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The London Cu stom House-
Curiosities in Smuggling
Operations.
s:> ue expvriciicvd cow to chew any
thing stronger than cn 1 does not
transpire; hut the real nature ot' the
food was somehow ascertained, and
what might have proven the staple
of a lucrative trade was transformed
from which it
sprang,
Tenacious Vi tality.
The Custom House contains a mu- j
seutn of curiosities—memorials ofj
attempts at smuggling. Various ”' trt t * ,e original dttsr
causes have ontrihntcd to the <ie-
cline of contrabandist) as a;mean's of
livelihood, fillet among which are the
necessary reductions and alterations
in the customs taiiff since the : dof>~
tion in' England of free-trade piima
ples. When such valuable and port
able articles ns watches and luce wd-e
heavily taxed, the temptation to se
crete them w s natuarallv v ry
common. At the same period, too,
the duty on spirits was about live
times as much as its intrinsic iyorrii,
and therefore this class' of goods
afforded a rich harvest to the success
ful smuggler. Things are changed
-now, for lacc ami watches are duly
free, and the tax upon spirits lias
been reduced considerably more than
one-half. Tobacco ami spirits, owing
perhaps to the universal demand for
them, have always above other things,
•met with the smuggler’s particular
regard; and such cases, as now come
before the Police magistrates are
generally confined to these two ar
ticles. A matter-of-fact heavy fine
and confiscation of the surreptitious
goods is the usual result of convic
tion ; and the smuggler—whom our
childhood’s fancy painted ns a brave
hero, fighting the myrmidons of an
oppressive Government in some wild
cave on the seashore—is quietly
walked' off to prison until he can pay
the forfeit.' “ The Smuggler’s Cave,”
siill remains; for with that clinging
fondness for past times, it is the fash
ion to dignify any natural crevice i.i
our cliffs with that title; imt now the
modern policeman steps upon the
scene, and poetical ideas vanish with
the sound of his creaking contract
boots. The chief evidence of ‘mug
gling as it has existed within the
present century is furnished by cer
tain articles which have been siezed
. from time to time, and which are
now lodged in the Custom House
Museum. It is to this museum that
we now intend to direct our readers’ •
attention, and more especially to a
certain large cabinet in the corner ot
the room, the contents of which sup
ply a title to this paper. The first
thing which is pointed out to us in a
ship’s “ fender,” which .ve may re
mind our readers is a block of wood
with a rope attached slung over : he
bows to prevent the abrasion which
might bo caused by contact with
another vessel. This particular fen
der was found to bo hollow, an 1 to
contain several pounds of compressed
tobacco. The officer who thought of
looking for the soothing weed in such
a receptacle must have been an ex
tremely’cute individual. But here
is a still more extraordinary hiding-
place, and one which must have in
volved a journey aloft for its detec
tion—a ship’s block, the sheave or
wheel of which is actually made of
solid tobacco. Here is an ornamen
tal pedestal which once adorned the
corner of a Captain’s cabin, and would
perhaps adorn it still, had it not been
found gorged with contraband cigars.
Another commander appears to have
been a more moderate smoker, for he
Was content witli only two pounds of
cheroots, which were found inside a
sham loaf on his breakfast table.
Here we have a number of cigars
knotted singly on a string, like the
tail of a kite; these were dropped
bet wren the inner and outer timbers
of a ship’s side; while holes drilled in
the ends of an; egg-box furnished
/ lodging for several more. A broom
Click docs not seem at first sight to
offer much room for concealment, but
here is one which, accidently broken,
revealed a core of that rope-like com
modity known to these to chew the
weed as “ pig-toil.” Cakes of tobacco
formed to fit into the sole of a boot
show another ingenious mode of dis
posal. But the priz* for inventive
talent must certainly bo awarded to
tho clever rascal who compressed
snuff into slabs, and stamped them to
exactly imitate the oil-cakes ou which
cattle are fattened. 4 Whether the
discovery or the deception was owing
o moral objections on tho part of
j^n old tilin'14m nui Knit in? mi. twit*
• • ' " RKViVSs. r
[Dayton (Ohio) Jourri-.t.]
A most extraordinary tlifieof sus
pended animation lViAHirty oeCitrr< Vi ’
iir Shelby county, ttiom thirty miles
from DaVt"ii. Ah* old woman in
who n the lamp-Of life wits*tfickering
ready <0 expim *Ht the faintest
breath-—was the subject, yet her lit
tle spark of life clung to -Iter aged
frame with a tenacity that-was re
markable. Her name was Mary
Slaughter; she was in her eighty
eighth year, and was one of the old
settlers of that portion of tine State.
With the increase of years she be
came weak and childish, and at times
would remain for weeks in an uu-
conscious state, taking 110 sustenance,
and scarcely moving to show that
she was still living. Thursday of
last week hardly any life was percep
tible. Her limbs and body grew
cold, and every sign of life and breath
departed, and the family assured of
her death, sent the next day to Car
lisle for a coffin, and notified her
relatives.
A hearse containing a coffin arrived
from Carlisle Friday afternoon. But
to the surprise of friends and assem
bled relatives of the supposed de
ceased, arid to the undertaker him
self, the corpse he had come for was
no longer a corpse, but was returning
once more to life. No ice had been
placed about the body when at first
it had been believed she was dead,
thinking, perhaps, that life might
not be extinot; afterwards this was
forgotten. The watchers, who sat
all Thursday night with a cold corpse,
had on Friday night a warm- body,
with the blood apparently in good
circulation. Friday, toward mid
night, they found the eyes of the
corpse of the night previous wide
open, looking at them and conscious
of what was going on about her,
though she was unable to speak or to
move. The physician was summoned
by the family, and every effort ex
hausted to sustain this life. Ibis
appeared impossible, and it again
disappeared. At 3 o’clock Saturday
morning tb re were no symptoms of
life, and the physic'ans pronounced
her dead. This was sustained by the
fact that the body had begun to
mortify, and it was evident could not
long be preserved Before the buri
al her relatives at "Stringtown, who
had not seen the old lady since her
death, wished to take a parting
glance at her. The coffin was opened,
and the smell of mortification was
almost too strong to be endured.
But those who looked were astonish
ed by the appearance of the eyelids
which appeared to qniver, though
they did not open. The body was
found to be again warm and the
heart beating. The funeral was
postponed, but the warmth passed
shortly from the body, and its death
became apparent, while the odor of
putiefaction was not to be restrained.
Sunday there was no change or any
indication of life, and in the after
noon it was decided to bury the
corpse.
W. T. RICHARDS & SON.,
BOOKSELLERS ARB STATIONERS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALEKS IN \
> TAN-©AID AN© SCHOOL BOOKS,
i l-l-AVKOUS HOOKS,
..a# «: iiiM !
FOOLSCAP, LETTER,
AND NOTE PAPER,
Fancy Paper in Boxes7££n^£oad$&t£,
Ti iB Vc - A.UGUTTA, HA,
> 11 Ui
a; SftEsms ® pr 0i¥«« t? y
Atlanta and Augusta Undersold.
" u T$^BJ$IENDOUS. STOCK.OF
ft
igycroqnu,
Bute, at the Lowest Market Trices.
oct2-3m.
fcteorgia
State Fair | cash . m wooi,,
Vritl b-.- lie! :*fi. A rLANTA 1 , beginning j - i ; ■—OR— ' ’ •
Monday, October 15th, 1877,! CLOTH FOR WOOL.
AN 1 GONT1N U i ,\ «.«> NK .WEEK.
I'...
Tite Athens Manufacturing Company are now'
. . , , makinga much larger variety of Woolen
Large an<i Liberal Premiums for Stock,Man- I than ever before, ami propose to
i Goods
u 1'aotures, Machinery, Agrh-ultund Implements,
Fancy "Work of Ladies, Fine Arts and Farm
i* oduets, are offered.
Premium L>sts and other information can be
Obtained by application lo
MALCOLM JOIINSTON, Secretary
sept4-7t. Atlanta,Ga.
BLACKSMIT1IING.
Exchange them for Wool,
believing it to be- more to the interest of (life
Planter to Exchange the Wool for Cloth, rather
than have it Carded and Spnn at home. Call for
Samples and Terms ot Exchange.
R. L. BLOOMFIELD, Agent,
may 19. 1875-29-tf
occu
cnipl
I am prepared to do any and all work in the
Bla.clsa«avb3a. Line
at the shortest notice and at the lowest prices ot
auy shop in the city. I have a
Sbelli ad. Edga-tool 2&a2rer
and make specialty of Axes, Mill Picks. Mat
tocks, Picks, Garden Hoes and tools of all dea-
cription and of the finest temper.
WAGONS and buggies
Ironed and Repaired, Tire Shrank, Etc.
Plows of all kinaa mode and repaired at low
prices. Also -
First Glass Horse-Shoeing
done by a northern sboer, Trotting Plates,
Concave Shoeing Etc., in a manner nnsarpossca
by any. All new work warranted and satisfac
tion guaranteed. Gnns and Pistols repaired!
John M. Bassett. -
tnarchSO-ly. t
4--—— —
Kentucky Horses and Mules
Look out! On or about the 15th of Septem
ber, I will be in the market with-a fine lot of
horses and mules. All in want, can find me at
Gann & Reaves’ stable.
septll tf. W. S. HOLMAN.
Miss C. Potts,
Fashionable Dessmaker,
(Over University Bank.) ,
Broad S-fcxao-fc T Athens, Ga.
Would respectful!v- inform the Ladies and
her triends generally, of Athens and vicinity,
that she is now prepared to do Dressmaking in
the Neatest and most fhshionable styles. With
her experience in the business, she feels sure ot
giving satisfaction. ' * may 14, L“»*5—28-tf.
BanOASTS XXT
New and Second-handed
Articles.
14II. P. Port. Engine,Bookwalter, good order.
.1* 12 H. P. Port. Engine, Wood & Man.
1 (H.F. Port. Eng., but little used. *
1 40 II. P. Stationery Engiuc.
2 SO inch x 36 feet Cylinder Boilers, with front.
6 II. P., ScliofleW patent, Portable, new.
Eclipse Water Wheel, good order.
Leffole Water Wheel.
4 Tyler Water Wheels, now mining.
Gearing, Shutting. Pullers, etc.
Oue 13 ius. x 14 ins. Oune Mill, horizontal,
good as new.
Horse Powers, Threshers, Fan Mill?, Cane
Mills, Evaporators, at the]
ATHENS FOUNDRY A XACHIXK WORKS.
june2G-lm.
NEW
SPRING AND SUMMER
X&illixLery Goods.
Mna. T. A. Adams would most respectfnlly
infortn the Ladies of Athens and of counties ad
jacent, that she has now received and opened a
most choice and select assortment of Spring and
Summer Millinery Goods, comprising in part the
latest styles and fashions of
Hals, Bonnets, Ribbons, Lares, Flowers, Gloves,
which she will sell at reasonable prices. Give
her a call before purchasing elsewhere. Orders
from a distance earcftally filled. Store located
on Broad s’rcct, one door above National Bank,
april *1, 1375—25-tf.
, 1 NUUWIIUJ
AND#AGK)NS,
iOOttVO OOC .6,.; ; , q ....
UF THE OLD RELIABLE FIRM
OF-
MARKED DOWN.
'"PRIOES CBEATLV HEDT7CED.
i. It » ,t -
We have on hand the Largest STOCK SOUTH' OF BALTIMORE, and it must and will be
sold without delay. Good Buggies, HODGSON MAKE for
0ME IWIBfliEft Milftitk
! *' ■ * .ft j
^ The Celebrated Hodgson Wagon,
Knownhdl over the-Stabe for their durability and strength, and are beyond question the best
. 1 WAGONS ever sold in this section of the Country. Parties wishing any sort of
»751 Vehicles arc respectfully invited to look through our stoek.3
ALL WORK GUARAlfrEED.
BEP&i'&iNG Job Wonm
JA SPECIALTY.^
Skilled and Finished Workmen in Every Department.
have
>pccial{at
been ret
Mention will be given to EEl A'iE WORK, and tho scale of prices intbis branch
reduced fully one-fourth. No 1 (■'!< Ii v<fh aliened in our shop—all First-class
STOVES.
The House-Keepers
THE BEST.
EHing LZsirlss'
Exchange Haloon,
COLLEGE AVENUE.
The best Cinchinalti Lager Boor, Cigars and all
kinds of Liquors sold cheap
dcel9-ly. FOR CASH.
WORK
july3-tfut
AND AT BOTTOM PRICES.
AB.THTO EVAXTS,
Practical Watchmaker.
U AS removed to his old stand at the Xtw
. Drug Store, where he will be glad to see
his customers, old and new, who wish flue
work done on Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry
All work warranted.
feb20-fim. ARTHUR EVANS.
THE MOST DURABLE!
Astonishing Success.—It U the
<luty of every person who has used
Bosch ee’s German Syrup to let its
wonderful qualities he known to their
friends in curing Consumption, severe
Coughs, Croup, Asthma, Pneumonia,
and in fuel nil throat and lung diseases.
No person can use ii without immediate
relief. Three doses will relieve any
case, and we consider it the doty of
all Druggists to recommend it to the
poor dying consumptive, at least to try
one bottle, as 40,000 dozen bottles
were Bold last year,’ and no one case
where it failed was reported. Such a
medicine as the German Syrup can
not be too widely known. Ask your
Druggists about ii Sample Bottles to
try sold at 10 centB. Regular size 75
cents. For sale by
R. T. Brumby & Co.
Important to Cotton Planters.
We have on linud a large lot of first-class
Cotton Gins, made up in the best style and ot
good material, which we will sell at the lowest
market prices. All planters wishing to buy a
cheap and good Gin, will find it to their interest
to correspond with us, os we mean business to
anit the times.
We have over twenty years’ experience in tho
Manufactory of Gins.
Write for prices, terms, etc., and we feel cer
tain we con satisfy you.
By ordering direct from ns and giving satis
factory reference, yon can thereby save your
selves Agent’s Commission.
J. I>. A II. T. IIAHMAVK.
julj-2t-liu. Crawfordrlllc, Ga.
The Gheepest and Best!
I offer the aboTe STOVES to the citizens of
Northeast Georgia, besides Tinware, Sheet Iron,
Copper, Zinc., etc. Call and yon will bo satisfied.
J. C. WILKINS,
. Broad Street,
SION OF THE BIG COFFEE POT.
aug7-8m
J OB WORK OF EVERY |DE
Bcriplion done at this office.
G. S. SUSIE’S
Fins Wiilsk/aal Brandy.
Parties desiring to purchase, by wholesale,
pure Brandy or Whisky, will find it to their in
terest to purchase from the undersigned, solo
aifent of (1. S. Duke, to sell by wholesale his
Fiue, Pure Whisky and Brandy. The pipes
through which the G. S. Duke Whisky and
Brandy are dist.ded, are made of woo !. Every
gallon'warranted pure. Address.
>1. R. DUKE, Agent,
dee5-tf Jefferson, Ga.
NOTICE-
AFTER THIS DAT I-, COUNTY ADVER
il 'tisements which have heretofore been pub
lished in this paper, will hereafter be published
in the Sun, u Gazette published in Hartwell,
Jlart county, Ga.
• V. C. -ST KPflENSON,' Ordinary,
ung ifO.tt. ‘tart county. Ga
The Kennesaw Gazette,
A Monthly Taper, Published at
ATLANTA, C3--A_-
Devoted to Railroad interests; Literature
Wit and Humor. Fifty cents a year. Cbromo
to every subscriber. Address
. KENNESAW GAZETTE,
nich27-tf Atlanta, Ga.
PLANTERS’ HOTEL,
ATJOUSTA., (GEORGIA.
Kates .Xteduesd to $3 per Day.
HAVING LEASED THIS WELL KNOWN HOTEL, I enter
upon itsf management by Reducing Rates, and asking ot the Travel
ing Public, especially my friends of Carolina and Georgia, a continu
mice of that liberal support they have always given it.
jan23-5o * loKMI hA OF CHARLESTON, PROPRIETOR.
rasss MEATS. j T ||f SOUTHERN MUM
J. J. Heard &W. F.Hood,'
CoSNEB FcU.SDP.l- AND OCONEE STREETS.
FRESH BEEF, MUTTON, PORK, and SAU-
sag?.( Fresh and Bologna Sausage). Our So
licitor is always on the' street ready to .-uppi-
the wants of’the citizens of Athens. Please
give us v'our orders and we will guarantee per-
,cct Biit’afiictioii. The highest market prices
paid for Beaves, Sheep, Goats and lions.
june20.ll6G.ly. J*. J. HEAD & CO.
J-YTKRY AND SALE STABLE.
Currlogds, Hutricles & liorees
for hire. Terms reasonable.
E. M. WHITEHEAD,
(Washington, Wilkes county, Ga.
iov26-1875-tf
CHARLES F. STUBBS,
(Successor to Groover, Stubbs & Co..)
$aaTT<®N WA&SQm.
—AND—
General Commission Merchant,
AGENT FOR THE
Quitman Factory Yams,
94 BAY STREET,
Savannah, G eorgia.
Bagging, Ties,. Rope and other supplies fur
nished. Also, liberal cash advances made on
consignments for sale or shipment to Liverpool
or Northern ports.
Mr. A.'A. WInw, Cashier and Correspondent
of the late firm of Groover, Stnbbs & Co., haa
an interest in <he business. aug21-t£
INSURANCE
;co3^i , -A.3sr-5r,
ATHENS, GEORGIA-
YOUNGIL G. HAHRIS, president
STEVEXS THOMAS, Seerctzrj.
Orovi Assets, April 1, 1877, - - $7S4,5.I.- «*-’
Resident Directors.
Youxo L. O. Harris,
John- U. Newton,
Dr. Hknrv Hbu,
Alcin P. Dearino,
Cot. Robert Tuomas.
iu'-22-wiy
Stevens Thomas,
Eliza L. Newton,
Ferdinand Phim/.*
Or. R. M. Smith,
John W. Nickoison,
3p.
Soot and sboe
COLLEGE AVENUE,
|NEXT DOOB TO THE POST OFFICE,
On hand, Uppers for making Low Quartei.
Congress, Alcx5s-Ties, and Prince Alberto. Ke
pniring promptly executed. Send tea dollar*,
>er maU or express and you shall receive ft first
pair of boo to. June 80187W6*tf»