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Volume LII
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29,1871,
Number 34.
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LEUAL ADVEKTIS1KU.
rW,«r,i.-Ciution. lor letter*
cl ad ninistratioo, guardianship, Ac. i 3 00
H .> rnr stead notice ••••—
A lulicationtor dism n from adm n..
Application for dism’n ofguard’n
A ‘dii-Alion for leave to sell Land....
Notice to Debtor* and Creditor*....
Sales of Land, per square of tea lines
S*.e of personal per sq., ten days....
Sheriff —Each levy often lines
Mortgage sale* of ten tines or lest..
Xai Collector’s sales, (2 months
Foreclosure of mortgage and
other monthly’s, per square
Eitrsy notices,thirty days 3 00
dales of Land, by Administrators, Execu
tor, >r Guardians, are required, by law to
be held on the first Tuesday in the month,
between the hours of ten in the forenoon
43 ,| three in the afternoon, at the Court
house in the couuty in which the property
s situated.
Notice of these sales must be published 40
davs previous to the day of sale;
Notice for the sale of personal property
must t>e published 10 days previous to sale
duy*
Notice to debtors and creditors, 40 day
Notice that application will be made of
the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land
4 weeks.
Citations for letters of Administration
tfuardianship, Ac., must be published. 30
jara-for dismissioa from Administration,
ninthly sit months, for dismission from guar-
(unship, 40 days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgages must
he published monthly for font months—for
retablisbing lost papers, for the fnil spare oj
■\rer months—for compelling titles from Ex*
tutors or Administrators, where bond has
seen given by the deceased, the full space
of three months. J
Application for Homestead to be pnbhsbed
twice in the space of ten consecutive days.
Free from the Poisonous and
Health-destroying Drugs us
ed in other Hair Prepara
tions.
No SUGAR OF LEAD-No
LITHARGE-No NITRATE
OF SILVER, and is entirely
Transparent and clear as crystal, it will not
soil the finest fabric—perfectly S AFE, CLEAN
and EFFICIE N T—desideratum* LONG
SOUGHTFOR AND FOUND AT LAST!
It restores and prevents the Hair from be
coming Gray, imparts n soft, glossy appear
ance, removes Dandruff, is cool and refreshing
to the head, checks the Hair from failing off,
and restores it to a great extent when prema
turely lost, prevents'Headaches, cut es all hu
mors, cutaneous eruptions, and unnatural Heat.
AS A DRESSING FOB Till: HAIR IT IS
THE BEST ARTICLE I-V THE MARKET.
DR. G. SMITH, Patentee. Groton Junction,
Mass., Prepared only by PROCTOR llROTII-
FIRS, Gloucester, Mans. The Genuine is put
up in a pannel bottle, made expressly for it
with the name of the article blown in the glass.
Ask your Druggist for Nature’s Hair restora
tive, and take no other.
F’or sale in Milledgeville by L. W. HUNT
&co.
In Sparta, by A. II. BIRDSONG & CO.
p July 2 ly. >t Feb28 ’71 ly.
JOHN VOGT & CO.,
171 PORTERS OF
Frcudi China, Belgian and Bohemian Glassware, Lava
ware
35 <Sc 37 PAKK PLACE,
Between Church St. A College Place, NEW YORK.
54 Rue do Paradis Poissonniere. PARIS. C Cours Jourdan,Limoges, FRANCE.
40 Neuerwa’.l, HAMBURG.
June 4, 1871,
5 73 22 6m
CLOT RING
1 share of
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20
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200
400
1000
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Are respectfully solicited for the erection of a
■OHDIBST
TO THE
Confederate Dead of Georgia,
And those Soldiers from other Confederate
Sutes who were killed or died in this State.
HIE MONUMENT TO COST $50,000.
The Corner Stone it is proposed shall be
Lid on the 4th ot July, or so soon thereafter as
the receipts will permit. ’
For every F'ive Dollars subscribed, there will
be given a certificate of Life Membership to
the Monumental Association. This certificate
will entitle the owner thereof to an erjual inter
e». iu the following property, to be distributed
», soon as requisite number of shares are sold,
to-wit:
First. Nine Hundred and One
Acres of Land in Lincoln
county, Georgia, on which are
the well-known Magruder
Gold aud Copper Mines, val-
ued at.. - $ loO.OOO
And to feeveuteen Hundred and Forty-Four
Shares in Ono Hundred Thousand Dollars of
N-uited State* CurrencyJiOjWltJ f ^
5,0U0 5,000
2,500 5,000
2,000 20,000
1,000 10,000
500 10.000
100 1(1,000
50 10,000
25 10,000
10 10,000
$100,000
The value of the separate interest to which
the holder of each Certificate will be entitled,
will be determined by the Commissioners, who
will announce to the public the manner, the
time aud place of distribution.
The follow ing gentlemen have consented to
act as Commissioners, and will either by a
Committee from their own body, or by Specia
Trustees, appointed by themselves, receive and
take proper charge of the money for the Mon
ument, as well as the Real Estate and the U.
S. Currency offered as inducements for sub
scription, aud will determine upon the plan for
the Monument, the inseiption thereon, the site
therefor, select au orator for the occasion, and
rrgnlate the ceremonies to be observed when
he conier-stone,is laid to-wit:
Generals L. McLaws, A. R. Wright, M. A-
Stovsll, W. M. Gardner, Goode Bryan, Colo
nels C Snead, Wm. P. Crawford, Majors
Jos B. Camming, George T. Jackson, Joseph
Gauahl, I. P. Girardey. Hon. R. H. May, Adam
Johnston, Jonathan FI. Miller, W. If. Good
rich, J, D. Butt, Henry Moore, Dr. W. E. Dear
ths Agents in the respective counties will
retain the money received for the sale ol
Tickets until the subscription Books are clos
ed. In order that the several amounts may
be returned to the Shareholders, in case the
number of subscriptions will not warraut any
further urocedure the Agent* will report to
this office weekiy, the result of their sales.
Wh.-n a sufficient number of the shares are
•old, the Agents will receive notice. They
will then forw ard to this office the amounts
received.
L A A. H. McLAWS, Gen. Ag’fs-
No. 3 Old P. O. Range, McIntosh sts.
Augusta, Ga
W.C.D. ROBERTO, Agent at Sparta, Ga.
L W. HUNT A CO., Agents Milledgeville
Georgia.
t p a n May, 2, 1871. 6m.
T MAKRWALTERS
We invite the Public along the NEW LINE ot RAILROAD through
BALDWIN and HANCOCK Counties, to call and examine our new
SPRING STOCK OF
Readymade Clothing,
AND
Gents' Furnishing Goods.
We keep the best of every thing in our line, ar.d will be sure to please
you if you will give us a trial.
R March
1871.
WINSHIP & CALLAWAY, Macon, Ga
11 ly.
SUMTER BITTERS.
The best Tonic, Invigorant,
And most delightful Appetizer,
Improved by the addition of a new
Foreign Aromatic Herb, and
Pure Rye Whisky, made
expressly for these Bitters.
Cures Djspepsia, Prevents Chills
and F’ever, creates Appetite,
Restores the Nerves. Cures
Debility, Purifies the Blood,
Restores Tone to the Stomach,
Pleasant to the Taste, Exhilirat-
iDg to the Body, and is the most
Popular Bitters now- before the
Public. Try it and be convinced.
Sold by Druggists, Grot era
and Dealers Everywhere.
DOWIE.MOISE A DAVIS,
Proprietors and Wholesale Druggists,
CHARLESTON. S. C.
For sale by L. W. HUNT & CO., Milledge
ville, Ga.
For sale by A. H, BIRDSONG A CO.
Sparta, Ga.
par August 26 4t 1871.
WAItBI.II mVMBMr;
Broad St., Augusta, £a.
marble bionuments, tomb
STONES AC., AC.
Marble Mantels and Furniture-Marble of all
kiads Furnished to Order. All work for the
Country carefully boxed.for shipment.
P M’ch 12 ’70 ly. * fob X. 71 ij
Georgia
COTTON
[S NOT AN EXPERIMENT, but has been
L tested by some of our best planters, and
has proved to be an Excellent Press. Plan
ters, send tor our circular an<l price list, as the
price is from $20 to $33 less than any other
reliable Press.
We refer to Col. T. M. Turner, Sparta, Ga.,
who knows the merits of our Presses.
PENDLETON A BOARDMAN.
Patentees and Manufacturers.
Foundry and Machine Works Augusta, Ga.
prnjy7th Cm -
STEREOSCOPE S
VIEWS,
ALBUMS,
CHROMOS,
FRAMES.
E. & H T. ANTHONY <fc CO
SOI BROADWAY 2T Y
Invite the attention of the Trade to their ex
tensive assortment of the above goods, of
their own publication, manufacture and impor
tation.
Also,
PHOTO LANTERN SLIDFIS
and
GRAPHOSCOPE
NEW VIEWS OF YO SEMITE.
XL A H T ANTHONY A CO.
591 Broaow.w. New York,
Opposite Metropolitan Hotel
importers and manufactures of
PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS.
P March 11, 61 6m. R March 14, 10 Cm
TO GIN OWNERS.
T he undersigned repairs gins
at his GIN HOUSE on time.
Agencies, Southern Recorder, Milledgeville,
Ga ; Wm. A Sims, Dublin, Ga.; E D. Bos
tick, Wrighuville, Ga. ; E A. Sullivan, San
dersville, Ga.; Thos. E. Dickens, Snarta, Ga.,
T N Shurley, Warrenton.Ga.; T. F. Harlow.
Louisville, Ga., 4 month*. J- B. CAKN,
p A pi. I tf r Aug. 15 tf Louisville, Ga.
CHARLESTON HOTEL.
E. 1*. JACKSON,
Proprietor.
CHARLESTON, S. C,
SP0TSW00D HOTEL
©s’S’osiiwiu 3>.&ssfB2sraa&
DEPOT.
T. H. HARRIS, Proprietor
Macon, Georgia.
Planters Take Notice.
BACON. BACON.
IN’ ow is The Time to Buy!
BURDICK BROTHERS
Will Sell you BACON, for CASil or on TIME as low as any House in
MIDDLE GEORGIA.
Corn. Corn. Corn.
We are prepared to fill all orders for CORN, and cannot be undersold,
guarantee satisfaction. Send your orders to
BURDICK BROTHERS.
Wc
Flour, Hav, Oats, Lard, Meal,
Syrup, Sugar,
For sale as low as any other house,
and we will endeavor to please you.
Magnolia Hams, Wheat Bran,
Coffee, Etc-
Call and 6ee us, or send your orders,
BURDICK BROTHERS-
p & r Je 27
Grain and Provision Headquarters*
(NEAR HARDEMAN & SPARKS’ WAREHOUSE.
63 Third Street, MACON. G-A.
r 25 p 77 3m.
Crockett’s
4lli Street,
Builds and Repairs
Iron Works,
Macon, Georgia.
all Sorts of Machinery.
Makes Gin Gear from 7 Feet to 12 Feet,
Sonar Mills from 12 to IS Inches.
IRON RAIIjING,
Both. Wrought Oast, to Suit, all Blaces.
MY HOESE POWEK
lias been Tried, and Proven a Complete Success-
VJT READ THE FOLLOWING:
Farmers are Referred to Certificates.
MACON, GA., December 16th, 1870.
Crockett, Esq.,—Dear Sir: Your letter received. The HORSE POWER that I bought
of you is doing as well as I can wish. The principle is a good one, and so easily adapted to
any Gin-House. Mine has, so far, proved sufficiently strong enough for the work to be done.
I am running a forty-five saw Gin, with feeder attachment, with two mules, with perfect ease.
Respectfully, &c , A. T. HOLT.
COOL SPRING, GA , October 5th, 1870.
Mr. E. Crockett, Macon :—Mr. Daniels has fitted up your POWER satisfactorily. F’or neat-
nesss aud convenience, as well as adaptability for driving machinery for farm purposes, cannot
he excelled : in this it has superiorities over the old wooden or mixed gearing.
I use four mules, and I think I could gin out 1500 pounds lint Cotton per dry on a forty-saw Giu.
Respectfully yours, J. R. COMBS.
GRIFFIN, December 6te, 1870.
E. Crockett, Esq., Maron, Ga.,—Dear Sir : I am wel! pleased with the HORSEPOWER
you sold me. I think it is the best I have seen. Very respectfully,
S. KENDRICK, Superintendent Savannah, G. & N. A.R. R.
McIIollis, Monroe Coun •
ALSO TO Capt.A. J. White, President M. & W. R. R.
Lap
ty; Jas. Leith, Pu
ulaski County ; Dr. Reilly, Houston County; W. W. West, Harris County;
Johnson A Dunlap, Macon, Ga. ; Sims, Spalding County ;
Dr. Hardeman, Jones County ; Edmond Duma*, Jones County.
Alexander, Hillsboro;
Ang. 5, 3m. rpn
W. A. HOPSON & CO.,
Have received this day a choice variety of
the Latest styles of
LADIES’, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S SUITS.
From the LaG range lltportcr.
Letter from Col. Winder P. Johnson.
We are permitted lo publish the
following letter from Col. Johnson
by Muj. D. N. Speer, of ibis place.
Col. J. is a son ol" Hon. II. V. John
son, and a member eleet to the pres
ent Legislature from Jefferson coun
ty. In the main we endorse the
views of Mr. Johnson ; but we do
not agree with him in the views that
Southern Democrats should remain
quiet. We are in favor of the
Southern Democracy claiming all
the rights that belong to it as an in
tegral part of the National Democ
racy, and the right to say what and
menls have been forced upon us
without our consent. They are the
offsprings of corruption, and of a
spirit of insubordination to the Con
stitution, that persisted in will lead
to anarchy.
What shall we do? To boldly as
s' rt and stubbornly adhere, at all
times and under all circumstances
to the truth, is honest and sincere
but it is sometimes unwise and im
polite. We are weak. We want
assistance. We want relief from
those burdensome measures and up
pressive measures which our unre
lenting enemies have fastened upon
us in a thousand different ways. It
is useless to look for relief from our
advocate what they conceive to be
the proper piatlorm for the contest of tecble a ud unaided struggles.
1S72 : * I he only hope is in making common
ALSO
SWISS OVERSKIRTS,
CORSET COVERS,
ALSO
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT
DRESSING SKIRTS,
PIQUE WRAPPERS,
OF
Ladies’ Undergarments.
W- A- HOPSON <fc .C0-, 41 Second St, 20 Triansnlar
Block. Macon, Ga.
Ba’c. Feb. 14,1871 tf
Bartow, Jefferson Co., Ga., \
July 2o, 1871. )
Major D. X. Speer, La Orange, Ga.:
Dear Sir:—Your letter, addres
sed from the S.t» Nicholas Hotel,
New York, came duly to hand.—
You asked me to give you the politi
cal news in Georgia. It is a diffi
cult task to give the true condition
of political affairs in this State.—
The Democratic party seems to be
divided into two factions, each equal
ly patriotic and honest, and seeking
to accomplish the same result—the
overthrow of Radical power and the
restoration of the Government
to Constitutional principles. This
schism in our ranks will, I fear,
prove disastrous in its consequences.
The party, weak before, is weaker
now. United, there was little hope
of victory ; divided there is none.
It is of the highest importance that
we should present to the enemy an
unbroken front. Our columns should
be marshaled in solid ohalanx and
hurled, with a determination to suc
ceed, upon those who rule. Let us
first gain the victory and then we
can dictate terms, looking toward
the recognition of every tight. It is
unnecessary to disclose our plans to
the enemy or capitulate before the
battle. It is sufficient to know that
those in power have trampled under
foot the Constitution ol our fathers,
and denied to us the right of self-
government. It is the duly ot every
man who loves liberty, to unite in
the overthrow of this common en
emy.
I have said that there are two fac
tions in Georgia, and in fact through
out the South, equally honest, equal
ly patriotic, and seeking the same
noble end—the subjugation of Rad
icalism. One parly, led by Mr.
Stephens, one of the purest men and
ablest of statesmen, proposes to
stand by the issues set forth in the
Democratic platform- adopted in
New York, in ISG9, upon which the
Democratic party, North and South,
entered the Presidential contest.—
Those issues were adherence to
principle—time-honored principles,
that the leaders of all parlies in the
purer days ol the Republic, admit
ted and thought it treason to dispute,
and which have been subverted by
the so-called XIV and X\ amend
ments to the Constitution. It is true,
that the piatlorm adopted in 1SGS, de
clared those amendments “unconsti
tutional,” and therefore null and void.
It is also true that Mr. Vallandig-
ham, and those who are termed “new
departurists,” endorsed that plat
form. It is further true that a large
class of honest and patriotic men
who denounced the XIV and XV
amendments in the last Presidential
contest, propose to acquiesce and
accept them now as legal parts of
the Constitution. We cannot ac
cept an amendment to the Constitu
tion as valid while we are conscious
of its unconstitutionality, and of the
fraudulent and illegal manner of its
procurement. We cannot accept a
lie as the truth. It is a moral impos
sibility to convert the one into the
other. When we assert that the
XIV and XV amendments are legal
parts of the Constitution, we assert
that which we know to be false. If
we acquiesce and accept them as
Constitutional, we acquiesce and ac
cept a falsehood. It is urged by
some that they must be accepted as
binding and Constitutional until set
tled to the contrary by the Courts.
They are binding and must be adju
dicated. So is the law of any des
pot binding upon bis subjects as
cause with the Northern Democracy
against the common enemy. We
want victory. We must draw back
those conservative Republicans, who
deserted us in the last Presidential
contest, frightened at the announce
ment of principles which they re
garded as sqinting towards the right
ot secession and the surrender of the
fruits of the war.
The sacred cause of truth is fre
quently injured by too suddenly an
nouncing her principles. Men are
not at all times in a state to receive
trut'j ; prejudice must be removild ;
passion allayed; ignorancedispelled,
before the mind can receive truth in
all her blazing glory. We would
not depart from Constitutional trull),
nor surrender one jot of our sove
reign rights. They are dear to us.
\\ e would cherish and preserve
them, patiently and silently, un
til a fitting time, when they should
burst forth in the splendor of victory
and reign supreme in Contituiioal
majesty. The time has not arrived
for the announcement of a strictly
State rights platform, nor for the
vindication of sovereign rights.—
Victory must first be achieved. To
accomplish that we must be united
at home and join those we least dis
trust at the North, when the decisive
battle is fought. We cannot accept
the Vallandigham platform. To do
so would be to surrender every sov
ereign right belonging to a Stale.
To announce an “out and out” State
rights platform, would drive luke
warm friends into the Republican
ranks, and widen the breach already
begun among ourselves. Our true
position is one of silence and inac
tion. We will not force our views
on those who claim to be Northern
Democrats, nor will we accept
theirs; but we will join them in the
fight against those who have planted
the banner of centralism within the
sacred precincts of State sovereignty.
Let the Vallandigham party meet
in convention—draft a platform and
nominate a candidate lor the Presi
dency. We will have nothing to do
with their platform or Convention,
but will vote for the nominee as a
choice of evils. Should the South
send delegales to that Convention,
they will be bound in honor to abide
its action, or, in the event of the
adoption of obnoxious measures, to
withdraw from it. To withdraw
would certainly elect the Radical
nominee; lo remain would bind
them to ‘‘accept the situation.” Ei
ther result would be a terrible ca
lamity.
Silence and inaction on the part
of the South will heal the breach,
and the extreme measures of the
Radical party w ill drive off the con
servative element from their own
ranks. Should we succeed and e-
lect the Democratic candidate, while
he may not come up lo our views in
every particular, still, we venture to
hope that his administration will be
more moderate than Grant’s has
been. It will be one step gained in
the right direction. We may then
begin to claim our constitutional
rights. The restoration of the Gov
ernment to a constitutional basis
may then commence. That resto
ration will necessarily be slow in its
progress. The subversion of the
Constitution can be accomplished in
a moment’s time. The passage of
a law, like the Ku-Klux Bill, can
change, as it has done, our whole
form of Government into the mean
est of despotisms. It is an easy
task to destroy a Government. It is
exceedingly difficult to re-organize it
upon just and equitable principles.
in view of the surrounding circum
stances, is to remain silent and inac
tive until the day of battle; on that
day let us join any parly that pro
poses to fight and conquer the min
ions in power who have wrested
from us the dearest rights of free
men. Yours truly,
WINDER P. JOHNSON.
A Beautiful Extract.—“Gen
eration after generation,” says a fine
writer, “have felt as we feel now
and their lives were as active as our
own. They passed away like a
vapor while Nature wore the same
aspect of beauty as when her Crea
tor commanded her to be. The
heavens shall be as bright over our
graves as they are now around our
paths.
The world will have the same at
tractions tor our offspring yet un
born, that she once had for our
selves, and that she now has for our
children. Yet a little while and all
will have happened. The throbbing
heart will be stilled, and we shall
be at re L. Our funeral will wnd its
way, and the prayers will be said,
and our friends will all return, and
we shall be left behind in silence and
darkness for the worm. And it may
be for a short time we shall be spok
en of, but the things of life will creep
n and our names will soon be for
gotten. Days will continue to move
on, and laughter and song will be
heard in the room in which he died ;
and the eye that mourned for us will
be dried and glistened with joy;
and even our children will cease to
think of us, and will not remember
to lisp our names. Then shall we
have become, in the touching lan
guage of the psalmist, “forgotten
and gone out of mind.”
lie has bayonets at his command Lc | Under the present rule there is
enforce obedience ; but when power j scarcely a feature of the Constitu-
forsakes the despot and returns to tion preserved. Were the revolu-
the people, his law binds no longer, tionary dead to arise they would fail
But the Constitutionality of the XIV to recognize in the present dynasty a
and XV amendments is a question single principle for which they suf-
of fact—is a question of figures, lured and died. They would find
They were not ratified by the requi- that the ship of State they left sail-
site number ot Slates. ” We know ing before propitious gales, had been
this to be a fact as much as we know seized by pirates, her rich cargo
that two and two make four. Shall squandered, her flag torn down, and
we assert the truth to be a lie, and even her name changed,
wait for the Courts to proclaim that It is the high mission of Democ-
wkich is self-evident ? Weacknowl- racy to restore the Government to
edge no power short of Heaven, our its constitutional purity. To accom-
guide in morals. We-will not ac- plish that desirable end, every ef-
cept what we know to be ^alse in i'ort consistent with honor, should be
the discharge of any duty, public or used. The greatest effort that we
private. Those obnoxious amend- of the South are called on to make,
“Whisky has Used Him Up.”—
There is scarcely a community or
neighborhood from Maine to Oregon
where this saying is not used almost
every day in the year, and altogeth
er too truly. A subject of this kiffd
is to be found in almost every town.
The merchant has failed and whis
ky has done it. The lawyer with a
bril/iant talent and a large business
has fallen below the range of re
spectability and confidence; whisky
was the cause. The politician with
bright prospects before him has
played out, and the account is
charged to whisky. The judge of
talent, age and respectibility, is the
subject of private and neighborhood
talk. His enemies point with deris
ion, and his friends hang their
heads in shame, and whisky has
done it. That kind-hearted neighbor
and hard-working man has become
a pest to society and trouble to his
family. Whisky has beat him.—
Whisky will beat any man living
and that is just what it is made for
A Good Joke on Editors.—Soon
afier Chief Justice Chase (then a
whig) assumed ihe gubernatorial
chair in Ohio, he issued his proclama
tion appointing a thanksgiving day.
To make sure of being orthodox,
'he Governor composed his procla
mation almost exclusively of passa
ges from the Bible, which he did not
designate as quotations, presuming
i hat every one would recognize
them and admire the words as well
as his taste in their selection. The
proclamation meeting the eyes of a
democratic editor, he pounced at
once upon it—declaring he had read
it befoie—could not say exactly
where—but he would take his oath
that it was downright plagiarism
from beginning to end. That would
have been a pretty fair joke; but
the next day the whig editor came
out valiantly in defence of the Gov
ernor, pronounced the charge false
and liblellous, and challenged any
man living to produce one single line
of the proclamation that ever had
appeared in print before.—Columbus
Statesman.
A pious negro woman was once
caught by her master stealing a
goose, and the next Sunday partook
of the communion, after which the
master accosted her as follows :
“Why, Hannah, I saw you to-day
at the communion table.”
“Yes tank de Lord, massa, I was
’lowed to be dar wid de rest of His
family.”
“But, Hannah, I was surprised to
see you there,” he said. “How is
it about the goose ?”
She looked a little surprised, as if
she did not understand the question,
but catching the meaning exclaimed:
“Why, sah, do you tink I’se a gwine
lo let an old goose stand atween me
and my Maker ?”
A colored man was arraigned be
fore one ot the Camden courts a
short time since charged with the
larceny of some wood. When call
ed on to plead to the indictment, he
said ; “I bought the wood, and dal
I know I did; but lo save my soul
from the gallis, cannot tell the man
I bought it of, kase I bought it in the
dark. I guess I’ll plead guilty,’*