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Newspaper Page TextMILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1869. No. 18. I XvC. ORME & SON, gDirOSS AND PROPRIETORS. | :3,00 per annum, in Advance. v KR TISING—Persquare often lines, each I rtioii, 3 1 91). Merchants and others forall I '^iintsover f 25, twenty-five per cent.off. legal ADVERTISING. , nar »'s.—Citationsfor letters ol ad- I /^/ration guardianship, &c $3 00 I ‘''w.stead notice -—. 2 00 .‘iiV a tinn)orIetters of dism’n fromadm’n 5 00 A 'olication for letters of dism'n of guard’n 350 Oration for leave to sell Land 5 00 v’ice to Debtors and Creditors 3 00 ! r,and. per square of ten lines.... 5 00 Si rofpersonaf.pJsq., ten days 150 .(‘^.n—Eacli levy often lines, or less.. 2 50 liZut&ze sales often tines or less 5 00 i t’/o-jHector’s sales, per sq, (2 months) 5 00 J .l r -. s .-Eoreelosure of mortgage and oth er'monthly’s, per square 1 00 Estray notices, thirty days 3 00 " Tributes of Respect, Resolutions by Societies, Obituaries, &e., exceeding six lines, to be charged a , transient advertising. r?*Sales of Land, by Administrators, Execu- , or Guardians, arc required by law, to be held "i the first Tuesday in the month, between the P" rs of ten in the forenoon and three in the af- t e r noon, at the Court-house in the county in which property is situated. N'jtice of these sales must be given in a public gazette 4U days previous to the day of sale. • r Notice for the sale of personal property must be given in like manner 10 days previous to sale day. ” Notices to debtors and creditors of, an estate must also be published 40 days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be published for two months. Citations for letters of Administration, Guar dianship, &e., must be published 30days—for dis mission from Administration, monthly six months; for dismission from guardianship, 40 days. Hub's for foreclosure of Mortgages must be published monthly for four months—for establish- i,t, r lost papers,for the full si>accof three months fur compelling titles from Executors or Adminis trators, where bond has been given by tue de ceased, the full space of three months. Charge *1 do per square of ten lines for each insertion. Publications will always be continued accord iug to these, the legal requirements, unless oth erwise ordered. Schedule of Macon & Augusta R. R. Leaves Camak, daily, at 1^30 “ Milledgeville 6.30 A.M. Arrives at Milledgeville 4 20 P.M. “ Camak ...... ..9.00A.M. Passengersieaving Augusta or Atlanta on Day Passenger Train of Georgia Railroad will make close connection at Camaktor intermediate points on the above road, and also for Macon, «fcc. Pas sengersieaving Milledgeville at 5.30, A. M.,reach Atlauta and Augusta same day,and will make close connections at either place for principal pointsinadjoining States. • E. W.COLE, Gen’ISupt. Augusta, January 7,1368 4 tf SOU"TH-WESTERN R. R. CO. OFFICE, MACON, GA., March24th, 1368. Columbus Train—Daihj. Leafre Macon 5 • ^ A. M. * Arrive at Columbus Leave Columbus ^MoP.M. Arrive at Macon - 6.20 P.M. Eufaula Train—Daily. Leave Macon 8.00 A. M. Arrive at Eufaula ™ Leave Eufaula ' “• Arrive at Macon 4.o(hP. M. Connecting with Albany Train at Sm.it/iville Leave Smithville.. I -46 P- M- Arrive at Albany 3.11 P. M. Leave Albany 9.35 A.M. Arrive at Smithville 11.00 A. M. Connecting with Fort Gaines Train at Cutkbcrt Leave Cnthbert - 3.57 P.M. Arrive at Fort Gaines - 5-40 P.M. Leave Fort Gaines 7.05 A.M.: Arrive at Cutlibert 9.05 A.M. Connecting with Central Railroad and Macon &l Western Railroad Trains at Macon, qnd Mont gomery & West Point Trains at Columbus. VIRGIL POWERS, * Engineer &. Superintendent. Schedule of the Georgia Railroad. O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, MARCH 29th 18H3, the Passenger Trains on the Georgia Kailroad will run as follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. (Daily, Sundays excepted.) Leave Augusta at — - ,.7.10 A. M. “ Atlanta at 6 A. M.. Arrive at Augusta 3-39 P. M. “ at Atlanta 6.10 P. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta at 3 45 P.M. “ Atlanta at * 6.4oP. M. Arrive at Augusta — 6.30 A. M. “ Atlanta — 4.00 A.M. BERZELIA PASSENGER TRAIN. L»ave Augusta at. - 4.30 P. M. “ Berzeliaat 7.00 A.M. Arrive at Augusta 8-45 A M. “at Uerzelia .... .6.15 P. M. Passengers for Milledgeville,Washington and Athens,Ga., must take Day Passenger Train from Augusta and Atlanta. Passengers for West Point, Montgomery, Sel ma, Mobile and New Orleans must leave Augusta on Night Passenger Train at 3-45 P. M., to make close connections. Passengers for Nashville, Corinth, Grand Junc tion, Memphis, Louisville and St. Louis can take either train and make close connections. Through Tickets and Baggagecbeckedthrough to the above places. Pullman’s Palace SleepingCars on all Night Passenger Trains. E. W. COLE, Gen’ISuperint’dt. Augusta, March 26,1868 4 tl ffLtLanta SL finest UPaurt RAIL ROAD. Day Passenger Train—Outicard. Leave Atlanta 4-45 A. M. Arrive at West Point.. I)ay Passenger "l Leave West Point Arrive at Atlauta Hight Freight and Passenger—Outicard. Leave Atlauta Arrive at West Point.. Night Freightnnd Passe Leave West Point Arrive at Atlanta 9.50 P. M. in — Inward. 1.30 F. M. 6.20 P. M. 4.15 P. M. 11.40 P. M. cr Train—Inward. 4.20 A. M. 11.30 A. M. SIlculqc of £fch.ed.iLLe. OFFICE SOUTH CAROLINA R. R. CO-, ) Augusta, Ga., March 25,1868. $ O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 29tb March, 1868, the Mai and Passenger Trains of this Road will leave and arrive afrthrough Central Repot,Georgia Railroad, as follows: Morning Mail and Passenger Train ^or Charleston, connecting Train for Columbia, South Carolina, Charlotte Road, and Wilming ton and Manchester Railroad. Leave Central Depot at 5.50 A. M. Arrive atCentral Depot 3.30 P. M. Night Passenger Sf Accommodation Train 1 or Charleston, connecting with Train for Co lumbia,and with Greenville andColumbia Rail road: Leave Central Depot at 3.50 P. M. Arrive at Central Depot at ... 7.00 A. M; H. T. PEAKE, General Superintendent lvIa,ooii <&& Western RAILROAD. —DAY TRAIN — Leave Macon 7.45 A. M., arrive at Atlanta, 2P.M Atlanta?^ A.M.,arriveatMacon, 1..30P. M —NIGHT TRAIN — LeaveMacon 8.40P.M..arrive at Atlanta,4^ P. M- “ Atlanta7^ P. M.,arrive at Macon 3.10 A. M- Macon & Brunswick Railroad, OFFICERS. G. H.HAZLEHURST President. ROBT. SCHMIDT,...... Mas ter Transportation. H. C. DAY Secretary & Treasurer. LeaveMacon 3 P.M..arrive at Macon. 10.30 A.M. LeaveHawkinsville 7 A. M.,arrive at Hawkins- ville, 6.30 P. M. March 1 I 1868 11 WANDO FERTILIZER. T HE WANDO MINING AND MANUFAC TURING COMPANY offers to the Planters and Farmers of the South, their FERTILIZER, know as the “WANDO FERTILIZER,” Which the experience of the past season has prov ed to be one of the most valuable in our market. It has for its base the materials from the Phosphate Beds of the Company on Ashley River, and is prepared at their works at the EAST END OF HASEL-STREET, in this city. In order to guarantee its uniformity and maintain its high standard, the Company has made arrangements with the distinguished Chem ist, Dr. C. U. SHEPHERD, Jr., who carefully analyzes all the amoniacal and other material pur chased by the Company, and the prepared FERTILI25ER, before being offered for sale. The Company is re solved to make an article which will prove to be a COMPLETE MANURE, and give entire satis faction. For terms, circulars and other information, APPLY TO. IVM. C. DUKES & CO Agents, NO. 1. SOUTH ATLANTIC WHARF, Charleston, S. C.,Feb. 16,1869 7 3m Corner of Mulherry and Second Street, MACON, GA. B. B EUSTON, - - • Principal, Late of Dolbear and J. W. Blackman’s Com mercial Colleges, New Orleans. —o:o— This College is open daily from 9 a. m., to 9 p. m., and is now in successful operation. Students enter at any time. No vacations.— Time unlimited. Cheap board, healthy city, and its low tuition fee, make it desirable for all to en ter here. The following branches constitute the Commer cial Course—each branch can be taken up sepa rately—time is unlimited, viz: Penmanship, Arithmetic, including Commercial Calculations, Book-keeping, Distinct Branches, Ornamental Penmanship and flourishing Pen Drawing. Literary Department.—English Grammati cal Course,$50. For further particulars, call or send for Circulars. 13^ Patronize and encour age home Institutions. February 16, 1869 7 3m. 1 PUBLIC LAWS FOR 1809. An Act to authorize Clerks of Court tc amend fi. fas. and issue alias Execu tions in certain cases. See. 1. The Genet al Assembly do en act, That when the Clerk of any Court has heretofore made, or shall hereafter make, any mistake in issuing any exe cution, such Clerk, or any successor of his in office, may correct such mistake by amending said execution, and shall note and certify the fact that such amendment was made by him on the execution ; or such Clerk may issue an alias fi. fa., to be signed and dated by him at the time it is issued, instead of the fi. fa. in which the mistake was made, and such Clerk shall note the fact ot the issuing of such alias on the original, which original shall remain on file in his office, and shall likewise make a memorandum thereof on the execution docket, and shall also trans cribe upon the alias all the entries and credits from the original, and no order of Court shall be necessary in the cases contemplated by this Act. Sec. 2. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved March 19, 1869. T. W. WHITE, jh±aPn.eu r -at-^£aLa, MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., Will practice in this and the adjoining counties. EP* Applications for Homestead Exemptions under the new law, and oiher business before the Court of Ordinary, will receive proper attention. October 13. 1868 41 tf NEWELL & WILLIAMSON, Attorneys at, Law, w MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. ILL practice in the counties of the Ocmul- gee Circuit, and in the counties of Wash ington and Hancock. Special attention given t.o applications for Homestead, and other business before the Court of Ordinary. T. F. Newell. W. W. Williamson. December 15, 1868 50 ' lv CITY TAXES. C ITY TAX PAYERS will please bear in mind that the Books are ready for the reception of TAXES, for the year 1868. The Clerk will be in his office from 9 to 12 A. M., and from 2 to 5 P. M., to wait on the Tax payers. Call in these hours and settle. Don’t all call at once. P. FAIR, Clerk & Treasurer. December 22,1868 51 tf GEO. P. ROWELL & CO S AMERICAN n’EWSPAPER DIBECTOKY, Containing accurate lists of all the Newspapers and Periodicals published in the United States and Territories, and the Dominion ot Canada, and British Colonies of North America; together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. New York: Geo. P. Rowell & Co., Publishers and Newspaper Advertising Agents, 40 Park Row. A Handsome Octavo Volume o/'300 pages Bound in Cloth. Price $5 00. A work of great value to Advertisers, Publish ers and others, who desire information in relation to the Newspapers and Periodicals of North A- merica. The edition will be limited, and persons desir ino - copies will do well to send their orders im mediately to GEO- P. ROWELL &.CO., Publishers & Advertising Agents,40 ParkRow, New York. January 19, 1869 3 tf To the heirs of Sylvanus Prince, deceased, late of Baldwin county. N OTICE.—Three months after date, I will ap ply to the Ordinary of Baldwin county for an order requiring the administrator of said Sylva nus Prince to execute titles to me for three hun dred and twenty-eight acres of land in Baldwin county, according to the terms of the bond for ti tles, of said deceased, dated December 12, 1859— said land being the same sold to me by said de ceased, and now in my possession. (JOHN J. BUCK. March 2,1869 9 3m D ISSOLUTION.—The Copartnership hereto fore existing between BISCHOF & MON- HEIMER, was dissolved by mutual consent on the i 5th February, 18^9. A. BISCHOF, H. MONHEIMER. jjy Those indebted to above firm, will come forward and make some settlement. Books must be closed in some way—either by money or notes. A. BISCHOF. H MONHEIMER. March 30.1869 13 tf IFor Sale, A FIRST RATE GIN BAND, iix inches wide, thirty-four feet long. Also, Wooden running Gear for a Gin. Apply at the RECORDER OFFICE. MifiedgeviUe, Feb’y2,1869 5 tf An Act lo prevent fraud in laying off the Homestead, and Exemption of Personal Property under the n Constitution. Sec. 1. The General Assembly of Georgia, do enact, That it shall be the duty of each and every person, who claims the benefit of the Homestead and the one thousand dollar in specie value of personal property under the new Constitution, as the allowance is a liberal one, to acl in perfect good faith; and as it is in the power of the debtor claiming the exemption of personal property to conceal part of his proper ty or money, and to claim the balance as exempt, it shall be the duty of such debtor, when he takes steps in the Court of Ordinary, or before the proper Court, to have said exemption ol per sonal property set off'to him, to make a full and fair disclosure ol all the per sonal property, including money,stocks and bonds of which he may be possess ed at the time, and all such money or property which he may hold in excess of the one thousand dollar’s Worth on the specie basis, shall be subject to levy and sale for the payment of his just debts ; and if the money or oiher personal property of which he is pos sessed at the lime of his said applica tion, or at the lime he obtains the or der of Court, setting off the property exempt, is fraudulently concealed, or is not delivered up for the benefit of his creditors, no exemption shall be made in his favor till it is so delivered up ; and all orders of Court, heretofore or hereafter obtained by the fraudulent concealment of property as aforesaid, or obtained while the debtor had per sonal ptoperty,money, stocks or bonds, which he kept out of the reach of the levying officer, or did not in good faith deliver up for the benefit of his creditors shall he null and void, and of no effect, and the property setoff' to the debtor by such order or judgment shall be subject to levy and sale as if no such order or judgment had been rendered ; and all property in which the dehlor shall have invested the money,* stocks, bonds, or personal property fraudulent ly concealed by him, or kept out of the reach of his creditors, shall be subject to levy and sale, and liable to be sold for the payment of any debt then in ex istence; and the debtor guilty of wil ful fraud in the concealment of part of his property, of which he is possessed when he seeks the benefit of the ex emption, shall, on account of his fraud, lose the benefit of such exemption, and his property shall he subject lo the pay ment of all just debts which he owed at tne time such fraud was committed ; hut the property when once set off to him by order of the Coutl, and the or der recorded, shall be exempt as a- gainst all debts contracted after that lime, but not as against pre-existing creditors whom he has attempted to defraud by failing lo gi\e up to his creditors all properly in his possession, subject to the payment of his debts at the time he applied for the benefit ot the exemption. See. Repeals conflicting laws- Approved March 20, 1869. in the Superior Court of said counties, pany under the seal thereof. And the shall be imprisoned in the common jail, not more than six months, or fined not over two hundred dollars, in the dis cretion of the Court; and from one hour after sun-set to one hour before sun-rise, -shall be considered after night. Sqc. 2. Repeals conflicting laws. •Became a law (without the approv al of the Executive,) by lapse of time. March 4, 1869. Al- An Acl to repeal An Act to Educate the indigent maimed ' Soldiers of Georgia, approved December 18, ~ 1866. Sec. 1. Be it enacted, That the Acl entitled an Act to educate indigent maimed soldiers of Georgia be, and the same is hereby repealed. Approved March 19, 1869. An Act to prohibit and make penal the sale and purchase of agricultural products in the counties of Lowndes and Macon, after night, bv and from tenants, by the year, ot hired labor ers, without written permission from the owner of the lands on which the same was raised, or his authorized agent. Sec. 1. Be it enacted, Tnat if any person or persons of said counties shall, knowingly, purchase, after night, any agricultural products from any tenant or tenants by the year, or hired labor ers, in said counties, without written permission from the owner of the land, on which the same was raised, or his authorized agent, such purchaser or purchasers, as well as such tenants and laborers, shall be guilty of a misde meanor, and upon conviction thereof, An Act to aid the Brunswick and bany Railroad Company. Whereas, the Brunswick and Alba ny Railroad Company, a corporation duly and legally organized under and in pursuance of divers Acts ofthe Leg islature of the State of Georgia, had previously to the late war, built and equipped, and had in running order about sixty-five miles of their main rail road, extending from the city of Bruns wick to the village of Waresboro,which had been so built and equipped at a cost to the proprietors—they being res idents of Northern States and Europe of about one million eight hundred thousand dollars : And whereas, also, the said road was, during the late war, lorn up and demolished by the authority of the then existing Government of the State of Georgia, in connection wnth the Gov ernment ofthe Confederate States, lo i he great damage of the proprietors of said road, by reason of which said pro prietors have a claim, as they allege, against the State of jGeorgia, amount ing to the sum of three million four hundred thousand dollars, for the dam age caused by the tearing up and de molishing said road, including claims against individuals and railroad com panies for iron and other property wrongfully taken.jpr converted by said individuals or railroad companies : And whereas, also, a portion of the iron rails, spikes, and chairs, taken from said Brunswick and Albany Rail road, amounting to about six hundred tons, were brought to and placed upon the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and have been since, and are now used upon said Western and Atlantic Rail road, by reason of which the said Brunswick and Albany Railroad Com pany has a legal claim against the State of Georgia and against the West ern and Atlantic Railroad Company, for the value of said iron rails, spikes and chairs,and the interest on the same amounting in all tathe sum of seventy- five thousand dollars : And whereas, also, the said Bruns wick and Albany Railroad Company are now entirely free and clear from all and every debt of incumbrance,and are the owners ofthe light of way and graded track from Brunswick to Waresboro : And whereas, also, the Brunswick and Albany Railroad Company, and the proprietors thereof, are willing, in consideration ofthe aid and assistance in this Act provided for, to release and discharge all claims that they rnay have against the State of Georgia,aris ing out ofthe above recited causes : And whereas, also, it is important that the said Brunswick and Albany Railroad Company’s main truuk line, through from the waters of the Harbor of Brunswick to Albany, and from thence to the line of the State of Ala bama, should be a first class road, with a view particularly to the ultimate transit trafic from the Pacific, which road will cost at least thirty thousand dollars per mile, and will tend greatly to developethe resources of the South ern portion ofthe State, and to promote the welfare and prosperity ofthe whole people of Georgia, and largely increase the taxable property of the State : Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is enacted by authority ofthe same, That it shall, and may be, lawful for the Brunswick and Albany Railroad Com pany to execute and deliver to the Treasurer of the State of Georgia, for the time being, a deed of trust, convey ing to said Treasurer and his successors in office, all the rights, franchises and privileges conferred upon said Bruns wick and Albany Railroad by the sev eral Acts of the Legislature of the State of Georgia in reference thereto, and all rights of way ol said company on its main railroad, through from the waters of Brunswick Harbor to Albany, and thence to the line of the State of Ala bama, now possessed by said company, or hereafter to he acquired, and all the tracks, lines and roadbeds upon said main road now graded, or hereafter to be graded, and all real and personal property belonging or appertaining to said main road, now owned by said company, or hereafter to be acquired by them, in trust and as security lor the ultimate payment to the holder or hold ers thereof of the principal and interest ofthe bonds of said company, amount ing to the sum of fifteen thousand dol lars per mile upon said company’s main railroad from the Harbor of Brunswick lo Albany, and the line ol the State of Alabama, said bonds to be of the denomination of one thousand dollars each, the principal sum paya ble in forty years, and bearing interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, and have cou pons or interest warrants attached in accordance thereto : both principal and interest lo be payable in coin, and at such place or places as may be speci fied in said bonds and deed of trust, said bonds to be executed bv said com- Treasurer of the State of Georgia, for the time being, is hereby directed to join with-said company in the execu tion of said deed of trust, and he and his successors in office are hereby charged with the execution of the trust contained therein ; said deed of trust shall be recorded in the proper offices for the record of deeds in the several counties through which said company’s main railroad is to pass. Sec. 2. As soon as said Brunswick and Albany Railroad Co. shall have built twenty consecutive miles of their said main railroad in a substantial manner, and shall have the same in good running and working order,which shall be certified to by an engineer ap pointed by His Excellency the Gover nor ot the State of Georgia for that pur pose, the said company shall present to the Treasurer of the State of Geor gia for the time being, the bonds of said company, such as are described in the first Section of this Act, amount ing in the aggregate to fifteen thousand dollars per mile upon the road so com pleted, and from lime to time thereaf ter as often as said company shall have completed any additional consecutive ten miles of said main road, to be cer tified to as above, said company, a- mounting to fifteen thousand dollars per mile upon all of said company’s main road so built, until the whole main road from the Harbor of Brunswick to Albany, and the line of the State of Alabama, is built, and the said Treas urer for the time being shall make an endorsement upon the back of each of said bonds, and shall sign the same as Treasurer of the State of Georgia, which endorsement shall be as fol lows : “I certify that the within is one of a series of bonds issued by the Bruns wick and Albany Railroad Company, and amounting in the aggregate to the sum of fifteen thousand dollars per mile upon said company’s main railroad,se cured by deed of trust upon said com pany’s main railroad, and all the reak and personal property connected with the same, executed to the Treasurer of the State of Georgia as Trustee, on the day of A. D. 1869.” The payment of the principal and interest of the within bond, according to the terms thereof, is hereby guaranteed by the State of Georgia in pursuance of, and obedi ence to an Act of the Legislature, of said State, passed the day of A. D. 1869.” And shall fill up the two blanks in the endorsement, the first with the real date ot the deed of trust, and the sec ond with the date of the passage of this Act; and shall deliver the bonds so certified and guaranteed to the Presi dent of said company, or other officers authorized by the Boards of Directors of said company to receive the same and the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds to the holders thereof, according to the terms thereof, is hereby declarad to be guaranteed by the Stale of Georgia. Sec. 3. Said bonds may be negoti ated and sold by said company, but the same shall not be sold at a greater dis count than ten per cent. Sec. 4. If default shall at any time be made by the said company in the payment of the principal or interest of said bonds when dne, the said Treas urer may take possession of said road, and all the personal property connect ed with or appertaining to the same, and may run the same for the protec tion of the State and for the benefit of the trust, and may sell the same, in accordance with the conditions of the deed of trust, and according to law for the benefit of said trust. Sec. 5, Until default shall be made in the payment of the principal or in terest of said bonds by said company, said company shall have the exclusive control and management of said main railroad ; anil after the payment of said bonds by said corfl pany, said com pany shall own and possess said rail road, free and c lear from all incum brances whatever. Sec. 6. The Governor shall desig nate some engineer, who shall certify from time to lime the completion ofthe lifferent sections of said road, as con tained in the second Section herein,and upon whose certificate the Treasurer shall endorse and deliver to said com pany the bonds in said second Section mentioned. Sec. 7. The said company shall build at least fifty miles of said road in each year,till the whole line is built; and the acceptance of the terms of this Act by said company, shall release and discharge the State of Georgia from all the claims recited in the preamble of this Act ; Provided, nevertheless, that nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to release % any per son or body corporate, other than the State of Georgia and the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company, from any claim or action held by said Bruns wick and Albany Railroad Company, or assigns for the iron, rail, spikes and chairs taken from said last mentioned road, or for the use or destruction of the same. Sec, 8. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved March 18, 1869. A young lady gives the following cata logue of different kinds of love : “The sweetest, a mother's love; the longest, a brother's love ; the strongest, a woman’s love ; the dearest, a man’s love ; and the sweetest, longest, strongest, dearest love^i ‘love of a bonnet.” From the New Orleans Picayune. THE WRONG BED. A Disconsolate Bride and an Astoundifig Bridegroom At a late hour Tuesday night quite a bridal party arrived in the city and put up at one of the hotels. The bride was accompanied by two of her young la dy friends, and the groom by two gen tlemen. The names were registered in the usual way, but in some way a mistake was made in reference to the identity of the bride. The hours sped on toward the dawn and the bride in her silent chamber waited-the appear ance of her lord. Yet he came not. Surely, he was not sitting up all this lime. The rest of the party had re tired she was certain, since she had heard them in their apartments. What had become of him f Impa tience gradually grew into terror. She rang her bell and the servant knocked at the door. “Do you know where my husband is ?” she inquired. “Aint he in here, mam ?” “No!” “Maybe he stepped out into the city, pam, and will be back directly.” “I’m afraid ; oh, do inquire at the of fice, and see if there is any intelligence about him.” The servant retired, and in a few moments returned with information that there was none. The wife was now alarmed in earnest. She never had a husband before, and, like the man who drew the elephant in the lot tery, scarcely knew what to do with the animal. In her anxiety she went to the room of one of her bridesmaids and knocked at the door. “Who’s there?” was inquired m ac cents unmistakably masculine. “Me, Mary; but mercy, who are you ?” There was a sudden stir and the sound of feet tailing heavily on the car peted floor. “Who [the devil am I in bed with, then?” she heard the man say, as the door swung open and her husband’s face peered out. “Oh! I’m distracted about you, where have you been r” “I’ve been here in bed ; but deuce take me, I thought you were here, too.” “Oh ! -James, it wasn’t me.” “Who is it, then ?” “Why, it’s Sarah.” “The devil!” “Oh! no, James, it was Sarah.— Didn’ you know it, James ? “Blast me if I did ! I found her a- sleep, and thinking this was our room I crept into bed and went to sleep,” replied Tames, evidently impressed with the idea that he had a difficult case to argue. “Is she asleep yet, James?” “Why, don’t }mu hear her snore?” But just then Sarah waked up, and seeing a man in her room set up a suc cession of screeches that soon filled the hall with people. And now the bridegroom found him self in a delicate position. In the hur ry ot explaining the matter to his wife, he had neglected to j>iit on his pants; and now in his eager for them he was dancing around the room like one pos sessed; now and then imploring Sarah to hush. “I’m going, don’t you see?” But Sa rah was seeing too much, and she wouldn’t hush, and the wife in the hall hemmed in by the eager crowd, had tried to explain; but, failing in this, had leaned her bead against the wall and was enjoying a hearty cry. At last, however, the pants were found and put on, and the husband and wife escaped to their chamber, whilst Miss Sarah double-locked her door a- gainst all further intrusion. The next morning explanations were gone into, but there’s no denying that both the la dies were the least bit incredulous, and it is said a perceptible coldness has grown up between them, whilst the unintentionally offending bridegroom walksabouta good deal, bis head down, and evidently indulging in unpleasant meditations. training; they had never wanted mon ey, for I gave each a liberal allowance. Never had men fairer opportunities; but look at the results; the physician has no patients; the lawyer no clients; while the merchant—instead of follow ing my example—is above visiting bis counting-room ! In vain I urged them to greater diligence. What was the response? ‘There is no use, father— we shall never want money, we know you have enough for all.’ Thus, in stead of being energetic and uselul members of society, my sons are mere idlers and men of vain display. Had they been forced to struggle against difficulties to gain their professions, and were even now dependent on their own exertions for support, they would in-nil probability have done credit to them selves and me.”—Phrenological Jour. THE CURSE OF WEALTH. AN EVERY DAY FACT. Mr. P.> a wealthy man, retired from busines, was urged by a friend to en gage in a mercantile scheme, from which large profits were apparent. “You are right, said he, “as regards the probable success of the scheme, but I shall not embark in it. I have too much money already.” He was asked to explain, and re marked : “Yes, 1 would not cross the street to gain thousands. I should be happier if my income were less. I am old, and in a year or two, whatever I possess will avail me naught. My daughters are dead, and 1 have three sons whom I dearly love. My own ed ucation had been neglected : my for tune was gained by honest labor and careful economy; 1 bad no time for study, but I resolved that my sons should have every advantage. They each received a classical education, and then I gave them the choice of a profession. The eldest would be a physician; the second chose the law ; the third resolved to follow my foot steps as a merchant. This was to my mind ; I was prou^ of my sons, and trusted one day to see them distinguish ed, or at least useful to their feliow- men. I spared no expense in their AFTER DEATH. “From this beautiful world,” said the sensuous Greek, “1 shall not utter ly die, for beyond the power of Mars comes the edict of Hades. I.shall en ter some other body. Before the throne of a powerful necessity, the thread of my new life will be drawn and woven into some fresh existence. Not so deep ly shall 1 quaff' ofthe waters of obliv ion but that I shall remember the tol lies, the faults and the delights of my former state!’ Hush!” cries the Buddhist, “dis turb not my self-envelopment. From the infinity of space, I passed into the infinity of intelligence, then into the region of nothing, and the idea of noth ing. Now for the blessed Nirvanna— total extinction.” Burn plenty of din on my grave,” says the Chinese, “and keep np my worship. Let the ancestral tablets be kept-unsoiled, that I may have due honor in the world of light, nor have my angry spirit torment you for your neglect.” I go,” said the Scandinavian, “red with the blood ot battle, to the Valky ries who fill the hour in the Hall of Odin. Eternal conflict, eternal was sail, until the Ragnarok, the gray twi light of the Gods, which will lead us to the All Father’s eternal abodes.” “The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and of Jacob,” cries the Jew— “the sole Ruler of Heaven and earth, without beginning or end. Into his hands I render the breath of lite he gave. God’s my God, what can 1 fear?” “Behold I am on the borders of the chill dark river,” says the Protestant Christian. “I catch the gleam of the Eternal City, and the goodly company ofthe Blessed await mein shilling gar ments. Not iu my own woiks do I trust—naked of all but faith in the atonement, I come, O Lord, to Thee. Nay—I have no fear, for Him in whom I trust has trod the waters ! In te Dom ini speravi ?” “Mea culpa,” cries the Catholic, striking his breast, “let masses be said, and the prayers, of the faithful be in voked for a soul in Purgatory. The good works I leave unfinished, let prayer accomplish. Let my purifica tion be brief, that I may enter into the eternal reward of those who have tried to serve the Lord.” “Allah!” cries the Mohametan— “there is but one God, and Mahomet is his prophet! The two black angels cannot keep the soul ol the true believ er from A1 Jannat, with its margins of camphire, its tree Tuba, and where the melodious voice of Israel mixes with the songs of the daughters of Par adise.” • We listen to these diverse utteranc es, as diverse as the customs, habit of thought, or natural difference of the people who utter them. After death, who sneers at it? Where is the skeptic so firmly intrenched in his indifferent- ism lo articles of religious faith, who yet does nol share the human passion ate yearning, to plunge into its myste ries and bring back true tidings of the solemn, unbroken silence. “After death” is either a realm glo rious -beyond the speech of man, or an utterly starless night to which no morn cometh. Reason, tracing the dissolu tion of the earthly particles, is silent, or she argues from analogy, and analo gy only brings a partial conclusion. It, in return, points lo Hope, and Hope, like its own rainbow, reflects the glit tering coloring ofoiher things. But there is a voice which speaks, and those who hear it receive unques- lioningly the Divine Evangel of prom ise. The faith in Revelation, the gar nered words of those who did see the dead aiise, is the Christian anchor in the tempests of doubt. This century,’ when we can look back to the fulfill ment of the darkest prophecies of the inspired Book, should not doubt the one episode of the Resurrection. Time has either driven other creeds into dark corners, where the sun of civilization cannot penetrate, or utterly swept them from the face of the earth. Christianity alone walks hand in hand with progress, the most faithful expo nent of the heights humanity can attain in time, the one faithful prophet of what it can aspire to in the eternities. [New Orleans Times. A worthy Quaker thus wrote : “I expect to pass through this world but once. If, therefore, there he any kind ness I can show, or any good thing that I can do to any fellow human be ing, let me do it now. Let me not de fer or neglect it, for I will not pass tint way again,”

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Southern recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1820-1872, May 04, 1869, Image 1