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HAWKIKSYILLE, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1870
|loftical.
Al.DKirr OHEI’KKIt
an rmrm * atm
(total at Mratalbm Ita brt l*a lan.lrf rtouU.
Ttoa ItMp m wfwn mar tot A*rf
Os la ltw> diatom r nuul-U I (kt train;
Tbr npra draw atari br fkanl
Maalr ha tana 11-M. a.ty and alow—
Otar In aaAty Ilia train alii jo
A cry .4 |rm*! into toe atawam
Hr fir *, aa ta a horrid dream!
HH I*,, a anouMWl df* by kUaMc,
1* aamuntliar mm In tb motto, Udc
A ttafla mtoiato—a hatly apriny—
TW aintdy nadrr tor rldld amid brio,
Keft ly Up Atom tor w»*. r tirlaw
W It) iloat It* Itogrt 1 Will kr »o» go*
Konrrr and aaaitr ntmlibt Hie train;
TW ojim draw mnal to rloaaai afain.
Wat tor world M* own, V’d fit* It now.
To tata Ma aam toil ta dniwnto, lltrrr.
ftoa (Ur train a tnmdns] litre mat boar—
A kKO'trrd Krra toai «tv in bm care -
And tono,|b bl« fat* U trldlr wlUi drapalr.
And Ma brain tbr firm of torment burn.
Airadlty atilt Ur mad turn and turn,
P«c nrare r and a rarer afaardt tbr train
TW ufwa draw marl Ur apia.
lie la u«lns atrmtfto nr'er nml Irfcre:
Tbr malt i* .Iritfdnr fr. ra rt'ry pwv,
Hr tmaia Ida cUIM e laat Mnotberiii, cry!
Hr anntt a*tr It now, or ll mill dir!
Tkondrrins onward (taster* tbr train—
Tbr «pm dran mnal tw cbiaml ngnin.
Haldiat and mmqnrrint <*it and lota—
Wtnntos e S|Sl recorded abotr—
Hr hna ebaod tbr open draw a4 Inal;
An a at rervbtog Mend, far Irato ba* |wanl.
Ibai to an thr brblge Ukr a flaeb br aped;
Only («ttoap to bla arm* tbr .ionu;
Only In look on the eacttAco
oatoffd to doty, of l«vr and Kir.
Pair la ila Inatra of mighty drml
VFronjtiil 6«r li>m with hungry yrrrd,
fid AlUrtt Urrckrr hath |<nt lo alinmr
lu Marini ftmainem and Urn idl'd fame.
And where bla etoi|dr alary la (old,
lari it ba bhunanrd in llnee of gnbl,
»*>».<■(«« amldiiun. tarwar and prblr.
** Plato Albert Dierkrr h liner If dmled.”
Prom tor t artriatllto Expreaa.
At.!. POU THE NHHIF.n
** Nub* <>f llir mighty, can ll br
Tt.xl IbU ka all reinaina of ibnr ?”
TW rry wa* brant Ann am lo am,
Pro m mountoln top to valley,
• V* fallen I aon» «if Mbmt,
To ante ihr t niun rally P
A ndllbm ci'ocfcly Arw to anus.
And fu'N tl.*’ dmdlt trigs* r.
WAvi wrae tl** [wire ’hat had aucb charma?
Tbr fNc-bnu of tie niggrr!
They tougbl hkr llfrra for tbr prittr,
Aa'flit and a ttumaand ctlla. »
It .ghi o'l|t of earth and >m and akira,
Os mm, of l*«au and * trail*
With hweb in band, ur Honilirrn hoiara
Wrrr raiol »Hli brlllto rigor;
They >p«rvd not tiuu nor earn and domca,
Ami all lo fh* tbr nigger!
And whan the norm of war waa o>r,
And * Colon " waa tlctorioua;
Wbro wr mubl 11,ht tor world no morr,
And bailril tor Aa, m gtoriuua;
Onr tom. with unabatnl ire
And prrartrrin, tlgor,
tkill fanned tor war mklndlml flrr,
All Air liar glorioua niggrr!
Oratr Vnator* to arala of Clay,
Os WrtretcT and MrDudcr,
llai* lahnfwd hard. Rom day to day,
To drily poor Coffee!
Tbr CuoaUtutlon on<r waa great,
But aomnton, now ia biffor;
TW wbiir man they bate learnt lo hale.
And to mkwe tlw ntggrr ’
boamari editor*, n-bb rlaaair mate.
And Judgm mgt and able.
Now glately apeato. In rbaatr,
Os” MaamnaM»" HamW. aaldrl
They mil oa wa bam com* to thie,
linden In roe fill igorr ’»
When w>m can ,1m «a peace and bUaa,
But acnlawag and ntggrr I
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CWtwkwa Cos . Oa., March It. INTO.
"CUXO TO THE MIGHTY OME."
The A.lbtwto, poam. fonn* I from differ
rot Bthfe t««», la north |W*ar«*rln, t
(1b« to tbr Mighty Onr, Pa luilt II
(Ka, to toy grief; Hrb til II
Cltoff to tor Ibdt Onr. Hrb tfi H
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Ctfag to too (.ra.ioua Onr, IN rati 4
lltogin thy paint IN It i
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S3 lint One Kkot llltl.
BY AN OLD HANOI;It.
*• This conQnetnonl ia irkaotnc to
mo, at it I I long for it tramp in the
wood a. Toni lias Juat brought me
word that the |>hoaMtnt« are becoming
plenty and in good oondition, and i(
I can get leave of at trance I thank I’ll
try my gun and dog. Poor Ponto! i
Its little of life you’ve aeon since wc
came to tlie Canadas.” and Captaiu
Herald began to walk the room impa- !
licttlly.
'■.Vow, Ponto,” be aanl, aa be whin- I
tied bis msgnifleent pointer lo his i
title, “now, good dog, for a glorious !
lime —for one dsy of freedom and a
good rapper."
With a low whine of acknowledge ,
men! for the kindly patting of the
band of hia master upon liia head and !
the playing with the silken ears, the
dog dashed sway. Evidently lie en
joyed the pure air and golden sun
shine—the ewapo from the confine
ment of the barracka as much as his
master.
Ami so did Tom—a north of Ire
laud man : for aa he went along with
a broad griu upon his honest face, lie
whistled or snnre,
** A »mitlicrty wind nml s cloudy sky,
ProrlaimcUi a burning morning."
“Alt’, by the llill of llowtU, this is
one of them," he said, in conclusion,
at (Jerald called his attention to the
various phenomena in the forest that
was near to them.
But tramp ns they would and hunt
faithfully as the dog did, they met
with no success. If there was any
game in the woods, it must have (teen
very shy, and for hours they saw no
thing upon wldrh (Jerald was willing
to try his skill as a marksman.
“ Where arc the pheasants, Tom ?”
he asked of the discomforted man
whose whistle and song had changed 1
Into sullen growls. “ I thought you j
•aid the woods were (Hied with them. 1
For all the luck wc have had, wc
might as we*l have remained in the
barrack-”
“ Faith,” anlwersd the tnan, while
his fingers were busy scratching his
head upon the spot where the bump
of ideality is supposed to be located.
“ Faith, sir, I think they have all
changed into hares!”
14 1 believe yon arc right,” replied
(Jerald, with A laugh, “and Utougft I am
fond of them, I’ve set my heart upon
taking home your mistress a supper
of birds, stul nothing else will do tne
today.”
“ An’, plane God, nho shall have it,
eir.” •
“ Then you go round this hill one
way anti 1 will the other, but if you
hear me Arc, c<*tnc immediately.’!
“ Yes, sir.”
Gerald saw his servant disappear,
urged on his d*>g and followed’, grati
fied at least by the sight of one of the
bird* lie was longing to find. But it
was evidently a stray and a w ild one,
and flying to some distance; he crept
along in order to obtain a shot, his
dog having dashed away. Staunch
as he usually was, long disuse had
made him somewhat forgetful of his
early training.
In vaiu be whistled—in vain he
(-ailed. The animal was cither entire
ly out of hearing or obstinately re
fused to oliey. It was a case of Ma
homet and (he mountain; there was
nothing to bo done but to go to the
dog, as the dog would not conic to
him, and he was doing it ns carefully
as possible when the report of a gun
reached his ears.
“ Ah!” he murmured, “that must be
Tom, and how lie will crow over me at
having brought down the first game.”
• Another report, nml he, forgot all
of caution. If his servant was firing
so rapidly, he must be In a covey, and
he was losing the golden np|>ortunity.
He little thought that there might be
others abroad in tbs woods as well as
himself.
But such was the case.
Three men—serai-outlaws, who had
fled from “the States” to avoid the
strong arm of (he tow there, and had
alreadv Imcotoe obnoxious to that of
the (jiiecn’s Uouiinion, were tramping
around.
It was little to them how or when
they became possessed of game. They
could sell It readily, and had they
! brad in other lands would have boon
I called (ami rightly) the worst kind of
iwacbera. And they had “marked
,|owa ' the bird that Gerald had also
seen, and creeping near, bad abot it
without the slightest difficulty.
That accounted for the first report-
The taecond waa of far more moment.
When the pheasant foil lifeless to
the ground they rushed forward to
secure it, but were disputed in the
possession of tbs prise*
It bsd already been secured oy a
a. ia- K in hia mouth, and was
turning to Ufa* it buck to his master.
) • Home of tW solo are out," said
one of tbs meu, with aa oath, “and
they must have board our gun a«!
will soon be down upon us. That
tUSX&SSJSiS&i
my game Harr, and W shtottad
taw and eausiagly
The dsg stopped, and, without re
leasing Ids hotd opon the bird, growled
savagely.
“ That’s your game, is it ? Well, I
know a way to quiet you," and snatch
ing a gun from the hand of one of his
coin pan ions, he took point blank aim
and fired.
it was a cowardly shot—any man
who injures knowingly a dumb beast
is a coward—but it was almost in
stantly fatal. Tbc poor pointer drop
pod the bird, whined mournfully, and
straggled to crawl away. But he
could'not get far—his hunliug days
were nearly ended—he would never
t bound with delight at the call of his
master or track prairie or woodland
| again.
“Come," said the man who had
licon guilty of the brute murder
| “Come, pick up the bird and let’s be
I off. 1 almost wish I hadn’t shot the
dog, for—
At that instant Gerald appeared up
on the scene. His faithful four-footed
friend crawled towards him—gave a
low whine of recognition—attempted
to lick his hand—looked tip with his
blood-shot eyes and full dead at his
feet. _
The men stood with lowering brows
and awaiting his speech.
“ How came this?” lie asked sternly,
glnncing from one to the other.
There was no reply, and he conti
nued :
“ Who shot my dog ? Answer me.
By heaven ! I will know, and woe to
him that did it.”
“ I did," was growled back. They
were three to one, and what had they
to fear? Besides, they* hated an hon
est man, as felons ever do.
“ What did you shoot him for?
“ Wc have as much right in the
wood as he, or yon either, for tlmt
mailer.”
“And if you liavts, did that give
you a right to shoot my dog ?”
“He was stealing my game. lie
tried to bite mo when i would have
: taken it away, and—"
“ You shot him, coward!” and Ger
ald sprang upon the man, struck him
a full blow in the face and leveled
him to (lie ground.
With all the evil passions in his
nature surging up and crying aloud
for revenge, the man sprang np again,
but when, he saw the calm nud resolute
face of Gerald, he would have sneaked
away had not a heavy hand becu laid
upon his collar and detained him.
n Yon sbUt not escape thus. You
go with me, and shall pay dearly for
what you have done.”
A Let go your hold!” growled the
niflian. “Let go, I say.”
41 Not I. Tom! Tom!’’.
“ Down with him!” shouted the
oonqmnions of the imprisoned man.
»‘llc has friends near. Wc shall all
be taken.”
Without striving to break the iron
grip from his throat, the man turned
the gun lie still held upon Gerald and
fired. With a groan, one of mortal
anguish, he reeled against a tree. But
he wa.- 1 )t soldier—had passed through
inorc than one battle-field, anil was
nut to pfcrisb unavenged.
He too was armed—and wounded,
bleeding as lie was, he turned his
weapon upon the men who were flee
ing, now that their bloody work was
consummated —fleeing like Cain froth
tbc swill vengeance that aould follow.
But the career of one, the murderer,
was suddenly brought to an end—
With the report he fell headlong, with
his heart riddled by the shot. Fell,
even-in death remaining true to his
nature, and cursing God and man with
his latest breath. Fell, and passed
swiftly from sin and earth to judg
ment—unrepenting, unabsolved.
But scarcely had he fallen before
lie was |>ickcd up by his affrighted
companions, and carried away, pass
ing scarcely from sight as the servant
Gerald rushed up, accompanied by
the owner of the property, and an old
game-kee)>er.
“ Oh, God 1 my master, n said jioor
Tom, as lie flung his gun aside, knelt
down and raised the head of the dy
ing man in his arms. “My master!
My peor master! Who has done
this?”
“ He shot my dog—me-—oh, God 1
my poor wife,” came faintly breathed
through foam and blood.
“lie! who?” demanded the gentle
man.
The story waa—had to be briefly
told, and then with clinched hands
he vewed vengeance, asked if Gerald
had any dying word to send to tlwiso
he loved, and promised faithfully to
remember and bear them.
•»My wife—tell her—that—oh! mer
ctfol God, pity, and—and—"
He fell back dead—be who had
peaaed uuscathed through the dan
gers of the Crimea.
Ah I with sad hearts and tearful
eyes they lifted the limp form of the
•c Id tor, framed a rude litter, and case
ried him back to the home he had left
hut 3 sow hour* before, in all the
pride and strength of perfect health
and manhood. Rati,s*d indeed! But
who should break the intelligence to
hia young wife! Every one shrank
from it, aa well they might
Bat f*te—terrible fate'Hy, relieved
them of the necessity of so doing.
Been as they were ferrying the deed
body through thr pera*4 ground, she
knew the utifform—rushed to his side
—gave one look sit the pale and blood
stained face, Add tofth a heartrending
cry fell backwards, and was carried
away insensible.
Os her husband’s death and burial,
she never knew anything again. A
harmless lunatic, she sat ever at the
window, from which she had seen him
depart, or, protected by the nearly
hcart-broken Tom, wandered in search
of him, Perhaps it was the kindness
of God that made and kept her so,
that robbed her of all power to feel
her misery- But the watch of the
faithful servant was not for many
years. The third autumn after, she
passed away with the fulling of the
leaves, and was buried by the side of
her husband, lo be re-united to him
(who shall say it was not so?) forever
and ever.
Nome New Epitaph*.
A curious gatherer of quaint epi
taphs has contributed quite A number
to the London Scotsman, some of
which arc quite new, and some, parti
cularly the one on a baby, qtiite old.
Here is one on a person named
Chest:
“Here lies at rest, I do protest l ,
One Chest within another;
The ooe of them is very, good,
IVho says so of the other ?
On a very old man;
“He lived 105 because he was strong,
100 to 5 you don’t live as long.”
On Martha ShiclH
“Poor Martha Sliiell has gone away,
Her would if she could, but her
couldn't stay;
Her had 2 bad legs and haddisli cough;
It was her 2 bad iegs that carried her
off.”
Mr. Proctor’s antipathy to medical
men did not save him from the com
mon fate of humanity:
“Here lies John Proctor,
Who lived anil died without a doctor.”
Dr. Chard’s medical practice seems
to have been large, if not particularly
successful:
“Here lies Dr. Chard,
WhoflUed the half of this churchyard.”
The following is a quaint mixture
of specific information and sentiment:
“Here lie two babes as dead a% nits,
Who died of agonizing fits;
They were too good to live with we,
So God took them to live with He.”
On another baby:
“Since 1 was so quickly done for,
I wonder what I was begun for.”
The subject of the following seems
to have appreciated the good things
of life over much ':
“Here lies the bones of Joseph Jones,
Who ate while lie was able;
But once o’er fed, lie dropt down dead,
■ And full beneath the table.”
t On a woodman :
! “In Kent so good, I was lopping wood,
And down fell from a tree;
; I met with check which broke my neck,
And so death lopped off' me.”
There is no evidence that Jonathan
Pound Wa- an Irishman, but his epi
taph contains an unmistakable bull :
“Here lies the body of Jonathan
, Pound,
Who was lost at sea and was never
found.”
A 1.0,-ck NlGOEit.—During tlie war a cou
tralmml came into the Federal lines in
North Carolina, and was marched up to
the officer of tlie day to giV% an account of
himself, whereupon the following colloquy
cusucd:
“What’s your name?"
“My name's Sum-"
"Sain what?”
“No sah! not Sam Watt; I'sc jist Sam.”
“What’s your other naiiio?"
“I hasn't got no other name, sah—l'sc
Sam, dal’s all."
'“What’syour master's name?”
“l'se got no massa; mass* runned away.
Yah! yah! l'se free nigger now."
“Now what’s your father's and mother's
name?"
“I’sc got none, sail; neber had none; I’sc
jist Stun—ain’t anybody else."
"•Haven't you any brothers and sisters?"
“No, sah ! nelter none. No bnidder, no
sister, uo (adder, no mudder, no masaa, no
thin but Sam. When you see Sam, you
ace all there is of us.”
♦ ta"
or “Where ia your house ?” asked a tra
veller in the depths of one of the old “eo-
Icnin wildernesses" of tlie West. "House!
I ain't got no house.” "Well, where do
yon llvef "I live in the woods; sleep on
the Government purchase, eat raw bear
and wild turkey, and drink out of tbc Mis
■hwlppi. And,” he added, “It ia getting too
thick with you folks about here.- You're
the second man 1 have seen this last month,
and 1 hear that there’s a whole family come
to about fifty miles down the river. I’m
going to put out to the woods again.”
[y- In working hatter, the bands should
not come In direct contact with the butter.
Gather it to with a wooden butter ladle, to
the tray or butter bowl, turn off the butler
milk end wash with fresh spring water.
Data It around the whole circumference,
making channels lowest at either end, so
that toe batlrnailk can readily run away,
i Do not grind U down •gainst toe tray,
after the Manure of tempering mortar, for
•to itrie way you will to Ittoty to injure the
' grain
NO. 14.
Thrilling Adventure.
How .a Ltowm* Caxdijs wa* llrmovru
raox Af> Open Uahiiki. ok GtrarowWto.
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
One of our oldest merchants, who Is
soon to pass away, and who formerly
carried on business in Beaver street,
residing—as it was the custom in old
time*—over his store,tells the follow
ing thrilling narrative, which he occa
sionally relates with thrilling effect:
A party had collected at his house
to giYe eclat to ofte of those little fam
ily festivals which brighten the dark
trace of life, and cheer the human
heart in every clime. It was his
daughter’s wedding day; crowds of her
young acquaintances circled aro ind
her, and as the father gazed proudly*
.upon the face of the young bride, he
wished as brigiit a prospect might
open for his other children, Who were
gamboling merrily among the crowd.
Passing through the passage con
necting the lower rooms, he met the
maid-servant, an ignorant country
wench, who was carrying the lighted
tallow candle in her hand, without a
candlestick 1 . He blamed her fit this
dirty conduct, and went into the kitch
en to make some arrangements with
his wife about the supper-table. The
girl shortly returned with her arms
frill of ale bottles, but without the
candle. The merchant immediately
recollected that several barrels of gun
powder had been placed in his cellar
during the day, and that his foreman
had opened one of the barrels to se
lect a sample for a customer. “Where
is your candle?” he inquired, in the
Utmost agitation. “I couldn’t bring
St up with me, for my hands Were full,”
said the girl. “Where did you leave
it?” “Well, I’d no candlestick, so 1
stuck it into some black sand that’s
there in one of the tubs.” Tbc mer
chant dashed down tlie cellar steps;
the passage was long and dark, and
as he groped his way oft, Lis knees
threatened to giVe way under him;
his breath was choked, and hid ffcflt)
seethed suddenly t,o become dry and
pftrehed, as if lie already felt the suf
focating biast of death.
At the extremity of the passage, ifi
the front cellar, under the Very room
Where his children and their friends
were reveling in felicity, lie discerned
the open powder barrel", full almost to
the top, the candle stuck in the loose
gtains, with a long Ved snuff of burnt
on t wick topping the small and gloomy
flame. This sight seemed to wither
all his powers, and the merry laughter
of the youngsters above, struck upofi
liis heart like the kucll of death. He
stood a few momenta, gaziug on the
light, unable to advance. The fiddler
commenced a lively jig, and the feet
of the dancers responded with in
creased vivacity; the floor Shook with
their exertions, and the loose bottles
in tlie cellar jingled with tiic motion'.
He fancied tlie candle Was moving—
was falling! With desperate energy
he dashed forward; but how was no
to remove it? The Slightest touch
would cause the small live coal of
wick to fall into the loose powder.
With unequalcd presence of mind, he
placed a hand on each Side of tlie
candle, with the open palms upward,
and the distended lingers pointed tow
ards tbc object ‘Of his care, which, as
his hands gradually met, was Secured
iit the clasping or locking of his Au
gers, and sdfclv removed from the
head of the barrel. When lie reached
the head of the stairs his excitement
was over; hut the reaction was too
powerful, and he fell into fits of most
violent and dreadful laughter. He
was conveyed senseless to bed, and
many weeks elapsed ere his nerves
recovered sufficient tone to allow him
to resume his habits of every-day life.
isTEAsAi, Rkvekce Decision.—“ All
ronsiimera «f whisky or oilier spirituous
liquors must lie required hereafter to make
true ami exact entry, in a Iwiok to be provi
ded for that purpose, of the hour and day
whcuTie takes a drink, the quantity drank,
liy whom the same was distilled or rectified,
the serial number of the cask from which
drawn, by whom gauged, tlie kind of adhe
sive stamp on the cask aud the serial num
ber thereof; and in all Cases where a con
sumer takes more tlmn five drinks of the
same kind of liquor on any one day he
must be licensed as a wholesale liquor de
stroyer; and when he lakes mixed drinks,
or drinks of different kinds of liquor on the
Same day, he niust be licensed as a recti
fier, and stamped accordingly. Consumers
who take less than five drinks iq one day
will he considered of no account”
Indian Cobn Vinegar.— A correspond
ent of the Queenslander, Australia, gives
the following directions for making vinegar
from Indian corn: “Sleep about* quart of
maize in about fire gallons of cold water
for two or three hours, and then put it on
the fire until the maize shows signs of
bursting. Do not let -It burst, but take it
off the fire snd strain the liquor into a cask.
And Add about two pounds of sugar to it:
Set the cask In a place where the Ml* can
shine upon it, and in three br four weeks
it will be found to contain five gallons of
good vinegar Leas quantities ran be made
in the same way.”
Billings rays: ‘Themewl
is a larger bunl than the gttae or tur
key. It has two lege to walk with
and two more to kick, and it wen ite
wings on the aide of Me bed.’