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Jj@F“ The Aeocb is a good
weekly newspaper. jg&
(Tlic iittcaa fft Scpfe
Km lie Whenever ! Cam.
When things don’t go to suit you,
And the world seems upside down,
Don’t waste your time in fretting,
But drive away that frown;
Since life is oft porp'oxing,
'Tis much ths wisest plan,
To bear all trials bravely,
And snails whenever your can.
Why should you dread to morrow,
And thus despoil to-day ?
For when you trouble boirow,
You must expect to pay;
Itis a good maxim
Which should often be preached—
Don't cro s the b, idge_before you
Until the bridge hrenehed.
You might be spared much sighing
If you would be r in mind
The thought that good and evil
Are always here combined.
There must be something wanting,
And though you roll in wealth.
You miss from out. your casket
That precious jewel—health.
And though you're stiong and sturdy.
You mnv have an empty purse—
And earth has many trial
Which I consider worse.
But whether joy or sor ow,
Fill up your mo.lal span,
'Twill make your pathway blighter
To smile wheat ver you can.
A SHOT FOR LIFE.
Wiere the Kentucky river cuts its
way through tile mouu ans, having
upon either bank bold, rugged cliff's,
that lift their summits live hundred
and a thousand feet, as the case may
be, above tlie stream, there lived iD
, arly times a settler by the name of
Ru us B anson, who with his wife and
little child, a ch irming young: girl ol
eight or nine summers, occupied the
i ude calrni at the huge ol t he precipice
a liitie back from the river.
Although greatly exposed to dan
ger, the Ind atis at that time b mg
very plentiful throughout the region,
he managed to live quietly for several
yea.s.
The Indians frequently visit• <1 ti e
rude home of the huriPr, anti being
always welcomed anil provided with
such foot! as was in the larder, di<v
maintained a friendly ttitu e. E—
p< cially were they fond of the child,
Maggie, and more than one fierc
warrior had been seen sitting on the
grass in front <1 the cabin, listening
to the childish pra tied the little one,
or else engaged in making her some
toy or play thing torn wtlh w twigs
or p iant bark.
In this manner several years had
been ] a seed, and Rulus Bransoni
came to feel issecnteas fhou h he
was within the walls of a frontier " rt.
One evening Branson and bis wife
were sealed near die doorway, when
suddenly u shadow fell across the
thr< shotd. and the text moment a
tall savage, whose te> hug step anil
hood Mot eyes t< Id that lie was n
toxicated, appeand and staggering
*o the log steps threw I imst-lf up. n
hem. H s first demand was lor fire
wa er, which was, ol coutsi, retused
on the ground that there was non*
in the house. 'lbe In'iiau (Related
with terrible oidhs that if the liquor
whh i ot produced he w. uid mu der
the whole honseho and Branson was
a brave, determined man, ami al
though he dreaded the necessity, yet
he saw he would be to take
prompt steps to prevent the savage
from ex. cutmg Ins threat.
Waiting until the warrior had made
a deuionstrati >n, which he soon did
by attempt ng to draw his tomahawk,
Branson sprang at him, knocked him
down with a blow of his fist, and
then quietly disanhed and bound him
where he ay. Alter a few moments
of furious ravings and futile efforts
to free himself, the savage rolled over
and into h drunken sleep. He did
not awake until the next morning, but
before he did so the settler had qui
etly removed his bonds and restored
ihe weapons, which he had laid by
the sleeper's side. The eavaye, on
awakening, rose slowly to bs fe< t,
fait bis wrist, a* though the thongs
_A_ DEMOCRATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
BUENA V.STA, MARIO,Y COUNTY, GEORGIA,' ERYKSRAY, APRIL 10, 1878.
had left a let Hug there, took up li s
weapons anti, without a word, It'll
and disappeared in the timber mar
by.
‘ What do you tlnnk ol that ?" ask
ed the wife, with aTrigTitcned look.
“I’ehow ! Don t trouble your head
ab"Vt the drunken hrute,” answered
the settlor, lightly; nut as he turned
away and stepped into the yard he
mutteu-d: %
“Like it?" Well, not much. The
fellow must be watch- and. I was in
hopes that tie would n- t have temem
bend, but that lump where my fist
landed, was enough, if nothing else
to n call the circuit) tance."
The summer passed, and they saw
their drunken guest no more. He
filled o make iis appeaiance. But
as the leavtsbega- to fall ibe settler,
one day, while returning from hunt
ing on the lulls, and passing through
ad. nse piece ol timber not far from
the house, caught sight, of a figine
lurking in the bushes, but quickly
disappeared when advanced to where
it whs. The figure was that of an
Indian warrioi, and Bianson would
have sworn ihat ii was the same one
lie had knocked down and bound the
pri vious spring. The u- was not
in any way couiforiub e, and lienee
lie did not t' II his wife of his dis
covery.
It Would ( illy .larm her he thought
and with- ir, perhaps, any good re
sult He stiiply told her he had dis
cover' and bear tracks n- ar by, and that
she and tin child n.ust si ay within or
close to the I ouse during Ins abscer.ee
Several days afterwards, Rufus
Branson In aid Lis tings in the-tim
hetiriown By thiTtAr, Ml if,’ kndlmig
hey never opined without good
cause, he ca tig lit up his rifle and li e
lend to where they were b thing.
They had striuk afresh bear 1 1 ail,
nd us he arrivt and in sight, t ey fairly
dftc.l it, and going off' in a straight
line do ' n the river.
The chase )< and him several miles,
and, when lie at List goi u snot that
finished b. uiu's career, he fi und tha
a was tluee or fur o’c ock in the
afternoon. Swinging Ids meat ’0 a
sapling, on of reach of eat or wolf,
e started to; home to get his horse,
ad retu n and fetes it ifiat night.
Taking a mar cut he approached
ilie cabin li-. m the wisttin side,
w lie e the timber grew heavy up to
wit in a few yards ol the builoing,
and cons< qu titly lie could not e.e
i. e c taring, or what night be trn
pir ng th. re, until he had passed
(h ough ft e wood.
Tumi it was, tha' when withiD a
short, and stance ol Ins home, he heard
a wild,- piercing shriek; but he could
Oily gutss thai something ter ihle
must, be takii g place beyond the
screen ol bushes aid leaves. Utter
fng a loud shout that his presence
might sooner be known, Bianst-n
sniai g forwaid like a wounded buck,
a great f< ar in his heart, foi tie lad
only too clearly ncogu zed in tl-ai
scream the aponiz and voit e oi h s wife.
It took but u moment to cl< ar tm
interv. ning limbei and undeigrowth,
and as he iiasheo out in the c.earing,
hpding his rifle r. ady for instant use,
he c mprebended in one swifi glance
11 iliai had taken place, and whal
was furtliei to tear.
' Near the end of t e cabin, lac ng
the cliff ol which 1 have spoken stood
th< mother,. her face as pallid s
death, her ai ms outstretched In r Mar
ingeyts fixed upon the precipitous
I eights upon which the figure of au
Indian was s niggling.
“My child! my child! ’ was a 1 tne
woman s.dd, and Brans n saw that
he bnnule in the Indian’s arms was
Ihe foist of ll eir only child, Maggie.
Firm of heart, and with nervi.s as
steady as rocks mound, ihe father
for a moment quai ed and cowered
under, what hisquick senses told him,
she deadly per il of the little one.
1 But he was quick to record.
The iodnm wan drawing away, s ep
bv i-tep he winertusing t h*,distuue<
nil as he occasionally giant cd back
ward end downward, the paren s saw
n hia hideously painted countenance
lie fn 1 purpose that actuated the ab
ductor.
“God aid me!” Branson muttered,
ua 1 e raised Lis rifle, gaming
i'rough the s : ghts, and lunched the
nigger.
Ti e Indian slatted violently at the
shot. He wns hit bu nt t oa.lly, and
with a yell of d< viiish triumph he
passed upward.
‘ 'D o low by a tvuple of inches,”
said a low, calm voice at die settler’s
eibuw.
Branson started as though be him
sell had been sLot. Where was his
man from? Who was he?—Neither
iads- en him approach. There was
no time tor . xplanat ons. The s ran
ger, a man rather below than above
ordinary h-ight, whose fine, athletic
form was fully displayed by his closely
fitting buckskin garments, stepped
quickly forwaid a lew paces, and firrn
y pl-nt ng his lefi in advance, threw
up an unusua ly long rifle, as though
preparing to fire.
“F..r God’s sake, stranger.be care
ful ol inv chi and !” cried Branson whi'e,
lie agon z and mother uttered tin
audible ptayer.
“L’s our on'yt chance. I know that
Ti-hsui,” was the quick reply, an.l the
sharp click! click! of die hamrtmjer, as
it was drawn back, told t at tbeedtica
mi'iii nt had come.
By this lime the Indian had nearlv
reached (he i-uiAiLut the steep. Thai
he was wo.ji Jf brtjajne ancient, a*
tn on a broad ledge of rock lie paused
tor a moment. This oppotlunitv was
-cized by die unknown. Although the
savage bad taken ibe I'rc’-atition io hole
die child up in front of bims-df as
-1 1 c j 1 1 !, coveting nearly ibe whole of bis
btawnv ebt-st, but having his head tin
ov.-red, the sttang-r did nor hesitate in
making he shot.
For one se. oi"l, as it gained its posi
ion the tifle wavered, arid then inslant
p b-c me as immovable as though liel.
n a vise. With clasped hands am', stai
ing eyes dm paicms watched the statue
like fomi upon which so much.depended.
Suddenly a slioit lepurt tang out; the
while smoke diifted away, and as tlm
vision became claaier, they saw the sav
age loose los hold upon die child, ree 1
wild'v an install , hiul llien piiched f,.i
ward • n the rock. It may be iro-tgii cri
list the father was nol long in reachii g
the place wheie ins child lay, an ■ in
few uionienis more the linle one wash
is mother’s arms.
‘•Tell us who voit are, lhat we mm
know what name to mingle with otu
prayers,exclaimed the mother, as dm
iranmer prep .ted io depart.
‘ Mv name is D niel Boone,” he said
—and wa- (rone.
The Swuinsboio Herald >-a\s: It
is no' g n.Tall., known that Emanuel
Conn y one of the finest *• ater powers
in the world. It is situated within
two mdes ol No. 9ip C. R. R , on the
Emanuel side of the Oge chee river,
anil is really a great curiosity. ' In
the,head of ihe pond are a largo
niimb. r of imn ense spiirtgs that can
be seen through the transparent
water boiling up like a cauldron.
These springs form a body of w ter
that covers about sit hundred acres
of land, and is from three to twenty
feet in dehth. The water is lime
stone, and so trim-parent that a
brigni pin might be seen on a cleat
day. lying on the tj ttom where th
water is twenty feet deep. The pond
is never pi-rcep iblj* aff ced by either
heavy rains or very dry weadter.
The pond is alive ith the finest fish
which can be seen di-)>oning ,n the
water many f> t b low the surface.
An oxpl siou occurred in the C"l-
Jiejr, near Bolton, in England, on 12th
inst., wiiioh resulted iu the death of
i0 men.
ANDERSONVILLE.
An Episode of the Awfnl Tears of Im
prisonment.
An old survivor of Andersonville,
in a talk wiih the representative of
the Evening Post, says:
“Th- re was episode during my life
at And. rsonville, that stands out in
my memory above all others. No
man < an conceive of the dcniolization
that comes upon in-n confronted o
all sides with soch misery. While
An-iersonvil e developed examp es of
us noble heroism mid self-sacrifice as
the world probably ever witness- and,
i' served also to bring out upon the
part of some of the inmates many of
he most nbhonent and desp,cable
traits of human na ure. The greatest
luxury that could be enjoyed by a
prisoner wa? a warm blanket. Yet
it en w re found among the prisoners
base enough to rob their fellows of
these comforts. A gang of robbers
was org niz and, who wei t around the
camp at night and toie the blankets
and elo hes off fiom the sick and dy
ing men, kicking and beati. goff those
who m tie any feeble resistance.
.Money was also taken from the pris
oner.- oi anything of value that could
be found upon them. In a little wh le
the robbeiies became so fn quent as
o become the worst of their Doubles,
A perfect reign of teiror existed and
we did n-1 know what to do. Fnal
ly, after consnltatmn, we asked per
mission ot Wirtz to investigaie and
see who were the perpetrators of
these outrages, and punish them.
Wirtz granted it. the only kind act
lie ever did, I brhevt, for Union pris
oners there, and I thank him for it
to this day. We picked out six men
lor trial belore a tribunal ot our own
select ion. It sat outside the s’oekade
under a Confederate guard. A judge,
jury, prosecu ing attorney and clerk
was appoint' and, together with a coun
sel f r the defense. Evidence was
heard from many of he prisoners, and
the ac used were all indentified as
mong the parties guilty of the tob
b'lies. A verdict of guilty was found
and they weie sentenced to be hung,
and the entire proceed ngs approved
by Wirtz. who ordered lumber to be
lurnished us lor a scafford. We built
one sufficient for the purpose in a few
hours. It C'.ns sted simply of a cross
beam, supp rted by two uprights.
A platform was constructed three
feet from the ground and the first
plank, laid at right angles with the
up rig It s, and parahel with the cross
b aui directly above it, being so ad
justed that it could be withdrawn
from its position at a moments no
de. The six c. ndemed men wen
e-corted to this scaffold by a guard
of about 300 prisoners, armed w.th
sdeks and clubs. They were placed
on this plank. In (ieu of the custom
ar.v black <-ap we encaged tbeii heads
in flour sacks.
Notwithstanding ibis absence of
ceremony, ibe scene was au impres
sive one. Tlie gallows stood near the
top of a hill, and nearly all the 38,-
000 prisoners gathered to witn< ss the
execution. They maintain and p. rfect
silenc*-, retraining fro n any in nits to
the eondem ed, but tliei holiow e>es,
pule, pinched taces, their savage ex
pression of countenance, were a suf
ficient ind cation of their detemiina
tion that no one should escape. The
topes were caiefuhy adjusted, i ti
the knot in <ach case ut.d r the left
ear. and, by a -igntd, the board with
drawn from In neat h them, 'i here
was a drop of two feet, and the bodies
swurig.about a foot fiotn tin* ground—
all but. one. The sixth m n, a former
sailor in the navy, was perceived to
have falien to the ground. The tope
had broken In an instant he Was
on oieleet. He s arted to run down
hill lie ciowd c tnpreln nding his
intention to e cape follow wit It a wild
yell m pursuit. It was a flight for
life. He bad the start by a tew sec
onds and he mads the most ef it. I
never saw a man run as he did. Hi
went down to tha morass with 38,000
men close upon his heels. Not find ng
him there we looked up and saw him
running up tha other side of tho bill.
We followed. He made lor one of
he huts or sheds, but as soon as bo
heard us coming got out and again
started on the run Widening tht
distance between us he again b< ught
refuge in a dug out. and and a second
time had to abanbon L as we came
up. It wan twenty minutes before
we had him fast. He b> gged piteous
ly for his life, but we had no mercy.
Me had to drag him and >wu hill
through the sand, thence through the
sw -mp, and up the other hill to the
scafford. He was hold by three men
on the platform while the nose was
adjusted the sec.id time, after we
und spliced ihe r pe. He trembled
in evety limb. At the given moment
the nun pushed him ft om tiie scafford,
it'd he swung clear from the ground
two feet. The robberies never oc
cu red again.
It loom Corn.
Condensed from Agricultural Journal]
Broom corn is assuming an import
ance m the South as a profitably
crop. It adds to the varied crops
a plant of great financial importance.
It needs careful culture and high for
ti izaiion, but richly repays for the
labor and fertilizing. It should be
planted in rows three fiet apart and
16 inches apart in lulls. In this sec
tion will require planting about from
the Ist to the middle of April. In
suitable soil it wit! yield 80 to 100
bushels seed per acre. The brush for
brooms, when properly man pdated,
is as salable as coiton, and at more
lucrative prices. The seed are val
uable lor feeding stock, and it ground
with other grain will make a highly
nutritious food. Mixed with bran,
in Ich cows do well on it. To make
the brush valuable they must be gath
ered when the seed are milky. An
ucre of good land will make 1,200 to
1,500 pounds of broom-brush, which
leadilydemands in Atlanta 5 to 7
cents per pound
Tlie Sunflower.
The sun flower, though but little
prized, : s destined to occupy a high
place in Southern Agricultural. As
jet, its value is unknown to the Son It
em peopte. The Chinese estimate its
importance nearly as highly as they
do nee and tea.
From the flower bees gather the
finest of honey and wax. The seeds
furnish an od for all purposes supe
rior to almond or olive and in g>eat
er abundanee. T ey yield to a cake
superior in fattening prop rties to
cot on or lin-eed, Tlie oil is used
tor table purposes, in factories, for
makiug 60 ap and candles. The cake
can be fed to tlie Cattle, pigs and
poultry. The seed shelled make a
fine flour for bread. The blossoms
furnishes the most brilliant and per
manent dye known. The stalks fur
ni-h potash and, with the treatment
given flax culture, will produce a fi
b. r in large quantities as fine in ap
oeurance and texture as silk. Large
quantities of Chinese silk goods have
tlie sunflower fiber in them. Inde> and,
tbeie is not a part of that plant but
that is highly useful to man, while
the seed ate eatable for man and
beast.
A negro who broke into the house
ot Mr. J. R. Ingram, below Waynes
boro and took some clothing there,
from, was afterwards klled bolow
Lawtonville. Peop e are getting to
care so little for human life as to at*
tempt to justify the most attrocious
murders, if the murdered man can
b< connected wi'h some little crime.
A too sanguinary lov<- of the moral
or civil law is more to be dreaded
than the violation of the law.
Subscription, f2 00
A FisH Talb.—Apropos of the
camp-meeting at Marfha'e Vineyard
the Methodist newspaper tells a story
of some of the brethcren who arrived
early and sought to while away the
time by gniug a fishing Several kinds
of fish were caught on the trip, and on
their return one of the fishermen with
a laudable deflijje fop information, in
quired ofAlie skipper the names of the
different specimens “This,” sai l he,
“is a black fish, tint is a blue fish,
the next is a scup, and that fellow is a
Baptist.” “A Baptist 1” exclaimed the
i-ood brother; “why do yon call that
fish Baptists?” “Because they spoil
so soon on being taken out of water,"
was the satisfactory explanation.
A colored man, living in New York,
having admired a colored widow living
in the nexi block above, but being afraid
to come out boldly and reveal bis pas
sion, went to a white man of his ac
quaintance, the othei dav, and requ-sted
him to write the lady a letter asking her
band in marriage. The friend wrote,
ellng the widow in a few b ief lines
that the size of her feet was the talk of
the neighborhood, and asking her if she
coula not pare them down a little. The
name of thecolored man was signed, and
the was to call on her on Sunday nigh
for an answer. The writer of the let
ter met the nigger- limping along the
streets, and asked bim what the widow
said. The man showed bim a sera ched
nose, a lame leg and a spot on his
sculp where a handful of wool had
beeu violently jerked out, and answer
ed in sol mu tones. “She didn’t say
nuffiu, and I didn’t stay dar mor’n a
minute.
W* commend the following, extracted
from the Baiubtidge Democrat, to all
who are seeking homes in a g-nial clime,
and on a generous soil: “In the spring
1875, I moved to this comity and com
menced a farm in the 16lh District. I
cleared a piece of land, about 8 acres,
and made 21 bushels of corn per acre.
The next year I made 24 bushels per acre,
and if it had been seasonable [ would
have made 300 bushel. I planted one
acre in cotton last year, and maue with
the help of two hundred lbs. of seafowl
guano, 605 lbs. of lint cotton. With one
horse I made 4 bales of cotton, 365
bushels of corn, and a fine lot of ground
pe-s; and cornfield peas enough to fatten
2000 lbs of meat, also, 400 bushels of
sweet potatoes—all with one horse; and
1 have this to say to those who are seek
ing homes, that this is the place for work
ing people. T. P. Powjsix."
Of the suit against the State of Geor
gia, the Atlanta Constitution savs that
he whole atory of the case is this: “The
Elliot National bank of Bcston holde
some no es made by Foster Blodgett,
superintendent of the W. & A. R. R., to
the Tennessee Car Company. The state
having refused to pay them, the bank
euters suit against the road iu the Ten
nessee courts.
The state claims that anew set of
noies were issued to take up these notes
•hat the Elliott bank holds. The first
batch of notes were not properly signed,
and a new batch was prepared. The
first notes were not taken up, and art
uow presented for payment, when the
most of the notes issued in their stead
have been paid.
*fter the Elliott bank bad entered
suit, Henry Clews & Jo, amended the
bill, and put in some similar notes held
by them. They also pin in some of the
gold quarterly bonds, the history of
which has often been publised. The
State hai repudiated them time and
again, and there is now a constitutional
bar to their payment.
The firet case will be fried in April,
Attorney General Ely, ex-Attorney Gen
eral Hammond, and Messrs. Cook, Van-
Dyke & Cook represent the state. There
is no doubt that the state will whip both
of the suits. The last cases will come
op next Ootober.
No. 28 ■