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dkA £ / / l -J // / A* smiwmiiy gtJtuyr.' PUBLISHED BY HANCOCK, GRAHAM & REILLY, Volume 17. •} n A MAHf.no ,/?: ■■-i-o-aitac-w DEVOTED TO HEWS, POLITICS AND PEOGEISS—INDEPENDENT IN ALL TEtNGS. Professional Cards, j. L. McDonald, Uontist, aMEKICVS, • - - - OEOIK.1A. rwM Wertheimer 1 * store, Larmr street. but,trict * y *prltf HAWKINS. FILLS* E. BCUXZ. " HAWKINS & BURKE. A „ornoyB »* i.o.w, Americas, Georgia. K|J|| x. tKtODR. SAMUEL LUMPKIN. Goode & Lumpkin, attorneys at law, ^uxorious , lthwiutora Circuit.and in the counties of Wit Jno. D. CARTER, atpgesst a:t law, Americas, Gcorgi*. Oflic* 1 in Americas Hotel building, corner of 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, _-_ g j. ”»• f t 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-