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PROFESSIONAL CAROS. ATT ORN E Y S A T L AYY, ELBERTOSf, A. WILL P-RACXICE IN THE COURTS OF the Northern Circuit and Franklin county Special attention given to collections. J. 8. BA BXETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ELBHRTOSf, TJA. .IttHN T. OSBORI, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, elbektqn, ga. Tin ILL PRACTICE IN SUPERIOR COURTS VV and Supreme Court. Prompt attention t.o the collection of claims. cevl7,ly L. J. ARTRELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ATLANTA, GA, PRACTICES IN THE UNITED STATES Clß cuit and District Courts at Atlanta, and Supreme and .Superior Courts of the State. liLSiLA'dd L'AAITi VA -a.'A lXbowman' & CO-, HEAL ESTATE AGENTS ELISERTOA 7 GA. 'tTJ ILL attend to the business of effecting VV sales and purchases of REAL ESTATE as Agents, on REASONABLE TERMS. jgMjr Applications should be made to T. J. Cowman. Sepia-tf wmmmm* wmii. i ■ x : .S vY.- vw J. F. ATJIjX) A'Y'V di/ARRIAGE j|f |AN LFACT’R Id sL 53 ad iiT OT, Cl EOKG fl A . WITH GOOD WORKMEN! LOWEST PRICES! CLOSE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO BUSINESS. AND At; EXPERIENCE OF 27 TEARS, He hopes by honest and fair dealing to compete any other manufactory. Good Buggies, warranted, - 8125 to 3160 i; E PAIRING AND BLACK SMITHING. Work done in this line in t Very best style. Tlio Host HAraos3 TERMS CASH. A!y22-i v j* m. izAummAh c■ " • ffifl /;• r: j ■>. .- . ,M. r: , 1 - w .ffi - %) --'L THE REAL LI YE FASHIONABLE TAILOB, Up-Stairs, over Swift & Arnold’s Store, ELBSRrOV, GEORGIA. mud See I lim. TI I E ELREUTON DRUG STORE .5. 0, EDMUNDS, Proprietor. Has always on build a full line of Pure Drug's and Patent Medicines Makes a speeiuUv of ; r . ; . v AS „ PERFUMERY Anew assortment of WRITING PAPER & ENVELOPES Plain and frnev. just received, iuoliiili’.n r a sup ply' or LEGAL CAP. CI a Alls ' A N I V TOBA CC O of all varieties ei'ii.-'tauliy on hand. F. A. V. SOSLETT, mmmti iaioe ELBEUTON, GA. Will contract for work in STONK and TSTIICK anywhere in Elbert county [jel6 Cm CENTRAL HOTEL MRS. W. M THOMAS, pkopbie: iiess, AUGUSTA GA W. 1 ROBERTS^ O A.EPSNT3K & BUILDER FTBEUfCVR GA. T HAVE LOCATED IN' ELBEUTON! WHERE .1 I will be prepared to do all work in my line as cheap at y good workman can afford. Con tracts respectfully solicited. Shop on the west ride of and near the jail. Coffins Hade to Order. F. W. JACOBS, HOUSE I SIGN PAINTER Glazier and Grainer, ELBEUTON, GA. Orders Solicited. Satisfaction Guaranteed. PEASE’S PALACE DIKING ROOMS, AT Ej iNT A, Csi!©iiGlA. The Champion Dining Saloon of tho Sonth EVERYBODY IS INVITED TO CALL. THE GAZETTE. jSTew Series. REMINISCENCES OF RE?. JAMES DAN NELLY BY AN EX-ABBEVILLIAN. [From the Abbeville Press and Banner.] Rev James Danpelly, when I first knew him in 1834, was a traveling preach er in the pSouth Carolina Conference, and about G 5 years of age, but was soon af ter located by reason of physical disa bility. He did not live at the Court House, but his home was in the District, and as a Methodist preacher he was public property, and whom any person or place had the right to claim. He oc casionally, but rarely in my day, preach ed at the Court ...onse, because he said “the Devil had a mortgage on the whole place, and James Moore was the only one the said creditor could not close out at any moment, and James did not need his services.” “Father Dannelly” was b rn in Co lumbia county, Georgia, and raised or dragged up in the same, and was an early type of “those days.” He was practically familiar with the “four kings,” gander pulling, whiskey of all sizes, et cetera. He lrad the greater part of his life two legs, but one of them from half way between tho hip-joint and tire knee was wood. It became thus, as I have always understood, by a fall from a horse in riding a race in which the stake was five dollars cash and one gallon of whiskey on a credit, and amputa tion became necessary on account of his stimulated condition at the time and afterwards. Ho was sonndiy converted soon after at 30 years of age, and was baptised, as I have heard him say, in the public road with water scraped with the hand from ah< rse track. It was muddy, but being in the name of the Father, and Son and Holy Ghost, Ire never doubted its va lidity and efficacy. lie knew not at the time a letter in tho alphabet, but com menced at once to knew them, and with but little help was in six months a good 1 reader. Soou after he was licensed to preach and went to work as an itinerant preacher in rhe Georgia conference. He afterwards was transferred to the South Carolina conference, and lived and died in it. He studied bard, but only the Bible an such books that threw light upon it, and when I knew him ho could repeat every text in it as well as its number, chapter and book. He had a memory beyond any thing ever heard of; could repeat a conversation held with him 30 years before, as well as the date and hour. Of all peculiar men, he was of all the most pe uliar. With two whole legs he would have weighed perhaps 225 pounds, with large body and small legs; in heigbth about six feet, two inches ; a head as round as an apple, and hair only on the lower edge of it; no eye brows ; a small nose and mouth ; no chin ; small eyas and when aroused in speaking they were often closed, leaving tho spectator in doul.it where they would reappear. Had a clear, shrill voice be vond any powers of description and a way of repeating what ho desired to im press. lie was a man of two or three leading ideas, to wit: That ‘rhe Metho disk church was the light of the world, and that the culminating point was in 1784, to which all the past was but a preparation, when the church was or ganized in the United States, and eve rything since in discordance or depart ure was a retrograde. He wove the shad belly coat to the last day of his life, and his sons as they came boro the honored names of Olin, Coke and As bury. An other idea of his war, that sin c >ul of ten best bo reached and exercised by a grapple with its horns and heels; ho was down on tuck-combs, hair pins, bream: pins, finger and ear-rings, silk rad taw Iric s generally ; and In; preached against avarice, lying, theft, adultery, and all specific sins, and often intimated who were the local vic tor!- in them. He double-shoed against drinking and drunkenness, [it is said in his early efforts be excepted peach brandy and honey for the stomach’s sake, as not sinful, and if so, not to be classed with “Dexter,”- “Rifle,” and “Bust-head” whiskey.] He regarded ev ery man as his friend, and all who nam ed Chiist in sincerity a brother, but he called none of them brother. It was James, Paul or William, as the case was. lie war very particular in his diet, not as a connoisseur but as a dyspeptic, and when you invited him to your house you had to name the bill of fare and endorse the cook, i bad a house once and gave him a standing invitation to it and he stayed with me often, because as he said, he liked me but my cooking better. He was a small eater ; broiled chick n and broiled ham, and but little of either, was ail he wanted. His tenacity to Christian names was generally pleasant, but occasionally an annoyance. He was often called upon to marry couples, and the writer on one occasion was to be a waiter, and the bride not liking her intended husband's adjective pronoun, requested me to ask him to say “this man” and “this wo man.” I did so, and she felt safe, but it came out “Barnabas” and “Rebecca,” (or something else) much to her discom fiture, to be better appreciated by Bish op Capers than any other. He never laughed or smiled, but liked to see oth „ers do so ; never shouted, but had no objection to white people shouting, but did not believe in it among the col ored. I remember at Sharon camp-meeting in 1844, he was giving out the 9 o’clock morning hymn, when a colored sister behind began shoutim* and clapping. Turnfhg around, he refmirked. “You are ESTABLISHED 1859. ELBERTOX4 GEORGIA, APRIL 19, 1876* too soon ; wait until night and go it if you like.” He had a holy horror of honorary titles, and I have heard him say he would rather carry a dead dog to his coat-tail than Doctor of Divinity. He had a carefully prepared sermon against “stuff,” which he carried for ten years to conference to preach, but cer tain peculiar influences always overcame him. He was as tractable as a child in any matter not involving principle ; but would confront lions in the path of du ty, as ha conceived it. He often preach ed what were called “knock-down ser mons,” from a standing text: “And the child was called Ichabod, signifying that the glory of Israel had departed. ’ He told me in confidence of 01.000 offered him never to preach from tint text again at a certain place. He declined the of for, and redoubled Ins appointment, and thought he saved one and would have saved the other (both were then dead) if he had not been so far gone when he found him. He was always at the Cokesbury camp meetings, and there lived near one Pe ter, who had been off and on a member of the church for 20 years, just “on” again and happy, and shaking hands, he remarked : “Well, brother Dannelly, lam savingly converted now ” “If you ire certain of it, Peter,” said he, “you had better get some friend to kill you, for if ever you got to Heaven it will bo just on the heels of a camp meeting.” He had no use in tho world for im mersion—would put them under If they desired, and he often encountered an noyance at a shaky member, who had •*ome in without it There were several such around Beulah, and often attended the latter, and occasionally the “much water” arguments troubled them, and Father Dannelly had to visit and com peso their minds, but which only lasted for a season He paid them a fourth visit in which he told them that he ■could prove that at the time our Sa riour was baptised with the water of Jordan, there was not enough in it to Irown a chicken, and if run at all, it was i stream so weak that lie could have stopped it with the point of his wooden eg ; and if they could ’sot got over their loubts and fears to go along and get James Chiles to put them in Long Cane :o their heart’s content.” I think it set fled them. The old man was almost an invalid ’or many years, owing to bis weight tnd difficulty in walking. We raised at ihe Court House 0125 an 1 procuredjiira n Baltimore an Anglesea leg, but 'the cnee did not work right and wc sent it jack for repairs, and it was lost at sea rn its return. We proposed another, which he declined to accept. He was always interesting and never preached to empty benches. Every one expected to hear something original and were never disappointed. A favorite subject with him on great occasions was the Prophecies, in which he could array facts and illustrations of great power rad beauty. He became the martyr of 3’uoice language ; and I have heard the most beautiful and striking thoughts Fall from his lips in language that spark led as it fell. He died about 1853, and has no doubt shaken hands with the host of redeemed, regenerated and dis enthralled. “Father Dannelly” did not know all. Who does ? Did not try to please eve rybody. Who can ? But when he start ed heavenward he fought for the “high est mark of the prize of his high call Ing,” and labored according to his best Ideas of tho mode of accomplishment, to tarry every man, woman and child with him. — o *. BIAINE i The following appears in the Indian apolis Sentinel: J. C. Harrison, a prom inent banker of this city, is in possession of a secret, the exposure of which will forever blast the propects of a certain candidate for the Presidency. It is this: An entry appears in the minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, of December 16th, 1871, show ing that $64,000 of ’ the Company’s money found its way into the hands of some persons who had no right to it. At a meeting of the Board of Direc tors in September, 1872, Mr. Harrison, who has been a member of the board for a number of years, through the influence of Senator Morton, introduced a resolu tion calling for a committee to investi gate the matter, and report wh o received the large sums of money, and all circum stances attending its disbursement. No sooner hadjthis been done, than Mr. Rol lins, Secretary of the Board, quietly went to Mr. Harrison, and said, “you must withdraw that resolution ; an in vestigation will involve Mr. Blaine and defeat his re-election. He got the money.” The resolution was withdrawn. These facts are known to Wilson, of lowa, who was present at the time the resolution was introduced and with drawn, as a member of the Board ef Directors. It is proper to say that a lot of worthless Arkansas railroad bonds were deposited as collateral security for tl is money. Nobody will be more surprise 1 at the appearance of this article than Mr. Har rison. Mr. Harrison has been asked for a statement of facts, Font declines to say more than that if brought before a Con gressioual Committee, ho he will tell all he knows about it, without concealment. Everybody reads The Gazette. GOVERNOR SMI HI DECLINES TO BE A CANDIDATE. Atlanta, Ga., April 7, 1576. Messrs R. H. Chilton, W. L. Salisbury, John H. Martin, W. J. Watt, Peter Preer, and E. C. Hood, Columbus, Ga.: My -Dear Sirs: —l have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 13th ultimo, asking me to allow my name to be presented to the people for renomination for the office of governor of Georgia. The gravity of the qnes tion, thus presented will, I trust, be ac cepted as a sufficient reason for any delay in replying to vour esteemed com munication. It. is known to you, gentlemen, as well as to other friends in different parts of the State, that I have not desired a re election to the office I now hold. So far as my own personal feelings are con cerned, I have made no secret of my in tention to retire at the expiration of my present term. If for a little while past, I have appeared to occupy a different position Brora that originally taken and frequently announced, it was in conse quence of assaults made on my admin istration, and, indirectly through me up on . the legislature and tho democratic party in the State. It is not necessary to discuss tho mo tives which inspired these attacks, fur ther than to say, that they were of such a character as, in my judgment, made it proper for me to suspend my first in tention, and hold myself in a position to answei; any demand which the party might thin* fit to lay upon mo. It is now manifest, however, that any injury resulting from these assaults has fallen alone upon those whose interests they were designed to subserve, whether the assailants be, as you suppose, “the hold ers of discredited bonds, partisans, or personal enemies.” This consideration leaves mo free to re turn to my original purpose and desire, and to '<Jeclin : as I now do, with great fospeffi, to have my name presented to the approaching gubernatorial conven tion for r‘-nomination. 'I cannot conclude this communication without returning thanks to yon flattering terms in which yon rra pleas ed to; express your friendly regards for me. I desire, also, to make ray grate ful acknowledgments to tho people of Georgia, for the unmerited honor they have -rjofifefrod upon mo, and for the generfAG support they have accorded my e 'Tr-.s to administer the great trust ray lir-ndc. When we recall the chaotic state in which we found every department of the government in 1872, and contrast it with our present peaceful and happy condition, I feel that we all have cause for congratulation. Our public debt has been ascertained, and the interest on it is now Regularly paid; while our bonds are to day rated far above par in the great centres of trade. Our educational system has been established on a solid foundation; our varied resources are being rapidly and systematically developed; and our judiciary, [for integrity and ability, is second to none in the entire Union. I can only wish that the prosperous career upon which we have entered may suffer no check; and that both in our State and Federal relations, we may en joy for many generations to come, tho blessing of peace and liberty. I am, gentlemen, your friend and, ob’t serv’t Jas. M. Smith. - Effects of a Californa Snow Storm. The Indians living at the head of Moffit creek came upon a band of deer snowed up in the mountains a few days ago, and killed tho entire band, numbering thirty two head. They also found others lying around dead, having starved, doubtless. These deer hadevideutlv taken refuge up there from the storms, and the snow be came so deep they were unable to get out, as the Indians saw the snow where tbe deer were found trampled down by them. The Indians also reported finding a band of horses snowed in and starved to death near the same place. This is, doubtless, the band of wild horses that have been running in that locality for some years. This band was composed of horses wieh have from time to time strayed from their owners in Shasta and Scott valleys, geting together and keep ing in the mountains. They had become so wild that it was impossible to catch any of them. They have been a source of great annoyance to farmers, for if any of their horses got away and entered this band it was impossible to recover them. The snow is about twelve feet deep where they were found. On tho 11th in the Republican Con vention of South Carolina, Elliot and Judge Mackey drew pistols on each oth er and precipitated great disorder, which completely broke up the Conven tion for about half an hoar. Elliott’s wife was carried out screaming. Other parties interfered and kept the two apart till order was restored. Several fights almost came off bt tween tho friends of Elliott and Mickey. The Pat terson faction prevailed in organizing the convention. The dispute was about tbe admission of delegates from coun ties where the seats were contested. A little fellow being told by a young man to get off’ his knee, that he was too heavy to hold in that way, made quite a sensation among the persons present by yelling back, “Too heavy, hey? Siscer Sal weighs a hundred pounds more than I, and you held her on your knee for four hours last night.” Vol. IY.-No. 51. “AN AX TO GRIND.” We owe more of our common sayings and pithy proverbs to Dr. Franklin than many of us think or know. Wo say of ! one who flatters or serves ns for tho sake of some secrets, selfish gain or favor: j “He has an axe to grind.” In the doc | tor’s “Memoirs” is the following story (much after the manner of tho “whistle” story), which explains the origin of the ! phrase : Franklin says : When I was a little boy, I remember, one cold winter morn- I ing, I was accosted by a smiling man, I with an axe on his shoulder. “My pretty boy, has your father a grindstone ?” said ho. “Yes, sir,” said I. “You are a nice, pretty little fellow,” said he. Will you let me grind an ax on it ?” Pleased with the compliment, I an swered : ‘Oh, yes, sir, it is down in the shop.” “And will you, my man,” said he, pat ting me on my head, “get me a little hot water ?” How could I refuse 1 I ran and soon brought a kettleful. “How old are you, and what’s your name?” continued he, without waiting for a reply. “lain sure you are ore of the finest lads that ever I have seen. Will you just turn a few minutes for , me?” i Tickled with the flattery, like a fool I | went to work, and bitterly did I rue the j pay. It was anew ax, and I tugged and tciled till I was almost tired to death. The schoolbell rang, and I could not get away. My hands ware blistered, and it 1 was not half ground. At length, howev er, the ax was sharpened, and the man turned to me with : “Now, you little rascal, you’ve played the truant; scud to school, or you’ll get it!” Alas! thought I, it was hard enough to turn a grindstone this cold day, but to be called a little rascal, was too much. It sunk deep in my mind, and often have I thought of it since. When I see a merchant over polite to Iris customers, begging them to take a little brandy, and throwing his goods on the counter, thinks I, that man has an ax to grind. When I see a man flattering the pco- I pie, making great professio is of attaeh | mant to liberty, who is in private life ! a tyrant, metliinks, look out, good peo , pie, that fellow would sot yon turning grindstones. j When I see a man hoisted into office by party spirit, without a single qualifi cation to render him either respectable or useful, alas ! methinks, deluded peo ple, you are doomed for a season to turn the grindstone. ♦ <¥s?*•*• TOUGH ON THE FISH. A devout clergyman sought every op portunity to impress upon the mind of bis son the fact that God takes care of His creatures; that the falling sparrow attracts His attention, and that His lov ing kindness is over ail His works, j Happening one day, to see a crane ; wading in quest of food, the good man pointed out to his son prefect adapta tion of the crane to get his living in I that manner. “See,” said he, “how his ! legs are formed for wading! what a long Gender bill he has ! Observe how nicely he folds his feet when pulling them out of tho water! Ho does not | cause the slightest ripple! He is thus | enabled to approach the fish without j giving them any notice of his arrival, iMy son,” said lie, “it is impossible ! to look at that bird without recogniz ing the goodness of God in thus pro viding tho means of subsistence.” “Yes,” replied the boy, “I think I see the good ness of God, so far as the crane is con cerned; but after all, father, don’t you think the arrangement a little tongh on the fish ?” A MODEL SENSATIONAL REPORT. A Chicago newspaper says : “We took anew reporter on t ial yesterday. He went out to bunt items, and after being away all day, returned with the follow ing, which lie said w*s the best he could do: ‘Yesterday we saw a sight that froze our muscles with horror. Aha li man, driving down Clark street at a rap id pace, came very near running over a nurse and two children. There would I have been one of the most heart rending catastrophes ever recorded, had not the nurse with wonderful forethought, left tho children at home before she went out, and providentially stepped into a drug store just before the hack passed. Then, too, the hac-kman, just before reaching the crossing, thought of some thing that be had forgotten, and turn ing about drove in the opposite direc tion. Ilad it not teen for this wonder ful concurrence of favoring circumstan ces, a doting father, a loving mother, and affectionate brothers and sisters, would have been plunged into the deep est woe and most unutterable funeral expenses.’ The new reporter will bo re tained.” The New York World takes it out on New Hampshire by calling it. a “sterile place where corn is planted with a crow bar and the sheep are held up by tho hind legs to obtain infrequent pasturage on the prevalent holders.” And now, in the whirligig of time, Dr. Model, who set the shattered log of Wilkes Booth, and suffered dreadful lor tures as a “rebel sympathizer,” has been elected to the Maryland Senate as a Republican. STORIES YOU NEEDN'T BELIEVE. “Speaking of shooting ducks,” myft Dr. F, “puts me in mind of the great* storm that occurred when i lived on the island. As yon are all we 1 aware, our island was near Casco bay; an awful storm arose, and was so fierce that it drove all tho ducks in tho bay into a pond, covering about an acre, near my house. In fact, so many ducks crowded into that pond that I could not see a drop of writer.” “Sho,” says Smith, “didn't ye shoot any of ’em ?” “That’s what I was coining at. I went into the house and got tny double barreled shot gun, and discharged both barrels right into the midst of them, but to my astonishment they all rose into tho air, leaving not a solitary duck on the pond.” “Good gracious! Yon don’t say so,” said Smith. “Didn’t you hev any sho':. in yer gun, or what in thunder was the trouble ?” “Well, I wao coining to that,” said Dr. F. “It astonished mo at first; but a soon as the ducks rose a few hundrei yards in the air, and commenced to sep urate a little, ducks began to drop, and, whether you believe it or not, I picked up twenty n"no barrels of ducks, and it was a poor season for ducks, too. You see the ducks were wedged in so solid on the pond that when they arose they carried the dead ones up into the air with them, and, when they separated, down came tho tvventv nine barrels of dead ducks.” “Oh,” says Smith, “I’m not surprised at that at all, or the big lot of ducks yer bagg: 1. for it was an awful storm, i remember it well, doctor. I had at that time a corn barn full of corn ; on one of is an open window, and on the other side was a knot hole; and during the storm the wind blew so fierce that it blew every year of that corn right throught the knot-hole, and tho whole being just the size of a cob only, the result was that it shelled every ear, leaving the corn in the barn, and the next morning I found my corn barn half full of shelled corn and not a single cob. I had a curiosiiy to know where the cobs had gone to. I went to the rear of the barn and. followed the line of those cobs over cloven miles, and at a distance of about five miles a large, first-grown pine tree Good in the track, and darn mo if the wind hadn't driv cobs into that ’ere tree from top to tho bottom. Ob, doctor, that was an awful storm.” “Yes,” sighs tho doctor, “awful.” DIDN'T KNOW HIM. A man forty years old and as long as a rail, says M. Quad, went into one of the banks to get the cash for a sl3 check, drawn by a party living in Nankin township. “You will have to be identified," said tbe cashier, as he looked at tho check. “I'm the man,” was tho reply. “But I don’t know that vou are.” “But I do.” “You must bring someone hero who knows you. ’ “Don’t I know myself?” exclaimed tho check-tenderer. “But f must know you. You may bo John Smith for all I know.” “You must be a consarnod fool to think I’m somo one else!” growled the man in response. “You must be identified,” observed the cashier. “That’s my name, I tell yo, and this is me; and if this bank gets me riled i 'll lick the hull crowd of you over behind the railing!” The cashier wouldn’t pay and tho man couldn’t find any one who knew him, and at noon he was waiting “for that fel ler who sassed him to come out.” * * Suggested by James Parton’s Harm agf.. —l married a widow who had a grown-up step-daughter. My father vis ited my house very often, fell in love with my step-daughter, and married her. So my father became my son-in law, and tny step daughter my mother, becauso she was my father’s wife. Some time after my wife land a son; ho was my father’s brother-in-law, and iny uncle; for lie was the brother of my step daughter. My father's wife, that is, my .step- daughter, also had a son ; ho was, of connu, my brother, and in . the mean time my grandchild,'for ho was tho son of.my daughter. My wife was my grand mother, because she was my mother’s mother. I was my wife’s husband and grandchild at tbe same tun's and as the husband of a person’s grandmother is his grandfather, I was my own grand father. A PATENT SERMON. Ho hunted for his text, and at last found it; but be was suspicious that there be something out of gear so he moved cautiously. With the alphabet lie has a speaking acquaintance, but no intimacy, aud there is not a word of more than one syllable that he can not spell in two ways at least. It reads: “And tbe vail of tlie temple was rent in twain” He gazed for a moment—a look of intense astonishment ran nimbly over his complexion, and gaspi and for a breeze. He bent down and bored tho passage wdh his gimlet eye after which he stepped back a pace or two and look ed at the print with his long-raugo optie —the one that has a glo.be sight. A smile leaked out of the corners of his mouth as he completed a lengthy sern tiny, for ho was a Columbus—he bad made an original discovery. He chewed up his text in this manner: “And the vail of the temple was wrapped in twine!” and be proved it; but be wont back on King Solomon awfully. 110 (raced back the line of Israel’s kings until it ended in a ball of packthread, and lie t fled (o get his congregation “on a string.” This sermon was actually delivered within fifteen mioulis ef Elijay by an ignorant preacher—one of our mountain trout. [EUijali Courier. Thehew constitution of Texas prevents the mortgage of a homo stead, even if both the owner and bis wifi sign tho document