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Volume 18.
DEVOTED SO NEWS, POLITICS AND SENE3AL PEOOEESS—INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS.
AMER1CUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 3. 1871.
, TERMS!
Tl\ree Dollars a Year,
' PAYABLE IS ADVANCE.
Humber 2.
of Minion tjpe, solid, conati-
nts not .contracted for will be
- the lcngtli of
local column inserted for twenty
!*-gal Advertising.
Professional Cards.
HAWKINS & BURKE.
ittornoy. nt
Americas. Georgia,
Jno. D. CARTER,
■. 'fi; 1* i"; V A T & A W,
' Americas, Gecrg'.v
, - .! Mm ricus Hotel-building, comer ot
; .Hi 1 Collcpo street.'*. may IS ir.
FORT & HOLLIS, 1 ”
AT h AW
And Solicitors of Pa touts.
Anii'rifiis, Georgia.
.;, :«„■ r >.»m over It. T.Uyr.l'- utora.
; »P ftl ‘ 29tr
C. T. GOODE,
Ytt orney cit Lblw
.\MKKICUS, GEORGIA.
Lt i «i\«r W. T. DavenirortV Drugstore.
JACK BROWN,
4 y ttoruoy At Xj a w ,
AMI.iliCCS, GA-*
t , tin C urt Ifouse with Judge Stan-
N. A. SMITH,
om oy At 31* * x
CT'M;
SAM LUMPKIN,
attorney at law,
so THE WORLD GOER OS.
Our varied days past on and on,
Our hopes jade unfulfilled away.
And things which eeema the life of life,
Are taken from ca day by day;
And yet throng-ball the busy streets
The crowd of pleasure seekers throng.
The puppets play, the showman calls. .
And gossips chat the whole day long.
And s the world goes on!
Oar little dramas come to naught;
Our lives may fail, our darling plan
May crumble into nothingness,
Our firmest castles fall to sand;
And yet the children ring and dance,
The money-makers laugh and shout,
The stars unmindful still shine bright.
const-ions that
And jo the m
nr light i
■Id goes
The house grows sad that once was gay ;
Tho dear ones seek their lllessed Home,
And u-e way watch and wait in vain
To bear their well known footsteps come ;
And yet the sunlight checks the iloiw,
And makes the summer shadows long,
.Tbe rosebud* at the caaemeut bloom,
The birds pocr forth his cheerful Kong,
And so the world goes on 1
Guarding with His he
Our days of pains our »
lie marks.them all-theei
Tho dancer's smiles the
Gardes Tori;
Continue to plant garden peas, but in this
latitude they will be likely to do so well as
those put in lari month. A little further
North this is a good time to plant for the
main crop. Hoe frequently those that are
advanced; and set sticks for their support.
Even the dwarfest kinds do better in that
way.
Irish Potatoes.—If not already planted,
should be put in at once. Choose, if possi
ble a good black, moist, but not wet soil, and
manure liberally’, avoiding, however, too
luck crude stable manure if you desire
tubers of the best quality. Wood ashes,
chip manure, rotten saw dust and the scrap-
of the houseyard nre excellent for this
Beets, Carrots and Parsnips may be put in
for a full crop (in this latitude) from the
middle to (he last of the month; also Salsify,
Swiss Chard, Cress, Mustard, Kohl Rabi,
Lettuce, Radishes and Turnips for a
cession msy be put in any time during the
month.
Sugar corn may be tried toward the last
of the mouth but the main crop should be
deferred till March.
Cabbage Plants should be set out at
is times during the month; and, as they
soil should l»e frequently
The Little Boy That Died.
£Dr. Chalmers is said to lie the author
the following beautiful lines, written olf l
don of the deal h of a young son whom
greatly loved.]
I am all alone in my chamber now'.
And the midnight hour is near;
And the fagot V crack and the clock’s dull ti
Are the only sounds I hear;
Aud over my soul, in its solitude,
Sweet feelings of sadness glide.
For my heart and my eyes are full whci
. think
Of the Utile boy that died.
I went one night to my father’s house,
We
> the dear
i all,
J. A. ANSLEY,
.Ytt on tey-at'Law
AmcviouJM, Grtx.rn
HAWKINS & GUERRY,
AUorneys-at-Law,
> o,:ii> ui .savannah. Particular »
•n to collections. Office—comer Ct
iwiim-ta. over Cranberry A Co’s.
A. I >: BROWN
moRXEY vr l.AW,
■•ricuis, Georgia.
^ILLriw prompt attention to all biudijes*
George W. Wooten,
ATTORNEY-ATT,AW,
AmoricuM, ■ • ■ O-a.
' 3,0-In thy Court IIuubc. jan!3tf
Pliillip Cook;,
Attorney a t Lav/,
AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
TOiU. : i,i tho Countie. of Um
,™ Mr, 1*0, Wi h»Ur, Schley »ucl Dooly.
And softly I opened llie garden gate,
• And softly the door of the hall.
My mother came out to meet her son—
She kissed me, and then she sighed.
And her head fell on my neck, and she w<
For the little boy that died.
I shall miss him when the flowers come.
In the garden where he played ;
I shall miss him more by the fireside.
When the flowers have all decayed.
I shall see his toys and his empty chair.
And the horse he used to ride;
And they will apeak with a silent speech
Of the littlo boy that died.
e shall go home to
To our Father’s lit
here the hope of oi
blight.
Our.love no brokei
r Father's hons
e in the skies,
souls shall ha
i the banks of the
And bathe in its blissful t
And one of the joys of our li
The little boy that died.
•red.
eful v
mled
with 1
work or a pronged
Cuttings of roses and evergreen plant!
should now he set out; also cutting of gerani
unis and other greenhouse plants.
Pinks and Sweet Williams may have their
roots divided and transplanted.
Asters, Stocks, and other favorite annual
plants may be sown as the weather gets
The flower garden soil should not he
rich, hut must be thoroughly pulverized.
Ternirs.—In this country our farmers do
not place a proper estimate upon the ergn
or root crops. Tliecereal crops occupy their
attention to the neglect of others. The tur
nip is by far the most valuable of the root
« ft large amount of nutri-
A&vico to Girls and Boys.
1. Respect and obey your pa rente'.
2. Love your brothers and sisters sin
cerely.
3. Never speak evil one of another.
4. Never strike, nor He, nor cheat, nor
steal.
5. Be strictly' honest, even in the
smallest matters.
Save everything you can, to give to
the objects of benevolence.
7. Do not mock the deaf, the lame, or
the blind.
8. Always he respectful to the aged.
9. Keep your clothes neat and clean.
10. Return articles borrowed or found.
11. Avoid the dbmpany of had chil
dren.
12. Never wautonly kill a fly ©
animal. *
13. Do not covet' what ’is not
14. Improve your opportunities for
gaining instructiou.
15. Avoid low, vulgar, profane, ob
scene words.
16. J)o not find fault with your food at
the table.
17. Let your conduct at table 1*© be
coming.
18. Be exact in all your dealings and
accounts.
19. Have a place for everything, and
put everything in its proper place.
rom the Texas Christian Advooal
Power of Kindness.
EYLLAL STILLS DESTROYED
ERTY SEIZED ?
ATLANTA IN
OEXTLEHKN IN HANDCUFFS !
and as food foi
nllle
iscd.
ng
lips lhe demand for the
ed,
nd the
nil ft
the latter generally is more laborious and
difficult than that of the former an advantage
is to be secured by a change in our system
of farming. In Great Britain and other
countries, the turnip is regarded as an im
portant product of the farm, and it is cul
tivated on a large scale. In some districts it
constitutes the principal article of food for
cattle during the fall and winter. Nothing
aids more in improving the condition of cat
tle and horses than a free supply of good
and sweet turnips. While they afford nour
ishment, they keep the bowels regular, and
the system in a healthy state. Many of oiir
moil Bii0CM.il>' their line her-
scs upon turnips anil carrots in the winter,
and when they form an article of food, the
animals thrive and lookvrell.. Nothing gives
such a smooth and glossy' coat to tlis race
supply of turnips. W 1
that
rill !
learn to
GEORGE W. KIMBROUGH,
attorney at law,
General Agent fur the sale aud purchase
'‘Uthwe-t Georgia. Investigat-
adht-n d to. Will faithfully at-
VtrkMi;,., J.,f c.tmty.Qqf ° ^UTotlltf
DH. D. P. HOLLOWAY,
„ dentist.
'KCItlCls, GEORGIA.
l -'-iL'ii'i * " >, r *— A. Waiour’s Millinery
BB. VfILUftM A. GREENE,
AMKRICl’S, GEORGIA.
friends of American
► ti !rr ' ,,:u bn" coantrv in all the depart'
‘W-torhia pruf« glon . ' aprlO-ly
Dr. .T B HINKLE
RTuL'Uj jeo.icf Ida' aervicea (in all the
brail.!;*, <,r the Profession) to the good
,- 'Vic oi Ai.itncu* aud Sam ter Count*, and *o-
“fhtuance of tho liberal patronage
‘ Sl’-pr* b^towed upon him.
:■ -ml attention giren to Surgery,
i • VA'* iU V ,er8 the Drug Store of Hr. E. J.
, bwideuce in tho house known as
' to " ,tr l-'iisf. nearly opposite A. A. Adams.
^ June »tf
Dr. S. B. HAWKINS.
Sp 0rria: Bl nr. EHra K 8'B Drop Mure.
l,e ? r llie Methodist Church. *
L - r T nirt ' 8 I agiun ienderthe go<*l ptople of
Jan iur c " uu,r >' generally. ’ *
^edical carbT
Uomoval. -
D YJi^AS E. SMITH «rou4l inform Lis
L. n,1< ' ami the public generally, that he
1-^nas office to the room brer lt. A.
tto*!#.. M :uftc| ionery eatabUabm«®^ ,E n *
a *2 Uurtui* HoH. Whore he will
,.. “W*at tfl.thuca. unless abeent oh profee-
licitn lus old friends and the
him, promising to
' the best of fii« ability.
0
DR. W. W. FORD,
Dentist,
“bJ« Bmnffeownta (.» r.moT. hi.
♦fgwcttlntl ^ lmn **diately and make
" rcJB T
Littla Sunny Pace.
They call her i*o because she alvrajs
wears such a smiling, happy look. If
mauima asks her to do a thing, she
says, ‘‘Yes, Mamma, I’m coming,” and
runs immediately to do it.
When Grandma says of her lost spec
tacles, ‘‘Where could I have put them;”
up conics 8unny-face and says,
“Here, Grandma, I’ve found’m down
in tbe store-room.”
“Why, my little sunbeam! I looked
all over there I thought.”
“Yes, Grandma; but they slipped be
tween the barrels when yon went into tbe
store-room, to get sugar for Nancy. I
’sposc you had them and your knitting
lield up in yonr apron, and they slipped
out you know.”
'' and 1 ’spose,” said Grandma, that
u»y littlo Sonny-Face made it so light ii
there, that she could see them, when I
could not. -
I will tell you who Sunny-l’ace is and
perhaps you will invite her to come and
live with you. She is a kind of fairy who
makes everybody happy; always ready
help, always ready to comfort and
T in b.< things pleasan*. She has another
name, which.ia Good Nature. And such
a bright happy home as there is, where
every child owns a sunny lupc faiiy.—
One day 1 went into such a home it seem
cd as if everybody borrowed a snnbeam
from the throe little bright faces which
iling under the golden curls, as
the little ones flitted about cither at play
helping mother. Even Debby, tfio
colored servaut says to me, with a veiy
wise look on her dark face.
see, missis, I learn something ev
ery day from these little dancing aun-
beams. They be God’s own child-angela
sent for* light in Debb/t path. Why,
only this morning, i was mad with Jim,
’cause he set my nice bread risings. I
just seized a broomstick to heat him,
when a pair of soft arms was rouud my
neck, and the sweet voice said, ‘Never
mind, Debby, dear, he didn't mean to
and mamma, won’t' uuud it; so you need
not, you see/ Bless me if the word’*
didn’t go right straight to my heartland
I couldn’t have been mad after that,
how and away she ran singing,
••Happy little hearts, with God’s love shining
there,
It lights up mother’s breast amid her toil
and care,
To aoe the little feet, so quick to
help. * i
lyhilo busy littlo bands are gUd to do their
fie woTl prty^tbe dear .Saviour to walk* by
And we cannot wander with him for
guide’”
a high
ra\ue upon the root crop, and
a a larger scale, than they do
■Field and Farm.
Plan for Raisins Water-Melons-
A lady was training some roses befo
her door. Her fiugers moved skillfully
among the tender liuihs without breakinj
one. No jerking or tearing motion could
be observed, hut with a touch soft hut
firm, each one was directed to its place,
and gently entwined around the frame
provided for it. livery struggling ten
dril was takeu up, and when the work
was complete the closest search could
not diseeru a siugle bruise on leaf or ten
der hud. As she entered her room her
eye fell on her little boy, whose restless
hands were toyiug with a beautiful annu
al, the present of a dear friend. His
soiled fingers had left a mark upon the
page. A sharp word and a slap sent him
from the room, aud the little fellow half
repentant and half angry, wept and pout-
while, theu • sturdily limited up
On the 10th instaparty of officials and
a detachment of troops left Atlanta, for
some of the counties in Northeast Geor
gia in search of illicit distilleries. The
troops were under the command of
Lieutenant Bradley, and accompanied
by Deputy United States Marshal, Heury
Martin. The entire expedition was un
der the direction of C. B. Blacker, Spe
cial Assistant Assessor of Internal Reve
nue.
Leaving Atlanta on the 10th, the
pedition went direct to Camming, and
proceeded thence on the 12th, went into
Dawson county and seized and destroyed
a distillery belonging to Mr. Hul
sey, but succeeded in making no arrest
The same night they weut to \V. E. Han
sard’s and destroyed a still which was
fonnd in his dwelling-house, captured a
barrel of corn whisky uud arrested Han
sard.
From Hansard’s they proceeded to
the premises of Win. Hammond, where
a distillery was found and destroyed.—
Hammond and his two sons were arrest
ed, aud half a barrel of upple brandy
captured. This was on the 13th.
On the 14th they destroyed the dis
tilleries of Owen’s and Geo. W. Pilcher,
and arrested the latter. Thence they
proceeded to the premises of Robert
Jay, destroyed the distillerly and arrested
Jay.
They next went to Zeke Dunnigan’i
Hull county, found and destroyed two
stills and arrested Benj. Dunnigan, a lad
some fourteen or fifteen years old. The
stills were iu operation. Eighteen bar
rels of brandy and whisky were captured
daring this engagement.
The party then went into Lumpkin
county, found and destroyed a still be
longing to John C. and Wm. Clarke,
aud arrested both parties. Thence they
went to John Berry’s destroyed a still
and arrested Mr. Berry. Proceeding
further they found a distillery belonging
to Berry Larmon. which was also de
stroyed, but the proprietor escajied ai
rest. Thence they went to James Pant'
where a still was destroyed, but no
arrest made. Thence to—Parson’s,
where another still was demolished, with
out making any arrest.
The aggregate result of this expedi
tion was the destruction of fifteen dis
tilleries and the arrest of thirteen titl
ed fn;
am very successful raising water-mel-
though? I would send my plan. The
spot af ground that you expect to plant, pre-
ell early in the spring by plowing
deep the first of April, lay off your hills,
ight feet apart each way, dig out holes too
jet deep, two feet square; in each hole put
half peck rotten cotton seed, half peck of
of hog pen manure, and a tablespoon of salt;
mixed well with a hoe, adding soil until you
get tho hole fvll up to three inches from the
i, then draw on light loose dirt until
t it level; do not elevate it, for in so
doing you cause them to die out when sum
mer comes; draw your hoe around to form
a furrow; plant half-dozen seed in a hill-
soon as up thin out to four; secoud hoiug
thin out to two. Continue to hoe them every
four or five days, nml just before the vines
begin to run, side with a plow, first one way
then the other-—I mean cross plowing. In
about ton days give another plowing and
ing and hoeing. Continue to keep the ground
-iwwe just sis long as you can do so without
injnrirfg the vines for in no case should they
mischief. The mother settled her
self to work, when her daughter cauic
with her lesson and asked her aid. An
impatient word sent the child away with
a discouraged heart. The oldest sou had
been keeping late hours. A pleasant
home would hold hiui within its hallow
ed influence, hut nototrtbmes.sislniugfM
with the reproaches which fell from the
mother’s lips ms he entered her presence.
Hearts arc going astray. Sins are de
veloping untrained. A kind hand mov
ing through tho tangled wilderness of
their afiections would entwiuc them
around pure aud holy objects, but torn
aud broken by uusympathizing words,
they are swinging out to grasp any ob
ject that offers itself to their emL race. Of
the samo tenderness which marked the
culture of her flowers were exhibited
while dealing with her children, how
they would cUug to Louie and grow up
into a graceful aud noblejnaturity. The
deformity of character and uuloveHness
of after life which has made mauy a poor
mother’s heart ache, has been the result
>f her own harshness or neglect. Patient
love, tender th(*xghtful»ess, a firm hand,
quietly laid ou the erring heart, may
stop them ere they are tangled amid the
briars and thorns of au unholy life:
his customer. He is not accused of illicit
distillation of, or traffic in spirits cl any
kind. From his statement,! t appears that
a party of men with some wagons and
mules came to bin bridge and asked to
cross. The men were all in citizens
clothes, hence he demanded the usual
toll. The men offered to pay him in
vouchers, which he declined to receive.
The soldiers then came np, and the de
mand was repeated. He told them they
might torcc him to open his gate, but he
should no! doit voluntarily unless the
toll was pa: f. He also made use of some
pretty rough language, whereupon he
was arrested and brought away. He was
refused peuuission to go to his house for
a change of clothing, money or anything
else of the kind. He was also handcuffed
aud tied to a negro, with whom he hud
to sleep Tuesday night.
These things the prisoners, we are cred
itably informed, expect to setup in their
defense.
COL. JOHN A. WIMVEY,
of Dahlonega, accompanies the prisoners
as counsel for all. Iu the case of Clarke
he will be assisted by Col. Geo. N. Les-.
ter. He has little doubt of being able to
clear most if not all his clients.
Thus we give the matter as obtained
by the Revenue anthorities, together with
the statements of the gentlemen under
arrest, and will wait the preliminary ex
amination for corroboration of what is
given above.
It is hoped that Bleeker will l»e con
siderate enough to return to the city
without delay, as tho beginning of tho
investigation depends entirely upon his
presence here. He was the detective iu
all the cases, and is tho principal witness
and the only one upon whom the govern
ment relics.
IN A PERILOUS POSITION.
Narrow Escape From Murderers and
Robbers.
THE PARTIES ARRESTED
arc Wm. E. Hansard Wra.N. Hammond,
G. W. Pitcher, John Miller, Wm. Mathis
and AY in. 8. Hammond, of Forsyth coun
ty; Wm. F. Bowling, Benj. Dunnigan, J.
Smith and D. A. Copeland of null county,
and Robert Joy, Jno. C. Clark, Wm.
Clark and John Berry of Lumpkin
county.
Wlii
5 barrel of
be moved,
vines tlina: X.
ing them aboi
UriTc little sticks across the
, to keep the wind from blow-
nt. By the above plan, I hate
• 1000 melons from half aero ol
weighing over forty pounds.
YOUNG BACHELOR.
Bowen the Bigamist, and the Wash
ington Women.
The Washington Republican .informs
ns that this wretch is the sensation at
present, nmoug the women of that citT-
It says:
Iu Hewing circles, at tea parties, in the
lull of fashionable receptions, wherever
two or more i the fair sex come together,
the hero of the bigamy case trial which
has just ended is the absorbing subject
.of conversation. We have been over
whelmed with inquiries as to the appear
ice ondpersonnel of Bowen, whether he
dark or fair, youthful or middle-aged,
short or tail, whether his eyes nre black
or blue, or both, and one young lady of
poetic sensibilities wishes to know which
of Lord Byron’s characters we think be
resembles.
The editor then goes ou to describe
Bowen’s personal appearance as follows.
We 'judge -that after reading' it, these
women will be still more excited
‘hero."
To satisfy cariosity we shall attempt
p outline of the man who has mode the
sensation of the past week. His eyes
and mustache are remarkable, the former
dark and glittering as a piece of anthra-
..tha totter toge «»
.. waterfall ire mm!; l*»ra cover
ed AL like % den*o undergrowth of
scrub-crass iu ft primeral forest; com*
-sionpsle sod delicate, luce full mud
idsome. Ho is s picturesque man;
looks like our ideal corsair or buccaneer,
ond yet is ss mild ft msnnered mau aa
ever scuttled -ship, etc. As.ve saw him
only once, we
his appearance; i but ho certainly nas a
a remarkable physique and a marvelous
development of tho organ of amatative-
A Curse Everywhere.—We clip
the following paragraph from tho De.
Iiuyter New Era, which shows that the
beautiful Village of Cazenovia, Madison
Co. N. Y . is alike cursed with Western
cities, by the foul habit of drunkenne;
“The business of drunkard making, I
am sorry to have to say, is flourishing.
One foolish fellow was arrested last Sat
urday aud confined iu the lock-up for
drunkenness, while those who sold him
the liquor which stole away his senses
were left to rejoice over bis misfortune.
What a mockery of right and propriety
at our present Excise laws. Men
licensed for paltry sums of money to
tice the youth aud others by the intoxi
cating cup, and then the poor victim of
their hellish art is puuishcd by fiuu and
imprisonment, while the devil who temp
ted aud imbruted them, is permitted to
seek other victims aud gloat over his ill-
gotten gains. Imprison the liquor drink
er if you will, but couple the liquor seller
with him.”
i Zeke Dunnigan, 1000 gals, bran
dy and 1J barrell corn whisky.
* From John C. Clark, two mules.
From Wm. E. Hansard, two mules.
From John Berry, two mules.
The expedition, with prisoners and
booty reached Atlanta yesterday morning,
and turned them over to tho proper
authorities. The prisoners were lodged
in jail.
Their examination was to have com
menced immediately before United States
Commissioner W. B. Smith, but C. B.
Blacker, Detective, and principal wit-
the Government had left the
city, upon some pretext or other, and the
examination could not proceed. Conse
quently the prisoners were returned to
jail to await until ten o’clock to-day
when their trial will begin, provided
Blacker turns up, to make out his cases.
THE PRISON EKS
standing in their several com
munities. Some of them are men of
wealth and nil are regarded os goed citi-
und, os a general thing, law abid
ing men.
Iu this oouuectiou it is proper to state
that several of the parties named above
arrested, and are held for witnesses,
mostly for the defendants.
Several of the parties, wo learn from
i authoritative aonree, will be able to
set up a defense which will entirely <
oncrate them from auy criminal act
intent.
HANSARD
states that there was an old still-house
his premises which was iu operation
three or fonr years ago, but has not been
since. There was a trough in his house,
which contained slop used iu feeding his
hogs. This the officers eonsideied
mush, and the still was destroyed, his
wagon demolished and his mules bronght
off. A few gallons of corn whisky were
fonnd upon his premises, which were
regarded ns proof positive of illicit dis
tillation.
The New York Corespondent of
the Augusta Constitutionalist, says :
At a lecture recently delivered, it
stated that in ono house in New York,
100 feet by 2o. there are living 307 per
sons, representing five different national
itie9, and of these one hundred were
when called on by a city missionary des
titute of bread. The population living
cellars is 20,000. One half of the in
habitants. of America's metropolis are
foreign, there being a greater number of
Irish than in Belfast, more Germans
than in Hambarg, and Jews than in
Jerusalem. Of tho latter, it is estimated
there are in New York at least fifty
thousand, having for religious worship
thirty different synagogues.. Of these,
os is well known, the principal is Emame
El, on Fifth Avenue. The greater num
ber of this congregation are Germans, and
indeed, two-thirds of the Jews resident
here belong to tbit nationality. - The
oldest synagogue is that on Nineteenth
street, the founders of which were Por
tuguese Jews who came over many years
ago. As ah evidence of the varied
nationalities; it may be stated that there
is in additon to the American, English
and German Synagogue^ one Pol
Bohemian, a Dutch and a French. All
except four or five of-th® synagogues,
distillery has not been in operation for
two or three years, but it was doomed
and bis mules seized ami brought away.
DUNNIGAN
had license to distill brandy. He had on
hand abont one thousand gallons, which
liad been gauged and branded by the
proper authorities, but not stamped.
It was stored however in a bonded
ware-house designated by tho Revenue
authorities. But he was fonnd to be *
possession of about sixty gallons of ct
whisky, hitfdistillery was-destroyed and
his mules brought away. His hogs were
killed, skinned and eaten. And his son,
Benjamin, bronght away as a prisoner.—
Dunnigan was not at home at the time
and consequently escaped arrest.
We clip the following from the Dalton
(Ga.,) Citizen:
“One of the most thrilling and narrow
escape:! from a violent death, we remem
ber to have heard, occurred recently
among the mountains that border along
the lino of Georgia and Tennessee. As
the incident has never beeu published,
some may doubt its truthfulness. For
the benefit of all who are so disposed it
may be well to state that the main facts
will be corroborated by one of the most
respectable of gentlemen in Catoosa
county, from whom they were obtained.
For many reasons we suppress all
uames.
From what could be gathered, it seems
that a gentleman brought over the moun
tains from Tennessee a large Jdrove of
hogs, which he disposed of in this State
d realized, of course, quite a handsome
m of money. Elated on account of
the venture turning out so profitably, he
was not long in making preparations for
a return home. As the route by which
he came was shorter than auy other aud
he was well mounted, he determined to
take it, though it would lead him through
a sparsely settled and desolate region of
country.
It was nearly suu-down before ho
reached tho tall chain of mountains
which he had to cross. Thinking it pru
dent to wait till next morning before
making tho ascent, he looked around
for some house where lie might obtain
food and sleep. Riding on further lie
came to one near the base of the moun
tain. To his inquiry if he could obtain
food aud lodging, he was answered in the
affirmative. Dismounting from his
horse, which was taken in Vharge by a
man, he entered the house.
There were some three or four men
present whose appearance was by no
means prepossessing. His fears were
somewhat aroused by their ill-favored
looks and the supposition that they
might know that he was in possession of
a large sum of money. But he did not
show any alarm ; and after having ate
sapper and talked with the inmates of
the house awhile, ho was, at his request,
shown to a room that was situated in n
sort of attic, aud which was reached by
a kind of ladder in lieu of steps. The
man who conducted him to his sleeping
apartment, after having sot down the
candle, went out and locked the door of
the room. This circumstance increased
to the highest pitch the fears of the
traveler, who immediately proceeded to
inspect the apartment to see if there was
auy possiblo chance of effecting his
escape. The examination proved fruit
less, not a window was to be found.
The walls were thick and solid, with
out a crack or cranny sufficiently large
for the escape of even a mouse. He was
surely imprisoned, and undoubtedly the
object of violence at tho hands of the
robbers below, for such they surely were.
His eye mechanically falling upon the
bed, which stood in one corner of the
room, he approached it and threw up the
coverlid, which hung to the floor on all
sides, farthest from the walk Imagine
his horror when lie beheld a dead
with his threat cut from ear to ear
a last chance to save life and see home
aud family once more, ho took tho corpse
and, noiselessly us possible, laid it in tho
bed, covering it up with the bed-clothes
so as to ceneeal all but the upper and
larger portion of the head. He then
crept under the bed aud occnpied the
Centralism.
Our republican form of government is
in peril. Tho framers of the Constitu
tion wisely reserved to the several States
the management of their own local af
fairs, in tbe belief that they could do it
better than anybody else. But tho Na
tional Government threatens to absorb
all these powers, and establish a Central
Despotism. The encroachments already
made or inaugurated are well presented
the Indianapolis Sentinel:
1. A national banking system, that
controls the moneyed interests of tbe
country and makes thorn subservient to
party.
2. A high protective tariff, that builds
up giant monopolies and subsidizes the
immense capital and influence that they
wield in tbe interest of the party that
give them aid and comfort.
3. The so-called reconstruction policy,
by which States are admitted to tue ex
ercise of their rights in tho Union, upon
the condition of assent to partisan meas
ures.
4. The assumption of the power to
regulate suffrage and the qualifications
of voters, uud tho time and manner of
holding elections in the States.
The proposition to adopt a system
for the rgistration of voters under the
sole jurisdiction of the United States
Marshals.
6. Tho proposition to coutrol the tel
egraph system by placing it under the
management of the government officials,
and subjecting the immense number of
employes to Federal official duties.
7. Tbe establishment of a National
Board of Education, to take control of
the educational system of the country.
8. The subjection of States and dis
tricts to military rule, that aro not in ac
cord with the political ideas and policy
of the party in power.
9. Encouraging tho idea, and enforc
ing it practically as far and as tapidly os
possible, that the State bear the snme
relation to the General Government that
counties do to States.
10. A revenue system that creates _
horde of officers all amenable to and de
pendent upon the central power and
thus party dictation.
11. A large standing army in time of
peace, a policy that has always beeu re
garded as inimical to free governments
and Republican institutions.
12. The chartering of incorporations,
such as trust companies, saving institu
tions. life insurance companies, manu
facturing and mining companies, and the
proposition now before Congress for the
enactment of a general law for the incor
poration of canal, railroad, plank road,
Macadamized road companies, to be
operated anywhere in the United States,
which, if adopted, will virtually take
control of those organizations from State
authority, u measure that will go far to
Stealthy Movement of the Radi
cals—New Enforcement BilL
The Washington correspondent of tho
Baltimore Gazette says: Those who have
watched closely the stealthy movements
of the Radicals, need not be told that a
civil war will bo risked rather than power
surrendered at the behest oi the ballot-
box. The encroachment* of Congress
and the Executive move steadily along.
The new Enforcement bill, which has just
passed the Honse, is but another of a sc
ries of measures designed to drive the
people to extremes. With a fourth of
the real legal voters of the country, the
revolutionary leaders think they can per
petuate their rule,* and unless the people
display more concern and earnestness
than they hate for the past six years, the
programme must undoubtedly succeed,
tor a time at least—perhaps for the next
decade.
Whatever may be thought or arid to
the contrary, it will appear plain enough
a hen an impartial historian .ahall have
written of the origin of the war.of 1BG1-
’G5, that hostilities were premeditated and
forced by the Radical leaders. It is no
torious that, lor this express purpoae, Mr.
Seward was thrown overboard at-the Chi
cago Convention in I860, and a man of
“ more nerve ” selected iu his stead. Then,
as now, Northern hate was appealed to—
then, as now, the principle of force was
insisted upon, jn the outset, as the
only panacea for differences of opinion in
a Government founded expressly upon
the consent of the governed. Virginia
(tho “ border States ’’ agreeing with her)
had just decided against seoession by G0,-
000 majority, when “ the man of nerve "
called for 75,000 troops, with which to
invade her soil. The Radical leaders now
intend to exclude the Southern vote, en
masse, if need be, under the ciy of Ku-
Klux, aud os mauy Northern electoral
votes os .shall suffioe their purposes, on
the plea of frauds in the elections—espe
cially in largo Democratic cities.
The plot is perfect. Such desperate
Itobeepierres, Dantons aud Murats as
Morton, Chaudlor and Butler have .been
given the reins undisgnisedly, and with
apparently almost the universal consent
of the Radical party in Congress. Sena
tor Blair touched indirectly these points,
in his great speech, with a significance
that the country had better pay some lit
tle attention to. The short turn of the
Administration on the Alabama question,
may here find a solution. It is-utterly
impossible that a Government can be per
manent, founded as it will probably be in
a fetr years, upon the principle of milita
ry force, and yet remain under the forms
of Republicanism. Let the people stand
ready to meet the crisis when the mask
is thrown aside. .
had an old distillery which had not been
in nse since the war. It stood on a peace
of wild land which is not known to be
claimed by any body. Since the war he
sold the still to a man named Bryant.—
In this house was found a tab :n which
an old negro was making some cider.—^
This was deemed sufficient evidence to
convict, and the property was destroyed,
after which the party went upon Clark’s
premises and arrested him. Making
some show of resistance he was knocked
down with agon and hand-cuffed, and
his mules brought away with him.
place of the murdered man. Two
three hours, which seemed an sge, had
passed, when footsteps were heard ap
proaching. They paused at the door,
which was gently unlooked aud opened.
Repressing his hard breathing and
slratniug his eyes in the darkness for there
was no light, the traveler beheld the
dim outlines of fonr men. As they
crowded around the bed, he slipped out
in their rear on his hands and feet.
Finding the door, he sprang oat, turned
the key, darted down the steps and out
the house, and made for the residence
of sn acquaintance who lived several
miles distant. Arriving there, though
hotly pawned by the ruffians, he gave
the alarm. A party was soon collected,
and the pursuer was in turn .panned.
Three of the villians were captured and
confined; the fourth made hid escape.
We did not learn the name of the man
who was found murdered. We shall,
however, make inquiries and give all the
facts to the public.
claims to have leased n lot of land for
term of years to a negro who put a still
upon it. Ho too was arrested and
the negro’s property destroyed.
•WM. F. BOWLING
is regarded as one of the best and r , .. ..
. . one of the wealthiest citizens of Hall[ing room and a gymnasium to theother
are conservative, as regards , the separa- county. He owns u fine merchant conveniences and luxuries. There is
tiohof tbe sexes and tho exclusion, of mill, also atoll-bridge, erected by him- nothing like taking^thinga easy.—Ec-
female singers from the choirs. mU, mainly tor the accommodation of I change.
Tl»c Leuton Season—Its History
aud Observances.
In tlio course of this week occurs Ash
Wednesday, a historic day in Christen
dom—a day of fasting, humiliation, and
prayer, and which marks the commence
ment of the forty days in Lent Iu the
Roman Catholic Church and in the Prot
estant Episcopal Church, much is made
of Ash Wednesday, and in the Greek
Church, the Lutheran Church, and
others, much importance is attached to
the forty days that follow.
Lent is an ancient institution of the
Christian Church, some dating it as far
back as the davs of tho Apostles. The
presumption is that the Lenten fast, al
though a very proper and becoming thing
in itself, is. oue of those institutions
which took shape under the skillful
management of the Church leaders of tho
secoud and third centuries. For the first
century and a half at least the Church oi
Christ was, no doubt, a growing and ag
gressive power, but it was also more or
less in a chaotic state. It wanted coher-
and organization, it is possible that
something like the Lenten fast was
known to the Christians of the .first cen
tury , but there is a good reason to be
lieve that the forty days grew out of
forty hours. For forty hours the body of
tho Savior of maukina lay in the tomb,
and by the immediate followers of Je6ns
these forty hours were annually observed
as a season of fasting, humiliation and
prayer. By and by—some think as early
as the year 130—tho forty hours had
swelled iuto forty days; and tne forty
days’ retirement of Moses, of Elijah, both
typos of Christ, and the forty days’ temp
tation of the Saviour Himself when He
was led by the Spirit int > the wilderness
and there tempted of the Devil, were
pointed to as the basis of the institution.
The name of Lent comes to us through
the old Saxon Icngten-tide, which origin
ally signified the lengthening of the day,
and was commonly used' in the sense in
which we use the word spring. The fast
of forty days which annually occurred at
this season gradually monopolized the
name and the contraction of the word te-
2 uired no further explanation. Origin-
lly the Lenteu season began on what is
now known as the first Sunday in Lent;
but Pope Gregory, no doubt for the very
best of- reasons, ordained that the fast
should begin on the Wednesday proceed
ing—a day which is now known all the
world over a* Ash Wednesday. Sprink
led with ashes in token of^humiliation
was an ancient Jewish custom—n cuatomt
not unfamiliar to thd ancient Asiatics,
Greeks and Romans. Sackcloth and
ashes is a phrase familiar to every reader
of the Scripture. In pre-Reformation
times it was customary for the priest on
this day to take a quantity of ashes, bless
them and then sprinkle them with holy
water. Tho worshipper approaching in
sackcloth, the priest took up some of the
ashes on tho ends of the fingers and
mode with them the mark of a cross
on the worshipper’s forehead, saying
Memento homo, qaia civie es, et in pul-
virem reverieris, ’’ (Remember, O man,
thou art dust, and to dust thou shall re
turn.) The ashes used were commonly
made of the palm consecrated on Palm
Sunday of the previous year. After the
The Late General J. B. Magruder. x
Many of our readers will hear with re
gret, of the death of General J. Bankhead
Magruder, which, as the telegraph in
forms us, occurred on the 19th, at Hous
ton, Texas. General Magruder was a
native of Virginia, but was well known in
this city, where his family at one time .re
sided, having been himself for a long time
stationed at Fort McHenry. Daring the
Mexican war ho wns attached to the col
umn under Gen. Bcott, and in command
of a battery of artillery, shared conspic
uously in the memorable operations which
culminated in the capture of the Gity- of
Mexico. For his services in this cam
paign he was twice breveted—major and
lieutenant colonel. At the commence
ment of the civil war. Colonel Magruder
was stationed in command of a light bat
tery at Washington City, and participated
in the military escort of President Lin
coln on the day of his inauguration.—
When Virginia seceded Col. Magruder
tendered his resignation, and was subse
quently appointed a general officer in the
Confederate army. He commanded in
the affair at Big Bethel, and afterward
for a considerable time in the. neighbor
hood of Yorktown. After the seven days’
battle around Richmond he was trans
ferred to the command of the military
department of Texaa. At the close of
the war ho returned to Mexioo with a
view of taking service under the ill-fated
Emperor MW«inriHftn. Subsequently re
turning to this country, his experiences
while in exile furnished him the materials
for a highly interesting lecture, which he
delivered in this and other cities. Gen
eral Magruder was noted for his brilliant.
social qualities, and enjoyed a large meas
ure of social popularity.—Exchange.
Reformation, the nso of ashes was dis
continued os “a vain show” by the An-
gelican Church, although the day is still
religiously observed; and to the great
Religion Made Easy.—We read in
the* religious journals that a church,
now in course of construction in Newark,
N. J., isto be supplied with: conveniences
and luxuries, and,|in fact, allltka modem
improvements. Adjoining the vestry is
to be built a church parlor, which is to
be famished likea modem drawing room
with piano and elegant furniture.—
Beneath this room will be situated tho
church kitchen, with a hotel range, and
all the conveniences for getting up “ big
dinners.” While the good people were
about it, it is a wonder they did not add
a billiard saloon, a smoking room, a read-
now without mcaaihg.-
The Radicals and thb Irish.—Donn
Platt, the Washington correspondent of
that influential Radical journal, the Cin
cinnati Commercial, writes that paper as
follows;
Every one knows, if he > knows any
thing, that we Republicans hate the
Irish, and would be very glad to have a
good lot of them hung (Tom Murphy),
while tho Irish hate us, and would be
delighted to have the same favor extend
ed to the entire organization. An Irish-
Spiritual Visitations to au
; / Ipifant. J. / /j*.
The Richmond correspondent of the
Norfolk Journal is responsible for the
following strange story, which is told, in
that city v ...
Two years ago a gentleman, whom I
shall coll Mr. ,X., married, and subse
quently became a father. When the
child was several months old, the mother
died. In her dying moments she was ex
ceedingly anxious abont her. infant and
besought her husband to place the child
in charge of one of Tier kinsmen whom
sbe named. After her death tho hus
band did os his deceased wife hod re
quested; but some time sinoe he married
again, and soon reclaimed the child, who
could neither crawl nor talk. One day
the child was left alone for a few mo
ments in its cradle, some distance from
a high bed in the same room. When
tbe second Mrs. X. returned she was
surprised beyond measure to find the
child smiling and crowing, in the mid
dle of the bed! She asked in her amaze- ■
meat. .
“Who put you there, .child?” .
And the infant, who had never before
spoken a word, plainly replied:
"Mamma!”
The strictest inquiry failed to show that
any living person had catered the ap
artment during the absence of tbe step
mother. Since then there have been
many other mysterious evidences of
visitations, spiritual or otherwise, to : the
child. Whenever the baby was left
alone, it was heard to laugh and crow as
if it were fondled by aome one, but the
most sudden entrance failed to catch any
one in the bed beside thaSchild. A few
nights ago Mr.^Ufa. first wife appeared at
the side of the bed, and commanded him
to return the child to the care of her
relative, as she had directed on her death
bed.- She threatened, unless this was
done, to haunt him inoessantly. It is
said that the apparation was seen and
heard by both Mr. X. and his wife.—
The reoolt was that tbe child was car
ried bock next day, to the person origi-
nallv designated bv the deceased ladv.
Such is the tale as ’tis told to me, and
that, ^too, by most. respectable and intel-
_ jp* Tbe new Masonic Hall in Atlanta
was dedicated last Wednesday. The
Grand Lodge attended, M. W. G. M.
Lawrence, presiding. A speech was
made by the latter at DeGive’s Opeta-*’^’*
Honse, on "Tlie true object of Masonry.^ .
The Era says Masonary is flourishing in
Atlanta, and tho Lodges are in a prosper
ous condition.
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