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WOOTBN & lIOVL,
ifTORNEYS AT LAW,
:My T)awaoni Qa,
fTSTharplil
iTTORNEY AT LAW
Dawson, Terrell so., La.
Will give prompt attention to all business
intrusted to his care.
SIMMONS & COKER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
jUirSO.V, - - GEORGES.
,r. SPUMOUS. feb23 lv w. n. 0 ookkk.
JAMES SPENCE,
attorney at T_.a\v,
n.-nrsoir, georgu*.
Office nt the Court House. fch23 1 v
SR.C. A. CHEATHAM,
Diwsoar, CIEUKCM,
Office, South West corner Public equate.
lOXTINUKS the practice of Medicine in
all its branches.
lie pa vs special attention to the treatment
fall chronic affections of either sex ; aud to
if treat ment of all aecret diseases.
He may he consulted by letter, describing
If, nex, occnoition. and habits ; and Riving
it accurate description of ail the symptoms,
lura'ion of sickness, etc., etc., And enrios
it Ten Hollar*. Bv return mail he
Dpwurl all of the necegaarry medicines with
•!1
DR. D. H. FARMER,
41 fafr Itrsidenrr of Col . iri/t.
U suits, near Dawson, Ga.
1I r fTH an experience of 20 rears in the
' t practice of medicine, feel« qualified
anv case he may be called to attend.
M. 23 »f
T. P. ALLEN,
HATCH q AND
IITAIRER J&Je JEWELER.
Dawson, Gra.,
prepired to do any work in his line in
the very best style. feh23 ts
J. G. K sniTß,
iUN SMITH and
IVtacliinist.
1.1 It'SO.r, : : Georgia.
Repairs all kinds of Guns, Pistols, Sewing
mines, etc., etc. 2 1?.
LAW CARD.
undersigned have this day entered
into a copartnership for the practice of
* in the Superior Courts of the South
ern and Pataula Circuits. Business en
wed to their care will be promptly attend
to. J. J. Scarbrough, Americus,
C. T. Goode, Ga.
JlYley G. Parks, Dawson, Ga. j!5
t. mu o,;
RESPECTFULLY tenders his professional
A services to the citizens of Dawson and
rinity.
'rompt .mention to all Calls .
IAYING sold our Drug; Store under
the Masonic ilall, to Dr. Keencv, were:
eotfully solicit our old friends to give him
E 't patronage.
AVENT & ADAMS.
i»m? .-trr: .? t.ti.r. tic fare
Huying Elsrtclirrc.
WICK SALES—SMALT. PROFITS.”
"• Adama of the old firm will be constantly
Itatui. All prescriptions carefnlle cora-
Mod by myself. Dr. KKNN'F.Y.
PATRICK & HAVENS,
Wholesale autl Retail
lOOKSELLEaS, ST.YI IONEBS,
General News Dealers—Triangular
Oherrv Street, Oa .
HUROt
druggists,
ta-con, - - Georgia.
of Dealers is invited to this
L_°_ reliable house. mavlft.fim
Mulberry St., Macon, iia. 59
D c. HODGKINS & SON,
dealers inJ
jpistols,
rtßiMi.ru T.tCHI.il,
ler! ammnnition, (tun snd pistol
Sporting Goods of every
Won- Also, one
Steam Engine & Boiler,
i, Cor »P'" t e-.t . Bargain—and one
iUiS U "'- RiH '"£ Mdchioe.
THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL,
LAW .N O TIC K 1
HiWOKO AIN will practice in all the
• courts of the South western, in Irwin
of the Southern, Coffee and Appling of the
Brunswick, and most of the couits of the Pa
taula Circuits.
Office on Washington Street, opposite the
Express office, Albany, G». tnayll ly
LAW CAHD.
r undersigned will attend to any legal
A. businoss entrusied to big care, in South
western Georgia. Oifitfe at Cutberf, Randolph
CO., Ga. mavll.lv K. 11. I’DATT
ED. RANDOLPH HARDEN,
Attorney at Law,
jiiMm C lITIIREMI TANARUS, f..f-
T. 11. BTEWAHT
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cnthhcrt , ItundolpU CoGa.,
All busiuess entrusted to his care will be |
faithfully attended to. June 1
e7l. DOUGLASS,
Attorney at Law,
June 1 WTHRERT, Gut.
J. E. [HIGGINBOTHAM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
.Tloryaii, Calhoun Cos., Ga.,
Will piaclice in all the Courts of the South
western and Pataula Circuits, June 1
E. H. SHACKELFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CAMILLA, Mitckell Cos., Ga.,
A GENT for purchase and sale of
LAND. June 1, 1866.
HERBERT FIELDER,
VTTOIXNEY and Counsellor at Law,
. Cutbbert, Georgia^—Will practice in the
counties of Randolph, Stewart, Quitman,Clay,
Miller, Decatur, Calhoun, Terrell, and Sum**
ter, and in the Supreme Court of the State,
and the U S. District Court for the of
Georgia. lie will give prompt, attention to
the collection and paying over of claims,
jul ,1 m
DI *. S. G. IvOBLUvSON,
SURGEON DENTIST,
May 4 Ciilhhrrt , Georgia.
C'sitlibcrt House,
Cutlxbert, Ga ,
Hotel, formerly known as the “Kid
1_ doo House,” is now open and prepared
to accommodate all who may favor us with
a call. The public may rest assured that no
pains will be spared to render the guests cow -
sortable.
THE T^YIATE
will be supplied with the best the market and
the country afford. An experienced caterer
has been secured, whose whole time will be
devoted to the procurement of S'dibtcs
of Leery Description. Polite and
attentive servants, neat Rooms, Good Fair,
and moderate charges will surely satisfy our
guests V. W. BOISCLAIR & BRO.,
Cutbbert, Ga., May ll.ly Proprietors.
.id. Ts i . rS rn.i TO BPS ML
AGUE ABLE to an order of the com t of Or
dinary of Terrell 6 r ountv, will be sold
before the Court House door in the town of
Dawson, in said 6'ountv, on the first Tuesday
in November next—within the legal hours of
sale, a house aud lot in the town of Dover in
said County, known ns the place, whereon
Abraham Dyson now Eves, also a Bar A /?il-
Eardßaloon in the town of Dawson, sittuated
on the west Gde of the Public Fquare, now
occupied by Joseph K. Prince. Sold as tco
properly of Robt. Dyson, late of said County.
Term* made known on dav of sale,
sept ‘26 1866 W. W. FARNUM, Adm.
TERRELL SHERIFF SALES.
ON the first Tuesday in November next,
will be so’d before the Court House Door
in the Town of Dawsor, between the usual
houtsof sale, the following property to wit:
Patt of Lot of land, No. 2, id the Pith Dis
trict. One hundred and twenty-five Acres
more or less know nas the place whereon K.
D il, now lives, under a Fi Fa issued from the
Superior Court of said County. Sold as the
property of Kit eon Dail in favor of Henry A.
Tarver Executor, and 0. C. Tarver Executrix
of Paul E. Tarver tB. Kincon Dail, Former
Sheriff.
Also, at the same time and place, one
Piano, sold as the property of VV. W. Blair,
to satisfy one Fi Fa, issued in favor of Samuel
Denton Ha 1 Justice of the Inferior Couit
vs, VV. W. Blair, and B. F Byrd.
Also, at the a *me time and place, one towu
lot in Dawsoii, known as the Ish«m Thomp
son lot, joiuing J. E Bozeman’s B ick Yard,
two acres moie or less, under Justice Court
F« Fa of said County. Sold as the property
oflsham Thompson. Proper y pointed out, by
Plaintiff. M. VV. KENNEDY Sh’lT.
oct 2 1860
Terrell iUoi-tgugcJSlicriff’si Sale.
Oil the first Tuesday in December next,
will be sold before the Court House Door in
the town of Dawson between the usuil hours
of sale, the iollowii g property to wit, two
fractional Lots No. 271, and 273, in the 3d.
district of said County, eoutaiuing acres
more or lets, levied on ag the property of John
A. Freeman lo satisfy mortgage fi fa issued
fom Terrell Superior Court, in favor of A.
Sasser Adin’r of C. I*, lluckabay deceased, vs
J. A. Fieeinan. Feinted out. by mortgage
ti fa. M. W. KENNEDY,
Oct. 2dJ 1866. She’ff.
ADVINISTHATKIX’ SATE.
HY virtue ofan order of the Court of Ordin
ary of Randolph County, will be sold at
Cuthbert Ua., outlie first Tu.-sdav in No.
vember next, lotH of land, Numbers one
hundred and one, (101) —one hundred and
twenty three (123,) and twenty (20) acres eff
of South Side of one hundied and twenty-four,
all in the Tenth District of Kandolph County;
known as all of the place on which Au t u
Muliius deceased formerly res : ded, except
that portion left of to widow as a dower. Sold
as the propel tv of Austin Mullin’* e lite.
sep2otds MAIUA R. MULLINS Adrn'r
A DJI 1 S IfiTllATOU’fi SALE.
BY virtue of ao order of the Court of Or.
dinary of Randolph County, will be sold
on the first Tuesday in November next, at
Cuthbert Geo., North half of lot of land,
number two hundred and five (205) in the
Sixth District of Randolph County, belonging
to the estate of Richard A. Mercer,
sep 90 tda RICHARD A. HALL, Adm’r.
.roTiti:. ~~
SIXTY days after date application will be
made to the Ordinary of Terrell County for
leave to sell all of the real estate of Willis
Martin late of said County, deceased. For
the beuefit of the legatees.
JAMES W. WILKEIISON,
Sept. 10, 1566, Ex’r.
DAWSON, GA., FRIDAY,
GEORGIA, Terrell County:
If Whereas,J. B. Avent applies to me for
letters dismission from the estate of William
Aventlate of said county, deceased,
Theseare therefore to cite and admonish all
peisons concerned to bo and appearat my
office within the time prescribed by law, to
show cause, if any, why said letters should
not be granted.
Giveu under my hand and official sigua
ure, this
May 11, 1866* T. M. JONES, Ord’y.
CN LOltliilA, Terrell Cotutly
A Whereas, Abraham Sasser applies to
me for letters of dismission from the estate
of R. S. Hooks, late of said county, deceas
ed
These are, therefore to cite and admonish
all persons concerned to be and appear at
my office with in the time rescribed by law,
and show cause, if any exists, why said let—
ers should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signa
ture, this May 11, 1866
T. M. JONES, Ordinary.
l Oltfff B A,Terrell, C ounty :
VX Whereas, Louisa Powell applies to me
tor letters of dismission from the estate of
J. J. Powell, late of said couuly, deceased-*—
Theseare therefore to cite and admonish
all persons concerned to be and appear at
my office wiili in the time prescribed by law,
and show cause, any exists, why said letters
should not be granted.
Giveu under my hand and official signature
thisMav 11, 1866. T. M. JONES, Or’d.
4 \ liOßbilA, Terrell County:
VJT Whereas, Jared Irwin, applies to me
for letters of dismission from the estate of
James B. Irwin, late oi Terrell county de
ceased.
These are, therefore, to cite ard admonish
all presoni concerned to be and appear at
my office within the time prescri bed by law,
and show cause,if any, why said lettersshould
not be granted.
Given under mv hand and official signature
this August 3d ’66. T. M. JUNES, Ord’y.
G 1 CORGI A. Terrell Comity:
T Whereas, John It. L. Grice applies to
me forletters of dismission from the estate of
Felix Johnson, late of said countv, deceased,
Theseare to cite and admonish all persons
concerned to be and appear at my office with
in the time prescribed by law, and show
if any, why said letters should not be
granted.
Given under mv hand and official signa
ture this x/uly 27tb, 1866. T.M. JONES,
Ordinary.
n EORGIA, Randolph Cos :
VJT Application wil be made to the Ordina
ry of said County, at the November Term
of court of Ordinary for leave to sell lot of
land 09 —6th District of said County-as the
propertyof Benjaman Screw,
Also for leave to sell one half undivided in
terest inlots Number one and three and the
east half of lot Number two, in square seven
in the town of Cutbbert, as the property of
Mary J. Bagwell, deceased
E. L. DOUGLASS
Sept 1866 Admn’r.
.1 tA.III.YiS Til.t TOIIS S**L K.
WILL de sold under an order of the Court
of Ordiuary of Terrell County, on the first
Tuesdav in No vernber next, at the Court
House Door in the Town of Dawson,r during
hours of sale, fractional part of lot of land
No. 47, it being the east portionof said lot,
and adjoining land to William Sam mins, in the
11 district of Terrell County. Sold as the
property of Estate of Noah Walker, for the
benefit of tho heirs. Terms made known on
day of sale. D. G. WALKER.
Sept. 14, 1866. Admit V.
Georgia-Randolph Con ill y.
I >UURKL Joiner, administrator on the es-
A tate of Wiley Joiner deceased, having
applied for leave to 8v 11 the land belonging
to sail estate; Notici is hereby given to all
interested, that his application will be con
sidered at the next November Term of the
Court of Ordinary for said Countv.
Wm. D KIDDOO. Ordinary
aug. 29th 1866. Wm- D. KIDDOO Ot’d.
Gt*orgia-Raii(lol|di Connly.
VU RELICTS Cordell administrator on the
. es‘atcof Herman Kdhfleish having ap
plied for letters of dismission; ail persons in*
terested, are notified to show cause, why his
application should not he granted by the
next c_anuary Term of the Cour l of O. diua
rv for said County,
j* 57 1866 _ ___
Georgia— Randolph Comity.
JOHN Matthews, administrator on the e -
tase of Jerremiab Willis, deceased, having
applied for letters of dismission, all persons
interested arenotified to file their objec
tions, if any they have,hv the next November
Term of the 6\>urt of Ordinary for said Coun
ty. Wm. 0. KIDDOO Ory.
api 30
Georgia—KaiMlwlpli County.
r IMI Mrs. Sarah Uuges, wife of A- M. Iluges
I Wm. Jeffries, the children of W. 11.
Jeffries, and otliei heirs at law ofMrs. Catha
rine Hawk, late of Randolph County deceas
ed, and whose names and residence* are mi -
know n :
You, will lake notice that at ihe November
te' m, 1860 ol Randolph Court of Ordinary,
I will under the order of said Court, offer the
will of Catharine Hawk, late of said C’ouu'y
deceased, for Probate in solemn form,
aug 14 1866 W. M. SPEAR,Executor
Gvorgin-Kandolpli County.
CtU ARLES K. Brown administrator of 09tate
) the of William Newberry, haring a pphed
for, leave to soil the land belonging to said
estate Notice is hereby given to all interest
ed, that his application will be considered at.
the next November term of the Court of Or
dinary for said County,
aug 29 1 Stitt Wm. D. KIDDOO, Ord’v.
Gtioi'Kla—Randolph County.
W ILLIAM Dowd, administrator on the es
tate ot William 11. Deshong, haviug ap
plied for have to soil the laud belonging to
said estate. Notice is hereby given to all in
terested that his application will be consider
ed at the next November Tenn of the Court
of Ordinary of said Coui.tv
aug 29. Wm. D. KIDDOO. O d’v.
.1 :>.*/ t.Vt.S Fit. ITO Its S.tE
VV’ILL be sold, under an order of the Court
of Ordinurj of Terrell County, ou the tiroi
Tuesday in November next, at the Court
Houes door io the Town of Dawson, during
the usual hours of sale, lot of land No. 78 in
the 3d|district,|Terrell County containing two
hundred two and ooehalf acres, more or less.
Sold for the benefit of the heirs, Terms
Cash. IT.l T . M. POWELL,
S pt. 10 1860 *. Adntti’r-
Cd EOItGIA, Terrell County:
X Whereas, Maoma Cornell Japplits for
guardianship of William Coxwell, minor.
These are there fj-e to cite and sdmonish all
persons concerned to be and appear at my
office within the time prescribed by law, and
show cause, if any, why said letters should
not be granted. Given under nty hand and
official signature, this Oetobei sili 1866.
Oct. 6th 1866. T. M JONES, Ord'y.
GEOBGI L—Randolph County.
Sarah Miiehiuer having applied for letters
of administration cum tettarsento ou
the estate of W. B. Mitchinor, notice isjgiven
to all interested, that her applies ion will be
considered at the next November term of the
Court of Ordinary for said county.
Oct. 6th 1 $66. ' Win. D. filliHOO, Ord’y.
Swei'llirarlx mill Wives.
Though iho ever-licaving ocean
Bear us from our forest-land,
Through the rising waves’ commotion,
To a far and foreign strand ;
Still the heart, all space unheeding,
Firmly ’gainst our progress strives,
Lesves us, and with haste is speeding
To our sweethearts and our wives.
Ye may bind the eagle's pinion,—
Check the deer’s impetuous course,—
Ctirh the steed to vour dominion, —
Quell the torrent’s headlong force, —
But the spirit, fetters spnrnlng
As our proud ship onward drives,
Leaves us, in its joy returning
To our sweethearts and our wires.
Noah’s freed and wand’rlng raveo
Toward the ark for safety flew ;
Backward, to the spotless heaven,
Spring o , at morn, the vesper dew.
Thus affdctlon’s fond devotion,
Balm and solace of our lives ;
Flies, like incense, o’er the ocean,
To our sweethearts and our wives.
THE ADOI»TEI>.
BY LOUiK GLBKN.
When a rich and childless woman
adopts the child of poverty, taking it to
her heart and home, and sparing no ex
pense iu the cultivasion of its mind in
order to fit :t to nnvo in the high cir
cle wherein it was adopt’d, the w< rid
says, “how luckcy ! ’ and “how kind
of them to take in the poor waif!’’
\V as it kind ! Yes, certainly, the act
was a kind one and deserves to be ap
plauded ; hut is the child the happier for
the elevation ? Let nay experience an
swer.
My father was a mechanic- was sober
and industrious; owned tiiecottagein
which we lived, and had a snug sum
deposited in the Savings Bank, and was
happy as a king. My mother was a help
mate indeed, keeping in order her lit le
home and taking care of her babe, and
whet evening came a bountiful repast
was awaiting her tired husband, who
forgot bis cures aDd fatigue in the rn
j lymentofthe hon e comforts and bright
smiles that were sure to greet him
On one ever to-bc-lamented day my
mother sickened and died, leaving me a
helpless babe, wailing in my cradle. A
yonng woman living near ins'sted on
taking the “dear child,’’ as she called
me, and my lather, knowing them to be
respectable people, was glad to put me
in their charge.
Every evening he called to see his
e’oild, and set ing tee so well cared sot
made him grateful to her, Miss Elton;
and by degrees his gratitude took a
warmer turn, and, as she no doubt ex
pected, an offer of marriage was tho re
sult, Artful, and designing, she was,
in my father’s eyes, a most devoted
mother to Lis little girl. She had ever
ready a story of my cunning ways, and
petted me so much in his presence that
he never doubted the wisdom of his
choice, and congratulated himself od
securing so exaellent a person to fill bis
lost wife’s place.
lie never knew the cruel beatings
that fell to my lot, nor the frights of
being shut iu dark eloset, to-gether with
the thousand little vexations an ev 1
heart can invent. Ho did at last notice
that I grew thin and pale, but my step
mother accounted for it by attributing
my pale face and sunken eyes to teeth
ing, and proposed taking me out of the
city. This met my father’s approval,
and in a short timo we were left to re
gain health at the sea-side.
Under the eyes of strangers she could
not practice her system of starvation and
ill-usage, and I grew rapidly betttr.
When two wc ks had elapsed she profes
sed to have received a messige to return
to the city, a s her husband was ill. In
stead if g> iug home she took mo to an
oldtlotbes dealer, and changed our ap
parel for some shabby, ill made clothes,
she took me iu her arms and hastened to
a fashionable hou-e in—St, where slio
ascended the marble steps, rang the bell
end asked to see the lady of the tnan
sioo.
My step-mother was shown into an
elegant boudoir where an amiable look
ing lady sat sewing. Assuming a piti
full tone, she said, —
“I saw your advertisement in the
paper, and I came to see if you wru’d
adopt my baby. It will nearly break my
heart to give away my darling, but I
am u poor widow and must go out tt
serviee, and to leave it in the almshousi
I haven’t the heart to do.”
The lady remarked my sickly look,
and said she would not adopt an un
healthy child ; bnt my s’epmoiher said
I was always a bright, healthy baby un
til my fatberdit and, then she wasoblidged
to leave me with an old wouiau while
she wont out to work, and ever since I
hadn’t been like myself
“It would get well and bright with
you in one week,” said the heartless
wr< tch
The lady held out her arras ; I was
eaircr to leave an unkind nurse for a
pleasant one, and I put up a pair of plead
ing hands to go. This decided her.
She took me with the promise that I
was never to know or hear that I was
not her own child. My step-mother
readily promised never to oh i u me, or
even to look on me again; and, covering
her face aud sobbing bitterly, she left
the only and beloved child of her lu -
band with an entire stranger.
Assuming again her own eloth.vs, she
procured a carriage,got her trunks from
the steamer, and was driven home. With
well dissembled grief sbe came into her
husband's presence, and with cries and
tears informed him that while with me
in the surf she had beea taken off her
foct hv an under-tow, bad nearly been
lost herself, and in her struggles to re
gain her footing, lest her darliDg child.
This was a sore trial to my father, but
be put by bis own grief to console bis
nearly frantic wife. She bitterly up.
braided herself, saying “she should never
again be happy without her pet, Lcr
sweet !” And her kind husbaud,though
sorely bereaved in the loss of his child,
beliived his wife tho greatest sufferer.
***» * • * * * 4 * *
The lady that adopted mo was in eve
ry way worthy, aud spared neither care
nor expoasc iu rearing her adoptod ebild.
You will say I ought to have beca hap
pv, and probably 1 was during luy child
hood. When I was a little girl I used
frequently to hear the servants talk
among themselves about a “ beggers
brat,” and wondered why their mistress
wanted such a nu-dancc abouttbe houso.
I knew not what they meant, and iuno
cently asked my rnoflnr where she kept
her beggar’s brat, and if it was very bad
addiug that the maids declared it was
a nusiance.
I saw that my mother was terribly
angry, and I began to erv, when she
folder m n he 1 aims pushed tho curls
from my firehoud, and kissing mo fond
ly, said, —
“Diu’tcrv, Lorena. I’m not angry
with you, dear.
So I dried up my tears and ran off
to plav, wondering what it was that had
disturbed ray mother. I knew after
wards, when I was sent to school.
Among the girls there was one who
had learned mv history from a grsaip
ing mother. Idle and arrogant, she en
vied my rapid advancement and promo
tion above herself, and took every oppor
tunity to mortify mo before my mates.
“Gome away!” she exclaimed to the
girls who were joining me in some
amusement, “let the washer-womans
laughter alone. Don’t associate wi’h
the pauper. Mv ma s.ys Mrs. Howard
took her from a poor wretch and adopted
her, and now she must s’ick horself
among respectable girls as it sho were
our equal.”
Some thore wero who took mv part,
but others stood aloof, they would not
associate wi.h the beggar’s brat. I knew
now what thi servants bad meant aud
why my mother was so angry with them.
I told my sorrows to my dear moth
er, who comforted me with the assur
anoe that she loved me as her own
child, and lest I should again bo sub
ject to insult, she procure! a govern
ess, with whom I studied until I was
sixteen, whon I finished in a distant
seminary, where none knew my bis’ory.
I gradua’ed with all the honors, and
came home to enter the society, where
in I was so well fitted to shine.
My mother’s wealth and position,
added to my own nersonal attractions,
drew a crowd of admirers to my side,
and I fondly hoped that the bug-boar
of my adoption was quite forgotten
I had made choice of one, who not rich,
seemed to be the ideal of wisbo-i, and as
my mo’ber made no objection, we were
affianced. Time glided on so smoothly
and happily, and Edgar Tromiane was
so devoted, so eager io anticipate every
wish that I felt, that it was not so bad
after all to bo adopted into wealth aud
station; I t anked God in ray heart,
that my lot was cast in such pleasent
places, and congratulated myself in the
bdeif that my sorrows were ended, and
that hcncefi r h a sunny existence
would be mine.
A wise providence ordered otherwise,
my darkest hours were yet to come.
The gay season had just, commenc
ed, and wc, Edgar and I were eniering
into its gaie iis with a jor. that only
the young can nndc stand, when an in
eident occurjed, that openei my eyes,
and blasted my early hopes.
Our box at the odor, was adjoining
that of a young lady, a very dear
friend of mine. Wc wore all present,
for Madame , was to sing. The
lady whose hearing was impaired
was very chatty, and knew net how
loud a key she spoke in. 1 came in for
a share if her critici-rn and comments.
“Do you think Mias Howard will
marry young Tremain ! v said a friend
ia her box.
“Bettor ask if Tremain will marry
her; though John, my son was dread
fully afreil that, some oil drunken hag,
might turn up, and claim relationship.
J. Itn s.ij’-t if Mrs. Howard dim witl -
l ut a will, Miss Lorena will get noth
ing, the property wi.l go to the llow
ards.”
I looked at Edgar ; his face was crim
son. 1 saw at once he was guilty, he
looked t.o mean and ashamed.
‘ Speak,” sai 1 I, looking him steadily
in the face ; “is ii true ?”
“You dou’t believe her, do you
“Yo-t, ovory word of it, unless yoe g»
with me this minute to their box aud re
futo the calumny ”
“l’-liaw ! no ; that would would make
them tLiuk we were eavesdropping ”
“Not so, for persons iu the next box
to us must have heard it as well.”
“Dou’t pray make a scene bore," ex
claimed Edgar,
“I will not., as you say, make a scgdo
here or anywhere ; but 1 must know the
truth of the story so answer me with
out more ado. Did you tell John
Brooks the wvrJa repeated by his moth
er."
“What persistence ! why, yrs; I sup
pose you would make mo face them,
so I must own it; but you needn’t be
angry—true I said it, but it’s a’so true
what l said,”
“Good bye, Edgar,” and wrapping
my opera cloak about me I loft him
and jiiued some friends who were just
going homo.
They asked me if Tremaine and I
Lad quarreled, but when I burst into
tear* they questioned me no further
He never called again. I suppose upon
hearing of the possibility of my not
becoming an heiiess, he was willing to
give me up,
I had thought bim sincere and hon
orable, but when I found bim mean
and mercenary I tore his image from my
heart Wooers I bail afterwards in
1 lenty, but I had become suspicious,
and would have none of them. My moth
er pi'icd me, I know, for she
mote find aud tender after my disap
pointmeat.
“Why do you discard all tho young
men that call here, Lorena ?”
Because I am afrail, as Elgar Tro
main says, that s me horrid old hag will
oome* up and proclaim uie hers.”
“That is very unlikely. You are
twenty, and she bus never come in all
these years, m st probab'y she is long
ago deid ”
“May be so; bull shall never marry,
I will stay with you always, dear moth
er.”
“And lam glad to have you, rov
daughter, but lam growing oln, and
you will me! a proterctnr.’’
“You distress nm, mother dear, in leed
you do. What would beootue of me if
[ lost you.”
My mother seemed I'st in thought
for some time, then sail, —
“Beuio, dear, my will has been lying
ready for in ’ signature a long time, and
to-n : ght I foil troubled about it. Call
tip Jane aud Thomas, I want them to
witness the signing of mv will.”
Thomas is aw y to-night. You arc
not ill, are you mother ?”
No, but I feol unsafe without sign
ing and witnessing my will. Life is
uucertain, you know, and I want to
provide fur you my darling. I suppose
I must wait uutill to morrow if none of
our friends drop in.”
No friends called tint night, and bo
ftrcihe morrow’s sun shone on the
church spire, my mother’s spirit had
flown. Her unwitnessed will was found
but it of course was worthless. I sooo
wasiufirmcl by her relatives that I
was only an adoptod child, I had do le
gal claim on her possessions. It was
true they offered me a mere pittance of
all the wealth that she intended should
be mine, but my proud spirit refuse 1 it,
and I went out iuto the wide woild to
struggle alone for try support.
Seeing an advertisement for a gov
erness I applied for the situation, and
fortunately obtained it. Down in old
Virginia wag now my home, and two
dear little gills were my charge. The
father was in Congress, and their moth
er resided with him during the ses
sion.
Once a month I accompanied my
charge to vi it their parents at their
house in Washington. Many distin
guished genttemen visaed them, and TANARUS,
being treated as one of the family, was
thus thrown into society. My musical
talents were frequently exerted to
please the friends of my patrons, and I
found the task not at all irksome.
A quiet, middle aged gentleman
spent much time with me and the chil
dren, escorting us everywhere, and of
ten taking us to drive. My patrons
insisted on my going, and yet ra’lied
me unmercifully on my conquest of the
“best man in Congress,” as they term
ed him. I liked him exceedingly—
yes, more than liked him, and I be
lieved that whoever secured him lor a
lifi partner was indeed fottunate; and
yet, when he asked me to fill that sta
tion I answered, no. Pressing me for
a reason, for I suppose he saw I was
pleased with his society, 1 told him my
story. I was not willing that any ono
should blush for me, and I know not
who were my parents. My answer
was thrown away on that t-uo heart;
he vowed that vvere.the veriest hag on
earth to claim mo, he would make the
mother comfortable for the sake of her
child. What could Ido but give him
my band ? my heart he had long be
fore.
We were married, and I am the
happy mii-Ire sos a home situated on
the Potomac; but I have no little prat
tlers to make the bouse lively. My
husband says it is “a 1 the better for
him. as ho will have no rivals in my ef
fouli ms ” I tell him since Provid nee
has so wiped it I wII be content; at
'cast I never shall adopt the child of a
s'rangcr, to have it undergo the trials
tint well nigh drove me mad
Glancing < tie day o'er the’ Person
als,” this advertisement met my eye.
“If the adopted daughter of Mrs.
Howard, who at the tune other adop
tion wn° living on St., w ill Rend her
address to A. 8., Counselor at Law,
she will hear of something to her ad
vantage.”
I hand and Ihe paper to my husband,
and pointing out the paragraph said,
: “That moans me. No doubt my
j beggar mother Ims reveu’ed to him my
parentage, and perhaps has lo't mo u
few dollars ”
He laughed at my serous face, nnd
answered the notice at once. It was
indeed a clearing up of the mystery
On her death-bed my step-mother, fill
ed with remo'se for htr wickedness,
sent lor this lawyer, and confessed the
deed of giving me away. She madt
! restitution by leaving me her ill-gotten
gains, which had accumulated all these
years,— my father died years before—
and was now no mean sum.
I met at Saratoga and Newport
in; nv of iny old school girl acquaintan
cos who wove very anxiou# to upp.fr on
on terms of intimacy with the wife of
the Hon. Mr. C. They were civil'y,
hut coolly recognized and passed by.
I forgave them, but I could not for
get that they t* unfed me as a “beg
gar’s brat," and that I had been adop
ted.
"When Daniel Webster was a young
man, about commencing tbo study of
law, he was advised not to enter the
legal profession, as it was already
crowde I. His reply was, “There its
room enough at the top ”
A temperance editor in calling re
tention to an article again-t the use of
ardent spirits, in ore of his papers
says: “For the effects of intemper- 1
Plicy see ou| inside.”
For the Oaweon Journal.
Battle of Molasnes «ap.
“Good morning, cousin Anna” aajs
Miss C as she calls to see bor. “I
heard yesterday that yon wero going to
marry Rube ”
“Marry him! Not if he w re the
Govenor es Dawson.”
“Pshaw !You are crazy then.”
“Crazy, 1 may bo, but I prefer to own
myself, and disp re of myself, (what
little there is left, of me) according to
my own wi l, judgemet urid pleasure.’
“When you find a liulion——to
pi we your matchless majesty upon,
please send fir your cousin, (who is
now addressing you) to cento aud see
him, will you Anna ?”
Anna raised her delicate bands to
her lips without replying, and letting
herself qniet.ly down in the the arm
chair, resum 'd the amusemeut her live
ly cou.in interrupted, with cordiality
about ltubcn
C irri'i s ood with watching eyes, and
a perplexed air. “If You bad not shown
such love for h : s socie'y all summer, I
would not have thought s’rangj of you.’
“Oh ! botheration to you, C irric, why
don’t you marry him yourself?"
“Perhaps I might if I had never seen
John G. S
“Old conceitte, you forget that Mr.
Ruben has seen me,and as you have
flirted with him all summer, and now
dismissed him. He called on me and
is to be my beau to church, to uight.”
“You are going to flirt with him,
Ca- rie.”
“I’m not a flirt like you Anna. If I
tried to console Mr. Ruben for your
cruelty, I should do so in the best faitb.
That made Anna’s pretty little foot
kiok over the ebuir, with aDger, Carrie
was sitting on. Then came a battle
one that history has n„vo ■ had chanoo
to reoord. Carrie opene 1 the fir.t fire,
on Anna with a pitcher of water as a
reoounorsance in force. Anua drew up
her force, tho Bible, and returned tne
fire Then there was skirmishing along
the'lines from the parlor to the kitchen.
Gen’l Carrie made a gran I display cf
her army, and threw out some light
wood, coffee-pot, peker, and the cook’s
shoes, in excellent position. Gon’l An
na charged io gallant style, captured a
ba; of solt soap, and took Gen l Carrie
cabiff across tho countenance with a
bumb shell of lard. Carrie fell back
to see the enemy’s fac f ‘, then advanced
and prepared fora heavy movement
with a bucket of btttermilk, and dishrag
holding her churn, washboard and grape
pie in reserve.
Anna retreated to mo'asses gap and
got behind the sorgum barrel, took shel
ter the for a moment, then fell back to
Cupboards-vilc, and commenced a rapid,
effective shelling of teacups, coffe-oups,
cream jug, two dumplings, by way of
a bumb. Carrie sallied Ler resetves
and charged heavily on the enemy’s
flauks with gnpe pi ", d' iug terrible exe
cution, also with a fly brush which she
soured Anna sore, then surrouded her
with o tablecloth Anna was nosooner
surrounded when she fired away at Car
ries C aleetrjf , and brought her whole
force to a lay down and rest.
Then I left.
Ell-os Layor.
Tin: Fumily Opposed to Taking
Acwspapen.
The man that dou’t take th e paper
was in town yesterday. He brought his
whole funity iu a two horse wagon. He
still bi l.eved that General Taylor was
President and want and to know if the
“KamschatkiaDß” hud taken Cubi, and
if so, where they bid taken it He had
sold bis corn f roned liar, the price be
ing two dollars—upon going to deposit
the money, they told him it was most'y
c. uuurtjit. The only hard money he
had was some three cent peiees, and
those some sharpers had “run on him”
for ha'f ditnos ! His old ady smoked a
•‘cob jiif c,” and would not believo tbat
anything else couli be used. One of
the boys went i ito a blacksmith’s shop
to be measured for a pair of sheet, an
-0 h r mi.-t >ok the market for a church
After hanging his hat no a moat, hods
he piously took a seaton a bu'ober’s stall
and listened to an auctioneer, whom be
took to be the preacher. He left before
“mectin” was out, aud had no groat
opinion of the saruiiut! One of the
girls tin k a lot of “seed onions” to the
pout office to traid them fur a letter. She
had a baby, wLicb she carried in a su
gar trough,” stopping at times to rock it
on the side wa k—when it cried, she
stuffed its mouth with an old stocking,
aud sang “Hirbara Alien.” The oldest
boy had sold two “coon skins,”aud was
on a bus’..” When last si’en, he had
called for a glass of sody water, and
stood soaking giogcr-bread and making
wry faces. The shop keeper, mistaking
his meaning, had given him a mixture
of sal sodaand water, and it tasked strong
ly of soap. But “he’d hearu tell r f soda
and water, and was bound to give it a
fair trial, puke or m puke." Some “city
fellows"caaiu iu and called fir a lemon
ade wi'b a “fly in it,” wbetoupin our
“soaped” friend turned bis back and
quietly wiped several fl es into bis drink.
We approached the old gentleman aud
tried to get him to ‘sub cribe,’ but be
would not Paten to it, lie was opposed
to “internal impiovemente,” aud he
thought “larnin was a wicked invention,
aud cultivatin' nothin’ but wanity and
wexation.” None of his family ever
learned to read, but one boy, and he
“teached schooll awhile and then went
to studying divinity.”
A hard shell Babtist preached in
Washington City lately, and took fur
his text: “God made mao in bis own
image. He thus commenced: An hon
est man is the noblest work of God,”
then he made a long pause, and looked
searchingly about the congregation, and
then exclaimed “Butt God almighty
hasn’t had a job in this plane for nigb
on to Sfty years.”
VOL. I. NO. £3.
iHt* South.
A noble Southern woman makes #
touching appeal through thd Lotitslril »
Courier, in behalf of the w.dows and or*
phans of the Confederate dead, from?
which wo extrflot the following . .
They are over before you i* rags ••»*
poverty ; they dome dnd asU your alim.
The widows of the Confederate dead ap
peal to you with broken hearts and tear
ful eyes. They say to you, “Give ua of
vour abundance : you, ® re "P*™ *. l 7
ed ones and plenty.” Ob !my friend*
r s tho South,[will you ever rest mtts
fied when lying on your beds of down/
while there is a child in want in all cm
sunny Sou h, whose father gave hit.tor
to gam the cause you loved - Thoit
sands aro left wi h mutilated lirribs to
earn their bread by the sweat of then
brow. The government give to tbpiu
no pensions. I know not trie number
of Southern widows and orohaus, m*d«
such by the late war. They would
number several hundred thousand.—
lint notwithstanding this, we have u
suffie’ent number ot men of wealth whu
could assist these orphans in business •
give them homes in their families, and
thus alleviate their sorrows Let every
man of Southern birth, and who posses
ses a Southern heart, select orae poor
Southern boys or girls, and strive to el
evate them by education aud sotherwiffw
and God will reward such action.
Afraid lie inigh 1 be Bead.
“Gris,” of the Cincinnati Times, give*
the following :
Bocne at the counting room of a morn*"
ing newspaper. Enter a man of Teuton
io tendencies, eonsiderabiu the warso
for last night’s spree.
Teuton—(To a man at the desk)
“If you bl-ase, sir, I vants de baper mit
dis mornings. One vat bash de namei
of de bcebles vat kills oholera aH dtr
vile.”
He was handed a paper and aftor
looking it over in a confused way, said:-
“Vill you pe so good ash to read do
names wot dont havo do cholera any
more too soon just noW/and see if Oarl 1
Geinsenkoopenhotfen hash got ’em?” .
The clerk very obligingly r6ad the’
list,toe Teuton listening with trembling
attention, wiping tbe perspiration from'
bis brow meanwhile io great excitement.-
When the list was completed, the nurao
of Carl Gcinsein , well; no mat*
ter abont the whole name, it wasn’t there
The Teuton’s face brightened up, aud h»>
exclaimed :
“You don’t find’em ?”
Clerk—“No such name there, sir.”
Teuton— (BeiziDg him warmly b/
tho hand) —“This ish nioe—this ish
some funs, that ish my names. I pin'
trunk ash never was, and py tain, I van
fraid I vas gone ted mit cholera, and
didn't Luvno it. Mi no Out l X VfVT
scart.”
The Darlington, Wis. Democrat re-'
lates the following very probable story : :
“While one of our business men was*
tikir g a quiet walk Hbt Saturday near’
the fair ground-, he discovered a beau-'
tiful striped black kitten in his pfttb.—'
He at once endeavored to make its ac
quaintance, and had succeeded in get-'
ting hold of it when he suddenly chaug*-
ed his mind and came to the conobi
sion that ha Wouldn’t. The kitten 1
went its way and the citizen started for'
home. Eve y one ho passed held hi*
no°e, and men, women and ohildren fled
from him a° though he bad the chole
ra. On Monday morning there will a 1
‘now-made grave’ near bis residence,,
in which wae deposited a suit ol ‘store*
clothes.’ We understand he says he’
has no further curiosity about kittens.
Beautiful Deaths. — A girl thir
teen years old was dying. liifimg her'
eyes towards the ceiling, she and softly,'
“Lift me higher,” “lift me highc r l” 1
Her parents raised ber up with pillowy
but she faintly said, “No, not that; bu.'
there 1” again looking earnestly toward
heaven, whither her happy ffm'l flew a
few moments lat.< r. Cfn her gravestone
these words are now eafved :
“June 8., sgod i J, lifted higher.”
A beautiful idea of dying, was if not t
Lifted higher !
Another little girl, gtspirg for her*
last ntur'al breath, sdd, “Father takes
me.” Her father, who sat disolvcd in l
tears by her bedside, KficJ into hi*
lap She tmiled, thanked hiW>,
taid, “I spoke to lletvenly Jather, tto4
died.
A young lady while in the country
some years ngo, stepped oft a ftmtjf
nail w hich ran thro’ her shoe and fodt.-
The inflammation and pain were of
course very great, and lockjaw appre*
hended. A friend of the family, how-'
ever recnmmebd tbc applecation as a beet)
taken fresh from the garden, and pound'
ed fine to the wound. It was done an d
the effect wee very beneficial. Snort
in flam tuition began to subside, ai.d b.’ /
keeping on the bruised beet, and change
iDg it for fresh one, as its virtues seem'
ed to become impaired, a speedy cures
was effected. Simple bnt effectual retd '
edies like this should be 1 own to ever/
o e. ___ ,
All ion TUB Best.—Blessed are theif
that are blind, for they shall see off
gh°«t. .
Blessed are they that are deaf, for
they need never to lend money, nor
listen udto tedious stories.
Blessed are they that are afraid of
thunder, for they shall hesitate about
getting married and keep atvaj from po*
litieal meeting*.
Blessed are they that are ignorant,
for they are happy in thinking tbaS
they know everything.
Blessed is be that is ugly in form
and feature*, for the girls shairt mol. a.
him. . ,
Blessed i* she tbwt would get mameo
but can’t fir the consolations of tho (Os'
are hers.
Blessed »fe tbs orphan children, fwf
they have no mother to spank tbslMi