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The Meriwether County Vindicator.
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C4TVIR. TAB. TVTTT.VNNING.
Didisaiv,
A J HINTQN.
Jan Atb, 11*43 " Clark Sup'r Court.
- business cards.
JOUN L UOBEUraoN,
A TMtHST AT LAW.'
/\ t)lUttifiVlU.lt, G*
Will practice iu the District Court* and
Ordinary'* Court of Meriwether (fount),
aad the Bwperfof t'nuii* of th* ceunile*
< oaipoatng the Tell*!***** Circuit.
. C*Mee*k**qKJH4>H
tW Oflk* Oral door south ot lriu‘ mg
Office
~ OE iIUiE i. l'iicAVY,
Attorney at law.
UIIKIthVIU.E, OA
LOWER,
clocks a J kwelry
l< kind* of
RADGE* AND 111 If ON
OB hand and Mode to Order, and engraved
ataliort puller. A'W. a .'irii stuwir
of the ' I'l rlirlf 'l DTanuTT, and
ApacUrtea" on
band.
•RUTIN A j
l*r Ifopaum# of all kmd' tonuly **vru ,
tajatui war* ntr-1, “* Ijr
HARRIS Sr. ADAMS, I
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Camp House,
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Passenger D#;-*t V) rrM'f D>dg •
J H < AMP ... Proprietor
Bylogl**fi*s Hotel.
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Th. people of MrTiwKl.nr invi.ed r i j
give me * CH
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‘JOHN W PARK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OKKP.SVII.UC On. i
Wlf practice in Mnelb*tr aud tbe *'l j
joining o
Griffin <}*. .
\ SPECIALTY mad#. of fine Piig.to
all •* **d kid ’’
kin<u r,i J . i- vor top ‘-O
Old (Ilf tor.-* copied, enlarged and
ht oil. Mr Meriwether inend* resiAct
folly incited to rail __ ’*
JJKI.O STOKE
GRIFFIN. GEO.
{WOULD r*j* ulljr Oof tbe trading
duMio aharc >r thof jortroriage, tir
*on baud * foil vmwtmt ot of OruCT and
ChemitsE, Piiritn, Ohs, Olmb, Patty.
Laiem Kenrihe, Cogklur Extmti* nod
Hinres * Putunew to*] T^ i#y V *o*l
OTgrtbfaff u*!<y fcai ia *
Dfu* btor* nod which 1 propose Ui mil at
tfce lowest market rate*
o-UK ED. R ANTHONY n wit'. me,
Lake it a* a sp** ini favor to have
bu trienla and acouamlances rail on him.
JauITTJMy <■* J. N. HARRIS.
J H. WHITE, of Griffln, Os.,
__l_ WITH
henry *l johhpaket
I* mbs. Ywwtlsw * Boy.
Clothing at Wholesale
6 A *79 Broadway v
on wi irsr-, New York,
' W IIJ Og G.HI JTT. orTDIXA
SPECIAL?.
GREENVILLE. MK HI WETHER COUNTY. OA„ AUG IST 22, 1873,
Uaiir Lee (tad VI illie ft ray.
x. • - •
Two brown heat)* with lossing curia,
Red lip* ehnttfog oytr pearl*;
Hare leet white and Wat with dew,
Two eye? black and two eyes blue ;
Littta hoy at and Hula girt ware they,
feiie Lee and YV Ui;e Grv.
if
hay wore funding where- a brook,
'■ending like a Shepherd’s crook,
'lasher! it? silver, Find thick tanka
Of green willow triaged the banks;
Rail in thought aad half ill play,^
KLe Lmwad Willie Gray.
111. J ;
Tlniy had cheeks like cherries red ;
lie was taller moal a head
She with arms like w reath* of anew,
.x aaHf • ItMliei to and-fm,
Aa the loitered, half fa play,
-Chattering to WiHie Cray:
TV.
“Pretty Katie," Willie aaid,
And there came a flash of red
Through Ihe luimaiun of hi* cheek,
.'UJ4 re atroug, but girl* are weak,
And 1' It cat ry, so J will,
-Katie’* basket tip the toil.“
„Y.
Katie antwered, In a laugh,
* Tou ahai! carry only halt
And then, teasing hack her curia,
"Buy* aiu wreak, aa weW a* gjjrl*
Do you think that Katie guaaScd
Half the wisdom aba e.v|*;e*id f
Ml.
Men are only boy* grown tall—
HaarU dun'l mwfii fn-r all
And wheu, long yuan fiom that day,
Kutl* Lc* and Willie tlisy
Htw>d again beside the brook,
I lending like a bbepberd'a crook.
vrr.
la It atiatigD that Wille said,
While again a.dash of led
Crossed (he biowoucss ol Ids chsek—
‘*l Ilk TrViiig,Tiiii you *j<- weak,
Life I* bifl s fdlppciy strap,
Hung With thaduwa cold nnil ilcep
vnr.
Will you trout me, Katie dear
Walk tieshis me, without ton ;
Me f-Y cany, d-I-Wtfo
All jrnui bufdaa up tt, l.iil ?'*
And rl.f ai.ittcrxD kuglr,-
‘ No, but v >u may .any haif,"
a,,-..,* ‘ *** Ik wvve
Hrndln* like a Shepkrid'* . rouk
Lola ami early, at the r.aJ.-,
I, tit* < dtWM* n hera w * ‘y
Kullw ilu W ...u. t,.y.
la the porrh *hr nt, ami lo !
Hw.iijr a batknl to a.ui fro,
Vii.ly itifTr.eut troai 1 1, r * f, nr
Tout itie vwting in vnu •• <
TANARUS... w lun*. nml ileei,. ami witie.
And liar rm ken :<' ! ' "
Her. I.avte Pterce. I>. It.
The J!l.i*trat*'J Ke< ord and liapoiitnry,
a tviontl y fiinily tiwpa|ier pul, il,d .u
the eity of New York, pi>*;n‘a u is. te
‘,f J ;ne I’ll!., n portraituf Dr Pierre, nod
lb* fo lutt in* b.tel cketeb of that vi-r.erable
divine Tin. nketeh, though exeeedingly
roenitre, ( nndeeee* b i"i'td deal ot Into.uni
tioa, u nnd will 1 w ieud with tnterant
Tiin nubjeel of till* ketch wat born ill
11*| fat ('runty, Norh Carolina, on thejltli
or March, )7k'> He war l,e. naed to preach
in IHO4 lie Join* 1 the C.,n(eMtnce
io D:< etntier of the *ame year The (Jon
ference at that tttnc embraced n large J,*■(
1.00 of North (Jaroliaa a’l of South cro
lina and Georgia. Dr Pierce hn l)e;n an
active laborious preacher for UU yesis. He
filled tw, appointment* in Booth Carolina,
first the Rede# circjjt; kcod'!, Odumbla'
aud while yet a very young man laid the
foundation Of Methodism m the capital ol
the old Palmetto State. He married iu
Georgia, and there became a rewdent citi
xen. In Georgia be baa lived for more
than i V) year*. The impree* ot b.a mind
aad character, is apoo the civihzatioa, ed
ucation and reiigi'm of the people. Th#
Stale owv# him more than abe will ever
pay, albeit no man In her borders com
mands more of puldic confidence and re
spect
The ear'y advantages of this venerable
mui nut vcanty. Six months would com
tbeeatire term of his scholastic sducation
Whst be is as a Hirioe, is due to native
genius, Jadicfoes reading, intelligent obeer
ration and a lift consecrated to one work :
Tbe Church and tbe Country with one con
sent, assign him tbe front rank among
preacher. He is now an old mas, far be
rood bis fourscore. His wonderful phyei
aii'ponehTregm utticSin; bat hi. wind
abides in nil tbs freshness and force without
tbe decay of s single attribute,
Although not able to preach as long nor
so often ss in the days of his strength, be
(till preaches by day or by night ss oppor
tunity ofier*. Puipit labor is a necfcary
tonic to bin system. Unless too feeble to
stand, nothing tones him up like pleaching.
It is his liie and his pry.
A festal* church goer in Toledo says that
“when the saw the rnawis ol those buiiths
and then thought of tbe things her own
poor girl hJ to wear, if !t wam't for the
consolation of religion she did not know
what she should do.“ * .
[From the Courier Journal.}
Tfn- Hcliwss-e of Inns Life.
Silver Spring station, the home ol the fa
moif? Fraueia P. Blair, ought to L>* called
Blair liallon. for the old old man ha* mad*
it celebrated, though the tpring i almost
as remarkable in its way as he. It bubble,
up amid the sparkling sand a cold aad Ire*
. fountain, aud as clear and limpid aa the
style of Mr. Blair him tell, and (hat l real
fjyearing a good deal fur the, tpribg.
It was long ago, in IS 10, 1 betieva, whoi
Mr s Blair, the editor of the Globe, pitched
ht* teni la that neighborhood. He ha
bought in all about 1,000 acre*, but th*
Aral purchase was not so large. At that
lime land could have been liuught there*
bout lor perhaps flO per acre. It w* a dry
aoii, ambit it not rich to day, but there are
-giand oak-<?vei4fr efoittcD nhaost h*num>'
aide, wad the whole is a ridge- riluoleyl
and the Eaetern branch" pre-eminently
healthful and conveniently sear to Wash
angina. When Mr. Bhtir moved there it
nuitt have been Iwen a pretty wild spot.
Now there arc two elegant seats, one b
longing to the Hon, Montgomery Blair,
the other, naually called Silver Springs be
longing to Kraucie P. Blair, ftr. The form
r Is hall hid lu a noble grove cloaks, with
a gardcu ou one aide and an orchard iu
front. Old Mr. lilair’s house surrounded
by ifev Jaitcfully and rather thickly plnl
ud, utoai of which were put lo the ground
by lomswiX.' I 'Jf-wi/übi "lHi kfd id tfrVu "4
more coay or taaieful retreat lor the veter
tttt of tbkpi-ess Iln cams hero on calcula
liou and a deliberate eiudy of Ihe advaqta
gut to morale, haalih, longevity and liappi
tufas.heinu^uig-to-uuiiatry life, all ef Wbinh
you will And set forth in strong, nervous
English Id ths old Glutoa. Aud th# life of
the old gsuUomsu luu abundantly verified
his theories, primed more than thirty years
ago. ll* has always loved Ihe outside of e
bouse better than the inside. Hometbfog
ol the old spirit ol Daniel Boone must
have been sucked in pretty early iu his
J£ituUi€ky itot**, lint i.oHi *tdy, ov*r
woih, or eoustitutlimal prediijxititlon wtl*u
a ywro* man be cnirncted a cough which
threateneand
bleeding, and h hud to bo bllate. ed Litrk
lly, he had a •cniibla doctor, who put lilm’
om horaeback nud llaried off on a long
journey, lieltad, whim he begaa ridl.ig,
to be lilted on Ike botae, but ho eam* back
1 mah: sii.-; pi JS* i*ptJfaLSm.
hIA-dt/iKUtH cu.. ,'. uiou. En if niC"' ,l k
time you *oa w tlio hmjae-kl
liw Mr' lltalr, the otiuw Sor hiaapoaee, am!
aoon the agod couplu atari off -at no fly
away gate, but io apend two Vioufa hi the
ra.',.!!<• Bomcystiji Hgtilltc uhLgMiitlemttn
(h .-K*v*i eighty-ll.lea now) went tip to
too iiKiuutain. ot Pennsylvania on a hunt-
JfK tr ip, ilekilled, iwn r three deer, and
and ca.ii*'linuieliuiiyaiil and tii.impkai.t
A Stun Soi.ai ic, A young lady in n
n-ightioi-iuK town was drawing tor a party.
tire uthar RV 4i|ll H|||. Her Kllln i,i*i '.vim
i hew ing gniii aod an 1 ! bing her. 1 liw l.ltlti
one BM-.ed .lie young lady if a certain other
young lady, who waa going, had it bean,.
tie wh* mi**, vied ia the afllrruatlve. She
then aakod the ((..►•lion with lefmancc to
a aei.olid lady, leci ivltig a mniilttr anawet
Uui Cuiioaity then asked l,r mint if she
had a man. Tin. latter replied in the tivg.t
live, to see what the little one would say.
Ibe child stopped (lo wing the gum, re
moved it 1 1 on* her mouth, niidjgtftei gaft ng
at it wiatfully tor a moment, field It out
wdli a sudden generous Impolite, saying,
Wed, l guena you had belter lake tbi gem
along, then." Young belle*, if your tegu
*;.r e<j,,rt* fail to nptteai when you need
tbeir service*, do not danpair, but, follow
ing the tjuaint wisdom of the child, trike
*jrjic gum along, aud you will be happy.
A gentle yoath and fair maid'-n of Texas
have outdone all other lender pairs in their
manner of getting married They eloped
together from school, and duly srni'-'l with
a license, rushed poeUhas'e to a minister ou
lied river, aud desired him to jjhrlnrni the
fatal ceremony. Thia the heartleos man
refused te do, bis reason being that neither
tbe lady nor gentleman was yet of age, and
tbe law mightn't itke It. Despair was shout
to overtake the couple, when they were
struck by an Idea Thera were no boats to
be bad, but coUonwood log# were abundant, j
They bestowed themselves carefully oa one
ol thaae, previously mooring it to tbe book
with a long rope, and then they having
drifted far enough into the stream to be
considered cut of Texes, the micieter grace
fully climbed a stump at tbe water's edge
and pronounced tbe sentences of tbe cere
mony.
A merment is on foot to rent the Mo
doc Indians from fhe Government for a
campaign in Georgia. The caterpillar is
with them a dainty morsel, and but a few
weeks would be neoesaory to clean out the
crop. They could add to tbs beneficent a*
pects of their tour by taking such sca’ps as
the intendaats of towns and other munici
pal officers might |Kiul out toUietn -(Hv
News.
Punch gires !’ - r -/lowing as an example
of self sacrifice; (to |*|y visitor;:
there’s a gal our there a-wink
ing ’ at me !" Teacher j “well, then, don’t
look at her." Bo;-;" But, If I <Jo n *t look at
her ■fee'll wmk at somebody else!
A lieporierS Ki'mluiiu'i'ni'es.
At the fuißual dinner i>f the Sleno
graper'a Aaeociatlon ol this city, Mr. Ilea
iy M. ParKhernt, in responding to a toast**
said ‘
“Lvohing back over a profcaaioual career
m>w exceeding a quarter of a century,
'■'any aiding
incidents crowd upon my
neiuory. I remember.the Kourth of July
Yvuirsion to Marshlield to iisteu to Danlul
3 f With him iu limruar car
vhi the coupling broke, and the locom.v
>iva with the real oj the train dashed on
witliouf tta, 1 remember consoling inyauil
with with the reflection that wherever the
rest of tl*t audience might he, whatever
Daniel Webster might say, 1 should bo
' her * lo Itear and rvjiOD. There is a cu
r>ns oirmnnstance connected with that
v#Ty s;>geoli. It was reponed
Iridapcudfeutly by IK Ftooe and uiyeelt,
ami cither ufue could at rtial tluia liav#*
written ni arly or (julie 150 words jier min
titc. Wlitle the reports agreed alm.ua lit
orally In every other respeut, there was an
apnstropl itd Lord Ashhurbui, occupying
two or threopobited linos, which we gave
in entirely dHTerunt language. The retMoii
W tbl*2_ Webater broke out eo sudi.'e lly
amf an rabidly in that apostrophe, that J
almost dropped my pencil in aatonithmeßt
tinll loat the commencement of it, while
!)r. Stoiie d#licd on until ho bitike down,
taking the first part of It In llm meantime
I recovered ray equanimity, and took the
■UG'p*i-t. 'K6-.Aat. aliflbngil live drliitiafy
rate of Wjhster's apeaking wag lose than
100 words, there ware occasions whoa he
fur exceeded 150 word* pur njluutc. I re
member (iie mamigeript liauded me by
Uufog-Cknaterlioat wlileh ho had read -a
brilliant political speech, which I hail call
ed upon b) report, ImdauM no prlntar could
road that maauecrlpt; arid befog compelled
h throw it aside after vainly atlahtptleg for
halt an hour, with tha aid of my notea, to
discover fri.m which end of that nianu
acrlpl he Md begun to read. 1 remember
in the Senate ol the Halted Htates, the ly
ing apoeuh of ddft C, Calhoun ; the Com
promise apeecli of Henry Clay; the Imaat
of John l*. Halo, that the Free Soil J’arly
had dnuh'fd in numbers, tHfeausa at the
previmte raaslon there was but one, aud
now then- were two; and 1 remember lee-
lag thn new South Carolina Senator, Barn-
RhaliJrhAp* not u* tin aamo occa.
aion.-bory rg blratetflu a newspaper, Inst
ft# .liouT SpjWM fo lii WliPing- but Boon
oreromute hy the etoquenoo of Mr. Halo
rgt layl. down hls newspapcr, ntl fluttl
is t auijsv)A • meaywPer pi- £i uvo aniionuo*-
m,-nt <>f Denial Webetur t>. the Senate
when Pr**ld*nt Tyl < r lay .iT the point rrl
daath, that of rite brain had
commenced. I remember the seme when
Senator Poole stood heaT ffi* I'rtM'Te.nii’t
ckrtir wit I. a diAwn plato) In hi* fmatl, wait
ing the attack of Senator Her, ton,' who,
dltHVn trebbid a rleek and held Ihere by
four dalwarl Western mn, two on either
hand, thrust them all aside by one vigor
oua"'motion',and called upon life us-nsalu
lo firu ; am! 1 ramamber Jefferum DavD, a
little after mldnlglit on the morning of Uru
4th of March, advancing lo Ilia President's
desk an.l demandlug lobe w in in'o the
new Congress upon (li* ground tb it the
'rrm of the sitting Congress had expired,
kicking a spittoon out of his wuy with the
• sine iiUJMHUoSity will) wliich lie idle) ward'
kicked tlm Coustitio.i Itself ont of his wy
v.hen he desired to be sworn uiit." jN. Y
I tines.
i Mu. Caijui.k hn.KNciut —Tim Hrant
fod (Canada) Courier tells of a gentleman
(of that loam who recently tried an experi
ment which he say* luia comjdsu ly cured
I I,l* wife of jealousy. He says he was suh
i )i-ct to a nightly curtain lcctuiu from his
heller half, a! a time when be wialu-d to bo
wrapt ia the arms of Morpheus, far return
|mg an affection for an old lady friend, lie
| bore it lor several nights with a Cbrittian
'< like resignation, but be at last ilcvised a
plan lor patting an end to it. Me procured
a piece of wood formed ia the shefia o( a
human being, aod dressed It in some of his
wile s wardrobe, and then pieced it in the
it in an iron cbaii. To tbla
graven image he knelt down and pouted
forth impassioned address** Tlic Set van',
girl was stend.og at the kft* hen door at
thist.m,and overhear-1 these apptals.—
Si.e immediately notified iter unstress oi
he fsci. Presently both of thorn emerged
(torn the kitchen armed with broomsticks,
end made an attack upon the “dummy
woman," while th* husband, who bad re
ired in good ordei, tat at the back enjoy
lug be scene. After knocking the image
over, they poanced upon aud tore the cloth
inf in rag*. They soon discovered the
cheat, and rushed into the hoaae terribly
mortified. The husband followed them
end *ard t-xaipcratiDg rtiingz. W heoaver;
she show* any dispoaiUou Ui fa: jealous, he
has only to mention that littie scene in the
garden, ami changes the topic. The servant
has since bead Induced to go to the Btalcs
where “wages are hlgli.”
A' • iokxt. —We learn that a boy,a step
ion of Mr. Gainer, of Meriwether, met ,
wiihaaaiJ accident on 'i uesday. Whil*,
crossing a fence with a double barreled shot
gun a hammer accidentally struck a rail anJ
nr.e inrrel fired,‘emptying tlir load into the
youth 1 * arm, which ba* ai.rre been s-npnfa
ted —ißcnoia Journal.
T'lte fenMiTatc apitej petal.
There has just been issued in Wasliiirg
ton City a monograph giring a> I
iuicresiing histiffy of the seal of the lair
Confederate State*, which in addition P I
being n valuable contribution to the
of the “Lost Cause,’’ coniuios c.uisi.bHSMde
areba'olngicnl knowledge on tbs subjects
of seals and signals, II npiwara that a
writer in Harper's Maga/lno in Fubruary,
lfolO. under the caption of ihe Etecutlri
Department and Snnf* ntude the aaserti<i
■hat antiquarian* In future would search in
vain Tor any imprestloit of an emblem of
sovereignly ol the K. A. To refine the
assort ion that no ndfTlun! cvigpebcco made
-['emswo be one of the object? of the writer
of the monograph, who slates that the seal
was in London, at a cost of onu hundred
and twenty Two pound* and twelve thllllnga
ind was placed Iu custody ol l.lmtji
wirtwlnsfrudluni to-UkoV at
iny risk safely to lUchtqond. 110 acconip
ialteil the idlnslonjl>ut tm near ino collapse
•f the rebcllioripljatlt was only oOlmrfly
sseil In one or
Braines'ccimmimion, who coininamlad ihe
rebel cruiser Florida, i* said to tiara tborne
It* Imprint, bet astde from this and Aha dia-
1 wltaii A lavt * ~ I .. f... M f.., . . ... . j
rrf tr |fr(|Q to
gruiify ciiimrilv,there Is no recoVii of iu
use. Klaetrotypeu (rein the original are
now being made by a #few York electro
tyi*!', for sale, th* proceeds of which ate
to apply to Bouiherti eltarities. •
“ ixpe tmilliulw' -'refcSk*
. The CoAttnraUTO* lu VirginjahAvendm .
i noted lor OovernotJ General James L.
Kemper, on* o( th* taost distinguished men
ul that grand old- Counnee wealth. -Hy -je
now about 50 years of age, A
specimen ol the pure V
as can be found.
During (ho Mexican war ho was cem
mlssloned Captain In the voluoteer army<
by President Polk, and Joined-’UeumTuy
lor's array of iK-cupeLlou -fu Mexico just
slier the battle or Ifoonn Vista. We are
luformod that ha was adjutant of a regi
ment of Virginians, but had but little <:
tlve service in Mexico,
<Jmi. Kemper liegan political llfo as a
mem be* of the House ol Delegates, snd
aeived In that body for teu years. For
two years he waa Speaker of the House,
nud for sViyciai yaars was of the
committer! on military affairs. IlewaSaUo
during the ITidm a member of the board ot
vTtlpir* to lliu'VTtgfnla Militgry lustitute.
When Hie war lor Southern Inddpan
Id cuter the lirat
having been serKbsiy wounded 5 Wi
tliwew, attd mwu* so #*-ver*4y, tbat bbr- life
was ila|tii**,l <f. lie fore to Urn rank of
Major Wmielal, and S ilioio gallant soldier
than hc never dt-r-w n awori, ami his Com
mend tdolined litm.
fol WillnuM, ai-. ag.ftil.iid soldier, ami
a worthy compeer of Pen. Kemper, k their
candidate foi I/ieutenr-fit Governor, and lii
rrcnrd, both public and private, is without
“Statin—Judge Daniel, the nominee for At
Xorncy.T* no politician, but one of the ablest
lawyers in ttu- state, sjj'iifit whom stigirt
cannot be said, lie acccp.sd lire nrHUlim
ti'>ii from a sente of duty, aud ia the man
for the place. Willi such a ticket in the
flnld against Hughes, ti.O administration
candidate, backed by a cohort of renegades#
carpet-bagger* and „ ignorant dupes, the
Conservative* expect to sweep file Blale by
40,000 majority, and wo sincerely Dual they
may win victory by a much greater vote
tliaii they hope for. -jSav. Now*.
Nad ns n Narek llr.
A touching cssft of mefital aijenslion in a
char ruing young lady is described by a
car*fill observer. Not long ago her moth
erl'Mnd her In her room energetically
darning stocking*, and soon after sbe tp
peared in tbe kitchen and as'sislod that
wondering dam* lu making and baking
bread and paetry. Alarmed try theee fear
ful sigae #f Intelleetnai Alaorder, her fond
parents immediately sent for e skillful pby
hielae who watched her through a key
hole while she sewed buttons on her fa
flier's garments and mended those of bet
little hi other. Much affected, tbe venors-
b!e man remarked that never doting a
medical practice ol twenty flvg year# hod
he known any young young person to
manifest tocb symptom* a* these.
The mo*t heart rend ng phase of all,bow
ever, we# shown tbe other dey when bar
kind father, with a faint hope of arousing
her from hsr sod Ut# ; save her f&H)/1$
and told her to buy anew drat*. A las)
twas useless. Hb# instantly Observed that
she <}ida L Bead a Bear dress, aixl if be
would let bar keep ££,oo to pay a poor
widew'e rent, ebe'd much rather ha Wonid
take tbs rot of tbe money for bksiseif. For
a few inomests that grief stricken old man j
ga/.'xl ujsru bis bapieo* child tli< u hiding j
ha face bu muttered bciwacn bis *oba,‘Tt< r
uiiud k gone ! her mind k gone i"
Home time ago the grand .Fury Ignored a
hill against a negro for strafing chickrus
Before discharging him from custody tfco
juigr bad* him •tend n, and after a severe
-reprimand—led—e. (..Hows:—“You
may go non, Asm; hut fsfmkfng hfs ffngtr
st him) let me warn you never to appea
here afain.’’ Mam, wlt’.r <foflght beaming
from bis big. while eye., and a broad grin
displaying a row of io;y replied, 4 1
wouldn't bin In re ills timo Judge only de
constable lotch me
LProiu the Lexington t tta. j Inteliigencer
The Knfl of nil Eventful Ufe.
William Duk*, a oolorad dock hand, fell
•aftAween thrragug plonk* or the ateam- ,
Alice, at Puw landiug, nn foUurday morn
ing about two O'clock, passed under the
boat, and was *eu no more- The turbid
waters of the Missouri scarcely ever closed
>ver a more eventful life than William
DukoV Horn a slave of Dr. Basil Duke, of
Ceil lucky, he attracted attention of the
ramily at an early age by hla aprightlinea*
and good temper, and wag iu consequence
ujyisual imjulgoncc.
Wheu eighteen years of nge h* had ae-
OjUired from asaocimlon wilh whits laiya a
fair Kuglish education, and aeeompsnlnd
•R* uinater to Mexico hr Ahe . capacity of
mxvaaW.Ai. the battlaot Cftfo G.. r do he
was vmmnhjfo fog,—Av-#t-o ihe^
wound was supposed fo and re
ceived but bills atlenllou; sifkfrqnently
tl became alarming,, sod an itWnHtigetion
icVcSled list the wotnhf fowl bWB
iutUified by a copper in kail*. Th* profs*-
nlonal skill aud assiduous nursing of hi*
master savsil kit life aud lag, bat Iron that
time hu wia. Might!y lrpe, --- ■~—
About fno year ISft.sUa wa* ntaimmlttad
anil apprenticed to a baibei In St. Louis.
Afiur hla appieutlcaship, he
jkiYlrado ou tho JUUaaisaippi river
aud m two yeaia became th* most popular
aad best known barber on tto rlyer.. . -
.. if . ,*. ... , o , ... *
In l&tft he married a rumdroon girl hr
St. lamia, wbo-had attracted aotna atierr
lion by her fxjyiiy, sud oalaMlslied her t
* comfortsble hoa*, sarMUndad with
,ynvj| | M “ M my. nf Jnrt.rw
prowoflhy, and Ijlhiu twelve months oi
the imqjjagc Jin committed a iromietde ta
his own house, under circuraslauees which
called forth in lit* behalf the sympathy of
Lhe people ef St. Lotrl* generally. He wae
inWted Ibr on hla tr al was
ably defcndo'Fhy Basil Duke, JErgj, ut I
other dlitfogalshod lawyers, but .otwMb
standing thu proof entirely failed to
ligls ci that of murder In
the verdfet, under the
rigid ruling or Judge Clover, Waa murder
in Ibe flfit degree, and be Was aentettced to
sufftr tireeftrmne penalty of the law. A
petition fr*eciitlvo clnmoocy was quick
ly gotten up, numerously ignftl i*. liQil
btg cltlsens, ami preecntod to f*oV. Htsrwart
by hi* counsel. A full pardon was granted
and the nblnnel, at he was called, was at
liberty, broken dowa fn betiTth And tpiilta.
HlsltcaTfh contintied To ffocllue, aud ha
rwddly contmctol tbo habit of sxoesalve
When tbe lain civil War ilonifannOßu bfl
a ked permission logo lo Kentucky, which
wait granted, and within tow days thnrc
almr bo was one* nunrs in camp lo the ser
vice ol his old niMter. Hi* hsaltb raiddly
iuipiiivej, ami in a few mi'uLUs tin was as
cell lui-iwhlu Gun. William's brigade n*
iiicGeiiuralhimsi.il. Hu parlieipate-1 In
several engagi inouls sml Was twite wound
(id, once at KayeHoville very serloatly,
When litas wsr closed lie hipstcd lit NnW
Orleuiiii, was luctnbur ol Urn Legislature ol
Louisiana during Um ttsslou of 'OH, and
di-ilinguisliod himself by lilt conservatism
aud op position to tbu adiuiuiatratinii ring
legiilntion. He was piesubvd by bis race,
and tyslcmutically pu-iuctilcii by white
Radicals lo that lie wa forced to leave New
Urluun*. His old habit ol dtiuking obtain
ed the mastery, and kn lb mouths hi* lile
lias been Ural of an aimless vagabond. Ho
.■cully bu wo* stimulated lo maku an effort
to reform, aud with this viuw be sought
arid obtaiued employment ou the Alice.
For six or eight weeks previous to blu
dcutU bis habits Were good,
A MtNUtrr.AW livctHKWT—On yesterday
otir senior, Mejor A. B. Venable, while
looking over tin nmlerisl of tlic Index of
fice, retently purchased by bis firm (Ven
able, Gregory S Patteson, for the purpose
of di.posiag of such ss might ndt be need
ed try the cousolidated psper. had bis at-
Uiutiou called to a large marble slab used
as ao imposing stone. U|ioh ufamluing It
he found on tbe under side the inscription
(weobiit names)!
Hatred to the memory of , young
est dnughb-r of— and —•—, born
July afl, 19M, dle<l Ovtobcr #O, IM4, aged
17 year*, H months and 4 days-
This was followed by the Ut* and Iffih
rentes of tbs sevemh chapter of Ifevels
tions.
Major V. rscdg sited the name as that of
a very near young lady relative, whom he
rcmutulwred wLde living. Upon taskiag
I I'juiriss, oo u ue giva him any Infor
mal ion as to how list slab was afalataad, or
when it was brought bite Use oflfee. lie
supjioses it was aU/lan by Ilia Vahkecs in
Edward county, and sold in this city to some
pi inter to be used for Its preeeut purpose,
lie- will send It to Ksruivillt to be replaced
whtie it belongs.--11’eU-rsburg lades.
Ex President Johnson, impareil id hadi
ly vigor by tlx* severity of bis atis.lt of
’cholera, con tempiales sojourning a few
weeks at some Virginia walrrlag place,
“Where,’* asr* a Tennessee paper, “in
breathing the pure air arid drinking the
pure water, and in esjoyiag the smiling
landscs|>e, ws trust hs may he fully restor
ed to his usual degree of good health, and
long live to adorn and blew bis day and
gene ratios."
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