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Newspaper Page Text,.vv nF THE LARGEST AND i'3EJ 0> PIPERS IN THE STATE!! Dr. G. L McCLESKEY, H At IX<J reuu,r«< to Atlum-vC/ir. hi* profonsiooal services ,t* the ctti/.cn* of n «town >nd rxiumrv. Willi nn'e.vprrltnfa id mwij'ynr* constant ptn'c- ■XE^TVIS- - ’ Oilv TWO \) >LI*ARS a-yenp,: -n ti' in a".are : r>ib*nrln THRtK DOL- nc l:ope*^UwjH*ii rwi^hurr * liberal patmaase. LaRP will tie charged. ItaOt of 4dVarthl>t> „ ,.| Vf Tti»prri« W.IIJ*? in-.ftefl M Ono Re-tilenec anil W»n», that w hich win fi.rmerlv newi- pi«d I)) Hip I»io Judea It.iujUi-ny, on Collepi Ave nue, Tvliern ho may lie round. Jan27 . POETRY. • Fate •-l } ntirt Pill* - >i»ti» prfwqjaure iC- .ijVUlt'J nt rh«U«IBl *5 W-T nwy *unff*in«nt», n : t\\liii«x»an longin will •r ' in^rri»n* nn: marked on an Wne* l, ;, i '' , "" „ r . l | ,* jiublishoil till forbid, and JAMES- M. ROYAL, Harness-Maker, /{fad of Xb.dt.Street. nearh/ ofiponile the old ele*'I S/u( : Lunic, A thr u*, t, a RP.P S alwuvs on hand Kr K P,r.P< at way* on hand a penernttusorfmeni ariiclt • i*• hi* lino, and i* always raady t«< jrdciMji iLe best .style "feints* Jlircctarn. ^ j. M. MATTHEWS, A , DASlEl.SVILLE.fGA. Mty ti rr \ £ [Ml X G L A N D & FREEMAN. 1 A H-n lie..lei fteUiinenlerMii Igbogeries, drygoods, DARE, SHOES AND BOOTS, Broad Street,Atkxri, April f>. j. r>. s. DAVIS, attorney at law, jEKFKRSON, JACKSON CO , GA. I ireiit.i t* — Hon- Hugh Bucbnnnn, Col. VVm. fl p»ln,Xpw n«I»i t* >- May 13 JOHN II. CHRISTY, I if Mtitiewt Sou Watchman and Franklin Job Office.) ■ * PI.JI.Y AJ* D FANCY book and JOB PRINTER, HR OJD STREET,ATHENS, I,„ m i»icil to him will be neatly, correctly mptlv pjaented. at prices as low a* good work ■' ■ ' vturo. tny 1 March. 1857. w. w. It UMPKIN, ATTORNEY A.T LAW, ATHENS, GEORGIA. W 11.L practice in all the counties of the Wes •ern Circuit. I’artinilartiteiuion given to I*®"*! Sfeorer White's Rook Store. JAMES A. CARLTON, ftEALIlB IN Isilk, Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, IIAELi IVARKANH CROCKERY. | At[ ;i 6 No 3, Granite Row, ATHENS . ORNAMENTAL AST. WROUGHT AND CO V POSIT iron rmlin . wire-work, iron KUR.VITCItK and .STATUARY’, f-r m CEttI'TKHY LOTS. DWELLINGS PUBLIC SQUARES. WINDOW'S, WARE HOUSES, GARDENS and VERANDAHS, xc., tc. I \\ a tire Uioonly Accent place f»>rtfie j Celebrated Composit Iron Railing, • j combining the dieapnrm and beauty nfOtwt. j and atrensilh and durability of Wtenglit Work And having ma<b-n:rAng<-ment.» with TAYLOR & LUMPKIN, (COLLEGE AVENUE, ATHENS, GEORGIA,) Dealers in ...^ S UGAR.Cc-free,*tolaS,e.s^yriip»,f'an < Bseoii,Lsnl, | the Oldest and B .7* l A! a mi I ac tare r» in tl. e wines, hrandies, < ijrars and 1 oLaccti. and every r r»„ n * r - *; . . _ . ... variety of nr. icte usually kept in HieGrodSry lino. country, in connection with our *■—- tacili- SB3ul T. W. WALKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Athene, Ga. ties, we are prepared to fill oriiir* for any ot the above work oi the Late# •ilcaijn* fd QFFICE over the new Jewelry Store of Messrs Mxndevil Is, Broad Street. J. W. HANCOCK, ATTOP.NEY AT LAW, DANlF.LSVIf.LE, GA. W ILL practice in Jacksnn, Clarke, Madison, Hart, Oglethorpe and Elbert. OctSSly Recent Pntttotn, nnd with prices as low as can he had anywhere. Gall and exmnine specimens of Rail ing and Books of Designs at the Works of the Athens Steam Company. < r nddrees REUBEN NICKERSON, Agent. May 20. WILLIAM N. WHITE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Bookseller and Stationer, AniNetaspa-prrti nd MmfmtineAgtmt. DEALER tN . MUSIC and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS LAMES,FINK CUTLERY, FANCY GOODS,*C. iHillftfe Avenua . corner npprwntethe P04I OfBee. Orders promptly filled at Augosta rates. Mar 1 J. F. O’KELLEY, Besident Ambrotypist, ATHENS. GEORGIA. DOOMS id the bmldiDg on the corner, oppe It site the Post Office, up stairs. Sep 24 COACH-MAKING AND REPAIRING, F. W. LUCAS, irilOl.ES.1LF. AND RETAIL DEALER IN dry goods, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac. Ac. lAprilG No S, Broad Street, Atoms, JAMES B. BURPEE, At the old stand of R. f*. Schevcnell, offers for sale a lot of superior articles ol his own man ufacture, at reduced prices—consisting of Carriages, Buggies, Roekaways,&e. Orders for any thing in his line will be thankfully received and promptly executed. J^T REPAIRING done at short notice and on reas onable terms. tf January ] GRADY, NICHOLSON & CO. WlMilesslesad Retail Healers in Staple and Fancy Goods, Groceries, ‘ HARO'VARE, CROCKERY. &e. | L»r{. New Rrirtt Store, corner Bridge nnd Broad sts, im«ry 1 ATHENS, Ga. c. W. it II. R. J. LONG, Wholesale and Eetail Druggists, ATHENS, GA T. 1USII0P & SON, Wholesale and Retail Hcalera in Groceries, Hardware and Staple Dry Goods, May 1 No 1, Broad Street, ATHENS. B LOMBARD, DENTIST, ATHENS, GEORGIA. l.r ’trick l.iulding.North of the PoitOffice, I venue J»ll3 WM. PHILLIPS, ATTORNEY -A.T MARIETTA, UA. rill jMr ice in all Iheennnties ol i he Rlne Ridge Rif s county ol Fulton of the Coweta Circuit, ., .. a :... rv u nict I'rturf nUir Supreme Couti, and in me O 8. Dist. Court, lit Marietta aiJlKS! COLT WM. C.COLBERT COLT & COLBERT, dkalkus in Staple Dry Goods, Groceries, and Hardware, |fo|!l@» No.R. Granite Uow. Awnns.Ga WILLIAM L. MARLER, ATTORNEY -A.T I.A'W, JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO. GA. r.rri»E,cr,.—Mesare.McLeateraand W SThomp- |»en, i:.q,, .letfer-on; O W Spence and W_ J Pyeplea .Lawrenceville; John II Newton. CPeepIeeand |Jii Christy, Ea^r, Athens; Law Clark,Gainesville W.G.DELONY, ATTORNEY -A.T X.A.'W, Athens, Georgia. I-yrj"I(,!,».rend promptly to ell husinese entrnst * v et» to his care. jKrOfficoon Broad street, over l.M. Kenney’s store. J. W. REAVES tf CO. . WHOLESALE A IS B B E T At I. D EM.KRS in Groceries, Dry Goode, Crockery Hardware, f c/ A. M. WYNG & CO., DRALKR8 IN Hardware, Crockery, China and Glass, Jan 1857 Bread Street.ATHENS, Ga. W. A. PATMAN. D EALER in Hnnlware. Cnth-ry, Carriage Trimming, Wend and Tin Ware, Stoves nnd Grates, Nails, Castings nnd Agriooltural Implements. Corner Broad A Wall Street Athens Ga. April 14 Madison Springs, Madison county, Ga. 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 ifc so well known throughout the State, and favorably known, that we deem it a waste of time; but as this notice may strike the rye of someone not acquainted with the beauties, climate, waters, pure and bracing air, variety, scenery and tlie society, we will say it has advantages over any other Watering Place in the Southern Country, nnd we would most cordially invite your attention this way. For most all diseases which the human family are subject to, these waters have a most hnppy effect. We have a Band of Music, inferior to none, Sacred, Parlor, and Martial. GATHER UP THE GlJfSHIXE. -j BT ^RXESTTOE. Gather up'the run - bine i * Sit riot idly down. Dreaming in the -hallows, ’Till the day is gone. Life was tna.le for action ! Ul.—with rght g. aid .will— J.e t til,' twilight -hallows Sind y»u dreaming still. Always in the valley Shadows datker ie— Bin In! »k up—the sunhuams Gi.d a cloudlet-* hky. And while we nit ‘rrliving. In (he shadows col<l. All lUe mountain s summit, Tinted is with gold. Janet was to be waiting for ■ was silent -about the house. ^ me at her chamber window. I ivaa ! was surely .with us; Fanny had been | to place a ladder at that same win-j bribed into service. As I stood there. j so pi.ioc - .iiuuct us ums same win-j bribed into service. As I stood there, : dow; we were to fly down to the road I could see her light, lithe, little fig- through the old lane, to the spot; ure flit noiselessly to and fro by the ■ wiiere the horse was fastened, and window; and how I blessed her—blcss- then the wind should not outrun vs.' home, feeding sheepish—no, sheepish The members bought his fowls by is a weak word for it-—I can’t ex-' a pony purse, and our friend left tbe press to you how I felt. I had a capitol, saying as he went down groat idea of hanging myself! I stairs: thought I had better be dead t •‘But tbe way is toilsome I” Yes! But were it not, All Would nSfchithgiJdr loT; sung' Slower steps and feebler, E'en than ours have trod Oft the mountain’s summit, Anti the sunli: sod There was but one difficulty in the way. Janet’s room was shared bv her sister Fanny, a little, mischievous, wicked creature, of eleven summers, who, to use Janet’s words, “was awake at all hours of the night.” There was but .one why for us if Fanny was aroused; she must be bribed into si lence. For that purpose I placed' a round, shining silver dollar. But Ja net needed assistance, so she con cluded to make Fanny her confidant the vejjt^fternoon before we started, rind in that case prevent all pOssibil- ity of her raising the house by a sud den outcry. Toil bring* sweeter slumbers ; Labor,dearer rest; And a well -pent lifetime. Gives a peaceful breast. All may find the sunlight, If they seek with care, For it’s ever glowing. Warm and bright—somewhere. Gither up the sunlight Wherever it is found 1 Here nnd there a bright thread On the* datker ground; Oast the shadows from you— Bid them all depart; But gather up the sunshine. And hide it in your heart. ed her from the very bottom of my heart for her kindness! At last Janet commenced descend ing the ladder, and as she did so, the moo®-crowded in out of sight under a huge, black cloud. The very heav ens favored us; our success might be looked upon as fixed. Three steps more upon the ladder’s rounds and Janet’s little feet would stand upon terra ftnna beside mine own. The steps were taken, and she held for a moment, fondly by the sleeves of my blnaajupd-clofb, before we looked up at the windSw^'Tboth with upraised*' hands to catch a small bundle of cloth ing that Fanny was to throw down l , - than i “Well, this is the darndest rough- alive; that I had made an idiot of: est place for selling chickens "that ey- I myself. It was all plain; Fan had ; er I came across.”—Spirit of the i betrayed us. I vowed vengeance I Times. 1 against her until broad daylight, then I ' sneaked out to the barn and hid in The Prince and tbe Barber, tlie hay-stack. I stayed there until j A great many years ago, oT some- Wcll, the long looked for, and yet! to us, nnd which we had no other dreaded night arrived at last. How means of carrying with us. How, whatmore can w^say, but ask you this . Way, And if we do you no good, well charge you no pay. Two lines of Stages wil^be in readiness at the Depot, in Athens." on- the arrival of the Cars, to take passengers immediately on to the Springs, nnd persons leaving Avgusta or Alliuitn in the night trains, will reach the Springe the same day to dinner. June 2. SCOTT A TYNER. Augusta Chronicle A Seminal, Savannah Republican, Macon Journal A Messenger; National American. Atlanta, Constitutional- ist, Augusta, and Columbus Times please copy nnd forward their bills to S. A T, t In thy soul’s deep clinmbers brooding, ' t Shall the Heavenly dove have rest. NEW ARRANGEMENT. REMOVAL OF THE LANIER HOUSE. S M. LANIER would announce to the . pinlic that he lias removed from the old “ Franklin House” to the “ NowfalC-House.*’ formerly occupied by W. Crawford, which will hereafter lie known as the “Lanier House." 'Willi facilities superior to any here tofore. for the accommodation of tha ,-ublic, the proprietor hop«s that all who favor him with their patronage will be pleased with lire new arrnnt'enient. Ugr A comfort::hie omnibus ts always ready to convey passengers to and from the depot. •Ian. 27.1850.—tf. Coach Making. R S. SCHEVENELL A M. M. TURBY- . FILL, have formed themselves into a Co-l’artnership in the above business and re spectfully solicit, the pnlrouage of their friends and putdic generally., R. S. SCEVENELL, M. M. TURBYF1LL, Feb. 3. 1859.—ly. BAKERY.. CONFECTIONERY. &C. JOSEPH PAT AT W OULD announce to the- citiiens of Athens and vicinity, that he has 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, wt^o will bake fresh bread and cakes every day. Fresh Oysters always on hand, nnd served in any style, at short notice A share of tbe public patronage is respect- tnlly solicited. Jan. 20. No. 15. under Franklin House, Brora Street, Alliens, Ga. ' II. GIL1ELAND, DENTIST, WATKiNSVILLE ga., IT) ESPECTFULLY solicits the patronage lit of th»surrounding country. {3T Full satistacUon will be given in their | profession. April 22.—tf business'at the stand formerly occ pled by Mr. Monteith.on Foundry street; where he will be pleased to receive a share of pub lic patronage. Hi* work will be done in good style, nt moderate prices. J. C. ORB. Athens, Feb. 3, 1859. WHITE & RITCII, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Clothi era and Merchant Tailors Broad direct, ATHENS,Ga. SLOAN & OATMAN, DKALKR8 111 Italian.Eyi/ptianA American STATUARY, \£H„ EASr TENNESSEE MARBLE. IVl II BBNTS, Tombs, Ums and Vases; Marble rr-T. .1* ® ni lira shill* Marble. MrAHortiST* ES"/ „ tU - ATLANTA, BA. **•* 10 Mr. if use Crane. Jans 1 t J. R. DAVIS, LAND BROKER, COLLECTOR AND GENERAL/.GENT, I B'n« iE8S attended loin a ty county of this State 1 mTSf**"'"*' ot -taeksen and Ellis streets. tl3<l ly AUGUSTA. GA. ATHENS STEAM COMPANY, I- It. NICKERSON.AnsTaBtii’r, \rANUFAi:TU R F.RH of Circular Raw Mills. |sinr,,t? ,m J S"R ,n * , ' rnrcin S* n,,,ifl *"2l , UHPS. y eu.,.7 T : Mux.Gin.snd ell ntber "•rrist and M Isosand Ha*,« Caaritrosofev- IpeimoK P ' i " n jMlTIltNO.Repsirinttard Finish ill* |at°tt./* , * ru, rd. Select pattern*of Iron Fencing. | • *ernisc»»H. Jan 8.1857 DR. H. A. LOWRANCE, Resident Dentist, inooue o ATHENS. GEO- IJV cerner, north oltbe Newton House "OkUir*. i,„ - ' L M. KENNEY, (A«t do or abac* the Bant ofAtheRt,) OOXSTAUTLT STEPS OX B*W» Maple & Fancy Dry Goods, |ciiu 1 . NDCHO,ce grocehies, 1 p " ,rtMh »t t» prompt pay ln» customers. |J n . _ HARDY'S Celebrated Axle Greaae. II lhs*Tpl***^ th * b, * udo4r * of Oil, .1 h'srvs tu , P ®t ,y nntl,ro °f |tele t, v ® mt "* JT'womioal. grease In tos*. .. iuZiO. ° aADY ' S'CHOLSOifADO. Blacksmithing. fJIHE subscriber I jj commenced the above BENARDO J. ARZE, BARBER AND HAIR-DBESSEJi, R ETURNS his thanks for past patronage, and respectfully solicits a continuance of the Mice, at his oldstnnd, corner Of Broad anti Bpring streets. Athens, Jan. 13, 1859. O’KELLEY’S Photographic Gallery! ATHENS, GA. P hotographic Portraits, copied from Life ; Daguereotypcs. Ambrotypes, ^c-, enlarged to Cabinet or Life sizof-ond beauti fully colored by the best Artists. Tbe citizens ot Athens, and public gener ally, art; respecttully invited to the nhovn style of Pictures, which b the mo9t accurate,' Ireantifui, and durable representation of na- He shines niuyng kings like a star ! And liis b llie sceptre ot right, Buys, of right. And his is the sceptre of right I GEORGIA—Jackson County. W HEREAS J. M. .Adnir applies to me for Letters of Administration on the estate of John F. Adair, late of said county deceased. These are, therefore, to eite and admonish all and singular, the kindred nnd creditors of said deceased to file their objections (i( any they have) why the administration of said estate should not be granted to the applicant tit the next August Term of tbe Court of Ordinary of said county. Given under my baud at office. June 22d, 1859. JOHN G. PITTMAN, June 80 Ordinary. Notice. T WOt months after date applications will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Ciurke couniy for leave to sell all the land nnd negroes belonging to the estate of George Jf. Thompson, late of said county, deceased. HILLJ1AN JACKSON, Adm^r. June CO, 1859. PATRICK BARRY, N OW takes occasion to return his thanks to his former liberal patrons. He re- pectfully Solicits a continuance of their cas ern. and invites all to examine his new stock of ,*■ HATS, CAPS, BOOTS and SHOES! Hj baa laid in an ample supply of Su perior Silk Hats, French Hats, (* new article of exquisite texture,) and fine Woolen Hats of Ml shades ami qualities. Velvet, Cloth and Glazed Caps. ALSO—An unequalled selection of Gents’, Ladies’, Boys’ and Misses’ Shoes. Gaiters, Slippers, Bootees, Ilf every veriety of style, to which he would call special attention. Besides his stock of ready made boots and shoes, he isprepsred on the shortest notice to make as neat a lioot as any manufacturer in tbq town. Having experienced workmen always in his shop and a plentiful supply of leather and ft udfngs such on FINE CALF SKIN & SOLE LEATHER, LINING AND BINDINGS, He i« enabled to more than erastain his lotlg established reputation,. REMEMBER There is no excuse forgoing ill-shod when you can always get a neat-fitting nnd sub stantial bool or shoe by Calling at Athens, April-38. P. ItAllRY’S American Sunday Schpol Union Publications; •gMBR AGJNG Libraries.^ Queqtf«n Book*. Y Poison, jit Spellers. Primers, and tbe other Works most c tiled for, will be fonnd her.r.fter at the of the undersigned, and sold at the ana nt the Philadelphia & Charles [ only for csU. WHITE.' Clarke Sheriff’s Sale. W ILL he sold, on the first Tuesday in August next, before the courthouse door, in the town of Watkinsvilie, Clarke county, within tho legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit: One tract of land, in Clark* county, on little Sandy creek, contniug seventy-two and one-foarlh acres, be the same more or less, being one-third part of the tract of land whereon James Talbot live. Levied upon as the property of Wiley M Hincsley, to satisfy n fi la issued from the Superior Court ofClatke county in favor of David Richard son vs the said Wiley W. Hines y. This 24th June, 1859. I S VINCENT, Sh’ff. June 80 “PEACE 1 GIVE UJfTO YOU.” Earth-worn pilgrim, mourn no longer, Fold thy languid, drooping wing, Nestle ’neath the grateful shelter, Drink of this celestial spring. Weary of the world’s vain glaring, Weary of tbe inward strife, Look tlicu upward—one is caring. He whose words are peace and life. Leave with him thy heavy burden, Close sgainst'His bleeding side, ~ Bind thy earnest, restless spirit, Batbitig in crimson tide. Hearken—His soft word* of pleading, Eager strive to do hi* will, Rouse thy soul, in earnest seeking All His counset to fulfill. Thus go forth to daily duty, And thou shall not walk unbffest. Breathing in the days of sunlight Gentle murmuring* of love; IS Arrow's gloimf tho soul enfofding With,pinion* radiant from the light above. Not the counterfeit—th* seeing. Of the worhiiug'n studied art. But lieavtn-brta’ln d 1’cace, serene and lowly, ward from the heart, Welling upwa This thy ever living blessing. Peace, in ben ;4|cl ion given Front dying lips—fit glorious promise And foretaste of the r*»t of heaven. KING COTTON. tune that, can tw produced- Ly any .process.. xAt_: , ** known, and much the cheapest, when we ITa LamOtrirking, boys^—null! - take into consideration tlieii value. ith his locks so mu* ive and white! To those w.lm do not find it convenient to visit Athen*. nnd h iving Ambrotypes or Da guerreotype* that they wi.li copied, tliev have only to diiectthem to my address, anil I will forward them a Plmtopraph enlarged to any aiz- specified, beautifully co ored, ami put up in the lie>t oval gilt frame*, at the following low price*: 8 by 10 iuchea, with O'alGiltFrame, $25 00 12 14 “ •• “ •• 35 00 20 “ 24 “ “ “ “ “ Life size, 50 00 You nre respectfully invited to call and examine specimens of plain or colored Pho tographs nnd Ambrotypes. Bei..g permanently located in Athena, I nni determined to furnish Pictures, of all kinds, nt the lowest Cash price*. Rooms opposite the Post Office, up stairs- June 2 J. F. O'KELLEY. Old Cotton the kii-g hn« no care. No queen, and no h’.ir to his throne. No co li is, lii- triumph* to share, He rules his dominions alone, Boy*, alone. He rules hi* doiuiurous alone. Old Cotton, the metry old boy !— Like *moke Irom tbe pipe in Ins mouth, Hi* years glide away in tliW joy, At liouie, ip tbe warm sunny South 1 Boys, 'tie South, At home, in the warm sunny South! Old Cotton will pleasantly reign When other king* painfully fall, And ever and ever reniuin The mightiest monarch of all, Boys, of all, The mightiest monarch of alL Then, here’s to old Cotton, the king! His true loyal subject* are we; We’ll laugli and we’ll quaff and we'll sing, A jolly old fellow is tie, Beys, is be, fellfl A jolly old fellow is he. MXSCELLAFY. slowly its leaden feet carried away the hours, and what a strange heart- full of emotions I bore up, as I sat in my chamber, looking out, as I thought, for the last time upon the home of my father. The moon was out in all her splendor; she was kind to me, lighting up with her silver touches all the spots my eyes might wish to rest upon before I went into the world a wanderer. The broad fields lay smooth and shining before ray gaze, the fields in which I worked by my father’s side since I was a lit tle boy—ah ! what a dear, kind fa ther he had been ! (at this juncture, my throat began to swell.) I turn ed away from the window. • “If I could but see my mother once more!’’ I exclaimed, rubbing my eyes with my coat tail. “No one ever had a better mother than I have.” I sat down in a chair and sobbed outright, I looked aroun<rfor some thing to take with me that my mo ther’s hand had blessed with her touch. There was a spinning-wheel in the room where I slept; at the end of the spindle hung a woolen roll. With my knife r I half cut and half tore it off, pressed it fervently to my lips, and then placed it tenderly in my vest pocket. I had not time to do more, the old clock in the kitchen warned me solemnly that mv appoint ed time had arrived; and with a slow, sad, yet noiseless step, I left the house. Once out in the open air, my wonted lightness of spirit returned. I consoled myself with the thought that in a few years I should return gain, a strong, healthy, wealthy, re- spected and influential mah,1ffr ffoiv or to my parents, a blessing to my friends, and the husband of Janet. I have often Wondered since, how 1 succeeded in getting away from home with my horse and cart with out awaking any one. Rut as good luck would have it, I made a triumph ant'pxit from the old place, and in a few moments was jogging fearlessly along towards the home of Janet.— My only dread was of the little sprite, Fan,; if, after all, she should betray us, what a direful, dreadful, despera te mischief it would be!—what a wretch ed predicament affairs would be in ! I groaned aloud at the thought, yet I put a brave face upon the matter; I said if it was right wc should go, we should go ; if it wasn’t right, in all probability we should stay at home; yet right or not right, if that misera ble little Fan did betray us, I’d spend all my days ill avenging the wrong - that was certain. Was I in earnest ? Did I mean it ? But we shall see. My First Love, BY A “YOUNG Clarke Mortgage Sheriff’s Sale. QN the first Tuesday in September next, _ ill be sold be'ore tlie court bouse door in the lawn of Watkinsvilie, Clarke county, within tho lrgal of hours of sale, tbe follow ing property, to wit: One negro woman, slave, by the name o1 M*tildn,about thirt- -oueyeaTsold, nnd ber child Mahsla. about one year old. Levied upon n* the property of Aaron Crow, to satisfy ope fi f.» issued upon foreclosure ofmortghge from live Inferior court of said county, in favor of John O Thrasher vs the said Aaron Crow. This 24th June, 1869. June 80 I S VINCENT, Sh’ff. Sperm,Train, Lnmp and Lard Oils, just rec’d and fur sale at reduced prices, by May 19 CWillRJ LONG Sign Negro and Mortar. NOTICE. T WO months nftfcr dais application will bo made to thw Court of Ordinary of Clarke county for leave sell, at private sale, the lands uf John Williams, er., deceased,in Polk and Coffee count ie*. JOSEPH M. WILLIAMS, Ex’r. May 19,185$. ... iOPOIrlTAN G MACHINE. HR GRADY’, NICHOLSON .fc.qO,j I*M. KENNEY. !! BLANKS! * on hand »t the r of rent merit ever offered They tmachino -j bis country. Call nod *ee them. , I warranted to give satisfaction. June 10—tf OF NINETBBN. That I was in love, was a fact that did not admit of a shadow of doubt. I deported myself like a person in love. The affection that had taken posses sion of my youthful heart Was no ev ery day one; I was sure of that. There weren’t words enough in the English language to describe the height, depth, length and breadth of its grandeur. It was destined to be a grand accompaniment of the ages yet to he; a fixed principle through out eternity, a planet of surpassing beauty in the broad heavens of home affections. My love was returned! —the strorg yearnings of my nine teen year old heart went oat in the direction of the most beautiful maid en in all shire, and the most beautiful maiden in all shire in LEAD AND OILS. '»"s gutahtttirf»« return sent the yearnings of her heart out to meet mine. Twice a week, as often as the weeks came round, I went up to-the old brown home of Dr. Stod dard to tell his daughter my love, and regularly listened to a recital of its return from the lips of my charm ing Janet. The good Doctor made merry at our expense, and his jolly wife took a wicked pleasure in con stantly reminding us of our youth.— Janet was tortured by sly references to her play-house, in the shed,, her “Be quiet, Fan,” whispered Janet, as her sister appeared at the window and poised the bundle over our heads. Be quiet, Fan, for heaven’s sake, and drop it quickly!’’ But Fanny still stood there, swing ing backward and forward the bun dle, without heeding Janet’s earnest entreaty. “Do, throw it Fanny, dear! Do have some mercy on me ! What if father should know of this ? What if he should be awakened—’’ “La, give it to her, Fan, don’t plague your sister, she’s in a hurry!’* called a voice at that moment from the closed blinda of the parlor window, which belonged to none other than Dr. Stoddard. “Give her the things, and tell the boys to carry down a bag of corn, a cheese, some wheat and some butter, to the cart. Janet must have a good setting out. Only be still about it. Fun.” For a moment, we were petrified upon the spot; I thought I should fall to the ground. What should we do—run, faint, die, evaporate or go mad? While wc stood undecided, two huge mattresses fell at our, feet Charlie Stoddard brought home my! where thereabouts, when the people father’s horse. j of this country were at loggerheads The old gentleman was.ft iglitened; with England, and warlike, feeling asked liow lie came by the horse. He | was turned up to tho highest notch was told to ask me, and I made a! against the British, by some means clean breast of it. I didn’t promise j or other, it so fell out that tbe Prince him not to repeat the offence; there was no need of it; but I am sure of this, I did not look at a girl for sev- effyetM^—no, not for seven years. When the eighth year came round, I remembered my old vow against Fanny Stoddard. Well, to make a long story short, I married Fanny. Janet became.a parson’s wife. And here let me tell you in con fidence, reader, that I really think Fanny Stoddard had a very deep motive in her head when she betray ed Janet and me, even then, I believe. Well, at any rate, she declares, every time that the affair is mentioned, that I have had my revenge upon her. Bless her faithful heart, it has been a sweet one! Selling Chickens to the Legislature. While the Legislature of Missouri was in session a few years ago, a green fellow from the country came to Jefferson to sell some chickens. He had about two dozen, and these being divided equally and thrown across liis shoulder, formed his mode of conveyance, leaving the fowls with their heads hanging down, with lit tle else of them visible except their naked legs, and a promiscuous pile of outstretched wings and ruffled feath ers. Afer several ineffectual efforts to dispose of his load, a wag, to whom he made an offer of sale, told him, that he did not want chickens him- from the window, followed nt once by but that perhaps he could sell months before; while I was offered, while the doctor’s wife wore a face of immovable sobriety, an old coat ofthe doctor's, for mother to make into a dressing gown’for me. We were nevertheless, determined to he married. We would steal slow ly away from the house while our cruel friends reposed in the arms of Morpheus; hie us “on the wings of love’’ to the nearestufty; Janet would become in a moment’s time, Mrs. Ja* son Brown Jabd How earnestly and anxiously I gazed towards the chamber window of Janet, as after fastening my horse by the road side, I walked cautiously up the long lane that led to the Doc tor’s house. Oh! joy inexpressible! the waving of a white handkerchief in the moonlight told me that every thing was right, and in a few mo ments I should clasp Janet fondly to my breast—mine, mine, forever! Ah, how happy I was !—so happy, indeed, that I stood still there in the moon light, with my two hands pressed firmly to my left side, for fear my over-loaded heart would burst away from me entirely. What a figure I must have cut then! What an Apol lo I must have looked, with my fine proportions, wrapped up in my wed ding suit! I was tall; I was gaunt; I am sure I was ugly looking at that moment. What possessed me I can’t tell, but from an old chest I had taken a blue broad cloth swallow-tail coat that had belonged, to my grand-father in the time of the wars, and ifi the pride of my youth had got into it. The tails came nearly to my arm-pits. The sleeves reached down to the tips of my fingers, hiding entirely from view the luxuriant pair of white silk gloves, which I had allowed myself for the important occasion. Above this un couth pile of broad-cloth was a hat. O, ye stars and moon that looked up on it, testify with me that it was a hat!—a hat, not a stove-pipe, and not a boot-leg! That hat! looking back at it through the mists of twen ty-five years, it seems to have arisen to the suture of two full feet, while its brim appears a little wider than my thumb nail. My eyesight isn’t quite as perfect now as it used to he, so I may not see quite rightly. Make all due allowances* dear reader. I say that I must have looked ug- momeot. rney. At l2o’i my home stealthily, get my gray nag noiselessly out of the barn and harness her. and then nroceed to father’s Be that as it looking splen- figure that,-1 to the name of ud of it ; proud, up to Janet’s and plated the bidder that wau to my side. Everything sheets, pillow-cases, quilts, table-cloths and sundry other articles necessary to the setting up of a respectable housekeeping establishment. “Mother, mother, don’t one of those new feather beds belong to Ja net?” called Charlie Stoddard, from one part of the house. “Yes, yes, and a bolster, and a pair of nice pillows, too. Carry ’em right out of the front door,” was tho an swer. “Whose horse have you, Jason ?” asked the Doctor, pushing up the blind. “Your father’s ?” “Y-e-s, sir,” I stammered. “Humph! didn’t you know better than that? That old gray isn’t worth a button, to go. Why didn’t you come up to my barn and get my black mare ? Sam, Sam, hurry away straight-to the barn and harness black Molly for Jason. If you believe it, he was going to start off with his father’s old horse. Be quick, Sam work lively—they’re in a hurry; it’s time they were off.” Have you anything with you, Janet, to eat on the road?’’ put in Mrs. Stoddard, poking her head out of the window. “No, ma’am, faltered Janet, mov ing a step or two from me. “Well, that’s good forethought! And if I live, there isn’t a bit of cake cooked in the house, either! Can you make some white bread and bacon, and some brown bread and cheese do ? It’s all we have.” “Yes, ma’am, I said, meekly, step ping as easily as I could a little fur ther from Janet. “Look, father and mother, quick, the moon is out, and see Jason’s new coat and hat!” called Fan, from the window, her merry voice trembling with suppressed laughter. “Isn’t that coat a splendid one, father?—just look at the length of its tails!” “Just give me my glasses, wife,” said the Doctor. “Is it a new one, Jason?” them at that large stone house over there (the capitol)—that there was a man over there buying on speculation for the St. Loui3 market, and no doubt he could find a ready sale. The delighted countryman started, when his informer stopped him. “Look here,” says he, “when you get over there, go up stairs, and then turn to the left. The man stops in that large room, and is now engaged with a number of fellows buying chick ens. . If a man at the door should stop you, don’t mind him. He has got chickens for sale and tries to pre vent other people from selling theirs. Don’t mind him, but go right ahead.” Following the directions, our friend soon found himself at the door of the Hall of Representatives. To open it and enter was the work of a moment. Taking from his shoulder the string of chickens, and giving them a shake to freshen them up, lie commenced his journey towards the Speaker’s chair, the fowls, in the meantime, loudly expressing, from a half-formed crow to the harsh quark, their bodi ly presence, and their sense of bodily pain. “I say, sir,— ’’ He had advanced about half down the aisle, when he was seized by Maj. Jackson, the door keeper, who happened to be return ing from_the Clerk’s desk. “What the devil are you doing here with these chickens ? Get out —get out!” whispered the door-heep- er. “No you don’t, though—you can’t come that game over me. You’ve got chickens yourself for sale—get out yourself, and let me sett mine.— I say, sir, [in loud tone to the Speak er,] are you buying chickens here to day ? -I’ve got some grime ones here.” “Let me go, sir, [to the door-keep er,] let me go, I say. Fine large chickens, [to the Speaker,] only six bits a dozen." “Where’s the Seageant-at-arms ? of Wales (afterwards William the Fourth, it is' probable) being in the English fleet of New York, thought, he would step ashore, take a tramp around, incog., of course, and see what was going on. The Prince was a “high lark,” fond of fun and fash ion, and finally found himself in Bos ton, where he would have been a glo rious “spec” for some one, had they known and nabbed his royal highness. The prince stepped into a barber's shop—the building yet extant upon Hanover street, although th e dramatis personae have all made their exit—to f et shaved, just like metropolitans, 'he barber was o.ut, his buxom and pre possessing wife was on haud, and took off his royal highness’s . beard in as ready a manner as could any barber or valet in town. The operation over the jocular prince gave.the woman a guinea, and she Was about to' hand over the change, he laughingly said: “Oh, keep it woman, keep it all, by the laws! it’s worth twenty guineas to be shaved by a lass, and such a pretty one, too!’’ and throwing his arms about the neck of the barber- ess, his royal highness vouchsafed her a comely kiss. The woman blush ed and resited, and looking very wrathy. “Oh, never mind that, my pretty shaver,” said the royal customer, ‘and when your husband returas-tell him you’ve been kissed by the Prince of Wales:' But the embryo king, upon facing the door to make his exit, was met by the barber himself, who, hearing what the prince said, raised his plebeian foot, and gave, his recreating highness a most formidable kick, exclaiming: “Yes, sir, and now, when you get home again, please to say thatyou were decently leaked by a Boston barber.'’ “Yes, sir, rather new,!’ I said, giv- J roared the Speaker. “Take that ing an eager look in the direction of the lane. “Well,’’ drawled the Doctor, eye ing me slyly, “that coat is handsome!” “And his h&t, father!” called the wicked little. Fan, “I declare exclaimed the Doc tor. “Wife", wife, look here, and see Jason’s coat and hat!” What should I do—stand there till morning before that incessant fire of words? Should I run? Should j sneak off slowly, as Janet was doing ? What, oh! what should I do? “Don’t they look nice, mother?’’ asked the Doctor, putting one broad, brown hand over his mouth, and doubling his gray head almost down to his knees. “He-haw, he haw, hi- he-hiw! mother, he-haw!— don’t they look nice ?*’ roared the Doctor. I couldn’t stand it any longer. The ^Doctor's laugh was a signal; it was echoed from all parts of the house. Fan cackled from the chamber win dow ; Sam shotlted from the. bam; Mrs. Stoddard “ho-ho-ho’d!” from the kitchen, while Charlie threw himself down in the door-way and screamed Russian Babies. It is stated that Russian babies look like so many idols with their heads carved out and the rest of their body left in a block. The appearance is caused by their being rolled up in bandages (leaving only the head out,) so that they may be put out of mischief and danger. On going into the Russian house, you may find one little fellow on a shelf, another hung to the wall on a peg, a third hung over one of the main beams of the roof, and rocked by the mother, who has a cord looped over her foot. “Why, that is a child!” you ex claim, looking close to be sure you are not mistaken. “Of course; what should it be ?” answers the mother. Yes, sure enough, it is a child, but so dirty that you cannot help asking: “When was it washed.’’ “Washed!’’ shrieks the mother; “washed! what, wash a child ? ■ You would kill it.” man out. “Now don’t, will you; I ain’t hard to trade with. You let me go, [to the door-keeper,]—youv’e sold your chickens—now let me have a chance. I say, sir, £to the Speaker, in a loud er tone,] are you buying chickens to—” “Go ahead!” “At him again— “That’s right!’’ wispered some of the opposition members, who could com mand gravity enough to speak—“At him again !’’ He’ll buy them. He only, wants you to take less—at him again!” “I sny, sir, [in a louder tone to the Speaker,]—cuss yonr pictures, let me go—fair play—two men to one ain’t fair—[to the door-keeper and sergeant-at-qems}—let me go. Isay, sir—you up there—[to the Speaker] —you can have ’em at six bits! won’t take a cent less. Take ’em home an<F eat ’em myself before I’ll take- • : . Drat your hides, don’t shove so hard,! will you ? You’ll hurt them chickens and* they have had a travel of it to day, anyhow. I say, you sir, up there—” - . Here the voice was lost -by the Porcelain Faeed Bricks. The New York Tribune has been shown a porcelain faced brick for which Mr. D. W. Clark, of Vermont, received a patent on the 10th ult. The patent, he says,, consists in tho employment of zinb as a flux for tho felspar and quartz with which the ordinary porcelain is made. These bricks can be furnished,: he flays, at forty dollars per thousand, or a build ing can be faced vrith them at less than one-third of the cost of marble. The material is very beautiful, and might be used for an insidqas well as an outside finish with fine effect. The same flux can be applied to articles from the coarser kinds of clay, whioli gives it a finish equal to any English wars imported into this country. The Battle of Solferlno. About ten miles West of the Mincio, and running nearly parallel with it, is a smaller stream, the Chiese, and it was in the space between these two rivers that the battle wa3 fought. Among the many.small towns includ ed in this area is Solferino, a village of some twelve hundred inhabitants, hitherto chiefly noted ns being the point where the". Austrians were de feated by the French* in 1796, prior to tbe siege of Mantua. As the hard est fighting of the late battle took place at this point, so the name of Solferino has become indelibly as sociated with the conflict.—N. Y Evening Post. like a wild Indian. I turned around; closing of the door; An adj‘>uin I gave a leap across^ the garden, ment was moved and carried, and the Every Stoddard called after me. I members almost frantic with mirth, am wrong; every Stoddard but Janet; f rushed out to find our friend in alter- she remained silent. j cation with the door-keeper about the One told me to come back for tho 1 meanness of Selling his own chickens, bread and cheese; another bade me 1 letting nobodt else sell theirs, adding wait for black Molly and the new [that “if lie could - kt —* buggy; Fan bade me hold up.my coat there* by himself, tails, or I should get them draggled, could* make a tia I didn’t heed either of these requests: could afford to Meoh-aj, rah His followers took from the English a lot of hevmoUcally.sealed provisions, in tin cases, and not hav ing seen anything of the kind before, he mistook.them for cannister shot, and fired nothing from his guns for three days * ~ salmon, r'~ supplytnj I went directly for home. I reached I than six bits,’ see tl ;’d be bound they ' and that no man chickens for less •* . *».. u

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Southern watchman. (Athens, Ga.) 1854-1882, July 28, 1859, Image 1