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BY JOHN H. CHRISTY.
DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION AND GENERAL PROGRESS.
VOLUME XXII.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1875.
$2.00 per Annum, in advance.
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NUMBER 7.
THE SOUTHERN WATCHMAN
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E. A. WILLIAMSON,
Metical fatetate ail Jeweler.
A T Dr. King's Drug Store, Broad Street, will exe
cute ell work entrusted to him in the best style
and at reasonable prices.
Terms positively CASH. feb4
BAZAR
GLOVE-FITTING PATTERNS
A RE the best, neatest fitting, and ohaapest paper
pattarnsin the world. Call at the office of the
Singer Manufacturing Company,comer College Av
enue and Clayton street, and see for yourself. Cull,
or write for catalogue. A large diseuunt to Agents.
msrSt G.H. HOPE, Agent.
FIRST-CUSS.
T IIE public would do well to eali-at the shop of the
undersigned, where all kinds of
BABBEHNG, HAJB-DRLSSING, &o.
Is done in the best style of tho art. Come, and be
convinced. dec? DAVIS A SAPP.
professional anb justness Curbs.
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'll Hill, ERWIN & COBB,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
ATRE.VS, OEOttOIA.
Office in the Deaptee Building. Dcc21
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A. EDGE,
, BOOT, SHOE AND HARNESS MAKER,
Watkissville, Ua.
p F. WOFFORD, Attorney at Law,
AJ. HOMER. GA.
Will execute promptly all buniftCM entrusted to bis
fare. Collecting rlwiins a specialty. ap!21tf
B ANKRUPTCY.—Samuel P. Thurmond,
Attorney-at- Low. Athens. Ga.
O(Hef on Broad street,over the store of Barry k Son,
Will give irpecisl att*ntionto eases «n Bankruptcy. Al
so. to tho collection of all claims entrusted to hiscara.
D KS. BRAWNER <fc YOUNG, *
CAKNKSVILLK, GA.
Ravins associated in the practice ofMedicine and
Surgery, lender their professional services to their
(rionds snd li.o public generally. Office nearly
■q.posiie the court house. »p!21—tf
IT'MORY SPEER,
Ah LAWYER. ATHENS, GA.
\i Solicitor General of Western Circuit, will attend
tho Courts of Clsrkc, Walton. Gwinnett, Hall, Banks,
.In.'kson, Habersham, Franklin, Rabun and White,
m.il give attention to collecting and other claims in
ih.ise -ounties. March 1?, 1873.
IT'D WARD R. HARDEN,
LjJ (Late JudgeU. S. Courts Nebraska and Utah,
ami now Judge of Brooks Connty Court)
Attorney at Law,
july23 ly Quitman, Tirnokn County, Ga.
lon.N D. KSTF.A.
MADISON BELL.
IJ'STES Je BELL, Attorneys at Law,
lJj GAINESVILLE. GA.
.fcifWILL practice in the counties composing the
Western Circuit, and Dawson and Forsyth counties
<.f the Blue Ridge Circuit. They will also practice in
t he Supren,o Court of Georgia, and in the United States
Court at Atlanta. may!4
™YD i SILMAN,
l. 1 ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Will practice in the counties of Walton and Jackson,
'ouMJ.rLorn, j. b. silman.
Cu.ringt on. Ga. mar4 Jefferson, Ga.
T F. 0’KELLEY’S
d . PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
Over Williams’ Shoo storo. Broad street, Athens,
Georgia. aepS,
I J'OR use on any Sowing Machine, la •' CLARK’S
O. N. T.,” especially that mad. for and bearing
the name of the Singer Manufacturing Co. A word
to the wise sbonld he sufficient, ptr- Price, 75o. pel
d.„en Spools, at the office of tho SINGER MANU
FACTURING CO. O. II. HOPE. Agent,
julyl—ly Bishop’s Corner, Athens, Ga.
Wagon Yard in Athens.
r PHE subscriber has fitted op and opened asafe,eom
A fortable and commodious Wagon Yard, on Rivet
atreet. in the neighborhood of the Upper Bridge, where
CORN. FODDER, and all other necessary supplies an
he purchased on reasonable terms. Charges moderate.
The highest market price paid for Country Produce,
Bank hills received in exchange for Goods.
tf WTLKY F HOOD.
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FOR
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W AS entered against the World, at the late State
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pensable household necessity. No family should be
without it!
If, after trial, a family is willing to live withouttbis
preparation for Ten Dollars, agents ara authorised to
refund the money.
FOB SALE,
In Athens—At Dr Wm King's Drug Store and at
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In Wntkinsvillo—At the Store of Booth k Durham.
In Monroe—At Dr Galloway's Drug Store.
At Princeton—By Mr Russell.
Address all orders to WILEY H. BUSH,
novlD Jug Tavern, Walton co., Ga.
Use the Great
T U. HUGGINS,
tJ • holesale a
> and Retail Doaler in
I>KY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac.
Fob!ft Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
TOHN H. CHRISTY,
d Plain ami Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER,
Broad St. t Athens, Ga.
Office corner Broad and Wall atreeta, over the store
Jftincs D. Pittard. tf
TAMES R. LYLE,"
IJ Attorney at Law,
I*o,-22 WATKINSVILLE, OA.
J°“ s
M. MATTHEWS.
Attorney at Law,
Danieleviile,Ga.
Prompt mention will be given to Any business en-
fustea to his care. Marcbl4.
f :\mesY1ong^ m7d!
d SURGEON, ACCOUCHEUR A PHYSICIAN,
(Office at Jfr. Thoma* Sheaf* Store,)
Good Hope Distriot, Walton county, Ga.
Offers his professional services to the citiiens of the
mrounding country. aug27
For all Diseases of tha Bowels, such as
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Toothache and Neuralgia.
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before the public, do ao with the firm belief that it
will cure all the above diseases it is recommended to
cure. All we ask is a fair trial.
If this MEDICINE does not perform what we claim
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then
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285 Exit Fair |tmt, ATLANTA, GA.
^-AND FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.-^
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July 8lb, 1874.
K ELIAS, Attorney afrLaw,
. FRANKLIN. N. C.
Practices in all tho Courts of Western North Caro
lina, ami in the Federal Courts. Claims collected in
all parts of the State. aplfi—ly
T IVERY, Feel and Sale Stable,
AA ATHENS, GA.
GA Y.V REA VES, Proprietor*.
JtfL-Will bo found at their old stand, rear Frank
lin House building, Thomas street. Keep always
on hand good Turn-outs and careful drivers.
Stock well eared for when entrusted to our oara.
Stock on hand for sale at all times. dec25—tl
The undersigned is now prepared to furnish
MONUMENTS,
HEAD STONES
Or anything in Iba Marble or
IRON-RAILING
lino, at abort notice. I have quite a number of NEW
DESIGNS or Patterne, which can be eeen by apply
ing to NovSO—tf J R.oraNK,
HORSES & MOLES.
M W. RIDEN,
. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
U.S. Claim Agent and Notary Public,
Gainesville. Ga
Office on Wilson street, below King k Bro'f.
February ID, 1873.
C. PEEPLES. B. P. DOWELL.
PEEPLES & HOWELL,
-L ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
20 and 22, Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga."
P RACTICE In the State and Federal Courta, and
s'.'.nd regularly all tbaCocrte in Atlanta, includ
ing the Supreme Court of tho State, and will argue
eaia, upon brlufu for abutut partial, on reaionoble
terras.
They alio practice in the Court* of the comities con
tig tout or acoeeeibleto Atlanta by Railroad. iepll
R B. ADAIR, D. D. S.
. Gaixesvillk, Ga.
''(See.aoutheaat corner Public Square.
R S. ADAMS, M. D.,
• ^cnoroN, Accoucheur and Physician.
Office at rasidtnee, Mountain District, Walton conn
Vy. Georgia—offers his professional services to the
citiseas of the snrronnding eonntry* ang2fi—ly
Q C. DOBBS,
L-* • Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Ac
Feb® No. 1$ Broad Street, Athene. Ga
pLAIN
and Fancy Job Printing,
At the Southern Watchman Office.
SPOOL SILK!
nET THE BEST and CHEAPEST! Git that men
VJ ufaoturedby the Singer Manufacturing Company,
which l< i,eclally adaoted for uie on all kind* of Sew
>*>g Machine*.
For ,ab. wholesale and retail, by the SINGER
manufacturing company.
julyl—>y Q. II. HOPE, Agent, Atkenl.Ga.
P. G. THOMPSON,
| ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ATHENS, GA.
Barry’§ .tore. Speeial attention given
praetiee. For referonoe, apply to Ex-
Wattiaud Hon. David Cloptou, Mont
fobs
LOTS for SALE
COR Ml., || l.ta, located on the estate «f Dr. E. R.
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*t hi*
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THOS. G. BARRETT, Ex’r.
'HE underaigoed hare esteblitbed, in addition to
L their Livery, a regular
SALE STABLE,
And will, from tbis date, keep on hand, at all timos,
full supply of
HORSES & MULES.
Thus, in want *c Stock can be supplied at
iReasonable Figures.
jar- Give us a call.
Athens, Nov. 4—tf
GANN A REAVES.
Family Groceries.
r. rTsaulter
C ALLS tbe attention of bis frisnds and the “re
mankind’’ to the fact that he will keep on hand a
fresh assortment of
Family Supplies^
With a inequality of
COOKING WINE,
Either In bottlea or oa draught. Also, the beat of
BRANDIES, WHISKIES, RUM,
Gm, Ale, Lager Beer,
CIGARS & TOBACCO.
j—- Country dealers .applied at low figures, at
HOIiBBOOK’S CORNER,
jan8 Near Northaaetern Depot, Athens,Ga.
GLOBE HOTEL,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Comer of Broad and Jackson streets.
rpjIB Globe Hotel has just been Tefurnished and re-
1 fitted, with all the modem Improremente and eon
mieneee, together with th#*dditiou of a new voran
dab, making it ono of tho most complete Hotels In tbe
country, and is now ready Tor the accommodation of
tho traveling publio. „ „
feblO P- MAY, Proprietor.
Brackets! Brackets!
o BACKETS, Wall Pockets, Book-Shelres, Clock
JJ Shelves,Toilet-Oaeec, Match-Safes. Hanging Bas
kets, Ao—the largest and handsomest assortment ever
brought to Athens. For »*
oov2l BURKE'S BOOK STORK.
Gold Pens and Pencils.
ABIE, TODD A CO.’S Gold Pens, (warranted
w to be the best made,) in gold
ebony and pearl esses, at
»pl7
rarranted
silver, rubber,
burkb’s b 0 ok store.
BETTER THAN GOLD.
Better than grandeur, better than gold.
Than rank and title a thousand fold,
Is a healthy body, a mind at ease.
And simple pleasures that always please ;
A heart that can feel for a neighbor’s woe
And (.bare his joys with genial glow.
With sympathies large enough to eDfold
All men as brothers, is better than gold.
Better than gold is a conscience clear.
Though toiling for bread in an humble sphere ;
Doubly blest with content and health,
Untried by tbe lust of cares or wealth.
Lowly living and lofty thought
Adorn and ennoble a poor man’s cot;
For man and mortals, or nature's plan,
Are tbe genuine test of a gentleman.
Better than gold is the sweet repose
Of the sons of toil when their labors close ;
Better than gold is tbe poor mao’s sleep.
And tbe balm that drops on the slumbers deep.
Bring sleepiug draughts to tbe downy bed,
Where luxury pillows bis aching head;
His simple opiate labor deems
A shorter road to tbe land of dreams.
Better than gold isa thinking mind
That in tbe realm of books cau find
A treasure surpassing Australian ore.
And live with the great and good of yore.
The sage's lore and the poet’s lay.
The glories of empires past away ;
The world's great drama will thus enfold
And yield a pleasure better than gold.
Better than gold is a peaceful home,
Where all tbe fireside charities come ;
Tho shrine of love and the heaven of life,
Hallowed by mother, or sister, or wife.
However humble tbe home may be,
Or tried by sorrow with Heaven's decree.
TIip blessings that never were bought or sold
And centre there, are bettor than gold.
WAR REMINISCENCES--THE GEORGIA
CAMPAIGN.
Some Interesting Extracts from Sherman's Mem
oirs—J he March Towards Atlanta—Why
Johnston did not fight at Cassville.
General Sherman has just published bis
* Memoirs,’ a large part of which is, of course,
devoted to the recent war. The following ex
tracts will prove interesting. Of tbe opera
tions at Dalton and Rosaca. he writes:
I bad constant communication with all parts
of the army, and on the 9th McPherson's bead
of column entered and passed through Snake
Creek, perfectly undefended, aod accom
plished a complete surprise to the enemy. At
its farther debouche he met a cavalry brigade,
easily driven, which retreated hasrily North
toward Dalton, and doubtless carried to John
ston tbe first serious intimation that a heavy
force of infantry and artillery was to his rear,
and within a few miles of his railroad. I got
a short note from McPherson that day (written
at 2 P. M., when be was within a mile aud a
half of the railroad, above and near Resaca,)
and wo all felt jabilant, I renewed orders to
Thomas and Schofield to be ready for the in
stant pursuit of what I expected to be a bro
ken and disordered army, forced to retreat by
roads to the East of Resaca, which were
known to be very rough and impracticable.
That night I received farther notice from Mc
Pherson that he had found Resaca too strong
for a surprise; that in conseqaence he bad
fallen back three miles to tbe mouth of Snake
Creek Gap, and was there fortified. v
McPherson had startled Johnston in bis
fancied security, bat had not done tbe fall
measure of bis work. He bad in hand 23.000
of the best men of the army, and could have
walked into Resaca (then held only by a small
brigade,) or be coaid have placed bis whole
force astride tbe railroad above Resaca, and
there have easily withstood tbe attack of all
of Johnston's army, with tbe knowledge that
Thomas and Schofield were on his heels. Had
be dnne so, I am certain that Johnston would
not have ventured to attack him in position,
but would have retreated eastward by Spring
Place, and we should have captured half his
army and ail bis artillery and wagons at the
beginning of tbe campaign. Such an oppor
tunity does not occur twice In asinglo life, but
at tbe critical moment McPherson seems to
have been a little timid. Still, be was perfect
ly justified by his orders, and fell back and as
anmed an unassailable defensive position in
Sugar Valley, on tbe Resaca side of Snake
Creek Gap. As soon as informed of this,
determined to pass the whole array through
Snake Creek Gap, and to move on Resaca with
the main army.
But during the 10th. tbe enemy showed no
signs of evacuating Dalton, and I was waiting
for the arrival of Garrard's and Stonoraan’s
cavalry, known to be near at band, so as to
secure the full advantages of victory, of wbioh
I felt certain. Hooker's Twentieth corps was
at once moved down to within easy support
ing distance of McPherson, and on tbe Utb,
perceiving signs of evacuation of Dalton,
gave all tbe orders for the general movement,
leaving the Fourth corps (Howard) and Stone-
man’s cavalry in observation in front of Buz
zard Roost Gap, and directing all tbe rest of
tbe army to march through Snake Creek Gap
stMigbt on Resaca. The roads were only such
as tho country afforded—mere rough wagon
ways—and these converged to tbe single nar
row track through Snake Creek Gap; but
during tbe 12tb and 13th the balk of Thomas'
and Schofield's armies were got' through and
deployed against Resaca. McPherson on the
right, Thomas in the centre, aod Schofield on
tbe left. Johnston, as" I anticipated, had
abandoned all his well prepared defenses at
Dalton .and was found inside of Resaca with
the balk of his army, bolding bis divisions
well in hand, acting pnrely on the defensive,
and fighting well at all points of conflict
complete line of Intreachments was found oov
ering tbe place, and this was strongly manned
at all points. On the 14th we closed in, en
veloping the town on the north and west, and
during the 15th we had a day of continual bat
tle and skirmish. At the same time I caused
two pontoon bridges to be laid across the Oos-
tanaula river at Lay’s ferry, about three miles
below the town, by which we conld threaten
Calhoun, a station on tbe railroad seven miles
below Resaca. At the same time. May 14,
dispatched Gen. Garrard, with bis cavalry di
vision, down theOostanaula by the Rome road
with orders to cross over, if possible, and to
attack or threaten the railroad at any point
below Calboan and above Kingston.
During tbe I5th, without attempting to as-
roso all day to the dignity of a battle. To
wards eveniog McPherson moved his whole
line of battle forward, till be bad gained a
ridge overlooking the whole town, from which
bis field artillery conld reach the railroad
bridge across the Oostanaula. The enemy
made several attempts to drive him away, re
peating the sallies several times, and extend
ing them into tbe night; bat in every instance
he was repulsed with bloody loss.
Hooker’s cor is bad also some heavy and
handsome fighting that afternoon and night on
the left, where the Dalton road entered the in-
trenchments, capturing a four-gun intrenched
battery, with its men andgnns; and generally
all oar men showed the finest Qgbting quali
ties.
Howard's corps had followed Jehnston down
from Dalton, and was in line; Stoneman’s di
vision of cavalry had also got up, and was on
the extreme left, beyond Oostaoaola.
On tbe night of May 15th, Johnston got bis
army across the bridges, set them on fire, and
we entered Resaca at daylight. Our loss up
to that time was about 600 dead and 3,375
wouDded—mostly light wounds that did not
necessitate sending the men to the rear for
treatment. That Johnston had deliberately,
io advance, to give up such strong positions as
Dalton and Resaca for tbe purpose of drawing
us further south, is simply absurd. Had be
remained in Dalton another hour it would have
been bis total defeat, and be only evacuated
Resaca because bis safety domanded it. The
movement by us through Snake Creek Gap
was a total surprise to him. My army about
doubled his in size, but he had all tbe advan
tages of natural positions, artificial torts and
roads, and of concentrated action. We were
compelled to grope our way through forests,
across mountains, with a large army, neces
sarily more or less dispersed. Of course I was
disappointed not to have crippled his army
more at that particular stage of the game;
but, as it resulted, the rapid successes gave us
the initiative, and the usual impulse of a con
quering army.
sault tbe fortified works he pressed at all movement.
WHY GEN. JOHNSTON DECLINED BATTLE AT
CASSVILLE.
Gen. Sherman gives this interesting account
of the reasons that led Johnston to retreat
from Cassville after having made overy pre
paration for battle:
Nearly all the people of the country seemed
to have fled with Johnston’s army ; yet some
few families remainod, and from one of them
procuted the copy of an order which John
ston bad made at Adaiisville, in which he re
cited that he had retreated as far as strategy
required, aud that his army must be preparod
for battle at Cassville. The newspapers of tho
South, many of which wo found, were also
loud in denunciation of Johnston's falling back
before us without a serious battle, simply re
sisting by his skirmish lines and by his roar
guard. But bis friends proclaimed that it was
all strategetic; that he was deliberately draw
ing us further and further into the meshes,
further and further away from our base of sup
plies, and that io due season he would not on
ly halt for battle, but assume the bold offen
sive. Of course it was to my interest to bring
him to battle as soon as possible, when our
numerical superiority was at tbe greatest, for
he was picking up his detachments as he fell
back, whereas I was compelled to make simi
lar and stronger detachmentt to repair the
railroads as we advanced, aod to guard them.
found at Cassville many evidences of prepar
ation for a grand battle, among them a long
line of fresh iotrenchments ou the hill beyond
tbe town, extending nearly three miles Booth,
embracing tbe railroad-crossing; I was also
convinced that the whole of Polk's corps bad
joioed Johnston from Mississippi, and that he
bad in hand, three full corps, viz: Hood’s
Polk's and Hardee's, numbering about 60,000
meD, and conld not then imagine why be bad
declined battle, and did not learn the real rea
son till after the war was over, and then from
Gen Johnston himself.
In tbe antumn of 1865. when in command of
tbe Military Division of Missouri, I wont from
St. Louis to Little R ick, Ark., aod afterward
to Memphis. Taking a steamer for Cairo, I
found as fellow-passengers Generals Johnston
and Frank Blair. We were, of course,
the most friendly terms, and on our way up
we talked over onr battles again, played cards
and questioned each other as to the particular
parts of our mutual conduct in tbe game of
war. I told Johnston that I had Been bis order
of preparation, in the nature of an address to
his army, anoouocing his purpose to retreat
no more, bat to accept battle at Cassville. He
answered that such was his pnrpose; that he
had left Hardee's corps in .the open fields to
cheek Thomas and gain time for his formation
on tbe right,just behind Cassville; and it was
this corps wbioh Gen. Thomas had seen de
ployed. and whose handsome movement in re
treat be bad reported in such complimentary
terms. Johnston described bow be bad placed
Hood's corps on the right, Polk’s in the cen
tre and Hardee’s on the left. He said he had
ridden over tbe ground, given to each corps
commander his position and orders to throw
np parapets during the night; that he was
with Hardee on his extreme left as the night
closed in, and as Hardee's troops fell back to
the position assigned them for the intended
battle of tbe next day; and that, after giving
Hardee some general instructions, he and bis
staff rode back to Cassville. As be entered
the town or village he met Gen's. Hood and
Polk. Hood inquired of him if be had bad
anything to eat, and he said no; that he was
both hungry and tired, when Hood invited
him to go and share a sapper which had been
prepared for him at a house close by. At tbe
supper they discussed the chances of the im
pending battle, when Hood spoke of thegronnd
assigned him ae being enfiladed by our (Union(
artillery, which Johnston disputed, when Gen
Polk chimed in with the remark that Gen
Hood was right; that tbe eannon shots fired
by us at nightfall had enfiladed their general
line of battle, and that for this reason he fear
ed they could not bold their men. Gen John
ston wan surprised at tbis, for he understood
Gen. Hood to be one of those who professed
to criticise his strategy, contending that, in
stead of retreating, be should give battle.
However, in view of what was urged, he at
once gave orcjgfs to resame the backward
points, and the sonnd of cannon and musketry
This is my recolleotion of the substance
the conversation, of which I made no note at
the time, bat, at a meeting of the Society of
the army of Cumberland some years after, at
Cleveland, Ohio, about 1868, in a short after-
dinner speech, I related this conversation, and
it got into print. Snbsoqaently, in the Spring
of 1870, when I was at New Orleans, en roate
for Texas, Gen. Hood called to see me at the
St. Charles Hotel, explained that he had seen
my speech reprinted in the newspapers and
gave me his version of the same event describ
ed in the halt at Cassville, the general order
for battle on tbe groand, and the meeting at
sapper with Gens. Johnston and Polk, when
the chances of the battle to be fought tbe
next day were freely and fully discussed;
and he stated that he had argue d against
fighting the battle purely oa the defense, but
had asked God. Johnston to permit him with
bis own corps and part of Polk’s to quit their
lmes and to march rapidly to attack and over
whelm Schofield, who was known to be sepa
rated from Thomas by an interval of nearly
five miles, claiming that he conld have de
feated Schofield, and got back to his position
in time to meet Gen. Thomas' attack in front.
He also stated that ho had then contended
with Johnston for the “ offensive-defensive”
game, instead of the ‘ para defensive,’ pro
posed by Gen. Jehnston; and he said that it
was at this time that Gen. Johnston had taken
offeDse, and that it was for tbe reason that he
bad ordered the retreat that night. As sub
sequent events estranged these two officers,
it is very natural they should now differ on
this point; bat it was sufficient for us that
the rebel army did not retreat that night,
leaving us masters of all the country above
tbe Etowah River.
Mrs. Johnson’s Mistake;
My friend, Johnson, has an establishment for
the manufacture of jewelry and silver ware in
Boston. Some time ago he sold a bill of goods
in Augusta, Me. About a month after his
partner was on a visit to Bangor, and while
there Johnson wrote to him to this effect
‘ I have heard nothing of that jewelry I sont
to Augusta. If you arc around that way stop
and inquire if it was received all right.’
He put the letter in his pocket aod forgot
mail it. Next day he left the coat at home
and Mrs. Johnson, as usual, went thro ughthe
pockots, and she found the letter. When
Johnson came home that afternoon and open
ed the front door he was amazed to see Mrs.
Johnson with her bonnet on and an umbrella
and bandbox la her hand, sitting in the hall
on a trank, looking as if she had about twelve
hundred pounds pressure of rage to the square
inch. He said :
* Why, Emeline, what on earth are yon do
ingf
* I’m waiting for a cab to take me to my
mother’s, you brute S’
‘ To your mother’s t Why, what’s the
matter P
Matter—matter f You know well enough
what’s the matter, you wretch. I’ll not live
with you another hour ! Oh, don’t talk to me,
you please 1 Go and talk to Augusta—go
and talk to her If you are so very fond of her.
have done with you now, for good. This
winds you up with me 1’
* What do you mean, anyhow t You are
behaviDg ridiculously,’ said her husband.
I know I am ! Abuse me ! Keep on abus
ing me! Knock me down and stamp on me !
Augosta’U like it, I dare say ! I wish I had
her bere now, the wretch 1 I would give her
taste of this umbrella ! I would scratch her
eyes out.’
* Really, Emeline. this is the most extraor
dinary conduct. Will you tell me, my dear—
‘ Oh, don’t dear me, if you please 1 Save
your rubbishing sweetness for her. It’s too
late to so ft solder me. I’m going home to
mother's. You can’t give me olothes to be
decent, but Augusta gets all she wants, of
course. I cao'go slouching around this house
in ao old calico dress, but Augusta, I dare
say, has her silks and satins. I cannot get a
decent breast pin, but you can give Augusta
cart load of’em. It's infamous !’
1 Emeline!'
1 Well, what V
* Did you read the letter I left in my eoat
yesterday V
Yes. I did, and that’s tbe way I discover
ed yoor villainy.’
‘Emeliue!’
* Well, what d'vsu want T'
* That letter referred to some jewelry,
sold to a man in Augusta, Maine, Emeline I’
‘ Well!’
‘ You've been making a fool of yonrself.’
* Was it really Augusta, Maine f Oh, Wil
liam 1 I’m afraid—boo-hoo !—boo-hoo!
Hero Mrs. Johnson broke down aod wept
profusely over the lid of the band-box, while
Johnson pat her umbrella gently in the rack
and carried her trank up stair*, while she
gave play to her faelings. She didn’t go home
to her mother. But that night she fixed a
dozen of Johnsou’s shirts that he bad been
trying in vain for a month to induce her to re
pair.
THE KING’S RING.
BT THEODORE TILTON
Once in Persia reigned a king,
Who upon his signet-ring
Graved a maxim trne and wise.
Which, if held before his eyes.
Gave him counsel at a glance,
Fit for every change and chance ;
Solemn words, and these are they:
“ Even this shall pass away !'
Trains of camels through the sand
Brought him gems from Samarcaud ;
Fleets of galleys through tbe seas
Brought him pearls to match with these.
But he counted not as gain
Treasures of the mine or main,
* What is wealth 1’ the king would say;
• Even this shall pass away.’
In the revels of his court,
At the zenith of tbe sport,
When the palms of all his guests
.Burned with clapping at bis Jests,
He, amid his figs and wine.
Cried, * O, loving friends of mine!
Pleasure comes, but not to stay :
* Even tbis shall pass away.’'
Lady fairest ever seen
Chose he for his bride and queen.
Couched upon tbe marriage bed,
Whispering to bis soul, he said :
1 Though a bridegroom never pressed
Dearer bosom to his breast.
Mortal flesh must come to clay:
* Even this shail pass away.’ ’
Fighting on a furious field,
Once a javelin pierced his shield.
Soldiers with a loud lament,
Bora him bleeding to his tent.
Groaning from his tortured side,
* Pain is hard to bear,’ he cried;
' But with patience day by day,
‘ Even this shall pass away,’ ’
Towering in the public square,
Twenty cnbits in tbe air.
Rose his statue carved in stone.
Then the king, disguised, unknown,
Stood before bis sculptured name,
Musing meekly, * What is famet
Fame is but a slow decay:
* Even this shall pass away.’'
Struck with palsy, sere and old.
Waiting at the gates of gold,
Spake him with his dying breath,
* Life is done : but what is death t’
Then in answer to the king
Fell a sunbeam on bis ring,
Showing by a heavenly ray—
‘ Even this shall pass away.’
ed two of the prairie dogs that happened to be
wanderin’ about.
R—Did it seem well afterward t
B—0, inidliu’ 1 But one of the keepers left
his revolver layin’ on a bench, and the casso
wary scooped that in, too, and in the mornin’
when they was driven it into the pen, it ran
agin the fence, and two or three explosions,
kinder smothered like, was heard growlin' and
qpmblin’ on its insides, and tbe next minute
the smoke come buntin’ out of its mouth and
It rolled over and stepped out. The ole man
says the jolt must have started that revolver.
R—Anything else now f
B—No, nothin’; but you come round here
whenever you want an item- Thera’s most
always somethin’ goin* on. You seo tbe ole
man; he'll 'stonish you with information.
Good mornin'.
Profanity.
We are emphatically in tbe age of profani
ty, and it seems to ns that we are on the top
most current. One cannot go on the streets
any where without having his ears offendod
with the vilest words, and his reverenco shock
ed by the most profane use of sacred names.
Nor does it come from the older or middle-
Truth Will Ont.
JAKEV, HIS 5IA AND THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
TEACHER.
Jakey crept np and sat down by bis moth
er's side as she was looking ont of the window
yesterday morning. After a few minutes of
silence, he broke ont with—
Ma, ain’t pa’s name Jacob t’
Yes, Jakey.’
' If I was called young Jacob, he’d be called
old Jacob, wouldn’t he V
‘Yes, my dear; wbat makes you ask such
a question as thatf’
* Nothing only I beard something about'bim
last night.’
Mre. Watts suddenly became interested,
• What was it, my son 1*
’Oh, nothing much; something the new
Sunday School teacher said.’
‘ Yon oughtn't to have anything your moth
er don't know, Jakey,' coaxingly plead Mrs.
Watts.
* Well, if yon must go poking into every
thing, I’ll tell yon. The new teacher says to
me, ‘ What’s yonr name, my little man t’ and
when I said Jacob, he asked mo if I ever heard
of old Jacob, aid I thought that was pa’s
name, so I told him I guess I bad, but I'd like
to hear wbat he bad to say about him. He
said old Jacob used to be a little boy once just
like me, aud bad bean-shooters and stilts, and
need to play hookey and get licked, and used
to tend cattle ’—
Yes, I believe he said bis father need to
keep a cow,' interrupted Mrs. Watts.
* And be hogged bis brother ont of some
thing or other, and be got struck with a young
woman named Rachel, [Mrs. Watts became
ill more interested,] and was going to marry
er, bnt her old man fooled him and made him
marry his other daughter; bnt pa said be
aged alone, for it is a fact, os alarming as I " , , ’ .
. .. .. I guessed be wasn’t nobody’s fool, and married
true, that the younger portion of the coramu 1
them both.’
' The wretch 1’ ejaculated Mrs. Watts, shak
ing her first at Mr. Watts’ slipper.
He said old Jacob bad a dozen or two chil
dren and—’
* Did I marry him for this V exclaimed Mrs.
. , _ ,, , — , ... ■ i ,, . , Watts, sobbing and throwing herself on tbe
knowhow of all bad habits, this clings the L,fa. making a!l the springs hum like a set of
mnot olrveoltr nn/1 in/ipaaiao nivk nanm To I ° 4 °
nity are most proficient in degrading language
Boys have an idea it is smart to swoar; that
it makes them manly; but there never was a
greater mistake in the world. Men, even
those who swear themselves, are disgusted
with profanity in a young man, because they
most closely, and increases with years. It
is the most insidious of habits, growing on so
invisibly that almost before one is aware he |
becomes an accomplished cursor.
Popular Fallacy.
Perhaps the worst popular fallacy with re
gard to newspapers is that generally enter
tained that newspapers ought to be printed
and published in the interest of the comrnu-1 P°i n i®d her finger at him and jerked out tbe
nity—particularly the indigent portion of the I wor ^ * villain 1’ and asked him if he could look
community. Churches, poor houses, asylums I hi® innocent wife and infaut son in the face,
and all sorts of charitable enterprises ran to I Mr ' Watts showed that ho could by staring
the newspaper for gratuities, as a child runs | ver y alternately at Jakey and Mrs. Watts.
Burn Kerosene the right Way;
A correspondent of the New York San calls
attention of all consumers of kerosene oil to
the pernicious and unhealthy practice of using
lamps filled with that article with the wicks
turned down. The gas wbioh should be con
snmed by the flames is by this means left
heavily in the air, while the cost of the oil
thus saved at present prices would scarce be
one dollar a year for the lamps of a household
His attention was called particularly to this
custom by hoarding in the country where
kerosene was the only available light,
large family of children living in the same
house were taken ill one night, and on going
to tbe nursery the mother found the room
nearly suffocating, with a lamp turned down,
whereupon the physician forbade the use of
lamp at night, nnless tamed at full head. He
says he could quote many cases, one of a young
girl subjeot to fits of faintness, which it not
induced, were greatly increased by sleeping
In a room with the lamp almost turned ont.
Besides the damage to health, it spoils the
paper and curtains, soils tbe mirrors and win
dows, and gives the whole honse an untidy air
and an unwholesome odor.
..The saying * Excise haste and a bad
pen* has been attributed to a pig who ran
away from home.
toning forks.
Jakey said he didn't know what she married
him for, bnt she wouldn’t catch him telling *
her anything very soon again if she was going
to kick np such a row about it, and went ont
of tbe room feeling highly indignant.
When Mr. Watts oame home he met Mrs.
Watts in the hall with a very red face, who
to its mother for holp. Politicians, office-seek
ers and scallawags generally count on the an-
I know where you go, sir, when you stay
away from home,’ continued Mrs. Watte; ‘ I've
paid support of newspapers. Now a newspa-1 * le4r d the story of your perfidy. Can’t you
per, to bo worth anything as a business enter- ] B * *> ow Rachel and that other woman is
prise, should bo printed in tbe iutorest of its I 10 ®^ e “ked, with forced calmness,
proprietor-just as much as the merchant Mr - Watt ® confessed his inability to enlighten
should run his business in his own interest'!^ 00 **** health of tho Ixdies about whom
alone. This popular fallacy has been largely i ®h® was so solicitous. Mn*. Watts said that
bred by the establishment of party and person- 8he alwa * a knew that something like this
al organs, that live bv begging snpport, and would ° ccar - and ended with auother hysterical
other newspaper mendicancy. Interrogation after the children’s health, but
'uot receiving any satisfactory anewer, she
The Cassoway’s Lunch. I tbrew h8raelf 00 tte 8ofa again ’ and 8obbed
Rumors being in circulation to tho effect I and aabed herself a few times why she had
that a new consignment of animals for tbe I over ber mother a house, aDd then she
Zoological Garden has reached the city, a re
porter calls at the office of tbe society for sdm<
information respecting the matter. Tbe Se
cretary is out, and the office is iu charge of a
boy, who is sitting with his feet on tbe stove
filing bis skates. The following conversation
ensues:
Reporter—Anything now at the
day. sonny T
Boy—Dunne of nothing*. Tbe akeetiu* was
good yesterday, and I seen a whole lot of fel
lows goin' in there.
R—Any lot of animals arrived lately t
B— I b’lieve not. Leastways I ain’t heard
of any. But I heard the oie man say he hoped
they wouldu't bring any more oassowaries.
R—Why not t
B—They've got one there now. Leastways
the ole man calls it a cassowary but I call ’em
ostriches. And the ole man saya that animal
basted loose night afore last and raised hail
ealled Jakey to ber and told him that they
would have to live alone in a little bouse, and
be very poor, and maybe not have enough to
oat, which made that hopeful utter a seriea of
moat dolefnl howls and hasten down to the
kitchen to examine the larder.
Later in tbe day Mre. Lewis happened in,
garden to I and Mrs - Watts confided to her tbe story of
1 her hnsband’s villainy. Of course Mrs. Lewis
was very properly shocked, and tried to im
press upon Mrs. Watts the necessity of being
philosophical, and left with tbe observation
that aha had never yet aeon a man with a mole
on his nose who did not, sooner or later, prove
to be a rascal.
Towards evening Jakey was sitting on the
steps, having recovered from his grief of the
morning, when the Sunday school teacher
chanced to pass by, and Jakey bailed him with,
‘ Say, mister, I told my mother wbat yon told
me abont old Jaeob last night, and there baa
been the old soratch to pay ever since. Ma
Columbia; went a-soootin’ around thar be, p** nWa and a blobd^tbief.uft tried
n n van OAUtwl 'iaii* VaKmw lrnnaail i f nrna I.....
haven scand’lous. Nobody knowed it was
loose nntil mornin’, and then it played hob
with things. The ole man says it et all tbe
door knobs off the monkey-house aod tbe res
taurant, and then swallowedlsix croquet balls
that was piled up by tbe pump. One of tbe
keepers found an ole hoop-skirt durin the day
to break her hack on tbe sofa, and said that
there wouldn’t be anything to eat, and there
ain’t been each a time since pa offered to kiw
Aunt Jane good-bye. Maybe you. bad better
drop in and see the old lady, mister, she ain’t
so bad as she was.'
The teacher, after some pressing, accom-
and bung it agin the wall. The ole man says panied j abe , lnt0 lh0 hoa8e , aDd wa8 preMOt .
tbe cassowary must have et that, too; and ^ w Mr . Watt8 ln tho par)or
thou It broke into a cage and put away two
horned owls and a cockatoo, I believe they
call it; one of them birds like parrots any way.
R—Ate them, do you mean f
B—That’s what the old man said. And
then it went boomin’ around tastin’ almost
everything, and it got away with two trace
Mrs. Watts began to thank him for disclos
ing ber husband’s perfidy, but bo disclaimed
having done anything of the kind, and at
length, after considerable talking, it was dis
covered that Jakey bad misapplied the story
of the patriarch Jacob. Mre. Watts started
out to bunt up Jacob, and when she found him,
chains on one of tbe waggins and half a keg astonished him again by being as loving as she
of nails that was settin’on the porch. I never had been distant. Jakey is contented in tho
knowed them birds had such appetites. But fact that there is no immediate prospect of a
the ole man says they have; and they’ll tackle
almost anything, and swallow it 'sif it was
confectionery. He says ho saw one once eat
a litter of five pups and then begin on a crow
bar’s though it hadn’t had nothin’ for a month.
And this one out yere at tho garden, it et the
ole man’s skeets aud two butter crocks that
wa3 in the restaurant wilder, and then it stuff-
lack of supplies in tho family, aud Mrs. Watts
would be perfectly happy if she could only
shut Mrs. Lewis’ mouth.
..A confectioner, who twelve months ago
taught his parrot to say • Pretty creature’ to
every lady who entered bis shop, is now a mil
lionaire. ■’ -