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VOLUME XXL
ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOTE 11, 1874.
NUMBER 32.
THE SOUTHERN WATCHMAN
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L r : i AL ADVERTISING .
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, •ll^.'iOiijs.. 5.00
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4.50
\-lakinist ration or Guardianship 4.00
»btor* and Creditor*- 5.00
pi: ».juxr«,<ichia»«rtion.^. 1.50
;■ Real Sstato.... .. 4.00
iismU? ? on of Administrator 5.00
“ Guardian 5.25
lin the number of tqaare* in an advertise-
•nry. count the words—one hundred feeing
, ines. All fractions are counted as full
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS.
UAH l* C»*». | A. S. CtVM. | IIDWCLL COBB, JR.
EKllIX i C015B,
V ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
.1 rnEX.i, Georgia.
■ i 2 -- i-i the Deupree BuiMitt;. Dec21
V
V. KlM.K.
. BOOT. SHOE AND HARNESS MAKER,
WirSISUILLE. Ga.
*3 VN'KRITTCY.—Samuel P. Thurmond,
|3 AUornej-at-I.aw. Athens. Ga.
• t :i ft 1 i *frref,orer t\c 4t>»rr 0/ Barry A Son,
TV. e in via'. attentionto cases in Bankruptcy. Al
• the collection of all claims entrusted to his care.
’NiiLAN'!* £ 0RR.
4 WTa desale and Retail Dealers.
and COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Dupre*? Hall Br>ad St. Athens, Ga
- \*e n- w prepared to store Cotton at 25 cents per
.»ol will advance cash when desired. Oct2S
V-\ .l i'H A- CLASSICAL SCHOOL,
i_j r »r Il-*ys. cor. Wrav and Lumpkin «t#., Ath-
apS—3in ' LEE M. LYLE. Prin.
IVORY SPEER,
\ LAWYER. ATHENS, GA.
V* ' : :it»r General of Western Circui*. will attend
' f Clarke. Walton. Gwinnett, Hall. Banks,
It !Iib«r»ham, Franklin, Rabun and White
• t’testioQ to collecting and other claims ir
- ■ int.es. March 19. U73.
p.-WAUI. R. HARDEN*,
i_Li Lite Judge U. S. Courts Nebraska and Utah
and now Judge of Brooks County Court)
Attorney at Law,
;a.vV ly ijHttmnm, Brook* County f Ga.
3* j. KSTK9. VADIftOS BULL.
17'TES -t BELL. Attorneys at Law,
JAINESVILLE. GA.
WILL practice in the counties composing the
■n Circuit, and Dawson and Forsyth counties
d!ue Ridge Circuit. They will also pri^tice in
rea.e Court of Georgia, and in the United States
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|VYD A SIMAS’,
L ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
' r . ! f ra*:i.-e iu the ccunt.es of Walton and Jackson,
"I* J v*-ovi>.^ j. k. silk am.
Covington. Ga. marl Jefferson. Ga.
T F. " KELLEY’S
fJ . PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
«, Broad street, Athens,
sep.V
T H. HPiBINS.
•J • hoiesale and Retail Dealer in
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. HARDWARE. Ac.
* Br >ad Street. Athens, Ga.
Tors ii. .’HR 1 sTtj
*J Putt, ini Fau-v HOOK A.YD JOB PRINTER,
Broad St., Athena, Gm. t
•)£ *e «ira«-r Br ... j and Wall streets, over :kc store
JiXes l*. iV-ari.
tf
J A ? K '
V
li. LYLE,
ATTORNEY** Law,
wxmssriLiE. GA.
LIE' 11. MATTHEWS..
f AttohuAt
J
at Law,
Danielsviile.Ga.
bn will be given to any business en-
Marchl4.
AMES L. LONG. M. D.
'PRGEON. ACCOUCHEUR A PHYSICIAN.
1 Uj’ee at Mr. Thowtat Skint*’ Store,)
'b d Hope District. Walton county, Ga.
his professional services to the citizens of the
funding eo an try. aug27
K ELIAS, Attorney at Law,
• . FRANKLIN. X. C.
Practice* :a all the Courts of Western North Caro-
• '■zx, m iic the Federal Courts. Claims collected in
• -psrts tf :he State. aplfi—ly
T I'ERY, Kvil and Sale Stable,
ATHENS, GA.
hA.V.VX HEAVES, iToprirtors,
^<LWiU be found at their old stand, rear Frank-
• *a Hi«»e building, Thomas street. Keep always
n 'l *Turn-outs and careful drivers.
<* k * wel1 can& d for when entrusted to our care.
< in band for sale at all times. dec25—-tf
\r 'V. riden, "
—ATTORNEY AT LAW,
C.S. Claim Agent and Notary Public,
^ Gaivcsvillc. Ga.
,1 . u5ce on Wilson street, below King 4 Bro’s.
February Pi, 1373.
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E. P. HOWELL.
•EEPLES Jc HftWELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
. a *d 22. Kimball House, Atlanta. Ga.
,. xn £*tate and Federal Courts, and
-■ca i regularly all the Courts in Atlanta, includ-
- ' jpreme Court of the State, and wit* argue
*P*»c. briefs f*jr absent parties, on reasonable
VALUABLE LANDS
For Sale.
T HE undersigned offers for sale his two tracts of
land—the ooe on wbieh he lives containing near
three hundred acres, lying on Little Curry's creek, 6
miles from Jcfferton. 12 or 13 from Athens; 125 to
150 acres in original fores: of excellent timber: 20 to
20 acre# bottom: ail in cultivation near 140 acres; 8
or 10 acres in orchard, of the choicest and best select
ed fruit#. The land will average with the best in the
county. House built since the war. of the best select
ed lumber and shingle#, containing 9 room#. 4 fire
place*, convenient to a fyring of the best water. Saw
ar.d GrDt Mill three or four hundred yards from the
house, as gor,#i a# i# ir. the 0 *antry. Oat-building*.
gin-hoUre. £c, sufficient. Also, cabins for tenants.
The .ither place contains two hundred and five acres.
15 or 20 river and branch bottom, land sufficient far
4 or 5 hands with a little clearing up. as it has been
lying out for several year#, which has improved it;
good fruit and water; common improvements; water
power for a gin. All indulgence granted possible.
j* 1 * 1 * E. J. SHARP.
.P r «ctiee in the Courts of the countiescon-
*1 * * 1< r ttcessible to Atlanta by Railroad, sepl 1
Pavilion hotel,
r-■ ,, tn .. CHARLESTOS, S. C.
...'*RsT-CLA8S Hotel U situated in the very
•:“srh of the city, and mil who
,17-”!” ioJ«v.r»conrenieoee andlaxarj that
^r.teared. Board, per day, $3.00.
d *>*• Mr » L. H. BerraaniLD,)
- tf Proprietra. j
pLAI.V
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and Fancy Job Printing,
At the Southern Watchman OOee.
. ■ ADAMS, M. D„
- s tra«i 0 », Accoccaaca a»n Persicias.
tj. V * l '. ri * i,1 '»ee, Mountain District. Walton eoun-
- ■-^a-oJer, hj s professional services to the
* “* loc surrounding country. aug28—1 y
P B. ADAIR, D. D. S.
n V flaiaaaritta, Ga.
’.'“'heasteorner P.hlirSqaars
. -- A NEWTON,
Dealers in
Foreign and Doma/tie HARDWARE,
No. 9,Broad street, Athens, Ga.
FIBST CtBAND GIFT CONCERT.
Montpelier Me Hmane Asseciattra,
AT ALEXAUDBIA, YA.
November 23, 1874.
LIST OF GIFTS:
1 Grand Cash Gift
$100,000
1 Grand Ca*b Gilt
50 000
1 Grand Cash Gift
25,COO
100,000
75.000
50 000
10 Cash Gift*, $IO.OCO each
15 Cash Gifts, 5,000 each
50 Cash Gifts, 1,000 each
100 Caab Gift#, 500 each.
50,000
1,000 Cash Gift*, 100 each
100,000
1.000 Cash Gift*, 50 each
50,000
20,000 Cash Gifts. 20 each
400,000
22,173 Corn Gift!,amounting tc.. $1.000,000
NUMBER of TICKETS, 100,000.
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole Ticket, _ S20.00
Halves lO.oo
Quarters 5.00
Eighths, or each Coup00 2.50
5J Tickets for 100.00
The Montpelier Female Humane Association,char
tered by the Legislature of Virginia and the Circuit
oert of Orange Co., proposes, by a Grand Gift Con
cert. to establish andendour a “Home for the Old. In-
hrta, and Destitute Ladies of Virginia/' at Montpelier,
the former residence of President James Madison.
GovKaaou s Orr:ca, Ricimohd, July 3, 1S74.
is me pleasure to say that I am well ac
j C. IHIBBS,
Stasis ..a o ll ' ll *** U “* Dealer in
p ?« and Fancy DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. Ac.
No. 1J Broad Street, Athena, Ga.
P •'* SALE, Dentist,
W«; bi , “*!*** permanently located in thD pl.ee,
*»d »icin?ty f ioMl '* rTi< '** <“ thteitiaenaof Atheas
Ti «iniiy.
uaarll—tf.
F isr«.
k SS*S*££ a &S3i£>** AR -
t B.P. BISHOP.
quainted with a Urgemajority of the officer* of the
Montpelier Female Humane Association, who reside
In the vicinity of my tome, and I attest their intelli
gence, and their worth and high reputation as gentle
men, as well a* the ptblic confidence, influence and
substantial means literally represented among them.
JAMES L. KEMPER, Gov. Virginia.
Alexandria, Ya .July 8,1874.—•* * * I com-
mend them as gent# of honor and integrity, and fully
entitled to the eonfiicree of the public. * * *
K. W. H L G U E3, U. S. J udge East’n Dist. of Va.
Further reference* by permission : Hi* Excellency
Gilbert C. Walker, Ex-Governor of Va.; Hon. Robt.
E. Withers, Lieuteiant-Gov. of Va. and U. S. Senator
elect; Senator* and Members of Congress from Va.
Rornittaoce* for tickers may be made by Express,
prepaid. Post Office Money.Order on Washington, D.
C., nr by Registered Letter.
For full particu.ars. testimonials. 4c., send for Cir
cular. Address, non. JAMES BARBOT7R.
Pres’tM. F. H. A.. Alexandria, Va
Rcli able Agent? wanted everywhere. oct21—Iw
New Firm and New Goods.
GRIFFETH & CRANE
\ RE now opening at the old stand of Laznpkin A
Crane. No.9 Broad Street, a fine stock of
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
PROriSIOXS OF ALL KIXDS,
Hats, Shoes, Crockeiy,
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY.
In fact.every thing usually kept in a first-class Van
ety Store—which we propose to sellar the lowest cast
prices, or exchange for Country Produce.
We respectfully solicit the patronage of our friends
and the oubiic generallv.
Fehl ' GRIFFETH A CRANE
DR. WHITTIER:
Sc. 617 St. Quilts Street, St LenJe, Ka,
cooUsqm to trot mil mm ef mbto—tom to narrimn. blood
tapomtom, rmrj mitowx ar si isea wAiea rmalto turn
iacAKrrttooar taymtewe. vise —Ti~iUmlr|
—wrtmla mad rmltmbU rtUmL Bda« a crmdmmu at
—T«rml totdkal snlapn mad bmriae Um esierkMi ft m
loocmad RseMafml Uft la aim ipaeialgca U ham perftetod
r-a*tlea Lbms mr« edmaml la mU iO«m emama. Hli pmttoato
mr. Uiz* merf by Bmxl or «xk**» werrtoen. K«
watsrr wa« ImUed. emit «r writ*. Frta (Am pul aoa-
•w *f appUomtfcam h* to combtod to ten kb ebmrnt
tow. 36 pages, tlila* fmll tyapcaam, tor twa itaa^e.
MARRIAGE GUIDE,
^0 pm«e*. a popalmr book which should bo re mi by «
bodf. Xo Bmniod pair, or Hrms occursImtisx cv-
nor?, eaa mflbrd to da wftbomt it. it wnln tha nesw tf
ewdioml Utermtmr* cn this aatjoct. tbs res alts of Or. W.’a
lows upwam; mtoo tto tosl Uowhta tnm toto works
Ulwepesad Iwwirm Sot watod. jwmi-pmld toriOcts.
t 'OR use oc any Sewing Machine, is 44 CLARK’S
O. N. T.,” especially that made for and bearing
the name of the Singer Manufacturing Co. A word
to the wise should be snfficitnt. £3^ Price, 75c. pet
d.tsen Spools, ax the office of the SINGER MANU
FACTURING CO. G. H. HOPE. Agent,
julyl—ly Bishop's Corner, Athens, Ga.
NICE FAT BEEF,
Pork, Mutton, &c.
T HE an<lereixn.<i will open hit BUTCHERING ES
TABLISHMENT on SATURDAY, and propoacs
keeping all kinds of m.aif,
Butchered in the best style,
And furnished to customers with the utmost prompt!
tuii. He solicits the patronage of the public. He is
located on the corner of Lumpkin and Market streets,
near Firemen's Hall.
Meats will be delivered promptly in any portion ef
be city. aug2fi W. R DEMORE, Agent.
FOR SALE,
S EVERAL inp.rior building lota, being* port of
tho lot known aa the Baxter place. Acpl, to
Dr. M. 8. DURHAM, or
angl 9—tf J. S. WILLIFORD.
Wagon Yard in Athens.
T HB aabacrib.rhaa fitted ap and opmad a aafe, com-
fortablo and commodiona Wagoa Yard, on Rival
atreet.in th. neighborhood of th. Upper Bridge, where
CORN, FODDER, aad all other neeeaaarj anppliea can
be purchaaed on reasonable terms. Cbargeamoderate.
The highest market price paid for Conntr? Prodneo,
aad Bank bills received in exchange for Goods.
JnlyT tf
LEY F HOOD.
THE GREAT REHEDY
-FOI
Borns, ScaiSi, Cans, Foisai Oat Stiitu
•f Ietfte aal (fctutws Itfatotfliw fewnlh,
DISCOVERED BY MRS. L E. BUSH,
JUG TAVERN, WALTON CO., GA.,
W AS entered against the World, nt th* late State
Fairat Macon, aad is daily dfeetiag THE MOST
Select gHsccUange
IT OX AN’S SMILES.
There is a star that brightly gleams.
Calm in the sky above.
And throws o'er life its golden beams
Of happiness and lore;
A beacon pure, whose radiance bright
Xo lowering cloud confines;
But in affliction's stormy night.
With heavenly lustre shines.
There is a star, whose magic power
So firmly binds the soul.
That e'en in joy’s mo6t sunny hoar
Man feels its sweet control;
A glorious light, whose mystic spell
Life, hope and joy imparts—
And calms the wild tempestuous swell
Of earth's despairing hearts.
The star that from ita glittering sheen
Gilds life's declining slope.
And throws o’er youth’s resplendent scene
The rosy tints of hope.
The star that drives the clouds away,
Though dark they frown awhile ;
Aod ever shines with peerless ray—
Is woman's Angel smile.
Patent Fifth Act.
Xow, our idea of a red hot fifth act for a red
es to the bad. [This gives an oppor
tunity for plenty of prurient pathos, and will
make the ladies weep buckets of tears.] In
the first scene of the last act the heroine goes
out riding, and is thrown from her horse and
breaks her leg. (Realistic rnn-away scene, the
horse knocking down stuffed apple women and
practicable lamp posts, and the comic police
man turning on the fire alarm.) She refuses
to have it amputated, and gangrene sets in.
Last scene : The stage set as a medical col
lege operating room, students throwing pea
nuts at the porter and giving catcalls. The
heroine is chloroformed and laid on the operat
ing table. (This brings in the leg business,
which can be made a good deal of.) The emi
nent surgeon (it would add to the realistic ef
fect to have the leading surgeons of the city
appear in turns) trifles with his knife, aad at
last makes an incision in the plump member,
followed by a spurt of blood and a scream. A
handsome young student in a mask leaps npon
the stage and scatters them right and left.—
* Batchers, beware ! that is the wrong leg!'
Confusion. The stadent, like one inspired,
presents his theory how, by stimulating the
osmic nerves with saturated biprotaxide of
hydrocephalus, amputation will not be neces
sary. The eminent surgeon says : * Young
man, Astiey Cooper was an ass to you. Gen
tlemen, Galen has come to earth ; be is our
superior.’ The unamputated woman awakes.
That—voice ! Who—spoke ! I—thought—I
beard—’ • Aye. Fantmette ; ’tis I, Armaod !’
shouts the student, tearing off his mask.—
* Spring to my bosom and grow there.’ • Fan-
tinette 1’ • Armand!’ ‘ The hidgis past is
forgotten, and we twain stand in the snnrise,
my life, my wife.’
If this play wouldn't run till the night be
fore the day of judgment, we are very much
mistaken.
To Rrdnce Fonnty Taxes.
Under this bead a correspondent of the Sa
vannah Xeics sends a communication, from
which we take the following suggestion :
From $1,200 to $2,400 taxation (in some
counties more) can be saved to each county,
by a repeal of the present jury compensation
system and a re-enactment of such of the old
law in force before and during the war. which
required a fee of three dollars paid by the
plaintiff and charged in the bill of cost against
the losing party. This fee was promptly paid
to the clerk of the court and furnished the
only fund out of which juries received pay,
and in most of the courts they were handsome
ly remunerated for their services, receiving
from two to three dollars a day.
The old law required this fee only in cases
where a verdict was taken, bat to make the
compensation of jurors safe, it could be ap
plied to judgments by the court aod judg
ments by default, and if the fee of three dol
lars is not sufficient to pay jurors raise it to
such amount as will give them a reasenable
compensation.
I want to see the juror paid for his services,
but do not think it right that the peaceable
and law-abiding citizens should be taxed to
meet the expenses incurred by those who, for
various motives, seek or are forced in the coart
bouse to adjudicate their private basiness or
criminal docket. Let those who prefer and
enjoy the lnxury of a suit at law toot the bill.
They who dance should pay the fiddler.
An Extraordinary Story.
The Wonderful heart Attachment •/aa English
Girl and her sad End—In death is there Peace
—A ” Blanche de CheOes" in real Life.
A very strange story wastold to me the oth
er day. In a town not far Torn London there
lived a young lady who was handsome, toler
ably wealthy, and more thin usually well edu
cated. Her father was an iivalid; her mother
was an insipid, cold, and heartless woman.
Two years ago a physician «f London was call
ed to attend the father: in :his way the yonng
lady saw him. He paid no attention to her—
his mind was engrossed witi bis professional
duties. A few weeks ago ;his doctor, after
paying a visit to bis patient, was somewhat sur
prised by being asked by the yonng lady to
give her tho favor of a private interview. She
took him into'a drawing-room and lad him to
the further end of the apartment. * Doctor,’
said she, • I suppose that gentlemen of your
profession are accustomed to receive strange
confidences. I have a confession to make to
yon.’ He supposed that the impending con
fession was abont the state of her own health
or with that of her father, and he begged her
to proceed. * You will, however, be ecarcely
prepared for what I am about to say,’ she con
tinued. 4 But I wish you to hear it. It is'now
just two years since I first saw yon. Yon have
scarcely ever exchanged a word with me,*bnt
I have learned much abont you. I am not
mistaken in believing that you are anmarried V
4 Xo,’ said he; I am not married.’
• Aod vour affections are not engaged T’
‘•Yon scarcely have the right to ask that,’
said he.
Well, then,’ she replied, 4 1 will not ask it;
but I must make you my confession. I love
yon with all my heart. I wish you to to mar
ry me. I have loved you from the first mo
ment I saw you. I said to myself, I will wait
for you two years; if he then speaks to me I
ill know what to sav. You have not spoken
and now I speak. I say I love yon with all
my heart; you are necessary for me; will yon
marry me t’
The doctor, who, although not an old man,
was twice the age of the young lady, recover
ing a little from his surp rise, tried to turn the
matter ofi as a joke, bat the young lady was
very serions.
4 Xo,’ said she, 4 1 am in very sober earnest.
I know all that you may say or think as to
the indelicacy of my proposal, but I cannot
help it. I ask you once more, can you love me
and will you marry met’
4 In sober earnest, theD,’ he replied, 4 1 can
not marry you.’
4 Then I shall die,’ said she, very calmly, and
she left the room.
The doctor bad heard people say before this
that they should die, and he left the house
without attaching much importance to the
prophecy, although wondering greatly at the
other portion of the interview.
A few days after this the young lady was
found dead in her bed. Two letters laid apon
her dressing-table. One was addressed to her
family solicitor. It recalled to his mind a
promise be bad made to her. She had gone to
9ee him. and haH asked him to make out for
her a paper traasferriag the whole of her pro
perty to a person whose name she would not
then give him. He was to prepare the neces
sary paper and send it to her to fill np the
blanks and to sign. She had done this, and
she now inclosed the paper filled up and sign
ed. Every penny of her property was given
to the doctor, and the solicitor was introduced
to make the transfer to him, to ask no questions
and to take no receipt. The other letter was
to the doctor. 4 1 told you I should die,’ said
she, 4 and when you receive this I shall be dead.
For ten days I have taken no food or drink ;
but that does not kill me, and now I have taken
poison. I hove no reproaeh to make to yon,
but I could not live witbont your love. When
I am dead look at my heart. You will see yonr
name there. I have two requests to make of
you. Go to my solicitor aod take what he has
for you, and then go off ou a holiday to Italy
for a few mouths. The other two requests are
that you never ask where I am buried, and
never come to my grave.’
There was a post-mortem examination made
of the young lady’s body. On her breast over
ber heart, deeply imprinted in the flesh, were
the initials of the doctor’s name. The char
acters seemed to have been made there two or
three years before. They were probably im
printed by ber own band on the day when she
first saw him.
WONDERFUL CURES, aad baa
peniabl* hoaaehold seceafity. No faail; ahoold ba
withoat it!
If, after trial, a family la willing t* lie# withoat thia
preparation for Tan Dollars, afonte an anthoriud to
refoad th* nionoy.
FOB SALE, y
In Athona—At Dr Va King’a Drag Star* and at
th* Stora of Jadg* J D Pittard.
In Watkinavillo—At th* Stora of Booth A Durham,
in Monro*—At Dr Galloway'* Drag Stora.
At Princeton -By Mr RwaolL
Addmea all erdora to WILEY H. BUSH,
nwlt Jag Tararn. Walton co^ Ga-
FREES
SAMPLE to
Noedle-Book, with
x A Co.,Nc
ip. Dxax A Co., Now Bedford, Mate.
Don’t Go to Texas.
The Borne Courier says : We are permitted
to make the following extract from a private
letter of Mr. J. Anderson, written from Mc
Lendon county, Texas, the county in which
Waco is situated, to bis father, Mr. Sam’l S.
Anderson, of this county. We commend it to
the attention of all persons affected with the
emigration fever:
44 Times are very hard oat here. Money is
very scarce, and consequently stock or pro
duce is not bringing anything. Wages are
also gradually coming down. This win soon
be the wont monopolized State in the Union ;
taxes are clinched a little tighter on the poor
man every year. I am of coarse a Democrat
and would not rote any other ticket, bat I
think we sorely have a hungry set oat here.
I think I shall write to the Commercial and
correct some of Judge Yarborough’s letters t°
that paper.
“The best recommendation a man can
bring to this country is to cons the one he
comeefrom,andfoeeodbaek a glowing de
scription et Texas. Emigration is what Tex
as lives off of, and when there is no emigra
tion there is no money here, end when there
is a big emigration of coarse they pat in cir
culation a great deal of money. Ia tact, this
is the place to speed mooey, the place to get
swindled oat of it—the place for a big pros
pect, and the place for a total failnre.”
.Drawing materials—Corkscrews.
. -Hop merchants—Dancing-masters.
..It is never too late to many or to mend.
—A wifes’s secret—her opinion of ber bos
bead.
..An era unknown to women—the miHBia
Have you no defuse? Is it possible that you
abandoned your comrades and deserted yoor
colors in the presence of the enemy without
any reason T He replied, 4 There was a reason,
bat it will not avail me before a military coart.’
I said, 4 Perhaps you are mistaken; you are
charged with the highest crime known to mil
itary law, and it is your duty to make known
the causes that influenced your actions.’ For
the first time his manly form trembled, and
bis blue eyes swam in tears. Approaching
the president of the court, he presented a let
ter, saying, as be did so, 4 There, General, is
what did it. 4 I opened the letter, and in a
moment my eyes filled with tears. It was
passed from one to another of the coart until
all had seen it, and those stern warriors who
had passed with Stonewall Jackson through a
hundred battles wept like little children. Soon
as I sufficiently recovered my seif possession,
I read the letter ;is the defense of the prisoner.
It was in these words:
My Dear Edward—I have always been
proad of you, and sinee your connection with
the Confederate army I have been pronder of
yon than ever befare. I would not have yoa
to do anything wrong for the world; bnt, be
fore God, Edwarcl, unless yon come home we
most die ! Last night I was aroused by little
Eddie's crying. I tailed and he said: 4 0h,ma-
ma. I'm so hungry!’ And Lucy, Edward, your
darliDg Lucy, she never complains, bnt she is
growing thinner and thinner every day- And
before God, Edward, unless you come home
we mast die. Your Mart.
Turning to the prisoner, I asked: 4 What
did you do when yon received this letter T‘ He
replied, 4 1 made application forfurloagh.and
it was rejected; again I made application and
it was rejected; a third time I made applica
tion and it was rejected, and that night, as
I wandered backward and forward in the camp,
thinking of my home, with the mild eyes of
Lucy looking np to me, and the burning words
of Mary sinking in my brain, I was no longer
the Confederate soldier, but I was the father
of Lacy and the husband of Mary, and I would
have passed those lines if every gnn in the
battery had fired upon me. I went to my
home- Mary ran out to meet me, ber angel
arms embraced me, and she whispered, 4 Ob,
Edward, I am so happy! I am so glad yon got
your furlough !* She must have felt me shud
der, for she turned pale as death, and catch
ing her breath at every word, she said, 4 Have
yon come withour. your furlough f Oh, Ed
ward, Edward, go back! go back ! Let me
and my children go down together to the
grave, but oh. for Heaven's sake, save the
honor of oar name 1’ And here I am, gentle
men, not brought here by military power, but
in obedience to the command of Mary, to abide
the sentence of your court.’
Every officer of the court-martial felt the
force of the prisoner’s words. Before them
stood, in beatic vision, the eloqnent pleader
fora husband’s and a father’s wrongs; but
they bad been trained by tbeir great leader,
Robert E. Lee, to tread the path of duty,
though the lightning’s flash scorched the ground
beneath their feet, and each in his turn pro
nounced the verdict—guilty. Fortunately for
humanity, fortunately for the Confederacy, the
proceedings of tho court were reviewed by the
commanding General, and npon the record was
written:
Headquarters, A. X. V.
The finding of the court is approved. The
prisoner is pardoned, and will report to his
company. R. E. Lee, General.
During the second battle of Cold Harbor,
when shot and shell were falling 4 like torrents
from the mountain cloud,* my attention was
directed to the fact that one of oar batteries
was being silenced by the concentrated fire of
the ennmy. When I reached the battery,
every gun bat one had bsen dismantled, and
by it stood a solitary Confederate soldier, with
the blood streaming from his side. As he re
cognized me. he e.evated his voice above the
roar of battle, and said: ‘General, I have
one shell left. Tell me, have I saved the hon
or of Mary and Lacy V I raised my hat.—
Once more a Confederate shell went crashing
through the ranks of the enemy, and the hero
sank by his gnn to rise no more.
A Confederaie Story.
The Letter thai Caused a Desertion—Extract from
a Southern ex-Generate Speech in Alabama.
At a recent political gatberiag in Toscana
bia, Ala., General Cullen A. Battle related
the following touching story ia the course of
his speech:
Daring the winter of I863-&1 it way my for
tune to be president of one of the courts-mar
tial of the army of Northern Virginia. One
bleak December morning, while the enow cov
ered the ground and winds howled around our
camp, I left my bivonac fire to attend the i
sion of the court. Winding for miles along
uncertain paths, I at length arrived at the
coart ground at Round Oak Church. Day af
ter day it bad been oar duty to try the gallant
soldiers of that army, charged with violation
of military laws; bat never had I on any pre
vious occasion been greeted by each anxious
spectators as on that morning awaited the
open leg of the coart. Case after care was dis
posed of, and at length the case of’• The Coo-
federate States va. Edward Cooper” was call
ed—charge, desertion. A low murmur row
spontaneously from the battle-scarred specta
tors, as a young artilleryman rose from the
prisoners’ bench, and, in response to
question’ 4 Guilty or not guilty I’ answered
’Not guilty.*
Tbs judge advocate was proceeding to open
the prosecution; when the court, observing
that the prisoner was unattended by counsel;
interposed, aod Inquired of tbe accused, 4 Who
ia yoor counselr He replied. ‘I have no
coonseL’ Supposing that it was bis parpose
to represent himself before the court, the judge
advocate was instructed to proceed. Every
charge and specification against tho prisoner
was sustained. The prisoner was then told
to Introduce his witness. He replied, 4 1 have
no witness.’ Astonished at tbe calmness with
which he seemad to be submitting to what he
as inevitable fate, I said to him,
Weddings.
As the semi-annual bridal season is at band,
it is the time to plead for a reform in wed
dings. Every year this sacredest of all occa
sions is turned more and'more into a mere op
portunity for display, and for replying to some
fancied social obligation. Instead of tbe time
when a few of tbe closest friends gather to
witness tbe solemnest compact human beings
can frame, it is chosen as the moment for the
bringing together tho larger part of a family’s
social circle, to show tbe bride in her bridal
garments; to prove bow many flowers and re
freshments the family can afford; and, with
shame be it said, to exhibit to criticism and
light comment the precious tokens that should
have come with tender regard to the maid on
the eve of her new life.
A wedding most not be nncbeerfnl; bat it
must certainly be solemn to all who realize
what it is. On the one side, it is renouncing
old ties, promising to begin with faith and hope
and love a new and wholly untried existence.
On the other, it is the acceptance of a sacred
trust, the covenant to order life anew in such
ways as shall make the happiness of two in
stead of one. Can snch an occasion be fitting
for revelry! Is it not wiser, more delicate, to
bid only the nearest of friends to a marriage
ceremony, and leave the feasting and frolic for
a subsequent time t We are sure there are
few girls who if they reflect on the seriousness
of the step they are about to take, will not
choose to make their vow merely within the
loving limits of their home circle. All oar beet
instincts point to the absolute simplicity and
privacy of wedding services; only a perversion
of delicacy coaid contemplate the asking of
crowds of ha f-sympathetic or wholly enrions
people to attend the fulfilment of the most sol
emn of contracts. Let there be as much party
making. rejoicing and pleasnre-taking after
ward as hearts desire; but let tbe solemn vows
be made in the presence only of those nearest
and dearest.
“ Augusta Evans, That Was.”
44 Curtis,” of the Chicago Inter-(kean, writ
ing from Mobile, says ef a favorite Southern
authoress: Among the famous deDizens of
the town is Augusta J. Evans, the author of
44 St. Elmo.” She is Mrs. Wilson now, and
lives in a beautiful little chateau iu che sub
urbs. Her husband is a banker of wealth and
influence, and she a plain, unassuming lady,
about thirty-five years old, I should think.—
From her appearance one would not imagine
that she had wrestled with Confacins, the
Sanscrit philosophers, and tbe ancient Greeks.
I meant to have asked ber how she comes to
know so much a3 she does about things of
which everybody else is ignorant, but I couldn’t
—I was afraid it would be impudent.
Imagine a tall, slender lady, of dark com
plexion, black hair, and eyes of indifferent col
or, features plain, but fall of animation and in
telligence, and manners that are at once un
obtrusive and attractive, and you have this
DeStael of the Sooth. She is seen bnt little
in society, and seldom entertains any bat in
timate friends; but the poor know her well,
and the hospitals and institutions for tho
homeless and friendless find in her a local
Florence Xightingale. Daring the war she
was very active in the Southern hospitals, and,
it is said, gave the larger portion of the profits
of her novel, 44 Macaria,” which was published
iu 1862. for the benefit of tbe sick and wound
ed soldiers. The novel is a story of Southern
life, and is very popular down here, as I find
all her works are, and the lady herself, from
her exclusiveness, is looked upon as something
better than the common sort.
The Cost of Sham.
By and by, perhaps, we shall get it beaten
into oar beads that sham, considered from a
purely basiness point of view, doesn’t pay; in
deed, is the poorest of all possible investments.
It is high time we did. If this Mill River hom
icide sets the American public thinking on the
subject, tbe dead will not have died in vain.
A reservoir is bnilt on the cheap and flimsy
plan; it bursts, kills one hundred and fifty
people, and devastates four villages. Isn’t it
pretty plain figuring that, in this case, sham
hasn’t paid t Aside from the lives lost—and
human life in these days has a money valne,
measurable in dollars and cents, as corpora
tions are beginning to find out—a good many
hundred dollars’ worth of property, accumu
lated by tbe labor and thrift of years, baa been
wiped oat in a very few minutes. -
Isn’t the failure of tbe reservoir's owners to
see that it. was honestly and substantially bnilt
in tbe first instance a pretty plain case of pen
ny-wisdom aod pcacd-fooliahoees f And this
is bat ooe case oat of hundreds and thousands.
It is a lamentable and alarming fact that sham
work of all aorta has become very common with
ns of late years; to cocnmoa ms to be accepted
by too many of os as matter of coarse. Every
intelligent man aese tbe feet; every thought
ful mao deplores i t. For sham is merely
shorter word for dishonesty. It is at once
lie and a theft.
Bat tbe children have got bold of a law of
the universe when they say in their games
that cheatiog never prospers. It may seem to
prosper for awhile. Wftnees Jim Fisk; wit
ness Tweed; witness Oakes Ames; witness
dozens and scores of men who have flourished
for a season oo Um street. Bat tbe prosperity
that is bailt oa fraud in bailt on the sand; ooe
day the flood eomta, there is a crash, and that
is ttie end. The sham reservoir gives way
the sham boose tumbles in; the sham fire
proof city shrivels to ashes; toe sham valaea
collapse ; the sham bank breaks; the sham
statesmanship, Ckristiaa or otherwise, is found
out. Carlyle was right: ‘Lying is not per
mitted in tills universe.' Tbe Almighty has
set his eanon against it. It ia as bad political
economy as It is bad morals. Tbe worst of it
is that a part of the penalty always and una
voidably foils upon tihe innocent.
ficnlt to picture Jesas sitting on its curb. Of
all tbe sacred places, there was none I more
desired to see restored and preserved than this
badly neglected one.
Don’t Do It.
Don’t lioger where yonr ’ lore lies dream
ing.’ Wake her np and tell her to get break
fast.
Don’t tarn ap yonr nose at light things.—
Think of bread and taxation.
Don’t insult a poor man. His muscles may
be well developed.
Don’t put on airs in your now clothes. Re
member that your tailor is suffering.
Don’t stand still and point the way to
Heaven. Spiritual guideboards save bnt few
sinners.
Don’t ask yonr pastor to preach withoat
notes. How else can he pay his provision bill f
Don’t fret. Tbe world will move on as osnai
after you are gone.
Don’t be too sentimental. A dead heart,
properly cooked, will make a savory meal.
Don’t write long obituaries. Save some of
yonr kind words for the living.
Don’t depend wholly on Spaulding’s pre
pared glue. It will not mend a broken promise.
The True Odd-Fellow.
He is above a mean thing. He invades no'
secrets in the keeping of another. He betrays
oo secret confided to bis keeping. He takes
selfish advantage of no man’s mistakes. He
uses no ignoble weapons in controversy. He
never stabs in the dark. He is not one thing
to a man's face and another behind his bade. If,
by accident, be comes in possession of his
neighbor’s counsels, be passes npon them an
act of instant oblivion. He bears sealed pack
ages withoat tampering with tbe wax. Pa
pers not meant for bis eye. whether they flat
ter at bis window or lie open before him in
unguarded exposure, are sacred. He pos
sesses no privacy of others, however sonndly
the sentry sleeps. Bolts and bars, locks and
keys, hedges and pickets, bonds and securi
ties, notices to trespassers, are none of them
for him. He may be trusted, himself out of
sight—near the thinnest partition—anywhere.
He buys no offices, he sells none, he intrigues
for none. He would rather fail of his rights
than win them through dishonor. He will eat
honest bread. He trampels on no sensitive
feelings. He insalts no man. If he have re
buke for another, he Is straightforward, open
and manly. He cannot descend to scnrrllity.
Billingsgate slang don’t lie in bis track. From
all profane and wanton words bis lips are chas
tened. Of woman, and to her, he speaks with
decency and respect. In short, whatever be
judges honorable, ho practices towards every
man.
. .A revolver—The earth.
..A health lift—The elevator.
..A cremationist—Cinder-Ella.
..A shocking scene—Kerosene.
..Go to work sboold be all tbe go.
. .Several gentlemeo in Austin, Texas, whose
wives are out of town, have formed an organ
ization known as the ’ free and independent
grass widowers’ bean-eating league.’
Wayside Gatherings.
A Romance of Two Continents.
Fifty years ago a yonng English officer
named Hendricks was traveling with his sis
ter in Italy, where ha met, wooed, won and
ran off with the charming daughter of a rich
and proad nobleman. Even as the father of
Desdemooa disowned her, so the Italian Connt
swore never again to acknowledge bis recreant
daughter. Nothing disturbed thereat, she ac
companied her has baud to the British domin
ions in North America, thence to New York,
where, after giving birth to a daughter, she
died. Hendricks, having thus lost his wife,
gave himself np to dissipation, bnt was so far
mindful of his motherless infant as to marry a
German woman who had taken a fancy to tbe
child. The girl grew to maidenhood, receiv
ing little education, for the family was poor,
and when still yonng was married at Vincen
nes, Indiana, to an Ohio river mate named
Hiram Titna. They lived happily ennngb un
til Titos died, when she removed to Louisville,
where she led if not a dissolute still not a vir
tuous life. Now the Count, ber grand-father,
has yielded to Heaven his vital trust, and as
sole lineal heir she has gone to Italy to claim
bis title and bis wraith. The fortune which
thas foils to her is variously estimated from
#200,000 to #800,000.
Jacob’s Well.
Dr. Harvey, in a letter from Samaria, tons
describes Jacob’s Well:
Passing toe ancient T-ahan*!? and Cooea,
both still important towns, we entered toe
broad, rich plain, El Mokna, covered with im
mease fields or grain, and at noon of toe sec
ond day from Jerusalem reached Jacob's WeiL
Here, rich and well-watered, is “toe parcel of
ground which Jacob bought of toe sons of
Hamor, toe father of Shecbem,” and which tbe
patriarch, when dying, bequeathed to Joseph.
A splendid church was bailt over toe well in
the (earth century, which toe Moslems after
ward destroyed. Its rains remain, bat toe de
bris has fallen on iba arch above. Through
tola a bole baa been dog to toe month, now
six or eight feet below the surfoce. The well
is deep, at present measuring seventy-five feet,
bat originally much more. It ia circular, nine
feet in diameter, and said to be eat its whole
distance tbroagh toe solid rock. When we
were.toero it contained no water. Tbe carb
is gone, it ia evidently fast filling np with foil
ing stones and earth, and toe place looks for
bidding and forsaken. Yet on this spot there
ia little doubt that toe patriarch dwelt, and
through all toe ages of Israel’s history de
scendants drank of the well he gave them;
and here oar Lord sat at mid-day and uttered
his ever-memorable words, respecting the Wa
ter of Life, to the woman of Samaria. The
general scene remains the same in the rich
ness and beauty of its surroundings, but the
dilapidated condition of the well makes it dif-
Little minds show curiosity abont trifles.
..Horse-racing is looked npon as a matter
of coarse. *
..To be pleasant is a duty. Sonr-foeed men
are afflictions.
..Punch says that he has observed that tbe
unfortunate man’s friends live a long way off.
..Most men like to see themselves in print.
Ladies like to see themselves in silk and velvet.
.. In Chicago’s version of Hamlet, the drown
ed Ophelia is rolled on a barrel to revive her.
..Cicero said, “The pursuit of all things
should be calm and tranquil.” How about
capturing fleas T '*
. .It has become a question whether a phre
nologist can tell wbat a barrel contains by ex
amining its bead.
..A female pawnbroker, hauled np for ex
tortion. claimed immunity on tbe ground that
she was a loan woman.
. .According to a Kansas decision, a husband
and wife can enter a show on a ticket reading
44 Admit one 44 Most righteoas judge.
Biddy, did yoa pat an egg in tbe coffee
to settle it t” 44 Yes, mum; I pat in fear.—
They were so bad ( had to use four of them.”
..A punster and admirer of fine scenery has
wittily and truly said that the best time to
read tbe book of nature is when autumn turns
the leaves. *
. .* Julios, what part of the coremonies do de
ladies most admire when dey go to church !*
• Well, Pompey, I can’t tell dat f Wbat is it f*
Well, ob coarse, it’s de bims.’
..A widow wbo says that she is toe home
liest woman in Newport. Kentucky, advertises
for a husband. He must be middle-aged, good-
natured, bnt not beautiful, * as I want to love
him all myself.’
Faith, and why did yer cat» bole in toe
ticket V said a Wicklow Home Baler recently
oa bis first trip by that novel invention of. a
railway. * Well.’ replied toe ticket porter, 4 it
was in order to let yoa tbroagh.’
There was something lovely aboat them,
even in death. It was oa s Kansas prairie,
aad they lay rids by aide, Tom’s thumb in
Jack's left eye, and Jack's revolver pushed in
to Tom’s right ear. They bad fit R oat.
When a Nevada miner leaps into a saloon,
with a revolver in each hand and a bewia knife
under bis arm, and asks, * Wbo runs this ere
soal destroying shebang f echo is left to an
swer, while toe crowd foil oat of toe back
door. > *
. .A keen-witted servant girl told toe milk
man the other day that be gave bis cows too
mocbsalt. ’How do yon know toatf* skid
the lacteaiiat. 4 Sure I kin teQ be too mffk
that they drink too much water entirely !* said
toe girl. The milkman drove off in a hurry.
. - A lecturer, wishing to explain to a little
girt the manner in which a lobster casts his
shell when ho has outgrown it, said 4 What
do yon do when yon have outgrown yoar
clothes! Yoa throw them aside, don’t yodf
‘Oh! no,’replied tho little one; 4 we let out
the tucks.’
Letter-Heads, Bill-Heads,
And all kinds of plain and fancy printing—
including cards, circulars, minutes. band-bUb,
posters, &c-, executed promptly, in tbe beet
style, and at moderate prices, at the Wales-
maw office.
