The Meriwether County vindicator. (Greenville, Meriwether County, Ga.) 1872-1885, April 02, 1875, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Meriwether County Vindicator? VOL. 3 TUE VINDICATOR. fnxnetD itiiT rax oat, BY VM. T. REVILL, at |9 00 PER ANNUM. IN ADVANCE. OAca SaU aid* of lh Oonrt Bun Ram of AivmEHut. Rottoe II wk | 4 wka |3mo j 6 mo! I V*te 100 9 SOj 450 ! 7 00' lS 00 t inches 150 1 500 ! so| looo| 15 00 t inches a 00 I 8 001 10.00 15 00 35 00 icoi I 5 00 1 10 00 90.00 1 500' 00 10l 700 15 0019 ft 00 I Bft 00, ■* tea! 1 10-00 i9OOO { 85.00 |6O 00' SIOO IJT - A titteral deduction mad* to those advertising hy the month or year. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. After thi* (late, all legal adseitteemants (or the county of Meriwether, will be pub lished in tb* MnmwrrnKit Oocwn Viwdi- Cjlto* .IAS. W. BANNING. Culinary. JONES W FULLER, Sheriff. A J HINTON. Jan 4th, 1875. Clerk Sop'r Court HaOrr. The following lathe Church Directory ol Greenville for 1876: METHODIST and and 4th Sabbath* in each month Her. J. II Baxter BAI’TIST Sd Ftebhalb In each month. Factor Rev Hugh Carnikhacl PRKSRYTEHIAN lal Sabbath In each month. -ftmrr.- "....‘V.Hivr itffs J<* BUSINESS CARDS. JOHN L. BOBKRTBON ATTORNEY AT LAW. CJI.RKKVII I.K, <!*._ JOHN W. I'AitK., ATTORNEY AT LAW. Omkknvii.i.k, <> Wit] practice! in McrlwetLei *ti Ui <1 Jotuiug ohuplle*. OKoHOK L HEAVY, ATTOHNEf AT LAW, OttttttftVll.t.K. <A Thott> N. MiUUtuui, u**r 'lc Warm Hitt uii Camp Hi Hind. bg h MVr 10 Inform bit Ir midi tud the public, tbit bit 1 pre pa ed U> execute til k'ndaof CAMPJfcNTEUH WOKE with MUMHi nlah and dtope'jW P** roM ttoHcl'ed. J* n *’| or STOVES t STOVES! -JU Turn Old reliable MONUMENTAL man, j J. F. SItAUOHTER, Hi* opened tlie ILaGRANGE BTOVE STORE, tad it Agent for the MONUMENT SL, COLUMBIA .MATCH f .KBH, WATCHMAN and other COOK STOVES COAL and WOOD HEATING HTOVES •ml It w-lilng tbcor at Low Prices Merchant* supplied with tin warn on ®oM REASONABLE TERMS. Roofing. Guttering tad )'b A o( every dewripttoe done promptly and tesiouably LAMPW tod LAMP WOODS. KERO SENE OIL and HOME FUE NUMINO GOODS r*,GeoeraHy on band tod until the llrt o? November will poolltvely be told tl Ctmi, J r SLAUGHTER. AgC TJ Diversity Series f Sohool Books written by SOUTHER* SCHOLARS. “TW elisf rtorr <*mrj pwyt* mtam bom lt AUTHORS. The Sertrs Coastal* of Mohan" liiln. Bftßw. Oim— Ml C. I. HMurf, Tcukk'i MllhiwiMr-, Uiyi- MUw. (MUtafsleeve's Lana Bertas. Ac. Ac. UNIVERSITY PUB. CO. Bo* *76 Atlanta, Ue. Notice, *■* Jk* and fcha Burk are pc* pared to do all kind* ol wood aad Mack Milk work neatly aad with dispatch. Shop opoaiu Ike aiikiea of Col. Harris. A1 work cheap And asttelac'.km guaranteed. >aatS :vu 00 a yaarin advance. DKBEMILLE. MERIWETHEEOOCNTY, GA., APRIL 2. 1875. WrmooT a Parai.i.ei* —The demand or Dr. J. Bradfieid’e tamale Regulator te bay >*d precedent In the annala ol popular remedies. Orders coma la ao thick and MU that Me Proprietor haa kerrinlort, bean lanaMe to flit Mean all. He U hefty to state that snregnmrnu nm by which he la prepared to maidtetia Female Regulator on a waste equal te Ota etnergrecy, aad Me public may ten! anenfixl that titer want* utgv bow be sopplhd.— Phyatoteea, of high repole ate ante* #'■* great remedy, ie dally prattle*, all over Georgia. Hereafter ne women need mtei from autprvmod, suspended r irregular menstruation This valuable medicine it I-rep*rad by L, H Bradfitfd, Druggiat Atlanta, Ga., and told at 8150 per boule by respectable druggteta Mronghout America. 11 ML "It ‘LB-G— y ■ ■-SLJJBJW* ■tecMel-nakers. Oh I could there la thia world be found Seme little spot of happy around, WUhout the village tattling. How doubly Meat Mat spot would be Where all might dwell la liberty, Free from the bitter nstaary -,.- . ' Ot goertpa s*e**yU)toi If auch a apot were really known, Dame Peace might cell it all her own, And In Ii she might fix her Uiroue, For ever and for evaf ; There like m queen might reign and live, While every one would noon forgive The little slights they might receivo, And be offended never. Tie mischief maker* that remove Far from our hearts that warmth of love, And lead u ait to disapprove What gives another pleasure, They seem to lake one’s part—but when They've beard our care* unkindly then They soon retail them out again, Mixed up with poisonous measures. And then they've such a cunning way Ot telling til meant tales, they aay, "Don’t men lkm it, 1 pray. 1 would not tell another." Straight to your neighbors then they go, Narrating everything they know, Aad break the pesos ot high aud low, Wife, husband, friend and brother. Oh, that the mischief maker crew Were all reduced to one or two. And they were pu luted red ot blue That every one might know them. Then would our village!* lorget To rage and quarrel, fume aud frel, And iall into an angry pel. With thing* ao much below them- For 'lie a aad, degrading part, To mak e another 1 ' booiu smart, “ And plant a dagger in the heart. We ought to love and cbetiah. Then let u evermore be found In qub'Uieaa wtlb all around, While Wendabip. Joy. and abound, Aa4 angry toolings peiteb. A We4r4 Lewder. Bquire Johnson was a model lawyer, as the following- anecdote will evince t Mr. Jouaa once ru*bed into tbe old Hquite'i office In a gteat paaslen. That Infernal scoundrel of a cobbler, Smith, ha* Imed me, ter. Johnson—aued me for" fffo dollar* 1 owe him.for a peir of boots. Then you oe him the five dollars 7 To be sure 1 do; but be ha* gene and ed eoe—sued me I Then why don't you pey him il you owe .Mai Because ht’t itKd me ; mid When t mtn dot* that, I'll never pty him till It coal* bits more tbtn be get*. 1 want you to make it coat him all you can. Hat It will oeet you tome thing too. I don’t can to* Uiti. What do you charge to Iwglu with f Ten dollar* ; god More il then it much extra tranbln All right I There’* the X. Now ft aimed I No aooner wat the client gone, then Squire Jobnton Mapped acrott to bit neigh* bor Smith, tnd offered to pay him the bill, on condition that the to It be withdrawn. The shoemaker gladly acceded—all be wanted l hit pay. The lawyer retained the other five lor fait fee, and at the cnee wti not trotibieaotne, made oe further de manda opoo bit client Ten day* after done* come to Me bow hit cate S getting along. All right at id the lawyer. Ton won’t bare any trouble about that I put it to Smith to Mroogiy tbit be wat glad to with draw the Mil altog* tber. Capita!! cried the exulting Jones. You’ve done it up brown. You abaii bare all my Wii Oblmum.— The other earning a kind-look mg old man waa aaoortad to a room ob Ik* third floor of a hotel to pam Um ofgbt, aad K waan’t flea min ate* be fore the bell Indicated that he waatad to act a waiter. ▲ colored boy raa ap, alack bi* bead into the roots, and aaked what waa wanted. The eld mao arid be didn't waat anything, bst the waiter wee hardly dowa atain bekpa the toil raag again. VM yoo waat liaMa r be haqawod, aehe reeeked the room agate. ‘Nothing,’ replied the old foam, aa ha opened the door. L~ | la abort two mteatea bia bell mop again aad tbia time Um waiter exclaimed ; *ll jam don’t waat noOn’, what of ya pollin' da beH Itr r 1 waa’t to obi ip* the waiter,’ replied the eidmaa. •De waHab I Oblige de waiteb T ’Tea ; H aayx here; Plaaae ring the bed for the waiter, end it he want* it reap, I am wdiing to ablige him, though I’m tired md sleepy, aad abaat pal! it more thee four Owe* more unlee* I know that some at hie family are wck I Qeergia MemnsetaMre, *Wfor Morn* tg Jftws* . TftJW pwfolto * our counties a*d fotefc O'***" maoy gates arteea. To niuatratoAfci I, usay he oi interest and information lo rnapf f yew realtors, and aboniqg the imi**- tnnenof directing all papers and tettnra with care, we have Appling oounfy, and Appling In the couoiy ot Columbia; Bartow county, and oartow in Jefferson county ; CaUnrnt. county, sod Calhoun in Oiiffowa county. m Clark county, and Ctarkravtlle, In BteM ton te Kabo a eounty; Cobb evenly, aad Oubbvilto in Telfair county ; Gigg togfity. and Gtoyviite in Taliair oouan ; CotgplU county.and Colquitt ip StUtor county; Crawford county, and Crawford ip Ogle thorpe county, bod CrawfonJvfll* in Tali afore > county. Dawson oouaty, aad DaWsou m Tmjgfft count v,and Dawaonville to DawsooO(ity; Decatur county, and Decatur in Deltaib cou uty ; Douglas ©unly, and Douglas In Coffee county, and Dvugiaavilic in Douglas eounty; Fayette county, and Lafayette in walker county, and Fayetteville in Fayette oouuly; Forsyth county, and Forsyth In Monroe county, Franklin county, and Franklin in Heard county ; Green o-Minty, and Ureemttboroia Green county, and Greenville in Meri •rather county; Gordon couuly, and Gordon In W ilkinaon county : Houston county,and Houston in Ifsard county; Irwiu C 'Unty, and lrwlntop iu Wilkineoo county, and Irwiuviile in liwtn county; Jaikaos county, and Jackson in Butts ouuaty, sad Jacb*onvitle|i& Telfair oounty; Jasper county, and Jasper in PkkeM county ; Jefferson cuuoty, and Jefferaoo in Jacksoo . tfoupiy, jsmt Jeih-raoavllto -ia Twiggs county ; Joiios county, and Jon* Intro Iu Clayton county; Lumpkin county, ami Luiupklu In Btowert oounty; Macon county, aud Macon In Hibb wan ty; Madison county, and Madison In Mo'gan counts; Marlon couuiy, and Me rion iu Twiggs county; McrlWcther coun ty, and Meriwmher In Baldwin county! Monroe cpuuty, and Monroe In Walton county; Morgen couuty, and Morganutn iu Fannin inunty; Newton county, New ‘.on iu Baker couuty: Ogtothorpe county, aini Oglethor|ie In Macon county Oconee county, aud Oconee lu Washington coun ty, (Juiimau county, end Quitman in Brook* county; Thomas county, and Thomaaton In Upaon county, and Thom aavilie iu Tlioiua* county; Washington county, and Wathlugfon In Wllkeaoouo te; Wayne county, and WsyneabOro in Butke county, andWnynesvlito Ip JfyejhJ, cottety. "~~T Too Covington Mnterprts* folates tb* lu tliocounty of Newton, eight mllea from tJoviugtoa, three finHtea railde near together. The Aral household consist* of •n old maid and her widowed mother; the second nl husband, wife and two children; ard the third ot an otd lady and aon. fur strongiy baa the delusive Idea implinted 'knelt in the minda ot the two latter families that the widow M a witch and in league with the devil, that they refute to allow her to viait or borrow anything from their bouses. They say aim baa made witch bell* trout hair gathered trout the tail ol a tricky cow, which if rubbed against any article, will charm any one who lourbaa 11. Then* |*eopie place horae thorn over their beds and under their door atop# to kill In flnaaee ot the aid womanY charms. They verily believe that the Inteoda to witch Ure Whale neighborhood aodhvtegtome plague upon He inltahHaoUk Sliver hnllam have been Molded with which to (boot her In caaaabalntrudee apon the femftos at night by erweping through the key kotee or eom tag down the chimney. Silver dime* have bean nailed in the bottom of the churn ea J well bucket to prevent the witch (mm uk log an underhand advantage of her neigh bora A Peeellur letetpraUMfen A conductor craning south eg the Utica and Chenango Valley Hatlwad onaeveatog Urftog anew totorpretotfen of the Civil Rights MIL A colored mao got aboard at one of Mm way stations, and in floe Bate wee approached by toe ticket- puncher with •Your •we.eir.’ ‘I don’t pay no fab, ash,’ was the prompt •Why not f sharply Inquired the conduc tor. .Ease, mb, daa*t the eivil riphta Wll (Ire tailed paa—ai da right to ride oc ell de cart, aabf I don’t pay aotefesebl reepoe dad the flea Item eo of color. The oondtwtor laherod like a conaUta Uooai lawyer to explain the prevision of the bill, aad coDuct lan hot the ptaaenger bad telly made op hie miad sot to pay. aad bia teith htblaewa ialeryaetattow of the right canid not ha ahahea a particle. It waa only when a movement to pot him ofl waa began that ha paid aadar protect. Be evidently ialeoda to ataka a teat of hiagrie There la no awro eeeadelona piece than Turkey, aad yet that government !a with oat ea American nWuieter. mi ■ amao—o^o ■ ■■ A poppy aad aa noeardeen waa the marrlapa tee afltrad to a Cede* spring clergyman, the other day. * ■> o Ladglege Somewhere engaged in the most unprofl labte of professions tea writer who lies wjtk singular fidelity lo nature, or el>e in Augusta, Maine, there is a vagabond whose •Mty ataiqpa him as a man of swill de cision and admirable resource, and perhaps * doesn’t matter much which of these theories te Me correct one. The Sergeant In charge lo a police station In Augusta was setting mediiat'velv st his desk one nlyhi not long ago wondering how long i be before he became a Csptaiu, an. tepeiber he couldn't ehciionrer tom wher. tdadvantage, and why his wife would nag hpn so, and If there w>* any cnance o B*'* o * fre ticket to the theatra when rtt f, when the door opened anJ a melan-; Cbn'y and dyspeptic looking tramp en erec *hd wanted acconimodsiions for the ufght Tp Sergeant was transfornud on thr fhe'speculstlvc, planning and hoping common man lo the unbending lufoMil, tliu eceenior and repreacutativu of M# tow, and tbe tramp was Informed fbat ihjra was no lodging provided by the clt| to* thoa*s not guilty of any direct violation f|ba tow. The tramp, however, again pfflemd bit request. - *We only lodga prloffr*,’ said the Ber- SSfoh .‘Too only lodge prisoner* f repeatei' the vagabond, meditatively. Vsfftalli all’ w tka reply. ‘Y'-u'vs got tqSteal aomelhing or assauii rometiody, or something oi that kiud.' jl’va go( lo wmnwll somebody, at nmt tblng of that kind,’ again repeated the Vagabond, thoughtfully. Then lie reached aernsa the desk with hi* long right arm and knocked the Sergeant off the stool, saying, •a the pained and astonished officer actam- WM to hi* feet, with <>tir hand on bia black •ye : ‘Give me a* good a Ik and aa you kin, ■ffogeawt, J ca'ue I'do'ii't feel very Well to And, a* remarked of this little tals ; n the btginnlng, there'* either an awful Il,u •satrwhere on the pirHi or mi an Itn paeuiiioua man iu Augusta who ia eminent ly up to snuff. Oxhni'liuknt.—The too Lcglaliture made the wages of laborer* subject to garnishment for medics! services or inedl oltt* rsiulered or ftiruished to a laborer or big family, *ud pnacrlhed an additional affidavit beforegarutahiuenl should Issue. The follow lug la the act- An act to be enll’.lcd an act to amend a* lion 8554 ofthe Code of 1878. JtacriOM 1 Be It enacted by the general HjjteWPbty of foe Bialc iiT Georgia, That Irnm and alter the passage o! thin act, tec tfon 8554 of the Code ol 1878 he, and the •WW la, hereby amended by adding lo the Tffiwrteo of Mtd section Ul# following, to Wbaa tea •MssMerettow of a*H ffclß la aervicca renrtoreK br-atirTbyHcfia, or surgeon, to tbe employee or hla family Or medicine formatted by any physician aur ffetaa, druggist or apirthecafy, to Hul l eta- I ployee or hit family. Hno. I. Hejteats rrn flli-tlrtg law.. Approved February Mill, IH7O From mud after the pisaige ot tfita act, whenever any person acelu process of gar malimeni against any Jounn-yuraa mechanic or day laborer, auett person shall, lo t<ldf lion te the oath now required by law, raefct, affidavit eettisg forth tp.-ciflceHy tha actual considtration ef the debt, or Judgiuant su'd on, or ao much thereof aa ha may claim the law authorises the garlabiueul of w **| for. Approved March 31 1878 A luuoy incident occurred in to* ga* office the other day. Tha wile ol a prnuil ineot member of IheStato Heaata eolered to pay bar taxee, carrying her purimonale, a* worn* usually do, In her right band Having BBMttau to write her signature. Mm changed the pnokethook to her let! band, then Mailed to go out. Noticing that bar right hand was empty, she missed her pneketbook, and turning tea rough-look ludividuai, who had bees Manding by •111 thank yau lor aay pockethook air. j Two ot thraa af tha book-keep ar* rush ed out, expeetiag to aaa the man try to eeaapa, hat ha Mend attli and calmly an swered , * i haven’t It, ma'gaa.’ You arrtaialy have; I laid It down a mo ment ego bora, aod you am the only person who could have taken K. ‘I beg year perdoa, ma'am,’ said tha ■danger, “but lam no thief. I have net got your pocket book.” 11l twee you arrested and searched cried she. “As yee pfeaee," responded the men. And as the madam tried to open tbe do- r to call a policeman, she discovered her pnrae to her left bend. The nraoger emit togiy iietened to a profuse and prolonged apology. Taa Waaraan.—Tbh is the way the people who liea oa the ousel dascribo the weather. Dirty day* has (September, April. Jose aod November; From Jaatury op to May, The raia it raiseth every day,' All the amt have tbirty-oae, Wbhoota Meeeed gleam of two; And If aay at them had two and thirty. They’d be Jam aa wet aod twice as dirty. An Ohio yonth la to be banged eooo la* killing a —all boy to abtila r — irf— <>l a t<ooaad of brawn anger. U wae the principle of thing, act the Mpr, which infloeoced the Jury. COH’BOEiUTE FiMT AFK. Youstw, I was grltin' rusty, an if wanted sharp work. I iuleicrplrd a dtspat- U from Geo Buihridgu to Gen Gitlner, saying that he intended to attack and destroy the salt work- October 10, and gave the num ber ol his men as ltl.tkiO Dash it to dash, that was the best new* [ ever heard. 1 had only 2k) WUU -ill the balance of on furlough—hut they were •gulsr rlp|>em, you can het y<or U>ttom I olio. 1 rdered a tlrrss t>aradr, and read the lis|tatrh to them. I then made * dsh ol a •iwecli, a regular heart slitter, blood boil,r, .uclt asnobidy outside ol dash dash but ne can mak*. I told them them the da-h e l,Yankee* were coining and Mat dusli would be to pay 1 spun to them a winds dashed lot ol eloquent stuff about Lcnuhlss and Ida ftpartau baud at the !*** of f't igo noaislry. 1 told them ilia eye* ol th.-ii tuothera, wives ami wcatbeari* were upou them; that the fate ol ibo Southern m.uted eracy would bang upon their gallantry that day. For, you ace, I know that old Ljo had got hiuiaolf cornered in a way he could not gel out ol short surreudur.. 1 knew tost dashed tool Hood had got t’other army destroyed, and 1 was conscious tbit the whole dashed fabric rested on niy shoul ders. The boys were Just as wild fur the fight aa 1 was. Well, tha mottling ol the 10th ol Octo ber, IWH, which my own good sword has cut from the calendar of ot,Unary days and pinned up, n the scroll ol tame aa the epoch ul tbe gtaudc'l victory Known in the Itlalo ry ol arms, ariived, and ao did Burbildge and ills 50.000 men They tiauu’i more than got in sight till iqy; dashitd Uavaa wor* spr),iag to begin the lamia. But, you arc, there must Ire systematic work on sut It occnsloua, and lam a dash of a military genius. I told ’mu lo wait un till the dashed Yankee had made hi* dia posltlons, and then we would go iu and whipdnth out of them by detail. Hurhrldgn was n t backward In taklug up Ids position*, lie |x*td 82,000 Infau try on hla right, flu then put 85,000 Infan try In position on hi* lelt and held buck as a re-erve force 85.000 morn of infantry, and 88,000 cavalry. Ileal,le* the*# he had 240 pie, e* of artillery. Y’oit may well look aitonlshed, my hon rat frh'Dda. Things wore a dashed billon* look. But then each of my men was equal to a tbounnnd Tanker*. And they knew that 1 was there lo heed 'em. If Bob Lee lied been in my piece lie would have re treated on Richmond, but, dash my aout lo daub, II there to each word ae * retreat' In 4Sf aallHafp dtuttguff. - - -7 —Ttte TuhTSsi the dashed Yankee had made all bfa dlapoaltlona, I turned to my braves sod abound “Boys, follow nm r and charged upon the umy‘a right, and Indore Bntbridge could realixe Whet I was up to, h >d rnuleJ it ibllrely and eaptured 18,000 priaonera and eighty-four gun*, eav mg 18,000 Yankee* deed aa dash an that portion of the field. I then charged hi* <<tis sad reeerve, aid soon bad them flying In every direction' Here I captured near y I.OUO prisoners and 174 can non. It was then that I discovered that the enemy * lalt having witnessed the deairueilon of their right and esmhd, bad fled from tha Arid aad were otrt of reach, leaving all Ibqr artil'ery behind Wien, aaioutlng to >4O pieces. 1 bad the deed Yankees counted and buried, and they amounted to just 40, 000 Nell morning I started the 113,000 pitaonera aud wounded, ard the 040 guns I hail captured, to John C. Bieokenridge. who was decretory of the War. That, Mr, Is 'ha truth about the battlf ol Hallvioe. it was the greatest bailie ever luugbl on the top of the earth. Julius Cesar was the only general who ever captured at one time aa many prisoners as I did lam a candidate for (i verner, and If you can And a .better general, one who ha* woo more ferae than we, vote for him But I’m do*had if you won’t have u hard j Ume scaling such a Man op. Let’s take e drink, old felow. A gentleman owned a farm in New Jer eey. It had bean tong in the family. Km borrmmecte compelled him to sell, and ike farm was put op at auction. He felt an had about the sale that be could not attend H, hut seat over hie bead servant, -On hie return the mauler Mid, Weil lobn, was the term eoidt Yes Mr. Did it evil weiif It went very tow. Who bought ilf I dl ' Toe Johef Where did feu get yoor won eyf 1 laid np ary wages since I work ed for you. Weil John, I'll tail you what I wll. do. Aa aooa as you gM Use title to your property I’ll come nod work fur you aud buy ttw farm hack. Ttbb* *u making a tip lor hi* fly rod ( and Dibha stood watching bhu. There waa very nearly a row over M, peaceful aa tba occupation waa. Tlbbe e*M, 'Give me goad second-growth ash; tt’a Jnat aa good as laocawood/ ‘ What** the matter with yer T Dtbb* <itmooOd. ’Wbai’a Um mat ier whb me f Nothing** the matter. What make* yoo think an V It' l , a<>; yew wod. •I would what T DntnH. can’t yoe tinder -lend a want 1 meao yea wood—the woo l ol the yaw trae, sewed Into shape. Now then, k* that pteiu en m*h f, ‘Ob f said TiUM much relieved, ’I never yew aod • - W*- -a* w;.’ i The tether ef ell corn*-pop eeca. | V Hendulaeenee a Ike timrsstaf I ;D*ugbM tesru.iturt-sl Cuavusa. i Mr. J Me-lill, e Itt.rf of the Obiragn Trt | hunr, In a rceent lertei lo * frbwd wbn had 'em him a dguereiype of "Old At**,’’ gives some loadable rrminiwenc*-* ot llie fan,one canvas* In i't.W between Ifonglau and Lincoln, flu tayet You may r< memfr-r that it was at the Freeport Joint detiata, he pul aevaral inter rogsti<,n to I), nig la**, wbicli tbe latter an swered in such a “ay *to pteua*> Mu Free Soil DemocraU, and their vote* iiithucloMi ■ llstih ts turned <he scale against Lincoln and heal hint. He wrote out the question* he ittnded to |iro|M>uiid to OeiglasU while in Macomb, and showed them to me on llie tram au the r >*d in Freepoeb Doug lau lie I put lo him • aeries 01 q ,cation* at Diluwa, which 110 laid ,i<* he linen dal to si Bve at then nest enco uu-r, amt tha lie would then give the "Little Gtaut” • lew nuts to crack which both night Wouidimrt hi* teeth b- fora bo got and ote with Steam. I carefully read over Me question* to* bad piepared. He aafsud me what lla ought of them. 1 replied that the Mtumd one, in my opinhtn, was dangeroui, as it afforded hie nppom-nt an > tip.,rtunlty to conciliate Free S ill llrmocrau without loosing rote* down In EgTld And t endeavored to per suade him umit it and substitute something else. We argue J lhe miller for a c<maider able time ; be partly agreed to modify it k little, but eald he would sleep over It flret, and mav be change It in the morning or leave it out altogether. When we reached Freeport 1 told two or three lending ffrpub Means about tbe quealloo*. They called on him at his room, and be read over the proposed interrogations lo tutui. Whatef *r tfiorta were made to indium him lo citauge the eeH>d qauatloa proved Utterly unavailing. Tha next day, at Urn great 'ihaeiliig conwnedto hear tbe Joint debate, he read Mo questions to Douglas* on tb* stand lu Just the form of words orlgaally waftten. The ' dangerous question,” which I tried to persuade bltn lo modify, read* aa followai "Q. 9. Gan the people oi a United .States Territory, fn any lawful way againat the wish of any oitizen of tha United Btatea, exclude slatsry from it* limits prior In the formation of a State Constitution f Douglas* answered It vary much aa I feared lie woold—oven more boldly to the affirmative then 1 had expected. He de dared that “In his opinion the people of a Territory could, by lawful moans, exclude slavety from their mldal prior to the forma Mon of a State Constitution." He want on to aay that alevcry could only bo upheld by “police regulation*," and Ibaes potto* regulations could only be eautdtohed by the local Legislature, and M a majority of the twupto ta a United States Territory were sti|wml t" ei ermtld nfect, teoreaeniatlvee to that body wbo Would by “nolrtondly togiefaßon," effectually pro rent tb* InuroJoeiloa ot it Into their midst, da When teg returned to the hotel, after the meeting, he arid to me Well, MadiH, bdW did you like the way I hoej my row with Douglas to-day f Mr. Lincoln, I replied. Irelore you e|Mtke you had three chance* u tnl four ftir the Henate. Now I think Douglas* baa thrae oat of four, 1 Ml go ing track to Chicago in the morning and will make tke beet Sgbt I esa lor you In the Tribune, but I leer you have tot Doug las* Meal yrtur chance of winning. I toll very much chagrined and dkmouraged aver the result of the day's drbafe, and other Uepubllcena were greatly elxrp-fellun at wksisocm-d like a triumph tor Douglas*. The Democrats were hi eoaUsiee, aud in our room we could hear Hunt hurrahing and yelling like Indians fbr the “Little Giant” out on the street, who, they bettered lisd routed Lincoln and won a complete victory. The reply Lincoln made to me I shall never forget, aa be looked at me with a moat singular expression ot oountooaocr, 11 tny question about excluding slavery irom a Territory baa treatsu me for Senator aa you >moi to think it bM, his gnawer to it has beaten hint lor President, aud that is realty tits stake he la playing tor. The refull turned oat exactly aa each predicted It would. The police regulatioaa aud uidiendly legislation scheme of Doug lass to keep slavery out of the Territories •ecuted his re -election a* Senator, but lest him the South, which bolted lire cortven - tion at Baltimore, and rejected him at the India an mease, and earned his dfeietroue defeat tor PreMdent. Lincoln bad so framed bia qncathm that U Douglas* answered it ii Um aagatlvo •itch enawer would moat cutely hay* best* cn him at tbs poll*, ami Unaoln mast have concluded In bia use mh< that Dong!a -a' ambition for the Pi eel deucy was an strong aa tode'er Mar iroai odeudtng the pro sla very jarty South, by answering It be the a (Hr mat ire, aad that he bad Hooplas on tba hurt* at a fltiamma. It waa a straggle bet wean two keaa aad powertol player* oa tba political chess b*d, in abicb the ‘‘Little Giant" waa out. generated,*d teat tba great k aae for which b* wee play teg—tba Presides*/. Tba Oeoaaa Reporter is stlrrieg op tba graesyardc io Ms vicinity aonntidag alter the style of the Msrimaek iotumal hatore K slittgvd |iNo4ib A Mates woman waa trm to tier lover, end married him altar b* came lack Irotn Calif raia, alter an abarac* of twaaty years. N D—U* came beak rich. NO t 5