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JO»flee our next annooncemeafWA NEW ENTERPRISE. Having completed arrangements with first-class parties, I am now prepared to take orders for the sale or purchase of Cotton, Produce, Stocks, Bonds, etc. The Chicago and New York market reports will be received and placed on file at my office every half hour during the business hours oftbeday. Those desiring to deal in futures will be properly treated. Prompt and fair returns guaranteed. J. B. FELDER. JulyZ-lm MY FRIEND’S STORY. “Many years ago,” said my friend, n an idlemomeut, I went into the Old Bailey, when a scene of more than traordinary interest was about to take place in that theatre of human misery^ and degradation. The prisoner at the bar was a young a of about twenty-four years of age, tall, of a dignified ami prepossessing •ir; his dark hair hanging disorderly on his shoulders and about his brow, gave ngolarly wild and mournful expres- i to features that seemed to indicate feelings each an felons never possess. “The indictment was read; it c( tained an account of a most atrocious crime, committed under circumstances of ingratitude that deepened its horror. ~ was, it appeared, a young Scotch- 1, the son of a minister; he had dis tinguished himself in the University of lassgow by his talents and acquire ments, and had been ordainod a minis ter of the Gospel. While at college he had formed an acquaintance with the of a Highland laird, of nearly the e age, and of an amiable and culti vated mind. The father of this yonth, a man of large property, had been so pleased with the friend his son had made, that he had obtained for him a church in the Highlands, on condition that he should previously accompany his son in his travels over the Continent. They had accordingly gone to Lon don, and, having their received large remittances for their proposed journey, were just going to set off, when one night the youth was found murdered in his bed, and appearances seemed to point ont the prisoner as the perpetrator of the deed. They were briefly these: Some days before they had been heard talking in their room in a very load and angry tone of voice. The sub ject of the dispute was, it was supposed, a lady, whoso name was mentioned. The words ‘jealonsy’ and ‘revenge’ were dis tinctly heard; a visible coolness was ob served for some days after, till the ing of the murder, when they gave i tertainment at their lodgings to friends who had come to bid them farewell. An evident change had taken placo the behavior of the prisoner, who affec ted to be obsequiously attentive to bis friend. Bat the principal wituoss for the prosecution was an old game-keep er who for many years had been ii employ of the deceased, and who ed almost overpowered with grief, stated that on tho fatal night, while sitting in the kitchen smoking his pipe, in company with a woman who acted as charwoman in the lodging-honse, lie heard a noise in his master’s root it two persons were struggling, alarmed the landlord, entered the which was open; a light was o floor and still smoking, and the prison er was found hanging over the bed—a bloody knife, which was known, to be long to him, by his side, his hands bloody, his face pale, and betraying all the marks of a guilty and disturbed mind. The prisoner was skilled in anatomy; he had beiu heard to describe the quickest and surest way of destroy ing life; and the place of the wound cor responded with the description. Moreov er, Borne notes paid by a banker to the deceased were produced in court by a woman, whom the prisoner had been ueeu to visit, from all which proofs it satisfactorily appealed that this unhfcp- py yonth, corrupted by vicious company had, by feelings of jealonsy and the temptation of money, been instigated to murder his friend. “While this melancholy detail was given, this prisoner appeared almost sinking under contrition and shamer When the case had been closed for the prosecution, the judge, in the most im pressive manner, called npon him for his defense. He stood up, and, after a short bnt violent effort to conquer his feelings, he addressed the bench with a voice at first weak and tremulous, bnt afterward collected and fall: ‘My Lord and Jury: You call upon iorYny defense; I have none to make yet I am not guilty. Yon liave just beard a circniuHtantial a.-count of at roc ions crime, supported by a weight of evidence which, I fear, will leave up on your minds no donht of my guilt. Bat it is all wrong. The woman who appeared in evideuce never received the money from me; it was my fear of the dangerons influence which she had ac quired over him that was tho cause ‘of Send six cents for postaee, and receive free, a cojtiy w — _of goods which will help —, ■either sex, to more money right away than anything else In this world. Fortunes aws^t the workers absolutely sure. At once address Trot A Co., Augusta, Maine. ihart-ly. A case of vtry fi nc bluo motled cas- tile soap, just received and for sale at Dr Eldridge’s Drag Store. tened and all was still. Then I heard what must have been my poor friend’s last dyiDg cry, but which I thought was only tho involuntary moan of dis turbed sleep; still; a vague but irresisti ble feeling of alarm impelled me to the room. Uy a light that was dimly burn ing, I discovered my friend in the con dition yon have heard described,* Here his voicA faltered. “I have no recol lection oi what followed. When I came to myself the room was fall of people, but 1 saw no one; I saw onlv him who )ay in that bed. j “Yon have here a plain, unvarnished tale. I have no hopes that it will bear down the mass of evidence against me. I know 1 am the only one who can be charged with tho crime. Still I must *ey. Pause, beware of shedding int cent blood. May the Lord, in His t> erring wisdom, move yoor tqjyds seetneth best to Him; for iu Him is all ray trust—man cannut save me.’ “The jury, after half an hour 1 snltation, returned the verdict—guilty. He heard it respectfully, but unmoved. Sentence was pronounced in the most impressive manner by the judge, in a long and pathetic address, nftcu * inter- pte.l by his emotion. He expressed • dohbt of the prisoner’h guilt, anil lamented the abnse of talents, the roption of mind once innocent, and nestiy recommended the unfortunate yonth to confexs his guilt, rather than rashly persist in protestations of inno cence which could no longer save his life, and which precluded all access to divine mercy. “The prisoner then arose, and never did I see a more expressive and com manding countenance. It was no longer the despondency of fear and the gloom of hopelessness, but the triumphant, yet calm and modest look of one abont to receive the crown of martyrdom. • “I bow with submission,’ said he, the judgment of my country,and, though I die innocent, I return thanks to the venerable judge who hfcsjnst pronounc ed the awful sentence for the Christian tenderness with which he has treated one seemingly ho deeply involved in guilt as I am; the jury, as men, could have returned no other verdict; far be it from me to murmur against them; my doom was sealed in heaven. May the sacrifice of my life atone, if not for a crime of which I am innocent, at least for the many faults I have committed. It is impossible not to recognize in this ^tho baud of the Supreme Disposer of events. I did at first cling to life, and cherish fond hopes that I might yet be saved and restored to my beloved father and the esteem of good men; bat I think I am now resigned' to die, with a firm hope that, if my days are cut short in their prime, if idy hopes * of happiness and honor have been blasted, and t ignominious death is to be my lot, it wisely and mercifully decreed, in order to redeem me from the errorB into which I have fallen, to purify *my soul from those feelings of self-applause and pride which had made mo seek human praise rather than peace with God.” “Daring this affecting address the hall was hushed to perfect stillness, and it was scarcely concluded when the deep, solemn silence was broken by these words: ‘I thank Thee, Oh, God, he is iuuocent!’ This exclamation, which strnck npon the hearts of all, proceeded from an old man who sat not far from i, and who had fallen on his knees in attitude of prayer, his hands convul sively clasped together; his lips were moving, but his eyes were shat. It was his father. A young and beautiful girl had thrown her arm around the old neck, and hung on his breast, pale and motionless. The prisoner started at the well-known voice, and in stinctively eprang forward toward them: but he recollected his position, and, with a look which went to my heart, sat down, and a flood of tears came to his relief. It would be difficult to paint the effect which so melancholy a sight issembly; tears flowed from every eye. Even the jailers, who camo to lead the youth to the condemhed cell, appeared affected.” “The execution was to take place the following Monday. My late and spected undo, whose life’s work was visit the gloomy dnngeon and shed the still deeper gloom of benighted souls the boams of Christian truth, was unremitting in his attentions to the young Scotchman. But he told that lie went there not to administer bnt to receive, and that the edifying behavior, tho simplicity and resignation of the interesting youth, left no doubts of his innocence to all who visited him. Efforts were made, bnt too late to save him. The day came. My uncle took me with him to the prison. At that time I was young and very thoughtless, but I received there an impression which neither years, nor sorrow, nor joy have effaced, and which will remain to my dying hour.” “On reachiug the scaffold the detuned man ascended the platform with a firm step, supporting, rather than supported by bis father. He addressed a few words to the crowd, told them he was innocent, that he hoped his inno cence would one day appear, bat that he was resigned to die, trusting to the mercy of Him who died for all men. After this his lather and he kneeled down in silent prayer—no words coaid have expressed the feelings of their souls; then, while the executioner was adjusting the rope and covering his eyes, they sang a psalm together, in the most heart-rending accents. The crowd still as death and nothing was heard bnt these last supplications of the old tnfln and his son mournfully ascending oh high. The song ceased—the living mass below beaved back with a simul taneous motion of horror—the happy soul had fled. “A few days after, whilp the poor father waB yet too weak to bear the fa tigue of a journey, the seizure of a house breaker led to the detection of one of the darkest plots that was ever contrived by guilty man. The ruffian, knowing there was no help for him, confessed that he had been introduced into the honse by the old game-keeper, and committed the murder according to his directions. The father heard this account with little em- tion.. I* knew,' said he, ‘that he was in nocent—*1 shall soon be With him. Still, I am glad for his sister’s sake, that the world knows it; bnt it could not appre ciate, it could not feel, the dignity of in nocence.” This calamity excited universal sym : pathy. Government offered to settle pension on the roan. Ho rejected ' with disiain. ‘Shall I take the price REMINISCENCES OP THE SCHOOLS AT THE PLAIN8 OF DU It A. FROM 1842 TO 1800. Rjr M. B. Pickett. confidence in-the parity of my intention enabled him to conqner. My visits to the woman had no other object bnt to prevail npon her to break off her con nection with him. As to that horrible nigbt, I will state all I know of it. 1 awakened by a nose in my friend’i u, which was next to the temporary coldness of my friend,, » - and which his better feelings, and hi&> of my son's blood.’said he. They felt for him, respected his sorrow, and press ed him no farther. A simple and ele gant monnraent erected over tho bodies 6f tho two victims, recorded in a few words their miserable end. The old returned to Scotland where he died not I lis- HOOn a ft er followed him to his tomb. South. The law of compensation is ever present. Good and evil flow from oar little world at the Plains, bnt seeming evils, nndertho directing hand of God becomes a positive good. The feeble powers of the finite man fail to comprehend the problem of good and evil flowing from the source of eternal love and goodnesB and we pass last paper we left tbe rival schools in a flourishing condition and growing rapidly iu favor with the peo ple. It seemed that a knowledge of the separation brought to the front ac tive and determined c<j-workers from every mcvIuiu of. tho country. There lack of patronage or money on either side. We could boast of teach ers who were efficient. We proposed the moral and intellectual elevation of tbe children and our teachers were in the highest senna equal to the occasion. Indeed their efficiency as teachers of youth left the people at the Plains free to devote their whole time to the pro pagation of their respective tenets of faith, out ol which Sprang many laugh able incident.*, anecdotes and facts il lustrative of character aud the dangers arising from the political aspiration of m for place and honor. Hundreds w -living will recollect tbe readiness the people at the Plains to take ad vantage of the popnlarity of G. It. Harper to elect him to the legislature. By this act Snmter got a good repre sentative, bnt Ransom’s school lost ai able leader, for it is a well known pecu liarity of men that all individuality if lost aud manhood becomes dwarft just proportion to the increase of desire to please or in a ratio with the love of place and political preferment. Tbe frequent election of the Hon. G. . Harper was very flattering to t while it rendered him almost useless leader of a rival school, and this fact created a necessity lor a coming to lead in the pending straggle. Here propose to relate au anecdote founded npon an amusing incident showing the manner that this coming man, ot rath er boy, was brought to the front. 1 have stated that the efficiency of om teachers were such that our home pat- had nothing to do but to propa gate their peculiar tenets of faith. Up- the notice of a big meeting there i always a large attendance in ex pectation of an attack upon the creed of the opposite party. About this time an excentric and forcible speaker gave notice that he would preach against the devil’s doctrine as he was pleased to call Universalism. The day came and the audience had assembled. Tho preacher arose in the desk and in a very solemn aepulchal read as a foundation for his dis course the 14th verse of the 33d chap ter of Isaiah, “The lines of Zion afraid, fearfnlness hath surprised the hypocrite. Who among us shall dwell the devouring fire ? Who among shall dwell in the everlasting bur nings ? At this juncture while the audience sat aghast contemplating the fearful doom that seemed ready to fall upon the Universalist, a boy about nine teen or twenty with red hair whose front teeth seemed inclined to over lap making him the very personifica tion or paragon (if I may use the word) of ugliness arose from one of the back seats and cried ont at the top of a screebing voice, “He that ^ walketh righteously and speaketb uprightly, he that despiseth the gain of oppression that shaketb his hands from holding ot bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood and shuteth his eyes from seeing of evil.” They shall dwell the devouring fires. The preacher lost his equilibrium, the audience its gravity while the boy looked the very picture of innocence. We sappose that he became aroused by stinging emphasis the preacher had given the quotation and from the im- pnlse of the moment, like the electric wires connected with the battery, caught and transmitted tho answer given by the Prophet in the 15th vers< of the same chapter to the ntter confu sion of the preacher and the happy re lief of the congregation. Upon that young boy fell the mantle of the Hon. G. R. Harper, and he bo- came the leader in the straggle at the Plains when Harper was forced by the clamor of the people to go into politici With a clear intellect aud unassum ing deportment, he led the people while he seemed to follow. Under a rough exterior were hidden intellectual jewels of a brilliant typo that was not appre ciated by ordinary minds. Under that scalp of red-hair was hidden the bat tery that moved and kept in motion the whole machinery at the Plains, that gave to the public thirty teachers, 3 editors, 12 attorneys, 17 physicians, 4 commercial drummers, 5 clerks, 7 Confederate officers, 10 merchants, 8 Representatives; 2 bankers, 12 minis ters and 1 author,and many of the ablest farme/s in Sonth Georgia. Bnt now comes one of the incomprehensible mys teries connected with the rival schools at the Plains. This^ rich gift of the eternal Father, like * that given to Straus, Voltaire, Hnxly, Darwin and many others, is used to provo the writings of Moses, a mythe and God, a figment of his brain. We leave him working in harmony with some of the master minds of the nineteenth century and look on with an abiding faith that Gold rules the nniverteof mind and mat ter 1 rind that which to us is an evil to Goid, is a positive and universal good, Evil in the absence of the law of com pensation would be unworthy a tiyfe’power guided by infinite wisdom and goodness. As darkness is the ab sence of light so evil is but the absence of good in a given locality, 1 have said in a former letter that the Plains ttas the world in minia- tnre.” In the garden of Eden both good and evil existed and the Plains waa no exception to the rale. Even the insig nificant village of Bethlehem could send forth a Christ with power to heal the nations and set at liberty the cap tive. My mind*" now dwells upon a more pleasing reminiscence of the Plains that is in the memory of hundreds now living. During the first or second year of the school under Dodd and McNnl- ty, a very poor boy was sent to school by Drs T. Stewart and educated at bis expense. The boy of the Plains in 1856 is now the man of the far west in 1884 laboring " in the Master’s cause and is one of the ablest men in the Methodist Conference West, proposed reimbursement' of the money flpentrapon his education has been de clined by the good Samaritan, of the Plains, and the sam was generously spent - in educating on to scenes of mirth, fictions aud facts they transpired at the Plains. In community of three hundred girls and boys not a day pass by that does not bring a rich harvestof fun for the yonng and thought for the old. Early one morning in August two >se friends whom we shall designate David and Johnathan with a gallon jug started foi tbe village of Americas 1 suppose on an electioneering' tour. Now tradition say it was very late be fore they returned. Near Ransom’s dwelling where he entertained abont twenty boys was a crab apple orchard that offered a delightful tristing place for the boys of the two schools. Johna than and David, having arrived at the orchard, the jug it seemed stopped to fill the lamps of the travelers with a little of tho oil of eloquence as Harper used t6 call it by way of ridicule. Just as ThTiTr lamps were replenished some movement of the horse directed their attention to a low, mattering sonnd in the valley below the road which, con tinued to swell aud increase in volume until it reached a point where words of invocation or kind of prayer coaid be distinctly heard. This was followed by what might bo called a negro sermon. Judging from the portion of it that tra dition has handed down to us, a hoy seems to have been delivering an im- promtu sermon on some missionary en terprise, when one of the parties pres ent had failed to respond for which offence the preacher was invoking the anathemas of the devil upon him, i what after tho following manner: Tho preacher seemed to stand about four feet high with an attitude that would havo thrown all pulpit orators of tbe past wholy in the shade. Imagine for a moment the snmranding at the hour of twelve on a dark night in a dense forest of wild growth a dim light showing ghost-like forms of about twenty boys crouching around the boy preacher, one-half of whom would have rivaled Peck’s bad boy any emergency the crackers and so dines excepted. And then the nature of the subject and tho language so new and original and unexpected by Johnathan and David. The boy read his text from what he called the ono hundred and twota- toot (122) psalm ob de book ob Nebu- chadnezar. “Go preach de gospel to de people.” Everybody come to-night to hear brudder Tom preach de gospel. Some come in a one wheel carriage, two-wheel carriage, three-wheel carriage and some come in a five-wheel carriage to hear poor brndder Tom promulgate de gospel. Some gib me one penny and s gib me three penny and some gib seven pennies. Everybody gib a four penny to hear poor brndder Tom, bdt dat old Peter Funk Christian, (the boys had jnst witnessed a graphic representation of the littleness and meanness of the Peter Fnnk family) he no gib mo one penny. Bime by he git sick wid de choleramorbus and de diar- r&h aud de dysentery, he lie down aud die, he role up his eyes in h—11 like ono dem dogs he burn in de hickory fire. I tote de wood myself to make de coles. Ole brudder Kendrick and Harper who stand on do udder side ob de lake tell you dat der ain’t no debble, bat I tell you I see him myself. 1 walk along do road de udder night af ter prayer to see de gals (here brudder Tom’s eyes twinkled like the spark ol the glow worm when in search of her mate) I see big man stand np in de road like brudder Dan his eyes shine like two pewter bullets in a black 8tnmp.(IIcro tho preacher raised him self at least five inches above his ordi nary height as if to gather strength *6f his last effort to doscribe his majesty, and screamed ot at the top of his voice) and oitt of his month came two streams of fire and his nose smoked litre a tar kiln. Tho meeting was dismissed, brad- dcr Tom completed his education at the Plains, made his way over the creek aud married ono of the first yonng ladies in Webster. I have reas ons to believe that as a preacher he proved a failure, bnt by his shrewd ness and peculiar kind of eloquence, he has made his mark as an attorney from the Plains. Having heard of the meeting tho writer made his way to this improvised temple of worship, here I saw the de bris of the camp that waB visible to all who might, conld, wonld or should pass that way. On my right I pile ot roasting ear cobs and shucks, before me was a mound of dirt under which quietly slept a hive of bees. On my left was a piece of plank with the faint resemblance of tho letter II cut upon it, while the atmosphere seemed to be ladencd with the odor of sul phnr. On mv way home I went through my field of corn and to my astonish ment my roasting ears were gone and every stump was laden with well ma tured oars of corn. How the roasting ears made their escape and how the matured corn got there from my old friend G’s field Is a mystery to this day. I may have done it while in a state of sonombulism, bnt I am consul ered a well meaning man while awake and God knows I knew nothing of the act. It was supposed by some that brndder Tom and his followers had pasBsd through on the Sabbath and plucked a few ears for immediate use, and to compensate the writer had lev ied a tax npon friend G. The occurrence reminded me of tbe time that a pair of fat ducks escaped from the Methodist sister’s coop and a pair of old frizz back hens from her neighbors barn yard quietly .domiciled iu one corner that were more like the trade mark of a threshing machine agent than anything for culinary purposes, and she jnst knew brotherflohnson, the circuit rider would not like to eat them things for diiraer the next meet- THE EDITOR. What is this? i j This, dear, is that suffering animal, the editor. * Bat what is the editor? He is the man, darling, that runs the paper. . . • .T Myl I thought the paper ran itaaif. That is the popular impression.. But not correct? Not entirely so. . , I thought the talented contributors wrote the stories? ; • " They do. . *■> i i > And that the fanny man built all tbe jokes? He does. And that the dyspeptic genius wrote tho poems? Certainly. And the poor compomCor—I thought he put things into type? the West, who now presides at the pie. The pillars of character long after his arrival, and his daughter Parsonage of the Rev. Mr. Ilorton.. And that the printer, he worked off the edition? You are right. Then what in the name of goodness does the editor do? He talks. With whom? With people, who comointo help him pass away the time. Oh! then the editor has plenty of time to waste? Lots. Who is the long-haired lunatic with the roll of paper? He is the gifted poet. What does he want? He wants to know what became of that “Ode to a Withered Violet,” in 47 stanzas, which he sent last spring. What did become of it? It was filed away in the stove. Does the editor say that? Oh, no. What does he say? He says that he sent it back. My! But isn’t that a twister? Yes, dear. What does the poet say? He says that he is bo sorry, because the Century offered him $65 for »t* And what is that? A lie. And who is that gentleman with the club? He is the “Constant Reader.” And he wants— To inquire why his last communica tion was not answered. And why was it hot? Because it was seven columns long ,nd only in the interest of one person. Who was that? Himself. And that fashionable gentleman sucking his cane? He is the delight of the editorial rootn. What is his business? He basnone. Why then does he come?. Because it is too late for luncheon and too early to walk on the avenue. Bnt I do not understand. Neither’does the editor. How long will he stay? A couple of hours. Aud that last man—the undertaker? ’S-h-h! dear. That is not an under taker. Who is it, then? The funny mhn. Oh! What does he want? He wants to read the editor his last joke. Where did he get it? From a work on the “Tombs of tbe Early Egyptian Kings.” My! Then this is the way the editor spends his time? Principally. One long, delightful reception. Yes, dear. Then the editor has nothing in the world to wish for or pray for? Oh, yes; one thing. And what is that? Death? KINDNESS. ing day and the girls must try and get up something better. Persons disposed to criticise the sub ject, matter and style of this letter will please recall to mind that I am writing the acts and sayings of school boys prior to the year of 1860, and if I have failed to give a true rendering of the sertnon it must be ascribed to too inadequacy of tho english language c the failure of memory. gentle spirit, which, forgetful of self, ia ever seeking opportunities of befriend ing those in sorrow ? Truly kindness seems to be a portion of man’s origin*! perfection left to render his stay on earth less wearisome. Its chains, though light as gossamor, possess a wonderful power to bend man’s stubborn will. Hearts which have resisted every other chain have yielded to the gentle con queror. Habitual kindness of disposition is not a common gift; yet a virtue which produco such happy effects is worthy of serious attention. As kind words aud kind actions ex- sire the greatest influence among so cial beings, the subject may be consid ered under these two heads. Kind words have been called tbe mnsic of life, and certainly softer musi cal cadences never fell on listening ears with more exquisite melody than kind words as they fall on the ear* of one crashed by the weight of earthly afflictions. Few indeed there are who have not practically felt the troth of this assertion. How many even when urged by passion to plunge into crime have been prevented from so doing by the utterance of a few kind words? And for time and eternity the person thus rescued will bless the angel of mercy who saved him from rain. Kurd words rarely cost more than the sacrifice of an idea, a caprice, and yet they leave behind a remembrance so soothing, a conscience so tranquil that their purchase money eeems nothing, when weighed with the reward. If mere words are so potent kind ac tions'are even greater sources of bene diction. In life each has his own bur den te bear, and selfish indeed most be the heait which is not anxious to light en that of its neighbor. And here this generous disposition displays iteelf by those affectionate administrations which at every instant present themselves; the assistance rendered may seem trivial to him who bestows it, but if it comes at an opportune moment, and it is accorn- irtno consists in making desire orphan girl of subordinate to duty, passion to princi- 3 mod- 11 pi ici eration, temperance, chastity, £ of the Methodist Episcopal ohuvh l ty, self-control; its method is selfdenial. panied by that kind manner which cap tivates the heart, it performs its gentle mission and leaves its own impress on those who are recipients of its. favors. . What is the reward of this benign disposition? Friends are ever ready to assist the kind-hearted. Love and grati tude follow them, and if afflictions come with their crashingweighttobowdown . their spirits they reap a golden harvest from the blessings they have scattered in the path of their fellow-beings; aud the seed which in these few fleeting hoars, their hands unsparingly and nn- weariedly sowed, shall deck their graves with amaranthsn flowers and yield them fiHit divine in heaven's immortal bower. wHBwraHHHHH HHHH

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly Sumter republican. (Americus, Ga.) 18??-1889, August 01, 1884, Image 1