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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1868.
SANTA CLADS.
On Christmas-eve, when the moon shone bright,
> T elly and Kate saw a wonderful sight
A When the fire had faded away;
a fuuny old man, with a pipe as funny, •
A flowing white beard, and a face so sunny
That it gave the pale moonlight a golden glow
And seemed to warm the glittering snow.
The funny old man was laden with toys,
And ho tossed them down without any noise,
* Till in beautiful heaps they toy.
Not a whit frightened were Nelly and Kate,
For they thought it a dream (it was so very late),
And they slept again, unaware.
The first crimson ray, when it came to tell
That Christmas had risen, and all was well,
Saw Nelly and Kitty among the rest.
Happy, and loving, and merry, and blest.
Taking their treasures from stockings and floor.
And thanking the giver a hundred tunes o’er—
But the ashes were gray and bare.
footprints in the snow.
story of a Christmas Eve.
BY- ANGELO J. LEWIS.
Before a cheerful fire, in the Jjest kitchen
,f a snug west-country cottage, sat two per
sons, a man and a woman, both advanced in
Jeark Ah around wore an air of homely
comfort. Of mere ornament there was little;
J„,t the furniture, though plain as could be,
bearing the marks of long service, was
^ood and solid; and its trim arrangement and
ipotiess cleanliness spoke well for the good
housekeeping of its owners. A square of
Hutch carpet, bound with crimson braid, was
..read upon the stone floor; and a glazed oak
l,ook-case displayed upoe the shelves a good
ie store of delf and ancient china. On the
ebinmeypiece a cuckoo-clock ticked merri
ly and in one comer of the room stood an
’ri-fashioned square piano, on which were
piled a considerable number of well-bound
books. Two or three old line engravings,
mostly of scriptural subjects, decorated the
«Us, and the lattice window was half liid-
jen by a crimson curtain The whole aspect
of the cottage betokened competence and
modest independence. Nor were the inmates
boiled by appearances, for few among the in
habitants of the village were more universal-
respected than David and Alary Holt. In
tie same cottage they had lived for thirty
rears, paying their way, and asking no favor
i,f any man: and for five-and-twenty of those
vears’David had been parish clerk and school
master, and in the estimation of the young
parishioners, little, if at all, inferior in dig-
uiiv to the parson himself. His wife, with
pojess respect, Avon more affection; for David
Holt was a stern and hard man, always just
but seldom generous; while Mary Avas ever
leader-hearted, with a kind word and smile
mr everybody. To her the school-children
nme in all their troubles, whether arising
from blow of cricket-ball or the perplexities
,;f the rule of three, and rarely failed to re
ceive some measure of consolation.
Such were the couple who sat, one Ckrist-
pvis Eve not very long ago, by the cosy cot-
fireside. A long clay-pipe, a real old-
litiiioned churchwarden, just put aside, lay
upon the snow-white deal table, and David
flolt was reading aloud from a ponderous
family Bible, while his good wife, her hands
Irwossed upou her knees, sat reverently listen
ing As befitted their solemn occupation,
Vue faces of both were grave and quiet, but-
that gravity seemed only to throw into stron
ger relief the characteristic expression of each
--David, square-headed and square-chested,
with massive jaw and chin, heavy overliang-
ias eyebrows, and deep-set keen gray eyes,
hard, proud, and unforgiving, the embodi
ment of stern, self-willed, and rugged-’pride;
the old woman, gentle and quiet, with, down-_
cast eyes, soft gray hair, and pleasant smiling
lips, that told of nothing but love and charity;
and yet. though t he faces were so unlike, a
keen observer might have detected an ele
inept of likeness. There are some events
happy those Avho have known none such)
which, coming into a human life, leaves be
hind them a shadow forever. It needed no sec
ond glance at these two persons to know that
- mie such event (some great sin, or shame,
or sorrow) had passed over their lives. But
as natures differ, so the scars left bythe fiery
trial differ too. In David Holt's face the
shadow bore the impress of humbled pride;
is Mary’s, that of Avounded affection. The
smile on the old Avoman’s lips, the kindly
smile that rested there from youth, and that
old age could not Avear aAvay, though sweet,
Vas sad as well; and the kind voice, that had
hi often spoken courage and cheer to others,
iud now a tone of weariness and ever-pres-
ent pain. The rugged nature of David, on the
. ;iier hand, seemed to have hardened under
tie rod; the liavd features had become harder,
tlie cold gray eye colder and sterner than
ever. Even now, while reading the sweet
Oiristmas idyl, the sweet story whose burden
i-the song of the angels, “Peace on earth,
goixt-wUl to men,” his harsk voice lost none
■ i its accustomed harshness, hut uttered the
sacred words defiantly, in tones suited rather
- so some tale of battle and violence, than to
the glad tidings of everlasting peace.
Slowly and steadily, never raising his eyes
from the sacred page, DaA'id Holt read on;
bat even above his loud harsh tones could be
heard the unmistakable sounds of a storm
raring without. The wind howled and roar
ed over the wild west-country moor, strain
ing against the cottage eaves, Avrestling with
door and casement, and piling heaps of snow
high against the lattice-windows. It was a
night in which no one, with a home to go to,
would -willingly have been out of doors; any
shelter, even the poorest and roughest, would
have been preferable to exposure to that piti
less storm; and yet, out in the cottage garden,
under the full fury of the bitter wind and
■hiving snow, a Avoman stood, bareheaded
and motionless, gazing through the lattice
with wild, longing, hungry eyes at the scene
within. After a little while she crept into
the porch, hut not to ask for shelter. One
. ktock at the door, as though dealt with a fee-
Ifcor timid hand, was heard; and then, wait-
ifljnot the result, she came, forth again and
jB swiftly, her long hair streaming in the
wind, toward-he open moor,
liter a moment or two the door opened,
'tight from Avithin casting a broad bright
hi into the outer darkness; and Alary Holt,
ting her eyes with her hand, peered forth
t the storm. She caught sight of the flying,
to, and calling to her husband, the two
td after it till it disappeared altogether in
^darkness. David was first to re-enter the
Ige, saying, as he did so, “Come in, Alis-
iconie in, will ’ee? It’s some foolish prank
Be o’ the village Avenches. She thought
gliten us, I reckon.” His Ayife turned to
v him, hut its she did so, stumbled
st a bundle lying at her feet. “She’s
ome’at behind her, then,” said the old
stooping to examine it, when a faint
has heard, and she started back an in-
then hastily snatching up the bundle,
d into the cottage. “Oh Davy, djd.’ee
“She is our own fieeh and blood, David,”
pleaded the oid woman, in an agony of tears.
i he Lord made her that, and bitter words
won t alter it. Oh! to think that she should
have been here, close by our door, and out in
fetehte^ackr Vy ’ WOn ' t y ° U ~ W0Il ’ t y0U
David sat silent, sullenly gazing into the
fire.
“Davy, you call yourself a Christian man.
ou wouldn’t
wq; it's a child!”' As she spoke, she laid
ieWrarden on the table,, and letting fall the
ftjtt woollen cloak in which it was wrapped,
ti Mosed a baby of three or four months old,
*me wide open eyes seemed to testify the
statist a i to how he got there. With mother-
•idastinc., the goodsoul took the child in her
Whs, pressing it to her bosom with murmurs
'Ceodearment. But David’s brow was black
* *fc*%ht. • “A pretty thing, the shameless jade,
I 55 l9cldle honest folks Avi’ her loye-brat; but
I ‘“find her out, I warrant—ay, that I-will, if
r * ®*f>sts me twenty pounds!”
■Way Davy, don’t ’ee be too hard on the
pfegsoul. There's.never a sin Avitbout sor-
**^aad she must have had a weary sight of
PjMhand misery before she'd be willing to
ith her child.”
d serve her right, a baggage! replied
sband. “If there’s law or justice in
tn* parish, I’ll have her in the stocks before
another week’s out."
‘Davy, Davy!” pleaded the good wife.
,?ure you’ve forgotten that it’s Christmas
i Te > and the good words you were reading
nut now. Oh! master, don’t be angiy over
much to-night.
David was about to make a stem rejpinder,
^hen his wife caught sight of a small locket
gold-and-blue enamel, which was hung
about the child’s neck by a ribbon. With a
my as if she had received a blow, she gasped,
Dh, David, David, look at this! It’s hers,
as Ally’s, our own child’s!"
A flash of indescribable emotion passed for
a moment over David Holt’s face, and lips
and eyelids quivered. But it was only for a
moment,-and the stem face hardened
a shade paler, perhaps, but dark and stem as
®. Ver - When he spoke it was slowly and djs-
UUCtly.
“I don’t know of whom you speak; I had
a child o’ that name once, but she brought
6 name upon us. Take her who will, she’s
none o’ mine.
You wouldn’t turn a dog to door on such a
night as this, and yet you’ll suffer your own
child to be Avandering on the moor, Avitliout a
place to lay her head.”
“She can ask for shelter.”
“Shelter! Likely that she who daredn’t
face her oato father and mother, ’ud seek
shelter o’strangers!”
As she spoke she opened the cottage door,
which the moment the latch was raised, was
flung back heavily by the wind, and a torrent of
snow poured in. Like the timid bird, valiant
in defence of her fledgling, the mother’s gen
tle nature rose to arms, and battled on behalf
of her child.
“Oh David, shame on you! Have you the
heart of a man, to sit there like a stone im
age, when your orvn flesh and blood may be
perishing o’ cold and Avet? Lord help me, I
am but a feeble old woman, but my only
child shan’t die outside my door, an’ me sit-
tingby the fire within.”
, With eager haste the old woman fetched a
pillow, and placing it upon the hearthrug,
laid the child upon it. Then, her fingers
trembling Avitli excitement, she lighted tlie
candle in an old horn lantern, and throwing
a thick shawl over her head, snatched up the
cloak in which the baby had been wrapped,
and rushed to the door.
As she reached it, David rose slowly—
“Well, Alissus, if you’re bound to go, I rec
kon Til have to go too. But mind ye this; Ill
give the light o’ love food and shelter this one
night, but never more—never more, remem
ber.”
“I’m her mother, David; I remember that,”
said the old Avoman, her affection for her child
overcoming even her wonted awe of her hus
band. “And I remember - naught else to
night”
David made no reply. Closing the cottage-
door, the old couple started on their qaest
David was the first to speak.
“We’re on a wild-goose chase, Alissus, I
reckon. How are we to tell which way the
wilful wench has gone ?”
“The Lord guide us!” said the old woman,
despairingly.
The two stood still on the wild moor, un
certain which way to turn; all around them,
as far as the eye could see; a broad white
sheet of snow. Their own cottage was the
only dwelling near them, and the remaining
houses of the village lay beyond it, quite in
the opposite direction to that which the ob
ject of their pursuit had taken. They gazed
around them in all directions, but the driving
snow obscured their vision. Not a trace was
to be seen of the object of their search, and
there seemed to be no alternative but to give
up the quest. But the quick woman’s wit,
outstripping the man’s sloAver sense, leapt to
a solution of the difficulty. With the eager
ness of renewed hope, the old woman ex
claimed—
We’ll find her yet, Da\-y; wl’ God's help
we’ll find her yet. Back to the cot, inaister,
will ’ee; and gi’ me the light.”
Hurriedly the pair retraced their steps. As
they neared the porch, the old woman held
the lantern close to the ground, carefully ex
amining the snow. After a few moments’
search, she exclaimed—
Here ’tis, sure ’nough, the print of Ally’s
little feet; I’d knOAV ’em in a hundred. Now,
maister, we’re in the right t rack, thanks be to
the good Lord that sent the snow.”
Holding the lantern Ioav, and guided by its
uncertain light, they followed the track of the
small footsteps, already becoming blurred and
indistinct under the still falling snow. Fearful
of losing the trace before they could overtake
the wanderer, they pressed on, weaiy and
panting, but never halting, never Avavering in
their onward course. They had reached a
considerable distance from the cottage, but
still no sign, save the still advancing foot
marks of her they sought.
Still pressing onward, Dayid spoke Avitli a
strange tremor in his voice. * “Tell ’ee what,
missus, there’s some’at Avisht about this—
where can the maid be going o’ this side of
the moor? There’s never a house for miles.”
His wife made no reply. Still they pressed
onward, onward. Each could hear the other’s
breath, as they panted through the driving
wind, which blew in their faces, and buffeted
them back, as though opposed to their errand
of mercy. Suddenly a cry came from the
old woman’s lips, a shriek so shrill, so agon
ized, that for a moment it alone was heard,
and the moaqing wind seemed, by contrast,
hushed into stillness. She clutched her hus-
bane’s arm.
“Oh, Davy, hurry on! you’re the swift
est. Huny on for dear life. O God in heaven !
she’s making for the Black Pool!”
With a hoarse ciy, like that of a wounded
animal, a cry hardly, less fearful, in its sub
dued anguish, than his wife’s agonized shriek,
David seized the light, and bounded forward,
the old woman foliowing as best she might,
her hand pressed to her side, and her gray
locks fluttering in the night wind. The fee
ble glimmer of the lantern became dimmer
and dimmer in the distance, and Alary Holt
felt her strength fast leaving her, when a shout
was heard from David, and the light came to
a stop. With renewed energy she pressed
forward, and in a few moments was kneeling
with her husband on the snow, supporting
the insensible form of her lost daughter in
her arms. With passionate tenderness the
mother chafed the cold hands and kissed the
death-white face, striving by close embraces
to bring back the spark of life. But all in
vain. The unhappy girl lay, as David had
found her, a black heap on the snow; so still,
so motionless, it seemed as though God had
saved the wanderer from the last great sin—
that awful sin which, shutting out repentance,
shuts out mercy too—by taking to Himself
the life she would have cast away.
Still, the Father and mother, clinging to the
shadow of hope, relaxed not their loving ef
forts. Wrapping the warm woollen cloak
about their child’s lifeless form, they half
dragged, half carried her along till they reach
ed rim cottage. Then, while David hastened
for the village doctor, the mother essayed
such simple means as her homely experience
suggested^ to recall the spark of life, if per
chance it might hot yet have faded into utter
darkness. After a little Avlfile, her loving
pains Avere rewarded by perceiving the beat
of a feeble pulse, and the appearance of a
feint flush of color on the white cueek; and,
a little later, her ears were gladdened by the
sound of the well-known voice, though ut
tered in the ravings of delirium.
But her happiness was of short duration.
Soon the good doctor oame, and, with tears
standing in his eyes, spoke words of doom.
The frail form bad sufl'ered more than it could
bear and the little life left was but the fire of
fever, which might, or might not, bum
through the night. For a little while the
light of reason might come back; bqt if it
should so come, it woqld fie but to flicker for
a moment, and then be quenched forever.
And meanwhile, all unconscious of its
mother’s life ebbing so fast away—of the wind
and snow without, and the rain of tears witli-
in—of life or death—of sin or sorrow—the
little babe lay sleeping before the fire; a dim-
pled arm supporting a dimpled cheek, on
which the flickering flreUght cast a rosy glory.
•And the cuckoo-clock on the mantle-piece
still ticked on “Life, death—life death;” each
tick, each drop of time, as it fell into the
ocean of eternity, bringing a stronger throh
to the life that was just begun, and stealing
one more pulse from the lire that was pass
ing away. * ' ‘ , .
With quivering lips and streaming eyes,
the father and mother sqt by their daughter s
nillow, listening in silent anguish to her de
lirious mornings. Her dying fancy seemed
to hover hither and thither about her life;
straving far back into the past, and recalling
incidents of her childish days-jpeidents long
forgotten, but returning now with strange
viAudnere under the influence of her broken
sentences. And tlrerfa sadder page wan turn
ed, and the parents knew (tooi late!) how
their darling had been drawn aside fron duty;
and the father learnt, Avitli bitter self-reproach,
how liis own sternness had repelled the ^l<w-
. ing confidence that had often risen to hischilfl s
lips: and which might, under Heaven, have
hindered that bitter ending. . At one moment
die fancied herself with . her betrayer, and
pleading, as though she had just lelt home,
for permission to Avrite to her parents. Ana
■ here the listener noticed,.with a stfange feel
ing of surprise, that no thought of shame
seemed to mingle Avith her pleadings; she
begged as though for leave to communicate
joythl tidings, rather than confess her sin, and
sue for pardon.
and proud. They would be a little vexed at
first, of course, at our
first, of course, at our having kept it from
them, but they will soon‘ forgive that. And
if it must be kept secret at present, on ac
count of your uncle, why, I don't thinfr they,
would mind, at least not very, very much.
And if. people did say hard things of me in
the village, I could bear that, for your sake,
darling, you know; _ and perhaps it would on
ly be for a little while. And when you get
your uncle’s consent) and I'm sure you will,
because you make everybody do just as you
like, darling,) why then it needn’t be a secret
any longer, need it ? And I should be so
proud, so proud of my darling soldier Robert.
You sail let me write, won’t you, dear? to
please your little pet Ally. I don’t mind
abont anybody else, but I can’t feel quite hap
py till father and mother know that I am
your wife.”
The listeners started, and bent forward with
longing eyes, to hear more. But the feeble,
fluttering spirit, exhausted by even so short
a flight, had sunk down again; and the suf
ferer's eyelids drooped, and for a while she
seemed to slumber. Presently, however,
she started again, Avith a wild cry, and sat up
in bed, gazing with fixed, dilated pupils, and
pressing her thin white hands upon her fore
head—“Oh, Robert! don’t say that. Even
in fun, darling, don’t say that You don’t
knoAvn how my heart is beating, even now,
when I know it’s a joke. Just put your hand
against it, dear, and feel. Why don’t you
look at me, darling, why do yon turn away ?
Robert, it isn’t, it can't be true- A false mar
riage ! Oh, Robert, how could you do it,
when I trusted you so ?
The loud passionate sobs of the dying girl,
as she sat Avringing'her hands and rocking to
and fro in her delirious grief, disturbed the
sleeping child. Avhich awoke with a cry.
The sound seemed to touch another chord.
She ceased her sobs and listened, smoothing
her hair back froih her forehead as though
trying to recollect something. Her mother,
instil
“Oh, Robert, darling, if you would let me
tell father and mother, they would be so glad
with womanly instinct, put the baby in her
arms., A look of-sweet content came over
the faded face, and she sunk back upon her
pillow, nestling the little one to her bosom,
and caressing the baby head Avith her wasted
fingers. Then the wandering mind roved in
to another track.
“Baby dear! baby dear! Baby will never,
never go away from his poor mamma, will
he ? Poor mamma! left all alone with baby
in the whole Avide Avorld. Hush, dear, musu’t
ciy; poor mamma Alice may cry, but baby
dear musn’t cry. Baby must be a happy ba
by boy, and grow up strong and handsome,
like papa. Oh, baby darling, pray God you
may never break anybody’s heart! Husha
by, dear, go to sleep on mother’s bosom.
Alammy will sing to him—sing him to sleep.”
And then she softly crooned a fragment of
a song that had been her favorite in the old
home days, a sad song of a faithless love, and
with a tender, plaintive burden of one hoping
against h«pe:—
“He will return, I know he -will;
He would not leave me here to die.”
The effort of singing seemed to exhaust
die sufferer’s strength, and soon, still faintly
murmuring that sad refrain, she sank into a
heavy slumber. Her mother took advantage
of the opportunity to disengage the child
from her arms, and to give it some milk,
which it swallowed eagerly. This done, the
parents continued their quiet watch. The
night'waned, and the gray light of daybreak
stole in at the windows; their daughter still
sleeping on, so calmly and peacefully that the
dawn of renewed life come Avith her awaking.
But cue glance at the sufferer's face forbade
them to cherish the sweet delusion. The
bright look of youth had faded away from it,
aud tears had Avashed away its spring bloom;
but in this last hour the graces of form and
color were replaaed by another and higher
beauty—a beauty so spiritual, so unearthly,
it seemed though the robe ot clay had fallen
off, and the soul alone lay sleeping there, bid
ing the summons to spread its Avings and take
flight- to heaven.
At last, when the sun was high in the
heavens, shedding its morning glory far and
wide over the crisp-white snow, the sleeper
awoke. The fire of delirium had given place
to the calm light of reason in her eyes, and
she gazed around with an inquiring look.
Have I been ill, mother dear ?” she said
faintly.
“Yes, darling; veiy ill.” -
“I don't remember falling ill,” said the dy
ing girl; “everything seems gone from me.”
A tiny cry from baby lips supplied the mis
sing link. The white forehead crimsoned,
.and the blue eyes filled with tears of grief
and shame. “1 remember now. 1 Oh, moth
er, can you ever forgive me?”
A loving kiss was the mother’s only an
swer. But it said enough.
‘-And father, does he know? Will he for
give me too ?”
David Holt rose, and stood by his daugh
ter’s bedside, looking down upon her with
ineffable love and tenderness. The old love
for his only child, repressed so long, now
swept away all barriers; pride, self-pride, re
sentment, all were forgotten in the deep emo
tion of that bitter hour.
“My darling, may God forgive me as freely
as I have forgiven yon all that I have to for
give!
‘If you and mother forgive me, I can feel
almost happy again. Oh, how nice it is to
bo at home! But how did I cqme here! Who
brought me ?”
The father andmother interchanged glances.
We found yod on the moor last nighty Ally,
and brought you.home.”
‘ ‘{.ast nightlj hist night! I don’t remember.
It’s all gone fhom hie. I seem mn£ed like;
and oh, so weak! Alother dear, am I dy
ing?” -
The old woman tried so speak, but grief
choked her. David answered for her, himself
little less moved. “My child, life and death
are in the Load’s hands. His will ^ie done!”
“Nay, Davia,” said his wife, Avith an effort,
“don’t give tbp child a false hope now. Ally,
dear, we fear-j-indeed, we know that—that— ’
The mother’s voice broke down, but her chok-
11 the rest.
e faintest quiver of the droop-
d a single tear rolled over the
fraid to die, Ally?” said her
ing sobs told
There was
ing eyelids,
wasted cheek.|
■Are you
father. . .
‘No, father dear, I don’t think I’m afraid;
I’ve longed for death many and many a time
lately, aud priyed to be ready to meet it; and
now it has come, I don’t fear much. But it’s
hard to leave Jrou and mother so soon .after I
have got you fiaok, aud my poor little baby.
’ ' □ now, please mother ? it won’t
think. There is such a strange
mess coming over me.”
j placed in her arms, and she
and fondled it with passionate tender-
“Oh, ay baby! my baby! it’s Very, very
May I have
be very long,
feeling of nn:
The babe
kissed
ness.
hard to leave my littlo wee baby, all alone!”
“N°t alone, jdarling, not alone,” sobbed her
mother. '
“No, not alone,” said the dying girl, smil
ing through bar teare; “not quite alone, after
nil Mother, dear, I give him to yon, the last
gift of your poor wayward Ally.”
“My darlmgj I take him, qot as a gift, but
as a prooio* jtrusf— a trqsi to keep for his
mother in heaven.” .
There waB a long, quiet pause, in which
nothing was heard save the heavy breathing
of the dying girl, and the hard click of the
clock ou tlie nifmtel-piecc, counting her life
away. j ,
The solemn stillness was broken at last by
a voice so fainttand low, the listeners had to
bend forward ■ to catch the parting words.
“Mother, dear, where are you? I can’t see
you! How dark it is getting. Hark! they are
calling to me.; .
The dying arms drew the babe closer in a
last embrace., “Mother dear—baby—dont
forget God filess ” And then the soul
flew away with {he blessing on its lips, and
sped to finish jts loving prayer at the foot of
the great white Throne.
A comer of the window curtain had fallen
aside, and through the opening a stray sun
beam crept inj and fell, quartered by an in
tersection of the lattice, upon the white cover
let Was it an omen? Was it chance? The
lifeless form, frith a smile on its silent lips,
lay sleeping undeb the shaxiow of the oboss.
And now as the freed soul shook the earth
from its wings, and spread its pinions for its
heavenward flight, the church-hells burst
forth -with their chime of joy and gladness, in
honor of the Christmas mom. The sound of
the joyous peal floated into the death-cham
ber, and brought sweet hope and peace to the
aching hearts Avithin. The mother’s face was
sad, but the look of weary longing had pass
ed aw-vv. “God knows befet. Davy dear.
ed away. “God knows best. Davy
Without this bitter cup, mayhap we .wotddn t
have had peace and good-will in our hearts
to-day. ’The Lord gave,^nd the Lord hath
taken awa-
Amen!
Amen!
i name!”
r .*
A sad Christmas story—say you? Is it i
Perhaps it is; but there are Christmas te
as well as Christmas smiles. The very jhd
sal
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Christmas smiles. The very holly,
the token of uiirth and merrimentj is but the.
symbol of the Saviour’s crown of thorns; the
crimson berries the type of the blood-drops on
His brow. And shall we, bom to trouble as
the sparks fly upward, never feel a prick in
our Christmas crown ? Not so! To many, to
most, it shall oc ;ur to be at some* time in
their lives in the-Valley of the Shadow on
Christmas Day; the season of joy to Christen
dom shall be to them the hour of mourning
and deepest sorrow. To them (till -grace
bring balm) music shall have no melody;
even
the song of peace and good-will shall be “like
’ - j^nglea, *
sweet bells jetted, out of tnne and. harsh. 1
But to the happy ones whose loss they mourn,
for otherwise. To their truer sense, attuned
to the harps of heaven, all universe shall join
in harmonious chorus with' the sweet angel-
song, whose echo is faintly heard on earth at
this Christmas season. The peace on earth,'
imperfect at the best, and the good will
among men, so often marred by earthly pas
sion, shall fade into nothingness before the
“unspeakable gift,” the “perfect peace” of
heaven.
[Written for the Cincinnati Times.]
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL.
BY THE “FAT OONTBIBDTOR.
The “Bohemian Girl” Avas at Mozart last
night. She Avas the daughter of an Austrian'
Count, carried array when young by the Gip
sies, and the audience seemed carried away
with her. The first scene opens on the Dan
ube, Dan being distinctly seen running in
the background. The chateau and grounds
of Count Amheim are also seen—these set'-
eral scene being painted by William T. Por
ter. Count Amheim is the Bohemian Girl’s
father. He and his retainers (except a few
he had concluded to retain no longer) are
preparing to go out on a coon hunt, the pre
parations consisting mainly in singing some
rousing choruses to properly intimidate the
coons and let them knoiv they are com
ing. The “Bohemian Girl,” who is only two
or three years old at the time, peti
tions the Count to let her shoulder her rifle
and go with them; and she is allowed—loud
est girl of her age in Austria. The party
then starts for the mountains.
Thaddeus, a Polish exile, appears, fleeing
from the Austrians, somebody having put a
flea jg liis ear that he had better. He narrow-
ly r escaped meeting the Count’s party at one
of the wings, and if he had, the jig would
have been up and the whole stoiy stopped
right there. There are many of these narrow
escapes on the stage.
Fearful that lie may be discovered, the poor
proscribed orphan sings at tlie top of his
voice, as he does very orphan during the pro
gress of the jilay—especially when he wants
to keep’him«elf particularly concealed. But
that is the fiult of Balfe, and not of Tliad.
A troupe of Gipsies, headed by an amiable
ruffian named Devilshoof—who really isn’t
quite as bad as he is painted, though he is
painted pretty bad—rash in, and are about to
rob him; but suddenly recollecting a little
operatic air descriptive of Gipsy life, they
sing it, and they sing it so well that Thaddeus
is enchanted, and resolves to go out of the
orphan business and be a Gipsy himself.
He exchanges his soldier's uniform for a
Gipsy dress, and thus eludes the Emperor’s
soldiers who Avere in pursuit.
A sudden alarm. Tire Count’s daughter is
attacked by a wild deer, and the- little dear is
nearly* Avild herself. Florestein, a courtier;
enters, frightened almost to death, and sings
“la there no succor at hand ?**
Not liking the idea of being picked lip for
a sucker, Thaddeus snatches up a rifle and
makes venison of the deer, rescuing the girl,
who is wounded in the arm by the deer’s
horn.
Thaddeus is overpoAvered with thanks, and
urged to jc in them in a bOAvl. The Count
proposes the health of the King, hut the Vole
dashes the goblet to tlie ground. Commo
tion. The entire Austrian menagerie is stir
red up Avith a Pole. They are about to give
the Polish exile an additional polishing, Avhen
tlie Count interferes, but suggests that he had
better “git.”
He offers him gold, Avhieh he spuins, when
Devilshoof appears, and a general. fight en
sues, resulting in the latter being secured and
dragged into tlie castle, mainly to aflord him
an opportunity to carry off the Count’s little
'daughter, else she never could have been a
Bohemian Girl. To what seeming accidents
are.Ave entitled for some of our best operatic
music. Had Devilshoof been allowed no
chance to steal Arline—but to the narrative:
Devilshoof is seen bearing the child up the
mountain path. Soon pr wuit will be useless.
What is done mast he done quickly ! No
time to be lost! Awake to tlie emergency
and the necessity of immediate action, they
proceed to practice a very fine piece of church
music. Such energetic proceedings toward
capturing a fugitive we have- never seen
equalled.
In the second act Arline appears as the Bo
hemian girl. She ha3 lived Avith the Gipsies
for twelve years. Thaddeus, of Warsaw, is
with them too, and of all the Bohemians he
is her beau-hc. Florestein, the Austrian
courtier, has been out late at a beer garden,
and, coming home boozy, is met by Devils
hoof and relieved of his jewelry; among other
things, a valuable medalion from Dunme’s.
This medalion being afterward seen bn the
neck of Arline at thafair the Gipsies were at
tending, and being recognized by Florestein,
caused her arrest.
In the next scene Count Amheim (Camp
bell) appeared and sang “The Heart Bowed
Down” so plaintively and so sweetly that a
Gipsy in the audience Avas observed to burst
into tears, and declared that he wouldn’t steal
a child again as long as he lived—hoped to
die.
Arline Avas brought before him for trial.
rlnnlnrao lior J11 nnoonoo t ho mofloHnn
She declares her innocence—the medalion
was given by the Gipsy Queen. Ah! a. light
breaks in upon him. The Queen is jealous of
her because Thaddeus loves her, and she laid
this snare for her rain.
She draws a dagger and makes an attempt
to prepare herself for the hands of the coron
er, but is seized by Count Amheim, who re
cognizes her as his daughter. “My own, my
long-lost child!” Great joy of the father,
mingled with ecstatic bursts from the orches
tra.
In the third act Florestein, the foppish
courtier, courts Arline, but is rejected scorn
fully. If you were a father, how would you
like such a courtier to court yoar daughter.
Thaddeus steal an interview with Arline.
Her father catches him stealing it. Thaddeus
declares to him their mutual love, and wants
to marry her. This was the last hair that
broke the Campbell’s back. He can never
•consent to see.his daughter the Avife of a Bo
hemian, knowing how little reliability at
taches to that class of Avriters.
•But Thaddeus of W. pulls out of his pocket
liis commission as Captain, Avith Stanton’s
signature, and declares himself to be no Gip-’
sy, but a Pole of noble attitude.
“Nay, Pole,” cried the Count, with a tone
and manner quite Na-polc-ionic-, “then take
her, and may you ever he happy!”
With the exception of a trifling little epi-
sodej in which, at the instigation of the jeal
ous Gipsy Queen, a Gipsy attempts to shoot
Tliaddy, the bullet killing the Queen instead,
the occasion was a joyous one.
We suppose the Bohemian Girl realized her
dream, and “dwelt in marble halls” from
that time with the choice of her heart, occa
sionally practicing together some of those
beautiful duets Avith .which they used
to soften the arduous life of a Gipsy.
CHATHAM SHERIFFS SALE.
>ER AND BY VIRTUE OF A FI. FA. FOUND
ED npdn foreclosure of moi
tue Honorable Superior Court of
favor or Francis D. Scarlett, Trustee of Frances A.
land vs. Robt. H. Anderson and Geo. W. Anderson, Jr,.
Administrators of the estate of John W. Anderson, I
have-levied upon thst. Plantation known cs Lebanon,
situated in the county of Chatham, bounded on the
North by tonds of Edward C. Anderson, oh the East
by the Little Ogeechee river, on the South by l nds of
Thomas E. Lloyd, and ou the West by the Ogeechee
river, containing nine' hundred and fifty-seven acres,
more or iess, together with all the rights, members
and appurtenances to the same belonging, and will
sell the same before the Court House door in the City
of Savannah, count f of Chatham, and State of Geor
gia, on the FIRST TUESDAY in JANUARY next,
(1869), between the legal hours of sale. T<
Purchaserspaying for titles and ’
decS-lawli
—
Sheriff C. C.
CHATH A AT SH kRIKF’S SALE.
»BB AND BY VIRTUE OF A FI. FA-, FOUND-
_ ED upon the foreclosure of a mortgage issued
out of the Honorable Superior Court of Chatham
county, in favor of William Lake vs.. John H. Plate,
I have levied upou the following property,'to-wit: All
that tract or lot of land. , situate, lying and being near
the. Western limits of the City of Savannah, county of
Chatham, State of Georgia, containing eight and three
quarter acres, more or less, bounded on the East by
lands of William Lake, North aud West by lands of
Wallace Camming, and South by the Augusta road,
and will sell the same before the Court House door in
the City of Savannah, Chatham county, State of Geor
gia, on the FIRST TUESDAY in JANUARY next,
(1869), between the legal hours of sale. Property
>inted out In said mortgage fi. fa. Purchaser pay-
g for titles and stampt. JAMES DOQNER,
dec8-lawlm ' Sheriff C. C.
poi
in^
u s
CHATHAM SHERIFFS SALE.
NDER AND BY VIRTUE OF TWO ATTACH-
_ MENT li. fas. issued out of the Honorable Su
perior Court of Chatham county, one in lavor of Eliza
A. Havie vs. George F. Homing, and the other in fa-
Vor of Gideon T. Biirdett vs. George F. Homing, I
have levied upon all that tract of land, situated in
Chatham county, State of Georgia, near the Savannah
and Ogeechee Canal, containing one hundred and
thirty-six acres, more or less, bounded North by lands
of A. Holiday, East by lands of CyrUs Bourquin,
South by lands of John Oliver, and West by lands
formerly of Mathew Dotson, and will sell tho same
before the Court House door in the City of Savannah,
county of Chatham, and State of Georgia, ou the
FIRST TUESDAY in JANUARY next, (1869), between
the legal hours of sale. Property pointed out in said
fi. fa. Terms cash. Purchasers paying for titles and
stamps.
dec8-lawlm JAMES DOONER, Sheriff C. C.
CHATHAM SHERIFF’S SALE.
S TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—
Under and by virtue of a -fi. fa. issued upon the
foreclosure of a mortgage out of the Honorable the
Superior Court of Chatham County, in favor of Isaac
Beckett versus A. J. Radcliff, I have levied upon all
that lot of property, consisting of one wagon, one
laundry stove and fixtures, twenty flat irons, one man-
S le and fixtures,-two.iron boilers, one office table, one
esk, one clothes horse, four baskets, one desk, six
chairs, five tables, twelve tubs, one fllterer, and all
other fixtures belonging to the Empire City Laundry,
situate iu the city of Savannah, county and State afore
said, and will sell the same before the Court House
door in said city, between tlie legal hours of sale, on
the first Tuesday in January next (to-wit: A. D., 1869).
Terms cash. JAMES DOONER,
nov3-lawtd Sheriff Chatham Comity.
CHATHAM SHERIFF’S SALE.
S'
TATB OF. GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—TO
THE HONORABLE THE JUDGE OF THE SU
PERIOR COURT OF CHATHAM COUNT*; Tne pe
tition of Michael M. Sullivan, Patrick Rossiter, James
J. McMahon, Lawrence Dunn, James Cullen, Michael
Murphy, Thomas Murphy, John Latham, John Mc
Dermott and James Doyle, in behalf, of themselves
and others who are, or may become members of the
Association herein named, respectfully showetb, that
your petitioners, in connection' with other parties, all
of them citizens of the county and State aforesaid,
h a vo entered into an association called the “ Working
men’s Benevolent Association;” that the object of
their Association is to forward and protect the inter
est of all working men belonging to the samo, and for
the further purpose of preserving and investing all
moneys paid into the Treasury of said Association
from fines, fees and other sources, for tne benefit of
its members, under such rules, regulations and by
laws as they may seem fit to adopt.
Your petitioners further show that the capital stock-
paid in is one thousand dollars, which they aesird.to
increase to. the sum of ten thousand dollars; that the.
nid corpon" - - -
nah, county
to be incorpt BMW, _ _
wherefore your petitioners pray that they and the
other members of said Association may be, incorpo
rated for the term of twenty years, under th '
and for the purposes'aforesaid, with a capital
one thousand dollars, with the right to increase the
same to ten thousand dollars, and that they mayffiave
conferred, on all. .the rights, privileges and fran
chises incident to corporations created by cottrts. as
provided by the statutes of Georgia ; and yonr peti
tioners will eyer pray, Ac. Mi J. FORD,
• : . Attorney for Petitioners.
Sure and correct copy from the original, filed in my
office this 1st D WTLSON,
dec2-lawlw Deputy Clerk 8. C. G. C.
U NDER AND BY VIRTUE OF A DISTRESS WAR-
RANT, issued out of’ Justice I. M. Marsh’s
Court, in favor of Hetty E. Elliott vs. Andrew C. Wad
dell. I have levied upon Two Hundred Bushels of
Rough Rice, and will sell the same, by sample, before
the Court House door in the City of Savannah, be
tween the legal hours of sale, oh the FIRST TUES
DAY in JANUARY next, (1869). Terms cash.
JAMES DOO]
decfl-lawlm
DNER. Sheriff C. C.
EFFINGHAM SHERIFF’S SALE.
YXTILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT HOUSE
V V door in Springfield, Effingham county, Georgia.
' ween the
On tlie first Tuesday in JANUARY next, between
n.siial hours of sale, one tract of LAND, containing
throe' bunded and four acres, bounded by lands of
Goffi Arasdorff * Snider. The property is about two
and a half miles from Springfield, in a very healthy
location, and is considered good planting land. Sold
under the foreclosure of a mortgage, in favor of the
Trustees of the Effingham Academy against the es
tate of Thomas Flood. JAMES ZItTROUR,
decll-lawlm Sheriff E. C.
EFFINGHAM SHERIFF’S SALE.
YTTILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT HOUSE
V V door in Springfield, Effingham county, Georgia,
ou the first Tuesday in JANUARY next, - between the
usual hours pf sale, one tract of LAND containing
five hundred and seventy-eight acres, bounded by the
village of‘Springfield, and lands of Zetlcr, AmsrtorfT,
Perry and Backly. Sold under the foreclosure of a
mortgage in favor of Elizabeth Jones against William
B. Malette. JAMES ZITTROUR,
decll-lawlm Sheriff E. C.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
j v io“J, in iruut ui uic uuutl uuiice uuui, m
ie city of Darien, between the legal hours of sale,
10 Real Estate belonging to the estate of Samuel and
haiity Rozier, to wit: one tract of LAND, containing
M riLL be sold, on the first Tuesday in JANUARY,
18»;9,_in front of the Court House door, in
the city of ‘ -
tho Real
Chaiity
one hundred and ninety-one acres, more or less, wit
improvements thereon, consisting of a Dwelling House
and • -nt-buildings, situate near the Barrington road,
and bounded by lands of T. Crawford, Fulton, Mc-
Ever and unknown, and known as Ihe residence of
the late Samuel and Charity Rozier. One other tract.
situate near JTonesvilie, containing three hundred
bounded by lands of L. Lecomte,
acres, more or less,
Maybank Jones, and Driggers. Al-o, one other
tract, near Jonesville, containing three hundred and
fifty acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Samuel
Way, William Hughes, John Blount, vacant. Sold as
the* property of Samuel and Charity Rozier, for the
benefit of the heirs and creditors. Terms of sale cash,
purchaser paying for titles.
HENRY W. HOWARD, Administrator.
Darien, McIntosh county, Nov. 20,18G8.
nov23-lawlm*
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
T>Y VIRTUE of an order of the Ordinal v of Liberty
13 county, will be sold on the FIRST TUESDAY IN
JANUARY NEXT, all the lands belonging to the
estate of George E. Brewer, deceased, consisting ot
two hundred acres unimproved pine land; also, seven-
ten ths of one hundred and twenty-five acres of land,
with buildings and improvements thereon, it being
subject to the dower of Mrs. D. Brewer; also, one un
divided one-eleventh interest in one hundred and sixty
acres of land iu Alachua county, Florida. «
Teums—Three months credit, with note and good
ig for titles.
security, purchaser paying for
oc30-lawtd
JESSE BREWER,
Administrator.
McIntosh sheriff’s sale.
O N THE FIRST TUESDAY IN JANUARY NEXT.
will be sold, at Darien, in said county, within the
legal hoars of sale, Three Lots of LAND known as
lots Nos. 1,2 and 3, in the plan of said city, bound
ed northwardly by Green street, eastwardly by lot No.
4, southwardly by Broad street, and westwardly by
North Bay, on Market street, with all appurtenances;
levied on as the property of the Darien Slate Company
and tlie Directors thereof, to satisfy a fi. fa. issued
from the Superior Court of said county, in favor of W.
J. Dunwooay. Property pointed out by plaintiff. This
24th day of November, 1868.
nov28 lawlm C. C. THORP, Sheriff M. C.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.
Qett
O mad€
AFTER r
made to the Court of Ordinary of Wayne county
for leave to sell one-half of lot of land No. 459, lying
in the Fourth District of said county, for the benefit
> fthe heirs of tfce estate of Ashbury, William, John
and Bolin Sylvester.
ETTAS SYLVESTER,
dec5-Iaw2m ‘ Administrator.
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
ILL BE SOLD before the door of the Court
House in Chatham county, on the First Tues
day in January next, the lot of land situated in the
W
city of Savannah, and known as Lot Number Twenty,
Gaston Ward, on the corner of Huntingdon, Gaston
and Tattnall streets; saia lot being the property of
Hon. Levi S. DeLyon, late deceased, and sold by order
of his Executors. ..dec5-lawtd
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.
G eorgia, bulloch countvt.—two months
after date application will be made to the Court
of Ordinary of saia county for leave to sell all the
land belonging to the estate of Wiley Bigdon, de
ceased, lying in 47th District G. M., for the benefit of
the heirs audnreditora of said deceased.
JAMES DENMARK,
dec2-2am2m. Ordinary B. C.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.
S TATE OF GEORGIA, BULLOCK COUNTY.—Two
months after the date hereof, application will be
made to the Court of Ordinary of said county, for
leave toscH the lands belonging to the estate of Wiley
Phillips* deceased, for the benefit of the-heirs and
i creditors of said deceased. This October 27th, 1868.
WILLIAM ROWE,
JAMES J. BOWEN,
Administrators.
APPLICATION
_ Bulloch
county for leave to sell all the lands of the estate of
Nathaniel Cowart, late of said county, deceased, less
the dower of his widow.
SEABORN B. COWART,
nov30-law2m - - - . Administrator.
N°
LEGAL NOTICE.
OXICE IS HERKBZ GIVE'S THAT APPLICA
TION has been made to the Court of Ordinary of
Chatham County for an order to be granted at the De
cember term, 1&8. thereof; authorizing the sale of all
the HEAL ESTATE belonging , to the estate of PAT
RICK SMITH, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs
and creditors. JAMES SMITH,
. ocG—eowimT ■ Administrator C. T. A
gTATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—To
, all whom it may concern:
Whereas, Alexander N, .Wilson -will apply at the
Court of Ordinary lor Letters Dismissory, as Adminis
trator, de bonis non, on tho Estate of William H. Whit
ney, of said county, deceased,
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom
it may concern, to bo and appear before said Court, to
make objection (if any they hove) on.or before the first
Monday in JULY next, otherwise said'letters will he
drteted.
witness, my official signature, this 21st day of De-
mm n^'S^c.
OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY—To
all whom it may concern: ,i.,
Whereas, Martin J. Ford will apply 'at the Court of
Ordinary for Letters Dismissory as Administrator on
the estate of Thomas Ford, of said County, deceased: 1
ie estate of Thomas Ford, of said County, deceased r
.These are. therefore, td cite and admqnish all whom
it may concern, to bo and appear before said Court, to
make objection, if any they have, on or before the first
Monday in July next, otherwise said Letters win be
Witness
comber," IS
decl9-lan6m
• official signature, this lltlv day of De-
HENRY S. WeTS&RE,
Ordinary C.C.
S'
TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY—To
_ • all whom it may concern:
Whereas. William H. Weekes will apply ai
of Ordinary for Letters of AHmiYiigtrutfon
tateof William
on tliees-
Henry, of said county, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom
it may concern, to bo and appear before said Court to
make objection, if any they have; on or before the first
Monday in February next, otherwise said letters will
be granted.
Witness my official signature, thls l5th day of De
cember, 1868. HENRYB.* WETMORE,
decl8-lawim Ordinary Chatham, county.
w-nxxx vniiuni j tMifl.iumi uumi.Ji.
S tate of Georgia, Chatham county.u-to--
an whom it may concern:
Whereas, Fritz Mcincks will apply at the Court oi ■
ft may concern, to be and appear before said. Court to
make objection, if any they have, on or before the first
Monday in February next, otherwise said letters wdl
he granted.
^Witness my official signature tMs 4th day of August,
au5-lam<iin * ~ ~ ~
o. c. c.
S
TATE OF GEORGIA. CHATHAM COUNTY. TO
all whom it may concern:
Ooeri, of said
county, deceased. -
These are therefore to cite and admonish all whom
it may concern to be and appear before said Court to
make objection, if any they have, on or before the
FIRST MONDAY IN MAY NEXT, otherwise said
letters will be granted.
Witness my official signature this 17th day of Oc-
tober, 1868. HENRY S. WETMORE,
oc!9—lamGm Ordinary Chatham County.
S 1
TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—
* To all whom it may concern: .
Whereas, Charles W. W. Bruen will apply at the
Court of Ordinary for letters dismissory as executor
on the estate of John B. Moore, of said county, de
ceased: •
These are therefore to cite and admonish all Whom
it may concern, to be and appear before said Court to
make objection if any they have, ou or before the first
Monday in January next, otherwise said letteva will be
granted.
Witness my official signature this Gth day of July,
1868. D. A. O’BYRNE,
jy7-lam6m O. C. C.
S T
TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—To
all whom it may concern:
Whereas, Frederick Krenson will apply at the Court
of O^inary for LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION on
the estate of Leeman Bunnell, of said county, de
ceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all whom
it may concern to be aud appear before said Court to,
make objection, (if any they have), on or before the
FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY NEXT, otherwise
said letters will be granted.
Witness my official signature, this 28th day of No
vember, 1868. HENRY S. WETMORE,
nov30-lawlm Ordinary.
S TATE OF GEORGIA—CHATHAM COUNTY.—To
all whom it may concern :
Whereas, Edward Padelford will apply at the Conrt
of Ordinary for Letters Dismissory as Executor on the
estate of George A. Cuyler, of said county, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom,
it may concern, to be and appear before said Court, to
make objection (if any they have), on or before the
first Monday in May next, otherwise said letters
will be granted.
Witness my official signature, this 30th day of Oc
tober, 1868. HENRY S. WETMORE,
nov2-lam6m Ordinary Chatham County.
ESTATE OF GEORGlA,fUATHAMebCN-
^ TY.—To all whom it may concern:
Whereas, Alfred T. Bowne and William O. Godfrey
will apply at the Court of Ordinary for LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION on the estate of Susan J. Godfrey,
of said county, deceased: *
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom
it may concern, to be and appear before said court to
make objection (if any they have) on or before the
FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY NEXT, otherwise
said letters will be granted.
Witness my official signature this 28th. day of No
vember, 1868. HENRY S. WETMORE,
dec4-lawlm Ordinary Chatham J j nnty.
S TATE OF GEORGIA; CHATHAM COUNTY.—To
all whom It may concern:
Whereas, Virginia N. Fulton will apply at the Court
of Ordinary for Letters Dismissory as Administratrix
on the estate of Gasp ax J. Fulton, of said county, de^
ceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom
it may concern, to be and appear before said Court,
to make objection, if any they have, on or before the
first Monday in February next, otherwise said letters
will be granted.
Witness my official signature this 16th day of July,
1868. D. A O’BYRNE,
jy 17-lam Cm Ordinary Chatham County.
S TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—To
all whom it may concern:
Whereas, Julius J. Smith will apply at the Court of
Ordinary for Letters Dismissory as Administrator on"
the estate of Maria Smith, of said county, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite aud admonish all whom
it may concern, to be and appear before said Court, to
make objection, if any they have, on or before the first
Monday in June next, otherwise said letters will-be
granted.
Witness my official signature this fifth day of De
cember, 1868. HENRY S. WETMORE,
dec7-lamCm Ordinary Chatham County.
S TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—
To all whom it may concern:
Whereas, Richard D. Arnold will apply at the Court
of Ordinary for Letters Dismissory as Executor on the
estate of Susan A. Cant, of said county, deceased:.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom
it may concern, to be and appear before said Court to
make objection, if any they have, on or before the first
Monday in May next, otherwise said letters will.be
granted.
Witness my official signature, this 2d day of No
vember. 1868. HENRY S. WETMORE,
nov3-lam6m Ordinary Chatham county.
S 1
TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—To
all whom it may concern:
Whereas, Rosa Brodbacker will apply at the Court
of Ordinary for Letters of Administration c
eof Frede
on the
tate of Fred erickTirod backer, of said county, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all whom
it may concern," to be and appear before said Court to
make objection, if any they have, on or before the first
Monday in February next, otherwise said letters will
be granted.
Witness my official signature, this 9th day of De
cember, 1868. HENRY S. WETMORE, .
declQ-lawim Ordinary C C.
S T
TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—TO
all whom it may concern::
Whereas, Octavns Cohen will apply at the Court of
Ordinary for Letters Dismissory, as Executor, on the
Estate of Solomon Cohen, Jr., of said county, de-
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom
it may concern, to be and appear before said Court to
make objection (if any they have) on or before , the
first Monday in June next, otherwise said letters will
be granted.
Witness, my official signature, this 24th day of No
vember, 1868. HENRY S. WETMORE,
nov26-lamGm Ordinary, C. C.
S TATE OF GEORGIA, “BULLOCH COUNTY.—To
all whom it may concern’
Whereas, Jane Bland applies tome for Letters of
Administration on the Estate of Hiram Brand, late of
said county, deceased.
This is, therefore, to cite afid admonish all whom rt
may concern, to be and appear before said Court, to
make objection, if any they have, on- or before the
first Monday in JANUARY next, otherwise said let
ters will be granted. C. A. SORRIER;
awlm
nov25-la
Ordinary.
O TATE OF GEORGIA, BULLOCH COUNTY.—To
O all whom it may concern:
Whereas, E. B. Wilson has applied to me for Letters
Dismissory as Administrator on the estate of Amos V.
Waters, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom
it may concern, to be and appear before said Court, to
make objection, if any they have, on or before the first
J in May next, otherwise said letters will be
Monday ii
granted.
Witness my official signature, this 18th"d*y ^ No
vember, 1868. C. A. SORRIER,
novl9-lamGm Ordinary.
CJT
O ;
TATE OF GEORGIA, LIBERTY COUNTY.—To
J all whom it may concern:
Whereas, John G. Martin and J. S. Warn ell will ap
ply at the Court of Ordinary for letters dismissory as
administrator on the estate of pi ifcFail. of said
county, deceased: * • ._
These are therefore to cite and admonish all whom ,
it may concern, to be and appear before said Court to
make objection, if any they have, on or before the first
Monday in April'next, otherwise said-letters will be
gram
my official signature, this 10th day of Sep
tember, 1868. W. P. GIRARDEAU,
Witnei
sepl4-lam6m
Ordinary Liberty Comity.
gTATE OF GEORGIA—LIBERTY COUNTY.—To
all whom it may concern:
Whereas, Simon Harrington will apply at the Court
of Ordinary for letters dismissory as Administrator
on the estate of D. P. Harrifigton, of said county, de
ceased:
These are, th erefore, to cite and admonish all whom
it may concern, to be and appear before said Court to
make objection,- if any' they have, on or before the
first Monday in February next, otherwise said letters
will be granted. 1>j
Witness my official signature, this 6th day of . July,
1868. W. P. GIRARDEAU,
jy!3-lam6m Ordinary Liberty County.
tate or uLoiioiA. Liuercra county.—To
} all whom it may concern:
Whereas, Samuel W. Broughton will apply at the
Court of Ordinary for Letters of Administration on
S'
the estate of Daniel J. Broughton, late of saidqounty,
deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom
it may concern, to be and appear before said Court to
make objection, if any they have, on or before the first.
Monday In January next, otherwise said letters will -
be granted.
Witness my official signature-, this 1st d^y of De
cember, 1863. W. P. GIRARDEAU,
dec3-lawlm* Ordinary liberty county. .,
S TATE OF GEORGIA, BULLOCH COUNTY,—To an
whom it may concern:
Whereas, Simeon L. Williams has applied to me for
Letters of Dismission on the estate of Garrett "Wil
liams, deceased: _
This is, therefore, to $ite and admonish all whom it
may concern to be and appear before said Court
to make objection, if any they have, on or before the
first Monday in May next, otherwise said letters will
be granted. C. A. SORRIER, ;
dec!9-lamGm Ordinary Bulloch Co.
TATE OF GEORGIA, BULLOCH COUNTY.—fcwo
months after date application will be made to the
Bulloch com
Court of Ordinary of Bulloch county for leave to sell
all the land belonging: to the estate of Bareli Jones,
deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of
said decased. December 7th; 1868. ; ( .
JOHN G. JONES.
dec!9-law2m
CJTATE OF GEORGIA, McINTOSH COUNTY.r-JTo
© all whom it may concern:
-Whereas, Charles Spalding, Executor ttpdn the last
of Thomas Spalding, has made full
will
s of his trust:
it may concern, to file their
have, on or before the first M<
SMBIRS3
onday in
y will bee
fl any they
July. 1869.
dec27-lam6m
S i
i
: i Ordinary K. C.
IXTY DAYS AFTER DATE APmniTinv wn.T.
be made to the Honorable Court of Ordinary of
Bulloch county, for leave to sell all the improved tod
tHMUfiU
PHOTOGRAPHS, &C.
A1TRR f>W PES. POR-
CELAEf. AC.—Copies ot every kind from old
Stereoscopic Tievre of ftpn.vmrtnre_.nd
tuna a. uacap r Tames, jt itting t
r thand. . J* !
nov24
8. E. cor.
N. WILSON,
8HIPP1AG AJip^COMMISSION MER-
’ tl '■ - •—: --1-A :—-—— —
J . BERRIEN OLIVER,
• General Cox
deelMy - - - ‘ - -■ -
Merchant.
- No. 97
GOWDY, Commission 'Merchant. 9 Drayton
street, between Bay and Bryan streets.
oclG—3m
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\rnr B. ADAMS, Commission Merchant, Drayton
1 ■ street, next to Bay. .oc2—tf
; TTENBYBRYAN.Broker and Conn
JLJL 101 Bay street. Savannah, Ga.
au2G-tf
/''tARL EPPING 4 CO., General Commission Mer-
chants, 149Bays ~ * ' ~ *
149 Bay street. Savannah. Georgia, Vice-
Consnlati-s of Spain and of the Netherlands.
’ 4@~CARL EPPING, Timber Merchant, Darien and
Brunswick, Georgia. nov25-tf
wfld LANDS ,
Sr., late of Bulloch county, deceased, fora dii
said estate. This 23d day of November, 1868.
JAMES YOUNG, -Jr.,
JOHN CAMERON,
nov28-law2m } Administrators.
H ARNEY k CO„ Commission Merchants, No. 12 *
Stoddard’s Upper Range. liberal advances
made on consignments of Cotton, Wool. Hides, Ac.,
‘Jourfriends in '
ork.
£
J C. ROWLAND-A GO., Storage and General Com
• mission Merchants. Cotton taken on Storage
in Battersby’a First Class Fireproof Warehouses.
Particular attention given to weighing and sampling.
. J. C. ROWLAND. H.H. ROWLAND,
>N A WILSON, Cotton Factors and Gen
eral Commission Merchants, No. 90 Bay street.
Savannah, Georgia. liberal Advances made on con
signments to ourselves or our friends in New York
and Liverpool. ^ jy27
. D. B. MILLAR 157 Bay street. Commission
Merchants. Dealers in Railroad Supplies,
Agents for IngersoU’s Cotton Press, and mauuiac-
tnrer of Axle Grease, Ae.-jy 23
W sr >
BILLIARD SALOONS*
M etropolitan billiard rooms, (five ot
Phelan’8 first class Tables), Bryan street, oppo
site Screven House. 4SJ-FREELT7NCH every evening.
mli21 D. McCONNELL, Proprietor.
W.
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
M. DAVIDSON; Wholesale Dealer in Groceries,
Wines, Liquors, Teas and Cigars, 150 Bay
' —SoleAg * • '
street, Savannah. Sole Agent in the State of Georgia
for Massey, Houston A Co.’s Philadelphia Ale. jy2I.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
GEOSsCLAUDR, Dealer in Watches. Jewelpr
F. and Silverware, Bull street, opposite
Hall, Savannah, Ga. Watches and Jewelry care full
repaired. - nov7-tf
PAINTING AND GLAZING.
M URPHY A CLARK, Bryan Street, opposite tho
Bank State of Georgia, House, Sign, Ship and
Steamboat Painters, Gilding. Graining, Marbling and
Glazing. Signs of every description. jy23
PLASTERERS.
G RADY A TULLY, Plain and Ornamental Plaster
ers and Dealers in Laths, Lime, Plaster, Hair,
Cement and Bnilding Material, Bryan street, between
Drayton and Abercom ateeeta. ' augl-tf
BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS.
“^TM. ESmX, BuIl street, next to the Fo*t Office,
Dealer in Newspapers, Magazines, Books and
Stationery. The latest Nejr York and other Daily and
Weekly Newspapers received by every mail and steam-
MDERTAKERS.
T7UJRGUSON A DIXON, Undertakers, 120 Brough-
_ij ton street. Dealers’ in Fisk’s Patent Metalic, Ma
hogany, Walnut and Grained Coffins, Ice Boxes for
Preserving Bodies. Fnneralsfuraishedat the short
est notice. Country orders promptly attended to. jy27.
CIGAR MANUFACTURER.
SOLOMON, Cqrar Manufacturer, Bryan street.
between
above the Pulaski H<
and' Bull streets, three doors
jy23
Geo. N. Nichols’
PRINTING
—AND—
Publishing House,
89 and 91 Bay Street,
[UP STAIRS.)
Job Printing Office,
Book Bindery
Blank Book Manufactory.
MV
Utmos
UNSURPASSED FACILITIES ENABLE ME
execute all work ih the above lines with the
tmost Dispatch and in Superior Style*
Every Department Complete!
INCLUDING
PRINTING OFFICE, BLANK BOOK MANUFAC-
BOOK BINDERY, TORY, and
. PAPER RULING ROOM.
The only establishment in the city having all these
facilities combined.
A fun stock of PAPERS, LEATHERS and MATE
RIALS on 1
jy20—ir
■Telegraph Publications for 1869.
MICH DAILY TELEGRAPH:
THIS PAPER will enter the year with a very heavy
circulation. It will ever be found in the front rank 1
eat No
of Southern Journalism—full ot the Latest !
Domestic and Foreign.. It win be invaluable to the
Planter, the Mechanic and the Business and Profes
sional man. It will take strong hold of every impor-
md the tf “ ‘
tant interest of Georgia and the South, and without
impugning at all on the sphere of the Agricultural
'Journals, it will contain more timely and important
Agricultural matter, during the year, than any of them.
TERMS: $10 Per Annum, or $5 for Six Months, or
SlipOr month. {
GEORGIA SEM-WEEKL1
WiU be published Twice * Week. It will j
y characteristics as the Daily—be of the same size,
contains few or no advertisements. The first.
aumber will be Issued oiJl or about 1st January.
Price: $4 a Year aud $2 for Six Months.
Georgia Weekly Telegraph.
This Splendid Sheet Ja among the Largest in the
World. It is composed of EIGHT PAGES and FIF
TY-SIX COLUMN S—nearly all reading matter. We
shall accept for it but few ehort advertisements. It Is
a complete epitome of the Week’s History, and aa *
Family Journal, has no superior in the world.
PRICE: $3 * Year, or $1 60 for Six Months.
Address" CLISBY & REID.
declO-tf Macon, Ga.
THE FEDERAL UNION,
PUBLISHED "WEEKLY,
In the City of MUIedgeviHe, Ga., at $8 per 1
, IN ADVANCE,
now in Its 39th Volume. -
T runs PAPER is one of the oldest and most popular '
X Democratic journal* in the State, and has been
one of the most successful^ It is located in tho centre
of the State, and circulates in nearly every county.
As a medium for advertising it offers advantages en
joyed by few papers. •
With the commencement of another year we will -
enlarge and otherwise improve . the UNION, and use •
our best effbrts to keep the interest in this time-hon
ored journal from declining, until such time as the
people of Georgia shall demand that the Seat of Gov-'
eminent be returned to Milledgeville, when it will bo .
conducted with the ability that in times past com
manded for it an influence and circulation equal to
r paper in
RS-Toany
bers with the cash ($9.00), we will send the paper on?
-year gratis. BEO0GHTOS; BABNES k MOOEE>
r *<*; Proprietors.
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