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HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCH.
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VOL. XI.
Professional Directory.
ATTOmsTS AT LAW.
ISAAC L. TOOLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Vienna, Ga.
Will practice in the conaties of Hous
ton, Dooly, Pulaski, Macon, Sumter and
Worth. Also in the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and in the United Stares Circuit
aad District Courts within the State. All
business entrusted to his care will receive
prompt attention. febl If
6. 0. HORNE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
The Criminal Practiee, a specialty.
January 4, 1877, jan4 ly
WOOTEN.* BUSBEE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
VIENNA, GEORGIA.
aprl*-tf
C. C. SMITH,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
And Solicitor in Equity,
MoVILLE, .... GEORGIA
Refers to Hon. Clifford Anderson, Capt.
John C. Rutherford and Walter B. Hill,
Esq., Professors of Law, Mercer Universi
ty Law School, Macon, Ga.
Promot attention given to all business
entrusted to my care, mar 22 <Jm
EDWIN MARTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Perry, Georgia.
Will give immediate and careful atten
tion to all business entrusted to him in
Houston and adjoining counties
Office in Home Journal building on
public square. aprl2 tf
ROLLIN A. STANLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dublin, Georgia.
Will practice in all the counties of the
Oconee Circuit. From long experience
in the Criminal Practice, much of his
time will be specially devoted to that
branch of his profession. feb24 tf
JACOB WATSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hawkinsville, Georgia,
Will practice in the counties of Pulaski,
Dooly, Wilcox, Dodge, Telfair, Irwin, and
Houston. Prompt attention given to all
business placed in my hands. aprß tf*
LUTHER A. HALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND READ ESTATE AGENT,
Eastman, Ga.
Will practice in all counties adjacent
to the M. & B. railroad, the Supreme
Court of the State aud the Federal Court
of the Southern District of Georgia. For
parties desiring, will buy, sell or lease any
real estate, or pay the taxes upon the
same m the counties of Dodge, Laurens,
Wilcox, Telfair and Appling. Office in
the Court House. aprlS tf
J. H. WOODWARD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Vienna, Ga.
WILL practice in the Superior Courts
in the counties of Uooly, Worth,
Wilcox, Pulasi and Houston, and by
Bpecial contract in other cour ts. Prompt
attention given to all collections.
mch4 tt
t. 0. RYAN. J. B. MITCHELL.
RYAN & MITCHELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
WILL practice in the counties com
prising the Oconee Circuit, and in
the Circuit and District Courts of the
United States for the Southern District of
Georgia. feblltf
“j. M. DENTON^
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ORACTICES in the Brunswick Circuit
l and elsewhere by special contract.
Office at residence, Coffee county, Ga. P.
O. address, Hazlehurst, M. & B. R. R.,
Georgia. teb4ti
W. IRA BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Vienna, Ga.
ORACTICES in the Superior Courts ot
v Oconee Circuit, and elsewhere in the
Stale by special contract. Collections
and other business promptly attended
to 3-13-ly
JOHN H. MARTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
PRACTICES in tlie Courts of Pulaski,
Houston. Dooly, Wlioex, Irwin,
Telfair, Dodge and Laurens. may-tt
CHARLES C. KIBBEE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
WILL piactica in the Circuit and Dis
trict Courts of the United States
tor the Southern District of Georga, and
n the Superior Courts of Houston, Dooly,
tTulaski, Laurens, Wilcox, Irwin and
l)edge counties. june 291 y
JOHN F. DELACY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EASTMAN, GA.
Will practice in the counties of Pulaski,
Dodge, Telfair, Laurens, Montgomery,
Wilcox, and Irwin, of the Oconee Circuit,
and Appling and Wayne, of the Bruns
wick Circuit.
Prompt attention given to all business
entrusted to his care. )unl7 tf
JOHN F. LEWIS. D. B. LEONARD
R. O. LEWIS.
LEWIS, LEONARD & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers,
HAWKINSVILLE, - . - GA.
Buy and sell Exchange, Bonds, Stocks,
Gold and Silver, and xttonu promptly to
all collections left with us.
Will also make loans on good secui Itles.
aprs ly
Singer Machine Needles and Sew
ing Machine Oil for sale by
J. B. King.
june2l-tf.
For Sales Rent or Lease,
A good Cotton Plantation eleven miles
from Hawkinsville, on Bluff Creek, of one
thousand acres, 850 to 400 cleared and
ready fnf cultivation. Gin house aud
screw, dwellings and cabins on the place.
Apply to the undersigned for particulars.
C. M. BOZEMAN,
septlS lm Guardian.
To Any Whom it May Concern.
Robt. Fleming died in Hawkinsville.
Ga., September 16th, 1877, leaving after
his expenses of sickness, burial, &c, a
small amount to be turned over to his le
gal heirs, if any, and I hereby notify all
parties interested to came forward at once
and prove their right, so that I may dis
pose of said amount properly.
MRS. S. B. HUDSPETH.
Hawkinsville, Ga, Sept. 17, 1877.
sept 20tf
Book and Music Store.
A general assortment of school books
and stationery, envelopes, blank books,
slates, pencils, pens, ink aud mucilage,
Dickens and Scott’s novels, and other
literature. Best violin strings, latest pub
lications, music, U. S. Slaps, Bibles, Testa
ments, Hymn Books, and other articles
usually found in a Book store, sold cheap
for cash. GEO. STURTEVANT,
ti Next to Thompson’s Drug Store.
Seed Wheat for Sale
—by—
!D- Jt^lxodes-
I have for sale one hundred bushels of
Seed Wheat—Georgia ra.sed—and of the
variety known as the blue-stem May
wheat Yields well on pine land. Call
and purchase a bushel or two lor next
planting. D. RHODES,
sepl2o lm Hawkinsville, Ga.
Guano Notes
Due Oct-15) 1877-
Those who purchased guano from me
the present year are notified that their
notes are now at my office in Cochran for
collection. All are iuvited to call. Mid
dling cotton will be laken in payment at
18J cents Until the 15th of October. I
would also tender thanks to those who
have already paid their notes so promptly.
Y. H. MORGAN.
Cochran, Ga., Sept. 14,1877. sept2o3t
Farms and Town Property
for Sale.
I otfer for sale 271 acres of land, as fol
lows: 101 acres ot lot number 101,100
acres of lot number 170 and 10 acres of
lot number 169, lying on Gum Swamp, in
the 19th district of Dodge county, with
good gin house, gin and screw, anil other
necessary houses, all for S6OO.
Also lot ot land number 207 in the 21st
distiict of Pulaski county, containing 202 J
acres. 75 acres in cultivation, with good
dwelling house, for S3OO.
Also two lots in town of Cochran, three
roomed dwelling, with two chimneys,
store house and stable, all for S6OO cash
Persons wanting to buy will do well to
call and see me before purchasing. For
further inlormation call on Dr. Y. 11.
Morgan, at Cochran. This is a good
chance for someone to secure a bargain.
M. A. SCARBOROUGH,
sept2o 6t Cochran, Ga.
1877. 1877.
FALL AND WINTER
Millinery Goods!
I havo received from New York and
Baltimore my stock of Millinery Goods
for the Fall and Winter trade, embracing
the latest styles of Indies’ Hats, Ribbons,
Flowers, and all goods that may be de
sired in the millinery line.
Those preparing for the Association in
October are requested to call and exam
ine my stock. Im prepared to show my
customers some new and attractive styles,
and I am sure as cheap as they could ex
pect
Dresses made in the latest styles, and
satisfaction guaranteed iu prices.
Mite. N. WESTCOTT.
Hawkinsville, Ga., Sept. 11, 1877.
septl3 3m
LOOKOUT
FOR Triß
Enro-inEs
When the whistle blows at the yellow
corner, which will tell you how cheap I
am selling
Such as Bacon, Fiour, Lard, Sugar, Coffee,
Tobacco and Sunny South cigars, at 5
cents each. The very best cigars in
town.
Stop at the Corner; don’t go by me,
If you don’t believe what I say, just
step in and try me,
augSO tf A. A. LOWE.
Pay your Lumber Ac
counts and Avoid
Trouble.
All parties indebted to me for lum
ber are requested to settle on or be
fore October 15th, or 1 shall be com
pelled to place their accounts in the
hands of an officer for collection. I
shall regret to have to take such
steps against any of my old custom
ers, and hope they may act upon this
warning and prevent such a course
on my part. J. H. DUPREE,
Dooly county, Ga.
sept2o lm
KELSOE’S
Bar and Restaurant,
AT
WATERMAN’S OLD STAND!
I have opened at Waterman’s old stand
a neat Bar and Restaurant. Tables sup
plied with tiie best tho market affords.
Fresh Fish, Oysters, Game, Etc. Meals
at all hours. At my Bar will always he
found tho best of Liquors, Cigars, &c.
Beds furnished when desired. Fanners
aud others visiting Hawkinsville are in
vited to call. Satisfaction guaranteed.
D. KELSO*,
Hawkinsville, Ga., (late of Montezuma.)
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HAWKINSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, 1877.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch will
be mailed (postage free; to subscri
bers in'any pait of the United States
one year for two dollars. Six months
for one dollar,
A deduction of 25 cents Will be
allowed each subscriber in a club of
six, and in a club of ten an extra
copy of the paper will be sent gratis
No credit subscribers taken. The
Dispatcii has the largest bona fide
circulation of any weekly paper in
the State.
Geo. P. Woods,
tf Editor and Proprietor.
The Catoosa Fourier says:
“North Georgia is for John B. Gor
don for United States Senator.
Every candidate for the Legislature
should pledge himself if elected to
do all in his power to secure Gener
al Gordon’s re-election.”
Meriwether county has 25 regis
tered stills. The Vindicator esti
mates that they average 100 gallons
each, making 5,200 gallons of brandy
made in the county yearly, which at
flie Federal tax of 90 centa per gal
lon, yields a revenue to the govern
ment of $4,G80.
The Nashville Ametican reports
President Hayes as saying, in refer
ence to the result of the late civil
conflict, that “when Greek meets
Greek, then comes the tug of war,
and when Greek meets Greek the
party that has the most Greeks must
succeed.”
tt is stated that Gen. Hood (who
was married since the war) now has
nine children, all under eight years
of age. They are known as “Hood’s
brigade.”
A Rhode Island man has been
arrested for putting a potato bug in
his mother-in-law’s stocking. His
defense was that he had heard that
the bite would produce lockjaw. The
Judge discharged him.
Congressman O. R. Singleton, of
Mississippi, declares that it is un
questionably true that there is a
growing sentiment in the North in
favor of restricting, if not entirely
abolishing, the election franchise to
the black man, to be effected through
an amendment to the Constitution.
Ann Wilson was courted twenty
years ago, in Bourbon, Ky., by
George M. Gillespie, who afterward
went to California, and" she saw
nothing of him again until very
recently, when be returned with
eleven children by a wife who bad
died, and renewed the courtship.
Ann accepted him.
A young man in New York woke
up the other night and saw a ghost
in his room. Seizing his pistol he
approached it and found it was his
collar standing on the floor. He
called it a case of collar in phantom.
A little girl aged ten years, was
playing with a sharp-edged pocket
knife, when, with a sudden motion
of the spring, the keen blade shut.
The little girl opened it again, so it’s
all right.
I say that though I haye served
the people for forty years, this con
vention was the boldest, broadest
and most unpnrchasable body of men
that I ever saw I Some of them may
have been dull and could not spell
very well (I am a bad speller myself)
but they were men who stood for
Georgia and the rights of the people,
and they have built you a monument
which will survive for all time
Robert Toombs.
On Friday last J. A. Tolleson,
Esq., married a couple in the court
house in Marietta, using the follow
ing ritual: “Sheriff, join their right
hands. Sir, will you have the be
loved woman you hold by the right
hand, in the name of the State of
Georgia, Cobb county and the new
constitution, whether it is adopted or
not to be your lawful, wedded wife?”
“I will.” “Madame, will you take
this man to be your lawful husband
under the Constitution oi the United
States and the Constitution of the
State of Georgia, no matter who is
President?” “I will.” Now in the
name of the Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost, and under the constitution
aforesaid, I pronounce you man aud
wife. Amen.” —Marietta Journal.
m m - - ——
A young fellow in love with a
widow got so jealous at a ball in
Houston, Texas, that he got a license
and a clergyman, and, going to her
homo a little before day, informed
her that she must marry him then or
he would kill his rival. She married
him.
“Did you think of me while you
were gone ?” asked a woman of her
husband, who had just come back
from Florida. He said he did—
once. It was when be saw an alliga
tor’s jaw.
A Night Among the “Reg
ulators.”
In the time when Texas Was an
independent Republic, Sam Houston
its President, and Shelby county its
most lawless section, I had occasion,
for a time, to be there.
The population comprised “all
sorts and conditions of men”—vaga
bonds, escaped criminals, and reck
less adventurers constituting the
larger portion. A man too depraved
to be let live in any other part of
Texas, invariably sought refuge in
Shelby county.
Between these desperadoes and
the honest settlors an uncompro
mising warfare existed. It was no
use appealing to the law ;it hadn’t
got there then. The state of society
was well "exemplifled by President
Houston’s answer, when asked to in
terpose his authority : “Fight it out
amohg yourselves and behanged to
you I”
Both parties were completely or
ganized—the desperadoes under the
name of “Regulators,” and their op
ponents under that of “Vigilance
Committees.” The former robbed,
murdered and stole, the latter
lynched. Had I been as well ac
quainted with the condition of things
as experience made me afterward, I
should certainly have thought twice
before Venturing out on a solitary
hunting excursion, as I did one morn
ing shortly after my arrival. But I
was so impatient to try my luck and
new rifle, and so, without stopping to
make sure of being right, went bold
ly ahead.
“Anew hunter’s luck” is a proverb
among old ones; and the adage, in
my case, bade fair to be verified. I
had gone but a little way before
stumbling on a herd of deer quietly
grazing at a short distance. For a
wonder, they didn’t see me first.
Crouching stealthily among the bush
es, I sing ed out a stately buck that
towered above the flock like Saul
above bis fellows.
The mark stood fair and inviting:
It would have been as easy to toiss a
barn door. But I was trembling
with excitement, in fact, I had a vio
lent attack of what is known among
hunters as “Buck-Ague.” The more
I strove not to, the more I shook, till
at last in very desperation, taking
advantage of a favorable wabble, I
blazed away.
The herd scampered, all but the
buck; lie gave a leap and toppled
over, kicking his last, I was fain to
believe. But a moment undeceived
me. I had got withiu a few yards of
him, and already, “in the mind’s
eye,” beheld his tail as a feather in
my cap, when, quick as lightning he
sprang to his feet, and bounded away
as fast as the rest.
I followed at the top of my speed.
By the laws of the chase, first blood
gives title. Consequently the game
was mine. It was only a question of
getting possession, and that was one
of wind and perseverance.
The buck was soon out of sight.
I still was not discouraged. I ex
pected to be distanced at first.
Drops of blood at intervals on the
diy leaves enabled me to keep the
trail, and the ultimate exhaustion of
the wounded animal I counted on as
insuring success in the end.
Hour after hour I kept on. Over
hills, along dales, across glades and
through thickets I ran, thoughtless
of fatigue and reckless of scratches.
At times I was compelled to stop
and search narrowly; but a fresh
drop of blood would set me right,
and cause me to press on with re
newed eagerness.
Once more the trail was lost, and
this time all efforts to recover it were
foiled by the darkness. I had been
too absorbed to notice the approach
of night, which had stolen on me un
awares in the depths of a forest in
fested by hosts of prowling, ravenous
beasts and myriads of venemous rep
tiles.
Looking about with a vague pur
pose of seeking a shelter, I saw an
opening through the trees, and going
towards it, came in sight of a settler’s
cabin. Cheered at the prospects of a
bod and supper, I hurried forward
and knocked for admittance. Re
ceiving no answer I made bold to
push open the dooi. There is no
mistaking the chill damp air of a de
serted house, and this one I knew I
should find without inmates, even be
fore I had explored its dismantled
interior by the light of a match I
happened to have about me. It was
a long narrow cabin, containing but
a single room, having a wide fire
place at one end with recesses at the
sides, one of which had been con
verted into a closet by means of a
pine board swung on deerskin hinges
which served for a door.
I had at least found a place to
sleep in safety, no small boon to a
tired man ; and having dispatched the
lunch of “jerk” ami johnny cake, till
now forgotten in my pouch, I threw
myself on the floor, and, in the land
of dreams, had lost trail of my buck.
A confused sound of voices at
length got mixed up with my
dreams. The sudden waking that
dispelled the latter, brought proof of
the realty of the fot mer. The voices
were accompanied with footsteps,
moreover; and both were rapidly
drawing nearer. It might be a com
pany of belated hunters or it might
be a gang of Regulators. At all
events, it would be well to settle the
question before making their ac
quaintance.
It was too late to leave the cabin
unobserved, but there was the closet.
Acting on the thought, I hastily
gathered my gun and accoutrements,
slipped into the recess, and pu.led to
the door. I had hatdly done so
when several men entered ; how many,
it was impossible to discover in the
darkness. There was less difficulty'
in distinguishing the character of the
visitors. Their rude discourse, in
terlarded with course and brutal
oaths, related to some deed of vio
lence either already done, or early
contemplated. As they continued, I
learned, to my horror, that my own
robbery and murder had already
been planned, and that these men,
by whom I was suspected to have
about me a considerable sum, had
been looking for me all day in the
woods.
“I say, Blant Burton,” spoke one
of them, “you’ll have to do better
shootin’ .this time than you did last
time; it won’t do to miss this yer
chap I”
“Yon needn’t brag, Jim Sipple ; I
kin take the consate out of you, right
now, cf you’re a mind to try,” was
the answer.
“Oh I as like’s not,”- replied the
other j “one man’s shootin’ as good
as another’s in the dark.”
“That needn’t be no excuse,” put
in tile third voice. “We ken have a
liglitwood fire in two jiffies, an’ a
leetle spurt’ll sarve to pass away the
time.”
The fife was kindled, by the light
of which, through a crevice between
the closet door and jamb, I saw
three worse looking cut-throats than
I had supposed could be found even
in Shelby county.
“I’ll jest stick a rifle-patch on this
yer door for a mark,” said the last
speaker, approachidg my hiding
place, “an’ you two kin take your
revolvers an’ go to t’other end of the
room an’ pop awav.”
A thin board of soft pine is but
poor protection against a Colt’s Na
vy. To break from my concealment,
or lie close and take the chances,
were the alternatives I had to choose
between and that quickly. If I re
mained, my body was directly be
hind the mark, with no room; to
leave my shelter was to rush into
hands waiting to shed my blood.
There was another chance. I too
carried a revolver, and was not with
out skill in its use. The crevice al
ready mentioned gave me a full view
of the man called Durton, who was
standing ready to take the first
shoot. Cautiously cocking my pis
tol, I raised it and took deliberate
aim at the villain’s heart. I experi
enced none of the tremor I had felt
in the morning. My life depended
on the steadiness of my hand and it
was steady. Durton’s pistol was
leveled at my breast, when the re
port of my own broke the si illness.
The bandit fell forward, his limbs
convulsed with the struggle of death !
His companions advanced a step
as if to his assistance, then glared
wildly around, and like men appalled
by a sense of unknown danger,
turned and fled in terror from the
scene. Nor was my own departure
long delayed. AVolves and cata
mounts were better company than I
had met with there, and at the risk
of encountering them, I plunged into
the forest.
Luckily it was soon daylight, and
I shortly fell in with a couple of
hunters, who, after hearing my story,
accompanied me to the cabin.
“Blant Durton !” exclaimed one of
them as his eyes fell on the body,
“the biggest scoundrel in. all Texas,
and down on our books for an early
lynching. “You’ve saved us some
trouble, stranger.”
A WESTERN LOVE LETTER.
1000 eight hundred and GO fore.
Dear Henry : I embrace this here
oppochunity to let you nough as how
I had a spell of agar, and I does
hope theas few lines will find you en
joying the same God’s Blessing!
Why don’t you only rite a sweate
line to tell sufferln Catharun all
about her sweate Henry. Oh 1 my
sweate Henry—my tirtle duv, my
pidging, my deer, deer Henry how
my poor sole is longin for to heer
your sweate voice. I think I heer
him singin Yankee Doodle as he
cums from his plow now. O! my
Henry do come out and let’s git
married. So no more at present, but
remane your lovin
Katharun An Tilden.
To my sweate Henry.
P. S Part Sekkund.
Jeems Blasleet has raised a nu
Itous and Sally does live so snug,
she fites him sometimes when he’s a
little antony over. My sweate Hen
ry, let us keepe house, and if you
love me I won’t whip you, indeed ;
ncr 1 won’t look at nobody else, so
I won’t. Dady says as how I must
git married, bekause I hav run 2
long already. So no more at pres
ent. K. A. T.
P. S.—Part third,
my pen is bad, my ink is pale,
my luv tu yew shall never fale ;
for henry is my true luv,
my pidgin dui.k and tirtle duv.
so no more at present.
N. B. Noty Beeny: Mother’s
Ded and Timothy are got the fever,
so no more at present.
Noty’ Beeny 2 : I furgot to say
as how that ere korn on my big tow
don’t hurt as it used to did. S.)
wonce more yer wife as is to bee,
cends 2 kisses and says farewell
Yours til deth do us part.
K. A. T.
The following anecdote was told
by a preacher for a fact: A preach
er was praying, and in his prayer
he said, ‘I pray the Lord to cur
tail the power of the devil.' Just
then an old darkey in the congre
gation cried, ‘Yes! amen! Bress
God I Cut him tail right smack
smoove off.’
“Which is the most valuable—ex
perience or instinct ?” was the sub
ject up for discussion at a coontry
-debating society recently. One
member said experience teaches us
to back up to a hot stove when we
are cold, but when our coat tails
catch fire instinct is boss.
History makes haste to record
great deed4s but often neglects good
ones.
Jenny’s Faith.
“You see,” said the jailor, after
locking the last door, and seating his
pretty niece in bis own pleasant
office, “the young man that’s killed
and this young man were cronies till
Burgess saw Jenny Anderson, when
he was silly enough to fall ill love
with her. Well, instead of acting
like a man when he knew that Henry
was engaged to her, he acted like a fool
—tried to cut Henry out, you see.
That naturally angered Henry,
though he acted Very well about it—
for he’s a generous fellow, and no
doubt pitied him—until Burgess be
gan to throw out hints that were un
favorable to the girl. Then Henry
got mad, stinging mad, but still he
kept his hands oft. Burgess grew
more and more insane, however. lie
visited Jenny at all times, till his
strange conduct began to frighten
her. He laid himseif along places
where she was going, and came out
ali of a passion like, begging her to
love him, giving out insinuations
about Henry.
“Well, one day he carried this
tiling too far, and Jenny went and
told it to Henry. I wish she’d come
to me; I’d have stopped it. But wo
men are imprudent sometimes, as
well as men. Henry didn’t take that
very calmly—he had hard words with
the fellow, and there came near be
ing a tight. It was stopped in time,
however, but not before Henry, iu
his anger, had said some very hard
things, that go agin him now.
“Well, ’twasn’t more than a fort
night after that Burgess was found
dead in bed struck through to the
heart with a knife. He had been be
having singular for some days, but
nobody had seen that Henry took
any notice of it. Oa the day of the
night of the murder, it seems, he had
sent Jenny an insulting letter, which
was read in evidence yesterday in
court. Well, as I said, lie was found
murdered. Blood was tracked to
the door of Henry's room—they
boarded in the same house—blood
was found on Henry’s shirt, face and
hands, and a knife was stuck in an
old stovo among the ashes that was
covered with blood, and that knife
had Henry Islington’s initials on its
haft, cut in deep. Another knife was
found under the bed of the murdered
man. That’s the whole story. A
fine fellow roomed with Henry.
“He says he woke at the same time
Henry did,roused by his exclamation:
‘My God 1 what is the matter with
me? He says he never saw such a
horrified face, and you can’t make
him believe that poor Henry had any
hand in it at all. In fact they have
tried hard to clear the poor fellow,
but his threats—very unwise they
were—the letter that Jenny had
shown him, the knife the tracks, all
go against him, although it is thought
he must have done it in his sleep, to
go back to bed in that fashion. It’s
six months now ; the lawyers have
put it off, in hopes that something
would turn up to clear him, but noth
ing has as yet, and I’m afraid noth
ing will.”
Eugenie sat and listened with tear
ful eyes, and when she went away
carried the impression of the sorrow
ful face home with her. Meantime
Jenny stitched away in the dim cell,
and Henry wrote. There had been
a long silence. It was broken by
Jenny, who said, in a light, cheerful
tone:
“Wasn’t that a pretty young lady,
Henry ?”
“Very,” was his reply. Then,
pausing suddenly, ho laid down liis
pen, saying: “Jenny, can’t you pos
sibly realize the danger I’m inf”
“Don’t believe anything about it,”
said Jenny, quietly, and in the same
cheerful tone.
“But, my dear girl, you must My
lawyer told mo this morning I was
as good as convicted. I lnve you for
your faith in my innocence, your
faith that it will be proved -but,
alas, dear Jenny, there is—no hope 1”
He bowed his head on his hands.
Jenry looked at him once, all her
face quivered with anguish, but with
an almost superhuman effort she
commanded her features again.
“There is hope!” she said stoutly.
“I wish you could see into the misty
future as God has given me to see.”
“Jenny, when I am gone you will
copy this and send it around to those
who loved me,” he said, gathering
up the manuscript.
“You will outlive me,” she said,
quietly. “But Jenny, if Ido die—
that horrible death”—he shuddered
“There will come a time when my
innocence shall be proven as clear as
the noonday.”
“You will not die. Your innocence
will be proven—even when you
stand”—her lip quivered now, her
chin trembled convulsively.
“Jenny—Jenny, my brave girl—
my beautiful beloved, you do fear,
but you would hide it from me. That
is well,” he said, as she fell sobbing
into his arms. “Your heart would
break, Jenny, if you did not weep.”
She looked up, smiling even
through the falling tears, as she ex
claimed :
“My faith is just as strong as it
ever was. God will interpose !”
Henry Islington was convicted.
He sat in the condemned cell. By
permission Jenny was with him some
times. Her face was a shade paler,
but her smile was just as sweet. She
talked in a low earnest voice—eke
sang to him, read to him. There
were many visitors called to see him,
among them several clergymen. To
them he always said : “I am ready.
An innocent man, who haß feared his
God aud loved his neighbor as him
self, need not tremble at the prospect
of death.” His calmness, his resig
nation, were the theme of all tongues.
His spiritual adviser had no doubt of
bis genuioc piety.
Jenny still said : “He will never
be hung.” *lt seemed almosta mania
born of despair, this desperate belief.
It made stout men weep to see her
shining eyes—to hear her quiet pro
testations.
“But to-morrow, my dear child,”
someone would say, as the time les
sened, “he will perish; nothing can
save him. You had better prepare
your mind for the worst.”
To which her reply was: “To
morrow night lie will be with me, his
iunocence proclaimed.”
“Will she kill herself?” they asked
each other.
The fatal day came. How bright,
how beautiful the morning was!
Earth never seemed more regal. The
birds sang, the sun spread his lumi
nous mantle over the green fields, the
flowers gave their sweet and subtle
odors to the breeze. Forth from the
cell window looked the mall who Was
condemned to die. He was still
calm, still serene, thinking with won
der over his last interview with Jen
ny. How could she smile when he
held her to his bursting heart for the
last time ? How could she leave
him with that cnclouded face ? Well,
Heaven was kind if it spared tier one
pang. Then he looked at himself,
held out his strong right arm,corded
with sinews, struck his feet boldly
against the flags as he walked, and
murmured :
“Young, healthy, strong—Oh, my
God, what a fate !” Tears and groans
convulsed him—prayer quieted him.
The hour drew near. All the pre
liminaries were gone through with.
Some superhuman strength was sure
ly given him. The jailor gazed at
him with awe and brushed awav a
tear.
“How is it, Harry?” he asked
when he could command his voice.
, “Well, well,” replied the young
man, with slow, prolonged utterance.
“My poor Jenny—see to lu-r ; the
lip trembled. The jailer took his
hand with almost a crushing pres
sure.
“I’ll do it, Henry Islington 1” he
said ; “My own daughter shall not
have more care.”
“Thank you ; now I am ready.”
He stood out there in the bold
sunlight—his face lofty beaming
with a strange light. They were
adjusting the rope when orders were
given to suspend the execution—to
lead the condemned man back to his
cell. There was great shouting.
Henry Islington looked about him
like a man lost to the things of this
world. He was not prepared for
life.
“God be thanked, boy,” said the
jailor, as he crushed his hands again
—he could hardly speak—“there’s a
chance of your acquittal, after all
more than a chance.”
“Tell Jenny!” cried Henry, as he
tell fainting in the jailor’s arms.
Only that morning had a good
ship arrived from sea, after a six
month’s voyage. The first thing
shat the sailor calls for, if be is a
good, industrious man, is the news
paper.
Jack Bunce was second mate of
tire Neptune, It was eleven o'clock
before lie had a chance at the daily
paper, and thcro he read a summary
of the trial, deportment of the pris
oner up to nine o’clock, etc. No
sooner had his eye gathered in the
most important testimony than
he sprang into the cabin like one
mad.
“Hold, Jack 1 What are you
rummaging about ?” asked the first
officer.
“Don’t say a word to me, Captain,
for Heaven’s sake,” ciied Jack;
“they’re hanging an innocent man 1”
And out he dashed again, having
donned a long-shore hat and coat.
Up to the Mayor’s office ran Jack,
out ot breath, gasping, choking,as he
cried: “I’m Jack Bunee, second
mate of the Neptune—just got in.
You’re hanging the wrong man;
he’s as iuuocent as a baby. I’ll prove
it.”
And while Jnek told his story the
messengers were sent to remand
Henry Islington to jail.
Shall I tell you in Jack’s own
words?
“Jim Burgess was always a crazy
fellow, I tell you, your honor; 1 ain’t
no manner of a doubt about it, not a
mite. I board at Col. Springer’s
wlun I’m at home, cause you see I
ain’t one of them low sort of sailors
as go anywhere. I knew all about
the run. Henry’s sweetheart was a
pretty fair girl, worth a quarrel or
two. But, "til, there, be blessed if
ever I thought he’d do it! Burgess
came to me one night—l was get
ting ready to go to sea then. Yes,
it was the fifteenth of February—
squally weather—two days afore I
went. Says he:
“ ‘Jack, do you want to know how
I’ll have revengo out of Hen Isling
ton ?’
“Said I: ‘No Jim, you better let
him alone. You had no right to
bother him in the first place.’
“ ‘I don’t care,’ says he, ‘I tqll you
I’ll be revenged, aud I’ll do it this
way. I’ll get bullock’s blood—no, 1
won’t; I’ll draw my own, I know
how to do it.’ Them’s the exact lan
guage he used. ‘l’ll get his knife’—
Lord, he swore infernally—‘and I’ll
track his floqr, and daub his shirt
and bands, and then I’ll stab here.’
Then he laughed, with his hand on
his heart. It almost made my hair
rise to hear him ; it sounded more
like the yell of a mad dog.
i “Says I: ‘Burgess, you’re a fool
for telling it,” never once supposing,
you see, that the fellow was in earn
est. Well, I went to my mother’s
that night, to say good-bye, and I
told my cousin that was there court'
ing Ann—that’s my sister—and I
told Ann, too.
“Says I: “Do you suppose he
would ever attempt such a thing?’
“SaysZcb: ‘No’—that’s Zebulon,
my cousin, a foremast ham] on board
the Neptune—‘he's always talking in
that lightheaded way.’
“There, there’s my story. You
can send for Zcb, who went to Tan
ton this morning, before he or I read
NO- 40.
the news about it; you can send for
Ann, who’s been gone six months to
the West, and didn’t git home tilt
yesterday, to be in time for the Net*
tune. What I’ve tokl you is a fact.
I’m second mate of the Neptune, and
folks will tell you down our way
what a character I beat for veracity
—and any of my shipmates—ask ’em.
I tell you Hen Islington is as inno
cent as the unborn baby. You'll
bang one of the best men, your hon
01 Jb God evcr mado > > f you bang him.”
The 3iory was so coherent., the
sailor’s manner so truthful, his char
acter so far above reproach, that
every word eafried weight in court.
His sister, blushing like a peony,
gave the same evidence, although
there had been no collusion so
did his cousin. Indeed, it was one
of those cases where everybody was
willing to be convinced, from the
judge down to the shoeblack, who
bad heard the progress of the trial
from an intelligent newsboy. The
prisoner was dismissed with a ver
dict ol not guilty in deed or inten
tion,
How shall I describe the meeting
between Jenny and her lover 1 She,-
poor thing, who had kept herself so
calm during the terrible ordeal,
shrieked like one in delirium when
she saw him, still pale, but restored
to life and to honor. It was feared
for some little time that her bruin
was shocked, her reason shattered,
In the excess of her joy her life had
nearly paid the forfeit.
‘‘Was my faith in vain ?” she asked
agaiu and again, “Are yon not sor
ry you doubted me ? Did I not say
God would be with 11s?”
Henry was fully remunerated by
generous men for all that he had
lost. Jenny was presented with a
beautiful silver pitcher, on which
was wrought the form of a kneeling
girl, smiling toward Heaven—un
derneath the inscription, “Jenny’s
Faith.” J
Henry Was given a fralite bouse
complete, to carry with him to the
West, and one bright summer’s eve
ning the two fond hearts were united
at the residence of a gentleman who
had taken a more than ordinary in
terest in the trial, and used great
exertions to clear him. They are
to-day citizens of a tlniviug town in
the laud toward the setting sun.
DOZK SMALL BUPPT.
My poy Shake, lie haf one of doze
leetle tings vat dey calls a buppy,
Oh! me, dot lectio dog! llow I
hates em nlieady,
I goomes homo in dor liight dime
from dot store vnre I vas jjtand be
hint der counter all der dime, vixirt
der goois, and I veels so tired as
never before in my life. Und I says
to mine vife “goom along mit doze
sometings to eat.’* I eats someting
and den goes to ped.
Yen I vas asleep, I feels someting
geot glose up to uic ; deu 1 pelieves
dot leetle baby goomes so near his
fader und I sends my hand over dar
to bat him. Blitzen! I sticks mine
right hand 111 der mouf of dat leetle
buppy und he gooms down on it mit
his eye toof, I tell you doze dog
gects out of dot bed zo mooch vaster
as he geets In.
Ven I goes to sleep again, I feels
someting pitc so hard as a pin, und I
slaps my leg und says to mine frow,
“geet right up und light der gandle ;
dares soma udder dings vat pites
schoost ao hard as der buppy,”
Mine frow she geets up und I sees
IT flees dot 1 don’t katch, because
dey shUnip so fast. Ven dey goes
avay, I sleeps. Und in der morning
ven I geets up, doze dog is in der
back yard playing mit my sock.
1 kills dot buppy shoost der first
day mine vife leaves der house.
SIGNIFICANCE OF DREAMS.
To dream of a millstone about
your neck is a sign of what you may
expect if you marry an extravagant
wife.
It Is Very good luck to dream that
you pay for a thing twice over, since
ever afterwards you will take care to
have your bill receipted.
For a person in embarrassed cir
cumstanccs to dream that lie is ar
rested, is very fortunate, for it is a
warning to him on no account to ac
cept a bill.
To dream of fire is a sign that if
you are wise 3-011 will seo that all the
lights in your house are out before
you retire to bed.
To dream that your nose is red to
the tip, is an intimation that you had
better leuVo brandy for water.
When a fashionable young lady
dreams of a filbert, it is a sign that
her thoughts are running on a colonel.
If you dream of clothes, it is a
warning not to go to law, for, by tbs
rule of contraries, you will be sure of
a non-suit.
When a young lady dreams of a
coffin, it betokens that she should In
stantly discontinue tight stays and
always go warmly clad in wet wsath*
er.
The Quitman Reporter says: “On
last Saturday night a white woman,
or what used to be a white woman,
who had been living in violation of
the law with a negro man, in the
swamps or hammocks for several
years, came from her hiding place to
ask assistance of the negroes to bury
the man, who bad died that day.
They had been living all the year,
and perhaps for a longer period,
within two miles of Quitman, but
their whereabouts had never been
discovered. They were In a thick
swamp known as the Watson ham
mock, and in a few hundred yards of
Watson's field, oot of which they got
corn and other edibles whenever in
want. It is said that (Ucy had been
living together for nearly three years,
and during all the time in the
swamps. She was committed to jail,
but by a promise to leave the State
and never return to it, she wns turned
out on last Tuesday morning,”