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VOLUME XX.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1874.
NUMBER 51.
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, ERWIN k COBB,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
OSes la the Deuproe Building. DecJl__
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B ANKRUPTCY.—Samuel P. 'Thurmond,
Attorney.at-Law. Athens, Ga.
Ofrt— Broad itreet,over the store of Barry A Son,
Wifi fire special atten lion to cases in Bankruptcy. Al
ta to the collection of all claims entrusted to his cure.
TtllES R. LYLE,
,1 ' Attobisut at Law,
u Dm ,j WATKINSVILLE, GA.
JOHN M. MATTHEWS.
,1 ATTonanr at Law,
Danioisviilc, Ga.
froaptAttsation will be given to any business en
tilted to his care. Marchld.
T7WiLA tn k ORR,
Pi Wholesale end Retail Dealers,
and COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Dupree Hall.Broad St, Athens, Ga.
Wtsrs now prepared to store Cotton at 35 cents per
halt,and will advance cash when desired. Oct38.
T H. HUGGINS,
•J . bolos&le and Retail Dealer In
DRV GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac.
p # hl6 Broad Street, Athena, Qa.
PRATFRN I DOVT LIKI.
I tin not like* to hoar him pray.
Who loans at twenty five per rent,
For then I think the borrower may
Be pressed to pay for food and rent;
Anri in that hook we all should heed.
Which says the lender shall be blest,
As sure as I have eyes to read,
It does not say, * Take interest.’
I do not like to hear him pray.
On bended knees, about an boar.
For grace to spend aright the day.
. Who knows bis neighbor has no flour.
I’d rather see him go to mill.
And buy the luckless brother bread,
And see bis children eat their fill.
And langh beneath their bumble shed.
I do not like to bear him pray, : S
1 Let blessings on the widow be,*
Wbo never seeks her borne to say,
‘ If want o’ertakes you. come to me.’
I bate the prayer so long and loud.
That's offered for the orphan's weal
By him wbo sees him crushed by wrong.
And ODly with bis lips doth feel.
I do not like to hear her pray.
With jeweled ear and silken dress,
Whose washerwoman toils all day.
ADd then is asked to ‘ work for less.*
Such pious shavers I despise 1
With folded band* and face demure,
They lift to Heaven their ' angel eyes,’
Then steal the earuings of the poor.
I do not like such soulless prayers;
If wrong, I hope to be forgiven;
No angel’s wing them upward bear.
They're lost a million miles from Heaven.
JOHN H. CHRISTY,
1) Plsin euii Fency BOOK AND JOB PRINTER,
Brond St., Athens, Ga.
OSes comer Broad and Wall streets, over the store
Jsnii D. Pittard. tf
PAVILION HOTEL,
IT CHARLESTON, S. C.
XhU FIRST-CLASS Hotel ii situated in the very
watrs of the business part of the oity, and all wbo
r.jpthere will find every convenience sndlunury that
11a b#procured. Board, per day, $3.00.
R. Hamilton, $upt. Mrs. L. H. Butterfield, )
DeetS tf Proprietre$•.f
Ql’MIIEY 4 NEWTON,
0 Duelers in
Foreign and Domestic HARDWARE,
Jano9 No. 0,Broad street, Athens, Ga.
Q C. DOBBS,
0. Wholesale end Retail Dealer in
Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS. GROCERIES, Ac.
fsk# No. 13 Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
PUORY SPEER,
JL LAWYER. ATHENS, GA.
t» Solicitor General of Western Circuit, will attend
tbs Courts of Clarke, Walton. Gwinnett, Hall, Banks,
Jiekioi, i!»b«rshatn, Franklin, Rabun and White,
isd jits attention to collecting and other claims in
those counties. March 10, 1873. _
K ELIAS, Attorney at Law,
. FRANKLIN. N. C.
Practices in nil the Conns of Western North Caro
line, sad in the Federal Coarts. Claims collected in
ell parte of the State. ap!6—ly
iw Rlnndi'l and lw* hi
INDISTINCT COPY
TpDWARD R. HARDEN,
-LJ (Lae J tdgeU. S. Courts Nebraska and Utah,
and now Judge of Brooks Connty Conrt)
Attorney at Law,
jtljJS ly Quitman, Brook• County, Oa.
T F. O’KELLEY’S
tl . PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
A *er Williams’ Shoe store, Broad street, Athens,
Georgia. sep3.
B f. camp,
. Attouhet at Law,
CARNESVILLE, GA.
Will give prompt attention to mil business entrusted
to hir. He will nttend the Court* of Habersham,
Franklin and llall. sepl7-r-ly.
c. rssri.li. n. r. howell
PEEPLES & HOWELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
20 and 22, Kimball House,
ATLANTA, QA.
P RACTICE in the State and Federal Court*, and
•Rend regularly all the Court* in Atlanta, includ
ing the Supreme Conrt of the State, and will mrgne
tusi »pon briefs for absent parties, on reasonable
Urns.
Thsy also practloe in tho Courts of the counties eon
> tigioss or soeeisible to Atlanta by Railroad, sepll
M.W.RIDEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
U. S. Claim Agent and Dotary Pole
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA.
At* Office on Wilton street, below King & Bro’t.
Fskroery 19, 1873.
<••* t. tits*. MADISON IUI.
ESTES Ac BELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
gainbs ville Georgia.
Vy ILL practiee in theconntieacompoaingtho West-
•’* Circuit, and Dawson and Forsyth oonnties
»< tw Bln, Ridge Circuit. They will alto praetiee in
>ns supreme Court of Georgia, and In the United States
"°*rt st Atlanta. mayU
A. A_. EDGE,
THE ELOPEMENT.
‘ Then you are really and unquestionably in
love V
4 Too deeply for a joke,’ was the response.
* I can really believe yon, for you have all
the symptoms. Is the fair one very rich t’
‘ I do not know.’
‘ Is she of good family V
4 Of that, also, I am ignorant.’
* She is young t’
* Sweet, blushing sixteen.’
* The warmthjof your panegyric, Alfred, is
almost enough to make one a participator in
your feelings; but you have not told me the
name of your new found beauty.’
’ Strange as it may seem, I do not even know
that.’
4 I comprehend ; it is altogether an affair of
love at first sight, is it not f But you have no
clew to the object of your passion t’
‘ None whatever.’
‘Yon are in a strange predicament: upon
my word, I see no way out of it but to retrace
your steps and forgot the lady.’
’ Forget hor t Ne vor!’
‘ Your case is a desperate onn, then ; I sup
pose you cannot livo on love all your days.’
* Laugb at me if you will, Frank ; perhaps
I deserve it; but unfo’tunately. I am unable
to do wbat you advise.’
* Suppose you detail to me the circumstances
of your meeting T It may lie in my power to
lend you some assistance.’
‘ I doubt your ability to render me any help,
but you shall hear my story, notwithstanding.
It was, then, about a month ago that I saw the
angel of whom I speak ; she had applied to me
for her likeness, and in my studio, day by day,
and hour by hour, I drank in her beauty until
I was like an intoxicated man. I once thought
that my ardent glances were returned ; sub
sequent facts, however, undeceived me. In
two weeks I had accomplished my task—the
pleasantest that had ever fallon to my lot—and
delivered the portrait to ita owner. This lock
et is the only memorial left me of those brief
but very pleasant hours.’
* How! Is this a fay simile of her featnr esIf
4 It is; you seem to recognize them!'
* Unfortunately for you, my friend, I do.’
* You alarm me! Where is this fair one V
4 Her came is Caroline Blondel; she ie the
only daughter of a retired merchant, wbo,
from hie ridiculous pride and intolerant Bpirit,
has earned the well merited title of the 4 aris
tocrat. 4 You might as well hope for the eoto
reignty of the Indies, and expect to see your
wishes gratified, as to aspire to the hand of his
daughter. 4
4 Are you acquainted with the family V
4 Intimately; the title of relation gains me
ready access to their doors.'
4 1 most claim, then, your voluntary promise
of assistance. 4
4 Wbat! do you mean to persist V
4 Undoubtedly. 4
4 What would you do T 4
4 Obtain access through your influence to the
house of your proud relative. 4
4 My dear fellow, are you madf Such a
thing is impossible. 4
* You are too easily daunted; listen, and I
will convince you that what I promise is not
so difficult of accomplishment as you would
imagine. Blondel, you say, is an aristocrat
well, so much the better for my purpose,
will purchase some extravagant frippery
which yon shall choose, and you shall intro
duce me to your connections as a foreign count.
With an artificial moustache, and a miniature
• s ti <1 - ti Impression tha» r*«p.n«*d Us -i
some cases, months to erase. It may be com
pared to a single ray of sunshine, suddenly
bursting its way after an April shower through
a dense veil of clouds, gladdening the sight,
and imparting an unaccountable feeling to the
heart, bat vanishing almost as quickly as it
appears. Yet. although the ray has gone, the
sensation aroused by its appearance, remains
behind. Such was the face of Caroline, and
such were the feelings experienced by the most
indifferent upon a first interview with her.
She was just sixteen; her hair, which was
of a dark chestnut color, instead of falling in
ringlets over the temples, was combed careful
ly hack from tho forehead, and served to set
off a brow of transparent whiteness, beneath
which, like two 4 gems in a monarch's diadem,'
or two sister stars in the clear canopy of heav
en, shone a pair of dark, lustrous eyes that set
the heart throbbing to gaze upas. She was
tall and graceful as the famed Medicean Venus,
and was in fact accomplished iu every art that
can serve to render a lady the object of adnai
ration, of interest, or love. She was constant
ly surrounded by a throng of admirers. They
forced themselves upon her society by day—
they tormented her by night. If she rode,
there was a coxcomb casting love-born glances
at cither elbow; if she danced, there was no
possibility of obtaining rest, for fast as her
hand was resigned by one, it was seized by
another. Up to this time, however, her occn
pations were more suited to the daily routine
of a petted daughter than a young lady about
to undergo the ordeal of an introduction into
fashionable society. Bnt now a change waR
about to take place ; she was abont to be bald
up to the view of the world iB all her charms
— 4 an heiress and a Vonus’—and the night
appointed for her 4 coming out 4 and which was
to endow her with all the privileges ef a wo
man was drawing very near.
Never was maiden so elated; and from tho
time of her father's promise until its fulfill
ment, every thing was forgotten, and she
could talk but the one subject of her debut.
The long expected evening arrived. A flpod
of light streamed from the windows of the
thronged mansion of the aristocrat, and mn-
sic resounded through the emblazoned balls,
until the air was made vocal melody ! The
apartments were filled with the wealth and
beauty of the city. There was dancing in one
room, singing in another ; all was mirth—gay
unclouded mirth.
Prominent in that large assemblage—the
very embodiment of beauty and vivacity—sat
the belle of the evening, the young Caroline
Blondel. With music in her ears, «nd adula
tion at her side, how could a young maiden
fail of heing happy t There was a stir in that
part of the room nearest the door, a suppress
ed whispering, a compressed murmur, and it
was said that the lion of tho night—the noble
Count Eugene de Frihurg—was approaching.
AH eyes were fixed upon the outtet, and ex
pectation had arisen to its utmost height whan,
in the midst of the suddeu silence, the door
opened, and a valet, in magnificent livery, an
nounced—
44 The Count Friburg !”
He entered—the foreign 44 lion,’! the descend
ant of a long line of nobles, whose pedigree
had its birth in royalty, and whose dignity as
pired to the clouds. At first he seemed taken
aback at the sense of splendor which, on eve
ry side met bis eyes ; bat, gaining confidence,
he advanced into the apartment with an irre
sistible air, and was introduced by the over
joyed Mr. Blondel to bis daughter. Again
the music struck up, aDd the count led his
charmiDg partner to the dance.
4 What grace—what elegance !’ 4 whispered
the gentlemen.
What a handsome figure—what an enebant-
ng moustache !’ exclaimed the ladies.
4 What fools !’ thought Frank Huntley, as he
eurveyed the frantic motions of bis friend Fri
burg, amid the variations of a French quad
rille.
The foreign count was none other besides
Alfred Morleigh, the yonng artist.
JAS. L. LONG, M. D.
Surgeon, Accoucheur and Physician,
{Office at Jfr. Thomat SheatP Store,)
Good Hope District, Walton co., Qa^
* r, ^* § pFof«$*ionnl lerviceR to the citizen* of the
^^?'^ counlr 7’ ang27
livery, Feed & Sale Stable,
ATHENS. GEORGIA.
tin W & aEAVES . PROPRIETORS,
W ILL be found at their old stand, mar Franklin
es h..s \ b !i. U<,ln * 4 Thomas stmt. Konp always
c ® *004 Turn-outs and aareful drivers,
c. earsd for whan entrusted to oar enrm
on hand for sale at nil times. dec3S-1
ftnnd- cii. j tt hedge of hair, I may be sure of success. 4
Boot, Shoe and Harness dnot , a „, yd « a ,„ M1 »BL„d,ir
JFH113-1J WATKINS VILLE, GA.
WALTON HOTEL,
ihn> . MONROE, GA.
A sad is rl vV w#n, 4 isspeetfully inform travelers
•I Us akew ** n,r *' l y that ho has taken charge
*hcr"*k, Bo “>. ** d "''I spurn no ps.ffa to make
in ji ’t** *^ # “»J favor him with tnoir patron-
•t-JUs ch »rges will roasonabls. jan38 lm
R. B. ADAIR, D.D.S.,
GAINESVILLE, GA.
-i*0j8ontkea*Uorn.r PdRUo Sq..-. 27nar
A»ull,££ G , AL blanks,
A UU4, »yplj always on hand, at thn
WATnnuivi
WATOIUlAJIf OFFICE.
4 Were I to encourage such a thought, I
should be unworthy the name of a lover; nor
could I hope that the love thus won from her
by me, as a count, would endure towards tbe
poor artist. 4
4 Well, since you promise to deal fairly with
her, and are resolved to push tbe affair, I will
aid you. Let me think ; to-morrow evening
tbe old gentleman gives an entertainment in
honor of bis daughter's first appearance in
society. This will occur most opportunely for
your scheme. But you will have many obsta'
cles-to contend with; in tbe first place you
have a rival.’
A rival f Who—where t’
Not at your elbow, as your looks would
seem to intimate; be is, nevertheless, a for-
idable one. He says that be is rich, tbe ladies
call bim handsome, and the gentlemen eall hita
a d of a feltow.’ He has, moreover, ob
tained tbe consent of ber parent! to an union
with Miss Blondel.*
4 How t has he dared—*
* Nay, not so hot; Caroline, I can assure
yon, will never oonsent to receive him as a
husband, with all bit riches. To-morrow
evening then, I will introdnoe you, and yon
shall have an opportunity of eeeiPg both your
mistress and your rival-’
Midnight had passed, and still the amuse
ments were nnabated. In a remote corner of
the garden attached to tbe house, two figures,
oDe of whom had been present, Mr.]Blondel
would have identified as his daughter, and the
other as Huntley’s noble friend—were linger
ing.
Am I beloved, then, dearest 1* asked the
pretended connt.
4 As mnch as a confiding girl of sixteen can
love, 4
4 This is beyond my utmost expectation 1
But have you never thought of tfie many ad
vantages yon will lose by refusing the proffer
ed hand of the rich Elventon 1’
4 Often, hat were they as countless as the
waves’—
4 Will you consent, then, to abandon your
father's gilded roof for the one of a poor ar
tist
' Is flight our only refuge F asked tbe young
girl.
4 The only one. Your father would spurn
at once ail idea of an allowance with me.’
4 But can you keep present appearances,
and thereby win bis ultimate consent!’
> 4 1 have already gone farther than my con-
cicnco warrants, and should have hesitated
ere this, were not your hand the incentive.
Believe me, dearest Caroline, I have just men
tioned the only possible resource. 4
* Wbat would my friends say V asked thn
lady.
4 Smelt, you value my huppiness too much
not to discriminate between thn difference
which, if yon really love, nmste xist between
them and ms. Come, dearest love, and I will
soon find the necessary means of liberating
you from this thraldom.’
4 Alfred, yon have conquered me, but do
not deem me weak if I request a few days'
respite ere I accompany yon. Come to
me at the end ef three days, and I will be
ready.’
• • •
4 What success V asked Frank Huntley of
his friend npon his retain to the house.
* The greatest imaginable !• was the reply
4 You are a skilful manceuvererj wed Caro-
• ■ is :Tnpon4|lsin- port• a* i^n rut* which
fixed Upon she worthy Mr Blondel, £> he read
•he followin'? note which he discovered erne
••Domin'? lyine npon his bnreao :
4 4 Dearest Papa I am aware that the
step which I have taken may seem in yonr
judgment excessively imprudent; but you
will own. npon reflection, that tbe consequen
ces were entailed by yourself. You would
have married me to the man who I detest for
the sake of a few paltry dollars; I preferred
eloping with the man whom I love, and I do
sincerely hope that your good sense will lead
you to acquiesce in tbe propriety of tbe step.
44 My husband, Mr. Alfred Morleigh, artist,
(the late “ Connt de Friburg") joins with me
in requesting yonr pardon. * *‘*\
4 Yonr truly affectionate, though erring
daughter, ‘Caroline 4
To this unworthy story, we will, with the
permission of onr readers, append a moral:
Let fathers think more of tbe happiness of
their daughters than of gratifying their own
selfish desires, and there will he fewer elope
ments.
A Funny Affair of Honor.
RACY COMMENTS UPON PETR BLAIR AND
MOSS SULLIVAN.
Sines the emaneipstion of the negroes, it has
been their highest ambition not only to show
that thsy are men and brethren, bnt that they
are gentlemen also. Their powers of imita
tion being well developed, and gentlemen be
ing very plentiful in the South as examples,
they have made good progress, and have
proved themselves adepts in all those remark'
able qualities which are characteristic of tho
typical Southern gentleman. In fact, their
progress has been so very rapid that it is an
open question whether they have not outstrip
ped their white brethren in those qualities
which hare heretofore characterized tbe white
Chesterfields and D’Orsays; and whether the
Black Knight, who so often figures in tbs
romances of the Crnsades, has not reappeared
in tbe Sooth as the glass of fashion and tbe
rose of conrtesy. Has not white chivalry re
trograded when ex-President Davis and ex
Senator Foote hnrl epithets of all sorts at each
other day after day, and neither of them get
hurt T Peter Blair and Moses Sullivan, of An
gusta. Ga., did not do things this way. Peter
and Moses are negroes, likewise Southern gen
tiemeu. When, therefore. Moses one day came
between the wind and Peter's dignity, Peter
did not inform him, after the old fashion, that
he was a 4 common nigger. 4 bnt sent him word
that he was no gentleman. Moses, in turn,
did not hutt him with his head nor go aronnd
and steal his chickens, hut sent him a high
tnned note demanding apology or satisfaction
with shot-guns or pistols. Peter, however,
maintained his proposition with reference to
Moses 4 gentlemanly standing, and named pis
tols, at Sand Bar Ferry, nn the morning of
March 8. at which time he would make good
his assertion or spill his blood into the Ferry.
When the memorable morning came, the ne
gro who was a gentleman and the negro wbo
was not a gentleman, with two negroes for
seconds, both of whom were gentlemen, we
presame, met at Sand Bar Ferry with fire In
their eyes and murder in their hearts—Peter,
because he was a gentleman, and Moses, be
cause he was not a gentleman, according to
Peter. Tbe ground was measured off. Peter
was set up like a peg at one extreme and
Moses at the other, and a five-sheoter was
placed in tbe hands of each. The prelimina
ries were short and to the point. Knight, one
of tbe seconds, gave the commands: 4 Peter,
is you ready t' 4 Yes, sah, 4 replied the gentle
man. 4 Moses, is you ready V 4 Yes, sah, 4 re
plied the one who was not a gentleman.—
1 Shoot!' said tbe gentlemanly second. And
they did shoot. As each man had five char
ges, and as the whole ten were fired regard
less of expense, target, or range, the two gen
tlemen who were masters of ceremonies must
have had a lively time in dodging the flying
bullet*. When there were no more charges
to fire and the smoke had cleared away, Peter
was dancing a gentlemanly jig at one end of
the line and Moses an nngentlemanly break
down at the other and the two seconds were
having a walk-round, feeling of themselves to
see if they were shot. White chivalry would
have patched np matters, after wasting ten
charges of powder and ball and gone home
gentlemen; bnt, according to the code of dark
chivalry, aomebody must get hit. So the pis
tols were reloaded, and Peter and Moses com
menced blazing away again, and the two
seconds hopped about more vigorously than
ever to dodge the missiles, which were flying
in every direction. The battle raged furiously
for some minutes, bnt at last the gentlemanly
Peter gave a bowl, for Moses had hit him in
one leg; in a few minutes he gave a loader
how] and sat down, for Moses had hit him in
the other leg. Peter, in the meantime, had
been firing at the top of a distant cbnrcb
steeple. Then Peter and Moses shook hands,
and Moses and Peter went home, both gentle
men, but Moeet* the best of the two, because
he had a Whole pair of legs to go home with.
Sonthern chivalry has received some useful
hints from Moses and Peter. Having met up
on the field of honor and exchanged twenty
shots, they are now, according to tbe Sonthern
code, gentlemen of the first water, and twenty
times better gentlemen than their white as
sociates, because they fired twenty times as
often at each other. For straight-out chivalry
and determined pistol courtesies, there has
been nothing in the South for a long time
which comes up to the gentlemanly conduct of
Moses a..d Peter. We commend it to Mr.
Davis and Mr. Foote, and to all other Southern
gentlemen wbo have doubts about the status
of their neighbors as gentlemen, as a sample
of first-class business, without any unnecessary
talk or letter-writing nonsense.—Chicago Tri
bune.
Old
■. n 4 *' n~il who. f«t i
ronvenienre. w« mar eall'Unele Josirreonsent-
ed to necomr-ariy the deacon to erra of the
meetings, nnd accordingly accompanied him
to tbe sehool house one evening much to the
surprise ef all present. In the course of the
evening the deacon arose with a penitential
eonntenanee to tell bis experience. He was
the prince of sinners, he said. If he got his
deserts be wonld be banished forever from Di
vine favor. After making himself out to be
all that is vile in man according to his inter
pretation of 44 be that bnmbleth himself shall
be exalted, 44 he sat down with the sublime
sense of having done his duty, and asked Uncle
Josh if be wouldn’t tell his experience. With
some relnetanoe he meekly arose amid the
breathless attention of tho assembly. It was
an nnknewn occurrence for Uncle Josh to
•peak in meeting. He said he had listened
with interest to the remarks of tbe deacon, and
be conld assure the brethren that from hie long
acquaintance with him, he conld endorse all
the deacon had said concerning his meanness
and vileness, for he was certainly the meanest
man he ever knew. Tbe wrath ef the deacon
was terrific. He shook his fist under Uncle
JoBh'8 nose and exclaimed, 14 You are a con
founded liar, and I’ll whip yon so soon as yon
can get out of church 5”
A Good Story.
Deaeon D. was very much interested in s
revival that was taking place in the neighbor
hood, and as a consequence wae continually
urging his neighbors to come over on the
Lord’s side, as be expressed it. He bad fre
quently importuned an old neighbor of bis
who was not particularly noted for his profes
sion of religion, hut was nevertheless highly
respected by all who knew him—to attepd one
■ ; -in.*
Romance ef a Convict Girl.
THE PRETTY PICKPOCKET WHO MIGHT HAVE
BEEN A FASHIONABLE BELLE.
Ten years ago this month a refined and pret
ty yonng girl was sent to Blackwell’s Island
for picking the pocket of a lady on Broadway.
Day before yesterday the same girl, now a
lovely woman of 24, was eonvicted of the theft
and sentenced to four years* hard labor in
State prison. Tbe story of this nnfortnnate
woman is a most interesting one. Born in
Lexington Avenue of wealthy and respectable
parents, she nevertheless inherited that un
fortunate temperament known as the hysterical
or emotiopal. When the yonng girl was con
victed the first time the mother pleaded hard
for the misguided daughter, but it was hoped
that the discipline of two years would be of
advantage to ber, and so the sentence was car
ried into execution. Thoughtless and gay as
a child she donned the convict’s dress. She
utterly refusod te work, and considerable
liberty was given her. Everybody liked her.
for she was pretty and winning—more like a
spoiled child than a dangerous woman. To
the son of the warden, a tall youth of eighteen,
she seemed a veritable angel, with her soft
hands, deep blue eyes, and her volatile ways.
It took him abont three months to arrive at
the conclusion that pbe was the most admirable
being that this world contained, and six months
more to decide that it was wrong for such a
refined little lady to be kept in such a place
He was serving an apprenticeship as gas fitter
in New York. -He began to neglect his work
on plea of illness, and to stay upon the island
instead of going over to the city. It was as
tonishing what an interest he took in all that
related to the affairs of the prison.
Never was so grand a chance offered' for a
gallant hero to strike a grand blow to capti
vate his lady. If Pauline Deschappelles had
been a convict instead of a merchant princess,
Claude Melnotte wonld not have had to resort
to the subterfuge of personifying a prince.
If I get you out, will you marry me t’ said
the Claude of Blackwell’s Island; and his
Pauline responded: 'Yes, yon or anybody
else; only be qnick abont it.' In broken
words, cangbt through gratings or behind iron
doors, the fugitive lovers planned it. She
should get away and leave the Island alone,
remain in New York three weeks and then he
wonld join her.
A proper opportunity was long in presenting
itself, but it came at last. The warden had
left for a time bis son on guard alone. The
sister of tbe yonng man was in her room above;
she was called down on some pretext and sent
to a neighboring building. Quick as a flash
the pretty jail bird dashed np stairs, tore off
the convict garb, and donned the sister’s best
suit. She did not forget the veil and parasol
with which to shield her features, and she had
the wit to sober down her usual airy gait to
the more staid motion of the one into whose
shoes she had stepped. Onr Clande was wait
ing. 4 Here, I want you to row my sister over
to New York, 4 he said to the men, and they
did so.
It is not known how he fixed matters with
the family, bnt certain it Is that three weeks
later he promised te cherish and protect for
life that liberated jail-bird, and she to love
him, to honor and to obey.
A coup’o aged respectively fourteen and
eighteen were rather yonng to begin house
keeping, so they lived in a hotel. His love for
ber was a real passion; she was his angel, no
matter what she did, and he worked hard all
day and every day to support her. . As for her,
■he certainly respected her husband; she was
gratefal to him; she bad kept her promise;
bnt the stained, dark bands of the gas-fitter
were always a horror to her; it was towards
the light-fingered gentry that she gravitated
gracefully and naturally.
Having the whole day to beraelf, in the
midst of tbe great metropolis, tbe hereditary
dormant passion was surely and speedily tens
ed to life. Thieving is a disease. With this
poor girl it assumed the chronio state. Before
she had been a wife two years, she was arrest
ed for grand larceny, tried, convicted, and
sentenced to Sing Sing for three years. When
she came out she thought herself cured ; tbe
husband, like Douglas, ever tender and true,
took ber home again. Uufortuately for ber
she never loved bim, and she was incapable of
keeping her promise to be honest.
At last sbe did fall in love. She tried to
pick the pocket of a rich Southerner, and be
caught her in the aot, and chivalrously forgave
her. Again a yearning for something nobler
and better took possession of her, and again
she promised never to yield to temptation, bat
the new love awakened in her heart made her
ashamed of her hosband. Soon she was again
on trial for larceny, and the father of her hus
band came forward and did not spare his evi
dence in full. She received ’another term in
Sing Sing. In time the warden’s son was di
vorced and married again.
Adelaide came from prison tbe third time to
'th«r v-.i ’.itfiirt rhn.liKj w. f ,ni;.n - and
‘in tbe daughter rook tbe pledge o>‘ absti
nence. She went to live with a, sister in Brook
lyn. At the age of twenty-three site was more
of a child than she bad been at fourteen.
• I am going np to my home,’ she said yes
terday. 4 Sing-Sing—I call it my home, I have
been there so much. I believe I like it better
than this New York. I suppose it’s becanse I
am so hardened,’ and the eyes fill with tears.
Her last pledge la broken; the ponic earae,
with ita great excitement for all, and an ex
citement especially calculated to aggravate a
malady like here. She for four more years
must occupy a prison cell.—N. Y. Graphic.
A Cave in North Carolina;
An exchange says In tbe ruDgeof moon tains
in Western North Carolina, known as the 4 Fox
Range, 4 a most singular phenomenon exists.
It is a 4 breathing cave.’ In the summer
months a current of air comes from it so strong
ly that a person can't walk against it, while in
tbe winter the suction is jnst as great. Tie
cool air from the mountain in tbe summer is
felt for miles, in a direct line from the month
of the cave. At times a most unpleasant odor
is emitted from the current from dead carcases
of animals sacked in and killed by violence.
The loss of cattle and stock in that section in
winter is accounted for in this way: They
range too near the mouth of the cave, and the
current carries them in. At times, when the
change from inhalation to exhalation begins,
the air is filled with hairs of animals; not un-
frequently bones and whole carcases are found
m iles from the place. The air has been known
to change materially in temperature during
exhalation from qnite eool to unpleasantly hot,
withering vegetation within reach, and accom
panied by a terrible roaring, gargling sound,
as a pot boiling. It is unaccounted for by sei
entitle men who have examined it, though no
exploration can take place. It is feared by
many that a volcanic ernption may break forth
there some time. Such things have occurred
in places as little expected.
snft ar.d tnvllow: for when the fur:v.\ siii-r.-.
remain lodged Rcainat, each other at th« ho
le, they are never settled and compacted to
gether by rains, as wher turned over fiat.
When thorough ploughing and cultivation
ire undertaken, we need leas area of land, than
wbat has been customary with ns in our South
ern system of farming; and what Is done, let
it be well done ; aud I will further add, rely
more on rotating crops and turning under
green vegetation for resuscitating yonr lands,
than on commercial manures.
Frematnre Last Words.
A writer in the Louisville Courier-Journal
tells the following amusing story of the rebel
lion : A single shot, followed by a loud shriek
told us that one of my best men, Bradley, was
hurt. He proclaimed his agony with a loud
voice, turned over on his back, and commenc
ed kicking so vigorously that the surgeon bad
difficulty in getting near him.
*• Poor fellow !” said the doctor, as he saw
a whitish liquid oozing out; 44 shot in the blad
der. I am afraid it is fatal.’
And be commenced opening bis coat.
44 Ob ! my God,” said Bradley, 4 * I'm a dead
man. 4
4 Keep up yonr spirits, my boy -. never nay
die.” said Captain Johnson, kneeling kindly
over him.
“Doctor,” asked tbe wounded soldier, fee
bly, 4 will you write to my mother aod tell
her that I died bravely, doing my duty, with
my face to the foe, and that I thought of her
when dying t'
44 Yes,” said the doctor, with dim eyes and
a husky voice ; 44 I will write to her, and tell
her, too. 4
But suddenly springing to his feet with an
indignant voice, he said:
4 Why, confound it, man, you're not hurt a
bit. It's only your canteen that’s shot, and
that’s the water from it. Get up, will yout’
Bradley raised up slowly, felt himself all
over, and, with au exceedingly foolish coun
tenance, crawled back to his position, amid
tbe uproarious laughter of the whole regiment
For months after that, on the march or in
the camp, and sometimes in the stillness of
the night, you wonld hear a voice in one direc
tion demanding:
4 What shall I tell your mother t’ and per
haps half a dozen responses would be heard,
4 Tell her I died with my face to the foe, 4 aud
then Bradley would come out and hunt for
the man who said it.
He seldom found him, but when he did there
was certain to be a fight.
Dogs and Sheep.
The Richmond Dispatch says the grangers
in Virginia are increasing in number and pow
er. They are understood to be united open
the dog and sheep question—i. e., dogs or
sheep f And they being sensible men—as the
farming community always is—take the right
side. Dogs beoome daily of less value and
sheep are daily increasing in valne. Doga
were of especial service in clearing the 4 var
mints 4 in fox-hooting, primitive days; bnt new
in one fox-hnnt dogs will do more damage to
erope than will all the beasts of prey, other
than themselves, in a year. On the other
band, sheep are a great element of wealth.
They furnish the very best food for the table,
and they give ns the best clothing for winter.
Shall there be auy donbt wbieh ef the two to
choose—sheep or dogs f They cannot live to
gether in peace in the same district. Sheep
cannot prosper where there are dogs. The
grangers knew this, and they demand some
degree of abatement of the dog nuisance.
Total Statistics of the Last United States Cen
sus.
The total population of the country is about
thirty-eight and a quarter millions. Total
number of deaths in the current census year,
492,263, or about 1,349 per diem. March seems
the moBt fatal month, leading all others by
about 1,000. March, April and May form the
most fatal quarter, exceeding any other three
consecutive months by over 13,000. The births
nnmber 1,100,475, or about 3,000 per diem.
The blind number abont 20,000. The deaf
and dumb about 16,000. Tho idiotic about
24,000. Tbe insane abont 37,000, nearly one-
third of whom are of foreign birth. Persons
over 80 years of age number about 150,000.
Persons over 90 years of age number about
7,000. Persons over 100 years of ago number
about 3,500. Of those over 80 years, the fe
males outnumber the males by about 12,000
Of those over 90 years, the females are in ex
cess by about 1,200. Of those over 100 years,
the females exceed tbe males by about 1,000.
BT Building in a sense, is an incomplete
science. There is scarcely an individual who
engages in an enterprise of that nature who
has not te pay more money than he originally
expected. It appears to 1m impossible to draw
np specifications which are complete. It ap
pears to be ont of tbe question to expect a
plan which shall not require modification as
the structure rises. At least, if not impossi
ble and out of the question, they are rarely
produced.
- - 4 1 see,* said a yonng lady, ‘that some print
ers advertise blank declarations for sals, I wish
I conld get one.’ 4 Why t’ asked the mother.
4 Becanse ma, Mr. G—is too modest to ask me
to marry him; and, perhaps, if I conld Ail
blank declaration, be would sign it. 4
HgmnJtttval matter
Plows and Ploughing.
Now I lay it down as a fact, that successful
farming is impossible without good plows and
good and thorough ploughing being done. Too
many farmers there are, I mast say, that de
not know what good ploughing is, or what
kind-of ploughing is needed for certain pur
poses. We sometimes hear afarmersay.be
Wu'd not have a turning plow that did not
turn over the furrow slice perfectly flat. Well
and good, but a plow that does that kind of
ploughing is not suited for breaking up ground
intended for corn or wheat, as i sliali present
ly explain. Now when I turn under green
weeds or clover for manuriul purposes, I pro
fer that the plow should turu over the furrow,
slice perfectly flat, provided it covers up the
weeds aod clover; but bear in mind, such
plows never tern deep or pulverize tbe ground
wbat pulverizing is done afterwards, by the
inverted slice being exposed to the action of
the weather; and such plows leave the ground
hard and smooth, below the furrows; as such
those plows I never use in breaking and turn
ing the land preparatory for planting.
The turning plow I use for fall or winter
ploughing, in preparing land for corn or wheat
is the turning plow that breaks deep, and
That’s the Way to do it.
Too much and too long have the people of
the South—those especially who are in debt
or have to procure 4 advances'—relied upon
the Lbor of freed negroes to build them up to
independence again. It has not worked satis-
factcrily so far, and there is no evidence that
the condition iB improving. It is one of tbe
things that prompts the making of so much
cotton—cotton wherewith to raise money to
pay for hired labor that barely repays the cost
of employment. We may regard it as almost
certain that in the proportion in which land-
owners rely npon their own labor and that of
their families, in the same proportion will they
decrease their cotton and increase their pro
vision crops. While, therefore, it is at first
thought saddening to hear that so many plant
ers have to curtail their force of hired negroes,
it is at tbe same time encouraging to have tbe
assurance that this will work a partial reform
in their farming economy, and one that will be
apt to lay the basis of a stable and growing
prosperity.
The following report, which the Griffin News
makes, of the course which many planters in
middle Georgia are pursuing, is one that ought
to inspire hope instead of despondency. W#
have an abiding faith that the resolute and
self-reliant class mentioned will, at tbe eloe*
of the year, find themselves better off than
they have been for six or eight years past, and
will discover that they have at last mad* the
first sore and reliable advance towards inde
pendence and prosperity. The News says:
The planters in this section are striving to
release themselves from debt and make them
selves independent. They have largely car
tailed their force, and many are running ptowe
themselves. We know of tome men who laet
year employed at least thirty negroes. This
year the number has been reduced to ten, and
the planter hae taken charge of a plow. An
other farmer employs no negroes, where ho had
many last season, and he and his sons are do
ing aii the farm work. We hear ef other in
stances of this kind, and believe it a fair indi
cation ef the people generally. Negro labor
is cheaper and more abundant than at any pe
riod since the war. Instead of being sought
after, as heretofore has been tbe ease, numbers
are begging for work. Hands which last year
commanded *100 and *130 a year, now only
ask *50. Many ont of employment seek to
labor for clothes and food, yet planters will
not or are nnabie to give that. These 4 wan
derers' are, however, allowed to cultivate laud
at a small rental, but they must subsist them
selves. This is the general condition. Whites
are leading the forces in the Sold in active
operations.*—Columbus Enquirer.
Farmers in Debt.
Some of our exchanges are descanting on
the ruin sure to follow getting in debt to carry
on forming operations. One farmer wbo stop
ped jiving and asking credit a few years ago,
records it as h;s experience that he can b#y
more than be ever bought before, aad sell
more. Tbe case is mentioned of the French,
who never go in debt, and who, having been
saving money^since the days of the first Napo
leon, have become the richest nation in the
world, which is proved by the fact that the
German indemnity of a thousand millions of
dollars, which they were obliged to pay, has
been all discharged in two years, while we have
been struggling for eight years, with twice as
much. Perhaps the wealth of the Fronoh
farmers arises as much from the small farm
system as the high cultivation they give the
soil. There is a vast difference in farming in
. _ - a loose way and having all work done in the
Pulverizes tbe ground and turns the furrow • best manner.
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