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HANCOCK, GRAHAM <fc REILIiY.
DEVOTES TO HEWS, POLITICS AES OEEEBAL PEOGEESS—INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS.
BT TATBEB WAN.
Volume 17.
Professional Cards.
J. L. McDonald,
Dentist.
AMERICAS, - - - - GEORGIA. They do not bUto earth tad try;
. —Over Westhdmer’B store, Lamar street. | They soar like angels to the aides ;
iTrcis-M'^rate, but stricUy Posh. aprltt . And, Hke the angela, cannot die.
j For «>h 1 oar immortality
j Flow* throuch each tear—eounda in each nigh.
I What wave* of tears snrgo o’er the deep
Of sorrow, in onr restless eonla 1
AMERIOTJS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1870.
rilAXS E. CCEKE. !
HAWKINS & BURKE.
♦ tornoys at Law, 1
America*, Georgia.
Jno. D. CARTER,
ATT#SUSY ;V.T LAW,
Americas, Georgia.
< iiri.v in Americas Hotel building, corner of
Umar and College afreet*. may 18 tf.
MERREL^C ALLAWAY,
Attorney at Law,
N. 1». axt» Tx-ory. J. P.
Americas, Gaorgia.
nr Office at Court House. jane 16 tf
And they are strong, not weak, who weep
| Those drops, from out the sen that rolls
! Within their hearts forevermore;
| Without a depth—without a shore!
Bnt a
! the tei
nthat a
FORT & HOLLIS.
ATTOaSSYS AT LAW,
And Solicitors of Patents.
Americus, Georgia.
tir OUieo in tho room over K. T.Byrd's store. 1
april 29 tf I
JACK BROWN, I
A ttorn-oy a, Zinw, J
AMERICUS, GA.
es. Ollkv tn Court House with Judge SUn-
, r ” M>16t f. ,
not wept—
The tears that uever outward fall—
The tears that grief, for years, lias kept
Within w,—they are heat of all
The tear* our eye* shall never know,
At*- deeper than the tears that flow 1
Each night, npon earth’s flowers below
The dew cornea down from darkest skis*;
And every night our tears of woe
Of up, hka dews to Paradise;
To keep in bloom, and make more fair
The flowers of crowns we yet shall wear!
For, ah! the surest way to God
la up the lonely stream oi tears.
That flow, when bending ’neath his rod,
And fill the tide of onr year*,
j On laughter's billows hearts are tossed—
; On w
Flow o
a of tears no heart is lost.
N. A. SMITH,
i! and bear me Home:
Flow not ye waves of deeper woe!
riow OU, yea tears, that are but foam
Of deeper waves that will not flow!
A littis w hile—I reach the shore
Where tears flow not—forevcnnoie l
Boil your Pot from the Bottom.
BY KEY. A. Til'ELROY WYT.r,
at Law,
wij;
, next to P.epubli-
lepubh
25 tf.
S. H. HAWKINS,
Attorney-at-Law,
Wul continue to practice m Sumter and adjoin*
,-.j conntie*, ana in United States Circuit and
lhatrirt Conrta at Savannah. Particular attea-
i: .a given to collections. Office—corner College
ii-l lainiar fueets, over GranberTy »V. Co's.
J. A. ANSLEY, '
Attorney-at'Law
A.morioxus, Grtt.,
Will |)tMt)M* in the Courts of Southwestern
iicorgia and in the United States Courts at S*-
vannah. Special attention givhn to collection of
edits, the sale and pvrehase of la tela and the in*
litigation of titles. A large assortment of legal
A. R. BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAIV,
Anurict:*, Georgia.
W ILL giv« prompt attention to all business
MruJudaK no* M tf
George V/. Wooten,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Amorlotua, - - -
(Scene—Jn the far-famed “Combination
I Hail,” o! Trinit v College, Cambridge,
I England. |
j We had dined around an elevated ta-
■ ble in the 4 Gothic Hall,* overlooking six
! hundred students, and were now invited
j to tho more private entertainment among
\ the privileged few.
An educated,conscientious Englishman
peaks candidly, and expects you to do
the same. Before the great blazing fire
we lmd l>een discussing the question of
the day: “Hour shall the mass in the
nation be elevated ?”
After many wise and otherwise obser
vations by the professors and tutors the
questions was thus piit to tho writer:
44 What, candidly, sir, is your' view of
the difference between the American sys
tem of education and the English ?’*
‘I think, sir, that I can give it to yon
in a single quotation: ‘we boil onr pot
from the bottom; yon boil yours from tho
top.’
They saw it.
Expecting a castigation from an aged
and former “fellow” of the College to fol
low the “candid” observation, ho leaned
over, and put his hand on my shoulder
and said:
*‘^y good friend, you havepntyonr
finger just on tho sore spot; bnt the
mother is learning from the daughter.”
The experiment is doubtless familiar,
by sight or hearing, to the intelligent
The Little Dress Maher, or How
She Tried Them.
BY MBS. JIXA A. CABNEY.
4 He careful, Fanny, which of those
young men yon accept! You know I
want a partner as well as you 1’
The speaker was a pleasant looking man
somewhat past the prime of life. He ad
dressed ms pretty niece, whose vivid
blush showed that she understood liis ad
monition.
The young men in question were both
ardent admirers, and constant visitors of
pretty Fanny Roberta; bnt aa yet she had
displayed no decided preference. She
walked and talked with both, and rode
with Albert Melville, bnt Edward Grey
never invited her to ride. Perhapee this
was because be had a widowed mother
and invalid sister partly dependent upon
his exertions. He was head clerk of the
. firm of Melvill & White, while Albert was
j son of the senior partner.
‘Why don’t old Melville take Albert
| into the firm, or at least give him a place
: in the bnsiness, if he is capable and
worthy ?’ pursued Uncle John.
As Fanny did not know, she very pru
dently abstained fiom any attempt at
an answer. Perhaps if the truth were all
told, the same problem had been several
times presented to her mind, and was as
far as ever from a satisfactory solution.
Still Albert was a young man of very win
ning address, and tine talents. Was it
safe to admire gifts apparently wasted
npon an aimless life ?
Edward Grey was thoughtful and quiet
—grave almost to a fault, at least in the
eyes of a lively young girL Still there
was a feeling of trustfulness imparted by
bis grave sincerity in wbicb the others
were lacking. Albert was the most spark
ling, and, to a young heart, the most at
tractive; yet she itstinctively felt tliat it
wonld l>e safety to love Edward.
•I’ll try them,’ murmured she to her
self.
/ Her mother and Uncle John both
looked up in astonishment, but perceiv
ing that Fanny was not conscious of hav
ing spoken aloud, merely exchanged glan-
Bed Cloud s Speech-
Grant lias entertained the Indian dele-
up the street, and as she did so overheard!
the words,
4 You shall have your money, Smith,
soon as that little affair cornea off. If
my creditors only knew what I am sacri
ficing for them, they would wait more
patiently,* he added in on undertone of
bitterness, and then the speakers were
out of hearing.
Fanny rather flew than walked, rutil
she reached her own room,- from which
she emerged in a wonderful short space
of time, completely transformed in attire,
to be one of the brightest ornaments of
her Uncle’s drawing-room.
It was several days before she had the
opportunity of another experiment
Mrs. Grey and her daughter usually
did their own dressmaking. A dress was
to be fitted, however, fora great occasion.
The son of Edward’s employer was to be
Mttrfin nurmgi. totbo WMlthy & offered my prmjer to the G?eet Father;
Fttanoodle, and w the yomig clerk wa» a j „ llut j come here safe and well,
great iaronto. the old gentleman insisted j W hatha£l *, to yon and these
that cards ihould be sent him and Ins men and to Gr 4j Father, is this:
sister So a seamstrees shoold be *»t took „ me. I m rated where the sun
Irom Madame D.'s establishment. rhw. and I oome tram where ho sets.
To her dismay aho found the work waa whosa TOico WM fint hemrd ^ tto ,^3 ,
to be donainUm family Stung room ami xt was the red people who mind the
not in a secluded sewing room, from w GreaOrather may be very
Beauty Does Not Win.
[From the Southern Anns.
gation, now in Washington, very hand-, Tis funny enough to watchmen’s
Bomely, at the public expense, and made wives «nd women’s hu
them some very cheap presents out of his
private parse, all of which does not seem
to have pacified them to any great extent.
At the hut interview held, the big Indian,
Red Cloud, it reported to have made the
following speech, which cannot be called
pacific:
I came from where the son sets. Yon
were raised on writs. I want to set
where the sun sets. [Here tho Indian
warrior sat down on the floor, Indian
fashion, and proceeded.] The Great
Spirit has raised me this way. He raised
me naked. Iron no opposition to the
Great Father who sits in the White
House. I don't want to fight. I have
which she could take notes and listen to
inadvertent remarks.
Do not think we aro reducing our
pretty Fanny to the ordinary level of an
eaves dropper; she kept all the informa
tion thus acquired closely in her own
heart, and it was the only means she
could devise of knowing the home-life of
her almost constant visitors. And, after
all, this home-life, is the real life, the
true index of character. No matter how
polite a young man be to other ladies of
his acquaintance, if he is unkind to bis
mother, or rude to his sister, ha is a clown
at heart, and his wife will surely discover
it ere many years have elapsed. Many
a man is noted for courteous and winning
manners abroad, who is a tyrant in his
own family circle.
The very atmosphere of Edwin Grey’s
homo was redolent with his thoughtful
kindness. The invalid sister could hard
ly forbear his praises even to the stran
ger, and the mother's proud smile when
ever his name was mentioned, spoke more
ces and wisely forbade to ask questions.
Until very recently Fanny bad lived a
quiet life in the country. She brought than mere words,
with her to tho city a great many country { “ Ella,” said Mrs. Grey, as she sat by
ideas. One of these was that labor was ' 1110 Halid's lounge, in a distant part of
really more honorable than idleness, even
although not needed as a means of sup
port. She had shown a degree of sense
and energy uncommon at sixteen, when
upon the sudden death of her father, she
left the school where her fond mother
wonld fain have allowed her to remain,
and insisted upon earning her own liv
ing. The village dressmaker was glad of
an apprentice; and as village dressmaker,
she was quietly supplying her own wants
and those of her beloved mother, when a
letter came from Uncle John. He was
tired of a city lw>ardiug-house—ho was
getting old, he hod enough for them all,
and he wanted a home. Wonld they
come and make one for him ? He could
not leave his large busines to go to them
—would they come to him ? When
might he meet them at the station, and
install liis own dear sister mistress of his
home, as since his early childhood she
had dwelt in his heart ?
It was a very tempting ofler, and it
speedily met a glad acceptance.
Mrs. Roberts was alone in her little
parlor when it arrived, thinking sadly of
the room, 44 you must lie still now love,
and rest yourself for an hour or more;
you are getting so much excited over this
invitation, that I fear you will be really
ill.’’
not tbo party, mother,” said the
yoonggirlinalowtone, “nor the thought
of my beautiful new dress that excites me
—it m seeing Edward so happy. If it
were his own wedding he could not betray
ore joy.”
4 4 He has not spoken to me in that
manner," said her mother, guardedly.
“Oh, no,” said Ella, “ho does not
tell me this—his whole manner speaks it!
I have been so much secluded from socie
ty that I observe more closely the few
that make my little world. Neither you
nor Edward can enjoy or suffer, without
my knowledge; and if I mistake not, you
are both very much changed within a few
days,”
“ Yes, dear Ella,’’said Mrs, Grey, “you
have judged rightly. I think Edward
feels relieved from fear .hat Albert Mel
ville might prove a successful rival; bnt
reader. The professor in the laboratory 1 the past, and doubtfully of the future,
raises the thermometer beneath water, Fanny arrived at home tired with the
E. B.
: with bulb near the surface, and which a
More. i K °°^ < * ea * of spirit* sr 0 poured, then
AIVS O S ! tirc .'K though heat enough is evolved to
_ melt tin, yet you cannot raise the ther-
°Y™ nt“Lnw, j morueter one degree; while a small port
of the same heat applied beneath, will
W ILL give prompt attention to professional
l-uaiut-xs in Uic different conrtsofSumter,
' LI* v. Webster, L*-** aud adjoiningcoanties.
Office vuli J. A. Analey, over 1$. Kmannel &
IL". juo 9-tf
GEORGE W. KIMBROUGH, ~
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
& NI * General Agent f> >r the talc and purchase
rf land in Southwest Georgia. luvestigat*
titles strictly adhered to. Will faithfully at-
day’s work, and spirit-weary with trying
to please a capricious employer. To
both it was a welcome relief. To one it
was merely springing, as in her infancy,
to the extended arms of a beloved elder
brother; to the other it was the pleasant
sat the whole mass of water jumping. prospect, of living with ‘dear Uncle
There is a mutual interchange between John.’
classes in society. Educate the top, and As the pretty niece and probable heir-
you do not educate the bottom; this influ-1 ess of a wealthy man, Fanny might have
iloes not penetrate downward. Edit- j commanded a place in the first circles in
JOSEPH ARMSTRONG,
Attorney at Law,
ALBANY, GEORGIA.
»P 15
DR. WILLIAM A. GREENE,
AUEBICUM, GEORGIA.
poNTINL'ES to serve his friends of Americas
V auJ surrounding countrv in all the depart-
~ of hi, profession. __ aprl6-lv_
Dr. J. B. HINKLE
TTTOl'LD again tender his services (in all the
” , ‘ ranrhea of the Profession) to the good
.f Americas *nd Sumter connti, ana ee-
a cotmcuance of the liberal patronage
iurt-toloiv lieatowed upon liim.
**■ Special attention given to Surgery.
ILa.i^narters at the Drug Store of Dr. F_ J.
f drulp.. ltffiiilence fronting that of Bev. J.
«. Jordan. jane 8tf
Dr. S. B. HAWKINS.
OFFICE at Dr. Eldridge's Drug Store.
Kesideijoojncar tho Methodist Church.
An*’ * a B*dn tender tho good people of
D. A GREENE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
VIJSSESi,
n-AOboma faithfully attended to.
cute the bottom of society and all is edu
cated. The particles below blow quickly
up. But moral inflnenoe will penetrate
from the top. Le* the educated and re
fined be also sterling and determined in
principle, and this influence—of example
and power—does penetrate downward
Here aro two great compensating forces
in society.
Young man you expect to succeed.—
Your are looking first at the top—at
genius, at brilliancy, bold strokes, at
showy captivating impressions. [You look
at men crowned to-day with honors,
wealth, and influence. That is not the
way; look to where they began; boil from
the bottom; put the fire oi your purpose
low down, under the hnmble and despis
ed places and duties, and yon will raise
the whole character and aim of vour
life.
Young woman you are ambitious to be
come all that a true woman ought to be.
You look at the glitter of accomplish
ments, at gaudy dress and equipage, and
perhaps covet a station with those who
float these dazzling externals at com
mand. This is not the way.
Begin at the l»ody; see that you have
strength—it is better than beauty, and it
is beauty—go on up through the rounds
of domestic duties and filial obedience;
act well your part iu every-day tasks and
obligations of life.
Yon will be more sure to win what is
most procions and lasting to a true wo
man's heart—the flavor and ripeness of
unchanging Jove, directed to your own
personal worth. Boil your pot from the
bottom and the top will lake care of
itael f.—ledger.
T. L. CLARKE,
ATTOENEY AT LAW.
PRESTOS, OEOROIA.
April 3-1 f.
Dr. W. D. COOPER,
APFF.UaAn, professional services to the dti-
*ena of Americcs sml eurrouncling country,
to Dr. Geo. F. Cooper. Office—Corner
- -loteL 1 •
Reiukure ,t Mr. Thn*.
hr. Geo. F. Cooper.
Old Hotel. ^ snrS-ly
. lUrroltTs, Co»ege HiP-
T)R. M. D. McLEOD, Amen-
Ov-Diwi,,— of tho Eys and Em
trfclkt *d. Chronic diseuL of Women
i » ■Pecishy- I'rolspeua, An-
and IUst re*ersion cured by mechsntoal
1 I? trar nxmlb. Prtw,
trEleetrolyua?
A Mammoth Tooth.-—We were shown
yesterday a monster tooth which Walton
B. Harris, Esq, has had in his possession
for some time. It was dug up by the
salt makers in Florida. It is about six
inches long and four square at the base.
The surface is composed of huge separate
black points. The prong is curved and
broke off, and the lower end is partly
petrified. A hole connecting from the
side with the hollow, is where the nerves
were once located. Such uervea! What
ever thing had this tooth in its month
owned a regular jaw smashes.- - Cvlnmb us
Sun,
VOTICE
Dr. S. K. TURNER
^'u r '2'r Wl from the counties of Sumter
Umth?* * lc l ln{ona his friends and old patrons
loc * ud *n CikUoaviUe, Alabama,
of
aSSSSF
consult him by tetter, sod
WANTED,
T«Hon»nd r<><uuV „t cattut l sri tl^m
RAGS,
Saved nr a Watbbfdd.—Memphis,
June tf.—Last Monday R. II. Rayner,
livery stable keeper at Helena. Arkansas,
while drunk, shot his wife in the back of
the head. Thinking he had lulled her,
he placed the pistol to his head and blew
out his own brains. Hit wife was
stunned, the ball having been «
in hpr waterfall.
the city. Her own simple taste, and her
Uncle's quiet bachelor habits, alike pre
vented; and at the time of which wo write,
her circle of acquaintance was somewhat
limited. She sat now thoaghtfuly con
sidering her Uncle’s qnestions, until her
decision was taken.
The next morning saw her in olose con
sultation with the fashionable dress-ma
ker of whom she had procured her own
city outfit, which Unde John’s liberality
bad made n very expensive one. With
out revealing her object, she yet obtain
ed all needed information in carrying out
her plans. For as Madame D. remarked:
•These wealthy young ladies have so
many whims!—but then they have noth
ing else to do V
Early one bright morning after, a veiw
plainly but neatly dressed yonng lady
appeared at the residence of Mrs. Mel
ville, and timidly announced herself, aa
being the seamstress whom Madame D.
had sent from her establishment.
Seated in the little sewing- rooms, Fan
ny had plenty of leisure to repent her
temerity, and consider the chances of de
tection during the day of diligent labor
which followed.
She was perhaps, more than compensa
ted by hearing from Albert’s sister that
the dress she waa making was to be worn
at his approaching marriage with the
wealthy Miss Fitznoodlo, an heiress in
her own right, and one of tho belles of
the city.
•Albert has been paying attention to
her for a long time,’ said the yonng girl,
quite delighted with the respectful silence
of her listener; * she never gave her
consent, however, until last week, and
now we are hurrying the same up, for
Albert has seemed quite fascinated with
little countiy girl he met somewhere re
cently, I have never 6een her, but her
prospects are not near so good ns those
of Ada Fitznoodle, Ada’s fortune is “
in her own right, while Miss Roberts «,
entirely dependant npon the will of her
uncle. So os Albert is afraid the old
gentleman don’t like him very well, he
has concluded that ‘a bird in the hand ii
worth two in the bush!’
The lively talker was called away by
visitors, leaving Fanny plenty of time to
reflect npon what she had heard, and to
remember that the free bird in the bosh
is much happier than the one caught in
sacha snare
good and kind, bat I can’t sec it. I am
good and kind to tho white people, and
have given my lands, and have now come
from where the sun sets to see you.
The Great Father has sent his people
out there and left me nothing but an
island. Our nation is melting away like
tho sides of the hill, when the
sun is warm; while the people are like
the blades of grass in spring, when the
summer is coming. I don’t want to see
tho whites making roads in our country.
Now that I have come to my Great
Father’s land, see if I have any blood
when I return home. The white people
have sprinkled blood on tJie blades of
grass about tho lino of Fort Fetterman.
Tell the great Father to remove that fort;
then we will live peaceful and there will
s no more troubles.
I have got two mountains in that
country—Black Hills and big Horn. I
want no roads there. There have been
stokes driven in that country, and I want
them removed. I have tolu these things
three times, and now lmve come here to
tell them for tho fourth time. I have
made up my mind to talk that way
don’t want any reservation. On the Mis
souri, the home of these people, I bear
that my children and old men are dying
off like sheep. The country don’t suit
them.
I was born at the forks of the Platte,
and my father and mother told me that
the land there belonged to me. From
the North and West the red nations have
come into the great father’s house. We
are the last of the Ogallallas We have
come to know the facts from our father
why the promises aro not kept I want
two or three trailers, that we asked for, at
the mouth of horse creek. In 1852 there
was was a treaty made, and the man who
mode the treaty [alluding to Gen. Mitch
ell, who performed that service for theGov-
ernment] told me the truth. Goods that
have been sent out to mo have been stolen
all along tho road, and only a handful
would reach me to go among my nation.
Look at me here. I am poor and
naked. I was not raised with arms. I
always want to be quiet and peaceful.—
w . The great Spirit has raised you to read
I fear he has other obstacles to encounter, j and write and has put papers before yon,
He is so hopeful and so fond of ns, that j i>ut He has not raised me that way. The
he refuses to consider our support any; mtn whom the President sends us, sol-
burden; but ho will never marry until be j Ji e rs and all, have no sense and no heart,
can support both her and us. Even if be 11 know it to-day. I didn’t ask that
were sure of her affections, how could ho . whites should go through my country
expect her to give up all the luxuries to ■ killing game, and it is the Great Father’s
which she has been accustomed, and live! fault You ore tho white people who
in this simple style?” i should keep peace. For the railroads
Fanny felt that she was hearing too | you are passing through my country I
much, aa both mother and daughter had. have not received so much as a brass ring
forgotten they were not alone, so riie re- for the land thev occupy. I want you to
called their attention to her presence by a *• - •> -
question about her work.
She soon after excused herself, taking
the work with her to finish, and never was
a dress more carefully wrought than this,
in the solitude of her own room. How
many, thoughts were interwoven with the
stitches Ella never knew; bnt when a few
months after. Edward Grey, then a part
ner in business with Uncle John, was
married to pretty, and sensible Fanny
Roberts, she noted, with the watchful
eye of an invalid, the strange resemblance
which the brilliant bride bore to her for
mer unassuming and plainly attired little
dressmaker.
wives and women’s husbands, thus dis
covering how little handsome faces have
to do with love and settlements of life.
Ihe voting, finding that tho praise of
physical beauty is the poet’s and orator’s
theme, rash to the mirror to inquire if
they ore thus beautiful, and if-the answer
is “no,” they give np all hope of winning
love, and try to resign themselves to a
lonely and unappreciated existence. But
they are out of their reckoning. They
are all beautiful, perhaps, in that decided,
l striking way which catches the attention
' and forces out the admiration of strangers
but as truly as they live, each lias his or
her peculiar attractions which will cer
tainly charm somebody.
Look at the married people whom you
know! How many of those are what
strangers wonld call handsome? Precious
few!
There are among old bachelors and
“ancient maiden ladies,” doable the
number (comparatively) of persons who
are or have been regularly beautiful.
Verily, tho ugliest old 44 darlings” that
these eyes ever rested on are all married,
and plenty of young “darlings” are quite
as ugly.
Lord Kame was altogether right when
he said that plain women inspired the
most faithful affection. The same is true
of plain men.
Beauty is a delectable thing to look at
>w and then; but when you get used to
it you don’t mind it any more than you
do its opposite. It is clear, then that
when you fall in love with a persons, beau
ty, you fall out again when tho beauty
fades, or when it palls npon your sense.
Unless there be something besides it to
attract you, personal beauty is utterly
powerless to win enduring love, Such
love most depend on something that
permanent. Love grows where it
sent, and it mokes no sort of difference
how a body looks when love lias once
gilded him. Eyes may set side ways in
the face, the month may be bnt a button
hold or cut from ear to ear, the ears may
bo flopped forward or back like a poodle
dog’s or reach all the way round the neck
—it don’t matter; if yon love the owner
of those they will be all beautiful to
yon.
On the contrary, how hateful the most
perfect beauty of features and complex-
! : i it
TERMS:
Tl\ree'Dollars a Year,
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
Number 19.
T From Ok> Quine, (A) Herxld, Jane IKh. f pianalion He Baked to be killed, anil
To.r.ur.wi.. Offered to get the fatal knite it aomeouo
Tae HWotin Love murder. | would with it He ha» often, in
tie past two jeara, made threats against
"— who would pay attention
ers, oml to declare that if
she dhl not marry him she should not
steamer Henry Johnson, bearing Piko county, no demonstration was made
fmrerii cortege wind (tUw whar*, and 0 ™; n rt th 4’ ri » 0nM , end hewos lodged in
SffitowUthii «o rr.it his trie,.
bie Summers was borne to the grief-
p.umcriiABS or the death optiik r.r\tm- [
vrTi amue snorrw.
stricken and sorrowing relatives. Aa the
burial casket was transferred from the
boat every sound was hushed, and many
and many an eye was moistened with
tears of pity for her terrible fate.
when wo dislike the owner of it
Dear me, there are faces which to eveiy
stranger aro noticeable for their comeli
ness and fascination, yet the merest sight
of which turns me rick with loathing; and
there we other feces, scarred and wrin
kled by time and tribulation, faded by
sickness and toughened by exposure, a
glimpse of which is like tlrn sadden out-
beaming of the sun after a storm a week
long. Beautiful, exceedingly beautiful
are thev, like the faces of the angels of
God.
Don’t, misunderstand when yon hear
people talk of beauty. The only lasting
beauty is tho brightness from the forms
and faces that we love.
0. it. M,
Interesting ?
tell that to my Great father.
You whites make all the ammunition.
What is tho reason you don’t give it to
us ? Are you afraid I am going to war ?
You ajre great and powerful, and I am
only a handful. I do not want it for
A tittle boy in the infant class of
a Sunday School ont west, was asked by
his teacher if he had learned anythin
daring the past week. “Oh, yea,” aai_
he.^ 44 What is that you have learned?”
44 Never to tramp your partner’s ace,’
was the reply.
We once heard a story told of two
men who started together one bright
morning for a whole day’s journey. The
one reached his destination before
sun had sunk behind the wes
tern bills, where_ he made himself com
fortable at the inn. His only trouble
was concern for his laggard companion.
He thought snrely some evil must have
befallen him.
Long after dark his fellow traveler ar
rived. When asked the cause of his
delay, he replied; “I was obliged to stop
at every other house to whip off the un
mannerly dogs that, barked at me.—
Didn’t they bark at you, also ?” 44 Yes,”
replied the other, “but I did not stop to
whip them. I simply told them they
re ill bred curs, and drove on J”
Ye are generally losers iu the end, ff
stop to refute ail the back bitings and
sipings we may hear by tho way.—
ey are annoying, it is true, bnt not
dangerous, so long as we do not stop to
expostulate and scold. Our characters are
formed and sustained by ourselves, b;
our own actions and purposes, an<
not by others. Always bear this ij
mind, that “calumniations may usually
be trusted to time, and the slew but
sternly justice of public opinion.—-Ex.
She dreaded the dinner hour. If asked
down into the family-dining room, what
excuse would she give ? She would be
too busy, she was really not hungry, and
could truthfully plead a headache. She
waa relieved from all such fears, however
tor the servant approaching with a lunch!
which, waa served upon a little woTk-table
in the midst of her sewing materials.—
The Melvilles were altogether too gen ted
to admit a seamstress to their own table,
” IftJgj&fcfljEke inher ap-
and Fann;
fST’ A Minnesota School Board have
>ted lightning rods dan re:
they attract lightning, and
off the building in’
could cure him but a quart of catnip tea.
"T1kJ“ I must din," said he, “fori don’t
hold but a pink”
% day to Fanny; and she
**' having
taken her own quiet observations on the
habits andigannera of the family, and the
election thereto of its eldest hopeful, sin
again donned her plain straw hat and
thick veil to depart
As shanaaMity
countered Albert Melville, in earnest oon-
vevretkm withcoe whoaa appearsneewae
" ~anything but prepossessing. There
no fear of recognition in
drees, and close
Immense Bains—The Crops—Catteb-
pillajl—The rain continues to pour
torrents day and night, throughout this
region, and the whole ftv'o of the earth
flooded.
CroP6 are already seriously injured,
and planters are painfully apprehensive
of disastrous results.
We see no prospect of a let up—the
clouds look wet-weatherish, and tue very
atmosphere is heavy with the juicy ele
ment. Another such a week will be
ous to tite cotton crop.
The caterpillar is reported as having
made its appearance, ana in fact we have
seen unmistakable specimens. Mr. E. E.
Wilder, from Capt John A. Davis’ plan
tation, bottled a fly a few days ago, and
in three days its larve commenced de
vouring cotton leaves placed in the bot
tle as a test. This we saw and have no
doubt of the identity of the insect
Sin Co the above was in proof, we have
conversed with a number of onr heaviest
planters, and they all concur in the
gloomy fact that cotton has received a
terrible blow. CoL B. G. Lockett says
the rasas are the moat hurtful he ever
saw, that vast -bodies of the best lands
are under water, and that all are too wet
for work.
We hear additional reliable and start
up intelligence of the catterpilfer, and
ft u set down as a fact that the fly has
made its appearance in great numbers.—
Albany Xev#, 20th inst.
THE mtder.
From parties who accompanied the re
mains to this city we garnered the cor
rect particulars of the tragedy, which
had been the subject of many reports,
rumors and speculations for tho past
two days. The murder was committed a
few minutes before Ti o’clock on Sunday,
in the reception room of the residence of
Mr. Griggs (at Ashley, Mo.), principal of
Watson Siminary, With whose family
Miss Smmers resided. Ambrose t oe, the
murderer, came into town early Sunday
morning, and after changing his dress,
went to church, evidently for the pur
pose of seeing Miss Summers. He re
mained until the the services were about
half over, and while there was seen to
E nll out of his pocket tho large butcher-
uife with which he subsequently commit
ted the murder, and, after looking at it, to
replace it He left the house and went
to the Presbyterian Church, and went in
side and remained a short time, when he
went ont and sat down on a box near the
front of tho church. Ho remained here
until the services were over, and then
walked off some distance ahead of Miss
Summers ami the party she
A few minutes l>efore 12 o’clock Miss
Summers and Mr. Watkins were in the re
ception room at Mr. Griggs,’ conversing.
Mr. Watkins looking out of the window
towards the street saw Coe approaching
the house, and knowing the object of his
visit, and that it was annoying to Miss
Summers, mentioned to her that Coe was
coming in. When the latter rapped
at the door the Professor inquired of
Miss Sommers if he should be admitted.
She replied in 4he affirmative, and the
mnrderer entered the room, but at first
did not discover Miss Summers’ pres
ence, she being concealed from his view
by the open door. When he observed
her he walked up to her and extended his
hand familiarly. She did not take his
hand, bnt made a motion os if to leave
tho room. Coe, divining her object, re
quested her to stay, saying that he de
sired a few momenta private conversa
tion with her. The request was granted,
and she turned to Prof. Watkins, who
was still sitting near the window, and
asked him to retire for a short time.—
The Professor complied with the request,
not, however, without a presentmept
of coming evil, and ns Miss Summers
followed aim to the door he whispered to
her that if she needed any assistance to call
him, that ho would be in the next room.
» j The Professor wen* into a room across
Baitists.—Mr. spur- the hall. A few moments afterwards Mr.
the cratAiys
were placed in a metallic casket, and by
Mr. Fogg, who had been dispatched on
the sad mission, brought to the city yes
terday. Upon their arrival they were
conveyed to tho residence of Mrs. E. L.
Sommers, to remain until the funeral
services to-day. ♦
One could scarcely believo that the
cold, inanimate form was locked in
death’s embrace, so natural was its ap
pearance. It seemed as though she were
sleeping sweetly, the sleep of innocence. —
No rigidity of features, no contraction ol
the muscles, were there to tdl of the
fearful agony of the death struggle.—"
Robed in white merino, the bosom ele
gantly trimmed with white satin, by ten
der and skillful hand t, all that was mortal
of Abbie Summers looked handsome in
death. t
geon, tho eccentrically sensational Baptist Griggs, proprietor of the house, walked
preacher of Loudon, has signified his wil-) up to tho reception room door, but found
tin guess to visit his brethren in this conn-. it locked. Ho heard voices inside, and
try, provided they will do something j turned to walk in tho room Mr. Watkins
handsome for the college and orphanage j had previously entered. Just as ho got
ho proposes to build in London. Com- ] in tho room, and in less than two min-
Stamps on Bank Checks.—Commis
sioner Delano has given the following in
structions to the United Stamp Agent
concerning bank cheeks :
It was ruled by my predecessor in this
office, June 22, 1867, that a check drawn
by an individual upon himself, or drawn
by a bank npon by ita cashier in his ca
pacity, and in the discharge of his offioial
duties, is in its^legal effect “ written or
printed evidence of on amount of money
to be paid upon demand or at a time
designated,” and should be stamped at
the rate of a promissory note—five cents
for each 3100, or fractional port thereof,
(Internal Revenue, vol. 5, p. 196, series
5, No. 10, p. 15.) and you have heretofore
been directed not to imprint a two cent
stamp upon instruments of this character.
You ore instructed, hereafter, to treat
such cheeks, except when designed to be
used for circulation, like checks drawn by
one party npon another. Except when
designed to be so used, a two cent stamp
only is to be required npon each one,
when drawn for any snm whatsoever, at
night or on demand, upon a bank, bank
er or trust company. A like stamp is to
be required npon each for a sum exceed
ing ten dollars, when drawn at sight
on demand upon any other person
persons, companies or corporations, than
those above named. When such checks,
drafts, etc., are drawn otherwise than at
sight, or on demand, they aro liable to
tax at the some rates as promissory noters
—five cents for each 8100 or fractional
part thereof. Inasmuch as the amount
of tax varies upon time drafts, stamps
cannot be imprinted upon them, but the
tax must be paid by adhesive stamps.
Scandal in High Life.—It it is self
dom that Savannah, jor any other city
a moderate population can succeed
rivaling New York in a sensational item.
We think, however, that we may con
gratolate ourselves tliat “ original sin’
has taken a summer trip South for his
health.
She was a blonde—a beautiful blue
eyed blonde—who had married a dark
eyed, black hatred, male brunette, in fact
one of,the sterotyped romantic cavaliers
of fiction.
They lived happily together for some
weeks. The honeymoon and the moon
shine of matrimonial bliss had just been
dissipated bv lapse of time and» little ex
perience, when the husband, with that
frailty and felicity of affection which so
often characterizes newly married men,
osst his eyea npon one of Georgia’s most
blooming daughters—ru wild roee—a
sweet bnar—that immediately captivated
the effete city roue. Tho result was that
he went where the “woodbine twineth,”
and the wild roee went with him, leaving
the golden haired blonde to reflect npon
her corlrahd her want of consolation.
For some must watch wile Others sleep—
•i A North Carolina paper adver-
_____ tisee for printers who can read. It has
qoiet- had enough of the other kind.
character lost and one heartbroken.'The .
names of the parties to this iteHi*
escapade .we conceal for the present,
trusting that Providence or the police
will heal the breach.—Savannah Jfetn,
22 inti.
men ting on this, the New York Adcerti-
ter fears he has received exaggerated ac
counts of the nbtlity of American Bap
tists to help him, and says. “ their hearts
are willing enough, but their means do
not correspond, ” and that “perhaps,
owing to their partiality lor water, all
Baptist congregations have what is called
a 4 floating debt ’ It generally comes to
them. ” says the Advertiser, ‘’from many
generations back, and, in a true spirit of
hereditary a flection, is alwavs committed
with many hlesfings to their children.—
This 4 floating debt ’ has no connection
with anr 4 sinking fund, ’ and if it did it
wouldn’t sin. ” Mr. Spurgeon is a man
of marked ability and zeal, and it is not
improbable, the Advertiser to the contra
ry notwithstanding, that- he would find
no difficulty in raising what money be
wants in America.—Gourier-Joxtmal,
Them Cussed Strawberries.—We
have an insolent and impudent corres
pondent in New York, who, regardless
of all the recent amendments to tne Con
stitution, telegraphs an intimation that
onr beloved President was inebriated at
Harrisburg yesterday. We shall dis
charge him forthwith, unless he learns a
discreet use of the English lan
guage. He most draw it mild, and say
that His Excellency was “ fatigued,” or
or that he was “overcome,” or that he
suffered from neuralgia, or that he had a
violent attack of protapus uteri. Or, if
he wants to be classical, and at the same
time accurate, let them call it pi-olapus
rpus. Anything, bnt that abominable
id vulgar word which has nothing bnt
truth to commend it, drank.—Cincin
nati Enquirer.
Another Impeachment Trial in Pnos-
PEcnvE,—A curious story ha* l>een put
afloat lately in regard io An.?,-*- Duvall,
for a long time United Stutcs tor
the western district of Texas. Thu state
ment is, substantially, that after the late
rebellion had been in progress for some
time Judge Duvall made his way through
the rebel lines and came north to this
city, where he made satisfactory repre
sentations as to his uninterrupted loyalty
to the Federal Government, took the iron
clad oath, and was paid from the national
treasury his salary for some time aa he
was prevented from discharging the
functions of his office in Texas and until
peace was sufficient restored to resame
them and, in point of fact, ever since.—
Latterly, however, parties have arrived
in this city from Texas who allege that
from the time that State seceded npto the
date of his coming north, Judge Davail
acted os district judge under the so-called
Confederate Government, and drew his
pay as such officer from the treasury of
that concern, and they bring with them
what they claim to be Judge Duvall’s
original oath of allegiance to the Southern
Confederacy.
We give the statementa substantially
made to us, without being able to vouch
for their troth in eveiy particular; bnt
we may say that they come to ns from
apparently good authority, and that from
the date given by one informant we have
every reason to believo in their correct
ness.
Xt ii added that an effort will be made
to secure the impeachment of Judge Du
vall, bat we presume it is too late in the
season to allow any steps to be taken in
the matter before the adjournment of
Congress.—Wash. Star.
A man proclaiming himself the Son of
God, and bearing leeters for Rochefort
and Napoleon, was- arrested recently
while hammering - for admission at the
gates of a prison in Paris.
About tho time that Spotted Tail was
sitting down totes with Mrs. Grant, s sol
dier at Fort Laramie come i '
about half a bushel dl arret
m^intoton, and caiiying his own
amr
utes after the couple had been left to
themselves, both gentlemen were startled
by au agonized shriek from the reception
room. Anticipating tho worst, they
rushed to the door and kicked it open.
The scene that presented itself chilled
their hearts and froze tho blood in their
veins. On her left side, near the win
dow, lay the form of Abbie Summers, the
wicked instrument of death fixed in her
body, tho floor covered with her life’s
blood, while close by stood.the assassin,
who, without warning, had plunged her
throngh tho body with tho deadly knife.
Miss Summers was. when first seen, in
the agonies ol death, and in less time
than it takes to tell it her spirit had fled.
Recovering from the shock of the awful
spectacle, Fro. Watkins seized the mur
derer by the throat and threw him into
the floor, and placed his foot upon him
to prevent his escape. This precaution
waa needless. Coe was qoiet as a babe,
and lay still npon the floor, making no
resistance. All the life seemed to have
pone out of him, and he remained pass
ive until he was turned over to the offi-
THE WOUNDS.
The knife was found in the back of the
deceased, having severed the-spinal col
umn and passed entirely through tho
body. It appeared that it stack feat, and
defied tho attempts of the murderer to
withdraw it. Upon examination, four
wounds were found upon the body, a
flesh wound npon the left breast and arm,
supposed to be the first inflicted. The
three others were in the back, any one
of which was fatal It appeared from
the situation of the parties that Coe had
first struck her npon the arm, and that,
horror-stricken, sue turned towards the
window to escape, when he followed her
up and drove the knife into her back.
The blood had epurted from the wounds
to the ceiling, some twelve feet above
the floor, and left there great crimson
spots, while the carpet was covered with
gore. Miss Summers was carefully re
moved and bv kind and friendly hands
prepared for burial.
An Ill-Starred Marriage—Dickens’ own
Account of his Separation from bis
Wife.
Early in life—just after the publication
_' “Pickwick”—Mr. Dickens married
the daughter of Mr. George Hogarth, the
author and critic. He separated from
her iu 1858, and as the event called forth
a great deal of ill-natured comment, thr
following letter was written for tlio pur
pose of being shown to the public:
Mv Drab : Mrs. Dickens and 1
have lived unliappily together for many
years. Hardly any one who has known
ns intimately, can fail to have that known
that we arc, in all respects of character
and temperament, wonderfully unsuited
to each other. I suppose that no two
people, not vicious in themselves, ever
were joined together, who had greater
difficulty in understanding one another,
or who had less iu common. An attach
ed woman servant (more friend to both
of us than a servant), who lived with us
sixteen years, and is now married, ami
still is, in Mrs Dickens’ confidence and
mine, who bad the closest familiar, expe
rience of this nnhapines8 in London, in
the country, in France,iin Italy, whenever
we have been, year after year, month
after month, week after week, day after
day, will bear witness to this.
Nothing has, on many occasions, stood
between ns and a separation but Mrs.
Dickens's sister, Gcorgine Hogarth.
From the age of fifteen she lias devoted
herself to our house and children. She
has been thoir playmate, nurse, instruc
tress, friend, protectress, adviser and
companion. In the manly consideration
toward Mrs. Dickens which I owe to my
wife, I will merely remark of her that
the peculiarity of her character has thrown
oil the care of the children on some one
else. I do not know—I cannot by any
stretch of fancy imagine—what wonld
have become of them, bnt for this annt,
who has grown up with them, to whom
they ore devoted, and who has sacrificed
the best part of her youth and life to
them.
She Las remonstrated, masoned, suffer
ed and toiled, and como again to prevent
a separation between Mrs. Dickens and
me. Mrs. Dickens has often expressed
to her her sense of her affectionate car*-
and devotion in tho house—aover more
strongly than in tho last twelve months.
For some years past Mrs. Dickens has
!>ecn in the habit of representing • to me
that it would bo bettor for her to go away
and live apart; that her always increas
ing estrangement made a mental disorder,
under which she sometimes labors: more,
that she felt herself unfit for tho life she
had to lead as my wife, and that she
wonld bo far bettor away. I have uni
formly replied that she must bear onr
misfortune and fight the fight ont to the
end; that tho children were.the first con-
rid oration, and that I feared they must
bind ns together “in appearance”
At length, within these three weeks, it
m suggests! to me by Forster that even
for their sakes it would surely be better
to reconstruction and rearrange the un
happy home. I empowered him to treat
with Mrs. Dickens as the friend of both
of ns for one and twenty years. Mrs.
Dickens wished to add, on her part,
Mark Lemon, and did so. On Saturday
last Lemon wrote to Forster that Mrs.
Dickens “gratefully and thankfully i
Ambrose Coe is about 29 years of age,
a young man well informed, and, aa far
os known, of good habits It ia said of
him that he never drank or indulged in
dissipation of any kind. His great fault
was want of stability and fixed purpose.
He appeared to be weak at times, almost
childish. . He was betrothed several years
since to the deceased, but, as previously
stated, she asked to be released, and can
celled the engagement. Foe two years
past he has followed her np persistently,
never allowing her any peace of mind.
Whenever he met her he would make a
scene that waa contemplated with horror
by the gentle and artless girl, and it is
■aid that she waa always dreading his ap
pearance and the recurrence of the disa
greeable interviews. It was thought by
her friends J that * her horror of these
scenes induced bar to grant him a private
interview on Sunday, which
terribly fatal. Aa already pu ,
taught school sonteyeara ago in Melrose
Township, nett too city. Two yeara
since bought property at Plymouth, in
Hancock county, and went there to live,
returning to this dty to urge his suit
with the object of his adoration.. He
sold out in Plymoth the past Spring, and
went to T~~ ‘ S 4 ‘ * *—
with a
He returned a short time since, and went
to Ashley to see Mias Bummers. He
bctdxdmjtgat
cep ted” the terms I propose to her. Of
the pecuniary part of them I will only
say that I believe they are sb genrou*
as if Mrs. Dickens were a lady of dis
tinction and I a man of fortune.
The remaining parts of them are easily
described—my eldest boy to live with
Mrs. Dickens, and to take care of her:
my eldest girl to keep my house; both
my girls and all my children but the
eldest son to live with me in .continued
companionship of their aunt GeorgiDe.
for whom they have all the tendered
affections that I have ever seen among
young people, and who has a higher
chum (as I have often declared for many
yean) npon my affection, respect and
gratitude than anybody in this world.
I hope that no one who may become •
acquainted with what I write here can
possible be so cruel and unjust as to pot
far. My elder children all v
perfectly, and all accept it as inevitable.
There ia not n shadow of doubt or con
cealment among ns. My eldest son and
I are one as to it all.
Two wicked persons, who should have
spoken very different of me,
in consideration of earned respect
and gratitude, have, (as I-am told
and indeed, to my personal knowledge)
oouptod with this separation the name of
% yonng lady for whom I have a greet at
tachment and regard. I will not repeat
the name—I honor it tbo ranch. Upon
my honor, there is not npon this earth a
more virtuous and spotless creature than
that yonng lady. I know her to be in
nocent and pure, and as good as my own
daughter.
Further, I am sure thq t Mrs. Dickon^,
having received this assurance from me,
must now believe it, in the respect I know
her to have for me, and in the perfect
confidence T know her, in her better
moments, to repose in my -trnthfolneBe. •
On tbm head, again there is not a
shadow of doubt or concealment between
my children and me. AIL is open and
plain among ns, as though wo were
brothers anti sister* They are perfectly
certain that I woald not deceive them,
and the confidence .among ua without a
fear.
C. D.
Saturday to hire opt to w former, nod atety. disband.” ~
P«ta«e4_ihe
six inches ink
Willi which ho
emotion* and x
4 Wahuke.—A detachment of United
States troops reached the city lait eve
ning, destined for the seat of war # at Ftrt
Valley.—Macon Journal 26th.