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STORY DEPARTMENT.
THE SLEEPING PREACHER.
A MARVELOUS DEVELOPMENT OF CLAIRVOY- j
ANTE IN ALABAMA.
In these days of spiritual manifestations j
and materialization of shadows, it may lie of
interest to our readers to learn there is a first
class medium in the neighboring State of Ala
bama. who far outdoes all the Fosters. Humes
or Rosses, and yet claims nothing for his ex
traordinary powers but the great misfortune
of an attack of sickness, that by its peculiar
effects upon the brain has enabled him ever
since to. as it were, disengage his soul from
his body and send it on an exploring expedi
tion. Not only that, but, under a chain of
favorable circumstances, even while in a state
of utter unconsciousness, he is transported to
far distant places, and either writes or tells
to those around all he witnesses; and the
single instance has yet to occur in which he
has tailed correctly to relate actual circum
stances and facts.
Marvelous as this may seem, the facts can
be attested by living, reliable witnesses, such
as no one would for a moment question. Nor
does this party seem to be aware of his ex
traordinary powers or to properl}' appreciate
them ; for he deems it a signal punishment
of heaven—one that he would gladly escape,
lie scorns the idea of ever receiving money
for anything he tells or does, lie is an
humble minister of the Cumberland Presby
terian church, and always feels humbled and
humiliated after one of his trances. He is in
middle age, and in all respects healthy. lie
is a married man, and lives in North Ala
bama. and though we withhold his name, as
a notoriety of this kind is never grateful to
him. wc nevertheless feel it due to society to
tell them of this extraordinary man. frho
could, if he wished it. produce a number one
sensation as a spiritualist, and yet is content
to pursue his humble path as a Christian and
not impose his misfortune on the community
as a gift. Yet there are those traveling all
through the country exhibiting every phase
of brain disease, epilepticism, catalepsy, etc.,
etc., as odic force, materialization and other
kindred impostures, and thus attributing the,
singular it is true, but well known attributes
of certain nervous maladies, to the action of
spirits. How often is the asylum peopled
with inmates from the powerful etfccts of sup
posed spiritual visitation, and even giant in
tellects have succumbed to the powerful in
fluence of superstition.
Robt. Dale Owen, one of the most power
ful thinkers America has ever produced, after
reigning over the minds of all, by his deep
and pungent reasoning on all scientific sub
jects, at last succumbed to the influence of a
detected imposter, and now raves in a mad
house. If we*bring this case properly and
fully before the public, one argument to de
throne this dragon of society can be deduced,
and the subject of this sketch will, we hope,
pardon the use made of his acts in this ser
vice to the world.
We have been unable to gather, as we
would like, any facts connected with his
parentage, but we are disposed to believe
there has been, either lately or recently,”some
predisposition to cerebral disorders in his
family. One thing is well known—that in
every case of so-called spiritualists this taint
exists in the immediate kindred. In this
case of the subject of this notice lie had no
evidence of unusual powers until after his
youth. Then after marriage he had a severe
attack of fever with congestion of the brain,
and large quantities of quinine were used.
So soon as recover}’ took place this condi
tion began. He is familiarly known as the
‘•sleeping preacher,” and great curiosity is
felt wherever he goes to witness one of these
sleeping performances. We can not better
describe this peculiarity than repeat a graphic
description given of a sermon heard by our
informant—one of the leading ministers of
the Cumberland Presbyterian church, and a
resident of Williamson county ;
“ 1 and my wife were in Mooresville, Ala.,
at a protracted meeting, and Mr. came
to assist. We all felt a great curiosity to see
and hear him, having heard so much about
him. lie stopped at I)r. Thach’s, we at Miss
M alton’s. \\ e made Dr. Thach agree to let
us know if lie got into one of his spells. Mr.
preached at night a very fair sermon,
but nothing unusual, and his voice was rather
harsh and grating. After the congregation
dispersed, we were sitting in the front portico
ot Miss \\ alton s house, when a negro came
running toward ns, saying the Doctor had
sent for us to hear Mr. . We rushed
over, entered the parlor, and Mr. was
sitting in a rocking chair apparently sound
asleep, eyes closed, and head resting back on
the chair. lie, however, was singing in a low
semitone of voice a hymn, and while he sang
the room gradually filled up until not an inch
of space was unoccupied. His voice had al
together changed from its usual loud, harsh
character, and was low, soft and musical to
n degree I never heard surpassed. In fact, it
reminded me of angels’ whispers. And then
ft had a tone of inexpressible melancholy
about it that reached the hearts of ever}' one
present, and when he ceased to sing there
was scarcely a dry eye in the room. At the
conclusion of his song he began one of the
most feeling, earnest prayers I ever heard,
and in so piteous, beseeching a manner that
nothing could resist him. This prepared us
to expect some rare treat, and we were not
disappointed. He took his text from Paul’s
letter on faith, and yon know I have heard
good preaching, but never did I hear his ser
mon surpassed. It may have been the pe
culiar circumstances under which it was de
livered, and the charm that would naturally
cluster around one in his condition, that ad
ded interest to it, but certainly I never saw
a greater effect produced. It fell as gentle
ami pure as the snow. Still, in the same
melodious voice, and the only gesture was a
cluck of the fingers when he wished to empha
size a point. To say it was eloquent does
sot express it. It was simply glorious, chaste
and intellectual, lie described faitli as a
golden chain connecting Earth to Heaven,
and man to his God. lie preached thus for
alWmt thirty minutes, when at once his face,
hitherto calm and unruffled, became perfectly
livid, his- brow corrugated, until you could
have laid your finger in the depression, and
he clutched his left side with his right hand
as if a violent pain had assailed him. This
paroxysm lasted several minutes, when grad
ually it began to abate, and he exclaimed.
‘Oh! what are all my sufferings here, if,
Lord, thou find’st me meet ?’ And then his
brow relaxed, his form again assumed its
easy posture, a sweet smile passed over his
face, and lie slept on quietly and calmly, and
the crowd quietly withdrew from the presence
of the unoonseioi?s preacher.”
hen questioned about these somnambu
listic sermons, he knows nothing about them ;
not even a dream of it has left its shadowy
trace behind. This is not the only result of
his sleep. If he is sitting by a table writing
when this “spell” comeson, he continues to
write, but not on the subject that engaged his
thoughts, and he awakes to find sometimes
the strangest revelations, one or two of which
we have appended.
I)r. Blake, of our city, has a little daugh
ter to whom her grandmother had presented
a golden eagle and requested her to have a
ring made of it and wear for her memory,
which the Doctor attended to; but the ring
being too large, it was worn temporarily by
her mother. On one occasion, in assisting
her cook, she laid the ring down in the kitchen,
and on returning for it an hour or so after
ward, it was gone. Of course ail wore dis
tressed. and diligent search was made for it
at every possible place, but no ring could be
found. A few days afterwards, while the
family were assembled at breakfast, and the
j cook, whom, by-the-way, ail suspected, was
in waiting, Dr. 8., knowing the great super
stition of negroes, said to his wife lie inteud
| ed to write to Mr. , of Alabama, who had
I the power of finding stolen things, and relat
ied several very striking incidents. The ne
gro listened intently, and at last, seeming to
; be impressed with anew idea, she turned to
| her little son, and told him to look under the
window where Mrs. B. was in the habit of
! sitting. The boy went away and soon came
I back with the ring.
A day or so after. I)r. B. visited Alabama
on business, and at a depot he met with Mr.
er , I made use of your name to some
good purpose the other day.” “ Yes,” says
Mr. ,“ I heard you.” And then he re
lated to the astonished Dr. Blake the whole
circumstance, who gave the ring, who made
it, the inscription on it, its loss and manner
of recovery, even to the complete conversa
tion at the table, lie also told Dr. Blake the
whole transaction was on paper, and had been
written by him while in a trance. Dr. Blake
having never spoken of the circumstances to
any one, was of course wonderfully astonish
ed. This looks like clairvoyance, only the
mind of the clairvoyant usually does no more
than interpret the thoughts of those present,
and this might have been accounted for here,
but that it was written out. lie visited Dr.
Thach, of Mooresville, a good deal, who will
corroborate all these statements and give
more.
One dark, drizzly night, Dr. Thach noticed
him while asleep put his hand to his eye,
making a telescope of it, and appear to look
through it at some far distant object. “ What
are you looking at. Doc?” says the Doctor.
” I see a ring,” “Where?” “In front of
the hotel, in the mud.” The hotel was two
hundred yards away. “ Well, get up and let’s
go to it,” says the Doctor. Mr. at once
arose, walked out the door into the darkness,
and Dr. Thach following him, lie took the
centre of the very muddy street, and went un
hesitatingly to the front of the hotel, stooped
down and picked up a gold ring, and handed
it to his companion. It was down in the mud.
At another time, with the same companion,
lie saw some money, and being bid to go af
ter it, the Doctor still following, he went to
a stable lot and picked up a two dollar bill.
Doctor Thach saw the money as soon as the
other this time, it being light.
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He told a friend in. one of his visions he
saw, as if a long while ago, a vessel with a
large quantity of gold on board and sailing
for this country. He saw a mutiny on board,
and the men and officers murdered. He saw
the schooner run into the mouth of a certain
creek on the sea shore, and at a certain spot,
washed in a certain was, he saw them re
move the gold to the shore and at the Same
time' scuttle the vessel. Three men only
were engaged in it, and they buried the gold
at a well-marked spot. Here they separated,
and, being afraid to come for it, soon it trans
pired that they were all three killed or died,
and the gold was left undisturbed in its hid
ing place, and there it still rests in its bed.
“Wiry don't you go and get it ? Would you
know the spot ?” “ Y'es, I can go there aud
put my hand on the box, but it is ill-gotten
gold. It is blood money, aud it will carry a
curse with it.” And no argument would ah,
ter his determination or make him reveal its
hiding place to any one.
lie had a daughter attending school at Dr.
Ward’s in this city. On the night of the com
mencement, he was in a trance—we linow not
what else to call them—at his faraway home
in Alabama. All at onoe he sprang forward
and exclaimed, excitedly, “ There, we are in
the dark.” 11 is wife said to him he was mis
taken, the light was burning. “Oh ! I.mean
at Ward’s. I was attending the examination*
and now it’s all dark.” When his dauglitef
returned she told them pf the accident of the
gas going out while4he commencement exer
cises were in progress, leaving them all in
darkness.
He has other and diverse powers. One
day he carried Miss Walton’s mail from the
office. Handing her a lettcf, he says, “This
is from brother MeD.” “ No, this is from his
wife.” He only backs her letters for her.—
“ No, this is from him, and he writes to you
about so and so”—and he repeated to her its
contents. At another time he said to his
wife: “ A letter directed to me from Nash
ville. passed on to-da} r by mistake, and it
contained so and so,” and he repeated the
contents of the letter, as was seen on its re
turn from the other direction. It is said
among his neighbors he can read an}’ letter
through its envelope. The whole neighbor
hood apply to him when any thing is lost,
and he can always, if asked while in a trance,
answer correctly. Even the rogues have be
come fearful of his power.
But the most singular of all his perform
ances, and equal to the pretensions of the
best Spiritualists, is the last circumstance we
will relate. There are thousands of others,
but we deem it only necessary to give a rep
resentative case in each branch of his powers.
The Methodist Conference year had closed,
and the new minister of Mooresville had
come. On Saturday Mr. frequently
spoke of his curiosity to hear the new preach
er. lie was sick all Saturday night, so much
so that he could not sleep. After breakfast
Sunday morning, he told his wife he would
take a nap and then go to church. lie was
sleeping so sweetly at the regular church
time that his wife would not wake him.—
Just as the congregation began to pour out
he raised up, and his wife said : “ Yon were
sleeping so soundly I did not disturb you to
go to the Methodist church, and so you miss
ed hearing the new preacher.”
“ No, I heard him.”
Ilow could yon hear him. and I know you
have been asleep all the time.”
“ Nevertheless I heard him, and to prove
it, I will show 3’ou.”
And he wrote down at once a text divided
into various heads, and made a synopsis of
the sennon, giving the leading arguments.
This was shown that evening to the Metho
dist minister and others, and they all recog
nized it as almost the literal sermon.
lie once heard Dr. Baird, and in some re
spects differed with the Doctor. On going
home, he went to sleep and answered the
Doctor, much to his great amusement—for he
was present. It was said to have been a
masterly.criticism, abounding in figures of
rhetoric and very sarcastic in tone.
It is unnecessary to repeat all the wonder
ful things he does. It is said that if asked
where any missing article or property is,
while in his trance, he at once sees it, and is
able to tell its precise location. A boy stole
his wife’s breast-pin, and on being informed
of its loss. Mr. . without any hesitation.
named the party who had it, and it was re
covered.
How can these thiugs be ? That they are
so, is unquestionable, as Drs. Provine, Baird
and Blake will testify, but how they are so,
puzzles the scientific mind. Mr. scouts
the idea of spirits aiding him, and will not,
under any circumstances, receive money for
any in formation, nor will he give the informa
tion, if asked for it, at any other time except
while under the influence of his epileptic or
cataleptic exacerbation. There is some cere
bral disturbance, a superexcitation or rather
a hypersethesia of the sensoriura that pushes
his mind or soul free and untramelled into
space, and thus, uninfluenced by surrounding
objects, it sees clearly all things happening
around. We see often the same thing, to a
limited extent, in the case of somnabulists.
They, with closed eyes, will walk over houses,
near precipices, &c., with impunity. Why ?
Because from a peculiar nervous exaltation
the optic expansion ceases to be the only
mode of conveyance to the brain of objects,
and every nervous filimeut becomes pro
tempora a retina. This is a temporary cata
lepsy, and an unusual or overpowering amount
of hyperesthesia would produce like greater
resu Its . —Nash v ilie Amer ican .
SUNDAY READING.
Sunday-School.
TEACHERS MUST NOT GROW OLD.
There is some things which a teacher must
do, and there are some things which a teacher
must not do. lie must not grow old. He
must have access to the fountain of per
petual youth. It is said that there is a pre
judice against old age in the pulpit. It is an
unreasonable one. It cannot be tolerated in
the school room. There is no valid objection
to gray hairs. The common opinion that
gray hairs may be accompanied by wisdom,
is not altogether without foundation.
Gray hairs may not, in all cases, be in
jurious ; but they must be the covering of a
brain that shelters a young mind. The body
must grow old ; the ear must become dull;
the eye must become dim. But not so with
the mind. The mental eye may be kept un
dimmed. Decreasing strength of body may
be accompanied by increasing strength of
mind. If the mind is used as it ought to be
used, it will lose none of its vivacity, fresh
ness and force, till near the time when its
tabernacle is to be taken down.
Men's minds grow dull as years roll on,
because they fail to give them due exercise.
They have acquired, it may be, a competency,
and are not compelled to exert mind and
body ;or they may become indolent. The
man of business forms habits that are well
nigh mechanical, which interfere seriously
with mental exertion. He may continue his
business, though his mind grows old.
But this is not the case with the teacher.
Ilis mental powers and susceptibilities must
be kept young, or lie cannot act by sympathy
on the minds of the young. No man can
confer any considerable amount of benefit
on other minds unless it is in sympathy
with them. The great power of the teacher
is the power of sympathy.
The teacher need not grow old. His con
stant contact with the minds of the young,
the exercise of mind necessary to rouse, stim
ulate, direct and control the mental activities
of his pupils, will prevent his mind from los
ing the vigor, freshness and sympathy char
acteristic of a young mind.
It is a common remark, which must be the
result of common observation, that teachers
grow dull as they grow old. The remark, as
*a general rule, is not true of teachers truly
so called. It is true of some who occupy
the positions of teachers, and who think their
business is to communicate knowledge by
reading lectures to their students. When
those lectures were first composed, they were
interested in them, and hence their delivery
awakened interest in others ; but as time roll
ed on, they lost their interest in truths so
often repeated in the same form, and of
course became dull.
The same effect will follow the continued
repetition of any fQrm of instruction. The
teacher who would not grow old, should
never use the same illustrations and thoughts
over and over and over.- lie must study and
prepare for each lesson, separately, fully,
freshly.— S. S. Times.
A Short Story for the Girls.
A bright was playing croquet,
and knocking her ball with the intention of
placing it in position so that she could pass
through the wicket when her time to play
should come again, was somewhat displeased
to see it roll too far, so that she was still out
of position. Without uttering a word of com
plaint, however, she walked quietly to the
ball, and with her foot rolled it to the place
where she had endeavored to have it stop.
Another, engaged in the game saw it, and
kindly reproved her; told her it was wrong,
and if she learned to do things which were
wrong in small things, like a game of pleas
ure, she would be more likely to do so in
large things, when she would be thrown into
the great struggles of life. To this she read
ily responded, “Why, I saw grandma place
her ball before the wicket in the same way
awhile ago !” And no argument could con
vince her but that it was right to take advan
tage of her playmates, because she “saw her
grandma do the same thing.”
Thus an innocent little girl chanced to be
the observer of an act by one to whom she
looked for an example, and thus a little mind
was poisoned, which, no doubt, was previous
ly, perhaps, as pure as the fresh-fallen snow.
In this way seed is often sown in the child,
which must sprout and bear fruit, and “Oh !
what shall the harvest be ?”
How careful we should be to avoid the
appearance of evil, and remember that, in
the smallest deed, the ej'e of some person
looking to us for an example, may be upon us.
Homey from the Scripture. —Do not
think it enough if j’on learn to spell and to
read, and to say the words of Scripture, but
seek to learn the truths of Scripture. Do as
the bees do. A bee when it sees a flower does
not fly around and round it, and sip it and
then off again like a foolish, idle butterfly. It
settles on the flower and then sucks the hon
ey out of it. You should do as the bees do,
you should settle your thoughts on what you
read, and try to stick the honey out of it.
Almost every verse in the New Testament
has its honey. Almost every verse contains
a spiritual truth fit to nourish some soul or
other. —Maria Hare .
PiPße just and fear not.
THE.FARM.
Figures—The Employes of Farmers—What
They Are Paid—What They Receive.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: The
farmers of the South employ too many
hands. The}’ charter too many ears. They
deploy their forces over too wide a field.
They can't give them that oversight neces*
sary to successful operations in business.
They employ too many at high salaries to
furnish them meat and bread. They employ
nten in Chicago, St, Louis and Louisville and
pay them more money than one farmer in
ten makes. Let us take the State of
Georgia. In 1873 her farmers bought of the
West about sixty-five million pounds of meat,
ten or twelve million bushels of corn, two
million bushels of oats, barley and other
g-ain. something near ten hundred thousand
barrels of flour. The amount of hay con
siderable, but I could not say how much.
To transport the above articles —together
with other products not mentioned—from
the Western markets they chartered that
year about twenty thousand freight cars, or
an average of about sixty cars per diem.
For these cars they paid out daily the sum
often thosuand dollars, or a grand aggregate
for the year of three million, six hundred
and fifty thousand doba-s.
Besides these cars and the regular force
to run them, they paid large salaries to over
a thousand shipping clerks, book-keepers, and.
other employes in Chicago, Cincinnati. Louis
ville and other cities from the lakes to the
sea-board. The salaries paid to these men
in one year would amount to one million five
hundred thousand dollars—enough money if
multiplied by five to construct factories
enough to manufacture .into goods all the
raw sotfon Georgia could produce after pro
perly supplying all her wants.
The farmers of Georgia also employed
that year one hundred and twenty-five thou
sand negroes to work in the cotton fiehls.
As wages to said hands besides board—
which, of course, is included in the forego
ing estimate—ten millions of dollars were
paid. This estimate embraces the principal
items of expense for employes and hirelings.
If we add to these items the expense of
clothing, sugar, coffee, and other necessaries
(so regarded) for the fam’lies of Georgia far
mers and planters, we would have for ex
pense account for one year, so far, about
thirty million one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. Now add the prime cost of all
articles shipped from the West and we have
the sum of forty-two million nine linndred
and fifty thousand dollars.
This expense account could and ought to
be curtailed two-thirds. Now, if we add to
the above the unavoidable expenses of the
farmers in that yea* —taxes—Federal, State
and county—and other incidental expenses,
such as tuition, pew rents, and so forth, we
would place to expense account the sum of
fifty millions of dollars.
Georgia, in 1873, raised a little less than
six hundred thousand bales of eottan. Say
it brought an average of S7O per bale, the ag
gregate is just forty-two millions of dollars.
Suppose the farmersof the State sold that year
watermelons, fruits, vegetabes, etc., to amount
of three millions of dollars, we find that the
year's operations left them just five millions
in debt. This debt was made with coiton at
15 cents, and we find the farmers trying to
work it off with cotton at twelve to thirteen
cents. The farmer is a wonderfnl inH
v'dual. lie never stops to apply the multi
plication table to lbs business. Has no use
fo *it w'.),ile he is goi lg it blind. Meantime,
he charters about the same number of cars,
keeps in his employ abuot the same number
of Chicago and Louisville clerks and book
keepers, and employs about the same number
of field laborers in the cultivation of cotton,
lie tries to live as well as he did tlu-ee yea-s
ago. and uses the same quantity of whisky
and tobacco. lie likes to go in the same
style he used to go in when laborers were
property and labor cost but little. He ex
pects to pay off that $5,000,000 debt and
make money yet, running his schedule and
pl.ancng nothing but cotton. lie has not
stopped to consider the causes of his
indebtedness, but attributes it all to bad
seasons, short cotton crops and the low price
of cotton. ‘ '
What would cotton be to-day if
every Georgia planter had made srice the
war, the crop he planted for? Scarcely five
cents, I trow. I never saw one yet that
made over two-thirds of a chop, and the
majority only about a halt crop. A full cot
ton crop by the planter’s count would bank
rupt the world. One crop fully up to their
estimate would be enough to last two years.
It is to be hoped for the good of all classes
of society, that the planter may never realize
a full crop of cotton. And it is to be hoped
that the farmers of the South, and especially
the cotton growing States, will stop that
train of cars nearly two hundred miles long,
and discharge every man on board from
the conductor down to the brake men. Let
them stop that $10,000,000 down South and
use it to develop her water power. Let them
discontinue the services of that corps of
shippers, book-keepers and what-not and
build up the country with the money pa ; d to
them. Let them take out of the field just
one-half of the negroes employed making
cotton and supply their places with their
own [sons. Let them take one-half of the
acres devoted to cotton and plant it in corn,
wheat and oats. If they will do this the
day will dawn in the midst of darkness and
“hard times” vanish from the land as a
morning vapor fleeth before the sun.
Follow the insane policy of trying to run
all the South and give employment to every
Shade hunter from the lakes to the sea, and
your poverty will come as one who traveleth
(drawn by a Keeley motor), and your want
as an armed man. He that tilleth his land
shall have bread in plenty, but he that hires
everybody shall find his own stomach empty
enough.
Be wise, Southern men—Georgians, be
brave, and quit yourselves like men. Dig
deep in the earth to plant your grain, and
you will find the inestimable prize of true
happiness. Nothing to sell and nothing to
buy will give very little trouble and secure
plenty to eat. Contentment is happiness,
and freedom from debt is actual wealth.
Work to this end and you will gain great
riches. Just try it.' Will you? Do now !
Don’t put it off. You have got to come to
it. Shoulder the load now and you won't
feel it long. Habit will soon lighten it.
Respectfully, etc.,
J. S. Wimbish.
Macon, Ga., September 1, 1875.
Remedy for Hog Cholera. —Madder. 1
pound ; saltpetre, 1 potfnd ; rosin, 1 pound ;
black antimony, | pound; assafeedity, 2
ounces. Dose in case of sickness, once a
day. Once a week as a preventive. Mix in
slop. —Rural New Yorker.
IW' Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
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The Tri-Weekly News has the same features as
the Daily News. Price, $0 for 12 months; $3 for
G months.
Money for either paper can he sent by P. 0. or
der, registered letter or Express, at publisher's
risk.
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Printing done at the shortest notice. Blank
Books of all kinds made to order. Book Binding
and Ruling executed with dispatch. Estimates
for work promptly furnished.
Address all letters, J. 11. ESTILL, Savannah
Ga. July 31
Useful Information for the Millions.
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A note dated on Sunday is void.
A note obtained by fraud, or from one intoxi
cated, cannot he collected.
If a note be lost or stolen, it docs not release
the maker; he must pay it.
An endorser of a note is exempt from liability if
not served with notice of its dishonor within
twenty-four hours of its non-payment.
A note made by a minor is void.
Notes hear legal interest except when otherwise
stipulated.
Principals are responsible for their agents.
Each individual in a partneship is responsible for
the whole amount of the debts of the linn.
Ignorance of the law excuses no one.
It is a fraud to conceal a fraud.
The law compels no one to do impossibilities.
An agreement without consideration is void.
Signatures in lead-pencil are good in law.
A receipt for money is not legally conclusive.
The act of one partner bind all the others.
Contracts made on Sunday cannot be enforced.
A contract made with a minor is void.
A contract made with a lunatic is void.
To ascertain the length of day and night.—At
any time in the year, add 12 hours to the time of
the sun's setting, and from the sum snbstract the
time of rising, ?*>r the length of the day. Subtract
the time of sefting from 'hours, and to the
remainder add the time of rtVing the ~pext morn
ing, for the length of night. This rule is true of
either apparent or mean time.
DOMESTIC POSTAGE.
Newspapers, Magazines, and Periodicals
sent from a known office of publication, or by
newsdealers 1 to victual subscribers, postage to he
prepaid in hulk by publishers and newsdealers, at
office of mailing, and go free to Subscribers.
Letters 3 cents each J oz.; Drop Letters at let
ter-carrier office. 2 cents; Drop Letters at turn
letter-carrier offices, 1 cent.
Transient matter embracing newspapers,
circulars, and other printed matter, seeds, cuttings,
bulbs, roots and scions, books, merchandise and
samples. 1 cent for each oz. Registered Letters
.8 cents in addition to regular postage.
Post-Office Money Orokks.—Attention is
called tp the Money Order system, as a safe and
cheap method of transmitting money through the
mail*. Orders are issued in sums of not more
than fifty dollars. Larger sums can he
transmitted by additional Orders. On Orders not
exceeding 810, 5 cents ; over 810 and not exceed
ing 84<V 20 cents ; over §lO and not exceeding .SSO,
25 Cent's. •
i FBLFLL TA BLE EOll FARMERS*
4 inches, make one hand. ••
50 lbs. ’Corn make one bushel.,
50 lbs. Rye make ono bushel.
00 lbs. Wheat make one bushel.
GO lbs. S*fed make Ond bushel.
190 ll>s. Flour make oi\e parrel.
20niT)s. Beef or Pork makes orie Vbl.
32 lbs. ' Oats make oi>e bushel.
GO lbs.. Potatoes make oue bushel.
14 pounds make one stone.
3 miles make one league.
0 feet make one fanthom v . -
A perch of stone is 40| feet long, 11 feet thick,
and 1 foot high, or 24] cubic feet.
A mile is 320 rods—l,7Go yards—s,2Bo feet—
Q3,3G0 indifctk ;; ;
An acre is square yard—43.sGo square
feet—G,272,640 square inches.
or ti in.-'l <: b :.!• •
?. ,n, RGB AL DIVINITIKS,
Flora—The goddess of Flowers,
Pan : —The god ofShepherds and Hunters; fa
mous far his whistling which fatigued him so muoh,
that he invented pipes to. blow on.
PLUTES —The god of Riches ; represented with
wings.
Pom(EVA —The goddess of Orchards and Fruit
trees.
INTEREST RULES.
For finding the interest on any principal for any
number of days. The answer in each case being
in cents. sepaiate the two right hand figures of
answer to express in dollars and cents :
Four per cent.—Multiply the principal by the
number of days to run ; seperate right-nand figure
from product, and divide by 9.
Five per cent.—Multiply by number of days,
and divide by 72.
Six per cent.—Multiply by number of days,
seperate right-hand figure, and divide by G.
Eight per cent.—Multiply by number of days,
and divide by 45.
Nine per cent.—Multiply by number of days,
seperate right-hand figure, and divide by 4.
fen per cent.—Multiply by number of days,
and divide by 3G.
Twelve per cent.—Multiply by number of days,
seperate right hand figure, and divide by 3.
Fifteen per cent.—Multiply by number of days,
and divide by 24.
Eighteen per cent.—Multiply by number of days,
seperate right-hand figure, and divide by 2.
Twenty per cent.—Multiply by number of days,
and divide by IS.
Twenty-four per cent.—Multiply by number ot
days, and divide by 15.
A Useful Table. —To aid farmers in arriving
at accuracy in estimating the amount of land in
different fields under cultivation, the following ta
ble is given by an agricultural cotemporary:
Five yards wide by 078 yards long contains one
acre.
Ten yards wide by 484 yards long contains 1
acre.
Twenty yards wide by 242 yards long contains 1
acre.
Forty yards wide by 121 yards long contains 1
acre.
Eighty yards wide by 101 yards long contains 1
acre.
Seventy yards wide by G9£ yards long contains
1 acre.
Two hundaed and twenty feet wide by 108 feet
long contains 1 acre.
Four hundred and forty feet wide by 00 feet
long contains 1 acre.
Eleven feet wide by 398 feet long contains 1
acre.
Sixty feet wide by 726 feet long contains 1
acre.
One hundred and twenty feet wide by 3G3 feet
long contains 1 acre.
Two hundred and forty feet wide dy 1811 feet
long contains 1 acre.
COUNTING.
12 units are one dozen.
12 dozen one gross.
20 units one score.
5 scores one hundred.
FOREST NEWS
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lowing liberal inducements are offered • 10
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son getting up the last named Club. ***
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IdPTo any person furnishing a Club of
Ten responsible subscribers who will p* v u
the Fall, an extra copy of the paper will L
given.
County and Coton lircdortf
JACKS OX SUP EE IOR COURT
Hon. GEO. D. RTCE, - - . Jud
EMORY SPEER, Esq., - - Sol. deni.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
WILEY C. HOWARD, - - - - Ordintrr
THOS. 11. N1 BLACK, - - - Clerk S.
JOHN S. HUNTER Sh
WINN A. WORSHAM, - - - Deputy *
LEE J. JOHNSON, - - - . .
JAMES L. WILLIAMSON, - - Tax ColletW
GEO. W. BROWN, r c S
JAMES L. JOHNSON, - - County Sumy J
WM. WALLACE, - - - CwS'
G. J. N. W ILSON, County School Commiss'r
Commissioners (Roads and Revenue.)—W®
Seymour, W. J. Haynie, W. G. Steed. Meet oa
the Ist Fridays in August and November. TANARUS, R
Niblack, Esq., Clerk.
MAGISTRATES AND BAILIFFS.
Jefferson District, No. 245, N. 11. Pcndemaw
J. P.; H. T. Flecinan, J. P. John M. Rurni
Constable.
Clnrkesborough District, No. 242, F. M Holli.
day, J. P.; M. B. Smith, J. P.
Miller’s District, No. 455, 11. F. Kidd, J. p.
Chandler’s District, No. 24G, Ezekiel Hewitt
J. P.; J. G. Burson, J. P.
Randolph's District, No. 248, Pinckney P
Pirkle, -J. P.; Jas. A. Straynge, J. P.
Cunningham's District, No. 428, J. A. Brazk
ton, J. P.; T. K. Randolph, J. P.
Newtown District, No. 253, G. W. O’Kclly J.
P.; T. J. Stapler, Not. Pub. & Ex. Off. J. p'.
Minnish's District, No. 255, Z. W. Hood, J. p,
Harrisburg District, No. 257, Wm. M. Mortnu
J. P.; J. W. Pruitt, J. P.
House’s District, No. 243, A. A. Hill, J. P.
Santafec District, No. 1042, W. R. Boyd, J P
S. G. Arnold. J. P.
Wilson's District, No. 4G5, W. J. Comer, J. p,
FR A TER NAL DIRECTOR Y.
Unity Lodge, No. 30, F. A. M.. meets Ist TW
day night in each month. IT. TV. Bell, \X. M.;
John Simpkins. Scc’y.
Love Lodge, No. 05. I. O. O. F., meets on 2d
and 4th Tuesday nights in each month. J. B. Sil
man. N. G.; G. J. N*. Wilson, See’y.
Stonewall Lodge, No. 214, I. O. G. TANARUS„ meets on
Saturday night before 2d and 4th Sundays in each
month. J. B. Pendergrass, W. C. TA NARUS.; Miss Ma
ry F. Winlmrn, W. R. S.
Jefferson Grange, No. 488, P. of 11., meets) oi
Saturday before 4th Sunday in each month. Ja.).
K. Randolph, M.; (J. .). N. Wilson. Sec’y.
Relief (colored) Fire Company. No. 2. meets on
4th Tuesday night in each mouth. Henry Long.
Captain; Ned Burns, Sec’y..
Oconee Grange, No. 391, meets on Saturday be
fore the first Sunday in each month, at Galilee, at
1 o’clock. I*. M. A. C. Thompson, \V. M.; L.T.
Bush, Scc’y.
CO l XT J' CH ( R ('ll DIR EC TOR Y.
METHODIST.
Jefferson Circuit. —-Jefferson, Harmony drove,
Dry Pond, Wilson's, Holly Springs. TV. A. Kar
ris, P. C.
Mulberry Circuit. — Ebcnezer, Bethlehem, Con
cord. Centre and Pleasant Grove,* Lebanon. A.L
Anderson, P. C.
Chapel and Antioch supplied from Watkint*
villc Circuit.
PRKSnVTERf AN.
Thyatira, Rev. G. H. Cartlcdgc, Pastor; Samir
Creek. Rev. Neil Smith, Pastor : PPeasant Grovr,
Rev. G. H. Cartlcdgc, Pastor; Mizpah. Rev. Neil
Smith. Pastor.
BAPTIST.
Cabin Creek, W- K. Goss. Pastor; Harmony
Grove, W. B. J. Hardeman. Pastor; Zion, Her.
■J. M. Davis, Past.; Bcthabra, Rev. G. L. Bagwell,
Pastor; Academy, Rev. J. N. Coil, Pastor;
Walnut. Ilev. -J. M. Davis. Pastor; Crookfi
Creek. W. F. Stark, Pastor: Oconee Church, Rev.
A. J. Kelley. Pastor; Poplar Springs. Rev. W.
A. Brock. Pastor Handler's Creek, W. F. Stark,
Pastor; Mountain Creek, TV. 11. Bridges, Pastor,
PROTESTANT METHODIST.
Pentecost, Rev. It. S. McGarrity, Pastor.
~ - . “CURTIAX.” :
Bethany ('lmrch, I)r. F. Jackson, Pastor.
Christian Chapel. FJdcr W. T. Uovrc, Pastor.
Galilee, Elder P. F. Lamar, Pastor.
FIRST UNI VERSA LIST.
Centre Hill, Rev. B. F. Strain, Pastor; Churdj
meeting and preaching every third Saturday aw
Sunday.
JEFFERSON BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PROFESSIONS.
Physicians...J. D. &H. J. Long. J. J. Ik*'
ter. N. W. Carithers, J. 0. Hunt.
Atty's at Law... J. B. Silman, TF. I. Pik*-
J. A. B. Mahaft'ey, W. C. Howard, M. M. Pitm*
P. F. Hinton, R. S. Howard.
MERCHANTS.
Pendergrass & Hancock, F. M. Bailey, Stank? H
& Pinson, Wm. S. Thompson.
MECHANICS. I
Carpenters... Joseph P. Williamson, Senfii
J. P. Williamson, Jr.
Harness Maker. .. John G. Oakes.
Wagon Makers. .." Wm. Winbum, Monrtf I
Ray. (col.)
Buggy Maker...L. Gilleland.
Blacksmith. ..C. T. Story.
Tinner. .. John 11. Chapman.
Tanners... J. E. & H. J. Randolph. ,1
Boot and Shoe-Makers. ..N. B. Stark. un<k; J
Forest News office; Seaborn M. Stark, over*’-*
S. Thompson’s store.
HOTELS.
Randolph House, by Mrs. Randolph.
North-Eastern Hotel, by John Simpkins- B
Public Boarding House, by Mrs. Efiz' u! ' i
W orsham.
Liquors. Segars. Ac... J. L. Bailey.
Grist and Saw-Mill and Gin...J. P- * f|
J. Long.
Saw-Mill and Gin...F. S. Smith.
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rOUNTY SCHOOL DIRECTORY. |
Martin Institute. —J. W. Glenn, Principal . - B
P. Orr. Assistant; Miss M. E. Orr, Assist* 11 ' ||
Miss Lizzie Burch, Music.
Centre Academy. —L. M. Lyle, Principal-
Galilee Academy. —A. L. Barge. Principal*. Hj
Harmony Grove Academy. —R. S. Cheney, 1r! I
cipal. . .
Murk Academy. —J. 11. McCarty, Principal- I
Oak Grove Academy— Mrs. A. C. P. Rl(lf 1
Principal. . .
Academy Church.—A. J. Mitchell. Princip* l '.
Duke Academy. —Mrs. 11. A. Deadwyler,
cipal. * . ,
Park Academy. —Miss V. C. Park. Princ'P** |
Chajiel Academy. —W. 11. Hill, Principal- H
Holly Spring Ann demy —W. P. Newman.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF fl
Athens mail arrives at Jefferson on Me . ■
days and Saturdays, at 10 o’clock, A. M.. an
parts same days at 12 o’clock, 31. -Irwin 1 * I
Gainesville mail arrives at Jefferson on " Y ■
days and Saturdays, at 11 o’clock, A. M., a
parts same days at 12 o'clock, M. fj
Lawrencevillc mail arrives at Jefferson on - j ■
days, at 12 o’clock, 31, and departs same
o’clock, P. 31. P M- I
F. L. Pendergrass. Pip ) 1 • I