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Professional Cards.
Ji a. iuv/kinh. nun t. RDBtX.
HAWKINS & BURKE.
ttorneyw rat Xi»w.
Am triers, Ocorgia.
octgif
Jno. D. CARTER,
AT LITT:
Americas, Georgia.
O.Tkx- in Aramcna Hotel bnilding, corner of
[ v.-.isf aud College streets. may 18 tf.
FORT & HOLLIS,
m on SETS AT LAW.
And Solicitors of Patents.
Anioricus, Georgia.
, r OV.-in tii' r.> * a v.-cr R. P.Cyr.Va store
april *19 tf
C. T. GOODE,
.Yttornpy at Law
AMKRICUS, GEOltOIA.
„ u:'i c*. over W. T. Davenport's Drug store.
E. B. AMOS,
Attorney- At-lsaw,
ABERICI'S, GA.,
W ILL i.i-t prompt attention to professional
l r.rir.c- i in the different coi'.riaof Smntcr,
. Y. -.lwit-r, Leo and adjoiaingcoanties.
i : rd- J. A. Aneley, over H. Emanuel A
J«o 9 tf
S AM. LUMPKIN,
attorney at law.
I..act ice in til Iho conrta of 8. W. Ga.
l»y jiomiis-ion. to Dr. Wm. A Greene.
■ FFICE: With M. Callaway, Esq., in tb«* C*>nn-
fhpwe. Jnn30. 1870. -ly
“I KSOWTHOG II.IST OOSE," i
“I know tboa baat gone to the home of thy reet,
Then why abowld my eo«l be ao aad!
I know thou haet gone where the weary are
U*K,
And tbo mourner look* and Uglad'.
Where km* haeput,in the land of it* birth,
The atain it haa gathered In thia,
And hope the street ringer that gladdened the
Iiea asleep on the boeoraof b’iaa l"
Nor thy heart be fioag back from ifa goal:
know thou hast drunk jf the Lethethat flow*,
Oft . 2 hrough a land vberv they do not forget—
M That »h«da over memory, only repose,
And takes bom it only regret.
‘ In thy far away dw lling, wherever it be.
I believe thon haet visions of mine,
And the love that made things as music to me.
I have not yet learned to resign—
In the hush of the night, ontho waste of the
helping hand, to raise him np from the
deep degradation Into which he has
fallen, and elevate him in the scale of
being and restore him his once noble
manhood to society, family and
friends. This sir is the legitimate and
noble work of all good Templar*; in the
language of another, I will remark.—
“That the Good Templars are not fanat
ics, they are not sentimentalists, they are
only men and women terribly in earnest
B »ck of them are memories which will not
let thempansc, broken circles, rained al
tars, fallen roof-treea,andtbe cold sodden
ashes of once genial fires, urge them on,
no fear inch men and women will falter,
until yon can take oat of tho human
mind faithful recollections, until you can
make children forget tho follies of the
parents, over which they have mounted
nsefallneas and honor; until the memory
will surrender from its custody the oaths
of drunken blasphemy and the pains of
brutal violence; until
the heart. He is on the battle field and
in onr peaceful home. Praise Lis holy
name.
as in tho wilds of Wisscliieon on
tho day of the battle, cs the noonday
sun came thronghthe thick, clustered
leaves that two men met in deadly • con
flict near tho reef which, rose bVe atroi
JACK BROWN,
A. ttornoy eat X*aw,
ameiucus, ga.
in Court Douse with Judgo Stan-
'1. feblfitt
N. A. SMITH, ' '
Attorney nt X_» cv w.
tract, iioxtto Rcpublj-
"Mine oyee must be dark, that haa so long been
ind thy
Iu many a token and sign:
I never look np with a vow to the sky,
But a light like thy beauty is there—
.tad I bear alone murmur like thinein reply,
When I poor out my spirit in prayer.”
And though like r. mo imer who site by a tomb,
I am wrapped in a mantle of care,
Yet the grief of my bosom—oh, call it not gloom,
Li not the black grief of daepair:
By sorrow repealed, as theetars are by night,
Fai offs bright vision appear*—
And Lope, like Ibc rainbow, a creator a of light,
la born—like the raiul>ow, in teur*.*’
AT IA«T.
The etream is calmejt when it near* the tide,
Aad the f.owers the sweetest at eventide,
And birds most musical at close of day,
An ! saint* dvrinoat when they pass away;
Morning is lovelier, but a holier cliann
Lie* folded close iu evening robes of balm,
Au.l weary man must ever love her best,
For morning calls to toil, but night to rest.
Coming from heaven aho on her wing* doth beat
A li.vly fragranec, like the breath of prayer.
Foot-steps of angel* follow in her track,
To shut the weary eyes of day in peace.
All tilings are hash’d before her a* she throws,
earth and aky tho mantle of repose;
There is a calm, a beauty a power
morning kuows not, in the evening bonr.
Until the cveuing wo must weep and toil,
PiOUgh life** atern furrow, dig the weedy soil.
Tread with sad feet onr rough and stormy way,
And bear tho boat and burden of the day.
Oh! when our sun is setting, may wa glide
Like summer evening down the golden tide;
And leave behind us when wo pass away,
starry twilight round our sleeping clay.
J. A. ANSLEY,
Attorney-atLaw
Amoricus, G-a..
fact iso in the Courts of Southwestern
iaan.1 k. the United States Court* at Sa
il. Spec:a' attention civhu to collection of
and* and tho in-
Hirtmeut of legal
dec23tf
Ration*
HAWKINS & GUIRRY,
Attorney s-at-Law,
:; .'imiti.n. anii in failed Htst.i
3 Lsim
corner Colleg*-
y & C qV.
A. if. BROWN,
ViTdKXLV AT l,AW,
A nitrlcus, Georgia.
tnILL give prompt atteution to all bosinwv
n entrust ed tii hw can*. _ nov 2fi tf
George W. Wooten,
AT rOnXKV-AT-LA\V,
•dmcrioiui, - - - &n.
\ jaul3tl
«-Inthe C
villo, Lee
\ W. W. Ford, P. tV. C. T Price Lodge
DmvcDtD etrouT. i
GR1XD LODGE AT AHBRICI’9, OCTO
HER 3 *» 1*70.
Brothers and Sisters, Delegates aud Offl-
•*, of the Grand Lodge of Good Temp
and you Grand Worthy Sir:
is made my pleasing duty to meet
on this joyous occasion, and tender
you n welcome greeting. We come, in the
discharge of this pleasant duty, not
with formal speech or with cold stereo
typed words, but we come, to tender to
u und each of von, the warm spontane-
•j words of welcome gushing forth from
itern.nl hearts; we come in the name
of these earnest devoted Sisters, these
matrons and fair maidens, t hese beauti
ful smiling faces which you now see be
fore you, who not unlike all true women
9 first and fort-most in every good, pure
and holy cause. It was woman that
last at the cross and first at the tomb.
i woman that heals our woes by the soft
KEOlUlt ft, MMttROUfiH ^ nlle 1011011 of ^ er bond, and sooths
* I sorrows by the warm affection of her pure
jlNDCcv.cr*iAswrt'fJriht»*ls sndpurcW itMideenepma heart. It is \7oman that
^ -a:"1 u; southwest Gcor^. can by tho mighty power and influence
winch God has given her, lead man away
I from the mire and filth of this world and
j elevate him to the beantifnlflowezy fieldi
of purity and virtue. It is woman that
itlkertxl to. Will faithfully'a
ns entrusted to hi* care,
ronntv, Ga. novlltf
W- WILLIAM A. GREENE,
AhftQiCUS, QEQUGIA,
tySf^T****"** friend*of America
wa^wm.umhng country In all the depart
1 --‘o pr<»tc-*ion. aprl -ly
Dr. J. B. HINKLE
| primeval world, at least a
above the dark waters of tho
gfD. *• -V>. . : d
The man
eyes flashing with deadly
muscular form, dad in « blur, iroci: of
the Revolntion, is n Continent:'}, same
[Warren.
□The other with long black hair, droop
ing along his eadaverou* face, is clad in
the half military coat note of a tory re
fugee. Thia ie^a • mtaderer of Paoli,
named Delaney.
They met by
IrtBi-hca
• oftheProfeusiop) to the goo.
c. America* and Sumter counti. and *o-
1 5?? ULUtnc ? cf ttu liberal paironag.
■ ■ ‘“ atoweu upon him.
. -,i aitc ntion given to Surgery.
• at the Drug Store o? Dr. F. J
■ i.eridence fronting that or Rev. J
juuo 8tf
Pv- 8. B. BAWKINSr
OFFLTE r{ Dr. Eldfidgo’ij Dru? 8towu
near tie Mctljc4i*t Qum-h.
i •,w i f vloe ? * h ndcr th» gooel people o
t 00001,7 Keucrally.
Dr- W, D. COOPER,
Q- FERShirt professional service* to tho citl-
Ameriea* *nd aurrounding country.
'.Dr. Geo. F. Cooper. Office—Comer
aorS-ly
r. Tho*. Harrold'a, College Hill.
Medical Card.
jj 1 ' /'.Y • 8 H ROPSHIRE havingpcrraanently
4 burner county, off«:rs hi* pro-
* ’^■■tsari rViee ^ , *° ^ :e P'^^Dc, acd reapect/ully
^ f,, ond at 'lis office at Plaint of Di .
1 u,?, ~° W. Mifl at hi* residence at night.
i -i:I’^ptly attended to. '
01 Dura Sumter county, Ga. sept lly
SMITH till d iniorui uic
•L; public geiitrally, that he
■ k u. ■ °ffic® next door to weethelm-
AZ"* : u, r°« over Mr 8*we)l> Hame«* «•*-
oct 1 if.
CHARLES M. WHEATLEY,
Ul >der and Contractor,
' lllucv'^ IS 0 ?** MOULDINGS »D.l
******* ofapy klndof
r ^uauc* done nt abort notice.
out lira*
by tho fascinating influence of her
ucautyaud her purity, and the magic
power of her sweet bewitching smiles lead
fallen man'atroy from the grasp of tht
tempters flower and elevate him in the
scale of humanity iuuT usefulness. These
sisters p* re, noble generous sisters, are
ekrntestly engaged in the great cause of
temperaLCo and humanity nml are frith-
fully nsing all the infiuenco which God
has given them iu saving man from deg
nidation end ruin. I come in their name
aud behalf and tender you on this occa-
n a thrice, hearty, welcome. I come
behalf f these officers and members
of Price Lodge No. 14. who like your
selves have nnfurled to the breeze the
great temperance banner, and are earn
estly oral courageously fighting under it*
sacred folds. They have withstood the
crafty seductive influences -of the temp
ters power, aud put him under their feet,
these are they which have not faltered
in the conflict or bowed the knee to Baal,
they are pressing forward and onward in
the work of this £reut aad glorious re
form, and by the help of God they never
intend to give tip the ship as long as
there is a spar or a plank of her afloat I
come in their name and offer yon an
MEDICAL CARD. Krnfct. Iwternal Ttelmmo, Icomeiate-
• •• : • □ ; ** ' • half of the goqd - citizens of Americas to
~ ‘ trader to yon.:eaefi ind all ofjfB^fge
hospitality of our cityand the good cheer
of onr homes, and firesides. One and
all of u» bids ypn welcome, a thrioo hearty
welcome. - It oheeraon* hearts to meat
onr brjifhe^a and sisfen from other parts
of the State,' who like ourselves are
earnestly engaged in"the Good. Templars
cause. In them wo fee! indeed wo.have
not only co laborers in that cause, bat we
have also triily the affections of -warm
fraternal hearts; that throb in unison
our own. Hearts that are warm in
can stop this reform. Its canses lies
deep es human feeling itself. It draws
its current from sources embedded in the
very fastness of man’s nature. The re
form then will g i on. It will go on be
cause i.s principles are correct and the
progress beneficient. "The wave which
has been gathering force and for these
many years will continue to roll, because
the band of the Lord is under and back
of i;, and the denunciations of its oppo
nents, and the bribed eloquence of the
unprincipled can not check nor retard
the onward movement of its flow.”—
"Neither will the evil prophecy or the
scornful sneer of its enemies im-
pedo its onward course. “Upon the
white crest of it, thousands will be
lifted to virtue and honor, and thou
sand* moro who put themselves in front
of it, will be submerged beneath it*-
mighty wave*. ” Who we ask should not
be engaged in this great moral reform,
bo has not suffered from the influence
of intemperance, lives there a man or
all this fair land that has not
either directly or indirectly been in
jured by this mighty source of evil?
History tells of heroes, prophets, priests
tl kings fallen by its power, neither
genious, learning, position, or strength,
proof against it We have seen the
rs of the widow and orphan, heard the
low sad wail of agony sent np by broken
hearts, wo have seen bright hopes and
prospects blasted, the innocence of youth
grown old with the deformity of ignorance
and want, beunty clothed with rags, and
shame, and manhood shornoof its glory,
each repeating the sad lesson of the
past,’’that none are secure from its mighty
influences, its all destroying power.—
We look out upon our fellow-man, and
many of them standing upon the
crumbling brink of a mighty precipice,
with their feet gradually but certainly
and surely slipping, they stand in fancied
self-security, exclaiming thero is no dan
ger, away down beneath their feet is the
mighty boiling bubling cauldron of Hell,
•eady to eugulph them forever, no friend
comes forward to snatch him away. No
uand is raised to succor him from his
perilous position, wife, mother, sister,
watching him cs lie nears the
brink, without using their influeneo to
draw him away. Alone he stands upon
the very verge of the awful chasm, and
calmnly looks down upon the fiery billows
beneath, feeling in his infatuation that
there is no danger. Others may make
the awful plunge as thousands and mill
ions have done, and are doing every day,
bnt as for me there is no danger, I can
stand though every other one that nears
this spot may fall. Watch that roan
every day he gets nearer and nearer the
brink, until yon fancy you can see aud
bear the very fires of Hell crackling be
neath and around his feet, and at last
when he tittle thinks in a fit of drunken
frenzy, or Mania Porclta he makes the
iwfnl leap into tho i it below. To save
these men from the awfnll calamity, to
soothe tho broken hearts, to dry the tears
of ragged, naked, starving, children, to
restore them tho onco noble father i-nd
husband, to make desolate homes rod
firesides happy and joyous, with the in
nocent prattle of rosy .faced, well clad
children, basking in the sweet smiles of a
contented, cheerful, happy, pious, moth
er and a noble temperate generous fath
er, to do these thing* are we bounded
together iu the Good Templars cause,
then let each of us press onward in tbi*
great and glorious work, let there bo no
faltering or dallying by the way-side, no
tampering with the enemy, but let every
be at his post. We have much
to do and bnt little time to do it in,
therefore w« should lie earnest and dili
gent in the work, if we are faithful and
true to our cause, and truo to ourselves,
the time is not far distant when we will
become a mighty power all over the coun
try, the time will soon come when, in
temperance and vice that stalks abroad
at noon-day will hideaway in the darkness,
where it belongs, the time will soon come
when decent men \^iU be ashamed
to be seen enter these dark dena of vice
and infamy, when capital and respecta
bility will be driven out of the liqnor
trafie, and it will be confined alone where
it properly belongs, among thieves and
deamons.
And now in conclusion, we say to yon
Sir, and to each of yon, that onr hands
und hearts ore with you in thia work yon
have come among us to do, for thia
we again bid you welcome, for this cause
wo tender-yon the hospitality of oar city
whits yoarrocrain with ns. For this oaase
wo cordially invite yon to onr home* add
firesides to freely partake of onr good
cheer, and in.the. fatoro of life may yon
ever Irak back to thia meeting.of thd
Number 35.
ig BbTohstionary Tale.
God is everywhere. His words ere in hie
and her tiny lingers resting on the line of
At lasl|gathering courage the widow
bent her eyes upon the page and read!.—
the New TeeUiheut.
“Love your enemies !’\ . "
ojl brafeof terrible majesty and child
like love? of sublimity that crushes tho
heart wMbapture. it never shown more
In there in that lonely bnt of
I, When I saw the murderer’
fflcio'hijtll'alMl n°?y cause, hearts that
long and deadly hunting knife, they
straggled, twining and twisting on the
green sward.
At last the Tory is down—down on
the tn f- the upraised knife flashed death
his face.
“Q tarter! I yield P gasped tho Tory,
the knife was pressed on his breast
“Spare me, I yield !•’ >
“Mj brother said the patriot, in a tone
of deadly hate, “My brother cried for
quarter on tho night of Puoti; even a*
lie clung to your knees you struck thai
knife into his heart. I will give you the
quarter of Paoli.”
And his hand was raised for the blow,
and his teeth were clenched with deadly
hate ; he paused for a moment, and then
pinioned the Tory's arms, and with rapid
stride, dragged him to tho verge of th*
rock, and held him quivering over tht
“Mercy P gasped the Tory, turning
R, hj pale by turns, at tho awful yawn
ing below. “Mercy I have a wife and
child at home — spare me I”
Tho continental, with muscular
strength gathered for tho effort, shoot
the murderer once more over the abys>
and then hissed his bitter steel .in lib
face.
“My ^ brother had r wife and two
children. The morniug after tho nigh>
Paoli, that wife. was n widow; thosi
children fatherless. Ask mercy from
them l”
The proposal made by tho Continental
in mockery and bitter hate, was taken
into serious earnest by the terror strick-
Tory. Ho begged to be taken to tht
widow and her children, and to have th*
privilege of begging for his life, Auoth-
moment of serious thought aud tht
patriot soldier consented.
Ho bound the Tory’s arms still tighter,
placed him on his feet, and led bin-
through the woods. A quiet cottagt
emliossed among the trees, broke on
their eyes. They entered tbo cottage.
There beside the desolate hearthstone,
rat the widow and her two children.
She sat there, a matronly woman ol
about twenty eight years, with a fact
faded by care; a deep, dark eye, ana
long black hair hanging in a dtshoveled
state about her shoulders. On ono side
was a dark haired boy of six years, ol
the other side was a girl ono year youn
ger, with light blue eyes. The Bible—
auod and venerable volume—lay open
upon the mother’s knee, and pale-faced
Tory flung himself on his knees and
confessed that he had murdered her bus-
band on the night of Pnoli, and begged
his life at her liands.
“Spore me for the sake of my w fe and
children
He had expected this pitiful moan
would touch tho widow's heart; but not
one relenting gleam softened her
face.
“ The Lord shall Judge u?,” she said,
in a cold, icy tone, that froze the mur-
derer’s heart. “Look, the Bible is in
my lap. I will close th9 volume and let
my little eon place Lis finger at random
ipon a line, and by that yon shall live
die.”
This was a strange proposal made
good faith, of a mad and dark supersti
tion of olden times. For a moment the
Tory, palo as ashes, was in deep thongbt
then in u faint voice, he signified his
consent.
Rawing her eyes to fyapren, the moth
prayftd tp tho Great Father to direct
the finger of her son. She closed the
bt ok—she banded it to her son, whow
olieeks reddened with loathing i
gazed upon his father murderer,
took the Bible and opened its holy pages
at random, and placed his finger upon a
line,—there woe a silence. The: Conti
neutal soldier, who had sworn to avenge
his brother’s death, stood with dilated
eyes and parted lips. The culprit kned*
ing upon the floor, with a face like dis
colored clay, felt his heart leap in his.
throat.
.Wua*hi
heart \ _
Now, look how wonderful aro tho ways
of boaVein That-very night, ha tbo wid
ow sat by her fireside—sat there with a
crushed hawk and hot eyelids, thinking of
her husband, who now lay on the drench-
soil of Paoli, there was a tap at the door.
She opened it, and that husband, living,
though covered with wounds, wsa in her
arms. ._■*> .' 0
He hati^mlen at Paoli bnt not in death.
He was ffve jftd his wife panting on his *1^*7
HHi
That night there was prayer and thanks
giving in the wood embowed cottage on
the Wissahicon.
Report of Napoleon’s Attempted Sui
cide.
CCassel Corre*pondcnco of tho Vicuna, Preajc.
Tbo Pruesian government has issued
the stearne&t prohibition against tho
receipt at the telegraph office of a report
of the circumstances which I shall now
relate to yon from authentic sources. Iu
spite of all attempts at concealment,
yesterday tho news spread here like
wildfire that Napoleon had, on the 18th,
made an attempt at suicide. The details
of the affa r, as oommunicated by the
officer on guard, are as follows: Napo
leon, for two days exhibited a strange
elevation of spirits, which, up to this,
had not been percepible to him. He re
ceived during the last few days revcral
dispatches and letters from Paris and
Hastings, spoke extremely little, and for
die two days left liis room only once.—
This was about five o’clock in the even
ing. He bad given orders that all' dis
patches which arrived should be brought
ro him immediately, wherever lie was.
Two, which had just come from Hastings
ind Brussels, were accordingly taken to
uni in the park. Ha read them and
grew visibly pale. IIo then returned to
castle, and shut himself up in his
room. After they had seen or heard
nothing of him for two hours his imme-
liate attendants began to bo alarmed.—
i bout 9:30 they resolved, on the pretext
of having something important to com
municate, to ask for admission into h's
Prince Murat undertook the
ask; but to hia repeated knocks and
•nib no answer * was returned. After
half an hour they broke open the door,
ind fonnd Napoleon lying on the sofa in
deep faint. Two physicians
mediately fetched, aud they succeeded,
ifter the lapse of nu hour, in bringing
Napoleon to himself. Everything here
pouts to on attempt at suicide, to which
»f course, the officials will not agree.-—
The Governor of Cassel made his appear
mco at a still later honr in ihe castle,
whiuh was iu a state of the greatest con
cision. ThaGovernor did not leave till
morning, aud boa sent a long account of
ho matter, to the headquarters. Tim
vhole population of Cosset went out to-
lay to Wilhclmsbolio to sco Napoleon.— ...... ......... ...
He, however, “in consequence of severe I ready with her ladyship.
illness,” kept his room. The f*re$sc evi- i ‘Have you got tue license V” savs ,w. uu . , ,, . ,,
.lently. and it would appear v. !*h reasoa. i ‘Here ft is, my lady,” sera he, and he tho P»P‘>"S° between tno rooro capable
disbelieves tho whole story. It remarks j gave it to her. She handed it to ono of! and inferior of the two races was- eontin-
thot after, Sedan,thero is scarcely any bad ! the young gentlemen, who viewed it at- t iled through , life. Those who would
winch could effect the Emperor so j tentively. ^ Then, called her two servants, j subjugate the whites and blacks alike to
w * 10 j their political- power by inciting bostili-
lht> ten minutes i ties, know that the independence of the
sovercly.
Grand Lodge in Americas, with plete-
ant recollections “and may yon ever feel
how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell
together in -unity.”
. Mafiflnio Iraternity of England
have contributed seventy thousand
pounds sterling for the relief of the fam
ilies of the German soldiers.
Then, in z elear, bold vpiee the widow
read tl is line from the Old Testament.—
It was short, yet terrible :
“That man shall anrely die !”
Look! the brother springs forward to
plunge the ktflfe into the murderer’*
heart. The Tory, pinioned, dong to the
widow’s knees. , He begs that one more
trial may be mode by tho little girl, that
ftf five years, with golden hair and laugh
ing eyea.
The widow consents, There, i
awful pause. With a smile in her eye,
and without knowing what she was doing,
the little girl opened the bible as, it lay
upon her mother’s knee. She turned
her fooeaway, and placed. her fingers
upon a line. .
: The awful rilehco grows deeper. The
deep drawn -breath of the .brother
and the broken gnwp of murderer,
Alone disturbed the stillness. The
widow and the dark Laired boy are
breathless. The little girl, asjsbe caught
a feeling of awe from those! around her,
stood, breathless, her face turned aside,
A Strange Marriage.
Lady C. was n beautiful woman, bnt
Lndy C. was an extravagant woman.—
She was still single, though rather past
extreme youth. Like most pretty fe
males sho had looked too high, and ca-
teKued her own loveliness too dearly,
and now she refuses to believe she was
not a charming as ever. So, no won
der she still remained mnmarried.
LudyC. bad about five thousand in the
world. 8fce owned about forty thous
and pounds.
Now,, in the time I speak of, etery la
dy had her head dressed by a baiber,
aud tliat barber was the handsomest in
the city of London. Pat Philuu was a
great admirer of the fair sex; and where’s
the wonder ? Sure Pat was an Irishman.
It was oue fine morning when Philan
was dressing her most captivating head,
that her ladyship, took it into her mind
to talk to him, and Pat was well pleased,
for Lady G.’s teeth were tho whitest, and
her smiles the brightest in the world.
not.maxxied.. Fat,” said-
LETTER FROM F. P. PLATT?, ESCl f republic. We could save that of Cuba
'by the simple act'rcpcftliug our neutrality
Radical Treatment of tbo South-Bela- i tews, or by recognizing the belligerent
Hlfirer on inch your honor’* ladyship*”
said he. *
“And wouldn’t you like to be mar
ried ?" again asked she.
“Would a duck swim V”
“Is there any ore you’d prefer ?”
“Maby, Madam,” said he, “you never
heard of Kathleen O’Reily, down be
yond Done-rail. Her father’s cousin to
O’Donagliow who’s own stewort to Mr.
Murphy, the under agent to my Lord
Kingston, and ’
“Hush said she, “sure-1 don’t want
to know who she is. .But would she
have you ii you asked her ?”
“An, then, I’d only wish I’d bo after
trying that same.”
And i-iiilaa i the .?“? a T. r *0 «®”°<
heaved a prodigious sigh.
tions of the White and Colored Race.
The annexed letter was sent to the
Democratic Conservative Mass Meeting,
at Laurel,’ Prince George's county, Md.,
on Tuesday last, and will bo read with
interest as coming from a veteran and
independent political thinker ; oflo wKc
was always attached to tho Union of- the
States, and has ever been n practical and
earnest friend of the colored raoo :
Silver Spuino, October 2,1870.
Messrs. George Wheeler aud Tvios. J.
Talbott:
Gcutlnucn—l thank you for your invita
tion to the meeting called by your dub
for a “discussion on the issues of the
day.” Age and habitude, which unfit
me from making, political harangues,
.disqualify me for the servic^you propose.' _
When I surrendered my T®**? T WA* ‘tton.~Tfthti were not so, how could they
•ights of those lighting for their free
dom/ • ■ >
Onr govcrnmeutacknowlodges those of
the government fighting against freedom.
Tims the slaves of Cuba arc held in Span
ish bondage. Our President will not ac
cord beligerent rights to the liberating
bnt only to tho despotio side; nor will he
recommend to Congress the repeal of
neutrality laws* which fetter our com
merce fer the exclusive benefit of Span
ish oppressors, Our colored popnlatio
may see in this wbat loversof their
race they would 'bring over them in
exchange for the time honored owners
of the soil, who, in all their relations with
them before and since emancipation
-have given proof that they were patron*
always intent on improving their condi-
disarmed for political discussion. It
makes me sad to say this, for I know tliat
onr country ought to command the ser
vice of every true and capable man. To
offer nothing more than good wishes aud
zeal in such times as these is an admis
sion of imbecility that pains me.
Wo capitulated for peace, and the
terms were the rights conferred by the
constitution, yet the six years of peace
have been employed iu .enslaving us.
The civil war ended. The leaders who
have profited most by tho power and
renown and riches it has transferred from
Would you like to be rich 5”
“Does a dog bark ?”
“If I make you rich will you do as I
tell you
Millie-murther, your lady, don’t be
tantalizing a poor boy ”
“Indeed, I am not.” said Lady G. “So
listen. How would you like to marry
“All, than, my lady, the King of Rus
sia himself would be proud to do that
same, leave alone-a poor devil like Pat
Pbilan. ”
“Well, Pat, if yon marry me to-mor
row, I’ll give you one thousand pounds.’
•O, willaliitloo ! willnhaloo ! shnre I’m
mad, or enchanted by the good people,’
roared Pat, dancing around tho room.
“But. there arc conditions/ said Lady
C. ’After the first day of onr nuptial*
you must never see nio again or claim
me as your wife. ’
‘I don’t tike that,’ says Pat, for he had
been ogling her ladyship mo*fc desper
ately.
‘Bub remember Kathleen O’Reilly.—
With the money I’ll give you, yon may
go and marry her.”
‘Tuat’s true,’ said ho, ‘But thin, the
bigamy ?”
•I’ll never appear against you,’ says
her ladyship. ’But then yon must take
an oath never to call me your wife after
to-morrow, and neve? go telling all the
story. ’
•Well, then,’ said she, ‘there’s ten
pounds. Go and buy a license, and leave
satisfied. They would now make
of castes, and make now acquisitions,
and seek revenge ou those they have
since injured, lost if not utterly crashed
their wrongs might grow into reproach
and retribution. They aro not content
with tbo enfranchisement of the freed-
men, with tho cheerful acqui esecuco of
the former owners, but when tho l»oon
had received the legislative sanction of
every, slave State, they tarn upon the
emancipators and disfranchise them.
Then they tell the freedmen we do this
to strip them of the power, of the rights
recently conform! on yon. We keep
them down by military force ns another
means of preserving your liberty, and - in
this way the colored race is made to be
lieve that its safety lies only in organized
hostility to the whites, to which the
armed power of the government prompts
by its menaces nnfl readiness to give
support. The whites are thus made to
feel that the other cast is marshaled in
ranks against them and liold3 tho sword
of tho national government over their
heads at the polls, and over their civil
governments wherever any pretext can
be shown for intimidation. *•
This attitude of war between tho races
fostered to breakr np th(5 natural ties
- v • . vitb those bom and
Ho mm where ho was to come, and all I , ... ........ ,
■ ’ | reared on tho same plantations and
’ Tho next doy Vet «a trno lo hi; ( ap- j derins natnial servuwa. It iron really
point meet and found the gentlemen 1 a!-: tho relation of family—of parent and
child—-among good people, except that
Nothing Luca Grammar.—Nothing
! ike Grammar ! Better go without a cow
-linn go without that There are num
berless “professor,” who go “tramp,
tramp, my boys J” around the country,
peddling a weak article, by which, “lo
twenty days” they guarantee to set a man
thoroughly np in the English language,
in instance in point comes from Gran
ville, Alabama, where a “professor" had
laOored with the youth of that people,
and taught them to dote on grammar ac-
rording to “Morris’s” system. During
one of the lectures the sentence, -‘Mary
milks the cow,” was given out to lie
parsed. Each word had been parsed
save one, which fell to Bob L—. a sixteen-
rear-old, near tho foot of the class, who
commenced thus: “Cow is a noun, fe-
miniuo gender, singular number, third
person, and »Unidifor Mary." “Stands
for Mary !.’ said the excited professor.
“How dttyon make that out ?” “Be
cause,” answered tho noble pupil, “if
the cow didn’t stand for Mary, how could
Mary milk her ?’’—Hfrrper'n Magazine.
The Siege op Bitsche—a Sortie.—
Tho Tribuno’s correspondent before
Bitsche telegraphs on the 4th, that on
Friday, Saturday and yesterday tho gar
rison made a sortie with cavalry and in
fantry, protected by a shell fire, and
burned the batteries and farms where
the besiegers’ outposts were. The po
rtions had been previously abandoned.
The besieging guns comprise four CO
pound mortars and five batteries, each of
f onr 12-ponnd breech loaders. All pre
vious sorties were completely repulsed.
From the lUh to the 20th there was a
severe bombardment, dismounting seve
ral guns and destroying the castle and
many bouses below. The besieging bat
teries became disabled bv firing twenty
thousand shot, and withdrew to Grdmer-
shiel. Tho covering battalions also
withdrew, leaving the north and west
sides open.
The fort is bntit on a two hnndred feet
perpendicular rock, is of two stories, has
solid casemates, and is impregnable.
The garrison numbers 2,000 men;
Srnraiso.-Some ysarsago, tho most
precious pioce of hyperbole .extant was
the late Mr. Yk.vdon’h welcome address to
Edward Everett. Here is the tele
gram from a Southwestern Georgia
Green Liner which is entitled to the
palm: * ‘
“ Cincinnati, Octoberl.-Hospitalities
excessive. Dreams of eastern prodigali
ty. Am almost ashamed of pur. South
ern efforts. Great city—gTeat people.
The feeling i« good anti worth forty .vic
tories of the bayonet to the two sections.'
We never before understood each other.
New and brighter era dawning. ” .
B-l-ud, logo! B-l-ud!—Augusta Oon*
stiiuiionaiitL '
ASP* A lady made a call upon a r friend
who had recently been married. When
her husband came to dinner sho said, ”1
have been to' seo Mrs. “Well,**
replied thd husband. “I suppose the.
tevffcy happy’/ k “ Happy! well, I should
think alie ought to.be; sbe has a darnel’
hair shawl two-thirds bolder.'’ .!<
she turned to the }
was rending.
And sure enough, i
Pat Pliilau wus the husband, the legal
husband, of the lovely lady C.
‘That will do,’ says she to her husband
be gave her a hearty kiss ; ‘that’ll do.
Now, sir, give mo my certificate.
The old gentleman did so, and bow
ing respectfully to the five pound note
she gave him, retired with his clerk ; for
re enough I Cm got to tell you tliat he
is a parson.’
•Go and bring n»e tho warden.’ says
my lady to one of her servants.
‘Yes, rev lady,” says he; and presently
e war en appeared.
‘Will you bo good enough,’ says Lady
C., in unvoice that wonld call a bird from
tree, ‘will yon bo good enough to send
and fetch mo n i ouch ? I wish '<o leave
this prison immediately.’
•Your ladyship forgets, replied he, that
you must pay forty thousand pounds
before lean lot you go.’
a married woman. You can de
tain my husband, but not me.’ Aud she
■,miled at Philnn, whobegan rather to dis
like the appearance of this.
‘Pardon me, Lady ; it is known that
you are single.’
I tell you I am married.’
‘Where’8 your husband V*
1 There, sir?’ pointing to the astonish
ed barber. ‘ There ho stands here is my
marriage certificate, which you can peH
ruse ?t youy leisure. My servants yon
der were witnesses to the* ceremony.—
Now detain me at your peril. ’
The warden was dnmfoundcd, and no
wonder Poor Pbilan would have spoken,
but neither party would let him. The
lawyer below \vn:t consulted. The result
was evident. In half an honr Lady C.
was free, aud Pat Philan, her legitimate
husband, a prisoner, for debt to the
amount of forty thousand jpjunds.
Well sir, for some time Pat thought he
was in ft dream, and the creditors thought
♦hey were still worse. The following day
they had a meeting, aud finding, bow
they had been tricked, .swore they’d de
tain poor Pat forever. But ns they well
knew he had nothing, and Wouldn’t fee!
much shame in goingthrough the Insol
vent Court, they made the best of a bad
bargain and let him go. .
Well you must know, about a Week
after this, Paddy Philan was sitting by
hia little fire, and thinking of the won
derful things he hod seen, when ns sure
as death the postman brought him a let
ter, the first he had received, which be
took to a friend of his, one Ryan, a fruit
seller, because, you see, he was no great
hand at reading writing, to decipher it
fift^bhn.' It ran this:
“ Go to Donerafl and tfiarry Kathleen
O’Rfdr. .The instant the knot is tied;
I fulfill my promise of making yon com
fortable for life, but as you value your
life and liberty, never breathe a syllable
of what is past. Remember you ore in
my power if you - teti your stoiy. The
money will be paid you directly if. yon
enclose your marriage certificate. I send
now boast of a civilization placing them
immeasurably in advance of the native
barbarious tribes of Africa from which
they sprang ?
most obedient servant,
F. P. Blate.
Another Rati Road to Eufaula.
Wo havo just received a letter from
Atlanta, written by Col. B. F. Bruton iu
which lie «-ommunicatcs to us tho pleas
ing intelligence that the Georgia Legisla
ture haa granted a Character for n direct,
air-line Rail Road, between Eufaula andr.
Savannah. The projected lino will pass •
throngh Americas, and thence direct to.
Savannah. From Amoricus to Eufaula,
tho South Western Rail Road could bo
used, aud sinoo the Albany & Brunswick
Road is a. fixed fact, and is being now
rapidly extended towards onr city, it will
become the interest of Savannah to seek
a nearer and more direct line to Eafaulu,
than by her present route throngh Ma-
oou. It is Ninety-ltine miles nearer
from here to Brunswick by tho Albany
and Brunswick Road, than to Savanpati
by way of Macon. If Savannah expects
tp retain tho immense Cotton trade of
South-Western Georgia, and South-
Eastern Alabama, she will have lo aban
don her present rain bow rente, and
strike out for a now air-line road to
Americas and Enfanla, This poticy on
her part is imperatively demanded, be
cause of the junction at thia point, of the
two grand trunk Railways between En-
faula and Vickaborg,—the one throngh "
Montgomery and the other throngh
Greenville. Herb the Georgia Ronds
from Brunswick and Savannah, will con
nect with tho great .Southern Pacific
Road. Competition from here Eastward,
in freights and passengers, will be sharp
and active. As matters now stand, the
Albany and Brunswick Road will have a
decided advantage—the mlvantago of
Niuety-Nine miles in distance to betravel-
led. Wo understand that the Alabama
Roads concentrating here, aro to take h
eommon Passenger Depot near the centre
of the City, and that all the Georgia
Roads aro to be allowed to form throngh
connections on equal terms.
Wo boil with pleasure the action of the
Georgia Legislature chartering the new
Road, and hopo soon to see the Company
organized and work began.—Eufaula
Neu*.
4®* Mr*. Gen. Houston ui dead. - The
Surviving members of the family of .the
Father Of Texas reside at Georgetown, in
that State.
freedmen; rendering the owners of oapi*
tal and the soil of the South dependent
them for labor, would become n now-
bond of amity between them, and to
prevent this all the policy of the Radicals
directed. To thwart it the Democracy
should expose the.motives of it to the
weaker race, and convince them of the
natural interests which bind both race*
to sympathise with each other, and ex
pose tho selfish policy which animates
tho men of other States who wonld prey
upon tho South by setting its children
to sacrifice each other that the stronger
may take the country as a spoil.
We must convince those with whom
in our relatione we were ever united in
kindly sympathies that we are still trust
worthy friends. Our position now,
without authority over them, but whose
necessities invites their skill and capaci
ty foi-labor, with wages to make their
lands prdfltable, would meet their,, not
os that of dependence, but of equality in
dealing. The laws of the government,
Stato . and national, recognize all the
rights as the same for both classes. _ The
national and .the State legislation alike
guarantee them aud make them sure.
Convinced of this, tho freedmen should
not allow themselves to be made tho in
strument or pretext to enslave those who
have been benefactors to the colored race
in both relations they havo bad with
them. If they assist tho enemy who dis
franchise and pnt them under foot, cap
they expect to find these violators of tin-
rights of white men jnst to those of
another race. 9 May they not bo put
down in turn, and will they then ho
fonud s lenient task-masters? Look to
Lowell and other factories at the North,
where their own blood as heartlessly as
their machinery, on pinching wages,
and when worn ont with age or sickness,
dismiss them in penury, while enriched
millionaries themselves from, tho profits
of their laborers and tho bonuse^obtain-
cd from the taxes wrong from tho people
of tho United States under the plea of
enoofiragemont to manufactures.
Will they, if they succeed in driving
the Southern planters from their lands,
burying them there, show themselves
more considerate of the instruments nsed
in the process than thesy.h&ve been to the
same^castii in Cuba, whoso labor un
der the Spaniards they have found profit
able to Northern'shipping merchants and
maanfcctores? They supply their Spaa-
ish masters with arms and shins to keep
ti.em in bondage, while onr' navy rides
round the coast of .Cuba to enforce our
neutrality lows {w|dch might and ought
to be repealed); compelled to seo every
ship sent- to supply arms and food to
whites aiid blocks fighting for their liber-
seefec/i the story of his strange mar-
Huge. '
How to Checkmate Akerman’s Elec-
tion Bill.
This law has been forced, through tho
Legislature by hook and by crook* by ■
fraud and by force. Tho plain object of
the law is to deprive the taxpayers of
Georgia of * fair election,'and to retain.*^
tbe carpet-baggers and scalawags in pow
er. it will do ns no good to rail at tho
law or curse its makers and abettors
from now until Christmas. - Let ns rather
see if there is no way in which wo can
defeat the plans of these infamous Radi
cals to rob honest men of their political
right.
Wo will suggest tv- plan by which ut
least acheck may bo put upou their .ras
cality. At every place y! voting let the
citizens have a box at a legal distance
from tho Bullock pen, mid. let honest
men be appointed to guard it. Let every
Democrat bo requested .after be' has
marched np tho Bullock pen and ,vu-’
ted, to deposit a duplicate of his vote in
tho citizens’ box. 15y this means it enn
be known exactly how many- Democratic
votes, are polled. Again let the . .citizens
appoint a committee of four or more,
who shall stand at a lawful distance from
the Bullock pen, and count, and keep a
tally, of every man who votes. Two at
a ttme~wiir be sufficient to watch the
Bullock pen, so that: they can, from time .
to time, relieve each other. , Let tboso
men not only count all who vote .bnt
also watch all who vote, ami without
saying a word mark those who vote ille
gally and report them for prosecution.
By these means we can. know , how
many votes aro taken at each place of .
voting; how many, and who veto the
Democratic ticket, and in most , cartes *
detect fraudulent voting.
If this plan is followed, the managers
cannot take out Democratic votes and-.
put in Radical, or rqb or stuff the boxes
without its being known to the whole
community. Th» plan will also be ft great
check to repeated and fraudulent voting.
This plan does not in tho least conflict
with the llw-^wifi not deprive any man
from voting who chooses to.risk prosecu
tion, and will not lead to any dispute or
controversy with the managers, aoas to
give them afiy excuao for . nsing their
arbitrary power. We think this plan, if
carried out, would, in » great measure,
checkmate the evil effects of Akerman’s
bilL If any one has a better plan, let
him bring it forward.—Federal Union. •
a happy Faddy! 'Didn’t he VtarTfo?
Cork and didn’t ho marry Kathleen, and
touch a thousand pounds? Bv the
powers ho did! And what is more, be
took a Cottage, which’ perhaps you know
is not a hundred miles from Bruffin; in
the county of Limerick; and fajil lio for- _ D „ ,
got his first wife entirely, and never told ties made prize t* theira former master,
anyone but myself, under promise*of Spain, huidiagthem in bond
Success in Life
Take earnest^ hold of Ufo, as capacita
ted for and destined to a high and noble
Studyclosolj, the mimi’abeni
or a profession. Adopt in
early and pursuo.it steadily, never look
ing back to the turning farrow, but. for-
worfto tho ground that ever remains to
be broken. Means and Ways are abun
dant to every man’s success, if will and
actions ore rightly adapted to them.
Onr rich men and onr great have, curved
their paths to fortune, and by thw intor-
nal piindpie—a principle that can not*
fail to reward- him who resolutely 'pur
sues it. To sigh or repine over the loch
of inheritance is unmanly. ^
[Every man should strive to bo a ore*-
, ^pr instead, of inheritor. Ho should be-"
queath instead of borrow. He should be
conscious of the power in him, and- fight
his own battles with his own lanoa. . He
should feel that it is better to earn u .
crust than to inherit coffers of gold.
When once this spirit of self-relianco is -
learned, every man will discover within h
himself the elements and capacities of i £
wealth. He will be rich, inestimably
rich in self-resources, and can lift bis
to meet thafioblest among
proclaim©! onr recognition of tho Fronoh J tmu.—The Manufacturer mid Bunder.