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AMERICUS. GEORGIA.
HTILI. practice in the Counties of Macon,
'• Suruter, L-e, Webster, Schley and Dooly.
in the Supreme Court of Georgia
•r Oitics in Waxelbaum’s Building Next
Ague and Fever.
The only preventive known for Chills and Fever
* of Wolfe’s Schiedam Schnapps.
Wolfe’s Schiedam Schnapps
la good for Dyspepsia.
Wolfes Schiedan
Is good for all kidney am
Wolfe’s Schiedam Schnapps
Is used ail over the*world by physicians in their
practice.
Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps
Is good for Gout.
Wolfe’s Schiedam Schnapps
Is good for all Urinary complaiuts.
Wolfe’s Schiedam Schnapps
Is recommended by all the Medical Faculty.
1. D. P- HOLLOWAY
DENTIST.
WILLIAM A. GREENE,
AMBRICOS, GEORGIA - —
M'fcs to serve his friends of Americas
surrounding country in all fl* depart-
1 lus profession. aprltr-ly
Dr. J. B. HINKKEI
niOCLD tender his services (in all the
*.dJTfi ***• I^eaaion) to the good
i^P» of Amencus and Sumter count!, and so-
, 5' l °hEuance of the liberal patronage
*1* h’■ • ' l0We ^ upon him. ,r 1 } rj
'luns8tf
I beg leave to call the attention of the readei
to testimonials in favor of the Schnapps :
I feel bound to say that I regard your hcrsArre
a being in every respect pre-eminently pure,
nd deserving of — J; “* * - *
events it is the pu F —
land gin, therefore unattainable, and as such
may be safely prescribed byphyaitlans.
DAVID L. MOTT, M. D+ J'hanni
Chemist, New York. f f
Louisville, Kt., Sept. 1.—I feel that
medical CARD.
iLte. * f+W “> du
° t£o b~t.*1*5335!?*
Wolfe's Schietlam Schnapps,
Is good for Colic and pain in the stomach.
Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapj*,
Dr. S. B. HAWKINS.
Ll nCE,tDr. EldridKe’* Drug gto,,. -
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Notice.
T^Elhstrirtcnttn for Webster county will be
.. .•I hn the Svrcsm Mnsruvin srerv month
dav.
J. E. hlou;
fSu.
McLaughlin & Burt,
.dentists.
AMEHICUS, GEORGIA.
0 Ft »9 E Lamar Street, ovor C. W. Felder
Lsw.*LtV B awe. ratronage solicited. Frices
3iya, I'wif. oym, ; *,»««>
d DR. J. WB. RIGHT.
'Schnapps’' is a remedy in chronic catarrah
complaints, etc. ....
'^ssasatasuatisjagt
in (he eisek^e* fir which yoa reoommend it.
f _ . :r
■card it as one of the most important remedies
ST chronic catarrah a flections, particularly
those of the genito urinary apparatus. With
mask respect, yoor obedient Servant,
( CUAtk A. LEAS, M. D., he
26 Pdi Street, New York, Nov. 21,18C7—
Cnonrao WoLTf, Esw-> Present’. Dean Sin:—
J, bare made a chemical examination of a aamph
of your Schiedam tchnapps." with the iuti-ni
of determining if am foreign or injurious sub-
atanyc Lad beet* added to the simple ihstibed
"*Tbe« xarn instion lus resulted iu the conclu
sion that the sample contained no poisonous or
kanafuUdmixhite. I lmvw been ngahle to dw-
euver any Jrace of the deleterious lulmUncn
which are auiastiaaae employed in the adulters
tion of liqnira. I would not hesitate to us*
myself, nor »o rccomim-nd to cthern, fur medicl
ual'rariioso, the ’•Sohi^Um Schnapps” as at.
excellent and unobjectionable variety of gin-
Very respectfully yours,
(Signeil) CH \8. A- SEELY, Cbemist.
Cntxxcai. ami Tcchmoii LiuonaTodT, lb
Exatavox Paace; Raw Yon*,-Not.-25, 1867—
Udoliiio Worn, Esq.: Dtau Sik : The under
signed have careluliy and thoroughly analyze-,
a sample of 'your “Aromatic Schiedam
Schnapps,” selected by ourselves, and have
round the same free fro* all organic or inor
ganic substances, more or k-M injurious to
heal tin From the result of our exsmination
we consider the article one of sutpnor quality.
*
For sale by all roai>ectable Grocers and
udolpho woi^’s CU establishment.
march 16Sni. 22 Beaver 8L, N. p
•'‘Boorroboo la-G ha.”
A stranger preached last Sunday,
And crowds of people came
To bear a two-hour’s sermon
With a barbarous sounding name;
’Twaa ail about some heathen
Thousands of miles afar,
Who live in a land of darkness,
Called “Boom)boola-Gha."
So well their wants he pictured
That when the plate was passed,
Each listener felt his pocket,
And goodly sums were cast;
For all must lend a shoulder
To push the rolling car
That carried light and comfort
To “Buorroboola-tiha.”
That night their wants and sorrows
Lay heavy ou my soul,
And deep in meditation
1 took my morning stroll,
Till something caught my mantle
With eager grasp and wild.
And looking down with wonder,
1 saw a little child.
A pale and puny creature
In rage and dirt forlorn;
What could she want, I questioned,
Impatient to be gone.
With trembling voice she answered,
“We live just down the street,
And mammy, the's a dyin’.
Down in wretched basement,
With mold npou the walla,
Thro' whose half hurried windows
God’s sunshine never falls;
Where cold and want mud hanger,
Crouched near her aa she lay,
I found fellow-creature
Gasping her life away.
A chair, a broken table,
A bed of dirty straw—
A hearth all dark and firelvss—
But these I scarcely saw,
For the mourn ml sight before me,
The sad and sick'niug show—
Oh, never had I pictured
A scene so full of woe.
The famished and the naked.
The babes that pine for bread.
The squalid group that huddled
Around the dying lied;
All this distress and sorrow
Should be in the lands afar;
Was I suddenly transplanted
To “Boorroboola-Gha ?
Ah, no I the poor and wretched
Were dose beside the door,
And I had passed them heedless
A thousand times before.
Alas for the cold and hungry
'That met me every day,
While all my tears were given
To the suffering far away.
There’s work euougli for Christians
In distant lands we know ;
Our Lord commands his servants
Through all the world to go,
Not only to the heathen—
This was his charge to them—
*'Go, preach the word beginning
First at Jerusalem.”
Oh, Christian, God has promised,
Whoe'er to these has giTen
A cup of pure cold water
Shall find reward in Heaven.
Would you secure the blessing,
You need not seek it far;
Go, Hud in yonder hovel
A “Boorroboo la-Glia.”
Fighting tho Battle of Life.
Fighting the battle of life!
With a weary heart and head ;
For in the midst of the strife.
The banners of joy are fled.
Fighting the whole day long.
With a very tired hand—
With only my armor strong—
The shelter in which I stand.
There is nothing left of me;
If all my strength were shown,
So small the amount would be,
Its presence could scarce be known.
Fighting alone to-nigbt.
With not even a stander-by.
To cheer me on in the fight.
Or te hear me when I cry.
Only the Lord can bear.
Only the Lord can see,
The struggles within how dark and drear,
Though quiet the outside he.'
Fighting alone to-night,
TWiJh what a fainting heart!
Lord Jesus, in the fight.
Oh stand not thou apart.
BROWN HOUSE, 1
El Piisstuger Depot, Macon, G»-,
K. BUOWK ii CO.,
Proprietors.
tizens of Amerfcus.
Dealb of Hon. C. 1* Vallan-
digham.
rAWFUL. DETAILS OF THE HEATBEXDIKG
TBAGEDY—DYBtG HOURS OF THE
DISTINGUISHED ADVOCATE—
RECEPTION OF THE RE-
MAWS W DAYTON.
WILDER & SON,
STEAM SASH FACTORY
Third Street, nsxt to Artepe’s Marble lard,
~ — t
Utef of tb® duUnese of the tiraee. I UOOrSf
fa
° ro T^
MASLTATTCIIES Of
Mlaoellunt
ELLA.
JAMES W. WABH.
If your child, the gentle Ella,
Stood in rags, in dirt and patches;
Had no dress, save one so tattered
You would blush to see her wear it;
Had no shoes and scarce a stocking
To her foot, frost-bit and bleeding.
As she, cold and houseless, wandered;
Tell me how your heart could bear it.
Should your Ella, a child beloved.
Destitute and hungry beggar,
Beg a crust from Dive’a table,
Taste it not, but run to share it—
Run in haste, to share the morsel
With a feeble, suffering sister,
Shivering in some fireless hovel;
Could you unaffected bear it!
Should the chilil’of your affection,
Your sweet Ella, pure and truthful.
Be exposed to lures and perils
That would craftily ensnare it.
By enticements gross and brutish,
Into viee and degradation,
Daily, in the streets and by-ways;
Think, O think, if you could bear it.
^ 0Qld .
u i ings.. Brackets, &c,
/Ennis or
*%. Special attention girth tn the bnfldlng-
But your Ella, has the, thinkyou,
Juster claims to be protected
From such wretchedness and win—
Dare ywr selfish pride declare it!
Higher right to be exempted
From such peril and exposure,
Than the thousand daily victims
That are helpless left to bear It!
The wound of conscience is no scar
time cools it not with hi* wing, hot mere
ly keeps it open with bis scythe.
no r^tii ^f^Srtrt the
minda that think so are faulty. .
Correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial
Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, )
Saturday, Jane 16, 1872. )
I saw Clement L. Vallandigliam die at
fifteen minutes to ten this morning.
The event is so sad, eo inexpressibly
distressing, that I pause for utterance.
Yesterday, full of lnsty life, and heart
beating with high hope, he stood fore
most among the able counsel of Thoe.
UcGehan ; to-day he is lying dead, with
his wife far away, and his darling son
breaking his loving heart with a passion
of grief too deep to tell, too sacred to
look upon.
THE REVOLVER.
Mr. Vallandigham occupied room No.
15, ou the second floor of the Lebanon
House, the room immediately over the
hall door, and fronting ou Broad way, the
widest and handsomest street in the place.
He had returned but a short time from
walk with Hon. A. G. McBnrney, of
Lebanon, and Thomas Milikin, Esq., of
Hamilton, associate counsel in the de
feose of Thomas McGehan, from Turtle
Creek, in the outskirts, whither the gen
tlemen repaired at the instigation of Mr.
Vallandigham to witness experiments per
formed by him of shooting with a revol
ver at a piece of cloth in order to show
how close the muzzle of the weapon could
be held to the material without powder
burning it.
Mr. Vallandigham had a new Smith
& Weston’s improved revolver, with five
chambers, of the No. 32 calibre, and
tried his experiment with what success I
cannot now determine, bat, as the party
retnrned Mr. Milikin remarked to Mr.
Vallandigham that there was three loads
remaining and he had better discharge
them. “No,” replied Mr. Vallandigham,
“never mind.” Mr. Milikin urged ; Mr.
Vallandigham resisted, and soon after
reached the hotel and entered his room,
where he placed the loaded revolver or
the table with an unloaded weapon,
which he intended to use in his argument
on Monday before the jury in illustrating
his theory that Thomas 8. Myers shot
himself. Mr. Symmes, of Hamilton en
tered the room, and Mr. Vallandigham re
marked that he felt badly ; he had just
had a telegram announcing the danger-
illness of his wife’s brother, Hon. J.
V. McMahon, of Cumberland, Maryland,
and Mrs. Vallandigham had gone to at
tend that dying bedside. A few sympa
thetic words and a social gloss, and the
friends sat down, soon to be joined by
Mr. McBurney.
THE FATAL ACCIDENT.
No one uuaequaiuted with Mr. Vallan
digham can fnlly appreciate his wonder
ful energy of character. It has carried
him through almost unparalleled difficul
ties, and giving him a name and place iu
which every civilized tongue repeated for
several eventful years, and never proba
bly, did it shine out with such promise
as in this latest effort of his legal career.
Upon the defense of Tom McGehan he
concentrated every faculty of mind,
throwing his entire being into it with
an enthusiasm and force which those
associated with him in the case—and
they have the best right to know say eclip
sed every former effort, and gave pro ise
of success in a case already tried, judged
and condemned at the inexorable bar of
public opinion. Day and nigbt he devo
ted himself to it with unremitting fiains.
Everything calculated to contribute iu
the least to strengthen the defense of Mr.
Vallandigham eagerly performed, and it
direct pursuance of this that he
lost his life.
‘I will demonstrate to you in a mo
ment,” said he to Mr. McBurney and Mr.
Symmes, “the absurdity of Follett’a ar
gument that Tom Myers did not shoot
himself.” With that, he seized one ol
the pistols lying on the table, and put
ting it iu his right hand pantaloons pock
et, continued ; “Now here is the way
Tom Myers had his pistol in his pocket.”
Mr. Symmes here interrupted him, and
excusing himself, left the rc
Judge Pope on business, wbo at that
moment passed room 15 on his way to
rn room on the floor above, and
retired.
Mr. Vullandigham had then only
auditor and spectator—Mr. McBurney.
You see, McBnrney, how I hold this
pistol T*
’Yes.”
‘Very well, now ; Myers drew it ont
ibis way, and as the muzzle «mac up to
hereabout he palled the trigger.
Mr. Vallandigham held the muzzle of
his pistol against the right side of his ab
domen, at a point almost exactly corres
ponding with that where Myers receiv
ed the bullet, and to the infinite aston
ishment of Mr. McBurney and himself,
an explosion took place, and tho rash ex
perimenter exclaimed;
“Oh 1 murder j I am shot 1”
The terrible situation was realized in
moment by both. Mr. Vallandigham
tore open his garments, and Mr. McBnr-
ney summoned assistance.
‘What a foolish thing to do,” remark
ed the wounded man, as he pointed to a
little red spot on his spotless skin. “]
took hold of the wrong pistol, and that’i
the result”
month to month; it spread like flame in
a Stubblefield, and left the same wither^
ing effect Everybody was transformed
into a solicitous, sincere sympathizer as
as if by magic, and, quickly as hands
could execute the commands of will, the
telegraph and mounted couriers were
heralding the dreadful tidings and sum
moning to the bedside of the now pros
trate man the members of his family
within reach, and his intimate personal
friends.
The explosion and the call for assis
tance soon filled room 15 the hall in
front and the stairway with excited peo
ple, and in much less time than it takes
to tell it here half the population of Leb
anon knew that Mr. Vallandigham was
accidently shot.
The terrible news- wss caught from
THE WOUND.
Boom No. 16 is an ordinary twelve by
fourteen, carpetted, and plainly furnish
ed with a double walnut bed, bureau,
waslistand, small table and a few*
chairs.
The revolvers lay on the table with a
pitcher of water, decanter and
drinking glasses, the bureau was heaped
with hooks and papers—evidences of the
active studies goiug forward.
Mr. Vallandigham threw himself
the bed and raising his shoulders by
doubling up the pillows, oooly and
fully contemplated the suggestive little
red spot in his side, from which a little
stream of blood was now seen to trickle,
ilia lips were composed, his features
startling iu their expression of wildness
and alarm. He spoke not a word.
The doctora at once proceeded to
amine the wound. Some one said
quarter to nine. ” Mr. Vallandigham
had thrown off his coat and thrust aside
the remaining garments to give doctors
access to the wound. Dr. Scoville pro.
duced a silver probe. Vullandigham
watched his motions with blazing
eyes.
“ Any pain ?**
“ No, not the least."
PROBING.
Dr. Scoville approached this delicate
operation with a delicacy of demeanor
becoming the occasion. The bed had
been drawn out from the wall. Mr. Val
landigham lay at the far side. He
placed his two hands upon the wounded
side, and felt around by a series of gentle
pressures for the lodgment of the ball,
seif-manipulation the doctors prevented,
and the probing began. The instrument
was directed iuward, but did not pene
trate farther than half an inch. Ah, that
is good!
No, Mr. Vallandigham, yon
read anything in the faces of your doc
tors, they are too prudent for that, and
their prudence end concealment
best treatment you can have for the pres
ent.
But what docs that little motion of the
Doctor’s hand mean ? A motion that ob
trudes his arm between the eager eyes of
the patient and that suspicious little hole?
It is to prevent those eyes from seeing
the probe pass obliquely downwards and
inwards far enough to satisfy the prac
ticed eye that the abdominal cavity
penetrated.
‘Do you think the vrouud is mortal,
Doctor ?”
Well, sir, wo cun not say that, yet.
Don’t know. The wound does not
to be necessarily fatal.”
Ah 1 there’s encouragement and hope
for whoever chooses to take them, but
saw the dip of the probe, so adeftly coi
cealed from tho patient, and I know what
it means.
The wound is dressed with plastei
and the patient placed on his right—the
wounded side. The red flush of alarm
began to fade out of his face, and
twinge of pain exacts something like
groan. It is half past 10.
** THE PISTOL.
All this while that fatal pistol has lain
upon the table. There is nothing remar
kable about it, except that it killed Cle
ment L. Vallandigham. It is what
known as Smith & Wesson’s improved,
and bears the number 32,531; a four-inch
barrel, colliber, 32-100ths. The cartrid
ges were the small or short size. Had
been loaded with tho larger or long size,
tho ball could not have been prevented
from passing plumb through by the fleshy
walls.
When all was over, some debate arose
among Mr. Vallaudigdam’s friends
what disposition should be mode of the
weapon, some advising its retention,
others maintaining that it should be
packed away umong the effects. The
former suggestion was made to spare
Mrs. Vallandigham the pain of encoun
tering the horrid thing. It was finally
decided packed it should be, and away
it went with all the other sad evidences
of Vullandigbam’s tragic fate.
A CHANGE FOR THE WORSE.
At half-past twelve vomiting
more frequent occurrence ; the head
rolled from side to aide upon the pillow,
and there was the repeated motion of the
head thrown upward and aside, such
xuako in adjusting the shirt collar.
The extremities grew cold; the abdomen
8Wollen,und the external wonud c<
tinned to pour out life’s crimson tide.
“I suppose you are aware of the seri
ous character of your wound, Mr. Val
landigham ?” quietly observed one
the doctors.
“Yes, I believe I understand and ap
preciate it," as quietly replied Mr. Val-
landigham. What! ;s this eventful man
going to give no utierance ? Dying
has be nothing to say to the world t
Nothing. Absolutely nothing. What
to him is all the world, with death in
bosom, and the dear partner of hia life
far away f Poor Vallandigham !
ALONE.
“Let every one leave the room. I am
Mr. Yalloudigbam’s friend as well as hia
physician, and I desire to be with him
alone,” and the dying man and Dr. Reeve
are left alone.
There was no concealment now.—
Death was already at the door; no hu
man skill could save. The last commu
nication, was brief, ai)d when Dr. Reeve
reappeared he announced that he would
should retire but Mr. Williamson and the
physician.. If anything should occur,
friends would be summoned.
DAYBREAK.
Dr. Dawson arrived and joined the
medical gentlemen in the dying room.—
The first faint streak of day was seen in
the east, and the gray chill of,the morn
ing penetrated the house. It was now
told that Mr. Vallandigham wanted Dr.
Reeve to “cut down to those bleeding
vessels and stop the hemorrhage.” Vain
hope ; powerless wish. “It would be all
right, doctor, if I were only rid of this
pain.”
“We will give you something for that,
Mr. Vallandigliam.”
A hypodermic injection of morphine
was administered. The pain was reliev
ed almost instantly, l>ut the n
sinking and friends were summoned to
hia bed side.
That stricken son again kneeled down
and bathed bis father’s hands with tears.
The son was but the youthful image
his father—lovingly united
w terribly separated by approaching
death.
the release.
But that terrible waiting for death
•rely protracted, ft was a heaviness
that weighed everybody down, and will
make that sad morning forever memora-
e iu the houses and homes of Lebanon.
The great, strong nature of the man
struggled hard with fate, and gallantly
couteuded for life. Consciousness was
retained almost to the last moment. It
looked out clear from those once mag
nificent eyes, and sounded in the intelli
gent answers to questions. As an in
stance : At 9 o’clock too much pressure,
by leaning ou the foot of the bed, caused
of the rollers to give way, thus im
parting a slight jar to tho prostrated
Something Fresh About Chinese
Women. v j i
Mr. Vallandigham opeued his eyes,
and turning his head, asked, distinctly :
What is that ?”
Earlier in the morning he heard some
te winding a watch. Said Mr. Vallan
digham : “Judge Hume, have my watch
wound—it winds in tho stem.”
Charley came over to his father’s left,
for he had now for the first time since
being placed on it the night before, turn
ed off his right side and lay upon his
back. A brief struggle, the uneasy roll
ing of the head and movement of the
hands, tho labored breathing, the glazing
eye, the tightening of the skin upon the
face, and the dropping of the lower jaw.
A few groans escaped the beautifully
arched chest, the iria disappeared, leav
ing the white of the eye only to be seen,
few gasps for the fast fleeting breath,
and Clement L. Vallandigham parted
with life.
J. Durbin Ward, Esq.,, has been
tained ns counsel in place of Vallandig
ham.
No post mortem was had, but Dr. Daw-
n made au exploration and found the
wound in the right side, about two inches
below the arch of the ribs, at two inches
front of the lateral line, seven and a
half inches from the umbilicus and two
inches above the umbilical level.
The boll entered the abdominal cavity
from the point of entrance, obliquely
from the above downwards and inwards,
pointing toward the left inguinal region,
Tho abdomen was distended with blood,
aud there was a constant exudation of it
from the wound, dark colored und fluid.
Tho remains were taken to Dayton for
interment. E. B.
Mrs. S. L. Baldwin, the missionary to
China, lectured in Philadelphia recently.
Of the women in China sue said :
The women of China are divided in
to too classes—the bound-footed, who are
the ladies, and the large-footed who are
the common class. The latter cany, the
burdens, do all the drudging and out
door work, while their husbands do noth-
When a little girl is born the pa
rents think the gods arc angry with them
and they hold a consultation whether
she shall be allowed to live or -not If
she is, when she arrive* at the age of 4
years they hold another consultation
whether she shall be a bound-footed
Urge-footed woman. If she is chosen to
be a bound-footed she is not permitted
to do anything, bat if otherwise she has
to be the family’s slave. I ^avesecn a
woman with four children strapped to
her back and rowing a boat, while ber
husband laid in the cabin smoking his
pipe. Girls have no choice of their hus
bands; the young girl is sold by her
parents at the highest price they can ob
tain for her. She never sees her hus
band, nor he her, until they i
ried/ If he chooses he can be divorced
from her for talking too much ; ft ho be
comes poor, or gets tired of her, he
sells her again. Iu the coldest weather
the largo-footed women are not allowed
stockings, and cannot dress in
any other color than black or blue. The
manner in which they make their feet
small is by binding tho toes until the
foot becomes dead. I have walked
through the streets when the women
would brush against my dress
my feet ; so they could tell to what
class I belonged. I would say to them,
I will show you my feet, but do not
bull my clothes, as it is rnde.” When
I would expose my feet to them they
would exclaim : why, have you no real
ladies in America?” And the only way
that I could make them believe that we
had was by telling them that women read
books like tho men, which utterly
tounded them, as the real Chinese lady
brought up in the utmost ignoranoe,
and they only marry in the rich families
because they know aud do so little, and
need so much waiting upon that it takes
rich husband to support them. If you
f&s1i~& Chinese woman how many children
she has, she will give you only the
ber of the boys. She has to be asked the
second time how many girls she has, as
they are thought so little of that in many
cases they are killed as soon as bom.—
A large-footed woman told me
that her first child was a little girl, and
she described to me how she loved the
little one. "My husband went out,'
she said, “ and brought in a tub of wa
ter. I begged him to spare its life, but
he took the little one and put its head in
the water, and held it there until it was
dead.” Her second babe was a daughter
and it was served the same as the first
the thild child was a hoy; lie lived until
he was four years old, then the gods‘got
angry and killed him ; “ then my hus
band died; and now if I wear good
clothes, my relatives become angry and
treat me harshly." Even iu our Chris
tian churches in China’ the womon
not allowed in the same room with the
it are partitioned off in a lattace
work-room.
the carriage gained ground. But the
hi Moufi onbr. made them mem'-
furious, ami Ihef were soon' up “with * fii&
carriage again. Again” two shots were
a™^. gnfl poured.- ,
But the carriage was speedily overtaken,
and tho post-honso was yet far distant—
rite nobleman then ordered the postilion
loose one of* hi* leaden, tuft they
might gain a little time. This was done,
an«l the poor horse plunged frantically
into, the forrest, and the wohem after
him, ..and was tom to pieoea. Then
another horse was sent off to sh$re the
same fate. The carriage labored on as
fast as it could with the remaining hones
but the post-house ' was still distant—
At length the servant said to hia master,
have served yon ever sinoe I was a
child ; I love yon as well as my own self.
Nothing now can save yon bnt one thing.
save you. I ode you only to look
after my wife and little ones.” The
nobleman remonstrated hut in vain.—
When the wolves next came np, he threw
nimself against them. . The panting
horses galloped on with the carriage, and
the gates of the post-house just closed
in n|K>n it, as the fearful pack were on
the point of making the Iasi fatal attack.
But the travelers were* s*M l The next
morning they went' out^ and saw the
place where the faithful servant had
been palled down by the wolves. His
bones only were there. And on the spot
the nobleman erected a wooden pillar,
or which is this, “ Greater love hath no
man. than this, that a man lay down his
for his friend." * But God common-
deth his love for us, in that while we
yet sinners Christ died ior us.*
Stamped Envelopes
On the 1st of July several change i will
be made in regard to stamped envelopes.
Among the many changes will be some
important; ones. , . -■ .
Hereafter special devices and the ad-;
dress of correspondents will not be print
ed under any circumstances whatever.—
The printing of cards aud requests across
the ends bus lieen discontinued. In the
future they will be printed on the upper
left hand comer only. Business avoca
tions or employments will be excluded
from cards and requests. The name of
the writer only should bo given, without
auy reference to his occupation. Cards
und requests must be limited to the fol
lowing matter, or so much thereof aa may
be desired, to wit: 1st The name of
the writer, whether individual, firm,
company, or corporation. 2d. The post
office addresses, including number and
name of street, name of city or town,
county and State. 3d. A request to rer
turn if not delivered within a given or
blank number of days. The occupation
of tho writer, as “merchant,” “claim
agent,” “attorney at law,” “dealer
dry goods, groceries,” Ac-, must be rife
ly excluded. This prohibition does not,
however, apply to cases in which an em
ployment may bo iudicated by a corpo
rate name, or by the usual style of an in
dividual firm, or. association, as ‘Balti
more Sc Ohio Railroad,’ ‘Treasurer’s 0f :
fice Wilmington Water Works, ,‘Washing
ton Lime and Cement Co.’ .‘John Smith a
Banking House,’ which may be printed
as the name of the writer ; but the name
of any individual “trill not be printed
apart from and in addition to such re-
ignized business appellation. The re-
_- n >; n nn linva vafmwnM trt tVlA Upnfirt.
, jk 1 ' Serfs Love.
Some years ago, a Russian nobleman
aa traveling on special business
interior of Russia. It was the beginning
of winter, but the frost had set in early.
His carriage rolled up to an inn, he
demanded a relay of horses to carry him
to the next station, where be intended
to spend the oigHt Tho inu-keeper ed
strictions have reference to the Depart
ment only, and doe* not of course
vent parties from having stampet
other envelope* purchased ‘ by thein
printed, in any manner they may desire
at their own expense. • -i *
Thera has also been a new schedule ol
price* for stamped envelopes issued,
which will go,into effect on tna first of
July, which makes an increase of at)opt
40 cents on a package of 1,000. ,
'*ggjg -ciawh
Slanderous Rumor—A report is being
busily circulated - about this city, .and im
Soutii-We*» Georgia by some mieoiuW
ously disposed persona, lhafe Ur. H. L
Kimball of Atlanta, has fled ffcbe State
aud eonirty,' for the purpose of defraud
ing file creditors, • and getting off with*
large amount of toads;, Thia story 4*
course,- is Untrue,-ta* was doubtless set
afloat by parties aftienmity with thef gen
tleman in question, with the view of in
terrupting the program lof work on tho
Brunswick and Albany Railroad,^ bfifig
known 'tbflt ho has issued to contractors
Let me Turn Over.
I was a , passenger on a steamer from
Fananja to Son Francisco, when the rash
of travel on that line was immense. We
were badly crowded, and there was no
room for choirs or tables, yet we were
bound to have our game of “old sledge.”
A Baptist minister, smitten with the Lost
for gold, had deserted his flock, and oc-
:upied a sleepiug place on the cabin floor.
Being a large, corpulent man. and find
ing him a sound sleeper, four of ns squat
ted around him, and commenced to play
oq his broad stomach, scoring the points
of the game on his black vest. We play
ed ior several hours, undisturbed, except
byafi occassional snore of. uncommon
force. I had won considerably,'and one
of my opponents, Jim Doyle > by name,
becoming excited at my turning up
‘Jack,” brought down his fist on; the
lower part of. the person’s stomach with
great power. The pious old gentleman
awakened thereby, and looked up
with some surprise; but seeing the state
of tho cose, quietly exclaimed : “Go on
with your game boys ; bnt if yon are go
ing to pound me in that manner, you
had better let me turn over !”
treated lnm not-to proceed, for he..said
there was danger m traveling so lato—the
wolves were” dttti _ But? the noblemato
thought that the man wanted' to kdep
him as a guest; and ordered, tho horses
to be put to. He then drove dff, witb
his wife and only daughter inside} the
carriage with him. Oil fth&’ r b6x of . the
carriago was a «orf, >;l*o bad. been ipjaed
on the nobleman * estate, to whom be
was much attached, and who loved his
master as he loved his own life.—
They rolled over, the hardened snow,
and their seemed no sigh of danger.- The
moon shed her pole tight,, and brought
unto burnished silver the road on which
they were going, . At length the little git-
said to her father :. f
What was - that ■ strange howling
sound that I justbpard ? ; .... 1 ,
“ Oh, nothing ,X»ut' the . wind .sighing
through the forest tree*,” * replied] .ftp
father. —is- -
The cluld shUt her eyeiWnd waaquiet.
But she tfoon 8sii*»»giainr r ' • n »'
“Listen; father* ; f it is not tike the \rind
I think.” .. iK ' ,l
The father listened; 'wafr
through the dear, coki, frosty air,, he
heard a noise which lie knew too . well
the meaning of. He then put down tti4
‘The wolTea, I fear, arc attar nsimake
haste. Tell tho maa to driro faster, and
get oar 'pistols feadj.”. The -postilion
drure faaterj Iiut tbe same mounitid
sound .Whiishith»..«had hod .heard ap-
preached nearer - and nearer. It
quite clear tliat a pack bf wolves had
soented them ont.- The nobleman ‘ fried
to calm, the anxious fears of flis wife and
child. At last the baying of the pack
wad distinctly heard. So he said to his
; MO*l ' ”7 , | 7'7'l.
When they como np, jrjth ns, do you
single ont one, and fire^ .and ? will single
ont another; and while the Te*t7are de-
rowing them, wj)nhalTget on.” ' '' “
As soou as be bad put down the win
dow,' Us suvblhe pack in Jail cry behind,
the large dbg woll at their head. Two
allots wer^fired ; andlwo of tlia volte
telt: The other# •’—
Dried up the Wrong Van.
The following is related of one of the
brethren of a certain church as having
occurred a year or two sinoe, bht for'ob
vious reasons not let ont of the select
circle where it has always been a sottree
of fun. A gentleman whd l 'is much gift-
prayer, and likes to’talk of Sunday
School, and whomWre will call B., for
short, attended an evening prayer.—
While tba bell was'ringing to hasten up
laggards, B. ‘improved tho opportunity’
by sending an eloquent - appeal to the
throne of grace. Thinking the bell had
been rung enough, anotbet member Aaitl
very imperiously to one of those small
boys who are always around, in and ont of
season, “Go and tell the fellow to stop.”
A small boy never did understand any
thing as he was told to do it, and this
small boy was not likely to stnltify him
self in tbat manner: ’ Instead - ! Of going
16 tbe sexton and” silencing ‘that' dread
ful bell,’ he threaded his ’ way Odtro the
aisle, where B. was warming to his Work,
aloud hissing voice, said,‘‘Here
now, Mr. says for you' to dtyup
that!" Poor B. : blushed a brilliant sear-
let, cut off an earnest invocaUbU' -iU the
i middle ofw'sentfenee, end hi! the-baftuiee
of tlioevening sulked in su^Iefa -silence.
At the 6lose of the meeting' he d^efian'd-
ed of the offending member an explana
tion, which was Satisfactorily given, and
the 'unpleasantness* anrieably settled.- "
tinbr* uZ—LntaSaama«U lw*»
Us »i -!;>! ^
* .jA gentleman employed a mason to dp
some work for him,, aud ; ^nong. ofhor
things, to, “thin^whiten” the walk of one
of hia chamborei • Thiff-thin whitening fa
almost coloriess! until dried; Thogentle-
Was much surprised, fa tho morning
after the chamber was finished, tO find fa
the* drawer'of ^his bureatt, ’standing fn the
inborn," white 'finger marks! ^ Opening' the
drawer, he foumJ the sapic on the articles
JOTS! j»MK-
amuiation revealed (he same marks on the
contents of» beg.-.:This proved clearly
that tbe nrnson, with liis wet, hands, had
opened tbe drawer- end searched tho bag,
which contained Tto monay| 1 hnd had theta
'c!6sed1IW'<tAfr6f 'Mthimlbtace'thinkiiig
bl.lm. list -L£UO ’ «fc!S2 ti' • —
that any one -would ever Icnow iti *
J "’’The ‘hliin-whitening” which happened
*<• at fin*
Rtad hopipbably had.ub blpkibat twelve
hour, drying would reveal hkwiekcdnoae
Children* bewara of evil> thoughts and
deed..- they ill leave their
which wifi one day-be- ‘revdflbd. 'If yin
disobey yonrparente, or tell a falsehood,'
or take whet.is not your: own, you make
aid attains.an.yoor character. And«oit
is vfithiiUjio. -1* de&kejtfce^aouh. .1 It bo-
tny* thfao.wbci engage inihbytiomarka
it mates.on them. .Thom marks may hq.
almost if, not quim, invisible at first. Dot
even if they should not he. aeon during
any of your days on earth (which is not
at all liksly,) yqt tlwro is~»day coming
inw^chpfl-ysjt* wjjlj, be^manifest,—
.Stf.tH xurHl M'fS* '