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The Meriwether County Vindicator. VOL. 1. THE VINDICATOR. Ft WI.UMKO EVfcliY rBUUY, BV iWM. Tr REVBLL. at r>o# PER ASM M, IN ADVANCE. *-••<. mi AdtrrlMni;. ftptre ilkl4 k* .$ m a 6mo !Yu 1 inch | 1 W\ 2 Ail j 4 50 7 60' I< <*' S inches j 1 50 | 5 Ort : 6 50 iJO 00 15 C‘ 8 inches i2 00 ft OQjlO 00 •15 001 35 o -4 col Ij 00 10 001 30 00' 25 00 :35 Ot Seal 7 on' 15 00 12.1 00! 35 00 160 • leuJ 1 11000* 30 OOi-Sa.OO IOOO' sux jjy A liberal dsdstcuon mad* la Uiosc advertising by the month or year. NOTICE TO THE ll H1.14'. After tin* dale, all legal advertufeiftcnta lr the county of Meriwether, will fee jiub baked in the MstnwKTHtH CotsttVihdi 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 * fsitfir.gyr, pg &** ~rtr- * Q rnwromriiA i<i> w Xtik, ijiiit —-Or*W?t*| i***, Vfr*\ OItELN V i LLL.,. <M Camp House, wtorriK (.i. ■ HjN (iSifc uendued vakj . Passenger D#;-*t V) rrM'f D>dg • J H < AMP ... Proprietor Bylogl**fi*s Hotel. <I h: fk: |. ... f: Ennc! y Ki.UA - a< • “* rf!#r te&m j anil *OO.I Bl.rM.ot, ft K-k r'..". ar,| Th. people of MrTiwKl.nr invi.ed r i j give me * CH I ‘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." NO. 35