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GEORGIA
DEMOOBATIO IN POLITICS* j PURE AND BE.VUTIFUL IN LITEBATUBE) AND PBOGBESSIVE IN SOUTHERN INTERESTS.
WHITMAN & WRENCH.
DALTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18,1869. •
VOL. II—NO. 46.
MINCEI.LAXEOUM CAllDN.
H AK K9 M.lv. K a^ Tonj)EYsATlAWi
Dalton, Georgia.
i. A. n. UAKKB. I’ObU «. A. BIVIKOfl.
J. A. W. JOHKiOW. K R. J. U'OAMT.
J OHNSON A JToCAMY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Up Stall'* In King Bnlldlng, Dalton,Ga.
Will practice In Iho courts or this circuit, ami
<u tlio U. 8. District Court at Atlanta, nir-ly
A. WALKER*
' L/9 ATTORNEY AT LAW,
King Struct, Dalton, tin. ly^
aog
H ammond x wklborn, „
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Whitehall Stroet, Atluuta, Ooorgla.
a, t. haumokd. noTly ou» wiiLLnonx
PERCY GREENE,
S. 7 ” " ~ " Attorney at Law,
OtRoe: ca Door, Upstair, In Ulann Running,
■up Dalton, Georgia. Ci
T) tcmlore Ills professional aorvlou to tliu ell.
I sens of Dalton umt surrountllng country.—
Prompt amt vigilant attention-will 1)0 given to
all oases, Medical Surgical and Obstetrical, en*
trusted to bis care. Oot. 14-ty.
-jVTF.ADOR A BROTHERS,
TOBACCO
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
And Manufacturers of Scgars,
Aug.ly Whitebait Street, Atlanta, Ga
An Authentic Loiter From the Outlmr
llllilerhrnnd.
From the Bt. Ixrnls Tllncs:
Sm: As “fair play" Is ouci of the jewels
of American character, ana as it Is con
sidered right and proper to glvo even the
“devil his ddc," Iliopo you will not refuse
to glvo to the public, through your widely
read paper, Sam. HUdorbrand’s own state
ment of his history Blnco tho beginning of
the lato terrlblo ivar; to the end. thntmlr-
mlndcil men may judgo whothor (hero were
not some good reasons and strong provo
cations for tho desperate deede charged
attaint me.
BARBAROUS MUIlDEn OF Ills BROTIIER
FRANK.
IVhcn tho war began, I was loading a
quiet, peaceable life, trying to provide for
my family in an honest though ltumblo
sphere of life. In tho condition of aflhlrs
In my part of Missouri, I had made up my
mind to keep out ot tho troubles and tako
no part in the war. In 1808, luy brother,
Frank Ililderbrand, went Into tho Stato
Guards under Jcff.Thompson. On Frank’s
return to seo. our mother and family, ho
was captured by a mob headed by young
McElvnno. By McElvanc’s order Frank
was killed after bis capture—life bead wns
mashed, Ills body mangled and cut to pio-
ces in such a shocking manner that the
most bnrbaruos savage would havo blush
ed t
Whitu A Whitlock, Proprietor.
W. D. Wiloy, Clerk.
N
ATIONATa IIOTF.Tu,
Near Union Passenger Shod,
Chattanooga, Tenh.
A. L. MILLER, Proprietor.
Hospitality, Comfort, Convenience and Econo-
my combined in the management.
T W* ATKINS,
“ * 'baurett a HIGGINS,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of
Ilats, Caps and Straw Goods,
J»7a Vi nnltlmore Street,
Juno 10-tlm BALTIMORE.
pAUI, JONK8, Jr,,
Wholounle dealer In
Brnildlen, Wines, Wbliklo, Ginn, A-c.
rKAciiTitBH Stii.,\tlahtA, Ga.
May 27-ly.
body was then thrown into a mineral hole
of filly feet deep, and left to rot.
A SISTER DIES OF A BROKEN HEART.
Tho next outrage committed on my kin
dred and family was tho murder of my
brother Gcorgo Washington, and-a Cana
dian named Eustacho Landusky, who was
engaged,to bo married to my sister Mary.
These-last murders wore perpetrated by
men In Union uniform, and who wore sol
diers of tlio Federal army. Two weeks
after theso tragedies my sistor Mary died
of troublo and a broken heart.
A LITTLE BROTHER MURDERED.
Two weeks later theso men camo to my
mother’s house and loaded several wagons
with her proporty, drovo oil' all our cnttlo
and set fire to her house, the best stone
dwcllingin tho settlement! My poor, dear,
broken-hearted motlior seeing, tho liouso
burning, scut my little brother Henry to
those heartless wretches and asked for tho
family Bible as a relic to bo-kopt when nil
elso wns gone. Not dreaming of harm to
the little tender boy what can cypress her
horror and agony when tlicso demons shot
my little brother, not twelve years old
-piTXEit & SMITH,
. Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
Groceries and Provisions,
Corner Broad and Howard Streets,
(PJtnov’s Old Stand,)
.Tulyl Rome, GKbnoiA.
TTOME AGAIN I"
j, c. iiAtvijSs,
At bis own House lignin.
O IIOIC XI OTEL
llroad Street, Rome, Gn.
Passengers taken to and from Hotel free of
charge
i**24-tf
-jyj- X. XEAT.ON,-
llookftollor. Stationer and Jfewaman
Ami Dealer In Dry Goods, Groceries, Produoo.
Apr-ly Hamilton Stroet, Dai/to*, Ga.
1AMUEI. A. PAIN,
p fqtngluff A Bon,
Wliolewnlo Gpocctn,
Produce Commission Merchants, and Dealers
in Wines and Liquors,
31 North Howurd Stroet,
nor 6m*
JlnJtJuiorc.
W.
W. HIGGINS.
GUN AND LOCKSMITH,
Dealer In
New aims, Fistole, Cartridges, oto.
Opposite Tibbs Hotno, Hamilton Street.
New Itlflcs mean to onler. and all repairing
Sons on short notice, and warranted. mur-ly
j ii. itTi>->rrcit
Grocers, Liquor & Commission
Lomburd nnd Pratt Stroet!
I1ALTIMORE.
Orders solicited. uuiMrn
VERT A FREEMAN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
King Street, Dalton, Georgia.
Will att,ond promptly to all Law Claims in tlio
nofthe “
s United States; Court of
Atlanta. Ga,: In tbo State Courts in tho «
JO IIP! IIIGGIN8,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Shop in Dr. Brown’s New Drug Stor
• Hamilton Stroet, Dalton, Guorgia.
Itundsomo stock of pnro Jewelry, for Ladies
and Gentlemen, watches, docks, etc. Repair
lag ueatly and substantially executed. July
JJED1CAL AND SURGICAL NOTICE.
J3r«4. A. W. Bivinsr« «Sc Son
s of Dalton nnd surround lug country. Spe
cial attention given to all ebronlc eases.
Office, during the day, oomer of King Pent*
streets, and night at residence on Thornton
Avenue t fonnorly oceuplodby Mr. J. II. King.
January 3-ly.
\R. B. B. BROWN*
D ” :r '’ Kikq Str., Dalton,
Insurance and Land Agent
Agent for A£lna Life and Fire Insurance Com.
Enterprise, Cincinnati, anjl
Putnam, Hurlford.
ALSO, GENERAL LAND AGENT
For anybody who entruts their business to him,
49 a *Itefers toCol.C. B. Wclborn, Atlanta: i**** 1
Col. W. II. Tibbs, Lowry & Eason, Hon. D,
-A/TARK L, WHITMAN,
Lou of Louisvlll, Ky., formerly of Rlnggqld,Ga.
Wholesale Clothlatr,
877 and 870 Broadway,
New Torlr
Honeo ofROGERS, MORGAN A GRUBB, ■ Ja57
1'IIF. TERROR OF THE WEST.
era, that I or my Mentis may yet call to
account.
JtmMcLano,McQiilnn,au(lothors, way
laid my houso Rwnurdcr mo, in April last,
fbr several days. On tho till of June I
was shot through tho thigh at my liouso.
SHOOTING JIM M’LANK, AND COOKING
6 UPPER.
I wont to tny undo Williams’, wlioro
thoy attacked mo six days after. They
shot all day at mo there. I selected Jiin
McLano, whom I know only by descrip
tion, ana shot him ftom the house. .Shor
in'Breckinridge and tho balance of ills par
ty took good care of their scalps after Iliad
killed Aloha tie. It was then tlireo o’clock,
nnd ns Iliad eaten no breakfast or dinner,
I cooked my own supper, nnd ate it while
they kept firing nt me. I wns often amus
ed to see my old aunt Williams dodging
tho bnlls ns they came in through the
cracks. Thoy fired tlio bouse, und as I
had finished my supper, I abandoned my
burning fortification. Ab I went out I
counted thirty-live men guarding tho burn
ing house. IeawGco. Doggett, Ash,luck-
soil, Joo Mr.Gnhnn, nml llill’s boy. When
the house got too hot for comfort, I left It,
and walked within six feet of somo of the
ruards. They scorned blind, or at least
hey did not offer to shoot mo.
A WARNING TO THE RADICALS.
I wish to say to tho llndicnls in nnd
about Farmington to bewftro how they
mistreat my wife and children, ns I heat
to havo been guilty of tlio deed. HJs* 'they have had them under arrest by order
through the bowels, and a fiend then pul
bis foot on his head and cut Ills throat.—
Thus were theso atrocious deeds of blood
and cruelly nnd robbery committed on my
kindred nnd family. Lot any man put tho
question to his soul, whether such outra
ges would not havo aroused him to desper
ate retaliation, nt a time when tho law no
longer had power to avenge a man’s wrongs
for him and for tho sake of justice! And
yet, even then, I bore those nccumulntcd
outrages without lifting a band to nveugo
my brothers’ and sister’s blood.
THE Dll'. CAST—LIFE Olt DEATH.
During all these outrages I had resolved
to not go in the Southern army, nor to
meddle In the troubles iu any way. I re
moved from Big lUver to Flat Woods, dis
tant twenty-five miles, hoping that no
harm would befall me or my wife and chil
dren, if I would get out of the immediate
neighborhood of those who had murdered
und outraged my family.
But to my surpriso, about the middle of
May, just when my crop wns looking well,
amt hope wns strong that I would be left
in peace, about sunrise ono morning my
house was surrounded by AtcElvane nnd
his crew of some thirty or forty meu, all
well armed.
I remembered the fate of my brothers
nnd friends, slaughtered in cold blood like
sheep nftcr their capture, I know there was
no hope of mercy or justice from such dem
ons; no help except iu the courage and
strength that God had given mo.
The die with mo was cost. I had sought
icitco and quiet, but the blood-hounds had
railed mo. I was nt hay. Tho contlict
for ‘
that I Und flciUVom was forced upon me,
The alternative was lifiusr death.
MUHDER8 WITHWCr NUMBER.
I met my pursuers nt the door, I sliot
down two of them in their tracks, made n
a rush for tho woods, and escaped— Find 1 * ? ,
ing it impossible to live at or nerfrliomo I
on my head, I determined to revenge the.
death of my brothers. 1 rode several
limes from Arkansas before I could got
to shoot MoElvanc, tho infamous butcher,
who Had murdered my‘brothers and sought
my life. Then I meant to harm no one
elso if they would leave me undisturbed,
hut sonic of tho soldiers, piloted by Jim
Craig, a very meddlesome spy, undertook
to havo mo killed. ,
Ii; self defeuso.I turned loose on them
nnd made many of Jl)eso who sought my
life bite the dust. 1 often met th ’
of tlio drunken Bowen, and I will say to
BoblllUaud Joe McGnlian to walk smooth
ly and not lot my family sufibr. Thoy
helped kill my brothers, hut they havo not
yet killed mo.
- Jim AIcLano was a tool In tlio hands of
that infamous creature and coward. Guest
St. Gem, of St. Gcueviovo, who will somo
day, no matter where ho may hido himself,
havo to answer for ninny crimes ho plann
ed, and wns too cowardly to execute, but
S ot others to do so for him, AIcLano mur-
ered Judgo Burk, of St. Genevieve, and
preacher Folk, over 88 years of age.
I wish to say to Gov. McClung that I
could havo easily killed him while ho was
in Farmington, if I hnd wanted to do bo,
hut I look on him ns a gentleman, and that
ho is misled by listening to lies from bad
men, who aro Radicals.
T'VO BUSHELS OF BADICL BULLETS.
I have hnd two bushels of Badicnl bul
lets shot nt me, hut only two ever drew
blood. Tlio old Indian, when ho fired
fourteen shots nt Gon. Washington and
missed every shot, said that the Great
Spirit turned tho balls aside, God lias
turned away the bullets aimed at my life,
nnd I nut my trust in Him nnd believo
the balance of my days will he spent moro
happily.
DON’T FOLLOW GRIZZLY BEARS.
I am in as fine spirits and good lienlth
ns I over was. My wound, is entirely
lienlcd, nnd I am good for many years of
life if my foes allow mo to live in peace;
and if they do not, on them he the conse
quences.
Let spies and informers keep nt a sate
distance from mo. I do nut think I can
lie easily trailed; hut still it is Bnfest lor
any person tlutt lias a desire to hunt up
ililderbrand, to let that alone. Kemcm-
ber the greenhorn that started out to hunt
grizzly hears iu California.
In order that those who know me and
my family may know that tlio writer of
fids is ‘‘Sam” Hilderhrand, and-not a
fictitious person, I will hero give tlio names
of my wife nnd children. My wife, Mar
garet; children, Ilenry, Kcbccca, Mary
Elizabeth, Nancy, Katharine, Margaret
A nn, George Washington.
' Yours, Sam Hilderbrand.
A Little Hoy's Prayer.
Last Sabbath, says a'mlufetcr, in the
Youth’s Tcmucranco Banner, forty-two
lemons united with my church. Among
hat number was one man of whom I wish
to speak to tho children. When ho came
to me to seo about uniting with the church,
I said to h|m;
“Can’t you tell mo what It was that led
you to sock tho Lord?”
The poor man burst into tears, and said;
“My little boy’s prayer."
Iaskcdhlmtoexplalnblmsclf. Hotlicn
said;
I wns a short time ago, a miserable
drunkard, nnd made my family very un
happy, nnd my home, if it could bo called
such, wns truly wretuked. I havo -three
children. Tlio youngest, a little hoy, sov-
n years old, with Ids sisters, attend
your Sabbath-school. One day, tlio littlo
uoy came from school, and told his moth
er that you hnd been telling the children
if they never wnntcd to bccomodrunkardB,
they should never taste any kind of Intox
icating liquor, and, if thoy had parents
who drank, they should pray for them,
that God would teach them to givo up the
drink.
“And" added tho little hoy, ‘my fiithor
drinks. I don’t want to ho a drunkard;
can’t I Bign tho plcdgo and pray for father;"
“Yes, said his mother.
“Write me a plcdgo now, mother”.
“His mother wrote one, and in the best
way ho could, tho boy signed it.
“Now,” said ho, “I will pray fbr fath-
A Strange Story—Fire seen Xenr Solo*
roon'fi Temple—Warning of t lie Coming
of the SICKKtaSi.
Our friends of tho Hebrew faith will
doubtless feel much interested in knowing
of certain strange developments which, ac-
cordipg to the Austrian nswspapers. have
manifested themselves in Jerusalem. These
developments refer to the coming this year
of the Jewish Messiah. The story, as told,
is singular enough. It appears that tho
rabbi, of Parka, a town in Hungary, has
received letters from Jerusalem, which
state that toward the end of last month a
[lunm of tire was seen near the ruins of
Temple, and that a strong voice
in«y H imnnmlhln to livn ni noiPIinmn T was n P ara l which addre8SC(l itself to an Is-
went to Arkausas and aitcrward got rnv
wifn nnd four children Tho two mnni time. This voico earned the devotee of
killed in tny door was the first blood eve f
shed by me. Then, when a price was set
mob them in
the woods. Thoy all knyw me, nnd would
offer to assist me. Thev would make an
appointment to briyK m<?provi8lons to my
liming places,, and alien* wobld pilot sol
diers there to try to havo mu captured. I
always killed that kind of men. I have
declared that the Israelites should repent,
and be more observant of tho religion of
their father s. Tho man so addressed spoke
prophetically ofwhatlio had hoard. There
upon the people treated him as an impos
ter, and someeven wontBo far as to. at tempi
to take his life; but he, aa if miraculously
endowed with juorojtlinn human strength,
fought hundreds of his assailants, und
when, afterward, a battallion of soldiers
was sent to arrest him, baffled them in
their efforts to capture him. . Two Israel
ites, tho Hungarian journals say, have,
been dispatched to Jerusalem to learn the’
exact foots of this extraordinary affair.—
It is cledr that, if not ono of tlio race of
prophets, the man who, as above narrated,
opposed this host of enemies, must bo au
athlete of no small pretensions.—A r . Y
Sun.
captured many Uniojfcoldicrs, hut I nev
er treated thcm unKmdly unless it
one who had brutally treated Southern
prisoners, and I knew it.
CLOTHES TORN FROM HIS BODY BY BUL
LETS.
I have had hundreds of hair-breadth es
capes for my life, but I know there is a
merciful God that knows and does all
things right—an all powerful hand has
protected me. I havetwenty times been
suddenly waked, and Ued from my bed,
-p WAUBEX, 81. I>.» -
i'liyKU'Jttii, Knrffcon and Accoucheur,
Offers Ills Servians to the inhabitants of Dill-
ton, and tUosurreundlnK country. Having at
tended somo of the best Medical Schools in
Canada and New York City he-feels confident
that he nan givo general satisfaction.
Office in-JYo. 2, Over King's Store. ‘
RefKBBWCF.8—
Wm. Tempest, M. D.. Toronto, Citnaau,
Wm. McGill, M. 1)., Oshuwa, ”
J. Foote, M. D., Brooklyn, "
Prof. Frunk II. Hamilton. Alt ending Surgeon,
and Prof. Austin Flint- Attending Physician,
Bclllvuo Hospital, New York. L aptJU70
The poor will be attended free of charge.
D ENTIST ' r>Tt. >r. GUERRA
Formerly of Knox County, Tenn.
Takes pleasure in saying that ho has nornm-
nently located In Dalton and now offers Ills ser
vice to tho people ot this and surrounding
country, Au work warranted. Terms cash.
AU diseases of the teeth t reated successfully,
or no pav required. Artificial teeth Inserted
on the rubber basis, or any wuyjireferr
Office witlkDr. Blvlngs A Son, Dalton.
BUUUCUiy nttlWAl, HIIU nut* UUIII lllj uuw.
when a shower of Yankee halls woulil rid
dle the bed I lmd sprang out of. I havo
had my clothes torn from my body with
Yankco bullets, but two only ever drew
blood from me.
I wish to say that I saw a Iiepublican
of Juno last, which contains some charges
against me that aro not true. It speaks
of many cruelties committed by Iiilder-
braml in Callaway county, which are ut
terly untrue. 1 never wns in Callaway
county in my life. It also charges me
with crucify to a littlo boy. Thnt is also
false. I never harmed a woman or child
in my life. I warred only with men who
made war on me. I was also accused of
taking stock from Jim McLano to tlio
amount of 8000. The neighbors all know
that Jim McLano always lived from hand
to mouth, and never had anything to bo
Stolen or taken from him.
SAM, COME HOME.
After the excitement about the war.
and its troubles seemed to die out, and
men seemed to heal over past sores, in tlio
spriug of 1808,1 camo back to St. Francois
county and talked to many of tho good
peoplcof the county concerning the propri
ety of returning to my oid home. All I
spoko to of all parties said, “Sam, como
h °lcaine hack iu good faith. I moved to
my mother’s old place and lived there six
mouths. I then moved to Hillsboro’ and
stayed there until last fall. Finding it
hard to make a living there, I moved ou
the Mississippi river, near Bush Tower,
and chopped wood all last winter. I then
CClT
Professor Agassiz nti.1 tho Book or Gen
esis.
We are informed that tlio first words of
Professor Agassiz in Ills opening lecture
of the Harvard course were: “I do uot
wish any one to como to my lectures who
believes tho Book of Genesis, ns given in
tho Bible.” Although tho position of
scientific men witli regard to tho Scrip
tures lias long been regarded ns commit
ting them to tho substance of this, wo
lmvo not hnd nny declaration of so plain
a purpose to make an issuo against tho
writings Hint are still classed ns tho Word
of God. Wc havo not had thiB declara
tion because scientific men were too wise
to mnko it; because thoy did not want tc
put Bcicnco at tlio disadvantage of array
ing a religious war against it; hccauSbthey
perceived that properly Science had lit
tle to do with'whnt writings beyond her
immediate circle might bo disproved by
accumulating knowledge of nature’s laws,
and cared not to go aside to wage a war
in which even victory could be of no ad
vantage. But it is characteristic of tho
braggadocio, boldness nnd vanity of tho
NewBuglnnd philosophers to thus pre
cipitate an unnecessary conflict, and pa-
rado their contempt of that which has
the respect, to say the least, of the roll
gious world.—jV, Y. Herald.
moved hack to the Tlireo Rivers, on the
Sam Herd place, to raise a crop.
dialing out Dovtla.
Tlio Chinese behove thnt there nro dev
ils, nnd this is more than ninny-other ra
ces, professing to bo civilized afld chrls
lionized, do. Annually, on the 18th day
of October, nt night, the Chinese begin to
S crform their annual rite of costing out
evils. Tills took placo at Sncrcmcnlo,
recently, commencing on tlip lSth day of
last October, in tho following wise: They
first attacked the devils with discordant
music, a fearful weapon In tho hands of
John Chinaman. For live days this cer
emony lasted, after which tlio bamboo Im-
Aak mo not to Drink.
Fair lady usk mo notto drink
A touet to tlieo toailglkt |
For Broken vows and kliutod hopes,
Expose tlio demon's blight.
Put buok the w*lno, I dure not taste—
l*ut hack tho sparkling tdnvl:
For who hath queffud a draught so deep,
And reached a blissful gonlt
Oh I nskinunot, there lies within
A poison deop and dire t
Anil evory drop hut serves tho moro
Tothn the latest lire.
liuoh draught will qtiuueh my sense of guilt,
And blast youth's budding hope;
!aoh drop will sink mo deeper still
..-nil nights to gropo.
Oh: press me nnt to touch tho cup,
WltliM nro glaring oyes,
And starving widows, hungry lubes,
And freezing orphans cries.
Whom tlicgodsdcstroy lhe> (lrst make drunk,
Then usk me not to drink i
Oh, tempt mu not, but spare uiy soul,
From death's eternal brink.
‘A few nights after that, having stayed
till near midnight with somo companions,
in a drinking saloon, I staggered home;
while fumbling in my pocket for tho key
to my room, I thought I heard some -one
talking in my littlo boys room, which wns
next door. I listened and heard him pray
ing in earnest tones, mingled with sous
and tears,—
“O Lord, please to bless me for sig
tho pledge; and, O LortL please to
my dear father, and help nim to sign tho
plidgc and drink no more; for Jesus’ sake.
Amen!"
“Ah, sir, there wns no slccp-for me that
night. That prayer rang in my ears; and
before morning I had inwardly vowed
that, if tho Lord would help mo, I would
never drink again. Tho next day I signed
the plcdgo, the following Sabbath I came
to church: and I think the Lord has giv
en mo a now heart. It was my little boy’s
prayer thntdono It.”
llunrehildren, if any of you have parents
hat drink, do os the little boy did—pray
i br them.
The Nsw Rsbjr-A Hoy’s Soliloquy.
“Yes, thcro’s another of ’om lip stairs
nowl 1 knowed It; cause pa told mo I must
bo quiet nnd sit down In the corner with
my book, and musn’t play hall, nor ask
Willie Bnuirt to como In nnd help mo put
my now puxzlo together. Then there’s a
cross nurse who Is always scolding me for
getting in her way, no dlflerenoo where I
get, Besides Miss Cadnll was hero to-day.
nnd sho took mo on her knee, and pnttod
mo ou the back just like cook does when
I’m tdioklng, nnd said my noso was anoth
er dogroo out of Joint, but I know hotter,
for this is tho third tlmo she has told me
to, nnd it’s no more out of joint now than
It over wns. Sho’s a hateful goggle eyed
old maid—that’s what she is.
“I saw It too. It’s got a littlo round red
head without any linlr, with great deep
wrinkles instead ofoyes, nnd when it cries
it.opens its mouth ns wido ns though it
meant to swallow itself. Fa helped mo up
on tho side of the bed and told mo to kiss
my dear, pretty little sister; nnd when I
wouldn’t and called it a horrid, ugly little
thing, ho said I was a naughty littlo hoy.
and theu tho nurso shook mo, nnd said I’d
ought to be nshnmcd, I didn't get to kiss
my nm nt all—I know bettor tliqn to try It;
for once, when another baby came, Idlinb-
od ou the bed, aud putting my arms around
her nock, hugged and kissed her, But all
tho tlmo I lmd my kneo right on tho baby's
head, so I was whipped and put In my crib
without any supper, because I did not
kuow.it wns thore.
“Littlo Jcnnio thinks its nice to havo a
now sister, but then she was tho baby be
fore, and don’t know anything about It.—
I can remember, long,- long ago, ma used
to call me her ‘ewoet littlo darling,’ and
pa dandled mo on his foot, nnd said I was
a flno fellow, and Aunt Busan declared I
was a- 'perfect littlo angol;’ but then Tom
camo, and all my toys were given to him,
’causo ho was tlio baby, and I was culled
nnd scolded bv everybody, ’copt grandma,
nnd she’s good to me yet, tho' there’s been
two new ones since.
“I wonder where all the babies come
from—ma says tbo Lord sends them. I
wish He wouldn't send any moro to our
houso, wo’vo got moro than enough now.
It might bo nlco for them If thoy could stny
little always, but they lmvo to grow big
after a while, and then they ain’t no bet
ter oil’ than the rest of folks. I rather
think tf I was a baby I’d ask the Lord not
to send mo where I’a grow any bigger, and
then I’d havo nothing to do out to lay on
mybncknndchow my toes, and havo folks
say I was the ‘dariingest, cunniugest littlo
creature they ever laid eyes on.’ Thnt’e
the way babies are always treated, and it’s
a deal hotter than being told ono is a good-
for-nothing, mischievous little rascal, or a
troublesome, careless hoy—that it Is."
'DstII Look for Hz,«u nud Toko Poor
Kha»."
A good story Is told of an old gentlo-
man in a Southern State, who bciug very
ill, nnd supposing that his end was ap
proaching, gavo direction thnt an old slit ve,
who had been very faithful to him, should
bo called into his room. Sam made his
appearance, nnd-with a joyful fnco drew
near ids master, expecting that ho wns
about to nnnounco to him his purpose of
Waving him free.
“You know," said tho master, “you
hnve been a faithful servant to me, Sam.”
“Yes, massa,” lie replied.
Poor Sum expected the next sentence
to contain his freedom. Bub said the mas
sa kindly:
“You know, Sam, I always treated you
kindly."
"Yes, massa, you did.” ’ . •
Sam was now all anxiety to hear, and
looked gratefully Into tho face of hla'dying
master, and waited to hear the charming
"Freedom!’’ But wlml ivas .Sam’S disap
pointment when his master said:
"In consideration of your long nnd
fhithftil service, I havo directed hi my
AVill' that when you die you shall bo bu
ried by my side.”
After a long pause, Sain replied,
“Me no like it indeed, mnssn, for somo
dark night Debel come, look for massa,
anil take poor Sain.”
How It •asms to Got Drunk.
A Mr. Samuel Peabody was arrested In
Philadelphia by tho watchman on suspi
cion of being intoxicated. Tho Mayor de
sired to know Samuel's opinion of the mat
ter. He narrated bis experience thus-
wlse:
“Well, sir, I mout have been drunk, and
I mout not—I can’t pretend to say for cer
tain. The fact is, I’ve done so little thnt
way that I’ll be blamed If I know when I
am drunk. I dare say that some of these
police gentlemen are better Judges than I
am, when it comes to that. But 1 will tell
you exactly what I did and how I felt,
and if your honor concludes I was drunk,
why, I’ll pay tho fine and soy nothing
about it. Yousee I was troubled with tho
wind, and took four glosses of lavender
brandy to start it. Soon after I felt a buz
zing in my ears, and then the lie-cups was
awful troublesome, but that I thought was
wind coming off. Then it seeinea to ma
as I walked aloag tho street that an awn-
lug post or water, plug every now nnd then
would lump right up ueforu me, as if they
would head me off. I wns a littlo mad at
this, nnd struck ono or two of them With
my knuckles, but my fists got the Worst of
it. It seemed that nil the gas lights hail
fitcc8, and somo winked and some grinned
at me, and one that stood before a hotel,
and noddqd as if it was acquainted with
me, and made a sign as if townrds tho
door, as much as to Bay, “Go in Bam, and
get something to drink,” which I did.—
When I came ont there, wns tho greatest
to do thnt I ever saw. I was sure there
was an earthquake, for tho houses and
Btceplcs were all staggeringabout, and tho
street was just rocking like a cradle. It
was a most suhlimo spectacle; so I fetch
ed up against a pump and held ou, while
I took a good look at tno-magnificcnt scene.
No panorama ooukl como up to it; houses,
trees, fences, all rearing and plunging like
wild horses. The eight wns worth a dol
lar and a half, If I have to pay a fine I
don’t care, for I got the full value of tho
money." _
A Pithy Hirmos,
Many a sermon lias been spun out to an
hour’s length that did not contain a titho
of tho sound moral Instruction and coun
sel to bo found in the following brief and
pithy BcrmQn from tho pen of that good
man, and racy writer, Hov. John Todd:
“You nro architects of your own for
tunes. Holy upon your own strength of
body and soul. Tako for your motto
self-reliance, honesty, and Industry; for
your star, faith, perseverance, and pluck;
and inscribe on your banner, “Bejust ana
fear not," Don’t take too much adviso;
stay at tho helm and Steer your own ship.
Strike out. Think well of yourselves.
Fire above tho mark you intend to hit.
Assume your position. Don’t practice
excessive humility. You can’t get above
your level—water don't run tip hill. Put
mtatocs In a cart over a rough road, and
ho small ones will go to tho bottom. En
ergy, Invlnciblo determination, with the
right motion, are tho levers that move
tho world. The great art of command
ing iB to tako a fair share of tho world,—
Civility costs nothing nnd buys every
thing. Don't drink; don’t smoke; don’t
swear; don’t gamble; don’t lie; don't de-
cieve or steal; don’t tattle. Be polite; be
’onerous; bo self-reliant. Head good
looks. Lovo your fcllowmen as well as
you lovo God. Lovo your country and
oboy tho laws. Lovo Truth. Lovo hon
or. Always do wlint your couseienco tells
is your duty, and leave the consequence
to God.
A' Deatli-Xlcit NcrliioR.
A gentleman died lust week nt liis resi
dence, ill ono of our up-town fushio&tblo
streets, lenviug $11,0W),000. Ho wns a
member of the Presbyterian church, in
excellent standing, a good husband nnd
father,and atlirifty citizen. On hisdonth-
bed, lingering llong, ho shfi'ered witli
great agony of mind, and gavo continual
expression to his remorse for whnt his con
science told him lmd been nn ill-spent
life. “Oh!” ho exclaimed, nnd his weep
ing friends nnd relations gathered about
his bed, "Oh! if I could only live my
years over again. Ohliflconld only tie
spared, for a few years, I would givo all
the wealth I have amassed in a lifetime.
It is a life devoted to money goltiug that
I regret. It is tills which weighs mo
down nnd makes mo despair of tlio life
hereafter!” Ilis clergyman endeavored to
soothe him, but lie turned ids face to tho
wall. “You have never reproved my av
aricious spirit,” lie said, to tho minister.
“You havo called it a wiso economy and
forethought, but I now know thnt riches
have been only a snare for my poor Boul.
I would give nil I possess to lmvo hope for
my poor soul!” In this sad state of mind,
refusing to bo consoled, this poor rich man
bewailed a life devoted to the mere acqui
sition of riches. All knew him to be a
professing Christian and a-good man, as
tho world goes; but tho terror and remorso
of his death-bed administered a lesson
not to bo lightly dismissed from mem
ory. Ho would have given all his wealth
for a single liopo of heaven.—New York
Star.
A Rnshfiil Newspaper Youth.
A young man connected with a New
navoudaily newspaper, who goes home
about ono or two o’clock in tho morning,
mudo a mistake on a recent morning and
g ot into the wrong door, which happened
) bo unlocked, lie lmd scarcely got in
when a rush was made for him from be
hind tho door, a woman's night-dress flut
tered around him, and a pair of plump,
soft arms Elided around life nock. In an
other second his head was drawn down,
nnd a warm, molting, luscious kiss planted
just below his muslacho, while a soft, joy-
oub voico, which tho young man recogni
zed ns thnt of life lovely next door neigh
bor, -asked: "My darling husband,
didn’t you como edrlter?” Tho shy \
tiling (wo mean tho reporter) ohriokci
An lionoftt MoutJniont,
That sterling paper, the Philadelphia
Sunday Mercury, speaking of tho election
in tho.South,says:
“The election in Mississippi, like tho
elections in all the lato Confederate States,
will be no more nor no less than sheer far
ces and mookery of public government.—
Where the civif law is subordinate to tho
military power, there is no such thing as
freedom, und popular elections might as
well bodispcnsedwitliatoncoandforever.
ages of devils In their temples were burn- Not until Commonwealths stand up once
ed. A like exorcism took plneo in San moro in tlio full dignity und majesty of
on mu Francisco. A strange peopio theso Chi-. sovereign nnd independent Statehood, will
There nnmeu are, hut then they think the Chris-1 there bo nny virtue in the voice of the pco-
I lived ami worked until the 4th of June ■ t an people stance, and it wiilho long ero ; plo as expressed through tho hallot-tox.
last, when I was waylaid nnd shot by Jim the problem will bo solved on earth, Thera fe fio'divinity in fte right of tho bal-
McLane or Walter 'Evans, and two olh-'l “which is right?" I lot,.unless it bo free as the ‘encasing air.”
tv lint u Thine Axe 7
“Father,” said a Persian monarch to
nn old mnn-whoaccording to oriental usage,
bowed before tho sovereign's throne, ‘‘pray
be Beatcd; I cannot receive homage from
ore bent with years, and whose head Is
white with the frosts of nco.”
“And now, father,” said ,the monarch,
when the old nun hod taken tho profiered
Bent, “toll mo thine ngc. how many of tho
sun’s revolutions lust tqou counted?”
“Sire,” answered tho old man, “I
but four ycnrB old.”
“Wlut,” interrupted tbo king, “fonrest
ng.to bocopsolcilj thispoor rich nun thou not to answer me fnfeoly, or dost thou
jest on tho very brink of tho (omb?”
“I speak not falsely, siro,” replied the
aged man, “neither would I offer a foolish
jcBt on a subject so solemn. Eighty long
years have I wasted In folly and sinful
pleasures and in aflussinc wealth, none of
which I can take with, me when I leave
this world. Four years only have I spent
In doing good to my follow men; and shall
I count those years that havo boon utterly
wasted? Arothey notworso than a blank,
and fe not tlut portion only worthy to bo
reckoned os apart of my life which has
truly answered life’s best end?”
A Envopcan Loan.
(Secretary Boulwoll save no Treasury
agont has been sent to Europe either to
negotiate tho new four per cent, loan,
about which there has been so much talk
In tho newspapers, or to see upon what
terms It wouldue taken. Thore is no lon
ger any doubt, however, tlut Boutwoll
means to pul such a loan Upon tho mar-
The last Instalment of bonds diio the
Union Pacific Bailroad by tho government
hat been pnid.
Mamma's Kisses.
A kiss wiioh I wnko In tlio morning,
A kiss when I go to boil,
A kiss want 1 burn my Ungers,
A klst when I bump lay bend.
A kiss alien roybatli Is ovor,
A kiss whoa my bath begins,
My mmn*b In lull or kUaoe-
As full as u nurso of plus.
A kiss wlion t ptay with my rattlo,
A kiss wlion l pull lior lmlr |
She covered mo ovor with ktssoa
Tbo day that I fell downstair.
A kiss wlion I give hov troublo,
A kiss when I glvolior Joy t
There's nothing tike mamma's kieses
In her own littlo baliy-lioy.
(Nursory.
Murtnllty Among (ho Indians.
A special messenger to Gen. Sickly, In
dian Superintendent, reports the deaths
among tlio Gros Ventre Indians from
smallpox number 500, or lulf the entire
tribe. Thoy nro committing suicide by-
blowing their brains out witli revolvers.
Tho whites luvo taken tho disease in the
furmfof a light varlloyd, hut no fatal cases
arc reported, Dead Indians are strewed
on tlio road from tho Forks;to Mill Hive*.
They demand the Indian Agent to net ns
mediator with tha Great Spirit to stop tho
disease.
An Anluiuu Hong.
No clouds aro In the morning sky t
Tbo vapors hug tho stroom-
Who says tlmt llfo and lova cun dto
In all this Northern gleam t
At ovory turn tbo maples burn,
Tbo quail Is whistling free,
Tho patrldge whirs, and tbo frosted burs
Aro[lroppluu for youand mo.
Ho I billy bo I liolghOI
Hilly lio I
In tho olour Octobor morning.
Gncsts for tho Fair.
A special in tha Charleston News snys
Secretary Boutwoll lms promised a revenue
cutter to Gov. Bullock, of Georgia, to tako
cortaln distinguished guests to Savannah
to attend tbo Georgia Stato Fair:
Along onr paths the woods aro hold,'*'
And glow with rlpo desire:
Tho yellow ohcalnut showers its.gold,
Tho sumacs spread their fire;
Tho breezes reel as crisp as steel,
Tho bnokwlioat tops are rod!
Thon down tho laue, lovo, sonvry again,
Ho I hilly ho t holgh OI
HUlyhol
In tho clear October morning.
Good Lord, Deliver L's 1
It fe said tlut the amount of business
before tho next Congress will be so great
to render It probablo that tlio session;
though tho regular long oho, will bo moro
protracted than any previous one for many
years. It is so conjectured that it may ex-'
tend to August, 1870.
No County Tax oh Clrensos.
Attorney General Farrow has, wc liri-
derstand, decided tlut tho county author
ities havo no authority to levy n spec-iftd
county tax on circus exhibitions. The
Ordinary of Richmond county, who lias
heretofore lovied a tax of $75 per day on.
those entertainments,' has been advised of
this decision, nnd the county will, in ftir
ture, wo presume, bo shorn of that rove-,
nuc.—Augusta Constitutionalist:
Vote In West Florida Upon Annexation
to Alnhomn.
Tlic,first returns of tho election hold 111
West Florida on tlio question of nnnexing
that soction to Alabama, look unfavorable
to tho annexation scheme. Fonsacolaand
four other voting places In Escambia coun
ty, gave 487 for annexation and 438 against
It; and Milton gavo a majority of 28 against
annexation.
Steam Flows:
Tho Montgomery Advorttser learns that
it fe probablo there will be ono or two
steam plows entered at tho approaching
Fair:
Will Rpeak for Hie Cause of Cabo.
Tho National Intelligencer says; “Sen
ator MortonondBoprescntatives Bingham
and Butlor havo prepared speeches in ad
vocacy of tho causo of Cuba, witch they
will deliver soon after 1 the assembling of
Congress^ ;
Too much for tbo Tlmo.
“You pull out tooth here, I suppose?”
Inquired a vegetable looking customer,
who dropped into a dental office for infor
mation.
“Yes, sir, tako aclulr," replied the pro
vider, “our charge is only fifty cents, and
condo it instantly.”
“Well, I guess I’ll wait until I got home,
for I can’t pay tlut price, because our doc
tor charges only a quarter, and it takes
him two hours, besides he pulls you all
around tho room, nnd so you get tho worth
of your money. So good day.”
Highway Robbery.
ThoBov. WVM. Watts, a worthy preach-
or of tho M. E. Church South, in Effing
ham county, Ga:, was stopped a few (lays
since by a gang of white and black high
way man, and robbed of his valiso, clothes
and money—with a pistol at his head.—
Ho had nearly $140 stolen, a good part of
whlah had been collected from his congre
gations, for missionary and otlior church
mrposes.ascantributions tothenpproach-'
ngConferojjee of his Church.
Nucor'S Planes.
Chas. M. Stioff of Baltimore, Md:, took
tho Premium of Pianos, at tho late Ohor-
A Rlcbenlug Hlranle for Lire.
We havo seldom read a more horrible In
stance of tho desire to saVo hie otvn llfo, at
tho peril of othor’s, then Is shown by tho
following, which occurred after tho late
accident to the Stonewall in.tho Mississip
pi river:
“A group of men in the watof sdilght to
save themselves by the aid of a floating
bale of luy, which was too small to lloa;
them all. A savage contest nroso for its
possession, all struggling to obtain lodg
ment upon it, when, ono more desperate
than tho others was roused to demoniac
Mission, and drawing a khifo, plunged it
nto a companion's body, and the lifeless
form rolled over into the onrrent, which
wns reddened by his blood. Tlio act of
fiendish impulse was speedily avenged, for
Last wi," f* there was a riot and street
fight at Gt/isborough, between the color-
IIUUD UK Ul /loutuuuj-ll, WkWCUU UK) UUlUf
ca people and tho soldiers, (colored) sta
tioned at tlut place. About soventy-fivo
shots were fired between tho parlies; for
tunate for tlioso engaged only ono soldier
nnd one citizen were wounded, neither
supposed to be serious.—Rutherford Star,
A Novel Weddlnr.
A novel wdddlng was celebrated in Mem
phis a few days ago. A widow, from
North Carolina, Mrs. M. Blackwell, on
her way to the Bed Bivor country with all
her household goods, including several
children, felt an aching void and determin
ed to fill tho placo of the lato Mr. Black-
well upon short notlco. Procuring a mar
riage license with a blank for the name of
her husband, she explained her wishes to
tho landlord of tho wagon yard-, where she
rested While in transitu, who introduoed
to her a young strapping fellow named
Dalton, who was nothing loth, and the
two were made ono 'five minutes after
ward, whore they stoood in tho wagon
yard. After thoeoremony the now match
ed pair took up their march for their now
home.
A Hint io Editors.
An editor in New Jersey has invented
a method of forcing delinquent subscribers
to liquidate. His specific for the epidemic
of delinquency to nowspapers, is to publish
obituary notices of tlio oulprits. Whoa
they have paid up their arrears, ho con
tradicts the report of their deaths, and
asserts that thoy wore only “doad beats,
—Wilmington Star.
Connty Fnlrs.
The Coiumbtfs Enquirer says tho expoL
intent just closed nt Opelika, has confirm-
iiiiuim June wiuquu Mb ujiuiinibt iuw gwuiuiu-
od somo of our business men in the opinion
that it would bo to the interest of oureity
to arrange for n Couuty Fair to bo hold
horocach year In October or November.
Theso fairs aro being orgnnlzecd in most
of the Southern States, and In many coun
ties In our own State. It fe bolievcd that
largo crowds would bo attracted hither,
nn/1 Hint tlvn *1...
thnt while the display of articles and stock
at Opolika was not up to expectations, im
mense crowds of people, were collect''
from all the surrounding country, at
that the money accumulated was not hr-
cousiuc ruble.
okee Fair at Bomo, Ga., wo have good
judges—they prOliounco woll for his Pi
anos.— Commercial:
Cotton Receipts of Vexf Orleans;
ltcccivod up to November G tli since Sep
tember 1st, 170,774 bales against 179,387,
showing vory little Increase over last ycari
Murderer* Turned Loose.
Scott, the carpet-bag Governor of South
Carolina, has, by lettor, ordered ona of
tho negro magistrates of Darlington coun
ty to release on bull certain persons who
had been arrested on a charge of murder,
nnd tho order was meekly oboyed:
Darke’s Weekly far Boy* nud Glrls.-
Tho November numbers of this favorite
periodical nro received. Big Foot "Wal
lace’s Adventures grow more interesting
ns tho story advances, and It promises to
be tho best story yet printed in Its pages.
We arc sorry to learn thnt the Southern
<frota$tT rty "° beUoVCl ‘ t0 ImV0 bcca 1 boys and girlsaro not supportingthtspub-
R ' " it Goldsiiorongh, K.
lication as they should do. Every boy and
girl in tho South ought to tako it, as it is
altogether tho best of tho Juvenile publi
cations of the coiintry. Terms $2 a year
—two copies for $8. Address J. W. Burko
'& Co., Macon, Ga.
Izraglinblo.;
An alisont-mlnded- professor, id going
out ofthe gateway of his college, ran agninst
a cow. In tho contusion of tbo tUotnent
ho raised his hat and exclaimed: “I beg
your pardon, nmdam.” Soon after bo
stumbled against a Indy in the Streets; in
sudden recollection of tho fofmor mishap,
he called out, with a look of rago in his
couutcnancei “Is. that you again, you
bruto?”
Homo Water Work*.
Tho City Council closed tho contract,
lost night, with Messrs. Nonlo & McCul
loch, for constructing the Water Works.
Amount to bo paid them—exclusive of luv-
lng pipes from reservoir—$37,500. Bonds
will bo put upon tho market, iit an early
date.—Commercial.
-
‘ Beautiful Tbougllle.
Nothing on earth can smile but human
-beings. Gems nidy flash reflected light,
but wlut is a diamond-flash compared with
an eye-flash aud mirth-flash? Afhcothat
cannot blornom, and dries ui> on the stalk.
Laughter is day and sobriety is night, and
a smile fe tha twilight that hovers gently
botweon both, and is'moro bewitching
thnn aIDiap,
Another Gln-JKonno Gone.
The Early County News snys; We re
gret to leaVn that our young friend, J.W.
Alexander, Jr., of tjits county, had life
glu-houso burned on tho night of tho 3d
inst., together with about fourteen bales
of cotton. Supposeed to bo tho work of
an Incendiary.
Big Prleo tor Flue Jlulos.
single or doublo harness, were sold In At
lanta on Friday lost, at Archer’s stab'—
by W. E. Hunt, of Bowling Green,'
F. Saltor, of Houston county, Ga., I........
snug littlo sum of fourteen hundred dol
lars.—Alkmta Constitution.
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