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VOL 3. NO 52.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1875.
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Poetical.
AN ORE.
After tlm Milliner of Drjden.
U COL. HoWXLL EKWIN, or ATLANTA, BT Ills riUXlTD
“ ATncta.”
’Twaa at the Lucy Cobb, the other eve,
Thou atwxi'st alone,
behind the sculptured goat,
Of whitest atone.
And thus did moan
(111, ifentlc one, Hat now unto my wail,
Sweet as the lule-noto ofa nightingale
And tell me, prythee. art thou a female f
The whitewashed kid moved not a per,
Hut poised upon Ilia foremost 1 eg.
Tiie Col. then, with burning tongue, began to heir:
“ Gentle, gentle, gentle go-it,
None of the hove, none of the hoys, none of the boya
Sha'l ever know it 1 .
The Levee now was o'er
The hour waa coming on
That marks the stepping of the smiling morn
T he girls had ceased to sigh,
•• Oh, wlmt a bore!”
The guests had gone,
lint there within the yard,
In silence by, your festive bard,
Who e.er apeakclh by the card,—
A hand ot screnadera sat,
Su ine upon tho ragged edge,
Supiue upou the ragged edge,
lupine ri]>on the Tagged edge
t >f an Hiicient front door mat.
Tin: song began from Jones,
Who awoetly sang npon tho bones
A plaintive air—
A young otclone—
In bully, bully tones.
The trembling notes passed unprotected,
Through the air went unmolested,
.'ume and went all nnreqnested,
by all to whom this champion bore
Saw fit to make his nightly roar.
A sound so wild, I’m sure
There’s naught ao sad,
There's naught ao bad.
In heaven above, or earth beneath,
Or in the sen below.
Jones i* aura a clever fellow.
Though hia singing is a bellow.
Kind the fellow, deep the hell—
Deep the Ik llow of the bore.
Fire.1 by the strain, the Col. grew vain,
His face lit up by flue champagne;
And thrice he stroked bis iuthnt sides, and
thrioe did ao again.—
Oh, gentle kid, show not the least alarm;
Oh, yielding goat, say quickly, arts man 111
»ith upright aura
The statue hears,
Nor makes a nod,
_ Nor moves a rod,
Nor heeds the C'oL’a tears,
w e chose a mournful muse,
To suit the Colouel'e bines.
We sang D. Tucker, great and good,
By taking too much rye-ah I
fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen,
Kabcn from hia stately height,
And robing in the fire.
In living flame his long-tail bine:
A glowing coal within hia shoe:
Not prone he lay upon hit back a-aighlng.
Bat through the ambient air he eaut the aahee
flying.
With saddened phis, the lofty Colonel stood,
Revolving in hia altered soul
The various kinds of gnat btlow,
And now and then a sigh he stole.
And then looked chawed the more.
The screnadera smiled to aee
Tliat grins were in the next degree;
r or, near as ankles are to shins,
So close on cliaws do follow grins.
Softly sweet, in dead-beat measures,
Soon we grinned him at oar pletraM*.
Smaa.wa lung were toil and trouble,
Whiskers cloaking like dry stubble—
Hirsute twins, just bom a week,
Growing on thy free ao sleek,
bobbing thee of needed cheek!
■/that cheek be worth thy caving.
Think, my boy, oh, think of shaving,
Lut if whiskered thoo 1rib be,
t ultivate a fine goatee!
The Colonel, helpltaa to conceal hia pain,
Wared on the goat that eaaaad the joke,
And grinned and looked.
And grinned and looked,
Grinned, and looked, .
And griunod again.
[N'otx —On the end of the balcony, at the Lacy Cobb
Iiutitute, is the autae of a goat, mounted on a pedes-
taL t ol. Erwin, it seems, was too much smitten with
•June fair opt to not* the passage of time, and to observe
thut the lights had fled, and moat probably all the girls
had gone to bed. He was in quest of a female—proba
bly one had promised to meet him behind the goat;
aud not Sliding her, gave himself up to the above apoa-
. i n dispair.—Amcna. ]
Brevity of Life.
BT BICBAID nXNT.r WILDE.
My life la like ths summer rose,
That opens to the morning sky,
But an the shades of evening close,
It soul tir’d on the ground—to die!
Yet on the rose’s humble bed
The sweetest dews 01 night are shed,
As if she wept the waste to see—
But none shall weep a tear for me 1
My lifb is like tba autumn leaf
That trembles in the moon’s pale ray,
Its hold is frail—its date is brief,
Restless and soon to pass away I
k at ere that leal* shall fall and fade,
The parent tree will mourn its shade,
The winds bewail the leafless tree,
But none shall breathe a sigh for me!
My life is like the prints, whieh feet
Have left on Tampa’s desert strand;
Soon at the rising tide shall brat,
All trace will vanish from the sand;
i® 1 ’ “ “ grieving to efface
n!! of . human reea.
On that lone shore load moans the sea,
But none, alas 1 .hall mourn forme!
BeatU ol Richard Henry Wilde,
ar axxx.
of ‘ho Soath !—tho “ summer rose ”
— P*rW> with the •• amamn leef,”
The *• foot prints left an Tampa’s ” shores
May vaniah with a date at brief-
but thine shall be tha “ life ” of throe.
•>o winter winds can wreck thy nrava;
future minstrels .hall relmne
• ’■rioea. In memorial vernal
to Keep House.
Datura's fair queens,
Neckio- “ d *°™ c “ Jour teens,
Sirivin* JJJO'JU’pbakmanta worthy our a m,
HoUty tsetsme {
KeepiL w,th “ ,e “J 1 * of your hair,
M ui o° m P««Bon ao fair;
your lives,
1 **«P houaa—you may some day bo wivai
L*arn to keep home.
Now.
and
''maw aoiTi.Y »>“> burdens ofca
wUlU children and wife,
’’dllihof hia Ilia,
' tilinghlataalahia 1
on trembling reveals,
moatbatoldj^
by waaltb.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Hera Mention.
The street railroad freight cars are doing
good service now, in the way of hauling
floods from the depot. It takes them some
little time to make the trip from the depot
here, but, when they do come, they bring a
good large load.
The Echo, wc understand harin’; lately
enlarged so as to get a picture of Howe’s
elephants on its fourth page,,it now turns
out the fcircus isn’t going to JCrawford.
However cheer up young editor, you can
come up here and look at the pictures on
the fences. . . .
We can’t resist the strong desire to re
peat just once more, what a beautiful day
yesterday was. We don’t mean to burden
our readers with these continual little side
remarks about “balmy autumn,” but we do
think that this elegant weather should be
encouraged.
A ticket to tho Great London show came
to our office yesterday, with compliments
ofT. R. Toole, manager, and bearing the
name of the “ Local Editor and Lady.”
Now we arc extremely obliged to the gen
tleman for our part of the invitation “and
feel sure that the presiding genius of our
household would feel highly honored, but
lit. present this good Judy is entirely a myth
ical being, Y\ c only had the pleasure of
meeting Mr. Toole for a few minutes, dur
ing which time our conversation was chiefly
ol business matters, and cannot conceive
how he took up the idea that we were a
married man. We are not aware that the
lines of care were so deeply furrowed upon
our brow, nor did we think that our sober
manner and measured step would justify
the conclusion that we were the proprietor
of a family. However the error, if not
natural, is certainly pardonable, and we as
sure Mr. Toole of the London Circus that,
it at any far distant date, we can respond
entirely to his kind invitation, we shall be
very happy so to do.
Mayor’s Court'
The sad tale, gentle reader, is long; the
characters many, and the scenes vivid.
The City vs. Green Whitlow is the way
it stood on the Clerk’s book—is the way the
Mayor read it, and Grean Whitlow is the
man that planks the V. But it is now well
understood the court that there was a
power behind the throne,—there was au
evil spirit prompting the unfortunate Green;
yea, some dusky Lady Macbeth, urging him
to direful deeds; and here, as in, alas! too
many cases, dux Jemina facli erat.
Yes, Fannie Whitlow—who after her late
Howe’s Great London* Circus, Hippo *‘ a J» tut to die—and go pConioi
drome, Menagerie <fec.—Wc received s 1 10 chwoiioa ud t» f
call last Saturday from Mr. T. R. Toole, Jfarore.*
the advertising director of Howe’s London
Circus. This show, it is positively asserted
by the Press generally, is the only first class
show ever in the United States. They are
a wealthy concern, and spare no money to
perfect their circus in every respect. *Mr.
Toole, we can say is a perfect gentleman,
and in his dealings, one is immediately
struck with a certain generosity and liberal
ity, which very seldom characterize show
men.
We notice complimentary notices from
the Kentucky Yeoman, Memphis Appeal
and the following from the Courier Jottr-
noli
The show travels by railroad only, and it
requires lorty-two cars, built expressly for
its use, to convey its people, features and
effects. At the Ohio Falls Car Works, in
Jeffersonville, the guage of the trucks has
been changed to that of the Southern roads,
so’ that it can now proeeea to the Gulf
without difficulty and rapidly. For this
reason the exhibitions are not given at
points remote from the railway lines. Ii
wiil therefore be seen at once that the
“Great London” is no fly-by-night affair,
but an enterprise that requires money and
bruius to inaugurate, and the approbation
of the people at large to be maintained.
That it lias proven a bonanza to its prop: in
ters, is sufficient cviJenee that it travels on
Each joy enchants,
Each bosom pants,
On Life’s smooth Summer sea ;
Sail sorrow's sigh’
Comes never nigh,
And hearts bound ligh* and free.
Bright hopes and fora
Our spirits move,
The breast ne’er heaves a sigh,
Then as we stand-
On Death’s cold strand, ...
Tis hard—Tis hard—rto die!
n. _ t
The Hope attained,
The Haven gained,
The Vessel’s voyagc’over—
Beyond the shore,
Long gone befr.'e;.
Arc Life’s fond friend.and lover:
The sinking Saniv
His course hn’hA':'. .1
..AdowaTime’-
The Dayls gone,
The Night cum. s on,
’Tis Sweet—Tis sweet—to die.
Wm. IIknky Waddeil.
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.
toilets. A very handsome costume of
brown India cashmere (what is known at
homo as camels’ hair) and brown silk was
shown. The corsage was cut very long
and squnre in front, after the fashion of a
Louis Quinze vest, while behind, the whole
overdress and waist were out in one in the
Princessc style, the long end of the over
skirt being looped at the tide in a v ry
graceful scarf-like fashion. The whole of
tins dress or polonaise was composed of al
ternate bands of brown silk and cashmere.
The skirt was of brown silk, bordered at
the bottom with two deep, full ruchings,
one of cashmere and the other of silk. The
apron overskirt was of worsted net, bor
dered with a worsted fringe, and was so
deep as to touch the ruchings arouud the
skirt.
A black velvet dinner dress was also
shown. The long train was lined with
satin, and was cut in squares along the edge
and up the sides where the train joined tSe
side breadths., Tho front of the skirt was
•-•overea with a deep apron overskirt of
heavy sewing-silk net; the meshes increased
in .six - towards the bottom of the overskirt,
and in each mesh of the hist two or three
ro ws was hung a small silk tassel; this over
skirt was bordered with a wide silk fringe.
A very beautiful ball dress for a lady in
slight mourning was composed of heavy
'•lack silk trimmed with plaited flounces;
the overdress was composed of a white
V a!cucienues inserting aud stripes of black
s lk gauze; it was bordered with a wide
ruffle of Valenciennes lace, and was drawn
i i a rich lull drapery behind, which drapery
was also bordered with Valenciennes.
ATLANTA.
Rev. II. M. Turner, the would-be Moses
of a negro exodus from Georgia, believes
tnat the negroes of America. “liKe the Is-
its merits, and commands the patronage of | raelites, must ultiuninutciy return to their
the public. In the morning the street, fatherland, to carry with uera the form of
parade took place, which attracted dense ' civilization and the practice of that Christian
masses all along the route. The pageant ' religion we hue- learnt from the white peo-
wai very fine There were six golden pie.” He wants three millions of dollars —e-- .
chariots, each of which was resplendent from Georgia to carrv out his chimerical! I.ibe.ty Hall,
with mirrors, grotesque carving, classic and j scheme. Failing in this he believes the “Sidney Herbert” Hint most ubiquitous of
allegorical representations in elaborate »hues will have to give up their “ea.-.mgs, 1 correspondents, knocks off the following to
stucco. The horses forming the cavalcade | huger riugs mid other pnenus ornament.- the Savannah Keuv “
were in excellent condition, all showing i and jewels” to aid his peo, 1- to return to
that their grooming and stabling had re-! their fatherland and build up a nationality,
ceived careful attention. The glittering ; The Savannah Aero refers him to the real
and varied costumes of the riders, and the , source of the negro troubles in the following
gleaming caparisons of the horses, shone in j felicitious manner: “The negro’s present
the sunlight with fine effect. The cages ' masters, the carpet-baggers, have luid a shy
arc highly ornamented, and altogether the ! at the silver spoons, and have left the Souths
procession as it wended its slow way 1 ern people precious little that is portable to
throughthccrowded thoroughfares,stretch-1 contribute, and ii' there is to be another cul-
ing along nearly a dozen squares, was a : lection of “rings and precious ornaments and
sight to be remembered. The perform- j jewels” taken up, the now Moses must look
nnces were superior in every respect to the j to bis philanthropic friends of the North to
usiiiil rnn. The programme embraced a j be the Egyptians.”
variety of arenie features, including vault-; Superintendent Johnson’s skill and ener-
mg, trapeze acts, bareback riding, the re-1 gy begin to tell hi the right place. Five
markable movements and feats executed by .shares of Georgia railroad stock were sold in
the five elephants, the trained dogs, and Augusta 011 Saturday at $80 a share.
In my last letter, dated nt Liberty Hall,
I was forced toomit several items of interest,
as toe mail train made its appearance before
I had completed my epistlo. I should have
stated that in all probability Mr. Stephens’
neuralgic-rheumatic attack was owing, in
some measure, to the changed condition of
t lings ut “Liberty Hall.” The old mansion
was sung and cozy, with small rooms, narrow
passages, low ceilings and old fashioned wire,
duw-i. The new mansion is quite a different
nftiiir, as the rooms nro large, the halls wide,
the ceilings high, and the windows of modern
style. Of course, in such a ho-iso there is
the Indian scenes, all of which evoked the
hearty applause of the spectators.
The Atlanta Herald in extolling the mer-;
. v.c, . .. —nuu .mer uer laic r.i- • , , r. .- a. 1 lor me ensuing year, uy a unanimous vote
gyrations, stands, if possible, a whit lower !** of th “ c,rcu ® ®? no, . n, ’ es Y. ' the fo 0 "' j Rev. J. M. Stillwell, the present pastor, was
in the estimation of the sable community.! ,n S‘■I’CommendaUon indeed: again called, and StiO raised on his salnrv
than tumal-is the guilty one; hut Gnen, | lb°r 1876. He retired before the action was
who is so considerate and gallant as to take
ail the blame on himself, “shucks out” the
needful, and smiles upon Fannie’s pluck and
Fannies spirit. Lizzie Jackson, Sallie Lyles,
Green Whitlow and Fannie ditto, are the
dramatis personae. The belt rings ; the cur
tain rises, and the role is as follows :
Fannie Whitlow pollutes her heretofore
unsullied lipe with an oath; in fact, actu
ally curses Sallie Lylies; and, moreover
intimates, for tho further delectation of her
opponent and the general information of
the bystanders, tlmt Sallie is not exactly as
the “icicle of purest snow whieh hangs from
Diau’s temple.’’ No, not altogether, says the
profane Fannie; and to better enforce this
truth into Sadie’s cranium, she puts a head
on her with a stick. Sadie’s head, if not
her reputation, was now in danger; at least,
so thought Lizzie Jackson, who goes for the
irate Fannie. The two now “mixed,” to
use a witness term, and with the finger of
the former resting confidingly in the mouth
of the other,
They tag, they strain, *
Down, down they go,
Breve Sal above
And Fannie below.
But they were parted, and doubtless
peace would have been soon restored,
had not Fannie’s better-half now appeared
u]>on the scene, and although it was Greene
that was now introduced into this little
spectrum, the whole affair would undoubt
edly have assumed a crimson tint had not
a benevolent peacemaker, Samuel by name,
quelled the little mutiny. His Honor acted
very decorously in the trial. It was not
hard to read lus expression of disapproba
tion during the recital of the fray; it was
not difficult to note his joyful smile when
he was told how the good Samuel mado
peace, nor was it entirely impossible to
mark a certain look of pity when he was
compelled to take Greene’s money for tho
real misdeed of his wife. Ilis Honor al
ways was a compassionate man.
The University.—There are now in the
University something less thaDjJtwo hundred
students. They are all orderly and steady,
aud are prosecuting their duties vigorously.
More will undoubtedly come in after awhile,
and we hope to see our college well filled.
Prof. Lumpkin tells us that the average ages
of the students are greater than usual, the
majority being between eighteen and twenty,
and veiy few below seventeen. We are glad
to hear this, because everybody knows that
the older a boy is, the better can he appre
ciate the advantages of such an institution
as ours. And again, younger boys are more
apt to be led astray by the influences which
necesarily surround him, at a y aud every
college. Prof. Gumming of the chair cf
Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, ;has
been heard from and will he here about the
1st November next.
The Northeastern Railroad.—The
stockholders of this road held a meeting
on Wednesday, for .the purpose of elect-
Presidcnt— Jno. W. Nicholson.
Directors—Ferdinand Phinizy, R. L.
Moss, Howell Cobb, John White, Jefferson
Jennings, John H. N ewton, T. A. Burke,
C. G. Talmadge, Geo. W. Center, H.
Benssc, J. D Pittard, A. S. Erwin, J. A.
Hniinicutt, C W. Hood, W. B. J. Hard
man, A. K. Childs, Wm. S. Erwin,
Mr. John Calvin Johnson was re-clectcd
Scceetary and Treasurer.
Messrs. George W. Center and James D.
Pittard wero re-elected Superintendents of
convicts.
The following Bossiness Committee from
the Board of Directors were also elected:
John W. Nicholson, A. K. Childs, How
ell Cobb, Jefferson Jennings, Thomas A.
Burke, C. G. Talmadge, Rufus L. Moss.
The Directors are awaiting for further
advices from the North before they pro-
feed to anything definite. In conversation
with Mr. B. L.'Moss npon the subject, this
gentleman stated that could they obtain
*'.20,000 more, theroad would undoubtedly
be completed. We hope that this will
soon bo dono.
onia held a conference lor calling a pastor
for the ensuing year. By a unanimous vote
was
salary
establishment is systematic and busines- 11”!. ‘;" r ’T n
like From the Manager down to tire low- ! L V 1 1 ■ ’ B °-'"’
1 v * .1 _ . tbe moderator, informed unn of tie action
est subordinate there is a quiet, gentleman- the church .’ TilU was an agrteal) | e ”
lj demeanor utterly at variance with our , ise to a faitllfu! and c , BciJnt % vinc . ^
preconceived ideas of circus men. No ‘', lurch ^ thjg fai ^
drunkenness nor sweanng, nor boisterous him $164.-CWrt«fi™
conduct or language is beard ront any ol 1
the attaches. Take it all in all, it is one of
plenty ot air and good ventilation; but re
cently, and more particularly during the
past month, the painters and carpenters have
Last Saturday tin Baptist church at Lith- ^ en putting on tho “finishing touches,’ and
the finest and most complete affairs of its
kind we ever witnessed.
This great show will exhibit in Athens,
November 3rd. Let everybody—old and
young, white and black, go and witness a
first elass circus.!
Photographs —We noticed in Sclicve-
ncll’s window, a few days ago, a fine collec
tion of photographs, taken by Davis, photo.,
of this place. They are full length pictures,
composing a very pretty bevy of some of
our Athens beauties. The positions arc all
extremely graceful, which are due, of
course, to the young ladies, while the dis
tinctness and beautiful finish of the pic
tures reflect the unquestionable skill of
Davis himself. He takes them to the State
Fair, we understand. “Hope he’ll get the
prize!”
W e notice also in Schcvcuell’s window—
which, by the way, is fast becoming a re
pository of “ tilings of beauty”—a beauti
ful chroino, labelled “The Language of
Flowers.” It represents a lovely, innocent
maiden, doubtless, a “child of nature,” clasp
ing in one hand a flower, while thp tender
expression upon her fcat'ires ind cates that
her fancy, like Tennyson’s young man,
‘^lightly turns to thoughts of love.”
In
Fallarious and True Reasoning.
our experience we have found by
closely watching results that those who pay
out S100 in judicious advertising, get three
times the benefit that those do whq.pay on
ly fiffy dollars. Merchants anil others who
are doing a business of $25,060 a year are
apt to think it a great outlay if they pay
$50 a year for advertising. When viewed
in a practical light, any one can see that the
sum of fifty dollars a year is a small outlay
to give tone and vitality to a business of
SAVANNAH.
Mr. Frederick Guaun, who was for a long
time clerk with Chris White, Market Square,
came to the city a few days since from Ebe-
neezer on a visit to liis friends. Yesterday
morning, after eating a hearty breakfast, be
proceeded with a friend to the Market Square
House. He was just 011 the point of taking
a drink when he became suddenly pale, and
was compelled to sit down on a chair. He
had Jhardly become seated when he reeled
and fell to the floor ami expired in a few
minutes. Mr. G. had been io feeble health
for some time and was subject to an affec
tion of the heart.
Last evening, shortly after dark, an indi
vidual who had evidently been very assidu
ous in his attentions to corn juice, in pick
ing his uncertain way by the new Cathedral,
on Abercorn street, stumbled over a barrel
of freshly made mortar, and, not being very
firm on his pins, and the tiead ot the barrel
being out, iu he went. There was consider
able rumpus and noise following this sudden
disappearance, which attracted the attention
of a gentleman who was returning home,
and he hastened to render a-sistance. After
some trouble, be managed .0 fish the stran
ger out, when he was tumid to be pretty se
verely cut about the face and head.
Two sailors got into a dispute yesterday
over some mailer, and being unable to settle
the question, decided to fight it out. and ac
cordingly selected their res|)cctive friends,
this bus made the rooms more airy and ex
posed than usual.
This, coupled with the fact that Mr. S.
has lately had a large number of visitors, es
pecially during the session of tho Circuit
Court, will, in part, account for his sudden
and severe illness. One of the most unself
ish of men in the dispensation of hospitality,
he seems never to regard his own comfort
and convenience above that of his friends
and guests. This trait of his character is
displayed in a thousand different ways, and
so quietly and unostentatiously that the world
hears nothing about it. As an example I
may notice the erection of Bird’s Chapel, a
Methodist church edifice, which occupies a
very conspicuous place in front of “Liberty
Hall.” It is a plain, substantial building,
and the rear part extends in tho direction of
the avenue that leads from the front gate to
the grounds of the main entrace of the man
sion^ If this church had been erected in the
corner of the lot, where it would still destroy
the symmetry and beauty of the grounds,
its appearance would not be so ungainly;
but it funs back almost into the centre of the
lawn. and every visitor is compelled to notice
the “jog” which it makes in the otherwise
symmetrical proportions of the grounds. In
tbe kindness of his heart, and as a tribute to
bis deceased friend and pastor, Mr. Stephens
not only cheerfully rave the lot upon which
the edifice is erected, but spent several hun
dred dollars in aid of its erection. Other
eyes may notice the peculiarity of its location,
but to the master ot “Liberty Hail” its pre
sence brings noblor and more sacred reflec
tions.
Jefferson Davis (lam’d at the Place of His
Birth. •
On Monday Hon. Jefferson Davis, es-
corted by a large number of the citizens of
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, visited Fairview,
wiiere a grand reception was given him.
and with u few spectators repaired to Lamar's the * urro " ndin S
old field, back of Liniar s press. After j lhe «’
reaching the ground everything was prepared, bTa ,nd Tr 7 ? ' V ”
and thev went to work in^"regular “ring ??’ ,. wl * cl 'K r eeted Mr. Davis with
1 My Old Kentucky Home.” He was cs-
and they went to work in regular
style.” After every round the contestants
were sponged down, etc., and towards tho
end of the tight thev were so much exhausted
they were unable to rise when knocked down,
and had to Le raised up by the seconds. —
Which one whipped wc did not learn, but
The steamer Carrie nrrive-1 from Augusta
on Sunday afternoon with two hundred and
six Idle- of cotton, unloaded and started for
twenty five thousand. Go where wc will, ■ we *" e boiii ba us^d up.
it will always be seen that these busines.s ! 0ne h 1 nndre, ‘ ■«* lvvcn . t y, P™* re
nun ofa town, who, having a good news-1 "ejt'steredlat t he county jail. Fifty take
paper in their midst, patroniz.: tho same j L ‘ serc . 18C dad - v Wlth shovcl a,,J hue ou tho
steadily and liberally, will improve their ! col ,"l_7.1°?.
trade steadily, and place it 011 a sound
footing. If times are hard, trade will drop
off some of course, but then, tho same ratio
over neighboring towns will be maintained,
and gradually but surely will business llow
to that town that, all things being equal,
advertises the best, and what is very im
portant, the steadiest. Some merchants
have au idea that steady advertising is cf
no account; that the effect is better if it is
done in a sudden, uncertain manner, rush
ing out with a great light to-day and then
leaving the people in utter darkness to-mor
row. This view is opposed to the ox|>eri-
ence of every noted advertiser. All men of
experience agree that the true effect is
gained only by a steady and persistent ef
fort. In the sharp rivalries and competi
tions between different towns, but few re
alize how important and adjunct to tbe
prosperity of trade is a good newspaper and
its advertising pages.— IFau&uAa (TF»«.)
Democrat. ■*“
The editor of the Dresden Doings is
rather absent minded. He held the posi
tion of local on the St. Albans Pioneer
several years ago, and was alone in the
office writing np some items one ' morning,
when a stranger came in and presented a
scrap of paper with the words scrawled
awkwardly : “I’m dumb and deaf, and have
nothing to buy bread; can yoa help me ?”
Wheeling glanced at it, looked np, then
out of tbe wiudow, trying Jto recall a local
item. “How loug have you been that
wpy,’ ’ he asked, a little absently. “About
ten years,” said the dumb man, thrown off
hie guard. The local instantly resumed his
labors and tho mendicant did not persist.
London is ahead. It .has more Jews than
coiled to the re.-idencu of Mr. Andrew J.
Kenner, who now lives in the old Davis
homestead, and was taken into the room
where lie first saw the light’. After a few
moments he e.irue out and mounted a stand
erected lor the purpose, and thanked the
people for their reception: He said he had
stood in the room where Shakspeare was
born, and felt the impress that his matchless
genius had le.’t; lie had visited the homes
of the greatest men of history and of our
times, but li id never felt as he then felt,
after an absence of sixty-six years.
Mr. James Wil.s then mounted the stand
r-iWrrr 1 '■'» t? 2r SaS£an,ra'STbStaS
This is quick work.—Morning Sens.
Paris Moilrs.
Lucy Hooper writes from Paris to the
Philadelphia Telegraph as follows: At the
leading dressmakers’ a severer and simpler
style appears to prevail at present than that
which has been in vogue for some time
jwsL The introduction of brocades and
vdvet-flounced silks for the trains of dresses
has necessitated comparative plainness in
the skirts of full-dress toilets. The back of
the dress is usually formed of brocade or
velvet damasked silk or satin, falling in a
long train and perfectly plain; tbe front of
tho skirt is of plain silk, and is either Cov
ered with along fringe-bordered tablier, or
is trimmed with plaitings and ruchings.
One dress recently displayed by Pingot was
of steel gray silk, striped in ribbon-grass
pattern with rose pink; the skirt was bor
dered all round with a fall niching, and
waa covered in front with a very long
tablier of plain gray silk, bordered with a
knotted sewing-silk fringe.
Tho cuirass waist was of gray mlk, the
sleeves of striped silk fitting close tb the
artn, with a narrow plaited raffle at the
waist ornamented with a small gray bow at
the ride. Tbe corsage was cat np into a
point at the bank ao as to afford free pas
sage for the tipin, which was laid in huge
square plaits at tbe waist. This peculiarly
youthful anil elegant toilet was intended
for a young American belle. Apron over
skirts of heavy net, edged with fringe, are
Palestine, more Sootchmen than Edinburg, the latest innovation. They^come in wors
more Irish titan Dublin, more Catholics tatNetf.r cashmere costumes and walking- _ __
tb*0 Rome, and more thieves than Chicago, dresses, and ia sewing-alk net for evening my pooket.”—Punch.
following
guage: “In behalf of the citizens of Fair-
view, allow ine to present to you this cane,
made from a locust true that grew in this
yard, planted by your fiither. Please ac
cept it ns a suitable memento and reminder
of the place of your birth.”
Mr. Davis returned a throe-fold “ thank
you,” and added that he had no other lan
guage to express his feelings.
After partaking of a bountiful feast sup
plied by the citizens, Mr. Davis left in a
carriage for Clarksville, whence he will go
to Memphis. During the day a negro
rushed up and shook Mr. Davis' hand;
and told him he fought under him four
years, aud said, “I was-with the Finch
boys, you know.”
A youngster being required to write a
composition upon some portion of the hu
man body, selected that which unites the
head to the body, and expounded as follows:
“ A throat is convenient to have, especially
to roosters and ministers. Tbe former eats
corn uud crows with it: the latter preaches
through bis’n, and then ties it up. This is
pretty much all I can think of about nooks.”
Fore warned. Forearmed—(Our reporter
before dinner): *' Beg pardon, my lord,!
but could your lordship xindly oblige me
by giv ng me a hint as to what yoor lord-
ri dp is gai g to say. in reply.te the.duke
wiien .bis grace proposes your lordship’s
health?” Juin L irdship: .;“!Jow ! C»u J
tell you what I’m going to say until .I’ve
heard what the duke says?” Our reporter:
“Oh, I can oblige your lordship with what
his grace is going to say. I’ve got jt all in
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
LYNCH LAV,
fte Hanging of Clarke Edmonson—A. Negro
Charged with Bape is taken from Jail and
Hung.
Tram ths Atlanta Ilenld.
Seldom does ft occur that wc arc called
upon to chronicle the sad particulars of an
affair such as follows in the present narra
tion; ;
Cjarke Edmonson, a colored man, who, it
is alleged, committed the offense of rape'
npon a white woman, named Mrs. KennAry,
yesterday was one week ago, in the county
of Fayette, about four miles from Brooks
station, on the Savannah, Griffin and North
Alabama Railroad.
THE PACTS IN THE CASS
our readers arc already familiar with, espe
cially as it ia fresh in their minds that he wp*
caught in this city last Friday morning hy
a policeman. He came here (o so? the
United States officers at the Hsrroqk*, and
find what protection or assistance they
could afford him.
On Saturday night, at 6 o’clock, he left
this city on the Macon freight train, in
charge of the Sheriff of Clayton county,
arriving at Jonesboro’ about 10 o’clock that
night, when he was immediately placed in
jail.
Soon after he was placed in jail a band of
DISGUISED MEN,
supposed to be ’ two hundred and fifty or
three hundred in number, mado their ap
pearance, and forcing the jailor by threats,
etc., obtained from him the keys to the
jail, aud entering took the poor unfortunate
negro and dragged him out, notwithstand
ing his pleas for mercy. They carried him
to Fayetteville and
HUNG HIM
on the same gallows upon which his brother
was hung for the offense of rape last Friday
was a week ago. The body was still hang
ing on the gallows yesterday afternoon.
REPORTS ABOUT IT.
There have been many reports since Sun
day morning, concerning the affair, and of
a very conflicting natnre. Some said that
he was shot, and others said that he was
CUT AIL TO PIECES,
but we learned the above particulars from
Nathan Munroc, a colored man, who waa
there yesterday.
TIIS CRUEL TREATMENT.
It is alleged that the negro was treated
cruelly aud very badly dealt with before he
was hung.
SENTIMENT.
Public sentiment at Jonesboro and about
the neighborhood where the crime was
committed, it is said, is very much divided
upon the question as to his guilt or inno
cence. But there is one fact which even
the negro did not deny, and that U that he
did have carnal knowledge of the woman;
and even for this offense it is claimed that
he dese.ved the punishment that has been
inflicted upon him, if for no other purpose
to serve as a warning to others.
A large number of the people in Fayette
and adjoining counties are highly incensed,
and.the fact of this thing happening so soon
upon the hanging of this victim’s brother
011 a similar charge, naturally enraged
them more than they otherwise would have
been.
A SAD SCENE.
It is stated that when the doomed man
was being hurried and dragged np on the
scaffold, the scene was truly heart rend
ing. The negro struggled hard to free
himself, but the large odds against him
obviated bis escape. Let this unfortunate
occurrence deter a repetition of this crime.
Alexander II. Stephens.
It is with a feeling of paintul solicitude
that are take note of the announcement, by
telegraph, of the serious illness of Hon. Al
exander H. Stephens, of Georgia. We sin
cerely hope the termination may not be of
character to sadden the hearts of his
countrymen. 1
Mr. Stephens is a statesman, and, Deo
volenle, we want the benefit of his still
active mind for a few years to come. As a
Southern man, his disposition wilt be to
tone down the fiery feeling which may be
exhibited in the House of Representatives
on the part of what we conceive to be the
accidental majority in that body. Wc have
assurances that Hill will be more mild-man
nered than we have any idea of bnt this is
only conjecture. A man who would serious
ly attempt to demonstrate the absurd prop
osition that the people of the North are the
tree rebels, and not those of the South, will
bear watching.
We are well aware that Alexander H.
Stephens was Vice President of the South
ern Confederacy. But, we are also aware
of the fact, that his advice was against se
cession strongly and that, with a voice
almost prophetic, he solemnly warned the
headstrong ones of the consequences. He
told the South, openly, that the effort to
disrupt the Union would be a ruinous fail
ure. Then, when the current was beyond
resistance, he linked his fortune with 'his
fellow’s and took responsibility and disaster
with them uncomplainingly, and with na
spirit of reproac't. He even went so far as
to make the issue between the North and
South a dear one, by enunciating the prin
cipal. that slavery, as it existed iu the
South, was the cornerstone of true civiliza
tion, and as such shotild be defended and
maintained. The North was always grate
ful to Mr. Stephens for throwing into broad
sunlight this hitherto beclouded point. It
saved volumnes of breath in raising men
and means, that sentiment of a man so
strong.
And when captured and found a prisoner
with the Davis party on the steamer William
P. Clyde, in the barber of Port Royal, Mr.
Stephens gave way to no repining. With
the rest or them, be met his peculiar condi
tion with What cheerfulness he could, desiring
no exemption from whatever fete might be
fell bis companions in misfortune His true
nobility of character shone as bright in tbe
contracted cabin of that small vessel, as
when, the honored leader of a great party,
be appeared in the House of Beflrtsentatives,
or when, before tbe people of the South, he
warned them of the danger they were incur
ring in lifting a hand against the nation’s
honored emblem of authority.
In giving utterance to the fervent desire
that fee life of Mr. Stephens may be Spared,
we only repeat the sentiment which is down
deep io feh heart* offeoosands of Uqfoniala
throughout the great North.— Washington
The greatest discovery at Pompeii is that
of a woman making a. fire io a cook • stove
while herbusbahd is in bed and asleep. She
was anoble Ionian.—Boston Journal. *
Quincy, Illinois, has the latest ease of
Enoch Arfea; but the’ married Widow- had
collected the life insurance money, and a
compromise ,will be effected on easy terms.
By Ben Spinner, of the Fourth Ward School.
[From tho Louisville Courier-Journal.]
Most usually it takes two eggs for to
make a chicken, because, if you will put
eighteen eggs uuder a hen, only about nine
of ’em will hatch. A lien is so careless and
stubborn that most always she won’t cover
her eggs all over, and so they get chilled;
and they are everlastingly gone up. Also,
the rats‘will rob a nest; so that, if you get
half of a brood, it is a tol’ablo crop, and you
should be thankful. Then, I think, it stands
to reason this ought to provo what I said at
first. A hen, which has got a young fami-
ly, is more crosscr than anything else which
can be compared with her under the sun in
the United States. There never was a
thing which can ruffle its feathers up back
wards and rage worse than a fool hen. A
turkey gobbler will do it, but he don’t go
off into a red hot passion about it, and
make a fool of hisself, and get enemies all
for nothing like a hen would. A chicken in
the Bpring-timc which was put to'hatch in
March, if ft has good luck and don’t dio of
the pip, or gaps, or cholera-morbus, or get
drowned or something, will be big enough
tc< sell to the restaurant about in June.
They will fetch $6 a dozen, and a chicken
is more popular where it is aspring chicken
than if it wqnld live long enough to get as
tough as Methuseler. They say that a
spring chicken is a luxurious thing for to
broil and mix up with toast. That’s what
I have heard.
Once in a great while wc have spring
chickens for dinner. Then yto have tho
preacher, or else some company, and I eat
at the second-handed table, and I can always
tell by fee savory smell a going on in the
kitchen that broiled chicken out to bo good
enough for anybody. But if I can’t get some
thing to eat more snbstantiallerthan a smell,
I always Ball back on roast beef. A chick-
en don’t gather shrewdness like a owl. and it
never picks up any wisdom. It is n t. a tal
ented thing like a fox. If you show ‘mo a
more stupider thing than a hen, I wish you
would trot her out. The rooster .has got
what little senee there ever was in the family.
It is one of the worst difficulties with a chick
en that she don’t know its place. She won’t
stay in the barn-yard, where she belongnbny
way you can fix it If your mother tutt^got
flower-beds in fee front yard—and it’s a
mighty curious mother wnich ain’t—every
last chicken on the place will get in to 8tiratch
them, if it takes till next Cbristmal” and
then goodbye to the hyacynthes and crocu
ses, aud jerryrnnthens, and all that kind of
foolishness. Then is the time you want to
have two jackets on, or else forget to come
home early, if it was you which left tho lat
tice gate open.
Anyhow, that’s my advice. Also, a hen
is hard-hearted and cruel, and will kill every
little desolated stray chicken who tries to
associate with her own brood, and this is
good enough reason why she is like a step
mother. If a hen once gets a fast hold of a
little chicken to shake it by fee nape of the
neck it will never kick again in this commu
nity more than twice. The freqnentest bad
habit, which nhea-ia got is going off to tho
neighbors to lay ; also it is too soft a thing
for fee neighbors; but it is generally chronic
for a hen to do it, and the only way for to
cure her is to cut her head off and boil her
down into soup. She won’t go to fee neigh
bors to lay many more times after that, I
don’t think. -,
Lady Caroline Lamb and Byron.
. Mrs, Kemble writes in her recollections :
Lady. Caroline Lamb I never sawj but from
friends of mine who were acquainted with
her, I have heard manifold instances of her
extraordinary character and conduct. I
remember my friend Mr. Harness telling
me that, dancing with him one night at a
great ball, she had suddonly amazed him by
tho challenge, “ Gueth how piany pairth of
thtockingi I have on.” (Her ladyship
lisped, and her particular graaiotuness to
Mr. Harness was the result of Lord Byron’s
school intimacy with and regard fpr him.)
Finding her’partner quite uneqnalto the
pieso of ffivmation proposed to Mm, she
put forth a very pretty little foot, from
wMch she lifted tho petticoat ankle high;
lisping out, “Thixth.” I believe it was ou
the oc asion of that eamo ball, that she
asked Lord Byron to waltz with her, when,
probably irritated by her impertinent dis
regard of the infirmity wMch was always so
bitter a mortification to him, ho not only
refused, saying, “ Yon know I cannot,” but
added, "and yon or any other woman cmght
not.” (His poetical vituperation of the
danoe, then first coming into vogue, will be
remembered.) Upon this rebuff the lady
went to a dressing-room, and throwing
open a window, rushed out upon the bal
cony and exclaiming in the words of St.
Preux under tho ro-.ks of La Meilieraio,
“ La roebe est esearpe, ’lean est profondc 1”
prepared to precipitate herself, not into the
bine waters of Lake Leman, bnt on to the
hard-hearted pavement of a London street,
which travesty of Rosscan'a'tragedy being
timely averted by a friendly and firm dutch
at her ladysMp’s skirts behind, sho desired
to have a glass of water, which being
brought her, she set her teeth in the glass
atd broke^ ft, and jHooccded to cut ter
ahoihterferred w^S^aii tej^idmifl^e^vas
finally persuaded to postpone her despair
to n more convenient season and go home
to bed. I have heard another version of
the above attempted suicide, which made a
pair of scissors snatched from the dressing-
table and about to be plunged into her
bosom the remedy of tho lady for her out
raged feelings She might have equally il-
lastrated her selfimnrder by a French qno
tation from Scribe’s funny tittle piece of
“Lbs Premieres Amours”—Darmo tat ale
etait deja levee tor son sein! e’etait une
poire de ciseaux.”— Washington Chronicle.
, ' ’ .l ■.... ;
A Pretty Girl Kisses a Judge ontu*
Bench.—A pretty girl named Anna
Connett was tried for burglary in New
Jersey the other day, and when she was
acquitted of the charge she threw i her. arms
around therneck of the judge and kissed
him. Of course ft wasac&e of bargain
and corruption—a case of an acquittal for a
ima—and the judge ought to be impeached.
No he oughtn’t either. Pretty girls are
too scarce, as abundant as they are, to be
ludden away inthe penitentiary, no matter
if they do break into houses and walk off
with the spoons. Toteti you the truth, that
judge ought to bo raised to the Supreme
Bench.—Courier Journal.
M. L. Dunlap, one of the editors of the
Chicago Tribune, is a fortunate man. He
works for a newspaper and makes money;
he has been ia the Legiilatare and waa not
bribed; his giria and dots married young,
and now enough gaa wells have been fonna
on their farms to supply them with gas and
