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VOL. XI.
Professional Directory.
ATTORXKTS AT LA.W.
ISAAC L. TOOLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Yienna, Ga.
Will practice in the counties of Hous
ton, Dooly, Pulaski, Macon-, Sumter and
Worth. Also in the Supreme CbuH of
Georgia, and in the United States Circuit
had District Courts within the State. All
business entrusted to bis care Will receive
prompt attention. febl It
" o. c horneT
Attorney at law,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
The Criminal Practiee, a specialty.
Jahuary 4, 1877. ja<l4 ly
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G W. BUStlEfi,
attorney at law,
VIENNA, GEORGIA.
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C. C. SMITH,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
And Solicitor in Equity,
MoVILLE, --it GEORGIA
RfcferS to Hbn. Clifford Anderson, Capt.
john C. Rutherford and Walter B. Hill,
Esq., Professors of Law, Mercer Universi
ty Law School, Macon, Ga:
Promnt attention given to all business
entrusted to my care. mar 22 Cm
EI)WIN MARTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Terry, Georgia:
. Will glVe immediate arid carelhl atten
llon to all business entrusted to him in
Houston and adjoining counties
Office in Home Journal buildiug on
public square. aprl2 tf
ROLLIN A. STANLEY,
ATTORNEY At L AW;
Dublin, Georgia.
Will practice in all the counties of the
Oconee Circuit. From long experience
in the Criminal Practice, much of his
lime will be specially devoted to that
branch of his profession. feb24 tf
JACOB WATSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hawkinsville, Georgia.
Will practice in the couuties of Pulaski,
Dooly, Wilcox, Dodge,Telfair, Irwin, and
Houston. Prompt attention given to all
business placed in my hands. aprij tf*
LUTIIEIt A. HALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND REAL ESTATE AGENT,
Easttlian, Ga.
Will practice in all counties adjacent
io the M. & B. railroad, tire Supreme
Court of the State and the Federal Court
Af the Southern District of Georgia. For
parties desiring, will buy, Bell or lease any
teal estate, or pay tire taxes upon tire
tame in 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 i 'only, Worth,
Wilcox, Pains*i and Hotistnn, and by
Bpccii.l contract in other courts. Prompt
attention given to all collections,
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t C. RYAN. if 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 Stutcs fbr the Southern District of
Georgia. feblltf
J. M. DENTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
()RACTICES iff the Brunswick Circuit
and elsewhere by special contract.
Office at residence, Coffee county, Ga. P.
O. address, Hazlehurst, M. & B. R. R.,
Georgia. feb4tt
' ft: lltA BRtfWft,
ATTORNEY AT tAW j
Vienna, Ga.
IYRACTICES in the Superior Courts of
L Oconee Circuit, and elsewhere in the
Stale by special contract. Collections
and other business promptly attended
te 8-13-ly
JOHN H MARTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Hawklusville; Ga.
I>RACTICEB lit th Conns or Pulaski,
Houston. Dooly, Wlioex, Irwin,
Telfair, Dodge anti Laurens. may-tt
CHARLES 0. EIBBEE,
ATTORN E t Al' 1/AW,
Hawkinsville, Ga;
WILL pittctice in the Dircm i and Dis
trict Courts of the United States
ior the Southern District of Georga, and
n the Superior Courts of Houston, Dooly,
rhlaski, Laurens, Wilcox, Irwin and
wedge counties. june 2!lly
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JOHN F. DELACY,
iffORNBY AT LAW,
EASTMAN, GA.
Will practice in the counties of Pulaski,
D.,dge, Telfair, Laurens, Montgomery,
Wilcox,• and {twin, of the Oconee Circuit,
and Appling and Wayne, of the Bruns
wick Circuit.
Prompt attention given (o all Business
entrusted to his care. |tfnl7 tf
JOHN F. LBWlk. D. B. LEONARD'
B. O. LEW 18.
LEWIS* LEONARD & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers*
HAWKINSVILLE, - - - GA.
Buy and sell Exchange, Bonds,' Stocks,
Gold and Silver, and •ftenu [lrolnptly to
all collections left with us. ~
Will alo make loans on good seen: ities.
tprS ty
Finest brands of tobacco, and thte
Cheapest, at
A as. E.- Forts.
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HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCH.
ELIAS HERRMAN*
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EASTMAN, GA;
Practices in the counties acjacrint to the
M. &B.R. R. Collections made it spe
cialty oct2s tf
w. w. Humphreys^
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
eAstmAN; Ga.
Will practice in the Superior Courts of
Dodge and adiojntng counties, arid will
buy and sell Real Estate; pAv taxes for
non-residents, make Collections, etc.
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P. JHODGE,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
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Will piacticc in the Superior Courts of
Houston, Dooly, Pulaski, Twiggs, Dodge
and Wilcox. Special attention given to
collections. oct4 ly
A- H. WOOTTEN,
Attorney and Counccllor at Law,
Mount Vernon, Ga.
Will practice in the Middle and Oconee
Circuits. Criminal defence a specialty.
Prompt atteritidn given to the collection
of claims: sept 27 tf
1877. 1877.
FALL AND WINTER
Millinery Goods!
I have received from New York and
Baltimore my stock of Millinery Goods
for the Fall and Winter trade, embracing
the latest styles of Ladies’ Hats, Ribbons,
Flowers, and all goods that may be de
sired in tlie millinery line. ,
The ladies are respectfully invited to
call and examine my stock. I am pre
pared to show my customers some new
and attractive styles, and I am sure as
cheap as they could expect.
Dresses made in the latest Styles, and
satisfaction guaranteed in prices.
MKP. N. WESTCOTT.
Hawklnsvilicj Ga., Sept. 11, 1877.
sept 13 3m
Fleurtation for Sale-
By virtue of an order of the Court of
Ordinary of Pulaski coriiityj will be sold
before the court uouse door in the town of
Hawkinsville, Ga., on the first Tuesday in
December next; Withiti the legal hours of
sale, that part of lot of hind number two
hundred and forty-nine, lying north Coney
branch and South of Big Creek. Supposed
to contain one hundred and thirty three
acres, and that part of lots numbers two
hundred and thiriyffWd and two Hundred
and thirty three, lying on the east side ot
the river road. All of said lands lying in
the fourth district of Pulaski county, and
containing in the aggregate three hundred
acres, more or less. Sold as the property
of Miles Sanders, late of said county, de
ceased, and tor the benefit of heirs and
creditors of said deceased. Terms of sale
cash. September 19,1877.
MARTHA SANDERS,
sept2o id Executrix.
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 the best the market affords.
Fresh Fish, Oysters, Game, Etc. Meals
at all hours. At my Bar will always be
tound the best of Liquors, Cigars, &c.
Beds furnished when desired. Farmers
and others visiting Hawkinsville are in
vited to call. Satisfaction guaranteed.
D. KELSOE,
Hawkinsville, Ga., Montezuma.)
sepff if
INSURE
YOUR HOUSES
—AND—
MERCHANDISE!
The ilndersigned represents its ncent
two of the largest aifd most reliable Fire
Companies in the world:
The Liverpool, London & Globe, with a
Capital of $27,000,000. Amount Capital
in United States, $3,652,000.
And New York Home, viltli 3 cash Cap:
ltnl of $8,000,000, and gross assets $6,114,-
000.
Will take risks on merchandise, cotton
in store houses, residences, furniture, &c.,
for one, three or five years, and will in
sure resiliences forever on the payment of
ten annual premiums. Rates will be as
low as rthy flrst-closfi and Safe companies.
Thfj above companies are prepared and
will make the deposit with the Slate in ac
cordance with the act of the last Legisla
ture for the protection of policy holders.
August 80, 1877.
0. M. BOEEMAN, Agt-;
augSO 8m HawkiusMile, Ga.
JULIUS KING'S
WH
olt NCiLHCYM
OF—
W. 1). KING,
Jeweler and Watchmaker,’
Hawkinsville, ga.
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry. Guns, Pis
tols, etc., repaired at short notice and up
on the most reasonable terms. All work
guaranteed. oct4 tf
Sewing Machine Needles of all
kinds for sale very low. Apply at
the Post Office, Vienna, Ga. tf
Fresh fish and oysters every day
at HerzogV * octll-tf/
HAWKINSVILLE. HA.. THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1877.
BATES 0* SUBSCRIPTION.
The HawkinsvillS Dispatch will
be mailed (postape free) to subscri
bers iff any part of the United States
offe yeah for twb dollars. Six months
for one dollar.
A deduction of 25 cents will bo
allowed each subscriber in a club of
six, and in a club of ten ail eitra
copy of the paper will be sent gratis
No credit subscribers taken. The
Dispatch has the largest bona fide
circulation of any weekly papei in
the State.
Geo. Pi Woods,
tf Editor and Proprietor.
The Dispatch will be sept, free fpr
the balance of 1877 to all partied
who subscribe now and pay two dol
lars for 1878. No credit subscribers
taken. tf
Tatnall county has decided not to
have a regular honiination for Repre
sentative, but leave it as an open
race.
An association having for its ob
ject the erection of a monument to
the memory of Gen. Forrest has
been organized at Nashville, with
Gen. W. H. Jackson as President.
Girls who are not handsome hate
those who are—while those who are
handsome hate one another. Which
class has the best time of it ?
If she doesn’t invite you into the
house after having escorted her home,
It isn’t worth while to waste any
more ice cream on her—your case is
hopeless.
Gen. J. B. Robertson, Gfeneral Im
migration Agent for the Texas Cen
tral railroad says that 350,000 immi
grants came to Texas last year
and the Same number will come this
year:
Of the 141 employes of the New
Orleans Custom House 43 are ex-
Federals ; one-half of the remaining
are negroes, and the balance South
ern Republicans, old employes atid a
few Conservatives. For these 141
positions there are now on file 4,000
applications
The Macdn and Brtinswick Rail
road Company is building a neat and
commodious depot at Eastman,
Dodge coun’.y. The building is to
be 40 by 95 feet, with first and sfeff
ond-class waiting roottis, with fire
places, ticket otfiee and freight de
partment. All to be finished up in
first-class modern style. The entile
building will be finished and ready
for use about the first of Decernhe!
next.
A tramp was arrested in New Jer
sey last week, taken before a magis
trate and sentenced for three months.
The Justice, in explaining the sen
tence, remarked that, while there was
no evidence that the prisoner bad
been guilty of any crime, be thought
it prudent to commit him, as he had
the wild, haggard look of a man
about to start a newspaper.
All old woman in New York who
made a living by picking up stray
grains of coffee, corn, etc., was seri
ously hurt the other day. The neigh
boring merchants made up a purse
for her. When conveyed to her resi
dence it proved to be a comfortable,
neatly furnished cottage which bad
been bought by her own money;
Never neglect trifles.
It is supposed that by 1880 there
Will be in the United States about
two and a half million old maids, as
the last census gives 1,836,288 single
women who are supposed to be look
ing for impossible husbands. How
this vast array of women are to be
provided for is a problem that our
social scientists may well attempt to
Solve.
A clergyman was recently annoyed
by people talking attd giggliitg In
ehiircl). He paused, looker at the
disturber, and said : “I am always
afraid to reprove those who misbe
hav- 1 , for this reason : Some years
since as I was preaching) a young
man wbtf sat before file was constant
ly laughing, talking, and making
uncouth grimaces. I paused and ad
ministered a severe rebuke. At the
close of the service a gentleman said
to me: ‘Sir you have made a great
mistake. That young man waif ah
idiot.’ Since that I have been afraid
to reprove those who misbehave
themselves in church, lest I should
repeat that mistake and reprove an
other idiot,*
The Hinesville Gazette' Says:
“Some of our old citizens, who were
members of the Legislature in the
old Milledgeville days,' when that
body consisted of over three litmdred
members, say that there was plenty
of room in the old capitol. How is'
it, that with one hundred and seven
five members, the Atlantese say it
will be too small - ?”
The Death Warrant.
The mist of the morning still hung
heavily on the mountain top, ana
above the village of Redcliff, but the
roads which lead towards it were
eftiwded with the varied population
of the surrounding country, from fhr
and near. At Alesbury tlie shops
were closed, tlm hammerof tiieblack
smith lay Upon its anvil, not a wagon
was to be seen in the streets, and
even the bar of the tavern was loliked;
find the key gone with the proprietor
toward the clitT, as a token of an im
portant era which was to ,be without
a parallel in the anfials ot the place.
And save here and there a solitary
head looking through a broken pane,
in some closed up house, with an air
of sad disappointment; or the cries-wf
a nurslihg tvas heard; betbkening
that in the general flight it had been
left in unskillful hands, or mayhap
here and there a solitary, ragged and
ill-natured dog, either seeming or
half appeased by the privilege of a
holiday graffted on Condition of stay
ing at home, the whole village pre
sented a picture of desertion and si
lence, that had forever been unknown
before.
But in proportion as yotl drew neat
the ponderous cliffs, in the midst of
which the little town of Redcliff was
situated, you mingled again in the
thick bustle and motion of the world
of men, and women, and boys and
horses, and dogs, and all living; mov
ing and creeping thirigs that inhabit
the wild district of Pennsylvania.
The village was crowded to over
flowing long befoiv the sun had
gained a sufficient altitude to throw
its rays upon the deep valley in which
it lay. There the bar of the inn was
crowded and the fumes of tobacco
and whisky, the jingling of small
change, and the perpetual clamor of
the throng, was sufficient to rack a
brain of common flexibility. In the
streets there was the old and long
parted acquaintances; the bartering
of horses, the settling of old accounts;
the buffooneiy of half intoxicated
men ; the clatter of women, the cry
ing and hallooing of children and
the barking and quarrelling of
stranger’s dogs. To look upon the
scene, to mingle with the crowd, to
listen to the conversation, or to sur
vey the countenances of the aSsemi
bled multitude, would scarcely lead
to a satisfaetbi-y sblution of the cause
for which this mass of heterbgeriious
existence was congregated.
Within the walls of the old stone
jail, at the foot of the mountain, a
different scenfe had beeti thfit morning
witnessed: There chained to a stake
in the miserable dungeon, damp and
scarcely illuminated by one ray of
light, now lay the emaciated form of
one whose filial doom seemed near at
hfitid:, A few hotlrs befoije his wife
and little daughter had traveled one
hundred miles to meet him on the
threshold of the grave—they met,
and from that gloomy vault the song
of praise ascended with the ascending
sun and the jailor, ks he listened to
melodious voices of the three persons
wilom he looked upon as the most
desolate of all in the wide world,
blended sWeetly, together, and chant
ing the beautiful hym—
“It is the Lord, should I distrust,
Or contradict his will ?”
almost doubted the evidence of his
senses, and stood fixed ill astonish-,
ment at the massive door; Coiild
these be the voices of a murderer,
and a murderer’s wife and child?
The brief and to be find.l interview
had passed, It /wever, these unfortu
nate ones had loudly commended
each other to the keeping of their
heavenly parent, he, to face the as
sembled multitude on the scaffold,
and they, as they said, to return by
journeys to their sorrowful home j the
convict worn out with sickness and
watching now slept.
Hi3 name was John Creel, his
place of residence said to be in Vir
ginia. He had been taken up while
travelling from the northward to his
home, and tried and convicted at the
country town some distant, for the
murder of a fellow traveler, who
had both his cbmpftny from the
lakes, who was ascertained tft have a
large sum of money with him, who
was found in the room in which he
slept, at a country inn, near Red
cliff, with his throat cut. Creel had
always protested his innocence, de
clared that the deed was perpetrated
by someone while he was asleep,
but the circumstances was against
him, and though the money was not
found upon him, he was sentenced
to be hung, and was removed to the
old stone jail at Redcliff for security,
the county prison being deemed un
safe. This was the day the execution
was to take plntfe) the scaffold was
already erected, the crowd pressed
round the building, ami frequently
the cries of “bring out the murderer,’’
were - heard.
The sun at last told the hour of
eleven ( and there could be no more
delay—the convict’s cell was entered
by the officers in attendance, who
roused him with the information
that all was ready without, and bid
him hasten to his execution—they
laid hands upon him and pinioned
him tight, while he looked up toward
heaven in astonishment, as one new
born, and only said, “the dream,
the dream,” “And what of the
dream, prisoner?” said the sheriff.
“You would do me a great kindness
if yotl would dream yourself and me
out of this accursed scrape.” “I
dreamed,” Replied the convict, that
#bile you read the death warrant to
me on the scaffold, a man came
through the crowd, and stood before
us in a gray dress, with a white hat
and whiskers, and that a bird flut
tered over him, and sung distinctly
—“this is. Leffis, the murdferer of the
traveler.”
The officers and jailor held A shorf
coifsirftation which ended in a deter
mination to look sharp after the man
Hr W? t #itlr th<? whfher Irat-^Cicmr-'
panied with many hints of resigna
tion by the prisoner, and the possi
bility of his innocence being asserted
by a supernatural agenc}-—the pris
on doors were cleared, and Creel, pale
and feeble, with a hymn book in his
hand, and a mein of all meekness
and humility, was seen tottsßng
From the prison to the scaffold. He
had no sooner ascended it than his
eyes began to wander over the vast
concourse of people around him, with
a sbrotiffy that seemed like faith in
drCuiffs—and while the sheriff read
the warrant, the convict’s anxiety
appeared to increase—he looked and
then raised his hands and eyes a ino-,
menr towards the Clear sky, as If
breathing a last ejaculation, when lo!
as he resumes his first position, the
very person he described, stood with
six feet of the ladder ! The pris
oner's eye caught the sight, and
flashed with fire while he called out,
“there is Lewis, the murderer of the
traveler;” aiid the jailor at the same
moment seized tile stranger by the
collar. At first he attempted bo es
cape, but being secured, and taken
before the magistrates, he confessed
the deed detailed, all the particulars;
delivered up part of the money, in
formed where another part was hid
den, and was fully committed for
trial—while Creel was turned loose;
and hastened like a marl out of his
senses from the scaffold.
Three days had elapsed—Creel had
vanished immediately after his liber
ation, when the "pretended Lewis as
tonished and confounded the magis
trates by declaring Creel to be her
husband ; that she Had assumed the
disguise, and performed the whole
part by his direction; that he had
given her the money ;which he had
till then successfully concealed about
his person; and tiiat the Whole,
from the prison to the scaffold
scene, was a contrivance to effect
his escape, which having been effect
ed she was regardless of consequen
ces. Nothing could be done with
her; she was again set at liberty,and
neither she nor her husband wife
heard of again:
A WORD TO THE BRIDE.
Please let an old married woman
say a few words to those among your
young lady readers who are newly
married or contemplating marriage.
NoW; girls; prdbably you all look
forward to a life of happiffess with
the husband of your choice, but it
will depend upon your own actions,
iff a great measure, how much happi
ness you have. Probably you are
caressed and petted tiow. but yotl
must not depend off that for your
contentment; better far find your
joy in showing your love for your
family and neighbors, in deeds of
kindness, than in waiting for others
to do good tti you; Your husband,
probably is engaged in business
which occupies bis mind and atten
tion so he may not wish to fondle
yoH at all times. But do not be
afraid that a pleasant word or Help
itig hand will ever come amiss to
binm and every kiss or kind word
in tune of trouble, will make you
seem nearer to him. Above all else,
do not let unkind or cross words ever
pass your lips; make it a rule to let
all little differences between yotl rest
until shell timeS as you are both in a
good humor, and my word for it, the
elephant you thought you saw, wi.l
only be a mouse and not worth
speaking of.
An old Irish lady was talking to
the waiter just before her own mar
riage; and her words though homely;
Yeiv full of good advice. Said she :
“Faith, Lizzie, an’ if yer > ould mon
gits mad, just ye hold yerown mouth
shut, and by my word he’ll not quar
rel much and no one to quarrel wid ;
and when he is after being good
naturied he will ldve the bettef for
it ” Try it, and if it does not work
like a charm, both to get love and
retain it, let me know, and we will
try lo find some other rule to help
you —Aunt Betsy in American Farm
Journal.
HIS FAITH.
Riding up on a Woodward avenue
ear through the drizzle yesterday, a
fault finding citizen found one of the
Congregational ministers aboard, and
braced around and began :
‘•Sir; are you not a minister of the
Gospel ?”
‘‘l am, sir,” was the reply.
“And you believe in prayer, do
you ?”
“I do, sir.”
“Do yOtl believe that if all you
ministers would pray for this con
founded weather to dear up it would
do any good ?”
“Yes, siri”
“Well, then, why don’t you begin
praying ?”
“Because, sir, this is rheumatic
weather, and because, sir, we want to
see the rheumatism get hold of such
unbelievers as you are and tlb tbeut
up in double bow-knots. That’s why,
sir.”
“ ’Tis, eh ?” growled the man.
“Well, now, I’ll be durned if I don’t
walk around all day with an umbrel
la just to spite your infernal old
weather—you bet I will.”
And he leaded and chuckled like
a man who had struck a rich thing.—
Detroit Free Press.
A renowned clergyman lately
preached a .rather long sermon from
the text, “Thou art weighed in the
balance and found wanting.” Aller
the congregation had listened about
an hour, some began to get weary
and wet opt; others soon followed,-
greatly io the annoyance of the min
ister. Another person started,
whereupon the parson stopped in his
sermon and said:'• .
“That's rights gentlemen ;as fast
as you are Weighed pass out.”
fcourt-ship Is defined by a man
who pretends to know, as “the skir
mish . before the regular battle be
fim.”
A Raffle for Freedom.
From the Chicago Ledger.]
We translate from a German
sketch of American travel the sub
joined account of an incident alledged
to have occurred on a Mississippi
steamboat a short time before the
war:
I ascended the Mississippi, says
the writer, on a steamer on board of
which were Judge J and Gen.
K , of Pennsylvania, with both
of whom I was slightly acquainted.
“A hard set, these Natchez men,”
said the captain as he met its on the
cabin stairs; “There’s some of them
down in the saloou playing a high
game. How men can be such fools;
1 could never see !”
“Let’d go ddwn and look on
awhile,” suggested the Judge.
In the saloon we found four men
seated at a table, around which a
crowd of spectators had gathered.
The four were tKe “heavy players.”
TBe game was poker, ami the
money changed hands rapidly. We
had not been looking on long, when
one df the players, a middle aged
man, who I learned was ti cotton
planter, bet his last dollar against
the hand of one Of his antag mists.
The latter showed four kings, while
he, had only four queens. He was
“cleaned Out,” and rose as though he
were going to leave the table:
“Are you broke, Colonel ?” asked
one of the men.
“Dead!” was the laconic reply.
“Never mind ; I’ll lend you.”
“No, I cap matte a raise; 1 reckon.
Here, Pomp.”
“Here, massa !” responded an old
negro, as lie emerged from one cor
ner of saloon.
“Bring that girl and her youngster
here, that I bought in Natchez.
Wait a few ininutes, gentlemen. I’ll
raise some money.”
The old negro went on his errand
and soon returned with the girl and
her youngster. The ‘girl’proved to
be a stately mulatto woman about
thirty-five years old. Iler ‘young
ster’ was ft fine, intelligent looking
boy eleven or twelve years old, whose
complexion showed him to he much
more nearly allied to the white race
than the black.
“Here, gentlemen,” said the plant
er, as they entered, “you see this girl
and her boy, two as fine niggers as
you can find anywhere. I paid eight
hundred dollars for them yesterday
in Natchez. Who will give me six
hundred dollars for them ?”
“Will you sell them separate?”
asked someone.
“No; can’t do it; I promised riot
to. The girl swears site’ll take her
life if she is sepaiated from her boy,
and her old master said that he was
stire she’d keep her weird. But don’t
you see that the girl is worth mere
money slmu I ask for both of them ?
Come, who’ll give me six hundred
dollars for both ?”
The planter Waited a moment for a
reply and then saiti:
“Well, I must have some money.
Come, what say you to a raffle—thir
ty chances at twenty dollars a
chance? Out With yout mash, gen
tlemen.' The first on the list has the
first throw.”
This proposition created a decided
stir among all present. The three
players led off by taking three chan
ces each. Their example was fql
lowed by the spectators, and twenty
chances were taken as rapidly as the
planter could write down the names
and take the money. Then there
was a slight pause. The planter
himself now took two chances, and
he was followed by his three fellow
players, who each look one chance
more; Finally, three more chances
were taken by the spectators, when
the planter cried out: ,
“Two' chanCeS still, gentlemen 1
who will have them ?”
General K whispered some
thing in .Judge J ’sear, and
then went to the table and laid two
ten dollar gold pieces on it.
“Name, sir, please.”
“Never mind the name. Put it
dawn for the woman—”
“Eh—what 1 for the girl herself?”
“Yes, certainly ; let’s give her a
chance.”
“All right 1 One for Ninette.
And now-i
“That’s for the boy,” said the
Judge, quietly, as he laid twenty
dollars on the table.
“Good! bravo* bravo!” cried the
planter and several of the bystand
ers. “One for Tommy: which
makes the thirty. Now, gentlemen
let’s see whom luck favors.”
The dice was brought and the
throwing began. Each chance en
titled the thrower to three throwd;
Thirty six was the highest that
was thrown until the holder of the
eleventh chance threw. He scored
forty-two. Then a less number was
thrown, until number twentysone
scored ftfrty-nine.
The excitement now became in
tense. Fortv-nine was hard to beat;
the highest throw possible being nine
sixes—fifty-four.
Again and again the dice rattled
in the box, until it same to number
twenty-nihe.
“Come, Ninette—it’s your turn
now I”
As the poor woman ,caipe forward
her hands crossed and pressed con
vulsively against her breast, it was
truly painful to watch her agitation.
“Won’t the gentleman who took
the ebanee for rnc please throw ?”
“No; let your boy throw,-” replied
the general; “perhaps lie would have
more ltick than I.”
“Come; Tom,” said the planter.
Tom came forward and picked up
the box. The woman pressed her
lips firmly together and clasped her
hands ai if in prayer. The boy
trembled like an aspen leaf, but
shook the dice, and threw—three 1
For a moment he stared at the dice
ss thoug he could not believe his
eyes, then he put down the box and
stepped back pale and dejected.
“Come, Tommy, throw again,”
urged the planter.
“It’s no use, master; I couldn’t
throw forty-nine now.”
“True, true! But you have your
own chance. Throw that.”
“Certainly,” said the Judge, “that
one was your mother’s. Now throw
,or yourself, on the chance I gave
you. Hav,e a stout heart my boy,
and may' HeaVcn smile on you.”
Again the boy returned to the
table and took up the box. He
pressed his lips together rtnd did liis
best (o control his trembling limbs.
Not a sotinj was to be heard in the
saloon hut the rattling of the dice,
l’or a moment every man seemed to
hold his breath.
He throw.
“Two fives and a sik—sixteen !”
said the planter, putting down the
number, while a murmur of satisfac
tion ran through the crowd.
One of the hy-sinnders gathered up
the dice and put them in the box,
and the boy threw again.
“Two sixes and a five—seventeen.”
The excitement now knew no
beunds| and the ,‘bravofj’ resouiided
on every hand. The hoy as he took
up the box to throw for the third
and last time, was as nearly colorless
as it was possible for him to be with
his yellow skin.
Out rolled the dice and up came
three sixes, which made fifty-one !
“Tommy, tpy boy, I congratulate
you !” cried the planter. “You are
your own and your mother’s master.
Fill tip the necessary papers, captain,
and I will sign them. These gentle
men wifi be the witnesses!”
I will not attempt to describe the
scene that followed: In the general
satisfaction, one of the roughest look
ing men in the crowd proposed a
subscription for the freed negroes.
The proposition was received with
such faVor that in less than five
minutes fifty dollars were collected.
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
The following affecting story was
related by Dr. Schnebly, of Maryland;
at a meeting held in 'New York, to
listen to the experiences of twenty re
formed inebriates :
A drunkard, who has run through
his property, returned one night to
his cheerless and unfinished home.
He entered his empty hall ; anguish
was gnriwing at his heart-strings, ami
language was inadequate to express
his agony as lie entered his wife’s
apartment and there beheld the vic
tims of his base appetite—his loving
wife and darling child.
Morose and sullen, he seated him
self without saying a word ; ho could
not look at them.
The sad-heafted tfiother said to
the little angel by her /side, “Como
my child, it is time to go to bed ;’’
and the little one, as she was wont,
knelt by hei mother’s lap, gazed
wistfully into the face of her suffering
patent, arid mdtic'niess as a piece of
chiseled Statuary slowly repeated her
nightly orison.
When she had finished, the child
(but six years of age) said to her
mother, “Dear mama may I not offer
up one more prayer ?”
“Yes, yes, my sweet pot, pray j"
arti she lifted her tiny hands, closed
her eyes, and prayed : “O God, spare
my dear papa!”
That prayer was lifted with elec
tric rapidity to the throne of God. It
was heard on high—it was Heard on
earth. The responsive “Amen”
burst from the father’s lips, and his
heart of stone became a heart of
flesh. Wife and child were both
clasped to his bosom, and in tearful
penitence he said: “My child you
have saved your father .from the
grave of ti drunkard 1 I’ll sign the
pledge !’’
A BUSINESS MAN’S HABITS.
A sacred regard to the principle of
justice forms the basis of every
transaction,and regulates the conduct
of the upright man of business.
He is strict in keeping his engage
ments.
Does nothing carelessly or in a
hurry.
Employes nobody to do what he
can easily do himself.
Keeps everything in its propel
place.
Leaves nothing undone that ought
to be done, and which circumstances
permit him to do.
Keeps his designs and business
from the view of others.
Is prompt and debisike in his deal
ings and doeS not over trade his cap
ital.
Prefers short credits to long ones,
and cash to credit at all times, either
in buying or selling ; and small prof
its in cases with little risk, to the
chance of better gains in cases with
more hazard.
He is clear an? explicit iA all his
bargains.
*♦.
SHE WOULDN'T GOSSIP.
During a reporter’s wanderings
about town the other night, he heard
a lady talking across the Street to a
neighbor, who thus delivered herself
on the subject cIT scandal: “Of all
things 1 do hate in this world it’s a
scandalizing woman. Now, there’s
Mrs. Jingletonguc, that everybody
knows isn’t a bit better than she ought
to be, and whose two daughters cut
up so shameful that no decent woman
ought to speak to them, and whose
husband does not get drunk, and they
do say he owes for that grenadine
she puts on so many airs in over her
betters. If I was to say any mean
things about people like she docs I
would pull my tongue out by the
roots, the nasty, scandalizing, stuck
up old cat.” —New York Weekly.
Forty Kentuckians two days
to kill a fox orth sixty* cents.
NO. 47
IS FRIDAY AN UNLUCKY DAY!
Friday, long remembered as a
day of ill omen, has been an event
ful one in American history, aud
Americans ought not to be afraid of
it.
Friday, Christopher Columlsu3
sailed on Ids voyage of discovery,
Friday, tors weeks after, he discov
ered America.
Friday, Henry VII. gave Joint
and Sebastian Cabot the commission
which led to the discovery of North
America.
Friday, St. Augustine,, tlie oldest
town m the United States, was
founded.
Friday, tlie “May Flower” with
Pilgrims arrived at Prinectown, and
on Friday, they signed the august
compact, tlie forrunner ot the pres
ent Constitution.
Friday, George Washington was
born.
Friday, Bunker Hill was seized
and fortified.
Friday, the surrender of Saratoga,
was made.
Friday, the surrender of Corn wallis
occurred.
Friday, the motion was made iti
Congress that the United States
were, and of right ought to be, free
and independent.
LIFE 'IN THE KLACK HILLS (JOLT*
REGION.
Avery pathetic description of the
perils of life in the Black Hills, iq
given in the following extract from,
the letter of a miner there to his
brother living in Nevada: “I’ve
been, spending the last week .trying
to think of some plan which will
enable me to got home. If I only
had $5(?0 1 could get to Cheyenne,
and then it would he easy sailing
Into civilization. If you send the
money by express, the Indians are
sure to get it, as they split open a
Wells Fargo coach every few days.
If you send it by mail 1 wouldn’t
get it for months, as the postmaster
is off on a big drunk most of the
time, and can’t read anyhow. Don’t
send a draft dn tlie bank, as it is lia-.
bio to bust. If you know some
friend coming to the Hills, don’t
trust him with the cash, as he's sure
to gamble it all off at Cheyenne, or
get robbed at Custer. If you can
think of some way of sending the
money that it will be sure to get here,
send it right away; but unless yod
are sure don’t risk it. Perhaps yoil
Imd better come yourself and bring
it.” The brother wrote in reply.
“Just borrowed sl2 to settle a board
bill.”
WHY SOME PEOPLE AltE POOR.
Silver spoons are iised to scrape
kettles.
C'riffoe, tea, pepper anil spices are
lefb ; to stand open and lose their
strength.
Potatoes in the cellar grow, ami
sprouts are not removed until the po
tatoes become worthless.
Brooms are never hung up and are
soon spoiled.
Nice-handled knives are thrown
into hot water.
The flour is sifted in a wasteful
manner, and the bread pan is left
with the dough sticking to it.
Clothes are left on the line to whip
to pieces in the wind.
Tubs and barrels are left in the
sun,to.dry nnd fall apart. • <
Dried fruits are not taken care of
in season and become wormy.
Rags, strings and paper are thrown
into the fire.
Pork spoils for want of Balt, and
beef because the brine wants scald
ing.
Bits of meat, vegetables, bread
and cold puddings are thrown away
when they might be warmed, steamed 1
and served as good as new.
MOTHEIMNdLAW.
It was an action for breach p'f
promise, and the defense was the
prospect of too much mother-in-law.
The Judge inquired if the mother
proposed living with her daughter uf.
ter marriage, and, receiving an af
firmative answer, ask fed the defend-,
ant whether lie would rather live with
his mother-in-law or pay S2OO.
“Pay $200,” was the prompt reply.
Said tlie Judge: “Young raauj*
let me shake hands witli you. There
was a time in my life when I was in
the same situation as you are in now.
Had I possessed your firmness f
should have been spared twenty-five
years of trouble. I had the alterna
tive of marrying or paying $125.
Being poor, I married; and for twen
ty-five years I have regretted it. t
am Imppy to pacet witli a man of
your stamp. Tne plaintiff must pay
$lO and costs for having thought of
putting a gentleman under tlie do-,’
minion of a mother-in-law.”
A rural female beauty alighted
from the stage-coach the other day'
when a piece of ribbon., detached it*
self from her bonnet and fell into the
bottom of the carriage. “You have
left your bow behind,” said a lady
passenger. “No, I ain’t; lie’s gone a
fishing,” innocently replied the rus
tic.'
“Ma, here’s a word in the .paper I
want to know. What is a homi
cide?” “A homicide, child, is one
who murders another.” “Well ma
when Jack killed our old Tom’ cat
that was a Tommycide, wasn’t it?”
“Pshaw, child, go away and don’t
botbef me.”
A man demanded a free glass o*
rum in a Nevada saloon, and did not
ge- it. Then he said he had never
tried it, but it had been the ambition
of h:s life to kill a bar-keeper* hut
when the bar-keeper took out two
six shooters and a club, the man said
he did not mean a polite, gemleman
)y bar-keeper, but one of those fcl
lows who wore paste diamonds and
parted his hair in the middie.
Kansas is exactly in the centre of
(he United States.