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THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS.
PUBLISHE D
WEEKLY.
YOL. 14.
THE
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Is jiublithcd every THURSDAY MORNING
BY
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Professional and Business Cards
JOBS \T. WOFFOED. TnOMA3 w. MILKER
WOFFORD & MILNER,
TTORNEY AT LA W ,
CAItTEICSY 1 Ijhhj, GA.
OFFICE ii)i Staii , Rank Block.
or,-ir.
S' l C. TIJMLJN,
VJ\
ATTO 11 N !■: Y A T LA W ,
CARTBRBVILLE, GA.
Oftlec over Ike Rank.
JOHN L. MOON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Will practice in the counties compri- ing the
Cherokee Circuit;, Office over Licbman’s store.
J>~\ v. muli i*i I BY,
AT r r () It NE Y A T I. AW ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Will practice In the courts of the Cherokee
Circuit. Particular attention to the col
ection ol’claims. o Jlico with col. Alula .John
son. Oct. 1.
l\ WOFFORD,
ATTORN KV AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
OFFICE in Court-House. jan 80
A M. FOUTE,
A TTOIt N J*: Y A T LA W ,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
{With Col. Warren A lin,)
Will practice in the courts of Bartow, Cobb,
Polk, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Whittlelcl anil ad
joining counties. March 30.
Wabiien" AIvIN,
A r r TOIt NE Y A T LA W
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the courts of the State.
17 15. McDaniel,
Ik
ATTORNEY A T LA W,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Otlicc pith John W. Wofford. jan ’"2
w . 1). TKAMMELL.
ATTOII NE Y A T LA W ,
CAIITERSVILLE, GA
OFFICF W. Slain St., next door to Standard
& Express Office. Feb. 15,1812—w1y.
rjp HO»I A S W • DODD,
ATTORN E Y A T LA W ,
CAItT Elt S YIL LE, GEORGIA.
OFFICE over the Bank.
j axilS 1812.
DR. J. A. JACKSON,
PIUCTICUMi PHYSICIAN AND SIRGE6N.
OFFICE in W. A. Lovlcss’ Drugstore,next
door to Stokely & Williams’, oct27
W. R. llottiiteaslle,
Jeweler and Watch and Clock
Repairer,
CAItTERSVILLE, GEOP.GIA.
Olticc in trout of A. A. Skinner A Co’s Store.
GEN. W. T. WOl FHD. JNO. H. WIKLB
XVoilorcl et* Wililo,
ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW,
ANI)
Real Estate .Agents*,
Cartersville, Ga,
SPECIAL ATTENTION given to tlie pur
chase and sale of Real Estate. -28-Gm.
Dental Card.
HE undersigned, a practical dentist of 18
I years experience, having purchcsed prop
erty "and located permanently in the city of
Cartersville, will continuethe practice in rooms
opposite those of Wofford & Milner, in the new
building adjoining the Bank. With experience
and application to mv profession, charges al
ways reasonable aud just, I hope to merit the
patronage of a generous public.
Ofliee hours, from November Ist proximo, S to
12 a.m., 2tosr. m. Sabbaths excepted. Calls
answered at residence, opposite Baptist church.
R. A. SEALE,
10-11—ts Surgeon Dentist.
DR. CU VS. D’ALYIGNY,
,
UHe l» i>r
I > 10 N T I S T ,
Cariersvil’C# Ga.
SPECIAL ATTENTION given to children's
teeth.
8-15-
J. W. Latiirop. J. L. Warm. J. W. Latbrop, Jr
J. W. uthrop & Go.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
98 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
U-si-om,
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'i in unrivalled MedS .•ir.t, r, warranted not to
contain a single particle of Mkucuuy, or any
injurious mineral substance, but is
PURELY VEGETABLE.
l’or fOlfl’Y VKAUS it has proved its great
value in all diseases of the Lr, eh, Howki.h and
Kidkev '. Thousands of the good and great in
all parts of the country vouch for its wonderful
and peculiar power in purifvlng the. Blood,
stimulating the torpid I.ivcr and bowels, and
imparting new lid- and \ igor to the whole sys
tem. Simmons’ I iver Regulator i ;: acknowl
edged to have no equal as a
LIVER MEDICINE.
. D contains four niedical elements, never be
fore united in the same happv px-oportion in
any other preparation, via : a gentle Cathartic,
a wonderful Tonic, an unexceptionable Alter
ative, and a certain Corrective of all impurities
of the body. Such signal success has attended
it; use that it is now regarded as the
GREAT UNFAILING SPECI
FIC
n>r Liver! omplaiut andthe painful offspring
thereof, to wit: 1 lyspepf ia, (Constipation, .1 ann
diee, Jtillious attacks, Sick Headache. Colic,
Depression of Spirits, Sour Stomach, Heart
Burn, Xc., Ate.
Regulate the Liver and prevent
CHILLS AND FEVER.
Simmons’ Liver Regulator
I manufactured only by
J. H. zeilin & Go.,
MAC (IN, GA., AN Q PHILADELPHIA,
Trice 'f I, }>r package* seat by niuH, postage paid
.yl. Jj. rrepaml ready Jor u.se in bottles, $1.50.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
J 3€S D ’ Beware of all Counterfeits and Imitations
STERLING
SILVER-WARE.
Si I ,zVI ZF» <& FLOY 33
No. 153 Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA.
Specialty,
Sterling Silver-Ware.
Special attention is requested to the many
new and elegant pieces manufactured express
ly to our order the past year, and quite recently
completed.
An unusually attractive assortment of novel
ies in Fancy Silver, cased for Wedding and
Holiday presents, of a medium an.l expensiv
character.
The House we represent manufacture on an
unparalleled scale, employing on Sterling Sil
ver-Ware alone over One Hundred skilled
hands, the most accomplished talent in Design
ing, and the best Labor-:- aving Machinary, en
abling them to produce works of the highest
character, at prices UNAFPROACHED by any
competition. Our stock at present is the lar
gest and most varied this side of Philadelphia
An examination of our stock and prices will
guarantee our sales.
OUF2 HOUSE USE OrJLY
925
BRITISH STERLING,
1000
an 4—ts
Wm. £r oiildmit h. 9
Manufacturer and dealer in
&msm>
METALIC BURIAL CASES Si CASKETS
- ■ -
Also keeps on hand
WOOD COFFINS
of every description.
All orders ’>y night or day promptly attended
to.
aug. 22
NOTICE TO FARMERS!
OUR attention is rsspcctfnlly invited to tli
A ,l>ticuil tural Wareliouse
of-
AND26OH & WELLS,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
DEALERS IN
Guanos, Field and Garden Seeds,
FARM WAGONS,
PITTS 5 TH RESHEPtS.
Size 2G to 32 inch cylinder, with or without
down and mounted horse powers.
SWEEPSTAKES THRESHERS.
Size 26 to 32 inch cylinder, with or witgont
down and mounted horse powers.
Bali's Reaper and Mower,
Buck-Eye Reaper and Mower
PLOWS—ONE AND TWO-IIORSE
BUGGY PLOWS.
Also General Agents for
“ Pendleton's Guano Compound,”
Cash, .s6l per ton of 2,000 lbs.; Credit Ist Nov.,
sls per ton 2,000 lbs.
“Farmer’s Choice,”
Manufactured from Night Soil, at Nashville,
Tenn.— Cash $45 per ton; credit Ist Nov., SSO;
And all other kinds of implements and ma
chinery, which we sell as low as any house in
the South. Call and see us, or send for Price
List. ANDERSON & WEILS.
52
£ addles. Harness & Bridles
Os all kinds; also
Cart Saddles & Breeching
FOR RAILROAD PURPOSES.
Just received and in store, a car load of the
celebrated
Millm Concord iron Axle Wagons.
of all sizes.
TWO-IIORSE WAGON, WITH BODY, SIOO
I warrant all of my Wagons so- twelv
months. For neatness of work and durability,
these wagons eonnot be excelled in any mar
ket. Farmers and citizens of Bartow and
North Georgia are invited to call aud see my
large stock w hen they visit Atlanta.
• My
SAMUEL H. SMITH & COMPANY EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY i, 1873.
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
SEXATOES.
First District—R E Lester.
Second District—ll W Mattox.
Third District—J C Nichols.
Fourth District—J M A rnow.
Fifth District—M Kirkland.
Sixth District—John D Knight.
Seventh District—W L Clarke.
Eighth District—B F Brinberry, Rad.
Ninth District—Reuben Jones.
Tenth District— W A Harris.
Eleventh District—L C Hoyl.
i wclfth District- J E Carter.
Thirteenth District—R C Black.
Fourteenth District—C C Kibbec.
1 ifteentL District—D W Cameron.
Sixteenth District—J p Roberson.
Seventeenth District—J S Cone.
Eighteenth District—.! G Cain.
Nineteenth District—Columbus Heard
twentieth District—John A Gilmore,
i weniy first District—J B Devcaux, col.
Twenty second District—Thos J Sim
mons.
1 wejity-third District—l II Anderson,
col.
Iv. c-tiiy i juiTh District — ll II Crawford,
Twenty fifth District—W P Maddox.
Twenty-sixtli District—W W Mathews,
l wcnty-seventh District—ll Steadman.
Twenty-eighth District—J W Hudson.
Twenty-ninth District—W M Reese.
I hirtieth District.— Robert Hester.
Thirty-first District—W S Erwin.
Thirty-second District—AY H McAfee.
Thirty-third District—M Van Estes.
Lhirty-fom ;h District—Samuel .1 Winn.
Thirty-fifth District—G Hillyer.
i lnrty-sixth District—George L Peavy.
Thirty-seventh District— >.} W Reddy.
Thirty-eighth District—J A Blanco.'
Thirty-ninth District—J P Brown.
Fortieth District—ll W Cannon.
Forty-first District—J A Jervis.
Forty-second District—John VV Wofford.
Forty third District—L N 'Trammell.
'Forty Fourth District—W If Payne.
lis.
Madison —John 1" Kirk.
Marion —Edgar M Butt.
McDuffie —Alfred E Sturgis,
Mclntosh—T G Campbell, Jr, negro.
Meriwether—John B Roper, li A L Free
man
Miller—lsaac A Bush.
Milton—A S Hell.
Mitchell —John 1> Twitty.
Monroe—Wm J Dumas, A II Shi.
Montgomery—John Mcßae.
Morgan—Seaborn Reese, James G Bost
xvick.
Murray—B F Wofford.
Muscogee—John Peabody, Tlios J Watt.
Newton —A B Simms, W F Davis.
Oglethorpe—J T Hurt, Willis M Willing
ham,
Paulding—Robert Trammell.
Pickens—A P J,oyeles3, Rad.
Pierce—B D Brantley.
Pike—John It Jenkins.
Polk—E D Hightower.
Pulaski—T J lUnkwell, Cll Golding.
Putnam—Wm F Jenkins.
Quitman — Henry M Kaigler.
Rabun--
Randolph—Wm Column, Charles A Har
ris.
Richmond—W A Clarke, P Walsh, II C
Foster.
Rockdale--James A Stewart.
Schley—C B Hudson. •
Screven—John C Dell.
Spalding—William M Blanton.
Stewart- Wm W Fitzgerald, John II
Lowe.
Sumter—Allen Fort, James II Black.
Talbot— Roland M Willis, Charles B
Leitner.
Taliaferro— Samuel J Flynt.
Tattnall—George M Edwards.
Taylor— Bennet Stewart.
Telfair—T J Smith.
Terrell —W Kaigler.
Thomas—A Fred Atkinson, Jasper Bat
tle, col.
Towns--Judge G Stephens.
Troup—Francis M Longley, John L llill.
Twiggs—William Griffin, Rad.
Union —Marion Williams.
Upson—F F Mathews. ~
iYalker—J C Clements.
Walton—Henry D McDaniel.
Ware—John B Cason.
Warren—C S Dußose, T N Poole.
Pas’Bng' n—P R Taliaferro, W G Mc-
Biidc.
V. ayne-—Daniel llopps.
Webster—John P Beaty.
White—A Merritt. ' .
Wilcox -George P Reid
Wilkes—Thomas A Barksdale, John W
Mattox.
Wilkinson—W C Adams.
"Whitfield—Jackson Rogers.
T* orth—Dugal McLellan.
VOICES.
Os all the music of the earth,
The sweetest we can hoar
Is ringing in the loving tones
Os those our hearts hold dear. |ers,
We care not for life’s withered How-
Life’s darkness we forget ;
Tor voices of the friends we love
Are left to cheer us yet.
And oft in hours of quiet thought,
A memory sweet is given
Os other voices hushed on earth,
That echo still in Heaven, (stray,
Guide us, where’er our feet would
O tender voices gone!
Till o’er the mist of earth we see
The eternal morning dawn.
And softly, reverently wo pray,
O voices that remain! [joy,
That your sweet tones may crown our
And soften all our pain,
Till life is o’er—and when we hear
The call of spirits bright,
May those we cherish most be near
To speak earth’s last good night.
The way is long’, but not in fear,
And not in pain we wait, [hands
For when night comes, and angel
Shall ope the mystic gate,
And through that gate we enter in
To rest and peace above,
May we not hope to hear agaft*
The voices that we love?
HOWELL COBB ANECDOTES.
A bill in equity has rather an ef
fecting way of winding up. It is al
together a formality, and reads, “In
tender consideration whereof and in
somuch by the strict rules of common
law your poor orator is remediless,
and cannot obtain relief save in a
court of equity, where only such
things are cognizable «n<l rUivvabie,
lie pray;- your Honor,” etc. Howell
Cobb said that alder reading over to a
good old man a bill in equity which
he had drawn for him, lie got to the
conclusion, and as he emphasized the
tender and beseeching words, he look
ed up at the old man, and the tears
were running down his cheeks, and
says he, “Howell, I always said that
you was a smart man, and knowed
how to fix a thing, and now I know
it.”
Howell says he was once employed
by a man to defend him in an action
of ejectment. The man was illiterate
and brought the writ he had been
served with to have Howell read it.
When he came to that formal portion
about being ejected and evicted and
thrown out by force and arms and
bludgeons and guns, pistols and oth
er weapons, his client got furiously
mad and said: “Mr. Cobb, it’s all an
infernal lie, sir. He never lived on
my land in his life. 1 never turned
hirn out. I never owned a pistol.—
He’s a liar, sir, and I can whip him
the best day he ever saw, sir.”
Cobb relates that on another occa
sion when a dignified, determined cli
ent employed him to answer a bill
filed against him, he marked out that
portion charging hirn with “combin
ing and confederating with divers
unknown persons to defraud the com
plainant,” and remarked, with a grit
of his teeth: “Mr. Cobb, you needn’t
answer that part of the bill, I’ll make
him take that back, or I’ll send an
ounce ball into his lying carcass. I’ll
not take it, sir, from no man. I nev
er combined or confederated with
anybody in my life to defraud any
body. Just let that part of it alone,
Mr. Cobb, I’ll attend to that.”
JOURNALISTIC FUN.
An incident In the history of Shail
rach Penn’s life, which some of the
old citizens of Louisville may yet re
member, and which doubtless afford
ed them a hearty laugh, occurred
about thirty-five years ago, between
the years 1535 and 1840, when Geo.
D. Prentice, at the head of the Lou
isville Journal , and Penn, as editor
and publisher of the Advertiser , were
running what was called, in those
early days of American journalism, a
lively opposition. About a year pre
vious to tiio occurrence, a horrible
murder or some great calamity had
occurred in the South, not far from
New Orleans. It happened that
Prentice had saved a copy of this pa
per, which had not been clipped or
cut. Jlis natural wit struck upon a
good expedient to get off' a good joke
on Penn by means of this paper, then
a year old. Accordingly lie sprinkled
the paper, folded it up neatly, press
ed it, which gave it the appearance
of anew issue, and inclosing it in a
large wrapper, backed it, “Compli
ments clerk of the steamer Waucous-
ta, five days, seventy-eight hours out
from New Orleans. Quickest trip on
record. To Shadrach Penn, editor
Louisville Advertiser. ’ ’ The boy
came rushing into the editorial sanc
tum almost totally exhausted, threw
down the paper on the table, and
then scampered off. Penn picked it
up, tore the wrapper hurriedly, and
his eyes immediately rested on the
important article of news referred to.
\Yo time was to be lost. The paper
was nearly up; several important
matters were in the form, but they
were ordered out, and the new copy
was in the hands of the printers, with
a few editorial comments and very
profuse thanks to the gentlemanly
clerk of the elegant and fast steamer
YVaueous ta, for the individual favor,
etc. The whole trick proved success
ful, and Prentice delighted, on every
possible occasion, especially when
Penn had a “big thing” in the Ad
vertiser, to ask, “Did that item of
news come by the Waucousta?” The
boat referred to was notoriously slow;
she had but one engine, and was
commanded lay Capt. Frank Dor li
man, of Steubenville, Ohio.
THE SECRET CLOSET.
“For murder, though it have uo
tongue, will speak with most mirac
ulous organs.”
In the year IS—, John Smith (I use
fictitious names) was indicted for the
wilful murder of Henry Thompson.
The case was one of a most extraor
dinary nature, and the interest ex
cited by it was almost unparalleled.
The accused was a gentleman of
considerable property, residing upon
his own estate. A person, supposed
to be an entire stranger to him, had,
Etc on a .'Ummer’s day, requested
and obtained shelter and hospitality
I for Yu night. He had, ic was sup
pesu; after taking some light re
freshment, retired to bed in perfect
health, requesting to be awakened at
aii early hour the following morning.
When the servant appointed to call
him entered the room for that pur
pose, he was found in his room per
fectly dead; and from the appearance
of the body it was obvious that he
itad boon so for many hours. There
was not the slightest mark of vio
lence upon Ins person, and the coun
tenance retained the same expression
it had borne during life.
Days and weeks passed on, and lit
tle further was discovered* In the
meantime romor had not been idle.
Suspicions were vague, indeed, unde
fined, and were at first whispered,
and afterwards boldly expressed.—
The precise object of those suspicious
was not clearly indicated; some im
plicated one person and some another;
but they all pointed to Smith, the
master of the house, as concerned in
the death of the stranger; and, in
fine, the magistrates were induced to
commit Mr. Smith to jail to take his
trial for the wilful murder of Henry
Thompson. As it was deemed es
sential to the attainment of justice to
keep secret the examination of the
witnesses who were produced before
the magistrates, all the information
of which the public were in posses
sion before the trial took place was
that which I have narrated. Such
was the state of things upon the mor
ning of the trial.
The counsel for the prosecution
opened his ease to the jury in a man
ner that indicated very little expec
tation of a conviction. He began by
imploring them to divest their minds
ot all that they had heard before
they came into the box; he entreated
them to attend to the evidence, and
judge from that alone.
It would be proved beyond the
possibility of a doubt that tne deceas
ed died by poison—poison of a most
subfile nature, in its operation, and
possessing the wonderful and dread
ful quality of leaving no external
mark or token by which its presence
could lie detected. The ingredients
ol which it u,'aEoonijKv<icd \vUi.u us ,-<y?
sod.give a nature that, instead of the
body on Which it had been used ex
hibiting any contortions, or marks of
suffering, it left upon the features
nothing but the calm and placid quiet
of repose.
The prisoner’s family consisted on
ly of himself, a housekeeper, and
one man servant. The man servant
slept in an out-house adjoining the
stable, and did so on the night of
Thompson’s death. The prisoner
slept at one end of the house and the
housekeeper at the other, and the de
ceased had been put into a room ad
joining the housekeeper’s.
It would be proved by a person
who happened to be passing by the
house on the night in question, about
three honrs after madnight, that he
had been induced to remain and
watch, from having his attention ex
cited by the circumstances, then very
unusual, of a light moving about the
house ut that late hour. The person
would state most positively that he
could distinctly see a figure, holding
a light, go from the room in which
the prisoner slept to the housekeeper’s
room, that two persons then came out
of the room, and tire light disappear
ed for a minute. Whether the two
persons went into Thompson’s room
he could not see, as the window of
that room looked another way; but
in about a minute they returned, pas
sing quite along to Smith’s room
again; and in about five minutes the
light was extinguished and he saw it
no more.
Such was the evidence upon which
the magistrate had eoommitted
Smith; and singularly enough, since
his committal the housekeeper lias
disappeared, nor can any trace of her
be discovered.
Y ithin the last week the witness
who saw the light had been more
particularly examined, and in order
to refresh his memory, had been
placed that night, and another person
was placed with him. The whole
scene, as he had described®!t, was
acted over again, but it was utterly
impossible, from the cause above
mentioned, to assert, when the light
disappeared, whether the parties
had gone into Thompson’s room. As
if, however, to throw still deeper mys
tery over this extraordinary transac
tion, the witness persisted in adding
anew feature to his former statement,
that after the person returned with
the light into Smith’s room, and be
fore it was extinguished, he had
twice perceived some dark object to
intervene between the light and the
window, almost as large as the sur
face of the window itself, and which
he described by saying it appeared
as if a door had been placed before
the light.
Now in Smith’s room there was
nothing which could account for this
appearance; his bed was in a different
part, and there was neither cupboard
nor press in the room, which but for
bed, was entirely empty, the room
In which he dressed being at a dis
tance beyond.
He would state only one fact more
(said the learned counsel), and hav
ing done his duty, it would bo for the
jury to do theirs. Within a few days
there had been found in the prisoner’s
house the stopper of a small bottle of
a very singular appearance; it was
apparently not of English manufac
ture, and was described by the medi
cal men as being used by chemists to
preserve those liquids which are most
likely to lose their virtue by exposure
to the air. To whom it belonged, or
to what use they bad been applied,
there was no evidence to show.
Such was the address of the coun
sel for the prosecution; and during its
delivery I had earnestly watched the
countenance of the prisoner, who had
listened, too, with deep attention.—
Twice only did I perceive that it pro
duced in him the slightest emotion.
When the disappearance of the house
keeper was mentioned, a smile, as of
scorn, passed over his lip, aud the
notice of the discovery of the stopper
obviously excited an interest and, I
thought, an apprehension; but it
quickly subsided. I need not detail
; the evidence that was given for the
prosecution; it amounted, in sub
i stance, to that which the counsel stat-
I ed, nor was it varied in any partiular.
1 The stopper was produced and prov
!ed to be found in the house; but no
: attempt was made to trace it to the
prisoners’s possesion, or even knowl
edge.
When the case was closed the learn
ed judge, addressing the counsel for
the prosecution, said he thought there
was hardly sufficient- evidence to call
upon the prisoner for his defense and
if the jury were of opinion they
'would at once stop the case. Upon
1 this observation from the judge, the
jury turned round for a moment and
then intimated thir acquiescence in
his lordship’s views of the evidence.
The counsel folded up their briefs,
and a verdict of acquittal was about
to be taken, when the prisoner ad
dressed the court. He urged the
judge to permit him to state his case
to the jury, and to eallhis housekeep
er, with so much earnestness, and was
seconed so strongly by bis counsel,
Lord Mausiiekl, though very much
against his inclination, arid contrary
to his usual habit, gave wav and
yielded to the request.
The prisoner then addressed the jury,
and entreated their patience for a
short time. lie repeated to them
that he never could feel satisfied to
be acquitted merely because the evi
dence was not conclusive, and pledg
ed himself in a very short time, by
the few observations he should make,
to obtain their virdict on much high
er grounds—upon the impossibility
of his being guilty of the dreadful
crime.
Os the stopper which had been
found, he disowned all knowledge;
declared most solemnly that he had
never seen it before it "was produced
in court;, and he asked, could the fact
oi its being in his house only a few
days ago, when hundreds of people
hacl been there, produce upon an im
partial mind even a momentary pre
judice against him? One fact, and
only one, has been proved, to which
it was possible for him to give an
answer—the fact of his having gone
to the bedroom of his housekeeper
on the night in question.
He had been subject foa many
years of his life to sudden fits of ill
ness; he had been seized with one on
that occasion, and had gone to her to
procure her assistance in lighting a
fir x She had returned with him to
his room for that purpose, he having
waited for a minute in the passage
while she put on her clothes, -1 which
would account for the momentary
disappearanse of the light; and after
she had remained in his room for a
few nxmuttw, finding himself better,
he had dismissed her, and retired
again to bed, from which he had not
risen when he was informed of the
death cf his guest. It had been said
that, after his committal to prison,
his housekeeper had- disappeared.—
He avowed that, finding his enemies
determined, if possible, to accom
plished his ruin, he had thought it
probable they might temper with his
servant; he had, therefore, kept her
out of the way; but for what purpose?
Not to prevent her testimony being
given, for she was now under the
care ot his attorney, and would in
stantly appear for the purpose of
confirming, as far as she was concern
ed, the statement which he had just
made.
Such was the prisoner’s address,
which produced a powerful effect. It
was delivered in a firm and impres
sive manner, and its simplicity and
artlessness gave it an appearance of
truth. The housekeeper was then
put in the box and examined by the
counsel ot the prisoner. According
to the custom at that time almost
universal, ot excluding witnesses
from court until their testimony was
required, she had been kept at a
house near at hand, and had not
heard a single word of the trial.—
There was nothing remarkable in
her manner or appearance; she might
be about thirty-five or a little more,
with regular though not agreeable
features, and an air perfectly free
from embarrassment.
She repeated, almost in the prison
er’s own words, the story he had told
of his having called her up, and her
having accompanied him to his room,
adding that after leaving him she
had retired to her own room and had
been awakened by g man servant in
the morning with an account of the
traveler’s death.
Bite had now to undergo a cross
examination; and I may as well state
liere, which, though not known to
me till afterward, will assist the read
er in understanding the following
scene. The counsel for prosecution
had, in his own mind, attached con
siderable importance to the circum
stance mentioned by the witness who
saw the light, that while the prison
er and the housekeeper were in the
room of the former, something like
a door had intervened between the
candle and the window, which was
totally irreconcilable with the ap
pearance of tiie room when examin
ed; and he had half persuaded him
self that there must boa seccet closet
which had escaped the officers of
justice, the opening of which would
account for appearance alluded to,
and the existence of which might
discover the property which had so
mysteriously disappeared.
His object, therefore, was to ob
tain from the housekeeper (the only
person except the prisoner who
could give any clue to this) such in
formation as he could get, without
alarming her by any direct enquiry
on the subject which as she should
not know how much or how little the
enquiry had brought to light; and by
himself treating the matter as imma
terial, he might lead her to consider
it also, aiul by that means unsuspect
ed ly draw forth ail she knew. After
some unimportant questions, he ask
ed her in a tong and manner calcula
ted rather to awaken confidence than j
to excite distrust:
During the time you were in Mr.
Smith’s room, you stated that the
candle stood on the table in the cen
tre of the room ? Yes.
Was the closet, or cupboard, or
whatever you call it, opened once or
twice while it stood there? A pause;
no answer.
1 will call it to your recollection.—
After Mr. Smith had taken the med
icine out of the closet did lie shut the
door, or did it remain open? He
shut it.
Then it was opened again for the
porpose of replacing the bottle, was
it ? It was.
Do you recollect how long it was
open the last time? Not above a
minute.
The door, when open, would lie
exactly between the light and the
window, would it not? It would.
I forget whether you said the clos
et was on the right or lefl hand side
of the window? The left.
A ould the door of the closet make
any noise in opening il? None.
Can you speak positively to the
fact ? Have you ever opened it your
self, or seen Smith open it? 1 never
oj>ened it myself.
Did you ever keep the keys ?
Never.
Who did? Mr. Smith, always.
At this moment the witness chanc
ed to turn her eyes toward the spot
where the prisoner stood, and the ef
fect was almost electrical. A cold
damp sweat stood upon his brow; his
face had lost all its color. She no
sooner saw him than she shrieked
and tainted. The consequences of
her answers Hashed across her mind.
She had been so thoroughly de
ceived by the manner of the advo
cate, and by the little importance he
seemed to attach to her statement,
that she had been led on, bv T one
question to another, till she had told
him all that ho had wanted to know.
During the interval occasioned by
her illness) as to the proceedings, the
solicitor for the prosecution left the
court. It was between 1 and 5 o’clock
when the judge resumed his seat up
on the bench, the prisoner his station
at the bar, and the housekeeper hers
in the witness box; the court in the
interval had remained crowded with
spectators, scarce one of whom had
left his place, lest, during his absence,
it should be seized by someone else.
The cross-examination counsel then
addressed the witness: I have a very
few more questions to ask of you;
but beware that you answer them
truly, for your life depends upon a
thread.
Do you know this stopper?
I do.
To whom does it belong?
To Mr. Smith.
When did you see him last?
On the night of Mr. Thompson’s
death.
At this moment the solicitor for
the prosecution entered the court,
bringing with him, upon a tray, a
watch, two money bags, a jewel case,
a pocket-book, a bottle of the same
manufacture as the stopper, and hav
ing no cork in it; some other articles
there were in it not material to my
story. The tray was placed upon the
table in sight of the prisoner and
witness, and from that moment not
a doubt remained in the mind of any
man of the guilt of the prisoner.
A few words will bring my tale to
a close. The house where the mur
der had been committed was between
tone and ten miles dLLmi Tho so
licitor, as soon as the cross examina
tion had discovered the existence of
the closet, and its situation, had set
off on horseback, with two sheriff’s
officers, and after pulling down part
of the wall of the house, had detec
The search was well rewarded; the
the whole of the property belonging
to Mr. Thompson was found there,
amountiong in value to several
thousand pounds; and, to leave no
doubt, a bottle was discovered, which
tho medical man instantly pronoun
ced to contain the very identical
poison which had caused the death
of the unfortunate Thompson. The
result is too obvious to need expla
nation.
The case presents the perhaps un
paralleled instance of a man accused
ol murder, showing such a defence
as to induce the Judge and jury to
concur in a verdict of acquittal, but
who, persisting in calling a witness
to prove his innocence, was, upon the !
testimony of that very witness, con
victed and executed.
“WHO PESE DE3E LOCAL ED
ITORS?”
Detective Larry Hazen was met
recently by a keeper of a beer saloon,
who was laboring under considerble
apparent excitement. Recognizing
Hazen, lie stepped up to him with
the exclamation:
“Who pese dose vot you calls local
editors?”
“They pick up items,” said the of
ficer, “dead-head into shows, etc.”
“Dey pick items! I tink so. Is
gold watch items? Is sixty dollars
items? Hey?”
lie was asked to explain what he
meant, which he did as follows:
“Dis morning I vas drinking lager
mit mine friends all de vile in mine
saloon, and in gomes a man vat dere
never vas already—and he pulls out
a leetle sheepskin pook and von lead
bencil, and he says he pees local edi
tors, and wants me to tell him all vot
der vos apout der row mit mine peer
saloon last night.”
“I ask him vot kind o’ pisness he
vas to dat row, py tarn, vot kind o’
right?”
“Und he says he reports urn in der
bapers. Bo 1 telis him all vot I don’t
know poutde rows vot some rowdies
tried to kick out of mine saloon last
night. Und mine poarders gets
round und dells more tings vot I rec
ollects, und de nice young man, he
sticks ern down in his sheepskin pook
mit his lead bencil. Den he trinks
von glass lager, which he don’t let
himself pay for, py tarn, (I feel sure
as never vos he von leetle newsbaper
fellow ven he didn’t make pay mit
mine lager; but dat make Dotting
tifference; dor’s no brinciple in dat,)
und den he goes out, and 1 don’t see
him again all der vile.”
“Den von of mine poarders he finds
himself stole avay from his gold
vateh, py tarn; und my neighbor
Schmitt, Ire found sixty dollars vot
he had’t got.”
“The nice young man who proten
ded to be a local editor, was a pick
pocket,” said Hazen, “who took that
way to carry on his trade, and he
succeeded pretty v eil if he got a gold
watch and sixty dollars.”
“I tinks ho succeeded pretty well,
mine Got! De next time a man;
gomes in mine saloon mit his tarn i
sheepkin bencil and lead pook, and
says he is a local editor, pv tarn, he
don’t gomes in!”
A Terre Haute boy of tender years
and heart has drowned seventeen kit
tens, tied pans to the tails of nine
dogs, brushed his father’s new silk
hat against the grain, and blown up
a pet canary with a tire cracker in the
last month, and still his fond mother
intends him for tip? pulpit.
The feast of imagination—having
no dinner, but reading a cookery
book.
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ItOW TO MAKE SAUSAGE.
Pass your meat, without freezing,
through your meat cutter; put into a
kettle and place on a stove, or over a
moderate Arc ; stir it thoroughly, be
ing eareful not to let it cook or burn
on the bottom, while another person
adds the following: For ten pounds
of meat, throe largo table-spoonfuls
of salt, live of sage, two of summer
savory, two of black popper, two tea
spoonfuls of saltpetre, pulverised or
dissolved, and three quarters of a
pound of sugar. Stir until the rea
soning is thoroughly incori>orate<t
with the meat; then pack in deep
earthen dishes or tin puns; set away
to cool; the next day, or *OOll niter,
warm lard so that it will spread with
a case knife and make a coating over
tho meat, and it will keep any rea
sonable time fresh and sweet. Should
you wish to preserve any until sum
mer, take tint* brown paper, cut it a
little larger than the surface of your
dish, wet it on one side with the
white of an egg, lay it on, egg side
down, pressing it gently with tho
hand, letting the edge come over the
edge of the dish, which will soon ad
here and exclude the air. Keep it iu
a cool, dry place. The flavor cannot
Rural World
HENS IN PLACE OF DOGS.
There is hardly a family that does
not throw away enough cable scraps
to feed at least half a dozen hens; and
many that keep a nuisance in the
shape of a dog, that does no good but
costs more than a dozen good hens,
complain that they cannot afford to
keep hens. One dog in a heigh bor
hood is generally a greater trouble to
the neighbors than a flock of hens
would he; for if hens are well fed at
home they will rarely go away. Put
who ever saw a dog that was not a
pest, running across the newly made
garden, and sticking his nose into ev
erything? Kill off the curse and give
the food to the hens, and you will find
pleasure as well as profit in so doing.
We wish there was a tax of one hun
dred dollars on every dog in the coun
try. Those that are of value as watch
dogs could be retained, while the host
of snarling, dirty curs would give
place to some more useful and less
troublesome pet. —Poultry Standard.
From the Rural Southerner.
CLEARING SWAMP LAND.
Don’t cut down the willows. If
you do, you will see trouble for the
next ten or twenty years with sprouts
to be cut down five or six times a
year. Lot them stand until spring,
and when they are in full bloom, cut
the bark about tour reel from the
ground, strip the bark down to the
root, and let it alone. They will die,
root and branch, in the course of the
year, and never put forth a sprout.—
1 have followed this plan for more
than twenty years, and I know it to
be successful.
A Subscriber.
INDIAN* FRITTERS.
Take three tablespoonfuls of flour,
boiling water, the yolks of four eggs,
the whites of two, hot lard or clarifi
ed drippings, and jam. Put the wa
ter into a basin, and pour over it suf
ficient boiling water to make it into
a stiff paste, taking care to stir and
beat it well, to prevent it getting
lumpy. Leave it a little time to cool,
and then break into it (without beat
ing them at first) the yolks of four
eggs and the whites of two, and stir
and beat all well together. Have
ready same boiling lard or butter,
drop a desert spoonful of batter in at
a time, and fry the fritters of a light
brown. They should rise so much as
to be almost like balls. Serve 021 a
dish, with a spoonful of preserves or
marmalade dropped in between each
fritter. This is an ex eel lent dish for
a hasty addition to dinner, if a guest
unexpectedly arrives, it being so eas
ily and quickly made, and it is al
ways a great favorite. It takes from
five to eight minutes to fry the frit
ters.
RECIPES FOR CAKES.
A lady who has used the following
recipes for many years, and knows
them to be excellent, sends them to
the Country Gentleman , hoping they
may prove valuable to many young
housekeepers:
Fruit Cake.— Five cups of flour,
four eggs, three cuds of sugar, two
cups of butter, one cup of sour milk,
one teaspoonful of saleratus, one glass
of brandy, two pounds of raisins, two
pounds of currants, one-fourth pound
citron, one tablespoonful of cinnamon
and one of mace—one nutmeg. Bake
one and one-half hours under a slow
fire.
Delicate Cake.— Two cups of
powdered sugar, two of flour, one of
cream, two tablespoonfuls of cream
tartar, one of soda, a little salt, the
whites of eight eggs beat to a froth.
Stir all together well for fifteen min
utes, and flavor with vanilla.
Bpoxcie Cake.—The yolks of eight
oggs, one teacup of flour, one of su
gar, two tablespoonfuls of brandy,
one of cream tartar, one-half of soda.
Bake tili done brown, in a quick
oven.
Jelly Cake.— Two eggs, one cup
of sugar, one of flour, four tablespoon
fuls of water, one of cream tartar,
and one-half of soda. Bake in three
flat cakes of equal size, and put to
gether while warm, with jelly. The
whites of eggs beaten to a froth, and
. stirred stiff with powdered sugar, fla
vored to suit the taste, and spread in
a thin coat over any of these, will
greatly enhance their beauty.
Ceutaix Ci ne for Broxfiiitls.
A gentleman who has tried it with
entire success, says the Sandersville
Herald, gives us the following as a
certain cure for bronchitis: Half pint
of honey, half pint of Jamaica rum,
one-fourth of an ounce of oil of tar,
shake well together, and take one
teaspoon ful three times a day. or of
tener, as the cough is troublesome.
The Use ok Lime.—lt should ha
applied in a slaked state, at the rate
of fifteen or twenty bushels to the
acre. It should be spread as evenly
as possible and should be kept as near
the surface as possible.
Never allow the feet to remain
damp.
Adjust your dbt'hing so as to gtvo
free and easy movement to every
member of your body.
Never go to bed with cold feet.
NO. 1.