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THE HAMILTON WEEKLY VISITOR.
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g X BUSSELL C R RUSSELL
RUSSELL & RUSSELL,
attorneys at law,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
TFUI practice hs all the Stole Courts
3-1- Jenlums.
HAMILTON, GA.
' THOS. S. MITCHELL. M. D.,
Kesideat Physitiai and Snrgtoa,
HAMILTON, GEORGIA
■serial attention given to Operative Sur
gery and treatment of Chronic Disease*.
Term* Cash.
W. I* 1 - TIC3HSTE3I=t,
DENTIST,
COLUMBUS, - GEORGIA,
Office over Chapman’s drug store, Ran
dolph's!, near city terminus of N. & 8. R. R.
Itefqx jfully offers hi* services to the peo
ple of Harris county. ju2oly
CHATTAHOOCHEE HOUSE ,
By J. T. HIGGINBOTHEM.
WEST POINT, GA
HENRY C. CAMERON,
Attorney at Law,
HAMILTON, GA
HR. i. W. CAMERON,
HAMILTON, GA.
Special attention to Midwifery. Charge*
Moderate.
Slues Dozier,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
HAMILTON, GEORGIA
Will practice In the Chattahoochee Circuit,
#r anywhere else. All kind* of collection*
roaHKD —either way.
W. JT- FOGHsB,
Dentist,
OLUMBUS, GEORGIA
Office In the building of the Georgia Home
Insurance Company. feb2l-ly
Rankin house
COLUMBUS, GA.
J. W. RYAN, Prop’r.
Feakk Goiden, Clerk.
—3
RUBY RESTAURANT,
Bar and Billiard Saloon,
UNDER THE RANKIN HOUSE.
NEW GOODS.
We have In store a full and well-selected
stock of
S3PKI3STG GOODS,
BOUGHT VERY LOW.
Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Boots and Shoes,
Clothing, Crockery, Hardware, Drugs, etc.,
which we will sell at the Lowest
Prices for CASH.
A nice lot of Ladies’ akd Musks’ Hats,
which we will sell vert low.
Prints, best brands, 10c.
Coats’ Thread, 80c. a dozen.
Brown Homespun, 7 to 16c.
Bleached “ 7 to 20c.
Clotbirq.—Coats, $1 to $lB.
Panto, $1.25 to *9.
All other goods as low as they can be
bought in any market South.
All we ask is, Give us a call.
COWSERT & KIMBROUGH.
Hamilton, Ga., April 17, 1874—3 m
TO THE TAX-PAVERS OF HARRIS
COUNTY!
The following is a list of my appointments
for my second and third rounds, for the pur
pose of receiving tax returns:
Blue Spring, May 4lh aud June 16th.
Hamilton, May 5, June 2 and 22, July 1.
Ellcrslie, forenoon of May 6th and June 9,
and at Mt. Airy in the afternoon.
Waverly Hall, forenoon of May 7th, and
all day on June 10th.
Milner’s X Roads, afternoon of May 7th,
and all day on June 11th.
Valley Plains, forenoon, Barnes’ afternoon
of May Bth and June 12th.
Goodman’s X Routs, May 9 and June 13,
Catania, May 11th and June Bth.
Lower 19th, May 12th and June 16th.
Upper 19th, May 13th and June 17th.
Whitaker's, May 14th and June 18 —Har-
gett’s in forenoon, Billingslea’s afternoon.
Whitesville, May 15th and June 24th.
Davidson’s, May 16th and June 19th —Flat
Top in forenoon, Johnson’s Mill afternoon.
Cochran’s X Roads, May 18 and June 20.
By an act of the last Legislature, Tax Re
ceivers are required to lay before the Grand
Juries, at the fall terms of the Courts, their
returns; and if, upon examination, they find
any property given in under market value,
said Jurors are required to re-assess the same.
JOHN M. WISDOM,
apl7-7t Receiver of Tax Returns.
BAIiILTOX MALE SEMINARY,
HAMILTON, GA.
Tire exercises of this school will be resumed
on Momtoy, January 26, 1874.
Parent* or guardians having boys to edu
cate may feel safe in Bonding them to this
school.
Hamilton is centrally located between
West Point, La Grange, Talbotton and Co
lumbus, and accessible by railroad from the
latter place. Perhaps no locali'y can eXiel it
for its good health, fine society and excellent
church facilities.
Board ecu be obtained m the best of fami
lies at from $12,60 to $15.00 per month.
The course of instruction will be thorough
and practical; the government mild but fi. m.
The following are the rates of tuition, pay
able at the end of each session :
Spelling. Reading, Writing, Primary
Geography, Primary Arithmetic,
etc , per month $2.00
Reading, Writing, Geography, Arithme
tic, History, English Grammar, •
English Composition, etc., per
month 8.00
University Arithmetic, Algebra, Geome
try, Latin, etc., per month 4.00
The Higher Mathematics, Latin, Greek,
Natural and Moral Science, etc., per
month 5.00
Compositions and Declamations required
throughout the course.
• First Term continues six month*; second,
foqr months.
There will be a Public Examination at the
close of the first term.
8. T. FULLER, Principal.
References : H C Kimbrough, A T Brooks,
F Barnes, J M Mobley, Willis Jones, W W
Bruce. J T Johnson, President Board of
Trustees. j l ®- 2
DEBTORS 4 CREDITORS’ NOTICE
All those indebted to the estate of John
Westwood, deceased, are hereby notified to
make immediate payment; and those having
claims against the estate of said deceased are
notified to present them duly authenticated
within the time prescribed by law.
mar2o 6t JAMES FOKBE3, Adm’r.
GEORGIA —Harms Countt.
James D. Moultrie makes application for
letters of administration upon the estate of
Dorliska Moultrie, dec’d, late of said county.
All persons concerned are hereby notified
to show cause, if any they have, by the first
Monday in April next, why said applica
tion should not be granted. Given under
mv hand officially, March 2, 1874.
marG-td J. F. C. WILLIAMS, Ord'y.
IMPORTANT TO
FARMERS AND GARDENERS!
All persons who wish to raise the largest
and best Cabbages in the world, should send
25 cents for one package of imported Alsatian
the finest quality arid weighing
upwards of sixty pounds may be raised in
any partof the United States from these seed.
Each parkage containing an ounce, will be
aent free of postage to any address, on receipt
of the price, 25 cents each, or five packages
f °FuH directions how and when to plant ac
company each package-
marSO-Ot 86 Amity Bt., New York.
DR. PIERCE" S
mmm
G oldE discover^
cores all Humors from the worst Rerof
.i. to a common Blotcla or Pimple.
From two to six Ijottles are warranted to
eureSalt Rfccinn or Tetter, Pimples
Bol<. Erysipelas and
i?v.r a romß,alm. Six'to twelve bot
xSSS “ Serofulons
S.iiSi and Sores and all Skin and
®*y IS Ma£eo. ISy Its vronderlnl
sectoral pro A*"" It will enrethe roost
severe recent or lingering Cough * ball
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HAMILTON, HARRIS CO., GA„ FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1874.
MY MIRACULOUS ESCAPES.
BT SELF SHARPENER.
I have read of many narrow es
capes, both by sea and land, from
bloody pirates, or engulphing waves,
of the one, and merciless savages, or
wild beasts, of the other. With a
shudder I recall my own experience,
to which, after a lapse of nearly a
score of years, I cannot loolc baok
without thanking a kind Providence
for my remarkable preservation.
In the year 1852, 1 took passage
on board a ship at San Francisco,
California, for the Isthmus, cn my
way home in the South ffoni the
g6id mines. Our ship, the Ida', c ar
ried some two hundred passengers,
mostly returning miners. Some, like
myself, had been unsuccessful, whilst
others had gathered rich rewards
from the golden sands.
According to the old adage, “ a
good beginning makes a bad end
ing,” we might have been prepared
for ill luck, for a vessel never left a
port with a brighter prospect than
did ours.
On the eve of the 23d of Septem
ber (well do I remember the date),
a hurricane came on just at dusk. I
hastened on deck without any premo
nition of what was to follow. The
crew had taken in nearly all the sails,
and we were scudding along under
bare poles, at the rate of seven or
eight knots an hour, through the
angry storm; red, blue and yellow
lightning was playing and darting
athwart the stormy sky; great drops
of icy rain struck me in the face; I
grasped the gunwale tightly to secure
myself; the mate was issuing some
orders to the crew—this I well re
member. The next instant 1 was
overboard in the foaming, seething
waters, whether from a sudden lurch
of the ship, or my hold giving way,
I know not. Upon rising to the sur
face, I distinctly heard the cry above
the noisy elements, of “ man over
hoard, man the boats! ” and saw the
vessel fast leaving me to my fate, un
til the waves and darkness hid her
forever from my view. I was an ex
cellent swimmer. I swam towards
the fast receding ship with all the
strength I could exert, in hopes that
the boats, if searching, would find and
take me in. Vain hope; futile exer
tions ! If they ever tried to find me
I know not. I soon became so ex
hausted that I ceased all attempts in
that direction, and gave up all hopes
of being rescued by my late com
rades, Something struck me on the
head, knocking me nearly senseless,
I grasped it. It was a thick, heavy
plank, eighteen inches in width, and
about ten feet in length. I got upon
it—it buoyed me up sufficiently to
rest myself without making much ex
ertion to keep my head above the
water.
I could not review my situation;
awful indeed did it appear to me—
the growing darkness, the vivid
flashes of lightning, and the furious,
driving storm. I knew my late com
rades were far from my reach, and I
could not blame them for it, for I
doubted if a boat could live in the
gale, much less could the ship lay to,
to enable them to search for me;
and they had probably done all they
could to save me, in throwing the
plank overboard that I now rested
upon. I thought it might be only
a question of time between my loss
and theirs, for if the hurricane con
tinued long it would prove fatal to
them and the vessel. These thoughts
passed through my mind as I tossed
upon the angry waves, a hopeless
castaway.
How I passed that dreadful night
I can scarcely remember. The mo rn
ing broke clear and bright, the storm
was over, but the waves i4ta moun
tains bigK With my plank yet un
der me, I was sometimes on the pin
nacle of the topmost of them, and
again deep down in the trough of the
sea. Soon as it was light enough,
from the highest waves I looked eag
erly around. Not a sail was in sight,
nothing but the wide expanse of
rolling, heaving waters. My spirits
sank, for until now I had a faint hope
that a vessel, in passing, or a sight
of land would greet my eyes. Vain
expectations 1 I prayed and cursed
by spells until I was near crazed and
almost exhausted. Th us time passed,
and I grew calm—the calmness born
Lof despair.
About the middle of the day, from
the highest waves I tossed upon 1
thought I could see land, looking like
mountain tops. I could not clearly
.de’ermine- thw mioht ha clnnd*. and
now how anxiously 1 watohed for
them. After an agoniziug interval
of several hours, again I saw them;
this time I was sure it was land,
thrice blessed land I But now the
question arose, ‘ifean I reach it alive?”
This seemed very doubtful. I was
nearly famished from my long fast.
Hunger and thirst, with my exer
tions, had almost exhausted me. Life
was dear to me, and I would exert
my utmost to reach land, even though
it be a rocky, barren coast. Slowly
I struggled onward with my plank
yet under me. I dared not to give
it up for fear I should sink to rise no
more. Just before daylight faded
a#ay I could see land plainly, and
fancied I saw trees growing along
the shore, yet I was not sure but it
might be imagination.
Kind Providence seemed to favor
me, for a strong wind began to blow
towards the land. I now made a
much better headway, but another
difficulty now beset me. I could
not keep awake; tired and worn out
nature must give way to sleep. This
would be fatal to me, and I exerted
myself to keep my eyes open, ever
and anon arousing myself as I felt my
hold giving away upon my plank.
Thus the second night wore away.
When it became light I had just
energy enough to look for iand.
There it was! scarce a league away;
but hope and strength were almost
gone. I could do but little now to
reaoh it, yet the waves were lending
me their help. I knew they would
cast me upon it, dead or alive. I
hoped the latter, yet it did not seem
to matter much which.
How this day passed I have no
distinct recollection. 1 dimly re
member of darkness closing around,
still clinging to my plank, still ebbing
towards the land. I said a short
prayer, then a stunning sensation,
and I knew no more.
I awoke out of a refreshing sleep,
and looked eagerly around. I could
scarcely credit my senses; the past
seemed a horrible dream. I was safe
on land; the merciful waves had
thrown me high and dry when life
had almost forsaken me. But now
a dreary looking prospect was before
me—a long sandy beach as far as the
eye could'reach, hemmed in by tow
ering cliffs, on the sides of which
grew some stunted piues and cedars.
I tried to get upon my feet, but
could not for a while, I was so fear
fully sore and bruised. At length,
with the aid of a reed that lay near
me, I managed to stand erect once
more.
1 was so nearly famished with hun
ger and thirst that I reeled like a
drunken man. I staggered along the
beach in search of something to ap
pease my ravenous cravings. I came
to a small spring of pure water, and
eagerly swallowed all I could hold.
I think that was the best water I
ever drank in all my life. This
strengthened me, and I continued
my search for food. Soon I found a
dead fish, cast ashore during the
night, that the vultures had not dis
covered, I devoured it ravenously;
it was not the best of food, yet I
thought it was the sweetest meat I
ever ate. I now felt like a different
being, and I traversed the base of
the cliffs, in hopes of finding an open
ing or pass. By frequent resting I
traveled a long distance without any
show of success, and I began to fear
that night would overtake me in
close proximity to my late enemy,
the salt water. But at length I came
to a bayou, through which flowed a
stream of water. A narrow road or
trail led along one side; this I gladly
followed, not knowing or caring much
whither it led me, so that I got away
from the vicinity of the ocean. I
found plenty of berries of an agreea
ble taste f these I ate to my satisfac
tion. Darkness found me in a dreary,
wild looking place, but less rough
and mountainous than that I had
passed through. I was in hopes of
finding some village or human habi
tation before nightfall; and now I
was in a wilderness, how vast I knew
not, nor did I know bow to get out,
unless by following the trail, which
was now much plainer. This I be
lieved to be the best policy, so I
went ahead as fast as I could.
Suddenly a crackling in the bushes
warned me of the near approach of
some wild beast. I looked —a low
growl, two shining ©yes that looked
like balls of fire within twenty paces of
me. Horror-struck, I stood transfixed.
I knew hut too well what it was, and
lhatl wa fo imminent peril. Thsr©,
with glistening eyes, waving tail and
erect mane, just fixing for a spring,
was the lion of the Isthmus. A mo
ment only I gazed, then ran with all
the strength I oCuld exert, terror
lending fieetness to ray feet. I could
hear the beast leaping close behind
me, and expecting every instant to
feel his fangs in my flesh. Soon I
was so nearly exhausted that I was
on the point of giving up, when I
saw a small tree just before me. I
made a leap up as far as I could and
grasped the trunk tightly with my
arms, but before I could get higher
out of reach, the furious beast made
a bound for me, just a little short of
his object, but succeeded iu tearing
the flesh open to the bone, from my
knee to my ankle, with his sharp
claws. However, I was soon of his
reach. Securing myself amid the
branches of the tree, 1 took%ff my
6hirt and bound up my wounded
limb and partly staunched the bloody
which was now running in a stream.
I soon got so weak from my late ex
ertions and loss of blood that I had
to secure myself in the forks of the
tree to keep from falling. My ene
my made some desperate leaps for
me, but finding they were short of
the object, he finally gave it up, and
lay down at the root of the tree and
watched me with his terrible eyes.
I was Bafe for the time, but how
long he would stay I did not know,
but I judged he would leave at day
light. From my cramped position,
and the pain of my wounded limb, I
passed an awful night. However, it
wore away at last, and I was free,
ray captor having left at the ap
proach of day.
My exertiobs in descending the
tree, with my wounded limb, caused
me the severest pain. I hobbled along
the trail some two miles or more and
came to a plain, well-traveled road,
running nearly north and Bouth.
Judging that south would lead to
Panama, I followed it. About the
middle of the day I became so faint
I could go no further. I lay down
by the roadside so wretched that I
scarcely would have risen to my feet
to save my life.
I fell into a stupid Slumber, from
which I was rudely awakened by
someone shaking me by the shoul
ders. I opened my eyes and beheld
a company of muleteers, who had,
at eight of me, paused in the road.
They spoke to me in Spanish, which I
understood, asking who I was, how I
came there, and where I was going.
I freely told them of ray troubles and
escapes, and of ray severe wound.
They listened in astonishment and
much wonder, and ended by giving
me to eat and drink of their provis
ions. One of their number, who
was quite a surgeon, dressed my
wound; they * then divided the pack
of one mule amongst the others and
gave him to me to ride. They were
going to Panama, which they said
was two days’ travel yet.
To make my long story sho.’t, I
will add that 1 arrived in Panama
safe. After staying there two weeks
my wound was so far healed that I
continued my journey to Chagres,
there took passage in a steamer, and
in due time arrived at home, after
having passed through almost incred
ible dangers. As for my late ship
mates, I never heard from them, and
fear that the vessel with all on board
was lost.
The Wat >Twas Done.— -The
following dialogue between a lawyer
and a plain witness is a good hit at
the fashion of using big, crooked
words:
“Did the defendant knock the
plaintiff down with malice prepense ? ”
“No, sir; he knocked him down
with a flat-iron.”
“ You misunderstand me, my friend;
I wish to know whether ho attacked
him with any intent ? ”
“ Oh, no sir, it was outside of the
tent.”
“ No, no; I wish to know if it was
a preconcerted affair ? ”
“No, sir; it was not a free con
cert affair; it was at a circus."
Mr. W. W. Harrell, of Pu
laski county, made last season eight
hundred gallons of syrup from cane
grown on a little less than two acres
of groond, besides saving enough for
seed. The syrup sold for four hun
dred dollars.
J3gr* A euro recipe to remove
stains from character —Get rich.
W omen like to bo seen in
print, but not in calico.
r MWVa V.
$1.50 A YEAR.
carry ont the purchase and comple
tion of the road, I trust the stock
holders, at their meeting on the 22d
inst., wiU furnish tiny deficit needed,
and push forward the important en
terprise. I had also secured the
promise of an additional locomotive,
but appreciating the Company’s ina
bility to pay promptly for the same,
I declined a sale, and leased instead
of buying.
This engine was damaged lit recent
accident, and should be repaired at
once. Td the 16th prox., the Com
pany had never lost a dollar or in
jured a person by accident. On that
day the morning train south went into
trestle No. 4£, wrecking tWengine
and a freight car, and slightly injur
ing a passenger coach, inflicting a
loss of about $1,500. Would that
this ended the unfortunate affair; but
I must add the deaths of Bragg
Yonge, engineer, and Willie Taylor,
fireman. They were old and faithful
employees, and died at their posts
like brave men, regretted by the
Company and community. The tres
tle had been examined by the road
master two hours before the disaster,
and no foresight could have prevented
the event, which was due to the wash
ing out of a bent by the flood of rain
which fell at the time. The break in
the line was repaired in a few days,
and the usual business of Company
prosecutedlWnoe without interrup
tion.
The receipts since my last report,
to March Ist, have been: Freight,
$4,124.67; passage, $6,441; mail and
other sources, $640.
The receipts since the completion
of the first twenty miles have aver
aged over $1,400 per month. The
entire expenses of the company, not
including the salary of President,
Treasurer and Superintendent, have
been reduced to less than $660 per
month. This includes water, waste,
oil, wood, expenses of train, main
tenance of way, and agencies on the
line, the Treasurer acting as agent at
Oolumbus.
Some persons have need this Com
pany’s cost on the first twenty miles
as an argument against the gauge
under which the Company is con
structing, citing its cost at $400,000,
or $20,000 per mile. At least two
parties, both railroad men, have
used this statement in printed arti
cles, and it demands an explanation.
It has often been announced, and
they must have known, that there
was applied to said section $200,000
of Columbus bonds, $20,000 of Rome
bonds, $lO,OOO of La Grange bonds,
and from the $400,000 should be sub
tracted the discount on these bonds,
and interest paid contractors while
waiting for payments from subscri
bers and the endorsement of bonds,
by the State —all of which were nec
essarily charged to construction. As
it amounted in the aggregate to over
$lOO,OOO, the cost was less than
$16,000 per mile, exclusive of dis
counts —a very reasonable amount,
considering the right of way bought,
the excellent equipment, depots, wa
ter stations, and the fact that the
manner in which the subscribers paid
their subscriptions forced the Com
pany to pay oredit prices.
I should state that more than the
net amount of the Rome bonds was
expended there at that end of the
road— W C. Cherry & Cos. waving
their lien, that the first bond mort
gages might be endorsed, and accept
ing payment for their work in the
first mortgage bonds on the second
section, to be endorsed when said
section was completed. This was
more than an equivalent for twenty,
Romo bonds, diverted by permission
of Rome officials to the Columbus
division, and was a strict compliance
with Rome’s conditions, but I fear
that, from present appearances, it.
will inflict heavy loss upon the con
structors.
It is with undisguised satisfaction
that I refer to the negotiation of the
municipal bonds received in subscrip
tion to the stock of the Company.
I tried to get the Rome bankers to
undertake the sale of their city bonds.
One did not give iny proposition the
courtesy of a written reply, but ex
plained subsequently, verbally, that
he had as many Rome bonds as he
could manage. The others, after due
enquiries in New York and elsewhere,
declined their negotiation, and sug
gested fifty cents as a full figure.
They brought sixty-six and ninety
nine hundredth cents. They can be
bought to-day for under sixty.
The La Grange bonds brought
seventy-five and fifty-five hundredth