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K|J|| x. tKtODR. SAMUEL LUMPKIN.
Goode & Lumpkin,
attorneys at law,
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lthwiutora Circuit.and in the counties of
Wit
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atpgesst a:t law,
Americas, Gcorgi*.
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I jiiisr snd College streets. msy 18 tf.
MERREL CALLAWAY,
^.ttornoy at Law,
N. P. axi* Ex-Off. J. P.
Amman. Georgia.
ai- Offico at Court House. jnne 26 tf
Upon tlio white sea sand
Tlvere sat a pilgrim band.
Telling the losses tliat there lives had koown
While evening waned away
From breezy cliff and bay.
And tlie strong tides went ont with weary mom.
One spoke with quivering lip,
Ofatine freighted ship,
With all liis household to the deep gone down
But one had wil*kr woe-
For a fair face long agw
Lost in the darker depths of a great town.
There were those who mourned their youth
With a most loving ruth,
For its brave hopes and memories ever green
And the one upon the west
Turned an eye that would not rest.
For far-off hills whereon its joy had been.'
Some talked of vanished gold,
Someofprond honor told.
Some talked of fricuds that were their trust no
And one of green grave,
Beside a foreign wave,
That made him sit so lonely on tlie shore.
Bat when their tale* were done.
There spoke among them one,
A stranger, seeming from all sorrow free;
“ Had losses have ye met.
But mine is heavier yet;
For a lielieving heart hath gono from me.”
“Alas!" these pilgrims said,
“For the living and* the dead—
For fortune’s cruelty, for love’s sure cross,
For the wrecks oi land and sea!
But, however it come to thee.
Thine, stranger, is life’s last and heaviest loss
FORT &. HOLLIS,
i?T4HHST8 A T LAW,
And Solicitors of Patents.
Americas, Georgia.
Byrd
april 29 tf
r It. T.Byrd’s
JACK BROWN,
A ttornoy at Law,
AMERICAS, OA.
ft* Ortiif in Court House with Judge SUn-
f .riL feu 16 tf. _
N. A. SMITH,
Attornoy at li a w,
W IIJ. practice in the Courts of Sumter and
adjoining Counties, and in Circuit Court of
I’uiicd States.
ir Office on College street, next to RepubU-
raiiufficc. feb2Stf._
S. H. HAWKINS,
Attorney-at-Law,
Will ciitinno to practice in Sumter and adjoin
ing countn-», ami in United States Circuit and
Dutrict Court* at Savannah. Particular atten
tion riven to collections. Office—corner College
and Lamar streets, over Cranberry A Co’s.
decU-tf
J. A. ANSLEY,
Attorney-atLaw
Amorious, Go.,
Will practiso in the Courts of Southwestern
Georgia and in the United States Courts at Sa
vannah. Special attention givlm to collection of
»nd pi
itigation o:
A large a
A. li. BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
.Ymcricus, ll eorgia.
give prompt attention to all buniueae
George W. Wooten,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Amorious, • • • G-o,
Oifi.e -Over 1L T. Byrd’s store. • janl.1t I
E. B. AMOS,
Attorney- at-Zaaw,
AMFJlICItf, a A.,
W ILL give prompt attention to professional
buHineHa in the different courteof Sumter,
Mdcv, Webster, Leo and adjoiningcountiea.
Office with J. A. Aim ley, over 11. Emaunc
jun 9-t
GEORGE W. KIMBROUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
A Nil Gitieral Agent for the- sale and purchase
ef land in Southwest Georgia. Investigat
ing titles strictly adhered to. Will faithfully at-
tenj to all hnninca* entrusted to his care.
MarkviUe, Lit; county, Qa. novlltf
JOSEPH ARMSTRONG,
Attorney at Law,
ALBANY, GEORGIA.
An Old Man’s Story.
Many years ago, a temperance meeting
as held in a certain village. A little
boy who lived in the village, was very
anxious to go, and purs untied his father
to take him. The boy never forgot that
meeting, and he wrote the account of it
years afterwards. One of,the speakers at
A.MERIOTJS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JTJ3STE 84, 1870
-! Three DoililrSa Year,
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Number 18.
DR. WILLIAM A. GREENE,
AMKB1CUS, GEORGIA.
rjONTINTES to strvs his friends of American
y and *urrouDding country in all the depart-
"wiUoihii profession. api16-ly
Dr. J. B. HINKLE
Trr°LTJ> again tender his services (In all the
■■ brandies of the Profession) ’
1 er co
liberal patronage
jinple of Atnericue and Sumter connt.C, anil so*
licit* a continuance of the liberal pa
***• «ore o? Dr! E. J.
iJUndge. Uetadence fronting that of her. J.
'••Jordan. June 8tf
Dr. S. B. HAWKINS.
M 1 OFFICE at **. Eldridgo’s Drug Store.
lUmJdenee near tlie Methodist Church.
1 * ff “ n tc ' nder the good people of
Aniencu* and country generally. *
the meeting was an old man.' His hair
was white, and his brow farrowed with
age and sorrow. When he arose to speak,
he said:
'* My friends, l am an old man, stand
ing alone at the end of life’s jonmey.
Tears are in my eyes and deep sorrow is
my heart. I am without friends, or
home,or kindred on earth. It was not
always so. Once I had a mother. With
her old heart crashed with sorrow, she
went down to her grave, I once had a
wife— a fair, angel hearted creature as
smiled in an earthly home. Her
blue eyes grew dim, as the floods of sor
row washed away its brightness and lier
tender heart I wrong till every fibre was
broken. I once had a noble hoy; but he
was driven from the ruins of his home
and yet my old heart yearns to know if
he yet lives. I once had a babe a sweet
lovely babe; but these hards destroyed it,
and nowit lives with Him who loveth
the little ones. Do not spurn mo, my
friends,” continued the old man. “There
is light in my evening sky. The spirit of
my mother rejoices over the return of
her prodigal son. The injured wife
smiles upon him who tarns back to vir
tue and honor. The child angel meets
at night fall and I seem to feel liis
tiny hands upon my feverish cheek. My
brave boy, if he yet lives .world forgive
the sorrowing old man for treatment that
drove him out into the world, and tlie
blow’ that maimed him for life. God
forgive me for the rain I have brought
upon all that were about me.
“ I was a drunkard. From wealth and
espectability, I plnnged into poverty
tnd shame. I dragged my family down
with me. For years I saw the cheek of
my wife grow pale, and her steps grew
weary. I left her alone to struggle
for the children, while 1 was drinking
and rioting at the tavern. She never
complained, though she and the children,
often went hungry to bed.
“One New Year’s night, I retained
late to tlie hnt where charity had given
ns shelter. My wife was still up, and
shivering over the coals. I demanded
food. She told me there was none, and
then burst into tears. I fiercely ordered
her to get me some. She turned her eyes
sadly upon me, the tears falling fast over
her pale cheek. At this moment the
child in the cradle awoke, and uttered
:ty of hunger, startling the despairing
mother, and making new sorrow in her
breaking heart.
We nave no food, James; wo have
had none for several days. I have noth
ing for the baba O ! my once kind hus
band, must we starve!”
That sad, pleading face, and those
streaming eyes, and the feeble wail of the
child, maddened me; and I—yes, I struck
her a fierce blow in the face, and she lell
forward upon the hearth. It seemed
the furies of hell were raging in my
bosom, and the feeling of the wrong I
had committed added fuel to the flames.
I had never struck my wife before, but
now some terrible impulse drove me o
and I stooped down, as well as I conld
my drunken state, und clinched both of
my hands in her hair.
For mercy’s sake, James!” exclaimed
my wife, as she looked up in my fiendish
countenance, “von will not kill ns? You
will not harm Willi© And she sprang
to the cradle and grasped him in her
arms I caught her again by the hair and
dragged her to tlie door, and as I lifted
Here the old man bowed his head and
wept; and all in the house wept with him.
Then in the low tones of heart-breken
sorrow, he continued:
“I was arrested, and for long months I
was a raving maniac. When I recovered,
I was sentenced to the penitentiary for
ten yearn, but that was nothing to the
tortures I have injured in my bosom.
And I desire to spend the little remnant
of my life in striving to warn others not
to enter a path which has been so dark and
fearful to me.”
When theold man had finished, the tem
perance story, the pledge was produced;
and he asked the people to come forward
and sign it The father of the boy re
ferred to leaped from his seat, and pressed
forward to sign the pledge. Ashe took
the pen in hand, he hesitated a moment
“Sign it, young man, sign it,” said the
venerable speaker. “Angels would sign
it I would write my name in blood, ten
thousand times, if it would undo the ruin
I have wronght, and bring back my loved
and lost ones.”
The young man wrote, 44 Mortimer
Hudson.” Ine old man looked. He
wiped his eyes, and looked again. His
face flushed with fiery red,—and then a
deathlike paleness came over it
“It is—no, it cannot be; yet how
strange!’ he mattered. “Pardon me, sir
bat that was the name of my brave boy.”
The young man trembled and held np
his left arm, from which the hand had
been severed.
They looked for a moment, in each
other’s eyes, and the old man exclaimed:
“ My own injured boy !”
The young man cried out—
“My poor, dear father !
Then they fell upon each other’s neck
and wept tears of penitence and forgive
ness together.
Tiie Highest Flight eveb made by
Man.—The most remarkable balloon as
cension on Tecord was made in 1804, by
Biot and Gay-Lussac, in Paris. By this
enterprise they endowed science with a
series of new and important facts, ques
tionable before that time, os they carried
with them a complete set of suitable ap
paratus,^ and, moreover, an unsurpassed
knowledge of observation and experiment.
They ascended to a height of 13,000 feet,
and observed that at 8000 to 9000 the
animals they had taken with them, ii_
order to observe the effect of the ratified
air and cold upon them, did not appear
to suffer any inconvenience. In the
meantime, the pulses of the two experi
menters were much accelerated; that of
Gay-Lussac, otherwise always slow, 62
beats per minute, was 80; and that of
Biot naturally rapid, 79 beats per minute,
was 111. At a height of 11,000 feet, a
pigeon was liberated; it dropped down
whirling through tlie air as if it had been
a stone. The air was too thin, too much
rarefied, to enable it to fly.
Three weeks later, Gay-Lussac went up
alone, and attained a height of 23,000 feet,
four and one-sixth miles, or 2000 feet
higher than the top of Chimborazo moun
tain. The barometer was only thirteen
inches high; the thermometer 18 degrees
Fahrenheit below the freezing point,
while at the serfioe of the ground it was
80 degrees. He left the courtyard of the
Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, in Paris,
and, after an aerial voyago of six hours,
descended near Rouen, one hundred
miles distant. Tlie result of tills ascen
sion on Gay-Lussac’s health was very in
jurious, partially by the want of air for
respiration, combined with sudden cold,
but chiefly by the absence of the accus
tomed pressure. At the extreme height
of 22,000 feet his face and neck were
swolen enormously, his eyes protruded
from his head, blood ran from the eye
lids, nose, and ears, and also come from
his lungs by vomiting; in short, his sys
tem received a shock from which he
never fully recovered during the rest of
his life.—Manufacturer and Builder.
THE GENEVA CONVENTION.
Geneva, Ga., June 15,1870.
In pursuance of a call issued from a
committee of the citizens of Talbot
county, delegates from .the oo unties ot
Sumter, Schley, Marion, Talbot, Meri
wether and Coweta assembled this dayj
From Sumter:
W. W. Barlow, W. J, Patterson and
Moses Speer.
In the event that any of the above
namod should decline to serve, the dele
gation from tlie respective counties shall
fill said vacancy or vacancies.
J Resolved, That each county represented
when L. H. Feathcrstone, of Coweta^ in this convention hereby pledges itself
called to the chair, and J. B. Gor- to raise a fund to defray the expenses of
D. A. GREENE,
attorney at law,
wsHHi, mam.
•5-All Business attended to.|
. T. L. CLARKE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
FBI
Apnl 3-tf.
Dr- W. D. COOPER,
AFFKI18 lit* professional services to the dti-
lT iV"* 01 Awerioca and surrounding country.
<-• St Mr. Thun. Harrold's, College HilL
I)K M. D. McLEOD, Ameri-
^ G»—Disease#of the Eye and Ear
treated. Chronic diaeaaca ot Women
'*u Children nude a enecialtv. Prolsueus. An-
munutart ii faoi Boa
i;;‘£SK r ~
N otice.
Dr. a K. TURNER
lUviog removed from the
wLmsL^ l° c *ted Tn ^ _
‘—terewm,. OutptmoitaU.
thelatcli, the wind burst in with a cloud
of snow. With a fiendish yell I stiH
dragged her on, and hurled her out amid
the darkness and storm. Then with a
wild laugh I closed the door and fastened
it. Her pleading moans and the sharp
cry of her babe mingled with tlie wuil
of tlie blast. But my horrible work was
not Complete.
44 1 turned to the bed where my eldest
son was lying, snatched him from hisslnm-
liera, and, against his half awakened
straggles, opened the door and thrust
him ont. Iu the agony of fear he nttered
that sacred name I was no longer worthy
to bear. He called me—Father l and
locked his fingers in my side pocket. I
could not wrench the grasp away; but,
with the cruelty of a fiend, ' I shut the
door upon his arm, and, seizing my knife
severed it at the wrist.”
“ifwaa morning when I awoke* and
the storm hod ceased. I looked around
to the accustomed place for my wiie. As
I missed her, a dim dark scene, as of
some horrible nightmare, came over me.
I thought it must be a fearful dream, but
involuntary opened the door with a shud
dering dread. As the door opened the
snow burst in, and something fell across
the threshold with a dull heavy sound.
My blood shot like melted lava through
my veins, end I covered my eyes to shut
out the sight. It was—O God! how hor
rible—it was iiy loving wife and her babe,
frozen to death 1. With true mother’s
love, she had bowed herself
How Mil Goupher Broke his Pony.—
“Chon, yon reckermember dat leetle
plack pony, I pyed mit de beddler next
week V”
“Yah, vot of him
“Nothings, only I gets shouted bnrty
bad.
“So?”
“Yath. You seo in de futst place he is
plint mit both legs, unt ferry lame in von
eye. Den ven you gits on him to ride,
he rears np belunt unt kiok np peforo so
vursar as a chock mule. I dinks I drake
him a little ride yesterday, unt so sooner
I gits straddle him pack he gommenc dat
vay, shoost so like a Taken peam on a
poatsteam; unt ven ho gets down, I vas
so mixed up mit everydings, I vinta min-
self zitten around in de packyard, mit
his dailin mine liants for de pridle.”
“ Vel, vot you going to do mid him
“ O, I vixed him better as cham up, I
hitch him in de cart mit his dail vere his
heat out to be—den I give him about a
tozen cats mit a hide cow; lie starts to go
pat so soon he see te cart before him he
makes packvarts. Bnrty soon he stum
bles beliint, nnt sits down on is haunches,
nnt looks like, he velt party shamed mit
himself. Den I drakes him out nnt hitch
him de right way, nnt he goes right off
shustsso good os anybody’s pony.”
rhe Flirtation of the Hat.
1. Spinning it on tho end of the finger
—I care for nobody.
2. Holding it in the left hand, bottom
upward—desire an introduction.
3. Holding it in the right hand, bottou
upward—I bate you.
4. Fanning very alow with it—I love
5. Fanning very fast with it—I wish to
marry yon.
6. Putting it on the back of tho head- -
I am happy.
7. Putting it over tlie forehead—I am
sad.
8. Rubbing it with the sleeve—I wish
to speak to you.
9. Knocking it with the knuckles—I
desire your tongue to be kept still.
10. Wearing it slightly on the left side
•Will yooAralk with me?
11. Wearing it slightly on the right
side—I am tired-
A Vest Good Hrr.—The minority
port on the Cuban question said of the
Cuban exiles in the United States: "If
these persons have the passionate desire
for Cuban independence which they pre
tend to have, their presence on Cnban
soil with arms in their hands aiding Ces-
pedes would be more encouraging as well
as more seemly than their previous
The Democratic newspapeza of
Indiana print the names of three thous
and men who have bean active and
man requested to act as secretary.
The roll of delegates was called when
the following gentlemen responded to!
their names:
SUMTER.
C. W. Hancock, J. A. Ansi.ky,
Jack Brown, W. A. Cook,
A. Emanuel, H. H. Allen,
M. Speer.
SCHLEY.
Robert Burton, _ C. B. Hudson,
C. F. Crist, W. J. Sears,
L. B. Myers, S. Baisden.
S. J. McCbory, 1L T. Bivins.
MARION.
Geo. W. Munboe, E. W. Miller,
J. L. Baker, T. W. Harry,
L. F. Wisdom. B. B. Hinton.
TALBOT.
Isaac Cheney T. A. Brown,
J. M. Mathews, W. H. Little,
G. W. Gammaob, W. A. Daniel,
R. H, Leonard, L. F. McLaughlin.
MERIWETHER.
J. L. Mustian, J. M. C. Robertson,
J. L. Dixon, M. Reeves,
J. E. G. Terrill, A. G. Floyd,
W. Barnes, H. R. Harris.
COWETA.
L. H. Feathebstonk, W. F. Wright,
J. M:Hill, W. M, Reynolds,
C. Robinson, T. M. Scroggin,
Hugh Buchanan.
On motion of Col. C. W. Hancock, of
Sumter, the chair appointed a committee
of one from each county represented in
the Convention, to report names for of
ficers for permanent organization.
The chair appointed the following gen
tlemen;
Col. C. W. Hancock, of Sumter
Col. Robert Burton, of Schley.
J. L. Mustian, of Meriwether.
T. A. Brown, of Talbot.
E. W. Miller, of Marion.
F. M. Scroggin, of Coweta.
The committee retired a few moments,
and returning reported the following
names for officers: L. H. Featherstone,
of Coweta, President; W. A. Little, of
Talbot, and C. F. Crisp, of Schley, sec
retaries; which report was unanimously
adopted.
Mr. W. A. Little asked to be excused
from acting os one of the secretaries on
the ground of indisposition. Request
granted, and J. B. < Jorman elected in
his stead.
Judge Featherstone, on taking the
choir, addressed the Convention iu an
able manner, showing the many advan-
to be derived from the road. The
meeting was then addressed successively
by the following gentlemen: Col. H. R.
Harris, of Meriwether; Hagh Buchanan,
Col. W. F. Wright, Coweta; Col. J fus
tian, Meriwether; B. B. Hinton and
G. W. Mnnroe, Marion; Col. C. W.Han
cock, Snmter;C. B. Hudson, Schley,and
Judge Mathews of Talbot; all of whom
spoke in glowing terms of the prospects
of the road, and pledged themselves and
their inflnence in its favor.
On motion of B. B. Hinton, of Marion,
it was resolved that a committee of one
from each county be appointed to pre
sent business for the action of this Con
vention.
The chairman appointed the following
committee:
E. W. Miller, of Marion, chairman.
W. A. Little, of Talbot.
Robert Burton, of Schley.
CoL Jack Brown, of Snmter.
Hugh Buchanan, of Coweta.
H. R. Harris, of Meriwether.
On motion, the Convention took a r
cess until half post one o’clock p. m.
Afternoon Session.
At half-past one o’clock, the Conven
tion was called to order by the President,
when tlie committee to p re para business
submitted tho following
REPORT;
Resolved, That a railroad from Amen
ts, via Ellaville, Buena Vista, Talbot-
ton and Greenville to Newnan, be built.
Resolved, That in accordance with the
foregoing resolution, we reoommend the
appointment of the following committees:
TO DRAFT AND PROCURE
Col. WJF. Wright, Coweta, chairman.
Onadiah Warner, Meriwether.
J. F. Mathews, Talbot.
E. W. Miller, Marion.
C. F. Crisp, Schley.
W. A. Hawkins, Sumter.
ON STATE AID:
John V. Price, Snmter, cliairman,
U. B. Wilkinson, Coweta,
M. Reeves, Meriwether,
Isaac Cheney, Talbot,
Joel Bushin, Marion,
C. B. Hudson, Schley.
on correspondence.
C. W. Hancock, Sumter, cliairman,
A. D. Freeman, Coweta,
John W. Park, Meriwether,
John B. Gorman, Talbot,
T. B. Lumpkin, Marion,
S. Montgomery, Schley.
Resolved, That tho following gentle
men be named in the charter as
corporators:
From Coweta:
U. B. Wilkinson, H. J. Sargent and
Thomas A. Graoe ;
’ 4he several committees, incurred
discharge of their appropriate duties.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
E. W. Miller,
Robert Burton,
.Tack Brown,
• H. R. Harris,
W. A. Little, ami
Hugh Buchanan.
Oh motion, the report was received
and adopted.
On motion of Hugh Buchanan, it was
resolved that when a charter for the rail
road shall be granted, the chairman of
-w-{ahia convention shall call a convention to
be composed of delegates from the six
respective counties, to assemble at such
time and place as he may designate.
On motion of CoL Jack Brown, it was
resolved that the thanks of this conven
tion are due the President and Secreta
ries for the able and patient manner in
which they hare discharged their res
pective duties.
On motion of E. W. Miller, it was re
solved that the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the Americas,
Talbotton and Newnan papers, and all
others friendly to the movement.
On motion of Hugh Buclianau, the
convention adjourned subject to the coll
of the President
H. L. Featherstone,
c.p. Crisp, Prest
J. B. Gorman, Secretaries.
efficient workers for the Radical party,
who announce that they have left that
party on account of the fifteenth amend
ment and other negro&ms which the
Congressional.
Special to tho Tally Journal)
Washington, June 16.—The Senate
lias adopted Mr. Drake’s amendment to
the Franking bill, exempting county
newspapers from postage in the eounties
where they are printed.
The House adopted, a compromise
measure, Mr. Bingham’s substitute for
the minority report from the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, in relation to Cabo.
It simply directs the President to remon
strate against nil alleged cruelties in
Cuba.
The Cabans are much dissatisfied.
The reconstruction committee met this
morning, and voted down all the amend-
menU that had been offered to the Geor
gia kill leaving it the same as the Virgin
ia bill, with a section authorizing the
organization of the militia. It will lie
reported in this shape.
The President has nominated Amos T.
Akerman for Attorney General, Vioe
Howe, resigned.
The cadetship peddler, Wkittmorc,
lias not presented liis credentials yet
Table Talk.—Yon will find that n
great deal of character is imparted and
received at the table. Parents too often
forget this; and therefore, instead of
swallowing your food in sullen silence,
instead of brooding over your business,
instead of sc 'erely talking about others,
let the conversation be genial, kind, social
and cheering. Don’t bring disagreeable
things to the table in your conversation,
any more than you would in your dishes.
For this reason, too the more good com
pany you have at your table tho better for
your children. Every conversation with
children at your table is an educator of
the family. Hence the intelligence and
tlie refinement and the appropriate bchu-
of a family which is given to hospi
tality. Never feel that intelligent visitors
be anything bnt a blessing to yon and
yours. How few have fully gotten hold
of tlie fact that company and conversation
at the table ore no small part of educa
tion !
Placerytlle, CaL. June 1,1870.
Editor Republican: “The . beat laid
schemes of mice and men,” you know
the rest. Well, it was my purpose on as
suming the offioe of correspondent of the
Republican, to have communicated with
your readers semi-monthly, at least, bnt
in the very initiatory of my bona fide in
tention, the above trite adage is signally
verified. But time to mo is too precions,
and to you space iu your columns is too
valuable to be consumed in explanation
touching the non-fulfilment of the origin
al design.
THE WEATnEIt,
such as wo have had for a week or two
past, wonld anywhere else but in Cali
fornia l>e considered remarkable. Two
weeks ago it was cold enough to render
heavy clothing comfortable, and stoves
the mornings and evenings a necessi
ty. The past few days the sun has shone
as brightly and the atmosphere felt as
balmy as th* heart could wish. To-day,
however, we have been visited with a
good old-fashioned winter hailstorm, and
-, though not disagreeably cold, is
cool and bracing. This freak of the
weather god is not uncommon, but is ra
ther spasmodic, and gives place in a few
hours to the rightful reign of tho season
whoso province it so recklessly invades.
California is a country of not only diver
sified resources, bnt of a climate more
varied and wonderful, perhaps, than is
comprised in tho some space anywhere
else in the world. While the heats of
rammer prevails in the Sacramento and
other valleys south, and the grains and
grasses have matured and been harvested,
and the fields and plains are yellow and
parched from the effect of the long con-
tinned drought, and the dust that rises
from the traveled highways is almost un-
durable, here in the foot hills, scarcely
sixty miles northward, spring still reigns
emerald beanty, the orchards, the
vineyards, Ihe meadows and the land
scapes are luxuriously green, and with
tho exception of an occasional climatic
freak like that above mentioned, our at
mosphere is delightful beyond compare.
Difference in altitude, combined with the
peculiarity of physical formation of the
two sections, are the circumstances to
which these contrasts are attributable.
Fifty or isixty miles still further north,
spring is just beginning to invade old
winter’s realms. The snows are just
melting away, the trees beginning to
bud und blossom, and the grass is spring
ing in the meadows. At Lake Valley,
about seventy-five mile.* north of this,
the snow has fallen within a week past to
the depth of ten or 12 inches. It will
soon disappear from the valleys, howev
er, but it remains upon the summits of
tho surrounding mountains the entire
year. So much regarding climate and
weather.
A letter, from California would not lie
considered complete, perhaps, by your
Atlantic readers unless some mention
made tkereiu of
U The Southern Watchman, of the
15th says:
A most remarkable storm occurred in
Jackson county week before last. We
learn from Mr. R. R. Saulter, Mr. Orr,
Mr. Thurmond, and others, that it was
about a half a mile in breadth and some
five or six miles long. The damage to
crops was immense. In some instances
the cotton was entirely killed. We learn
that Mr. John B. Jackson lost every
cotton plant he had, and that he and
others have since planted their cotton
lands in corn. Hail was found seven or
eight days afterwards in fence corners,
ravines, etc.
State Treasury in a Bad Way.—If we
may credit Treasurer Angier vs. Gov
ernor Bollock vs. Treasurer Angier the
State fundB ore in a bad fix. Tlie Atlan
ta New Era of the 16th contains o com
munication from Gov. Bullock to the
Joint Committee of investigation indors
ing a report from Goa P. Burnett ap
pointed to look into Treasurer Angler’s
accounts. Burnett, reports that he finds
a deflect of $435,674 30, which the Treas
urer either cannot or will not account for.
The Governor iu his communication pre
fers ten charges of abuse, fraud and mil-
veration ugainst Angier, and, Angier we
sure must have preferred first and
, a great many more than that against
Hock. The Era hopes this discrepan
cy can be explained, and no doubt toero
a great deal of explanation due all
>untL—Macon Telegraph and Mcssen-
child to shield it, and wrapped all -her Radical leaden are seeking to fasten np-
dothing around it, and leaving her per
son exposed to the atom. She had
plaoadher hair over the face of the child,
and the sleet had frozen it to the ] *
cheek. The frost was white on the „
of ita half-opened eyes, and upon its tiny
^Tnerer knew what became of my
brave boy."
J. M. C. Robinson, Nat. Feagle and
JohnL. Dickson;
From Talbot:
Isaac Cheney, W. _ A. Daniel and
W. H. Ellison;
From Marion:
James Ik Baker, Mar tin L. Birins and
From Schley:
John' B. Respa ss, Isaac Hart and
& Montgomery;
Census Enumeration or Youth.—The
superintendent of the census has deemed
it expedient, by a special circular, to call
the attention of marshal and assistant
marshal to tho rales which are to govern
in the enumeration of youth absent from
their homes for the purpose of education.
These will "be enumerated at the college,
or other institution at which
and hoard, and not at their
home, as heretofore.
To the California reader mines and
mining operations are subjects no longer
invested with that fascinating interest
they once possessed. Though still tho
mainspring, we may say, of the State’s
prosperity, yet so much has been spoken
and written about them, that the columns
of mining items in our local papers aro
glanced at by tho general reader as apa
thetically as he wonld refer to tho last
market report. We, at least, who live in
the auriferous regions, where tho hy
draulic works ceaselessly, and tlio pick
and shovel in groundsluicc and tuunel
n motion, aro us accustomed to
the situation as are you of the South to
your agricultural pursuits. Mining has
become a permanent branch of industry,
and its operations, which for years laid
been so irregularly and intelligently
ried on, so as to produce but partial re
sults, are now conducted upon scientific
principles, and the means employed
generally adapted to the ends sought. In
this pursuit men nre not so venturesome
os heretofore. The mad haste with which
the prospector was wont to rush from
place in pursuit of tho hidden treasures,
and the desperate chances it was onco
habitual for him to take in his eagerness
to “make a pile,” have been succeeded by
the exercise of ford bought :.m1 ample
preparation, and L. f. : work
with due deliberation, buLan-wig in his
mind the prospect of his success with the
chance of failure. The Goddess of Luck
has but few votaries now. Mining, as a
consequence, has become a business, and
though tho field nas been generally ex
plored and worked over, and the placers
well nigh exhausted, yet it is being de
monstrated throughout the State by the
use of improved and more thorough pro
cesses, that as great, if not greater results
may l»e realized from well directed and
systematic effort than ever before. It is.
now found that not onty the large, well
defined quartz lodes contain-gold, bnt
the quartz seams and veins that abound.
Some very rich strikes of this nature
have been mode recently in this vicinity,
and tlie idea is obtaining among oar m
ing population that from these veins
seams of quartz, and not from the lodes
as heretofore, will the rich placers of the
country been fed. - - * WHIT.
“BEVIS”-
Tlie Lyons diligence was just going to
start from Geneva. I climbed on the
roof, and chose my place next the driver.
There as still a vaent seat, and tiie porter
called 44 Monsieur Hermann!”
A tall young man, with a German style
of countenance, .advanced, holding in his
arms a large black greyhound, which he
vainly tried to place on the root
“ Monsieur,” said he. addressing me,
will you have tlio kindness to take my
dog?”
Bending over, I took hold of the anb
mul and {dared him on tlie straw at mv
feet I observed that he wore a hand
some silver collar, on which the following
were words tastefully engraved: 4 ‘Bevis.
I belong to Sir Armor Burnley, given
him by Miss Clara.”
His owner was, therefore, an English-
an, yet my fellow traveler, who had
now taken Ins place by my aide, was evi
dently either a Swiss or a German, and
his name Hermann. Trifling as was the
mystery, it excited my curiosity, and
after two or three hoars’ pleasant conver
sation hod established a sort of intimacy
between us, I venturad to ask my com
panion for an expiation.
“It does not surprise me,” ho answer
ed, “that this collar should puzzle you ;
and I have great pleasure in telling you
tho story of its wearer. Bevis belongs
tome, but it is not many years since he
owned another master whose name is on
his collar. You will see why he still
wears it. Here, Bevis! speak to tho
gentleman.”
Tlio dog raised his head, openea his
bright eyes, and laying back his long
ears, uttered a sound which might well
pass for a salutation.
Mr. Derraann placed the animal’s head
i his knees, and began to unfasten liis
collar.
Instantly Bevis drew back his head
with u violent jerk, and darted toward
tho luggage on tho hind part of tho roof.
There, growling fiercely, he lay down,
while liis muscles were stiffened, and liis
eyes glowing with fury.
“You see, Mansieur, how determined
s to guard his collar; I should not
like to be the man who wonld try to rob
him of it. Here, Bevis,” said he, in a
soft, caressing tone, “I won’t touch it
agaiu, poor fellow. Come nuil make
friends!”
The greyhound hesitated, still growl-
g. At length he returned slowly to
ward his master, and began to lick his
hands; his muscles gradually relaxed, and
he trembled like a leaf.
“There boy, there,” said Mr. Hermann,
caressing lain. “ We won’t do it again.
Lie down now, and be quiet”
Tho dog nestled between his master’s
feet and went to sleep. My fellow trav
eler, then turning towards me, began :
"lama native of Suabia, but I live in
a little village of the Sherland, at the
foot of the Grimsel. My father keeps
an inn for the reception of travelers going
to St Gothard. About two years
there arrived at onr house one evening a
young Englishman with a polo sad count
enance; he travels on foot, and was fol
lowed by a large greyhound, this Bevis,
whom you sec. He declined taking any
refreshments, and asked to be shown to
his sleeping room. Wo gave him c
over tlie common hall, whero we w
all seated around the fire. Presently
heard him pacing rapidly up and down;
from time to time ntteringbroken words,
addressed no doabt to his dog, for the
animal moaned occasionally, as if reply
ing to and sympathizing with his master.
“At length we heard the Englishman
step, and apparently striking the dog a
blow, for the poor beast gave a loud
howl of agony, and seemed ns if he ran to
take refuge under the bed. Then his
master groaned aloud. Soou afterwords
ho lay down, and was quiet for the night.
Early next morning he came down, look
ing still more pale than the previous even
ing aud having paid for his lodging, he
took his knapsack, resumed his journey,
followed by the greyhound, who had eaten
nothing since their arrival, and whose
master seemed to take no further notice
of it titan to frown when the createro ven
tured to caress him.
About noon I happened to bo standing
at tho door, looking toward tho direction
which tho Englishman hod taken, when
I heard howls of distress, proceeding from
a wounded dog that was dragging himself
toward me.
“I ran to him, and recognized the
greyhound. His head was tom evidently
by a bullet, and one of his paws broken.
I raised him in my arms and carried him
into tlie house. When I crossed the
threshold ho made evident efforts to es
cape, so I placed him on the ground.—
Then, in spite of the tortnre ho was suf
fering, which caused him to stagger every
moment, he stretched at the door of the
room where his master had slept, moan
ing so piteously that I could scarcely help
weeping myself. I opened the door, and
with great effort he got into the room,
looked about, and not finding whom he
sought he fell down motionless.
“ I called my father, and perceiving
that the dog was not dead wo gave him
all possible assistance, taking iudeed, os
much euro of him os though lie had been
child, so much did we feel for him. In
two months he was cured, and showed
much affection. Wo found it impossible,
however, to take off hia collar, even for
the purpose of binding up his wounds.
As soon as he was able to walk he would
often go toward the, mountain and be
absent for hours. . The second time this
occurred we followed him. Ho proceed-
.s far a part of the roa!d where a nar-
defile borders a precipice; there he
continued for a long time, smelling am
scratching about We conjectured tlia;
I dhlrso; and'as ho listened, I saw
fall on the beautiful head of the *
hound, • whom, ho leaned, over to'
tear fall
hound,. whon^ hft leaded , over i
”* ^‘MbusTeuf.T said lie,, addressing .me,
‘from wluifc you toll ine, I ven tare, to hope
that Sir Arthur stilllivfcs. Wo have been
friends from childhood. About three
years sincoho-married a.ricb heiress, and
this dog was presented to him by her.—
Bevis was.highly cherished • for his-ildali-
ty, a quality which unhappflywas not pos
sessed by liis mistress. She left ner
fond au«l loving husband and eloped
with another man.-Sir Arthur sued for
a divorce and obtained it;! then Laving
arranged liis affairs in England lie set
out for the continent, followed , only by
his dog. His friends knew, not whether
ho went Doubtless the presence of
Bevis, evermore recalling the memory of
her who had -so cruelty wronged him,
must have torn lfls heart, and at length
impelled him to destroy the faithful
creature. But tho *hOt not having bee h
mortal, the dog, I imagine, whep he re
covered consciousness, was led. by. instinct
to seek whero his. master U*t slept.
No,-Monsieur, lie is yours, and I hearti
ly thank you for the kindness jrtra have
shown him.’
About 10 o’clock-tlie stranger retired
to his room, after having caressed Bevis,
who escorted him to his door, and then
returned to his accustomed placo before
the. fire. My parents and tho servants
retired to rest, and I prepared to- follow
their example, my bed being placed at
one end of the common hall. While I
was undressing I heard a storm rising in
the mountains. Just then there came
knocking at the door, and Bevis began
to growl. I asked who was there. A
voice replied, ‘Two travelers, who want
a night's lodging.* 1 opened a small
chink of the door to ilook out, and per
ceived two ragged men, each leaning on
a dub. I did not like their looks; and
knowing that several robberies- had been
committed in the neighborhood, I re
fused them admission, telling them that
in the next village they would readily
find shelter. They approached the door
though they meant to force their way
. but Bevis made his voice heard in so
formidable a manner tliat they judged it
pradeut to retire. I bolted tho door
and went to lied. Bevis, according- to
liis custom, lay down near the threshold
’ * we neither of ns felt inclined to sleep.
A quarter of an hoar passed, when
suddenly, above the wailing of the wind,
the loud, shrill cry of a hitman lie*
i distress. Bevis rushed against the
door with a fearful howl; at the same
moment came the repott of a gun fol
lowed by another cry. Two minutes
after, I was on tho road, armed with n
carbine and holding a dark lantern; my
father and the stranger, armed, accom
panied me. As for Bevis, he had darted
out of the house and disappeared.
“We approached the defile which T
mentioned before, at that moment wheu
a flash of lightning illumined tlio scene.
A hundred yards iu advance we saw Bevis
grasping a mnu by the throat. We hur
ried on, but tho dog had completed Ills
work ere we could reach him; for two
men, whom I recognised as those who
had sought admittance to our iiiU, lay
dead, strangled by his powerful jaws.—
Further on, wo discovered another man,
whose bloody wounds the dog was lick
ing. The stranger approached him, ami
gave a convulsive cry; it wns Bir Arthur
—the master of Bevis!”
Here Mr. Hermann paused; the recol
lection seemed to overcome him, and he
stopped to caress tho sleeping greyhound
!n order to hide his emotion. After »
while he finished his recital in a few
words;
“Sir Arthur was mortally wouuded,
bnt had lived long enough to recognize
his dog, and to confess that in a moment
of desperation he bad tried to kill the
faithful creature who now avenged his
death by slaying the robbers who had
attacked him. He appointed the stranger
his executor, aud settled a large pension
on Bevis, to revert to the family of the
inn-keeper, wishing thus to testify his re
pentant love toward his dog, and. his
gratitude to wants those who had succor
ed him. Tho grief of Bevis was excessive;
be watched by his master’s couch, cov-
•riug his dead body with caresses, aud
or a long time lay stretched on his grave
refusing to take nourishment; and it was
not until after tho lapse of many months
that tho affection of his new master
seemed to console him for tho loss of Sir
Arthur.”
As my fellow-traveler finished the re
cital, the diligence stopped to change
hones at tho little towu of. Mantua.—
Here M. Hermann’s journey, ended, and
having taken down his luggagej he asked
me to assist the descent of ms dog. I
shook hands with him cordially, and then
called Bevis, who seeing me on such, good
terms with his master, placed his. large
paws on my breast, and nttered a low,
friendly bark. Shortly after they both
disappeared from my sight, but not from
my inoxnory, *’
proved.
A dispatch from Rome, dated tho 14th,
aaya: The Popo is certain of a majority
in favor of the infalibility measure. Sev
eral members of the minority repeat their
resolution to retire in case tin** proposi
tion is successful. The fathers who are
in favor of infallibilty, are contributing
heavily to makeup a purse to be given to
the Pope. The minority decline to sub
scribe any thing.
from WasBington i
tho Englishman might have been attack
ed by robbers ou the spot, and his dog
wouuded in defending Jnm.
However, no event of the. kinfl had
occurred iu the country,' and after the
strictest search no! corpse could boMis-
covercd. Recollecting, therefore, * tlio
manner in whieli th©Yraveler had treated
his dog, I came to the conclusion that he
had tried to kiff the creature. But where
fore? This was a nysteiy which I conld
not solve.
Bevis remained with ns, testify!i
the utmost gratitude for onr kindness.
His intelligence and good hnmor.attraet-
ed the stnmgers whor frequented our inn,
while the inscription on • his . collar, and
tho talo we had to tell of him, failed not
to excite their curiosity. One morning
in autumn I had been out to take a walk,
accompanied by Bevi%„ When I returned
eler, who look-
i this littlo narrative has
The Newton Enterprise contains
the following, which should be remem
bered as a warning :
One night lost week a Keroeine Lamp
exploded at the residence of CoL Newton
Anderson, in Oxford, under the following
circumstances : Mrs. A had turned down
the trick, which was rather small for the
burner, and had blown out the light and
just stepped away from it, when it explo
ded, scattering its contents, and blazing
from the floor to the ceiling. The fire
was smothered immediately with a table
cloth, so that fortunately no further dam
age ensued. The oil was bought from a
first-class house, and was warranted. 110
degrees Are test, yet it proved to be ex
plosive at a much lower temperature.
Dk ki.ns’ Fcni:i:al.—Charles Dickens’
smaina were buried in Westminster Ab
bey Tuesday. The fnneral war plain and
unostentatious. Tho cortege consisted of
three carriages bearing his. children, his
sister-in-law, other members ol his family
tad a. few personal friends. The coffin
of; the novelist w«« la& toLlht Poet’a
Corner at tiie foot of .Handel, at the head.
of Sheridian, -and with Macaulay and
CumbdQand on either side—a fitting and
appropriate • testing place. ' Thousands
of people yiritol the spot subsequent to
the burial.
The .Bismarck took out On Friday
170,Coolies, just arrived direct frqm Hong
Kong, and destined for Little Bock,
Aiklpsia •jhbTWr^' 1 *'
Harp to' Satisfy.—The Revolution
says of • lady of Galena, Illinois, that, _
“although the hw> a largo family of F ort that t8o'E?«m«iruction Committee,
bhtek-oyea, iwy-oheeked children, pio- in fall meeting, hnvecomo toa final de-
taco, otntnary, a cabinet of nre miner-ivelopment oi their Georgia policy. They
•I* a oonnrratoiy of beeutifnl pbmfaJfwill report the VirginU bUl with a militia
and a hatband who thinks her bat UttllefanM mad force it through the House
krirer than the angels, she atm demands I under the previous question, so as to cut
the right to rote." I off amendments and debate.
* . . ‘ ‘ A '
ee I enWiA Ac eoon ta he of Cocdfa. for plantation whflt‘and they
joy. He ran aronnd him, amcliing hi.
clothes, and altered a sort of salutation
with which he honored yon- jest now,
and finally placing his foie paw on .the ,
traveler 8 knees, began to liok his
wgreObjects: of mnch curiosity during
theor ahort stay in New Orleans.—At-ic
Orfams paper, . . ,
■ 4 ‘ ‘Where is your master, Beviit Where
x« Sir Arthur?’ said the stranger in
F.ng1i*V • °.
/‘Tho noblo dog howled piteously and
laid down at the traveler's feet Then
the latter begged ns to explain hia pres-