The Northeast Georgian. (Athens, Ga.) 1872-1875, September 12, 1873, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextC- *• " ’ ■ corgwn. J.f bushed by r, >v. «& X. I** CrAin*r EDITORS as I) proprietors. .*/ ■jvoVollars'Ptr Annum, CASH IN ADVANCE. loM JKVKIVS SERMON. ji.i last nicl><. mo he > jsro- so. ATHENS. GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12,1S73. MULTCM IN PART©. Ij.YUUH ERISBIS*- ■jvin* It riithl and lift, his irtllM. ,u|,ln'i t»o no mistake Wl“ Tiie oHoiig-winded pmyin’ '*.. .. p. JuluiMon they *ot and aeon At »rvpry word be was say in*. i r , i f j,«' minister he went on to say, ii fh. rr’s v irious kinds o’ cheatin', And reli|fion’> ;»* #«**i for eyery day 4sit Mu l»rin*» to luecim’. Itinn’i iinnk much of a man that gives 1' !u . I.,,ni A mens at my i»reaehin' ( A „l .ppinls his time the followin' week in chvatin* and overreach in’.’* I gneas that d»»so wasldttor enough for a man like Jones to a waller; I»u: 1 uoiicetl he didn't oiwn his mouth, Not once, after that to holler. Hurrah, says I, for the minister— Of course I sahl it quiet— (iive us some more of this <»j»en talk ; It’s very refreshin* diet. The minister hit ’em every time; Aud when hn *|>oko of fashion. And a-rigg'.n’ out it* tow* and things, As woman’s rulin, passion. And a-comin’ to church to sec the styles, I couldn't help a winkin' h And anud:in my wife, and, says I, “lli Aud 1 guess it sot her think!?!* Says I to myself that semum's pat; •It:.' id that mosto. the 1 l:ik«* the apjdi.ation. lie had a m*i«1 a word atout rsoiial mode o' siniiiu., • g«»ne i i work to ri*rl»: myself, n i not >e: t !hen the minis! And lost til ys hr, fellers • their friends i" shorter l.y usin' oral oiiihrelln*, s he, “and find your fault: e mid *ed, and Rr.. V « as lot* o’ stuiil I • okin’ at our iwv ;t all lint kind i he winked. r!x I . lOlllllN'ART CHUKI.TT— A dis pi . Ii : inn l'liiiadelphia, dated ill- l;!th, jut- li • p irticnlars of an alleged case ol \’.r» ir'linary criu-l. On that ilav, Ui-forc Alilt-rirm lJritlrr, Josephine Rowland i:nl H indi Jam: Hapti*tc her daughter. Jiiin_r on Dickinson street, above Sev enth. were charged with cruel treatment '•» a trpdaughtcr of the former Mary Uowlmd. aged nineteen years. Eign- '••••ii -niatlis ago John Itowland, Mary’s fi'her died, since which time her step- ino'.lier has treated her outrageously. She Ii d Iwon locked in a room and snv i scarcely food enough to keep the iite in her, denied the necessaries of life, and kept in in a filthy condition, with scarcely clothes enough to cover her nuk c-lnes.. On Sunday morning -lie cesp U from lu-r prison, and went to the house of Mrs. Rosetta Wilson, No.'ItSI Dickinson street, and reived sh. Iter. She w i- wasted to a skeleton. Her arms are not ihickrr than a man's finger, and her body can he spanned readily. Her triends called in a physician. who pro— nounqod lur eondition critical- Today tit authorities were informed ol the af- air. and the aeensed were taken into eus- o-tay. After a lull hearing in the case h-y were comaiitted for a further liear- in Bainhridge claims a dog sixtj-five years old. Judge Charter Campbell died at Madi- son last Thursday. Tortois shell jewelry Is said to he in creasing in favoy. The Tichhorn litigation has cost to date over $500, 000. Augusta received nine bales of new cotton on Thursday. Last week was the hottest of the sea son in Southern Georgia. Major Richard Orme, well known in Georgia, died in Birmingham, Ala., this week. A respectable citizen of Richmond county, N. C., was murdered and robbed of ninety cents. A man who went to Danbury eight years ago worth nothing is now the own er of three dogs. A Ilawkinsville merchant has receiv cd a box of umbrellas shipped to him from New York, in I860. Apprehensions arc felt of the entire failure of the corn crop throughout Missouri for want of min. A female attorney argued an important case in court in Washington last week in the presence ol a large crowd. One hundred ami sixty colored preach ers are in attendance at the Colored Baptist Association in Talliotton. The Atlanta Herald reports that half the cotton crop of Southwest Geor gia has been cut off by the caterpillars. The Graphic balloon party will con sist of Messrs. Wise and Donaldson, a navigator, and the Graphic col respon dent. A negro i:i jail at Hampton took a dose ol Tuti* pills and they worked so effectually that h • Ii is not been heard of since. KelVr the man who murdered his wife and two ehildrcn of his wife’s sister at Tenin Springs, was hanged hv the p.-ople A Sim Finn -ise, niisv used up her parasol on a young man who winked at her. He will probably keep shady here after. A new cave has been discovered under the American falls at Niagara, which is pronounced as one of the wonders of the world. It is reported that a son and daughter of the famous Davy Crocket are now living near Action. Hood county, Texas Hoc lias invented a new press that prints 22,000 newspapers an hour. It tar excels Walter’s famous London cyl inder pre^s The veritable Bill Arp is a citizen ;on Bar-mv, and lor sum- tune has beef holding the responsible office of coroner of the county. A Virginia la-ly, gathering herrits. was lately struck twice in the breast by a rattlesnake, but thanks to toilet artifices escaped harm M:s Wm. 0. Wat-on. wis hi'* lin bv a rattlesnake Monday afternoon. The children’s kingdom—Lapland. A North Carolina tax-collector ran away with $7. Lnst week was the hottest of the sea son in Southern Gcoagia. A LEU END OP MAMM0T11 CAVE. BY MABY KYLE DALLAS. “Come closer, Stewart.” The man went closer to the bed on t i which the woman who spoken, lav, propped by pillows. “I am listening, Maria,” lie said; “1 am listening my dear.” “Am I your deart” she gasped. •‘Really, truly, you loved me, Stew art?” “Haven’t I behaved as if I did?” said he softly. “Have I ever given you any reason to think I did not ?” “No,” she said, “no; but I was rich and you poor, and 1 was old and you the olden times in Louisiana when i voting, and so 1 can't help thinking.” n had a lawsuit he used to hire a * “Don’t think that way any more. Try to be calm, my dear,” said the The Vienna Exposition has fizzled am most of tho exhibitors haw mizzled. Book-kcppiug may be taught in a k-s son of three words—Never lend them. What are domestic magazine ?—Wives who arc always blowing up their hus bands. f L . v “He fell down dead and expired in two minutes," says n Georgia paper of the death of a negro. “Love,” says an amorous writer, “is an internal transport.” The same might be said of a canal boat. In a man lawyer; now be has to hire a judge. Base ball is of much greater antiquity than is supposed. It was lnycd in the ark when the dove was’pnt-oiw-vm it-fly-.*- Some body says a wife should be like i roast lamb—tender and nicely dressed. A bachelor adds, ‘lint without any sauce.’ The Italians have a proverb that “lie who takes nil cel by the tail or a woman by the tongue is sure to conic oil empty- handed.” Buz, who has read in a morning paper that Brown will row Biglin $2,000 a side, wants to know bow many sides Biglin lias. \ Kentucky editor speaks of a local genius who lias been a persevering con tributor to the office waste basket for several years. Wbv would a fight in a backwoods man's hut be like tin- present war oil tin smith const Ilf Africa ? Because it is a shanty war (Ashantce). A shrewd bridegroom ren-nilv man aged to get up a runaway on the way home from’h wcd.l-ng, ami tin- mother in-law’s neck wr.-liaik-n. ‘•Were you -inirilcil in vonr conduct while in New York?” asked a fatlu-r “of | his son who had just returned from a | your hand on the Bible—say thi: visit to that city “Yes, sir; part of! me-; tin- time by tie., policemen. I “I swear before heaven never man. JJalm!” said she. “I am.going to eyou. 1 am going to die. Don’t you know that, Stewart?” “No,” said he. “While there is life there is hope.” “I’mdying,” she said; “but we’ll meet in heaven. You’ll be mine there, ami I shall be young and beautiful again. Stewart, promise me that you’ll come to me as I leave you, no other woman’s husband.” “Don’t think of such a thing, Maria,” said he; “it’s horrible.” “But swear,” said she. “Here is the Bible; swear. Lawyer Grey is in the other room yet. He has " made tny will in your favor, hut you know, •Stewart, I could cail him hack in a moment. No other Woman shall have my money to spend. If you think of marrying. I’ll make my will over.” “Mow could I think of marrying with my wife dying?” said the hus band. “I’m not a brute.” ‘ Then swear” said she; “here, put alter A few Stinda-s since a colored clergy-1 mnn requested his sister of the con gregation not to use their funs during service, *• as it hrr-licd dc goodness of God from dero souls, and !< tV nothin blit deblock, stinkin. dcbbec shiniu. on den- faces.” To see bow eagerly a bureau liei:-- will c.atcli at a straw, it not iiori-«sary to witness a diowning. The pin nnmenon is now manlist chiefly within saloons, wheie one end ol the straw is imi.ieiiM-d in a tumbler. A Lafayette (Tnd.) preacher returned thanks, lately, for the prosperous condi tion ol the crops, but catctullv put in “Excepting. O Lord Mi ■ corn, which is backward, anil tlicoats, which arc migh ty thin ill spots." AVbc’i a crowd of iayhawkers start- d a disturbance in a Texas church, the other day. the preacher raised up a shot guti and said, “William Delhi, sit. to and at last acounts hopes of his recovery | ,! mV n. „r I'll make it pain for On Wednesday Inst, whilst Duke W, Braswell and Alexander Surn-uev were driving a bnggv across the bridge at Bailey s mill, tom miles Irani Macon, the mile at (aclir.i to the buggy became irighten-d at a loose plank. The bridge luvia’ no guards, or banisters, the i lent -<ed until the whole party, bug- a’v and all, fell Iroin the brige, twenty e-t. l i ill- vater mi ricks below. The ■•'•'as i.i-tantly killed and both the tiu-i in.ii-t-lly wounded. One of Mr. B is veil s ev.-s iv is cc i fro n his ht-ad and the nody crushed to almost a jelly. Siirn-ney is injured all over. The doc tor from Macon pronounced both men mortally wounded. Greenville, S. telegram, August 25, ' • ihc Atlanta Constitution “To-day the Atlanta and Richmond Air-line rail- t"»-l lias been entirely finished. Every bridge is completed, every foot of track Ki t and every nail driven home. At last a conntinuoua link of iron unites (Imrlotte mid Atlanta. This stupendous and magnificent railway has cost near eight millions of dollars. Individual mi es >! ilu road Uavo cost full ninety th mvind dollars a mile. South Carolina sendsgreeting to Georgia over the splendid event.” bad been abandoned. The Star is acquainted with n Griffin man who was bitten by a snake seven teen years ago. and is then drinking whisky to cure the bite. The Osage mission ( Kansas') Journ.il says that a human skull was found near that place imbedded in a solid rock, which was blown open by blasting. Another rope-walker. Signor Ballini is going to cross the Niagara below the falls on a cable, and will wind lip by jumping into the river, a distance of 150 feet. Two men. Sessions and Thomas, ex hibited at Lake City last week a mon strosity of a human shape, in a boy. who, they say. resembles an alligator in form and motion. A white man in Meriwether county, in this Sttdc, joined a negro "church re cently, was baptized by a negro nnd re ceived into full communion. He is ev idently a man of strong tastes. A boy who was struck by lightning in England described the sensation as if be bad been struck on the back of the bead with a number of pellets, and said lie had a Mngling all over the body. Out of seventy-four Senators of the last Congn-ss, eight have still their back pay standing to their credit ; and out ol two hundred and twenty-five members and delegates, five have still their back pay undrawn. Macon grain merchants are complain ing that they are full handed in corn. Much of it from the West on commission. Planters are buying less than at any upon Mrs. McArthur, living near Los An- gi-lus. Cal . nod the mother of five chil dren, the youngest a babe at the breast, deliberately committed suicide, last Sat urday, by taking strychnine. She be- . , came offended at lu-r "husband, who, on ' tim<! R ' nce Die war. They have taised coming into breakfast, found sonic fault with either the tardiness or the meal, and rushing from the table she seized a bottle containing strychnine and drunk it •ff before her husband could interfere to prevent it. Before a physician could be oiinmoned to her assistance she was N.ige cm makes flic following nnei-tion with the Rich d Atlanta Air-Lim- Railroad ns I ol the country through which '-irs ago the road carried ii guano -mil returned Mon. The next year it 1 tons of guano and Lift'* baas ol i-nUuu ■ ed .'.-mo tons of guano bovn tO.ftfth bale- of cot mi ll ctgl i I ) vlii'e hunting n lear W'i ihtsvilie, i large buck and a if'-v ipirt. the deer as a i rattles i i:<o. and he at-n-ked the 1, but before the uiaged to kill his int pist tell days, says the noerat, the caterpillar Within t|,e Bviabriilge I) ’•1-nit of 1 *l |ir| ning force on many --'.h county. tu« chat. ti e |,| ” 1 u ‘“fms seem to be the princi pal d.,j„„ . "IW'fimns. though they are ti„„, ‘'“C"* damage in all other por- i«l llie county. in'Mlr.t'o fain ""'f hants are complain- Much of i,"? I*' 0 handed in corn s * on pi. . r, ’ m , *' e West on iionunis- ti n ' "; trs Br o having less than at 'raLa D J!. ai " Ce ‘he raised enouoi. * . r ' 111 " nv e money thi s B Wtt y° kcei> f,, °m spending lesrn thauiww m , CriC -o Kc P u hlican we ‘he cotton in "J er P ,l )* r8 are stripping "whole fie d , VCry ra P id ^^ ft*«y-cigi.t hou^ cnt,re,y 8tri !'P ed “ enoguh to keep from spending money this way. An exchange says; “A Jersey City man is occused of selling bis father’s skeleton to a traveling doctor.” That man ought to be shot. So ought any mnn. indeed, who would sell bis father’s skeleton to a doctor that is n’t permanent ly settled. John M. Lnndon, of Greenville, Ala bama, aged ninety-six, does ns much farm wife as any other young man. His wife is a young lady ol eighty-six, and bis oldest son is a healthy lad of seventy. Th<- ages of his remaining ten children are not given. During the late cholera epidemic at G-i latin Tennessee, many mockingbirds and canaries sickened in their cages and died, while those which Irequented tha / ib-ns instinctively fled to the woods and did not return until the cholera tmk its departure. \ writer in th- Savanna! News says of Hon. B. H. Hill: If losing fifty thous and dollars in a few years at planting can qualify a man forgiving advice to agriculturists, then is it peculiary ap . oropriate that Farmer Hill shoud lec« tun- at. county fairs and give the hardly yeomanry of Georgia the benefit of his skill and experience.” During the performance of a woman gymnast and velocipede rider on a tight wire in a theatre at Leeds, England, man in tho gallery was detected in a attempt to unfasten the guy rope by which the wire was strained up. The slackening of the wire would have throw off the woman and killed her. The man was heartily thrashed by about a dozen in the gallery, aud then kicked out. A statement is now made that Kate 8toddard’s confession, published some time ago, accusing herself of being the murderess of Charles 'Goodrich, was police fiction to delude the alleged mur der Robso into the belief that the woman Stoddard stood accused, and condemned herself to save him, and that he need not fly from justice. The so-ca}led confession was put forth by Commission er Jourdan and cx-Chipt of Polic Campbell of Brooklyn, William sat down, nnd was as quiet ns a lamb. “Wln> ilarcs to suit tobacco juice on tliis car floor savagely asked a bur ley passenger oil the Mobile train. “1 dare.” quietly replied a slendor youth, and In- did it. “You’re the chap I'm looking lor,” said the ruffian : “give me a chaw.” A gentleman, traveling hnnu-ward from Atlanta met an old regro man on whose but eni-icled tin- crape ot erii-f The gentleman «I'd: “Yon have lost some friend. I see:" “Yes. massu"— “Was it a near or distn:-! clat ■ o?" ‘Well, pretty distant. ma—a—’bout twenty-four mile!” “When was Rome built ?” asked a school cotrinitteemun of the first class in ancient history. “In the night.” an swered a bright little girl. “In the night ? ” exclaimed the astonished examiner, “How ilo you make that out ?” Why I thought everybody knew that Rome wasn’t built in a day.” An old colored minister, in a sermon on hell, pictured it as a region of ice anil snow, where the damned froze through all eternity. When privately asked his purpose, he said : “I don’t dare tell deni people iinffin else. Why, if I were to say dat hell v as warm. ,ome o’ deni old rheumatic niggers would be wantin’ to start down dar dc bery fust frost.” Old King Thakumba of Fiji, has raised a large army, thrown off bis clothes, and declared his intention to fight “Fijian fashion.” What enraged him was. that the mountain tribes, together with Christians who bad reverted tocanibalism, invaded the Soloirn district and killed and nte about forty old men, women, and children. Life in Fiji is still shaded with disagreeable possibilities. The Cartorsville StanJnrd and Fxjtre** prance out with an account of u cow, lie- longing to Wm. At t away .coming borne, aftc’rsevcral days absence, minus a portion of tail, which was afterwards found fast to a sapling, around which she had curl ed it whilst lashing flics. We would rather borrow a hundred dollars nnd take a trip to New York "Ssrn believe this tale. An Akron, Ohio, cat. relying upon nis nine lives to save him, allowed bis tail to swell, bis spine to curve, nnd, with the “banner cry ol hell” cninnatuig from his jaws, waded into abuzzsaw in rapid mo tion. The cat was never seen again, hut the boss sawyer, who always stood with bis mouth open while at work, remarked to his assistant that he could “taste fid dle-strings and sausage-meat in the air that morning.” The Seymour Time* lias information that an old gentleman near Hcnryville, in Clarke County, while working in his saw-mill one day last week, stumbled and fell against a running circular saw, which cut off one hand and the toes of one foot. He says that he felt his toes being cut off. but not the cutting of bis band, nnd did not know that he had lost his hand until, looking for his lost toes, he discovered his whole hand lying on the ground near by them. A Russian Countess living in Paris felt it necessary to try a change of air. The chief companion of her journeys was a little dog, which she carried in her muff, her sleeve, or her pocket. At Milan. ‘To-to,” the pet, died. His mistress in vited all the small dogs in Milan to the funeral; 800 mourners appeared, and each was supplied with silver tears. After the the ceremony the 300 wore invited to partake of the funeral baked meats, but here good conduct and philosophy failed them, and the feast broke up abruptly; the riot act had to be enforced, but not before one of the guests had been tom to pieces between the soup and flte dcs- 1 sqt-. marry again while I remain earth.” The man she spoke to was young an i ardent. He had married a woman fifteen years his senior for the sake of her fortune, but they had been liappv together—.-he had been even personally agreeable to him. Now, she was dy ing, and he had nothing but grief in hi- heart, lie believed he should nev er wish to have another wife, and he desired to make the anxious woman happy. “.Maria,” he -aid, “surely I will do it, if you think it will comfort y< u,”and lie laid his hand upon the holy book. “1 swear never to marry again while I remain upon earth,” he said. Then his wife put her arms about his neck and kissed him. "In heaven, # dearest,” -he whis pered. Tlie-e were her last words. After -lie was dead, the widower lived alone in his handsome house for some lime, and grieved sincerely for the pour lady whose generosity had only lieen equalled by her love for him. It was not until a year lead passed that he began to spend his large fortune as though he were its exclusive master. Then, however, lie decided upon a trip to Europe, and, upon his rcsnlu- ii-*e, -pent many months abroad. Rich, a widower, aud very handsome, he was not allowed to remain without ♦riends during his travels. People soon discovered that he was. a very agreeable person, and ladies lavished their smiles upon him. None of them, however, templed him to wish his vow unuttered. He was tint to he won by any of the arts which lielledom so well understands. If he ever loved, it would Ik: because love came unsought. Long before lie had coolly decided that he could be happy with all agreeable women with whom he had no thought of falling in love, and lie did not belong to the susceptible order of mankind. He had taken an oath ncaver to marry while lie remained on earth, and he had no intention of perjuring himself. So he flirted coldly enough with the pretty women and each time dropped the amusement quite unscath ed himself. He returned to America as he had left it, and, with the fever for travel still strong upon him, determined to make a tour of the United States. Where he went, and what he saw, we leave the guide-books to tell our leaders. Enough that, after many days, our hero found himself in Ken tucky; and in the quiet of a Kentucky pasonage, whither chnncc had. led him, met, for the first time in his life, a girl against whose charms he found no weapons of defense. She was the pas tor's daughter—a young brunette, with crimson cheeks and eyes soft as black velvet. He looked at her, and loved her, and in an instant his oath recur red to him. “He had vowed never to marry while he remained upon earth.” The thought soon became torture— but for that vow heaven seemed to open itself before him. Why had he taken it? Why had his dead wife demanded it ? He almost hated her for the act. He despised himself for his cowardice. Yet he dared not break an oath. Meanwhile he haunted the steps of the young beauty and made mad love to her. Soon lie discovered that she returned his love, and then he toliLher all his miserable story. She wept, but the dread of tho oath was upon her also. Love they might, hut they could never marry. Here was a trage dy indeed. The daughter’s cheek paled; the lover wore a look of misery ; papa, the pastor, uoticed nothing, and smiled upon them as usual; and suns arose been cut by some giant’s tools from the firm rock. > Hither it pleased the Rev. Mr. Bray one day to take his guest, and with them Went Rhoda, his daughter. The girl had never visited the cave. She was full of curiosity. Tho guides, with their torches, walked before. The three visitors followed. Rhoda clung to Stewart’s arm. Sometimes, in the obscurity, lie plac ed his hand upon the hand that rested there. They paused in great cham bers, where their voices sounded strangely hollow. They crept through narrow passage- into grand and won derful places that sparkled as though hung with jewels. At last they paused. “No lady has ever been any far ther," said.the principal guide. “In deed, few of the guides know the way beyond this spot. We are very far below the *arth.” v ■ Ht!,forved the distance. It was somefning astounding? It struck Mr. Bray as a text for a sermon. “.My dear children,” he began, “think of that. We are no longer upon earth; none of us are any longer upon earth. Awful thought! No longer upon earth!” Then Stewart seized Rhuda’s hand. “My darling,” he said; “listen; do you hear? My vow holds tne no longer, i I am free here. 1 only swore not to marry as long as I was upon earth. We are tv- much beneath it as though we were iu our graves.’ “It is true,” said Rhoda. Then they both clasped the old pas tor’s arms and besought him to mar ry them. He had no idea of the mo tive, but he rather liked the sensa tional. Me had married people in odd pla ce- before—in a boat, a steeple, in a graveyard. He agreed. The guide- -tood by as witnesses, nnd the words here soon said. Rhoda w:t3 Stewart’s wife. “And 1 have kept my oath,” he whis|»ered, ami lie kissed her. “I never married upon earth.” As lie uttered these words one of the guides shrieked aloud and fled, drop ping the torth. The other, with an oath, followed suit. There stood amidst the group a tall, ghostly figure —a woman in her shroud. She stretch ed forth her bony finger and pointed to the bridegroom. “You never married upon earth,” she said, “and you shall never live there. Follow tne ;” and she vanished in the shadows of the c tve. An hour after the guides, attended by a strong body of believers and mis believers, and foitified by ploit/ of whisky, ventured into the cave again. They found tho Rev. Silas Bray, more dead than alive, and took him home; hut Rhoda and Stewart were never ecu on earth again. And there are Mammoth Cave guides to this hour who believe that sometimes, at a cer tain day of the year, there is likelihood of inec ingtwo ghostly figures wander ing hand iu hand, who ask you the way to earth in tearful voices, and before you can answer vanish with a shriek.—N. V. Ijcthjer. Corre*[>onileuce of the N- Y. Suu. A SPIRITUAL SETTLEMENT. Charleston (W. Vu.) Courier: “One day of the present week, a woman named Hawkins, went to a saloon near the Riggs Hotel, and inquired if her hit-hand was within. She was told liy the barkeeper that lie was not. By j some means, however, she ascertained that he was in the saloon building, in a back room, playing cards. Burning with indignation, the plucky wife went to a store and bought a raw hide, and returned to the saloon, when she bold ly laid hold of the dishonc-t keeper, and gave him a smart tunning before the affair was ended by the crowd.” All advices indicate that Irving, who confesses implication in the Nathan murder, is a fraud. Judge Cardoza, who took an active part in endeavor ing to find the murderer of Na ban, says : There is no doubt that the real murderer is Forrester, who is now in prison, aud in time will lie able to prove Forrester to lie guilty of that atrocity. Cardoza says Irving’s story is a bungled affair from beginning to end. The Louisville (Ky.) Courier Jour nal has another long letter from its special correspondent sent into the Ku-Klux counties to investigate the outrages. The correspondent gives n list of eighty-six outrages committed in Henry. Owen and Franklin coun ties since 1870, varying from simple warnings to property-holders not to employ negroes, through arsons, rape, whippings, pillages and murders. Galveston (Texas) JVetrs: “ We learn from Cap. Glenn, the State Geologist, that the discovery has been reported to his office of a cave near the first station from Devil’s river, tho interior of which contains very remark able painting and sculpture, apparent ly of Aztec origiu. An exploration will he made whenever an opportunity can be found.” Richmond (Va.) Dispatch: “Davy Goggin was hung at Franklin court house Friday for the murder of a colored man last January. Four thous and people witnessed his exit, after a sermon of two hours, in which he ex pressed his perfect willingness, tinder the circumstances, to go.” Mr. Jenkins, of the Richmond county, Va., poor-house, coolly picked up a club and killed the inoffensive black woman who carried his break fast to him. He says he “wanted to die and thought that the best way to and set, aud summer flew by ou airy do it was to kill somebody, and then the law would kill him. Queer Doings in a Huckleberry Patch. Adamstow n, Lancaster Co., Pa. 1 Aug. 17, 1873. } All Cornue township, over in Berks county, is agitated from the fact that a spirit settlement has taken up its abode in a narrow strip of wood about five miles from the city of Reading, on the mad leading out to Kohl’s mill. It was a raw, damp night when your correspondent alighted at the roadside inn, about a half mile from the above place. The w ind howled, and the swaying of the heavy branches of stur dy oaks creaked and sighed, aud gave echo to the croaking owl away over oil the mountain side. 1 need not describe one of these quaint old revolutionary relics—these Pennsylvania country wayside inns. In the lmr-rO:>ni sat seven men, whose sun-browned features aud shaggy whis kers told of long years of toil on the farm and wood-chopping on the hills. A coal-oil lamp,swung from a pendant, and a faint light shone out from a greasy and smoked chimney. The landlord, a large-headed, quiet person age, sat smoking a pipe, and occasion ally peering over his glasses toward the corner I occupied. These men were earnestly discussing the visitation of spirits in their neighborhood. They were men of fair average intelligence and were persons of good standing in the neighborhood. One of the men gave his name ns J. M. White, and stated that he was constable of the township. The remaining men were Elias Suable, Samuel Zeigler, Henry Grimes, Abraham Miller, and Daniel White. They are all engaged in Agri cultural pursuits in this township. I remarked to them that I had come a long distance to ascertain what truth there was in tho report that spirit car nivals had been witnessed at night, and that stones and missies had been heard to whizz and seem to whirl in all directions. The constable turned in his chair, and with a look of dceo earnestness told me that there was too much truth in it. “ Have you heard anything definite about it?” lie asked. In answer to my negative reply, he delivered himself about as follows; “ We people here iu this neighbor hood arc neither skeptics or fools. I have not been constable of this town for six years without knowing and learning something. A ghost never trod shoe leather that would make tne whistle. But the night that tne and the rest of us went down past old Kohl’s on to the huckleberry strip, and saw and heard what we did see and hear, has made me a better and wiser man, and a devilish perplexed one at that. There sits Alio Miller; he can tell you how the tiling commenced.” MR. MILLER’S STORY. It -eemed tin important matter to Mr. Miller, who emptied his mouth of u large quide of masticated tobacco, lie said: “ La-t Tuesday, Mrs, Dan iel White, her daughter, Susan White, and Mary lltirtz, three in number, went down to the huckleberry strip on Miller's farm tor tho purpose of gath ering berries. They were there hut a short time when they were startled by stones and clubs being thrown in the hushes. There was no person to he seen. After the first throwing every thing was quiet. The women folks then heard strange screeching and un earthly noises resembling the hum of a steam engine. They were frightened almost to death, and stood riveted ou the spot, white with fear and trem bling. Then of a sudden the air seemed filled with light and transparent shad ows, that flitted about under the trees and above the heads of the frightened females. Then came slaps, quick and sharp, and the young ladies frequently received smacks on the sides of their faces, while Mrs. White received a hard blow on the back with a piece of bark. The folks could not ruu. but were obligetl to stand still and take it. They were with the spirits for nearly an hour before they could get out of the woods and hurry on towards home. They came hack terribly alarmed and frightened. Miss White was consid erably bruised about the sides, she having been struck several times.” I inquired whether the women had so stated the case. “ Yes,” “ yes,” ihu-/ . tjerpn. Our Cash Rates of Adti ertislng. 83T Advertisements, from this date, inserted at One Dollar per Square (of one Inch) for the flnt nsertion, and Seventy-fire Cents per Square (br each additional Insertion. oar I' - uiu-r.it Notices and Obituaries c'asfged Car at regular Advertising rates. No extracharge for Local or Special column OQD~ Transient AdvcrlisemcnUcntb. Other bills collected every ninety dnys. 03" Liberal contracts made for any pcrlodover one month. . ii j j. never bothered with these strange affairs.” I asked him whether an investiga tion of the matter had been made, and he replied that there had. This was his story : THE CONSTABLES STORY. “ The following day after the women had been so terribly frightened by the visitation, fourteen people were aj>- pointed to make au investigation. They were J. M. White, Elias Snable, Samuel Zeigler, Samuel Sweitzer. John Marks, Henry Grieves, Daniel White, Abraham Miller, James Schaeffer, Priscilla Marks, Catherine Good, Mrs. Daniel White, Susan White and Mary Hnrtz. The women folks were not afraid when the tneu went with them. I, as constable of the township, led the party. We marched in a body down to the patch, and stopped just before going in to examine the points around the haunted place. “ The spot is a very lonely one, and very few |>eople go there unless it is to gather berries. When we got ready we took hold ot hands, and formed a circle around the spot where the wo men saw the spirits. Four of the wo men were then in the circle. Before I knew wlmt I was about I was struck about the face, on the cheeks, and my hat was knocked off. The misses came lrotn a heavy clump of hushes, and we could seo theta plainly shoot up and over towards where we were standing. Four of us men made u dash through the hushes, but when we arrived there was nothing to he found. As soon as we got to the place where the stuff was first thrown from stones and sticks came from another direction, and to save our lives we could not see who it was that was doing it. By this time the females became terribly alarmed; and, when a singular hum ming noise was heard and a strange smell pervaded the atmosphere, they almost fainted away, their hearts beat ing and thumping fearfully. My wife was in my arms, which explains my last renmk. We could discover no traces of the invisible hands that threw the stones, but saw them come, and knew where they came from—but that was all.” The constable’s story was corrobor ated by the remainder of those present. But the hour hand had swung around, and the old clock in the comer had struck eleveu ; the rain was compara tively over, and the men pulled down their slouch hats, buttoned up their coats, aud sallied out in the darkness for home. I turned to the landlord and inquir ed whether he really believed those men. “ Young man,” he replied, “ they are in earnest in every word they say, depend upon it.” WHAT THE WOMEN SAY. The next morning I talked with Mrs. Daniel White on the subject. She (0"ro!>orated all I had heard, and stated that her lack was _\et painful from the effects of a blow she had re ceived. Miss Hartz, upon whom I also cull ed, was positive that she had seen spir its. “ Why,” she continued, “ there were so many of them that I really iinngined tho very air was full of them.” But she was excused from further conversation, as the stated that it was extremely distasteful to her. She seemed to tremble as she described the appearance of one of the nlledged spirits. Miss Hartz, by the way, is a very prepossessing young lady, and I ven tured to remark that it was no wonder the spirits were attracted to her. This did not even cause her to smile. I then visited the haunted huckleber ry ground. It is situated on the right of the road, on a gentle declivity. There are some undergrowth, large trees, aud thick clumps of hushes. When 1 arrived a jolly old crow flapped his black pinions and cawed as lie new over through the mist toward the hills beyond. Taking down the bars I jog ged along through some bottom land, and entered the supposed spirit and fair}’ circle. All about lay sticks and stones, and tho berry hushes were tramped down in many places. Upon a twig hung a calico shred that had been torn from the apron of one of the frightened females, while near by lay a gaiter that had been dropped in their hurry and flight’ The rain soon came down, and I was obliged to turn back toward the hotel. When I reported my visit to the landlord, ho remarked, “Cant’t help it; those people are sensible people, A. BILL To be Entitled an Act for ttte Protec tion of “Real Estate,” as Well as Baal Estate Journals and other tfertydi* cals, Throughout the State of fidor- g| a . . - i i-. tuaL •MIJBri * Whereas, The numerous avari^jpuff and economical advertisers of Ahiff present day and time are wilftjliyanA > maliciously robbing the legitimsrtie l fne» * . diunis of advertisBmenttlirongUdutithe State, by rudely .and without authori ty defacing the property of tbq vqnpu* real estate owners upon ’otir puylio highways, often violating property more privately situated in thia unjtiBti llable manner; Therefore,' •,< t ? Sec. 1. Be U enacted py fie Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly met, and same, by virtue ef’au thority, ao hereby enact, That all per sons from and after the jiassage of this Act, violating in the particulars set forth in tho foregoinir preamble, the provisions of tiris Act, without the- written consent "of fiftjierty-xiWnflriji (wives signatures included) upom whose properly the defacement shall be made, the same shall be consideredi misdemeanors, punishable by fine in a sum not less than the payment of their yearly newspaper subscription, and not to exceed the payment of all their pre vious ns well as prcs.-nt dues lor sub scriptions and advertisements, and U|H)ii failure to pay the foregoing stated fines, the same shall lie punishable by imprisonment in the county Jail for a period of twenty-five days, to he fed. during imprisonment ujxiti a diet to- be prescribed by the Editors of the- county in which the offense was com mitted : Provided, Editors arc careful • to prescribe the same sparse diet upon which they themselves and their - families have been compelled to subsist’ for the Inst fifteen years, owing to* the delinquency of their subscribers. Sec. II. Be it further enacted n That all informants, shall, upon con viction of any violator of the provis ions ot this Act, said violator being brought to trial and found guilty, upon information furnished by said infor mant, he entitled to receive the premi ums usually distributed to subscribers to first class journals, such as Chro mes, Pianos, Melodians, Sewing Mar chiues, and “Lilliputian Libraries.”. Sec. III. Be it further enacted, That- it shall lie the duty of all salaried offi cers of counties, throughout the State, to take notice of nnd report all viola tors of the provisions of this Act in their respective counties, to the proper officers of the law, that said violators may he brought to trial. Sec. IV. Be it further enactedk That for the first offense against thft. provisions of this Act, the “Justice- Courts” shall have “jurisdiction” in the- case. For old offenders, or those who, have never paid for an advertisement or newspaper subscription, the “Conn-.. ty Courts” alone may claim “jurisdic tion.” Sec. V. Be it further enacted, That all fence advertisers, who may,, undet> the provisions of this Act, be incarcer ated in the various places of confine ment, shall, for (he more thorough awakening to their utter depravity,, and as an example to others, have, read to them, by the jailor of they prison wherein they may be imprisoned^ three limes a day, the hours for read- conforming to the prisoner’s hours for meals or refreshment, a copy of tho. laws under which they have been con-- victed. Sec. VI. Be it further enacted K That no succeeding Legislature of the. State of Georgia shall have power or authority to rcpeul this Act, or any provisions or part thereof, without th.e unanimous consent of real estate own ers and the Press throughout thft State. “AMENDMENT.” Whereas, It is the duty of allgood and law-abiding citizens throughout the State, to concentrate their whole- efforts towards the abatement of an in-. creasing crime of the above mentioned! character; And ivhereas, it is equally their duty to lend nil possible aid to the support of that mighty power of’ usefulness, “The Press”— Be it therefore resolved, That the. Senate awl House of Representatives-, of the State of Georgia, in General As sembly met, do hereby earnestly ap peal to the voters throughout the State* to cast their ballots, at their next en-. suing county elections, in favor of’ “NO FENCE.” ey talk aoout. liiey were there also and saw just exactly wlmt they told you they did. I be lieve they say spirits, and I would not go near that place at midnight for t ie best horse in the country. answered several men in the bar-room, this conies directly footn Mrs. White. I and know what they talk about who would not tell a lie for the world.” A friend of Miss Hartz said : “ I know Miss Hartz very well; she is a very sensible young lady. She re turned from the berrying party very much frightened. She did not receive any injuries, but she saw spirits ruu-; Cholera spreads but little in Chicago, ning about through the bushes, scream- j Two cases occurred in wlmt is con ing and making other unearthly, sidered the healthiest quarter of the noises.” ! city on Saturday night last. Tho wife “What did she say a spirit resent- aud son of Rev. Mr. MeChesney were attacked at nearly the same time. Both are convalescent. hied?” I inquired. The young mau continued: “She says that the objects she saw had hu man faces, white flowing gowns, and Louisa Ross, a young girl, was dis- worc long hair. They were compara- interred at Hagerstown Tuesday, and tively small and very indistinct; so an examination showed an abortion had much so that she could not make out j produced death. A woman and a who they resembled. Certain she was, man have been arrested. The affair however, that they were spirits of hu- creates great excitement throughout wings, and the dead woman lay in her grave at Greenwood, aud her widower hated her memory because of the pro mise she had forced from him. You all know what and where the Mammoth cave is—the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky—where the guides keep traveler* frou i losing their way; carry blazing torches which reveal strange stalactite—hung chambers and piysterious conidors thnf eeept (o have ‘ Qn one of his fingers. Mrs. Victoria Woodhull, who was lately at the point of death, seems now to lie in the best of health. That heart disease of hers was a disastrous failure. man people. One kissed her on her left. Imnd, which still bears tho mark. It is red, and a dark streak is on the outside of it.” The landlord at this laid away his pipe, and with much consciousness of importance, nodded his head and re marked, “It’s queerest case I ever heard of; and I know these people too well to think they would try to hum bug anybody. Sirs. White is an hon est and respectable woman, and her eyes are open; and when she tells of such a thing you can rely on it.” Mrs. White’s husband owns the haunted huckleberry patch. Washington county. Vicksburg (Mias.) Heralds State news: “News of destruction, actual and contemplated, by the cotton worms, is now coming in discouraging- ly, thick and fast, from all direc tions." Carl Wilhelm, the composer of the famous German war song, “The Watch on the Rhine,” died Tuesday at Schwalkalden. A roan in Sibley, Iowa, has been i human hands did the throwing, dangerously ill from a mosquito bite j The constable at lost said; “ It’: 1 An Ann l,!-i I CMwl fllUlrs fliof TTAI1 Olfv tYAAnliY A new code goes into effect in Iowa . . He was! on the 1st of September, by which the witness to the throwing of mis- pardoning power is taken from (he sles. He is positively certain that no Governor. Prevalent.—Chills and fever. good thihg that you city people are, Citizens rapidly recovering. A Remedy for. Headache.— Pains iu the head arise from such a, variety of causes that uo one remedy- will answer in every ease. But the fol lowing is said to lie an excellent pre- prnatiou nnd from the simple natnrp. of the ingredients we think it is worth, trying: Put a handful of salt in aquar* ot water and one ounce of spirits of" hartshorn nnd half an ounce of spirUii - of camphor. Put them quietly inuotfc ' bottle, mid cork tightly ti prevent the escape of the mixture, and apply it to • the head, wet the cloth afresh as soon . as it gets heated,—Exchange. Simi’i.e Remedy for Rheumatism Bathe the parts affected with water • in which potatoes have been boiled, as. hot as can he borne, just before going* to bed; by the next morning tho pain will he much relieved, if not removed. Iu acute rheumatism, when there ia much feveri the persistent use of lemon juice for three days will have the best effect. Lemon has also cured other forms of rheumatism.—Sumter Repute liean. A Danbury man imagined himself a hen, and while under the influence of that conceit sat down rn a dozen, eggs, and hatched out an Italian suaaet and a circus poster. His wife remove^ the debris with the bald end of a broom v Miss Jennie Paterson is rustictiting- in Charlestown, West Virgiuia, an& recently favored the people of that delightful village with one of her choice readings. 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The Northeast Georgian. (Athens, Ga.) 1872-1875, September 12, 1873, Image 1