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THE STANDARD AND EXPRESS. PUBLISHE D WEEKLY. YOL. 14. THE Standard & Express Is jiublithcd every THURSDAY MORNING BY 8. H. SMITH & CO. SUB S C RIPTION 1' RIC E: $2 per annum, in advance. grrY'-i'T"" ——- ■7*- 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, aLjgS B 1 WT* . T‘ • STviß '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. SUBSCRIPTION: $2 per annum. Agricultural Department. 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.