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THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS.
U, SMITH. WHILE & CO.]
MANDEVILLE.
A MYSTERY OF CALIFORNIA.
BY JOHN CLERKE.
Chap. I—Continued.
From JUllou's Moathlv Magazine.]
ImfkllKd by the instinct of self
preservation, I drew my own revol
ver, at the same time wheeling my
mule So quickly as to tiring him in
collision with Mandevillo’s horse at
the very momentJhis pistol was dis
charged, hut not—as I discovered to
my confusion anil chagrin—at me.
Casting my eye In the direction in
which thi* weapon was pointed, I
Haw, utarnt seventy-five yards distant,
a large buolCbound twice into the air
and then fall, i believed that Man
ilevilh* wa* fully cognizant of the
mistake I ;hud made, i>ut he only
“ S”ou -hould not allow yourself to
become so much excited, "Brentford.
You nearly spoiled an excellent shot.
Will you assist me to secure the
game? We shall relish a part of it
for supper.”
W hen we reached the sjiot where
the buck had appeared, we found him
already dead. The ball had entered
hi - heart.
The afternoon was now far ad
vanced, and by the time we reached a
small mining-eamp on one of the
tributaries of the N übu, it had grown
dark. Our beasts were obliged to
“ stake out” to grass, as we were
unable to find shelter of any kind for
them ; but we were furnished rude
accommodations for ourselves sin a
building of a composite order of
architecture—being constructed of
I x >les, clap-boards and canvas—and
containing three rooms, one of which
was used as a kitchen, another as a
dining room and dormitory (lodgers
being permitted to spread their
blankets on the floor), and the third
as a bar and sitting room.
Having supped on venison steaks,
fried bacon, biscuits highly flavored
with salieratus, and strong coffee, we j
repaired to the bar room, where, hav- 1
ing obtained a couple of tolerable!
cigars, we sat down on a rude bench i
to enjoy them. There were already
several men, evidently miners, in the
room, with whom we were presently |
engaged in desultory chat, our prin- I
cipal topics of conversation being the
mines, the weather, rich strikes, etc.,
concerning which Mandeville dis
played a degree of knowledge which
speedily gained for him the respect of
our new friends. Soon another party
entered, somewhat under the Influ
ence of liquor and rather boisterous.
They were led by a rough-looking
man of Herculean mould, who ad
vanced to the liar, called for liquor, i
and in a tone more pressing than po
lite, invited every one present to par
take. The invitation was accepted
by all except Mandeville and myself,
who asked to be excused on the
ground that we had just eaten supper.
“ That hid lx* a mighty good excuse
arter breakfast or dinner, if a feller j
was a gwine to work,” said the giant; \
“ but arter supper, it won’t nigh do;!
So jest walk up here and take your I
licker like men, and liev no hard i
feelins about it.”
“ We thank you, sir,” said Mande
ville, “ hut we do not wish to drink,
and positively decline doing so.”
“ O, yer won’t, won’t yer?” said the
giant, with a fearful string of oaths.
“ 1 don’t allow nobody in this camp
to go back on me, and es you don’t
come up to the bar lively and take
yer pisen, why, I’ll fetch you up,
that’s all.”
“I beg of you, for your own sake,
not to attempt anything of the kind,”
said Mandeville, calmly. “I should
not like to hurt you.”
Thu giant burst into a derisive
laugh, in which lie was joined by
those who had entered with him, and
Stepping up to Mandeville roughly
took hold of him. when the latter,
tmrnm in
the lug ruttian by the collar and a
convenient part of his pantaloons, and
with scarcely an effort hurled, him
through the open door into the dark
ness, when* with a thud and a groan
we heard him fall on the ground.
The rage and astonishment of the
bully’s friends was freely vented in
oaths and exclamations, as they
whipped out their knives and pistols.
Mandeville cooly remarked:
“ You had better put away those
playthings and look after your friend.
1 think he needs your assistance.”
I iis manner awed them, and they
slunk away without attempting the
violence they had meditated. They
stopped in their retreat to pick up
their comrade, who, as we learned,
was somewhat bruised and consider
ably frightened, but not seriously
damaged.
Two even ings later the little pioneer
steamer Washington landed us in
San Francisco. We secured quarters
at a hotel, and, having placed my
saddle bags with their contents in
charge of the landlord for safe keep
ing, I signified my intention of re
tiring early to bed. Mandeville, how
ever, who was assigned to a room
with me, informed me tlntt he should
probably Ih> out until a late hour.
“ 1 have some business,” said lie,
“ which will keep me engaged
through the evening. Meantime take
your rest; and to-morrow we will
look over the city together.”
1 had been asleep perhaps two
hours, when I awoke to find Mande
ville standing by my bedside with a
light in his hand.
“ Brentford,” said he, “ I want a
part of your dust, which I will repay
to you in the morning. I have made
a strange mistake; but the tide will
now turn in my favor.”
The explanatory part of his speech
was entirely beyond my comprehen
sion ; but I did not for a moment
doubt him. I arose, hastily dressed
myself, went down stairs," obtained
my saddle bags and gave him the
amount he required. lie thanked
me hastily and went out. I had in- 1
tended to return immediately to bed, j
but I observed that the moon was
shining brightly, and yielding to an
irresistible impulse, I sallied forth for
a brief walk. Strains of music from
a brilliantly lighted building attract
ed me, and entering the open door I
found myself in a large gambling
saloon, furnished with a handsome
and costly bar, decorated with life
size pictures of classic nudities, and,
though the time was near midnight,
nearly filled with men, whose atten-:
t on seemed to be chiefly occupied
" fin one particular table. Elbowing
iny way with some difficulty through
uic crowd, l got near this table, and
H eaine a spectator of a scene which
l n atoned with more interest than
surprise.
1 he game was faro, and the contest'
appeared to be chiefly between the
dealer and a single better, who was
no other than Mandeville. He gave
me a slight look of recognition when
I drew near the table, and thencefor
ward took no more notice of me At '
first the fortunes of the game Were j
variable, with no decided advantage
on either side; and Mandeville made
his bets cautiously; but at length
the luck inclined toward my friend,
and he played high, winning nearly
every time, though occasionally los
ing a heavy stake. I had but little
knowledge of the game, but I could
readily perceive that in this ease the
struggle was conducted with mere
than ordinary pertinacity and spirit,
and the placid imperturabilixy of
the antagonists, as they won or lost
large sums upon the turn of a card,
had a curious fascination forme. The
direct interest I had in the game did
not cost me a single thought. My
confidence in Mandeville was com
plete, and the possibility that he
might lose, and thus, perhaps, render
me a defaulter, never once entered
my mind.
j ortune at length remained with
j Mandeville, and his winnings rapid-
I lv accumulated until they far exeeed
-led the amount remaining in the
j Imnk. Then, for the first time since
] my entrance, he broke the silence:
“ Will you stand a tap?”
“ Yes, with a fresh deal.”
“ How much have you in bank ?”
“ About fifty thousend dollars.”
“ Yery well. Take another deck,
, if you choose.”
A fresh deck was placed in the box,
and the dealing commenced. For
several turns Mandeville declined to
l>et, but at length, placing a chip on
the nine spot, he said :
The dealer slowly drew the cards
from the box.
“Nine wins!” he exclaimed: and
you have broken the bank. This is
the second time.”
“ The second time,” repeated Man
deyiile, “ but not the last time.”
The crowd, which bail, especially
through the latter stages of the game,
maintained a silence most profound,
now grew noisy, and indulged in ex
clamations of admiration, envy or
dislike of the successful player, accor
ding to their several humors. The
dealer rang a bell and ordered a cock
tail for himself and such drinks as
they preferred for as many of the by
standers as chose to partake with him.
Then, addressing Mandeville, he
remarked:
“ You don’t want to tarry that
stud' with you to-night.”
“ No; I shall leave it with you
till morning.”
“ l>o you want a memorandum or
receipt for it?”
“ No; between you and me that Is
unnecessary.”
The dealer summoned his assist
ants, who removed the money, and
Mandeville, turning to me, said :
“ A fair night’s work. We should ,
sleep soundly after it. Let us go
home.”
On the following day he placed in
my hands, in addition to the sum I
had lent him, sixty thousand dollars I
as my lawful share of the winnings, j
in consideration of having furnished
the stake which enabled him to con
tinue the game, after his own finances l
were exhausted.
“ I am now going down the coast
for a while, Brentford,” said he,
“and we shall not meet for some
months. 1 have only this to say to
you : Never gamble. It is a bad
business at best, and you could never
win. Good-by.”
CHAP. 11.
I had intended immediately upon
my arrival in San Francisco to place
the package of specimens I had
selected for a present to
Lizzie Dunbar in the express office
to he forwarded to the East by the
first steamer ; but my purpose was
delayed by one cause and another,
until an event occurred which, as
Mandeville had predicted, changed
it altogether.
My sudden and unexpected acqui
sition of wealth, instead of satisfying,
only stimulated my desire for more.
1 resolved to invest the whole amount
in merchandise suitable to the wants
of a mining community; and, my
capital being so largely increased, I
was enabled to select a wider range of
articles than I had previously calcu
lated upon. I did not much relish
the idea of association with partners
comparative poor; but what I then
conceived to be a nice sense of honor
impelled me to adhere to the agree
ment I had made with them, and I
consoled myself with the reflection
that of course the profits of the con
cern would be shared according to
the amount invested, and that I could
at almost any time, after establishing
a business, buy out my partners, if I
doomed it politic to do so. The ex- j
pansion of my original design in- j
volved, of course, time and consider- j
ation. I wrote to my associates, in- j
forming them that I should furnish !
a stock three or four times greater
than we had contemplated, and re
<i>iestinjT them to secure at any
reasonable cost a Duiiumg y,t mui
ample accommodations than the one
we had selected for our business. As
this would necessarily occasion some
delay, I resolved to take a leisurely
survey of the mercantile facilities of
the city, and watch for opportunities
of purchasing cheaply such goods as I
thought would be adapted for our
prospective trade. In pursuance of
this plan, I visited some of the prin
cipal merchants, informed them of
my means and purposes, and obtain
ed their lowest figures for the purpose
of comparing them, in order that I
might lay out my money to the best
advantage.
Os course, so promising a customer
received a great deal of consideration
and courtesies, which were not usual
at that time of business bustle and ex
citement, were freely extended to me.
But of all the merchants of the Bay,
Henry Wardlaw, a young man of
dashing exterior and great energy,
paid me the most attention, lie
chaperoned me to such places of
amusement as the city at that time
afforded ; treated me to wine break
fasts at the Case de Parte, and, a few
days after our first meeting, took me
to dine with him at his own house.
He was a bachelor, he informed me:
but his dear sister, who superintended
his household, would be glad to meet
me, and he thought he could promise
me an agreeable reception.
Wardlaw’s house, although—like
most residences in San Francisco at
that date—small and of plain exteri
or, was handsomely and tastefully
furnished within; and to tread its
soft carpets, press its yielding
cushions, regard my form and fea
tures in its costly mirrors, and admire
its elegant piotures, vases, and other
expensive ornaments, were luxuries
which I enjoyed the more because I
had for some time been a stranger to
them. But the crowning grace and
ornament of the place was its mis
tress, Miss Bessie Wardlaw, a beauti
ful and fascinating young woman of
perhaps twenty years, with a self
possession, and refinement of manner
which could only have been acquired
by constant intercourse with the best
society. Her dress was calculated to
set off her superb charms to the best
advantage; and as she received me
with gracious cordiality, with a cap
tivating smile and a just perceptible
pressure of the delicate white hand
she offered me, I thought her the
most attractive woman 1 had ever
seen.
Our conversation at dinner embrac
ed a variety of subjects, social, com
mercial aud political, upon all of
which she spoke with ease and
sprightliness, and with an exquisite
modulation of her low musical voice
that charmed me. Once or twice I
surprised myself in the act of regard
ing her with a too attentive gaze, and
mentally comparing her with Lizzie
Dunbar, rather to the disadvantage of
the latter, who, I remember, was
simply a pretty country girl, shy,
modest and confiding, but of limited
social advantages and accomplish
ments. Once 1 would not have had
her changed in a single particular;
but my ideas had expanded with my
wealth. If my career continued as
prosperously as it had commenced —
and I saw no reason to doubt that it
would—l could erelong assume a so
cial position second to none; and it
was only natural that I should desire
mv future wife to be fitted to adorn
, the station to which 1 would exalt
her. I entertained some vague pur
! |iose of causing Lizzie to be supplied
lit my own expense, through the me
dium of special preceptors and pre
ceptresses, with the graces and ac
complishments of which I thought
she stood in need. I determined at
all events, in my next letter to her, to
plainly point out the defects in her
i manners and education, to which my
love for her had hitherto blinded me!
but which hail now become so pain
futly apparent, and ask her to make
to remedy them, so far as
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11,1872.
possible. I thought to heal any
wound to her sensibilities caused by
' these suggestions by an extraordinary
declaration of affection conveyed in
the same letter, and by the handsome
presents I designed sending her, but
which I had hitherto unaccountably
neglected.
I spent the evening with theWard
i laws, and was agreeably entertained
Iby them. Bessie played aud sang di
| vmely; Wardlaw was—as indeed he
always was—cheerful and brilliant,
and under such pleasant influences I
; yielded myself wholly and unresist
ingly to the intoxication of the hour.
If Bessie exerted herself to fascinate
me, she certainly succeeded. I am
ashamed to confess it, but the truth
must lie toid; w r hen I parted from her
that night I was madly in love with
her. Not that I had forgotten my
plighted truth to Lizzie Dunbar—l
remembered it but too well, and was
base enough to seek in my mind jus
tification for breaking it. Had I re
mained a comparatively poor man, I
reasoned with myself, Lizzie would
have made me a good enough wife ;
“ love in a cottage” with her, though
tame and monotonous, would lie en
joyable ; but with my altered pros
pects it would be wrong toward both
of us to place her in a position for
which she was so wholly unsuited.
W ith such flimsy pretexts I strove to
convince myself that my conduct was
not altogether despicable; although I
utterly failed to stifle the remorseful
pangs which would frequently assail
my heart, and almost force mo to as
sort my manhood.
I Called the following morning upon
Wardlaw in his counting-room, and
was greeted by him with energetic
cordiality.
“ I am" glad to see you, Mr. Brent
ford,” said he, seizing my hand and
shaking it vigorously. “Sit down
and smoke a cigar with me. I want
ed to see you ; indeed, if you hadn’t
come, I should have gone to look for
you.”
“ Anything important ?” I inquired
carelessly, as I lighted my cigar.
“ Yes—rather. I presume you have
not yet purchased any goods ?”
“ No.”
“ And your capital remains intact?”
“ It does.”
“So far, well. Now, I have a prop
osition to make to you, and I want
you to think twice before you reject it.
I frequently engage in " mercantile
speculations outside of my regular
business, and though there is certainly
some risk in them, I have found them
exceedingly profitable. There is a
good thing now on the cards, which
I believe has not yet occurred to any
one but myself. I have not, however,
the funds necessary to take hold of it,
and besides, I should want a partner.”
“ How much do you lack?”
“ From fifty to seventy-five thous
and dollars—not less than the former
nor more than the latter sum.”
“ What is the nature of the specula
tion ?”
“ I will explain it to you, trusting,
of course, to your honor to say noth
ing about it should you decline to go
into it. The stock of flour in the city
is smal I, and in the interior it is al
most exhausted, but the fact has been
strangely overlooked, and the article
lias not appreciated. One reason for
this is doubtless that the ship Sky
rocket, which sailed from New York
for this port in November last with
fifteen hundred tons of flour, is daily
expected, as she is reported to have
been spoken by the last steamer from
Panama, within five hundred miles of
here, and both wind and weather
have since been favorable for vessels
bound to this port from the southward.
I have, however, accidently ascer
tained that the vessel spoken was not
the clipper ship Skyrocket, but the
Danish ship Skager Pack, and that
her lading is not flon’* but German
wines and liquors. have also relia
ble information that the Skyrocket
recently put into Callao in a damaged
condition, and will require two or
three months for repairs. Further, I
have ascertainedj by careful examina-
Uuu of the shipping records from the
Eastern ports, that no other vessel la
ucii w ith Hour inay be expected for
some weeks. There is none now on
the way from South American ports,
and the surplus of Oregon is exhaust
ed. It is clear, therefore, that in buy
ing up what there is in market and
putting it up at ojice to double, treble
or quadruple its present price, there
would be a chance for a handsome
profit, while the risk would be noth
ing.”
“It seems clear enough. But I do
not like the idea of speculating in a
necessary of life.”
“ My dear fellow, it is very plain
that you are unsophisticated in world
ly matters—you who propose to be
come a merchant, and to grow rich by
trade. Now, 1 have long since dis
covered that the only way to wealth
is to buy cheap and sell dear, and if
conscience stands in the way of a
lucky strike, put it quietly aside until
a more convenient season. Every
body does it; and if you would hold
your own and acquire more in this
scheming world, you must do as oth
ers do. Eor my part, I hold that all
articles which can be bought or sold
come under precisely the same mer
cantile law of demand and supply, and
that it is no more wrong to buy flour
as cheaply and sell it as dearly as you
can, than it is to buy a house, or a
piece of land, or a horse, or a bale of
dry goods, for a low price and sell it
for a high one. Why is a man gifted
with superior foresight and shrewd
ness, if he is not permitted to use
them for his own advantage—and
that of his friends ?”
My avarice aided Wardlaw’s spe
cious reasoning in convincing me,
and the result was that I entered al
most unresistingly into the scheme.
It was arranged that 1 should make
the purchases, as Wardlaw’s doing so
might excite suspicion, and lead to
the partial frustration of our plans. I
set about it at once, and proceeded
with such dispatch that by nightfall
eveijy pound of flour in the market
had passed into our hands. We im
mediately put up the price from five
cents per pound, at which we had pur
chased, to twenty cents. A panic en
sued, and we soon raised the price to
thirty, and eventually to thirty-five
cents per pound, at which we closed
out the stock. Two days afterward
the Skyrocket entered the harbor with
her lading in safety, and flour fell to
four cents per pound.
My share of the gains from this ne- j
farious transaction amounted to about
seventy thousand dollars; and so ela
ted was I with my success that I was
easily persuaded to abandon my in
tention of commencing business in
Coyoteville, and join my fortunes with
those of Wardlaw in speculative pur
suits in the city. I accordingly took
steps to break off my business engage
ments with my former partners, pro
vided myself with suitable lodgings
in a convenient locality, and devoted
myself to speculation and love: for I
had now become a devoted, and, as I
thought, not an unwelcome admirer
of Miss Bessie Wardlaw, my frequent
visits being warmly encouraged by
both herself and brother. I had not
the courage to write to Lizzie Dunbar
and tell her the truth, though my
conscience smote me when I looked
at her unanswered letters, which for
a time continued to reach me with un
failing regularity, telling always the
simple and beautiful story of unchang
ing affection, but ceasing at last with
a wail of despair which would have
touched any heart less obdurate than
mine. Though a dull pain tugged at
my heart strings, I threw those sweet,
tender, passionate epistles aside, with
a cold criticism upon their chirogra
phy and orthography, and sought
consolation in the society of my new
love, to whom, in my infatuation, I
gave the presents I had intended for
the old, Yet I never dared to speak
to her of love, although I knew tha t
she must have divined my sentiment,,
I towards her, and believed that she re
j ciprocated them. A feeling of ming
led shame and remorse paralized my
i tongue whenever I attempted to ap
! proach the subject.
There were plenty of opportunities
1 for speculation in those days of change
and unrest, when every steamer and
sailing vessel that came to the golden
i shore was crowded with passengers,'
and every summer and autumn long I
trains of immigrant wagons poured
over the Sierra Nevada, and rested i
from their long and weary journey j
beside the rich placers among the
foothills. We ventured boldly, and j
were generally successful. We were '
occasionally “caught napping,” and
.received a blow which staggered us a 1
little financially; but on the whole
we had good reason to be satisfied with
the results of our investments. W T e
did not confine our attention to mer- j
cantile transactions, but dealt in real
instate, bonds and other securities,
ditch-stock—everything that offered a
good margin for profit; and our gains
increased so rapidly that we soon reck
oned ourselves " millionaires. We
seemed, like Napoleon at the summit
of his power, to be superior to fortune
—to command destiny—to order
events. If it Ls in the power of wealth
to make a man happy and contented,
I should have been so; but I was not.
Surrounded as I was with ever luxury
that I desired and wealth could pur
chase; basking in the smiles of the
most beautiful woman I ever knew,
and who I believed loved me as fond
ly as I loved her; honored, courted,
fawned upon and servilely flattered
by all classes, I was yet the most mis
erable dog alive. I thought there was
but one thing nesessary to my happi
ness, but so often as I would have
stretchd forth my hand to grasp it, the
pale sad face of Lizzie Dunbar seemed
to interpose itself like an angry spirit
between me and the object of "my de
sire.
At this time lawlessness and vio
lence held sway in San Francisco, j
Murderers and thieves were high in j
offices under the municipality, and |
their fellows in crime committed their
evil deeds in daylight with impunity.
Assassinations, burglaries and high
way robberies were of frequent occur
rence, and their perpetrators, if ap
prehended, were almost certain to es
cape the punishment due to their I
crimes. Terror at length drove the
law-abiding citizens to concert meas
ures in defense of their lives and prop-1
erty, which the law was powerless to
protect, and the vigilance committee
was formed. I w T as solicited to take
an active share in its organization, but
declined, because, as I then believed,
legal remedies for the evils sought to
be extirpated had not been exhausted.
This fact occasioned some ill-feeling
against me among the more active
members es the committee, some of
whom had perhaps sufficient reason
to dislike me, on account of business
transactions in which I had been the
gainer at their cost.
One evening, shortly after the or
ganization of the committee, I receiv
ed a message from Bessie Wardlaw',
requesting me to call upon her imme
diately. I lost no time in obeying the
summons. I found both her "and her
brother at home;'but, though they
received me with their usual apparent
cordiality, there w r as an air of gloom
and constraint upon them, and a
strange pallor on their faces, which I
could not help remarking. Wardlaw
was strangely morose and taciturn ;
Bessie was evidently weighed down
by some secret trouble which rendered
abortive all her attempts at cheerful
ness and pleasantry; and I felt a sense
of oppression and dread in the pres
ence of a mystery which I could not
fathom. The hours passed tediously
and painfully, and I was several times
on the point of taking my leave, but
w r as restrained by a meaning look from
Bessie, who, I j udged from her ex
pression, desired to say something
privately to me. At length, during
the momentary absence of her broth
er from the drawing-room, she hastily
whispered:
“ Thank you for coming. I cannot
explain to-night; but to-morrow you
uhall know everything.”
W ardlaw’s return at that instant
prevented any further privacy between
us, and I shortly afterwards took my
leave. Wardlaw bade me a simple
“ good-night,” without leaving liis
chair; but Bessie accompanied me to
the hall door, and at parting, as if
moved by a sudden impulse, threw
an arm around my neck and gave me
a passionate kiss, then hastily retreat
ed. ' At another time such a demon
stration on her part would have filled
me with joy and delight, but now it
only added to my surprise and bewil
derment.
Although the hour was pretty late,
I felt no inclination to seek my apart
ments. I was confused by the myste
ry I had left behind me, and, brood
ing upon it, lighted a cigar and stroll
ed mechanically up Clay Street to the
very summit of the hill. It was a
pleasant starlit night, and, sitting
down upon a little grassy knoll, I
looked upon the city wrapped in stil
ness and shadow, through which at
intervals I could see the gleam of the
lanterns borne by the patrolem of the
vigilance committee. I had rested
here but a moment, when I was start
led by a hand laid upon my shoulder,
and, looking up, saw two men stand
ing beside me.
“ Good-evening, sir,” said one of
them, in a pleasant but strange voice.
“ Are you fond of the night and soli
tude?”
“ Good-evening, gentlemen,” I re
plied, assured by their appearance and
manner that they meant me no harm.
“I do not often seek solitude at such
an hour, but to-night I am unusually
wakeful.”
“ You have need to be,” returned he.
“ You know how Judas betrayed his
master?”
“I do not understand you,” I re
plied.
“No ; because you are blind. But
the kiss of a traitoress is fresh upon
your lips.”
“ What do you mean ?” I cried,
starting up in indignation and aston
ishment.
“ I am not at liberty to explain just
now. Our present duty, and the ob
ject for which we have followed you
hither, is to warn and protect you.”
“I thank you, gentlemen; but as
you are entirely unknown to me, lam
at a loss to what motive to attribute
your interest in my concerns, or to ac
count for your knowledge of an occur
rence of which I am sure there was no
human witness.”
“ You are Mandeville’s friend—that
is sufficient warrant for our interest in
you. The sources of our knowledge
we cannot reveal.”
The stranger’s tone and manner
convince dme of his candor, yet I
thought there must be a mistake
somewhere. Surely Bessie could not
be a traitress.
“Is it against Miss Wardlaw you
would warn and protect me?” I
asked.
“ Do not press for explanation now,”
he answered. “ To-morrow you will
j know everything.”
“ And meantime?”
“ Meantime you will return with us
to the city. Hark ! there is the sig
nal. The first act of the drama is
over, and the second is begun. Let us
; go.”
A bright column of flame shot up
I through the dim starlight from a
house far below us on the slope of the
hill. Presently we could hear the
sounds of alarm throughout the city ;
the ringing of bells, the rattling of en
gines and the shouts of the multitude
which swarmed into the streets and
surged toward the scene of the confla
gration.
“It is Wardlaw’s house!” I ex
! claimed, as the steadily increasing
volume of flame brouggt the building
i and its surroundings plainly into
view.
| “ Yes, it is Wardlaw ’s house said
I the man who had hitherto conducted
| the conversation with me. “ Your
i personal safety is now assured, though
i you must suffer annoyance and loss.”
He descended the hill, and joined
the crowd that thronged around the
burning house. The fire jttade rapid
work, and in spite of the effort.' of the
firemen and others who e*£rted them
selves to save it, but little remained
of the building when we reached its
vicinity. My companions suddenly
disappeared, and, in looking around
for them I met an acquaintance who
seemed to be sufficiently unoccupied
to answer a question or tiro.
“ How did this occur?” I inquir
ed.
“ Don’t know,” said he, “It’s re
ported to have been set afire by the
murderer.”
“ What murderer ? Where are the
Wardlaws ?”
“ Why, the fellow whotcilled Rich
ard Wardlaw, to be sure. The corpse
was dragged out of the house before
it was burned much, and the coroner’s
took charge of it, to hold an inquest
the first thing in the morning. Miss
Wardlaw went with the corpse and
the coroner.”
At the same moment I heart l a voice
saying, ‘ There he is—arrest him !”
And I was immediately laid violent
hold of by two men w earing the
badges of the vigilance committee’s
patrolmen. ,
(". 0 BE CONTIKCKD NEXT WEEK.)
A BOY’S ADVICE TO OU> MEN.
I cannot pick up a newspaper with
out “ Advice to Boys” stores me in
the face. Old men write it, I s’pose.
Nobody else is capable of giving ad
vice to boys—of course not! They
know 7 all about us, ’cause they have
been there. Advice is a good thing
to have, no doubt, and no family
should lie without it; but a fellow 7
don’t want to be crammed with it all
the time, to the exclusion of all other
diet.
Now, old men need advice occa
sionally, but in looking through a
newspaper, I don’t see that they get
it. So I just thought I would write a
little “ advice to old men” myself, if
lam not presuming too much—as I
Cioe says—and I presume I am.
in the first place, you old chaps j
ought to get over telling how much
smarter boys were when you were
boys than boys are now. You believe
it yourself, of course, ’cause you’ve
told it so many times; but w 7 e boys
can’t see it. We have a notion that;
boys are boys, pretty much—except
some are world over, and j
one generation of them don’t lie over ,
another generation to any alarming j
extent.
Only let you tell it, and you could \
out-run, out-jump, out wrestle, aud I
out anything else of the rising gen
eration of to-day when you were a |
hoy. Grandfather, who lias got the |
gout and a half a dozen different
kinds of rheumatism, hqalways say
ing that “ I would I were a boy
again.” I would he were, too. If I
couldn’t beat him running, and flop |
him on his back, side holt, I don’t |
want a cent.
I would’t go so far as to say, “ Pa
rents obey your children,” but I i
would suggest to fathers that they 5
give us a hearing occasionally on 1
matters in which we are the most in-!
terested party. Don’t make us go j
and slkle.down hill, when we want
to skate, and don’t try to make i
preachers of us when we much prefer
to run a saw-mill.
After giving us boys sage advice
about our conduct, and how to be
have, you old men ought to be care
ful how you get to relating your boy
ish scrapes to each other, and laugh
ing over them, before we get out of
ear-shot. —Golden Hours.
The Roman Sentinel.— When
Pompeii was destroyed, there were
many buried in the ruins of it, who
were afterwards found in different sit
uations. There were some found in
deep vaults, as if they had gone there
for security. There were some found
who were in the streets, as if they had
been attempting to make their escape.
There were some found in lofty cham
bers. But where did they find the
Roman sentinel ? They found him
standing at the city gate, with his
hand still grasping his war weapon,
where he had been placed by his cap
tain ; and there where the heavens
threatened him, there where the lava
stream rolled, he stood at his post,
and there, after a thousand years had
passed away, ho was found. So let
Christians learn to stand to their duty,
willing to stand at the post on which
their captain has placed them, and
they will find that grace will support
and sustain them.
Prior to slumber, the female form
divine is understood to be enveloped
in a long white garment, said to give
the figure a most ghostlike air just be
fore the light goes out. In attire of
this description Mr. Grant is up to his
eyes. He has been braking open
trunks and searching wardrobes in
York county, South Carolina, for Ku-
Klux disguises, and the nearest ap
proach thereto has been the curious
habiliments above noted. The con
queror of Appomatox has been smell
ing out treason in bandboxes, and,
not to put too fine a point upon it, has
come upon no more dreadful raiment
than a chemise. Meanwhile, three
ladies —doubtless for standing on the
defense of their bureau draw ers—have
been put in jail and the entire female
world in Western South Carolina
knows not at what moment Mr. Grant
may hound his dragoons upon them
too. — World.
“A person converted in youth,’’
says John Angel James, “ is like the
sun rising on a summer morning to
shine through the long bright day.
But a person converted late in life, is
the evening star, a lovely object of
Christian contemplation, but not ap
pearing till the day is closing, and
then but for a little while.”
A Down-East paper alluded to an
eminent citizen as “ a noble old bur
gher, proudly loving his native
State;” which neat little compliment
came from the compositor’s hand
reading, “ a nobby.old burglar prowl
ing around in a naked state.”
“ Equality” means, says a French
writer “ a desire to be equal to your
superiors, and superior to your
equals.”
Mrs. Jones says: “ I believe I’ve
got the tenderest-hearted toys in the
world. I can’t tell one of them to
fetch me a bucket of water but he’ll
burst out crying.”
An old bachelor, who bears his
lonely state with much equanimity,
says: “It is better to be laughed at
for not being married than to be una
ble to laugh because you are.”
The best mode of fastening a horse
in a stall is the English one of attach
ing a light weight to the end of the
halter and allowing it to run up and
down under the manger, which should
always be boarded in front from the
floor up. By this arraugement, the
horse enjoys sufficient liberty and yet
has no chance of getting cast by step
ping over his halter.
Wise men mingle mirth with their
cares, as a help either to forget or
overcome them; but to resort to in
toxication for the ease of one’s mind,
is to cure melancholy by madness.
Our brightest moments are fre
quently those which arise to us from
the bosom of care aud anxiety—the
gems that sparkle upon the dark
ground.
This is the way which a local re
porter chronicled an accident: “A
child was run over by a wagon three
years old and cross-eyed with pante
lets on whiefc never spoke afterwards.
Carpet-BaggLsm the Same in all
Times an and Places — How it
Worked in Massachusetts Cen
turies Ago.
It looks odd (says the Floridian)
that Massachusetts should be quoted
in justification of Southern opposition
to carpet-baggers. But such is the
faet. The people of that old common
wealth were once made the victims
of a carpet-bagger, and they protested
lustily against this outrage. In a
document bearing date April 18,1669,
and entitled, “ The Declaration of the
Gentlemen, Merchants and Inhabit
ants of Boston and the Country Adja
cent,” they complain that Sir Ed
mund Andros had been brought from
New York to be their Governor, and
they set forth their grievances after
this manner:
“ The Government was no sooner j
in these Hands, but care was taken to !
load Preferments upon such men as |
were strangers to and halers of the
Kople; arid every one’s observation
ith noted what qualifications reeom
mended a Man to publiek offices and
Employments, only here and there a j
good Man was used when others could
not easily be had; the Governor him
self, with Assertions now and then
falling from him made us jealous that
it would lie thought for his Majesties j
Interest, if this People were removed I
and another succeeded in t heir room.
And these far-fetched Instruments
that were growing rich among us
would gravely inform us that it was
not for his Majesties interest that we \
shoidd thrive.
But of all our oppressors we were !
chiefly squeezed by a crew of abject
Persons fetched from New York, to |
be the Tools of the Adversary, stand
ing at our right hand ; by these were
extraordinary and intolerable Fees i
extorted from every one upon all oe-;
easions, without any Rules but those !
of their own insatiable Avarice and
Beggary ; and even the probate of a j
Will must now cost as many Pounds \
perhaps as it did Shillings heretofore: j
nor could a small volume contain the !
other Illegalities done by these \
Horse-Leeches in the two o"r three j
years that they have been sucking of
us. * * * Persons who did but
peaceably object against the raising
of Taxes without an Assembly, have
been for it fined, some 20, some 30,
some others 50 pounds. Packt and
Pickt Juries have been very common j
things among us. * * * Borne have
been kept in long and close Imprison
ment without any the least Informa
tion appearing against them, or an
Habeas Corpus allowed unto them.”
The protest was printed in pamphlet
form and no doubt had a general cir
culation among the people of that day.
In commenting upon it, the Nashville
Union and American says: The car
pet-bagger as here pictured nearly
two hundred years ago, is true to his
instincts to-day. The picture is so
life-like that it seems to have been
drawn for the Southern States in the
light of the past five years. The gov
ernments of the Southern States were
“no sooner in these hands, hut care
was taken to load preferments upon
such men as were strangers to and
haters of the people ; and every one’s
observation had noted what qualifica
tions recommended a man to public
officers and employments; only here
and there a good man was used when
others could not easily be had.”
THE CI'RSE OE THE HOIK.
There is too much lying. On every
hand we meet with exaggeration,
equivocation, deception. We call it
all lying, and every man or woman
who varies one iota from the strictest
fact and truth is indeed a liar.
The expressman agrees most sol
emnly to deliver a trunk for you at
a certain place by a certain hour. He
delivers it the day after the time
promised, and thus lies. The grocer
promises to send you the best tea in
the market. He takes the first his
hand falls upon without any care for
the quality, and dispatches it to you
without a twinge. He is a liar. The
printer promises to do your work
cheaper than it can be done elsewhere
in town. He forgets his promise—
charges you what he pleases—and
lies. The tailor agrees to deliver a
suit of clothes without fail by six in
the evening. You get them in the
morning, and the tailor is a liar. The
dentist pledges his word that your
teeth :is filled by him will be all right
for a dozen years. The fillings come
out in six months, and the dentist
lies. A man over the way is in need
of a temporary loan. You lend him
a small sum, which he promises by
everything to return at a given time.
He keeps it a month over the time
and is a liar. An auctioneer tells you
a certain picture is by a master-artist,
when he knows it was painted by a
fourth-rate painter. He lies, and is
not worthy of trust. A salesman lies
about his goods. A bootmaker lies
about your boots. The jeweller lies
about your watch. Thegossiper at
the dinner table tells exaggerated
stories to astonish the ladies, _ and is
nothing else than a liar. The florist
assures you that his flowers were
picked in the morning, when they
are nearly two days old. He lies, and
will lie about anything. The hook
publisher advertises that his book is
selling by the tens of thousands, when
he has not sold a thousand. He is a
liar and one door off from the mur
derer.
Everywhere, everywhere we hear
lying, lying. Men arid women who
would knock you down if you called
them liars, lie every hour. Deception
is the rule rather than the exception.
Canvassers lie about insurance com
panies. Brokers lie about stocks.
Editors lie about politics. Exagge
ration and misrepresentation rule the
hour and its curse.
Gentlemen—ladies—why cannot
the trutli be told always and ever?
Why all this deception and lying?
Why so much falsifying and cheating?
In the name of all that is true and
good, we beg of you to
Do as you agree!
Do as you agree!
Do as you agree!— Evening Mail.
PAPER CLOTHING.
The uses to which paper is applied
are constantly multiplying, until it is
now made serviceable in nearly every
department of manufacturing" indus
try. The paper collar was considered
an ingenious novely when it first ap
peared closely followed by cuffs, frills,
etc., of the same material; but the
attempt to apply the same principle
to the production of other articles of
raiment was for a long time unsuc
cessful. An English inventor has at
length, it is said, surmounted the
difficulties of the case, having pro
duced a fabric from which all sorts of
clothing for person and for beds, as
well as numerous other articles em
ployed in furnishing an apartment,
can be made at a small expense and
of a very durable character. The pa
per thus used is made from a pulp
composed of wool, silk, hemp, cotton,
flax and jute, which is subjected to
bleaching and felting, and a fabric
thus obtained on which a strong seam
can be made with the same facility
as upon cloth. Shirts, skirts, panta
loons, blankets, table-cloths, etc., are
made of this material, possessing such
toughness and flexibility as scarcely
to be distinguished from linen or com
mon cloth. The process is new to the
European and American markets, but
a similar art has long been in use in
China and Japan, where a paper coat
which will stand a reasonable amount
of wear can be bought for ten cents, a
whole suit for twenty-five cents.
Rice Waffles.— Boil two gills of
rice soft, mix with three gills of flour,
a little salt, two ounces of melted but
ter, two eggs beaten well, as much
milk as will make it a thick batter;
beat it till very light, and bake in
waffle-irons.
THE FAMILY CIRCLE.
THE RniSELLER.
Even. 7 individual in society is ex
pected to contribute something to its
advancement and interest. We re
i member to have read, many years
! ago, of a company of tradesmen ‘ who
j united themselves into a mutual ben
: efit society, and each one had to re
late what he could contribute to its
support
First the blacksmith came forward
and said:
“ Gentlemen, I wish to become a
member of your association.”
“ Well, what can you do?”
“Oh! I can iron your carriages,
shoe your horses, and make all kinds
of implements.”
“ Very well, come in, Mr. Black
smith.”
The mason applied for admission
into the society.
“ And what "can you do, sir?”
“ I can build your barns, houses,
stables, and bridges.”
“ Very well, come in ; we cannot
do without you.”
Along comes the shoemaker,, and ;
says, “1 wish to become a member of
your society.”
“ Well, what can you do?”
“ I can make lioots and shoes for
you.”
“ Come in, Mr. Shoemaker ; we '
must have you.”
I turn all the different trades and
professions applied, till at last an in
dividual came in who wanted to be
come a member.
“ And what are you ?”
“ I am a rumseller.”
“ A rumseller! and what can vou
do?”
“ I can build jails, and prisons, and
poor-houses.”
“ And is that all ?”
“No; I can All them. I can fill
your jails with criminals, your pris
ons with convicts, and your poor
houses with paupers.”
“ And what else can you do ?”
“ I can bring the gray hairs
of the aged to the grave with
I can break the heart of the
wife, and blast the prospects of the
friends of talent and fill the land with
more than the plagues of Egypt.”
“ Is that all you can do?”
“Good heavens!” cried the rum
seller, “ is not that enough?”
THE ART OF NOT HEARING.
The art of not hearing is fully as
important to domestic happiness as a
cultivated ear, for which so much
time and money is expended. There
are so many things which is painful
to hear, many of which, if heard, will
disturb the temper and detract from
contentment and happiness, that ev
ery one should be educated to take in
or shut out sounds at will. If a man
falls into a violent passion and calls
me all manner of names, the first
word shuts my ears, and I hear no
more. If in my quiet voyage of life
I am caught in one of those domestic
whirlwinds of scolding, I shut my
ears, as a sailor would furl his sail,
and, making all tight, scud before the
gale. If a hot and restless man be
gins to inflame my feelings, I consid
er what mischief these sparks might
do in the magazine below where my
temper is kept, aud instantly close
the door. Does a gabbing, mischief
making fellow begin to inform me
what people are saying about me,
down drops the portcullis of my ear,
and he cannot get in any farther.
Some people feel very anxious to hear
everything that will vex or annoy
them, they set about searching and
finding it out. If all the petty things
said of one by the heedless or ill
natured idlers were brought home
to him, he would become a mere
walking pin-cushion, stuck full of
sharp remarks. I should as soon
thank a man for emptying on my
head a bushel of nettles, or setting
loose a swarm of musquitoes in my
chamber, or raising a pungent dust
in my house generally, as to bring
upon me all the tattle of spiteful
people. If you would be happy when
among good men, open your ears ;
when among had, shut them. It is
not worth while to hear what your
servants say when they have slamm
ed the door; what a beggar says
whose petition you have rejected;
what your neighbors say about your
children; what your rivals say about
your business or dreas. I have no
ticed that a well-bred woman never
hears an impertinent remark. A
kind of discreet deafness saves one
from many insults, from much blame,
from not a little apparent connivance
in dishonorable conversations.
FOR MOTHERS.
Send your children to bed happy.
Whatever cares press, give it a warm
good-night kiss as it goes to its pillow.
The memory of this, in the stormy
years that may be in store for the
little one, will be like Bethlehem’s
star to the bewildered shepherds.
“ My father, my mother, loved me.”
Nothing can takeaway that blessed
heart-balm. Lips parched with the
world’s fever will become dewy
again at the thrill of youthful memo
ries. Kiss your little child before it
goes to sleep.
GIRLS.
It is the power of young girls to
make themselves very dear and very
useful to their married friends, and
to render them such services as are
beyond all price. In times of sick
ness and of sorrow, the sympathy and
presence of a beloved female friend
are among the best of heaven’s «*ifts;
while she who ministers to the af
flicted, is as much blessed as blessing.
Let no young person stay away from
a friend who is ill or in affliction,
from the fear that her inexperience
will render her company undesirable;
all who have strong affections, and a
ready power of sympathy, can make
themselves acceptible, and in endeav
oring to do so, will increase their own
happiness. Never let mere conveni
ence induce you to stay at the houses
of persons whom you cannot esteem ;
by so doing, you bring on yourself
an irksome obligation; you take on
yourself the duties of a friend, with
out having the sentiments that would
make their discharge easy.
A MOTHER’S IXFLIEYCE.
llow touching is this tribute of
Hon. T. H. Benton, to his mother’s
influence: “My mother asked me
never to use tobacco; I have never
touched it from that time to the pres
ent day. She asked me never to
f amble, and I have never gambled;
cannot tell who is losing in games
that are being played. She admon
ished me, too, against hard drinking;
and whatever capacity for endurance
I have at present, and whatever use
fulness, I nave attributed to having
complied with her pious and correct
wishes. When I was seven years of
age she asked me not to drink, and
then I made a resolution of total ab
stinence ; and that I have adhered to
it through all time, I owe to my
mother.”
WORDS FOR THE YOOG.
Young friends, education is to you
what polish and refinement is to the I
rude diamond. In its rude state, the
diamond resembles a stone, or piece
of charcoal; but when cut and manu
factured. it comes out a bright and
beautiful diamond, and is sold at a
great price. So it is with you. Ed
ucation calls forth the hidden treas
ures and latent brilliancies of your
minds, which previously lie dormant
and inactive, or, in other words,
asleep. It cultivates and develops
your understandings, and fits and
prepares you for the duties and re
sponsibilities of coming years, which,
we trust, will be years of usefulness—
useful to yourselves, to your associ
ates, and society at large.
items of interest.
Many and warm have been the dis
putes to determine the true Sham
rock the national emblem adopted
by the Irish. Some contend for the
wood-sorrel, the leaves of wliieh im
fold about St Patrick's Day; while
others maintain that the whfto clover
is the favored plant.
j Ring worms, as they are called, are
| s .km troubles which those parts of the
face apt tobe’slighted in washing are
most subject to. Such, for instance,
|as the neighborhood of the nose. In
I fact, no such icorm exists, but the
: pores of the skin become closed, and
! the natural secretion gets to be solid,
ami assumes a black appearance. Bav
rum dissipates this concretion anil
opens the pores again.
The revenue and expenses (in mill
ions of dollars) of Great Britain and
the United States wore, last vear, as
follows, according to the morithly rt'-
port of the Bureau of Statistic's, No. 11,
dated August, 1870: Great Britain,
income revenue, $450.000,000; expen
ses, $360,000,000. United Stall's, rev
enue, $408,000,000; expenses, $292,-
000,000. The tonnage of the merchant
marine of each (sea-going vessels only)
was as follows: Great Britain, 8,-
644,929. United State's, 2,914,899.
Upon being introduced to a lady, it
is not according to the strict rules of
etiquette' to shake hands with her, un
less she, of course, offers to do so.
Shaking hands is a proof of intimacy.
Neither does a ball-room introduction
necessarily admit of subsequent rec
ognition, in the street or elsewhere.
It is morely an introduction for the
evening, and nothing more, unless
the lady herself chooses to consider it
otherwise.
A gentleman cannot, with any pro
priety, introduce himself to a lady;
and no lady who entertains any re
spect for herself would allow a gentle
man thus to form her acquaintance.
You may fancy that the young lady
whom you so often meet at church, in
in the street or elsewhere, “ would l>e
pleased if you could only manage to
become acquainted with her;” hut
you must ask the aid of some mutual
friend to obtain an introduction in the
only proper, legitimate fashion.
We have seen the origin of the
word “ Bogus” ascribed to its being a
corruption of one “ Borghese,” a very
corrupt individual, who, many years
ago, did a tremendous business in the
way of supplying the Great West, and
portions of the southwest, with coun
terfeit bills, and bills on fictitious
flanks. The people fell into the habit
of shortening the name of “ Borghese”
to that of “ Bogus,” and his bills, as
well as all others of a like character,
were universally styled by them “ bo
gus” currency.
To crystalize flowers, dissolve 18
ounces of pure alum in a quart of soft
spring water, by boiling it gently, in
a close tin vessel, over a moderate fire.
When the liquid is cold, suspend the
flowers to be crystal ized, by means of
a small thread or twine, from a stick
laid horrizontally across the aperture
of a deep glass or earthen jar, into
which the solution has been poured.
The flowers should remain in the so
lution for twenty-four hours. When
taken out, they are to be suspended in
the shade until perfectly dry. There
are very few subjects in the vegetable
kingdom which cannot be thus crys
talized and preserved.
According to the census taken at
midnight, on Sunday, April 3, 1871,
the population of London, England,
was 3,883,092 persons. What an enor
mous city this make's, can be seen by
a glance at the number of our largest
city populations it takes to make up
this immense sum. The aggregate
populations of eleven of the largest
cities in the United States, viz: New
York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, St.
Louis, Chicago, Baltimore, Boston,
Cincinnati, New Orleans, San Fran
cisco and Buffalo, (according to the
latest census), only amount to 3,828,-
675, or 54,517 less than that of London
alone. London is, beyond all doubt
whatever, the largest and most popu
lous city in the world.
The Croton Aqueduct, by which
New York City is supplied with wa
ter, is a work worthy of being ranked
with the grandest of the old Roman
aqueducts. It commences about 41
miles from the city, at the Croton
River, the waters of which are col
lected by an immense dam. The aq
ueduct proceeding thence, is arched
over and under, being 6 feet 3 inches
wide at bottom, 7 feet 8 inches at top,
and 8 feet 5 inches in height. It lias
a descent of 1.33 inches per mile, and
discharges 60,000,(XX) gallons in 24
hours. It crosses the Harlem River
over the famous High, Bridge—a
granite structure, 1450 feet long, with
14 arches, each of 80 feet span, 110
feet above tide-water. The receiving
reservoir lias a water surface of 31
acres, and contains 150,000,000 gallons;
the distributing reservoir, covering 4
acres, has a depth of 40 feet, and holds
21,(XX),000 gallons. Thence the water
is distributed over the city by means
of iron pipes, extending, in 1870, to
the length of 320 miles 5237 feet.
The Mamelukes were a body of sol
| diery who ruled Egypt for several
| centuries; they were introduced into
! that country in the middle of the
thirteenth century, being Asiatic
i youths, purchased as slaves. They
were trained to military exercises, and
formed into a corps of 12,000 men,
| called “ Memlooks.” They soon ex
! hibited a spirit of insubordination,
and in 1254 assassinated the Sultan,
and raised one of their own number,
I Eybek, to the throne. A line of Sul
tans, known as the Turkish dynasty,
followed, all of whom were raised to
| jM*wer by the Memlooks. They con
tinued to exercise controlling influ
ence over the country until the mid
dle of the eighteenth century, when
i their number and wealth gave them
| such a preponderance of power, that
! the Pasha, named by the Porte, was
reduced to a merely nominal ruler.
The number of them scattered
t throughout all Egypt was at that time
between 10,(XX) and 12,000. They were
all massacred at Cairo, by Mehemet
! Aii, on March 1, 1811.
There has been more than one ori
gin assigned to the term, “ Lynch
Law,” as applied to the administra
tion of justice by persons not authorize
ed by the State to do so. One au
thority says that it takes its name
from the stern and summary act of
one James Lynch Fitzstephen, a mer
chant of the Irish town of Galway,
and, in 1526, its mayor. The son of
this man committed a foul murder
whereupon his father, exercising his
authority as mayor, had him arrested,
and brought to trial before himself.
On conviction, Brutus-like, the father
sentenced his son to death, and fear
ing a rescue from the prison, had him
brought home and hanged before his
own door. The commonest, however,
is that, about the time of the Revolu
tionary W T ar. some of the earlier set
tlers in Virginia, west of the Allegha
nies, being unprovided vith courts
and county organization, named one
Lynch judge or justice of the peace,
with almost unlimited powers. He
seems to have been a very fair man,
as his decisions always "commanded
respect, and were immediately en
forced, far and wide; so that “ Lynch
Law” became proverbial for its cer
tainty and promptitude.
Little Hock, Arkansas, has been
visited by a fire—loss SIOO,OOO.
Mr. A. Scheuerman, for many years
a prominent Griffin merchant, died
in that place last Monday of pneumo
nia.
Danville, December 28. —The
Rev. R. J. Breckinridge is dead.
John C. Calhoun’s plantation in
South Carolina has been bought by a
wealthy colored man.
VOL. 12—SO. 27
OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
A PROCLAMATION.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Atlanta, Ga., December 28,1871.
WHEREAS, Tho following petition, sworn
to and duly attested, has been received by me,
to-wit:
Tb His Excellency, BENJAMIN CON EE V,
Governor of Georgia :
The petitioners, Uenry Clews and Theodore
S. Fowler, of the city of New York, in the State
of New Y ork, partners in business in said city
as bankers, under the name, firm and style of
Henry Clews & Cos., respectfully represent :
That they are the holders and owuers of one
hundred and, seventy-live (175) bonds of the
Cartersvillc and Van Wert Railroad Company,
a corporation organized brand under the laws
of the State of Georgia, said lionds being num
bered from one (1) to one hundred and seventy
lire (175) inclusive, and each being for the
amount of one thousand dollars, with interest
coupons attached payable seini-.uyinally on
the first day of March and the first day of Sep
tember in each yeai, at the rate of seven per
cent, per annum.
That your petitioners paid ninety (90) per
cent, ou the par value ol'each and all of said
bonds in cash, lawful money ol' tho United
States. That said one hundred and seventy
five (175) bonds were issued on and cover the
first fourteen (14) miles of said railroad, and
each of said bonds|tias indorsed thereon the
guaranty of the State of Georgia for the pay
ment of the principal ands interest thereof in
accordance with the provisions of an art enti
tled “ An Act to loan the credit of the State to
the Cartorsvill# and Van WertJUailroad Com
pany.” Approved March 12, 1869.
And your petitioners aver that the semi-an
imal interest, amounting to $6,125, which be
came due on their said bonds on the first day of
September A. 1). 1870, was not paid by said
Oartersville and Van Wert Rail road Company
at the time said interest became due, nor has
said company since paid said interest or any
part thereof, and the same is still due and ow
ing to your petitioners.
Wherefore, your petitioners pray that your
Excellency forthwith seize anil take possession
of all the property of said railroad company
and apply the earnings of said road, alter pay
ing all laborers’ liens, if any there .be, to the
extinguishment of said unpaid coupons, ashy
the 4tn section of said act provided.
And your petitioners will ever pray, Ac.
HENRY CLEWS,
THKO. S. EOWLKK.
Dated at the city of New York, in the State of
New York, on the Fourth day of December,
A. D. 1871.
state of New Yoke, City of New Yoke ss.
Ou this, the fourth day of December, in tho
year 1871, before me personally came Henry
Clews and Theodore S. Fowler, to me known to
be the individuals described in, and who exe
cuted the within instrument, and severally ac
knowledged that they executed the same for
the purposes therein mentioned.
EDMU ED T. MOULTON,
[Notary’s Seal.] Notary Public.
State of New Yoke,
City and County of New Y oke ss.
Be it remembered that on the fourth day of
December, A. I>. one thousand eight hundred
und seventy-one, before me, Charles NetUoion,
a Commissioner, resident in the city of New
Y ork, duly commissioned and qualified by the
Executive authority, and under the laws of the
State of Georgia, Intake the acknowledgement
of deeds, Ac., to be used or recorded therein,
personally appeared Henry Clews and Theo
dore 8. Fowler, to me personally known to be
the individuals named in, and who executed
the foregoing petition, who signed the same in
my presence, and severally acknowledged that
they executed the same, and they also made
solemn oath before me that the statements
thereon set forth, are true.
In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my official seal.
CHARLES NHTTLKTON,
Commissioner for Georgia,
117 Broadway, New Y'ork City.
(Commissioner’s Seal, i
j State of Georgia. )
And whereas, by virtue of an act entitled “An
Act to loan the credit of the State to the Car
ters ville and Van Wert Railroad Company,’’
approved March 12,1869. it was enacted by the
fourth (4) section thereof, as follows, to-wit:
“ That in the event any bond or bonds, in
dorsed by the .State, us provided in the
section of this act, or the interest that may ac
crue and become due thereon, shall not tie paid
by said railroad company at maturity, or when
due, it shall be the duty of the Governor upon
information of such default by any holder of
said bond or bonds, to seize and take possession
of all the property of said railroad company,
and apply the earnings of said road to the ex
tinguishment of said unpaid bond or bonds, or
coupons, and may, at his discretion, upon con
tinued default in such payment by said com
pany, for a period of six months, sell the said
road and its equipments and other property
belonging to said company, or any portion
thereof, in such manner and at such time as in
his judgment may subserve the interest or all
concerned.”
And whereas, the State of Georgia by author
ity of law, and by the act aloresaid, has a prior
lien on all the property of the said Cartersville
and Van Wert Kail road Company, now the
“Cherokee Railroad Company,” on account of
the indonemcnt by the State of the bonds set
forth in said petition.
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Conley, Cover
nor of the State of Georgia, and communder-in
chief of the army and navy of the State, and of
the militia thereof, upon the information to me
given by said petition, that the said Cherokee
Railroad Compuny, formerly Cartersville and
Van Wert Railroad Company, have made de
faults in the payment of the interest due on
said bonds indorsed by the State, do issue this
my proclamation to the end that the petition
aforesaid as well as the prayer therein may be
granted and carried out in accordance with the
1< vof the State, and the act aforesaid, and do
hereby make known, that the State of Georgia
has taken, and hereby docs take, possession of
the said Chorokee Railroad, formerly Carters
ville and \ an Wert Railroad, with all the prop
erty of said company, and its equipments of
whatever kind, character or description ; and
I, as Governor of this State have, and do hereby
place the some in charge of Dan’l S. Printup,
Ksq., ol Rome, Ga., as agent of the State of
Georgia, and hereby give full jiowcr unto
the said Daniel S. Printup, Esq., as such agent
of the State, to take into his possession all the
property aforesaid of the said Cherokee Rail
road Company, to control and manage the
same in accordance with and as provided by
the act aforesaid, and the laws of this State.
And it is further ordered : That all oflicers of
this State, civil and military, exercise due dili
gence, to the end that the said agent of this
State lie maintained in the peaceful possession,
control, management, and use of the said Cher
okee Railroad, formerly Cartersville and Van
Wert Railroad, and all the property of the said
company, until further ordei; of the Governor of
this State.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the
State at the Capitol in Atlanta, this twenty
eighth day of December, in the year of our
L«rd Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-one,
and of the Independence of the United States
of America the Ninety-sixth,
BENJAMIN CONLEY.
By the Governor :
David G. Cottxng, Secretary of State.
jan4-3t.
I. O. O. F.
THE regular meeting of Etowah Lodge. No.
47, I. O. O. ¥., is held on every Thursday
night, in the Masonic Hall.
JOHN M. DOBBS, Sec’y.
Cartersville, Ga., Oct. 9th, 1871.
TO RENT OR SELL,
A large and elegant residence, ton rooms
and a tire-place in each room, nine closets, jin}
completed and finished up. In the town of Car
tcrsville. For further particulars appply to
ARTHUR DAVIS.
edc. 8, —wl S Cartersville, Ga.
“ WHO WILL SUFFER It is now i(
years since Dr. Tobias’ Venetian Einimeut was
put before the public warranting it to cure
Chronic Rheumatism, Headache, Cuts. Bum,
Bruise*, Old Sores, Mains in tiie Limbs, Bae'j
nd Chest ; and it ha# «ever failed. Sold by
ruggists. Depot, 10 P 4 rk riaoe, New York* j
FAIR WARNING !
ALL persons indebted to the firm of It. \\r i
Satterfield A Bro.. are again, ami for th
la»t th nr. notified to settle up at once, which, i
vou fail to do upon the warning, you will i.,»
required to settle with an officesof court. Wq
must bring up oar business, as we are compell
ed to have the money. Come up without delav
friemls and patrons, and settle up your ac.
counts, and let there he no strife between ns.
R. W. SATTERFIELD * BHO.
dec 14 ts
THE HILTON 9LRSIEBIGS,
OFFER for sale this season a large stoca „
grafted fruit trees, consisting of APPLES
Southern varieties. PEACHES, PEARS aril
PLUMS, CHERRIES, APRICOTS, also gra,i
vines, strawberries Ac. B. HAMILTON'
R. S. Bowie Traveling Agent, «m eanvasa
Bartow county this fall. vans as#
artersville, Ga., Aug. 7th 1871 J