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THE HAWKINSVILLE HISPAMiI. VOL. 3. Hawlrinsviiie Dispatch. k rcßusnra Kvant wiawiEa»Av tty IDonis 'W 13 Boully. |.y* j 00 rtr Xnoua. lorarUbty la Adv«»e# _J*3 IST Advertisement* il JO far square- for th. fitvt *i»‘l »3 ft## for each •Üb'vqUent laserifon. (A square t tilt . iff im lint'# Br-vier twie.) A HlKT.ll dwUsrtfoft 'ViU be inaik- with tl.--*c who advertise by tH. vvar. THv S#radT*:rU<*.-tai-»l> u Uu v,»th the flfst fosertion SHIt CONTOACT .AUVCHTCISO. i ai. 8 n>. *i m. 1' m •%gaaw. ? : IW 12 20 « i- '■’’ -Hi '! :? *! Jl*iV.t»’.«mT 21 to to UK* *--Onf. AiTmrT" 40 00 100 175 TP.iucrr-s or r.i:r itut, r.rc Trlbnm of Re*j*<'t. 11. filnlfon* by fo* lie*. OWtnark#. ate., fisc-edltH,’ ->tx fit’ ■O' lie charced ## transient mlYortfohq’. VBo.il. AUVRimSISO. own tUY’s—citatb ns for l '" •« o( AAmlnlctruikm. Hr Admlm“tr» I'.ra, Ew non, (innnVi.m-. As- •<" ApnllcatVoTi fur t-c Her <>f iUtmlss- _ *lnn I fool Admin 1 r ‘ l ' 'l* ■ ■ , ■ ' AppliiMll' ti for IfrlOT- of l.M«ni *- sitin fYnm Uuar,!lin-h!|. " Am*llcaii.«* for l-.tvi hi -•II I mil 1 Noiiii- In Di'l.l T' mi l I ruUli-ri 3 j" K.li". or lwn.T'l or jrerWi.*lte fironcrty, J« I I 1 '!" il;-" * K tics of Uwh. not tsfi'liM rii- In n lint* ••"■„•••• F Snititm’s-*srli IctyOften Hue*. .. nT Morti«vn- ml« «. ten limn or i-vt 500 All :><!» Mresnrut# «t'*»V- Hy Nicr l!Tf. exi-euding ion Hot*, will 'e Cimrpit ill rtloii . Tax ('oiled.irV *d*-*. i'rr MT' re •» 00 CLkiik's—Korn Uwme "f Muri ’• ni and ethos Mollllily ndverliitu invnt-, *! pet o' mi Hnn for e.i. Mn-rti.ni. Announcement rosrnlT < nn.Udr.l' "> Announieiuftit iH ‘imjienn.li liiH' 12 ,Ml For ■ man *dvcrti*lnr i.i* wife. In *dvatl«" * l ’ U " MTPnle* of I.»!>*'• I > Atlnii'.iyti it Executor# or Gsur-ii . “>• r- .'W • •*,« law Wlkln M on U- first Tu>- U» m ' ■ men tit, tetvvi-eti il.*' iMinmot ten in tie tor. noun innl three In *l"' aftctnouti, at tin court lioitie In tins county in wtmh ' : prmH-rt.l .tu. « mn „ |u » Vp#l>lte gazi'ltn 10 d#y f pruvlott* t« Hm: day ot EnAtlcM for the .xle nf jvTsminl property ;■* niu»t lie srlven in like manner 10 daycpr. vi ■nOUH tfXllellay. jSolie,.. to debtor* .m l ot nn ea tut Bitd »l«o pulilWte 1 I?,’'; 1 " . Notien ttint uppHcatlon will inn* ' tie* Court of < if-TVii iry for leave towll i itei n ,,ist In iwWWieil for two months Citation* cm letters cf administration Onor.li ei-'ilo. "if '• ’ •* «1 V* lor dfsinW-ion lr m oilmltwtei'ioo, monthly *l# montt s; <«r UlßnhsWa iron, ttuarilini.-hili 40 ilay*. Huh» lot the fWoloaOrc ot Mott tnu >t be pnl Halnsl monthly for f. tir t-.emtl for estnhlWilßS l‘»t l>*»l*r'. h>r H f K . .1 from F.xertMors or Ailinitu tratoi.. wie . lioiid I uia twin el veil by tie. iwceaac.l. t full Stmee of three month* Pumleati.ms will alwaystMreontlmi. conllnh to thew. Hie legit! n iptlrenicii:-, m less otherwise Oltleml. Municipal and County Offii ers ilfityor. John LaWlor. Clerk find Tirtis’i-rr, K A. Hur. It M.rik.L M L. I»>i I < y- OwtH'Mi'erieri W. 1,. Ii i> Jtr • |1 fol.'itijr, A \V. ll anv -1. A s ' ros.U, E A Uurel', • SfPEKtOH COl'ttT. Ju’lcr. i U. Ah x i"l". S olir.ilnr linr nil. *1 Ihtuut. Clerk, E. A. llttreli. .Icar'cE oe Tim I*eaob —R tl Eil gh'llll. (’otioxKfi—lt fe-'Seil. tim.Rirr, .hm. A 11« . OkdiSarv. .1. f. Sparrow, t’.iarsisrut. A <*. B (flw. f'ot’Krv SrBVRVnn, J mr« ply* CofSTi Tkkisi i:kh. 1. 1! <• ’’ 1,1 Tax Ut: t tvr.R—Wm "'Ku n y Tax Coiltctor -K. I>. J •< » ••• JJltbi »» (T.UiJ . astosy c. pate. l Awr.mrcr. r »v*s Sz> RYAN ATT'lltM V* AT UW HA iv KIN s VIUX G Eon*; IA MUT ILL practice in lie cn.inti* of ! W laskf. Houston.Dooly, " ileox. Irwin and Telfair OppiCE In the rooms formerly otet.pie.,. by Judge Scarborough dec 23-ti. Law Card. CtlAtltEsf. KItIRRC «ntp*»et’« Intbeeeen il. .„t D.«i r smJ Hes-.on «l 'Jr, ' “ , Ir ' ««l • tat e ■■■. el. ■ «r Pit .1 ». W ho* T> . Jr. In amt * «f •#*' s ' ,r ""' r, I Vtrttin *n.t • Afrndt.i »•,* hn*H e-« entrn.t.rt to him In ettie. «»• J. WATSON, at Law. HA IX’KISSVILLE, 0 t. - dec 33-11 A. T. BURKE, Attorney a.t Law, Eawkinsvillc, Ga. OFFICE on Commerce Street, where he b* fonni rvetyt when »b«*nT nn pfAgploiiai dec 85-U HAAVRINSVILLK, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1869. Take the Old, Reliable Route. JOURNAL ANO MESSLNGER FOR 186©. usß or vh* oi.t>tnr paveus ix tve mate. KSTAOWI3HEG t:i :SO3. ; c*r. U;f Jjr.'t -ii*2 trf. .I'.MQ Hj£?u J*.«> 'be gat n tw.f frogymnihb, MANY fMPRfSvKJIENI^. TEIUIS The Daii y. isr otinum 11'* f0 • s x montlui. t*i “ three tnou ills SMI ** tine jiionth....; I The Trn »‘txi.!.s. pn annum ■> W» •» *• rix month* -* 50 ** ** liir. i Viiunths.... 1 ’• Tlo; Vf&txvt, l>er nmtimi. U Ctl '• (ix month*. 1 50 ABVLRTKINO MEDIUM, III* gpeciiih e tmmvndf 1 to th ■ public. 1 KIi.MS Ml ami.Y.MU.K. No laic, or . mo ; ; #• will l« -pnred n taid: e t one oi the I, fit |qpn Hi Auieri *. A hire--, J V.. BUoKi: A < <>. J;;n !0-tf l’i‘.|Wi. tori. K «V A' t.WAIJ CORNING NEWS, For 133©. On the 1-1 of .fittnnrv. i-Kl. tie M m n Si v - l uteie lon il, 'C'ch v r The New-s 1- well l.nm.n Ihron rhout I his m-fcni <■', th<> Hotttliyro Slates, tint a , | Iriilrn ir*ti~ is. ».«'implv unnet < irj The efforts that have h-en made, during the past year, to nuih ’ i! a newspaper worth) of Snfunnah, have met with she- C-s* an Ito day, in addil on to its liavit* the jan-i s' e rcul illon in the etty. it can he toun l in every <in . Hm'ii and vlfln-e in s." itlicrii thxwsii and Fieri '■. ls sj.h Imv lin -a general clivulatlritt throughout thb nit.l other Southern .State*. No efll'M will 1’ 11 red to mkt tile Mortiino New* a mropedicle,!ye inedimn |'■' >a nenit, po|lti*i I and ciwnuM iclul ini""111. t • , H ... special nttentimi Is iee it veil to l!i veljere of 8 ivunnah. and the interests of ! (Jeer-i i utid Florida. | 8 ! s-d dep il Inirnt i* n sneeialtv, nml I mol. at:i ntioii is paid to t’lV impoit- nt I* r tneh item hy any oilier journal ti the city. It can always Ik relied upon lorn fn I ; siuji ct of ri .'l ifn .' matter, amt the lab t [ n- v< !y tcleptapti nn l mail, and hn* com | pet nt corr [ion !, nt* at .ill important j J** i«i * i It contain. i full si.d neeurstr daily cot* j ion and produce n . >rt .'f thin marl- it, Tiili.MS: ■ D.ui.T, one year §ls 5 *ix * SOU three month* 2"| mi' n. 'dll I Mi TiU-vto.'.i.v, oue year *'• **' sft month dm tine,- montl 1 Ml Wrr.Kt.v. otw year # Jg cix months 15*! A.hbv. - J. II t-STUX, jan 30-ts Savnimnh, Gn. THE HOUSTON TELEGRAPH, Os Houston, Texas. Thi* nCir*P’ir* !r enthbli 4®d in *834, nud i* the ©Meat In Use Suite AUwOfli Demnontti* In t if.ni. »t* nenlw kindly and fairly. It U n l**' largely «ev<Med 1o ill' development of h * Immtitt'; r<- .nice* of tlx- great Shite of Tex.e*, an empire In i»irilorv. ferl 111 v and ptwttr lifinn. 81m till 4 tin* riche** -o I, lll*' I irri il public dom:i n, the moM genial el m»*«\ 'he mn«t Tar i'll product inns. the ilteJtpe»t land*, the meat Iwwntifnl ri’iwn. and offer* die pri atiatt inrinri-nwtni* to Immigrant* of any State noon this continent. sir- need* ww ti*n million- of people to se ill*’ within her 1 mil*, am! find a I ive have pictured: am! all lunin r a«V expectation of emigrating from tl. • i.l'U r Stale*. -Vml'l aul -cribo for t!i<’ Tklbohapm. to And nil desired inlur ni.it on MM! tiie country. FmUtiiii ran !»• imtfl" by nvfatln-f lit If in 1 - now*. and all ImTintr monev to lavi-t on -peotiltit on. or lor lioin* -would do welt to open a com-l'iiml'm < with tin editor A* an adverii* m med tint, the Tsu gkju u ii not aurjw-ed in the butte. TERMS: fltiilv fit!: Triweekly. f!2; Weekly, ff-V- II currency It. m t nioni v at err r -k Irv !’. <> enter, or by drill on New York or s«» Orlraui, drawn or liwforwed to out order. Aliln— WILLIAM fi WEBB. Houston, T'-xn y I; —Any new-piper or Mint ne tbit •will p:ibH i. t'l s pro-peetn*. ami tit * ad li tioti then to. wi !- repaid by the public*- tion for n tejnal linn,«! it- pr. .spcctili*, not to etc ed liii- matter, n US’ T'.b'pra|*li a,hJ we «o ski If glad, by correspondence, to make sat -factory arrangement- with load lift paper* at n-.cr tin- in mi States for an Interchange of -ucli courtesy, i jan 2t>-tf W. O ». Job IVV»r/> I „ NtiiUlj* executed at this office. SELECTED POETRY. ~—T.7.—--~—\Z7zr=sr.-B- — —:vj. .Tg-Tjaaijg (Front The M ,>bi lc. . egistor.) * THE HPIRIT OF '7O. bv jamks M.iotuK rnosmaw. The Whites must rule the land o,- di«; The put pose stirs in heart# nf steel; \\ tU hurniiig cheek and tlwd.iug eye We wait what waiting may reveal, But come what may, the ivlutex must hold Wiiat white men's patriot valor bought—- Our grand-siren’ e,-!n-. mu yet cold, Hallow the «oi. for which they fought. , NUall low-t orn - nut and fjnomhun slave* f ttivc the laws to ti.oic own the soil? Ntrlbyt ic MtjnAy ifjjjo&f il* >i>:t ,ic;ffii *W4i, isn ejjtwWte'.l waFinftwN'ftt' ivaicd in our land*, Our law la written in the tkv, Fate flinga the fi.it Irunt ber’liand*— The « hi tea aludl rale Um land or die 1 There is u «H>ey energy Locked iu the honest white man's will— There Is a passion like the sea That clasps tire shunt* of freedom stlj); Though handed Co- ack dare the day, And indies. vanipyt s fill t!ionights. Tim distant oiuinuu ■ luander* say. None :uc t.ivie civic *hah ruin tha whites. Our arm- are down, we ki . the rod, And only **U for honor's due*; You am /ate n„. power of (loti « An 1 tur-e ns * , He did llio Jcvvsj Beware! tie* fen only theps, H i . I ni liii s!i rc mid hei p him Mill, Ano’hcr thrust and up ho leaps, ITir" (wtssion ma*lering ali lda will. We hare no gnawing greed for gold, No burning thirst lor wanton power. But vc wi 1 l„rd It a., of oW, Ard m >hc the land tdoom as the flower. Or, if oppression goei ■< far, A- erami « m* o- dvr sieve born men, Again ah ill io I the ear of war, The drum anrl cymbal dash again t Ring lb rou -h the lan I the dirge of shame, rile h epileiit of gieed and lust, Di iv e luck the Ci. < I' ks whence they came An i grind these v impyres in the dust; Then s' al tlu* cry of hunger '-.ase. The horrid fluid of murder fly, And all our alley-, deep in ;<e«ce! The White m i*t rule tlie land or die! . Hold I i*l. brave hearts, the day is nigh *.Vpan Msliaii ,si„.'is,> - 4sntfl.it im-s When all the*’. Mongrel lie,ids shall tly To some putr. s' eni e-daubed retreat! HI. w Fate's decree from *na U>*en, Front shy to ! y, f.otn reahn to realm— O-.-.r Ship of State eternally Shall have a W hite Man at the helm 1 SELECTED^’STORY. Fi'uiu the Fort \ aHey Lodger. kii; jtu uYiA or urn. ny " er.tr exon* ’’ UIIAITEK v I I it a li tie like ape. kin, and then 1 iLdu’t feel like l S -0 e'iuieM alien H . |.»# a mild he Ida* n oW.,)', I fell like I ca ll "•H.ui-h tie tint V.*, but il’li H Ii ..ii. h ni o t tie r ta.liin cm ue, If . giv.-nielli tr- mbl » 1 neve did make i ail c-eli in my life, ud I idu't kno. nbat* ft *> f a lliio I emihl lieil out. Lit tlo tv i id soon oil o i me and Miiueli.ui wo il l liav*- o com-, or I’d |,„ve l. *p ink down i vcenly—live eo ila for a ("i ure. and i duln’t have it cent. An t I didit’ Waltl vnyiody >i know fat I "il* «•> t) off he wi I tout niy •*iii Dnih v gitf tin l*n-tdd-nt mine j in uev, init 1 kiKiWtd lie and ain't want me . to 111 t*kin it lo pit for speeches. 1 i n.hr’ «jh ik, o own up l hat I didn’t have j a rjmr er. I watt g io lo b • X|«.im my pocket, «"• »“ I jMat made up my j oiirnl* to *|ier k a cju iter • fa do Itti’ac worth ,nv how NYh ii a mre,'* hm. c-v a at -t k • hi ’ll do :i beep n iiiug* l o It ought lie Coll (i'l.l do. IC' Uhlli’l idp f elm »! c red, lo gi r up before these-’ high Jo -u- d<ol. g< g' IP' who know, and ' ..It ale ut -p ' ki . b .1 there vva- 1,0 g t lo iol o' tie- sci ape, and I’d Imv.- In f.tc-e the mu ic, wm Mi- r or no Tin- c • k veil, imy i,a e, an ii run all through lie like I'd lr at 0 -a g tlvcftic at:- iv. I "In t light o'ta gl.l up on my I- . I, al;d softer looked around and He It ..t tie i’lesnh lit. I wrier di I se. ». num rye*. Every body Was !ookio j r.gh- at lie . Mr. I*. -id. i.i, says I, ami my V nee Id on the fin aid l-ounc and •p to thc top I the I|. .(•, sod hen .tsitink «e a i, i he wall, and '.Hove to toil, cr w .li, and tit' ll ii run arte,lid lit# r.aun, in i* n * nine tii-i. a* a young thunder let I osu E*ery id-wtHiMo s.dipickur licit a ac red drove o old—livid - atk». An I t -r. lam dal- kin, aid thev a i» kedtin ut m , n> t ear wfcal would cotnu oex'. My mind »«* chumin up the* iije h, huv i.ary id- a cunt . My lumd w«s j -nt like a slate alter you’d mo a wet -|ionge ovyr it. Thete wasn’t a speck of anything left, except the mind iitnelf. Mr. President, say* I, an i the eyes got bigger and more of them. It looked to n,e like tine acre inure fbl*» : than ever. thr r. ■m. I pulled om my eld Kuuiifutdervh es, tt-nl t‘ ought it eros* w i • ov,r nty nt -atti. I soHcr d.mb'ed i. op and c- a-mned it down in my* pndtil’, io and polled my elmir bef.ee me. Ipi t one foot on tno rmiml and htb htSiMint! top of ihc-chair. My ' knees b-l|t it to feel weak a* water, nn.l : I Itu pipits g- t all over me like a voting hdi! crawled inside of me, 1 3dr, I*.•»' ‘cot, *«ys 1, and cleared up like soiottldll »'## COlitin, wiitp r|' oiwd '-here wai.t Bfl idea ill * took S'"- b O',*off the to nil mid put tcitle r Yds, tyi i r,.p my band mor i v I fortltraVl and pns' id 'atc-k my i air. to and give my twSp a w ipe this way and tin n that, with nty’lhlgcr #pd t'lUinb, and theii 1 httiaglj my hand down on th ; top of til. Cifai. for anoile r tyler grip. M v heal lagdiitn turn *u mine ret-is j over ill luttg-, hnd ttWiily klin’tsked tl 1- br- tli out of ii-e. Tim pul.in atrirg* a bo* i my 'ttciat got *«> dg't 1 couldn’t liii ly 'Mafcqw, and the I til- *pr tig hiattcl es n (Iv rtto-itli all * ried up, end left my t . gge at-l lip* a* parched Os a des'it. Kjphcad fli a* empty a* a mil till go da a at"fin, a licet kohhin III!* W.y aim llliai Hat. The towards li. guH (" w- 'k, and the hot tcer.in hignn ah.nit my waist, and one half tun up and the t itlitr I tail run down. The lot flushes ills ' to bavo set mv face on li e> j and lie aw afwed unit! chills was play in-In. wi’ii otic ano her. Everything ! was as silent is if the very bot-nm of crialott had iirti) l • ut, ami everyliedt n|'pettier] to he l-'j yin the silence lul * me.' It m-uie in; km 4 es mad to think iha' I was afraid of that crowd. ! just known! if a- i ol them would just walk ou'. I’d wallow I ini before they could pull mo off. My blood got bed in a in inn!" .Sits j, 'Cl.4'«u|gf>ls.!» ho’.* wfiaid ot • e diTFiolksl Wy*lf»ffdadilv /• uuht, [ hi and nod died fir the liberties of this country. Ha wa* jn*t a# good a shut -a ever h eked down a barreif and lie want ufrni'l of tmbisly. No sir, not I im. And d>> you auppi ae I'm of.aid, wl cn I’m hme of Ins hane, and flesh ot iris flush. I don't «*k none ol yoft no odd , and I’m a Washington man ull over,rn i I don't c«rc who knows it. The I’»<aid'nt slopped me, and said, "Mr, 8nol»«, yin are on the nfliimativo Hide, an I sh"o I #1 ehk in favor of Col umbu*.” N’.iiy woid nl it, says I. I aint no Cehmihu* man, i ary time. ; Don’t I kiwi" tlint Columbus just as well a* I ciu Daddy, lie niut no where 1 ■ 1,00 side ol (fin. Wasliington. i And you talk aliout eontparin tli'a in in lo Gn. AVaxhitigt t), who jn»: hemmed Cornwclli* up iu the jam of the fence, Olid c Itched hint i.i sjvto ol all h>a raulin nml jumpio. Colunthu* aiut no mo o tu din. W .liingtoo, than a »o and Sawya r I* to « aapoicker. lie could »willow a whole team of such men, and wo Idu’t have hdf a bail, i m a Washinat n man, from top to bottom, re.*, lieu i firth and forc-v. r more. Waahi gton ##< a lr avo '.tan. He want afriid of none of your red coals. 110 tvjn»' -ood giit a* i ver fit, and he’d tdiuke h » fin in th« face ol ki< cn«- ! my und j«»t dan- him to open his mouth, lie tvUtrt- afcat-l < f big men no mom than he w..a ol little • to*. Il- alwsya ' sHRei right rupiare up t" his raeit, bd d. r or no flxhh-r. You needn't lie telling me y-tir I ng wied and 'ales nbout Oi umliiis sailing thru- thousand ii.il*» nil the water. Wi ocuuldii’smtoown in a s'ii|i and let ll'r lip III! she rritc-k Ibe lotliei bank. There aim H" inc.re in that, than llirie i* in etl in down in a cano«' #nd lettin the wind low vou over uncle Belt’* mill l#Mi I. G luo.l.us is sin ill poUlocn, and Him no wire e »ide el Waslnngton. I go the whole hog for Washing on. 11 it i r»h! tor Wiialiirjftoii! I so down, *nd you r.cvcr did hear mi. h stosttpittol feet and poppin of hand*. I ku'.wi and I’d set I- the hash if ever 1 K ot -larted. I jiiit fel* like 1 cool I knock 'he Jiiad »i lit* off of Coltimfoii'. There Want no more #peakm dene, for it want no n»o. The- I’esblrnt thou g, t up und talked nwhilp, »nd 'lien stid the Wfhington ‘id •g >t i". I knowed lhiit before. We all sivjii broke up. af er getlin another ►ubject for n« xt ntr-etin “YVhicli will a man go the fur her! tor, women or money." I do» l know exactly which fide in Ire*!, o« they’re troth a necessary atliclr. Isut 1 I’ll study about it. . W« vve-m to dinner, ad all the hoy* | were »• pl n-io us a basket of clop,. Tin y just k- pi I tegl.iti, and I c 'tiMn’t see nothing funny neither. Every body was luughitt luh oe, and I kept askiu what they wcrelaugh'ti a ! ou', buill. >yM -a.v Rot! in. ft sorter p-B>. red me, ts I couldn't n-e anything 'o laugh it. 1 tool: on- of tlie her, * one 5i,!,., ami tol hm be most tell me tvh t they wer- | laughtn at. 4Jo, ~id h , vv, w e jg.t laughin ho-.v you turn. and the boys d»-*n, in your #jHvch. 1 tiDm <l l ecuhl do ,l!.*t fcAVII, "id I Wj^MuLiMlLfoeT'Bltr V.V -*e ,'i ilitti, r, ami * ..* ivc "ioi thremgh, Btß, Ml| ** tspt me eo . h.- j should* e, uii i says, ' R ib, and n’t you want m taken it amp hi tire country, this ever,in.’ ! Dots’loan- il I do, wivs I. ‘‘Well,’’ says lie, “«i- are* guilt out tut n h irt this eveiiitt.n Just put my titmo down, says I, for the Henson. I aim afraid ot snakes. The lots no<n gor I' ready and off we went Homo had bows and arr .tvs, t-ume sljegs, ait-l *"!ue blow ffuij*. They wi re g tin to kill birds und i .il'it# ,-ti.d Ji2K.ii Is, * i they sail, I was | right m 1 o' ;i hunt, fin I tv;t* n perfect I I jin with it low and airnw. I kn v\id j I’d kill my share if they’d give mo o ' ' chance. Wo Kent »li, tit two irsilri when vv, Como io night of a l"g house. iVo all now left, th- roml and went soil, r I Uiwaids the spring, down a kind of swamp, that went arooi and lotv.ud. the back ol the lii nti". I noiiced lb- boy# qui'ldk n and looked mighty shy. I i knowed they tvero up to fcnicthin, but I w*» in f r any kind of gtme. Let them go it, think - !. I aim *• t bar k a bit. We crept down tlu- branch lo the buck of n little field. On tlm farther side iu nr the bouse, was a gin-house, na*l I saw th boy ~ WHtilt <1 to gi (to this gin-lioti-e, but they iild’iit bke gain through tlm field, us anybody ut the li'Utse eoubl sec ns when wo cot * til of tlio woo,ls ituo the field. I knowed wtyff .the hu>-a W‘tuyvp t", itytd i was r.gubirly in itiyß*dff W.ii.dk <1 shoot a heap of ways to get lo the gin-house, but none of them didn’t exactly suit. After » while tlm idea p ipped into my bead an i I told them to let us go ono • ’ a tiino on our all-four*. "That’s tlio lick," says Rill 13li#?, and don non l.i* all fours Ito drop!, and off be tr-lled. 110 got about h.ilfnuy, and I was just getlin ready to stilt, whi n I *eoJ Util st p and spread bitnsclf flit on tlio ground, like "im of thesa big ru*ty liz- Kards. I knowc l somethin was to pay. Il- laid them about a minute, when bo straightened himself up on hit bands and lees, and pul out again. Down I dropl nml away 1 went, I was pa-in ;• ■•••■* •• " colt, ii row, v, lu-i 1 lap pencil to car t my eyes toward* the House, and I Mid i man’Undid therein tlio y ard, a look in over tbo fence with n gun 111 hi* hand. 1 spread myself as flat us a pan c ike. !!*.- wua nbuut severdy-fivo or a liuod <<l yards from me, and I knowt.i if ho bail a good gun il would be a good shot. Ik.pt my eye on him, for I did’nl know what was c-omin. 110 was look o all about, over thn field Ulld up at the cloud-:, mid everywhere.— thinks I to myself, old fed, it wont pay. You ijrcdn’l think you’re goin lo looi me, and make out like you don’t see um, ami think I’ll get up from here. Yon’ro mighty mistukan, il you think |'m goin tff raise up and give you a fair pp. What arc you about, old fel ? leek at him gcttln over the fence What, coin n right down the cotton low io me. Wiid cat* —look here, old coon, that will n ver do in tlm world, for you itocr'wd a follow in this kind of style. ■ No chance to run now, hd’l! take n fel— ! low on tho wing snil plug me right in ' tlm back. I can’t bear tlio ufoa of be-in slot in thob>£k. I uint goin t) run, ccit iin. I’ll surrender |iri<oncr ol war .on honor aide term*. I aint in coward, mi I I aim goin to uct one. Which way you goin there—goin around me, be— _ . tween me and the woods. Goin to flank in-, h*i nnd cttl off rolreaL There lie goe«, sod I’ll sorl-r have to change base, und gel around a little so a* to keep my . eve on him. II- might'give a follow a broad side. I’ll try lo keep my head ftoxaids yuu. But I’ll have to be par* ticu’.ar how I turn or he’ll sec me sure an lire. L >-'k at him w’alkin a little pear t-r. Come around legs, it will never do to I-1 him get in the rear. Look at him, * opt right uppoMtc me, nml in about 1 thirlv va ds. Come, goon Bom there. Whnt ora you lookin at. That’s it, look at the wood#, and go along that way. You can find plenty of I my* down there 1 I Pull away at the woods and empty that NO. Sr gun. Just shoot it you *1 ire, and you’, jump a fellow ah-ut my si/.e. Wh-t n ,vv—w hich way—cumin across th* lotto# row# right to me. Don’t corn t thn way. I don’t want to form yot * «<'.niaintanec. Ah, ha—lookin allaboc' like you don’t seu me, and wnlkin tigi t, o in-ail t u time. Took your g• ii down. Liokin *t it. Primin, hs!—Goi i to pu'. i’lesli powder In it so*as it wi f ■ fire', d’.o n gone obleke-ir. and I’d I re i got a chance to *at yen turkeys. Goin lo shoot mu to kill, or '-Tiiip!j to brake it leg. • "Vi '.Wt ‘dnmv wTheb leg to span ' My b it leg is next lo him, sad I cau al ii st fold the ball in-shin the bom Ci- min out the touch hole will, a pie. I’ixiii nil up si there wont bo no cliaiii— 'o mi**. I'litti i tho powder in i«i kn ckin tlm barrel to in.ike it go down, l’uttin a n* w cap on. Got it fix* *f. Wipcn the bars-I wi;h hi# haudkerchii I, ■oi** to lie vc it i-c.ir *'ght. Don’t wh*. no <lu*t !•> !«: in ti-.e- way when he gm ■ to take .iiii). G "ii to Hhoot might* puticubir. Spread out, Bolt, like * green cow hide, th. t man’# goin to draw I hi* peep r* cn yen. He know# what <• gun is made fur, und he’ll hit a button'* eye. Rob’* got- lo Invo broken bon*- or l e killeii r'gkt Imre. No chance f n.nniii n-r surretiderin and rctaiidn side atm*. He’s been Iriiiblcd by the#- boy *, and lie’> now guin to save li* ui-key*. Farewell Daddy and Mammy und Bis June, Bob’s a gone earn. (to ue contixced.) Skcnk, or Ground lloo.— Tl •* Columbia Herald tells a story of in iiiitnicd cuujilo in that count * who every Christtitas morning I*-r ten years have indulged in a equni o hack woods light. Ton years og . Christman, tho old man killed an animal which lit: brought homo as it ground h-g. Shu insisted it was it skunk. This inado tho feud, at <L tit. gnflrtfiQ ts I'iiimagt: Las boon tl-** resttlf. Os the occurrences after It first light tho Columbia Ilerr* i says: y N'oxt day, when coolness and rt * fiction tupt-iced'd boat and pa-- sioi), both silently regretted tl o unfortunate difference of opinio: . which left tho head of tho hour with half his beard and very littiu hair, and tho lady with two eyes * * lu irttift! chtrkncfs ; hut they epol«* not. No, both wero too proud at. ! guilty for that. They remain* V silent until a whole year had rolk-'i round, and Christmas day again came on. While enjoying a cup • f thick, black cofft-c and a greasy com dodger, tho wife u.iJdiy vontured t.. remark to tho effect that they hint been very foolish a year ngo to full on’, and pound each other about lo' mifierablo a thing os n skunk. "Yes,” said the repentant huv band, "it was very wicked of in-, and we oughtn’t ha’ doncit;bu' you forget, Hut, that it was aground’ hog, and not a skunk.’’ Hot did not forgot; she had rea son to remember, although tbe*blaci. eyes were all gone then, but sh*» knew that it was a skunk. Tl husband thought it a shame for her t * hold tbt opinion still, particularly when s!;o knew it to boa gronn-i hog. Shu knew it was a skunk—h.* knew it was a itog. She knew difi erettf. The virulenco agaiu crej t in, words waxed hot and blows fol - lowed. Tho econo of tho former Christmas day was reenacted to » nicety, and both wont to bed ex • hansted, with blacker eyes in her head and less hair on his. The) were repentant and silent next da’ . and spent tho year without speak ing ; but when the anniversary ar rived the same scene was gon*- through wich religious proclaim l , and has been gone through wit. every Christmas since. JugF” A fellow stole a saw, and o" his trial told tho Judge that he only took it in a joke. “How far did you carry it!” asked the Judge. "Tw > mile*,” answered the prisoner. “Ah. that’s carrying tho joke too far,’’ re marked tho judge, and the prisoner got tbreo months unrequited labor. lygT A West Virginian whipped bis wife the other day for an unex ampled extravagance in eating boF butter and molasses ou her bread