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<j2 DO FBii ANNUM
® CotINO TON Georgia.
j U m anufa«tonng all of his celebrated
u wi&% mmmmm,
® ronaisiing of liia—
ttVFß medicine,
“UoDYNB PAIN KILL IT,
A anti-bilious pills,
* aouk pills,
dysentery cordial,
female TONIC, and
purifying pills,
. find will attend to all business in
hia office.
,reecribe for patients when consulted,
" lU 1 . • that come to his office at any
» ro mpt attention given to all Orders.
The excellent Remedies of DU PROPHITT,
j »nmmend*tion —tlieir well known power
ecti the diseases peculiar to our Snuth
n r *p o ate having already established for them
"viable reputation infieorgiiv and the ad
n» V a tcs. As the majority of persons liv
ening >- m.l are predisposed to disease of
D gin the Sou - n ted by.alt intelligent phj-si-
Liver, it is gru unins and ach»s of our
organic 0 f der “g«
l«rt of that important organ.
PROPHITT’B
r tiror IVT.o diolno
1 ~ ctlv at the root of the evil. It cures
trike. 1 in nine eases out of teD, is at
• VMtom of the Coughs, l)yspep-ia, Colic,
!'. nLiache, Rheumatism, Constipation, Men
'll Obstructions, etc,, so common among our
e ti vo r Medicine.
». the advantage of almost any other Prepara
on of Medicine that acts upon the Liver. It ..
T. fom of a Fluid Extract-ready for use at
Himes davor night, and ean be carried to
V ooality in America, winter or summer, as it
S neither sour nor freeze at any temperature
”, . human being can occupy w ith safety.
„ot too strong for children, or too weak
“ t “e most, robust. There is no trouble about
Ainc it only to unstop the Bottle nnd dunk it
vou msy want it. It has gamed a
irv high reputation in every locality it has had
fJr and honorable chance to prove itself at
1V point in America, and it has been used in
Jry State south of Maine, and w alike appli-
Jeto disorders of the Liver and Digestive
urers at all places yet tried.
Traveling Parties, north and south, carry it,
id find the happy effects of it in all climates.
FAItYJCUIjAIk NOTICE.
[errafter NO MEDICINE WILL BE DELIV
RED. or SERVICE RENDERED, except for
BTO £3 H
in need not call unless you are prepared to
IY CASH, for I Will not Keep Books.
L 11, 1809. O. S. PROP!!ITT.
T. MARK WALTER,
IARBLI WORKS
Hroad Street. Augusta, Ga.
■ARBI,E: MONTUMENTS,
Tomb Stonos,
fcrble*Mantles, and Furniture Garble
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
pm the Plained t > nv>t Elaborate, design
II furnished to order i\* rVt * notice. -
All work for the sounfcpf jfcvstuily boxed
fi**cl4-3-sly.
I TAN YARD FIXTURES FOR SALE!
INCLIJDING a Bark Mill, 29 Vats, and all the
I Tools, Benches, dtc., belonging to a Tan
Ird. All comparatively new and in good order,
Id will be sold at a bargain as the present
■prictors have no use for it.. Apply to
W. W. CLARK, Covington, Ga ,
■ JESSE M, WELLBORN, at. Dixie Nursery,
piles N. E. of Covington.—33tf
fewton County Script Wanted.
■NY person having any of the above named
t- Script to dispose of, will consult their own
ierest by colling on
|f BOWKER <t HARRIS.
Hotels.
[lanters HOTEL,
Augusta, Geouqia.
■his well known first class Hctel is now re
wind for the accommodation of the traveling
Wio, with the assurance that those who may
■e occasion to visit Augusta, will he made
■Portable. As this Hotel is uow complete in
■>' Department, the Proprietor hopes, that by
Bet and personal attention, to merit a share of
Bnc patronage.
JOHN A. GOLDSTEIN, Pro’p.
United States Hotel.
■ANTA GEORGIA
I WHITAKER & BASBEEN, Proprietors.
One Hundred Yards of the General Passen
■Jepot, corner Alabama and Prior streets,
I M E R I C AN HOTEL,
Alabama street,
■ASTA, GEORGIA,
■ Nearest house to the Passenger Depot.
WHITE & WHITLOCK, Pro uetors.
■Aving re-leased and renovated 10 above
B’, wc are prepared to entertain uestd in a
V satisfactory manner. Charg s fair and
B«r&te. Our efforts will be to .ease.
p;age carried to and from Depot ree of charge
1 A CARD.
•IE undersigned, having purchased the en
Core interest of fc». M. Jones in the AUQUS
■RJ tEL, respectfully solicit a share of pat
•ge from the traveling public generally.—
■•ropose to keep a First Glass House, and
Bfvery effort to satisfy and please all that.
S ! a call. Both of us have beeu connected
• the Hotel for thirteen years.
•e Rooms of the lintel are large and airy
gmrnished equal to ally ia the city.
■" call the particular attention of the old
■ms of the House to the change. We desire
■c ®nd welcome them.
■e BAR furnished with the best Liquors and
DAN’L G. MURPHY,
9 PATRICK AIAY.
THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE.
J. W. MURRELL,
DENTIST,
OmCE— Upstairs in Murrell’s Brick Stork,
Cotinoton, C Borgia,
Being prepared with the latest im-
j„ Denial Material,
(lUAUANTBKS Satisvactlon iti eueli
branch of Operative and Mechanical Dentisfry.
or If desired will visit Patients at their
homes in this and adjoining Ceuntics,
All orders left at the Covington Hotel, or at
the residence of Mr. G. W, H. Murrell, Oxford,
Ga.’, will receive immediate attention.—lyß7.
TA EE N0 T 1 CE ~
ALT, of those persons who have been buying
Goods from me "on a few days’ time,” will
please come forward and PAY UP, as I am com
pelled to raise Money. I shall sell Goods for
THE MONEY ONLY hereafter.
|3?”None need apply unless they come with
the GASH. 8. N. STALLINGS
August 3, 1869,—2m38
PHOTOGRAPHS!
I HAVE JUST RECEIVED a Fresh Supply
of Chemicals, and am now prepared to exe
cute work in my line in a supeiior manner.
Call soon if you would have a superior Pic
ture, at my old stand, rear of Post Office build
ing—2otf J. W. CRAW FORD, Artist.
A I would respectfully inform the
citizens of Newton, and adjoining
counties, that 1 have opened a
SADDLE and HARNESS SHOP
On north side publie square in COVINGTON
where lam prepared to make to order, Harness
die , or Repair the same at short notice,
and in the" Lest style.
17 ts JAMES B. BROWN
n H e n r y,
D B ST T I S T ,
COVINGTON, OEOROIA.
HAS REDUCED HIS PRICES, so
thatall who have been sotiufortu
'■GlYXLxt na te as to lose their natural Teeth
can have their places supplied by Art, at v«ry
small cost. Teeth Filled at reasonable prices,
and work faithfully executed, Office north side
of Square.—l 22tf
JOHN S. CARROLL,
dentist
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
Teeth Filled, or New ones Inverted,ln
the best Style, and or. Reasonable Terms
Office Rear of R. King’s Store.—l ltf
J. c. MORRIS,
Attorney at Law,
CONYERS, GA.
JAMES M . LEVY,
Watchmaker & Jeweler,
East side of the Square,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,
Where lie is prepared to Repair Watches, Chicks
nnd Jewelry in thebeslstyle. Part icular ntteu
tiou given to repairing Watches injured by in
competent workmen. All work warranted.
j" OSE r H Y. TINS LE Y ,
Watchmaker fit Jeweler
Is fully prepared to Repair Watches, Clock 1
and Jewelry, in the best Style, at short notice.
All Work Done at Old Prices, nnd Warranted.
2d door below the Court House.—Btf
PACE, WOOD & KOSEiU,
have just opened
A Very Largo and Handsome Stook of
S3PR!SC€t tSOOBS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
We invite our en sto give us a call, as our
Stockevery Department is now complete.
I'ACE, WOOD 4 ROGERS,
South side < f .Square, CovingCn, 'Ja-
COVINGTON GA., SEPT, 3 1809
B» and By.
By and by! We say it softly,
Thinking of a tender hope.
Stirring always in our bosoms.
Where so many longings grope.
By and by 1 Oh love shall greet us
In a time that is to come,
And then the fears that now defont us,
Then shall all bo stricken dumb 1
By ami by ! The mournful sorrows
Clouding o’er our sky to-day,
Shall bo gone in glad to-morrows—
Shall bo banished quito away !
By nnd by 1 We sav it gently,
Looking on our silent dead,
And we do not think of earth-life,
But of Heaven’s sweet life instead.
By and by ! We look in yearning
Towards the harbor of tho blest,
And we see tho beacons burning
In the ports of perfect rest.
By and by 1 Our ship shall anchor,
If tho tide and wind run fair,
Somo day in the port of Heaven,
Where our lost nnd luved ones are.
By and by 1 Oh say it softly,
Thinking not of earth and care,
But the by and by of Ileavcn,
Waiting for us over there 1
Stokes on the Situation.
Wo make the following extract from an in
terview botwoen Stokes, of Tennessee, and a
correspondent of tho N. Y, Herald :
“llow about the eleotion in Tennessee, Col
onel?'’I asked, after the usual salutations.
Stokes (laughing)—Well, we are wbippod,
badly whipped, but not fairly.
Correspondent—What is going to be tho
result of the whole matter ?
Stokes—ln tho first place, the Republican
party ia Tennessee has gone to hell; there's
no question about that. What other result
there will be, if any, is for tho administration
and Congress to say.
Correspondent—Who do you think will be
elected Senator, Colonel?
Stokes--Well, that is hard to tell. The
Legislature will boa good deal mixed on that
subject, I suppose Andy Johnson stands as
good a chance a3 any t'f thorn. There are
several candidates Lesides Johnson. Them is
Bailie Peyton, for instance, but I don't think
they vviii take him up. 110 is an old fossil
whig, and is really outside of politics r ow. If
Andy chooses to make the fight, there is none
of that school who can beat him. lie's got
prestige on his side, Lift there’s a good many
of the old rebels who hate him for his past
record. They have old scores to settle with
him, and now that they are in p aver, they
may take occasion to do it. The general im
pression in Tennessee is that they will take
up some new man, one who has not been iden
tified with polities much.
Correspondent—Do you think the old rebels
(javo forgiven Andy by this time? He has
pardoned ft g-md many of them, y m know.
Stokes—Yes, hr has. But ycu don’t
know those men. They never forgive. If you
lived in Tennessee you would find that out.—
Besides, Andy was pretty hard on them when
he was Military Governor. lie kept a tight
rein on them, I toll you. But, as 1 said be
fore, if Andy wants tu make a fight, it will
take a good man to beat him. lie understands
tho ropes, having been through the mill before.
Correspondent—What do yflu propose doing?
Stokes—That’s just the question. lam hero
to consult with the Prosideut and the members
of the Cabinet as to wlut is best to be done.—
Something must be done or Reconstruction in
Tcnncssoo and every other Southern State is a
failure, And if the administration nnd Con
gress refuse to take cognizance of the condi
tion of affairs in Tennessee I s.haii proclaim
reconstruction a farce and a failure everywhere.
Correspondent —Whom have you seen here ?
Stokes-1 haven’t seen anybody yet but
Forney. They aro all away ; but lam going
to stay here until the President and the Cabi
net get back,—l shall then lay tho wliolo
matter before them, tell them how the election
was carried, and present tho present condition
of affairs in Tennessee.
Correspondent—What does Forney Bay?
Stokes—Enrnoy says it is a terrible outrage
but he docs not see clearly what the Federal
Government can do to mend the matter.
Correspondent— What aro you going to sug
gest to the President and Cabinot ?
Stokes—Well, of course tho President can
do nothing without Congross. I shall suggest
that Congress be convened in extra session—
say about the 20th of September—to take the
condition of affairs in Tennessee and Virginia
into consideration. You see the Legislature of
Tennessee meets on tho Ist of October. As
soon as thoy got in session, if they are not in
terfered with by the Federal Government, they
will go to work at once to wipe out everything
that has been done since Tennessee was re
constructed and admitted to representation in
Congress. Every law enacted to restrain the
rebels and protect tho Union men of the State
will be rubbed off the statute book, the dis
franchising clauses of the State Constitution
will be stricken out, and the entire Union bul
wark broken down.
Correspondent— Suppose Congross wero
convenod in extra session, what will you ask it
to do?
Stores Tennessee is one of the reconstruct
ed States, the samo as Georgia, for instance.
Now, then, what did Congress do in tho case
of Georgia ? She wa3 admitted to representa
tion in Congress the same as Tennessee, only
her Senators did not got in, and you know tho
reason of that. Georgia and Tennesso it
teems to me are parallel oases The Senate
refused n admit the Georgia Senators, and the
House refused to admit tho Goorgia representa
tives to tho Fortieth Congress. Why ? Be
cause the Georgia Legislature and Siatc gov
ernment violated faith with Congress, violated
tho reconstruction laws, and violated the Stato
constitution tinder which she was ndmitted to
representation in Congress. In Tennessee it is
the Governor, instead of the Legislature. Ho
has trodden utulor fjot the constitution under
which the State was reconstructed and admit
ted; ho has allowod parsons to voto who it was
expressly understood by Congress when the
Suite {got in should not bo allowed to voto ; ho
has carried the State hack by a revolutionary
movement to the position sho occupied bofora
she was reconstructed; ho has caused Tennes
see to break faith with Congress, just ns much
as Georgia did. Now, then, why shouldn’t
Congress interfere in Tennessee as well as in
Georgia? If Congress was in session I would
move the first, thing for tho appointment of a
special committee to investigate tho Tennessee
election, with power to visit every county in
the State. By this means it could bo proven
that Sen'er, the Acting Governor of the State,
had not ouly carried the election by stupendous
frauds, but had sot tho constitution at defiance
and annulled its most important provisions.
Correspondent—Do you think the President
will convene Congress, and if convened do
you think ic would interfere in the Tennessee
election ?
Stokes—l don't know. If the administras
tion and the Republican party propose to stand
hv and witness this slaughter without doing
anything, then all I have to say is, the
sooner tho Union men of Tennessee know it
the better. We will know what to do then.—
Every man will have to take care of himself,
and so will the administration, so far as the
Union men of Tennossoo are concerned. If
there is nottiing dono, and this rebel Legisla
ture allowed to go on an undo everything that
has been dono by tho Union men, then you
will see such an emigration of Unionists from
Tennessee as will astonish you. It will bo
equal to 1861, when we flew from before the
rebels.
Correspondent—llow did the Federal office
holders behave in the fight?
Stokes—They got demoralized at the out
start and went with Sentcr. They supposed
that Brownlaw was acting with the administra
tion, and that, they must do as hs did.
Correspondent—^Will Grant allow them to
remain in office now ?
Stukos—Not much. They are every one
expecting their walking papers. They did
not see their mistake until Boutwcll’s letter
appeared. They aro sorry for it now, I think;
but that won’t help them. One of our friends
saw Grant at Long Branch mid told him how
toe Federal office-holders wore acting in Ten
nessee, and ho promised that they should every
man be removed and their places given to men
who acted with the regular Republican party.
That vrill be dono direGtly.
Singular Freak or Nature.— The Courier
is informed by a correspondent that in the
unrver part of South Carolina lives a young
ex-Confedcrato soldier, whose leg was ampu
tated during the war, near the thigh. After
amputation the wound rnpidly healed, and he
was sent home. About a year after, a fleshy
protuberance was seen to grow out of theflosh
which, in the courso of a few months, took
the shape of a foot, and since that time it has
a perfectly new foot and leg growing from
his thigh, which, in a year or so, promises to
supply the loss of his leg in the first instance.
If this be true, it is the most wonderful freak
of dame nature that has ever como to our no
tice.
On the return of Secretary Fish and Presi
dent Grant, from their trip North, Mr. Lemus,
the Cuban envoy, will take some now steps to
ward securing the object of his mission. lie
feels confident that the Administration appre
ciates the urgency of tho situation, not only as
it concerns the Cubans themselves, but the
United States as woll. He declares that if the
present revolution fails, of which, however, he
has no fear at present, another opportunity
will not bo offered for half a century for the
settlement of tho questions involved. Ho,
therefore, argues it to be duty of the Adminis
tration to act without delay, and settlo the
question in a manner fully in accord with the
American idea.
The Eutaw (Ala.) Whig and Observer, in
speaking of the negroes, says: “Intemper
ance seems to bo on the increase with the col
ored population. Nearly every day, but more
particularly ou Saturday evenings, numbers
of freedinen .may be seen reeling about the
streets, or returning homeward with very bois
terous demonstrations of limb and tongue.—
Intemperance, idleness and general inattention
to their own comfort and enro when sick, are
rapidly thinning the ranks of the negroes, nnd
it is abundantly clear that the race is soon to
pass away.
In the will of the late Wade Bolton, of
Memphis, Tennessee, the following appears:
“I givo and bequeath the widow and children
of General Thos. Jonathan Jackson, known
as Stonewall Jackson, who fell at the battle
of Chancellorsville, Virginia, SIO,OOO, as his
tory tells mo his widow’s furniture was sold
after his death for debt."
Sometimo since a Portland, Maine, man had
his pocket picked of S6OO. Shortly after ho
received a letter from the thief stating that ho
had started in business with his stolon capital,
and that he would pay interest on it until
lie was ablo to return the principal. Two
payments of tho intercut have alrcudy been
made.
The Climax ol Ingenuity- Uow a French
Hanker Was Swindled.
Tho following clever story of how a French
banker got swindled, appears in a lute French
paper;
M. Monde, a banker of Liepsie, lately re
ceived from tho house of Ilachotte & Masson,
of Paris, whose commercial interest ho has
represented in Savoy for many yoars, a special
letter, with tho words “ In great haste,” writ
ten upon the address. It was as follows :
“ Wo liaston to mako you acquainted with
the fact that our Cashier has suddenly disap
peared,and carriod off securities wilji him to tho
amount of two hundred thousand francs. Ac
cording the admission of his wifo, Grannicr
(such is the Cashier’s name) has flod to Liep
sie, where ho was to stop at the Hotel de
Pruaso. We beg of you to recover tho secu
rities without making a noise about it, and
without having recourse to the police, and to
return them to us ns soon as possible.
If ho will not givo them up of his own ac
cord, call in the police. We havo soiuo coiu
misscration for his wife and his three children,
whom ho has abandoned. Accordingly wo
have promised them that wo will not employ
harsh measures. If ho will surrendor tho se
curities without giving you trouble, givo him
on our account twenty thousand francs, that
he may get off to America, and that our house
may not bo compromised. Grannicr is die
gantly drossed, ho is very tall, has thick, dark
hair, an agreeablo expression of countenance,
and a deep sear on his right cheek. Answer
without delay.’’
Ilachotte & Masson desiring that the matter
might bo managed as quietly as possiblo, M.
Mcndo went to dine at the tublo d'hote of tho
Hotel do Prusse. He at once perceived a man
who answered exactly to the description, and
took the scat next to him. The two neighbors
conversed during the whole meal.
At desert tho stranger said to M. Mende,
“ Will you have the goodnoss to recommend
to ino a hanker who can cash for mo some se
curities ?”
“ I am a banker, sir, and will do what you
wish?"
“ Ah 1 that is well.”
“ Come to my counting room and we will
arrango the matter.”
“ You will do me a greut service.”
When thoy had reached the banking bouse,
M. Mende closed the door, double locked it,
and, turning upon the stranger, said : “ Sir,
you are a scoundrel! I have been apprised of
vour arrival here. You have stolen securities
from the Louse of Hachette & Masson, of Paris,
but all will be arranged if you will give them
up.”
The stranger seemed thiiDdorstruck.
“ Your employers are groat and generous,”
continued tho banker ; “ out of regard for your
family, they have instructed me to let you
havo twenty thousand francs to take £ou to
America ; here is the money, and now go and
hang yourself somewhere else."
The stranger, incapable of uttering a word,
left tho room in tears.
M. Monde wrote immediately to Paris, send
ing back the securities, and asking a reim
bursement of the twenty thousand francs.—
Three days afterward ho received a letter, in
which Messrs. Ilachotte <fc Masson said that
they had not been robbed at all—their Cashier
was still at his post, and that tho letters and
securities were forgeries. Thoy regretted ex
ceedingly that M. Mende would have to put
down this twenty thousand francs to profit and
loss.
The Comet Question Settled.
As several papers havo recently published
articles stating that a comet was on exhibition
and visible to the naked eye every morning,
between one and two o’clock, and as many of
the good citizens of Augusta havo lost much
time and sleep in vainly looking for this won
der of the Heavens, in order that no moro dis
appointments may be experienced by the comet
seekers, we give to our readers this morning
the opinion of an expert on tho subject. A
distinguished Professor of tho University of
Georgia, who was in this city a few days since,
stated he was confident that it was impossible
for the comet to be seen here with the naked
eyo, as it only appeared very low down on the
horizon, and there but for a very short time.
The Professor said that he, himself, had seen
it from tho Observatory of tho University with
the assistance of a telescope, and thought that
it might he seen in Augusta from the Beii
Tower, on Greene street, by using the same
instrument, but not otherwise.— |Chroniclo &
Sentinel.
Internal Revenue Decision.
Commissioner Delano decides that the prac
tice of railroad companies, canal companies,
banks, insurance companies, and other corpor
ations which aro required by law to withhold
and pay over to the United States a tax of five
per eeut. on all dividends, interest coupons
representing interest, surplus and contingent
funds, of treating said amounts as expenses of
business and deducting them in all returns
where expenses is deductable, is wrong, and
should not bo allowsd; that the amounts thus
paid aro not an expense of business, and no
such returns should be accepted until tho as
sessor is convinced that no deduction of tho
kind has been made.
A clergyman who was consoling a young
widow on tho death of her husband, spoke in
a serious tone of his many admirable qualities.
“You know," ho said, “you can ncycr find his
equal, search as long as you will." To which
the sobbing fair one replied, almost broken
hearted, “I’ll bet I will."
Quick Work. —A couple in lowa wore mar
ried after fifteen minutes courtship, and in six
hours wero divoroqd.
VOL 4 NO. 42
The Ceinrt.
A correspondent of the Macon Telegraph
writes a long communication to that paper
on comets. Ho saj's that ho fears no serious
damages from the great one that is now cre
ating so much excitement on this continent.
Wo have not spaco for tho ontiro article, so
wo make the following extract:
“Hundreds of comets have been visiblo to
tho naked eyo in tho piu.t ages of the world,
and many moro have boon brought within the
rango of telescopic vision. A few of theso was
of prodigious size and splendor and occasioned
considerable consternation among tho inhabi
tants of tho earth. One of tlic largest comets
of modern times appeared in tho yoar 1681),
and excited intense interest among tho lead
ing astroninmcrs of Europe. Sir Isaac New
ton subjected it to a closo examination, and
advanced tho opinion that its velocity was ono
million milos an hour; that its luminous train
was a hundred million miles in length ; and
that in its nearest approaches to the sun it
seemed to span almost the entiro firmament.
Tho next great comet appeared in 1811, was
visible to tho naked eye for tho space of thre*
months, and created a sonsation wido as tho
world. This Illustrious stranger was witnosed
for a whole winter by tho splendid eyo of
Ilerschcl, from whoso careful observations wo
learn that its length was greater than the dis
tance between the earth and tho sun and ite
breadth nearly fiftoen millions of miles. This
celebrated astronomer concluded tho “solid
mattor of this comet was spherical; that it
stiono partly by its own native light; and that
it probably bad a rotation round its axis.”
Hie eouiet of 1843 shono with such surpassing
splendor that it was distinctly observable in
the day timo. And in 18CI a sweeping comet
came so near the earth that it is believed part
of its blazing tail brushed it; but as yet no
serious consequences to this planet have been
discovered.”
Escape from n Shocking Death,
A German named Miller, lately arrived, in
this oountry, boarding in Happy Alley, back
of Ann street, came near losing his life yester
day in a singular manner. Ho was alone in
his room, in an upper story, unloading a huge
iron chest about the size of a small ark, and
twice as large as a Saratoga trunk. When ho
had nearly completed the work, and while
leaning over to got some artielo at the bottom
of the chest, Miller lost his balance and fell
in. His heels struck tho lid and brought it
down, making him a fast prisoner by means
of the spring lock attached. The old fashion
ed strength of the chest and fastenings resist
ed tho prisoner's most vigorous efforts to
break his bonds, and his half stifled cries
could not be heard by the other inmates of tho
house, who were all down stairs. The agony
of the moment was intense, as may be well
imagined, considering the narrow confines of
such a prison and the remoteness of all help.
Fortunately the window of the room was open,
and the suppressed cries of suffering wero
heard by a lady in the adjoining yard, who in
stituted enquiries, and those Jed to an investi
gation, in which tho scarchors were directed
to the trunk by the moans of the imprisoned
man. There was no time for delay. An axe
was speedily brought to bear upon the trunk,
and the lid forced open. Tho poor man was
found to be almost exhausted, but was soon
revived by the fresh air and proper applica
tions, though it will be some days before ho is
completely over tho terrible fright the accident
has given him.—Baltimore Sun.
A Singulur Story.
The Washington correspondent of the Bal
timore Gazotte furnishes that papor with the
following political rumor :
A singular story is running tho rounds of
political circles here, growing, perhaps, out of
the extraordinary and otherwise una. countable
tergiversation of tho President in turning
suddenly upon a party he had just himself
formed. It is to the effect that tho Bout well
gang has promised, iu consideration of Grant’s
total abandonment ol re-election, to create for
him anew military office higher thau that of
“General,” under some new oumo to be here
after invonted, and to iuoludo command over
both sea and land—tho salary to equal at lca6i
that of President, to bo paid in gold—and to
commence the iustant his present olßce expires.
A proviso, it is said, is to ho added, in plain
words, giving a clear field to gifts and dona
tions, and gratifiactions, foreign or domestio.
Tho only difficulty in tho way of carrying oul
the stipulations of this treaty, it would seem,
is thu possibility that Boutwell may himself
be defeated before tho people and a Democratic
House of Representatives installed before tho
time allotted for exchanging the ratifications.
A Mother’s Influence.
How touching is this tribute of Hon. T. H.
Benton, to his mother’s influence :
“My mother asked mo never to use tobacco ;
I have never touched it from that time to the
present day, She asked me not to gamble,
and I have never gambled ; I caunot tell who
is losing in games that are being played. She
admonished mo, too, against hard drinking ;
and whatever capacity for endurance I have
at present, and whatever Usefulness I havo
attained through life, I have always
attributed to having complied with her pious
and correct wishes. When I was seven years
of age she asked me not to drink ; and then
I made a resolution of total abstinence ; and
that I have adherod to it through all time, I
owe to my mother.”
Josh Billings says : “I don't believe in bad
luck being sot for a man like a trap; but I
have known lots of folks, who, if there was
any first-rate bad Jitek lying around loose,”
would be sure tew git 'one foot into it w
nyhow.”