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AMERICUS GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1875.
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The truth shall be thy warrant;
Oo, since I needs moat die.
And give the world a lie.
Oo tel! the court it glows
And ehinea like rotten wood ;
Oo teli the church it shows
What’s good and doth no good.
Not lov’d unless they give,
Not strong, but by their factions.
It potentates reply,
Give potentates the lie.
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BCOSXB A. HAWKINS
Hawkins & Hawkins,
attorneys at law,
A.MKR1CCS, GEOHGIi
jin 14 If
COOK d) CRISP.
v ttornry at law.
AMEUICUd. GEORGIA.
rrrlLL practice in the Counties of Macon,
W Dooly, Schley, Webster, Humterand Lee
„ i-.e Supreme Court of Georgia and the U. 8
Lirtrict Courts. The partnership does not ex-
t.-n-l to criminal business.
Office over National Bank. april 8 ly
iTpThOLLJS, ”
\.ttomoy At Zjaws
AMERICUS. GEORGIA.
4T Office in Hawkins’ Rnihling. Cotton
. rme. JanS-tf.
Tell
Their practice only hate.
And if they once reply,
Give them all the lie.
Tell wit bow much it wrangles
In tickle points of mcensa*;
Tell wisdom a be entangles
Herself in oTer wisenea*.
And when they do r
Straight give them 1
Tell phyeioof her bold n
So give them still’the lie.
Tell friendship of unkinduei*
Tell justice of delay.
And if they will reply.
Then give them all the li
they have no no .mil
echoed esteeming,
Tell
Tell
. MCCLR8KEY.
Fort & McCleskey,
ittonmy* at Law and Solicitor* in Equity
AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
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•Circuit in the Supreme Court of
special atteetion given to caeea in P
nptcy.
»%. Office in Setnampert Pickitt and King’s
.nildinr. head of C<4ton Avenue.
N A. SMITH.
\.t|:ora>tr At Xiew
t IMERICUS, ‘ : : GEORGIA.
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W ••liinnine Conatte*. and in Circuit Court ol
>*»** -Htaten.
• nr Office on College street.- next Am Renuhl*.
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KERREL CALLAWAY,
'Attorney at Law,
AMERICUS, OA.
aarOffi-s over Kendrick W Wheatley’e Store.
Guerry & Son,
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Oi,ICITORS IN EQUITY
Americas, Georgia,
W ILT, practice in the Superior Courts of
Sumter, Schley. Macon. Dooly, I>e. Ter-
>r and Manon connti“ ‘
»nrt Georgia and is
ts at Savannah,
r C. W. Felder and
t and Cotton Avenue.
they want profoundness
* * 1 seeing,
sply.
Give arts and schools the lie.
Yet etab at thee who will.
No stab the soul can kill.
Dr. W. A. GREENE,
G RATEFUL for the liberal patronage bestow
ed upon him dnr ng the paet ten T«ars,
will continue to eerve those desiring his P."0-
feshional Services ss heretofore, and solicits a
continuance of their patronage.
frb9 6m.
Dr. W- J. REESE,
er with GARDEN SEEDS, Ac.. Ac. Next door to
J. W. Sheffield A Co. He would like to eee his
ol.l friends at his Store.
A Prayer In Congress in 1776
To the Editor of the Hartford Times:
Prayer offered by Mr. Duche,.in Con
gress, after the Declaration of Indepei
dence. It is copied for your columns
from the Continental Journal and Weekly
Adcerfiter. of January 15th, 1778;
John Gill, Court street, Boston, Printer:
Oh God, our Heavenly Father, high
and mighty King of kings, and Lord of
lords, who dost from Thy throne behold
all the dwellers upon the earth, and
reignest with power supreme and un
controlled over all kingdoms, empires
and governments; look down in mercy
we beseech Thee upon these our Ameri
can States, who have fled to Thee from
the rod of the oppressor, and thrown
themselves upon Thy gracious protection,
desiring to be henceforth dependent only
on Thee; and toThee have they appealed
for the righteousness of their cause. To
Thee do they now look for that counter
nance and support which Thou alone
.cinst give. Take them, therefore.
Heavenly Father, under Thy maturing
■are. Give wisdom in counsel and valor
a the .field. Defeat the malicious de-
ligus of Qgr.i^fl adversaries; convince
them of ,the,righte9u.sness of onr cause,
and if they^Mll jpejs.ist in their sangui
nary purposes, oh, Jet,the voice of Thine
ever unerring Justice sounding in their
hearts constrain t them to drop the weap
ons of war from -their unnerved hands
in the day of battle. Be Thou pf esent,
oh God of wisdom, and direct the coun
sels of this Honorable Assembly; enable
them to settle things upon the best and
surest foundations, that the scenes of
blood may be speedily closed, that order,
harmony and peace be effectually re
stored, and justice, religion and piety
prevail and flourish amongst Thy people.
Pr« serve the health of their bodies and
vigor of their minds; shower down upon
them and the millions they represent
such temporal blessings as Thou seest
expedient for them in this world, and
crown them with everlasting glory to
come;—all this we ask in the name and
through the merits of Jesus Christ Thy
Son, our Saviour. Amen.
Dr. G. F. COOPER,
Will Kir. bi-
k«tibe time
l«k,»'IMidn*. .»a»liciu.,h.r.
sssarr &
near tb« College, will receive prompt
Dr. J. B. HINKLE.
Phyaloian andSurgreon
» of Dr. E. J. E
• (to front of Co
prompt and taftl
Dr. S. B. HAWKINS.
JJY OFFICE stDr. EWlidKO*;
A Joke.
If there is any person on earth who
dearly loves a joke, it is V. Hose, express
agent at Louisville, Ky.
Not long since Mr. Rose felt it his
duty to send a present to an agent of the
company, not far from l«ouisviUe
present that would cause the recipient to
remember the generous giver and cause
the heart of one or the other to overflow
with gratitude.
Hiding along one of the principal
streets one day, Mr. Rose heard an auc
tioneer just in the act of selling a dimin
utive “jack ass.” Of all the solemn
looking “cusses” on the face of the earth
that jack-ass could take the premium
He had a large head, that looked like
child’s coffin, a short tail, small body,
and such “Ears,” and such a voice I—
That voice once heard was not apt to be
forgotten.
Mr. Rose offered a hid in fun, and
was dismayed to find the jack-ass
knocked down to him. Sadly he took
charge of him and sent him to the
stable—but on hearing the voice of his
pet, he at once resolved to send him
South.
Posting one of the messengers,
on had notices inserted in the papers
published in the city where he proposed
to send the jackass, and the next morn
ing the papers had accouats of a valuable
animal, the only one of the kind existing,
that had been obtained by V. Bose, Esq.,
and was presented to the agent
Of course, the agent was in a fever of
excitement, and visions of Bengal tigers,
white elephants, etc., crossed his fevered
brain.
Next morning a group of friends and
acquaintances were at the train to see
the wonderful animal. As the jackass
was led out of the car, a broad grin set
tled on the faces of the spectators, while
the agent was sjieechless with “ass”.-ton-
ishment. The jackass was sent to the
stable—and niaDy were the enquiries
made and visits paid to the wonderful ani
mal—that day.
The agent first thought he could
easily sell him and then have a good
joke on Mr. Rose, but a few days devel
oped the fact that no one wished, to buy
him at any price. He then tried to give
him away, but no one would take him
Here was a dilemma. What was to be
done ? In a day or two the jackass be
gan to serenade “and lifted up his voice,”
and tho neighbors heard and were dis
tressed—such a noise had not been
heard for years. In the stillness of the
ight that jackass would holler. The
stable yard was filled every night with
broken chairs, bed rails, slats and pieces
of kindling wood. Mysterious loads of
duck shot and pistol cartridges were fired
at the shed where the jackass was tied.
The night hostler lost his hearing, and
when the jackass commenced to sing
could not be hired to go out io the stable
yard, for fear of.being shot at or crippled
>y a missle, hurled id the direction of
that horrible noise.
An amateur singer who had a fine
tenor voice occupied a room over the ex
press office and near the stable. He was
the habit of singing gems from the
operas at midnight just before retiring.
One night he was trying a few favorite
bars from the opera of Martha. The
jackass heard him and full of envy
thought he would try a few favorite bars.
The tenor singer stopped and hurried to
a back window to see where that fearful
noise came from. He soon located it,
the jackass was in fine trim, and the rat
tling of the windows soon showed that
he was doing his level best Sadly the
tenor singer shut down the window and
made a solemn vow that if a revolver
could kill that jack that one should, be
fore another sunset, and that jackass
should die.
The agent was in despair. Adjoining
the office was one of the largest and most
fashionable churches iu the city, the par
sonage of which was next to the stable
A little boy who resided there came to
the stable next day and said to the day
hostler: “Mister, I say make that animal
holler. My pa can’t bear to hear him,”
and the little “fiend’*' actually danced
with joy when the jackass struck up
of his melodies.
Next day was Sunday. The Church
is crowded, the choir all iu their
tan 22-Gm.
Dr. W. M. HARDWICK
H AVING roamed tb. nature of Vedieine,
offer, hi. MT-low to hi* old fnoodo and
rloif public i*u*nuly.
rfreo to all Cfcrmne
oof .Fern * ~
* for and treat ordinary
Dr. B J. HEAD,
ITAYING again located in Americas, offers hie
U. profeaJonal services to the citizens e*
••‘ty and surrounding country. Thankful tot .
favors he will give bu enUre attention to the
duties of hie profession, and therefore feels se
wed of airing satisfaction. He has for many
years made the study ud trem® en* chronic
. diseases a specialty, particularly those diseases
Peculiar to females, and clain to have disoov-
erad remedle- and UestoMOt peculiarly adapt
edito the cure of this class of disease.
Office at the Drug store of Dr. W. J. Reese.—
Residence on tbs East side of public square, in
the bouse formerly occupied by Mrs. McCree.
Means to Get Rich.—Ten or twelve
years ago there was a miner working in
the upper levels of the Comstock at $4
per day. He lived in a little cabin down
the canyon, did his own cooking, and
whistled softly “There’s a good time
coming, boys.” To-day that miner
walks about the streets of Virginia City, ...... ,
cordial a. in the old days; he dresaeo and the organist had just played
better than any ordinary gentleman a heaonfal prelade on the organ whea
of Virginia, and eata no better food than the choir commenced a heantilal anthem
. conscientious editor ought to have. The petes took tt ,nto hia head he
And yet, ns his fortune is rated in the ought to help. He did help with
stock list daily, he is so rich that, were pence. Not much of the noth:
his stocks turned into money, he could k««Out a good deal of the jackass
lend Scott that *70,000.000 he want. »*«; The audience was shocked, the
snd have enough left to live comfortably S*>otr indtgo.nt, the organist enraged
upon. He could, un.ided, go down and Tho minister finished his sermon
open, at his own expense, the Darien
canal; or should his ftney run thst way, *>»■>. ■>»• ““T ^ • T*
he could advertise to-morrow that the prayer-when “Oh horror the j.eksss
government tbiough him had d term- louder than before. The prayer
fned to resume immediately specie pay. b « hcarJ Handkerchiefs
iso good. -lU^iuld «doi k » e coiiegcTo ^“wera hidden by devout h.mK
each^state of the Union with *2,000.000 “ ‘ h ' ^ *“ d
and narrow gnage railroad from kept on to the end. He would willingly
sVn Francisco to New York, and solve have offered np that jackass ».» pe.ee
the problem of cheap transportation, offering andI applied the sacnfieial knife
There is no telling what he might do; himself with pleasure,
but what he will do is apparent enough. Neat morning a quiet looking darkey
lie was here when thirty fiet of ore near to the stable and bought the jack
tho surface was a big mine. At 1.5000 *”d qoiet once more preva.ied.
foet ho has fouod it three or tour times , *... .
“wide. He believes at 4,000 he will Lost Time—Let “improve each mo
w/vrv ^ j . j.v ..J meat be your motto. John Bradfi
used to say, “I count that hour lost
which I have done no good with my pen
Mariuaox of a School Bor.-The ortqngne.” Elihn Burritt (the learned
How he Toob his Pie.
The recent decease of the most eminent
Mayor of N-*tr York, perhaps since De*
Witt Clinton, lends a melancholy in
terest to the following incident, which oc
curred during the earlier years of my ac*
quaintancewith him:
At the time of which I am speaking.
Mr. Havemeyer had been Mayor, but
was so no longer. He held, however,
many important private trusts, and was a
■ecognized power in our commercial me
tropolis.
Oue evening we chanced to be strolling
up Broadway together, on our way to
our respective homes, and as we were
chattering along we met a gentleman well
known to us both, who had long been in
some respects an object of sympathy to
his friends. He was about the same
age as Mr. Havemeyer, had enjoyed io
his youth the advantages of a refined
home, good schools, an established social
position, powerful connections hud every
apparent guarantee of worldly prosperity
and success.
His life, however, had not kept the
promise of his youth. He had not been
prosperous at all. Though leading, to
all appearances, an exemplary life, and
seemingly indisposed to vicious associa
tions of every sort, and domestic m his
habits, his life had been, humanly speak
ing, as great a failure as the Mayor’s had
been a success. He had tried many
kinds of business, bat had not succeeded
io any. He was always needy, and had
pretty much exhausted the liberality and
patience of frieuds who were disposed to
assist him, so that his visits were rather
avoided, and no one was proud of his ac
quaintance. His dress was careless and
to the verge of shabbioess. He
had a general look of belonging to
one and of nobody belonging to hjm. I
will call him, if you please, Mr. X.
“X and I,” said the Mayor,
“used to be school-mates We used to
carry our dinner with us to school,which
was at some distance from our respective
homes. It was my habit to begin my
dinner with my cold meat and bread
and when that was finished I ate my pie
or cake, or whatever delicacy my mother
might have put into my basket; while
X- , 1 observed, always began with
his pie or cake, and finished with his cold
meat. I remember one day asking him
why he ate his pie first.”
“Because I prefer to eat the good
things,” he replied, “when I am most
hungry, for then I can enjoy them most.
When I have eaten all my meat, the
pie would not taste half so good.”
■But,” said I, “you spoil your appe.
tite for your cold meat, which you would
enjoy when hungry, and after which you
would enjoy your pie also.”
‘Neither my reasons nor my example
convinced him. As he made his bed he
lying on it. In his youth ho ate his
tie and had his sweet things; now, in
lisold age,he is worrying down his 'hard
tack,’ as you see. Had he learned a
little self denial when he was young, he
would not have been called upon for so
much in his old age. He started in
life with every advantage apparently
t. I!is parents were rich, mine
comparatively poor. He was sent to
college and educated for a liberal pro
fession. I was obliged to leave school
■ly and earn my living. Ifhe had taken
advantage of his youth and strength to
do what it was then comparatively easy
to do, if he had denied himself the luxu
ries of idleness and extravagance then,
he would now have leisure, wealth and
consideration, instead of being beholden
to his friends more than half the time
for money to purchase his dinner with.
He ate all his pie when he was young;
he must sustain his old age upon what is
left in his basket.”
This story made a profound impression
upon me. Though it is twenty years
nee I heard it, it seems to me, whenever
eee any of my fellow creatures indulg
ing any taste or appetite io a disorderly
way. I immediately think what an advan
tage it wonld be to learn while lads to
control the.r selves, and to take their du
ties and pleasures of life in their proper
order.
he is going for it.
W. P. BURT,
DENTIST,
AXKJUCUS, OA.,
■ PERFORMS akfflfaDj all Dental operation*.
*.* *4 at msonabfo price*.
rra'Tn^thfprindH W-M-chuf th, comfort of thi, life
tZ h. did not want to encourage mar-- oouairt. in
feS* m ach'ooVif theT all followed prudent and Tirtuou*
Jack’s example. So much for having
an old bachelor at the bead of the
excelTeDt"~Httlo "amateur journal pub- bl.ckaa.ith) attributed hi, firat suecesa
lisbed in Al.x.ndrin, V.!, b, the atn- in ^f impmemenl, ort top«n.,^'eb
dent, of St. John’s Academy, gi«a the L^blTE^!
following„ ,l. m eots of time called “odd moments.”
SATURDAY NIG Hi THOUGH rS.
Shake Hands.
Do tell me the name of that sweet
looking old lady who sits behind us at
church. She has spoken to us several
times so pleasantly, audit is so unusual.”
Thus said a friend to me, not lsng since.
Her family had attended that church for
several years, not only were they regular
attendants, but at the stated periods they
came to its communiou table; they were
members “in good and regular sundine^’
their faces were familiar to most of the
congregation, yet it was “unusual”
her to speak to them.
They were strangers in the church,
though no fault of their own, and they
felt as such. There are many, no doubt,
who “believe in the communion of saints,
without pausing to see whether any par
ticular meaning attaches to their belief;
they do not forget to follow after the
<W»gs wherewith one may edify anoth
We may not all be so placed aa tc
admonish or exhort, or to provoke our
brethren to good works; but we may
sometimes show them by a cordial word
that we remember that they are
our brethren—that we love them
Ceremony is undoubtedly to be ob
served in this world; it is often neces
sary; but may not church members some
times venture to speak one to another,
even without a formal introduction?
There are few of us who have not an in
tuitive sense to whom we may speak
without hurting our dignity. That “sweet
looking old lady” preached a little ser-
to our friends which warmed their
hearts for several weeks after.
“I maintain,” says Dr. John Hall,
“that the shaking of hands, rightly ad
ministered, is a means of grace. Sc
shake hands at the market, on the
street, and above all at church. Some
people quit church for want of this
means of grace.” And no donbt some
have been helped in the church by it.
Friendliness goes a long way with some.
With some persons a kind word may
strengthen “him that is weak in the
faith.” Tho heart of the writer warms
while recalling the pleasant Sunday
greetings of a Christian family, whos*
gentle courtcsiea were greatly instrumen
tal in bringing at least one into the visi
ble church. The fervor awakened by
sermon full of love to Christ and good
will to mao will not be at all cooled by a
cordial word, or liand-shak<*, meeting
one on the way to the door. There
should not be strangers of “regular
standing” in the church. Then speak
kindly every opportunity that you have;
shake hands, if you will. How do you
know which is “the least of these;”—
Chriatiun Obacrcer.
THE STORK K.NG.
i.xl Tornado in Jefferson County.
facts almjst too terrible to uklilve.
[Macon Star.]
We received a letter niglit before last,
giving a few details of a storm which
occurred iu the county ot Jefferson on
Monday, which were so fearful that we
freely confess that we thought it was a
hoax, attempted to be imposed upon us
by some one, and for that reason did not
publish it in our yesterday’s issue. The
folio wing is the letter
Bethany, March IG, 1875.
Daily Star :
ire visited yesterday by the most
terrific storm ever known in this region.
Timber, fences sad houses were driven like
straws before the terrible wind. Mr. A J.
Cook’s place was literally ruined. Not a
single house is left on his place. Even the
posts that have been set for tea years were
blown out of tho ground. Fortunately,
the family were seriously injured,
wagon-body was literally blown away, and
not been seen since the storm. Many of
shingles from Mr Cook’s house were
found more than a mile from his residence.
Iadesd, nothing that was near the residence
left In its place. Ilis buggy was seta
hundred feet in the air, whirling before
raging storm. Certainly Mr. Cook is
entitled to a substantial sym athy from the
people. Yours, etc.,
Last night we met with Mr. John T.
Cheatham, diiectly from there, who '
gentleman of uuquesiioned veracity, and
from what we learn that, so far from the
latter having been a hoax, it is every
wotd truth, and tho half is not told.' He
says that, as stated in the letter, there
not a single house left standing on M
Cook’s entire plantation. His dwelling
house was literally blown away, and even
the very sills on which it stood were car
ried away to a considerable distance
Stnrdy oaks standing in the yard were
torn np by the roots and carried bodily
away for several hundred yards into the
plantation. His barns,stables, out houses
and fences are totally destroyed. Not u
panel of fence is left on the place. He
SSSrsSSS
iDK «k«d the canoe, be replied that he nearly all hie work, while drinog from
2dri52d hi, necK in th. matrimonial bo«*> toho«e to h» pauent. ,n th. conn-
™ko th. night before, and bed to go to *7- Abo»e ell,_I.t us remember, “time
work to support hie wife, late Mias Oce-
anna Phillips, of Washington. Jack er*s.
A Fair Young Pilorim’s Story.
The Paris correspondent of the New
York Times relates a romantic incident
of a recent occurrence there, showing
tho strength of faith Not long ago the
captain of one of our great ocean steam
ships found, after passing Sandy Hook
that he had a young blind girl amon<j
his passengers. He recogttized some
mystery in the case, and asked her
how she came there in the steerage
alone. The young lady told him her
story. She was a Miss Kane, from New
England, and had lost her eyesight. Be
ing a Catholic she had heard of the
derful cares performed through the
agency of “Our Lady of Lourdes,” find
for many long weary months she had
been trying to raise the means for mak
ing the trip. At length she could not
bear to wait any longer, and, unkuown
to her parents, she had slipped away to
New York, where she had arrived with
869. She had taken the cheapest steer
age fare, and felt assured that God would
help her on to the Grotto of Lourdes.and.
that she should, by virtue of prayer, be
once more restored to sisht. The sailor’s
heart was touched. There was a Fren< h
surgeon on board, and on hearing the
story he and his wife obtained a comfort
able room for her and brought her with
them to Paris. Kind friends soon sur
rounded her. One went to soe
members of the clergy, another opened
a subscription. Miss Kane will go to
Lourdes and remain there as Ion? as she
sees fit, and then eventually sho
will go comfortably home with an Ameri
can family. But meantime the gentle
men interested in her have sent her to
the best oculist in Paris, who does not
exclude all hope.
A Soft Answer —The husband
was quick of temper, and often inconsid
erate. They had been married not yet s
year, when one day in a fit of hast)
wrath, he said:
“I want no correction from you.
you are not satisfied with my conduct,
you can return to your own home whence
l took you and find happiness with your
kind.”
“If I leave you,” returned the unhap
py wife, “will you give back that which
I brought you ?”
“Every dollar. I covet not your
wealth. You shall have it all back.”
“Ah !” she answered, “I mean not the
wealth of gold. I thought not of dress
I meant my maiden heart—my first and
only love—my buoyant hopes—and the
promised blessing of my womanhood.
Can you give these back to me ?”
\ moment of thought—of convul-
i—and then, taking her to his
said :
No, no, my wife. I cannot do that
but I will do more; I will keep them
henceforth unsullied and unpained. 1
will cherish ycur blessing as my own,and
never again, God helping me, will I for
get the pledge I gave at the holy altar
when you gave your peace and happiness
into my keeping ”
How true it is that “a soft arswer
turneth away wrath,” and how many, oh
how many, of the bitter strifes of life
might be avoided by remembering and
acting in accordance with this rule.
It is enough for one thiog at a
itme to happen, especially twins
. 9* A Poughkeepsie parent lately in
dnoed a croapv youngster to make quite
a hearty meal of buckwheat cakea and
maple molasses, but the latter proved to
be nice syrup of squills. The boy said
he thought something ailed the molasset
the very minute his father told him to eas
all he wanted.
ToDay and To Morrow.—To-day
j gather bright and beautiful flowers
to morrqjy they are faded and dead.
To-day a wealth of leaves shade m:
to-morrow, sere and f lien, they crumble
beneath our tread.
To day the earth is covfred with a car
pet of green; to-morrow it is brown
ith th« withered grass.
To-day the vigirons stalk only bends
before the gale; to-morrow, leafless and
pless, a child may break the ^brittle
To-day the ripeniog fruit and waving
grain : to-morrow the land is taking
rest of the toil.
To-day we hear the sweet songsters
meadows and forest, the buz* and hum
of myriad insects; to-morrow, breathe
softly, all nature is hushed and silent.
To-day a stately edifice, complete
finish snd surrounding, attracts the pas
ser-by; to-morrow a heap of ruins mark
the spot.
To day there are cattle upon a thou
sand hilb»; to-morrow they fall io slaugh-
The fashion of the world passeth
away, but let Christ dwell within
and though we may pass away like
faded leaf and sapless stalk, we shall
in newness of life.
‘No chilling winds
Can reach that 1
Mr. Maguffin braced himself against
the boarding house table and tried i
more to cut the ste-k. The edge of
knife turned, bat the meat showed
mark. Then he called the waiter
“Thomas, has the cook used the axe much
lately to chop kindling wood on the
lar door steps ?” * I don’t know,” said
Thomas. “ Why, air ?” “ Because,”
said Mr. Maguffin, “if it ain’t too doll
I’d like to try it on this steak.”
by t
the fearful wind.
As stated iu the letter, Lis baggy wsr
whirling throngh the air eeeraingiy
distance of one hundred feet fmm
the earth, while bis wagon has been blown
away and has not been seen since the
storm. Bedding, wearing apparel,
tranks, pieces of furniture and various
things were found at a distance of ooe
and-a half miles from the residence. The
eurbing was blown out of hia well, and
poets set firmly in tlio ground were blown
»way entirely, while plantation tools,
plows, etc., were snatched npand torn in
splinters against the trees.
Strange as it may seem, bis horses and
mules all escaped injury, the stables be
ing lifted bodily up from over them and
carried away, leaving them standing
he open space,where only a few seconds
before the building had stood.
Fortunately, none of the members of
he family were fatally injured, though
Mrs. Edwin A. Cook, his daughter in
law, had her collar-bone broken by a
piece of falling timber, and Mr. Cook,
himself, as well as other members of the
family, were seriously bruised,
Mr. Cook says at the time of the wind
dark that he could not see a
person in the tame room with him.
Hon. A. H- Stephens.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Gazette, iu the latest issue of
that pai*r which has reached ns, soya:
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens has been
somewhat harshly criticised because of
tho fact that it was his vote which
enabled the Republic tns to suspend the
rules and bring Mr. Hoar’s Louisiana
resolution before the House. Mr.
Stephens, satisfied that he acted for the
best, is not a bit disturbed by these criti
cisms ; but in the course of a conver
sation with your correspondent yetter*
day, ho explained the motives which led
him ' to vote as he did, and which,
\t must be admitted, werevt-ry proper
ones. Mr. {Stephens says, veTy truly,
that the adoption of the resolution recog
nizing Kellogg altered nothing. He had
already been recognized by the Admin
istration, and it would have continued to
recognize and sustain him bad this
resolution, which has not the form or
effect of a law, not been adopted. On
the other hand the condemnation of the
Returning Board by‘the House, Mr.
Stephens considered a point gained— wn
admission on the part of the Republicans
which more than countepbalanced the
recognition of Kellogg. And again,
these Louisiana resolutions blocked the
way for the Arkansas resolution, the
adoption of which was a great triumph
over Grout nud Lis third term carpet*
baggers. Mr Stephens thinks that pos
sibly his independent vote with regard
to the Louisiana resolutions may have
encouraged independent Republican
votes on the Arkansas resolutions, as no
donbt it did. He said that had the
questions came up at an earlier stage
iu the session he might have voted dif-
fereutly; but now, with the results be
fore him, he is satisfied he acted for the
best. Many Democrats ,who were dis
pleased with Mr. Stephens' action at
the time have since come to the eonelu-
ion that he was right and they were
rrong. . - t ,. * .... a
Destructive Fire iu Atlanta.
Atlanta was visited Wednesday night
by one ol the most disattrons fires that,
has occurred iu‘ that city since tho
It originated in the third story of a brick
building on Whitehall atreet, occupied
by G. W. Jock as a candy and cracker
manufactory. The Herald says:
It was a double building, half owned
by Messrs. Blanchard Ic Hill, and the
oiher half by W. P. Chisholm. Jack oc
cupied Chisholm’s portion as a candy and
cracker manufactory, and kept a very
large stock of confectioneries, etc. He
had a stock of about 840.000, including
machinery, etc., and had just completed
repairs to tte extent of $12,000.
PARSON BROWNLOW’S WARNING.
.. r . He was
insured with Mr. Hancock for $15,000,
and with Wbitner for $5,000. His loss
will amount to at least $25,000, and will
come near ruining him, as he loses the
result of a lifetime’s work.
Chisholm had his building insured
with Wbitner for about $5,000 or $6,000
Blaucbard Sl Hill’s part ot the build
ing was insured for $6,000. Paul .Tones
occupied the first floor and cellar as a
wholesale liquor store. He had a stock
' about 840,000, and was insured for
$3,000 in the Virginia Home, and $2,000
the Equitable of Nashville. His loss
very great.
The office of Haskell Ic Bianchard, in
surance agents, were in the second floor.
No insurance on their fnrnuure or books.
Everything in the offioe woo lost.
Mr. Smith Solomon, who had only
few days Ago fitted up an office on this
Salutary Admonition to the Colored floor, lost all of his fninre and office fix
Mr. Wo. Mackie, the artist painter.
,« ir -if n. * ■ , who has paint rooms and sleeping apart-
[From the Knoxnlle Chronicle ] menta Ql f the third floort ^ aron8e d
All cases arising in the country ntider from his slnmbess, and gathering a ban-
thin law will go to the bench ot the S<
be was painting for the Hibernians
for their celebration to-day, rushed down
stairs, snd was prevented from returning
by the steps, and thus the banner for
t ho Hibernians was all be saved. He had
large lot of books, charts, diagrams,
pointings, etc., the value of some of
which are almost incalculable, as they
oarnot be duplicated in this country, and
rights that tbiibill proposes to give. The some of them cannot bo duplicated in
best thing thi; bolored population can do, Europe. Mr. Mackie was insured for
is to accept the situat ion in which these about 81,300.
laws place them, and to reverence and Sharp’s jewelry establishment wasdatn-
obey all the laws of the land—carefully a3ed more by water tba-'otherwise. His
avoiding everything calculated to array goods were also removed from tbe^ore
the prejudices of the whites against them,
preme Court, where they will be review-
able, and where justice will be done to
both parties.
One fact is worthy of consideration,
and that is this: The bill confers uo addi
tional rights. Laws have already been
enacted by Congress, which, upon exam
ination, will be fonnd to confer all the
to bring about unpleasant relations be
tween them.
We hope no coloted man will adopt
the course hinted at and foreshadowed
by the recent self constituted committee
at Washington, threatening Congress and
the whole country with bloodshed and
roin, unless their peculiar views are con
formed to in every respect. The threats
alluded to are fouud iu a recent publica
tion over the signatures of Frederick
Douglass and John Mr. Langston, from
which the following is an extract:
A good natared man will put up
with almost anything short of lining his
1 wig with a mustard plaster.
fl&* Douglas Jerrold once observed
that the best epitaph Mr. Charles Knight
coaid ever have would be the words
‘Good Knight.” on his tombstone.
Can’t we make your lover jealous,
miss ?“0 yes, sir, by putting our heads
togethar.”
(From Pomeroy’s Democrat. 1
Dying Hard.
said that when "Peter the Piper”
blowed his last blow he kicked very hard,
and the old woman getting mad, asked
him why he couldn't bo *•iLicent about it
and like other folks, and not bo afther
knocking things around that way.” Thus,
when the debauched, imbecile and crim
inal Radicals of the Forty-third Con
gress were blowing their lest blow and
wallowing in th^ir own filth, thev kicked
over every honest nod honorable pro e-
deni and precept Of true government,
every law of right and justice, and every
pretension to deoenoy and truth. They
kicked ao bard they exposed nil the foul
ness that had'been bidden away under
the cover. 1 These Radicals of Congress
have been like a gang of sick negroes in
a log cabin, who have been in active op
eration at both ends, like a volcano with
two craters, until they have covered eve
rything with filtli, while they would yell
and groan and roll the whites of their
eyes, and kick and raise more noise and
‘ » the doctors could quiet and
But, at last, these black ras
cal 8,w ho ate the Credit Mobilier green
S tums and the wormy apples of Pacific
rail, and equirmiug cheese of rings and
jobs, after being dosed with the ipecac
and vermifuge of tho November election,
they have kicked their last kick and gone
home to the devil. Io their last mo
ments they have had some twang* of con
science; they tried to prey, as they
tbonght of all their villainy, and to look
like saints; bnt the devil clapped hia paw
ou the Radical crew, and they have gone
where the black angela go.
Never l>efore has a Congress assembled
with ro little good accomplished and so
much harm done; never before baa a
Congress come together with ao much
conspiracy in their hearts against the
public good, or with each ft positive de
termination to rob the peopleand oppress
a section of the country by every usurpa
tion and indignity that can be heaped
upon a suffering people by carpet-bagging
t heir State governments and Africanizing
their society.
The infamous Civil Rights bill whioh
the Radicals of Cougress have forced
upon the South is just the same nature
of outrage as if one neighbor should
force another neighbor to invite dirty
loafers to a little party he bad given to
his children iu his own house, or should
force that neighbor to seat his servants
at the table with hia family and in bis
parlor, against hi£*will and earnest re
monstrance. No one ever attempted
such an imposition on a neighbor. A man’s
house is hia castle, and a State is the cas
tle of its people, against whose rights of
self-government the nation has no au
thority to trespass. Tho nation has no
right to force paupers on a free and sov
ereign State by national laws, which re
quires the people of that State to admit
pauperism to social rights, any more than
the nation 1ms a right to force a patient
from a small-pox hospital into a gentle
man’s parlor with his wife and children.
There is but one principle of right and
justice in the matter, and that is for each
State to bo left to the exereise of her
own God-given right of self-government
and internal regulation; and if paupers,
negroes, and any other class do not like
the laws of that State, let them get out
and go to a State whose people will eut
Aud sleep with them, and marry their
daughters to them, even though they be
ts block hs the ace of spades. The ua-
ional government might as well regulate
the law of marriage or divorce in the
States, or the number of carriages which
should be allowed at ft funeral, or the
number of women permitted to kiss the
new baby, as to attempt any regulation
whatever of the internal affairs of a State;
and tho imposition of the Civil Rights
bill on the Southern States by the Radi
cal Congress is at damnable as perdi
tion.
No wonder this Congress has kicked
id died with a foretaste of fire and
brimstone; and i! we ever have another
Radical crew in the oonncils of the nation
they should be treated os were the cruel
sepoys in the Indian mutiny—blown from
the mouths of cannon, loaded with mu-
He was insured with Hancock for $9,000
i fixtures, and $20,000 on stock.
Altogether, the damage by the fire will
amount to nearly $100,000.
LOUISVILLE LOTTERY.
Disclosures concerning the Louisville
Library Lottery, as furnished by the
Chicago Inter-Ocean, seem to indicate
that that scheme has been all along
strongly tainted with more than the sus
picion of a job. In fact one of the man
ager*—Joseph M. Simmons— stated to
‘There is still oqe other alternative to the Inter-Ocean that all the five library
which we are exposed, one which is truly lottery schemes were frauds of th^. first
fearful to contemplate. Homan nature water, and that the project wa9 conceived
is the same everywhere. There are many in sin and born in iniquity. It is charged
varieties of man, bnt only one human that the bill granting the charter was en-
nature, and it is possible that, stnng to gineered throngh the Legislature by
madueR* and desperation by continued persons, of .whom two were Henry *»»t*
aud unceasing outrages, ami seeing no terson and Walter N. Haldeman, of the
means of escape, ft spirit of retaliation Courier-Journal, snd by the terms of the
and revenge may be aroused which will bill, the library—which it was proposed
fill the Soath with scenes of rapine, blood to build—was to revert to the original
and fire. To avoid this catastrophe, we nine incorporators, after the final draw-
earnestly appeal to Congress for the sc* ing. It appears also that at present the
tion already mentioned, and we invite Courier-Journal company' is erecting ft
the sympathy and support to this appeal building to ooet over $250,000, but whetli-
of all the lovers of liberty and order er that fact has any reference to Watter-
throughont the coftntry.”
...... ~ connection with the lottery is pure-
Such allusions os this do no good, and ly conjectural. Concerning the last draw-
may do much harm to the colored peo- ing, it is stated thst instead of 38,000
pie, and to the country. Insolence never tickets having been w*ld. ns veported by
accomplishes anything. The destinies of the company, the sales aggregated 7o,000
the colored people are, to a great extent, tickets, and that measures are already on
in their own hands. By pursuing • prop- foiot to compel the company to restore to
course, they will have the sjmpathies ticket holders the price of their tickets,
>f the better class of people; but if they on the ground that fraud wasperpetrmtea
attempt to force their way against public in the drawing. Parties in Chicago and
sentiment, they themselves will prove the Louisville are advertising to pay twenty
sufferers. five cents on the dollar for all tickets
— ~t which did not draw prizes, intending lo
A French Report op tub Beecher sue the company for the fell, paid np
Scandal —This is the wsy a Frenchman volae.
reported the Brooklyn scandal: " One
Grand Ecclesiastical Scandal—Great Ex- Mobs Destruction bythe Cyclone.—
citement in New York, Brooklyn and We learn front.one of the officers of the
Chicago—Three Clergymen in moosh Third Georgia Regiment that on Mon-
Troubell — Mods. Moltong, Tilton and day last, between twelve and one o’clock
Beechtre have one grand controversee. p. u., the cydyne appeared along the
Mons. Moltong is ze pastor of zee Plee- line of Laurens and Wilkinson counties,
mooz church of New York, discovered The gin bouse and store of Nelson Stucky
by Columbns. Ohio, in 1492. Mons. was completely demolished ; the barn of
Moltong is Rccm e of taking zeimpropare Jackson Cook was blown over; the roof
lebertee wizzewifeof Theodore Beech- and npper portion of tho residence of
are, who is Mrs. Hariott Beech are Mrs. Slaughter was blown off; also, the
Stowe, ze of Onkle Tom ze blind pianist, roof of the dwelling of Wm. Crumley
Mons. Beechare also is accuse of zeim* was carried away. Air of the fences
propare lebertee wiz Mile Tiltong, around the place of. Mr. James. Slaughter
daughter of Susan B. Anthony, zesistare and others were blown away apd sCatter-
of liar* Anthony, who was make.love ed in every direction. . These were torn
wiz Cleopatra. Mons. Tiltong have up, and the destruction was'great for
causeze separashong of Mons. Beechare many mUeR. —Macon Telegraph.
and bis wife. Ze congregssoong of ze !—. ip . 1 ’—
Pleemooz Rock achurch will not permit . M* 3 -- Hahn, the^ heroine of the
Mons. Monltoug to preach longer from four babies of Baltimore.’disbelieves tbe
zatpoolpeet. Ze greatest excitement t tb at n Chicago woman has per
prevails” Our French friend appears *"* , .
to understand this matter as clearly as formed a feat similar to her own. She
though he had a statement to make. says it is impossible.
The Coming Crash in Europe.
Mr. H. M. Motier, a student of politi
cal events and interpreter of political
portents, discusses in tbe Gentleman’a
Magazine, of London, the fighting ca
pacity of the nations of Europe, in view
of tho general war so ooofldently pre
dicted by Mr. Disraeli and other Eu-
gliah statesmen. Beginning with France,
bethinks the goverim mt of thst coun
try would hardly encourage aspirations
of the French people to rush into war
with Germany, and neither the army
organisation nor the arrangement of
tbe commissariat is strong enough to
warrant R Spain may be conaidered
es out of the military arena of Enrope,
having internal dissensions enough to
keep her occupied.
Belgium ana Switzerland will not be
interfered with in any event, unless
their territory should be wanted aa
a battle ground, and neutrality one
has been guaranteed and that of
the other virtually assured by the
great powers. Russia is styled the
graet mysterious power.”
By law last November, every Russian
subject becomes liable to militaiy service,
and the consequenoe of this decree is an
enormous increase in the army, and it is
estimated that next year Russia will be
able to put 1,500,000- strong, hardy and
loyal soldiers in tbe field. Sweden and
Norway would probably enter into no
general European war, though well
equipped for self-defense.
Turkey is "almost a nightmare in every
foreign office.” England oonld only
maintain a position of neutrality, being
poorly prepared to become a participant
a gcLeral war. Germany ts the first-
dam war power, able in any emergency
nen in the field,
there isa
> put 1.GQ0.000 fighting men in l
nd throughout the Fatherland t
pie, is to force on events, and some 1
or other disarm those on aocount of
whom theae military preparations are
necessajy.
U Young ladies, never marry a man
who is unkind to bis sister or mother. It
has been well said that the "son is father
to the husband. ” There is no more
lovely eight than a yonng man in all his
strength aod pride who makes it the ob
ject of all his actions to comfort and
support an aged mother who totters on
the verge of the grave.
S&. It is said that kerosene and rata
have no affection for each other. The
kerosene is not particularly sensitive, but
the rats tae, and refuse to live in the
same cellar or shed where the kerosene
is kept. A great quantity is not necessa
ry, as they only require a steady odoi of
it for a brief season to be looking np
another boarding house.