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Newspaper Page TextMILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1870. No. mvns ' , p SS ee Editors & Proprietors. •A OR MB" Editor * _j2,00 per annum, in Advance. lS(; __Persquare oftenlines, each IU ' ; ‘V| 00. Merchants and others forall (, r ^5,twenty-five per cent. off. legal advertising. r „ ,-Citationstor letters ot ad- ^'Snignardianship .&c. ji.trsho 11 ’ » fSte8 Jtorletters of dism’n from adm’n ‘ U ■ ■ letters of dism’n of guard’ll $ 3 00 2 00 5 00 if- „ f nr letters ofdismn oi guara n 3 50 i leave to sell Land 5 00 4 ' Q e btors and Creditors ........ 3 00 > r „ n d. per square of ten lines.... 5 00 ' ‘ . personal, per sq., ten days... 1 50 “* t —Each levy of ten lines, or less.. 2 50 ' ' ~*saies often lines or less 5 00 H ^Iws sales, per sq. (2 months) 6 00 1,11 Foreclosure of mortgage and oth- ;s "'..' of Respect, Resolutions by Societies, T r 3U ’ £ e exceeding six lines, to be charged 0s ;3«udve r ti«ng. ‘*1., , s0 f Land, by Administrators, Execu- ;v .Doardiaos, are required by law,to be held ;)r ’ •,,[ Tuesday in the month, between the J ten in the forenoon and three in the af- ! 3 ° „*thaCouit-housein the county in which ' "property is situated. Y.-., of these sales must be given in a public itf todays previous to the day of sale, f ‘ - for the sale of personal property mustbe L ninlikemanner 10 days previous to sale day, • „ t 9 debtors and creditors of an estate »Lo be published 40 days. ‘ that application will be made to the ' ,>r,linary for leave to sell land, must he rtart* j , ” li^ed for two months. rations for letters of Administration, Guar- , jae.,must be published 30days—for dis- r u etn Administration, monthly six months , ,dismissiontrom guardianship, 40 days. r p J '[ e5 ,\ ir i’ ; ,reclosure of Mortgages must be u V'j vinthty for four months—for establish- ^r ositapors for the fullspaceof three months— 3 ? fa wiling tit-as from Executors or Ad minis- "frs where bond has been given by the de- f the full space of three months. Charge, ffu per square of ten lines for each insertion. Pifiwtioas will always be continued accord - j'-'ie'se. the legal requirements, unless oth <ise ordered. i .*> CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, ATLANTIC A GlLF, R. R- COMPANY, Savannah, January 7, 1870. O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, the 9th instant, Passenger Trains on this Road will run as " S ’ NIGHT EPXPRESS TRAIN. Le»v« Savannah every day at 4.30 P M Arrive at Jesup junction, M &. B KR at 7.-0 P “ An ire at Live Oak evevy day 2.20 A M Arrive at Jacksonville every day 7.02 A M Arrive at Tallahassee every day 7.07 A M Airire at Quincy every day ..9.15 A M Arrive ai Bainmidge Mondays ex cepted - 6.15 A M L-ite Bainbridge, Sundays excepted.0.30 P M Leave Quincy every day 6.25 P M Leave Tallahassee every day 8.25 P ™ Leave Jacksonville every day 8.30 P M Leave Live Oak every day 1-28 A M 1'avejesup every day -—/ .50 A M Arrive it Savannah every day ..10.50 A M MACON A BRUNSWICK ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. Leave Savannah, Sundays except ed, at 2.10 P M Arrive at Jesops Sundays except ed at... .*.-5.00 P M Arrive at Brunswick daily at 8.20 P M Leave Macon daily at 8.30 A M Leave Jesup daily at - 6.00 P M Arr.n at Savannah daily at 9.30 P M , da Sunday this Train will leave Savannah at '!•* A. M., connecting with Trains for Macon & E'iinswick. and connecting with trains from Ma- and Brunswick will arrive at Savannah at 9.2'J P M. DAY TRAIN. Leave Savannah, Sunday's except ed at : 7.15 A M Arrive at Jegups, Sundays except ed at.... 10.45 A M Arrive at Live Oak, Sundays ex- v-pted at. 7.00 P M Arrive at Macon duly at 7.50 P M Leave Live Oak, Sundays except ed at. 6.00 AM «ave Jes'ups, Sundays except- ei at 2.16 P M Arrive at Savannah .Sundays ex cepted at 5.35 P M 9f Passengers for Macon take 7.15 A M train lorn Savannah, leaving daily. Passengers for Brunswick take 2.10 P M. train t’Jm Savannah. Passengers leaving Maccn at 8.30 A M connect *■ ■Lsup with express train for Florida and W est- Division, and with train for Savannah, arriv- at 9 30 P M. ’ Augers from Brunswick connect at Jesnp with • u tor Savannah, arriving at 5.35 P M except Till ays, when it arrives at 9 30 P. M at Jesup Express Train for Savannah, arriving at LoOAM. L Meet at Macon with Train for Atlanta, leav- :t » at 9.00 P M. * ,jL 'TH GEORGIA &. FLORIDA R. R. TRAIM. ‘-‘^va Thomasviile Tuesdays, Thursdays and »M*rdays at 8.00 A M at Pelham, Tuesdays Thursdays and Sat* . “■ Jays at 9.55 A M Pelham, Tuesdays, Thursdays snd Satur- Taat .3 45 P M 8 at Thomasviile, Tuesdays, Thursdays and ^'•ardays at. .6.00 P M H. S. HAINES, General Superintendent, aryl 1870 3 tf CHANGE OP SCHEDULE. WO CHAWOB OP CAM BB- Twasnr savaitzvah, au-. OUSTA AND MOWTGOM ERY, ALABAMA. TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, CET. R. R. ? Savannah, August 14, 1868. ) /~\N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 16th inst., Pas w senger Trains on the Georgia Central R. R will run as follows : UP DAY TRAIN. UiVI ARR1Y Savannah.... 8:00 A M Macon .< 5:38 p m Augusta 5:38 p M Milledgeville g-5H p \r Eatonton .'f.ll'.V lLOO P Connecting with trains that leave* Augusta V-..J.... 8:45 A M DOWN DAY TRAIN. Macon 7;00 s- Savannah 5.30 p M Augusta. 5.38 p jj Connecting with train that leaves Augusta 8:45 A M UP NIGHT TRAIN- Savannah 7:20 P M Macon 6:55 A M Augusta 8:13 ^ M Connecting with trains that leaves Augusta 9:33 p M DOWN NIGHT TRAIN. Macon 6:25 P M Savannah 5; 10 A 11 Augusta 9-.13 a y Milledgeville 4:30 P M Eatonton - 2:40 P M Connecting \vith train>that deavds Augusta. ‘...Ti. 9:53 P M A M Trains from Savannah and Augusta, a P M Train from Macon connect with Milledg ville Train at Gordon daily. Sundays excepted. P M. Train from Savannah connects with thro mail train on South CaroTins K «ilroad, and P. M train from Savannah and Augusta with trains on South-Western and Muscogee Railroads. WM. ROGERS, Act’g Master of Transportation. February 1, 1870 5 tf NOTICE. Atlantic a Gulf Railroad Co., Savannah, December 15, 1869. O N AND AFTER THIS DATE, BY AGREE- MEN T, the rate of Freight between Savant- nan and Macon, by the Atlantic and Gulf and Ma con and Brunswick Railroads, will be as follows First class per pound..... $2 30 Second class per 100 pounds.... 1 40 Third class per 100 pounds I 00 Fourth class per 100 pounds .......... 80 Fifth class per 100 pounds................ 70 Sixth class per 100 pounds 50 Seventh class per 100 pounds.... .... .... 45 Eighth class per 100 pounds.............. 35 Ninth class per 100 pounds...... .... 30 Cotton per 100 pounds.... ...«. 50 Salt per sack 30 Guauo per 100 pounds — 15 Freight received for all Stations on Macon and Western Railroad, Atlanta and points beyond. H. S. HAINES, General Superintendent. February 1, 1879 5 It Jinnm CHANGE of schedule. S*oth-Western Railroad Company, £ Oiice, Macon, Ga., J an. l5th, 1870. > day Passenger and Mad Train. Macon 8.00 A.M. I rriT e stEufaula ....' 5.30 P.M.- f Eufaula 7.20 A.M. lrav e at Macon 4.50 P.M. .Vi, y'- Freight Accommodation Train. 4 ■"•Macon.... 8:25 PM U.' e 5 Bufaula 11:00 A M ** T *Eofauia.;:;;:;;;:;;;:;;;;;; 7:is p m ■ at Macon 9:10 A M Col mbits Mail Train. “ 47? E'olj Imbu3i _ 12:25 P M con 6:05 P M Arr ,? Macon 7:25 A M U- V* Columbus 1.22 A M Colu, rius Night Freight SfAc’om’n Train bl! lIacon 7:40 P M L eav .’ ?! Cohimbus 5:05 A M Arriva :, 0l " mbtlS 7:()0 P M •at Macon....' 4:43 A M A'hanvT-«:„u with P M Schedule of the Georgia Railroad. SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, > Georgia Railroad Company, > Augusta, Ga., December 23, ’69. 7 O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 26th inst., the Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad will run as follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta at •".00 A M. “ Atlanta at ...........5.00 AM. Arrive at August at...---.......3.45 P M. “ at Atlanta , — 5.30 PM.! NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta at 10.00 P M. “ Atlanta at 5.45 P M. ij. Arrive at Augusta. 3.45 A. M. * Atlanta .8.<J(1A. M. S. K. JOHNSON, Superintendent. January, 18 1870 3 H ! Schedule Macon & Brunswick R. R January,|7th, 1870 R egular thro’ passenger trains will commence running on thi» Road on Sunday, the 9th inst., as follows : Leave Macon at d w’ Arrive at Brunswick at 19-20 r M. Arrive at Savannah at 10.00 F M. Leave Brunswick £.30 A. M. Arrive at Macon .... .... .6.I0 A. M. TRAINS TO HAWKINS VILLE. Leave Macon 3 -.9® P Arrive at Hawkinsville 6.30 A M. Leave Hawkinsville -^00 A M. Arrive at Macon A M. This train runs daily Sundays excepted. RETURNING: My Horse and My Ward. They came to me at the same time* Sylvie, my snow-white filly, was a gift from my uncle, and little Laure, my ward, was the legacy of my dying friend, Bassintown. ■0 Sylvie was a beautilul gift. She had rievter been in harness, but would car ry a rider as a tree-bough sways in the wind. But the little girl, with her pearl of a face set in waves of dark hair, brought by her black maid,Agate, was the most precious gift of the two. “Are you going to love me, little Lqmre ?*’ said I, holding her pearl band., ; . “I think 1 shall,” she answered, with evident simplicity and truth. She was twelve years old. There was a brpther, a little older, who had been sent to school. At first. Laure pined for her brother ; but when she became accustomed to Linnet Lawns, grew la- niilliar with me, and learned to love the garden, she seemed to be content ed. My aunt and housekeeper, Mrs. Sibley, wotdd have had n governess provided for the child, but when I saw how anxiously the child’s brown eyes watched my face, while the matter was under discussion, I decided in fa vor of teaching her myself, and had heu come to me daily, in the study.— So docile and sweet-tempered a child I had never known. She was like a beautiful flower set in the house. As I watched her month by month, and year by year, growing into new graces, is it any wonder that I trem bled at the thought ol losing her? It made me almost cry out with pain to think that a younger and belter man would some lime take her from me. Eight years before with a sore heart, l had retired from the world, to live among my books and flowers at Linnet Lawns. Ifl was not happy, I had at tained a slate in which there was no positive suffering. But the child, Lau- rc, with her eyes brown and bright as a bird’s, smote the rock of my heart, and living waters gushed forth. Mrs. Sibley stared to hear me jestand laugh again. I bought a side-saddle that Laure might ride Sylvie—1 played with her at. croquet and grace-hoops on the lawns—1 went botanizing with her—1 nainllpd her my amanuensis. We talk ed, and read, and walked together, in short, she was all the world to me. On her sixteenth birthday, her brother, Leon, was expected at Linnet Lawns. For four years the brother and sister had n,ot met, and Laure was lull of an ticipation. ‘i am so glad, for Leon’s sake, that ( ^ er me as 1 shook rein at the gate. We it is so beautilul here, guardy,” and . galloped like the wind down the road, slipping her hand under my arm, to we could begin to understand it, a foaming dog, closely pursued by a man darted in at one door and rushed out at another. Laure and Mrs. Sibley shrieked, in terror, but I snatched my pistol and ran out, closbly followed by the young men. The poor, mad creature, Siein’s pointer, bad been Strutt down by a servant’s club when 1 shot him. Everybody was ready to taint with relief. “He ktiawed the rope in too, and got into the stables,” said Leon Bas- sintown’s groom. “I chased him out of there, and then, h* no- de for the house. I shouted ‘mad dog’ as loud as I could ; btat, Lord ! I thought some of yer’ud be bit afore I coulu get at him. .? jL * That evening, Laure came into the study to show me some superb pink and laurel which the young men had brought her from the hills. “Leon gays that Mr. Stein climbed up the steeD faced a rock, forty feet high, to get it for me. He was very good ; wasn’t he, guardy ?” “Mr. Stein was polite; but the young man is not a favorite with me Laure.” She looked startled. Then a burn ing blush crept up to her brown hair, as she turned away. 1 noticed, about that time, that Jjaure scenud singularly beautiful and brilliant And reproaching myself that 1 had al lowed her to lack society, since she so evidently enjoyed iti l envited other young people lo ihe house, in extem poraneous gatherings. There might have been a dozen young girls and men at my house, one evening, when Mrs. Sibley came to my side. “Where is Laure?” she whiepered. “I do not know. Is she not here ?” I answered. “Nowhere to lie found, Howard.— Something-is wrong. “I\ r ()nseu.se ! Why, how long has she been missing?” “Nearly an hour. I tell you, How ard Alnwick, that all is not right.— Moidant Slow* has gone, too, and Syl vie from the stable.” ‘They are riding by moonlight on the lawn,” said I; but, with a beating heart., 1 started in search. The party had been playing croquet under (he trees by moonlight, but all were within doors now, gathered a- round the piano. The night without was blue and lonesome. I went si lently to the stable. Only a man’s 5C.JU! S'’ 1 I don’t know what I thought, but I bitted a horse, jumped bareback upon him, and started for the station, five miles distant. I remembered that the down train was due in fifteen minutes. The great annimal stretched away un detain me, as I strolled, for a moment, on the piazza where she was sitting I have written him about the garden, and that you would go hunting with him. Y«u will now, won’L you, guar- dy?” You say I will ?” The first two miles I must have done in six minutes. I remember hear ing the village clocks strike nine as we rushed mad ley on. If the train was delayed five minutes, as it often was. I should be there in time. We thundered over a bridge. Just then I caught sight of them—the while Exploits of a Drunken Engineer. The Tallahsee Sentinel relates the following incident : The engineer of the freight train on the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Moble railroad going west on Wednesday morning last—a man named Drew— was so much under the influence of liquor by the lime he reached Bladwin that the conductor, Mr. Tuten, did not consider it safe lo allow him to pro ceed further and therefore procured the services of another engineer, Drew however, remaining on the engine.— When the train arrived at Sanderson, ihe acting engineer left the engine for some purpose, when Drew,still drunk, cut loose from the train and put out with the engine at lightning speed, leaving engineer, firman,conductor and all behind. As he neared Lake City, the section hands working on the road scattered pell-mell into the woods, frighlened out of their wits at the tre mendous speed the engine was run ning. The agent at Lake City, when asked about it, said the engine was running about one hundred miles an hour, and there was a man aboard, but he was certainly crazy ! Further west a gentleman saw the engine pass, but could discover no one on her, and said he was very much a- larmed, but presently he saw a hand go and then he knew there was some kind of a human on board. Drew thundered along at this dangerous speed untill he reached Ellaville, where he came near colliding with an east ward bound freight train. The master machinist, Mr. Kennedy, happened to be here, and ejecting the maniac engi neer from the engine took charge ot it himself. Fortunately for Mr. Tuten, he found anoiher engine at Sanderson, with which he came through 10 Ella ville. At or near Olustee the body of a man was discovered lying on the track, but loo late to prevent the train from passing over it and crushing it to pieces. The body proved to be that of Mr. Brannon, who when last seen, was wending his way homeward with a sack of flour on his shoulder. The front of Drew’s engine is said to have been covered with flour, and it is thought he must have run over Brannon, but how the body got hack on the track in the position it was when run over the second time, is a mystery not yet solv ed. Drew was promptly discharged bv the officials here, and has left lor parts to us unknown. “Well, you most always go when 1 ; horse, Sylvie, ridden by Mordant Stein want you to.” and with the small figure of Laure in Little puss ! had she found that out ? j the saddle before him. With her in- .... ....8.00 A M. ..j...*..7.15 AM. ..,...-7.50 PM. Leave Brunswick at.. —- Leave Savannah at...... Arrive at Macon at....... Trains make direct connection* .at Jesap, both ways, with trains for BautMdge, Thoraas- the crossing of the Atlantic «nd Gulf Road, ville and all points on that Road, as well,as with those for Jacksonville, TallakSSUnd all sta- tions on the Florida Roads. Fare to Savannah and Brunswick... Fare to Jacksonville Fare to Tallahassee - Fare to Bainbridge.---- ----- Fare to New York, Philadelphia or Baltimore, by steamers...... ‘ Under recent arrangements made with the At^ lantic & Gulf Hoftd, freights to and from Savan nah and New York haVe increaseddtggitch. The Southern Express CoiSpanjrwttMsperate on this line to Brunswick, points iix.&outharm Geor gia and in Florida, commencing on Monday, the 10th instant. ROBERT gCHIHDT. Master transportarto*. January 18,1S70 - ' 3 .$ 8 00 .. 12 00 .. 17 00 .. 15 00 ---- 27 00 ^>tfanl a a T y l ' raiu ” connects at Smithville f.ad 1 ira »» and Arrive at Albany at 3:11 v es Albany at 9:35 A M—Regular Mail ion Tram connects three times a Jf aia. 4 c# ®modat; Lai!. 9, a ' n es Train,” connects at Culhberi. fort,. • 0rt Gaines at 7:05 A M and Arrive at JLunes3:40 P M . 011 fa,^ mo ^ ation Train connects twice a week, ae ^ays and Thursdays. Sl,iw W. S. BBANTLY. And T. W. Jlttarne^.-at-^auL, milledgeville, ga.. Will practice in this and the ad]oining counties. TW* Applications for Homestead Exemptions under the new law, and other business before the Court of Ordinary, will receive proper attention. October 13.1868 41 tf W ANTED.—A Northern man—friendly to the South, and a believer in the. old Jefferso nian idea of government—a (Allege de * sires a situation as Teacher am ; soiis.aortdieni ,/j n 42 tf Just then a carriage came rapidly up the drive. Two young men alight ed, one a youth ol 'twenty, the other four or five years older. 1 was some what in doubt which to accost as Leon Bassintown, when Laure decided the matter by flying past me and throwing herself into the arms of the younger. Young Bassinlown presented his companion, Mordant Stein. *‘I took the liberty of bringing my friend, on account of the gunning, you know,” said this modest lad. Being wealthy and nearly uncon trolled, the boy was annoyingly impe rious and consequential, but 1 found him generous and manly in spirit, and forgave him this. Though his friend, Stein, I did nollike. s His well-favor face bore an expression of crafty cun ning, and he had not been in the. house three days before I announced him an incipient scoundrel. Yet, he was my gue6t, and as such, 1 treated the fellow courteously. At night a groom caine up by stage, with the young men’s hunting-dogs and guns. Young Bassintown had h string of handsome hounds, but Siein’s dngs consisted of a pair of ill-tempered pointers. The poor beasts had been punished so much that they were nat urally surly, and growled at the friend liest hand. To Stein they cringed iear- fully. “Dant,” said Leon Bassintown, “what ails Jim The annimal had already attracted iny attention by bis peculiar resiless- ness, lying down, then rising,to change his position, every half minute. Mordant Stein dragged the dog by bis collar, toward him. and examined his head, where was a slight wound. “He got bitten yesterday, l don’t know whether there was anything the matter or not, with the dog which at tacked him.” On learning these facts, I insisted on the dog being lied up for a season. We gave him to the groom with these di rections. Mordant Stein was wall-read, well traveled, and very witty. Though I did not respect his character, I could not help being amused with him. We were a merry; party for a week. We Were at breakfast, one morning, the glass doors open into the garden, when,there arose a terrible shouting arid hubbub upon the lawns. Before Sy lvie flying comparable lope, like the wind. With a shout, I thundered down up on them. It maddened me still more to see Stein beating my delicate horse. The wind bore his curses back to me as he discovered that, with his double burden, he was not gaining and must be overtaken. Suddenly lifting bis arm, he lei Lau re fall from the saddle. She lay among the dust. As I drew rein. I expected to see the villain flying away, but Sylvie stopped, staggered under the whip for a few paces, then fell in the road.— There lay my beautiful pet, when I | could go to her, struggling in the ago nies of hydrophobia, and Stein was crushed dead beneath her. Laure clung to me silently as I bore her home, 1 carried her into the desert ed moonlit parlor. “My child what madness has pos sessed you ? “Oh, it was—it was maddness,” she sobbed, “lor I thought I loved him. But when I saw his raging face, and heard bis fearful oaths, I prayed to let me go. He chopped me under Sylvie’s very feet. She nearly trod on me.— Oh!” covering her face with her hands, “it seems like some horrid, hor rid dream !” I was silent ; too grieved and huit by what she had done to speak to her. “Guardy, guardy, don’t say you are going to send me awajr from you ; that would kill me,” she moaned kneeling at my feet. “Oh,” she sobbed, wild ly, kissing rr,y hands, “if you only knew how 1 love you ! If you cast me off, I shall never find any one so good again. Oh, for Heaven’s sake speak to me 1”—in agonized tones. “Laure, I am not going to cast you off. I love you too well for that.” No further words were spoken, but f felt she knew r , as I drew her to my heart, how I loved her. I gave her the kiss of forgiveness before I left her to summon aid in returning to the scene of disaster. Sylvie had writhed off Siein’s dead body, and was yet struggling faintly by the roadside. I drew my knife across her throat,, thus mercifully end ing her sufferings. Thus I lost one of my treasures, but I gained—my. wife. TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS. May the honest heart never knew dis iress. May we be slaves to nothing but our duty. May hemp bind those whom honor cannot. May our prudence secure us friends, but enable us to live without their as sistance. May sentiment never be sacrificed by the tongue of deciet. May our happiness be sincere, and our joys lasting. May the smiles of conjugal felicity compensate the frowns of fortune. May the tear ofsensibilily never cease to flow. Maj' the road to preferment be found by none but those who deserve it. May the liberal hand have free ac cess to the purse of plentv. May the impulse 0/generositvn ever be checked by the power of necessi- ty. May we always forget when we for give an injury. May the feeling heart possess the fortune the miser abuses. May we draw upon content for the deficiencies of fort une. May hope be ihe physician when ca lamity is the disease. May the single be married, and the married happy. May happiness be sincere and our joys lasting May we always look forward to bet ter things, but never be discontented with the present. Acres of Fish.—Net less marvelous tiian the frequently recurring stories of “serpent showers which enliven the journalistic literature of the West, is the somewhat resl rained account of the results of the long droulh in Sullivan county, New York. Crops and veg etal ion of all kinds have suffered fear fully. but the remarkable destruction of fish from lack of water exceeds be lief. Not far from Port Jervis are sev eral large natural and artificial ponds fed by the Del aware river; the largest, “Junker pond,” covers 1700 acres, and several others from 900 to 1000 j each. The water is entirely drained from these ponds, and the result is a Pcaeii and Honey; Or a (ienllemulj Draik. Old Judge Cole, of Texas, was char acterized by his attachment to the se ductive beverage called peach and hon ey, and by bis hatred of whisky and whisky drinkers. While holdiug a court at Austin, two men were brought up on a charge of a drunken affray. It was a plain case ; the row had occurred in the open street, in open day, and there were filty wit nesses to the whole transaction. So the two delinquents pleaded guilty, by the advice of their counsels, a,ud threw themselves on the mercy of tbi court. They were then brought forward for sentence separately. “You are guilty of an affray,” growl ed the judge, “Yes, your honor,” whined the offen der, thouorgbly frightened. “Drunk, I suppose,” grunted the judge. “Yes, your honor,” murmured the pris oner, with the faint hope that having been drunk would mitigate the punish ment. “Drunk on rye whisky, too, I’ll war rant,” roared the jude in voice of thun der. “Yes, your honor, drunk on rye whis ky.” “Mr. Clerk, record a fine of fifty dol lars against this man,” cried the judge. “Send him to jail for sixty days. 1 shall fine the next one who is guilty under such aggravatingcircumstances a hundred dollars and send him to jail lor six months.” This was poor comfort for the unfor tunate fellow who was waiting his turn and now came forward with fear and trembling. As he passed along by his lawyer, that thoughtful gentleman whispered in his ear—“ When [he judge ask you what you got drunk on tell him on peacb and honey.” He took the stand. “You loo, are up here for an affray, growled the juege, gnashing his teeth, as if he would like lo bile the prisoner at the bar. “Yes, your honor.” “Drunk, too, I suppose-” 10 “Yes, your honor, sorry to say it.— Drunk—very Drunk.” “Drunk on rye whisky, too, I sup pose.” “Oh no, your honor; I never diink whisky. I got d r unk on peach and honey.” The judge’s tealures relaxed in an instant. Leaning forward and raising his spectacles; he contemplated the of fender with in'erest, and addressed him with something like tenderness. Ah! sir” said the judge, blandly, “peach and honey, eh ! That’s a gen tleman’s drink, sir. The court sympa thized with you, sir, and docs not regard your offence as very serious. Mr. Clerk,” continued he, in a softening tone, “enter the fine of one dollar a gainst this gentleman, and discharge him on payment of costs.” HOW TO GO IT. Go il strong in yoar praise of the ab sent. Some of it will oe sore to get round. Go it strong when yob make love to. a prettjT widow. More people have erred by too little than too epoch •in this particular-. a Go it strong when taking up con tributions for a charitable purpose. It will pay. Lilt Go it strong when you make a public speech. Nine people out oi ten never take any allusion unless it cpt* like a short handled whip or a rhinocerous cow bide. Go it strong when you advertise.— Business is like architecture—its best supporters are columns. Go it strong and pay the printer-— Never grudge him his price. Recollect it is he who brings customers 4o' jjfour very door w ho otherwise would never discover your whereabouts. Pay Your Debts.—Simply because it is right to do so, and nowybu have the means. You have wheal, Corn, hay and cotton, sell and pay up. Pay your preacher; remember he is worthy of his hire ; his wife and little oqes need food and clothing—must be educated ; he has ministered to you his Holy things : now pay him out of your world ly.! hi ngs. Pay your physican; remem ber how he waited on your sick family until they were restored lo health. Pay your merchant: now is the time you promised him ; you succeeded in gain ing his confidence, and obtained your supplies, now, he needs it badly ;you cannot conceive how much ; pay, and you will see his rigid mouth relax into the most pleasant smile. Try him, and watch the extraordinary effect— you will make him a happier and a bet ter man. Pay all persons you owe, so your credit may be good, and “your word your bond,” and your con* science will approve, and God wil- bless you, because you do it in obedi ence to his word. Did you not know, that, “honest man is the noblest work ot God ?” Yea, he is! Pay your debts, and your credit will be just as good “As a hard shell Baptist’s.”—Cmrten- ville Ex. PuFFr.vo.—The Columbia Spectator dont’t “puff’ now like it did. Listen “A big hearted farmer sends us about three thimbles full of ranced cider, with the request that we should notice it as a first class artcile ofeidet vinegar. We want lo be excused. To notice it at all would requrie a space of not less than ten lines, ihe price of which would he 81.00. 'This thing idling a one dol lar lie for less than three cents, payable in rancid cider, is altogether played out. Statistics of the Jews. —The Jews’ Record savs : The Wilna Messenger states that, according to the latest calculations made, the number of Jews now amount to 2,403,500, about one-half of whom reside in Europe. Russia contains the most, 1,200.000; next comes Austria, 853,000; then Prussia, 2S3,500, and other countries of Germany together, 172,000. One remarkable fact is that in France, Belguimand England, where the Jews are enrirely emancipated, ihe number is giadually decreasing, while in those countries were they are sub jected to a certain restraint, they in crease. We differ with the writer of the above. The statistics of France, Bel- guim and England prove the contra ry. I11 America, were the greatest religious freedom exists, the gradual advance of Judaism, and the increased numbers of the Jewish faith, is so self evident to every observer, /as to set aside as untrue ihe theory advanced by ihe writer of the above, “that re ligious freedom is antagonistic to the progress of Judaism.” A Nice Experiment.—The ladies are introducing a new and beautiful or- naiaent tor the parlor, mantel or cent r e- ta'ble. They take large pine bur, sprink le grass seed of any kind in them, and place them in pot* of water. When the burs are soaked a few days they clise up in the form ofsolid cones, then the little spears of green grass begin to emerge from amongst the famine, form ing an ornament ot rare and simple beauty. Rome is fully occupied by Italian troops, and the people are to vote on the incorporation of the Papal domain with the Kingdom of Italy on the 2d of October, Sunday next. On Sunday, the 16th of October, the French are to elect members of the Corps Legislatef. It sounds old to Americans that Sun day should be chosen as the day to hold important elections by twogreat nations. perfect slaughter of the fish. Far- mera, fishermen and all sorts of peo ple, from far and near, have visited the ponds and carried off millions of fish. The fields in the immediate neighborhood have been manured with them. Miles of soft muddy bottom are alive with eels, catfish and picker el. The work of catching them is des cribed as* most amusing. Hundreds of boys wade through the mud and the wriggling mass, regardless ot the slimy eel and the vicious catfish. An Ohio paper says : “Lincoln was a joker, Johnson a soaker, and Grant a smoker.” Is it because a lady thinks she has something valuable in her head that she keeps so many locks oa it That’s What’s the Matter.—We now learn that Bismarck wished to ar- rage with Jules Favre, but King Will- liam is determined lotreal only with Na poleon, and in the Tuileries. His Ma jesty, to all remonstrances, replies that he has a debt to pay the memory of his parents, and that France shall make peace as she once forced Prussia to make peace—in her capital and in the palace of her sovereigns. On this point the King will hear no one. He says that he is bound lo the Emperor, not lo recognize his overthrow through an ad vantage taken by his enemies of the vic tories Germany. So a war for German unity has de generated into a war for the gratifica tion ol an old monarch’s private ven geance. King William had his revenge in 1S15. What more does he want ? The Lord may disappoint his glut tony. Two men will start together in life, the one keeping his head cool with wa ter, the other muddling his with liquor. At the end of ten years the farmer will have achieved success, the fatter will be dropping into a drunkard’s grave; but just before he drops, you’ll here him say : “ ’Stonishing what difference ’er is in life! That feller started same’s I did, au’ everything he touched turned to gol’: and everything I touched turu- ed lo ashes—’stonishing what a differ ence ’er is in life !” Singular.— An epitaph over the grave of Samuel McCracken, in the Morrisville, N. J. cemetery has the fol lowing addenda to the record of the birth and death : If the leading politicians and priests go to Heaven, I want to get off at some other station. Below are some of the proverbial phrases used by the Greeks to charac terize human follies and absurdi ties : He piows the air. He is mak ing clothes for fishes. He catches the wind with a net. He roasts snow in a furnace. He holds a looking-glass to a mole. He is teaching iron lo swim. He seeks wool on the ass. He washes the Ethiopian, etc. Increase of Population in Texas. Full returns from ten counties in Texas have been receivdat the census bureau, which show a population of 33,359 a- gainst 18 494 by the census of I860; a gain of 14,865, or over 80 per cent.— Should the balance of the Stale show a corresponding increase, the total popu lation, under the present census, w ill a- mount to nearly 1,100,000. In Iowa a merchant sent a dunning letter to a man, wno replied by return mail: “You aay you are faff!mg my note yet. That is all right—per fectly right. Just keep bolding on to it, and if ypu find your bands slipping, spit on them and try it again. Yours, affectionately.” A Valuable Discovery.-— The commis sioner ol Custom has received informa tion from the Collector of the port of San Francisco of the arrival vessel having on board lt’500 fur-seal skius, whice had been taken, from animals kild by the crew on a hitherto unknown and uninhabited island, off the coast of Alaska. Thia j« a valuable capture, the skins being worth $11 each in gold in London.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Southern recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1820-1872, October 11, 1870, Image 1