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Professional Cards.
j. L. McDonald,
X)ontl«t f
AMER1CI*. - - - - GEORGIA.
i)rtic»-0*<r M'e-tlicimcr’a store, Lamar street.
JVrw*— y«"l , rafe » ^ nt strictly cash. aprltf
HAWKINS & BURKE.
r • ftt Ziaw,
SAMITKL IATMTXIX. ;
Goode • & Lumpkin,
A TTORXKYS AT LAW,
/Uuorious, Gcorgin.
W ILLi.racUce in mil tlie comities of tin
Southwestern CircuiUud in the counties of
.'.'icon, Dooly, Marion, Scfcjiy and Wet>mor. Al-
«■>- In «lto Supreme Court! and in the United
site* Circuit and District Court* for Georgia.
< •ftico in the Granlicrry building, ororW.T.
I i\enporfii Drugstore, jan 27 tf.
Jno. D. CARTER,
:VrfftR3?S¥ it f.iw,|
Americua, Gecrgu.
oft’ioe in Americua Hotel building, corner ol
j j: ,iar and College street*. may 18 tf.
MERREL CALLAWAY,
Attornoy »t Zaitw,
X. P. and Ex-Oft. J. P.
Anerteua, Georgia, j
tr * Mlice at Court House. jane 26 tf J
mrs* iort < benj. p. annus ;
FORT & HOLLIS,
iTTO«^*TS AT iAW.,
Americas, Georgia. |
M*Otti e in the room over R. T.IJrrd’u store. |
GOING HOME.
Mourners, weeping o’er the dumber
Of a man with silver hairs,
Did you ace hie spirit going
Up the angola’ starry stairs*/
Did you hear the angels calling
“ Weary pilgrim, ccasa to roam! ’
Weep not o’er bin peaceful ahunlier.
He is only going home.
Mother, landing o’er the cradle,
Wli'-re your little one has laid,
Dili yon know the transformation
That the oleep of death has made-
Thlnlc! hh feet had only started
In the path bead by aio,
When the gates of heaven opened,
And they let yonr darling in.
Wlfn, upon the grasses kneeling.
Where they hid «
He who won vottr 1
light
JACK BROWN,
A ttornoy ftt Xjaw,
AMERICU8, GA.
Hal- Wire iu Court House with Judj
your love, oh, IcD Die,
Did you see no gleam of light ?
He is waiting o’er the river,
On the Sunset Ferry’s short*.
Till the pale and silent boatman
Cornea to row your spirit o’er.
Cliildren, hinging for thf sunshine •
Of a loving mother’s smile.
She has only gone before you,
Tarry yet a little while.
Soon lor yon the Sunset Oaten ay
Shall, at day’s decline, unclose.
And yonll pass lx-yond its portals
'1V> a long and swe»*t repose.
.'(siilen, is yonr pathway lonely *
I»o yon mi.a pleasant voice ?
I>o you listen lor a footstep
That conlil tuako your heart rejoice ?
Oh ! the path of peace unending
la before your loved one’s ft* t.
And he’ll gladly hid you welcome
When yon reach the golden street.
When wo sec onr loved ones dying,
How onr bitter teardrops fall!
And wo fain wonld keep them with ns.
Though wo hear the angela call.
Yes, we kiss their lips at parting.
While the angels whisper “Come!’’
And forget, in hnman sorrow.
That they’re only ootso nonr.!
> KUn-
tcbietr.
N. A. SMITH,
Attornoy a t Xj aw.
W ILL practice In the Courts of .Siunter and
adjoiuiug Counties, and in Circuit Court of
.ited Sutra.
vet, next to Repnbll-
A Htrange Din iv.-One of the happiest men
that ever jonrncyod a hundred miles from
Michigan, took the Toledo express on Saturday,
at Fremont, bound for Toledo and his home in
Michigan. He told a strange story, of which
the following is the substance :
Some weeks since, while at homo in Michigan,
he retired to rest after*a hard day a work, and
falling tHleep dreamed a dream. He appeared
to have taken a long journey from “home,’*
where he hail been located for years and had
scarcely lost sight of, and when* he hail lived
“a happy old bach,” and never thought of mat-
rimony.
In that dream a vision appeared unto him.
He arrived st a place in Ohio, which was called
Fremont. It appeared that soon after his arri
val in that place, he formed the acquaintance of
a yonng lady, and that, after a short and happy
conrtahip, he married her nil retained to his
home in Michigan, w here he became wealthy,
lived happily, and raised a numerous family of
children, and in timo tottered his grandchildren
upon his knee. He then awoke; it was broad
dayligLt, and liis mother was at liis door calling
him down to breakfast.
At the breakfat tablo he related liis dream to
the old lady, and she was deeply impressed with
it. He told her it was his intention to at once
seek out the lieantifol creature of whom ho had
dreamed, and the old lady, lieliering there was
special providence in it, and being also a firm
» ^ believer in dreams, advised liim by all means to
» V. ol\(J VY jVJ 9 i go and find her if he could, and if he couldn’t
attorney at J.AIV, ,, ‘' r *"
S. R HAWKINS,
Attorney-at-Law,
\Vi;l continuo I-• practice in Kuintcr and adjoin-
ii " countirs, and in United Slates Circuit and
District Courts at Savannah. I’articular atten-
’ »«n given to collections. Office—corner College
• nd Laniar streets, nv« r Cranberry A Cos.
j. a; ansleyT
Attorney-atLaw
Amorious, Gra.,
V- ill practise in tli« Courts of Southwestern
ynnali. Special a..
ichts, the sale and ]»v
i of titles. A lari;
ivliu to collection of
of lands and the in-
■ assortmentt ofte^al
BRIEFS.
—White washers ore getting good
wages in Atlanta.
—Foster Blodgett lias returned to At
lanta from Washington.
—Tho dead body of an infant was
found near Walton Spring, Atlanta, on
Saturday.
—J. W. Wallack has risen from 825 to
$350 a week in twenty years.
Wine is a turn coat; first a friend, and
then an enemy
It is said the handsomest girl in Wis
consin, sets type in a printing-office at
Fond du Lac.
' A flcral sentiment-If yon look to
! “heart’s case,” never look to “many
j gold.”
i Do the best we can, we must not ex
pect every one to be friendly to us; for
some will hate us because others love ns.
! —It is said the Congressional Commit*
| tee on Claims have decided to report fa-
! vorably upon a claim for8400,000 brought
I by parties who suffered by the border
1 ruffian raid in Kansas in 1856.
—Tito late John C. Baldwin,ofDrange,
j X. Y., gave away daring the past four
teen years of his life, $676,000 to various
; colleges, asylums and benevolent institn-
1 tions.
| —Confucius, who lived more than 500
i years lx*fore Christ, when asked by
of liis disciples, “Is there one word which
may serve as a rule of practice for one'
life?” replied: “Is not reciprocity such a
word? What yon do not want done to
yourself, do not to others.”
—To Mr. Gibbs, of Mississippi, be
longs the distinction of being the ugliest
man in tho Univarsity of Virginia.
—The difference between a country
and a city greenhorn is, that the one
wonld like to know everything,. and the
other thinks he can tell him.
—A Kansas man ate three pounds of
raisins ou a wager the other {day, which
was paid—to his widow.
—John Pope, the champion coward of
the Federal army, has been assign oil to
command in St. Louis.
—The McFarland trial will soon be
issued in book form. Orders for forty
thousand copies have been received.
Be true to your manhood’s conviction,
and in the end you will not only be re
spected by the world but have the appro
val of your conscience.
Punch defies the difference between a
pitch-fork and a tuning-fork:—One is
used to make hay with; the other to make
" A” with.
A lady sometimeo keeps charms upon
her watchguard, but it is more important
that she keep watch and guard upon her
charms.
When is a young lady like a part of a
word? When she is a silly belle (sylla
ble.)
I find her, to bring back an Oltio girl any way;
“for yon know,” said she, “the Ohio girl* are
j right smart.” So John packed liis little «*xrd-
I robo and took the first train for Ohio, and loot
no time in reaching Fremont.
When lie arrived at that place, ho
, containing '
ATTORN El -AT-LA W, ; duplicate of the one he hail seen in his dream,
Amorious, - • • Q. a j aQ d that tho depot buildings and general ap-
Ofti y-Oni r 1* t I'mi' . , * i pear*nee of the city corresponded exactly with
rt * r, ‘. _jam.«tf. , his vision. He put up at the Kepler House, and
u-jtan hi- w.i-.l,. Fop two or tl.ro. d.v. lio ni
; nnsnccevful; but finally, jn*t lx*fore lie was on
; the point of returning home, he came face to
face with a maiden at the pout office. “Tia
she,” said lie, all to himeClf, and then he walked
up manfully and told her his story; liis dream,
sud of his place in Michigan, and frankly asked
her to share her lot with his.
She said something alxmt its licing sudden;
she would rather wait a few daya ltefore giving
an answer; but ho was determined to have it
there and then, and she finally said she was his
own. He aooompanied lier to her home, snd
that evening ho told her fond jiarenta all abont
it, and they pronounced it good. The day fol-
i lowing they were married, and at onco com-
I menced their journey Micbiganwanl. The man
a fine looking fellow, and s > happy that he
^ aprlGriy , could scarcely contain himself. Ho protested
Dr. J. B. HINKLE j roundly that it was the woman he saw in liis
W OULD , *, ,. ; dream that he had met and married, and that
branch^of ihfvrStZJ&n)™ ule^giJd I ftom U ‘° fir>,t to *** lwt ’ htd bccn cxacdy **
luiD a Alu< n,nu •nd Hnmter counLi, and so- I pictured in his dream. The lady was a pleasing
Li MoforabestsJIS? Ub ** r * 1 pstronage • appearing, comely looking woman, a few years
Special attentiooeiven to Hnrmr* younger than the man, ami seemed to lie brim
frill of fun, and to enjoy the novelty of the
tho thing folly as mnch as her hualiand. Take
them all in all, they were well matched, and
were donbtkw made for each other. He said
only ons thing was lacking to make his happi
ness complete, and that was the fulfilment ot the
latter part of liis dream.
Americas, Georgia.
W V-*ntru t' J [ T* 1 *° h ii business )
George W. Wooten, i''""'I'" tu *‘ ,he *•«» <>'
- * i containing the name of the place, v
GEORGE W. KIMBROUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND General Agent for the sale and purchase
r,i,7‘* I *. a -'", Sou J. hwc “ t Oo o£gia. Investigat-
r, , 1 T t , no,1 - v ‘dlK-red to. W1U faithfully st-
rnlnuM lo hi. .-.n-,
• avii!,.. ljYi-ounty, Ga. BOvlltf
JOSEPH ARMSTRONC,
Attorney at I^aw,
■I.IUNV .
..GEORGIA.
DR- WILLIAM A. GREENE,
GKORGIA.
C , ®. w ' rv « his friends of Amerii
»mi surrounding country in all tho depart-
rofeswon. anrl6-ly , o
j “! r
Lliindi*i
I attention given to Snrgerv.
ii-rs at the Drug store of Dr. E. J.
uesidenee fronUng that of Rev. J.
Dr- S. B. HAWKINS.
K[ ‘ 0FF,0E #t 1>r - Edridge’s Ding Store,
ufi*? De " Methodist Churah.
‘"TSi." 3 iSSJfe K "''
D. A. GREENE,
ATTORNEY at law,
DS55A,
’Jj'ii. ottra-w k-i
t.l. clarke
ATTORNEY at law.
PRESTOS, GE0E0IA.
•tpni S-t;.
Dr- W. D. COOPER,
professions! serviees to the citi-
|-«f,-rs *»'««*» and Bummnding country.
efUS.1 Hotu 0t °’ l * < -' < " > P er * Office—Corner
i^-W-at ilr. Them. Harrold’s, CoUege JlL
I) 1{ ; M- D. McLEOD, Ameri-
™ of the Eye and Ear
D Its End.—Kememix-r for what pur-
! pose yon were bom, ami through the wla
I life look at its end. Consider, when that comes,
in what you put your trust. Xot in the bubble
I of worldly vanity—it will lx* broken; r
j worldly pleasures—they will be gone; i
i great connections—they cannot servo you; not
in wealth—you .cannot carry it with you;
in rank—in the grate there is no distinction;
m the recollections of a life spent in conformity
to tho silly fashions of a thoughtless snd wick-
world; lint trust in Christ, in s life spent I
beriy, righteously snd wisely in trie pr
world.
An exchange says—A neighbor who
had been repeatedly urged by some fe-
malo acquaintances' to accompany them*
to a skating pond, at last yielded, no
longer able to resist the blandishment
of his bewitching tormentors. He went.
He said ho pnt on a pair of skates, and
stuck boldly out, and the next thing he
knew, was himself in bed, the minister
sitting beside him, singing n psalm, the
doctor courting his wife, and the under
taker metisuring for a walnut coffin.
Dr - J- H. JOHNSON,
at. *• *• waaiiBcmr, a. a. ahaks
««»«», Ga. Savannah, Ga. Americas,Ga.
f *CTOR8 <k COMMISSION
^orobant^
4S** SA8 - ..GEORGIA.
S0u A San Francisco paper says that
the wife of a citizen lias had a quarrel of
several months’ standing, with her sister
when, the other day, she invited her to
calL Sarah accepted, and fonnd a child
of the married dster lying ill, and its
mother asked Sarrah to take it a while.—
She did so, fondled and kissed it The
mother then informed her, in a manner
indicating great, gratification, that the
child had the small-poxi What a splen
did companion that woman must lie to
her husband.
All the gold that is used on the globe
wonld only make a solid cubical block
26 feet square. A little thing to make
Btwkfon about.
The Wrong Kan.
Many yens ago, my health Having
become much impaired by over study, I
was recommended to pom a winter in
the Sooth of France. Of so agreeeble a
prescription I readily availed myself. I
was without wifo or child to encumber
my departure; and, armed only* with a
portmanteau, made a most delightful
journey of it to tine (harming town of
Shortly after my arrival, whilst sitting
at the window of my hotel, a man passed
by, so vory much like myself that, struck
with the resemblance, I arose, and, lean
ing forward, followed him with my eyes.
His dress bespoke him on Englishman.
He was tall; so was L Slim; I was allm.
His eyes were blue, his akin fair, his hair
a deep auburn, his nose aquiline. All
this was my potrait When he had
reached the bottom of the street he
paused, looked round, then slowly re
turned, crossing the road, however, and
tricing the opposite pavement This —
abled me to gets clearer view of tho m
I confess I was. much impressed with the
vescmhhiaao, -and hardly Kked it. The
physiologist I thought may delight as
much as he pleases in such coincidences;
for my part I decidedly object to being
mado a portion of any sort of phenome
non. I had read of very unpleasant con
sequences following personal resemb
lances. and earnestly hoped that this in
dividual wonld speedily clear tho neigh
borhood of his presence.
A week or two after this, in taking a
walk across a beautiful bit of adjacent
country-, I snddeniy encountered my
likeness, seated on a rustic bench be
neath a tree, with his arm circling tho
waist of a beautiful peasant girl. Her
dun, of a pure and cream-like tint,
finely contrasted the splendid luxuriance
of her black hair. Her eyes flashed up
on me as I passed, and I noticed her draw
herself erect with rapid hanteur, as if
indignant or impatient of detection.—
The man by her side, who wonld have
passed very well for me to any other per
son bnt my mother or myself, still main
tained his caressing attitude. He did
not condescend to raise his eyes to mo as
I passed, but kept them llxed upon tho
face of the girl, who, I could see, watch
ed me with a species of sullen eagerness
as if wishing mo out of sight.
As I passed them, I must confess to
having experienced a momentary sensa
tion of envy of tho man. Since nature
has pnt him in my skin, I thought, it
seemed only fair that I should pnt my-
-Sl*lf in llIN okfUM l*\i. .11 T l*n.M T
cordinaire.
And ye have taken the teetotal pledge
have ye ? said somebody to an Irishman.
Indade I have, and am not ashamed
of it aither.
And did not Paul tell Timothy to take
little wine for his stomach’s sake ?
So he did; but my names not Timothy,
and there is nothing the matter with my
stomach.
wrecked c
A village pedagogue, iu despair with a
stupid l>oy, pointed to the letter A, and
asked him if he knew it Yes, sir.—
Well, what is it ? I know it mighty well
by sight but can’t remember its name.
_ At the recent 15th amendment celebra
tion in Louisville, a wagon filled with
negro women laid inscribed upon it,
“ God made ns men.” That was proba
bly news to God.
There is a literary man out West who
calls himself Jm)ius Henreigh Broughne.
A few years ago he was known as plain
John Henry Brown.
A young dandy, about starting on a sea
voyage, went to purchaco his life pre
server. “Oh, you will not want it,”
suggested tho clerk; “bags of wind won’t
sink.”
A sailor attempting to kiss a pretty girl
got a violent box on the ear. “There,”
exclaimed, “just my luck/ always
the coral reefs.”
An old stage driver says “tho hardest
kind of travelling is to sit in a bar-room,
and hear them tell how hard it is ontside
—when you get on the rood, you go along
easy enough. Good philosophy, that.
A schoolmaster asked a class of boys
the meaning of tho word “appetit%”
After a short paasor one boy said, “I
know sir: when I’m eatin’, I’m happy,
and when I’m done, I’m tight.”
Lots of things are done by machinery,
now-a-davs. A man in Cayuga county
had his shirt taken off by machinery, in
a tannery, tho other day, and narrowly
Escaped being taken off himself.
• One of Josh Billings’ maxims:—“Rise
early; work hard and late; live on what
you can’t sell; give nothing away; and if
you don’t die riclu and go to the devil,
you may sne me for damages.”
“Have yon seen my black-face an
telope?” inquired Mr. Leo scope, who hod
a collection of animals, of his friend
Bottlejack. “No, I liaint. mom did
yonr black-face aunt elope with!”
■self in his shoes. For all I know, I re
flected, that beautiful peasant girl might
have been originally destined for me;
bnt the intention of nature hail been de
feated by her love of coincidence. I
laughed at my thoughts as I walked on,
and, turning a corner lost sight of the
lovers.
On reaching the bottom of tho lano I
found that I had fallen upon acvl da sac.
The passage terminated in a series of
fields, across which I could discover no
footpath. I had no wish to bo arrested
for trespassing, so I decided on return
ing the way I had coni •*.
On sighting the bench, I found it was
deserted. I was not sorry. I wonld by
no means have disliked another peep at
the brunette; but, at tho same time, I
had no ambition to inspire tho couple
with the notion that 1 wns watching
thorn. j
I had got to the top of the hill, and
was passing between a row of thick bush
es, making a sort of natural hedge for a
brood area of trees, like a gigantic park,
when I was suddenly started by the re
port of a pistol, discharged to my left
At the same moment I heard the hol
low sound of a ball striking my liat, and
that article of dress rolled to the ground.
I looked around wiht a pole face. The
attack was horribly sudden. Who in the
name of heaven, wanted my life.“ For
what crime was my blood demanded ?—
What bod I done? I saw the blue smoke
curling in from the densest portion of
the bushes, and heard the cracking of the
furze and twigs, caused by tho hasty
flight of some one.
I picked up my hat. The ball luul
pass 2d clean through it. Ilad it struck
two inches lower it wonld liave entered
my skulL
I hastened towards the town, possessed
with mnch the same sort of enviable
feelings as yon might imagine a Tippera
ry landlord or agent would feel who
sees threats of his life carved ou every
other tree. Bravery iu a situation of this
sort wns quito out of the question. Ol
what use is pluck when von have to deal
with invisible foes? I might almost
confess to having broken into downright
flight ns I neared tho town, so extremely
anxious was I to escape the vicinity of
ever sheltering bush, tree or hedge in the
neighborhood.
On gaining my hotel, I began to re
flect on my narrow* escape. I had been
den, uttered a loud cry of alarm as he
spied me. I narrated my story to him
- ..t - — — as coherently as I could, and then sunk
I observed npon the ground in a fainting condition,
amaa-OTOss tho road and accost him. In Of what happened after tins I have no
wsa-wtofioualy a question,
of my table qpabled me to
tow of the street. As the porter
his thumb to
nodded
. - ,— over again to
sis 'until he was op*
“ 14 M of me
abruptly
Of what happened after tins I have
remembrance. When I came to my
senses I discovered that I had been taken
to the bouse of the station master, and
carefully tended bv his wife. From him
I learned the conclusion of this singular
Incident in my life. It seems Hi^i after
my story had been told, two men were
dispatched into tho tunnel in search of
my assailant They discovered him ly
ing dead, with both legs ent clean off a
little nbovo the knees. They boro the
corpse to an adjacent dead house; and
an inquiry into his death brought out
such particulars as nrevery easily anticipa
ted. The man who had so very closely
resembled me at Y— had betrayed the be
trothed of a laborer, one Theodore Ver
tot. This Theodore, reckless now of
life, and resolute bent on vengeance,
swore to kill tho lietrnyer. Mistaking
mo for liis enemy, he attempted to shoot
me. This failing, ho hung about the
hotel armed with a stiletto, determined
„ —.Walked on in the d*»
reehon taken by the-porter.
Having discharged my bill, I walked
to the railway station. On one platform
there was mnch tumult, a train from
Paris having jnst arrived. But npon the
platform against which I stood the train
which was to bear mo to tho North, I
counted only fivo people, exclusive of
porters.
The shrill whistle of the guard, sound-
Tho engino gavo a snort, and tho
line of carriages clanked to their chains
as they tightened to tho train. Sndden-
M veral voices cried “stop! stop! uuicunuwiniQ a suieuo, determined * , .
then, quick ! Which class—first ?! to stab me whenever Ishould oppwir in- r 1 “, An _ cx ' Coaf< ‘ iBi * u oUcer who
see your ticket Right ~Hero you I the street Hearing, however, that I traa
aio—jump in!” The door of my curri- J about leaving for Paris, ho perceived-
ago was opened, a form bounded in, the! better and safer means of prosecuting his
T° Uie ™ was another; design, by stabbing me in the tunnel,
shrill whistle, and off went tho tnuu. through which he knew I wonld pass,
I looked at my companion, ilo was. and then escaping in the darkness.
io man whom I had noticed speak to
tho porter and stnro into the window of 1 ♦ *
m ^koteI. : 3Iacon Telegraph A Messenger, 23th inst.l
A thrill passed over me. My recent i _, _ .
escape had creatly shaken my nervous 1 Knights Templar Parade and Cele-
1 ' bration.
Tho most imposing and brilliant dis-
—Gen. Thomas Jordan is in Washing. »9UTho Greekphiloeophe^ held that
i ton. ' a thick nock indicates a strong character.
t> • ... _ _ . _ , A well-sized neck, not too thick, shows
_ - 1 ™: ncr * m tho Id ^ l ° Pemtentiaiy Mgh-raindedncss; a long, slender neck,
have Bible classes. They are abont tho cowardicea very short one, cunning.—
only residents of the territory that a ^t! Tho *>1** these follow are rcepect
that wav. ively tho lion, the stag, and Ihowolf.—
T , • ... , , * Thin lips, loom at tho cads, and the ut>-
—Louisnllo burglars have a new way j per over-lapping, also shows high-mind-
of stealing a won's pantaloons whon ha j odne-ss: and this, too, belongs to tholiou
is asleep. They tio a corkscrew on apolo! frP 0 nmi 40 high-spiritod dogs. Thick
«d ran il through « biokm rrin.W.aml! !*£• “*? '"Wmpwjwlj^.Aow
—A soldier who assisted in'plunderin'* * ad prominent gums are apt to be abusive.
Presklrat D*vk' honw iu i > 1,050
... , , ’ i lenrr—tholronnolype. AaMuihnonos.',
has returned to him .0 roU headed csuio 1 w ,4l doawd from, tho forehead shows
presented 1‘V Franklin Pierce. He's not i high-nrindedners. Tho saino . indication
»radical, or he never wonld hire i-e-: >s offered hr a round noee, flattened at
turned ir ' tho end. A uoso tnrningup rapidly (torn
! the forehend shorn intptnleaec. Nostrils
-An indignant mother, nt Toronto ‘ -tde open show passionate chnnrter*.—
avenged her daughter's dishonor by gire '?**
ing her sedueMifvitriol Lath. He" Si i ^
~~ again. and stupidity. middle aizo is the
system, and tho apparition of a
whom I felt I ought to suspect, sent
chill through my blood, As a iieasant, |
which he was—not expressed only in his
hands, which wore dirty, rough and
horny,—whnt did he do ‘in a first-class
carriage.* 1 wonld have given something
to have changed carriages. But there
was no communication with the guard.
Moreover, the train, as I have tola you,
was an express, and did not stop until a
run of thirty six miles hod been accom
plished. W o were now however bowing
along with great rapidity.
I began, after a time, to resign my com
posure. I struggled to Liugh down my
fears. What, I thought, had I to fear
from a man I luul never seen—who had
never seen me? Tho thing wasjprepo.s-
terons. I extracted a paper from my
pocket, and commenced to read.
Half an hour passed away. All at onco
oyer the edge of my newspaper, 1 saw
him put liis hand out of the window as if
to open the door. I had not time to con
jecture his intention when, with a wild,
screaming whistle, we were hurled into
the night of a long tunnel.
. The rapid disappearance of tho day
light mode the oil lamp suspended in the
carriage emit but the dullest light for
"*»me minutes.
I laid the newspaper down, with all
my old fears revived in mo. 1 had scarce
ly done so when I saw the outline of a
man riso in the carriage. He leaped over
to where I was seated. I saw the gleam
' a knife in the air.
Mod with passion and surprise, I grasp
ed the descending arm. A furious de
termination to save my life inspired me
vrith the strength of a giant. The feroci
ty with which I seized his wrist forced
tho hand open. Tho knife fell, and then
commenced a silent, furious struggli
play the same number of men over mado
in Georgia, was witnessed in this city,
yesterday morning, at the hour ?f eleven
o’clock. Tho occasion was the initiation,
in Mucon. of tlio Annnal Conclave of the
order of Knights Templar, in the Stato of
Georgia, and to which the various subor
dinate Commanderies of the State was
ordered to appear, in full uniform.
At 10 o’clock, a. si., the Grand Cotn-
mandcry of tho Knights Templar for tho
State of Georgia, assembled in the Asylum
of St Omer Commandcry, No. 2, Masonic
Hall, on the corner of Mulberry street
and cotton Avenue, tho following officers
being present in full regalia:
Right Eminent Sir Thomas W.
Chandler, Grand Commander.
Very Eminent Sir George S. Oliear,
Deputy Grand Commander.
Eminent Sir Allen S. Cutis, acting
Grand Generalissimo.
Eminent Sir Geo. T. Anderson, Grand
Captain General.
Eminent Sir Rev. David Wills, I). D.,
Grand Prelate.
Eminent Sir Wm. .J. Pollard, Grand
Senior Warden.
Eminent Sir Samuel 1*. Hamilton,
Grand Junior Warden.
Eminent Sir Jos. E. W’clLs, Grand
Treasurer.
Eminent Sir. Chas. IL Anderson, Grand
Recorder.
Eminent Sir John G. Deitz, acting
Grand Standard Bearer.
Eminent Sir Calvin Fnv, Grand Sword
Bearer.
Eminent Sir Win. JI. Fuller, Acting
Grand Warden.
Sir Chns. H. Freeman, Umnd Captain
of Guards.
standing role v
c clergyman to another, “for the
my church,”
sexton to wako up any man that ho sees
•sleep.” “I think,” replied the other,
“that it wonld be better for the sexton
era man goes to sleep nnderyonr
tog, to wake yon up/’
* yon up.
yman in • Kansas says he has
year, and
ned but ono couple iu
—Tho total reraipts ol the Georgt.
railroad for the jeer ending March 31»t
1870, (or pumgen. freight, etc., 81?-
35» te0; total e^tee. l&S.ni; net
profits, <S)0a,91i. The road transported
188,567 bales of cotton, 643.129 bushels
of grain, 83,691 barrelaof floor and 31,-
G09,000 pounds of gnano; receipts at Ao-
gosta, 866,578 05; at Atlanta, lBoe,60142.
Two men will start together in life, the
one keeping his bead cool with water, the
other muddling his with liquor. At the
end of ten years, the former will have
achieved snccees, the latter will be drop-
ping into a drunkard’s grave/ but just be
fore be drops, yonll near him say:—
‘‘’SteniftoDg what difference ’er is in
life! That feller started same’s I did,
an’ everything he touched turned to go!V
and everything Itondied tossed to ashes
—stomshxng what a difference ’er is in
too much excited to attach to it the sig
nificance it demanded. But tho hole in
my hat conveyed the most shuddering in-
formation on my narrow escape. Beyond
ol! reasonable doubt, my life within that
hour had only l»een worth two paltry
inches.
I repeated the question to myself,
“Who wants my life ? And if anvbody
wants it, what nro his claims ? What
have I dono tf» merit assassination ? Be
ing wholy nnablo to answer these queries,
I resolved to make a confident of my host,
the hotel keeper. I called him to my
room, and told him what had liappened.
He shrugged his shoulders, as he exclaim
ed :
“ Monsieur, like the rest of mankind,
must pay the penalty of making love.” ’
“But,” said I, shocked at hinxan/jfroid
“I have not made love. Since ! have
been here, I am not conscious of even
having looked nt a woman, ranch lees
spoken to one.”
“Then it is an enigma,” he replied.—
The only solution I can offer you is—
that yon have been, mistaken for some
ono else. ■
“ Jion Dicu !” I exclaimed. “ Yon
havo undoubtedly hit tho mark. I have
been mistaken, and I know for whom;
Have you not seen a man in this town
bearing a striking resemblance to me.*”
“ No,” was the answer.
“Well, my friend, I have. Tho mo
ment I saw him I felt uncomfortable. I
had a presentment of evil. Obligate
by letting me have yonrbilL I shall go
to Paris to-night If I stop here another
day, my life, which I left England to
fortify, will be snuffed out like a candle.”
Tho hotel keeper, seeing matters come
to a point that effected his interests, en
deavored to laugh down my doubts. He
argued that the belli had received in my
hat might have been destined for a a bird;
that was the shot of' some wretched
marksman, who might have mistaken my
hat for a crow.
“That may all be very well,” I answer
ed ; “bnt suffer me to tell yon that yonr
excuse only uudcea me more resolute to
leave the place* for of what nine ii a
man’s life in a district abounding with
sportsmen who can mistake a hat for a
row?”.
A train left for Paris at 2:35. It was
an express, snd I found it to be due at 8
o’clock. I dispatched my portmanteau
by a porter to the station, and having
twenty minutes before me, sat down to a
timo motionless. For myself, I received
an indiscribable shock, such as is expe
rienced in a collision; but I retained my
senses. I heard the roar of the train dy
ing away in the distance. I saw the red
gleam fading like tho eye of a dying de-
I still clutched him by the throat, nor
did I dare relinquish it My situation
was frightful. I suspected that a down
train wold soon lie passing, nod in the in
tense blackness of the tunnel I could not
spo on which line we had fallen. I would
nave stretched forth my hand to groupe
for the rains; I might havo found a place
of safety by judging of tho distance be
tween them,* but I felt the form of my
assailant commence to writhe beneath
me. His struggles grew fiercer. Ho en
deavored to rise; but with tho fury of
despair I kept him pressed down, one
hand on his throat, the other on his
breast. What I desired was to render
him insensible. I would then leave liim
in the darkness, and group my way as I
could.
A few minutes had elapsed when I
hoard a distant rumbling like approach
ing thunder. It increased. I seemed to
feci a wind blowing against my face. I
t jjjted steam. I knew that a train was ap
proaching, and my hair lifted on my head.
What rails were we on? The suspense
frightful.
He seized me by the collar, and clung j Six out of the seven subordinate Com-
_ ‘ mandries in the Stato were represented
inline. St. Aldcmar, No. 3, of Colum-
bus, being the only one unrepresented.
with the tenacity of a tiger. I heard his
snapping teeth, os if ho were endeavoring
to bite. We swayed from one end of the
car to the other. I felt how weak ill-
health had lift me, and prayed to pass out
into the light,'that I might tho better
howto encounter the ruffian.
Suddenly I felt myself swung round
with tremendous energy. I bounded
against a door; which opened, and we
both fell out on the lines, in the very j tine, Ko.^
Little eyes are a sign of a littlo mind :
great or % prominent eyes, of stupidity;
eopgave eyes, of a mischievous disposi
tion. As to their color, very black eyes
show cowardice, os also gray and pale-
colored ©yes; those of tho blondo type,
bright gleaming eyes, indicate courage :
glittering eyes, a sensual character: The
forehead, if little, shows inaptitude to
learning; if very large, stupidity; ii
round, insensibility; if square and sym
metrical, sdt-wilL A largo head show^
insensibility; a littlo head, lively percep
tion; a peaked head, impudenoo. Little
ears belong to tho monkey tribe, and
greet ears to tho donkey. Ono may ob
serve that tlio best kinds of dogs have
moderate ears.
—Whilst the negroes wero celebrating
Baltimore the ratification of the Fif
teenth Amendment, there was a sudden
_ crash, and tho next instant there was an
the names* of those j indiscriminate mixing of races ou the
represented: > pnving stones below. Tlio positions os-
i rr 1 ,Tcro nei,her,,or
Macon; Coeur do Lion, No. 4, of Atlanta; 1 fuI » ,n
most cases heads being down and
DeMolay, No. 5, of Amcricus; Wm. , fact up. Douglas, who had gone down
Tracy Gould, No. (!, ol Forsyth ; Polos- • in Ihe general tumble, tow ono of tlio
, ^sfAni&m’Vhrtisf S:' j* t ~ «r ■ r^
The fall seemed to have stunned him, J mandery, with their eminent Command- i t ‘ mt ” obo< v was “ urt » stepped upon
for he fell under me and remained for a' er ’.’T*..^ *. Young. j tho pile of broken boards and proposed
ly died in Van Boren, Arkansas, re
quested that colored men should be liis
pall bearers, that the church bells should
not bo tolletl, and that no funeral service
should bo preached over him. His in
structions wero carried out io the letter.
Wo hold this troth to lie self-evident
that all men are entitled to vote as they
please, except negroes, and they mast
vote tlio Radical ticket, or have their
hauls punched. Tho declaration of ii
dependence according to Jumbo Bum.
The sound of Revels which by night
preluded Waterloo, and in more modern
times enlivened the proceedings of Con
gress, bids fair to l»o continual during
tho summer. Ho has taken tho lecture
field.
AI ort Smith, Arkansas, paper says
that the numl>er of emigrants that con-
tinnseto flock into that country is in
credible. Every road is thronged with
them, on tho bank of nearly eveiy creek
they are camped, eveiy house they can
find is fast being occupied by them,
every vacant farm they can secure readily
finds a tenant for the coming crop. V<
littlo land now open iu tho country will
remain idle this year, and we are pleased
to learn that a disposition prevails to
give corn a fair share of the ground, and
not givo all exclusively to cotton.
—A Washington dispatch says: To
fully understand and appreciate the
enormity of Bullock ii Co. in tlio Geor
gia bribery affair, it is nccessaiy that the
full report of tho majority of tho com
mittee should bo read. Upon reading
that, there can bo no hesitancy ou tho
part of unbiassed minds in coming to the
conclusion that Bullock and his creatures
have been gqiltyot the most bare faced j Aa Infamous Fal^0(Tand" Slander
upon tho People of Georgia.
In the letter recently issued by Bulloch,
in pamphlet form, aud published iu tin-
Washington Chronicle, of tho 23d instunt,
occurs the following declaration :
“ l or two years in Georgia I havo beer
pursued by threats of jjcraona! violcuci
'ug that period.
Tm: “Old Flao. The Columbus
(Miss.) Index utters tho following jnst.
truthful and noble sentiment about the
old flap, ” which wo heartily endorse.
As the flag under wliich Washington
fought, Lafayette bled, and Warren dial,
loved it, for it waved over the sons of
n fighting for homo and firoeide. As
tho flag under which Pope mn, McNeil
murdered, and Butler stole, we despise i c.
for it waved over cowards, robbers, and
butchers of men. As the flag which one.
protected States in their rights and citi
zens in their property, it commanded the
reverence of every true American.. As
tho flag that smothers in its folds const i-
tutionnl freedom and oncouragc* official
and political corruptions, no trno Ameri
can can look on it except in soirow and
contempt When it gave the South rep
resentation in Congress, and something
like equality in taxation, then tho men
of our section carried off the laurels of
valor on tho fields of Mexico. Now that
it crushes us to poverty with taxes and a
nomitiid representation in Congress, and
curses its with carpct-bag and scalawag
robbeiy, it is natural we fail to see any
thing lovely in its colors.
impudence and corrupt conduct.
centre of the tunnel.
My assailant increased his stnTEgi5sj counted
t. f. . • n T* mtvnnwhifn tn-
He liecame furious. He was evidently
fighting to throwlme down, and over in
the direction of that side of the tunnel
along which came the roar of tho train.
I saw his object, and madly pressed upon
him. His body frantically writhed. Ho
twisted under me as if he revolved on a
pivot. Ho endeavored to shriek some
words to me, bnt my throttling grasp
made his voice no moro than a horrible
hoarseness.
I ssw the red and green lights of the
engino approaching, they grew in size
lustre with a hideous rapidity. There
was a roar, a shower of dust, a wind that
struck me down like a blow from a strong
man’s hand/ thou followed the dying rat
tle, ending in a dull and sudden moarn.
I .row to my feet. I crossed over to
tho wall, and feeling along it, took to
walking with all tho speed my sinking
frame wonld suffer me to pnt forth. Now
and then I stumbled over piles of rub
bish lying grouped against tho side, aud
sometimes my groping was bewildered
by coming across recesses into whicli my
hands guided me.
Aft length I saw a star, tremulous,
glorious, iu the distance. It was day
light—the aperture of tho tunnel—and I
f ushod forward with invigorated spirits.
neared it slowly; for this star seemed
to maintain an inexorable distance, and
would not enhu-ge.. How shall I describe
my joy asl gained the twilight of its re
flection—as I advanced and felt the pare
air of Heaven my dry cheeks and burn
ing lipa—as I saw the blue sky and the
dim vista of pale green banka!
I seated myself to reoorer my strength.
I could see that I presented a dismal and
terrible spectacle. My coat was torn,
my hands Were bbek—eo, so, too,I judged,
***• my faoe—my collar had been tom
froi i me, and the skin of the ends of my
fingort was lacerated. After reposing my
self I climbed the bank, and perceived* at
about the distance of a mile a small sta
tion^ I made toward* it, and gained it.
A railway official, who was standing look
ing at two children playing in a bade gar-
three cheers for the XYth Amendment.
This reassured the crowd and prevented a
panic. The platform fell about eight
feet. Two minutes before it went down
tho space underneath was filled with
young girls, who had sought shelter there
from the sun, aud were sitting on the
braces. A policeman, thinking it not a
very safo retreat, peremptorily ordered
them out, and the last one had just left
At the hour of 11 a. m., ns before stated,
the St. O^por Commnndrv, No. 2, of Ma
con, emerged from tho Masonic Hall in
double file, and took their position in
line ou Cotton Avenue. Then followed
the other suliordinate Coin mandries, and
lastly, the Grand Commandery, all under
command of that brilliant military chief
tain and gentleman, Gen. Geo. T. Ander
son, Grand Captain General.
The line being formed, it presented
renlly a very magnificent sight to the ,
large concourse of citizens, both old and . „ ,
young, male and female, that has nssem-1 w " cn floor went ^ owl1 *
bled on the sidewalks and in the doors.; —
and windows to witness. The nniforms
consisted of black cloth coats with brass
buttons, black pants black chapeau with
a white ostrich feather, liouldricks of
white watered silk, three inches wide and
ends lapped and secured nt the left hip
with n small but beautiful ornamont, rod
Morocco sword belt and straight sword,
and gauntlets on the enffs of wliich were
smal 1 jewelled crosses—tho whole preaent-
ingnn exceedingly handsome trad ele-
S mt uniform. Tho uniforms of tho
rand officers were something more
brilliant and costly, in that the badges,
swords and trimmings wero of gold,
while that of the Sir Knights was of
white metal. Tbe Grand Prelate appear
ed in a long white r.il w\ xrith a stole
around his neck and m.tr.-.»:i itUlioad.
i lin.
• h tndrt-d and
seven white feathers, bnt there were ii
line altogether about ouo hundred and
fifteen uniforms. This wns a large pro
portion of the Knights Templar of the
Stato, as there are only about 175 in
Georgia. After forming, the column
faeed to tho left and marched to the Pres
byterian Ghnrch to the music of the Ma
con colored brass band, where the ranks
opened and the Grand Commandary
passed through into the Church. The
public exercises of tho order of Knights
Templar were then held, and were of a
most impressive, beautiful and imposing
character. After which Rev. D. Wills, D.
D., Grand Prelate, delivered an oration
upon the subject of “ChristianChivalry.”
At night, the Grand Commandery und
subordinate Com mandries repaired to
Ayer’s Hall, where a magnificent banquet
had been prepared, in Sir Chas. Free
man’s best style, and to wliich the for
tunate reporters for tho city press were
kindly and cordially invited, by those
two most worthy Sir Knights, J. V.
Grier and Thos. Hardeman, Jr., on tho
port of St. Omer Commandery, No. 2.
It was a feast in overy way commensur
ate with tho brilliant aud grand display
that had been made during the forenoon,
and jnst such a one us should have con
cluded the exercises of the day.
The Georgia Bill.
Tho Washington correspondent of the
Courier-Journal under date of May 22d,
writes thus:
“The friends of Bollock A Company
are demoralised somewhat by the resolu
tion of the Senatorial investigation, and
the prospectus, that a bill less liberal in
its provisions to that regime, will pass
Congress. The conservative Republicans
and Democrats are folly united to oppose
the lull which has been agreed on by tho
“ ‘ ‘ un
Stato at once and to provide for an elec
tion of the Georgia Legudatnrenext falL’*
Sad Homicide.—It give.: us real i
It is due to the State of Georgia, say.
the Savannah ltrjwbNcm, that her Press
should give an emphatic denial of the
truth of this statement, and denounce it
as utterly false, in letter aud spirit. Wi
dely tho calumniator to point to the
slightest proof that his lifo has been in
danger, or to cite a single threat of per
sonal violence as regards himself. It can
not lie done. There is not a truthful Re
publican in tho Stato who, if put undo
oath would swear that' he believes Bul
lock’s life had been in danger at any time
since his inauguration. “The wicked
flee when no man pursnctli, ” and the
whole thought and declaration spring
from a lying brain or cowardly heart.—
■- : However utrango it appears, notwith-
man, (on Tuesday morning, soon after I \'] c of lawless usurpation*,
the fire had lxten extinguished. 1 "** attempts to humiliate aud degrade
It appeors that some altercation occur- them, his robberies of their treasure, liis
° l ?“?“• f > £-“ rn ' ! "' il(nl “'“opreicntatioMol theircondnol
ing tho disposition of a lot of bacon, M . ... ,
which had liecn collected by his younger | ba8e cwnmmes upon their character
brother and the deceased jointly. , person lias been
The elder Freeman interfered in behalf
of the lad, and during the dispute shot
Taylor through the head, inflicting a
ghastly wound, which proved fatal m a
few hours. Freeman, was promptly ar
rested by the Sheriff, and after a prelim
inary examination lieforo tho Mayor,
held to Iwiil in the sum of $500,00, to ap-
I»ear and stand his trial lieforo the Supe
rior Court.
Tho deceased was a man of excellent;
character and had worked like a hero at
tho fate fire.
His death cast a gloom over the com
munity, and every effort was made to
convince our colored citizens that they
shonld havo the strictest justice through
out this unfortunate affair, and that their
service ot the fire had !>een highly ap
preciated.
Daniel Taylor was buried on Wednes
day afternoon, and the Fire Company
turned out in uniform, and inarched in
procession to tho grave, accompanied by
a large numbetof our citizens.
This was a meet testimonial to the
services and worth of the deceased, and
will do much to assure our colored breth
ren that the respectable portion of the
whites are indeed their fnends, and will
ing to accord them all the respect to
which they may be on titled. -~ffcthhrrt
Appeal, 26(h inti.
Teumfic Hail Stobm.—Newton, Ba
ker countv, was visited by a severe hail
storm on Wednesday afternoon. From
information it must havo been very des
tructive to cotton and corn. It fell in
stones the size of an egg, and in such
quantities that buckets fall were easily
gathered some time after the storm had
passed over. We have no report of the
damage, but fear it was serious.—/Itfxmv
Aw*, 27/A in*L
86^’ A sensation wn$ created
Boulevard Molesherbcs, Paris, tho other
day at noon, by a pretty blond tlirowing
from a drawing room window tho -fall
drees suit of a dandy, and soon sending
after them their owner, a. poor, dwarfish
young man dressed
s safe ns that of
any other citizen. How long this will
continue to be the case, we cannot soy.—
The people of Georgia are conservative,
patient, aud law-abiding, bnt they are
human, and there is such a thing as ex
hausting their forbearance.
40-The Columbus Sun says all the
young gentlemen of that city who have
been kicked by maids or widows since
the war “ are to meet in a private room
next Monday night for tho purpose of
organizing a club for mutual diversion:-.
Ii is to bo called tho “ SKppcr Olnb,”
from the feet that no one is to beadmit-
ted who has not enjoyed the pleasure of
receiving one. A President, Secretary
and Treasurer havo already been agreed
upon. Each person who becomes a
member must deposit with the Treasurer,
to bo placed among the orchievos, to be
recalled at pleasure, all pictures, touching
letters, and gashing notes. The meet
ings are to be diversified by narrations,
brief and pointed, either written or oral,
or the courtship of each member. The
tenderer they are, or the funnier % the bet
ter. Solemn oaths of secrecy are to lie
administered.”
Why not have ono hi Americua ? We
should judge, there was abundant mate
rial here' for a very large club.
HwoMtruction Committee and 'h»re ■■
agreed to support a measure to admit tlio h »^»»o<^dloaohinfldeU to bo just to
ohrioiionity. thej shonld themoelre. be
just to infidels."
CoMPAiu-mm.x Warmth or the Sexes.
—The Schenectady Star fa puzzling itself
over the conundrum* why girls tan dress
as lightly as they do and still keep trarm.
and relates the following startling experi
ence: “ We onco rode with a girt iu an
open cutter, fifteen miles, on one of the
coldest nightoia a winter, and while ww
sat frozen nigh as stiff as a stake, onr
teeth chattering like csstincts, she kept
up un animated convcnotiou, every now -
and then exclaiming: “ Oh isn’t this de
lightful! Don't yon cujoyiU—V’ When
we arrived at odr destination, notwith
standing we wireP dressed a great deal
to lift us out of the cutter aud.conduct us
to the tropical atmosphere of tho kitchen
of a farm house. On the return trip we
were Create to death, add dhe drove tho
oarpeelxhM.. It npzst be that girls are
tougher than wo mgi people.
Milwaukee has three female barbers,
who are all thriving.