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be was knocked down in the grass, and 1 as
he attempted to raise himself, he presented
BQ ch a ghastly spectacle, that a sickly,
A SOLDIER’S EMOTION IN BATTLE. faintly, tainting sensation carao over me,
Our citizeng inexperienced in the battle - an< * tl,e me raOry of that eight I shall carry
ilsl <»!ll AS. .1 a 1 .• . milk mA A o. il A j
\ \V,& H. li. J. LONG, Wholesale
• "•> ii-'-ail DRUGGISTS, Athens, On. '
»!■:». P. M.O(TMB.
I UNDLER& SLOCUMB, Attor-
V- ucys at Law, Homer, Banka county, (ttjorgm, will
■ iu the of Hank*, Habersham, Frnuk-
•lis-iu *vl TI ill. All business em rusted to their
|teivc pr» mpt attention. May 8, 1 SGI
W. LUCAS, Wholesale and Re-
» tail Dealers in DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
.•WARE. Ac., No. 2. Ihroetl Stroet, Athens.
/1 L. McCLESKEY, ALD., having
V A • permanently located in Athens, will continue
. j e t c - el' Medit ine uuil Sue..cry. Residence, that
■ :> .ccnpiod by Mr. Chase—Office, at homo, where
1 : i.i ,ii He f„inid. tf
« \ A. LOW R A N C E, Surgeon Den-
f la TIST. AttigM. Ga. O.Loe unf dlcgeA venue,
• j&w'elrj f t -re nf Messrs, T.t'madjrO A Winn.
n dlLLELANDv Dentist, Wat-
• Uuavilk, Ga., respevtColiy «SMU Jll£ pjtrmi-
>t the sorTonading country. I'uil satijfactioa will
U firsn in his profession. _ ' If
T M. KENNEY, (next door to the
1 • Hunk «f Athens.) constantly,(f«cps on Imnd STA-
! : . .1 FANCY DJCV GOODS, nnd Choice Family
r r . ti. cj. fur rush, or to prompt customers.
[ M. MATTHEWS, Attorney at
fl a 1 AW. Dspi.dsville. Gq. May 1.
01 IN 11. CHRISTY, Plain and
Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER. Broad St..
Aihen«. II*. Offil v corner Broad aud Wall streets, over
tin .-. ire d SiinMim A Pittard. tf -
TAMES A. CARLTON. Dealer in
f f Silk, Fancy and Staple DRY GOODS, Hardware
a- il t’r .i k.TV. No, 3. Grnnitc Rpw, Athens.
field, will find the most terrible moment
just before tho battle begins. A soldier in
bis narration of personal adventures in the
Mexican war, gives some interesting items
on this head in his description of tho battle
Of Palo Alto, the opening battle of tho
war:
When nil was ready, both armies stood
still for about twenty minutes,j;ach wait-
ing for the other to begin the work, and
during this time I did not see a single man
of the enemy move—they stood like stat
ues.
We also remained quiet, with but two
exceptions—Gen. Taylor, followed by his
stalf, rode from left to right at a slow pace,
with his leg thrown over his saddle like a
woman riding. As he passed each regi
ment ho spoke words of encouragement.
I know not what he said to the others, but
when he came up to where we stood, he
looked steadily at us—I suppose to sec
what effect the novel circumstances in
which wo were placed, had upon ns, and
as he gazed, lie said: **
“ The bayonet, my hardy cocks—the bayo
net is the thing!”
The other occasion was that of Lieuten
ant Blake, of the Engineers, who volun
teered to gallop along tho enemy’s lino in
front of botli armies, and count their guns
—and so close did he go that he might
have been shot a htinu-ed times. One of
tho officers of the enemy, doubtless think
ing he bad some communication to make,
rode out to meet him—Blake, however,
paid no attention to him, but rode on and
then returned and reported to Taylor.
tj|Tlins stood those two belligerent armies
■face'to fiee. What were the feelings of
those, thousands2 Jlow many thoughts
and fears, were crowded into those few mo
ments? Look at pur men—a clammy
sweat is settled all over faces slight pale,
not frbni-eowardly fear; but from an aw'ful
sense of peril, combined with a determina
tion not to shrink from duty. These arc
the momeuts when true soldiers resign
themselves to their fate and console them
selves with the reflection that whatever
lftny befall them, they will act with honor;
theso are the moments whcti. tire absolute
coward suffers more than death—.when if
not certain that lie would bo shot in his
tracks, he would turn and flee.
Fighting is very hard work; the man
who has passed through a two hours’ fight,
hits lived through a great amount of men
tal and physical labor. At the end of a
battie I always found that l had perspired
so “profusely as towot througball mV thick
woollen clothing, and when I cooled offl
was as sore as if i had been beaten all over
with, a club
When-the b tile commences, thefeelings
undergo a change. _'Header, did you ever
see your on house fire? If so, it was then
you rushed into great danger—it was then
you went over places, climbing over walls
lifted heavy loads, which you never could
have done in your coolor moments! You,
then, have experienced some of the oxcitc-
ment of the soldier in battle. I always
.knew my danger; that at any moment I
was liable to be killed, j-et such was the
excitement that I never realized it! All
men arc not alike; eomo are cool; some
arc.perfectly wild or crazy; others are so.
prostrated hy fear thst they arc complete
ly unnerved—an awful sinking and relaxa
tion of all their energies take place, awful
to behold; they tremble like an aspen—
V M \m<7o7 i>t, r r Attnruov nt ®link into ditches and covert places, cry.
A j A DlbON BELL, Atton.ey at i;£ e children,aml ar?totallv insensible to
Ji. LAW. llumcr, Bank.Cote,tv, Go.-w,UJtrac 8ha|pc _ de;|d , to „ VQP y emotion, but the
overwhelming fear of instant death. We
had a few, but very fear of such in oi.r
army.
As the two armies wore facing each oth
er, it was remarkable to sc-e the coolness
of men. There they stool chewing bits
of biscuit, and talking about the Mexicans
—some wondering if they would , fight;
-,v „,x.~ iiJtfmMMPv iv i • others allowing that tboy would, and like
i > A I M A N & $UMM J' A, Dealers in domon &e .
I H ARDWARE a»'t CUTLERY, comer of Brna.l j j j. Qye 0; , the A r tiUerV of the
a :i I’-' c:-. At’icim, <ia. j enemy, and happened to be looking to-
OiTNElt. ENG LAN I) & EHKE- wards -their right wing, when suddenly
1 M an. Retail Deal, ra In GROCE- L whitccurl ofsniokp sprungujt therefrom
lies. DRV goods, HARDWARE, SHOES A BOGTi?,; ,, ne ^f their guus.and then I saw the dust
iy dying day.
A little later, Major Itinggold was mor
tally wounded at his battery; I saw hint
just after it. The. shot had torn away, a
portion of the flesh of his thighs ;.its forco
was tremendous, cutting off both his pistols
at the lockb, and also the withers of his
horse—a splendid steed, which was killed
to relieve him of his misery.
The enemy tried hard, but without avail,
to hit oar 18 pounders. Tho battle con
tinued until ni»ht put an end to the scene.
VVe bivoiiacked where we were, and laid
op our arms. Wo 9lept, however, but lit-
Me, thinking we might be attacked in our
sleep.
The enemy had been very severely han
dled, owing to the' superiority of our artil
lery. The gunners went into it more like
butchers than military men; each drop
ped off his coat, rolled, up his sleeves, and
tied his suspenders aroundliis waist; they
all wore red flannel shirts, and therefore
were in uniform. To see them limbering
and unlimhering, firing a few shots, then
dashing through the smoke, and then to
fire again with lightning like rapidity,
partly hid from view by dense clouds of
smoke and dust, with their dark red shirts
and naked arnlB, yelling at every shot-thoy
made, reminded nteofabandof demons
rather than of men..
May 11.-
blockado of Cluirleston
harbor commenced by the U.- S.- steamer ter, then laying in their stock of wood, the
ting the house anddnm in order for xvin-
} W. HANCOCK, Attorney at
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J
. Daniolrvillo, Ga., Krill prantive in Jack-
larke, Mailinon, llart. Ogletni.rpe and Elbert.
F. O'KELLEY, Photograph and
AMBKOTYl“li ARTIST. Routnn on Broa l and
-streets, over tbe store eTJohn R. Matthews,
's. <la. Mur3-tf
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\S. M. ROYAL, Harness-Maker,
I head of Walt street, nearly oM State
l'.ank) Athens, tin-, keeps always on hum! u ^r^ral ns-
> 'Ttmciit of articiea in his line, ami U always ready to
fU nrtler? the best style. tf
Ti R. DAVIS, Tijind .Broker, Collet-
• * • Tuft and GEXEJtAL AG EX?* Augusta, ti».—
1; i-,nv5s affendctl to in any county of the State. Office
ter er «tf Jackson and Ellis streets. %
P. MASON & CCL, Bookbinders,
» Paper Rulers nnd Blank Book Manufacturers,
.'liall street, Adnata, Ga. J. H. CnHISTV. Agent,
ns. ii;u .jnly22-1y
AD1S0N BELL, Attorney at
J,A\V, Homer, Banks County, Ga.—will Jivac-
., ti.. Courts ofthe Wostcrn Circuit. Ail business
ir.ist i! to his earu will meet with prqmpt attenflon.
i, n :t::.vu; lion. J. II. Lttmpkin, T. R. R. Cobb,
. V.'m. Hope II.ill. Esq., Athens, Ga., •!. H. Banks,
ii li’UMvilU*, Ga.
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1C!tOLSON, Reaves &AVynn,
Wh'diisslo and Retail Dealers in STAPLE ami
V conns. GROCERIES, HARDWARE,Crock
•, !«•new Brick Store, corner Bridge and Ilroad
Atacns, Ga. -
■d .Street. Athens. Go.
- jflvsoine distance itt front where the ball
ii) HARRY. Fashionable Boot andjsmick: Instantly another, and then an-
i. • sii iF.-MAKER; Br-'a* street. AUutus, Ga.. i* j other rich cur! of smoke arose, succeeded
r« u tinusa to fill orders i’» liv line.
T H1S110P & SON. Wholesale and
1 « lU-.aU Dealers iu GROCERIES, HARDWARE | '/O '*}'?'> .* a
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PT.B DRY GOODS. No. I. Br oul rt„ Athens.
"M. l. mauler” Ajttqmey at
LuV. JelVa'iim, Jack ion io;n.:y. Ga.
-.1. J.J. Ml-Luster and W. S. Tliompflon,
by a boomiug sound, and the shot came
towards us.- The enemy fired
their balls knocked the
dust about us in all directions—some wont
over our heads, Others struck the ground
in front ttnd'honnded away.
Oar batteries now went to work and j Army.
April
Military Operations ofthe Present Devolu
tion.
During the six months, comtnenci-g with the 20th of
December, I860, (tbe date of the secession of South
Carolina,) and ending on the 20th of June, 18G1.
December 26,1861.—Siitlden evacuation
of Fort Moultrie by Maj. Anderson, U. S.
A. lie spikes the cannon, burn's the gun
carriages, and retreats to Fort Sumter,
which lie occupies.
December 27 —Capture of Fort Moul
trie and Castle Pinckney by South Caro
lina troops. Captain Cosle surreuders-the
revenue cutter Aiken.
Jan. 3, 1861-—Capture of Fort Pulaski
by the Savannah troops.
January 3.—-The Arsenal nt Mount
Vernon, Alabama, with 20.0UO stand-of
arms, seized by the Alabama troops.
January 4.—Fort Morgan, in Mobile
Bay, taken by flic Alabama troops.
January 9.—The steam ship, Star ofthe
West, fired into, and -driven off by the
South Carolina batteriesnn Morris’ Island.
Failure ofthe attempt to reinforce Fort
Sumter.
Jamiary 10—Forts Jackson. St. Phil
ips and Pike, near New Orleans, captur
ed by the Louisiana troops.
January 13.—Capturd of Pensacola Na
vy’Yard, and Forts-Barrancas and MeRea,
by troops from Florida, Alabama and Lou-
i-’iana. Major Chase shortly afterwards
takes- command and the siege of Fort
Piekens commences.
January 15.—Surrender ofBaton Rouge
Arsenal to Louisiana troops.
January 31.—Seizure ofthe New Orleans
Mint and Custom House.
... February 2.—-Seizure of the Littlo Rock
* Arsenal by the Arkansas troops.
■ February 4.—Surrendcrof the Revenue
Cutter Cass'to the authorities of Alaban\a.
February 16.—Gen. Twiggs transfers
the public property in Texas to the Suite
authorities. ' Cel. White, U. S. A. surren
ders San Antonio Uf Col. Ben_ McCulough
and his Texas Rangers.
February 18—Inauguration of Presi
dent Davis at Montgomery, Ala.
March 2.—The Revenue Cutter.Dodgfc,
seized by the Texas authorities.
March. 3.—Gen. Beauregard assumes
command of the troops besieging Fort
Sumter,
31 arch 12.—Fort Brown, in Texas, sur
rendered hy Capt. Hill to the Texas Com
missioners.
April 12-13.—Baltic of Fort Sumter.
Brilliant victory gained-l>y Gen. Beaure
gard and the South Carolina troops. Af
ter thirty-four hours bombardment the
fort surrenders to the Confederate Slates.
April li.—Evacuation of Fort Sumter
by Maj. Anderson and his command-'
A pell. 14.—Abraham Lincoln, President
of the United States, issued n proclama
tion, calling for 75,060 volunteers to put
down tho “Southern rebellion.”
April 15.—Col. Reeve, U. S. A. surren
ders Fort Bliss, near El Paso, to Col. J.
W. McGriffin, th? .Texas commissioner. »
April 16.—Seizure ofthe North Carolina
Forts arid Fayetteville Arsenal by the State
troops.
April 18—Capture of tho steam ship
Star ofthe West by Col. Van Dorn, C. S.
Niagara.
May 19,20,21.—Attack on the Virginia
batteries at Sowell’s Point (near Norfofk)
by the. U. S. steamer Momieello.. The
assailants driven off with loss. No .one
hurt on the Virginia side.
May 24.—Alexandria, Va., occupied by
5000 Federal troops, the Virginians hav
ing retreated. Killing of Col. Ellsworth
by tho heroic Jackson.
May 26.—Hampton, Va., near Fortress
Monroe, taken by the Federal troops;
Newport News occupied.
May 27.—New Orleans at id Mobile block
aded.
May 29.—President Dnvis arrives in
Richmond.
May 31.—Fight at Fairfax Court House
between a company ofUni>d States cav
alry and a Virginia compa ny; the gal
lant Captain Marr killed; several Federal
troops killed, wounded and taken priso
ners.
June 1, 2, 3.—Engagement at Aquia
Creek between the Virginia batteries and
the United States steamers Wabash, Ana-
costa and Thomas Freeborn. The enemy
withdraw, greatly damaged.
June 3.—Battle of Pltillippi, in Western
Virginia. Col. Kelley, commanding a
body of Federal troops and. Virginia to
ries, attacks an inferior force of Southern
ers, at Philippi, underCol. Porterfield, and
routs them, Col. Kelley severely wounded
and several on both sides reported killed.
Juno 5.—Fight at Pig’s Point Battery,
bet ween the Confederate troops and the
U. S. steamer Harriet Lane, resulting- in
the discomfituro,pf the enemy. The Har
riet Lane badly huiledj
Juno 10.—Battle of Great Bethel, near
Yorktown, Va. The splendid victory was
gained by eleven hundred North Curoli
uians and Virginians, commanded by Col.
J. Bankhead Magrttder, over four thou-
tand five.hundred Federal troops attacked
the Southern entreuehments and after
tight of four hours were driven back aud
pursued to Hampton. Southern loss, one
man killed arid seven wounded. Federal
loss believed to be several hundred. They,
confess to thirty killed and one hundred
wounded.
June 12.—Gov. Jackson, of Missouri,
issues a proclamation, calling the people
of that State to arms. He commences to
edneentrate troops at Jefferson City, burn-
rhg the bridges on the route of St. Louis
and the East. ’ -
June 15.—rHarper’s Ferry evacuated by
Gen. Joseph E, Johnston and the Coufod-
erate troops.
Juue 16.—Skirmish at Vienna, Va., be
tween Col. Gregg’s South CeVolina Regi
ment and tho Fifth Ohio Regiment- The
enemy routed, with loss of several killed.
From tbe Aroostook Pioneer.
Beavers.
The habits and habitations of beavers
furnish many interesting lessons for study
to woodsmen and hunters, whether scien
tific naturalists or not. In our boyhood,
tho principal sources of information re
specting them were the old dams and
traces of dams that were found on every
littlo brook where we fished, or hunted
cowslips for greens. These beaver dams
consisted of ridges of e.irth, from four to
five feet above the common level of the
‘•beaver meadow” flat, running each way
from tho brook to ruing land. We would
find great numbers of thosq dams, when it
would be hard to understand how they
could ever make ponds of sufficient depth
fm the beavers’ use. But tbe brooks in the
primeval forest, before the inroads of civ
ilization, afforded more water than in mod
ern times, and ill many instances the marshy
pools which the beavers’ habits require, by
natural process have grown up and filled
up to solid land. As in the older part of
the country ito new works were found, it
was generally understood that the beavers
left and moved off whenever civilized .set
tlements grew up near them, and we have
been surprised to find in this region the
evidence of so many working beavers.
Ou the different tribtttarlWTrf the St. Advertise.
Johu river running out of this State,.there
are some bnndreds of them caught evei^’
year, and they do not seem to diminish.
Hunting parties, whether with white men'
or Indians, consisting usually of two or j c<
barji of which is their whiter food.
They go up stream some three miles fur
their wood, and run it down to their hous
es, arid then in some mysterious way make
it lay in a pile at tho bottom of the pond,
outside uf the house where they may take ‘
it in. any time in the winter for use. It is
said that no human hands can disturbthat
wood with it<Traising and remaining afloat
till the beaver has the handling of it again.
But We do not feel quite sure what is fact
aud what conjecture respecting the bea
ver, whose works are so fnucb in the night
aud deep under water. The fall of the
year is a bus}' time with them and it is in
teresting to see their now dams ia process
of building, as we sometimes find them
across large boating streams, and not un-
frequently boatmen and river drivers tear
away their dams and get a good head of
water for their use. They usually build
at the outlet of natural ponds, and some
times they flow largo lakes and pieces of
dead water, but are Tilwayq qioving and
reconstructing. How they keep their
teeth in order for so much eating, when
tho best steel would wear out, is a mystery.
They cut loga sometimes a foot through,
aud every stroke of tho tooth tells towards
the job, and never does a tooth get dull,
as we can see. Two winters ago, near
Ashland, some lumbermen encamped near
one of their ponds. One afternoon they
felled a treeaero-ss the lumber road, and
before morning it was cut up and hand
somely piled out ofthe road.
Dixie.
Some one writing to the ,New Orleans
Delta, repeats the story which was started
about the time this tube became popular,
of its having originated on Long Island.
It won’t do. Everybody who has 'lived
among Southern negroes has long hoard
tho air in their corn songs, and boat songs.
As long ago ns Nat. Willis made a tour
South, his car-caught, its rich melody, pour
ed forth from tho lips of a sturdy gang of
boat hands, to the words of
“ Ok, don’t yon hoc tho Emperor coming ?
- Qh, ho! oh, ho!
The slight difference of metro needs no
explanation to those fkmiliar with the man
ner in which negroes manage their melo
dies. Now, this same tune, familiar to the
negro boat hands, from New Qrieans to
Pittsburgh, has been adopted as a vehicle
for their expression of preference for the
South over the North, and they take no
little jilcasure in sassing Ohio negroes, and
white men too, with invidious.comparisons
bet weep the two. Pet names have always
existed, and always will, and we might-,
naturally suppose that as Virginians speak
of “Old Siiortgntss,” and the North Caro
linians “ Old Rip/’ the Southern negroes
would pick up or adopt some name for the
region which they love, the Mecca to which
their longing eyes turn, when misfortune
or error has driven them to the shivering,
hard-hearted North. We have' it, on sat
isfactory authority—that of inert who have
spent years iu boating—that this country
has long been called by them in this fash
ion, “ pixie/’ or “ Dixie Land,” as tho short
for “ Mason and Dixon’s land.” What Ma
son and Dixon’s line may he they do not
know, but they have always heard it asso
ciated with tiie mention of the Suuth.
Therefore, &c.
Now, this we steadfastly believe is the
origin of “Dixie.”
We cannot drop the subject without no
ticing the way it took, as soon as it’ Was
heard in its present form throughout the
South. It had’come home to live; The
melody had been wandering about »n the
Northern land, saw how things were bind
ing, and that was-not its place, so turned
Southward, and as it passed on the breeze,
whispered in every, Southern ear, and to
every Southern heart, that, in less than a
year we should have ourselves to ourselves,
ourownsongs, ourown flag,ourown name;
everything oar own, and in which uo Sa
maritan should henceforth cluiin part ot^
parcel, name or kindred. - It was the har
binger of the good time coming.—Mobile
umofist.
A Touching.Obituary Notice.
BY THE CHANCELLOR.
A-member of tho Texas Legislature
named Dill; soccdcd from that, body a few
years ago whilst it was In .session, -the in
cluding causes of his secession being tj T -
pliord fever nnd a lack of Wind. On the
day which followed his decease, Mr. Gher-
ken, a member, arose to announce the
melancholy fact to the House. Another
.member of tbe Body named Slaker, was
the chronic opponent of Gherken in all
matters of legislation, from a cambric
needle to a sheet anchor,, and never neg
lected a chance to give him a shot. Mr,
Gherken, after u solo tan pause, said:
“ Mister Speaker! I have riz iti my seat
for the purpose of informing this yor house
of the heart-rending and solemn intelli
gence that Solomon Dill, a meiriber of this
yer bod}', whose heart is unfortunitly va-.
cant, has fell a victim to tho grim and de
stroying tyrant who yesterday put an end
to his career, and that he is now dead at
the wider Jones,'on the hill, where ho and
After dining, the General retired, with
Others of the party, to the card rooms to a
sociable game of whist. Some time after
he was seated, Mr. Clay entered the room,
fresh from the dining saloon, and highly*
exhilirated. Walking up to Scott’s chair,
ho familiarly slapped him on' the wounded
shoulder, which made the General writho
with pain, as he exjjaimed,'
“ Afr. Clay, I will thank you to keep
your hands off—you have hurt my wound,
sir.”
“Ah, Scott,” Clay replied, with a pecu
liar sarcastic expression, “ I always thought
there was something rotten about you.”
Recent events have turned Mr. Clay's
sarcasm into prophecy. The rottenness is -
fully developed in tho alacrity with which
a recreant son steps forth at the bidding
.of bloodthirsty tyrants to plunge a dagger
in the bosom of his venerablo mother.—
Norfolk Herald.
Good Opinion of Oueuelf.
As the late Chief Justice Marshall was
riding ono morning to Court in his single
carriage, his horse fell and broke a shaft.
Ho was puzzled what to do. Tom,
a
, , . neighboring negro wagoner, happened to
many members of tins yor house boards, driv „ np , the Chief Justice asked Tom if .
who gave him attention throughout a
lengthy and consequently and protracted
typers fever, and who furnishes board and
lodging to the mombers of this yer Legis
lature nt a uniform price of four dollars
n’aff a woek, washing not included! It aiut
with feelings of no ordinary regret that I
make this yer communication to this yer
august body, Sir. Speaker, for I know’d
the deceased, and know d him from A to
he could help him cut of the difficulty.
“ O yes, massa, if you’ll lend me your
knife.”*
Tom took the knife and cut a sappltng
pole and a grape vine from a neighboring
thickot, with which he spliced up the bro-
kcu shaft.
“Now Tom,” said tho Judge, “why
didn’t I think of that ?
“ O Massa,” replied Tom, “ you know
izzardl- lie, like all other men, who are 50m0 people will hab more sense dan od-
mortal, had his faults, and who hint got or8 >
’em ? If he wasn’t strictly virtuous among
W. \ poured ... upon them a perfect storm of
1 t•vjvu’.’yvlHo; .lo’in II. Teuton *iuti J. II. Cun^y. • IjJCUt. Clilirclull JUKI hi* llltH be
. l’/ gan with theffJ8 pounders, and when the
fl DEI ON Y Attorney at I first.wasfirod, it made such a loud report
( ■4 -'*• - AJ..X *, izi j , ..... men irave a spontaneous shout,
LAW. Athol).*, G»., will attend promptly toiul UUlt our iiiuii ^ * j - v
*-t-f.Ms eatrii't-ai t* Ids car*. Offlcu *u : which seemed to inspire us with renewed
"'el- M. K.iiev>st_.ra. ~ tf j confidence.
\\rM. PHILIPS, Attorney nt Law, I could »ear_ word ‘^Lieutenant
I ) Marietta, Ua„ will practice in all lira count to. i *axl tO Ills IDCIl. ‘ pnpiflV
Bi»cKMjrc Cirmiuln u, u omiutyiff FnUon.< fEx i tire'l lie watched the effect on the encin},
•'* tii CirevttJ in tiit* Supreme Cofit, anti ia the U. S-. Hitvin fr • 4< Too 111611, try lllU)tl)CP.
Court at .Marietta. _____ # • tf j i4 FtqJ' low, men-—try again ! iho third time
\\nUTK& 1UTCIL Wholesale & i is the charm !” The third shot was fired
» f Retail CLOTHIKHS and MERCHANTTAI- ( and I sjuv with my own eyes tne djeauiuJ
I ‘'US, Tiroud s«tract, Athens, Ga.
effect ofJliat and the succeeding shots.
“That 8 it, my boys,” shouted Churchill,
\\T.U. X. WI1ITK, Itookwllorana . m ‘“““JX;u4'fe.tiyou
keep berm tlmt!’’
have them
From tho SL Louis Christian Advocate.
Random Thoughts.
This is a fast age. Boys and girls be-
^ __ come men and women too soon. .Tbetrma-
three men,get from ten to twenty beavers | turity ispreinature. Grids,at the age qfthir-
in a Vjiptqc’s hunt. Lumbering operatives j teenuad fourteen years, and boys, at seven-
ITave-a tendency to drive them to the small j teen and Eighteen years old suppose, iu
brooks and head sources ofthe rivers, for j many instances, that they need uo longer tho
when found on “drlvftVg streams” tlieir guidance and restraints.of parental author-
Pi
! t .riler in Music * Musical InatrmnonU, L.uiips.
frit Coder/, Fancy Giloic. Ac., oyrucr Broad Street and
1 'll.'-e Avenue. Orders |irotuplly filhtd at An/uct* rate*.
PLANTER’S HOTEL,
Atlanta, <in.
(OH’OSITE THE FASSEXGKR DEFOT.)
TatOIlOlKlllIA roaovated and ro-fitruished, and in
J tiiu very centre of the Uusines* portion of the city.
_J«lyl2 WM. O I1ALWUHAN ,Proprietor.
GLOBE HOTEL,
Augusta,' Ou.
AUSTIN SlULLARKY, PROPRIETOR.
"Y ^TICK.—Passengers bolding Through Tickots. w,iil
i ; ho carried to and from thie Hotel t'roo of Omulbua
1 Feb. 27.—!>'
WRIGHT & JACKSON,
mmm and porwabdiau meuohants.
Il,* y HI F.KT, 8A. VAXXAll, OKOKOIA.
**•*■*» a. wittuuT. wm. a. jAcxaos.
„ UEfEB TO
VApL-Jobo W, AmlorBan SAvaniiali, Go.
^lAjliom k X'nnniti^liam, v** 4 U
Boston A YiUalougo, “ r “
Lrtrin ft Itardoc. * “ “
.Lari.art ft Uros., New York.
T. V,'. Flc:«®inj t Au*u«ta, Ga.
bwan ft Htothcr, Fcrnandinn: Flortu*.
Bishoo ft Cwravo, Jacksonville, “
Simon Mwltt/IfiSrWMllc, On,
A;'cnt, for tht
si
now! .keep
And so they did, and ovory shot tore roe.
complete lanes through the enemy’s lines
—but they stood it manfully. The full
chorus of battle flow raged—twenty-three
pieces of artillery belched-forth their iron
‘ \Vo were ordered to He down in the grass
to avoid-the shot; this puzzled the enemy
and they could not bring guns to bear up
on us—which made our loss very small.
Many were the narrow escapes; one ball
camo within -six inches of my left side.
The force of the ball was tremendous; a
IioiWh body was no obstacle at all; a
man’s leg was a mcro pipe stum. 1 wa.cn-
Sl iho shot as it struck the mots of the
crass, aud it wa-astonishing how the drtst
How. In about an hohr the grass caught
on fire, and the clouds of smoke shut out
the imposing armies from vie\y.
’ \\ ■, ’tad not as vet lost ai -man from opr
Raaiment.. In tlV.olweajity the enemy
i lniiiied tbcirJine,and Uieerghieen pound-
cr » ported by ‘mnr Regiment, took
•i new position on a hulo rise of ground.
\s \ve moved on to the spot, a six fouri
shot carried away the lower jaw of Capt.
19.—The Baltimore massacre.
The citizens of Baltimore attack with mis
siles the Northern mercenaries passing
through tlieir city, for tlie South, The
MassUchnsettS regiment fires on the peo
ple, and many killed.. Twp mercenaries
are also shot. Great excitement follows,
Qiid the Maryland people proceed to burn
the railroad bridges and tear up the tracks.
April 20.—Capture of the Federal army
at Indianola, Texas; by ,Col. Van Dorn,
C.S. A. The Federal officers released on
parole.
April $0.—'Attempted . destruction of
Norfolk Navy Yard by tho Federal au
thorities. The works set on fire, and sev-
erul war ships scuttled and' sunk. The
Federal troops retreated to Fortress Mon
roe. Tho Navy Yard subsequently occu
pied by the Virginians. .
April 22.—Harper’s Ferry evacuated
by the Federal troops under Lieut. JAnes,
who attempts the destruction of the Arm
ory by fire. The place occupied by Vir
ginia troops.
April 28.—Fort Smith, Arkansas, cap
tured by tho Arkansas troops, under Col.
Solon Borland.
May 9.—Tho blockade of Virginia com :
menced. - . - *• ■-
May 10.—Baltimore occupied hy a large
bhdy of Federal troops under Gen. B, F.
Butler.
May 10.—A body of 5000 Federal vol-
untecis,;iiuder Capt. Lyon, United States
army, surround the encamjiment .of eight
Hundred Missouri State troops, .near St.
Louis and obliged them .to surrender.
May' lO.—'The St." Louis massacre. The
German - volunteers, finder Col. Francis
P..Blair, Jr., wantonly fire upon the peO-
pltfin the streets of:St. Louis, killing, and
wounding a large number. .
May 11.—Tuo St. Louis Massacre ; re
petition ofthe terrible scenes of May 10th.
The defenceless people again shot down.
‘ utchered in cold
damsbave to be torn away, hut they do
not seem- particulariy shy of men or settle
ments,.unless their dams or houses are de
stroyed. Four or five years'ago, it, is said,
a company of them built dams and houses
in the’town of Ashland, only two miles
from tho village, or corner, as it is called,
and stayed two years, when apart wore
caught and the rest driven away hy hun
ters. ’ • iH
There are two kitidsof them, differing
only in habits. For some reason, now and
thcH one of them usually wanders alone,
and has only a hole in the bank of the'
river to live in, while they generally live
in pairs or families, building houses and
providing stores in company—lienee the
term “family” or “working beavers.”
The supposition is that the hank beavers
are such as have for some reason come
short of a mate, or for idleness have been
driven from tho ponds and houses. They
are the same animals every way, only
exiles. The law of industry among the
working beavers is attested to by hunters.
Thierdamsor houses are built anew or
remodelled every fall, in a way to suit the
height of the water during the^succeeding
winter or spring. The object of tho dam
seqms to Be to regulate tlie heightof water
at their houses, where they have two or
throe, berths at differeut heights, where
they sleep high and dry, but with their
tails in tho water, thus being warned of
any change in the rise or fall of the water.
Some bouses stand at least six feet above
the surfaco of tho meadow, covered with
inud, in the form of a-round-coal pit, but
intersected with sticks.of woad,so-us to be
strong, <«nd the Weight of three,-or f
men makes no impression on it. A “
family,” as the hunters call them, consists
of the parental pair and tho males of the
next generation with their unites. When
the tribe gets larger than this they colonize.
Some time in the fall all the single once of
both sexes congregate from considerable
distances at the deepest lake in the vici
nity, where they choose their mates—how
ceremonious the nuptials wc cannot say;
then they all go home, the female follow
ing her mate, and all go to work, fiyst put
ity. / This is a. mistake. Parents finding
it difficult at thoso periods to govern tluir
children, not qnfrequentty give them up to
pursue their own ways at pleasure. This
is a most ruinous' afitl fatal error. All,
or nearly all, is lost, by slacking, or giving
up entirely, the reins of government too
soon. This is often the prime cause
Subbath breaking,profane sweariug, neg
lect of the Bible, the house and worship
of God, and such like, and even grosser
sins, wbicli have been tlie ruin of many.
The opposite course to this has ever re
sulted most favorably and satisfactorily,
botli to parents and children.
I will give acase in illustration: A youth
who had been [uously educated and reli
giously disciplined, attempted, when about
eigtiteen years old, to break off from the
restraints ofthe “old folks at home.” The
parents saw at once what the result of
such a course would likely be; that in ail
probability, it would both rain their son,
and “bring down their gray hair's with sor
row to the grave.” Tiitjy resolved to nip
the rebellious spirit of their wayward, but
still beloved child In the bud.
“My son," raid the father, “you have
more than once, recently, disobeyed your
parents. This is wrong; and you ought to
be ashamed and deeply mortified at your
conduct. You are old enough, now, to
know better and to act differently. Diso
bedience in you now, my son, is more cul
pable than it would have been years ago.
Itisypar duty, while a minor, to obey.
The will of your parents is the standard
of your conduct. It ought, it must, it
shall be so. You can not i
four disobey with impunity.”
full This was enough. It was a word in sea
son, fitly spoken. The seeds thus sown in
child, were matured by the
parents, and defended, in their j
‘^eir prayers. A 1
females, who is? • 1 ; put it to you and this
yer august body to answer. He may have
been slightly uddictcij to whiskey, but
who in Toxas aint? Aim so lot that mat*
shy the first rock ! He may be quick to
use his tools; but who in Texas aint? But
ho neverdraw’d a weapon W-ho wasn’t road!
People siiy.be didn’t .pay his debts; who
does in Texas, Mr. Speaker? Among his
virtues he was fond of encouraging the
breed of that noble animai, the hoss, in
the-extensivest manner, and,-Mr. Speaker,
eanscientioflslie attended every race with
in twenty miles nigh to this yer place,
and, in a gentlemanly manner, backed bis
opinion onto uncertain events in the future
to the extent of his ability. He was a good
citizen, an honest man, and in his melan
choly disease society has lost a bright or
nament aud this yer house a shining mem
ber, which has cast a gloom over the coun
try at large, and over this yer house, bat
more especially over the domestic circle of
Mrs. Jones, where, as I said before board
and lodging is furnished to this yer house
at a uniform price of four dollars n’aft’ a
week, washing not included, Mr. Speaker.”
Mr..Slaker Imre started up, saying that
he “rose to a pint of order 1” Tho Speak
er requested the lion. Member to “state
his pint.”
Mr. Slaker said: “Is it in order for a
Utquiber of this yer house, jn a speech un- (
to a dead man, to ringjn tlie boarding
house kep* by bis aunt and furnished by
hisself?”
The Speaker decided tho “pint” to be
not well taken, and after a withering glance
at Slaker, Mr. Gherken proceeded:
“This is too solemn a time Mr. Speaker,
to notico personalities and sido remarks.
I’ll see that his mutton is cooked hereafter,
and not on such a melancholy subject. To
resume the diseased; whatever can be said
of him, no man can declare that he wasen’t
a patriot! Lookback upon his reecord,
and see what’sthar! forDr.^Vattseloquent
ly says, “By their reecord shall ye know
’em,” Mr. Speaker; and what is, that rec-
cord f Who introduced the bill that allow
ed Nacogdoches to repudiate ajbher bonds
held by persons outside of the State of
Texas? Why the deceased! And it was
through.Uis stupenduous efforts that that
’ar bW was passnd into ala w. It was done
square and noble, and without no siiekoono-
ry for the benefit of this yer ..great State
of Texas 1 llls’-n sir, was the squat*’ and
manly efforts qn, .that bill- that relieved
Nacogdoches from a heavy load of debt,
made (be town to flourish likp a Green
Bay tree, jind kep 1 the - money in the State
of Texas!. And if that aint patriotism
what is^Mr. Speaker ? It can’t be rubbed
out, and I don’t try to rub it out, Mr.
Speaker, tbut.sqnoQ of the bondholders that
was hit by tbe.bill.barked after the diseased,
and squjnned and tried to give him a hvst
in the newspapers. But what eared be for
tliat ?, Virtue is its own reward, Mr.Speak-
er; and no great actions was over done
but what the man who done it was barked
after by somebody.
Europe and the Blockade.—The Lon
don Herald has an article on the blockade
oftlso Southern ports, in which it declares
that so far as Charleston is concerned, it is
a mere “ paper blockade.”
the piffle (Dues.
LITTLE BOIB, THE CABIN BOY.
There is not one of us, however young,
hut ho may dp., some good. Every Httle
child can be useful. I will toll you how
useful a little.cabin boy was/Who Was sail
ing in a large ship over tbe wide soa.
It happened, that on the voyage, Hie sail
ors quarrelled with the captain, who was
so proud and overbearing, that none, of
them would submit to him. This gave tho
captain so much trouble and preyed so much
on his spirits that he became very HI; so
ilkas to be confined to his bed. None of
the sailors eared for him ; so there ho lay
very ill, and silL alone. No one thought of
speaking a kind word to tbe poor sick cap
tain but little Bob. His Bible had taught
him a lesson which the sailors knew noth
ing about. It had taught him to be kind
to qverybody, even to those who had used
him ill; so ho stole softly to the captain’s
door, and knocked.., ;
“ Who’s there?’.’ naked tho captain, in a
very gruff voice.
“It’s little Bob, siu; pau I do' anything
for you ?”
“Go to your work, you scoundrel,” cried
the-captain, in an angry tone. “ Don’t coin-
plaguing me."
Little Bob stole away even more softly
than ho cams, but his heart was not filled
with any angry feeling. He pitied the cap
tain still more than he had done before.
The next day he resolved to try again.
He saw the poor captain was not on deck,
and again ho went and knocked at his
door.
“ Who’s there ?”
“ Captain, can I do anything for you to
day ?” asked little Bob.
“ No, go away,” said the captain.
Bob was pleased that iho captain did
not speak in so; harsh a. voioq as he had
dono the day before', and ho made' up hi i
mind to try-again. Meantime, tho captain’s
heart grow warm towards the kind little
fellow. He thought bow differently he
acted from tho unfeeling sailors, who had
not once inquired for him all tlie time of
his illness; and lie determined, that if he
canne again; he would lot him. in.
When Bob came tho next day/the pap-
tain said:
“ Coinc in.”
Bobby walked in on tiptoe; and said, very
tenderly:
“ Please, sii’, can I do anything for you ?
Shall I mako your bed, orget you a cup
ot*coffsse ? I’ll do it in a minute.”
“Well, Bob, you may, if you like,” said
the captain. ,
Away ruu Bob. and in a few minutes
everything was ready,-the coffee, and hot
But the diseased, en- tqast, and lie brought it on a tray to the
trenehed in the glorious armor of patrio-1 captain's bedside. Bob always carried
ig tism, with his hand on this yer record, j with him the Bible iu his pocket; and as
uo j could defy chain lightning in any shape; .uecaqiemtotlidro6m,thocantaiuobserv-
of ! and when prostrate and sick and ’mati- ed ft. . / v,;- i
ated he lied on his prostrate bed—at the
bouse ofMfs. Jones, where, as 1 bad occa
sion to renwwk, no matter,who*/corns is
trod on, tho members of this house is furn
ished with board and lodging at a uniform
price of four doHars a’naff a week, wash
ing not included, the thought of that bill
and that record and that patriotism come
to his wounded sensibilities and hits sink
ing form like a heavenly angle, and death ,
coufd'nt set him, oven a half, turn back
any!
I close,,Mr. Speaker, this melancholy
and afflicting duty to draw resolutions on
tho diseased and report; at the samo
lime remarking that the gorgeous and smil
ing heavens has opened tb receive his mor
tal spirit, nnd that his earthly remains will
be buried to-morrow at three o’clock fcom
the house of Mrs. Jones,' where it is, emi
nently proper to remurk, and I do it em
phatic, that board and lodging can be ob
tained at the moderate price of four dollars
n’aff a week, washing not included, where
the diseased boarded stud occupied an ele-
eaut room now unfortunitely vacant.
Peace to his ashes.
“ What book is that ?” said he
“ It is the'book my mother gav6 me,”
said Bob; “ the nicest book you evet_Saw.”
“ Can you read it, Bob ?”
“ Oh,yes, sir,”said the boy, “ and I should
like to read it to you.”
“Ay, you may,” said tho captain, “as
soon as l have finished my feoffee, yon may
book of
at it
-it. TI
harvest was tho result. The child
was saved from ruin, and the parents
comforted and sustained in their old age.
And now for the'application: Like ef
forts, on the part of parents, will produce
likoresult
it?
Prophetic Sarcasm. .,. -
We remember to have heard the follow
ing anecdote told of the lato Henry Clay
and Gen. Scott, though we have no recol
lection of having seen it in print:
Mr. Clay, it should bo premisod, had no
special antipathy to General Scott, though
( tho upstart pride and excessive vanity and
A rich and glo- ] self-conceit ofthe “young hero,” and the
>urs, Bob; I
3 next morning
’ at the Cabin
Up lie Lapped,
you
luss he made over the wound he receivo_
in the battle of Lunday’s Lane, filled him
with unutterable disgust. During the ses
sion of Congress following the peace of
l s 15, a dinner party was given at the
How desirable? Who will try | Executive mansion, at which these two
t distinguished individuals were present
b cleared away the coffee, and sat him
self down on a box by the side of the cap
tain’s bed and opened on the history of Je
sus, and. read how He wept about doing
good; how Ho pitied the wretched; how
He healed the sick, and forgave their sins.
Tlie! captain listened very attentively, a fid
asked the boy to come again the next day.
From this time he came every day, and in
structed the poor captain in the knowledge
of J uitiUs, the Saviour. He asked him many
questions, and Bob knew how to answer
them; thanks to his mother and Sabbath
school. ,
One evening, the captain said
“ Leave me that book
shopld like to look
Bob willingly lef
he went as usual ai
doort. NpanaWeFcairfov'^_
and louder. nO answer. He ope
the door, and walked in. Tho captain 1
on his knees, and the Bible was lying oj
ed upon the chair before him. Bob spe
still there was no answer. He came nea
cr; the captain never siinvd. He looked;
the captain was dead ! lie had died on
his knees, praying "over the Bible. W
trust that, through the instructions of lit
tle Bo J, he had sought aud found
at the hands of the Saviour of sinno
there a little boy or girl, now reading th
who is as noor as this cabin-bov
young as this cal
wise.”
oke;
i
“G.
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