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®|t t WktrM W L *Vtrs" WiP wl|i (EftTA nr TSIIED T.V THE YEAR 1863). O. HEARD, 1 PROPRIETOR. J VOL. XIX. THE DEW-FALL. BY F. 3VYVILLE HOME. I heard the word of tlio Dew-fall As it gathered itself to a pearl, And lay on the leaf of a Lilly, Like a tear on the cheek of a girl. “Cold, cold, 0 Lily,” The Dew drop said to the leaf; “Thy leaf, 0 Lily, is cold and chilly, And pale as a wordless grief.” There arose a breeze at nightfall, And blew the rushes apart; The Lily shook, and the Dcwdrop Slipt inward and lay at her heart. “Cold, cold, 0 Lily,” Said the Dewdrop unto the flower, “Thy heart, O Lily, is cold and chilly, And dark as a wintry shower.” And the night went by with its star light, And the sun came up in its might; And the Dewdrop arose from its Lily And melted to mist in his light. “Cold, cold, was the Lily,” Said the Dewdrop with a sigh of desire; “At the daylight’s close I will sleep with the Rose, For the Rose has a heart of fire.” Teiipranee Column. A BREAKFAST ON EMPTY BOTTLES. It has not been so very long since there occurred in a portion of South ern Kentucky, an event which in it self possesses enough romance to be elaborated into a very respectable duodecimo. This I shall not at tempt to and for me to give the bare facts free from any varnish and circumlocution. The case in hand was a dissipated husband, who, from a handsome competency and a position of great respectability, had, by a seemingly uncontrollable appetite for wine which sparkles with redness in the cup, so completely degenerated as to become a bankrupt, both in fortune and character. Their early married life was one of encouragement and promise. He, a talented man for his years, with a family record to lend him prestige, exhibited signs of no ordinary ability iu the practice of law —his chosen profession. She, a woman possess ing all the amiable qualities calcula ed to render her a true helpmate, was not less gifted in turning to im mediate advantage all that she did in her sphere of domestic duties. How holy is the home where every mem ber of the household lends his Chris tian aid in keeping the fires of sacred duties burning upon the alter of do mestic consecration! Temptations which not unfrequently lurk around the bar of the legal practitioner, be guiled our friend into habits which at one time foreboded the total ruin of his once delightful home. As time wore apace there was un mistakable evidence of great pecuni ary and social losses. The bright and happy countenance of her who was ever willing to share her hus band’s misfortunes as well as successes, was daily losing its sunshine of joy, and was gradually settling under a veil of sorrow which nothing but the reformation of her husband could ev er remove. It was with no impa tient tone, with no undue amount of chiding and upbraiding, that she ap proached him with regard to his irreg ularities, but with the softest voice of tender affection did she endeavor to revive his lost pride, to re-strengtli cn his feelings of loyalty to his fami ly, to convince him of inevitable dis grace following his present course, and to persuade him to reclaim what his family had suffered from his in toxication. But the affectionate appeals of Lis wife, and the kindly remonstran ces of friends, had, as they generally have in such cases, no perceptible in fluence upon him who was apparent ly indissolubly joined to his idol whisky. His besotted practice, continuing more than a decade, had wrought a marvelous revolution in his home. Penury had usurped the place of plenty, a cabin supplied the place of a handsome mansion, hungry chil dren now cried for the food a relent less poverty held from them, and the wife now sighed and drooped under an experience of which -he had nev- er dreamed when first married. But the crisis was about passed, though she did not know it. There was a joy at hand for which she longed, but did not look. The day had been long, the sun had seemed to linger along his route, and still with the coming twilight there was nothing to which her aching heart could turn for comfort. There was no meal in the barrel, no meat in the larder, no coffee in the can, no sugar in the pantry —oil gone, and five hungry little mouths waiting upon their mother to furnish them with what she did not have nor could not get. With the deep darkness came the husband as usual, with just strength enough to get home. During the night the wife made known their distressed condition, saying the chil dren had cried themselves to sleep for something to cat. To her telling him there was nothing for breakfast, he with a maudlin voice, told her they could have whisky. The morning came, and breakfast was furnished according to his in struction. Upon the naked table empty bottles were placed at all the plates except his own, and there was placed the quart bottle of whisky which had been brought homo the evening before. He was awakened and invited to breakfast. On enter ing the room his eyes fell on crying children and a broken hearted wife. The scene was enough to impress any heart with one remaining spark of feeling. His heart was touched just before the last spark had gone out. Realizing his degradation and the abject condition of his family, he ap proached his wife and put his arm around her neck and said (calling her by name), “Let this be your last cry on my account, by the grace of God this scene shall be changed.” He removed the bottles, with a sol emn vow never to touch another drop. This occurred a score of years since. To-day life is as sweet and fortune as smiling as when the mar miage-bells made two hearts beat as one. By the grace of God are all things done. — Christian Observer. MISCELLANEOUS. GEN. HOOD’S LOVE ROMANCE. How his Sweotheart helped him to a Posi tion, and how she repudiated him when he failed to win Battles. A writer in the Washington Chron icle, relates the following dramatic incident in the dead warrior’s life : There was visiting Mrs. Jefferson Da vis, in Richmond, at that time, a la dy belonging to a family in the South, of very powerful convictions, who, in beauty, cleverness and ambition, has never had her superior in that section. She was engaged to be mar ried to Gen. Hood. With all a wo man’s natural ambition for her prom ised husband, she determined, if pos sible, to help him to a position where his unqualified abilities as a fighter would find a proper sphere. The instant a change in the commander of the second great army of the Con federacy was noted, she saw her op portunity. “I will try to have you given the command of the Western Army,” she wrote him, “and yon must succeed!” Gen. Hood was then about thirty-three years old, and had first distinguished himself in two of the greatest battles of the war as a division and corps comman der. He was a man who was always ready to fight, no matter against what odds ; and as the Army of the Ten nessee could not be recruited mncli more, it was decided at Richmond that someone should cammand it who would risk two or three terrible battles, and, if it were possible, get Sherman’s corps far enough apart to fall on them and defeat them, each one at a time. So Gen. Hood was selected. Every one knew he would fight whenever he got a chance, and this was mainly what was wanted at | Richmond. It was a proud day for the stately woman he loved, when it was announced, that Gen. Hood was to be raised provisionally to the grade of full General, and given this well trained army. On the 17fh af July (I believe that was the date), Gen. Johnston Devoted to the Cause of Truth and Justice, and the Interests of the People. GREENESBORO’, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1884. was relieved, and it was understood that thereafter there would be more flanking or stragetic operations, but some terrible battles. Hood did his best, but the transcendent genius of Johnston was lacking, and the final battles of the 14th and 15th of De cember, 1864, in front of Nashville, nearly destroyed his army. After this occurred, Gen. Hood was sent for to come to Richmond at once. — The day after his arrival, lie received a note from the lady mentioned, re questing him to call on her at his earliest convenience. There happen ed to be an officer with Gen. Hood, whom he knew very well, when tha note reached him, and lie asked the officer to go with him to the house where Miss was. After a few moments of waiting, when they were announced, the lady came in with a package in her hand. ‘Gen. Hood,’ she said, looking straight into his eyes, “when I became engaged to you I had the fullest faith in your success. I tried to help you, and did assist in having the command of the Army of Tennessee given you. — You have failed ; why or how is now beside the question. I can never bring myself to bear the name of a man who wears the prestige of defeat, and I sent for you to say, that our engage ment must be at an end. Here are your letters and some things you gave me. Now, good-bye, and let the dead past be forgotten. Good bye !” While this was being said, Gen. Hood was standing on his crutches, for his leg was gone and his arm shattered. He turned very white, but said not a word, nor did he look at the hand outstretched to bid him good-bye. He gravely bent his stately head and went out from her presence forever. But lie never forgot nor forgave the bitter, cruel words, and years after, in speaking of the matter, he showed deep emo tion. It was so hard to bear, for he had done all that loyalty, pluck and the most distinguished courage could do to win. It was an awful position for the officer who went with him. — When the conversation commenced he rose and walked over to a window, in order that he might not be a wit ness to what lie foresaw would be a most painful scene. But he could not help hearing, and never until his dying day will lie forget one of the most remarkable incidents of the war. Gen. Hood in 1869, married Miss Marie Hennen, a daughter of Hon. D. N. Hennen, of New Or leans. She was a tall, handsome wo man, worthy of her gallant and chiv alrous soldier husband. The sad death of both husband and wife in quick succession of yellow fever in 1878, is still fresh in the public mind, as is the fact, that they' left nine lit tle children, the eldest only 9 years old, to the care of strangers. A BISHOP’S STRANGE STORY. Odd Things Which Have Happened to Bishop Bowman. Bishop Bowman, of the Methodist church, who is next in seniority in the Episcopal College to Bishop Simpson, although having no faith in spiritualism, relates the following singular circumstance, without, how ever offering any comment upon the facts: On his recent tour to the East he returned home by the way of the Red Sea. Before embarking, he received a letter giving him en couraging news of the condition of his wife, who had been quite ill. After a Sunday service on board of the boat, as the vessel steamed through the Red Sea, he went to his room, and, as the shades of night be gan to gather, he prepared to retire, and was about to offer up a prayer for his sick wife, when he suddenly found that he could not utter a word and that hismind was blank. Think ing that this was an attack of nervous ness, he arose and walked across the room to compose himself, after which he again attempted to pray for the complete recovery of his wife, but was affected as before. The convic tion then came to him that his wife was dead. Three weeks afterward he reached Rome, and there found a message awaiting him announcing the death of his wife on the evening of the day on which he had vainly attempted to pray for her recovery. The Bishop also says that his daugh ter, who was at Paris when her mother died, also received a singular presentment of the same character. This was not the only apparently supernatural thing that has occurred to Bishop Bowman. A few years ago, he says, during an attack of sickness, it appeared to him .that he was transported to a spirit land, where he held conversations with friends- long since dead, and he feels disposed to claim that he had really been for a time in an unseen world. In reciting these facts, Bishop Bow man docs not propose to make any deductions in favor of what is known as modern spiritualism ; be simply presents them as remarkable and to him inexplicable phenomena.—Phil adelphia Record. THE LAND THIEVES. [Albany idem & Advertiser.'] Upon information received from most reliable sources in counties south and cast of this city, the News and Advertiser recently' set up an earn est complaint against what has be come a great evil in most of the wire grass or piny woods counties of south ern Georgia, viz: the forgery of ti tles to lands. Fraudulent land grants, bearing fac simile impressions of the great seal of the State, are undoubt edly in existence and have been cir culated to cover different lots of land in nearly every county in the timber region of southern Georgia, causing much trouble and expense to the rightful owners of such lands. The News & Advertiser has called attention to these forgeries several times during the last ‘two or three months, and now we are glad to know *tliat the subject has at las' attracted tks attention of Governor JfetaDauiel. By reference to his proclamation published elsewhere in this paper, it will be seen that the Governor offers a reward of two hundred and fifty dollars for the apprehension and im prisonment, with proof to convict, of any person or persons feloniously implicated in any of these land for geries or in the use of the great seal; of the State. There are land owners in southern Georgia who can apprehend some of these land sharks and swindlers if they will make the right sort of effort, or if, in other words, they will use the information they have already obtained in trying to protect their property. We sincerely hope that non', since they are promised a re ward and the protection of the State, they will be bold to proceed to arrest the swindlers that have been spotted, and bring them to justice. Two boys were quarreling: “My pa is a preacher an’ will go to heav en.” “Yes, an’ my pa is a doctor an’ can kill your ole pa.” igf Absolutely Pure. This Powder never varies. A mar vel of purity, strength and wholc someness.—More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can not lie sold in competitian with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phos phate powders. Bold only in cans. Royaj, Baking Powder Cos., 100 Wall-st., N. Y. april 1, ’B4 BQL.W. A. Kimbro’ & Cos., are now ready with a full line of Dress floods to suit all. Plain Nunsvcilings, Checked Xunsveiling, Black Nuns veiling, Printed Nunsveiling, Lace Bunting, Oriole Casameres-all shades, Pereals, Reversible Suitings, Beer- Cloth, Barley Cloth, Figured and White Lawns, White Goods and Prints in abundance. top Mui topf, Office General Manager, AracsTA, Ga., April 6th, 188-1. Commencing Sunday, Cth inst., Passenger Trains will run as folio s: o®„Trains run by OOlli meridian lime, 32 minutes slower than Augusta time FAST LINE. No, 27. West--Daily. . Leave Augii3ta, . . 7:40 a. m. Arrive Athens, . . 12:30 a. m. Leave Greenesboro’ . . 10:16 a. in. Arrive at Atlanta, . . 1:00 p. m. No. t, West- Btaliy. Leave Augusta 10:30 a. m. Leave Macon 7.10 a. m. Leave Millcdgevillo 0:10 a. m. Leave Camak 12:20 a in. Leave Washington 11:31 a. in. Leave Athens 0:35 a. ni. Arrive at Greenesboro’ 2;15 p. m. Arrive Gainesville, 0:15 p. in. Arrive at Atlanta 0:45 p. m No. :i, West-listily Leave Augusta 0.00 p m Leave Macon, 7:10 p in Leave Milledgeville 015 p m Leave Greenesboro’ 1:48 pni Arrive Atlanta 0:40 am Sleepers to Augusta and Atlanta. Train No. 27 " ill stop at and receive passengers to and from the following Sta tions, only,—l’erzelin, Harlem, ileai ing, Thomson, Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point, Grecncshoro’, Madison, Rutledge, Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Mountain and Decatur. Train No. 2*4 will stop at, and receive passengers to and from llii following Stations, only—Berzelia, Harlem, Hearing, Thomson, Cimak, Crawfordville, Union Point, Greenesboro Madison, Rutledge, Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, .Slone Mountain and Decatur. The Fast Lino has Through Sleepers from Atlanta to Charleston, and connects for all points West and Northwest, East and Southeast. B R.. DOR.S.ESY, General Passenger Agent. J. W. Green, General Manager. JONN C. FERRIS. CIIAS. 11. FERRIS. FERRIS & SON, Merchant Tailors, 820 Broad Sired, October 26, 1883— PLOW’S, CUTLERY, LOCKS. HINGES, BELTING, SCALES, And Agricultural Implements OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, AT LOWEST PRICES ! ! IIEYItY P. HOOKE, September 28, 1883—• AUGUSTA, Ga. Assignee’s Sale! - TIIE ENTIRE STOCK OF CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, WAG ONS, SADDLES, HARNESS, LEATHER, elc., AT THE OLD STAND OF R. H. MAT & Cos., WILL BE OFFERED FOR TIIE NEXT THIRTY DAYS AT Greatly Reduced Prices ! ! r r I HE above Goods arc all clean, fresh slock. made by Ibe Best Manufacturers in (lie United States, and comprise tlie well known makes of Slndebakcr, Wilburn and Stan dard Dentation Wagons, all sizes. Host quality of Open and Top Buggies, i’ha'tons, Victorias and Extension Top Cabriolettcs, made in tbc Northern and Eastern Elates; also seventy-five Open Top and Top Buggies of Cincinnati Work, Spring Wagons and Hoad Carts, I_i£LZ*g-o Stock; Of Single and Double Harness, Stage Harness, Dow Gear, Homes, Traces, Col lars, Bits, Buckles, Plow Bridles, Umbrellas, Whips, Horse Blankets, Imp Holies, etc., etc. Heather end Rubber Belting, nil sizes. Calf Skins, Sole Leather,■ Shoe Findings, Hemp, Jute, Seap Stone and Gum Packing, etc , etc. These Goods MUST BE SOLD \ AND LARGE INDUCEMENTS will be offered to CASH Buyers. Call early and examine tbc Goods and secure the Bargains now offered. N. B.—Every Vehicle sold subject to (he regular twelve months guarantee. John $. Davidson, Assignee, 704 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, Ca, ' Of HOBT IT. MAY & Cos. •September 2S, 18^3—‘ No. 2H, Hast—Daily. Leave Atlanta, . . 2:45 p. t). Arrive at Athens . .7:15 p. n . Arrive at Greenesboro’ . 6:22 p. nt. Arrive at Augusta . . 8:03 p. ir. No. 2. Blast - Etaily. Leave Atlanta 8:25 a. m. Leave Gainesville, 5:30 a. m, Leave Greenesboro’ 12:09 pm Arrive Athens 4:40 p m Arrive Washington 2:46 p m Arrive Camak 1:57 p in Arrive Milledgeville 4:49 p m Arrive Macon 6:45 p m Arrive Augusta 3.65 j> m IVo. f, Hast—l>nlly. Leave Atlanta 8:50 p m Arrive Greenesboro’ 1:46 am Leave “ 1:47 a in Leave Union Point, 2:13 n in Leave Thomson, 4:23 a m Arrive AlTgusta 0:10 a m JH. T. LEWIS. ( EDITOR. 1884 THE 1884 Constitution. T!ie DAILY CONSTITUTION l.rts cofftf? to be a necessity to every intelligent mart in tlic range of its circulation. For the next year it will be better tliart ever. Nearly SIOO,OOO is now being inves- , tcil by its proprietors in anew building; presses and outfit, in which and with which it enn be enlarged to meet its increasing business, and improved to me6t the de mands of its growing constituency. 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