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VOLUME XXI.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEB’Y 10, 1875.
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NUMBER 44.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY.
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~ Ykums"
TATO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
advertising.
1 j f *rtii«m.nts will be inserted at ONE DOLLAR
1*11 XIFTY CENTS per square for thefirstinser-
' —,1 SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS per aqaare for
liausnco, for any lime under one month. For
,. r iods, a liberal deduction aill be made.
- A liberal leluotioo on yearly advertisements.
LEOALADVERTISING.
late*, per lery of 10 tinea *500
.. mortgase sales, 00 days... - 5.00
j lion 40 .Uy*. by .\<linioi*trator», Executors, or
•iusr lisn* 6.50
.‘'r.iinn of Administration or Guardianship 4.00
li'lRU . . _ . ft lie C AA
AND FANCY GOODS, m>X«ei
tender p 1
THE LAND OF LONG AGO.
ways, old friend,
MRS. T. A. ADAMS I Since childhood's buoyant years.
A NNODNCES to the public that aha ia now reoaiv- 0ur P aths - oow brightly arched with hope,
-tv In, a large and varied stock of Ladies' Bonnots, Now dark with clouds and tears:
Hats Laeos, Ribbons, Trimmings, Ac., which she is But looking back O'er time and Change
nuoringatlowprieos. Coll.oiamineandbeeonTineed. I The fairest land we know
Nest door to Bank of the Tlnleorsity. Ath.ns. s.pSO | Lie8 bathed mornillB . 9 r03 y lj gb t-
The Land of Long Ago.
When there, bow distant far appeared
To us the glow of noon;
A _„ What eager, earnest glances tnrned
T Dr. King s Drug Store, Broad Street, will exe- To days that came too 800U—
and .’reasonable ,B b **' M,U ^e,too soon with earnestness,
Term, positively CASH. feb4 Struggles, triumphs, woes ;
With grave, calm words and tbongbtfnl words,
Sotii-e to Debtors end Creditors ...
„ *i,i. nor 1'jaere.eecbinsertion.....
i„ .ell Reel Estate
Jitstior
New Firm and New Goods. I
f ir iiamiiiion of Administrator 5.00
«« *' Guardian. 5.25
To »-?#rt»in the number of squu ... an adTertiaa-
a«ct <>r dbitaary, coanttho words—onohundred being
ail ttj ton linos. Allfraotious are counted as full
professional anb ^nsintss Carbs.
IB. I A. *■ CRWIN. | HOWELL COBB,JR
10BB, ERWIN £ COIIB,
AT rOllNEYS AT LAW,
A THEIfS, GEORGIA.
n the Deuptee Building. Dec*!
0
A
A. EDGE,
HOOT, SHOE AND HARNESS MAKER,
WATUixavii-Lit, Ha.
B ANKRUPTCY.—Samuel P. Thurmond,
Attornojr-at-Law. Athens, Ga.
(Jfire on Broad street, over the store of Barry A Son,
Will five special iittontionto cases in Bankruptcy. Al
io. to the collection of all claims entrusted to hisoare.
CVV.LAND £ 0RR,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers,
and COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Dupree Hall.Broad St, Athens, Ga.
ire now prepared to store Cotton at 25 cents per
nd will advance cash when desired. Oct2S.
E nglish * classical school,
Fur Boys, cor. Wray and Lumpkin sts., Ath-
•up, Be. ap8—3m LEE M. LYLE, Prin.
E mory speer,
LAWYER. ATUENS, GA.
As Solicitor General of Western Circuit, will attend
th« Courts of Clarke, Walton. Gwinnett, Hall, Banks,
Jacksoo, Habersham, Franklin, Rabun and White,
sad give attention to collecting and OwL;r claims in
tkoit counties. March 19, 1873.
E dward r. harden*
(Let® Judge U. S. Courts Nebraska and Utah,
and now Judge of Brooks County Court)
Attorney at Law,
juij23 ly Quitman, Brooke County, Ga.
JOB* B. ESTICS. MADISON BELL.
TT'STES £ BELL, Attorneys at Law,
JJj GAINESVILLE, GA.
jb£*WILL practice in the counties composing the
Weitern Circuit, and Dawson and Forsyth counties
of the Blue Ridge Circuit. They will also practice in
the Supreme Court of Georgia, and in the United States
Court at Atlanta. may 14
TJ'LOYD £ SILMAN,
l 1 ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Will practice in the counties of Walton and Jackson,
*0H* J. FLOYD, J. B. SILMAN
Covington. Ga. roar4 J offer so o, Ga.
T F. 0'KELLEY’S
V . PHOTOGRAPH GALLERT,
Over Williams’Shoe store, Broad street, Athens,
Gtorgii. sepS.
T II. HUGGINS,
LI • holesale and Retail Dealer In
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac.
Feblfl Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
TORN U. CHRISTY,
Plain and Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER
Broad St., Athena, Ga.
Oflct corner Broad and Wall atreets, over the atora
JaiLci 0. Pittard. tf
TAMES R. LYLeT _
DecS2
Attouxet it Law,
WA TKINSriLLE, GA
TOO M. MATTHEWS.
O Attouxet at Law,
Danielsviile.Qa.
Prospi ittontlon will be gi7.n to any buiineia on
•uii.J to hie care. Marco.4.
TAMES L. LONG. M. D. .
tl SURGEON, ACCOUCHEUR A PHYSICIAN
(OJice at Mr. Thomae Sheate* Store,)
Good Hope District, Walton county, Ga.
Offer* his professional services to the citiicns of the
I'jrrouuding country. aug27
Millinery
felrrt fgisffWang.
E. A. WILLIAMSON,
Practical Watclmater and Jeweler.
„ . What dreams wo dreamed in olden times,
GRIFFETH & CRANE What castles proud and fair,
A RE now opeuing at the old Hand of Lampkin A Arose to bless our hopeful Sight—
Crane, No.« Broad Street, e fine .lock of I They TOM too high in air,
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS OF ALL KINDS,
Hats, Shoes, Crockery,
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,
In fact.erory thing naually kept in a firat-elaaa Van
ety Store—which we propore to aellat tho lowest cash
price*, or exchange for Country Prodnce.
We respectfully solicit the patronage of onr friends
and the public generally.
Febl GRIFFETn A CRANE.
Their great bails rang with merry throngs.
That now lie still and low ;
They drooped acd faded since we loft
The Land of Long Ago.
Our friends, dear friends of vanished years !
Their mem'ry haunts us yet,
Like fragments of some sweet old song
The heart can ne'er forget.
Their kindly words were music's tone.
Their eyes bad friendship's glow;
But, ah ! their smiles beam faintly now
Of far off Long Ago.
DR. WHITTIER:
No. 617 Si. Charles Street, St. Louis, Ha,
• •febiuelMU HirrUr*.b
jUk rt salts I
. wtafe uyinlUM
P —UNtsly* U ilarwM bj UiRtoUorMU.
• OTT *» fcwwl ul ku beet setahUtkid u srnnre
r*U*b»* raUaf.
MARRIAGE GUIDE,
ar*ygga St™**?"*?* Erg-
in
| Wo’vo climbed life's bard, rough h'", old friend,
We'ro passing down its slope;
I Behind us lies a weary road.
Before, tbo land of Hope.
That weary road is lined with graves,
Tbo vale is glad below,
| Tbeir children play as once we played
In happy Long Ago.
I For aye may childhood’s sunny sky
I Bo free from gloom and tears,
I That stores of joy may treasured be
I For dreary afte r years;
I For. viewing now the day of life.
Through eight's descending snow,
| The fairest, dearest pictures gleam
From bright old Long Ago.
The Best Spool Cotton,
MUSIC HATH CHABMS.
The following was related to me by one
I j'OR nro od any Sewing Machine, i* “ CLARK’S | wb o was an eye witness—an old man now,
0. N. T.,” especially that made for and bearing I but with this scene as vividly fixed in his me-
the name of too Singer Manufacturing Co. A word
to the wise should be sufficient, Price, 75c. pci
vividly
mory as though it had occurred only yester-
doien Spools, at the office of the SINGER MANU-|day:
FACTORING CO. ^«; £ HOPE. tbo year 1838. a man named Tappan
moved, with bis family, from New York to
WagOIl Yard ill AtllCllS I lh e remote Western country, said family con
T ..„~’ ...... , . , * leisting, besides himself, of a wife and six
fortable and commodious Wagon Yard, on Rivei J^SUgQtflrs. Ho had failed in business ; Was
street.in theneighborhood of the Upper Bridge, where I broken in Spirit; bis children, ho thought.
CORN, FODDER, and all other necessary supplies can ...
be purchased on reasonabla terms. Charge,raoderats. I eea ® < I fresh air, SO ho accepted as a gift
The highest market price paid for Country Produea, I from bis brother a large tract of land upou
* D T rt o“yT nk tf"’ r *''* iT *' 1 in " eh “*iLKY 0 ;° hood | tho edt!0 of the wilderness, and settled there
on. Very soon enterprising people began to
settle beyond him, and there came to be
much travel past his door; and, as an act of
humanity, be frequently entertained wayfar
ers. As these calls upon bis hospitality be
came mere and more freqnent, be enlarged
bis bouse to meet tbo requiremeots of a com
fortable inn, and put up the usual innkeeper’s
THE GREAT REMEDY
for
Boras, Scalds, Corns, Poisoii flat, Sip
if Insects and Cutaneous Inflammations Generally,
DISCOVERED BY MRS. L. E. BUSH, I sign.
JUG TAVERN, WALTON CO., GA., I Not loD g after this came a party of young
II f AS entered against «h. World, at th. l.t. State men ' ci « ht or teD in number ' W6 » mounted
VV Fair at Macon, and iadaiij affecting THE most I from an electioneering expedition. They had
WONDERFUL CURES, »nd beoome tin indii- stopped at overy tavern on their route, and
pensable houichoM necessity. No family should be I . , , \ .... ,
itbout it! I toward the middle of the afternoon they rein*
If, after trial, a family W willing to live without this 1 before Tappan*s door, pretty well under
preparation for Tan Dollars, agents art authorised to 1. . a / , .. . .. n ..
refund the money. I the iiflnence of various kinds of fiery fluid,
FOR SALE, laud having dismounted and secured their
tb.'s^r^of Judg^J i^^Pitt.rd.** 1>ru ^ ® ,0,# an< ^ horses, they entered the house, and noisily
In Watkins,ill.—At the Star, of Booth A Durham. 1 demanded whiskey.
In Mo.ro.-At Dr Galloway's Drug Star.. | Now u 80 happen ed that Mr Tappan and
bis wife were both away, and only bis daugh
ters were in charge; and it also happened
that the host, being a rigid and conscienscious
teetotaler, bad never kept any spirituous li
quors in the bouse. Of this fact the visitors
The men who bad gone in search of the
axe, hearing the music, had left the wood*
pile and entered the house.
Other songs wore sung, in several of which
two of the younger sisters joined. The riot
ous spirits were all sabdued, and half the
party had wet cheeks. Their sympathies
were aronsed, their hearts opened, and the
best part of their natures brought to the sur
face ; and when they had taxed the fair song
stress so far that they felt ashamed to tax
her more, they thanked her heartily, and
withdrew with as much decorum as might
have been exhibited had they been retiring
from the throne of a monarch.
A year after this event, Mr. Tappan chanc
ed to be in Jacksonville on business, where he
was introduced to Philip St. Clair, a rising
young lawyer of the place.
* Is this Mr. Tappan who, one year ago.
kept a public-bouso on the Cloud Hill road f
asked St. Clair.
* The same, sir.’
•And I, sir,’ pursued the lawyer, * was the
leader of that party of riotous men who so
shamefully frightened your daughters. I
suppose they told you of the circumstance T'
‘ Yes, sir.’
* Well, Mr. Tappan, from that day I have
not touched, as a beverage, any intoxicating
drink. I wnuld like to see your eldest daugh
ter, ^jmd tell her of the blessiDg her sweet
music bestowed upon me.
Mr. Tappan kDew St. Clair well by reputa
tion, and cheerfully invited him to call when
ever be could make it convenient.
Si. Clair once more visited the wayside
in” tsult of which was, that in less than
yH^he sweet songstress had become
bis wife.
‘ My blessed angel,’ he said, clasping her to
his bosom when she was bis own to cherish
and protect,' never, .ever can I sufficiently
thank Heaven for the providence that led me
within your saving influence in that dark
hour of my life.'
At Princeton—By Mr Ruaiell.
Address mil orders to WILEY H. BUSH,
novl9 Jug Tavern, Walton co., Ga.
ANTI-PYROTIC,
-OR,-
Grreat J^^irG’Killor, [were informed by the oldest daughter,
* la handsome, intelligent girl of eighteen.
NO HUMBUG! I g ut tbe riotously-inclined invaders had no
CERTAIN,SURE* RELIABLE.
care just thou for female beauty, nor
K ELIAS, Attorney at Law,
. FRANKLIN, N. C.
Prsctiffi in >11 th. Court, of W.st.ro North C*ro-
1)D*. *U<1 lo (be Federal Courts. Claims eollectsd io
ill parts of (he Ststs. aplt—ly
T 1YERY, Feed and Sale Stable,
-LA ATHENS, GA.
GASy Jt BRAVES, IVeprietors.
irJUWil] be found at their old stand, rear Frank-
Us Hum* building, Thomas strut. Keep always
on hand good Turn-outs and careful drivers.
J5tock well cared for when entrusted to our care.
Stock on bend for sale at all times. dec25—tl
M W. K1DEN,
* ATTORNEY AT LAW,
U. 6. Claim Ag.nt and Notary Public,
GAixatviLLm, Ga.
*dr Offlca on Wilaon street, below King A Bro’s.
Fsbru.ry 18, 1873.
c - VStfL,,. B. r. U0WE1.1..
Peeples & howell,
x ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
20 and 22, Kimball House, Atlanta. Ga.
URACTICB in th. Stat.and Federal Coart*, and
, •“•nd regularly nil thnCoarts In Atlanta, inelad-
“» 'h* Supreme Conrt of th* Stats, and will nrgun
«»*«• upon bri*fsf.r abssnt parties, on rnaaonabln
They alio practice in thn C.artn of tb# eoantlni con-
Ufdoot or acoej.ible to Atlanta by Railroad, sapll
B Y a recent discovery, w. *r. enabled to offer tb. I were they moved by the fear aDd distrust of
poblic a .afe, e.rum and ,ur* ear* for tbe frightened girls; bat they still demanded
Borns, Scalds, Scald-Head, Stings by Insects, I whiskey, and when they bad become assured
TC *and Old lores ol long standing? th « » he y conld not have it, thoy resolved
This preparation has been tborongbly tested—in I that they would cat down the sign before the
burns always insnras almost instant rsliaf— has nnvnr I door, and the leader SO informed the young
failed in a single instance. Ilndv
W* bar* in onr possassion numbers of certlficnts, I J'
shewing th. WONDERFUL curfs effected by this ' You must do as you please, gentlemen,
prepnration.whichneverf.il.. «he said, shrinking, while her little sisters
Every Family should have a Bottle of it gathered aronnd her for protection ; * I can-
ready FOR USE! | not prevent yon.’
No one know* how toon * member of the family may I • a. tavern-sign, and no whiskey l Such a
D *ni', t a Georgia production and perfootly free from | 8 'S n ‘ 8 a base fraud.'
‘ Ah—down with it!’
mineral poison.
*aa.For sale in Athens at tha Drag Store, of Dr. ft. |
M. Smith A Co. and Dr. Wm. King, Jr.
Order, should be addressed to
JARRBTT a mulkey,
AngS Walton’s Ford. Ga.
Pavilion hotel,
-V „ CBARLESTON, S. 0.
Ihn FIRST-CLASS Hotel is situated in the very
•strsof th, business part of th*city, and all who
jp itisro will a 0 ii every oonTeqitpoe and luxury that
••obsprocqred. Board, per day, *J.#0.
A- litxtiTos, .?«pt. Mrs. L. H. BcrvaaricLD, 1
tf Prapristrsss. f
P B. ADAIR, D. D. S.
GainxaviLLx, Ga.
^^Ors.iouthsasteoroer Puhlic Square.
P s. ADAMS, M. D„
iim Ko *°*ox, Acconcaacn ann Pnrsiciax.
. „• »t reiidenee, Moantain District, Walton eoun-
J. Ueorgi.—offar, bis professional services to tb*
—-*1°* °I the surrounding country. angit—ly
QUMMEY i NEWTON,
Dtnlsrs in
... . Foreign and Domestic HARDWARE,
S '” No. 6,Broad straat, Athens, Gn.
c. DOBBS,
8taa*u Wholssal* and Retail Dealer in
» 0<i Fancy DRY GOODS, GROCBRIBS, An.
- ' No. IX Brond Straet, Athens, Gn.
J>UIN and Fancy Job Printing,
At the Southern Watchman Office.
SPOOL SILK!
G E . T r. T . H * ?.* 8T *»d CHEAPEST! G,t tbatmsn
nkicKr'""* tk* Singer Mannfnetnring Company,
i'x Ba'hln Ci * ll3r I° r nseon nil kinds of 8*w-
*AMnn'. , AJ! b#, * ,,u ratall, by th* SINGER
l.l.^ CTURI * e COMPANY.
Ij 0. H. HOPB, Agent, Athens, On.
„Fh*N,
hark.f. ,, ' 0 York WE *KLY WITNESS, giving News,
IJ 1« 1*1 Piol«r«» aid Lit• Edltoriila, at
F°'t*g* paid, has reached 75.000 oirca-
t» thro* years. Send for free sampln copy.
* Where is y«ur axe t’
• Yon will find it somewhere by the wood
pile, sir.'
Three or fonr of the party made a rush for
the wood-pile, cursing as they went, while
the leader of the gang, a young man who
wTll".^ 8 n T,'f"Ih , fl.h 7nd'7,.t.r.'Tt".U I w °Q Id have been decidedly handsome if he
_ hoars, at my restaurant on Jseknon street, and will I bad been himself, with Others of his comptin-
krap . good • 0 v PP 1 f w f “ r T " 1 T ^ lI K I ’*7 I) ‘^ 0 n f,. n “ t “ d | ions, took a notion to overhaul the house. In-
FRESH OYSTERS 1RD FISH:
HANCIS LOUI8, (Democrat,)
Proprietor.
ATHENS
M1RRIE1HDJR1HITE Y1RD.
A. R. Robertson
D BALBRloMennm*nt*,H**dSton*s.Cr*dl#Tombs,
Marble and Granite Box Tombs. Also,Vasesnad
Marble Tops for Furnitare. Persons desiring work of I yjj s f Can JOB t
this kind will do well te examine my designs before'
purchasing elsewhere. Prise, modemta.
Work shep adjoining old osmetery. jalyll—ly
sisting that there must be a ‘ drop of some
thing’ somewhere. And we may here say
that the whole party considered themselves
gentlemen. They were well dressed and re
spectably connected.
In a small, well-furnished apartment, apart
from the guests' room, was found a piano
forte.
Hallo!’ cried the leader, * who plays on
HORSES & MOLES.
rTXHK undersigned hav* established, In addition to
1 their Livery, a regular
SALL STABLE,
And will, from this date, keep *a head, at all Umts,
a fall supply of
HORSES & MULES.
Thost In want o Stock eon *>• supplied nt £
^Reasonable Figures. \ I skill and
■ Give as a call.
Athens, Nov. 4—tf
GANN A RBAVBS.
It is mine, eir,’ answered the girl, thus ad
dressed.
* And can yon play t’
' Yea, sir.'
* Can yon siDg V
* I sing sometimes, sir.’
* Will yon sing and play for net’
* With pleasure, eir.'
She opened the piano, and sat down, and
played and sang ‘ The Maiden’s Prayer.’ Her
voice was clear, musical, and sweetly rich,
and the accompaniment was played with rare
grace. The little sisters gathered
in a semicircle close aronnd the instrument,
and the heretofore riotoas men—but riotous
no more—drew near and nearer, npon the oat*
Brackets! Brackets!
r»RACKBT8. W.1I Pockets, Book.sh.lv.., Clock- Some of them bad never beard a piano
.-o D Shelves, Toii*t-C*s*s, M*toh-8*fss, Hanging Boa* I before, and not one of them bad overheard
nil kinds of 8#w- k .u, A^,h.l.rg M ..»db.»d ; o»M«M , ert».nt.rarl weoter mut ^ Afwr a at tho ^
" burke s book stork. I elusion of the piece, the leader spoke again,
IP YOU WANT TO SEE but ln a 8tran 8 6l i subdued tone.
j __ — ym-_ _ i —^ ^ ‘Will yon sing for ns another song t
And she. played and aang the sweet song,
Th^wuido you^d to look 0 ^’/°MAvl8. The Old Home.’
A STRANGE STORY.
How a Confederate Soldier from Tennessee became
eery Rich—His Removal to California with Ne
mesis after him.
[From the San Francisco Examiner, 19th.]
When toe Confederate army, nnder General
Lee, was forced back from the trenches at Pe
tersburg, by the Federal army, President Davis
hurriedly ordered about fifteen million dollars,
the property of the banks of Virginia and of
tbe Confederate States, to be placed on traiDS
at Richmond and sent South, intending to
convey it to tho trans-Mississippi Department,
if possible, there to make a final stand. Tbe
treasure was carried down to Charlotte, North
Carolina, where the railroad ended. At this
place it was decided to leave tbe money be
longing to the Bank of Virginia in keeping of
their officers. The rest of the money belong
ing to tbe Confederate States was placed in
wagons, and the retreat continued. The brig
ades of Generals Basil Duke and Vaughn, who
bad succeeded in escaping from East Tennes
see, and had arrived at Charlotte a few days
before, were placed, nnder the orders of Gen
eral John C. Breckinridge, to act as an escort
to the treasure, and the command proceeded
sontb until Greensboro', Washington county.
Georgia, was reached. At this point informa
tion was received that the Federal General,
WilsoD, bad captnred Macon, a few miles dis
tant, and in tbe line of retreat to the trans-
Mississippi Department. Tbe news soon got
among the men. They became demoralized,
and a rash was made for the wagons contain
ing tbe treasure. It was speedily divided
among them, the officers being unable to re
strain tbe men. Among tbe lucky ones were
two soldiers belonging to company B, Third
Tennessee Mounted Infantry, ef Vaughn’s bri
gade, from Monroe county, Tennessee. One
of them was named Albert Stevens and tbe
other we will call J. T. Jones. They had
charge of a wagon containing one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars in gold; and when the
panic spread among the soldiers and the cry
wae “ sauce qui pent,’’ they retained their pre
sence of mind and drove off in the woods, where
they divided tbe money, making some seventy
five thousand dollars apiece, and separated,
Stevens taking bis to bis borne in Tennessee,
where be buried it, confiding its hiding place
to bia mother, a very old lady. Finding that
it would be dangerous for bim to remain in
Tennessee, owiDg te tbe unsettled condition of
things there, tbe people being equally divided
on the question of tbe war, be went to Georgia,
where be found Jones, who had bonght a small
place, and was quietly waiting until it would
be safe for bim to return home. Stevens stay
ed awhile with Jones and then went off to an
other part of Georgia to visit some relatives
before going, however, he informed Jones about
the biding of his money, and his mother's know
ledge of its whereabouts, As soon as Stevens
was gone, Jones moan ted his horse and made
a bee line for Tennessee, to the place where
Stevens lived. Arriving there he presented
his comrade's mother with a forged letter, par-
porting te come from her son, directing her to
deliver the money to Jones, which the old lady
did. Jones then started direct for California.
Arriving here he purchased a large tract of
land In Mendocino county, land being very low
at that time, and baa since amassed a large
fortune in addition to his ill-gotten gains, and
la now highly respected and a member of the
cbnrch. ’
In tbe coarse of time, Stevens, bar log ascer
tained that it would be safe, started for home,
possibly dreaming of a future life of ease and
comfort on some blue-grass farm—raising fat
cattle and blooded horsee—this being yonr
average Kentuckian’s or Tennessean’s idea of
an earthly paradise. On reaching home he
soon foond ont bis loss. Bnokling on his re
volver, be scoured the entire South and West
iu search of hit faithless friend, vowing to shoot
bim on eight, aud only recently ascertained
bis whereabouts. He is now in correspondence
with a prominent lawyer of this city, and an
attempt will shortly be made to bring' Mr.
Jones to account through the courts.
[IVWo don’t know whether any portion of
the above is true, except the statement that
large amount of specie was shipped from Rich
mond. The writer evidently blunders in re
gard to local geography—Greensboro’ being
in Green connty. We presame he was think
ing of Washington, Wilkes connty. Ho seems
(D have gotten things mixed up considerably.]
A Prophecy by George McDuffie,
In reflecting npon the political events of the
last few years, tbeir character and tendency,
we are reminded of a remark made by George
McDuffie, io bis celebrated speech on tbe re
moval of tbe deposits, delivered in the House
of Representatives, in tbe Congress of the
United States, on tbe 4th of April, 1834.
Daring that time of high political exoite-
ment, publication had been made in the official
journal of certain anonymons letters purport
ing to contain threats of assassinating the
President, General Jafikson. Mr. McDuffie
spoke of the probability ef these letters being
a contrivance of the partisan adherents of the
President for political effect, or that they may
have proceeded from some misguided man nn
der the influence of passion, who hoped to
alarm the President for bis personal safety,
and thereby induce bim to change his political
course. And after expressing his “ utter ab
horrence to every proceeding that may have
the remotest tendency to snggeat the idea of
assassinating the chief magistrate,” he said :
‘‘I will make one concluding remark on the
subject—God forbid that it should be prophetic
—and it is that, if in the midst of a violent po
litical excitement, it ever should occur that a
President of the United States should be as
sassinated, he will be the last constitutional
President, aud his blood will cement the
despotic throne of his successor.”—Griffin
Messenger.
Trades of Animals.
It has bean well remarked by a clever au
thor that bees are geometricians. Tbe cells
are so constructed as, with the least quantity
of material, to have tbe largest sized spaces
and the least possible interstices.
The mole is a meteorologist.
Tbe torpedo, tbe ray and tbe electric oei are
electricians.
Whole tribes of birds are musicians.
Tbe beaver is architect, builder and wood
cutter. He cats down trees, and erects houses
and dams.
The marmot is a civil engineer. He not only
builds houses, but constructs aqueducts and
drains to keep them dry
The ant is a soldier, and maintains a reg
ular standing army.
Wasps are paper manufacturers.
Caterpillars are silk spinners.
The squirrel is a ferryman. With a chip or
pieco of bark for a boat, and his tail for a sail,
ho crosses a stream.
Dogs, wolves, jackals, and many others, are
hunters.
Black bears and herons are fishermen.
Ants are day laborers.
Monkeys are rope dancers.
think I’ll tell bim I’m likoly to die first.—De
troit Free Press.
Wayside Gatherings.
A Stupid Witness.
There is a point beyond which human for
bearance cannot go, and tbe most even of
tempers will become ruffled at times. At the
assizes held during tbe past year at Lincoln,
England, both judge and counsel had bad
much trouble to make tbo timid witnesses
upon a trial speak sufficiently loud to be heard
by tbe jury, and it is possible that the tem
per of tbe counsel may thereby have been
turnod aside from tbe even tenor of its way.
After this gentleman had gone through the va
rious stages of the bar pleading, and had
coaxed, threatened and even bullied witness
es, there was called into the box a young os
tler, who appeared simplicity personified.
Now, sir,” said tbe counsel, in a tone be
would at any other time have denounced as
vulgarly loud, “I bope wo shall have no diffi
culty in making you speak up.”
‘‘I hope not, sir!” was shouted or rather
bellowed, out by tbe witness, ln tones which
almost shook the building, and wonld have
certainly alarmed any timid or nervous lady.
How dare you speak in that way, air!” said
the counsel.
I’lease zur, I can’t speak any loader, zar,
sair the astonished witness, attempting to
shout louder than before, evidently thinking
tbe fault to be his speaking too softly.
’* Pray, have yon been drinking this morn
ing f" shouted the counsel, who bad now
thoroughly lost the last remnant of his tem
per.
"Yes, znr,” was the reply.
“And what have yon been drinking.
"Corfee, zur."
“And what did yon have in yonr coffee sir f"
shouted the exasperated counsel.
“A spoon, zur,” was the answer, innocent
ly spoken, amid the roars ot the whole court—
excepting only the now thoroughly wild coun
sel, who flung down his brief and rushed one
of the coart.
Legal Precocity.
An old lady walked into a lawyer's office tbe
other day, when the following conversation
took place:
* Squire, I called to see if yon wonld like to
take this boy and make a lawyer of him.’
* This boy appears rather young, madam
Hew old is bet’
‘ Seven years, sir.’
* He is too yonng—decidedly too yonng.—
Have you no boys older t*
* Oh, yea, sir. I have several, bat we have
concluded to make farmers of tbe others,
told my man I thought this little fellow wonld
make a good lawyer, so I called to see if yon
wonld take him.’
* No, madam, he is too yonng yet to com
mence the study of the profession. Bat why
do yon think this boy so much better cnlca
lated for a lawyer than any of onr other sons!
‘ Why, yon see, sir, he is jnst seven years old
to-day; when he was only five he’d lie like all
nature; when he got to be eix, be was sassy
and impudent as any critter conld be; and now
he’ll steal anything he can get hie bands on.
Materialized spirits—Frozen whiskey.
..A matchless maid—An ancient unmarried
lady.
. .Plain sauce—An interview with a Sarato
ga hotel clerk.
..Reticence may not be considered sound
sense, but it is good sense.
..How unjust it is to accuse a bald-headed
man of putting on false hairs.
.. How to make good puffs—Send the pub
lisher fifty cents a line for them.
What can’t be cured mast be sold fresh,”
is what they say in Porkopolis.
..The financial pressure is loosening. Even
tho days are not so ’’ short” as they were.
.In some of the new styles there is no
change. Poor relatives are cut the same as
last year.
.Here’s a new view of the Christmas stock
ing—The boy says he “set it, but didn’t catch
anything.”
..Since thejiard times struck Nevada they
have raised the price of killing Chinamen to
seven dollars.
. .The reason why Pagans arc so far behind
hand in the march of civilization, is because
they are such idol people.
..This jute the ladies patch their hair with
never looks more like real hair than when it
appears in the butter Berkshire Courier.
..1 be Gardiner, Maine, Journal says that
there is a store in that place in which a skull
is kept, marked: ‘This man was a drummer.
Beware 1”
..Silas Card was married the other day,
and on his wedding notices were tbo words
“ No cards." But he doesn’t know what
might happen.
.What station do yon call thist" said a
man, as he crawled out of the debris of a rail
road smash-up “Devastation,” replied the
conductor.
..“A man who fears tbe Lord and can
carry homo an intoxicated member,” is the
kind of Sergeant-at-Arms they want for the
Minnesota Legislature. ’
..The young man who resolved to commit
suicide because bis sweetheart married an un
dertakor, owes his life to the second sober
thought that he might bo furnishing bis rival
a job.
..A Maryland man whose wife dropped
dead a few days ago, bad tbe funeral put off
one day longer to get the balance of his corn
husked. He said it wouldn't make any differ
ence to her, as she was always good-natured
How dreary seems each hour.
As it slowly, slowly goes,
To tbo man who sits in anguish,
With a boil upon bis nose I
..Perplexed Schneider, who had made
garment for a youth, aud found himself unable
to dispose of tbo surplus fulluess which ap
peared when trying it on tbe young candi
date, declared vociferously :" Do coat isgoot
Is no fault of de coat. Do boy is too tin.”
..A man out West who married a widow
has invented a devico to cure her of “ eter
nally” praising her former husband. When
ever she begins to descant on his noblo qual
ities, this ingenious No. 2 merely says: “ Poor
dear man! How I wish be bad not died 1”
..A good deacon making an official visit to
a dying noigbbor, who was a very churlish
and universally unpopnlar man, put tbe usual
question : “ Are you willing to go, my friendt”
“ Oh, yes,” said tbe sick man, “ I am.”
' Well," said tbe simple-minded deacon, “ I
am glad you are, for all the neighbors are wil
ling.”
I want to be a police.
And at the corner stand;
A star npon my bosom.
A club within my band.
I’ll stand and roll my eyeballs,
By passing breezes fanned.
I’ll walk into each restauraunt.
And take my oysters panned.
..The Stoats Zcitung is laboriog to dissi
pate the common, though erroneous opinion,
that tbe Germans have no conception of a
joko. An Indiana paper having said of Gov.
Allen that “ Every time ho opens bis mouth
he puts his foot in it,” the Z. S. translates it
thus: “ It is said that every time Herr Allen
speaks he puts bis foot in bis mouth.”— CM-
cago Post.
..A stranger from the country observing an
ordinary roller rale on the table, took it op
and inquiring its use, was answered: “ It is a
rale for connting-boases.” Too well bred, as
he construed politeness, to ask unnecessary
qaestioDs, be tamed it over and up and down
repeatedly, and at last, in a paroxysm of baf
fled curiosity, inquired. “ How in the name
of wonder do yon count houses with thief
..This may answer some op-country editor,
but we ain't that kind:
Complexion clear as polished wax;
Her longue as sharp as carpet tacks;
Her eyes a dark bewitching blue;
Her voice is pure and high-toned too;
Her neck's like Annie Laurie's swan;
Her words you’d love to dwell npon;
Her teeth so pearly, clear and white;
Yon almost wish yonr ear she’d bite.
.I wish I bad yonr head," said a lady
one day to a gentleman who bad solved for
her a knotty point. “ And I wish I bad your
heart,” was his reply. “ Well,” said she,
“ since yonr head and my heart can agree, i
don’t see why they should not go into part
nership.” And they did.
..Acotemporary asks: “ Wbat are street
lamps for f’ To which tbe Galveston News
replies: “ Tbe man who doesn’t know wbat
a street lamp is for, is hardly fit to sit in an
editorial chair and monld public opinion.
Street lamps are for weary young men to re
cline against at midnight, when they foiget
the way home.”
And whereas, all the States, including those
which linked their fortunes with the Confed
eracy, are upon terms of perfect equality, en
titled to exercise each for itself the rights of
States, includmg the right of local self-gov
ernment, except so far as they may be re
stricted by tbe Constitution of the United
States.
And whereas, it is a well established prin
ciple that each branch of the Legislative de
partment of each State is the sole judge of the
election returns and qualifications of its mem
bers, and has the right to establish its own
rules for determining all questions growing
out of all contested elections, there being no
appeal from the decision of the House iu such
case;
Aad whereas, neither tbe executive of the
State nor the executive of the United States
has the right, by the use of the military po w
er, to interfere in or control tho organization
of the Legislature of a State, nor to interfere
with the decision of cither branch of tbe State
Legislature, nor has the right to nse the mili
tary power of the government in any State
for any purpose than tbe suppression of do
mestic violence er the repulsion of invasion,
and then only upon the proper application of
the Legislature, or Ijy the executive when the
Legislature cannot convene.
And whereas, we have noticed with alarm
the authentic statement that the great prin
ciple of constitutional government has been
violated by tbe use of a portion of thn army
ol the United States, which under the direc
tion of the President, has interfered with the
organization of the House of Representatives
of the State of Louisiana, whore the military
assumed to judge of the election of its mem
bers, and at the point of the bayonet expelled
such as the military commander adjudged not
to be entitled to tbeir seats.
Resolved, That neither tbe President of the
United States, nor the Governor of said State,
bad any right to interfere in tbe organization
of tbe Legislature, or to assume to judge of the
election of tho members thereof. That the
use of tho military in tbo expulsion of such
members by tbe bayonet was a palpable and
dangerous usurpation of power by tho Presi
dent of the Unitod States and a violation of
tbe rights and privileges of the State of Loui
siana. That the attempt of tbe President to
justify the act in a message to tho Congress of
tbo United States is sufficient to awaken the
serious apprehension of tlu> people of every
State in tbe Union, inasmuch as the uso made
>f tbe military in tbe State ol Louisiana, if tol
erated by popular sentiment, may ripen into a
precedent: may be repeated at any time as to
the organization of Legislatures of any of tbo
States, and even of the organization of the '
Congress of tbe United States ; and that tha
result of such a policy, if tolerated, places tho
civil government and the liberties of the peo
ple of each State at the feet of the President,
clothed with the power of a military dicta
tor.
Resolved, That the question rises in impor
tance above ail party consideration, and
threatens alike tbe liberties of tbo citizens of
tbo United States, without regard to party
affiliations, and wo appeal to all good citizens
throughout tbe Union to unite with us in en
tering, as we now do, our earnest and solomn
protest against the act itself, and tho prece
dent sought to bo established by it.
Resolved, That we condemn all lawlessness
and violence ; that we will faithfully support
the constitution of the United States, and the
laws enacted in conformity thereto, and that
we advise all citizens of this and sister States,
to render strict obedience to tho laws, to re
sort to legal means for tbe redress of grievan
ces. relying upon popular sentiment of the
poopleofthe States, fairly expressed, for a re
turn in the administration of tho government
to tbe principles of constitutional law.
Resolved, That we tender our sympathies to
the oppressed people of Louisiana, and com
mend tbeir moderation and forbearance ex
hibited in the trying emergency through which
they are now passing, trusting that they have
tbe fortitude still to forbear, resorting neither
to force nor violence, but making a calm and
dignified appeal to tho people of the United
States to break the shackles which hind them
and to deliver them from tbe hands of the dis
honest adventurers who now tyrannize over
them, and from tbe galling military despotism
by which they are now oppressed.
Resolved, That the Governor of this State be
requested to send a copy of these resolutions
to each of onr Senators and representatives in
Congress, with tbe request that they lay them
before their respective Houses, and to the Ex
ecutive of each State in the Union.
She Felt Happy.
Two ladies met on Woodward avenae yes
terday and one inquired of the other:
“ Why, yon look very happy this m orning.
What's happened t”
“Ob, I've jnst been np having my fortune
told,” was the reply, “and the woman says
I’m to marry twice more, have diamonds and
aeamel'e hair shawl, and that I can go to the
opera eix nights in a week if I want no.”
” Dear me, I don’t wonder than you are
happy. Bat yon won't say any thing to yonr
husband 1"
” Ob, of course not. Poor man ! He’s
good to me, and it might hart his feelings to
know that I was to marry twlfcfe more. I
The Louisiana Iniquity-
The following document has been standing
ready to go into tbe Watdunan for the past
two or three weeks, and was accidentally omit
ted. “ Better late than never,” however :|
Tho following resolutions, reported by the
Joint standing committee on tbe State of tbe
Repnbilc, were unanimously adopted by both
branohes of the General Assembly, Wednes
day last:
Whereas, Under the original constitntional
compact between the States of this Union,
eaob State is the equal of, and is entitled to
Andy Johnson.
Now that Ex-Presidebt Johnson has been
elected to the Senate to succeed Brownlow^
everything connected with him of recent date,
becomes interesting. It bas been charged
that he has sought in tbe past to make odious
tbe ex-Confederate soldier, that ho has assail
ed tbe Democratic party, that be is no Demo
crat, and therefore ought not to be elected
Senator. These charges have been so often
repeated to Johnson’s prejudice! that an ex-
Confederate soldier interviewed him on the
subject. In response to tbe question pro
pounded, Johnson said:
‘ My whole pnblie acts demonstrate that I
exhausted all*'the powers and prerogatives
of)the;office of President in behalf of Confed
erate soldiers, and I went so far that Congress
nnder the influence of an extreme party spirit
repealed tbe amnesty act authorizing tho Pres
ident to pardon rebels. Then I fell back to
the pardoningjpower under the constitution,
and under this power, on the 2J>tIi of Decera-
‘ber, 1868,1 issued a proclamation of general
amnesty, releasing and releaving all those who
fought against the flag. This was assailed by
the radical leaders, but the Supreme Conrt of
the United States has within the past year, I
believe, decided in my favor. When tbe im
peachment trial was going on, my exercise of
the pardoning power was one of the items of
inquiry by tbe committee. Now as to my dem
ocracy, I think no one who can read can bp ig
norant of my political views. I think I am in
line with tbe democracy of the nation, and tbe
unwilling testimony of my political opponents
has established that I was nominated as a
Union Democrat for Vice President, aad I
I think that all of my life shows me to be dem
ocratic—an unadulterated democrat. By the
way, I think some people sneeriogly say tha
I am too much of a people's man, demagogue
and all that. Yes, these questions have all
been answered by me before, and I went over
this ground more in detail in a speech I made
in Shelby villa last October.”
..A boy read Spurgeon's declaration that a
* cigar is a thing to thank God for,' and invest-
.. , w ed his two nickels in ono. He was next seen
all tbe rights and powers belonging to each i leaning over a goods box, but ho wasnotgiv-
and every other State. f ing thanks.
