir cumstances of the case, and who was able to make himself clearly under stood to the court aud jury, I should not have trespassed so long on your patience. Come forward, Mr. Harris, and be sworn.” So forward comes the witness, a fat, ebufly old man, a“leetle” corned, and took oath with an air. Chops—Harris, we wish you to tell about the riot that happened the other day at Captain Rice’s, and as a good deal of time has already been wa D d in circumlocution, we wish you to be compenduous, at the same time as ex- plict as possible. --- - Harris—Adzakly (giving the lawyer ginia with speed. His destination was a knowing wink, at the same time Fredericksburg, nearly forty miles away, with two ferries between—one at the Occoquan, the other at the Rap pahannock. His purpose was to see his old mother, now aliout 80 years of age and drawing near the grave. It had been long since he had visited her, | rheumatics iu the hip, and the big but he could not feel equal to the re-. swamp was up .n the road, there lmv-- sponsibilities of hi3 great office until he j * D S Fcen a great deal of rain lately.- should receive her hlessing. Few candi- but howsoever, as it was she, cousin' clearing his throat), Captain Rice gin a treat, and cousin Sally Dillard she comes over to our house and axed me if my wife she inoutn’t go ? I fold cousin Sally Dillard my wife was poor ly, being as how she had a touch of On a Tuesday morning, the 14th of April, 1789, a venerable old gentle man, with fine eyes, an amiable coun tenance, and long, white locks, rode into the lawn on Mount Vernon com ing from Alexandria. The gentleman from the latter town accompanied him. It was between ten and eleven o’clock. .a.“negro man sail**) —- *- *»-_ nags, aud the old gentleman, entering the mansion, was received by Mrs. Washington. “ Why, Mr. Thompson,” said the good lady, “ where are you from, and how are your people?” From New York, madam,” an swered the old man. “ I come to Mount Vernon upon a good errand— for the country, at least. The gener al has been elected President of the United States under the new constitu tion, and I am the bearer of the hap py tidings in a letter from John Lang- don. President of the Senate.” The General was out visiting his farm, however, and the guests were entained for two or three hours as we take care of visitors in the country nowadays. A glass of the General’s favorite Maderia, imported in the cask, was probably not the worst provision made for them, and the cheerful gos sip of Mrs. Washington, who had known Mr. Thompson and visited his house in Philadelphia, helped to enliv en the time. This grave and respect ful old man was the link between the new government at New York and the new magistrate at Mount Vernon.— Charles Thompson had been the Sec retary through all its eventful career, of the Continental Congress which had directed the cause of the colonies from desultory revolt to independence and to union, and now he had ridden over the long and difficult roads to apprise the first President of the Republic of the wishes of his countrymen. At one o’clock Gen. Washington rode into the lawn at Mount Vernon, in appearance what Custis, his adopted son, has de scribed him: An old gentleman rid ing alone, in plain drab clothes, t broad brimmed white hat, a hickory switch in his hand, and carrying an umbrella with a long staff, which is attached to his saddle-bow. The um brella was used to shelter him from the sun, for his skin was tender and easily affected by its rays. Washing ton greeted Mr. Thompson with grave cordiality, as was his wont, inquiring for his family, and divining already the object of his visit, broke the seal of John I^togdon’s official letter. Din ner followed, and while the visitors re tired to converse or stroll about the grounds, the President elect wrote letter to the President of the Senate, and sent it forthwith to the postoffice at Alexandria by a servant. The let ter was as follows .* Mount Vernon, 14th, 1789.—Sir: I had the honor to receive your official communication, by the hand of Mr. Secretary Thompson, about 1 o’clock this day. Having concluded to obey the important and flattering call of my country, and having been impressed with the idea of the expediency of my being with Congress at as early a pe riod as possible,! propose to commence dates for the Presidency iu our day would leave a warm mansion, filled with congratulating friends, to ride all night through the chilly April mists, to say adieu to a very old woman.— But thus piously the administration of Washington began. He passed old Pohick church, of which he was a ves tryman—soon to tumble to ruins— crossed the roaring Occoquan, and by its deep and picturesque gorge, where passed the waters^ of the future Bull Run, and by night he saw the old churches of Acquia and Potomac rise against the sky ; lie saw the decaying seaport of Dumfries. In the morning he was at Fredericksburg, and his mo ther was in his arms. Marches, per ils, victories, honors, power, surrender ed to that look of helpless love, too deep for pride to show through its tears, and the President of the new State was to her a new bora babe again, no dearer, no greater. He was just in time, for she had but the short season of summer to live, and, like many dying mothers, life seemed up held, at four-score and five, by wait- aug'AVtU UU IIO OUUUIU UMUC. is oaranonious as to what passed be tween them, but the parting was sol emn and touching, like the event.— “ You will see me no more,” she said ; “ My great age and disease warn me that I shall not be long in this world. But go, George, to fulfill the destiny which Heaven appears to assign you. Go, my son, and may Heaven’s and your mother’s blessing be with you al ways.” Passing from that dear j pathetic presence the President elect, perhaps did not hear the plaudits of the people in the streets of Fredericksburg. He rode all day by the road he had come, and reached Mount Vernon before evening, having exhibited his power of endurance at the age of 57, by riding eighty miles in 24 hours. His good wife had made all ready; the equipages were at the door next moning, and leaving Mrs. Washington and most of the household behind, he set out for New York at 10 o’clock on Thursday, the 16th of April, accompanied by Thompson and Humphries. The new State was waiting anxiously for its magistrate. Sally Dillard, my wife she niout go: Well, then, cousin Sally Dillard then axed me if Mose he montn’t go ? I told cousin Sally Dillard that he was the foreman of the crap, and the crap' was smartly in the grass, but howso ever, as it was she, cousin Sally Dil lard, Mose he mout go. Chops—Iu the name of common sense, Mr. Harris, what do you mean, by this rigmarole ? Witness—Captain Rice, he gin a treat, and cousin Sally Dillard, she came over to tny house and asked mo if my wife she moutn’t go ? and I told cousin Sally Dillard— Chops—Stop, sir, if you please; wo don't want to hear about your cousiu Sally Dillard or your ■ wife ; tell us about the fight at Rice’s Witnes—well, sir, if you will let me. Chops—Well, sir, go on. Witness—Well, sir, Captain Rice,, he gin a treat and cousin Sally Dillard, she came over to my house and usked me if mv wife she, moutn’t CO— V/IluJlO lltlylt 13 clguuu. *©V"1ft(a©BNOOS3 please to stop. Witne3—Well, sir, what do you- want ? Chops—Wc want to know about the fight, and you must not proceed in this impertinent story. Do you know anything about the matter be fore the court ? Witness—To be sure I do. Chops—Well, go on then, and tell it, and nothing else. Witness—Well, Captain Rice, be gin a treat— Chops—This is intolerable. May it please the court, I move that the prisoner be committed for a contempt. He seems to be trifling with the court- Court-—Witness, you are before ther court of justice, and unless you behave yourself in a more becoming manner you will be sent to jail; so begin and tell me what you know about the fight at Rice’s. Witness—Well, gentlemen, Captain Rice he gin a treat, and Cnusiu Sally Dillard— Consin Sally Dillard. BY HAMILTON C. JONES. Cousin Sally Dillard is a story that must not die, and as it has been some time since the public have been called upon to laugh over its exquisite ridicu lousness, we will give it a start again. Scene.—A court of justice in South Carolina. A beardless disciple of Themis rises and thus addressed the court: “ May it please your worship and you, gentle men of the jury, since it has been my fortune (good or bad I will not say), to exercise myself in legal disquisition, it has never befallen me to be obliged to prosecute so direfully marked as sault. A more willful, violent and dangerous battery, and finally, a more diabolical breach of the peace,has seldom happened in a civilized country, and I dare say it seldom has been your duty to pass upon one so shocking to bene volent feelings, as this which took place over at Captain Rice’s, iu this county; but you will hear from the witnesesses.” The witnesses being sworn, two or three were examined and deposed; One said that he heard the noise but he did not see the fight; another that he saw the row, but did not know who struck first, and another that he was very drunk and couldn’t say much about the skrimmage. Lawyer Chops—I am sorry, gentle men, to have occupied your time with the stupidity of the witness examined. It arises, gentlemen, altogether from a misapprehension on my part. Had I known, as I do, that I had a witness Court—(after deliberating), Mr. Attorney, the court is of opinii n that we may save time by letting tho witness go on in his own way. Pro ceed Mr. Harris, with your story, but stick to the point. Witness—Yes, gentlemen., Wc!F, Captain Rice, he gin a treat and cous in Sally Dillard come over to our house and axed me if my wife sl.e moutn’t go ? 1 told cousin Sally Dil lard that my wife she was poorly, be ing as how she had the rheumatics in her hip, and the big swamp was up; hov'Bomever, as it was she, cousin Sal ly Dillard, my wife she niout go. • I told cousin Sally Dillard as how Me se was foreman of the crap, and the crap it was smartly into grass, hut how- somever, as it was she, cousin Sally Dillard, Mose niout go. So they goes on together, Mose, my wife, and cous in Sally Dillard, and they conies to the big swamp, and it was up as I was telling you ; but being as how there was a log across the big swamp, cousin Sally Dillard and Mose, like genteel folks, walked the log, but my wife, like a darned fool, histed her petty coat* waded through. Chops—Heaven and earth, this is too bad ; but go on. Witness—Well, that's all I know about the fight The State Road.—Joseph E. Brown, in a letter to Hon. R. W. Phillips, says that if public economy can be subserved by returning tho Western aud Atlantic Railroad to the State he will lie gratified to do so, but ho distinctly avers that he will surrei der it on no other consideration. He also says that the contract under which his company holds the lease is a fair and just one. KtT'-- — : ■

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Southern banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1832-1872, July 19, 1872, Image 1