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About The Meriwether County vindicator. (Greenville, Meriwether County, Ga.) 1872-1885 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1879)
The Meriwether County Vindicator VOL 7 THE VINDICATOR. ru.v.i*a*D iTiitt ratDxY, BY WM. T. JSJEVILT., AT *>.oo PER ANNCM.IK ADVANCE ar OFFICB NollTH ►U'B FCBI.IC SQUaKB Ru •< Advt nlMiii!, Kpaea tlwk 4*k* 3 mot mo I lvaer 1 inch fIOO 351 4At ' d.Oo 113 00 3 uctirs Il 60 500 350 jIOOOI 15 O) S aches i3 00 800 10 00 45 00 i35 no i M I !5 00 10 t-0 30 00 35 00 J 35 OD i col 17 00 neo 3o 00 ‘35001 6J 00 col 10 00 JO 00 35 00 iOO 00 1 #IOO (f n. tlelucuoa in* to thorn advertising tv 111* mouth or your. - m COUNTY OFFICE as ORDIJSaKY A. 1. lUi.u kHEKIFE O. 8. Flounce Cl IKK S, C..., W. 11 KeUr TAX KKtLEIVER... 11- 8. Clements TAX COLLECTOR J. O. Chtfelian TREASURER U. J. Anthony At RVKYOR O, F. Matthew* CORONER John R, Jouti CO l NTY COMMISBION ERA. 1., j. Mil*in, A iron Sibley, O. J- Reeve*, J F. Buchsuau j W. HAU‘s. BOAST) OF KIM t-ATION. Jlhu W. I’.lk, NV J. UhM:W WjiC’U Reaves, 11- A- barker A 11. Fieemau, BcC. gtLAlOh Kith LimUt, F- M. Duncan KU’lthi-kMA'UVtS F J. Williams, C. W. Williams liUhtiIMDSS CARDS 1). H. h hi 11), . I lOItNKV AT LaW J\ (iKKKNVII.t Will practice iu Mtiiweih*/ arid Hi' ru nt-c* coinpoetas the Cow*t* circuit. Trios A ATIfIKN'N, ATTOIIW6Y AT LAW GIUIKMVILLJC. '* ■ (l Fuoyi>, 1> I>. I >SBiI>KMI DKHT *BY j t UUMSfiVtl.I,* 0a Icibj* (h. All work warr sated. I>H r. II TKHKKr.L / .ti l',; i.i* I*i• rwawaial *.ivie#* to * / hi. |-,o :• - (ifli ■* Mi lita tall.cr,Hi. J IC i 1 1 rrell, at tin Drug Biore. i_- T. - ’ " z- - ■■ —~—— <inllrii’ Impinii'il l'|iun <*li Plat trrv Ste lespwUully ii.Vllod to • * ainjo* li.ia 0,11 twit/ r buying I wil k-;• 'nil. with Kretlei. IV'driuM-r an^ (•I 1,1,K TH IM'Uiil.K ULVOI.VINO ( OITON I*i L H (i *t#g with a room I •l l '*}* <tl band f”r '*ililtVin VA't* yi/alai lit- 'ln- rami J e'fid Hifvtfae (.onto i‘ur< baser*, 4o rvry particular 'I >,*• Jf ■* *. will b*l redursl mil HCMMIII from 14,00 '<• <U 50 per saw < o tin Gin*, a’.fl 11 in f! '(lnn the Feeders Jr* j fr all to lju.w<ouipanyir g ccrtlfl<*t<* of I well ko' wd plmteis wl o are uii,k Gu! Jell’* Gins, * ill lli*- lll* ( rn.ia obtained lor rollon finned on then J A UKKKH, Agent G-.fTn, O- . Mach lb, I*7 Gnitris, Ox., Man h l l fe7y We, ili* on Jin igned, are uslt g i u.e Oul l*i'. Ji' ;r• r* <1 L gl.t Dralt C-(ton Gin, Tli* Gin i* i I Hti(>eriof Workmar * I*ip Kir I**l f mi'iig, saf'ty in mi ning and Hr lit <1 !', (to (Jo the same work.) w* ll.ink it ha* no equal ; (ml Mm moat im p< rtiioi Pat jm i* lire Attachment for •;>< n in, improving Mi* sample. The In-ai eoMon i> in ( I' vnl by it' SO aa to befog fr< is j to j cent, and *'a ned and dry cot- Irern 4 'o 1 cent jar pound W re in Ibe Oiiffln rrarket than on *,th* r Gin*. W. J. BKIDUKB. T. W. MAM EY. J. 1 M ' NLLY. Gjrirrm. Ga., M*y 17,1878. To J. A. B} EKB, Agent I <r the OtilltU G:ii M*n'i’g l> at Giiffln, G.: At year rrqoe*t, we, plan’eni nJ dea’ tTJ io cotton, give to the public oor ©pji • ii a' ! y'-ar Out. Vt e take p won.re ip sav ing to *!J in Bcd ol r.tK Oh.*, that it is now a **e!i-*-*tßbiihed /act that cottoo girned on these G’n* bring a BiOeia J rice in £mr,*&ar'. et than any other, and the gin* are grow irg in public favor. Cos! too timed <n them aold ,a>,t aeaaon at from of a cent to one cent per pot lid above !1 e msiket price. Mr. Gul letl’a AtUuhn et,t for improving the ram pi* of cbltot, we are aatitfhd, it what he claim* lor it. The Gin appears to have leached perfection in Gin Machinery. A. C. SOBBEL. T. i. BROOKS. It. P. McWILLJAMK 8. B. MoWILLIAMH. I> W. PAI TERijON. K- H.BIMB. T J. BLOOD WORTH, 5 1 am Agent for the Celebrated Et. LIPSE PORTABLE K>GINE, manufactured by Erick A C‘s lor the coaitica of Buw Fayett# aid Clayton, 1. A. BEJiK*. 81-c'i 2 GBEENVILLK, MEKIWETHFM COUNTY, BA., MAY 9, 1879. Our Twiitlieiix De ni, From’the Banner of the S uth. 'tsiher the sacred dust Ol the watriors tried anJ true, . Who bore the ii<g of our nation's trust And fell iu its cause though lost still Just And died lor ms *nd you. Gather tnem each. KI . From the private to the chi. fi Come they from hovel or princely hall- They fell for us and lor them alio ! I fail The tears of a nation's grief. Gather the corjwea atrewn O'er many a battle plain. From many a grave Hint lies so lone, Without a name and without a atone, (lather the So ilhere slai->. We caie not truence they came, Dear ia their lifeless clay ! Whether unknown oi know n to fame. Their cause aid country still the same — They died -and wore the grey. Wherever the brave haae died, Xh*gwfcw& ; .sMt*e6 n*R j..-.- ■ L vitlg they liugg!ed side by side VS by should the hand ol Death di vide A tingie heait Irotn heart (lather thsli scattered il.tv, Wherever it may rest ; Jutl ns they marched toaln tiloody Irsv, Just as they tell on the battle day, liury ll etii breast to boast. The f,eman need not dread Tltla gathering ol the brave I Without sword or flag and w ith s tin He s Head Me niurlsr onco m re our dcslhle.l dead Out ol each lonely grave. The locnmn need not (roivii They an-all powerless now • f Wv gather (him lime and we lay them Yh w u. And leua aud played am the only cro w n We b ring to wnatlie cai It brow . And the dead meet.the dead. While the living o’er them weep And the mini whom Due and Htotn wii I led And the heails that once log -lherJjlu I, I’ogetle i slttl sltrtll nlr* p, A It IT AW A V I It AIT A Tralrr tfuni Asvuy wlill tire ilugbii'ii trnri In c its mi I'lglrl Topeka (,’ mimmiwcnllh. I.a* M-mday i Veiling n passenger train on the Moutoutl, Kansas and Texas Hail mad name inti ling up the va ley .elween i'ar* os and Emporia, with Dave Dunham at the thri tt r an 1 Johnnie Daley ul the "furnani, Just as It has every evening lot the ! >l si r y rant. A* i rsg iii it ami fl.cmao, tin n; tan boy* J have (food aide by side on thin inn since j ' lie i'i,lt)g *.l IHT3, and have nut only x el*, teied on tune, but have, by llieir all hi it l Msnlirn to tl e rulea of lln road, *iii< and the eonfldi nee nl llu ii employers and *ln* frieii 'tbiji of many people bvuig along this division nl |he Miraouri, Kantas an J T*J a*. ( I'ney b*ve Un-n the beet nl fcierula - a hind ol IrieiiiLtnp that ..anger ci.ui : its and nikkia longer ban laid llu in togeth et (of many years- an i but for tbe alter* cation giving i tie to tbi ileu*, they rniglit bav* filled tb' ir leepecMee station* lor a lih Urr.e, and ihtir nan..a bevel ap(* ared in ibe new (| er piinU) A* iho tiain pulled out bum 'he low land on the Ne' - *bo aid striiek the prairie, Ibe conductor! noticed a aodd* n change in speed, but , tbitking tbe boya migbt be lifting her a little to fuei-t tbe grade, t aid no attention to it. Ihe gta'.'e was met and pasai il aa tbotjgb no grade * as there, and then down tbe bill she started at a terrible rate. A* be akimmtd along the i a*nngen Imgan V> ahr*w signs of r.ervousneae aa they aaw !arm-booae roahing along as clone Psgelb er, apparently, aa in a Kat.sae town, and tbe conductor to i began to think ail was not right at tbe aleain end. Aa tbe speed b ereased at every revolulioii of the wheel* cushions, lunch basket*, bundlea and b*- bie* flew around th car like mad, and now tbe tboroughlv frightened paaaengeri appealed to tbe conductor to toj> the train fly ibis time be reslized the danger hirn aeil. aid knowing that a hanta Ke freight train had the right ol wav at the Empire junction, and that it would be certain doth lo reach there ahead of time, be J< r ked the a* though a town were on fire. The frail sounded the alarm, but aa no response came from the whiatle, he realized for the first lime that he waa on a runaway train, five coaches from tbe en gine. Whether it waa tbe amall amount of bia life insurance policy, or tbe aalety oj tbe paasengeta that urged him on, will re main an open queatioo ; but it is morally certaia that be was not many second* lo psasing through tbe coaches, scaling the iron rail ef the mail-car, and landing on tbe coal pile near the locomotive, which was writhing under tbe preaaure of sixty five pounds more of steam than was neces sary for celerity, comfor or convenience. XI•: lays ar be rtruck the water tank and rode 1 down (oto the cab, the engine was going so tut that the telegraph polls along the road looked like a picket fence. It took but a naome.it to put otj the air brake reverse the lever, and slow her down and ti .and hiittscll within two bun lied yards oi an open switch at the Santa Fo crossing, and that the run of eight miles had beeu made in less; thnn eight minutes. When the train stopped lire fireman jumped fr..m the .neiue and ran down iho track toward the city, and the engineer, aiim y irom the floor of the cab, explained that just a., they neared the Neurit i grade, Haley, the fire man, accused him ol having • reported sum thing discreditable to him to the Di vision Su[>eriOlcndeiit. Tuia be stoutly denied, whereupon Haley assaulted him wiib a coal pic t, aud a baud to baud scut tie ensued, lit the melee the throttle) waa throw u open, ami going at tho r.- te of a mile a miuule they lought it out on that ill c. On leaving Ahe (rain ilakuy raiHBMl to tho court-house, and had Bhoi iff Moon lock him uj* In a cell, fearing that hu would he uvurtaken, he said, arid killed by Dor ham and Ills friends. Dunham was conveyed in a carriage to a physician and had his wounds dressed. Ilis lace, head i.rnl shoulder s were ten idly cut and bruis ed, toe cut Iu the back , I the head by a ijttvA Uvurg.a vc.y act ore wit*. The conductor ran the train through to Junction City, leaving his engineer in the hands ol a uur.e and Iks fi.vmau in the lianas ol a Shrnlt. Du Tou ((cully AT out n Xn nng <3oV(‘l IIUK‘III. Tire comm- n answer to (ho Inqriiiy, Why are y.u in lavor ol Urn. (Irani 1 Is, We want a sin,ne government. Now, It t> wortli while to poudei some what over this pro; ()■ iiion. and consider whethci ,i strong government ts ically dc st'ttble \\ ti.it is a strong gnve n unit t f* ople in Hit* country who mention it an cavalier ly Libor under tho mistake that It ia a gnv • rnn.c I string to protect it* •it /.cn* Iu thetr i!gt.i>. l'iat ttcally, such t* aeldotn, II ever, the case, A BWo.ig government l strong to ot picas, So lar ..a protection ts concerned, ll It only strong to prolwet itiril by the op picKS<iti 'il i thets. in *|mking ol Uni. (Iriiiit nr. a man who II Mt-eh ilo 1, would give to the Unite 1 H'tiles u Htiong goyonimeul what Is 111 Hitt ? It i meant that Ire wou'd make an ad ministration ato u * fir tha negioes at t • expense ot (i* l-bagg<*r at the expense of the i-ulrstah ri il an I pertua .eiil resirieiit ; an arlmmtH tiatiou strong In the cohoaUui- trower ol pi bio plunder. It would cerlam'y bn an ad iijnistratloi! ul a strange odor , lor it would smell ol Babcock and Robeson and the Whisky Ring. It would hr an administration string iu military sjpp rrt aul despotic tenden cies, Htrong governments make tliemselve strong at thu cost ol lire blood aud the lib i riles ml the people. A rtiorig governmenl would lie out ol place in the (jailed Hln'es, -.Yew Yolk Bin, .No'lng 'i a irciit death ol Go), Mhortor ol Kofaola, Mil- Advertiser quotes l oin lirewt::’* blrloiy ol Mali on i a* fol lows ; Lb Him* Hlii rtrr ws liorn In M oitlcello (Jeorgla, In ]KI3 ami fame with bis pa rents to ISerboor county In lUO6. lie Is h graduate id Yule College, and hie law siudlee were i ursutd in the i flltxi ol Id* biotber, John G. In 1845 be waa admit ted to Cm bar, and estahlbhed bunvelf in Eufaula as the associate of bl* brollier. Ill* )ir*t appearnce Iu public life wn* when he Ixicanie tbe nominee ol bis parly lor Con gress iu 1(451, and was elected over lion. Julius O. Alford, ol Pike. He war re-e!ecl ed lii 1(507 over Hon. liatt Peterson, ol Harbour county, carrying every conity in he dis'ricl. While lo Congress he actml with the Boulheru iligbls’ wlug ol the Demm-ratic parly. At Ibe close of nia sec ond.term ho voluntary retired, to give Gie s attention lo In* private affairs. He waa an elector lor liieckinndgo, and the lollowiiug year was appointed Colonel of the 18th Alabama infantry. He served with this command till the spring ol 1841, when he resigned. He has *ir;Ce devoted himself lo hie profession, to planting, and to bis du ties aa President of the Yicksburg A iiiuoswick fiailroad. 1J irlrjg the Preai deniial campaign of 18 B.he canvasser] the Noithvvistern Htatea in behalf ol tbe Bev mour ticket, and his interest in all public matters is unsb ate i. In 874 Col. hhortr r wa a delegate born the Btale at large to tbe nalio nal Ifenn cral c Convention at Bt. Louis, and was prominently mentioned in connection with the Democratic nomina -tion for Governor in iB7B Two old Texas ranger* who bad jurt helne 1 bury a neighbor,were tailing about retigity, and one aafced the other bow pi* oua be thought It wm poaaihle for a man to get in IbU world, if be waa in real ear neat Wa’al, said the other, r< fleetively I think ef a mao get ao’t ke can awop ateera or trade horse* without lyin, ’at he’d better j nil out for the better land afore be Uta relapae. IIMBHIEt OF MiKS. PF.CIA OF OEOKOIA Tha Lady aud Iler Husband feu|ns the N. Y. K. H. 11. jl for $70,000 Haul ages. leti|a! proceedings have been instituted AgtMfik the New York Elevated Hailioao by.fiinam Henry Peek of At ala, (la aadfis wile, for damages. Mis. Peek bav tf#, iv< >1 severe injitiios at the collision Wbijp occurred ou March 34 al 43d sir el andVhlrd avenue. Two suits h .vo bent b! might-- one by Mr. Pock tor damages sustfftued iu having been deprived of bis wMOvuntori, siK icty and services, and exMßtes Incurred lor medical attendance un}*'re, which have boon fixed at |30,- ((OtfcMikr s ether by Mrs- Pick, lot ae vero internal injuries received, (or which she demands the sum of $50,000. As soon as his wile was in a condition to be moved from the hospital, Mr. Peck cadunvoted to . fleet su amicable settlement ol his claims. A consultation w*as had with Nathan Uuil lord, tile Vice-I’lealdcnt ol the Company, when Mr. Peek asked lor $lO,- 000. The matter was presented to the Iriui and ot directors at ttici,* next meeting, and the claim was considered i x ii bitant, and the directors declined to pay that amount. Drs. Sayre and Thomas, who attended Mrs. Pick, pronounced lire lady's injuries set mu*, and expressed a bcliel Ural .sire might be eiippled lor lilt). On receiving this inhumation Mr. Peek ai onco employ ed Messrs. Robinson and Scribner us coun sel, and began a suit lot damages. The complaints have already beeu seivod on tiro railroad company, tiro answer being ru turnable in twenty days, when it wilt be brought tulo llni Miipreiue court a, early a> possible. The injured lady has only partially re covered. iler itip was dislocated, bud site Is compelled to use a cnt'.cli. Her dnoghi it D expiated to all iVC horn Atlanta, (ia. In a days. N, w York Hiur. A large ru olite bill In (dm ago on last Wednesday night. It exploded with a re port like that of a cannon and did a gloat deal of tiiisr hlr f. The meteor looked tin size of a child's hoop, , r some thirty Inch es In dimaetei. Two bushels id Iravments were found after the explosion. No one Was hurl, but the electric fluid set fire to a budding am! did some hundreds ol dpl tara’ wortli ol damage. It also entered the libiiu. of Colonel Nutt and played many eccentric pranks there. It destroyed a tel ephone, dashed the globes of! chandeliers, hurst a gas meter and.blew out all llm win daw panes on the floor. Three minute* liulore the aeeident Colonel Noll and H* Wife were talking Ihlougli the telephone to lru nd at some nirtnneo. 11 ml they conlintied in contact with the instrument their death would have been almost cer tain, Pieces ul aerolite are described b the local newapnpers a* being like cllnUi r or alag, dark outside but almost white at the Centre, ll Ira very rare ami notable thing that a mete >r should tall and light uing sink, at Hu* same moment and tin same place. Hailors, indeed, generally lee) sale from lightning when they see fire ottlSa or bolides either at the yard-anna or Close by elsewhere. 111. I OKI llu had been telling bill nbotil hi* Iro' b'us, and bow everything MKfined ngnbict liiiii - l beuuintisrjl, the wicked wo’ld, anil so forth, when she, like the biave'girl she was, broke out, You must 1/e vi ry lo it indeed ol living upon frog*, Mi. J me*. Progs ] i|Uitioned he Why Hog* ? O, lrecau*e, replied the heart ies* miss you are such a croaker I A meeting was called in Kureks, Cal , to express dlrapprohatlan of Bonalor Com! ns' nourve in the Legislature but before it had been called to order tbe Senator himself walked in, look the platf irr*l, and made a brief speech In dele me of his act*. Then he went duwn among the audlenco, shook hi* fist In tbe Isms of iner. who bad Mailed the movement against him, drew a rtvol ver.aml dared anybody to present tbe nr dlull rns. The rtieeling was formally ad journed. II this had occurred iu Georgia, what a stalwart howl woulJ have been raised over It. The Washington Post, ridiculing the blood-tbirtine*s irisnilested try BenaU/r Hawes, ol Maasachuretts. In bis late speech in Congre#*, says It is trnc that in the late war tbe bellicose Bcnulor did out rush to crimson glory in his own proper [/ersoo, but he did better—he cent bis blred man to the front, and Induced the sewing socie ty ol hi* native town to send the able sub. stitule two pairs of socks and a Havelock. Secretary Kvarts u, <*id to 1/e in a dilem ma about sending back George P. Be ward as Minister to china, lie knows that arti cles of impeachment may be moved at any lima against Beward, based on the report of an Investigating committee made at the last session ol Congress; but he d'/ee not lake the reaponubiiity of opposing the Republican influences brought to hear in Isvor of the retention ol Heward. >l*n and wife are all one are they said *be. Yea what ol it? said he suspiciously. Why in that case, said hU wile I got terri bly tight last night and feel awfully atham ed ol myself this morning, lie said nejrer a word. A Bciihillml liiddcul. Wil iam IVy expired alrout midulgtit at Windsor Palace. The Archbishop of CsnJJ lerbury, with other ireers and high lunc tiouunes ot the klugd m, were iu atteuJ ance. As soon as the Scepter haJ departed, vith the last brealli ol the king, the arclt oithop quiltad Windsor Oaslh , and made is way with nil possible speed, to King ion Palace, the residence at that time, ol tire princess—already, by lire law of iuc r eision, Queen Victoria, fie arrived long beiore daylight, announced himself and requested an immodiuto lutorviuw with the princeac. She hastily attired herself an 1 met hint in hot anteroom, lie informed her of the death of William, and lormally announced to her that she was by taw aud right, suc cessor to the deceased mi uaiclr. The sovsrelguty of a nation at the feet of a girl ol eightoen. She was dejtire Q leen of tha Augio realm. In fact, on w inch the sun never sets. She wits deeply agitated at the formidable words, m) fraught with blessihg or calami ty aud tlie first words she was able to ut ter were th> e ; l ak your players m my behalf. They kneeted together, and Victoria in augurated her rcigti, like the voting king of U'ttcl in the olden time, by asking from the Highest, who rulelh iu the kingdoms of men, an understanding heart to Judge so great a people, who c raid n t bo num borc I nor counted lor multitude. • TloMw*Tmd=tfptc'i reign Ims be It worthy ol such a beginning. Many a Ibronu iu Europe has tottered alone that day. Mo.i ol Iho.li have been lor a time overturned. I hat oi England was never so llrut yc seat ed In the loyalty and love oi tho people as at this hour. Queen Victoria enjoys per tonal influence, too, the hear licit homage paid her as a Christian woman Incompar. •lily wider and greater tlinn that ol any monarch now reigning. The hanging •<! Cnpl. Wirz by tlte Re publican administration to sin inly the bru tal demand lor blood, was ot a plena with the bringing ul Mrs. Wtirrall. <ton. Tay lor's book just published, contains the iol - lowing relerouco to Andorsouvillu pris on t On this Journey through Georgia (in Iho last year ul the war) at Andorsonvllle, I passed iu sight ol a large stockade Inclos ing prisoners ol war. Tho train stopped for a lew moments, and there entered the carriage, to speak to me. a man whn said Ids name waa Witz, and Hint he was tu charge ol the pilsoncia near by. Ife com plained of thu Inadequacy of Ins guard and and the want ul aupplfes, as tire adjacent re gion was sterile and thinly populated. He also sal I (hat lire prisoners were suffering from cold, were destitute ol blaukrts, ami Hist ire had not wagons to supply fuel. lie showed me duplicates of riquisitfona and >ip|ff-nIH lor (elieflhat lie had made to i.il ‘ererit authorlllss. and these J endorsed in tin- strongest terms possible, hoping to sc jornpllah roilie good. I know nothing ol tills Wiiz, whom I met for the first ami but lie appeared to be earnest Iu Iris desire to mitigate the condition • I nis prism.or*. There can be but little doubt that his execution war a 'sop ' to the passions of tire mslry-headed. The Memphis Appeal say* a gentleman who rouble* on Adams street anil bus a fountain In the frout yard stocked with ••nail liali, Ira I been (in/./, ed lor some tlrm over the disappearance of tbe fish from the basin of tbe fountain. Ouu night la l Week be and soy era I file, da sat up and watched. About 10 o'clock they tttw Ibe liouao iat sicalt.ily aj.pro ieb the rim id the fountain nn l si-ateb in the ground. Pbe cat caugl't a worm, wlmh she moved around in the w.dcr tor a lew minute*, then when the little flab would lire and Idle at Ibe ball, lire cat with tbe paw giair bed and ate them. Pus* was the ‘lone tLlr erirjaii’ ot Iho place. Tbe above story I* authentic, yet It reads as and It was apociy pbal. Here is an Important lard tor scien tists wbo draw a di tlMClfchi between In stinct and r<ia*on. Ex-Cfov. Hendrick* ha* reiterated to tha IndDnapoilt Journal hi* declaration tbit it ii hi* ‘iionitlve and Irrevocable’ intention to decline a cererid place upon another prealdentiHl ti> ket ; that lie i* not an aapl rant for the place of Vi e-Pri-nident, and would not acoet/t a crtmuiaalon to that office If oflered to him to-day j that It la,in hia opluloo, a lee honorable and lee* re *poii*lb!e than that of Speaker of the House of Iteprerentativea, and lent remun erative than hie law practice in Indiana, and that he doc* not desire to enter the While House Iroin the back door. Ben Butler i* not a looi. lie perceive* the point of the iinmigration movement. We euggea'ed the ether dty that the move merit would do more to fettle the negro problem than many yean ol discussion, through the effect ol negro tabor on white labor la tbe North. Butler fees the poin> lie eaya the Democrats have nothing to complain of iu tbe movement. Where ever tay* he, the negro and the white Republican laborer come together in tbe North there will be ono white Re publican vole lea* and one badly demoral ized black man. inter eat* control in poli tic*, and aetUe issue#.—Ex. NO 21 A idjrcterlone Spring. In the summer ol 1868 the Third Uulted Stales Artillery, command) and by Colonel Uales, was encam ed a! the loot o( Mta iionary Ridge, sngaged in the removal of the Cherokee Indianf. Ohe day the Oot ocet ordered out a fsllgue party to e!di out the spriog, a baaetMul fountain batw bl'nx up at the toot ot the Kidge. Short ly alter, the sergeant reported to bead iu ners that bis men were all drank. Ssv the Colonel; You should not hne* let ibe men drink whiskey. I did not re plied tho sergeant, they drank nothing bat water irom the spring. Tho sergeant and men were ordered into the guard-bot*o n new detail sent out ands lieutenant plaoed> *n command with orders to not let the men have access to any spirits. N t long alt sc um lieutenant repotted the men all drunk, IT.e men were ordered to tha guard-hocaa aud the lieuten. nl under arrest. Another pat ty waa ordered out, of whieh Qo Gates himself took the command. Ha t. ok a scat on a stump so he could over look tho whole ground, determined there should be no gelling drunk this time. But trcbold in a short time his men were all ,trunk. Ho wan certain they bad drank nothing bitt water, Which-they frequently did, ucting down on their knees and drinking Irmu the branoh Just below the spring. The Colonel was al his wits’ end. The men were ordered to thu guard-bouee, m.d hu repaired to his tent to tbiuk. After weighing the matter pto and con be had to give it no, and repairing to the guard house ho told tlte men il they would show trim how it waa donu ho would releato thorn, otherwise he would punish them se voroly. To this they agreed and taking him to the spring ; Jnst below the spring In the branch they uuuarUted a five-gallon jug partly filled with whisky the mouth of which waa stopped with a cork, Iu which was inserted a quill that reached to Ik* bottom. W ben buriod Iu the ssnd the up per cud of the quill was Just above tha suilace ol the water, and when they wan* t.d to drink they stooped down, Inserted the quill tu their mouth, and while appa rently drinking pule sxalcr were Urloklug pure whlßlty, and tho Oolonel, silting oa the slump In plalq view, was uens Ihs Wt? ser toi it. They me evidently In earnest in the ep* sltlon lo cany big concealed weapons In Uaiuokviilc. The l£gl *y A. young mail came to town ou Tuesday lu a wagen a. and brought 111* little shooting iron along I ii the purpose ot getting mwe cartridges lor it. He did not like to walk through tin' street with the pistol In hit hand, even and lie thought ol U at all, ao, (lipping It out ot the wagon, ho put it in his pocket and went luto a store. Here he waa obliged to take it out In order to fit the oartildgea to it, but be lorgot to look around lo tee thal no one was observing him. The result was that some ouc aaw him repmted tbe matter at once, and he wa aoon hauled up before the City Comt end lined |lO and costs, bcvldca an altorney’s lee, to sll sotne ll,ing over 420. ills cartridges cost him pretty dear, hut ho learned something. The hen* lu Ealr liavoo have such free access to oyster shells, shell lime, etc, that „ <<..m ni-si I* needed to chip tbo way from tbo outsi le ol their egg* to tuo yota. 1 bis Is not a hard-boiled story. , Twu kind* of Iliilw. Washington Cor. Chicago Hera'd. Judge J'.'|. Hiack has long Worn s black wig. Having lately donned anew Which looked still darker, and meet ing Senator Bayard, of ironware, tho tat* ler accosted hint witb.'Whv, Black, how y uli- you lo ik, you ate not a i gray a* I am, and you mttat be twenty <-■*(• older.’ ILiinph, tab I the judge, good reason ! your hair c uncs by descent, and I get mini: bv pu clinsn. An Irishman called on a Ldy and gen tleman, in slioae employ Ire was lor tbe purpose of getting some lea and tobac co. 1 bad a dream tail night, yer honor, •■tic he to the geutlernan. What was it P M If Why, l drained that yir honor made me a present of a (toui.d of lohaccay, and her ladyship there—lf'.'HVcn bless her I gave some toy lor tbe good wife. Ab, Pat. die*ins go by coutratlc* yotl know, uald the gentleman, Fatih, and they may that, said Pat, K her ladyship Is lo give the lohaccay, and bl* honor the tay 1 Why, oaks the Wheeling Leader, don’t someone write a aong mi the first fly O aummer T H> cauac the fly wont hold atill long enough for any ono te writ* a aong on it, But you know, pa, aaid a tarmer’a daughter. when lie spoke to her about tIM *'Jdr*aev ol hia neighbor’* aou, you know ibstma want* me to marry a man of cal* ture. Bo uo I, my d**r, bo do 1, and than la no cult ora In tbe world better than ag* nculture. A gentleman recently about to pay bia ' doctor’* bill. said. Weil, doctor aa ay lit* tie boy gave tbe meaalea to all my neigh bor’* children, and aa tbey were atteoded by you, I think you can afford, at tbe last, to deduct tea per oeot. Iron the amount of my v biJl for the lncreeee o( boat neat we gave you.
