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VOL. 1-NO. 21. gnvicu Jimbcv (Basette, PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, EY RICHARD W. GRUBB office in phillip's building. Subscription Kates, in Advance. For out: year $2 50—Fot six months. .$1.50 Club Rates: pive copies, each one. year 2 (X) 'IVn or over, each one year 1 50 Advertising Rates ; PER SQUARE, 10 i.n l - .ace. i •-! insertion $1 so ' F... J, o.i .1 uCtrtl'o'B 100 gpeeial Hate*to Yearly aiut Large- Advertisers. Advertisements from responsible parties will be p lblished until ordered out, when the time is not „ joci'lod on the copy, and payment exacted accord, i njjly. u immunicatimis lor individual benefit, or of a personal character, char-red as advertisements. Marriages, nd Obituary notices not exceeding lour linos, solicited fi>r free publication. When cs c line Unit space, charged as advcUscineiifn. .{ills lor ;!vertisemer‘s due upon presentation n'ter the first’"-sertion, but a spirit of commercial ii iivdify will be practiced toward regular patrons. To avoid any misunderstanding, the above rules will he adhered to without deviation. Alt letters and communications snouldbe address wl t 0 Richard W. Grubb, DARIEN. GA. i. ,mi ■■-iiihwwki r 1 ~jw < ITV DIRECTORY. County Officers. Count'/ Commissioners —T. P. J’ctt“<\ Chairman, J. P. Gilson. James Walker, .’am-s I.eklison. R. 1.. Morris. 1.. Mclntosh, Thomas Gignilliat. Clerk 71. C. C.— Dr. K. Keni.n. Clerk Superior Court— Tsaac M. Aiken. Ordinary— Lev-is Jackson. Shi r'!f —ruincs it. Bennett, litpnhi Sheriff— Alonzo Guyton. Jieeeirer Tux Jietums —Madison Thomas. Tax Collector— W. Wilson. County Treasurer—J& P. Chain nney. .phe Commissioners meet iiict V\ ednesday in each tn out h Municipal Officers. Ex- Off. Mayor—'V- P. Pease. Ex-Off. Aldermen —las. V Gil-on. James Walker. James Lackbson, R. L. Morris, L. Mclntosh, Thos. <ii<Ain H int. Clerk and Treasurer—T>w £*. Kenan. City Mar. Jml !• 1)> if K. Cnrr. Harbor Master —G. !? . Sr*-ul\vell. General—V. S. Barclay. FoMcc < 'mirf cvcrv nior* ii:r :>t j*2 o’clock. Pott Warden*. —lnane. M. Aiken, J hn IL Barrel], J lines G Yonnsf. Co/'OHfr. — Jolui 11. Barrel I. IJ. 3. Officers. ('"//:ctor of Carfomr P,rnnxwh-k 1)7 fnet— John T. Co'iiriM. Hciulqu.irtcrs at Branswi, !:. Dei'rdy (dl.lcc.Htr of Curiam* for Part' of Darien (Bit-. 11. i’owiio.*ntl. \J. 3. Mails. PoxtnicixHr W. Davi?. Til ! mi iil l-avct' Diricii every 'Vu.lruis'livami ‘‘RR urrlav at 0 o'clock A. A!., for M' liitot-h No. 5. A. & <’ K. }?., making close connect ion? with mail? :;oii]g North and South. The in iil Yin ivpp from MfTntosh, No. 8, A ty (J. (' K.. t'v.-rv Tues kiv and Friday evenings at 8oY!k Mails close every Wednesday and Saturday at 8G o’clock. RjligiouG. The;care relisfiou* services at the Methodist F. (Mmrcli . wry Sabbath c wning at 3 and 8 o'clock— Itev. It. ?.£. Lockwood. Pastor. Religious s* rviccei at tin- Kiiiseona] f’hucli every Sunday at 11 o'clock. Kcv. It. F. Clute, Bastor. Religion'* serviced every Sabbath at 11 A. M., 3 I*. M. and 7 P. M., at the colored Baptist Chinch—Kev. It. Midin. Pastor. Religions service? every Sabbath at It A. M , and 3 P M., at the Methodist Church (colored)' Rev. S. Bro\\n, Pastor. Masonic. Live Oak Lodge No. 137 meets lir.-t Y* ednesday in each month at their Hal! near the Magnolia House. K P. Champney, W. M. A. E. Carr, Secretary. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. GENE'L SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE. ) ATLANTIC ASX) HULK RAILBOAD. - SAVANNAH, October 11 1873. ) ON AND AFTER SATURDAY. OCTOBER IS. 1873. Passenger Trains on this road will run as follows: EXPRESS PASSENGER. Leave Savannah daily rt 4:30 P. M. Arrive at Jesup daily at 8:18 P, 51. ! Arrive at Buinbfitlge daily at 8:15 A. >!• Arrive at Albany daily at. 9:40 A. M. i Arrive at Live dak daily at 3:55 A. 51. Arrive at Jafcksonvile daily at 1(1:12 A. SI. Arrive at Tallahassee daii.v at 10:55 M. Leave Tallahass 'e daily at 2:2(1 P- Si- Leave Jacksonville d.iily at 200 P. St. Leave Live Oak daily tit 0:05 P. V.. Leave Albany daily at 3:40 P. SI. Leave Bainbridge daily at 4:30 P. 5b Leave Jesup daily at 5:00 A. M. Arrive at Savannah daily at S l 2O A. SI. Sleeping Car runs through to Jacksonville. Passengers for Brunswick take this Train, arriving at Brunswick daily at 10:30 1’ M. Arrive at Brunswick daily at 10:30 P. ST. Leave Brunswick 2:30 A. 51. Arrive at Savannah 8:20 A. 51. Passengers from Macon by 51. and B. S:od A. 51.. train connect at Jesup with train for Elorida. Pas sengers from Florida connect at Jesup witn train arriving in Macon at 4:30 P. 51. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. (EASTERN DIVISION.) Leave Savannah (slonday, Wednesday and Friday) at 0:50 A. 51. Arrive at Jesup (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at..’ 12:30 P. 51. Arrive at Lawton ,slonday. Wednesday and Friday) at 7,30 P, 51. Leave Lawton (Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday at 5:40 A. M. Leave Jesup (Tuesday, Thursday and Satur day) at 12:40 P. 51. Arrive at Savannah (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) at 5:45 P. 51. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. (WESTEItN DIVISION.) Leave Lawton (Sunday excepted) 7:25 A. M. Arrive at Valdosta. 9:33 A. M. Arrive at Quitman, *■ 10:51 A. M. Arrive at Thoinasville • 2:40 P. 51. Arrive at Albany, “ 7;00 P. M. Leave Albany, S:ls A. M, Leave Thomasvillc, •• 2:10 P. M. Leave Quitman, *• 4:15 P. M. Leave Valdosta, “ 5:38 P. 51. Arrive at Lawton, “ 8:05 P. 51. Connectingat Albany with Night Train on South western Railroad, leaving Albany Sunday. Tuesday and Thursday and arriving at Albany Monday, vV ednesday and Friday. Trains on Brunswick and Albany Railroad leave "Junction (No. 9, A. and G. R. R.) for Albany on Monday. Wednesday and Friday, at 11;00 A. 51., and arrive from Albany Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 2:49 P. M. Alaii Steamer leaves Bainbiidge for Apalachicola every Thursday, at 8 A. M. D, S. HAINES, Genl. Sup; SAVE YOUE MONEY! TIMES ARE HARD!! IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVERY ONE 1 SHOULD FIND THE PLACE \Y 11K up r r •J,py oA N GET The Most For Their Money, A. & 1. STRAIN. OLD STORK, CORNER BROAD AND SCREVEN STS., UASiSM, GA., Would respect fully invite the attention of their friends and residents of Darien and adjoining counties, to their large and well se lected, stock of G eneral Merchandise, CONSISTING OF p, M%7 n7O n q bkh i. ti -j U U CLOTHibO-. HATS and CAPS, BOOTS and SHOES, GROCERIES, # BACON, floub; COHN, MEAL, OATS, HAY, LIME, HAIR, &c., €HOOKEHY; srmr&s, GLASS-WARE Tin-Ware, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Fanning Implements, &c., Particular attention given to the supply,of vessels. Captains of vessels are especially invited to examine our large and complete stock of SHIP CHANDLERY, before purchasing elsewhere, which we are selling at prices that will compare favorably with any city in the South. GOODS DELIVERED in the CITY and on the RIDGE, FREE of CHARGE. GI VE US £l OA3L?< A & R, STRAIN. May 3—lf. . DARIEN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1874. PAPER STATIONARY AND PAPER BAGS. FIIETWELL & NICHOUS, 120 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. April 20—lm. I)R. L Ill* INS, BRU NS WICK, GEORGIA, Cures a3J diseases, Scrofula, Can ces, Dyspepsia, Biles. Con sumption, Cougli and all diseases of fiie lungs, auS Fever. Al' persons suflt rinir from any of tins above ili? cases will do well t-> cll on l)r. L. HEINS, and be -'ll red. All vegetable medicines, and protected by patent. April 20—ly. WALTEH A. WAY, ATTOU N E Y r AND Counsellor at Law, AND REAL ESTATE AGENT, DARIEN, GA. \ t7ILL practice in the Superior Courts of thecoun * V li. aOf Mclntosh. Camden, Glynn, Wayne. Ap pling, Tattnall. Liberty and Bryan. Also in the Federal Courts in cases of Bankruptcy, &o. Particular attention given to the collection of claims, and the examination of Land Titles. April 20— D. T. DUNS? BANKER & BROKER, Brunswick, C4a. P UYS AND SELLS EXCHANGE ON New York, if Savannah, Boston, and Philadelphia, at lowest market rates. Buys and sehs Gold and Silver and Commercial Pa per. Interest allowed on special deposits. Collections promptly attended to, and .business so licited. April 25-1 y. THE SUN. ■’ * y] ri-W EKI V. AND DAILY THE WEEKLY SUN is too widely known to re U'.i re any extended recommendation: but the rea si ns which have already given it tcnly thou-and subscribers, and which will e hope give it many thousands 11101'. are briefly as follo.vs: It is a tlrst-rit- newspaper. All tw news ot the dav will lv.- found in it, ouiti nst il when ni.’inpor lar.t, --1 : : ugth wbei* • t mdmee.t, aid alwys pre sented in a clear, intelligible and interesting n.an- Tt is a first-’iite f'mi’v paper full of entertaining and instructive reading of ev. rv kind, hut contain ing nothing lhai can offend the most delicate and scrupulous ta-te. it is a lirst-r it e st"rv paper. The best tale' and romances of current, liter, lure are carefully selected and legibly printed in its pages. It, is a first rate agricultural paper. The most fresh and instruct jve articles on asi icnllural topics regu larly appear in this department. It is an Independent political paper, belonging to no party and wearing no collar. Il fig Is for princi ple. and for the election of tiie best men to office. It especially devotes its energies to the exp-sure of the great corruptions that now weaken and disgrace onr country, and threat- 11 to undermine republican institutions altogether. It has no fear of knaves, and asks no favors from their supporters. It. reports the fashions for the ladies and the mar kets for the men, especially the cattle-markets, to which it pays pays particular attention. Finally, it is the cheapest, paper published. One dollar a year will secure it for any subscriber, it is not n-'er's-arv to get up a club in order to have THE WEEKLY’SUN at this rate. Any one who sends a single dollar will get the paper for a year. We have no travelling agents. THE WEEKLY SUN.—Eight pages, fiftv-six col limits. Only $1 00 a year. So discounts from this rule. THE SEMI-WEEIILY SUN.—Same size as the Dailv Sun. $2 00 a year. A discount of 20per cent, lo club- of II) or over. THE DAILY' SUN. —A large four pag- newspaper of twenty-eight column*. Daily circulation over 120.000. All th • news for 2 cents. Subscription price 50 cents a month, or s('>.oo a year. To elubs of 10 or over, a discount of 20 per cent. Address, “THE SUN,” Now Y’ork Oily. Game Chickens. M t T. PUTNAM, has at his stable in Ibis place. • the pure black Sumatra Game chicken*, and offers to sell Ejgs to any one wishing to raise from. They are the best, chickens for this climate, and are better than other breeds for laying eggs. Gall and take a look at them. M. L. MERSHON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, imi NSWH Iv, - - - - - GA. WILL practice in all the Four's of the Brunswick " Circuit and Mclntosh-in the Eastern Circuit. Darien and Brunswick made aepeciaßv. May-22-ly. # -Iw'' RAIL ROAD. Change of Schedule. Superintendent’s Office. M. & B. R. R„ | Macon. Ua,. April 25, 1874. f / vN and after Monday, April 27, 1874, trains on this " ' road will run us follows : DOWN DAY TASSENGBRTRAIN (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED.) Leave slacou - - - 8:30 A >i Arrive at Jessup - 6:45 p m Leave Jessup .... 8.00 p m Arrive at Brunswick ... 10.39 pm UP DAY PASSENGER TRAIN (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED.) Leaee Brunswick ... 2.15 a a Arrive at Jesup ... 4.45 am Leave Jesup - - - 6 16 a m Ariivu at 51acon - - - 5.00 p m HAWKINBVIIXE ACCOMODATION (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED) Leave Macon .... 330 pm Arrive at Hawkinsville - - - 7.00 p M Leave Hawkinsvills ... 7.15 am Arrive at Macon - - 11.30 am The down day passenger and express train makes close connection with trainsof Atlantic and Gulf railroad at Jesup fur Florida, and up day train con nects at Jesup for Savannah, and it Macon for points North, East and West. JAS. W. ROBERTSON, Apr S-8-ti General Superintendent Wrongfully Accused. A THRILLING SKETCH. It has been many a long day since then, yet I remember, it till, just as though it had occured but yesterday. I was a carpenter, the foreman of a large establishment, and as such possessed the entire confidence of my employer, who, by the way, had been a schoolmate of mine. One day he called me into his office to look at some rare coin he had just purchased. “Hero," said he, placing in tny hand a heavy gold piece, “is one which is worth more than all the rest put to gfu . r. it is a great curiosity. I pa and two hundred dollars for it, and considered it cheap at that. I could easily double uiy | money in selling it, and so you see, Harvey, it is really it good investment.” .“No doubt it is,” said I, “though il seems a large §um to have lie idle.” I breathed an involuntary sigh as I laid the coiu down on the desk, for two hundred dollars would have seemed a fortune to me just then. The severe illness of my wife and one of my children, and the dealli ol another, made serious inroads on my purse, and it had required the exer cise of the utmost economy to keep myself free from Debt ; nay, I had been obliged to draw Irom the bduk the small sum, which, besides tny salary, was all I possessed of wordly treasures. Thinking of this, I laid the com down with a sigh, and turned away to attend to my duties. The next morning 1 was again summoned into the office, but this time I met with no friendly greeting as usual. “Harvey,” said my employer, abruptly, “that coin we were looking at has disappeared. I have made a thorough search, but it is not to lie found. It has been carried away by someone. You, alone, saw or knew ui it, and— He paused and looked significantly into my face. I finished the sentence for him, the hot blood dyeing my cheeks and brow as I spoke. “You mean, therefore, that I took it—l !” “What else can 1 think? The coin was lu ' . you alone saw i*. I can :.u i recollect ..aving teen it since it was 1 : your bands. You are in need ol money ; you have told me that your self. It was a great temptation, and I forgive you because of our old, friendship, but I cannot retain you in my employ. Here is the salary due yon.” “Very well,” said 3, with forced calmness. “So be it. Since you have so poor an opinion of me a ter years of faithful service, 1 shall not slop to el jfoini myself. Then 1 took the money he had laid upon the desk, and wcu.l from Ins presence a well nigh brok- u hearted man. But for the tender love of my wife, i eloubt not but that I would have buried my sorrows in the grave of a suicide. Supported by that love, however, and tuu consciousness of my inno cence, 1 took fresh courage, and set resolutely to work to lind anew em ployer. Powerful is a breach of slander ; turn which way 1 might, 1 ever found that the story of my dismissal for theft had pieceeded me, and applica tion for employment uniformly met with refusal. Tune went on ; piece bv piece of furniture, and every spare article oi clothing found its way to the pawn broker’s, until at length even this poor resource failed us, and my children cried in vain for food. Yet 1 did not sit down in luie de spair ; I could not afford to do so ; the life or death of a'l I loved on earth depended upon my exertion, and so, turning away with a heavy heart, I once more set out in the weary search for work. All in vain ! refusal after refusal met my entreaties for employment, and I was turning home with a list less step, when passing an immense church, I was attracted by a group of men at it base. Impelled by some strange impulse, I approached ana mingled with them. A workman was standing near by, looking up at the great steeple, which towered aloft some two hun dred aud Hi'ty feet above them, while a gentleman, evidently an architect, was addressing him in earnest lan guage, and at die same time pointing toward the golden cross at the sum mit of the spire. “I tell you,” he exclaimed, as I drew near, “it must and can be done. The cross must be taken down or the lirst heavy gale will send it down into the street aud then lives will be lost. Coward ! is this the way you back out of a job after engaging to do it?” ‘ I didn’t know the spire was so high up there. Do it yourself if you want it- done.” “I would if I were able,” said the architect. “But go if you will ; let it be. My honor is pledged to have il done at any price, and I can find a braver man than you to do it.” , The carpenter walked off with a dogged, slouching step, and the gen tleman was about to move away also, when I stepped forward. “What is it you want done?” I asked. “I am a carpenter ; perhaps I can do it.” He turned eagerly toward me. “I will make it worth your while. Take down that cross, and I will pay you a hundred dollars. You will have to ascend those ornamental blocks, and 1 tell you candidly they tiro not to be depended on. They must be weak and rotten, for they have been there for years.” I looked up at the spire ; it was square at the base and tapered to a sharp point, while along each angle were nailed small gilded blocks of wood. “It is a dangerous place to work,” I said, “and there will be more peril in descending than ascending. Su > pose I succeed in moving the cross, and then—” ‘lf any accident happens to you, my brave fellow, the money shall be paid to your family. Give me your address.” “Here it is,” said I, “and as you value your sou! keep your word with me. My wife and children are starv ing, or 1 would not attempt this work. If 1 die, they can live on the hundred dollars for a while, until my sick wife recovers her strength.” “I’ll make it a Hundred and fifty,” exclaimed the architect., “and may God protect you. If I had tlie skill necessary to ascend that steeple, I would ask no man to risk his life there. But come and keep a steady hand and eye.” I followed him into the church, then up into the spire, until we paused before a narrow windovV. This was the point from which I must start on my perilous feat which I had un dertaken. Casting a single glance at the peo ple in the street below —mere specks is. too distance —I reached out from the window, and, grasping one of the I nicks, swung myself out from die spire. For an instant my courage faltered, but the remembrance of my starving family came to my aid, and, with a silent prayer for protection and suc cess, I placed my hand on the next block above my head, and clambered up. From block to block I went, steadi ly and cautiously, trying each* one ore 1 trusted my weight upon it. Two-thirds ol the space had been passed, when suddenly the block that supported me moneu—gave way. O, heavens! never, though I should live a hundred yearn, shall 1 cease to shudder at the recollection of that terrible moment. Yet even in the midst of my terri ble ijigouy, as I felt myself slipping backward, I did not for one moment lose my presence of minu. It seemed to me that never before had my souses been so uatura ly acute as then, when.a horrible death seemed inevitable. Down, down I slipped, grasping at each block as I passed it by, until at length my fearful course was arrested; and then my head reeled vvitn the sudden reaction, a great shout came from the people below. “Come down ! come down !” caked the mobile t from the window ; hall Ihe sum shall be yours, for the risk you have run. Duii.t try it again. Come down !” Bat no ; more than ever now I was determined to succeed. I was not one to give up after having under taken a difficult task. Coolly but cautiously I commenced the ascent once more, first seeking in Yum to reach across to the next row oi' blocks, tor I did not dare to trust myself again on that which lind proved So treacherous. This I was compelled to do, however, until the space between the agles became suffi ciently small to allow me to swing across. Accomplishing my purpose at length, I went up moie rapidly, cartfuby testing each block as I pro ceeded. Ere Jong I reached the cross, and there 1 paused to rest, looking down Iroiu the dizzy height with a coolness that even thou astonished me. A few strokes with a light hatchet that the architect had hung at my back, and piece by piece the rotten cross fell to the ground. My work was doue, and as the last fragment disappeared, I found a sad pleasure iu the thought that, should 1 never leucli the ground alive, my little ones would have ample means to support their wants until my wife tjouiel find employment. {Steadily and cuu.iously I lowered myself from block to block, and at length reached the spire window $2.50 A YEAR. amidst the cheers of those assembled in the street. Inside tho steuple the architect ! placed a roll of back notes in my hand. “You have well earned the money,” he said. “It docs me good to see a man with so much nerve- -but bless me! what is the matter with your hair? It was black before you mado tho ascent, now it is gray.” And so it was! the moment of in tense agony, while slipping down ward, had blanced my hair, until it appeared like that of an old man. The work of years had been dono in an instant, Eutereng the bare, cheerless room, which was now all I called my home, I found a visitor awaiting me—my late employer. “Ifarvey,” said he, extending his hand, “I luve done a great wrong. It cost me a terrible pang to believe in your guilt, but, circumstances were so strongly ugui st you that I was forced to believe it. I have found tho coin, Harvey; it slipped under the secret drawer of my desk. Can you forgive me, dear old friend’?” My heart was too full to speak. I silently pressed his hand. “I will undo the wrong I have done. All the world shall know how I accused you unjustly, ne t through my words only, hut through my ac tions, too. You must be my partner, Harvey. If you refuse, I shall feel that you have not forgiven me.” I did not refuse. Instead, I thank hilly accepted the offer which my friend so generously made, knowing that no surer method could have been devised to silence forever the tongue of slander and free my name from the unmerited reproach which of late had rested upon it. Prosperity has attended my steps ever since that eventful day, but neith er prompt rify nor wealth can efface memory from my heart, nor restore my whitened locks to their own raven hue. The Death of a Wife. In comparison with the loss of a be loved Wile, what are other bereave ments? The wife! she who liils so large a space in the domestic heavens, she who is so busied, so unwearied— bitter, hitter is the tear that falls upon her grave. You stand beside her tomb, and think of the past; fain would the soal linger there. No thorns are remembered above that sweet clay, save that your own Land may have unwillingly or unkindly planted. Her noble, tender heart lies open to your inmost sight. You think of her as all goodness, all puri fy, and truth. But she is dead. The dear head so often laid upon your bosom, now rests upon a pillow of clay. The hands that ministered so untiringly are folded, white and cold, beneath the gloomy portals. The heart whose every beat measured an eternity of love, lies under your feet. And there is no white arm ov r your shoulder now—no speaking face to look up in to the eye of love—no trembling lips to murmur, ‘Oh, it is sad !’ There is so strange a hush in every jcorn ! No smile to greet you at nightfall—and tho clock strikes and ticks and strikes. It was sweet music when yon could count the hours with her—when she could hear! Now it seems only the. hours through which you watch the shadows of death gather upon her dear face. But many a tale it tells of joys past, sorrows shared, and beauti tul words and deeds registered above. Yon feel that the grave cannot keep her. You know that she is in a hap pier world, but still yon feel that s'ho is often by your side—an ang-< 1 pres ence. Cherish these emotions. They will make yon happier. Lot her holy presence be as a charm to keep yon from evil. In all new and pleasant connections give her a place in 'sour heart. Never forget what she Las done for—that si.e loved you. Be tender of her memory. To how many bereaved hearts will these sentences come, who will look upon the past, with mingled recollec tions of sorrow and joy—perhaps pen itence. ‘So should live husbands and wives,’ says an old English worthy, that when either dies, the spirts of both may mingle.* ” #S““You are a good little hoy,” said a Sunday school teacher to a sturdy lad, “you never use naughty words.” “No, I don’t,” was the hon est reply, “but when my big brother takes all the gravy and leaves me the cruets I think a damn good deal, I tell you.” —A bet on a horse race was carried into court in San Francisco, the loser refusing to pay. The defendant gained the suit, the decision being that no wager is legal.