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Rales of .tilrrrlisintt :
, Io!l. r n»r .quire of tan linen for the (ftst
, n d S-veiitv-five Denis per square for
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' three months $ 8 00
!<na«resf* months 12 00
one rear.... 20 00
three months 12 00'
.res six months 18 00
.(.q-nres one fear. • • • 90 00
hos a.col "inn three nnjlhs 81*00
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Ifcolttmtn three moths 00
(column six months 7 " 00
.tolaitn three months 70 00
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lo'i Work of every description 1 ereented
ineatness anil dispatch, at moderate rates.
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\VOOTEN & HOYtT
TTORNEYS AT LAW,
2!y. Dawson, Ga.
Tm. iiAiu a i:iF,
HORNET AT LAW,
DUVSO.V, I'LK!lt)i.L < 0., (.A.
R’i'ljjirp pro'npf attention to all busirn pm pd
nei io iiia cue. - 52 1 y.
Si?£f?aOK3 & COMER,
ittt.viivy ■ .itLnw,
,v «,i • a. •'» a.\ lit alii.
>.'■ a i ■ 23 1 y w.ji c e- tern
il 1 -V, hiv> , klSOili,
Lttorney tit JLaw.
n. sws oj% , aeoi. ci*i.
jT Office nt The Cos rt Monro. fe'.23 ly
bilTc.
D.nvsos, (iiiimciA,
5 South West.our her <■/ Faulk square
lONTINTKS the practice of il. dioir.c iu ell i::
' lirnnoh, s. *
1‘ pnvs ■»,).ti.il atfenfion [o the frcaimpru of all
O'ic aft of ertfct »• hi ;An2 to tiifr Xt etu
“! ail sreret di®W4»**s.
l< mar he eor.s»il r ©tl by 1» ita*wibing ft£rc,
«<i,j babitp; and g»vii g an uetti
' n tbf* pyn»Tjt<m*, dijr«ifi.M* o'
[,,rs '''Anti ern taeh g 7\'ti / *ol~
l' v r-ni»n iij’{;l he will for ***•r ! all of tl.c
• <Jirr • in *li.:i'*oa frith full d»rcoifnu*. H lv.
?. Q. RAUSHEM3EF*O,
h : Professional S-rvic a to the c '.'-
'• =' 1 I) ■« son ami tho s-w r -Sndintr co'ictrv.
® l ' e a ’ H »» Mon'l—up stairs. Ii U 23 fim
On. Q. H.'FARMER,'
ihtlale IStaHUnre or C ;l. r,*;;;.
W.itij.’is, near Liutcsou, Ua.
I!H an » xneti‘nee of 20 verts in the n-ee
il'l* of an and * hi*, fieH qn-ihfiii r;» mit
~iio" li ■m v ?•«» cilf-d to ai*e..d. feb‘23 rs
•“{. J- L. u. PStt&YiMAM,
! !« prf»r,.a.«b ~ j c,o rV ; ( >,><, tp t|.« e't‘-
V.| I) .•ve (l „ )U!l | ii * * 11 5 1 yh j
*'.C fliei* h« lii9 iJn.p S'<n c
1 Mi** t i i; j{ HI. Also f-iki“S this occa, w i n n
y io li- obi a■in v fie mis, who are conslanlly
£T Ms advice V)v leMer, ‘o apply to some »e
i|} I'Hvsii iarr berr-on illv, whi-re they ra-n
'' ' **a9fß ‘properly eaan.incfi, at and prf*»
’ m.irl«,3ra
DR7J. D, HOYLE,
\\ l>- (■ \\ «| n* niv cftico. In my aHa/ nee
l o'n office hr wRI visit or p o ciih ■ for ni y
tin iv reqnire if,, and wil 1 , in connrc'j n
n'vself, treat any case that nrn h<* 4»n‘rnM»ed
rrnr “- C A. CHEATttAM.
Gi , Ann! G‘b, 1866.
L p. ALLEN,
WATCH " f?- n AM)
-PAIREB,4vI:JEn ELCK*
Dirwson, Ga.,
ptopAred to do any work iu his lino *n the
fry hen stylo. . L b23tf
r J. Gl (9. SHITH,
tN SMITH ATNT)
Atach-inist.
i ti’SO.V, ; ; O tor gill.
, s all kinds es Guns, ristolr, S," inn'nr
r?. vie-, etc. 2 ly.
h\ w.so.\ iioteET
'lhtctsi Corner Public Square
D \Aa>;on, Ga.
pT.pi ieror.
. iIOM
1 -.'.Aii \\ AGON Sli-'il*.
• ! , f ‘ S£f ** £Jf ' S! - oisifnp,
®d > att* 1 “'•’Rtt "g' in , near the Depot., ready
1 vniir <i?'r, "X o r business If vnu
1 OLD CARRUGE3 AND BUGGIES
AS IHEW,
'rt , n He will work at owl prices and
ttij D , at ol| l prices, if prif-ired, hut if I
t im,;. , pr ‘! :, '' u I ,r >et'B far provisional must
Cl pnc ’• for work. »
i“ cotmCr mC , ' ao of lijo k® n v “S» a a%i:cj*
501 Ob ' ‘
In.
THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL
New Livery and Sale Stable,
STOCK BOUGHT
■ .. •
’ M J X *»’: '>• v.\
.
13 A. WS O N , awV .
DK •' ii 1 l E .‘a, keeps pood
etoek, good veTi.les, and good dtiver®, and
is prepared tosepd passei ge'S to any of lie- atl
jolninp counties. Ilaoka at the Depot on 'he ur*
rival of each train. f b 28 1 v
I b' YOU AV r A*\ T
SOKBiTSiBWO GOO©
TO EA 5, DRINK, OR SMOKE,
CALL ON PUI.rCK S asm. They
k* ep eon k -Utfitly on hmd a good Ptioply of
Fine L quj Cig«r« t Tubaceo, ;>r*U:ie',
‘ ififlfijf t,WV: - Li conWcliOU vs 'iU
TiTiriAw, 1 : \> eM Atniikiil *
EILLSAR3 SALOOSJ,
Supplied with the moot popular improred fixtures
i>rtwpon, March 2, 3:n '
Oabinc 1 1 Shop !
ROGERS & BROWP3,
J/ their Oht Xland on i)epol Street,
VRE p epsin and to manufacture Furni'nre, gnch
up Heilsfeaeffi, Murpaus, WardmbeH, Ta •
bln*, WH»h«t«i d.«, etc Wo are hlso prepared to
put up window s*i*h in the l»*'pf style on short noFe*.
Rogers. aprl3,Gm n n. brown.
J)H. F. J MARTIN,
/ h Prof'' c s’onHl ?f.rvioe to tic<i ! i*en«
V/ of Chtckasau'haU'hce, ? .oi dthe
sji***out dhq c;umrf.
FiME SCOTS & SHOES!
.11 Sit rpc H Ilroicn'S. Depot St.,
j > r eji*»red to sis tip, on short, no'icr, and at
1 • • :»*opi!l*‘e p* ices, ; s firje hod's and si 0- 9 «,«
*•'*n b t *i? u i lr -his country. His lona exp.-iienCe
and Irgh reruta'i ni as a Wi. km<n, is a sufficmiii
guir.'it'ce < f stitsfae ion to \ oa> w 1 o may patron
ize I il'e. 'lie I*;:. j>«» hand a hue lo» of
Tr encli Calf’Skins,
which will be wofhi *! un to Older. It vou want
s»ord w*.i ! * give bin i call. apr2u 3 n
u.~~J\7 scrujLEs^
MA N UFACT V HEII OF
Till AID
r - Uv'
c'. >4, T NVU's/
y
W A, n TANARUS) ,
h the JA ar of Be VimA Su re.
IS now Droparod to carry on tho Tin Ctir-’fnoßS in
all itsibrnTjche*, ami Jo all in t! a' lino «ir ; i no.it
tif ond and .'p;i*c’h. J'Jvbing and R©f>-iiriitg uone
it. tho abor t -if notice, in tin* boft stvle.
g oc ic uy Tud
TIN WAKE !
•
TV E hr.ro just ror* i'od, at ntir store in Dawaon,
**? 1 a ! rco and «p!i ndid /I'Sirtmont of cr ( korv
nn*l tin wair, wliirV wo ri’-o pnppnrod to te.ll at ex
c' «ii-h «?tv low prievs. Ct y. o J»i*d Imv.
. S. At IJRO,
TO THE LADIESY”
Yilliiicry Ploiv if Pawson!
-|[rs; c r. nr*3A ms ysj ,•
i opened a clo'ie fohclon of >lif!* r*i '
Ilff h ms M.nrJ bom: ts» ire .very hr.** ni fill,
aird-of the latest ftTvh**. ' She is prepared to trim
and repair bats an.d honru ts on short. ro : iee.
T,-dios firm the country are invited to cull be-,
f 10 I fed they cannot be
better Fui ed in style? s or pi ices rtaow! ere.
T can be f* and f, until I sc#t in now store, at
tho 5 oicof K »r*«r, Ciim & Cos. up27~lin
BlilClC WOilK.
r FMir; (■•iih-'. rt.. : v 0 0,000 Brick laid in
I a wall from' l 2 ax) 17 fovt hi*,!i in ’bo City of
A.itH’l icus, prOposalo f«*l:cif< and until the 15 b day of
Via-.. X. E. iOIUXS.
np ‘27 St DiWfon, Gi
Macon Journal and Mopp t ger, and
Sut*, copv twice aid soi and biR.
CHEAP MIUG STORE!
(Nbxt to flUfpcr £c BaJ&aiu^)
DAWSON, » - OiIOIiGSA.
4 UE receiving aud offering lo the public, a large
/Valid oomple'e assortment ot
IDrugs szE2jl i?lcdicinc.« 9
All and noo 1. V»V htp gnrr'fad «if-h rvcrj
ar'’< l** u«iiiil!v kfpf in afiat f 1 DiugSiorr.
We vr.ll fell Drugs, Dye StuftV, p-tin's, oil?, etc.
- For C'aifi or M'roduce,
AH or<3-' r* and prescnpicns will ha n-ompt
lv ai'«lttied to. apr 13tf
C LOTH I IST O !
HOTS'X TOVTIIS' CSjOTSIMJ}’&
("-t tl F. API\ Tl t Imn cun t*° 1-oi'cht in this place, for
JI a it, li..g them AT COST !
A* r j>o.l-.i *•:. *l. I.OYI.ESS.
notjckT*’
V'Lli in<Jrht4*d to t'-i* firm ofGta«.oi;
Whitlock will c II on V. S Gh?s ami close
>he wmo hv i O-hcreis, '1 icoounta vrill ho
itnni'dia cly t l 4-r*l in fur. i..e business of the
firm ina-f and ViU b* c»d.
A pi i; dn-Sm G!i \BS & WiIITt.OCK.
“NOTIOeT
,4 t.r, ppr 3 on. iu-i -' u(1 to tj>e e.tale of WTtimr,
/X Keel, 1 to of CttlHoun com tv, d-rexsi and, a'ro
herefiv notified to ro if forward «ml mJo-'pjvmi-nt
immrdnitelv, and nil paiaon. lioldingrliimsung irat
Btid male are hereby uoiifkd lo ft,. nt th.-m ia
aceord.nre »ith Uiv, B. F. TIE AT
sp ,lß - Sra Administrator..
PAWSOX, <#Hr, FRIDAY, MAY 18(5(1.
p IJMIGJ.I, Culliumi Couiil)'.
V* \\ heitut*, Jolui I'. i’.tce applies to in** for It't
u rs of administration on the of Penelope
i rr.enum, late of sni*l couot-v, dtceßsed—-
These, arc tbciefoM*, to cite and admonbh Jill
persons coneeritt’d to be and appear at iny < tifco
within the lime prescribed by law, and show cuuae,
if unv exi>#-. why said 1 tiers r-h. old not iseue.
Given under my ham) and ofbcM si/nainre, this
1 b 1806. . W. K. GRIFFIN, Ord*v.
/J * -'SIGIA, Ttn ell i Miuh :
V.l V\ lit O ', \\ ,J P.lk .( appi! sto Ilia for ler*
tciHof lii f s 1 "- 1 i,n' ine i*dunnUtraii|pi of the
es-N'e of J .\i I« 70-l .t id rad cr U *tv, dec’sd,
lljceenre, th* f.itc, to i iie and yilm »nisfi all
pc/si iia t‘oiii-erßed io be and aiprai at my office
w i;‘ in ihe time prescribe iby law, him! 8 !, ow cause,
tfayy they have, why Paid leiieis *! odd no’ issue
Given under niv hnud and oflR«• iof signature, this
April 11, 1606. 6m TM. JUNKS, Ordinary.
p CORCrIA, CMlboim CoaiMy:
VX Whereas, Thonivs J. Brown applies so rrfe
1 >r letters of Guardis nsbip for the person and prop-*
erty of WdLam A. Brown, late of said cotlntj,
deceased.
These nm therefore to eife find ad mopish all per
sons concerned to be aid appear at my office on
or beiore the fir?*F Monday in June next, to show
cause, it any, why said tatters should not he issued.
Given m d**r my imiwl und rdfiid *1 ylgnature, this
A;. ! 1 22», \S. IX* Guiy»
/'1 HU CAlß^lihTouitly:
VX Win rea«, Nancv Olrsv applies to ine for lot—
ter a of administration o»Uit; estate of Daniel Gray,
bite ©fSttid coumy, deceased—
These a e, then fore to cite and admonish nil per
son concerned io be and appear si m?
u the time hy hw, cause, if
smv exists, whv said letters snonli iw t be granted.
Given under my hand and * ffu-t and ekrnatnre, this
April 22, 1866. W. E. GRIFFIN, O-d’y.
f > liOBGI i, Terrell €«nuty:
VX Where «e, John fluckabay ap} [ies to me for
letters of administration on the crate of S. \V.
Uuckabay, late of s*.id county, dec’d,
These are, thcpefoie, to cite and admonish all
pci song concerned to be and app.-ur at m v ( (Tice
within tl:e time prescuih* and hy h»w, and show cans**,
if any, whv said letters should not be granted.
Given under mv hand and ofd T*l -iirtHture, ibis
May 11, 1866. lm T. V JONES, O*dinar*.
ei i ir«n* 8 Temdi 4 ouuty:
VI Whereiis, A brain in Sisser applies to me for
hiAi r of di-missiun fi-om. the i# ate of R. S.
Hlicks, late.of said county, due* HM <J—
Tiiesc are, therefore to cite ai d.ajlmonish all per
so* s c e eeri e*! to be and appear at my nfllce with
in the t'me prestMlbeif’b.v 1 **«■, iind show chu*c, if
any exist , why s Xd l. rt. is *h )*dd not be granted
(liven under my hand and * flMd signaMire, this
May 11, 1*866. T M.-JONKS, rdinsry.
n ? 0124j1E t, Tvrrvtt, CmustJ !
VX \VherLi ni-i Fowi-11 applies to no* tor tatt
lers of dismission from the esiavt of J J Powell,
late of Slid county, deceas'd—
And rOLD
This* are, therefore to ri«e and admonish all pe/
son* concern* « to be and apnear u< niv office wiin
in the time pr ,u enb» and by l.iw, ai itshow cnKe, if
anv exi t°, why sai*l letters should not be grained.
Given ip *i**r my hand i»’»d ' ffi i l tl is
May 11, 1866. T. M JONES, Ordinary.
it EOUG24, Terrell f omatys
Il Wf.ere,.-», J. D. Avert applies Uv me for f.'»trrs
of dismission. from the estate of William Avckh,
la T e <f said epuntv, deco used.
These an* therefore to cite and admonish a’l nor
sons concerned to b** mid appear at mr office wi'h
in the time hy law, to sh* tv cnu-c, if
anv, whv said lexers slwot’d noi V> * granted.
Given ruder ni\ hai.fi aid oCi.-id «' ••lature, th’n
M iv 11, i866. T. V. JONES, (Fd’v.
timt?LY Warni:<g t<> .aIX.
VI.L pe so or t » the estates of Wiley
J. John rod and HTam G. J>»hnson, or the
firm of Jell isom& Jrdm-or, are requested to come
few i ' ands 'He at once as the estates mu-f. bo
closed up. iba books and pvpeis can bp found
in the hands of S'inmons & Coker, afjvs. at law
for flottlemcnt and collocdon.
L. S. & N. J. JOHN-ON,
n‘n4 'f. AdmV A Ad iu’x.
ISTotioe.
OTXTY days at’er d*'<* Rfplic«t»op will b* made
O to th**court of Os lirarv of Te ic'l cmn'v, for
leave to S’*l! *he real ibl He helungii g to theca—
ta eof William Opr?, deceased
May 8, 60d M A RY OPHT, Adni’x.
.Not ice.
\LL irdeb’pJ to the es*ate of John J.
Siumson, (!•'<**' i°*'d. a t* 1) r**hv r<©* fl and *o
m •?*•«• p»v men*, and ihr+r hohli-.g . 1 imsag*H-«t
««id •« t fr j.recent them 'u *r>mj r t •«..» t--v.
M ir!l-4«>. VV G P|V»p?ON. FxV.
SHEET IRON
&CO,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. Coauufici 1-St., &i I.evoe,
ST, FOFSS, M&. 9
Dealers in r.,,.., b.c«»p. &r. auo,
US ’.tl■llactuPcr« I»f the McHre* “Greefilenf”
Rope. Stwci. I uttcirtioti given to tillit g order?.
April 2«>, hi *
PAT.iICK ci HAVENS,
Wholesale ami Rp'ail
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS.
And Gcserai N»-ws Dealer?—Triangular Block,
Cherry Street, Jt.2 anon, 6 Ui. 2 ts
O'SSSI hi
c:c:rxor factors
AND GENERAL
COMMISSION MKIICII VNT S
GO C*IHO.YIiViLTT ST.,
NEW OBLEANS,
Ji. M. for eland, T. J rASStOSt,
Mon gomvry Ala 27 3m. E if itil i, Al >.
-GUN AND SPORTING HOUSE.
I). C. HODGKINS & SON,
mffat on, - - Georgia,
M-uiu acturers„Dealt rain and Importer? of
QUNs. PISTOLS,
Fisni.ro TACKLE,
Pocket aiKl Table < cillery, etc.
£35” Tl>cir s'oek of Fi>iii , .t Tackle i? unsurp
ed in h ■ S u’h, and they <ff.r«h iar^f«*koine* -
rnciita ro Uie iiuii a in e\vry b'ai th of t' cii bosi*
ness. ntnr 30 3»i»f
1 > ii’. (37 iT. Xi boitE,
li'F-’To.r, 0.j.,
1
continue the prac'ice of Med : cine in al
\V i«? branches. Hiving had ekteti?iv*» **xpe
ii nee and >-'icce?s in the irearment of
of Fcninh ?,” he special attention to that
b a; c’n of the jnoCr*.*>imi. Murch 23, 3m
DK. S. *G. UOBEUSON,
SSNTJST,
M-; i Ct'thhtri, O rot-gift.
Tin* Idling Widow.
She is modes*, she 13 bashful,
F.eu and eaev, but not bold—
Like an apple, ripe and mellow,
Not too young and not too old.
II.If Inviting, half repulsive ;
Now a 1 vancii'g, now so shy,
There ia mieebief in her dimple,
There is danger in her eye.
she hit* atodled hmnan nature,
She is schooled iu ad her arts,
Shehnstiken her diploma,
Is the mistress ol all hearts,
She ean t il the very moment
When to sigh and when to smile,
Oh 1 a maid is some'iines charming,
Unt a widow all the while.
Are vou sad ? How veryserious
Will her haadsome face become,
Are vou angrv * She is wretched,
Lonely, friendlesr, fearful, dumb,
Are you mirthful ? How her laughter*
Si'v t-*>nnndir ", will rip■» out,
Bbe.cen it-jv, and, careh aWd play TO«,
As the kn-lciy does ifae trout.
All old bachelors of forty.
Who hare grown so bold and wise,
Ye Adonises of twenty,
With your love-looks in your eyes,
Y'ou may practice all the lessons
Taught bv Cupid s'nco the fall;
But I know a little widow
Who could win and fool you all!
For the Dawson Journal.
Youthful Droaui*and Future Rc*
alitii's.
. Youthful dronms and future realties fill
up the space of human life, and constitute
all of hujnan woe. and all of hnrnan en
joyment. According to a law of nature,
all are hopeful, and anticipate pleasure,
'oiightness :un! suhshine, until the clouds
of disappointment cast their shadows a
thwart the pathway <rf life, and cause its
brilliancy to fade and its beauty to wither.
And how much tho young actors upon the
theatre of life fail to realize their youthful
anticipations must be told by those who
have witnessed some of the storms that
howl and rage upon the sea of life.
I once knew a maiden, of fourteen sum
mers who had beautiful, .dancing black
eves and a smiling face, and in graceful
ringlets waved her go't’en hair. The (iod
of nature lavished upon her the charms of
beauty. Wealth | fined around her a'l of
its charms. And the maiden of fourteen
summers soon became an object of attrac
tion arpund which many smiling admirers
revolved as naturally as worlds revolve
around the sun as-a common centre.—
Having a CblltYiitud njid *i.d a refined
taste, a love for poof iv aid a talent for
music, thus surrounded ly id! these favora
ble circumstances, glided along the maiden
of fourteen summers, fair and lovely, drink
ing in and enjoying the sweets of life,
without dreaming for a moment that
there slumbered a stnnn in 'the embryo
of nature which should be awakened by
some unknown command, and change the
smooth surface of li'es' sea into raging
waves and dashing billows.
• c
She soliloquized thus: I shall always he
lint py,-naturally beautiful, surrounded by
wealth, admired by many. I see nothing
in the future b t blooming laridscaj es, un
folding flowers, glittering stars and a world
of beauty ” The earth performed three
hundred and -sixty five revolutions, and the
maiden was fifteen. Just at this time feel
ings of love began to osjeal over her na
ture, and visions of complete happiness to
dance before her mind, like the play of
sunbeams upon the Western s’-y at the
clo e 1 f summer day. Soon her affections
were kindled into the highest degree of ex
ercise, and centered upon a blue-eyed
youth, of fine features, and of intellectual
endowments, whom we "ill cull Jobnic.
Jolitkie dev tedly loved the fair maiden of
whom we speak, and determined to make
her his bride. But alas I just before tteir
vows were to be rmde upon tie Hjmoneal
altar, the war In ( ke out for Southern in-
Je;vend- nee. Jid nie he'ng brave, noble
hearted and fatriot:c, felt it Ins duty u> go
and to defend the land that gave him l irth.
He gazed upon his loved one, and as he
pre sed her hand within his own, and bid
her an affectionate adieu, waryi tears stole
down his checks. He said, still h ldingon
to her hand, “perhaps I shall return again
when ibis war is over, when our country
is free, wind be eath a Southern sky where
roses bloom and sweetly scented zephyrs
regale our senses, we shall ye*, realize our
fondest ho es. For three long years,
Johnic braved the storm of war, under the
noble lead of Ston wall Jackson, ever and
anon, thinking of his dear one, and hoping
that lila country would be Tree. But at
’eng U Johnne fiiled a soldiers grav j.
Sue sti'l lives to retrospect the past, and
as her mind runs back upon the line which
memory lights, an-1 she remembers that
her fur'uno is gone and her lover buried,
she silently weeps.
Many ha-ore., izeo th. fa'c of Johnie,
and many ot ! ere have realized a worse
fate t an Sue. What then! Shall we
cm elude th-it is only a creature
> f the itn ginnt o ? Not so, we must
conclude that youthful dreams aro not al
ways realized and that our fondest hopes
1 bt« often disappointed, Jvl' t -s.
THE CLOSIXU SCENE CP THE H AH.
Tin* Evacuation of Petersburg.
There i* not much need to dwell upon tho
scenes of which these bright, quiet days tire
vrnivcrriiice. No one bus -fcgotten, jut
still s*rnu notice may be gxpoctcd.
A* and lybroak on the morning of tho first
of April, IS6.T, the cionnnading which,
alorg the lines on the immediate front of
ibe ej'y, had leen continuous and severe,
extended along the whole line with rodeo 1 -
1 and fi rceness, until sunrise, from the Appo
mattox to Five Porks,.thero was scarcely fif
ty yards of ground along the entrenchments
hut had its bUek-m orth bdebing forth an
gry smoko and lending the reverberations
of its fearful thunder to the maddeoiog tu
mult.
Early in the morning the rattle of mus
ketry b gnn on the right, and soon an un
ceasing roar told that the buttle was in corn
jest, aud that the spring campaign had be
gun. General Grant’s forces (two corps of
infantry and the envalay under. Sheridan)
1 adbvcet and in mb l lines upon Vhe jentresph
ments o dd by Pick oil's ,;rrl liesWod John
sowS ti-rdeY the ewttrfnf of *G<n. R. H-
Andyrsnn-, and after sererll gdtlant but in
a fTectual fi!tt t attacks, a njoveiner.t in 00!-
urim was made Ly ,Sheridan, tu flrVc a pas
sage betweeu the left flank'of the Cvnft and r,
a*e infantry yod Fitz Lee’s fible cavalry
force continuing that line. By some eivor
a gap had been which Sheridan struck
and his troopers poured through.
Pressing track towards the rear of Lee’s
cavalry they swung to the left, upon the rear
of Pickett’s lints, afi'd ere long a wild eb cr
rung from the troop-rs in front,, and long
lines of emfy trenches, roads strewn with
abandoned gttns, and fi-ddftirtted with hu"-
rying, beaten men, showed, that the woik
was d'Hie that J.-Vs right had heOn crushed.
;Bu this had born dono at once, r.igl.t lid
lowcl speedily upon this accomplishment,
and the rumors of the disaster which reach
ed Petersburg from tbif battle-field though
gloomy enough, were pot expiiieit of tiro to
tal overthrow us our fivees, and tlumber is
our city was as assured of that night as
cv r. No one kne-.v what, ruifi had ennie.
Night brought with it no quiet, but in
stead the t trearning fusos and bursting shells
of anew bombardment. * Morning came, as
bright a* and smiling as any day of any.spring
time. With light came sounds of o mflict
which grew louder and morn frightful.—
Did they not draw nearer? It Boarded sn -
And soon strange rumors filled thn streets
The church bells rang out tbeir first calls
t * piavf r, Tut no one lorded the summons.
The clear sweet ‘ones f il noon the ag*ny of
hearts that listened, as bird-notes -sound to
those wl.O wiovrii at the dead, Men gather
ed in group 1 around tho corners,'and looked
w'fh straiiiirg eyes towards tho clouds of
hatfle-vn-d.e that hung ground the town—
stru and si’er.Gy, and listened to the dull re
ports of heavy ordnance, and tho sharp raf
t! of -n-Vtry, upon which their fate hung
trembling.
Mm grew white in tbr agony of ruspense
and women woDt.
The old town clock struck eight—the
breskhist hour—but tho scanty meals re
main'd unfasted. 'I lie houses were deser
ted, and eager questioners crowded ar mod
the men, who cam: iu with haggered faces
aud wild eyes.
What is ii ?
And one answered, “They have taken the
liiver S.dcont ”
Ami another, ‘ Pickett and Johnson were
overivhe'mcd yesterday, their lino broken
and their c nunands beaten an I crushed—
cut 1 fi’ from the army end forced up the ct ua
try.”
And another, “Gibbon’s Cryp3 struck
Wile x’s front i,t day this morning, pierc
ing his lino; tie troops to the right were
ruptured, and those to the left fell back.—
The enemy have reached the railroad end
tho river, and r-ur line is at tho stone bridge.”
And just then a cry-of •‘look” wes bejard,
and turning, wo saw from tbo warehouses,
whi r. 1 , by order of the military authorities,,
had bet n stored all tho tobacco in tho city,
columns of black, thick smoko un above a
mass of lurid fluncs. “’Tis so,” was the
speech of every vihito cheek and streaming
eye. Ejw words t‘dd ho.v like a whirl wind
of wrath oatne t> the. thousand hearts tho
death of tho hopes of je>rs Tho groups
d’spersed and sought tlo ir homes. ,Ag mi*
ing suspense had become a certainty, hud
they could weep now
Any attempt to tell of that day, wi h its
.hours of dull, dead hopekssnep, its no ments
of wild hope, its feelings of u t r wretched
ness, of the end of all things to he desired.
God >-paro us such another experience.
Njw and than would fly from bouse to
house some good report. “We are pressing
tbrm bick—lien. Lee has r>-o 'Ah !,• <f bis
lines,” &c , an.d for awhile the feverish wish
would be parent to belief. About 11 o’clock
the Confederate* did rc-capturc the lines at
Hives’, and a ray of real iigbt ciino in upon
ihe anxious souls. But thgrta! danger was
not there. On the r :M, the werk vm nt ro
sistlessly on. K irt Or. gg fill, despite tho
most heroic defense of the war, the Union
line advanced from (Mgnill’s to
from Turnbull’s to Woodworth’s an i there,
in a throw of the e p ration limits, mar
shalled their enthusiastic masses.
At last L<vr frdrref c:;mc. A slrpngtlier
pi3 line wan f./rtm and. and st ft nr ti’cltv k tho
dispatch front General J, c ti bia c rttrnuij
ders across ‘ho Appomatox and Jjrn< a was, i
“l can h.>lJ Oit until night, and will tlcu
withtlraw.”
Its t:rßi , < were noired abroad, ami there
wan no ner.: fhtubt or hope. The time pass
ed in silent prrpara'ien. The Federal (ffi
(V ra, feci: g the inevitable tcsult of their
ancccssea, wisely and humanely fir horn fur
ther assault, and tho comparatively stillness
WS.H oppressive.
Dusk oarno and with it beeun the evacm
tinn. y.i!«<>lA;alr fiofTi the Hnss ibej li aid
so gallantly defended the Confederate* with
drew, and the lotg, d.rk calumua passed
through the streets una'taeki and, tiDpnr. ued
Wc gjanithe hormrofa fight through
the streets, which hid b?cn feared. Now
began tho wild tarcwclis and long rmbrrc's
with wlflcb mothers scut firth their sons to
uuknowa fit« s, and pertka!\ca Vr endless
psTting.
Wo draw the curtail) over them. - The
darkness fall, tho silent march continued
until the old bridge at P. cahonras 'had re
echoed to the tread of the last Confederate
soldier. A signal gun said, “It is finished,’’
front right to lift of the emty trenches rang
defeaning explosions, while hursts of augry
light shot up to the blue evening sky.
The army held ou its track of retreat
down the river hank, tho citizsns awoke to
the changed eondiiiin, nod the long contest
was over Pete rebury Index.
Tli« ©l«I Woman ;iml ilio Crow.
The following amusing anecdote, which
bus never yot appeared iu print,'struck me as
comaing a point 8) keenly satirical, that T
determined to write it, down and have it
“pi iced upon the records.” It was t-.ld me
by one who was both an eye and a ear wit
ness,-and who of oAurse speaks from the book.
The story will lo>sc much of its ludicrou»-
ncss from jny style of wr'ting and his tel
ling it,- but. here gors :
Ataceitiin cro a r atlg’in tho Stato of
Alabama, Stood a small gr,«*ery stire, or
“whiskey shop.” to the rebellion
‘lwist ahead’. ;:.d chain igLfiog’w-. re Jen It
tut to luo thirsty, unwashed, at the small
sum (f five cents ,1 drink or twenty five
eenfs a quart* The presiding genius of this
delectable institution wax’off* Bill Sikes, who
among various other pets, had a dnm'estiea
ted crow, black as the ace of spidba. This
crow had learned among other things to re
peat quito plainly tho words “damn you I”
which ho of c mrse heard frequently used in
the groeerry. During the prevalence of
a kuock down and drug cut fight one day,
-however tho crow was driven from his
home and fhw aw.sy to the woods, never to
return again. -
About three tuile* from the grocery was
a scliement meeting houso—an old delapida
ted affair, only used on certain occasions
when a circuit rider happened to pass that
way. Io the building went the crow taking
peacable possesion ; and two days thereaf
ter the church was thrown open for preach
ing.- and a largo crowd assembled, *among
whom was a very old Indy, ‘who took her
sea* in a front pew, and was soon deeply ah
sorted in the eloquence of the preacher.
The reverend gentleman scarcely got un
d r full headway, and commenced thunder
ing his anathemas at all grades of sinneas,
when a hoarse croaking voice from above ut
teved the omnions wordi: -
"Damn you/’’
“The preacher and congregation looked
aghast at such profanity, and each peered in
his neighbor’s fcee in vain to defect some
sign of guilt. Quiet was at length restored
however, and the sermon preoceded, but e c
fen minutes had c’apsoj the omnions
“damn you!” again electrified the audience,
and just as the preacher east his eyes up
ward to search for tbo delinquent, the crow
flaw down from his perch and lighting on
the Bible, calmly surveyed tho trrrified
crowd as he give another doleful croak:
“ Damn you!
Tuo iff'Ct was electrical. Giving one |
startled and ter it fled glanct at thd iutrider. j
the preacher sprang out a window carrying |
glass, and all with him. .and set <(I at a
break neck sro-d follow and hy a tm r rs'riek- I
en congregation, who pi|<d’ on* of the
huildiag pell-mel after him. Iu the gone-.!
oral scramble rlie* old lady wi ll the or s |
had been knocked down, w* e '. iv,
unable so rise, and on observing l ee, the!
crow (who was after something to ea:) flow !
down 1 side Ft, at tl cocking no his ejes at
her v*ry knowingly, agaiu croukrd ;
“Dam i/on
The old lady eyrd him savagely for a few
moments, and'then broke for l ii in a tone of
reckless d< fi mce : “ }'<*— and dam you, too! '
t had no'hing to do with gelling up this
M -thojist, meeting—and you know it, too !”
Th * poor ol fsoul had mistaken tho crow
for the Devil, r.nd concluded to propitiate
if posilde, the wrath « f his fistanic Majesty
hy denying ail ctunplio tv in tho affair. The
world i- full of such peopje.— Chattanooga-
G azetie.
Cuhf Fok AfTifMA.—ln ;i Into number
of the Country Gentleman we find the fob
lowing recipe for nsllima, cctiiinunicutcd
liy Mr. W. O Hickok, of Harrisburg, Fa:
I huvo a h ii, six years old. that hud the
asthma in tho most and stressing form for
some threo or four months, when he was
one or two yours old. -We tried every
thing we cool l hear of w thout getting re
lief, till wo were told ;t I rub bis neck and
I rcasjt with petroleum, and we used it both
crude and refined, experiencing very speedy
relief and n final anil p rmarient euro;’for
lie has not since had a return of it, aud is
r.ovv a very healthy child.
Bather I'oiNatn Aii-. Keeps, tbo well
known street preacher, ass acoo/ted one day
Ly a would he wag, with tho following I
qucs'iou :
“Do you believe what the Bible says l
about ihe prodigal son »nd the fatted call?”!
“C-.'r’ainly I du."
Will, sir, ean you tell me whether the
calf killed was a male or female t”
“\ es, it wa- a female ”
“ILtW do you kuow that ?”
“Why became sail Bceso, looking the
chap in the face, “I sec tho male is still
alive. - ’
Changed jus lUinp —Professor Duncan’
of Aberdeen, a-ked a lady to marry him,
tho answer was “AV k The subject was
dropped but they soon met «g»iu. "bto you
rtcoleef, said the ledy, » question put to’uie
on y.-nr last vi-it?” The profjlgsor an
twered tha*. be renaem oered. ‘‘And do you
renumber my answer V’ “Oh. yes,” raid the
prufer-mr. “Well Mr Duncau,” proceeerd
toe lady; “I bsvc b*. on led to chartgo my
mind. “And sno ba*e I dryly responded
the frofessor. lie retained bis bacheloi
ship to tho last.
An exchange suggest that, a lady ’ing
r n her t. ;'-vt» i- li!.<- a i drinks to
drViwn bis grief,»b(reuse iu to-lacing ha:c
self sho js getting tight !
A convalisfut .soldier in a hospital in
Pari* while s’retcbiug bimstlf, exclaimed,
“Oh, God !” A youog and very pretty sis!
<n of chanty ran Op’aud it quiitd : “VVbaf
won!;! you Oodt should do ? i am his durgh
tfiT ’ lbs sonv*!*;scent rsp ’■*4
ft- hr h.Hftrtnrin i*.w
VOL. I. NO. 16.
Tin* Forgi il Will.
The followingl'liriMlng scene in Court is
related by, Samuel,Worre*, F. 11. 8 . auth
or of “the Diary of a 1 ite Physician,”
“Ten thousand a Yeur,’ v is^c, as having oc*
curred in his own practice : * - ; >
A few-years since, a inwi of high respec
tability was tried in England ou a charge
|of forging a will, in "Audi it was diHciwer
ed he had un indirect interest to. a large
amount Mr. Warren was the associate
prosecuting attoyney, and the ease vvaa
tried before Lord Denman.
The prisoner being arraigned and the
formalities gono through with, the prose
cutor placing h s thumb over the s at,, held
up the will and demanded of the prisoner
if ho bad seen the te-tutor sign that instru
ment, to which he promptly answered, he
hud I**
“And did you rign it at bia request, a*
sabs-rilling witness ?”
“I did.”
“Was it sealel with red or black wax?”
/ W it'u red wax.” -• *
“Dit v*>u see ti.m Beal it with red wax TANARUS”
“1 did.”
•‘ Wbcre wi.s the testator wl%n be sealed
the will ?”
“In his bed.”
“J’ray how long a piece nf waze did he
qse ?”
“About three or four inch<-s long.”
‘* Wh«.g«vo the- testator this piece of
wax ?** .vT * * *•
“I did.”
“AVUere did you get it ?”
“From the drawer of {lis desk.”
“How did he light that piece of wax ?”
“With a cuudfe.”
“Where did that piece of candle come
from ?*’
“I got it out of a cupboard,in his room.”
“lIovV long was that piece of candle?”
“Perhaps four or live inches long.”
“Who lit that piece of caudle 2”
“I lit it.”
“With what?”
“With a match.” ,
“Whore did you get the match ?”
“On tho .mantel-shelf in the room:’’
Herb Warren paused, and tssog hi*
lnrg< deep bluo eyes upon the nrison-r, he
held the will up above hja head, his.thumb
still resting upon the seal, and said in a
solemn measured' tone : —“Now, sir, uporT
j’our solemn oath; j*on 'saw the testator
sign that will—he signed it in (ns bed—at
his request you signed it—it was with red
wax tie scaled it—a piece of wax two,
throe or four inches long—he lit tUat wax
with a piece of candle which you procured
j lor him from a cupboard—you lit that can
die by a match which you found on iho
: mantel-shelf ?”
! “I did.”
“Once more, sir—upon your tolemo.oath,
you did ?" ...
“I d-d!”
“My Lrd —it’s a wafer !!!”
The School-iVluslcr in that Bed.
i Tho fallowing is one of the rnaoy incident*
i that befall a “boarding-roueni Bchool-aaa*-
! ter”:
I had been teaebitig in L"wis, county, in
'his Suite, ami rhir term was boarding round.
oto evening af er echo 1, one ,f my schoD
trs stej prd up lo irre, and said ••
"Mr. Jones, father said you wculd coma
h mo with mo ’ ’
‘ Very weli,” I replied, and forthwith get ■
out fr my pafi n’s hou-o which was dis
'aut some two miles. Now, ho it known,
James McHenry—for such was his enne—
had two daughters, thyride and envy of tho
whole cemmunitr. Iliad heard bo much
about them that I was anxious to see them.
It seemed, however, I was to bo disappoin
ted.
When wc nrrivtd I beared the girls bad
gone to a piny the other side of the creek ;
I-> 1 went to bed exeeratiug tho luck which
j deprived me of seeing them that night.—
flic night had well advanced when I heard
i ,iie of the girls come, and passing into au
1 adjoinlrg rorm, she warmed herself before
j k ( uie coals which were alive on the hearth.
: It seems the old geutlemao and lady slept
in tho same room, which I was not aware of
theb. Having warmed herself, she turned
to leave the room, when the old man spoke ,
“Girl,’' said be, “the bchoolr,raster is in
your b d.” *
"Very well,” said Sarah, and passed
! through tho room I slept inf went np stairs.
! About ap hour had elapsed “hen I heard
■ Judy, the other one, come. She stood at
! be doer a long time, talking with her sweet
heart, then entered si ftly.
Dis rolling her feet she cnlerad the room
| win re I lay, id her stocking feet, carefully
; undressed hersilf* and coming to the side of
the hi and. props red to got in. Now, it bap
-1 peoed 1 by in the middle, and turning back
the clothes, she pave mo a slake, and said
in a su; pressed whisper :
“i-ay over, Sarah.”
I rolled over and whipped the cornuer of
! tho pillow iu my mouth to keep from
| laughing. In she bounced tut the bed
! would sqncnk. The old man beard it_tnd
! o illcd out:
“Judy!"
i„ “Sr was r»'j>onded In a faint tone frota
| the bed beside mo.”
“ The schoolmaster is in that bed !
‘ ( \Yitb cue lowd yell, and 1 Oh heaven!' 1 ’
she Isi dtd on the floor, and fled with th»
rapidity of a deer up stairs. She tevtr
heard tho last of that, l can lell you.
f’ol,i.d.nT bc-iL Her.—The Lafayette
! (lud.) Courier tolls an tanuaing story of
, some ladies and ponta < f thatpluee who wera
j taking a social walk near the cemetery, when
a ghost appeared. T hey all ran, but one
. siuidy woman of the s'rongminded clas.*,
who stood her grouud till the ghost got to
. her. She then thrashed -ut of the frightful
disguise a mischievous follow who had
; heard of the pre j ct of walking about grave
yards di=eirs.-ed, and bid bimteif to give tho
party a fright.
Sne led them back to the house, audio
reply to the quest iocs that poured in upoo
' her, 8-ii.f: “Can’t fool me ; “I’ve seen too
many mca lu sheets to be frightened by
jibero.”
| A*gVl 'b*t La- Scat ber beau hiav os a t 3
* hung up her '