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ATT ORNEY S 'AT L A.W,
ELBERTON, GA.
TT7ILL PRACTICE IN THE COURTS OF
YY the Northern Circuit and Franklin county
attention given to collections.
.3. S. BARNETT,
ATTORN E Y AT LAW,
HLBERTOH, GA.
JOHN T. OSBORN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
ELBEKION, GA.
WILL PRACTICE IN SUPERIOR COURTS
and Supreme Court. Prompt attention
to tlit collection of claims. nevlßly
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ATTO R N E Y AT L AW,
ATLANTA, GA,
OPACTICES in the united states CIR
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Hupreme and Superior Courts of the State.
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& CO-,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
ELBERTON CJA.
WILD attend to tlio business of effectinfr
sales and purchases of REAL ESTATE
ns Agents, on REASONABLE TERMS.
Applications should, be made to T. J.
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any oilier manufactory.
G joci Buggies, warranted, - to SIBO
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Makes a specialty of
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ELBBRTGR; GA.
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I will be prepared to do all work in my line
as cheap as any good workman can afford. Con
tracts respectfully solicited.
Shop on the west side of and near the
Jail,
Coffins Made to Order.
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HOUSE 4 SIGN PAINTER
Glazier and Grainer,
ELBERTON, GA.
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THE GAZETTE.
New Series.
A SINGULAR ADVENTURE.
A. great number of persons who knew
the celebrated Dr. Burton, have often
heard him narrate the following anec
dote :
One day he had procured the bodies
of two criminals who had been hung, for
the purpose of anatomy ; not being able
to'lied the key of the dissecting room,
he ordered them to be placed in an
apartment contiguous to liis becl-room.
During the evening he read and wrote
late. The clock had just struck one,
when all at once a dull sound proceeded
from the room containing the bodies, and
the doctor went to see what could be the
cause of the unexpected noise. What
was his astonishment, or rather horror,
on discovering that the sack which con
tained the bodies was torn asunder, and
that one of them was sitting upright in
the corner!
Poor Dr. Burton, at this unexpected
apparition, became transfixed with ter
ror, which was increasing by observing
the dead and sunken eyes of the corpse
fixed upon him, whichever way he mov
ed. The doctor, more dead than alive,
began a quick retreat, without, howev
er, losing sight of the object of his ter
ror. But the spectre had risen and fol
lowed him ; his strength fails, the candle
falls from his hand, and he is now in
complete darkness.
The good doctor has, however, gain
ed his apartment, and thrown himself
on his bed ; but the fearful spectre has
followed him ; it has caught him, and
seizes his feet with both hands. At
this climax of terror the' doctor loudly
exclaimed,
“Whoever you are, leave me!”
At this the spectre let go his hold,
and moaned feebly these words :
“Pity, good hangman ! have pity on
me 1”
The doctor now discovered the mys
tei-y, and regained, little by little, bis
composure. He explained to the criroi
nal, who bad so narrowly escaped death,
who be was, and prepared to call up
some of his family.
“Do you, then, wish to destroy me ?”
exclaimed the criminal. “If I am discov
ered, my adventure will become public,
and I shall be brought to the scaffold
again. In the name of humanity save
me from death !’’
The good doctor then roso and pro
cured a light. He muffled his unex
pected visitor in an old dressing gown,
and having made him take some re
storing cordial, desired to know what
crimed had brought him to the scaf
fold.
He was hanged for high treason.
The good doctor did not well know
what means to employ to save the poor
creature. He could not keep him in
his house, and to turn him out would bo
to expose him to certain death. The
only way, then, was to get him into the
countiy ; so having made him dress
himself in some old clothes which the
kind doctor selected from his wardrobe,
he left town early, accompanied by his
protege, whom be represented as an as
sistant.
When they had got into the open
country, the wretched creature threw
himself at the feet of his benefactor and
liberator, to whom he swore eternal
gratitude ; and the generous doctor hav
ing relieved his wants by a small sum
of money, the grateful creature left him,
with many blessings and prayers for his
happiness
About twelve years after this occur
rence, Dr. Burton had occasion to visit
Amsterdam. Having gone, one day, to
the bank, ho was accosted by a well
dressed man—one who had been point
ed out to him as one of the most opu
lent merchants of the city. The mer
ehanr asked him politely if he were not
Dr. Burton of London: and on his an
swering in the affirmative, pressed him
to dine at his house, which invitation
the worthy doctor accepted. On arriv
ing at the worthy merchant’s house, he
was shown into an elegant apartment,
where a most charming woman and
two lovely children welcomed him in
the most friendly manner, which re
ception surprised him the more com
ing from persons he had never before
met.
After dinner, the merchant, having
taken him into bis counting house, seiz
ed his hand, and having pressed it with
friendly warmth, said:
“Do you not recollect me?”
“No,” said the doctor.
“Well, then, I remember you well,
and your features will never be obliter
ated from my memory, for to you I o ve
my life. Do you not remember the poor
fellow who was hanged on a charge of
conspiring for the dethronement of the
King—for high treason, in fact. On
leaving yon, I went to Holland. Y\ lut
ing- a good hand, and being also a good
accountant, I soon obtained a situation
as clerk in a merchant's office. My
good conduct and zeal soon gained me
the confidence of my employer, and the
affections of his daughter. When he
retired from business I succeeded him,
and became his son-in law; but without
you, without your care, without your
generous assistance, I should not have
lived to enjoy so much happiness. Gen
erous man! consider, henceforth, my
house, my fortune, and myself, as whol
ly yours.”
The kind doctor was even affected to
tears ; and bo tli these happy beings par
ticipated in the most delightful expres
sion of their feelings, which were soon
shared by the merchant’s interesting
family, who came to join tbm.
ESTABLISHBD 1859..
ELBERTOR, GEOMGIA, MAT 17, 1876.
A PATRIOTIC! REPLY.
Kit Warren thus replies to a printed
notice that a letter was in the P. 0. Do
partment addressed to him and needing
a stamp :
Leesburg, Oct. 28th, 1875.
Hon. E. W. Barber, Washington, D. C
My Dear Sir : Your kind favor of the
21st awakened emotions of gratitude
long dormant in a bosom congealed by
frigid influences of a cold world. As for
the letter, I don’t want it. It probably
contains a “dun” from some greedy and
impatient creditor, who has trusted such
as I until he is too poor to buy a stamp.
Don't send it, don't. I need money—a
great many things—but I positively do
not need any more duns. They have
been my visitors, companions and asso
ciates for years, I am tired of such socie
ty. But sir, you did not know that the
letter would be unacceptable to me.
You were actuated by pure, noble, gen
erous intentions ; you were designing to
do me an unselfish and purely disinter
ested favor, and your conduct has gone
home to my heart. Your action in this
matter presents a picture worthy the ge
nious of a Hogarth. Hero was I—there
were you. Ia desolated, isolated, de
bilitated and attenuated specimen of
penury and obscurty. You, sir, an ef
ficial! in exalted position, turning aside
from the glories of your station, retiring
from the giddy whirl, the pomp, the glit
ter and grandeur of Washington society
—all for the benevolent purpose of do
ing a favor to one who is, socially,
scarcely more than a “remote circum
stance.”
Worthy, patriotic, philanthropic, hu
mane man ! my heart swells up with ad
miration and thankfulness, utterly in
commensurable, when I dwell upon your
conduct. But, sir, while Ido not want the
letter, I cannot refrain from sending
you the stamp. I enclose it sir, as a
peace-offering, as a token of my person
al and centennial regards. It is design
ed as a figurative shaking of my hand at
you over the bloody chasm.
Sir, up to tho time of this interesting
and affecting incident, I confess I have
been a mild and moderate Democrat.
But oh, how deep was the darkness in
which like Homer, “sightless cyclops,”
I groped and blundered on. Little did
I know, that under the present political
auspices, not a human sparrow was al
lowed to fall without receiving the af
fectionate and paternal watch care of
the government; little did I dream that
while I slept in “my little bed,” the
humblest of the humble, the great usd
illiut.iou3 of the nation were watching
(perhaps) all tiie officers and bureaus,
anxious for au opportunity to favor me.
Sir, my pen languishes under the task
of giving expression to my feelings, and
I must cease to write ; but “till life’s
dream be over,” the memory of your
beneficence, and this occasion will
“Like the mellow rays of the selling sun,
.Sink sadly but sweetly on my soul.”
I learn the railroad combination de
cline selling tickets to the centennial on
a credit, so I will not be there. I beg
of you, the favor to present in my be
half on that great occasion the following
toast:
“Ulysses S. Grant. Great and illus
trious chieftain, who magnanimously de
dined to accept the tendered sword of
the beloved Southern leader, R. E Lee.
Ulysses S. Grant, the ex-President and
tho prox-President of the United States
Long may he smoke.”
In conclusion permit me to observe
that I sincerely hope your existence may
be crowned with rich end unceasing
blessings, and that you may carry
through this life no heavier burden than
the -weight of your nose and two big
toes.
With tho greatest respect I subscribe
myself your obedient and very humble
servant and sincere friend.
Kittrell J. Warren.
P. S—My mother-in-law wishes to
know if you are any kin to the Barbers
who used to live in North Carolina ?
She says they were all clever folks.
Very kindly, K. J. W.
THE; CANDIDATES.
A correspondent of the Boston Her
ald, thus speaks of Presidential candi
dates and their wealth : “On the Demo
eratic side, if the nomination he of one
of the five principal candidates, a poor
man whl not be taken. Tildeu is prob
ably the wealthiest of the live. He is
put down at $4,000,000 or $5,000,000.
Judge Davis is the possessor of more
than $1,000,000, and Thurman is very
rich. Bayard is well-to do, although
not a millionaire. Hancock has some
property, it is said. Of the Republi
cans who are prominent candidates,
Morton is said to be the poorest, and
Blaine is undoubtedly the richest of all.
Conkling is possessed of something over
SIOO,OOO, part of which he, like Blaine,
lias made in railroad speculations. He
is also largely paid by several wealthy
corporations. Bristow and Hayes are
both well off. The) former has proba
bly SIOO,OOO, and his wife has received
a legacy of $150,000 within a year.
Hayes is richer than Bristow. It is
doubtful whether Mr. Wheeler, of New
York, is much richer than Morton.”
A woman in Folsom, California had
a troublesome tooth extracted recently,
and found a sprouted coriander seed in
the cavity to have been the cause of her
suffering.
Young women should set good exam
ples for the young men are always fol
lowing them.
A BABOON MOTHER.
A woman belonging to a settlement
lof about 150 souls went one day to
gather some wood, and left her child
on the ground to take care of itself.—
While the ‘mother was gone a female
baboon appea? ed on the scene, and,
espying theachild, approached and began
to fondle it. tbe child was allowed to
partake of the baboon’s milk, which de
prived it ox any appetite for its moth
er's. When the mother returned she
| noticed that the child was carefully
I covered over with leaves and had lost
| its hunger. This was done for several
j days before the mother ascertained who
! performed the unthankful act. When
; the mother did find out the doer she
‘ induced the men of her tribe to lie in
; wait for the baboon the next da y. The
animal noticed the men raise their
weapons to fire, and began to wave her
hand, or paw, as if asking them not to
kill her and, at the same time, pointed
to a yotm one at her breast. But the
natives killed her. No sooner had they
done so, however, than the male baboon
put in his appearance, and, by a loud
shout, summoned others of his tribe to
the spot. Then, in a body, the ani
mals attacked the natives and forced
them to fl.se to their huts for safety
One of the baboons tracked them to
their settlement, and the next day they
were visited by about .590 baboons, who
assaulted them with coccanuts and
compelled them to run away from their
homes. The animals kept a watch
over the huts for several day's and pre
vented the natives from returning to
their dwellings—Mr. Hazoly’s African
Lectures.
DRIHKINGr£EROM A LADY'S SHOE.
About a century ago it was no nncorn
mon practice on the part of fast men to
drink bumpers to the health of a lady
out of her shoe. The Earl of York, in
an amusing paper in the Connoisseur,
relates an incident of this kind, and to
carry the compliment still further, lie
states that the shoe was ordered to be
dressed and served for supper. "The
cook set himself seriouley to work upon
it, he pulled the uper (which was of fine
damask) into line shreds, and tossed
them up in a ragout, minced the soles,
fried them in batter, and placed them
round the dish for garnish. The com
pany testified theif affection for the lady
by eating heartily of the exquisite itn
prompiu. Within the last score of years,
the " "ter .van* present at a dinner of
Irish squires, when the health of a
beautififi -girl, whose foot was as pretty
as her face, was drunk in champagne
from one of her satin shoes which an
admirer of the lady had contrived to
obtain possesion of.
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A BREAM SAVES A MAN’S LIPE.
A singular fulfillment of a dream oc
curred at Nevada City recently. The
wife o#Mr. Scott, one of the owners of
the Last Chance mine, had a dream on
the night previous that her husband was
killed by having his head struck by a
rock in the mine, and when tho signal
w r as given that a blast was to be fired,
be and Mr. Foote, both of whom were
holding tho hydraulic nozzle, retired to
a distance of 250 feet. But for some
reason Scott became uneasy, and tried
to get Foote to go still further away,
concealing himself behind a tree, instead
of standing beside Foote, as usual.
When the blast went off a flying stone
struck Foote on the bead, killing him
instantly. Mr. Scott is firmly convinc
ed that if he had not remembered bis
wife's dream and got behind the tree he
w T ould have been the man killed by the
stone.
ISH DAT ALL.
Two Dutch farmers at Ivinderhook,
whose farms were adjacent, were out
in their respective fields, when one
heard an unusually loud hallooing in
the direction of a gap in a high stone
wall and ran with all speed to tho
place, and the following brief conversa
tion ensued:
“Shon, vat ish de matter ?” “Vel !
den,” says Shon, “I vas trying to climb i
on to top of dish high stbone vail, and j
I vail off, and all to sthone vail tumble j
dwon unto me and has broken one of j
mine legs off and both of mine arms,
smashed my ribs in and desepig stbones j
are lying on de top of mine body.” t
“Ish dat all 1” says the other ; “vy you
hollow so loud I tot you got tootache.”
Wen you see a town nigger gwine
rouu’ wid a string uv pullets try in’ for
sell’em,” said an old country darkey to
a crowd of his acquaintances in the
“Macon passenger depot the other day,
you jes’ go right long’n fix him a saft
place in de chain-gang, an’ tell de cala
boose fer tei* make room at de
table fer anew boa’der. He gwine lan'
dar fo’ de week’s done. Dey ain't no
merkills dese clays fer ter keep him
out.”
Air editor is described as a man who is
liable to crying babies, grammatical
blunders, tooth ache, typographical
errors and laps of memory, and has
25,000 people watching to catch him
tripping—a man of many sorrows, and
acquainted with grief; poorly paid,
poorly estimated, yet envied by many,
and depised, perhaps by some of the
great men he has made.
The Rev. Mr. Kendrick, of Columbus,
is said by the Columbus papers to be a
deserter from tbe Confederate army.
Vol. V.-.JSTo. 3.
CHASED BY A SAW-LOG.
A Canadian who was engaged on the
brow of a hill, near Pittsfield, Mass.,
iu cutting timber and rolling it to the
bottom, endeavored to manipulate a
log for a safe descent, but discovered
that it was getting the better of him.
He wax on the under side, and it would
not do to “let it slide,” so he screamed
for help. Hut no help carna His
strength was surely and rapidly fail
ing, and there was nothing to do but
to run for it ; and run he did'—-a fearful
race. The natural philosophers say that
a log gains in rapidity as it descends.
It is otherwise with human legs on a
run, even when, as in this case, the
descent is steep and icy. There was
no turning out, and the log gained with
terrible rapidity on the frightened Ca
nuck, and was now just on his heels,
when luckily he spied a hollow in his
path, into which he popped with a
bound, Tint had barely time to huddle
himself into his hole, when crash !
crash! the log thundered over him,
i and left him safe, but about the most
| badly scared man that ever hallooed.
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BACK JAY.
Some years ago a certain Detroiter
settled a debt by giving -his note of
hand. The holder tried for two years
to collect it, and then filed it away.
The other day ho had anjopportunity to
work it off on an innocent party, and
shortly after so doing he encountered
the maker oi the note and said :
“Now you’ll have to come to time!
I’ve sold that note of yours ?”
“You don’t say so ?”
“Yes, I have ; got it off on a man for
seven dollars.”
“See here, Tom,” said the debtor in a
pleading voice, “if you got seven dollars
for that forty dollar note against me,
and you won’t give me at least two dol
lars, I’ll never do another favor for you
in my life.”
A polite Kentucky editor thus sums up
the peculiarities of another knight of the
quill and scissors. “He is too lazy to
earn a meal, and too mean to enjoy one.
He was never generous but once, and
that was when he gave the itch to an
apprentice boy. So much for his good
ness of heart. Of his industry the pub
lie may better judge, when wo state that
the only day he lias ever worked was the
day be mistook castor oil for honey.”
A man who shows no defect is a fool
or a hypocrite we should mistrust.
There are defects so b .mid to the fine
qualities that they announce them—de
feets which it is well not to correct.
Cheerfulness is always to be kept up, if
a man is out of pain ; but mirth to a
prudent man should always be acciden
tal.
A darkey in attempting to cross a
hatchway fell through, and his head
struck a large lump of coal, breaking
it into pieces. Looking up, he saw
his employer, and fearing, he had done
something wrong, exclaimed, sorrow
fully.
“Golly, massa, I’se really sorry I broke
dat coal!”
Two men employed at one of our
hardware stones, were recently engaged
in putting up a stove for a lady. Du
ring a heavy lift one of them told the
other to spit on his hands, when both
were nonplussed by the lady hastily
exclaiming: “Oh, don’t do that; hero is
a spittoon.”
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Although the sub-tr as try at St. Louis
has been paying out silver very freely
for the last few days, yet it does not
circulate. Those who have it cling to it
as something more valuable than frac
tional currency, and the result is a
gradual disappearance of small change.
The silver coins will not circulate until
their novelty wears off.
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A certain servant maid was left hand
ed. Placing the knives and forks upon
the dinner table in the same awkward
fashion, her master observed that she
had placed them left-handed. “Ah, true
indeed, sir, and so I have—would you
be pleased to help me turn the table "!”
A colored preacher down South took
for his text the words: “Though after
my skin worms destroy this body, yet
in my flesh I shall see God,” which he
divided into three parts, as follows :
First, skin-worms; second, what they
done ; third, what the man seen afteiGxe
was eat up ”
“My deal - ,” said a fond husband to his
wife, where would you go should I fail
in business 1” “Where I always go
when I can, love,” was the answer, “into
the anus-house,” and so saying, the
wife hid her blushes in the embi’ace of
her husband.
The happiness which a man feels at
seeing his wife after a protracted sepa
ration can only be balanced by' the joy
ous emotions that rush over him upon
discovering a paper of chewing tobacco
in an old coat pocket that he didn’t
know anything about.
> *
The elopement of a man with his
motlierin-law is reported from Lansing,
Michigan. Tims does anew danger
threaten connubial happiness.
“How one thing brings up another !”
said a lady, absorbed in pleasing retro
spection. “Yes,” replied tho practical
Dobbs ; “an emetic, for instance.”
ERRORS IN PRINTING,
Probably one of the worst businesses
under the sun is that of a printer. His
every deed seeks tbe light of day.
Those of the lawyer lie in dark boxes
and between musty sholves; the doctor
places his indifferent handiwork in tho
earth ; the tradesman has but his cus
tomer to please, and in satisfying him
his work is ended. But the printer—
every ignoramus spells over the work of
the printer. Fellows who would find it
impossible to put twenty letters togeth
er gia mnaiic illy will poii t out with gloe
a f mlt in his work ; indeed it is usu; lly
this class of individuals who make it a
point of finding out every little discrep
ancy. Did the public know the thou
sands of different characters, different
letters, and atoms comprised in a prin
ter’s everyday life ; did they but know
the variety of altogether foreign subjects
ho has got to set up, read, correct and
revise every day, they would wonder
how lie kept out of the lunatic asylum.
But practice makes perfect, and constant
friction has rubbed off all the rough
edges from the character of the man of
letters ; nothing takes effect upon him %
he can view errors of tho most frightful
description with calmness. After all
what is an error, grammatical or other
wise 1 Simply so many types out of
place, that is all, and quite enough ; but
not enough to upset the equanimity of
the printer.
An instance of remarkable heroism
was displayed on the lino of one of the
railroads near Cincinnati a few days ago*
As the train was approaching the city,
those on the engine saw a young woman
jump on the track, evidently with the
purpose of committing suicide. The en
gineer hardly had time to sound tho
whistle, when ho saw another young wo
man spring to the rescue of the would
be suicide, and drag her from the track.
The two disappeared behind tho bridge,
but in an instant the first young woman
was again on the track, this time with
the engine almost upon her. Tho en
gineer was utterly powerless to save her.
He nervously sounded the whistle, and
saw the other young girl spring in tho
jaws of death, as it seemed, clasping hex*
companion around the waist, and draw
her off the track at the very last mo
ment. As the engine rushed along, tho
few spectators of the terrible sccno
caught sight of a picture not soon to be
foi’gotten. The saved girl was still firm
ly held by her companion, nndwith both
bands to her face, was swaying backward
and forward in the agony of uncontrol
lable grief.
Foreign journals publish a romantic
story of an Arab girl who has] been a
leader in their combats with the Turks.
The girl was the daughter of a chief,
and was married to ,a warrior of her
tribe, who was murdered by tho Turks.
The young widow made a vow tonvongo
his death upon the soldiers of the Pa
dislnih. The Emir, touched by tho
prayers and tears of his child, cal’o l upon
the tribe, the whole of the Bedouin,
horsemen of tho Beni Kawas rising in
consequence against the domination of
the Padishah. The daughter of the
Emir, armed like the men, and carrying
the banner, like Joan of Arc, was al
ways foremost in their attacks upon the
enemy, closely followed by her father,
the Emir, her brothers, and tho remain
der of the horsemen. The Turkish gov
ernment has set a price on her head, in
order to capture her and and stop the
slaughter of the soldiers. The Ara
bian poets have made the heroine tho
subject of their songs, and she is now
the most famous personage in the dis
trict of Beder.
Hands that Were Equal.— lt occurred
last night. Perkins discarded one and
drew. Tomlins did tho same. Both
looked at their hands disappointedly,
and then gazed sadly at each other.
The chips represented twenty-five cents
each. “Go you ono on what I’ve got,”
said Perk, contemptuously. “Raise you
a couple on this lay out,” said Tomlins
with a sneer. “Might as well see your
couple and go you five more,” said Per •
kins in a reckless, don’t care sort of a
way. “Won’t be bluffed if Ido havo
hard luck,” said Tomlins; “raise you
ten.” That touches bottom,” said Perk,
wearily. “I call. What have you got?”
“Well, my reckless friend,” said Tom
lins with a smile, “I happen to have an
ace-high flush,” and he threw down the
papers. “So have I,” drawled Perk,
with an uneasy affectation of noneha
lance. Then they compared, and each
had ace, king, ten, nine, and four —Tom-
lins of spades, Perkins of diamonds.
“Don’t happen onco in a thousand
years,” exclaimed the former. “Not in
a million,” sighed the latter.
Show us a man who can quit the
society of tho young and take pleasure
in listening 'to the kindly voice of tho
old ; show- us a man who is always ready
to pity and help the deformed; show us
a man that covers tho faults of others
with a mantle of charity; show us a man
that bows as politely and gives the
street as freely to the poor sewing girl
as t) tho millionaire ; show us a man who
abhors tho libertine, who scorns tho
ridiculer of his mother’s sex and the
exposure of womanly reputations ; show
us a man who never forgets for a minute
the delicacy and tho respect duo a
woman, as a woman, in any condition or
c ] ass —and you show us a true gentle
man.
4,gg4 ■
The story of an unsuccessful attempt
of John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Mr.
Lincoln during the inauguration ceremo
nies in 1805, is now for the first timo
told in print. It is rather remarkable
that the occurrence has hitherto escaped
publication.
The Senate of the United States has
passed a resolution providing that dur
ing the impeachment trial ono of tho
Senate galleries shall bo occupied by no
other persons than tho families of Con
gressmen
That rain of felsh in Kentucky was a
regular meateoric shower.