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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ELBERTOjV, CIA.
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ELBSftTQK, BA.
joaix T. OSBORN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
ELBEiiI'ON, GA.
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ATLANTA , GA,
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THE FATAL CARD.
A Tragic Story of Early Times on tlio Mis
sissippi.
Some years ago the Mississippi river
was famous for the floating palaces, as
the large steamers plying between New
Orleans and the ports above were called.
Now the railroads Have driven all the
line boats off the river, and left the field
to the freight boats, whose accommoda
tions for passengers are by no means pa
latial. The former class of steamers
were in many respects delightful, but
they never ceased to be the objects of
dread to timid people, fur if the lacing,
which on that stream was reduced to a
system, did not result in the loss of the
boat, there was sure to be one or more
encounters between the more lav/less
portion of the travelers, in which pistol
bullets would Hy rather too thick for the
comfort of steady going people. The
cause for such disturbances was general
ly a quarrel over the gambling table.—
The regulations of the boats usually re
quired that all such amusements should
be conducted in a saloon provided for
that purpose in the officer’s cabin, situ
ated on the hurricane deck, but the
sporting gentlemen were by no means
careful to observe this rule, and the gam
ing was mostly carried on at the dining
table, in the main saloon on the steamer,
to the annoyance of two-thirds on
board. Many professional gamblers us
ed to make these i oats their home, trav
eling back and forth with them, fleecing
all who were foolish and verdant enough
to fall into their hands. So well, in
deed, was the system managed, that the
various members seemed to have their
steamers marked out for them by com
mon consent, so that no one would tres
pass upon the domain of the other. Of
course tiiese men were warm friends of
the officers of the boat, who were either
sincere in their friendship to put a
stop to tlio practice, or too much afraid
of the gamblers to care to provoke a
quarrel with them, for in those days it
was a common affair for such men to re
sent any fancied insult with a pistol
shot One of the most remarkable men
of this class was named Daniel .Sturdi
vant, a Frenchman, the son of a broken
scion of nobility, who’had settled in New
Orleans before the transfer of Louisiana
to the United States. Sturdivant had
been raised a ‘gentleman’ by his aristo
cratic father, but on coining of age, and
finding his fortune very bad, had taken
to cards as a means to better them. His
success in this field was so great that be
was induced to continue it, until at the
time of which I write he was one of the
most notoiious gamblers between St.
Louis and New Orleans. He was a man
of tine personal appearance, and of great
physical strength; and was also noted
for his personal courage ; and as a gam
bier ho was most expert and successful.
There were dark stories of deeds which
he had committed while under the influ
ence of play and liquor, and it was said
by some that he had killed half a dozen
men in his life time. No one dared to
speak of these stories openly, for no
one cared to bring upon himself the an
ger of such a man. There were few who
knew him that really cared to play
against him, but they learned that a re
fusal to do so might involve them in a
quarrel with him, and rarely declined an
invitation. About twenty years ago, the
time of which I write, he had attached
himself to one of the magnificent steam
ers plying between New Orleans and
Vicksburg, and had publicly announced
his determination to shoot any man who
encroached upon his scene of operation.
Of course, this left him in undisputed
possession of the field, and he reaped a
golden harvest during the brief nine
years he conducted his operations there.
It was my lot at that time to be com
pelled to make frequent trips between
New Orleans and Vicksburg, and Ifpre
ferred the steamer of which Sturdivant
took possession, inasmuch as it was not
only the most comfortable, but also the
swiftest, and time was of the utmost im
! portanee to me. It was known that at
j times I carried large sums of money,
and I was always apprehensive lest Stur
divant should ask me to play. I had
made up my mind to refuse him, and if
he attempted to draw me into a quarrel,
to shoot him without mercy, as I knew
that the only chance of my life was in get- j
ting the advantage of him. Strange to 5
say, he did not make any such proposi- j
tion to me, and I gave him no chance to j
do so. One night we had started out
from Vicksburg, and were heading mer
rily down the river, when Sturdivant
came to the group which had gathered
around the stove. He had been drink
ing, and was smoking a fine cigar as he
approached. All made way for him.
“Well, gentlemen,” he said in an un
steady tone, “you seem to be terribly j
dull, who wants to play for twenty dol-j
lars aute?” There was no reply; all
present seemed to know t.:e man, and no !
one volunteered to place himself in his
clutches. “Umph !' he exclaimed with
an expression of contempt, “afraid to
| try your luck with Daniel Sturdivant,
jeh ? Or may be you want a little coax
| ing ; some of you must play with me ; I
i can’t stand such treatment. Come, let’s
| see who it shall be.” He glanced around
; the crowd as if to select his victim, and
t for the first time I noticed the gaze of
! one of the group fixed steadily upon
j him. He was a stranger to me and was
dressed in plain homespun, and his face
| was partially screened by a broad brim
med sombrero which was drawn over it.
jHe was a small but powerfully made
individual, and in the decided, firm ex-
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ELBERTOX, GEORGIA, MAY 3, 1876,
pression of his well shaped bead I read
an unusual degree of in tensitj of purpose
•‘Are you Daniel Sturdivant, the gam
bler ?” he asked in a calm tone, without
rising. Sturdivant flushed darkly, and
gave the stranger a dark glance. “Some
persons call me so behind my back,” he
said insolently, “but no one would care
t.) apply that term to me before my
face ” “Nevertheless,” said the strang
er, quietly, “I want an answer—yes or
no.” “Well, then, lam ” said the gam
bler, angrily; “what of it 1 ?” “Simply
this,” replied the stranger, “I have
heard it said that you claim to be the
best card player in the Southwest, and
I’ve come 200 miles to prove you a liar.”
Sturdivant strode forward a step i r
two, and thrust his hand into his breast
as ii to grasp a weapon
“Stop,” said the stranger; “if you
shoot me you will simply and conclusive
ly prove yourself afraid of me. Take
your seat at the table and I'll make my
words good.’
There was something in the calm,
stern manner of the stranger that seem
ed to render the gambler po A’erless. He
hesitated a moment, and then said bully
ingly, “ I never play with a man whose
face I cannot see.”
“Never mind my face,” said the stran
ger ; “if you are not afraid of losing
you shall see it when I am done with
you.”
“But how do I know that you have
money for that sport ?” persisted Stur j
divant; “you look seedy enough, my fine
fellow.”
“There,” said the stranger, “I have ten |
thousand dollars; if you can win it you
shall do so.”
With an oath Sturdivant placed him
self at tbs table and bade his challenger
to do likewise. Those of us who had lis
tened to this singular dialogue, now
gathered around the table, expecting to
see a scene of me ro than usual interest.
The stranger had not raised his hat
brim, aad none of us had seen his lace ;
but we all felt fror • his general air and
manner that Daniel Sturdivant had at
last met bis match. It did not take long
to show ns that the stranger was an un
usually good player, and for an hour or
more the playing went on in silence.
The stakes were high and t.he contest
was marked with rare skill. Sturdivant
exerted himself as he had never before,
but in spite of all his efforts he lost
heavily, and by the expiration of the
time mentioned above he had lust about j
two thousand dollars. I noticed the flush j
upon his cheek deepened, a strange light
come into his eyes, and at last with an
exclamation of triumph he dtew to
wards him the heap of no es. “That
was well done,” said the stranger ; “you
are an expert at cheating, but go on, I
can beat you whether you play openly
or dishonestly.”
Sturdivant said nothing, but dealt the j
cards again. The hand was played anu j
Sturdiuaut was about to seize the stakes j
when the stranger laid down a card and j
checked him.
The gambler uttered a sharp cry and J
sat motionless with his eyes fixed on the
card, a worn and faded ace of hearts,
with a dark stain across the face. Stur
divant’s face worked conclusively as be
gazed at it, and the spectators gathered
more closely around the two, wondering
at the strange scene.
“In God’s name, who are you?” asked
Sturdivant, with his eyes still fixed on
the card.
“Look at me,” said the stranger quiet
ly, and as if powerless to resist, Sturdi- ■
vant raised his eyes to the speaker. The |
stranger had raised his hat and sat look- |
ing at the trembling man with eyes that j
fairly blazed with fury. Sturdivant ut
tered a groan and sank back in his chair,
with his face white and rigid. The
stranger with one sweep gathered the
money from the table and thrust it into
his bosom.
“The ace of hearts ps an unlucky card
for you, Daniel Sturdivant,” he said
coolly. “You played it once when you
thought it to yourjad vantage. Now, God
help you ; for that play is ended.”
As he spoke he raised a pistol which
we had not seen, and before we could
stop him, aimed it deliberately at the
trembling man and fired. The gambler j
fell heavily upon the table a corpse , and
the bright blood streamed over it, hiding
the fatal card from sight.
“Gentlemen,” said the stranger, rising
to his feet as we stood paralyzed with
horror at the dreadful scene, “that man
ruined my wife and tried to murder me.
I have been hunting him ten years.” He
walked slowly by us down the stairway
lto the lower deck, and just then the
steamer touched at a landing, and he
sprang ashore and vanished in the dark
woods.
i I never learned the history of the mys-
I terious affair, for the dead gambler was
I beyond questioning, and I never saw
the stranger again ; but l shall net for
j get the impression made upon mo at
| that time.
A few years ago yon could sit up and
talk philosophy all night; but now if
you stay after one or two o'clock in the
morning the old people begin to pound
on the floor up stairs for you to go. Wo
don't mini it ourselves, but we can’t
help feeling for the girls.
The king of Burmah is to have a
journal. He will be the proprietor him
self, and in the prospectus he says that
all his subjects who do net subscribe
will be instantly killed. His induce
ments are even more powerful than a gift
chromo.
01 BAR BORGIA.
Almost absolutely bad as Caesar Bor
gia seems to have been, he was one of
the most graceful, cultured, and attract
ive men of his time. His manners were
perfection, his voice so sweet, his face so
handsome, his ways so winning that
he captivate men’s wills and women’s
affections.
A cardinal of the papal court who had
been his bitterest foe granted him an in
terview at his urgent solicitation. At
the end thereof the prelate admitted his
prejudice, and that Caesar was one of the
purest and noblest gentlemen in Rome.
The next evening he went to sup at the
Borgia palace, and the persuasive prince
pressed an envenomed ring into bis hand
as he bade him good night. It was
scarce an abrasion of the skin, but a
month after, the cardinal was laid in the.
crypt of the ancient cathedral, and the
host was as suave—and as pure—as
ever.
A patron of science and letters not
less than a poisoner and assasin, he quo- i
ted the “Divina Com media,” and lived ■
the “Decameroneexplained the “Vita
Nuova” in the morning end poniarded
his friends in the afternoon ; discussed
Plato to-day and imitated Aretino on
the morrow. He is Macchiavelli’s
“Prince,” the pattern despot, whom the
misunderstood author intended should
serve as much for warning as for exam
ple Brave as he after whom lie was
named, graceful as Augustus, cruel as
Caligula, false as Nero, pitiless"as Corn
modus, serene as Antoninus, scholarly
as Maecenas, he was such a bundle of op
posites that he appears to have been a
character extracted from the Volume of
the Impossible.—[Junius Henri Browne,
in Harper’s Magazine for May.
A bill to amend tliejaws relating to sil
ver coin.
Be it enacted, etc., That there shall be
coined at the mints of the Unite T,States
a silver dollar of the weight of 412 and
8-lOth grains troy of standard silver,
the emblems, devices and inscriptions
of which shall conform to those pre
scribed by law for the gold and silver
coin of the United States, with such
modifications • thereof as may bo neces
sary to render the said dollar readily
distinguishable from the trade dollar,
and in tho coinage and delivery thereof
the same deviations from standard
weight and fineness shall be allowed as
are presented by law for tho trade dol
lar, and the said dollar herein antlior
tWd shall be a legal tender at its nomi
nal value for any amount not exceeding
twenty dollars in any one payment, ex
cept for customs due, and interest on
the public debt, and the trade dollar
shall not hereafter boa legal tender.
Section 2. That the Secretary of
the’Treasury is hereby authorized to
exchange the silver dollars herein au
thorized, for an equal amount of United
States notes, which shall be retired and
cancelled, and not be again replaced by
other notes, and all United States notes
redeemed under this jact shall be held
to be a part of the sinking fund pro
vided for by existing law, the interest to
be computed thereon as in cage of bonds
redeemed under the acts relating to the
sinking found.
Section 3. Any issue of silver bullion
may 'deposit the same at the mints, to
be taken at its market value, as ascer
tained and publicly announced from
time to time by the director of the mint,
with the approval of the Secretary of
the Treasury, and to be paid for either
in silver dollars, or with gold coin, or
United States notes or bullion, for the
coinage of said silver dollars, may be
procured in the mode provided for as to
other silver coins by Section 3526 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States,
and tho gain and wastage to be account
ed for as provided in said section.
A RUSTIC COURTSHIP.
I hitched my cher close to hern an’
shet my eyes an’ sed:
“Sal, you’re the very gal I've bin hank
erin’ arter fur a long time. I luv you all
over, from the soul of your foot to the
lied of your crown, an’ I don't keer who
knows it; an’ ef you say so, we ll be
jined in the holy bonds of padlock.
Epluribus onions, gloria Monday morn
ing, sick temper tartantula, non compi
mentus, world without end,” sez I, an’ I
felt as tho’ I had thro wed like an alliga
tor, I felt so relieved.
With that she fetched a scream, an’
arter awhile she sed :
“Peter!”
“What is it, Sally?”
“Yes,” sed she, hiding her face in her
apron.
You may depend upon it, I felt orfnl
geod.
“Glory! glory !” sez I, “I must holler,
Sal, or I’ll burst wide open. Hooray !
hooray! I can jump over a ten rail
fence ; I can do anything a fellow could
or ort to do.”
"With this, I sorter sloshed myself
down beside her and clinched the bar
gain with a kiss Talk about your su
gar, talk about your molasses, talk about
your nito-blooming serious, they warnt
nowhere; you couldn't have got me ni’
’em ; they would have tasted sour alter
that.”
“Q broomstraws with lasses on ’em !
Ef Sal’s old daddy hadn’t bawled out
so loud: “It’s time all honest people
waz in bed,” I do really believe I’d stayed
all nite.
There is nothing original in a money
market report. It is too full of quota
tions.
VoLV.-No. 1.
WHAT COUNTRY PAPERS DO,
I An exchange combats with consideia
i ble vigor the argument that the city
i weeklies are cheaper and better than the
| country papers because they give more
columns of reading for the money. Do
! the city papers, it asks, ever give any
; home news ? Never. Do they ever say
anything in regard to your own county ?
j Nothing. Do they contain notices for
| your schools, churches, meetings, im
provements, and hundreds of other
| county matters of interest which your
home papers publish without pay? Not
lan item. Do they ever say a word cal
i oulated to draw attention to your county
j and its towns, and aid in their progress
! and enterprise ? Not a word. And yet
there are men who take contracted views
of this matter, that unless they are get
ting as many square inches of reading
matter in their own paper as they do in
a city paper, they think they are not
getting the worth of their money. It
reminds us of the person who took the
largest pair of boots in the box, because
they cost the sauio as a pair much small
er that fit him.
♦ ♦
A Deceiver. —lt was at the second
battle of Bull Run that a cannon ball
carried off a poor soldier’s leg.
“Carry me to the rear!” he cried,
to a tall companion, who had been
fighting by his side—-“my leg’s shot
off.”
The comrade caught the wounded
soldier up, and as he was about to put
him across his shoulders, another can
non ball carried, away the poor fellow’s
head. Ills friend however, in the cun
fusion, did not notice this, but proceeded
with his burden towards the rear.
“What are you carrying that thing
fer ?” cried an officer.
“Thing ?” returned he. “Its a man
with his leg shot off.”
Why, ha hasn’t any head !’’cried the
officer.
The soldier ’looked at his load, and
for the first time saw that what the of
ficer said was true. Throwing down
tlio body, he thundered out:
“Confound him ! he told me it was his
leg!’’
♦
Contemptible. —ln an intelligent, pros
perous and progressive community, it
looks mean and contemptible for a busi
ness man, mercantile, mechanical or pro
fessional, to try to advertise his business
by written notices Sometimes these
fellows get so stingy that they try to
print their advertisements on a pine
board with a stencil plate or in some
such way hope to catch a stray penny.
They ought not to be patronized and
don’t deserve success. Asa general
thing their goods are shoddy and their
prices exorbitant. Let good people con
sult the newspapers if they want to know
from whom to buy and whom to trust.
Real advertisers are men of sen c, who
consult their own interests by communi
eating with the people through tlio col
umns of the newspapers—the only just
and legitimate channel for advertising.
[Abbeville Medium.
Urbanitiiis of Travel. —As the train
stopped for ten minutes, and that in
dividual who goes along tapping the
wheel with his hammer was passing rap
idly by the smoking car, one of the win
dows was hoisted and a torrent of tobac
co spit was c jected which completely
deluged him. The machinist paused
for a moment, and, wiping some of the
stream from his person, said to the offen
der:
“Mister, what part of the country did
you come from?”
“Me!” said the spitter, puckering his
lips for another expectoration, “I came
from Kanas.”
“I thought so,” said the machinist,
“for if you had lived in Massachusetts
or Connecticut they would have bad a
water wheel in your mouth long ago.
An Italian organ grinder played upon
his organ yesterday in the middle of one
of the up town streets. And he held in
his mouth a pendent pipe which he softly
smoked as he gently played. And while
playing and smoking he stood gazing up
dreamily into the deep blue skies. And
the sound of his music and the fragrance
of his pipe and the placidity of the skies
lulled his spirit till he stood there, with
shining face, fixed m revery. And he
forgot to hold out the hat, forgot to look
up at the'windows, forgot even himself,
till by and by the braying of a donkey
not far off brought his mind back to tho
solid and current realities of this hard
old world. His revery was over, his or
gan played out, his pipe dry, and ho
moved on.
The following recipe is recomended
to give a gloss to cuffs and collars: Add
to about five pints of water a very small
quanitty of powdered’ borax, a small
piece of sugar, and a bit of white wax
the size of a hazel nut, and heat suffi
ciently to molt all the ingredients.
Pour this mixture into a quarter of a
pound of starch that has prevously been
well kneaded and worked over in a little
water, stirring continually until the
whole is as thick as is convenient for
application. Should you wish to make
the linen very stiff, tho strength of the
starch may be increased two or three
fold. Of course you must have clean
polishing irons, and know how to use
1 them. This is something which many
j servants neglect, and we have often
found irons in a very dirty state, dusty,
I and covered with soot and stains. No
j ono can have clean linen under such
j circumstances.
THE SAFE BURGLARY ?
A Romance of "Washington Life Under Re
publican Rule.
A great deal has been made public
lately about the safe burglary at Wash
ington. Our readers may not remember
all the circumstances connected with it.
They are interesting. They arc dramatic.
Hundreds of dramas have popularly held
the stage that have not, in fact, had half
the dramatic material in them that tlio
safe burglary had and has.
Washington has become a handsome
city. It has been made so by vast out
lays of the people’s money and the skill
ful manipulations of a ring. So much
money was expended and so many men
became suddenly rich there, that the
I people cried out “Stop thief!” and
| “Fraud!” This was four or five years
I ago. A Congressional Committee was
! appointed to inquire into the frauds and
| Mr. Columbus Alexander gave aid and
| comfort in ferreting out the thieves.
The members of the ring were indignant
! at the energy of Mr. Alexander, particu
-1 larly as by bis advice tlio books of tlio
ring were produced, but they were not
i the books in which the cost of the city
i improvements was truthfully entered.
I They were sham books, with all tlio cn
-1 tries cooked up to pull tlio wool over tho
eyes of the committee. Mr. Alexander
understood this and his denunciation of
the attempt of the ring to cover up their
frauds by another fraud determined tho
ling to get rid of him by tho shortest
cut possible. They concluded to send
him to the penitentiary.
The plan was simple, and it wasjthis :
A man went to Mr. Alexander and told
him that (lie genuine books wore in tho
iron safe of Mr. Harrington, District
Attorney, and that if lie would “come
down handsomely,'’ they would break
open the safe and deliver tho books to
him. Mr. Alexander declined. Safe
blowing was not in his line. Tlio ring
had mistaken their man. Being rascals
themselves, it was, perhaps, natural that
they should measure his corn by their
own bushel. They tried him on another
track. The same man again called on
Mr. Alexander to inform him that a cer
tain night the genuine books would be
delivered to him. Tlio ring had engaged
two professional burglars to “crack tho
crib,” and tho plot was so arranged that
these (1 ieves should break into Harring
ton’s office, blow open the safe, take out
the books, go to Mr. Alexander s house,
ling the bell and deliver the books to
him at the door, at which moment,
policemen, who had been watching the
burglars should pounce on Mr. Alexan
der and catch him in flagrante delicti!,
with the stolen property in his hands.
Quite an ingenious plan ;|[and now let
us see how it worked. According to in
structions, the “cracksmen,” who had
been employed by United States detec
tives to play this little game, blew open
the safe, carried off the books—followed
by the policemen—but unfortunately,
and to some extent amusingly, tlioy for
got the number of Mr. Alexander s house.
They were in a muddle. Burns has
told us that (lie affairs of men and [mice
“oft gang agloe.” This was the case
with the imported burglars. Tim af
fair of (he books was very much aglee.
The thieves passed the house, and were
wandering up and .down confusedly,,
and were actually about to pull the bell
of the wrong house, when the police
men, who were watching them, had to
direct them. They pulled Mr. Alexan
der’s bell but as it was midnight and
nobody was expecting them, nobody
awoke out of a first sound sleep, bo
finding nobody coming to fall into tlicir
little trap, a,consultation was had be
tween the sliam policemen and tlio
burglars, and They all separated and
went about their business. A most
ignoble ending of what was intended to
hoist’Mr. Alexander into the penitentia
ry and reinstate the Washington ring in
tho confidence of the District tax-pay•
ers.
Washington was greatly excited next
day by the accounts of District-A ttorncy
Harrington’s safe being blown open and
the extraction of the books, and lauda
bly desperate attempts were made to
fasten the'guilt of the transaction upon
the persecutors of the ring. That was
what {Mr. Boss Shepherd andjhis friends
called such men as Mr. Alexander.
But this was too thin, it was transpa
rent. and Mr. Harrington, the virtuous
District Attorney, was indicted through
the efforts of Mr. Alexander. It was
found difficult, however, to prosecute
Harrington to the extent of a'conviction,
for ho had powerful friends, so powerful
indeed, that they included inmates of
the W Lite House. Gen. Babcock, and
the President s secretary, was his friend,
and so was Gov. Boss Shepherd; and
so, in short, was everybody who had
fed himself fat on the stealings from
the improvements of Washington city.
Suddenly Mr. A. G. Riddle, the assis
tant attorney general, to whom had been
confided the prosecution of tho vir
tuous Harrington, was relieved of his
office of prosecuting attorney, without
reason, and the case against Harring
ton virtually fell to the ground.
The people, however, were so Con
fident ot Harrington’s guilt that the ring
had to get rid of him, and the poor,
persecuted young man returned home,
the disconsolate hero of tho biggest
safe blowing exploit on record.
The case is now before another con
gressional committee and the civil
authorities, and it is safe to say that the
safe case will be thoroughly ventilated.
Col. Whitely, who was chief of the de
tective crops in Washington at the time
of Harrington’s affair with tho burglars,
has been under a cloud for some time.
They have traced to him a connection
with this burglary. He has qualms of
conscience, and besides ho wants a full
release for certain past offences. He
is squealing on his old pals. He says
Babcock was a pal. Ho says that Bab
; cock proposed the safe burglary to him,
and referred him to the virtuous Har
rington for further instructions in the
matter. This is only the beginning of
the squeal, and now what do you think
ofthe drama of “The Safe Blowers o£
Washington,” as far as you ve got ?