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• j \M 8 s M . LEW,
Ltchmakor & Jewolor,
P a Kil »t side of tlie Square,
OKOItaiA,
ION ’ V 1 e-l •<> Repair Watches, Cl..eks
I 1 ; velrv in best Style. I’arHc.l „• atteii
■' uto repaiiing A at,h,s i njure.l by in
||t| |,!i workmen. All w.,rk wan-Mited.
r j oTki'HV. tinslky,
r n1W,,.-pm.e.i t- Repair ***** Ulo k,
I** !, best style, at short no-ice.
P v ‘ '!' " i nlnAit (.>l*l I'i-k;-s, hikl Warrant* and.
[“ 2daior below the Court llouso.-bif
TdRS DEARING & P3INCLE
I r() ..ssneiateA llieim-elves in the I’.u.c
--l Ml IMCINK «»*1 SUJWMUV, oiler
RTJliUnl sei viees to the cnue.i* o(
fcnr h7veo |>A "* a "" ~m e " n
W'**. CU ,T ‘or tilt Square, (next door to S-
Be *»■* « * nn ; „, e prepared to ntte.id to
irr«ii* pro-npt’iy V 7 um: tt i*" • civ,eiu,i - v
K M t.*d Msorunent o. the
|_ r v Bast Wt 3 <l l cln os ,
1 1 KiTf their per*'"al tvte.iMo, to Crtn
| inding” Prescript ions, lor Physic***. and
tcial attention given to Chronic Bine**.-*
lAt n i -lit Dr- Dkauing w '* l ,ie
l«id nee and 1 >r. PaisotK at his rrfeifc* imrn-
K lt ,i v ' over H>e Store of 0. 11. San..bus & Jiao
Cay 15, 25tf
I ~ii. t! il ENR Y,
h E3 N T Is T ,
COVI GTON. GEORGIA.
I TTI FIAS REDUCED HIS PRICIS, so
IJEfiaSMftfc that all who h ive been a umfor u
i,ate as to lose their nffur 1 Teeth
Lti hatelheir places supplied by Alt, at v.ry
r_.M Tertii filled at reason*!.la prices.
End work fai hfully ive tiled, Office uoi lb sid •
[f ftipiare. —1 -2<i
f JOII.N S. O AliWtlLli
dentist
COVINGTON, GKOIIGIA
[ F lied, or New Teel!. In-erted.i
best Style, and oi. Reasonable lemi.
Dfflec Rear of 11. King’s Store.-' 4 Hf
[”_ 1 would respectful'/ inform the
cil iaens of N c i tomid adjoii.i g
‘S|sr^^" ,>ll>>t ies, that I have op.-l.ed a
[)a n...tli side pbf »q ">r »" GuVINGT *N.
1,1,,-re 1 an. prcpved to mk' o ord -r. Ilm-noSs
<a Id e«. Ac, or ii-nair t ,w same a short notie
It; and in tile bust sty'c.
j 7 I f JAMB* ** »*UOA N
ArdDSHS ON & HUNTER
Ai# cot.sljinly rvecuvi g
Fresh anil Season ibie
All of u-liie they ro:.o«e t-» a-I »t the
ta OW£ 3 T CASH PR! CE 3
Arr i!« closing out soV.ial lines of Good
-A t and 3e!ow Cost! —
A(iENT S F O K
Agricullurhl Implements,
Clover itiul Grass See.!*,
Ait<l . v. rd• f i e test
STAND Alt D Tll HTII.I7IEKS.
'an. 14, —l6lf
SPRSH3 IMPORTATION
—jL Q 33. —
lIBIONS, MILLINERY & STRAW GOODS.
Af!M373OMG, CATOR Cos.
237 A 239 Baltimore etr ct, BALI IMOl.!-
Inipo t -rs and Jobbers of
Bonnets & Trimming RiDOons, Velvet & Sash Rihhons,
l!onn»t Crapes. Sdks and Satins. Illusions,
Blonls. L-'C-s. Rue es, Notts and Velvets
FRENCH FLOWERS AND FEATIIKIIS.
STRAW BONNETS AND LAlfiEa 11 ATS
Trimmed and Un'rimmod.
-SUNDOWNS ANI) SH AKER HOODS.
largest Stock of Millinery f ;, .n ( ] s in this
Country, and utiequaled in choice ariely.
'vhicli We at pric.-a that wi 1 defy vmp-ti
•tun. (RjfORDERS SOLICITED. Iml3
w. c. COURTNEY, & CO.,
F ACTOR s
A.sn
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
9, Boyce’s Wharf, CtiAai eston, S. C.
C;, COUfITIiRT, lIOUT. MURDOCK, JAS. S. MURDOCK
48tf
RUSSELL &. PHILLIPS,
Street, Atlanta, Georgia
Have ju,t received a G"od Ass >rtment of
Dry goods
AN D
Crocorlos,
which they offer at
Wholesale and retai i.
»t very Low Figures.
Their floods nre nil NEW, bought, from First
Hand*, and they are determined
!iOT TO BE UNDERSOLD.
Give us a Call Before Purchasing.
H der* pro uptly Filled at the Lowest M rket
i rices.—(jtf
M. c. & J . F. KISER,
-V holcsn e and llet .il J leal r< in
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Yankee No
tions, Routs and Shoes, Hats,
Caps, and straw Goods,
READY MADE CLOTII IN G
(Old aland of Tal'ey, Brown, A
9 f ' m,r> M’hiteball street, Atlanta, Ga.
THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE.
DR.O.fc. PROPHITT,
CuVINGTON (JfiUltOlA.
Will still continue his business, where lie intend
keeping on hand a good supply of
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, DyeStufTs,
Together with a Lot of
Botanic Medicines,
<’ 'entrated Preparations, Fluid Extracts, Ac.
lie is also nutting up his
Liver 3VEoc3.iolii.ojs,
FEM\LE TONIC, ANODYNE PAIN KILL IT
YcrniiftiKe. Aiif 1-UIIIIous
and ip any ot’.or prcparal ions»,
giro pro-npt attention to-al! orders
PinTIITMR NOTICE.
Hereafter NO MEDICINE WILL BE DELIV
EUF/>. or -MIRVICE RLN’DER-ID, except for
tro ash !-a*
You nee not cal' unless you are prepared to
PAY CaSII, for I will not Ke«p Boeks.
‘Y- n TO O, S, PROPHITT.
Rtiil Road Svliodiilps,
Geoi'trln Railroad
E. W. COLE, General Superintendent.
Day Passknoku Train (JJimday* excepted,)leave*
Augusts st 7 a in ; leave Atlanta at 5 a m : ar
rive at Augusta at 3.15 p in ; arrive at Atlanta at 0.30
* Night PASSKWom Tit atv leaves A tig list a at 10
p.m : leaves Atlanta at 5.40 p m ; arrives at Augusta
at 3 00 a ill ; arrives at Atlanta at 7.4:> a ill.
Passengers for Milledgevlllc, Washington and
Athens. Ga., must take the day imssengcrlrain fr<Jtn
Ati'Wta find Atlanta, or intermediate points.
Passengers for West Pcltlt, Montgomery, Selma,
and intermodiate point*, can take either trim. For
Mobile, amt New Orleans, must leave Augusta on
Ni'dit Passenger Train, at 10 p. in.
Passengers for Nashville, Corinth, Grand .Tnne
tion, Memphis. T.onlsvilte. and Bt. bonis, ean take
either train and make, close eonneetions.
Timormi Tif'KfTS and liaggage ehe.-k.-d tlirongh
to the above plaees. gk-eping cars on all night pas
senger trains.
MACON A AUGUST A RAILROAD.
F-. AY. COLE. Gen’l Sup't.
I cave Ci-nik daily at 1d.40 r M.: nrriveat Vllledge
vilie at 4.‘JO e. m.Cleave Milledgeville at 6.45 A. K J
arrive at Camak at 10.15 a. m. „ , r>
Passen-'er- leaving any point nil the Georgia H.
R liv Day Passenger trtin. will make close eoiinee
,inn at Gamak for Milledgeville, Fatonton. and all
intermediate points on the Macon <C Augusta rtwwl,
ami for Ma<-on. Passengers leaving Milledgeville
at 6.45 a. M , reach Atlanta and Augusta tlie same
day.
SOUTH CAROL NA R-MI.ROAD.
11. T. Pf.akf General Snn’i.
Special mail train, going North, leaves Augusta at
3 55 a m. arrives at Kingsville at IVIS am; leaves
Kingsville at 1.’.05 pm. arrives at Angiisla at «.->
I> This train is d<*sijriifc<l oapcflany lor tlirou^n
' The train for Cliarlestnn leaves Augusta at 6 a in.
and arrives at Charleston ato.O l> m ; leaves t harles
ton at s a in, and arrives at Augusta at n p m.
Vi-lit special freight and rvoress train leaves Ait-
Cii'sta"(Sundays excepted! at 3.50 n tit and arrive* at
Charleston ai 4.30 a m ; leaves Cliarlestnn at ~-41 p
m, and arrives at Augusta al 6.45 a m.
WESTERN A- ATT.-WT O IT R
Cel.. E. llri.nEiiT. General Kunerintendt’tit.
Dailv oassengor train, eveept Sunday, leaves At
lanta at 3.15 am, and arrives at Chattanooga at ~4.>
pm ; leaves Chattanooga at. 4.40 am, and arrives at
'-ht' - voress passenger train leaves Atlanta at 6.45
A and arrives at Chattanooga at 4.10 a m ; feaves
Chattanooga at 5.50 pin, and arrives at Atlanta at
3.35 a m.
MACON <T WESTERN RMT.ROAD.
E. R. Wai.ker. Gen’l Sun’t.
Dav passenger train leaves Macon *t 7.45 a m. and
arrives at Atlanta at ‘3 P 111 ; leaves Atlanta at S.l
--n. Ti, and arrives at Macon at 1.30 P m.
Vi-lit passenger tralh leaves Atlanta at 9.10 pm,
and arrives at Macon at 4.25 a m ; leaves Macon at
8.30 p in, and arrives at Atlanta at 4.30 a in.
Hotels.
United States Hotel.
ATI. A VTA fIkORGI A
WTIITAKER Sc SASSEEN, Proprietors.
Within One Hundred Yards of the General Passen
ger Depot, corner Alabama and Prior streets,
AMERICAN HOTEL,
Alabama street,
ATLANTA, GKOKOIA.
Nearest, bouse to the Passenger Depot.
WHITE A WHITLOCK, Pro ictors.
W. D. Wii.ry, Clerk.
Having re-lease 1 and renovated ie above
Hotel we are Prepared to entertain nests in a
most satisfactory maimer. Chare j fair and
moderate. Our efforts will be to .ease.
Baggage carried to and from Depot rce of charge
FARE REDUCED!
AUGUSTA HOTEL.
THIS FIRST CLASS MOTEL is Situated on
Broad Street, Central to the business por
lion of the City, aa.l convenient to the Tele
graph and Express Offices The is large
and commo li-us. and has been renovated and
newly painted from garret to cellar, and the
bedding nearly all new since the war. The
rooms arc large and airy; clean beds, and Hie
fare good as the country affords, and atten
tive and polite servants.
Cbaboks. —Two Dollars per day.
Single Meals 75 Cents.
I 1 opo to merit a liberal share of patronage
from the traveling public.*
Give me a trial and j i lgc for vourselves
S. M. JONES, Propr.
PiiVILIOM II OT E 1..
t'hat- es‘on, S. C.
HOARD PER DAT, *3.
A Bin-rutrtat.P. life IL L. Buttikm,
Su -eiii tendent Proprtvtr.
WM. H. COODRICH ,
SASH, BUNDS, AND DOORS,
On hiitul, and matle to Order.
Au-ustn 386 tn Gtorgia
COVINGTON GA., MARCH 5, 1809.
Alone.
T am tvl! a.iine 1 an J the visions that play
Round life’s young days liavo passed away;
And the songs are hushed that gladness sings ;
And the hopes that I cherished have ma le them
" itt-s ;
And tlie light < f my heart is dimmed and gme,
And I sit in my sorrow—and all atontf.
And the forms which I fondly lovod are flown ;
And friends lihvc departed, one by one;
A ml memory sits, whole lonely hours,
And weave, her wreath of hope’s fade 1 (1 iwers,
And weeps o’er the chaplet, when no one is
near,
To gaze on her grief, or to efiTfy a tear!
And the liowt*’ of niy.ehililhood is distant far,
And the looks that I meet, and the sounds that
I hear,
Ar« no light to my spirit ami song to my cm i
And I walk in a lan 1 where strangers are ;
And sunshine is r >nn 1 mi—which I can net
see,
And eyes that beam kindness— bn’ not for me !
And the eun goes round, and the glowing smile
But I am desolate all the while !
And faces are bright, and bosoms glad,
And nothing. I think, hut my heart is sad !
And I seem like a blight in a region of bloom’
While 1 dwell in inyowru little circle of gloom,
I wander uhout, like a shadow of pain.
With a worm in my breast and t* spell on uiy
brain ; , f
And I list, with a start, to the gushing of glad
ness ;
Oh, how it gtates on a bosom of sadness!
Sol turn from a world where I never was known
To sit in my sorrows—end all alone.
Nearing the Ferry.
We may torn our eye* to the pas', my 1 - ve,
And mu»a on tlie scenes that we ones held
dear.
But tlie future for ns H»s far above
The sordid cares that disturb os here.
We may see some days tint are bright and fair
We may di'caui some dreams that are calm
and »» eet,
But the mountains of II >po in the morning air
Will never more answer the tread of our feet
We must walk in the vattf where the violets
grow;
We '«n>t sit in the shadows of poaeelul
bowers
When the mountain torrent hath learned to
flow
With a gentle tide through the meadow flowers.
O hers shall follow to take our place,
And scale the heights we shall reach n-> more
And the morn will smile on “ach radiant face
With li.e same strange light lor u« it wore
ictoss our pathway a dirk river sweeps ;
We know not when it shall greet eur eyes,
But we know that l>eyond its iinfathomvd deep-
The glorious avoinlains < f God arise.
The Fifteenth Amendment.
Tlie Senate having passed, on Saturday, the
amendment to tho Constitution known as Ar
t c!e 15. regulating suffrage in the Unit'd
States, il 111 tv be well to kiwiV i'.s provisions,
it roads as lolloWi :
Be il resolved, two thirds of both II uses
concurring, That tlie following amendment to
the Con 6 itiltion of the United States be, sub
mitted to the Legislatures of the several State*
and when ratified bv three fourths thereof, it
shall ho a part of said Constition:
Arti i.e 15. The right of tho citizens of the
United States to vote sliail not he denied or
abridged by tlie United States, or by any
State, on account of race, color, or previous
eond'tion of servitude.
Section 2. The Congress shall have power
to enforce this article liv appropriate legisla
tion.
On Thursday, the sth ulr., it was adopted in
tlie House of Representatives as the work of a
committee of conference. As will be marked,
it says nothing about the right to hold office.
(New Era, 2d inst.
[From the Knoxville Press and Herald ]
Retribution.
A singular chain of coincidences in connec
tion with the brutal assault made by some
ruffians of Blount county upon tho Rev. Mr.
Neal a minister of the gospel of the Methodist
Church South, last year, and which was fully
reported in our columns, has just been com
municated to us.
It will be remembered that while returning
from divine service he was set upon by a gang
of desperadoes, stripped, tied to a tree and
brutally flogged with hickory switches, for no
other offense than his connection with what
these loyal villian* were pleased to term a
rebel church.
The civil authorities being loyal, sympathi
zed with them rather than with their innocent
victim, and the strong arm of the law was
never iavoked agninst them. But a strongsr
power than that which administer* human law
witnessed their crime, nnd in the mysterious
dispensation of Ilis providence has brought
retribution upon them.
Wc learn that out of the entire number of
ruffians, three have tinee died, one was recent
ly thrown from hi* hor»e and received inju
ries which are believed to be mortal, while
another is now lying in jail for crime.
Even the tree to which Mr. Neal was tied
bv his persecutors has been smitten by tho
same unseen, but ever watchful power, and is
dead.
Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet
they grind exceedingly small,
Though with patience He stands waiting, with
exactness grinds He all. i
-I' Ilk* AZitUSr* 7LJ CI4C3iVZ3 ~. Mill I— I
[From the Sacramento Union.|
A Sister’s Strange Revenge.
A strango story w.is in general circulation
in the city yesterday, on good authority,
which wo ild indicate most outrageous conduct
on the part of one of tho parties thereto. It
runs to this effect The wife of n citir.cn
quarreled with her sitter, several months ago,
and they have been at variance ever since
Sarah, the sister who is unmarried, going to
work as a domestic, in tlie family ol u well
known merchant. On Saturday, Sarah recctr
ed word from her sister that she had heard
from a relative, and if she (S.irali) would call
she could read the letter.. Site went to the
house, was pleased to find her sister desirous
of “making up,” and they became quite soci
able. A child of tlie married sister was lying
ill at tlie time, and its motlinr asked Sarah to
take it awhile. She did so—fondled and k’ss
ed it. Tho mother then informed her, in a
manner indicatingfgrcat gratification, that tlie
child hud the small pox. Convinced (hat she
was the victim of a diabolical trick, Sarah left
tho house, went to that of the employer, ami
informed the holy of the house of the circum
stance, refusing to go in, for fear she might
communicate the disease to the family ; then
went to the office of a physician, got thorough
ly vaccinated, hired a room, and is awaiting
tlie result of her sister's treachery.
Yes knit No.
In the circle of th* languages thero do not
exist any terms half so emphatic as tho two
short words which express assent and refusal.
How many men s fortunes depend upon them !
and how soon is the sentence pronounced!
Their very brevity indicates the intensity of
their meaning. If the rich man, who has
granted a favor to the needy, knew the warmth
of gratitndo which glows in the heart that
blesses him—the elasticity of step with which
the suppliant hastens home to acquaint those
nearest and dealest to him with his success*
and the genuine happiness which is thereby
diffused among a family whom it resenes from
misery ; and if that wealthy individual who
has rejected a poor man's suit were only aware
of the anguish of soul which Iw inflicts, if he
witnessed the slow and irresolute step with
which the disappointed petitioner retra
ces the way home—if ho saw tho sick wife
raise horsolf from her pallet of rags to learn
their late, and, on its announcement, heard
her exclamation ns she fell back upon the bed,
of ”0 my poor children !”—if the great were
acquainted with all this, and well considered
it. there would surely ha loss hard hcartedness
and less misery in the world.
Yet even the wealthiest canndt be expected
to grant every demand m>oii their bounty ;
nor is every one who comes with a doleful
story in his mouth an object of benevolence.
Many * man has heed ruined simply because
lie could not sav “No,” A worthless charac
ter comes t v him with a plausible story of dis
tress, and !i dug of a disposition too indolent
to doubt, because doubt might involve him in
inqiiT\\ and wishing to get rid of the fellow’s
opportunity, he yields ali that is asked.
Thus we see that he who never confers a
henefif, and be who never refuse* as
long a* h“ is able to grant, do equally little
good to the rt-allv deserving poor. The for
mer gives to nobody, and the hitter to none
hut (lie worthless.
M e see. also, tli it a judicious use of the
insignificant looking particle* Yes arid Nn, is
alike of vital importance to the mail who em
ploys them and to him who anxiously awaits
their decision.
Hundreds and thousands of men, says
Charles Reade, take a share in the country's
public morality, legislate, build churches, and
live and die respectable, who would be jail
birds sooner or later if their sole income was
the pay of a banker's clerk, and their eyes,
and hands, and souls rubbed daily against
hundred pound notes as his do.
Conoress wii.L no Nothing.—AVe are fully
advised that the present Congress will do
nothing more in Georgia matters. We speak
from th* highest and most reliable authority.
This is as it should he. Grant and the new
Congress will do *1! things well. We arc
willing to trust them, at least. Let us have
peace.—Ex.
Brownlow, who is living in East Tennessee,
describes that portion of the State as a “polit
ical paradise.” It is suggested that the resem
blance is confined to the single fact that it lias
a devil in it.
--*0 -- 4 •* O**'
It is suggested that parti** addicted to sno
ring should wear clothes-pin* on their noses
while sleeping.
“ Soldiers must he fearfully dishonest these
days,” says Mrs. Partington, “as it seems to
be a nightly occurrence for a sentry to be re
lieved of hit watch.”
Ike's last trick was to throw Mrs. Parting”
ton's old gaiter in the alley, and call the old
lady down from the third floor to see an alley
gaiter.
A Chicago roorlcr took phonograph notes of
hi* sweetheart's love talk, and prevented jilt
ing by threataning publication.
The. noblest sight on earth i« a man talking
reason and his Wise listening to him.
A pin manufacturing convpntny iff Connecti
cut, manufacture nearly seven millions of pins
per day. The number put on paper* last year
approximates the enormous sum of 2,000,(XX),-
(XX), or more than enough to supply every hu
man inhabitant of tlie globe with a pin each.
When is a young man’s arm like the Gospel. I
When it rn-iketh glad the Waist place.
Costly Missile.
4ilk' Harrison State Guard is for
the following story :
Nearly a century ago nn old gentleman in
the lower part of Virginia picked up a clou*
to throw at a rabbit ; the stone glittered in the
sun, and tho old man concluded to take it home
to ilis children to play with. Short'y after
ward the family physician happened to »oe the
stone, and offered six dollars for it. hut the
family would nut toll it. Subsequently a
trusty friend about to visit Europe was given
the stone, and on reaching London he consul
ted an old lapidary named Nox, who after
careful examination, declared that “All Amor
ica is not able to buy that stone.” A Jew,
whom tho trusty friend .afterward consulted,
informed him not to come out with tho ttone,
again without a guard, as he would bo robbed
wore it known ho had it. Tho friend return
ed homo nnd delivered up tlie precious gain.
Some time afterward a party of six Mary
landers uttered fiw the stone, iff L'tod and ne
groes, the equivalent of m« hundred thou-and
dollars, which was refused. The old man died,
and the stone remained in the family for sev
eral generations, and vuoontly, $o run* the
story, it came into the possession of Dr.
Dougherty, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania,
whose children are legal heirs. It is claimed
to be n diamond of first quality, and weighs
four hundred and fifty carats, while that of
the Rajah of Mattan (?) said to be tho largest
in the world, weighs only three hundred and
sixty seven carats. The stonejfias hoert sent
to puss the scrutiny of the ablest scientific
men of the country, and there i* reason to be
lieve that America can boast tbe largest dia
mond in the world.
A West Virginian on Ills Travels. —The
Hillsboro, N. C., Recorder, ha* tho following
item :
An ox cart filled with woman nnd children
passed through this town on Wednesday even
ing last. Two men and a hull calf wore pull
ing the cart—the hull in tfie? middle, and a
man harnessed in rope and fastened to each end
of the single tree. In answer to where they
were from, the men said that “ h—l was to pay
in Western Virginia, and they were moving to
Raleigh to look after a home.” Everybody—
hull and all—was pulling his “level best.”
Practical Information. —Take a fig leaf,
break the stem and rub the white fluid upon
a wart two or three times a day , aud it will
soon disappear.
Anew system of rose culture is now being
prao.iccd in Europe, the principal points of
which are now to prune out all the old wood,
1 1 shorten the new wood a littlo, and peg it
down flat to the earth. The rose is thus al
lowed to bloom only in the wood of last year’s
J growth. Tho effect is very fine.
Tun can be removed from tlie face by dis
solving magnesia in soft water—beat it to a
thick mass—spread on the face, and let it re
main a minute or two ; then Mash off with
ffastile soap slid*, and rinse with soft water.
One of tho leading merchants of Shanghai,
China, is a genuine live Yankee. He ships
twice as much tea as any other firm in the
com.try, attends two cliurehes, leads the choir
at one, is a treasurer of a missionary society,
member of the Philharmonic society, engineer
of a fire company, member of a Regatta club,
teacher of a Sunday School, assistant editor of
a newspaper, member of the Asiatic society,
and a debater at a debating societv.
Number of Words in I’se,
We are told on good authority, by a clergy
man. that some of tho laborers in his parish
had not 300 words in their vocabulary ; that
of the ancient sages of Egypt, so far a* is
known to us of the hieroglyphic inscriptions,
amounts to about 625 words. The libretto of
an Italian opera seldom displays a greater va
riety of words. A well-educated person in
England, who has been at a public school and
at a university, who reads his Bible, his
Shakespeare, and ali the books of Mullie’*
library, seldom uses more tiian 3.(XX) or 4.(XX)
words in actual conversation. Accurate think
ers and close reasoners, who avoid vague and
general expressions, and wait till they find the
word that exactly fits their meaning, em
ploy a larger stock, and eloquent speakers
may rise to the command of 10,(XX). Shakes
peare, who displayed a greater variety of ex
pression than probably any writer in any
other language, produced all his plays
with about 15,000 word*. Milton’s works ar«
built up with Fight thousand, and the Old
Testament say* all it has to say in 5,642
word?.
An Ohio editor is getting particular about
wlmtheeats. Hear him :
“The woman who made tho butter which
wo Is ught last week is requeste Ito exercise
more judgment in proportioning the ingredi
ents. The last hatch had too much hair for
butter, and not quite enough for a water-fail.
There is no sense in making yourself bald
headed, if butter is thirty-five cent* a pound.”
What is blacker than a crow? A crow's
feather*.
Why does a chicken cross the road ? Bocauso
it wants to get on the other side.
When is a bed not a bed? When it is a
little buggy.
M hat is the prettiest lining for a binnet?
A pretty face.
Why is a railroad conductor and a bad cold
notalike? Because one knows the stops, while
th* other stops the nose.
The man who can crack a joke in half a
minute after a fifty-two pound weight has fall
en on his toes, may bo called excruciatingly
VOL 4. NO. 16
An Alarming Proceeding*
Th* Edgefield Advertiser, of the 17th ult,.
says: „ .
The trial of the case of the Stato again*?
Hi)lory Hardy and Lewis Freeman, two ne
groes, for the murder of Mrs. Elkins, termin
ated on Thursday morning ot tho second week
of tli* late KETiir, in a mistrial, tho Jury having
been absolutely unable to agruo upon a verdict.
The case, like a wounded snukt, had drugged
its (low length along for more than three day* ;
and tho divers point* of evidence arising, had
been discussed by counsel, in presence of Judge
l’latt, through all the stages of reply, rejoinder,
rebutter, surrebutter, ie., in fact almost ad
infinitum. And after all, it culminated, as we
have above stilted, in a mistrial.
Indeed we may say in worse than a nus.rial;*
inasmuch as on Friday last the prisoners, to
the astonishment and indignation of all who
had tho faintest acquaintance with law, wer#
ruleaseiWrotn jail upon their own recognix
anoe by authority of Judge Platt
Our community, unaccustomed to this novel/
spsedy and iniquitous method of general jail
delivery, even where offenders were imprisoned
for minor offenses, was, a* a matter of oourw,'
shocked to learn that two stalwart negro fel*
lows, indicted, imprisoned and arraigned for
murder, rendered hideously heinous by suspi
cion of rape, had heed turned loose unwhipt of
justice, upon their own si hi pie and sole recog
nizance.
We venture to say that the records of South
Carolina will not disclose a parallel case. In
deed, we have never heard it intimated befor*
that a prisoner indicted for murder eould be
released save upon recognizance with approved
sureties. Nor is it likely that IliUerj Hardy
and Lewis Freeman, had they been whits
would have been thus released And il thia
is to he deetnod a precedent in Ulw cases, old
Edgefield would do well to consider the quet
tion of setting her house in order.
* Josh Billings on the Mule.
Tho mule is half horso and half jackass, a»«
then kums to a full stop, natur discovering hit
mistake, tha v?ci e h more, akording to their
heft, than any other kreaturc, except a crow*
bar. Tha kant hear enny quicker nor further
than the boss, yet their oars are big enough
for snow shoes. You ken trust them with any
one whose life aint worth any more than tL#
mule’s. The only way to keep them into a
pastur is to turn them into a inedder jming,
and let them jump out. Tha are ready for us*
just as soon as they will do to abuse, lb*
huint got enny friends, and will live on huckle
berry brush, with an oceasonal chanceat Kan*
ady thistles. They arc a modern inveushun,
I don’t think tho Bible alludes to them at all.
Tha sell for more money than other domestik
aniraiLs. You kant tell their age by looking
into their mouths enny more than you could a
Mexican c.innon’s. Tha never have no disease
that a good club won’t heal. If tha ever die
tha must kum rite tu life agin, for I never
heard enny body sa “ ded mule.” Tha are
like sum men, “ very corrupt at harte.” I’ve
known them to be good mules for 6 months,'
just tu git a chance to kick sum body. I nSvsf
owned one nor never mean to, unless there is’
a United States law passed requiring it. Th4'
only reason why they ars pashant is because
they are ashamed ov themselves. I have seen
eddikated mules in a sirkus. Tha would kick
and bite tremenjis. Enny man who is willing
to drive a mule, ought to be exempt by law
from running for the legislatur. Tha are the
strangest creeturs on earth, and heaviest ac
cording tu their size. I herd tell of one who
fell oph from the tow path onto tho Eri kanawl
and sunk as soon as he touched water, but he
kept rite on towing the boat tu the next station
breathing through his ears, which stuck out of
the water abut 2 feet 6 inches ; I didn’t sea
this did, but an auctioneer told of it, and I
never knew an auctioneer to tell an ontruth
unless it was absolutely convenient.
A Graud Enterprise.
We find the following proposed union of the'
Tennessee and Alabama rivers in the Tallade
ga Reporter ;
The old idea of connecting the waters of the'
Tennessee and Alabama rivers by a canal baa'
been revived. Maury, in a recent scientific
report upon the topography of the country,
renews the suggestions aa to the practicability
of this grand enterprise. The Montgomery
Mail, and other Alabama papers, hare taken
up the "nrbject and commented upon it, and
suggest that a survey might be made under the
recent appropriation to complete the survey of
the Coosa, so as to tost in a satisfactory man
ner this interesting question.
It is, porhaps, not generally known tha
Will’s Creek, one of the tributaries of tho Coosa
river, has its source within a mile of the Ten
nessee river, and that the intervening space is
comparatively level. Old settlers have all In
sisted that tho waters of th# Tennessee might
be brought to the Coosa by way of Will’sCreck
at comparatively small cost. What a grand
idea there is in that suggestion. Think of
boats loading away up in East Tennesseo, on
the borders of Virginia and West-North Caro-'
lina, and coming down she Coosa thence to the
Alabama and on to Mobilo. What a line of
trade ? How much undeveloped wealth would
be brought to light? llow many towns would
be built up, and what teeming hives of indus
try would spring into life?
An American writer says : “A woman will
cling to the chosen object of her heart liko a
possum to a gum tree, and you can’t separate
her without snapping strings noartcan mend,
and leaving a portion of her soul on the up
per leather of your affections. She will some
times see something to love, while others see'
nothing to admire; aud when fondness is
once fastened on a fellow, it sticks like glue
and treacle in a bushy head of hair.”