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ATHENS, G-A. THURSDAY, JTJLY 14, 1859.
Number
K OF THK ; I.AUfiKST ANDOIKAPEST j MEDICINE AND SURGERY.
l>u ’ 1 ' ’ Dr. G. L McCLESKEY,
TEBMS. T« AVfNOrflmnvcdtnAthens,offerehlaprnfejstonal
. mu’ V nail ARC n.vonr XT rervic** in the rjtiz»»»i>fih« town nnd country.
A„|v I \\ I iMIili/t IXO lt‘> I.Ill| With nn experience of twenty yrer* roristant prae-
• olltanri* TBRB|H»Qlr- Jii-e, ^ li°pes ) t<, ( nit-"-—'*
l ' V 1 il /i wil' charged.
, merit and ahere a liberal patronage.
Tr.in^i'"'
,tn*-»of Ailv rttaU««. -
i.w.ni.Mnrnis will l>e litrerted at One
fir«,and Fifty-'ents peraqaure
usunl ratfi.
nnoonecraents.
n „rxreedins at*uneain length will
li.rje,! »* i, n ot marked on an
'!><■" h( , pub ii s i,ed till forbid, and
:. n .a e ."ror.iingly-
., 0 r.,iu:,rel, rlhf nr-T,a„u .
roll - ,1,, j'vs m*n t* »* O'* 11
,s S ,l and ch3rr ,'d#S for nnn<
business ffinctorg.
Ym MATTHEWS,
sTTOBNEY A.X LAW,
DANIELSVILLE. ga.
Residenee and ofllre, that which waa formerly
•“* ’-le Jndge llmigherty. cn College An
may be foumt ian37
JAMES M. ROYAL,
Harness-Maker, - ; _ _ _
Head of Wall Street, nearly opposite the old 1 florin* OEM F.TERY LOTS. DWELLINGS.
MISCELLANY.
- -ORNAMENTAL
C AST. WROUGHT AND COMPOSIT
IRON RAILIN'*. WIRE-WORK. IRON
FURNITURE AND STATUARY. f..r en
Slate Bank, Athene, Ga. I PUBLIC SQUARES, WINDOWS, W A RE
K EEPS alwayaon hand a generalaaaoiimeat of HOUSES, GARDENS and VERANDAHS.
™a ® r i ,ic .i 5l? ■ n<: '* alwaya ready to fill Ac., tc.
We nre the only A Rent in thia place for the
ordernin the bestFtyle
TAYLOR & LUMPKIN,
<COLLEGE AVEXUE, ATUEXS, GEORGIA,J
Dealers in
S UGAR.Codef, MolhshW, sy nip*. Palt,Bacon,Lard,
wine?, Itrandh‘8, Ogars and Tobacco, and every
tT\ER’ENGLAND & FREEMAN.
* 1 *' 11 u -j, ,.,,.le «. Itela. I Oealerri n
ROC E RIBS, DRYGOODS,
r i till A III'.. SHOES AXD BOOTS,
nnad Street.ATHgna,
mini it t
April "
' j. B. P. DAVIS,
ATTORNEY at law,
JEFFKUSOS. JACKSON CO, GA.
litigli Buchanan, Col. Wm.
May 13
■\V
JOHN H. CHRISTY,
Ml(1I Sou , Watchman and Franklin Job Office.)
,r pmixaed fancy
BOOK and JOB PRINTER,
BROAD STBEET,ATHEXS,
, rk ..trotted to him will lie neatly, correctly
,., f riiieil. ol prices as low as goad irork
n t*:done any wh re. _ Match, 1857.
w. W. LUMPKIN,
.rlOKNEY AT LAW,
A Tit EX S. GEORGIA.
nice in all the counties of the vVsa
,rcnit Pariicularattention given to
White's Book Store.
JAMES A. CARLTON,
DEALER IN
liit Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
!1A lilt \VARK AND CROCKER Y.
II f, No 3, Granite Row, ATHENS
F. W. LUCAS,
irtlOLF.SALF. AXD RETAIL DEALER IX
DRY GOODS,
GR00F.RIE3, HARDWARE, Ac. Ac.
pril 5 No a. Broad Street. A-rnsits.
GRADY, NICHOLSON & CO.
wholetaloand Retail Ilealersin
Staple and Fancy Goods, Groceries,
HARDWARE, CROCKERY. Ac.
nrfo \t w Brick Store, corner Bridge and Broad ala,
Jammy ) JiTIIENS, Ga.
C. \Y. & H. R. J. LONG,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
j, n to ATHENS, GA
T. W. WALKER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Athena, Ga.
O FFfPF. wer the rew Jewelry Store of Measra
Mandevilie, Brohd Street. Mh4
J. w. hanijockT -
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DAN1ELSVILLE, GA.
ILL practice in Jackson,Clarke, Madison, Hart,
.Celebrated Composit Iron Railing,
combining' the cheapness nnil heirnty of (Just,
anil strength nnrl tlnrnhility of Wrought
Work Atnl hsvitig nm>li*ar raogements nitli
the-Oldest and Best Mnnulacturers in the
country, in connection with our own fncili-
tiea, we nre prepared to fill order* for any
of the above work nl the Latest Design* arid
Recent Patents, and with prices as low as
can b« had anywhere.
. C3T Call and examine specimens of Rail
ing and - Books of DesLnff at the Works of the
Athena Steam Company, or eddrers **
REUBEN NICKERSON. Agent.
May 26.
w
Oglethorpe and Elbert.
OctQ81y
WILLIAM n. white,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Bookseller and Stationer,
AndXe»$puperand Magazine JSftnt.
DEALER IN
MUSIC and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
LAMPS.FINE CUTLERY, FANCY GOODS, AO.
L/ollf*a Avenub. corner opposite the Post Office
Orders promptly filled at Augdt ta rates Afar 1
J. F. O’KELLEY,
Resident Ambrotypist,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
T) OOMS in the building cn the corner, oppo-
II, site the Post Office, up stairs. Sep 24
COACH-MAKINQ-AND repairing.
JAMES B. BURPEE,
Ai the old stand of E. 8. Fchevenell
ofTer? for sale a lot of superior anicles of his own mm-
t.faeture, at reduced pdcit cophtlng of
Carriages, Buggies, Rockaways,&c
Orders fur any thina in his line will be thankfully
received and nmmptly executed.
J^T REPAIRING done at short notice and on reas
onable terms. tf January 1
A. M. WYNG & CO.,'
DEALERS IN
Hardware, Crockery, China and Glass,
Jan 1857 Broad Street, ATIIEXS, Ga.
T. IUSIIOP & SON,
Wholesale anil Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Hardware and Staple
Dry Goods, _
May 1 Xo l, Broad Street, A TIIEXS.
. C. B. LOMBARD,
DENTIST, **
ATIIEXS, GEORGIA.
in Hrir.U hailding Nottli of the I'ost Office,
1‘ivllese Avenue. Jan3
WM. PHILLIPS^
attorney at law,
MARIETTA, OA.
will practice in *11 tbecmintiesoflbe Blue Ridge flir-
■nil, in the county of Fulton of the Coweta csircuit*
nihf Cupreine Court JKR& * n t,,e ^ Uourt,
rietta.
W. A. PATMAN.
D EALER in Hnrilwnre, Cutlery, Cniringe
Trimming. Wood and Tin Warn. Stoves
nnd Grates. Nails, Castings and Agricultural
implimeuts. Corner Bruad A Wall Street
Athens On. April-14
NEW ARRANGEMENT.
Madison Springs,
Madison county, Ga.
T HIS well known Watering Place will be
opened on- 1st day Juue next, fur the re
ception and accomodation of visitors, and iu
fact, it is always ready, as the proprietors
both live on the promises. It is useless'for us
to say anything about the Madison Spring, it
is eo well known throughout the State, aud
favorably known, that we deem it a waste of
time; but as this notice may strike the i-ye
of someone not‘acquainted with ilie beauties,
climate, watera. pure and bracing air, variety,
scenery and the society, we will say it has
advantages over any other Watering Place
in the Southern Country, and we would most
cordially invite your attention this way. For
most all disea^-’s'wliich the human family
are subject to,‘ these waters have a most
happy effect.
We have a Baml of Music, inferior to none.
Sacred, Parlor and Martial.
Uow, wbat more can we say, but ask you this
way.
And if we do you no_good, well charge you
no pay. ~
Two lines of Stages will.he in readiness at
the Depot, iu Athens, .on the arrival of the
Cars, to take passengers immediately tin to
the Springs, and persons leaving Augusta or
-Atlanta in the night trains, will reach the
Springs the same day to dinner.
June 2. SCOTT d- TYNER.
Augusta Chronicle <£ Seminal, Savannah
Republican, Macon Journal <fc Messenger.
National American. Atlanta, Constitutional
ist, Augusta, and Columbus Times ph-ase
copy and forward their hills to S. A T.
The Volunteer Counsel.
An early hour, the 9th of April
1840, the Court House In Clarkes-
ville, Texas, was crowded to overflow
ing. Save in war times pASt, there
had never been witnessed such a gath
ering in Red River county, while the
strong feeling, apparent in every flush
ed face throughout the assembly, be
tokened some great occasion. A con
cise narrative of the facts will suffi
ciently explain the matter.
About the close of 1840, George
Hopkins, one of the wealthiest plant
ers and most influential men of Nor
thern Texas, offered a gross insult to
Mary Elliston, the young and beau
tiful wife of his overseer. The hus
band threatened to chastise him for
the outrage, whereupon Hopkinsload-
ed his gun, went to Elliston’s house,
and shot liiimin liis own door. The
murderer was arrested, and bailed to
answer the charge. This occurrence
produced immense excitement; and
Hopkins, in order to turn the tide of “““ ^ me a " a , we
popular opinion, or at least to miti- bis sallow cheeks,
gate the general wrath which at first
.was violent against him, circulated
reports infamously prejudicial to the
Col. Ashly spoke first. He dealt diet for the plaintiff, not to offer to
the jnry adish ot that close, dry logic, the defendant any violence, however
which-years afterwards, rendered him richly he might deserve itin other
famous in the Senate of the Union, words, “not U. lynch the villain, Hop-
The poet, Albert Pike followed,'kins, but .to leave the punishment
with a rich vein of wit, and a hail-to- t 0 (j 0 <| J’» This was the most awfnl
rent, of canstic ridicule, in which yon trick of all, and best calculated to in-
may be sure neither the plaintiff nor suro vengeance,
the plaintiff’s ragged attorney, was The jury rendered a verdict for fif-
ei *nn r ‘ or S ott ^ 1 or ®P ar ed. j t,y thousand dollars, and the night af-
The great Prentiss concluded for ter ward;?, Hopkins was taken out of
the defendant, with a glow of gor- his bed, lynched and beaten almost to
geous words brilliant as showers of death.
falling stars, and with a final burst As the court adjourned, the stran-
oforatory winch brought down cheers, g<» r made known bis name, and called
in which the sworn jury themselves the attention of the people with the
joined, notwithstanding the “order!” announcement—“John Taylor will
order, ofthebcnch. Thus wonder- j preach here this evening at early
fully susceptiole are the. south-west-
ern people to the charm of impas
sioned eloquence!
It was the stranger’s turn. He'
had remained apparently abstracted
during all the previous speeches.
Still, and straight,, and motionless in
his seat, his pale, smooth forehead
shooting up high like a mountain cone
of snow, but for that eternal twitch
that came and went perpetually in
his sallow cheeks, you would have
taken him for a mere man of marble,
or a human form carved in ice. Even
his dim dreamy eyes were invisible
candle-light!”
The crowd, of course, all turned
out. Taylor’s sermon equalled, if it
did not surpass, the splendor of the
forensic effort. This is no exaggera
tion. I have listened to Clay, Web
ster, and Calhoun; to Dewey, Tyng,
and Bascomb; but have never heard
anything in the form of sublime words
even remotely approximating the el
oquence of John Taylor—massive ns
mountain and wild as a cataract
of fire. And this is the opinion of all
who heard that marvelous man.’
POETRY.
For the Southern Watchman.
THE TOICE OF WOMAN.
■r w. a TEKKY.
Sweet is tlie voice of wo nan; sweet
And soft a* breutbings of a lute.
Or uiglilmgale'a low note* which greet
The eve when other bird* are mute ;
Ah’ soft and gweet as twilight’.* dew.v breath.
When summer wind* sTgh o’er the .hadowy
heath.
There i* a cadencem her voice,
When timed to gentleness and love,
More rich in music, and more choice
11 joy, mure full of power to move
The heart, and fill its depth* \vilh melody,
Than gentlest notes /E ifian harp strings sigh.
Rockixqrsm, N. C.
character of the woman who had a j. j beneath those gray shaggy eyebrows.
But now at last he rises—before
REMOVAL OF THE
LANIER HOUSE.
S M. LANIER would announce to the
. puilic that he ha* removed from Ihe old
“Franklin House" lo - the “-Newton House,"
formerly occupied by W. Crawford, which
will hereafter he known n* the “ Lanier
House.” With facilities superior to any here
tofore, for the accommodation of the public,
the proprietor hopes that all who favor him
with their patronage will l>e pleased with
the new arrangement.
VST A comfortable omnibus ia always
rmdy to convey passenger* to and from the
depot.
,)an. 27.1S59.—tf.
AUKSI. COLT - WM.O.COtBSMT
COLT & COLBERT;
DEALER*IN
Staple Dry Goods, Groceries,
Hardware,
t»l I8A5 No.9, Gr»n'te Bow, A-ruem.Ga
and
WILLIAM L. MARLER,
ATTORNEY -A-T Xi-A-'W,
JF.FFERSOX, JACKSOX CO. GA.
Ktrt«r,.c**.—Messrs.McLestersand W 8Thomp-
rm. t'.-fi- JelTW-on; II W Spence and W J Peeples,
tup, l,i\vr«nreviUe; John H Newton, CPeepleaand
JII Christ)-, Esqs, Alliens; Law Clark,Gainesville
W . G . D E L O N Y ,
ATTORNEY 'A.’T X.A-W,
Athens, Georgia.
-i-.t | i,l a.tend promptly to all business entrust
NY ed to Ills care.
Xrflfficeon Broad alreet,overl.M.Kcnney »store.
J. w. REAVES S> GO.
WIIOLEBALB A.NO BET-AIL
D EM.UR8 in Groceries, Dry Goods, Crockery
Hardware, ttc. „ ...
No. 15. under Franklin Houae,
Bread Street, Alliens. Ga.
11. GILLELAND,
dentist,
watkinsville OA
> ESPECTFULLY solicit* the patronage
X of the surrounding country.
C3T Full satisfaction will he given in their
profession. April 22.—tf
WHITE & RITCH,
WHOLESALE.A NO RETAIL
Ciotlii ers and Merchant Tailors
If road .Street, ATHENS, Ga.
Coach Making.
R S. SCHEVENELL A M. M. TDRBY
. FILL, have formed themselves into a
Co-Partnership in il>e above business and re-
spectlullv solicit the patronage of their
friends and public generally.
R. 8. SCEVENKLL.
M. M. TURBYFILL,
Feb. 3,1889.—ly.
BAKERY, CONFECTIONERY, &C.
JOSEPH PAT AT
U70ULD announce to the citizens of Athens
Iff and vicinity, that fc.) hn* opened a Ba
kery and Confectionery at the well known
stand on Jackson street, next to the State
Bank, where he is prepared to furnish every
thing in his line.
An experienced and skillful Baker is em
ployed, who will bake fresh bread and cakes
every day;
Fresh Oysters always on hand, and served
in any style, at short notice
A share of the public patronage is respect
fully solicited. Jan. 20.
O’KELLEY’S
Photographic Gallery!
ATHENS, GA.
P HOTOGRAPHIC Portraits, copied from
Life : Daguereotypes. Ambrotypes, 4®-,
enlarged to Cabinet nr Life size, and beauti
fully colored by llie best Artists.
The citizens of Athens, and public gener
ally. am respectfully invited to the above
style of Pictures, which is the most accurate,
heautiful. and durable representation of na
ture that can be produced - hy any process
known, and much the cheapest, when we
take into con»iderntion their value.
To those who do not find it convenient to
visit Athens, and having Ambrotypes or Da
guerreotypes that they wish copied, they
have only to direct them to my address, and
I will forward them a Photopraph anlarged
to any size specified, Beautifully co.ored, ami
|)Ut up in the best oval gilt frames, at the
following low prices:
8 by 10 inches, with Oval Gilt Frame, §25 00
12 *■ 14 “ 65 00
20 “ 24 “
Life size, 50 0O
Yon are respectfully invited to call and
examine specimens of plnin or colored Pho
tograph* a’nd Ambrotypes.
Bei..g permanently located in Athens', 1
am determined to furnish Pictures, of all
kinds, nttlie lowest Cash prices.
Rooms opposite the Post Office, up stairs.
June 2 J.' F. O'KELLEY.
Blacksmithing.
T HE subscrilier has'commenced the above
business at the stand formerly ooc- pied
by Mr. Monteilb,on Foundry street; where
he will be pleased to receive s. share of pub
lic pntrotinge. His work will be done in good
style, at moderate prices. J. C. ORR.
Alliens, Feb. 3, 1859.
BENARDO J. ARZE,
HARPER AND HAIR-DRESSER,
R ETURNS his thanks for past patronage,
nnd respectfully solicits a continuance
of the same, at hi* old stand, corner of Broad
and Spring street*.
Athens, Jan. 18, 1859.
gg 8LOAN & OATMAN,
~7?' DF.AUCtiS IS
Y Italian . Egifptianet American
statuary,
4i’Z> EAST TENNESSEE MARBLE-
Vft'M-AIBXTS.Tomt.*, Urn. and Vase*; Marti*
* u •'!» Land ura »Uin* .Marble. KrAllordera
►5**1% ad. ATLANTA, GA.
«lw to Mr nun Unite Jake 1
jTr. DAVIS, r . ■
LAND BROKER, COM ECTOR AND
GENERAL AGENT,
attended torn any county of thia State
VL ‘racecorner of Jackxnn and fill** eireeta.
ly AUGUSTA. GA.
GEORGIA—Jackson County.
W HEREAS J. M. Adair applies to roe
for Letters of Administration on the
estate of John F Adair, late of aaid county
deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite nnd admonish
all and singular, the kindred and creditor*
of said deceased to file their objection* (it
any they have) why the administration of
said estate should not be granted to the
applicant at the next August Term of the
Court of Ordinary of said county.
Given under my hand at office. June
22d, 1859. JOHN G. PITTMAN,
Juiie 80 Ordinary.
Notice.
T WO months after date applkatinns will
be made to the Court uf Ordinary of
Ciarke county for leave :o sell all the land
nnd negroes belonging to the estate of Georg*
N. Thotnpaon, lute of said county, deceased
H1LLMAN JACKSON, Actn’r.
June £0. 1859.
ATHENS STEAM COMPANY,
M R. NICKERSON, Agzxt A Burtr.
ANtJFAir rL RKRHof circular law Utils.
Steam Engines,forcingiiwlliftinii PUMPS,
v"*rTi»o,i"iM>, ni*zaT; Mill, «• n. and all other
... * " f BEARING. l*osand it*»n C**Tis«wnlev-
™ai|»tion. SSItTIIIXG.Repnirin»*rffFinfrtiny
P r '*ipily nrrtitfd. Select patterns of Iron Fencing.
- jJ r *rm.e..H. Jan 8. 1857.
DR. H. A LOWRANCE,
Resident Dentist,
r»n_ ATHENS. GEO.
K„ MS a ''he comer, north oithe Newton Ho nre
S OUTHERN FIELD ft FIRESIDE.
Subscriptions received by
June 9 WM. N. WHITB.
A. M. WYNG A BO.
H AVE a few more of those celebrated
Ice Cream Freezers left, the best thing
vet Introduced.
Also, n large supply of Gilbert* Fly
Traps, much better than those we had last
year, which will bo aold at Aiigaataprices.
June 9
Clarke Sheriff’s Sale.
W ILL be sold, ofl the first Tuesday in
August pext, before the courthouse-
door, in the town of Watkinsville, Clarke
county, within the legal hours of sale, the
following property, to wit:
One tract of lund, in Clarke county, on
little Sandy creek.contaiitg seventy-two and
one-fourth acres, be the same more or less,
being one-third part of the tract of laud
whereon James Talbot live. Levied upon
as the property of Wiley M Hinesley. to
aalisfv a ft fa issued from the Superior Court
of CUuke oonnty in favor of David Kiclmril-
son vs the nsid Wiley W. Hines y. This
24th June, 1859. I S VINCENT, Sh'ff.
June 80
PATRICK BARRY,
GW takes occasion to return his tbnnk*
to his' former liberal patron*. Here-
solicits a contibnaBCe of their cus
spectfully s
tnm. and invites all 4o examine biff new
stock of
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS and
SHOES!
Hi has laid in an ample supply pf So.'
Clarke Mortgage Sheriff’s Sale.
O N the first Tuesday in September nexf,
will be sold be'ore the court house door
in the town of Watkinsville, Clarke county,
within the legal of-bours of salt, the follow
ing property, to wit:
One negro woman, slave, by .the name of
Matilda, about thirt -one years old, and her
child Malinin, about one year old. Levied
upon as the property tjf Ann-n Orow. tosatisfy
one fi f r issued upon foreclosure of mortgage
from the Inferior court of said county, in
favor of John O Thrasher rs tho said Aaron
Crow. This 24th June, 1859.
June SO I S VINCENT, Sh’ff.
( a
perior Silk Hats, French H
new nrtlcl** of exquisite textmre, ) find fin©
Woolen Hats of «1* sliadeauml qualities
Velvet, Cloth and Glazed Caps.
ALSO—An unequalled selection of G«nU* t
Ladies', Boys* find Mhfsfcs’ Stow?*."
Gaiters, Slippers, Bootees.
In every verietyof style* to which he would
call special attention. . . ,
Besides his stock of ready ms.de boots and
ahoe8, he is prepared on the shortest notice
to make ns neat a boot as any manufacturer
in the town. Having experienced workmen
always in his shop and a plentiful supply
of leather and findotg*, such aa
FINE CALF SKIN & SOLE LEATHER,
LINING AND BINDINGS,
He' is enabled to mor# than sustain bt*
long established reputation.
- REMEMBER ,
There l« no excuse for-going ill-shod when
OsS^LKflBL^. j stuntial boot or shoe by 'calling at
'""'nteetoc* withe gmffplyescana* * Athol
I. M. KENNEY,
door abort the Bank'of Athens,)
CoaSTXMTLT KKEl'8 OS H*S»
^faplc A Fancy Dry Goods,
'No CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES,
cuh.or to prompt payln* cuttomafa. |Janl
A J. WARE,
PRACTICAL SURVEYOR,
RESIDING 9 miles from Athena, .on the
■** varn*tftvkl!*a —-:n young
Carn«aviUe Road, will impar
i * ^ practical knowledge ofSnrvey-
« Jy® days nr I©** lime. His charge
Will l OL. '
.1,“* flO. including Imnrd. Post
»J'lr,., p Unt( . r . 4 8laud, Ga.
*»•». *0,1859.
GEORGIA—Hall County.
T WO month* after date application will
be made to the Ordinary -of said Conul)
for leave to ,ell the land nnd negroc* belong
ing to the Estate of William Mayfield, de
ceased- This 5th of April 1859.
Apjpl ji AaRON PRATER, Adm’r.
LtiAD AND OILS. .
A LARGE and fresh supply <*t Linseed Oil,
A Lead, Zinc and, paint sot all kinds; also, i
Sperm, Traiu, Lamp and Istrd Oils, just rec’d
ami for sale at reduced pi ices, by
LONG
May 19
CW&HRJ]
Sign Negro and Mortar.
Athens, April 28.
I°BAURY’S
NOTICE.
T WO. months afterdate application will
be made to the Court of Ordinary of
Clarke county for leave sell, nt private sale
(he lands of John Williams, sr., deceased,in
Polk and Coffee counties.
JOSEPH M. WILLIAMS. Ex’r.
May 19,'1859. • .1
Davenport’s Hat Poison,
T) Y the b .x or dozen.
'15 Nay 12 I.SM. KENNEY.
ready suffered such cruel wrong at
his hands. She brought her suit for
slander. And thus two eases, one
criminal and the other civil, and both
out of the same tragedy, were pend
ing in April Circuit Court for 1840.
The interest naturally felt by the
community as to the issue, became
far deeper, when it was known that
Ashly and Pike "of Arkansas, and
the celebrated S. S. Prentiss of New
Orleans, each with enormous fees,
had been retained by Hopkins, for
his defence.
The trial on the indictment of mur
der ended on the 6th of April, with
the acquittal of Hopkins. Such a re
sult might well have been foreseen,
by comparing the talents of the coun
sel engaged on either side. The Tex
an lawyers were utterly overwhelmed
by the argument and eloquence of
their opponents.
The slander suit was set for the 9th
of April, and the throng of spectators
grew in number as well as excitement,
■ft ml whit m:i£ seem strange, the cur
rent of public sentiment now ran de
cidedly for Hopkins. His money had
procured witnesses by whom he could
prove anything, and with the aid of
those powerful advocates no one doubt
ed his success. Mary Elliston’s law
yers had deserted her and withdrawn;
the pigmy pettifoggers dare not brave
against theshaip wit of. Pike or the
scathing thunders of Prentiss.
“Have you no counsel?’’ inquired
Judge Mills, looking kiudly at the
plaintiff.
“No sir; they have all deserted
me, and I am too poor to employ any
more,’’ replied the beautiful Mary,
bursting into tears.
“In such a case will not some chiv-
alrous member of the profession vol
unteer ?” asked the Judge, glancing
around the bar.
The thirty lawyers were silent as
death.
Judge Mills repeated the question.
“I will, your honor,” said a voice
from the thickest par£ of the crowd,
situated behind the bar. At the tane
of that voice, many started half way
from their seats, and perhaps there
was in the immense throng, no heart
which did not beat something quick
er—it was unearthly—sweet, clear,
ringing and mournful.
The first sensation, however, was
changed into general laughter, when
a tall, gaunt spectral figure, that no
body present ever remembered- to
have seen before, elbowed his way
through the crowd, and placed- him
self Within the bar. His appearance,
was a problem to puzzle the sphinx
.herself. His high, pale brow, and
small, nervously twitching face', seem
ed alive with the concentrated essence
and cream of gehiucu; . but then his in
finite blue eyes, hardly visible beneath,
their massive arches, looked him
dreamy, almost unconscious; and his
clothing was so exceedingly shabBy,
that the court hesitated to let the
cause proceed under his management.
“Has your name been entered on
the rolls of the State ?” demanded
the Judge, suspiciously.
“It is immaterial about my name
being on your rolls,” answered the
stranger, his thin bloodless lips
curling up - in v a .sort of a fiend
ish sneer. “I may he allowed to ap
pear once .by the courtesy pf the court,
and -bar. Here is my license from
the highest tribunal in America,’’ and
he handed Judge Mills a broad parch
ment. The trial immediately went
on.
In the examination of the witnesses
the stranger evinced but very little
ingenity, as was commonly tnought.
He suffered each one to tell his own
story without interruption, though
he contrived to make each one tell
it over two or three times. He put
a few cross questions, Which, with
keen witnesses, only corrected mis
takes ; and he made no notes, which,
in mighty memories, always tend to
embarrass. The examination i being
ended, as counsel for the plaintiff, be
had a right to the opening, as well
as the close, but to the astonishment
of everyone he declined the former,
and allowed the defence to lead off
Then a shadow might have been ob
served to flit accross the fine features
Frankness.
Frankness is supposed to be acom-
the bar railing, not behind it—and mOn virtue. It is most uncommon. It
so near the wondering jury that he
might have touched the Foreman with
his long bony finger. With his eyes
still half shut, standing rigid as a
pillar of iron, bis thin lips curl as if
in measureless scorn, slightly apart,
and the Voice comes forth. At first
it was low and sweet, insinuating its-
self through the brain as an artless
tune, winding'its way into the deepest
heart like the melody of magic in
cantation, while the speaker proceed
ed without a gesture or the least sign
of excitement to tear in pieces the ar
gument of Ashley, which melted away
at his touch as frost before the sun
beams. Every one looks surprised.
His logic was at onco so brief and
luminously clear, that the rudest
peasant might comprehend it without
an effort.
Anon, he came to the dazzling wit
of the poet lawyer, Pike. Then the
curl of his lip grew sharper, his sallow
face kindled up; and his eyes began
to open, dim and dreamy no longer,
but vivid as lightning, red as fire, nnd
glancing like twin meteors. The
whole soul was in the eye—the full
heart streamed out in the face. In
five mit. xtes . Pike’s, wit seemed the
foam of folly, and his finest satire hor
rible profanity, which contrasted with
the inimitable sallies and extermina
ting sarcasm of the stranger, inter
spersed with jest and anecdote that
filled the forum with laughter.
Then without so much as bestowing
an allusion on Prentiss, he turned
short on tho perjured witnesses of
Hopkins, tore their testimony into
atoms, and hurled in their faces such
terrible invectives that all trembled
as with an ague, and two of them
actually fleil dismayed from the court
house.
The excitement of the crowd was
tremendous. Their united life and
soul' appeared to be the burning
tongue of the stranger. He inspired
them with the powers pf his own
passion. He saturated them with
the poison ofhis own malicious feelings
He was the sun of the sea of all
thought and emotion, which rose and
fell and boiled in billows as he chose.
But his greatest triumph was yet to
come.
His eyes began to glare furtively
at the assassin, Hopkins, as his lean,
taper finger slowly assumed the same
direction. He hemmed the wretch
around with a strong circumvallntion
of strong evidence and-impregnable
arguments, cutting off all hope of
escape. He piled huge bastions of
insurmountable facts. He dug be
neath the murderer’s feet ditches of
is indeed an extraordinary thing. It
requires truth, simplicity, love, and
genuine goodness. Many speak truth
very plainly when angry, many speak
pleasant truth frankly. But few there
are whose whole s< uls are so balanced
in an atmosphere of love that they
speak whatever needs to be said, to
each and all, plainly, gently, fully.
Tiie dearest friends live together for
years without daring to speak things
which they know, and which each
party knows that the other knows.
Parents live with a reserve years long
toward their children. Children car
ry untouched, unsyllahled thoughts
and feelings that take hold of their
being. Friends meet and part day
by day, friends so true that they would
almost die for each other, or what is
harder than this, who are willing to
live for each.other, and never speak
of things that each knows is pas
sing in the other’s mind. It is
very strange to see people come up
in conversation to topics, that, by a’
tacit free-masonrv, are, and without
word or look, onq*glides past on one
side and the other upon the other
side, and meet beyond, going down
the common channel again. - Was
there ever a thoughtfnl, sensitive per
son, that dared to be open, transpa
rent, frank ? But, however this may
he, there can be no doubt that Chris
tian people are not frank enough for
each other’s good. Ifmen knew how
to speak the truth in love, how rich
might one become. A man might
stand then in the'focus of the wisdom
of all his friends. But, refusing to
let their light shine, men now grope
in the partial light of their own wis
dom, distempered by self-love.
For the Southern Watchman.
“THE RED FIVE-DOLLAR BILL V*
-BY W J. SLOAN\
Our world by philanthropy is blest—
By loro, by power, by s :ill; ,
But, Hint most prized of all we see,
Is the “red fire-dollar bill!”
A lawyer in his office sits—
He’d gladly write your will,
Oc.deed to land, if he knew you had
That “red five-dollar hill 1"
The doctor grinds his “madder" roots—
Compounds them with great skill;
He’ll cure his patients, if he can,
For the "red five-dollar bill!”
The preacher fills his weekly round,
Saves sinners freo from HI—
Cries “the dead’* alive—the lost is found”
For a “red five-dollar bill l"
The Universe we see engaged
In work* of pnblic weal; (f)
And, gladly, they pu-li 1L avenward on,
Fortbe “red five-dollar bill !"
Hoc Moortaih. On.. July 4, 1859.
pie cried, “Why what d’ye mean ?”
The matt replied: “Of course yon
don't suppose I’d go and waste the
time to look below! I’ve knowtrtheJ
woman quite a spell, and lar’nt her
fashions tol’blo well, alive or dead, .
she’d go I swow, against the Current
anyhow!”
...A Long Bridal Tour.—A hap
py couple has just returned to Fal- ,
mouth, Mass., from their wedding
trip, which was a whaling voyage,
that lasted five years. During their
absence tho wife gave birth to two
babes, one of which was a child of
four years when it reached home.
....The father of every act is
thought. If, then wo would have our
conduct correct, we must watch, re
strain and regulate our thoughts—
“keep your heart with all diligence.’
Ha ppiness—There are two things
which will make us happy in this life,
if we attend to them. The first is,
never to vex oursevles about what we
cannnot help; and tho second, never
to vex ourselves about-what ffre can
help.
...He that knows useful things,
and not he that knows many things,
is the wise man.
THE LABORER AND WARRIOR.
BT EPES SARGENT.
The camp lmg b id its day of sung;
The sword, the bayonet, the p lime,
Have crowded <nitof rhyme too long
The p'ow. the nnv J. and the loom !
O! not upon our Unit-d fields
Are freedom'* lierocs.lired alone ;
The iraining of the workshop yields
, More heroes true than war has known.
Who drive* the dray, who *hurp* the steel,
May with a heart a* valiant smite,
A* he who see* a foeman reel
In blood before his blow of miubt:
The skill that conquers space and time.
That grace* life, that lighten* toil,
May spring front courage more sublime,
Thau that which makes a realm its spoil.
Let labor, then, look up and see
His craft no pith of honor lacks;
The soldier’s rifle yet shall he
Less honored than the woodman’s axe ;
Let art his own appointment prize.
Nor deem that gold or outward light
Can compensate the worth that lie*
In tastes that breed their own delight.
And may the time draw nearer still
When man this sacred truth shall heed,
Tliat from the thought and from the will
Must all that raises man proceed;
Though pride may hold our calling low,
For u* shall duty make it good;
And we from truth to truth shall go.
Till life and heart be understood
eyes of Prentiss. They saw that they
had caught a Tartar; hut who it was
or how it liapeentSd, was impossible to
_ guess.
Bishop Pierce on Texas.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Pierce, now
journeying through Texas on his way
overland, to the great Eldorado of
the West, thus writes of our new and
flourishing sister of the south-west:
“Texas is a curious country—a
paradox. Everything is in the su
perlative, or contrrdictory or marve
lous. It is the richest and the poor
est—has the best land, the meanest
water; it is the hardest country -to
live in, has the most to live on; the
days are the hottest, and the nights
the coolest; the best roads, and the
slowest travel; the finest building ma
terial, and the least use made of it;
there are more clouds, and less rain ;
more plains, and less timber; more
ropes to tie horses, and yet estrays ;
a poor country for farming, and yet
the most productive; the least work,
and 'the largest yield; the horses are
... , . ., small and the cattle big ; the frogs
dilemmas, such as no sophistry could j h ave horns, and the rabbits have ears
overleap arid no stretch of ingenuity , |;j ce mn ] e8 • the people are intelligent
evade; and having thus, as one might j witll0U t general education—inventive
say impounded the victim and girt withoutbeingtricky—refined without
him about hke a scorpion in,a circle j maDne ri S m- r i C h without money—
of fire, he stripped himself to the j hospitable without houses—bold, gen-
m “sa? r « • ! erous and brave. In fine, here is an
Oh! then but a vision both glorious; empire in extent and resources, but
and dreadful to behold ttm jrator. jj n the slowest process of evelution, and
His actions, before as graceful as the y 0t detained to population, wealth
wareSof a golden wtllow in the breeze, [ mA power . Tl)ere is much to a dmir.;,
are now as impetuous as the motion : but little to deplore; many things to
of an oak in a hurricane. Hia voice enchanti but few to offend; and for
became a trumpet filled with wld. t hc people and th?ir institution,
whirlwinds; deafening tho ear with , there is a splendid future.’’
crashes of power, and yet intercom- — —
■gled with a sweet under song of the ■ Napoleon’s Dying Words,
softest cadence. His face was red ; A late visitor at his tomb in St.
as a drunkard’s—Jiis forehead glowed Helena, writes:
like a heated furnace—Lis .egunten-1 “I turned away from the house and
■artep looked haggard like that of a tomb with deeper convictions than
maniac, and ever and andn- he flung' ever of “the vanity man as mor-
his bony arms on high, 'as if grasp- tal. 5 ‘Who would riot? And that
ing after thunderbolts! He drew- a j death-room! How the last words
picture of the murder in such appall-: linger about it which Napoleon
ing colors, that in comparison, hell; uttered in it, from a crushed and
itself might be considered beautiful, bleeding heart:
He painted the slanderer so black, 1 “(Jeneral Bertrand, I shall soon.be
that th%sun seemed dark at noon dayin my grave.’ Such is the fate of
...“Is Miss S. at home ?” asked a
gentleman of her who had answered
the call of the knocker.
“I think not, sir—I will go and
ask her,” was the reply:
...Somebody has said that physi
cians are the nut-crackers used by
angels to get our souls out of the shells
that surround them. Sbould’nt won
der, as they succeed in “cracking out”
a good many! .
...Why is a fool in a high station
like a man in a balloon.? Because
everybody appears little to him, and
he appears little to everybody.,
...A pedagogue, provoked at the
dullness of a pupil, instead of coaxing
him along boxed his ears, and de
manded of him how long a man could
live without brains. The boy meek-,
ly replied, “I don’t know;.how long
have you lived yourself, sir ?”
...An Irish lover has remarked that
it is a great pleasure to he alone, es
pecially when you have your sweet- ‘
heart with you.
What w a Legal Tender 1—The .
following are the provisions of the
United States law prescribing “a le
gal tender:” Gold coins -and. silver
dollars for all sums; half dollars and.
smaller silver coins, for sums not over
$5; and three cent pieces for sums
not over 30 cents. No provision is.
made for cents, which may, therefore,
be refused.
dfoijjennp.
“I’ve Sot Orders not to Go.”
‘‘I’ve got orders, positive orders,
not to go there; orders, that I dare
not disobey,” said a youth, who was
being tempted to a smoking and
gambling saloon.
“Come, don’t be so womanish—
come along like a man,” shouted the
youths.
/No, I can’t break orders,” said
John.
“What special orders have you got;
come show’em to us, if you can ; show
us vour orders.’’
John took out a neat wallet from
his pocket, and pulling out a neatly
folded paper, “It’s here,” he said, un-1 following prescription to the Fitter
folding the paper, and showing it to burgh ‘Gazette
...There was a deacon in a town
in New Hampshire named Day, by
trade a cooper. •
One Sabbath morning he heard tf
number of boys playing in front of
the house, and he went out, as any
saint would do, to Btop their Sabbatb-
breaking, . s
Assuming a grave countenance, he
said to them: ;
“Boys, do yon know what day thia
is.?’’
“Yes, sir/’ immediately replied,
one of them, “Denoon Day; the coop
er!”
Amid a roar of laughter from the
boys the deacon slid.
...A “General reader” sends the
the boys- They looked, and one of
them read aloud: “Enter not into thc
path of the wicked and go not in the
way of the wicked men. Avoid it,
pass not by it, turn from it, and pass
away.”
“Now,” said John, “you see mv
orders forbid me going with you;
they are God’s orders, and by His
help I don’t mean to break them.”
Female Purity,—All the influence
which women enjoy in society—their
right to the exercise of that maternal
care which forms the first and most
indelible species of education; the
wholesome restraint which they possess
over the passions of mankind ; their
power of protecting us when young
and cheering us when old, depend so
entirely upon their personal purity,
and the charm which it casts around
them, that to insinfPrte h doubt of its
real value is wilfully to remove the
broadest corner stone on which civil
society rests with all. its benefits and
all its comforts.
when shining on such an accursed
monstor; and then he fixed both
portraits on the .shrinking brow of
Hopkins, and he nailed them there
forever. The agitation ef the audi
ence nearly amounted to madness.
All at once the speaker descended
from his perilous height. His voice
wailed out for the murdered dead,
and described the sorrows of the wid
owed living—the beautiful Mary,
more beautiful every moment, as her
tears flowed faster—till men wept and
of Pike^and to darken even the dark lovely women sobbed like children.
He closed hy a strange exhortation
to the jury, and through them to the
great men. So it was -with Caesar
and. Alexander; And If too, am for
gotten, and thc Marengo conqueror
is a College theme.- My exploits Are
tasks given to pupils by their tutor,
who sits- in judgement upon me, ac
cording to censure or praise. And
remark what is soon to become of me.
I die before my time, and my dead
body, too, must return to the earth,
and become food for worms. Behold,
the destiny now at hand of him who
has been called the Great Napoleon ?
What an abyss between my great mis
ery arid the eternal reign of Christ,
who is proclaimed, loved, and adored,
by-’standers. He entreated the pan- whose kingdom is extending over all
el, after they should bring in the ver- tho earth:’’
...If women were jurors, as some
of them claim they ought to be, what
chance would ugly old fellows stand
when indicted ?
“A poison of any conceivable de
scription and potency, which hasbeeri
intentionally or accidentally swallow
ed, may be rendered almost instant*
ly harmless, by simply swallowing
two gills of sweet-oil. An individual
with a very strong constitution should
take nearly twice thequantity. This
oil will positively neutralize every
form of vegetable, animal, or mineral
poison, with which physicians and
chemists are acquainted."
Windows Opened More would
keep Doctors from-the Door.—A vefc
ry large quantity of fresh air b spoil
ed and rendered foul- by the act of
breathing. A man spoils not loss
than a gallon every minute. In
eight hours’ breathing, a full grown
man spoils as much fresh air M sev
enteen three-bushel sacks could holtf!
If he were shut up in a room seven
feet broad, seven feet long, and sev
en feet high the door and windows
fitting so tightly that no air could
pass through, he wonld die, poisoned
by his own breath, in a few hours; in
twenty-four hours be would have spoil
ed all the air contained in the room,
and have converted it into poison !--
Reader when you rise to-mprrow mor
ning, just go out of doprs for five min-
"T., , v utes, and observe carefully the fresh-
Tongues arc like, race horses-1* 44^^^ ia ; n tho
they run the faster the Um weight] gUU ^.wbi ? U.God keep : it forbreath-
tbey carry.
ing, Then come bock suddenly into
...A telegraph line has been con- U W * U at . onc ! m . ake I ou
structed from the town of Chattanoo- tow very ar e air in yOur
ga, Tenn., tothe topof Lookout Moun-* h "™ ber 13 fro , m boin - I , . n ^e /ame
0 . - * 1 * . . . VhnIP5ATna nfirl aorvi^oeitln nnnilifiAn _
tain, for the accommodation of visit
ors,
...A waggish chap, whose vixen
wife by drowning lost her precious
life, called out his neighbors, all
arourid ; and told ’em that his spouse
was drowned; in spite of search, could
not be found. He knew, ho said the,
very nook where she had tumbled in
tho brook, and he had dragged along
the shorfe, above the place a mile or j one ofhis relatives, of the same name,
more. “Above the place!” the peo-1 who died long since.
. • - ''laffifcfei -j bo*
wholesome and serviceable.enti*UtVf» —
...An operation was performed up
on* the eyes of-the Hon.. Jefferspn
Davis, in Washington, a few days ago,
by which his sight, with the fees*of
lffhich.be has been threatened for
several j£gats past, was much improv
ed.
* ....<».* * tv ># . • t.^yx t&yi
...The Cincinnati Enquirer says
that it was not Gen. Garibaldi who
kept a coffee-house in that city, hut