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Newspaper Page TextTHE MON & RECORDER, Is Published Weekly in Milledgeville, Ga., BY BARNES & MOORE. Terms.—One dollar and fifty cents a year in advance. Six months foy seventy-live cents.— Two dollars a year if not paid in advance. The services of Col. .1 ames M. Smythe, are en gaged as General Assistant. v . The “FEDERAL UNIOX” and thc“SODTHEK» RECORDER'* were consolidated, August the Union being in its Forty-Third \olume ai the Recorderin itsFifty-Third Volume. LEGAL ADVEETISEMENTS, sales of Land, Ac., by Administrators. Execu tors or Guardians, arc required by law to be held on the firs) Tuesday in the monta. between the hour® of 10 in the forenoon and •* in the after- no on! at the Court House in t he courtyJr. wlUch tlie nr«>Dcrty situated. Notice »rt.iese saie?» must be P Riven in a public gazette 30 dayspre- «.j ( it]o t(» t lie day of sale. Notices for the sale of personal property must ne giVen in like manner to days previous to sale Notice to the debtors and creditors ofancstatc must be published40days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land, Ac. must be published fur one month. Citations for letters of Administration, Guardianship. Ac.. mu*t be published 30 days— for dismission from Administration monthly 3 months—for dismission from Guardianship 40 days. Publications will always be eon tinned According to these tlie lcg.il requirements, unless other wise ordered. Transient.—One Dollar per square <u ten lines for first Insertion, and fifty cents lor each subse quent continuance. Liberal discount on t hese on advertisements runnin longer. Tributes of Respect. Ite-i Obituaries ex* ceding six it:: office and Communic tions tit, charge I as transient ad Volume LY [Federal Union Established In 1829. Ls Southern Recorder 1819." f Consolidated 1872. Milledgeville, Ga.. April 21, 1885. Number 41. W.T. CONN & CO.’S, COLUMN. will t>e allowed •ee morftlis, or ns by Societies, oiuiiiations for idividual bene- The Milledgevili Or MILLED! II A General Ranking It L.K.Cal Banking Co. LLE. (rA. 1 i n sorted. Directors.- II. E. Hendrix, Callaway, T. L Milli'ilgovilli', Wit . t. <: i. .AM vy, President. denman, 1 lashler. ,!.il, i). E. Sanford, indenniaii. L. N. i!>, 0. M. Wright. >t. ist, vi. my Spectacles an-’ F.ye-Glasses. WE OFFER Special Bargains which JOSEPH MILL ER lias the large-L and ed stocks **l "King’s cles ami Eye Glasses gia. We have stmli of every' eye requirin, our large stock and guarantee to lit the them in prices r.m.rii »1()SEP} Tile .1* Mllieilg* villi'. ti l., iii:it: t selcct- tSpec ta in tlie .State of Gcor- i to suppl y i lie need r assi.- time, and with expei ienee, we eve * till and See g fr. nil 25. • to S3.00. { MILLER, ■>-ier and Optician, p. in. i“sr>. :ti tf GEO. E. WATSON, BROKER IN Grain, Provisions, —and— GENERAL MERUIT \NDISE. Standard Fertilisers! Agent of The Strongest Jjife Insurance Compa- in tlie world, the oldest Tire Insur ance Company in tin' world, and a good Storm Insurance < 'ompany Milledgevili. —in- 500 Hart els Feb. 10th, D- ;-2 3m SUCH STATEKEHTS AS THIS * CARRY WEIGHT! Mr. Bonner lives in Macon and no one ls bettor known than In*. Strangeis can rely upon the statement, lie makes: In August, 1881, it was discovered that my soil’s wife was in the last stages of consumption. She was coughing inces- saiitly and at times would disidiarge quan tities or [ms from her lungs, could not sleep or retain anything on li“r stomach, and we thought it only a question of time when life would be compelled to give way to tln> fell destroyer. Alt* r all other rem edies failed, we got Brewer’s Lung Restorer, and began it in very small doses, as she was very weak. She soou began to im prove; continued tlie remedy and was re sum'd to life and health, ami is fipelay better than she has ever been before. I regard her restoration as nearly a miracle, for which she is indebted to Brewer’s Lung Restorer. K. W. BONNER, Macon, Ga. Brewer’s Lung Restorer is a purely vegetable preparation, containing no opium, morphine,bro mide or other poisonous substance. LAMAR, RANKIN & LAMAR. Macon, Georgia. March 17th. 1885. U D" Sim cus MOUTH WASH and DENTIFRICE 4H (/ l'//<lrs tuu! AH Stzf Ptfcl'tfii'fs! Tiiis Flour the recent lii** Rates and we as long as tlie ltn', but come take us lou*. Flour. was bought before advance in Freight will give bargains lot lasts. Don't de- at once, as it don’t to sell 500 bbls. of Cures Weeding Throat, GUaii>.s th fiaed »*!id roeovnn. i oared l»v !' ;>. .1. ♦* . (iti. ForlSaloby Aug. Sill, 1884. Month, Sore ' r< ; idinsr dentists. l*rc- ;tud dentists. 4 1Y. PRATT’S Aromatic Geneva Gin Cl’R KS Ii I SK AS E I> K IDNE Y S. When it is taken into eonsid- cration that Gin is the only ppirit possessing a medicinal quality other than a stimulant, a pure article is required. PRATT’S Aromatic Geneva Gin is a pure Gem va(Sw!ss)GIn, r«'- (listHled with selected hurhu laves, fresh Italian juniper her res, gentian root, &e. It will !*• found an Invaluable remedy ami certain • ure for l>i iulit*H Disease. St« •:»<» in Bladder, and nil inflammation of the K i d «c* y sand Uriuar y Organs, JAMES E. IHOliliIS. Sole Agent, 163 CHA31BEU3 JST., NEW YORK. E. A. 1>AYXE, L°atltnfr Dnurerist and Sole Agent for the sale of Pratt’s Aro matic Genkva Gin at Milledgeville. Ga. Feb, 3d, 1885. 30 0m LANDRETH’S GARDEN SEED. Fresli and of all varieties. For sale at E. A. BAYNE’S Drug Store. Milledgeville. Ga., ton. 20, >85, 43 ly FULL STOCK. Prescriptions carefully com pounded at all hours, at E. A. BAYNE’S Drug Store. Milledgeville, Ga., May G, 1884. 43 ly Lumber! Lumber! T HE undersigned, has erected a saw-mill on the East side of the river about : miles front town and is now ready to fill all orders for Linker el Every Description. I will either deliver lumber or sell at the mill and promise to give satisfaction both in prices and quality of lumber. Orders left at tiie store of J. N. Leonard win receive prompt attention. K. N. ENNIS, Jr. Milledgeville, Ga.. April 141 It, 'So. 4U 3m ME HAVE, ALSO, LARGE LOT SYRUPS! Al tout one hundred barrels, which avc will sell AT PRICES WHICH WILL ASTONISH YOU! Our Stock Of Everything in the Grocery Line, Is Large, and buying as we do, from first hands, enables us to sell at LdOic Prices l Wo are able to report trade very satisfactory, our sales being much larger than previous years. Come and see us, or send your orders. We guarantee satisfac tion. W.T. CONN & CO.. Wholesale and Retail Grocers, Milledgeville, Ga. March 24th, 1885. 27 lv Landreth’s Garden Seed. Fresh and of all Varieties. For sale at E. A. BAYNE’S Drug Store. Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 20th, 1885. 43 ly The White Sewing Machine IS KING! So simple a child can use it. For sale by Miss S. E. BEARDEN. Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 2d, 1885. 30 tr Legal blanks for sale at this office. General Nowe. Ex-President Davis's health is niuc-li improved. Fish was found guilty and is liable to sentence from 5 to 10 years imprison ment on each count. The.Ameer is in for war and orders an immediate advance of troops in Afghanistan. The full-blooded Indians are siding with Kiel, the half breed, in the north western part of Canada. Grant is not the only republican in bad health the whole party is in a sinking condition. The Prince and Princes of Wales have given a grand ball in Dublin. The era of good feeling has not been much advanced thereby. L< indon, 3 p m.—Wheat up. Wheat has risen here 4d. per quarter. At Glasgow Hour and wheat are 3s. dear er and the market is firm. The Grant family is said to be annoyed by the discussion in the news papers as to where lie shall be buried. It is shameful and cruel and gives just cause for complaint. * It is stated that General Henry R. Jackson is in precisely the same con dition that General Lawton is, having had his disabilities removed by Presi dent Johnson, hut he was confirmed by the Senate. Gen. Barillas, who succeeds to the Presidency of Guatemala by tlie death of Barrios, is a man of wealth and conservatism, and will probably not continue the war of conquest, nor insist upon a distasteful union of the Republics. It is well settled that love cannot exist without jealousy, and that a jealous person cannot he happy. Therefore if a young man has a real tender heart and gets a small salary lie ought to make some cheap board inghouse a charming old bachelor. We can't spare the space to go into all the particulars of the difficulties be tween the British and Russians. We will notice however the essentials in the controversy hoping that the war may lie averted. Years ago we advo cated the formation of a congress of nations for the settlement of questions involving the dangers of war. Chris tianity and the gospel of love seems to have no weight with the Christian nations of the earth. They ravage and slaughter each other as savagely ■ the heathen. Southern Snow in April. Petersburg, Va.. April 10, 11 a. m.—A heavy snow storm set in early this morning and snow is still falling pidlv. Snow was preceded by rain. A Terrible Tragedy in a Ten nessee Lunatic Asylum.—Nash- vii BE, April 8.—Early this morning. L. K. Eldridge, a patient in the in- ane asylum from Overton county, uudenly seized the floor mop and struck Everett B. Buchanan, attend ant of the ward in which Eldridge roomed, crushing in his skull and fa tally injuring him. The infuriated lunatic next attacked Thos. G. Layton, a feeble epileptic patient, aged twen ty-eight years, crushing his skull. He then attacked another patient, when in attendant from an adjoining ward rushed in and secured him. Both Buchanan and Layton died in a few lours. Elridge is only twenty years of age. How Aleck Stephens Circuit.” ‘Rode the The next week after his admission to the bar the court sat in Wilkes. The lawyer must at least make a show of riding the circuit. How shall he nanage to do so? The animal that figured in his Gilpin ride suggests too many reflections connected with the instability of human affairs and the precarious tenure of human life. He oultl walk to Washington, but that would not be “riding the circuit.” After due reflection he concludes to walk to his uncle's, a distance of about ten miles, carrying his saddle bags on his shoulders, and then borrow a liorse. Of this walk he writes: ‘■Starting about dusk, a long, dreary, lonely and dark walk I had, well calculated to fill me with proper feelings of my humble condition and lepress my already low spirits. However, I was superior to circum- iances, and with more fatigue than mental depression I reached my destined place at eleven o'clock at night.” The horse obtained, all the rest f the journey was easy, and it w r as only necessary that he should re move the somewhat too suggestive marks and stains of pedestrian travel before entering Washington. For this there was a remedy. He had worn on the journey a suit of coarse strong material called . “ever lasting.'' Just outside the town he sought a sequestered spot, and exchanging his “everlasting” for habiliments of clean white cotton, the young barrister was prepared to enter the town, a cavalier without fear and without reproach on the score of his personal appearance. But a single day at court was all that the state of his purse or his wardrobe would allow; so having gone up on Tuesday, he returns on Wednesday, making the whole journey home on horseback, calling at his Uncle Grier's to take “Jack" behind him to Craw- fordsviUeto carry the horse back.”— Life of Alexander H. Stephens.—Even ing News. The Cauliflower of the Sansamome. [Will Yischer in Denver Opinion.] 1 met a number of characters in Sil ver, among them a mild-eyed, pleas ant-faced fellow who wore a Grand Army badge, a huge gray mustache anil the manner of a diffident country boy. Once, when some wild-eyed shoo ter was spoiled for a mark,this .mild- mannered man held up one of his fin gers, and it was promptly shot off, and afterwards picked up and preservedin alcohol as a good joke. Some clown in a circus will probably get it next century. At a place on the railroad, west of Denting, one night when the train had stopped for supper, this mild-mannered man saw a party of dudes at the ticket-office inquiring how they could see a real live cow-boy. The agent told them to go right across the street to a saloon and they would see cow-boys in all their glory. The vent uresome dudes started. The mild-mannered man was there ahead of them, and while they were peering in, watching the broad-hatted, booted, spurred and gun-laden vaqueros swal lowing torchlight processions, the mild-mannered man burst out with a remark to tlie effect that he was the Cauliflower of the Sansamome and that he waded in gore. At the same he began emptying his revolvers among the heels of the re treating dudes, who were quickly safe in their parlor car, with the blinds pulled down, and panting, horror- stricken, under seats and other availa ble hiding-places. Since that this mild-mannered man has been known as “tlie Cauliflower of the Sansa mome,” and I don’t know any other name for liirn. Not h Trace. Dr. D. F. Penington, D. D. S.. 536 West Fayette street, Baltimore, Mary land, states that he has personally used the Red Star Cough Cure and in his family, and has found it a prompt and sure remedy for coughs and colds. No bad results of other cough reme dies. Not a trace of opium or mor phine. Reminiscences of Old Milledgeville. No. 2. BENNETT THE GAMBLER. j But of all his tricks, stratagems j and wiles, to cheat and defraud the unwary, his speculative transaction ! in New York city, was certainly his chef-d’ceuvre. He had accumulated quite a large amount of money, which together with all that he could borrow, amounted to no inconsiderable sum. Upon his arrival in the city, with a view of immediately commencing business, lie sought out the principal gambling establishments with which that modern Babel is blessed. It should be noted here, that Bennett possessed the by no means common faculty of telling instantly at sight, a genuine diamond, front a spurious one without having to take any time to examine it. In a gorgeous apartment of one of those magnificent palaces of hell, Bennett's quick and discriminating eye detected a splendid paste diamond pin in the shirt front of one of the gentlemen of "pleasure'’ worih proba bly not more than four or five dollars. Bennett immediately determined to ‘‘lay’’ for him. As soon ns his intend ed dupe was at leisure, Bennett cas ually remarked to him, that he had it magnificent diamond pin. in which opinion, he of the magnificent pin, readily concurred, adding that he thought it was hard to beat. “What will you take for it?” asked Bennett. “Couldn’t think of parting with it." replied the sport. “I’ll give you five hundred dollars for it." continued Bennett. “Pshaw,” said the other, “this pin cost me a thousand cash.” “Well. 1 haven't got but five hun dred to spare,” said the meek and in nocent Bennett. So the conversation ended: Bennett moving off to another part of the room. The New York sharp thought that he had caught a sucker, and determined that before Bennett left that house, he would have his five hundred dollars; and pretty soon sought him out in the crowd with a view to that end. It would be too tedious to give the whole conversation, even if I knew it, but suffice it to say. that a bargain was struck. Bennett buying tlie pin for five hundred dollars, knowing full well at the time its true value. A few days thereafter Bennett again made his .appearance in the gambling sa loon, with the pin blazing in his shirt- front. The vender of the pin was there, and as Bennett perceived him winking and making signs to his con freres, he calmly remarked, “I see you awinking and ablinking. You think that this is not a genuine diamond pin. Well, if you are satis fied with the trade I am; I know that these are real diamonds. You thought that you were selling me paste dia monds, but I am a judge of diamonds, can tell 'em the moment my eyes light on 'em. This pin is worth double the money I paid you for it.'’ After a great deal of disputing in which the New York man disclaimed any intention of cheating him, and that the diamonds in the pin were real as represented to be, Bennett contending that he knew better; that he would not have sold the pin to him so cheap if he, the New Yorker, had not believed that they were only paste; and after Bennett had given him ev ery assurance that he would not come back upon him for his money the New York sport confessed that the diamonds were paste. “I’ll bet you what you dare,’ said Bennett pointing to the pin in his bosom, “that these are genuine.” To make a long story short a large wager was immediately made, not only by the vender of the pin, but many of his companions taking an interest in the bet. They immediate ly departed for the store of the princi pal jeweller in the city, to whom they had previously mutually agreed the decision of the matter should he left. The jeweller examihedthe pin in Ben nett's shirt front, and pronounced the diamonds genuine, and Bennett rak ed in the pile. The explanation of his success is simple. The day after he bought the pin from the gamester, he proceeded to a jeweller and got him to extract the paste diamonds, and insert genuine ones in lieu there of. But Bennett was bv no means done with the sharp New Yorker. After a few days he returned to his saloon, and told him that he was a brother “sport” himself, and that as he had won a considerable amount from him he didn’t want to be too hard on a brother “sport’’ and there fore he might have the pin which he sold him, back for what he had sold it for. The New York man jumped at the bargain. He handed over five hundred dollars, whereupon the pin was transferred from Bennett's shirt front to that of the other. Bennett immediately took his leave. A lit tle while after a stranger came in and after the merits of the'weather had been fully discussed and settled and a little more casual conversation indul ged in, the stranger asked “the man with the diamond pin’’ where such a pin as that could be bought. “I’ll sell you this one,” said the gamester. “For how much?” asked the stran ger, running his hand into his pocket and fumbling for some change. “One thousand dollars." was the re ply- “One thousand dollars! exclaimed the stranger in surprise. “Yes, one thousand.” “Why” continued the stranger “it is only paste.” “No”, said the other, “its a genuine diamond pin and has been so pronoun ced by the first jeweller of the city.” “Well let me see it.” Upon it be ing handed to him the stranger exam ined it long and critically. "It: is paste,” he said, handing it back. “Would you like to bet on it ?” said the owner. “Yes"’, responded the stranger “I'll bet it is paste." “How much?” asked the gambler. “As much as you like,” replied the stranger. A large bet was again made. Its decision was referred to the second jeweller in the city the chief jeweller having already pronounced upon it. He decided that the brilliants were only paste. By consent it was referred to two or three more with a like de cision. The stranger won the bet. After it was paid the New Yorker carried the pin to the chief jeweller who had before pronounced the stones genuine. Upon examination the jeweller informed him that the stones were paste and not the ones he had previously passed upon. The trick was now but too transpa rent. The day after winning the bet. Bennett had returned to the jeweller, and had the genuine diamonds ex tracted, and the original paste stones reinserted. Tlie stranger was Ben nett's confederate. He had sent him there well supplied with money to make the bet. But why could not Bennett have been prosecuted for selling the New Yorker a paste pin for a diamond one ? Because he did not: The words of the bargain were, “I will eel! vou the pin, that you sold me", simplv this and nothing more. Reveille Grim. Washington Letter. From Onr Regular Correspondent. Washington, April 13th, 1885. I do not think it exaggeration to say that many of the Government offices in Washington have accomplished more work in tlie last month than was accomplished in any two months of the preceding year. I say many of the offices, for some of them have not done much for the reason that there is not much for them to do. A large number of the offices, owing to the negligence, idleness, and incom petence of the clerks. are far behind with tlieir work. This is especially the case with the Patent. Pension, and Land offices, but within the last month wonderful progress has been made, and it is probable that the vex ations and unnecessary delays that have driven applicants for patents and pensions to despair will be suffered no longer. From the president down to his last appointment, the personel of the ad ministration is capable of hard work, and it has evidently this object in view, more than pleasure, emolument, or fame. The cabinet of the new pres ident are not men with itching palms. They are all men of sufficient wealth, or men to whom their wealth is suffi cient. So it is with the recent bureau appointees, a gentleman whose fortune is not less than $150,000 was last week appointed to an office in one of the departments, the salary of which is only $3,000. He did not need the of fice'. but the office needed him. Heretofore the staples of recom mendation for office have been pover ty, ami patriotism. ‘He needs the of fice, he has a large family, and he was a good soldier.’ No question as to fit ness was considered, and the civil ser vice has been made an elegant and lucrative asylum for incompetent dis abled soldiers, and dishonest republi can politicians. It is needless to say that this is a perversion of the object of government offices, which have for their end the transaction of the pos tal. military, naval, and financial busi ness of the entire country. The Unit ed States pension and bounty laws have paid with a lavishness unparall- ed in history for the service which ev ery man owes to his country, and it is time this false philanthropy and senti mental statesmanship of appointing men to offices they do not need and are not competent to fill, should end. There are a great many office seek ers in the city at present. The old crowd that come here on or about the fourth of March is pretty well thinned out. Some of them linger because they cannot borrow money to get home. But a new crowd has come in the last two weeks. Their disappoint ment and chagrin on learning the sit uation of affairs is picturesque. All applicants are handed a copy of the civil service law, and a blank applica tion for examination. The President does not consider any appointments for small offices and none will be made until after the first of July. The new administration seems more anxious just now to empty than to fill offices, and each week results in the discharge of a number of those who have been kept on the'government payrolls, al though they have rendered no legiti mate service. If the discharge of this class shall be made thorough and ex haustive. literal millions will be saved annually, and the morals of the ser vice will lie greatly improved. The daily routine at the White House involves an immense amount of work. And although President Cleveland is relieved of much work by his Secretary, Col. Lamont, yet a great quantity has to receive his personal attention. The President is ready for work at eight o'clock in the morning, and is usually busy until midnight. About ten o’clock he begins the peru sal of such letters as require his spe cial attention. The great bulk of the letters sent to the president marked “personal - ’ and “confidential," is nev er seen by him. They are from all sorts of people and on all sorts of sub jects. Many of them are of a charac ter that would seem to entitle the writer to a place in the lunatic asylum. It is not uncommon for these writers to send ten and twenty page letters, and some of them enclose their photo graphs. These letters are carefully culled and placed on the eccentric file and not more than eight or ten letters per day receive the special attention of the president. Judge Lawson on Farm Labor. In his charge to the jury Monday morning, at this place. Judge Lawson spoke as follows on a subject that is of interest and importance to every farm er—the subject being that of contracts for farm labor: “I am requested to call your atten tion to illegal interference with labor contracts— a hurtful and unneighbor- ly practice which prevails, as I am in formed, in some parts of the county. For want of information I am unable to give you the names of the persons accused of it. But such practice should not be encouraged by omission of the grand jury. It is well known that a- mong planters the labor contracts are made at the first of the year, and Jlmt till business arrangements are made, and all expenses and operations for the ensuing year are calculated with reference to the number of laborers then employed. It is also well known that many of the laborers in the coun ty have had defective training in re gard to the binding obligations of con tracts, and are easily seduced from them by more flattering promises of wages. Much damage may therefore be done to our farming community, especially to the provident, thrifty and energetic part of it, if unlawful interference with such contracts is tol erated. Power to punish such unlaw ful interference is conferred in the courts in the following section of the code: If any person by himself or agent shall be guilty of employing the ser vant of another, under a written con tract which shall be attested by one or more witnesses, during the term which he, she or they may be employ ed, knowing flint such a servant was so employed, and that his term of ser vice had not expired : or if any person or persons shall entice, persuade or decov any servant to leave the em ployer, either by offering higher wa- ges[ or in any other way. whatever, during the term of service, knowing that said servant was so employed, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean or. &c. The term of service is not ended by the voluntary breach of the contract by the servant and his departure from the service of his employer. The con tract exists until the expiration of the specified time or until dissolved by the consent of the parties, or by operation of the law.”—Eat out on Messenger. Why tilt* Lucky Bay City Man Smiles. Encouraging to Smokers New York Herald: Is cancer in the mouth caused by smoking or the use of tobacco in any form? This ques tion was put by a reporter to Dr. Henry J. Bigelow, of Boston. Here is the doctor's reply: “Smoking is an occasional source of irritation, but the per centage of cases of cancer of the lip resulting from this cause is so small compared with that from other causes, often unassignable, that it is, to my mind, an argument of little weight against the use of tobacco. On the other hand, in the case of a patient who is ft Geo. A. Spear, who drew $75,000 in I the Louisiana State Lottery, has not changed, except that his face is be- 1 decked with smiles. Sudden wealth i has not elevated him. He said, “I will collect the money through the | banks, the same as I would a draft, sending the lottery ticket as a draft. I am clerking in the store, just as though nothing had happened." He received a New York Banker s sight draft for $74,850, in payment of his claim against The Louisiana State Lottery.—Bay City (Mich.) Tribune March 27. A few days ago Jim Webster was driving a, buggy rapidly down Austin avenue, when he knocked down and ran over old Uncle Mose. but, as if by a miracle, the old man was not injur ed in the least. “Look hear, Jim, you great smoker, smoking may have 1 had better he more keerful.” “I'se something to do with the disease.’’ gwine ter be. Uncle Mose, jest so soon This is the opinion of one of the us I has a buggy ob iny own ter drive, most distinguished surgeons in the Dis lieah turnout don't belong ter country. me.*’—Texas Siftings. THE STEWARD'S STORY. About twelve years ago, I was stew ard of the "Dryad". Robert Harrison, commander. She was a fine, fast, lit tle ship of four hundred and fifty tons, and bound from Shanghai to London, with a cargo of tea and silk. A Clyde- huilt ship, called the "Planet," a great favorite ia the trade, completed her loading at the same time that we did. so we sailed together anil passed through tlie Straits of Surnla in com pany. Now. you must know, that to bring the first of the season's teas into mar ket. was then, and is now. a very great object, and of course there is a consid erable rivalry among the first ships loaded. Moreover, part of our cargo was on account of the owner of tlie ship, which made Captain Harrison doubly anxious to make a rapid passage. I do not know whether he understood he was to re ceive a present in case the "Dryad" should lie the first ship in London, though that is likely enough; but 1 do know that he had made a bet of five-and-twenty pounds with tlie Cap tain of the "1‘iauet", for 1 heard the bet made one day when oldSandilands was taking tiffin on hoard our ship. Well, we parted company off Java Head, and you may depend that there was not much rest for the officers and crew of either ship front that time for ward at least. 1 know that there was none on board our ship. Our skipper carried on her very hard, day and night the same ; indeed, he would he on deck at all hours of the night, not that he need have been afraid of eith er of the mates taking in canvas be fore they were absolutely compelled ; for though they were perhaps not so much concerned personally in the matter of a smart passage as he was, yet they seemed to consider it for the credit cif the ship that she should beat the “Planet," and carried sail as hard as was safe, and occasionally a good deal harder than was pleasant. Early the next morning the cry of “sail ho” was heard from up in the main top. “where, away ! cried out Captain Harrison. “Right abeam of us to leeward sir, !” answered the lad. "What do you make her out to be?” again sung out tlie captain. "Here, Mr. Monsell.” he continued, addressing the second mate, "tiiky your glass into the top, and see what she is like.’’ Up ran Monsell, and in less than a minute hailed the deck with, "She is a large dismasted ship, sir, water-logged, I think." At the rate we were going we drop ped her fast. Captain Harrison look ed much disturbed and walked the deck for a minute or two. Then tak ing his glass he said I can't see her, it must l>e only a fancy of Monsell. “Perhaps, said' he. if it is a ship in dis tress the “Planet" will fall in with her. She is abandoned 1 suppose. I can't put the ship's head round now, and beat up to windward to her for three or four hours, and then find, after all, that she does not require our assist ance. Perhaps the “Planet” may fall in with her to-morrow or next clay— ha ! ha !" This he said with a forced laugh, but neither of the mates seem ed disposed to join him in his merri ment. Indeed, our captain's behavior sur prised me a good deal; for though he was generally considered a taunt hand, and very strict in his notions of duty and discipline, no one on board had' ever regarded him as a cruel or bad-liearted mail. But, you under stand, the devil was at his elbow in two or three'shapes. He was anxious to bring in the first cargo at tea—he was anxious to do well for his owner— lie took a pride in tin* fast passage his ship was making, and then there was his confounded bet with Captain Sand- ilands of the “Planet”. Our shqi had been moving and took the sea in great style. It was too late now if the rolling ship needed our aid. Soon a heavy set the Dryad roll ing and tosssing. it seemed that dan ger was close at hand for us. The ship certainly went faster through tlie water, and held a better wind, but she careensd over, so that our lee chains tfere under water, and she trembled all over as the seas struck anil deluged her deck, fore and aft. Thus we kept carrying on all night, wearing ship about every two hours or so, ami mostly with all hands on deek. The Captain for a while covered his face with his hands. I heard him groan and brought him wine, but he touched it not. The men whispered that the captain was certainly not al together in his right mind. His con duct was certainly strange. He con stantly kept his glass in his hand. When'asked if he was looking for the Planet. “Planet! what Planet?” asked the poor man, in a bewildered way. It was not the “Planet" that he was looking for; it was the foundering ship, which would never see harbor more, that was constantly floating be fore his diseased imagination. Did he not fear, that on that day, “when the sea shall give up her dead, the lost crew would appear to plead against him before the great judgment-seat? His grief and remorse had fairly turned his brain. He now never at tempted to interfere in the navigation or working of the ship ; but the mates did not require his assistance in any way, nor did they trouble him at all, bevond occasionally consulting him, for form's sakt : they were both first- rate seamen, anil Mr. Gilbert, as be came his position as first officer, was a good navigator, almost as good, it was considered, as the captain himself. But a first mate in Gilbert's situation, with an incapable commander, is de- cidedlv in a false position ; he has all the responsibility- on his shoulders without being legally in charge of the S ^When we were somewhere about 36 degrees N. lat. it came on to blow verv heavilv from the west, and the weather was thick, with a good deal of rain. I know that this made Mr. Gilbert verv uneasy, for we were get ting close upon the Western Islands, and 1 hail heard him talking to Mr. Monsell about sighting them, and -taking a fresh departure.” But in the thick weather and strong westerly gales, there was nothing for it. he con sidered. but giving them a wide berth, anil he intended to keep well to wind ward of Flores. And this, I presume, he considered he had succeeded in do ing. for the night after I heard his conversation with Monsell, they both came down below together to look at the chart. They had not much op portunity to take observations, but I suppose 'Gilbert was satisfied that we had weathered the island, for after pricking off the ship on the chart, he decided on altering her course two points or so, rounding in the weather braces, and shaking a reef out of the topsaiis. That very night, just as the mate was turning in (for he liad not been in his berth during the last two nights, and now that his mind was at ease he resolved to have four hours’ sleep), the look-out on the fore castle shouted “Breakers ahead!” Mr. Gilbert was on deck in an in stant. and gave his orders promptly anil coolly. “Down with the helm*! raise tacks and sheets!" But it was too ltite ; the only difference was, that the ship went crashing broadside on to the reef, which Gilbert hail flattered himself he had weathered so cleverly. The ship continued beating very heavily, and the sea broke clean over her waist: but though there was not much shelter anywhere the quarter deck was comparatively secure, and there we all. officers and men, betook ourselves. As she lay with her deck towards the shore, she made a lee for us on that side, anil that, so far, was a fortunate circumstance. The moon rose at fourltells or there abouts, and afterwards I heard the skipper say, “Turn the hands up. Mr. | Monsell,—in stun'-sails!" Upon up jumped Mr. Gilbert with, “hat is the old man up to now?" He was on deek pretty sharply, and I could , hear him forward, singing out for ms j Then it was—“In maintop mast and j top gallant stuu'sails : fore top mast and lower stun'-sails; and then single reefs in the top-sails, fore and aft!” Then. “Hands by the braces !" and as the helm was put hard to port, the fore-sheet was dragged aft, the fore tack boarded, the yards were braced sharp up, and the ship hauled to the wind as close as she would lay. Then we knew what our Captain hail been thinking about, while he had been pacing the ileek so silently dur ing the last two or three hours; aiid I. for one, didn’t envv him his reflec tions. What he could have done a few hours before, very easily, he was going to do now, when it would not only be difficult, but would cause great loss of time into the bargain. Aye, anil what was worse, it would probably be too late. “My lads, the ship will nodoubt stick together until day break. If we can manage to hold on until then we shall have a betterchnnceof getting ashore. Be ready for lowering the boats as soon as daylight appears." Wine was ordered for the wet and shivering crew. We learned afterwards that our blue lights ami guns gave notice of our situation, but no help could be rendered us. The next morning the boats were lowered, anil the hands passed safelv over to the Island, leav ing Capt. rfarrison, Gilbert, and mv- self. “Now Gilbert, is your turn. I must be the last man on board, step over the side. Stedman, fetch me my glass; it lies in the companion-hatch.” I brought it to him, and he ordered me to get into tlie boat. As he followed me to the ship's bulwarks, 1, of course, obeyed him. never dreaming of any thing but that he would follow me. But when he saw that I was safe on board the boat, he called out, to the surprise of all, "Thirteen is an unlucky number, Gilbert; you are too deep as it is. I shall stay on board to take care of the ship. Give way, my lads!" Take care of tlie ship, indeed! Goil help him! The ship was breaking up fast, and the cargo was coming up alongside. As he spoke he east off the end of the painter where it was made fast fin board, and we were at onee swept twelve or fifteen feet from the wreck, and if we had not pulled the cutter's bow round should have been capsized instantly. We could not have returned to the ship now if we hail risked our lives to the utmost in attempting to do so. Had we been able to accomplish it we most certainly should have been compelled to use force to remove the captain. We saw him wave his hand to us, and walk deliberately tej the weather-quarter, where he crouched down, and, leveling his glass, looked out to windward. You see. although he was so cool in taking command when the ship struck, and arranging for the safety of the men, yet as soon as the first great excitement was over, his ideas went back to their former channel. He had no care now for his wrecked ship, for his good men in extreme danger, of even for his own life, fast dra ing to a close. No—no, his thoughts were fifteen hundred miles away, with a deserted ship and a lost crew, whom he would have ’ given his life to rescue, and for whom he would look until his last hour, and look in vain. My story is nearly told. Tlie second mate managed to beach his boat very cleverly, and well for us in the second cutter that he did so; for we were not so lucky. When we were within three boats' length of the shore, a heavy roller took the cutter under the counter and turned her over, sweeping us. along with the capsized boat, and half-drowned. Mo that if Monsell's crew anil the people on shore had not been on the look out for us, and ventured boldly into the surf to our assistance, we should inevitably have been carried back by the returning sea. and, in our injured andhelpless state, most probably have perished. But, thank God, we were rescued, though not without some casualties. Among other trifles, Mr. Gilbert dislocated his shoulder, and two of my ribs were broken. The Driad soon went to pieces arid when the next day we searched for the captain's body we fou ml he had lashed himself to the quarter deck bulwarks where we had last seen him. to await his doom. We dug bis grave and laid him down with all decency and respect; aye, and with sorrowing hearts too; for to us he had always behaved as a good and just man; if in the lamentable instance I have related he had “greatly erred, so also most bitterly had he repented.” We were cared for and treated kind ly, sent to Fayal, and were sent home to England by the English consul in a large steamer which called at that place. 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I resolved to try Hop Bitters; I have used seven bottles; the hardness has all gone from my liver, the swelling from my limbs, and it has worked a miracle in my case; otherwise I would have been now in my grave. J. W. Morey. Buffalo, Oct. 1, 1881. Poverty and Suffering. “I was dragged down with debt, poverty and suffering for years, caus ed by a sick family and large bills for doctoring. I was completely discouraged, until one vear ago, by the advice of my pas tor, 1 commenced using Hop Bitters, anil ip one month we were all well, and none of us have seen a sick day since, and I want to say to all P 00 ^ men, you can key) your families wen a year with Hop Bitters for less than one doctor's visit will cost, I know it. —A Workingman. WN'one genuine without a ’’“KjJjf Hops ou the white label. Shun all the t , poj onous stuff with -Hop” or “Hops in tnetr name. __ Covington will have a $1,000 town clock in the court house steeple. Men Think they know all about Mustang Lin iment. Few do. Not to know is not to have. April 31 et. 188o. 41 lrn HUMOROUS. During the earthquake in Memphis on the 27th, a woman ran up to a po lice officer on the street, and pleaded guilty to having stolen four yards of ribbons. After the excitement had passed she denied it. A country youth, who desired to know how to become rich, sent a quar ter in answer to an advertisement, and received the following valuable recipe : “Increase your receipts and decrease vour expenditures. Work eighteen hours a day, and live on hash and oat meal gruel.’’ A restless genius who went into a Quaker meeting and after bearing the decorous gravity as patiently as he could, for an hour or two, at last de clared he could not stand it any long er. “Why." said he, “its enough^ to tire the very d 1 out.” “Yea, friend," responded an elderly member of the congregation, “does thee not know that is exactly what we want?” A Difference op Opinion.—“You were asleep last night, weren’t you, my dear, when I came in?" he asked, “Yes, and it was a great blessing to you that I was asleep.” “1 hardly think,’’ he returned mild ly. “that it was a great blessing. It was owing to the fact that you were asleep that I escaped a great blessing.” Little Chickens Counting Eggs. —"May. ilia, how much of :i fortune have you got?’’ Mamma—My child, that isn't a sub ject for little people like you to con cern yourself about. Daughter—Oh, yes, ma, it is. There's a girl in my class that’s only seven, and she was telling me that she would be worth $50,000 when her pa, and ilia kick the bucket. An Editor in a Fist Fight.—The editor was on top and the friends of the respective parties were cheering on their favorite. The under man was dangerously gouging the upper one. “Take me off," cried tin* editor. "It would he a great loss to the coun try for me to lose my eves." “Well, you give up then," cried the friends of the under man. “Yes," said the edi tor, "not for my sake but the country’s sake."’ This patriotic sentiment was recognized all around anil the fight ended without the loss of the editor's eyes. Collecting Money for the Church.—The nets minister was re quested by one of the deacons to preach a sermon explaining certain needs of the church and to ask for generous contributions. “Certainly," he said. “Will a week from Sunday ilo?" ‘ Yes,’’ said the deacon. “Very well; I will make an an nouncement to that effect at the close of the morning service next Sunday.” “Oh, don’t do that,” protested tlio deacon. “Why not?" “Well, you don’t know this congre gation as well as I do; and if you should make such an announcement I’m afraid there might not be much of a turnout. We’ll just spring it on them.” Who She Was.—“Missy," asked the servant girl, “who iz dis slier Cleapatrum I hear you’ns reailin’ so much ’bout in ile papers?" “She was a Queen in ancient times,” answered the mistress. “What country iz dat place in?" “That’s noplace," answered the la dy. “I mean she was a Queen a long tune ago.” “Oh, yessum, I un'stanils; but wa’nt she a millintery ’oman, too?’’ “A what?” gasped the questioned one. “A millinterry "oman : one oh dese folks what meks dresses.” “No, of course not: what put such an idea into your head?” “‘Kase I bin bearin' you reailin’ an a talkin’ ’bout Cleapatrum's needle, till 1 jist arrival at de ’elusion dat she muz’ he one ob lie boss dressmakers,” answered the girl, after a short pause. Married. From the Waynesboro, Ga., Citizen. Justice P. D. Cox, was called on to perform the marriage ceremony which indissolubly hound in the bonds of matrimony, Thomas Cummings, !)7 years of age. and Marguerite —— col., aged about 40 years. < )nr justice felt the importance and solemnity of the occasion, and in the spirit and impulse of inspiration, improvised the follow ing beautiful and impressive ceremo ny, and which we commend to tlio other justices of the county for use in similar important occasions: “Tom will you take ’Ret, . Without any regret. To love anil to cherish, Till one of you perish And is laid under the sod ; So help you God?” To this Thomas assented with a “ya's sir.” The justice then proceed ed to complete the other half of the job as follows: “ Ret, will you take Tom, And cline to him long, Both out and in. Through thick anil thin : Holding him to your heart, Till death do you part?’’ The response was decisive, “sartin I will sar.” Then came the grand finale which tied the silken but case-hardened steel bands, and the justice proceeded witli the grace of action and dignity of de meanor which always marks liis every action to say: “Through life's alternate joy and strife, I noxv pronounce you man anil wife, Go up life’s hill till you get to the lev- el. And salute your bride, you rusty black devil.’” The pleasant occasion was over, anil as the newly married pair left imme diately on a wedding tour to “de cot ton patch,” a complacent smile over spread the lianiLsonie features of our justice, and he murmured in tones caught from the low, soft music of the JKolian harp, as he pocketed the fee, “I did that job up right, you bet.” “Rough on Coughs.’’ Aslc lor “Rough on Coughs.” for Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, Hoarseness. Troches, 15c. 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Georgia Historic Newspapers

Union and recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1872-1886, April 21, 1885, Image 1