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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY
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VOLUME II.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 26, 1855.
NUMBER 4
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
BY JOHN H. CHRISTY,
SOITOK AND rlOrillTOt.
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'^TomTHTcHRisTYr'
PLAIJV AJVD FAJVCY
Book and Job Printer,
“ Franklin Job Office,” Athens, Ga.
**. All work entnuted to his care faithfully, correctly
and punctually executed, nt prices coiTespond-
il8 ing with the hardness of the times. If
janl8
C. B. LOMBARD,
DENTIST,
A THEM'S, GEORGIA.
Roomiovor theSt^fiof Wilson & Veal. Jan3
PITNER k ENGLAND.
Wholesale & Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Dry Goods,
HARE If ARE, SHOES AJVD BOOTS,
April 6 Athens, Qa.
MOORE & CARLTON,
DEALERS IN
SILK, FANCY AND STAPLE GOODS,
IIA HD WARE AND CROCKERY.
April No. 3, Granite Row. Athens, Ga.
LUCAS & BILLUPS,
WHOLESALE AJVD RETAIL. DEALERS IJV
DR Y G O O DS,
GROCERIES, HARDWARE, <tc. Ac.
No. 2, Brwul Street. Athens.
WILLIAM G. DELONY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office over the store at Win M. Morton A Son
Will attend promptly to all husinessentrust-
ed to bis care. Athens, April 6
TENTH GRAND
GIFT DISTRIBUTION
OK THE
ART UNION SOCIETY
500,000 Gifts
VALUED AT 8300,000!!!
Certificate* for thi» Year, ONE DOLLAR.
T HE members ot the Art Union Society, on the oc-
canion of this the tenth distribution of the
WORKS OF ART
Accumulated bv the Society during the past year, would
respectfully call the attention of its patrons to the fact
that, being about to remove to the buildings in course ot
erection for the Society in tho city ol Washington,they
will add the teal estate and other landed property be
longing to the Society, to the
DISTRIBUTION FOR THIS YEAR.
At the Iasi meeting of the Society, it was determined
to aaoccE the certificate of share tor this Grand Enter
prise to one dollar each, thinking thereby that it will
be the means of a more general diffusion of the works
of artists throughout the oemutry, and trill enable the
Society to extend their labors for the advancement of the
ARTS AND SCIENCES
In this country. The certificates of shares will be issued
at On* Duixsa, accompanying which each purchaser
will receive free of charge, by return mail, a beautiful
Line and Stipple Engraving, entitled
Washington on Dorchester Heights,
Representing an eventful period in the history ot our
country.
It will be seen, by referring to the list,that there
are many valuable pieces of property,many costly paint
ings, superb statuary, beauiiful engravings, costly jew
elry. magnificent s awls, and other beautiful gifts,such
as clocks, watches, illuminated works. Ac., to the num
ber of five hundred thousand—worth $300,000.
As the Society expects to remove to the New Hall ar
Washington by tho middle of une, the distribution
will taks place on the
FIRST OF JULY, 1856.
The same rules and regulations that have heretofore
guided the Society’s distributions will be adhered to in
this, and on noaccount will theic lie any postponement
from the day named. All letters and communications,
' post paid] for certificates, or on business, arn to be ad
ed to the
Southern Office in Washington,
Directed to the Secretary, who will answer by return
mail. Single subscribers, remitting ten dollars, will re
ceive one year’s subscription to any of the Magazines
they may name in their letter, to be forwarded free ol
charge for the time of subscription, one year.
Tho following list constituiesapartol’ the
GIFTS FOR 1855:
The splendid House and Lot of the Art Union So
ciety, situated in Broadway, $00,000
superb dwelling, the residence ol the late An
son Suitzer. Esq.. 15,000
The beautiful summer residence, Gotnic cottage,
and grounds, at Hawk’s Nest, on the Hudson, 90,000
small dwellings, situated on the lot bslongingto
the Society, iu 92d street, 10,000
10 magnificent camel’s hair shawls. They are the
most beautiful work of art ever beheld, 10,000
sets of diamond jewelry—consisting ol 7 pieces
each—all antique patterns, in a beautiful pearl
jewel box, 10,000
ol pearl jewelry, consisting of 7 pieces
, all different styles, and of Persian man’f
P. C. LANGSTON,
Attorney nt Law,
CARJVESFILLE, UA.
References.—C. Peeples, Esq. )
W. L. Mitchell, Esq. \ Athcns
Col. B.F.Hardeman, Lexington
Samuel Freeman, Esq. Newnan
Gabriel Nash, Esq. Danielsville
Col. H. Holsey, Americus.
P. A. SUMMEY & BROTHER,
Wholesale and Retail Deal's in
Staple Goods, Hardware, Crockery.
AJVD ALL KIJVDS OF GROCERIES,
Corner of Wall and Broad streets, Athens.
WILLIAM N. WHITE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER,
And Mettspaptr and Magazine Agent.
DEALER. IN
MUSIC and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
LAMPS, PIKE CUTLERY, FANCY GOODS. AC.
No. 2, College Avenue, Newtnn House. Athens, Ga
sign of •• White’s University took Store.”
Orders promptly filled at Augusta rates.
T. BISHOP k SON,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers,
April 6 No. 1, Broad street, Athens
SAVANNAH
MUTUAL INSURANCE CO
HenrtD. Weed, Pres—Jso. It. Wilder, Sec
T HE above Com par y Is row prepaicd to take Fire
risks in this place, and the adjoining counties, on
avorable terms. Apply to S. 1. MAYS, Agent.
JAMES M. ROYAL,
HARNESS MAKER,
H AS removed his shop to Mitchell’s old
Tavern, one door east of Grady A Nich
olaou’s—where he keeps always on hand t
general assortment of articles in his line, and
ts always ready to fillordersinthc best style.
Jan 26 tf
LOOK HERE!
T HE undersigned have on hand a general
assortment of
STAPLE DRY GOODS
GROCERIES AND HARDWARE.
which the; Till 9*U low for cash er barter
Call and examine.
April 13 P. A.SUMMEV & BRO.
THE BLACKSMITH’S TRIAL.
BY AUSTIN C. BURDICK.
In the fall of 1840,1 was travelling in
the West on business. I left the Mis
sissippi steamboat at Columbia, Ky.,
having made up my mind • to travel by
land as far as Muhlenburg county,
where I should strike the Green River
far enough to the northward to take one
of the small flat boats for the Ohio.
Late one evening I arrived at the town
of M , intending to take the stage
from there on the next morning. The
bar-room of the tavern was crowded
with people, and I noticed that large
numbers of the citizens were collected
about the street corners, appearing to
be discussing some matter of more than
usual interest.
Of course I became curious to know
the cau-e of all this, and at the first
favorable opportunity, I asked the ques
tion of the landlord. He gazed at me
a moment in silence, and then, with an
ominous shake of the head, he gave me
to understand that a most dreadful thing
had happened; but before he could ex
plain to me what it was, he was called
away to attend to other business.
I soon found, however, that the
“ dreadful thing” was the subject of con
versation all around me, and by simply
listening, I gained an insight into the
mystery. It seemed that there was to
be a trial for murder there on the next
day, and that the criminal was a young
blacksmith, who had been born and
brought up in the town, and who, until
the present t.me, had borne a charac
ter above reproach
I endeavored lo find out the particu
lars, but I could ascertain but little up
on which to depend, for different peo
ple gave different accounts, and all who
knew anything of the matter were too
much excited to speak calmly. The
io _ sets oi pearl jeweiiy, consisting «i 7 pieces murder had transpired only about a
each, all different styles, and of Persian man’f 5,000 wppk hpfnro and .u
12 gold witches for ladies, very beautiful and cu- " eeKjteiore, ana consequently the event
the fact, and also that when the pocket-
book was opened, a large bunch of bank
notes were exposed About an hour af
ter Hampton left, the prisoner came
out of his shop and went to his stable,
and having saddled his fleetest horse, he
mounted and started at a full gallop, in
the direction which Hampton had ta
ken.
Next cama two witnesses, “Mr. Sim
ple and Mr. Jordan,*’ both of them re
spectable citizens of M——, who testi
fied as follows:
They had been in the edje of Ten
nessee on business, and were return
ing home. At about nine o’clock, on
the evening in question they came to
the point in the road where 'i high bluff
overlooked the way ; and while passing
this, they were started by seeing some
thing in the moonlight which looked like
a man. They at once dismounted, and
found that which they had seen was the
body of Matihew Hampton, all gore
covered and bleeding. Thty had not
been there more than a minute, when
they were joined by a third man, who
said that he saw the murder commited,
and th&t the murderer fled towards
M
Simple and Jordan both recognized
this new comer as one Henry Bliger,
and though his character was by no
means of the most exemplary character,
yet that was no time for discussion. The
body of Hampton was still warm; so
same, and the jury looked troubled and
anxious. The prisoner’s counsel did
all he could to establish his client’s
good character, and also to impeach the
character of Bilger, but he could not
refute the testimony that had been gives
in.
When the judge came to charge the
jury, he spoke of the testimony against
Henry Bilger, had been hanged, and on Going it Strong.—A factious gen- *
the gallows acknowledged bis guilt, tlcmen, travelling in the iuterrior of, this
Matthew Hampton was slowly recover- State,on. arriving at his lodging plrce in
ing, and the blacksmith had, after much the evening, he was-met by the ostler
expostulation, accepted the thousand whom he thus addressed :
dollars from Hampton’s bounty. j “ Boy, extricate, that quadruped from
11 ■ •■■■■ the veheele, stabulate him, donate hint
SIGNING THE PLEDGE. an adequate supply of nutrious aliment
Rev. John Abbott, the sailor prea- and when Die Aurora of morn shall
the prisoner, and of corroborative' cir-1 cher, relates the following good story of again illumine the oriental horizon,!
cumstances. In regard to the prisoner's oue of his converts to Temperance : will award you a pecuniary compensa-
story, he said that it was very simple, Mr. Johnson, at the close of a cold tion for your hospitality.”
and sounded very much like the truth ; water lecture, intimated that he must The b °y 1101 understanding a word,
but he would have the jury remember sign the pledge in his own way, which rani" the house,saying
how easy such stories could be made. he did in these words : | Master, hcre”9 a Dautchtnan wants
It was long after dark when the jury “I, William Johnson, pledge myself to see you.’]
retired to make up their verdict. They to drink no more intoxicating liquor for j Xf men did but know what felicity
were gone half an hour, and wber.they one year.” . ■ . f t ! dwells the cottage of a virtuous poor
returned the foreman showed by the hue Some thought he wouldn’t stick three man _; ow smindhe sleep*, how quiet
of his countenance that the verdict was days, others allowed him a week, and a his breast, how composed his mind, how
fatal. All saw it. and I could hear the | few save him two weeks; but the land- free f rom care , how easy his provision,,
gave him two weeks; but the land-
throbbing of the hundred hearts that beat 1 lord knew him best, and said he was
about me. . good stuff, but at the end of the year
Gentlemen of the jury,have you made Bill would be a good soaker,
a verdict ?” | Before the year was quite gone, Mr.
“We have.’
“ Shall your foreman speak for vou ?” I
“ Yes.”
“ Abel Adams,stand up; look the fore
man in the face. Now, sir, is Abel
Johnson was asked by Mr. Abbott
“ Bill, ain’t you going to renew the
pledge ?”
“Well, I don’t know, Jack, but what
I will, I have done pretty' well so far;
Adams, the prisoner at the bar, guilty of will you let me sign it again my own
how healthy his morning, how sober his
night, how moist his mouth, how joyful
his heart—they would never admire the
noise, the diseases, the throng of pas
sions, and the violence of unnatural
appetites, that fill the house of the luxu
rious and the hearts of the ambitious.
way 1
“O yes, any way, so that you won’t
drink rum.”
He writes:
I, William Johnson, sign this pledge
for nine hundred and ninety-nine years,
rioui works of art; one the size of a hall dime, 700
10 watches for gentlemen, all very heavy of dif
ferent styles and patterns, 1,300
50 Boudere, Toilet and Dress!i g Cases fur ladies,
some finished in pearl patterns—Louis XIV. 2,500
large clock, a very beautiful work of art, made
by Lipordi at Cologne, finished in a style of
beauty and art unsurpassed, 1,000
,000 gold thimbles, all different patterns, very
heavy, 2,000
50,000 illuminated albums, different styles and
patterns, 50,000
00 copies of the lives of great painters, superbly
bound, with an engraving ot each artist, 2,000
200 copies of Griswold’s Republican ('ourt, splen
didly boi nd, with tinted engravings, 4,000
100 copies of Boy dell’s illustrationsot Shakspeare.
To the admirers of the great poet, this woik
wilt be an acquisition. 10,000
* PAINTINGS,
Venus sending forth Cupid and Hymen—Titian, 2,000
Beggar Boy—Murillo, j OOO
Tohit and the Angel—Salvator Rosa, 1,000
Night View—Claudio, 1,000
Madonna—Corregio, j ooo
A Head—Titian, 'soo
A Head—.Vandyke. 500
landscape—I’ouistin, 500
A Piece—Guiotto, 500
Battle Piece—Wonverman 500
Landscape—by Claude, 500
There are others by the same artists, all original L be
sides 1
nolds
Stuart, _ ,
Schloss, Huntington Juhanoh, Schmidt, Rembrandt!
Schaub, Perkins, Lewis, Ellis, Hamilton, and others
fully described in the catalogue, which will bo forward
ed on application by letter, post paid, to tho Secretary,
who will answer hy return mail.
TERMS FOR CLUBS.
Clubs of 10, 1 extra certificate,
Clubs of 20, 3 «• •*
Clubs of 50, 8 « <•
The money in all cases to accompany the application
tor certificates.
LADIES FORMING CLUBS
Will be entitled to the same terms as above, with the
extra inducement of the present of a magnificent set of
Boudoir Furniture, with rich colored India hangings,
fine India Lace Curtains and every thing of the most
splendid description, to the Ladies’club who will send
the largest remittance for certificates.
{^Postmasters are authorized to act as agents, and
the postmaster remitting the largest amount for shares
will receive a handsome Gold Watch and Chain,valued
at two hundred dollars. The money roust accompany
the application I by letter, post paid] in all cases, and the
certiAe ite, with the engraving, will be forwarded 1
of chargo by return maiL
Correspondents are requested to write their address,
with the County, Town. Poet Office and State, plainly,
in order to avoid mistakes. All letters answered by re
turn mail.
Catalogues of all the Gifts, with value and explana
ion, can be obtained on application to the Secretary,to
whom all letters for certificates. Ac. must be addressed.
ALFRED JOURDAIN, Secretary,
Washington, IX C.
Mxthabd Lewis, j
Fbancis Inez, S Directors.
Febnando Livingston, l
Jan 23 T. W. BAUER, Treasurer.
$150 to $200 per Month!!
I WILL send instructions by which any
person can make front $150 to $200 per
month, without traveling or peddling, and
with the smullest amount of capital. This is
bo receipt of any kind whatever. I will for
ward the above instructions and all the arts
and receipts of value, as advertised in the
different papers of the United States, free of
postage, to nny person sending me the small
sum of one dollar, post paid.
E.S. SHIPLEY, Kingston,
Pr v Ross Conut7, Ohio.
Blank Declarations,
O F both forms, (long and short) together
with the process attached—just printed
end for sale at this Office. Also, various
other Blanks.
pTAny Blanks not on band—as, indeed,
almost any kind of job printing—can be fur
nished on a few hoars’ notice.
CoacIi’Making and Repairing.
JAMES bTbURPEE,
V 1 T the old stand recently occupied by R. S.
J\. Scliovenell, offers for sale a lot of superi
or articles of his own manufacture, at redu
ced prices—consisting oi
Carriages, Buggies, &c.
Orders for any thing in his line thankfully
received and promptly executed.
^STRepairing done at short notice and on
reasonable terms.
CASH AND SHORT CREDIJS,
91. L. II ALLOW ELL At CO.
SILK WAREHOUSE,
PHILADELPHIA.
TERMS.
C ASH buyers will receive a discount of SIX percent,
if the money be paid in par funds, within ten days
from date of bill.
Un'urrrnt money only taken at its par value on the
day it is received.
To merchants of undoubted .landing, a credit of SIX
months will be given, it desired.
Where money is remitted in advance of maturity a
discount at the rata of TWELVE per cent per annum
will be allowed.
PRICES FOR GOODS UNIFORM.
In again calling the attention of the trading commu
nity to the above terms, we announce that notwithstan
ding the general depression in commercial affairs thru’-
out the country, the system of business adopted by us
more than a year since, and to which we shall rigidly
adhere, ent hies us to offer for the coming Spring season
our usual assortment of
New Silk and Fancy Goods,
Comprising one of the largest and most splendid stocks
to be found in America; to which we will receive con
stant additions throughout the season, eff new and dest
rable goods from our
HOUSE IN PARIS.
Jan 23 2m
CHEESE! CHEESE!
4 choice l.»t, at 16 cents, just received at
J)cc7 LM. KKSNEY’8.
DISSOLUTION:
rpHE copartnership in the Franklin Job Office, bere-
X tofore existing, uuder the finr of Christy Jt Kelsea,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent. The bnsineax
will be continued by J. H Christy—by whom the debts
of the late concern will be paid, and who alone is au
thorized to collect the demands due to it.
JOHN H. CHRISTY
Athens, Jan 11 1S55. WILLIAM KELSEA.
Pay up! Pay up!
T HE undersigned most earnestly requests all persons
indebted to the late firms of Christt.Kelsea a
Bukke, and Chbistt & Kelsea—as also those owing
him individually—to Pay up at oner: Many ol'
these el aims have been outstanding a long time, and all
musubsolntely be mettled without delay.
He trusts that a sense of right and justice will lead
every one indebttd to settle up immediately. If, how
ever. it shall turn out thathe is mistaken in this, be will
be forced, however reluctantly, to “ try what virtue
here is jn’ law jaalS w H. CHRISTY
was fresh in theminds of people.
The only facts that came to me, upon
which 1 could rely, were that a middle
aged man, named Matthew Hampton,
had been murdered and robbed, and
that Abel Adams, the young black
smith. had been arrested for the crime,
and would be tried on the morrow.—
Some said that the murdered man’s
money, to the amount of over two thou
sand dollars, had been found on the
young man’s person; others denied this
statement. Yet all sympathized with
the prisoner. He was beloved by all
his townsmen, and but a few of them
could believe anything of the reports
that had crept into circulation.
As I was in no particular haste. I re
solved to remain in M until the
trial had come off, so I went and erased
my name from the stage book where I
had placed it, and then informed mine
host of my determination
On the following morning, at an early
hour, the people began to flock towards
the court-house, and I saw that if I
would secure a place 1 must join the
crowd. I did so, and at length found
myself within the building, and, as good
fortune would have it, I made a stand
near the prisoner’s box. Ten o’clock
was the hour fixed for the opening of
the court, and before that time every
standing place outside the dock was
filled. Stagings were erected upon the
outside under the windows, but these,
too, were crowded.
At the appointed time the court came
in, and thj prisoner was conducted to
the box. Said prisoner was not more
than five-and-twenty years of age. He
possessed one of the most pleasinor
countenances I ever saw. It was one
of those bold, frank faces, full of cour
age and good nature - just such a one
as is unhesitatingly taken as the index
of a pure and generous soul. He was
a stout, athletic man, and carried the
ipaim ftt ?very wrestling-match in^a
country.
I thought within myself, this man is
no murderer. And yet we know not to
what extremities a man may be driven.
Young Adams was quite pale, and bis
nether lip quivered as he found ths*
gaze of the multitude fixed on him ; but
his eye was bright and quick, but not
defiant, yet hold and hopeful in its deep
blue light.
The trial commenced. The com-
plaint was clear and distinct, setting
forth the fact that the prisoner, Abel
Adams, • did with malice aforethought,’
kill, etc., on such a day, one Matthew
Hampton—in the first place by striking
him on the head with some blunt-we*
pon—and in the second place by stab
bing him in the breast, etc. To all this
the prisoner pleaded ‘ not guilty.’ From
the first testimony called up I learned
the following facts :
Near sundown one afternoon about a
week previous, Matthew Hampton stop
ped at the shop ol the prisoner to get his
horse shod. This Hampton was a weal
thy farmer, and his estate lay to the
southward near the Tennessee line, and
only about fifteen miles from M .
He was known to ltnve had some two
thousand dollars with him at that time
—money which he had received at
Columbia for corn. It was nearly dusk
when he started from the prisoner’s
shop. He took out his pocket-book to
pay for the job of shoeing his horse,
This he did within the shop, and two
persons were present who testified to
the murder or not?”
Hark 1 The first syllable of the word,
“ Guilty,” is upon the foreman's lips,
but he speaks it not. Those who yet
j „. „ t . crowd about the windows shout with all
that the murderer could not have been their m 'Sht, and in a moment more a p
gone long Bilger had no horse, so ,nan crowds his way into the courtroom. I and if living at the eiid of \hat time, l
Simple agreed to remain by the body He hurries up and whispers to the judge, intend to take out a lease for life.”
while Jordan and Bi|ger went in pur- Henry Bilger starts up and moves to A day or two after, Johnson went to
suit of the murderer. They put their ward3 the door, but in an instant the J see his old landlord who eyed him as a
horses to the top of their sped, and in band l ^ e sheriff is upon bim. All is hawk does a chicken,
half an hour they overtook the prisoner, I excitement the most intense. Directly “Oh, landlord !” whined Bill, accom-
whom Bilger at once pointed out as the l * ie mass at t * le t * oor begins to give way, panied with sundry contortions of the
man. Jordan hailed the young black- an< ! *° ar are ® een hearing upon body, as if enduring the most excruciat-
mith, and found him nervous and ex- Dieir shoulders a chair——a large stuffed I ing torment, “I have such a lump on
cited. He then asked him if had seen S|? a ' r an d in that chair sits Matthew my side.”
Matthew Hampton, and Adams replied I Hampton not dead but alive. True he J “ That’s because you have stopped
in the affirmative, but he spoke in a P a ^ e an< ? hp 3 m o v e. At length drinking; you won’t live two years
very strange manner. After some ex- he chair is set down before the bench, 1 longer a«. this rate.”
postulation the prisoner accompanied ana . . physician of M asks “If I commence drinking, will the
Jordan to M , and there he was P erm,ss,on to speak. As soon as this lump go away ?”
placed in the hands of the sheriff, and aict became known, all is quiet once j *• Yes. If you don’t, you will have
upon examining his person, Mr. Hamp- mo ,p®' ... another just such a lump on the other
ton’s packet-book, containing two thou- * he physician says that neither of the side.”
sand dollars, was found upon him, and "'° un ds which Mr. Hampton had receiv- «« Do you think so, landlord ?”
his hands were also covered with blood. ed 18 mor,al » though he at first thought “ I know it; you will have them on
At this juncture the excitement in 1 '' ere ‘ . ,e blow up n the head, your arms, back, breast, and head : you
the little court room was intense. The and ’ , ,e s,a b ,n *be breast combined to will be covered all over with lumps,
crowded mass swayed to and fro like P, r , j Ce a case °' catalepsy which rcsem- •« Well, maybe I will/’ said Bill,
wind-swept grain—murmurs load and r e . eat ! 1 80 nearI ^. thal raan y an cx- * Come, Bill,’said the landlord, Met\.
deep ; and it was a few minutes before P e >' len ced per»on might have been d$-1 drink together,’ at the same time pour-
auything like order was restored. j ceived. \\ hen lie gave out that Mr. j n g the red stuff from a decanter into bis
At length Henry Bilger was upon the Hampton was dead, he thought it was so. gi ass _g U g' gug, gug.
stand. He wits known by most of the .. . l w , , e , nd l ^ at Hampton was ‘No,’ said Johnson,‘I can’t, for-I
people of M and though nothin? {. ,v,n f5 be kept the secret to himself, for have signed the pledge again/
‘You ain’t though! You are a fool.’
‘Yes, that old sailor coaxed 90 hard
I couldn't get off.'
‘I wish the devil had the old rascal
Well how long do you go this time ?’
'For niue hundred and ninety-nine
years,’ whispered Bill.
‘You won’t live a year.’
‘Well, if I drink, aie you sure the
lump on my side will go away ?’
Yes.’
‘Well, I guess I won’t drink ; here’s
‘and you say I’ll have many more such
lumps—that’s what I want.’
positive was known against him ofa ear l h at a certain man, whose presence
criminal nature, yet he was known to be was . ,na V' needed, might be missing,
a reckless, wandering fellow, sometimes , 11,8 J uacture » Mr. Henry Bilger
trading in slaves, and sometimes deal- ,aade a s -‘vageattempt to break away
ing in horses, and sometimes driving a . e s bcr*ff» but it did not avail him.
flat down the Mississippi. He stepped } ie ^ ur T '^ ere d,recte ^ to return to their
upon the witnesses’ block with a com- aox * a , taen , r * H am P ton was re-
plaisant bow, and he gave his testimony ( l uest ®“ speak. He was too weak to
clearly and distinctly. r,se ’ but he spoke plainly, and in a man-
Hesaid he was coming dow n the "er that showed Ins mind to be clear.
road toward M on foot and when ^i. e * lfa * ed *bat when he reached the
near the bluff he heard a struggle, ac- bluffon , tbe 'V? ht of t ,!,e d ' 3a3t er, he dis .. __. f .
companied by loud groans and entreaties ®° vered that his pocket book was gone. Lhe lump,’continued Bill, holding up
He sprang forward and arrived in sea- , . e st0 PP ed bis horse, and was trying to something with a hundred dollars in it
son to see the prisoner leap into his th,nk where h r ehad '? st “» w : h . en 80 “ e
saddle and ride off. The moon was ° n ® . came . from th L e roadside. He
shining at the time, so he could not J U8t ‘T* see ^ at , U wa ® Henr y
have been mistaken. As soon a* he ® ,l «f r * J w I hen he received a blow upon
found Mr. Hampton was, as he suppos- ‘ he haa . d ! rom a cl “ b ,hat , kn ,°® ked , b,m The Water Cure.—An Indiana
ed, dead, he started to go after help. fr ? m .b ,s horse. Then he felt a sharp, correspondent of the Water Cure Journ-
The murdered man’s horse fled towards st ! n S ,n E» burning pain in the bosom, and a l writes that the water cure is excel-
wnh a momentary starting ot his mus- lent for sick pigs. lie says:
4 A few miles from this place, on a
v. _ farm owned by a man well known here,
and!on returning to7he spot iie foirnd I sackia 8 bis pockets. He could just re- [one of the pigs of a litter was observed
Simple and Jordan standin? there. member of hearing the distant gallop ot t0 be ailing, and while the others thriv-
Bilger was cross-questioned very so- a 'l 0 ”*— ,hat h « thought his body was e d, this little fellow pined away, and was
verely, but his testimony was not to be , ' t, 8 dra Sg« d *° the rottdside ; and after h n consequence put into a yard apart
flawed. He was very explicit in all his ,bat b«.c°u! d remember nothing till he f r0 m the rest—as they thought, to die.
statements, and at the same time he T . £“ . * ? w ? . 1 1 0U3e ’ and found the II so happened that there was, on a
professed to feel a deep regret that he I . bl ?_ bed !,?* . .... . | hill-side in this yard an overflowing
was called upon to testify against a man
for whom he felt as much respect as he
did for the prisoner, ~ 0 >
A* length young Adams arose to tell and hat » be J up y Whispered together for which, led by instinct, this little animal
his stoiy/ He spoke clearly and with a momen t» tb e n the prisoner stood up stood for some half a day ormore—
the tone ofa man who tells the truth - ° n . C ,° ™ ore ’ an ?.' tn * foreman of, the jury Well, Mr. Editor what think you was
He said that about an hour after Mat- sa, ™’ h n ?, nr ._ . . Jj lle consequence . Why, the little fel-
thew Hampton had left his shun, on the T , h *n burst “ 7 he ** n '° th ™ *™^ d > at ^.» ad
. e - .. . , T*?. . , the people. Abel Adams sank back when I last saw it, was as brish and large
evening in question, he went to the su£ UA^t, but in a moment more be as the rest of the litter.’
to wash his hands, and while there, he WM seized b a score of 8l00t men . and
trod on something that attracted his at- wi|h wilJ and rendi shout8 th bore
tention. He st. oped and picked it up him int(j thc f ° e a - wh J rethe | Paddy McShane was itnnoyeu
i* Ira La n nnpL’nt.hlWil’ nnrl I . ' 1
Influence of omen.— -Senator
Houston was once asked, at a large party,
why he did not attend the usual places
of public amusement, as he had been
accustomed to do. He replied, “ I make
it a po nt, never to visit a place where
my wife, if she were with me, would bo
unwilling to go. I know it would give
her pain, as a Christian, lo attend such
places, and I would not go myself where
[ could not take my wife, and added that
there was a mutual understanding be
tween him and Iter, that they should each
follow the bent of their own inclinations
in such matter. v ‘ That may do you,’
responded Mr. Houston, “ but with me
it is different from what it is with many
men. My wife has been the making
of me, iihe took me when Iwas a victim
of slavish appetites; she has redeemed
and regenerated me, and 1 will not do ;
that in her absence which I know would
give her pain if she were present.” Mr.'
Houston is now a member of the Baptist
Chureh, and is a native of Virginia.
Quite a joke happened to on« of our
doctors the other day. He ordered some
very powerful medicines for a sick boy,
and the father, not liking the appearance
of it, forced it down the cat’s throat and
when the doctor called again and rnqnir-
«d if the powder had cured the boy, the
father repled “ No, we did’nt give it to
him.” “ Good heavens!’’ said the doc
tor, •* is the child living f" u Yes, but
the old eat isn’t; we gave it to her!”
The doctor sloped.
A gentleman nt a late fashionable as
sembly, being asked which of the ladies
of the company he thought the most
b -autifu', replied. “ Why, madam, they
are all beautiful; but that lady, I think,
pointing to Miss Bunco, who was dressed
in the extreme of fashion—“outstrips
them all.” ^
'• My love,” says Mrs Foozie to her
husband, “oblige me with a five pound
note to-day to purchase a new dress.”
-Shan’t do any such thing,Agnes; you
called me a bear yesterday.”
“ Lor, love, that was nothing, I
meant by it thnt you were fond of hug
ging.”
V You little——I have no five but
here’s a ten.”
home, so he could gain no assistance in * ilh a momen ? a 7 startin S of his mus-
that way. He had not gone far,however, 16 °P ened b ! 9 e J e3, He saw that
when he heard the sound of horses’ feet B,, ?? r "' a3 st00 P ,n g ov , e , r bim ' and ra n-
ex-
nd found it to be a pocket-book, and L, hl ^ looked H down and smiled ceedmgiy by a strange dog- °n a co!d
on taking tt to the light, t. provedtobe ° n th(jm A W ay had they gone ™ ter th ?J v " ld . c “«‘ n * hke a
Mr. Hampton s. He remembered that when tL met a woman whose hair ka, . fe ’ after M l ? ® , t . urned ™ his g az ” 5 such potency I
after Mr. Hampton had paid b »*n for was fl oat j n „i n ,he ni«r ht wind .and who of doora , no ,e ? s . than tbre ® l,mes ‘ Pat upon him, backed by the copp r—
shoeing the horse, he went to the sink her ^ in a ° They stopped ' v as awakened by a rather extensive
after a drink of water, and then he must d t lhelr burden dewn. Abel Adams f re<* ure of lhe g lass L lbe do g was «
Mrs. Partington and Ike.—’ Don't
carry on so,’ said Mrs. Partington to
Ike, as she saw bim restin » his heat! on
the ground in a vain attempt to throw
his heels into the air. Theic was soli
citude in her tone, and a corn broom in
her liand* srs she looked at him. ‘You
must not act so gymnastily, dear,' con
tinued she, ‘ you will force all the brains
you’ve got into your head if you do.—
Y«»u can’t do like the circus-riders, be
cause Providence lias made them o’ pur
pose for what they do, «ut of Ingee rub
ber, and it don’t hurt ’em al all. They
aint got bones like other people, and
can turn heels over head with perfect
impurity. Don’t do it!” screamed she,
as the boy stood on one leg on the woini*-
horse, and made a feint as if to throw n
summerset. ‘ you’ll desecrate your n« ck
by and by, with your nonsense, ami
you’ll regret it as long as you liva.”—
Ike desisted j as the dame smiled and
held R circular piece of copper before
such potency had that smi!e
upon f*
ton Post.
have dropped the book. The young t saw the woman> and aprang foIword and
blue-smiths first idea, he said, was to L ht her t0 his bosom
keep the book until Hampton came o Mary—Mary—I’m innocent—inno-
back, but upon the second thought, he cent __ a n d f ree ”
resolved to saddle his horse and try to Tbe wife did not speak. She only
overtake him and restore the money.— ^ wildly to her noble husband and
Accordingly he set off, and when he | t upon bis bosom .
reached the bluff, his horse began to a wagon body was torn from its axel
rear and snort. He discovered some- tree __t be blacksmith and his wife were
the house again; Paddy waited upon
him out, anti both were absent some
Newspafehs.—Judge Longstrcet*
whose views on all subjects are practi*
fifteen minutes, so that his old woman 1 cal, and worth treasuring u,», thus sets
becoming alarmed at such prolonged forth the value of a newspaper:
absence, rose and went to the window. I “ Small is the sum that is req-iir d
“ What are yees doing out there, to patronize a newsp-ipsr, and most am-
Paddy, aoushla,” said she* ! ply remunerated is the patri n. I care
Inhere was such a chattering of teeth not how humble and unpretending the
that the answer for some time was ’ gazette which he takes, it isnext to im-
thing laying by the road side, and upon j d therein • and then they tvere somewhat unintelligible; at last it possible to fill it fifty-two times a year
dismounting and going to it, he found it borne awav towards their home and came — 1 without putting into it something that is
to be the body of Mr. Hampton, still | ai)(T afUjr ‘ y t , bad passed f ro m my “ 1 a,n thiying to fraze the divilish worth the subscription jpnee^ Every
warm and bleeding. He first satisfied si ‘ x could hear tho glad shouts of tbe basl e to deatb ”
him«f»!fthat hA rniild do tlQlhlllff alonft t •■ * _ I - —
himself that he could do nothing alope, ] impu’ui v {, people, waking the night air k
and then he started back towards M and reverberating among the distant
for assistance. When he was overtaken
by Jordan and Bilger, the idea of hav-
parent whose son is off from bim at
school should supply bim with a paper.
Somebody asked Baron Rothschild I well remember what a difference there
.... . to take some venison. * No,’ said the wag between those of my schoolmates
, " On the next morning, before the stage Baron, ‘ I never touch venison* I don’t wh o had, and those who had not acces <
ing Hampton’s money with him broke L, arted I learncd lhat Matthew Hampton think it is so goot as mutton. ‘ Oh, to newspapers. Other things being
* . • _ F-’ I L I “ - . * nn « J iha Knron e t
upon him with stunning force, and hence bad deterrained t0 ma k e t.>e young
his strange and incoherent manner. blacksmith accept of one thousand dol-
When the prisoner sat down there lars, whether he was willing or not
was a low murmur which to'd him that Two weeks afterwards while sitting
his story was believed. But the judge I in the office of my hotel at Cincinnati, I
shook his head, and the lawyers did the received a newspaper from M ;
said the Baron’s friend, ‘I wonder at equal,the first wero decidedly superior
your saying so; if mutton is better than to the last in debate and composition at
venison, why does venison cost so much least. The reason is plain, they had
more? ‘I will tell you vy, in dish command of more facts! Youth will
world the people always prefer vat ish pe rsue a newspaper with delight, when
dear to vat ish sheep.’ J they will read nothing else ”