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A MAP OF BUSY LIFE.
No. 30.( Athens, Georgia, Wednesday, May 26, 1876.
Poetical.
P G. THOMPSON,
• Attorney at Law,
Special attention paid to criminal practice. For
refereucc apply to Kx. Gov. T. II. Walts and lion.
David Clopt n, Montgomery Ala. Office over
Firry's Store, Atheus, Georgia. Feb.3.tf.
Asa M. Jackson L. W. Thomas,
JACKS0F& THOMSS,
Attorneys at Law
Athens, Georgui.
/ '10BB, ERWIN & COBB
^ .VHorners at Lair,
ATHENS, GA.
Office in the Deupree Building.
TXT R. LITTLE,
* * * Attorney at Lair,
CARSLSVILLE, GA.
I* ATHF.ft THEM L-P.
BY PATHa.R RYAN.
Gather the sacred dust
Of the warriors tried and true,
Who bore the flag of our nation's trust,
And ft»ll in the cause, though lost, still just,
And died for me and yeu.
Gather them one and all.
From the private to the chief!
Come they from hovel or princely hall.
They fell f.>r us. and for them should fall
The ienrs of a nation’s grief.
Gather the corpses stewn
O’er many a battle plain *, v
From many a grave that lira so lone,
Without a name and without a stone,
Gather the Southern slain.
We care not whence they came;
Dear is their lifeless clay;
Whether unknown, or known, to tame,
Their cause and country still the same,
They died—and wore the gray.
Wherever the brave have died
They should not rest apart ;
Living they struggled side by side—
Why should the hand of death divide
A single heart from heart ?
Gather their scattered clay,
Wherever it may rest;
Just as they marched to the bloody fray,
Just as they fell on the battle day,
Bury them breast to breast.
The foe man need not dread
This gathering of the brave;
Without sword or flag, and with soundless tread.
We mnater once more our deathless dead,
Out of each lonely grave.
The focman need not frown—
They are all powerless now ;
We gather them here, and we lay them down,
And tears and prayers are the only crown
We bTiDg, to deck each brow.
And the dead thus meet the dead.
While the living o’w them w**ep ;
And toe men whom Lee and Stonewall led,
And the hearts that once together bled.
Together •'« ill shall slt.ep.
"WHISPER 4 BLESSING FOK MlTT
The shadows of twilight arc creeping
Soft over the brightness of day,
The flowers of the wildwood are weeping
Farewell to the sun’s parting ray !
My spirit is wandering to thee, Jove,
In visions all glorious and bright!
Then whisper a blessing for mo, love,
A blessing, a kiss and good night!
In heaven now the pure stars are smiling,
Like angel-eyes watching me here.
And music, the lone heart beguiling,
Steals gently and low on my earl
My spirit is smiling on thee, love,
And murmuring a song of delight!
Then whisper a blessing lor me. love,
A blessing, a kiss and gotd night!
Young voices, in earnest tones blending,
Rise e’ear through the st ill evening air,
And angels their pinions :re bending
.To catch the low l»»i uii ug of prayer!
My spirit is praying f*r ibci, lo\c:
Heaven clothe a)! thy pithway in light!
Then whisper a blessing for me, love,
A bk-ssir. , . i;i -9 and good night!
written at the time to complaining
Confederates and others, that show
the strength and poise of his char
acter. 3Vc find him at Vicksburg,
shipped, brought U profit of 3® 63 ’ « !rv *"R under Grant,
o the Western and Atlantic McClernand
All the cotton shipped from Selma
by way of Rome and Augusta last year,
was 2.341 bales, giving freights of
$3,38i .62 to t lie Georgia Road. From
this route, the total eotton, merchan-
di-e, etc
$769.18 to the Western "and Atlantic | McGlernand was a troublesome
Road. quantity in Grant’s army. Then,
The new idea wn= to cut loose from there is a story of McClernand.*^
the Western and Atfanti-; Road, by j leading to a bloody attack on the,
which S200.000 of ii:o best paving j works at Vicksburg, by improper
freights were received over the Geor» j j n fo miat j on . The' rebel position
•jin Rond. Now under the lessees'.ci • '
through freights were divided pro rata i. . **j c ’.‘ 101 m * u * col J4
as 171 is to 138, while formerly by |J° ll: ! ve h, ‘ en Granger than bebas-
nrbitrarv action, the State Road got an i"»P 0 ‘*
equal freight. I Grant tells Sherman that General
Cairo is 483 miles, all rail, from At- ' Joseph E. Johnston was about the'
lanta. Vicksburg to Cairo is 600 * only General on the Confedralo
miles, and it is only nine miles longer, j side whom he feared.’ As for the
by all rail, from Cairo to Atlanta, j campaign at Vicksburg, Sherman
—' Its conception and cxe-
than from Vicksburg to Atlanta.
Frmi Louisville conies three-fifths
of this Western freight, and the dis
tances are the same—474 miles—from
Louisville to Atlanta and from Vicks
burg to Atlanta.
Last yenr $15,000 constituted the
proportion of the Georgia Road from
the earnings of the Montgomery and
Selma; and vet, it was proposed to
striUli it to Cairo and make it $1,800.
All the railroads had suspended div
idends—the Georgia was the last to do
so; and perhaps it may be that the
Georgia will he the first to resume.
MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM T.
SHERMAN.
JOHN T. OSBORN,
Attorncy-at-Law
ELBERTON, GA.
Will practice in *ho count io* ->f the Northern
Circuit, Rink's Franklin ami Habersham of the
Western Circuit; will give special attention to
all claims entruMcl to hiii care.
Jan. 10, 1874—ly. is
T S. DORTCH,
^ * Attorney at Lair,
CAUSES VILLI', GA.
E. A. WILLIAMSON,
PBACT1CAL
WATCHM 'KER and JEWELLER
At Dr. King’s Drug Store,
BROAD STREET ATHENS. GA.
All work tlone In a superior manner, anil
*r*rrauidd to live sati.'Jjction. jan3-tf
WILEY CHILDERS,
T OCATED in this city, is prepared
-1—J to do all kin,1* of Carpenters’ Work in the
best stylo, an 1 at re ison.thle rates, with dispatch.
Shop in the rear oj the City Clerk's Office.
June 3. 1874.
Mtsccll
ancons
Select:
ons.
ISY HIMSELF.
4Vc make the following extracts
from a review of the Life of Wm.
T. Sherman, in the New Yoik
Herald:
After Shiloh, General Hallcck
came and took the field, and Gen
eral Grant, after winning this bat
tle, was 'substantially left.out and
was named second in command, L. - j u j , q,
according to some French notion, I J b “ l ^ iJe d
with no clear, well denned com- ■
cution belong exclusively to Gen
eral Grant, not only in the grand
whole, but in the thousands of its
details. 1 still retain many of his
letters and notes, in his own hand
writing, proscribing the routes of
march for divisions and detach
ments. and specifying even the
amount of food and tools to be
carried along. Many persons g ive
Rawlins the credit for these things,
but they were in error; for no
Commanding General of an army
ever gave more of hi* personal at
tention +o dcbiib. or wrote so
many his ov.n «.rd<. reports
and letters, as (- .oral Grant.
His success at Vicksburg, justly
gave him fame at home and abroad.
There is a long letter from
Sherman to Halieek, written on
the 17t'n of September, 1863, in
5 OLD SERIES—Volume LIII.
£ NEW SERIES—Volume III.
he hastened up to Lon-
n, and laid open the cause and
i|li its circumstances. The Judge,
who was a great lover of justice,
heard the case attentively, and
promised him all the assistance in
Ms power. The lawyer having
taken leave, the Judge contrived
matters so us to finish all his busi
ness at the King’s Bench before
the assizes began at Chelmsford.
When within a short distance of
the place, lie dismissed his man
Vbout this time, General, find horses, and sought out for a
gifa^le house. He found one oc
cupied by a miller. After some
eefiversation, and making himself
quite agreeable, he proposed to
the laiMcr to chaugc clothes with
him. As the Judge had a very
good suit on, the man lmd no rea
son to object.
Accordingly, the Judge shifted
himself from top to too, and put
on a complete suit of the miller’s
best. Armed with a miller’s hat,
shoes and stick, away lie marched
to Chclmford, and procured good
lodging, suitable for the assizes
that should come on the i.ext day.
When the trials came on, he
walked like an ignorant country
fellow, backwards and forwards
along the county hall. lie had a
thousand eyes within him. and
when the Court began to fill, he
found out the poor fellow who
was the plaintiff. As soon as lie
caino into the hall, the miller
drew up to him : Honest friend,
said he, how is your case likely to
go to-day? Why, replied tli
which he gives his ideas about the j plaintiff, my cause is ‘in a very
rebellion and its possible future, i precarious situation, and if I lose
Lincoln was anxious to publish Jit, lam mired for life. Well,
man would said the miller, will you take my
, the revival of Cbaie governments
mand o. authority. l'or >»<yc ;in tho 8olltb . Tvvo i 110 re battles
than a month, Grant thus remain
advice? I will let you into a se
cret, which perhaps, you do not
know ; cv< ry Englishman has the
right and privilege to except
aga •nst any one juryman through
the whole twelve ; now .do you in-
s st upon your privilege, without
giving a rea.-o i why, and if possi-
| ole, get me chosen in his room,
and I will do you all the service
J in my power. Accordingly, when
i the Clerk had called over the
and manly eloquence, that aston
ished the Judge and the whole
Court. As he was going on with
his powerful demonstrations, the
Judge, in a surprise of soul, stop
ped him. Where did you conic
iroin, and who are von? I came
from Westminster Hall, replied
the miller; my name is Matthew
Hale ; I am Lord Chief Justice of
the King’s Bench. I have observed
the iniquity ot your proceedings
this day; therefore, come down
from a seat which you are no
ways worthy to hold, You are
one of the corrupt parties in this
iniquitous business. I will come
up this moment, and try the cause
When they were sitting in the
same room, the husband would
tell one of the children to say so
and so to the mother. The mother
would answer directly, which, if
it required a further answer,
would lie done through the child,
as before. But it was only when
he was in particularly happy
moods that lie would even com
municate in this way. His most
usual mode of communicating to
his wife what lie wanted to say,
was tor him to retire into a sepa
rate room, and thence issv.e his
mandates through one of the chil
dren. Two days before the wife
died, alter she had been sick for
all over again. Accordingly, Sir | some weeks, her condition
Matthew went up with his miller’s
dress and hat on, began the trial
from its very commencement, and
searched every circumstance of
truth and falsehood. He evinced
the eldest brother’s title to the,
estate, from the contradictory ev
idence of the witnesses, and the
false reasonings of the pleaders,
unravelled all the sophistry to the
very bottom, and gained a com
plete victory in favor of truth and
justice.
GEO. 3V. COOPER,
Carriage and Buggy
ThomM Strrd, opposite Cooper'* Liter} Stable.
iLAR attention given to
l JOBS. Order* left with A. A. Bell,
aiuoy A Newton'#, will receive prompt at-
tivu. June 17 tf
■pARTICUI
' JL UKFAIRJO
at Snmiuty A Net
A.. A. AVIN 1ST,
WITH
GROOVER, STUBBS & CO.
Cotton Factors,
—AND-
General Commission Merchants
Savannah, Ga.'
Bur&tai; 1 Tl«», Hop*. »H*I other Supplies fur-
dUheo. -Alto, Liberal C*sh Advances made on
oneignraeiu for .ale orahipiuent to Liverpool
Northern |-ort». m,:i0-tf
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable,
ATHENS, -A.
GANN & REAVES....PROPRIETORS
•^yiLL BE FOUND AT THEIR
1 nan 1, rear Ir'rniiltiiu House building,
Thoiuwitreet. Keep a!wa>» on baud good Turn
outs and care ul drivers.
Slock well earsu for when emru.ted to our car.'.
Stock on hand for sate si all times. dcclU-ii
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
AV’e make the following extracts
from the remarks of Cel. Cole, Super
intendent of the Ge iriiia Railroad, at
iheir convention, hold in Augusta, on
the 13th instant:
The Western and Atlantic Railroad
a trunk line, only 138 miles lonjr,
nn<l led by three roads from tiie South
and three roads from the North.
The Georgia Road was pressed by
rivals on all side-—the Air-Lme to
wards Charlotte. North Carolina, and
the Central southward and eastward.
The earnings of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad over this line of 138
miles for a year, amount to $1,344,-
932.76.
The earnings of the Georga Railroad
over its main and branch lines of 229
miles, for the same period, were $i,
281,907.24; showing the sum of $63,
025.52 iess earnings over a line ot 229
miles for the Georgia than over tin-
shorter line of 138 miles of the State
Rond.
The average gross earnings per mile
of the State Road were $9,746.
The average gross earnings per mile
of the Georgia Road were 85,594.
The expenses of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad for the year were
$810,284.99, or $5,871.63 per mile.
The expenst'3 of the Georgia Road
for the year were $931,818.09 or $4.-
069 |ter mile, and in these expenses
were included $105,000 for extra cars
and rolling stock. From this, it is
seen that the expenses of the Georgia
Road are $1,802.63 less per operated
mile than those of the State Road.
The gross earnings of the Georgia
Road per mile are only $274.63 less
than the gross expenses per mile of the
Western and Atlantic Road
The President of the State Road re-*
ceived a salary of $7,000 per annum,
while the salary of the President of the
Georgia Road was much less.
On the State Road, the Superintend
ent was paid $5,000; on the Georgia,
the same officer received $4,300.
On the Western and Atlantic, the
Roadmaster received $3,000 per year;
on the Georgia, $1,750.
The Atlanta Agent o r the State
Road receives $3,609 a yea: ; the Ao
mori:
, . .would havA to be fought lief ore
ed without any apparent anthon-, there C1H|1( , , )e civi | OI ? (k . r , 'one
ty frequently visiting me and near Meridimit in November, and
others, but rarely complaining; onp npar Shreveport, in the
but I could see how deeply he < s , As fol . thc farming and
felt the indignity it not the insult, fartisxm class in the South, they
heaped upon him I bis over- \ the m ,, tilinl estate and
shadowing oi Grant continued for ' u , d move with the politicians,
a short time and evidently moved ; As {ol . the Union meil of lhc So „th,
commander.* One evonin- «“"»'• tl “ !
ers, lawyers, they were good bil-
liard players and sportsmen, but
they never did any work and never I j 0 you mean, says'he, by except-
w i!L M ar suits them and thej^r |° this gentleman? I mean,
rascals are brave, fine riders, lit- J ,j,y Lord, to assert my privilege
feilv reckless who must all be 1 as & u Englishman, without a rea-
His c imi) i ki,,e(1 or e,,, P lo .Vod before there | so n why. The Judge, who had
■ • L 1 lean be peace.’ ’ Civil government j | Jceu highly bribed, in order to
would be ridiculous.’ There j co neeal ‘it by show of candor, and
confub'iicc in thc supe-
; of his party, said :
learned that Grant had asked for
thirty days’ leave, and was going \
to depart the next, morning. 'Of!
course, we all knew,’ says Slier- I
man, 'that Grant was chafing un- i
dcr the slights of his anomalous j
position, and I determined to see !
him on my way back,
was a short distance off the Mon-
til!" excepted to one of them. The
Judge on the bench was highly
offended with this liberty. What
and Hillycr were in trout | ^ompromise, and thc war must be! l mv ‘ U lf ou * 1 s s l cc ’ 1 w ‘
camp, aiid piled up near f ^ out to the eml . if this I f a . nt U ’. ''
rcre the usual effects and i. , . .. ... . ! to have in the room ot th;u mat
. t . - .... 1 1 letter had been published at that i .
ciuiui chcsts ready for startmg m J u wou „ fi;lve made a pro- j Xm
sir, as you claim vour
r w»n
isli
ill
After a short time
the morning. 1 inquired for tho j l ,lu I taken ill consideration—My Lord,
. P , 1 , . . i found impression, out Sherman i • T • a* i i *
General and was shown to hi; tent, ■ ‘ says he, I wish to have an honest
, , ... . , V was resolute in his determination, J , ■ ., , ■ .
where I found him seated upon a I , , , . ... . • .... mau chosen m ; and looking around
. , ... 1 i not to take any part in politics. ., ,, . • i xt , i i *i
camp stool, with some papers on 1 , the Court, said : My Lord, there
*. . -i* 1 ,i x rum this point, tne work pro- . . ,, • ,, ,, ,
a rude camp tabJn. He seemed' • if , .,, , T i • 13 that millci in the Gouit, \\c
. , ii- . , . i ceeds rapidly toward Lookout .,, , ... , ,
to be employed in assorting let- . , , ,, . ; will have him it you please. Ae-
. , * ..r , Mountain, and closes with tne ap- ... , . ,
ters and tying them up with red .... , . . } eordmgly, the millei was chosen
J e ,ii pomtment ot General Gnmt to bo - . .i ei , .
bundles. ,, ,. .. in. As soon as thc Clerk ot the
tape into
After
eonvon
the
ent
usual
THE
Enterprise Long Looked For!
at mi:
FRANKLIN HOUSE
, McaU can bi: liaJ at all hours, for
riFTY CENTS EACH,
Thi» Hotel lias been llnrau^'.i!} reminlid and
nawly furnuhed. Th* TraTclIni; 1'uMlc will be
aecomiaodaled with Board an t Lodging for
TWO HOLLA ICS PKR DAY.
A FINE OYSTER SALOON
lulu connected with thl« Hotel. Till* la the
place to get Ojaton, KUh, Beef Stako, Haw and
Reg'. Ac. Oyatera wlllbeaold by the <|iiurt and
gallon, to those who with then. Oito ua n trial
and wa will ploaa* you.
W. A. JESTER, 1 ^ ■ ■
j, TURELKELP, 1 1 foprietora.
Oit.tUL
Pocket Telegraph Instrument.
qT)y the aid of one of these little in»
JL) alramaate, any one can learn telegraphing
without difficulty. Fall direction* accompany
each laatramaat. Price » cent*. For sale at _
April H-lMf BUKKE’S Bo-.k Store “
passing tne usual compli-, • , , k . l .
. . -7 . .„ . * (iirmies and Gen ral bherman in
ments, 1 inquired it it were true . , ,, ... • .
. , 1 - , T command ot toe .Military Division
that lie was going awav. He said. I ■ .
... , T ., e •• . ot the Mississippi,
les. 1 then inquired the reason. 11
He saitl:—'Sherman, you know, t ***
You know that I am in the way , THE JUST JUDGE; OR, VIL-
here. I have stood it as long as j J.A1NF EXPOSED.
I can, and can endure it no longer.’ I A gentleman who possessed an
I inquired where he was going to. ] estate" worth about five hundred
He said, ’ St. Louis.’ I liieu asked a year, in the eastern part of
if he had any business there. He J England, had two sons. The
said, ' Not a bit.’ I then begged eldest being of a rambling dispo-
him to stay, illustrating bis case J silion, went abroad. After seve-
by inv own. Before tho battle of j ml years, his father died ; when
Shiloh, I had been cast down by [the younger, destroying his will,
a mere
newspaper assertion of
’crazy.’ But that single battle
had given me new life, and now
I was in high feather. I argued
with him that if lie went away,
events would go right along and
he would be left out; whereas, if
he remained, some happy accident
might restore him to favor and his
true place.’ Thc result was that
General Grant remained, and in a
short time, by the removal of
Hallcck to Washington, became
the Commander of the army.
We wish we could follow Gen
eral Sherman through the interest
ing details of thc campaign in the
West. They arc matters of his
tory, however, and it would be
gusta Agent of the Georgia Road gets repeating a twice-told tale to dwell
$1,400 per annum
Engineers ou the State Road are
paid $4 per day lor running 138 miles,
while Engineers on the Georgia re
ceive $3.50 per day for running 171
miles.
Track hands on the Western and
Atlantic receive $1 per day, while
the same laborers on the Georgia get
874 cents per day.
The track foreman on the State
Road is paid $45 per month, and the
track foreman on the Georgia gets $35
per month. >
The basis of the whole thing was the
difference in the gross incomes of the
two Roads, that of the Western and
Atlantic being $9,746 per mile, and
that of the Georgia $5,597 per ope
rated mile.
The mileage of engines on the West
ern and Atlantic Road is 1,053,287,
and on the Georgia Rond 1,140,269,
the mileage on the Georgia Railroad
being 86,982 miles more than that of
the State Rond, with 91 miles of road
to maintain.
upon them now. There is a tresli-
uess of style, however, in these
pages that will give new light to
the events of that tremendous
time. As we pass along from
page to page, we gather here and
there a glimpse of Sherman’s orig
inality of mind, and bits of infor
mation that come to us with pe
culiar freshness. We find him at
one time writing to Chase on the
Cotton question, saying: ’ If
Englaud ever threatens war be
cause we do not furnish her cot
ton, tell her plainly, if she cannot
feed her own people to send them
here, where they can not ouly
earn an honest living, but soon
secure an independence by mode
rate lalior.’ Ho had hoped that
France and Germany 'would be
friendly to our country' in the
event of war. There are some
brilliant letters of tlra General
seized upon the estate. Ho gave
out that his eldest brother was
tie.al, and bribed false witnesses
to attest the truth of it. in the
course of time the eldest brother
returned, but came home in mis
erable circumstances. His young
brother repulsed him with scorn,
and told him that fie was an im
posts ami a cheat. : to ascertained
that Id- real brother was uead long
ago, and he could bring witnesses
to prove it. The poor follow hav
ing neither money noi triends,
was iii a most dismal situation.
He went around the parish malting
complaints, and at last to a law
yer, who, when he heard thc pool-
man’s story, replied, 'you have
nothing to give; if I undertake
your cause and lose it, it will
bring me into disgrace, as all the
wealth and ovidence is on your
brother's side. But. however, I
will undertake your cause on this
condition : You shall enter into
an obligation to pay’ me one thou
sand guineas, if 1 gain the cause
for you. If I Ipse it, I know the
consequences, and I veuture with
my eyes open.’ Accordingly, lie
entered an action against the
younger brother, which was to be
tried ar the next general assizes
at Chelmsford, m Essex. The
lawyer, having engaged in the
cause of tho young man, and stini-*
ulated by the prospect uf a thou
sand guineas, set his wits to work
to contrive the be methods to
gain Ibis end. At iast be hit upon
this happy thought, that he would
Court had given them all their
oaths, a little dextrous fellow
came into thc apartment, and
j slipped ten golden caroluscs into
the hands of eleven jurymen, and
gave the miller but five. He ob
served they were all bribed, and
said to his next neighbor, in a
soft whisper, how much have you
got? Ten pieces, sai l he. But
he concealed what he had got
himself. The cause was opened
by the plaintiffs counsel, and all
the scraps of evidence they could
pick up were adduced in his favor.
The younger brother was pro
vided with a great number of
witnesses and pleaders, all plenti
fully bribed, as well as the Judge.
The evidence deposed that they
were in the self-same country
when the brother died, and saw
him
NINE YEARS WITHOUT A
WORD.
The Troy Prestt tells the follow
ing strange story concerning the
husband of a lady who died recent
ly in West Troy:
The lady and gentleman refer
red to, were married about twenty-
years ago, and came to West Troy
shortly after, and lived there to
gether until the death of the wife.
Thedatter was a most industrious,
highly respectable, and
woman. For the first ten years
of her married life, during which
period live children were born,
she did everything possible for a
woman to do in order to please
her husband, but to no purpose.
When she did her 1 est, her hus
band was sure to make out that
she had done her worst. He
grumbled continually', but at times
he would break out and pour upon
liis wife the most unmerited abuse,
Continuing it for several days to
gether. Then would intervene a
silence broken only by his seeking
an opportunity to give his wife
beating when nobody was in sight,
and when she least expected it.
After he had abused her, he would
bring in the neighbors and say to
them that his wife had fallen and
hurt herself, poor creature ; how
sorry he was for it, and he would
address her as 'My dear,’ and ask
if she was badly hurt, and he
would run for a doctor. lie was
so plausible and kind and affec
tionate, that nobody would be
lieve his wife when she told that
it was her husband who caused
her the injuries. The neighbors
thought her crazy, or at least hys
terical, when she made any state
ments of this kind. For a long
time he managed to beat his wife,
a;iu coneeal it in this way. In
deed, it had reached a point, the
wife taking those fits so often,
that t!i: arrangements were all
but completed to send the poor
woman to an insane asylum. One
day, however, the broken-hearted
wife was sitting by the cradle, in
which was her youngest child, a
baby, rocking it and attending to
some sewing at the same time.
Her husband entered and passed
through the house into the yard,
lie returned within a few minutes,
but in the interim a neighboring
lady' had entered and gone into
an adjoining bedroom. This lady
observed him walking up quietly
behind his wife, and, without utter
ing a word or giving the least warn
ing, doubled his fist and struck her
a tremendous blow on the back of
thc head, leaving her sprawling
on thc floor insensible. This
done, he at once van out to bring
was
made known to him, when he was
working in the garden, by the
doctor in attendance and tho cler
gyman who had been called in.
He was told that his wife was on
the verge of death, and that he
must make his peace with her
while she was yet conscious. Thc
idea of death seemed to stagger
him. He was silent for a mo
ment, and then bursting into tears,
repaired to t he death-bed of his
wife. He bent over her and begged
her forgiveness in bitter plaints
and tears. 'l'he dying woman
grasped iiis hand, and calling him
by name, said she freely forgave
him all, and added that she was
now prepared to die, being at
peace with ttic whole ;vorld. A
few hours before death the wife
said—and they were the last words
she was heard to utter—that the
last two days, with her husband
[ never away from her bedside but
j when lie left it to serve her, had
’‘“V"''’ i been the happiest days of her life, ,
religious i , , , 1 i * • t i ,i uuence
and that she only wished they
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the other side of tho railroad track
in a hurry. The raft floated pret
tily for a moment, a curl of white
smoke ascended from the burning
fuse—a fitful sputter—allash—and
the charge exploded with ii ring
ing report that echoed and re
echoed, causing the waters ti>
surge, the trees to shake and the*,
hill upon which we stood, a quar
ter of a mile away, to tremble as
with the effect of an earthquake.
IVc are convinced that when
liitlo-glvcerinc was estimated to
havp fourteen times more force
than powder, no mistake was
made. . .
THE
THE
tht b the beginning of happy
s to him.
buried. The counsellors I the neighbors in as usual, and af-
pleaded upon this accumulated footed thc greatest concern about
evidence,' and everything went
with a full, tide in favor of thc
younger brother. The Judge
summed up tho evidence with
great gravity and deliberation;
and now, gentlemen of tho jury,
said he, lay your heads together,
aud bring in your verdict, as you
shall deem most just. : - '
They waited but a few minutes,
before they determined in favor
of the youngest brother., The
Judge said, Gentlemen, arc you
agreed, and who shall speak for
you ? \Yoarc all agreed, my Lord,
replied one, our foreman shall
speak for~us. Hold, m3' Lord,
replied the trdller, wo ’ are not all
agreed. the Judge, in
a very : surly maimer, what’s the
matter with you ? What reasons
have you for disagreeing? I have
several, reasons, my Lord, replied
tiie miller; the.,first.is, they have
given aft. thc$e gentlemen of the
jury ten broad pieces of gold, and
to me but.five, which you know,
is not fair. Besides, I have many
objections to make to the false
reasonings of the pleaders, and
the contradictory evidenoe of the
witnesses. Upon this, the miller
began a discourse that discovered
his with, wondered how much she
was hurt, and fiually proposed fo
go for the doctor. The huly who
had secreted herself in the bed
room accused him of thc assault,
and when he was gone for the
doctor, she went for thc police
and had him arrested. His wife
appeared iii Court and told thc
whole stor3' of her husband’s cru
elty toward licr, but woman-like
begged the Court to forgive him.
Her request, however, was denied,
and the cruel husband had to
languish several mouths in jail.
On leaviug the dock after receiv
ing sentence, lie turned to his
wife and said that she had wronged
him l>3' what she had testified to,
but to remember, that I10 would
never speak to her again on earth
This scene occurred nine 3'ears
EXPERIMENTS WITH NITRO-
GL VVER INE.
Thc manner in which nilro-gly-
ecriiie is used to raise bodies to
the surface of the water, is de
scribed by lilt* Dubuque (Iowa)
Times in chronicling a recent ex
periment in the Mississippi River
at that point, as follows :
Thc friends of the drowned man
sent to Hazel Green, Wis., for
John Brawcr, a skillful manipula
tor of thc dreadful fluid known as
nilro-glyccrine, and the only man
in this part of the country who
can be prevailed upon to handle
it. Mr. Brawcr came, and was
upon the ground with his can of
fluid, tin tubes and fuses. The
preparation for a discharge is very
simple, hut the liafiility of the
tr.aehcrous mixture blowing the
the handler up into the skies
when he grows in tiie least care
less in handling it, is great. A
lire was built and a wash-boiler,
half full of water, heated, and thc
cm of nitro-gU'ccriuc set into it
to bring it to the right tempera
ture, so that it would do its work
well. A pieee of fuse three feet
long was then cut and a percus
sion cap placed upon each end,
pasted over with common yellow
soap as a protection from the fluid
or water. A tin tube, about as
large around as a hoc-handle and
nearly a yard long, was then filled
with the dangerous fluid, by pour
ing it in just as j'oii would water.
Both cuds of the fuse were now
placed into thc tube and run down
into the fluid a little. Then a
wooden plug, cut to accommodate
tlic fuse, was forced in and soaped
over to keep the water out. A
good oarsman and Mr. Briwer
to >k possession of the skill - ai d
moved out on the river a rod or
two, then the double fuse was
lighted, the tube dropped over
board, aud then the skiff *.is pull
ed away from tliat spot with ali
speed possible, while half a dozen
men and our reporter disappeared
up thc side ot the hill, making
frantic efforts to secure tho pro-,
tection of some giant boulder or
substantial oak. We had hardly
secured protection when thc charge
exploded with a loud, rumbling
noise, shaking thc trees, rocks
and hills. The sand and rock
from the river, bottom flew in ev
ery direction, while volume after
volume of boiling, hissing and
foaming water rolled up and sport
ed in tho air. The charge was
but a pound and a half, and the
result was both wonderful and let-
rihle. The second, fourth and
fifth charges were let off in thc
same WU3’ at different points along
the bank with the same terrifying
effect, ploughing up the river
bottom and at one time, sending
a large volume of water all of u
hundred feet high in the air. The
third and sixth charges were pre
pared in the same waj-, hut instead
BOUQUET AND
it 1 RLE.
0:> a line summer day mi un
expected shower drove two or
three little parties into a cottage
for temporaiy shelter. A Bible
and bouquet of flowers hx^ upon
the table. A shrewd looking man,
one of the company, -approached
the table. Ho was an infidel.
He opened the Bible, then closed
it witu a smile that was mingled
with derision. He then took up
the bouquet. ' This suits me best.*
slid lie with an exultant"aSr, ’for
it has no mystery ; I can under
stand it. Its colors are fair, and
its scent delightful.’ Saying this,
he pulled a flower from the bou
quet and stuck it in his bosom.
A pause . succeeded ; but it was
soon broken by an old gentleman,
whose meek and mercy-loving
face was grateful to look-upon,
and whose grey hairs entitled him
to respect. lie hail heard the
observations of the infidel, and
felt anxious to counteract its in-
Advaneing to the table,
he also took up the bouquet, 'flow
beautioiis in His gifts,’ said he,
'is the father of mercies! How
delicately formed are these flow
ers ! how rich are their varied
tints, and how sweet is the fra
grance they exhale ! but slipll we.
forego tiie joy of iuhaiing their
fragrance, and the delight of gaz
ing upon their licaiitj*, because
we cannot explain the hidden
mysteries of their existence? We
know not how the dry, husk}’,
unsightly seed, when set in tho
ground, could start up into such
glorious forms; wc oaiuiut tell
liyw it is, that from the same soil
such different stems should spring,
a id on the same flower, such va
ried tints appear; nor know wc
why some of thc fairest and sweet
est of flowers should lie thick!}*
pointed with thorns. These tilings
aiv mysteries; but if we wait un
til we can comprehend them the
flowers will fade away, for tlu ir
life is short.. Aral why should
wc,’ said he, putting down tho
bouquet and taking up the Bible,
’ why should we not use the. Word
of G<>d in the. same way? Myste
ries it has, which its almighty
Author alone can explain. But
shall we waste our short lives in
brooding over them, and neglect
the greater part, which is quite
plain, and overlook the manifold
mercies it proffers for our accept
ance? Let us leave, than, all
mysteries, both of nature and
grace, till it shall please God to
unravel them to our understand
ing ; and in the uieantTnjrq let its,
while rejoicing that Gbifs'works
and Word both show that he is
'the Wonderful,’ grateful!}’ place
the flowers of the bouquet in our
bosoms, and thc gracious consola
tion of tho Bible in our hearts.*'
ago. The man served out his sen-! of being sunk, were placed upon
consult the first'Judge at his age, j such extensive knowledge of law,
tenco and returned to his family
From the day of his return until
two days before her death, which
took place recently, lie never ex
changed a word with her directly.
It was necessatv, living together
a small raft made of heavy plank
nailed together. In order to have
a good view and lie secure, our
reporter, in company with two
others, proceeded down the rail
road track a quarter of a mile aud
as they were, husband and wife, j climbed to the tap of a high point
the parents of the same children,. of rook* From this point, we
to have an intercourse of seoti-J could readily see Mons. Brawer as ! hjs properties in an illuminated
meats regarding the affairs of the he went down to the river bauk, i missal of the time of Edward I.,
household occasionally. This was lit the fuse aud pushed the raft 1 aud in engraving of th<S« ' Com-
Okkun of tub Bai:uek\s Folk..
—To tho curious in small mat tors,
a trifle of antiquarian research re
lating to thc ancient and hogorablo
guild of the barbers may, he Worth
noticing. Those who tliink that
a barber’s pole is pahiled red,
white and blue in respect fo t!u
nilioi al colors, will plea o find
themselves corrected. In Mr. J.
Curdy Jefferson's “ Book A taut
Doctors, ’wc find the following ;
Lord Tlmrlow, in a speech de
livered in thc house of peers,
July 17, 1797, opposing the sur
geons’ incorporation bill, said
that, “ By a statute still in force,
lie harbors and surgeons were
each to use a pole. The barliers
were to have theirs blue and white
striped, with no other appendage;
but the surgeons', which was ihc
same in other respects, was like
wise to have a gallipot and a red
rag todeuote the particular nature
of their vocation. The reason
why the surgeons’ pole was
adorned with ii line ot bine, red
and white, winding around its
length in regular serpentine
progression, was this: The blue
represented the veinous blood, the
more brilliant color the arterial,
and the white was symbolic of tiie
bandage used in tying up the arm
after withdrawing the ligature.
The stick itself is a sign thiit the
operator possesses 11 stout stall"
for his patients to hold, accelera
ting thc flow of blood by the mus
cular notion of the arm/ The
phlebatamUt’s staff is ot groat an
tiquity. Itis to lie found amongst
COuauib luo mot uuu^u ux nw v ##we. v .. v — o . I ^ . ’ .... r , • , 4* • w ' 4 1,1 ’© —
Lord Chief Justice Hale, Ac- n«d expressed with such energetic (done in the following manner; out into the river, and then hunted menu Oybis Pictns,* ’
