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Wr.l >N f.SDAY, - JUNE 13,1877.
THE LOOM OF LIFE.
All day. all night I can hear the jar
Of the loom of life, and near and far
I* thrills with its deep and tunffled eoiiud,
As the tirelews wheel* go always round.
ItueilT. ceaselessly goes the loom,
In the light of day and the midnight a gloom.
The wheels are turning early and late,
And the woof is wound in the warp of fate. _
(lick clack ! there's a thread of love wove in;
Click’ clack ! another of wrong and sin ;
What a checkered thing will this life be
When we see it unrolled in eternity .
Time, with a face like mystery.
And hand* a busy ae hand* can be.
Hits at the loom with it* warp outspread,
To catch in its meshes each glancing thread.
When shall thia wonderful web be done ?
In a thousand years, perhaps, or one :
Or to-morrow. Who knowetb Not yon or 1,
lint the wheels turn on aed the shuttles fly.
Ah, sad-eved weaver, the years are slow,
But each one is nearer the end I know ;
Aiifl nome day the last thread shall be woven
in, ...
God grant it be love instead of sin.
Are we spinners of wool for this life web—
Ho we furnish the weaver a thread each day t
ft were better then, oh my friend, to spin
A beautiful thread than a thread of sin.
FABTEI).
In the mellow light I ait,
Idly disregarding it,
Idlv rocking to and fro,
A* the shadows come and go,
Asking vainlv, asking why
By fate we're parted, yon and I ?
Ah ! why is it ? There are few
Half so genial, half so true
in heart and soul allied as we ;
yet, an unkind lie-tiny
Bears her cruel barriers high—
Jiy fortune sundered, you and I.
Were our paths together laid,
\Ve hal treaded, undismayed,
Valley deep and mountain pass,
fu light or darkness; but alas!
jiuw.n divided hills they he—
■j,Ve um sundered, you and I.
fs it, darlibg, is it sin,
.Inst to think what might have been t
To nnvoil my ©yfos 4ua
What can never, never be ? j
tf.jr beneath closed lids I see
C at, has parted you and me.
Great this sudden sorrow is,
And through our infirmities
We forget that tsars of p&m
.Blossom into smiles again ;
‘That our souls to purify,
vW are parted, you and I.
Yet, O yet. beloved, will time
Teach us golden rules sublime,
Anddieyond this dark eclipse
Hriall our uncomplaining lips
-Say submissive, ‘ Thy will be ’ ’
Fate lias parted you and ms.
SIMIIIEH.
Lo! lazy Hummer, swarthy, in the sun ]
Lies panting, with hare breasts, upon the
hills, . ,
Swathing her limbs in hazes warm and dun,
Where splendors i ito dusky splendors run,
And sultry glory all the heaven o erfllia.
Not a white dimple stirs amid tho corn,
Not a low ripple shivers through the leaves :
Hi nee, wrapped in golden crimson gleams un
shorn, .
Came, flashing through the east, the regal
morn, ,
No throated twitterings gurgle round the
eaves.
Flooded in sunny silence sleep the kine ; ;
In languid murmurs brooklets float and
flow;
The quaint farm gables at the rich light shine,
And round them jasmiued honeysuckles
twine,
Anil close liesido fhem sun-flowers burn and
blow.
Amid the growing heat I lie me down,
And into visions swarms the rnoted air ; ■
Gleams up before me many a famous town,
Pillared and crested with a regal crown
Ontshimmering in an orient purple glare.
l, lowly Tadmor, burning in its sands—
Baalbeck and Babylon;—! see hlow streams
Gilding by mosque and minaret -see the
gleams
O ' seas in sunset —slips of strands.
And drowsy Bagdad bnried deep in dreams ;
Hoe swarthy monarchs flushed in purple riugs
Of silken courtiers ;—through half-open
doors
(latch tho spies odors, and the cool of springs
Leaving forever in a nta/e of wings.
See light forms dancing over pearly floors ;
Hleeping soraglics, spite and tremulous dome
Winking in drowsy splendor all the day.—
Beo forest haunts wuero thick the lions roam,
Bee thirsty panthers splashed in bloody foam,
Leap terrible as lightning on their prey ;
Or stand with Cortes tn a mountain peak
Above tho Aztec city,—see unrolled
Goiu-t breaded sh,.reH of Montezuma weak, —
Bee the white temples, swarming thick and
sleek
And sunny Htroets stretch up by towers of
gold ;
800 silkon i ails float by, ambrosial,
Ladon with spices, up a Persian glen ;
Or stand on Lebanon, 'mid the cedars tall,
Or hear the soft and silvery fall
Of water down a jut of Darien.
But lo! a waking shiver in tho trees,
And voices 'mid the hay-cocks in the glen ;
The sun is sotting; and the crimson seas
Are shaken into splendor by the breeze.
And all the busy world is up again !
—London Athenoeum.
WARREN C'OINTV MATTERS.
Tlic ltul Templars’ Plc-Nlc—A Delightful
A flair—Prop Prospects--Religious.
| Correspondence Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
Barnett, Ga m .Tune 4.—A1l of War
renton and vicinity were on the qui t rive
early Friday morning, Ist instant
to join in the annual celebration of the
Temperance lodge. About 8 o’clock, a.
m. the Macon aud Augusta fast train
arrived and the party boarded it for the
pic-nic grounds, some ten miles distant,
at Mayfield, Hancock county. A few
minutes ride and the steam horse pulled
up nt the destination of the party, a
very quiet unpretentious depot boast
iug’ of one store and a few residences.
The grounds selected were uear the rail
road trestle in the Ogeechee swamp—
shady, cocl, and inviting, just the right
place to discuss temperance or for a
“spooney” couple to dispatch “Court
House business” in a style to astonish
the natives. The crowd was not long ;
in assembling at the favored place, dis
tant from the depot three hundred yards.
Besides those who came on the train
there were good delegations from
Jewells, Cnlverton, Shoals of Ogeechee,
Norwood, Camak, aud the surrounding
country. Major McGregor introduced
Rev. Mr, Dunlap, of Thomson, to the
audience, who held their attention for
about an hour in a telling speech. Rev.
A. J. Hartley was next introduced and
acquitted himself as usual in a very
happy manner for about 40 minutes.
Both speakers covered themselves with j
glory and received the plaudits of the i
assembly. Dinner was now announced ]
ami I assure you the ladies had not j
neglected their part of the programme,
as the contents oi their baskets proved. |
The innertnan was refreshed and we
felt rejuvenated, and that it was well for
si* be there. The 6 o’clock, p. m.,
train from Macon took the Warren
tomans homeward, while those by pri
wate conveyances were noticed casting i
long lingering kvoks at them as the train i
was lost in the distance. All were de- ■
lighted with the occasion and wish for j
the return of many more.
Spring oats are badly damaged, bv *
drouth, and Fall oats are almost a fail- ‘
ure, save in a few instances. Wheat is
very fine, and is now being gleaned
rapidly. Cotton that is up is doing,
fiuelv, but a large percentage of the crop '
is in the ground yet. aud will be until it
rains. Corn is looking well where a
stand has been secured, which is rare.
Baruett rejoices in au Evergreen Sab
bath School, of some seventy officers and
scholars, amt a splendid library, pre
sented them by Mr. L. Battle. Hon.
Titciai? Pool addressed the Sunday
•.School la.st Sabbath in a very interesting
and pleasing manner; at night, Rev. Mr.
Simmons, ci Crawfordville circuit,
preached to a crowded house. He is to
conduct divine services here the first
Sabbath ct every month, *ls, p. m. The
prospect is bright for a and com
modious church at aa early day, ©0 ac
commodate the wants of the people. .So
,notf it fee. SyiusT.
Why i'rwun Plf Ymi.
(fiiniuM .4rtt*T<isr.}
A wnter filly amounts for the re**on
whv printers die youM. w ky
are continually tramping from place to
place -a search of pint'tu.lc, ne says
that working for forty editors and spores
of authors, every one of whom is a*
sitive as a sore thumb, anil as lively ana
interesting as a hornet, no wonder the
printers die young, and only pachyder
matous, grizzly, mulish specimen* g&t
their share of life. The writer wishes
that he could offer himself a an awful
example of the perils which environ the
man who meddles with cold—type. A
thoroughly trained printer should have
a step-mother and tKen a step-father,
and then have beeu bound out to a tan
ner, and then have married a scolding
wife and lived in a smoky house, and
have had a family of babies who were
afflicted with the colic. He should have
added to all this discipline a thorough
knowledge of science and law, lan
guages, theology, history .and bmgra*
phy. If, in addition, he has a vicious
looking eountenanee and an annatote dis
position, he may stand some chanee
with these authors and editors; but the
probabilities are, after aH, that they
will worry him to death. This picture
will have a very depressing effect .upon
ambitious boys who are anxious to learn
the “art preservative of arts." The pic
ture, however, ie a tolerably correct one.
THE NEW LEANDER.
Traanlaied far the t'hranirle and C’onMlto
tianalUt, from Ihe (Orman of Mas Vma
Srhlintl.
CHAPTER IX.
Even in Laveno, as calm and peaceful
as it lay after the storm, which had ex
pended its force npou the Sasso del
Ferro, time and events had not stood
still. Scarcely an hoar after the ghost
frightened grenadier’s communication
to Mihalasy, Captain Kornfaessel, dur
ing the sixth half-lost game with the
Podesta, had been suddenly startled by
the furious gallop of a horseman, who
seemed to be trying to break his neck
and his bones on the dreadful street
pavement. Before Guido had buckled
on his sword and reached the door a
half-dead corporal of dragoons stagger
ed in, delivered an enormona letter, and
then sank exhausted pon a chair.
Kornfaessel unfolded the paper, read
it, and taking off his hat, said, with sol
emn joy, the significant word:
“War!”
“War,” repeated the Podesta, earnest
ly and anxiously; for, as truly loyal as
be was, he saw in his mind all the de
struction and misery which must break
over a blooming country.
“War !” murmured the landlord tim
idly, as if the hangman already had him
by the neck, for he had business con
nections and friends on the other shore,
who made the imperial-royal patriotism
very bitter to him, and he thought of
the" wine year which had opened *o
promisingly for him, and now would be
so calamitously “shot away,” perhaps
with the vine-sticks and the vineyards
themselves.
Teresita, the landlord’s brown eyed
daughter, said nothing, but hurried
sobbing out of the room. Her ac
knowledged sweet heart, the rich timber
merchant’s son, who had rented all the
forests of the Basso del Kerro, and to
whom she was to be married the next
Spring, had gone over a few days ago to
the Garibaldiaus.
Captain Kornfaessel, as good hearted
as he was generally, to-day bestowed no
attention upon the emotions of the per
sons around him, bat walked with the
air of a world conqneror out of the
coffee room, aud immediately afterwards
the long roll rattled dismally through
the quiet street of Laveno.
In a few minutes the little garrison
was assembled in the fort. But Frst
Lieutenant von Walden was absent from
his troop of white coats. Kornfaessel,
whose face had beeome like iron since
he held the general’s dispatch in his
band, demanded an explanation of
Mihalasy. The latter could not (lo
otherwise than tell the captain the truth
—with a few Walden had
begged so piteously to l>o allowed one
mflre chance at the floantess, fljat $ man
must have had a heart of stone to be
able to refuse him. Really he ought
not under any circumstances to have
consented, but “you know, captain, we
are all men,” eouplodpd the lieutenant,
whom the declaration of way bad cut
short off at the knees,
“You are a fool—a treacherous, dis
obedient soldier.” said the captain, “as
treacherous as —” ...
The recollection of their early friend
ship held him back from sayiDg these
hard wordß about Walden to bis subor
dinate, but nothing should prevent him
from going forward, with unrelenting
severity, if his duty required it.
A non-commissioned officer was sent
to the red honse to bring the first lieut
enant. However, chief gunner Waufcel
haber, an energetic, farseeing man of
forty years pf age, with the marks of
four years of service on his sleeve, with
brave eyes, and a yery long thick mus
tache, which was his greatest pride, came
back, after a short time, and related,
not without humor, hut greatly to Mi
balasy’s displeasure, that, after waiting
a long time, be caught sight of a crea
ture as round as a hall, who declared
' ‘hat site considered it very unmannerly
to ring up peaceable waiting uiaids out
of tucir sleep, and to suppose
that at midnight a first lieuten
ant could he visiting her Coun
tess And. after she had given the chief
gunner, Waukelhuhcr, the hint that his
captain ought to be alh#fi£,d of himself,
she shut the door in his face, ® aae
all farther inquiry for the first lieuten
ant impossible, without using force.
Although they had sought the latter in
vain, aud a large portion of the captain’s
military order had been ohilled by this
incident, he read gloomily and with
frowning brow the proclamation from
the general in command to his loyal
army, aud he accented it with cu garn
estuess which chilled the blood in Mi
halasy’s veins, that according to several
indications fiom the general, tips post of
Laveno was important for the Jst.er
movements of the troops, and therefore
must be held as long as possible.
“That means,” explained the captain,
“you must be cut to pieces at the last
gun that remains mounted, before
thinking of giring up the post entrust
ed to us. At the slightest sign of cow
ardice I will bring the despicable crea
ture before a court martial.’’
Mihalasy scarcely dared to Breathe for
fear his breath might betray his fright,
and iu that case he already saw the can
noneers of Intra taking aim at his splen
did person, *f)d heard the grenades
whizzing, and the bombshells bursting
arotiud his big ears, file hailed it to
a certain extent as a sort of prolongation
of fife when the captain entrusted him
with the disposition of the vidette and
picket posts, for his military knowledge
was sufficient to understand that one of
the divisions ia the vineyards or on one
of tfie neighboring Itf/Js would be less
of a mark in the morning twilight than
the unwieldy tower that could lie seen
from afar, aud which on account of ;ts
foolish form could be easily distinguish
ed from its surroundings. Fear actually
oonquered Mihalasy’s love ot comfort
and he climbed hills and points of view
which he would have avoided carefully
in time of peace and gave his outposts
positions in such a wilderness that it
was questionable how they would retreat
in case of the enemy’s approach.
Early iu the bright morning Mihalasy
came back from his task, and it gave
him some trouble to designate to the re
lief guard where he had placed their
predecessors.
Several times the captain’s eve wan
dered to his subordinate, aS if lie were
examining his trustworthiness. Then
ouo of the soldiers who had returned
from the outpoai frightened to death,
said that he had seen sofftothing white
shining in the thicket, and upot £<ami
nation, had found the first lieutenants
uniform laid away in the alder bushes,
bill had seeu nothing of him. .
Fear of the court martial now forced
Mihalasy to speak of the not*rj)al ap
parition" In the captain's head and
that of Mihalasy conjectures differed
according to their owners.
“He probably swam too far out into
the lake and Was seized with cramp,”
said the lieutenant, giving expression to
his thoughts.
Tlie captain looked at him for some
time in gloomy distraction, and b' B 'r
regular feature# worked more desper
ately than ever. He knew better. Ju
dignant at the suspicious of his friend,
aud still without the moral courage to
tear himself away from the toils of the
temptress, Walden had sought death.
It was yet quite early in the morning;
all was quiet aronpd; nothing was stir
ring in the batteries jjq,d jrifle pits, which
were now almost visible tc fcb© ffajked eye
at the moutu of the Jutra opposite. The
lake lay motionless and bright; nature
herseff Vvtad breathlessly for the com
ing events, wiui© fch of the hostile
shores seemed to wish jto ftp rid of the
tremendous responsibility and teaye it
to the other.
Then Guido Korufeessel seemed to :
Dome to a determination. He gave up
the command of the fort to the lieuteu- ,
ant as solemnly as if he doubted whether ’
he would ever’returu and set out iu the
direction of the ted house.
Not withstanding the early hour, he I
had hieweit announced the (JwUßtess, j
aud was .as am eh *3 Pepi was inclined t
to detain him with o&u of her harangues :
about deportment and customs/ imine- •
diately admitted by her mistress. She!
saw how the captain stepped before the j
gracious lady with his hand on the hilt I
of his sword and with a face that seemed 1
wish to devour her. Pepi therefore :
couriered it her duty to remain near i
by, although she had been sent away by
her mistral'
She was on the pouac U feting out of
the ante chamber and £he
scene, for the captain was becoming
vey rPhglb but now the Countess be
gan to ‘softly and earnestly and al
most imploringly. the captain said
nothing more. Then falbjysd a long
pause, and as she was troubled it,
keJ poked her head through the door,
and her perfect horror, the wild
captain before her Countess
and continually £er hand, which
she vainly sought to withdraw.
Pm* yanted to come to the aid of her
mistress' wfc?.e, when the captain rewe
3 nd humbly forgiyenness for the
aowident. and offered tuj hfe if she
though* that the sacrifice of it cuj,
i sist iu saving Lis friend, whom lie had
so criminally misjudged. Then he de
parted The Countess sat*, reeping on
i a ohair, and believed she had my*C;ed
! the kind, faitbtal Walden. While the
c aetata talked to hi* ic;* the lrregu
; laritigs of fois face was turn*** “tone,
and his roftta swimming in **.
looked like two Urge balls.
Mihalasy busied bimsaU with
the guns a*s he saw his captain
ing. /or military courts and cashiering
lurked MT in all his movements. When
the captain cashed him he turned around
with the face of a foully, bat his heart
stood still from fright.
Two big tears coursed over lkoriuaes-
I gel's cheeks, and with the greatest emo-
tion he extended his hand to the impu
dent lieutenant.
“Our Walden is probably not drown
ed, but is in the power of the enemy,
which at this time is mnoh worse. For
get the anger that I have displayed to
wards him—there is no more loyal or
noble character than his—”
Several movements on the other shore,
as if the enemy were bringing guns into
the batteries at the month of the river,
turned the Austrians’ attention in that
direction ; later came the thunderstorm
which drove all the men, except the sen
tries and pickets, into the casemates.
When they came oat again, only a row
of low clouds lay over the landscape and
a magic il bine light rushed in from the
west over the lake.
The Italians dread, the rain almost
more than the mid-day heat, and prob
ably the only inhabitant of Laveno (be
sides the sentries) who had spent any
time in the open air daring the storm
was Geronimo, the famous smuggler,
and business friend of Tommasso, and
the present fisherman. The sultriness
of the atmosphere, preceding the storm,
which is considered the best time for
fishing, had induced him to cast his
trout nets by the steep shore wall of the
Basso del Ferro; he had been surprised
by the storm (which had come up with
unusual rapidity) as the last of the lines
of corks which held the Dets danced on
the troubled waters. Geronimo had
reached the shore in his boat only with
the greatest difficulty, and had hidden it
under a shelf of rock and concealed
himself beneath one of the overhanging
cliffs, as it had grown dark, and the
outer world had been lost to view for
half an hour. At last even this storm
psssed over, and Geronimo looked out to
see what had become of his nets. In
anticipation of a storm he had selected
the strongest of them and added a heavy
stone to the lead which held them
on the bottom. The nets were
found in an eddy, at a spot
protected against the most violent force
of the waves. When the surface of the
lake again appeared he saw indeed the
strings of corks, bobbing up and down
on the water, but two of the strings were
broken and to the third was hanging
nothing less than a pretty two-oared
boat, which danced with them on the
angry waves as if trying to outdo theta.
The boat was apparently without a rud
der, but something bright lay on the
bottom of it, over which the water
streamed at every motion of the boat.
The former smuggler, before he could
clearly determine how the boat came
there or had time to be additionally hor
rified at a danger which did not concern
hira,busied himself with the question of
how he could secure the pretty boat
without being seen. He determined to
leave it out here until night, to bring it
then to a secret cove near his home,from
whence he would carry it ashore and af
ter giving it another coat of paint, would
launpu it for his own use.
As he stepped boldly into his own
worm eaten boat and rowed nearer, }ie
had at the sight of the pale pretty crea
ture lying on the floor of the boat half
covered with water at first no other idea
to throw the same overboard, and
by means pf tlje strong current ot the
lake from the south, to let the people
farther on trouble themselves with the
body. The pretty boat whioh had torn
his nets in two and which was so well
adapted for fishing he could keep with
perfect justice as indemnity.
But at the moment when he (not with
out a seefot horror, as if he feere com
mitting a crime) took the supposed
corpse by the shoulders, he was sur
prised by tbp unusual regularity and
whiteness of the face over whioh the wet
black hair floated, and the dark lashes
’reached far down on her cheeks; he
drew back terrified when the dead girl
suddenly opened her eyes, her lips
ipqyed and quite audibly whispered,
“’njuttaF.i’
Geronimo hijd lived long enough un
der German masters to understand the
most usual words of their language, and
the most natural association of ideas led
to the conjecture that there must be
some connection between the pretty
shipwrecked maiden, who was evidently
the eijild of wealthy people and the
German Uontecs who had left her purse
with Tommasso, aud 464 still rewarded
himself (Geronimo) richly. It ppsmfd
to him, too, that the young lady’s face
was ye?y familiar, a circumstance which
was explained by the fact
that for several lip fiafj geen her al
most daily on the haleoy Of the red
house. Realising perfectly that he vas
not capable of saenfioiug iu cold blood a
living being who had fallen in his pow
er - and the advantages to himself that
pould result fiom the rescuing of the
gut became evident to him immediate
ly, and in an.yfbP' moment he had taken
off his dark gray Jacket, and,
spreading it on the floor 'of tym fftfp
i bow, u-i 4 the helpless girl on it, and,
j by powerful pfftjkes, carried the gaily
L painted boat 19 toy fq W;e red house.
Before even the custom h°ft 8 0 °fff cers
bad hurried fro* their digtimt Po ß ta to
inspect the ogispptW? an d> the
fisherman had; with tty© hefP ©f the
cress old gardener (who immediately re
cognized his young mistress), parried
her into the house, and had given her
into the arms of her terrified mother.
A fey hours after the news had been
brought hi* ,qf 9 drowned woman,
Captain Kornfaessel s summoned to
the red house. He was fiM© tft
ply with the request, as the shades
of twilight were already falling, apd
it was not to be’ supposed that
U* cqemy would open fire to-day,
as 'would be barmleS?
against this aid©apd ppe highest degree
disastrous to the hW B PG Pf peaceable
citizens.
When he reached the Counteas he
found her engaged in cheering a beauti
ful young maiden, who in greatest agi
tation yas sitting in an easy chair and
was almost pfie dress which she
wore.
At a sight of the captain the 'girl
sprang up and hurried towards him with
a cry : *
“Save poor Henry—they are going to
shoot him'!”
The captain turned pale. His worst
fears were realized.
With impetuous haste which was only
prejudiced by anxiety for her daughter,
the Countess related in detail the danger
in which Walden was trembling and the
way in whiph he came to be in his
present position, while Caroline with
folded hands sat trembling in her chair
and repeated : 7
“Save him !”
The captain shook his head sadly and
•said with a deep sigh :
"JJow gladly I would do so, but to all
appearance, tjje garrison on the op
posite shore is far superior to us. Even
if we wished to attack them, 1 could not
expose the fort and they would always
find an opportunity to carry ofl the
prisoner, eap.oojally if he were still in
your father’s villa/’
“So he must perish miserably/' sigh
ed Caroline, iu despair. “And with
half a dozsn determined men to help me,
I would set him free myself.”
“With half a dozen men ?” asked the
captain, in anxious agitation.
“In Intra, the only place were one can
land, there lie at least a thousand.”
“But in oqr yilla there are only two
riflemen and three cpstom honse ofgoers,
who smoke the whole day ?” pried Caro
line excitedly, her oheeks glowing and
her eyes blazing.
“But how would one reach the villa ?
The stories descend steep'and rocky into
the lake !” replied the captain, involun
tarily aroused by Caroline’s reproaches.
“Our haibo* is not guarded or I would
not be here,” said Caroline, positively.
“And it will not be to-dayjor to-morrow,
for the Italians are too fond of their
comfort and too lazy for that. Oh that
I were a *an !” added she, wringing her
hands despairingly.
“And would it be possible for you fo
point opt to us more clearly the spot
where one can isd apd reach the villa ?”
asked Guido Kornfaessel in breathless
excitement, while his eyes shot arouud
in every corner of the room as if he were
to be executed the next moment.
•*l will conduct you myself !” answered
Caroline resolutely,
“ Child I” cried the Countess, cruelly
torn by anxiety for 'her daughter nnd
fear for Walden, if remember that
you were a few moments since lying
helpless aud that your oheeks are glow
ing now with fever.’’
The young girl shook her head almost
impatiently :
“ Let me alone, mother; when the
storm took from me the power to do
for Henry, I wished to die, be
cause i. "wag §o helpless, and the fever
which courses ti&osgfo my veins now
will never cease until Bta*y is saved or
my last strength is consumed. Oh i
have mercy ?” She begged, with up
lifted hands, “ and act for him, or let
me do s* fcefsre it is too late.”
Tears stood ie tfoe pyes of the maiden,
and Guido KornfaesseS stamped bis foot
excitedly.
“ If I had only my individual danger
13 pomsider, how gladly I would risk my
l ie, that I'migii* this valiant offi
cer for the Emperbr. Ifo* indeed my
own life is not much. But as deeply 48
I respect your judgment, my honored
lady, any cs deeply as yonr interest in
my friend affect* mp, *ou see with the
eyes of an excitedly lady, osigisd away
ty her sympathies; who considers im
poaairbhtag possible, because she wishes
it so much. The** if a difference be
tween enjoying I ,the beauties of i coast
on * rleasnre voyage and trying its Inac
cessibilities a* * co]dier,”
Caroline sank despairingly ca a sofa.
“Qh, poor Henrysoobea she,
“while w* us falling here they ponlfi
hare murdered joa. wbijltl not' have
been neoeasary to beg him so long to
save a friend from danger, even if he had
geen certain death ahead of him.”
[ Kornfaessel turned pale.
“We will call Geronimo," suddenly
decided the Countess. “He is waiting
ontaide for a reward which he has richly
earned. When he rowed me across it
seemed to me that he knew every rock
on the other shore, and bad formerly
carried on a smuggling trade. He can
probably give us valuable particulars.
Pepi, call in the fisherman who came
with Caroline !”
The smuggler appeared, rolling his
fez in his hands.
The Countess composed herself with
an effort and began;
“Recently, when we went across the
lake, you impressed me as knowing the
other shore v©ry well. Is it not so ?”
Geronimo seemed somewhat hard of
hearing, and blinked at the lighted chan
delier over his head, evidently to gain
time to collect himself.
Then he shrugged his shoulders and
thought, with a side glance at the cap
tain, that as a fisherman he had seen
here and there a bit of the shore, but be
had never bestowed any special atten
tion upon it.
“You distrust us,” said the Countess
earnestly. “And we would be so grate
ful for your advice. I -w ill put the ques
tion differently, and your answer will
bring you into no danger. My daugh
ter, whose rescue was your work, is con
vinced that one can go from the lake
through the harbor of the villa Bandin
ni.ani, and reach the park and garden [
unnoticed. Is that correct?”
Geronimo’s face was drawn up in
countless little wrinkles, and his fez
looked like a red string from which the
few remaining threads of blue wool
stood forth. Then the Lombard an
swered with the same reserve which
would have characterized a Swabian
peasant under similar circumstances,
“That that really might be possible.”—
Then he winked at the captain, who had
kept him under a cross-fire of glances,
which grew more and more distrustful.
“Listen,” the Countess began again,
with a sigh of despair ? “I have proven
you to be my faithful, determined and
brave friend, Geronimo; therefore I
have confidence in you, as you might
have in ns. Now, a relative whom w'e
all highly prize, whom I love as a
son, aD officer whom all his com
rades, and whom without doubt you
know by his courage while he was exe
cuting a commission for me on the other
shore, has fallen into the hands of the
Italians, and iu consequence of the war
which has broken out m the meantime
has been placed iu a very perilous posi
tion. He has beeu sentenced to death
and is inprisoned iu the villa Bandi
miani while awaiting his execution. My
daughter has ventured out on the lake
during the storm to bring us the terrible
news and to summon his comrades to
his relief. It is not to be doubted that
something might be done for Walden,
for the villa is only poorly guarded. In
deed you know yourself how careless
tie Italians are in such matters. But
the oaptain knows nothing of the en
trance to the harbor. In truth, my
daughter would show the way.”
Geronimo, who had listened very at
tentively, shook his head angrily.
“By night and by day everything
looks differently. The waves are black
and the rocks also. One might pass the
gate ten times without seeing it if one
did not know it well.”
“Then you conduct the boat!” cried
the captain excitedly.
Geronimo withdrew timidly and cau
tionsly a little to one side and again
rolled up his fez.
“I only think all this,” said he then
evasively. “I do not know this gate, but
there are many suoh along the shore.
The officer Walden was a fine, handsome
gentleman, who always had a recognition
for a poor devil who saluted him. It is
bad for him, for the Piedmontese do not
use much ceremony, I know in 1848,
wheu I won the white coat myself.”
Threateningly the captain walked up
to Geronimo, and grasped him by the
arm :
“If you have ever worn the uniform
of the'Bmperor, you must help us. It is
clear that you know the plaoe upon
whioh we depend. I will give a hun
dred florins for the passage.”
Geronimo disengaged himself and said
with sneeriDg anxiety : “In all proba
bility, to be placed to-morrow next to
the handsome lieutenant and keep him
company when he is shot ? I cannot
oblige you, sir ! I would rather catch
trout a lew years inore. They only bite
Ashing lines in two, not the threads of
life.” ’
‘‘And spoil a coward was once a sol
dier 7 * groaned tbp ppptaip..
Geronimo nodded slyly: “I was in
deed, and never once deserted, like a
great many others. In battle, at least a
man does not know in advance when he
will die, but to know to the very day
and hour when one is to be led out— ”,
Geronim shook his head very ener
getically, Tyithout completing his sen
tence) ’
The captainls face felj, and the Goun
tess clasped her daughter’s trembling
arm. Then she tore herself away, and
suddenly thj-ew herself on her knees be
fore Geropinj, apd hpr hands
cried tp him : 1
“£)h I why did you npt throw me into
the water when yop fopnd me, instead
of refusing your help now f
Geronimo was evidently touched aud
gazed with superstitious terror at the
young girl who seemed to have guessed
his secret thoughts.
“Listen 1” said the Countess, coming
forward' iq raise her daughter. “You
have 9 wife ahd'ohM..’.*” ~
“Nothing but 9 half deaf sister, whom
I did not give myself," answered Gero
nimo attempting to overcome his em
barrassment by Z yoarse jest.
“Very well,” continuud the Confess.
“I bifFp over two thousand florins with
me. i will giv 1° your sister if
you will help us. Bee fhe'capreih ppd
his men will risk their lives to save one
who would otherwise be lost.”
The Lombard shifted about from one
foot to the other, and seemed very in
dignant that such a difficult choice
should have bepn‘placed before him.
“And I will give the Copntess to-day
double that omoupt for your sister in
case we do not come back—"
Geronimo took a long breath, and his
eyes sparkled. The charm of such a
large sum exerted au influence over him,
although his death would be the means
of obtaining it.
“But if we reach the harbor,” said he,
wiping the perspiration from his brow
with his red caR, “even then wa are not
in the villa. I hq,ve npver entered the
park in my life.” ’
“But 11" said Caroline quietly, but
with the most determined expression.
“My child ! My child!” cried the
Countess, embracing her. “There has
been sacrifice enough. I cannot lose
you!”
Caroline looked at her mother earn
estly.
“And do you believe that I could pos
sibly live if Henry tp be kflied on
my account ?”
The Copgtess’ face fell. Geronimo
had observed the scene and even seemed
to understand it, for shrugging his
shoulders he said: “It seems to me that
the youDg lady would do more harm
than’good. Women are not fit. for such
business. I remember, too, that one of
my acquaintances, a real God forsaken
smuggler always went through that har
bor and'the villa Randimifjni when he
carried sdii))’ to the Piedmontese. He has
described the way to m e that I might
find it if there were any necessity. The
only excuse I can think of is to carry
back the boat which I fished out of my
nets, and if desirable, I would take it
directly to the villa. That would be a
good work which no Christian man even
in time of war could misinterpret,” con
tinued Geronimo, with a smile which
showed he was again a smuggler. “If
the captain with his men pursues me
then and detains me on that side I can
say nothing against it, for I know noth
ing. The young lady's shell is of a very
bright cftlor, lhat one can see at a great
distance at night, and the napef-faf rev
enue cutter—number five is fast—faster
than all the others, though she only car
ries six oars and is already old. She has
formerly pressed many a smuggler so
closely that his breath was too
short. Now, if you, as you say,
wish to do something for my sister, it
is no affair of mine. She is now at home
an q tel) her that the Countess
wishes to speak Vdb her opt of'pity be
cause she is such a miserable creature
and is such a millstone about her broth
er’s neck. When I go for a couple of
oars for the lady’s little boat, I will tell
her. Is that correct ?” concluded
Geronimo,to whom the adventure began
to be a joke, and in whom all old memo
ries seemed to be awakened.
[To be Continued in next Sunday's
Chronicle and Constitutionalist.]
THE EI.LENTON CASES.
The Jury Disagree, anil a Mistrial Ordered.
Charleston, June 3.—Judge Waite,
last piffht. summoned the jury in the
Ellenton ctu>e into Court and found, on
interrogating them, that they eouid oply
agree upon a verdict in the case of one
of the eleven persons charged with con
spiracy. This was Abner W. Atkinson,
a man over aijty years old, who was ac
quitted. The Judge then discharged
the jury, and the ten remaining prison
era were released upon giving bonds for
thair aooearance at the next term of the
Court/'the uousjsJ think it unlikely
that these cases will ever again oe t n?o.
It is now known that the jury stood six
to ata off the question of a general ac
quittal,' T the whiles being for and the
Slacks against. The black jurymen,
however, were willing to agree upon a
verdict convicting two of the accused
and acquitting all the rest, but to this
the siy’whites wonld pot consenj:,
The period of school examinations is
close at hand.
BREAKING THE SEALS.
A POBT OFFICE CLERK COMES TO
GRIEF.
Being a Sketch of Irregularities In (he Au
gusta Post OBce-Haw Ihe Nimble Clerks
Were Shadowed and the Strawberry Mark
Conte Oat at Last.
One of the principal factors in the
newly perfected system of the Post
Office Department consists in the com
plete organization of the Secret Service,
which covers the entire country with a
network of detectives. The examina
tion of a private billet-doux by post
office officials, seemingly a very easy and
simple offense, has now become both
difficult to concetti aud disastrous iu its
consequences, so that he who would go
behind the seal of the most insignificant
note, and, through curiosity or other
wise, possesses himself of the contents,
seldom continues his innocent amuse
ment unmolested.
The episode which we now present,
and which is of eepecial interest to our
readers, is only one of the many in
stances iu which Uncle Sam’s Argus
eyed scouts peer into these light-finger
ed practices.
For some time complaint has been
made by many of our citizens to Post
master C. H. Prinoe, of Augusta, that
letters had beeu opened, and particu
larly did this irregularity seem to obtain
in feminine epistles. Evidently some
clerk or agent somewhere was amusing i
and perhaps enriching himself by this
nefarious practice, and especially were
the delicately penned and perfumed
documents, bearing the impress of fair
hands, and those indeed direoted to the
gentle sex, temptations which he could
not conquer. Cruel fellow that he was;
this penchant made him doubly crimi
nal, even though his habitual perusal of
feminine postscripts must have con
stituted him uncommonly wise.—
Think of it, young ladies; you who
have impressed words of glowing affec
tion aud framed sentences of rounded
devotion destined only for him who
really read them at second hand; and
you who have passionately kissed the
unyielding” seal, which have pressed
other lips than his ! But we shudder
ingly return to particulars.
Postmaster Prince detecting a mousy
odor immediately informed the Depart
ment of these irregularities and accord
ingly about ten days ago Col. John
Frey, Special Post Office Agent, with
Brad. Williams, Esq., his assistant, ar
rived iu the city aud began a system of
observations.
After working up a series of decoys,
and by persistently mailing marked
letters at different points to sound the
railroad route agents, the matter was
finally uarrowtd down to the Augusta
offi je, and the detective signals were
spread. Letters to certain parties
were mailed in the office, bearing
some Northern post mark, and it
was e asily ascertained that many were
not delivered. Secreting themselves ac
cordingly in the office at different times
of the day while the clerks were at wqrk,
for suspicion as yet pointed to no one,
Mr. Frey and his assistant dili
gently watched their movements,
and soon ascertained that W.
E. Arnett, one of the clerks, was
in the habit of slily and quickly opening
the letters; sometimes reading them
and oft times eliding them into a private
drawer to which he alone had access.
Arnett’s manipulations were so quietly
and expertly done that it was hard to
catch him and no decisive action was
taken until he was
“Caught in the Act.”
Determining that the game had been
properly played, Col. Frey, concluded
to wait no longer, so last evening about
seven o’clock as the day’s work was being
wound up, he arrested his man, coming
from the back door to Mclntosh street.
Arnett offered no resistance, and lie
was taken back into the office where his
Secret Drawer
Was opened. In it were found numbers
of letters, decoy and real, which he had
intercepted and secreted, and many, as
we previously noted, being of feminine
origin or destination. The proof
was conclusive, though the pris
oner disavowed any intention to
steal these documents. It seems that
Arnett had played his cards wisely, and
if it be true that “he playeth long who
playeth vyel}/ be was a vplersjn in the
business. Indeed so extensively were
his operations carried on that upon an
average of eight or ten letters, it is esti
mated were concealed per diem.
Rather than go to jail, Arnett was
allowed to go to the Planters’ Hotel,
where last evening he staid, under the
guard of Col. Frey and Mr. Williams.
This morning he will be examined be
fore Commissioner W. M. Moore, at
which time further facts will be de
veloped.
The charge is ipdeei} a graye ope, and
if sustained wil| ‘ be' severely punished,
for Uncle Sapi recognizes no ameliorat
ing elements which temper his dealings
with such delinquents.
—r-
JiEN. TI10MB& )N AHRASiS^Sj;
rr.- 0 .
A Speech at the Hot Springs—Hayes anil His
Policy Endortted.
The following is an extract from a
speech recently made at the Hot Springs
by General Robert Toombs :
“ I do not like the principles of the
present Jlenjooratio party ; but
I like less the principles and practices
of the Republican party. The Demo
cratic party have not had reoently any
chance to have any practices at all, and
iuC” took the best they could get, and
that was bad principles. Hayes got in,
not bv bis own act-lie is there by the
fotly oribeapaeiiy oi tbs
cratic party." Hayes Is' , Prelde l tit df
facto. 1 pal" !!““ atteation t 0
promises, but he has taken his post and
carried them out. He has d°pe ftU tljat
Tilden oqulj bav e 4h n o s m 88 I)ouis
iania and South Carolina are concerned.
He has given them back that heart of
great price, he has given back that jewel,
that life blood of good, government,
which makes all else possible —State
self-government. He lias brought baok
the ark of the government and placed it
where it belongs. He has commenced
civil service reform; he has ordered his of
ficers to turn out had men i*nd to turn out
useless officials who feed upon the people
as dropes ip the hive; apd 4. applaud him
for these tbipgs. I will BPpT°V e of
whatever good he does and will condemn
whatever he does of evil. This is the
duty of every patriot. Is it not time that
we ‘should sink the partisan into the
patriot ? The South never sought any
pecuniary advantage from the Govern
ment of the United States; she ought to
seek none now. I was in Congress seven
teen years, aud in my own District in
Eastern Georgia, and 1 say to you now
that I never gbf; a cj o l'ft a F. 0 R t pf_lhe
Treasury for ope single spot in that Dis
trict. I was not sent there to steal.
Every dollar taken from the Treasury
for one particular locality is an injustice
to the rest of the oountry, and I can tell
you, to the glory of my constituents,
that in the seventeen years of my publio
service in Congress no man in Georgia
asked me to do it.
“We haye a grancj copntry ourselves
—a goodly land, a inagnificent heritage,
all that a good man needs in this world.
We can be quite prosperous and happy
if we will stapfi by the old landmarks
and sustain good progress. Let us hang
our banners on the outer walls, neither
chagrined by defeat, disheartened by
desertion, nor overawed by defeat. Let
us display a magnanimity as great as
the occasion, as prolonged as the con
flict-all then will be well for us and our
children and our children s children,
‘till time spall be po pjore.’ ”
AN ENCSJ.ISU ASHTAJJUL4-
4 s, !a peni B p Bridge Soaps |p Hie Middle and
Kalla Through— One Hundred Person* Pre
cipitated Into the River-Many Drowned
and Killed—Cause of the Terrible Disaster
—Who In to Blame <
London, Jane 6.— The Widoombe sus
pension bridge fell and about one hun
dred persons were precipitated thirty
feet into the river Avon, Eight dead have
been recovered) and it is (eared others
perished. Many were injured. Another
account represents the disaster much
more serious. The bridge was wooden
and of light construction, narrow and
about thirty feet long, between thirty
and -forty feet above the river Avon,
resting upon posts, morticed into stone
work at either end and without a centre
support. The bridge snapped in the
centre and the two ends were wrenched
clear from the sides. The whole mass
with the people was plunged into the
middle oi the stroam, which was about
seven feet deep. Boats from the shore
were immediately at’work rescuing the
living and searching for the dead.
About twelve persons were killed and
fifty-one injured, some fatally.
New Yertter* UuettinS'in the Yooemite.
[San Francisco Chronicle.]
Frank Leslie’s party arrived at Big
Tree Station on Sunday, and two of Mr.
Leslie’s young men quarreled oyer the
smiles of a lady who accompanied the
party, and|finally struck the other’s cheek.
The’ same "afternoon’ a challenge was
sent, and promptly accepted, the wea
pon chosbn being pistols. The two
young men then 1 went to a convenient
grove, and whiled away an hour or so
by firing $t each other. A stray shot
finally struck one o( the duellists in the
arm, and'it was announced that he had
ample satisfaction.
Oats are being rapidly harvested in
Southern Georgia.
BETTING WITHOUT LOSING.
BOOK MAKING INTRODUCED INTO
THE AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB.
How the Book Maker Arranges His Schedule
•f Odds so that lie is Sure of Winning—The
System Clearly Explained—“Welchers”—
Some Wagers on the Jerome Park Rares.
The act making pool selling a penal
offense has driven sportingtonen addict
ed to speculations on tnrf events to
another form of betting, namely, book
making. The system of betting by auc
tion pools was an American institntion
devised for, and resulting in the least
possible risk commensurate with the re
sults. The system, in fact, made some
one person of approved responsibility
the stakeholder for totally unacquainted
betters. The pool seller simply became
responsible for the amounts bet, charg
ing a commission for his services. Even
prior to this enactment, “books” on turf
and other sporting events were opened.
They were schedules of odds against any
particular individual winning any speci
fied prize or stake. Morrissey, Lovell,
Kelly A Bliss. Johnson Brothers, and
other sporting men and firms have annu
ally advertised such “books.” The sys
tem, however, obtained no such populari
ty as the pool betting, because the average
better likes to know what he is betting
against, and especially likes to know
that the person with whom he is betting
is taking some chance of losing as well
as himself. This the book maker does
not guarantee. One must depend upon
the schedule of odds offered by the book
maker. The book maker, presumably,
is well informed concerning the condi
tion, training and probabilities of start
ing of any particular horse entered for
any specified event. The better has no
other inducement than what may consist
in the attractiveness of the odds. It is
a balancing of information against the
lack of it, and the result has been that
the majority of turf speculators have
preferred wagering their money in the
pool box, and paying a small commis
sion, to betting it against professional
book makere. This privilege having
been denied them by legislative enact
ment, they are restricted to betting
againSt books or making them.
The obvious purpose of book makers
is to make a series of bets which will
yield a profit no matter what the result
of any given match may be. Say, for
instance, that five contestants are en
tered in a boat race. The natural odds
against any particular man winning
would be four to one. Still, A has made
a record in previous contests that make
his chances of winning so preponderant
that the book maker, who always gives
odds, is unwilling to bet more than two
to one that he will not win. If he has
only SI,OOO to bet on tbe race, he wagers
it against SSOO that A will lose. B has
also achieved some reputation as an ors
man, and the book |maker is therefore
unwilling to I et SI,OOO against less than
S4OO that he loses. The other three be
ing novices he offers SI,OOO to $250 that
each of them will lose. The book maker
does not put up his money, but those
who take the odds deposit their money
with him, so that if he fills his book,
that is, gets all the money laid against
his that he has calculated upon, his
account stands thus :
A, st,ooo against SSOO.
B, SI,OOO against S4OO.
0, SI,OOO against $250.
D, SI,OOO against $250.
E, SI,OOO against $250.
These aggregatesl,6so. The most he
can lose in any case is SI,OOO, so that if
A, the favorite, wins, the book maker,
after payiDg the first better $1,500, is
ahead $150; if B wins, $250; and if any
one of the others wins, it netts him S4OO,
without a chance of losing in any event.
Still, his antagonist, who bets on the
winning man, wins SI,OOO.
This principle applies more extensive
ly to turf book making. The entries for
racing events are made generally as
much as a year before such events are
decided, frequently two or three years
in advance. Messrs. Belmont or Loril
lard enter this year perhaps half a dozen
colts or horses for the Withers Stakes or
Fordham Handicap of next year. The
list of entries for these events is thus
often swelled to fifty or more horses,
each of which is regarded as having, a
chance of winning unless dead or declar
ed out before a specified time. Against
each of tfiese tfie book maker declares
the odds that he is willing to give.
Many of the horses entered never
go into training at all, and all
money bet on them against the book is
lost, as bets are named “ play or pay.”
Many of the horses fully entered for the
stake train badly, get into poor condi
tion, or meet with accidents that de
prive them of any reasonable chance of
winning, so that their owners would ra
ther forfeit the entrance fee tHqn send
them on the track. The money laid on
their ginning is as certainly lost as
though' tfiey had run apd been beaten.
For these reasons the book maker is
generally willing to lay odds, that look
excessive, some months before the ex
pected event. As the time for it ap
proaches he gradually lessens the odds.
The perform ar, pas of the animals in
training or on other courses enable him
to regulate with some certainty the
amounts that he is willing to risk
against them. Owners of the horses,
perhaps, are induced to back them, out
of stable pride, and the book maker
finds that he has filled his book as far
as the probable wiuners are concerned.
The odds against them are or
perhaps he refuses io "aoeept any more
bets upon them. At the same time he
increases his odds on those having least
chance to win.
SIIEKMAN STILL CONTRACTING.
Alleged Combination of Naliounl Bunks with
Secretary Sherman t tlip p^r,
relief,
Washington, June 4. —It is reported
here from eourees usually reliable that
Seoretary'Bherman has orignated or gone
into a*combination, whereby the eighty
per cent, clause of the Resumption act
shall make free banking the means of
contracting the legal tender circulation
down to $300,000,000. A prominent
Sundav newspaper of this oily charges
that Sherman is in collusion with the
National Banks, and details the scheme
as follows : “The banks embraced in the
scheme are to apply to the Treasury for
certain amounts of additional circula
tion. IJpon the pircqlafipn being ob
tained if is to b 3 locked up from use,
and not contribute to ease in the money
market. Upon the issuance of this
bank circulation, the Secretary, pur
suant to section 3 of the Resumption
act, will retire and cancel an amount of
legal tenders equal to eighty per cent,
of the new bank notes issued, thereby
effecting a contraction of legal tenders to
that extent, in order to provide the
legal tenders to be tfius gappejed. It is
further understood that the Secretary
will sell, under the authorization claimed
by the Resumption act, an equivalent
amount of bonds for gold, subsequently
selling the latter for greenbacks. An
effort haß been or is being made to se
cure the co operation in this plan by
banks in Philadelphia and Boston. Io
what extent it i3 proposed' to carry this
process' remains to be seen. It does not,
however, requite any very extensive co
operation to effect in this way an impor
tant degree of contraction. Each bank
in the scheme can, by re turning imme
diately for retirement tho notes it has
thus received, repeat the operation about
twice a month, so that a bank taking
out say $50,000 of circulation can com
pel a contraction of legal tenders to the
extent of SBO,OOO within each month.
The plan is as ingenious as it is start
ling; it is born of the necessities of what
bankers consider a beggarly rqte of in
terest.”
THE CONVENTION QUESTION,
fiie I'rfiDfitit ( (.aaiitutloH an Insult to tlie
People of Georgia.
Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
It has been suggested that a Conven
tion should be called, if. for no other
reason, to expunge from the Constitu
tion of Georgia all allusion to “rebels”
and “rebellion." I think the point is
well taken, and that more prominence
should be giyen to ft matters little
whether our enemms call us rebels or
not. We can well afford to rest under
the intended stigma for a time, when
snch men as William Wallace and Wash
ington, with their associates, have
borne, and their memories lived down
the opprobrium. Bat we cannot afford
even tacitly, or by implication, to con
fess ourselves, or the soldiers who died
for their native State in the late war, to
be rebels and traitors. Time was when
we were obliged to submit to the infa
mous libel, wnich ignorance, under the
guidance of New England Puritanism
incorporated in the fundamental law of
Georgia. Those were the days of bayo
net supremacy. But happily that period
is passed, and Georgians can now, in
the exercise cf tte right, which was
never denied them in the better days of
the Republic, draft a Constitution,
every article, section and paragraph of
which shall be of their own dictation,
and in accord with their own senti
ments. Then let every good citizen vote
for a Convention, which, along with
other, pernaps moire practical, but cer
tainly not more important changes, shall
blot from onr organic law all traces of
the words “rebel” and “rebellion” as
applied in the present Constitution to
the people of tfie sovereign State of
Georgia. Auwa.
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Dr. Boll’s Coqgh Syrup has been be
fore tbe pubfic for years, and is pro.
nonneed by thousands superior to all
other medicines for the cure of Goughs,
Colds, Influenza and all Pulmonary
Complaints.
New Advertisements*-
Vegetine
Strikes at the root of disease by purifying the
blood, restoring the liver and kidneys to heal
thy action, invigorating the nervous system.
Y egetine
Is not a vile, nauseous compound, which sim
ply purges the bowels, but is a safe, pleasant
remedy, which is sure to purifyjho blood, and
thereby restore the health.
Vegetine
Is now prescribed in cases of Scrofula and
other diseases of the blbod, by many of the
best physicians, owing to its great sucoess in
curing all diseases of this nature.
"V egetine
Does not deoeive invalids into false hopes by
purging and creating a fictitious appetite, but
assists nature iu clearing and purifying the
whole system, leading the patient gradually to
perfect health.
V egetine
Was looked upon as an experiment fer some
time by some of our best physicians, but those
most incredulous iu regard to its merit are now
its most ardent friends and supporters.
Vegetine
Says a Boston physician, ‘ has no equal as a
blbod purifier. Heariug of itß many wonder
ful cures, after all other remedies had failed,
I visited the laboratory and convinced myself
of its genuine merit. It is prepared from
barks, roots and herbs, each of which is highly
effective, and they are compounded in such a
manner as to produce astonishing results.”
"V egetine
Is acknowledged and recommended by physi
cians and apothecaries to be tbe best purifier
and cleanser of the blood yet discovered, and
thousands speak iu its praise who have been
restated to health.
PROOF.
WHAT IS NEEDED.
Boston, February 13,1871.
Mr. H. K. Stevens :
Dear Sib—Abogt one year since I found my
self in a feeble oonditiou from general debi ity.
VEGETINE was strongly recommended to uie
by a friend who lia. been much benefited by
its use. I procured the article, and after using
several bottles, was restored to health and dis
continued its use. I feel quite confident that
there is uo medicine superior to it for those
complaints for which it is especially prepared,
and would cheerfully recommend it to those
who feel that they need something to restore
them to perfect health. Respectfully yours,
U. L. PETTINUILL,
Firm of S. M. Pettingill & Cos., 10 State street,
Boston.
Cincinnati, November 26, 1872.
Mr. H. R. Stevens :
Dear Sir—The two botlles of VEGETINE
furnished me by your agent my wife has used
with great benefit.
For a long time she has been troubled with
dizziness and costiveness ; these troubles are
now entirely removed by the use of VEGE
TINE. She was also troubled with Dyspepsia
aud General Debility, aud has been greatly
benefited. THOS. GiLMORE, 229) Walnut at.
FEEL MYSELF A NEW MAN.
Natick, Mass., June 1, 1872.
Mr. H. R. Stevens :
Dear Sir—Through tho advico aud earnest
persuasion of Rev. E. S. Bast, of this place, I
have been takiDg VEGETINE for Dyspepsia,
of which I have suffered for years. I have
used only two bottles and already feel myself a
new man. Respt ctfully,
Dr. J. W. CARTER.
Report from a Practical Chemist and Apothe
cary.
Boston, January 1, 1874.
Dear Sir—This is to certify that I have sola
at retail 154$ dozen (1,852 bottles) of your
VEGETINE since April 12, 1870, and can truly
say that it has given the best satisfaction of
any remedy for the complaints for which it is
recommended that I ever sold. Scarcely a day
passes without some of my customers testify
ing to its merits on themselves or their
fiiends. I am perfectly cognizant of several
cases of Scrofulous Tumors being cured by
VEGETINE alono iu this vicinity. Very re
spectfully yours,
Al GILMAN, 468 Broadway.
To H. R. Stevens, Esq.
Prepared iy H, B.fcns, Boston, Mass,
Vegetine For Sale by All Druggists.
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The State of Alabama—Montgomery
County.
No. 1045—Branch, Sous & Cos., ot al., vs. The
Montgomery and West Point Railroad Com
pan*, et al —ln Chancery at Montgomeiy,
Alabama.
BV virtue of the decree iu this cause, ren
dered on the first day of May, 1877,
notice is hereby given to all unsecured credit
ors of the Montgomery and West Point Rail
road Courpany, aud to all persons holders of
the bonds of the said railroad company, to
file and prove their respective claims in this
Court, before the Register thereof, within
ninety days from this date.
Witness my band at office, Montgomery,
Alabama. VINCENT M. ELMORE,
Register in Chancery for the Sixth District,
Southern Chancery Division ft! the Slate of
Alabama. myll-we<Siw3m
Do You Want
To Raise Between 200 and 300 Bushels
of
SWEET POTATOES!
To the Acre ? If so, apply
BARRY’S
SWEET POTATQEJ
FERTILIZER!
IT is specially prepared for this crop and lias
caused the largest yields. Ask all who
have used it.
It is s old for cash.Jiy
E. Barry & Cos.,
DRUGGISTS, 261 BROAD STREET,
myl3-tf Sign of the T\yo Mo.tara.
Pri pared for Immediate Use.
207 PEARL ST., NEW YORK.
From the thousands of mfikasdr* ot our
PREPARED PAINTS, we'kave yet to hear the
first Corpplajut. 'Tne reason is apparent. Our
nfitnfs have stood the test of years, where all
other paints have failed iu durability. Their
covering capacity, being greater thau any
other paint, presents a practical item of scoMi
rny. Our paints are guaranteed in every par
ticular—the consumer aesunqog o risk what
ever, as we wilj re-paint any building on which
o-*p paints do not prove satisfactory ; allowing
a ehoire of English B. B. White Lead, or any
other paint in use. For sale by
Barret & Laud,
myl-w3m AUGUST A. GA.
wool. FOR (LQTtI
AND
MONEY M* WOOL.
npHE ATHENS MANUFACTURING COM
JL PANY haviDg rgain improved their goods,
invite those desiring to exchange Wool for
Goods to call and see samples at Porter Flem
ing's, Augusta, or send for samples aau terms
to undersigned. R. L. BLOOMFIELD.
myl7-w3m Agent Athens Manf’g Cos.
WILBERFORCE DANIEL,
Successor to Daniel A Rowlaad,
WILD continue the COTTON COMMIS
SION BUSINESS at the Warehouse of
the old firm. Books, Notes and Accounts of
the same will be found with him. my3-c3m
THE TIFFIN J||
Drily U*
ft,. Uipat IKOrtr l "* in the world. Bore*
i—ySwlaVo 44 Inches In diameter. It does
Rework of a doien men. The horse does
not travel around the weU. Au*er la
raised and lowered instantly. Sneeessftil
where all others fall. Mo labor for man.
Send for our 0 PACE BMK, FREE.
LOCUS &
ap22~w6m*
WHEAT ai FLOUR.
Highest market price paid fftjr New
Wheat. O.uf customers can be supplied
with Choice White Com Meal, and the differ
ent grades of Flour, ground at the Excelsior
Mills. GEO. T. JACKSON A CO.,
je6-wefuAwe Proprietors.
SICK H tn a Week to Agents. $lO Outfit Free.
$99 o $<P. O. VICKERY, Augusta, Maine
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New AdTertisements.
M ULLARKY BROS.
ARE OFFERING
Bargains in Dry Goods!
1_ 0 CASES STANDARD CALICO AT sc. PER YARD.
The best assortment of CORSETS ever offeied in thS city. ALL SIZES AND ALL
PRICES.
The best Stock of BLACK GRENADINES that lias ever been offered in this city will he dis
played this week at prices that cannot be equalled anywhere.
Gents’ LAUNDRIED AND UNLAUNDRIED SHIRTS, a full assortment very low.
A large assortment of CASSIMERES, TWEEDS and COTTONADES at a great deal less thau
their regular prices.
TO ARRIVE,
A choice selection of LINEN SUITINGS, all prices. We are also offering our stock of
BLEACHED SHEETINGS and SHIRTINGS, DAMASKS TOWELS, SPREADS and PIQUES
at bottom prices.
MCJLLARKY BROS.,
, „ 262 BROAD STREET.
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The Augusta Shoe House,
233 Brohd Street, Opposite tbe Masonic Hall,
HAS ON HAND AND RECEIVING WEEKLY a full line of Ladies, Misses, Children and
Gents' Shoes in all styles, at the lowest prices; Ladies, French Kid Box Toe Button Boots.
Ladies’ Luriso Ki Box Toe Button Boot ,
Ladies’ ( uriso Kid Box Toe Bu.ton Boots,
Ladies’ Peb Primp and Box Toe Bui ton Boots,
Ladies’ Kid Box Toe Polish,
Ladies’ Kin Fixed Box Toe Polish,
Ladies’ kid Fixed Polish,
Lad es’ Glove Calf Polish, y
Ladies’ Glove Calf Congress,
Ladies’ Lasting Congress,
Ladies’ Newport Ties,
Ladies’ Newport Buckles,
Ladies’ Newport Box Toe,
Ladies’ Kid Low Cut Slippers, Ladies’ Lastiug Low Cut Slippers.
Gents Slippers in all styles, Misses, Laced and Button Shoes in all styles Children Shoes in all
styles and colors Call and examine one of the finest an I best selected stock ever brought to
this city. All goods purchased direct from the manufactures for cash, aud can be sold at nrioea
hat defy competition. *
JOSIAH MILLER,
m,27 —tf PROPHIETOB.
CHRISTOPHER GRAY & CO.
Invite the public to call during the
next two weeks for bargains. We
will not advertise anything we have
not. We will not quote Prints or
Domestics at two or three cents
lower than they can be bought. We
will show the best assorted stock
in the city* at the lowest prices.
Another large lot of Embroideries Tuesday. Just opened, a quan
tity of flue Bobinett. Mosquito Netting slightly soiled on outside
at about half prices.
CHRISTOPHER GRAY & CO.
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GREAT CLEARANCE SALE
To Begin on Monday Morning:, May 28, at tbe
NEW ©TORE,
H. W. LANDRAM, 268 BROAD STREET.
I WILL OFFER, ON MONDAY MORNING, and ou, my whole stook at GREATLY REDUCED
•BRICES, the whole to be sold regardless of cost, SUMMER SILKS at low prieea. BLACK
GRENADINES—haid to beat—see them before you buy. COLORED GRENADINES at prices
never before beard of. WHITE VICTORIA LAWNS, just received, at prices to please. COL
ORED FIGURED MUSLINS, new goods, at popular prices. BLEACHED SHIRTINGS, of all
makes, and at right prices.
SPECIAL
To arrive, on Monday or Tuesday morning, a beautiful line of something new in LINEN
SUITINGS, also TRIMMINGS to match, all of which will be offerod at low prices. These are
new aud pretty goods, and at half their former price.
Lots of smaller things, Notions, Ac., too numerous to mention ; has only to be seen to be
appreciated.
Come on Monday morning, and on, and you will be well paid for time spout in lbokiug
h rough.
II- W. I,A>
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.
WILL OPEN
TO-MORROW MORNINO!
The Newest Styles out io Black Guipure and Spanish Nets for Scarfs
and Overdresses.
Egyptian Veiling, Black Brussels Net, with Black, White, Navy Bine
and Tiiieul Chenille Dots.
Ladies’, Misses’ and Gents’ Silk and Lisle Gloves.
Ladies’ and Gents’ Kid Gloves, best makes, all colors.
Ladies’ Undressed Kid Gloves, 2 and 3 Button—all sizes.
The latest things out in Jabots, Ties and Fichus.
Misses’ Silk Hose, iu Pink, Cardinal and Blue.
Misses’ Solid Colored Cotton Hose—Light, Blue, Pink, Cardinal, Navy
Blue and Brown.
Misses' Striped Hose, In endless variety.
A full assortment of Ladies’ and Gents’ Summer IJndervests.
The vry newest things in Parasols.
A magnificent line of Black Grenadines, Silks, Dress Goods, &c.
The Suit and Underwear Department will be found, as usual, ahead of
anything iu tt e south.
For decided Novelties, at tbe prices paid for old trash, call at
JAMES A. GRAY & CO’S.
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Incorporated 1845. Capital, $600,000.
WILLIAM A. BURKE, Treasurer GEO. RICHARDSON, Sap’l,
8 Pemberton Square, Boston, Lowell, IQtbi.
LOWELL MACHINE SHOP,
LOWELL, MASS.
—MANUFACTURERS OF—
COTTON MACHINERY.
Pickers, Cards, Lap Winders, Railway Heads, Drawing-
Frames, “Lowell Speeders” of seven different sizes, making
Bobbins containing Bto 64 oz. Cotton each, Sawyer Patent
Ring Frames, Pearl Patent Ring Frames, Common Ring
Frames, with 6, 8,10 or 12 oz. spindles, Mules (Platt pattern)
Spoolers, Warpser, Slashers (L. M. S. patent), Looms, Twist
ers, Filling Winders, Shearing Machines, Brushing Mp chines
Sewing Machines, Folders (Elliott patent), Hydraulic Presses,
Hydraulic Pumps, Size Kettles, Stop Gates, Indigo Mills,
Elevate ra (Thompson patent), Turbine Wheels (Boyden pat
ent;, Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers, Cast Gearing, Cut Gearing,
Chipped Gearing, Iron and Brass Castings, Plans for Cotton
Mills, etc., etc.
o
P A PER MACHINERY
Light and Heavy Rag Cutters, Railroad and Devil Dusters
Thrashers, Rotary Bleachers, Rag Engines, Cylinder Wash
ers, Fourdrinier and Cylinder Machines, Stop Cutters, Stull
and Fan Pumps, Chilled Rolls, Super Calenders, with four
to ten Iron or Paper Rolls, Platers, Gun Metal Rolls, Cylinder
moulds, Dandy Rolls, Roll Bars and Bed Plates, Trimming
Presses, Plans for Paper Mills, etc., etc.
Factory, F. Gogin, Esq., Superintendent; Langiey Manu
facturing Company, Langley, 8. ; Campeidown Mil Is, Green vlile, S. C.; Marsh A All
good Tiion Fact/ary, Ga.; J. W. A F. i'. Gray, Adalrsville, Ga.; Mississippi Mills, Wes
son, Miss.; Great Falls Manufacturing ('''Hunpany. Rockingham, N. C.; Roswell Manu
facturing Company, Roswell, Ga.; Friuc-ton Manufacturing Company, Athens, tia.;
Chattahoochee Manufacturing Company, Wes-t Point, Ga.; New High Shoals Manufac
turing Company, High Shoals, Ga.; Reedy River Manufacturing Company, Greeirvllle,
S. C.; D. E. Converse & Cos.. Bi vlngaville, 8. C.: J. T. Morenead A Cos., Keldsville, N. C.;
Little River Manufacturing Company, Manchester. N. C.; Lehman Manufacturing Com -
pany, Prattville, Ala.; Tanneeaee Manufacturing Company, Nashville, Tenn.; Laudis
Manufacturing Company, Shelbyville, Tenr ; 8. L. Graham A Son, Plnewoou, Tenn.;
Stonewall Manufacturing Company, Enterprise, Miss.; Marshall Manufacturing Com
pany, Richmond. Va.; Wm. E. Hooper A Sons. Baltimore, Md.; Union Manufacturing
Company, Baltimore. Md.; Gambrill, cons A Go., Baltimore, Md.; Wm. H. Baldwin A
Cos., Baltimore, Md.; Phaantx Factory, Baltimore, Md.; Laurel Manufacturing Company
Baltimore. Md. tans mh 18-tv
IBPORTAUT IQ PLABTEBS ill OTHERS!
THE RICHMOND FACTORY, ten miles from Augusta, continues to manufacture Woo km
Cloth, and to Card Wool Roll* for Planters and other parties sending Wool to us. We.
propose in future to Dye the Cotton Warp when desired, and we will also Dye the Wool Filling,,
if requested, either Brown, Black or Gray, or the Cloth can be mode in the natural oolor of the-
W The charge for making Plains will be 12) cents a yard, and for Twills, 13 cents a yard; for
Dyeing Cotton Warp, 1 cent a yard; Wool Filling, 2 cente a jar* Carding Rolls, 10 cents a.
pound. Wool can be sent in the dirt. We are prepared to Waah and Burr it promptly.
Our machinery being in perfect order, no delay will take plaoe in prompt delivery of U
Cloth and Bolls. All Wool sent us should be plavdy marked with the owner’s name, and aU in
structions and inquiries he made to and i'*,.vCgV YOUNG A HACK, Agents, August a,
myl3-d64w4 PRESIDENT RICHMOND FACTORY.