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THE OEDARTOWJN RECORD.
W. S. D. WIKLE & 00., Proprietors,
CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1874.
VOLUME I. NUMBER 11.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WEST.
At the recent election in the Choctaw
and Chickasaw nations, Indian territory,
Coloman Colo was elected governor of the
Choctaws, and Frank Overton, govomor of
the Ohtckasaws.
A report ooraes from Fort Sully that
Indiana to the number of four thousand at
tacked Cuatar'a expedition on the 15Lh and
and were repulsed with heavy loss. Cuatar’a
lose la reported at fifty killod and wounded.
Tho cavalry at Rawlings, Wyoming,
hare instructions to thoroughly scout tho
Sweetwater, Powder aud Big Horn rivers and
country to the southern extremity of tho Yel
low Btono lake, and administer tho soveroot
punishment possible to all Indians found out
of their reservations. Much is expected of
this expedition, wliioh is fluoly equipped and
will bo in tho flold about threo months. A
body of Shoshone Indians Join in the oxpe-
dittos.
The following telegram lias beeu re
ceived by Gen. Ord from Fort Fettorman,
Wyoming: “A Cheyenne half-breed from
Powdor river roporte that at the council of
Cheyenne and Araphooa it was docidod to ro-
cail all hostile partlos from tho vicinity of the
railroad, and return to tho agency ; that about
two hundred lodgos of Choyonnos passed
thirty-five miles north of this post Friday, on
route to the agency; they wore very hungry
and eating their horses. 1 sond this rumor
for what it to worth."
SOUTH.
Tho bark Mermaid, from Now Lon
don to New Orleans, is reported sunk, and tho
captain and five of the crew woro drowned.
H. D. Newoombe, president of tho
Loniaville and Nashville railroad company,
died at Lnuisvilleq on the 18th., of psralyvis.
Old John Harper, owner of the ‘cele
brated Longfellow, died at his residence, near
Midway, Ky., on the 19Ui instant, leaving a
Urge fortune.
T. W, Gordon*, of Mississippi, col
ored. superintendent of public instruction,
sues the 8t. Louis Dispatch for ©60,000 dam
ages. The Dispatch apologised on tlio second
day for its offonsivo publication.
A duel occurred in 8t. James parish,
La., last weok, between Dr. diaries Gray and
Deputy flboriff Prichard. They fought with
revolvers, distance fifteen paces. Both foil at
the third fire, and expired in n few miuntoo.
There is now in Tennessee over 4,000
whito schools and over 800 colored schools,
aud about 0,000 teachers. Of the number of
toacbors fully 1,000 are colored, the colored
teachers boing omployod wholly in colored
schools,
Anderson I*, rry, John Ross, Antone
Maurice, James Williams and John 1, itertsor,
associates in tho murdor of Elisha Eastwood,
an old flat-boatman, on the ‘25tb or April last,
were hung at Napoleon, Assumption parish,
La., on tho 21st instant.]
Telegrams from Monroo, Trenton,
Farmorsvillo, Hhrovoport, Baton ltougo. La
Canton, CofTooviUc. Camdon, Holly Springs,
Durant, Natohess, Meridian, Mississippi, and
points in TouuosHoe, Arkansas and Texas re
port cotton and oorn crops suffering from
long continued drouth.
A Memphis dispatch says tho exces
sive hot weather of the past week lias produ
ced moro cases of sunstroke than were ever
known before In this latitudo The board of
health reports fourteen deaths from this
cause. Reports from tho surrounding country
stats that tho crops are suffering very mu h
from drouth.
Tho Courier Journal publishes re
ports fiom correspondents in fifty counties of
Keutucky, representing 76 per cent, of the
crops of tho entire state, which indicate an
unparalleled failuro of the tobacco crop in
the aggregate. Tho estimate is deduced that
the crop of 1874 will bo only 13 per cent, of
the yield last year undor the most favorablo
futnro conditions.
A desperate shooting affray occurred
last week on the Tonnossee sido of tho Mis
sissippi river near Point Pleasant, in which
Oapt. Albert Hall and a young man named
Leerhaw wore killed. Goo Darnell was mor
tally and Capt. Colo and two brothers named
Coe, seriously wounded. Tlio affray grow out
of rivalry botwoen Capt. Hall and Capt. Cole,
who rim competing ferry boats at Point Ploas-
ant, which culminated in a law suit.
Capt. A. T. Butler, who was shot by
a negro at Atlanta, (la, diod on tho 17th inat.
The citizens wero so exasperated at tlio un
provoked murder that several hundred of
thorn armed themsolves aud marched to the
Jail, whero the Murrell brothers woro con
fined, took both of them out, and carried
them to tho parade grounds. A Jury was im
proved, when both Gabriel and Mike Mur
rell asserted tbeir innocence. After three
hours’ investigation on tho sworn testimony
of eye-witnossos of the murder, Gabriel was
taken back to jail, aud Mike shot to death.
FOREIGN.
Holland and Italy have recognized
Spain.
Tlio recognition of the Spanish repub
lic by England, Franco and Austria, is offi
cially promulgated.
A dispatch from Gen. Mariones to the
war office, reports that the carlists loHt 700
men in the engagement at Oteiza.
The investigation into Bazaine’s es
cape show that most of the guards wero in
connivance, and he left by an open door.
The carlist chieftain Tristany has
captured Loo Do Urgel sixty-seven miles
southeast of Serada. The fighting was des-
perato and losses heavy on both sides. An
immense quantity of stores fell into the hands
of the carlists.
Threo socialist members of tho German
Reichstag, Hazlmann, Rejuer and Hazon-
clever, were tried at Berlin for attending
meetings of the workmen’s society after it
had been ordered by the police to discon
tinue its gatherings. Hazenclevor was con
victed and sentenced to two months impris
onment.
The United States consul at Swatow
reports & wreck off the island of Nomoh, with
tho probability that all on board were lost.
Tho American bark Scotland is for many days
overdue and the consul applied to the Chinese
admiral for information. The admiral replied
that there ha i been a storm, in which one
hundred native boats and 300 lives were lost,
nib had heard nothing of a foreign wreck.
An European says that Italy seems to
become moro hopelessly bankrupt*. Tho poo-
plo aro sincerely loyal'to their king. Tho
ministers aro almost pedantically attachod to
tho English tlioory of a parliamentary gov
ernment. Ho states that they ask nothing bet
tor than to leavo tho chnrcli alone, but they
have no broad and no spade. and they have
Hoods, malaria, bandits aud paper money.
Tho Old Catholic movement ia ex
tending to southern Germany. In llavaris,
at Liiubaohby, lUsliop Rgiiikonw has Just con
secrated a new church, tho first building
which tho Old Gatholics have erected in Ger
many. It is stated tho Emporor William pro-
Bontcd a quantity of metal from French guns
captured in tho lato war, to bo cast into a
bell. An Old Catholio community lias Just
boon started at Stuttgart.
Tho Swiss Times published Father
HyacinthoV letter resigning tlio care of Go-
nova to Comoro Do Etat. It is as follows;
Attached from tlio very depths of my;iioart to
the church in which I was baptised, whoso
reform I wish for, but not its overthrow, con
vinced besides, by oxporionoe now sufficiently
lengthened, that the lil»oral Catholicism of
(Ionova is neither liberal in politics nor Cath
olio in religion, I have tlio liotio- to louder my
resignation of my functions aa ci.ro of this city.
Gen. Marohi, governor of tho island
of Hants Marguorito, protests his in
nocence of tho escapo of Razaino, and
accuses Ool. Villotto, tlio marshal’s old-do-
oamp, of having porrootod tlio plan to soonro
his Right. Eight persons aro now In custody
on suspicion of having aided Bazaine’s es
cape. La Gazotto dos Trcbanaux says that
ou tlio night of Mkrehal Bazaine’s escape,
ono aoldior was twloo on guard, and each
tirao a Jnilor engaged li|m in conversation,
aud kept him in the sontry box. This jailer
has boon arrostod.
Marshal Buzuiuo 1ms written a lotter
to tho minister of tlio interior, in which ho
says : “ That noilber Colonol Villotto or any
other of tlio prisoiiors in custody aro respon
sible for my oscape from prison*?’ lie declares
that lie bad no accomplices in tlio fort or olso-
wliuro, except Ids wlfo and nephew. Tho
marshal dencriboa how ho eluded tlio surveil-
anoo of his Jailor, and in conclusion aays:
‘•Resenting tho humiliating prison regula
tions, I folt justified in an attempt to rocovor
my liberty. As I was not tried by my peers
my aeutonco was illegal.”'
Tho Mark Lano Express, London, in
Us wookly roviow of broadstuffs market, lias
the following. Bad weather lias prevailed
throughout tlio past wook, but o.ir farmers
liAvo kopt a sharp look out, and liavo secured
their crop. There am no reports of spront-
i.» H , though muni, who*I, u»M nackod in uoor
condition in consnquonoo of high winds
and low temperature. Tlio samo
weather lias ruled on tlio continent. This
will bring good samples to tlio front,
id in
tlio
vain
stock. There is lit tin clJfferon o in prices since
last roport, although Ibo tondonoy is down
ward. Franco is sending ba k hero cargoes
shipped tlionco. Tho crops hero and in Franco
are mostly sccurod, and ilio dopondonco of
both countries on foreigners is materially los-
aoned. Tlio lastost estimates put our crop
at 7 per oentum below tho average.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A Washington dispatch states that
Secretary Fish doclaros that tho story of the
proposed cession of Porto Rico to Gannany
is without foundation, and that tho alleged
dispatches aro forgorios.
Sixteen million dollars aro invented
in silk factories in this country, employing 10,-
061 oporativos. Tnero is a whrlukago of 25
to 35 per cent, this year from tho amount of
raw silks produced last year.
John D. Miles, the Indian agent of
tho Cheyennes, whose resignation is demand
ed by tlio (Quaker commisionors because ho
called for troops, says iie did no moro than
any good citizen calling for tho police against
burglars and murdorors.
Tlio Freeman's Journal makes iho oh-
sortion that Admiral Polo, lato Spanish mirim-
tor to Washington, was recalled boecauso ho
refused to sanction tho transfer of Porto Rico
Island to Germany, in return for help to put
down tlio carlist insurrection and tho rebellion
in Cuba. Tho Journal publishes tho docu
ments, and says Admiral Poio will not say
thcro is ono word mistranslated.
Up to lost week tho amount of cir
culation withdrawn by national banks by de
positors of legal tenders, is greater than tho
amount issuod sinco tho passage of tho now
law bv about ©1,000,000, thus working a con
traction of currency to that extent. A major
ity of tho banks thus withdrawing their circu
lation aro located In tho south and west.
The Vesper Hell.
To tho traveler in South America, tho
Btriking of tho vesper bell exercises a
potent charm. As the usage requires
every one to halt, no matter where he
may be, at tho lirst 'stroke of tho boll,
to interrupt his conversation, no matter
how important, and listen without stir
ring to the conclusion of the chime, the
singularity of a whole population sur
prized in a moment as it comeH and
goes, held in a state of petrification,
and paralyzed as if by an encounter,
may be imagined. On every sido you
see gestures interrupted, mouths iialf
open for tho arrested remarks, smiles
lingering or passing into an expression
of prayer. You would fancy them a na
tion of statues. A town in South
America, at tho Angelas, resembles the
city in the “Arabian Nights,” whose in
habitants wero turned into stones. The
magician here is tho bell ringer. But
hardly has the vibration censed when a
universal murmur arises from these
thousands of oppressed lungs. Hand
meets hand, questions seek answer, con
versations resume their course; horses
feel the loosened bridle, and paw the
ground; dogs bark, and babies cry; the
mothers chatter. The accidental turns
thus given to conversation arc many.
Grd. Morin has just exhibited before
the French academy, a bottle contain
ing eight kilogrammes of osmium, the
most poisonous metal known. “ This is
enough,” he exclaimed, “ to poison the
universe” as one millogramme of osmi
um, diffused thrugh one hundred cubic
metres of air, renders it irrespirable.”
Wo really feel very uncomfortable, and
should like to know what the general
intends doing with that bottle.
Ti ara that trickle down tier eye*,
They do not fall to earth and dry;
They near like au K elH to ttie *kt«-H,
And like the angel* cauiu t die.
For oh ! our immortality
Flowa through each tear, Bounds In each nigh.
fail—
Of all—
Tho tears our eye* Blind never know
And deeper titan the teara that How.
Kaeh night, upmi earth's (lower* boh
And every night our tear#' of wj/*
To keep’hi gloom and make moro fni
THE GOBLIN ItKCOltD.
While
Man, as well tho lettered i
lettered, is attracted by rayst
the educated ono ridicules tho extrava
gance and the unchecked wildness of
the ignorant brother in his persistent
chase after phantoms, he must confess
that tho same ghost is playing wanton
with his own senses.
I have often boon induood to investi
gate delusions, although convinced that
f whs hunting a shadow, if not a silly
olioat. To dissipate all ideas in one’s
mind of goblins, haunted houses, and
weird noises has required more philos
ophy than has yet boon accepted. Aud
so wo must admit that if there is not
clovoruess in a mystery there is that in
it which fascinates in spite of n better
judgment, and carries tho of polioi be
yond tho control of reason, while
they listen with eager ears and excited
brains.
Tarrying at a friend’s house, I was
informed that there was an unoccupied
dwollingiu tho neighborhood frequented
by unseen spirits. It interested me,
and I shortly discovered that his sister
was anxious and oven willing to visit, it.
I offered myself as an escort and pro
tector, and was accepted. Tho ' milling
was called tho Rod wood munition, for
merly tho property of an old, arlsto-
oratio family of the district. Thu lost
inmates woro two elderly ladies, sisters
of tho Redwood lineage. For years
they had utterly refused communication
wit.ii the world, and woro charitably
rated ns eccentric. Their wants were
supplied by a slave of tho butoiler,
who potsed, nt. regular hours, all tho
uocosHiirica of life through tho gato of
tho yard, and at each time found the
money and other orders. They hud
bet n allowed their unsocial whims
through tho indulgence of a kind eo lu
ll} unity and the esprit do corps of the
Redwoods until dread oircumstnnocs
broko tho living olttiin. Tho rector of
the parish, while passing ono morning,
was attracted by moans from tho som
ber house, and forcing an ontranco
found tho oldest sister in dying ugonies
and the other hurriedly pacing the
apartment in a state of frenzy. The
result was death of the olio and the re
moval of the other by distant relatives.
Such was tho history given to me by
Miss E. Sho added : “I liavo such a
strnngo desire to visit this mansion,
however foolish it may bo.”
The dwolling was large, and in its
glory must, have boon as famous for its
grandeur us it was popular for its enter
tainments when Oof. Redwood with
his princely welcome was its oourt
lord. Now tho walls
chimneys fallen, the
and its aspect dnsolnti
slightest troraor in tin
pauion as wo pushed into its silencc-
Tho mold of neglect, tho bat, tho spi
der in her magnificent festoons, tattered
window-hangings, and general decay
surrounded us. Wo could almost, im
agine tho gibbering of uneasy spirits at,
our bold intrusion as wo passed from
room to room. Yet tho stillness of a
charnel house only prevailed.
“I have heard," whispered Miss E.,
“that there is an old desk, or cabinet,
which has never been removed. It
would bo so novel and romantic to find
it and search for relics, perhaps treas
ure.” But no room contained it.
“ Tho attic !” she exclaimed. “ Dare
you go up and oxploro?”
“If you do not wish to accompany
me anil liavo the courage to remain
alone,” was tho reply.
“ Oh, then, go! But ” her voice
trembled. “Yes! go quickly and talk
to me constantly. I will not go tip, but
I must know about it.”
I ascended the creaking flight and
had informed Miss E. that 1 was busy
at tho discovered drawers, when a
scream from below startled me, into
nervousness. It was from Miss E., and
instantly I was at her side.
“ I have lmd such a fright!” sho said,
while the soft rose-like hue which
danced in her cheeks gave way to ex
treme pallor.
“ An apna—”
“ Hush !” she whispered, with a fin
ger to her mouth. “ I know I am fool
ish, but I distinctly heard—thcro!
Did you not hear that ?—there !”
It was even so! I heard footsteps !
“Keep your courage,” I replied.
Tho noise of steps grew more distinct,
and a fair head 1 ell heavily on my
shoulder.
Sometimes it happens that a bright,
courageous idea takes the place of wan
ing hope and fearful uncertainty, acting
as a pendulum to the giddy brain anti
the shattered nerve. Such relief eame
to my rescue, rendered as I was, hors
do combat, and Miss E. to support.
Angry as I was, from the forco of cir
cumstances, I laughed ! Looking up
wildly, then inquisitively, Miss E.
sprung from me, exclaiming : “ What
is it then ? I was frightened, and you
are crnel to make light of it !”
A dileraina I certainly was in. Ap
pearances were against me, but my
heart was not hard. I had laughed
from thorough exasperation, for I was
helpless. Could I have floated away
cracked, tho
ndows broken,
I detected the
of my com,
with my charge l could then re
turn and defy all.tho imps aud goblins
over exorcised, and toptuo tho wretched,
moldy, ghostly old shell into utter
ruins. It was at this crisis that a large,
wooly bond, with protruding eyes, a
display of ivory, and a breadth of lip,
appeared at, tho door.
"You black scoundrel!” I yellod.
" do you know how you have frightened
Mi s E. ?”
“ i lorry, mass a ! 1’so right sorry.”
“ Never mind, Sam,” interrupted MIbb
E., “ my wits have returned. I am sp
glad it is you.” It was her favoritoser
vant.
Wo were to hasten back to nooompauy
a party to Anemone vale, a beautiful
spot beyond the town limits. I wasuot
sorry : neither did Mis* E. rogrot iho
ohnugo, nor tho nssuranoo that the gob
lins of tho Redwood mansion wero not
now likely to molest, us. “But did
you find anything?” sho engorly asked.
“ Wait and see !’’ was juy answer.
The breeze was fresh in Ameuono
Yale, lovely in its oarpiit of tho soft
flower which gave it its name.
“ There is a tint of mustiucsB about
it, and nn ancient look," remarked my
friend, as he unrolled a mnmisaript 1
handed him.
“ Well, thcro might bo,” ropliod his
sister. “ It is snatched from the haunts
of goblina—but let ns hoar it! ”
A piece of paper fluttered to tho
ground, ns tho pages wore unrolled.
It read :
“November 10, 1870. Will this
sheet ever mold V It is pleasant to hope
that it may bo rood when tho writor is
incorporated with mold. Read my
story and loam to guard tho heart and
control tho passions, R. H."
Heating oursolvcB upon a bank of wild
flowers t he mauusoript was begun.
“ An eye fot nu eye. A tooth for a
tooth—Holy. I am an'invalid, waiting
for life's thread to snap, Tho present
is a mixture of hope, memory, the
futnro, and rnnlity. Hopo results in
disappointment; tlio futnro is vogtio,
while reality is fruition. Imagination
is false, for it garnishos barren bills
with verdure ; transforms a face of ugli
ness to one of beauty ; makes a miserly
relative a generous donor; pictures
yourself more perfect than the whir pars
of conscience, and onuses the honeful
heart sadness. I will not deal with it.
Wlmt T write is reality. Failing health
pushed mo into travel. It is hard to
iiid adieu to tho old gables and the
arched gatowny, in doubt that one may
see them again, not from ago, not from
the necessity of a long absence, but
from tho curtain ty that you are chased
their heads but mutter hope.
“ I had boon upon the road several
days In fore anything of interest aroused
me from my depression. Panning a
dwelling, whoso neat appearance at
tracted my attention, the notes of a
peculiarly plaintive song attracted mo.
I first ruined my horse and then, dis
mounting, I. followed a winding walk,
adorned on either sido with simple
flower.*, to tho open door. I had been
noticed and was mot by a young man
who cordially bade mo enter.
“ * Wo were singing a song T learned at
sea, of which my sister is quito fond,
but wo shall bo glad for ail interrup
tion.’ It was the introduction of an
import sequence, and tho story which
“Frank Luveudor, tho father of my
host and narrator, became, in tho early
years of his marriage, entangled in wild
dissipation with a neighbor’s son, Dick
Thoi
eoklo
until the murder of a wealthy pinntor
in tho township made their flight nec
essary, and lioithor hnd over returned.
The exertions of justice proved futile,
and with the lapse of years the suppo
sition gathered strength that by Homo
other means retribution had come upon
the fugitives,”
My friend, who had boon reading tho
manuscript, exclaimed: “I well re
member, my grandfather onco related
this very tale to me. His description
of Lavender was that of a very hand
some man, of fine figure and of a pro-
possessing air. f cannot recull the de
tails, but tho son and daughter here
spoken of wero very fortunate in in
heriting a largo estate quite strangely.
My old sire made u moral, and, while
upon his knee and staring into his
wrinkles, I was warned from evil com
pany and tho haunt s of tho enemy.”
Tho manuscript was resumed :
“There is no silver in my locks—
and never will be. Tlio worm lias his
mortgage upon thorn and ho is already
uftor a foreclosure. Recorded pharma-
eopenia 1ms uot sufficient knowledge to
deter the grim bearer of tho hour-glass.
Ho knows it, and so do I. For months
L have been absent from the gables. I
have returned, patched up merely.
(fa id faciendum ?”
A f this point the manuscript had evi
dently been laid away, for tlio remain
der was traced in a different ink and by
a feebler hand. It opens again with the
sumo quaint pinipgs.
“Lifohas queer findings. Tho ono
who interests you to-day is gone to
morrow an i forever, while the partner
of an old life-game turns up suddenly
to confront you with tedious memories
ofteuor that with agreeable recollec
tions. Earnest yoarnings nre rarely re
alized, hut they have been onco with
me. The candor of ray host, Lavender,
and his sad experience created nn in
terest and a sympathy which was, yenrs
later, revived intensely. I was again
compelled to seek the north, and had
fixed a temporary abode in one of tlio
pleasant villages in an eastern state.
Among tho few acquaintances I formed
was that, of an eminent judge, who wuf>
at that time presiding at the trial of a
wretch committed for arson and mur
der. IIo was particularly noticeable,
commanding in person—a deep, rich
voice, a fine dark eye, and hair sprinkled
with silver. He lived in elegant style,
as I can nttest, at his place called Man-
rove Hull, without a wife, and child
less. Hla card read, Poinset Telfair.
“ At thef* breakfast table, tho last day
of the exciting trial, I was agreeably
surprised to recognizo my old friend
Lavender. Ho had just arrived in quest
of a tarrying place for the season. Cir
cumstances at once determined him to
remain with mo. The pending case at
the court-house, in which I hnd become
much interested, was tho topic ot dis
course, und Lavender was induced to be
present with me at its conclusion.
“ Aa wo seated ourselves among tho
ngor spectators, Judgo Telfair passed
in with elastic stop, an air df calm dig
nity, admirable in ripe manhood. Lav-
ader whispered enthusiastically—wlint
lord !’
“The oftso was given to tho jurors
aud they had returned, giving ns their
rordiofc* mnrder in the Aval degree I
Tho prisoner will stand I” said the
judgo. 'It is a solemn charge, tho
sentonpo of death! None should re-
ooivo it but. tho atrociously guilty. Just,
and righteous laws have been enacted
to prevont convicted felons oven from
iuequitablo decisions. Tho boRollt of
these laws has boon your olaim and
privilege. Weary days* have boon oon-
snmodli\ Jihict unwoloomo duty of find
ing you beyond tho mercy of man, and
now it is incumbent upon mo to make
this iludiug foarfully exacting. Boforo
T pronounce tho dread seutenoo, lot mo
urge your most serious attoution to the
awful fate that awaits you and for wlmt
crime? In tho dead of night, whou iu-
uoconoo sleeps and nouo bub tho plot
ter of evil seeks work, you (ntorud a
harmless household and sent nn un
suspecting soul swiftly to tho judg
ment, applying tho torch to cover tho
horrid deed. You aro soon to stand bo
foro au offended Deity, with stains of
blood so tloej) that none but Almighty
God can wash them out. Lot your time
bo improved in rooonoillation with that
being you have so desperately mocked 1’
“An awful stillness shut down upon
that oiowdod room. Yet upon tlio faoo
of tho prisoner was a villainous eueor,
and struggling in his eyes woro tho
blackest passions I ovor saw (lushed
upon man. His tooth woro firmly set
and bin hands gripod tho rails no hard
that his very nails wero dark with his
huso blood.
“ * But the Hontpuco 1
“ ‘You, Philip Wing, will ho tnkon to
tho prison, and ou Friday tho seventh
day of September, between tho hours
of eight and twelve, will bo hung by
the nook until you aro dead, and may
God have moroy on your soul 1’
“'And may He condemn yours!'
screamed tho wretch, pointing his fin
ger directly at tho judgo. 'Ay, yours,
Frank Lavondor 1 Do you remember
Dick Perry, now? Ha! 1ml a mur lor-
or for a judge 1’
“Through the
ugh tho athletic frame of tho
judge a violent tremor was disceruablo.
Fulling heavily ovor in hiH volvot olmir,
his arm hung listlessly, and Ins face
grew black. 'At last!’ he gasped, while
a purple stream gushed from nostril
and mouth.
" * Gone first I’ again yellod tho pris-
oner^Htill nt mitring wjlh outstrofohotj
features. ‘And dead first. * Hu I ha !'
“ Beside tho dead judgo there was
another carried from that room insen
sible. It was tho son, tho inheritor of
the judge’s wealth and of Mangrove
hall I”
Shadows w< re oroeping down Anom-
ono vale ns my frinnu finished tho man
uscript.
“ I have no doubt R. S. is tho nuolo
of tho weird sisters of tho Redwood
mansion,” ho added. Thcro is a dilap
idated headstonn in Jt. John’s 'oilmen-
yard hearing this inscription : “Rich
ard Htaploy, obit Ootobor 10,1701, while
recruiting his health at Ht. Thomas,
Wost indies, ictat thirty-eight years.”
Why Iho South Failed.
In his address at tho lato commence-
mont of tho University of Georgia,
Gen. John B. Gordon incidentally made
tho following allusion to tho war, and
the failure of tho southern oauso. Ho
said :
“Aud just hero I am tempted to
break tho throad of my argumont to
make a remark which I think ought to
bo made in this connection. If. is this :
That their civilization and those institu
tions, whatever may ho said of their
evils, woro also tho sources from which
sprung the matchless prowess und self-
sacrifice exhibited by tho south in tho
Into war. And as I have introduced
this subject, lot mo add also that I
meuti no mimic rogrot whon I deplore
the efforts to jib co tho responsibility of
our failure at tho door of this or flint
man, or upon this or that oauso. Tho
truth i u , wo liavo failed boeauHO it
impossible to succeed; and if, with all
tho experience of both sides, wo had
the war to fight over agniu, wo should
accomplish no more; nor has any other
race, undor like circumstances, over
complishod mo muoh iu the past,
can ever accomplish so much in tlio fu
ture. What is it yjii ought to have
done that was loft undone? You did
all that human hands could accomplish,
hitman intellect suggest, human skill
devise, or human hearts endure. And
you yielded at last only to overwhelm
ing calamities, to crushing impossibili
ties, to tho decrees of a destiny as in
exorable as death—-to resist wliicli you
•brought public and private economy,
public aud private dovotedness and
unitedness,skill, intellect, courage, will,
energy, sacrifices, prayers, churches,
states, manhood und womanhood; en
during suffering, struggling with a
faith, a heroism and martial spirit un
exampled in history and lustrous in de
feat.
Custer’s Gold Discoveries.
It is possible that tho roport of gold
discoveries by Gen. Ouster’s commnnd
may presently stimulate a new gold fe
ver among tho adventurous classes of
tho west. They need to bear in mind
two or threo tilings. First of all, as
Mr. Greoloy used to put it, statistics
demonstrate that, on tho average, more
money has boon made in proportion to
those engaged in tho work by men dig
ging potatoes than by men digging
gold. Then the country is covered by
Indian olaims, and although these aro
not likely to stand against a determined
invasion of gold diggers, they arc pret
ty certain to ho wiped out only in a
good deal of blood. Old gold minors
have less faith now iu surface diggings,
aud it must bo remembered that only
surfaco diggings will bo possible in the
new region for some time to come.
And, finally, it is fortunate that the
now Eldorado appears to bo attractive
for other reasons than because of its
gold. If the emigrants will only take
plows as well as picks, the country will
bo tho bettor off for their movement.—
Nev) York Tribune.
SAM HOUSTON.
■ 11(1 ItCHlRIKUl
vninomlilii of
‘ hui
Tho truo story of Sara Houston's res
ignation of the governorship of Tonnes
soo, and his joining tho Ohorokoo Indi
ans in Arkansas, 1ms uover yet boon
published, and when I hoard it a fow
days since from tho lips of a gray-lmirod
resident of Nashville who hnd boon the
warm personal friend of tho boro of
Sau Jacinto, I made a mental note of it
for tho benefit of tho Times readers.
You boo,” said tho old gontlomnu
roforrod to, "Houston and I woro om
ployod iu a store together at Kingston,
East Tennessee, whon wo woro boys.
That was about 1812. Tho next year ho
enlisted ns a privato in tho army and
murohed oft to tho Crook war. IIo was
soon made an onsign, aud was the first,
to scale tho works at. tho battle of tho
Horse-t hoe, when ho was shot twice in
tho right arm.
Ho oamo homo and Anally got well,
and was appointed sub-agent to tho
Cherokee Indians, but ho soon got into
a quarrel with Calhoun, then secretary
of war, and was removed. Thou ho
oamo to Nashvillo in 1818, Ho bognn
to study law with Judgo Trlmblo, and in
Hix months' time was admitted to tlio
bar. At tho first session of tho legisla
ture after ho was olootod attorney gen
eral of tho stato, over Frauds B. Fogg,
who was ono of tho most, prominent
and HOholarly law.s ers iu tho stato.
" Ho was thou snnt to oongroas, wlioro
ho vrim a warm Jackson man; and whilo
thoro ho hod a difficulty with John T.
Irwin, and whon they both oamo back
to Nashville Irwin challenged him, send
ing his challenge by a noted desperado
of St. Louis who had killod several
men. Ho was not considered a gentle
man, and Houstou wouldn’t ;tnlco n
ohnllougo through him. Gou. White
hoard this aud made some remarks
about Houston, which led to a duel be
tween Houston aud Whito, iu wliioh
Whito was seriously wouudod.
"This addod to tho popularity of
Houston, and ho was olootod governor
of tho stato in 1827. Ho had suooodcd
Governor Oarroll, who was a very popu
lar man, and who was spokou of prom
inently as a candidate for ro-oleotion.
Houston was afraid of him, and iu or
der to somiro his own ro-elcotion to con
gress in oaso Oarroll boat hi in for gover
nor, began, to strengthen himself polit
ically, niul in order to carry out this
sobomo married, in January, 1829, a
lady belonging to a vory influential
family at Gallatin, thirty miles north
of Nashville. Sho was a vory liund-
somo, brilliant yimug lady, and at
tracted groat attention whorevor sho
went, which exasperated Houston, who
was of a morose, jealous disposition. I
used to seo him frequently aud know
that ho hud married puioly through
pcdilioul reasons, and soon saw that his
domestic life was an unhappy ono.
" Ono Saturday iu April I met him nt
a big burboouo just west of tho city,
wlioro ho and Carroll botli made
speeches. I saw that tho fooling of
that crowd was all in his favor, and told
him so, which caused him to bo iu tho
very best of spirits, and whilo in that
mood wo separated. Monday morning
I called at tlio Nashville inn, whero ho
and his wifo hnd boon boarding sinco
thoir marriage, but I was refused ad
mittance to his room. I persisted,
however, and was finally urimittod by
Shelby. I found Houston lying on tho
hod with his faoo covered up, and, in
answer to my astonished inquiries, Dr.
Sholby told me that Mrs. Houston’s
fathor had oomo down from Gallntin for
her tho day boforo, nud that sho lmd
loft her husband and returned to tho
homo of her childhood.
" Said I, "General what’s this I hoar?”
" Said ho, ‘I’m a ruined man ; I'm
ruined man 1”
" I told him ho owed it to his friondu
to give some explanation for his ooiuluot,
and asked him why ho aud his wifo sep
arated, to wliioh ho replied that ho
hadn’t a word to say against his wifo—
that bIio was a high-minded, virtuous
lady.
“Ho then said that ho alouo was to
blamo ; that ho had decided to oxilo
himself among the Ohorokoo Indians,
and that ho wanted mo to enrry liis res
ignation as governor to tho soorotury of
stato. This 1 emphatically refused to
do, at first, but nt his earnest solicita
tion and that of Dr. Shelby, I finally
consented.
“ Tho next morning, Houston, Sholby
and I went aboard a steamboat, Hous
ton being disguised so chat no ono ro
cognized him. Wo bado him good-bye,
and ho wont down tho Cumberland. Ho
told mo aftorward that lie got ns far at
Napoleon, Ark., without being recog
nized, and in that case, ho hogged tho
man to say nothing about mooting him.
He wont on to Fort Smith, wlioro ho
joinod a Ohorokoo by tho name of Jul
ly, whom ho had boon familiar with
while iio was agent for tho tribe,
assumed tho Indian dress, painted his
face, and could not ho distinguished
from thorn.
“A fow years afterward lie passed
through Nashville, with a delegation of
Indians, on his way to Washington. I
recognized him, but wouldn’t speak to
him. Tho fact is, his friends here con
sidered ho hod disgraced them, and
wore disgusted 'with him. While in
Nashville ho wont with his dolcgation
and called on Gen. Jackson at tho Her-
mitage.”
“Aud how did Jackson treat him ?” I
asked.
“I don’t know, but I suppose he
treated him all right, as they Jmd been
great friends. Aftor reaching Washing
ton, I know ho whipped a member of
congress by the name of Stansberry for
saying something disrespectful of Jook-
“ After-this, wo heard nothing more
of Houston until just boforo tho Mexi
can war, when wo heard that ho hod
gone to San Augustine to practice law.
You know his connection with tho Mex
ican war, probably, as well as I do.”
“ Ho married again, I believe ?”
“ Yes. His wifo got u divorce, and
he married a Mobile lady, and sho made
a man of him. They visited Nashville
together, and J. went with them to seo
Jackson at tho Hermitage, twelve miles
from tho city. His first wifo married
again, oud is now living near Nashville,
unless sho lias died recently.-Nash
ville Cor, Chicago Times.
ages
MAYINGS AND DOINGS.
oNTBMroiunY dofinos tho waltz as
fgiug set to inusio.” Tlio defini
tion is now, if the idea is not.
Man, says a moralist, is a pendulum
liotweon a smilo and a tear—with a
strong loaniug for “smiles.”
Ool* Eokhton, in tho house of Com
mons, said philanthropy is so energetic
that “it requires a good deal of inllu-
ouoo nowadays to get lmugod.”
* Is them tho common dog sasHago ?”
inquirod a vonertiblo looking lady, oh
sho surveyed a bunch of bananas ovor
her Bpootaolos tho other day.
Indianapolis women nro relating lit-
tle rominiHoonoos of how tlioy used to
romp with lloury Ward Booaher. “But,
sir,” tlioy add, “ I was vory young!"
Great efforts are boing made to in
duce Liszt to visit this country. Ouo
manager offered him l,00(),000f. for ouo
season, but tho Abbate politely declined.
A German at Terra Haute, Ind., sold
last year, 1(1,000 pounds of grapoB raised
on hind, which, tlio samo season, would
not lmvo produood 00 busliols of corn.
I shall awaken in lioavou,” wroto a
Boston girl boforo taking arsouio. But
she took too muoh for a death doso, and
awoko with a Btomaoh-pump down her
throat.”
going—I know I am,” said a
dying Mississippiau, “and I boliave I’d
go easier if Jim would got down the
fiddle and play 'Sore bool Salloy’ onoo
moro.” Jim did.
A Western postmaster writes to tho
postmaster-general “that hell will bo
full of country postmasters li.'foro long
if they do not gotmoro pay than is nl-
lowod this oftloo.”
An account of a fire in England fur-
nishoH a valuablo hint to voluntcor lire
departments. “Tho London Scottish
as tho first regiment ou tlio alert, liav-
g no trousers to put on, aud tho fire
us soon extinguished.”
Batitino cloaks, which aro to bo put
i dry whon loaviug tho water, and
worn across tho boaoh to conceal tho
moist figure, aro made of Turkish towel
ing, trimmed with oriental braiding,
and out loose and vory long.
California is trying tho oxporiment
inpulBory education. Between the
of eight and fourteen children
must attend some school at least two-
thirds of tho school yoar. A fow ox-
oeptions aro mado in spooial oiroum-
staucoB.
Tub whole police foroo of Jefferson,
Texas, were recently nrrainged boforo
tho Mayor of that thriving city on tho
charge of vagrancy. Tlio charges woro
preferrod by tho families of the polioo-
mon on tho ground that tlio oftloors had
no visiblo means of support, ns they
had roooivod but $12 from the oity iu
tho last five months.
Our Treasures.—
Nothing Ih our own; wo’hold our nloosuroa
Just a liUln while, oro tlioy aro Hod ;
Ono hy ouo lifo rolm uh of our troiurarot;
Nothing Is our own oxoopt our (load.
Tlioy aro ours, and hold iu faithful hooping.
Hafo forovor, all tlioy took away.
Tool life can novor nth- Hint nlonping,
Oruol timo can novor hoIzo that proy.
The hose at Kissingon, occupied hy
Iron” Prince, ns tho German
stylo him now, is distinguished
y seven bombs’ wliioh it reoeived from
the Prussians in 1800, and which wore
loft immured iu it. A poasaut of tho
environs, to whom tho Prince, incog
nito, showed tho proper way of mowing
moadows, has, since tho thing got
abroad, refused largo sums offered for
tho sytho wliioh tho Ohauoollor exem
plified his praotioal knowledge of farm-
iug.
The Niairr olerk of a Burlington ho
tel was startled about 11 o’clock the
other night by tho following conversa
tion, nt a time whon ho supposed he was
alone in tho office: “Oomo along, yon
hoodlum, lot’s go up Btnirs." "Go
nothin’,” was the gruff roj ly, "lot’s
wait till the midnignt train comes in ;
thero’s nothing you can got bloed out of
in tho house now.” And tho nrarizod
and horrified olerk could soo nobody in
tho room oxoopt two old gray mosqui
toes, dozing on a Saratoga trunk.
The Best Things.—•
* Tho Hweotont songs aro Uioho
That fow mon ovor hear
And no mou ovor sing.
Tho clonrost sides aro Uioho
That farthest off appear
To birds of.strongoBt wing.
Tlio doaront loves aro those
That no man can oomo noar
With ills bent following.
Here, now, is a bit of fresoeing that
is quite fresh. A uegro woman living
near Carlisle, Kentucky, for tho last
forty years—Jano Young, black as the
ace of spades—began about four years
ago to ohuugo color, and gradually
grow whito, until sho bleached out to
a tolerably fair oomplexiou. Within a
fow weeks past hor original blaok color
commenced return, showing itself in jet
black spots at different places on her
faoo. Mon who understand about out-
iclo nro looking over the old lady’s fea
tures to seo what they can make out of it.
The Columbus Enquirer, haviug com
pleted its inquiry into tho state of local
social science, presents tho 'ollowing
report, which is as vividly drawn as
ono of Doro’s pictures: "A sorry sight
it is to soo a spike team, consisting of a
skeleton steer and a skinny, blind mule,
with a rope harness, und a squint-eyed
driver, huuling a barrel of now whiskey
over poor ronds, on a hermaphrodite
wagon, into a farming district whero the
people are in debt, and the children
forced to praotice scant attire by day
and hungry sleeping by night.”
It may seem strange, bnt it is never
theless true, that alcohol, regularly ap
plied to a thrifty farmer’s stomach, will
removo tlio boards from his fence, let
cattle into his crops, kill his fruit trees,
mortgage his farm, and sow his fields
with wild oats and thistles, fit will take
the paint off his buildings, break the
glass out of the windows, and fill them
with rags. It will take the gloss from
his clothes and polish from his manners,
subdue his reason, arouse his passions,
bring sorrow and disgrace upon his
family, and topple him into a drunkard’s
grave. It will do this to tho artisan
and tho oapitalist, the matron and the
maidon, as woll as to the farmer; for
its in deadly enmity to the human r&oe,
acohol is no respeoter of persons,
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