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The Meriwether County V indicator
VOL 7
JllK VINDICATOR.
P.MV.UKU UIUY riUUAY,
HY WM. T. REVILL,
A ! *•' is- I'EH ANN' M. IN A \ ANTE
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COUNTY OFFICEaS
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tlilrik It Sim t> ri/ial ; but h Oi'Alt iu,-
p. rt. Ifiatir 1* IS*: Attucluia/it fir [in.
iDi and IrtiptoTing iL (atn|i!*-. Tbe l>e*i
cotton tin [.fi rnd by it so a* to liriiif
In hi { to i cii-s.t, and atained and dr> *,t
in rn i >o 1 cent p* r jound more lu tUt
■ Grifiln market Ilian *n other Gin*.
W J. bHI DEEM
T. W. MANEEV.
J. T. MANLEY.
Cittrmn, Gx., M>y 17,1 *fTB
- J A LJEKB, Agent U> r the Uullstt
O n M*n’t’g Cos., at Gudin, Os.:
At tour request, we, piaster* and deal
er.) in cotton, give to the public oor opk
i> n' I your Gin. We take pleasure is saj
gto all ia need ol new (3ins, <bt It i
now s well-established fact tbst cotton
gfnDC-d on tl.es*; Gins bring s Hiohkji
i kick in our market than sny other, and
Ibe gins are growing io public favor. Cot
ton rii.hed in tb*m sold tact season ai
from oi e-qnarter ol a rent to one cent per
poind above tbe market price. Mr. Gul
iett’e Attachment tor imploring the sam
ple of cotton, we are sati-fied, it what be
maims Kir j*. Tbe Gin appear* to bare
reached perfection io Gin Machinery.
A. C. BOBKEE.
T J BHOOKS.
R P. McWILLIAMS-
B. B MaWILLIAMH.
1> W. PATTERSON.
R. H. SIMS-
T J. BLUODWORTU.
1 tin Agent fcr tbe Celebrated Et LIPSE
I*ORTABLE ENGINE, ro ant tact ured by
Frick A C-s h* lie coeitiea of Bui*
Fsjette and Clayton
J. A. LEEKS.
march 2$
GREENVILI.K. MEhIWETIIFH COUNTY, GA., MAY 23. 18711.
CONGHESS YESTERDAY.
Bon Hill to t lie Front—A
Strong Speech by a
Strong Man—worth
of wisdom, Mod
eration ami
Truth.
, la ilie Sen etc jc* eniiy—
M'. Hill ol Gwrci* e4ed t> aptal.
*vali itltii-i.ee to t1i.,1 pail *>t the 1,1 i pi
, oaiiig litv* Itg.alatiou willi ivgn-d lo j
e ix, xtijiciyimia of eievti'in-.ito. IL- ai..
the M*j lily (it Oo gross declsiti lioui
|lus Uo t t Uie urtiij mi l navy
♦hall Uia uiur}* *v|tU eUctidii*. T. *y
atwt ria.,u, yawiiv aud
la.* aeit b*hue the act ol ItHiA To,
T*ttttUry told tbat the and uiocials waul
e<l lo ucitruy Ui# puww ol the goveii
mevit iv> enr^;al Tub uvettTi t l
Utc yctul if Jrom V riuoiJt ought t*> iw
a’UiUciJ, {tilUoAtii llut gie.il x|UcsUo4. w ol
iiilUrVhCtt Jth** Bvo 4.1 C-.: |->li*.
l **** I ( <hl>a the
as&uiu.iiiJWWit thertj c H) le uu i>i..Un
liou I*# the c >i.utry by the Mmt.*i\
urm. it Uiix aht iCiJ urJoituuttu 1) nn
bs? Ut-heveii if* -HjC fr-fui rv\ the
\\*>uui he ui uu ell*!.
All, 11 ill then ihllUvloa t< ;eibOus win
uu * at'jo.ifiiC'i in Uie boutll, Ui il yoiie
Noitn iu U .ive ketuFs uu t aohj et
*.I |ftiuL.eiM Nvr-jiiga uiul ouiragei*, l..cu
• luteuuiita beiug tlhu t xug^ei.ti ,: imaui *
tii , Aiiii atidHi ii h lied iu lliuh! w lu) lnbU
Uu'icl iulse | h lii hii null k‘f then uaii
peiboiiu' hi la Iji, uts they Ih < .mu bllid i.n
hi ilit Uii •iy t.i lUiihuUd It i Ute leiii 10l
Uic Itiiiucis. Ihe eouih hud b* e* il uiu
lig iid id u hubdi i ll dill. K ill 6i. 4* > mi ■
I 'i.j,Toi l, i. juuipoikj */i uutu-. ii /J g the
JiOllk nmi to tu Ult; Uu. Itpubiii wu* lu llu
U’>um l>). i own,
I Inn was a J*, islxteu , CoJ ..e-,1. It bll'a
ty aud iiieiatoiial pur;)'..-to to iiuluce Uu
prc.-tdciil lo vel > the bill ptoiiibiu ,g in.;i
tar) loti 1 leieuca at (he j-oiL. lie riev*
board that Uie p.'i siduut would vfcto lh,
iiiii' 11, iltil not heiiiyc ‘.lit) pii uiiii.
w ould Ic.d bill! iII t, uu) such scbeuit
l .ii' }>. ca tuv.. t sigiulized his aiili, in uu alio n
:,) (In lenlovul ol to, lumps a, Uo: soulb ,
i il, tben lole, be did Dot he lev Ike pun
lei.l uuid be gur.ly ot iiicousl slcney b)
' lull g Ibis bill. The pKsidui t ele laic
,o li,s lliuuguisl adilicao- Do.I |in mull aI,
aat sOnvd Inc coiilKly 1.e.-.l seivtd. hi
.alii. IK h*)|#tl the pissUlenl would
Ii .a, y. lb*' , aluoi ol llio,. w iio a.e
~ i . II,; lo |, V V secll'lii.i! HgHatton . J
li*' khouhl do Mi, l.e would lot tbe* secohO
11111. 11l in■ lid li ill inti aUou show hunch
worthy ol III.: |.oßiilon he holds. Hot il
o should vein lb* Ini. for pmly ends, tin
.ixi■ w-.old to. < wiaii ill,: lw t panic,
oul'l be In lo lac uo the g" rl Issue,
,nd wn nil li e Ct inia'iallc parly would
un i wtiii in del.ili.ni, hot li lorteas lln
opuO.n m, Mi If li i‘,a'ai< I, result t
. vi 'o hoc* -si they wn i tne uiidiai)
|..e* to cun 11 ot r-ieelions, nr oidci lo i- c 1 j
i.ii'llian i j |.| Sl,
M; li o .111 ined ttiist llic tiem,iidoiik
.ul, si do a m loie the Country had ns or
,o iiih no ii Mug lo (lie purpose .el the re
, ~lj.icaii l . obi a 0 übsoiut*: control ol the
lali * by lotee, in oid‘ l to jM'l|o:luutc then
~ower, win inor tin people are wiilh.g or
■ l , D l in luillma re ol 'ben purpose,
.loivet eveiy rejiublhatu neuter one belli
• ckicg to iii,pi e* the country v* ,lh llu
dea-d gicsl and icger to c Inc Irvin slid
■in f oil "Cooluderau s in Cvogrcks.”
Tee scuaior liotu New York ((.onklm )
be I j-oinnd ojl Jthc nuoib. r of seumoi*
aoi rcpui en'utives woo were lu lue cum
Icde ttt mi VICO, t*y mg Uiut, bccauae Ol
i. , the pcop c ol the north were alanne-i,
the cbaiges that Ibev WCIC UOt
yn and could not be limited, wtie ba<d
uu Ui*. ms-uni, Uou that they we;e euemie.
and the Lui ui, add. ShoU:ii tiie govern ncol
ps* to to ttieil hands, lueie would be great
danger to the public liberties. ,1) Uic as
sumption was hue Hie ieuit was lueviU
oti. it they were enemies to the union,
ihey had uci right la congress—no Ijjki
.ieu heie, an J ii they were honorable men
hey cugut lo leave. The people ol the
north ought to uu tertian t these things
lie granted what toe senator lroia New
i'ork intimated- This gush arih not do,a*
the senator said, and that thia walking
arm-iii- aria and the shaking ol baud* by
oouledeialea aud uoiou men iu puuitc aa
sem idles was well enough lot sun lay
echo- I teachers. B'ateaineo, he said, want
reaaou. The representative* Iron toe
south were not eneuiie* lo tne union, and
ti-ereiore ougul io be present he.-e. Ihe
lepublicans oppose the repeal ol obnoxious
,aw* under me pretence mat me aoutn is
not to be UusteU. How could it lie that
ne aoutn w not Ij be trusted, because n
wax proposed bo repeal laws that had no
oeau ou the statute- book lor seventy-five
.ears belore they were enacted i Was the
eouifi not lo be Hinted because it wanted
intelligence and virtue in the jury-box,
and because it wametpibe arm/ taken
away lioai Ihe poll* and bttsuse Ibe
bmlh, through ns leprWnlativee, wished
to prevenl the conti oi ol elections by dep
uty-maieha is and supeivisors ? Tne South
ern ineu went :o war ui vmUits'jons ol
their convictions. Ihe Eioulh did,- not bl
eed Horn the Union because mey were tL
emies of ae constitution and the Union,
it was dnveu iul> secession by the exirem
uU oi the North. The senator Irons New
! Y> rk ( nnklisc) called Use retiiescnUtiws
! o tin S.i Hi *o\,le.|cuU'®.' and ttc'U fili
rio.; llic Noilli tiial they tuight'Kihcalarm
; c.l, Itx a.ist ’lie legislation was proposed
by the s.imc kind ol men that worn here
bet, sv l.e war, lie (.Mt. 11 il.) bad btou
. akin,; a vouut, too, and strangely as the
-euator migiit tiuck ol it, ol the nine rep
•e.'i iuativis aul two seimtora lioai
-i i, i ioe—cer ituly ei .lit were opposed to
*i oesston.
Mi. C .iikll p asked wltea f
Mr. ll tit replied ; Till il , amo ; and
the a itiey at. aid op u that daik hour like
iicti tiir Hun convictions. Tney bad tto
apnlogy to tii-ike. *4l tbe nine ly-three
soutncrii repieaenUlivoa and aerators
about evenly-live iVi-lo npp ISC,I to stSCOi
slon. He memi.*nod tins to show bow
stiuoil the s iiillieiu po>ple ar-. Tnoy are
willing lo be icpieseuled by men liue to
tbe utiiou. llu Ibeu pioc. eile i lo itiiale
s. uie cl itia perso a! bUlory. H ulb U.tu
luiii Si ccdctl lu December, ISOU. Toe pio*.-
, le ul Troup cunly, alone bo lived, itv
tpiesie.l him toscivu as tbeir del gale i..
Uv .Will iUauuUvW Ul 4jlu *nt*k. Ux.
cwpled Uot trul id a letter, in which be
said be wouldconseut to (be dissolution ol
(lie union as be wj till lo the death it his
I .liier—oiuy Irom necessity, thill bad and
, , iitniT- taen were tight lag. lb* eguiou
Wbu ii nevci harmed anyone, atid Fiat tit
would uetei ak any more Item those who
were diSttoying the goverutnouV in then
lolly than to give bin children a belter Out',
l'i.e people tent lliUl lo liiu euuveullon
w lltioUl opposill u. In January be bad t
make tne asl spvredi agulnsl the naohiiiou
in l*v.i ol M'Ci'asiOii. tlu the nineteenth
ot that ui.m li, wlieii tbe ordluaucc wn
hauird.be w rote.B letter lo a blend, tel
log him tin- deed was dune, and dial
tit igin that day uu the union. Tin
a,nil .wen wild w nil iAt s', on,ul, a paity
value lo seienudo him, a* il bad done oth
ers, put bis reoiu as oat lv, li is heart sail,
.lUU liia l siitnl. No iiisUvr who
a, in the w n tig. he said in that lelier,
tu uni u ha i lit lieu.
in l.hi b ..ad a toi lespnndcucr with that
g.t at and goon man, iiuruce tile, ly, who
did mote to bul.d up the republican |iaily
l aii any uiau in A neuei .Mr. 0. w ■ . U
*cl in In* convictions,ami boldly declared
tin Ui. In Ins letter lo that geiiUeuian, in
reply to somelbuig l Uh* had hu ll suid
couceiljiug him, he vviole that ho was en
liled.loitn anitleuie ol Iliu lea Ins ol tin
I iibum, having in the wiubi ot lbdU
warned the lie pie agiytusl *t:cesiuii, and
told lie in that war would come 'in utu
<1 ,1, II ice, vhid l'ttve mid desolating wu .
Many ol the litu-aodvl# said il Hie N*uln
ilesiiu 1 to secede It could do so iu peao .
Ihe peuple ol ibertoulu did uot accede
because ol hostility to the couslltulloti.
Ihey pledged the mudves to lorm anew
..ne on tin; in idel ol the old. I ho South
acceded Imtausc wui was Made on da con
-tit cl id ml light# by Ihe txlieuiUls ol the
North lo deaticy its piope-ty, mil In
i .iuau the N ntlie ii people, (hiougli tlieh
Kei cbln an leu ieia, said that accession
. liould he accomplished iu p< oec. M
Incley ;-snl liny wanted no Union pin '
i 1 to.cllici with bayonet*. Then: wen
liUU lied* cl t ouauml* ol poison* who l
h> ved Unit ihe only way lo avol I a w n
was lo senile. They believed they hud a
light lo protect and preserve their slave
piopeity. II they had believed that wsi
would result they never would have need
ed.
Tin Georgia Convention Miut him t > the
I’loviK. local Cotigiesa. The people bo
i.i ved liiul il tln ie could be a delay ol a
lew ninths, -ar could be averted. Virgio
-11 had not then gone out ol the union ,
mi I she is i tied a proclamation lor a I'eacc
C' nicreuce. Ills heart wormed, ami fit
hoped lot- success. Heveu states had then
gone out, >u . thctelore they could not
participate hi st.ch convention, hut they
wadied every movement with intercut
I u'w; veiy fueu who make charges ol illfi
debtv against the aotberu triple went to
Washington to deleat the put poses uI Vii
gmla. In prool ol this he rend the follow
ing Ictier:
Washington, February 11, 11X11.--My
Dear Governor : Governor Hinghsoi snd
myseli telegraphed to you ou balurday, at
tne requ<*t ot Massachusetts sod New
York, lo send delegates to the Peace Com
promise Congress. They admit that we
were right, mud they were wrong , that no
republican slate should have sent dele
gates, ‘rut they me here, aud cannot gel
away. Onto, Indiana and Kbode Island
are coming In, and there IS danger ol Illi
nois, and now they beg us lor (1 od,s sake
lo come to their leacue aud save the re
publican party irons inplure. 1 hope they
will send stifl-bscseJ men, or none. Ihe
whole thing was got up against my judge
ment, and will end in tblu smoke. 1 hope
a* ft matter ot courtesy to some of our eri
mg brethren, that you will send the dele-
S*b*.
Truly your (riend
• Z. Chandler.
Hi* Excellency Austin Blair.
To tbia letter a postscript was added,
saying tbe northern people think that a
fight would be awlnl, but without a iittie
blood-idling this union wid not, in toy
ertiniHti'in, be worth a rath.
'J he representative* ol tbe south must
be busted. Tbe south sought to avert
the war, but the north tried to bring it on
lie (Mr. Hill) knew the republibanscUun
td.to have tav and the union, hot it Un-re
bad bceu no republican party tbe union
would i-pl hare been in peril, auti. there
would have heen go accession, no return
mg boaids and no electoral e niuiDsion.
It ha I been aa'tl here that II the j)* .pie
<>! the Norih have an itht-r w .r H will cut
<le pet than the first on . Wottld they
make war incuiJS the people want purity
-ni(t ilitelligen e M the Jury-box-, to keep
iroop* away Iroot Mte pulls, an I bccau-n
iney wanted to say It) tbe States, Y’ou are
ible to control yoar ulecltona, and becau-e
■ lie reprise itatiTa* •! tbe Stiutli atood here
s a bwlwark -galaat those who would tie
-troy thu .;o isulutwu by destioymg tbe
Slate r
11 you must J>*** a war, they would
umluUiu Ihoir llgi&|Jii the u lion. li .1
Uu ousted the • wditUl be no war. Tua
men ol ihu S nil.h vfyniid go wi h the sUr
vitcl strips— Uie UdjjpM tneir country. The
I ample would t.ikajfeaigc ,and tbe question.
IE- as*uitut lliose M, heard him that tin
North need not 10-jjgiuio.l ou account cl
the South; bui thejypxti cauae to be alarm
ed by such UircaUgA usvo been made by
iy ui me Union, ad perpetuate iis bom l.
I'ouy were golug to tha people in lavor , i
the conslituttou which Midis m tunnel,
and WeliS'.or tapounded—in lavor ol Ir. t
doui at the polls ; tutodigonce in the jot y
iry iuiPtbe >nda[t**d.fnee o| the;tiitrs n,i
Iho managotat ui tii eleetioi.s liuieaflei.
The people would auswor North and
South, no lar trim decreasing the Deni •
cratic nuij iilly m this hotly, those meas
ures Would IllCleasa H. As lu tmollicr wai,
the men who lost all in tbo late war would
not Hi* it a f ,aiu. Wo owe nothing to i e
Kepubikalis. It was through the veiy
“boucy ol the authotity aud sovereignly ol
the bub, which you tlmughi you liad de
stroyed, that we aic ihle lo be hero to-d ■>'
n i thiougli lull,ni laituu and Irsud. It’s uot
(rue that wo are soliij against the Ninth
\Yu ale solid agaiiisttlai Kupuhlivau pa ly.
\Vhy should w not he * Can you womly, ?
1 will uot speak ol the last. Do you think
we me going to love yot lor the specclie*
you have made during tuc lasi lour weeks,
eliminating uu I si slderl ig us In every
loin) f You may uo| Know i , hut .* are
mem Every vile shay ot Pan I, no mutter
how oij wot thy ol bellel, is paraded against
tie !< u'.huni people; but uo matter how
much lestluiooy ul guotl hum wo bring lo
ii luto thue hvlsuhoods, Hi tl tustimouy is
cried down.
Wo regard (h i Uijprlillcau party us
none sectional. We J)n (he irom icrals ol
100 Nor'lr because we anuiie Hilp u raise
doling Uie war. We htd a lenlblu ordeal,
Iml iio ) had one, pci haps, woise. Thu ll
delity lo lUip Uulou lh<|f believed in lo I
iln ni to light uptiual Ug but alter the win
bey mel us ms men, and
(but is why we go with them. ll
Iht Hontlr wa* solid ujaiipl Ihu couxtilu
iioii il would ho repulieiisible, t>ul they
were not. Wo are solid lor preserving llu
roiulHutl hi and Its piildplo*. ll is Dot
,ti:, Iml Norlberu (••<-••: who seek virile an I
ah . are agaiuxl Ihu Unsni. ll wn* nor
llic itcpubiicuiia, but lie Norlhern D m -
i iuls who saved the Uiion.and they will
preserve 11. We could no: help them save
it, but we aie here to i*lp Ihun pm.crye
it.
Mr. Hill auld he win bom a slaveholder,
Iml never bought a slave, except o*wi who
asked him to do an. and he was not asham
ed ol tha'.. he would never willingly de
prive n human being ul any ot his light*.
Horn aud rcnVwd amid the traJillons ol sla
vury, be yet wished vrh'tu MOCe'Sioii v,a*
projiosod, that slavery should perish raili
cr than aland lu the wsy ol the uu Inteu
ance ol ihe Uuiiii. In disunion he saw an"
areby, iiorror, the deilrucllou ol HtaUo,;
sud only desp ilUin. Diaurllou In any
firm was iiollrlng hut bloody waste and
ruin to all race, and conditions of men.
Omul more it is prove* lli-tt there are some
tliiu :• wouico can do a* well as other*. A
certain Maine lady, whose husband hail
lallc-d in keeping a hotel in Boston, being
well educated, hcallliy, and enterprising,
determined to try stock-raising in the
West a a mean aoi support. As tbe Port
land Proa* tell* the dory she had a nice*,
a young lady stalling in China, and the
two together started lor Oregon with some
little money the old lady poaaease 1 in her
own light. They a*cured two grants ol
laud ol 190 acre* each i ear Beattie, and
went to work with a will. Recently the
lady wrote to her husband to come out.
aou he It so pleasad with the couutry and
the aucc M of the two tidies he has induc
ed severs I friend* to come out lroin the
East and colonize there. ‘1 he two women
nave raised forty bead oi cattle, and have
a very large flock of (beep, and hare also
raised ail subaisteoea required. .They bare
had the complete management oi affairs,
and are entitled to all tbe credit—Butfal •
Advertiser.
fiiutrtmaaly Dei Uuc,
From the Baltimore Gazette-
Ex-Seoator Conover oi Florida hat set
tled down st Horiolk, Va., as inspector ol
customs at a salary oi $4 a day, Sundays
not included. /This may seem like a tre
mendous let-down to a man who was re
cently the peer of Cook Hog sod Iloar, and
whose Income was sls a day, bot It is a
mighty sight better than having to work
lor a living. Better man than Mr. Oonk
liag are now causing the able hoe io glitter
ia the radiant auulight of the Wcat, and
are subsisting on Jowl and tprouli-
TOO LA I E TOU It 04) till JIC
PIIF.It AON.
Mark Train Apologizes for not
Making a Speech.
Matk Twain was lecently at a tilu ier
ol the SEtuley Club in l'.iii-, and being
calls I u |mu lor s sjveoch, is thus rep rtext
hy .li e Continents! GaZeetie ; Ml. Ilyan
salH lo me Just now lint I’d got to uiake a
speech. I said 1/ Sl*. Ityuu, I'm news
canifi too late to save Huger MtPh r>oti
UL sad t.. know that m me things always
. unit 100 late, and w hen 1 hmk a mil and
u, on hi, brtilhmt assemblage 1 it el disap
pointed to li.|nk vvhut a nice speech 1
might have made what tin** topic*-I might
have found in I’aiia to speak about aiimug
these historic monuments,the arehiuctuiu
ol Palis, the lowers ol Nolle D.ine, the
cafes, the Miter ancient things. 1 lieu I
'night have suld something about Ibo oig.
JwiU pi whi. il p.iis | Iks win t ied hlcla*
Min*, art", medicine f'heu taking a car#-;
from his vest pocket, us U to lake a glance I
il iiis notes] and laehi ills. Hut thu news
came too late to save llogef McPherson !
l’ei Imp* you am not aa w ell acquainted
with McPbervon as lam ? Well, I’d ot
iaiu- wbo M. rSeu. o.y via . Wbvli wc
sided Irom N< w 5 otk there l umu oo board
a mere skeleton' He wasn't much id a
man, bo uaui’l, aud on the vuyuge we ot
leii heard him say to htmsell, Ihu news
came 100 lalo to save Huger McPherson,
ud lie suld, l'ur McPhoisi.n ; bill tbe
news cnniu too late lo save H< get MiPbei
sm ; How too lute I asked. Ahonl three
weeks too late, lie replied ; I'll tell you
how It happened ; A Irienu ot mine died
and they told me 1 must lake his In dy on
the eais tu liis parents in Illinois. 1 said
I’d do il, ami they gave uie a caul with
Hie address, and told me tu go down lo the
repot anil put it upon a ho* I’d (Kid there,
have the ho* pul on llic baggage ear and
go light along with it lo Illinois. I louud
the bo* all light, and nailed the card o(i it,
and pul II on the e.uis , then l went Into
llic de,.t and got a sandwich. I Was
walking aioum; eating my sandwich,gaud
1 parsed by the baggage loom, und lliere
was my ho* with a Jn ug Ilian walking
around looking at it, cud he had a card In
his hand. I tell liku got g up to that
youi.g mao aud saying : rttrangor, thui'ti
my corpse; Hut I didn't l walked on,
ale my sandwich, and when I lo ,1m l hi
agulu the yomp' man wax gone, but tlicie
wa< licit curd nailed light on that Imx. I
went an l lookel on that card, it was <li
leeled to Col. Jenkins, Cleveland, Ohio,
no I lo ,ked in the cat, and there was my
hot all right. J .at bulorv the 11 uiu stalled
a man rami' into tliu Inigg ige car and laid
a lot ol lluitx rger cheese down on my bo*;
he (tidu'i know wliat was in my bo*, you
kno v, uti i I didn't know what was in hi*
paper, Imf I louud later. It was an awin'
cold nl,'Til, and alter we started the bag
gage master came in. Hn was a nice lei
low,J iliiihoii was, and said, A man would
Irerze to death, ml there, I’ll inuko it
rigid. Ho 'he (bill all the doors
and all the windows, built a rousing
coal (Ire in the slove ; then ho look turns
fixing Ihu i at uml poking the lire, till I be
gan to smell something and feel uncom
fortable, so I moved iih I>r away from the
corpse as I could, and .1 dinsnn says to me,
A blend of yours T Did Ini die lately 1
This year I mean. Hava I, I’ll fl* It: so I
opened (ho window, and w took turns
Ineathlitg the Irish air. AHer a While
Johnsons Id, Let'* smoke, l think that'l
ni it. H> we 111 inti cigars and pufi.'d a
bit, hut we got so Hick that we h t them g"
out again—lf didn't do any good. W*
tiled the air again. Hays Johnson, lie's In
no trance, Is lie f There's doubt about
some people being dead, hot there’s no
doubt mlkki; him, is there f Whit did he
die oft We stopped ai a station,and when
we started off ngam Johnson cone In wlili
a boit!c ol disinfector, and says, I’ve got
something that’ll fix il. Ho lie sprinkled
it all around, over the b is, the llmburger
and everything; but It wouldu’t d>, the
smells didn't inf* well. Johnson sa'd.Juat
think ol il. We’ve all got to die, all gut to
comt to this. 'I hen we thought we’d
move the box to one end ol the car; so
we ttoopeJ over It; I took one end of 1:
aud he look the otf er, but we oouldn’t get
it tar. Joheaon says, We'll fr eze lo
death II wn stay out bn tbe plallorm;
we’ll die if we stay In here. Ho w e took
hold of it again; but Johnson couldn't
staud If, he tell right orer. I dragged him
out on the platiorm, ami tbe col l air
soon brought him to, and we went Into
the car to get warm. What are you going
to do T aaked Johnson, and he looked 111.
We ere sure tlure typhoid lever and a
dozen other levers We’re planted,** arcl
At last we thought It was better to go out
on tbe platiorm. In an hour sod a half 1
vim taken oft that platform still, nearly
frozen to death. They put ma to bed and
1 had all them (ever* Johnson spoke about.
You see the thing worked on my mind, it
didn't do me no good to learn, three week
after, that tbete had 'term a mistake—(bat
my corpse hod gone to Col. Juukins.Cleve
land. Onto, and that I had taken his box
of rifles lor decent burial to Illinois. The
uews come too Iste to save Roger McPbei
son—about three week* too late. Amid
roars >d applause, Mr. Tram close by sty
log : When I am not prepared to apeak, I
always apologize, and that's the reason
I've told you so much about Roger Me
i'bersoL.
llelfi on B y.
Hold on to o n toncu*! when yon are
j i*l leml.v to sweat, lie or apeak harshly.
Hold on to your loot w lien you aie 04
'he p int ol kicking, iimuing oil from ata
dy, <>r pursuing tin: pain ol shame or
crime.
Hold on to your hand when you are
about to scratch or and , an improper act.
II Ul on to your temper w hen you are
angry, • xcited or Eimose'd upon, or when
ollicts arc angry with you.
Hold on I,) your heart when evil aaao
cWtca seek y, ui company and invite you
to Jo.u iu Uidr mirth, games aid deviW
meiit.
Hold on to your g,„x) name at all time*,
or ilia ol more value than gold, high
I laces oi lashi''liable aitire.
Hold ou to the truth lor It wiliT torse
you well, aud do you good throughtort all
siemlij. ’ rr "
an I places. ’ '\WKL
I.U t 111 nml T* siiiiUi-iii of n
Ik iinkiir*l.
O
I die a wretched sluitur, and l leu Vo to
the w.rbl wor'hlest reputation, a wick
•s) example, io/d u umnory that is ouly fit
t" perish.
I leave to iuy ; ar,a a a rr,,w and bluer*
oeas ol soul all the day* ol their Urea. I
loave lu my brother* anil sialarssliarne und
gdol. and the reproach ‘ul their acq tain
laucis. 1 leave my wile widowed and
lit uri-broken, anil a Itlo of lonely strug
gling wnh wain and suffering. I leave
my children a tumid] name and a ruined
'position, a piiitul iguora ce and tliu moiti
lying iccolhciion ol a hiilier who hy his
hfc ildgi.n'oil licmauity, und at hi* prema
ture deth J hied the gicat c* uipuny of
ilmsu who ure never to euter the kingdom
ol God True Mission.
The following story of Lincoln is recall
ed hy a Wuvliinglou correMpoodeiit ; An
active abolitionist had boon appointed hy
Mr. Lincoln in ho secretary ol one of the
leriiioriiH, up recommendation of Mr.
Sumner. Tne mau lurue.l out to be die
honvgi, ami the (act was reported to Mr.
Huiune*, who incredulous, weut in sen too
President. Mr. Lincoln laid the prools or
the man's tiihonesty before Mr. Buuinor,
assuring him (h it the man was undoubted
ly a bad egg. lib , Huiuuor was obliged lo
admit the force ol the evidence, bu he
* dil, Why, I ouu’t tell hi* Iricud* that he
is a had egg. Oh, yes, raid Mr. Lincoln,
tii at expresses it exactly. You lull them
'hut I nay their man Is a had egg. And
the classical H u ator departed with hla in
elegant message, which lie no uouhl alter
ini into more polished phrase failure im
pairing it.
bui. I.iiwrc'iicc’a I>lv*hg:*l Wife*
\ lelier has Imud received at Newport,
It I , from Paris, signed Eva Van Dou
Neal. It it Inhered Irom this that Mr*.
Eva Taylor L iwrenco, a niece o! ex-Prcsi
.leiit Z ichary Taylor and divorced wife of
Gen. Albert O *U'.in Laf fence, has 'oeon
mariiod In Paris to Amedeo Van llu Not
loi n.urly Secretary of the Belgian legation
at Washington,with whom Mrs. Ltwienoe
eloped some time ago. Tbe particular* ol
ibe elopement, ol the harmless duel which
followed In Helglum between tbe injured
husband anil Mr. Van Dir Neat, ami ol
'he divorce which was graiiletl to the Gen -
etal by the Supreme Court ol ltlrode Is
land but a lew weeks ago, are la miliar to
tire public.
There Is one Democrat whom Z-eliHiish
Chandler always treats with marked rea
ped. That Is Senator Voorhee*- Reason
In Hie dining room of the Kirkwood
House, Washington, a go >d many years
ago Z ichariah ventured to refer to Voot
lice* sa a traitor and coppitrfiead. Where
upon Daniel hoisted a pitcher foil of milk
and sprawled him. The landlord ws#
kind enough not to charge eitfcer lot tbe
pitcher or the milk. 1
Referring to tbe alcbjobolic eructation to
which the Uultbe BlaUs Henate was treat
ed lasi Friday, the Washington Post
seys :
llZ.ch Chandler were a democrat!*
Senator and made such an exhibition of
htuisull as the senate wai called upon to
witness yesterday, bow the welkin oi the
pious and cultivated north would ring.
Yus. No doubt the cultivated Massa
chusetts gentleman who i>crformed tbe
religious ceremony of murdering bis child
tbs otb' r day, would have tent a card to
bss county paper denouncing the bullying
manners acd untutored ways oi the fol
lowers of Andrew Jsckson-—[Baltimore
Gazette.
Tbe constantly Inti easing popularity of
Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup is a guarantee ol Us
utefulneo* and aflecUventsa lor children
sulßiing front IViud Colic, Diarrb®* or
Dysectary. P.u* 23 cents a bouls.
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